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New developer acquires Centennial Towers project

Keystone office project purchased for conversion to R&D space in South San Francisco
By Austin Walsh
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
An iconic office project in South

San Francisco recently changed
hands, as a San Diego-based development firm purchased the massive tower showing a glass facade
toward Highway 101.
Phase 3 Properties bought the
12-story Centennial Towers project from its original owner and

developer Jack Myers, of Myers
Development, financed by a $144
million
loan
announced
Wednesday, Dec. 23.
The gigantic structure near
Airport Boulevard, adjacent to San
Bruno Mountain, is comprised of
340,000 square feet of Class A
commercial office space which the

new owner plans to convert into a
center for research and development in the citys thriving
biotechnology industry.
Neil Fox, CEO of Phase 3
Properties, expressed enthusiasm
for his companys newest acquisition in a prepared statement.
Theres an intrinsic quality that
is right in line with our life science vision, he said. The design
and construction is spectacular.
Were going to do something the
market has never seen before; this
project will set the new bar for
laboratory research space.
Phase 3 Properties is a development firm which specializes in
construction of life science
research and development space

throughout California, focused in
San Diego and the Bay Area.
We have a platform for creating
ready-to-occupy life science
space, Fox said in a phone conversation.
He said his company was drawn
See PROJECT, Page 20
Just how did

land measure
fall so short?
Officials say organized opposition
to Measure V was not unexpected
By Bill Silverfarb
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
SAMANTHA WEIGEL/DAILY JOURNAL
Athracta Galinsky, 102, of San Mateo, helps to oversee bingo operations at the Senior Center.
Volunteering to stay young

San Mateo woman, 102, spends 24 years working at Senior Center
By Samantha Weigel
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
San Mateo resident Athracta

Galinsky has spent nearly a quarter of her life volunteering at the
citys Senior Center. And for a
102-year-old woman, thats quite
impressive.
Galinsky, who goes by Athy, is
a well-known regular at the center
where shes going on 25 years of
volunteerism.
Although shes served in a range
of capacities from working at the
front desk to helping in the
kitchen, Galinsky is known as the
spunky bingo guru.
Over the years, shes cut back

her hours as shes aged, but she
can still be found every Wednesday
leading a group of seniors many
of whom have become close
friends in a game of bingo.
Shes probably as spunky now
as she was then. Shes just a little
firecracker. Shes very funny, very
independent, has a circle of
friends, said Maureen Mazzocco,
who previously worked as the centers community service coordinator for more than 22 years. Shes
just a doll with all the people that
come in. And for many people that
come to the senior center, its kind
of their activity for the week. So
theres a lot of regulars that come

to bingo and Athy knows all their
stories.
Galinsky said she started frequenting the center on Alameda de
las Pulgas in search of something
to keep her active and social.
It was right after my husband
passed away, I said, I have to do
something to get out of the house.
So I went up to the senior center
and I got involved. As it happened, I think I was working there
about three days a week volunteering, Galinsky said. Just talking
with the older people that are my
See GALINSKY Page 20
The San Carlos City Council

placed a $45 million bond measure
on the ballot to purchase property
on Black Mountain based on
months of consulting work that
indicated public support was
strong for the idea.
Now Mayor Cameron Johnson
said he based part of his support
for the proposal because of the
passage of two recent school
bonds, Measure P and Measure H,
and the polling data prepared prior
to their passage by the same consultant, Godbe Research, that con-
ducted polling data on the Black

Mountain measure.
An informal survey by Godbe in
June showed that 70 percent of
respondents strongly agreed
with the statement the city
should purchase Black Mountain
to preserve it for open space, park
and recreational access. The bond
needed a supermajority to pass.
But on Election Day, Measure V
failed miserably and the final vote
tally, according to the county
Elections Office, showed that
only 39.5 percent of voters supported the measure, far below the
See MEASURE, Page 18
San Mateo to continue implementing

independent audit recommendations
City to improve Community Development Department
By Samantha Weigel
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Almost two years since the city

of San Mateo began revamping its
Community
Development
Department based on the recommendations of an independent
audit, officials say substantial
improvements benefiting the public and internal efficiency have
been made.
Prompted in part by the citys
entanglement in a lawsuit over the

opening of a 7-Eleven in a residential neighborhood, the council
hired a firm to thoroughly review
one of its most active departments
responsible for overseeing planning, code enforcement, building
and housing divisions.
I think weve made tremendous
progress on the audit recommendations,
said
Community
See AUDIT, Page 18
FOR THE RECORD
Thursday Dec. 24, 2015
THE DAILY JOURNAL
Thought for the Day

Christmas comes, but
once a year is enough.
American proverb
This Day in History

The Continental Air Defense
Command Operations Center in
Colorado Springs, Colorado, found
itself elding phone calls from children wanting to know the whereabouts of Santa Claus after a newspaper ad mistakenly gave
the Centers number; the result was a tradition continued by
the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)
of tracking Santas location the night before Christmas.
1955
In 1 8 1 4 , the United States and Britain signed the Treaty of

Ghent, which ended the War of 1812 following ratication
by both the British Parliament and the U.S. Senate.
In 1 8 5 1 , re devastated the Library of Congress in
Washington, D.C., destroying about 35,000 volumes.
In 1 8 6 5 , several veterans of the Confederate Army formed
a private social club in Pulaski, Tennessee, that was the
original version of the Ku Klux Klan.
In 1 8 7 1 , Giuseppe Verdis opera Aida had its world premiere in Cairo, Egypt.
In 1 9 1 4 , during World War I, impromptu Christmas truces
began to take hold along parts of the Western Front between
British and German soldiers.
In 1 9 3 9 , Pope Pius XII delivered a Christmas Eve address
in which he offered a ve-point program for peace and
denounced premeditated aggressions.
In 1 9 4 3 , President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower supreme commander of Allied forces
in Europe as part of Operation Overlord.
In 1 9 6 8 , the Apollo 8 astronauts, orbiting the moon, read
passages from the Old Testament Book of Genesis during a
Christmas Eve telecast.
In 1 9 7 4 , Cyclone Tracy began battering the Australian
city of Darwin, resulting in widespread damage and causing
some 65 deaths.
In 1 9 8 0 , Americans remembered the U.S. hostages in Iran
by burning candles or shining lights for 417 seconds
one second for each day of captivity.
Birthdays
American Idol
Former president
Designer Kate
host Ryan Seacrest
of Afghanistan,
Spade is 53.
is 41.
Hamid Karzai, is 58.
Songwriter-bandleader Dave Bartholomew is 97. Author
Mary Higgins Clark is 88. Federal health ofcial Anthony S.
Fauci, M.D., is 75. Recording company executive Mike Curb is
71. Rock singer-musician Lemmy (Motorhead) is 70. Actress
Sharon Farrell is 69. Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., is 69. Actor
Grand L. Bush is 60. Actor Clarence Gilyard is 60. Actress
Stephanie Hodge is 59. Rock musician Ian Burden (The Human
League) is 58. Actor Anil Kapoor is 56. Actor Wade Williams is
54. Rock singer Mary Ramsey (10,000 Maniacs) is 52. Actor
Mark Valley is 51. Actor Diedrich Bader is 49. Actor Amaury
Nolasco is 45. Singer Ricky Martin is 44.
REUTERS
The Washington Monument is seen beyond a heavy fog clinging to the Potomac River as a cyclist makes his way along a
riverbank path in Washington, D.C.
In other news ...

Black bear rides for 65
miles on California trash truck
FRESNO A black bear crawled
inside a trash compactor and took the
ride of its life on a garbage truck, traveling about 65 miles to a dump in central California where it briefly ran free.
Fresno officers went to a disposal
site Tuesday after getting a report of a
large bear running loose. The bear got
into a trash compactor that was picked
up by a disposal truck in the Hume Lake
area earlier in the day.
The driver wasnt aware that the bear
was inside the compactor. Officials say
it was either sleeping there or rifling
through the trash.
Police and California Department of
Fish and Wildlife employees eventually captured the animal after tranquilizing it. Neither the bear nor any people
were injured.
The bear is being returned to Hume
Lake.
Mom continues legal fight to

rescind daughters death ruling
SAN FRANCISCO A Northern
California mothers two-year quest to
have her brain-dead daughter declared
legally alive is moving to federal court
after attempts to secure an order from a
state judge ended in failure.
The Alameda County coroner in
Oakland, California signed Jahi
McMaths death certificate in
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PHOENIX The body of a Russian

rocket that burned up as it entered the
Earths atmosphere set off a wave of
excitement on social media and fueled
speculation over what caused the flash
of light to shoot across the sky in the
American West.
The fireball seen over Arizona,
Nevada and California on Tuesday
night was an SL-4 rocket body booster
from Russia that launched Monday,
U.S. Strategic Command spokeswoman Julie Ziegenhorn said.
U.S. and Russian officials declined to
discuss the rockets use, but experts
outside the government say it was
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launched as part of a project to bring

materials to a space station. They say
the rockets body likely detached from
the craft taking items into space and
burned up as it started to go out of
orbit.
Its not something people need to
worry about, said David Wright, a
space-debris expert who is co-director
of the Union of Concerned Scientists.
An unmanned Russian cargo ship
lifted off Monday from that nations
space launch complex in Kazakhstan
on a journey to the International Space
Station. The craft, which carried fuel,
water, food and other supplies, has
since docked at the station.
People who witnessed the burning
light posted photos and video on
social media, with some speculating
that it was a meteor.
Others resorted to humor, punctuating their comments with a rocket emoji
and saying the light across the sky
looked Santas sleigh. Some people
expressed distrust about the U.S. governments comments on the rocket.
I was kind of freaked out to see
something like that blowing up in the
air, and you dont know what it is, said
Gunnar Lindstrom, who saw the streak
of light as he got out of a car at his Las
Vegas apartment complex.
He initially thought it was an airplane. Lindstrom, a bartender with a
side business as a videographer, said
his first instinct was to grab his cellphone camera.
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December 2013. The coroner concluded that the then-13-year-old died from
post-procedure complications at
Oaklands Childrens Hospital following surgery to remove her tonsils.
Jahis family has been fighting since
then to rescind the girls death certificate, arguing that she shows signs of
life and some brain activity. The family says her body is being kept on a
ventilator in New Jersey.
But an Alameda County judge upheld
the death certificate after a respected
Stanford University neurologist and
two other medical experts concluded
the girl was dead.
No court date has been scheduled for
the federal case.
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chance of thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce small hail. Highs in
the mid 50s. West winds 20 to 30 mph.
Local gusts up to 40 mph in the afternoon.
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Southwest Airlines flight makes

emergency landing at Oakland
By Janie Har
People were holding hands. Everyone was

on their phones, Im sure sending messages to loved
ones. ... I dont mean to sound dramatic, but it was scary.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
OAKLAND A Southwest Airlines

flight made what appeared to be a normal
landing Wednesday after circling for several hours over the Oakland airport due to
possible landing gear problems.
TV helicopter video showed Southwest
flight 2547 landing at Oakland
International Airport with a puff of smoke
from its tires.
The Chicago-bound flight took off from
Oakland at about 6 a. m. and landed just
over four hours later. There were 139 passengers on the plane. No injuries were
reported, but some passengers were panicking at the end of the ordeal.
People were holding hands. Everyone
was on their phones, Im sure sending
messages to loved ones, passenger
Ashley Stasio
Ashley Stasio, 34, told the Associated

Press. I dont mean to sound dramatic,
but it was scary.
KRON-TV reported a front tire on the
landing gear had blown out.
Stasio, of San Francisco, said the captain reported soon after takeoff that there
were issues with the plane. Later, he told
passengers that the plane would not be
going to Chicago and would burn fuel over
Oakland for about an hour.
Ninety minutes later, he said 6, 000
more pounds of fuel had to be burned. He
did not explain further until the plane was
ready to land, and by that time passengers

were watching the news online, Stasio
said.
It was a smooth landing, she said.
A short statement from Southwest
Airlines said the captain returned to
Oakland because of a reported maintenance issue. It did not elaborate.
Airport spokeswoman Keonnis Taylor
declined to comment on the incident,
except to say the plane landed safely without injuries.
The airport expects more than 600, 000
passengers this holiday season.
Officer who killed transient initially said he saw no weapon

By Elliott Spagat
SAN DIEGO A San Diego police officer

who shot and killed a transient within seconds of exiting his car initially told investigators that he didnt see a weapon but said
days later that he recalled thinking the man
might be carrying a knife, according to a
report released Wednesday.
Officer Neal Browder answered no when
asked the day of the April 30 shooting if he
saw a weapon, at which time his attorney
said his client wouldnt elaborate. Five days
later, police let Browder and his attorney
watch a business surveillance video for
about 20 minutes before another interview.
Browder, who was responding to a 911
call of a knife-wielding suspect, said in the
second interview that he saw Fridoon

Nehad, 42, carrying what looked like a
metal object as the suspect walked down a
dark alley toward the police car.
It turned out Nehad was wielding a pen.
The first thing in my mind is, Hes
armed with a knife. I mean thats, thats the
first thought that was coming through my
mind after. Hes still armed with a knife.
And then the next thing is, like, why isnt
he stopping? Browder told investigators.
San Diego County District Attorney
Bonnie Dumanis on Tuesday released the
surveillance footage, which showed
Browder firing a single shot to Nehads
chest about four seconds after exiting his
car.
Attorneys for the Nehad family, who filed
a wrongful death lawsuit against the city and
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the officer, released additional evidence

Wednesday, including the officers initial
account and an interview transcript.
It tells me the investigation was totally
inappropriate, improper, inadequate, said
Skip Miller, a family attorney.
Attorneys for Browder didnt immediately
respond to requests for comment.
The district attorney explained her decision not to prosecute the 27-year department veteran in a letter last month to the
police chief.
Police reports
Worried sick
A father reported that his son went
missing after drinking tequila to cure
his cold on Middleeld Road in
Redwood City before 12:48 a. m.
Sunday, Dec. 20.
REDWOOD CITY
Sus pi ci o us pers o n. A man with beard
entered a store and began to ask the employees weird and personal questions on El
Camino Real before 7:15 p.m. Sunday, Dec.
20
Di s turbance. A young man grabbed a shing knife and stormed out of his residence on
Clinton Street before 1:32 p.m. Sunday,
Dec. 20.
Brandi s h weapo n. A man reported that the
driver of an Audi SUV pointed a gun at him
on El Camino Real before 3:37 a.m. Sunday,
Dec. 20.
Di s t urb an c e . A man who believed his
steak was not cooked well got into an argument with the staff of a restaurant on
Broadway before 3:23 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 20.
HALF MOON BAY

Arres t. A 46-year-old Half Moon Bay man
was arrested for failing to stop for police and
failing a sobriety test near Main Street and
Stonepine Road before 6:20 p.m. Sunday,
Dec. 20.
Arres t. A 52-year-old Half Moon Bay man
was arrested after colliding with a guard rail
and being found in possession of weapons,
handcuffs, narcotics, paraphernalia and suspected burglary tools near state Route 92 and
Main Street before 3:57 a.m. Sunday, Dec.
20.
Around the nation

Series of earthquakes rattle Reno, Nevada
RENO, Nev. Northern Nevada officials said Wednesday
theyve been unable to detect any earthquake damage after a
string of temblors shook the Reno-Sparks area the night
before.
The quakes started at 6 p.m. Tuesday and the biggest one
happened around 10:45 p.m., rattling homes and businesses from south of Reno to north of Sparks. The strongest was
a magnitude-4.4.
The epicenter of the largest temblor was 3.5 miles north
of Galena High School about 7 miles south of downtown
Reno, according to the Nevada Seismological Laboratory.
Two magnitude-3.1 quakes bookended that quake.
Washoe County school officials said Wednesday they
have crews on scene at the high school but have found no
obvious damage. Area police say theyve had no reports of
significant damage and the Truckee Meadows Water
Authority says theres no sign of any harm caused to water
mains. Laced with faults throughout the state, Nevada is the
third most seismically active state in the nation behind
California and Alaska.
A magnitude-6.0 temblor near the northeast Nevada town
of Wells in February 2008 was the biggest in the state in
four decades, causing nearly $10 million in damage.
Seven temblors of magnitude 6.5 or higher jolted Nevada
from 1900 to 1954, with the last occurring east of Fallon in
1954 when two of magnitude 7.0 hit four minutes apart.
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Snowpack above average for this time of year

By Scott Smith
FRESNO The Sierra Nevada snowpack measured above average for this
time of year, but its not enough to
make a dent in Californias stubborn
four-year drought, state water managers said Wednesday.
Nobodys declaring a victory yet,
thats for sure, said Doug Carlson, a
spokesman for the California
Department of Water Resources.
Recent storms boosted the snowpacks statewide water content to 112
percent of normal, according to electronic readings collected by the state.
More snow is expected to fall in the
next few days.
This cold and wet weather comes as a
sharp contrast to last winter.
On Jan. 1, the snowpack was a meager 45 percent of the states historical
average. By April 1, it was at 5 percent
of normal, marking a record low.
The snowpack is important because
it contributes about 30 percent of
Californias water supply when it
melts and rushes through rivers and
streams to fill vital reservoirs that
help sustain the state during the dry
months.
Despite recent rain and snowfall,
REUTERS
Fresh snow clings to trees along the South Yuba River near Big Bend.
major reservoirs
in
Northern
California remain critically low. Lake
Shasta, Californias largest reservoir,
is at half of its historical average, and
Lake Oroville is 45 percent full.
If the Northern California snowpack
is at 150 percent of normal April 1
when it should be at its deepest climatologists will feel more confident
that drought is easing, Carlson said.
State officials on Dec. 30 plan to

trudge through the snow to make the
seasons first measurement by hand.
By then it should be even deeper.
A cold storm Thursday is expected to
dump more than a foot of snow on
Tahoe with a dusting in the lower elevation foothills, said Nathan Owen, a
meteorologist with the National
Weather Service in Sacramento.
NATION
THE DAILY JOURNAL
State Senate raising employees

pay one year after issuing layoffs
By Don Thompson
Ben Carson speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition's Presidential Forum.
SACRAMENTO The California state

Senate is giving all its employees pay raises
just one year after laying off several dozen
employees due to financial problems, according to a memo obtained by the Associated
Press.
The raises for about 1,000 employees are
possible because of last years prudent and
necessary cuts, according to the memo to
employees from Senate Secretary Daniel
Alvarez.
They include a 4 percent cost-of-living
increase for employees who are paid less than
about $150,000 a year. Those paid up to
$178,000 get 2 percent raises, while those
REUTERS paid more than that get 1 percent increases.
They are the first raises in nearly eight
years, according to the memo, which is dated
Monday.
It does not project the total cost to taxpayers, and Senate officials declined to immediately provide that information. Officials told
Carson: Campaign
shake-up is coming
By Julie Bykowicz and Bill Barrow
UPPERCO, Md. Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson said Wednesday

morning he is moving toward a major
shake-up of his struggling campaign, with
less than six weeks to go until early voting
begins to select party nominees.
Yet by Wednesday evening, he tried to
steer away from that message, announcing
that all is well in the Carson camp.
In a Wednesday morning interview with
the Associated Press at his Maryland home
conducted without the knowledge of his
own campaign manager Carson said
personnel changes could be coming, suggesting he would consider sidelining his
top aides.
Everything. Everything is on the
table, he said of potential changes.
Every single thing is on the table. Im
looking carefully.
Carsons longtime business adviser
Armstrong Williams put it more bluntly:
Dr. Carson is back in charge, and Im so
happy to see that, he said. Williams himself has publicly feuded with the paid political professionals brought in to run
Carsons campaign.
Following an afternoon meeting with
some of his paid advisers Wednesday a
group that did not include Williams
Carson said in a statement that while he
has 100 percent confidence in his campaign team, we are refining some operational practices and streamlining some
staff assignments to more aptly match the
tasks ahead.
The statement added that his senior team
remains in place with my full confidence,
and they will continue to execute our campaign plan.
Campaign manager Barry Bennett was
not aware of Carsons statements about
potential changes until told by the
Associated Press. He later texted: No staff
shake-up.
The apparent rift between Carson,
Williams and the paid campaign staff
comes after his weeks-long slide in polls.
The political newcomer a celebrated
pediatric neurosurgeon briefly surged to
the top of the GOP field in October, riding
public appeal for more anti-establishment
candidates, while making headway with
Christian and conservative voters.
With the spotlight came scrutiny. Carson
publicly lashed out at media reports questioning details of his celebrated autobiography.
Terrorist attacks in Paris and California
shifted the focus of the race to foreign policy and national security, sometimes highlighting Carsons lack of experience.
Another challenge: He is soft-spoken in a
race dominated by media-savvy, toughtalking figures including real estate mogul

Donald Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.
I certainly dont expect to get through a
campaign without some scratches and
bruises, Carson said. Thats the nature of
the beast.
Then came the internal disarray.
Carson had raised $31 million by the end
of September, more than any other
Republican in the race, but hes outpaced
the competition on spending mostly on
fundraising costs rather than critical political infrastructure.
I recognize that nothing is perfect,
Carson said. And, yes, weve had enormous fundraising, but that requires that you
be efficient in the way you utilize the
funds. And, yes, we are looking at all those
things.
Carson acknowledged that some of his
difficulties were of his making.
He said he must prove to voters that he is
up to the challenge to be commander-inchief.
I think I have to directly address the
issue, he said, sitting in his basement
game room, where the walls around him are
covered in decades worth of accolades.
People think that because you are softspoken and nice, you cant possibly be
tough, you cant have the strength to deal
with the incredible security problems we
now face, Carson said. That is not true,
but Im now talking about it.
In recent campaign stops, Carson has
started offering more specifics on foreign
policy, such as detailing how U. S-led
coalition forces can work to retake the
Syrian city of Raqqa, the de-facto capital of
the Islamic State groups so-called
caliphate.
Carson said he plans to put emphasis on
his strategy for Libya when he returns to
the trail after Christmas. He maintains that
too many U.S. leaders, including some of
his GOP rivals, have zeroed in on the
Islamic State groups activities in Iraq and
Syria, while failing to acknowledge that
they pose a threat beyond those borders.
They have a global strategy, Carson
said of the militant group, arguing that the
U.S. must counter it.
Carson said the rough-and-tumble nature
of the 2016 race has not outweighed his
favorite campaign moments. The
patients, he said with a smile, explaining
that he often meets former patients on the
campaign trail who are eager to share their
stories with him.
He recalled meeting one patient to whom
hed given a hemispherectomy removing half the brain as an infant. He had
graduated from college number one in his
class with half a brain, Carson said.
These are incredible stories.
the AP to file a request under the Legislative

Open Records Act for that and other details
about the increases.
The Assembly is not giving across-theboard raises this year and hasnt since 2007,
said spokesman John Casey.
However, Assembly members can give their
employees merit raises if they have money in
their individual office budgets and if the
employee has not received a raise in at least
two years. Members annual budgets were
increased to $292,000 earlier this month,
restoring them to their pre-recession level
after they were cut by nearly $30,000 six
years ago.
Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon, DLos Angeles, announced a year ago that he was
cutting 39 out of nearly 1,000 staff positions.
Alvarez said then that the layoffs were necessary due to a projected financial shortfall
caused because the Senate declined annual
budget increases during the recession without
making any layoffs, and because of smaller
budget increases under limits set by a voterapproved ballot measure.
01-31-2016
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As military handles drone strikes, less scrutiny by Congress

By Ken Dilanian
WASHINGTON Putting the U.S. military

in charge of drone strikes in Iraq and Syria has
effectively reduced congressional scrutiny of
those sensitive operations, leaving some
activists, lawmakers and U.S. intelligence
officials fearful of increased civilian casualties.
For the last decade, the CIA ran the
American effort to find and kill al-Qaida
members with drones, mostly in Pakistan
and Yemen, outside of declared war zones. But
the frequency of those strikes has plummeted
to about one a month. The main counterterrorism focus now is the war against the
Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, where military special operations forces are flying
drones that hunt and kill a senior militant
every two days.
The shift reflects both legal and philosophical considerations. When he announced
a framework for targeted killing two years
ago, President Barack Obama argued that the
military, not a secret intelligence agency,
should be the primary instrument of lethal
force against terrorists.
But one byproduct of the change, American
officials say, is that congressional staffers
no longer examine the details of each individual drone strike.
Some CIA officials, lawmakers, and outside
activists worry that the new arrangement creates a greater risk of mistakes, given that
Eight protesters arrested for blocking

Highway 101 off-ramp to SFO
A group of Black Lives Matter protesters
were arrested after shutting down an exit
ramp for southbound Highway 101 to San
Francisco International Airport Wednesday
afternoon, a California Highway Patrol sergeant said.
CHP Sgt. Mike Wright said eight women
blocked the off-ramp to the airport at about
As the CIAs drone war in Pakistan ramped

up in 2010, the spy agency was conducting
more than two attacks a week. Intelligence
committee staffers with security clearances
began driving to CIA headquarters to watch
video of each drone strike in Pakistan and
Yemen as they reviewed the intelligence documents undergirding the decisions to press
the button. The staffers scrutinized civilian
casualty claims and whether the decision to
fire adhered to Obamas rule that there should
be near certainty that no civilian would be
harmed.
Because CIA drone strikes are covert, the
CIA must disclose them to the House and
Senate intelligence committees. The military
does not face the same legal requirement.
Military drone strikes in Iraq and Syria, by
contrast, are scrutinized less frequently by
committees that have shown great deference
to the armed forces. Congressional aides
dont watch video or otherwise examine the
details of each strike, officials say. There are
Because CIA drone strikes are covert, the CIA must disclose them to the House and Senate simply too many, and the personnel in
intelligence committees. The military does not face the same legal requirement.
charge of them are overseas or unavailable for
drone strikes regularly target key militants Raha Wala, senior counsel at Human Rights frequent briefings, they say.
Defense Department officials and some
who dont wear uniforms and embed them- First. We are talking about some of the most
selves in civilian populations. Congress, legally, politically and diplomatically lawmakers argue Congress can and does
they say, should independently review each fraught counterterrorism operations, whether demand information about any military strike
that elicits allegations of civilian casualties.
drone strike to monitor targeting decisions they occur in or out of a war zone.
I dont think weve ever gotten resistance
The Associated Press interviewed a variety
and compliance with the rules of engageof legislative and executive branch officials when we say we want to dig in more, said
ment.
Congress ought to be exercising equally for this story, nearly all of whom declined to Rep. Mac Thornberry, the Texas Republican
rigorous oversight irrespective of which be named because they werent authorized to who chairs the House Armed Services
Committee.
agency or department uses lethal force, said discuss the matter publicly.
Local briefs
12:15 p.m. and were quickly arrested.
The protesters posted photos of the
action on Twitter, showing them linked
hand-in-hand across the highway with a
Christmas tree and a banner that said,
Justice for Mario Woods, the man killed
by San Francisco police officers in the
citys Bayview District earlier this month.
About 10 minutes later, another photo

was posted of protesters in the back of a
police car, followed by requests for support
at jail.
At about the same time, California
Highway Patrol Capt. Christopher Sherry
wrote on Twitter, CHP has moved all protestors off of the freeway. Travelers will
make it to the airport on-time!
Wright said the protesters were taken to
San Mateo County Jail on suspicion of public nuisance, obstructing the freeway,
unlawful assembly on a freeway and false
imprisonment for imprisoning stuck drivers in their cars.
Man accused of stabbing

girlfriend to death pleads not guilty
A man accused of stabbing his girlfriend
to death in her San Mateo home last month
pleaded not guilty to murder charges on
Tuesday, according to San Mateo County
prosecutors.
Anthony Kirincic, 22, appeared with his
court-appointed attorney in San Mateo
County Superior Court to enter the plea and
was ordered to return to court on March 3 for

a preliminary hearing, prosecutors said.
He remains in jail without bail.
Kirincic is accused of stabbing 34-yearold Colleen Elizabeth Straw inside her home
in the 1500 block of South B Street on Nov.
28.
Police responded to the home at about
noon and found Straw suffering stab
wounds. She was pronounced dead there.
Kirincic was not there when police arrived
but was quickly identified as a suspect.
Police spent the next two days searching for
him and finally spotted him while conducting surveillance on his parents home in
Redwood City on Nov. 30, police said.
A SWAT team responded and stormed the
home a few hours later, taking Kirincic into
custody.
Kirincic had been released from jail after
completing a 120-day sentence for domestic
violence just a few days before the stabbing, according to prosecutors.
Straw was a graphic designer who graduated from San Francisco State University in
2009.
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Republicans, administration
spar on visa travel for Iran
By Erica Werner
REUTERS
Donald Trump greets the crowd during a campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Mich.
Democrats grapple with Trump

effect as primary draws near
By Lisa Lerer
WASHINGTON Months of intense

focus on the Republican race and frontrunner Donald Trump have reverberated
through the Democratic field, prompting
front-runner Hillary Clinton to turn her
attention to her would-be GOP challengers
and leaving her chief rival, Vermont Sen.
Bernie Sanders, gasping for airtime.
Now, after spending weeks largely out of
the spotlight nationally, Clinton plans to
intensify her campaign schedule from an
almost incumbent-style public effort to a
more aggressive approach.
With just six weeks left before the first
round of primary voting, Clinton plans a
series of multi-day swings through Iowa
starting in January, interspersing trips there
with stops in New Hampshire and other
early primary states. Her campaign will also
unveil what Clinton has called her not-sosecret weapon, sending her husband, former President Bill Clinton, out to hit the
stump after months of behind-the-scenes
activity, wooing donors in private events.
And in a sign of the escalating battle
between the two party front-runners, her
campaign was forced to engage with Trump
on Tuesday after he called Clintons bathroom break during the recent debate dis-
gusting and said she was schlonged in

the 2008 race for the Democratic nomination, using a vulgar Yiddish term to describe
her loss to now-President Barack Obama.
On Twitter Tuesday, Trump denied the word
was vulgar and said it simply means beaten
badly.
In an interview Tuesday with The Des
Moines Register, Clinton said: I dont
know that he has any boundaries at all. His
bigotry, his bluster, his bullying have
become his campaign.
Though Clinton leads Sanders in national
polls by more than 20 points, the numbers
are much tighter in Iowa and New
Hampshire, where Sanders has an edge. The
Sanders campaign believes victories in
those two states would undercut Clintons
strength and send him into the next contests
in Southern and Western states where hes
polling lower with a boost of momentum.
You will take that momentum coming out
of the states, people will come to you in
very large numbers, in very short order, and
you will build that into victory, Sanders
campaign adviser Tad Devine told reporters
in New Hampshire on Saturday. That has
been our plan from day one.
But Sanders struggled to find his footing
as the race has shifted away from his core
economic message to one of national security after attacks by extremist elements in
Paris and San Bernardino, California.
WASHINGTON Top GOP lawmakers

accused the Obama administration
Wednesday of ignoring congressional
intent and the spirit of the law in offering
reassurances to Iran about new visa rules.
There is no ambiguity, said House
Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of
California. The administration should follow the law as written and agreed to.
At issue is a new law tightening visa-free
travel to the U.S., enacted as part of a
sprawling spending bill passed overwhelmingly by Congress last week and signed by
President Barack Obama.
The legislation, a response to the Paris
terror attacks, deals with the visa waiver
program that allows the citizens of 38 countries to travel to the U.S. without obtaining
a visa. It makes a series of changes, including requiring a visa for anyone whos visited Iraq, Syria, Iran or Sudan in the previous
five years, as well as dual nationals with cit-
izenship in any of those countries.

This could make travel back and forth to
the U. S. more difficult for IranianAmericans or for Europeans with business
dealings in Iran.
Iranian leaders complained in recent days
that the new requirements contradict elements of the landmark nuclear deal reached
earlier this year with Iran, the U.S. and five
world powers, under which Iran must curb its
nuclear program in exchange for relief from
international sanctions. The agreement also
committed the signing nations to refrain
from policies adversely affecting normalization of trade and economic relations with
Iran.
In response, Secretary of State John Kerry
offered assurances in a letter to his Iranian
counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif that the
new rules would not impact legitimate
Iranian business interests and suggested
they could be waived.
That has led to criticism from top House
Republicans who say they contemplated no
such waiver.
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Two Palestinian attakers kill

Israeli, assailants shot dead
By Daniella Cheslow
JERUSALEM Two Palestinian

assailants on Wednesday carried out a stabbing attack outside Jerusalems Old City,
killing one Israeli, before they were shot and
killed, Israeli police said. A second Israeli
died after apparently being shot mistakenly
by police in the confusion.
The attack was the latest in a continuing
wave of violence that has gripped the region
for more than three months.
Police spokeswoman Luba Samri said the
attack happened outside the citys Jaffa Gate,
a popular spot for tourists visiting the Old
City, home to Jerusalems most sensitive
holy sites. She said police shot both
assailants, who were later identified as
Palestinians in their early 20s from the West
Bank. One died at the scene and the second
later in a hospital.
Three people were seriously wounded in
the attack, two of whom later died. A 45-yearold Israel man died from multiple stab
wounds, while a 40-year-old man died from
gunshot wounds, hospital officials said.
Samri had said earlier that one of the wounded may have been shot by police officers
who were firing at the Palestinian assailants.
Since
mid-September,
near-daily
Palestinian stabbing, shooting and car ramming attacks have killed 20 Israelis and an
American student. At least 120 Palestinians
have died by Israeli fire in the same period,
including 82 said by Israel to be attackers.
The rest have been killed in clashes with
Israeli security forces.
Israel says the violence is a result of a
Palestinian campaign of lies and incitement.
Palestinians say it stems from frustration at
nearly five decades of Israeli military rule.
The Palestinians have pointed to a deadly
arson attack, believed to have been carried
out by Jewish extremists in the West Bank
last summer, as a key source of frustration.
The firebombing killed a Palestinian couple
and their 18-month-old son. Israel has not
yet pressed charges in the attack, though it is
holding three suspects.
On Wednesday night, Israels Channel 10
TV broadcast footage of what it said was a
wedding attended by Jewish extremists last
week, where revelers stabbed pictures of the
dead toddler, danced with rifles belonging to
the Israeli military and in one case, held a
mock firebomb in the air. It said the people
were friends of the suspects in the arson.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
called the video horrifying, saying it
showed the real face of a group that represents a danger to Israeli society and Israeli
REUTERS
Israeli forensic police work next to the body of a Palestinian, who authorities said was shot dead
by police after he went on a stabbing rampage along with another Palestinian man, near Jaffa
Gate in Jerusalems Old City.
security. Israels Foreign Ministry said
police were investigating the video.
Also Wednesday, the Israeli Shin Bet intelligence agency said it had uncovered a wide
terrorist infrastructure of the militant
Islamic group Hamas in the West Bank and
Israel, directed from Gaza.
The agency said it arrested 25 suspected
Hamas members who operated in the area of
Abu Dis east of Jerusalem and in Bethlehem,

in the West Bank. Shin Bet said the militants
operated an explosives laboratory in Abu
Dis, and planned to carry out suicide bombings in Israel.
Shin Bet said the arrests were made in
recent weeks. There was no immediate comment from Hamas, which rules the Gaza
Strip.
Wave of attacks kills at least 15 civilians across Iraq

By Sinan Salaheddin
BAGHDAD A wave of attacks across

Iraq killed at least 15 civilians on
Wednesday as government forces pressed
on with their offensive to dislodge Islamic
State militants from a major city west of
Baghdad, officials said.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks, though they bore the hallmarks of the IS, a Sunni militant group that
has targeted Iraqi forces, civilians and especially Shiites.
In the Shiite-majority town of Khalis,
about 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of the
Iraqi capital, two explosives-laden cars were

detonated. The first car was parked inside a
bus station and that explosion killed three
and wounded 10, a police officer said.
The second car bomb exploded at the
towns outdoor grocery market, killing four
civilians and wounding eight.
In and around Baghdad, five bombs went
off in commercial areas, killing eight civilians and wounding 35, two police officers
said. Three medical officials confirmed the
casualty figures. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to release information.
The attacks came a day after Iraqi security
forces reported progress in recapturing some
areas in the western city of Ramadi, 130
kilometers (80 miles) west of Baghdad, from
the Islamic State extremists who control
large swaths of land in western and northern
Iraq and in neighboring Syria. The IS group
has declared a self-styled caliphate on the territory under its control.
On Wednesday, the Iraqi security forces
advance was slowed by snipers, roadside

bombs and booby-trapped buildings, military spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Rasool,
told the Associated Press. Rasool said some
of the families that were trapped in Ramadi
had managed to flee the city and reached safe
areas.
In May, the Iraqi government suffered a
major blow when IS militants took over
Ramadi, the capital of sprawling western
Anbar province and Iraqs Sunni heartland. It
was the governments biggest defeat since IS
swept through areas in the countrys north
and west, including Iraqs second-largest city
of Mosul, in the summer of 2014.
On Tuesday, Iraqi counter-terrorism forces
pushed into the Dubbat and Aramil neighborhoods, about 3 kilometers (less than 2
miles) from the city center, said Gen. Ismail
al-Mahallawi, the head of operations in
Anbar province. The Iraqi air force and the
U.S.-led international coalition were providing air support to troops on ground and
bombing IS targets, he said.
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Accusations growing against Russia

over missles fired on Syrian civilians
By Zeina Karam
BEIRUT The three missiles

fired on a public market in the
northern Syrian town of Ariha
took the morning shoppers by surprise. In a few moments, the main
street, packed with people buying
and selling fruit and vegetables,
turned into a scene of carnage with
burning cars and the wounded
screaming in terror.
At least 34 civilians were killed
in the Nov. 29 attack one in a
growing number of suspected
Russian attacks that Syrian opposition and rights activists say
have killed civilians and caused
massive destruction to residential
areas across the country since
Moscow formally joined the conflict nearly three months ago.
Russian officials have repeatedly rejected the accusations while
residents and most opposition
activists inside Syria acknowledge
they have no way of categorically
distinguishing whether planes
that carry out a specific attack are
operated by Russians or Syrians.
But human rights group say the
pattern of attacks suggests Russia
is flouting international humanitarian law and that it may even
amount to war crimes.
In a new report released
Wednesday, Amnesty International
says it has also documented evidence suggesting Russia used cluster munitions and unguided bombs
in populated residential areas. The
London-based
watchdog
ities, resulting in deaths and

injuries to civilians, said Philip
Luther, director of Amnestys
Middle East and North Africa program.
Such attacks may amount to war
crimes, Luther added.
Amnestys report also said the
group has gathered evidence,
including photos and video
footage, suggesting the Russians
have used unguided bombs in
densely populated civilian areas,
as well as internationally banned
deadly cluster munitions.
The charge echoed similar accusations by Human Rights Watch
last Sunday. The New York-based
group said that attacks in Syria
using air-dropped and groundlaunched cluster munitions have
increased significantly since
Russia began its military operations in Syria.
Cluster munitions, which can be
delivered from the ground by
artillery and rockets or dropped
from aircraft, are by nature indiscriminate and often leave unexREUTERS
Children play near a clothesline hung near rubble inside a damaged building in a town located east of the city ploded bomblets on the ground.
These can maim and kill civilians
of Deraa, Syria.
long after the hostilities or a condenounced Moscows shameful groups claim that the Russian sents a legitimate military target. flict ends. Russia and Syria among
failure to acknowledge civilian strikes targeted areas where there
Amnestys report focuses on six several nations including the
killings.
were no militants, saying attacks in Homs, Idlib and Aleppo United States that are not signaRussian Defense Ministry Amnesty had no way of knowing provinces between September and tories to the Convention on
spokesman
Maj.-Gen.
Igor that.
November which it says killed at Cluster Munitions, which bans the
Konashenkov rejected Amnestys
Jihadis in Syria operate in least 200 civilians.
bombs.
claims as clichis and fakes, highly mobile units, using Toyota
Some Russian air strikes appear
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Kiaccusing the group of relying on pickup trucks with high-caliber to have directly attacked civilians moon noted with concern the
activists claims that could not be weapons mounted on them, he or civilian objects by striking res- Amnesty
report,
deputy
checked or proven.
said. Each of those vehicles is idential areas with no evident mil- spokesman Farhan Haq told
He particularly criticized the considered a tactical unit and repre- itary target and even medical facil- reporters on Wednesday.
REUTERS
Afghan National Army soldiers drive at an outpost in Helmand province.
Afghan troops rushed to

area under Taliban attack
By Humayoon Babur
KABUL, Afghanistan The Afghan military has rushed reinforcements to a southern district threatened for days with
takeover by the Taliban, the countrys
defense minister said Wednesday as he
appealed for stepped-up NATO assistance
and military support.
In a besieged army base in the embattled
district of Sangin, an Afghan soldier
described a dire situation, saying a handful
of Afghan troops inside were fighting to
the last, trying to keep the Taliban out.
Meanwhile, at an air base outside of
Kabul, U.S. troops saluted fallen comrades
during a memorial ceremony Wednesday for
six American soldiers killed in a Taliban
attack this week.
The six died when a suicide bomber drove
his explosives-laden motorcycle into a
joint NATO-Afghan patrol near the Bagram
Air Field on Monday. Two U.S. troops and
an Afghan were also wounded in that attack
the deadliest day for American troops in
Afghanistan since May 2013.
As fighting in the Sangin district of
southern Helmand province continued
Wednesday, Afghan army and police arrived
to help security forces pinned down for days

in the besieged area, said the minister,
Masoom Stanekzai.
Speaking to reporters in the Afghan capital, Kabul, Stanekzai said that the countrys
overstretched security forces need the international military coalitions help, especially air support, which would help reduce
casualties.
Sangin is an important poppy-growing
district in Helmand, which borders Pakistan
and sits on transport routes for drugs, arms
and other lucrative contraband.
The Taliban, whose intensified war
against Afghan forces has not slowed down
with the colder season, have been besieging it for days and have nearly completely
run over the district.
The Helmand battle is not easy because
the province has a long border, is a core of
opium production, and our enemies are wellequipped and deeply involved in the smuggling of drugs, he said. These factors
complicate the battle for Sangin.
By mid-afternoon Wednesday, the Taliban
spokesman for southern Afghanistan, Qari
Yousaf Ahmadi, tweeted that Sangin district has completely collapsed to the
Taliban and that insurgents have captured
Afghan soldiers and ammunition.
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Energy stocks lead a market gain as oil climbs

By Ken Sweet
Dow
17,602.61 +185.34 10-Yr Bond 2.26 +0.03
Nasdaq 5,045.93 +44.82 Oil (per barrel) 37.83
S&P 500 2,064.29 +25.32 Gold
1,069.50
Big movers
Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the
New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq stock market:
NYSE
Nike Inc. (NKE), down $3.14 to $128.71
The athletic apparel seller reported better-than-expected earnings in its
latest quarter, but sales fell short of forecasts.
Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. (CMG), up $2.87 to $497.48
After an E. coli breakout the burrito chain is shaking up its cooking
methods, such as dipping onions in boiling water.
Under Armour Inc. (UA), up $1.62 to $81.99
The sports apparel company named Chip Molloy as its next chief financial
officer. Molloy was a former CFO at pet store PetSmart.
Lindsay Corp. (LNN) , up $6.44 to $74.94
The irrigation-equipment maker reported earnings for its fiscal first
quarter that topped Wall Street expectations.
Chevron Corp. (CVX), up $3.54 to $93.81
Shares of oil and gas companies, including Chevron, rose as the price of
crude moved higher.
Nasdaq
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (BBBY), down $2.35 to $48.97
Weak sales at the start of the crucial holiday shopping season pushed the
home goods retailer to cut its third-quarter outlook.
Rovi Corp. (ROVI) , up $3.31 to $14.66
The digital TV listings company renewed a patent license agreement
with AT&T that allows the pay-TV provider to use Rovis technology.
Sequential Brands Group Inc. (SQBG) , up 51 cents to $8.56
The new owner of the Martha Stewart brand signed a 10-year deal with
magazine company Meredith Corp. to continue to publish Martha Stewart
titles.
NEW YORK Stocks advanced for a

third straight day on Wednesday, once
again helped by higher oil prices,
which lifted shares in oil and gas companies.
Trading was light as Wall Street and
the rest of the country heads into
Christmas and the New Year. U.S. markets will be open for only a half day on
Thursday.
The Dow Jones industrial average
rose 185.34 points, or 1.1 percent, to
17,602.61. The Standard & Poors 500
index rose 25.32 points, or 1.2 percent, to 2,064.29 and the Nasdaq composite rose 44.82 points, or 0.9 percent, to 5,045.93.
With the gains in the last three days,
U.S. markets have recovered most of
the losses incurred late last week. The
S&P 500 is back in the black for 2015,
albeit slightly.
Investors took their cues from the
energy markets once again. Oil prices
rose for a third day, bouncing back
from lows hit earlier in the week,
which helped lift the battered energy
sector. U.S. crude futures jumped
$1.36, or 3.8 percent, to $37.50 a barrel on the New York Mercantile
Exchange. Brent crude, which is used to
price international oils, added $1.25,
or 3.5 percent, to $37.36 a barrel in
London.
REUTERS
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the opening
bell in New York.
The market lately has been ruled
pretty clearly by oil in particular, and
more broadly, commodity prices. Now
we seem to have some stability in oil,
copper and other metals thats helping
the market, said Scott Wren, senior
global equity strategist at the Wells
Fargo Investment Institute.
Oil and gas prices rose sharply, easily beating out other sectors in the market. Among individual stocks, Murphy
Oil rose $1.31, or 6 percent, to
$23.62, ConocoPhillips rose $2.75,
or 6 percent as well, to $49.03 and
Airlines prep for holiday crush:

More flights and bigger planes
By David Koenig
DALLAS Airlines are shifting the

timing of thousands of flights, even
adding dozens of redeyes, as they try to
avoid delays while hauling millions of
passengers from now through the
Christmas weekend.
Success or failure could all depend on
the weather and Mother Nature isnt
making it easy on airlines.
Rain and fog in the Northeast caused
delays and cancellations Wednesday in
Boston, New York and Washington
the busiest part of the countrys airspace. Rain in Chicago and Atlanta
caused some delays in those cities too.
Severe storms that ripped through

Mississippi and Alabama, however,
had little impact on air travel since no
major airports are in those states.
Weather wasnt the only culprit for
travel headaches. A Black Lives Matter
protest in Minneapolis had clogged
roads around the airport and temporarily blocked access to one of the two terminals. Passengers were moving
through security again as of 4:30 local
time.
There were about 4,500 delays and
375 cancelations around 5:45 p.m.,
according to flight tracking site
FlightAware. The majority of flights
canceled were smaller regional jets
that carry 50 to 76 passengers. More
than 28,000 flights were scheduled for
Wednesday and a typical day sees about

150 cancelations and 4,000 delays.
The catch: flights are extremely full
over the holiday period, with most
travelers unable to make changes in
their schedule.
Airlines expect about 38 million
passengers over a 17-day period spanning Christmas and New Years, an
increase of about 3 percent, according
to an industry trade group, Airlines for
America. The group says the average
flight could be 90 percent full.
Crowds like that mean that any hiccup in the system delays at a major
airport, a technology glitch can
ripple across the country and leave
tens of thousands of passengers standing in airport lines.
Nasdaq to delist company run by drug price gouger Shkreli

By Linda A. Johnson
TRENTON, N. J. One of the

biotech companies run by Martin
Shkreli, the reviled drug price-gouger
charged with securities fraud last
week, was informed Wednesday that
its stock will be delisted by Nasdaq
because of Shkrelis arrest and other
issues.
Meanwhile,
KaloBios
Pharmaceuticals Inc. also is dealing
with the abrupt resignation of its
accounting firm and a void left by its
firing of Shkreli.
KaloBios was running out of money
and planning to suspend its research
programs and shut down operations in
November. Thats when Shkreli, the
CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals Inc.,
swooped in and gained controlling
interest of KaloBios stock. Shkreli

was immediately named chief executive officer and chairman of the board
of the South San Francisco drug developer.
In a statement Wednesday, KaloBios
said that Nasdaq wrote that it will be
removed from trading on Dec. 30 if
KaloBios doesnt appeal. The company has not yet decided whether it will
appeal.
Halliburton added $1.43, or 4.2 percent, to $35.45. Overall, the S&P 500
energy sector is up 5.6 percent this
week alone. For the year its still down
21 percent, the most in the S&P 500.
In other trading, Nike fell $3.14, or
2.4 percent, to $128.71, after the company reported revenue that fell short of
analysts forecasts. Nike is still the
biggest winner in the Dow average this
year with a gain of 34 percent.
U.S. government bond prices fell.
The yield on the 10-year Treasury note
rose to 2.26 percent.
Business briefs
Stores discount holiday goods more than last year
NEW YORK If it seems like the discounts stores are
offering are bigger than during last holiday shopping season, thats because they are. And some of the best deals are
happening now.
Average price cuts this year on many items from clothing
to jewelry are higher than last year, according to Market
Track, which reviewed weekly circulars of 11 top retailers
from Nov. 1 through Dec. 20.
But the discounting wars are particularly being waged
online in the final days before Christmas. In fact, 220 of the
seasons hottest products online in cookware, desktop computers and toys are now selling up to 40 percent below their
prices on the day after Thanksgiving known as Black Friday,
according to Market Track.
For instance, as of Wednesday, Bestbuy.com is selling a
Keurig coffee maker for $99.99, 42 percent below its Black
Friday prices. Its also selling Apple iPad mini 3 for
$236.99, 41 percent below Black Friday. And J.C. Penneys
is discounting Legos Crazy Action Contraption kits to
$27.99 on its website, 42 percent lower than Black Friday.
Hyatt warns of malware

on its payment-processing system
SAN FRANCISCO Hyatt Hotels Corp. says it found
malicious software on the computer system that processes
customer payments, raising the possibility that hackers
may have obtained credit card numbers or other sensitive
information.
The resort chain is advising customers to review their payment card statements, although it has not said if any customer data was stolen. Hyatt spokeswoman Stephanie
Sheppard said in an email that the malware was discovered
Nov. 30, but she didnt say why the company waited three
weeks to report the discovery on Wednesday.
Hyatt is the latest of several major hotel chains to report
this year that hackers had attacked their computers. The
Hilton, Starwood, Mandarin Oriental and Trump Collection
chains have previously acknowledged finding malware in
their payment systems. While some of the companies have
not disclosed details, Starwood acknowledged last month
that the malware enabled unauthorized parties to access
payment card data for some of its customers.
Blanched onions: Chipotle

tweaks cooking after E. coli scare
NEW YORK After an E. coli outbreak that sickened
more than 50 people, Chipotle is tweaking its cooking
methods.
Onions will be dipped in boiling water to kill germs
before theyre chopped. Raw chicken will be marinated in resealable plastic bags, rather than in bowls. Cilantro will be
added to freshly cooked rice so the heat gets rid of microbes
in the garnish.
When youre given a project like this, you look at the
universe of hazards, sad Mansour Samadpour, CEO of IEH
Laboratories, which was hired by Chipotle to tighten its
procedures.
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Bowman, Staley back in Pro Bowl Giants Odell

By Rick Eymer
SANTA CLARA NaVorro Bowmans latest

selection to the Pro Bowl already feels special.
The 49ers linebacker missed all of last season rehabbing a severe left knee injury and
questions remained about his durability and
ability to return to a high level of performance.
Bowman had all the answers. There are two
regular-season games remaining, including
Sundays game in Detroit. Hes started every
game and is the NFC leader in tackles with
135.
Bowman, selected to his third Pro Bowl,
said Wednesday it was a tribute to his mindset
and all the hard work he put in getting his knee
back in shape.
Hell be joined at the Pro Bowl by San
Francisco left tackle Joe Staley, who was his
selected to his fifth consecutive Pro Bowl.
Left guard Alex Boone was selected as an alter-
nate to the game.

I always approach the
game the way I should,
Bowman said. It was a
long, hard road of work.
Its not all about athletic
ability; you get the coaches mindset into your
game.
Bowman
sustained
NaVorro
extensive damage to his
Bowman
knee late in the NFC
championship game in January 2014 in
Seattle. He was taken off the field on a cart.
Thats a distant memory, even though
Bowman doesnt feel as if hes all the way
back, but definitely at the level I can still
make plays.
Unable to attend the first two times, hes
looking forward to sharing the trip with his
family.
You always want to go to these types of
things. Me and my family are looking forward
it, Bowman said. Theyve always heard
about the Pro Bowl and

never got a chance to
experience it.
Bowman, who is tied for
the NFL lead with 99 solo
tackles, said he values that
statistic as a defining
marker.
As a linebacker you are
looked
at to make plays,
Joe Staley
he said. Tackling is the
No. 1 thing in your game. It can make or break
you.
Bowman never wandered from the game
while he was out. He spent plenty of time in
the clubhouse and film room last year, serving
as a leader to younger players.
His approach to his injury rehabilitation
was relentless, setting another example.
I want to be looked at as a guy who can
encourage others who have any kind of
injury, Bowman said. Im one example of
See 49ERS, Page 12
Warriors remain unbeaten at home

By Michael Wagaman
OAKLAND Klay Thompson scored 20

points, Stephen Curry added 16 with nine
assists and the Golden State Warriors remained
unbeaten at home this season with a 103-85
win over the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night.
Andrew Bogut added 10 points and 13
rebounds while Draymond Green had 15
points, nine rebounds and six assists for the
Warriors (27-1) in their final tuneup before an
NBA Finals rematch against LeBron James
and the Cleveland Cavaliers on Christmas.
Golden State led by 10 with less than 6 minutes remaining before Currys second 3-point-
er of the game sparked a

14-5 run to help the
Warriors seal the victory.
It was their 13th in a row
at home this season and
the 31st consecutive win
at Oracle Arena dating to
last season an ongoing
franchise record.
Klay Thompson Derrick Favors had 17
points and nine rebounds
for the Jazz, who have lost five of seven.
The Warriors controlled the game most of
the night despite interim coach Luke Walton
mixing up his rotations. At one point early in
the fourth quarter, Walton had Thompson
playing with the second group while the rest

of the starters rested on the bench.
It didnt seem to matter much.
The defending NBA champions had four
starters reach double figures and shot 47 percent from the field.
The Warriors defense was equally sharp
while forcing Utah into 20 turnovers. They
also matched their season high of nine
blocked shots four by backup center Festus
Ezeli.
Golden State led by 13 following Andre
Iguodalas 3-pointer early in the second quarter, withstood a 14-4 run by the Jazz, then
answered with a big run of its own to pull away
before halftime.
Beckham Jr.
loses appeal
By Barry Wilner and Tom Canavan
NEW YORK Odell Beckham Jr. is going

to have to serve his one-game suspension.
Hearing officer James Thrash on
Wednesday upheld the suspension for multiple violations of safety-related playing
rules after hearing an appeal by the New
York Giants wide receiver earlier in the day.
Beckham will miss the game Sunday night
at Minnesota. The second-year Pro Bowler
is barred from team meetings; attending or
watching practices; attending Sundays
game; or having contact with any club personnel except to arrange off-site medical
treatment or rehabilitation. He will be reinstated next Monday.
The league suspended Beckham on
Monday for his conduct last Sunday against
Carolina, when he drew three personal foul
penalties, including one for a diving helmet-to-helmet hit on Panthers cornerback
Josh Norman.
Norman was fined $26,044 for his role in
the confrontations.
Beckham also had a run-in with a
Panthers player in the pregame warmups.
The suspension was handed down by NFL
Vice President of Football Operations
Merton Hanks, who wrote in a letter to the
player: Acts that jeopardize the safety of
players or expose them to unnecessary risk
cannot be tolerated.
Beckham was penalized three times for
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Michigan schools try out new concussion tests

By Roger Schneider
BEVERLY HILLS, Mich. Details of

the block that knocked Ian Rice to the
turf are fuzzy for him now. He remembers falling over. He remembers he
couldnt walk. That was the first sign
something was seriously wrong.
His father, watching his son and his
Birmingham Groves High School football team from the stands, remembers a
little more.
Youre taught to bounce up and get
going, but he didnt bounce and as soon
as a guy doesnt get up like youre used
to, my heart skipped, Michael Rice
said.
Rice suffered a concussion that sent
him to the emergency room last fall,
and he sat out the next two games in
what turned out to be a 7-4 season. As a
defensive captain for a team that was a
preseason favorite to win its conference, Rice had every reason to want to
return for his senior year.
The 5-foot-10, 185-pound middle
linebacker and his parents also
had cause to worry because of the concussion.

His story is one that plays out for
thousands of athletes on thousands of
high school sports teams across the
country. Whats different is that
Birmingham Groves is one of 62
Michigan high schools participating
in a unique pilot program that does
baseline testing of athletes in football
and other sports to help with concussion diagnosis.
Baseline testing a combination of
memory, reaction time, attention and
stress assessments is done in major
pro sports because it is considered an
objective and individualized tool to
help decide whether to remove an athlete from a game. The NCAA recommends baseline testing of all college
athletes. While all states have laws that
address preventing concussions in
youth sports, many are weak and none
require baseline testing.
Schools typically dont argue with
the benefit of testing, but cashstrapped districts often say the cost of
offering such programs is prohibitive.
Michigan found the seed money to

make it happen this year, taking
$10,000 primarily from playoff gate
profits.
The schools that are engaged in the
pilot program are learning more about
sideline detection and making smarter
removal-from-play decisions, said
Jack Roberts, Michigan High School
Athletic Association executive director.
We know they are removing players at
a higher rate than schools who are not
involved in our pilot programs.
Health and safety advocates fear concussions often go undetected in high
schools because of inconsistent protocols at districts unwilling or unable to
spend money for detection. Its often
on players to self-report concussions,
or on coaches, who have many responsibilities and sometimes little training,
to recognize symptoms.
The National Federation of State
High School Associations says the
only state association doing anything
similar to Michigan is Mississippi,
though that program covers far fewer
schools and only football.
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49ers linebacker NaVorro Bowman, who earned his third Pro

Bowl selection Wednesday, will be joined by OL Joe Staley.
49ERS
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how to get it done.
49ers defensive coordinator Eric Mangini said its hard to
know how players will respond coming off such a serious injury.
What hes done, is really hard to do, Mangini said. Its hard
to do physically. Its hard to do mentally. Its a great story.
Staley said Bowman is an inspiration in an otherwise disappointing season. Staley called the season a disappointment
because the 49ers are 4-10 and thats all that matters.
No tes : DuJuan Harris joined his eighth different organization Tuesday when he signed with the 49ers following Shaun
Draughns knee injury Sunday. Hes been with five different
organizations this year alone, most recently on the Baltimore
Ravens practice squad. Im blessed, he said. Its a really good
day as long as I am working. As long as I am capable of playing
this game, I want to play. He took a job selling cars at one
point, though it lasted a week and he never make a sale. I came
close twice, he said. I kept telling myself to hang on. ... WR
Torrey Smith (back, toe), OL Marcus Martin (concussion), OL
Alex Boone (knee) , LB Michael Wilhoite (ankle) and LB Ahmad
Brooks (unspecified) did not practice. ... LB Aaron Lynch, who
missed two games with a concussion, took part in full practice.
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Illinois official: Daily fantasy betting is illegal Raiders place DE

By John OConnor
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. Daily fantasy

sports betting is illegal gambling under
Illinois law, Attorney General Lisa Madigan
said Wednesday.
Madigans opinion, sought by two
Democratic legislators, points out that the
debate over whether the contests involve skill
or luck is irrelevant. Illinois outlaws both.
The law clearly declares that all games of
chance or skill, when

played for money, are illegal gambling in Illinois,
Madigan wrote.
Madigans decree follows decisions in New
York and Nevada to ban
the online sites for the
same reason. Democratic
Lisa Madigan Rep. Mike Zalewski of
Riverside, who is pushing
legislation to legalize and regulate the con-
tests, said that while he disagrees that the pastime involves gambling, the ruling provides
more clarity.
Zalewski said in a statement that hes aiming for regulations to allow Illinoisans to
continue to play these contests and provide
the necessary strong consumer protections
for safe, fun play.
A major industry player, FanDuel, released
a statement Wednesday night lamenting
what it said was Madigans ban on fantasy
sports betting.
Ski federation bans drones after near hit of racer

By Eric Willensen
VIENNA The international ski federation is banning camera drones from its
World Cup races after one of the flying
objects crashed and nearly hit Austrian skier
Marcel Hirscher during a slalom in Italy.
FIS will prohibit drones as long as I am
responsible ... because they are a bad thing
for safety, mens race director Markus
Waldner told The Associated Press on
Wednesday, a day after the night race in
Madonna di Campiglio.
It was huge luck that Marcel was not
hurt, Waldner said. I am very angry.
The drone carrying a TV camera came down
and shattered on the icy slope just behind

Hirscher, a few seconds after the Olympic
silver medalist started his second run.
The company responsible for the drone,
sports marketing agency Infront, said its
initial investigation indicates a malfunction of the drone.
The most likely reason is a strong and
unforeseen interference on the operating frequency, leading to limited operability,
Infront said in a statement. The pilot followed the official security procedure, purposely flying the drone as close as possible
to the ground before releasing it. The aim
was to destroy the drone, in order to prevent
it from losing control.
Hirscher was unhurt and continued his run,
finishing second behind Norwegian winner

Henrik Kristoffersen.
I didnt know what it was, but I felt something, the four-time overall World Cup
champion said. I thought it was a course
worker behind me, or a gate.
Course workers slip through the gates
shortly after each skier to smooth the snow
surface for the next competitor.
I am very relieved that nothing happened, Hirscher said. You dont want to
think about what could have happened when
10 kilograms (22 pounds) are coming down
20 meters (65 feet). That would have been a
very serious, bad injury. There are a lot of
See DRONE, Page 14
Edwards Jr. on IR
ALAMEDA The Oakland Raiders have

placed rookie defensive end Mario Edwards
Jr. on season-ending
injured reserve with a
neck injury.
Coach Jack Del Rio
described the injury on
Wednesday as significant. Del Rio says doctors are still deciding
whether Edwards will need
surgery. Del Rio did not
Mario
go into detail about the
Edwards Jr.
injury or give any
timetable for how long
Edwards would be sidelined.
Edwards played just
three snaps last Sunday
against Green Bay before
leaving with the injury.
The second-round pick
had 2 1/2 sacks as a rookJohn Lotulelei ie and was a key part of
Oaklands defensive line.
The Raiders promoted linebacker John
Lotulelei from the practice squad to take
Edwards spot on the 53-man roster.
Miamis miracle, Butlers pick lead Plays of the Year

By Tim Reynolds
CORAL GABLES, Fla. Sometimes,

games, seasons and championships were at
stake. Sometimes, ordinary moments turned
extraordinary in an instant. They were the
kind of moments that made fans leap from
their seats in disbelief and grab their phones
to share the excitement.
The plays of the year.
An arbitrary list, for certain, but this much
is not in dispute 2015 was laden with
spectacular moments that will be talked
about for a long time to come.
Take American Pharoah, opening his lead
with every stride down the stretch of the
Belmont Stakes on the way to becoming the
Triple Crown winner that horse racing had

waited nearly four decades to see.
Or Georgia Tech winning only one football
game in the Atlantic Coast Conference all
season, that win coming on a blocked field
goal return for a touchdown as time expired
against Florida State.
Or Michigan State keeping its nationaltitle hopes afloat when rival Michigan fumbled a punt snap in the final moments and the
Spartans ran it in for a score as time expired.
Or even Matt Kenseth driving Joey Logano
into the wall at Martinsville during
NASCARs Chase for the Sprint Cup, clear
retaliation for a Logano move that Kenseth
blamed for knocking him out of contention.
All scintillating moments and they didnt even make this list. Here, the top 10
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plays in sports for 2015:
10. Messi vs. Bilbao

Barcelonas brilliant Lionel Messi takes a
pass on the right wing, and what happens
over the next 13 seconds is spectacular even
by his lofty standards. Messi dribbles down
the wing, freeing himself from three converging defenders, darts into the penalty
box, cuts past a fourth Bilbao player and fires
a left-footed blast into the net as two more
opponents look on helplessly.
9. Ovechkin from his knees

Washingtons Alexander Ovechkin takes a
pass near center ice at Madison Square
Garden, splits two New York Rangers defenders and gets knocked to the ice. So as hes
falling to his knees, the Russian star has

enough wherewithal to get a stick on the
puck and somehow fire it past Rangers goalie
Henrik Lundqvist and the whole play took
only 3 seconds.
8. Spieths 3-wood to finish U.S. Open

The 2015 U.S. Open will probably be best
remembered by Dustin Johnson three-putting on the 72nd hole, but the shot Jordan
Spieth made moments earlier was one of the
best of his incredible year. Spieth struck a 3wood from 284 yards into eagle range, settling for a birdie that put him one shot ahead
of Johnson. Turns out, that was all Spieth
needed, since Johnson three-putted to give
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Sports brief
CONCACAF suing California company
LOS ANGELES CONCACAF is suing a California company for at least $50 million in an alleged kickback scheme
involving two former executives of the soccer body.
The Confederation of North, Central America and the Caribbean
Association Football filed a lawsuit Monday in federal court in Los
Angeles. It names Los Angeles area-based Cartan Tours, its owner,
an executive and three related companies. The lawsuit alleges a
clandestine, kickback-based and parasitic relationship
between Cartan and two ex-CONCACAF executives, president
Jeffrey Webb and general secretary Enrique Sanz.
Cartan Tours said Wednesday that the lawsuit is baseless
and it will file its own claims for damages.
DRONE
cool things nowadays. But you have to guarantee the safety
and that was just insane.
Infront said the drone and its pilot were provided by a third
party, adding that an external independent expert will formally investigate the matter.
We are extremely relieved that apparently none was hurt,
said Infront, a Switzerland-based agency that has been the longterm TV rights holder of the FIS Alpine skiing World Cup.
According to Waldner, FIS had agreed on the use of the
drone at Tuesdays slalom but the pilot wasnt allowed to fly
the camera directly over the race course.
He did not follow our instructions, the race director said.
He had to fly outside of the race track and follow the racer
from a 15-meter (50-foot) distance. Then there would have
been a margin and nothing could have happened.
Drones have been used many times before at ski races. The
ski federation said the technology was aimed at enhancing
the experience for TV viewers as it provides moving pictures
from an overhead angle which regular cameras cant shoot.
FIS said legal restrictions in Italy for the use of drones at events
are not as tight as in many other countries, such as Austria and
Switzerland, where flying over a crowd has been banned.
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in turning away his players. Until he has to face senior
Chris Xi. At 6-3, 195 pounds, Xi cuts an imposing figure on
the deck and he is equally imposing in the water. Bowen has
first-hand knowledge.
High school shooters dont pose too much of a problem
for me, Bowen said. But Chris is fairly miserable to deal
with. He disguises [his shot] so well, he uses his body so
well to disguise where the shot is coming from.
If a former world-class goaltender struggles against Xi,
imagine how a high school goaltender feels.
Xi, a four-year varsity starter, led the team in goals this
season with 102, was third in assists and finished his
Menlo career second on the all-time goals scored list.
He also helped lead an extremely young Knights squad
back to the top of the Peninsula Athletic League, winning
both the regular-season and tournament championship. He
also was a key piece in the Knights return to the Central
Coast Section championship game.
For his efforts, Xi is the Daily Journals Boys Water Polo
Player of the Year. Xi said Menlo graduated 11 seniors from
last years squad and said he didnt know what to expect for
his senior year.
We had a really young team. We were kind of an
unknown coming into the season, Xi said.
Turns out those freshmen and sophomores had talent. So
much so it allowed Xi to relax and play his game, confident
in the fact his teammates not only knew how to do their
jobs, but could execute them as well.
Since the summer, I could tell our chemistry was really
good, Xi said. I didnt think I would have to put [the
offense] on my back, but I did have the bulk of the respon-
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sibility of scoring and being a spark. As the season progressed, I had to do less. A lot of the young guys stepped up.
As the season progressed, they found their niche and found
their roles.
Its a lot easier when youre teammates are in sync. Then
you can focus more on what you have to do.
And Xi had to do a lot. Listed a driver, Xi is more accurately a utility player. A high compliment for a water polo
player because it means he can do it all: play the perimeter,
drive from the wing, play in the hole set, defend the set and
be lethal on the fast break.
Its a little hard to pigeonhole him, Bowen said. He
was doing a lot of everything. Hes driving, hes shooting, hes posting up, he making the passes.
It was Xis defensive prowess that helped jump-start his
offense. Playing primarily as a perimeter defender, Xis
ability to read passing lanes allowed him trigger the
Knights fast break, Bowen said.
And then when Xi had his chance to finish, there were few
better in CCS.
He has exceptionally strong legs, Bowen said. He has
a tremendous foundation. From there, he gets a lot of torque
from his upper body. His mechanics are so solid. He can get
the ball to any part of the cage and he doesnt tip it off.
There were plenty of times it looked like he threw balls
through the goalie.
A prolific goal scorer since he got to Menlo, Xi has honed
and crafted his shots over the last four years.
I just added a level of creativity (to my game over the
years), Xi said. I think Im a more crafty player just
because Ive played with so many good players.
Add his talent to his competitive drive and Bowen
believes Xi will make an immediate impact for the
Princeton University squad next season.
He is not going to settle, Bowen said. Hes gotten a
fair number of accolades (this season): All American, Player
of the Year, but hes not going to rest on his laurels at all.
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Giants punter says Beckham was threatened

By Tom Canavan
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. New York

Giants punter Brad Wing says Odell
Beckham Jr. was threatened by an unidentified bat-wielding man dressed in Carolina
Panthers sweats during pre-game warmups
Sunday.
Wing said the man refused to shake
Beckhams hand after it was offered near midfield, and later crossed onto the Giants side
of the field with the bat in hand.
Ill be the reason this will be your last
game, Wing recalled the man saying. Wing
talked about the incident for the first time
with the media on Wednesday.
Wings account came just hours before
appeals officer James Thrash upheld
Beckhams one-game NFL suspension for
multiple violations of player safety rules in
Sundays game.
Beckham was flagged for three personal
fouls in Carolinas 38-35 win, including one
for a helmet-to-helmet hit on Panthers cornerback Josh Norman, with whom he tangled repeatedly in the game.
Panthers coach Ron Rivera said the team
has used the baseball bat as a prop all season. He insisted reports that some players
taunted Beckham with physical threats and
homophobic slurs were not true.
Rivera spoke to practice squad player
Marcus Ball, who was seen carrying the bat
before the game, but the defensive back
denied any of the accusations.
In hindsight, Wing said Beckhams
actions during the game probably were influenced by the pre-game run-in with the
unidentified man, who Wing believed was a
practice squad player.
Wing said Beckham was going through
his normal pre-game routine, which includes
some dancing, when the problem developed.
We got to the 50 and there was a guy
dressed in warmup clothes, not in football
gear, and he was kind of looking at Odell and
BECKHAM
unnecessary roughness, including a late
helmet-to-helmet hit against a defenseless
player in which Beckham left his feet prior
to contact to spring forward and upward into
his opponent.
I appealed my suspension because it is a
right granted to all players under the NFLs
CBA, Beckham said Wednesday on Twitter,
and because I owe it to my teammates to do
everything I can to be on the field this
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According to New York Giants punter Brad

Wing, Odell Beckham Jr. was threateded by a
bat-wielding man during Sundays pregame.
Odell was still dancing around and went to
shake his hand. And the guy just looked at
his hand and didnt go to shake his hand,
said Wing, who was a teammate of
Beckhams at LSU.
Beckham and the man exchanged words,
the punter said.
Beckham was returning to his pre-game
warmup when the player crossed the 50-yard
line and walked to the 40 or 35-yard line on
the Giants side of the 50, carrying a bat,
Wing said. He added that Beckham and the
unidentified player exchanged words, with
the second-year Giants receiver several
week. Regardless of the outcome of my
appeal, I apologize for my actions on
Sunday. I work hard to be great and accepting the Blessing of having the physical
skills to play at this level brings the
responsibility to conduct myself in a certain way on and off the field.
Sportsmanship and respecting the game are
as important as blocking, running routes,
catching the football. I dropped the ball on
sportsmanship on Sunday.
The 2014 Offensive Rookie of the Year,
Beckham has 91 catches for 1,396 yards and
13 touchdowns, tied for the league lead. His
absence could be a huge factor for a team
barely in playoff contention.
times asking the man why he wasnt playing.

Wing had no problem remembering the
response Beckham got from the bat-carrying player.
Ill be the reason you dont play, Wing
repeated, adding there was a threatening
nature to the statement. The player never
swung the bat, Wing said.
It was there. It was present in the situation, so I guess ..., Wing said. I dont
know. He had a baseball bat. Were on a football field and he had a baseball bat.
Wing and some game officials stepped
between the players, and sent the unidentified Panther back to his side of the field.
The incident lasted less than a minute,
Wing, said.
Reports surfaced that Beckham was subjected to homophobic comments during the
encounter. Wing said he could not recall
hearing any, adding there was a lot of back
and forth exchange and he did not hear it all.
The only thing I can remember clearly is
what was said to him about he would be the
reason that Odell he didnt play today and
other days, Wing said.
Wing believes Beckham was shaken by
the incident.
It was something that never happened in
any other pre-game, Wing said. No other
team or member of any other team has
crossed our side of the field and came and
spoke to us.
But he said the exceptions would be former
teammates or coaches seeking each other to
say hello.
Wing said after the unidentified man
returned to his side of the field, he talked to
Norman.
It wasnt until after the game that Wing
considered everything that happened and
began to feel the pre-game problems played
a role in how Beckham acted during the
game.
Wing said he relayed what happened to
some people, whom he did not identify.
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With undefeated
Carolina at center
stage, other NFC
teams are lurking
By Bob Baum
TEMPE, Ariz. The unbeaten Carolina

Panthers are understandably hogging attention in the NFC, but the Arizona Cardinals
have been just as successful over the past
two months. And the Seattle Seahawks are
making their trademark late-season surge.
Dont count out the Green Bay Packers,
either. They know a thing or two about
playoff football.
Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson
doesnt begrudge the Panthers their share of
the limelight.
They deserve all the attention, he said.
Theyre undefeated in the National
Football League, and they beat us. Thats
the honesty of it. It comes down to winning
games, and they beat us in a tough environment (in Seattle). So youve got to give
them a lot of respect.
That Carolina victory in Seattle came
back on Oct. 18. The Seahawks (9-5) have
won five straight since their home loss to
Arizona and would hold the top wild-card
spot if the playoffs were to begin today.
Theres a strong possibility Seattle could
play at Carolina in the NFCs divisional
round. And the Seahawks, led by Wilsons
near-flawless performances, are a long way
from being the team that sputtered to a 2-4
start.
Oddsmakers certainly arent overwhelmed
by Carolina.
VegasInsider. com rates the Panthers
chance of winning the Super Bowl at 5 to 1,
only slightly better than Arizona and
Seattle at 6 to 1. The Packers are a longer
shot at 12 to 1, which doesnt bother Green
Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers at all.
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SPORTS
NBA GLANCE
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W
Toronto
18
Boston
16
New York
14
Brooklyn
8
Philadelphia
1
Southeast Division
Atlanta
19
Miami
16
Orlando
17
Charlotte
15
Washington
13
Central Division
Cleveland
19
Chicago
15
Indiana
16
Detroit
17
Milwaukee
12
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
San Antonio
25
Dallas
16
Memphis
16
Houston
15
New Orleans
9
Northwest Division
Oklahoma City
20
Utah
12
Denver
12
Minnesota
11
Portland
11
Pacific Division
Warriors
27
L.A. Clippers
16
Sacramento
12
Phoenix
12
L.A. Lakers
5
L
12
13
16
21
30
Pct
.600
.552
.467
.276
.032
GB
1 1/2
4
9 1/2
17 1/2
12
11
12
13
14
.613
.593
.586
.536
.481
1
1
2 1/2
4
7
11
12
13
18
.731
.577
.571
.567
.400
4
4
4
9
5
13
15
15
19
.833
.552
.516
.500
.321
8 1/2
9 1/2
10
15
9
15
17
18
20
.690
.444
.414
.379
.355
6 1/2
7 1/2
8 1/2
9 1/2
1
13
17
19
24
.964
.552
.414
.387
.172
11
15
16
22 1/2
Wednesdays Games
Cleveland 91, New York 84
Sacramento 108, Indiana 106
Orlando 104, Houston 101
Washington 100, Memphis 91
Boston 102, Charlotte 89
Dallas 119, Brooklyn 118, OT
San Antonio 108, Minnesota 83
New Orleans 115, Portland 89
Milwaukee 113, Philadelphia 100
Atlanta 107, Detroit 100
Denver 104, Phoenix 96
Golden State 103, Utah 85
Oklahoma City 120, L.A. Lakers 85
TOP 10
NFL GLANCE
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T
y-New England12 2 0
N.Y. Jets
9 5 0
Buffalo
6 8 0
Miami
5 9 0
South
Houston
7 7 0
Indianapolis 6 8 0
Jacksonville 5 9 0
Tennessee
3 11 0
North
x-Cincinnati 11 3 0
Pittsburgh
9 5 0
Baltimore
4 10 0
Cleveland
3 11 0
West
Denver
10 4 0
Kansas City 9 5 0
Raiders
6 8 0
San Diego
4 10 0
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
Washington 7 7 0
Philadelphia 6 8 0
N.Y. Giants
6 8 0
Dallas
4 10 0
South
y-Carolina
14 0 0
Atlanta
7 7 0
Tampa Bay
6 8 0
New Orleans 5 9 0
North
x-Green Bay 10 4 0
Minnesota
9 5 0
Detroit
5 9 0
Chicago
5 9 0
West
x-Arizona
12 2 0
x-Seattle
9 5 0
St. Louis
6 8 0
49ers
4 10 0
Pct
.857
.643
.429
.357
PF
435
344
341
278
PA
269
272
336
361
.500
.429
.357
.214
275
285
343
269
301
372
380
359
.786
.643
.286
.214
378
378
292
253
243
287
360
387
.714
.643
.429
.286
308
365
319
280
259
257
356
348
.500
.429
.429
.286
316
318
373
246
332
362
358
324
1.000 449
.500 302
.429 311
.357 350
278
312
353
432
.714
.643
.357
.357
347
296
302
289
265
272
363
352
.857
.643
.429
.286
445
370
241
202
269
248
294
339
x-clinched playoff spot

y-clinched division
Mondays Game
Detroit 35, New Orleans 27
Thursday, Dec. 24
San Diego at Oakland, 5:25 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 26
Washington at Philadelphia, 5:25 p.m.

the 21-year-old his second consecutive major.
7. Rodgers to Rodgers
Down 23-21 with no time left,
Aaron Rodgers and Green Bay
needed a miracle to beat Detroit.
And he delivered. Getting one
untimed play after a penalty on
the Lions extended the game, the
Packers quarterback took the
snap, rolled left, was chased back
to his right, then unfurled a pass
that sailed about 68 yards through
the air and ended in teammate
Richard Rodgers hands for a stunning win.
6. Hollys kick heard round the
world.
Ronda Rousey was unbeatable.
Then again, everyone is until it
actually happens. And unheralded
Holly Holm erased Rouseys air of
invincibility in an instant. With
one swift left-footed kick that
caught Rousey on the right side of
the head, Holm won their UFC
fight and became the womens
champion of their sport setting up a rematch coming in 2016
that should be one of the biggest
events of the year.
5. Joey Bats bat flip

Game 5 of the American League
Division Series, tie game, seventh inning. Who better than a
guy who goes by Joey Bats
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real name, Jose Bautista to
deliver? Bautista connected on a
no-doubt, three-run home run that
would eventually lift Toronto to a
series-clinching victory over
Texas, punctuating the hit by
admiring the drive from the plate
for a moment before flipping his
bat in celebration.
4. Carli from midfield

Have a World Cup, Carli Lloyd.
With the U.S. womens national
team already up 3-0 early against
Japan in the World Cup final,
Lloyd got her hat trick in absurd
fashion. She collected a ball
around the center circle, took two
dribbles and saw Japans goalkeeper was inexplicably about 12
yards off the end line. Lloyd booted the ball high, getting just
enough on it to reach the goal
over the outstretched goalies
arm.
3. Steph off the dribble

Poor Chris Paul. As if Stephen
Curry didnt do enough on his way
to winning the MVP and leading
Golden State to an NBA title last
season, he victimized Paul twice
on the way to those achievements. The first comes when
Curry is dribbling under the basket toward the corner, then goes
behind his back twice as Paul falls
to the floor a victim to the misdirection. The other comes with
Curry going between-the-legs and
behind-the-back on the dribble,
weaving around three Clippers.
And in both cases, Curry made the
ensuing jumper.
2. Butlers Super moment

Seattle was a yard away from a
touchdown that would have
almost certainly given the
Seahawks a Super Bowl win. New
Englands Malcolm Butler an
undrafted rookie signed as a free
agent changed all that. With
the Seahawks electing to not give
the ball to Marshawn Lynch and
trying to score through the air
Butler perfectly read a slant pass
from Russell Wilson, and made
the interception that clinched the
title for the Patriots.
1. The Miami miracle

Did it count? Yes. Should it
have? No. And did Duke score on
the previous play? Miami says
no, which only adds to the fun of
this one. Duke gets a debated
touchdown with 6 seconds left to
take a 27-24 lead, then kicks the
ball deep. After eight laterals, one
knee down that would have ended
the game but wasnt called and
tons of controversy, Corn Elder
takes the ball 91 yards into the
end zone for a Miami victory. The
Atlantic Coast Conference said a
day later that it was suspending
the officiating crew for two
games, then later told Miami that
some of the 23 penalties against
the Hurricanes including ones
that led to Dukes debated goahead touchdown shouldnt
have been called. Theyll talk
about this game forever, I guess,
Elder said. And theyll always
say we won.
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17
Shopping at last
minute? Theres
an app for that
By Mae Anderson
ATLANTA Procrastinators,
rejoice. This year there are more
apps and services than ever before
to help last-minute shoppers.
Apps like Curbside deliver orders
directly to the trunk of your car,
more retailers are offering incentives to buy online and pick up in
store, and Amazon Prime Now and
other same-day delivery services
have vastly expanded this year.
In some sense, same-day delivery is going to become the new gift
card, said Daphne Carmeli, CEO of
Deliv which works with retailers to
offer same-day delivery. It used to
be uh-oh, too late, here comes the
gift card. Now youve got two
hours before the cutoff if you want
something from national retailers.
Thats good news as on-demand
services have trained people to put
off things until the last minute.
This year, 44 percent of shoppers
said they planned to wait until
December or later to shop for holiday presents, up from 39 percent
five years ago, according to
Deloitte.
And as of Dec. 15, an NRF survey
found the average holiday shopper

has completed 53.5 percent of their
shopping, up from 52.9 percent
seen by that time last year. Only
about 10 percent of those surveyed
had finished shopping.
Jerome Waldman, CEO of Palo
Alto based Curbside, said that
demand for the service, which
delivers packages from stores like
Target and Aeropostale to the trunk
of a shoppers car, has skyrocketed.
The service, which serves the
Bay Area and Los Angeles in
California and New York, New
Jersey, Philadelphia and Chicago,
is seeing about seven times the
orders it did last year. Target, Best
Buy, CVS and other retailers offer
the service.
Its definitely a way to shop to
have the certainty youre not going
to miss any kind of shipping window, Waldman said.
Target spokesman Eddie Baeb
said the company has been pleased
with results from Curbside and
expanded the stores that offer the
service from 20 in San Francisco
last year to 120 stores, adding the
New
York,
Chicago
and
Philadelphia areas this year.
The curbside delivery is easier
Amazon Prime Now service has expanded drastically this year, after launching a year ago in Manhattan only.This
season it serves 20 metropolitan areas and is offering free two-hour delivery until midnight on Christmas Eve.
and more convenient, knowing
how busy people are, at the lastminute, he said.
Other retailers are adding incentives so more people choose buy
online, pick up in store options.
For example, Macys offered a $10
e-gift card on a purchase of $50 or
more when an online order is
picked up in store via coupon
aggregator RetailMeNot, said
Brian Hoyt, RetailMeNot vice
president of communications. The
option lets retailers save on expedited shipping costs and cuts down
time for last-minute shoppers, he
said.
RetailMeNots mobile app lets
shoppers take advantage of lastminute deals in store too. The app
uses a combination of GPS and
WiFi signals to pull deals from

stores you are in or nearby when
you opt in.
More consumers are using
mobile devices versus desktop
computers to shop, and thats
opened the door to save not just
online, but in-store as well, Hoyt
said.
Those seeking deals on same-day
delivery will find them, too.
Shopify, which provides merchants with online checkout services, said last week that its retailers
were partnering with Uber to provide free same-day delivery until
Christmas Eve.
And for members of Amazons
$99 annual Prime loyalty program,
its same-day Prime Now service
has expanded drastically this year,
after launching a year ago in

Manhattan only. This holiday season it serves 20 metropolitan areas
and is offering free two-hour delivery until midnight on Christmas
Eve.
All of these added apps and services are good news for people like
Katie Bagley, 23, who lives in
Mount Olive, N.J. She shops
mostly online and pays close
attention to shipping cutoff deadlines. But theres always more
shopping left to be done after the
cutoff dates have passed, she said.
With Christmas approaching,
she bought a bartender gadget
online at Bed Bath and Beyond for
her father and picked it up in the
store on the same day she ordered
it.
How home life keeps changing (while home ideal doesnt)

By Katherine Roth
Home sweet home. It seems so

simple.
But while the idea of home
remains constant the epitome of
the familiar and reliable actual
home life is messier and changes
all the time. So says Judith
Flanders, author of The Making of
Home: The 500-Year Story of How
Our Houses Became Our Homes
(Thomas Dunne Books, September
2015), in which she traces the evolution of the home, and concepts of
home, in northern Europe and
America from the 16th century to
the early 20th century.
She looks at changes in technology, such as plumbing and toilets,
tableware and furniture, windows
and window dressings, light bulbs
and kitchen gadgets, as well as
changes in culture, such as marriage patterns, hopes and customs.
Theres a huge disconnect
between the mental construct of
home and the reality, and it turns

out that thats been the case for
centuries, says Flanders, reached
by phone recently in her London
home.
For instance, while some might
think that families and marriages
used to be more stable, broken
homes were the absolute norm in
most of history, she says. A
home cant be any more broken
than if one parent is dead.
As for appearance, the paintings of the Dutch golden age did
not depict what Dutch households

of the time actually looked like,
Flanders says. While the paintings
are heavy with symbolism and
appear sparse and sparkling, actual
homes were crowded with furniture.
She likens the disconnect to the
images featured in todays interiordesign magazines, which are generally devoid of toothbrushes,
electrical outlets, hampers, dish
racks and other basic amenities, as
well as the tchotchkes that clutter
many real homes.
It really proves that our desire

to believe in this ideal of home
overrides everything. We dont
like to be told or reminded that its
not true, she says.
Something as basic today as the
fork, she says, did not appear as a
standard eating implement in most
places until well into the 18th century. You had a cutting and a piercing instrument in your knife. You
had a scooping implement in your
spoon. You were set, Flanders
says.
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LOCAL
MEASURE
66.7 percent it needed to pass.
Since the measures colossal failure,
Councilman Mark Olbert has suggested the
council provide the public with some type
of a report detailing what the costs were
related to the measure and how the polling
data could be so far off from the final results.
Olbert himself spent $10,000 of his own
money to support the Yes on V campaign.
Supporters of the measure raised nearly
$80,000 while foes raised about $10,000.
No one seems to want to understand what
happened. We missed something or something didnt get done right during the campaign, Olbert said.
Organized opposition against the measure
didnt start until it was placed on the ballot.
The overwhelming majority of public
speakers at council meetings supported the
bond measure prior to the campaign getting
underway.
Olbert suspects much of the opposition
didnt even know each other until the measure became an issue on social media, particularly Nextdoor.
AUDIT
Development Director George White, who
came on board as a permanent employee
after temporary leadership of the department. Were probably upwards of over 80
percent of the recommendations being met
in one way or another.
The 224 recommendations include rehiring positions let go during the recession,
implementing a new software enabling
staff as well as the public to more accurately track the permitting process, conducting regular staff training and remodeling
parts of City Hall such as its busy service
counter.
This month, the council voted to implement another suggestion by splitting the
code enforcement and housing divisions
a move that may assist in the citys efforts
to focus on solutions to the affordable
housing crisis.
With housing as a huge topic for our
city, it is also important to have a manager that is focused on just housing and not
having to manage two very active pro-
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Consultant TBWB advised the yes campaign to not engage the opposition on
social media, which Olbert now calls a mistake.
We were told that if you engage the
opposition you are validating them,
Olbert said about TBWB, which was paid at
least $180,000 by the city to conduct outreach on what types of projects residents
would support through a bond.
Godbe was a TBWB subcontractor.
The total cost for the city was closer to
$500,000, although the exact figure is currently not known. Olbert is hoping to clear
that up with another meeting of the bond
measure subcommittee that he sat on with
Johnson.
Johnson said Wednesday he is open to
having the subcommittee meet again to prepare a final report to the public on the measures cost and failure.
Im open to it. I would say, however, that
it seems the people have spoken and I
respect their decision, Johnson said.
Johnson said an organized opposition
was not anticipated.
The no campaigns treasurer Andrew
Taylor said the public deserves a complete
accounting of the citys role in placing the
bond measure on the ballot and how much
was spent.
We are very concerned about how the city

is operating. Five-hundred-thousand dollars
is not a trivial sum, Taylor said Wednesday.
The yes campaign even had state Sen. Jerry
Hill, D-San Mateo, conduct robocalls and
robo-mails in support of the measure,
Taylor said.
We just dont understand how this was so
poorly managed, Taylor said.
Johnson understands now that voters
dont see schools and parks as the same priority based on the passage of school bond
measures P and H and the failure of Measure
V.
In September 2014, the council during a
strategic planning session established a
list of goals to achieve including adding
shuttle services; purchase of the Black
Mountain property; improvement of downtown parking; traffic and street improvements; traditional and non-traditional parks
and recreation facilities; and an aquatic center.
The city hired TBWB and subcontractor
Godbe to conduct community surveys and
the Black Mountain purchase rose to the top
of the list.
Olbert said he initially supported the idea
of floating a bond for infrastructure
improvements such as improving traffic
flow on Holly Street. But when Black
Mountain rose to the top after the surveys

were conducted, the council voted to put it
on the ballot.
Black Mountain was not my top priority.
If we were told the measure had a one in five
chance of failing miserably, I would not
have supported it, Olbert said about placing the bond measure on the ballot.
Olbert reached out to TBWB and Godbe
after the election for explanations.
I was told this happens from time to
time and that San Mateo County is
renowned in the polling industry to be
unpredictable, Olbert said.
The yes campaigns biggest expense,
$40, 039, went to San Francisco-based
TBWB Strategies.
During the campaign, foes of the measure
argued the purchase was too costly and that
there was no clear plan on how the land
would actually be used.
The bond measure, with a final price tag
of $86 million, would have went toward
the purchase of about 25 acres of land in
the center of town off Alameda de las
Pulgas.
Proponents of the purchase argued it
would have spared the land from the future
development of up to 100 homes.
Foes, however, said that was a scare tactic
used by proponents and was unrealistic.
grams concurrently, City Manager Larry

Patterson wrote in an email.
In September, the council formed a housing task force now compiled of 14 stakeholders as well as city staff that are considering a range of options to address the lack
of affordability for renters and how to promote the creation of new units.
Instead of working as the housing and
neighborhood improvement manager,
Sandy Council is now overseeing the citys
housing division and managing the task
force, White said.
The group recently has a successful third
meeting and the hope is to have recommendations for City Councils consideration early next year, White said.
We are at the point where were discussing a lot of different options related to
housing and at some point, [well] narrow
that down, White said. We have a lot of
really interesting, high-powered folks as
stakeholders on both sides of the issue
from the landlord to the tenant side.
Housing advocates, business representatives, developers and even a tenant whos
been displaced are considering the broad
spectrum of options from renter protections to the production of more units,
White said.
Deputy Mayor David Lim, who proposed

a just-cause eviction ordinance thats been
put on hold until the taskforce makes recommendations, said hes committed to not
interfering with the stakeholder groups
work.
Ive stayed away from it because I want
to give the community a chance to really
deliberate, go through the issues and come
up with recommendations, Lim said,
adding hes no less committed to finding
viable solutions quickly. Anything short
of relief to residents who are renting in our
community and anything less than addressing the issues of increasing rents, is not
going to be viewed favorably by me.
In the meantime, Lim said hes pleased
that the audit recommendations are being
implemented and that staffing levels have
returned to before the economic downturn
prompted layoffs.
I think its going very well. A lot of the
recommendations were enacted almost
immediately and I think the biggest one
that bore the most results immediately was
just hiring enough staff, Lim said.
One outstanding recommendation the
city is proceeding with is to remodel portions of City Hall particularly to make
its permit counter more efficient and
friendly for customers or visitors.

The remodel will not only assist staff
and the goal to relocate Parks and
Recreation Department employees back to
City Hall, I think it will also be a huge,
tangible benefit to the public as well,
White said.
White said he anticipates coming to
council with remodel options sometime
next year.
Another prime upgrade is the citys purchase of the EnerGov software system. The
estimated $1 million program is being
rolled out in phases and eventually will
allow staff and applicants to track the permitting process. White said one neat future
feature is a geographical information system with an interactive map where people
can see the status of their permit, whether a
property is in a flood plain, if there are surrounding infrastructure projects taking
place and more.
As the city continues to implement the
audit recommendations, updates are posted
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page under the Community Development
Departments website, White said.
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19
Plant for posterity: Replace a giant tree with a giant-to-be

By Lee Reich
somewhere, some mailorder nursery has one of

these trees for sale, and if the
tree is small it can be shipped
almost anywhere.
Smaller trees also take up less
of your time. They go into the
ground quickly because only a small
hole is needed, and then maintenance
is minimal. Dramatic root loss at digging means that a large transplanted tree
is going to need careful and prodigious
watering for years, and probably will have
to be staked for a couple of years.
Nothing like some strong winter winds to remind one of mortality tree mortality.
No tree lives forever. Nothing does.
But we humans sometimes dont appreciate trees mortality, especially trees
that are already large when we first meet
them. They seem like they were here forever and will be here long after were gone.
So when one of these oldsters topples, its
wood hauled away and its stump chipped to
oblivion, too often no thought is given to
getting another venerable giant started. Or
perhaps the void is filled with a small, fashionable crabapple or weeping cherry.
Instead, consider replacing a fallen giant
with another giant-to-be. You may not be
around to experience the tree you plant in
all its glory, but someone will.
ENCOURAGE A SEEDLING
SMALL IS GOOD
For best results, plant a small nursery
tree. More money and effort could be spent
putting a larger tree into the ground, but
larger trees take longer to establish themselves than do smaller trees. The root spread
of a tree is more than two times the spread
of its branches, so you can imagine the root
loss a large tree experiences when it is dug
with even a relatively large root ball.
Contrast the root loss of a 20-foot-high
nursery tree with that of a 5-foot-high nursery tree; the smaller tree can replace its lost
roots within a season. Transplanting
checks the growth of trees until roots reestablish themselves, which explains why
small nursery trees usually overtake their
gargantua
n
c o un t e r parts after a few
years.
MORE CHOICES, LESS CARE

Another advantage of smaller trees is that
they are usually available in greater variety.
And
t h ey re
easy
to
ship. Youd have to
look hard to find a hackberry, black tupelo
or Kentucky coffeetree offered for sale within driving distance, let alone exotics such
as Korean evodia, Japanese pagodatree,
Asplenifolia European beech (whose leaves
are fern-like) or European hornbeam. But
Another source for a majestic tree for posterity are those seedlings (volunteer
plants) that pop up here and there. Consider
letting one of them just grow in place. The
tree chose its own home, so it probably
likes it there. Without transplant shock, a
seedling tree will grow more quickly than
would a transplanted one.
Do make sure, however, that you want a
tree in that spot, and that you want that particular tree. A large tree needs a lot of space
to spread its branches, so try to imagine
that spread when considering proximity to
your home. Some trees Norway maple
and tree-of-heaven, for example are
essentially weeds, and you dont want to let
them get a foothold.
Even under the best conditions, decades
will pass before a transplanted or volunteer
tree becomes a venerable giant. No matter,
though. The Chinese have a saying that
the longest journey begins with the first
step, and watching growth of a tree brings
its own pleasures.
20
DATEBOOK
PROJECT
to purchase the property due to its
unique character.
The quality of the asset, the location, the physical characteristics, the
Class A nature of it were all things that
attracted us, he said.
Fox added the ability to construct a
second, similar tower at the site was
also a lucrative component of the deal.
In February, Myers proposed erecting a second tower at the 20-acre site
which was slated to house between 340
and 360 condominiums, as well as a
restaurant, in a 21-story building.
Fox though said he plans to move
away from the vision of building a residential development, and instead will
construct the second tower to house
additional research and development
space.
Construction of the second tower
has already begun, and Fox said he
expects it to be completed by the end
of 2016.
He said the towers will serve
biotechnology companies already
established in South San Francisco, as
well as start-up businesses.
The purchase comes as South San
Francisco biotechnology industry
booms, and space preserved for supporting life sciences continues to be a
premium.
The biotechnology cluster, span-
GALINSKY
age or getting on well, nobodys
my age. But theres just a lot of nice
people up there.
Having lived longer than most,
Galinsky said shes had various bingo
cohorts over the years with many
passing on. Just recently, she noticed
about 14 people she knew through the
center died this year, Galinsky said.
As her own husband, a former San
Francisco firefighter who she met at
the young age of 16, died almost 25
years ago, Galinsky has a calmingly
sensible outlook on life and death.
You hate to lose them. But as long
as theyre not suffering and in pain,
well, we all have to go one day,
Galinsky said.
But its a community in which she
thrives and when someone doesnt
show for their regular activity,
ning much of the citys region east of

Highway 101 to the Bayfront, is home
to more than 100 companies providing jobs for more than 14,000 workers, according to a press release.
The growth in the industry has left
no available space to accommodate
biotechnology
in
South
San
Francisco, according to the press
release, and there is less than 1 percent
vacancy rate along the Peninsula.
Phase 3 targeted the acquisition in
part due to the limited supply of available space to accommodate biotechnology companies in South San
Francisco, according to the press
release.
With limited future supply projected, Centennial Towers is well-positioned to benefit from the markets
highly favorable demand-supply fundamentals, said the press release.
Under the purchase, the Centennial
Galinsky urges a quick check-in.
If someones not there, she wants
to know why and she checks up on
them, Mazzocco said. Its really a
great resource and a lot of the seniors
are like that. A lot of them have phone
calls to each other on a daily or weekly time frame. Just checking in with
each other.
Amber Shong, the centers community services coordinator who took
over after Mazzocco left, said working
with Galinsky has been a pleasure.
Her spunk, her energy, her passion
for not just this center but for bingo, is
pretty amazing, Shong said.
When it comes to bingo, its
Galinskys territory, Shong and
Mazzocco said.
Having long been dependent on getting a ride to the center from her home
in the Fiesta Gardens neighborhood
where shes lived for almost 50 years,
Galinsky said shes not sure how much
longer shell be able to maintain her
volunteer hours.
Towers project will be renamed

Genesis.
The unique and easily identifiable
building, designed by Skidmore,
Owings and Merrill, features a full wall
of glass facing Highway 101 and currently houses a retail concourse, day
care center and performing arts space
which can accommodate up to 200
people, among other amenities
beyond the office space.
Originally the project proposed to
the city in 2006 called for spending
$325 million to build two towers on 8
acres of land.
The second tower was initially slated
to be 21 stories tall, with about
17,000 square feet per floor and built
in a football shape with the nose of the
building pointing toward the highway.
The most recent proposal of the second tower envisions a taller, more
slender building mirroring the character of the first.
A representative of Cornerstone
Real Estate Advisors, which helped
arrange the loan to finance the purchase, expressed appreciation for contributing to the acquisition.
Centennial Towers offers an exceptional opportunity to tap into the
thriving life science market of the Bay
Area, said Jamie Henderson, a chief
investment officer with Cornerstone.
We are excited to support [Phase
Three Properties], whose market
knowledge and niche expertise will
help meet the submarkets robust
demand for sophisticated life sciences
campuses.
Regardless, her history at the center
will be challenging for anyone to top.
Its hard to beat this record that
shes setting. She just believes in it;
she believes in helping other. Whether
it was from when her children were
small I know she was involved in their
school and her husband was a firefighter in San Francisco for his career, so I
think community service is deeply
ingrained in her, Mazzocco said.
And its amazing how independent
she is. I think if you talk to her, shed
credit having a good time in her life,
friends and probably a cocktail in the
evening. So shes having fun.
Galinsky said she was an avid sports
player in her youth and volunteering at
the center has helped keep her spry.
I think it keeps your mind working
and it makes you not just stay home
doing nothing, Galinsky said, noting
shes probably one of the oldest at the
center. I made a lot of friends up there,
so Ive lost a lot of friends. But the
people are great.
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San Mateo on Ice. Noon to 9 p.m.
Fitzgerald Ball Field in Central
Park, Fifth Avenue and El Camino
Real, San Mateo. Located in San
Mateos Central Park, the outdoor ice
rink features 9,000 square feet of real
ice and is the largest outdoor skating rink in the Bay Area. $15 per person for all day skating with free skate
rental. For more information visit
sanmateoonice.com.
Christmas Eve services. 5:30 p.m.
and 10:30 p.m. Congregational
Church of Belmont, 751 Alameda de
las Pulgas. For more information go
to UCCBelmont.org.
Christmas Eve Celebration. 6:30
p.m. 2000 Woodside Road, Redwood
City. A Christmas celebration with
carols, candlelight, shepherds and
angels. For more information call
368-3376.
FRIDAY, DEC. 25
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SATURDAY, DEC. 26
San Mateo on Ice. Noon to 10
p.m. Fitzgerald Ball Field in Central
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Last Sunday Ballroom Tea Dance. 1
p.m. to 3:30 p.m. 1555 Crystal
Springs Road, San Bruno. Join the
Bob Guiterrez Band for a dance.
Tickets will be $5. For more information call 616-7150.
MONDAY, DEC. 28
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TUESDAY, DEC. 29
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WEDNESDAY, DEC. 30
Computer Coach. 10:30 a.m.
Belmont Library, 1110 Alameda de
Las Pulgas, Belmont. Come to this
relaxed session for some one-onone help with your technology
needs. No registration required. For
more information contact belmont@smcl.org.
sanmateoonice.com.
Needles and Hooks: Knitting and
Crocheting Club. 6:30 p.m. Belmont
Library, 1110 Alameda de Las Pulgas,
Belmont. Join Olivia Cortez-Figueroa
for a lesson on crocheting and knitting. For more information contact
belmont@smcl.org.
THURSDAY, DEC. 31
ESL Conversation Club. 10 a.m.
Belmont Library, 1110 Alameda de
Las Pulgas, Belmont. Drop in to this
relaxed conversation club to help
improve your English. For more
information
contact
belmont@smcl.org.
Countdown to Noon with Cheeky
Monkey Toys. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. 640
Santa Cruz Ave., Menlo Park.
Celebrate the arrival of 2016 kid
style. Crafts, fun and a balloon drop
at noon. For more information email
kscibetta@cheekymonkeytoys.com.
New Years Party. 10:30 a.m. to 1:30

p.m. 1555 Crystal Springs Road, San
Bruno. Suggested donation $10. For
more information call 616-7150.
Happy Noon Year. 11:30 a.m. San
Mateo Public Library (Book Bubble),
55 W. Third Ave., San Mateo. Count
down to Happy Noon Year at the
San Mateo Public Library. Stories,
crafts and refreshments. For ages 4
to 8. Free. For more information contact 522-7838.
sanmateoonice.com.
Celebrate New Years Eve with
Foreverland. 8 p.m. 2215 Broadway
St., Redwood City. The electrifying
14-piece tribute to Michael Jackson,
Foreverland, will perform at the Fox
Theatre. For more information call
369-7770.
Ring in the New Year with the
Groove Objective. 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Piacere Restaurant, 727 Laurel Ave.,
San Carlos. The Groove will be going
down in Piaceres main dining room.
Join us for an evening of eating,
drinking, singing and dancing. For
more information or to make reservations call 592-3536.
FRIDAY, JAN. 1
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SATURDAY, JAN. 2
Technology and Instructional
Design Tech Drop-In. 11 a.m. South
San Francisco Main Library, 306
Walnut Ave., South San Francisco.
Receive one-on-one help for any
tech questions. Please bring devices
and any passwords that may be
needed for setup or adjustments for
best results. For more information
contact 829-3860.
Mandarin Story Time. 11 a.m. 480
Primrose Road, Burlingame. For
more information call 558-7400 Ext.
3.
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SUNDAY, JAN. 3
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MONDAY, JAN. 4
Daytime Fiction Book Club. 10 a.m.
to 11 a.m. 610 Elm St., San Carlos.
This month the club will be discussing Freedom! by Jonathan
Franzen. For more information call
591-0341.
San Mateo on Ice. 2 p.m. to 9
sanmateoonice.com.
TUESDAY, JAN. 5
Computer Coach. 10 a.m. to noon.
610 Elm St., San Carlos. The
Computer Coach program offers
one on one help with technical
problems. For more information call
591-0341.
E-book coach. 10 a.m. to noon. 610
Elm St., San Carlos. The Computer
Coach program offers one on one
help to download e-books from the
library to your e-reader. For more
information call 591-0341.
LibLab
MakerSpace
Programming: Textile Tuesdays.
Noon to 2 p.m. South San Francisco
Main Library, 306 Walnut Ave., South
San Francisco. Featuring the librarys
new sewing lab. This session will be
focused on creating hand warmers.
For more information contact 8293860.
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HOLY MOLE
PEARLS BEFORE SWINE
ACROSS
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6 Bonkers
11 Night noises
12 Not standing
13 Creepy-crawly
14 Squanders
15 Cold-weather drink
16 -de-camp
17 Pea-soupers
19 Drains, as energy
23 Exec
26 Celebration
28 Obviously!
29 Kind of scout
31 Portrait
33 Slack-jawed
34 Chirped
35 Huge racket
36 Bakers meas.
39 Lawyer: Abbr.
40 Back in Black group
42 Like a desert
44 Ben Afeck lm
46 Zany
GET FUZZY
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Down Under citizen

Entertain
Emphasize
Gives the slip
No longer chic
Indifferent
DOWN
1 Livys year
2 Pear variety
3 Black-and-white snack
4 Coffee option
5 Guess, briey
6 Assume command
7 Caravan halts
8 Homer-hitter Mel
9 Born as
10 NFL gains
11 Incite Rover
12 Kind of watch
16 Birthday count
18 Many times
20 Cope with change
21 Seattles Sound
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Adrenal, for one
Gym iteration
Even score
I did it! (hyph.)
Bottom line
Call cab
Frat letter
Wise ones
Paid athlete
Gumshoes workload
Live
Hill
Water, in Baja
Bounders
Paul the painter
Afrmative
Deadly snake
Actress Hagen
12th-graders
Johnny
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Anyone trying
to convince you to be impulsive or to take a risk is
best avoided. Listen to the opinions of others with
interest, but do your own thing. A romantic gesture
will improve your personal life.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) Children and family
activities will highlight your day. A short trip will result
in an interesting change of events. Instigate and
welcome change. Share your feelings.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) Speak up, offer
suggestions and do your best to put others at ease.
Your kindness will make a difference. A little romance
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will bring you closer to someone you love.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) Stick to a budget. Say
little and do a lot. Youll face controversy if you get
together with people who think differently than you.
Positive comments and patience will be required.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Travel plans, relaxed
conversations with colleagues or discussions about
the future with your partner look promising. A romantic
evening will ensure future happiness. Call distant
relatives and friends to wish them well.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Emotions will surface,
causing you to speak your mind. Your blatant honesty
will bring about sudden and irreversible changes
between you and the person you spar with.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) Get into the spirit
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of the season. Whether you host a get-together or

travel to spend time with friends or relatives, your
sparkling company will make a difference to those
you encounter.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Your heart is in the right
place, but not everyone will be happy with your
choices. Offering to help someone in need will be
gratifying, but could miff a close friend, loved one
or family member.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Get out and socialize.
The conversations you have will lead to unusual banter.
Keep your money in a safe place. Mixing business with
pleasure will be detrimental.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) Backtrack if you
can. Problems at home will lead to bad decisions
or unexpected changes. Keep the peace until a

better opportunity comes along to overcome any
adversity you face.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) Make home
improvements or changes to the way you live or do
things at home. An offer to help someone in need will
be returned with an unexpected favor.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) You may feel like
you should take on everyone elses problems, but you
are best off not meddling. Youll only be given half
the information you need to make a good suggestion.
Celebrate with the one you love.
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CASE# CIV 536472

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR
CHANGE OF NAME
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA,
COUNTY OF SAN MATEO,
400 COUNTY CENTER RD,
REDWOOD CITY CA 94063
PETITION OF
Neil Allen McClaflin II
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
Petitioner: Neil Allen McClaflin II filed a
petition with this court for a decree
changing name as follows:
Present name: Neil Allen McClaflin II
Proposed Name: Neil Allen Macc
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons
interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated
below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be
granted. Any person objecting to the
name changes described above must file
a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court
days before the matter is scheduled to
be heard and must appear at the hearing
to show cause why the petition should
not be granted. If no written objection is
timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. A HEARING on
the petition shall be held on Jan 20, 2016
at 9 a.m., Dept. PJ, Room 2D, at 400
County Center, Redwood City, CA
94063. A copy of this Order to Show
Cause shall be published at least once
each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation: San Mateo Daily Journal
Filed: 12/09/2015
/s/ Robert D. Foiles /
Judge of the Superior Court
Dated: 11/18/15
(Published 12/17/2015, 12/24/2015,
12/31/15, 01/07/2015)
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #267399
The following person is doing business
as: AI Aerial Imagery, 1990 S Delaware
#403, SAN MATEO, CA 94403. Registered Owner: Bycha Buxton, same address. The business is conducted by an
Individual. The registrant commenced to
transact business under the FBN on N/A
/s/Bycha Buxton/
This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 12/01/2015. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal,
12/03/15, 12/10/15, 12/17/15, 12/24/15)
STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF
THE USE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT M-255240
Name of the person abandoning the use
of the Fictitious Business Name: Felipe
Valenzuela. Name of Business: Mancora
Cebicheria Peruvian Restaurant. Date of
original filing: 03/29/13. Address of Principal Place of Business: 2319 So. El Camino Real, SAN MATEO, CA 94403.
Registrant(s): Felipe Valenzuela, 2191
So. El Camino Real, SAN MATEO, CA
94403. The business was conducted by
an Individual.
/s/Felipe Valenzuela/
This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 12/16/15. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/17/2015,
12/24/2015, 12/31/2015, 01/07/2015).
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ADMINISTER ESTATE OF
Rebecca Bogdanovich
Case Number: 126387
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may
otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of Rebecca Bogdanovich. A
Petition for Probate has been filed by
Dennis Roberts in the Superior Court of
California, County of San Mateo. The
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Roberts be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the
decedent.
The petition requests the decedents will
and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the
court.
The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent
Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain
very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to
give notice to interested persons unless
they have waived notice or consented to
the proposed action.) The independent
administration authority will be granted
unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good
cause why the court should not grant the
authority.
A hearing on the petition will be held in
this court as follows: JAN 06, 2016 at
9:00 a.m., Department 28, Superior
Court of California, County of San Mateo,
400 County Center, Redwood City, CA
94063.
If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing
and state your objections or file written
objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person
or by your attorney.
If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your
claim with the court and mail a copy to
the personal representative appointed by
the court within the later of either (1) four
months from the date of first issuance of
letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the
California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days
from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section
9052 of the California Probate Code.
Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.
You may examine the file kept by the
court. If you are a person interested in
the estate, you may file with the court a
Request for Special Notice (form DE154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition
or account as provided in Probate Code
section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.
Attorney for Petitioner:
Alexis D. Malone, SBN 236356
Law Office of Alexis D. Malone
333 Gellert Blvd. Suite 209
DALY CITY, CA 94015
(650)755-7000
FILED: DEC 07, 2015
Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal
on 12/10/15, 12/17/15, 12/24/15
THE DAILY JOURNAL

203 Public Notices
NOTICE OF PETITION TO
ADMINISTER ESTATE OF
John Farley Keller
Case Number: 126421
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may
otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of John Farley Keller aka
John F. Keller and as John Keller. A Petition for Probate has been filed by Raymond Balzarini in the Superior Court of
California, County of San Mateo. The
Petition for Probate requests that Raymond Balzarin be appointed as personal
representative to administer the estate of
the decedent.
The petition requests the decedents will
and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the
court.
The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent
Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain
very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to
give notice to interested persons unless
they have waived notice or consented to
the proposed action.) The independent
administration authority will be granted
unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good
cause why the court should not grant the
authority.
A hearing on the petition will be held in
this court as follows: JAN 19, 2016 at
9:00 a.m., Department 28, Superior
Court of California, County of San Mateo,
400 County Center, Redwood City, CA
94063.
If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing
and state your objections or file written
objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person
or by your attorney.
If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your
claim with the court and mail a copy to
the personal representative appointed by
the court within four months from the
date of first issuance of letters as provided in Probate Code section 9100. The
time for for filing claims will not expire before four months from the hearing date
noticed above.
You may examine the file kept by the
court. If you are a person interested in
the estate, you may file with the court a
Request for Special Notice (form DE154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition
or account as provided in Probate Code
section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.
Attorney for Petitioner:
Daniel ODonnell, SB #100050
Law Offices of Daniel M. ODonnell, 2213
Mendocino Ave, SANTA ROSA, CA
95403
(707) 576-7850
FILED: 12/14/2015
Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal
on 12/24/15, 12/31/15, 01/07/16
STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF
THE USE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT M-259970
Name of the person abandoning the use
of the Fictitious Business Name: Carolina
Cabrera-Chang. Name of Business:
Sweetberry Nannies & Sitters Agency.
Date of original filing: 3/11/14. Address of
Principal Place of Business: 2205
Bridgepoint Pkwy #135, SAN MATEO,
CA 94404. Registrants: Carolina Cabrera-Chang. The business was conducted by an Individual.
/s/Carolina Cabrera-Chang/
This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 11/12/15. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/03/15,
12/10/15, 12/17/15, 12/24/15)
STATEMENT #267332
as: Potentials Unlilmited Sober Living
Environment, 249 N. El Dorado, SAN
MATEO, CA 94403. Registered Owner:
Julie Archer, 701 Ventura Ave., San Mateo, CA 94403. The business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the
FBN on
/s/Julie Archer/
12/03/15, 12/10/15, 12/17/15, 12/24/15)

203 Public Notices
203 Public Notices
SCHOOL BOARD
OPENINGS
SUMMONS
(CITACION JUDICIAL)
CASE NUMBER (Nmero del Caso):
CIV533740
NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO
AL DEMANDADO): JOSEPH D. DAHIL, an individual
YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO EST DEMANDANDO EL
DEMANDANTE): WELLS FARGO
BANK, N.A.
NOTICE! You have been sued. The
court may decide against you without
your being heard unless you respond
within 30 days. Read the information
below.
You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after
this summons and legal papers are
served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy
served on the plaintiff. A letter or
phone call will not protect you. Your
written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear
your case. There may be a court form
that you can use for your response.
You can find these court forms and
more information at the California
Courts Online Self-Help Center
(www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your
county law library, or the courthouse
nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee
waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the
case by default, and your wages,
money, and property may be taken
without further warning from the court.
There are other legal requirements.
You may want to call an attorney right
away. If you do not know an attorney,
you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an
attorney, you may be eligible for free
legal services from a nonprofit legal
services program. You can locate
these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site
(www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center
(www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by
contacting your local court or county
bar association. NOTE: The court has
a statutory lien for waived fees and
costs on any settlement or arbitration
award of $10,000 or more in a civil
case. The court's lien must be paid
before the court will dismiss the case.
AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 das, la corte
puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versin. Lea la informacin a
continuacin.
Tiene 30 DAS DE CALENDARIO despus de que le entreguen esta citacin y papeles legales para presentar
una respuesta por escrito en esta
corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una
llamada telefnica no lo protegen. Su
respuesta por escrito tiene que estar
en formato legal correcto si desea
que procesen su caso en la corte. Es
posible que haya un formulario que
usted pueda usar para su respuesta.
Puede encontrar estos formularios de
la corte y ms informacin en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la
corte que le quede ms cerca. Si no
puede pagar la cuota de presentacin, pida al secretario de la corte que
le d un formulario de exencin de
pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podr quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes
sin ms advertencia.
Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un
abogado, puede llamar a un servicio
de remisin a abogados. Si no puede
pagar a un abogado, es posible que
cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un
programa de servicios legales sin
fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos
grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio
web de California Legal Services,
(www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el
Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de
California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o ponindose en contacto con la corte o el
colegio de abogados locales. AVISO:
Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos
por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacin de $10,000 ms
de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesin de arbitraje en un
caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de
que la corte pueda desechar el caso.
The name and address of the court is
(El nombre y direccin de la corte es):
Superior Court of CA, San Mateo, 400
County Center, Redwood City, CA
94063
The name, address, and telephone
number of plaintiff's attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre,
la direccin y el nmero de telfono
del abogado del demandante, o del
demandante que no tiene abogado,
es):
Angela
A.
Velen,
Esq.
(SB#217292), 3835 East Thousand
Oaks Blvd., Suite R349, WV, CA
91362; (818) 716-7630
DATE (Fecha): May 8, 2015
John C. Fitton, Clerk (Secretario), by
Tyler Maxwell, Deputy (Adjunto)
(SEAL)
12/17, 12/24, 12/31, 1/7/16
CNS-2825407#
SAN MATEO DAILY JOURNAL
The South San Francisco

Unified School District announces two vacancies on
the Board of Trustees. The
vacancies originated by the
resignation of Trustee Maurice Goodman and the passing away of Trustee Rick
Ochsenhirt. The Board is
seeking interested applicants to serve as appointed
Trustees until the November
2016 election. Persons interested in applying should
note the following timeline:
Wednesday, January 6,
2016, 4:00 p.m. deadline
to submit an application plus
two (2) letters of support to
the Superintendents office;
Monday, January 11 interviews of qualified candidates
will be conducted in the District Office Board room beginning at 6:00 p.m. For applications and selection criteria information please visit
the Districts website at
www.ssfusd.org.

STATEMENT #267576
as: Santini, Santini, Roccucci, a California general partnership, 417 Walnut Ave,
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94080.
Registered Owner: 1) Brad Bastian, 1990
BastianCt., Lakeport, CA 95453 2) Dana
Bastian, 950 24th St., Lakeport, CA
95453 3) Derek Bastian, 1980 Bastian
Ct., Lakeport, CA 95453 4) Lauren Rezzonico, 3193 Compton Ave, Lakeport,
CA 95453 5) Rudolph D. Santini, Trustee
of The Santini Exclusion Trust 6) Rudolph D. Santini, Trustee of The Santini
Survivors Trust, 166 Valley Lakes Dr,
Santa Rosa, CA 94509. 7) Lole Sari,
Trustee of the Residual Trust under Declaration of Trust, dated NOvember 9,
2001 8) Lole Sari, Trustee of the Survivors Trust, dated November 9, 2001,
417 Walnut Ave, South San Francisco,
CA 94080 9) Bryan Ungaretti, 3345 Kimberly Way, San Mateo, CA 94402 10)
Rachelle Ungaretti, 3365 Los Prados St.,
San Mateo, CA 94402 11) Steven L. Ungaretti and Renette Ann Ungaretti, Trustees under Trust Declaration, datesd July
25, 2005, as the Separate Property of
Renette Ann Ungaretti, 701 Cottonwood
Ave, South San Francisco, CA 94080 12)
Karen Ventimiglia, Trustee of the Ventimiglia Living Trust, dated Octobver 14,
2002, 651 Albion Dr, San Jose, CA
95136. The business is conducted by a
General Partnership. The registrant commenced to transact business under the
FBN on January 1, 1981
/s/Lole Sari/
12/24/15, 12/31/15, 01/07/16, 01/14/16

STATEMENT #267260
as: Larson and Larson Psychotherapy,
307 South B. Street Suite #3, SAN MATEO, CA 94401. Registered Owner(s):
Michelle Larson Graville, 375 Catamaran
St., FOSTER CITY, CA 94404. The business is conducted by an Individual. The
registrant commenced to transact business under the FBN on
/s/Michelle Graville/
12/17/15, 12/24/15, 12/31/15, 01/07/15)
LEGAL NOTICES
Fictitious Business Name Statements,

Trustee Sale Notice, Name Change, Probate,
Notice of Adoption, Divorce Summons,
Notice of Public Sales and More.
Published in the Daily Journal for San Mateo County.
Fax your request to: 650-344-5290

Email them to: ads@smdailyjournal.com

STATEMENT #267396
as: High Tek Deck, 2053 E. Bayshore
Rd. #13, REDWOOD CITY, CA 94063.
Registered Owner: William T. Flynn,
same address. The business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the
FBN on 12-1-15
/s/William T. Flynn/
12/03/15, 12/10/15, 12/17/15, 12/24/15)
Tundra
Tundra
Tundra
Over the Hedge
Over the Hedge
Over the Hedge
23
203 Public Notices
210 Lost & Found
296 Appliances

STATEMENT #267331
as: An Elite Cleaning Service, 701 Ventura Ave., San Mateo, CA 94403. Registered Owner: Julie Archer, same address. The business is conducted by an
Individual. The registrant commenced to
transact business under the FBN on
/s/Julie Archer/
12/03/15, 12/10/15, 12/17/15, 12/24/15)
FOUND: RING Silver color ring found

on 1/7/2014 in Burlingame. Parking Lot
M (next to Dethrone). Brand inscribed.
Gary @ (650)347-2301
AIR CONDITIONER 10000 BTU w/remote. Slider model fits all windows. LG
brand $199 runs like new. (650)2350898
LOST - Apple Ipad, Sunday 5.3 on Caltrain #426, between Burlingame and
Redwood City, south bound. REWARD.
(415)830-0012
CHEFMATE TOASTER oven, brand

new, bakes, broils, toasts, adjustable
temperature. $25 OBO. (650)580-4763

STATEMENT #267310
as: InGym, 1661 Broadway, REDWOOD
CITY, CA 94063. Registered Owner(s):
Generation Sense, LLC, CA. The business is conducted by a Limited Liability
Company. The registrant commenced to
transact business under the FBN on Nov
1st 2015
/s/Tannia G. Cisneros/
12/10/15, 12/17/15, 12/24/15, 12/31/15)
STATEMENT #267417
as: Launderland, 995 El Camino Real,
MENLO PARK, CA 94025. Registered
Owner(s): PRK Ventures, Inc, CA. The
business is conducted by a Corporation.
The registrant commenced to transact
business under the FBN on
/s/Parikshit Khosla/
12/10/15, 12/17/15, 12/24/15, 12/31/15)
LOST - MY COLLAPSIBLE music stand,

clip lights, and music in black bags were
taken from my car in Foster City and may
have been thrown out by disappointed
thieves. Please call (650)704-3595
LOST - Womans diamond ring. Lost
12/18. Broadway, Redwood City.
REWARD! (650)339-2410
LOST CAT Our Felicity, weighs 7 lbs,
she has a white nose, mouth, chin, all
four legs, chest stomach, around her
neck. Black mask/ears, back, tail. Nice
REWARD.
Please
email
us
at
joandbill@msn.com or call 650-5768745. She drinks water out of her paws.
LOST PRESCRIPTION glasses (2
pairs). REWARD! 1 pair dark tinted bifocals, green flames in black case with red
zero & red arrow. 2nd pair clear lenses
bifocals. Green frames. Lost at Lucky
Chances Casino in Colma or Chilis in
San Bruno. (650)245-9061
LOST SMALL gray and green Parrot.
Redwood Shores. (650)207-2303.
Books
CIRRUS STEAM mop model SM212B 4

new extra cleaning pads,user manual.
$45. 650-5885487
ICE MAKER brand new $90. (415)2653395
JACK LALANE juicer $25 or best offer.
650-593-0893.
KIRBY MODEL G7D vacuum with accessories and a supply of HEPA bags.
$150 obo. 650-465-2344
RIVAL 11/2 quart ice cream maker
(New) $20.(650)756-9516.
SHARK FLOOR steamer,exc condition
$45 (650) 756-9516.
UPRIGHT VACUUM Cleaner, $10. Call
Ed, (415)298-0645 South San Francisco
297 Bicycles
2 BIKES for kids $60. Will email pictures
upon request (650) 537-1095
ADULT BIKES 1 regular and 2 with balloon tires $30 Each (650) 347-2356
MAGNA-GLACIERPOINT 26" 15 speed.
Hardly used . Bluish purple color .$ 59.00
San Mateo 650-255-3514.
16 BOOKS on History of WWII Excellent

condition. $95 all obo, (650)345-5502
298 Collectibles

STATEMENT #267428
as: 1) Board Clan Nation 2) Board Clan,
723 Old County Road. Apt. H, BELMONT, CA 94002. Registered Owner(s):
James Maravilla Hayden, same address.
The business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the FBN on
/s/James Hayden/
12/10/15, 12/17/15, 12/24/15, 12/31/15)
FREE 30 volume 1999 Americana Encyclopedia. Excellent condition Call 650349-2945 to pick up.
1920'S AQUA Glass Beaded Flapper

Purse (drawstring bag) & Faux Pearl
Flapper Collar. $50. 650-762-6048
NICHOLAS SPARKS Hardback Books

2 @ $3.00 each - (650)341-1861
1940 VINTAGE telephone bench maple

antiques collectibles $75 (650)755-9833
QUALITY BOOKS used and rare. World

& US History and classic American novels. $5 each obo (650)345-5502
BELT BUCKLE-MICKEY Mouse 1937

Marked Sterling. Sun Rubber company.
$300 (650) 355-2167.
STEPHEN KING Hardback Books

2 @ $3.00 each - (650)341-1861
BMW FORMULA 1 Model, Diecast by

Mini Champs,1:43 Scale, Good condition, $80. 510-684-0187

STATEMENT M-267372
as: Carzone, 909A North Amphlett Blvd.,
SAN MATEO, CA 94401. Registered
Owner(s): WW Trading INC., CA. The
business is conducted by a Corporation.
/s/Wen Ben Li/
12/10/15, 12/17/15, 12/24/15, 12/31/15)
GRACO 3 way pack n play for kid in

good condition $20. Daly City (650) 7569516.

STATEMENT #267526
as: Mancora Cebicheria Peruvian Restaurant, 2191 So. El Camino Real, SAN
MATEO, CA 94403. Registered
Owner(s): Mancora Cebicheria Corporation, CA. The business is conducted by a
Corporation. The registrant commenced
to transact business under the FBN on
July 24, 2015
/s/Felipe Valenzuela/
12/17/15, 12/24/15, 12/31/15, 01/07/15)
STATEMENT #267478
as: 1) J Perretti Builders 2) Perretti Builders, 707 Leahy St. #310, REDWOOD
CITY, CA 94061. Registered Owner(s):
Jorge Luiz Perretti, same address. The
business is conducted by an Individual.
/s/Jorge Luiz Perretti/
12/17/15, 12/24/15, 12/31/15, 01/07/15)
210 Lost & Found

FOUND: LADIES watch outside Safeway Millbrae 11/10/14 call Matt,
(415)378-3634
FOUND: WEDDING BAND Tuesday
September 8th Near Whole Foods, Hillsdale. Pls call to identify. 415.860.1940
294 Baby Stuff
GRACO DOUBLE Stroll $90 My Cell

650-537-1095. Will email pictures upon
request.
SIT AND Stand Stroll $95 My Cell 650537-1095. Will email pictures upon request.
295 Art
BOB TALBOT Marine Lithograph (Signed Framed 24x31 Like New. $99.
(650)572-8895
CLASSIC LAMBORGHINI Countach
Print, Perfect for garage, Size medium
framed, Good condition, $25. 510-6840187
CHERISHED TEDDIES Figurines. Over

90 figurines, 1992-1999 (mostly '93-'95).
Mint in Boxes. $99. (408) 506-7691
ELVIS SPEAKS To You, 78 RPM, Rainbow Records(1956), good condition,$20
,650-591-9769 San Carlos
GEOFFREY BEENE Jacket, unused, unworn, tags , pink, small, sleeveless, zippers, paid $88, $15, (650) 578-9208
JOE MONTANA front page, SF Chronicle, Super Bowl XVI Win issue, $10, 650591-9769 San Carlos
LENNOX RED Rose, Unused, hand
painted, porcelain, authenticity papers,
$12.00. (650) 578 9208.
RENO SILVER LEGACY Casino four
rare memorabilia items, casino key, two
coins, small charm. $95. (650)676-0974
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THE DAILY JOURNAL

298 Collectibles
300 Toys
SANDY SCOTT Etching. Artists proof.

"Opening Day at Cattail Marsh". Retriever holding pheasant. $99. 650-654-9252.
STAR WARS SDCC Stormtrooper

Commander $29 OBO Dan,
650-303-3568 lv msg
SCHILLER HIPPIE poster, linen, Sparta

graphics 1968. Mint condition. $600.00.
(650)701-0276
THOMAS TRAIN set by Tomy (plastic).

Includes track, tunnel, bridge, roundhouse, trains. $20/OBO. (650)345-1347
STAR WARS C-3PO mint pair, green tint

(Japan), gold (U.S.) 4 action figures.
$89 650-518-6614
THOMAS TRAINS, over 20 trains, lots of

track, water tower, bridge, tunnel.
$80/OBO. (650)345-1347
STAR Wars Hong Kong exclusive, mint

Pote Snitkin 4 green card action figure.
$20 650-518-6614
302 Antiques
STAR WARS Lando Calrissian 4 orange card action figure, autographed by

Billy Dee Williams. $50 Steve 650-5186614
TOYOTA BAJA 1000 Truck Model, Diecast By Auto Art, 1:18 Scale, Good condition,$80. 510-684-0187
299 Computers
ANTIQUE ITALIAN lamp 18 high, $70

(650)387-4002
ANTIQUE OAK Hamper (never used),
new condition. $55.00 OBO. Pls call
650-345-9036
BEAUTIFUL AND UNIQUE Victorian
Side Sewing Table, All original. Rosewood. Carved. EXCELLENT CONDITION! $350. (650)815-8999.
MONITOR FOR computer. Kogi - 15".

Model L5QX. $25. (650)592-5864.
MAHOGANY ANTIQUE Secretary desk,

72 x 40 , 3 drawers, Display case, bevelled glass, $700. (650)766-3024
RECORDABLE CD-R 74, Sealed, Unopened, original packaging, Samsung, 12X,

(650) 578 9208
OLD COFFEE grinder with glass jar.

$40. (650)596-0513
300 Toys
OLD VINTAGE Wooden Sea Captains

Tool Chest 35 x 16 x 16, $65
(650)591-3313
3-STORY BARBIE Dollhouse with spiral

staircase and elevator. $60. (650)5588142
PAIR OF beautiful candalabras . Marble

and brass. $90. (650)697-7862
AMERICAN GIRL 18 doll, Jessica,

blond/blue. new in box, $65 (505)-2281480 local.
LARGE STUFFED ANIMALS - $4 each
Great for Christmas & Kids (650) 9523500
LEGOS; GIANT size box; mixed pieces.
$80/OBO. (650)345-1347
STAR WARS one 4 orange card action figure, Luke Skywalker (Ceremonial) $10 Steve 650-518-6614
VINTAGE MILK Crates, Bell Brook Dairy

San Francisco, Classic 1960 style, Good
condition, $35. 510-684-0187
303 Electronics
46 MITSUBISHI Projector TV, great
condition. $400. (650)261-1541.
BAZOOKA SPEAKER Bass tube 20
longx10 wide round never used in box
$75.0 (650)992-4544
STAR WARS one 4 orange card action figure, Momaw Nadon (Hammerhead). $8 Steve 650-518-6614
COMPLETE COLOR photo developer

Besler Enlarger, Color Head, trays, photo
tools $50/ 650-921-1996
THOMAS/BRIO TRAIN table, $30/OBO.

Phone (650)345-1347
DVD/CD Player remote never used in

box $45. (650)992-4544
303 Electronics
303 Electronics
304 Furniture
304 Furniture
ELECTRONIC TYPEWRITER good

condition $50., (650)878-9542
VINTAGE G.E. radio, model c1470 $60.

(650)421-5469
GLASS TOP dining table w/ 6 chairs

$75. (415)265-3395
UPHOLSTERED BROWN recliner , excellent condition. $99. (650)347-6875
FIRST ALERT CO600 Carbon Monoxide

Plug-In Alarm. Simple to use, New in
pkg. $18 (650) 952-3500
VINTAGE ZENITH radio, model L516b

$75. (650)421-5469
INFINITY FLOOR speakers H 38" x W

11 1/2" x D 10" good $50. (650)756-9516
VINTAGE LARGE Marble Coffee Table,

round. $75.(650)458-8280
VINTAGE ZENITH radio, model yrb-791 1948, $ 70. (650)421-5469
LAWN CHAIRS (4) White, plastic, $8.

each, (415)346-6038
WALNUT CHEST, small (4 drawer with

upper bookcase $50. (650)726-6429
304 Furniture
LAZY BOY Recliner. Fine condition. Maroon. $80. (650) 271-4539.
WHITE BOOKCASE :H 72" x W 30" x D

12" exc condition $30. (650)756-9516.
ANTIQUE DINING table for six people

with chairs $99. (650)580-6324
LIGHT OAK Cabinet, 6 ft tall, 3 ft wide, 2

ft deep, door at the bottom. $150.
(650) 871-5524.
WHITE WICKER Shelf unit, adjustable.

Excellent condition. 5 ft by 2 ft. $50.
(650)315-6184
GARMIN NUVI260 GPS Navigator, bean

bag dash mount, charging cable, car
charger $25 (650) 952-3500
HOME THEATER system receiver KLH"
DVD/CD Player remote 6 spks. ex/con
$70. (650)992-4544
JVC EVERIO Camcorder, new in box
user guide accessories. $75/best offer.
(650)520-7045
KENWOOD STEREO receiver deck,with
CD Player rermote 4 spks. exc/con. $55.
(650)992-4544
LEFT-HAND ERGONOMIC keyboard
with 'A-shape' key layout Num pad, $20
(650)204-0587
MOTOROLA BRAVO MB 520 (android
4.1 upgrade) smart phone 35$ 8GB SD
card Belmont (650)595-8855
ONKYO AV Receiver HT-R570 .Digital
Surround, HDMI, Dolby, Sirius Ready,
Cinema Filter.$95/ Offer 650-591-2393
OPTIMUS H36 ST5800 Tower Speaker
36x10x11 $30. (650)580-6324
PIONEER HOUSE Speakers, pair. 15
inch 3-way, black with screens. Work
great. $99.(650)243-8198
PORTABLE AC/DC Altec Lansing
speaker system for IPods/audio sources.
Great for travel. $15. 650-654-9252
SONY DHG-HDD250 DVR and programable remote.
Record OTA. Clock set issues $99 650595-8855
SONY PROJECTION TV 48" with remote good condition $99 (650)345-1111
TV. PANASONIC -20", w/remote. Model
CT-20SL14J. $25. (650)592-5864.
VINTAGE G.E. radio, model c-430-a
$60. (650)421-5469
VINTAGE G.E. radio, model c-442c $60.
(650)421-5469
Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle

Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
ACROSS
1 Site in a
Steinbeck title
5 Hip-hop fan
9 Pack with a plot
14 Take-out order?
15 Not at all refined
16 Get
melodramatic
17 No kidding?
18 Take off
19 Turkish coins
20 *Sports section
summary
22 Cummerbund
folds
23 Him, to Jacques
24 Letters after a
real name
25 Hyundai rival
26 Familiar address
27 It may lead to a
run
29 *Tatum ONeals
Oscar movie
32 Jeans giant
34 Become
compost
35 Beaux-__:
architectural style
36 *Farfalle
39 Quick-dial
symbol
41 One crunching
nos.
42 Beehive State
cap.
43 *One with deck
skills
46 Gotcha
50 Justice Fortas
51 Bills excellent
adventure
partner
52 Shot spot
54 Native
Nebraskan
55 Complaint about
equity
57 Gift counter
request involving
the starts of the
answers to
starred clues
59 Scheduled to
land
60 Pointers choice
61 Stories of the
ages
62 Not asleep at the
wheel
63 Simpson trial
figure Kaelin
64 Wrongdoings
65 Some Millers
66 Comet, to some
67 Part of an
extended
sentence?
DOWN
1 Safe to bolt
down?
2 Bypass
3 Quacks
concoction
4 Storied loch
5 Trout source
6 Not a fair shake
7 Jon Arbuckles
dog
8 Moreover
9 Place to pick a
ros
10 Friend, in Haiti
11 Island in French
Polynesia
12 How harness
racers move
13 Schoolwork
21 Rod who was an
A.L. All-Star for
18 consecutive
years
22 Some religious
sculptures
25 Music genre for
South Korean
artist Rain
28 Prayer starter
30 Toward the stern
31 Contest
33 Metal artisan
36 Stocking
stuffers?
37 Device that runs
FaceTime
38 Economic
decline
39 National Enquirer
fodder
40 Middle Eastern
salad
44 Stretches on the
job
45 __ chop
47 Fryolator
contents
48 Results of not
following
directions, maybe
49 From your lips to
Gods ears!
53 Inform against
56 Concession
ending
57 Impact sound
58 Sing it, Sam
speaker
60 Refs ruling
ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE:
ANTIQUE MAHOGONY double bed with

adjustable steelframe $225.00. OBO.
(650)592-4529
LOVE SEAT, Upholstered pale yellow

floral $99. (650)574-4021
WOOD - wall Unit - 30" long x 6' tall x

17.5" deep. $90. (650)631-9311
WOOD BOOKCASE unit - good condition $65. (650)504-6058
ANTIQUE MOHAGANY Bookcase. Four

feet tall. $75. (415) 282-0966.
MAPLE COFFEE table. Excellent Condition $75.00 (650)593-1780
BEIGE SOFA $99. Excellent Condition

(650) 315-2319
MAPLE LAMP table with tiffany shade

$95.00 (650)593-1780
WOOD FURNITURE- one end table and

coffee table. In good condition. $30
OBO. (760)996-0767.
BRASS / METAL ETAGERE 6.5 ft tall.

Rugs, Pictures, Mirrors. Four shelf. $200.
(650) 343-0631
MIRROR, SOLID OAK. 30" x 19 1/2",

curved edges; beautiful. $85.00 OBO.
Linda 650 366-2135.
WOOD WALL unit, 7 upper and lower

cabinets, 90" wide x 72" high. $99.
(650)347-6875
BROWN RECLINER, $75 Excellent Condition. (650) 315-2319

CHAIRS 2 Blue Good Condition $50
OBO (650)345-5644
CHILDS TABLE (Fisher Price) and Two
Chairs. Like New. $35. (650) 574-7743.
COFFEE TABLE @ end table Very nice
condition $80. 650 697 7862
COMPUTER DESK $25 , drawer for keyboard, 40" x 19.5" (619)417-0465
COMPUTER SWIVEL CHAIR. Padded
Leather. $80. (650) 455-3409
CUSTOM MADE wood sewing storage
cabinet perfect condition $75. (650)4831222
DINETTE TABLE with Chrome Legs: 36"
x58" (with one leaf 11 1/2") - $50.
(650)341-5347
OAK BOOKCASE, 30"x30" x12". $25.

(650)726-6429
OAK SIX SHELF Book Case 6FT 4FT
$55 (650)458-8280
OAK WINE CABINET, beautiful, glass
front, 18 x 25 x 48 5 shelves, grooved
for bottles. 25-bottle capacity. $299.
(360)624-1898
OUTDOOR WOOD SCREEN - new $80
obo Retail $130 (650)873-8167
PAPASAN CHAIRS (2) -with cushions
$45. each set, (650)347-8061
RATTAN SIX Drawer Brown Dresser;
Glass top and Mirror attachment;
5 ft long. $200. (650) 871-5524.
RECLINING SWIVEL chair almost new
$99 650-766-4858
WOODEN MINI bar with 2 bar stools

$75. (415)265-3395
306 Housewares
BED SPREAD (queen size), flower design, never used. $22. Pls call
650-345-9036
CHRISTMAS TREE China, Fairfield
Peace on Earth. Complete Set of 12 (48
pieces) $75. 650-493-5026
COMPLETE SET OF CHINA - Windsor
Garden, Noritake. Four place-settings,
20-pieces in original box, never used.
$250 per box
(3 boxes available).
(650)342-5630
PRE-LIT 7 ft Christmas tree. Three sections, easy to assemble. $50. 650 349
2963.
DINING ROOM table Good Condition

$90.00 or best offer ( 650)-780-0193
ROCKING CHAIR fine light, oak condition with pads, $85/OBO. 650 369 9762
SOLID TEAK floor model 16 wine rack

with turntable $60. (650)592-7483
DINING/CONF. TABLE top. Clear glass

apprx. 54x36x3/8. Beveled edges &
corners. $50. 650-348-5718
TABLE LAMP w/ hand painted rose design. $25.00 Pls call 650-345-9036
TABLECLOTH, UNUSED in original box,

Royal Blue and white 47x47, great gift,
$10.00, (650) 578-9208.
DRUM TABLE - brown, perfect condition, nice design, with storage, $45.,
(650)345-1111
TABLE, HD. 2'x4'. pair of folding legs at

each end. Laminate top. Perfect.
$60.(650)591-4141
308 Tools
TEAK CABINET 28"x32", used for stereo equipment $25. (650)726-6429
BOSTITCH 16 gage Finish nailer Model

SB 664FN $99 (650)359-9269
FULL SIZED mattress with metal type

frame $35. (650)580-6324
TEAK-VENEER COMPUTER desk with

single drawer and stacked shelves. $30
obo. 650-465-2344
CLICKER TORQUE Wrench, 20-150 lbs,

1/2", new, $25, 650-595-3933
FUTON COUCH into double bed, linens

D41"xW60"xH34" 415-509-8000 $99
TV STAND in great condition. 3'x 20"x

18", light grey. $20. (650)366-8168
ESPRESSO TABLE 30 square, 40 tall,

$95 (650)375-8021
CRAFTMAN RADIAL SAW, with cabinet

stand, $200 Cash Only, (650)851-1045
CRAFTSMAN 3/4 horse power 3,450
RPM $60 (650)347-5373
CRAFTSMAN 9" Radial Arm Saw with 6"
dado set. No stand. $55 (650)341-6402
CRAFTSMAN JIGSAW 3.9 amp. with
variable speeds $65 (650)359-9269
CRAFTSMAN RADIAL Arm Saw Stand.
In box. $30. (650)245-7517
DEWALT DRILL/FLASHLIGHT Set $99
My Cell 650-537-1095. Will email pictures upon request.
ELECTRIC MOTOR MIXER $450.
(650) 333-6275.
HEAVY DUTY Mattock/Pick, Less Handle $5. (650)368-0748
NEW SHUR GRIP SZ327 Snow Cables
+ tentioners $25, 650-595-3933
PULLEYS- FOUR 2-1/8 to 7 1/4" --all for
$16. 650 341-8342
SHOPSMITH MARK V 50th Anniversary
most
attachments.
$1,500/OBO.
(650)504-0585
VINTAGE CRAFTSMAN Jig Saw. Circa
1947. $60. (650)245-7517
WILLIAMS #1191 CHROME 2 1/16"
Combination "SuperRrench". Mint. $89.
650-218-7059.
WILLIAMS #40251, 4 PC. Tool Set
(Hose Remover, Cotter Puller, Awl, Scraper). Mint. $29. 650-218-7059.
WIZARD STAINED Glass Grinder, extra
bit, good condition, shield included,
$50. Jack @348-6310
310 Misc. For Sale

"MOTHER-IN-LAW TONGUES" plants,
3 in 5-gal cans. $10.00 each. 650/5937408.
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8 TRACKS, billy Joel, Zeppelin, Eagles

,Commodores, more.40 @ $4 each , call
650-393-9908
ELECTRICAL CORD for Clothes
Dryer. New, $7.00. Call 650-345-9036
GAME "BEAT THE EXPERTS" never
used $8., (408)249-3858
HARLEY DAVIDSON black phone, perfect condition, $65., (650) 867-2720
INCUBATOR, $99, (650)678-5133
LIONEL CHRISTMAS Boxcars 2005,
2006, 2007 New OB $90 lot 650-3687537
LIONEL CHRISTMAS Holiday expansion Set. New OB $99 650-368-7537
LIONEL ENGINE #221 Rio Grande diesel, runs good ex-condition
$90.
(650)867-7433
LIONEL WESTERN Union Pass car and
dining car. New OB $99 650-368-7537
RMT CHRISTMAS Diesel train and Caboose. Rare. New OB $99 650-368-7537
SAMSONITE 26" tan hard-sided suit
case, lt. wt., wheels, used once/like new.
$60. 650-328-6709
STAR TREK VCR tape Colombia House,
Complete set 79 episodes $50
(650)355-2167
TASCO LUMINOVA Telescope.with tripod stand, And extra Lenses. Good condition.$90. call 650-591-2393
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ULTRASONIC JEWELRY Cleaning Machine Cleans jewelry, eyeglasses, dentures, keys. Concentrate included. $30
OBO. (650)580-4763
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310 Misc. For Sale

VASE WITH flowers 2 piece good for the
Holidays, $25., (650) 867-2720
VINTAGE WHITE Punch Bowl/Serving
Bowl Set with 10 cups plus one extra
$30. (650)873-8167
311 Musical Instruments

BALDWIN GRAND PIANO, 6 foot, excellent condition, $8,500/obo. Call
(510)784-2598
GULBRANSEN BABY GRAND PIANO Appraised @ $5450., want $1800 obo,
(650)343-4461
HAILUN PIANO for sale, brand new, excellent condition. $6,000. (650)308-5296
HAMMOND B-3 Organ and 122 Leslie
Speaker. Excellent condition. $8,500. private owner, (650)349-1172
MONARCH UPRIGHT player piano $99
(650) 583-4549
UPRIGHT PIANO. In tune. Fair condition. $300 OBO (650) 533-4886.
WURLITZER PIANO, console, 40 high,
light brown, good condition. $490.
(650)593-7001
YAMAHA PIANO, Upright, Model M-305,
$750. Call (650)572-2337
312 Pets & Animals

AIRLINE CARRIER for cats, pur. from
Southwest Airlines, $25, 2 available. Call
(505-228-1480) local.
BAMBOO BIRD Cage - very intricate design - 21"x15"x16". $50 (650)341-6402
FRENCH BULLDOG PUPPIES For Sale
in San Mateo. You are welcome to come
and see puppies. Text or Call for appointment. (650) 274-2241.
For Pictures visit website: frenchbulldogsanfrancisco.com
FRENCH BULLDOG puppies. Many
colors.
AKC Registration. Call
(415)596-0538.
ONE KENNEL Cab ll one Pet Taxi animal carriers 26x16. Excellent cond. $60..
650-593-2066
PARROT CAGE, Steel, Large - approx
4 ft by 4 ft, Excellent condition $300 best
offer. (650)245-4084
PET CARRIER, brown ,Very good condition, $15.00 medium zize leave txt or call
650 773-7201
315 Wanted to Buy
318 Sports Equipment
345 Medical Equipment
440 Apartments
625 Classic Cars
WE BUY
ATOMIC SKI bag -- 215 cm. Lightly

used, great condition. $15. (650) 5730556.
TRAVEL WHEEL chair Light weight travel w/carrying case. $300. (650)596-0513
SAN MATEO, Completely remodeled

new, 2 bdrm 1 bath Laurelwood.. $2,900.
(650)342-6342
FORD 63 thunderbird Hardtop, 390 engine, Leather Interior. Will consider

$5,400. /OBO (650)364-1374
DELUXE OVER the door chin up bar; excellent shape; $10; 650-591-9769 San
Carlos
Garage Sales
G.I. ammo can, medium, good cond. $8.

Call (650) 591-4553, days only.
GARAGE SALES
ESTATE SALES
Gold, Silver, Platinum

Always True & Honest values
Millbrae Jewelers
Est. 1957
400 Broadway - Millbrae
650-697-2685
316 Clothes
BLACK LEATHER belt, wide, non-slip,
43" middle hole, $2, 650-595-3933
HATS, BRAND New, Nascar Racing,
San Francisco 49ers and Giants, excellent condition, $10. 510-684-0187
LEATHER JACKET, New Black Italian
style, size M Ladies $45 (650) 875-1708
LEATHER JACKET, New Dark Brown ,
Italian style, Size L $49 (650) 875-1708
MANS SUIT, perfect condition. Jacket
size 42, pants 32/32. Only $35. Call
650-345-9036
PARIS HILTON purse white & silver unused, about 12" long x 9" high $23. 650592-2648
SUNGLASSSES UNISEX TOMS Lobamba S007 w/ Tortoise Frames. Polarized lenses 100% UVA/UVB NEW
$65.(650)591-6596
VELVET DRAPE, 100% cotton, new
beautiful burgundy 82"X52" W/6"hems:
$45 (415)585-3622
VEST, BROWN Leather , Size 42 Regular, Like New, $25 (650) 875-1708
VINTAGE 1970S Grecian made dress,
size 6-8, $35 (650)873-8167
317 Building Materials

32 PAVING/EDGING bricks, 12 x 5x1
Brown, smooth surface, good clean condition. $32. (650)588-1946 San Bruno
CULTURED MARBLE 2 tone BR vanity
counter top. New toe skin/ scribe. 29 x
19 $300 (408)744-1041
EXTERIOR BRASS lanterns 20" 2 NEW,
both $30. (650)574-4439
INTERIOR DOORS, 8, free.
call 573-7381.
SHUTTERS 2 wooden shutters 32x72
like new $50.00 ea.call 650 368-7891
WHITE DOUBLE pane window for $29
or Best offer. Call Halim @ (650) 6785133.
WOODEN SHUTTERS 12x36" Six available. $20. (650)574-4439
318 Sports Equipment
Carpets
25
GOLF BALLS-15 dozen. All Brands: Titeslist, Taylor Made, Callaway. $5 per
dozen. (650)345-3840.
GOLF CLUB, Superstick,this collapsible
single club adjusts to 1-9,$20,San Carlos
(650)591-9769
GOLF CLUBS, 2 sets of $30 & $60.
(415)265-3395
IN-GROUND BASKETBALL hoop, fiberglass backboard, adjustable height, $80
obo 650-364-1270
LADIES MCGREGOR Golf Clubs
Right handed with covers and pull cart
$150 o.b.o. (650)344-3104
POWER PLUS Exercise Machine
(650)368-3037
$99
SOCCER BALLS - $8.00 each (like new)

4 available. (650)341-5347
TREADMILL BY PRO-FORM. (Hardly
Used). 10% incline, 2.5 HP motor, 300lb
weight capacity. $329 (650)598-9804
TWO SETS of 10lb barbell weights @
$10 each set. (650)593-0893
VINTAGE ENGLISH ladies ice skates up to size 7-8, $40., (650)873-8167
VINTAGE GOLF Set for $75 My Cell
650-537-1095. Will email pictures upon
request.
WET SUIT - medium size, $95., call for
info (650)851-0878
WOMEN'S LADY Cougar gold iron set
set - $25. (650)348-6955
335 Rugs
CARPET RUNNER, new, 30 inches,
bound on both sides, burgundy color, 30
lineal feet, $290. Call (650)579-0933.
345 Medical Equipment

ADULT DIAPERS, disposable, 10 bags,
20 diapers per bag, $10 each. (650)3420935
BATH CHAIR LIFT. Peterman battery
operated bath chair lift. Stainless steel
frame. Accepts up to 350lbs. Easily inserted I/O tub.$250 OBO.
(650) 739-6489.
BATH TRANSFER bench, back rest and
side arm, suction cups for the floor.
$75/obo. (650)757-0149
BUCK TACTICAL folding knife, Masonic

logo, NEW $19, 650-595-3933
QUICKIE WHEELCHAIR - Removable

arms for transferring standard size.
$350.00. (650) 345-3017
Cleaning
Cleaning
470 Rooms
630 Trucks & SUVs
HIP HOUSING
Non-Profit Home Sharing Program
San Mateo County
(650)348-6660
DODGE 01 DURANGO, V-8 SUV, 1

owner, dark blue, CLEAN! $5,000/obo.
Call (650)492-1298
LEXUS 01 RX300. Only 130,000 miles
4wd $6900. (650)342-6342
Make money, make room!
620 Automobiles
List your upcoming garage

sale, moving sale, estate
sale, yard sale, rummage
sale, clearance sale, or
whatever sale you have...
in the Daily Journal.
Complete Repair & Service

$29.75 plus certificate fee
Reach over 76,500 readers

from South San Francisco
to Palo Alto.
in your local newspaper.
640 Motorcycles/Scooters
AA SMOG
(most cars)
869 California Drive .

Burlingame
(650) 340-0492
Call (650)344-5200
379 Open Houses
Sell your vehicle in the

Daily Journals
Auto Classifieds.
670 Auto Service
Just $42!
Well run it
til you sell it!
List your Open House

in the Daily Journal.
Reach 76,500 drivers

from South SF to
Palo Alto
380 Real Estate Services
HOMES & PROPERTIES

The San Mateo Daily Journals
weekly Real Estate Section.
Look for it
every Friday and Weekend
to find information on fine homes
and properties throughout
the local area.
Concrete
MENLO ATHERTON
AUTO REPAIR
WE SMOG ALL CARS
1279 El Camino Real
Menlo Park
650 -273-5120
OPEN HOUSE
LISTINGS
Call (650)344-5200
DAINESE BOOTS Zipper & Velcro Closure, Cushioned Ankle, Excellent Condition Unisex EU40 $55 (650)357-7484
MOTORCYCLE SADDLEBAGS, with
mounting hardware and other parts $35.
Call (650)670-2888
Dont lose money

on a trade-in or
consignment!
Reach over 76,500

potential home buyers &
renters a day,
from South San Francisco
to Palo Alto.
in your local newspaper.
BMW 03 F650 GS, $3899 OBO. Call

650-995-0003
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Call (650)344-5200
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670 Auto Parts

BRIDGESTONE TURANZA RFT (Run
Flat) 205/55/16 EL 42 All Season Like
New $100. (650)483-1222
BRIDGESTONE TURANZA RFT (Run
Flat) 205/55/16 EL42 used 70% left $80.
(650)483-1222
CHEVY 10 HHR . 68K. EXCELLENT

CONDITION. $8888. (650)274-8284.
CHEVY HHR 08 - Grey, spunky car
loaded, even seat warmers, $9,500.
(408)807-6529.
DODGE
99 Van, Good Condition,
$4,200 OBO (650)481-5296
FORD 98 Mustang. GT Convertible.
Summer fun car. Green, Tan, Leather interior, Excellent Condition. 128,000
Miles. $3700. (650) 440-4697.
LEXUS
07
IS250
$13,500.(650)342-6342
lexus
112k,
LEXUS 99 ES2300,
$5,200. (650)302-5523
white,
119K.
NEVER
MOUNTED
new Metzeler
120/70ZR-18 tire $50, 650-595-3933
NEW CONTINENTAL Temporary tire
mounted on 5 lug rim Size T125/70/R1798M $100. (650)483-1222
SET OF cable chains for 14-17in tires
$20 650-766-4858
SHOP MANUALS for GM Suv's
Year 2002 all for $40 (650)948-0912
680 Autos Wanted
TOYOTA AVALON 08 $10,000. 95K

Miles. Leather, A/C. One Owner.
Ed @ (415) 310-2457.
Wanted 62-75 Chevrolets

Novas, running or not
Parts collection etc.
So clean out that garage
Give me a call
Joe 650 342-2483
Concrete
Construction
ANGIES CLEANING &

POWERWASHING
Move in/out; Post Construction;

Commercial & Residential;
Carpet Cleaning; Powerwashing
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HOME & OFFICE, Flexible Services,

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Construction
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CONSTRUCTION
New Construction
Remodeling
Kitchen/Bathrooms
Decks/Fences
(650)589-0372
Licensed and Insured
Lic. #589596
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Construction
Gardening
Gutter Cleaning
COMPLETE
GARDENING
SERVICES
GUTTER
+ Clean Rain Gutters

Call Jose:
(650) 315-4011
Hauling
Landscaping
Roofing
AUTUMN LAWN
PREPARATION!
CLEANING
Drought Tolerant Planting

Drip Systems, Rock Gardens
Pressure Washing,
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Housecleaning
Decks & Fences
MARSH FENCE
& DECK CO.
State License #377047

Licensed Insured Bonded
Fences - Gates - Decks
Stairs - Retaining Walls
10-year guarantee
Quality work w/reasonable prices
Call for free estimate
(650)571-1500
Electricians
CONSUELOS HOUSE
CLEANING
Bi-Weekly/Once a Month,
Moving In & Out
28 yrs. in Business
Free Estimates, 15% off First Visit
(650)219-4066
Lic#1211534
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Specializing in any size project
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Gardening
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PREPARATION
Drought Tolerant Planting

Drip Systems, Rock Gardens
Pressure Washing,
and lots more!
Call Robert
STERLING GARDENS
650-703-3831
Lic #751832
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Painting Electrical
Carpentry Dry Rot
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Retired Licensed Contractor
Painting
Tree Service
CRAIGS PAINTING
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Tree Service
Residential & Commercial

Interior & Exterior
10-year guarantee
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$40 & UP
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Monthly Specials
Fast, Dependable Service
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JON LA MOTTE
Hillside Tree
Interior & Exterior

Quality Work, Reasonable
Rates, Free Estimates
Family Owned Since 2000
(650)368-8861
CHAINEY HAULING
Lic #514269
Furniture / Appliance / Disposal

Tree / Bush / Dirt / Concrete Demo
NICK MEJIA PAINTING
Junk & Debris Clean Up

Starting at $40 & Up
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Free Estimates
(650)207-6592
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Large & Small Jobs
Classic Brushwork, Matching, Staining, Varnishing, Cabinet Finishing
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