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By Bill Silverfarb
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Three directors on the Coastside Fire
Protection District board will face a recall
election in the coming months as the San
Mateo County Elections Office verified
Wednesday enough signatures were valid for
the recall effort to move forward.
Doug Mackintosh, Mike Alifano and Gary
Riddell face an ouster after pushing forward
with establishing a stand-alone re depart-
ment on the coast. The board moved earlier
this year to ditch its contract with the
California Department of Forestry and Fire
Protection on a 3-2 vote, with Mackintosh,
Alifano and Riddell voting in the afrmative.
Marshall Ketchum, who heads the recall
effort, wants to stay with Cal Fire and turned
in nearly 10,000 signatures in October to the
County Elections Ofce.
At least 2,714 signatures on each petition
needed to be validated by the Elections Ofce
for a recall election to take place, likely early
next year.
Ketchum reported on the website keep-
calfire.com that 3,290 signatures were
collected to recall Alifano, 3,366 signa-
tures were collected for Riddell and 3,327
were collected for Mackintosh, the current
president of the board.
Many of those signatures were invalidated
but not enough to keep a recall election from
taking place.
Alifano received 2,862 certied signatures
to place him on the ballot for recall,
Macintosh received 2,883 certied signatures
and Riddell received 2,908 certied signa-
Fire board faces recall election
Three on Coastside Fire Protection District board face ouster over push for stand-alone department
Grand jury indicts
five for attempted
murder of officer
Group en route to gang hit
when they fired on police
By Michelle Durand
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
A criminal grand jury indicted both the two
people prosecutors say arranged a hit for a
state prison inmate and
the three gangmembers
accused of trying to kill a
San Bruno police ofcer
on their way to carry out
the rivals murder order.
A criminal grand jury
indicted three gangmem-
bers accused of trying to
kill a San Bruno police
officer on their way to
execute a rival earlier this
year and the two people
who prosecutors say
arranged the hit on behalf
of a state prison inmate.
The jury returned its
indictments in early
November for Daniel
Garcia, 24, Jordy Diego
Bernal, 19, and Michael
Apolinario, 26, Andrew
Delgadillo, 23, and
Mickie Lei Gardiner, 23.
All five appeared in
Superior Court Thursday
but postponed entering
pleas until Dec. 12.
The indictments side-
step the need for a prelim-
inary hearing and propel
the group directly toward
trial on charges of
attempted murder on a
peace ofcer, conspiracy to commit murder,
being a gangmember and assault with a dead-
ly weapon. Garcia is also charged with car
theft, recklessly evading a police ofcer and
personally discharging a rearm.
More rain
on the way
Public Works crews
stay ahead of storm
By Bill Silverfarb
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
As more rain hits the Peninsula today,
Public Works crews in many cities have been
busy clearing storm drains to try and prevent
potential ooding.
Sandbags are being lled also and given to
residents for free as at least another two inch-
es of rain is expected to hit the Peninsula today
following two days of rain.
The North Bay will be even wetter, though,
and could get up to six inches of rain today,
according to the National Weather Service.
San Mateo sent out several Public Works
crews yesterday throughout the city to clear
storm drains known for ooding and to get as
many leaves off of residential streets as possi-
ble so that they do not nd their way into
storm drains and clog them.
At the San Mateo Public Works Corporation
Yard on Pacific Boulevard, workers also
helped residents load sandbags into their vehi-
cles for free yesterday. Workers have been ll-
ing about 400 sandbags a day in preparation
By Heather Murtagh
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Santa is going to be very busy this weekend.
The man in red will break out his winter suit
and make numerous appearances throughout
San Mateo County this weekend. Hell be tak-
ing pictures with kids, pets and adults from
Daly City to Menlo Park as part of communi-
ty activities to kick off the holiday season.
Thankfully, Santas willingness to attend all
these events means your family simply needs
to nd one to attend.
Belmont started the festivities last night.
While its too late go, residents can still par-
take in the annual toy drive. Collected by
Belmont reghters, the toys are distributed
to local children in need. New, unwrapped
toys can be donated through Dec. 25 at either
Belmont re station, 911 Granada St. or 2701
Cipriani Blvd.
Tonight, the holiday spirit continues on
Broadway in Burlingame. Broadway Cheer,
from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., is a chance to enjoy
entertainment and give back. Ross Bruce,
president of the Broadway Business
Improvement District, said visitors will be
entertained by Dan Chan the Magic Man and
Kat the Acrobat. Chan is particularly good at
keeping the interest of teens, Bruce said. Fire
has been used in previous years to accomplish
this feat. Given the weather report, Bruce isnt
sure if Chan will be able to pull off the same
trick this year.
Those wanting to snap a photo with Santa
should stop by Broadway Grill to see him.
Photos will be posted online for free, a gift for
Santa Claus is coming to Peninsula towns
San Mateo County events abound for festive folks throughout the weekend
BILL SILVERFARB/DAILY JOURNAL
Above: San Mateo Public
Works employees help a
woman load her vehicle with
sandbags yesterday afternoon
as rain from a second storm
started to hit the area. Right: A
San Mateo Public Works crew
sweeps and vacuums leaves
off a residential street
yesterday in preparation for
more wet weather.
Daniel Garcia
Michael
Apolinario
Jordy Bernal
See INDICTED, Page 31
See EVENTS, Page 23
See STORM, Page 31
See RECALL, Page 31
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In 1782, the United States and Britain signed preliminary
peace articles in Paris, ending the Revolutionary War.
In 1803, Spain completed the process of ceding Louisiana to
France, which had sold it to the United States.
In 1835, Samuel Langhorne Clemens better known as Mark
Twain was born in Florida, Mo.
In 1874, British statesman Sir Winston Churchill was born at
Blenheim Palace.
In 1900, Irish writer Oscar Wilde died in Paris at age 46.
In 1936, Londons famed Crystal Palace, constructed for the
Great Exhibition of 1851, was destroyed in a re.
In 1939, the Winter War began as Soviet troops invaded
Finland. (The conict ended the following March with a Soviet
victory.)
In 1954, Ann Elizabeth Hodges of Oak Grove, Ala., was slight-
ly injured when an 8 1/2-pound chunk of meteorite crashed
through the roof of her house, hit a radio cabinet, and then hit
her as she lay napping on a couch.
In 1962, U Thant of Burma, who had been acting secretary-
general of the United Nations following the death of Dag
Hammarskjold the year before, was elected to a four-year term.
Eastern Air Lines Flight 512, a DC-7B, crashed while attempt-
ing to land at New Yorks Idlewild Airport, killing 25 of the 51
people on board.
In 1966, the former British colony of Barbados became inde-
pendent.
In 1982, the motion picture Gandhi, starring Ben Kingsley as
the Indian nationalist leader, had its world premiere in New
Delhi.
In 1987, American author James Baldwin died in Saint Paul de
Vence, France, at age 63.
Actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr. is 94. Actor Robert Guillaume is 85.
Radio talk show host G. Gordon Liddy is 82. Country singer-
recording executive Jimmy Bowen is 75. Movie director Ridley
Scott is 75. Movie writer-director Terrence Malick is 69. Rock
musician Roger Glover (Deep Purple) is 67. Playwright David
Mamet is 65. Actress Margaret Whitton is 62. Actor Mandy
Patinkin is 60. Musician Shuggie Otis is 59. Country singer
Jeannie Kendall is 58. Historian Michael Beschloss is 57. Rock
musician John Ashton (The Psychedelic Furs) is 55. Comedian
Colin Mochrie is 55. Rapper Jalil (Whodini) is 49.
Another Yoda statue, Bay
Area Star Wars fans may get
SAN ANSELMO Star Wars fans
might soon have another Yoda statue in
the San Francisco Bay Area to visit.
Filmmaker George Lucas plans to help
build a small park in Marin County that
would feature a bronze sculpture of the
popular Star Wars character, along with
one of Indiana Jones.
Lucas estate manager, Sarita Patel, said
the Yoda statue would be similar to one in
San Franciscos Presidio neighborhood.
That one a full-sized replica of the Jedi
sage lies atop a fountain outside an arts
center where Lucas moved most of his
operations in 2005. It has become a big
draw for fans.
Lucas applied for a permit Wednesday
to demolish a building on the site of the
planned park in San Anselmo, the town
where he lives, the Marin Independent
Journal reported.
He announced over the summer that he
planned to donate the land where the
building sits to the San Anselmo Chamber
of Commerce, and donate the statues for
the proposed park. Lucas has since also
agreed to pay for the buildings demoli-
tion.
The chamber hopes to raise $150,000 to
$200,000 to create the park.
San Anselmo Town Manager Debra
Stutsman said the demolition application,
which includes a historical analysis of the
building, will be reviewed by the towns
Planning Commission and Historical
Commission.
Guilty prankster
returns stolen toilet paper
PORTALES, N.M. University of-
cials say a New Mexico college graduate,
apparently feeling guilty over a student
prank years ago, has sent a box of toilet
paper to repay the school for loot taken
from a dormitory.
Eastern New Mexico University says it
received the yuletide gift box this week
along with a Christmas card and written
apology.
The box contained ve packages of 16
rolls of two-ply, septic-safe tissue for a
total of 80 rolls.
The anonymous writer apologized for
stealing bathroom tissue years ago and
said a new dedication to Christian faith
led to the deed.
It was unclear whether the gift itself
was a prank. But university ofcials say
all is forgiven.
The toilet paper is being donating to a
nearby charity because it doesnt t the
schools dispensers.
Original Batmobile from
TV series to be auctioned
LOS ANGELES Batmans ride is up
for sale just the thing for cruising on
those Dark Knights.
The original Batmobile from the 1960s
TV series will be auctioned on Jan. 19 at
the Barrett-Jackson auction house in
Scottsdale, Ariz.
The 19-foot-long black, bubble-topped
car was used in the TV show that starred
Adam West as the Caped Crusader.
The cars owner famed auto cus-
tomizer George Barris, of Los Angeles
transformed a one-of-a-kind 1955 Lincoln
Futura concept car into a sleek crime-
ghting machine. On the show, it boasted
lasers and a Batphone and could lay down
smoke screens and oil slicks.
And just like Batman, the Batmobile
has its secrets. The auction house wont
say how much it hopes to get for the car.
Attorney expects Lohan
will be cleared in case
LOS ANGELES Lindsay Lohan
was charged Thursday with crimes in
New York and Los Angeles, marking her
latest setbacks as she tries to revive her
career and avoid a return to jail.
Prosecutors in Santa Monica charged
Lohan with three misdemeanors related to
a June accident. Hours earlier, the actress
was arrested and charged with third-
degree assault, also a misdemeanor, after
a woman was punched in a New York City
nightclub.
The California charges came about six
months after Lohans Porsche crashed
into the back of a dump truck. She told
police her assistant was driving, but detec-
tives now believe the actress was behind
the wheel as she headed to a movie set.
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San Francisco 4:00 p.m.
Burlingame 5:15 p.m.
Redwood City 6:15 p.m.
Mt. View 6:55 p.m.
Santa Clara 8:10 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 2
San Francisco 4:00 p.m.
Millbrae 5:15 p.m.
San Mateo 6:20 p.m.
Menlo Park 7:45 p.m.
Sunnyvale 8:40 p.m.
REDWOOD CITY
Petty theft. A woman left a restaurant on
Veterans Boulevard without paying the bill
before 4:06 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 27.
Burglary. A video caught two subjects
breaking into a vehicle on James Avenue
before 2:29 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 27.
Burglary. An unknown subject entered a
Christmas tree yard and stole chain saws and
a blower on Middlefield Road before 10:45
a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 27.
Vandalism. Someone reported their
Mistubishi Spider was keyed and its convert-
ible top was ripped on Madison Avenue
before 7:13 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 26.
Petty theft. Someone reported their wallet
and cellphone were stolen on El Camino Real
before 2:24 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 24.
Reckless drivers. A silver Land Rover was
reportedly seen speeding and playing chick-
en with several oncoming vehicles on
Ebener Street before 10 p.m. on Saturday,
Nov. 24.
SAN BRUNO
Fraud. Checks were stolen from a company
and used fraudulently on the 800 block of El
Camino Real before 1:09 p.m. on Wednesday,
Nov. 28.
Assault. Someone reported being assaulted
outside of a bar on the 600 block of San
Mateo Avenue before 4:56 a.m. on
Wednesday, Nov. 28. The reporting person
stated their nose was cut and they had severe
abdominal pains as a result of the altercation.
Burglary. A burgundy Ford Flex had its pas-
senger side window smashed on the 1100
block of El Camino Real before 8:03 p.m. on
Tuesday, Nov. 23.
Police reports
Youre in jail
A man who didnt know where he was
was arrested for public intoxication on the
1100 block of Main Street in Half Moon
Bay before 10:51 p.m. on Wednesday,
Nov. 21.
By Heather Murtagh
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
A $2 million Millbrae clean energy proj-
ect, which will pay for itself through savings
over 20 years, was celebrated Tuesday with
a ribbon cutting and ceremonial flipping of
the switch.
Last year, the Millbrae City Council
decided to pursue a $2 million clean energy
project with Siemens Industry. In late June,
the council authorized the project allowing
Siemens to conduct a survey of the citys
energy use along with ways to cut costs by
using clean energy. The results were used to
guide the project that officially finished yes-
terday. The five-part project is expected to
decrease the citys greenhouse gas emissions
a step toward a long-term goal of cleaner
practices.
Mayor Marge Colapietro said the project
allows the city to continue down the path of
using clean energy which will save money
and enhance the city for future generations.
The work spans the citys major civic
facilities, five city parks and city-wide
streetlights. The project is estimated to save
553,000 kilowatt hours annually, according
to Siemens.
Kelly Fergusson, business development
manager for Siemens overseeing clean ener-
gy projects with local governments, said the
project was truly a team effort that required
help from many.
A major energy savings will be realized
through the city-wide streetlight replace-
ment program, which should save 314,000
kilowatt hours annually. It included the
replacement of more than 1,100 dated street-
light lamps. The upgrade should save
Millbrae more than $32,000 a year in energy
costs. Lighting within and outside city facil-
ities also got a boost.
Energy will now be generated through a
50 kilowatt solar system atop the library to
help cover the needs of city facilities. The
Community Centers heating and air condi-
tions system was updated from the 50-year-
old equipment to a state-of-the-art system
that allows for a greater control of its use.
Lastly, five of the citys parks were outfitted
with a smart irrigation system that uses a
moisture indicator, Colapietro explained.
According to Siemens Greenhouse Gas
Calculator, the reduction in energy con-
sumption reduces annual greenhouse gas
emissions by 268 metric tons of C02, equiv-
alent to removing 49 passenger vehicles
from the road, consuming some 28,000
fewer gallons of gas. The project created 29
jobs, Colapietro said.
San Mateo County Supervisor Dave Pine
commended the city for moving forward on
the project during a time when tight budgets
are keeping others from doing the same.
Heather Murtagh can be reached by email:
heather@smdailyjournal.com or by phone: (650)
344-5200 ext. 105.
Millbrae flips the switch on clean energy
Project aims to save 553,000 kilowatt hours every year
HEATHER MURTAGH/DAILY JOURNAL
Millbrae Mayor Marge Colapietro ipped the ceremonial switch Tuesday morning signifying
the completion of a $2 million energy efciency project. She is joined by Councilman Robert
Gottschalk,Vice Mayor Gina Papan and Councilman Wayne Lee.
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LOCAL
Millbrae man
arrested for molestation
A Millbrae man was arrested for sexually
assaulting two relatives after someone reported
the incident to police Wednesday, according to
the San Mateo County Sheriffs Ofce.
Richard Kenneth Watterworth, 49, was taken
into custody on charges of child molestation
and his home was searched after a relative con-
tacted the Millbrae Police Department with
suspicions of abuse, according to the Sheriffs
Ofce. He allegedly abused at least one of the
victims over a lengthy period.
Watterworth faces a range of charges, includ-
ing: lewd act with child under 14; lewd acts
with child under 14, use of fear; continuous
sexual abuse of a child; oral copulation on a
minor; sexual assault victim under 14 and sus-
pect more than 10 years older; exhibiting a
rearm; and criminal threats.
Watterworth was booked into the San Mateo
County Maguire Correctional Facility.
Spike in gang violence prompts
multi-jurisdiction response
A recent increase in street violence in East
Palo Alto and Menlo Park has prompted
police in both cities to launch a coordinated
anti-crime effort.
More than a dozen shootings since late
summer have been linked to ongoing ten-
sions between the East Palo Alto-based
DaVill gang and its rival the Taliban,
which is primarily based in Menlo Park,
according to police.
The spike in violence between the two
gangs has prompted the creation of a vio-
lence reduction strategy called Operation
SMART, or the Strategic Multi-Agency
Response Team.
East Palo Alto Police Chief Ron Davis
said Thursday that police officers from
Menlo Park, East Palo Alto and Palo Alto
have already started sharing intelligence,
financial resources and manpower in a
multi-pronged approach to investigating
current cases and preventing more violence.
Davis said Operation SMART will include
call-ins, or meetings, with gangmembers.
The meetings will also be attended by com-
munity activists, faith leaders, service
providers and police.
We call them into a meeting and send a
very unified message from the community
of stopping the violence, Davis said. We
want to provide alternatives.
Davis said a similar effort in 2011 target-
ed the Norteo and Sureo gangs in East
Palo Alto, and the result was a notable
decrease in violence, though he believes
both groups are still criminally active.
San Bruno police arrest
man for child annoyance
A San Lorenzo man is in custody after
attempting to get a 12-year-old girl and her
friend in his car while they were at a bus
stop at Third and San Bruno avenues
Monday morning, according to San Bruno
police.
The incident happened at approximately
7:15 a.m. Officers conducted surveillance in
the area and, at approximately 7:30 a.m.
yesterday, stopped a white Mercedes 4
sedan that matched the description the vic-
tims provided, according to police. The driv-
er, Juan Manuel Mendoza-Bermudez, 34,
was arrested on an outstanding warrant and
charges of annoying children, according to
police.
Three arrested on suspicion of
sexually assaulting 13-year-old girl
One man and two teen boys were arrested
for allegedly sexually assaulting a 13-year-
old girl Wednesday night in Mountain View,
police said.
Officers responded to a report of a sexual
assault in the 500 block of Escuela Avenue
at about 9:30 p.m., according to police.
Mario Pinto, 23, of Sunnyvale, along with
two 17-year-old boys and a 13-year-old girl
were drinking alcoholic beverages together
in the home before the alleged assault
occurred, police said.
Detectives investigated through the night
and ultimately arrested the two 17-year-olds
and Pinto on suspicion of sexually assault-
ing the girl, according to police.
There are no outstanding suspects, but the
investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with information about the sus-
pects can call Mountain View police at (650)
903-6356.
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By Michelle Durand
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
A Redwood City woman who has spent 29
years in prison for her role in the 1981 murder
of two women that led to the actual killers
execution was denied parole for the eighth
time.
Ricarda Sue Soria, 49, must wait three years
before her next consideration after a parole
commissioner at the womens prison in
Chowchilla found her unsuitable for release.
Soria, who is serving 15 years to life for help-
ing her former friend lure the women to their
death over a drug debt, had delayed previous
parole hearings several years saying she didnt
want any more.
This time, Soria wanted to get out and did
not have the lengthy history of prison viola-
tions as in the past, said District Attorney
Steve Wagstaffe.
Her last appearance came in 2007, two
years after Donald Beardslee was executed for
the double murder.
Soria was a 19-year-old prostitute when
Beardslee, 37, picked her up hitchhiking,
according to prosecutors.
Through Soria, Beardslee met her boyfriend
and drug dealer, Frank Rutherford, and a cir-
cle which included Edgar and Patty Geddling,
Stacey Benjamin and William Forrester.
Beardslee, who was on parole for fatally
strangling a Missouri woman, moved into
Sorias Hopkins Avenue apartment in
Redwood City.
Soria lured Geddling and Benjamin to her
apartment on April 24, 1981 because
Benjamin owed Forrester less than $200 for
drugs. Beardslee helped concoct the revenge
plot and ordered Soria to buy duct tape.
George Ford, 19, drove the women to the
apartment. When they entered, Rutherford
shot Geddling in the shoulder and the
women were bound with the tape and left in
the bathtub for hours. The men put
Geddling in a van and said she was being
taken to a hospital. However, the men
turned onto a side road and both Forrester
and Beardslee shot Geddling twice.
The men returned to where Benjamin was
held. She got into the van because she thought
she was going to see Geddling in the hospital.
Instead, the men took her to a deserted spot
where Rutherford strangled her and Beardslee
slashed her throat. The next day, Geddlings
body was found with a piece of paper con-
taining Beardslees phone number. He eventu-
ally confessed and took police to the other
womans body.
Soria pleaded no contest to second-degree
murder and testied at Forresters trial but not
the others.
Beardslee was convicted and sentenced to
death. He was executed in January 2005 at the
age of 61. At the time, Beardslee was the
longest sitting inmate on Death Row and the
11th executed by California since the state
reinstated capital punishment in 1978.
Forrester, who claimed he only participated
because he feared Beardslee, was acquitted
and Rutherford served a life sentence before
dying in prison in 2002.
Executed inmates accomplice denied parole
Feds deny oyster
farm lease renewal
By Jason Dearen
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO A historic Northern
California oyster farm along Point Reyes
National Seashore will be shut down and the
site converted to a wilderness area, U.S.
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced on
Thursday.
Salazar said he will not renew the Drakes
Bay Oyster Co. lease that expires Friday. The
move will bring a close to a yearslong envi-
ronmental battle over the site.
After careful consideration of the applica-
ble law and policy, I have directed the
National Park Service to allow the permit for
the Drakes Bay Oyster Co. to expire ... and to
return the Drakes Estero to the state of wilder-
ness that Congress designated for it in 1976,
Salazar said in a statement.
Salazar visited the oyster farm last week
and said he did not make the decision lightly.
Point Reyes National Seashore was added
to the national parks system by Congress in
1962, and protects more than 80 miles of
California coastline.
The Interior secretary also has the power to
lease the parks lands for dairy and cattle-
ranching purposes. Currently there are 15 beef
and dairy ranches operating along the Point
Reyes seashore. Those ranches will remain
open under the decision Thursday.
Oyster farm owner Kevin Lunny, whose
family also operates one of the cattle ranches,
said he was disappointed by the decision and
was still trying to gure out his next move. He
had been asking for a 10-year extension of his
lease.
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF REPORT
A front desk clerk at a South San Francisco
motel was convicted Wednesday of groping
and attempting to rape a maid in one of the
rooms last fall.
A jury deliberated three days before nding
Navjit Singh guilty of attempted rape, assault
with the intent to rape, sexual battery and false
imprisonment. He faces approximately eight
years when sentenced Dec. 20 which is a good
outcome for the circumstances of the case,
said District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe.
The victim, a Spanish-
only speaking maid at the
Ramada Inn, was cleaning
a bathtub Sept. 9, 2011
when Singh, the front desk
clerk, entered the room to
see if it was available. The
woman reported that he
spoke to her but she didnt
understand what he said
and replied What hap-
pened? because that was the only phrase she
knew that might be appropriate.
According to prosecutors, Singh grabbed the
woman and put his hands down her shirt before
forcing her onto a bed to pull off her clothing.
After a few minutes of the victim screaming,
Singh reportedly got up and apologized with
his hands in a praying pose before returning to
the front desk. The woman told another maid
but asked her not to tell the manager and police
because she was afraid of losing her job and
being deported back to El Salvador.
Singh had been out of custody on $100,000
bail but was remanded into custody after the
verdict.
Motel clerk guilty of attempting to rape maid
Navjit Singh
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LOCAL
Raymond Ray Zapletal
Raymond Ray Zapletal, born
Dec. 23, 1924, died Nov. 28, 2012
peacefully at his
Millbrae home
just a few weeks
after receiving a
cancer diagno-
sis. He is sur-
vived by Dawn,
his wife of 65
years, children
Edward, Carol
and Diana and
grandchildren David and Alexa. He
was preceded in death by an older
brother Edward, who lost his life
while serving in the U.S. Merchant
Marine during World War II.
Ray was born in West Allis,
Wisc., and grew up in Milwaukee,
graduating from South Division
High School. He served in an army
eld artillery unit in Europe during
the war. After, he settled in San
Francisco and, in 1946, met Dawn,
the love of his life, whom he mar-
ried in 1947. They later lived in
South San Francisco before moving
to Millbrae. He was a devoted
golfer and longtime member of the
California Golf Club.
He was a orist for some years
before taking sales positions with
General Mills and other companies.
Later, he became a
commercial/industrial real estate
broker with Poletti Realty, founded
by his longtime friend Lou Poletti in
South San Francisco. He was asso-
ciated with the rm for more than
30 years and remained active in real
estate until just a few weeks before
his passing. He had warm personal
relationships with many of the
clients he served.
The family requested no services.
Donations may be sent to Gentiva
Hospice at www.gentivahospice-
foundation.org
Condolences my be offered
through the Chapel of the Highlands
in Millbrae at (650) 588-5116 or
www.chapelofhthehighlands.com.
Edith Johnson
Edith Johnson, born May 6, 1914
in Gustine, Calif., died Nov. 24,
2012 at 98.
She is preced-
ed in death by
her parents, ve
siblings and her
husband Lyle
Johnson. She is
survived by Lyle
Jr. and Brooke
Johnson, Sharon
and Cub Barnett, six grandchildren
and six great-grandchildren.
Her parents, Frank and Dorita
Bloise immigrated from San Sosti,
Italy in 1912 and settled in the
Central Valley. Her rich heritage
formed the basis for her love of gar-
dening, which included peppers,
tomatoes and owers of every color.
She and her husband, Lyle
Johnson, married in Coeur dAlene,
Idaho Nov. 13, 1941. They settled in
the San Francisco Bay Area to raise
their family and had two children,
Lyle Jr. and Sharon. Edith, or Edie
as she was lovingly named by
friends, worked as a waitress for a
number of years and went on to
work at both Varian and Oracle until
her retirement at the age of 89. Edie
had many friends through her asso-
ciation with work, and enjoyed life-
long relationships as a result.
Edie will be best remembered for
her sense of fun, personal style,
work ethic, devotion and love to her
family and friends. She lived a long
and enviable life, one that all who
knew her considered blessed. She
will be missed.
The family would appreciate
donations to Hospice by the Bay or
a charity of choice. At her request
no services will be held.
Claude Armand Wright
Claude Armand Wright, late of
Belmont and San Mateo County
resident for his
entire life, died
in Redwood
City Nov. 26,
2012. He was
the husband of
the late Barbara
Wright and
father of Stacy
Wright and the
late Michael Wright. He was the
brother of Douglas Wright (his wife
Marilyn). He is also survived by his
grandchildren Dillon Wright, Alex
Wright and Zachary Gile along with
his nieces, nephews cousins and
close friends including Dave and
Julie Duncan.
A native of San Francisco age 73
years.
A member of the Native Sons of
the Golden West; San Francisco
Rangers Supporters Club; active in
several motorcycle clubs; a veteran
of the U.S. Marine Corps; former
staff member at Henry Ford
Elementary School in Redwood
City; parishioner at I.H.M. in
Belmont; a 1957 graduate of
Capuchino High School in San
Bruno.
Family and friends are welcome
to attend a committal service 1 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 6 at Holy Cross
Catholic Cemetery in Colma.
His family appreciates donations
to the Church of the Immaculate
Heart of Mary (650) 593-6157, or
to Pathways Hospice (408) 730-
5900 or www.pathwayshealth.org.
Louise Jane Arretche
Louise Jane Arretche, late of
South San Francisco, died Nov.
29, 2012.
Wife and soulmate of the late
Jean Arretche, married for 52
years. Mother of Paul (Tina) and
Claude (Eneida). Also survived by
her grandchildren Daniel, Nicole,
Derek and Eneida Jr. along with
many close relatives in France.
A native of St. Jean Pied Deport,
France, age 79 years.
Along with her late husband,
she loved the outdoors and gar-
dening.
Family and friends are welcome
to visit on Sunday after 3 p.m. at
the Chapel of the Highlands, El
Camino Real at 194 Millwood
Drive in Millbrae, with a vigil
service beginning at 4 p.m. Private
burial will be at Holy Cross
Catholic Cemetery in Colma.
Her family appreciates donations
to the Susan G. Komen Breast
Cancer Foundation.
Eileen Raffin Donahue
After a long and courageous battle
with cancer, Eileen Rafn Donahue
died Monday,
Nov. 26, 2012,
with family and
friends by her
side.
She was the
mother of
Jimmy and
Jessie Donahue.
Eileen was a
native of San
Bruno who attended Crestmoor
High School. She loved outdoor
adventures, water and snow skiing,
arts and crafts, gardening, traveling
and walking on local trails.
She will be most remembered as a
fashion diva with a passion to bring
a tropical aura to her surroundings.
Eileen will be greatly missed but
never forgotten.
Services will be held at 1 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 1 at Chapel of the
Highlands, 194 Millwood Drive,
Millbrae, CA 94030
www.chapelofthehighlands.com.
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DAILY JOURNAL STAFF REPORT
One of two men accused in the
beating and robbery of a man wait-
ing at the Redwood City Caltrain
station for an evening train was
immediately sentenced to time
served on charges of commercial
burglary, identity theft and theft
from a person.
Damar Desean Walker, 21, plead-
ed no contest to the charges in
September on the condition he
receive credit for the time he has
spent in custody since his arrest. Co-
defendant Thomas Nicholas Furman
also received credit for time served
for second-degree burglary and
grand theft.
Both also were placed on three
years probation.
The two were arrested for the
March 4, 2011 attack that left a 47-
year-old man hospitalized in critical
condition after surveillance cameras
caught them allegedly using the vic-
tims credit card at a pizzeria and
liquor store.
The man was attacked at approxi-
mately 7:30 p.m. while waiting for a
southbound train at the Redwood
City station. Authorities say the man
was surrounded by between nine and
15 people and Furman demanded to
know what the man had. When the
man reportedly said nothing,
Furman asked if he had jewelry. As
the man tried walking away, the
group, which allegedly included the
defendants, blocked his path and
Furman pushed him. Another
punched the man in the back of the
head, causing him to fall face rst to
the ground, and the others, including
Furman and Walker, allegedly ried
through his pocket before eeing.
Walker was already in custody on
unrelated robbery charges when he
was arrested for the Caltrain attack,
according to ofcials.
The victim suffered facial frac-
tures and brain swelling, according
to the District Attorneys Ofce.
No identication was ever made
of the other people who participated
in the attack.
Time served in Caltrain attack
By David Espo
WASHINGTON The White
House is seeking $1.6 trillion in
higher taxes over a decade and an
immediate infusion of funds to aid
the jobless, help hard-pressed
homeowners and perhaps extend
the expiring payroll tax cut, offi-
cials said Thursday as talks aimed
at averting an economy-rattling
fiscal cliff turned testy.
In exchange, the officials said,
President Barack Obama will sup-
port an unspecified amount of
spending cuts this year, to be fol-
lowed by legislation in 2013 pro-
ducing savings of as much as $400
billion from Medicare and other
benefit programs over a decade.
The offer produced a withering
response from House Speaker John
Boehner, R-Ohio, after a closed-
door meeting in the Capitol with
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner.
Unfortunately, many Democrats
continue to rule
out sensible
spending cuts
that must be
part of any sig-
nificant agree-
ment that will
reduce our
deficit, he
declared.
B o e h n e r
added, No substantive progress
has been made between the White
House and the House in the two
weeks since Obama welcomed
congressional leaders at the White
House.
Democrats swiftly countered
that any holdup was the fault of
Republicans who refuse to accept
Obamas campaign-long call to
raise tax rates on upper incomes.
At the White House, presidential
press secretary Jay Carney said,
There can be no deal without
rates on top earners going up.
Taking a confrontational, at times
sarcastic tone,
he said, This
should not be
news to anyone
on Capitol Hill.
It is certainly
not news to any-
one in America
who was not in a
coma during the
campaign sea-
son.
With barely a month remaining
until a year-end deadline, the hard-
ening of positions seemed more
likely to mark a transition into hard
bargaining rather than signal an
end to efforts to achieve a compro-
mise on the first postelection chal-
lenge of divided government.
Boehner suggested as much
when one reporter asked if his
comments meant he was breaking
off talks with the White House and
congressional Democrats.
No, no, no. Stop, he quickly
answered.
GOP dismisses WhiteHouse cliff offer
Barack Obama John Boehner
LOCAL/NATION 8
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City loses $36M lawsuit
A federal judge issued a $36.7 million
judgment against Half Moon
Bay the week of Nov. 30, 2007
in a land deal dating back to the
1970s, forcing city
ofcials into a spe-
cial meeting that
week to discuss the
potentially crippling ruling.
Judge Vaughn Walker of the U.S. District
Court for the Northern California District of
California ruled in favor of the property
owner Joyce Yamagiwa and issued the maxi-
mum penalty against Half Moon Bay. The
lawsuit was the latest in the long history of
legal action involving the 24-acre
Beachwood property, which resides east of
Highway 1 between Terrace Avenue and
Grand Terrace.
The judgment for $36,795,000 represented
the 2006 assessed value of the property,
which the city will ultimately own once it
completes payment.
Mistrial in 18-year-old
Daly City murder case
A witness in the murder trial of
Mohammed Monie, accused of prompting a
teenage boy to kill a a 25-year-old Daly City
man for his car parts nearly two decades
prior, caused a mistrial while testifying the
week of Nov. 30, 2007 by referring to the
defendants criminal record.
The unexpected wrinkle brought the trial
to a halt less than two days after it began,
leading Judge Stephen Hall to declare a mis-
trial and dismiss the jury at the request of
defense attorney Connie OBrien.
The prosecution objected to the move,
arguing an
admonition to
the jury would
be sufcient
but Hall disagreed, said prosecutor Al
Giannini.
United dinged for haz-mat violation
Holding hazardous waste at San Francisco
International Airport without a proper permit
was among the violations for which United
Airlines is being ned more than $80,000,
the California Department of Toxic
Substances announced the week of Nov. 30,
2007.
The DTSE announced that week an
$85,000 consent order with United Airlines
for hazardous waste violations discovered at
its SFO Maintenance Operations Center dur-
ing a routine inspection in October 2006.
Under the terms of the order, United Airlines
was to pay an $81,300 penalty and a $3,700
reimbursement of DTSC administrative
costs.
From the archives highlights stories originally
printed ve years ago this week. It appears in the
Friday edition of the Daily Journal.
Army GI testifies he
thought hed die in custody
FORT MEADE, Md. An Army private
charged in the biggest security breach in U.S.
history testied Thursday that he felt like a
doomed, caged animal after he was arrested in
Baghdad for allegedly sending classied infor-
mation to the secret-spilling website WikiLeaks.
Speaking publicly for the rst time about his
May 2010 arrest and subsequent connement,
Pfc. Bradley Manning addressed the nearly two
months he spent in a cell in a segregation tent at
Camp Arifjan, an Army installation in Kuwait,
before he was moved stateside.
I remember thinking Im going to die. Im
stuck inside this cage, Manning said in
response to questions from defense attorney
David Coombs. I just thought I was going to
die in that cage. And thats how I saw it an
animal cage.
Manning was later sent to a Marine Corps brig
in Quantico, Va., in July 2010. His lawyers are
seeking dismissal of all charges, contending his
pretrial connement at Quantico was needlessly
harsh.
L
ooking for a book? Consider stop-
ping by the Millbrae Library this
weekend. The Friends of the
Millbrae Library is holding a big
book/media sale through Dec. 2. There is a
$5 admission to the preview, held tonight
from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is free this
weekend. The sale will be from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1 and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 2. On Sunday, a bag of books
costs $5. The sale will be held in the
Millbrae Library meeting room, 1 Library
Ave., Millbrae. All funds go to support the
programs of the Millbrae Library. For more
information call 697-7607.
***
Its time to revive the radio drama in
Burlingame. Burlingame Parks and
Recreation Departments community the-
ater, Acting Out and About will cele-
brate the holidays by performing two radio
dramas of My friend Irma 7 p.m. Dec. 8
at Il Piccolo Caffe, 1219 Broadway,
Burlingame. The drama troupe will also
perform these shows at Atria Burlingame,
250 Myrtle Road, Burlingame at 6:30 p.m.
Dec. 10, 2012, 6:30PM. Both shows are
free and open to the public.
***
New Pho Saigon, at 1088 Foster City
Blvd. in Foster City, was closed by the
county health department Nov. 20 for: lack
of facilities or proper supplies to adequately
wash hands; food contact surfaces not clean
or sanitized, presence of vermin, rodents,
insects, birds or animals; and operating
without a valid health permit.
Tai Wu Seafood Restaurant, at 1080
Foster City Blvd., in Foster City, was
closed by the county health department
Nov. 27 for: employees hands not properly
washed and/or gloves used improperly;
food not in good condition, safe and
unadulterated; food contact surfaces not
clean and sanitized; lack of hot and/or cold
water; presence of vermin, rodents, insects,
birds or animals.
***
San Carlos Facebook page just hit its
3,000 friend Councilman Mark Olbert.
***
Rich Napier, retiring executive director
of the City/County Association of
Governments, surprised co-workers the
day before Thanksgiving with a batch of
homemade wafe cookies made from a
100-year-old family recipe passed down
from his grandmother. Napier reportedly
told people he makes the cookies in batches
of 180 per baking session.
***
Have an overdue book or DVD from the
library? Nows your chance to clear your
nes and help others by donating food to
those in need during the month of
December in the San Mateo County
Librarys Food For Fines program.
People can take any amount of nonperish-
able boxed or canned food to any of the
San Mateo County Librarys 12 branches,
or Redwood City Librarys branches dur-
ing business hours, and library nes and
fees will be waived. All collected food is
donated to the Second Harvest Food
Bank.
***
The San Carlos Chamber of Commerce
is accepting nominations for the 2012
Citizen of the Year Award. To be nominat-
ed, the recipient(s) must live or work in San
Carlos; their community service should
include humanitarianism, charity or volun-
teer work and/or heroic deeds; their service
must be as a volunteer beyond the gener-
al scope of regular, paid work; a nominees
contributions should have been made over
the past year or past few years; and nomi-
nations may come from individuals or
organizations.
For more information on how to nominate some-
one email email staff@sancarloschamber.org
Reporters notebook
Around the nation
OPINION 9
Israel/Palestine after Gaza 2012
Editor,
In Gaza, do we really think these
periodic spasms of violence are some
sort of uncontrollable force of nature?
Id think not. They are the predictable
results of one population taking the
land of another. We did much the same
to the native inhabitants of this country.
One major difference is that we are in
the 21st century, and things like the
United Nations and international law
have been in place for the past 60 years
to prevent just these sorts of occupa-
tions and expulsions, as well as organ-
ized discrimination by one group
toward another. These sorts of issues
are what led to two world wars and
countless colonial upheavals.
All the major players in the area,
including Hamas, know that Israel is
here to stay. What is needed is a plan to
bring the Two State solution to a
reality. We need to get the most power-
ful player in the area, namely Israel, to
sign on and act accordingly by serious-
ly starting to dismantle settlements. We
need to stop shielding Israel from its
responsibilities under international law.
Will that provide perfect security for
all? Of course not, but it would be the
most workable solution going forward.
No further assassinations, drone
strikes, blockades or bombardments by
any side is required. Probably a third
party to police the borders for a time
well into the future is needed. This
problem has a solution. We in the
United States need to step up our game
and make it reality.
Mike Caggiano
San Mateo
Response to Take it easy
Editor,
For a moment, I could not decide if
Mr. Fields letter published in the Nov.
21 edition of the Daily Journal was a
parody or just a show of shallow
knowledge of the Middle East conict;
further his nave suggestions are almost
laughable.
First, the land of Israel, or the Holy
Land, is the Jews ancestors homeland
of 4,000 years ago. It is ludicrous to
suggest that Jewish people should live
in Europe; mind you that most of
Israels population today is the descen-
dants of Jews expelled from the sur-
rounding Muslim countries and North
Africa.
Second, Mr. Fields mix of historical
myths and factoids is hilarious. The
Jewish state, as most Arab states in the
Middle East, are based on the San
Remo accord of 1920, which was rati-
ed by the League of Nations, the
United Nations predecessor. The
notion that the U.N. 1948 Partition Plan
is responsible for the establishment of
Israel is a historical myth: rstly, it was
voted by the U.N. General Assembly,
which has no legal standing, and sec-
ondly, it was rejected by the Arab
League. Thus, it was invalid.
Last, keeping score of the number of
fatalities and injured is inane at best;
please, this is not a sport match. Just to
remind the Daily Journals readers that
Hamas vowed to destroy Israel, and the
status of relations between the two
sides is that of a non-declared war.
Israels government will abdicate its
responsibility not defending its citizens
and negotiating with an enemy, Hamas,
which declares and acts recklessly to
annihilate the Jewish state.
Sam Liron
Foster City
Letters to the editor
Santa Rosa Press-Democrat
D
ont look too quickly, but
California may be on the
verge of seeing something in
Sacramento almost as rare as a gray
wolf a budget surplus.
As noted in the latest state legisla-
tive analysts report, thanks to a
rebounding economy, prior budget cuts
and the passage of Proposition 30 in
the Nov. 6 election, theres a strong
possibility that California could see
multi-billion operating surpluses with-
in a few years.
These events bring California to a
promising moment, the report by
Legislative Analyst Mac Taylor states,
the possible end of a decade of acute
state budget challenges.
But there are still plenty of chal-
lenges ahead for Gov. Jerry Brown and
legislators. Of immediate concern is
that California faces a $1.9 billion
deficit next year.
Thats a good deal more manageable
than the $13 billion gap that was pro-
jected a year ago or the $25 billion
shortfall that was predicted two years
ago. Nonetheless, its a problem that
has to be addressed before June when
a budget needs to be approved.
The state had projected that it would
have a surplus of $948 million by the
end of the year. But thats not going to
materialize as state revenues have been
coming in about $625 million lower
than projected over the past two fiscal
years. More significantly, the gover-
nors ambitious plan to bring in new
revenue through the dissolution of
redevelopment agencies has come up
short by some $1.8 billion.
Instead of securing new revenue, the
governor now stands to face dozens of
costly and time-consuming lawsuits
from local agencies statewide frustrat-
ed with how the redevelopment
process was terminated, sometimes at
great cost to municipalities and private
contractors.
Meanwhile, the state also has seen
expenses in other areas start to creep
up.
Such spending creep will be the
challenge before Gov. Brown, particu-
larly in light of his partys newfound
supermajorities in both the Assembly
and Senate. The temptation for
Democrats to use that authority in
authorizing new expenditures will be
as great as the temptation to believe
that California is through the worst of
it.
Yes, the legislative analyst is pre-
dicting a surplus of $1 billion by the
end of the 2014-15 fiscal year and a
surplus of up to $9 billion in 2017-18.
But all of that is predicated on two
grand assumptions robust economic
growth and legislative restraint in
augmenting current program levels.
In other words, now that California
has helped Sacramento get through its
fiscal pinch, Democrats need to keep
their paws off the new revenue if the
state has any hope of getting back on
an even keel.
We encourage legislators to head the
legislative analysts advice to use
whatever surpluses that materialize to
build up the rainy day reserve that
was envisioned in Proposition 58,
which voters approved in 2004.
The state also needs to get serious
about addressing the unfunded liability
for teachers retirements. As weve
noted before, teachers are not the
source of the states pension problems,
but their retirement system has been
grossly underfunded by the state.
California also needs to get serious
about reforming its overall tax struc-
ture.
Most of all, legislators need to
remember that the only hope of getting
California off of its revenue roller
coaster is to do it on the way up.
Weve learned from experience that
trying it on the downward slope does-
nt work.
A more golden financial state
Two for one
in District 13
C
ome Monday, San Mateo County will have a rare
opportunity in that it will have two people repre-
senting it in the state Senate. This anomaly was
presented through redistricting which created the new
Senate District 13, which is
mostly in San Mateo County
with less than 20 percent in the
northern portion of Santa Clara
County. Current Assemblyman
Jerry Hill will be sworn in
Monday and has set up tempo-
rary offices at termed-out state
senator Joe Simitians office in
the Town & Country Village in
Palo Alto. Hill said he is look-
ing for more centrally located
and affordable space, perhaps
near State Route 92.
In the meantime, state Sen.
Leland Yee, is left without a district even though he still
has two years left on his term. Redistricting shifted his
Senate District 8 to the area of Bishop and Yosemite.
While Yee just announced his plans to run for the office of
soon-to-termed-out Secretary of State Debra Bowen, that
seat does not open until 2014.
Though Hill and Yee said they have not talked about
how they might divide the countys senatorial duties, Yee
said there will be a transition period of about six months
for a new senator with which he would be happy to help.
Both have specific interests: Yee in government trans-
parency, disclosure and conflict of interest; Hill in utilities
oversight specifically in regard to the San Bruno explosion
and fire. Much of that work will remain the same. Yee is
retaining his local district office and said he will continue
to offer constituent assistance which have been centering
on issues as divergent as DMV problems, health care, edu-
cation and social services. Longer term issues, however,
will likely be handed over to Hill, he said.
The county is really blessed to have members who
work well with each other, Yee said. There is a cama-
raderie among members of the San Mateo [County] dele-
gation and thats a plus.
Hill agrees. Weve worked well over the years with
issues that are local, he said.
With four years in the state Assembly, Hill has the
opportunity for a total of 12 years in the state Legislature
if he is re-elected in four years. His primary focus at this
point is to ensure that the new members of the Assembly
(about half of its 80 members are new) recognize the need
for financial discipline. When he first joined the Assembly,
there was about a $40 billion deficit in about a month.
It was because of the irresponsibility of past budgets,
Hill said. There was no resolve, no responsibility. Its
important that we create responsible budgets ... No one
goes to Sacramento to cut these great services. Everyone
who goes to Sacramento wants to increase services. ...
Theres a temptation to go there and bring the pork home.
Cutting and not spending takes discipline. It will be
tough.
And that is magnified with new numbers that point to a
smaller state deficit even with $8 billion a year going
strictly to debt service.
***
Anyone interested in the history of Foster City or devel-
opment of the Peninsula in the 1960s should put The
Development of Foster City by T. Jack Foster on their list
of must-reads. Published by Xlibris and just under 100
pages, its a quick read that tells the tale of the Foster fam-
ilys quest to develop the shores of the San Francisco Bay
into a now-thriving community of about 30,000 people.
Filling the Bay to stabilize the city was a monumental
task, but that seems to have been the easy part. The book
outlines the various challenges with politics, bureaucracy
and engineering to develop the city. It was a massive
vision that was difficult to take on, and one that may not
have been possible today. In fact, the Bay Conservation
and Development Commission and Save the Bay were
spawned by the development.
At the time, however, Foster City was the only location
on the Peninsula that had new construction on such a large
scale, and Foster also goes into detail about how the fami-
ly would not tolerate any housing discrimination for any of
its contracted developers. Progressive at the time, it turned
off some developers, but set the stage for the diverse com-
munity Foster City is today.
Its also filled with interesting tidbits such as the reason
why Foster Citys fire hydrants are flat on top and why its
bridges look the way they do. Its worth your time.
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By Matthew Craft
NEW YORK Optimism that a
budget deal will be reached in
Washington sent stocks modestly high-
er Thursday. A pair of economic reports
also brightened the mood.
The Dow Jones industrial average
rose 36.71 points to close at 13,021.82.
The stock market took a brief turn
lower when House Speaker John
Boehner said little progress was being
made in budget talks in Washington.
The Dow was up as much as 77 points
in morning trading, turned negative as
Boehner made his remarks at 11:30
a.m., then slowly recovered in the after-
noon.
Investors were encouraged by several
positive economic reports, including a
higher estimate of third-quarter U.S.
economic growth, an increase in home
sales and a drop in claims for unem-
ployment benefits.
After a meeting with Treasury
Secretary Tim Geithner, Boehner told
reporters that Democrats still havent
said which cuts they would accept to
government benefit programs, suggest-
ing a final budget deal remains a long
way off. Republicans have said that
they are open to increasing tax revenues
as part of an agreement but only if
theyre accompanied by significant cuts
to spending.
Investors have been closely watching
the talks between the White House and
Congress over the fiscal cliff, a refer-
ence to sharp government spending
cuts and tax increases scheduled to
start Jan. 1 unless a deal is reached to
cut the budget deficit. New develop-
ments in the talks have whipsawed the
market.
Its a headline-watching market with
this fiscal cliff, said David Brown,
chief market strategist of the investment
research firm Sabrient Systems.
Brown says the ongoing negotiations
are likely to cause the stock market to
take sudden turns in the weeks ahead.
But things seem to be moving in the
right direction, Brown said. I dont
think either party wants to get pinned
with hurting the market or the econo-
my.
In other trading, the Standard &
Poors 500 rose 6.02 points to 1,415.95.
The Nasdaq composite index gained
20.25 points to 3,012.03.
In the market for government bonds,
the yield on the 10-year Treasury note
slipped to 1.62 percent from 1.63 per-
cent late Wednesday.
Stocks rise and fall
Wall Street
Stocks that moved substantially or traded
heavily Thursday on the New York Stock
Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market:
NYSE
Barnes & Noble Inc., down $1.79 at $14.26
The book seller reported that its digital content
growth slowed as it faced increased
competition from rivals like Amazon.com and
Google.
Stein Mart Inc., up 97 cents at $8.56
The discount retailer said that sales at stores
open at least a year jumped 7.1 percent last
month.It also announced a special $1 dividend.
Tiffany & Co., down $3.93 at $59.80
The jewelry companys third-quarter net
income fell 30 percent due to a higher-than-
expected tax rate and high metal costs.
The Kroger Co., up $1.19 at $26.25
The supermarket chain raised its earnings
outlook for the year after reporting a third-
quarter prot that topped expectations.
La-Z-Boy Inc., down $1.57 at $14.60
The furniture company reported that its scal
second-quarter net income fell as investments
in its business hurt its bottom line.
Aeropostale Inc., down 70 cents at $13.42
After poor back-to-school sales, the teen
retailers third-quarter prot was nearly at and
it issued a weak forecast.
Nasdaq
Research In Motion Ltd., up 44 cents at $11.54
Goldman Sachs upgraded the phone makers
shares to Buy, saying there is a chance its
BlackBerry 10 phones could be a success.
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc., down
$3.32 at $61.78
The restaurant chain said that its scal rst-
quarter net income fell 3 percent,pulled down
by severance costs and expenses.
Big movers
By Anne DInnoenzio
NEW YORK Black Friday was no
match for Sandy.
Major retailers from Target to Macys
reported weak November sales as the
strong start to the holiday shopping sea-
son including a good showing on the
day after Thanksgiving wasnt
enough to fully offset the damage caused
by Superstorm Sandy earlier in the
month.
The storm stunted enthusiasm among
shoppers during the rst couple of weeks
of November just as stores were prepar-
ing for the busiest shopping period of the
year, a roughly two-month stretch at the
end of the year when they can make up
to 40 percent of their annual revenue.
It really took away the punchbowl for
retailers and put them behind the eight
ball heading into the crucial weekend,
said Ken Perkins, president of
RetailMetrics, a research rm
Eighteen retailers on Thursday report-
ed that November sales at stores open at
least a year an indicator of a retailers
health through last Saturday were up
1.7 percent compared with the year-ago
period, according to the International
Council of Shopping Centers. Thats
well below the groups anticipated fore-
cast for a 4.5 percent to 5.5 percent gain.
Only a small group of stores repre-
senting about 13 percent of the $2.4 tril-
lion U.S. retail industry report monthly
revenue, and the list excludes big mer-
chants such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the
worlds biggest retailer. But the data still
offers a snapshot of consumer spending,
which accounts for 70 percent of all eco-
nomic activity.
November sales show that stores were
challenged by the impact of Sandy,
which hit the Northeast on Oct. 29 and
disrupted business activity and house-
holds for several days. MasterCard
Advisors SpendingPulse, which tracks
spending, said that Sandy knocked off
nearly $4 billion in retail sales during the
rst week in November in the hard-hit
Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions,
which accounts for 24 percent of retail
sales nationwide.
The disappointing November sales
come after robust sales over the
Thanksgiving weekend, the ofcial kick-
off to the holiday shopping season. A
record 247 million shoppers visited
stores and websites over the four-day
period that started on Thanksgiving this
year, up 9.2 percent of last year, accord-
ing to a survey of 4,000 shoppers that
was conducted by research firm
BIGinsight for The National Retail
Federation trade group. Spending over
the four-day weekend totaled $59.1 bil-
lion, up 12.8 percent from 2011.
Weak sales gains for November
By Candice Choi
NEW YORK The future of
Twinkies is virtually assured.
Hostess Brands Inc. got nal approval
for its wind-down plans in bankruptcy
court Thursday, setting the stage for its
iconic snack cakes to nd a second life
with new owners even as 18,000 jobs
will be wiped out.
The company said in court that its in
talks with 110 potential buyers for its
brands, which include CupCakes, Ding
Dongs and Ho Hos. The suitors include
at least ve national retailers such as
supermarkets, a financial adviser for
Hostess said. The process has been so
fast and furious Hostess wasnt able to
make its planned calls to potential buy-
ers, said Joshua Scherer of Perella
Weinberg Partners.
Not only are these buyers serious, but
they are expecting to spend substantial
sums, he said, noting that six of them
had hired investment banks to help in the
process.
The update on the sale process came
as Hostess also received approval to give
its top executives bonuses totaling up to
$1.8 million for meeting certain budget
goals during the liquidation. The compa-
ny says the incentive pay is needed to
retain the 19 corporate officers and
high-level managers for the wind
down process, which could take about a
year.
Two of those executives would be eli-
gible for additional rewards depending
on how efciently they carry out the liq-
uidation. The compensation would be on
top of their regular pay.
Twinkies maker Hostess ready for its big bake sale
By Martin Crutsinger
WASHINGTON The U.S. econo-
my grew at a 2.7 percent annual rate
from July through September, much
faster than first thought. The strength is
expected to fade in the final months of
the year because of the impact of
Superstorm Sandy and uncertainty
about looming tax increases and gov-
ernment spending cuts.
The Commerce Department said
Thursday that growth in the third quarter
was signicantly better than the 2 per-
cent rate estimated a month ago. And it
was more than twice the 1.3 percent rate
reported for the April-June quarter.
The main reason for the upward revi-
sion to the gross domestic product was
businesses restocked at a faster pace
than previously estimated. That offset
weaker consumer spending growth.
GDP measures the nations total out-
put of goods and services from
restaurant meals and haircuts to air-
planes, appliances and highways.
Most economists say economic
growth is slowing to below 2 percent in
the current October-December quarter.
Thats generally considered too weak
to rapidly lower the unemployment
rate.
Economy grew at 2.7 percent rate in summer
By Nathan Mollat
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
If the Sacred Heart Prep girls volleyball
team doesnt know anything else about its
opponent in Saturdays CIF Division IV State
Championship match, the Gators do know this:
it will be a state champion-caliber team.
Other than that, the Gators know little about
Francis Parker High School out of the San
Diego area.
I had never heard of them, said Sacred
Heart Prep setter Cammie Merten.
I havent heard of them, but my assistant
coaches have, said Sacred Heart Prep coach
Damien Hardy.
Well then, here is a quick sketch of the
Lancers:
They have an overall record 34-2 and went
10-0 in capturing their rst league title since
2006;
They were the 2005 Division IV state
champion;
They are ranked No. 12 in the state by
MaxPreps.com;
They have three players bound for Division
I college teams; and
They are the No. 1 seed in the Southern
California tournament.
Anything else?
We know theyre going to have really good
hitters. Theyre going to be a really good
team, Merten said. Their team is exactly like
us. Theyre good. Were good.
Sacred Heart Prep will face the Lancers at
12:30 p.m. Saturday at Concordia University in
Irvine.
The Gators (32-5) will be making their sec-
ond appearance in the state title match in three
years, having advanced to the nal day of the
season in 2010, falling to La Jolla Country Day
in straight sets.
La Jolla Country Day is the team Francis
Parker knocked off to capture the league title
this season.
The Gators are no stranger to winning state
titles, having captured the 1995 and 1996
Division V state championships. There are still
four holdovers from that 2010 team this sea-
son: Sonia Abuel-Saud and Helen Gannon
were both in the lineup, while Ellie Shannon
and Payton Smith were coming off the bench.
This year, all four have been key components
to this years run to the state championship
game.
That (2010) team was all heart, Hardy
said. This team is heart plus talent. We
have more weapons (this time around).
Hardy believes having a relatively large core
from the 2010 state team on this years state
qualifier can only help in the experience
department. While this will be Mertens rst
appearance in the state championship match,
she believes she has gradually gotten more
used to the signicance of each match in the
playoffs.
Right now, it doesnt seem like [nerves are]
going to be a problem, Merten said. There is
going to be a lot of excitement in the
(Concordia University) gym. The games
have gotten bigger and bigger and the team has
gotten used to bigger crowds.
Sacred Heart Prep has all the ingredients to
be a state title contender: outstanding outside
hitters; a big, powerful middle blocking tan-
dem; a consistent setter and that one player
who will lay everything on the line to keep the
ball off the oor defensively.
Meet Sonia Abuel-Saud and Victoria Garrick
(outside hitters); Ellie Shannon and Payton
Smith (middle blockers); Cammie Merten (set-
ter) and Helen Gannon (defensive specialist).
Abuel-Saud has been a killing machine since
the playoffs started, tying for team-high honors
with Garrick, who both have 52 kills in the
postseason. Abuel-Saud, a senior, was coming
off a knee injury when the season started and
she is just now nding the form that made her
one of the biggest hitters on the Peninsula.
That Menlo match, that second match in
CCS (the seminals), Hardy said, explaining
the time he knew she was back. That match
and each match after that shes gotten better
and better.
Shannon and Smith arent far behind in the
kills department, with 50 and 47 kills, respec-
tively. But its their defense that has caused
opponents the most problems. The two have
combined for 47 blocks in seven playoff
matches.
Merten has made sure to spread the offense
around and has amassed 174 assists in the play-
offs, while the defensive prowess of Gannon
(97 digs) and Garrick (40 digs) consistently
keeps the Gators in the point.
We never walk into to it thinking we cant
beat this team. Its going to be a challenge,
Hardy said. (We have to play) a perfect game.
We have to play extremely well.
Said Merten: We are going in full heart,
ready to play our hearts off. Its the last game
(of the season), were going out to win.
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SHP shooting
for state crown
DAILY JOURNAL SPORTS FILE
Sacred Heart Prep defensive specialist HelenGannon,top,and middle blocker Ellie Shannon,
above, will both need to be on top of their games along with the rest of the Gators if
they want to win their rst state championship since 1996.
By Julio Lara
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Fielding questions from down in Southern
California, San Jose Earthquake striker Chris
Wondolowski admitted he nally had a piece
of hardware to put next to his AYSO
Participation Trophy from his time in
Danville.
Its the only one Ive kept, Wondolowski
said.
Wondolowskis latest addition to his trophy
case has the words, Most Valuable Player
and Major League
Soccer engraved in it. The
2012 Golden Boot winner
was named the MLS MVP
following a landslide vote
that gave the San Jose fran-
chise its rst MVP in club
history.
Its just a huge honor
and Im glad to be a part of
it, Wondolowski said.
Wondolowski adds
MVP to trophy case
By Antonio Gonzalez
STANFORD This week has been unlike
any other in the 20 years Mike Gleeson has
been Stanford footballs video director.
Even though theres a tight turnaround
between the Cardinals 35-17 victory last
Saturday at UCLA and the Pac-12 champi-
onship game rematch Friday night, Gleesons
typical task is simplied. All he has to do is
add video from the rst game and recalculate
statistics to the preparation done last week.
After that, things get complicated.
The staff, in a way, they have to shufe the
deck as if it didnt happen. Or did it? Gleeson
said. How do you want to look at it? Do you
want to change things? Do you want to keep
things? Now weve got the mind games with
UCLA. What did they show? What do we
think they showed compared to what theyll
do this week?
Stanford, UCLA Pac-12
rematch a mind game
See PAC-12, Page 16
Their team is exactly like us.
Theyre good. Were good.
Cammie Merten, SHP setter
Chris
Wondolowski
See MVP, Page 16
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OAKLAND Andre Iguodalas
3-pointer as the buzzer sounded was
waived off, and the Golden State
Warriors held on for a wild 106-105
win over the Denver Nuggets on
Thursday night after four replay
reviews over the nal 3.4 seconds.
Iguodala received a cross-court
inbounds pass and connected from
the left wing with a hand in his face,
and Denver players celebrated by
running off the court toward their
locker room. But the Warriors
stayed put and waited on yet anoth-
er review by ofcials at the scorers
table then began their own cheers
at raucous Oracle Arena when of-
cials ruled the shot came just an
instant after time expired.
Iguodala missed the last of three
free throws that would have tied the
game with 3.4 seconds to go, but
Denver still had two more chances
to win.
Ofcials rst went to the replay
table to review whether Jarrett Jack
had fouled Iguodala in the act of
shooting to give him three tries
when trailing by three. After he
clunked the third attempt off the
back of the rim, Golden States
Draymond Green knocked the ball
out of bounds to give the Nuggets
another possession with 2.1 seconds
left and that play also went to
review.
Andre Millers pass was deected
out of bounds, and ofcials went to
the replay again before ruling the
ball went off a Golden State player.
Iguodala swished a 3 that would
have won the game, but it came too
late.
Jack scored on a driving layup
with 1:12 remaining, moments after
a critical turnover that could have
cost Golden State.
David Lee hit a layup with 2:12
left on the way to a season-high 31
points on 13-of-15 shooting for the
Warriors, who earned a hard-fought
rst win of the season against the
Nuggets in the third meeting
between the teams in a 20-day span.
Klay Thompson scored 21 points
and Stephen Curry had 20 points
and a season-best 10 assists as
Golden State (9-6) won for the
fourth time in ve games and moved
three games above .500 for the rst
time since it was 7-4 early in the
2010-11 season. The Warriors also
have nine wins in their rst 16
games for the rst time since 2006-
07.
Iguodala nished with 22 points,
Danilo Gallinari added 20 points
and nine rebounds and Ty Lawson
17 points and nine assists for the
Nuggets, who escaped with a dou-
ble-overtime victory here Nov. 10
before beating Golden State at home
last Friday.
The Nuggets used a 13-6 spurt
early in the third quarter to build a
16-point lead, which looked an
awful lot like the 15-0 run by
Denver to start the second half of
the last matchup. This time,
Gallinari scored ve of those points
but the Warriors fought back.
Iguodala was held to 8 for 17
from the oor after he went off for a
season-best 29 points in the last
meeting the most points by an
opponent against Golden State this
season.
This win came at a good time for
Golden State following a dramatic
two days in which the Warriors and
Andrew Bogut acknowledged the
center underwent a more extensive
microfracture surgery in April.
Warriors hold off Nuggets 106-105 in wild finish
ATLANTA The Atlanta Falcons couldnt
do anything offensively.
Not to worry.
The defense left Drew Brees with egg on his
face.
Brees threw ve interceptions for the rst
time in his career and, rubbing salt in the
wound, the Falcons also ended his NFL-record
streak of touchdown passes. The result was a
23-13 victory Thursday night that pushed
Atlanta to the brink of a division champi-
onship and might have nished off the Saints
fading playoff hopes.
The Falcons (11-1) built an early 17-0 lead,
then struggled to move the ball. They nished
with 283 yards, by far the lowest total allowed
this season by a Saints defense that was on
pace to give up the most yards in NFL history.
But William Moore had two interceptions,
and Thomas DeCoud, Sean Weatherspoon and
Jonathan Babineaux had one pick apiece.
Another by Corey Peters didnt count because
of a penalty.
Thats the rst time thats ever happened to
me, so thats extremely disappointing, Brees
said. I pride myself on being a good decision-
maker and not someone who will be a detri-
ment to the game.
The Falcons will clinch the NFC South with
a month to go if Tampa Bay loses at Denver on
Sunday. The Saints (5-7) need to win out to
have any chance, and even that might not be
enough to get the defending division champs
back to the playoffs.
It looks pretty bleak right now, interim
coach Joe Vitt said.
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ALAMEDA Linebacker
Rolando McClain remained a mem-
ber of the Oakland Raiders on
Thursday despite being told to stay
out of practice for a second straight
day and not to report to the team
facility.
The former first-round pick is
stuck in limbo a day after being sent
out of practice by coach Dennis
Allen for undisclosed reasons.
Theres going to be conse-
quences to his actions and its a
team-related issue, Allen said. I
dont really want to get into the
details of it. We asked him not to
come to practice today.
Allen said he talked with McClain
on Thursday and that McClain was
told not to report to the teams facil-
ity as the Raiders (3-8) prepare for
Sundays home
game against the
C l e v e l a n d
Browns.
Allen said
McClain has not
been suspended
and remains on
the 53-man ros-
ter but would
not speculate on
what the future
held for the linebacker.
This is something that weve got
to make a decision as an organiza-
tion, and were going to make sure
that we make the right decision,
Allen said.
McClain was the eighth overall
pick in the 2010 draft after helping
Alabama win a national champi-
onship. He has struggled so far in
his career and has had his playing
time sharply reduced in recent
weeks.
In 41 career games with Oakland,
McClain had 6 1/2 sacks, one inter-
ception, one forced fumble, no fum-
ble recoveries and did little to help
improve Oaklands struggling run
defense.
After being essentially an every
down player for the rst two years
of his career, McClain was demoted
after the rst month of this season.
He was replaced by rookie Miles
Burris in nickel packages because of
his struggles in pass coverage and
because the coaching staff believed
he tired too easily playing every
down. He has gone from playing
more than 90 percent of defensive
snaps to just over half the past seven
games.
McClain also had problems off
the eld. He was involved in a
shooting in Alabama last November
when he left the team briey during
the season to attend a family funer-
al. McClain had been convicted of
four misdemeanors in May but he
appealed and the charges were
recently dropped when the accuser
told prosecutors he no longer want-
ed to pursue the case.
If McClain does not play Sunday,
recently acquired Omar Gaither
would start in his place against the
Browns. Gaither was signed by
Oakland on Nov. 14 to replace the
injured Travis Goethel. In two
games, Gaither has only played on
special teams but the coaches say he
has learned the new system quickly.
Its all similar, Gaither said.
Youve just got to learn the lingo.
One coach calls it one thing, anoth-
er coach calls it a different thing.
The toughest part is the language,
but theres only 11 guys, so theres
only so many different things you
can do.
Gaither started 40 games over six
combined seasons with Philadelphia
and Carolina, playing middle and
outside linebacker. He has 393 tack-
les, six sacks, 25 passes defensed,
two interceptions, one forced fum-
ble and two fumble recoveries in his
career.
NOTES: The game Sunday will
be blacked out in the Bay Area, end-
ing a streak of 13 consecutive games
telecast since the start of the 2011
season. ... QB Carson Palmer was
limited in practice because of a
thumb injury after hitting a helmet
with his had last week in Cincinnati
but offensive coordinator Greg
Knapp is condent Palmer will play.
... RBs Darren McFadden and Mike
Goodson (sprained right ankles)
practiced for a second straight day,
while DT Richard Seymour (ham-
string) and DE Jack Crawford (toe)
remain sidelined.
McClain still with Raiders, not practicing
Rolando
McClain
By Craig Massei
SANTA CLARA Alex Smith
is trying to understand how he lost
his job as starting quarterback of the
San Francisco 49ers a month after
being named NFC Offensive Player
of the Week.
Its not an easy thing for the
NFLs fth-ranked quarterback to
deal with this week, even though
Smith already has experienced plen-
ty of ups and downs in his tumul-
tuous career since the 49ers made
him the No. 1 overall selection of
the 2005 draft.
Smith spoke with the media
Thursday for the rst time since
coach Jim Harbaugh made Colin
Kaepernick the teams starting quar-
terback for Sundays game against
the St. Louis Rams, a rematch of the
last game in which Smith appeared.
Smith is now
c o m p l e t e l y
healthy from the
concussion he
suffered in that
Nov. 11 game
and has been
m e d i c a l l y
cleared to play.
But hell be
Kaeper ni cks
backup for the second consecutive
week. Smith is uncertain what
Harbaughs decision means for him
the rest of this season.
I feel like the only thing I did to
lose my job was get a concussion,
Smith said.
Smith was playing some of the
best football of his career when he
was injured and left early in the sec-
ond quarter of the 24-24 tie with the
Rams.
He completed 7 of 8 passes with a
passer rating of 143.8 against St.
Louis, throwing for his 13th touch-
down of the season on his nal pass.
The week before, Smith completed
18 of 19 for 232 yards and three
touchdowns during a win over
Arizona, setting an NFL record with
a 94.7 completion percentage for a
quarterback with a minimum of 15
attempts. He was named NFC
Offensive Player of the Week for the
rst time two days later.
Smith ranks fth in the NFL with
a passer rating of 104.1 and leads
the league with a 70.0 completion
percentage.
You kind of state your case with
your play and I felt like Ive done
that, Smith said. Its tough. It
stings the most just because I really
felt there was something special
going on here and you sacrice and
invest so much time. I felt like I was
playing good football. I have no
idea whats going to happen from
here. All I can do now is just prepare
and get ready.
Smith was in limbo the past two
weeks after suffering his concus-
sion, practicing every day with the
49ers in a non-contact black jersey.
The 49ers did not announce during
either week who would be their
starting quarterback until game day
against Chicago on Nov. 19 and
New Orleans last Sunday.
Theres no uncertainty this week.
Kaepernick, San Franciscos sec-
ond-round draft pick last year, took
away the starting job from Smith
with strong performances in deci-
sive victories over the Bears and
Saints.
Smith has lost his starting job and
dealt with injuries and adversity
several times before with the 49ers.
He was beaten out for the role in
training camp in 2008 by journey-
man J.T. OSullivan, then began the
2009 season behind veteran Shaun
Hill before starting the final 10
games of that season.
In 2010, Smith was replaced as
the starter by former coach Mike
Singletary with Troy Smith for a
key December game that decided
San Franciscos playoff fate that
season. The next week, Alex Smith
began a string of 28 consecutive
starts for the 49ers that ended after
his concussion.
Smith had a 21-6-1 record in
those games and played a signicant
role in San Franciscos rise back to
prominence last year and continued
success this season. Smith resurrect-
ed his career under Harbaugh, who
took over as San Franciscos coach
in 2011.
Those (other seasons) are all in
the past, Smith said. For this one,
youre in it right now. Its such a
great team, such a great group of
guys in this locker room. Theres
something special going on. Its a
tough pill to swallow, for sure.
49ers Smith contemplates demotion
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B.J. Upton is on his way to Atlanta, while Andy Pettitte is
staying in pinstripes.
With the winter meetings only days away, baseballs offsea-
son began to heat up Wednesday with a pair of moves involv-
ing potential closers: Ryan Madson joined the Angels and
Jonathan Broxton remained with the Reds.
Hours later, the Braves made big news.
Looking for a new center elder and some right-handed pop,
Atlanta found both in Upton, who had 28 homers and 31 steals
for Tampa Bay last season. The eet-footed free agent agreed
to a $75.25 million, ve-year contract, a deal that was nalized
Thursday.
Uptons deal is the biggest free-agent contract of the offsea-
son so far and the largest in Braves history.
Pettitte, meanwhile, will return for another season with the
New York Yankees.
Feeling strong at age 40, the veteran lefty completed a one-
year deal worth $12 million, putting baseballs biggest post-
season winner back in the Bronx.
I think were good enough to go all the way, I really do,
Pettitte said on a conference call. Im at the point where, if I
didnt feel like we had a chance to win it deep down, I would-
nt do this.
The ve-time World Series champion retired after the 2010
season to spend more time at home but then decided to come
back this year while working as an instructor during spring
training and signed a contract guaranteeing him $2.5 mil-
lion.
Pettitte went 5-4 with a 2.87 ERA in 12 starts. He missed
almost three months because of a broken lower left leg, sus-
tained when he was hit by a line drive off the bat of
Clevelands Casey Kotchman on June 27.
I denitely think that if I would have pitched a full season
and thrown 200 innings, that I denitely wouldnt feel as fresh
and physically feel as good as I do right now, Pettitte said.
Obviously, I feel like that helped lead me to a quick decision.
The move means the AL East champs are set to start 2013
with the same rotation as last season: CC Sabathia, Hiroki
Kuroda, Pettitte, Phil Hughes and Ivan Nova or David Phelps.
Next up for general manager Brian Cashman could be a con-
tract for 43-year-old closer Mariano Rivera, determined to
come back from a torn knee ligament.
Madson is making a comeback from Tommy John surgery,
and he agreed to a $3.5 million, one-year deal with the Los
Angeles Angels ve days before the start of baseballs winter
meetings in Nashville, Tenn. He can earn an additional $3.5
million in roster and performance bonuses.
The longtime Philadelphia reliever missed last season with
Cincinnati, which signed him in January after a stellar per-
formance in 2011 with the Phillies. He had surgery in April on
a torn ligament in his right elbow.
Well ahead of schedule in his recovery, Madson said he
expects to be the Angels closer. General manager Jerry Dipoto
agreed the veteran is likely to supplant Ernesto Frieri when
fully healthy.
I feel like if I can throw the ball like Im capable of, I
expect to have that role, Madson said. I expect to come to
spring training and earn the job.
Broxton isnt sure what role hell have in Cincinnati after
securing a $21 million, three-year contract that gives the NL
Central champions a chance to recongure their starting rota-
tion.
The two-time All-Star came to the Reds last July in a trade
with Kansas City. He lled in as the closer when Aroldis
Chapman developed a tired shoulder and had four saves in six
chances overall with a 2.82 ERA.
Upton headed to Braves; Pettitte returns to Yanks
NEW YORK The NHL, the players association and now
even federal mediators agree on one thing: The bickering sides
are nowhere near a deal that would put hockey back on the ice.
The league and the union wrapped up two days of talks
Thursday in New Jersey, with help from mediators, but moved
no closer to a solution to save the season that has already been
delayed and shortened.
Two members from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation
Service joined the discussions on Wednesday and Thursday
but couldnt bring the sides any closer.
After spending several hours with both sides over two days,
the presiding mediators concluded that the parties remained far
apart, and that no progress toward a resolution could be made
through further mediation at this point in time, NHL deputy
commissioner Bill Daly said in a statement. We are disap-
pointed that the mediation process was not successful.
Players association executive director Donald Fehr echoed
Dalys remarks Thursday night without offering insight where
the process might head next.
This afternoon, the mediators informed the parties that they
did not think it was productive to continue the discussions fur-
ther today, Fehr said in a statement. The mediators indicated
that they would stay in contact with the league and the
NHLPA, and would call the parties back together when they
thought the time was right.
The bottom line is that, 75 days into the owners lockout of
players, there is no end in sight. The lockout has already forced
the cancellation of games through Dec. 14, the New Years
Day Winter Classic, and the All-Star weekend in January.
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman offered the union a
meeting that would consist of only owners and players
without the presence of leaders on both sides of the dispute
Daly told The Associated Press in an email. He added that the
union was considering the proposal and would get back to the
league.
Mediators fail to
help in NHL talks
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12/9
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10 a.m.
FOX
12/2
@Patriots
8:20p.m.
NBC
12/16
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1:25p.m.
FOX
12/23
vs.Broncos
5:20p.m.
NFL-NET
12/6
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1:25p.m.
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12/2
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12/16
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12/23
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12/30
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EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
Brooklyn 10 4 .714
New York 10 4 .714
Philadelphia 9 6 .600 1 1/2
Boston 8 7 .533 2 1/2
Toronto 3 13 .188 8
Southeast Division
W L Pct GB
Miami 11 3 .786
Atlanta 9 4 .692 1 1/2
Charlotte 7 7 .500 4
Orlando 5 9 .357 6
Washington 1 12 .077 9 1/2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Milwaukee 7 6 .538
Chicago 7 7 .500 1/2
Indiana 7 8 .467 1
Detroit 5 11 .313 3 1/2
Cleveland 3 12 .200 5
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
Memphis 11 2 .846
San Antonio 13 4 .765
Houston 7 8 .467 5
Dallas 7 9 .438 5 1/2
New Orleans 4 10 .286 7 1/2
Northwest Division
W L Pct GB
Oklahoma City 12 4 .750
Utah 9 7 .563 3
Denver 8 8 .500 4
Minnesota 6 8 .429 5
Portland 6 9 .400 5 1/2
PacicDivision
W L Pct GB
Golden State 9 6 .600
L.A. Clippers 9 6 .600
L.A. Lakers 7 8 .467 2
Phoenix 7 9 .438 2 1/2
Sacramento 4 10 .286 4 1/2
ThursdaysGames
Miami 105, San Antonio 100
Golden State 106, Denver 105
FridaysGames
Philadelphia at Charlotte, 4 p.m.
Phoenix at Toronto, 4 p.m.
Brooklyn at Orlando, 4 p.m.
Portland at Boston, 4:30 p.m.
Cleveland at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m.
Washington at New York, 4:30 p.m.
Milwaukee at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
Detroit at Memphis, 5 p.m.
Utah at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m.
Indiana at Sacramento, 7 p.m.
Denver at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m.
NBA STANDINGS
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
New England 8 3 0 .727 407 244
Miami 5 6 0 .455 211 226
N.Y. Jets 4 7 0 .364 221 290
Buffalo 4 7 0 .364 243 319
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Houston 10 1 0 .909 327 211
Indianapolis 7 4 0 .636 230 273
Tennessee 4 7 0 .364 238 335
Jacksonville 2 9 0 .182 188 308
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Baltimore 9 2 0 .818 283 219
Pittsburgh 6 5 0 .545 231 210
Cincinnati 6 5 0 .545 282 247
Cleveland 3 8 0 .273 209 248
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Denver 8 3 0 .727 318 221
San Diego 4 7 0 .364 245 237
Oakland 3 8 0 .273 218 356
Kansas City 1 10 0 .091 161 301
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
N.Y. Giants 7 4 0 .636 305 226
Washington 5 6 0 .455 295 285
Dallas 5 6 0 .455 242 262
Philadelphia 3 8 0 .273 184 282
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Atlanta 11 1 0 .917 317 229
Tampa Bay 6 5 0 .545 310 254
New Orleans 5 7 0 .417 321 327
Carolina 3 8 0 .273 214 265
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Chicago 8 3 0 .727 277 175
Green Bay 7 4 0 .636 273 245
Minnesota 6 5 0 .545 248 249
Detroit 4 7 0 .364 267 280
West
W L T Pct PF PA
San Francisco 8 2 1 .773 276 155
Seattle 6 5 0 .545 219 185
St. Louis 4 6 1 .409 205 254
Arizona 4 7 0 .364 180 227
ThursdayGame
Atlanta 23, New Orleans 13
SundaysGames
Seattle at Chicago, 10 a.m.
Minnesota at Green Bay, 10 a.m.
San Francisco at St. Louis, 10 a.m.
Carolina at Kansas City, 10 a.m.
Houston at Tennessee, 10 a.m.
Arizona at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m.
Indianapolis at Detroit, 10 a.m.
Jacksonville at Buffalo, 10 a.m.
New England at Miami, 10 a.m.
Tampa Bay at Denver, 1:05 p.m.
Cleveland at Oakland, 1:25 p.m.
Cincinnati at San Diego, 1:25 p.m.
NFL STANDINGS
Boys
Daniel Bereket Carlmont SR
Ryan Dimick Carlmont JR
Arthur Schulte Carlmont JR
Rory Beyer Aragon SR
Lucas Matison Carlmont JR
Grant Murphy Mills SR
Logan Marshall HMB JR
Tim Layten M-A SR
John Lovegren M-A SR
George Baier M-A SR
Zack Plante M-A JR
Atzin Cardiel Westmoor SR
Wyatt Cooper Aragon SR
Chris Jacobson HMB JR
Lincoln Treanor HMB SR
Girls
Kylie Goo Westmoor SR
Catherine Lowdon Burlingame SR
Chandra Anderson HMB SR
Taylor Fortnam M-A JR
Katherine Chinn Aragon JR
Annalisa Crowe M-A FR
Maddie Worden M-A FR
Madeleine Baier M-A FR
Katie Hall Terra Nova SO
Kylie Freeburg HMB JR
Gaia Bouchard-Hall Sequoia SR
Natalie Strohm HMB JR
Megan Guillermo Terra Nova SR
Allison Schwartz Carlmont SO
Katie Beebe M-A FR
ALL-PAL CROSS COUNTRY
Aman Sangha San Mateo FR
Lisa Sasaki San Mateo SO
Xin Fang M-A SR
Kelly Fang Aragon SO
Allie Economou Burlingame SO
Nichole Gedman Burlingame SR
Valerie Chen Aragon SO
Ashley Utz M-A SO
Alicia Avalo Burlingame SO
Carolyn Wong San Mateo JR
ALL-PAL GIRLS GOLF
NBA
NBA Suspended Boston G Rajon Rondo two
gamesandnedBrooklynFGeraldWallace$35,000
and Boston F Kevin Garnett $25,000 for their ac-
tions during Wednesdays game.
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS Waived F Luke Ha-
rangody. Signed F Kevin Jones.
DALLAS MAVERICKS Signed G Derek Fisher.
Waived F Troy Murphy.
OKLAHOMA CITYTHUNDER Assigned G Je-
remy Lamb to Tulsa (NBADL).
PHOENIX SUNS Assigned G Kendall Marshall
to Bakerseld (NBADL).
NFL
NFL Fined Dallas CB Mike Jenkins $7,875 for
pushing Washington WR Pierre Garcon to the
ground well after Garcon crossed the goal line on
a 59-yard touchdown last week. Reduced the
$21,000 ne of Houston DE Antonio Smith to
$11,000 for kicking Miami OL Richie Incognito dur-
ing the season opener.
ARIZONACARDINALSSigned C Scott Wedige.
CAROLINAPANTHERSSigned DT Frank Kearse
from the practice squad and CB Nick Hixson to the
practice squad.
CHICAGO BEARS Signed G Andre Gurode.
Signed WR Dale Moss and G Derek Dennis to the
practice squad.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS Placed DT DAn-
thony Smith on injured reserve.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS Claimed G Hayworth
Hicks off waivers from the N.Y. Jets. Released PK
Matt Szymanski from the practice squad. Signed
LB Quan Sturdivant to the practice squad.
TRANSACTIONS
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Warriors center Bogut
says still out indenitely
OAKLAND Center Andrew
Bogut insists he will no longer even
attempt to guess when he will return
to the court for the Golden State
Warriors, saying he is out inde-
nitely. That is
how he will
leave it until the
day he is run-
ning layup drills
to warm up for a
game.
Nope, no
more predic-
tions or expecta-
tions from him
or his team
of when he might play only to
have the timeline pushed back
because of further issues with his
surgically repaired left ankle.
The Australian center revealed to
the San Francisco Chronicle on
Tuesday that his April ankle proce-
dure was more extensive than the
team let on: It was actually
microfracture surgery. General
manager Bob Myers then acknowl-
edged the surgery Wednesday,
insisting the team didnt intend to
mislead anyone by describing the
procedure as one to clean out loose
particles and bone spurs.
Monte Kiffin resigns from
sons USC coaching staff
LOS ANGELES Southern
California assistant head coach
Monte Kifn has resigned from his
sons coaching staff after a miser-
able season for the Trojans defense.
Lane Kiffin announced
Wednesday night that his father will
leave USC to pursue an NFL return
after the Trojans bowl game next
month.
The 72-year-old Monte Kifn is
considered one of the most inuen-
tial defensive coaches in recent
football history, constructing the
Tampa-2 defense during his time
with the Buccaneers. He joined the
USC staff when Lane Kifn took
over the program three years ago.
But Monte Kifn received wither-
ing criticism for USCs defensive
performance this season. USC
yielded 178 points while losing four
of its nal ve games this season,
plummeting out of the Top 25 after
beginning the year at No. 1.
Earnhardt wins 10th
most popular driver award
LAS VEGAS Dale Earnhardt
Jr. tied Bill Elliotts record of 10
consecutive wins as NASCARs
most popular driver, and was just as
nervous accepting it Thursday as he
was when he
received his rst
honor.
Its real hard
to get up there
and express
your emotions
and express to
people how
much it means
to you,
Earnhardt said.
When you win it repeatedly, it gets
tougher to show people and tell peo-
ple how much it means to you
because each time you win it, it
means a little bit more. Words do an
injustice to spelling out what it real-
ly means to you.
Earnhardt won the award
Thursday at the Myers Brothers
Luncheon at The Encore at Wynn.
The award is presented annually by
the National Motorsports Press
Association, and Earnhardt has won
it every year since 2003.
Tagliabue holds Saints
bounties hearing in D.C.
WASHINGTON Former NFL
Commissioner Paul Tagliabue and
lawyers for the league and the play-
ers union have wrapped up a hear-
ing in the Saints bounties case.
Tagliabue is overseeing the latest
round of player appeals in
Washington.
Former Saints assistant Mike
Cerullo, a key witness in the NFLs
investigation, was scheduled to
speak Thursday. Former New
Orleans defensive coordinator
Gregg Williams is to participate in
Fridays session.
Two Saints players who were sus-
pended, linebacker Jonathan Vilma
and defensive end Will Smith, have
said they plan to attend when
Williams is there.
Vilmas lawyer attended
Thursdays day-long hearing at an
office building. Tagliabue and
lawyers who attended Thursday
declined comment when they left.
Sports briefs
Andrew Bogut
Dale
Earnhardt Jr.
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The team plays such a huge role in that.
Its denitely more of a team award than indi-
vidual. There are so many guys that played an
intricate part in it. We have such great cama-
raderie in the locker room that I think we are
all genuinely happy for it.
Wondolowskis 27 goals this season tied the
leagues all-time single-season record and
won him a second Golden Boot award. The
goals helped the striker set an MLS mark for
game-winning goals with 11. He also became
the only player in MLS history to score the
most regular season goals in three consecutive
seasons. His dominance throughout the sea-
son earned him four MLS Player of the Month
awards, a feat unmatched in league history.
It was a great feeling, Wondolowski said.
It just kind of snowballed with the con-
dence and when youre playing with con-
dence and have some ability, it denitely
makes you a better player. It denitely helped
me. Its kind of been a whirlwind though. I
havent had time to reect on the whole year
in general, so hopefully the next few weeks,
Ill be able to do that and get ready for the
next season coming up.
Wondolowski is the rst player in club his-
tory to win league MVP honors. In 2010, he
was a nalist along with L.A. Galaxy forward
Edson Buddle and eventual MVP David
Ferreira of FC Dallas. The only other players
in club history to be named a nalist for the
award were Jeff Agoos in 2003 and Dwayne
De Rosario in 2005. The Danville native led
the Earthquakes to their second Supporters
Shield in club history for most wins during the
regular season, just a year removed from n-
ishing 14th overall in MLS.
I feel that we had a great team, very offen-
sive oriented, Wondolowski said. And I
think that played a lot into my strengths, get-
ting wide and getting a lot of crosses. We had
guys stay healthy all year and guys stepping
up. Its just one of those things where every-
thing came together at the right time.
Since entering MLS in 2005, Wondolowski
has recorded a total of 68 league goals, 64 of
which came after moving from Houston to
San Jose in the middle of the 2009 season. He
ranks 20th all-time in MLS goal scoring, two
behind Cobi Jones.
I dont set a lot of individual goals,
Wondolowski said. I always try to set the
goals on wins. We did a great job in the regu-
lar season but we came up a little short when
it counted. So I think we can learn from that.
I came into this year pretty condent of the
acquisitions that we made. I thought the team
was going to be better so I was very excited.
The award was voted on by media mem-
bers, MLS players and MLS club manage-
ment based on regular-season performance.
Members of the press awarded Wondolowski
nearly 97 percent of the vote while 91 percent
of the club vote went his way. Of the players
who voted, nearly 71 percent chose
Wondolowski. The San Jose striker beat out
Graham Zusi of Sporting Kansas City and for-
mer French National Team striker and current
New York Red Bull Thierry Henry.
Im not sure that its important,
Wondolowski said about being a homegrown
talent and picking up the MVP as opposed to
an MLS foreign import. I just hope that it
inuenced one or two and I think the job is
complete. Not just necessarily as a home
grown [player] I just hope the message gets
out that, dont give up on your goals and your
dreams. If you believe it, you accomplish it if
youre willing to put the work in and the time.
Thats the more important message.
The postseason award for Wondolowski
comes on the heels of an MLS Coach of the
Year award for his head coach Frank Yallop.
So deserved, Wondolowski said. Hes a
great coach and I love playing for him. Hes
helped make me the player and the person that
I am today. Could not be more thankful and I
think he denitely deserved to be the Coach of
the Year.
Continued from page 11
MVP
I dont set a lot of individual goals.I always try to set the goals on
wins.We did a great job in the regular season but we came up a little
short when it counted. So I think we can learn from that.
Chris Wondolowski, MLS Most Valuable Player
Well, we have 11 other games. So we kind of
know what theyre about, just like they know
what were about. But did they show everything
that they could against us? Maybe. Maybe not.
Thats the mind game.
Call last week a dress rehearsal, although even
that may be in question. Stanford will wear its
black uniforms, helmets and shoes for only the
fourth time. UCLA is expected to swap out those
dark blue L.A. Night jerseys for its traditional
white tops, gold pants and gold helmets on the
road.
With the league title at stake, what else the
eighth-ranked Cardinal (10-2, 8-1) and the No.
17 Bruins (9-3, 6-3) bring out of the closet for the
sequel at Stanford Stadium might not be so obvi-
ous. They will be the rst opponents in major
college football matched against each other for a
regular-season nale and conference title game
in consecutive weeks.
After the opener at the Rose Bowl, booking a
return trip to Pasadena for The Granddaddy of
Them All on Jan. 1 could be tricky. Both staffs
lost a day of game planning and practice, and the
preparation has everybody involved contemplat-
ing how to approach Part II.
I cannot recall ever being in this situation
before, UCLA coach Jim Mora said. I dont
know that it benets either team, or is hard on
any team. It just comes down to going out on
Friday night and executing. Any familiarity we
have with them, theyll have with us.
Stanfords video staff usually compiles high-
lights of about four games from when its oppo-
nent faced a team that mirrored what the Cardinal
does, including last seasons meeting if the oppo-
nent has the same coaching staff or style. In this
case, last weeks game stands for last seasons
game. Then producers send the videos and ana-
lytical reports to coaches and players through an
application on their iPad playbooks.
Our challenge is to make sure that we dont
outsmart ourselves, said Stanford coach David
Shaw, who won his second straight Pac-12
Coach of the Year award this week. But at the
same time, that we are as diverse as we can be, to
make sure that the things that we did positively,
we got to know that UCLA is going to come
back and have answers for it. The things that they
did positively, we got to make sure that we x
those things that hurt us.
The Cardinal controlled the rst matchup in
familiar, physical fashion.
Stepfan Taylor rushed for 142 yards and two
touchdowns and is now 35 yards shy of Darrin
Nelsons school rushing record of 4,169 yards
(note: Stanford had previously said Nelson n-
ished with 4,033 yards, however, in recent years
the school started including bowl game statistics
and did not originally add Nelsons postseason
totals to its record books).
Kevin Hogan beat his third ranked opponent in
his third straight start since replacing Josh Nunes,
passing for 160 yards and another score to help
Stanford run away with its fourth victory in a row
over the Bruins.
UCLAs Brett Hundley completed 20 of 38
passes for 261 yards and a TD with one intercep-
tion while getting sacked seven times. Stanford,
which leads the nation in rushing defense (71.3
yards), sacks (4.4) and tackles for loss (9.2) per
game, held Johnathan Franklin the Bruins
career rushing leader to 73 yards on the
ground.
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WORLD 17
By Aron Heller and Dan Perry
JERUSALEM The black-and-white
photos show masses of people yearning
for independence, celebrating a vote rec-
ognizing a state in Palestine. It was a day
that generations of pupils would be taught
to remember with reverence: Nov. 29.
The jubilant revelers were Jews, the
year was 1947, and the vote was held in
the United Nations General Assembly.
The Palestinians rejected the partition
plan, which called for Jewish and Arab
states to be established after the imminent
expiration of the British rule over
Palestine. The outraged Arabs soon start-
ed a war they eventually lost.
Sixty-ve years later to the day, the
tables are somewhat reversed:
Palestinians have turned to the General
Assembly for a second chance and it is
the Israelis who have dismissed the vote,
which resoundingly upgraded the
Palestinians U.N. status, as a symbolic
trie.
The irony of the date was not lost on
the Israelis.
We are the best teachers of the
Palestinian people in their struggle for
independence, wrote Eitan Haber, a vet-
eran columnist for the Yediot Ahronot
daily. They have studied carefully the
history of the Zionist movement.
While its true that Thursdays vote
wont immediately create a state of
Palestine, it will give the Palestinians a
boost, elevating their status from U.N.
observer to nonmember observer state
like that of the Vatican. The resolution
upgrading the Palestinians status was
approved by a vote of 138-9, with 41
abstentions, in the 193-member world
body.
Anton Salman, a resident of the
Palestinian city of Bethlehem in the West
Bank, said he hoped international recog-
nition will mark the beginning of a new
period that will begin to build a real state
and to recognize our identity as a people
with a state and land.
After 65 years, Palestinians celebrate a U.N. vote
Internet service goes out across Syria
BEIRUT Internet service went down Thursday across
Syria and international ights were canceled at the Damascus
airport when a road near the facility was closed by heavy ght-
ing in the countrys civil war.
Activists said President Bashar Assads regime pulled the
plug on the Internet, perhaps in preparation for a major offen-
sive. Cellphone service also went out in Damascus and parts of
central Syria, they said. The government blamed rebel ghters
for the outages.
With pressure building against the regime on several fronts
and government forces on their heels in the battle for the north-
ern commercial hub of Aleppo, rebels have recently begun
pushing back into Damascus after largely being driven out of
the capital following a July offensive. One Damascus resident
reported seeing rebel forces near a suburb of the city previous-
ly deemed to be safe from ghting.
The Internet outage, conrmed by two U.S.-based companies
that monitor online connectivity, is unprecedented in Syrias
20-month-old uprising against Assad, which activists say has
killed more than 40,000 people.
Regime forces suffered a string of tactical defeats in recent
weeks, losing air bases and other strategic facilities. The gov-
ernment may be trying to blunt additional rebel offensives by
hampering communications.
U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland con-
demned what she called the regimes assault on Syrians abil-
ity to communicate with each other and express themselves.
Around the world
By Hamza Hendawi
and Maggie Michael
CAIRO Islamists approved a draft
constitution for Egypt early Friday
without the participation of liberal and
Christian members, seeking to pre-empt
a court ruling that could dissolve their
panel with a rushed, marathon vote that
further inames the clash between the
opposition and President Mohammed
Morsi.
The move advanced a charter with an
Islamist bent that rights experts say
could give Muslim clerics oversight
over legislation and bring restrictions on
freedom of speech, womens rights and
other liberties.
The draft must now be put to a
nationwide referendum within 30 days.
Morsi said Thursday it will be held
soon.
The Islamist-dominated assembly that
has been working on the constitution for
months raced to pass it, voting article by
article on the drafts more than 230 arti-
cles for more than 16 hours. The lack of
inclusion was on display in the national-
ly televised gathering: Of the 85 mem-
bers in attendance, there was not a sin-
gle Christian and only four women, all
Islamists. Many of the men wore beards,
the hallmark of Muslim conservatives.
For weeks, liberal, secular and
Christian members, already a minority
on the 100-member panel, have been
withdrawing to protest what they call
the Islamists hijacking of the process.
This constitution represents the
diversity of the Egyptian people. All
Egyptians, male and female, will nd
themselves in this constitution, Essam
el-Erian, a representative of the Muslim
Brotherhood, declared to the assembly
after the last articles were passed just
after sunrise Friday.
We will implement the work of this
constitution to hold in high esteem
Gods law, which was only ink on paper
before, and to protect freedoms that
were not previously respected, he said.
The sudden rush to nish came as the
latest twist in a week-long crisis pitting
Brotherhood veteran Morsi and his
Islamist supporters against a mostly sec-
ular and liberal opposition and the pow-
erful judiciary. Voting had not been
expected for another two months. But
the assembly abruptly moved it up in
order to pass the draft before Egypts
Supreme Constitutional Court rules on
Sunday on whether to dissolve the
panel.
Egypt Islamists hurriedly
approve new constitution
REUTERS
Members of Egypts constituent assembly discuss during the last voting session on
a new draft constitution at the Shoura Assembly in Cairo, Egypt.
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The RAV4 was the first crossover
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Writer-director Andrew Dominiks Killing
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crime novel Cogans Trade by George V.
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a mob-protected card game. Scoot McNairy
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and punish the perpetrators. This is one of those
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thought that his rareed place in movies is eet-
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Louise. While nothing has diminished his status
as one of the few genuine movie stars on the plan-
et, Pitt says hes now working as if an expiration
date lurks.
Im denitely past halfway, says Pitt. I think
Nearing 50, a heightened
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By Susan Cohn
DAILY JOURNAL
SENIOR CORRESPONDENT
ROYAL TREASURES FROM THE
LOUVRE: LOUIS XIV TO MARIE-
ANTOINETTE. As Louis XIV was
building his palace at Versailles, he
called on his court workshops at the
Gobelins manufactory to furnish his
new building. At its height, as many as
800 artisans produced mosaic tabletops
of semiprecious stones, sumptuous wool
and silk tapestries, carpets, silver furni-
ture and other luxury goods representing
Frances nest workmanship. A sam-
pling of these spectacular pieces are
now on exhibit at the Fine Arts
Museums of San Franciscos Legion of
Honor as part of Royal Treasures from
the Louvre: Louis XIV to Marie-
Antoinette.
Among the creations are vases of
amethyst, agate, amber, jade and rock
the Gemmes da la Couronne Louis
XIVs personal collection of hard-stone
vases and one of the greatest treasures of
the Muse du Louvre, Paris. Martin
Chapman, Curator in Charge of
European Decorative Arts at the Fine
Arts Museums, said, These vases were
the height of princely collecting.
Theyre very precious and very fragile
and theyve only been loaned once
before, to the Kremlin in 2004.
By the time of the next monarch,
Louis XV, the making of porcelain had
become an important symbol of a coun-
trys prestige, and the manufactory at
Svres, which still produces porcelain
today, was acquired by the king in the
late 1750s. Chapman said, While the
Seven Years War was raging across
Europe, Svres emerged the victor in
European porcelain manufacturing.
The factory was to dominate the produc-
tion of porcelain in Europe in terms of
its innovative designs and sumptuous
schemes of decoration enhanced with
gilding.
By the late 18th century, Paris was
acknowledged as the cultural capital of
the world, and royalty and the aristocra-
cy developed an unprecedented taste for
luxury and comfort. Chapman noted,
They lived in smaller rooms and the
objects produced for them were nely
and intensely decorated because they
were so close to the viewer. Rather than
living in public in grand staterooms, the
king embraced a more private, less for-
mal mode of entertaining, often without
servants. Many of these objects were
designed to be used by the owners them-
selves, such as the magnicent solid
gold coffee grinder made for Madame
de Pompadour, the famous mistress to
Louis XV. Louis XVI continued to sup-
port both the Svres porcelain factory
and the Gobelins manufactory (which
by this time produced tapestries exclu-
sively) after his coronation in 1775. His
queen, Marie-Antoinette, commissioned
elaborate furniture and decorative
objects for her tiny private apartments at
Versailles, and also revived the princely
tradition of collecting hard-stone vases.
Guided by Enlightenment ideals, the
king put parts of the royal collection on
view to the public and also acquired the
most important hard-stone vases and
furniture of the day for the foundation of
a new museum in the Louvre.
Unfortunately, events overtook him
before this project could be realized.
Economic hardship, caused by years of
bad harvests, foreign interventions and
resistance to reform, fomented unrest in
France, and public opinion began to turn
against the king and the royal family.
This unrest eventually led to revolution
and Louis XVI was executed in January
of 1793. Just eight months later, the
Louvre, now designated as a collection
for the people of France, opened to the
public.
The objects on display in Royal
Treasures from the Louvre: Louis XIV
to Marie-Antoinette arose during an era
when the power and prestige of Frances
monarchs was directed toward the cre-
ation of the nest and most elaborate
examples of the decorative arts and
reect not only the monarchs personal
tastes, but also represent France at an
aesthetic zenith. Chapman said, The
Louvres Department des Objets dArt
was originally founded during the
French Revolution with objects from the
former royal collections. It has, howev-
er, worked strenuously ever since to nd
many of the treasures of France that
were lost. We are fortunate today to be
able to see some of these magnicent
royal objects that have been recovered in
this exhibition.
The Legion of Honor Museum is
located in Lincoln Park, 34th Avenue
and Clement Street, San Francisco.
Museum hours are Tuesday to Sunday,
9:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.; closed on
Monday. For more information visit
www.legionofhonor.org or call (415)
750-3600. Royal Treasures from the
Louvre: Louis XIV to Marie-Antoinette
is on view through March 17, 2013.
Susan Cohn can be reached at
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Members of the press surround Martin Chapman (center), Curator in Charge of
European Decorative Arts at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, and Marc
Bascou (center right), Director of the Dpartement des Objets dArt at the Muse
du Louvre, as they discuss a 17th century marble and pietre dure (hardstones)
tabletop. Chapman and Bascou conducted the Nov. 15 media preview for Royal
Treasures from the Louvre: Louis XIV to Marie-Antoinette. The exhibit runs at the
Legion of Honor Museum through March 2013.
In big elf ears and wizard
hats,Hobbit fans rejoice
By Nick Perry
WELLINGTON, New Zealand Wearing elf ears and
wizard hats, sitting atop their dads shoulders or peering
from balconies, tens of thousands of New Zealanders
watched their favorite Hobbit actors walk the red carpet at
the film trilogys hometown premiere.
An Air New Zealand plane freshly painted with Hobbit
characters flew low over Wellingtons Embassy Theatre,
eliciting roars of approval from the crowd.
Sam Rashidmardani, 12, said he came to see Gollum actor
Andy Serkis walk the red carpet and he wasnt disap-
pointed.
It was amazing, Rashidmardani said of the evening,
adding his Gollum impression: My precious.
British actor Martin Freeman, who brings comedic timing
to the lead role of Bilbo Baggins, said he thought director
Peter Jackson had done a fantastic job on The Hobbit: An
Unexpected Journey.
Hes done it again, Freeman said in an interview on the
red carpet Wednesday. If its possible, its probably even
better than The Lord of the Rings. I think hes surpassed
it.
While it is unusual for a city so far from Hollywood to
host the premiere of a hoped-for blockbuster, Jacksons
filming of his lauded LOTR trilogy and now The Hobbit
in New Zealand has helped create a film industry here. The
film will open in theaters around the world next month.
One of the talking points of the film is the choice by
Jackson to shoot it using 48 frames per second instead of the
traditional 24 in hopes of improving the picture quality.
Some say the images come out too clear and look so real-
istic that they take away from the magic of the film medium.
Jackson likens it to advancing from vinyl records to CDs.
I really think 48 frames is pretty terrific and Im looking
forward to seeing the reaction, Jackson said on the red car-
pet. Its been talked about for so long, but finally the film
is being released and people can decide for themselves.
Jackson said it was strange working on the project so inti-
mately for two years and then having it suddenly taken away
as the world got to see the movie.
It spins your head a little bit, he said.
Aidan Turner, who plays the dwarf Kili in the movie, said
his character is reckless and thinks hes charming.
I dont get to play real people it seems, I only get to play
supernatural ones, he said. So playing a dwarf didnt seem
that weird, actually.
Perhaps the most well-known celebrities to walk the car-
pet were Cate Blanchett and Elijah Wood, who reprise their
roles in the LOTR in the Hobbit.
Mostly I came here to see everyone. I like them all, said
fan Aysu Shahin, 16, adding that Wood was her favorite. She
said she wanted to see the movie as soon as possible. Im
excited for it.
At a news conference earlier in the day, Jackson said many
younger people are happy to watch movies on their iPads.
We just have to make the cinema-going experience more
magical and more spectacular to get people coming back to
the movies again, he said.
Jackson said only about 1,000 of the 25,000 theaters that
will show the film worldwide are equipped to show 48
frames, so most people will see it in the more traditional for-
mat. The movie has also been shot in 3-D.
A handful of animal rights protesters held signs at the pre-
miere.
The protest by the group People for the Ethical Treatment
of Animals comes after several animal wranglers said three
horses and up to two dozen other animals had died during
the making of the movies because they were housed at an
unsafe farm.
Jacksons spokesman earlier acknowledged two horses
had died preventable deaths at the farms but said the pro-
duction company worked quickly to improve stables and
other facilities and that claims of mistreatment were
unfounded.
No mistreatment, no abuse. Absolutely none, Jackson
said at the news conference.
REUTERS
Fans crowd along the red carpet of the world premiere of
'The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey' in Wellington, New
Zealand.
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about it very much as a father. You just want
to be around to see (your children) do every-
thing. If I have so many days left, how am I
lling those days? Ive been agonizing over
that one a bit like I never have before.
But that sense of urgency has helped fuel
some of Pitts best, most daring work, includ-
ing his new lm, Killing Them Softly. Its
his second with Andrew Dominik, the New
Zealand-born director of The Assassination
of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.
In the adaption of George V. Higgins 1974
crime novel, Cogans Trade, Pitt plays a hit
man operating in a shabby underworld of
image-conscious gangsters.
Its almost surprising how few blockbusters
Pitt has starred in over the last decade.
Instead, hes gravitated toward working with
revered directors like Terrence Malick (Tree
of Life) and the Coen brothers, and shaping
his opportunities by producing them. His pro-
duction company, Plan B, produced both
Jesse James and Killing Them Softly, as
well as many of his lms in between.
More often than not, hes sought to down-
play his glamour, a track begun with David
Finchers Fight Club and extended with
ruminations on celebrity (Dominiks Jesse
James) and more character actor roles than
most leading men would dare (his ditzy per-
sonal trainer in the Coens Burn After
Reading, his Nazi-killing lieutenant in
Quentin Tarantinos Inglourious Basterds).
Killing Them Softly, too, is an ensemble,
with James Gandolni, Richard Jenkins, Ray
Liotta, Scoot McNairy and Ben Mendelsohn.
Even in last years performance as Oakland
As general manager Billy Beane in
Moneyball (for which he landed his third
Oscar nomination), Pitt deliberately played it
low-key.
Life is more interesting, says the
Missouri-bred Pitt. I enjoy the fantasy; I
enjoy when everyone wins. I just dont con-
tribute to that idea very well, for better or
worse. Theres something subversive in my
Christian upbringing or something, my mid-
America upbringing. That irreverent urge that
makes you want to yell or fart during the
Benediction in church. I just cant help it.
And yet, Pitt has simultaneously carried the
movie star mantle with seeming ease. Though
his relationship with Angelina Jolie, with
whom he has six children, has made him a
constant tabloid target, hes relaxed and
unguarded in conversation. He says his
celebrity hasnt bugged me since the 90s,
but he acknowledges that he occasionally
trades on it: I mean, I play some smart ball,
he says.
The difficulty with Brad was always:
What can you cast a movie star in? says
Dominik. You have to deal with it. You have
to cast him as someone extraordinary, which
I guess he is. Hes the cool guy in the movie.
Certainly a very un-Fight Club thing to
do was the recent Chanel ad campaign Pitt
stars in, where he smolders in black-and-
white and says things like Its not a journey
into the camera. The spots were mocked on
Saturday Night Live, to which Pitt says
cheerfully: Fair play, fair play. After a
reporter admits not knowing much about fra-
grances, he laughs: Apparently, neither do
I.
So why do it?
Never done it before, says Pitt. Respect
the company. Im getting old. Last time Ill
probably be able to do something like that.
Its a line of reasoning that seems pervasive
in Pitts choices right now, including his cur-
rent project: World War Z. Its a zombie
action lm reportedly budgeted at $180 mil-
lion that could give Pitt what his resume is
missing: a franchise.
Im not a franchise guy, he says. They
told me I should be focusing on that, as Im
getting older and cresting the precipice and
heading down the other side: You should
really bank one of those. Im just not good at
it.
Its also a far bigger scale production for
Pitt and Plan B, and things havent gone
smoothly. The ending is being reshot typi-
cally a bad sign for a movie and Pitt calls
the lm a total learning experience for me.
When the film finally wraps, he says,
Believe me, Ill be celebrating.
Dede Gardner, Pitts producing partner,
says getting older has only made Pitt more
patient.
Hes extremely careful, says Gardner. I
suppose thats one thing that happens if you
age with consciousness, to be vigilant.
Their other coming productions are small-
er, more director-driven. Plan B is producing
the next lm by Steve McQueen (Shame),
12 Years a Slave, and is slated to again pro-
duce a lm by Dominik: his planned Marilyn
Monroe biopic Blonde.
Though Jesse James made a scant $4 mil-
lion at the box ofce, Pitt has stuck with the
director.
Somewhere in the late 90s, it became
clear to me that there were many leading men
roles that you could plug anyone of us into
and virtually get the same thing, says Pitt.
Because theres such an investment of time
and thought, I wanted to nd stories that were
more personal to me and that I believed I
could add something that was unique.
Killing Them Softly, is certainly that, a
lm that probably wouldnt exist if not for
Pitt. Its an unusual mix of genre gangsters
and guns and politics. Set in 2008, the s-
cal crisis looms large, with speeches by Bush
and Obama inserted as an obvious metaphor.
Pitts character declares: America isnt a
country. Its a business.
Between balletic slow-motion violence,
Dominik stages Higgins dialogue in long
scenes that give the actors theater-like room.
Gandolni had twice previously worked
with Pitt. We were both at the beginning of
our careers, says Gandolni. Hes the same
guy. Hes a good guy, a regular guy.
And right now, despite any concerns about
cresting the precipice, Pitt exudes content-
ment. His condence as an actor is high, he
says, attributing his ability to craftsman-
ship.
In his personal life, he and Jolie are plan-
ning to marry, after once saying they would-
nt until gay marriage was legal.
Its an exciting prospect, even though for
us, weve gone further than that, says Pitt.
But to concretize it in that way. It actually
means more to me than I thought it would. It
means a lot to our kids.
As he approaches 50, Pitts career longevi-
ty even surprises him.
Its amazing Ive stuck with this this long
because Im not usually like that. I hit the
road, says Pitt. Exploring within it has been
the thing thats kept me in it.
PITT
beautifully he manages to be both a serious
actor and a superstar; the slicked-back hair,
aviator sunglasses and gold chains are a
showy shorthand to signify hes a dangerous
guy, but the consistently surprising choices
he makes with the rat-a-tat dialogue reveal
his characters intelligence.
Jackie brings in an old colleague, veteran
hit man Mickey (James Gandolfini), to take
out the robbers and send a message to the
rest of the criminal world. The scenes these
two actors share are by far the films best,
including one in which they sit at a bar and
quietly catch up on everything from work to
marriage to alcoholism; theyre so different
in tone from everything else, they feel like
theyre part of an entirely separate movie.
Gandolfinis character is the only one who
feels like a complete and complicated per-
son: brazen and abusive but also sentimental
and deeply insecure.
At the other end of the aesthetic spectrum
is the artfully graphic pummeling some of
these characters take, particularly Ray Liotta
as the guy who runs the card game in ques-
tion (and once got caught trying to rob it
himself). The hard thwack of a fist against a
jaw matches the pummel of rain and the
splatter of blood. Bullets fire from a handgun
in super-slow motion, piercing the raindrops,
then a car window, then someones skull. Its
all very painstaking and cool-looking (the
work of the gifted cinematographer Greig
Fraser) but it also feels like part of a preva-
lent cynicism, given the films heavy-handed
message.
Americas not a country, its just a busi-
ness, Jackie declares in the films final
monologue, a message Killing Them
Softly already had hammered pretty hard
during the previous hour and a half.
Killing Them Softly, a Weinstein Co.
release, is rated R for violence, sexual refer-
ences, pervasive language and some drug
use. Running time: 97 minutes. Two stars out
of four.
KILLING
Im not a franchise guy. ... They told me I
should be focusing on that, as Im getting older and
cresting the precipice and heading down the other side:
You should really bank one of those. Im just not good at it.
Brad Pitt
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FRIDAY, NOV. 30
Natasha Tretheway, U.S. Poet
Laureate 2012 and Pulitzer Prixe
Winner 2007. 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Skyline College, Building 6, Room
6202, 3300 College Drive, San Bruno.
Free. For more information call 738-
4346.
Broadway Cheer. 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Broadway, Burlingame. Come share
the holidays on Broadway and enjoy
local holiday music. Free, but
donations of toys for the Holiday Toy
Drive, sponsored by the Central
County Fire Department, are
appreciated. For more information
call 343-8758.
Opening Reception and Ceramics
Sale. 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. San Mateo
Ceramics Studio, 50 E. Fifth Ave., San
Mateo. The studios are located
between the tennis courts and
baseball field. Students of the San
Mateo Ceramics program will have
hand-crafted pottery and ceramic
sculptures on sale. Admission is free.
For more information call 522-7440.
Die Fledermaus. Taube Center,
Notre Dame de Namur University,
1500 Ralston Ave., Belmont. 7:30 p.m.
The Department of Music and Vocal
Arts at Notre Dame de Namur
University presents Johann Strauss
operetta Die Fledermaus. Performed
in English and presented in
collaboration with the Castro Valley
Arts Foundation Opera Academy of
California. General admission $25,
students and seniors $15.To purchase
tickets visit
www.BrownPaperTickets.com or call
(800) 838-3006.
Dragon Productions Presents:
March. 8 p.m. Dragon Theatre, 535
Alma St., Palo Alto. $25 general, $20
seniors, $16 student. To purchase
tickets visit
www.dragonproductions.net. For
more information call 493-2006.
Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat. 8 p.m.
Hillbarn Theatre, 1285 E. Hillsdale
Blvd., Foster City. The show will run
Thursdays through Saturdays at 8
p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. $34 for
adults and seniors. For more
information and for tickets call 349-
6411 or visit hillbarntheatre.org.
SATURDAY, DEC. 1
CSM Student Art Exhibition. All day.
CSM College Center Building 10,
Bayview Dining Room, 1700 W.
Hillsdale Blvd., San Mateo. The rst 2-
D Art exhibit in College Center
Building 10 presenting paintings,
drawings, mixed media, digital art
and mosaics by art students in CSM
art classes. For more information call
574-6291.
Breakfast with Santa. 8 a.m.
California Pizza Kitchen, Hillsdale
Shopping Center, 60 31st Ave., San
Mateo. There will be an assortment
of breakfast pizzas, fruit, coffee, juice,
tea, as well as a meet and greet with
Santa including crafts and photos.
Proceeds benefit The Beat Rolls On
For MS charity. $9. For more
information and for tickets visit
brownpapertickets.com/event/27910
3.
Pancake Breakfast with Santa. 9
a.m. to 11 a.m. Fire Station 21, 120 S.
Ellsworth St., San Mateo. Hosted by
San Mateo Firefighters Association.
Barrels for new toy donations
available. For more information visit
www.smffa.net.
E-Waste Drive. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Sequoia High School, 1201 Brewster
Ave., Redwood City. Free. Green
Citizen is hosting this E-Waste drive
at Sequoias Brewster Avenue parking
lot. Drop off any worn-out electronic
devices so that they can be recycled
responsibly. For more information call
921-0641.
Holiday Traditions From Around
the World. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. San
Mateo County History Museum, 2200
Broadway, Redwood City. The event
will feature childrens ornament
making and a performance by S.F.
State Universitys Handbell Choir.
There will also be photos with Santa
Claus. Free. For more information call
299-0104 or visit historysmc.org.
Holiday Book Sale. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Belmont Library, 1110 Alameda de las
Pulgas, Belmont. There will also be
music, tapes and DVDs for sale. Free
to browse. Select paperbacks are 10
books for $1. For more information
call 593-5650.
Toys for Tots Drive. 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Toy Drive Outpost, LEGO, Hillsdale
Shopping Center, 60 31st Ave., San
Mateo. Organized by the San Mateo
Firefighters and the Hillsdale
Shopping Center. New toy donations
will be accepted and distributed to
children in need in the community.
The drive will continue through Dec.
23 during mall hours. For more
information call 345-8222 or visit
hillsdale.com.
The Gift of Music. 11 a.m. Menlo Park
City Council Chambers, 701 Laurel St.,
Menlo Park. Seasonal music will be
performed by The Menlo Park Chorus.
Free. For more information call 330-
2512.
Toys for Tots Program beginning.
Noon. Hillsdale mall, 60 S. El Camino
Real, San Mateo. Program until Dec.
31. Come bring toys and donations
for needy families.
Lecture: Curator of the Rubin
Museum in New York Christian
Luczanits, Mustang, the Gateway
to Tibet. 1 p.m. Annenberg
Auditorium, Cummings Art Building,
Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall,
Stanford. Free. For more information
visit arts.stanford.edu.
Tracy Parker Holiday Jazz Concert.
1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Belmont Library, 1110
Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont. Free.
Tracy Parker is a singer and musician
whose vocal style and sense of
humor make her an addicting and
satisfying performer.
Portola Art Gallery Reception:
Small Works and Treasures. 1 p.m.
to 4 p.m. Allied Arts Guild, 75 Arbor
Road, Menlo Park. The group
exhibition features smaller works for
the holiday gift giving season. The
exhibit will continue Mondays
through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. until Dec. 31. Free admission. For
more information visit
portolaartgallery.com.
Common Brights presents An
Afternoon of Improv. 1 p.m. to 4
p.m. Laurel Room, San Mateo Main
Library, 55 W. Third Ave., San Mateo.
True Medusa, an all female improv
ensemble will perform a family-
oriented improvisation. Hru Hall will
also perform an acoustic blues set.
Suggested donation is $5 to $20 at
the door. For more information call
(510) 388-4933.
PacicArt League Paint Out Event.
1 p.m. to 5 p.m. pacic Art League, 668
Ramona St., Palo Alto. Come celebrate
Pacific Art Leagues renovation and
expansion by using the interior walls
as your canvas. Free. Paint and
supplies will be provided. For more
information or to reserve wall space
call 321-3891.
Ceramics Show and Sale. 6 p.m. to
9:30 p.m. San Mateo Ceramics Studio,
50 E. Fifth Ave., San Mateo.The studios
are located between the tennis
courts and baseball eld. Students of
the San Mateo Ceramics program will
have hand-crafted pottery and
ceramic sculptures on sale. Admission
is free. For more information call 522-
7440.
Big Fish Wines Big Kids Night
Out. 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sparkys Hot
Rod Garage, 975 Industrial Road, Suite
A, San Carlos. Come enjoy wines, a
gourmet diner menu of bites and
adult milkshakes. Includes karaoke,
a photo booth, pinball machines and
table shuffleboard. To purchase
tickets visit
bigfishwines.eventbrite.com. For
more information call 415-994-1922.
Die Fledermaus and Special Gala
Fundraiser. Taube Center, Notre
Dame de Namur University, 1500
Ralston Ave., Belmont. 7 p.m. The
Department of Music and Vocal Arts
at Notre Dame de Namur University
presents Johann Strauss operetta Die
Fledermaus. Performed in English
and presented in collaboration with
the Castro Valley Arts Foundation
Opera Academy of California. General
admission $25, students and seniors
$15. To purchase tickets visit
www.BrownPaperTickets.com or call
(800) 838-3006.
Dragon Productions Presents:
March. 8 p.m. Dragon Theatre, 535
Alma St., Palo Alto. $25 general, $20
seniors, $16 student. To purchase
tickets visit
www.dragonproductions.net. For
more information call 493-2006.
Stanford Chamber Chorale: Fall
Concert. 8 p.m. Stanford Memorial
Church, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford.
Prices range from $5 to $10. For more
information visit arts.stanford.edu.
Roberto Morales and the CCRMA
Ensemble. 8 p.m. Dinkelspiel
Auditorium, Stanford University, 450
Serra Mall, Stanford. Free. For more
information call 723-3811 or visit
arts.stanford.edu.
SUNDAY, DEC. 2
Third Annual Childrens Holiday
Tea: Elisa Kleven, author of The
Friendship Wish. 10 a.m. Burlingame
Main Library, 480 Primrose Road,
Burlingame. Free. For more
information call 558-7400.
Moldaw Residents Arts and Crafts
Show. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oshman
Family JCC, Room G103, 3921 Fabian
Way, Palo Alto. Twenty residents will
share their handmade ceramics,
paintings and more. Artwork will be
available for purchase. Free
admission. For more information call
(800) 873-9614.
Calendar
For more events visit
smdailyjournal.com, click Calendar.
the community, Bruce said.
The Burlingame Carolers and
Burlingame Choir will also be roaming
the streets. Those who attend Broadway
Cheer are encouraged to bring a toy or
purchase a toy from a Broadway mer-
chant to donate to the Central County
Fire Department holiday toy drive.
San Mateo was scheduled to have its
downtown tree lighting ceremony this
evening but it was canceled due to rain.
However, the pancake breakfast with
Santa from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday at
Fire Station 21, 120 S. Ellsworth St. will
still be held.
Many activities are taking place
Saturday.
Hometown Holidays will be held in
downtown Redwood City from 10 a.m.
to 6 p.m. The free family celebration
includes a snow play area, ice sculpting
demonstrations, entertainment, the tradi-
tional childrens holiday parade, the tree
lighting and a visit from Old Saint Nick.
From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., toy donations
will be collected at the Serramonte
Center in Daly City as part of the Stuff
the Bus with Toys event. Donations will
benet the San Mateo County Childrens
Fund. Santa will be on hand for the
event.
After a two-year hiatus, the holiday
train is making its return to the Peninsula
this weekend.
Decorated with 60,000 glittering
lights, the show train will visit 10
Caltrain stations between San Francisco
and Santa Clara Saturday and Sunday.
Stops will include entertainment and a
toy collection for children in need. On
Saturday, the train will stop at 5:15 p.m.
in Burlingame and 6:15 p.m. in
Redwood City. On Sunday, the train will
stop at 5:15 p.m. in Millbrae, 6:20 p.m.
in San Mateo and 7:45 p.m. in Menlo
Park. Each stop is estimated to last 20
minutes.
After checking out the train, consider
taking your pets to meet the jolly man in
red.
Santa Claus is visiting the Peninsula
Humane Society and SPCAs new adop-
tion center from noon to 4 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 1, 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 3 and noon to 4 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 8. Santa will be situated
just inside PHS/SPCAs main entrance at
1450 Rollins Road in Burlingame. All
guests must bring their own camera and
will be responsible for taking their pets
photo. If they want to join their pet on
Santas lap, volunteers can offer help.
Theres a $10 fee per sitting to benet
PHS/SPCA homeless animals.
PHS/SPCA spokesman Scott Delucchi
said all pets are welcome. In recent
years, Santa has posed with dogs, cats,
lizards, guinea pigs and even one snake.
Multiple pets may pose in one photo
as long as their owner can control them.
Dogs must arrive and remain on leash.
Owners should bring cats in carriers.
Crews were hard at work getting the
decorations up at Millbrae City Hall
Thursday. That work will pay off on
Saturday when the city holds its 21st
annual tree lighting celebration.
Festivities start at 5 p.m. in front of City
Hall, 621 Magnolia Ave. There will be
hot chocolate, coffee, cookies and candy
canes served after the tree lighting.
Participants are asked to consider bring-
ing a new, unwrapped toy for the
Millbrae Fire Departments Toy Drive or
a clean, gently used coat or jacket for the
One Warm Coat project.
Rain or shine, Santa will be visiting
South San Francisco City Hall from 11
a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Those who want
a picture with Santa can stop by 400
Grand Ave.
If this week doesnt look good, con-
sider celebrating the start of the season
at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6 in San
Bruno at the Veterans Memorial
Recreation Center in San Bruno City
Park, 251 City Park Way. There will be
arts and crafts, cookies, hot chocolate
and of course! Santa.
Or, San Carlos is having a night of
holiday fun on Friday, Dec. 7 at 5 p.m.
The event features festive lights with a
snowfall forecast, music and carolers,
childrens crafts, train rides and many
other activities.
Heather Murtagh can be reached by email:
heather@smdailyjournal.com or by phone:
(650) 344-5200 ext. 105.
EVENTS
Santa Claus is visiting the Peninsula Humane Society and SPCAs new adoption
center from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 3 and
noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2012
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Success is
possible in a joint endeavor if you and the other
party lean on each other for support. Its a case
where neither one is able to successfully handle
things alone, but together, youll do quite well.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- You might appear
to not quite know what you want or where youre
going, but in reality, youll simply be searching for
someone with a unique idea for you to get hold of.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Focus on anything
you can do that could beneft group endeavors.
Some of your greatest successes are likely to come
from working on humanitarian pursuits.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- A winning attitude
will be refected in all your pursuits, endeavors and
relationships. Conversely, a pessimistic frame of
mind will cloud your entire life.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Youre well equipped
to handle changes or any unexpected adjustments,
even those you had nothing to do with. You wont
mind, even if they only beneft others.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- Dont hesitate to
adjust an agreement that isnt benefting as many
people as you thought it would. You can accomplish
your aims with a few minor tweaks.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Youre in an excellent
cycle, in which the promised rewards are likely to
turn out to be much larger than anyone thought.
Obviously, it pays to always do your best.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- When you choose to
use it, your ability to get along with everybody is one
of your greatest assets. It isnt likely youll be bored
with anyones company during this present cycle.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Youre an especially strong
fnisher, so give as much attention as possible to an
important matter that youre anxious to conclude.
You should be able to make things turn out the way
you want.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- There is a strong
possibility that you could meet someone new
with whom youll have much in common. Itll be a
relationship that will only grow stronger with time.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- An opportunity to
enhance your material security could drop in your lap,
but you must be smart enough to spot it. Dont let it
go just because you think its too good to be true.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- You might have to
handle a diffcult assignment similar to one that you
previously managed quite well. Dont be afraid to
employ tactics that worked well in the past.
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6 Bobby of the NHL
7 Dough raiser?
8 Gong
9 Walk unsteadily
10 Blushing
12 Escargots
17 Sure thing
19 Peak topper
21 Ventricle neighbor
22 Rajahs wives
23 Keepsake
24 Shrub
26 Tractors garage
28 Mr. Goldfnger
29 Jiffy
30 Gin-fzz favor
35 Jingle, e.g.
37 Breadwinner
43 Become less intense
45 Lou Grant lead
46 Over with
47 Links org.
48 Its -- -- you!
49 Writer -- Dinesen
51 1865 yielder
53 Stretchy bandage
54 Chili -- carne
55 Blasting material
DILBERT CROSSwORD PUZZLE
FUTURE ShOCk
PEARLS BEFORE SwINE
GET FUZZY
24 Friday Nov. 30, 2012
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Wanted: Independent Contractor to provide deliv-
ery of the Daily Journal six days per week, Mon-
day thru Saturday, early morning. Experience
with newspaper delivery required.
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coverage to provide this service in order to be eli-
gible. Papers are available for pickup in San Ma-
teo at 3:00 a.m. or San Francisco earlier.
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to 4pm at The Daily Journal, 800 S. Claremont St
#210, San Mateo.
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104 Training
TERMS & CONDITIONS
The San Mateo Daily Journal Classi-
fieds will not be responsible for more
than one incorrect insertion, and its lia-
bility shall be limited to the price of one
insertion. No allowance will be made for
errors not materially affecting the value
of the ad. All error claims must be sub-
mitted within 30 days. For full advertis-
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110 Employment
CAB DRIVER wanted in the peninsula
for full time shift and weekend. E.mail
resume to : advantagelimo2@gmail.com
or call 650-483-4085
HOME CARE AIDES
Multiple shifts to meet your needs. Great
pay & benefits, Sign-on bonus, 1yr exp
required.
Matched Caregivers (650)839-2273,
(408)280-7039 or (888)340-2273
110 Employment
SALES/MARKETING
INTERNSHIPS
The San Mateo Daily Journal is looking
for ambitious interns who are eager to
jump into the business arena with both
feet and hands. Learn the ins and outs
of the newspaper and media industries.
This position will provide valuable
experience for your bright future.
Email resume
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Park. (650)854-1222.
110 Employment
NEWSPAPER INTERNS
JOURNALISM
The Daily Journal is looking for in-
terns to do entry level reporting, re-
search, updates of our ongoing fea-
tures and interviews. Photo interns al-
so welcome.
We expect a commitment of four to
eight hours a week for at least four
months. The internship is unpaid, but
intelligent, aggressive and talented in-
terns have progressed in time into
paid correspondents and full-time re-
porters.
College students or recent graduates
are encouraged to apply. Newspaper
experience is preferred but not neces-
sarily required.
Please send a cover letter describing
your interest in newspapers, a resume
and three recent clips. Before you ap-
ply, you should familiarize yourself
with our publication. Our Web site:
www.smdailyjournal.com.
Send your information via e-mail to
news@smdailyjournal.com or by reg-
ular mail to 800 S. Claremont St #210,
San Mateo CA 94402.
203 Public Notices
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #253106
The following person is doing business
as: Colorful Events, 1126 Cherry Ave
#39 SAN BRUNO, CA 94066 is hereby
registered by the following owner: Gabri-
ela Reid, same address. The business is
conducted by an Individual. The regis-
trants commenced to transact business
under the FBN on .
/s/ Gary Button /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk on 11/07/2012. (Pub-
lished in the San Mateo Daily Journal,
11/09/12, 11/16/12, 11/23/12, 11/30/12).
STATEMENT #253060
The following persons are doing busi-
ness as: Wes Liquors & Convenience, 16
W. 25th Ave., SAN MATEO, CA 94403 is
hereby registered by the following own-
ers: Nancy Chiao-Castle, Kirsten M. Cas-
tle, and Scott S. Castle, 25 W. Avondale
Rd., Hillsbrough, CA 94010. The busi-
ness is conducted by a General Partner-
ship. The registrants commenced to
transact business under the FBN on
11/05/2012.
/s/ Nancy C. Castle /
11/09/12, 11/16/12, 11/23/12, 11/30/12).
STATEMENT #253055
as: Shradha Handicrafts, 82 E. 39th
Ave., #D, SAN MATEO, CA 94403 is
hereby registered by the following owner:
Pashupati Lai Malakar, same address.
The business is conducted by an Individ-
ual. The registrants commenced to trans-
act business under the FBN on .
/s/ Pashupati Lai Malakar /
11/09/12, 11/16/12, 11/23/12, 11/30/12).
STATEMENT #253104
as: M.D.R.N. Nursing Resources, 81
Bayview Dr., SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO,
CA 94080 is hereby registered by the
following owner: Edith C. A. Dacoron,
same address. The business is conduct-
ed by an Individual. The registrants com-
menced to transact business under the
FBN on 11/01/2012.
/s/ Edith C. A. Dacoron /
11/09/12, 11/16/12, 11/23/12, 11/30/12).
STATEMENT #253078
as: Cape Community Care, 34 Poinsetta
Ave., SAN MATEO, CA 94403 is hereby
registered by the following owner: Mu-
neebah De Bruynes, 3923 Wilshire Ave.,
San Mateo CA 94403. The business is
under the FBN on.
/s/ Muneebah De Bruynes /
11/09/12, 11/16/12, 11/23/12, 11/30/12).
STATEMENT #252940
as: V & V Construction & Electric, 2621
Prindle Rd., BELMONT, CA 94002 is
hereby registered by the following owner:
Vladimir Vinarsuig same address. The
business is conducted by an Individual.
The registrants commenced to transact
business under the FBN on.
/s/ Vladimir Vinarsuig /
11/16/12, 11/23/12, 11/30/12, 12/07/12).
STATEMENT #253122
as: 1) Traditions, 2) Keeping Traditions
850 Santa Cruz Ave., MENLO PARK, CA
94025 is hereby registered by the follow-
ing owner: Keeping Traditions, INC., CA.
The business is conducted by a Corpora-
tion. The registrants commenced to
transact business under the FBN
on08/14/1985.
/s/ Roland Wentzel /
11/16/12, 11/23/12, 11/30/12, 12/07/12).
STATEMENT #253018
as: Simply Homemade, 420 Athenia
Way, PACIFICA, CA 94044 is hereby
registered by the following owner: Chris-
tina J. Savage, same address. The busi-
ness is conducted by an Individual. The
registrants commenced to transact busi-
ness under the FBN on.
/s/ Christina J. Savage /
11/16/12, 11/23/12, 11/30/12, 12/07/12).
Tundra Tundra Tundra
Over the Hedge Over the Hedge Over the Hedge
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
203 Public Notices
STATEMENT #253109
as: Garvic & Associates, 520 S. El Cami-
no Real, Ste. 830, SAN MATEO, CA
ing owner: John D. Garvic, same ad-
dress. The business is conducted by an
Individual. The registrants commenced to
transact business under the FBN on.
/s/ John D. Garvic /
11/16/12, 11/23/12, 11/30/12, 12/07/12).
STATEMENT #252860
as: Open Heart Yoga, 827 Arguello St.,
REDWOOD CITY, CA 94063 is hereby
registered by the following owner: Long-
view Enterprises, LLC, CA. The business
is conducted by a Limited Liability Com-
pany. The registrants commenced to
/s/ Ma Butterfield /
11/16/12, 11/23/12, 11/30/12, 12/07/12).
STATEMENT #253168
ness as: R&D Properties, 3640 Ralston
Ave., HILLSBOROUGH, CA 94010 is
ers: David R. Holtzclaw and Roslyn J.
Holtzclaw, same address. The business
is conducted by Husband and Wife. The
ness under the FBN on.
/s/ David R. Holtzclaw /
/s/ Roslyn J. Holtzclaw /
11/16/12, 11/23/12, 11/30/12, 12/07/12).
STATEMENT #253076
ness as: Peopleologie, 3332 Brittan Ave
#18, SAN CARLOS, CA 94070 is hereby
registered by the following owners: Linda
Janklow, same address. The business is
under the FBN on10/26/2012.
/s/ Linda Janklow /
11/16/12, 11/23/12, 11/30/12, 12/07/12).
STATEMENT #252972
ness as: Berylline Consulting, 1437 El
Camino Real Apt. 8, BURLINGAME, CA
ing owners: Jessica Kennedy, 17788 NW
Gilbert Ln., Portland, OR 97229. The
business is conducted by an Individual.
The registrants commenced to transact
business under the FBN on10/15/2012.
/s/ Jessica Kennedy /
11/16/12, 11/23/12, 11/30/12, 12/07/12).
STATEMENT #253213
ness as: Wonderful Foodology, 270
Broadway Ave., MILLBRAE, CA 94030
is hereby registered by the following
owners: ProChampion Investment, INC.,
CA. The business is conducted by a Cor-
poration. The registrants commenced to
/s/ Junsong Xue /
11/16/12, 11/23/12, 11/30/12, 12/07/12).
STATEMENT #253214
ness as: ICEC Afterschool, 475 El Cami-
no Real #201, MILLBRAE, CA 94030 is
ers: International Cultural Exchange
Centre, CA. The business is conducted
by a Corporation. The registrants com-
menced to transact business under the
FBN on.
/s/ Junsong Xue /
11/16/12, 11/23/12, 11/30/12, 12/07/12).
STATEMENT #253324
as: Always On Systems, 1581 Ascen-
sion Dr., San Mateo, CA 94402 is hereby
registered by the following owner: Sevan
Isaac, same address. The business is
under the FBN on .
/s/ Sevan Isaac /
11/30/12, 12/07/12, 12/14/12, 12/21/12).
203 Public Notices
STATEMENT #253361
as: Spectrum Services, 338 Laurel St.,
SAN CARLOS, CA 94070 is hereby reg-
istered by the following owner: Thomas
C. Lieberman, same address. The busi-
ness is conducted by an Individual. The
ness under the FBN on 12/01/2012.
/s/ Sevan Isaac /
11/30/12, 12/07/12, 12/14/12, 12/21/12).
NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO SELL
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Date of Filing Application: Nov. 13, 2012
To Whom It May Concern:
The Name(s) of the applicant(s) is/are:
BEVERAGES & MORE INC
The applicant(s) listed above are apply-
ing to Department of Alcoholic Beverage
Control to sell alcoholic beverages at:
4915 JUNIPERO SERRA BLVD
COLMA, CA 94014-3216
Type of license applied for:
42-On-Sale Beer & Wine - Public
Premises
Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal
November 30, December 7, 14, 2012
210 Lost & Found
FOUND - Evan - I found your iPod, call
(650)261-9656
FOUND- LITTLE tan male chihuahua,
Found on Davit Street in Redwood
Shores Tuesday, August 28th. Please
call (650)533-9942
LOST - 3GS phone on Nov. 13th at 7:00
a.m. on 3rd Avenue & Railroad, in San
Mateo, Call (650)458-8170
LOST - Small Love Bird, birght green
with orange breast. Adeline Dr. & Bernal
Ave., Burlingame. Escaped Labor Day
weekend. REWARD! (650)343-6922
LOST CHIHUAHUA/TERRIER mix in
SSF, tan color, 12 lbs., scar on stomach
from being spade, $300. REWARD!
(650)303-2550
LOST: SMALL diamond cross, silver
necklace with VERY sentimental
meaning. Lost in San Mateo 2/6/12
(650)578-0323.
RING FOUND Tue. Oct 23 2012 in Mill-
brae call (650)464-9359
294 Baby Stuff
BABY CAR SEAT AND CARRIER $20
(650)458-8280
NURSERY SET - 6 piece nursery set -
$25., (650)341-1861
295 Art
WALL ART, from Pier 1, indoor/outdoor,
$15. Very nice! (650)290-1960
296 Appliances
COIN-OP GAS DRYER - $100.,
(650)948-4895
HAIR DRYER, Salon Master, $10.
(650)854-4109
HUNTER OSCILLATING FAN, excellent
condition. 3 speed. $35. (650)854-4109
MIROMATIC PRESSURE cooker flash
canner 4qt. $25. 415 333-8540
RADIATOR HEATER, oil filled, electric,
1500 watts $25. (650)504-3621
REFRIGERATOR - Whirlpool, side-by-
side, free, needs compressor, (650)726-
1641
ROTISSERIE GE, US Made, IN-door or
out door, Holds large turkey 24 wide,
Like new, $80, OBO (650)344-8549
SHOP VACUUM rigid brand 3.5 horse
power 9 gal wet/dry $40. (650)591-2393
SLICING MACHINE Stainless steel,
electric, almost new, excellent condition,
$50 (650)341-1628
SMALL SLOW cooker. Used once, $12
(650)368-3037
SUNBEAM TOASTER -Automatic, ex-
cellent condition, $30., (415)346-6038
TABLE TOP refrigerator 1.8 cubic feet
brown in color, $45, call (650)591-3313
VACUUM CLEANER excellent condition
$45. (650)878-9542
WATER HEATER $75, (650)333-4400
297 Bicycles
BIKE RACK Roof mounted, holds up to
4 bikes, $65 (650)594-1494
298 Collectibles
1 BAG of Hot Wheels and Matchbox
Cars, from the 70s, Appx 40, SOLD!
15 HARDCOVERS WWII - new condi-
tion, $80.obo, (650)345-5502
1937 LOS ANGELES SID GRAUMANS
Chinese Theatre, August program, fea-
turing Gloria Stuart, George Sanders,
Paul Muni, Louise Rainer, $20. (650)341-
8342
298 Collectibles
1940 VINTAGE telephone guaranty
bench Salem hardrock maple excellent
condition $75 (650)755-9833
1969 LIFE MAGAZINE Off to the
Moon, featuring Armstrong, Aldrin, and
Collins, article by Charles Lindburgh,
$25., San Mateo, (650)341-8342
1982 PRINT 'A Tune Off The Top Of My
Head' 82/125 $80 (650) 204-0587
2 FIGURINES - 1 dancing couple, 1
clown face. both $15. (650)364-0902
62 USED European Postage Stamps.
Many issued in the early 1900s. All dif-
ferent and detached from envelopes.
$5.00 SOLD!
67 OLD Used U.S. Postage Stamps.
Many issued before World War II. All
different. $4.00, (650)787-8600
ANTIQUE ALCOHOL ADVERTISING
STATUE - black & white whiskey, $75.
OBO, SOLD!
ARMY SHIRT, long sleeves, with pock-
ets. XL $15 each (408)249-3858
BAY MEADOWS bag - $30.each,
(650)345-1111
BEAUTIFUL RUSTIE doll Winter Bliss w/
stole & muffs, 23, $90. OBO, (650)754-
3597
CASINO CHIP Collection Original Chips
from various casinos $99 obo
(650)315-3240
COLOR PHOTO WW 2 curtis P-40 air-
craft framed 24" by 20" excellent condi-
tion $70 OBO (650)345-5502
COLORIZED TERRITORIAL Quarters
uncirculated with Holder $15/all,
(408)249-3858
HARD ROCK Cafe collectable guitar pin
collection $50 all (650)589-8348
JOE MONTANA signed authentic retire-
ment book, $39., (650)692-3260
LIONEL TRAIN Wall Clock with working
train $45 SOLD!
MARK MCGUIRE hats, cards, beanie
babies, all for $98., (650)520-8558
MICHAEL JORDAN POSTER - 1994,
World Cup, $10., (650)365-3987
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE unop-
ened 20 boxes of famous hockey stars in
action, sealed boxes, $5.00 per box,
great gift, (650)578-9208
ORIGINAL SMURF FIGURES - 1979-
1981, 18+ mushroom hut, 1 1/2 x 3 1/2,
all $40., (650)518-0813
POSTER - New Kids On The Block
1980s, $12., call Maria, (650)873-8167
SPORTS CARDS - 3200 lots of stars
and rookies, $40. all, (650)365-3987
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY Alums! Want
a "Bill Orange" SU flag for Game Day
displays? $3., 650-375-8044
VINTAGE 1970S Grecian Made Size 6-7
Dresses $35 each, Royal Pink 1980s
Ruffled Dress size 7ish $30, 1880s Re-
production White Lace Gown $150 Size
6-7 Petite, (650)873-8167
VINTAGE HOLLIE HOBBIE LUNCH-
BOX with Thermos, 1980s, $25., Call
Maria 650-873-8167
VINTAGE TEEN BEAT MAGAZINES
(20) 1980s $2 each, Call Maria 650-873-
8167
299 Computers
HP PRINTER Deskjet 970c color printer.
Excellent condition. Software & accesso-
ries included. $30. 650-574-3865
300 Toys
2 MODEL ships in box $30
SOLD!
FISHER PRICE Musical Chair. 3 activi-
ties learning sound, attached side table,
and lights up, $25., (650)349-6059
PLASTIC ARMY MAN SET - from the
70s, set inludes tanks, soldiers, vehicles,
landscape, $75.obo, SOLD!
302 Antiques
1912 COFFEE Percolator Urn. perfect
condition includes electric cord $85.
(415)565-6719
1920 MAYTAG wringer washer - electric,
gray color, $100., (650)851-0878
ANTIQUE BEVEL MIRROR - framed,
14 x 21, carved top, $45.,
(650)341-7890
ANTIQUE ITALIAN lamp 18 high, $70
(650)387-4002
ANTIQUE WASHING machine, some
rust on legs, rust free drum and ringer.
$45/obo, (650)574-4439
BREADBOX, METAL with shelf and cut-
ting board, $30 (650)365-3987
J&J HOPKINSON 1890-1900's walnut
piano with daffodil inlay on the front. Ivo-
ries in great condition. Can be played as
is, but will benefit from a good tuning.
$600.00 includes stool. Email
frisz@comcast.net for photos
SANDWICH GRILL vintage Westing
house excellent condition, $30,
(650)365-3987
303 Electronics
3 SHELF SPEAKERS - 8 OM, $15.
each, (650)364-0902
46 MITSUBISHI Projector TV, great
condition. $400. (650)261-1541.
BIG SONY TV 37" - Excellent Condition
Worth $2300 will Sacrifice for only $95.,
(650)878-9542
FLIP CAMCORDER $50. (650)583-2767
HOME THEATRE SYSTEM - 3 speak-
ers, woofer, DVD player, USB connec-
tion, $80., (714)818-8782
303 Electronics
LEFT-HAND ERGONOMIC keyboard
with 'A-shape' key layout Num pad, $20
(650)204-0587
LSI SCSI Ultra320 Controller + (2) 10k
RPM 36GB SCSI II hard drives $40
(650)204-0587
MOTOROLA DROID X2 8gb memory
clean verizon wireless ready for activa-
tion, good condition comes with charger
screen protector, $100 (213)219-8713
PR SONY SHELF SPEAKERS - 7 x 7
x 9, New, never used, $25. pair,
(650)375-8044
SONY HDTV hdmi monitor 23"
flatscreen model # klv-s23a10 loud built
in speakers $100 call (213)219-8713
304 Furniture
1940S MAPLE dressing table with Mir-
ror & Stool. Needs loving and refinishing
to be beautiful again. Best Offer.
Burlingame (650)697-1160
2 END Tables solid maple '60's era
$40/both. (650)670-7545
2 SOLID wood Antique mirrors 511/2" tall
by 221/2" wide $50 for both
(650)561-3149
3 PIECE Dresser set $95 (650)589-8348
AFGAN PRAYER rug beautiful original
very ornate $100 (650)348-6428
ALASKAN SEEN painting 40" high 53"
wide includes matching frame $99 firm
(650)592-2648
ARMOIRE CABINET - $90., Call
(415)375-1617
BASE CABINET, TV, mahogany,
double doors; 24"D, 24"H x 36"W $55
Call (650)342-7933
CHAIR MODERN light wood made in Ita-
ly $99 (415)334-1980
COCKTAIL BAR, Mint condition, black
leather, 2 shelves, 52" long /40"wide
/18"wide, rollers, $99.00 (650)578-9208
COMPUTER DESK from Ikea, $40
(650)348-5169
COUCH-FREE. OLD world pattern, soft
fabric. Some cat scratch damage-not too
noticeable. 650-303-6002
DINETTE TABLE walnut with chrome
legs. 36x58 with one leaf 11 1/2. $50,
San Mateo (650)341-5347
DINING ROOM SET - table, four chairs,
lighted hutch, $500. all, (650)296-3189
DISPLAY CABINET - mint condition,
brown, 47 in. long/15 in wide/ great for
storage, display, knickknacks, TV, $20.,
(650)578-9208
DISPLAY CASE wood & glass 31 x 19
inches $30. SOLD!
DRESSER SET - 3 pieces, wood, $50.,
(650)589-8348
DRUM TABLE - brown, perfect condi-
tion, nice design, with storage, $45.,
(650)345-1111
END TABLES (2) - One for $5. hand
carved, other table is antique white mar-
ble top with drawer $40., (650)308-6381
END TABLES (2)- Cherry finish, still in
box, need to assemble, 26L x 21W x
21H, $100. for both, (650)592-2648
FOLDING PICNIC table - 8 x 30, 7 fold-
ing, padded chairs, $80. (650)364-0902
FUTON BED, full size, oak. Excellent
condition. No Mattress, $50,
(650)348-5169
FUTON DELUXE plus other items all for
$90 650 341-2397 (U haul away)
GRANDMA ROCKING chair beautiful
white with gold trim $100 (650)755-9833
HAND MADE portable jewelry display
case wood and see through lid $45. 25 x
20 x 4 inches. (650)592-2648.
LOUNGE CHAIRS - 2 new, with cover &
plastic carring case & headrest, $35.
each, (650)592-7483
MODULAR DESK/BOOKCASE/STOR-
AGE unit - Cherry veneer, white lami-
nate, $75., (650)888-0039
OAK ROUND CLAW FOOTED TABLE
Six Matching Oak chairs and Leaf. $350,
Cash Only, (650)851-1045
OFFICE LAMP, small. Black & white with
pen holder and paper holder. Brand new,
in the box. $10 (650)867-2720
304 Furniture
PAPASAN CHAIRS (2) -with cushions
$45. each set, (650)347-8061
PEDESTAL DINETTE 36 Square Table
- $65., (650)347-8061
RATTAN PAPASAN Chair with Brown
cushion excellent shape $45
(650)592-2648
RECLINER CHAIR very comfortable vi-
nyl medium brown $70, (650)368-3037
ROCKING CHAIR - Beautiful light wood
rocking chair, very good condition, $65.,
OBO, (650)952-3063
ROCKING CHAIR - excellent condition,
oak, with pads, $85.obo, (650)369-9762
ROCKING CHAIR - Traditional, full size
Rocking chair. Excellent condition $100.,
(650)504-3621
SMALL STORAGE/ HUTCH - Stained
green, pretty. $40, (650)290-1960
STEREO CABINET walnut w/3 black
shelves 16x 22x42. $30, 650-341-5347
STORAGE TABLE light brown lots of
storage good cond. $45. (650)867-2720
TEA CHEST , Bombay, burgundy, glass
top, perfect cond. $35 (650)345-1111
TRUNDLE BED - Single with wheels,
$40., (650)347-8061
VANITY ETHAN Allen maple w/drawer
and liftup mirror like new $95
(650)349-2195
VINTAGE UPHOLSTERED wooden
chairs, $25 each or both for $40. nice
set. (650)583-8069
VINTAGE WINGBACK CHAIR $75,
(650)583-8069
306 Housewares
"PRINCESS HOUSE decorator urn
"Vase" cream with blue flower 13 inch H
$25., (650)868-0436
28" by 15" by 1/4" thick glass shelves,
cost $35 each sell at $15 ea. Five availa-
ble, Call (650)345-5502
6 BOXES of Victorian lights ceiling & wall
$90., (650)340-9644
8 PLACE setting 40 piece Stoneware
Heartland pattern never used microwave
and oven proof $50 (650)755-9833
BATTERY CHARGER, holds 4 AA/AAA,
Panasonic, $5, (650)595-3933
BEDSPREAD - queen size maroon &
pink bedspread - Fairly new, $50. obo,
(650)834-2583
CANDLEHOLDER - Gold, angel on it,
tall, purchased from Brueners, originally
$100., selling for $30.,(650)867-2720
CHRISTMAS CRYSTAL PLATTER - un-
opened. Christmas tree shape with or-
naments, Italian, in original box, clear
color, $12., (650)578-9208
DINING ROOM Victorian Chandelier
seven light, $90., (650)340-9644
DRIVE MEDICAL design locking elevat-
ed toilet seat. New. $45. (650)343-4461
FEATHER/DOWN PILLOW: Standard
size, Fully stuffed; new, allergy-free tick-
ing, Mint condition, $25., (650)375-8044
GEVALIA COFFEEMAKER -10-cup,
many features, Exel, $9., (650)595-3933
KLASSY CHROME KITCHEN CANIS-
TERS: Set of four. (2--4"x 4"w x 4"h);
(2--4"x 4" x 9"h.). Stackable, sharp.
$20.00 (650)375-8044
PERSIAN TEA set for 8. Including
spoon, candy dish, and tray. Gold Plated.
$100. (650) 867-2720
PUSH LAWN mower $25 (650)580-3316
SOLID TEAK floor model 16 wine rack
with turntable $60. (650)592-7483
SUNBEAN TOASTER excellent condi-
tion (415)346-6038
TOWLE SALAD BOWL/SPOONS - mint
condition, 12-inch round, 2 spoons,
mother of pearl , elegant, durable. $25.,
(650)578-9208
VINTAGE LAZY susan collectable excel-
lent condition $25 (650)755-9833
307 Jewelry & Clothing
BRACELET - Ladies authentic Murano
glass from Italy, vibrant colors, like new,
$100., (650)991-2353 Daly City
GALLON SIZE bag of costume jewelry -
various sizes, colors, $100. for bag,
(650)589-2893
LADIES GOLD Lame' elbow length-
gloves sz 7.5 $15 New. (650)868-0436
WATCHES (21) - original packaging,
stainless steel, need batteries, $60. all,
(650)365-3987
308 Tools
71 1/4" WORM drive skill saw, SOLD!
CIRCULAR SAW, Craftsman-brand, 10,
4 long x 20 wide. Comes w/ stand - $70.
(650)678-1018
CRAFTMAN 3X20 1 BELT SANDER -
with extra belts, SOLD!
CRAFTMAN RADIAL SAW, with cabinet
stand, $200 Cash Only, (650)851-1045
CRAFTSMAN 3/4 horse power 3,450
RPM $60 (650)347-5373
CRAFTSMAN ARC-WELDER - 30-250
amp, and accessories, $275., (650)341-
0282
CRAFTSMAN HEAVY DUTY JIGSAW -
extra blades, $35., (650)521-3542
DAYTON ELECTRIC 1 1/2 horse power
1,725 RPM $60 (650)347-5373
FMC TIRE changer Machine, $650
(650)333-4400
GENERATOR 13,000 WATTS Brand
New 20hp Honda $2800 (650)333-4400
LAWN MOWER reel type push with
height adjustments. Just sharpened $45
650-591-2144 San Carlos
TABLE SAW 10", very good condition
$85. (650) 787-8219
309 Office Equipment
DESK - 7 drawer wood desk, 5X2X2.5'
$25., (650)726-9658
ELECTRIC TYPEWRITER Smith Corona
$60. (650)878-9542
310 Misc. For Sale
1 PAIR of matching outdoor planting pots
$20., (650)871-7200
14 PLAYBOY magazines all for $80
(650)592-4529
300 HOME LIBRARY BOOKS - $3. or
$5. each obo, World & US History and
American Novel Classic, must see to ap-
preciate, (650)345-5502
4 IN 1 STERO UNIT. CD player broken.
$20., (650)834-4926
40 ADULT VHS Tapes - $100.,
(650)361-1148
6 BASKETS assorted sizes and different
shapes very good condition $13 for all
(650)347-5104
7 UNDERBED STORAGE BINS - Vinyl
with metal frame, 42 X 18 X 6, zipper
closure, $5. ea., (650)364-0902
ADJUSTABLE WALKER - 2 front
wheels, new, $50., (650)345-5446
ADULT VIDEOS - (3) DVDs classics fea-
turing older women, $20. each or, 3 for
$50 (650)212-7020
AFGHAN PRAYER RUG - very ornate,
2 1/2' by 5,' $99., (650)348-6428
Alkaline GRAVITY WATER SYSTEM - ,
PH Balance water, with anti-oxident
properties, good for home or office,
brand new, $100., (650)619-9203.
ALUMINUM WINDOWS - (10)double
pane, different sizes, $10. each,
(415)819-3835
ARTIFICIAL FICUS Tree 6 ft. life like, full
branches. in basket $55. (650)269-3712
ARTS & CRAFTS variety, $50
(650)368-3037
BABY BJORN potty & toilet trainer, in
perfect cond., $15 each (650)595-3933
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
ICE CHEST $15 (650)347-8061
ACROSS
1 Mascara
recipient
5 Lie in store for
10 Naval jail
14 __ rug
15 Swiss capital, to
the Swiss
16 One and only
17 Hollywood
19 My great hope
__ laugh as much
as I cry: Angelou
20 Impressive
property
21 Dugout leader
23 Mattress make
24 Outdoor seating
option
26 Airport screening
org.
27 WC
29 Italian three
30 Stop-__: UGK
hit
31 Classic theater
name
33 Ignore socially
34 Festive
centerpiece
adorned with the
starts 17-, 24-,
49- and 57-
Across
39 Big cats cry
40 Ballet bends
41 Flightless Aussie
bird
42 Pickles place
45 Computer
application file
extension
46 CBS-owned cable
movie sta.
49 All the details,
casually
52 Group of eight
54 Not taking sides
55 Pointed abode
56 Gets hitched
57 Venezuelan
natural wonder
59 __ above the
rest
60 Just right
61 Flower-loving
buzzers
62 Peeps from pups
63 Pub game
64 Miss in Mex.
DOWN
1 Most current
news, with the
2 Crops up
3 Nissan compact
4 Assails
5 Blessed with skills
6 __ behind the
ears
7 Yummy smell
8 Needing, with of
9 Sawbuck, to a Brit
10 HMS Bountys ill-
fated captain
11 80s-90s
wisecracking TV
mom
12 Cloak-and-dagger
doings
13 Former Prizm
maker
18 And others, in
bibliographies
22 Unhittable serve
24 Crotchety oldster
25 Stick up
28 Drinks in the a.m.
31 I need a sweater!
32 Baseball arbiter
33 Yearbook gp.
34 Five-time Olympic
gold winner Nadia
35 Called to account
36 Jeopardy! host
Trebek
37 Common dinner
hour
38 Make really mad
39 Civil War soldier
42 Write quickly
43 Frightened
44 Central African
country about the
size of
Massachusetts
46 Less fresh
47 To be, or not to
be speaker
48 Ukrainian port
50 Thirsts (for)
51 Alleged Soviet
spy Hiss
53 Deadliest Catch
boatful
55 __ fair in love ...
56 Technique
58 Dig in!
By Gareth Bain
(c)2012 Tribune Media Services, Inc.
12/03/12
12/03/12
ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE:
Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle
Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
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310 Misc. For Sale
BLUETOOTH WITH CHARGER - like
new, $20., (415)410-5937
BOOK "LIFETIME" WW1 $12.,
(408)249-3858
BOOK NATIONAL Geographic Nation-
al Air Museums, $15 (408)249-3858
CAMEL BACK antique trunk, wooden
liner $100 (650)580-3316
CARRY ON suitcase, wheels, many
compartments, exel,Only $20,
(650)595-3933
COMFORTER - King size, like new, $30
SSF, (650)871-7200
DOOM (3) computer games $15/each 2
total, (650)367-8949
DVD'S TV programs 24 4 seasons $20
ea. (650)952-3466
ELECTRONIC TYPEWRITER good con-
dition $50., (650)878-9542
EMERIL LAGASSE BOOK unopened,
hard cover, Every Days a Party, Louisia-
na Celebration, ideas , recipes, great gift
$10., (650)578-9208
EXOTIC EROTIC Ball SF & Mardi gras 2
dvd's $25 ea. (415)971-7555
FOLDING LEG table 6' by 21/2' $25
(415)346-6038
GAME "BEAT THE EXPERTS" never
used $8., (408)249-3858
GEORGE Magazines, 30, all intact
$50/all OBO. (650)574-3229, Foster City
HARDCOVER MYSTERY BOOKS -
Current authors, $2. each (10),
(650)364-7777
HARLEY DAVIDSON black phone, per-
fect condition, $65., (650) 867-2720
INFLATED 4'6" in diameter swimming
pool float $12 (415)346-6038
JAMES PATTERSON books 2 Hard
backs at $3 ea. (650)341-1861
310 Misc. For Sale
JAMES PATTERSON books 5 paper
backs at $1 ea. (650)341-1861
JAPANESE SAKE SET - unused in box,
sake carafe with 2 porcelain sipping,
great gift, $10., (650)578-9208
JONATHAN KELLERMAN - Hardback
books, (5) $3. each, (650)341-1861
KITCHEN FAUCET / single handle with
sprayer (never used) $19, (650)494-1687
Palo Alto
MENU FROM Steam Ship Lurline Aug.
20 1967 $10 (650)755-8238
MIRROR, ETHAN ALLEN - 57-in. high x
21-in. wide, maple frame and floor base,
like new, $95., (650)349-2195
NELSON DE MILLE -Hardback books 5
@ $3 each, (650)341-1861
NEW CEDAR shake shingles, enough
for a Medium size dog house. $20,
(650)341-8342 San Mateo
NEW LIVING Yoga Tape for Beginners
$8. 650-578-8306
OBLONG SECURITY mirror 24" by 15"
$75 (650)341-7079
OLD WOODEN Gun case $75 OBO,
(650)345-7352
OUTDOOR SCREEN - New 4 Panel
Outdoor Screen, Retail $130 With Metal
Supports, $80/obo. (650)873-8167
PICTORIAL WORLD History Books
$80/all (650)345-5502
PROFESSIONAL BEAUTY STYLING
STATION - Complete with mirrors, draw-
ers, and styling chair, $99. obo,
(650)315-3240
PUNCH BOWL SET- 10 cup plus one
extra nice white color Motif, $25.,
(650)873-8167
ROCKING HORSE- solid hardwood,
perfect condition ideal gift, SOLD!
SESAME STREET toilet seat excellent
condition, SOLD!
SF GREETING CARDS -(300 with enve-
lopes), factory sealed, $10. (650)365-
3987
310 Misc. For Sale
SHOW CONTAINERS for show, with pin
frog, 10-25 containers, $25 all, (650)871-
7200
SHOWER DOOR custom made 48 x 69
$70 (650)692-3260
SMALL SIZE Kennel good for small size
dog or cat 23" long 14" wide and 141/2"
high $25 FIRM (650)871-7200
SONY EREADER - Model #PRS-500, 6,
$60., (650)294-9652
SPECIAL EDITION 3 DVD Set of The
Freeze. English Subtitles, new $10.
(650)871-7200
STEAMER TRUNK $65 OBO (650)345-
7352
STEP 2 sandbox Large with cover $25
(650)343-4329
TIRE CHAINS - brand new, in box, never
used, multiple tire sizes, SOLD!
TOILET - very good condition, white,
SOLD!
TOILET SINK - like new with all of the
accessories ready to be installed, $55.
obo, (650)369-9762
TRAVEL GARMENT BAG - High quali-
ty, 50"length, zipper close, all-weather,
wrap-around hangar, SOLD!
VAN ROOF RACK 3 piece. clamp-on,
$75 (650)948-4895
VASE WITH flowers 2 piece good for the
Holidays, $25., (650) 867-2720
VIDEO CENTER 38 inches H 21 inches
W still in box $45., (408)249-3858
VOLVO STATION Wagon car cover $50
650 888-9624
WALKER - brand new, $20., SSF,
(415)410-5937
WALKER - never used, $85.,
(415)239-9063
WALL LIGHT FIXTURE - 2 lamp with
frosted fluted shades, gold metal, never
used, $15., Burl, (650)347-5104
WANTED: USED. Tall, garage-type
storage cabinet with locking option,
(650)375-8044
310 Misc. For Sale
WEATHER STATION, temp., barometer
and humidity, only $10 (650)595-3933
311 Musical Instruments
2 ORGANS, antique tramp, $100 each.
(650)376-3762
3 ACCORDIONS $110/ea. 1 Small
Accordion $82. (650)376-3762.
ANTIQUE COLLECTIBLE Bongo's $65.,
SOLD!
GULBRANSEN BABY GRAND PIANO -
Appraised @$5450., want $3500 obo,
(650)343-4461
HAMMOND B-3 Organ and 122 Leslie
Speaker. Excellent condition. $8,500. pri-
vate owner, (650)349-1172
HOHNER CUE stick guitar HW 300 G
Handcrafted $75 650 771-8513
PIANO ORGAN, good condition. $110.
(650)376-3762
YAMAHA KEYBOARD with stand $75,
(650)631-8902
ZITHER - CASE: Antique/rare/excellent
cond; Maroon/black, gold stenciling. Ex-
tras. Original label "Marx Pianophone
Handmade Instrument", Boston. $100.
(650)375-8044
312 Pets & Animals
REPTILE CAGE - Medium size, SOLD!
SERIOUS HUNTERS ONLY -yellow
labs, TOP pedigree line, extreme hunters
as well as loving house dogs available
11/19/12 see at at
www.meganmccarty.com/duckdogs,
(650)593-4594
SMALL DOG wire cage; pink, two doors
with divider $50. (650) 743-9534.
315 Wanted to Buy
GO GREEN!
We Buy GOLD
You Get The
$ Green $
Millbrae Jewelers
Est. 1957
400 Broadway - Millbrae
650-697-2685
316 Clothes
2. WOMEN'S Pink & White Motocycle
Helmet KBC $50 (415)375-1617
316 Clothes
A BAG of Summer ties $15 OBO
(650)245-3661
BLACK Leather pants Mrs. size made in
France size 40 $99. (650)558-1975
BLACK LEATHER tap shoes 9M great
condition $99. (650)558-1975
BLOUSES SWEATERS and tops. Many
different styles & colors, med. to lrg., ex-
cellent condition $5 ea., have 20,
(650)592-2648
DESIGNER SHOES, Size 9 1/2 & 10,
many styles and colors, (650)580-3316
EUROPEAN STYLE nubek leather la-
dies winter coat - tan colored with green
lapel & hoodie, $100., (650)888-0129
HARDING PARK mens golf dress shirts
(new) asking $25 (650)871-7200
LADIES BOOTS, thigh high, fold down
brown, leather, and beige suede leather
pair, tassels on back excellent, Condition
$40 ea. (650)592-2648
LADIES COAT Medium, dark lavender
$25 (650)368-3037
LADIES FAUX FUR COAT - Satin lining,
size M/L, $100. obo, (650)525-1990
LADIES FUR Jacket (fake) size 12 good
condition $30 (650)692-3260
LADIES JACKET size 3x 70% wool 30%
nylon never worn $50. (650)592-2648
LEATHER COAT - 3/4 length, black,
never worn, $85., (650)345-7352
LEATHER COAT medium size (snake
skin design) $25 (650)755-8238
LEATHER JACKET, mans XL, black, 5
pockets, storm flap, $39 (650)595-3933
LEATHER JACKETS (5) - used but not
abused. Like New, $100 each.
(650)670-2888
MEN'S SPORT JACKET. Classic 3-but-
ton. Navy blue, brass buttons, all wool.
Excellent condition. Size 40R $20.00
(650)375-8044
MENS FLANNEL PAJAMAS - unop-
ened package, XL, High Sierra, long
sleeves and legs, dark green plaid, great
gift, $12., SOLD!
MENS JEANS (8) Brand names verious
sizes 32,33,34 waist 30,32 length $99 for
all (650)347-5104
MENS WRANGLER jeans waist 31
length 36 five pairs $20 each plus bonus
Leonard (650)504-3621
NEW BROWN LEATHER JACKET- XL
$25., 650-364-0902
NIKE PULLOVER mens heavy jacket
Navy Blue & Red (tag on) Reg. price
$200 selling for $59 (650)692-3260
316 Clothes
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS JACKETS
(2) - 1 is made by (Starter) LG/XLG ex-
cellent condition $99. for both,
(650)571-5790
SNOW BOOTS, MEN'S size 12. Brand
New, Thermolite brand,(with zippers),
black, $18. (510) 527-6602
TUXEDOS, FORMAL, 3, Black, White,
Maroon Silk brocade, Like new. Size 36,
$100 All OBO (650)344-8549
317 Building Materials
(1) 2" FAUX WOOD WINDOW BLIND,
with 50" and 71" height, still in box, $50
obo (650)345-5502
(2) 50 lb. bags Ultra Flex/RS, new, rapid
setting tile mortar with polymer, $30.
each, (808)271-3183
DRAIN PIPE - flexible, 3 & 4, approx.
20 of 3, 40 ft. of 4, $25.all, (650)851-
0878
FLOOR BASEBOARDS - Professionally
walnut finished, 6 room house, longest
13- 3/8 x 1 3/8, excellent condition,
$30.all, San Bruno, (650)588-1946
PVC - 1, 100 feet, 20 ft. lengths, $25.,
(650)851-0878
318 Sports Equipment
"EVERLAST FOR HER" Machine to
help lose weight $40., (650)368-3037
BACKPACK - Large for overnight camp-
ing, excellent condition, $65., (650)212-
7020
BASKETBALL RIM, net & backboard
$35/all 650-345-7132 Leave message.
CALLAWAY GOLF Clubs Hawkeye
Irons, Graphite Shafts, # 4 thru P/W
Excellent Condition $79 SOLD!
DARTBOARD - New, regulation 18 di-
meter, Halex brand w/mounting hard-
ware, 6 brass darts, $16., (650)681-7358
DL1000 BOAT Winch Rope & More,
$50., (650)726-9658
EXERCISE MAT used once, lavender
$12, (650)368-3037
GIRLS BIKE, Princess 16 wheels with
helmet, $50 San Mateo (650)341-5347
GOLF BALLS Many brands 150 total,
$30 Or best offer, (650)341-5347
GOLF CLUB Cleveland Launcher Gold,
22 degrees good condition $19
(650)365-1797
GOLF CLUBS Driver, 7 wood, putter, 9
irons, bag, & pull cart. $99
(650)952-0620
PING CRAZ-E Putter w/ cover. 35in.
Like New $75 call(650)208-5758
SHIMANO 4500 Bait runner real with 6'
white rhino fishing pole , SOLD!
THULE BIKE RACK - Fits rectangular
load bars. Holds bike upright. $100.
(650)594-1494
TREADMILL - Proform XB 550S, local
pickup, $100., SOLD!
TREADMILL PROFORM 75 EKG incline
an Staionery Bike, both $400. Or sepa-
rate: $150 for the bike, SOLD!
YOGA VIDEOS (2) - Never used, one
with Patrisha Walden, one by Rebok with
booklet. Both $6 (650)755-8238
322 Garage Sales
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Call (650)344-5200
340 Camera & Photo Equip.
SONY CYBERSHOT DSC-T-50 - 7.2 MP
digital camera (black) with case, $175.,
(650)208-5598
YASAHICA 108 model 35mm SLR Cam-
era with flash and 2 zoom lenses $99
(415)971-7555
379 Open Houses
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LISTINGS
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440 Apartments
BELMONT - prime, quiet location, view,
1 bedroom, 2 bedroom, New carpets,
new granite counters, dishwasher, balco-
ny, covered carports, storage, pool, no
pets. (650) 591-4046
470 Rooms
HIP HOUSING
Non-Profit Home Sharing Program
San Mateo County
(650)348-6660
Rooms For Rent
Travel Inn, San Carlos
$49-59 daily + tax
$294-$322 weekly + tax
Clean Quiet Convenient
Cable TV, WiFi & Private Bathroom
Microwave and Refrigerator & A/C
950 El Camino Real San Carlos
(650) 593-3136
Mention Daily Journal
620 Automobiles
2000 CHEVY camaro standard transmis-
sion $2000 call dave at (650)344-9462
AUTO REVIEW
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Look for it in todays paper to find
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used cars, services, and anything
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620 Automobiles
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CHEVY HHR 08 - Grey, spunky car
loaded, even seat warmers, $9,500.
(408)807-6529.
MERCEDES 06 C230 - 6 cylinder, navy
blue, 60K miles, 2 year warranty,
$18,000, (650)455-7461
625 Classic Cars
DATSUN 72 - 240Z with Chevy 350, au-
tomatic, custom, $3,600 or trade.
(415) 412-7030
635 Vans
NISSAN 01 Quest - GLE, leather seats,
sun roof, TV/DVR equipment. Looks
new, $15,500. (650)219-6008
640 Motorcycles/Scooters
BMW 03 F650 GS, $3899 OBO. Call
650-995-0003
HARLEY DAVIDSON 01 - Softail Blue
and Cream, low mileage, extras, $7,400.,
Call Greg @ (650)574-2012
HARLEY DAVIDSON 83 Shovelhead
special construction, 1340 ccs,
Awesome! $5,950/obo
Rob (415)602-4535.
645 Boats
BANSHEE SAILBOAT - 13 ft. with ex-
tras, $750., (650)343-6563
650 RVs
73 Chevy Model 30 Van, Runs
good, Rebuilt Transmission, Fiber-
glass Bubble Top $1,795. Owner
financing.
Call for appointments. (650)364-1374.
CHEVROLET RV 91 Model 30 Van,
Good Condition $9,500., (650)591-1707
or (650)644-5179
670 Auto Service
MB GARAGE, INC.
Repair Restore Sales
Mercedes-Benz Specialists
2165 Palm Ave.
San Mateo
(650)349-2744
670 Auto Service
ON TRACK
AUTOMOTIVE
Complete Auto Repair
foreign & domestic
www.ontrackautomotive.com
1129 California Dr.
Burlingame
(650)343-4594
SAN CARLOS AUTO
SERVICE & TUNE UP
A Full Service Auto Repair
Facility
760 El Camino Real
San Carlos
(650)593-8085
670 Auto Parts
'91 TOYOTA COROLLA RADIATOR.
Original equipment. Excellent cond. Cop-
per fins. $60. San Bruno, (415)999-4947
1974 OWNERS MANUAL - Mercedes
280, 230 - like new condition, $20., San
Bruno, (650)588-1946
5 HUBCAPS for 1966 Alfa Romeo $50.,
(650)580-3316
CHEVY ASTRO rear door, $95.,
(650)333-4400
TRUCK RADIATOR - fits older Ford,
never used, $100., (650)504-3621
670 Auto Parts
MAZDA 3 2010 CAR COVER - Cover-
kraft multibond inside & outside cover,
like new, $50., (650)678-3557
MERCEDES TOOL KIT - 1974, 10
piece, original, like new condition, $20.,
San Bruno, (650)588-1946
SHOP MANUALS 2 1955 Pontiac
manual, 4 1984 Ford/Lincoln manuals, &
1 gray marine diesel manual $40 or B/O
(650)583-5208
672 Auto Stereos
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2001 Middlefield Road
Redwood City
(650)299-9991
680 Autos Wanted
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Plumbing
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15 El Camino Real,
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Food
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1221 Chess Dr., Hwy. 92 at
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Foster City
(650)570-5700
Food
GOT BEER?
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333 California Dr.
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San Bruno
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(650)692-4281
Food
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1819 El Camino, in
Burlingame Plaza
(650)652-4908
Financial
RELATIONSHIP BANKING
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Fitness
DOJO USA
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(650)589-9148
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Health & Medical
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Dr. Thomas Ferrigno D.C.
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177 Bovet Rd. #150 San Mateo
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disabilities; trauma/PTSD
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AGENCY
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Burlingame
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San Carlos
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LOCAL 31
Although Delgadillo and Gardiner
were not actually involved in the alleged
incident, they are similarly charged and
face a potential life sentence, said
District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe.
The May 26 incident was allegedly
sparked by the request of a state prison
inmate to kill an opposing gangmember.
Delgadillo and Gardiner served as the
conduit for the message to the other
three sent to actually carry out the order,
Wagstaffe said.
The three, all documented gangmem-
bers, were intercepted after San Bruno
police responded to calls of suspicious
individuals near Belle Air Elementary
School just before 2 a.m. and an ofcer
gave chase to the vehicle after it went
through a stop sign. Garcia allegedly
pulled a gun and red two rounds which
the officer returned although neither
were hit. Police
found Apolinario and
Bernal hiding nearby
and arrested Garcia
later that evening.
The next day, a 9-
year-old boy playing
with his sister in the
backyard found the
gun and asked his
mother if he could
play with it.
Bernal only has a misdemeanor on his
criminal record but both Apolinario and
Garcia were recently released from
prison. Apolinario is on eight years pro-
bation out of Texas for aggravated
assault with a deadly weapon and dead-
ly discharge of a rearm. In 2008, he
was sent to a California prison for ve
years on a gang felony.
Garcia served prison time for drug
possession and was released ahead of the
new state realignment rules. However,
Wagstaffe said Garcia would have quali-
ed under the new release guidelines for
inmates with non-serious convictions.
All defendants remain in custody
without bail.
The prison inmate who allegedly
ordered the hit has not been charged.
Michelle Durand can be reached by email:
michelle@smdailyjournal.com or by phone:
(650) 344-5200 ext. 102.
INDICTED
for the weekend storms. Some workers will be on call 24/7
for storm emergencies, said Matt Bronson, interim streets and
facility manager for San Mateo. The corporation yard acts as a
nerve center for operations during big storms, Bronson said.
San Mateo even hires some part-time workers during storm
season, he said.
Rain is expected to be heavy at times today but winds should
be lighter, according to the National Weather Service.
Wednesdays storm did not dump as much rain as forecast-
ers anticipated, according to the NWS.
Yesterday, winds brought down a tree on Old La Honda
Road in Woodside that closed both lanes of trafc for a few
hours.
More showers and wind are expected Saturday and Sunday,
with intermittent dry periods. There is a slight chance of thun-
derstorms as well, according to the NWS.
Motorists are advised to use caution while driving on high-
ways where accumulated oil means slick roads in wet weath-
er.
The area should dry out after the weekend,, according to the
NWS.
Bay City News contributed to the report.
STORM
Michael
Apolinario
tures, according to the Elections Ofce.
The three voted in July to form a
stand-alone re department and to start
searching for a new re chief with fel-
low board members Gary Burke and
Ginny McShane voting against the pro-
posal.
The board called a meeting for
Monday to set a date for the recall elec-
tion.
Voters will likely be asked: Do you
want to recall Alifano, and if so, who
should replace him, Alifano told the
Daily Journal yesterday.
Alifano plans to campaign vigorously
to keep his seat.
Cal Fire proponents say a stand-alone
re department will be too costly and
short-staffed and are emboldened by a
San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury
report that indicated Cal Fire serves the
coast well.
A stand-alone re department will
rely on unbudgeted overtime and will
cost at least $1.4 million per year more
than Cal Fire over the next ve years,
recall proponents said.
But Mackintosh, Alifano and Riddell
contend Cal Fire is not responsive to the
needs of the coast and it would be better
served by having a fire chief who
answers directly to the board.
The Cal Fire contract expires in June
2013.
The election will cost taxpayers
$130,000.
The Coastside Fire Protection District
serves Half Moon Bay, the unincorpo-
rated areas of Half Moon Bay and the
unincorporated communities of
Miramar, El Granada, Princeton-by-the-
Sea, Moss Beach and Montara.
Previously, the Half Moon Bay Fire
Protection District and Point Montara
Fire Protection District provided service
on the coast but the two consolidated in
2007 to form the Coastside Fire
Protection District.
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