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In June 2010, a San Mateo police ofcer was called to the campus of George Hall School on a report that a student with special needs was out of control. The ofcers response was to use pepper spray on the boy to gain con-
trol of the situation. Earlier this month, the city of San Mateo settled with the boys family for $55,000, although city ofcials stuck by the ofcers actions. The San Mateo County Ofce of Education, the Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary School District and the countys Behavioral Health and Recovery Services paid the
family a sum of $50,000. George Hall is in the San MateoFoster City School District but the special needs class the boy was in at the time was run by the county. It was two county employees who made the decision to phone the police that day, resulting in the pepper-spray incident. The incident is long past now and
the boy is currently enrolled in a priSue Lempert vate school paid opines on for by the county incident and is doing betSee page 9 ter, said the familys attorney Michael Sorgen. The boy was just 7 when the incident occurred. The broader issue, Sorgen said, is
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Even without a formal invitation to apply for up to $100 million in state money, county ofcials still hope the plan for a new 576-bed jail in Redwood City can still quality for the construction funds if other counties drop out. Circumstances havent changed since San Mateo County learned in late October it ranked low compared to other competing counties but
could be different after next months deadline for complete applications, said Assistant Sheriff Trisha Sanchez. If higher ranking counties dont submit applications or further down the road arent ready with matching local funds or a site, San Mateo County might move closer to qualifying. Sanchez, Deputy County Manager Mary McMillan and others
After eight years of serving on the B e l m o n t R e d w o o d S h o r e s Elementary board, Cathy Wright's decision to step down means her Thursday nights are free. Cathy Wright And, the board is now all male. Leaving also gave Wright a chance to reect on
A weekly look at the people who shape our community what brought her to serve and also how she'll spend the free time she now has. "I enjoyed working with Cathy
Wright as a member of the Board. I could always count on her to bring good ideas and a passion for doing the right thing for kids to our deliberations. Her leadership will be missed on the board. The BelmontRedwood Shores community was fortunate to have her for eight years, said former trustee Karen Clancy. Like most parents, Wright's experience with school leadership started when her oldest, Kayla, was a kindergarten student at Central Elementary. At the time, an applica-
The Hillsborough man accused of shooting his friend several times inside his parents pool home begins trial today and his attorneys will argue the killing was selfdefense rather than cold-blooded murder.
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President Bill Clinton was impeached by the Republican-controlled House for perjury and obstruction of justice (he was later acquitted by the Senate). On Dec. 19, 1843, A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, was rst published in England. In 1777, Gen. George Washington led his army of about 11,000 men to Valley Forge, Pa., to camp for the winter. In 1813, British forces captured Fort Niagara during the War of 1812. In 1910, the articial ber rayon was rst commercially produced by the American Viscose Co. of Marcus Hook, Pa. In 1946, war broke out in Indochina as troops under Ho Chi Minh launched widespread attacks against the French. In 1950, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower was named commander of the military forces of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. In 1961, former U.S. Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., 73, suffered a debilitating stroke while in Palm Beach, Fla. In 1971, A Clockwork Orange, Stanley Kubricks controversial movie adaptation of the Anthony Burgess novel, had its world premiere in the U.S. In 1984, a re at the Wilberg Mine near Orangeville, Utah, killed 27 people. Britain and China signed an accord returning Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty on July 1, 1997. In 1986, Lawrence E. Walsh was appointed independent counsel to investigate the Iran-Contra affair. Ten years ago: Argentinas president, Fernando de la Rua, decreed a state of siege as his countrys economic crisis triggered violence. The res that had burned beneath the ruins of the World Trade Center in New York City for the previous three months were declared extinguished except for a few scattered hot spots. Five years ago: A Libyan court convicted ve Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor of deliberately infecting 400 children with HIV and sentenced them to death. (The six later had their death sentences commuted, and were transferred to Bulgaria, where they were pardoned and set free.)
The Jimenez family, Luis, Monica, and Eduardo search for a Christmas tree at the Project 90 lot on Fremont Street in San Mateo Saturday.
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Actress Cicely Tyson is 78. Rhythm-and-blues singer-musician Maurice White (Earth, Wind and Fire) is 70. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak is 70. Paleontologist Richard E. Leakey is 67. Musician John McEuen is 66. Singer Janie Fricke is 64. Jazz musician Lenny White is 62. Actor Mike Lookinland is 51. Actress Jennifer Beals is 48. Actor Scott Cohen is 47. Rock musician Klaus Eichstadt (Ugly Kid Joe) is 44. Rock musician Kevin Shepard is 43. Actress Kristy Swanson is 42. Model Tyson Beckford is 41. Actress Amy Locane is 40. Actress Rosa Blasi is 39. Actor Jake Gyllenhaal (JIH-lihn-hahl) is 31. Actress Marla Sokoloff is 31. Rapper Lady Sovereign is 26.
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Armed in Burlingame 1918, more than one million were in the Two armed men stole an unknown trenches ghting. amount of money on the 1100 block of At the same time Germany was at war, Italy Rollins Road in Burlingame before 11:30 was involved in hostilities and the Bolshevik p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6. Revolution was being fought in Russia that would eventually change the world for many years. Russia is a vast country with very diverse geology and weather. The ghting in BELMONT Russia was different than what was occurring Theft. A man was reportedly stealing packin France. It was spread out and the antago- ages from front porches on the 100 block of nists were grouped in pockets of power over the entire country there was no central nucleus of resistance to ght and sporadic action occurred that resembled guerilla warfare. Fearful of losing materials and supplies that we had sent to western Russia, around the port city of Vladivostok, President Woodrow Wilson decided that we must send troops to Russia to counteract the forces of Japan, China and Czechoslovakia we thought were in danger of grabbing power and upsetting the entire regions political situation. On July 18, 1917, a training center of troops to be sent into battle was opened in Menlo Park, Calif. Recruits from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, etc. began arriving in the little hamlet of 2,300. Construction began to house the expected 40,000 men on July 27, 1917 on 7,203 acres of land the government acquired west of El Camino Real. In addition to men, thousands of horses were stabled to the east of El Camino Real in the vicinSee HISTORY, Page 21
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Vehicle burglary. The passenger driver side window of a car was smashed and the vehicle was ransacked in an underground parking lot on Sea Spray Lane before 8:13 a.m. Friday, Dec. 2.
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Grand theft. Grand theft occurred on the 300 block of Hosmer Court before 8:15 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30.
he 1910s were a decade of discontent. German forces were doing their best to expand the holdings of their country and they completely shook up Europe in the process. The French and English were battling it out mainly on French soil but the war was not going well. It became a stalemate with lives being lost on all sides every day. Strong opinions in America were keeping our country of out of the conict, however the stalemate of armies was something that many felt could be changed if we sent troops into the conict. Eventually, our leadership felt it was time to help straighten things out in Europe and the United States formed the American Expeditionary Force. General John J. Pershing was put in charge of the AEF in May 1917. Realizing the U.S. Army was not trained and equipped to enter the battle, a hurried agenda of recruiting, training and transportation was begun but this resulted in a slow deployment of troops until 1918. By June 1917, 14,000 U.S. soldiers were in France and, by May
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information technology department and longtime Edison employees, the company said in a statement Saturday. Lindsay had worked for the company for 29 years, Serrano for 26. Two other shooting victims were taken to hospitals in critical condition, the Sheriffs Department said in a statement. The injured were Angela Alvarez, 46, of Glendale, an Edison employee, and Abhay Pimpale, 38, of Montebello, Edison said in a statement. Pimpale, an independent contractor, was released from the hospital Saturday, according to City News Service. There was no new word on the condition of Alvarez. All ve people worked in the same area of the same building at the ofce park in Irwindale, a small industrial city in the San Gabriel Valley, authorities said. Authorities have released no information on a possible motive for what the Edison statement called one of the most horric events the the Bay Area traps pollution close to the ground under a layer of warmer air. During winter months, wood smoke is the leading cause of wintertime air pollution in the Bay Area, according to district ofcials. Wood smoke contains harmful pollutants, such as soot and carbon monoxide, and toxins such as dioxin, which has been linked to increased cancer rates in adults. About one-third of the harmful soot in the winter air can be attributed to wood smoke from the roughly 1.4 million replaces and wood stoves in the Bay Area, according to company has experienced in its 125year history. A woman who picked up the phone at a number listed in Turners name declined to give her name or offer comment. Several cars were parked in the driveway of Turners home in an upscale neighborhood near a golf club in Norco, the Riverside PressEnterprise reported. A woman standing on a balcony on the homes second oor would not comment for the newspaper. Turners real estate agent Shane Tucker said the home was up for a short sale and he and his wife were moving into a smaller place, but he still couldnt see a motive for something so drastic. He seemed like a real stand-up guy, Tucker told KABC-TV as he sat in a car outside the home where Turner had lived for six years as the original owner. I know he did put a lot of the money into the house, its really nice. I dont see why shortselling the house would trigger anything negative, so it has to be somethe district. More information about the ban can be found at www.sparetheair.org or by calling (877) 4NO-BURN (466-2876). Those wishing to receive automatic phone calls when a Winter Spare the Air alert is issued can register for the alerts by calling (800) 430-1515. thing else. Horrified employees barricaded themselves behind locked doors and hid under desks Friday afternoon as Turner walked through the ofce ring a semi-automatic handgun, authorities said. The ofce complex and nearby schools were locked down as the Los Angeles County Sheriff Departments SWAT team responded to several 911 calls. Some workers trapped inside the facility thought while the rampage was going on that it had left more people wounded. Ron Orona of El Monte said his daughter, a 23-year-old employee who works in one of the adjacent buildings, said Turner had been in her building and talked to her boss about ve minutes before the gunre broke out. She heard the shots, and reached for her phone in a panic. She called me and said dad, theres two gunmen and 12 people have been shot, Orona told the San Gabriel Valley Tribune. She was a little shook up, as I was. plan their trip to Candlestick Park. The game begins at 5:30 p.m., coinciding with rush hour trafc on Highway 101. Fans and commuters are advised to carpool or take public transportation whenever possible. Information on public transportation or shuttle options are available online at www.sfmta.com. Fans should try to arrive at the stadium 90 minutes before kickoff. The 49ers have special pre-game entertainment and activities planned for early arrivals.
LOS ANGELES Authorities were searching for a motive Sunday as they named the 48-year-old company employee who shot four people, killing two, at a utility ofce east of Los Angeles. Investigators said Andre Turner of Norco in Riverside County methodically picked off his co-workers with a semiautomatic handgun Friday before turning the weapon on himself inside a complex that houses more than a thousand Southern California Edison employees. Turners death was ruled a suicide, Los Angeles County coroners Lt. Larry Dietz told The Associated Press. He had worked at Edison for seven years, utility spokesman Steven Conroy said. The two other men killed were Henry Serrano, 56, of Walnut and Robert Scott Lindsay, 53, of Chino Hills, coroner and company ofcials said. Both men were managers in the
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Spare the air day Monday
Weather conditions forecast for Monday are expected to create unhealthy air quality in the Bay Area, prompting a local agency to proclaim the seasons seventh Winter Spare the Air Day. The Bay Area Air Quality Management District announced Sunday that wood burning, both indoors and outdoors, will be illegal on Monday. District ofcials said that the cold, still weather patterns returning to
Six men are in custody after Menlo Park police say shots were red at ofcers Sunday morning. Menlo Park police spokeswoman Nicole Acker says officers were responding to call about several men, including one with a gun, when they were red upon around 1:15 a.m. After one of the ofcers returned re, two suspects were immediately arrested. During a search of the area, four more suspects were arrested. Police say they recovered ve guns, including two ries. One of the suspects suffered minor injuries. Police did not say how he was hurt. No ofcers were hurt. Police identied three of the suspects as 31-year-old Fredrick Tippons, 26-year-old Luis Mariscal and 25-year-old Raymond Bradford, all of East Palo Alto. They were being held for alleged parole violations. The names of the three other suspects have not been released. Police have not released additional details.
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Foster City police are treating the Friday death of a man in his 70s as a homicide. Police found the man dead in his Waterbury Lane home at at 3 p.m. Friday. Upon initial response, ofcers found the deceased man but were unable to determine the cause of the mans death, declaring it to be suspicious, according to Foster City police. The listed owner of the home is Klaus Gachter, although the San Mateo County Coroners Ofce has yet to identify the victim,
pending notifying next of kin. Investigators remained at the home throughout the night Friday collecting evidence. Police say the incident does not appear to be a random act of violence. The body was reportedly discovered by a house cleaner. The last homicide in Foster City was in January 2006, when Brandon Hepponstall was killed in his home on Lurline Drive. Anyone who may have information about this case is urged to contact the Foster City Police Department Detective Bureau at 2863300. Kleiman carrying marijuana plants in the backyard and a weapon and casings inside the pool house. Calvache was shot twice in the head and once in the buttocks. The number and location of the wounds show there will be some issues with the self-defense theory, said prosecutor Joe Cannon. Kleimans trial already stalled once while court-appointed doctors evaluated his mental tness. Two of three doctors agreed he was competent and criminal proceedings were reinstated. However, Smith said he does not plan to introduce any psychiatric evidence during trial because the case is pretty straight-forward self-defense. Although Kleimans trial technically begins Monday morning to accommodate his wish for a speedy prosecution, both Cannon and Smith anticipate a slow start with the majority of motions and jury selection in January. Kleiman remains in custody without bail.
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The victim brought the gun, pulled the gun and when that happens to someone that person is allowed to defend himself, said defense attorney Chuck Smith of his client, Bradley Allen Kleiman. Kleiman is charged with murder and the gun use in the death of Christopher Calvache. If convicted, he faces 50 years to life. According to prosecutors, Kleiman, 31, called 911 on June 15, 2010 to report shooting Calvache, 30, in a pool house detached from a ve-bedroom main house on De Sabla Road where his parents live. Calvache and Kleiman were the only ones on the property at the time. Kleiman said he shot Calvache during a struggle after his friend pulled a gun on him. Prosecutors also say the friends had planned to go to dinner together before the altercation. When police arrived, they reportedly found
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LOS ANGELES Three years ago, the nations second largest school district made a stunning admission it was failing thousands of kids and invited charter organizations to take over low-performing and brand-new schools. The bold move that was hailed by school reformers nationwide but despised by unionized teachers didnt last long. Los Angeles Unified School District now wants to eliminate outsiders from being able to take over schools for the next three years, essentially dismantling what was known as the Public School Choice program. Reform efforts will instead be led by insiders made up of teachers and administrators who will be granted charter-like independence from district control and union rules. For some, the new policy gives teachers long overdue license to
enact reforms they want. For others, however, it doesnt make sense to eliminate charters from the reform equation. The agreement, which was overwhelmingly approved Thursday by United Teachers Los Angeles, must still pass muster with the school board, which is expected. Los Angeles has gone from a place with a tremendous amount of energy and momentum to a place that seems dead in the water, wrote education blogger Alexander Russo, author of Stray Dogs, Saints & Saviors, a chronicle of turnaround efforts at Locke High School. Superintendent John Deasy said
thats simply not true. The new policy reects both the urgency and the scale of reform needed in a far-ung district with 664,000 students and nearly 1,000 schools more than two-thirds of which are classied as failing under current federal guidelines. Under the new policy, within three years, all schools in the district can implement their own reform models with the district doing more monitoring than mandating. In a place this size, I cant expect reform to happen with just charters, Deasy said in an interview. That is incremental, this is geometric. Under the new policy, school committees, including administrators, faculty, parents and students, will be able to make their own decisions on budgets, personnel, curricula, instructional methods much like charter schools, which are publicly funded but independently operated although subject to moni-
toring by the district. Education observers say such a wide-ranging reform plan has not been seen since the 1990s, before federal funding mandates shifted schools teaching focus to test scores. This is groundbreaking for this era, said Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers. A limited number of schools in the district already operate under these teacher-led models, but in the new pact, the district and union agree to make the options available to all. Schools can also choose to remain under traditional district governance. Schools will be held to the districts performance benchmarks. If they fail, the district will intervene with options such as turning the school over to a charter operator or replacing all the staff, Deasy said. We are giving them unprecedented levels of autonomy. What were not changing is how we hold
them accountable, he said. Although charters will still be able to apply to open their own schools in the district, critics say leaving charters out of school turnarounds is a disappointing step back. Yolie Flores, the former school board member who championed Public School Choice, noted that an essential element of the program was competition among different charters and teacher-led plans so students would get the best school operator. It really put re under everybodys feet to move the needle for better outcomes for kids, she said. But teachers say the competitive approach was misguided. The district seemed to be focused on looking outside the district for solutions. Weve got a very deep bench here. That talent has sort of been shunted aside, said UTLA President Warren Fletcher, who called the new policy a necessary corrective.
State brief
Broker gets 15 years for real estate scheme
SANTA ANA A Southern California broker has been sentenced to 15 years in state prison for stealing nearly $7 million from investors in a real estate Ponzi fraud scheme. Fifty-three-year-old Mark Alan Helsing pleaded guilty in October to 68 felony counts, including grand theft and elder nancial exploitation. He was sentenced Friday. Restitution will be determined at a later date. Prosecutors say Helsing stole from investors, most of them longtime friends, by failing to fund loans as promised through his four Orange County businesses. Investigators say he supplied them with forged documents and bogus interest payments.
RENO, Nev. Sierra Nevada ski resorts are heading into the traditionally busy Christmas season missing only one thing: natural snow. Plagued by a skimpy snowpack, most resorts have relied on snow-making machines to open with limited operations. Kayla Anderson of the Mt. Rose-Ski Tahoe resort above Reno said her resort wouldnt have been able to open Dec. 9 without its snow-making machines. Luckily with cooler temperatures, weve been able to run our snow guns practically nonstop, she said. Boreal Mountain Resort has produced more than 32 million gallons of
snow this season, a record for the resort located atop Donner Summit north of Lake Tahoe, spokesman Jon Slaughter said. While it offers top-to-bottom skiing and snowboarding, only five of Boreals 41 trails were open Sunday. Other Tahoe-area resorts reported a similar story, with eight of 170 trails open at Squaw Valley USA and 20 of 97 trails open at Heavenly Mountain Resort. The Tahoe basins snowpack on Sunday was 39 percent of average for the date while the water content of its snowpack was just 18 percent of normal, according to the federal Natural Resources Conservation Service. The National Weather Service was calling for no chance of snow around Tahoe at least through Christmas Day.
The start of the season is in marked contrast to last season, when Boreal reported receiving about 66 feet of snow to break its record of 55 feet set in 1994-95. The snowpack at its peak was the fourth deepest since 1946 at the University of California, Berkeleys Central Sierra Snow Laboratory near Donner Summit, and well above normal across the Sierra. As the resorts get more natural snow, more terrain will open for skiers and snowboarders. Winter has yet to kick into high gear, and with limited snowmaking we rely on Mother Nature, said John Rice, general manager of Sierra-atTahoe Resort near South Lake Tahoe. We definitely have early-season conditions on the mountain.
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WASHINGTON Republican president hopeful Newt Gingrich doubled down on his criticism of federal judges and the Supreme Court on Sunday as chief rival Mitt Romney defended his record against likely Democratic attacks. With close to two weeks before GOP voters start choosing their nominee, Gingrich is courting the conservative primary voters he will need to win in Iowa and sustain his campaign against Romney, whose superior organization and pile of cash has him seeming ever more condent as he looks ahead to the general election. There is steady encroachment of secularism through the courts to redene America as a nonreligious country and the encroachment of the courts on the presidents commander-in-chief powers, which is enormously dangerous, Gingrich said on CBSs Face the Nation. Polls in Iowa and nationally show Gingrich ahead of Romney in the race for the GOP nomination. Gingrich has acknowledged that Romneys repeated attacks have
taken a toll on his campaign and is looking to stay at the top. To do that, Gingrich is focusing on ideology as he courts the Iowa conservatives he Mitt Romney needs to win the caucuses and challenge Romneys well-organized campaign in what could become a drawn-out primary. He has mounted a broad attack on federal judges and the Supreme Court, arguing that they are legislating from the bench and have more control over the country than they should. Its an argument that drew sustained applause during a debate last week in Sioux City, Iowa and one that could have particular resonance in a state where Republicans fought a protracted battle with state Supreme Court judges over gay marriage. The Manchester Union Leader which is a reliably conservative newspaper endorsed me and the Des Moines Register, which is a solidly
liberal newspaper did not endorse me, Gingrich said Sunday. I think that indicates who the conservative in this race is. The Register, Newt Gingrich which typically has a left-leaning editorial board, endorsed Romney Saturday night. The two Republican front-runners for the nomination focused on President Barack Obama and defending their own records in separate TV interviews. It was a shift from recent weeks where the two have attacked each other, trading accusations about each others records and the money each has made. In a rare appearance on a Sunday news program, meanwhile, Romney portrayed himself as the GOP candidate who is best able to defeat Obama next year. Romney defended his years making millions in private business, claiming hell be able to handle attacks from Democrats who
are already trying to paint him as wealthy and out-of-touch. And he argued that his tax proposal is kinder to the middle class and less generous to the rich than the at tax proposals his rivals including Gingrich are backing. The presidents going to go after me, Romney said on Fox News Sunday. Ill go after him. Taken together, the pair has set up a choice for Republican primary voters between a candidate who has struggled to excite the conservative base but emphasizes his appeal to the independents the party will need to win the White House or the candidate who sounds more conservative. While Romney and Gingrich were on the East Coast on Sunday, their other rivals were campaigning across Iowa. Texas Gov. Rick Perry continued his bus tour across the state, as did Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann. Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum planned two town hall meetings in the conservative western portion of the state. All were making last-ditch appeals to voters as the campaign for the cau-
cuses enters its nal weeks. As candidates met with caucusgoers, their campaigns and their SuperPAC allies were planning major ad offensives on TV. Gingrichs campaign is so far planning to spend about $14,000 on ads next week while his rivals and their allies planned to spend more than $1.3 million promoting themselves or attacking him. Campaigning will continue into next week, with Gingrich also planning to spend the early part of the week in Iowa. Hell head to New Hampshire Wednesday, where Romney will already be part way through a four-day bus tour. Romney wont return to Iowa until after Christmas. His confidence increasing, Romney has stepped away from his aggressive attacks on Gingrich in recent days, instead shifting his focus back to Obama and working to humanize himself on the campaign trail. That focus was on display in Sundays interview, when Romney spoke emotionally about his wifes struggle with multiple sclerosis.
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Army is pressed on why it kept trusting Manning
FORT MEADE, Md. A military hearing for the Army private charged with spilling a mountain of secrets to WikiLeaks focused Sunday on why Pfc. Bradley Manning remained entrusted with highly sensitive information after showing hostile behavior to those around him. A supervisor who might have shed light on that question refused to testify.
WASHINGTON After a bruising battle in Congress, the Obama administration retained the right to investigate and try suspected terrorists in civilian courts. But ofcials say newly enacted legislation raises a host of questions that will complicate and could harm the investigation of terrorism cases. During a struggle that began last May and ended this past week in a compromise defense bill, the administration waged an uphill ght against a majority of Republicans and some Democrats trying to expand the role of the military while reducing the role of civilian courts in the ght against terrorism. It was the latest effort by conservatives to keep open the U.S. military prison facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to place terrorism suspects in indenite detention and to designate military commissions as the preferred alternative to civilian courts for meting out justice. In the end, the administration came away with one major victory. Gone from the defense bill during House-Senate negotiations was a provision that would have eliminated executive branch authority to use civilian courts for trying terrorism cases against foreign nationals. The new law would require military cus-
tody for any suspect who is a member of al-Qaida or associated forces and involved in planning or attempting to carry out an attack on the United States or its coalition partners. The military custody requirement does not Barack Obama apply to U.S. citizens or to lawful U.S. residents. The president or a designated subordinate may waive the military custody requirement by certifying to Congress that such a move is in the interest of national security. The new law will ramp up the political costs when the administration decides to hold a civilian criminal prosecution for a detainee, said University of Texas law professor Robert M. Chesney, who focused on detainee issues while serving at the Justice Department in 2009. But, Chesney added, this law does leave the president with exibility to have civilian trials and therefore the law is neither quite as bad as its opponents say nor as useful as its supporters think. Weighing in heavily in the debate was the FBI, the front-line investigative agency that now must operate in a reordered environment in which the U.S. military will suddenly play a bigger role that is sometimes side by side with law enforcement.
On the third day of the hearing to determine whether Manning will be court-martialed on 22 charges, including aiding the enemy, his defense sought to build on its case that his supervisors in the 2nd Brigade Combat Team should have seen enough red ags to suspend or revoke his access to secret information months before the leaks. Capt. Casey Fulton, an Army intelligence ofcer, testied Sunday it was impossible to supervise analysts such as Manning constantly. You have to trust that theyll safeguard the material the way that theyve been taught, she said.
WASHINGTON A U.S. ofcial says Iran will nd it hard to exploit any data and technology aboard the captured CIA stealth drone because of measures taken to limit the intelligence value of drones operating over hostile territory. The ofcial also said Saturday that despite Irans latest claims to have hijacked the RQ-170 Sentinel and brought it down near the eastern Iranian city of Kashmar, the U.S. is convinced that the drone malfunctioned. The Iranians had nothing to do with it, the ofcial said. The ofcial, who could speak about classied matters only on condition of anonymity, did not
provide details. But independent experts say the data and communications of the unmanned aircraft are heavily encrypted, making it difcult for Iran to harvest much intelligence from them. U.S. ofcials previously have said the drones have no self-destruct mechanism. The RQ-170 was nicknamed the Beast of Kandahar because it was rst spotted over Afghanistan. It was used to conduct surveillance of Osama bin Ladens Pakistani compound before he was killed in a U.S. raid. The Christian Science Monitor Thursday quoted an unidentied Iranian engineer as saying Tehran seized control of the drone by exploiting a key vulnerability in its navigation system, its reliance on GPS technology to guide it home when it loses contact with U.S. controllers.
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he 17th worldwide conference intended to whip 190-plus nations into a ghting mood to combat global warming concluded in Durban, South Africa, this week, thankfully, without doing much harm. Global warming true believers spin the United Nations event as a success for extending for ve years the 1997 Kyoto Protocol agreement to cap greenhouse emissions that was to expire next year. But the new agreement doesnt advance the cause much, if at all. Moreover, failure to arrive at meaningful, enforceable terms signals fundamental problems beset the movement. Representatives of developed countries, such as the United States and European nations, and developing countries including China and India, essentially agreed to come to a meaningful, enforceable agreement later. At this rate, its doubtful anything meaningful or enforceable will be agreed upon by the 2020 deadline. Meanwhile, Canada this week withdrew from the Kyoto pact, citing its prohibitive costs, about $1,600 per Canadian family. Russia and Japan have no intention of being bound by the protocols limitations. The United States didnt have to back out of Kyoto - It never agreed to abide by it. The
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Senate rejected the Kyoto treaty 95-0 in 1997. The new agreement doesnt explicitly compel any nation to take on emissions targets, although most emerging economies have volunteered to curb the growth of their emissions, the Associated Press reported as thousands of conference attendees departed Durban on jet planes, leaving goodsized carbon footprints in their wake. We have been critical of Kyoto and subsequent efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions for many of the same reasons the movement has lost momentum. Despite the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Control insisting that global temperatures will soar as carbon dioxide emissions increase, temperatures, instead, have remained at for nearly 13 years, even as CO2 emissions have skyrocketed. Clearly, the science is far from settled. The glaring difference between projected calamity and real-life is a growing embarrassment that is difcult for zealots to explain. Perhaps more damaging to the global warming movement has been economic reality. Developing nations use global warming to wrench reparations from richer, more developed nations, ostensibly to compensate for climate damage
done by industrial growth. Meanwhile, China and India, two of the largest and fastest growing economies on the planet, are exempt from greenhouse gas emission limits, ostensibly because they are developing, not developed nations. China, incidentally, passed the U.S. recently as the worlds leading greenhouse gas emitter. Global warming, if it is happening, appears to be barely noticeable, not dangerous and probably benecial to crops and humanity. But it has been an excuse for redistribution of wealth from nations with more to nations with less. Proteers have gamed the system to produce more costly energy with socalled clean technologies that cant compete in the market without hefty tax subsidies. The upshot of the two-week Durban conference is that even those seeking to prot from others and to game the system appear to be acknowledging how frail their cause has become. The language agreed to in Durban, says the Associated Press, left some analysts warning that the wording left huge loopholes for countries to avoid tying their emissions to legal constraints, and noted that there was no mention of penalties. We suspect this feckless pact will be about as serious an enforcement tool as global warming is a threat.
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hile the decision to station a contingent of Marines in Australia drew much attention during President Barack Obamas recent trip to the Pacic region, the longer term interests of the United States may have been more advanced by a pacic policy in the Pacic, through freer trade. At the Honolulu summit conference of Pacic rim nations, Obama won commitments from Japan and Canada to join talks aimed at binding nine Pacic Rim nations to a trade pact in the next year.
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Whether that happens is still a big if. But carry it off, and American exports both goods and services can expand signicantly in the region. America already has separate freetrade agreements with Australia, Chile, Peru and Singapore. Four that would be added would be Malaysia, New Zealand, Vietnam and Brunei. Economists say it would be the largest free-trade area since that formed by the union of the U.S., Canada and Mexico in the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1994.
While the stationing of more Marines in the Pacic region is seen as a check on aggressive moves by the communist government of China, the principal competition in the area is between the Almighty (sort of) Dollar and the Rising Renminbi, Chinas currency. Chinas efforts to expand its inuence, both in trade and political ties, needed not involve a clash with American interests, but certainly raise that possibility and many of Chinas neighbors look at their giant neighbor with some suspicion. We applaud Obama for this initiative and suggest it deserves bipartisan support should the negotiations prosper next year.
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NEW YORK The bond market is said to be populated with worried, glasshalf-empty types. And Pimco, the worlds largest bond fund manager, is never shy about making the big picture look pretty bleak. The thing is, they keep getting it right. Not long after the nancial crisis hit in 2088, Pimco laid out a gloomy forecast for the years to come. Debt piled up over the boom years would drag down the U.S. and Europe, straining government nances to the breaking point. Markets wouldnt rebound as quickly as in the past. Pimco believed the rules of the game had changed. Pundits and many investors attacked Pimcos view as overly pessimistic at the time. But a few years later, the European debt crisis, slow-moving economic growth at home and the turbulent stock market have turned Pimcos new normal into conventional wisdom. So whats their view of the year ahead? Much like this year, everything hinges on Europe. In a recent interview with the Associated Press, Tony Crescenzi, a Pimco market strategist says the new year may look a lot like the old one. Investors should be prepared for the worst. In other words, dont rule out a collapse of the euro. Q: How do you imagine 2012 will be different from 2011? A: The world is playing a game of hot
Brazilian market. And German government bonds, still. In corporate bonds, it means underperformance. The dollar will continue to benet as it has been recently. The dollar is up about 5 percent since July. Wed expect continued strength in the dollar. Q: Pimco is buying U.S. Treasurys again. What else are you doing to prepare for this climate of uncertainty? A: This is a time to be a true guardian of capital -- thats an expression Bill Gross (one of Pimcos founders) likes to use. You want to avoid catastrophic losses. And if theres a breakup of the euro theres a potential for catastrophic losses. Within portfolios, were choosing companies with strong balance sheets in strong industries. Second, were also buying high in the capital structure. Meaning, that if theres a bankruptcy, youre rst in line. Third, were buying companies with hard assets to sell if theres a bankruptcy. Finally, we like to nd products that are resistant to swings in demand. This isnt a recommendation but tobacco, for instance. Thats a way to fortify a portfolio. The point is to seek the return of capital not the return on capital. Stretching for additional yield may not be a fruitful endeavor. If you have to choose between a security that yields 3 percent versus one that yields 4, you might think Ill take the 4 percent. But thats not enough. You need to look at the volatility. If the 4 percent security drops 30 percent in price, then youre burned.
NEW YORK Chennel King, a nurse from Norwalk, Conn., went Christmas shopping the other day with a new holiday companion: a budget. Despite a tough economic situation her husband was laid off almost a year ago King didnt want to disappoint her ve children. So she still went to a mall in suburban New Jersey, but with a limit of $200 per child. Plenty of Americans are having to hold back this year as the lure of ashy ads, tempting bargains and
f a m i l y expectations clashes with the realities of the economy. Experts in consumer behavior say that situation can strain the brain. Scientists say we are to some extent wired for shopping. It seems to tap into circuits that originally spurred our ancestors to go out looking for food, says Brian Knutson, an associate professor of psychology and neuroscience at
Stanford University. We are built to forage, just like rats, just like dogs, Knutson said. So we have brain circuitry that compels us to go out there ... to get good stuff, even if we dont know what that good stuff is. Brain scanning in his lab shows deep brain circuitry called the nucleus accumbens goes to work when people are considering products and prices. When brain cells in that area release a chemical called dopamine, people are motivated to take action, he said. So the very prospect of shopping maybe brought on by ads and other marketing tools may
arouse that circuitry and put us in a mood to hit the stores, and then to keep on shopping, he said. You feel good... Its exciting, Knutson said. Other circuitry reacts to excessively high prices and dampens the enthusiasm to buy, he said. The competing signals buy and dont-buy are passed to the front of the brain, in the prefrontal cortex, where a decision about whether to purchase something is apparently made, he said. But how does that decision get made when money is tight? Knutson said he hasnt studied that question. But he notes that yet
another area of the brain, called the cingulate cortex, responds to conicts like wanting to buy something that costs too much. So maybe it pitches in when a shopper feels restrained by a budget. King, the recent mall shopper, isnt sure how much she spent last year but it was a lot, with new bedroom sets, a camera for one daughter, a camcorder for one son, and four PlayStations. This year, she turned down the requests of her oldest two for an iPad. But she didnt consider cutting out Christmas totally. And shes mindful to buy the same number of presents for each kid.
WASHINGTON Top House Republicans rebelled Sunday against a bipartisan, Senateapproved bill extending payroll tax cuts and jobless benets for two months, reigniting a politically fueled holiday-season clash that had seemed all but doused. The House GOP defiance cast uncertainty over how quickly Congress would forestall a tax increase otherwise heading straight at 160 million workers beginning New Years Day. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said it could be nished within two weeks, which suggested that lawmakers might have to spend much of their usual holiday break battling each other in the Capitol. A day after rank-and-le House
GOP lawmakers used a conference call to spew venom against the Senate-passed bill, Boehner said he opposed the legislation and wanted congressional bargainers to craft a new, year-long version. The president said we shouldnt be going anywhere without getting our work done, Boehner said on NBCs Meet the Press, referring to President Barack Obamas oftrepeated promise to postpone his Christmastime trip to Hawaii if the legislation was not nished. Lets get our work done, lets do this for a year. A spokeswoman for House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., said the House would vote Monday to either request formal bargaining with the Senate or to make the legislation responsible and in line with the needs of hard-working taxpayers and middle-class families.
SEATTLE As the rst signs of an economic recovery make the news, many of the nations nonprofit organizations are digging in for another three to four years of nancial distress, according to researchers who keep an eye on the charitable world. Some larger nonprots are seeing donations start to rise again, but most report their income is holding steady at lower, post-recession levels or is still going down, according to a new study from the Nonprot Research Collaborative. The collaborative found 59 percent of nonprots report their donation income is at or lower than in 2010, which was another down year for most charities. Among those that receive some government dollars long considered a safety net for charitable organizations more
than half are reporting a decline in income for the year. Forty-one percent of nonprots have seen their donation income go up in 2011, but most of the nations smaller charities with less than $3 million in total spending saw donations drop again this year. Food pantries and homeless shelters across the country have reported funding crises this year because of an increase in need coupled with a drop in donations. Siena House, a womens shelter in Waukesha, Wis., briey shut down this past summer because it didnt have the money to continue operations. A fall fundraising drive brought in $60,000 and Siena House was able to reopen in December. The First Baptist Church of Danville, Ky., in November closed its small food bank that fed up to 200 families a year because of volunteer and donation shortages. The food bank depended entirely on
donations for its operation and volunteers to run it and just couldnt keep up with demand, said Tom Butler, a church volunteer. About 8 percent of the charities included in the report say they are in danger of closing for nancial reasons, while among smaller charities, that gure is 20 percent. Nonprots are still facing very challenging circumstances, said Una Osili, director of research at The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, one of six organizations in the Nonprot Research Collaborative. Few will actually go out of business, Osili said, but cutting programs and laying off staff are a real possibility. Many are using volunteers to do jobs previously completed by staff. The good news is that nonprots are starting to look ahead and think about ways to adjust to the new environment were in, she said.
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efore you read any further, you should know that youre already behind. Because you blinked and thats all it takes. Dont feel too bad though. You should also know that on 36 different occasions entire high school football defenses did the exact same thing and just like that, Serras Erich Wilson was gone destination: the end zone, the records books and eventually, Padre immortality.
And all it took was a missed tackle, a small window or a blink. In a game against St. Ignatius High School on Oct. 8, Wilson broke off a 67-yard touchdown fun run in the second quarter en route to a 244-yard performance. After the game, the Daily Journal asked him to describe that run, one that saw him break four or ve tackles after barreling into the trenches and then shooting out of there like a guided missile. Well, I just saw green in front of me, he said, and I kept going. A blade of grass, a crevice in your defense or a blink is really all it took in 2011. So, as we highlight Wilson as the Daily Journal Football Player of the Year well do our best to slow him down to our level, one of heavy-footed mortals. Because believe us, his 2011 season merits a slow roast. Choosing Wilson as the best in the county was an easy thing to do based on his numbers alone. And considering the competition in the West Catholic Athletic League, Serras choice of preseason opponents and their competition in the Central Coast Section playoffs, No. 21s statistics truly are mind-boggling. Wilson was tied atop the Central Coast Section with 36 touchdowns (33 rushing, two kickoff return, one interception return), shattering a school record for most in a single season. His 16.8 points per game were good for fth in the state according to Maxpreps.com. No. 21 rushed for 2,106 yards in 2011, another Serra single season record. That mark was good enough for a No. 1 ranking in the section by the same website. Wilson rushed for at least 100 yards in 10 of Serras 13 games this season eight times he tallied at least 160 yards, three times he went over the 200 yard mark. He was held out of the end zone only once and scored at least three touchdowns in six games including a record-tying six in the season opener against Wilcox. He averaged 9.32 yards a carry and 31.7 a kickoff return.
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INDIANAPOLIS Dan Orlovsky threw one touchdown pass and the key block on an 80-yard TD run, leading the Colts to their rst win of the season. Indianapolis (1-13) avoided becoming the second team in NFL history to go 0-16. The loss dealt a serious blow to the Titans playoff hopes. Quarterback Matt Hasselbeck was picked off twice and Chris Johnson rushed for only 55 yards for Tennessee (7-7). Orlovsky gave Indy a 10-6 lead with an 18-yard TD pass to Reggie Wayne in the third quarter, and Jacob Lacey made it 17-6 with a 32-yard interception return for a TD. Jake Locker got the Titans within 20-13 with a 7-yard TD pass to Nate Washington with 3:43 to go. But on the next play from scrimmage, with Donald Brown reversing field, Orlovsky threw a block that helped Brown get to the corner and sprint 80 yards to seal the win.
OAKLAND Ndamukong Suh reached his right arm out to block a game-winning eld goal attempt, hurled his helmet about 20 yards and let out a loud scream in celebration. What a difference from the way his last game ended. Suh provided the perfect exclamation point in his return from a two-game suspension by sealing a thrilling comeback by the Matthew Stafford and Detroit Lions, who rallied to beat the Oakland Raiders 28-27 Sunday. For me its just a great opportunity to be on the football field, Suh said. Thats just the things that I expect out of myself. I cant do it by myself. I continue to have great players around me to have me make great plays, as well. None more than Stafford and Calvin Johnson. Stafford threw a 6-yard TD pass to Calvin Johnson with 39 seconds remaining to cap a 98-yard scoring drive that helped the Lions (9-5) take a two-game lead in the NFC wild-card race. The Raiders (7-7) appeared in control of the game when Aaron Curry returned a fumble 6 yards for a touchdown to make it 27-14 with 7:47 remaining.
But Stafford engineered two long scoring drives in the nal minutes to give the Lions their rst lead of the game. Stafford completed 29 of 52 passes for 391 yards and four touchdowns. He completed nine for 214 yards to Johnson, who ended a five-game drought with no 100-yard receiving games and only one touchdown. He was due for one of those, and Im glad it happened, Stafford said. Im just proud of our team. We stuck together. We could have easily folded right after I fumbled that ball and they scored. Guys rallied around each other, defense did a great job of getting us the ball back on offense, and we went down and put the dagger in there. Stafford and Johnson connected on a 21-yarder and a 48-yarder on the winning drive that started at the Detroit 2 with 2:14 to play and the Lions out of timeouts. They also connected on a 51-yard scoring play in the rst quarter, but they had to sweat out the closing seconds as Carson Palmer got the Raiders to the Detroit 47 with 4 seconds to play. But Suh got his right thumb on the 65yard attempt to end the game. He threw
his helmet and ran down the eld in celebration, providing a loud nish to an otherwise quiet day for the defensive tackle in his rst game back since serving a suspension for stepping on the right arm of Green Bay Packers offensive lineman Evan Dietrich-Smith during a loss on Thanksgiving. Suh once again apologized for the play, saying he has talked to DietrichSmith since then. The biggest thing for me is Ive dealt with it and Im moving past it, he said. Im happy to be back on the eld with my team. So are the Lions, who can make the playoffs for the rst time since 1999 by winning one of their nal two games. Detroit hosts San Diego on Saturday. Its a dream scenario, defensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch said. Christmas Eve weve got a home game. It would be nice. You couldnt write a better story. Were excited about this opportunity. The Raiders (7-7) have lost three straight and will need help to end their eight-year playoff drought. Oakland trails Denver by one game in the AFC West and is also a game behind the New York Jets and Cincinnati in the wildcard race.
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SAN FRANCISCO When members of San Franciscos dominant defensive line step into their meeting room, they might start off by discussing life away from football or any personal issue someone is facing. Theres usually some clowning around enough that Ricky Jean Francois has referred to this intense, close-knit group as Looney Tunes. The one thing thats never mentioned is an impressive streak that has gone largely unnoticed during San Franciscos remarkable turnaround season: The defense hasnt allowed a single rushing touchdown this year. If the 49ers (10-3) can keep the AFC power Pittsburgh Steelers (10-3) out of the end zone on the ground Monday night, they will become the rst team in NFL history to do so in the rst 14 games.
We take pride in stopping the run, defensive end Justin Smith said. We dont get into that. I really dont know how many its been to be honest with you. Its just one of those things, were in the business of trying to win a football game, not necessarily streaks or stats or anything like that. The main thing is stop the run and give our team a chance to win, and thats what were all about. San Francisco also hasnt allowed a 100-yard rusher in 35 straight games though Pittsburghs Rashard Mendenhall, with his eight rushing touchdowns, will be determined to try to break one of those streaks. And Pittsburgh will certainly look to run more if quarterback Ben Roethlisberger doesnt play or is limited because of an ankle injury that forced him to wear a walking boot during the week. He is listed as questionable to play. Its not something thats talked about
but they do take a lot of pride in it, 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh said. I think the way our guys, our coaches, our team approach it, is how it plays in to situational football, how it helps us to accomplish the one and only thing we want to accomplish and thats be a winning defense. Win the next game. Its a big factor being able to contain an opponents running game, to shut down an opponents running game. To keep them out of the end zone. One key component in the units success has been Jim Tomsula, who led the 49ers to a season-ending victory as interim head coach after Mike Singletarys ring last season before being retained on Harbaughs staff. Tomsula regularly wears a true bluecollar shirt with his name stitched into it, fitting perfectly into Harbaughs approach of being a blue-collar team and not a Hollywood team.
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iced the game by going 6 for 6 from the free throw line and added a coast-tocoast layup for good measure. The nal quarter was the Padres' best of the game. Not only did they score 17 points, a game high, they held the Pilots to just nine, their worst effort of the game. Since St. Joseph is a defending state champion, there should have been no assumptions Serra would waltz away with the win. The Pilots scored the rst points of the game and led only one other time before Givens' bucket in the fourth quarter. Serra, however, could not put St. Joe away until the nal minutes. The Padres made just one 3-pointers - a Biggins trey in the second quarter - and nished the game shooting less than 50 percent from the eld. [Friday] night, we were on fire (shooting), Rapp said. [Saturday] we were 1 for 7 from 3-point range. Give [St. Joe] credit. They played tough defensively. Serra took a 15-12 led after one quarter and upped it to 17-12 on a Vika Jimenez layup, but the Pilots responded with a 6-0 run for an 18-17 lead. But the Padres came back with a run of its own. Miller hit a jumper and Biggins drained his only 3-pointer of the game. Stephen Grosey added a pair of free throws, and after Lamont Banks hit a pair of free throws for St. Joe, Serra capped an 11-2 spurt with buckets from Jason Barsocchini and Biggins for a 28-20 lead with 1:42 left in the rst half and led 3024 at halftime. Serra threatened to run away with the game in the third quarter, building a 4131 lead with 3:04 to play in the period, but the Pilots ended the quarter on a 8-0 run and trailed just 41-39 heading into the nal eight minutes. It's a tough game, Rapp said. But we set it up that way because our league is so tough.
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It appeared playing back-to-back games might nally take its toll on the Serra basketball team Saturday night when St. Joseph guard Gemeny Givens tipped in a missed shot to put the Pilots up one with 4:38 left to play. But Serra's Jacqui Biggins and Andre Miller came to the rescue. The Padre pair combined to score their team's nal 14 points as Serra pulled away down the stretch to beat St. Joseph, the defending Division V state champs, 58-48 to cap the Merv Harris Classic. In the other two games, Riordan hammered Aragon in the opener, 64-41. The second game saw St. Francis jumped out to a 23-8 second-quarter lead and beat Oak Ridge, 71-59. Given the fact the Padres throttled Burlingame Friday night, it would not have been surprising to see a let down against a state champion the following night. But the Padres showed little signs of fatigue as they led for the majority of the game. In the end, however, the Padres were saved by Biggins, who scored 10 of his game-high 17 points over the nal 2:56 of the game. The key was the fourth quarter, said Serra coach Chuck Rapp. I thought our fourth-quarter defense and Biggins making plays was the difference. After Givens gave St. Joseph (4-1 overall) a 45-44 lead with less than ve minutes to play, Miller put Serra (5-1) up for good with a bucket that gave the Padres a 46-45 advantage. Then Biggins took over. He hit a shot to give Serra a 48-45 lead. Miller added a jumper for a 50-46 lead before Biggins
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DENVER Not this time, Tim Tebow. Tom Brady and the New England Patriots shut down Tebows lategame heroics and clinched a playoff berth with a 41-23 victory over the Denver Broncos on Sunday. The Patriots (11-3) won their sixth straight game and another AFC East title by bouncing back from an early 17-6 decit and an awful rst quarter in which they were outgained on the ground 167 yards to 4. This time, there was no lastminute magic from Tebow, who had guided the Broncos (8-6) to four straight fourth-quarter comebacks and six straight wins. Instead of another slow start followed by a fantastic finish, the Broncos started out fast and then zzled. They scored on their rst three possessions and then were done in by a trio of second-quarter turnovers. Champ Bailey had said the Broncos needed a big game against a big QB to prove to themselves and others that they were not just a curiosity but a contender. They didnt get it on this day. Denver has faced four quarterbacks currently ranked in the top-10 in yards passing Aaron Rodgers, Matthew Stafford, Philip Rivers (twice) and Brady. Theyre 1-4 in those games. Brady, who was 23 of 34 for 320 yards with two TD passes and a touchdown run, made up for another bad day by the Patriots defense to beat the Broncos for the second
time in eight career starts the only team with a winning record against the three-time Super Bowl champion. With its rst loss since Oct. 30, the AFC West-leading Broncos face a tougher path to the playoffs, with a trip to Buffalo next week followed by a season nale against Kansas City, which ended Green Bays 19game winning streak Sunday behind Kyle Orton, the player Tebow replaced in Denver. Tebow fell to 7-2 as Denvers starter. The Broncos 167 yards rushing in the rst quarter 11 more than their league-leading per-game average represented the biggest output in any quarter of the Bill Belichick era in New England.
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The Texans (10-4) are playing for home-eld advantage in the playoffs after clinching the AFC South last weekend. But their top-ranked defense looked vulnerable without coordinator Wade Phillips, whos on medical leave after undergoing kidney and gall bladder surgery this week.
SAINTS 42,VIKINGS 20
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Drew Brees threw for 412 yards and ve touchdowns to New Orleans to its sixth win in a row. Brees completed 32 of 40 passes to help the Saints (11-3) overcome a slow and sloppy start and stay two games ahead of Atlanta in the NFC South. Brees is 304 yards from breaking Dan Marinos single-season record for yards passing with two games to play. Brees threw two touchdown passes to Lance Moore and one each to Darren Sproles, Jimmy Graham and John Gilmore. The maligned Saints pass defense held the Vikings to 94 yards pass-
PANTHERS 28,TEXANS 13
HOUSTON Cam Newton threw two touchdown passes, DeAngelo Williams ran for a score and Carolina ended Houstons seven-game winning streak. Newton completed 13 of 23 passes for 149 yards, outplaying opposing rookie quarterback T.J. Yates. The Panthers (5-9) built a 21-0 halftime lead, then ended Houstons second-half rally when linebacker James Anderson intercepted Yates in the end zone midway through the fourth quarter.
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Its always fun to play general manager. Everyone does it, why with fantasy football being all the rage and fans playing Monday morning quarterback every single week to second-guess every choice made by your favorite team. So with that in mind, we gured it was time to assemble the Daily Journal Dream Team a collection of players that stood out for us in the 2011 season. There was no real formula to our process and by no means were our selections easy choices. With so many great athletes to choose from you can imagine there were pretty solid names left off our list. In all 43 players made our roster. Players are only allowed to play on one side of the football, despite a couple of names that saw a lot of two-way action during the season. On offense, the DJ team can do it through the air and on the ground. Were led by our Football Player of the Year in Erich Wilson.
No. 21 scored 33 rushing touchdowns in 2011. His partner in the backeld is San Mateos Michael Latu, a tough-nose runner with a knack for the big, explosive play. Blocking for him up front are Benji Palu (Burlingame), Leolo Tamasese (Jefferson), Ricky Vea (Menlo-Atherton), Deston Swift (Serra) and Derek White (Aragon). Through the air it doesnt get any better than Chris Forbes of Terra Nova High School. Forbes 29 touchdowns and 304 yards per game were good for second in CCS. He also ran for 14 scores. On the outside, Forbes will throw to a familiar target in Nick Manessis, and one of the Chris Forbes PALs hidden gems in Andrew Ho. Down the middle of the eld, Serras Brad Northnagel serves as a big target with great hands. No. 84 is a top-notch run blocker as well. Defensively on the All-DJ team, its about
speed and pressure on the opposing quarterback. Running a 3-4 defense, the All-DJ squad consists of Joe Johnson (Burlingame), Rika Levi (South City) and Luke Longinotti (Serra) up front. Longonotti was a captain on the CCS-winning Padres team. With opponents tied up in the trenches, our linebackers will have a eld day. The quartet will be led by Serras Brandon Bochi, one of the most cerebral players in the county. Manning the inside with him is Dustin Nascimiento, who played opposite Bochi in the CCS Division I nal. Nascimiento plays with loads of heart. At the outside linebacker position, were going with two of the hardest hitter in the PAL, Sequoias Josh Lauese and El Caminos DJ Peluso. If running the ball seems impossible against the All-DJ Team, passing will be just as tough. Taylor Mashack is the PAL Bay Division Defensive Player of the Year. Hell have Elias Vargas of Terra Nova on the opposite end of the eld. At the safety positions, Joey Erdie of Serra will be strong while the fast and athletic (not too mention super tall) Robert Johnson of
South City will roam centereld. Special teams will be led by Mr. Touchback in M-As Sam Falkenhagen, who had 36 touchbacks in 2011. Returning kicks are speedsters Christian Masulit of Woodside and Falkenhagens teammate Cameron Moody. Our team wouldnt be complete without a strong supporting cast of players, some of which include South Citys Brad Los, Hillsdales Damien Carter and Vuatalevu, Capuchinos Justin Ewing, Carlmonts Sky Regan and Joe Lasala, Half Moon Bays Wesley Walters, Sacred Heart Preps Pat Bruni and Menlos Chris Zeisler.
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And truly, we can talk about Wilsons offensive numbers all day long and remain in complete awe of his ability. At the core of his skill is his super-sonic speed and explosiveness. No one in the county, perhaps in the section, found his hole quicker and exploded through at the same level. Time and time again, Wilsons vision and power through the gaps provided by his offensive line and blockers were the spark behind long, majestic runs that looked more like glides that scampers down the eld. He is an arm tackle away from taking it to the house, Serra head coach Patrick Walsh told the Daily Journal after his six touchdown performance against S.I. Walsh wasnt kidding. The Serra coach said a lot of things about his star running back in 2011 actually, with at least a pair of questions directly related to Wilson following a game. Asked about his explosiveness and quickness, Walsh said, hes the fastest car in our garage. Asked about all the praised bestowed up No. 21, Walsh said, he deserves every bit of it because no one works harder. Asked where Wilson ranks among the great running backs Walsh has seen in his time as a player and coach, NFL runners like Maurice Jones-Drew, D.J. Williams, Kevin Simon, he said, hes eating at the same table. In a post-game pow-wow with reporters, Walsh said that Wilsons running style reminds him of Marcus Allen and Gale Sayers. Youve heard of them, right? Wilson isnt much of a talker. Following a great on-eld performance, No. 21 would often quietly venture into the locker room and emerge a couple minutes later with gym-bag on shoulder. And when asked time and time again about what makes him so gosh-darn good, Wilson deected from his own abilities and gave his teammates all the credit (the second part of that quote in his game against S.I., the one about seeing green, was If you think about it, that doesnt open up for any reason. Its the offensive line doing the work there). Perhaps the most telling thing about Wilsons season will be the legacy he leaves behind in a school known for athletes that leave great legacies. As a football player and a leader, No. 21 ranks among the all-time great Padres consider some of the records that list Wilson in the No. 1 position: Most points career, most points in a single season, most touchdowns in a career, most touchdowns in a season, most rushing yards in a career. And to all those records, add to that a Central Coast Section title; only the second in school history and rst in over 20 years. In that win against Menlo-Atherton, Wilson reeled off two insane-o-matic runs, one on a 42-yard run in the rst quarter and the second on a 36-yard pick-6. On both occasions, Wilson ran clear across the eld, beating the bulk of the Bears to the edge and the rest as he elegantly, yet brutally ran his way into the end zone. If its true that speed kills, well, there wasnt anyone more deadly in 2011 than No. 21. And because Wilson is so fast, because hes such a special player and because you blinked, before you read the ending to this story, we advice you to stop, go back and read it again. And yes, youll still be behind.
The Daily Journal Athletes of the Fall Tomorrow: Volleyball Wednesday: Boys and Girls Water Polo Thursday: Boys and Girls Cross Country Friday: Girls Tennis and Golf
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YOKOHAMA, Japan Lionel Messi scored twice and Barcelona beat Brazils Santos 4-0 on Sunday to win its second Club World Cup in three years. Messi, Xavi and Cesc Fabregas scored in the rst half as the European Lionel Messi champions won its 13th trophy under coach Pep Guardiola, solidifying its stature as the best club team in the world. The reason for our success is the effort of the players, Guardiola said. We have very high-quality players and were able to display
quality football. I am honored to work with these great players. The Champions League winners looked unstoppable in the rst half and got on the scoresheet in the 17th minute when Messi latched on to a through ball from Xavi, controlled it with his right foot, switched to his left and calmly chipped over Santos goalkeeper Rafael Cabral. Xavi doubled the lead just seven minutes later when he took a pass from Dani Alves and beat Cabral with a right-foot shot from 16 yards. Fabregas put the game beyond reach in the nal minute of the rst half, picking up a rebound off a diving header by Thiago and beating Cabral from close range. It wasnt easy at all, Fabregas said. Santos made it difcult at the
beginning but we were fortunate to score quickly and then another one a few minutes later. If you say it was easy its because we played a very serious game and were very professional and disciplined and that made it look easy. The South American champions looked more lively after the break. Neymar had a good chance in the 57th as he broke free and found himself in the open with only Victor Valdes to beat, but was denied by the Barcelona goalkeeper. Messi, who was named the tournaments most valuable player, completed the scoring in the 82nd when he took a pass from Alves, maneuvered around Cabral and calmly slotted home. Im excited about winning this title because we wanted to become the best in the world, Messi said.
Im happy about my goals but, more than that, I am happy with the performance of the team. Messi has 29 goals this season and 55 in 2011. Barcelona is 20-1-6 this season and has outscored opponents 86-16. The match was billed as a showdown between Messi and Santos 19-year-old rising star Neymar but it was the Barcelona player who dominated. Barcelona deserved to win, Neymar said. They are the best team in the world and we learned an important lesson tonight. We showed our potential and hopefully we will be able to come back and win this tournament. Barcelona won the Club World Cup in 2009, with Messi scoring the winning goal in the 2-1 victory over Argentine Club Estudiantes.
The last time a team from South America won was 2006 when Internacional beat Barcelona. Its a very good day for this football club, Fabregas said. It was very difcult to get here because you have to win the Champions League and you have to win the seminal game and then the nal against teams that maybe we are not used to playing because they come from other countries and different parts of the world . I think we have to be very proud of what we achieved today. Borges gave Santos its rst scoring chance in the 27th minute, when he took a pass from Ganso and red a shot that Valdes smothered. Gerard Pique was given a yellow card in the 38th after knocking Neymar to the ground.
WEST ALLIS, Wis. Jilleanne Rookard and Jonathan Kuck won long-distance races Sunday to wrap up their rst U.S. speedskating allround long track championships. Rookard, a 2010 Olympian from West Allis, posted a time of 7 minutes, 8.58 seconds to win the 5,000meter race. She also won the 3,000 on Tuesday on the rst of ve days
of racing in the U. S. championships. Kuck, who is from Champaign, Ill., captured the 10,000 with a Pettit National Ice Center track record time of 13:17.28. He shaved almost 5 seconds off the record of 13:22.93 set by Olympic medalist Chad Hedrick on Oct. 24, 2005. Kuck also won the 5,000 on Tuesday. The titles were determined on the skaters combined times for five
races. Rookards winning total was 165.138 and Kucks 150.845. Maria Lamb, of River Falls, Wis., finished second in the 5,000 (7:16.57) and womens allround standings with 168.658. Nancy Swider-Peltz Jr., of Wheaton, Ill., finished third in both the 5,000 (7:31.95) and the standings (171.034). Patrick Meek, of Murray, Utah, was second in the race (13:53.88)
and third in the standings (158.531), while Joshua Wood, of Sacramento, Calif., was third (14:07.12) and second in the allround standings (156.110). Rookards rst national title made a special day out of a sad one. This is the anniversary of my moms passing, the emotional Rookard said. Her mom, Claire, died in 2009 not long before qualifying trials for the
2010 U. S. Olympic team. Despite her moms death, Rookard skated well enough to make the team. And she overcame the emotion of the anniversary of her moms death to skate one of her strongest races of the season. It was a really hard night, Rookard said. I was really sad last night and kind of overwhelmed at the thought of having to finish another hard race.
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12/19
vs.Steelers 5:30 p.m. ESPN
Sports brief
Ohlone holds off CSM to take Tom Martinez Invitational Tournament
Ohlone College took advantage of a six-minute College of San Mateo cold spell to take the lead for the rst time and then held it the rest of the way for a 51-42 victory in the championship game of the Tom Martinez Womens Basketball Invitational Sunday. The host Bulldogs (8-5) had taken an 11-4 advantage midway through the defensive first half before Ohlone (8-4) got untracked in the nal ve minutes. The Renegades tied the score three times and then nally took the lead at 17-15 with two minutes left on a putback by guard Briyana Clark. The Bulldogs scoring drought extended from the nal three minutes of the half when they had a 15-13 lead through the rst three minutes of the second period when Ohlone was ahead, 23-15. Kimmie Fungs putback with 16:42 remaining nally put the Bulldogs back in the fray. Ohlone got two more baskets for its biggest lead of the game, 27-17, before three straight 3-point plays by Nicole McDonald enabled CSM to close to within a point at 27-26 with 12:57 remaining. The Renegades responded with five points by Tina Dang, then effectively traded baskets with CSM until the nal minute. San Mateo could not get any closer than three points. Ohlone, ranked fourth in Northern California, stretched out the nal margin at the end as CSM was forced to foul. McDonald was the only San Mateo player to score in double gures, with 13 points all in the second half. All-tournament Sarah Balling led the Bulldogs with eight rebounds and scored six points. Fung also made the all-tourney team and had nine points in the nale. She had CSMs season high of 23 points in the seminals. Tourney MVP Chereese Thomas led Ohlone with 20 points.
12/24
@ Seattle 1:15 p.m. FOX
1/1
@ St.Louis 10 a.m. FOX
1/8
Playoffs TBD
NHL STANDINGS
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division W Philadelphia 20 N.Y.Rangers 18 Pittsburgh 18 New Jersey 18 N.Y.Islanders 10 Northeast Division W Boston 21 Buffalo 16 Toronto 16 Ottawa 15 Montreal 13 Southeast Division W Florida 18 Winnipeg 15 Washington 16 Tampa Bay 14 Carolina 10 L 8 8 11 13 14 L 9 13 13 14 13 L 9 13 14 16 18 OT 3 4 4 1 6 OT 1 3 3 4 7 OT 6 4 1 2 6 Pts 43 40 40 37 26 Pts 43 35 35 34 33 Pts 42 34 33 30 26 GF 110 87 107 90 69 GF 108 89 100 102 85 GF 90 89 91 87 86 GA 91 67 88 92 97 GA 61 94 105 116 89 GA 84 97 96 107 116
NFL GLANCE
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East y-New England N.Y.Jets Miami Buffalo South y-Houston Tennessee Jacksonville Indianapolis North x-Pittsburgh x-Baltimore Cincinnati Cleveland West Denver Oakland San Diego Kansas City W 11 8 5 5 W 10 7 4 1 W 10 10 8 4 W 8 7 7 6 L 3 6 9 9 L 4 7 10 13 L 3 4 6 10 L 6 7 7 8 T 0 0 0 0 T 0 0 0 0 T 0 0 0 0 T 0 0 0 0 Pct .786 .571 .357 .357 Pct .714 .500 .286 .071 Pct .769 .714 .571 .286 Pct .571 .500 .500 .429 PF 437 346 286 311 PF 343 279 207 211 PF 282 334 305 195 PF 292 317 358 192 PA 297 315 269 371 PA 236 278 293 395 PA 198 236 283 274 PA 343 382 313 319
12/18
vs. Detroit LOSS 28-27
12/24
@ K.C. 10 a.m. CBS
1/1
vs.San Diego 1:15 p.m. CBS
1/8
Playoffs TBD
12/17
vs.Oilers 7 p.m. CSN-CAL
12/21
vs.Tampa 7:30 p.m. CSN-CAL
12/23
vs.Kings 7:30 p.m. CSN-CAL
12/26
vs.Ducks 7:30 p.m. CSN-CAL
12/28
1/2
1/4
@ Ducks 7 p.m. CSN-CAL
LOCAL SCOREBOARD
Girls Soccer Crystal Springs 5,St.Joes -Alameda 1 Halftime score 2-0 Scorers Rudolph (unassisted), Clark (Tang), Rudolph (unassisted),Marsano (Tsuei),Clark (unassisted) Sacred Heart Prep 3,Willow Glen 3 Halftime score SHP 2,WIllow Glen 2 SHP - Kendall Jager (Stephanie Terpening, assist), SHP - Kendall Jager,WG - G.Timoteo,WG - A. Flippin,SHP - Leda Espinoza,WG - M.Sackles. Records:SHP 1-2-3. Boys Basketball Serra 68,Burlingame 43 Serra 18 19 19 12 68 Burlingame 6 13 10 14 43 Serra (4-1): Zamora 2 0-0 6, Barsocchini 4 0-0 10, Miller 0 0-2 0, Biggins 4 0-0 9, Domanico 2 1-2 5, Cordery 1 1-2 4, Jimenez 4 0-0 8, Grosey 5 3-4 15, Caruso 1 5-9 7, Jajeh 2 0-0 4, Totals 25 10-19 68. Burlingame (5-2): Ferrari 3 7-10 14,DeQuant 0 0-2 0,Feinberg 0 2-2 2,Winnett 0 0-2 0,Robles 0 2-2 2, Titchener 2 2-3 6,Paratte 1 0-3 3,Loew 1 4-6 6,Graham 3 0-0 6,Dobson 1 2-2 4,Totals 11 19-32 43 3-point goals: Zamora 2, Barsocchini 2, Grosey 2, Biggins,Cordery; Ferrari,Paratte Washington-SF 44,Carlmont 43 Washington 13 10 11 10 44 Carlmont 12 14 7 10 43 Washington Barnes 3 0-0 7, Pham 1 1-4 3, Kwan 5 0-2 12,Vande Guchte 1 2-5 4,Lam 3 0-0 8,Hedani 5 0-4 10,Team Totals - 18 3-15 44. 3-point Goals - Kwan (2),Lam (2),Barnes (1) Carlmont Hlatshwayo 1 0-0 2,Cox 1 4-6 6,Patterson 1 0-0 2,Faulkner 3 2-2 9,Costello 3 2-2 8, Kaptanoglu 2 2-2 6, Hobbs 3 1-2 10,Team Totals - 14 11-15 43. 3-Point Goals - Hobbs (3), Faulkner (1). Girls Basketball San Mateo 32,Hillsdale 25 Hillsdale 4 6 3 12 25 San Mateo 7 9 4 12 32 Yee 2 0-2 4,Selder 5 2-4 13,Dashauer 2 2-2 6,Izumi 1 0-0 2 Totals 10 4-8 25; San Mateo Patelo 1 0-0 2, Schenowth 2 1-1 5, Simon 3 3-8 9, Hafoka 1 2-2 4, Lee 1 0-0 2,Stevens 5 0-1 10 13 Totals 6-12 32. Records:San Mateo 5-4 Capuchino 61,South City 53 SSF 19 13 8 11 53 Capu 12 16 18 15 61 SSF:Yansen 4 2-2 10,Yellyn Yansen 4 0-0 11,Reyes 1 0-0 3,Hanhan 4 0-0 9,Eeuaee 1 0-0 2,Subedar 1 0-0 2,Lei 3 0-0 6,Neremen 2 5-8 10,Totals:20 7-14 53. Capuchino Ediano 7 0-2 16, Aredon 2 0-0 4, Abase 1 0-0 2, Emeno 0 1-2 1, Koatz 6 5-9 17, Delgado 1 0-0 2, Afeaki 8 1-2 17, Stansberry 1 0-0 2 Totals:26 7-16 61. 3-point goals:SSF Yansen,3,Reyes,Hanhan,Lei Total 6:Capuchino Verdiano 2. Records:Capuchino 3-6. Sacred Heart Prep 48,San Jose 31 Sacred Heart Prep 13 11 16 8 San Jose High School 13 11 5
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division W Chicago 21 St.Louis 19 Detroit 20 Nashville 17 Columbus 9 Northwest Division W Minnesota 20 Vancouver 19 Calgary 14 Edmonton 14 Colorado 15 Pacic Division W San Jose 17 Dallas 18 Phoenix 16 Los Angeles 14 Anaheim 9 L 8 9 10 11 20 L 8 11 15 15 17 L 10 12 13 14 18 OT 4 4 1 4 4 OT 5 2 4 3 1 OT 3 1 3 4 5 Pts 46 42 41 38 22 Pts 45 40 32 31 31 Pts 37 37 35 32 23 GF 111 82 104 85 80 GF 84 106 82 87 88 GF 86 80 84 69 75 GA 98 69 69 84 111 GA 72 80 94 87 100 GA 74 86 85 79 105
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
Dallas N.Y.Giants Philadelphia Washington South x-New Orleans Atlanta Carolina Tampa Bay North y-Green Bay Detroit Chicago Minnesota West y-San Francisco Seattle Arizona St.Louis
W 8 7 6 5
W 11 9 5 4 W 13 9 7 2 W 10 7 7 2
L 6 7 8 9
L 3 5 9 10 L 1 5 7 12 L 3 7 7 12
T 0 0 0 0
T 0 0 0 0 T 0 0 0 0 T 0 0 0 0
48 2 31
SHP:Gannon 4 0-0 9,Meghan 6 0-0 13,Meehan 112 3,Hemm 3 1-2 7,Cummings 4 0-0 8,Koenig 2 3-3 7,Team totals:20 4-748.3-point goals:Gannon,Holland,Meghan Menlo 56,Mercy-Burlingame 45 Menlo 18 21 9 8 56 Mercy 9 6 14 15 45 Menlo Lete 1 6-8 8,Edelman 6 7-15 19,Merten 3 4-6 10,Dunn 6 4-4 17,Bates 1 0-0 2,Totals 17 2133 56. Mercy Fanfalle 4 0-0 10,Tuivovake 0 1-4 1,Agul 5 0-0 10,Requlmann 7 1-4 15,Jamma 4 1-2 9,Totals 10 3-10 45. Boys Soccer Sacred Heart Prep 3,Soquel 0 Halftime score SHP 2,Soquel 0 Goal scorers: Spillane (PK), Salzman (Liotta), Isaac Polkinhorne (Liotta). Records:SHP 3-0-2. CIF STATE FOOTBALL Division I:Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita) 42 def.Bellarmine (San Jose) 37 Santa Margarita scored with 16 seconds remaining in the game to secure their rst State Championship and third for Head Coach Harry Welch. Johnny Stanton led the Eagles with 104 yards rushing,two touchdowns and 306 yards passing adding four more touchdowns.The game was back and forth throughout the evening and after a ve minute touchdown drive by Bellarmine,Santa Maragarita went on a one minute drive for the game winning touchdown rush by Stanton.
Two points for a win,one point for overtime loss or shootout loss. Saturdays Games Nashville 2,St.Louis 1,SO N.Y.Islanders 2,Minnesota 1,SO Boston 6,Philadelphia 0 Vancouver 5,Toronto 3 New Jersey 5,Montreal 3 Pittsburgh 8,Buffalo 3 Winnipeg 5,Anaheim 3 Detroit 8,Los Angeles 2 Tampa Bay 3,Columbus 2 N.Y.Rangers 3,Phoenix 2 Colorado 2,Washington 1 San Jose 3,Edmonton 2
Thursdays Game Atlanta 41,Jacksonville 14 Saturdays Game Dallas 31,Tampa Bay 15 Sundays Games New Orleans 42,Minnesota 20 Seattle 38,Chicago 14 Cincinnati 20,St.Louis 13 Carolina 28,Houston 13 Kansas City 19,Green Bay 14 Indianapolis 27,Tennessee 13 Miami 30,Buffalo 23 Washington 23,N.Y.Giants 10 Detroit 28,Oakland 27 New England 41,Denver 23 Arizona 20,Cleveland 17,OT Philadelphia 45,N.Y.Jets 19 San Diego 34,Baltimore 14 Mondays Game Pittsburgh at San Francisco,5:30 p.m. Thursday,Dec.22 Houston at Indianapolis,5:20 p.m. Saturday,Dec.24 Oakland at Kansas City,10 a.m.
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ts ofcial. We have the saddest looking Christmas tree since Charlie Brown. The 7-and-a-half footer has a great shape, and is well lit, but the decorations are a little sparse on the bottom half. Like none. Ditto with presents. Were not taking any chances with our curious one in the family, our 15-month-old biped. He knows ball, and would really like to play with glass orbs on the tree. Murray, on the other paw, could care less. For reasons unknown to us, he spent one night under the tree; visions of sugarplums may have danced in his head, but nothing made its way to his belly. And, the stockings ... hung by the chimney with care? Ours look like were hung by Homeland Security. Heres a quick rundown of holiday hazards to help you avoid a cold winter evenings trip to the emergency vet. Watch out for certain plants. Lilies could be deadly if ingested by your cat. Poinsettias also make the naughty list; though not as toxic as other plants, they can be quite irritating to your pets mouth and stomach and could cause vomiting. Mistletoe is good for smooching, but not for eating. It can cause cardiovascular problems, but usually only causes an upset belly. Same deal with holly. Much better as a decoration than a snack; it will cause vomiting, nausea and diarrhea. Christmas tree water is tempting. Watch it. And, if your tree has more decorations than ours (which is everyone!), know that cats might be attracted to ribbons and tinsel which can get caught in intestines and that dogs have been known to sample glass ornaments. In medical terms, glass in the gut is bad. Finally, if you like potpourri, pick the dry type. Pets exposed to liquid potpourri in simmer pots can experience severe oral, dermal or ocular damage. On second thought, spare everyone and skip potpourri. If you want your house to smell good, bake cookies. Scott oversees PHS/SPCAs Adoption, Behavior and Training, Education, Outreach, Field Services, Cruelty Investigation, Volunteer and Media/PR program areas and staff from the new Tom and Annette Lantos Center for Compassion.
LOS ANGELES Sherlock Holmes is facing his worst enemy: declining crowds at theaters as this years domestic movie attendance dips to the lowest in 16 years. Robert Downey Jr.s sequel Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows debuted on top with a $40 million weekend, off 36 percent from the first installments $62.3 million opening two years ago, according to studio estimates Sunday. The rst movie opened over Christmas weekend, one of the busiest times for movie theaters. Distributor Warner Bros. predicts the Holmes sequel, which pits Downeys detective against archrival Professor Moriarty, will make up the lost ground over the holidays. The pattern is different, said Dan Fellman, the studios head of distribution. What you can put in the bank those nine days before the ofcial Christmas play time, thats the difference between our opening with a bigger number on Christmas day and opening early this time. At the end of the holiday period, we should be in the same place. The Holmes sequel opened in six overseas markets, including the detectives native Britain, and took in $14.7 million to bring its worldwide total to $54.7 million. After two previous weekends that were Hollywoods worst of the year, overall business was down again, about 12 percent lower than the same weekend in 2010 as Hollywood struggles to interest audiences in its big yearend releases. Paul Dergarabedian, an analyst for boxofce tracker Hollywood.com, estimated that the number of tickets sold domestically in 2011 will come in below 1.3 billion. That would be the lowest attendance since 1995, when admissions totaled 1.26 billion. Domestic attendance in modern times peaked at 1.6 billion in 2002 and has been on a generally decline since. These low-attendance numbers are taking the gas out of the tank, Dergarabedian said. All the momentum we had kind of came to a dead stop. The 20th Century Fox family sequel Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked did even worse than Holmes. Chipwrecked opened at No. 2 with $23.5 million, about half the
good news. Their action sequel Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol got off to a healthy start at No. 3 with a $13 million weekend playing exclusively at huge-screen IMAX theaters and some other large-format cinemas. Ghost Protocol goes into general release Wednesday. The movie already has opened in 36 overseas markets, where it pulled in $68.2 million, putting its global haul at more than $80 million. With critics praising the movies spectacular action sequences, Ghost Protocol may restore the hitmaker status of Cruise, whose audience became disenchanted with odd antics in the stars personal life ve or six years ago. I would think any of that is way in the past, said Don Harris, head of distribution at Paramount, which took the unusual step of going early in huge-screen cinemas to build buzz for the general release. The plan was always to put the movie out into the best presentation theaters in North America, Harris said. We hoped that people would recognize how good the movie was and how special it was being treated. Paramounts comic drama Young Adult, starring Charlize Theron, had a weak expansion into wider release, nishing at No. 7 with $3.7 million. The lm had opened with big numbers a week earlier in a handful of theaters. At the beginning of 2011, Hollywoods summer and fall lineup looked so strong that studio executives were predicting the industry would break the domestic box-ofce record of $10.6 billion set in 2009, a mark that was nearly reached again in 2010. But with less than two weeks left and revenues lagging 4 percent behind last years, that record is out of reach. The picture is even bleaker factoring in this years higher ticket prices, which mean attendance is running 5 percent below last years. Hollywood still can go out with a bang. Along with the new Mission: Impossible, the holidays bring two more big thrillers Steven Spielbergs The Adventures of Tintin and David Finchers The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo along with Spielbergs historical epic War Horse and Cameron Crowe and Matt Damons family-friendly comic drama We Bought a Zoo.
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Jean Tognoni (left) talks about the loss of her pet with counselor Nina Marillo during the Pet Loss Support Group held Dec. 8 at the new Tom and Annette Lantos Center for Compassion at 1450 Rollins Road in Burlingame.The free support group meets the second Thursday of each month from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.For more information,please contact Lindsay Reynolds at 340-7022,ext.344.Participants need not be PHS/SPCA adopters.
Sylvia Aftel,of San Maeo, turned 101 on Dec.9.She celebrated the occasion with family,several close friends and a wonderful chocolate cake.
Seven year old Kamaia Hall-Edwards asks a question of supermodel and business woman Beverly Johnson,one of the keynote speakers at the Universal Sisters Womens Health Conference at the Airport Marriott on Dec.3.The event was hosted by the Mills-Peninsula Health Services and the African American Community Health Advisory Committee.Johnson was the rst African American model to appear on the cover of the American edition of Vogue in 1974 and the French edition of Elle Magazine one year later.
Birth announcements:
Spencer Martin and Andrea Jones, of Redwood City, gave birth to a baby boy at Sequoia Hospital Nov. 30. Rami and Manal Elghandour, of Redwood City, gave birth to a baby boy at Sequoia Hospital Dec. 1. Joseph and Chauntelle Trefz, of Redwood City, gave birth to a baby boy at Sequoia Hospital Dec. 1. Kermit and Sari McConnell, of Burlingame, gave birth to a baby girl at Sequoia Hospital Dec. 2. Brent Wooden and Jodie Johnson, of San Mateo, gave birth to a baby boy at Sequoia Hospital Dec. 3. Michael and Samantha Stacey, of Menlo Park, gave birth to a baby girl at Sequoia Hospital Dec. 5. Chad and Cathy Pedersen, of Fremont, gave birth to a baby girl at Sequoia Hospital Dec. 5. John Vaillancourt and Elisabeth Montegna, of Mountain View, gave birth to a baby girl at Sequoia Hospital Dec. 5. Jonathan and Naomi Haney, of Redwood City, gave birth to a baby girl at Sequoia Hospital Dec. 6.
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PONCHO GIVEAWAY
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Gloria Thompson-Edge (left) receives a new poncho from Lily Laurent Ryan at the Westside Church of Christ in San Mateo on Dec. 7. Ponchos were donated and distributed by members of the Belmont Rotary Club.The church dining room serves hot meals weekday evenings from 5 p.m.to 6 p.m.with the support of Samaritan House.
The San Bruno Lions Club gave out 80 bags of groceries from Mollie Stones to seven schools Dec.14.
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ity of the future hospital facilities. Soon after the more than 1,124 structures were built, cannon and rie re began being heard from the hills to the west. Training had begun. Menlo Park had become a boomtown. Every structure for miles around was being used to either house wives, children or merchants who heard of the fortunes that could be made off of the army and soldiers. The area was in complete turmoil and the government immediately tried to avoid some problems by declaring ve miles around Menlo Park a dry zone. This was later extended to 10 miles. Finally, in August 1918, plans were made to deploy the 27,000 troops to France. This destination was changed almost immediately and it was decided to send these men to Russia to gain a presence in the Vladivostok area and
protect the supplies we had sent to Russia even though we didnt know who was in charge. It appeared that everybody and nobody was in charge and the men of Camp Fremont were sent to this frigid climate unprepared and ill-clothed. It was a living hell for the soldiers. The soldiers lived in boxcars while there and patrolled the recently completed Trans-Siberian Railroad to keep it from falling into enemy hands. The commanders didnt know what their mission was and the soldiers morale was very low. The World War I Armistice of Nov. 18, 1918 didnt have an effect on the revolution in Russia. Our soldiers continued to serve in Siberia until April 1920. The Red Army capture on Oct. 22, 1922 marked the end of the Russian Civil war and began many decades of strife, mistrust and the cold war of the 50s through the early 90s.
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AT THE IRAQ-KUWAIT BORDER Outside it was pitch dark. The six American soldiers couldnt see much of the desert landscape streaming by outside the small windows of their armored vehicle. They were hushed and exhausted from an all-night drive part of the last convoy of U.S. troops to leave Iraq during the nal moment of a nearly nine-year war. As dawn broke Sunday, a small cluster of Iraqi soldiers along the highway waved goodbye to the departing American troops. My heart goes out to the Iraqis, said Warrant Ofcer John Jewell. The innocent always pay the bill. When they finally crossed the sand berm that separates Iraq from Kuwait, illuminated by oodlights and crisscrossed with barbed wire, the mood inside Jewells vehicle was subdued. No cheers. No hugs. Mostly just relief. His comrade, Sgt. Ashley Vorhees, mustered a bit more excitement. Im out of Iraq, she said. Its all smooth sailing from here. The final withdrawal was the starkest of contrasts to the start of the war, which began before dawn on March 20, 2003. That morning, an airstrike in southern Baghdad, where Saddam Hussein was believed to be hiding, marked the opening shot of the famed shock and awe bombardment. U.S. and allied ground forces then stormed from Kuwait toward the capital, hurtling north across southern
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Iraqs featureless deserts. The last convoy of heavily armored personnel carriers, known as MRAPS, left the staging base at Camp Adder in southern Iraq in Sundays early hours. They slipped out under cover of darkness and strict secrecy to prevent any nal attacks. The 500 soldiers didnt even tell their Iraqi comrades on the base they were leaving. The attack never materialized. The fear, though, spoke volumes about the country they left behind shattered, still dangerous and containing a good number of people who still see Americans not as the ally who helped them end Saddams dictatorship, but as an enemy. About 110 vehicles made the last trip from Camp Adder to the berm in Kuwait, the long mound of earth over which tens of thousands of American troops charged into Iraq at the start of the war. The roughly ve-hour drive was uneventful, with the exception of a few vehicle malfunctions. Once they crossed into Kuwait, there was time for a brief celebrations as the soldiers piled out of the cramped and formidable-looking MRAPs. A bear hug, some whooping, st bumps and st pumps. The war that began eight years and nine months earlier cost nearly 4,500 American and well more than 100,000 Iraqi lives and $800 billion from the U.S. Treasury. The bitterly divisive conict left Iraq shattered and struggling to recover.
BAGHDAD Even as Iraqis celebrated the departure of the last American troops Sunday, the dangers left behind after nearly nine years of war were on full display. Politicians feuded along the countrys potentially explosive sectarian lines and the drumbeat of deadly violence went on. The last U.S. convoy rumbled out of Iraq across the border into Kuwait around sunrise under a shroud of secrecy to prevent attacks on the departing troops. When news reached a waking Iraqi public, there was joy at the end of a presence that many Iraqis resented as a foreign occupation. In the northern city of Mosul, pastry shop owner Muhannad Adnan said he had a swell of orders for cakes up to 110 from the usual 70 or so a day as families threw parties at home. Some asked him to ice the cakes with inscriptions of congratulations for the end of occupation, he said. But the happiness was shot through with worries over the future. Nobody here wants occupation. This withdrawal marks a new stage in Iraqs history, said Karim al-
Rubaie, a Shiite shopowner in the southern city of Basra. But, he said, the politicians who are running this country are just a group of thieves. These politicians will lead the country into sedition and civil war. Iraq now is like a weak prey among neighboring beasts. In the morning, a bomb hidden under a pile of trash exploded on a street of spare car parts stores in a mainly Shiite district of eastern Baghdad, killing two people and wounding four others. It was the latest in the near daily shootings and bombings low-level but still deadly that continue to bleed the country and that many fear will increase with the Americans gone. Violence is far lower than it was at the worst of the Iraq War, in 2006 and 2007, when Sunni insurgents and Shiite militias preyed on Iraqis around the country in a vicious sectarian conict that nearly turned into complete civil war. But those armed groups still remain, and there are deep concerns whether Iraqi security forces are capable of keeping them in check without the help of U.S. troops. Iraqs military chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Babaker Zebari said Sunday that his troops were up to the task of uprooting militant groups.
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ongoing debt. However, the countys chances right now arent good unless another county moves out of the way. The county ranked number nine in the large county population category, beat out by counties including Los Angeles, San Diego, Riverside, Orange, Kern, Sacramento, Santa Clara and Fresno. A key component was how few inmates San Mateo County sends to state detention compared to the others approximately 560 annually while Los Angeles County sends 19,000 and San Bernadino sends 5,800, Hill said. That aside, Sheriff Greg Munks and other county ofcials had been optimistic about their chances because the site is already purchased and plans already under way. The county spent $17 million for parcels on Chemical Way in Redwood City specically to build a jail somewhere other than the originally preferred but debated site near downtown. Even without the state money, the county plans to move forward with a jail although it isnt giving up. Thursdays meeting was an opportunity to keep the conversation going with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Sanchez said. We wanted to let them know were still interested and well be monitoring this, Sanchez said. Meanwhile, the jail planning team has released a request for proposals for architectural and engineering services. The chosen rm will esh out the hybrid building plan approved in early October by the Board of Supervisors minus that time, Wright was coaching the debate team and was in charge of latenight drives to get the teams back home. It was during those late night drives that Scott would stay up and chat with Wright. The pair, who have been married now for 15 years, now have two children - Kayla, a junior at Carlmont High School and Hannah, a seventh grader at Ralston Middle School. When she first joined the board, Wright had recently stopped working. Her time was soon lled with volunteer opportunities like working on the board, helping coach the Ralston girls' basketball team and working in various classrooms. Looking back over the years, several accomplishments stand out. Wright was proud to see the completion of Redwood Shores Elementary. When conversations began about the school, enrollment projections were questioned. When the bond was passed, there wasn't any real to bring in the police. Police just simply respond to any call with the proper training and tools provided to them, said San Mateo Deputy Police Chief Mike Callagy. The department does not have a specific policy on whether a child should be subject to the use of pepper spray by an ofcer, Callagy said. It is up to the ofcers discretion, he said. Police face a variety of circumstances, Callagy said. They come with the tools they are equipped with. Police are increasingly being called to schools, he said, on reports of out-ofcontrol kids. When you call the police you should expect a police response and if the ofcer would have put his hands on the boy, the outcome could have been more injurious, Callagy said. Whether to bring the police into a situation is up to school ofcials, he said. County Superintendent of Schools Anne Campbell has been working with San Mateo Police Chief Susan Manheimer to craft protocols that can be used when the police are involved. Well be developing those together over the next few months, Campbell wrote the Daily Journal in an email. When our staff has exhausted all options to help get a students behavior back to a safe space, then they will call 911 to request assistance because theyre Supervisor Dave Pine. The jail is tentatively described as three oors topped by 40 feet of unnished space for future use as needed. Munks estimates it opening in 2014-2015. The jail is ballparked to cost between $145 million and $165 million to build followed by roughly $40 million in annual operating costs. Full state funding will shave up to 60 percent of the debt service. Regardless of cost, there has been little debate the county needs a new jail to ease overcrowding. The Maguire Correctional Facility is rated for 688 inmates but often averages more than 1,000 while the womens facility usually surpasses its 84bed rating. Inmates are double- and triple-bunked in rooms once meant for rehabilitation and programming, which cuts services and education ofcials say are key to reducing recidivism. During several study sessions to determine the size of a new facility, Pine and members of the public questioned whether more effort should be placed in prevention rather than increased bed size. San Mateo County previously turned down up to $100 million in state funding because it came with too many strings, like a mandatory re-entry facility for state inmates. The state since amended the requirements, leading to the recent application process. Hill said the county needs to be aggressively ready to jump if the chance develops to receive the state money. This isnt much of a lobbying effort. Its more a matter not of who yells the loudest but who yells the best, he said. possible land, and yet the board, and the community, supported it. Today enrollment constraints are still an issue for the district. She was proud to always be on the side of maintaining funding for middle school sports, which offers many students an opportunity to play sports not otherwise afforded to them. A change on the board is always interesting. Wright's departure will change the debates as she often played devil's advocate; putting out suggestions simply to be sure all options were exhausted before decisions were made. Even though she's not serving, Wright plans to stay involved with coaching and supporting a parcel tax measure, should the district go for the latter. In the meantime, the additional time will mean more time with the family to do things like help Kayla pick a college and taking in San Francisco Giants games. worried that the student may harm him/herself or others, Campbell wrote in the email about the districts policy. This past fall, before the school year started, the district held refresher courses for all of its special education staff to brush up on their Non-Violent Crisis/Prevention Intervention skills, Campbell wrote in the email. Weve worked very hard to be sure all of our staff working with special needs students are trained in Non-Violent Crisis/Prevention Intervention (NCPI), a series of strategies designed to divert students from behavior that may be placing themselves or others at risk of physical harm, Campbell wrote in the email. Pepper spray has come under increased scrutiny in recent weeks after a University of California at Davis police ofcer was seen nonchalantly using the chemical agent to clear the campus of students who were protesting fee hikes. UC President Mark Yudof has now pledged to study the health effects of the chemical following the incident. Yudof also said the UC needs a set of uniform standards to govern the use of force on all its campuses. The attorney who represented the boy and his family in the San Mateo pepperspray incident said guidelines will help the city and county avoid future litigation. I dont think the police see pepper spray as a weapon, Sorgen said. Pepper spray has its own problems.
MONDAY, DEC. 19 Holiday Luncheon. Noon to 2 p.m. San Mateo Senior Center, 2645 Alameda de las Pulgas. Celebrate the holidays with good food and company. $16. For more information call 5227499. Dance Connection with Music by Nob Hill Sounds. Free dance lessons 6:30 p.m.-7 p.m., open dance 7 p.m.9:30 p.m. Burlingame Womans Club, 241 Park Road, Burlingame. $8 members, $10 guests. Time to join the club for the new year for $20 a year. For more information call 342-2221 or email at dances4u241@yahoo.com. Holiday Program featuring The Message of Peace International Church Choir. 7 p.m. Historical Society of South San Francisco, Magnolia Senior Center, 601 Grand Ave., South San Francisco. Pastor Fernando Carvalho will give a brief presentation about the history of the church building. Sandwiches, homemade cookies and sherbet punch will be served. Free. For more information call 829-3872. TUESDAY, DEC. 20 Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous. 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Sequoia Wellness Center, 749 Brewster Ave., Redwood City. Free. Fro more information call (800) 6006028. Senior Club meeting. 10 a.m. Twin Pines Senior and Community Center, 20 Twin Pines Lane, Belmont. Guest speakers, videos and entertainment have been part of past meetings. For more information on scheduling activities and how to become a club member, come to a club meeting as a guest. Free. For more information call 5957444 or visit belmont.gov. San Mateo County Newcomers Club Luncheon. Social hour at 11:30 a.m. Lunch at noon. Wedgewood Banquet Center, Crystal Springs Golf Course, 6650 Golf Course Drive, Burlingame. The Alzherimers Cafe. 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Peninsula Volunteers, Inc., 800 Middle Road, Menlo Park. No registration needed. Donations gladly accepted. Free. For more information call 326-2025 ext. 229. Burlingame Menorah Lighting. 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Washington Park, Burlingame. Free. For more information contact Chabad NP at 341-4510. How to become a datapreneur. 6:30 p.m. Cubberley Community Center, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. Free. For more information email zcruz6614@gmail.com. FBO Waltz Two Dance Lesson. 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Boogie Woogie Ballroom, 551 Foster City Blvd., Suite G, Foster City. For beginners only. $15 with BWB Class Card. $16 for drop-in with instructor permission. For more information visit boogiewoogieballroom.com. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 21 Society of Western Artists Exhibit Summer. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. SWA Headquarters gallery, 2625 Broadway, Redwood City. For more information call 737-6084. Holiday E-Cards. 10:30 a.m. Belmont Library, 1110 Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont. Learn to create, build and send a simple holiday electronic greeting card. This class will show you how to sign up for a free ecard service, add music to your card, send it to multiple people and select the delivery date. This is a beginner class. Students must have a valid email address to join. Free. For more information email conrad@smcl.org. Soar With Books Preschool Reading Program. 11 a.m. to noon. Hiller Aviation Museum, 401 Skyway Road, San Carlos. Special tour, book reading and craft projects for aviators aged 3 to 5. $150 plus museum admission: adult $11, Seniors and children $7, under age 4 free with paid adult. For more information call 654-0200. Junior Matrons of San Carlos meeting. 11:30 a.m. Community United Church of Christ, 1336 Arroyo Ave., San Carlos. Lunch is at noon and is followed by the business meeting and entertainment. Beverly McSween will be playing piano music. All members and anyone interested is welcome. For more information call 780-9620. Holiday Art Sale. Noon to 4 p.m. Twin Pines Art Center, 10 Twin Pines Lane, Belmont. Photos, paintings, prints, cards, and pottery by members of the Belmont Arts Council. For more information contact cynthiaistern@gmail.com. Free screening of Midnight in Paris. 12:15 p.m. Twin Pines Senior and Community Center, 20 Twin Pines Lane, Belmont. Free. For more information call 595-7444 or go to belmont.gov. Club Fox Blues Jam with Sista Monica Parker. 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Club Fox, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City. $5 at the door. For more infor-
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from the county learned as much Thursday after speaking with Corrections Standards Authority ofcials at a meeting arranged by Assemblyman Jerry Hill, DSan Mateo. The contingent wanted more information about the process to determine if still trying for the funds was fruitless. Hill said he wanted to know, too. The issue was why? What changed? We were on top of the pile before, Hill said, referencing an early jail funding offer in which the county qualied. Although all counties are welcome to apply, those that received a formal invitation in October based on a short letter of intent receive priority. County ofcials are hopeful of future consideration but wont make any decisions until after seeing which counties actually submit applications, Sanchez said. In the new year, Hill said he may consider legislation clarifying that counties that didnt submit a letter of intent in the rst phase arent able to jump in now. San Mateo County supervisors have already signed off on plans to build a new correctional facility in Redwood City but paying for the estimated construction cost and operating expenses is less clear. At stake with the state is money that could cover more than half the $165 million buildings price tag and slash the
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mation visit www.tggbs.org. THURSDAY, DEC. 22 Holiday Feast. 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Peninsula Volunteers, Inc., 800 Middle Road, Menlo Park. Enjoy a holiday feast of filet mignon salad, roast brined turkey with winter squash, basmati rice pilaf and strawberry mousse. Tickets are non-refundable. $15. For more information call 326-2025 ext. 222. Holiday Art Sale. Noon to 4 p.m. Twin Pines Art Center, 10 Twin Pines Lane, Belmont. Photos, paintings, prints, cards, and pottery by members of the Belmont Arts Council. For more information contact cynthiaistern@gmail.com. \ TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly). Veterans Memorial Annex Building, Sequoia Room. Weigh-in at 6 p.m. Meeting and Program 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Receive tips about losing pounds and keeping them off and have support losing and monitoring your weight in a non-judgmental, inspirational environment. Yearly membership $28. Monthly dues $3. For more information call 932-8677. Bachata Drop-In Lesson and Dance Party. 8 p.m. to midnight. Boogie Woogie Ballroom, 551 Foster City Blvd., Suit G, Foster City. Come to learn Bachata. Price varies. For more information visit www.boogiewoogieballroom.com. FRIDAY, DEC. 23 Shelter Dog Adoptions. 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. San Mateo Pet Club, 1850 South Norfolk St., San Mateo. Offered pets are well-groomed, submissive and sweet house dogs forced from homes by bank foreclosures. Ages from 10 months to 4 years. Continues through Saturday, Dec. 24 at the same time. For more information call 408-3903160. Holiday Blowout Party. 10:30 p.m. Elegant lunch, Champagne toast at noon. Also, dancing to The Knights of Mostalgia Band. San Bruno Senior Center, 1555 Crystal Springs Road, San Bruno. For more information and tickets call 616-7150. Holiday Art Sale. Noon to 4 p.m. Twin Pines Art Center, 10 Twin Pines Lane, Belmont. Photos, paintings, prints, cards, and pottery by members of the Belmont Arts Council. For more information contact cynthiaistern@gmail.com. FBO Cha Cha 1 Dance Lesson. 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Boogie Woogie Ballroom, 551 Foster City Blvd., Suit G, Foster City. Beginners-only class. Price varies. For more information visit www.boogiewoogieballroom.com. MONDAY, DEC. 26 Showing of the Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar Animation movie Cars 2. 3:30 p.m. San Mateo Public Library, 55 W. Third Ave., San Mateo. Free. For more information call 5227838. TUESDAY, DEC. 27 Tuesday Tea: The Priscilla Stanford Singers and Dancers. 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Peninsula Volunteers, Inc., 800 Middle Rd., Menlo Park. $2 for members, $3 for non-members. For more information call 326-2025 ext. 229. THURSDAY, DEC. 29 Society of Western Artists Exhibit Summer. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. SWA Headquarters gallery, 2625 Broadway, Redwood City. For more information call 737-6084. For more events visit smdailyjournal.com, click Calendar.
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tion process was held for the board. At her husband Scott's encouragement, Wright applied and wasn't chosen but stayed involved. It's all Scott's fault, said Wright, who successfully ran for a seat in 2003. School leadership wasn't necessarily Wright's goal when she was growing up. The San Francisco native grew up with aspirations of becoming an attorney. When it came time for college, the cost was prohibitive. Instead, while at San Francisco State University, Wright joined the debate team and studied speech and communications. It was through the team that she met Scott, who at rst was attending school in Fresno. He later transferred to San Francisco. At
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should be. They made a bad judgment call, Sorgen told the Daily Journal. They should only call the police in narrowlyprescribed situations. What those situations are is now being discussed by county school ofcials in partnership with the San Mateo Police Department. The San Mateo-Foster City School District is now also working with the police department to review the broader issue of student safety and appropriate response, according to an email written to the Daily Journal by Amber Farinha, the districts spokeswoman. Wed like to clarify that this was a San Mateo County Ofce of Education class located on one of our campuses and that it was the county personnel who opted to call the police, not the school personnel. The county has its own policies and procedures related to student safety, as does the San Mateo Police Department, Farinha wrote in the email. Sorgen noted that George Hall had a disproportionate number of police calls compared to other schools in the district. Part of the settlement, Sorgen said, is for county educators to develop guidelines on appropriate responses and when
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #247988 The following person is doing business as: Sensible Online Solutions, LLC, 405 Piccadilly Pl. #28, SAN BRUNO, CA 94066 is hereby registered by the following owner: Sensible Online Solutions, LLC, CA. The business is conducted by a Limited Liabillty Company. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on /s/ Darrick Emil / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 12/09/2011. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/12/11, 12/19/11, 12/26/11, 01/02/12). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #247773 The following person is doing business as: 1) San Bruno Adventure Boot Camp, 2) Fit For Life, 1051 National Ave #231, SAN BRUNO, CA 94066 is hereby registered by the following owner: Joshua Vela same address. The business is conducted by an Individual. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on N/A. /s/ Joshua J. Vela / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 11/28/2011. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/12/11, 12/19/11, 12/26/11, 01/02/12). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #247994 The following person is doing business as: Young Enterprises, LTD, 51 Linden, SAN BRUNO, CA 94066 is hereby registered by the following owner: Keith Young, same address. The business is conducted by an Individual. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on /s/ Keith Young / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 12/09/2011. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/12/11, 12/19/11, 12/26/11, 01/02/12).
297 Bicycles
26 MOUNTAIN BIKE, fully suspended, multi gears, foldable. Like new, never ridden. $200. (650)839-1957 BICYCLE - Sundancer Jr., 26, $75. obo (650)676-0732
298 Collectibles
1982 PRINT "A Tune Off The Top Of My Head" See: http://tinyurl.com/4y38xld 650-204-0587 $75 2 FIGURINES - 1 dancing couple, 1 clown face. both $15. (650)364-0902 49ER REPORT issues '85-'87 $35/all, (650)592-2648 ARMY SHIRT, long sleeves, with pockets. XL $15 each (408)249-3858 BAY MEADOWS (650)345-1111 bag $30.each,
304 Furniture
ARMOIRE CABINET (415)375-1617 $90., Call
BEANIE BABIES in cases with TY tags attached, good condition. $10 each or 12 for $100. (650) 588-1189 CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS - (6) wooden, from Shaws Ice Cream shop, early 1980s, all $25., (650)518-0813 COLLECTIBLE CHRISTMAS TREE STAND with 8 colored lights at base / also have extra lights, $50., (650)593-8880 COLLECTIBLES: RUSSELL Baze Bobbleheads Bay Meadows, $10 EA. brand new in original box. (415)612-0156 COLORIZED TERRITORIAL Quarters uncirculated with Holder $15/all, (408)249-3858 GAYLORD PERRY 8x10 signed photo $10 (650)692-3260 JACK TASHNER signed ball $25. Richard (650)834-4926 JOE MONTANA signed authentic retirement book, $39., (650)692-3260 OLYMPUS DIGITAL camera - C-4000, doesnt work, great for parts, has carrying case, $30. (650)347-5104 ORIGINAL SMURF FIGURES - 19791981, 18+ mushroom hut, 1 1/2 x 3 1/2, all $40., (650)518-0813 PRECIOUS MOMENTS vinyl dolls - 16, 3 sets of 2, $35. each set, (650)518-0813 SPORTS CARDS, huge collection, over 20,000 cards, stars, rookies, hall of famers. $100 for all. (650)207-2712
BASSET LOVE Seat Hide-a-Bed, Beige, Good Cond. Only $30! 650-766-9553 BED FOR sale with pillow top mattress $99.00 (650) 348-5169 BREAKFAST NOOK DINETTE TABLEsolid oak, 53X66, $29., (650)583-8069 BREAKFAST NOOK DINETTE TABLEsolid oak, 53X66, $29., (650)583-8069 BUNK STYLE Bed elevated bed approx 36 in high w/play/storage under. nice color. $75. SOLD! CAST AND metal headboard and footboard. white with brass bars, Queen size $95 650-588-7005 CHANDELIER WITH 5 lights/ candelabre base with glass shades $20. (650)504-3621 CHILDREN BR - Wardrobe with shelf. bookcase and shelving. attractive colors. $99. SOLD! COFFEE TABLE 62"x32" Oak (Dark Stain) w/ 24" side Table, Leaded Beveled Glass top. - $90. 650-766-9553 COUCH-FREE. OLD world pattern, soft fabric. Some cat scratch damage-not too noticeable. 650-303-6002 DINING ROOM SET - table, four chairs, lighted hutch, $500. all, (650)296-3189 DINING SET glass table with rod iron & 4 blue chairs $100/all. 650-520-7921, 650245-3661 DISPLAY CASE wood & glass 31 x 19 inches $30. (650)873-4030 DRAFTING TABLE 30 x 42' with side tray. excellent cond $75. (650)949-2134 DRAFTING TABLE 30 x 42' with side tray. excellent cond $75. (650)949-2134 DRUM TABLE - brown, perfect condition, nice design, with storage, $45., (650)345-1111 END TABLE marble top with drawer with matching table $70/all. (650)520-0619 END TABLES (2) - One for $5. hand carved, other table is antique white marble top with drawer $40., (650)308-6381 END TABLES (2)- Cherry finish, still in box, need to assemble, 26L x 21W x 21H, $100. for both, (650)592-2648 ENTERTAINMENT CENTER Oak cabinet with three storage compartments. 78 x 36 x 21 has glass doors and shelf. $75 650-594-1494
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304 Furniture
ROCKING CHAIR - Traditional, full size Rocking chair. Excellent condition $100., (650)504-3621 SOFA (LIVING room) Large, beige. You pick up $45 obo. 650-692-1942 STEREO CABINET walnut w/3 black shelves 16x 22x42. $35, 650-341-5347 STORAGE TABLE light brown lots of storage good cond. $45. (650)867-2720 TEA CHEST , Bombay, burgundy, glass top, perfect cond. $35 (650)345-1111 VANITY ETHAN Allen maple w/drawer and liftup mirror like new $95 (650)349-2195
308 Tools
CIRCULAR SAW, Craftsman-brand, 10, 4 long x 20 wide. Comes w/ stand - $70. (650)678-1018 CLICKER TORQUE Wrench, 20 - 150 pounds, new with lifetime warranty and case, $39, 650-595-3933 CRAFTSMAN 3/4 horse power 3,450 RPM $60 (650)347-5373 CRAFTSMAN 3/4 horse power 3,450 RPM $60 (650)347-5373 DAYTON ELECTRIC 1 1/2 horse power 3,450 RPM $50 (650)347-5373 DAYTON ELECTRIC 1 1/2 horse power 1,725 RPM $60 (650)347-5373 ENGINE ANALYZER & timing lightSears Penske USA, for older cars, like new, $60., (650)344-8549 leave msg. LAWN MOWER reel type push with height adjustments. Just sharpened $45 650-591-2144 San Carlos TABLE SAW 10", very good condition $85. (650) 787-8219
299 Computers
HP PRINTER Deskjet 970c color printer. Excellent condition. Software & accessories included. $30. 650-574-3865
300 Toys
CLASSIC CAR model by Danbury Mint $99 (650)345-5502 WWII PLASTIC aircraft models $50 (35 total) 650-345-5502
306 Housewares
"PRINCESS HOUSE decorator urn "Vase" cream with blue flower 13 inch H $25., (650)868-0436 49ER HELMET party table dip & chip server $35., (650)341-8342 CANDLEHOLDER - Gold, angel on it, tall, purchased from Brueners, originally $100., selling for $30.,(650)867-2720 CEILING FAN multi speed, brown and bronze $45. (650)592-2648 DRIVE MEDICAL design locking elevated toilet seat. New. $45. (650)343-4461 KITCHENAID MIXER - large for bread making, good condition, SOLD! LAMPS - 2 southwestern style lamps with engraved deer. $85 both, obo, (650)343-4461 PERSIAN TEA set for 8. Including spoon, candy dish, and tray. Gold Plated. $100. (650) 867-2720 SALAD SPINNER - Never used, $7.00, (650)525-1410 SHIATSU MASSAGER with instruction booklet $7.00 650 755-8238 SOLID TEAK floor model 16 wine rack with turntable $60. (650)592-7483 SUSHI SET - Blue & white includes 4 of each: chopsticks, plates, chopstick holders, brand new, still in box, $9., (650)755-8238 TOASTER/OVEN WHITE finish barely used $15. 650-358-0421
302 Antiques
1912 COFFEE Percolator Urn. perfect condition includes electric cord $85. (415)565-6719 ANTIQUE STOOL - Rust color cushion with lions feet, antique, $50.obo, (650)525-1410 CHINA CABINET - Vintage, 6 foot, solid mahogany. $300/obo. (650)867-0379
LARGE SELECTION of Opera records vinyl 78's 2 to 4 per album $8 to $20 ea. obo, (650)343-4461
FOAM INCLINER for twin bed $40 650-692-1942 FOLDING PICNIC table - 8 x 30, 7 folding, padded chairs, $80. (650)364-0902 FOOT STOOL from Karathi 2' foot long Camel Heads on each end, red & black pad. $50 650 755-8238 HAND MADE portable jewelry display case wood and see through lid $45. 25 x 20 x 4 inches. (650)592-2648. LOUNGE CHAIRS - 2 new, with cover & plastic carring case & headrest, $35. each, (650)592-7483 MATCHED PAIR, brass/carved wood lamps with matching shades, perfect, only $12.50 each, 650-595-3933 MATTRESS TOPPER chrome full size $15., (650)368-3037 MIRROR, NICE, large, 30x54, $25. SSF (650)583-8069 MIRROR/MEDICINE CAB. 3 dr. bevel glass 30X30" $35 (650)342-7933 MIRROR/MEDICINE CABINET 26" $10 (650)342-7933 MIRROR/MEDICINE CABINET 16" X 30" $20 (650)342-7933 16" X
303 Electronics
18 INCH TV Monitor with built-in DVD with remote, $21. Call (650)308-6381 3 SHELF SPEAKERS - 8 OM, $15. each, (650)364-0902 46 MITSUBISHI Projector TV, great condition. $400. (650)261-1541. BIG SONY TV 37" - Excellent Condition Worth $2300 will Sacrifice for only $95., (650)878-9542 FLIP CAMCORDER $50. (650)583-2767 PANASONIC TV 21 inch $25., (650)637-8244 SONY TV fair condition $30 (650)867-2720 TV 25 inch color with remote $25. Sony 12 inch color TV, $10 Excellent condition. (650)520-0619 TV SET Philips 21 inch with remote $40., (650)692-3260 VINTAGE SEARS 8465 aluminum photo tripod + bag. Sturdy! $25 SOLD
BEADS, - Handmade in Greece. Many colors, shapes, sizes Full Jewely tray, over 100 pieces, $30., (650)595-4617 BRACELET - Ladies authentic Murano glass from Italy, vibrant colors, like new, $100., (650)991-2353 Daly City GALLON SIZE bag of costume jewelry various sizes, colors, $80. for bag, (650)589-2893 LADIES GOLD Lame' elbow lengthgloves sz 7.5 $15 New. (650)868-0436
296 Appliances
BISSELL UPRIGHT vacuum cleaner clear view model $45 650-364-7777 CHOPPERS (4) with instructions $7/all. (650)368-3037 DRYER WHIRLPOOL heavyduty dryer. Almond, Good condtiio. W 29 L35 D26 $100 (650)867-2720
304 Furniture
2 DINETTE Chairs (650)692-3260 both for $29
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2 END Tables solid maple '60's era $40/both. (650)670-7545 42" ROUND Oak Table (with 12") leaf. Clean/Great Cond. $40. 650-766-9553.
MODULAR DESK/BOOKCASE/STORAGE unit - Cherry veneer, white laminate, good for home office or teenagers room, $75., (650)888-0039 PAPASAN CHAIRS (2) -with cushions $45. each set, (650)347-8061
308 Tools
HAND DRILL $6.00 (415) 333-8540
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315 Wanted to Buy GO GREEN! We Buy GOLD You Get The $ Green $
Millbrae Jewelers Est. 1957 400 Broadway - Millbrae
316 Clothes
NANCY'S TAILORING & BOUTIQUE Custom Made & Alterations 889 Laurel Street San Carlos, CA 94070 650-622-9439
NEW NIKE SB Skunks & Freddy Kruegers Various Sizes $100 415-735-6669
BOOK - Fighting Aircraft of WWII, Janes, 1000 illustrations, $65., (650)593-8880 BOOK NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC NATIONAL AIR MUSEUMS $15 (408)249-3858 BOXES MOVING storage or office assorted sizes 50 cents /each (50 total) 650-347-8061 BRUGMANSIA TREE large growth and in pot, $50., (650)871-7200 CANDLE HOLDER with angel design, tall, gold, includes candle. Purchased for $100, now $30. (650)345-1111 CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS, Pine cones, icicle lights, mini lights, wreath rings, $4.00 each 650 341-8342 CRAFTMENS 15 GALLON WET DRYVAC with variable speeds and all the attachments, $40., (650)593-7553 DOOM (3) computer games $15/each 2 total, (650)367-8949 DUFFEL BAGS - 1 Large Duffel Bag ,1 Xtra Lg. Duffel w Wheels, 1 Leather weekender Satchel, $75. (650)871-7211 ELECTRONIC TYPEWRITER good condition $50., (650)878-9542 ELVIS PRESLEY poster book $20. (650)692-3260 FLORAL painting, artist signed 14.75x12.75 solid wood frame w/attached wire hanger, $35 (650)347-5104 FRAMED PAINTING - Girl picking daisies, green & white, 22x26, $50., (650)592-2648 GAME "BEAT THE EXPERTS" never used $8., (408)249-3858 GEORGE Magazines, 30, all intact $50/all OBO. (650)574-3229, Foster City
SF GREETING Cards (300 w/envelopes) factory sealed $20. (650)207-2712 SHOWER POOR custom made 48 x 69 $70 (650)692-3260 SONY PROJECTION TV Good condtion, w/ Remote, Black $100 (650)345-1111 STUART WOODS Hardback Books 2 @ $3.00 each. (650)341-1861 STYLISH WOOD tapesty basket with handle on wheels for magazines, newspapers, etc., $5., (650)308-6381 TIRE CHAINS - brand new, in box, never used, multiple tire sizes, $25., (650)5941494 TIRE CHAINS - used once includes rubber tighteners plus carrying case. call for corresponding tire size, $20., (650)3455446 VASE WITH flowers 2 piece good for the Holidays $25 650 867-2720 VERIZON CAR charger, still in sealed factory package, $10, 650-595-3933 VIDEO CENTER 38 inches H 21 inches W still in box $45., (408)249-3858 WALGREENS BRAND Water Pitcher Royal Blue Top 2 Quart New in Box $10 Ea use all brand Filters 650-873-8167 WALKER - never used, $85., (415)239-9063 WALKER. INVACARE 6291-3f, dual release walker. Fixed 3" wheels & glider tips. Adj height for patients 5'3 thru 6'4. Brand new. $50. (650)594-1494 WALKER. INVACARE 6291-3f, dual release walker. Fixed 3" wheels & glider tips. Brand new. $50. (650)594-1494
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316 Clothes
3 BAGS of women's clothes - Sizes 912, $30., (650)525-1410 47 MENS shirt, T-shirts, short/ long sleeves. Sleeveless workout polos, casual, dress shirts $93 all. (650)347-5104 49ER SWEATSHIRT with hood size 8 extra large $100 obo. (650)346-9992 BLACK Leather pants Mrs. size made in France size 40 $99. (650)558-1975 BLACK LEATHER tap shoes 9M great condition $99. (650)558-1975 BOOTS - purple leather, size 8, ankle length, $50.obo, (650)592-9141 EUROPEAN STYLE nubek leather ladies winter coat - tan colored with green lapel & hoodie, $100., (650)888-0129
BBQ GILL with Cover 31/2' wide by 3' tall hardly used $49. 650 347-9920 BBQ KETTEL Grill, Uniflame 21 $35 (650)347-8061 BBQ SMOKER BBQ Grill, LP Coleman, Alaskan Cookin Machine, cost $140 sell $75. 650-344-8549 BBQ SMOKER, w/propane tank, wheels, shelf, sears model $86 650-344-8549 BEADS - Glass beads for jewelry making, $75. all, (650)676-0732 BOAT ANCHOR - 12lbs Galvanized $10 (650)364-0902
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GENUINE OAKELY Sunglasses, M frame and Plutonite lenses with drawstring bag, $65 650-595-3933 LADIES DOWN jacket light yellow with dark brown lining $35. (650)868-0436 LADIES FUR COAT - Satin lining, size M/L, $100. obo, (650)525-1990 LADIES JACKET size 3x 70% wool 30% nylon never worn $50. (650)592-2648 LADIES ROYAL blue rain coat with zippered flannel plaid liner size 12 RWC $15. (650)868-0436 LANE BRYANT assorted clothing. Sizes 2x-3x. 22-23, $5-$10/ea., brand new with tags. (650)290-1960 MANS SUEDE-LIKE jacket, New, XXLg. $25. 650 871-7211 MEN'S SUIT almost new $25. 650-573-6981 MENS CASUAL Dress slacks 2 pairs khaki 34Wx32L, 36Wx32L 2 pairs black 32WX32L, 34Wx30L $35 (650)347-5104 NEW BROWN LEATHER JACKET- XL $25., 650-364-0902 Brown.
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335 Rugs
WOOL AREA RUG - Multi-green colors, 5 X 7, $65. obo, (650)290-1960
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POTTED PLANTS (7) $5/each 650-207-0897 TABLE - for plant, $25., perfect condition, (650)345-1111
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625 Classic Cars 620 Automobiles Dont lose money on a trade-in or consignment! Sell your vehicle in the Daily Journals Auto Classifieds. Just $3 per day. Reach 82,500 drivers from South SF to Palo Alto
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DATSUN 72 - 240Z with Chevy 350, automatic, custom, $5800 or trade. (650)588-9196 NISSAN 87 Centura - Two door, manual, stick shift, 150K miles. Clean title, good body, $1,250., (415)505-3908 PLYMOUTH 72 CUDA - Runs and drives good, needs body, interior and paint, $12k obo, serious inquiries only. (650)873-8623
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MERCEDES BENZ REPAIR Diagnosis, Repair, Maintenance. All MBZ Models Elliott Dan Mercedes Master Certified technician 555 O'Neil Avenue, Belmont 650-593-1300
635 Vans
EMERGENCY LIVING RV. 73 GMC Van, Runs good, $2,850. Will finance, small downpayment. Call for appointments. (650)364-1374 NISSAN 01 Quest - GLE, leather seats, sun roof, TV/DVR equipment. Looks new, $15,500. (650)219-6008
680 Autos Wanted Dont lose money on a trade-in or consignment! Sell your vehicle in the Daily Journals Auto Classifieds. Just $3 per day. Reach 82,500 drivers from South SF to Palo Alto
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640 Motorcycles/Scooters
CADILAC 93 Sedan $ 4,000 or Trade Good Condition (650)481-5296 CHEVY HHR 08 - Grey, spunky car loaded, even seat warmers, $9,500. (408)807-6529. HONDA 10 ACCORD LX - 4 door sedan, low miles, $19K, (650)573-6981 INFINITI 94 Q45 - Service records included. Black & tan, SOLD! BMW 03 F650 GS, $3899 OBO. Call 650-995-0003 HARLEY DAVIDSON 83 Shovelhead special construction, 1340 ccs, Awesome!, $5,950/obo. Rob (415)602-4535.
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645 Boats
BANSHEE SAILBOAT - 13 ft. with extras, $750., (650)343-6563 PLEASURE BOAT, 15ft., 50 horsepower Mercury, $1,300.obo (650)368-2170 PROSPORT 97 - 17 ft. CC 80 Yamaha Pacific, loaded, like new, $9,500 or trade, (650)583-7946.
MERCEDES 03 C230K Coupe - 52K miles, $12,000 for more info call (650)576-1285 MERCEDES 05 C-230 66k mi. Sliver, 1 owner, excellent condition, $14,000 obo (650)799-1033 MERCEDES 06 C230 - 6 cylinder, navy blue, 60K miles, 2 year warranty, $18,000, (650)455-7461
DONATE YOUR CAR Tax Deduction, We do the Paperwork, Free Pickup, Running or Not - in most cases. Help yourself and the Polly Klaas Foundation. Call (800)380-5257. Wanted 62-75 Chevrolets Novas, running or not Parts collection etc. So clean out that garage Give me a call Joe 650 342-2483
470 Rooms
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670 Auto Parts
2 SNOW/CABLE chains good condition fits 13-15 inch rims $10/both San Bruno 650-588-1946
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Contractors
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Lic. # 914544 Bonded & Insured
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PYONGYANG, North Korea Kim Jong Il, North Koreas mercurial and enigmatic longtime leader, has died of heart failure. He was 69. In a special broadcast Monday from the North Korean capital, state media said Kim died of a heart ailment on a train due to a great mental and physical strain on Dec. 17 during a high intensity field inspection. It said an autopsy was done on Dec. 18 and fully conrmed the diagnosis. Kim is believed to have suffered a stroke in 2008, but he had appeared relatively vigorous in photos and
video from recent trips to China and Russia and in numerous trips around the country carefully documented by state media. The communist countrys Dear Leader reputed to have had a taste for cigars, cognac and gourmet cuisine was believed to have had diabetes and heart disease. It is the biggest loss for the party ... and it is our people and nations biggest sadness, an anchorwoman clad in black Korean traditional dress said in a voice choked with tears. She said the nation must change our sadness to strength and overcome our difculties. South Korean media, including
Yonhap news agency, said South Korea put its military on high alert and President Lee Myung-bak convened a national security council meeting after the news of Kims death. Ofcials couldnt immediately conrm the reports. The news came as North Korea prepared for a hereditary succession. Kim Jong Il inherited power after his father, revered North Korean founder Kim Il Sung, died in 1994. In September 2010, Kim Jong Il unveiled his third son, the twenty-something Kim Jong Un, as his successor, putting him in highranking posts. Asian stock markets moved lower
amid the news, which raises the possibility of increased instability on the divided Korean peninsula. South Koreas Kospi index was down 3.9 percent at 1,767.89 and Japans Nikkei 225 index fell 0.8 percent to 8,331.00. Hong Kongs Hang Seng slipped 2 percent to 17,929.66 and the Shanghai Composite Index dropped 2 percent to 2,178.75.
PRAGUE The end of Czechoslovakias totalitarian regime was called the Velvet Revolution because of how smooth the transition seemed: Communism dead in a matter of weeks, without a shot red. But for Vaclav Havel, it was a moment he helped pay for with decades of suffering and struggle. The dissident playwright spent years in jail but never lost his deance, or his eloquence, and the governments attempts to crush his will ended up expanding his inuence. He became a source of inspiration to Czechs, and to all of Eastern Europe. He went from prisoner to
president in 1989, the year the Berlin Wall fell and communism crumbled across the region. Havel died Sunday morning at his weekend home in the northern Czech Republic. The 75-year-old former chain-smoker had a history of chronic respiratory problems dating back to his time in prison. Shy and bookish, with a wispy mustache and unkempt hair, Havel helped draw the worlds attention to the anger and frustration spilling over behind the Iron Curtain. While he was president, the Czech Republic split from Slovakia, but it also made dramatic gains in economic might. His peaceful resistance shook the foundations of an empire, exposed the emptiness of a repres-
sive ideology, and proved that moral leadership is more powerful than any weapon, said President Barack Obama. He also embodied the aspirations of half a continent that had been cut off by the Iron Curtain, and helped unleash tides of history that led to a united and democratic Europe. Mourners laid owers and lit candles at Havels villa in Prague. A black ag of mourning ew over Prague Castle, the presidential seat, and Havel was also remembered at a monument to the revolution in the capitals downtown. Mr. President, thank you for democracy, one note read. Lech Walesa, former Polish president and the Nobel Peace Prizewinning founder of the countrys
anti-communist Solidarity movement, called Havel a great ghter for the freedom of nations and for democracy. Amid the turbulence of modern Europe, his voice was the most consistent and compelling endlessly searching for the best in himself and in each of us, said former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, who is of Czech origin. Havel was his countrys rst democratically elected president, leading it through the early challenges of democracy and its peaceful 1993 breakup into the Czech Republic and Slovakia,
though his image suffered as his people discovered the difculties of transforming their society.
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