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Battle brews over local hiring

Gloves off as bill would limit reach of San Francisco ordinance
By Michelle Durand The proposed to the city and jail in San lars for their local hire ordinance,”
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF legislation, county of San Bruno. The pro- said Hill, adding that statewide tax-
which Hill, D- Francisco, pre- posed bill would payers should not be on the hook for
San Francisco’s law requiring a San Mateo, will venting its reach also bar the use an estimated $9 million more in
percentage of local hires on city- formally unveil to projects up to of state funds on construction costs created by the
funded construction projects could in Millbrae 70 miles away local hire proj- policy.
Friday morning, like San ects statewide. San Francisco Supervisor John
be hobbled by a bill by
would limit the Francisco “ S a n Avalos, who authored the policy,
Assemblyman Jerry Hill that limits controversial International Francisco needs said a prohibition will only hurt the
its range and bans the use of state local-hire policy Airport and the
money. Jerry Hill John Avalos Carole Groom to use local dol- See HIRING, Page 23

‘LEAVE, LEAVE, LEAVE’

Guns ditched in
police foot chase
South San Francisco officers
step up efforts in Old Town
By Bill Silverfarb and Maple
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF avenues and then
fled on foot. The
South San Francisco’s newly two cut through a
formed Neighborhood Response house on the 400
Team recovered two guns after chas- block of Lux
ing a couple of gangmembers Avenue as police
through the Old Town neighborhood chased them but
Tuesday night. were able to
So far, the team has recovered at elude the offi-
least four guns from suspected gang- Mike Massoni cers. As police
members in the Old Town area in the retraced the
past two weeks as police have alleged gangmembers’ steps, a
stepped up efforts to make the area loaded .357 Magnum revolver and a
safer following a gang-related triple loaded .38 caliber revolver were dis-
homicide in December. covered and neither gun had records
Tuesday night, the team spotted on file, according to police.
five suspected gangmembers on the “It is kind of scary these guys are
300 block of Tamarack Lane who willing to dump the guns, it means
then dispersed as the officers they are generally easy to come
REUTERS across,” South San Francisco Police
attempted to make contact, accord-
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak provoked rage on Egypt’s streets on Thursday when he said he would hand ing to police. Chief Mike Massoni told the City
powers to his deputy but disappointed protesters who had been expecting him to step down altogether after Two of the alleged gangmembers
two weeks of unrest. SEE STORY PAGE 7 were spotted later by police at Lux See GUNS, Page 17

Out-of-this-world research ferent focuses, students to learn the temperature,

By Heather Murtagh
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Astronomy is not the focus of
most science classes these days, but
three San Mateo High School stu-
dents did research in the field and
presented their findings at a nation-
al conference last month.
Katherine Hsu, Larry Chew and
Ryan Chew had their astronomy
research projects presented at the
217th American Astronomical
Society Meeting in Seattle last
month. While the projects had dif-
each student had distance and type of star.
the ability to do Designed for use by high school
independent and college students, the tool is
research while available online so any teacher
learning profes- can use it. Hsu hopes to make it
sional skills. more widely accessible soon.
Sixteen-year- Larry Chew, 17, and his brother
old Hsu, a jun- Ryan Chew, 15, worked with a team
Sally Seebode ior, worked as of astronomers to learn more about
part of a team an astronomy mystery — the dark
of teachers and students from San body that eclipses the star Epsilon
Mateo and Hillsdale high schools Aurigae every 27.1 years. Using the
and the College of San Mateo, to eclipse, the boys noted light sent to
PHOTO COURTESY OF SALLY SEEBODE
create a teaching tool to allow
Katherine Hsu speaks to a astronomer about her project at the 217th
See SCIENCE, Page 31 American Astronomical Society Meeting in Seattle last month.
2 Friday • Feb. 11, 2011 FOR THE RECORD THE DAILY JOURNAL

Quote of the Day Snapshot Inside

“Sure they did all Museum
these little things about gotta see ‘um
Huntington
the labor agreements but they Library,Art
aren’t forever.It looks warm and fuzzy Collections
on the front but can change any time.” and Botanical
Gardens
— Supervisor Adrienne Tissier
“Battle brews over local hiring,” see page 1 See page 19

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back to the 1950s, is again in custody for in identifying McCloud as an attacker.
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by Mike Argirion and Jeff Knurek
Fejer County Police spokeswoman
can’t take too much credit for stopping a Judge:Hands off butt billboard
woman they say was drinking and driving
Unscramble these four Jumbles, Agnes R. Szabo said the burglar, whose ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The judge
one letter to each square, — they say she pulled herself over.
real name is Gizella Bodnar, is suspected
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CALLI of taking some 15,000 forints (55, $75)
from a home in Bicske, a town in central
Hungary.
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All Rights Reserved.
Bodnar, who has been convicted of over
20 crimes and has spent nearly 18 years in
PYMUB prison, got her nickname because she
enjoyed taking domestic commercial
flights after successful break-ins.
TRULIA She eluded capture for years, as police
never imagined that the cat burglar would
travel so far to commit her crimes.
This time, she only got as far as the
QUALEP Bicske train station before the police
Now arrange the circled letters
to form the surprise answer, as found her and the missing cash she took
suggested by the above cartoon. from a wallet on the house’s living room
Ans: A “ ” table.
Bodnar, who began her criminal activi-
Jumbles: QUAKE SIEGE
(Answers tomorrow)
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ties shortly after World War II, published
Yesterday’s
Answer: What the poker player had when the royals an autobiography in 2007, claiming that
joined the game — KINGS AND QUEENS she became a kleptomaniac as the result
of a youthful bout with meningitis.
Bodnar also insists she has a special
sense about finding hidden jewelry and
other valuables quickly in her victims’
homes.
Old age has not deterred her. In the past
few years she has been fined several times
for petty thefts around the country. Based
Officers in the Lake Erie town of
Sandusky say the woman stopped because
she thought she saw police lights, but it
turns out the flashing lights were from a
skating rink sign.
The Sandusky Register reports that the
woman’s car got stuck in a snowbank near
the sign when she stopped early Monday
and another motorist called police.
Officers say they took 27-year-old
Nicole Scott to jail on charges of operat-
ing a vehicle under the influence. Police
say Scott denied she had been driving.
There is no telephone listing for Scott and
it isn’t clear whether she has an attorney.
Ohio jurors want to pay
man they quickly acquitted
CLEVELAND — At least three jurors
in Cleveland say the evidence was so thin
against a man jailed for weeks in an
assault case that they want to give him
their juror pay.
The jury quickly acquitted 19-year-old
Demrick McCloud on Friday. He’d been
charged with leading other teens to beat a
high school student and threaten him with
a gun on Oct. 13. McCloud was arrested
who wrote the book “Boardwalk Empire,”
now an HBO series about vice-ridden
Prohibition-era Atlantic City, has ordered
the state’s transit agency to keep its hands
off a billboard that shows a nearly naked
showgirl’s backside.
The highway sign promotes a stage
show at Resorts Casino Hotel, which has
adopted the Roaring `20s as its new
theme, in part to capitalize on the show’s
popularity.
On Thursday, Superior Court Judge
Nelson Johnson ordered NJ Transit and its
advertising agency not to touch the bill-
board until a hearing can be held March
10 on what to do about it.
Casino owner Dennis Gomes says the
sign doesn’t hurt anyone.
“I’ve got five kids and they’ve seen
butts all their lives and they all turned out
fine,” he said. “When you go to the beach,
you see women in G-strings all the time.
In Europe, they go topless. I really don’t
understand what all the fuss is about.”
The fuss started shortly after Feb. 1
when Resorts rented the billboard on the
Atlantic City Expressway, over a NJ
Transit train station, to advertise
“Moonshine Follies.”
THE DAILY JOURNAL
Hearing date still unset for accused wife-killer
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF REPORT
Nearly 10 months after Peter Parineh said
he found his wife dead from her own hand, the
Woodside man still doesn’t know if he’ll stand
trial on charges he killed her and staged it to
look as a suicide to collect on hefty insurance
policies.
Pooroushasb Parineh, known as Peter, was
supposed to receive a preliminary hearing date
yesterday but instead more time was sought to
comb through more financial records. He now
returns to court April 18 — three days after
the one-year anniversary of his wife’s death.
The request was the latest of several since
Parineh’s arrest weeks after his wife, 56, was
killed from several shots in her bedroom April
13.
Considering the number of documents, par-
ticularly financial, even prosecutors have said
the delays are not unreasonable. Another fac-
Not guilty plea in coastside neckslashing
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF REPORT
The Moss Beach man accused of sawing at
the neck of his live-in girlfriend with a serrat-
ed knife in early December pleaded not guilty
to charges of attempted murder and using a
knife.
David Jon Vanalstine, 56, was charged in
absentia while recuperating himself for an
undisclosed condition that befell him at the
time of his arrest. After more than a month in
the hospital, Vanalstine is now housed in the
county jail and appearing in court personally.
After pleading not guilty to all charges,
Vanalstine waived his right to a speedy pre-
liminary hearing and received March 9 date.
LOCAL
tor is the severity of the
case; Parineh is charged
with murder for financial
gain, a combination that
makes him eligible for the
death penalty or life with-
out parole if convicted.
Parima Parineh was
found dead after her hus-
Pooroushasb band called to report find-
Parineh ing her in a bedroom of
their multi-million home
on Fox Hill Road in Woodside. He told
authorities she had killed herself but was him-
self arrested for the crime June 17. The case
has dragged since that point as the debt-sad-
dled Parineh worked to retain a private attor-
ney and lawyers on both sides work through
voluminous evidence, including reams of
financial documents.
Within days of Parima Parineh’s death,
Sheriff’s deputies arrest-
ed Vanalstine at his Pillar
Ridge Estates residence
Dec. 2 after responding to
a call by the 56-year-old
victim. She told dispatch-
ers she had been stabbed
by Vanalstine, who was
still inside the home.
David Vanalstine allegedly
Vanalstine held the woman down on
the couch by her hair and
began sawing at her neck with a serrated
knife, according to the District Attorney’s
Office. Vanalstine allegedly stopped when the
woman’s friend arrived. Deputies found her
authorities say they questioned his suicide
story because of the multiple shots she sus-
tained and substantial debt including the home
being in foreclosure and life insurance poli-
cies rumored to be $20 million. The insurance
policy’s suicide exclusion period had passed,
making Parineh eligible for a payout if his
wife was found to have indeed killed herself.
Defense attorney Paula Canny previously
contended that her client was not a beneficiary
of any policy, making a financial gain argu-
ment moot. Canny has described Parineh as
“heartbroken” over the loss of his wife and
“innocent.”
Authorities arrested Parineh June 17 in
Sunnyvale and he is being held without bail.
Michelle Durand can be reached by e-mail:
Michelle@smdailyjournal.com or by phone: (650)
344-5200 ext. 102.
outside with a 10-centimeter laceration to her
neck, from her carotid artery to her ear, and
Vanalstine also at the scene, according to the
District Attorney’s Office.
Both were taken to the hospital where the
woman underwent surgery and Vanalstine
began treatment for his condition.
The attack came days after Vanalstine was
sentenced to 45 days in jail for a 2010 misde-
meanor drunk driving conviction with priors.
Police believe the victim turned Vanalstine in
on the charge. Judge Cliff Cretan stayed the
sentence until Jan. 22. That term is now on
hold pending the outcome of the attempted
murder case.
Vanalstine remains in custody without bail.
Friday • Feb. 11, 2011 3
Police reports
When checks bounce
A woman who had paid her cable bill
received a call from a cable company
wanting her to pay her past due bill on
Renato Court in Redwood City before
9:34 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 30.
SAN CARLOS
Theft. A bicycle was stolen on the first block of
Fay Avenue before 4:28 p.m. Monday, Jan. 31.
Petty theft. A wallet was stolen from a busi-
ness on the 1100 block of Old County Road
before 1:02 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29.
Burglary. Someone broke the front window of
a vehicle and stole a Blackberry cell phone and
a wallet on the 1600 block of Industrial Road
before 4:57 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29.
Burglary. Someone stole medication from a
room on the 1500 block of El Camino Real
before 9:05 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29.
Burglary. Two males took miscellaneous
items from the stockroom on the 1300 block of
San Carlos Avenue before 12:37 p.m. Friday,
Jan. 28.
Burglary. Someone smashed the passenger
window and stole a GPS unit, mounts and car
chargers from a vehicle on Laurel Street before
7:55 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 27.
SAN MATEO
Suspicious vehicle. A person was sleeping
inside a vehicle at the intersection of Estrella
Way and Pasadena Drive before 9:30 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 20.
Theft. The hardtop of a vehicle was stolen
from the 4000 block of Martin Drive before
7:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 12.
Burglary. The window of a residence was bro-
ken and a fire exit was sprayed on the 1900
block of Echo Avenue before 1:03 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 12.
4 Friday • Feb. 11, 2011
Brown pitches budget
plan to SoCal business
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES — Gov. Jerry
Brown hit the road Thursday to line
up support for his proposed fix for
California’s $27 billion budget
mess, courting business leaders that
he hopes will help win over
Republicans resistant to tax increas-
es in Sacramento.
The newly installed Democrat
wants to slash billions in spending
and extend temporary tax increases
to cover the yawning gap, the result
of a recession-driven crisis that has
badly damaged the state’s image
and credit rating.
The governor needs Republican
votes to push his plan through the
Legislature, and he told reporters at
Bob Hope Airport in Burbank that
the backing of business leaders
could help shift support his way.
Man gets year jail for one
punch death near ball park
A San Carlos man pleaded guilty
Thursday to involuntary manslaugh-
ter for the one-punch death of anoth-
er man in a fight outside San
Francisco’s AT&T Park during a San
Francisco Giants game in 2008, a
prosecutor said.
Taylor Buckley agreed to a plea
bargain yesterday morning that
includes one year in jail and five
years of probation for his role in the
death of 18-year-old Anthony
Giraudo on May 9, 2008, San
Francisco Assistant District Attorney
He planned to
meet privately
with business
leaders in Los
Angeles, and
later address a
Los Angeles
Area Chamber
of Commerce
Jerry Brown banquet.
How will he
win them over?
“I’m going to first charm them,
then inform them and finally chal-
lenge them,” Brown said. “We have
a crisis, and it won’t be solved by
Democrats alone.”
“It’s absolutely crucial the people
in business, as well as those in
unions, as well as those who are
teachers, ordinary people, get
behind the effort to fix the mess,”
Brown added.
Brian Buckelew said.
Buckley, who was also 18 at the
time, punched Giraudo in the heat of
an argument outside the stadium dur-
ing the Giants game.
Giraudo, a baseball player who had
been attending Cañada College in
Redwood City, fell and struck his
head on the pavement, and died the
next day at San Francisco General
Hospital.
Prosecutors contend Buckley suck-
er-punched Giraudo once on the side
of the face with a closed fist, but did
not charge Buckley with murder
because the killing was deemed not to
have occurred with malice.
LOCAL/STATE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
• U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier, D-San
Mateo, will be joined by leading
consumer groups at a press confer-
ence in Washington, D.C. today to
introduce a package of privacy bills
aimed at protecting the personal
information of all Americans. The
Do Not Track Me Online Act of
2011 would give consumers the
ability to prevent the collection and
use of data on their online activities.
The Financial Information
Privacy Act of 2011 would give
consumers control of their own
financial information.
COUNTY GOVERNMENT
• The San Mateo County Board
of Supervisors will hold a special
closed session meeting to consider
the appointment of a new county
counsel, replacing Mike Murphy
who retired at the end of 2011. If
the board makes any decisions, it
will be publicly reported following
the meeting.
The Board of Supervisors meets 2
p.m. Monday, Feb. 14 in Board
Chambers, 400 County
Local briefs
Buckley’s attorney, Douglas
Horngrad, has said his client did not
intend to kill Giraudo and has called
the incident “a tragic accident.”
Buckley initially pleaded not guilty
to the involuntary manslaughter
charge, but agreed to the plea deal at
a hearing Thursday in San Francisco
Superior Court that was attended by
members of both his family and
Giraudo’s, Buckelew said.
Buckley was out of custody prior to
yesterday’s hearing, but was hand-
cuffed and remanded into custody
after accepting the plea deal,
THE DAILY JOURNAL
Government Center, Redwood
City.
CITY GOVERNMENT
located
221 Primrose
Road, sub-
at
mitted a con-
• The San Carlos
Transportation and Circulation
Commission will consider approv-
ing no stopping or standing restric-
ditional use
permit appli-
cation
open in the
to
new two-
tions on Cranfield Avenue near San
story building. As proposed, the
Carlos Avenue. The recommenda-
coffee house will be open from 7
tion came from a joint study session
a.m. to 5 p.m. daily in a 1,250-
with the city of Belmont to discuss
square-foot space. It is the first
traffic congestion around Carlmont
High School. This restriction is application for the building which is
still under construction and will be
meant to eliminate the dropping off
and picking up of students on studied by the Burlingame
Planning Commission Monday.
Cranfield which conflicts with
heavy pedestrian traffic across the At the same meeting, the com-
avenue and with the street’s use by mission will consider amending a
use permit for a car rental business
residents.
at 1409 Rollins Road. A new opera-
The Commission meets 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 15 at City Hall, 600 tor, Payless Car Rental, proposes
working with the regulations in
Elm St., San Carlos.
• Much construction is under place under a 2002 agreement with
Rent-A-Car except the hours. The
way at Howard Avenue between El
Camino Real and Primrose Road proposal extends the hours from
7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. to mid-
for a new Safeway and adjacent
two-story mixed use building, night daily.
The commission meets 7 p.m.
which will most likely include a
Monday, Feb. 14 at City Hall, 501
coffee shop.
Primrose Road in Burlingame.
It’s A Grind Coffee House,
Buckelew said.
Formal sentencing in the case is
scheduled for March 22.
Police search for
missing persons
The car of a couple reported miss-
ing from Riverside County Monday
was found on Highway 1 in Devil’s
Slide yesterday afternoon, according Billy and Collenn Waterman
to the San Mateo County Sheriff’s
If is unknown whether they left the
Office. area on foot or by other means,
Billy and Collenn Waterman were
according to the Sheriff’s Office.
reported as missing persons Feb. 7.
Anyone with information on the
Sheriff’s deputies, including search Watermans should call the Sheriff’s
and rescue, are currently searching
Office at 363-4911.
the area for the Watermans.
THE DAILY JOURNAL
Obama promotes wireless expansion
By Erica Werner
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MARQUETTE, Mich. — President Barack
Obama promoted plans Thursday to bring
high-speed wireless to nearly all American
households, pushing his domestic agenda in a
small, snowy city in Michigan’s Upper
Peninsula on a day of dramatic developments
in Egypt.
Obama kept in touch with his security team
throughout the trip and opened his remarks at
Northern Michigan University with brief com-
ments on the events overseas, where President
Hosni Mubarak appeared close to resigning.
But in a late-night speech Egypt’s president
announced he was transferring some powers
to his deputy. Mubarak did not step down
from office. “We are witnessing history
unfold,” Obama said.
He then turned to the importance of invest-
ing in wireless technology, part of a new
White House focus on innovation, competi-
tiveness and infrastructure as a pathway to
jobs and “winning the future.” The president
compared the goal of extending wireless
access to important successes that connected
previous generations of Americans: the build-
ing of railroads and the federal highway sys-
tem.
“For millions of Americans, the railway
hasn’t shown up yet,” Obama said. “For our
families and our businesses, high-speed wire-
less service: that’s the next train station; it’s
the next off-ramp. It’s how we’ll spark new
innovation, new investments and new jobs.”
Couple to trial for Hillsborough art theft
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF REPORT
In separate hearings, two Emeryville resi-
dents accused of robbing a Hillsborough
home of valuable art while its deceased owner
was being memorialized elsewhere moved
closer to trial.
Beverly Betty Wilkerson-Aldabashi, 42,
and Robert John Alarid, 42, have both plead-
ed not guilty to their respective charges of
grand theft, first-degree burglary, identity theft
and receiving stolen property. Wilkerson-
Aldabashi reiterated that plea in Superior
Court and is set for trial March 21. Alarid fol-
lowed this week by waiving a preliminary
hearing on the evidence and moving straight
to Superior Court March 2 to set his own trial
date.
The defendants are accused of stealing from
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Barack Obama makes remarks at Northern Michigan University in Marquette,Mich.
Obama wants to make high-speed wireless
available to 98 percent of the population with-
in five years, a goal he set out in his State of
the Union address.
It’s a lofty aim considering such technology
is only now being built in major cities by
AT&T, Verizon and others. And it will cost
billions of dollars that Republicans now run-
ning the House signaled they may be unwill-
ing to spend. But the president cast it as cru-
at least two Hillsborough
homes and, at arrest,
allegedly had in their pos-
session stolen items from
173 separate victims from
California, Arizona and
Florida. Stolen property,
including the paintings
taken from an Edgecourt
Beverly Drive home, were found in
Oakland when
Wilkerson-
Aldabashi Hillsborough police
arrested Wilkerson-
Aldabashi and another man who was not
charged.
The Hillsborough case stemmed from the
burglary of Lee Simpson Kavanaugh’s Ascot
Road home during her memorial service.
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cial for America’s future prosperity and com-
petitiveness with other nations.
“This isn’t just about faster Internet,” the
president said. “It’s about connecting every
corner of America to the digital age.”
Obama has taken a domestic trip each week
since the Jan. 25 speech to promote different
aspects of his competitiveness agenda; previ-
ous trips focused on high-speed rail and ener-
gy efficiency.
Kavanaugh died Aug. 9 at
age 70. While loved ones
gathered Aug. 18 to say
good-bye, prosecutors
contend Wilkerson-
Aldabashi and Alarid ran-
sacked the home. Among
the items taken were an
Édouard Leon Cortès
Robert Alarid painting of a Paris street
scene insured for
$100,000, jewelry, antique clocks, china din-
nerware and a 2003 Toyota Camry. The car
was later sold in San Jose using a stolen dri-
ver’s license which led authorities to the sus-
pects.
Wilkerson-Aldabashi and Alarid are both
being held in lieu of $150,000 bail.
Friday • Feb. 11, 2011 5
Around the nation
Trump dangles potential
2012 bid before CPAC
WASHINGTON — Just how wide open is
the Republican presidential field? Vast enough
that Donald Trump may
want you to hire him.
The billionaire real
estate mogul and host of
television’s “The
Apprentice” got a raucous
reception Thursday when
he dangled a potential
candidacy before thou-
sands of conservatives Donald Trump
who descended on the
nation’s capital eager to help a GOP challenger
deny President Barack Obama a second term.
“The United States is becoming the laugh-
ingstock of the world,” Trump said, sounding
every bit a candidate as he offered his rationale
for a possible bid. In a speech sprinkled with
quips and jabs, he said he would decide by
June whether to run.
Natural gas explosion
kills five people in Pennsylvania
ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A thunderous gas
explosion devastated a rowhouse neighbor-
hood, killing five people, and suspicion fell on
an 83-year-old cast-iron gas main. The fiery
blast was the latest natural-gas disaster to raise
questions about the safety of the nation’s
aging, 2.5-million-mile network of gas and liq-
uid pipelines.
The explosion, which flattened a pair of
rowhouses and set fire to a block of homes late
Wednesday night, occurred in an area where
the underground gas main lacked shut-off
valves. It took utility workers five hours of toil
in the freezing cold to punch through ice,
asphalt and concrete and seal the 12-inch main
with foam, finally cutting off the flow of gas
that fed the raging flames.
GOP invites business
to vent about regulations
WASHINGTON — From large manufactur-
ers to a small electric company, businesses
complained Thursday about costly govern-
ment rules at a forum provided by Republicans
who are eager to slash federal regulations.
Democrats protested that GOP lawmakers
only wanted to hear about the burdens of reg-
ulation, not the benefits to public health and
worker safety.
Witnesses at a House hearing complained
about regulations on endangered species,
excessive paperwork, anti-pollution standards
and much more.
6 Friday • Feb. 11, 2011
Obituary
Robert Edward McLaughlin
Robert Edward McLaughlin died Feb. 9,
2011.
Born in San Francisco April 15,1937, son of
the late Gertrude Higgins and Edward
McLaughlin. Brother of the late Edward and
Larry. Bob is survived by his loving wife and
best friend of 34 years, Judith Jakobs
McLaughlin, his sister Nancy Mahan, brother-
in-law Hugh Mahan and their son Dan.
Nephew Douglas Mahan predeceased Bob.
Also survived are sister-in-law Nancy Jakobs
Buser, brother-in-law Paul Buser, niece Mary
Buser Wood (Sean), Lee Jakobs Buser, the
Jakobs-Roland family, many cousins, friends
and former co-workers. Bob was proud to say
he was a nephew of Margaret Sanger.
Bob graduated from USF in 1959 where he
played baseball. An ardent Giants fan, Bob
and Judy often traveled to Spring Training in
Arizona. Bob was an educator for more than
30 years; he especially enjoyed teaching at
SFUSD Independence High with an excellent
staff that enjoyed their students and their com-
mon educational goals. Bob coached baseball
at Balboa High, and was a member of the
Northern California Referees Association. In
retirement, Bob spent many happy hours
ordering just the right seeds for his garden. His
roses were especially beautiful.
Bob’s family is very grateful to the adminis-
tration and staff of the San Bruno Skilled
Nursing Facility for their professionalism and
loving care.
Friends and family are invited to a Memorial
Mass 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 16 at St.
Dunstan Catholic Church, 1133 Broadway in
Millbrae. Private committal has been held at
Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery in Colma. In
lieu of flowers, contributions in Bob’s memo-
ry may be made to the Saint Anthony Dining
Room, 45 Jones St., San Francisco, CA 94102.
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obituaries of approximately 250 words or less
with a photo one time on the date of the fami-
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January deficit grows by $50B
By Martin Crutsinger
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — The federal govern-
ment’s budget deficit grew by $50 billion in
January and is expected to finish the year as
the highest in history.
The Treasury Department said Thursday the
deficit was one of the highest ever for the
month of January, second only to the $63 bil-
lion deficit recorded two years ago. For the
first four months of this budget year, the
deficit totaled $418.8 billion, 2.7 percent
lower than the same period a year ago.
However, this improving trend is expected
to reverse in coming months. The
Congressional Budget Office is projecting a
record deficit of $1.5 trillion this budget year,
which ends in September. The estimate was
revised upward last month based on a tax-cut
package brokered between the White House
and Republicans that will add $400 billion to
this year’s red ink.
That will mark the third consecutive year
that the government’s deficit has been over $1
trillion, unprecedented imbalances that have
Mortgage default notices slow sharply in January
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES — Fewer U.S. homes
entered the foreclosure process in January
than in any month in more than three years,
the latest sign lenders are taking longer to
move against homeowners who have fallen
behind on mortgage payments.
The number of homes that received an ini-
tial default notice fell 1 percent last month
from December and tumbled 27 percent from
January last year, foreclosure listing firm
RealtyTrac Inc. said Thursday.
Scheduled foreclosure auctions also fell to
the lowest level in two years, the firm said.
been caused by the worst recession since the
1930s. That meant a sharp drop in government
tax collections as millions of people lost their
jobs while at the same time the government
was boosting spending to stimulate the econo-
my and stabilize the banking system.
While President Barack Obama contended
that the downturn would have been much
worse without all of the government spend-
ing, Republicans took control of the House in
the last election and picked up seats in the
Senate by vowing to attack all of the deficit
spending.
Obama is facing GOP demands to slash bil-
lions from government programs as he pre-
pares to unveil his budget for 2012 on
Monday. That spending blueprint will contain
a five-year freeze on many domestic govern-
ment programs but GOP House members con-
tend it is far too timid in slashing deficits.
They are putting together a proposal for the
current 2011 budget year that will trim spend-
ing by $32 billion, a downpayment on their
pledge to roll total spending back to 2008 lev-
els.
So far this budget year, government rev-
The delays stem partly from foreclosure
paperwork problems that came to light last
fall, leading many lenders to revisit thousands
of foreclosure cases, especially in states such
as Florida that require foreclosures to be
approved by a judge.
Some lenders that put foreclosure actions on
hold temporarily last year have since resumed,
but at a more measured pace, causing a
decline in the foreclosure-related notices sent
to households last month. Banks also have
been letting borrowers who have missed pay-
ments stay in their homes longer so they can
delay adding to their backlog of bad loans.
“We are still seeing the lingering after-
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enues total $758.4 billion, an increase of 9.4
percent from a year ago, reflecting significant
gains in individual income tax payments as
the economy added nearly 1 million jobs last
year.
Spending totaled $1.18 trillion from
October through January, 4.8 percent higher
than a year ago, reflecting higher spending on
the government’s big benefit programs such as
Social Security and Medicare as well as high-
er interest payments on the soaring national
debt, which is rapidly approaching the current
borrowing limit of $14.3 trillion.
In a sign of things to come, government
receipts for Social Security taxes totaled $64.6
billion last month, down by $7.7 billion from
the amount collected in January 2010. Those
receipts will be reduced for the rest of this
year because of a 2 percentage point reduction
in individual Social Security taxes, part of the
December tax deal.
That agreement also extended the Bush-era
tax cuts and gave accelerated tax breaks to
businesses to encourage them to spend more
this year on new equipment as well as extend-
ing emergency unemployment benefits.
effects of the documentation issues that
plagued lenders through the last quarter of
2010,” said Rick Sharga, a senior vice presi-
dent at RealtyTrac. “In some cases . courts are
being more demanding and more particular
about what they’ll even allow to go into fore-
closure.”
In Florida, the number of homes receiving a
foreclosure-related warning last month
dropped nearly 16 percent from December
and about 54 percent from the same month
last year.
Even with the sharp decline, Florida still
had the second-highest number of homes in
some stage of foreclosure, RealtyTrac said.
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Egypt’s Mubarak refuses to quit
By Hamza Hendawi
and Saraah El Deeb
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CAIRO — President Hosni
Mubarak refused to step down or
leave Egypt and instead handed
most of his powers to his vice pres-
ident Thursday, enraging protesters
who warned the country could
explode in violence and pleaded for
the military to take action to push
him out.
The rapidly moving events raised
the question of whether a rift had
opened between Mubarak and the
military command over the uprising
demanding the president’s resigna-
tion. Hours earlier, a council of the
military’s top generals announced it
had stepped in to secure the coun-
try, and a senior commander
announced to protesters in Cairo’s
Tahrir Square that all their demands
would soon be met, raising cries of
victory that Mubarak was on his
way out.
Several hundred thousand had
packed into Tahrir Square, ecstatic
with expectation that Mubarak
would announce his resignation in
his nighttime address. Instead, they
watched in shocked silence as he
spoke, holding their foreheads in
anger and disbelief. Some broke
into tears. Others waved their shoes
in the air in contempt. After the
speech, they broke into chants of
“Leave, leave, leave.”
Organizers called for even larger
Opposition supporters react in dismay at President Hosni Mubarak’s speech
to the nation in their stronghold of Tahrir Square,in Cairo,Egypt.
protests on Friday. After Mubarak’s
speech, around 2,000 marched on
the state television headquarters
several blocks away from Tahrir,
guarded by the military with barbed
wire and tanks. “They are the liars,”
the crowd shouted, pointing at the
building, chanting, “We won’t
leave, they will leave.”
Hundreds more massed outside
Mubarak’s main administrative
palace, Oruba, miles away from
Tahrir in the Cairo district of
Heliopolis, the first time protesters
have marched on it, according to
witnesses and TV reports. The resi-
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dence where Mubarak normally
stays when he is in Cairo is inside
the palace, though it was not known
if he was there.
Prominent reform advocate and
Nobel Peace laureate Mohamed
ElBaradei, whose supporters were
among the organizers of the 17-
day-old wave of protests, issued a
Tweet warning: “Egypt will
explode.”
“The army must save the country
now,” he said. “I call on the
Egyptian army to immediately
interfere to rescue Egypt. The cred-
ibility of the army is on the line.”
Impatient, Obama sharply
questions Mubarak pledge
By Ben Feller
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — Bristling
with impatience, President Barack
Obama on Thursday openly and
sharply questioned whether
Egyptian President Hosni
Mubarak’s pledge to shift power to
his vice president is an “immedi-
ate, meaningful or sufficient” sign
of reform for a country in
upheaval.
Without naming Mubarak,
Obama issued a written statement
that criticized the leader for not
offering clarity to his people or a
concrete path to democracy. He
called on Egyptian government
leaders to do so, declaring: “They
have not yet seized that opportuni-
ty.”
Obama’s comments came after
Mubarak, in a televised speech,
refused to step down despite
intense speculation that he was on
the brink of ouster. He said he was
delegating powers to Vice
President Omar Suleiman, yet
Mubarak remained president and
defiantly said he would so until a
successor was elected to replace
Friday • Feb. 11, 2011 7
him in
S e p t e m b e r.
Protesters were
shocked, sad-
dened and
enraged.
At the White
House, Obama
scrambled with
Barack Obama his national
security team
over how to respond to a speech
that had left many surprised and
even baffled. In his statement,
Obama challenged Egypt’s leaders
to plainly explain what the new
changes mean and how they would
lead them to the freedoms or
opportunities that have driven
enormous crowds into the streets
since late January.
“Too many Egyptians remain
unconvinced that the government
is serious about a genuine transi-
tion to democracy,” Obama said,
“and it is the responsibility of the
government to speak clearly to the
Egyptian people and the world.”
Still, analysts and even U.S. offi-
cials themselves acknowledge the
White House has limited power to
shape what Egypt does.
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Focus should be on Caltrain solutions
W
hether Mike Scanlon, chief exec-
utive officer for the San Mateo
County Transit District, decides
to take a pay cut won’t matter one way or
the other when it comes to possible cuts to
Caltrain service.
Scanlon, hired in 1999 to oversee the tran-
sit agency which acts as an umbrella group
over SamTrans, Caltrain and the county’s
Transportation Authority, has a compensa-
tion package of over $400,000. He also
receives a $2,000 a month housing
allowance that was used to lure him from
Florida because home prices there were sig-
nificantly lower than here.
Scanlon this week said he is contemplat-
ing offering a sacrifice to allay concerns
about his compensation package which has
been in place and reported for more than 10
years. The concern is largely rooted in a
recent report released by state Controller
John Chiang spurred by the pay and benefit
controversy out of the Southern California
city of Bell. In the report, Chiang outlines
compensation of all government employees.
The San Francisco Chronicle’s Matier and
Ross column picked up on the information
and reported early this week that Scanlon
has a total compensation package of
Letters to the editor
More Caltrain bike capacity needed
Editor,
I am very concerned about the future of
Caltrain. My husband and I take Caltrain into
San Francisco and would very much miss the
evening and weekend service which is part of
the proposed service cuts. Being able to walk
to a Caltrain station was a major considera-
tion in our choosing to live in downtown San
Carlos. We are walk-on passengers; we do
not take our bikes on Caltrain. It is my
understanding, however, that bike riders are
still being left at the stations due to inade-
quate bike capacity on some trains.
Given Caltrain’s fiscal emergency, it seems
crazy to leave any fare paying passengers
standing on the platform. I know that
Caltrain has been trying to work with the
biking community, and probably feels that
they (Caltrain) have been quite accommodat-
ing. If, however, more consistent bike capaci-
ty brings more passengers, where is the
downside?
Cindy Bentley
San Carlos
Problems with polypropylene
Editor,
While the Belmont City Council considers
instituting a ban on plastic bags (“City con-
siders plastic bag ban” in the Feb. 8 edition
of the Daily Journal), you should consider
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$407,642 which includes a no-interest home
loan paid that is partially paid down by the
district, a $24,000 annual housing allowance
and $24,765 for unused time off. District
officials said this week he donates his
unused time off to the United Way.
If Scanlon were to sacrifice a portion of
his compensation package, it would likely be
his housing allowance, which was used to
entice him here. While that may show he is
cognizant of the need to make reductions,
the sacrifice would be largely symbolic. It
might help with contract negotiations this
summer, or it may be seen as grandstanding.
Granted, the amount is eye-popping for a
public official, even one who manages sever-
al agencies. But where was the concern
when the deal was made more than 10 years
ago? Even if Scanlon were to decide to work
for free, it would do little to chip away at the
$30 million deficit Caltrain is facing. If he
decides to do it, great. If he doesn’t, that’s
fine too.
The deficit Caltrain is facing is real and
the real focus should be on how to bridge
the gap. Is the solution to reduce service,
this: those polypropylene bags that will
replace them are likely to bring dangerous
bacteria like E. coli in contact with your
food.
According to a new survey from Opinion
Research Corporation, more than half of the
people who do their grocery shopping with
reusable bags have never washed them. This
is despite the fact that a recent study from the
University of Arizona found that more than
half of the bags they tested came up positive
for Coliform, while 11 percent tested positive
for E. coli.
And there are dangers in these bags that
you can’t just wash out: U.S. Sen. Charles
Schumer, D-NY, has called on the FDA, EPA
and CPSC to look into the fact that excessive
levels of lead have been found in these prod-
ucts.
What we’re seeing are the unintended con-
sequences of ill-thought-out government reg-
ulations. Often, when the government rushes
to push through feel-good regulations
designed to shape public behavior, they usu-
ally introduce new problems. In this case,
they might introduce new and potentially
dangerous problems.
J. Justin Wilson
Washington, D.C.
The letter writer is senior research analyst
at the Center for Consumer Freedom in
Washington, D.C.
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raise fares, increase parking fees, eliminate
stops or push for a regional tax? Is it to
allow for more bicycle trains, more advertis-
ing or more fee-based amenities?
Or is it a combination of all-of-the-above
along with using $5.5 million from the
Metropolitan Transportation Commission
earmarked for the Dumbarton Rail project?
Caltrain is operated under a joint powers
authority that is made up of officials from
Santa Clara, San Mateo and San Francisco
counties. Its funding structure is extremely
complicated with allocations from all coun-
ties and their transit agencies that have
divergent interests. Managing it and its
budget is no small task. Managing such a
deficit is also no small task. And so far, no
one really seems to be able to pinpoint an
overall issue with how Scanlon is handling a
difficult situation with many moving parts in
a challenging fiscal environment. Until
someone does, the focus should not be on a
well-known compensation package and how
to chisel off a few thousand dollars. The
problems are significantly greater. Instead,
the focus should be on how to best navigate
this extremely difficult situation and collec-
tively come up with solutions that will save
as much of the train service as we can.
Terrified of democracy
Editor,
Lately, there are many articles in which
city mayors across California passionately
plead to “keep the tax money flowing into
my local redevelopment agency,” and
implore Gov. Jerry Brown to “cut something
else ... just not my city’s redevelopment
agency.”
Foster City Mayor Linda Koelling’s guest
perspective in the Feb. 9 edition of the Daily
Journal is a typical example. However, in
each of the 425 RDAs, tax money is collect-
ed inside the RDA’s boundaries, sent to
Sacramento and then comes right back to that
RDA after Sacramento has taken its cut for
administration and management. This is
crazy. Why not keep the tax money collected
in each RDA within that RDA?
What “value” is Sacramento providing for
its cut of the proceeds? Even better, with
Sacramento out of the loop, the local tax-
paying voters within each RDA could vote to
tax themselves more, less or not at all. Which
gets us to the real reason California mayors
are on their soap boxes: They are concerned
that, if given a chance, their local citizens
might vote to reduce or eliminate taxes to
fund their local RDA. In other words,
California’s mayors are terrified of democra-
cy.
Vince Boston
San Mateo
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Guest
perspective
A new service for
San Mateo County
By Adrienne Tissier and Anne Wilson
S
ometimes the search for food, shelter
and other basic necessities can end in
frustration.
Navigating the myriad of
telephone numbers, auto-
mated directories, search
engines and social serv-
ice agencies can be con-
fusing when you need
help the most. But now
there is a place to turn in
San Mateo County that
Adrienne
can help.
Tissier
United Way and its
partners are pleased to
announce that the 211
helpline has launched in
San Mateo County. The
addition of San Mateo
County completes the
211 network in Bay Area,
which now serves all 12
counties in our region.
The 211 helpline is a Anne Wilson
toll-free, 24-hour, multi-
lingual information service that connects
people in need with health and human serv-
ices. You can now pick up a phone anywhere
in the Bay Area, call 211, and immediately
gain access to hundreds of local organiza-
tions that provide services such as child care,
flu shots, employment assistance, counseling,
food, shelter and more.
The expansion of 211 in the Bay Area will
prove crucial in the next earthquake or disas-
ter. When disaster strikes, 211 will provide
residents with critical information about
evacuation routes, food and shelter. After the
disaster, 211 can provide information about
finding jobs and permanent housing during
long-term recovery. Should calls overload
our local operators, 211 call centers across
the nation can assist using locally supplied
information.
In addition to disaster response and
recovery, 211 offers tremendous economic
benefits for our region:
• 211 is a cost- and time-saving tool for
police, social workers and other community
service providers, who call 211 directly to
get information to help clients and con-
stituents;
• 211 benefits businesses by reducing
employee absenteeism and increasing pro-
ductivity due to fast, quality referrals for a
comprehensive array of services; and
• 211 reduces the number of non-emer-
gency calls to 911. 211 also provides 911
operators, as well as first-responders, with a
place to easily refer non-emergency calls.
The San Mateo County Board of
Supervisors, county agencies and local non-
profits are working together to help United
Way spread the word that 211 is now avail-
able in San Mateo County. United Way’s 211
team is also collaborating with San Mateo
County’s Community Information Program
to update and maintain the 211 San Mateo
County resource database.
Our county provides some of the best
opportunities in our state, and some would
say our nation. But for those less fortunate,
our county provides some of the very best
social services for our residents. United Way
211 is the ultimate tool to provide access to
the thousands of services available to the
people of San Mateo County. Learn more at
www.211BayArea.org.
Adrienne J. Tissier is a member of the San
Mateo County Board of Supervisors and Anne
Wilson is the CEO of the United Way of the
Bay Area. United Way of the Bay Area oper-
ates 211 in San Mateo and five other Bay Area
counties.
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Cisco, Akamai pull technology stocks lower
By Chip Cutter and Matthew Craft
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Stocks finished flat on
Thursday, dragged down by Cisco
Systems Inc. and Akamai Technologies
Inc. Both issued weak earnings fore-
casts, raising concerns about business
and technology spending.
The Dow Jones industrial average
ended an eight-day winning streak,
entirely a result of Cisco’s 14 percent
drop. Other indexes managed slight
gains.
Cisco, the world’s largest networking
equipment maker, had the largest fall of
the 30 stocks that make up the Dow. The
company said late Wednesday that its
fourth-quarter income slid 18 percent
because of lower sales to government
agencies, a problem that could worsen
over the next few quarters.
“Cisco is stumbling,” said Rob Lutts,
president and chief investment officer of
Cabot Money Management. “When
you’re No. 1, it’s hard to stay there.”
Lutts said the weak results reflect
Cisco’s struggle to stay competitive, not
necessarily weakness in the technology
industry overall.
Akamai Technologies fell 15 percent
after the company said competitors are
forcing it to offer lower prices for its
Web streaming services. Akamai was the
weakest stock in the Standard & Poor’s
500 index of large U.S. companies.
Unemployment aid requests down
By Jeannine Aversa
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — The number of
people applying for unemployment ben-
efits plunged last week to the lowest
level in nearly three years, continuing a
downward trend that suggests hiring
could pick up this year.
Applications sank by a seasonally
adjusted 36,000 to 383,000, the lowest
point since early July 2008, the Labor
Department reported Thursday.
Some analysts cautioned that severe
winter weather that affected 30 states
could have contributed to the sharp drop,
closing some government offices and
preventing people from filing applica-
tions.
Still, many analysts said the decline
Report: Google,Facebook consider buying Twitter
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Google Inc. and
Facebook Inc. have both held low-level
talks with Twitter Inc. about purchasing
the privately held social networking
service, according to a report published
Thursday.
The talks have valued Twitter at $8
billion to $10 billion, The Wall Street
Journal said, citing unnamed people
familiar with the matter. The Journal
IPhone-starved states
welcome new gadget
FARGO, N.D. — Apple devotees in
states largely disregarded under a for-
merly exclusive deal to distribute the
iPhone rushed to stores to snap up the
gadget early Thursday as Verizon
Wireless entered the fray.
Phil Toso, the manager of a Verizon
store in Baxter, Minn., said dozens of
people showed up when the business
opened at 7 a.m. Thursday. The store
normally opens at 10.
“The customers that are coming in are
coming in for the iPhone,” Toso said.
Wall Street
Whole Foods Market Inc. rose 12 per-
cent in after the natural foods grocer
reported a 79 percent increase in first
quarter net income. It had the biggest
gain of any stock in the S&P 500.
Sprint Nextel Corp. rose 5.7 percent
after the company increased its sub-
scribers under contract for the first time
in about four years.
The Dow lost 10.6 points, or 0.1 per-
cent, to close at 12,229.29. The S&P 500
rose a point, or less than 0.1 percent, to
1,321.87. The Nasdaq composite rose
1.38 to close at 2,790.45.
Rising stocks narrowly outpaced
declining ones on the New York Stock
Exchange. Consolidated trading volume
was 4.2 billion shares.
Stocks traded lower much of the day
despite positive news on jobs.
The Labor Department said 383,000
people applied for unemployment bene-
fits for the first time last week, the low-
est level in nearly three years.
Economists say applications would need
to fall to 375,000 or below on a consis-
tent basis before the unemployment rate
will decline.
The Commerce Department also
reported that businesses at the wholesale
level increased their inventories in
December even though demand for their
products slowed.
points to better hiring ahead.
“The sharp drop bodes well for
February job creation,” said economist
Ellen Beeson Zentner at Bank of Tokyo-
Mitsubishi UFJ.
Applications are well below their peak
of 651,000, reached in March 2009,
when the economy was deep in reces-
sion. Applications below 425,000 tend to
signal modest job growth. But they
would need to dip consistently to
375,000 or below to indicate a signifi-
cant and steady decline in the unemploy-
ment rate.
When unemployment was at a more
normal rate of 5 percent in 2005, appli-
cations hovered around 322,000. In
boom times, when unemployment
dipped to a 30-year low of 3.8 percent in
April 2000, applications fell to 259,000
said the company had 2010 revenue of
$45 million but lost money as it hired
and invested in data centers.
Investors have shown keen interest in
social networking services in recent
months. Last month, daily coupon web-
site Groupon raised $950 million in
financing after reportedly turning down
Google’s offer to purchase it for $6 bil-
lion. Facebook, which is privately held,
is also said to have received $500 mil-
lion in new funding last month, includ-
Business briefs
At the West Acres Shopping Mall,
Madison Bratz, 20, said her Android cell
phone had been the “next best thing in
Fargo,” but that she happily used up all
her available funds to buy an iPhone
Thursday when AT&T’s exclusive deal
ended.
Court: Merchants
can’t ask patrons for ZIPs
SAN FRANCISCO — The California
Supreme Court ruled Thursday that mer-
chants can no longer ask for the ZIP
codes of customers who make purchases
THE DAILY JOURNAL
Big movers
Stocks that moved substantially or traded
heavily Thursday on the New York Stock
Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market:
NYSE
PepsiCo Inc.,down $1.06 at $63.36
The food and soda maker cut its forecast
because of worries about rising costs for raw
materials and competition from rival Coca-Cola.
Sprint Nextel Corp.,up 25 cents at $4.60
The wireless carrier gained lucrative contract
subscribers in the fourth quarter for the first
time since 2007, and posted a slightly smaller
loss.
Allstate Corp.,down $1.16 at $31.20
Payouts to cover big natural disasters dented
the insurer’s quarterly profit, and analysts said
its auto insurance division was deteriorating.
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.,up $1.79 at $14.30
The country’s biggest tire maker posted a
quarterly loss because of the cost of closing a
1,900-employee plant in Tennessee, but
revenue rose.
Molson Coors Brewing Co., down $2.09 at
$45.48
The beer maker’s quarterly profit slid as it sold
less beer and struggled with rising costs for
taxes,ingredients and fuel.
NASDAQ
Cisco Systems Inc.,down $3.12 at $18.92
The computer networking equipment maker
said sales to government customers were
slowing because of state budget deficits.
Whole Foods Market Inc.,up $6.30 at $60.05
The natural and organic grocery chain raised
its full-year guidance because of its growing
customer traffic,sales and profitability.
Akamai Technologies Inc.,down $7.24 at $40.75
The website traffic management company
posted a cautious revenue outlook after a year
of strong growth.
Last week’s sharp decline continues a
downward trend that took shape late last
year. The last time applications fell
below 400,000 was near the end of
December.
Snowstorms along the East Coast
forced some companies to temporarily
layoff workers last month. That sent
applications surging to 457,000 in the
week of Jan. 22. But since then applica-
tions have been falling.
The four-week average, a less volatile
measure, dipped to 415,500 last week.
That’s slightly above the two-year low of
411,250, reached in the week ending
Jan. 1.
The unemployment rate fell to 9 per-
cent in January, marking the fastest two-
month decline in 53 years. Still, 9 per-
cent unemployment is high.
ing $450 million from wealthy Goldman
Sachs clients living outside the U.S., and
$50 million from a Russian investor.
Also last month, LinkedIn, a social
networking site geared toward profes-
sionals, filed to go public in an initial
public offering worth up to $175 million.
Twitter and Facebook declined to
comment. Google did not immediately
respond to a message seeking comment.
Google’s stock fell $3.08 to $613.42
in afternoon trading.
with credit cards because such requests
violate a state consumer-protection law.
The high court’s unanimous decision,
which says a ZIP code can be used as
“personal identification information,”
overturned two lower court decisions
tossing out the lawsuit. It delivered
retailers in California a setback that an
attorney for one national chain said
would likely lead to additional lawsuits.
The decision Thursday came in a law-
suit filed against Williams-Sonoma Inc.,
whose clerk asked Jessica Pineda for her
ZIP code several years ago. Pineda sued
the home retailer in June 2008, saying it
violated the credit card law and her pri-
vacy.
BONDS BACK IN THE NEWS: FORMER SLUGGER HAS NEARLY HALF OF FELONY COUNTS AGAINST HIM DROPPED >>> PAGE 12
<< Suns blast Warriors second time this week, page 12
• ‘Intimidator,’ Johnson highlight Daytona media day, page 15
Iconic Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan resigns
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SALT LAKE CITY — After 23 seasons,
Hall of Fame coach Jerry Sloan had only one
bit of advice for successor Ty Corbin.
“Be yourself,” Sloan said Thursday after
announcing he was stepping down after 1,127
wins the Jazz because he didn’t have the ener-
gy any more.
Corbin, a former Jazz player, already began
Skyline scuffling early
By Nathan Mollat
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
The Skyline College baseball team is noto-
rious for getting off to slow starts, and the
2011 season is no different.
Thursday, the Trojans fell to 0-4 following
a 12-8 loss to San Joaquin Delta College in
the first game of a three-game series with the
Mustangs.
Skyline manager Dino Nomicos is not pan-
icking — yet.
“By the end of preseason, we have to have
four or five wins,” Nomicos said.
A third of the way through the preseason
portion of the schedule, however, and the
Trojans have major questions about their
pitching. Nomicos believed his team’s depth
on the mound, along with young, quality arms
would give the Trojans an advantage.
Through four games, however, the Trojans are
allowing an average of 10.4 runs. Thursday
was third time in four games Skyline pitching
has allowed double-digit runs.
“We just have to keep [the opposition]
under two touchdowns and we’ll be OK,”
Nomicos said dryly. “I’m not worried about
the pitching. We’ll get it sooner or later.
“We always start off slow and we’ll do it
again.”
Skyline went through six pitchers against
the Mustangs and, for the second time in two
starts, Skyline starter Dennis Tupper failed to
make it out of the third inning, allowing one
run on one hit. While that may not sound bad,
consider he walked three and had three-ball
counts on five batters total and it adds up to a
less than quality start.
Things got a little better when Nick
Gregory came into the game. He allowed
three unearned runs in two innings and, after
wobbling through the third, he sat the side
down in order in the fourth on just eight pitch-
es.
Dan Molieri and Chris Broadway had for-
gettable outings, combining to finish one
inning. Ryan Quirk, the Trojans’ fifth pitcher
of the day, might have had the best outing. He
went three innings, giving up one earned run
on five hits. Andrew Hidalgo finished off the
See SKYLINE, Page 14
Crystal Springs cruises, PAL Bay gets tighter
By Julio Lara
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Sometimes in sports, the hardest game to
win is the one you’re supposed to.
The Crystal Springs Uplands girls soccer
team found themselves in such a scenario
Thursday afternoon when they faced a Harker
team that had yet to score a goal, much less
win a game, in league play this season.
But Crystal Springs did what all good team
do, win the games they’re supposed to, by
thumping Harker 8-0 on their way to collect-
ing their seventh win in the West Bay Athletic
League’s Skyline division.
meeting with players and
will coach his first game
Friday night against the
Phoenix Suns.
Around the league, the
shock remained.
“I’m too shocked to
have a reaction,” Boston
Celtics coach Doc Rivers
Jerry Sloan said. “It caught us all off
Skyline first baseman Nico Vargas receives a throw for an out during the Trojans’12-8 loss to
San Joaquin Delta Thursday afternoon.
The win keeps the Gryphons’ hopes of a
division title alive as they’re three points
behind division leading Notre Dame of San
Jose heading into next Tuesday’s season
finale.
“We’ve been working hard all season long,”
said Crystal Springs coach Luisa Monterrosa.
“It’s just been unfortunate for Harker since
they’ve lost some key players throughout the
season. But we came out showing as much
respect as we can for a team, showing them
that we’ve been training hard to win.”
Crystal Springs was never threaten in the
game — defensively they only allowed three
shots the entire afternoon, making first half
guard. ... He’s been there like this rock and all
of a sudden the rock is gone. It’s like your
franchise moved or something. I don’t know.
It’s just strange.”
Miami Heat star LeBron James had a simi-
lar reaction.
“Man it’s gonna be crazy and weird seeing
anyone besides Jerry Sloan walking the side-
lines for the Utah Jazz!” James tweeted.
“Jerry Sloan is the Utah Jazz. Wow.”
NATHAN MOLLAT / DAILY JOURNAL
goalkeeper Maret Rossi the loneliest player
on the pitch.
All the action happened on the Harker end
of the field as the goals came early and often
for the Gryphons.
Three minutes in, Ellen Rudolph started the
scoring off of a corner kick that got knocked
around in the box. Rudolph got what appeared
to be a knee on the ball and it traveled into the
net for the very early 1-0 lead.
Two minutes later, the Grypons added to
their tally on a pretty pass from Molly Lin and
seven minutes after that, Harker’s inability to
clear a ball allowed Annie Maslan to collect
the ball deep in the offensive zone, put a love-
Friday, Feb. 11, 2011
Sloan was the longest tenured coach in any
of the four major sports. His resignation came
just two weeks after the second-longest
tenured professional coach, Jeff Fisher, parted
ways with the Tennessee Titans after a 6-10
season.
“I had a feeling this time was the time to
move on,” an emotional Sloan said during a
See SLOAN, Page 12
Super Bowl
fiasco is all
about greed
N
egotiations toward a new NFL
labor contract resumed
Wednesday in the nation’s capital
in what had to be a good sign for players
fearful of losing their fat paychecks.
There was no immediate word on how
much progress was made in the second bar-
gaining session in five days. But the players’
union might have been tempted to lock the
doors, order takeout, and refuse to leave
until a new deal is
done.
Because the NFL is
suddenly in a giving
mood.
OK, so far its gen-
erosity is limited to
quelling a public rela-
tions debacle sparked
by the all-consuming
greed exhibited at the
Jerry Jones Super
TIM Bowl. Imagine,
though, if the league
DAHLBERG bargained with players
as it did with the 400
fans whose seats were pulled out from under
them at the game.
No more looming lockout. No uncertainty
over whether Green Bay’s win over
Pittsburgh will be the last NFL game we’ll
see this year.
Instead, in a bid to make players happy,
the NFL will guarantee their contracts.
There will be no mandatory offseason work-
outs, no 18-game schedule.
Did I mention triple salaries for all?
Won’t happen, of course, because the NFL
is determined to snatch back some of the
money it pays its players, not give them
more. It’s the same tactic the league uses
with its fans, who are subjected to never-
ending demands for cash in the form of
higher ticket prices, personal seat licenses
and exorbitant parking fees.
A microcosm of that was on display in
Arlington, Texas, where Jones aimed to
break the Super Bowl attendance record
See DAHLBERG, Page 13
ly deke on the goalkeeper and finish smooth-
ly to the bottom left for a 3-0 lead.
The game was all but in the bag after that
lovely play.
“Overlooking the victory, as a team, in gen-
eral, we’ve been successful with all of our
under underclassmen playing just as well as
our upperclassmen. They’re not even skipping
a beat,” Monterrosa said.
That statement held true as Crystal Springs
simply could not stop scoring, no matter who
was on the field on them.
In the 20th minute, Maslan found Julia Tang
See SOCCER, Page 14
12 Friday • Feb. 11, 2011
Bonds’ Warriors scorched by Suns
charges
reduced
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO — Federal prosecutors on
Thursday cut the number of felony charges Barry
Bonds faces from 11 to five.
Major League Baseball’s home run leader still
faces the same punishment he always has, but the
paring of the charges still underscored the trou-
bles prosecutors have encountered since indicting
him for the first time in 2007 for allegedly lying
to a grand jury about his steroids use. Bonds has
pleaded not guilty.
The indictment unsealed
Thursday was the fourth
version of the charges
against Bonds. The docu-
ment reflects the hit the gov-
ernment’s case took when
the slugger’s personal train-
er made clear his willing-
ness to go to jail on con-
Barry Bonds tempt of court charges
instead of testifying against his former client.
The trainer, Greg Anderson, has already served
more than a year in prison for refusing to testify
before the grand jury investigating Bonds.
Anderson, who prosecutors allege supplied
Bonds with steroids, is scheduled to appear in
court before Bonds’ March 21 trial to formally
tell the judge of his plans for the trial. Anderson’s
attorney, Mark Geragos, said Anderson will reit-
erate his refusal to take the witness stand. It’s
likely that Anderson will be jailed for the dura-
tion of the trial, which is expected to last up to a
month.
Prosecutors on Thursday removed from the
indictment perjury charges that relied on dates
found on so-called doping calendars found in
Anderson’s apartment that prosecutors allege
show Bonds’ drug regimen. U.S. District Judge
Susan Illston ruled those documents inadmissible
at trial because of Anderson’s refusal to authenti-
cate them on the witness stand.
In the new indictment, they reduced from nine
to three the number of charges alleging Bonds
lied under oath when he testified that he never
knowingly took performance enhancing drugs.
He is still charged with making false state-
ments for telling the grand jury that no one other
than his doctor ever stuck a needle in his body
and a catch-all charge that he obstructed the
grand jury’s investigation into sports doping with
his allegedly misleading testimony.
SPORTS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PHOENIX — Three days after his 37th
birthday, Steve Nash had 18 points and 11
assists, then sat out the fourth quarter on
Thursday night and watched Phoenix com-
plete a 112-88 rout of the Golden State
Warriors, the Suns’ most one-sided win this
season.
Channing Frye added 17 points and nine
rebounds as the Suns beat the Warriors for the
second time in four nights to climb to .500
(25-25) for the first time since Dec. 19.
Ekpe Udoh and Brandan Wright scored 16
apiece for the Warriors. Monta Ellis, the
fourth-leading scorer in the NBA at 25.4
points per game, managed just eight on 4 of
13 shooting.
SLOAN
Continued from page 11
Thursday afternoon news conference.
“(That’s) a long time to be in one organiza-
tion. Again, I’ve been blessed. Today is a new
day. When I get this over with, I’ll feel better.
My time is up and it’s time to move on.”
Longtime assistant Phil Johnson also
resigned, surprising even Sloan during their
postgame chat Wednesday night with general
manager Kevin O’Connor.
“I came with him and I’ll leave with him,”
the 69-year-old Johnson said Thursday.
The two men agreed to sleep on their deci-
sions Wednesday night at the request of team
owners and O’Connor, who said he “begged”
Sloan not to resign.
Nothing changed in the morning and Sloan
reported sleeping better than he has in six
weeks. Asked what he’ll do now, he didn’t
know, and said he expected to be a “dizzy
duck” for a while.
Jazz CEO Greg Miller also said he tried to
talk Sloan out of retiring.
“I want to make it clear that nobody pushed
Jerry or Phil out,” Miller said. “I loved and
respected Jerry for as long as I can remem-
ber... I will miss him but benefit from the
things he taught me for the rest of my life.”
Team officials made it clear that Corbin is
not an interim coach.
O’Connor also called false reports that star
guard Deron Williams told the team to choose
between him or Sloan.
“That’s not fair to Deron,” O’Connor said.
“That puts him in such a bad light. Whoever
started that rumor is either uninformed or a
liar. I would say the latter.”
The Suns made it a blowout with a 20-0 run,
the last 14 points of the first half and first six
of the second, to go up 71-42, Phoenix’s
biggest lead against anyone this season — up
to that point. The Warriors missed 13 shots
during that stretch.
Phoenix led by as many as 33 in the fourth
quarter.
Jared Dudley scored 13 points and Robin
Lopez had 12 for Phoenix. Rookie Zabian
Dowdell, signed to fill in for injured Goran
Dragic, scored 10 — six more than he’d ever
had in an NBA game.
Phoenix, winner of five of its past six over-
all, won its 28th straight at home against a
Pacific Division foe not named the Los
Angeles Lakers.
Williams told 1320-KFAN radio that he and
Sloan clashed at halftime Wednesday but
insisted there is no truth to the rumors that he
forced the Hall of Fame coach out.
“We had a disagreement,” Williams told the
station. “I’ve seen him have worse ones with
other players. Jerry’s very fiery. I am, too.
Sometimes we clash on things.”
“I would never force coach Sloan out of
Utah. He’s meant more to this town, more to
this organization than I have by far. I would
have asked out of Utah first.”
Willams said he and Sloan are both “stub-
born” and clashed because they both wanted
to win.
“Not many come into this league and can
play for a Hall of Fame coach their first six
years,” Williams told the station. “I got a
chance to learn from the best. We won a lot of
basketball games because of coach Sloan.”
Now it’s up to 48-year-old Corbin to win
some more, starting Friday at home against
the Phoenix Suns.
Jazz broadcaster Thurl Bailey, who was
traded to Minnesota from Utah in 1991 in
exchange for Corbin, called Thursday a “sad
day” for the state because such a legend
stepped down. But he also was pleased for
Corbin, the team’s first black coach.
“That’s significant,” Bailey said. “It goes to
a great guy, who was a great player, who hap-
pens to be African-American. But as we all
know, this is a great country we live in. It’s
what he worked for. Some guys want to be
president. Some guys want to be head coach
of an NBA team.”
Corbin was offered the job very quickly
Thursday morning, and called it a “bitter-
sweet” moment. Sloan said he had not talked
to any players, but Corbin was able to sit down
with Williams before the press conference.
THE DAILY JOURNAL
Golden State had won four of five overall,
most recently 116-114 over Denver on
Wednesday night. Both losses in its past six
came against the Suns.
The Warriors — coming off an eight-game
home stand — scored the first two points
Thursday night, then never led again.
The 14-0 surge to finish the half was part of
a 17-3 overall outburst that put Phoenix ahead
65-42 at the break. The Suns shot 60 percent
for the half, with Nash leading the way with
14 points and eight assists.
Frye made a jumper, then Vince Carter
scored twice to start the third quarter. The 20-
point run finally ended when Ellis hit a 14-
footer with 8:38 left in the third quarter.
“While it’s a great opportunity for me, it’s a
bitter moment for me because I will miss these
guys a lot,” said Corbin, in his seventh year as
a Jazz assistant and a former Jazz small for-
ward.
The moves came on the heels of an emo-
tional 91-86 loss Wednesday night to the
Chicago Bulls, Utah’s 10th in 14 games.
But Sloan, the longest-tenured coach in the
four major professional sports, insisted that
wasn’t the final straw.
But he hinted after the game that something
was in the works after delaying his postgame
news conference more than 30 minutes.
“I’ll be 69 years old next month,” Sloan
said. “I’m not as lively as I used to be. There’s
no question losses are very difficult to handle
the older you get. When I was younger, I
thought I could handle anything, but they were
a little more difficult when you get older
Sloan just recently signed a one-year con-
tract extension to carry him through the 2011-
12 season, but he also indicated that he would
not make anything official until after the cur-
rent season.
The Jazz started 15-5 but fell to 31-23 after
the loss to Chicago, the only other team Sloan
has coached (he was 94-121 in nearly three
seasons with the Bulls). The Chicago loss was
the third straight at home, where the Jazz are
only 17-11 this season.
Sloan began working for the Jazz as a scout
in 1983, became assistant to coach Frank
Layden on Nov. 19, 1984, and was named the
sixth coach in franchise history on Dec. 9,
1988, when Layden resigned.
He is the only coach in NBA history to win
1,000 games with one team, reaching the
milestone Nov. 7, 2008, against Oklahoma
City. Sloan’s other wins came with the
Chicago Bulls from 1979 to 1982.
THE DAILY JOURNAL
NFL,players’union cancel second day of talks
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — Negotiations to prevent
an NFL lockout took a grim turn Thursday
with the cancellation of the second day of a
planned two-day bargaining session.
“We wish we were negotiating today,” NFL
Players Association spokesman George
Atallah said. “That’s all I can say.”
There are just three weeks to go before the
collective bargaining agreement expires on
March 3.
The NFL confirmed that Commissioner
Roger Goodell has canceled an owners’ meet-
ing scheduled for next Tuesday in
Philadelphia, where labor was expected to be
a topic.
“Despite the inaccurate characterizations of
(Wednesday’s) meeting, out of respect to the
collective bargaining process and our negoti-
ating partner, we are going to continue to con-
duct negotiations with the union in private,”
league spokesman Greg Aiello told the
Associated Press via e-mail, “and not engage
in a point-counterpoint on the specifics of
either side’s proposals or the meeting process.
Instead, we will work as hard as possible to
reach a fair agreement by March 4. We are
fully focused on that goal.”
DAHLBERG
Continued from page 11
while asking the most expensive Super Bowl
ticket prices to date. With the blessing of his
fellow owners, he crammed temporary seats
into Cowboys Stadium and the league collect-
ed $800 apiece from the rubes who were
delighted to sit there.
Problem was, the hastily installed seats
were determined to be unsafe. They were
erected so late the fire marshal didn’t have
time to inspect them and, rather than risk
injuries or even deaths that could have really
ruined America’s unofficial holiday, they
weren’t allowed to be occupied.
That hardly mattered to the estimated 111
million people who made the Super Bowl the
SPORTS
The collapse of the talks
came as a surprise. The
two sides got together
Wednesday for the second
time in five days, the pre-
vious negotiations taking
place in Dallas on
Saturday before the Super
Bowl. Neither Atallah nor
Roger Goodell NFLPA executive director
DeMaurice Smith would
comment on why Thursday’s session was
called off.
The union sent a memo Thursday to player
agents updating the status of discussions on a
rookie wage scale. A union proposal to
decrease the maximum length of rookie con-
tracts to four years for players selected in the
first three rounds, and three years for players
chosen after that, also included a limit on
financial incentives and salary escalators that
could be included in rookie deals.
Those limits would, the NFLPA claims,
provide the cost certainty the league is seek-
ing for its rookie salary pool.
According to the memo seen by The
Associated Press, the NFL’s response was a
five-year wage scale with base salary escala-
tors. That would virtually eliminate individual
most watched American television program
ever. It didn’t even matter to the 100,000 or so
other people who were perfectly happy with
their seating arrangements.
And it certainly didn’t matter to the only
people who really mattered — the 31 other
NFL owners who will be voting when Jones
tries to land, say, Super Bowl 50 for his per-
sonal shrine. They partied away in their suites
while anger grew among the 1,250 fans who
were displaced — 400 of whom never got
seats at all.
The league started out by offering fans
$2,400, or triple the face value of the ticket,
for their trouble. When that didn’t work, it
upped the ante to include a ticket to next
year’s Super Bowl. Finally, two days later, the
league said it would give the fans a ticket to
any future Super Bowl, along with round-trip
airfare and hotel accommodations.
negotiation of rookie con-
tracts.
Owners opted out of the
current CBA in 2008 and
are seeking a bigger cut of
the league’s revenues,
which are roughly $9 bil-
lion, as well as the rookie
wage scale. They also
DeMaurice want to increase the regu-
Smith lar season by two games to
18, while dropping two
preseason games.
The players are happy with the status quo.
The NFL has had labor peace since a 1987
players’ strike that led to three games with
replacement players, but some sort of labor
stoppage appears a genuine possibility this
year because of the slow pace of negotiations.
The talks at the Super Bowl were the first for-
mal discussions since November.
Meanwhile, the NFLPA continued to pres-
ent its side of the argument to the public. The
union was a guest of American Rights at
Work, which brought in a beer vendor from
Ford Field in Detroit as part of a news confer-
ence in the nation’s capital aimed at demon-
strating the effects a lockout would have on
the economy.
Generous, indeed. But even that didn’t sat-
isfy some ticket holders, who filed suit
Wednesday in Dallas against Jones, the NFL
and the Dallas Cowboys, alleging breach of
contract, fraud and deceptive sales practices.
They’re not just asking for future Super
Bowl tickets. They want $5 million for their
troubles.
If it sounds like too much, it is. But don’t
forget that some of these fans traveled a long
way to get to Texas only to miss what, for
some, may have been the game of their lives.
The box score will reflect that Jones never
got his record, with the announced attendance
of 103,219 falling just short of the record
103,985 who watched the title game at the
Rose Bowl in 1980. Even adding 15,000 tem-
porary seats and counting everyone from tick-
et takers to popcorn makers in the crowd
couldn’t push the game over the top.
Friday • Feb. 11, 2011 13
“Football and other major sporting events
are some of the only things that bring people
to downtown Detroit after 5 p.m.,” said John
Marler, who has worked at the stadium since
2007.
Kimberly Freeman Brown, executive direc-
tor of American Rights at Work, said the NFL
and union are fussing over many of the same
issues faced by many workers: pay cuts,
longer working hours, workplace safety and
health care. She said a lockout would have an
impact on 150,000 jobs and cause more than
$160 million in lost revenue in every city with
an NFL team. She called a potential work
stoppage “something that could potentially
have devastating consequences on our quality
of life and our mental health.”
“For many fans, football is just that deep to
us,” Brown said.
Atallah defended the union’s public rela-
tions tactics.
“It is important for us to stand with the peo-
ple who are here on this panel, not for any
publicity issue or publicity stunt,” Atallah
said. “This is real life for us. This is a reality
that these people face.”
Smith arrived during the news conference,
but stayed in the back of the room and did not
answer questions.
It capped a week of disappointments for
Jones, who brought the Super Bowl to the
Dallas area only to have it vexed by some of
the worst winter weather in the city’s history.
The game itself was great but everything else
seemed to turn sour, from people being
injured by melting snow falling from the roof
of the stadium, to Christina Aguilera’s man-
gling of the national anthem, to an unimpres-
sive halftime show by the Black Eyed Peas.
True, Jones can’t control the weather, and
Cowboys fans will tell you he’s not much of a
judge of talent — the player kind.
But it was sheer greed that cost hundreds of
fans their seats at the game.
And Jones and the NFL can share the blame
for that.
Tim Dahlberg is a national sports columnist for
The Associated Press. Write to him at
tdahlberg@ap.org
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NASCAR talk dominated by two drivers
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Two of
NASCAR’s most successful drivers dominat-
ed the discussion on the first day of
Speedweeks.
Seven-time Cup Series champion Dale
Earnhardt and five-time defending champ
Jimmie Johnson were the main topics at
Daytona 500 Media Day on Thursday.
For different reasons, of course.
Earnhardt died a decade ago on the final lap
of the Daytona 500, and fellow drivers remi-
nisced on the upcoming, 10-year anniversary
of that race, as well as the significant safety
changes that followed.
“It’s meaningful to me because of Dale and
his fans,” said Michael Waltrip, who won the
2001 Daytona 500 driving for Dale Earnhardt
Inc. “That race was a quarter of a mile away
from maybe being the best Daytona 500 ever.
It was an amazing race. It had everything: An
upset winner, Dale battling those guys. It was
just an amazing race.
“Instead, it’s the worst race ever. You won’t
ever see that race in the greatest races in
Daytona history. It’s the worst. I live with that.
I’m the winner of that race. I’m not here to
celebrate that. I’m here to honor Dale.”
Waltrip wasn’t alone.
Bobby Labonte, Jeff Gordon, Dale
Earnhardt Jr. and several others told stories
about their relationships with the driver nick-
named The Intimidator. Kevin Harvick talked
about landing the dubious task of taking over
SKYLINE
Continued from page 11
game with a perfect ninth.
Nomicos said he went through so many
pitchers because he is still evaluating who can
get the job done and who can’t.
“[They’re] auditioning (for work later in the
season),” Nomicos said.
The Skyline defense did the pitching staff
no favors, either. Of the 12 Delta runs, only
six were earned as the Mustangs took advan-
tage of four Trojan errors.
“What killed us today were the errors,”
Nomicos said. “It put us in a hole.”
And the notion that offense would be down
in the college game because of new bat regu-
lations, well, the new rules have yet to have an
effect. Skyline and Delta combined for 20
runs on 25 hits, including three home runs.
SOCCER
Continued from page 11
with an undefendable pass down the heart of
the defense that she put away for the fourth
goal of the afternoon.
Before the whistle blew marking the end of
the first half, Crystal Springs had added
another pair of goals — another one from
Maslan and the last on a play where her shot
was saved but cleaned up nicely by Kelsey
Biddle.
“Once we’re ahead, we know that it’s time
to start working more on teamwork, possess-
SPORTS
Earnhardt’s ride at Richard
Childress Racing and then
finally learning to embrace
it.
Since Earnhardt’s
death, NASCAR has over-
hauled its safety stan-
dards, installed SAFER
barriers at tracks, mandat-
Dale ed the use of head-and-
Earnhardt Sr. neck restraints and
designed a car to better
protect drivers at high
speeds.
“The past 10 years it’s
come tenfold,” Labonte
said. “I can look at race
cars that I have in my shop
from 10 years ago and I
say, ’I can’t believe I
drove that.’ ...
Jimmie Unfortunately, things like
Johnson (Earnhardt’s death) had to
happen to make (safety
improvements) happen.”
Johnson made his Cup debut eight months
after Earnhardt’s death, and it didn’t take
very long for him to establish himself as one
to watch.
Now, he’s the one to beat.
Johnson has won five consecutive titles
with Hendrick Motorsports, an accomplish-
ment that rivals any dynasty in American
sports history.
“Without a doubt, everybody is tired of us
Delta failed to score in just three of the nine
innings. After a scoreless first, the Mustangs
scored once in the second and three more in
the third. They blew the game open with a six-
run fifth to take a 10-1 lead, tacking on single
runs in the sixth and eighth innings to round
out the scoring.
To their credit, the Trojans did not give up.
After finally knocking Delta starter Trevor
Miller out of the game in the sixth, the Skyline
offense finally came alive as it scored seven of
its eight runs from the sixth inning on and had
six of its 11 hits over that span as well.
Miller was, “Outstanding,” Nomicos said.
“Best pitcher we’ve seen (this year). He had
great downward angle.”
But the Trojans made some noise against
the Delta bullpen. They scored twice in the
sixth on an RBI double from Devin Kelly —
just the fourth extra-base hit on the season.
John Bordy followed with a run-scoring sin-
gle.
ing more and pushing our younger players to
work on the things they need to work on to
become better,” Monterrosa said.
Rossi handed her goalkeeper gloves off to
start the second half and moved up front for
the Gryphons. She wasted no time in adding
to the barrage of goals when she scored on a
fantastic run straight down the middle of the
Harker defense. With four defenders draped
on her, Rossi used her speed to earn an extra
half-a-step and finished like a forward and not
a goaltender.
Crystal Springs’ final goal came with less
then 10 minutes left in the game after the
Harker goalkeeper, who faced 23 shots for the
afternoon, could not corral Rudolph’s shot
from just inside the penalty box.
winning,” Johnson said. “That’s just how it
is.”
Harvick and Denny Hamlin nearly ended
Johnson’s run last season, but Johnson edged
out both in what was the tightest Chase for the
Sprint Cup championship. Johnson won his
fifth despite a May slump and an overhauled pit
crew.
“I don’t think you can count on him stum-
bling,” Harvick said. “That was a lot of the talk
last year, that they were stumbling, and you get
into the Chase and there they are.”
Johnson is the preseason favorite to win
another title in 2011, but he expects more chal-
lengers since Roush Fenway Racing made
huge strides late last season.
“If it all ended today, there’s no way I’d be
disappointed,” Johnson said. “It’s been one hell
of a run. So proud of the growth I’ve had as a
driver, from motocross to off-road trucks to
stock cars, there were a lot of years there where
I was tearing stuff up and trying to find my
way. With my opportunity at Hendrick, things
smoothed out, and it’s been one heck of a ride.”
NASCAR officials are hoping the same can
be said of the 53rd running of the Daytona 500.
The 2 1/2-mile superspeedway got repaved for
the first time since 1979, creating a surface that
could create more pack racing during
Speedweeks.
“We’re not going to have holes in the track,”
said two-time NASCAR champion Tony
Stewart, referring to last year’s Daytona 500
pothole debacle. “That’s a pretty good
improvement over last year.”
In the eighth, the Trojans put a five-spot on
the board as they sent nine batters to plate.
The big blows were a two-run single from
Matt Page and an opposite-field, three-run
homer to right off the bat Grant Nelson — the
Trojans’ first home run of the season. Both
Nelson and Page drove in three runs and the
former Serra standouts had four of the team’s
11 hits. Chris Del Bianco and Bordy also
added two hits apiece.
Despite the winless start to the season,
Nomicos has not thrown in the towel. He
knew the first half of the preseason schedule
would be tough, but he wants his team battle
tested for Coast Pacific Conference play and
the playoffs.
“We’re prepared to get to the state playoffs
and all the teams we’ve faced (so far) are play-
off teams,” Nomicos said. “We need to be
playing our best at the end of the season. We
could be 4-0 (right now) and I would be say-
ing the same thing: we have to get better.”
PAL Bay Division
The Peninsula Athletic League Bay division
just got really, really interesting heading into
the final week of league play.
Burlingame, which came into yesterday’s
play fourth in the standings, pulled off an
exciting 2-0 win over division-leader San
Mateo on two late goals from Lena
Mendelson. The loss is the second in a row for
the Bearcats, who are hurting physically right
now with some key players out with injuries.
San Mateo received somewhat of a favor
from Carlmont, who continue to play hard
under coach Tina Doss. The Scots drew 2-2
with a red-hot Aragon team, that started the
week by dusting off San Mateo 3-1.
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Sports Briefs
Decision on Cal baseball,
other sports delayed
BERKELEY — A decision on whether
California’s baseball team and four other pro-
grams will be reinstated has been delayed.
UC Berkeley spokesman Dan Mogulof says
an announcement from the school planned for
Thursday won’t happen as scheduled and he isn’t
sure any news will come Friday, either.
Chancellor Robert Birgeneau had been set to
announce whether the baseball, men’s and
women’s gymnastics and women’s lacrosse
teams would be saved after a decision in
September to eliminate the programs after this
school year. The men’s rugby team also is hop-
ing to avoid being reclassified as a “varsity club
sport,” a new category at Cal.
Former Cal and major league baseball player
Doug Nickle says “Save Cal Sports” has raised
about $15 million to support the five programs.
Del Potro advances to
quarterfinals in San Jose
SAN JOSE — Juan Martin Del Potro has
advanced to the quarterfinals for the first time
since returning from right wrist surgery, beating
Lukas Lacko in straight sets at the SAP Open.
Del Potro’s 6-1, 7-6 (1) victory Thursday night
was his biggest yet after surgery last May. The
2009 U.S. Open champion missed most of last
year with injuries.
The hard-hitting Argentine smacked his way
past Lacko with punishing forehands that pushed
his opponent back for most of the match. Del
Potro held off two set points, forced the tiebreak-
er and finished it off with a strong serve he only
lost once.
He will face two-time Grand Slam singles
champion Lleyton Hewitt on Friday for a spot in
the semifinals. Hewitt eliminated Brian Dabul 3-
6, 7-5, 6-3.
Dogs, and more dogs:
Westminster shows six newcomers
NEW YORK — The six new breeds at this
year’s Westminster Kennel Club dog show are
ready to parade around the ring.
The newcomers were officially introduced
Thursday at a hotel penthouse in New York,
right across the street from where they’ll com-
pete at Madison Square Garden. The two-day
show begins Monday morning.
There are 179 breeds and varieties entered
in America’s most prestigious dog show,
including the six new kinds — the Icelandic
sheepdog, the Leonberger, the Boykin spaniel,
the cane corso, the bluetick coonhound and the
redbone coonhound.
Elsewhere, Woodside handled their busi-
ness and rode two Taylor Duffner goals for a
victory over Hillsdale.
That means that there is a 3-way tie for first
place heading into the season’s final week —
with San Mateo, Woodside and Burlingame
all having 25 points. Aragon, who appears to
have the advantage with a softer schedule next
week, is only a point behind the division lead-
ers.
Next Tuesday, Burlingame will be at
Carlmont, Hilldale will drive up the street and
face Aragon, Menlo-Atherton will take on
Woodside and San Mateo hopes to have their
key players back as they travel to Terra Nova.
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Marino,Points atop the FRIDAY
WHAT’S ON TAP
Girls Basketball
NBA GLANCE
EASTERN CONFERENCE
NHL GLANCE
EASTERN CONFERENCE
leaderboard at Pebble
By Doug Ferguson up close to the pin.
Menlo Atherton at Terra Nova, San Mateo at Mils,
Aragon at Burlingame,Half Moon Bay at Westmoor,
South City at El Camino,Oceana at Carlmont,Hills-
dale at Sequoia, Jefferson at Woodside, Menlo at
Sacred Heart Prep,I.C.A.at Crystal Springs Uplands,
Atlantic Division

Boston
New York
W
38
26
L
14
25
Pct
.731
.510
GB
—
11 1/2
Atlantic Division

Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
W
36
35
L
13
17
OT
5
4
Pts
77
74
GF
182
167
GA
138
127
6 p.m.; Mercy-Burlingame at Notre Dame-SJ, 6:30
Philadelphia 24 28 .462 14 N.Y.Rangers 29 23 4 62 155 138
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS “I think your mother likes it,” Mark p.m.; St.Francis at Notre Dame-Belmont,7:30 p.m.
New Jersey 16 37 .302 22 1/2 New Jersey 21 30 4 46 118 157
Long, the caddie for amateur Dermot Boys Basketball Toronto 14 39 .264 24 1/2 N.Y.Islanders 18 29 7 43 135 177
PEBBLE BEACH — D.A. Points Desmond, called back to Marino. Menlo-Atherton at Woodside, South City at El Southeast Division Northeast Division
knew it was going to be a great week at Even more pleasing to Marino was Camino, Aragon at Burlingame, Half Moon Bay at W L Pct GB
Terra Nova,Jefferson at Mills,Hillsdale at Carlmont, W L OT Pts GF GA
the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am the 9-iron he hit on the previous hole, Oceana at Sequioa,San Mateo at Westmoor,Menlo Miami 38 14 .731 — Boston 31 16 7 69 169 125
when he found out Bill Murray was his the par-4 eighth, that took one hop and at Sacred Heart Prep, Priory at Crystal Springs Up- Atlanta 33 19 .635 5 Montreal 30 20 6 66 148 143
lands,7:30 p.m. Orlando 34 20 .630 5
amateur partner. hit the pin before settling about 8 feet Buffalo 26 22 5 57 155 155
Charlotte 22 30 .423 16
It got even better on Thursday. away. A year ago on Spyglass, he holed College Basketball — Women
Washington 14 37 .275 23 1/2
Toronto 23 26 6 52 144 171
Points found Murray’s antics to be out with an 8-iron. College of San Mateo at Skyline College,7 p.m. Ottawa 17 30 8 42 121 183
Central Division Southeast Division
more amusing than annoying, and it The best shot of the day belonged to College Basketball — Men W L Pct GB W L OT Pts GF GA
showed in his play. With eight birdies Alex Cejka, who was one shot behind Skyline College at Foothill College,7 p.m. Chicago 35 16 .686 —
Tampa Bay 33 17 5 71 168 169
on the Shore Course at Monterey after a 64 on the Shore Course. He start- SATURDAY
Indiana 22 28 .440 12 1/2
Washington 29 16 10 68 150 136
Peninsula, he opened with a 7-under 63 ed his day by holing out a 3-wood from Boys Basketball
Milwaukee 20 31 .392 15
Carolina 26 22 7 59 162 169
the fairway on the par-5 10th. The PGA Detroit 20 33 .377 16
and shared the lead with Steve Marino. Serra at St.Francis,7:30 p.m. Atlanta 24 22 10 58 162 183
Cleveland 8 45 .151 28
Some might think he shot a 63 Tour checked its records as far back as Wrestling
Florida 23 24 7 53 143 146
despite having Murray in his ear all day. 1982 and could not find another player WCAL Tournament at Serra,TBA, PAL Wrestling Fi-
Points says he shot 63 because of him. who had started a round with an alba- nals at Burlingame,TBA WESTERN CONFERENCE WESTERN CONFERENCE
“I know people talk about his antics, tross. College Baseball
Southwest Division Central Division
or he’s a showman while he’s out there, “I think it was the best start I’ve ever San Joaquin Delta College at Skyline College,Solano W L Pct GB
W L OT Pts GF GA
College at College of San Mateo,1 p.m. San Antonio 44 8 .846 —
making lots of comments and talking had,” Cejka said in somewhat of an Detroit 32 16 6 70 177 160
Dallas 37 15 .712 7
while people are getting ready to hit understatement. College Softball New Orleans 32 22 .593 13
Nashville 29 19 7 65 145 130
shots,” Points said. “To be honest, it It was a chilly start to the day, and he College of San Mateo at Sierra College,12:30 p.m.
Memphis 28 26 .519 17
Chicago 28 22 4 60 172 151
really loosens me up and makes me figured he would need a little extra club Columbus 26 23 5 57 147 166
College Basketball — Men Houston 25 29 .463 20
St.Louis 24 20 8 56 140 154
between shots not be grinding so hard from 240 yards away, so he choked Cañada College at Ohlone,3 p.m. Northwest Division
Northwest Division
on what I’m doing. It helps me take a down on a 3-wood. W L Pct GB
W L OT Pts GF GA
little bit of a breather between shots and “It carried just short of the green and Oklahoma City 33 18 .647 —
joke around with him.” bounced up and took a break toward the TRANSACTIONS Utah 31 23 .574 3 1/2 Vancouver
Calgary
35
28
11
21
9
7
79
63
186
162
131
163
Denver 30 23 .566 4
There was plenty to enjoy for most hole,” Cejka said. “There were like MLB Portland 28 24 .538 5 1/2 Minnesota 28 20 5 61 138 140
everyone on a glorious day on the three or four marshals up there and they American League Minnesota 13 39 .250 20 1/2 Colorado 25 23 6 56 166 178
peninsula, with only a mild breeze to started screaming, and suddenly it was BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Agreed to terms with OF Edmonton 16 30 8 40 134 184
Luke Scott on a one-year contract. Pacific Division
accompany views that were as spectac- in the hole. It’s the first one for me.” W L Pct GB Pacific Division
NEW YORK YANKEES—Agreed to terms with INF
The group at 5 under included Gary W L OT Pts GF GA
ular as ever. Beyond the weather, the Ronnie Belliard on a minor league contract. L.A.Lakers 37 16 .698 —
SEATTLE MARINERS—Agreed to terms with RHP Phoenix 25 25 .500 10 1/2 Dallas 30 18 6 66 154 153
conditions on three courses were as Woodland, whose 67 was the best score Manny Delcarmen on a minor league contract. San Jose 30 19 6 66 155 146
Golden State 23 29 .442 13 1/2
good as they have ever been. The fair- at Pebble Beach. TEXAS RANGERS—Agreed to terms with OF Josh Phoenix 28 19 9 65 159 158
Hamilton on a two-year contract. L.A.Clippers 20 32 .385 16 1/2
ways were particularly firm on the Most of the screaming took place on Sacramento 12 37 .245 23 Anaheim 30 21 4 64 150 153
NFL
Shore Course, and the greens were fast the Shore Course, its second year in the BALTIMORE RAVENS—Re-signed FB Jason McMie Los Angeles 29 22 3 61 151 131
everywhere. rotation for the AT&T Pebble Beach to one-year contract. Wednesday’s Games
The rounds took six hours, as usual, National Pro-Am, and already one of GREEN BAY PACKERS—Signed G Adrian Battles,T Detroit 103,Cleveland 94 Two points for a win,one point for overtime loss.
Chris Campbell,S Michael Greco,LB Cardia Jackson,
but some of that was because of the the favorites. That’s where the celebrity S Anthony Levine, WR Antonio Robinson, DT Jay Indiana 104,Charlotte 103
speed of the greens. rotation began the tournament, and the Ross,WR Chastin West and LB/DE Albert Young to New Jersey 103,New Orleans 101,OT Wednesday’s Games
reserve/futures contracts. Orlando 99,Philadelphia 95 Boston 8,Montreal 6
Marino had a most unusual 7-under crowd followed. UFL San Antonio 111,Toronto 100 San Jose 3,Columbus 2
65 at Spyglass Hill in that he failed to Phil Mickelson didn’t provide too LAS VEGAS LOCOMOTIVES—Named coach Jim Washington 100,Milwaukee 85 Nashville 4,Detroit 1
birdie any of the par 5s. He still man- many highlights, opening with a 1-over Fassel team president.
L.A.Clippers 116,New York 108 Minnesota 3,Colorado 2
NHL
aged seven birdies, including a big 71. Dustin Johnson, trying to become MONTREAL CANADIENS—Recalled C Ryan White Chicago 91,Utah 86 Phoenix 3,Dallas 2,OT
drive and a wedge to inside a foot on his the first player since this tournament from Hamilton (AHL). Dallas 102,Sacramento 100 Calgary 5,Ottawa 2
final hole. The green is elevated, and began in 1937 to win three successive OTTAWA SENATORS—Traded F Mike Fisher to Golden State 116,Denver 114 Chicago 4,Edmonton 1
Nashville for a 2011 first-round draft pick and a 2012 Thursday’s Games
Marino only knew it was good when a years, made bogeys on two par 5s and third-round pick. Anaheim 4,Vancouver 3
L.A.Lakers 92,Boston 86 Thursday’s Games
woman began shrieking after it checked had to settle for a 71. ST.LOUIS BLUES—Assigned D Tyson Strachan to
Phoenix 112,Golden State 88
Peoria (AHL). N.Y.Islanders 4,Montreal 3,SO
FRI SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Recalled F Johan Harju Dallas at Denver,late New Jersey 2,Toronto 1,OT
from Norfolk (AHL). Friday’s Games
17 Philadelphia 2,Carolina 1
11 12 13 14 15 16 VANCOUVER CANUCKS—Called up RW Victor New Jersey at Charlotte,4 p.m.
Oreskovich from Manitoba (AHL). Assigned LW Pittsburgh 2,Los Angeles 1,OT
@ New vs. Capitals Minnesota at Indiana,4 p.m.
@ Carolina @ Nashville Aaron Volpatti to Manitoba. Buffalo 3,Florida 2,OT
Jersey 7:30 p.m. New Orleans at Orlando,4 p.m.
2 p.m. 5 p.m. COLLEGE Friday’s Games
4 p.m. CSN-CAL
CSN-CAL CSN-CAL DAVIDSON—Named Matt Mumme offensive co- San Antonio at Philadelphia,4 p.m.
CSN-CAL Detroit at Boston,4 p.m.
ordinator and quarterbacks coach. Portland at Toronto,4 p.m.
HOFSTRA—Named Alison Adamski women’s ten- San Jose at New Jersey,4 p.m.
L.A.Clippers at Cleveland,4:30 p.m.
nis coach. Pittsburgh at N.Y.Islanders,4 p.m.
vs.Hornets @ Utah
Miami at Detroit,4:30 p.m.
vs.Thunder OKLAHOMA STATE—Named Jemal Singleton as- Colorado at Columbus,4 p.m.
5 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 6 p.m. sistant football coach. Milwaukee at Memphis,5 p.m.
N.Y.Rangers at Atlanta,4:30 p.m.
CSN-BAY CSN-BAY CSN-BAY UCLA—Named Jim Mastro tight ends and F-backs L.A.Lakers at New York,5 p.m.
Minnesota at St.Louis,5 p.m.
coach.Fired defensive line coach Todd Howard. Phoenix at Utah,7:30 p.m.
16 Friday • Feb. 11, 2011 AUTO THE DAILY JOURNAL

Kia Optima: Four cylinders only By Ann M. Job

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

For years, relatively few people knew or

cared that Kia was selling a mid-size sedan to
compete with the Toyota Camry, Honda
Accord and Ford Fusion. But that’s about to
change.
The new-for-2011 Optima, featured in a
multi-million dollar Super Bowl ad, is hand-
some and well-powered and longer and wider
than its predecessor. It even has better fuel
mileage ratings than the non-hybrid versions
of Camry, Accord and Fusion.
And the starting retail price for the 2011
Optima undercuts the major competition
while, in some cases, including more standard
equipment. The Optima also comes standard
with longer basic and powertrain warranty
coverage — up to 10 years/100,000 miles,
whichever comes first — than competitors
offer.
Starting manufacturer’s suggested retail
price, including destination charge, is $19,690
for a base, 2011 Optima LX with 200-horse-
power, four-cylinder engine and manual trans-
mission. The lowest starting price for a 2011
Optima with automatic and the same 200-
horse, direct-injected four cylinder is $21,190.
Prices go up to $25,190 for an Optima EX
with 274-horsepower, turbocharged four
cylinder. A gas-electric hybrid Optima is slat-
ed for later this year.
Mid-size competitors include the 2011
Toyota Camry, which starts at $20,580 with
169-horsepower, four-cylinder engine and
manual transmission, and the 2011 Ford
Fusion, which also starts at $20,580. The base
Fusion has a 175-horsepower, four-cylinder
engine and manual transmission.
See KIA, Page 17
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KIA
Continued from page 16
There’s also the Optima’s sibling, the 2011
Hyundai Sonata, which has a starting retail
price of $19,915 with 198-horsepower four-
cylinder engine and manual transmission. The
Sonata, built by the same company that owns
Kia, shares its underlying platform and
engines with the Optima and offers the same
warranty coverage.
But where the Sonata’s exterior styling is
akin to a rich, luxury car, the Optima’s outer
appearance tends more toward the sporty side,
with blacked-out grille, sleek roofline and
solid proportions. In fact, few people would
guess the nearly 16-foot-long Optima comes
only with a four-cylinder engine under the
hood.
These new engines for 2011 help provide
fuel mileage ratings that are second-best in the
class of non-hybrid family sedans.
Specifically, the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency fuel economy rating for the
2011 Optima with base engine is 24 miles per
gallon in city driving and 34 or 35 mpg on the
highway, depending on whether the transmis-
sion is manual or automatic. Among non-gas-
electric hybrid sedans, the Optima’s ratings are
surpassed in the EPA’s family sedan segment
only by the 2011 Hyundai Elantra that’s rated
at 29/40 mpg.
Especially impressive for the Optima is that
the base engine, likely to be in the majority of
Optimas sold, is a 2.4-liter, double overhead
cam, gasoline direct-injection four cylinder
that generates more horsepower and torque
than the major competitors.
Horsepower tops out at 200 in the Optima,
while peak torque is 186 foot-pounds at 4,250
rpm. This compares with 167 foot-pound of
torque at 4,100 rpm in the 169-horsepower
Camry and 172 foot-pounds at 4,500 rpm in
the 175-horse Fusion.
The test Optima was a mid-range EX with
the base engine, and not one passenger sus-
pected, based on ride and power, that it was
just a four cylinder.
The six-speed automatic delivered power
smoothly to the engine, and the four-door car
AUTO/LOCAL Friday • Feb. 11, 2011 17
responded quickly to accelerator pedal com- find solutions to the area’s gang activity.
mands to speed up and merge.
I didn’t drive to maximize miles per gallon,
though, so mileage suffered and was near 24
GUNS
Continued from page 1
The Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center
will facilitate the city’s ongoing effort that
Mullin and Councilman Pedro Gonzalez will
mpg after 70 percent city driving. spearhead.
The uplevel engine for the Optima also is a “I would like to see us continue the momen-
four cylinder — a two-liter, double overhead Council at its Wednesday night meeting. “If it tum from the ‘unity’ event this past weekend,
cam, turbocharged powerplant capable of 274 weren’t difficult, they wouldn’t be throwing the day of prayer and healing, which was well
horsepower and 269 foot-pounds of torque them away.” attended and demonstrated the neighborhood’s
coming on as low as 1,750 rpm. This engine The council formed the NRT last month desire to come together and support one anoth-
replaces last year’s 194-horsepower V-6. after Hector Flores, 20, Omar Cortez, 18, and er,” Mullin wrote in the e-mail.
As expected, fuel mileage is lower for a Gonzalo Avalos, 19, were shot dead in an alley Councilwoman Karyl Matsumoto attended
turbo Optima: 22/34 mpg. off Linden Avenue Dec. 22 in a gang-related the prayer vigil Saturday and hopes the city’s
The Optima is especially comfortable in shooting that also left three others injured. recent efforts will help bring calm to the most-
straight, flat-out highway driving. The suspen- The city has invested nearly $400,000 in ly Hispanic working-class neighborhood just
sion seemed a bit undecided about what to do stepping up police presence in the Old Town blocks from downtown.
at times when pushed to take a “set” while neighborhood by committing four officers to “It is critical to get guns out of the area and
traveling around curves at speed. the area, two of them bilingual. A school liai- out of the hands of young people,” Matsumoto
son officer was also added back to the police said yesterday. “These gangmembers aren’t
The new Optima does not offer a luxurious-
force. even adults yet. Kids should not have powerful
ly refined ride. I heard some road noise on The recent gun-related incidents show the weapons.”
rough pavement and felt some road bumps.
need for the NRT, said South San Francisco December’s triple homicide followed the
The radio, however, emitted strong, crystal Mayor Kevin Mullin. drive-by shooting of 15-year-old Jose Lopez
clear sounds, thanks to the addition of the “Strong enforcement with zero tolerance for Manuel in the same neighborhood in May and
optional technology package with Infinity pre- gang activity is but one element of a multi- a homicide in March when 29-year-old
mium audio. pronged strategy to create a safer neighbor- Belmont resident Ronald Figueroa was shot in
Note that Sirius satellite radio is standard on hood,” Mullin wrote in an e-mail to the Daily the face dead in front of a home on the 300
all Optimas, with three months of complimen- Journal. block of Lux Avenue.
tary service. This, plus the Optima’s standard The city just held its first “Community
Bluetooth cell phone connectivity, is not found Coalition on Safe Neighborhoods” meeting
in all Accords and Camry sedans. with city staff, police and school officials, non- Bill Silverfarb can be reached by e-mail: silver-
The test Optima’s interior was comfortable profit groups and the neighborhood itself to farb@smdailyjournal.com or by phone: (650) 344-
and nicely appointed, with the optional navi- 5200 ext. 106.
gation system display screen large and colorful
in the top middle of the dashboard and angled
a bit toward the driver.
Buttons and knobs had good feel, and plas-
tics and other materials had a quality look.
Seats were firmer than expected but were com-
fortable.
Back seat room legroom, though, lags many
competitors at 34.7 inches. In comparison, the
Camry’s back seat offers 38.3 inches, while the
Fusion’s back seat has 37.1 inches.
But the Optima’s 15.4 cubic feet of trunk
space - versus 15 cubic feet in most Camrys —
is accommodating, even if it doesn’t match the
16.5 cubic feet at the back of the Fusion.
All safety equipment is standard on the new
Optima; this includes curtain air bags, antilock
brakes, electronic stability control and even
electronic hill start assist control, which helps
keep the car from rolling back when a driver
lifts off the brake pedal while on a steep hill.

Gnomes find a home
A look at a
truly great
magician
By Mary Foster
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jim Steinmeyer will make you long for the
days when magicians competed to build big-
ger and better illusions and dazzled audiences
with floating princesses, disappearing assis-
tants and rabbits pulled from hats.
In the early days of the 20th century through
the heyday of vaudeville, magicians by the
dozens traveled
the country
with displays
of magic large
and small.
They did card
and coin tricks
and staged
intricate illu-
sions.
In “The Last
G r e a t e s t
Magician in the
W o r l d , ”
Steinmeyer
argues that
Thurston, who
started with
card tricks, was the most amazing of them all
— far outstripping Harry Houdini in stage-
craft and magic.
Thurston’s illusions — he traveled with 40
tons of apparatus and costumes — were
incredible: He produced bowls of water from
the air which then spurted rings of fountains;
turned a statue into a live woman; made a
horse vanish; and, in a real show-stopper, had
an assistant disappear from an Egyptian
mummy case then reappear in a painted trunk
that hung from the theater’s ceiling.
Steinmeyer, a designer of magical illusions
and theatrical special effects, presents the illu-
sions and tricks in fascinating detail, as he also
does with Thurston’s efforts to master them
and improve them.
The magician captured the world at the
height of his career — touring the Far East and
headlining in London. But his childhood was
one of hard-scrabble living and crime. His
father beat him. He ran away from home,
hopped freight trains and lived in hobo camps,
and frequently supported himself as a petty
thief.
His early career was almost equal parts con
artist and struggling magician, mainly in
saloons across the West. It was one of the
things Thurston tried to cover up later in life,
making sure it wasn’t included in accounts of
his early life.
Sprouted food
It’s not just
alfalfa anymore
SEE PAGE 21
By Derrik J. Lang
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES — Unlike most frantic
new fathers, Elton John isn’t stressed out
about the two very different offspring in
his life: newborn Zachary Jackson Levon
and “Gnomeo & Juliet,” an animated film
that he’s been parenting for more than a
decade. In fact, when talking to the pop leg-
end about his monumental new arrivals, he’s
surprisingly sedate.
“Having the baby has chilled me out so much,”
the singer said from behind a pair of
black shades during a recent interview.
“It’s made me so relaxed and happy.
I’m in the best of moods. Who
wouldn’t be? I’m proud to talk about
something we’ve been making for 11 years that’s
finally coming out. I feel happy. I’ve never been this
kind of calm.”
To be clear, the baby is newborn
Zachary and the thing that’s been cooking
for 11 years is “Gnomeo & Juliet.” John is
executive producer of the computer-generat-
ed tale about a pair of star-crossed garden
gnomes. His production company Rocket Pictures
snapped up the script, which spoofs the William
Shakespeare classic “Romeo and Juliet,” in 2000.
During development, the film flopped from Disney to
Miramax then back to Disney. (“Michael Eisner didn’t get
gnomes,” lamented John.) Eventually, the movie’s producers,
which includes John’s partner David Furnish, took control and
escaped to Toronto, where Starz Animation worked for the past five
years to bring the battling blue and red gnomes to life.
“Gnomeo & Juliet,” out Friday in both 2-D and 3-D, is being released
under Disney’s Touchstone Pictures label, the first animated
movie to do so since 1993’s “The Nightmare Before
Christmas.” The G-rated film tells the story of
gnomes Juliet (voiced by Emily Blunt) and
Gnomeo (James McAvoy), who fall in love against
the wishes of their warring kin.
Juliet’s red gnome comrades include her father Lord
Redbrick (Michael Caine), cousin Tybalt (Jason Statham), deer
friend Fawn (Ozzy Osbourne) and froggy pal Nanette (Ashley
Jensen), while Gnomeo’s blue gnome compadres are his mother Lady
Blueberry (Maggie Smith) and confidante Benny (Matt Lucas). Patrick
Stewart also cameos as a chatty Shakespeare statue.
Instead of creating an original animated film soundtrack like
John did with Tim Rice on Disney’s “The Lion King” and
DreamWorks’ “The Road To El Dorado,” he teamed with longtime lyri-
cist Bernie Taupin and tapped into the duo’s iconic history. John
said the idea to infuse the film with hits originally came from
former Disney film studio chief Dick Cook.
“He said, ‘I want a classic Elton John rock and roll
soundtrack,’” said John. “Bernie and I were going to
write about five or six songs for the movie, so we only
wrote four songs, two of which were used, and the rest of
it is classic Elton John. I don’t take credit for that. It was-
n’t me saying, ‘Well, it’s a great chance for me to get my
back catalog out!”’
“Gnomeo & Juliet” composer James Newton Howard, who
toured with John as a keyboardist in the 1970s and 1980s, weaved
a score using classic John melodies. For example, as the gnomes
spar on their lawn battleground, “Saturday Night’s Alright for
See GNOMES, Page 22

Gnomes find a home
A look at a
truly great
magician
By Mary Foster
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jim Steinmeyer will make you long for the
days when magicians competed to build big-
ger and better illusions and dazzled audiences
with floating princesses, disappearing assis-
tants and rabbits pulled from hats.
In the early days of the 20th century through
the heyday of vaudeville, magicians by the
dozens traveled
the country
with displays
of magic large
and small.
They did card
and coin tricks
and staged
intricate illu-
sions.
In “The Last
G r e a t e s t
Magician in the
W o r l d , ”
Steinmeyer
argues that
Thurston, who
started with
card tricks, was the most amazing of them all
— far outstripping Harry Houdini in stage-
craft and magic.
Thurston’s illusions — he traveled with 40
tons of apparatus and costumes — were
incredible: He produced bowls of water from
the air which then spurted rings of fountains;
turned a statue into a live woman; made a
horse vanish; and, in a real show-stopper, had
an assistant disappear from an Egyptian
mummy case then reappear in a painted trunk
that hung from the theater’s ceiling.
Steinmeyer, a designer of magical illusions
and theatrical special effects, presents the illu-
sions and tricks in fascinating detail, as he also
does with Thurston’s efforts to master them
and improve them.
The magician captured the world at the
height of his career — touring the Far East and
headlining in London. But his childhood was
one of hard-scrabble living and crime. His
father beat him. He ran away from home,
hopped freight trains and lived in hobo camps,
and frequently supported himself as a petty
thief.
His early career was almost equal parts con
artist and struggling magician, mainly in
saloons across the West. It was one of the
things Thurston tried to cover up later in life,
making sure it wasn’t included in accounts of
his early life.
Sprouted food
It’s not just
alfalfa anymore
SEE PAGE 21
By Derrik J. Lang
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES — Unlike most frantic
new fathers, Elton John isn’t stressed out
about the two very different offspring in
his life: newborn Zachary Jackson Levon
and “Gnomeo & Juliet,” an animated film
that he’s been parenting for more than a
decade. In fact, when talking to the pop leg-
end about his monumental new arrivals, he’s
surprisingly sedate.
“Having the baby has chilled me out so much,”
the singer said from behind a pair of
black shades during a recent interview.
“It’s made me so relaxed and happy.
I’m in the best of moods. Who
wouldn’t be? I’m proud to talk about
something we’ve been making for 11 years that’s
finally coming out. I feel happy. I’ve never been this
kind of calm.”
To be clear, the baby is newborn
Zachary and the thing that’s been cooking
for 11 years is “Gnomeo & Juliet.” John is
executive producer of the computer-generat-
ed tale about a pair of star-crossed garden
gnomes. His production company Rocket Pictures
snapped up the script, which spoofs the William
Shakespeare classic “Romeo and Juliet,” in 2000.
During development, the film flopped from Disney to
Miramax then back to Disney. (“Michael Eisner didn’t get
gnomes,” lamented John.) Eventually, the movie’s producers,
which includes John’s partner David Furnish, took control and
escaped to Toronto, where Starz Animation worked for the past five
years to bring the battling blue and red gnomes to life.
“Gnomeo & Juliet,” out Friday in both 2-D and 3-D, is being released
under Disney’s Touchstone Pictures label, the first animated
movie to do so since 1993’s “The Nightmare Before
Christmas.” The G-rated film tells the story of
gnomes Juliet (voiced by Emily Blunt) and
Gnomeo (James McAvoy), who fall in love against
the wishes of their warring kin.
Juliet’s red gnome comrades include her father Lord
Redbrick (Michael Caine), cousin Tybalt (Jason Statham), deer
friend Fawn (Ozzy Osbourne) and froggy pal Nanette (Ashley
Jensen), while Gnomeo’s blue gnome compadres are his mother Lady
Blueberry (Maggie Smith) and confidante Benny (Matt Lucas). Patrick
Stewart also cameos as a chatty Shakespeare statue.
Instead of creating an original animated film soundtrack like
John did with Tim Rice on Disney’s “The Lion King” and
DreamWorks’ “The Road To El Dorado,” he teamed with longtime
lyricist Bernie Taupin and tapped into the duo’s iconic history.
John said the idea to infuse the film with hits originally came
from former Disney film studio chief Dick Cook.
“He said, ‘I want a classic Elton John rock and roll
soundtrack,’” said John. “Bernie and I were going to
write about five or six songs for the movie, so we only
wrote four songs, two of which were used, and the rest of
it is classic Elton John. I don’t take credit for that. It was-
n’t me saying, ‘Well, it’s a great chance for me to get my
back catalog out!”’
“Gnomeo & Juliet” composer James Newton Howard, who
toured with John as a keyboardist in the 1970s and 1980s, weaved
a score using classic John melodies. For example, as the gnomes
spar on their lawn battleground, “Saturday Night’s Alright for
See GNOMES, Page 22
THE DAILY JOURNAL
MUSEUM GOTTA SEE ‘UM
By Susan Cohn
DAILY JOURNAL SENIOR CORRESPONDENT
A private, nonprofit institution, The Huntington Library,
Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, was founded in 1919
by Henry E. Huntington, a businessman who built a financial
empire that included railroad companies, utilities and real
estate holdings in Southern California. Huntington was also a
dedicated collector with a special interest in books, art and
gardens. During his lifetime, he amassed the core of one of
the finest research libraries in the world, established a splen-
did art collection and created an array of botanical gardens
with plants from a geographic range spanning the globe.
The Art Collections are distinguished by their specialized
character and elegant settings in separate galleries on the
Huntington grounds. The Huntington Art Gallery, originally
the Huntington residence, contains one of the most compre-
hensive collections in this country of 18th- and 19th-century
British and French art and serves as home to Gainsborough’s
Blue Boy and Lawrence’s Pinkie. On display in the Virginia
Steele Scott Galleries of American Art, The Huntington’s
American art collection includes works from the 1690s to the
1950s, including Mary Cassatt’s Breakfast in Bed, Frederic
Edwin Church’s Chimborazo, Edward Hopper’s The Long
Leg and John Singer Sargent’s Portrait of Pauline Astor.
The Library’s collection of rare books and manuscripts in
the fields of British and American history and literature is
nothing short of extraordinary, and has on display some of the
finest rare books and manuscripts of Anglo-American civi-
lization. Among the treasures are the Ellesmere manuscript of
Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, a Gutenberg Bible on vellum,
the double-elephant folio edition of Audubon’s Birds of
America and a world-class collection of the early editions of
Shakespeare’s works.
The Botanical Gardens, covering 120 acres, contain more
than a dozen specialized gardens arranged within a park-like
landscape of rolling lawns. Among the most remarkable are
the Desert Garden, the Japanese Garden, the Rose Garden,
the Chinese garden and the Peter Bing Children’s Garden.
The Huntington is located at 1151 Oxford Road in San
Marino, California, a largely residential area next to
Pasadena. Its bookstore carries a variety of books, art and
botanical prints, and gifts related to the Huntington collec-
tions. A full English tea is served in the Rose Garden Tea
Room. For more information call (626) 405-2100 or visit
www.huntington.org.
***
The San Francisco Zoo is celebrating Valentine’s Day all
weekend long. As the giraffes neck, lemurs smooch and the
flamingos tango, visitors can stroll hand-in-hand and enjoy a
whole lot of love. Plus, bring in a Valentine’s Day card for the
Zoo’s new hippopotamus and receive $1 off regular admis-
sion. Saturday, Feb. 12 and Sunday, Feb. 13. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
1 Zoo Road, San Francisco. For information visit
www.sfzoo.org.
***
The San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles currently
offers two studies of collaborative artists. The first, The
Earthly Paradise: Memory, Myth, Metaphor, highlights the
works of A Bee, composed of two female artists, Carrie
Houseman and Darbury Novoselic, who together create com-
plex and eclectic works of art by combining the use of con-
WEEKEND JOURNAL Friday • Feb. 11, 2011 19
Patti Breitman
Do you want to know how to eat like a vegetarian even if
you never plan to be one? Bay Area food author and
teacher Patti Breitman leads a family-friendly workshop
where you’ll learn about simple and tasty vegetarian
recipes you can prepare quickly and easily. Breitman, an
animal and health advocate, is a former food columnist for
VegNews magazine who teaches cooking classes. She is
the author (with Connie Hatch) of How to Say No without
Feeling Guilty. 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 12. 178 South Blvd.
For more information e-mail craig@reachandteach.com.
All events are free unless otherwise noted. Please check before
the event in case of schedule changes.
‘The Blue Boy,’1770,by Thomas Gainsborough.
temporary original prints with a unique method of needle
working. A Bee creates works inspired by medieval tapes-
tries, mega-fauna and life-size proportions that resemble alle-
gorical tapestries.
The second exhibit, Eden Re-imagined, shows the work of
two male artists, Leo Chiachio and Daniel Giannone, and is
the first time their work has been displayed outside their
native Argentina. Chiachio and Giannone create intricate
embroidery works, often portraits of the artists or their
Dachshund, Piolin. Their pieces frequently feature indige-
nous motifs, thereby bringing images from their native coun-
try into a more modern context.
The San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles is located at
520 S. First St., San Jose. Museum hours are Tuesday through
Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free the first Friday of
the month when the museum remains open until 11 p.m.
Closed Mondays and major holidays. Adults $8, seniors (65
and up)/students with I.D. $6.50, Children 12 and under free.
Wheelchair accessible. For more information call (408) 971-
0323 or visit www.sjquiltmuseum.org. Earthly Paradise:
Memory, Myth, Metaphor A Bee — Carrie Houseman &
Darbury Novoselic and Eden Re-imagined: Leo Chiachio and
Daniel Giannone run through May 1.
Susan Cohn can be reached at susan@smdailyjournal.com or
www.twitter.com/susancityscene.
20 Friday • Feb. 11, 2011 THE DAILY JOURNAL
THE DAILY JOURNAL
Flank steaks: Stuff it and roll it
By Jim Romanoff
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
These corn- and red pepper-stuffed
flank steak pinwheels are so colorful
they look more suited to July than
February. And the flavor screams back-
yard barbecue even though you’ll never
have to step outside to make them.
Flank steak is a wonderfully flavorful
cut with little waste on it — a 1 1/2-
pound steak will easily feed four to six
people. Plus, because it is a thin cut it is
an excellent candidate for quick mari-
nades that will fully penetrate.
Serve these pinwheels with a mixed
green salad and some warm tortillas.
STUFFED FLANK
STEAK PINWHEELS
Start to finish: 45 minutes
Servings: 4
For the marinade:
2 tablespoons lime juice
2 tablespoons tequila
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
Sprouted food, it’s not just alfalfa anymore
By Michael Hill
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Is it really possible that sprouts are hip
again?
Maybe that’s a bit much to ask of a
sprout. But they are hot. And they look
— and taste — nothing like what you
remember.
In the 30 or so years since they seemed
to rule the sandwich and salad bar
scenes, sprouts have, er. grown. They
aren’t just frilly green tendrils anymore.
They are “sprouted” whole-wheat bread,
rye crackers, baking flour, even brown
rice.
Advocates say these foods — which
are made from sprouted, or germinated,
grains and other seeds — are tastier and
better for you. Nutrition experts paint a
more nuanced picture about that latter
claim, but sprouted foods nonetheless
appear to be a natural food niche that is,
yes, sprouting.
“It’s really been kick-started in the last
four or five years as our customers have
been demanding raw foods and sprouted
grains, pulses and legumes to add to
their diet,” says Errol Schweizer, Whole
Food Market’s senior global grocery
coordinator.
Alfalfa sprouts have been a health
food staple for years and mung bean
sprouts are common in Asian food. But
WEEKEND JOURNAL
1 clove garlic, chopped
1 1/2-pounds flank steak
For the steak:
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil,
divided
1 small red bell pepper, diced (about 1
cup)
1 small red onion, diced
1 bunch scallions, trimmed and finely
sliced
1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 cup fresh breadcrumbs
1/2 cup frozen corn kernels
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon salt, plus more to taste
Ground black pepper, to taste
In a large bowl, mix together the lime
juice, tequila, salt, black pepper and gar-
lic. Set aside.
On a work surface, cover the flank
steak with plastic wrap. Pound it with a
skillet or rolling pin to flatten it into an
even thickness, about 1/2 inch. Add the
steak to the marinade, turn to coat, then
cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, prepare the filling. In a
Many people don’t realize grains such as rice and wheat also can be sprouted
through a process of soaking and draining.
many people don’t realize grains such as
rice and wheat also can be sprouted
through a process of soaking and drain-
ing.
As producers have caught on to this,
they have unleashed a torrent of sprout-
ed foods. At Whole Foods alone, there
are sprouted versions of breads, quinoa,
lentils and granola.
None of this is surprising for Whole
Foods, known for its organic foods
selection. But more mainstream chains
are offering sprouted foods, too. The
natural Asian food brand Annie Chun’s
says sales of its microwavable sprouted
large skillet over medium-high, heat 1
tablespoon of the oil. Add the red pep-
per, onion, scallions and jalapeno. Saute
until the peppers begin to soften, about 3
minutes. Add the garlic and cook, stir-
ring, until lightly colored, about another
30 seconds.
Remove the skillet from the heat and
stir in the breadcrumbs, corn, cilantro,
cumin and salt. Let cool completely.
Heat the oven to 375 F.
Remove the steak from the marinade.
Arrange flat on the work surface. Spread
the cooled pepper mixture evenly over
the steak. Starting with a wide edge, roll
the steak and stuffing up together.
Use 7 lengths of kitchen twine to tie
the roll firmly around the center at even
intervals.
In a large oven-safe skillet, heat the
remaining tablespoon of oil over medi-
um-high. Add the steak roll and sear
until browned on all sides, about 1 to 2
minutes per side. Transfer the pan to the
oven and roast until it reaches 130 F at
the center. Let stand for 10 minutes
before slicing into 8 rounds and serv-
ing.
brown rice, which is sold in large chains
like Safeway, Kroger and Wegmans,
grew by more than 24 percent last year.
“I think we’re just at the cusp of peo-
ple starting to understand what that
product is and why it’s a better choice,”
says Diana Wang, marketing director for
Annie Chun’s.
Sprouted food often tastes different.
Sprouted brown rice, for instance, can
have a softer texture and some people
say it has a mild nutty flavor. Sprouted
breads — there even are sprouted bagels
See SPROUTS, Page 22
Friday • Feb. 11, 2011 21
Peruvians aspire to
unite around cuisine
By Franklin Bricerno
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LIMA, Peru — Daniel Ramon is living the dream of count-
less young Peruvians of humble means, learning his way
around a kitchen from celebrity chefs who think Peru’s
immensely popular cuisine can be a vital democratizing force
in a land of deep inequities.
The son of a maid and a tire repairmen “who have broken
their backs working” so their children might do better, Ramon
travels 3 to 4 hours by bus each way to a unique culinary insti-
tute in the sands of the poor, coastal north Lima district of
Pachacutec, which lacks even running water and sewers.
The 3-year-old cooking school at the Pachacutec vocational
institute was founded for poor students by culinary maestro
Gaston Acurio, who has spurred excitement globally for
Peruvian cuisine, opening more than a dozen restaurants from
San Francisco to Madrid.
Acurio says cooks like himself who cater to wealthy palates
have a moral duty to help raise living standards in this country
where nearly two in five live on less than $2 a day.
To make it work, Acurio enlisted top-flight chefs including
Ferran Adria, the Catalan famed for elBulli restaurant on
Spain’s Costa Brava.
Chefs from Acurio’s restaurants also volunteer their time,
Lima’s municipal water company donates the water, trucking
it in and filling the school’s five 185-gallon (700-liter) wells.
Cooking ingredients are donated by restaurant suppliers. The
Roman Catholic church also kicks in funding.
While Peruvians of more favorable provenance pay upward
of $700 per month to attend such renowned culinary schools
as a Cordon Bleu affiliate or San Ignacio University, Ramon
pays $30 a month for a gastronomic education every bit as
demanding.
“As a cook I’ll have more of a chance to get a good job, bet-
ter recognition, treatment and pay,” Ramon, 22, says between
classes. He dreams of travel — a near impossibility if not for
this opportunity — “so I can sample new flavors and create
dishes of my own.”
Efforts to leverage Peru’s gastronomical wealth to produce a
more equitable society have a long way to go, however.
A study by the Peruvian Gastronomy Society found that
most of the country’s chefs earn about $500 a month. It’s the
fate that awaits all but a fraction of the 50,000 students that the
society’s president, Mariano Valderrama, says are currently
enrolled in cooking schools.
An anthropology professor at Lima’s Catholic University,
Carlos Aramburu, says culinary work alone won’t eliminate
poverty, “but it is helping to create small, integrated
economies, for example, between restaurants, potato growers,
fishermen, taxis and hotels.”
“This is something that mining, the country’s most impor-
tant export industry, doesn’t achieve,“ he says.
Peru’s cuisine fuses native traditions with European, African
and Asian influences, distinguishing itself chiefly through an
abundance of fresh, unique ingredients, including a wealth of
seafood from the Pacific’s chilly Humboldt Current.
Acurio, 43, has been its chief evangelist since graduating
from Cordon Bleu in Paris and returning in 1994 to open his
first restaurant, “Astrid & Gaston.” He’s now got nearly 30
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Fighting” riffs in the background, and
“Bennie and the Jets” chimes in when Benny
hops from key to key on a laptop.
The new songs include “Hello Hello,” a rol-
licking duet with Lady Gaga, and “Love
Builds a Garden,” a touching tune that plays
during a montage about lovelorn plastic lawn
flamingos. (“The Sky is Falling,” a new song
featuring Lily Allen, was left on the cutting
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and English muffins — tend to be denser and
chewier.
But taste is just part of the attraction. Erica
Kerwien, who lives in the Seattle area and
blogs healthy recipes at comfybelly.com, has
purchased sprouted breads, bagels and frozen
pizza dough for her family. They like much of
it. Kerwien also finds it easier to digest sprout-
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room floor, though Nelly Furtado lends her
voice to a punchy new rendition of “Crocodile
Rock.”)
“I was very determined to make sure the
music worked appropriately as a storytelling
point,” said director Kelly Asbury. “I really
did look at it as another character and part of
the glue that emotionally holds things togeth-
er. There was a lot of trial and error. I wanted
to make sure to use it in a way that honored
the music but didn’t mock the music.”
That doesn’t mean the Rocket Man was off
limits when it came to punchlines.
Bespectacled gnome Paris (Stephan
Merchant) serenades Juliet with a rendition of
ed foods. “I still feel full, but I don’t feel
stuffed up,” she said.
That’s a common claim. Proponents say that
sprouting breaks down carbohydrates and
other compounds, thereby easing digestion.
It’s true that grains do change their makeup
when they sprout.
Researchers have found decreases in starch,
increases in sugars and an increase in the
quality of protein, according to a summary of
scientific studies by University of California
Davis doctoral student Anna Jones. Some
changes could increase digestibility. But Dr.
Sheri Zidenberg-Cherr, a nutrition specialist
“Your Song,” in which he swaps the line “it’s
a little bit funny” for “it’s a little bit runny.” As
he croons, his elvan garb transforms into a
glittery ensemble resembling one of John’s
getups.
“He’s kind of gnomosexual, isn’t he?” John
said of the gnomealike. “I burst out laughing
when I saw him all put together about three
months ago. Stephen Merchant is extremely
funny. He said to me before I’d seen it, ‘I hope
you’re not too insulted with what I’ve done.’ I
said, ‘I don’t care. I’m very easy. I’m very
thick skinned.’ It was brilliant.”
Overall, the 63-year-old singer is pleased
with his passion project, a family friendly
at the university, cautioned that the changes
are slight and that there is no research yet
showing humans have an easier time metabo-
lizing sprouted grains.
“What actually is measured in the laborato-
ry might show some potential for increased
digestibility,” Zidenberg-Cherr said, “but it’s
so small that it most likely wouldn’t have an
impact, and no study has actually shown that
it would.” There also are people who claim
that sprouts are so dense with nutrients that
they can help people fight disease.
Dr. Paul Talalay at Johns Hopkins
University School of Medicine in the ‘90s
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flick that just so happens to be sprinkled with
his iconic tunes. Despite a newly achieved
sense of calm, John is ready to tackle a more
morose subject in his next project: a musical
adaptation of George Orwell’s “Animal
Farm” with “Billy Elliot” collaborator Lee
Hall.
“It’s not an easy task because it’s got a hor-
ribly sad ending,” said John. “The characters
are obviously all animals, but I love the
thought of that because it’s difficult. He’s a
brilliant lyricist. He’s not going to throw it to
me until he’s finished all the lyrics, so hope-
fully in the next two or three months, we’ll
look at that and start writing it.”
found that broccoli sprouts contain a cancer-
fighting chemical called sulforaphane at con-
centrations much higher than mature broccoli
heads. Separately, Japanese researchers
reported a decade ago that germinating brown
rice increases the levels of fiber and beneficial
amino acids.
There also is research showing certain
sprouts with higher levels of bioactive com-
pounds that have been linked to health bene-
fits — such as isoflavones in soybean sprouts
and reservatol in germinated peanut kernels,
says Chang Yong Lee, a professor of food
chemistry at Cornell University.
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Bay Area as a whole.
“Why would he want to ban us from building
infrastructure that benefit the entire area?”
Avalos asked.
Both prongs of the legislation, particularly
the restriction of the policy only to San
Francisco locations, is aimed at protecting San
Mateo County’s workers and economy which
ordinance opponents said are jeopardized by
the plan enacted last month.
The policy phases in the hiring requirements,
beginning with 20 percent this year and ramp-
ing up to 50 percent within seven years.
Current labor agreements for sites outside San
Francisco proper protect them from the policy
but any tweaks or new contracts will enact the
new rules, Hill said.
Not exactly, Avalos said.
“We have agreements and wanted to contin-
ue working in a collaborative way with our
partners in the region,” said Avalos.
Supervisor Adrienne Tissier said changes
would definitely switch on the policy.
“Sure they did all these little things about the
labor agreements but they aren’t forever. It
looks warm and fuzzy on the front but can
change any time,” said Tissier who co-authored
a Board of Supervisors resolution calling on
former mayor Gavin Newsom to veto the plan.
Avalos calls Hill’s proposal “ill-informed”
and “counterproductive” because he doesn’t
understand the caveats of the policy which still
allow San Mateo County workers access to San
Francisco jobs. Avalos also accused him of
using this as a springboard for other political
aspirations, rather than his county’s good.
“He is grandstanding for labor,” Avalos said.
Avalos counters the criticism by pointing out
80 percent of the workforce could be non-city
residents the first year and, even at full imple-
mentation, half the jobs were still available.
There are no projects even at the San Bruno jail
to be jeopardized, he said.
Carole Groom, president of the Board of
Supervisors, sees it differently.
“In the first year its X percent. Then it’s Y
percent and eventually it’s a really big percent-
age,” Groom said.
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Although the policy affects the region, San
Mateo County hit back the hardest. The Board
of Supervisors scrambled in December to stave
off Newsom’s signature after it quietly received
the 8-3 green light from the San Francisco
Board of Supervisors. On Dec. 23, Newsom
neither vetoed nor signed the ordinance, letting
it default into law.
Despite his lack of a veto, Newsom told the
Board of Supervisors in a letter he has con-
cerns about the policy and urged them to work
with neighboring counties like San Mateo.
The move disappointed local officials who
believe the policy requiring up to half of city
construction workers to reside in San Francisco
would hurt the economy, the environment and
neighborly relations. Groom vowed to try
working with San Francisco officials and the
Bay Area as a whole to soften the policy’s blow
and collectively improve the employment num-
bers for Bay Area construction jobs.
According to numbers provided by Hill’s
office, six of the nine Bay Area counties have
higher unemployment rates than San
Francisco’s 10 percent. Only San Mateo (8.3
percent) and Marin counties (7.9 percent) fall
below.
San Mateo County’s construction industry
unemployment runs 25 percent to 30 percent,
Groom said.
Avalos said he only heard from San Mateo
County supervisors prior to it passing a resolu-
tion asking for Newsom’s veto and has never
received a response from Hill about discussing
the ordinance.
Tissier said she and he played phone tag
before he left a message she found insulting.
Groom said she spoke with Avalos by phone
“late in the game” and is currently trying to set
up a meeting with him. Her effort now is a dia-
logue with the involved parties and perhaps
seeking an amendment.
“We have to sit down and talk first,” Groom
said.
The hiring policy came on the heels of a
now-defunct plan by San Francisco supervisors
to charge $3 tolls to enter and leave that city
during peak times. The board dropped the idea
the same day it passed the hiring policy after
Hill said he would introduce legislation to ban
such a proposal or have San Mateo County
counter with its own toll.
“There’s no excuse for any of it,” Hill said.
FRIDAY, FEB. 11
El Camino Varsity Cheerleading
Fundraiser. 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Round Table Pizza, 20 Chestnut Ave.,
South San Francisco. Present a flier
when ordering and 20 percent of your
purchase will be donated to the El
Camino Varsity Cheerleaders.
Dorothy Stang Anniversary
Celebration. 1:45 p.m. 1200 Notre
Dame Ave., Belmont. Celebrate the
work and life of humanitarian
Dorothy Stang, a Sister of Notre
Dame de Namur, with poetry, stories
and prayer. For more information
v i s i t Dinner Dance. 6 p.m. ELKS, 920
ndnu.edu/dorothystang/about.aspx.
San Mateo High School Presents
‘The Wedding Singer.’ 7:30 p.m. San
Mateo Performing Arts Center, 600
N. Delaware St., San Mateo. A
romantic musical comedy about a
rock star wannabe and wedding
singer in the 1980s. $15 for adults,
$10 for students and seniors. For
more information or to order tickets
visit smhsdrama.org.
The California Home and Patio
Show. Noon to 7 p.m. The San Mateo
County Event Center, 2495 S.
Delaware St., San Mateo. Free. For
more information call 593-2465.
Father-Daughter Sweetheart
Dance. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Twin Pines
Senior and Community Center, 20
Twin Pines Lane, Belmont. Daughters
aged 3 to 14 will enjoy an elegant
evening of semi-formal dancing with
their first fellow, their Dad. $15. For
more information call 595-7444.
Yoga at Change: Learn How to
Meditate. 7 p.m. 400 Ben Franklin
Court, San Mateo. Cost is by dona-
tion. For more information call 340-
9642.
‘Noise Off.’ 8 p.m. The Costal
Repertory Theater, 1167 Main St.,
Half Moon Bay. A British farce with
many laughs. For more information
call 569-3266.
Singer/Songwriter Greg Lamboy
from San Francisco. 8 p.m. to 10
p.m. The Wine Bar, 270 Capistrano
Road, Half Moon Bay. Weaving
unforgettable melodies with award
winning song writing, Greg Lamboy
has crafted a treasure of catchy,
inspired acoustic pop marked by his
powerful tenor and accomplished gui-
tar technique. For more information
call 726-0770.
SATURDAY, FEB. 12
EBay Class. 10 a.m. Millbrae
Library, 1 Library Ave., Millbrae.
Learn about the popular online auc-
tion site. Free. For more information
call 697-7607.
D is for Dragon Dance. 10 a.m. San
Mateo County History Museum, 2200
Broadway, Redwood City. Preschool
children will be told of a story about
Chinese New Year. $5 for adults, $3
for seniors and students, free for chil-
dren under 5 years old. For more
information call 299-0104.
Marianne’s Vintage Jewelry Trunk
Show. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Ritz-Carlton
Hotel, 1 Miramontes Point Road, Half
Moon Bay. Pieces from the early
1900s through the ’70s and ’80s. For
more information call 712 7090.
LaNebbia Winery Winery Craft
Faire and Wine Tasting. 11:30 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m. La Nebbia Winery,
12341 San Mateo Road, San Mateo.
Food, handmade jewelry, arts and
crafts and wine tasting. Free.
Pacific Art League’s Valentine’s
Day Crafts Event. 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Pacific Art League, 668 Ramona St.,
Palo Alto. Come fold origami valen-
tines with us. Want a more personal
valentine? Frame and hand-embellish
an instant photo for your valentine.
For more information contact market-
ing@pacificartleague.org.
Affordable Books at the Book
Nook. Noon to 4 p.m. 1 Cottage
Lane, Twin Pines Park, Belmont. All
proceeds go to the Belmont Library.
For more information call 593-5650.
Community Activities Bloom. Noon
to 4 p.m. 1400 Roosevelt Ave.,
Redwood City. Plant sale includes
new and hard-to-find varieties. Free.
For more information contact Linda
Kancev at 574-1220.
County Creations. 1 to 4 p.m. San
Mateo County History Museum, 2200
Broadway, Redwood City. The San
Mateo County History Museum pres-
ents a history of entrepreneurs from
San Mateo County. Included with
museum admission. For more infor-
mation visit historysmc.org.
‘Going on 13’ Film Screening. 2
p.m. San Carlos Library, 610 Elm St.,
San Carlos. Join directors Kristy
Guevara-Flanagan and Dawn Valadez
for a screening and discussion of their
award-winning film ‘Going on 13.’
Free. For more information call 591-
0341.
Yoga at Change: Hamsa Yoga. 2
p.m. 400 Ben Franklin Court, San
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Mateo. Cost is by donation. For more
information call 340-9642.
How to Eat Like A Vegetarian Even
If You Never Want to Be One. 2 p.m.
178 South Blvd., San Mateo. Bay
Area food author and teacher Patti
Breitman will lead a family-friendly
workshop, where you’ll learn about
wonderful, simple and tasty vegetari-
an recipes you can prepare quickly
and easily. Free. For more informa-
tion contact
craig@reachandteach.com.
ELKS Lodge Annual Valentine’s
Stonegate Drive, South San
Francisco. Members $23, non-mem-
bers $25. For more information and
tickets call 589-4030 ext. 11.
San Mateo High School Presents
‘The Wedding Singer.’ 7:30 p.m. San
Mateo Performing Arts Center, 600
N. Delaware St., San Mateo. A
romantic musical comedy about a
rock star wannabe and wedding
singer in the 1980s. $15 for adults,
$10 for students and seniors. For
more information or to order tickets
visit smhsdrama.org.
Valentine’s Day Ball benefit for
American Heart Association. 7:30
to 11:30 p.m. Grand Ballroom, Hyatt
Regency, 5 Embarcadero Center, San
Francisco. With proceeds benefiting
the American Heart Association, you
can enjoy your romantic evening
knowing that your participation will
help save lives by funding research
and education in the fight against
heart disease and stroke, the No. 1
and No. 3 killers of women and men.
$50. For more information call (415)
433-2273.
Student Showcase. 7:30 p.m. Notre
Dame de Namur University, 1500
Ralston Ave., Belmont. NDNU’s
Department of Theatre and Dance
presents its annual Student Showcase,
featuring student directors from the
senior class. $10 for general admis-
sion. For more information call 508-
3456.
Saturday Night Comedy
Spectacular. 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. The
Wine Bar, 270 Capistrano Road, Half
Moon Bay. An improv comedy show
created on the spot, presented the sec-
ond Saturday of every month by Blue
Blanket Improv. For tickets and infor-
mation visit BlueBlanketImprov.com.
Symphonic Heroes. 7 p.m. Cañada
College Main Theatre, 4200 Farm
Hill Road, Redwood City. $10 for stu-
dents, $20 in advance, $25 at the door.
For more information contact
info@redwoodsymphony.org.
SUNDAY, FEB. 13
Farmers’ Market Sundays. 9 a.m. to
1 p.m. South Caltrain Parking Lot on
El Camino Real, Belmont. Get fresh
fruit, vegetables, bread and pastries,
flowers and more. For more informa-
tion visit pcfma.com.
Valentines Day Celebration —
‘Love, Chaos and Brunch.’ 9:45 a.m.
to 4:45 p.m. Pier 29,
Embarcadero/Battery streets San
Francisco. Experience an afternoon of
entertainment and dining at Teatro
Zinzanni, San Francisco. Enjoy some
of the world’s most renowned cirque
artists, contortionists, aerial artists,
jugglers and illusionists with live
music from a five-piece band. For
more information call 802-4384.
Belmont Church to honor Evolution
Weekend. 10:30 a.m. Congregational
Church of Belmont, 751 Alameda de
las Pulgas, Belmont. The church will
be one of hundreds of congregations
from across the country and around
the world to observe Evolution
Weekend, Feb. 11-13, a period
designed to recognize that religion
and science, two fields of critical
importance to humans, should be seen
as complementary rather than con-
frontational. For more information
contact mickicartr@aol.com.
Marianne’s Vintage Jewelry Trunk
Show. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Ritz-Carlton
Hotel, 1 Miramontes Point Road, Half
Moon Bay. Pieces from the early
1900s through the ’70s and ’80s. For
more information call 712 7090.
San Mateo High School Presents
‘The Wedding Singer.’ 2 p.m. San
Mateo Performing Arts Center, 600
N. Delaware St., San Mateo. A
romantic musical comedy about a
rock star wannabe and wedding
singer in the 1980s. $15 for adults,
$10 for students and seniors. For
more information or to order tickets
visit smhsdrama.org.
An Afternoon with Author David
Vann. 2 p.m. Belmont Library, 1110
Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont.
David Vann, author of the acclaimed
2008 story collection ‘Legend of a
Suicide,’ will be promoting his latest
book, ‘Caribou Island.’ Free. For
more information call 591-8286.
Online Job Searching. 2 p.m.
Belmont Library, 1110 Alameda de
las Pulgas, Belmont. Learn how to
use online tools to search for a new
job. Free. For more information e-
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mail smco-pr@plsinfo.org.
Loop de Loop. 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. 1870
Art Gallery, 1870 Ralston Ave.,
Belmont. For more information call
595-9679.
Valentine’s Dance Party. 5 p.m. to
8:30 p.m. Burlingame Masonic Lodge
No. 400, 145 Park Road, Burlingame.
Drop in for a Foxtrot lesson from 5
p.m. to 6 p.m. followed by a dance
party, food and dessert. $12 lesson
and dance, $10 dance, $8 advance
tickets available. For more informa-
tion call 571-0836.
MONDAY, FEB. 14
Job Search Review. 10 a.m. to noon.
Foster City Community Center, 1000
E. Hillsdale Blvd., Foster City. Get
feedback about your job search cam-
paign from job search specialists.
Free. For more information call 574-
1766.
Valentine’s Day Party. 10:30 a.m. to
1 p.m. San Bruno Senior Center, 1555
Crystal Springs Road, San Bruno.
Recommended donation of $5 or
$6.50. For more information call 616-
7150.
Valentine’s Day Cupcake Contest.
3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Belmont Library,
1110 Alameda de las Pulgas,
Belmont. A prize will be given for the
best looking cupcake. For teens ages
12-19. Free.
Aragon High School Performing
Arts Presents: Music From The
Heart. 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Peninsula
Temple Beth El, 1700 Alameda de las
Pulgas, San Mateo. Enjoy a lovely
meal in pleasurable surroundings and
support Aragon’s music program.
Adults $40, students $28. Wine (21+)
$5. For more information visit
www.musicfromtheheart.tk/.
A Romantic Valentine with Nancy
Gilliland. Club Fox, 2209 Broadway,
Redwood City. Gilliland will perform
romantic songs from the ‘20s, ’30s
and ’40s in an intimate cabaret set-
ting. For more information visit nan-
cygilliland.com.
TUESDAY, FEB.15
SAT, ACT and PSAT Prep
Workshop. 6 p.m. San Mateo Public
Library, 55 W. Third Ave., San Mateo.
Learn about the format and structure
of college exams and develop strate-
gies to improve scores from Kaplan
Test Prep and Admissions. Free. For
more information or to register call
522-7818.
Village Potluck. 6:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Woodside Village Church, 3154
Woodside Road, Woodside. Bring a
dinner or dessert item to share and
enjoy the company of others. For
more information call 851-1587.
Pierre Bensusan. 8 p.m. Club Fox,
2209 Broadway, Redwood City.
Acoustic guitarist Pierre Bensusan
will play his signature style of world
music. $20 in advance, $22 at the
door. For more information or to
order tickets visit foxrwc.com.
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra.
8 p.m. Center for Performing Arts,
555 Middlefield Road, Atherton. $25
to $85 per ticket. For more informa-
tion call (415) 392-4400.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 16
Dairy Alternatives. 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
New Leaf Community Markets, 150
San Mateo Road, Half Moon Bay.
Join The Family Chef, Amy
Fothergill to learn about several dairy
alternatives. $10. Preregistration
required. For more information call
(831) 466-9060 ext. 126.
For more events visit
smdailyjournal.com, click Calendar.
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A relationship with someone with whom you formerly had
a strong attachment could blossom once again in the year
ahead. If you’ve both grown, the association has a chance to
develop. If you haven’t, nothing will change. Move on with
your life.
human, but any hint of selfishness or rudeness might greatly
offend you. Be more forgiving.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - You could find yourself in the posi-
tion of being able to block an ambitious objective of another
who recently treated you poorly. You won’t be sorry if you
make an ally instead of an enemy.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) - If you want anybody, VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - You’re heard it many times
but especially those in your household to do your bidding, before, “If you can’t find something nice to say about some-
you first have to set an example worthy of emulation. If you one, don’t say anything.” If you want to make friends, not
haven’t given, you won’t get. enemies, keep critical comments to yourself.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) - Yielding to self-doubts will LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) - The efficacy of an endeavor you
get you no place. Ignore all thoughts about “what if?” and share with another could be very “iffy” if you and your cohort
concentrate only on “I can.” If you don’t have faith in yourself, attempt to do something where you both lack the know-how.
you’ll quit before you even begin. Get someone who has done it before.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) - Engaging in activities that SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) - Follow through on any com-
could either help or hurt your material well-being should not mitment you make, but especially one you have with your
be taken lightly. Give money matters all the time and attention spouse. You might get away with it with letting a friend down,
they need. but not with your one-and-only.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) - It might take all the elbow SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) - Although you have a
grease you can muster to complete a task you thought would tendency to rush into things at times, you need to be method-
be a snap to do. However, if you’re prepared to work a bit ical when working on a critical assignment. Know what you
harder than expected, you’ll succeed. need to do before proceeding.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - Unless you are open-minded
about what others have to say, you could find yourself being
offended by something a companion says where you know no
ill will was intended. Lighten up.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) - Usually you can take in stride
the behavior of your friends, because you know everybody is
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - All wasteful spending Previous
will do for you is harvest seeds of regret in the near future. If
you want something to show for your efforts, guard against Sudoku
inclinations to be extravagant.
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35 Earns as profit 9 Coffee dispensers 27 Memoir topic 47 Thicken
37 WNW opposite 10 Mix the salad 30 Till 48 Dilly
38 Gives feedback 11 Guitarist Nugent 32 Bridal notice word 49 Vivacity
40 Undue speed 16 Invigorating 34 Hammerin’ Hank 50 “— Rheingold”
42 Sweater letter 18 Barks shrilly 36 Thick carpeting 52 VI halved
43 Ill-mannered one 21 Expense 39 Cugat’s forte (hyph.)
44 Mead’s island 22 Mil. rank 41 Type of hound
47 Performed feats of 23 Next in line 43 Deposes
dexterity 24 Maneuver slowly 44 Cloy
THE DAILY JOURNAL Friday • Feb. 11, 2011 25

104 Training 110 Employment 110 Employment 110 Employment 203 Public Notices 203 Public Notices
TERMS & CONDITIONS BABYSITTERS, NANNIES and senior HOME CARE AIDES CASE# CIV 502915 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
caregivers wanted. Multiple shifts to meet your needs. Great SALES -
The San Mateo Daily Journal Classi- ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR STATEMENT #242826
fieds will not be responsible for more www.bayareahelpers.org pay & benefits, Sign-on bonus, 1yr exp CHANGE OF NAME The following person is doing business
than one incorrect insertion, and its lia- required. Putnam Auto Group SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, as: Nexus Holidays San Francisco Inc.,
bility shall be limited to the price of one BARBER experienced with current li- Matched Caregivers (650)839-2273, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, 1699 El Camino Real #203, MILLBRAE,
insertion. No allowance will be made for cense. Part time, commission only. Call (408)280-7039 or (888)340-2273 Buick Pontiac GMC 400 COUNTY CENTER RD, CA 94030 is hereby registered by the fol-
errors not materially affecting the value (650)591-1627 $50,000 Average Expectation REDWOOD CITY CA 94063 lowing owner: Nexus Holidays San Fran-
of the ad. All error claims must be sub- a must… PETITION OF cisco, CA. The business is conducted by
mitted within 30 days. For full advertis- 5 Men or Women for Aimee Cassandra Einstein Karp a Corporation. The registrants com-
ing conditions, please ask for a Rate
Card.
CAREGIVERS Career Sales Position TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
Petitioner, Aimee Cassandra Einstein
menced to transact business under the
FBN on
2 years • Car Allowance Karp filed a petition with this court for a
decree changing name as follows:
/s/ Ren Xian He /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
• Paid insurance w/life & dental
106 Tutoring experience • 401k plan
Present name: Aimee Cassandra Ein-
stein Karp
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 01/18/11. (Published in the
required. • Five day work week Proposed name: Aimee Cassandra Ein-
stein
San Mateo Daily Journal, 01/21/11,
01/28/11, 02/04/11, 02/11/11)
TUTORING Immediate Top Performers earn $100k Plus!!
Bilingual a plus
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons
interested in this matter shall appear be-
Placement Paid training included
Call Mr. Olson
fore this court at the hearing indicated
below to show cause, if any, why the pe-
Spanish, French, on all assignments 1-866-788-6267 tition for change of name should not be
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #242849
granted. Any person objecting to the The following person is doing business
Italian CALL (650)777-9000 name changes described above must file as: Fine Point Builders, 85 West 5th
a written objection that includes the rea- Ave., #301, SAN MATEO, CA 94402 is
Certificated Local 127 Elderly Care
sons for the objection at least two court
days before the matter is scheduled to
hereby registered by the following owner:
Thomas Bates, same address. The busi-
Teacher be heard and must appear at the hearing ness is conducted by an Individual. The
to show cause why the petition should
All Ages! CAREGIVERS CHARTIER CARE HOME not be granted. If no written objection is
registrants commenced to transact busi-
ness under the FBN on 01/15/2011
Mid Peninsula CNA’s Now Available!
Single Room - Male or Female
timely filed, the court may grant the peti-
tion without a hearing.
/s/ Thomas Bates /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
(650)573-9718 needed. Shared Room - Male or Female A HEARING on the petition shall be held sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
Hiring now! Age Range 60+ Independent Living
Quarters Available
on March 29, 2011 at 9 am, Dept. PJ,
Room 2E, at 400 County Center, Red-
County on 01/19/11. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 01/21/11,
Hourly & Live-ins Call Today (650)474-CARE or wood City, CA 94063. 01/28/11, 02/04/11, 02/11/11)
Call Mon-Fri 9am-3pm. www.chartiercare.com A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall
be published at least once each week for
107 Musical Instruction Reliable Caregivers.
Lic.# 415600256
four successive weeks prior to the date
1424 Hopkins Ave., RWC
(415)436-0100 NEWSPAPER INTERNS set for hearing on the petition in the fol- FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
Music Lessons lowing newspaper of general circulation: STATEMENT #242856
Sales • Repairs • Rentals JOURNALISM The Daily Journal The following person is doing business
The Daily Journal is looking for in- 203 Public Notices Filed: 02/07/2011 as: Renew Home Energy Systems, 7
Bronstein Music terns to do entry level reporting, re-
search, updates of our ongoing fea-
/s/ Mark R. Forcum /
Judge of the Superior Court
41st Avenue #513, SAN MATEO, CA
94403 is hereby registered by the follow-
363 Grand Ave. CAREGIVERS tures and interviews. Photo interns al-
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #243269 Dated: 02/04/2011 ing owner: Keith Burtscher, same ad-
So. San Francisco Mid Peninsula CNA’s so welcome. The following person is doing business (Published 02/11/11, 02/18/11, 02/25/11, dress. The business is conducted by an
(650)588-2502 as: Jibe Mobile, 2600 S. El Camino Real, 02/04/11) Individual. The registrants commenced to
needed. We expect a commitment of four to #205, San Mateo, CA 94403 is hereby transact business under the FBN on
bronsteinmusic.com Hiring now! eight hours a week for at least four registered by the following owner: Ascen- /s/ Keith Burtscher /
months. The internship is unpaid, but na Mobile, Inc., CA. The business is con- This statement was filed with the Asses-
Hourly & Live-ins intelligent, aggressive and talented in- ducted by a Corporation. The registrants sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
Call Mon-Fri 9am-3pm. terns have progressed in time into
paid correspondents and full-time re-
commenced to transact business under County on 01/27/11. (Published in the
the FBN on 06/20/2008. CASE# CIV 502952 San Mateo Daily Journal, 01/28/11,
PIANO/ Reliable Caregivers. porters. /s/ Steve Schroeder / ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR 02/04/11, 02/11/11, 02/18/11).
MANDARIN (415)436-0100 College students or recent graduates
This statement was filed with the Asses- CHANGE OF NAME
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA,
are encouraged to apply. Newspaper County on 02/09/11. (Published in the COUNTY OF SAN MATEO,
TEACHER experience is preferred but not neces-
sarily required.
San Mateo Daily Journal, 02/11/11,
02/18/11, 02/25/11, 03/04/11
400 COUNTY CENTER RD,
REDWOOD CITY CA 94063
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #242991
Credential, CAREGIVERS PETITION OF The following person is doing business
Music and Mandarin We’re currently looking for Please send a cover letter describing Konstantin Fatalov as: CALDEN - California Dental Equip-
15 years experience experienced eldercare aides-- your interest in newspapers, a resume TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: ment Sales & Services, 1151 Fay St.,
Group & Individual Lessons and three recent clips. Before you ap- FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME Petitioner, Konstantin Fatalov filed a REDWOOD CITY, CA 94061 is hereby
CNAs, HHAs & Live-ins ply, you should familiarize yourself STATEMENT #243135 petition with this court for a decree registered by the following owner: Frank
Ms. Liu (650)200-3955 with excellent references to with our publication. Our Web site: The following person is doing business changing name as follows: Calija, same address. The business is
www.smdailyjournal.com. as: Zen Homes, 385 Eagle Trace Dr., Present name: Konstantin Fatalov conducted by an Individual. The regis-
join our team! HALF MOON BAY, CA 94019 is hereby Veronica Fatalov trants commenced to transact business
Good pay and Send your information via e-mail to registered by the following owner: Taka- Proposed name: Konstantin Tovarian under the FBN on
110 Employment excellent benefits! news@smdailyjournal.com or by reg- hide Akiyama and Emma Akiyama, same Veronica Tovarian /s/ Frank Calija /
ular mail to 800 S. Claremont St #210, address, and Shoji Nagayama, 142 Jib THE COURT ORDERS that all persons This statement was filed with the Asses-
Drivers preferred. San Mateo CA 94402. Ct., HALF MOON BAY. The business is interested in this matter shall appear be- sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
Call Claudia at conducted by Copartners. The regis- fore this court at the hearing indicated County on 01/25/11. (Published in the
AVON (650) 556-9906 trants commenced to transact business below to show cause, if any, why the pe- San Mateo Daily Journal, 01/28/11,
SELL OR BUY www.homesweethomecare.com under the FBN on tition for change of name should not be 02/04/11, 02/11/11, 02/18/11).
Earn up 50% + bonuses /s/ Emma Akiyama / granted. Any person objecting to the
This statement was filed with the Asses- name changes described above must file
Hablamos Espanol sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo a written objection that includes the rea-
1(866)440-5795 GROOMER - All breeds, some experi- SALES/MARKETING County on 02/01/11. (Published in the sons for the objection at least two court FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
ence necessary. Part to full time, start days before the matter is scheduled to
Independent Sales Rep pay $10./hr. Appointment only.
INTERNSHIPS San Mateo Daily Journal, 02/04/11, STATEMENT #243097
The San Mateo Daily Journal is looking 02/11/11, 02/18/11, 02/25/11) be heard and must appear at the hearing The following person is doing business
Free Gift with Sign Up! (650)577-8002 for ambitious interns who are eager to to show cause why the petition should as: Jenn’s Gardening, 287 Alberta Ave.,
jump into the business arena with both not be granted. If no written objection is SAN CARLOS, CA 94070 is hereby reg-
feet and hands. Learn the ins and outs timely filed, the court may grant the peti- istered by the following owner: Jennifer
of the newspaper and media industries. tion without a hearing. L. France, same address. The business
This position will provide valuable A HEARING on the petition shall be held is conducted by an Individual. The regis-
110 Employment 110 Employment experience for your bright future. on March 30, 2011 at 9 am, Dept. PJ, trants commenced to transact business
Fax resume (650)344-5290 Room 2E, at 400 County Center, Red- under the FBN on
email info@smdailyjournal.com wood City, CA 94063. /s/ Jennifer L. France /
A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall This statement was filed with the Asses-
be published at least once each week for sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
four successive weeks prior to the date County on 01/31/11. (Published in the
set for hearing on the petition in the fol- San Mateo Daily Journal, 02/04/11,
110 Employment 110 Employment lowing newspaper of general circulation: 02/11/11, 02/18/11, 02/25/11)
The Daily Journal
Filed: 02/07/2011
/s/ Mark R. Forcum /
Judge of the Superior Court FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
Dated: 02/07/2011 STATEMENT #242821
(Published 02/11/11, 02/18/11, 02/25/11, The following person is doing business
02/04/11) as: Fusion, Peruvian Grill, 45 North B St.
SAN MATEO, CA 94403 is hereby regis-
tered by the following owners: Pedro C.
Zerpa Malca, Julio Martinez and Hector
Anujo la Cruz, 1714 Marina Ct., SAN
MATEO, CA 94403. The business is con-
THE SAN MATEO County ducted by a General Partnership. The
registrants commenced to transact busi-
Probation Department is ness under the FBN on
seeking contractors to /s/ Pedro Zerpa /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
provide substance abuse sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
treatment services for adult County on 01/18/11. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 02/04/11,
probationers in the Bridges 02/11/11, 02/18/11, 02/25/11)
outpatient day program. For
a copy of the Request for
Proposals, see the County's FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
website under the Probation STATEMENT #243137
The following person is doing business
Department in the “News” as: Sky Framers, LLC, 853 Commodore
110 Employment 110 Employment section. The RFP is al- Dr. #340, SAN BRUNO, CA 94066 is
hereby registered by the following owner:
so available by calling 650- Sky Framers, LLC, CA. The business is
312-5241. conducted by a Limited Liability Compa-
ny. The registrants commenced to trans-
act business under the FBN on
2/12/11 /s/ Kei Kotani /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
CNS-2042034# sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
SAN MATEO DAILY County on 02/02/11. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 02/04/11,
JOURNAL 02/11/11, 02/18/11, 02/25/11)
26 Friday • Feb. 11, 2011
203 Public Notices
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #243163
The following person is doing business
as: Bootstrap Marketing, 1612 Laurel
Street, SAN CARLOS, CA 94070 is here-
by registered by the following owner:
Martyn Crew, 2911 Eaton Ave., SAN
CARLOS. The business is conducted by
an Individual. The registrants com-
menced to transact business under the
FBN on 01/01/2011
/s/ Martyn F. Crew /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 02/02/11. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 02/04/11,
02/11/11, 02/18/11, 02/25/11)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #242717
The following person is doing business
as: Innes Business Solutions, 795 Main
Street, Half Moon Bay, CA 94019 is
hereby registered by the following owner:
Leisa Innes, P O Box 2062, El Granada,
CA 94018. The business is conducted
by an Individual. The registrants com-
menced to transact business under the
FBN on 01/01/2011.
/s/ Leisa Innes /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 01/11/11. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 02/11/11,
02/18/11, 02/25/11, 03/04/11
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #243056
The following person is doing business
as: Integrated Healing Associates, 520
S. El Camino Real, Ste. 204, San Mateo,
CA 94402 is hereby registered by the
following owner: Nancy Marx Phd, 2638
Monserat Ave., Belmont, CA 94002. The
business is conducted by an Individual.
The registrants commenced to transact
business under the FBN on
/s/ Nancy Marx Phd /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 01/28/11. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 02/11/11,
02/18/11, 02/25/11, 03/04/11
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #242858
The following person is doing business
as: (1)Westside Boot Camps, (2)West-
side Boxing Club, 1014 Howard Avenue,
San Mateo, CA 94401 is hereby regis-
tered by the following owner: Patrick Ra-
gan, same address. The business is con-
ducted by an Individual. The registrants
commenced to transact business under
the FBN on 01/01/2011.
/s/ Patrick Ragan /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 01/20/11. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 02/11/11,
02/18/11, 02/25/11, 03/04/11
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #243234
The following person is doing business
as: Hayes Group, 2657 Spring Street,
REDWOOD CITY, CA 94063 is hereby
registered by the following owner: Hayes
Group Architects, Inc., A California Cor-
poration, CA. The business is conducted
by a Corporation. The registrants com-
menced to transact business under the
FBN on 01/01/2011.
/s/ Kenneth D. Hayes /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 02/07/11. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 02/11/11,
02/18/11, 02/25/11, 03/04/11
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #243201
The following person is doing business
as: Arcadia Global Realty, 969-G Edge-
water Blvd. #987, FOSTER CITY, CA
94404 is hereby registered by the follow-
ing owner: Ramon Ayroso and Christine
Ayroso, 376 Treasure Island Dr., BEL-
MONT, CA 94002. The business is con-
ducted by Husband & Wife. The regis-
trants commenced to transact business
under the FBN on
/s/ Ramon Ayroso /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 02/04/11. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 02/11/11,
02/18/11, 02/25/11, 03/04/11
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP OF
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE
Date of Filing Application: Feb. 9, 2011
To Whom It May Concern:
The Name(s) of the applicant(s) is/are:
ALVARO JAVIER RIOS
The applicant(s) listed above are apply-
ing to Department of Alcoholic Beverage
Control to sell alcoholic beverages at:
7398 MISSION ST.
DALY CITY, CA 94014-2666
Type of license applied for:
41 - On-Sale Beer & Wine - Eating
Place
San Mateo Daily Journal
February 11, 2011
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Date of Filing Application: Feb. 9, 2011
To Whom It May Concern:
The Name(s) of the applicant(s) is/are:
IBRAHIM NAJEEB DABABNEH
The applicant(s) listed above are apply-
ing to Department of Alcoholic Beverage
Control to sell alcoholic beverages at:
675 BROADWAY
MILLBRAE, CA 94030-1909
Type of license applied for:
41 - On-Sale Beer & Wine - Eating
Place
San Mateo Daily Journal
February 11, 2011
210 Lost & Found
LOST: Center cap from wheel of Cadil-
lac. Around Christmas time. Chrome with
multi-colored Cadillac emblem in center.
Small hole near edge for locking device.
Belmont or San Carlos area.
Joel 650-592-1111.
210 Lost & Found
MISSING GREY MALE CAT named
“Biscotti”. Last seen 12/4 on Aviador
Ave. in Millbrae. 12 years old, 12 lbs.,
strong athletic build. Domestic short
hair, solid grey including nose,
neutered,declawed front paws. Micro-
chip #985121004140013. Please call
Home Again lost pet service at 888-466-
3242 with any info. Thank you!
295 Art
PAINTING "jack vettriano" Portland gal-
lery 26 x 33. $55. (650)345-1111.
PICTURE WITH Frame Jack Vettriano
with light attached $65. (650)867-2720
296 Appliances
4 BURNER cook top commercial lifetime
burner $22., (650)756-6778
AIR CONDITIONER - slider model for
narrow windows, 10k BTU, excellent
condition, $100., (650)212-7020
CHANDELIER NEW 4 lights $30.
(650)878-9542
CHOPPERS (4) with instructions $7/all.
(650)368-3037
IRON - BLACK & DECKER PRO X 725
with board, $35., (650)726-7424
KENMORE MICROWAVE - Great condi-
tion, extremely clean, ready to use,
24”W18”D15”H, interior 14.5”W12”H16”D
SOLD!
PORTABLE GE Dishwasher, excellent
condition $75 OBO, (650)583-0245
RADIATOR HEATER, oil filled, electric,
1500 watts $25. (650)504-3621
RCA VACUUM tube manual '42 $25.
(650)593-8880
REFRIGERATOR - Jordon 3 glass door
commercial
(650)773-7533
refrigerator $50.00
SANYO 4.4 cubic ft. counter high refrig-
erator with stainless steel door $80.
(650)364-7777
SHOP VACUUM rigid brand 3.5 horse
power 9 gal wet/dry $40. (650)591-2393
STOVE TOP 4 burners with electric grill
commercial grade $50., (650)756-6778
TOAST-R-OVEN BLACK & Decker not
used $14. SOLD!
VACUUM CLEANER $50 (650)367-1350
VACUUM CLEANER Oreck-cannister
type $40., (650)637-8244
WASHER/DRYER “MAYTAG” - Brand
new with 3 year warranty, $850. both,
(650)726-4168
297 Bicycles
BICYCLE "MAGNA" 24 inch wheels
purple, $40., San Mateo,SOLD!
BICYCLE - Sundancer Jr., 26”, $75. obo
(650)676-0732
GIRL'S BIKE HUFFY Purple 6-speed
good cond. $35 - Angela (650)269-3712
298 Collectibles
28 RECORDS - 78 RPMS, Bing Crosby,
Frankie Laine, Al Jolson, many others, all
in book albums, $60. all, (650)347-5104
49ER REPORT issues '85-'87 $35/all,
(650)592-2648
5 PIECE territorial quarters uncirculated
$16. (408)249-3858
6 GALLON "red wing" Crock $100 RWC
(650)868-0436
COLLECTORS '75 LP's in covers
$5/each, (650)726-7424
GEISHA DOLL - 14" - BEAUTIFULLY
PACKAGED IN PLASTIC CASE.-
$25/ofr. (650)588-5991
GLASSES 6 sets redskins, good condi-
tion never used $25/all. (650)345-1111
JACK TASHNER signed ball $25. Ri-
chard (650)834-4926
MERCHANT MARINE, framed forecastle
card, signed by Captain Angrick '70. 13 x
17 inches $35 cash. (650)755-8238
ORIGINAL PAT O'BRIEN'S HURRI-
CANE glass, great condition, $10.,
(650)726-7424
POSTER - framed photo of President
Wilson and Chinese Junk $25 cash,
(650)755-8238
SPORTS CARDS over 10k some stars
and old cards $100/all. (650)207-2712
VASE - with tray, grey with red flowers,
perfect condition, $30., (650)345-1111
302 Antiques
(2) ANTIQUE Hurricane lamp complete
with wicks $25/each, (650)726-7424
1912 COFFEE Perculater Urn. perfect
condition includes electric cord $85
ANTIQUE SOLID mahogany knick-knack
or bookshelf with 4 small drawers, good
condition, $95. 650-726-5200
CHINA CABINET - Vintage, 6 foot,
solid mahogany. $300/obo.
(650)867-0379
303 Electronics
46” MITSUBISHI Projector TV, great
condition. $400. (650)261-1541.
COMSWITCH 3500 - used for fax, com-
puter modem, telephone answering ma-
chine, never used, $20., (650)347-5104
303 Electronics
DEWALT HEAVY duty work site radio
charger in box $100. (650)756-7878
DVD PLAYER -Toshiba DVD, video, CD
player, 5 disk changer, dolby digital,
works great, Burl., $50., (650)347-5104
“FALLOUT 3” for XBox 360. $10.
(650)520-4535
JVC VHS recorder - Like new, $15.,
(650)367-8949
PANASONIC TV 21 inch $25., (650)637-
8244
SANIO CASETTE/RECORDER 2 way
Radio - $95.obo, call for more details,
(650)290-1960
SONY RADIO cassette recorder $25
black good condition. (650)345-1111
TV - Big Screen, $70., ok condition,
(650)367-1350
TV 5 inch Black and white good condition
in box $10. (408)249-3858
TV SET 32 inch with remote and stand
$30. (650)520-0619
304 Furniture
2 END Tables solid maple '60's era
$40/both. (650)670-7545
4 STURDY metal dining chairs $20/each.
(650)756-6778
BED BRASS single trundle $100 nice
and clean. (650)854-3235
BEDROOM SET - King size, 7 piece
bedroom set, marble top, SOLD!
BLACK LEATHER office chair with 5
rollers $25. (650)871-5078
BOOKCASE - $25., (650)255-6652
CABINET - wood, $70., (650)367-1350
CHANDELIER WITH 5 lights/ candela-
bre base with glass shades $20.
(650)504-3621
COCKTAIL AND end table brass and
glass top $65. (650)854-3235
COFFEE TABLE - $60., (650)367-1350
COFFEE TABLE light brown lots of stor-
age good condition $55. (650)867-2720
COMPUTER DESK $70. (650)367-1350
CREDENZA - $25., (650)255-6652
DINING CHAIRS (6) $100/all. (650)854-
3235
DINING ROOM table $100. (650)854-
3235
DISPLAY CASE wood & glass 31 x 19
inches $30. (650)873-4030
DRAFTING TABLE 30 x 42' with side
tray. excellent cond $75. (650)949-2134
END TABLE marble top with drawer with
matching table $70/all. (650)520-0619
ENTERTAINMENT CENTER - Oak
wood, great condition, glass doors, fits
large TV, 2 drawers, shelves , $100/obo.
(650)261-9681
MATTRESSES (2) single, single nice
and clean $100.(650)854-3235
OFFICE DESK - $25., (650)255-6652
PICNIC TABLE round $25. (650)854-
3235
ROCKING CHAIR - Traditional, full size
Rocking chair. Excellent condition $100.,
(650)504-3621
ROCKING CHAIR for nursing mother or
grandmother $75. (650)854-3235
ROCKING CHAIRS - (2) Great for family
with new born baby, $50. each or $75.
for both, (650)588-5991
TV STAND good condition beige lots of
storage $30. (650)867-2720
WOODEN KITCHEN China Cabinet: $99
(great condition!), (650)367-1350
WOODEN QUILT rack with kitty designs
on end excellent condition, SOLD!
306 Housewares
"PRINCESS HOUSE” decorator urn
"Vase" cream with blue flower 13 inch H
$25., (650)868-0436
CANDLEHOLDER - Gold, angel on it,
tall, purchased from Brueners, originally
$100., selling for $35.,(650)867-2720
GEORGE FORMAN Grill brand new
$35., (650)726-7424
HAMILTON BEACH Mixer, vintage, .juic-
er & bowl, beater. $30/obo(650)576-6067
OASIS COUNTERTOP water cooler dis-
penses cold and luke warm water SOLD!
307 Jewelry & Clothing
49ER'S JACKET Child size $50.
(650)871-7200
BLACK VELVET evening jacket w/silver
sparkles, Sz 20W, $10. (650)712-1070
BLACK VELVET pants, Sz L, $7.
(650)712-1070
CUSTOM JEWELRY all kinds, lengths
and sizes $50/all. (650)592-2648
HOLIDAY WEAR, barely worn: Macy's
black sweater set, Size M, wool w/gold
metalic stripes, $15 set. (650)712-1070
JEWELRY DISPLAY 12 piece SOLD!
LADIES BRACELET, Murano glass.
Various shades of red and blue $100
Daly City, no return calls. (650)991-2353
LADIES GOLD Lame' elbow length-
gloves sz 7.5 $15 New. RWC. (650)868-
0436
LIZ CLAIBORNE black evening jacket
Sz. 12, acetate/polyester, $10. (650)712-
1070
SHEER PURPLE tunic, Sz XL, w/em-
broidered design & sequins, $10.
(650)712-1070
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307 Jewelry & Clothing
SILVER SEQUIN shirt-jacket Sz 12-14 -
very dressy, $15. (650)712-1070
TOURQUOISE BLUE party dress, cov-
ered w/sequins, sz 14, $15. (650)712-
1070
308 Tools
CLICKER TORQUE wrench 1/2 inch
drive 20-150 LBS reversible all chrome
$40. 650-595-3933
DOLLY - Heavy Duty, Dual Use 54" hgt.
Upright-Push Cart South City $99.OBO
(415) 410 - 9801
PRESSURE WASHER 2500 PSI, good
condition, $350., (650)926-9841
RIDGED WET AND DRY VACUUM -16
gallons 5 horse power in box accesso-
ries included $65., (650)756-7878
SPEEDAIR AIR COMPRESSOR - 4 gal-
lon stack tank air compressor $100.,
(650)591-4710
TABLE SAW 10", very good condition
$85. (650) 787-8219
TORO LEAF BLOWERS, Power Sweep
+ 850 Super Blower, Electric like new
$40. pair South City (415) 410-9801
309 Office Equipment
CALCULATOR - Casio, still in box, new,
$25. (650)867-2720
DELL PRINTER SCANNER COPIER all
in one with 2 ink cartridges. SOLD!
OFFICE LAMP new $8. (650)345-1111
OFFICE WATER COOLER Hot - Ex Hot
,Cold - Ice Cold Like New South City
$99. OBO (415) 410 -9801
310 Misc. For Sale
"COUNTRY KITCHEN" pot rack with
down lights. Retailed at $250
New in box $99 (650) 454-6163
1 LG .Duffel Bag ,1 Xtra Lg. Duffel w
Wheels, 1 Leather week-ender Satchel,
All 3 at $75.00 650 871-7211
12 PIECE jewelry display SOLD!
13 PIECE paint and pad set for home
use $25., (650)589-2893
5 NEEDLEPOINT sets still in package
$10/each, (650)592-2648
ANGEL WITH lights 12 inches High $12.
(650)368-3037
ARTIFICIAL FICUS Tree 6 ft. life like, full
branches. in basket $55. (650)269-3712
AUTO STRETCHING - The Complete
Manual of Specific Stretching, like new,
ask $75. (650) 204-0587
BARBIE BEACH vacation & Barbie prin-
cess bride computer games $15 each,
(650)367-8949
BEADS - Glass beads for jewelry mak-
ing, $75. all, (650)676-0732
BEAUTIFUL ROUND GOLD FRAMED
Beveled Mirrors 34" diameter $75 ea Jer-
ry San Mateo 650-619-9932
BOOK "LIFETIME" WW11 $12.,
(408)249-3858
CABINET - 1 metal cabinet 3'x7'x14"
$20.00 (650) 773-7533
CABINET OAK, fits over toilet water
tank, like new $25. (650)341-5347
CANCER SALVES - A Botanical Ap-
proach To Treatment, like new, $35.
(650) 204.0587
CANDLE HOLDER with angel design,
tall, gold, includes candle. Purchased for
$100, now $35. (650)345-1111
CERAMIC BOWLS - Set of blue hand
made ceramic bowls (9) with large bowl
fork/spoon set $100/all, (650)726-7424
COLORIZED TERRITORIAL Quarters
uncirculated with Holder $15/all,
(408)249-3858
DOG CAGE/GORILLA - folding
large dog cage good condition, 2 door
with tray, $75.,(650)355-8949
DOOM (3) computer games $15/each 2
total, (650)367-8949
FIRE BOWL- new in box, 13 x 32 SOLD!
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203 Public Notices
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
310 Misc. For Sale
DOUBLE PANE Windows 48"wide X 34"
Tall W/screens perfect condition vinyl
$75. OBO 650-619-9932
ELECTRIC HEATER - Oil filled electric
heater, 1500 watts, $30., (650)504-3621
FIREPLACE SCREEN - 36"wide,
29"high, antique brass, folding doors,
sliding mesh screen, damper
controls. Like new. $100., (650)592-2047
FRONT END Dash Board from '98 Sono-
ma Truck $50. (650)871-7200
GAME "BEAT THE EXPERTS" never
used $8., (408)249-3858
HARD COVER BOOKS - Mystery & ad-
venture, current authors, some large type
print, $3.00 each, (650)364-7777
HARD COVER mystery and adventure
books (12) latest authors $3/each.
(650)364-7777
JAMES PATTERSON BOOKS - 2 hard-
back @$3. each, 4 paperback @ $1.
each, (650)341-1861
JANET EVANOVICH BOOKS - 4 hard-
back @$3. each, 3 paperback @$1.
each, (650)341-1861
KIDS GUITAR for 6 years and Up $40,
call (650)375-1550
LOUNGE CHAIRS - 2 new, with cover &
plastic carring case & headrest, $35.
each, (650)592-7483
MASSAGE DEVICE with batteries $8 in
box, (650)368-3037
METAL CABINET - 4 drawers, beige
16.5 inches W x 27 3/4 H x 27 inches D.
$40., San Mateo, (650)341-5347
NEW BANQUET table 6ft x 30. $40. Call
(650)871-7200.
NEW GAIAM Yoga P.M. Tape & CD
$10. 650-578-8306
NEW LIVING Yoga Tape for Beginners
$8. 650-578-8306
PACHIRA PLANT 3ft. H. (Money plant)
with decorative Pot $30. (650)592-2648
PRECUT MILK cartons great for school
projects 24/bag $8/bag. (650)871-7200
RED LINE D4 ATF fluid (2 quarts), 50%
off retail, $5 each. (650) 204-0587
SF GREETING Cards (300 with enve-
lopes) factory sealed $20/all. (650)207-
2712
SLEEPER BLANKET (3) size 4T Soft
$7.50/each. (650)349-6059
SNOW CHAINS - 3 complete sets, sizes
fit rims 13” & 15”, great condition, $30.
all, Burl, (650)347-5104
SNOW CHAINS - 3 complete sets, sizes
fit rims 13” & 15”, great condition, $30.
all, Burl, (650)347-5104
SOFT BONNET hair drier "Con Air" $20.,
(650)589-2893
SPANISH GUITAR 6 strings good condi-
tion $80. Call (650)375-1550.
SPORTS BOOKS, Full of Facts, All
Sports, Beautiful Collection 5 Volumes,
$25. 650 871-7211
STUART WOODS HARDBACK BOOKS
- 3 @$3. each, (650)341-1861
SUIT/COAT HANGERS (14) sturdy good
quality hardwood unused $1/each or all
$10. San Bruno 650-588-1946
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203 Public Notices
310 Misc. For Sale
TOWELS - 5 complete sets, 15 vintage
decorative towels, never used, bath,
hand, washcloth, excellent, $65.,
(650)347-5104
VIDEO CENTER 38 inches H 21 inches
W still in box $60., (408)249-3858
WALNUT CABINET- on rollers 26 W x
20 D x 34.5 H $35. (650)341-5347
WETSUIT - Barefoot, like new, $40.,
(650)367-8949
WIDE-BODIED VASE -- Colorful, Perfect
condition, nice design, $25 (650)867-
2720
311 Musical Instruments
2 ORGANS, antique tramp, $500 for
both. (650)342-4537
KEYBOARD CASIO 3 ft long $50.
(650)583-2767
PIANO VINTAGE - Upright, “Davis &
Sons”, just tuned, $600., (650)678-9007
312 Pets & Animals
ALASKAN HUSKY - Wolf PUPS, beauti-
ful family pets, $360. each, (408)334-
1474
KITTY LITTER box enclosed with swing-
ing door and handle $10., (650)592-2648
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
49' SWEATSHIRT with hood size 8 extra
large $100 obo. (650)346-9992
BAY MEADOWS COAT - Light green,
new, size L, $20., (650)867-2720
BLACK LEATHER MOTORCYCLE
JACKET - Large, water proof, new, $35.,
(650)342-7568
BLACK LEATHER tap shoes 9M great
condition $99. (650)558-1975
BLACK LIKE Leather pants Mrs. size
made in France size 40 $99. (650)558-
1975
BOOTS - purple leather, size 8, ankle
length, $50.obo, (650)592-9141
JACKET (LARGE) Pants (small) black
Velvet good cond. $25/all (650)589-2893
LADIES DOWN jacket light yellow with
dark brown lining RWC $35. (650)868-
0436
LADIES NYLON stockings new $1/per
pair size 11 (2 dozen) call evenings.
SOLD!
LADIES SHOES- size 5, $10., (650)756-
6778
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316 Clothes 318 Sports Equipment 322 Garage Sales 379 Open Houses 380 Real Estate Services 440 Apartments
MAN’S SUEDE-LIKE jacket, Brown. SPEEDO OPTIMUS Training Fins size
New, XXLg. $25. 650 871-7211 10-11. Perfect for your training. THE THRIFT SHOP
MEN'S SHOES
(650)756-6778
- New, size 10, $10.,
call jeff 650-208-5758 $25
WOMEN’S SEPARATES
ON SALE 50% OFF
OPEN HOUSE
LISTINGS
REDWOOD
MEN'S SUIT almost new $25.
650-573-6981
322 Garage Sales Thursday & Friday 10:00-2:00
Saturdays 10:00-3:00 List your Open House
CITY
MENS JEANS - 4 pairs, Gap, Aber-
Episcopal Church
1 South El Camino Real in the Daily Journal. 1 bedroom, 1 bath
crombe & Fitch, 1 pair khaki, sizes 34/32,
36/32, $42. all, (650)347-5104
BURLINGAME San Mateo 94401
Reach over 82,500 in senior complex
(650)344-0921
MENS SLACKS - 8 pairs, $50., Size 1103 Douglas potential home buyers &
renters a day,
(over 55).
36/32, (408)420-5646
Ave. from South San Francisco Close to
WOMAN’S LAMB-SKIN coat, 2/3 length,
size Med. VERY warm, beautiful! $75. X-St. California GARAGE SALES
to Palo Alto.
in your local newspaper.
downtown.
650 871-7211
ESTATE SALES Gated entry.
WOMEN'S CLOTHES extra, extra large Feb. 12th & 13th Make money, make room!
Call (650)344-5200
new with tags $50/each, (650)726-7424
10 am-5 pm Move in
List your upcoming garage
317 Building Materials Collectibles, sale, moving sale, estate
Special.
sale, yard sale, rummage 380 Real Estate Services
22 PIECES of 2x4's, 68" long video games & sale, clearance sale, or
$1.00/each (650) 773-7533 sports items. whatever sale you have... 440 Apartments 830 Main Street, RWC
DOUBLE PANED GLASS WINDOWS -
various sizes, half moon, like new, $10.
Everything must go! in the Daily Journal. DISTRESS BELMONT - Prime, quiet location, view,
new carpets, balcony-patio, dishwasher,
(650)367-0177
and up, (650)756-6778 Reach over 82,500 readers
from South San Francisco SALES covered carports, storage, pool. No pets.
1 bedroom $1,295 and up. (650)592-
1271 Days or (650)344-8418 Evenings.
SCREEN DOOR 36 inch slightly bent to Palo Alto. Bank Foreclosures.
$15. (650)871-7200

SLIDING SCREEN door 30 inch good

REDWOOD in your local newspaper.
$400,000+ FURNISHED ROOM
470 Rooms
Call (650)344-5200 Free list with GARDEN MOTEL
condition $25. (650)871-7200

WATER HEATER - 40 gallon Energy

CITY pictures.
for Rent
Sequoia Inn 1690 Broadway
Redwood City, CA 94063
saver electric water heater $50.00 (650) Rate starts at $45 + tax
773-7533 PeninsulaRealEstate.info WEEKLY AVAILABLE. (650)366-4724
1623 Madison Ave. Free recorded message Low Daily & Weekly Rooms
335 Garden Equipment Quiet room & great location.
WOOD PALLETS - 20 pieces of heavy X-St. Valota 1(800)754-0569 Private Bath, FREE WiFi,
Free HBO + Spanish+Sports+Movie
Channels, Free Internet
duty wood pallets 30"X43" $15.00/each
(650) 773-7533 February 12th BROGMANSIA TREE $40 needs plant-
ing. (650)871-7200 ID# 2042 Microfridge, Premium Cable & more. Daily $45+tax Nite & up
526 El Camino Real
Saturday Dolphin RE (650)369-6736 ext. 0
Weekly $250+tax & up

318 Sports Equipment 8 am-2 pm TABLE - for plant, $30, perfect condi-
tion, (650)345-1111 HIP HOUSING
2 GOLF CLUBS - Ladies, right handed, Non-Profit Home Sharing Program
putter & driver $5/each (650)755-8238 Something for 345 Medical Equipment
San Mateo County
(650)348-6660
everyone!
PUTTING GOLF Set 8Ft. x 16 inches CRUTCHES - adult, aluminium, for tall MILLBRAE ROOM newly remodeled,
$10., (408)249-3858 person, $30., (650)341-1861 $850./mo., (650)697-4758

REDWOOD CITY
610 Crossword Puzzle 610 Crossword Puzzle 610 Crossword Puzzle Sequoia Hotel
800 Main St.,
$600 Monthly
Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle $160. & up per week.
(650)366-9501
(650)279-9811
Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis 315 Wanted to Buy 315 Wanted to Buy
ACROSS 4 Unsettled one? 38 Game based on 52 Badlands Natl.
1 Part of the deal 5 Head-slapper’s cry crazy eights Park site Room For Rent
Travel Inn, San Carlos
5 Little pieces, 6 Scoreboard initials 39 Card in 38-Down 53 Dustin’s “Tootsie” $49 daily + tax
idiomatically 7 “How adorable!” 42 Meager costar $294 weekly + tax
10 Benevolent group 8 Big name in dairy 44 Words after play 54 Denounce Clean Quiet Convenient
Cable TV, WiFi & Private Bathroom
14 Great Plains tribe 9 Sports logo since or for 56 Wine partner Microwave and Refrigerator
47 Idle 57 Down but not 950 El Camino Real San Carlos
15 “Amazing!” 1972 (650) 593-3136
16 House leader 10 Like cameos 48 Where GOOG is out
during Bill’s 11 Lascivious traded 58 Piedmont wine
presidency 12 Title river in a 49 Canine mascot of region 620 Automobiles
17 Soundly defeat 1957 film that won the National Fire 60 Bird in the bush?
Protection 61 __ Dhabi ‘95 PETERBILT TRAILER Hauls 150
by cheating? seven Oscars yards dirt $100.
20 Henri’s health 13 Eyelid malady Association 62 __ Tafari 650-488-1362
21 Critical 18 Latin lover’s
22 Lummox declaration ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: AUTO REVIEW
24 Maker of the LX 19 Stock term The San Mateo Daily Journal’s
150 scooter 23 Saudi royal name weekly Automotive Section.
25 Gloomy Cuban? 24 Talking Heads Every Friday
32 Photo finish? song “Sax
33 Birthplace of and __” Look for it in today’s paper to find
seven presidents 25 Missed out, information on new cars,
34 Drive off maybe used cars, services, and anything
26 Met tragedy, else having to do
35 Ardor with vehicles.
37 Grade that perhaps?
describes this 27 It merged with 381 Homes for Sale 381 Homes for Sale
puzzle’s theme Piedmont in 1989 Don’t lose money
40 “James and the 28 Playful bite on a trade-in or
Giant Peach” 29 Swiftly consignment!
writer 30 Jacket style
41 Iroquois enemies popular with ’60s Sell your vehicle in the
43 Start of a Durante rockers Daily Journal’s
refrain 31 Words that lead Auto Classifieds.
45 Olympics to nothing?
36 Educated 02/11/11 Just $3 per day.
participant since xwordeditor@aol.com
1992, to the IOC Reach 82,500 drivers
46 Discerning pub from South SF to
competitor? Palo Alto
50 Cheerios
Call (650)344-5200
51 Music store ads@smdailyjournal.com
section
52 Martyred first
bishop of Paris AUTO AUCTION
55 Notable early The following repossessed ve-
hicles are being sold by Meriwest
student of Bela Credit Union-2007 Toyota 4Runner
59 What loving #118710, 2005 Lincoln LS #600539.
The following repossessed vehicles
couples are being sold by SafeAmerica
exchange? Credit Union—2006 Dodge Grand
Caravan #754741, 2003 Chevrolet
63 __ à feu: French Cavalier #341143, 2005 Chevrolet
Equinox #200968, 2004 BMW 545 I
gun #109492, 2007 Toyota Matrix
64 Carnival dance #666379, 2007 Chevrolet HHR
#608728. Plus over 100 late model
65 Unite after a Sport Utilities, Pick Ups, Mini Vans,
break, in a way and luxury cars ---INDOORS---Char-
ity donations sold. Sealed bids will
66 Caring be taken from 8am-8pm on
02/14/2011 and 8am-5pm on
67 Magazine for 02/15/2011. Sale held at Forrest
horse owners Faulknor & Sons Auction Company,
175 Sylvester Road, South San
68 Sherpa’s sighting Francisco. For more information
please visit our web site at
www.ffsons.com.
DOWN
1 Mortar carriers
2 Handle for a little CHRYSLER '07 300 Touring, sedan,
shaver? 3.5L V6, silver, 38K miles, $17,892.
#P7H682180 Melody Toyota, Call 877-
3 Animal, vegetable By James Sajdak 587-8635. Please mention the Daily
or mineral (c)2011 Tribune Media Services, Inc.
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28 Friday • Feb. 11, 2011
620 Automobiles
AUTO AUCTION
The following repossessed vehi-
cles are being sold by Patelco Credit
Union on February 15th starting at
8am --- 2007 Honda CRV #014950,
2001 BMW X5 #P25521, 1998 Chev-
rolet Suburban #139015, 2000 Toyota
MR2 #016149. Sealed bids will be
taken starting at 8am on 02/15/2011.
Sale held at Forrest Faulknor & Sons
Auction Company, 175 Sylvester
Road, South San Francisco. For
more information please visit our web
site at www.ffsons.com.
BMW ‘06 325i - low miles, very clean,
loaded, leather interior, $20,000 obo.,
(650)368-6674
CADILLAC ‘03 Deville. Excellent condi-
tion, garage kept, SOLD!
CADILLAC ‘98 Catera - Green, leather
interior, Bose system, 78K mi., good con-
dition, SOLD!
HONDA '06 Civic LX, red, $11,891. #
FA1656EW Melody Toyota, Call 877-
587-8635. Please mention the Daily
Journal
HONDA ‘98 Civic EX coupe red, man-
ual, $4,893. # TWL120399 Melody
Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please men-
tion the Daily Journal
HONDA CIVIC ‘99 EX sedan 4-door,
excellent mechanically, very good body,
$3,400. (650)325-7549
LEXUS '08 ES 350, silver, auto, $26,994
#P82202515 Melody Toyota, Call 877-
587-8635. Please mention the Daily
Journal
MERCEDES ‘01 E-Class E320, sedan,
silver, 76K miles, $9,992. T1B288567
Melody Toyota, Call 877-587-8635.
Please mention the Daily Journal
MERCEDES ‘05 C230 - 40K miles, 4 cyl-
inder, black, $15,000, (650)455-7461
MERCEDES ‘06 C230 - 6 cylinder, navy
blue, 60K miles, 2 year warranty,
$18,000, (650)455-7461
MERCEDES BENZ ‘04 E320 - Excellent
condition, leather interior, navigation,
77K mi., $17,500 obo, (650)574-1198
SUTTON AUTO SALES
Cash for Cars
Call 650-595-DEAL (3325)
Or Stop By Our Lot
1659 El Camino Real
San Carols
TOYOTA AVALON ‘01 - Silver, 61K
miles, perfect condition, SOLD!
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620 Automobiles
TOYOTA ‘03 Camry Solara, white, 69K
miles, $9,994. T3C602658 Melody
Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please men-
tion the Daily Journal
TOYOTA ‘03 Corolla, silver, 82K miles,
$9,492. #P3C150154 Melody Toyota,
Call 877-587-8635. Please mention the
Daily Journal
TOYOTA ‘08 Camry, hybrid, while, 39K
miles, auto, $18,792. P8U044749 Mel-
ody Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please
mention the Daily Journal
TOYOTA ‘08 Corolla CE, re, 41K miles,
$11,491. #P8Z956435 Melody Toyota,
Call 877-587-8635. Please mention the
Daily Journal
TOYOTA ‘08 Prius Touring, sedan, red,
33K miles, $19,894. P83339376 Melody
Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please men-
tion the Daily Journal
TOYOTA ‘08 Prius, sedan, silver, 44K
miles, $17,594. P83321845 Melody
Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please men-
tion the Daily Journal
TOYOTA ‘08 Yaris, Hatchback, gray,
41K miles, $11,991. P85174835 Melody
Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please men-
tion the Daily Journal
TOYOTA ‘09 Camry, hybrid, silver, 34K
miles, auto, $18,792. PR9U105912Melo-
dy Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please
mention the Daily Journal
TOYOTA ‘09 Camry, sedan, gray, 25K
miles, $17,994. P9U819487 Melody
Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please men-
tion the Daily Journal
TOYOTA ‘09 Corolla, silver, 26K miles,
$14,591. #P99065545 Melody Toyota,
Call 877-587-8635. Please mention the
Daily Journal
TOYOTA ‘09 Corolla, white, 31K miles,
$15,892. #P9Z130355 Melody Toyota,
Call 877-587-8635. Please mention the
Daily Journal
TOYOTA ‘99 AVALON sedan, silver,
174K miles, $5,991. TXU339241 Mel-
ody Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please
mention the Daily Journal
VOLKSWAGEN ‘01 New Beetle GLS
1.8L Turbo, green, 69K miles, $6,991.
T1M408000 Melody Toyota, Call 877-
587-8635. Please mention the Daily
Journal
VOLVO ‘00 V70 XC AWD SE, blue,
122K miles, $7,594. TY2719581 Mel-
ody Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please
mention the Daily Journal
625 Classic Cars
DATSUN ‘72 - 240Z with Chevy 350, au-
tomatic, custom, $5800 or trade.
(650)588-9196
Cabinetry
625 Classic Cars
PLYMOUTH ‘72 CUDA - Runs and
drives good, needs body, interior and
paint, $12k obo, serious inquiries only.
(650)873-8623
630 Trucks & SUV’s
ACURA MDX 3.5L w/Touring Pkg, 4WD
Auto, blue, $18,491. #T5H534016. Melo-
dy Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please
mention the Daily Journal.
FORD '06 F-150, SuperCab, gray, auto,
$15,494. # P6KA81180 Melody Toyota,
Call 877-587-8635. Please mention the
Daily Journal
HONDA '07 CR-V EX-L, silver, auto,
$17,692. #P7C022018 Melody Toyota,
Call 877-587-8635. Please mention the
Daily Journal.
SATURN ‘02 VUE V6 SUV, silver, 83K
miles, $6,991. T2S804347 Melody Toyo-
ta, Call 877-587-8635. Please mention
the Daily Journal.
TOYOTA ‘00 Camry, sedan, green,
135K miles, $6,991. TYU744223 Melody
Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please men-
tion the Daily Journal
TOYOTA ‘04 4Runner, SUV, silver, 84K
miles, $15,392. P40018553 Melody
Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please men-
tion the Daily Journal
TOYOTA ‘04 RAV-4, blue, 94K miles,
$12,994. P40022323 Melody Toyota,
Call 877-587-8635. Please mention the
Daily Journal
TOYOTA ‘06 RAV-4, white, 26 Kmiles,
$18,794. P65022899 Melody Toyota,
Call 877-587-8635. Please mention the
Daily Journal
TOYOTA ‘07 Tacoma, truck access cab,
silver, auto, 27K miles, $15,891.
T7Z352191 Melody Toyota, Call 877-
587-8635. Please mention the Daily
Journal
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Cleaning
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SERVICES
$25 OFF First Cleaning
• Commercial - Residential
(we also clean windows)
• Good References • 15 Years Exp.
• FREE Estimates
(650) 867-9969
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630 Trucks & SUV’s 670 Auto Service 670 Auto Parts
TOYOTA ‘08 Camry, LE V6, gray, 32K HEAVY DUTY jack stand for camper or
miles, $16,891. P8U071507 Melody
Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please men- C3 FIX CAR SUV $15. (650)949-2134
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Report:Hackers in China hit oil companies
By Joe McDonald
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BEIJING — Hackers operating from China
stole sensitive information from Western oil
companies, a U.S. security firm reported
Thursday, adding to complaints about perva-
sive Internet crime traced to the country.
The report by McAfee Inc. did not identify
the companies but said the “coordinated,
covert and targeted” attacks began in
November 2009 and targeted computers of oil
and gas companies in the United States,
Taiwan, Greece and Kazakhstan. It said the
attackers stole information on operations,
bidding for oil fields and financing.
“We have identified the tools, techniques
and network activities used in these continu-
ing attacks — which we have dubbed Night
Dragon — as originating primarily in China,”
said the report.
Yet the report did not offer evidence that
the attacks were anything other than the stan-
dard flavor of corporate espionage that
plagues businesses around the world, which
the U.S. and China have both accused each
other of being deeply involved in.
The fact that oil companies were targeted
may speak more to the value of their inside
information than any attempt to cause dam-
age to pipelines. McAfee called the attack
SCIENCE
Continued from page 1
Earth is blocked by a ring which has elements
within it that have yet to be identified. Using
density, they established what some of the ele-
ments are, as well as calculated the ring struc-
ture around the star. What they found could be
the start of forming planets.
“They provided us with the base informa-
tion,” said Ryan Chew. “What we did was just
LOCAL/WORLD
“We have identified the tools,techniques and network
activities used in these continuing attacks — which we have
dubbed Night Dragon — as originating primarily in China.”
methods “unsophisticated,” but said the cul-
prits were patient: they may have been inside
the networks for years.
“It looked to me like the traditional hack-
to-steal-valuable-stuff,” said Josh Shaul, vice
president of product management at
Application Security Inc., a New York-based
database security software maker that wasn’t
involved in McAfee’s research. Application
Security counts energy companies, including
oil firms, among its clients. “It all seemed to
me like someone trying to get ahead in the oil
industry rather than doing something more
nefarious.”
The intruders were prolific in their purloin-
ing, snatching files including configurations
for the oil companies’ control systems, but
Dmitri Alperovitch, vice president of threat
research for McAfee, said they didn’t appear
to be trying to figure out how to blow up a
pipeline or destroy equipment.
“I got a very strong sense that was not their
goal,” he said. “They expressed a much
stronger interest in financial information.”
the icing on the cake.”
Astronomy isn’t offered at San Mateo High
so these students came to research the topic in
different ways.
Larry Chew heard about the opportunity to
study astronomy outside of the classroom in
2009. He started doing research on the current
project then. Ryan Chew, was intrigued by his
brother’s work and decided to join.
Hsu, on the other hand, enrolled at the
College of San Mateo concurrently during her
freshman year. She took an astronomy class
there and learned of the opportunities on her
own high school campus to do research.
— Report by McAfee Inc.
Critical infrastructure is increasingly a
hacking target as its technology is brought
into the Internet age.
An attack might be as simple as getting a
low-level employee to open a malicious e-
mail link. Or, it might involve exploiting well
known vulnerabilities in Internet-connected
servers, which is how McAfee said the oil
companies were attacked. Finding those
weaknesses can be dead simple; programs
exist that will scan the Internet and automati-
cally issue an alert when vulnerable servers
have been found.
Still, money, not terrorism, appears to fre-
quently be the motive, as it is with most com-
puter crime.
A separate report last year from McAfee
and the Center for Strategic and International
Studies in Washington found that more than
half of the 600 operators of power plants and
other critical infrastructure surveyed said
their networks were infiltrated by sophisticat-
ed adversaries. Extortion was identified as a
common motivation.
“It’s hard to stay ahead of them,” said San
Mateo High teacher Sally Seebode, advisor of
the three students.
Traditional high school science curriculum
includes labs with an expected outcome.
Research is different.
“There is no right answer. That’s what sci-
ence is going to be. [What they are doing] is a
lot more like what’s really going on out
there,” said Seebode.
The projects were funded through the
NASA/IPAC Teacher Archive Research
Program, known as NITARP, which pairs pro-
fessional astronomers with teachers nation-
Friday • Feb. 11, 2011 31
Around the world
Suicide bomber kills
31 soldiers in NW Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A suicide bomber
linked to the Pakistani Taliban attacked soldiers
during morning exercises at an army training
camp in the northwest Thursday, killing 31
troops and wounding 42 others.
There were conflicting accounts about the
identity of the bomber. The army and police
said he was a teenager in a school uniform, but
the Pakistani Taliban claimed he was a soldier
at the camp in Mardan town who volunteered
for the attack.
The bombing showed that despite years of
army operations against their hideouts along
Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan, Taliban and
al-Qaida-linked fighters retain the ability to
strike back. It was one of the worst attacks on
security forces in recent months.
Senior police official Samad Khan said 31
soldiers died and 42 were wounded, some criti-
cally. The army, which tends to release infor-
mation much slower, put the death toll in an ear-
lier statement at 20. All of those killed were
cadets except for one, who was a drill instruc-
tor, said the army.
An examination of the body parts at the scene
indicated the bomber was a teenage boy, which
is a common finding in suicide bombings in
Pakistan, said Khan. The army also said he was
a teenager in a school uniform. The training
camp area holds several army-run schools.
wide to encourage careers in and exploration
of science, technology, engineering and math-
ematics.
For the students, it was an untraditional
learning experience in a field that has piqued
their interest. And, it’s a hobby that all three
plan to keep.
“We don’t have to limit our scientific
knowledge to the earth,” said Ryan Chew.
Heather Murtagh can be reached by e-mail:
heather@smdailyjournal.com or by phone: (650)
344-5200 ext. 105.
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