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END SUMMERWITH A BANG
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ISLAMIC STATE MILITANTS BURIED THOUSANDS IN 72 LOCATIONS
By Michael Liedtke
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO — Google ispreparing to expand a SanFrancisco carpooling program in amove that could that could set up ashowdown with its one-time ally,the popular ride-hailing serviceUber.The plans will build upon a testservice that Google’s navigationapp Waze launched three monthsago in the San Francisco Bay Area. The program allows anyoneusing the Waze app to offer a rideto a limited pool of people tryingto get to work or home.Now, only people working atsix companies, including Google,Wal-Mart Stores and AdobeSystems, can request rides. Thetests have worked well enough toencourage Waze to move into thenext phase and allow anyone inthe Bay Area with its app to requesta ride by the end of this year,spokeswoman Julie Mossler said.Inviting more people to hitchrides could undercut Uber, whichallows people to request driverswho provide a taxi service usingtheir own cars.
Google findsits Waze intocarpool lane
Oyster Point projectcomes under examination
By Austin Walsh
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
As an international develop-ment firm plans to sink an esti-mated $1.5 billion into a massivelife sciences project proposed nearOyster Point, South San Franciscoofficials will discuss a vision forthe future of the area. The South San Francisco CityCouncil — during a study sessionWednesday, Aug. 31 — willaddress an interest by GreenlandGroup to revitalize the 42-acreproperty adjacent to the Bayfrontrecently acquired by the Chinesebuilder. The project aiming to build morethan 2 million square feet of spacereserved for offices as well asresearch and development in thebiotechnology industry had beenpreviously entitled to ShorensteinProperties, but fell stagnant andwas sold in June. City Manager Mike Futrell saidwith a potentially transformativeproject that’s expected to breakground in the next year, it is duetime for officials to begin examin-ing development in the area east of Highway 101. “This is really a terrific thing forthe citizens of South SanFrancisco, the biotechnologycommunity and the entire Bay
South San Francisco officials to discuss massive biotechnology development
By Bill Silverfarb
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
A growing number of groundfloor office spaces in downtownRedwood City prompted thePlanning Commission to recentlyamend zoning laws to promotemore active uses on a stretch of Main Street.With office spaces generatingmore rent and with downtown’saccess to public transit, newground floor office uses havebecome more prevalent, accordingto a staff report by Senior Planner
City moves to limit offices
Effort is to promote retail on ground floors on Main Street in Redwood City
By Austin Walsh
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
With two major election over-hauls on the horizon in theSequoia Union High SchoolDistrict, officials will begin trans-forming the process determininghow trustees are assigned seats onthe school board. The district Board of Trusteeswill host a discussion Wednesday,Aug. 31, designed to set the foun-dation for a pending division of electoral districts as well as a man-dated alignment with the state’selection calendar. Trustees approved changing to
Schools prep for election changes
Sequoia Union board to pave way forredistricting and calendar realignment
Program allows anyone using app tooffer a ride to a limited pool of people
Artist’s rendering of the project proposed near Oyster Point in South City.
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A number of offices located on the ground floor on Main Street in downtown Redwood City has promptedzoning changes to promote retail on the ground floor. The zoning changes come as several storefronts in thearea are currently for lease.
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Headstone of Civil War soldier to be fixed after 154 years
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Some mis-takes are never too late to fix. A Civil War soldier misidentifiedwhen he was buried at an Ohio ceme-tery more than 150 years ago is to geta new headstone. Confederate soldier AugustusBeckmann was fatally wounded in theBattle of Shiloh on April 7, 1862. Buthe was buried at the Camp ChaseConfederate Cemetery in Columbusunder the wrong name, A. Bergman,and wrong company, The ColumbusDispatch reports. Beckmann’s brother’s great-great-grandson, Greg Beckman, discoveredthe error when he visited Camp Chaselast Memorial Day. Beckman, who teaches governmentat a high school in Placentia,California, pulled together the neces-sary documentation and asked theNational Cemetery Administration tofix the headstone. He recently learnedhis request was approved.An administration spokeswomansays approved stones are typically inplace within 60 days.Beckman’s great-great grandfather,William Beckmann, was Augustus’brother. The two came to America frompresent-day Germany between 1858and 1860 and enlisted in the 2nd TexasInfantry in Galveston.“William never learned the fate of his brother, as August was buried underthe wrong surname of Bergman allthose years,” Beckman said. “The lasttime they saw one another was on thebattlefield of Shiloh.”August Beckmann was buried underthe name Bergman at Camp Dennisonnear Cincinnati, and the incorrectname followed him when his remainsand those of 30 other soldiers wereremoved in 1869 and reinterred atCamp Chase. Beckman said he was happy to visithis relative’s gravesite, but wasn’tcontent with the incorrect inscription.“I knew something had to be doneabout it,” he said.
Pokemon, just go: France doesnot want creatures in schools
PARIS — Attention, legendaryPokemon creatures: You may soon beexpelled from the schools of France.The education minister, NajatVallaud-Belkacem, said Monday thatthe makers of the popular “PokemonGo” smartphone game should stopbeaming their most avidly huntedPokemon figures into real-lifeschools.She has told a Paris news conferencethat she intends to meet representa-tives of California-based Niantic Inc.to explain that the game entices non-students to wander into children’sschools. She sees the quest for rare, or“legendary,” characters as posing thegreatest security risk of unwantedwalk-ins by strangers. France remains in an official state of emergency following Novemberattacks in Paris and last month’s Nicetruck massacre.She says principals already canapply online for Niantic to removetheir school from the game’s globalmap.
Phoenix-area woman finds 7-foot-long snake near trash
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A suburbanPhoenix woman has found a 7-foot-long boa constructor slithering nearher trash can.The Arizona Republic reports thatScottsdale firefighters were calledMonday night to remove the snake,which they say was docile.Department spokesman David Foliosays this is the third snake to be foundin the area. Two albino Burmesepythons were picked up in the samespot this month. Folio says thedepartment suspects someone may bedropping off the apparently domesti-cated snakes.He says none of the three snakeswere aggressive.The snakes were taken to thePhoenix Herpetological Society.
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Actor Richard Gereis 67.
This Day in HistoryThought for the Day
1886
An earthquake with an estimated mag-nitude of 7.3 devastated Charleston,South Carolina, killing at least 60people, according to the U.S.Geological Survey.
“Every man in the world is better thansomeone else and not as good someone else.”
— William Saroyan, American author
Singer Van Morrison is 71. Actor Chris Tuckeris 44.
Birthdays
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Children play on pontoons as clouds gather over the banks of the river Ganges in Allahabad, India.
Wednesday
: Mostly cloudy. Highs in themid 60s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mphincreasing to 10 to 20 mph in the after-noon.
Wednesday night:
Mostly cloudy.Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest winds 10to 20 mph.
Thursday
: Mostly cloudy. Highs in themid 60s. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
Thursday night:
Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog. Lows in themid 50s.
Friday through Labor Day:
Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog.Highs in the mid 60s. Lows in the mid 50s.
Monday night:
Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
Thursday
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In 1881, 
the first U.S. tennis championships (for menonly) began in Newport, Rhode Island.
In 1916
, the musical revue “The Big Show,” featuring thesong “Poor Butterfly” by Raymond Hubbell and JohnGolden, opened at New York’s Hippodrome.
In 1939,
the first issue of Marvel Comics, featuring theHuman Torch, was published by Timely Publications in NewYork.
In 1941,
the radio program “The Great Gildersleeve,” aspinoff from “Fibber McGee and Molly” starring HaroldPeary, debuted on NBC.
In 1954,
Hurricane Carol hit the northeastern Atlanticstates; Connecticut, Rhode Island and part of Massachusettsbore the brunt of the storm, which resulted in some 70deaths.
In 1965, 
the U.S. House of Representatives joined theSenate in voting to establish the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
In 1972, 
at the Munich Summer Olympics, Americanswimmer Mark Spitz won his fourth and fifth gold medals inthe 100-meter butterfly and 800-meter freestyle relay;Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut won gold medals in floor exer-cise and the balance beam.
In 1980
, Poland’s Solidarity labor movement was bornwith an agreement signed in Gdansk that ended a 17-day-oldstrike.
In other news ...
(Answers tomorrow)ADAGE JUDGE KITTEN HYPHENYesterday’sJumbles:Answer:The pilot’s three-line poem spoken at 30,000feet was a — “HIGH-KU”Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, assuggested by the above cartoon.
THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME
by David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek
Unscramble these four Jumbles,one letter to each square,to form four ordinary words.
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Japanese monster movie actor Katsumi Tezuka is 104.Baseball Hall-of-Famer Frank Robinson is 81. Actor WarrenBerlinger is 79. Rock musician Jerry Allison (Buddy Hollyand the Crickets) is 77. Actor Jack Thompson is 76. ViolinistItzhak Perlman is 71. Rock musician Rudolf Schenker (TheScorpions) is 68. Olympic gold medal track and field athleteEdwin Moses is 61. Rock singer Glenn Tilbrook (Squeeze) is59. Rock musician Gina Schock (The Go-Go’s) is 59. SingerTony DeFranco (The DeFranco Family) is 57. Rhythm-and-blues musician Larry Waddell (Mint Condition) is 53. ActorJaime P. Gomez is 51. Baseball pitcher Hideo Nomo is 48.
Lotto
 The Daily Derby race winners are Gold Rush, No.1, in first place; Winning Spirit, No. 9, in secondplace; and Gorgeous George, No.8, in third place. The race time was clocked at 1:42.94.
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LOCAL/STATE
Esther Young (Rau)
Esther Young was born on September 10, 1922 in Sidney, Montana to her loving parents Margaret and Alex. She married the love of her life, Thomas E. Young on November 11, 1950. She has two children Tim (wife Linda) and Nancy (husband Mark) and four amazing grandchildren: Ashley, Nicholas, Mitchell and Rebecca. Mom dedicated her life to the Lord and her family. She was caring and sel󿬂ess and all who knew her felt  blessed to have her in their lives.A funeral mass will be celebrated at 10:00 am Friday, September 2nd at Our Lady of Angels Church, 1721 Hillside Drive, in Burlingame. There will be a Celebration of Life luncheon following the service. In lieu of 󿬂owers, please help those in need. (Online obituary and condolences at www.crosby-ngray.com)
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SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
Disturbance
. A woman became upset andstarted screaming when her credit card wasdeclined at Travelodge Hotel on SouthAirport Boulevard before 11:43 p.m. Friday,Aug. 12.
Accident
. The driver of a silver HondaCivic hit a silver Nissan Rogue and wouldnot provide information near Grand andMaple avenues before 3:29 p.m. Friday,Aug. 12.
Stolen vehicle
. Two vehicles were stolenfrom Sixt Rent A Car on South AirportBoulevard before 1:40 p.m. Friday, Aug. 12.
Stolen vehicle
. Two men were seen tak-ing a black Chevrolet Silverado onClaremont Avenue before 6:44 a.m. Friday,Aug. 12.
Accident
. The drivers of a Toyota Tacomaand a Prius were involved in an accident atShell Station on Produce Avenue before9:13 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 11.
Disturbance
. Sewage was coming back upin a house on Larch Avenue before 7:05 p.m.Thursday, Aug. 11.
Disorderly conduct.
A drunk man wasseen disturbing customers at Round TablePizza on Chestnut Avenue before 2:59 p.m.Thursday, Aug. 11.
Wildfire prompts evacuations of 200 homes in California
BANNING — Fire officials say a wildfiretearing through brush east of Los Angeleshas forced 700 people from their homes anddestroyed a small building.The Riverside County Fire Departmentsays the fast-moving fire has prompted theevacuation of at least 200 homes as it racedthrough a square mile of drought-dry hillsnear Banning.One firefighter was treated for a non-lifethreatening injury.The blaze erupted shortly before 12:30p.m. in the unincorporated Cherry Valleyarea and has thrown up a line of 25-foot-high flames. Winds gusting to about 20mph and tinder-dry fuel are helping propelthe blaze, which is 5 percent contained.A mobile home park and scattered homeson large properties have been evacuated.More than 300 firefighters and more thana dozen aircraft are battling the flames.
Five bodies found in burnedCalifornia care home for disabled
TEMECULA — The bodies of five peoplewere found after a fire gutted a board-and-care home for developmentally disabledpeople southeast of Los Angeles, authori-ties said Tuesday.Remains of the five adults were discov-ered Monday morning after firefighters putout a fire at the home, said a statement fromthe Riverside County Sheriff’sDepartment.The cause of the fire had not been deter-mined but it was labeled suspicious andarson and homicide investigators wereworking at the scene, authorities said.The Sheriff’s Department said coronerswere trying to identify the remains found atthe house, one of two on a lot set amidranches and vineyards in an unincorporatedarea of the city of Temecula.
Police reports
Two-bit thug
An unknown person stole quarters fromwashing machines on the 300 block of Richmond Drive in Millbrae before 8a.m. Sunday, Aug. 14.
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