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1020 Issue of The Daily Journal
1020 Issue of The Daily Journal
1020 Issue of The Daily Journal
FOR HALLOWEEN
VIOLENT TURN
MASKED YOUTHS CLASH WITH POLICE AND SET
FIRES ACROSS FRANCE
TOM BOSLEY
DEAD AT 83
FOOD PAGE 21 WORLD PAGE 11 NATION PAGE 7
City approves worker cuts Mom not guilty by reason of insanity no contest to charges of
By Heather Murtagh
Employee groups agree to concessions to save $460K DAILY JOURNAL STAFF attempted murder, causing
By Heather Murtagh Millbrae City Council unanimously approved great bodily harm to her
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF contract agreements with three labor unions: A Redwood City mother pleaded no contest daughter while attempting
Sanitation Workers Association, Millbrae to attempted murder of her daughter and to murder him, and assault
A 4.3 percent decrease in compensation Police Officers Association and Teamsters assault on her son Tuesday but was found not on her son, said Chief
Local 856. Each unit agreed to a variety of Deputy District Attorney
agreed to by Millbrae city employees and guilty by reason of insanity.
cuts equaling 4.3 percent, according to a staff Steve Wagstaffe. A trio of
approved by the City Council Tuesday will Philomena Mary Brown, 40, had already court-appointed doctors
report written by City Manager Marcia
save the city an estimated $460,800 this fiscal Raines. The decision means workers will have entered twin pleas of not guilty and not guilty found Brown not to be
year. by reason of insanity to multiple counts of Philomena
During a special morning meeting, the See CUTS, Page 31 attempted murder. On Tuesday, she pleaded Mary Brown See MOM, Page 23
2 Wednesday • Oct. 20, 2010 FOR THE RECORD THE DAILY JOURNAL
SAN MATEO
Burglary. Several items were stolen from a residence on the
1500 block of Dale Avenue before 9:51 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 17.
Theft. A bicycle was stolen on the 600 block of North El
Camino Real before 1:02 a.m. Friday, Oct. 15.
Theft. A laptop was stolen on the 1300 block of Claudia
Avenue before 11:50 a.m. Friday, Oct. 15.
Trespassing. A person refused to leave property on the 1300
block of Del Monte Street before 12:01 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 14.
Theft. Two men were trying to get into a building on the 100
block of 36th Avenue before 9:06 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 30.
REDWOOD CITY
Theft. Gardening equipment was stolen on Brewster Avenue
before 3:32 p.m. Friday, Oct. 15.
ALEXANDER KALLIS/DAILY JOURNAL Theft. A wallet was stolen on Broadway before 11:48 a.m.
Dr. Edward O. Wilson, left, and actor and conservationist Harrison Ford announced the newly created PEN/E.O. Wilson Thursday, Oct. 14.
Literary Science Writing Award in Palo Alto last Friday. The award is designed to acknowledge new and compelling Burglary. A purse and wallet were stolen from a vehicle on
non-academic writing that contributes to the public’s understanding of science and changes how science is approached. Winslow Street before 7:49 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13.
Military recruiters told to accept gay applicants By Anne Flaherty new life last month when U.S. District Judge
and Julie Watson Virginia Phillips declared it unconstitutional.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS “Gay people have been fighting for equality
in the military since the 1960s,” said Aaron
SAN DIEGO — The military is accepting Belkin, executive director of the Palm Center,
openly gay recruits for the first time in the a think tank on gays and the military at the
nation’s history, even as it tries in the courts to University of California Santa Barbara. “It
slow the movement to abolish its “don’t ask, took a lot to get to this day.”
don’t tell” policy. The Defense Department has said it would
At least two service members discharged comply with Phillips’ order and had frozen
for being gay began the process to re-enlist any discharge cases. Pentagon spokeswoman
after the Pentagon’s Tuesday announcement. Cynthia Smith said recruiters had been given
A federal judge in California who over- top-level guidance to accept applicants who
turned the 17-year policy last week rejected say they are gay.
the government’s latest effort on Tuesday to AP interviews found some recruiters fol-
halt her order telling the military to stop lowing the order and others saying they had
enforcing the law. Before her ruling, govern- not heard of the announcement.
ment lawyers told Phillips they would appeal Recruiters also have been told to inform
if she rejected their request. potential recruits that the moratorium on
With the recruiting announcement, the bar- enforcement of the policy could be reversed at
riers built by an institution long resistant and any time, if the ruling is appealed or the court
sometimes hostile to gays had come down. grants a stay, she said.
REUTERS The movement to overturn the 1993 Gay rights groups were continuing to tell
Lt. Dan Choi, a gay Army officer honorably discharged under the don’t ask, don’t tell policy, Clinton-era law gained speed when President service members to avoid revealing that they
speaks to the media after attempting to re-enlist at the Times Square military recruitment Barack Obama campaigned on its repeal. The are gay, fearing they could find themselves in
station in New York. effort stalled in Congress this fall, and found trouble should the law be reinstated.
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foreclosure-document mess
By Alan Zibel resuming foreclosures in the 23 states that
troops, reduce its ability to fight complex mis-
sions like the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
and delay a program to upgrade its nuclear
defenses, Prime Minister David Cameron
southern port city, according to Sharmila
Farooqi, a spokeswoman for the Sindh provin-
cial government, and police. The violence
coincided with Sunday’s election to replace a
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS require a judge’s approval brought a wave of announced Tuesday. provincial lawmaker killed in August.
denunciations from public officials Tuesday. Outlining the first defense review since Karachi, a vast metropolis with more than
WASHINGTON — Big lenders are trying Attorneys general and other officials said bank 1998 — intended both to sweep away strate- 16 million residents, is prone to political, eth-
to move past the foreclosure-document mess, officials could face civil — and potentially gies crafted before the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks nic and religious strife. While officials would
saying they’re now confident their paperwork criminal — charges for flouting court proce- on the U.S. and to help clear the country’s not name any suspects, many so-called “target
is accurate. dures in handling foreclosure documents. crippling national debt — Cameron said killings” in Karachi have been linked to gangs
Yet they face so much organized resistance Hundreds of judges around the country have 17,000 troops, a fleet of jets and an aging air- allegedly controlled by two of the city’s long-
that they can’t just snap up their briefcases, the authority to penalize bank officials who craft carrier would all be sacrificed. feuding political parties.
declare the crisis over and move on. violate their procedural rules. They could also Cameron’s government has hinted for
Consider the opposition: force thousands of foreclosure cases to go to months that the cuts would be severe — and Lawmaker: Mine
• Attorneys general in all 50 states are joint- full trials rather than issue a quick ruling. sweeping. Communities around the country collapse warning ignored
ly investigating whether lenders violated state Judges won’t take well to banks that filed watched the announcement nervously, wor-
laws. erroneous documents with their courts, said ried about jobs and the impact on local com- SANTIAGO, Chile — A Chilean legislative
• Lawyers for evicted homeowners are Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller. munities in a time of economic hardship. commission is investigating reports that min-
preparing lawsuits against major lenders. “There could be some serious consequences,” ing operators ignored danger warnings from a
• State judges have signaled they will including criminal charges, Zoeller said. Rash of killings grips man who was later among 33 later trapped
review the banks’ foreclosure documents with Even if there aren’t, lawsuits are likely to when a mine collapsed.
skepticism. continue for years, said Guy Cecala, publisher
Pakistan’s largest city Deputy Carlos Vilches, a commission mem-
• Lawmakers on Capitol Hill plan to hold of trade publication Inside Mortgage Finance. ISLAMABAD — Gunmen killed 16 peo- ber, said Tuesday that miner Juan Llanes has
hearings. “Some of these plaintiffs’ attorneys clearly ple in Pakistan’s largest city Tuesday, officials alleged that operators refused his request to
The document crisis, in other words, smell blood in the water,” Cecala said. said, the latest victims in a surge of violence leave the mine three hours before it collapsed
appears far from over. Bank of America and GMAC say they have to grip Karachi and underscore the poor state on Aug. 5. Llanes reportedly had heard loud
Statements on Monday by Bank of America yet to find mistakes in the documents they’ve of law and order in this U.S.-allied nation. sounds that indicated a collapse could be
Corp. and GMAC Mortgage that they are reviewed so far. At least 48 people, including several politi- brewing.
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Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010
Serra holds
The Giants way
Stellar pitching,just enough offense gives San Francisco 2-1 series lead
off Wildcats
By Nathan Mollat
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Rangers close
in on pennant
By Mike Fitzpatrick Rangers 10, Yankees 3
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
It was reminiscent of Jeter’s disputed homer
NEW YORK — Strange things happen in at old Yankee Stadium in Game 1 of the 1996
right field at Yankee Stadium. ALCS against Baltimore, when 12-year-old fan
In the latest playoff ruckus to arise in that Jeffrey Maier reached over the right-field fence
small corner of the Bronx, the New York with his mitt and reeled in a tying shot by Jeter REUTERS
Yankees hit a pair of disputed drives over the in the eighth inning.
fence in Game 4 of the AL championship series
Bengie Molina blasts a three-run homer in the top of the sixth in Game 4 of the ALCS. The
Orioles right fielder Tony Tarasco, parked Rangers now lead the series 3-1.
Tuesday night. One stood as a home run, while under the ball as it descended, argued vehe-
the other call was correctly overturned and mently, but umpire Rich Garcia called it a home
ruled foul. run. The Yankees went on to win the game and
With one out in the second inning, Robinson the series.
Cano hit a high fly that landed on the ledge atop Of course, that was long before Major
the right-field wall and caromed into the seats. League Baseball adopted instant replay late in
Texas outfielder Nelson Cruz jumped for the the 2008 season to review whether potential
ball and came up short, then signaled that a fan homers clear fences and whether they are fair or
in the front row wearing a Derek Jeter jersey foul. Fan interference on such balls is subject to
had interfered with him. review — but instant replay is only used for
Right-field umpire Jim Reynolds ruled it a possible home runs.
home run and stayed with the call after a brief Following a rash of missed calls during the
argument by Rangers manager Ron past three postseasons, many people have called
Washington. It appeared that the fan touched for expanded replay in baseball. Commissioner
Cruz’s glove but never reached over the fence, Bud Selig has resisted and said there isn’t much
which would make it fan interference. support among those he consults in the game.
Curiously, umpires never went to a video He said last month that umpires get about 98
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“It was coming right towards me. I touched it Selig, however, said he would continue to
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Jared Macchirole. “He was yelling at me but I
explore the issue. He was in attendance Tuesday
night at Yankee Stadium.
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Joe Blanton will start for the Phillies in Game club in place of the struggling Andres Torres.
NLCS
Continued from page 12
4 on Wednesday night, though manager Charlie
Manuel considered Halladay on short rest.
Blanton last pitched one inning of relief on the
Bochy said Torres would be back in the lineup
Wednesday against a right-hander. When
Rowand scored, the first person to greet
final day of the season, an 8-7 loss at Atlanta, Rowand in the dugout was Torres.
and has not started since Sept. 29. “You feel good for them. They’re pros,”
The Giants have never won the World Series Rookie Madison Bumgarner starts for the Bochy said of Rowand and Renteria. “They’ve
since moving West to San Francisco before the Giants in his first career matchup with the done a great job of setting aside their ego.
1958 season. They came within six outs of a Phillies. He pitched the division series clincher We’ve got guys who are used to being out there
title in 2002, led by Bonds’ slugging. at Atlanta. every day. Aaron kept himself ready and gets a
The last time this franchise won it all was in “I would say tomorrow is the biggest game start today, gets a big hit, scores a run. They’ve
1954, as the New York Giants. On a team that we’ve played so far,” Manuel said. been a big part of this.”
included future Hall of Famer Willie Mays and Freddy Sanchez in the No. 2 hole was the
On a beautiful and festive fall day in the Bay
other big-name players, it was a part-time out- only Giant to stay in the same spot in the order.
Area, Bochy made all the right moves.
fielder who hit .253 in his career — Dusty Shortstop Renteria moved into Torres’ regular
Rhodes — who emerged as the Series star with Along with Ross moving up, Aaron Rowand
earned a start in center field, then doubled and leadoff hole, while Huff was moved down to
two homers in six at-bats. sixth from third.
So far this postseason, that role of unlikely scored on Freddy Sanchez’s fifth-inning single.
“We kind of had the old lineup out there and REUTERS Juan Uribe played after he was scratched late
hero belongs entirely to Ross, an outfielder with Matt Cain pitched seven innings of two-hit
a lifetime .265 mark. Ross and Rhodes both everybody battled against a tough, tough lefty,” before Game 2 with a bruised left wrist. An
Huff said. “This guy’s been mowing people ball during the Giants’3-0 win over Philly. MRI exam Monday showed no structural dam-
played seven seasons and reached the postsea-
son just once. down pretty much all year long, so it was a big left-handed Hamels didn’t allow a hit until age.
“He’s our spark plug,” Aubrey Huff said. win to come home and get the first one.” Edgar Renteria’s single to start the fourth, while Cain showed no signs of a long layoff in earn-
Ross hit an RBI single in the fourth inning to Cain allowed two hits over seven innings, Carlos Ruiz’s one-out single in the third was the ing his first career postseason victory. Pitching
break a scoreless tie and fellow playoff first- struck out five and walked three in a strong 119- first off Cain. on 10 days’ rest since a no-decision in Game 2
timer Huff followed with a run-scoring single. pitch effort. After Renteria’s hit, Sanchez sacrificed him of the division series against Atlanta on Oct. 8,
“He’s definitely hot,” Hamels said. “He’s Javier Lopez pitched the eighth and Brian to second. Buster Posey struck out swinging Cain beat the Phillies for the first time. He had
been battling and hitting pitches that most nor- Wilson finished it for his fourth postseason save and former Phillies outfielder Pat Burrell been 0-3 lifetime with a 6.23 ERA in his first
mal people can’t hit at this time.” and second in as many tries this series. walked. Ross followed with his single. five career starts against Philadelphia.
The answer? “Usually someone steps up but that wasn’t San Francisco managed only four hits in los- Bochy visited Cain after the right-hander hit
“Hit him,” Hamels kidded. the case today,” Phillies shortstop Jimmy ing 6-1 on Sunday night at Citizens Bank Park. Ruiz and then walked pinch-hitter Ross Gload
This marked the third impressive pitcher’s Rollins said. “When you get a guy on, you get The Giants knew they needed to do more with two outs in the seventh, but stuck with him.
duel in as many games of this NLCS. First, it him in. That’s the way to jump start it.” Tuesday to swing the momentum back in their Cain retired Shane Victorino on a groundout.
was Roy Halladay vs. Tim Lincecum, then Roy Cain and 2008 World Series MVP Hamels favor. Cain shut down the heart of the Phillies’
Oswalt and Jonathan Sanchez. each began with three scoreless innings. The Bochy started Rowand against his former loaded lineup, too.
ing and [the defense] will need to lean on Reedley in Week 2, 51-10. the Bulldogs out-scored their opponents 34-9
CSM
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them. Other times, the defense will be click-
ing and the offense will need to lean on them.”
Said France: “[Santa Rosa] was a big step
But none of that means anything coming
into this weekend. In fact, it appears the
Bulldogs took to heart the coaching staff’s
— all without their starting goalie.
That feel-good run will more than likely
come to an end today, however, as the
up from non-conference (games). It was a teaching moment from last year. Bulldogs travel to Los Altos Hills to face a
fight the whole way.” “They’re standing in our way of where we Foothill squad that is one of the best teams in
scored with 3:10 to play to cut CSM’s lead to want to be,” said CSM running back Nate the state.
26-19. Up next: vs. Foothill, 1 p.m. Saturday Newman.
But the Bulldogs took the ensuing kickoff Coach Randy Wright has all but conceded
If there is any rivalry for CSM, Foothill is it. Added running back Seta Pohahau: “We’re defeat to the Owls, but there are still moral
and never gave the ball back. not going to let them come in our house and
Separated by about 20 miles along Interstate victories to be had.
“We got the ball back with [3:10] and need- beat us. It’s more personal.”
ed two first downs and we did that,” Pollack 280, the Owls always seem to throw a wrench “Our goal is to close the gap and improve
into the Bulldogs’ plans. The Owls represent one of the most bal- on the last time we played them,” Wright said,
said.
Last year, the Owls were the only team to anced offensive attacks the Bulldogs will face adding Foothill beat CSM by eight goals the
While the offense may have had an off day,
hand the Bulldogs a regular-season defeat, 28- this season. Foothill is averaging 222 yards on last time the teams met.
the CSM defense was there to pick up the
27. Despite the loss, Tulloch believes that loss the ground and 234 yards through the air. After Foothill, however, the Bulldogs have
slack. While it did give up 351 yards of
propelled the Bulldogs to the state champi- Eugene Wright paces the Owls’ ground attack, two winnable games to close regular-season
offense, the Bulldogs came up with three
onship game. averaging 104 yards per game. Foothill has play before the start of the Coast Conference
interceptions.
“The loss to Foothill was the best thing that had a revolving door at the quarterback spot, tournament, which the Bulldogs will host
“The defense played really well,” said CSM
ever happened to us last year,” Tulloch said. “I but appear to have settled on Calvin Nov. 5 and 6. The Bulldogs are all but locked
linebacker Nik France. “We got turnovers and
think every player learned from it. It was a Schmidtke, who is averaging 181 yards pass- into the No. 4 spot for the conference, which
pressured the quarterback all night. We had a
great teaching moment.” ing per game. means — assuming they win their first tour-
few players who stepped up. It was nice they
call on us (the defense) and we got the job And what did the Bulldogs learn? “They’ve always done a good job between nament match — a semifinal meeting with
done.” “Last year, I think we were looking ahead,” the run and the pass,” Tulloch said. Foothill.
CSM defensive coordinator Tim Tulloch Pollack said. “We just weren’t in the right Despite long odds of winning the confer-
expected nothing less. He understands, along mindset. We spotted them 14 points.” Women’s water polo ence tournament, Wright is still happy with
the rest of the coaching staff, the Nor Cal The Owls come into the game having been After suffering a disappointing 6-5 loss to the way his team has played this season.
Conference is one of the best in the nation and winged by Laney last week, which handed the Cabrillo two weeks ago, the CSM women’s “When we set out at the beginning of the
it’s going to take a team effort to pull out Owls their first loss of the season, 31-28, their water polo team has won four straight, includ- season, realistically we were looking and
wins. 28 points being their lowest point total since ing a pair of wins in the Mini Tournament it third, fourth or fifth (place),” Wright said.
“That’s football in this league,” Tulloch an opening week 23-21 win over Reedley. hosted last weekend. “Fourth place is where we are. That’s a great
said. “There will be times the offense is click- To put that in context, CSM rolled over In game against Ohlone and Sacramento, accomplishment.”
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20 21 22 23 24 25 26
MLS STANDINGS NHL STANDINGS NFL STANDINGS
@ Colorado
6 p.m.
@ Oilers
7 p.m.
@ Calgary
5 p.m. EASTERN CONFERENCE EASTERN CONFERENCE AMERICAN CONFERENCE
CSN-CAL CSN-CAL CSN-CAL W L T Pts GF GA Atlantic Division East
x-New York 14 9 6 48 36 29 W L OT Pts GF GA W L T Pct PF PA
x-Columbus 13 8 8 47 37 33 N.Y.Islanders 3 1 2 8 20 17 N.Y.Jets 5 1 0 .833 159 101
vs.Philly vs.Philly Kansas City 10 13 6 36 32 34
4:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. Pittsburgh 4 3 0 8 23 16 New England 4 1 0 .800 154 116
Chicago 8 12 9 33 33 37
FOX FOX
New England 9 15 5 32 32 48
Philadelphia 2 2 1 5 11 14 Miami 3 2 0 .600 89 112
Toronto FC 8 13 8 32 30 39 N.Y.Rangers 1 2 1 3 14 16 Buffalo 0 5 0 .000 87 161
Oct. 20 Oct. 23 New Jersey 1 4 1 3 10 21
Philadelphia 8 14 7 31 34 46
vs.Chivas USA @Kansas City End regular
D.C. 6 19 4 22 19 44 Northeast Division South
7 p.m. 5:30 p.m. season
CSN-CAL W L OT Pts GF GA W L T Pct PF PA
Toronto 4 0 1 9 17 11
WESTERN CONFERENCE Montreal 3 1 1 7 14 13
Houston
Indianapolis
4
4
2
2
0
0
.667
.667
153 167
163 125
Oct. 24 Oct. 31 Nov. 7 Nov. 14 Nov. 21 Nov. 29 Dec. 5 W L T Pts GF GA
@ Panthers vs. Denver in Bye vs.Tampa @ Arizona @ Packers
Boston 3 1 0 6 12 7 Tennessee 4 2 0 .667 162 98
vs. St.Louis x-Los Angeles 17 7 5 56 42 25
10 a.m. London
1:15 p.m. 1:05 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 10 a.m. Buffalo 1 4 1 3 12 18 Jacksonville 3 3 0 .500 110 167
10 a.m. x-Real Salt Lake 15 4 10 55 43 18
FOX CBS FOX FOX ESPN FOX Ottawa 1 4 1 3 12 21
x-Seattle 14 9 6 48 38 33
x-FC Dallas 12 3 14 50 41 26 Southeast Division North
Oct. 24 Oct. 31 Nov. 7 Nov. 14 Nov. 21 Nov. 28 Dec. 5 W L OT Pts GF GA W L T Pct PF PA
x-Colorado 12 8 9 45 42 30
@ Broncos vs. Seattle vs.K.C. Bye @ Steelers vs.Miami @ Chargers Tampa Bay 4 1 0 8 17 18
1:15 p.m. 1:15 p.m. 1:15 p.m. 10 a.m. 1:05 p.m. 1:05 p.m.
x-San Jose 12 9 7 43 30 29 Pittsburgh 4 1 0 .800 114 60
FOX CBS Houston 8 15 6 30 38 48 Washington 4 2 0 8 18 14 Baltimore 4 2 0 .667 112 95
CBS CBS CBS CBS
Chivas USA 8 16 4 28 30 38 Atlanta 3 2 0 6 17 16 Cincinnati 2 3 0 .400 100 102
Carolina 2 2 0 4 9 12 Cleveland 1 5 0 .167 88 125
NOTE:Three points for victory, one point for tie. Florida 2 2 0 4 12 5
LOCAL SCOREBOARD x- clinched playoff berth
West
GIRLS’TENNIS SINGLES — Chui (CS) d.Ikeda 6-0,6-0;Tsuei (CS) d. Saturday’s Games WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pct PF PA
Menlo-Atherton 7,Mills 0 Berrill 6-3, 6-1; Laszlo (CS) d. Hagey 6-0, 6-0; Chen Chicago 0, D.C. United 0, tie Central Division Kansas City 3 2 0 .600 108 92
SINGLES — Keating (MA) d.Ishikawa 6-0,6-4;Som- (CS) d. McCormick 6-1, 6-2. DOUBLES — Loh-Park Toronto FC 2, Columbus 2, tie Oakland 2 4 0 .333 120 151
mer (MA) d. Mendoza 6-1, 7-6(8), LaPorte (MA) d. (CS) d. Eversole-Khoury 2-6, 6-3, (10-7); O’Leary- W L OT Pts GF GA
Philadelphia 2, New York 1 Chicago 4 2 1 9 23 20 Denver 2 4 0 .333 124 140
Diliberto 6-2,6-3;Diller (MA) d.Young 6-1,6-3.DOU- Wang (CS) d. Levaggi-Picini 6-1, 6-1; New England 1, Kansas City 0
BLES — Rehlaender-Fantuzzi (MA) d.Chin-Yee 6-2, Kereszti-McCrum (CS) d. Doherty-Dwyer 6-1, 7-5. Nashville 3 0 2 8 13 10 San Diego 2 4 0 .333 157 126
6-3;Roat-Shumway-LaPlante (MA) d.Chan-Chung Records — Crystal Springs 5-0 WBAL,7-2 overall. Real Salt Lake 2, FC Dallas 0
Houston 1, San Jose 0 Detroit 3 1 1 7 14 12
6-1,6-1; Aebi-Jones (MA) d.Xian-Lee 7-5,6-3.
Other scores:
Colorado 3, Los Angeles 1 St.Louis 2 1 2 6 14 12 NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Burlingame 7,Hillsdale 0 Wednesday, October 20 Columbus 2 2 0 4 10 12
Woodside 6,South City 1 East
SINGLES — Tsu (B) d.Nachtigall 7-5,6-0;Davidenko Chivas USA at San Jose, 7 p.m. Northwest Division
Records — Woodside 14-0 PAL Ocean,16-2 overall. Thursday, October 21 W L OT Pts GF GA W L T Pct PF PA
(B) d.Fu 6-0,6-1;Harrigan (B) d.Palisoc 6-0,6-3;Sina-
tra (B) d. Y. Ota 6-0, 6-0. DOUBLES — M. New England at New York, 4:30 p.m. Colorado 4 2 0 8 19 19 N.Y.Giants 4 2 0 .667 134 118
Patel-Chambers (B) d.A.Ota-Diehl 6-2,6-0;Murphy- BOYS’WATER POLO
Calgary 3 2 0 6 9 11 Philadelphia 4 2 0 .667 153 120
L.Patel (B) d.Holmstrom-Clark 6-0,6-1;Fregosi-Cohn Serra 10,St.Ignatius 9 Washington 3 3 0 .500 113 119
(B) d.Yee-Alfajora 6-0, 6-1. Records — Burlingame
12-2 overall.
St.Ignatius 2 2 3 2 — 9 WHAT’S ON TAP Vancouver
Edmonton
2 2 1 5
2 2 0 4
12 12
12 11 Dallas 1 4 0 .200 102 111
Serra 3 3 3 1 — 10
Serra goal scorers — Murphy 6; Folan 2;Williams, WEDNESDAY Minnesota 1 2 1 3 10 11
Carlmont 4,Aragon 3 Girls’tennis Pacific Division South
A.Buljan.Serra goalie saves — Jaeb 7.Records —
SINGLES — Dubrow (C) d. Liu 6-3, 6-0; Sidell (C) d. Serra 3-3 WCAL,13-9 overall. Burlingame at Menlo-Atherton,4 p.m. W L OT Pts GF GA W L T Pct PF PA
Bass 6-1,6-1;Jiang (A) d.Shields 6-4,6-1;Huang (A) Atlanta 4 2 0 .667 130 101
d.Norman 6-3,6-1.DOUBLES — Lazaro-Tataru (C) Dallas 4 1 0 8 20 15
Mills 13,San Mateo 11 Girls’water polo Los Angeles 3 1 0 6 10 6 New Orleans 4 2 0 .667 130 108
d. Hsu-Sun 6-0, 6-2; Dvorak-Protopopov (C) d. Menlo-Atherton at Sequoia,2 p.m.;Aragon at Menlo
Huang-Ma 6-3,6-2;Yip-Ahn (A) d.Varelas-Chin 5-7, Mills 6 2 2 3 — 13 Anaheim 2 3 1 5 13 23 Tampa Bay 3 2 0 .600 80 111
San Mateo 5 3 2 1 — 11 School,3 p.m.; Burlingame at Castilleja,4 p.m. Carolina 0 5 0 .000 52 110
6-4,(10-8). San Jose 1 1 1 3 7 9
Goal scorers: M — Sarkakis 6; Smith 4; Kim 3. SM Boys’water polo Phoenix 1 2 1 3 8 10
Crystal Springs 7,Mercy-Burlingame 0 — Lebo 5;Vaisberg,Martins 3. Two points for a win,one point for overtime North
Aragon vs.Mills at Burlingame,3 p.m.;Menlo-Ather-
ton at Sequoia,Woodside at Menlo School,4 p.m. loss or shootout loss. W L T Pct PF PA
TRANSACTIONS Girls’volleyball Monday’s Games
Chicago
Green Bay
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3
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3
0
0
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.500
112 97
139 112
Notre Dame-San Jose at Notre Dame-Belmont, Minnesota 2 3 0 .400 87 88
NFL tice squad. Mercy-Burlingame at Menlo School,6:30 p.m. N.Y.Islanders 2,Toronto 1,OT
NFL—Fined Pittsburgh LB James Harrison $75,000, HOUSTON TEXANS—Released OT Ephraim Colorado 3,N.Y.Rangers 1 Detroit 1 5 0 .167 146 140
New England S Brandon Meriweather and Atlanta Salaam.Waived LB David Nixon. THURSDAY Pittsburgh 5,Ottawa 2
CB Dunta Robinson $50,000 each for flagrant vio- JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Re-signed QB Todd Girls’tennis Tampa Bay 5,Dallas 4 West
lations of player safety rules during Oct.17 games. Notre Dame-Belmont vs. Sacred Heart Cathedral Chicago 3,St.Louis 2,OT W L T Pct PF PA
Bouman.Released S Gerald Alexander.
CHICAGO BEARS—Released DE Charles Grant. at San Francisco State,3:30 p.m.; Half Moon Bay at Arizona 3 2 0 .600 88 138
Signed DE Barry Turner from the practice squad. MIAMI DOLPHINS—Signed FB Deon Anderson. Mills,Carlmont at San Mateo,Burlingame at Aragon,
Tuesday’s Games
DENVER BRONCOS—Signed LB Diyral Briggs from NEW YORK GIANTS—Signed WR Samuel Giguere South City vs.Westmoor at Skyline College,Sequoia Boston 3,Washington 1 Seattle 3 2 0 .600 98 97
the practice squad. Placed WR Matthew Willis on to the practice squad.Terminated the contract of OL at Woodside, Oceana at Capuchino, Hillsdale vs. El Calgary 1,Nashville 0,OT St.Louis 3 3 0 .500 103 113
injured reserve.Signed WR Eron Riley to the prac- Dennis Landolt from the practice squad. Camino at South City,4 p.m. Carolina at San Jose,late San Francisco 1 5 0 .167 93 139
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PADRES
Continued from page 12
“Everybody tries to stop Sports Brief
him.He gets double,triple Couture, Emelianenko
teamed and he still gets finally fight — virtually
pass that appeared to be stolen by the
five goals a game.” UNIVERSAL CITY — Randy
Padres, but the ball was flipped back Bob Greene, Serra coach Couture and Fedor Emelianenko have
toward the Padres’ goal. A Wildcats on the play of Max Murphy finally met in the octagon. They just did
player won the race to the ball and it with Xbox controllers in their fists.
Serra was whistled for a foul with Two of the biggest stars in mixed
Just over a minute later, Murphy
half a second to play. martial arts actually doubt they’ll ever
was at it again. Yee came up with a
The Wildcats could not get a pass get the chance to trade blows outside of
steal at mid-pool and fed Murphy for
or shot off and the game ended. their new video game.
a breakaway goal and a 5-2 lead.
Couture and Emelianenko made a
“Our defense is normally so Moments later, Murphy found the
rare joint appearance Tuesday to pro-
sound,” Greene said. “And today, it back of the net again for a 6-2 advan-
mote EA Sports’ first MMA game,
wasn’t.” tage.
dueling in pixels under a tent on a rainy
Serra got off to a slow start and “Everybody tries to stop him. He day at Universal CityWalk. For the
found itself trailing 2-1 with 2:29 to gets double, triple teamed and he record, Emelianenko won their virtual
play in the first period. But two Serra still gets five goals a game,” Greene showdown, stopping Couture early in
goals within a 30-second span gave said. the first round with a slick takedown
the Padres a lead it would not relin- S.I., to its credit, did not fold its and a ground-and-pound finish.
quish. Murphy tied the game at 2 off tents. The Wildcats scored twice in Both veteran MMA stars still hold a
an assist from Jake Folan, who sent a the final minute of the second period bit of hope they’ll someday get in the
cross-pool pass to Murphy at the left and then scored the first two goals of octagon to face each other in perhaps
post. The Padres went up 3-2 30 sec- the third period to tie the score at 6. the sport’s biggest what-if? fight, but
onds later when sophomore Anthony Serra responded with goals from that hope fades weekly. The 47-year-
Buljan, just called up from the frosh- Folan, on a drive from the right old Couture has tried for years to land a
soph squad, scored on a backhander wing, and then another Murphy goal bout with the former Russian soldier
as he was underwater off an assist off an assist from Brennen Jaeb. who was essentially undefeated until
from another frosh-soph callup, And still the Wildcats would not his upset loss to Fabricio Werdum in
Brandon Yee. go away. June.
“What was the huge point was our “We played way too lax,” Greene Couture even attempted to leave the
underclassmen,” Greene said. “The said. We got up, had a burst, and then UFC in 2007 and then returned to the
two young guys did it for us.” went back down (intensity wise). sport’s dominant promotion, both times
In the second period, Serra threat- “It was ugly, but it was good.” figuring his moves gave him a better
ened to run away with the match, chance of facing Emelianenko. The
scoring three unanswered goals, all Russian has fought for seemingly every
from Murphy. Folan found Murphy NATHAN MOLLAT / DAILY JOURNAL
Nathan Mollat can be reached by e-mail:
promotion except the UFC, which
stationed on the right post and his Serra’s Max Murphy winds up for a shot during the Padres’10-9 win over nathan@smdailyjournal.com or by won’t agree to his management’s
shot gave the Padres a 4-2 advantage. St. Ignatius.Murphy scored six times for the Padres. phone: (650) 344-5200 ext. 117. demands to co-promote his bouts.
THE DAILY JOURNAL FOOD Wednesday • Oct. 20, 2010 19
Fear not the can — tips and tricks for canning jam
By Michele Kayal you’ve got them for life,” Corbin
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS says. “You can use the jars for 30
years.”
Admit it — you’re simply afraid. As for botulism? With improperly
The jam will be runny. The equip- processed canned goods, it can be a
ment might take over your cabinets. problem. Most recipes for canning
And probably your biggest fear in the U.S. call for boiling the jars
about canning, jamming or preserv- once they have been filled and
ing is that your pickled green beans sealed.
or delicious blueberry jam will Sounds like too much trouble?
absolutely, positively kill someone. There is an easier way. Try freezer
Time for a voice of reason. jam. By storing the jam in the freez-
“Botulism doesn’t like acid or er, no boiling is needed. Jams can be
sugar or salt,” says jam maker Pam safely stored in the freezer for six
Corbin, whose “River Cottage months or more. Simply thaw
Preserves Handbook” demystifies overnight in the refrigerator.
making your own preserves.
Killing Grandma? Probably not CHILE PEPPER FREEZER JELLY
going to happen. So let’s run This recipe for spicy-sweet chili
through the list of potential prob- pepper jam is both easy and versa-
lems with Corbin. tile. Pam Corbin, author of “The
Runny jam. Don’t start with River Cottage Preserves
strawberries. Handbook,” suggests using
“Strawberry is the one that trips whichever variety of chili you pre-
people up,” Corbin says. fer — hot, fruity habeneros; rich,
“Strawberry jam is one of the most mild poblanos; or searing hot
difficult to make.” Low in pectin, jalapenos.
the substance that makes jellies gel, This jelly is great for holiday
strawberries will need a boost from entertaining. For an easy appetizer,
powdered pectin or from another spoon some of the jelly over a slab
fruit. For an easier first attempt, try of cream cheese and serve with
apples, gooseberries, black currants, toasted baguette slices. Or flake
raspberries or plums (or a combina- smoked mackerel onto crackers and
tion). These high-pectin fruits will For an easier first jam, try apples, gooseberries, black currants, raspberries or plums (or a combination). These dab with the jelly.
give you the success you’re looking high-pectin fruits will give you the success you’re looking for right out of the box. A food processor can be used to
for right out of the box. those put into sterilized jars when seal,” she says. made in either screw top or latched chop the peppers and ginger. Just be
Equipment? Well, you will need the jam temperature is at least 190 And yes, you need the jars. Jams jars with a rubber seal. Either way, certain to core and seed them first.
some of that. A thermometer is F. “You pour it right to the top of and jellies have their own, flat-lid- you’ve got to hit the hardware store Start to finish: 45 minutes, plus
helpful because, Corbin says, the your lovely clean jar and put a lid on ded contraptions called “jelly jars,” or kitchen shop for them.
safest, most successful jams are it, and the heat gives you a good and pickles and preserves can be “But once you’ve got them, See JAM, Page 22
20 Wednesday • Oct. 20, 2010 FOOD THE DAILY JOURNAL
Halloween’s classic
jack-o-lantern face
By Alison Ladman
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
COOKIE
Continued from page 20
Capturing time and place in cooking
By Amy Serafin
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS “It was healthy to take time out
To make the cookies, in a medium bowl, whisk together the
flour, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, allspice, salt and baking soda. and think,‘Why I am doing these things? ...
To cook like the world’s best chef you
In another bowl, use an electric mixer beat together the but- might try his recipe for snails, which Suddenly I could put a word to it,that the main thing
ter and brown sugar. Mix in the molasses and milk, then the dry instructs the reader to feed them lettuce people should experience is a sense of time and place.”
ingredients. Refrigerate until firm, about 2 hours. for a couple of days, put them in a pan of
When ready to bake, heat the oven to 350 F. Lightly coat 2 — Rene Redzepi
water, and bring it to a boil, “making sure
baking sheets with cooking spray or line with parchment paper. that the snails don’t escape.”
On a lightly floured surface, and working with half the dough with Icelandic cheese and Norwegian moss they inhabit in the wild. His pure,
It’s not your typical cookbook entry. razor clams. Yet he felt he was still cook- contemporary style has struck a chord —
at a time, roll out the dough to 1/8 inch thick. Use a 4-inch
But Rene Redzepi is hardly your typical ing in a style borrowed from the places he his 12-seat restaurant receives 4,000
pumpkin-shaped cookie cutter (and rerolling scraps as needed)
cut out a total of 40 cookies. cook. had trained, including elBulli and reservation requests a day.
Use a paring knife or very small cutters to cut out a jack-o- At age 32, he is the chef of the moment, Thomas Keller’s The French Laundry. Last month, Redzepi released a much-
lantern face on 20 of the cookies. Transfer the cookies to the ever since his Copenhagen restaurant, Redzepi’s culinary epiphany came anticipated cookbook, “Noma: Time and
prepared baking sheets, leaving 1 inch between each cookie. Noma, grabbed first place on Restaurant while he was hunting for musk-ox in Place in Nordic Cuisine” (Phaidon), with
Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, or until golden around the edges. Magazine’s list of the world’s 50 best Greenland, the temperature a frigid 55 a book tour that took him around the
Transfer the cookies to a rack and allow to cool. restaurants last spring. He stole the spot- below zero. “It was healthy to take time globe.
To make the filling, in a medium bowl use an electric mixer light from perennial “it” restaurant out and think, ‘Why I am doing these The book features 200 photos, portraits
to beat together the cream cheese, sugar and vanilla until elBulli in Spain and established with sur- things?’” he said. “Suddenly I could put a of farmers, a diary from the early days,
smooth and creamy. prising suddenness the supremacy of a word to it, that the main thing people and recipes (though the average cook
Add a tablespoon of filling to the bottom cookies (without movement known as neo-Nordic cuisine. should experience is a sense of time and might be overwhelmed by the prospect of
faces) and spread to within a 1/4 inch of the edges. Place a top When Noma opened seven years ago, place.” tracking down sea buckthorn or chasing
cookie on each to create a sandwich. Store in an airtight con- Nordic gastronomy was an oxymoron. Now, every dish he creates is a micro- snails).
tainer in the refrigerator between layers of waxed paper or Danish colleagues mocked Redzepi for cosm of its origins, a little piece of nature “It’s not really about, ’I’m going to go
parchment. his pledge to use indigenous ingredients on a plate. home and cook a five-course meal from
in a region where very little grows, and At Noma, you might eat a pot of raw Noma,’” admits Redzepi. “You can read
where haute cuisine was either French or radishes in a malt and hazelnut soil. A about people, discover a region, a restau-
GINGER
Continued from page 20
Italian.
But Redzepi stubbornly resisted, forag-
ing for wild herbs and experimenting
quail egg smoked in hay. Horseradish
snow. Birchwood meringue. And, of
course, those snails, alongside the same
rant, a philosophy.”
And a cuisine that goes well beyond
Danish pastries.
JAIL
Continued from page 1
Way could help boost the area, Gee said.
“Adding new infrastructure to that part
of town will hopefully energize it,” he
estimated a facility there would be three
stories. The site is also near the
Women’s Correctional Facility and close
difference in the lives of families.
This year’s event features keynote
speaker Lauren Potter from the
award winning Fox show ‘Glee.’ $65
For more information call 259-8500.
artists. Free. For more information
call 364-2213.
MOM
Continued from page 1
alongside child abuse charges — which
left her facing life in prison if convicted.
The key is the premeditation allegation
at Pomponio State Beach where authori-
ties believe she tried to kill herself with
prescription medication and she was hos-
Second Harvest Food Bank.
Assemblyman Jerry Hill will be the
guest speaker. For more information
call 345-5001.
which prosecutors say is shown by her pitalized before being medically cleared End of Life Decisions Seminar.
Noon to 1 p.m., 1528 S. El Camino
knowingly slipping drugs to her husband, and taken to the women’s jail. Real, Suite 301, San Mateo. Receive
sane and Judge Lisa Novak found her not 23-year-old daughter and 13-year-old Defense attorney Vince O’Malley has expert information on ‘How to Save
guilty by reason of insanity. said his client suffered a mental break- on Cemetery Property Costs’ and
son the night before the June 21 attack. other end of life decisions. Free. For
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Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010 your direction. Things will turn out okay under a surrogate,
but not as great as when you’re in charge.
You could get involved in a collective endeavor that has
extremely good potential for success in the next 12 months, ARIES (March 21-April 19) - Shaky matters your financial
but chances are that you are likely to end up operating it affairs will begin taking a new positive trend. Seize advantage
alone. However, that might turn out to be a lucky break. of what occurs, in order to get money matters more in line
with what you can handle.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) - Conditions look extremely favor-
able concerning your worldly desires and material wants. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) - A good financial transaction
Take advantage of this period to try to advance your career or you make will have an excellent chance of becoming even
work-related interests. more bountiful. A well-respected friend or associate is apt to
be responsible for this.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) - There are strong indications
that you could end up the victor in two competitive involve- GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - When meeting anyone who
ments related either to business or sports. In both cases you performs a similar job as you, you should be as pleasant and
will have your lance ready. friendly as you can. There is an excellent chance that s/he
will be responsible for introducing you to a significant contact.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) - Because opportunities
might not occur right off the bat, try to remain patient. Even CANCER (June 21-July 22) - Whatever happens to you, both
though you might have your work cut out for you, all should positive and negative, will turn out to be advantageous for you
go well in the end. in the long run, so don’t take yourself or events too seriously.
Be open for nice things to happen.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - Put your lesser objectives
on the back burner, because you are far better equipped to LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - The full force of what you have going
handle major assignments than you are small, insignificant for you might not come into play until you really need it. Be
ones. Use this day wisely. content with the fact that you’ll grow stronger the closer you
get to the finish line.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) - Make any promising Previous
developments you have going for you career-wise your top VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - There are strong indications that
priorities. There are excellent indications that you will be quite you will derive a number of personal benefits through two Sudoku
fortunate in many venues. very different points of power. What they share in common is
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each group and worked with each union to due to comp time, said Kelly Tuffo of Liebert Firefighters Association Local 2400 were not
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meet that cut. As a result, the agreements vary.
Sanitation Workers Association and
Teamsters Local 856 both agreed to fur-
Cassidy Whitmore, a consultant who worked
on the negotiations.
Police employees who work overtime can
immediately available.
The city’s $17.8 million budget was
approved in June. Getting to that balanced
loughs, 83 hours and 96 hours, during the cur- choose if they want to be paid for it or can amount required a number of cuts. In July, the
rent fiscal year, respectively. Both also agreed take the time off at the same rate. With council lowered compensation for some
furlough days, less vacation time and will go to salary freezes. Sanitation workers, effective Millbrae’s lean crew, when an employee employees, eliminated a number of empty
without uniform allowances. Oct. 3, forfeit uniform allowances. chooses the latter option, another person positions and laid off a number of employees.
“I want to thank labor partners for helping In the contract with the Teamsters, the city needs to work overtime to cover the time off. The most recent employee concessions should
us come to this final agreement,” said Mayor agreed to no further layoffs during the current Normally, the person covering it is working mean the city has made the more than $1 mil-
Paul Seto. “It’s been long and drawn out. I lion in cuts needed for the current year.
year. Some employees scheduled to be laid overtime to do so. The move should save the
realize these are difficult economic times and Implementation of these changes is the next
appreciate your assistance.” off, due to the elimination of their positions, city in overtime costs, Tuffo explained.
will also be considered for other city open- Police also agreed to forfeit uniform step. Raines expected to have an estimate of
A tentative agreement was reached with next year’s revenue within 60 days, allowing
Firefighters Association Local 2400, but the ings. allowances and the city’s retiree health sav-
The agreement with the Police Officers’ ings account contribution for the year. In addi- staff to start planning for the upcoming budg-
employees will not have a chance to vote on it et.
until Thursday. It will go before the council Association raised questions. Employees will tion, vacation time, regardless of the number
for final approval at its next meeting. no longer earn compensatory time off for of years an employee has worked for the city,
Vice Mayor Dan Quigg explained the city overtime. Instead, they can only receive over- will be reduced by 40 hours during this fiscal Heather Murtagh can be reached by e-mail:
started with a need to save 4.3 percent from time pay for overtime worked. year. heather@smdailyjournal.com or by phone: (650)
Millbrae spends about $30,000 annually Details of the agreement with the 344-5200 ext. 105.