You are on page 1of 29
 
www.smdailyjournal.com
Leading local news coverage on the Peninsula
Monday
 June 17,2013
Vol XII,Edition 260
EMPIRE OF SECRETS
NATION PAGE 6
 
N.KOREA WANTSHIGH-LEVEL TALKS
WORLD PAGE 8
GLASNOSTON THE POTOMAC UNDER OBAMA?
SEE SPORTS PAGE 11
By Michelle Durand
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
The county should spend $10million worth of sales tax revenuein the next two fiscal years to pro-vide subsidized child care througha proposed Early Learning andCare Trust Fund, according to arecommendation by CountyManager John Maltbie comingbefore the supervisors Tuesday. Maltbie also backs fundingmore than $530,000 in the nexttwo years to redesign and expandlibrary summer reading programsat the county’s 32 public facilitiesand bookmobile. The plan is toincrease participating studentsfrom an expected 19,000 this yearto 48,000 by 2015.Athird recommendation comingbefore the Board of Supervisors atTuesday’s meeting calls for $3.5million to create a county firevehicle replacement fund. A35-year-old water tanker and two fireengines older than 20 years oldneed immediate replacement andothers will be evaluated later thisyear. Two million dollars will becontributed initially for the threevehicles plus a $1.5 million“placeholder” amount to continuethe replacement process. That fig-ure will be adjusted with the actualpurchase price, likely before theSeptember budget hearings. The proposals are among thelatest batch of ideas up for discus-sion and tentative allocation of the Measure Ahalf-cent sales taxrevenue approved by voters inNovember. The child care propos-al has two contingencies — othercommunity resources must machthe funds and, secondly, the Boardof Supervisors must adopt a com-prehensive expenditure and pro-gram plan recommended by thecounty Office of Education.The investment would be one of prevention to avoid more costlyremediation down the road.Although the county receivednearly $12 million in First 5 fund-ing and CalWorks subsidies andspent $4.7 million on its Pre to 3program, more than 3,300 localchildren who qualify for subsi-dized preschool don’t have a spaceto accommodate them, accordingto Maltbie’s summary to the
Sales tax requests adding up
 
Child care,libraries,fire looking for piece of county’s Measure A funds
See
TAX
,Page
20
By Bill Silverfarb
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
The Foster City Council hasspent years trying to reduce a once$4.8 million deficit by eliminat-ing 30 full-time positions since2010, establishing a second tierof reduced benefits for new hiresand sharing fire personnel withneighboring cities.Two recent events, however,have caused the deficit to climbback up to a projected $1.35 mil-lion in the coming years — theloss of the city’s biggest sales taxproducer and an increase in thecontributions the city has to maketo fund retiree pensions.To eat into the deficit, the CityCouncil will consider Mondaynight whether it should ask cityresidents to update the city’s busi-ness license tax on the Novemberballot. Updating the businesslicense tax will raise an extra$700,000 by fiscal year 2015-16for the city’s general fund.
 
Business licensetax increase oncouncil’s agenda
By Heather Murtagh
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
It started with a hike. Well, there was a bit before that.The partnership of Trio Hikerswine really began in 2005 whenJoe Vella, 73, asked a couplefriends Bob Nafziger, 76, and JoeRuggiero, 74, if they would beinterested in going on a hike. Taking a hike is now a Tuesdaytradition for the friends who livein Burlingame and Hillsborough.But, that first hike set the tone foranother activity the guys nowenjoy together —making wine. During 10-mile, and sometimeslonger, hikes, there’s time to chat.Those who like wine willinevitably end up talking aboutvino, said Ruggiero. Blame Nafziger for taking it pasttalking. When the guys took abreak on that first hike to eat,
A love of wine,hiking and fun
By Bill Silverfarb
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
The Mi Rancho Market on NorthB Street in downtown San Mateocleared a hurdle with the city’sPlanning Commission Tuesdaynight for a major expansion of thecarniceria across the street at thelong-vacant Blu-White Laundry &Cleaners site.Minerva Pulido first opened the4,000 square-feet market in 1995when the street only had a coupleof shops on it near the PeninsulaItalian American Social Club.The new two-story market at theold laundry site will be 12,000square feet with a full kitchen andtaqueria with 25 parking spaces.Mi Rancho currently has no park-ing spaces.“The market could be a much-needed catalyst to begin a redevel-opment of the north downtownbusiness district,” Deputy MayorRobert Ross told the DailyJournal.The market’s developer, Paulo
Mi Rancho clears hurdle
BILL SILVERFARB/DAILY JOURNAL
Mi Rancho Market owner Minerva Pulido plans to construct a new two-story supermarket across the street fromher current market on North B Street in San Mateo.
Carniceria to take over old laundry site with council OK 
See
MARKET
,Page
20
See
LICENSE
,Page
20
 
 Joe Ruggiero,Joe Vella and Bob Nafziger
See
WINE
,Page
20
 
The U.S. Supreme Court, in Abington(Pa.) School District v. Schempp,struck down, 8-1, rules requiring therecitation of the Lord’s Prayer or read-ing of Biblical verses in publicschools.
Poll:Most men aspire to be dads
Arecent Associated Press-WE tvpoll found more than 8 in 10 men saidthey have always wanted to be fathersor think they’d like to be one some-day.Debates about the different wayswomen approach motherhood domi-nate news coverage about parenthoodthese days, with fathers’experiencesoften left unexamined.Alook at what the poll found on howmen view fatherhood, and the changesit has brought for those who havebecome dads:
BECOMING ADAD
About 8 in 10 fathers surveyed saidthey always knew they wanted to havechildren, compared with about 7 in 10mothers, and 69 percent of dads calledthat long-standing desire to have chil-dren an important factor in their deci-sion to have kids.Dads were more likely than moms inthe poll to say they saw positiveeffects from fatherhood on their lovelife and career, and they are just aslikely as moms to say it improvedtheir overall happiness, sense of accomplishment and sense of purpose.When weighing whether to becomea parent, mothers and fathers placedsimilar levels of importance on wherethey stood in their career and theimpact having kids might have ontheir social life, and like mothers, sawhaving found the right person to havea child with and the joy of having chil-dren as the most important considera-tions.
ASPIRING TO FATHERHOOD
Men who do not have children were just as likely as women without kids tosay they want them someday. Amongmen under age 35, 91 percent are dadsalready or say they think they wouldlike to have children someday.Men were more likely than womento say the main reason they’d like tobecome fathers someday is to carry ontraditions or family history.According to the poll, 14 percent of men called that a top reason comparedwith 4 percent of women. Womenplace greater emphasis on wanting tobe a parent, to care for and raise a child— 22 percent among women who wantchildren compared with 2 percentamong men.
MARRIED, WITH KIDS
Three-quarters of dads said they weremarried when their first child wasborn. Among those men who aren’tmarried and who would like to havechildren, about one-quarter say theywould consider having or adopting achild without a partner, though 88 per-cent within this group say they dowant to get married someday.Men are a bit more skeptical thanwomen that a single mother can do asgood a job raising a child as two par-ents can, and men are more likely tosay an increase in the number of singlemothers is bad for society. Still, abouthalf of men in the survey said thegrowing variety in family arrange-ments these days ultimately doesn’tmake much difference.The AP-WE tv poll was conductedMay 15-23, 2013, usingKnowledgePanel, GfK’s probability-based online panel. It involved onlineinterviews with 1,277 people age 18-49, including interviews with 637men. The survey has a margin of sam-pling error of plus or minus 3.8 per-centage points for all respondents; itis larger for subgroups.KnowledgePanel is constructedusing traditional telephone and mailsampling methods to randomly recruitrespondents. People selected who hadno Internet access were given it forfree.
FOR THE RECORD2
Monday
 June 17,2013
 THEDAILYJOURNAL
The San Mateo Daily Journal
800 S. Claremont St., Suite 210, San Mateo, CA94402
Publisher: Jerry LeeEditorin Chief: Jon Mays
 jerry@smdailyjournal.comjon@smdailyjournal.comsmdailyjournal.comscribd.com/smdailyjournaltwitter.com/smdailyjournalfacebook.com/smdailyjournalPhone:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (650) 344-5200 Fax: (650) 344-5290To Advertise:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ads@smdailyjournal.comEvents:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . calendar@smdailyjournal.comNews:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . news@smdailyjournal.comDelivery:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . circulation@smdailyjournal.comCareer: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . info@smdailyjournal.com
As a public service,the Daily Journal prints obituaries of approximately 200 words or less with a photo one time on the date of the family’s choosing.To submit obituaries,emailinformation along with a jpeg photo to news@smdailyjournal.com.Free obituaries are edited for style,clarity,length and grammar.If you would like to have an obituary printedmore than once,longer than 250 words or without editing,please submit an inquiry to our advertising department at ads@smdailyjournal.com.
Pop singer PaulinaRubio is 42.
This Day in HistoryThought for the Day
1963
“The truth is that there is nothing noble in being superior to somebody else.The only real nobility is in being superior to your former self.” 
— Whitney Young,American civil rights leader (1921-1971).
Singer BarryManilow is 70.Actor DamaniRoberts is 17.
Birthdays
PHOTO COURTESY OF KATRINA RILL/SPEIER’S OFFICE
Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer and U.S.Rep.Jackie Speier,D-San Mateo,check out a robot at the “Make it in America”exhibitat the San Mateo County Fair over the weekend.Speier has invited local manufacturers for three years now to participate inthe exhibit.
Monday:
Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog inthe morning. Highs in the lower 60s.West winds 5 to 15 mph.
Monday night:
Mostly cloudy. Patchyfog after midnight. Lows in the lower50s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday:
Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog inthe morning. Highs around 60. Westwinds 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday night:
Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog after mid-night. Lows in the upper 40s. Northwest winds 10 to 15mph.
Wednesday:
Mostly cloudy in the morning then becom-ing sunny. Patchy fog. Highs in the lower 60s.
Wednesday night through Sunday:
Partly cloudy.Patchy fog. Lows around 50. Highs in the lower 60s.
Local Weather Forecast
(Answers tomorrow)PUPILABOVE AUBURN UNLOCKSaturday’sJumbles:Answer:The hot-air balloon sank after they ran out offuel, but he had a — BACK-UPPLANNow arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, assuggested by the above cartoon.
THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME
by David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek
Unscramble these four Jumbles,one letter to each square,to form four ordinary words.
DEICHBOLBYROBWORMEFLUB
©2013 Tribune Media Services, Inc.All Rights Reserved.
   J  u  m   b   l  e  p  u  z  z   l  e  m  a  g  a  z   i  n  e  s  a  v  a   i   l  a   b   l  e  a   t  p  e  n  n  y   d  e   l   l  p  u  z  z   l  e  s .  c  o  m   /   j  u  m   b   l  e  m  a  g  s
Print answer here:
On this date:In 1397
, the Treaty of Kalmar was signed, creating a unionbetween the kingdoms of Sweden, Denmark and Norway.
In 1775
, the Revolutionary War Battle of Bunker Hillresulted in a costly victory for the British, who sufferedheavy losses.
In 1885
, the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harboraboard the French ship Isere (ee-SEHR’).
In 1928
, Amelia Earhart embarked on a trans-Atlanticflight from Newfoundland to Wales with pilots Wilmer Stultzand Louis Gordon, becoming the first woman to make thetrip as a passenger.
In 1940
, France asked Germany for terms of surrender inWorld War II.
In 1953
, residents of East Berlin rebelled against the com-munist East German government, which forcefully sup-pressed the uprising. U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O.Douglas stayed the execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg,originally set for the next day, the couple’s 14th weddinganniversary. (They were put to death June 19.)In 1961, Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defected to theWest while his troupe was in Paris.
In 1972
, President Richard M. Nixon’s eventual downfallbegan with the arrest of five burglars inside Democraticnational headquarters in Washington, D.C.’s Watergatecomplex.
In 1992
, President George H.W. Bush and RussianPresident Boris Yeltsin signed a breakthrough arms-reduc-tion agreement. Actor Peter Lupus is 81. Actor William Lucking is 72.Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is 70. Comedian JoePiscopo is 62. Actor Mark Linn-Baker is 59. Musician PhilipChevron (The Pogues) is 56. Actor Jon Gries (gryz) is 56.Movie producer-director-writer Bobby Farrelly is 55. ActorThomas Haden Church is 52. Actor Greg Kinnear is 50.Actress Kami Cotler (TV: “The Waltons”) is 48. Olympic gold-medal speed skater Dan Jansen is 48. Actor Jason Patric is 47.Rhythm-and-blues singer Kevin Thornton is 44. Actor-come-dian Will Forte is 43. Tennis player Venus Williams is 33.Actor-rapper Herculeez (AKAJamal Mixon) is 30.
In other news ...Lotto
 The Daily Derby race winners are CaliforniaClassic,No.1,in first place;Lucky Star,No.2,insecond place;and Solid Gold,No.10,in thirdplace.The race time was clocked at 1:49.18.
9 9 92 5 31 33 34 20
Meganumber
 J
 
un
 
e 14 Mega Mill
 
io
 
n
 
s
 
28 36 40 48 55 1
Powerball
 J
 
une 15 Powe
 
r
 
b
 
all
 
2 2 7 11 30
F
 
a
 
ntasy Fiv
 
e
 
D
 
a
 
ily th
 
r
 
ee midd
 
ay
 
81 1 2
D
 
a
 
ily Fou
 
r
 
4 8 9
D
 
a
 
ily th
 
r
 
ee ev
 
e
 
ni
 
n
 
g
 
30 33 41 44 47 7
Meganumber
 J
 
u
 
ne 15 Su
 
pe
 
r Lot
 
to Plu
 
s
 
Dads were more likely than moms in thepoll to say they saw positive effects fromfatherhood on their love life and career.
 
B
etween 1769 and March 1776, lit-tle exploration occurred in thesouthern section of the Bay. In1776, Lt. Colonel Juan Bautista de Anza anda group of soldiers camped at the Plain of the Oaks-Cupertino, as they explored fromMonterey to the tip of the Bay-SanFrancisco. Anza was in great pain due to aleg injury and, after resting one night, thegroup trod up what is now El Camino Realtoward San Francisco. Anza’s task was tochoose a site for a Presidio and a Mission atthe tip of the Peninsula. Palo Alto had beenmentioned many times as a good site for aMission but the government in Mexicowanted the Presidio and Mission at the tipto defend against any Russian, English orother intruders.In November 1776, Father Pena, aFranciscan priest from Monterey, visitedand chose a site on the Guadalupe River fora mission. This site favored a potential portthat could be developed (Alviso) for traveland trade to Mission Dolores that hadalready been established at the tip of thePeninsula. The object of the Mission was to“civilize” the native Ohlone Indians byteaching the agriculture and other arts thatwould be used by the Indians to developtheir own land that would be given to themby the church after they became Christians.No resistance was offered by the natives asthey settled down to become European-typecitizens. The final site for a pueblo would be up tothe officer in charge of the Presidio of SanFrancisco — Lt. Moraga. The governor,Felipe de Neve, wanted the pueblo on theeast side of Guadalupe River but Moragaplaced it closer to the river than Neve want-ed. This would prove to be a big mistakewhen wet periods flooded the pueblo anddestroyed the mission. In 1828, the mis-sion was rebuilt on the present site of SantaClara University. This distance from thepueblo caused friction among the settlersuntil 200 Indians and the priests plantedtrees and improved the road, the Alameda,so the trip was more pleasant when serviceswere held at the Mission. St. Joseph Churchwas built in San Jose in 1803 thus reducingthe need for all the services at the Mission.The Mission was established on mud flats,along the Guadalupe River in January 1777.The first church lasted until floods destroyedthe buildings the first year. The second mis-sion was moved further south toward thepueblo. This attempt to develop a Missionto the south along the Guadalupe River alsomet with disaster when another flood wipedout the structures. The next attempt wasmore successful as the Mission site chosenwas quite a distance to the west of the creek.The entire 1822-1825 church was destroyedby fire in October of 1826 and then rebuilt.It now consisted of a quadrangle within thecompound that was made up of the church,storerooms, priest’s residence and quartersfor the young Indian neophyte girls.Outside the quadrangle were a guardhouse,
Mission Santa Clara de Asis
3
Monday
 June 17,2013
 THEDAILYJOURNAL
LOCAL
 
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE SAN MATEO COUNTY HISTORY MUSEUM
Mission Santa Clara de Assis (sister mission of Mission Dolores) in the 1850s.
See
HISTORY
,Page
19

Reward Your Curiosity

Everything you want to read.
Anytime. Anywhere. Any device.
No Commitment. Cancel anytime.
576648e32a3d8b82ca71961b7a986505