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SOMETIMES FRUITNEEDS CHOCOLATE FOOD PAGE 17 BUDGET BATTLE RYAN TELLS GOP THERE’S AGREEMENT ON TAX AND SPENDING BILL NATION PAGE 5 SHARKS SNAP LOSING STREAK SPORTS PAGE 11 Leading local news coverage on the Peninsula www.smdailyjournal.com Wednesday • Dec. 16, 2015 • XVI, Edition 104 Real-life grinch steals Christmas presents Donations for children taken from Half Moon Bay’s Our Lady of the Pillar church By Samantha Weigel DAILY JOURNAL STAFF A criminally-minded Grinch stole some holiday cheer from dozens of coastside families after nearly $2,000 worth of wrapped Christmas presents were snatched from a church donation bin. Our Lady of the Pillar serves nearly 115 families with approximately 250 children struggling to make ends meet through its annual giving tree, which is decorated with tags listing presents wanted by a specific child or individual. Yet sometime between last Thursday evening and Saturday morning, a thief broke into a storage facility by hopping over a fence at the Catholic church located near downtown Half Moon Bay at 400 Church St., according to the Sheriff’s Office. “It’s unfortunate because yes, the church has been working hard to collect these toys, but the real victims are going to be the dozens of children those toys were going to be for,” said San Mateo County Sheriff’s Deputy Sal Zuno. Volunteers with the church had collected hundreds of gifts throughout the year and the ones in the locked storage facility had already been wrapped and ready GOP CANDIDATES SPAR IN DEBATE to go. Whoever broke in may have been looking for specific items as many presents were unwrapped and although it’s nearly impossible to determine exactly what was stolen, an estimated 40 presents that would have been given to wanting children were taken, said Nancy Clarkin, organizer of the giving tree donation and secretary of Our Lady of the Pillar Saint Vincent de Paul Society Conference. “I’ve been doing this for 13 years and it’s never happened before, ” Clarkin said. “It was heartbreaking to see everything disheveled and all the wrapping torn off the gifts and several of them missing. We’ve been working on this since September, so a See PRESENTS, Page 18 Vet housing proposed for 116-acre site BART developer seeks below-market proposal for Millbrae station area By Austin Walsh DAILY JOURNAL STAFF REUTERS Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, left, responds to criticism from former governor Jeb Bush, right, as Sen. Ted Cruz looks on during the Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas. SEE STORY PAGE 6 Grocott turns down vice mayor’s role Johnson named mayor and Grassilli vice mayor in San Carlos By Bill Silverfarb DAILY JOURNAL STAFF Citing concerns over his health, San Carlos Councilman Matt Grocott turned down a nomination for vice mayor Monday night. “I don’t think it would serve the community the best to serve as vice mayor with what’s going on in my life right now,” Grocott told the council. Councilman Mark Olbert nominated Grocott to the post and suggested that Councilman Bob Grassilli could serve as a backup if Grocott needed to miss any council meetings as he seeks ongoing treatment for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Matt Grocott Gro co t t , however, said it would be simpler to have Grassilli be vice mayor. Olbert then nominated Grassilli, who will serve as vice mayor this We Smog ALL CARS 0JM
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The announcement comes roughly a week before the Millbrae City Council is set to consider granting formal policy approval to regulate development in the area around the city’s Caltrain and BART station, near the intersection of Millbrae Avenue and El Camino Real. Michael Van Every, CEO and See HOUSING, Page 19 Utility opt-out fees may significantly rise Proponents of community clean power programs express concern By Bill Silverfarb DAILY JOURNAL STAFF Pacific Gas and Electric’s request to increase opt-out fees for Community Choice Aggregation programs comes as no surprise to San Mateo County Supervisor Make Life Sweeter. We Deliver I NothingBundtCakes.com I Order Online Like Us Millbrae - Burlingame 140 S. El Camino Real (650) 552-9625 San Carlos 864 Laurel Street (650) 592-1600 nothingbundtcakes.com Dave Pine, who has led a local effort to allow residents to buy clean energy in bulk. But a request to raise the fee by 95 percent that the California Public Utilities Commission will See UTILITY, Page 20 2 FOR THE RECORD Wednesday • Dec. 16, 2015 THE DAILY JOURNAL Thought for the Day “It’s discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.” — Sir Noel Coward, English actor, playwright, composer This Day in History The Boston Tea Party took place as American colonists boarded a British ship and dumped more than 300 chests of tea into Boston Harbor to protest tea taxes. In 1 6 5 3 , Oliver Cromwell became lord protector of England, Scotland and Ireland. In 1 8 0 9 , the French Senate granted a divorce decree to Emperor Napoleon I and Empress Josephine (the dissolution was made final the following month). In 1 8 11 , the first of the powerful New Madrid earthquakes struck the central Mississippi Valley with an estimated magnitude of 7.7. In 1 9 0 7 , 16 U.S. Navy battleships, which came to be known as the “Great White Fleet,” set sail on a 14-month round-the-world voyage to demonstrate American sea power. In 1 9 3 0 , golfer Bobby Jones became the first recipient of the James E. Sullivan Award honoring outstanding amateur athletes. In 1 9 4 4 , the World War II Battle of the Bulge began as German forces launched a surprise attack against Allied forces through the Ardennes Forest in Belgium and Luxembourg (the Allies were eventually able to turn the Germans back). In 1 9 5 0 , President Harry S. Truman proclaimed a national state of emergency in order to fight “world conquest by Communist imperialism.” In 1 9 6 0 , 134 people were killed when a United Air Lines DC-8 and a TWA Super Constellation collided over New York City. In 1 9 6 5 , British author W. Somerset Maugham, 91, died in Nice, France. In 1 9 7 6 , the government halted its swine flu vaccination program following reports of paralysis apparently linked to the vaccine. 1773 Birthdays Actor Ben Cross is 68. Actor Daniel Cosgrove is 45. Actress Hallee Hirsh is 28. Civil rights attorney Morris Dees is 79. Actress Joyce Bulifant is 78. Actress Liv Ullmann is 77. CBS news correspondent Lesley Stahl is 74. TV producer Steven Bochco is 72. Former Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons is 71. Pop musician Tony Hicks (The Hollies) is 70. Pop singer Benny Andersson (ABBA) is 69. Rock singer-musician Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top) is 66. Rock musician Bill Bateman (The Blasters) is 64. Actor Xander Berkeley is 60. Actress Alison LaPlaca is 56. Actor Sam Robards is 54. Actor Jon Tenney is 54. Actor Benjamin Bratt is 52. Country singer-songwriter Jeff Carson is 52. Actor-comedian JB Smoove is 50. REUTERS A Hypsiboas crepitans frog is pictured at a terrarium in Caracas, Venezuela. In other news ... ‘Accidental fur’: Company turns roadkill into fashion BOSTON — Pamela Paquin’s source for fashion is either “tres chic” or will make you shriek. She creates neck muffs, leg warmers, hats, purses and more from roadkill, or “accidental fur,” as she prefers to call it. As owner of Petite Mort Furs, a 2year-old Boston-area company, she said she’s offering the fur industry an alternative to wild fur trapping and large-scale fur farms. “All this fur is being thrown away,” Paquin said. “If we can pick that up, we never have to kill another fur-bearing animal again.” Keith Kaplan, head of the Fur Information Council of America, said his trade group considers all North American furs to already be ethically and environmentally responsible. “Production of fur in North America is highly regulated with guidelines set through years and years (and millions of dollars) of scientific study,” he said via email, declining to comment on Paquin’s company or the general idea of using roadkill for fur. “In fact, the populations of every species used by the industry today are as abundant, or more abundant, than they were a century ago.” Animal rights groups also have mixed feelings about roadkill fur. “We’d just say it’s in very poor by David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek Dec. 12 Powerball ©2015 Tribune Content Agency, LLC All Rights Reserved. HHSAR CRAYIP 2 SAN FRANCISCO — A child abuse investigation led to the bodies of two young children inside a commercial storage unit in Northern California, along with a starving, injured 9-year- 14 19 62 30 22 Dec. 15 Mega Millions 18 25 47 61 51 5 Mega number Dec. 12 Super Lotto Plus 11 12 22 24 42 15 18 19 24 31 3 2 8 Daily Four 7 Daily three midday 5 27 old at a house about 140 miles away, authorities said Tuesday. The 3-year-old girl and 6-year-old boy were found dead Friday at a storage facility in Redding, a city of 91,000 about 300 miles north of San Francisco. Homicide detectives were investigating, and autopsies were planned for Wednesday. The children’s names were not released. The investigation began with a call about a possible child abuse case in the small Northern California town of Quincy. On Friday, authorities found the starving 9-year-old at a Quincy home, according to a news release from the Plumas County Sheriff’s Office. The unidentified girl was taken to a hospital. No details on her condition were available Tuesday. Sheriff’s officials later arrested a 17year-old boy and 39-year-old woman on abuse allegations related to the 9year-old. Each remained jailed Tuesday on $1 million bail. The two were being held on suspicion of felony child abuse, torture and mayhem. Attorneys Douglas Prouty, who represents the 39-year-old, and Robert Zernich, who represents the teen, both declined to comment. The Associated Press typically does not identify abuse victims; it is not naming the teen or the woman because their relationship to the children is unclear. 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Others worry her products could only serve to prolong the industry they’ve spent decades trying to defeat. “A business that promotes wearing real fur as fashionable and acceptable may well create more demand for fur from all sources, and could give all fur wearers a shield from legitimate criticism, ” said Virginia Fuller, of the Boston-area Citizens to End Animal Suffering and Exploitation, or CEASE. Paquin counters that the stigma around fur has eroded in recent years. Greater spending power in China, Russia and elsewhere, as well as greater use of fake fur trimmings on clothes and accessories, has revived its popularity. 0 8 Daily three evening Mega number 5 4 1 The Daily Derby race winners are Lucky Charms, No. 12, in first place; Gold Rush, No. 1, in second place; and Hot Shot, No. 3, in third place.The race time was clocked at 1:40.94. Wednes day : Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Wednes day ni g ht: Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. 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Yesterday’s (Answers tomorrow) Jumbles: MANLY DWELL FATTEN BIRDIE Answer: When the scarecrows had an outing, they had a — FIELD DAY The San Mateo Daily Journal 1900 Alameda de las Pulgas, Suite 112, San Mateo, CA 94403 Publisher: Jerry Lee Editor in Chief: Jon Mays [email protected] [email protected] smdailyjournal.com twitter.com/smdailyjournal scribd.com/smdailyjournal facebook.com/smdailyjournal Phone:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (650) 344-5200 Fax: (650) 344-5290 To Advertise: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected] Events: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected] News: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected] Delivery: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected] Career: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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Representatives of KIPP Excelencia Community Preparatory and Rocketship Education, two charters which recently opened on district campuses, and district administrators disagreed over expected enrollment reports which dictate how many classrooms must be provided to the charters. The district school board will receive a presentation Wednesday, Dec. 16, from Superintendent John Baker making a case the enrollment projections of both charters are inflated and unreasonable. “The district is refuting the reasonableness of the projections of each school, based primarily on the fact that last year both schools also projected significantly greater enrollment than actually occurred,” said Baker, in an email. Rocketship Education, which is occupying classrooms on the campuses of Taft and Hoover elementary schools, claims it needs space for 317 district students next year, according to a district report. But officials take issue with those expected enrollment figures, according to a district report, and claim 264 district students is a more reasonable projection, due in part to previous miscalculations of the charter’s popularity. Rocketship Education claimed it would serve 473 district students this year, but only 202 actually enrolled. Assuming these trends continue, it is reasonable to expect the charter is about half as popular as it claims, according to the report. David Kuizenga, vice president of Rocketship Bay Area, said in an email the projection is based on current enrollment. Comment on or share this story at www.smdailyjournal.com “We feel confident about the petition, and are gladly working with the Redwood City [Elementary] School District through a standard process to plan for next year,” he said. The district uses enrollment projections to decide how many classrooms to allocate to the charter schools. Rocketship Education is expected to move from the district campuses to its own facility on 860 Charter St. in Redwood City by the 2016-17 school year, but that relocation may be delayed by concerns of dangerous contaminants found in the soil at the new school site. KIPP Excelencia Community Preparatory, which opened on the campus of John F. Kennedy Middle School, also claims it expects to grow to 582 district students, which is significantly more than was initially expected by the district, according to the report. District officials questioned these projections as well, again based on previous miscalculations, and said it is more reasonable to expect the school will serve 384 students, as 175 enrolled in KIPP Excelencia Community Preparatory this year. The charter claimed nearly 310 district students would join KIPP Excelencia Community Preparatory in the current year, but only 56 percent of that projection came to fruition, according to the report. Maria Krauter, a spokeswoman for KIPP Excelencia Community Preparatory, said in an email it is against the school’s policy to comment publicly on enrollment and classroom allocation negotiations. However, she said the charter school is committed to working with district officials to come to a resolution. “We will continue to work collaboratively with district officials to secure a facility that is easily accessible to our families and will allow us to grow the school to serve TK-eighth-grade as granted in our charter,” she said. Baker said he is unsure whether the district has sufficient classrooms to accommodate the request for space from the charters, because students from all grade levels at each school may elect to enroll at the alternative schools, which makes movement difficult to track and predict. District officials have until Feb. 1 to make a preliminary classroom offer to the charters, and will continue to negotiate until reaching a resolution in April. As the district and its charters haggle over classroom allocation, Baker said the negotiation process is not out of the ordinary. “In terms of resolution, it is not clear we are at odds. We had similar discussions before we offered space to all of our charters last year, and we were able to develop workable arrangements for all three schools that took compromise on all sides,” he said. “We expect similar cooperation this year.” Baker said he expects this process to continue until both schools grow to full size. “Until KIPP and Rocketship have rolled out all grade levels planned and reached their desired sizes, we will have to evaluate their annual growth on a year by year basis and make adjustments over time,” he said. Connect Charter School, the district’s first charter, is on the campus of Fair Oaks Elementary School and officials agreed with its enrollment projection. In other news at the meeting, the school board will discuss hiring a polling firm to gauge community support for extending the district’s parcel tax. Measure W, the $67 parcel tax which was approved by voters in 2012, is set to expire in June 2017. 3 Police reports The truth is out there A woman believed she saw a UFO on Hiller Street in Belmont before 5:46 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12. SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO Reckl es s dri v i ng . A green Honda was seen swerving with its doors open near Hillsdale Boulevard and Chestnut Avenue before 8:31 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 9. Sus pi ci o us ci rcums tances . A man was seen sitting in a blue van and watching people at Buri Buri park on Arroyo Drive before 3:56 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 8. Reckl es s dri v i ng . A taxi was seen driving erratically near San Mateo Avenue and Airport Boulevard before 2:41 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 8. Fo und pro perty . Clothes and other personal items were found in the bushes at Orange Avenue Library on West Orange Avenue before 1:35 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 8. Fraud. A man was seen trying to fill a fake prescription for cough syrup at Walgreens on Westborough Boulevard before 11:02 a.m. Monday, Dec. 7. Traffic hazard. A black Toyota Corolla was seen stalled and blocking traffic near King Drive and Skyline Boulevard before 8:42 a.m. Monday, Dec. 7. MILLBRAE Arres t. A 29-year-old Daly City man was arrested for attempting to assault a police officer on the first block of El Camino Real before 1:25 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 13. Arres t. A man was arrested for smashing a window with a rock on the first block of El Camino Real before 11:03 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12. Fo und pro perty. A wallet and passport were found on the first block of Murchison Drive before 11:16 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 12. Arres t. A man was arrested after he was seen shoplifting and pushing a store employee on the first block of Murchison Drive before 9:19 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 12. H A P P Y If it’s holiday ...it’s here! H O L I D A Y S Bring this coupon in for Frames, Gifts, Calendars, Toys, 20% OFF Entire Purchase!* Create YOUR Art Supplies, Holiday Cards & More! at UArt! University Art UArt Redwood City 2550 El Camino Real 650-328-3500 Also in San Jose and Sacramento UniversityArt.com *Does not apply to Custom Framing, Custom Framing LITE, or already discounted items. Cannot be combined with other offers. One coupon per customer. Expires 12/5/2015. 4 LOCAL Wednesday • Dec. 16, 2015 John J. Conway John J. Conway, born July 1, 1927, died Dec. 12, 2015. He was a resident of San Mateo John was a native of San Francisco, raised in Burlingame and lived most of his life in San Mateo. He was a veteran in World War II with the U. S. Navy. He graduated from University of San Francisco and a proud member of the USF Dons 1951 football team. He is survived by his wife, Matilda Conway, father of Michael, John, Mark, Obituary Liane, Logan and Matthew; brother to Nancy Holland. Son of the late Andrew and Mary Conway. Friends and family are invited to a visitation 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 16, at Crosby-N. Gray & Co. , 2 Park Road, Burlingame, CA. Burial is 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 17, at Skylawn Memorial Park, San Mateo, CA. Donations may be made to Mission Hospice & Homecare, 1670 S. Amphlett Blvd., Suite No. 300, San Mateo, CA 94402. THE DAILY JOURNAL CHRISTMAS TREE SAFETY PETER MOOTZ/DAILY JOURNAL The Menlo Park Fire Protection District lit a Christmas tree on fire Monday to demonstrate the danger of accidential ignition during the holiday season. THE DAILY JOURNAL NATION Freddie Gray jurors deadlocked, judge says keep deliberating REUTERS House Speaker Paul Ryan attends the Every Student Succeeds Act enrollment ceremony. Ryan: There’s agreement on tax and spending bill By Erica Werner THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders and the White House have reached agreement on a massive year-end tax and spending package, House Speaker Paul Ryan told GOP lawmakers late Tuesday, urging support for the legislation that delivers GOP wins but also includes many Democratic priorities. The package would fund the government through the 2016 budget year, raise domestic and defense spending, and increase the deficit by hundreds of billions of dollars by extending numerous popular tax credits without paying for them. It lifts the 40year-old ban on exporting U.S. crude, a long-sought GOP goal, and delays two taxes meant to pay for President Barack Obama’s health care law, one on high-value health plans and the other on medical devices. Democrats won five-year extensions of wind and solar credits and a permanent extension of the child care tax credit, and beat back many GOP attempts to add favored policy provisions to the bill, including several aimed at rolling back Obama environmental regulations. “This is divided government,” Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., said coming out of the meeting. “If you’re going to move forward and follow Speaker Ryan’s notion that we move onto offense next year ... Let’s put 2015 behind us and move onto 2016.” Ryan “said that in a divided government you’re going to have some concessions, that’s what compromise is about,” added Rep. Reid Ribble of Wisconsin. “And to get the good things that we felt we needed that meant the Democrats were going to get some of the things they wanted.” Democratic aides cautioned final language was still being worked out. Republican leaders predicted the package would come to a vote in the House and Senate on Thursday, allowing lawmakers to head home for the holidays having completed their needed tasks. First they will have to pass yet another short-term government funding extension, since the current one runs out Wednesday at midnight. “In negotiations like this you win some, you lose some,” Ryan, R-Wis., said earlier in the day at an event hosted by Politico. “Democrats won some, they lost some. We won some, we lost some.” Eleventh-hour negotiations twisted and turned on the mammoth deal pairing the $1.1 trillion spending legislation with a giant tax bill catering to any number of special interests. The deal, Congress’ last major piece of unfinished business for the year, became the vehicle for countless longsought priorities and odds and ends, including reform of visa-free travel to the U.S., renewable energy tax credits and health benefits for 9/11 first responders. BALTIMORE — Jurors said they were deadlocked Tuesday as they weighed manslaughter and other charges against a police officer in the death of Freddie Gray. The judge told them to keep deliberating and they went home for the night without reaching a verdict. The jury reported its difficulty in a note to Baltimore Circuit Judge Barry Williams after about nine hours of discussions over two days. It wasn’t clear if they were stuck on one or more of the four charges Officer William Porter faces. He is the first of six officers to stand trial. Armored vehicles and police were stationed around the city, and officials promised they were prepared for any unrest. Parts of the city burned last spring after Gray’s death triggered frustration over the department’s alleged mistreatment of black people, and authorities were determined to prevent a repeat. N.Y., L.A. schools receive email threats; L.A. cancels classes LOS ANGELES — The nation’s two biggest school systems — New York City and Los Angeles — received threats Tuesday Wednesday • Dec. 16, 2015 5 Around the nation of a large-scale jihadi attack with guns and bombs. L.A. reacted by shutting down the entire district, while New York dismissed the warning as an amateurish hoax and held classes. It’s extremely rare for a major U.S. city to close all its schools because of a threat and it reflected the lingering unease in Southern California following the terrorist attack that killed 14 people at a holiday luncheon two weeks ago in San Bernardino. Storm drops up to 2 feet on Colorado; 500 flights canceled LONGMONT, Colo. — A powerful lateautumn storm dumped up to 24 inches of snow in the Colorado mountains on Tuesday before barreling onto the plains, prompting airlines to cancel about 500 flights at the Denver airport and leaving hundreds of miles of highways slippery with snow and ice. The snow tapered off Tuesday afternoon as the storm moved northeast, leaving behind drifts up to 4 feet high. “It’s going to be western Nebraska’s turn next,” National Weather Service meteorologist Todd Dankers said. 6 Wednesday • Dec. 16, 2015 LOCAL/NATION/WORLD THE DAILY JOURNAL Local briefs Residents briefly asked to stay inside during burglary investigation Redwood City police have detained three suspects in a burglary Tuesday afternoon, police said. Police first reported the burglary in a statement at about 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday. The burglary happened in an unoccupied home on the 1200 block of Foothill Street, police said. A neighbor reported suspicious activity there and police found one suspect still outside when they arrived. Officers then searched the surrounding neighborhood and asked residents to stay inside for their safety. They eventually found two other suspects in nearby yards, police said. One of the suspects was found with a firearm, police said. Some streets in the area were closed as police searched the area. As of about 4 p.m., the search had concluded, police said. Police arrest two after stolen vehicle pursuit Pacifica police say they arrested two people Monday in the Pacific Manor neighborhood after a pursuit involving a stolen vehicle. The pursuit began around 8:30 p.m. when the vehicle failed to yield to police officers attempting to pull it over and instead exited state Highway 1 in the Sharp Park area, police said. It ended in the Pacific Manor area after the driver struck a curb and stopped the car. The female driver, later identified as 19-year-old Benicia resident Jocelyn Burnett, was taken into custody without incident, police said. The passenger, 20-year-old Tevaris Sweat, of Fremont, allegedly fled on foot and was captured after a pursuit with the help of a police dog. Sweat was arrested on suspicion of resisting arrest, possession of a stolen vehicle and a felony no-bail arrest warrant on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. Burnett was arrested on suspicion of felony evading police and possession of a stolen vehicle. More shipping containers spotted near Golden Gate, Pacifica More shipping containers that washed off a ship in stormy weather on Friday have been spotted floating off the coast, U.S. Coast Guard officials said Tuesday morning. A Coast Guard plane early Tuesday morning spotted two additional containers from the container ship Manoa, which lost a dozen of the 40-foot steel containers Friday night just outside the Golden Gate on its way to Seattle. One container from the ship already washed ashore at Baker Beach in San Francisco this weekend, along with a large number of plastic crates and Styrofoam packing material. Lt. Jake Urrutia said Tuesday morning’s flight spotted what appeared to be a partially submerged container just south of the Golden Gate Bridge and a second container around 1 mile south of the Pacifica Pier, close to shore. The containers have been reported to Matson Navigation Co., the company responsible for the Manoa and its stray containers. Urrutia said it was unclear whether the container spotted Tuesday morning near Pacifica was the same as one that was reported near or to the south of Mori Point on Monday. While the Coast Guard on Monday confirmed that a container had been sighted in that area, Matson spokesman Keoni Wagner said the company’s spotters had not been able to locate it. He suggested it could have since submerged or drifted away. REUTERS From left: Gov. John Kasich, former HP CEO Carly Fiorina, Sen. Marco Rubio, Dr. Ben Carson, businessman Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz, former governor Jeb Bush, Gov. Chris Christie and Sen. Rand Paul pose before the start of the Republican debate. Cruz and Rubio clash in fifth Republican debate By Julie Pace and Julie Bykowicz THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LAS VEGAS — In a presidential race reshaped by national security fears, Sens. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio clashed over U.S. military intervention, government spying on Americans’ communications and immigration Tuesday night, as front-runner Donald Trump defended his provocative call for banning Muslims from the United States. Struggling former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush found his footing in trying to discredit Trump’s qualifications for the White House, chiding the brash billionaire for trying to “insult your way to the presidency.” Tuesday night’s debate was the first for Republicans since the attacks in Paris and San Bernardino which heightened fears of terrorism in the United States. The attacks have ignited a political debate about President Barack Obama’s campaign to defeat the Islamic State in the Middle East and the nation’s security posture in preventing attacks in the U.S. Trump’s call for temporarily banning Muslims from the U.S. — a proposal roundly criticized by his rivals — dominated much of the discussion heading into the debate. He said he wasn’t seeking to discriminate against Muslims. “We are not talking about isolation; we’re talking about security,” he said. “We are not talking about religion, we are talking about security.” Bush dismissed the proposal as unserious, saying “Donald is great at the one-liners, but he’s a chaos candidate and he’d be a chaos president.” In a moment that might help ease anxiety among Republican leaders, Trump pledged he would not seek to run as an independent. If he should lose the nomination, some fear he would make such a move, possibly preventing the nominee from defeating the Democratic challenger. “I am totally committed to the Republican Party,” Trump said. He was largely spared from criticism by Cruz and Rubio, who said they understood why Trump had raised the idea of banning Muslims. Instead, they focused on each other, engaging in lengthy debates over their differences on national security and immigration, one of the most contentious issues in the Republican primary. Rubio, of Florida, defended his support for eventually providing a pathway to citizenship for some people in the U.S. illegally, an unpopular position within the Republican Party. Rubio was a co-author of comprehensive Senate legislation in 2013 that would have created that pathway, but he has since said the nation’s immigration crisis must be addressed in piecemeal fashion, with legalization only an option after the U.S.-Mexico border is secured. Seeking to draw a sharp contrast with Rubio, Cruz went further than he has previously in opposing legalization for people in the U.S. illegally. He declared: “I have never supported legalization and I do not intend to support legalization.” Activists: Nigeria military killed hundreds of Shiites By Michelle Faul THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LAGOS, Nigeria — Police opened f i r e Tues day o n un armed Shiite M us l i m p ro t es t ers in t h e northern city of Kadun a, l eav i n g three dead, the spokesman for Shiites in Nigeria said, as activists accused soldiers of having killed hundreds of Shiites in “a massacre” in a nearby town in recent days. Spokesman Ibrahim Musa of the Shiite Islamic Movement in Nigeria says 10 people were also wounded when police shot “peaceful protesters. ” They were condemning the mass killings over the weekend and early Monday in the ancient Muslim university town of Zaria, and demanding the military release their leader, Ibraheem Zakzaky. The police spokesman in Kaduna did not immediately respond to requests for information from the Associated Press. The bloodshed in Zaria was yet another blow to Africa’s most populous nation, already beset by a sixyear-old insurgency waged by Boko Haram, a violent Islamic group which is at odds with the Shiites and others who oppose its extremist views. Amnesty International said in a statement late Tuesday that the shooting of members of the Shiite group in Zaria “must be urgently investigated . . . and anyone found responsible for unlawful killings must be brought to justice. ” Pentagon: Violence on rise in Afghanistan By Robert Burns THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Violence in Afghanistan is on the rise, according to a new Pentagon report to Congress that says the Taliban was emboldened by the reduced U.S. military role and can be expected to build momentum from their 2015 attack strategy. The number of effective insurgent attacks rose this year, causing increased casualties among Afghan security forces, the report said. While Afghan forces have demonstrated a will to fight and to learn from their battlefield mistakes, the report said the Taliban’s resilience has made security fragile in key areas and at risk of deteriorating in others. Sen. Bob Corker, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told reporters that it was “probably the most depressing assessment” of the direction in which the country is headed that he has heard in a “long, long time.” “We’re certainly not in a positive trajectory right now in Afghanistan,” Corker said. “In fact, I would say currently, my assessment would be that it’s a very negative trajectory.” The Pentagon report, the latest in a regular series of Pentagon war updates required by Congress, also said the Taliban-led insurgency has been emboldened by the U.S. transition from direct combat operations to a train-and-advise role. “As a result, the Taliban will continue to test the (Afghan forces) aggressively in 2016,” it said. LOCAL/WORLD THE DAILY JOURNAL Wednesday • Dec. 16, 2015 7 Saudi Arabia creates Islamic bloc to fight terror groups By Aya Batrawy and Adam Schreck THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MOSCOW — A Russian spacecraft carrying three astronauts from the United States, Britain and Russia has docked successfully at the International Space Station. NASA’s live broadcast from the Russian Mission Control showed the Soyuz spacecraft mooring smoothly at 8:33 p.m. Moscow time (1733 GMT) at the space outpost Tuesday about 6 1/2 hours after lifting off from Baikonur launch pad in Kazakhstan. Aboard are Russian Yuri Malenchenko, Timothy Kopra of NASA and Briton Timothy Peake, representing the European Space Agency. Malenchenko docked the ship on manual controls after automatic docking was aborted for an unspecified reason. The announcement on state media said the Saudi-led alliance is being established because terrorism “should be fought by all means.” Deputy Crown Prince and Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman said at a rare news conference that the bloc will develop mechanisms for working with other countries and international bodies to support counterterror- Assad can stay, for now: Kerry accepts Russian stance Russian security agency looks into suspected Islamic State sponsors THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MOSCOW — Russia’s top security agency says it has been investigating 1,600 individuals and legal entities suspected of aiding the Islamic State group. Alexander Bortnikov, director of the Federal Security Service, the main KGB successor agency, also said Tuesday that his agency has identified 2,900 Russian citizens suspected of involvement in extremist groups in Syria and Iraq. He said that 198 of them have been killed in fighting and another 214 have returned to CITY GOVERNMENT • Ann Kei g hran will serve as mayor of Burlingame, according to a reorganization of the City Council, as former mayor Terry Nag el did not seek reelection, along with former councilman Jo hn Ro o t. Ri cardo Orti z is the city’s new vice mayor. New councilwomen R u s s i a . Bortnikov added that 80 of those who have come back have been convicted and another 41 have been Vladimir Putin arrested. P r e s i de n t Vladimir Putin has said previously that between 5,000 and 7,000 citizens of Russia and other exSoviet nations have joined the IS. He said that Russian air campaign in Syria has been aimed at protecting Russia’s security. By Matthew Lee and Bradley Klapper THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MOSCOW — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday accepted Russia’s long-standing demand that President Bashar Assad’s future be determined by his own people, as Washington and Moscow edged toward putting aside years of disagreement over how to end Syria’s civil war. “The United States and our partners are not seeking so-called regime change,” Kerry told reporters in the Russian capital after meeting President Vladimir Putin. A major international conference on Syria would take place later this week in New York, Kerry announced. Kerry reiterated the U.S. position that Assad, accused by the West of massive human rights violations and chemical w e a p o n s attacks, won’t be able to steer Syria out of more than four years of conflict. But after a day of discussions John Kerry with Assad’s key international backer, Kerry said the focus now is “not on our differences about what can or cannot be done immediately about Assad.” Rather, it is on facilitating a peace process in which “Syrians will be making decisions for the future of Syria.” Kerry’s declarations crystallized the evolution in U.S. policy on Assad over the last several months, as the Islamic State group’s growing influence in the Middle East has taken priority. Emi l y Beach and Do nna Co l s o n formally joined the council as well. EDUCATION • Jo hn Mari no s is the new president of the S an B run o Park El e me n t ary Scho o l Di s tri ct Bo ard o f Trus tees , under a reorganization of the board approved last week. Jenni fer Bl anco is the new vice president, and former president Kev i n Marti nez was reassigned back to the board. SMOG Plus Cert. Fee. Most Cars & Light Trucks. 2000 & Newer Models. Others slightly more. 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But absent from the alliance are the Shiite-led countries of Iran and Iraq, as well as Syria, whose government is backed by Tehran. And that omission raises questions about whether the 34-member bloc is primarily intended to present a unified front against extremists — or to also serve as a Sunni deterrent to Iran, Saudi Arabia’s main regional rival. Riyadh supports rebels fighting to overthrow Syrian President Bashar Assad and has been leading ism efforts. Their efforts would not be limited to countering the Islamic State group, he added. “Currently, every Muslim country is fighting terrorism individually ... so coordinating efforts is very important,” he said. Though few details were given, the statement said the alliance would not just be countering Sunni extremists but protecting Muslim nations from all terrorists “whatever their doctrine.” When asked if this meant the alliance would also counter Shiite militants, the Saudi defense minister replied the coalition would fight terrorist groups “regardless of their categorization,” particularly in Syria and Iraq, where he said there will be cooperation with the international community. The U. S. and its allies have trained militarily with the Gulf states and other friendly countries in the region for years, encouraging them to work more closely together. Last year, Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states joined the U.S. in carrying out airstrikes in Syria against the Islamic State, also known as ISIS and ISIL. 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This was a mom-and-pop clothing store (two locations?) that existed long before chain stores like Mervyn’s and Kohl’s.  One day, Mr. Trewitt suggested I set up a house charge account so I could establish credit as a young person. Mr. Trewitt and Ms. Matthews were like family. As a child, I always felt like they were looking out for my best interest. There was a shoe store called Laurel Shoes (long gone) where Gus would measure my foot every time I ventured into the store. I can still hear his laugh and see his smile. There was a bike store called Steve’s where I bought more than one Schwinn bicycle and many baseball gloves growing up. There were bookstores and bakeries all of which are just a pleasant memory now. But, they all had one thing in common, they were mom-and-pop stores that worked hard to earn my business. They knew me and vice versa. They had my best interests at heart.  My family had a lumberyard on El Camino Real for many years where I started working at a young age. Later in life, I joined a downtown business merchants association. We talked about what kind of business San Carlos wanted. We agreed that San Carlos needed more restaurants and a specialty market like Draeger’s. Eventually the restaurants became a reality. Trader Joe’s came to be and is a constant beehive of activity (and again parking is a problem). The Walgreen’s next to Trader Joe’s is a nice complement and I find myself there constantly.  Although the last two stores are part of a chain, I believe they fit the San Carlos mold. The lumberyard my family had in San Carlos still exists in Mountain View (Bruce Bauer Lumber & Supply). I am the third generation owner of this 77-year-old business. There is a Guest perspective fourth generation in place now. I have written a few newspaper letters over the years about the demise of mom-and-pop lumberyards and business in general. I can tell you 100 mom-and-pop lumberyards that have gone away on the Peninsula in my lifetime. This is not healthy. People need a lumberyard to go to, to buy lumber, etc. As big as chain stores like Home Depot and Lowe’s are, there are a lot of items they lack, especially in the lumber department as any good contractor will tell you. My message in all of this is to patronize your local mom-and-pop business in San Carlos. They will do things for you that many chain stores cannot and will not. They bring a special recipe to shopping and make you want to come back for more. Be it a bookstore or a bakery, buy local. Dav id Thom is a lifelong resident of San Carlos. His only job has been at Bruce Bauer Lumber & Supply (formerly in San Carlos, currently located in Mountain View). Letters to the editor No change in Redwood City Editor, Redwood City’s elected officials have done it to us again. They refuse to listen to the electorate and change their habits. In November 2015, the people of Redwood City voted for change; they voted for a change in course; they voted for a government that would be more responsive to the needs of the neighborhoods; they voted for consensus building; they voted for increase communication; they voted for people that would not vote or walk lock-step with developers and other special interest that have given us the city we have to live in today; they voted to slow down big buildings; they voted for community. Our Redwood City Council and the Redwood City political machine have appointed Jeff Seybert to be the mayor. In doing so, they have ignored the changes the people of Redwood City hoped for. Jeff Seybert fancies himself a point guard, “to ensure the ball gets into the right hands.” If Mr. Seybert’s past is any indication of the future, the neighborhoods of Redwood City will never see the ball. The powers that be have Jerry Lee, Publisher Jon Mays, Editor in Chief Nathan Mollat, Sports Editor Erik Oeverndiek, Copy Editor/Page Designer Nicola Zeuzem, Production Manager Kerry McArdle, Marketing & Events REPORTERS: Terry Bernal, Bill Silverfarb, Austin Walsh, Samantha Weigel Susan E. Cohn, Senior Correspondent: Events chosen Mr. Seybert because he is up for re-election in two years and they want to make him look more re-electable. Mr. Seybert is key in making sure that Redwood City continues to build, build, build. Mark Soulard Redwood City Development versus preservation Editor, Maybe the “no” vote on Measure V in San Carlos is a blessing in disguise. Palo Alto prevented Arastra from developing the foothills by downzoning to 10 acres per lot, but the court said they had to buy it. However, the effect of lessening the supply of houses, relative to all the extra industry they had put in was to raise the price of homes so ordinary people could not buy them. 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You have the right, which private developers do not have, to make the height whatever you want, thus splitting the cost among the units so as to house more people without encroaching on the precious open space. Everybody is aware that beautiful buildings can be an asset, as they are in Golden Gate Park. This financial investment would bring in a return equal to anything around, and super safe, ideally suited to organizational investors and pension funds. Teachers hereabouts make from $55,000 to $110,000 a year, which is enough to rent a pretty nice place, just not enough to rent where the price of land has been inflated past belief. Online edition at scribd.com/smdailyjournal • Emailed documents are preferred: [email protected] • Letter writers are limited to two submissions a month. Opinions expressed in letters, columns and perspectives are those of the individual writer and do not necessarily represent the views of the Daily Journal staff. Correction Policy The Daily Journal corrects its errors. If you question the accuracy of any article in the Daily Journal, please contact the editor at [email protected] or by phone at: 344-5200, ext. 107 Editorials represent the viewpoint of the Daily Journal editorial board and not any one individual. 9 A justified indignation “T here are many, many cases when business interests conflict with public health. People deserve to know how and when this occurs and the impact this has on them.” — Kelly D. Brownell, “Food Fight.” If you are familiar with my rants about the soda industry, you can understand why I cheered when I read about those students at San Francisco State University who protested a contract for “pouring rights” for sodas which would have allowed the chosen company (Coca-Cola) to sell all the fountain drinks at SFSU residence halls and sporting events as well as stock vending machines and campus stores. In the October/November issue of AARP magazine in a feature article about health and how to cut our cancer risk, number one on the list was “Cut the Cola.” According to a study published in the journal “Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention,” people who drank two or more sugar-sweetened soft drinks a week are 87 percent more likely to get pancreatic cancer. The soda industry is a bit nervous these days since sales have declined a bit lately so, in desperation, CocaCola is trying to connect happiness to its product despite the fact, according to the November “Nutrition Action Health Letter,” it also raises the risk of obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease and other health problems. In the same issue, Marian Nestle, my favorite nutrition expert, writes, “The evidence is overwhelming — study after study after study, meta analysis after meta analysis — except for ones that are funded by Coca-Cola and the American Beverage Association. What a coincidence!”  Nutrition scientists like Ms. Nestle and Michael Pollan have, for years, been trying to educate consumers about the importance of good nutrition and the way corporate interests manipulate government agencies. As more consumers become aware of the power of big food corporations to have their way with us, some such food manufacturers are making a few changes in their products. For instance, in January, the pasta in Kraft macaroni and cheese will not contain synthetic dyes as it does now, but will derive its color from naturally colorful spices like paprika and turmeric. It has also been reported that General Mills is removing colors from its chocolate candy and artificial colors from its frozen dinners and Campbell will remove fake colors and flavors from its soups. (Would you believe?) But don’t get your hopes up. While those students were protesting the influence of one of our food processing giants and a few corporations are making some of their products a bit less toxic, Monsanto has been busy transforming much of our food into products never before experienced. It has gotten to the point that 40 percent of U.S. produce comes from GM seeds and nearly 90 percent of corn grown in the United States is genetically engineered. So, if we like it or not, we are being had by Monsanto and the FDA. At least food manufacturers are required to list on labels the ingredients that their products contain, but we have no way to know if what we are eating has been genetically modified. They claim it is safe, but there is no way to know for sure — especially how GMO foods might affect us in the long run. Another concern is the pesticides and weed-killers that Monsanto has developed and used prolifically around the crops that have been genetically modified and that drift into the environment. Add the latest — genetically modified salmon that seriously concerns many food scientists. It is reported that Safeway and others have pledged not to sell engineered fish. These are a few of the blatant signs that Monsanto has our FDA securely under its thumb as it modifies the essence of human existence. A Nov. 24 San Jose Mercury News editorial emphasized that the FDA should require any food that contains GMOs to be labeled when it is sold in stores and supermarkets. Makes you wonder why Monsanto has had its way for so long. Could they be afraid that since a great many products would display the label that more and more consumers will avoid them and go organic and throw a monkey wrench in the works. But, after all, almost all European nations plus Australia, China and Japan require such labeling. Do we not deserve the same? Dr. Robert Lustig, a pediatric endocrinologist at UCSF and author of “Fat Chance” bluntly stated: “The only method for dealing with this is a public intervention. Everyone talks about personal responsibility, but that won’t work here … There are things that have to be done at a government level, and government has to get off its ass.” Right on! Since 1984, Dorothy Dimitre has written more than 800 columns for v arious local newspapers. Her email address is [email protected]. 10 BUSINESS Wednesday • Dec. 16, 2015 THE DAILY JOURNAL Stocks post biggest gain in a week By Marley Jay THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Dow 17,524.91 +156.41 10-Yr Bond 2.27 +0.04 Nasdaq 4,995.36 +43.13 Oil (per barrel) 37.09 S&P 500 2,043.41 +21.47 Gold 1,060.40 Big movers Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq stock market: NYSE 3M Co., down $9.50 to $148.13 The maker of Post-it notes, industrial coatings and ceramics lowered its full-year earnings forecast, citing slow economic growth. Lumber Liquidators Holdings Inc., up $3.47 to $17.53 Short seller Whitney Tilson stopped betting against the flooring retailer, which faced allegations it knowingly sold toxic products. Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc., up $15.45 to $109.59 The drug developer struck a distribution deal with Walgreens that it says will help lower the prices of some of its products. The Boeing Co., up $3.53 to $146.53 The aircraft maker boosted its quarterly dividend by 20 percent and increased its stock buyback program to $14 billion. Nasdaq Sirius XM Holdings Inc., up 7 cents to $4.07 Howard Stern and the satellite radio broadcaster announced a five-year agreement to continue producing The Howard Stern Show. Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd., down 96 cents to $58.50 Investment firms are selling 10.3 million shares of the cruise line operator at a price of $57.65 per share, below its prior closing price. Pacira Pharmaceuticals Inc., up $8.46 to $70.89 The FDA agreed to drop restrictions on the drug developer’s marketing of the postsurgery pain drug Exparel, resolving a lawsuit. Sanofi , up $1.43 to $42.94 The drug developer is discussing a potential $20 billion asset swap involving its animal health business with Boehringer Ingelheim. NEW YORK — Stocks posted their biggest gains in more than a week Tuesday, led by rising energy companies and banks. The market was higher all day, building on a late gain the day before. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose for the second day in a row, something that hadn’t happened since early November. Energy stocks rose as the price of crude oil jumped 3 percent, and banks moved higher a day ahead of an expected rate increase by the Federal Reserve. The Dow Jones industrial average added 156.41 points, or 0.9 percent, to 17,524.91. The S&P 500 increased 21. 47 points, or 1. 1 percent, to 2, 043. 41. The Nasdaq composite index gained 43.13 points, or 0.9 percent, to 4,995.36. Stocks have been on a bumpy ride ever since a six-week winning streak ended in early November. They dropped sharply in mid-November, then bounced back the following week, but failed to build consistently on those gains. Last week, a plunge in the price of oil set off a sharp drop in energy stocks, which dragged the broader market down to its second-worst weekly performance of 2015. Now with more encouraging signs on the economy, many expect the Fed to begin returning borrowing costs back toward normal levels with its first interest rate increase in nine years. The government said early Tuesday that prices for a variety of goods and services rose last month, including plane tickets and medical care. Overall prices were unchanged from last year because food and energy prices are weak, but “core inflation, ” which leaves out energy and food, rose 0.2 percent. That’s the best result in more than a year. Michelle Girard, chief U.S. economist for RBS, said the reassuring signal on inflation should remove any last barriers to the Fed to raise rates. The inflation report gave the Fed “a green light to take action tomorrow,” Girard said. The Fed’s key short-term interest rate has been near zero for seven years. Energy stocks were the top-performing sector as U.S. crude rose $1.04, or 2.9 percent, to $37.35 a barrel in New York. That’s on top of a 2 percent gain on Monday. Oil is still down 30 percent in 2015 and is at its lowest in more than six years. Brent crude, a benchmark for international oils, rose 53 cents, or 1.4 percent, to $38.45 a barrel in London. That helped the energy sector, which has struggled throughout 2015. Exxon Mobil had its best day since late August. Its shares jumped $3.40, or 4. 5 percent, to $79. 43. Offshore drillers Ensco added $1.21, or 8 percent, to $16.40 and Transocean rose 74 cents, or 5.9 percent, to $13.38. Natural gas continued to tumble. Its price gas slid 7.2 cents, or 3.8 percent, to $1.822 per 1,000 cubic feet. That’s the lowest price since March 1999, not adjusting for inflation. Industrial demand for natural gas has been weak, and the warm weather means most Americans haven’t needed as much heat for their homes as they usually do this time of year. In other energy trading, wholesale gasoline fell 1.1 cents, or 0.9 percent, to $1.2444 a gallon and heating oil rose 1.9 cents, or 1.7 percent, to $1.147 a gallon. U.S. consumer prices unchanged but core inflation up By Martin Crutsinger THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — U.S. consumer prices were unchanged in November as declines in energy and food held down overall costs. But core inflation was up 2 percent over the 12 months ending in November. That was the fastest pace in more than a year and the kind of increase Fed officials want to see to justify the start of a round of interest rate increases. The flat reading for consumer prices last month followed a modest 0. 2 percent increase in October and outright declines in August and September, the Labor Department reported Tuesday. Core inflation, which excludes energy and food, was up 0.2 percent in November and has risen 2 percent over the past 12 months, the fastest gain since a similar 2 percent rise for the 12 months ending in May 2014. Over the past year, overall inflation has risen just 0.5 percent. Overall prices are being held back by a sharp fall in energy costs and a stronger dollar, which makes imports cheaper. Fed Chair Janet Yellen has said she expects both of those impacts will soon start to fade and because of that she expects overall inflation will start rising back to the Fed’s 2 percent target. Private economists said Fed officials, who were holding their final meeting of the year on Tuesday and Wednesday, are likely to use the rise in core prices as justification to support a quarter-point rate hike at this meeting, the first rate increase in nearly a decade. Paul Ashworth, chief U.S. economist at Capital Economics, said he expects rising inflation will prompt the Fed to raise its key interest rate to near 2 percent by this time next year. This rate has been at a record low near zero for the past seven years. Other economists are predicting a much more gradual rise in rates of less than half that amount to around 1 percent for the Fed’s benchmark federal funds rate. Valeant Pharmaceuticals in new distribution deal with Walgreens THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TRENTON, N. J. — Valeant Pharmaceuticals regained some credibility with upset investors thanks to its announcement Tuesday of a new distribution deal with Walgreens and plans to line up more pharmacies to sell its products after a scandal forced it to cut ties with a key distributor, Philidor. The news drove up shares of the beleaguered Canadian drug company, but it still faces U.S. government scrutiny over big medicine price hikes and allegations it used Philidor, a mail-order pharmacy, to steer payers toward Valeant’s more expensive drugs, rather than cheaper alternatives. Investors will be listening for more details on the deal with Walgreens, the largest U.S. drug store chain, and Valeant’s other plans on Wednesday, when it hosts an investor webcast to update its financial forecast and discuss business operations and research. Walgreens, the retail pharmacy division of Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc., “has a lot of credibility and muscle,” said Nomura analyst Shibani Malhotra, making the deal “very important for Valeant.” “It really improves their credibility, ” because Valeant delivered so quickly on its pledge to line up a new distributor to replace Philidor, Malhotra said, adding that investors had worried no pharmacies would work with Valeant in the future. RARE INTERVIEW: AUDIO OF BASKETBALL INVENTOR JAMES NAISMITH DISCOVERED >> PAGE 14 <<< Page 14, Punter King paying off for Raiders Wednesday • Dec. 16, 2015 Olympic sailors willing to risk infection for medals By Rob Harris fetid waters. “There are plenty and plenty of reports out there about athletes who their whole life is about winning medals, and anything that happens on the way is kind of irrelevant.” Tests conducted by the Associated Press this year exposed the pollution levels in Rio’s waterways. The most recent results released this month showed more contamination than previously believed, increasing the risk to athletes. In July, the AP reported disease-causing viruses directly linked to human sewage at levels up to 1.7 million times what would be considered highly alarming in the U.S. or Europe. Experts said athletes were competing in the viral equivalent of raw sewage, and exposure to dangerous health risks almost certain. Recent tests showed the sailing venue of Guanabara Bay to be as rife with pathogens far offshore as it was nearer land, where raw sewage flows from contaminated rivers and storm drains. “Obviously pollution is a problem, the objects in the water are an issue, but we as Sharks finally end skid Rose contrite, still hopes for Cooperstown THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON — Competing in waters in the picturesque heart of Rio de Janeiro. Staying in the Olympic village with tickets and the ceremonies. And, most importantly, collecting an Olympic medal. These will justify the risk of being infected by Rio’s polluted waters, according to a World Sailing federation official. Sarah Gosling, a two-time Olympic cham- pion who now sits on the World Sailing council as the athletes’ representative, does not deny the viruses and bacteria pose a danger in Rio’s sewageinfested waters. The Briton simply believes that Olympic Sarah Gosling glory makes the risk worthwhile. “Winning a gold medal will make up for anything — it’s really not that relevant,” Gosling said on Tuesday, discussing the THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MONTREAL — Joe Pavelski scored once and added an assist as the San Jose Sharks beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-1 on Tuesday night to snap a six-game skid. Patrick Marleau and Dainius Zubrus also scored for the Sharks. Martin Jones made 26 saves for his 13th victory of the season. Dale Weise had the goal for Montreal. Dustin Tokarski, making his third consecutive start, stopped nine of 12 shots before being pulled midway through the second period. Mike Condon stopped all six shots he faced in relief. San Jose, which earned its first victory in December, is 12-0 when leading after two periods. Coming off a convincing win over Ottawa on Saturday, Montreal came out firing. The Canadiens were all over Jones and the Sharks in the first period but couldn’t score. Despite trailing 10-2 in shots and 20-3 in shot attempts late in the first, the Sharks got on the board first. Marleau made it 1-0 on San Jose’s third shot on Tokarski, finishing a 2-on-1 rush with Joel Ward with a shot off the post and in. The point was Marleau’s 14th in his last 14 games (eight goals, six assists). Pavelski, the Sharks’ captain, made it 2-0 just 36 seconds into the second period. After failed clearing attempts by defensemen P.K. Subban and Andrei Markov, Pavelski tipped Justin Braun’s shot from the point past Tokarski. At 9:19 of the second, another giveaway by Markov in his own zone led to Zubrus’ first goal of the season. The goal sent Tokarski to the bench and brought Condon into the game. Markov finished minus-3 on the night. After coach Michel Therrien shuffled his lines late in the second period, Weise reduced the deficit with his first goal in 11 games at 17:24. His shot took a big deflection off Marc-Edouard Vlasic’s skate to fool Jones between the legs. Former Shark Torrey Mitchell was back in the lineup after missing 11 games with a See SHARKS, Page 15 See OLYMPICS, Page 16 By Tim Dahlberg THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ERIC BOLTE/USA TODAY SPORTS San Jose’s Joe PAvelski scored once and assisted on another as the Sharks ended their six-game losing streak with a 3-1 win over Montreal. LAS VEGAS — Pete Rose believes he still has a chance to one day get back in baseball. In the meantime, he’s turning his attention to the Hall of Fame. Rose said Tuesday he is a changed person even if he still likes to bet on an occasional baseball game. And while commissioner Rob Manfred rejected his bid to get back in the game partly because Rose still bets legally in this gambling town, he says he still has a lot to offer the sport. “All I look forward to being some day is a friend of baseball,” Rose said. Pete Rose “I want baseball and Pete Rose to be friends. I want to say I’m not an outsider looking in. I have grandkids, and they want their grandpa to be associated with baseball.” Baseball’s career hits leader said he was disappointed at Manfred’s decision not to end a ban that has stretched more than a quarter century. But he held out hope he could still one day be inducted into the Hall of Fame, joining teammates such as Johnny Bench and Joe Morgan from the Big Red Machine of the 1970s. “It would be nice to have the opportunity to go to the Hall of Fame,” Rose said. “My whole life has been a Hall of Fame life just by the association with the teammates I had.” At a news conference fronting his restaurant on the Las Vegas Strip, Rose said he couldn’t rewrite history but still believes even at age 74 that he can one day be back in baseball. He said he was sorry for his mistakes of the past, which included betting on games while with the Cincinnati Reds at a time he said his gambling habit was out of control. Those days are over, he said, though he still See ROSE, Page 13 Georgia State QB looking forward to facing SJSU By George Henry THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA — Georgia State quarterback Nick Arbuckle has just the matchup he wants in the inaugural Cure Bowl. Even though Arbuckle was an undersized tight end and a backup QB at St. Bonaventure (California) High, he felt the sting of getting passed over by San Jose State. The Panthers (6-6) face San Jose State (5- “I do remember when San Jose State came multiple times to recruit … and I was one of the guys they didn’t look at. So it feels kind of good to have an opportunity to go against them now.” — Nick Arbuckle, Georgia State quarterback 7) on Saturday in Orlando, Fla. “I do remember when San Jose State came multiple times to recruit some of the guys on the team and I was one of the guys they didn’t look at,” Arbuckle said Tuesday. “So it feels kind of good to have an opportunity to go against them now.” He didn’t get a chance to start at quarterback until enrolling at Pierce Junior College in Los Angeles, passing for 73 touchdowns and nearly 7,000 yards and earning a full scholarship to Georgia State. Arbuckle has averaged 310 yards passing per game, third-best among active FBS quarterbacks, since the start of last season. He’s 95 yards shy of setting the Sun Belt Conference single-season record. Georgia State coach Trent Miles says Arbuckle, the team’s senior leader, will be the hardest player to replace despite having See BOWL, Page 16 12 Wednesday • Dec. 16, 2015 SPORTS THE DAILY JOURNAL Slalom champ unsure of recovery time frame By Pat Graham THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Over the next few weeks, Mikaela Shiffrin will slalom between rest and rehab. Usually so fast on a race course, the Olympic and world slalom champion is taking things at a conservative pace as she recovers from a torn knee ligament and painful bone bruise. There’s no timetable for her return to skiing, either. But there is some promising news: She won’t need surgery. Just rest and rehab. Lots and lots of it after tearing the medial collateral ligament in her right knee during a wipeout while preparing for a giant slalom last Saturday in Are, Sweden. “It’s nice for me to know that, as far as everyone’s said, I’ll be able to ski before the snow melts,” Shiffrin said in a phone interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday. “Getting back to racing is another story. It’s tough to make any sort of predictions about when I’ll be able to race again. “If I don’t feel like I can get in the starting gate of a race and attack the hill, I’m not going to.” There’s a possibility the skier from EagleVail, Colorado, could return to the slopes for the World Cup Finals in March. Now that would be quite a birthday present for Shiffrin, who turns 21 on March 13. “You can only take it week by week first, and then day by day, ” Shiffrin’s manager, Kilian Albrecht, said. Mikaela “Obviously, there is Shiffrin hope that she can return as the season is still pretty long. But unfortunately all of the tech races are now, which is not good as she will for sure miss a lot of the races.” Shiffrin was hurt when she crashed during a free skiing session on the competition hill. She said she was making a right-footed turn when she hit a patch of icy snow. Her right ski slipped and then her knee buckled, before hitting some grippy snow that caused her to hyperextend her knee and skid into the protective netting. As her coaches untangled her, Shiffrin feared the worst. “I was like, ‘I have to get up, and ski down,”’ she said. “That was my first thought in the first 10 seconds when I got untan- High gled. But I was sitting there on the side of the hill and there was no way I was even walking. Something was wrong, but I couldn’t tell what.” She flew back to Colorado for more tests on her knee, which confirmed she had a bone bruise and MCL tear. “I’m lucky that I don’t need surgery and I’m lucky that there are no other implications,” Shiffrin said. “It could’ve been really bad. You know Lindsey Vonn’s knee injuries and how long it took her to come back, and countless other athletes. They all come back, but it takes a solid two years. I’m not looking at a timeline like that at all.” She was considered the top contender to Vonn in the World Cup overall race, especially with Tina Maze taking the season off and defending champ Anna Fenninger sidelined with a knee injury. Vonn currently leads the overall standings with 400 points, followed by Sweden’s Frida Hansdotter with 315. For the moment, Shiffrin is third with 296. “It’s pretty heartbreaking because I think everybody in the back of their minds, including me, was thinking a 20-year-old being able to battle it out probably with Lindsey Vonn for the overall — how that’s pretty spectacular, no matter who comes out on top,” said Shiffrin, who won the slalom at the 2014 Sochi Olympics and at the last two world championships. “That’s how it was looking until this happened. It’s definitely a bummer.” Shiffrin was in the midst of a stellar start, winning the opening two slaloms this season in Aspen by staggering margins, including one by 3.07 seconds, the largest margin of victory for the women’s discipline in World Cup history. She also made her speed debut in Lake Louise, Alberta, this month and finished a respectable 15th during a super-G race won by Vonn. While sidelined, Shiffrin said she plans to take some online classes in personal finance — “I’d like to know a little more about investing,” she said — and improve her guitar playing. She also will go through rehab three times a day, even posting a video on social media Tuesday of her pedaling on a stationary bike while wearing a brace. “I’m pretty positive right now. I’m not in any pain or anything,” Shiffrin said. “I don’t have a lot of swelling, so that’s all a good sign. That makes me positive.” health insurance cost preventing early retirement? CALL 650.654.7775 or Belmonttax.com for details Jeffrey Anton CPA CA Insurance License #0C06035 540 Ralston Ave., Belmont, CA 94002 t
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TAMPA BAY (2) — John Jaso, dh; Grady Sizemore, of. TEXAS (6) — q-Yovani Gallardo, rhp; Colby Lewis, rhp; Mike Napoli, 1b; Ross Ohlendorf, rhp; Drew Stubbs, of;Will Venable, of. TORONTO (5) — Mark Buehrle,lhp;Maicer Izturis,2b;LaTroy Hawkins, rhp; Munenori Kawasaki, inf. NATIONAL LEAGUE ATLANTA (3) — Ross Detwiler, lhp; Edwin Jackson, rhp; Peter Moylan, rhp. CHICAGO (6) — Chris Denorfia, of; q-Dexter Fowler, of; Dan Haren, rhp;Tommy Hunter, rhp; Austin Jackson, of; Fernando Rodney, rhp. CINCINNATI (4) — Burke Badenhop,rhp;Sean Marshall,lhp;Manny Parra, lhp; Skip Schumaker, inf-of. COLORADO (2) — Kyle Kendrick, rhp; Justin Morneau, 1b. LOS ANGELES (5) — Bronson Arroyo, rhp; q-Howie Kendrick, 2b; Joel Peralta, rhp; Jimmy Rollins, ss. MIAMI (3) — Don Kelly, 3b; Jeff Mathis, c; Casey McGehee, 3b. MILWAUKEE (1) — Kyle Lohse, rhp. NEW YORK (8) — Yoenis Cespedes, of; Tyler Clippard, rhp; Bartolo Colon, rhp; Kelly Johnson, of; q-Daniel Murphy, 2b; Eric O’Flaherty, lhp; Bobby Parnell, rhp; Juan Uribe, 3b. PHILADELPHIA (5) — Chad Billingsley,rhp;Jeff Francoeur,of;Aaron Harang, rhp; Cliff Lee, lhp; Jerome Williams, rhp. PITTSBURGH (6) — Antonio Bastardo,lhp;Joe Blanton,rhp;A.J.Burnett, rhp; Corey Hart, 1b; Aramis Ramirez, 3b; Sean Rodriguez, inf-of. ST. LOUIS (4) — Matt Belisle,rhp;Randy Choate,lhp;Mark Reynolds, 1b-3b; Carlos Villanueva, rhp. SAN DIEGO (5) — Clint Barmes,ss;Josh Johnson,rhp;q-Ian Kennedy, rhp; Brandon Morrow, rhp; q-Justin Upton, of. SAN FRANCISCO (8) — Marlon Byrd, of; Alejandro De Aza, of; Tim Hudson,rhp;Mike Leake,rhp;Tim Lincecum,rhp;Marco Scutaro,2b; Ryan Vogelsong, rhp. WASHINGTON (7) — q-Ian Desmond, ss; Doug Fister, rhp; Casey Janssen,rhp;Nate McLouth,of;Denard Span,of;Matt Thornton,lhp; Dan Uggla, 2b. Wednesday • Dec. 16, 2015 13 Heyward wants to make history with Cubs By Andrew Seligman THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO — Jason Heyward knows Theo Epstein ended a long championship drought in Boston and understands how epic it would be to bring a title to Chicago’s North Side. “It’d be a beautiful thing to win a World Series,” Heyward said Tuesday after finalizing a $184 million, eight-year contract with the Cubs, the largest deal in team history. “To do it in this city, it’s a no-brainer that it would be making history. You see what Theo’s done with the Red Sox in 2004 and sort of reverse the curse, kind of set the country upside down.” After adding pitchers John Lackey and Adam Warren along with infielder Ben Zobrist, the Cubs introduced Heyward at Spiaggia Restaurant, a favorite of President Barack Obama and the same place where they held a news conference for Jon Lester exactly one year earlier after signing the pitcher to a $155 million deal. Chicago still seeks its first Series title since 1908. ROSE Continued from page 11 bets on sports and horse racing. “I don’t live in Las Vegas because I gamble,” he said. “I live in Las Vegas because it’s where my job is. I’m a recreational gambler now. If I want to go home and watch a game, I might make a small wager on it.” Rose was contrite and somewhat upbeat in offering his first comments since Manfred on JEFF CURRY/USA TODAY SPORTS Jason Heyward jumped ship from St.Louis to the NL Central Division rival Cubs for an eight-year, $184-million deal he signed Tuesday. “We saw it as a real unique opportunity,” said Epstein, who left Boston in October 2011 to become the Cubs’ president of baseball operations. “We feel like Jason is a real impact player because of how talented he is in all the different phases of the game.” Monday rejected his application for reinstatement. But he refused to be drawn into the debate of whether players linked to steroids should be allowed in the Hall of Fame when anyone on the permanently excluded list — Rose is currently the only living person on it — cannot be on a Hall of Fame ballot. Rose said he believes Manfred will be a great commissioner, but that Manfred was put in a tough spot in having to rule on Rose’s reinstatement 26 years into a lifetime ban. He also said his meeting with Manfred earlier this year — where he first denied still betting on baseball and then admitted he did — could have gone better. Heyward has the right to opt out of the deal after three seasons and become a free agent again at age 29, having earned $78 million under the deal with the Cubs. He also has a conditional opt out after the 2019 season, if he has 550 plate appearances that year. He receives a $20 million signing bonus, payable in four $5 million installments each April 1 from 2024-27. He gets salaries of $15 million in 2016, $21.5 million in each of the next two years, $20 million in 2019, $21 million apiece in 2020 and 2021 and $22 million in each of the final two seasons. Heyward has a full no-trade provision through 2018, then during 2019 and 2020 has 12 teams he cannot be dealt to without his consent. If he remains with the Cubs, after the 2020 season he would have the right to block any trade because of he would be a 10-year veteran who has spent five seasons with his current team. Because the signing bonus is paid after the expiration of the contract, Major League Baseball evaluated the deal as having a present-day value of $177,633,616. MLB brief Blevins re-ups with Mets for $4M NEW YORK — Pitcher Jerry Blevins is staying with the New York Mets, agreeing to a oneyear contract that guarantees him $4 million and allows him to earn an additional $1 million in performance bonuses. The 32-year-old left-hander is 16-9 with two saves and a 3.53 ERA in nine big league seasons with Oakland, Washington and the Mets. He would earn $150,000 each for 40 and 45 relief appearances, $200,000 for 50 and $250,000 apiece for 55 and 60. Do you have swollen, painful, red or inflamed eyes with sensitivity to light or blurry vision? Peninsula Ophthalmology Group is conducting a Clinical Research Study for Acute Anterior Uveitis. To be eligible, you must have been diagnosed with Anterior Uveitis and not have used corticosteroid or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) via eye drops, inhaled or skin routes within the last 2 weeks Participation Include : ‡ Study-related Exams and Study-related Medication Provided at No Cost ‡ Compensation for Time and Travel No Medical Insurance is Required for Participation 1720 El Camino Real, Suite 225 Burlingame, CA 94010-3224 (650) 697-3200 If you are interested, please contact our Study Coordinator at (650) 697-3200 You are invited! 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In doing so, the 27-year-old tied a franchise record shared by two others and put Oakland in prime position to pull off the upset. For a guy known strictly for his power when he entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent four years ago, it also represented a monumental step in King’s development. See RAIDERS, Page 16 LAWRENCE, Kan. — A University of Kansas researcher has discovered what is believed to be the only audio recording of basketball inventor James Naismith, during which he describes the first game he organized 124 years ago this month as a bit of a disaster. Michael J. Zogry, an associate professor of religious studies, obtained the nearly 3-minute audio in November from the Library of Congress. It was part of a radio show from New York station WOR-AM called “We the People.” During the Jan. 31, 1939, program, Naismith explained how he set up the game with two peach baskets at the International YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts, in December 1891. Naismith said he had been given two weeks to devise a new indoor activity for his gym class. The work was hurried along by what he described as a “real New England blizzard” that had the youngsters climbing the walls with little to do. “We tried everything to keep them quiet,” Naismith said on the recording, but the students were bored with a “modified” form of football tried in the gym. Naismith figured it was time to try his new idea using an “old soccer ball” and two teams of nine players each. “I told them the idea was to throw the ball into the opposing team’s peach basket,” he said. “I blew a whistle and the first game of basketball began.” It didn’t go smoothly. Naismith said the players almost immediately started tackling each other — and worse. Two young men suffered black eyes while another was knocked out, and he had to pull players apart, he said. “I didn’t have enough (rules), and that’s where I made my big mistake,” Naismith said. Naismith’s description of that first game helps shed light on the process that led him to draft the 13 original rules of Sports brief Kings’ Rondo issues stronger apology for gay slur toward ref SACRAMENTO — Sacramento Kings guard Rajon Rondo has offered a stronger apology for directing a gay slur at veteran NBA referee Bill Kennedy. Rondo said Monday his actions toward Kennedy on Dec. the game, Zogry told the Associated Press on Tuesday. It appears that he wrote the new rules shortly after the first game, although the exact timeline isn’t clear, he said. Zogry intends to research his findings with other research on that topic. “What we know is there was the first game, then there was a second game with the full complement of rules,” Zogry said. “He said the players were nagging him about (the new rules) so it sounds like it happened in pretty quick fashion.” Naismith’s grandson, Jim Naismith, first heard his grandfather’s voice once Zogry obtained the audio. He said the recording “changes just about everything that’s been written about that first game.” “When he turned those 18 guys loose, obviously they were having a good time, but obviously this was kind of try number one. He commented and said he didn’t write enough rules. It came out of that experience,” Jim Naismith said in a university news release. “That makes a lot of sense.” Rob Rains, the author of “James Naismith: The Man Who Invented Basketball,” co-written with Naismith’s granddaughter Hellen Carpenter, said he didn’t know any other audio recording of Naismith. He said the recording suggests that the game “was modified much more quickly than we first thought.” Zogry said he was surprised to discover the audio and realize it was the only existing recording of Naismith’s voice. “That I was able to find something like this in this day and age, when the media is ubiquitous, to actually find a form of media that had been lost to history and be able to share it with the public through the KU archives is very exciting,” he said. The University of Kansas, where Naismith worked for 40 years and was the first basketball coach, has obtained the 13 original rules and is building a structure to house them. 3 were out of frustration and not meant to offend anyone. Rondo issued a statement Tuesday addressing those who viewed his initial statement as a non-apology. He said: “I want to be clear, from the bottom of my heart that I am truly sorry for what I said to Bill. There is no place on or off the court for language that disrespects anyone’s sexual orientation. That is not who I am or what I believe and I will strive every day to be a better person.” Kennedy told Yahoo Sports he is gay. Rondo is serving a one-game suspension. SPORTS THE DAILY JOURNAL Hernandez tops the world soccer ranking THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON — Javier Hernandez took over at the top of the Associated Press Global Football 10 on Tuesday after scoring four goals in two games for Bayer Leverkusen. Hernandez scored a hat trick in 13 minutes as his team beat Borussia Moenchengladbach in the Bundesliga on Saturday. The former Manchester United player also got a goal in the 1-1 draw with Barcelona in the Champions League. “How United would love to have Hernandez in his current form,” Marco Monteverde of News Corp. Australia said. “Their loss is Bayer Leverkusen’s gain.” Zlatan Ibrahimovic managed three goals in two matches for Paris Saint-Germain, including two in the 5-1 win over Lyon, and is runner-up. Leicester striker Jamie Vardy is third after scoring the opening goal in his team’s 2-1 win over Chelsea. In fourth place was Olivier Giroud, who scored a hat trick as Arsenal beat Olympiakos 3-0 in the Champions League and advanced to the knockout stage. He followed it up with a strike against Aston Villa in Arsenal’s 2- SHARKS Continued from page 11 lower-body injury. Mitchell played on a line with Sven Andrighetto and Brian Flynn. NOTES : Flynn played his 200th NHL game. . Logan Couture (arterial surgery) was not in the 0 win on Sunday. “What a week it was for Olivier Giroud and Arsenal, ” Jonathan Johnson of beIN Sports USA said. “The France international scored four goals as Arsenal completed their improbable comeback to qualify from Champions League Group F and won comfortably away at Aston Villa to go second in the Premier League.” Antoine Griezmann was fifth for getting Atletico Madrid’s winner in the comeback 2-1 against Athletic Bilbao. Robert Lewandowski, Riyad Mahrez, Cristiano Ronaldo, Mauro Icardi and Paulo Dybala completed the top 10. PSG took first in the team vote after its 5-1 win over Lyon followed a 2-0 Champions League victory over Shakhtar Donetsk. Atletico is second after for the win against Bilbao, which moved it level on points with Barcelona at the top of the Spanish league. Atletico also reached the last 16 of the Champions League by winning 2-1 at Benfica. Arsenal is third while Leicester is fourth and Bayern Munich is fifth. Villarreal, Inter Milan, Leverkusen, Juventus and Manchester City round out the top 10. Sharks’ lineup. . Montreal has not scored on the power play in its last six games. . Before the game, Montreal traded Christian Thomas to the Arizona Coyotes for fellow forward Lucas Lessio. The Canadiens also put forward Zach Kassian on waivers. ... Earlier in the day, injured goalie Carey Price won the 2015 Lou Marsh award as Canada’s top athlete. Wednesday • Dec. 16, 2015 NHL GLANCE EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W Montreal 32 20 Detroit 31 16 Ottawa 31 16 Boston 29 16 Tampa Bay 32 16 Florida 31 15 Buffalo 32 13 Toronto 29 10 Metropolitan Division GP W Washington 29 21 N.Y. Rangers 32 19 N.Y. Islanders 32 18 New Jersey 31 16 Pittsburgh 29 15 Philadelphia 31 13 Carolina 31 12 Columbus 32 11 L OT Pts 9 3 43 9 6 38 10 5 37 9 4 36 13 3 35 12 4 34 16 3 29 13 6 26 GF 101 79 97 93 78 81 74 68 GA 73 79 93 80 73 75 86 81 L OT Pts 6 2 44 9 4 42 9 5 41 11 4 36 11 3 33 12 6 32 14 5 29 18 3 25 GF 89 94 90 76 68 66 77 75 GA 63 74 77 75 71 86 96 95 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts Dallas 30 22 6 2 46 Chicago 31 17 10 4 38 St. Louis 31 17 10 4 38 Minnesota 28 15 7 6 36 Nashville 30 15 10 5 35 Winnipeg 30 14 14 2 30 Colorado 31 14 16 1 29 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts Los Angeles 30 19 9 2 40 Sharks 30 15 14 1 31 Arizona 30 14 14 2 30 Vancouver 31 11 12 8 30 Edmonton 32 14 16 2 30 Calgary 29 13 14 2 28 Anaheim 29 11 13 5 27 GF GA 102 79 85 75 78 75 73 66 80 79 82 91 85 88 GF 78 78 81 79 87 78 56 WHAT’S ON TAP NBA GLANCE GA 66 79 95 86 96 103 73 Tuesday’s Games New Jersey 2, Buffalo 0 Florida 5, N.Y. Islanders 1 N.Y. Rangers 4, Edmonton 2 Philadelphia 4, Carolina 3, OT Tampa Bay 5, Toronto 4, OT San Jose 3, Montreal 1 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W Toronto 16 Boston 14 New York 11 Brooklyn 7 Philadelphia 1 Southeast Division Charlotte 14 Miami 14 Orlando 13 Atlanta 14 Washington 10 Central Division Cleveland 16 Chicago 14 Indiana 14 Detroit 14 Milwaukee 10 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division San Antonio 21 Dallas 14 Memphis 14 Houston 12 New Orleans 6 Northwest Division Oklahoma City 16 Denver 11 Utah 10 Portland 11 Minnesota 9 Pacific Division Warriors 24 L.A. Clippers 15 Phoenix 11 Sacramento 9 L.A. Lakers 3 L 10 11 14 17 25 Pct .615 .560 .440 .292 .038 GB — 1 1/2 4 1/2 8 15 9 9 11 12 13 .609 .609 .542 .538 .435 — — 1 1/2 1 1/2 4 7 8 9 12 15 .696 .636 .609 .538 .400 — 1 1/2 2 3 1/2 7 5 11 12 13 18 .808 .560 .538 .480 .250 — 6 1/2 7 8 1/2 14 8 14 13 15 15 .667 .440 .435 .423 .375 — 5 1/2 5 1/2 6 7 1 10 15 15 21 .960 .600 .423 .375 .125 — 9 13 1/2 14 1/2 20 1/2 Tuesday’s Games Cleveland 89, Boston 77 Denver 112, Minnesota 100 Houston at Sacramento, late TRANSACTIONS BASEBALL COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE — Suspended free agent 2B Rafael Toribio 25 games for violating the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. American League SEATTLE MARINERS — Designated LHP Rob Rasmussen for assignment. TEXAS RANGERS — Agreed to terms with RHP Tony Barnette on a two-year contract and RHP Chad Smith and C Bobby Wilson on minor league contracts. National League CHICAGO CUBS — Agreed to terms with OF Jason Heyward on an eight-year contract. NEW YORK METS — Agreed to terms with LHP Jerry Blevins on a one-year contract. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Named Dave Lundquist pitching coach of Lehigh Valley (IL), Steve Schrenk pitching coach of Reading (EL), Aaron Fultz pitching coach of Clearwater (FSL), Brian Sweeney pitching coach of Lakewood (SAL), Hector Berrios pitching coach and John Mizerock coach of Williamsport (NYP) and Hector Mercado pitching coach and Eddie Dennis coach of the GCL Phillies PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Named Joey Cora manager of Altoona (EL), Keoni De Renne hitting coach and Jeff Johnson pitching coach of Bradenton (FSL), Ryan Long hitting coach and Matt Ford pitching coach of West Virginia (SAL), Mark DiFelice pitching coach of West Virginia (NYP), Tom Filer pitching coach of Bristol (Appalachian), Mendy Lopez manager and Dan Urbina pitching coach of the DSL Pirates, Tom Prince minor league field coordinator, Andy Barkett assistant minor league hitting coordinator and Scott Elarton special assistant for baseball operations. WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Named Chris Speier bench coach, Mike Maddux pitching coach, Davey Lopes first base coach, Jacque Jones assistant hitting coach and Dan Firova bullpen coach. 15 WEDNESDAY Girls’ basketball Mills at Monta Vista-Cupertino, 7 p.m. Boys’ basketball El Camino at Santa Clara, 7 p.m. THURSDAY Girls’ soccer Notre Dame-Belmont at Hillsdale, 3:15 p.m.; EPA Academy at Menlo School, 3:30 p.m. Boys’ soccer Riordan at Mills, 3 p.m. Boys’ basketball Carlmont at Santa Teresa, 6 p.m. FRIDAY Boys’ soccer Menlo School vs. Acalanes at De La Salle Showcase, 11 a.m.; South City at Salinas, noon; Harbor at Westmoor, 2:15 p.m.; Crystal Springs at San Mateo, 3:30 p.m.; Aragon at Woodside, 4 p.m.; Sacred Heart Prep at Sequoia, 5:30 p.m.; Bellarmine at Carlmont, 6 p.m. Girls’ soccer Mills vs. Mercy-SF at Skyline College, 2 p.m.; MercyBurlingame at Aragon, 3 p.m.; Burlingame at Los Gatos, Sequoia at Crystal Springs, 3:30 p.m.; Sacred Heart Prep at Santa Clara, 6 p.m. Boys’ basketball South City at Lowell, 4 p.m.; Stuart Hall at Mills, Hillsdale at Jefferson, Sacred Heart Prep vs. Palo Alto at Bellarmine tournament, 6 p.m.; Capuchino at El Camino, Santa Clara at Westmoor, 7 p.m.; Serra at Burlingame, Menlo School at MenloAtherton, 7:30 p.m. Girls’ basketball Westmoor at Tamalpais, 4:30 p.m.; Prospect at San Mateo, 5 p.m.; Lincoln-SJ at Carlmont, Menlo School at Menlo-Atherton, Crystal Springs at Alma Heights, 6 p.m.; Priory at Sacred Heart Prep, 6:30 p.m.; MercyBurlingame at South City, 7 p.m.; Mills at Castilleja, 7:30 p.m. 16 SPORTS Wednesday • Dec. 16, 2015 OLYMPICS Continued from page 11 athletes do feel the ISAF (World Sailing) and the IOC are doing everything they can within the constraints of it being in Brazil,” Gosling said. “For sailing to be in the center of the Olympics right there, for athletes to be able to stay in the village, to be able to go to the opening and closing ceremony, it’s a massive deal. “And the pictures and the films will be incredible. So, while athletes obviously want it to be fair, safe, and clean, just to be there and be part of the actual Rio Olympics is awesome.” Rio’s waterways, like those of many developing nations, are extremely contaminated. By the city’s own estimate, only half of the waste water following into the bay is treated. “I don’t think anyone is naive enough to suggest the pipe belt miraculously cures all the problems at Guanabara Bay,” said Alastair Fox, head of events at World Sailing. “There are all sorts of issues with heavy rainfall and bringing a lot more debris and whatever bacteria into the bay.” Organizers are capping off open pipes through which raw sewage flows into the bay at Marina da Gloria, the launching point for sail- ing. This is a stop-gap measure that does little to reduce the level of viruses in the bay. “The marina isn’t going to fix everything,” Fox said. “Our biggest headache has always been in the Marina da Gloria and the waterfront along Flamengo beach.” Fox said there are “alternative bioremediation and oxygenation” plans that will be implemented if the pipe belt does not fix the problem. Brazil’s economy was booming when Rio was awarded the games in 2009, but the country is now in its worst recession since the 1930s. Those financial difficulties have seen delays to planned projects, including a 60 million real ($19 million) venture to revitalize the city’s Marina da Gloria. Carlo Croce, president of World Sailing, said he had been told by IOC President Thomas Bach to stop pressing Olympic organizers about their failure to complete projects. “When you face something like the difference in economics that Brazil has faced in the last two years it is difficult to sort of maintain your promises,” he said. “They cannot do it, simply. Thomas asked us to please not press too much because we had been over-pressing the (Rio) organization ... the finance was there in the beginning but it’s not there anymore.” Gold Medal Martial Arts and The Daily Journal PRESENT THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL PIGSKIN Pick ‘em Contest Week Fifteen PICK THE MOST NFL WINNERS AND WIN! DEADLINE IS 12/18/15 RAIDERS Continued from page 14 “It shows his ability to really put the ball in areas that are very difficult,” Oakland defensive back TJ Carrie said Tuesday. “That was very beneficial to us because we were allowed to sit back in coverage and allow our front four or front five to go and rush the quarterback.” King’s punting, combined with the Raiders’ best game of the season on defense, helped keep the Broncos’ offense from getting into the end zone in a game Oakland won 15-12. Denver went three-and-out on two series that began inside its own 20. A third ended in a safety when quarterback Brock Osweiler fumbled in the end zone. Emmanuel Sanders also muffed a punt at the 15-yard line early in the fourth quarter, and the Raiders converted it into a go-ahead touchdown. “Field position is so big in a defensive struggle like that,” Oakland coach Jack Del Rio said. “Really good on (King’s) part, and the protection and the gunners getting down there and getting those balls covered properly. Whether you’re winning the turnover battle and winning some of that hidden yardage, those are factors to winning football.” King’s improvement is apparent in the numbers alone. In 2013, he landed 23 punts inside the 20 and had 11 touchbacks. In the 29 games since, King has dropped 62 inside the 20 to go with only seven touchbacks. Just don’t expect him to talk about it much. King is the Raiders’ reluctant star, a player who feels infinitely more comfortable decked out in full camouflage than he does standing in front of a throng of reporters and television cameras. He declined to talk about his day after the N.Y. 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Each winner, by acceptance of the prize, agrees to release the Daily Journal, and Gold Medal Martial Arts from all liability, claims, or actions of any kind whatsoever for injuries, damages, or losses to persons and property which may be sustained in connection with the receipt, ownership, or use of the prize. 17 starters returning next year. That time is coming, but right now the team is enjoying a four-game winning streak that led to an improbable bowl game. The Panthers went 1-23 in Miles’ first two years, and Arbuckle is a big reason for their turnaround this season. He was Miles’ point man to keep the team on task. “It all starts with the quarterback,” Miles said. “We started winning games when we got the quarterback in and everybody started developing. It always starts with the quarterback. That’s high school, college and pro.” THE DAILY JOURNAL Broncos game and twice turned down interview requests Tuesday before sauntering back into the locker room. “I feel like I perform well every game so I don’t really have a dream game,” King said when asked about his performance against the Broncos. “I don’t know, I just perform. I take it one punt at a time.” The directional punting has taken its toll on King’s overall numbers. His 43.9-yard gross average is the lowest of his career, but the 40.3-yard net is King’s best. King is quick to credit former Raiders special teams coach Steve Hoffman, now with Tennessee, and current Oakland coach Brad Seely for his improvements. It was Hoffman who first suggested King try kicking into a garbage can downfield to improve his accuracy. Seely continued that practice and added his own twist by having King field tennis balls shot out of a pitching machine to help his handwork. “Seely’s one of those coaches, he’s so critical, he looks at all the little stuff,” King said. “I think that helped me sharpen up my accuracy. I can always get better. It’s a process. I’m going to get better and better as the years go on.” King will have to make at least one more adjustment before the season is over. The Raiders placed long snapper Jon Condo on injured reserve after he hurt his right shoulder recovering the muffed punt by Denver. Oakland signed Thomas Gafford on Tuesday and will likely start him this week against Green Bay. Gafford spent 11 games with Chicago this season before getting released on Nov. 28. NOTES: The Raiders’ entire offensive line walked in after practice and found new 55-inch televisions in front of their lockers. They were a gift from quarterback Derek Carr. . Oakland signed WR Larry Pinkard to the practice squad. Arbuckle, recently named Sun Belt player of the year, passed for 4,000-plus yards and 26 TDs this year. His primary targets are Penny Hart, the league’s freshman of the year, junior Robert Davis and senior Donovan Harden. A surprisingly easy 34-7 victory at Georgia Southern two weeks ago clinched the necessary sixth victory to become eligible for a bowl, but Arbuckle says that’s just part of the Panthers’ goal. “As a senior class, that’s the kind of legacy we wanted to leave,” he said. “We weren’t talking just about making a bowl game. We were talking about winning a bowl game and getting a winning season. Those are two goals we have on the table.” THE DAILY JOURNAL FOOD Wednesday • Dec. 16, 2015 17 Some days fruit is enough. Other days chocolate is needed By Melissa d’Arabian THE ASSOCIATED PRESS If you were to join my family for dinner on a regular weeknight (go for it, but call first!), you’d see our typical dessert routine in action. It works like this: My husband grabs my favorite tiny bamboo cutting board and a paring knife while I grab a variety of fruit. Then we sit with our four daughters, chatting about our days — sometimes enjoying an impromptu dance show from one or more of the girls — as we pass wedges of pears or whatever around the table. It’s sacred family time. But ... Sometimes a girl needs a serious dessert. And by serious, I mean chocolate. Yes, I’ll sometimes satisfy this need by nibbling on a square of dark chocolate with my decaf espresso. That’s fine. But for truly special occasions I whip up little edible chocolate bowls. They take just minutes to make using chocolate chips, and you can fill them with berries, your favorite fruit, or anything else you want. These little bowls are fun enough to make for kids’ sleepovers, yet elegant enough to serve at a dinner party. I love buying the darkest chocolate chips I can find (usually 60 percent) because I love the almost-bitter flavor of darker chocolate. Plus, it is healthier. Once you master the (simple) technique of making these chocolate baskets, you can easily customize them, adding cinnamon, cayenne, rosemary, chunky sea salt, flecks of orange zest, whatever your imagination desires. I usually fill my bowls with berries or in-season fruit (try lightly sauteed pears), but feel free to treat them like super tasty tart crusts and build even more decadent desserts in them. Once you master the (simple) technique of making these chocolate baskets, you can easily customize them, adding cinnamon, cayenne, rosemary, chunky sea salt, flecks of orange zest, whatever your imagination desires. DARK CHOCOLATE BERRY BASKETS Start to finish: 30 minutes Servings: 8 1 cup dark chocolate chips 1 teaspoon coconut oil 2 tablespoons finely chopped toasted almonds Kosher salt 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar (white, if you have it) 1 tablespoon packed brown sugar Ground black pepper 2 cups halved or quartered fresh strawberries (or other berries or orange segments, membranes and seeds removed) 2 tablespoons chopped fresh mint In a large glass or other microwave-safe bowl, combine the chocolate and coconut oil. Microwave on 50 percent power, stopping to stir every 30 seconds, until melted and smooth, about 3 minutes. Spread a few spoons of the melted chocolate into a silicone cupcake liner, using the back of the spoon to spread the chocolate up the side of the liner so it is evenly and thickly coated. Sprinkle the wet chocolate with a teaspoon of almonds and a tiny pinch of kosher salt. Repeat with 7 more liners. Chill the chocolate until firm, at least 30 minutes. Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, mix together the vinegar, brown sugar and a pinch of pepper. Add the strawberries and toss to coat. Let sit to allow flavors to meld for at least 15 minutes, or up to a few hours. Immediately before serving, stir the mint into the strawberries, remove the chocolate baskets from the molds and spoon in the berries. Order Your Holiday Desserts Crunch cakes (just like Blum’s) Original * Lemon * Strawberry * Chocolate Pineapple Upside Down Cake Coconut Cake Sweet Potato Pie Peach Cobbler Please call at least one day in advance to reserve your cake or pie Delivery available San Bruno to Redwood City 9 – 5 7 Days a Week 233 N Grant Street San Mateo 650.344.8690 [email protected] 18 FOOD Wednesday • Dec. 16, 2015 THE DAILY JOURNAL A little reduction has a big impact on a simple cocktail A ll the best holiday cocktails start with drinks you make for your 11year-old, right? Or is that just me? The boy was craving what is known in our house as a “special drink.” Which basically means anything with sugar. Except we rarely have soda in the house, so special drinks usually are homemade concoctions combining some blend of seltzer water, juice and whatever else inspires me in the moment. On this night, all I had in the refrigera- PRESENTS Continued from page 18 lot of hard work has gone into it.” J.M. HIRSCH tor were apple cider and orange juice. So using my killer mixology skills, I dumped those together then added a splash of seltzer. He loved it. And that is how I got the inspiration for this adult version. I still combine the cider and juice, but then simmered them down Thankfully, most of the gifts that are to be received from congregation members who participate in the giving tree have yet to be collected and Clarkin said she anticipates having a better idea what was stolen when they begin sorting the gifts by families’ codes on Monday. Whatever is miss- in a reduction. The resulting syrup is spooned into glasses, topped with a splash of amaretto liqueur, then finished with a healthy pour of sparkling wine. A sprig of rosemary adds a fresh touch. THE SPARKLING ORCHARD GROVE Start to finish: 25 minutes Servings: 8 1 cup apple cider 1/2 cup orange juice 4 ounces amaretto liqueur 750-milliliter bottle sparkling wine ing, they’ll compensate by purchasing the gifts requested on the coastside children’s wish lists, Clarkin said. Ideally, each of the 114 families receives new clothes as well as toys that they might not otherwise be able to afford during the holidays, she said. “It’s just a very wonderful way to celebrate the Christmas season in giving to others,” Clarkin said. “We have a wonderful group of volunteers and we just focus on other people and meeting their needs. And the joy of the families when the gifts are given to them, they’re so appreciative and so happy no matter what gifts they get. And, we feel we receive so much more in doing our volunteer work.” Zuno said the Sheriff’s Office will see what help it can offer, along with Redwood City police and fire departments, as they maintain an extensive donation program having collected an estimated 10,000 toys. “It’s all meant to put smiles on the families that can’t afford to give their kids what they want,” Zuno said. However, those gifts are also already specifically earmarked for families that signed up to participate in advance, Zuno 8 sprigs fresh rosemary In a small saucepan over medium-high, combine the cider and orange juice. Simmer until reduced to 1/2 cup, 20 to 25 minutes. Set aside to cool. To prepare each cocktail, pour 1/2 ounce of the cider-juice reduction into a sparkling wine flute. Add 1/2 ounce of amaretto liqueur to each glass, then top with sparkling wine. Lightly smack each rosemary sprig several times against the counter to release the oils, then add 1 sprig to each cocktail. said. Anyone with information about the crime or of someone who is in possession of a suspiciously large amount of new toys is asked to contact the Sheriff’s Office or the anonymous tip line, Zuno said. With the level of need in the coastal communities from Pescadero to Montara, Clarkin said the Our Lady of the Pillar’s giving tree covers children ranging from newborns to 15 years old. Any gift for someone in that age range would be appreciated to help replace what the thief stole, Clarkin said. Yet in keeping with her faith and the Christmas spirit, Clarkin said she has no ill will toward the criminal. “I feel for them as well, they obviously are hurting also,” she said. “So I’m not angry. We’re just trying to be positive and try to correct it and just move on.” Any one interested in helping Our Lady of the Pillar is ask ed to call (650) 726-4674. Any one with information about the crime can contact the Sheriff ’s Office at (650) 363-4911 or the anony mous tip line at (800) 547-2700. THE DAILY JOURNAL HOUSING Continued from page 1 president of Republic Urban Properties, said the escalating cost of living locally drove the initiative to build affordable housing for veterans. “The times we live in require us to target this population,” he said. “It’s time this population is recognized, as these men and women enter civilian life.” Republic Urban’s vision includes constructing a 47, 136-square-foot building comprised entirely of 55 units of affordable housing, which Millbrae natives who are military veterans will be given the highest priority to occupy. Spread over the four stories of the proposed project on 1 acre of land owned by the transit agency, the developer wants to build 25 studios, 29 one-bedroom apartments and a single two-bedroom apartment for the building manager. The developer has also proposed building a separate 321-unit project nearby, and 10 of those apartments will be avail- LOCAL able at an affordable rate. The price of the rooms will be set between 50 percent and 60 percent of the area median income. Representatives from Republic Urban will hold a press conference illustrating plans for the veterans affordable housing project at the Millbrae BART station, 200 Rollins Road, 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 16. Millbrae Mayor Anne Oliva said she appreciates the willingness of Republic Urban to tack on an affordable housing component to its proposal. But she was reluctant to comment in detail before the council had an opportunity to publicly discuss the policy regulations which will set the development guidelines. “It is kind of putting the cart before the horse,” she said. She did, however, express support for an initiative to build housing for those who have served their country. “I love housing. I’m an advocate for housing. And I’m an American. So why wouldn’t I like housing for veterans? I’m grateful for veterans,” she said. The Millbrae City Council is set to meet Tuesday, Dec. 22, to discuss the Millbrae Station Area Specific Plan and environmen- Wednesday • Dec. 16, 2015 tal impact report which will lay the groundwork for development in the 116-acre site near the city’s train station. Republic Urban has proposed building 164,000 square feet of office space, nearly 47,000 square feet for retail, more than 300 residential units and a hotel on a plot of land owned by BART east of the transit station. The company has not submitted a formal application for the project, and must first wait for the council to approve the policy regulations for development in the area. Developer Vincent Muzzi has also expressed interest in redeveloping his 150 Serra Ave. property into a mixed-use residential project which will contain 267,000 square feet of office space, 32,000 feet of retail space and 500 high- to medium-density residential units. The two projects are the initial steps toward a vision of city officials to rejuvenate the gateway to the city, by building a mix of new homes, businesses and amenities near the thoroughfare connecting Millbrae to Highway 101. The Millbrae Planning Commission voted unanimously last month to recommend the council approve the station area p l an an d en v i ro n men t al i mp act 19 report for development. Kelly Erardi, of Republic Urban Properties, said the affordable housing project for veterans is an extension of the company’s effort to serve those who are former members of the nation’s military. “This is about giving them a starting place for coming back into their community,” he said. “We are very excited about it.” Millbrae natives who are also veterans will be given the highest priority of applicants interested in living at the development, followed by veterans from other communities and then those without a record of military service but who are eligible to live in lowincome housing. Those who live in the development will also be given Clipper cards, to encourage use of public transportation. Republic Urban Properties recently completed building 60 units of affordable housing on the Veterans Affairs campus on Willow Road in Menlo Park. Van Every said his company is committed to building many similar developments for veterans across the area. “We believe we can replicate these projects throughout the county because of the need for this kind of housing,” he said. FREE HOTDOG Buy a hot dog & a drink, get a free hot dog. Not valid with any other offer. Expires Jan. 15, 2016. 20 DATEBOOK Wednesday • Dec. 16, 2015 UTILITY Continued from page 1 vote on Thursday lacks transparency and should be delayed, Pine said Tuesday. Even if the CPUC approves the increase, it will not delay the start of San Mateo County’s Peninsula Clean Energy, which is scheduled to launch late next year. “It’s not going to derail our launch in any way or derail our fundamental offering in any way,” Pine said. County consultants warned the Board of Supervisors of the unknowns related to PG&E’s exit fees as the joint powers agreement with local cities moved forward. The current formula PG&E uses to calculate the fee was approved by the CPUC in 2012, said utility spokeswoman Nicole Liebelt. Rules adopted by the state Legislature protect customers who do not opt to go into clean energy programs, she said. The fee is designed “to ensure costs are shared by customers who depart and those who remain, ” Liebelt said Tuesday. About 297,000 PG&E customers in San Mateo County could get their energy from renewable sources in less than a year but will have to opt out of receiving power from the utility. The opt-out fee PG&E currently charges is $6.70 a month but it is requesting the CPUC to let it set the rate at $13 a month. San Francisco is also developing a Community Choice Aggregation program called CleanPowerSF. State Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, sent a letter to the CPUC speaking out against the exit fee, called the Power Charge Indifference Adjustment. Leno said Tuesday that it’s another attempt by PG&E to “derail local efforts and to protect their monopoly.” If the CPUC must take action Thursday, Leno has requested the board approve only a 15 percent increase to GROCOTT Continued from page 1 day-to-day health, Grocott said Tuesday. He was scheduled to start new chemotherapy drug treatment Dec. 22 but woke up with a sore throat Monday morning that could derail the schedule, he said. the exit fee and then conduct a public workshop and determine that PG&E’s methodology to raise the fee is “sound.” The utility has “hardly been respectful” of local efforts to create Community Choice Aggregation programs, Leno said. It took out ads in local papers and conducted robocalls while Marin County was forming its program, Leno said. “It tried to frighten consumers that their bills would double,” Leno said. But advocates of the clean energy programs say customer bills will rise only slightly and be far better for the environment. In 2010, PG&E spent more than $40 million to support the passage of Proposition 16, which would have required a two-thirds supermajority before local governments could use public funds to start Community Choice Aggregation programs. The measure failed, however. Leno said PG&E has tried to “kill CCA” efforts from the start. “We should presume this is a continuation of previous efforts,” Leno said about the 95 percent increase request. There are currently three of the aggregation programs operating in the state including Marin Clean Energy and Sonoma Clean Energy. A third, Lancaster Choice Energy in Los Angeles County just started. San Francisco and San Mateo counties are next in line to start such a program. Pine brought the proposal to the “I can’t take the drug if I’m sick,” he said. Grocott, 56, was diagnosed with the cancer in June after he passed out at the Plantation Coffee Roastery on Laurel Street in May. He started six rounds of chemotherapy in July and will have stem cell treatment after. The treatment that was scheduled to start Dec. 22 could be delayed up to two weeks, he said. He will be required to wear a “cum- board in December and the newlyformed Office of Sustainability, directed by Jim Eggemeyer, has been working on the first and second phases of the proposal since. The second phase includes forming the JPA, which would be a nonprofit with a board made up of either elected city officials or appointees. The goal is to have it formed by March or April. One of the touted benefits of the JPA is that it will “local control” over energy purchases. The renewable energy will be delivered over Pacific Gas and Electric lines. PG&E is requesting the increase because it entered into energy contracts with its current customers in mind. With fewer customers, it needs to offset the cost of the contracts for its existing customers. PG&E officials have also said low market prices for energy are also driving the fee hike request. The low market prices for energy are a bonus for San Mateo County, Pine said. Even if PG&E gets its fee hike approved, San Mateo County will be able to shop in a market with clean energy with the prices being low. Pine said a possible exit fee increase was calculated into Peninsula Clean Energy’s formation. “We are aware of the fact they can charge exit fees, we assumed a substantial increase of 70 percent. Our calculation didn’t assume a 95 percent increase,” Pine said. Pine wants the CPUC to bring transparency to how the fee is calculated and whether PG&E is really trying to mitigate losses. Pine said, too, that the exit fees should disappear in time but that CPUC provides no guidance on how the rate will change over time. PG&E is considered to be a provider of last resort by the CPUC, Liebelt said. It means that it has an obligation to serve no matter where the customer was receiving service from previously, she said. The CPUC meets 9:30 a. m. , Thursday, Dec. 17, 505 Van Ness Av e., San Francisco. bersome” mask, to watch what he eats and to essentially stay away from people because of the effects treatment will have on his immune system. “The whole schedule may be different from what I expected, ” which prompted him to turn down the vice mayor nomination, he said. “My health matters the most. The idea of being vice mayor is just not that important in the grand scheme of things,” Grocott said. THE DAILY JOURNAL Calendar WEDNESDAY, DEC. 16 Computer Class: Internet for Beginners. 10:30 a.m. Belmont Public Library, 1110 Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont. Learn all about Web browsers, search engines and Internet safety. For more information email [email protected]. San Mateo Professional Alliance Weekly Networking Lunch. Noon to 1 p.m. Kingfish Restaurant, 201 S. B St., San Mateo. Meet new business connections. Lunch and networking. Free admission. For more information call 430-6500 or visit sanmateoprofessionalalliance.com. Twelve Days of Christmas at Little House: It’s A Wonderful Life Movie. 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. 800 Middle Ave., Menlo Park. For more information go to www.penvol.org/littlehouse. Annual Christmas Tour. 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. 519 Grand Ave., South San Francisco. Tour of museum featuring Christmas decorations. San Mateo on Ice. 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. Fitzgerald Ball Field in Central Park, Fifth Avenue and El Camino Real, San Mateo. Located in San Mateo’s Central Park, the outdoor ice rink features 9,000 square feet of real ice and is the largest outdoor skating rink in the Bay Area. $15 per person for all day skating with free skate rental. For more information visit sanmateoonice.com. Las Posadas Program. 6 p.m. San Mateo Public Library (first floor), 55 W. Third Ave., San Mateo. Las Posadas is a library program that celebrates a Latin American cultural tradition for the whole family with a candlelight procession, music, refreshments, stories and crafts. Free. For more information contact 522-7838. Santa Claus V isit. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Downtown Redwood City Library, 1044 Middlefield Road, Redwood City. Bring your children to visit with Santa at the Redwood City Public Library. Treats and live entertainment will be available. The Leah Tysee Band at The Club Fox Blues Jam. 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. The Club Fox, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City. $7. Sign-up early to play. For more information, visit www.rwcbluesjam.com. Open Mic. 7:30 p.m. Reach and Teach, 144 W. 25th Ave., San Mateo. Join the California Writers Club, Peninsula Branch, for an evening of informal readings of your writings. For more information email [email protected]. THURSDAY, DEC. 17 Twelve Days of Christmas at Little House: Christmas Caroling. 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. 800 Middle Ave., Menlo Park. For more information go to www.penvol.org/littlehouse. AARP Chapter 139 Christmas Luncheon. Noon. San Mateo Elks Club, 229 W. 20th Ave., San Mateo. There will be entertainment and a raffle. Price is $28. For more information contact 345-5001. San Mateo on Ice. 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. Fitzgerald Ball Field in Central Park, Fifth Avenue and El Camino Real, San Mateo. Located in San Mateo’s Central Park, the outdoor ice rink features 9,000 square feet of real ice and is the largest outdoor skating rink in the Bay Area. $15 per person for all day skating with free skate rental. For more information visit sanmateoonice.com. Santa Claus Visit. 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Fair Oaks Branch Library, 2510 Middlefield Road, Redwood City. Bring your children to visit with Santa at the Redwood City Public Library. Treats and live entertainment will be available. South San Francisco Holiday Concert: Kanikapila All Stars (Ukulele). 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Downtown Breezeway, 356 Grand Ave., South San Francisco. Free. FRIDAY, DEC. 18 Christmas Party. 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. 1555 Crystal Springs Road, San Bruno. Come for dancing to the Swing Shift Band with a ham lunch. Suggested donation is $5. For more information call 616-7150. Twelve Days of Christmas at Little House: Christmas Boutique. 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. 800 Middle Ave., Menlo Park. For more information go to www.penvol.org/littlehouse. South San Francisco Holiday Concert: El Camino High School (Musical Combo). 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 12:45 p.m. to 1:30 p.m Downtown Breezeway, 356 Grand Ave., South San Francisco. Free. Ken Mahar: Artist reception. 2 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. San Mateo Main Library, Laurel Room. Ken Mahar’s photography takes him all over the world. His subjects include wildlife, people, architecture, abstracts, land and seascapes. Exhibit at the Main Library Art Gallery is open from December 14 to January 21. For more information call 522-7818. San Mateo on Ice. 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. Fitzgerald Ball Field in Central Park, Fifth Avenue and El Camino Real, San Mateo. Located in San Mateo’s Central Park, the outdoor ice rink features 9,000 square feet of real ice and is the largest outdoor skating rink in the Bay Area. $15 per person for all day skating with free skate rental. For more information visit sanmateoonice.com. Reel Great Films: ‘Love Actually.’ 7 p.m. Belmont Library, 1110 Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont. Popcorn and refreshments will be served. For more information email [email protected]. ‘It’s a Wonder ful Life’ Live Radio Show. 8 p.m. 1167 Main St., Half Moon Bay. The play comes to life as a captivating 1940s radio broadcast, and is a masterpiece of innovative on-stage, foley sound effects. Tickets start at $17. For more information call 5693266. SATURDAY, DEC. 19 Nutcracker and The Nutcracker Sweet. 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway, Redwood City. Tickets range from $20 to $60. For more information go to peninsulaballet.org. San Mateo on Ice. Noon to 10 p.m. Fitzgerald Ball Field in Central Park, Fifth Avenue and El Camino Real, San Mateo. Located in San Mateo’s Central Park, the outdoor ice rink features 9,000 square feet of real ice and is the largest outdoor skating rink in the Bay Area. $15 per person for all day skating with free skate rental. For more information visit sanmateoonice.com. Alice Weil’s ‘Chasing Light and Reflection’ Exhibit Reception. 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Portola Art Gallery at Allied Arts Guild, 75 Arbor Road, Menlo Park. ‘Chasing Light and Reflection’ is a collection of oil and acrylic paintings inspired by rolling hills and majestic oaks, as well as paintings inspired by nature’s light. Proceeds benefit the Ronald McDonald House in Menlo Park. For more information contact 321-0220. An Excellent College Application Experience. 5 p.m. 2120 Broadway, Redwood City. A play based on a true story and written by a local author. Tickets will be $25. For more information call 965-2750. Carols Ancient and New. 7 p.m. St. Peters Episcopal Church, 178 Clinton St., Redwood City. Men’s a capella choir Ragazzi Continuo invites audiences to its holiday concert melding classic Christmas favorites from around the world and throughout time. Tickets range from $15 to $20. For more information and to purchase tickets visit www.RagazziContinuo.org. ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ Live Radio Show. 8 p.m. 1167 Main St., Half Moon Bay. The play comes to captivating life as a captivating 1940s radio broadcast, and is a masterpiece of innovative on-stage, foley sound effects. Tickets start at $17. For more information call 569-3266. Solstice Sings for the Holidays. 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Community United Methodist Church, 777 Miramontes St., Half Moon Bay. A female vocal ensemble will sing an eclectic mix of holiday songs. For more information visit solsticesings.com/calendar or call (415) 450-8437. SUNDAY, DEC. 20 San Mateo on Ice. Noon to 9 p.m. Fitzgerald Ball Field in Central Park, Fifth Avenue and El Camino Real, San Mateo. Located in San Mateo’s Central Park, the outdoor ice rink features 9,000 square feet of real ice and is the largest outdoor skating rink in the Bay Area. $15 per person for all day skating with free skate rental. For more information visit sanmateoonice.com. Third Sunday Ballroom Tea Dance. 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. 1555 Crystal Springs Road, San Bruno. Join the Bob Guiterrez Band for a dance. Tickets will be $5. For more information call 616-7150. Third Sunday Book Sale. 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. San Carlos Library, 610 Elm St., San Carlos. Friends of San Carlos Library invites you to search their collection of gently used books, DVDs, CDs. For more information contact 591-0341 An Excellent College Application Experience. 2 p.m. 2120 Broadway, Redwood City. A play based on a true story and written by a local author. Tickets will be $25. For more information call 965-2750. Nutcracker and The Nutcracker Sweet. 2 p.m. Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway, Redwood City. Tickets range from $20 to $60. For more information go to peninsulaballet.org. For more events visit smdailyjournal.com, click Calendar. COMICS/GAMES THE DAILY JOURNAL DILBERT® Wednesday • Dec. 16, 2015 21 CROSSWORD PUZZLE HOLY MOLE® PEARLS BEFORE SWINE® ACROSS 1 Competed for 5 Wheel part 8 Humane org. 12 Peace Prize city 13 Slugger Mel — 14 Saw, e.g. 15 Actor Smith 16 Hydrogen’s lack 18 Light lunches 20 Merit 21 Rollover subj. 22 Bashful 23 Immature raptor 26 Granola kin 29 Debt letters 30 Citrus fruit 31 Tax org. 33 Mauna — 34 Electric swimmers 35 Where heather grows 36 Cheated a bit 38 Big blossom 39 Go wrong 40 Newman role GET FUZZY® 41 43 46 48 50 51 52 53 54 55 Cat’s lives Laced vest Not budge (2 wds.) 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The way you handle others and manipulate situations to please everyone will lead to victory. Don’t be afraid to be different. Romance is encouraged. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — A unique plan of attack will help you clear up any unfinished business. Keeping busy will help you more clearly see emotional situations. KenKen® is a registered trademark of Nextoy, LLC. ©2015 KenKen Puzzle LLC. All rights reserved. Dist. by Universal Uclick for UFS, Inc. www.kenken.com TUESDAY’S PUZZLE SOLVED 12-16-15 Each row and each column must contain the numbers 1 through 6 without repeating. The numbers within the heavily outlined boxes, called cages, must combine using the given operation (in any order) to produce the target numbers in the top-left corners. Freebies: Fill in single-box cages with the number in the top-left corner. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Double-check any information you are given before you make a decision. Overspending on something you cannot afford will lead to more stress. 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(Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 11/25/15, 12/02/15, 12/09/15, 12/16/15) THE DAILY JOURNAL Wednesday • Dec. 16, 2015 203 Public Notices 203 Public Notices 203 Public Notices CASE# CIV 536063 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, 400 COUNTY CENTER RD, REDWOOD CITY CA 94063 PETITION OF Zachery Lawrence Herbst TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: Zachery Lawrence Herbst filed a petition with this court for a decree changing name as follows: Present name: Zachery Lawrence Herbst Proposed Name: Zachery Herbst Lawrence THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. A HEARING on the petition shall be held on Jan 5th, 2016 at 9 a.m., Dept. PJ, Room 2D, at 400 County Center, Redwood City, CA 94063. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation: San Mateo Daily Journal Filed: 11/12/2015 /s/ Robert D. Foiles / Judge of the Superior Court Dated: 11/9/15 (Published 11/25/2015, 12/02/2015, 12/09/15, 12/16/2015) CASE# CIV 536190 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, 400 COUNTY CENTER RD, REDWOOD CITY CA 94063 PETITION OF Gholamreza Khorraminejad and Fatemeh Hosseini-Nezhad TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: Gholamreza Khorraminejad and Fatemeh Hosseini-Nezhad filed a petition with this court for a decree changing name as follows: Present name: 1) Gholamreza Khorraminejad 2) Kasra Khorraminedjad Proposed Name: 1) Reza Khorami 2) Kasra Khorami THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. A HEARING on the petition shall be held on Jan 6th, 2016 at 9 a.m., Dept. PJ, Room 2D, at 400 County Center, Redwood City, CA 94063. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation: San Mateo Daily Journal Filed: 11/25/2015 /s/ Robert D. Foiles / Judge of the Superior Court Dated: 11/20/15 (Published 12/02/2015, 12/09/2015, 12/16/15, 12/23/2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT M-267276 The following person is doing business as: GameStop 5963, 1135 Industrial Rd #B, San Carlos, CA 94070. Registered Owner: GameStop, Inc, MN The business is conducted by Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the FBN on 5/15/2008 /s/Michael Nichols/ This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 11/16/2015. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 11/25/15, 12/02/15, 12/09/15, 12/16/15) PUBLIC AUTO AUCTION The following repossessed vehicles are being sold by 1st United Services Credit Union- 2012 MBZ C250 vin#200327. 2011 Honda Civic EX vin#501727. The following repossessed vehicle is being sold by Stanford Credit Union- 2010 Mini Cooper vin#U98301. The following repossessed vehicle is being sold by San Francisco Police Credit Union- 2014 Dodge Dart vin# 773074. Sealed bids will be taken from 8am-8pm on 12/21/15. Sale held at THE Auto Auction Inc. 214 East Harris Ave, South San Francisco CA 94080. 650-737-9010. Auction held indoors- A variety of cars, vans, SUV’s and charity donations also available. Annual $40.00 bidder fee. For more information please visit our website at www.theautoauction.net. Bond#10020419 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT M-267275 The following person is doing business as: GameStop 690, 4929 Junipero Serra Boulevard, Colma, CA 94014. Registered Owner: GameStop, Inc, MN The business is conducted by Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the FBN on 9/21/2000 /s/Michael Nichols/ This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 11/16/2015. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 11/25/15, 12/02/15, 12/09/15, 12/16/15) TECHNOLOGY Adap.tv – Sr. Product Manager (San Mateo, CA): Help implmnt vision & roadmap for ONE by AOL’s buy-side video pltfrm, sett'g aggrssv goals for execution & chart progress. Mail resume: Mary Akinleye, 22000 AOL Way, Dulles, VA 20166 & ref job ID: 791873NS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT M-267277 The following person is doing business as: GameStop 5291, 2527 El Camino Real, Redwood City, CA 94061. Registered Owner: GameStop, Inc, MN The business is conducted by Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the FBN on 2/13/2004 /s/Michael Nichols/ This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 11/16/2015. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 11/25/15, 12/02/15, 12/09/15, 12/16/15) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT M-267278 The following person is doing business as: GameStop 4605, 1150 El Camino Real, Suite 191 San Bruno, CA 94066. Registered Owner: GameStop, Inc, MN. The business is conducted by Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the FBN on 10/8/2005 /s/Michael Nichols/ This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 11/16/2015. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 11/25/15, 12/02/15, 12/09/15, 12/16/15) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT M-267279 The following person is doing business as: GameStop 4570, 417 Hilldale S Ctr, Suite 2132, San Mateo, CA 94403. Registered Owner: GameStop, Inc, MN. The business is conducted by Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the FBN on 11/28/1992 /s/Michael Nichols/ This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 11/16/2015. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 11/25/15, 12/02/15, 12/09/15, 12/16/15) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT M-267280 The following person is doing business as: GameStop 3798, 436 Westlake Ctr, Daly City, CA 94015. Registered Owner: GameStop, Inc., MN. The business is conducted by Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the FBN on3/2/2007. /s/Michael Nichols/ This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 11/16/2015. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 11/25/15, 12/02/15, 12/09/15, 12/16/15) Tundra Tundra Tundra Over the Hedge Over the Hedge Over the Hedge 23 203 Public Notices 203 Public Notices 203 Public Notices FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT M-267281 The following person is doing business as: GameStop 1846, 3 Serramonte Ctr, Suite 127 C, Daly City, CA 94015. Registered Owner: GameStop, Inc, MN The business is conducted by Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the FBN on 12/11/2000 /s/Michael Nichols/ This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 11/16/2015. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 11/25/15, 12/02/15, 12/09/15, 12/16/15) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #267427 The following person is doing business as: CC Marble and Granite, 1692 Tacoma Way, #5, REDWOOD CITY, CA 94063. Registered Owner(s): Carlos Andre II Camacho, 3017 Beverly Street, SAN MATEO, CA 94403. The business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the FBN on /s/Carlos Camacho/ This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 12/04/2015. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/09/15, 12/16/15, 12/23/15, 12/30/15) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #267497 The following person is doing business as: My Fuzzy Bunnies Child Care, 1203 Hudson St, REDWOOD CITY, CA 94061. Registered Owner(s): Regina Davila, same address. The business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the FBN on /s/Regina Davila/ This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 12/14/2015. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/16/15, 12/23/15, 12/30/15, 01/06/15) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #267381 The following person is doing business as: My Closet Fashion Boutique, 231 Verbena Drive, EAST PALO ALTO, CA 94303. Registered Owner: Sandra Franco, same address. The business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the FBN on /s/Sandra Franco/ This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 11/30/2015. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/02/15, 12/09/15, 12/16/15, 12/23/15) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT M-266987 The following person is doing business as: The Striped Pig, 917 Main Street, REDWOOD CITY, CA 94063. Registered Owner(s): Mitchell Restaurant, LLC., CA. The business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company. The registrant commenced to transact business under the FBN on /s/Malinda Mitchell/ This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 10/14/2015. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/02/15, 12/09/15, 12/16/15, 12/23/15) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #267339 The following person is doing business as: Agoff Academy of Martial Arts, 617 Mt. View Ave., Suite 8, BELMONT, CA 94002. Registered Owners: 1) Patricia E. Agoff, 2341 Kehoe Ave, San Mateo, CA 94403 2) Michael G. Agoff, 2341 Kehoe Ave, San Mateo, CA 94403. The business is conducted by a Married Couple. The registrant commenced to transact business under the FBN on N/A /s/Patricia Agoff/Michael Agoff/ This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 11/23/2015. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/02/15, 12/09/15, 12/16/15, 12/23/15) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT M-267272 The following person is doing business as: Heights Vintners USA, 361 Swift Avenue, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94080. Registered Owner: Heights USA, LLC, IL. The business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company. The registrant commenced to transact business under the FBN on N/A /s/David Bruni/ This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 11/16/2015. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/02/15, 12/09/15, 12/16/15, 12/23/15) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #267379 The following person is doing business as: Eko Carpet Cleaning, 2210 Hastings Dr. #108, BELMONT, CA 94002. Registered Owner: Ayhan Ozel, same address. The business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the FBN on 11/30/2015 /s/Ayhan Ozel/ This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 11/30/2015. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/02/15, 12/09/15, 12/16/15, 12/23/15) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #267441 The following person is doing business as: A Plus Family Car Care, 1182 San Mateo Avenue, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94080. Registered Owner(s): Vladimir Mejikovskiy, 327 Helen Drive, MILLBRAE, CA 94030. The business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the FBN on May 21, 2013 /s/Vladimir Mejikovskiy/ This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 12/07/2015. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/09/15, 12/16/15, 12/23/15, 12/30/15) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT M-267347 The following person is doing business as: 1st Choice Home Health Care, 1291 E. Hillsdale Blvd., Suite 225B, SAN MATEO, CA 94404. Registered Owner(s): 1st Choice Home Health Care Hospice, Inc, CA. The business is conducted by a Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the FBN on N/A /s/Jared Wahab/ This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 11/23/2015. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/16/15, 12/23/15, 12/30/15, 01/06/15) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #267445 The following person is doing business as: Skin Utopia, 4109 Piccadilly Ln, SAN MATEO, CA 94403. Registered Owner(s): Anna Saccuman, 1728 Valley View Ave, BELMONT, CA 94002. The business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the FBN on /s/Anna Saccuman/ This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 12/08/2015. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/09/15, 12/16/15, 12/23/15, 12/30/15) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT M-267452 The following person is doing business as: Progressive Dental Ceramics, 2100 Carlmont Dr., BELMONT, CA 94002. Registered Owner(s): Michael Buttler, 7 Gaslight Lane, SAN CARLOS, CA 94070. The business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the FBN on August 1st, 1984 /s/Michael Buttler/ This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 12/08/2015. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/16/15, 12/23/15, 12/30/15, 01/06/15) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #267329 The following person is doing business as: Gemassmer Design, 1144 Werth Ave, MENLO PARK, CA 94025. Registered Owner(s): Christine Gemassmer, same address. The business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the FBN on 11.18.15 /s/Christine Gemassmer/ This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 11/20/2015. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/09/15, 12/16/15, 12/23/15, 12/30/15) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT M-267350 The following person is doing business as: 1st Choice Home Health Care, 1291 E. Hillsdale Blvd., Suite 225A, SAN MATEO, CA 94404. Registered Owner(s): 1st Choice Home Health Care Hospice, Inc, CA. The business is conducted by a Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the FBN on N/A /s/Jared Wahab/ This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 11/23/2015. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/16/15, 12/23/15, 12/30/15, 01/06/15) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT M-267348 The following person is doing business as: M & M Recyclery, 1454 East 3rd Avenue, SAN MATEO, CA 94401. Registered Owner(s): 1) Maria M. Guevara Velasquez 2) Marta M. Ramon Guevara, 450 Vera Ave #3, REDWOOD CITY, CA 94061. The business is conducted by A General Partnership. The registrant commenced to transact business under the FBN on /s/Maria M. Guevara Velasquez/ This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 11/23/2015. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/16/15, 12/23/15, 12/30/15, 01/06/15) LEGAL NOTICES Fictitious Business Name Statements, Trustee Sale Notice, Name Change, Probate, Notice of Adoption, Divorce Summons, Notice of Public Sales and More. Published in the Daily Journal for San Mateo County. Fax your request to: 650-344-5290 Email them to: [email protected] SCHOOL BOARD OPENINGS The South San Francisco Unified School District announces two vacancies on the Board of Trustees. The vacancies originated by the resignation of Trustee Maurice Goodman and the passing away of Trustee Rick Ochsenhirt. The Board is seeking interested applicants to serve as appointed Trustees until the November 2016 election. Persons interested in applying should note the following timeline: Wednesday, January 6, 2016, 4:00 p.m. – deadline to submit an application plus two (2) letters of support to the Superintendent’s office; Monday, January 11 – interviews of qualified candidates will be conducted in the District Office Board room beginning at 6:00 p.m. For applications and selection criteria information please visit the District’s website at www.ssfusd.org. 24 THE DAILY JOURNAL Wednesday • Dec. 16, 2015 203 Public Notices 203 Public Notices 210 Lost & Found 296 Appliances 300 Toys 304 Furniture NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF Maria Dos Anjos Placido Case Number: 126354 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of Maria Dos Anjos Placido. A Petition for Probate has been filed by Maria DeGrassa Costa, aka Maria Degraca Costa in the Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo. The Petition for Probate requests that Maria DeGrassa Costa, aka Maria Degraca Costa be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: JAN 11, 2016 at 9:00 a.m., Department 28, Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo, 400 County Center, Redwood City, CA 94063. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within four months from the date of first issuance of letters as provided in Probate Code section 9100. The time for for filing claims will not expire before four months from the hearing date noticed above. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: Ralph A. Rizzo, 600 Allerton Street, Suite 200 REDWOOD CITY, CA, 94063 (650) 594-1110 FILED: NOV 25, 2015 Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal on 12/02/15, 12/09/15, 12/16/15 LOST DOG, 14 year old Bichon, white and Fluffy. Reward $500 cash. Her name is Pumpkin. Lost in Redwood City. (650) 281-4331. AIR CONDITIONER 10000 BTU w/remote. Slider model fits all windows. LG brand $199 runs like new. (650)2350898 AMERICAN GIRL 18” doll, “Jessica”, blond/blue. new in box, $65 (505)-2281480 local. ANTIQUE DINING table for six people with chairs $99. (650)580-6324 LOST PRESCRIPTION glasses (2 pairs). REWARD! 1 pair dark tinted bifocals, green flames in black case with red zero & red arrow. 2nd pair clear lenses bifocals. Green frames. Lost at Lucky Chances Casino in Colma or Chili’s in San Bruno. (650)245-9061 CHEFMATE TOASTER oven, brand new, bakes, broils, toasts, adjustable temperature. $25 OBO. (650)580-4763 LOST SMALL gray and green Parrot. Redwood Shores. (650)207-2303. ICE MAKER brand new $90. (415)2653395 Books JACK LALANE juicer $25 or best offer. 650-593-0893. 16 BOOKS on History of WWII Excellent condition. $95 all obo, (650)345-5502 KIRBY MODEL G7D vacuum with accessories and a supply of HEPA bags. $150 obo. 650-465-2344 210 Lost & Found FOUND: LADIES watch outside Safeway Millbrae 11/10/14 call Matt, (415)378-3634 FOUND: RING Silver color ring found on 1/7/2014 in Burlingame. Parking Lot M (next to Dethrone). Brand inscribed. Gary @ (650)347-2301 FOUND: WEDDING BAND Tuesday September 8th Near Whole Foods, Hillsdale. Pls call to identify. 415.860.1940 LOST - Apple Ipad, Sunday 5.3 on Caltrain #426, between Burlingame and Redwood City, south bound. REWARD. (415)830-0012 LOST - MY COLLAPSIBLE music stand, clip lights, and music in black bags were taken from my car in Foster City and may have been thrown out by disappointed thieves. Please call (650)704-3595 LOST - Woman’s diamond ring. Lost 12/18. Broadway, Redwood City. REWARD! (650)339-2410 LOST CAT Our Felicity, weighs 7 lbs, she has a white nose, mouth, chin, all four legs, chest stomach, around her neck. Black mask/ears, back, tail. Nice REWARD. Please email us at [email protected] or call 650-5768745. She drinks water out of her paws. FREE 30 volume 1999 Americana Encyclopedia. Excellent condition Call 650349-2945 to pick up. NICHOLAS SPARKS Hardback Books 2 @ $3.00 each - (650)341-1861 QUALITY BOOKS used and rare. World & US History and classic American novels. $5 each obo (650)345-5502 STEPHEN KING Hardback Books 2 @ $3.00 each - (650)341-1861 294 Baby Stuff GRACO 3 way pack n play for kid in good condition $20. Daly City (650) 7569516. GRACO DOUBLE Stroll $90 My Cell 650-537-1095. Will email pictures upon request. SIT AND Stand Stroll $95 My Cell 650537-1095. Will email pictures upon request. 295 Art BOB TALBOT Marine Lithograph (Signed Framed 24x31 Like New. $99. (650)572-8895 CLASSIC LAMBORGHINI Countach Print, Perfect for garage, Size medium framed, Good condition, $25. 510-6840187 Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis ACROSS 1 Pal to text “<3” symbols to 4 __ Road: WWII supply route to China 9 Michael of Monty Python 14 Bud’s partner 15 Best of the best 16 Stop on Chicago’s Blue Line 17 Coastal bird 18 Olympic event featuring a 16pound ball 20 Skin blemish 22 Medicinal houseplant 23 __ farm 24 Major court rulings 29 Beehive State college squad 30 Clad 34 Selective way to order 38 “Make it happen” 39 Speedster’s motto 43 Part of JFK: Abbr. 44 Emerges 45 Vouches for 49 Meat 50 Particle physics concept 55 Irritate 58 Coleridge work 59 Adjuration 60 Gershwin’s preludes, e.g. ... and the starts of 18-, 24-, 39- and 50-Across 65 “You don’t say!” 66 When a “Macbeth” witch says, “Something wicked this way comes” 67 Idolize 68 Spanish pronoun 69 Moriarty’s creator 70 2015 World Series player, for short 71 Classic car DOWN 1 Not promising 2 “Star Wars” power, with “the” 3 Comical 4 Scrooge interjection 5 “Respect for Acting” author Hagen 6 Sleep stage 7 Half a pop quartet 8 Bedelia of kiddie lit 9 Strong 10 Contented sound 11 Croft of video games 12 Word before man or maiden 13 Eye source for a dramatic cauldron 19 Plant part 21 Schools 25 Short list shortener 26 Marriage doc. 27 What a colon means, in analogies 28 Avoid 31 __-Rooter 32 Old Testament twin 33 Nitwit 34 Capital of Samoa 35 Mardi Gras follower 36 Mine entrance 37 Short list shortener 40 Boss on “The Dukes of Hazzard” 41 Exude 42 Screen door stuff 46 Tried hard 47 Vacation plan 48 Apelike 51 Down-and-out 52 More mature 53 Reduce, __, Recycle 54 Bumpkin 55 Microsoft Surface alternative 56 Puerto __ 57 “Teenage Dream” singer Perry 61 Nothing 62 Sit attachment? 63 Afore 64 Firmed up, as plans ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: CIRRUS STEAM mop model SM212B 4 new extra cleaning pads,user manual. $45. 650-5885487 PORTABLE AIR conditioner by windchaser 9000 btu s cools 5,600 ft easily $90 obo (650)591-6842 RIVAL 11/2 quart ice cream maker (New) $20.(650)756-9516. SHARK FLOOR steamer,exc condition $45 (650) 756-9516. UPRIGHT VACUUM Cleaner, $10. Call Ed, (415)298-0645 South San Francisco 297 Bicycles THOMAS TRAIN set by Tomy (plastic). Includes track, tunnel, bridge, roundhouse, trains. $20/OBO. (650)345-1347 THOMAS TRAINS, over 20 trains, lots of track, water tower, bridge, tunnel. $80/OBO. (650)345-1347 THOMAS/BRIO TRAIN table, $30/OBO. Phone (650)345-1347 ANTIQUE MOHAGANY Bookcase. Four feet tall. $75. (415) 282-0966. BEIGE SOFA $99. Excellent Condition (650) 315-2319 BRASS / METAL ETAGERE 6.5 ft tall. Rugs, Pictures, Mirrors. Four shelf. $200. (650) 343-0631 BROWN RECLINER, $75 Excellent Condition. (650) 315-2319 BUREL TOP TABLES. Call for info (650) 898-4245. 302 Antiques CHAIRS 2 Blue Good Condition $50 OBO (650)345-5644 ANTIQUE ITALIAN lamp 18” high, $70 (650)387-4002 CHILD’S TABLE (Fisher Price) and Two Chairs. Like New. $35. (650) 574-7743. ANTIQUE OAK Hamper (never used), new condition. $55.00 OBO. Pls call 650-345-9036 COFFEE TABLE @ end table Very nice condition $80. 650 697 7862 BEAUTIFUL AND UNIQUE Victorian Side Sewing Table, All original. Rosewood. Carved. EXCELLENT CONDITION! $350. (650)815-8999. COMPUTER DESK $25 , drawer for keyboard, 40" x 19.5" (619)417-0465 COMPUTER SWIVEL CHAIR. Padded Leather. $80. (650) 455-3409 MAHOGANY ANTIQUE Secretary desk, 72” x 40” , 3 drawers, Display case, bevelled glass, $700. (650)766-3024 CUSTOM MADE wood sewing storage cabinet perfect condition $75. (650)4831222 ADULT BIKES 1 regular and 2 with balloon tires $30 Each (650) 347-2356 OLD COFFEE grinder with glass jar. $40. (650)596-0513 MAGNA-GLACIERPOINT 26" 15 speed. Hardly used . Bluish purple color .$ 59.00 San Mateo 650-255-3514. OLD VINTAGE Wooden “Sea Captains Tool Chest” 35 x 16 x 16, $65 (650)591-3313 DINETTE TABLE with Chrome Legs: 36" x58" (with one leaf 11 1/2") - $50. (650)341-5347 298 Collectibles PAIR OF beautiful candalabras . Marble and brass. $90. (650)697-7862 1920'S AQUA Glass Beaded Flapper Purse (drawstring bag) & Faux Pearl Flapper Collar. $50. 650-762-6048 VINTAGE MILK Crates, Bell Brook Dairy San Francisco, Classic 1960 style, Good condition, $35. 510-684-0187 1940 VINTAGE telephone bench maple antiques collectibles $75 (650)755-9833 BELT BUCKLE-MICKEY Mouse 1937 Marked Sterling. Sun Rubber company. $300 (650) 355-2167. BMW FORMULA 1 Model, Diecast by Mini Champs,1:43 Scale, Good condition, $80. 510-684-0187 CHERISHED TEDDIES Figurines. Over 90 figurines, 1992-1999 (mostly '93-'95). Mint in Boxes. $99. (408) 506-7691 ELVIS SPEAKS To You, 78 RPM, Rainbow Records(1956), good condition,$20 ,650-591-9769 San Carlos 303 Electronics 46” MITSUBISHI Projector TV, great condition. $400. (650)261-1541. BAZOOKA SPEAKER Bass tube 20 longx10 wide round never used in box $75.0 (650)992-4544 COMPLETE COLOR photo developer – Besler Enlarger, Color Head, trays, photo tools $50/ 650-921-1996 DVD/CD Player remote never used in box $45. (650)992-4544 ELECTRONIC TYPEWRITER good condition $50., (650)878-9542 DINING ROOM table – Good Condition $90.00 or best offer ( 650)-780-0193 DINING/CONF. TABLE top. Clear glass apprx. 54”x36”x3/8”. Beveled edges & corners. $50. 650-348-5718” DRUM TABLE - brown, perfect condition, nice design, with storage, $45., (650)345-1111 ESPRESSO TABLE 30” square, 40” tall, $95 (650)375-8021 FREE 2 piece china cabinet. Pecan finish. Located in SSF. I'll email picture. 650-243-1461 FULL SIZED mattress with metal type frame $35. (650)580-6324 FUTON COUCH into double bed, linens D41"xW60"xH34" 415-509-8000 $99 GLASS TOP dining table w/ 6 chairs $75. (415)265-3395 INFINITY FLOOR speakers H 38" x W 11 1/2" x D 10" good $50. (650)756-9516 GEOFFREY BEENE Jacket, unused, unworn, tags , pink, small, sleeveless, zippers, paid $88, $15, (650) 578-9208 HOME THEATER system receiver KLH" DVD/CD Player remote 6 spks. ex/con $70. (650)992-4544 JOE MONTANA front page, SF Chronicle, Super Bowl XVI Win issue, $10, 650591-9769 San Carlos JVC EVERIO Camcorder, new in box user guide accessories. $75/best offer. (650)520-7045 LENNOX RED Rose, Unused, hand painted, porcelain, authenticity papers, $12.00. (650) 578 9208. KENWOOD STEREO receiver deck,with CD Player rermote 4 spks. exc/con. $55. (650)992-4544 RENO SILVER LEGACY Casino four rare memorabilia items, casino key, two coins, small charm. $95. (650)676-0974 LEFT-HAND ERGONOMIC keyboard with 'A-shape' key layout Num pad, $20 (650)204-0587 SCHILLER HIPPIE poster, linen, Sparta graphics 1968. Mint condition. $600.00. (650)701-0276 MOTOROLA BRAVO MB 520 (android 4.1 upgrade) smart phone 35$ 8GB SD card Belmont (650)595-8855 MIRROR, SOLID OAK. 30" x 19 1/2", curved edges; beautiful. $85.00 OBO. Linda 650 366-2135. STAR WARS C-3PO mint pair, green tint (Japan), gold (U.S.) 4” action figures. $99 650-518-6614 ONKYO AV Receiver HT-R570 .Digital Surround, HDMI, Dolby, Sirius Ready, Cinema Filter.$95/ Offer 650-591-2393 OAK BOOKCASE, 30"x30" x12". $25. (650)726-6429 STAR Wars Hong Kong exclusive, mint Pote Snitkin 4” green card action figure. $25 650-518-6614 OPTIMUS H36 ST5800 Tower Speaker 36x10x11 $30. (650)580-6324 OAK SIX SHELF Book Case 6FT 4FT $55 (650)458-8280 PIONEER HOUSE Speakers, pair. 15 inch 3-way, black with screens. Work great. $99.(650)243-8198 OAK WINE CABINET, beautiful, glass front, 18” x 25” x 48” 5 shelves, grooved for bottles. 25-bottle capacity. $299. (360)624-1898 STAR WARS LANDO Calrissian 4” orange card action figure, autographed by Billy Dee Williams. $60 Steve 650-5186614 TOYOTA BAJA 1000 Truck Model, Diecast By Auto Art, 1:18 Scale, Good condition,$80. 510-684-0187 299 Computers MONITOR FOR computer. Kogi - 15". Model L5QX. $25. (650)592-5864. 12/16/15 STAR WARS SDCC Stormtrooper Commander $29 OBO Dan, 650-303-3568 lv msg ANTIQUE MAHOGONY double bed with adjustable steelframe $225.00. OBO. (650)592-4529 2 BIKES for kids $60. Will email pictures upon request (650) 537-1095 STAR Wars “Shadows” FIVE 4” purple card figures (Chewbacca, Dash, Leia, Luke, Xizor). $50 650-518-6614 [email protected] STAR WARS – one 4” orange card action figure, Momaw Nadon (Hammerhead). $8 Steve 650-518-6614 RECORDABLE CD-R 74, Sealed, Unopened, original packaging, Samsung, 12X, (650) 578 9208 300 Toys 3-STORY BARBIE Dollhouse with spiral staircase and elevator. $60. (650)5588142 LEGOS; GIANT size box; mixed pieces. $80/OBO. (650)345-1347 PORTABLE AC/DC Altec Lansing speaker system for IPods/audio sources. Great for travel. $15. 650-654-9252 SONY DHG-HDD250 DVR and programable remote. Record OTA. Clock set issues $99 650595-8855 SONY PROJECTION TV 48" with remote good condition $99 (650)345-1111 TV. PANASONIC -20", w/remote. Model CT-20SL14J. $25. (650)592-5864. VINTAGE G.E. radio, model c-430-a $60. (650)421-5469 VINTAGE G.E. radio, model c-442c $60. (650)421-5469 LAWN CHAIRS (4) White, plastic, $8. each, (415)346-6038 LIGHT OAK Cabinet, 6 ft tall, 3 ft wide, 2 ft deep, door at the bottom. $150. (650) 871-5524. LOVE SEAT, Upholstered pale yellow floral $99. (650)574-4021 MAPLE COFFEE table. Excellent Condition $75.00 (650)593-1780 MAPLE LAMP table with tiffany shade $95.00 (650)593-1780 OUTDOOR WOOD SCREEN - new $80 obo Retail $130 (650)873-8167 PAPASAN CHAIRS (2) -with cushions $45. each set, (650)347-8061 RATTAN SIX Drawer Brown Dresser; Glass top and Mirror attachment; 5 ft long. $200. (650) 871-5524. RECLINING SWIVEL chair almost new $99 650-766-4858 ROCKING CHAIR fine light, oak condition with pads, $85/OBO. 650 369 9762 TABLE LAMP w/ hand painted rose design. $25.00 Pls call 650-345-9036 VINTAGE G.E. radio, model c1470 $60. (650)421-5469 TABLE, HD. 2'x4'. pair of folding legs at each end. Laminate top. Perfect. $60.(650)591-4141 VINTAGE ZENITH radio, model L516b $75. (650)421-5469 TEAK CABINET 28"x32", used for stereo equipment $25. (650)726-6429 VINTAGE ZENITH radio, model yrb-791 1948, $ 70. (650)421-5469 TEAK-VENEER COMPUTER desk with single drawer and stacked shelves. $30 obo. 650-465-2344 TV STAND in great condition. 3'x 20"x 18", light grey. $20. (650)366-8168 UPHOLSTERED BROWN recliner , excellent condition. $99. (650)347-6875 VINTAGE LARGE Marble Coffee Table, round. $75.(650)458-8280 WALNUT CHEST, small (4 drawer with upper bookcase $50. (650)726-6429 WHITE BOOKCASE :H 72" x W 30" x D 12" exc condition $30. (650)756-9516. WHITE WICKER Shelf unit, adjustable. Excellent condition. 5 ft by 2 ft. $50. (650)315-6184 WOOD - wall Unit - 30" long x 6' tall x 17.5" deep. $90. (650)631-9311 WOOD BOOKCASE unit - good condition $65. (650)504-6058 WOOD FURNITURE- one end table and coffee table. In good condition. $30 OBO. (760)996-0767. By Craig Stowe ©2015 Tribune Content Agency, LLC WOOD WALL unit, 7 upper and lower cabinets, 90" wide x 72" high. $99. (650)347-6875 12/16/15 WOODEN MINI bar with 2 bar stools $75. (415)265-3395 THE DAILY JOURNAL Wednesday • Dec. 16, 2015 306 Housewares 310 Misc. For Sale 316 Clothes 318 Sports Equipment BED SPREAD (queen size), flower design, never used. $22. Pls call 650-345-9036 LIONEL ENGINE #221 ‘Rio Grande diesel, runs good ex-condition $90. (650)867-7433 BLACK LEATHER belt, wide, non-slip, 43" middle hole, $2, 650-595-3933 CHRISTMAS TREE China, Fairfield Peace on Earth. Complete Set of 12 (48 pieces) $75. 650-493-5026 LIONEL WESTERN Union Pass car and dining car. New OB $99 650-368-7537 HATS, BRAND New, Nascar Racing, San Francisco 49ers and Giants, excellent condition, $10. 510-684-0187 VINTAGE GOLF Set for $75 My Cell 650-537-1095. Will email pictures upon request. RMT CHRISTMAS Diesel train and Caboose. Rare. New OB $99 650-368-7537 LEATHER JACKET, New Black Italian style, size M Ladies $45 (650) 875-1708 SAMSONITE 26" tan hard-sided suit case, lt. wt., wheels, used once/like new. $60. 650-328-6709 LEATHER JACKET, New Dark Brown , Italian style, Size L $49 (650) 875-1708 335 Rugs MAN’S SUIT, perfect condition. Jacket size 42, pants 32/32. Only $35. Call 650-345-9036 CARPET RUNNER, new, 30 inches, bound on both sides, burgundy color, 30 lineal feet, $290. Call (650)579-0933. PARIS HILTON purse white & silver unused, about 12" long x 9" high $23. 650592-2648 345 Medical Equipment COMPLETE SET OF CHINA - Windsor Garden, Noritake. Four place-settings, 20-pieces in original box, never used. $250 per box (3 boxes available). (650)342-5630 PRE-LIT 7 ft Christmas tree. Three sections, easy to assemble. $50. 650 349 2963. SOLID TEAK floor model 16 wine rack with turntable $60. (650)592-7483 TABLECLOTH, UNUSED in original box, Royal Blue and white 47x47, great gift, $10.00, (650) 578-9208. 308 Tools BOSTITCH 16 gage Finish nailer Model SB 664FN $99 (650)359-9269 CLICKER TORQUE Wrench, 20-150 lbs, 1/2", new, $25, 650-595-3933 CRAFTMAN RADIAL SAW, with cabinet stand, $200 Cash Only, (650)851-1045 CRAFTSMAN 3/4 horse power 3,450 RPM $60 (650)347-5373 CRAFTSMAN 9" Radial Arm Saw with 6" dado set. No stand. $55 (650)341-6402 CRAFTSMAN JIGSAW 3.9 amp. with variable speeds $65 (650)359-9269 CRAFTSMAN RADIAL Arm Saw Stand. In box. $30. (650)245-7517 DEWALT DRILL/FLASHLIGHT Set $99 My Cell 650-537-1095. Will email pictures upon request. ELECTRIC MOTOR MIXER $450. (650) 333-6275. HEAVY DUTY Mattock/Pick, Less Handle $5. (650)368-0748 NEW SHUR GRIP SZ327 Snow Cables + tentioners $25, 650-595-3933 PULLEYS- FOUR 2-1/8 to 7 1/4" --all for $16. 650 341-8342 SHOPSMITH MARK V 50th Anniversary most attachments. $1,500/OBO. (650)504-0585 VINTAGE CRAFTSMAN Jig Saw. Circa 1947. $60. (650)245-7517 WILLIAMS #1191 CHROME 2 1/16" Combination "SuperRrench". Mint. $89. 650-218-7059. WILLIAMS #40251, 4 PC. Tool Set (Hose Remover, Cotter Puller, Awl, Scraper). Mint. $29. 650-218-7059. WIZARD STAINED Glass Grinder, extra bit, good condition, shield included, $50. Jack @348-6310 310 Misc. For Sale "MOTHER-IN-LAW TONGUES" plants, 3 in 5-gal cans. $10.00 each. 650/5937408. 8 TRACKS, billy Joel, Zeppelin, Eagles ,Commodores, more.40 @ $4 each , call 650-393-9908 ELECTRICAL CORD for Clothes Dryer. New, $7.00. Call 650-345-9036 GAME "BEAT THE EXPERTS" never used $8., (408)249-3858 HARLEY DAVIDSON black phone, perfect condition, $65., (650) 867-2720 INCUBATOR, $99, (650)678-5133 LIONEL CHRISTMAS Boxcars 2005, 2006, 2007 New OB $90 lot 650-3687537 STAR TREK VCR tape Colombia House, Complete set 79 episodes $50 (650)355-2167 TASCO LUMINOVA Telescope.with tripod stand, And extra Lenses. Good condition.$90. call 650-591-2393 ULTRASONIC JEWELRY Cleaning Machine Cleans jewelry, eyeglasses, dentures, keys. Concentrate included. $30 OBO. (650)580-4763 VASE WITH flowers 2 piece good for the Holidays, $25., (650) 867-2720 VINTAGE WHITE Punch Bowl/Serving Bowl Set with 10 cups plus one extra $30. (650)873-8167 311 Musical Instruments BALDWIN GRAND PIANO, 6 foot, excellent condition, $8,500/obo. Call (510)784-2598 GULBRANSEN BABY GRAND PIANO Appraised @ $5450., want $1800 obo, (650)343-4461 HAILUN PIANO for sale, brand new, excellent condition. $6,000. (650)308-5296 HAMMOND B-3 Organ and 122 Leslie Speaker. Excellent condition. $8,500. private owner, (650)349-1172 SUNGLASSSES UNISEX TOMS Lobamba S007 w/ Tortoise Frames. Polarized lenses 100% UVA/UVB NEW $65.(650)591-6596 VELVET DRAPE, 100% cotton, new beautiful burgundy 82"X52" W/6"hems: $45 (415)585-3622 VEST, BROWN Leather , Size 42 Regular, Like New, $25 (650) 875-1708 VINTAGE 1970’S Grecian made dress, size 6-8, $35 (650)873-8167 BAMBOO BIRD Cage - very intricate design - 21"x15"x16". $50 (650)341-6402 FRENCH BULLDOG PUPPIES For Sale in San Mateo. You are welcome to come and see puppies. Text or Call for appointment. (650) 274-2241. For Pictures visit website: frenchbulldogsanfrancisco.com FRENCH BULLDOG puppies. Many colors. AKC Registration. Call (415)596-0538. ONE KENNEL Cab ll one Pet Taxi animal carriers 26x16. Excellent cond. $60.. 650-593-2066 CULTURED MARBLE 2 tone BR vanity counter top. New toe skin/ scribe. 29” x 19” $300 (408)744-1041 TRAVEL WHEEL chair Light weight travel w/carrying case. $300. (650)596-0513 EXTERIOR BRASS lanterns 20" 2 NEW, both $30. (650)574-4439 Garage Sales INTERIOR DOORS, 8, free. call 573-7381. WOODEN SHUTTERS 12x36" Six available. $20. (650)574-4439 318 Sports Equipment ATOMIC SKI bag -- 215 cm. Lightly used, great condition. $15. (650) 5730556. BUCK TACTICAL folding knife, Masonic logo, NEW $19, 650-595-3933 DELUXE OVER the door chin up bar; excellent shape; $10; 650-591-9769 San Carlos GOLF BALLS-15 dozen. All Brands: Titeslist, Taylor Made, Callaway. $5 per dozen. (650)345-3840. GOLF CLUB, Superstick,this collapsible single club adjusts to 1-9,$20,San Carlos (650)591-9769 GOLF CLUBS, 2 sets of $30 & $60. (415)265-3395 IN-GROUND BASKETBALL hoop, fiberglass backboard, adjustable height, $80 obo 650-364-1270 PET CARRIER, brown ,Very good condition, $15.00 medium zize leave txt or call 650 773-7201 LADIES MCGREGOR Golf Clubs Right handed with covers and pull cart $150 o.b.o. (650)344-3104 WE BUY Gold, Silver, Platinum Always True & Honest values Millbrae Jewelers Est. 1957 400 Broadway - Millbrae GARAGE SALES ESTATE SALES Make money, make room! 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