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Wednesday • Dec. 29, 2010 • Vol XI, Edition 115
Mayor readies for tough budget decisions
San Mateo’s tax revenue down,forces new ways of thinking
By Bill Silverfarb
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Every year San Mateo Mayor Jack
Matthews has served on the council, the
city has had to make deep cuts to its
budget — next year will be no different.
As 2010 winds down, San Mateo has
projected a $5.4 million structural deficit
for the next few years that will take city
employee wage concessions and other
creative solutions to solve.
Since Matthews was first elected to the
council seven years ago, San Mateo’s
workforce has shrunk by 121 employees.
The Fox Theatre in Redwood City is hosting a concert featuring The Unauthorized Rolling Stones (top) and Sun Kings (bottom)
to celebrate New Year’s Eve.The Bay Area is hosting a variety of activities for the end of 2010.
Ringin’ in the New Year
Peninsula events aplenty to celebrate this weekend
By Heather Murtagh
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
As people around the world count
down the final seconds of 2010, where
will you be?
Haven’t decided yet? That’s OK.
There is plenty to do around the Bay
Area or even at home.
WORLD PAGE 23
In 2009, residents approved two taxes
to help raise about $4 million a year to
keep the city afloat but the Measure L
quarter-cent sales tax expires in 2018
and the city is now studying its revenue
and expenses to try to close the structur-
al deficit by the time the sales tax sun-
sets.
To trim the deficit, city staff have pro-
posed a variety of solutions, including
sharing services with other cities, decid-
ing which city services are “essential”
and seeking wage concessions from its
employees.
“In the past, certain assumptions were
PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE UNAUTHORIZED ROLLING STONES AND SUN KINGS
Live music traditionally fits with any
New Year’s countdown.
In Redwood City, the Fox Theatre,
located at 2215 Broadway, is hosting a
concert featuring the Sun Kings and
The Unauthorized Rolling Stones. For
$75, partygoers can enjoy an open bar
from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., champagne
toast at midnight, party favors and a
PROMISE FIZZLES
SCHWARZENEGGER’S PROMISE TO BLOW UP BOXES A
DUD
STATE PAGE 5
made that are no longer valid,”
Matthews said, referring to expected tax
revenue. “We are looking to staff to help
us solve the problems, to adjust to a new
norm.”
Matthews wants to avoid layoffs and
hopes management and the city’s rank-
and-file employees can work out a deal
to keep the city intact.
“On the whole, the city is best served
by keeping its employees and using
them efficiently,” Matthews said.
Matthews, an architect with an office
downtown, has himself not been San Mateo Mayor Jack Matthews, an architect with a
downtown office,will head a city this year that needs to trim
See MAYOR, Page 24 $5.4 million from its budget to meet revenue.
special midnight celebration.
Downtown Redwood City promises
more musical options.
Angelica’s Bistro, located at 863 Main
St., will feature two bands — Nigel &
Clive and the British Invasion and Just
Cream Tribute to Eric Clapton. The $85
per person price — which increases to
See 2011, Page 24
SCOTS BEAT
BRUINS BY 9
SPORTS PAGE 11
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BILL SILVERFARB/DAILY JOURNAL
Snowpack
at 198 pct.
of normal
By Judy Lin
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Inside
New storm
SACRAMENTO — The Department of bringing powerful wind,
Water Resources conducted its first snow sur- rain to state
vey of the season Tuesday and found the See page 8
snowpack in California’s mountains is hold-
ing nearly twice as much water than average
for this time of year.
The heavy snowpack across the 400-mile-long Sierra
Nevada range means the state will likely be able to boost water
deliveries next year to cities and farms coping with a recent
drought.
The agency previously projected the state will deliver half of
the water requested next year. The latest results mean the allo-
cation is almost certain to rise, providing some relief to the
See SNOW, Page 22
Eileen Larsen, former
Foster City mayor, dies
By Bill Silverfarb
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Eileen Larsen, the first woman elected to
the Foster City Council in 1974, died Dec.
18 in Reno with her family close by.
She was 76.
Larsen was a fixture in Foster City politics
for decades, being re-elected to the council
in 1996. She served as mayor in 1998. Eileen Larsen
See LARSEN, Page 24
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Quote of the Day Snapshot Inside

“This isn’t about Schwarzenegger Holiday
or Brown.The Legislature passed this,and delights
the governor signed it.We intend to carry Booze up
out the intent of the Legislature when the your baking
courts will allow us to do that.” See page 21
— Eric Lamoureux, spokesman
for the Department of General Services
“Court denies Schwarzenegger
buildings sale,” see page 5

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Now arrange the circled letters
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suggested by the above cartoon.
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over 6,600 miles, making it longer than
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duced by General Mills. The new cereal
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The word “listen” contains the same let-
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THE DAILY JOURNAL
Court: Sex registration questioned in attack
By Michelle Durand
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
A man who admitted forcing a San Bruno
gas station attendant to perform a sexual act
on him during an armed robbery last year
shouldn’t have been ordered to register as a
sex offender because his lengthy plea deal
didn’t include conviction on any sex crimes,
according to a state appellate court.
Sione Motuapuaka, 37, admitted the sexual
assault along with a string of Peninsula rob-
beries but did not plead no contest to any of
the oral copulation charges. Motuapuaka
accepted a 60-year term for two counts of
burglary, four counts of robbery, false impris-
onment, kidnapping and assault with a
firearm. In his appeal of the sex registration
requirement, Motuapuaka argued he agreed
to a sentence 10 years longer than he would
have otherwise accepted to avoid the man-
date. However, the judge still imposed the
requirement because he said the kidnapping
of the gas station worker was committed due
to Motuapuaka’s “sexual compulsion or for
the purposes of sexual gratification.”
In a Dec. 27 ruling, the first appellate court
of California held the requirement was wrong
and sent the matter back to San Mateo County
Superior Court for further consideration. The
justice conceded reaching the conclusion
“reluctantly” because Motuapuaka will likely
spend the rest of his life in prison. Pushing
San Mateo County prosecutors and Judge
Sketch of construction
site robber released
San Mateo police released a sketch of one
of two men who robbed two construction
workers at a job site the morning of Friday,
Dec. 17.
The man is described as Hispanic, 20 to 30
years old, about 5 feet 11 inches and 180
pounds, clean-shaven with a possible birth-
mark on the right side of his face. He and
LOCAL
Susan Etezadi to re-address
the matter could be per-
ceived as an idle act
because Motuapuaka will
be 88 years old at the earli-
est when released, they
found. However, the justice
said they had no choice
because the judge erred in
Sione requiring Motuapuaka reg-
Motuapuaka ister despite his lack of
conviction on any crimes
that typically carry the mandate.
The matter is mainly procedural and prose-
cutors will ask Etezadi to impose registration
under the appropriate statute, said Chief
Deputy District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe.
While Wagstaffe agreed Motuapuaka will
probably die in prison, he said the registration
is important because there is no guarantee.
“It is because of that word, probably. With a
fellow that engaged in this kind of evil, we
don’t want to take any chances,” Wagstaffe
said.
The Feb. 8, 2009 sexual assault ended an
armed crime spree in Daly City, Colma and
San Bruno. On Jan. 3, 2009, Motuapuaka
tried robbing a liquor store in Daly City. The
next day, he stole two television stands from
a San Bruno Target store, throwing a fire-
cracker to distract security. On Jan. 5, he
armed himself with a sawed-off shotgun to
rob a Colma flower shop and locked the clerk
in the rest room. On Jan. 16, Motuapuaka
another man robbed the
construction workers of
personal possessions at
gunpoint at 10:30 a.m on
the 1300 block of Maple
Street.
The other suspect is
described as Hispanic, 20
to 30 years old, about 5 feet
8 inches, 180 pounds with
Suspect a thin face and a goatee.
Anyone with any infor-
Wednesday • Dec. 29, 2010 3
robbed a doughnut shop followed by a Daly
Police reports
City Subway on Jan. 28.
Later an unsigned letter ....
Someone rang a doorbell but wasn’t there
On Feb. 8, 2009, while robbing the Valero and later someone called the house phone
gas station, located at 310 E. San Bruno Ave., but didn’t speak at a residence on the 1400
Motuapuaka forced the female clerk into the block of Balboa Avenue in Burlingame
store’s cooler where she was bound her eyes before 9:38 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 26.
and mouth with duct taped. He sexually
assaulted her and left her there to wait on a
customer as if he was an employee, according BURLINGAME
to police. He later took a box of condoms Vandalism. A door was kicked in on the 2800
from the shelf and returned to the cooler to block of Mariposa Drive before 10:26 a.m.
again sexually assault the employee. He made
Saturday, Dec. 25.
her open the cash register and fled with Grand theft. A vehicle was broken into and a
money, cigarettes and groceries.
laptop and purse were taken on the 2200 block
In February, prosecutors offered of Davis Drive before 1:41 p.m. Saturday,
Motuapuaka two plea deals, one for 60 years
Dec. 25.
in prison and the other for 50 years. The less- Burglary. A vehicle was broken into on the
er term required his pleading no contest to 1500 block of Bayshore Highway before 4:38
forced oral copulation instead of kidnapping a.m. Friday, Dec. 24.
and assault, a difference that would have Burglary. The tires and rims were stolen off
mandated his registration as a sex offender of two Corvettes in a car lot on the 100 block
of California Drive before 7:42 a.m. Thursday,
and could prevent future visits in prison by
his children. Dec. 23.
At the time the case settled, prosecutors
called it a great disposition for public safety. FOSTER CITY
When the case returns to San Mateo Trespassing. A scavenger refused to stop
County Superior Court, Motuapuaka’s new going through the recycling bin at a Chevron
defense attorney could still challenge regis- on East Hillsdale Boulevard before 11:26 p.m.
tration on different grounds. Saturday, Dec. 25.
Petty theft. Two $100 checks and a USPS
package containing a cake was stolen from a
Michelle Durand can be reached by e-mail: front porch on Juno Lane before 4:17 p.m.
michelle@smdailyjournal.com or by phone: (650) Thursday, Dec. 23.
344-5200 ext. 102. Petty theft. A shoplifter was arrested and
treated at the scene for a seizure at Costco
Wholesale on Metro Center Boulevard before
Local brief 5:07 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 23.
mation should call the San Mateo Police Grand theft. UPS packages containing cloth-
Department at 522-7700. ing valued at $500 were stolen on Ursa Lane
before 9:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 23.
4 Wednesday • Dec. 29, 2010
Majken L.V. Neuman
Obituaries
Majken L.V. Neuman, born in Goteborg, Sweden, died Dec.
21, 2010. She was 89.
She worked at Raytheon in Mountain
View for 13 years. Loved her son Gary
Neuman (wife Sumie), daughter Eva-Lena
Lyssand (husband Age), eight grandchil-
dren and eight great-grandchildren. She
was a passionate contributor to all animal
causes.
Service at 3 p.m. Jan. 2 at Redwood
Chapel, 847 Woodside Road in Redwood
City. In lieu of flowers, please donate in Majken’s name to the
Peninsula Humane Society and/or Pets in Need in Redwood
City.
Kathleen ‘Kay’ June Reeves
Kathleen “Kay” June Reeves, resident of Burlingame, died
in Burlingame Dec. 22, 2010 at the age of 89.
She was born in St. Charles, Iowa, and was a registered nurse
and a flight attendant.
Her husband Harold Reeves preceded Kay in death. She is
survived by her sons Dennis, Jeff, (Susan) and Craig, (Dawn);
sister Jo Burke; grandchildren Dominique, Scott, Alison, Dan,
Melanie and Shelby Reeves.
Friends are invited to attend a graveside service 2:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 29 at Alta Mesa Memorial Park, 695
Arastradero Road in Palo Alto.
The family wishes to thank Faye, Susie and Gladys at
Burlingame Senior Home for the excellent care they gave to
Kay over the past few years.
Sign the guestbook at www.crippenflynn.com.
LOCAL
Holiday DUI arrests down, Bay Area mirrors trend
BAY CITY NEWS SERVICE
Arrests for driving under the influence
and traffic deaths over the holiday week-
end are down compared to last year,
according to numbers released by the
California Highway Patrol Monday.
In the period spanning from 6 p.m.
Dec. 24 through midnight on Dec. 26,
Bay Area CHP officers made 115 DUI
arrests, down from 195 for the same peri-
od last year.
Across the state, CHP officers nabbed
658 drivers for drunken driving, which is
also a drop from the 1104 arrests for the
same period in 2009.
Traffic deaths statewide were just a
Pilot defends posting security videos on YouTube
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO — A pilot who
posted YouTube videos criticizing secu-
rity at San Francisco International
Airport said Tuesday he is shocked at the
national uproar they’ve created.
Chris Liu, 50, told ABC’s “Good
Morning America” that he wasn’t aware
so many people watch YouTube. He and
his attorney, Don Werno, defended the
footage showing how grounds crew can
fraction of what they were last year, with
just a single fatality this year versus 15
from last year.
During the next maximum enforce-
ment period, up to 80 percent of all avail-
able uniformed officers will be out in
force for the New Year’s holiday, accord-
ing to the CHP.
Meanwhile, law enforcement officers
in Solano County will target the “Worst
of the Worst” DUI offenders, including
among others, those who disobey court
orders not to drive without a valid
license.
Officers with the Avoid the Solano 10
campaign will monitor court proceedings
and individuals leaving the county court,
enter secure areas by swiping security
cards and without undergoing further
screening. It exposes a security lapse at
the airport, they said.
“There have been numerous articles
written about this security problem, and
I just wanted to address it,” Liu said. “I
didn’t really think that anybody was
watching YouTube, so I didn’t really
think much of it.”
Werno said his client, who has previ-
ously remained anonymous, decided to
THE DAILY JOURNAL
according to an announcement by the
campaign.
Offenders will face additional trips to
court, fines and possible jail time for fail-
ing to obey court and Department of
Motor Vehicles orders not to drive with-
out a license.
Arrests were also down in San Mateo
County over a 10-day period leading up
to the holiday weekend, with 91 DUI
arrests this year compared to 129 arrests
last year, according to the Avoid the 23
San Mateo County DUI campaign.
In Santa Clara County, officers made
331 DUI arrests in the 10-day period
from Dec. 17 through Dec. 26, compared
to 393 from the same period in 2009.
go public after reporters figured out his
identity. Werno and Liu also held a news
conference Tuesday at Sacramento
International Airport.
“This was never about being famous
for me,” Liu, a Colfax resident, said with
his wife, Sandra, by his side. “This was
about aviation security.”
Liu, who refers to himself as the
“Patriot Pilot” on a website explaining
why he made the videos, posted them in
late November or early December.
THE DAILY JOURNAL STATE Wednesday • Dec. 29, 2010 5
Salmonella outbreak
Over-the-top pledge dies spreads to 16 states
Schwarzenegger promise to blow up boxes fizzled THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By Don Thompson ATLANTA — An outbreak of salmonella that was tied to

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS tainted alfalfa sprouts has grown to at least 94 cases in 16
states.
SACRAMENTO — It was the kind of The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on
over-the-top pledge Californians had Tuesday said the case count had risen from 89 cases in 15
come to expect from the Hollywood states in the past week, with California joining the list.
action star they had elevated to the gov- More than half the cases have been in Illinois. There have
ernor’s office in their unprecedented been no deaths.
political revolt: Arnold Schwarzenegger
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration advised the public
wouldn’t just rearrange the boxes of a
not to eat alfalfa sprouts produced by the Tiny Greens Organic
bloated state bureaucracy, he would
Farm in Urbana, Ill., because of possible salmonella contami-
“blow them up.”
The “Governator,” who rode voter dis- nation. The warning issued Monday evening also includes a
content into office during the 2003 recall mix called spicy sprouts, which contains radish and clover
election, said he would streamline a sprouts.
wasteful government to trim its cost,
consolidate departments with overlap-
ping responsibilities and eliminate
unneeded boards and commissions.
As Schwarzenegger prepares to leave
office in January, most of the boxes sur- DAILY JOURNAL FILE PHOTO
vive. Some have been rearranged, some Arnold Schwarzenegger vowed to be the kind of leader who wouldn’t just rearrange
have expanded, and at least one restruc- the boxes of a bloated state bureaucracy,but would ‘blow them up.’
turing has been criticized for causing
more harm than good. August 2004 that would have been the January 2005 State of the State address.
“Every governor proposes moving largest reorganization of state govern- Yet he continued appointing members to
boxes around to reorganize government. ment since the 1960s. many of those same boards, using the
I don’t want to move the boxes around; I The performance review proposed appointments as every governor before
want to blow them up,” he said in his consolidating 11 agencies and 79 him had — to reward termed-out law-
first State of the State address in January departments into 11 major departments makers who had supported his propos-
2004. “We have multiple departments while eliminating 12,000 state jobs. It als.
with overlapping responsibilities. I say said 117 of the 339 boards and commis- Schwarzenegger targeted 88 of the
consolidate them. We have boards and sions it examined should be eliminated boards and commissions in a January
commissions that serve no pressing pub- to save $34 million and 1,153 jobs, 2005 report. Yet by the time the report
lic need. I say abolish them.” many paying more than $100,000 a year. was issued, Schwarzenegger was
He ordered a study — later named the “No one paid by the state should make already moving on to other priorities and
California Performance Review — $100,000 a year for only meeting twice into a phase of confrontation with law-
which issued recommendations in a month,” Schwarzenegger said in his makers.

Court denies Schwarzenegger buildings sale

By Judy Lin
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SACRAMENTO — The California
Supreme Court on Tuesday denied Gov.
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s last-minute
plea to let him complete the sale of 11
state government properties before he
leaves office next week.
Acting Chief Justice Patricia Benke
issued a one-sentence ruling denying the
Republican governor’s petition to allow
the transaction to go through before Jan.
3. The ruling means the decision to sell
the buildings will fall to Gov.-elect Jerry
Brown.
Brown has not said publicly what he
wants to do, and a spokesman said the
incoming Democratic governor will
review the proposal after he is sworn in.
As the state’s attorney general, Brown
declined to represent Schwarzenegger in
the case.
“We’re disappointed with the court’s
action,” said Eric Lamoureux, a
spokesman for the Department of
General Services, the state agency in
charge of the sale. “This isn’t about
Schwarzenegger or Brown. The
Legislature passed this, and the governor
signed it. We intend to carry out the intent
of the Legislature when the courts will
allow us to do that.”
Three former members of the state
building authority had sued to stop the
sale, saying it amounted to an unlawful
gift of public funds and illegally bypassed
the state Judicial Council, which has
authority over some of the buildings that
Schwarzenegger wants to sell.
Schwarzenegger last year proposed
selling the state-owned buildings to raise
more than $1.2 billion to help close the
state’s general fund budget deficit. Under
the deal approved by lawmakers, the state
would continue to use the space by enter-
ing into a 20-year lease with the new
owners.
Earlier this year, the governor ousted
the building authority members after they
questioned the long-term consequences
for taxpayers and asked the state to per-
form a cost-benefit analysis.
Those building authority members
sued, and an appeals court on Monday
barred the sale until it hears arguments
Jan. 23.
6 Wednesday • Dec. 29, 2010 LOCAL/NATION THE DAILY JOURNAL

Local brief
Hospital offers safety tips
Police fatalities jump 37 percent in 2010
By Greg Bluestein
San Mateo Medical Center physicians are
offering up safety tips to help residents avoid
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS “We’re asking our officers to do more with less.
house fires, burns and other injuries often
ATLANTA — Two officers in a remote
We’re asking them to fight conventional crime,and we’re
linked to cold weather, dry trees and hot
Alaska town were ambushed as they chatted asking them to serve on the front lines in the war against terror.”
stoves.
on a street. A California officer and deputy — Craig Floyd,director of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund
“Prevention is the best strategy to keep our
were killed by an arson suspect with a high-
patients safe from the accidental fires and car-
powered rifle as they tried to serve a warrant. jump from last year’s figures, when 49 were front lines in the war against terror,” he said.
bon monoxide poisoning that often occur dur-
Two other officers doing anti-drug work were killed. The total does not include the death of Last year’s toll of 117 officers killed was a
ing the holiday season,” said SMMC pediatri-
gunned down by men along a busy Arkansas a Georgia State Patrol trooper shot in the neck 50-year low that encouraged police groups.
cian Neel Patel. “In our clinics, we routinely
highway. Monday night in Atlanta as he tried to make a But this year’s total is more the norm than an
discuss preventive measures. We prevent life-
These so-called cluster killings of more than traffic stop. And 73 officers died in traffic inci- anomaly: The number of police deaths has
threatening illnesses with vaccinations and we
one officer helped make 2010 a particularly dents, a rise from the 51 killed in 2009, topped 160 five times since 2000, including
feel it is equally important to prevent life-
deadly year for law enforcement. Deaths in according to the data. 240 in 2001. The annual toll routinely topped
threatening accidents with safety recommen-
the line of duty jumped 37 percent to about Craig Floyd, director of the Washington- 200 in the 1970s and before that in the 1920s.
dations.”
160 from 117 the year before, according to based fund, said the rise in fatalities could be The deaths were spread across more than 30
Safety tips passed on from the California
numbers as of Tuesday compiled by the an aftershock of the nation’s economic trou- states and Puerto Rico — with the most
State Firefighter’s Association include:
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial bles as officers in some communities cope killings reported in Texas, California, Illinois,
• Place space heaters and candles in a safe
Fund, a nonprofit that tracks police deaths. with slashed budgets. Florida and Georgia. The two law enforce-
location, away from flammable materials and
There also was a spike in shooting deaths. “We’re asking our officers to do more with ment agencies with the most deaths were the
surfaces.
Fifty-nine federal, state and local officers less. We’re asking them to fight conventional California Highway Patrol and the Chicago
• Get rid of dead holiday trees as quickly as
were killed by gunfire in 2010, a 20 percent crime, and we’re asking them to serve on the Police Department, each with five.
possible. Although lit Christmas trees present
serious fire hazards, the dangers of live
Christmas trees usually come after the holiday
when it dries out and is more prone to fire.
• Avoid leaving hot liquids on the stove or
New laws may not be on the books for long
By Scott Bauer arrive for work. And if new GOP majorities The election also increased the number of
counter, and protect children from stove burn-
ers, gas heaters, fireplaces and lit candles. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS succeed in getting legislation repealed, the Republican governors from 23 to 26.
• Heat homes safely. Carbon monoxide poi- result may be sudden U-turns on issues that With the switch in party control could come
soning is known as a silent killer because it MADISON, Wis. — Revamped gun meas- were only recently debated. abrupt changes in the way some states handle
cannot be seen or smelled. Always check to ures and tougher rules for payday lenders are Before the November election, Democrats government regulation, privatization and other
make sure gas heaters are properly ventilated among the laws set to take effect around the controlled legislatures in 27 states, with matters.
and to never use gas ranges, ovens or barbecue country on Jan. 1. But some of them may not Republicans in charge of just 14. But after the Nowhere was the political shift more dra-
grills as headers. be on the books for long. nationwide Republican sweep, the GOP will matic than in Wisconsin, where power in the
• Test your smoke alarms monthly and This January, the statutes will kick in just as soon control 26, the Democrats only 17. Statehouse will shift wholesale from
install them on every level of a home. freshly elected governors and legislators Control of others is split between the parties. Democrats to Republicans.

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Around the Bay
Hawaii’s gov.wants to reveal Obama birth info
By Mark Niesse
Part of San Jose
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
park closed after landfill leak
SAN JOSE — Part of a San Jose park is
HONOLULU — Democratic Gov. Neil closed indefinitely after a landfill company
Abercrombie wants to find a way to release released a noxious substance into a creek.
more information about President Barack Tamara Shear, spokeswoman for the Santa
Obama’s Hawaii birth and dispel conspiracy Clara County Parks Department, said that the
theories that he was born elsewhere. northern end of Almaden Quicksilver County
Abercrombie was a friend of Obama’s par- Park has been closed since Dec. 21, when the
ents and knew him as a child, and is deeply leak was reported.
troubled by the effort to cast doubt on the Regional water quality officials reported an
president’s citizenship. uncontrolled release of a methane gas byprod-
The newly elected governor will ask the uct from the Guadalupe Rubbish Disposal land-
state attorney general’s office about what can fill. Officials say a landfill tank had overflowed
be done to put an end to questions about into a sediment pond that then overflowed into
Obama’s birth documentation from Aug. 4, McAbee Creek.
1961, spokeswoman Donalyn Dela Cruz said Tests are being conducted on the creek, but
Tuesday. Shear says it still too early to know when the
“He had a friendship with Mr. Obama’s par- park will reopen.
ents, and so there is a personal issue at hand,”
Dela Cruz said. “Is it going to be done imme- Oakland police warn
diately? No, the first thing on our list is the about Craigslist scam
economy.” REUTERS
It’s unclear what Abercrombie could do Barack Obama waves from a golf cart at the Mid-Pacific Country Club in Kailua,Hawaii. OAKLAND — Oakland police are warning
because Hawaii’s privacy laws have long people about a scam involving cars for sale on
barred the release of a certified birth certifi- his father’s home country. city and name, along with his parents’ names Craigslist.
cate to anyone who doesn’t have a tangible “What bothers me is that some people who and races. The certificate doesn’t list the name Police spokeswoman Holly Joshi says more
interest. should know better are trying to use this for of the hospital where he was born or the than half a dozen people who have gone to dif-
Hawaii’s health director said last year and in political reasons,” Abercrombie told the Los physician who delivered him, information col- ferent Oakland neighborhoods expecting to
2008 that she had seen and verified Obama’s Angeles Times last week. “Maybe I’m the lected by the state as part of its vital records. complete car sales since April have been robbed
original vital records, and birth notices in two only one in the country that could look you Abercrombie, originally from New York, at gunpoint.
Honolulu newspapers were published within right in the eye right now and tell you, ’I was befriended Obama’s parents at the University The most recent robbery occurred Sunday.
days of Obama’s birth at Kapiolani Maternity here when that baby was born.”’ of Hawaii after he moved here in 1959, the The victim — a Lodi man — was also beaten.
and Gynecological Hospital in Honolulu. Abercrombie was unavailable for additional same year the islands became a state. Joshi said at least one other victim was also
So-called “birthers” claim Obama is inel- comment Tuesday because he was vacationing Abercrombie, 72, has said he remembers attacked. Some people have lost thousands of
igible to be president because they say on Maui, Dela Cruz said. seeing Obama as a child with his parents at dollars.
there’s no proof he was born in the United The Obama campaign issued a certificate of social events, although he acknowledged that Police believe the same group of suspects is
States, with many of the skeptics question- live birth in 2008, an official document from he didn’t see his parents with their newborn responsible for all the incidents.
ing whether he was actually born in Kenya, the state showing the president’s birth date, son at the hospital. They advise people not to meet would-be
sellers in secluded or residential areas and avoid
carrying large amounts of cash.
Around the nation
Hospital: Children were
President’s economist pick Path cleared for San
Francisco’s first Target
injured on Maine ski lift
CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine — A
seen as sign of new agenda
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ond half of his term.
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco’s
mayor says the last bureaucratic hurdles have
35-year-old chair lift set for improvements Will he tap the business world with a figure been cleared for the construction of the city’s
failed Tuesday in high winds at a Maine HONOLULU — Among the first announce- such as Roger Altman, an investment banker first Target retail store.
resort, sending skiers — some of them chil- ments President Barack Obama will make upon and Clinton administration alumnus who might Mayor Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday
dren — plummeting into ungroomed snow far returning from his Hawaiian vacation is his carry too much baggage from his association that the final permits had been issued to begin
below that fell with the Northeast’s recent choice for top economic adviser, a decision that with Wall Street? Will he turn to academia building the downtown store in January.
blizzard and softened the landing. could signal a new direction for the administra- instead, calling on a scholar such Yale President The 85,000-square-foot store will be built as
At least eight people, the children among tion as it struggles to jumpstart the economy Richard Levin? Or will he go with deeply expe- part of a preexisting retail and entertainment
them, were taken to a hospital after the dou- and wrestle down unemployment. rienced insiders such as deficit hawk Gene complex rather than as a stand-alone big-box
ble-chair lift at Sugarloaf derailed during a It’s far more than a personnel move. The Sperling at the Treasury Department or Jason outlet.
busy vacation week at the resort 120 miles replacement for the outgoing director of the Furman, the council’s deputy director? The city estimates the store will create 600
north of Portland. Dozens of skiers remained National Economic Council, Lawrence construction jobs, 700 permanent jobs and $15
With the unemployment rate at 9.8 percent,
on the crippled lift for an hour or more until Summers, will have a guiding hand in nearly million in economic benefits.
the private sector struggling to maintain steady
patrols could get them down. every economic decision the Obama adminis- The Westfield Metreon Center also will triple
The resort was not operating the failed lift growth and the public ranking the economy as
tration makes, and the president’s choice is the top concern, Obama’s handling of the issue the size of its food court as part of the redevel-
and two others early in the day because of being closely watched for signs of where he opment project, creating another 300 jobs.
winds but deemed them safe to use before the over the coming months is certain to play a cen-
wants to take his economic agenda in the sec- tral role in his reelection bid. The Target store is scheduled to open in mid-
accident at 10:15 a.m., said Ethan Austin. 2012.
8 Wednesday • Dec. 29, 2010 STATE/NATION THE DAILY JOURNAL

N.Y.struggles to dig out; passengers still stranded

By Chris Hawley
and Sara Kugler
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Hundreds of airline pas-
sengers were stranded for up to 10 hours on
the tarmac at overworked Kennedy Airport.
Ambulances struggled to get patients through
unplowed streets. City buses sat abandoned in
the snow.
The Christmas weekend blizzard proved to
be the curse that keeps on giving Tuesday, as
confusion and frustration snowballed in New
York and the rest of the country.
Officials warned it could take until New
Year’s to rebook all passengers and straighten
out the transportation mess created by the
storm, which shut down all three of New
York’s major airports for 24 hours and caused
a ripple effect across the U.S.
A high school band from Pennsylvania
faced the prospect of marching in the Rose
Bowl parade in Pasadena, Calif., with only
half its musicians after the storm stranded the
planned to fly into New York found them-
selves in Chicago when their flights were
diverted. Travelers as far away as San
Francisco were marooned, even though they
were headed nowhere near the Northeast.
New York’s airports struggled to get planes
in and out. But some jetliners couldn’t even
get to the gate.
At Kennedy, a British Airways plane from
London carrying 300 passengers waited five
hours for an open gate, and then two more
hours for customs to open, said John Lampl, a
spokesman for the airline. A Cathay Pacific
flight that had been diverted to Toronto spent
10 hours on the tarmac, and a second Cathay
Pacific plane with 250 people sat on the run-
way for about eight hours Tuesday.
Passenger Abi Subramanian, 38, said sup-
plies on the plane were running low and he
was worried about his wife and 2-month-old
daughter. REUTERS
“We’re going to be in trouble very shortly. Storm clouds are seen from the La Canada Flintridge area as the setting sun is reflected in
There’s no food left for her,” he told the buildings in downtown Los Angeles.
Associated Press by cell phone, shortly before

Storm bringing powerful

rest in Philadelphia. European tourists who the family got off the plane.

Survey shows consumer wind, rain to California

confidence slips in Dec.
By Anne D’innocenzio Consumer Confidence Index fell to 52.5 in
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LOS ANGELES — A powerful new storm

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Consumer confidence slipped this month as
more people worried that the job market is
worsening.
The latest survey from Conference Board
showed a decline even after reports are show-
ing that people increased their holiday spend-
ing at the biggest rate in four years and other
indicators suggest the economy is brighten-
ing.
The private research group said Tuesday its
December, down from a revised 54.3 in
November. Economists were expecting 55.8.
The decline reverses two consecutive months
of increases. It takes a reading of 90 to indi-
cate a healthy economy, a level not
approached since the recession began in 2007.
People are less confident even though lay-
offs are slowing, businesses are buying more
goods, and consumers are spending more
money. Economists have raised their growth
forecasts for the final months of the year and
2011.
pushed into California from the north on
Tuesday as parts of the waterlogged state
were still cleaning up mud and damage from
a siege of record rains last week.
Gale warnings went up along almost the
entire coast, flood advisories and watches
were posted in parts of the North Coast and
the Central Valley, and warnings for heavy
snow were issued for the length of the Sierra
Nevada.
The National Weather Service said the
storm was fueled by subtropical moisture
from the north of Hawaii, combined with low
pressure over the Northeast Pacific. The pre-
vious storms were fed by a similar plume, but
it originated from south of the Hawaiian
Islands and rained most heavily in the south-
ern half of the state.
The new rain wasn’t expected to arrive in
Southern California until late Tuesday, so
shovel-toting volunteers took advantage of
sunny weather to clear mud from around
dozens of homes in the San Bernardino
County community of Highland, which was
among areas hit hardest last week.
About 700 volunteers from Highland and
neighboring cities turned out, meeting at a
Baptist church where they were assigned to
teams and bused to properties, said Bill
Peters, a spokesman for the California
Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

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Sunset for Ah-nold,here’s to Moonbeam 2.0
I
’ll miss Arnold
Schwarzenegger as governor.
The whole thing was a com-
plete trip beginning with his
announcement on the Tonight
Show with Jay Leno to the recall
election replete with Mary Carey, a
woman named Georgy who sold
thongs as a fundraiser, Gary
Coleman (RIP), “smut peddler who
cares” Larry Flynt, blogger Arianna
Huffington, random crazies and
even former lieutenant governor
Cruz Bustamante (I used to be very
fat, now I’m running for governor).
What a wild election that was. It
ended with fun headlines like Total
Recall, Hasta la Vista Gray and the
Daily Journal’s award-winning
headline — Hollywood ending.
Then he promised to blow up
boxes, to take things directly to
voters and negotiate in his smoking
tent with his new Sacramento bud-
dies. I will also miss his way of
describing things in Caleefornia
like, “We have the best strawberries
from the Central Valley, I’m so
proud of the strawberries and the
produce and everything like that,
it’s fantastic.”
But no more.
Now saddled with his experience
with the California union buzz saw
and the sad logistics of a dysfunc-
tional Legislature, Schwarzenegger
will be riding off into the sunset
with his green tie and monster
UC president’s happy talk not helpful
— San Diego Union-Tribune
L
ike so many public agen-
cies in the Golden State,
the University of
California has promised vastly
more in retirement benefits for its
employees than it can afford.
Taxpayers should find the UC sys-
tem’s woes particularly appalling
because of this fact: For two
decades, the state and UC employ-
ees didn’t put aside any money at
all toward future pension costs,
leading to a current overall short-
fall of $13.4 billion.
Earlier this year, UC President
Mark Yudof finally began pushing
to adequately fund pension costs.
But the plan that regents approved
earlier this month for non-union-
ized workers who make up nearly
60 percent of UC’s employees is a
San Mateo in
need of brightening
Editor,
This is regarding Pat White’s
recent letter in the Dec. 24 edition
of the Daily Journal, about the
“Darkness of Downtown.”
I believe we have the same prob-
lem here in San Mateo. I am asking
the City Council to go downtown
at night and see for themseleves,
especially on B Street from First to
Fifth avenues.
An improvement in light would
increase the activity and safety,
plus increase the business and sales
tax. Crossing the street feels dark
and unsafe, especially with so
‘It will be interesting to see
how Brown handles the impending
doom of the new budget situation that
seems to be getting worse by the day.’
hydrogen fuel trucks. He might get
a green job with the Obama admin-
istration, or he might decide to take
it easy and do movie cameos.
Either way, he’s gone. There will
be no “I’ll be back” headlines for
him. I don’t necessarily fault him
for the job he did. He wanted to be
the voice of the people, but had to
tack to the middle to get anything
done and found climate legislation
as something he could accomplish
(ironic considering his proclivity
toward gas-guzzling Hummers
when he came into office). He also
got caught up in the worst financial
situation this state has ever seen —
the dot-com hangover was nothing
compared to the housing collapse.
But he tried. And in doing so he
became a shell of his former self.
Kinda sad.
But now, looming on the horizon
is Jerry Brown, the recycled gover-
nor. I found it surprising during his
campaign this summer that the for-
mer Governor Moonbeam some-
how had become the adult in the
room. You know, the one who has
been there, done that and really
Other voices
huge disappointment. It raises the
earliest retirement age for new
workers hired after July 1, 2013,
from 50 to 55 and requires that
workers contribute somewhat more
toward the cost of their benefits.
Yudof’s declaration that the
changes “will go a long way in
solving a major long-term chal-
lenge to the university’s solvency”
is hard to fathom. Significant sav-
ings are decades away. A Contra
Costa Times analysis indicates the
overall shortfall still will soar to
$21.9 billion by 2020.
What will happen in the mean-
time? If retirement benefits are
funded in an actuarially sound way,
the result is likely to be enormous
frustration for both taxpayers and
UC students, who are sure to face
more tuition hikes.
Yudof’s assertion that these and
previous modest changes were nec-
Letters to the editor
many moviegoers in the area with
children.
Would it be possible to increase
the voltage on existing light poles?
Like the old saying goes, “Let
there be light and customers will
come.”
John Chiappe
San Mateo
Happy holidays to all
Editor,
Letter writer Don Havis, obvi-
ously a devote atheist, yearly
points out that our Christian holi-
days are based on pagan rituals
OPINION
gets how things are done. Trouble
is, how things were done in the
’70s is far different than now. Just
look at architecture, tie patterns
and car designs. Gone also are the
days of longtime legislators who
know their way around Sacramento
and the Capitol and all those back
rooms where the deals get done.
It will be interesting to see how
Brown handles the impending
doom of the new budget situation
that seems to be getting worse by
the day. In November, voters said
the Legislature can pass a budget
with a majority but also tied its
hands with Proposition 26 which
will eliminate an oft-used budget
trick of swapping taxes with fees.
So how will this all play out?
First of all, Brown will lay out
the worst-case scenario of cuts
across the board for all areas of the
state government, though I doubt
he will threaten to blow anything
up. He can do this because he is a
Democrat and the legislative major-
ity will be willing to work with
him. Once the worst-case is laid
out, then get ready for new tax pro-
essary to ensure that UC maintains
its academic reputation is also
questionable. UC’s reputation
depends on its faculty — which
represents slightly more than one-
seventh of its work force.
If UC’s president and its regents
really wanted to fix this problem, a
bolder approach makes far more
sense. First, retirement health bene-
fits should be dropped for all new
hires and for any current employee
who can qualify for Medicare cov-
erage. Second, just as more gener-
ous public safety agency benefits
are often decoupled from those of
general government workers, bene-
fits for UC faculty should be
decoupled from other UC workers,
whose retention is simply not as
important to UC’s future success.
These are enormously difficult
times that require difficult deci-
sions. UC is one of this state’s
(“Happy Winter Solstice” letter to
the editor in the Dec. 21 edition of
the Daily Journal). Well, of course
they are because there was no
Christianity until the birth of
Christ, and the people of the times
incorporated their special com-
memorative days with what was
the accepted rituals and holidays of
the times.
As one wise person said, “God is
too big to fit in only one religion”
— Happy holidays to all.
Cynthia Marcopulos
South San Francisco
Wednesday • Dec. 29, 2010 9
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Dow finishes up,Nasdaq down

Dow 11,575.54 +20.51 10-Yr Bond 3.4810% +0.13
Nasdaq 2,662.88 -4.39 Oil (per barrel) 91.23
S&P 500 1,258.51 +0.97 Gold 1,405.20
By David K. Randall
and Pallavi Gogoi
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Stocks closed barely
changed Tuesday amid light trading
ahead of the New Year’s holiday.
The blue-chip Dow Jones industrial
average finished slightly higher, though
stocks had dipped earlier on disappoint-
ing consumer confidence and home
prices reports.
The Dow edged up after Treasury
prices fell in the wake of a weak bond
auction in the afternoon. Fewer than
expected buyers emerged for the gov-
ernment’s auction of $35 billion five-
year bonds. The yield on the 10-year
Treasury note rose to 3.49 percent from
3.34 percent late Monday.
The Dow closed the day higher by
20.51 points, or 0.2 percent, to
11,575.54. It was the highest close for
Wall Street
the index since August 28, 2008.
The Standard and Poor’s 500 index
was up 0.97, or less than 0.1 percent, to
1,258.51. The technology-focused
Nasdaq composite index lost 4.39, or
0.2 percent, to 2,662.88.
Earlier in the day, the Conference
Board announced that consumer confi-
dence in the economy slid to a level of
52.5 in December, down from 54.3 in
November, as Americans continued to
fret about the high rate of unemploy-
ment. The market was expecting a
slightly higher reading because of signs
of improved consumer spending in the
Christmas holiday season this year.
“The spending patterns this Christmas
looks better, but unemployment contin-
ues to be a big question,” said Kim
Caughey Forrest, senior equity research
analyst at Fort Pitt Capital Group.
Another factor weighing on the minds
of traders is fear that the housing market
will continue to fall. Standard &
Poor’s/Case-Shiller said Tuesday that
home prices fell 1.3 percent in October
from a month earlier.
Home prices slid across the country,
including the biggest cities. Prices were
down 2.9 percent in Atlanta, 2 percent in
Chicago, and 1.9 percent in San
Francisco.
Energy and materials companies were
posting gains as the price of crude oil
gained. Chevron Corp. led Dow gainers,
rising 1.2 percent to finish at $91.19.
American Express Co. had the largest
fall, losing 0.6 percent to $42.79.
In corporate news, General Motors
Co. gained 2.1 percent to close at
$35.32 after a handful of analysts from
investment banks that underwrote the
automaker’s IPO initiated coverage with
favorable ratings.

New first-class stamps are ‘forever’

By Douglas K. Daniel
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — Rummaging
around for 1- and 2-cent postage stamps
when postal rates go up is heading the
way of the Pony Express. Beginning in
January, all new stamps good for 1
ounce of first-class mail will be marked
as “forever.”
The move is designed to help cus-
tomers cope with postage increases, a
U.S. Postal Service official told the
Associated Press on Tuesday. The offi-
cial requested anonymity to discuss a
policy that hasn’t been announced for-
mally.
Postmaster General Patrick R.
Donahoe plans to announce the new pol-
icy Jan. 14, the official said.
“I think that’s a great idea,” Sean
Swilling, a research analyst for commer-
cial property, said inside a downtown
Washington post office during a mail
run. “For me, a guy who uses snail-mail
regularly, it’s a hassle to get 1- or 2-cent
stamps. Streamline things — that would
be perfect.”
When the Postal Service unveiled its
first-class commemorative stamps for
2011 on Tuesday, all were marked “for-
ever” instead of the current rate of 44
cents.

Airlines raise fares
on many U.S.routes
DALLAS — Passengers whose travel
plans were wrecked this week when
thousands of flights were canceled might
not want to hear it, but airfares are going
up again.
Several airlines confirmed Tuesday
that they are raising prices on many
domestic routes by $10 one way and $20
per round trip, even as snowbound pas-
sengers remained stranded at New York
City-area airports.
United, Continental and Delta said
Business briefs
they’re raising prices effective immedi-
ately. Travel website FareCompare.com
said American was too, but the airline
didn’t respond to a request for comment.
Southwest did not immediately go
along with the higher prices, which
raised the possibility that the other air-
lines might back down, FareCompare
suggested.
The airlines posted strong profits in the
third quarter, and traffic has been running
higher than a year ago as travel demand
slowly recovers from the recession. They
didn’t offer a reason for the fare hikes.
Broadcom closes
$75M deal for Gigle Networks
IRVINE — Broadcom Corp. has
closed its $75 million takeover of fellow
chip maker Gigle Networks Inc., the
company said Tuesday.
Broadcom makes chips that help run
communications networks. It will broad-
en its range of products with Gigle, a pri-
vately held company based in Redwood
City that develops chips used in networks
that run over ordinary power lines.
BIG WIN: THE STANFORD WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM BLOWS OUT NO.4 XAVIER >>> PAGE 13
Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010

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• Can UConn stop Oklahoma in Fiesta Bowl?, page 12

Scots pull away from Bruins

By Nathan Mollat
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Despite having a 16-man roster,
the Scots have only two players —
seniors James Testa and Taylor
SANTA CLARA — The Crawford — who saw any signifi-
Carlmont boys’ basketball team still cant minutes last year. Everyone
has a couple weeks before the start else is a work in process.
of the Peninsula Athletic League That being said, the Scots are,
season tips off, giving the young once again, off to a solid start as
Scots a chance to define their roles they picked up their eighth win of
this season. the season with a 41-32 victory over
host Santa Clara Tuesday night.
“I think we did a lot of good
things,” said Carlmont coach Dave
Low.
The Scots were paced by Testa’s
game-high 16 points. Santa Clara
knew Testa was the man to stop so
the Bruins employed a box-and-one
defense in an attempt to slow down
Testa. The box-and-one is basically
four players in a zone defense for-
mation with one defender playing
man defense against Testa.
It didn’t work early on as Testa
scored seven points in the first quar-
ter. As the defense methodically
limited Testa as the game went
along, it opened up the floor for the
rest of the team. As often as Testa
can expect to have the ball in his
hands, it’s important he finds the
open man.
“I thought [Testa] did a good job
of being patient,” Low said. “We
have enough guys that can counter
[the box-and-one].”
It showed in the second quarter as
Testa had back-to-back assists on a
pair of Carlmont buckets. With the
See SCOTS, Page 14

Sports are
Anything
but trivial
I
n the greater scheme of things, sports
shouldn’t really matter. Not like famine,
war, natural disasters or the multitude of
other agonies people suffer every day around
the world.
In the same vein, no athlete, no matter how
lionized, will or should ever be as important
as a caring parent, an aid worker, a maternity
nurse, a firefighter or the countless others
who sustain life amid the chaos of life itself.
No athlete can claim that their sporting
achievements do that, no matter how much
they’re paid.
And yet, in 2010, one of the few times I
wept was at a sports event. Watching
Canadian skater Joannie Rochette glide on
Olympic ice days after the death of her moth-
er was a truly humbling
and uplifting lesson in
courage. For the entire-
ty of her bronze medal-
winning free skate, I
willed her to hold her
emotions together, try-
ing telepathically to
say: “You can do it.
You can do it.”
This wasn’t just out
JOHN of sympathy for her,
but for my own good,
REUTERS
LEICESTER too. I needed Rochette
to prove that there is a
Philadelphia quarterback Michael Vick is brought down by Minnesota’s Asher Allen during the Vikings’24-14 win over the Eagles Tuesday. future after the death of a beloved parent, that
life can go on. In the greater scheme things,

Yikes! Vikes top Philadelphia

By Rob Maaddi
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia
Eagles got their bye a week early — and not
the way they wanted.
Joe Webb threw for 195 yards and ran for a
touchdown in his first career start filling in for
an injured Brett Favre, and the lowly
Minnesota Vikings stunned Michael Vick and
the NFC East champion Eagles 24-14 in the
NFL’s first Tuesday game since 1946.
Adrian Peterson ran for 118 yards and a
score, helping the Vikings (6-9) knock
Philadelphia out of contention for a first-
round playoff bye.
The Eagles (10-5) could’ve secured a first-
round bye with a victory over the Vikings and
Dallas and with a loss by either Chicago or
Atlanta next week.
Now the Eagles are locked into the NFC’s
No. 3 seed and will host the No. 6 seed on Jan.
8 or 9. Their final game against the Cowboys
is meaningless in the standings, so it’s likely
Vick and most of the starters will rest.
Two days after a winter storm forced a post-
ponement, there wasn’t even a snowflake vis-
ible at the Linc. The game was switched from
Sunday because of a howling storm that
dumped about a foot of snow in the area —
perhaps a good idea considering
Philadelphia’s history of snowball-throwing
fans.
But 42 years after fans got a bum rap for
tossing snowballs at Santa — the man in the
See NFL, Page 14
those exquisitely anxious minutes of fretting
about whether Rochette would crumble under
the weight of her personal tragedy or, as she
did, soar inspiringly above it should not have
moved me as much as the birth, later in 2010,
of my daughter. Yet, on both occasions, the
tears tasted salty and curiously sweet. Sports
shouldn’t really matter. But they do.
In 2010, rarely was I angrier than at a
sports event. When England midfielder Frank
Lampard’s disallowed World Cup goal
against Germany slammed against the cross-
bar and bounced a good foot over the line, I
was furious that Uruguayan referee Jorge
Larrionda failed to spot the blindingly obvi-
ous. I also was incensed at the technophobes
See LEICESTER, Page 16

Niners interview first GM candidate

By Janie McCauley
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SANTA CLARA — San
Francisco 49ers team president and
CEO Jed York interviewed Tony
Softli on Tuesday as the first known
candidate to fill the team’s vacant
general manager position, a person
with knowledge of the situation told
The Associated Press.
Softli, a former personnel execu-
tive with the Carolina Panthers and
St. Louis Rams, met Tuesday with
York. The person spoke on condi-
tion of anonymity because of the
private nature of the matter. York
fired coach Mike Singletary late
Sunday after a 25-17 loss at St.
Louis eliminated the 49ers (5-10)
from playoff contention, their
eighth straight year out of the post-
season.
York vowed to turn his team back
into a contender, starting by hiring a
GM. That person will choose
Singletary’s successor. San
Francisco has been without a gener-
al manager since Scot
McCloughan’s abrupt departure last
March that York called a “mutual
parting.” McCloughan wound up
with the division rival Seattle
Seahawks, while Trent Baalke took
over football operations for the
Niners.
York said Baalke, vice president
of player personnel, would be con-
sidered for the GM job. York
planned to spend this week and next
week focused on his search for a
general manager. The 49ers finish
the season at home Sunday against
See NINERS, Page 14
12 Wednesday • Dec. 29, 2010 SPORTS THE DAILY JOURNAL

Ohio State players apologize Badgers QB humble

By Rusty Miller greatest university in the nation,” Pryor said,
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS addressing his comments to alumni, former

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Star quarterback

Terrelle Pryor and four Ohio State teammates
suspended for the first five games of the 2011
season apologized on
Ohio State players, fans, teammates and the
coaching staff.”
He added: “Hopefully I can someday get
your forgiveness.”
Pryor, along with starting tailback Dan
heading to Rose Bowl
By Greg Beacham “Hopefully we’re sitting here again next
Tuesday for selling cham- “Boom” Herron, wide receiver DeVier Posey THE ASSOCIATED PRESS season, and they’re saying, ’Gosh, we don’t
pionship rings and memo- and offensive tackle Mike Adams, and backup miss that guy,”’ Tolzien said earnestly Tuesday
rabilia and taking dis- defensive lineman Solomon Thomas, said LOS ANGELES — Each morning of his in a downtown hotel. “Hopefully I’m a forgot-
counts from a tattoo par- they regretted their actions, which go back as freshman summer in Madison, Scott Tolzien ten man.”
lor. far as two years. awoke in the pre-dawn chill and hopped on his Tolzien has spent many Saturdays mostly
The NCAA will permit The five juniors walked single file into a rented red bicycle, racing his new teammates handing off during his two seasons as the
all five to play in the Sugar room at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center, sat to Camp Randall Stadium for workouts and Badgers’ starter, yet he also has become
Bowl against Arkansas on at a table and then each spoke about a minute. studies. Wisconsin’s most accurate and efficient quar-
Jan. 4. Two spoke from written notes. Reporters were Tolzien never anticipated he was riding terback while going 21-4. He has passed for
Terrelle Pryor “I didn’t mean to hurt not allowed to ask questions. down a path to become one of the most suc- 2,300 yards and 16 touchdowns this season
nobody at all and I didn’t The players used the phrase “Buckeye cessful quarterbacks in Wisconsin history. while leading Wisconsin to its first share of
mean to bring anything down or embarrass- nation” nine times in referring to those to Tolzien’s teammates say he works harder the Big Ten title in 11 years, throwing just six
ment to our university because this is the whom they were apologizing. than just about anyone at No. 4 Wisconsin, but interceptions and completing a school-record
doesn’t do much else to draw attention to him- 74.3 percent of his passes.
self. He sees himself a caretaker, not a trail- He even beat out TCU’s record-setting
blazer — just another cog in the Badgers’ Andy Dalton this season for the Johnny Unitas
machine. Golden Arm Award as the nation’s top senior
While his teammates might believe they quarterback — the first major award ever won
couldn’t beat undefeated TCU in the Rose by a Wisconsin passer. Now, he’ll attempt to
Bowl without their steady senior quarterback, join Darrell Bevell, Mike Samuel and Brooks
Tolzien insists Wisconsin can do just fine Bollinger as the only Badgers quarterbacks to
without him, this weekend and beyond. win a Rose Bowl.

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No.9 Stanford
women rout
No. 4 Xavier
By Janie McCauley
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
STANFORD — Nnemkadi Ogwumike had
23 points and 11 rebounds and No. 9 Stanford
pulled off a surprising rout of fourth-ranked
Xavier with an 89-52 victory Tuesday for its
51st straight home win.
What a tuneup for Thursday’s highly antici-
pated showdown with top-ranked Connecticut.
Jeanette Pohlen added 19 points, nine
rebounds, six assists and three steals for the
Cardinal (8-2), who beat the third-seeded
Musketeers in the Sacramento Regional last
March when Pohlen drove the length of the
floor in 4.4 seconds and scored the game-win-
ning layin as time expired for a 55-53 victory.
That win sent Stanford back to its third straight
Final Four. The play was shown over and over
again on the highlight reels.
This game lacked any such drama.
Amber Harris had 18 points and nine
rebounds for cold-shooting Xavier (10-2),
which lost its second straight game after a 10-0
start.
Special Jennings had 12 points and Ta’Shia
Phillips grabbed 12 rebounds for the over-
matched Musketeers, who were coming off a
46-45 defeat at Duke on Dec. 21 for their first
loss of the season. They committed 30
turnovers and shot 38 percent in that game, then
didn’t look much better in shooting 30 percent
against Stanford.
The Cardinal came out with energy on both
ends of the floor in their first game since Tara
VanDerveer became the sixth women’s coach
to get 800 wins with a 100-45 victory over for-
mer Stanford stars turned coaches Jennifer Azzi
and Katy Steding at San Francisco last
Wednesday.
Next up: UConn on Thursday night at sold-
out Maples Pavilion. It’s a rematch of last
year’s NCAA championship won 53-47 by the
Huskies after Stanford led 20-12 at halftime.
The Cardinal are the last team to beat the
Huskies, in the 2008 national semifinals in
Tampa, Fla.
UConn was set to play later Tuesday at
Pacific in Stockton going for its 90th straight
victory in what was expected to be a lopsided
warmup for the game with Stanford.
The Cardinal held a 44-41 rebounding advan-
tage against the imposing front line featuring
the 6-foot-6 Phillips and 6-5 Harris — who
combined for 34 rebounds in the loss to Duke.
SPORTS
Miller poised for breakthrough
By Andrew Dampf
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BORMIO, Italy — Bode Miller feels ready
to get back on the podium.
After collecting gold, silver and bronze
medals at the Vancouver Olympics, Miller’s
best finish this season is eighth in the opening
downhill a month ago in Lake Louise,
Alberta.
The World Cup downhill Wednesday in
Bormio, on a course where Miller has had
three victories and nine top-10 finishes during
his career, should present a solid opportunity
for him to get back on track.
Miller showed his potential by placing
fourth in the final training session on Tuesday.
“It’s just matching up the right setup and the
right tactics and the right race day condi-
tions,” Miller said. “I know the course. I don’t
need to inspect it much, so it’s just execution.”
Other favorites include Klaus Kroell of
Austria, who led the final training session, and
Christof Innerhofer of Italy, who led
Monday’s opening training run and won this
race two years ago.
Miller swept both speed races — super-G
and downhill — on the Stelvio course during
the 2005 world championships, in which he
Worley wins third straight GS race
By Eric Willemsen
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SEMMERING, Austria — Tessa Worley of
France won a third straight women’s World Cup
giant slalom on Tuesday, while second-place
Maria Riesch overtook Lindsey Vonn at the top of
the overall standings.
Worley finished her two runs on the Panorama
course in a combined time of 2 minutes, 9.66 sec-
onds to beat Riesch by 0.62 seconds. World
champion Kathrin Hoelzl was third.
Julia Mancuso of the United States was fifth.
Vonn, the three-time overall World Cup champi-
on, finished seventh.
“I did a very good first run, but still didn’t
expect to win it,” said Worley, who led Riesch by
0.49 after the opening run. “It’s pretty difficult
up there when you have to wait being the last
starter. I just forced myself to think it was not a
second run but just a whole new race I had to
win.”
Worley is two consecutive wins away from
the record held by Anja Paerson, who won
five GS races in a row in 2004.
“I felt a bit of pressure, but I managed to
American Bode Miller hopes to return to his Olympic form in Bormio,one of his favorite courses.
also completed a memorable one-ski descent
during the combined event. His other win in
Bormio came in 2007.
Miller didn’t train speed over the summer
and is still tinkering with his equipment. But
the Stelvio is such a tough course — most
skiers consider it the most physically demand-
ing on the circuit — that equipment is usually
not the deciding factor.
REUTERS
France’s Tessa Worley celebrates her win at
Semmering, Austria, her third giant slalom
win in a row.
shake it off by concentrating on the technical
things of my skiing,” Worley said.
Wednesday • Dec. 29, 2010 13
REUTERS
“It’s just pretty turny and there’s not a ton of
gliding, so even if your skis aren’t running the
very best, you don’t have to rely on having
very fast skis that day,” Miller said. “Whereas
on some hills, if you don’t have fast skis that
day, you just don’t win.”
Coaches have been urging the 33-year-old
Miller to scale back his schedule. He was slat-
ed to skip this race.
Riesch just missed out on her first career
GS victory.
“More than 0.6 is a lot of difference, and you
should not be angry when finishing second,”
Riesch said.
Riesch leads Vonn by 41 points in the overall
standings.
“It’s even better to be there at the end of the sea-
son as that’s the only time it really matters,” Riesch
said. “I won’t spill my energy on the standings in
this stage of the season.”
Neither will Vonn. The American said she
would love to start 2011 as the leader, but she
doesn’t expect to overtake Riesch on Wednesday
in the slalom event.
“I don’t see that happening. In slalom you never
know, but I am not skiing as well in slalom as in
GS right now,” Vonn said. “It doesn’t matter. After
(a slalom Jan. 4 in) Zagreb, there are a lot of down-
hill races. That’s where I’ll make my points.”
Vonn was unhappy with her second run, in
which she seemed to hold back.
“I was in a good position to maybe get on the
podium today,” said Vonn, who was sixth after the
first run. “I just got too round in the middle section,
I just gave the course too much respect.”
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costume said it was playful pelting — the Eagles
said snowballs didn’t factor in the decision to
move the game.
“There were a lot of issues considered, but that
was absolutely not among them,” said Pamela
Browner White, the Eagles senior vice president
of public affairs and government relations.
Nine days after rallying from a 21-point deficit
in the final 7:18 to beat the New York Giants on
DeSean Jackson’s 65-yard punt return on the
final play, there would be no miracle at the Linc
for the Eagles.
Vick, selected as the NFC Pro Bowl starter
shortly before the game, mostly struggled after
his 3-yard TD pass to Clay Harbor in the first
quarter gave the Eagles a 7-0 lead. He lost two
fumbles, threw an interception and was sacked
six times.
Trailing 17-7 to start the fourth quarter, the
10-yard TD run. But the Vikings answered on the
ensuing drive. Peterson ran in from the 1 to put
Minnesota up 24-14 with 6:43 left. The Pro Bowl
running back showed no signs of the right knee
injury that had him listed as questionable.
Favre was inactive for the Vikings because of a
concussion, missing his second game in three
weeks after an NFL-record 297 consecutive reg-
ular-season starts.
The 41-year-old Favre got hurt last week
against the Chicago Bears and was listed as
doubtful. Vikings interim coach Leslie Frazier
said on Monday that Favre still hadn’t passed ini-
tial concussion testing.
The Vikings tied it at 7 in the final minute of
the first half when Antoine Winfield sacked Vick,
knocked the ball loose and returned the fumble
45 yards for a score.
Minnesota had a touchdown overturned on the
opening possession of the second half. Webb’s 2-
yard TD toss to Sidney Rice was reversed when
replays showed the ball was juggled out of
bounds. Juqua Parker sacked Webb on the next
play and the Vikings settled for Ryan Longwell’s
Webb made it 17-7 on an impressive run. He
looked like Vick dodging and weaving through
the defense on his way into the end zone for a 17-
7 lead.
Vick fumbled late in the third quarter at the
Minnesota 23 to end a drive.
Shortly after being selected to his fourth Pro
Bowl, Vick came out strong. He connected with
Jeremy Maclin on a 28-yard reception that put
the ball on the 3, and he hit Harbor two plays
later for a TD. Harbor dragged his feet near the
back of the end zone and replays upheld his first
career TD.
Many players thought the game should have
been played Sunday night. So did Pennsylvania
Gov. Ed Rendell, who said Vince Lombardi
would be “mocking us” for the postponement.
In 1989, even Rendell played a role in the mis-
behavior when he bet fellow fans at rambunc-
tious Veterans Stadium that they couldn’t reach
the field with snowballs.
He lost, in more ways than one.
Rendell, then the city’s district attorney, made
Faulkner buried a 3 from the left cor-
story inspired bad press.
The Vikings were restless with the extra time
in Philadelphia. They ate cheesesteaks, and acted
like tourists.
It was a clear day, and the temperature was 32
degrees at kickoff. Lincoln Financial Field
looked ready for an August preseason game. The
clean up crew needed 1,300 truckloads to remove
2.64 million pounds of snow from the Linc.
This has been a miserable season for the
Vikings, who nearly reached the Super Bowl last
year. It was the third straight week they were
affected by the weather. Their home game
against the Giants on Dec. 12 was postponed a
day after Minneapolis got 15 inches of snow. It
was then moved to Detroit when the Metrodome
roof collapsed.
Their game against Chicago last week was
played at the University of Minnesota’s outdoor
stadium because of the damaged roof.
Despite having the day off Sunday, the Eagles
secured their first division title since 2006 when
the Green Bay Packers beat the New York Giants
45-17.

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score tied as 12 early in the second
quarter, Testa drove to free-throw line
before hitting sophomore forward
David Hobbs on the baseline, who
converted a reverse layup to give
Carlmont a 14-12 lead — one it
would not relinquish.
Testa found Hobbs again the next
time down the court and he responded
with another layup. All told, Testa fin-
ished with five assists and five
rebounds to go with his 16 points.
“I think we have the personnel to
“I think we have the personnel to help [Testa].
Whether they realize it or not,I don’t know.”
help [Testa],” Low said. “Whether
they realize it or not, I don’t know.”
While Carlmont (8-3 overall) con-
tinues to search for that consistent
second scorer behind Testa, the Scots
defense appears to firing on all cylin-
ders right now. Employing mostly a
man-to-man defense, the Scots were
constantly pressuring the Santa Clara
ball handler. No Bruin had the luxury
to survey the floor as there was a
Carlmont defender in his face.
— Dave Low, Carlmont coach
All that defensive pressure resulted
in 17 Carlmont steals and 12 more
Santa Clara turnovers. The Bruins
managed 11 less shots than Carlmont
(39-28), while shooting seven less
free throws (12-5).
Add it all up and it equals a nine-
point Carlmont win.
Carlmont fell behind early, but a
Testa 3-pointer from the right corner
tied the game at 5. Following a Santa
Clara layup, Carlmont’s Josh
ner for an 8-7 Carlmont advantage.
The Scots trailed 12-10 entering the
second quarter, but Testa got a steal
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Continued from page 11
and layup to start the second stanza
before Hobbs hit his two layups to Arizona, but haven’t had a winning
give Carlmont a 6-0 run in the open-
season since their last trip to the
ing 2:20 of the quarter.
A Santa Clara 3 got the Bruins to playoffs in 2002. Promoted defen-
16-15, but a baseline drive for a buck-
sive line coach Jim Tomsula will
et from Brian Wyatt and a Jacob Cox
layup off a Testa assist gave Carlmont coach the season finale for a team
a 20-15 lead at halftime.
picked by many to win the NFC
The third quarter went back and
forth, but by the end, the Scots West before the season began.
extended their lead to six points
before slowly pulling away in the Comcast SportsNet Bay Area was
fourth quarter. first to report Softli has interviewed.
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Singletary 4th
withhold such revelations from social networking accounts. He
Sports Briefs acknowledges, however, that “it’s difficult to police” and he
won’t impose an outright ban.
BMW to end sponsorship “I got a text message that the press knew,” Pardew said. “Did
of America’s Cup champion he tweet it, did he? It’s something as a club we need to look at.

coach to lose job; SAN FRANCISCO — America’s Cup champion BMW

Oracle Racing says German automaker BMW is ending its spon-
sorship at the end of the year, by mutual agreement.
BMW has been part of the syndicate since 2002, contributing
Players can’t be giving that sort of information out. ... We need
to make it as a club policy that it has to stop.”
Asked if Enrique would be ready for Sunday’s match against
West Ham, Pardew cracked: “I’ll check his tweet.”

others to follow
By Barry Wilner
in the areas of structural engineering and lightweight, composite
construction.
BMW Oracle Racing swept Alinghi of Switzerland in two
races in February to win the America’s Cup, the oldest trophy in
He may have been a bit late. Enrique already provided an
update for his more than 5,000 followers.
“Im sure is ok for sunday because is just stiff nothing worse,”
he tweeted. “Thanks everyone for your support.”
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS international sports. Its radical trimaran was the fastest boat in Pardew’s annoyance must have reached Enrique. The mes-
the history of the America’s Cup. sages were subsequently deleted from his feed.
Anyone who thinks the NFL has hit its quota for fired coaches BMW Oracle Racing is owned by Larry Ellison, CEO of busi- “Sorry i want to delete twetter just get me problems,” he
should sit tight and wait about a week. ness software maker Oracle Corp. explained on his feed.
Mike Singletary became the fourth coach canned when the San
Francisco 49ers cut ties Sunday, hours after losing at St. Louis to English coach all atwitter over player’s tweets NFL donates $1 million plus to fight cancer
fall to 5-10. The Niners entered the season as a favorite in the LONDON — The social network is proving a tangled web for NEW YORK — The NFL will donate more than $1 million to
NFC West, got off to an 0-5 start, and have been plagued by poor one English soccer coach. the American Cancer Society as a result of this year’s breast can-
communication on the field, indecisiveness off it. Newcastle manager Alan Pardew had hoped that an injury cer awareness campaign.
So Singletary joins Wade Phillips (Dallas), Brad Childress sidelining defender Jose Enrique wouldn’t be disclosed until The league says those funds will support both national and local
(Minnesota) and Josh McDaniels (Denver) among the unem- right before Tuesday’s Premier League game against Tottenham. breast cancer initiatives of the American Cancer Society, which
ployed. They soon will have company — likely lots of company. But more than four hours before kickoff, the Spanish defend- has a presence in more than 5,100 communities nationwide.
“You know what, I’ll put it this way: a personal failure. I’m the er wrote in broken English on Twitter: “Sorry lads i have a test Through its “A Crucial Catch” program, the NFL encourages
head coach of this team and obviously wanted us to do better, felt this morning and we decide is better dont play. ... Im so hungry women 40 and older to get an annual mammogram. This year’s
that we could do better,” Singletary said after the game Sunday. because this game is nice to play. ... My hamstring is so stiff NFL donation is comprised of profits raised through the auction of
“There are some obvious questions that I hoped would be today.” special pink items, many game-worn; the sale of pink items online;
answered as the season went on, and obviously were not Pardew, whose team lost 2-0, now wants his his players to and pink items sold at stadiums and retail outlets.
answered. When that happens, you end up out of the playoffs.
“I take full responsibility for every unanswered question.”
Atop the endangered list are Carolina’s John Fox, whose team
is 2-13 and has clinched the first pick in April’s draft; Marvin
Lewis, who didn’t accept a contract extension with the Bengals
earlier this year and appears destined to leave Cincinnati; and
Gary Kubiak, whose Texans have regressed badly just when
Houstonians felt secure talking about their team making the play-
offs for the first time.
The way things have deteriorated in Nashville, it’s highly pos-
sible Jeff Fisher, the league’s longest-tenured coach with one
franchise at 16 years, will walk.
Tony Sparano could be in jeopardy with the Dolphins, who
went 1-7 in Miami; coaches who don’t win at home generally
don’t keep their homes — or jobs.
Eric Mangini looked safe for a while in Cleveland, but the
Browns are spiraling again and have a Super Bowl winner, Mike
Holmgren, as team president. Holmgren didn’t hire Mangini,
either.
Should all of them go, that would make 10 changes, equaling
the bloodletting in 2006, when Kubiak and Childress were hired.
Already gone from that year are Herman Edwards in Kansas City,
Scott Linehan in St. Louis, Rod Marinelli in Detroit, Dick Jauron
in Buffalo, Art Shell in Oakland, Mangini (then with the Jets), and
Childress. Only Sean Payton in New Orleans and Mike McCarthy
in Green Bay have prospered from the class of ’06.
If that many were fired, it would disprove the conventional wis-
dom that owners wouldn’t want to make a change mid-contract
with a potential lockout looming, which would leave them paying
two coaches — with nothing to coach.
There’s always the chance the ax could fall elsewhere in
January, too. Perhaps Tom Coughlin isn’t all that safe with the
Giants as his team plummets toward not qualifying for the play-
offs with the kind of sloppy performances that, well, get coaches
fired.
So who is gone and who might be going, and why?
Singletary went 8-8 in his first full season, 2009. But his waf-
fling about his quarterbacks and his assistant coaches, along with
questionable play-calling and awful game management, doomed
him. Singletary has a dynamic, fiery personality, but it simply did-
n’t translate to head coaching.
Some suggest Childress became enamored of his power in
Minnesota, and the whole Randy Moss saga indicates that. His
team succeeded until this headline-filled season, in which the
return of Brett Favre has been a flop, the defense lost its intimi-
dating manner, and the locker room was torn apart.
Phillips’ voice was being tuned out by Cowboys players, which
became obvious when they began showing passion and desire
again under interim coach Jason Garrett, who figures to keep the
position. Plus, the owner’s overwhelming presence robbed
Phillips of some authority.
McDaniels’ personnel decisions sent the Broncos into a funk,
and the spying incident in London involving an assistant coach
exacerbated the decline. That McDaniels came off as aloof and
arrogant eventually didn’t work for owner Pat Bowlen.
Fox will finish out the final year of his contract Sunday, then
probably walk into another job as a defensive coordinator or even
a head coach. He won’t be gone for long if he wants to remain in
coaching.
Lewis has a strong resume not soiled by his work in Cincinnati,
as tough a place to coach as anywhere. He also might be some-
one’s D-coordinator in 2011.
The disappointment in Houston should center as much on the
performances of Kubiak’s staff as on the head man. Bob McNair,
among the most respected of NFL owners, will pay top dollar for
a big-name coach.
As will Cleveland’s Randy Lerner, even though he’s shelling
out so many millions for non-players already. If Holmgren has the
itch to coach again, the job is his. If he wants to take a shot at Jon
Gruden, Lerner should be willing.
Sparano did well in his early tenure as Dolphins coach, but this
season has been a downer, particularly with the awful home
record and a minus-11 turnover differential.
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LEICESTER
Continued from page 11
was incensed at the technophobes at football’s
world governing body FIFA for resisting the
electronic goal-line aids that could have spared
Larrionda from looking like such a fool and
ensured sporting justice.
“It’s like 1966 all over again!” I yelled to my
Associated Press colleague and press box neigh-
bor Robert Millward. Veteran sports sage that he
was, Robert was already marshaling his thoughts
for a story on how the injustice revived memo-
ries of the 1966 World Cup final, when Geoff
Hurst’s shot for England struck the underside of
the German crossbar, bounced down and spun
back into play. “That time,” Robert penned from
his encyclopedic football memory, “the referee
consulted his linesman and awarded the goal.”
It was one of the last stories that Robert wrote.
He died unexpectedly three days before Spain
SPORTS
beat the Netherlands in the World Cup final. I
like to remember the frustration that he and I
shared, his look of utter shock and sputtered guf-
faws of disbelief, over Lampard’s goal that was-
n’t. Such passion and emotion. All for a mere
game. Sports shouldn’t really matter. But they
do.
And perhaps never, in 2010 or any year, has
the blink-and-its-gone frailty of human life been
rammed home so starkly to me than at a sports
event. One moment, Georgian Olympic luger
Nodar Kumaritashvili was hurtling down the
quartz-white ice of the Whistler Sliding Center,
traveling at 144 kph or 89 mph as he funneled
with a rattling, metallic roar into the last of its 16
corners, a giant curved bank named
“Thunderbird.” Then, disaster. Just past a blue
banner emblazoned with the Olympic rings and
the motto “Des plus brilliant exploits” — “Ever
more brilliant exploits” — Kumaritashvili
flipped out of the ice walls and slammed back-
ward into a trackside metal girder. Blood. Death.
Over the following days, trying to piece
together the chain of events for a story, I asked
other lugers what drives them to take such risks.
I cannot say that I really understood their
responses because there is no logic to hurling
oneself down a chute of ice. I walked the length
of the cold, hard track but it offered nothing
more than stony silence. The ice felt no guilt
about having helped a 21-year-old kill himself. It
couldn’t care. It was just there. Like Mount
Everest, a challenge for humans to pit their will
against.
Ultimately, the only meaningful answer I
came away with was that Kumaritashvili died
doing something that thrilled him. Not many of
us will be able to say that. In trying to make
sense from the senselessness of Kumaritashvili’s
crash, that epitaph offers a crumb of comfort.
So, yes, sports shouldn’t really matter. But they
do.
Sporting feats can be less difficult to wrap
one’s mind around than complex and pressing
tragedies, like human conflict and why we seem
intent on ruining the only planet we have. Like
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trying to contemplate the infinite enormity of our
universe, such problems can be mind-boggling if
thought about too hard, for too long.
Sports, on the other hand, deliver emotions
and thoughts in neat and manageable chunks,
which doesn’t make them less meaningful but
simply easier to comprehend. Disallowing
Lampard’s goal: unjust. Rochette’s bronze:
deserved. The longest match in tennis history, an
11-hour, 5-minute slog over three days at
Wimbledon for John Isner and Nicolas Mahut:
proof that humans always have untapped
reserves of strength and will.
The list of things that sports taught us in 2010
is rich and varied and too long to do it justice
here. Not, perhaps, as important as life itself, but
life-affirming nonetheless.
And that is why sports matter.
John Leicester is an international sports columnist for
The Associated Press. Write to him at
jleicester(at)ap.org
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WED THUR FRI SAT SUN MON TUE

29 30 31 1 2 3 4
NBA GLANCE NHL GLANCE NFL GLANCE
@ Wild @ B-Hawks @ L.A. vs. Canucks
5 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 6 p.m. 7:30 p.m. EASTERN CONFERENCE EASTERN CONFERENCE AMERICAN CONFERENCE
CSN-CAL CSN-CAL CSN-CAL CSN-CAL
Atlantic Division Atlantic Division East
W L Pct GB W L OT Pts GF GA W L T Pct PF PA
@ Miami @ Orlando Boston 24 5 .828 — Pittsburgh 25 11 2 52 125 89 y-New England 13 2 0 .867 480 306
@ Atlanta @ Charlotte
4 p.m. Noon 4:30 p.m. 4 p.m. New York 18 13 .581 7 Philadelphia 22 8 5 49 117 87 x-N.Y.Jets 10 5 0 .667 329 297
CSN-BAY CSN-BAY CSN-BAY CSN-BAY Philadelphia 12 19 .387 13 Miami 7 8 0 .467 266 295
N.Y.Rangers 21 14 2 44 115 97
Toronto 11 20 .355 14 N.Y.Islanders 9 19 6 24 78 114 Buffalo 4 11 0 .267 276 387
Jan. 2 New Jersey 9 22 .290 16 New Jersey 9 24 2 20 61 112 South
vs.Arizona Southeast Division Northeast Division W L T Pct PF PA
1:15 p.m. End regular W L Pct GB Indianapolis 9 6 0 .600 412 368
season
W L OT Pts GF GA
FOX Miami 24 9 .727 — Jacksonville 8 7 0 .533 336 385
Boston 20 11 4 44 100 74
Orlando 20 12 .625 3 1/2 Tennessee 6 9 0 .400 336 316
Jan. 2 Atlanta 20 13 .606 4 Montreal 20 15 2 42 93 86
Houston 5 10 0 .333 356 410
@ K.C. Charlotte 10 19 .345 12 Ottawa 16 17 4 36 86 108 North
10 a.m. End regular Washington 7 22 .241 15 Buffalo 15 18 4 34 98 108 W L T Pct PF PA
season
CBS Central Division Toronto 13 18 4 30 82 107 x-Pittsburgh 11 4 0 .733 334 223
W L Pct GB Southeast Division x-Baltimore 11 4 0 .733 344 263
Chicago 20 10 .667 — W L OT Pts GF GA Cleveland 5 10 0 .333 262 291
BOWL GLANCE Indiana
Milwaukee
13
12
16
18
.448
.400
6 1/2
8
Washington
Tampa Bay
22
21
12
11
5
5
49
47
117
115
105
120
Cincinnati
West
4 11 0 .267 315 382

Saturday,Dec.18 At Washington Detroit 10 21 .323 10 1/2 Atlanta 19 14 6 44 123 117 W L T Pct PF PA

New Mexico Bowl East Carolina (6-6) vs. Maryland (8-4), 2:30 p.m. Cleveland 8 23 .258 12 1/2 Carolina 16 15 4 36 98 108 y-Kansas City 10 5 0 .667 356 295
At Albuquerque (ESPN) Florida 16 17 1 33 93 89 San Diego 8 7 0 .533 408 294
BYU 52,UTEP 24
Humanitarian Bowl
Texas Bowl
At Houston
WESTERN CONFERENCE Oakland 7 8 0 .467 379 361

At Boise,Idaho Baylor (7-5) vs.Illinois (6-6),6 p.m.(ESPN) Southwest Division WESTERN CONFERENCE Denver 4 11 0 .267 316 438

Northern Illinois 40,Fresno State 17 Alamo Bowl

New Orleans Bowl At San Antonio San Antonio
W
27
L
4
Pct
.871
GB
—
Central Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Troy 48,Ohio 21 Arizona (7-5) vs. Oklahoma State (10-2), 9:15 p.m. Dallas 24 6 .800 2 1/2 East
(ESPN) Detroit 23 9 4 50 121 100
Tuesday,Dec.21 New Orleans 18 13 .581 9 W L T Pct PF PA
Beef ’O’Brady’s Bowl Thursday,Dec.30 St.Louis 19 12 5 43 95 97
Armed Forces Bowl Houston 15 15 .500 11 1/2 Chicago 20 15 3 43 120 108 y-Philadelphia 10 5 0 .667 426 363
At St.Petersburg,Fla. Memphis 14 17 .452 13 N.Y.Giants 9 6 0 .600 377 333
Louisville 31,Southern Mississippi 28 At Dallas Nashville 17 13 6 40 87 91
SMU (7-6) vs.Army (6-6),Noon (ESPN) Northwest Division Washington 6 9 0 .400 288 360
Wednesday,Dec.22 Columbus 18 15 3 39 93 105
Pinstripe Bowl W L Pct GB Dallas 5 10 0 .333 380 423
MAACO Bowl Northwest Division
At Bronx,N.Y. Utah 21 10 .677 — South
At Las Vegas W L OT Pts GF GA
Boise State 26,Utah 3 Syracuse (7-5) vs.Kansas State (7-5),3:30 p.m.(ESPN) Oklahoma City 21 11 .656 1/2 W L T Pct PF PA
Music City Bowl Denver 17 13 .567 3 1/2 Vancouver 21 8 5 47 115 88 x-Atlanta 12 3 0 .800 383 278
Thursday,Dec.23 Colorado 19 12 5 43 125 117
Poinsettia Bowl At Nashville,Tenn. Portland 16 16 .500 5 1/2 New Orleans 11 4 0 .733 371 284
At San Diego North Carolina (7-5) vs. Tennessee (6-6), 6:40 p.m. Minnesota 8 24 .250 13 1/2 Minnesota 16 14 5 37 86 100 Tampa Bay 9 6 0 .600 318 305
(ESPN) Pacific Division Calgary 16 18 3 35 100 107 Carolina 2 13 0 .133 186 377
San Diego State 35,Navy 14
Holiday Bowl W L Pct GB Edmonton 12 17 6 30 91 120 North
Friday,Dec.24 At San Diego
Hawaii Bowl L.A.Lakers 21 10 .677 — Pacific Division W L T Pct PF PA
Nebraska (10-3) vs.Washington (6-6),10 p.m.(ESPN)
At Honolulu Friday,Dec.31 Phoenix 13 16 .448 7 W L OT Pts GF GA y-Chicago 11 4 0 .733 331 276
Tulsa 62,Hawaii 35 Meineke Bowl Golden State 12 18 .400 8 1/2 Dallas 22 11 4 48 106 98 Green Bay 9 6 0 .600 378 237
Sunday,Dec.26 At Charlotte,N.C. L.A.Clippers 10 22 .313 11 1/2 Los Angeles 22 12 1 45 106 78 Minnesota 6 9 0 .400 268 328
Little Caesars Pizza Bowl Clemson (6-6) vs.South Florida (7-5),Noon (ESPN) Sacramento 5 23 .179 14 1/2 San Jose 19 12 5 43 106 100 Detroit 5 10 0 .333 342 356
At Detroit Sun Bowl West
Anaheim 19 17 4 42 102 116
Florida International 34,Toledo 32 At El Paso,Texas Tuesday’s Games W L T Pct PF PA
Monday,Dec.27 Phoenix 16 12 7 39 92 100
Notre Dame (7-5) vs.Miami (7-5),2 p.m.(CBS) Orlando 110,Cleveland 95 St.Louis 7 8 0 .467 283 312
Independence Bowl Liberty Bowl Boston 95,Indiana 83 Seattle 6 9 0 .400 294 401
At Shreveport,La. At Memphis,Tenn. Tuesday’s Games
Miami 106,New York 98 San Francisco 5 10 0 .333 267 339
Air Force 14,Georgia Tech 7 Georgia (6-6) vs.UCF (10-3),3:30 p.m.(ESPN) Carolina 4,Toronto 3
Chicago 90,Milwaukee 77 Arizona 5 10 0 .333 282 396
Tuesday,Dec.28 Chick-fil-A Bowl Pittsburgh 6,Atlanta 3
Champs Sports Bowl Toronto 84,Dallas 76
At Atlanta San Antonio 97,L.A.Lakers 82 Washington 3,Montreal 0
At Orlando,Fla. x-clinched playoff spot
South Carolina (9-4) vs.Florida State (9-4),7:30 p.m. Boston 4,Tampa Bay 3
North Carolina State 23,West Virginia 7 (ESPN) Denver 95,Portland 77 y-clinched division
Wednesday’s Games St.Louis 3,Chicago 1 ———
Insight Bowl Saturday,Jan.1
At Tempe,Ariz. Golden State at Atlanta,4 p.m. Dallas 4,Nashville 2 Monday’s Game
TicketCity Bowl
Missouri (10-2) vs.Iowa (7-5),10 p.m.(ESPN) At Dallas Cleveland at Charlotte,4 p.m. Buffalo 4,Edmonton 2 New Orleans 17,Atlanta 14
Wednesday,Dec.29 Northwestern (7-5) vs. Texas Tech (7-5), Noon Indiana at Washington,4 p.m. Anaheim 3,Phoenix 1 Tuesday’s Game
Military Bowl (ESPNU) Boston at Detroit,4:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Vancouver,late Minnesota 24,Philadelphia 14
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Bring fast food home for the holidays
By Jim Romanoff
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
For too many of us, the holiday season isn’t
just about spreading glad tidings and joy. It’s
also about the spreading of the waistline.
To keep the joy but battle the bulge, consid-
er healthy homemade fast food. These diet-
worthy dishes won’t tie you to the kitchen, but
also won’t weigh you down.
Consider having a burger night where you
serve pre-made veggie burgers rather than the
fatty beef ones. There’s quite a variety avail-
able in the freezer section of your grocer and
brands such as Boca offer great meaty-tasting
versions.
Don’t forget that most fast food burgers are
all about the toppings, many of which can be
quite healthy. Arrange a platter of tomatoes,
pickles, onions, shredded lettuce and other
toppings for your family to assemble their
own burgers. And be sure to include some
low-fat cheese and reduced-fat mayo, as well
as ketchup and mustard.
While you’re at it, why not use a nutrient-
rich whole-grain bun instead of plain white?
If you prefer something crunchy, consider
these fish nuggets with curried-mustard dip-
ping sauce. They are made using an oven-fry-
ing technique that can give you results that are
close to deep-fried, but with serious savings in
fat and calories.
The first step is to coat fish chunks or fillets
with a layer of buttermilk, mustard, or even a
low-fat creamy salad dressing. Then coat the
pieces with seasoned breadcrumbs, crushed
flake cereals or cornmeal. And if you’re not in
the mood for fish, the oven-frying technique
works equally as well for chicken tenders or
nuggets.
CRUNCHY FISH NUGGETS WITH
CURRIED-MUSTARD DIPPING SAUCE
Start to finish: 15 minutes
Servings: 4
1/4 cup buttermilk
FOOD
Serve fish nuggets with curried mustard dipping sauce.
3/4 teaspoon salt, divided
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper, divided
1 1/4 pounds haddock or cod fillets, cut into
1-inch by 2-inch pieces
1 cup panko (Japanese-style) breadcrumbs
1 tablespoon chili powder
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
2 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons coarse-grained mustard
2 teaspoons curry powder
Place a rack in the top third of the oven.
Heat the oven to 425 F. Set a wire rack on a
baking sheet and coat it with cooking spray.
In a large bowl, whisk together the but-
termilk, 1/2 teaspoon of the salt and 1/4
teaspoon of the pepper. Add the fish
nuggets and turn to coat evenly.
In a shallow bowl or pie plate, combine the
panko, chili powder, cumin and garlic powder.
Dredge the fish nuggets, 2 or 3 at a time,
through the breadcrumb mixture, coating all
sides evenly. Arrange the fish nuggets on the
prepared rack set over the baking sheet. Coat
evenly with cooking spray on all sides.
Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until the
panko coating is golden brown and crisp and
the fish is opaque at the center.
Meanwhile, in a small bowl whisk together
the honey, mustard, curry powder, the remain-
ing 1/4 teaspoon salt and the remaining 1/4
teaspoon pepper.
Serve the fish nuggets with the curried mus-
tard dipping sauce.
Wednesday • Dec. 29, 2010 19
Midwest farmland
prices are soaring
By Michael J. Crumb
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DES MOINES, Iowa — Increased com-
modity prices and strong demand have sent
prices of farmland skyrocketing, making it
more difficult for young and beginning farm-
ers to get established but strengthening the
balance sheets for those who own the land.
Across the Corn Belt, the price of farmland
was on the rise in 2010. The highest increas-
es were seen in Iowa, where values rose 13
percent and an acre of farmland sold for
upward of $7,000 in some areas of the state.
Minnesota and Wisconsin also saw double
digit increases in farmland value, averaging
12 percent and 11 percent respectively,
according to the Federal Reserve Bank in
Kansas City.
“A lot of it is driven by commodity prices,”
said Jason Henderson, a branch manager and
economist with the Federal Reserve Bank in
Omaha, Neb. “As soon as June, the Russian
drought started to raise concerns about global
crop supplies and we saw commodity prices
begin to rise and we saw farmland values rise
with commodity prices.”
Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri all saw
average farmland values increase about 9.5
percent in 2010. Illinois, Indiana, North
Dakota and South Dakota also saw average
increases ranging from 8 percent to 11 per-
cent.
Besides increased commodity prices — for
crops such as corn and soybeans — there has
been an increased demand for farmland,
which is increasingly seen as a stable invest-
ment.
“We’re starting to see more interest in farm-
land purchases by nonfarm investors,”
Henderson said. “It’s more attractive than
other kinds of fixed income investments,
CDs, stock market investments. It looks like
See FARM, Page 22
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New generation of Italian chefs shake up classics

By Amy Serafin
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MODENA, Italy — In Massimo Bottura’s
hands, the traditional Italian peasant pasta and
bean dish known as pasta e fagioli is
rethought as a gustatory metaphor for the peo-
ple who have influenced him.
A cream of beans and foie gras represents
French chef Joel Robuchon. A rosemary froth
pays homage to Spaniard Ferran Adria. His
grandmother is channeled by a crust of toast-
ed parmigiano like those he loved as a boy in
a dish utterly new, yet comfortingly familiar
to Italians.
“An old man came into my restaurant and
started crying when he bit into the parmigiano
crust,” says Bottura. “He hadn’t tasted one
since he was a boy.”
Bottura epitomizes a new generation of
Italian chefs who are shaking up the classics
and finally getting the acclaim they deserve.
Eight years ago he nearly closed his restau-
rant, Osteria Francescana in Modena, because
local diners didn’t appreciate his conceptual,
avant-garde cuisine and its oddball references
free range to their imaginations.
“An old man came into my Contemporary cuisine even played a starring
restaurant and started crying when he bit into the role in the recent Italian movie “I Am Love,”
jolting Tilda Swinton’s character out of her
parmigiano crust....He hadn’t tasted one since he was a boy.” boring haut-bourgeois existence and into an
Massimo Bottura,owner of Osteria Francescana in Modena affair with a chef young enough to be her son.
Many of these trailblazing chefs expanded
to the likes of artist Joseph Beuys or jazzman my, Italian bureaucrats were drawing up a bill their horizons by leaving Italy, traveling and
Thelonious Monk. This October, the restau- to outlaw the use of chemical additives in working under masters from Alain Ducasse to
rant guide of the esteemed magazine restaurants. “In Italy, people are scared of Adri‘. Others followed in the footsteps of the
L’espresso crowned him the country’s top experiments,” says Bottura. “You have to be modern maestro Gualtiero Marchesi, who
chef and gave him the highest score they have like a salmon going back the wrong way, studied French nouvelle cuisine and Japanese
ever granted, 19.75 out of 20. thinking ’let’s hope I put the eggs in the right minimalism and became the first Italian chef
Italy is a country where tradition looms place or they’re going to kill me on the public with three Michelin stars in 1985.
large, where polenta dates back to Roman square.’” Italy boasts as many cooking styles as
times and eyebrows raise when bolognese But at last, a culinary renaissance is taking regions, and the current crop of risk-takers are
sauce covers any other pasta but tagliatelle. place, as chefs throughout the country are playing with the traditions and products of
Even the government has been known to resist flaunting convention and giving their specific surroundings.
culinary
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Booze up your holiday baking
By Michele Kayal
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
If Thanksgiving is about eating, then
surely New Year’s Eve is about drink-
ing. And what’s better than eating or
drinking? Eating while drinking.
“The best stew I ever had someone
made with Scotch,” says Patricia
Helding, founder of New York’s Fat
Witch Bakery, who likes to frost brown-
ies for New Year’s Eve with Champagne
icing. “It just gives it a little fizz and that
lovely Champagney flavor.”
We all know booze adds body to
stews and roasts, but Helding says it
also imparts aroma and sweetness to
baked goods. It makes a classic brownie
festive — think Kentucky bourbon balls
— and far out confections like rum
raisin bars as playful as ice cream. But
remember that friends don’t let friends
bake drunk.
“More is not better,” says Helding,
whose cookbook “Fat Witch Brownies”
(Rodale, 2010) features a few boozy
bars. “You don’t want the dough to get
too runny.” And if your finished product
needs more punch? “You can add liquor
to any buttercream icing,” she says.
It’s nearly impossible to get drunk on
cake, but Helding suggests you warn
your guests about the alcohol in case
they have religious or other restrictions.
A simple, elegant sign that says
“Whiskey Brownies” or “Rum Cake”
will do.
And let’s say you do eat too many
pickled pecan bars and find yourself
with an unsavory resolution: like losing
10 pounds. Sweets can help!
“To try and deprive yourself com-
pletely, it just fuels the desire,” Helding
says. Instead, enjoy small servings of
very rich, ultra-satisfying desserts,
items made with real butter and real
cream. Add nuts and cranberries and
chocolate chips, anything that makes the
cookie or brownie the best one possible.
“It’s all about portions,” she says. “A
lot of people say ’Once a week I have a
cookie and it’s the best tasting cookie
I’ve ever had.’ Thin people are always
like that.”
The lesson here? Take a bite (one),
take a swig, and have a happy new year.
RUM RAISIN BARS
Start to finish: 45 minutes (plus
overnight soaking of raisins)
Makes 16 bars
It’s nearly impossible to get drunk on cake, but Helding suggests you warn your
guests about the alcohol in case they have religious or other restrictions.
1/2 cup light rum
1 3/4 cups raisins (mixture of dark
and golden)
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room
temperature, plus extra for coating the
pan
1 1/2 cups packed light brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
In a medium bowl, combine the rum
and the raisins. Cover and let soak for at
least 6 hours, or overnight.
Heat the oven to 350 F. Coat a 9-by-9-
inch baking pan with baking spray.
In a large bowl, use an electric mixer
to cream the butter and brown sugar.
Beat in the eggs and vanilla, then con-
tinue mixing until the batter is well
combined.
Measure the flour and salt and sift
FOOD Wednesday • Dec. 29, 2010 21
Weeknight friendly,and
dinner party impressive
By Jim Romanoff
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
During the busy holiday season it’s good to have a few “util-
ity” recipes in your pocket. That is, dishes that are easy
enough to prepare for a weeknight family dinner, but dressy
enough for company.
This recipe for pecan-crusted chicken breast with bourbon
pan sauce has a luxuriously rich flavor and looks impressive,
yet takes just 35 minutes to make. If you want to skip the
booze, just increase the amount of chicken broth or use an
equal amount of apple juice instead.
For a gorgeous variation on this recipe, you can use finely
chopped pistachios instead of pecans. In fact almost any of
your favorite nuts would work.
PECAN-CRUSTED CHICKEN
BREASTS WITH BOURBON PAN SAUCE
Start to finish: 35 minutes
Servings: 6
1 cup finely chopped pecans
together directly into the batter. Mix the 1 cup all-purpose white flour, divided
batter gently until no trace of the dry 1/2 teaspoon salt
ingredients remains. 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
Strain the rum-soaked raisins and mix 2 large eggs
them in using a wooden spoon. 6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (2 pounds)
Using a silicone spatula, spread the 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
batter evenly into the prepared baking
pan. You may have to use your fingers See CHICKEN, Page 22
(lightly flour them first), as this batter is
very sticky.
Bake for 30 minutes, or until a tooth-
pick inserted at the center comes out
clean. Remove from the oven and cool
on a rack for 1 hour. Cut just before
serving.
Nutrition information per bar (values
are rounded to the nearest whole num-
ber): 238 calories; 58 calories from fat
(24 percent of total calories); 7 g fat (4
g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 42 mg cho-
lesterol; 41 g carbohydrate; 3 g protein;
1 g fiber; 131 mg sodium.
22 Wednesday • Dec. 29, 2010
FARM
Continued from page 19
an attractive rate of return for some investors.”
Nonetheless, farmers are still the number
one buyer of farmland.
Royce Elker, director of appraisal services
for the Minnesota-based agricultural financial
company, AgStar, said farmers buying more
land are “investing in their own business.
SNOW
Continued from page 1
state’s water shortage.
“This boosts our hopes that we will have an
adequate water supply for our cities and farms
as we continue to shake off effects of the
2007-09 drought,” Mark Cowin, the depart-
ment’s director, said in a statement.
The final amount of water that can be deliv-
ered to 25 million Californians and nearly 1
CHICKEN
Continued from page 21
1/4 cup bourbon
1 cup chicken broth
1 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon coarse-grained mustard
1 1/2 teaspoons cornstarch
2 teaspoons water
1/4 cup chopped fresh chives
FOOD/LOCAL
“The positive thing is the balance sheets of
farmers look better, there is more capital,” he
said. “It’s easier to get money when you have
more net worth and the more land you can use
as collateral.”
Retiring farmers look at the increasing
value of their land as a boost to their retire-
ment plan, Elker said.
“People who own land are hesitant to sell it
because they’re not finding a good alternative
for their money,” said Lee Vermeer, vice pres-
ident of real estate operations for the Omaha-
million acres of farmland will largely depend
on how the weather develops into spring.
Tuesday’s snow survey was the first of five
that will be conducted for the season.
The state delivered 35 percent of the water
requested in 2008, 40 percent in 2009 and 50
percent this year. The last time the state was
able to deliver 100 percent of allocation was
in 1996.
Even in wet years, allocations are hard to
achieve because of pumping restrictions in the
Sacramento San Joaquin Delta to protect a
threatened fish.
1 teaspoon reduced-sodium soy sauce
Heat the oven to 425 F.
In a food processor, combine the pecans,
1/2 cup of the flour, salt and pepper, then pulse
until the mixture becomes a coarse meal.
Transfer the mixture to a shallow dish.
Place the remaining 1/2 cup of flour in a
second shallow dish. In a third shallow dish,
lightly whisk the eggs.
Dip both sides of each chicken breast first in
the flour, shaking off any excess, then in the
eggs, then through the pecan mixture.
Transfer to a plate.
based Farmers National Company, a farm
management company.
Henderson said no declines in farmland
value have been seen across the U.S in 2010,
but some areas have seen slower growth than
in the Corn Belt.
Texas saw just a 2.8 percent increase, and
Oklahoma farmland increased in value by 1.5
percent, Henderson said.
A lot of the wheat grown in the southern
plains was harvested before the commodity
prices soared, holding down farmland values.
Frank Gehrke, the department’s snow sur-
vey section chief, warned that while the initial
results look great, it’s too soon to tell how the
season will end because of the climate phe-
nomenon known as La Nina. La Nina usually
brings drier months later in the season.
“We don’t know if this is a wrinkle in the
pattern, or if we’re going to get lower storm
activity later on in the winter,” Gehrke said.
Most of the state’s major reservoirs are near
or above normal levels for this time of year.
Lake Oroville, the State Water Project’s prin-
cipal reservoir in Butte County, is at 95 per-
In a 12-inch skillet over medium-high, heat
2 tablespoons of the oil. Add 3 of the chicken
breasts and cook until well browned on both
sides, 3 to 4 minutes per side. Transfer the
chicken breasts to a baking sheet. Repeat with
the remaining 2 tablespoons of oil and 3
chicken breasts.
Place the baking sheet in the oven and cook
the chicken for 12 to 15 minutes.
While the chicken bakes, make the sauce.
With the skillet over medium-high heat, add
the bourbon and deglaze, scraping up the
browned bits from the bottom of the pan. Add
THE DAILY JOURNAL
In Oklahoma, energy markets heavily influ-
ence land values and natural gas prices have
not risen as dramatically as crude oil. The land
also carries mineral rights and the revenue
collected from natural gas extracted from the
land wasn’t has high in 2010, Henderson said.
“So that was keeping a lid on farmland
prices,” he said. Michael Duffy, an Iowa State
University farm economist, said low interest
rates and high commodity prices have created
a tremendous demand for farmland, but few
sellers, he said.
cent of normal, holding 2.1 million acre-feet
of water. The lake last filled to its 3.5 million
acre-foot capacity in 2003.
The latest survey found water content in the
overall snowpack at 198 percent of normal.
Electronic readings showed northern moun-
tains at 169 percent of normal for this time of
year, central mountains at 180 percent and
southern mountains at 261 percent.
A manual survey conducted near Lake
Tahoe at Philips Station registered 158 per-
cent of normal water content in 56 inches of
snow.
the broth, honey and mustard and bring to a
simmer.
In a small bowl, stir together the cornstarch
and water. Whisk the cornstarch into the skil-
let sauce and stir until thickened. Stir in the
chives and soy sauce. Pour the sauce over the
chicken breasts to serve.
Nutrition information per serving (values
are rounded to the nearest whole number):
491 calories; 243 calories from fat (49 percent
of total calories); 27 g fat (3 g saturated; 0 g
trans fats); 140 mg cholesterol; 23 g carbohy-
drate; 34 g protein; 3 g fiber; 496 mg sodium.
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Afghan death toll for NATO soldiers 700
By Elene Becatoros
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
KABUL, Afghanistan — A coali-
tion patrol fought off an insurgent
attack in mountainous eastern
Afghanistan Tuesday, on a day
when two servicemen were killed in
the country’s troubled south, bring-
ing the death toll for foreign troops
in the country 2010 to 700, accord-
ing to an AP count.
This year is by far the deadliest
for the coalition in the nearly
decade-long war, as tens of thou-
sands of additional international
troops have poured into the country
in an effort to suppress a virulent
Taliban insurgency. But while
NATO and the United States note
progress has been made in the mili-
tants’ traditional strongholds in the
south, they acknowledge gains
made remain precarious.
Security has also deteriorated in
the north, while many parts of east-
ern Afghanistan, along the border
with Pakistan, remain violent and
under militant control. NATO forces
European anarchists grow more violent
By Nicole Winfield
and Derek Gatopoulos
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ROME — A loosely linked
movement of European anarchists
who want to bring down state and
financial institutions is becoming
more violent and coordinated after
decades out of the spotlight, and
may be responding to social ten-
sions spawned by the continent’s
Afghan police inspect at the site of a suicide car bomb blast in Kandahar.
often engaging in heavy fighting
there.
In the eastern province of Kunar,
a fierce firefight broke out when
U.S. soldiers from Forward
Operating Base Fortress came under
attack as their patrol drove on a
small road through mountainous
territory in Chowkey District, an AP
financial crisis, security experts say.
Italian police said Tuesday that
letter bombs were sent to three
embassies in Rome by Italian anar-
chists in solidarity with jailed
Greek anarchists, who had asked
their comrades to organize and
coordinate a global “revolutionary
war.”
Identical package bombs explod-
ed at the Swiss and Chilean
embassies in Rome on Dec. 23,
WORLD
REUTERS
photographer with the troops said.
A roadside bomb struck a vehicle
in the patrol first, and militants then
opened fire on the soldiers with
rocket-propelled grenades and
rifles. The U.S. soldiers hit back
with gunfire and artillery in an hour-
long firefight that caused no U.S.
casualties.
badly wounding the two people
who opened them. A third bomb
was safely defused at the Greek
Embassy on Monday.
“We’re striking again, and we do
so in response to the appeal
launched by our Greek compan-
ions,” the Italian group known as
the Informal Anarchist Federation
wrote in a claim of responsibility
for the third bomb that was released
by police here Tuesday.
U.S. can’t seal Afghanistan
Pakistan border:Commander
By Anne Flaherty
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — There’s no
practical way for U.S. troops to seal
Afghanistan’s vast border with
Pakistan and stop all Taliban fight-
ers from slipping through, so they
are focusing on defending vulnera-
ble towns and fighting insurgents on
Afghan soil, a U.S. military com-
mander said Tuesday.
Army Col. Viet Luong said that
“to secure the border in the tradi-
tional sense” would “take an inordi-
nate amount of resources.” He said
it also would require far more coop-
eration from the tribes inside
Pakistan who often provide Taliban
fighters safe passage.
Other senior U.S. military offi-
cials have said they hope the
Pakistan military does more to shut
down Taliban hideouts. But the U.S.
has denied reports that American
forces are pushing to expand special
operations raids inside Pakistan’s
tribal areas to target militants.
“It’s naive to say that we can stop
. . . forces coming through the bor-
der,” said Luong, who oversees
troops in a part of eastern
Afghanistan that includes the
volatile Khost province and 162
miles of border.
Instead, Luong said, he is choos-
ing to fight insurgents outside
Afghan villages where they are
Wednesday • Dec. 29, 2010 23
more vulnerable anyway.
Luong said troops under his com-
mand are still working to control the
border. But he recently shut down
one platoon-sized checkpoint
known as “Combat Outpost Spera.”
Luong said he thought the platoon
would be more useful protecting
more populated areas.
Khost province has been the site
of frequent enemy attacks, includ-
ing a high-profile suicide bombing
at a remote CIA outpost last year.
The area’s proximity to Pakistan
puts it on the front lines of the U.S.
fight for control in Afghanistan.
Pakistan is host to the Taliban-
linked Haqqani network, a militant
movement based in its North
Waziristan region that carries out
operations in Afghanistan.
Luong said he has seen “subtle
signs of hope” for Khost after the
U.S. and Afghanistan stepped up
operations against the Haqqani net-
work. The number of operations and
patrols increased four-fold, up to
12,000 in the past year, while the
effectiveness of enemy fire has been
cut in half, he estimated.
“Local atmospherics are indicat-
ing that the people of Khost are
beginning to feel that security is
much, much better,” he said. “And
more importantly, for the first time,
they’re feeling that the provincial
government is now working for the
people.”
24 Wednesday • Dec. 29, 2010
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 29
Calendar
Winter Explorer Days at Coyote
Point Museum. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Coyote Point Museum, 1651 Coyote
Point Drive, San Mateo. A program
for kids of all ages to investigate and
participate in hands-on science activ-
ities with different activities every
day. Included in the price of museum
admission. For more information
v i s i t to 1 p.m. South Caltrain Parking Lot
www.coyoteptmuseum.org/activi-
ties/calendar.
The Club Fox Blues Jam. 7 p.m. to
11 p.m. The Club Fox, 2209
Broadway, Redwood City. This week
the Club Fox Blues Jam presents
three of the best of the best backed up
by an incredible all-star band of first
call players. $5. For more informa-
tion visit www.rwcbluesjam.com.
Striking 12. 7:30 p.m. TheatreWorks
at Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305
Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. A
rewired version of Hans Christian
Anderson’s classic tale The Little
Match Girl, this clever mix of musi-
cal comedy and pop/rock tunes is a
sweet, witty concert that is a sure-fire
way to ring in the New Year. $56 to
$75. For more information call 463-
1960.
Woodside High School Photography
Exhibit: Lomography. Redwood
City Downtown Library, 1044
Middlefield Road. A photography
exhibit by WHS students learning
about and simulating the images of
the retro Lomo LC-A camera.
Exhibit runs through Dec. 31. For
more information e-mail acamp-
bell@seq.org.
THURSDAY, DEC. 30
Winter Explorer Days at Coyote
Point Museum. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Coyote Point Museum, 1651 Coyote
Point Drive, San Mateo. A program
for kids of all ages to investigate and
participate in hands-on science activ-
ities with different activities every
day. Included in the price of museum
admission. For more information
v i s i t House presents an exhibition of
www.coyoteptmuseum.org/activi-
ties/calendar.
Striking 12. 8 p.m. TheatreWorks at
Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305
Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. A
rewired version of Hans Christian
Anderson’s classic tale The Little
Match Girl, this clever mix of musi-
cal comedy and pop/rock tunes is a
sweet, witty concert that is a sure-fire
way to ring in the New Year. $56 to
$75. For more information call 463-
1960.
Woodside High School
Photography Exhibit:
Lomography. Redwood City
Downtown Library, 1044 Middlefield
Road. A photography exhibit by
WHS students learning about and
simulating the images of the retro
Lomo LC-A camera. Exhibit runs
through Dec. 31. For more informa-
tion e-mail acampbell@seq.org.
FRIDAY, DEC. 31
Peninsula Landscapes Revisited.
Noon to 4 p.m. Collections Room,
Peninsula Museum of Art, 10 Twin
Pines Lane, Belmont. Featuring
Sharon Bearce, Werner Glinka,
Alysanne McGaffey and Kevyn
Wernock. Exhibit runs through Jan.
2, noon to 4 p.m. on weekdays, 1
p.m. to 4 p.m. on weekends. For more
information call 594-1577.
New Years Eve Party Featuring
Rodeo House. 9 p.m. The Old
Princeton Landing, 460 Capistrano
Road, Princeton by the Sea. Ring in
the New Year with the Bay Area’s
own country band Rodeo House.
Ages 21 and up. $10. For more infor-
mation e-mail
projectsixfivezero@hotmail.com.
Woodside High School
Photography Exhibit:
Lomography. Redwood City
Downtown Library, 1044 Middlefield
Road. A photography exhibit by
WHS students learning about and
simulating the images of the retro
Lomo LC-A camera. Exhibit runs
through Dec. 31. For more informa-
tion e-mail acampbell@seq.org.
SATURDAY, JAN. 1
Dog Adoptions. 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. San
Bruno Petco in Tanforan Mall, 1150
El Camino Real, San Bruno. Dogs
were saved from death in high-kill
Southern California shelters and driv-
en to Northern California for adop-
tions. For more information visit
dogsneedhomes.blogspot.com.
Victorian 12th Night Ball. 7 p.m.
San Mateo Masonic Lodge Ballroom,
100 N. Ellsworth Ave., San Mateo.
After a vintage dance lesson, the
bangers and mash ensemble will play
an evening of Victorian ballroom
dance music. Victorian or modern
evening dress admired, but not
required. $15 in advance (by Dec.
27), $20 at the door. For more infor-
mation go to peers.org.
Peninsula Landscapes Revisited. 1
p.m. to 4 p.m. Collections Room,
Peninsula Museum of Art, 10 Twin
Pines Lane, Belmont. Featuring
Sharon Bearce, Werner Glinka,
Alysanne McGaffey and Kevyn
Wernock. Exhibit runs through Jan.
2, noon to 4 p.m. on weekdays, 1
p.m. to 4 p.m. on weekends. For more
information call 594-1577.
SUNDAY, JAN. 2
Farmers’ Market Sundays. 9 a.m.
on El Camino Real, Belmont. Get
fresh fruit, vegetables, breads and
pastries, flowers and more. For more
information go to pcfma.com.
Peninsula Landscapes Revisited. 1
p.m. to 4 p.m. Collections Room,
Peninsula Museum of Art, 10 Twin
Pines Lane, Belmont. Featuring
Sharon Bearce, Werner Glinka,
Alysanne McGaffey and Kevyn
Wernock. Exhibit runs through Jan.
2, noon to 4 p.m. on weekdays, 1
p.m. to 4 p.m. on weekends. For more
information call 594-1577.
First Dunday Line Dance. 1 p.m. to
4 p.m. San Bruno Senior Center,
1555 Crystal Springs Road, San
Bruno. $5. For more information call
616-7150.
MONDAY, JAN. 3
Lecture: Booktalks with the San
Mateo Public Library. 10 a.m. to 11
a.m. City of San Mateo Senior
Center, 2645 Alameda de las Pulgas,
San Mateo. Hear about the two latest
popular biographies ‘Devil’s
Rooming House’ and ‘Furious Love:
Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton.’
Free. For more information call 522-
7490.
Dance Connection. Free dance, 6:45
p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Open Dance 7:30
p.m. to 10 p.m. Burlingame Women’s
Club, 241 Park Road, Burlingame.
Enjoy senior ballroom dancing. $8
for members, $10 for guests. For
more information call 342-2221.
TUESDAY, JAN. 4
Small Works. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 320
California Ave., Palo Alto. Gallery
small-scale works by Bay Area
artists. Exhibit runs Tuesday through
Sunday until Feb. 5. For more infor-
mation e-mail smc339@gmail.com.
Beauty and the Beast. 3:30 p.m. San
Mateo Public Library, 55 W. Third
Ave., San Mateo. See the Disney
movie ‘Beauty and the Beast’ on big
screen. Free. For more information
call 522-7838.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 5
Basic Computers. 10:30 a.m.
Belmont Library, 1110 Alameda de
las Pulgas, Belmont. Learn to under-
stand the basics of using a computer
and a mouse. For more information
contact conrad@smcl.org.
Small Works. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. 320
California Ave., Palo Alto. Gallery
House presents an exhibition of
small-scale works by Bay Area
artists. Exhibit runs Tuesday through
Sunday until Feb. 5. For more infor-
mation e-mail smc339@gmail.com.
Teen Gaming Afternoons. 3:30 p.m.
to 5 p.m. Belmont Library, 1110
Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont.
Come play Wii, board games and
more in the Taube Community Room
at the Belmont Library. Free. For
more information contact
conrad@smcl.org.
Dance Nights. 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Twin Pines Senior and Community
Center, 20 Twin Pines Lane,
Belmont. Enjoy dancing to great
music and meeting new friends. $6.
For more information call 595-7444.
For more events visit
smdailyjournal.com, click Calendar.
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$95 at the door — includes a buffet din-
ner, a champagne toast and entertainment.
Reservations are available by calling 365-
3226.
Radio station 98.1 KISS FM is setting
up party central at the Hotel Sofitel, 223
Twin Dolphin Drive in Redwood City.
Tickets start at $85, which includes a glass
of champagne and party favors, with par-
ties in three rooms throughout the hotel —
DJ Scotty Fox in the grand ballroom,
karaoke with Renel in the Veranda Room
and Kool Katz Band in the Bay Bar.
Room specials are also available.
Feel like spending time on the coast?
The party at Wine Bar, 270 Capistrano
Road No. 22 in Half Moon Bay, starts at
7 p.m. with hors d’oeuvres, live music
with Atkinson Kincheloe, Beynon and
guest Roger Powell. Tickets are $50 per
person. Tickets are available by calling
726-0770.
Cetrella, at 845 Main St., is offering a
prix fixe dinner with music running at $85
for the later shift, which ends at midnight
and includes a glass of sparkling wine.
Those in the mood for some country
music should try the Old Princeton
Landing, 460 Capistrano Road in
Princeton by the Sea, which is featuring
Rodeo House. There is a $10 cover.
If midnight is too late for your tastes,
LARSEN
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She was known for her dogged love of
Foster City and lobbied hard to build a
high school on land adjacent to City Hall
donated by T. Jack Foster. She opposed
busing Foster City children to San Mateo
schools and rallied successfully against a
fire department merger with the city of
San Mateo in 1996.
Sue Lempert, whose political career
also started in the early ’70s, often
sparred with Larsen over the years on
local issues.
“It is hard to believe she is no longer
with us. She seemed indestructible,”
Lempert said. “I loved her dearly even
though we disagreed on almost every-
thing.”
Lempert first met Larsen in 1970 when
Lempert was running for a seat on the
San Mateo School Board, now the San
Mateo-Foster City Elementary School
District Board of Trustees.
Larsen told Lempert she would rather
have her children go to school in tents
rather than have them bused to San
Mateo.
“She was feisty,” Lempert said.
MAYOR
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immune to the downturn in the economy.
“I’ve been in business for 25 years and
this is the worst I’ve seen the economy,”
he said. “There is not a lot of optimism
in my industry. No one is taking risks
and, if they do, they can’t get the financ-
ing.”
Matthews has seen this firsthand as the
city has approved big developments,
such as Bay Meadows Phase II, that
have been slow to construct.
The city will realize nearly $2 million
in revenue once the project is completed.
Two other developments, the Hines
project and Station Park Green, will also
bring big revenue to the city, although
those projects may not be completed for
another 10 years.
About 70 percent of the city’s general
fund comes from property tax, sales tax,
hotel tax and property transfer tax,
which have all declined significantly in
the past two years, forcing the city to cut
millions from its annual budget.
The general fund pays for police, fire,
the Half Moon Bay Brewing Company is
hosting an early bird party with the Robin
Campbell Band from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at
390 Capistrano Road in Half Moon Bay.
In Brisbane, the Radisson Xebec Bar
and Dining is hosting LynAnn King and
Jef Labes for a one-night dinner theater
event for $99 per person. The show will
feature hits from lyricist Johnny Mercer.
For reservations call (415) 467-4400.
Those heading to San Francisco will
find an array of club parties but can also
brave the cold, and massive crowds, for a
chance to see magnificent fireworks over
the Bay during the first moments of 2011.
About 200,000 people are expected to be
bundled up on the Embarcadero water-
front. The sky lights up at the stroke up
midnight.
Going out doesn’t have to be a require-
ment. Gather some friends and some bot-
tles of bubbly and enjoy a low-key get-
together at home.
Regardless of how you spend the
evening, priority number one for starting
the year off right is getting home safely.
It’s understandable that ringing in 2011
may come with a side of alcohol. Driving
doesn’t have to be the answer.
Caltrain is running a modified schedule
Friday night with free rides to passengers
after 11 p.m. There will also be four addi-
tional post-midnight, southbound trains
leaving San Francisco at 12:45 a.m., 1:15
a.m., 1:45 a.m. and 2:15 a.m., making all
local stops to the San Jose Diridon station.
Redi-Wheels and RediCoast, the San
“Everything she did, in her own mind,
was for the best of Foster City.”
Councilman Rick Wykoff said Larsen
was a critical fixture in the early days of
Foster City government and politics.
“She was devoted to Foster City,”
Wykoff said. “She really cared about the
community. She’s an important figure in
the early history of the city.”
Wykoff credits Larsen, in part, for
inspiring a long list of councilmembers
who took the same care for Foster City
that she did.
Larsen left the council in 1999 and
moved to Reno to be near her daughter
Christiane Brown’s family in 2001.
Larsen and her husband Don spent their
last years together traveling the world and
attending numerous school plays and
dance recitals of their granddaughters
Tara and Tess. Larsen and her husband
enjoyed exploring the banks of the
Truckee River and the ranches and green
spaces of northern Nevada with their dog
Watson.
Her husband Don passed away in 2007.
She earned a place on the Foster City
Community Wall of Fame in 2002 for her
lasting contributions to the city. She was
also the editor of the Foster City Islander
for a spell.
Larsen’s career in Foster City politics
spanned 32 years, starting with its drive to
public works, library services, parks and
recreation and other essential city serv-
ices.
“Public safety cost is going through
the roof and other sectors have suffered,”
Matthews said.
Shared services and greater consolida-
tion for both fire and police could help
cities on the Peninsula save on cost but
will take the effort of the entire region to
achieve, he said.
“The bottom line for us is the bottom
line. There must be significant cost sav-
ings for it to be feasible,” Matthews said.
He noted the city of San Carlos’ recent
move to contract out police services to
the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office at
a savings of roughly $2 million a year.
“Eventually it is about providing the
best service at the best price,” Matthews
said.
City employees have weathered salary
freezes and furlough days to help the
city keep costs down.
“Going forward there will be some
tough choices,” he said.
In the past, financial projections have
been consistently wrong, he said.
General fund revenue is projected to
increase by an average of just 2.5 per-
cent annually over the next eight years,
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Mateo County Transit District’s paratran-
sit services, will also offer free rides
between 11 p.m. and 2 a.m.
BART trains will make all local stops
from the Peninsula into the city starting at
8 p.m. Trips back down the Peninsula will
also make all local stops, although BART
representatives do ask those who watch
the fireworks to board at the Montgomery
Street Station to ease overcrowding.
A cab is another safe bet. Often this
option loses when it means leaving your
car behind. If you find yourself in such a
situation, consider these options:
• Get a tow. AAA is offering Tipsy Tow,
a free service to driving drinkers starting 6
p.m. Friday evening through 6 a.m.
Saturday morning. Anyone in Northern
California can call (800) 222-4357 and
ask for a tipsy tow, which gets them a free
tow for up to 10 miles. This is a one-way
ride service for the driver and the vehicle.
Additional passengers can only be taken if
there is room. This service doesn’t offer a
r e s e r v a t i o n .
Sober Drivers, on the other hand, can be
reserved in advance. The nonprofit service
is available throughout the Bay Area 24
hours a day.
For a $25 pickup and $4 per mile, the
service will send a car and a second driv-
er to your location. The second person
will drive you home in your own car.
Meanwhile a person will follow behind to
pick up the driver once you’re at home. To
make an appointment call (800) 787-6617
or visit http://mysoberdrivers.org.
gain independence from San Mateo,
which succeeded in 1971 when the city
was incorporated. Her name appears on
buildings across the city including the
library, community center and senior cen-
ter and on plaques at parks and bridges.
Her daughter remembers her mother
for her quick mind, easy laughter and
deep commitment to fighting for what
was right.
“My mother expected the children to be
up on current events and speak intelli-
gently about them,” Brown said. “One
summer, she kept us home to watch the
Watergate hearings.”
When there was an issue Larsen felt
strongly about, she would march with her
children by her side, Brown said.
Two of Larsen’s children grew up to be
journalists, one a political radio talk show
host and the other a writer for Bloomberg
in London. Larsen’s other child relocated
to Fiji where he runs a resort.
Born in Milwaukee, Wis., Larsen grad-
uated from Northwestern University’s
Medill School of Journalism where she
met and married her husband, a fellow
student. The couple shared a marriage of
52 years.
A memorial service for Eileen will be
held in Foster City the weekend of Jan. 8.
For details contact christianebrown@sbc-
global.
below the 5 percent historical average.
The city’s general fund revenue is
expected to be approximately $95.6 mil-
lion in fiscal year 2018-19, the year
after Measure L expires.
San Mateo’s most volatile funding
source has been the property transfer
tax, reaching a high of $10.4 million in
FY 2006-07. The number dropped by
70 percent in just two years, however,
to $3.3 million in FY 2008-09.
Median home prices in San Mateo
have dropped 25 percent since 2007
from a historical high of $781,500 to
about $590,000 this year.
Despite the reductions and loss of
employees, the city faces significant
increases in pension compensation
cost. The employer contribution rates
for “public safety” employees are pro-
jected to increase from 27.9 percent this
year to 45 percent by fiscal year 2018-
19.
The city may ask its employees to
share retirement costs and establish a
second tier of benefits for new hires as it
attempts to bridge the ongoing structural
deficit.
“We are taking a much longer view on
the budget. We have cut down our expec-
tations significantly,” Matthews said.
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Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010 CANCER (June 21-July 22) - Avoid discussing finances
with anybody, especially with your mate. Regardless of who
Far more travel than usual is highly possible for all Capricorns
is wrong and who is right, nothing will come of it but a lot of
in the upcoming months, but mostly for those of you who
ill-will and frustration.
have done so for a living from time to time in the past. If you
can, try to include some new spots on your agenda. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - Most relationships are likely to be a
bit touchy, so tread softly and very carefully. Only a few rare
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - Before pushing yourself
issues are worth getting into and, if you should do more than
beyond your limits, be absolutely certain that what you are
that, you’ll be asking for trouble.
doing is what you really want. Otherwise, you could end up
kicking yourself for getting involved. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - Try to limit your spending to
essentials because, with few exceptions, most of what you
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) - Getting in a few digs about
do is likely to be wasteful and unnecessary. You don’t want to
people you dislike might make you feel vindicated, but it will
find yourself nursing spender’s remorse.
do nothing for your image in the eyes of your audience, espe-
cially if your comments are unfair. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) - If you find yourself in a blue
study, a number of knotty problems will result if you can’t be
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) - Don’t give excessive consid-
civil to those who are close to you. Stay away or shut your
eration to someone who is a dominating, older individual. It is
pie hole.
likely to be a person who will take advantage of your giving
nature and push you to the limits. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) - When it comes to things that
have occurred in the past, forgo bringing up disturbing inci-
ARIES (March 21-April 19) - If you can, put off any work that
dents. Let bygones be bygones, and strive to be forgiving and
requires some kind of a partnership arrangement in order to
forgetful about old slights or harsh words.
be accomplished. You aren’t apt to do too well working with
another at this moment in time. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) - When out with friends
who are splitting the tab, don’t complain about your share,
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) - It would be far wiser to take
even if you only drank Champale when your pals drank cham-
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care of each job as it arises instead of letting things pile
pagne. You’ll end up looking cheap.
up. Once it does, you could find yourself overloaded like a Sudoku
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #242228
The following person is doing business
as: Quality Lock & Key, 1225 Tilia Street,
San Mateo, CA 94402 is hereby regis-
tered by the following owner: Pericles
Pneumatikos, same address. The busi-
ness is conducted by an Individual. The
registrants commenced to transact busi-
ness under the FBN on
/s/ Pericles Pneumatikos /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 12/06/10. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/08/10,
12/15/10, 12/22/10, 12/29/10).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #242217
The following person is doing business
as: (1)T.M.C. Construction, (2)T.M.
Chang Construction, 372 Mullet Ct., Fos-
ter City, CA 94404 is hereby registered
by the following owner: Edgar Tsuen
Ming Chang, same address. The busi-
ness is conducted by an Individual. The
registrants commenced to transact busi-
ness under the FBN on N/A.
/s/ Edgar Tsuen Ming Chang /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 12/06/10. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/08/10,
12/15/10, 12/22/10, 12/29/10).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #242238
The following person is doing business
as: Super Auto Glass, 61 Airport Blvd.,
Suite A, So. San Francisco, CA 94080 is
hereby registered by the following owner:
Andrey Snigorenko, 1250 35th Ave., San
Francisco, CA 94122. The business is
conducted by an Individual. The regis-
trants commenced to transact business
under the FBN on
/s/ Andrey Snigorenko /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 12/07/10. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/08/10,
12/15/10, 12/22/10, 12/29/10).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #241894
The following persons are doing busi-
ness as: Rosey Hipps, 383 Imperial
Drive, Pacifica, CA 94044 is hereby reg-
istered by the following owners: Kim
Mane Adams, same address and Alejan-
dra Mendoza, 22602 Zaballos Court,
Hayward, CA 94541. The business is
conducted by a General Partnership. The
registrants commenced to transact busi-
ness under the FBN on N/A.
/s/ Kim Mane Adams /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 11/12/10. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/08/10,
12/15/10, 12/22/10, 12/29/10).
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #242177
The following person is doing business
as: Calton Construction, 219 MacDonald
Ave., Daly City, CA 94014 is hereby reg-
istered by the following owner: Calvin
Wong, same address. The business is
conducted by an Individual. The regis-
trants commenced to transact business
under the FBN on
/s/ Calvin Wong /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 12/02/10. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/08/10,
12/15/10, 12/22/10, 12/29/10).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #242221
The following person is doing business
as: California Wine Shop.com, 40 W. 3rd
Ave., Unit 203, San Mateo, CA 94402 is
hereby registered by the following owner:
J.P. Bears, LLC, CA. The business is
conducted by a Limited Liability Compa-
ny. The registrants commenced to trans-
act business under the FBN on N/A.
/s/ Masanori Kimizuka /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 12/06/10. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/15/10,
12/22/10, 12/29/10, 01/05/10).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #242331
The following person is doing business
as: Quest Real Estate, 1201 Howard
Avenue, Suite 102, Burlingame, CA
94010 is hereby registered by the follow-
ing owner: Bijan Amini, 1411 Avondale
Road, Hillsborough, CA 94010. The
business is conducted by an Individual.
The registrants commenced to transact
business under the FBN on 11/08/10.
/s/ Bijan Amini /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 12/13/10. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/15/10,
12/22/10, 12/29/10, 01/05/10).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #242317
The following person is doing business
as: Sirayvah Organic Thai Cuisine, 366
El Camino Real, SAN CARLOS, CA
94070 is hereby registered by the follow-
ing owner: Pirada Organic Thai Cuisine,
Inc., CA. The business is conducted by a
Corporation. The registrants commenced
to transact business under the FBN on
/s/ Jiraporn K. Wonnonam /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 12/13/10. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/22/10,
12/29/10, 01/05/10, 01/12/10).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #242384
The following person is doing business
as: Innyield, 121A 16th Ave., SAN MA-
TEO, CA 94402 is hereby registered by
the following owner: Ricardo Berrospi,
same address. The business is conduct-
ed by an Individual. The registrants com-
menced to transact business under the
FBN on
/s/ Ricardo Berrospi /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 12/16/10. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/22/10,
12/29/10, 01/05/10, 01/12/10).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #242309
The following person is doing business
as: Oak Tree Acupuncture, 10 El Camino
Real, Ste. 202, SAN CARLOS, CA
94070 is hereby registered by the follow-
ing owner: Sita Chokkalingam, L.AC., 26
Sierra Street #W302, SAN FRANCISCO.
The business is conducted by an Individ-
ual. The registrants commenced to trans-
act business under the FBN on
/s/ Sita Chokkalingam /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 12/10/10. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/22/10,
12/29/10, 01/05/10, 01/12/10).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #242402
The following person is doing business
as: No Box Catering, 384 Oyster Point
Blvd. #1, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA
94080 is hereby registered by the follow-
ing owner: Barbara Fakkima, 346 O’Con-
nor Street, MENLO PARK, CA 94025.
The business is conducted by an Individ-
ual. The registrants commenced to trans-
act business under the FBN on
/s/ Barbara L/ Fakkima /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 12/17/10. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/22/10,
12/29/10, 01/05/10, 01/12/10).
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203 Public Notices
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #242456
The following person is doing business
as: Redwood City Martco, 1602 El Cami-
no Real, REDWOOD CITY, CA 94063 is
hereby registered by the following owner:
Grand Martco, Inc, 210 Scenic Drive,
Redwood City, CA 94062. The business
is conducted by a corporation. The regis-
trants commenced to transact business
under the FBN on1/1/2011
/s/ Zareh Samurkashian /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 12/22/10. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/29/10,
01/05/11, 01/12/11, 01/19/11).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #242455
The following person is doing business
as: Grand 76,221 Airpot Blvd, SOUTH
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94080 is hereby
registered by the following owner: Grand
Martco, Inc, 210 Scenic Drive, Redwood
City, CA 94062. The business is con-
ducted by a corporation. The registrants
commenced to transact business under
the FBN on1/1/2011.
/s/ Zareh Samurkashian /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 12/22/10. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/29/10,
01/05/11, 01/12/11, 01/19/11).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #2424115
The following person is doing business
as: Busy Beezzz Day Care, 800 Lurline
Dr, SAN MATEO, CA 94404 is hereby
registered by the following owner: Paulo
R. Busetto and Elisangela A. Teixeira,
same address. The business is conduct-
ed by a Husband and Wife. The regis-
trants commenced to transact business
under the FBN on
/s/ Elisangela A. Texieira /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 11/29/10. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/29/10,
01/05/11, 01/12/11, 01/19/11).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #242464
The following person is doing business
as: Lola & Black, 29 Clinton St. #301,
REDWOOD CITY, CA 94062 is hereby
registered by the following owner: Quen-
tin Johnston and Marcy Johnston, same
address. The business is conducted by a
Husband and Wife. The registrants com-
menced to transact business under the
FBN on12/ 7/2010
/s/ Quentin Johnston/
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 12/22/10. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/29/10,
01/05/11, 01/12/11, 01/19/11).
NOTICE TO BIDDERS –
CITY OF SAN BRUNO
Bayhill Sneath Lane
Cable Plant Extension
Project
The City of San Bruno is ac-
cepting bids, subject to the
specifications and conditions
as stated in Bid No. C11-
6140-01. Bid Packets are
available at http://www.san-
bruno.ca.gov/finance_bid-
dingopp.html. Bids must be
submitted to San Bruno City
Clerk’s Office, City Hall, 567
El Camino Real, San Bruno
94066 by 2:00p.m. January
3, 2011, at which time they
will be publicly opened and
read.
Contact the Finance Depart-
ment at 650-616-7034 to ob-
tain a copy of the bid docu-
ments or for more informa-
tion.
/s/ Carol Bonner,
San Bruno City Clerk
December 20, 2010
Published in the San Mateo
Daily Journal, December 23
and 29, 2010.
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203 Public Notices
STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF
USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT FILE NO. 233343
The following person have abandoned
the use of the fictitious business name:
Ready Solar, 2929 Campus Dr., #110,
SAN MATEO, CA 94403. The fictitious
business name referred to above was
filed in County on 05/29/09. The busi-
ness was conducted by: Telesis Solar,
Inc., CA.
/s/ Robert Giles /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on 12/14/10. (Published in the
San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/22/10,
12/29/10, 01/29/10, 01/12/10).
210 Lost & Found
MISSING GREY MALE CAT named
“Biscotti”. Last seen 12/4 on Aviador
Ave. in Millbrae. 12 years old, 12 lbs.,
strong athletic build. Domestic short
hair, solid grey including nose,
neutered,declawed front paws. Micro-
chip #985121004140013. Please call
Home Again lost pet service at 888-466-
3242 with any info. Thank you!
295 Art
PAINTING "jack vettriano" Portland gal-
lery 26 x 33. $55. (650)345-1111.
PICTURE WITH Frame Jack Vettriano
with light attached $100. (650)867-2720
296 Appliances
4 BURNER cook top commercial lifetime
burner $22., (650)756-6778
AIR CONDITIONER - slider model for
narrow windows, 10k BTU, excellent
condition, $100., (650)212-7020
CHANDELLIER NEW 4 lights $30.
(650)878-9542
CHOPPERS (4) with instructions $7/all.
(650)368-3037
KENMORE DISHWASHER, exc. condi-
tion, 3yrs old, $95. (650)483-3630
KENMORE MICROWAVE, exc. condi-
tion, 3yrs old, $45. (650)483-3630
PORTABLE GE Dishwasher, excellent
condition $75 OBO, (650)583-0245
RADIATOR HEATER, oil filled, electric,
1500 watts $25. (650)504-3621
SHOP VACUUM rigid brand 3.5 horse
power 9 gal wet/dry $40. (650)591-2393
STOVE TOP 4 burners with electric grill
commercial grade $50., (650)756-6778
VACUUM CLEANER $50 (650)367-1350
VACUUM CLEANER heavy duty like
new $45. (650)878-9542
WASHER/DRYER “MAYTAG” - Brand
new with 3 year warranty, $850. both,
(650)726-4168
297 Bicycles
BICYCLE "MAGNA" 24 inch wheels
purple, $40., San Mateo, (650)341-5347
BICYCLE - Sundancer Jr., 26”, $75. obo
(650)676-0732
GIRL'S BIKE HUFFY Purple 6-speed
good cond. $35 - Angela (650)269-3712
298 Collectibles
2 VINTAGE COFFEE CANS - empty,
Hills Bros. red, 1922-45, HillsBros , early
80’s, $25/both, (650)347-5104
28 RECORDS - 78 RPMS, Bing Crosby,
Frankie Laine, Al Jolson, many others, all
in book albums, $90. all, (650)347-5104
49ER REPORT issues '85-'87 $35/all,
(650)592-2648
6 GALLON "red wing" Crock $100 RWC
(650)868-0436
8 VERY OLD BOTTLES - most used for
medicines, whiskey, milk, root beer, all in
good condition, $55. all, (650)347-5104
BABEBALL CARDS assorted (25)
$15/all. (408)420-5646
BAY MEADOW coffee mug in box
SOLD!
GLASSES 6 sets redskins, good condi-
tion never used $25/all. (650)345-1111
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298 Collectibles
GEISHA DOLL - 14" - BEAUTIFULLY
PACKAGED IN PLASTIC CASE.-
$25/ofr. (650)588-5991
JACK TASHNER signed ball $25. Ri-
chard (650)834-4926
MERCHANT MARINE, framed forecastle
card, signed by Captain Angrick '70. 13 x
17 inches $35 cash. (650)755-8238
POSTER - framed photo of President
Wilson and Chinese Junk $25 cash,
(650)755-8238
VASE - with tray, grey with red flowers,
perfect condition, $30., (650)345-1111
300 Toys
RADIO CONTROLLED Beetle Buggy
car new in box $10. (408)249-3858
302 Antiques
ANTIQUE SOLID mahogany knick-knack
or bookshelf with 4 small drawers, good
condition, $95. 650-726-5200
CHINA CABINET - Vintage, 6 foot,
solid mahogany. $300/obo.
(650)867-0379
303 Electronics
46” MITSUBISHI Projector TV, great
condition. $400. (650)261-1541.
COMSWITCH 3500 - used for fax, com-
puter modem, telephone answering ma-
chine, never used, $25., (650)347-5104
DEWALT HEAVY duty work site radio
charger in box $100. (650)756-7878
JVC VHS recorder - Like new, $15.,
(650)367-8949
PANASONIC TV 21 inch $25., (650)637-
8244
SANIO CASETTE/RECORDER 2 way
Radio - $95.obo, call for more details,
(650)290-1960
SONY RADIO cassette recorder $25
black good condition. (650)345-1111
TV - Big Screen, $70., ok condition,
(650)367-1350
TV 5 inch Black and white good condition
in box $10. (408)249-3858
TV SET 32 inch with remote and stand
$30. (650)520-0619
304 Furniture
2 END Tables solid maple '60's era
$40/both. (650)670-7545
3 PIECE COFFEE TABLE SET: $100.
(650)787-8219
4 STURDY metal dining chairs $20/each.
(650)756-6778
BOOKCASE - $25., (650)255-6652
315 Wanted to Buy
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304 Furniture
BED BRASS single trundle $100 nice
and clean. (650)854-3235
BLACK LEATHER office chair with 5
rollers $25. (650)871-5078
CABINET - wood, $70., (650)367-1350
CABINET DOORS Oak with arch-style
top. Four different sizes, good condition.
$300 all. (650)871-7200
CHANDELIER WITH 5 lights/ candela-
bre base with glass shades $20.
(650)504-3621
COCKTAIL AND end table brass and
glass top $65. (650)854-3235
COFFEE TABLE - $60., (650)367-1350
COFFEE TABLE light brown lots of stor-
age good condition $100. (650)867-2720
COMPUTER DESK $70. (650)367-1350
CREDENZA - $25., (650)255-6652
DINING CHAIRS (6) $100/all. (650)854-
3235
DINING CHAIRS - (4) solid, $20. each,
(650)756-6778
DINING ROOM table $100. (650)854-
3235
DRAFTING TABLE 30 x 42' with side
tray. excellent cond $75. (650)949-2134
END TABLE marble top with drawer with
matching table $70/all. (650)520-0619
ENTERTAINMENT CENTER - Oak
wood, great condition, glass doors, fits
large TV, 2 drawers, shelves , $100/obo.
(650)261-9681
MATTRESSES (2) single, single nice
and clean $100.(650)854-3235
OFFICE DESK - $25., (650)255-6652
PICNIC TABLE round $25. (650)854-
3235
ROCKING CHAIR - Traditional, full size
Rocking chair. Excellent condition $100.,
(650)504-3621
ROCKING CHAIR for nursing mother or
grandmother $75. (650)854-3235
SHELVING - 2000 square foot of shelv-
ing, $500. obo, (650)212-6666
TV STAND good condition beige lots of
storage $50. (650)867-2720
TWIN SIZE Electric beds (2) very good
condition, you haul, $100 obo, 650-873-
2743
TWO END tables: $35 or $20 each.
(650)787-8219
WOODEN KITCHEN China Cabinet: $99
(great condition!), (650)367-1350
WOODEN QUILT rack with kitty designs
on end excellent condition, SOLD!
315 Wanted to Buy
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610 Crossword Puzzle 610 Crossword Puzzle 610 Crossword Puzzle 309 Office Equipment 381 Homes for Sale 381 Homes for Sale
CALCULATOR - Casio, still in box, new,
$25., (650)867-2720
Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle DELL PHOTO 924 all in one with 2 ink
cartridges $60 obo. (650)290-1960
Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis OFFICE LAMP new $8. (650)345-1111
ACROSS 3 Dwarfs’ song 43 League of __ 55 The parenthesis OFFICE WATER COOLER Hot - Ex Hot
,Cold - Ice Cold Like New South City
1 Sound return 4 Self-contradictory 46 What a “Me and in :-) $99. OBO (415) 410 -9801
5 Suspension afterthought My Shadow” 57 Counterfeits
bridge support 5 Joe’s stimulant singer might be 60 Competent 310 Misc. For Sale
10 Obtain forcibly 6 Turkish 47 Mineo in movies 62 Pet physician’s 13 PIECE paint and pad set for home
14 Miller, for one authority 48 Mountain lion deg. use $25., (650)589-2893
15 Shoelace tip 7 Plane, in a prey 64 Pro __: for 5 NEEDLEPOINT sets still in package
16 Stubbs of the control tower 50 Catches now $10/each, (650)592-2648
Four Tops 8 Relax 52 Ray who said, “It 65 Pitcher’s
17 *Unquestioning 9 Cultural group ANGEL WITH lights 12 inches High $12.
devotion requires a certain stat (650)368-3037
10 *Pitchers and kind of mind to 66 Oscar
19 Scored 100 on tumblers AREA RUG - Beautiful, plush, 11’ x 6.10’
20 Bozo see beauty in a winner remnant solid tan color, never used, tags
11 Conservatory hamburger bun” Harrison
still attached, clean, SOLD!
21 “When the smog event ARTIFICIAL FICUS Tree 6 ft. life like, full
clears in California,
UCLA,” e.g.
12 Like Joe? ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: branches. in basket $55. (650)269-3712
13 Bridge action BARBIE BEACH vacation & Barbie prin-
22 Hitchcock title 18 Half asleep cess bride computer games $15 each,
(650)367-8949
23 Dice-rolling game 23 “De-lish!”
26 The King or Prince 24 Gone by BATH TOWELS 12 pieces decorative all
29 Repugnant 25 Theme park same color/style never used $50.
reaction (650)343-3374
acronym
30 Pound sounds BAY MEADOWS Cup, perfect condition,
27 Toon Le Pew
32 Treatment plant new, $15. (650)867-2720
input 28 Hi-__ graphics
BEADS - Glass beads for jewelry mak-
33 Tie up, in a way 31 Flavor ing, $75. all, (650)676-0732
35 Home of Duke U. 34 *Like treatment BETTY BOOP perfume 3.5 ounces $8.
37 Looks bad, for visiting (408)249-3858

comparatively dignitaries CABINET OAK, fits over toilet water

38 5- or 40-Down ... 36 Aired again tank, like new $25. (650)341-5347

or what the start
of each answer
to a starred clue
can be
41 Parisian daily,
39 Bigfoot cousin CANDLE HOLDER with angel design,
tall, gold, includes candle. Purchased for
40 Smoker’s $100, now $35. (650)345-1111
stimulant
CANDLE OIL lamp set 3 piece hand
41 “Give __ holler!” blown glass 9 inches tall burns 25 hours.
42 Province $40, 650-343-3374

with “Le” bordering four COLLAPSIBLE PICNIC cooler comes

Great Lakes xwordeditor@aol.com 12/29/10 with utensils, glass and plates $15.
44 Singer Amos
45 Latin 101 verb COMIC BOOKS (10) assorted $15/all.
(408)420-5646
49 Signs into law
COOKIE JAR adorable ceramic blizzard
51 Pool room supply & Co. Snowman $20. (650)343-3374
53 Amigo
DOG CAGE/GORILLA - folding
54 Reaches large dog cage good condition, 2 door
56 Chesapeake Bay with tray, $75.,(650)355-8949
city DOOM (3) computer games $15/each 2
58 Televise total, (650)367-8949 311 Musical Instruments 322 Garage Sales
59 Physicians’ org. KEYBOARD CASIO 3 ft long $50.
61 Precisely ENGINE HOIST, 2 ton almost new $95 (650)583-2767
62 Fall
Burlingame. SOLD!
PIANO VINTAGE - Upright, “Davis &
GARAGE SALES
ETAGER over the toilet water tank - wal-
63 *Knee-slapper nut, $25., San Mateo, (650)341-5347 Sons”, just tuned, $600., (650)678-9007 ESTATE SALES
67 Green climber Make money, make room!
68 Title owner of a
FIRE BOWL- new in box, 13 x 32
$50.obo, (650)592-9141
312 Pets & Animals
sitcom bookstore KITTY LITTER box enclosed with swing-
List your upcoming garage
ing door and handle $10., (650)592-2648 sale, moving sale, estate
69 Homeland of the FIREPLACE SCREEN - 36"wide, sale, yard sale, rummage
folk-singing 29"high, antique brass, folding doors,
sliding mesh screen, damper sale, clearance sale, or
Clancy Brothers controls. Like new. $100., (650)592-2047 316 Clothes whatever sale you have...
70 Two out of three, FRAMED PICTURE beautiful hot air bal- BLACK LEATHER MOTORCYCLE in the Daily Journal.
say loons 25 1/2 x 19 inches great conditon JACKET - Large, water proof, new, $35.,
$10. (650)343-3374 (650)342-7568 Reach over 82,500 readers
71 Teacher’s from South San Francisco
directive FRONT END Dash Board from '98 Sono- BOOTS - 2 pairs purple leather, size 8. to Palo Alto.
ma Truck $50. (650)871-7200 One is knee length, other is ankle length,
72 Pringles-like $150.obo, (650)592-9141 in your local newspaper.
Lay’s product FULL BAG of plastic containers. SOLD!
GLASS TOP piece with smooth edges
JACKET (LARGE) Pants (small) black Call (650)344-5200
Velvet good conditon $25/all, (650)589-
DOWN 28 3/4 inches x 17 1/8 inches 3/16 inch 2893
thick $10. (650)343-3374
1 Flow back
2 Place to see HARD COVER BOOKS - Mystery & ad- LADIES DOWN jacket light yellow with
Bugs? By Gary Cee
venture, current authors, some large type
print, $3.00 each, (650)364-7777
dark brown lining RWC $35. (650)868- 335 Garden Equipment
(c)2010 Tribune Media Services, Inc.
12/29/10 0436
BROGMANSIA TREE $40 needs plant-
HARD COVER mystery and adventure LADIES NYLON stockings new $1/per ing. (650)871-7200
books (12) latest authors $3/each. pair size 11 (2 dozen) call evenings. 650-
(650)364-7777 328-0160 TABLE - for plant, $30, perfect condi-
307 Jewelry & Clothing tion, (650)345-1111
310 Misc. For Sale 310 Misc. For Sale LEAD FILM BAG Protect film from x- LADIES ROYAL blue rain coat with zip-
rays, Ex. cond. SOLD! pered flannel plaid liner size 12 RWC
HOLIDAY WEAR, barely worn: Macy's
$15. (650)868-0436
345 Medical Equipment
black sweater set, Size M, wool w/gold LOUNGE CHAIRS - 2 new, with cover &
metalic stripes, $15 set. (650)712-1070 plastic carring case & headrest, $35. POWER CHAIR - “Rascal 600”, new
each, (650)592-7483 LADIES SHOES- size 5, $10., (650)756- $1600., (650)574-5316
6778
LADIES BRACELET, Murano glass.
Various shades of red and blue $100 MASSAGE DEVICE with batteries $8 in 379 Open Houses
Daly City, no return calls. (650)991-2353 box, (650)368-3037
MEN'S PAJAMA set by "Dockers" size
METAL CABINET - 4 drawers, beige Large new in box $15. (408)249-3858
LADIES GOLD Lame' elbow links gloves
16.5 inches W x 27 3/4 H x 27 inches D.
size 7.5 $15 New. RWC. (650)868-0436
$40., San Mateo, (650)341-5347 MEN'S SHOES
(650)756-6778
- New, size 10, $10., OPEN HOUSE
LIZ CLAIBORNE black evening jacket
Sz. 12, acetate/polyester, $10. (650)712- MUSIC CASSETTES (200) popular MEN'S SUIT almost new $25.
LISTINGS
1070 songs $99/all 650-873-4030 650-573-6981
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC World book List your Open House
SHEER PURPLE tunic, Sz XL, w/em- MENS SLACKS - 8 pairs, $50., Size in the Daily Journal.
broidered design & sequins, $10. of Religion still in package $35. 36/32, (408)420-5646
(650)712-1070 (408)249-3858
Reach over 82,500
SILVER SEQUIN shirt-jacket Sz 12-14 - NEW GAIAM Yoga P.M. Tape & CD 317 Building Materials potential home buyers &
very dressy, $15. (650)712-1070 $10. 650-578-8306
DOUBLE PANED GLASS WINDOWS - renters a day,
SMALL JEWELRY cabinet - 17” H, 12” NEW LIVING Yoga Tape for Beginners various sizes, half moon, like new, $10. from South San Francisco
W, 2 glass doors, plus 2 drawers, very $8. 650-578-8306 and up, (650)756-6778
to Palo Alto.
pretty, $35., (650)592-2648 SLEEPER BLANKET (3) size 4T Soft
SCREEN DOOR 36 inch slightly bent in your local newspaper.
$7.50/each. (650)349-6059
TOURQUOISE BLUE party dress, cov- $15. (650)871-7200
ered w/sequins, sz 14, $15. (650)712- SNOW CHAINS - 3 complete sets, sizes Call (650)344-5200
1070 fit rims 13” & 15”, great condition, $40. SLIDING SCREEN door 30 inch good
all, Burl, (650)347-5104 condition $25. (650)871-7200
308 Tools SOFT BONNET hair drier "Con Air" $20., 318 Sports Equipment
CLICKER TORQUE wrench 1/2 inch (650)589-2893 380 Real Estate Services
drive 20-150 LBS reversible all chrome 2 GOLF CLUBS - Ladies, right handed,
SUIT/COAT HANGERS (14) sturdy good putter & driver $5/each (650)755-8238
$40. 650-595-3933 quality hardwood unused $1/each or all
CRAFTSMAN 16” scroll saw - good con-
dition, $85., (650)591-4710
$10. San Bruno 650-588-1946
TRIVIAL PURSUIT GAME - genus edi-
BOGNER SKI SUIT [blue] Ex cond.
hardly used, size medium. Orig $400+.
Asking $65. 650-204-0587
DISTRESS
306 Housewares 306 Housewares
REVEREWARE, 1,3.4 qt. pots, 5",7"
DOLLEY - Heavy Duty, Dual Use 54"
hgt. Upright-Push Cart South City
tion, used a few times, no missing
pieces, $22., (650)347-5104
322 Garage Sales
SALES
"PRINCESS HOUSE" decorator urn
"Vase" cream with blue flower 13 inch H pans, stainless steel w/copper bottoms, $99.OBO (415) 410 - 9801 TRIVIAL PURSUIT game genius edition Bank Foreclosures.
$25., (650)868-0436 excellent cond., $60/all. (650)577-0604
PRESSURE WASHER 2500 PSI, good
excellent condition $20. (650)343-3374
THE THRIFT SHOP $400,000+
condition, $350., (650)926-9841
307 Jewelry & Clothing
WETSUIT - Barefoot, like new, $40.,
(650)367-8949 CLOSED FOR HOLIDAYS Free list with
CANDLEHOLDER - Gold, angel on it, SPEEDAIR AIR COMPRESSOR - 4 gal- REOPENING JANUARY 6TH pictures.
tall, purchased from Brueners, originally
$100., selling for $30.,(650)867-2720
49ER'S JACKET Child size $50. lon stack tank air compressor $100., WIDE-BODIED VASE -- Colorful, Perfect Thursday & Friday 10:00-2:00 PeninsulaRealEstate.info
(650)871-7200 (650)591-4710 condition, nice design, $30 (650)867-
2720 Saturdays 10:00-3:00 Free recorded message
HAMILTON BEACH Mixer, vintage, .juic- BLACK VELVET evening jacket w/silver Episcopal Church
er & bowl, beater. $30/obo(650)576-6067 sparkles, Sz 20W, $10. (650)712-1070
TABLE SAW 10", very good condition
$85. (650) 787-8219 311 Musical Instruments 1 South El Camino Real 1(800)754-0569
BLACK VELVET pants, Sz L, $7. San Mateo 94401 ID# 2042
OASIS COUNTERTOP water cooler dis- (650)712-1070 TORO LEAF BLOWERS, Power Sweep
2 ORGANS, antique tramp, $500 for (650)344-0921 Dolphin RE
penses cold and luke warm water $50., + 850 Super Blower, Electric like new
(650)218-4254 JEWELRY DISPLAY 12 piece SOLD! $40. pair South City (415) 410-9801 both. (650)342-4537
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10138P $12,788.00. Toyota 101. Please OLDSMOBILE ‘69 F-85 - 2 door, power $24,492. #P7B059887 Melody Toyota,
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mention the Daily Journal. (650)365- Racing rims & radial 15-8, New. $3800
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OBO (650)481-5296
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Cable TV, WiFi & Private Bathroom 9955P $25,488. Toyota 101. Please drives good, needs body, interior and $17,888.00 . Toyota 101. Please men- used $800. (650)921-1033
SAVE ON Microwave and Refrigerator mention the Daily Journal. (650)365- paint, $12k obo, serious inquiries only. tion the Daily Journal. (650)365-5000
950 El Camino Real San Carlos 5000 (650)873-8623 EL CAMINO '67 - parts (Protecto top)
BUYING OR SELLING (650) 593-3136 NISSAN ‘01 Quest - GLE, leather seats, $95., (650)367-8949
A HOME! NISSAN '09 ALTIMA 2.5 White 9956P 630 Trucks & SUV’s sun roof, TV/DVR equipment. Looks
FORD ‘73 Maverick/Mercury GT Comet,
new, $15,500. (650)219-6008
Personal Service $14,998.00. Toyota 101. Please men- Drive Train 302 V8, C4 Auto Trans.
Margaret Dowd tion the Daily Journal. (650)365-5000 CHEVROLET '07 HHR LT SUV, gray, Complete, needs assembly, includes ra-
gray, $11,792 #P7S597332 Melody TOYOTA '07 SIENNA CE Maroon
Bus: (650)794-9858 620 Automobiles Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please men- 9969T $18,988 Toyota 101. Please
diator and drive line, call for details,
Cell: (650)400-9714 NISSAN '09 SENTRA 2.0 FE+ Gray $1250., (650)726-9733.
10051P $11,998.00. Toyota 101. Please tion the Daily Journal. mention the Daily Journal. (650)365-
Lic# 01250058 5000
Don’t lose money mention the Daily Journal. (650)365-
5000 CHRYSLER '06 Pacifica Touring green
HEAVY DUTY jack stand for camper or
SUV $15. (650)949-2134
on a trade-in or $13,592, #T6R902356Melody Toyota, TOYOTA '09 SIENNA CE Silver
Call 877-587-8635. Please mention the TRUCK RADIATOR - fits older Ford,
440 Apartments consignment! SCION '08 TC SPEC White 10054P Daily Journal
10082P $22,558 and , Toyo-
never used, $100., (650)504-3621
$14,488.00. Toyota 101. Please men- ta '09 Sienna CE Blue 10083P $21,888
tion the Daily Journal. (650)365-5000 Toyota 101. Please mention the Daily
BELMONT - Prime, quiet location, view, Sell your vehicle in the FORD '07 F-150, gray, auto, $17,494.
#P7FA53014 Melody Toyota, Call 877-
Journal. (650)365-5000 672 Auto Stereos
new carpets, balcony-patio, dishwasher,
covered carports, storage, pool. No pets. Daily Journal’s SUBARU '06 LEGACY WAGON Out- 587-8635. Please mention the Daily
1 bedroom $1350 and up. 2 bed/2 bath Auto Classifieds. back 2.5 XT Black 10015T $17,588.00 . Journal 640 Motorcycles/Scooters MONNEY CAR AUDIO
$1695. (650)592-1271 Days or (650)344- Toyota 101. Please mention the Daily
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FURNISHED ROOM 10093T $9,588 . Toyota 101. Please Daily Journal HARLEY DAVIDSON ‘83 Shovelhead - Car Ride! Sound Proof Your
for Rent Reach 82,500 drivers mention the Daily Journal. (650)365-
5000
special construction, 1340 cc’s, Awe- Car! 31 Years Experience!
Sequoia Inn FORD '09 Ranger white, 9,960 miles, some!, $5,950/obo. Rob (415)602-4535. 2001 Middlefield Road
from South SF to $15,994. #T9PA09768 Melody Toyota,
Rate starts at $45 + tax Call 877-587-8635. Please mention the Redwood City
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(650)365-5000 FORD ‘93 250 flat bed, diesel, 100-gal-
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(650)678-8063/Joe (650)481-5296. (Or
(650)369-6736 ext. 0 TOYOTA '08 HIGHLANDER LIMITED trade Chevy F10 Truck) PROSPORT ‘97 - 17 ft. CC 80 Yamaha 680 Autos Wanted
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the Daily Journal. (650)365-5000 $27,998.00 . Toyota 101. Please men-
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SR5 Silver 10053P $22,998 Toyota 101.
Please mention the Daily Journal.
tion the Daily Journal. (650)365-5000

GMC '08 Canyon SLE1, white, auto, REXHALL ‘00 VISION - 53K mi., Ford
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consignment!
CITY $34,988Toyota 101. Please mention the
Daily Journal. (650)365-5000
(650)365-5000 $17,991. #TS15643 Melody Toyota, Call
877-587-8635. Please mention the Daily
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outs. Excellent cond.
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in senior complex (650)368-6674
(over 55). BMW 540I ‘03 - Excellent condition,
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Close to (650)349-6969
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Gated entry.
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miles, white, $7,992. #T6T269964 Melo-
Move in dy Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please
mention the Daily Journal
Special. CHRYSLER ‘01 PT Limited Edition, 98K
miles, black, $4000., (650)357-0313
830 Main Street, RWC FORD ‘85 VICTORIA - Original owner,
43K miles, automatic, all powered. Very
(650)367-0177 good condition. $4K, (650)515-5023.
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$14,488. Toyota 101. Please mention
SAN MATEO - 2 bedroom, 2 bath. Next the Daily Journal. (650)365-5000
to Central Park. Rarely available. Pres-
tigious Location & Building. Gated ga-
rage, deck. No Pets. $2200.mo., HONDA '08 CIVIC CPE LX Gold
(650)948-2941 9937T $13,998.00 Toyota 101. Please
mention the Daily Journal. (650)365-
5000
442 Studios
HONDA '08 CIVIC SDN LX Silver
REDWOOD CITY- Large room with 10046T $14,288.00 . Toyota 101.
kitchen and bath. $850/mo. with $400 Please mention the Daily Journal.
(650)365-5000
deposit. (650)361-1200
TOYOTA '09 CAMRY BASIC Green
9998P $16,488 Toyota 101. Please
Sell your vehicle in
HONDA '07 Civic Si, blue, manual, 670 Auto Service
mention the Daily Journal. (650)365- $17,991. #T7H700724 Melody Toyota, the
5000 Call 877-587-8635. Please mention the
Daily Journal’s
TOYOTA '09 COROLLA BASIC Blue
Daily Journal
C3 FIX CAR Auto Classifieds.
9997P $14,588 Toyota 101. Please HONDA '07 CR-V EX-L, silver, auto,
mention the Daily Journal. (650)365- $20,792. #T7C058407 Melody Toyota, GRAND OPENING!
5000 Call 877-587-8635. Please mention the
Daily Journal. Oil Change & Filter Just $3 per day.
TOYOTA '09 RAV4 BASIC White Up to 5 QT Synthetic Blend
10010P $18,988 . Toyota 101. Please KIA '09 SPORTAGE LX Beige 10049P $19.95 + Tax
mention the Daily Journal. (650)365-
5000
$17,988.00 . Toyota 101. Please men-
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TOYOTA '09 YARIS BASIC White MERCEDES BENZ '09 M-Class ML350, Four Wheel Alignment
drivers
from South SF to
10136P $12,889 Toyota 101. Please polar white, $36,492. P80169537 Melody $55.00
mention the Daily Journal. (650)365-
5000
Toyota, Call 877-587-8635. Please men-
tion the Daily Journal
Special prices apply to most cars +
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Palo Alto
NISSAN '07 Sentra, gray, $11,191.
TOYOTA '10 CAMRY Hybrid Basic
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