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Vol XII,Edition 64
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‘ENDER’S GAME’AGREAT ADVENTURE
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FAA EASES RULES ON ELECTRONIC DEVICES ON PLANES
PHOTOS COURTESY OF CIRCULO CULTURAL
Community members came out for last year’s Día de los Muertos celebration in Redwood City.
By Samantha Weigel
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
The city of San Mateo has received a plan-ning application to demolish the agingHillsdale Inn just off Highway 101 andreplace it with 180 condominiums. Barry Swenson Builder submitted anapplication to redevelop the 477 E.Hillsdale Blvd. property to the San MateoPlanning Department and is still in earlystages of the review process, said ChristyUsher, the city’s project planner for theproposal. The application consists of a four-storybuilding and three three-story buildingswith studios up to three-bedroom units, aswell as a 364-space underground parkingstructure, Usher said. Constructed in the 1950s, the HillsdaleInn used to be a hot spot along Highway101, said Joshua Burroughs, developmentmanager at Barry Swenson Builder. Its land-mark tower, fashioned after a air traffic con-trol tower, was used as a honeymoon suitebut fell into disrepair and was demolished in2001. About 10 years ago, the company boughtthe property with the intent of redevelop-ing it, Burroughs said. Ideas for the proper-ty have changed over the years and at differ-ent times BSB considered turning it into asenior housing project, a new hotel andother apartments, Burroughs said. “We’ve been working with the city forover 10 years on this specific property invarious iterations of development ideas,”Burroughs said.
New plan for Hillsdale Inn
Developer wants toturn aging San Mateo motel into 180 condominiums
Feds renew threatto withhold $3.5Bin school funding
California seeking to replace pencil-and-paperSTAR tests with language,math computer tests
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SACRAMENTO — Federal educationofficials renewed a threat this week towithhold funds from California if itmoves forward this spring with a plan toabandon the standardized tests the state’spublic school students have taken since1999. The U.S. Department of Educationinformed state officials through a letterthat more than $3.5 billion in federal aidfor disadvantaged students is at stake in the dispute. Assistant Secretary for Elementary and SecondaryEducation Deborah Delisle wrote that federal officials sup-port the new computerized tests California wants to givestudents in grades 3-8 and 11 on a trial basis. But Delisle says the state’s plan to have students takeeither the math or language sections and not report the 2014
Hospital arsonist guilty
Hillsborough man reportedly dying of cancer faces up to three years prison
By Michelle Durand
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Aterminal cancer patient who reported-ly set a fire in his county hospital roomand threatened a nurse with a knife beforea two-hour standoff with police is look-ing at up to three years in prison afterpleading no contest to arson and assault.Zavtcho Stanonor Stoyanov, 52, willbe sentenced Jan. 10 and, while he isreportedly dying of cancer, Chief Deputy
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By Angela Swartz
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Altars, traditional Mexican food, aprocession and other activities will allbe fixtures in Redwood CIty tonight tocelebrate Día de los Muertos. The Day of the Dead celebrationstarts at 6 p.m. at Courthouse Square indowntown Redwood City. There will bea welcome speech and procession at 7p.m. with Mayor Alicia Aguirre at thefree event. There will also be music byMexican singer Rafael Turincio and
Celebrating Día de los Muertos
Redwood City event honors the dead with altars,procession and music
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Teen murder suspect back in county
The teenage murder defendant whoescaped from juvenile hall inFebruary 2008 was back in San MateoCounty after Texas authorities pausedprosecution of alleged home burgla-ries in San Antonio, it was reportedthe week of Nov. 1, 2008.Josue Raul Orozco, 18, was flownfrom Texas to San Mateo County of Wednesday of thatweek and was set toappear in San MateoCounty SuperiorCourt for appearanceon his bench warrant.Orozco was awaiting a May 2008trial on those counts along with thisadult co-defendant, Faustino Ayala,when he escaped. With the help of two fellow wards who were sentencedfor their role, Orozco scaled a wall atthe detention center at 222 PaulScannell Drive in unincorporated SanMateo.Orozco remained at large for eightmonths until his Sept. 16, 2008arrest by the San Antonio PoliceDepartment Tactical Response/GangUnit. Orozco, who was booked intothe Bexar County Jail under the nameJesus Contreras, was charged therewith burglary, resisting arrest andlying to police.Orozco was 14 when arrested for theJuly 12, 2005 fatal shooting of Francisco Rodriguez outside hisRedwood City residence. Orozcoearned the dubious distinction of being the youngest person evercharged as an adult for murder in SanMateo County.
County greenlights Lehman lawsuit
The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors unanimouslyagreed the week of Nov. 1,2008 to hire outside coun-sel to sue the officers anddirectors of LehmanBrothers Holdings, thebankrupt investment firm whose endsiphoned $150 million from the localcities, school districts and specialagencies.County Counsel Mike Murphyannounced the board’s decision, madein closed session, prior to the super-visors’public meeting. Murphy didnot elaborate on reasons or a specifictimeline.The County Investment Fundinvolves 1,050 different accountswith some cities and districts havingmore than one fund invested. Thefund had 5.9 percent of its $2.6 bil-lion in Lehman Brothers, leading toa loss of just more than $150 mil-lion for investors. County schoolsalone were estimated to have lost$37.3 million while Peninsulacities’estimated losses ranged fromthe hundreds of thousands of dollarsto more than $1 million.
County manager search quietly getting started
County supervisors interviewed ashort list of candidates the week of Nov. 1, 2008 to fill the county man-ager position and were expected toannounce an appointment.The board met with possiblereplacements for County ManagerJohn Maltbie who was stepping downat the end of 2008 after twodecades as the county’s finan-cial overseer. Assistant County ManagerDavid Boesch was long considered astrong contender but county officialslaunched an open recruitment processfollowing Maltbie’s retirementannouncement in April 2008.
Spending drops in September while incomes slow
Consumer spending dropped inSeptember 2008 by the largestamount in four years, while incomessuffered because of Hurricane Ike, itwas reported the week of Nov. 1,2008.The Commerce Department reportedthat week that personal spending fellby 0.3 percent the month prior, thebiggest decline since June of 2004.
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Actress Toni Collette is 41.
This Day in HistoryThought for the Day
1950
Two Puerto Rican nationalists tried toforce their way into Blair House inWashington, D.C., to assassinatePresident Harry S. Truman. Theattempt failed, and one of the pair waskilled, along with a White Housepolice officer.
“God give me strength to face a fact though it slay me.”
— Thomas Huxley,English biologist (1825-1895)
Country singerLyle Lovett is 56.Actress/talk showhost Jenny McCarthy is 41.
Birthdays
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Colombian air athlete Jhonathan Florez performs during an exhibition jump from a helicopter at a height of more than13,123feet above sea level,in Bogota.
Friday:
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Friday night:
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The article “Craft store appeals to council for relocation”in the Oct. 30 edition had incorrect information. The SanMateo City Council meeting to review Michaels’appeal isscheduled for Nov. 18.
Correction
In 1512,
Michelangelo finished painting the ceiling of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel.
In 1765,
the Stamp Act went into effect, prompting stiff resistance from American colonists.
In 1861
, during the Civil War, President Abraham Lincolnnamed Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan General-in-Chief of the Union armies, succeeding Lt. Gen. Winfield Scott.
In 1870,
the United States Weather Bureau made its firstmeteorological observations.
In 1936
, in a speech in Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolinidescribed the alliance between his country and NaziGermany as an “axis” running between Rome and Berlin.
In 1944,
“Harvey,” a comedy by Mary Chase about a manand his friend, an invisible six-foot-tall rabbit, opened onBroadway.
In 1949,
an Eastern Airlines DC-4 collided in midair witha Lockheed P-38 fighter plane near Washington NationalAirport, killing all 55 people aboard the DC-4 and serious-ly injuring the pilot of the P-38.
In 1952
, the United States exploded the first hydrogenbomb, code-named “Ivy Mike,” at Enewetak (en-ih-WEE’-tahk) Atoll in the Marshall Islands.
In 1968,
the Motion Picture Association of Americaunveiled its new voluntary film rating system: G for gener-al, M for mature (later changed to GP, then PG), R forrestricted and X (later changed to NC-17) for adults only.
In 1973
, following the “Saturday Night Massacre,” ActingAttorney General Robert H. Bork appointed Leon Jaworskito be the new Watergate special prosecutor, succeedingArchibald Cox.
(Answers tomorrow)BUILD PERKYATRIUM SNAPPYYesterday’sJumbles:Answer:When they divided the jack-o’-lantern’s circum-fer-ence by its diameter, they got — PUMPKIN “PI”Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, assuggested by the above cartoon.
THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME
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Actress Betsy Palmer is 87. Golfer Gary Player is 78.Country singer Bill Anderson is 76. Actress Barbara Bossonis 74. Actor Robert Foxworth is 72. Magazine publisher LarryFlynt is 71. Country singer-humorist Kinky Friedman is 69.Actress Jeannie Berlin is 64. Music producer David Foster is64. Rhythm-and-blues musician Ronald Khalis Bell (Kool andthe Gang) is 62. Country singer-songwriter-producer KeithStegall is 59. Actress Rachel Ticotin is 55. Rock musicianEddie MacDonald (The Alarm) is 54. Rock singer AnthonyKiedis (Red Hot Chili Peppers) is 51. Pop singer-musicianMags Furuholmen (a-ha) is 51.
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The Daily Derby race winners are CaliforniaClassic,No.5,in first place;Money Bags,No.11,insecond place;and Lucky Charms,No.12,in thirdplace.The race time was clocked at 1:47.71.
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Stolen vehicle.
A2000 silver Volvo withwas stolen on the 400 block of GardenAvenue before 9:24 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29.
Stolen vehicle.
Avehicle was stolen andthen found stuck on tracks on the first blockof Tanforan Avenue before 8:40 p.m.Tuesday, Oct. 29.
Petty theft.
Acellphone, laptop and a drillwere stolen from an unlocked vehicle on the400 block of Milton Avenue before 1:13p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29.
Suspicious circumstances.
Apersonwas reported walking around and looking atvehicles on the 200 block of Santa DomingaAvenue before 11:40 p.m. Monday, Oct. 28.
Burglary
. Avehicle was reported burglar-ized in the Fresh Choice parking lot on the1200 block of El Camino Real before 4:39p.m. Monday, Oct. 28.
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Drugs
. Aperson was cited for driving whilein possession of marijuana at the intersec-tion of Main and Mill streets before 9:58p.m. Friday, Oct. 25.
Minorpossession of alcohol.
A20-year-old was found to be in possession of alcohol at the intersection of Highway 1 andRoosevelt Boulevard before 1:16 a.m.Monday, Oct. 21.
Police reports
It was toying with her
Awoman reported her child missing butlater found the child safely sleeping inbed and buried under stuffed animals onthe 2800 block of Mariposa Drive inBurlingame before 9:55 a.m. Thursday,Oct. 24.
By Angela Swartz
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
To usher in a brand-new art gallery, theNanHai group in Millbrae is hosting a sem-inar series on Chineseart, which begins thisweekend.Begun in 1986, NanHaiArt, a branch of NanHai,is focused on introducingnew audiences to contem-porary artwork that high-lights unique aestheticand cultural values of Chinese art and tran-scends traditional boundaries of East andWest. The gallery is opening this Februaryto coincide with Chinese New Year. “[We] had the idea almost two years ago,”said NanHai Director Edward Gui, who beganworking for the organization this year.“Since July we’ve put the idea into reality.”The seminar hall and organization’s head-quarters are on the third floor of a building at510 Broadway in Millbrae. There are cur-rently renovations on the first floor, whichonce housed NanHai’s bookstore and will beused as the new gallery. Construction beganin July and the bookstore is being moved tothe organization’s Santa Clara office, whichfocuses on education. Agift shop will beplaced where Bank of the Orient is currentlylocated across from the future gallery.The seminars are intended to ease the tran-sition between the group running a culturalart center to a commercial gallery. KuiyiShen, a professor of art history and directorof the Chinese studies program atUniversity of California, San Diego, willopen up the series with a talk entitled “Inkas Cultural Identity.”“There’s a high demand to learn aboutEastern arts and the arts exchange,” saidGallery Associate Alice Zhang. “We want tobe a platform to help people have a betterunderstanding of this. We want to have agood representation of Chinese ink paint-ing technologies, but also incorporateWestern ideas into the paintings.”The plan is to have exhibitions last forfive weeks each and five exhibitions peryear. Pieces of art will be sold at the end of each exhibition. Works will come from con-temporary Chinese artists who the grouprecruited.“It’s a more open, better space,” Zhangsaid.Construction should be completed on thegallery in the next couple of weeks. Otherspeakers are Zaixin Hong, a professor of Chinese art history at University of PugetSound, and Arthur Mu-sen Kao, an artist andart professor at San Jose State University.NanHai also has offices in Santa Clara,Millbrae and near Seattle. The first seminar will be held from 2 p.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, with two more fol-lowing on Nov. 9 and 16 at the same times.Admission is free, but you can RSVPonline.Contact Zhang at 259-2100 or art@nan-hai.com for more information.
angela@smdailyjournal.com(650) 344-5200 ext. 105
New art gallery coming to Millbrae
NanHai Art wants to preserve and promote Chinese heritage and bridge East and West
ANGELA SWARTZ/DAILY JOURNAL
Construction is underway at NanHai Art,a brand-new art gallery in Millbrae set to open inFebruary.
Alice Zhang
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