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Nursing student leading medical trip

Group of 17 to travel to Guatemala in January
By Angela Swartz
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Learning about Guatemalan culture while also helping underserved communities is the impetuous for a trip led by Redwood City
native Rebecca Sackman.
Sackman, who will graduate
from San Francisco State
Universitys Sequoia Hospital
Nursing Program in May 2015, is
organizing a trip to Antigua,
Guatemala on Jan. 4, 2015.
During four days of the 9-day trip,
the group of 17 will do full assessments of people who dont have

the opportunity to go to doctors

or have health care, performing
blood pressure tests, taking
height and weight and listening to
lung and heart sounds.
I went to Peru last spring break
with the group as well on a medical trip, said Sackman, who also
graduated from Sonoma State
University. I absolutely fell in
love with the whole experience we
had.
The trip is organized through
International
Volunteer
Headquarters, IVHQ, an organization that plans and assists with
volunteer trips. Sackman and her

fellow students will stay with host

families. In March, Sackman went
on a similar trip to Cusco, Peru,
where she and her travel group
gave medical attention to about
1,000 needy Peruvians.
When I went last time, I wasnt
as comfortable, she said. This
time Im going to be able to contribute a lot more. I know a lot
more. Im looking forward to seeing how many people I can help.
Im looking forward to seeing my
classmates get to experience what
I experienced last year.

See NURSES, Page 20

Rebecca Sackman, second left,with a group of students on the nursing

students last day of volunteering at Izchuchaca, a school in Peru.

Bill aims at
regulating
e-cig sales
State Sen. Jerry Hill seeks to deter use
in minors, impose child-safety caps
By Samantha Weigel
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF

SAMANTHA WEIGEL/DAILY JOURNAL

San Mateo fire Capt. Kim Archambault, left, works with firefighters Brittney Blanco, top, and Stefanie Diashyn on
the citys first ever all-female fire engine crew at Station 24 on Christmas Eve.

An unusual trio
San Mateo has its first ever all-female fire engine company
By Samantha Weigel
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Christmas Eve proved to be a

very special day for the San Mateo
Fire Department Station 24 hosted
the citys first ever all-female
engine company.
Although it was happenstance,
firefighters Stefanie Diashyn,
Brittney Blanco and Capt. Kim

Archambault created a landmark

team responding to dozens of calls
through Christmas morning.
But its likely to be the first and
last for quite a while as
Archambaults time with her
female cohorts culminated with
her retirement from her more than
20-year career.
It is very special that the three
women that work for this department are working together this

last shift. But the downside, honestly, is that I dont have my regular crew, Archambault said. I
really enjoy serving the public, I
know it sounds corny, but I really
do feel like we make a big difference in peoples lives and typically we see them when theyre at
their worst and to help them manage or get through their crisis is

See TRIO, Page 20

Preventing electronic cigarettes

from ending up in the hands of
minors and reducing liquid nicotine overdoses is one of state Sen.
Jerry Hills goals in the upcoming
legislative session.
Hill, D-San Mateo, proposes

extending certain traditional

tobacco regulations to the increasingly popular vapor devices
known commonly as electronic
cigarettes and requiring liquid
nicotine containers sold in
California to be equipped with
child-proof caps.

See E-CIGS, Page 19

25-year council
veteran moves on
Naomi Patridge reflects on time spent serving Half Moon Bay
By Samantha Weigel
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF

After spending a record-setting

25 years on the Half Moon Bay
City Council and seven terms as
mayor, Naomi Patridge stepped
down this month but is continuing
her time serving the public by
overseeing several senior centers
in the county.

I was really
quite honored to
be elected by
the residents for
that
many
terms. So it
really makes me
feel good that
they had that

See NAOMI, Page 19

FOR THE RECORD

Monday Dec. 29, 2014

THE DAILY JOURNAL

Thought for the Day

If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense
of wonder, he needs the companionship
of at least one adult who can share it,
rediscovering with him the joy, excitement
and mystery of the world we live in.
Rachel Carson, American biologist (1907-1964).

This Day in History

1170

Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of

Canterbury, was slain in Canterbury
Cathedral by knights loyal to King
Henry II.

In 1 8 0 8 , the 17th president of the United States, Andrew

Johnson, was born in Raleigh, North Carolina.
In 1 8 1 2 , during the War of 1812, the American frigate USS
Constitution engaged and severely damaged the British
frigate HMS Java off Brazil.
In 1 8 4 5 , Texas was admitted as the 28th state.
In 1 8 9 0 , the Wounded Knee massacre took place in South
Dakota as an estimated 300 Sioux Indians were killed by
U.S. troops sent to disarm them.
In 1 9 1 6 , Grigory Rasputin, the so-called Mad Monk
whod wielded great influence with Czar Nicholas II, was
killed by a group of Russian noblemen in St. Petersburg.
In 1 9 3 4 , Japan formally renounced the Washington Naval
Treaty of 1922.
In 1 9 3 9 , The Hunchback of Notre Dame, starring Charles
Laughton and Maureen OHara, was released by RKO Radio
Pictures.
In 1 9 4 0 , during World War II, Germany dropped incendiary
bombs on London, setting off what came to be known as
The Second Great Fire of London.
In 1 9 5 7 , singers Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme were
married in Las Vegas.
In 1 9 7 2 , Eastern Air Lines Flight 401, a Lockheed L-1011
Tristar, crashed into the Florida Everglades near Miami
International Airport, killing 101 of the 176 people aboard.
In 1 9 7 5 , a bomb exploded in the main terminal of New
Yorks LaGuardia Airport, killing 11 people.
In 1 9 8 9 , dissident and playwright Vaclav Havel assumed
the presidency of Czechoslovakia.

Birthdays

Actress Mary Tyler

Moore is 78.

Actor Ted Danson

is 67.

Actor Jude Law is

42.

Dina Merrill is 91. Actress Inga Swenson is 82. ABC newscaster Tom Jarriel is 80. Actress Barbara Steele is 77. Actor
Jon Voight is 76. Country singer Ed Bruce is 75. Rock musician Ray Thomas is 73. Singer Marianne Faithfull is 68.
Jockey Laffit Pincay, Jr. is 68. Actor Jon Polito is 64. Singeractress Yvonne Elliman is 63. Actress Patricia Clarkson is 55.
Comedian Paula Poundstone is 55. Rock singer-musician Jim
Reid (The Jesus and Mary Chain) is 53. Actor Michael Cudlitz
is 50. Rock singer Dexter Holland (The Offspring) is 49.
Actor-comedian Mystro Clark is 48. Actor Jason Gould is 48.
CNN anchor Ashleigh Banfield is 47.

REUTERS

Severin Freund from Germany soars through the air during the trial round for the first jumping of the 63rd four-hills ski
jumping tournament in Oberstdorf, southern Germany.

In other news ...

To ring in New Year,
town will drop a giant nail
WEST FAIRVIEW, Pa. A
Pennsylvania town plans to nail their
New Years Eve and bicentennial celebrations by dropping some major
hardware to mark the occasion.
The Sentinel reports West Fairview
plans to drop a 7-foot-tall nail as the
clock ticks down Wednesday night.
Local artists constructed the nail out
of wood.
The 50-pound symbol pays homage to
the defunct Harrisburg Nail Works, a local
mill that once employed many residents.
West Fairview is across the Susquehanna
River from the state capital.
Organizers say the event will also
serve to commemorate the towns
200th anniversary in 2015.
The inaugural nail drop joins a host
of creative New Years Eve traditions
in neighboring towns, such as the
dropping of a giant wrench in
Mechanicsburg and a huge pickle in
Dillsburg.

Farmers say Christmas

trees make great goat snacks
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. Western
Colorado goat farmers say Christmas
trees make great snacks for their herds,
and theyre offering to collect them from
homes in the Grand Valley.
Nevelle Hopper of the Lil Moo
Ranch said Friday the the trees are a

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PORTLAND, Ore. A yellow

Labrador that got spooked on a
Christmas Day hike in the Columbia
Gorge, snapping her leash and plunging 150 feet down a cliff, was rescued
in the dark by a climber who rappelled
to a narrow ledge where the dog was
trapped.
David Schelske of West Linn told the
Oregon Humane Society that when 3year-old Sandy bounded around a bend
and disappeared he figured her for a
goner.
He hiked to the bottom of the cliff
and saw her stranded on a narrow ledge
70 feet above.
About 7 p.m., an eight-person crew
helped Humane Society volunteer
John Thoeni descend.
He fitted a rescue harness on the
frightened dog, and the two were hoisted to safety. Sandy suffered minor
injuries but walked out to the trailhead.

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Monkey gives first aid

to electrocuted friend
NEW DELHI Onlookers at a train
station in northern India watched in
awe as a monkey came to the rescue of
an injured friend resuscitating
another monkey that had been electrocuted and knocked unconscious.
The injured monkey had fallen between
the tracks, apparently after touching
high-tension wires at the train station in
the north Indian city of Kanpur.
His companion came to the rescue
and was captured on camera lifting the
friends motionless body, shaking it,
dipping it into a mud puddle and biting
its head and skin - working until the
hurt monkey regained consciousness.
The first monkey, completely covered in mud, opened its eyes and began
moving again.
Crowds of travelers watched the
Sunday scene in amazement, filming
and snapping pictures.

Police: Baby Jesus taken,

replaced with pigs head
HAVERHILL, Mass. A mayor in
Massachusetts is outraged that someone stole a baby Jesus statue from a
churchs Nativity scene and replaced it
with a pigs head.
Haverhill Mayor James Fiorentini
says the desecration has all the elements of a hate crime.
The parish priest noticed the statue
had been taken from the creche at
Sacred Hearts Roman Catholic Church
on Christmas morning.

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needles have vitamin C.
She says the goats enjoy eating
them, too.
Hoppers Lil Moo Ranch, the Top of
the Hill Ranch and 5-R Ranch want
undecorated trees that havent been
sprayed with any chemical.
Hopper says the ranches will arrange
to pick up trees or accept drop-offs.

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Sir Francis Drake Drakes Bay

S

ir Francis Drake left his name in

California on a bay not far from
San Francisco. He also left a legacy that can be strange to people who
come from a democracy that believe that
rules and laws are made for everyone from
every country. That isnt so I found out
while studying piracy from the 16th to
19th centuries. Francis Drake was one of
those who obeyed the laws of England and
disregarded those of other countries. He
was a privateer or corsair given power
to disrupt, capture, plunder and generally
raise hell on any other ship other than
his own country. He got this authority
from his government during wartime.
When Spain conquered Mexico and various other areas, she acquired vast sums of
silver, gold and commercial goods. This
surplus was then shipped to Spain across
the Atlantic Ocean from Havana. In the
1560s, the Spaniards began a system of
convoys to protect these riches due to the
sacking of Havana by the French. By the
end of the 16th century, Spain was the
richest country in Europe; however the
Hapsburgs used this wealth to fight wars
against the Ottoman Empire and most of
Euro p e. Th i s ev en t ual l y b an k rup t ed
Spain.
The Spanish treasure fleet developed
due to the galleons becoming targets for
pirates that preyed on these ships. As
many as 50 ships would sail in these
fleets and be escorted from the Dutch,
English, French and various pirates who

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE SAN MATEO COUNTY

HISTORY MUSEUM

Replica of the Golden Hind.

worked for themselves.
Francis Drake was born in England in
1544 and started working on a ship (barque) after his father, a vicar of a church,
apprenticed young Drake to a neighbor
that traded along the coast. At age 23,
Drak e made h i s fi rs t v o y ag e t o t h e
Ameri cas wi t h h i s co us i n Si r J o h n
Hawkins. He was caught by the Spanish
in a port but managed to get away with his
friend Hawkins.
Aft er t h i s ex p eri en ce, h e v o wed
vengeance against the Spanish and began
plotting ways to capture the riches Spain
shipped home. In 1572, he took two
ships and sacked the town on the Isthmus
of Panama that collected the gold and silver from Peru for shipment to Spain. In
1873, he and others made an attack on a
richly laden mule train and captured 19
tons of silver and gold. They buried much
of the plunder as it was too much to carry
back to the ships. Carrying what treasure
they could, they traveled back to the
coast where ships were to meet them, but
t h e s h i p s were n o t t h ere wh en t h ey
arrived. Burying the loot, he built a raft
and sailed along the coast to the flagship

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and was rescued.

With this much success, Drake returned
to England. Elizabeth I, in 1577, sent
Drak e o n an ex p edi t i o n ag ai n s t t h e
Sp an i s h o n t h e Paci fi c Co as t o f t h e
Americas. Sailing with four ships and
164 men, he added another ship he capt ured b y Afri ca. Aft er cro s s i n g t h e
Atlantic, he scuttled two ships due to loss
of men to run them while crossing the
Atlantic. After arriving on the coast of
South America, he discovered that his
flagship was too rotted to continue so he
burned it. After spending the winter at
port, he took off for the Pacific with three
remaining ships that were soon damaged
in a severe storm. Only his ship continued to sail up the west coast of South
America. He renamed his ship the Golden
Hind, then sailed north along the coast
rifling and sacking towns and capturing
ships from which he took their valuable
cargos.
Outside of Peru, he captured a ship laden
with wine as well as a ship carrying
Peruvian gold worth $7 million. Another
ship yielded 80 pounds of gold, a golden
crucifix, jewels, 13 chests full of valuables and 26 tons of silver. The trip north
was slow and full of danger due to the fog
and rocks along the coast.
On June 17, 1579, Drake landed at what
was believed to be land he called Nova
Albion. Because the captains of ships did
not always record exact dates in their logs
because they didnt want any enemy to
know where they had been, the logs dont

See HISTORY, Page 20

Police reports
Home for the holidays
A woman reported that her husband
would not let her go to bed because he
was arguing over how much she spent
on Christmas on Chesterton Avenue in
Redwood City before 10:09 p. m.
Thursday, Dec.11.

SAN CARLOS
Drunk i n publ i c. A man was arrested for
being drunk in public on the 1400 block of
El Camino Real before 1:40 a.m. Thursday,
Dec. 11.
DUI. A woman was arrested for being drunk
at the intersection of El Camino Real and
Howard Avenue before 1:25 a.m. Wednesday,
Dec. 10.

FOSTER CITY
Sus pended l i cens e. A man was cited for
driving with a suspended license and his
vehicle was impounded at Farragut
Boulevard and Essex Lane before 9:30 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 11.
Fi re As s i s t. Firefighters assisted a 19month-old child that was locked inside a
vehicle on East Hillsdale Boulevard before
7:10 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 11.

REDWOOD CITY
Burg l ary . A brick was thrown through the
window of a business on Arch Street before
7:50 a.m. Monday, Dec. 15.
Burg l ary . A purse was stolen from a vehicle
on Country Club Drive before 7:14 a.m.
Monday, Dec. 15.
Indecent ex po s ure. A man was reportedly
masturbating in a gray truck on Brewster
Avenue before 3:41 p.m. Friday, Dec. 12.

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Car that struck officer in

hit-and-run found in San Francisco
The vehicle used to strike a South San
Francisco police officer on Christmas Eve
was found by San Francisco police, South
San Francisco police said Saturday.
Police were notified late Friday morning
that the vehicle used in a hit-and-run collision with an officer in the 600 block of
Spruce Avenue in South San Francisco had
been found by San Francisco police.
Investigators went to the location where
the car, a white two-door Honda Accord with
a broken passenger side mirror, had been
found and collected evidence and witness
statements, police said.
The incident occurred around 11:30 p.m.
Wednesday when officers were investigating a different hit-and-run collision. The
white Honda started speeding west toward
them on Spruce Avenue, according to
police.
One officer was hit after the officers
motioned for the driver to stop but the car
continued at them. The officer was taken to
a hospital to be treated for injuries not considered life threatening. He was released
early Christmas morning and is back on
duty, police said Saturday.
The investigation into the assault is

Obituary
Marion Lorraine Zich
Marion Lorraine Zich died in Redwood
City Dec. 13, 2014. She was 92.
Marion was born Nov. 21, 1922 to
David and Hazel Turner of Klamath Falls
and Langell Valley, Oregon. She married
Joseph Zich and they relocated to the Bay
Area where Marion began a long and successful career with Sees Candies. She
started at Sees as a salesperson in their
retail shops and retired after 35 years with
the company as their head sales supervisor. After retirement, they spent many
years in Healdsburg, thoroughly enjoying
the wine country

ongoing. No arrests have been made.

Anyone with information about the case
is asked to call South San Francisco police
at (650) 877-8900 or an anonymous tip
line at (650) 952-2244.

Pharmaceutical office
burglary leads to car chase
A transient man was arrested after breaking into a San Carlos pharmaceutical company office late Saturday morning, San
Mateo County sheriffs officials said.
The man, later identified as Joseph
Gabriel Scott, 32, was arrested following a
call from an employee at Alvine
Pharmaceuticals at 75 Shoreway Road
around 11:15 a.m., sheriffs officials said.
The employee said she was working
inside the closed business when she saw
two men in masks looking through the
locked front door, officials said.
She fled through a back door when she
heard the front windows breaking. She
stayed on the phone while telling a dispatcher what she was hearing and seeing,
officials said.
Deputies arrived at the business and found
a tan Acura TL with two men driving away
toward U.S. Highway 101. After attempts
to stop the car, the men drove off and a
chase started, officials said.
Marion was predeceased by her husband,
Joe, and oldest child, Larry, who both died
about 17 years ago. She is survived by her
daughters Helen Joanne Zich of South San
Francisco, and Linda Cunningham
(Roland) of Beaverton, Oregon; grandchildren Kelley LaMonte, Joseph Zich
(Rachel) and Sarah Fredericks (Ormond);
seven great-grandchildren; and three
great-great grandchildren.
Family and friends may visit after 11
a.m. Saturday, Jan. 3 and can attend a 1
p.m. funeral liturgy service at Chapel of
the Highlands, 194 Millwood Dr. at El
Camino Real in Millbrae. Private interment will be at Oakmound Cemetery in
Healdsburg.

Monday Dec. 29, 2014

Local briefs
The chase continued onto eastbound state
Highway 92, over the San Mateo-Hayward
Bridge and into Alameda County. California
Highway Patrol officers helped with the
pursuit and followed the suspects into a
shopping center parking lot off of Jackson
Street in Hayward, officials said.
Hayward police also assisted with the
chase.The driver and passenger jumped out
of the Acura and ran away on foot. One suspect was able to elude officers, but Scott
was caught and arrested.
He was taken back to San Mateo County
and booked into jail.
Sheriffs officials said several laptops
and other items believed to have been taken
from Alvine Pharmaceuticals were found in
the Acura.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call San Mateo County
sheriffs Sgt. Linda Gibbons at (650) 3634063
or
email
her
at
lgibbons@smcgov.org. An anonymous tip
line is available at (800) 547-2700.

Cold week ahead for Bay Area

The National Weather Service has issued a
Hazardous Weather Outlook for the coming
week for coastal areas of the Bay Area.
Temperatures Sunday were expected to be
in the 50s with lows reaching the 40s.
A cold weather system from Canada is
expected to bring cold air into the region
on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to the
National Weather Service.
The system could bring the coldest temperatures of the season by Wednesday
night.
Freezing temperatures are possible in
some areas late Wednesday night, mainly in
inland valleys, according to the National
Weather Service.

Patchy frost could occur close to the

coast by early Thursday morning.

Surfer survives shark

attack off central coast
A man surfing on the Central California
coast was dragged under water by a juvenile
great white shark and bitten in the hip on
Sunday before he could paddle to shore,
where he received help from two doctors who
happened to be on the beach, a witness said
Sunday.
The man in his 50s used the leash cord
from his surfboard to make a tourniquet for
his leg before he got out of the water, Andrew
Walsh told the San Luis Obispo Tribune.
Were really blessed that he was still able
to get himself to shore, Walsh said. I was
a few feet behind him, and we grabbed him
and got him ... up on the sand, and very
quickly these doctors where there, helping
out and calling 911.
The man, who lives in the San Luis
Obispo area, sustained cuts to his right hip
area and was flown to a local hospital for
treatment, Supervising State Park Ranger
Robert Colligan said. The 11:30 a.m. attack
happened at the Sand Spit Beach in Montana
De Oro State Park just west of San Luis
Obispo.
Walsh said he was surfing about 10 feet
from the victim when the attack occurred.
There was no warning at all. It was
absolutely quiet. ... (The shark) came
straight up out of the depths and got him and
took him under the water.
The victim was below the water for several
seconds before he surfaced on his damaged
board, he said.
The beach remained open, but signs will
be posted for three days warning the public
of the attack, Colligan said. He noted that if
there is another shark sighting, the signs
will remain up for another three days.

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By Paul Larson
MILLBRAE

Have you ever been

in the situation
where you need to
select a Funeral
Home? Contrary to
the popular myth
not all Funeral
Homes or Cremation organizations are the
same. Reputation, staff, facilities, level of
service, or the lack of service, are all very
important items to consider when selecting a
Funeral Establishment to care for you and
your loved-ones. Imagining that youll
never need to cross this bridge can be naive.
Giving this idea some thought right now and
doing a bit of easy research on selecting a
Funeral Home could help you someday
when you may need it the most.
The death of a loved-one requires
professional assistance. Where do you turn?
Many of you are familiar with a local
Funeral Home that youve been comfortable
going to for years. Then there are those of
you whove done your homework by talking
with various Funeral Directors in-turn
making an educated selection in a relaxed
and unhurried manner. Some of you have
needed to select a Funeral Home when time
was sensitive. Starting a blind search from
square one could become daunting. To help
yourself be better prepared it may be
prudent to ask yourself this question: How
do you quickly select a funeral organization
with staff that will care for your loved-one
in a kindhearted respectable manner, will
work with you or the next-of-kin with
professional concern, yet guide you
sympathetically
and
with
sincere
understanding? This may seem like asking
for the moon, but there are Funeral Care

Professionals out there who really do want

to help, such as those members of our crew
at CHAPEL OF THE HIGHLANDS. Based
on all the complements we receive, along
with letters of thanks from the families we
serve, I know we are doing the right thing in
the right way at a fair cost.
Now, in no way is my intention to lessen
the work of my local colleagues here on the
Peninsula. I know many capable individuals
in this field who are well intentioned and
experienced, along with Concierge Funeral
Directors who have earned high esteem
among their peers while serving families
with excellence for decades. But, in other
instances I have attended funerals elsewhere,
out of town, and have had very
disappointing experiences at some large
corporate run funeral enterprises.
The point I am trying to make is to be
aware of the Funeral Establishments you
visit and notice how their staff conducts
themselves. Are they sincere and caring in
their actions and deeds or are they just going
through the motions by providing bare
minimum requirements? Are their facilities
and equipment kept in an orderly and
attractive fashion or does the place seem
worn and threadbare? Is their reputation in
the community one of high quality or is it
one of mediocrity and inferiority? Are they
owned by a local family, a corporation or an
out of state entity? Keeping these standards
in mind can help you find a Funeral Home
to turn to that may be of immense comfort.
If you ever wish to discuss cremation,
funeral matters or want to make preplanning arrangements please feel free to
call me and my staff at the CHAPEL OF
THE HIGHLANDS in Millbrae at (650)
588-5116 and we will be happy to guide you
in a fair and helpful manner. For more info
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Police boss: Less rhetoric, more dialogue needed

By Jonathan Lemire
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK A day after the

funeral of one of two police officers gunned down in their patrol
car, the citys police commissioner called Sunday for a lot less
rhetoric and a lot more dialogue
to defuse the tension between
police officers and the population
they protect.
Speaking on NBCs Meet The
Press, Commissioner William
Bratton said the pent-up frustrations that have caused people to
take to the streets in recent weeks
go far beyond policing policies
across the nation.
This is about the continuing
poverty rates, the continuing
growing disparity between the
wealthy and the poor. Its still
about unemployment issues. There
are so many national issues that
have to be addressed that it isnt
just policing, as I think we all well
know, he said.
Bratton said rank-and-file officers and much of Americas police
leadership feels under attack,
including from the federal government at the highest levels.
He urged: See us. See the
police. See why they have the
anxieties and the perceptions they
have.
Bratton also appeared on CBS
Face the Nation, where he defended Mayor Bill de Blasio, saying it

REUTERS

Law enforcement officers turn their backs on a live video monitor showing New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio as
he speaks at the funeral of slain New York Police Department officer Rafael Ramos near Christ Tabernacle Church
in the Queens borough of New York.
was wrong for hundreds of police
officers to turn their backs to a
video monitor outside a Queens
church as de Blasio spoke at the
funeral of Officer Rafael Ramos.

I certainly dont support that

action, he said. That funeral was
held to honor Officer Ramos. And
to bring politics, to bring issues
into that event, I think, was very

inappropriate.
He acknowledged, though, that
the morale of officers is low and
said their actions unfortunately
reflected the feelings of some

toward the mayor. Some police

officers blame de Blasio for creating an atmosphere of negativity
toward the New York Police
Department in the city after a grand
jury declined to charge an officer in
the police chokehold death of Eric
Garner on Staten Island.
The gesture at Ramos funeral
came amid contentious contract
negotiations with the city. The
rank-and-file police union did not
claim credit for the symbolic
protest, and its head, Patrick
Lynch,
repeatedly
dodged
reporters attempts to ask about it
after Ramos funeral.
It was not clear if officers
planned to turn their backs on de
Blasio again at the funeral for
Ramos partner. Arrangements for
that service have not yet been
announced.
The silent protest was a continuation of the defiance shown at a
hospital after the officers slayings on Dec. 20, when Lynch and
others turned their backs on de
Blasio. Lynch said the mayor had
blood on his hands.
Bratton said de Blasio was
totally supportive of officers
and had contributed hundreds of
millions of dollars outside the
departments budget this year,
much of it focused on officer safety enhancements.
After Bratton, former Mayor
Rudolph Giuliani told the CBS
program that it was wrong for officers to turn their backs on de
Blasio or to try to blame him for
officers deaths.

Study: California fire retardant ban cuts toxins

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN FRANCISCO A decade of

restrictions on chemicals used in flame
retardants have paid off for wildlife and
humans living in and around the San
Francisco Bay, according to a study
published Sunday.
In 2003, California started regulating certain chemicals used to prevent
furniture and household items from
burning. While the bay once charted
the highest worldwide pollution levels
of the toxin, a sharp decline has been
reported in the bays birds, shellfish
and fish, the San Francisco Chronicle
reported.
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Rebecca Sutton, the studys lead author

and a senior scientist at the San
Francisco Estuary Institute. We tie
these results directly to the phaseout.
Manufacturers used the chemicals
called Polybrominated Diphenyl
Ethers, or PBDEs as a cheap way to
meet flammability standards, the newspaper reported. They had been widely
used since the 1970s.
The toxins are ingested when people
breathe in household dust, and they
enter the environment when items
made with the chemicals degrade and
wash into natural bodies of water where
wildlife live, says the study published
in the journal Environmental Science
and Technology.

Myrto Petreas of the California

Department of Toxic Substances
Control found in separate research 15
years ago that Bay Area women had levels of the toxins about 10 times higher
than women in Europe. Petreas was not
part of the most recent study.
In pregnant women, the toxins may
cause babies to have lower IQs, attention-deficit disorder and hyperactivity,
researchers have found.
The new study found that the banned
toxins have declined in the bays muscles by up to 95 percent. Its also less
common in blood taken from women at
San Francisco General Hospital,
researchers say.

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Monday Dec. 29, 2014

Widespread problems on Key decisions on drones

likely
from
Congress
Rikers Island tough to fix
By Joan Lowy

By Jake Pearson
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK Victor Woods shook

uncontrollably, his body wracked by convulsions, as fellow inmates held him in
their arms and shouted for help.
Amid the chaos inside a Rikers Island dormitory, surveillance video showed a lone
figure of relative calm: a guard watching it
all unfold as he sipped a cup of coffee.
Im not touching him, the guard was
quoted by inmates as saying.
Within hours, Woods, a 53-year-old
unemployed tunnel worker who had been
arrested a week before on heroin possession
charges, was dead. What exactly killed him
remains under investigation, as are inmate
claims that guards and medical workers took
up to 20 minutes to start helping him.
Woods was the seventh inmate to die in
2014 at Rikers, a sprawling complex of
lockups built on an old waste dump near
LaGuardia Airport where this year startling
disclosures of guard misconduct, inmate
beatings and the gruesome deaths of inmate
after inmate have slipped from behind the
barbed wire.
In March, The Associated Press began
detailing dozens of deaths from a homeless ex-Marine who essentially baked to
death in a hot cell to a mentally ill man who
sexually mutilated himself. In other cases,
procedures meant to prevent suicides
werent followed. More deaths left doubts
about the quality and timeliness of prisoner
health care.
City, state and federal authorities
responded to those and other news reports
with oversight hearings, investigations
and a pledge of millions toward a massive
overhaul.

Yet Woods died at the height of all this

scrutiny. The circumstances and scene on
the video were recounted to the AP by three
city officials speaking on condition of
anonymity because they werent permitted
to discuss the investigation.
The case is one more sign that the problems on Rikers Island decades in the
making may take just as long to correct.
Theres no silver bullet for fixing
Rikers, said Martin Horn, the commissioner of city jails from 2003 to 2009. I
always say running a jail is like growing a
garden. If you turn your back on it, the
weeds take over.
Mere miles from New York Citys skyscrapers, Rikers Island sits by itself in the
East River, a 10-jail facility where an average of 11,000 inmates a night men,
women and youth are held on charges
ranging from trespassing to murder.
Inside the houses, as the jail dorms are
called, inmates sleep side-by-side out in the
open or in other, more restrictive individual
cinderblock cells. The halls are filled with a
pungent mix of odors from sewage backups
and cigarette smoke.
Its a world on its own there, said
Marcell Neal, who was released in October
after spending 35 days on a parole violation
for failing to report an address change. Hed
previously been convicted on gun possession and assault charges.
It is also a world where violence reigns
and both guards and gangs rule and
change of any sort comes at a glacial pace,
if at all.
Just this month, federal authorities probing guards use of force against teenage
inmates sued the city to institute reforms at
Rikers, saying jail officials had been
deliberately indifferent to the situation
for years.

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WASHINGTON The Obama administration is on the verge of proposing longawaited rules for commercial drone operations in U.S. skies, but key decisions on
how much access to grant drones are likely
to come from Congress next year.
Federal Aviation Administration officials
have said they want to release proposed rules
before the end of this month, but other government and industry officials say they are
likely to be delayed until January.
Meanwhile, except for a small number of
companies that have received FAA exemptions, a ban on commercial drone flights
remains in place. Even after rules are proposed, it is likely to be two or three years
before regulations become final.
Thats too long to wait, say drone industry
officials. Every year the ban remains in
place, the United States loses more than $10
billion in potential economic benefits that
drones could provide, according to the

Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems

International, a trade group.
We need some sort of process that allows
some of the low-risk operations, said Jesse
Kallman, the head of regulatory affairs for
Airware, a drone technology company
backed by Google Ventures. I think
Congress understands that, and hopefully
theyll take steps in the coming year to
address that.
That appears to be what some key lawmakers have in mind. We in Congress are
very interested in UAS, Rep. Bill Shuster,
R-Pa., chairman of the House Transportation
and Infrastructure Committee, said at a hearing this month, referring to unmanned aerial
systems, or drones. We understand UAS are
an exciting technology with the potential to
transform parts of our economy. ... It is our
responsibility to take a close look.
One of the committees first priorities
next year is writing legislation to reauthorize FAA programs and overhaul aviation
policy. The bill is expected to include directions from lawmakers on how to integrate
drones into the nations aviation system.

WORLD

Monday Dec. 29, 2014

THE DAILY JOURNAL

U.S., NATO mark end of 13-year war in Afghanistan

By Lynne ODonnell
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

KABUL, Afghanistan The war

in Afghanistan, fought for 13
bloody years and still raging,
came to a formal end Sunday with a
quiet flag-lowering ceremony in
Kabul that marked the transition
of the fighting from U.S.-led combat troops to the countrys own
security forces.
In front of a small, hand-picked
audience at the headquarters of the
NATO mission, the green-andwhite flag of the International
Security Assistance Force was ceremonially rolled up and sheathed,
and the flag of the new international mission called Resolute
Support was hoisted.
U.S. Gen. John Campbell, commander of ISAF, commemorated
the 3,500 international soldiers
killed on Afghan battlefields and

REUTERS

U.S. General John Campbell, center, commander of NATO-led International

Security Assistance Force, folds the flag of the ISAF during the change of
mission ceremony in Kabul.
praised the countrys army for giving him confidence that they are
able to take on the fight alone.
Resolute Support will serve as

the bedrock of an enduring partnership between NATO and

Afghanistan, Campbell told an
audience of Afghan and interna-

tional military officers and officials, as well as diplomats and

journalists.
The road before us remains
challenging, but we will triumph, he added.
Beginning Jan. 1, the new mission will provide training and support for Afghanistans military,
with the U. S. accounting for
almost 11, 000 of the 13, 500
members of the residual force.
Thanks to the extraordinary
sacrifices of our men and women
in uniform, our combat mission in
Afghanistan is ending, and the
longest war in American history is
coming to a responsible conclusion, U. S. President Barack
Obama said in a statement issued
in Hawaii, where he is on vacation
with his family.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani,
who took office in September,
signed bilateral security agreements with Washington and NATO

allowing the ongoing military

presence. The move has led to a
spike in violence, with the
Taliban claiming it as an excuse to
step up operations aimed at destabilizing his government.
ISAF was set up after the U.S.led invasion as an umbrella for the
coalition of around 50 nations
that provided troops and took
responsibility for security across
the country. It ends with 2,224
American soldiers killed, according to an Associated Press tally.
The mission, which was initially aimed at toppling the Taliban
and rooting out al-Qaida following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks,
peaked at 140, 000 troops in
2010. Obama ordered a surge to
drive the insurgents out of strategically
important
regions,
notably in the southern provinces
of Helmand and Kandahar, where
the Taliban had its capital from
1996 to 2001.

Malaria killing thousands more than Ebola in West Africa

By Michelle Faul
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

GUECKEDOU, Guinea West

Africas fight to contain Ebola has
hampered the campaign against
malaria, a preventable and treatable disease that is claiming many
thousands more lives than the
dreaded virus.
In Gueckedou, near the village
where Ebola first started killing
people in Guineas tropical southern forests a year ago, doctors say
they have had to stop pricking fingers to do blood tests for malaria.
Guineas drop in reported malar-

ia cases this year by as much as 40

percent is not good news, said Dr.
Bernard Nahlen, deputy director of
the U.S. Presidents Malaria
Initiative. He said the decrease is
likely because people are too
scared to go to health facilities and
are not getting treated for malaria.
It would be a major failure on
the part of everybody involved to
have a lot of people die from
malaria in the midst of the Ebola
epidemic, he said in a telephone
interview. I would be surprised if
there were not an increase in
unnecessary malaria deaths in the
midst of all this, and a lot of those

will be young children.

Figures are always estimates in
Guinea, where half the 12 million
people have no access to health
centers and die uncounted. Some
15,000 Guineans died from malaria
last year, 14,000 of them children
under five, according to Nets for
Life Africa, a New York-based charity dedicated to providing insecticide-treated mosquito nets to put
over beds. In comparison, about
1,600 people in Guinea have died
from Ebola, according to statistics
from
the
World
Health
Organization.
Malaria is the leading cause of

death in children under five in

Guinea and, after AIDS, the leading
cause of adult deaths, according to
Nets for Life.
Ebola and malaria have many of
the same symptoms, including
fever, dizziness, head and muscle
aches. Malaria is caused by bites
from infected mosquitoes while
Ebola can be contracted only from
the body fluids of an infected victim hence doctors fears of drawing blood to do malaria tests.
People suffering malaria fear
being quarantined in Ebola treatment centers and health centers
not equipped to treat Ebola are
turning away patients with Ebola-

like symptoms, doctors said.

WHO figures from Gueckedou
show that of people coming in
with fever in October, 24 percent
who tested positive for Ebola also
tested positive for malaria, and 33
percent of those who did not have
Ebola tested positive for malaria
an indication of the great burden of malaria in Guinea.
Malaria killed one of 38 Cuban
doctors sent to Guinea to help
fight the Ebola outbreak. One private hospital had a kidney dialysis
machine that could have saved his
failing organ but the clinic was
shut after several people died there
of Ebola.

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Monday Dec. 29, 2014

Giving non-citizens the right to vote The good news,

The Los Angeles Times

s of Jan. 1, 2012, an estimated 13.3 million lawful permanent residents lived in the
United States, and 8.8 million of
them were eligible to apply for U.S.
citizenship but had not done so. In
California, 2.48 million out of 3.4
million green-card holders were eligible to apply but chose not to. And, of
course, not all non-citizens residing
in this country are lawful. An estimated 11 million people live here
without permission, though President
Obama recently took action to defer
the deportation of as many as half of
them.
America obviously would benet if
more non-citizens living here
including, eventually, undocumented
immigrants took on the responsibilities and privileges of citizenship.
But what if they dont? Non-citizens
are still members of their communities. They pay taxes and in many
cases send their children to public
schools. Should they be given some
greater say in the decisions of the
local governments, school boards and
judicial systems that make decisions
for themselves and their children?
Many Americans consider it
unthinkable that non-citizens even
lawful permanent residents would
be allowed to vote in elections. Gov.

Other voices
Jerry Brown agrees with them. Last
year, in vetoing a bill that would have
allowed non-citizen permanent residents to serve on juries, Brown said,
Jury service, like voting, is quintessentially a prerogative and responsibility of citizenship.
Brown was accurately describing
current practice. At present, its a
crime, punishable by a year in prison,
for a non-citizen to vote in a federal
election. U.S. citizenship is also a
near-universal requirement for voting
in state and local elections.
But it wasnt always thus. Far from
considering voting quintessentially
an attribute of citizenship, as many as
40 states and U.S. territories once
allowed non-citizens to vote in state
and sometimes in federal elections.
Non-citizen white men in some places
enjoyed the franchise even as it was
denied to women and African
Americans. Ron Hayduk, a political
science professor at Queens College
and advocate for non-citizen voting,
has called it as American as apple
pie.
Allowing non-citizens to vote was
not motivated by 21st century
notions of globalism or diversity.
Rather, according to a study by Jamin
B. Raskin, the practice was seen as

conducive to a desired immigration

(and assimilation) of foreigners and
consistent with basic principles of
democratic government. Some states
extended the franchise only to noncitizens who declared an intention to
seek citizenship.
We arent opposed to giving noncitizens a say over institutions, such
as public schools, in which they and
their families have a personal stake.
But that neednt take the form of participation in school-board elections
(which, after all, are not limited to
parents). Under Californias Parent
Trigger law, for instance, a majority
of parents in an underperforming public school can sign a petition to force
it to become, say, a charter school;
the law doesnt distinguish between
parents who are citizens and those
who arent.
We agree with Brown that voting is
and should be inextricably tied to U.S.
citizenship. But we also believe that
more needs to be done to encourage
people who have decided to live in
this country to participate fully in its
political life at every level of government. It is not healthy if large numbers of permanent residents, workers
and taxpayers are excluded from voting. But the answer is not to sever
voting or jury service, for that matter from citizenship. It is rather to
expand the circle of citizenship.

Letters to the editor

Protest Sony
Editor,
I hope I am not the only one embarrassed and disgusted by Sony capitulating to terrorists. Please think twice
before purchasing any Sony products
in the near future as a dangerous precedent has now been established.
It looks like the bad guys win
another round.

Dave Hyman
San Bruno

Wind on the bridge

Editor,
Each day that I cross the San Mateo
bridge to get to the East Bay there are
strong wind gusts that hit my car. In
some instances, my car is actually
pushed by the wind into the adjacent
trafc lane. This is very scary. To
make up for it I lower my windows
about ten inches so the wind will blow
through and there wont be as much
resistance. I notice the side rails are
only about two and a half feet high,
and the bridge its self resembles nothing but a at road over water. It
reminds me of the bridge over Lake
Ponchotrain in New Orleans. Thats a

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bridge that is very long and at also.

It seems sensible to me that CalTrans
or someone should heighten the sidings on the bridge to stop these very
strong wind gusts. If they dont, I
believe the next thing Ill see is a big
rig truck in the San Francisco Bay.

Patrick Field
Palo Alto

Sony movie
Editor,
What a great public-relations move
by Sony make a movie only a
moron would spend eight dollars to
see.
So what to do with an idiotic movie
that cost millions to make? Create an
international incident, that should sell
tickets.

Cynthia Marcopulos
South San Francisco

Uninsured Motorists Insurance

coverage
Editor,
So this is going to be great of the
rest of us, I mean all the legal aliens in
California. There must be half a mil-

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lion illegals clambering to get that

new driving license in California
alone. Imagine what that will do for
our insurances. This ever present
charge for the rest of us for the coverage of uninsured drivers must go way
down, perhaps down to zero. Dont
you think? Oh, and I have this bridge
in Modesto I like to sell you,
cheap and no sales tax!

Harry Roussard
Foster City

Watsons big heart

Editor,
There have been reams of bad publicity regarding NFL players criminal
activities recently. It should be noted
that Raiders tackle Menelik Watson
donated his entire game salary, more
than $36,000, on the spot to the family of little Eva Urrea. She has a very
serious and currently ultimatelyfatal
medical condition, a prognosis that
could change with support. Menelik
Watson, you are everything good
about humanity and sport. Youre an
MVP in my eyes.
John Dillon
San Bruno
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bad news 2014

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his column is about some, but denitely not all,

the bad and good events which made the headlines
in 2014. And, as usual with headlines, there seemed
to be more bad than good. Just this past fall were the
beheading by ISIS, reminiscent of the terrible ending of
Wall Street Journal reporter Danny Pearl years ago. Beastly
is perhaps a better description. There was the Ebola scare
in the United States and the Ebola reality in Africa, where
hundreds continue to die
from this killer disease.
There was the murder of
more than 100 Pakistani
school children by the
Taliban. And the failure of
Israel and the Palestinian
authority to nd common
ground. And all year we
heard about the disintegration of Syria and its people. Last week, two New
York City policemen were
assassinated while sitting
in their patrol car in
Brooklyn by a mad man
who said this was in retribution for recent deaths of
black men by police. It
only added to the misery of families who had lost love
ones, both in the police and black communities.
Buried in the headlines was some good news. The economy is rebounding growing at its fastest rate in over a decade;
unemployment is at its lowest rate in many years at 5.8 percent; the economy added 321,000 jobs last month and average hourly wages actually rose. Gasoline prices are down
and Americas opponents including Russia and Iran are suffering economically as a result. Cuba and the U.S. have
announced a more or less normal but not cozy relationship
after 50 years of a deep freeze. China and the U.S. have
signed an agreement on climate change. And it nally started raining for real in the Bay Area while up in the Sierras
there was plenty of nature made snow to start the ski season.
Back to the bad: Stanford to a lesser degree and the 49ers
were not celebrating victories as they had in the past while
the National Football League was overwhelmed by stories of
concussions and domestic violence. The new chairman of
the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee in
2015 will be a Republican senator from Oklahoma, James
Inhole, who is a denier of the human role in climate change
and who compared the Environmental Protection Agency to
the Gestapo. My guess is that he is also not a fan of our
national parks (does he resemble the head of parks and rec
on the Netix comedy Park and Rec?). The Burlingame
City Council and some members of the community were at
odds with the San Mateo Union High School District over
joint use of the Burlingame High School pool. The district
threatened to take the city to court unless it paid more in
maintenance fees and allowed more time for school team
swimmers. Meanwhile the anonymous donor who helped
nance the pools construction in the 90s hired a consultant
and sponsored a petition drive to ensure community use of
the pool on his terms. The good news is that cooler heads
will prevail and the city and district will work things out.
***
Very sad was the news that Stephen Colbert will leave
Comedy Central to take David Lettermans place on the
Tonight show. Thanks to younger members of my family I
was introduced to Jon Stewart and The Daily Show years
ago. We became dedicated fans and watched reruns since
the live show was way past our bedtime. Colbert was one
of the correspondents on The Daily Show until nine
years ago, with the help of Stewart, he hosted his own program, a satirical and humorous riff on Fox News. Soon we
became devoted fans of both programs, which ran back to
back. When the schedules changed we would rearrange dinner time. I didnt realize how dependent I was on Colberts
wit until the announcement that this month would be the
last for the Colbert Report. I almost had tears in my eyes
as I sang along with many others in the nal show which
aired Thursday, December 17. The nale included many former guests on the program including Willie Nelson,
Charlie Rose, James Franco, Henry Kissinger, Big Bird,
Yo-Yo Ma, Gen. Ray Odierno, Doris Kearns Goodwin,
Mike Huckabee, and the Cookie Monster, to name a few.
Heres a link which identies the many and variety of
celebrities who showed up to sing We Will Meet Again.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/12/19/colbert_report_nale_annotated_list_of_everyone_who_app
eared_in_sing_along.html
The good news for 2015 is that Jon Stewart remains and
Larry Wilmore, another Daily Show correspondent, will
take over Colberts spot. As long as we keep our sense of
humor maybe things won't be that bad in 2015.
Sue Lempert is the former may or of San Mateo. Her column
runs ev ery Monday. She can be reached at sue@smdaily journal.com.

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Clinton economic approach under scrutiny

By Ken Thomas
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON If Hillary
Rodham Clinton seeks the White
House again, her message on the
economy could be an important
barometer as she courts fellow
Democrats.
Members of her party are watching closely how the former secretary of state outlines steps to
address income inequality and economic anxieties for middle-class
families. Some members of the
partys liberal wing remain wary
of Clintons ties to Wall Street,
six-figure speaking fees and protective bubble.
Clinton is widely expected to
announce a presidential campaign
next year and remains the prohibitive favorite to succeed President
Barack Obama as the partys nominee in 2016. But how she navigates a party animated by economic populism, an approach personified by Massachusetts Sen.
Elizabeth Warren, could represent
one of her biggest hurdles.
Democrats bruised from GOP gains
in the 2014 elections are pushing
for big policy changes raising
the minimum wage and pay equity,

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for example that favor the
declining middle class.
We dont win when we play
small-ball and calibrate. Why not
try to be bold? said Anna Galland
of MoveOn.org, which launched a
draft campaign to lure Warren into
the race.
Warren says shes not running
for president, but her confrontational approach on Wall Street and
reducing the gap between the rich
and poor has generated a loyal fol-

lowing. She showcased this posture during Decembers lame

duck session of Congress, when
she led the charge against a $1.1
trillion omnibus spending bill
ultimately signed by Obama
that repealed part of the DoddFrank financial law and loosened
contribution caps for some political donors. Clinton has yet to
comment on the spending plan.
During the fall elections,
Clinton often pointed to the broad

prosperity during her husbands

administration and advocated for
policies to raise the minimum
wage, address pay equity for
women and provide paid leave for
new mothers.
In a nod to liberals, Clinton has
voiced concerns about the concentration of wealth, pointing to the
rise in income and wealth to the
top 0.01 percent of the population. Some are calling it a throwback to the Gilded Age of the
robber barons, Clinton said in
May.
Clinton also has stumbled on
the economy. At a fall event, she
drew criticism from Republicans
when she said dont let anybody
tell you that its corporations and
businesses that create jobs. She
quickly cleaned up those comments, arguing that trickle-down
economics had failed.
Her supporters point to her
2008 primary campaign, when
she scored wins in Ohio and
Pennsylvania, as an indicator of
how she could connect with working-class families. They also
downplay the differences between
her and Warren on the economy.
I think the debate is not going
to be about big major fundamental

directions for the economy. The

disagreement will be how to get
there, said former Vermont Gov.
Howard Dean, who has backed
Clinton.
Clinton could have more opportunities to connect with or
alienate liberals in 2015.
One moment could come on the
nomination of Lazard investment
banker Antonio Weiss to lead a
Treasury Department office overseeing domestic finance. Weiss,
Warren contends, would represent
a long line of Wall Street executives who are part of the revolving
door between Washington and the
financial markets.
Clinton has not yet spoken publicly about Weiss nomination.
She remains a favorite of Wall
Street from her time representing
New York in the Senate. At a recent
conference sponsored by the New
York Times DealBook, Goldman
Sachs chairman and CEO Lloyd
Blankfein said he had always
been a fan of Hillary Clinton and
argued it was important for political leaders to have relationships
with key institutions. I certainly
dont think its a virtue to declare a
big segment of the economy off
limits, he said.

Algeria calls for OPEC Farmers brace for labor

to cut oil production shortage under new policy
By Scott Smith

By Aomar Ouali
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ALGIERS, Algeria Algerias

oil minister on Sunday called on
OPEC to cut production and raise
the price of oil, which has plunged
dramatically in the last six months.
The call by Youcef Yousfi to the
Organization
of
Petroleum
Exporting Countries, of which
Algeria is a member, comes as the
country is struggling to deal with a
halving of oil prices from $120
barrel to $60 a barrel.
For us, OPEC has to intervene to
correct the imbalance and cut production to bring up prices and
defend the income of its member
states, Yousfi said in remarks carried by the state news agency.
While Algeria has some $200 billion foreign reserves, enough to
cover imports for the next several
years, it is heavily dependent on its
oil revenue which provides 97 percent of its hard currency income and
60 percent of the budget.
In a cabinet meeting Tuesday,
President Abdelaziz Bouteflika for
the first time expressed concern
over the worrisome situation
and made vague promises of costcutting.

The first of
such austerity
measures came
Saturday when
Prime Minister
Ab de l m a l e k
Sellal said there
would be a freeze
on public sector
Youcef Yousfi hiring in 2015.
Some 60 percent of the jobs in the country come
from the government.
Major infrastructure projects,
such as public transportation in
Algiers and highways in the countryside are also expected to be put
on hold.
Long flush with money from its
gas and oil exports, Algeria operates an extensive welfare state.
Subsidies, which amount to 21
percent of the countrys annual economic output, cover electricity and
many foodstuffs. Gasoline is the
cheapest in North Africa.
The government also subsidizes
education and provides housing.
Social unrest, even before the scattered protests of the Arab Spring,
was effectively bought off with
higher wages and promises of
housing - all funded by the bountiful oil receipts.

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FRESNO Farmers already

scrambling to find workers in
California the nations leading
grower of fruits, vegetables and
nuts fear an even greater labor
shortage under President Barack
Obamas executive action to block
some 5 million people from
deportation.
Thousands of the states farmworkers, who make up a significant portion of those who will
benefit, may choose to leave the
uncertainty of their seasonal jobs
for steady, year-around work building homes, cooking in restaurants
and cleaning hotel rooms.
This action isnt going to bring
new workers to agriculture, said
Jason Resnick, vice president and
general counsel of the powerful
trade association Western Growers.
Its possible that because of this
action, agriculture will lose workers without any mechanism to
bring in new workers.
Although details of the presidents immigration policy have
yet to be worked out, Resnick said
the agricultural workforce has
been declining for a decade. Today,
the association estimates there is

a 15 to 20 percent shortage of
farmworkers, which is driving the
industry to call for substantial
immigration
reform
from
Congress, such as a sound guest
worker program.
Hopefully there will be the
opportunity for comprehensive
immigration reform, said Karen
Ross, secretary of the California
Department
of
Food
and
Agriculture. Thats the right
thing to do for this country.
Californias 330,000 farmworkers account for the largest share of
the 2. 1 million nationwide,
according to the U.S. Bureau of
Labor Statistics. Texas comes in a
distant second with less than half
of Californias farmworkers.
Once Obamas executive action
starts going into effect next year,
it will protect the parents of legal
U.S. residents from deportation
and expand a 2012 program that
shields from deportation people
brought into the U.S. illegally as
children.
Manuel Cunha, president of the
Fresno-based Nisei Farmers
League, estimates that 85 percent
of Californias agricultural workers are using false documents to
obtain work.
Cunha, who has advised the

Obama administration on immigration policy, figures that

50,000 of the states farmworkers
who may benefit from the presidents executive action could leave
the fields and packing houses in
Californias $46.4 billion agricultural industry.
How do I replace that? he said.
I think were going to have a
problem.
Many farmworkers are paid
above minimum wage, earning
more hourly than they will in
other industries, but he said that
workers that leave will gain yeararound jobs and regular paychecks, rather than seasonal
employment.
While farmers may face a setback, Obamas order is good for
workers, who support families and
fear that any day they may be
pulled over driving to work and
deported, said Armando Elenes,
national vice president of the
United Farm Workers.
With proper documentation,
workers will feel empowered and
be more valuable, Elenes said.
Confronted with abuse at work
such as being paid less than minimum wage or denied overtime
workers will be able to challenge
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Harbaugh will not return to Niners in 15

By Janie McCauley
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SANTA CLARA San Francisco 49ers

coach Jim Harbaugh will not return for the
final season of his $25 million, five-year
contract he signed in January 2011.
The announcement came Sunday after a 2017 win over the Arizona Cardinals and following a 8-8 season in which San Francisco
had hoped to establish some momentum in
the new $1.3 billion Levis Stadium.
Instead, the 49ers saw thousands of empty
seats at most games. San Francisco was elim-

inated from playoff contention with a 17-7

loss at Seattle on Dec. 14, its second defeat
to the rival Seahawks in an 18-day stretch
that helped seal Harbaughs fate.
Harbaugh guided the 49ers to three straight
NFC championship games and had a Super
Bowl-or-bust mentality for this season that
quickly turned sour.
Jim and I have come to the conclusion
that it is in our mutual best interest to
move in different directions, said CEO Jed
York. We thank Jim for bringing a
tremendous competitive nature and a great
passion for the game to the 49ers. He and

his staff restored a winning culture that has

been the standard for our franchise
throughout its history.
The 49ers came oh so close to their sixth
Super Bowl championship after the 2012
season, losing 34-31 to Harbaughs big
brother, John, and the Baltimore Ravens.
Harbaugh had a 49-22-1 overall record in
four years with San Francisco, which might
look to promote from within to replace him.
Defensive line coach Jim Tomsulas name
has been mentioned.
From his signature outfit of khaki pants
and a black 49ers pullover to his signature

phrases such as Whos got it better than us?

No-body! Harbaugh did things his way. And,
largely, his way worked.
But not this season, when star linebacker
Patrick Willis was one of several key players
to go down with injuries on what had been
one of the NFLs stingiest defenses.
Harbaugh said all season he would not be
fazed by the constant chatter about his fate,
or by those outside the organization questioning whether he had lost the locker room.
Its a breakup that seemed unthinkable
when the 49ers nearly won it all less than
two years ago in New Orleans.

49ers close season with W

By Janie McCauley
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SANTA CLARA Jim Harbaugh is done

as coach of the San Francisco 49ers.
Harbaugh said after a 20-17 victory
against playoff-bound Arizona on Sunday
that he is leaving the 49ers, but did not say
if he was resigning or was fired.
Asked whether it was his choice to move
on, he said, You work at the pleasure of the
organization, thats what we all do.
Harbaugh departs with one season remaining on the $25 million, five-year contract
he signed in January 2011. He led the 49ers
(8-8) to three NFC title games and one loss
in the Super Bowl in his four seasons.
Harbaugh sprinted off the Levis Stadium
field for the final time, cradling the game
ball and the players doused him with a celebratory ice bucket.
Jim and I have come to the conclusion that
it is in our mutual best interest to move in different directions, said 49ers CEO Jed York.
We thank Jim for bringing a tremendous
competitive nature and a great passion for the
game to the 49ers. He and his staff restored a
winning culture that has been the standard for
our franchise throughout its history.
Colin Kaepernick threw a go-ahead 3-yard
touchdown pass to Bruce Miller late in the
third quarter. Anquan Boldin caught a 76yard TD pass and went over 1,000 yards
receiving. Frank Gore ran for 144 yards on
25 carries to go over 1,000 yards rushing
for the eighth time in 10 NFL seasons with
San Francisco.
The franchises all-time rushing leader
hopes to return to the only team he has
known and the team has publicly expressed
a mutual interest.
Not so for Harbaugh, who would depart
with one season remaining on the $25 million, five-year contract he signed in January
2011.
Harbaugh spoke briefly on the field to

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Raiders quarterback Derek Carr coughs up

the football as hes drilled by Broncos
linebacker DeMarcus Ware.

Broncos rout
Raiders, clinch
1st-round bye
By Arnie Stapleton
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DENVER Peyton Manning didnt need

to throw any touchdown passes Sunday
C.J. Anderson, Connor Barth and Denvers
defense took care of all the scoring.
Anderson ran for three TDs, and the
Broncos (12-4) earned the AFCs No. 2 seed
and a first-round bye with a 47-14 rout of the
Oakland Raiders.
Barth kicked four field goals and cornerback Tony Carter led a dominant Denver
defense with a score off a fumble by Derek
Carr.
Despite failing to throw a TD pass for the
second time in four weeks, Manning guided
the Broncos to a tie for the best record in the
NFL for the third consecutive season since
his arrival in Denver. Thats something he
accomplished just twice in his 13 years in
Indianapolis before missing all of 2011

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Above: Colin Kaepernick

goes 15-of-26 passing for
204 yards as the 49ers
close out the 2014 season
with a 20-17 win over
playoff-bound Arizona
Sunday at Levis Stadium.
Right: Prior to his final
game as head coach, Jim
Harbaugh, right, shakes
hands with 49ers CEO Jed
York. Harbaugh will return
to the collegiate ranks
next year, taking over the
program at University of
Michigan.

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Rose Bowl may start rivalry for Mariota, Winston

By Ralph D. Russo
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SCOTT OLMOS/USA TODAY SPORTS

2014 Heisman Award winner Marcus Mariota.

PASADENA College football has never

had a quarterback matchup quite like Jameis
Winston and Marcus Mariota.
The superstar passers have won the last
two Heisman Trophy awards, and come
April, there very well could be an NFL team
or two trying to decide which player to take
with one of the first picks in the draft.
When Mariota and second-seeded Oregon
face Winston and third-seeded Florida State
in the College Football Playoff semifinal at
the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1, it will be the third
time Heisman Trophy winners have met in a
postseason game. Southern Californias

Matt Leinart and

Oklahomas Jason
White were the
first to do it at the
2005 Orange Bowl
with the BCS
championship on
the line. Floridas
Tim Tebow and
Oklahomas Sam
Bradford did it at the 2008 BCS title game.
This is different, though. Potentially, this
could be the start of a long rivalry between
Mariota and Winston that goes from
Pasadena, California, to the NFL combine in
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See ROSE BOWL, Page 14 Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston.

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SPORTS

Monday Dec. 29, 2014

DeMarco Murray breaks Smiths

Cowboys single-season rushing mark
LANDOVER, Md. DeMarco Murray
broke the franchise single-season rushing
record for the Dallas Cowboys, passing

NINERS
Continued from page 11
York before the game amid unconfirmed reports
the coach is bound for alma mater Michigan.
Harbaugh said announcements will be made.
San Francisco missed the playoffs following three straight trips to the NFC championship game and a runner-up Super Bowl
finish after the 2012 season. The 49ers,
plagued by injuries to key players all season, snapped a four-game losing streak,
their first under Harbaugh
The Cardinals (11-5) missed the franchises first 12-win season.
Ryan Lindley threw touchdown passes of
20 and 41 yards to Michael Floyd in the first
half, but couldnt deliver late.
Floyd finished with eight catches for 153
yards. Coach Bruce Arians went with
Lindley under center after he originally
planned to start rookie Logan Thomas
before changing his mind.
Lindley was intercepted three times.
The No. 5 seed Cardinals missed the division title, too, as defending Super Bowl

NFL brief
Emmitt Smith in the first quarter of Sundays
44-17 win over the Washington Redskins.
Murray set the mark with a 32-yard run that
included a nice cutback, leaving safety Ryan
champion Seattle beat St. Louis 20-6 to win
the NFC West and the overall top seed. The
Cardinals play at Carolina next weekend.
Lindley threw his first career touchdown
pass on his 229th attempt with a 20-yard completion to Floyd on Arizonas opening drive.
Arians has been optimistic Drew Stanton
will be back next week from a sprained right
knee that got infected.
Boldin caught a 9-yard touchdown pass that
was negated by rookie center Marcus Martins
chop block penalty. Alfonso Smith also had
his short scoring run negated when Harbaugh
called timeout. Then came Millers TD catch.
Franchise rushing leader Gore provided a
bright spot at $1.3 billion Levis Stadium,
where San Francisco finished 4-4. Gore, with
his family in attendance and wearing his No. 21
jersey, became the 11th player in NFL history
with eight 1,000-yard seasons and 20th player
to reach 11,000 yards rushing.
Phil Dawson kicked a 53-yard field goal early
in the second quarter, just clearing the crossbar,
then also hit from 37 yards before halftime.
Boldin caught a 76-yard touchdown pass from
Kaepernick, the second-longest TD catch of his
career. Boldin became the fourth player in 49ers
franchise history with multiple 1,000-yard
receiving seasons, joining Jerry Rice (12),
Terrell Owens (5) and John Taylor (2).

Clark flat-footed at the line of scrimmage.

Murray finished with 100 yards on 20 carries
to end the season with 1,845 yards, bettering
Smiths tally of 1,773 yards in 1995.
I couldnt be happier for him, Smith
said. He is very deserving of this recogni-

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Continued from page 11
because of spinal fusion surgery.
Denver wont have the top seed this time,
however. That went to the New England
Patriots, who rested many of their starters in
a loss to Buffalo on Sunday.
Manning was 21 of 37 for 273 yards.
But the Broncos red zone follies continued as they were forced to settle for field
goals after stalling inside the Raiders 20yard line three times.
Mannings backup, Brock Osweiler, threw
the first touchdown pass of his three-year
career, a 1-yarder to Virgil Green also the
first for the fourth-year tight end.
The Raiders (3-13) lost for the 11th
straight time on the road. This could have
been the finale for interim coach Tony
Sparano, who took over after Dennis Allen
was fired four games into the season and
went 3-9.
Anderson ran for 87 yards on 13 carries
and Ronnie Hillman returned to the
Broncos backfield for the first time since
spraining his left foot Nov. 9 and added 56
yards on 15
rushes.
Demaryius
Th o m a s
caught eight
passes for
115 yards.

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tion. ... I am proud of him because I know
how hard it is to do what he did this year. I
am also proud because Ive watched him
bounce back from some injury setbacks in
his first few years. Hes worked through all
that, and he deserves to have this record.
His 1,619 yards are a franchise record, topping Rod Smiths 1,602 in 2000. But he
dropped a 17-yard touchdown pass in the
second half, then grabbed his right hand as
though it had been jammed.
Oakland managed just one first down in
the first half compared to Denvers 14
and trailed 20-7 at the break. Omar Bolden
returned the second-half kickoff 76 yards to
the Oakland 30 and Anderson scored from 25
yards out when he broke three arm tackles,
including one by Charles Woodson.
The Raiders had pulled within 10-7 in the
first quarter when Justin Tuck tipped
Mannings lateral to Emmanuel Sanders and
cornerback Keith McGill scooped it up and
trotted 18 yards into the end zone.
Denver responded with an 80-yard drive
that Anderson capped with a 1-yard run when
Manning noticed 12 defenders on the field,
called for the quick snap and handed off to
the running back, who trotted in untouched.
The Broncos were glad to get the bye
because it gives top tackler Brandon
Marshall another week to heal from a
sprained foot that has sidelined him for two
weeks and Pro Bowl safety T.J. Ward more
time to recover from a strained neck that
kept him out Sunday.
David Bruton Jr., who started in place of
Ward, sustained a concussion while covering a fourth-quarter punt.
Four plays later, Lerentee McCray sacked
Carr, who fumbled. Carter grabbed the loose
ball and ran 20 yards for the score.

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SPORTS

Monday Dec. 29, 2014

13

topple
Hawks beat Rams, clinch No. 1 seed Steelers
Bengals to win
By Tim Booth

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SEATTLE The final result was the same

for Pete Carroll and the Seattle Seahawks,
wearing NFC West champion hats in the
locker room after a Week 17 victory over
the St. Louis Rams.
The process in getting to that point and
clinching the No. 1 seed in the NFC playoffs for the second straight season was completely different.
So there was a different satisfaction for
Carroll and the Seahawks after Sundays 206 win over the Rams wrapped up the ninth
division title in franchise history, the third
under Carroll. This was not the mostly
smooth ride Seattle experienced a year ago
on its way to a championship.
All you guys kept talking about how you
cant do this and you cant get to this point
again and you cant come back and all this
stuff. You can. You can do it. And we did it to
this point. And well see how well do in the
playoffs, Carroll said. We got back to
division champs and thats pretty rare. Im
really proud of that.
Marshawn Lynch scored on a 9-yard run
with 12:07 remaining to take the lead,
Bruce Irvin return an interception 49 yards
for a TD and Seattle received another stellar
defensive effort to close the season with six
straight wins.
Seattle, Green Bay and Dallas all finished
12-4, but the tiebreakers went to the
Seahawks.
Our main goal coming into the season
was winning the division, but getting the
No. 1 seed is just as big, Seattle linebacker
K.J. Wright said.
Getting home-field advantage seemed
highly unlikely for the Super Bowl champs
after losing at Kansas City and falling to 64. But Seattles closing run was perhaps
more impressive than going 13-3 in the
2013 regular season.
The Seahawks bulled through Arizona and

San Francisco twice, won at Philadelphia

and finally dispatched the pesky Rams.
Seattle held five of its final six opponents to less than 10 points. The Seahawks
became the first team since the 1969-71
Vikings to lead the NFL in scoring defense
in three straight seasons, giving up 15.9
points per game.
It just helps our case for a pretty great
defense, linebacker Bobby Wagner said.
Seattles defense came up with continuous
big plays when needed, forcing three
turnovers in the fourth quarter. Jordan Hill
and Irvin had interceptions and Earl Thomas
knocked the ball from Benny Cunningham
at the 1-yard line as the Rams looked to
score with six minutes left, sending the ball
out of the end zone for a touchback.
Any other person in the league would
have probably slowed down and let him
score, Irvin said. Earl being one of our
leaders, he leads by example. ... A play like
that is all he has to do.
Lynch finished with 64 yards on 15 carries. Russell Wilson was 17 of 25 for 239
yards and an interception in the first half.
Paul Richardson led Seattle with five receptions for 60 yards.
Shaun Hill was 26 of 37 for 243 yards for
St. Louis. The Rams (6-10) finished with
just 42 yards rushing and no play longer
than 20 yards. The turnovers forced by
Seattle were massive after St. Louis shut out
Seattle in the first half.
Those guys made some spectacular plays
in the second half, Shaun Hill said.
And none was bigger than Jordan Hills
interception.
St. Louis was in field-goal range when
Stedman Bailey was flagged for holding. On
the first play of the fourth quarter, St. Louis
tried to set up a screen pass to Tre Mason.
Shaun Hill attempted to throw the ball away,
but Jordan Hill got his hands down quick
enough to intercept the pass.
Seattle needed just six plays to take the
lead. Wilson found Kevin Norwood uncov-

AFC North title

By Will Graves
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

KIRBY LEE/USA TODAY SPORTS

Seattle linebacker Bruce Irvin returns an

interception 49 yards for a touchdown in the
Seahawks 20-6 win over St. Louis.
ered for 31 yards to the Rams 9. Lynch then
went untouched for his 17th touchdown of
the season.
The capper came less than three minutes
later. St. Louis was driving near midfield and
Hill attempted to find Lance Kendricks.
Wagner knocked the ball from Kendricks
and it ricocheted to Irvin. He ran untouched
for his second TD this season.
I wasnt even looking at the ball, it just
ended up in my hands, Irvin said. Thats a
sign of me living right.
NOTES: Seattle was bitten by injuries in
the fourth quarter. Jordan Hill suffered a
sprained knee and Wright dislocated a finger. The most significant injury was backup
safety Jeron Johnson dislocating his
elbow. Carroll didnt have a timeframe on
Johnson. ... St. Louis had three sacks and
39 over the final 11 games. ... Seattle was
shut out in the first half for the first time
since Oct. 23, 2011 at Cleveland.

PITTSBURGH The Pittsburgh Steelers

are back on top of the AFC North.
Antonio Brown returned a punt 71 yards
for a touchdown and added a clinching 63yard scoring grab with 2:50 to go in the
Steelers 27-17 victory over the Cincinnati
Bengals on Sunday night.
Pittsburgh (11-5) earned its first division
title since 2010 by sweeping the season
series from the Bengals (10-5-1). The
Steelers are the No. 3 seed in the AFC and
will host Baltimore in the wild-card round
Saturday night. The Bengals are the No. 5
seed and will play at AFC South champion
Indianapolis on Sunday.
Brown had 212 all-purpose yards, including the late dazzling catch and run to the end
zone.
The victory came at a potentially high
cost. Running back LeVeon Bell left in the
third quarter with a hyperextended right
knee following a collision with Cincinnati
safety Reggie Nelson.
Nelson hit Bell low at the end of a 19-yard
reception and the second-year back voted
the clubs Most Valuable Player by his teammates last week lay on the field for several minutes. He gingerly jogged to the sideline before being taken to the locker room
to chants of MVP! MVP! Bell set a franchise record for total offense this season and
has been one of the catalysts for
Pittsburghs postseason return after a twoyear absence.
The Steelers will host a playoff game
for the first time since they won the
North in 2010 on their way to an AFC
ch amp i o n s h i p . Th e fran ch i s e h as
retooled over the last three years, with
Brown leading the way.

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Monday Dec. 29, 2014

Stanford coasts past UCSB

STANFORD Lili Thompsons 12
points led a balanced attack as No. 16
Stanford coasted to a 9034 win over UC Santa
Barbara on Sunday.
Karlie
Samuelson
added 11 points and
Briana Roberson and
Brittany McPhee had 11
and 10, respectively, off
the bench for the
Cardinal (8-4) in their
Lili Thompson final tuneup before starting Pac-12 play. Fifteen players saw action

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Indianapolis to pro stadiums for years to
come.
Heres how they compare.

Marcus Mariota
Hei g ht: 6-4.
Wei g ht: 219.
Year: Junior.
Career s tarts : 39. Oregon is 35-4.
Co mi ng o ut o f hi g h s cho o l : Hidden
gem. Mariota didnt start until his senior
year at Saint Louis High School in
Honolulu. Oregon jumped in at first
glimpse and landed one of the most talented
players in the country before most teams
realized Mariota even existed.
First start: As a redshirt freshman,
Mariota beat out Bryan Bennett for the
starting job a surprise to some who didnt realize that Mariota had been wowing
Oregon coaches from the moment he

Pac-12 womens hoops

and 12 scored for Stanford.
Santa Barbara shot 20 percent in the first
half, falling behind 39-13, and 26 percent
for the game. The Gauchos (0-11) were outrebounded 50-21 with reserve Erica McCall,
who hit all four of her shots for eight points,
leading the way for Stanford with 12.
The Gauchos scored the first bucket of
the game but Stanford used a 15-0 run
that turned into a 26-5 run to close the
half. The Cardinal had a 17-0 run in the
second half.
stepped on campus. He
quickly showed everyone
else what the Ducks were
seeing, going 18 of 22
for 200 yards and three
TDs against Arkansas
State. The first nine
drives of his college
career resulted in touchMarcus Mariota downs.
Imp re s s i v e
s t at :
101 career touchdown passes, 12 interceptions. This season 38-2.
Tro ubl es o me s tat: Fumbles. Mariota
has lost 11 fumbles in his career, eight
while being sacked. If he has a weakness,
ball protection in the pocket is it.
On the mo v e: Mariota has big-time
speed. Whether its running the read option
or escaping a collapsing pocket, Mariota can
gash a defense with long, demoralizing runs.
Publ i c percepti o n: Quiet and humble.
Maybe a little too nice?
They s ai d i t: He is that nice, but hes
not that nice. When its time to crank up the
competitive juices, he does that very well.
Oregon coach Mark Helfrich.
He s ai d i t: Thats the element of vocal

Notre Dame downs UCLA

LOS ANGELES Lindsay Allen scored a
career-high 22 points and No. 4 Notre Dame
beat UCLA 82-67 on Sunday for its fourth
straight victory.
Allen was 8 of 10 from the field, including
4 of 5 from 3-point range. The sophomore
guard matched her previous career high of
17 points by halftime and set career highs
in field goals and 3-pointers made.
Freshman Brianna Turner added 14 points
and a career-high 16 rebounds for her first
career double-double for the Fighting Irish
(12-1). Jewell Lloyd had 12 points, seven
rebounds and seven assists.
leadership that Ive really come a long way
with this season. Ive really learned that
you can correct a guy without really getting
in his face.

Jameis Winston
Hei g ht: 6-4
Wei g ht: 235.
Year: Sophomore.
Career s tarts : 26. Florida State is 26-0.
Co mi ng o ut o f hi g h s cho o l : Fivestar recruit and one of the most highly
sought after players in the country. From
Bessemer, Alabama, he says he was never
much of a fan of the in-state schools and
spurned them for Florida State.
Fi rs t s tart: The buildup for Winstons
first start was huge and then he went out and
lived up to the hype. He went 25 for 27 for
256 yards and four TDs in a victory against
Pittsburgh in a national television game on
Labor Day night. Hello world!
Impres s i v e s tat: When Florida State is
trailing by 8-14 points, Winston is 22 for
33 (69 percent) for 327 yards with three
touchdowns and four interceptions. When
Florida State is trailing by 15 points or
more, Winston is 16 for 22 (73 percent) for

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Nirra Fields scored 20 points and Jordin
Canada had 16 for UCLA (4-7). The Bruins
are 0-5 against Top 25 teams this season.

Tennessee defeats Oregon St.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Center Isabelle
Harrison had 20 points and 12 rebounds,
and No. 8 Tennessee beat No. 10 Oregon
State 74-63 on Sunday.
Freshman Alexa Middleton added 12
points off the bench as the Lady Vols handed the Beavers (10-1) their first loss.
Tennessee (10-2) has now defeated two
straight top-10 opponents. The Lady Vols
beat Stanford 59-40 on Dec. 20.
279 yards with a TD, no
INTs and a gaudy 194.26
passer rating.
Tro ub l e s o me s t at :
Winstons passer rating
in the first quarter is
118. 13, with a 59. 8
completion percentage.
Both are by far his worst
Jameis Winston of any quarter.
On the mo v e: Florida
State wants Winston in the pocket, but hes
mobile enough to make a play if it is needed
and tough to bring down when he gets going,
as he showed during lasts year championship game when he stiff-armed his way
through an Auburn defender for a big play.
Pub l i c p e rc e p t i o n : On one hand,
charismatic and clutch. On the other, immature and troublesome.
They s ai d i t: I dont think theres any
doubt Jameis has been the best fourth-quarter quarterback in the country. Former
Texas coach and ESPN analyst Mack Brown.
He s ai d i t: Its not about how youre
playing when everything is going good (on
the field). Its about how you react when
things are going bad.

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NFL GLANCE
Pct
.750
.563
.500
.250

PF
468
343
388
283

PA
313
289
373
401

South
y-Indianapolis
Houston
Jacksonville
Tennessee

W L T
11 5 0
9 7 0
3 13 0
2 14 0

Pct
.688
.563
.188
.125

PF
458
372
249
254

PA
369
307
412
438

North
y-Pittsburgh
x-Cincinnati
x-Baltimore
Cleveland

W L
11 5
10 5
10 6
7 9

T
0
1
0
0

Pct
.688
.656
.625
.438

PF
436
365
409
299

PA
368
344
302
337

West
y-Denver
Kansas City
San Diego
Raiders

W L T
12 4 0
9 7 0
9 7 0
3 13 0

Pct
.750
.563
.563
.188

PF
482
353
348
253

PA
354
281
348
452

NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T
y-Dallas
12 4 0
Philadelphia
10 6 0
N.Y. Giants
6 10 0
Washington
4 12 0

Pct
.750
.625
.375
.250

PF PA
467 352
474 400
380 400
301 438

South
y-Carolina
New Orleans
Atlanta
Tampa Bay

W
7
7
6
2

L T
8 1
9 0
10 0
14 0

Pct
.469
.438
.375
.125

PF
339
401
381
277

PA
374
424
417
410

North
y-Green Bay
x-Detroit
Minnesota
Chicago

W L T
12 4 0
11 5 0
7 9 0
5 11 0

Pct
.750
.688
.438
.313

PF
486
321
325
319

PA
348
282
343
442

y-Seattle
x-Arizona
49ers
St. Louis

12 4 0
11 5 0
8 8 0
6 10 0

.750 394 254

.688 310 299
.500 306 340
.375 324 354

Sundays Games
Indianapolis 27, Tennessee 10
Houston 23, Jacksonville 17
Kansas City 19, San Diego 7
Minnesota 13, Chicago 9
Baltimore 20, Cleveland 10
Dallas 44, Washington 17
N.Y. Jets 37, Miami 24
Buffalo 17, New England 9
Philadelphia 34, N.Y. Giants 26
New Orleans 23, Tampa Bay 20
San Francisco 20, Arizona 17
Seattle 20, St. Louis 6
Denver 47, Oakland 14
Green Bay 30, Detroit 20
Carolina 34, Atlanta 3
Pittsburgh 27, Cincinnati 17

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EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
Toronto
24
Brooklyn
13
Boston
10
New York
5
Philadelphia
4

7
16
18
28
25

.774
.448
.357
.152
.138

10
12 1/2
20
19

Southeast Division
Atlanta
22
Washington
21
Miami
14
Orlando
12
Charlotte
10

8
8
17
21
21

.733
.724
.452
.364
.323

1/2
8 1/2
11 1/2
12 1/2

Central Division
Chicago
Cleveland
Milwaukee
Indiana
Detroit

9
12
16
20
23

.700
.600
.484
.355
.233

3
6 1/2
10 1/2
14

21
18
15
11
7

WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
Memphis
22
8
Houston
21
8
Dallas
22
10
San Antonio
19
13
New Orleans
15
15
Northwest Division
Portland
25
Oklahoma City
15
Denver
13
Utah
10
Minnesota
5
Pacific Division
Warriors
24
L.A. Clippers
20
Phoenix
18
Sacramento
13
L.A. Lakers
9

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Ganong earns first win in World Cup downhill

NBA GLANCE

AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T
y-New England
12 4 0
Buffalo
9 7 0
Miami
8 8 0
N.Y. Jets
4 12 0

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.733
.724
.688
.594
.500

1/2
1
4
7

7
17
18
20
24

.781
.469
.419
.333
.172

10
11 1/2
14
18 1/2

5
11
14
17
22

.828
.645
.563
.433
.290

5
7 1/2
11 1/2
16

Saturdays Games
Toronto 110, L.A. Clippers 98
Washington 101, Boston 88
Orlando 102, Charlotte 94
Memphis 103, Miami 95
Chicago 107, New Orleans 100
Indiana 110, Brooklyn 85
Atlanta 90, Milwaukee 85
Utah 88, Philadelphia 71
Sacramento 135, New York 129, OT
Golden State 110, Minnesota 97
Sundays Games
Detroit 103, Cleveland 80
San Antonio 110, Houston 106
Dallas 112, Oklahoma City 107
Portland 101, New York 79
Toronto 116, Denver 102
Phoenix 116, L.A. Lakers 107
Mondays Games
Chicago at Indiana, 4 p.m.
Milwaukee at Charlotte, 4 p.m.
Orlando at Miami, 4:30 p.m.
Sacramento at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m.
Washington at Houston, 5 p.m.
Utah at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m.

SANTA CATERINA, Italy

Skiing on a hill he hasnt seen
before usually gets Travis Ganong
fired up.
Racing the downhill on a new
slope to the mens World Cup circuit
certainly brought the best out of the
American skier on Sunday.
A flawless run on the Deborah
Compagnoni course earned Ganong
his first World Cup victory, less than
six weeks before his home world
championship race in Beaver Creek.
First World Cup win!!!! Stoked to
be able to say that!! Ganong posted on Twitter.
I love to take on a new challenge
and a new slope, said Ganong, a
Squaw Valley, California, native
who was just 26th in the only training session Friday. I love the hill,
the mountains are huge here and its
fun skiing.
Its the second downhill win in a
row for the U.S. team and the second
in Italy after Steven Nymans triumph in Val Gardena last week. The
last American back-to-back downhill wins dated from the 2007-08
season when Bode Miller won in
Bormio and Wengen.
Ganong finished the race in 1
minute, 32.42 seconds to beat
Olympic champion Matthias Mayer
of Austria by 0.09 and Dominik
Paris of Italy by 0.21.
Ganong called his effort a perfect
run.
I went really, really straight in a
couple areas, the American said. It
was really smooth and I was able to
carry it all the way down. The last big
carousel turn I did perfectly, I dont
think I could do that again if I tried.

ALESSANDRO GAROFALO/REUTERS

Squaw Valley native Travis Ganong takes a curve during the men's World
Cup Downhill skiing race in Santa Caterina.
Norways Kjetil Jansrud, who has
won two downhill races this season,
was 1.35 behind and finished outside of the top 10, though he still
leads the discipline standings.
What goes up, must come down,
Jansrud wrote on Twitter. Today
was a rough day at work. As said
before: Lots of great skiers out
there. One mistake and you are
gone.
Jansrud also tops the overall
standings with 624 points, 48 clear
of Marcel Hirscher of Austria, who
doesnt compete in downhill.
Ganong excelled on the second
part of the course. Several pre-race
favorites had faster split times in
the first section but couldnt match
the Americans pace afterward.
I had a super run and I am very
happy, Ganong said. Its a sensational end to the year. I was attacking and I was having fun.
Mayer praised Ganong for mastering the final third of the course.

I thought my run was fast,

Mayer said. On the bottom part I
also wanted to race a direct line but I
caught a bump and didnt manage to
win back the lost time.
Mayers runner-up finish gave
Austria its first downhill podium of
the season after the team suffered its
worst pre-Christmas start to a World
Cup season in 25 years.
Ganongs victory didnt come
completely out of the blue.
The 26-year-old from Squaw
Valley came fifth in the Olympic
downhill in Sochi in February and
earned his sole previous World Cup
podium shortly afterward by placing
third in Kvitfjell, Norway.
Ganong also came fifth in Beaver
Creek earlier this month for his
11th career top-10 finish.
The mens World Cup circuit continues with a slalom in Zagreb,
Croatia, on Jan. 6, while the next
downhill is scheduled for Wengen
on Jan. 17.

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WORLD

Monday Dec. 29, 2014

1 dead, hundreds
stranded in Greek
ferry disaster
By Demetris Nellas
and Frances DEmilio
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ATHENS,
Greece

Hundreds of passengers and

crew endured a second night
of smoke, frigid temperatures and gale-force winds as
they waited to be evacuated
from a burning ferry adrift
early Monday in rough seas
between Italy and Albania.
At least one person died and
two were injured in the risky
rescue operation.
The Italian coast guard said
201 of the 478 people on the
ferry, sailing from the Greek
port of Patras to Ancona in
Italy, had been evacuated by
early Monday. Most were
airlifted by helicopter to

other merchant vessels sailing nearby, though a few

were flown to hospitals in
southern Italy to be treated
for hypothermia.
It will be a very difficult
night. A night in which we
hope we will be able to rescue all on board, Greek
Merchant Marine Minister
Miltiadis Varvitsiotis said
in Athens.
He said 10 merchant ships
were in the area assisting
rescue efforts, and that
those who had already taken
on dozens of passengers
from the stricken ferry
would remain in the area
until the operation was
over. Only then would it be

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Search expands for missing AirAsia jet

By Trisnadi Marjan
and Margie Mason
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SURABAYA, Indonesia The

search for a missing AirAsia jet carrying 162 people that disappeared more
than 24 hours ago on a flight from
Indonesia to Singapore expanded
Monday with planes and ships from
several countries taking part.
First Admiral Sigit Setiayana, the
Naval Aviation Center commander at
the Surabaya air force base, said that
12 navy ships, five planes, three helicopters and a number of warships were
talking part, along with ships and
planes from Singapore and Malaysia.
The Australian Air Force also sent a
search plane.
Setiaya said visibility was good.
God willing, we can find it soon, he
told The Associated Press.
AirAsia Flight 8501 vanished in airspace thick with storm clouds on its
way from Surabaya, Indonesia, to
Singapore. Searchers had to fight
against heavy rain on Sunday before
work was suspended due to darkness.
The planes disappearance and suspected crash caps an astonishingly
tragic year for air travel in Southeast
Asia. The Malaysia-based carriers
loss comes on top of the still-unexplained disappearance of Malaysia
Airlines Flight 370 in March and the
downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight
17 in July over Ukraine.
At the Surabaya airport, passengers
relatives pored over the planes manifest, crying and embracing. Nias

REUTERS

Two members of the Indonesian Navys Tactical Commanding Operator help with
the search for AirAsia flight QZ 8501 on board a CN235 aircraft over Karimun Java,
in the Java Sea.
Adityas, a housewife from Surabaya,
was overcome with grief when she
found the name of her husband,
Nanang Priowidodo, on the list.
The 43-year-old tour agent had been
taking a family of four on a trip to
Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesias
Lombok island, and had been happy to
get the work.
He just told me, Praise God, this
new year brings a lot of good fortune, Adityas recalled, holding her
grandson tight while weeping uncontrollably.
Nearly all the passengers and crew
are Indonesians, who are frequent visitors to Singapore, particularly on holidays.
The Airbus A320 took off Sunday
morning from Indonesias secondlargest city and was about halfway to

Singapore when it vanished from

radar. The jet had been airborne for
about 42 minutes.
There was no distress signal from the
twin-engine, single-aisle plane, said
Djoko Murjatmodjo, Indonesias acting director general of transportation.
The last communication between the
cockpit and air traffic control was at
6:13 a. m. (23:13 GMT Saturday),
when one of the pilots asked to
increase altitude from 32, 000 feet
(9,754 meters) to 38,000 feet (11,582
meters), Murjatmodjo said. The jet was
last seen on radar at 6:16 a.m. and was
gone a minute later, he told reporters.
Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia
launched a search-and-rescue operation
near Belitung island in the Java Sea,
the area where the airliner lost contact
with the ground.

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Hobbit wins, Interviewhas strong VOD sales

By Lindsey Bahr

tion said of the Angelina Jolie-directed

drama. Its a testament to how great this
movie is. Im so happy that America found
out about it.

Added Rentraks senior media analyst Paul

Dergarabedian: The story of Louis
Zamperini really offered a nice alternative
for moviegoers who werent looking for a
fantasy world, a musical or a family film.
Disneys musical Into the Woods,
boasting a star-packed cast and a PG rating,
came in a close third with $31 million, and
$46.1 million across the four-day period. It
replaced Mamma Mia as the biggest
opening for a screen adaptation of a
Broadway musical ever.
To be able to take (Stephen) Sondheim
and (James) Lapines work and make it
available to a mass audience? Its a great
holiday gift in and of itself, Disneys distribution Executive Vice President Dave
Hollis said.
The rest of the top five was populated by
holdovers Night at the Museum: Secret of
the Tomb and Annie and which earned
$20.6 million and $16.6 million, respectively, in their second weekend in theaters.

comic strip, a dog stared at his owner

while telling himself I WILL NOT run
until I see the ball leave his hand! Who
hasnt tricked their dog with that one? Here
are a few real resolutions you might consider. First, if your pet has not been xed,
please resolve to take care of that in 2015.
The surgery offered at our Low-Cost
Spay/Neuter Clinic (12 Airport Blvd., San
Mateo) is a third or quarter of what it might
cost at a private clinic; I mention this not
to take business from your private vet
this area has fantastic veterinary practices
but to let you know that should money
be an issue keeping you from getting your
dog or cat xed, we can help as this is cen-

tral to our mission. The surgery costs vary

for males and females (the female surgery
is more complicated, thus, more costly)
and are generally greater for larger animals
who require more anesthesia. The least
expensive surgery is for a small, male cat.
If you have a sweet, young dog whos still
rascally, enroll in an obedience class.
Contrary to what some owners believe,
challenging behaviors wont correct themselves over time; if anything, they will
become more problematic when left unaddressed. A training class like those taught
at PHS/SPCA will help you develop an
effective training voice, and help your dog
listen to you amidst distractions. Is your

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LOS ANGELES Audiences had their

pick of genres during the Christmas weekend, but despite a host of fresh arrivals,
splashy holiday fare like Unbroken and
Into the Woods proved no match for The
Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.
The Interview, meanwhile, wowed with
$15 million from its 2 million online
rentals and purchases.
The final installment in Peter Jacksons trilogy marched to the top spot once again with
an estimated $41.4 million take across the
weekend ($54.5 including Christmas day earnings), according to studio estimates Sunday.
Universals World War II epic Unbroken
took second place with $31.7 million from the
weekend, bringing its domestic total to $47.3
million from its first four days in theaters.
Were all thrilled, Nikki Rocco,
Universals president of domestic distribu-

ar Side creator Gary Larson penned

my favorite New Years resolution.
In this particular single-panel

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Cast member Orlando Bloom, center, poses

with actors Billy Boyd, left, and Elijah Wood
at the premiere of The Hobbit at Dolby
theatre in Hollywood.

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1. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five
Armies, $41.4 million ($89.2 million international).
2. Unbroken, $31.7 million ($2.7 million
international).
3.Into the Woods, $31 million ($1.6 million international).
4. Night at the Museum: Secret of the
Tomb, $20.6 million ($30.3 million international).
5.Annie, $16.6 million ($5.9 million international).
6.The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part
1, $10 million ($7.9 million international).
7.The Gambler, $9.3 million.
8. The Imitation Game, $7.9 million
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9. Exodus: Gods and Kings, $6.8 million
($31 million international).
10.Wild, $5.4 million.
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COMMUNITY

San Mateo police Sgt.Todd Mefford, director of the departments Police Activities League, and
his staff help to sign up new members during the 5 percent Whole Foods at Bay Meadows
giveback event Dec. 16. Whole Foods donated 5 percent of the days revenue to PAL, a nonprofit partnership between San Mateo police and Parks and Recreation departments that
offers activities, sports, workshops and programs for youth and families.

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San Mateo County Harbor Commissioner Nicole David, left, stands with Cline Maublanc
Gerakin, the winner of the 2014 Coastside Environmental Leader award. Gerakin earned the
award for her tremendous hands on effort organizing volunteers to clean up county beaches
and creeks. David presented the award, a bucket and gloves, to Gerakin at a packed event held
at Hop Dogma Brewing Company in El Granada Dec. 17.

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Volunteer Rita Kennen helps children select toys during the annual Samaritan House Toy
and Food Distribution Event. Over 1,500 children received new toys during the three-day
mid-December event and more than 800 families received meals. Samaritan House has been
serving low-income families and individuals in San Mateo County since 1974.

San Mateo police joined residents of the InnVision Shelter Networks Vendome, a longterm
housing complex for the formerly homeless in downtown, during a special Christmas dinner.
A police officer dressed as Santa Claus while residents were served a warm holiday meal.

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kind of faith in me, Patridge said. Its the
fast action of being able to do something
thats good for a lot of people and trying to
make a better quality of life.
Patridge, whose council colleagues hold
the work shes accomplished in high
esteem, was given an emeritus mayor title at
her final council meeting Dec. 2.
It was a huge honor to work with Naomi,
her life story is inspiring and she is a strong
leader and role model to our community and
I really benefited from being able to work
with her, said Vice Mayor Rick Kowalczyk.
A nearly life-long resident of the coast,
Patridge, 74, spent her professional career
working for the Cabrillo Unified School
District and serving the community in
which she grew up.
Patridge faced considerable challenges in
her youth. As a Japanese-American and child
of World War II, she and her family spent
three years interned, including at a camp in
Utah.
My mom and dad never spoke about it
that much, they were never outwardly disrespectful to the government in the sense that
they were interned. It made it very hard for
my mom and dad because they did have a
ranch and property in Pescadero, which was
taken away. When they came back my dad
had to start all over, she said. But my mom
and dad always said you always give back to
people in the community.
The close-knit, family-oriented coastal
communities of Pescadero, San Gregorio
and Half Moon Bay offered a warm, welcoming home that shes never left.
Councilman John Mueller, another lifelong coaster, said he has fond memories of
youthfully participating in 4-H with
Patridge.
Shes been an amazing person all our
life; giving, caring and sharing, Mueller
said. Naomis family were just kind and
generous people their whole lives and she
gave a hell of a lot to Half Moon Bay and
she still does, shes not going away.
Patridge spent Tuesday touring Lesley
Senior Communities, a nonprofit senior
housing group with facilities in Half Moon
Bay and San Mateo, for which shes been
asked to serve on the Board of Directors.
Patridge, who was initially appointed as a
Half Moon Bay Parks and Recreation commissioner, said she plans to use her experience to help develop programs for seniors.
I thought it would be another interesting,
challenging thing to do, she said. They
would really like me to start some kind of
recreation program here in Half Moon Bay,
so I thought that was a kind of fun challenge
and being a senior I thought well I could do
that!
Patridge is well versed in serving on various community-serving boards in the county having spent time with the
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determined where they would go,
Varvitsiotis said.
Nevertheless, officials in the Adriatic port
of Bari were preparing for the first large
group to arrive early Monday some 49
people. They were initially expected in
Brindisi down the coast, but rough seas
forced a change of plans, officials said.
The fire broke out before dawn Sunday on a
car deck of the Italian-flagged Norman
Atlantic, carrying 422 passengers and 56 crew
members. Passengers huddled on the vessels
upper decks, pelted by rain and hail and struggling to breathe through the thick smoke,
passengers told Greek media by phone.
We are outside, we are very cold, the ship
is full of smoke, passenger Giorgos
Stiliaras told Greek Mega TV.
He recalled people being awakened by
the smell of burning plastic and that the
heat from the fire felt like the floors were
boiling.
The president of the Brindisi Port Authority,
Hercules Haralambides, said the passengers

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Pedestrian Advisory Committee, the
Congestion Management Program and
Environmental Quality Committee, the San
Francisco International Airport/Community
Roundtable and the Local Agency Formation
Commission.
But her most gratifying work has been
promoting safety and transportation in Half
Moon Bay.
During her first term on the council in the
1990s, Patridge said she was able to help
add a second eastbound lane on State Route
92 just before Highway 35.
It was a real safety issue for me and there
was a young man that was killed and the
mom came to one of the council meetings
and pleaded with us to get that road fixed. So
I did, I really worked hard on that and we
were able to get that road widened and also
put a barrier going up and down, she said.
Another accomplishment shell forever
be remembered for is the creation of the
Naomi Patridge Trail paralleling Highway 1.
Started around 2005-6, the last stretch is
currently being worked on, Patridge said.
We were having so many pedestrians
killed, adults and children. Because we dont
have the transit wed kind of like to have
here, so for people to walk with some safety
we really needed a trail for them to be off the
road and not walking in the mud, Patridge
said.
But there were struggles during her tenure
on the council, including the city heading
into debt over the Beachwood property lawsuit. Tough decisions had to be made, including the council opting to get rid of the citys
police department and contract with the San
Mateo County Sheriffs Office. Looking
back, Patridge said shes proud to know the
city is now more financially sound and will
be able to settle its bonds by 2019.
Its stuff like that, that really makes you
feel good and able to do things. Because we
made the really hard decisions when it went
down, she said. That really was a really
proud moment. We had to make some of
those decisions and I cried at some of those
decisions, but you make them because thats
what you have to do.
Although she stepped down between 2001
and 2005, Patridge spent nearly a third of
her life on the Half Moon Bay City Council.
Opting not to run in the November election,
Patridge and former councilmember Allan
Alifanos seats were won by former mayor
Deborah Ruddock and first-timer Deborah
Penrose. But Patridges colleagues said
shes irreplaceable.
Whats great about her, she just had such
a wealth of historical knowledge of the
whole city and the council and the county.
And her resources were just amazing, with
everyone shes known, past and present
councilmembers, supervisors, assemblymembers; she was just always there to help
people, Mueller said. Its been a privilege
to have known her all our lives and to have
the opportunity to work with her.

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were still out on deck after midnight, but that
blankets had been provided by rescue crews
from the Brindisi-based St. George navy ship,
which was leading the rescue.
The ferry was last inspected by the Patras
Port Authority on Dec. 19 and six deficiencies were found, but none were so grave as
to keep it in port, according to the report on
the European Maritime Safety Agencys
website.
The deficiencies involved a malfunctioning fire door as well as missing emergency lighting and batteries and defective
watertight doors.
The ship manufacturer, Carlo Visentini,
was quoted by the ANSA news agency as saying that only one of the 160 fireproof doors
was found to be problematic in the inspection and that it was located above the fire
zone. Visentini said the problem was fixed
immediately to the satisfaction of the
inspectors.
Italy and Greece sent navy and coast guard
vessels and helicopters to the extensive rescue operation, while nearby merchant ships
lined up to form a barrier to protect the ferry
from towering waves. As darkness fell,
Italian Defense Minister Roberta Pinotti
said rescue operations would continue
through the night.

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The existing law, known as the Stop
Tobacco Access to Kids Enforcement Act
or STAKE Act establishes various requirements and punishments related to tobacco
sales and Hill said its time the law include
e-cigarettes. His Senate Bill 24 proposes
the addition.
We want to prevent young people from
getting addicted to nicotine and the STAKE
Act thats applied to minors since 1994, we
thought that it would be appropriate to
apply that to e-cigarettes as well. To do
what we can to keep them out of the hands
and mouth of young people, Hill said.
Common sense tells me one will lead to the
other once youre addicted, because the
addiction has no boundaries when it needs
to be satisfied.
Hill said data highlighting minors
increasing use of e-cigarettes is troubling
and he wants to focus on deterring addiction.
Adults dont typically wake up one morning and decide to start smoking so tobacco
companies profit by targeting minors and
getting them hooked early on, Hill said.
Were seeing a reduction of [traditional]
tobacco use by minors and high school students, but were now seeing an increase of ecigarette use in minors and thats troubling
to me because the use of the e-cigarette will
create the addiction in kids and once theyre
addicted, it will not matter where they get
the nicotine, Hill said.
According to the Center for Disease
Controls National Youth Tobacco Survey,
the number of high school students whove
said they tried an e-cigarette within the last
30 days rose to 4.5 percent, up from 2.8 percent in 2012.
Perhaps more disturbing, the number of
children reportedly poisoned from ingesting e-cigarette liquid has drastically
increased, Hill said.
In 2012, there were 28 calls to the

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California Poison Control System for nicotine poisoning, in 2013 there were 106
calls and there have been 203 this year thus
far, according to Hills office.
The number of calls to poison control are
unbelievable, Hill said. Its crucial to
require [child-proof caps] and its hard to
believe, but I guess what it indicates to me,
is the lack of concern on the part of the
tobacco industry that makes these things.
That they would not have done that on their
own.
Including e-cigarettes in the STAKE Act
would also allow the state to levy penalties
against those who sell to minors. While the
first offense would land a seller a $400 to
$600 fine for the first violation, they could
face up to a $6,000 penalty for selling to a
minor up to five times within five years.
Prior to the STAKE Act, Hill said there
were no provisions for the state to take
away a tobacco distribution licenses for
selling to minors. With his bill, if someone
continues to illegally sell e-cigarettes to
minors they could lose their license as well.
Hill said while he anticipates push back
from the tobacco industry, hes not going
so far as to equate e-cigarettes with traditional cigarettes.
Opposed to tobacco use, Hill said there
isnt yet firm data proving the harmful
effects of e-cigarettes are the same as traditional ones.
So for now, Hill said focusing on preventing e-cigarettes from getting into the hands
of minors and reducing accidental liquid
nicotine poisoning cases is critical.
I hope they recognize that were trying
to do the right thing, were trying to balance this and I think thats how I like to do
legislation. Its solve the problem that we
see today, not one that may be there, Hill
said. They certainly would oppose the
issue of equating the two as one. Theyd
fight that to the death and we may get there
if the facts warrant it. But at this point, I
think its a good step in the right direction
and I think itll save lives.

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very important. The other part I
enjoy is the camaraderie among my
firefighters. Thats probably what
Im going to miss the most.
Archambault, 53, has worked with
Diashyn, 41, for a year and Blanco,
23, filled in for another male firefighter.
Working in a traditionally maledominated field, all three women
said theyve felt supported by the
San Mateo department.
I t h i n k wo men h av e p ro v ed
through the years that theyre very
cap ab l e an d t h ey mak e ex cel l en t
firefighters and officers in all different ranks in the fire service. I think
we always knew that and we were fortunate enough to hire some of the
best and were fortunate enough to
have had Kim excel, Fire Chief
Mike Keefe said. Shes been great
for our organization.
As every engine company needs a
captain, another all women team
wont happen until Diashyn, who
said shed like to take the captains
test one day, or another get promoted.
Diashyn said two of her 14 years
with the department overlapped with
her uncle who was also a firefighter.
She considers herself a tomboy and
comfortable working in the predomi n an t l y mal e fi el d b ut s ai d s h e
enjoyed some of the first responses
the crew received.

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Continued from page 1
The group will bring vitamins and
medications to patients based on
what they need after attending an orientation program. Only about five of
those attending the trip know
Spanish, so during the orientation
Sackman and her group of volunteers
learn Spanish words that are important for what they need to know. They

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Continued from page 3
give enough information to state
that he landed exactly at what we call
Drakes Bay in Marin County.
A brass plaque was later found stating he landed there but it was later
proven to be a hoax. After refilling

I think my personality is not the

one that sits behind a desk and the
fact that our day changes day to day
and hour to hour and everything is
new all the time, I think thats what
I like the most about it, Diashyn
said. I was very excited about [the
all women crew. ] Its kind of fun. We
went out and the first thing this
morning these ladies were saying
We were waiting to see men. Thats
so great youre all women!
An o t h er p erk , al l o f t h e t o i l et
seats in Station 24 stayed down,
Diashyn chuckled.
Blanco, the newest of the crew,
has been with the department for
ab o ut a y ear an d s ai d s h e was
inspired when she shadowed a firefighter in high school.
I just kind of went for it and I was
on the fast track so I did everything
I could and was fortunate enough to
g et h i red recen t l y, Bl an co s ai d.
It s di fferen t wo rk i n g wi t h t wo
females as opposed to an all guys
crew. Were usually the minority so
its fun and especially on Christmas
Eve.
Over the last 15 to 20 years, San
Mateo has had a little more than half
a dozen women whove fought fires,
Deputy Fire Chief John Healy said.
Keefe and Healy were thrilled the
t ri o was t o g et h er at St at i o n 2 4 ,
addi n g
t h ey re
s ad t o
s ee
Archambault go.
[She] always prided herself for
working at the busiest station for as
much of her career as she could. So
its kind of a loss. She was a very
stable factor at that station that you

could count on, Healy said. Shell

b e mi s s ed i n t h e o rg an i zat i o n
because of her dedication and hard
work over the last 20 years. She was
always well respected in the fire
service community.
Di as h y n s ai d h er t i me wi t h
Archambault was the first time shed
been on an official crew with another woman and contemplated the differences between men and women
working to rise the ranks.
I think its a lot tougher, I think
we feel that, it might not be true, but
we feel that we have something more
to prove. It takes a little bit longer
to become one of the guys, to be
accepted. But as soon as you are,
they accept you with open arms and
theyre your big brothers for life,
Diashyn said. I would eventually
some day like to become a captain,
but Kims are very big shoes to fill.
Archambault she said shes never
wanted to be singled out for her gender and although her final 48-hour
s h i ft was b i t t ers weet , s ai d s h es
grateful to have been able to serve
the community.
I di dn t wan t t o b e p ro mo t ed
because I was a woman, I wanted to
be promoted because I was the right
person for the job and I never liked
to make that separation. Thats just
me, I dont think there should be a
double standard, Archambault said.
I dont think I could have had a better career anywhere else, its been a
great honor to work for the city.

also get an index of medical terms in

Spanish to use. Spanish speaking
volunteers do help translate for those
who dont know Spanish.
After Sackman graduates from her
program, where she takes classes at
Caada College in Redwood City, she
is hoping to go into labor room
delivery or pediatrics.
Each
individual
attending
fundraised or self-funded their own
trips. The group is made up of 15
nursing students and two faculty
members.
The upper division San Francisco
State/Sequoia Baccalaureate Nursing

Program at Caada College was

founded in 2004 as a four-way partnership
among
the
Sequoia
Healthcare
District,
Sequoia
Hospital, Caada College and San
Francisco State University. The program provides 32 spaces each year
for qualified students who seek a nursing bachelor of science degree.
For more information on the IVHQ
group, go to v olunteerhq.org.

their supplies for the ship, he headed

west across the Pacific Ocean. He
landed in Indonesia where he almost
lost his ship on a reef. He continued
s ai l i n g t o ward t h e t i p o f Afri ca,
rounded the Cape of Good Hope and
landed at Sierra Leone on July 22,
1580 completing his circumnavigation of the Earth. He presented the
queens half-share of the treasure
that paid for the rest of the crowns

income for the year.

On April 4, 1581, the queen of
England awarded Drake knighthood
by a French diplomat (for political
reasons) aboard the Golden Hind. Sir
Francis Drake died Jan. 27, 1596.

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MONDAY, DEC. 29
Fifty percent off sale at
Burlingame
Public
Library.
Burlingame Public Library, 480
Primrose
Road,
Burlingame.
Continues every day through
December.
TUESDAY, DEC. 30
Fifty percent off sale at
Burlingame
Public
Library.
Burlingame Public Library, 480
Primrose
Road,
Burlingame.
Continues every day through
December.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 31
Fifty percent off sale at
Burlingame
Public
Library.
Burlingame Public Library, 480
Primrose
Road,
Burlingame.
Continues every day through
December.
New Years Party: Salmon or Tri Tip
Lunch, Champagne Toast at Noon
and Dancing to The George
Campi Band. 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
San Bruno Senior Center, 1555
Crystal Springs Road, San Bruno.
Advanced tickets only. $10 suggested donation. For more information
call 616-7150.
Happy Noon Year at the San
Mateo Public Library. 11:30 a.m.
Book Bubble, 55 W. Third Ave., San
Mateo. There will be stories, crafts
and refreshments. Free. For more
information and to sign up call 5227838.
Happy
Noon
Years
Eve
Celebration. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. King
Community Center, 725 Monte
Diablo Ave., San Mateo. Face painting, arts and crafts, dancing, balloon
drop. Free. For more information call
522-7470.
THURSDAY, JAN. 1
Portola Art Gallery presents
Treasures Revealed. 10:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. Allied Arts Guild, 75 Arbor
Road, Menlo Park. Joint exhibition by
Shaowei Liu and Yvonne Newhouse.
Exhibition of watercolor paintings.
Runs through Jan. 31. For more information
email
frances.freyberg@gmail.com.
FRIDAY, JAN. 2
Health and Wellness at the
Library: Lunchtime Yoga with Patti
Martin. Noon. South San Francisco
Public Library, 840 W. Orange Ave.,
South San Francisco. Open to all. For
more information contact Anissa
Malady at ssfpladm@plsinfo.org.
San Mateo County History
Museum continues its Free First
Fridays programs. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
San Mateo County History Museum,
2200 Broadway, Redwood City. Free
programs for the public. For more
information visit historysmc.org or
299-0104.
CuriOdysseys Winter
Break
Explorer Days. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
CuriOdyssey, 1651 Coyote Point
Drive, San Mateo. Program included
with admission. Interactive drop-in
program. For more information call
342-7755
or
go
to
www.CuriOdyssey.org.
Tai Chi.10 a.m. to 11 a.m. San Carlos
Library, 610 Elm St., San Carlos. Free
and open to the public. For more
information call Rhea Bradley at 5910341 ext. 237.
SATURDAY, JAN. 3
Overeaters Anonymous. 10 a.m. to
noon. San Carlos Library, 610 Elm St.,
San Carlos. Free and open to the
public. OA meets every Saturday. For
more information call Rhea Bradley
at 591-0341 ext. 237.
Drop-In Tech Help. 11 a.m. South
San Francisco Public Library, 840 W.
Orange Ave., South San Francisco.
Get help with e-books, Kindles,
NOOKs, laptops or any other device.
Open to all. For more information
contact Anissa Malady at ssfpladm@plsinfo.org.
SUNDAY, JAN. 4
CSM Brings art to the Community
Art Exhibition at Twin Pines
Manor House. Noon to 4 p.m. Twin
Pine Art Center, 10 Twin Pines Lane,
Belmont. Through Jan. 29. Open to
the public Wednesdays through
Sundays, noon to 4 p.m. For more
information visit collegeofsanmateo.edu/studioart.
Sunday Line Dance. 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
San Bruno Senior Center, 1555
Crystal Springs Road. $5.
MONDAY, JAN. 5
Daytime Fiction Book Club.10 a.m. to
11 a.m. San Carlos Library, 610 Elm
St., San Carlos. We offer a fiction
book club the first Monday of each

month. This month we will be discussing The Language of Flowers by

Vanessa Diffenbaugh. Free and open
to the public. For more information
call Rhea Bradley, Librarian at 5910341 ext. 237.
Hearing Loss Association of the
Peninsula meeting. 1:30 p.m.
Senior center, 1455 Madison Ave.,
Redwood City. Refreshments served
free of charge. Open to public. For
more information call Cora Jean
Kleppe at 345-4551.
New Year, New Apps: Productivity
and Organization. 6 p.m. South San
Francisco Main Public Library, 840 W.
Orange Ave., South San Francisco.
Learn about iPad apps to help keep
resolutions and goals this year. Free.
For more information email Anissa
Malady at ssfpladm@plsinfo.org.
TUESDAY, JAN. 6
Computer Coach.10 to noon. San
Carlos Library, 610 Elm St., San
Carlos. Free and open to the public.
For more information call Rhea
Bradley at 591-0341 ext. 237.
The History of Kaiser Permanente
in South San Francisco. 6 p.m.
Municipal Services Building, Council
Chambers, 33 Arroyo Drive, South
San Francisco. Kaiser Permanente
historian Lincoln Cushing will present a slideshow about the origins of
the health plan that opened to the
public in 1945. Free. For more information call 829-3860.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 7
Sprouts Farmers Market Daly City
Grand Opening. 7 a.m. 303 Gellert
Blvd., Daly City. For more information
email Lisa Robinson at lisa@craftedcom.com.
Upgrade your communication
and leadership skills. 7 a.m. to 9
a.m. Sam Trams Building third floor,
1250 San Carlos Ave., San Carlos.
Sponsored
by
San
Carlos
Toastmasters. For more information
email reginalemp@sbcglobal.net.
Bilingual Story Times. 11:15 a.m.
Menlo Park Library. Spanish/English
story times. Ages 2-3. For more information contact weaver@plsinfo.org.
Knitting with Arnie. 6:30 p.m. to 9
p.m. San Carlos Library, 610 Elm St.,
San Carlos. Knitting class for adults.
Bring yarn/needles. Free and open to
the public. For more information call
Rhea Bradley at 591-0341 ext. 237.
Burlingame Art Society Meeting. 7
p.m. Burlingame Lions Hall, 990
Burlingame Ave., Burlingame. Cuong
Nguyen will demonstrate his portraits. Light refreshments will be
served. Free. For more information
call 393-3789.
Workshop
to
Upgrade
Communication and Leadership
Skills. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. SamTrans
Building, Third Floor, 1250 San Carlos
Ave., San Carlos. Runs through Feb.
11 every Wednesday. For more information call 730-2078 and register at
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THURSDAY, JAN. 8
San Carlos Library Quilting Club.
10 a.m. to noon. San Carlos Library,
610 Elm St., San Carlos. Every second
Thursday of every month for adults.
Free and open to the public. For
more information call Rhea Bradley,
Librarian at 591-0341 ext. 237.
Non-Fiction Book Club. 11 a.m. to
noon. San Carlos Library, 610 Elm St.,
San Carlos. Epitaph For a Peach: Four
Seasons On My Family Farm by
David Mas Masumoto. Free and
open to the public. For more information call Rhea Bradley, Librarian at
(591) 0341 ext. 237.
What to do when you get a traffic
ticket? Noon. San Mateo County
Law Library, 710 Hamilton St.,
Redwood City. Presented by attorney Shawn Mowry.
Drop-In Tech Help. 6 p.m. South San
Francisco Public Library, 840 West
Orange Ave., South San Francisco.
Get help with e-books, Kindles,
NOOKs, laptops or any other device.
Open to all. For more information
contact Anissa Malady at ssfpladm@plsinfo.org.
FRIDAY, JAN. 9
Bilingual Storytimes. 11:15 a.m.
Menlo
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8 PIN prompters
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22 Clamor
23 Steed
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30 Foxes digs
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36 Richer, as batter
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Verified (2 wds.)
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Fuel cartel
Smattering
Meditation method
Kind of pool
Signs off on
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2 Dairy-case buy
3 Kitchen meas.
4 Least hard
5 Courtyards
6 Debt memos
7 ER personnel
8 Acropolis site
9 Explorer Heyerdahl
10 Molokai neighbor
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Gaze
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Gauge
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Milk cows
Corinths country
Jay successor
Gangs of workers
Haze plus
Gift-wrapping need
Perfect place
Journey
Run slowly
Epic
Roswell crasher
Andreas Fault

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MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2014

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Take the word
failure out of your vocabulary. Focus on what you
want, take charge, reach your destination and ring in
the new year on a high note.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) Include loved ones in
your plans. Someone will use emotional blackmail to
get you to do something. Say whats on your mind and
dont let anyone impede your progress.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) Difficulties while
traveling will prove stressful. Confiding in a close friend
will help you find a solution to a relationship problem.
Remain calm and dont fight the inevitable.

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WEEKENDS PUZZLE SOLVED

12-29-14

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.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) You are on the right

path, so dont let criticism or disparaging comments
upset you. Your success will be enough to silence your
critics and give you the edge you need.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Personal and business
associates will be impressed with your knowledge
and charisma. Beneficial changes lie ahead. A new
partnership looks promising. End your day with a little
relaxation or romance.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You will receive helpful
advice from an elderly friend or relative. A partnership
needs adjustment if you want to strengthen your bond
before the end of the year.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) A lot of issues can
be resolved. Let your thoughts be known, and dont

hesitate to make a move. People will gravitate to you

once your intentions are clear.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) You are dynamic and
fun-loving, and you will attract favorable attention if
you attend an event. Someone you meet will play an
important role in your plans for the coming year.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Family members will be
hard to deal with. This is a great time to get together
with friends or colleagues. Socialize and have some
fun, and mix business with pleasure to get ahead.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) Stimulate your
senses. Try something you have been dreaming
about or visit someplace that intrigues you. The
new perspective you get from doing something
different will be enlightening.

Want More Fun

and Games?
Jumble Page 2 La Times Crossword Puzzle Classifieds
Tundra & Over the Hedge Comics Classifieds
Boggle Puzzle Everyday in DateBook

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) Let everyone know

what you have to offer. Your co-workers will be
impressed with your suggestions to improve the
workplace. Socializing with your peers will bring
great results.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) Its a good time
to make travel arrangements. The destination is not
as important as who you will be spending time with.
Strengthen a central relationship by nurturing it and
making positive plans for the future.
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THE DAILY JOURNAL

Monday Dec. 29, 2014

104 Training

LEGAL NOTICES

Fictitious Business Name Statements,

Trustee Sale Notice, Name Change, Probate,
Notice of Adoption, Divorce Summons,
Notice of Public Sales and More.
Published in the Daily Journal for San Mateo County.

Fax your request to: 650-344-5290

Email them to: ads@smdailyjournal.com

110 Employment

TERMS & CONDITIONS

The San Mateo Daily Journal Classifieds will not be responsible for more
than one incorrect insertion, and its liability shall be limited to the price of one
insertion. No allowance will be made for
errors not materially affecting the value
of the ad. All error claims must be submitted within 30 days. For full advertising conditions, please ask for a Rate
Card.

110 Employment

NEWSPAPER INTERNS
JOURNALISM

The Daily Journal is looking for interns to do entry level reporting, research, updates of our ongoing features and interviews. Photo interns also welcome.
We expect a commitment of four to
eight hours a week for at least four
months. The internship is unpaid, but
intelligent, aggressive and talented interns have progressed in time into
paid correspondents and full-time reporters.

110 Employment

CAREGIVERS

2 years experience
required.
Immediate placement
on all assignments.

College students or recent graduates

are encouraged to apply. Newspaper
experience is preferred but not necessarily required.
Please send a cover letter describing
your interest in newspapers, a resume
and three recent clips. Before you apply, you should familiarize yourself
with our publication. Our Web site:
www.smdailyjournal.com.

Call (650)777-9000

CAREGIVERS

Send your information via e-mail to

news@smdailyjournal.com or by regular mail to 800 S. Claremont St #210,
San Mateo CA 94402.

2 years experience
required.
Immediate placement
on all assignments.
Call (650)777-9000

203 Public Notices

COOK
CAREGIVER

Senior Living Facility

(650)596-3489
Bryan

FREE

CAREGIVER
TRAINING

Employment Opportunity for

Successful Candidates
$11.70/hr. Plus Benets (FT)
Call for Appointment for Next Information Session

650-458-2202
http://ihssco.org

CRYSTAL CLEANING
CENTER
San Mateo, CA

Customer Service
Are you..Dependable, friendly,
detail oriented,
willing to learn new skills?
Do you have.Good English
skills, a desire for steady
employment and employment
benefits?
If you possess the above
qualities, please call for an
Appointment: 650-342-6978
HOME CARE AIDES
Multiple shifts to meet your needs. Great
pay & benefits, Sign-on bonus, 1yr exp
required.
Matched Caregivers (650)839-2273,
(408)280-7039 or (888)340-2273

KITCHEN -

NOW HIRING
Kitchen Staff
$9.00 per hr.
Apply in Person at or
email resume to

info@greenhillsretirement.com
Marymount Greenhills
Retirement Center
1201 Broadway, Millbrae
(650)742-9150
No experience necessary
DOJ/FBI Clearance required

SALES/MARKETING
INTERNSHIPS
The San Mateo Daily Journal is looking
for ambitious interns who are eager to
jump into the business arena with both
feet and hands. Learn the ins and outs
of the newspaper and media industries.
This position will provide valuable
experience for your bright future.
Email resume
info@smdailyjournal.com

SOFTWARE Applications Engineer. Redwood City,

CA. MS in CS, Computer Apps or rltd +
2 yrs exp in job offered or rltd. Cert. as
Force.com Developer & MS Certified
Prof'l; proficiency in APEX, Visual Force,
Jquery, JS, & Force.com dev. tools;
strong knowledge of Salesforce.com Release Mgmt. Develop software apps. Apply: Kenandy, Inc., hr@kenandy.com

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT #263117
The following person is doing business
as: NewsPal, 274 Redwood Shores
Pkwy Suite 343, REDWOOD CITY, CA
94065 is hereby registered by the following owner: PROJECT MANGO, INC., CA
The business is conducted by a Corporation. The registrants commenced to
transact business under the FBN on
/s/ Parham Akhavan /
This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 12/01/2014. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal,
12/08/14, 12/15/14, 12/22/14, 12/29/14).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #263187
The following person is doing business
as: NewsPal Media, 274 Redwood
Shores Pkwy Suite 343, REDWOOD
CITY, CA 94065 is hereby registered by
the following owner: PROJECT MANGO,
INC., CA The business is conducted by a
Corporation. The registrants commenced
to transact business under the FBN on
/s/ Parham Akhavan /
This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 12/04/2014. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal,
12/08/14, 12/15/14, 12/22/14, 12/29/14).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #263267
The following person is doing business
as: Evergreen Landscapes, 323 San Antonio St, SAN MATEO, CA 94401. Registered Owner(s): Juan Rivera, same address The business is conducted by an
Individual. The registrants commenced to
transact business under the FBN on
/s/ Juan Rivera/
This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 12/10/2014. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal,
12/15/14, 12/22/14, 12/29/14, 01/05/15).

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The Daily Journals readership covers a wide
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203 Public Notices

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #263346
The following person is doing business
as: Jim Heebner Tennis, 3618 Alameda
De Las Pulgas Apt 16 MENLO PARK,
CA 94025. Registered Owner(s): Menlo
Park Tennis LLC. The business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company.
The registrants commenced to transact
business under the FBN on
/s/ James Heebner /
This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 12/18/2014. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal,
12/22/14, 12/29/14, 01/05/15, 01/12/15).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #263235
The following person is doing business
as: Lescano Property Management, 575
Alhambra Road, SAN MATEO, CA
94402. Registered Owner(s): Michelle
Jaeger, same address. The business is
conducted by an Individual. The registrants commenced to transact business
under the FBN on
/s/ Michelle Jaeger /
This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 12/09/2014. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal,
12/22/14, 12/29/14, 01/05/15, 01/12/15).

210 Lost & Found

FOUND: KEYS (3) on ring with 49'ers
belt clip. One is car key to a Honda.
Found in Home Depot parking lot in San
Carlos on Sunday 2/23/14.
Call 650 490-0921 - Leave message if no
answer.
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
LOST - MY COLLAPSIBLE music stand,
clip lights, and music in black bags were
taken from my car in Foster City and may
have been thrown out by disappointed
thieves. Please call (650)704-3595
LOST - Womans diamond ring. Lost
12/18. Broadway, Redwood City.
REWARD! (650)339-2410
LOST AFRICAN GRAY PARROT (415)377-0859 REWARD!
LOST CELL PHONE Metro PCS Samsung. Light pink cover, sentimental value. Lost in Millbrae on 9/30/14 Reward
offered. Angela (415)420-6606
LOST DOG-SMALL TERRIER-$5000
REWARD Norfolk Terrier missing from
Woodside Rd near High Rd on Dec 13.
Violet is 11mths, 7lbs, tan, female, no
collar, microchipped. Please help bring
her home! (650)568-9642
LOST GOLD Cross at Carlmont Shopping Center, by Lunardis market
(Reward) (415)559-7291
LOST PRESCRIPTION glasses (2
pairs). REWARD! 1 pair dark tinted bifocals, green flames in black case with red
zero & red arrow. 2nd pair clear lenses
bifocals. Green frames. Lost at Lucky
Chances Casino in Colma or Chilis in
San Bruno. (650)245-9061
LOST: SMALL diamond cross, silver
necklace with VERY sentimental
meaning. Lost in San Mateo 2/6/12
(650)578-0323.

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210 Lost & Found

Monday Dec. 29, 2014

296 Appliances

298 Collectibles

BREVILLE JUICER good cond. great

but $45. (650)697-7862
CHAMPION JUICER, very good, coral
color $25. Phone 650-345-7352

MEMORABILIA CARD COLLECTION,

large collection, Marilyn Monroe, James
Dean, John Wayne and hundreds more.
$3,300/obo.. Over 50% off
(650)319-5334.

CHEFMATE TOASTER oven, brand

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

MICKEY MINI Mouse Vintage 1997 Lenox Christmas plate Gold Trim, Still in
Box $65. (650)438-7345

CHICKEN ROASTERS (4) vertical, One

pulsing chopper, both unopened, in original packaging, $27.(650) 578 9208

OLD BLACK Mountain 5 Gallon Glass

Water Jar $39 (650) 692-3260

FRIDGE, MINI, unopened, plugs, cord,

can use for warmer also $40, (650) 5789208
FRUIT PRESS, unopened, sturdy, make
baby food, ricer, fruit sauces, $20.00,
(650) 578 9208
PONDEROSA WOOD STOVE, like
new, used one load for only 14 hours.
$1,200. Call (650)333-4400
RADIATOR HEATER, oil filled, electric,
1500 watts $25. (650)504-3621

SEARS KENMORE sewing machine in a

good cabinet style, running smoothly
$99. 650-756-9516.

Books
16 BOOKS on History of WWII Excellent
condition. $95 all obo, (650)345-5502
BOOK
"LIFETIME"
(408)249-3858

$40.,

WW1

$12.,

JONATHAN KELLERMAN - Hardback

books, (5) $3. each, (650)341-1861
NASCAR BOOKS - 1998 - 2007 Annuals, 50th anniversary, and more. $75.
(650)345-9595

295 Art
ALASKAN SCENE painting 40" high 53"
wide includes matching frame $99 firm
(650)592-2648
ALASKAN SCENE painting 40" high 53"
wide includes matching frame $99 firm
(650)592-2648
BOB TALBOT Marine Lithograph (Signed Framed 24x31 Like New. $99.
(650)572-8895
LANDSCAPE PICTURES (3) hand
painted 25" long 21" wide, wooden
frame, $60 for all 3, (650)201-9166

WHIRLPOOL DEHUMIDIFIER. Almost

new. located coastside. $75 650-8676042.

297 Bicycles
GIRLS BIKE 18 Pink, Looks New, Hardly Used $80 (650)293-7313

298 Collectibles
1920'S AQUA Glass Beaded Flapper
Purse (drawstring bag) & Faux Pearl
Flapper Collar. $50. 650-762-6048
1940 VINTAGE telephone bench maple
antiques collectibles $75 (650)755-9833
1980 SYLVANIA 24" console television
operational with floor cabinet in excellent
condition. $35. (650) 676-0974.
2 VINTAGE Light Bulbs circa 1905. Edison Mazda Lamps. Both still working $50 (650)-762-6048

Tundra

Tundra

Over the Hedge

Over the Hedge

Over the Hedge

SCHILLER HIPPIE poster, linen, Sparta

graphics 1968. Mint condition. $600.00.
(650)701-0276
SILVER
LEGACY
Casino
four
rare memorabilia items, casino key, two
coins, small charm. $95. (650)676-0974
TEA POTS - (6) collectables, good condition, $10. each, (650)571-5899

299 Computers
DELL
LAPTOP
Computer
Bag
Fabric/Nylon great condition $20 (650)
692-3260

RED DEVIL VACUUM CLEANER - $25.,

(650)593-0893
SANYO MINI REFRIGERATOR(415)346-6038

Tundra

300 Toys
$25 OBO. Star Wars, new Battle Droid
figures, all four variations.
Steve, San Carlos, 650-255-8716.
K'NEX BUILDING ideas $30.
(650)622-6695
LEGO DUPLO Set ages 1 to 5. $30
(650)622-6695
PINK BARBIE 57 Chevy Convertible
28" long (sells on E-Bay for $250) in box
$49 (650)591-9769
RADIO CONTROL car; Jeep with off
road with equipment $99 OBO
(650)851-0878
SMALL WOOD dollhouse 4 furnished
rooms. $35. (650)558-8142
STEP 2 sandbox Large with cover $25
(650)343-4329

302 Antiques
1912 COFFEE Percolator Urn. perfect
condition includes electric cord $85.
(415)565-6719
73 HAPPY Meal toys. 1990's vintage, in
the
original
unopened
packages.
$60.(650)596-0513

302 Antiques

304 Furniture

304 Furniture

ANTIQUE OLD Copper Wash Tub, 30 x

12 x 13 with handles, $65 (650)591-3313

BROWN TALL IKEA bookcase, great

condition 6 shelves, 72" x 24" x 12". $50.
650-861-0088

MIRROR, SOLID OAK. 30" x 19 1/2",

curved edges; beautiful. $85.00 OBO.
Linda 650 366-2135.

BEAUTIFUL AND UNIQUE Victorian

Side Sewing Table, All original. Rosewood. Carved. EXCELLENT CONDITION! $350. (650)815-8999.
MAHOGANY ANTIQUE Secretary desk,
72 x 40 , 3 drawers, Display case, bevelled glass, $700. (650)766-3024
OLD VINTAGE Wooden Sea Captains
Tool Chest 35 x 16 x 16, $65
(650)591-3313
VINTAGE ATWATER Kent Radio. Circa
1929 $100. (650)245-7517

303 Electronics

ARMY SHIRT, long sleeves, with pockets. XL $15 each (408)249-3858

ANTIQUE CRYSTAL/ARCADE Coffee

Grinder. $60. 650-596-0513

46 MITSUBISHI Projector TV, great

condition. $400. (650)261-1541.

COLORIZED TERRITORIAL Quarters

uncirculated
with
Holder
$15/all,
(408)249-3858

ANTIQUE ITALIAN lamp 18 high, $70

(650)387-4002

BIC TURNTABLE Model 940.

Good Shape $40. (650)245-7517

ANTIQUE MAYTAG Ringer type Washing Machine, (1930-35 era) $85.

650-583-7505

BLUE NINTENDO DS Lite. Hardly used.

$70 OBO. (760) 996-0767

NUTCRACKERS 1 large 2 small $10 for

all 3 (650) 692-3260

23

NOTICE TO PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS

PENINSULA HEALTH CARE DISTRICT
THE TROUSDALE ASSISTED LIVING AND MEMORY CARE DEMO PROJECT
12/17/14
SEALED BIDS will be received by the Peninsula Health Care District Office at 1819 Trousdale
Drive Burlingame, CA 94010 on Tuesday, January 20, 2015, until 2:00 P.M. for the Trousdale
Assisted Living and Memory Care Demolition Project, at which time they will be publicly opened
and read for performing work as follows:
Furnishing all labor, equipment and materials and performing all work necessary and
incidental for the demolition and abatement of the existing single story building in its
entirety (approximately 10,800sf +/-), including all interior building systems, foundations, & associated site work (approximately 43,560sf +/-) according to the plans and
specifications as prepared by Smith Group JJR and according to the contract documents. The project is located at 1600 Trousdale Drive, Burlingame, CA. The entire
project is to be completed within Thirty (30) calendar days from the date specified in
the Notice to Proceed. Time for commencement and completion of the work is important, and is to be of the essence of the Contract.
Pre-bid Meeting Wednesday, January 7, 2015, at 1PM. at 1600 Trousdale Drive, Burlingame,
CA. All bidders are encouraged to attend building tour.
Project documents may be obtained at Arc Document Solutions San Carlos, through their
website, www.e-arc.com (click on the Planwell link), or you may place your order via email sancarlos@e-arc.com. under Peninsula Health Care District The Trousdale Assisted Living and
Memory Care Demo Project.
Bidding procedures are prescribed in the Project Manual. Bids shall be executed upon the forms
bound and made a part of said Manual. Bid guarantee in an amount not less than ten percent
(10%) of the total bid dollar amount conforming to the prescribed bidding procedures is required
to be submitted with each bid, as a guaranty to be forfeited should the bidder, if awarded the contract, fail to enter into the same, or fails to furnish in a timely manner the bonds and/or proof of insurance.
All Bid questions shall be addressed to the following:
Nova Partners, Inc. 855 El Camino Real , Suite 307, Palo Alto CA, 94301
Att: Chris Relf - chrisr@novapartners.com
Office: 650.324.5324 Cell: 650.224.6381
Pursuant to the provisions of California Labor Code Section 6707, each bid submitted in response to this invitation to bid shall contain in their bid, adequate sheeting, shoring and bracing,
or equivalent method, for the protection of life and limb in trenches and open excavation, which
shall conform to applicable safety orders. By submitting this bid, the bidder warrants that its action does not convert tort liability to the Owner, the Design Consultant, the Construction Manager, and their employees, agents and sub consultants.
All bidders shall be licensed under the provisions of Chapter 9, Division 3 of the Business and
Professions Code of the State of California to do the type of work contemplated in the project. In
accordance with provisions of California Public Contract Code Section 3300, the Peninsula
Health Care District has determined that the Contractor shall possess a valid Class A or B license at the time that the bid is submitted. Failure to possess the specified license shall render
the bid as non-responsible.
Pursuant to section 1770, et. Seq., of the California Labor Code, The successful bidder shall pay
not less than the prevailing rate of per diem wages as determined by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations. Failure to do so may result in imposition of statutory penalties enumerated in Labor Code Section 1775.
Bid Forms received after the designated bid time will not be accepted.
No bidder may withdraw its bid for a period of sixty (60) days after the date set for the opening of
bids.
The Peninsula Health Care District reserves the right to reject any or all bids, and to waive any irregularities in the bids.

Very

COMBO COLOR T.V. 24in. Toshiba with

DVD and VHS Flat Screen Remote 06
$40: (650)580-6324
COMPLETE COLOR photo developer
Besler Enlarger, Color Head, trays, photo
tools $50/ 650-921-1996
FLIP CAMCORDER $50. (650)583-2767
HOME THEATER, surround sound system. Harman Kardon amplifier tuner and
6 speakers, NEW. $400/obo. Call
(650)345-5502
INFINITY FLOOR speakers ( a pair) in
good condition $ 60. (650)756-9516. Daly City.
JVC DVD Player and video cassette recorder. NEW. $80. (650)345-5502
LEFT-HAND ERGONOMIC keyboard
with 'A-shape' key layout Num pad, $20
(650)204-0587
PRINTER DELL946, perfect, new black
ink inst, new color ink never installed,
$75. 650-591-0063
SONY PROJECTION TV 48" with remote good condition $99 (650)345-1111
WESTINGHOUSE 28" flat screen TV
LCD with Remote. works perfect, little
used.. $99. 6503477211.
WESTINGHOUSE 32 Flatscreen TV,
model#SK32H240S, with HDMI plug in
and remote, excellent condition. Two
available, $175 each. (650)400-4174

304 Furniture
2 END Tables solid maple '60's era
$40/both. (650)670-7545
3 PIECE cocktail table with 2 end tables,
glass tops. good condition, $99.
(650)574-4021l
BATHTUB SEAT, electric. Bathmaster
2000. Enables in and out of bath safely.$99 650-375-1414
CHAIRS 2 Blue Good Condition $50
OBO (650)345-5644

CHAIRS, WITH Chrome Frame, Brown

Vinyl seats $15.00 each. (650)726-5549
CHANDELIER 3 Tier,
$95 (650)375-8021

made in Spain

COMPUTER DESK $25 , drawer for keyboard, 40" x 19.5" (619)417-0465

DINETTE TABLE with Chrome Legs: 36"
x58" (with one leaf 11 1/2") - $50.
(650)341-5347

OUTDOOR WOOD SCREEN - new $80

obo Retail $130 (650)873-8167
OVAL LIVING room cocktail table. Wood
with glass 48x28x18. Retail $250.
$75 OBO (650)343-4461
PAPASAN CHAIRS (2) -with cushions
$45. each set, (650)347-8061

DINING ROOM SET - table, four chairs,

lighted hutch, $500. all, (650)296-3189

PATIO TABLE 5x5 round, Redwood,

rollers, 2 benches, good solid
condition $30 San Bruno (650)588-1946

DISPLAY CABINET 72x 21 x39 1/2

High Top Display, 2 shelves in rear $99
(650)591-3313

PORTABLE JEWELRY display case

wood, see through lid $45. 25 x 20 x 4 inches. (650)592-2648.

DRESSER, OLD four drawer, painted

wod cottage pine chest of drawers. Solid
and tight. Carved wood handles. 40
wide x 35.5 high x 17.5 deep. $65. Call
or text (207)329-2853. San Carlos.
DRUM TABLE - brown, perfect condition, nice design, with storage, $45.,
(650)345-1111
ENTERTAINMENT
CENTER
with
shelves for books, pure oak. Purchased
for $750. Sell for $99. (650)348-5169
ESPRESSO TABLE 30 square, 40 tall,
$95 (650)375-8021
EXECUTIVE DESK 60, cherry wood,
excellent condition. $275 (650)212-7151
EXECUTIVE DESK Chair, upholstered,
adjustable height, excellent condition,
$150 (650)212-7151
FADED GOLD antique framed mirror,
25in x 33in $15 Cell number:
(650)580-6324
GRACO 40" x28" x 28" kid pack 'n play
exc $40 (650) 756-9516 Daly City
HIGH END childrens bedroom set,
white, solid, well built, in great/near
perfect condition. Comes with mattress (twin size) in great condition. Includes bed frame, two dressers, night
stands, book case, desk with additional 3 drawers for storage. Perfect for
one child. Sheets available if wanted.
$550. (415)730-1453.
INTAGE ART-DECO style wood chair,
carved back & legs, tapestry seat, $50.
650-861-0088.
LAWN CHAIRS (4) White, plastic, $8.
each, (415)346-6038
LEATHER couch, about 6ft long dark
brown $45 Cell number: (650)580-6324
LIVING & Dining Room Sets. Mission
Style, Trestle Table w/ 2 leafs & 6
Chairs, Like new $600 obo
(831)768-1680
LOUNGE CHAIRS - 2 new, with cover &
plastic carring case & headrest, $35.
each, (650)592-7483

ROCKING CHAIR fine light, oak condition with pads, $85.OBO 650 369 9762
ROCKING CHAIR Great condition,
1970s style, dark brown, wooden,
suede cushion, photo availble, $99.,
(650)716-3337
SOFA - excelleNT condition. 8 ft neutral
color $99 OBO (650)345-5644
SOLD WOOD TV Tables, set of 4 + rack,
perfect cond $29 650-595-3933
SOLID WOOD BOOKCASE 33 x 78
with flip bar ask $75 obo (650)743-4274
STEREO CABINET with 3 black shelves
42" x 21" x 17" exc cond $30. (650)7569516
STURDY OAK TV or End Table. $35.
Very good condition. 30" x 24".
(650)861-0088
TABLE, HD. 2'x4'. pair of folding legs at
each end. Laminate top. Perfect.
$60.(650)591-4141
TABLE, OLD ENGLISH draw-leaf, barley twist legs, 36 square. $350
(650)574-7387
TEA/ UTILITY Cart, $15. (650)573-7035,
(650)504-6057
TEAK CABINET 28"x32", used for stereo equipment $25. (650)726-6429
TORCHIERE $35. (650) 631-6505
UPHOLSTERED SIDE office chairs (2).
3ft X 2ft, $85 each, (650)212-7151
VIDEO CENTER 38 inches H 21 inches
W still in box $45., (408)249-3858
VIDEO CENTER 38 inches H 21 inches
W still in box $45., (408)249-3858
WALL CLOCK - 31 day windup, 26
long, $99 (650)592-2648
WALNUT CHEST, small (4 drawer with
upper bookcase $50. (650)726-6429
WHITE 5 Drawer dresser.Excellent condition. Moving. Must sell $90.00 OBO
(650) 995-0012

LOVE SEAT, Upholstered pale yellow

floral $99. (650)574-4021

WHITE CABINETS (2) - each has a

drawer & 1 door with 2 shelves.
36x21x18. $25 each. (650)867-3257

OAK BOOKCASE, 30"x30" x12". $25.

(650)726-6429

WOOD - wall Unit - 30" long x 6' tall x

17.5" deep. $90. (650)631-9311

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304 Furniture

307 Jewelry & Clothing

308 Tools

310 Misc. For Sale

312 Pets & Animals

317 Building Materials

WOOD BOOKCASE unit - good condition $65.00 (650)504-6058

AMETHYST RING Matching earings in

14k gold setting. $165. (650)200-9730

CRAFTSMAN RADIAL Arm Saw Stand.

In box. $30. (650)245-7517

WOOD FURNITURE- one end table and

coffee table. In good condition. $30
OBO. (760)996-0767.

ENGRAVED POCKET Watch, Illinois

watch company 1911. Works. $85.
(650)298-8546 PM only

DAYTON ELECTRIC 1 1/2 horse power

1,725 RPM $60 (650)347-5373

ARTIFICIAL FICUS TREE 6 ft. life like,

full branches. in basket $55.
(650)269-3712

AQUARIUM WITH oak stand: Blue

background show tank. 36"x16.75"x10".
$50, good condition. (650) 692-5568.

FLOORING - Carolina Pine, 1x3 T and

G, approximately 400+ sq. ft. $650. Call
(415)516-4964

WOOD ROCKING chair with foam and

foot rest; swivels; very comfortable and
relaxing. $45 (650)580-6324

308 Tools

CLASSIC COUNTRY MUSIC" Smithsonian Collection of Recordings, 4 audiotapes,

annotation booklet. $20.
(650)574-3229

BAMBOO BIRD Cage - very intricate design - 21"x15"x16". $50 (650)341-6402

306 Housewares
8 SKEWERS, unopened, for fondue,
roasting marshmallows, or fruit, ($7.00)
(650) 578 9208
COFFEE MAKER, Makes 4 cups $12,
(650)368-3037
HOUSE HEATER Excellent condition.
Works great. Must sell. $30 OBO
(650) 995-0012
NEW PORTABLE electric fan wind machine, round, adjustable $15
Cell phone: (650)580-6324
SHEER DRAPES (White) for two glass
sliding doors great condition $50 (650)
692-3260
SOLID TEAK floor model 16 wine rack
with turntable $60. (650)592-7483
VACUUM EXCELLENT condition. Works
great.Moving. Must sell. $35.00 OBO
(650) 995-0012

BLACK AND Decker Electrical 17"

EDGE TRIMMER $20. (650)349-9261
BOSTITCH 16 gage Finish nailer Model
SB 664FN $99 (650)359-9269
CIRCULAR SKILL saw "craftman"7/1/4"
heavy duty never used in box $45.
(650)992-4544
CRACO 395 SP-PRO, electronic paint
sprayer. Commercial grade. Used only
once. $600/obo. (650)784-3427
CRAFTMAN JIG Saw 3.9 amp. with variable speeds $65 (650)359-9269
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 BELT & disc sander $99.
(650)573-5269
CRAFTSMAN BELT & disc sander $99.
(650)573-5269

HUSKY POWER inverter 750wtts.adaptor/cables unused AC/DC.$50.

(650)992-4544
HYDRAULIC floor botle jack 10" H.
plus. Ford like new. $25.00 botlh
(650)992-4544
MICROMETER MEASUREMENT brake/
drum tool new in box $25. (650)9924544

FOLK SONG anthology: Smithsonian

Collection of Recordings, 4 audiotapes +
annotation booklet. $20 (650)574-3229

GLASS LIZARD cage unused , rock

open/close window 21"W x 12"H x 8"D,
$20. (650)992-4544

CASINO CHIP Display. Frame and ready

to hang, $99.00 or best offer.
650.315.3240

GAME "BEAT THE EXPERTS" never

used $8., (408)249-3858

PARROT CAGE, Steel, Large - approx

4 ft by 4 ft, Excellent condition $300
(650)245-4084

G.I. ammo can, medium, good cond.

$15.00. Call (650) 591-4553, days only.

HARLEY DAVIDSON black phone, perfect condition, $65., (650) 867-2720

KENNESAW ORIGINAL salute cannon
$30. (650)726-1037

VINTAGE CRAFTSMAN Jig Saw. Circa

1947. $60. (650)245-7517

LIGHT GREEN Barbar Chair, with foot

rest good condition $80 Call Anita
(650)303-8390

WILLIAMS #40251, 4 PC. Tool Set

(Hose Remover, Cotter Puller, Awl, Scraper). Mint. $29. 650-218-7059.

310 Misc. For Sale

OVAL MIRROR $10 (650)766-4858

Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

33 Part of a hotel
49 Jimmy of the
DOWN
bathroom set
Daily Planet
1 Rain forest parrot
2 Ancient
34 Tax whiz, briefly
50 Like a neglected
calculators
35 Clumsy type
lawn
3 Handed over, as 36 Final: Abbr.
51 Zinc __: sunblock
land
38 Old California fort
ingredient
4 Attack, to Fido
41 Major speech, as 52 Rags-to-riches
5 Like italics
at a convention
author Horatio
6 Fried Green
42 Arid expanses
53 Kid around with
Tomatoes
43 Place for a cocktail 54 Gillette razor
co-screenwriter
44 Mamma Mia!
57 Fitting
Fannie
group
58 Caustic chemical
7 Tripod for a
46 __ dArc
59 Cant Help
canvas
48 Opposite of COD
Lovin __ Man
8 Transcript no.
9 Comic Buddy
ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE:
who played
Costello in Bud
and Lou
10 Power failures
11 Weapon in the
David and
Goliath story
12 New Mexico art
hub
13 Tax form ID
19 Catch sight of
21 Maker of the
Genesis game
system
25 French pal
28 Days 24: Abbr.
29 DVR brand
30 Stretch across
31 Netanyahu of
Israel, familiarly
32 Actor Alda
12/29/14
xwordeditor@aol.com

By Jerry Edelstein
2014 Tribune Content Agency, LLC

GECKO GLASS case 10 gal.with heat

pad, thermometer, Wheeled stand if
needed $20. (650)591-1500

POWER MITER Saw, like new, with

some attachments $150 (650)375-8021

Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS
1 Big fast-food
sandwich
4 Umps call with
outstretched
arms
8 Halloween sheet
wearers
14 Prez on a penny
15 Cuba, por
ejemplo
16 Abdul and Zahn
17 Philandering
fellow
18 Large-group legal
proceeding
20 King toppers
22 Pulitzer winner
James
23 Colo. neighbor
24 Lens for a
panorama
26 Omelet need
27 Clock-setting std.
28 Bomb trials,
briefly
31 Iranian religion
34 Wooing period
37 Waterfront org.
38 Gems that come
mostly from
Australia
39 Lab eggs
40 Secure method
of payment
43 Conductors
wand
45 Certainly!
46 Elbow poke
47 Baseballs Cobb
and footballs
Law
48 Craft with an
outboard
54 Tip-top
55 Earnest request
56 Wheel shaft
57 The third Pirates
of the Caribbean
movie (and
where you might
find the first part
of 18-, 24-, 34-,
40- and 48Across)
60 Supermarket
franchise initials
61 Attractive
62 Writer Ferber
63 __ Moines
64 Honor Thy
Father author
Gay
65 Nikitas no
66 Palindromic
before

ELECTRONIC TYPEWRITER good

condition $50., (650)878-9542

NEW FOLDING Hand Truck, 100 lb capacity, compact. lite, $29, 650-595-3933

WILLIAMS #1191 CHROME 2 1/16"

Combination "SuperRrench". Mint. $89.
650-218-7059.

12/29/14

318 Sports Equipment

BODY BY JAKE AB Scissor Exercise
Machine w/instructions. $50.
(650)637-0930

LITTLE PLAYMATE by IGLOO 10"x10",

cooler includes icepak. $20
(650)574-3229
POSTAL MAIL Box. Classy metal locking box for pillar mounting.
$100.
(650)245-7517
SEWING MACHINE Kenmore, blonde
cabinet, $25 (650)355-2167
STAR TREK VCR tape Colombia House,
Complete set 79 episodes $50
(650)355-2167
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
WICKER PICNIC basket, mint condition,
handles, light weight, pale tan color.
$10. (650)578-9208

311 Musical Instruments

BALDWIN GRAND PIANO, 6 foot, excellent condition, $8,500/obo. Call
(510)784-2598
GULBRANSEN BABY GRAND PIANO Appraised @$5450., want $3500 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

PARROT CAGE, Steel, Large, Excellent

Condition, $275 (650)245-4084
PET FURNITURE covers. 1 standard
couch 2 lounge chairs. Like new $70
OBO (650)343-4461

315 Wanted to Buy

WE BUY

GERMAN ARMY Helmet WW2, 4 motorbike DOT $59 650-595-3933

IN-GROUND BASKETBALL hoop, fiberglass backboard, adjustable height, $80
obo 650-364-1270
NEW AB Lounger $39 (650) 692-3260
NORDIC TRACK
(650)333-4400

Pro,

$95.

Call

Gold, Silver, Platinum

Always True & Honest values

POWER PLUS Exercise Machine $99

(650)368-3037

Millbrae Jewelers
Est. 1957

TREADMILL BY PRO-FORM. (Hardly

Used). 10% incline, 2.5 HP motor, 300lb
weight capacity. $329 (650)598-9804

650-697-2685

TWO BASKET balls - $10.00 each

(hardly used) (650)341-5347

400 Broadway - Millbrae

316 Clothes
ALPINESTAR JEANS Tags Attached
Twin Stitched Knee Protection Never
used Blue/Grey Sz34 $65 (650)357-7484

TWO SOCCER balls -- $10.00 each

(hardly used) (650)341-5347
TWO SPOTTING Scopes, Simmons and
Baraska, $80 for both (650)579-0933
VINTAGE ENGLISH ladies ice skates up to size 7-8, $40., (650)873-8167

BLACK Leather pants Mrs. made in

France size 40 $99. (650)558-1975

WET SUIT - medium size, $95., call for

info (650)851-0878

BLACK LEATHER tap shoes 9M great

condition $99. (650)558-1975

WOMEN'S LADY Cougar gold iron set

set - $25. (650)348-6955

DAINESE BOOTS Zipper & Velcro Closure, Cushioned Ankle, Excellent Condition Unisex EU40 $65 (650)357-7484

322 Garage Sales

NEW MEN'S Wristwatch sweep second

hand, +3 dials, $29 650-595-3933
PROM PARTY Dress, Long sleeveless
size 6, magenta, with shawl, like new
$40 obo (650)349-6059
VELVET DRAPE, 100% cotton, new
beautiful burgundy 82"X52" W/6"hems:
$45 (415)585-3622
VINTAGE 1970S Grecian made dress,
size 6-8, $35 (650)873-8167

317 Building Materials

ROLAND GW-7 Workstation/Keyboard,

with expression pedal, sustain pedal, and
owners manual. $500. (415)706-6216

BATHROOM VANITY, antique, with top

and sink, $65. (650)348-6955

WURLITZER PIANO, console, 40 high,

light brown, good condition. $490.
(650)593-7001

CULTURED MARBLE 2 tone BR vanity

counter top. New toe skin/ scribe. 29 x
19 $300 (408)744-1041

YAMAHA PIANO, Upright, Model M-305,

$750. Call (650)572-2337

MEDICINE CABINET - 18 X 24, almost

new, mirror, $20., (650)515-2605

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335 Rugs

Monday Dec. 29, 2014

620 Automobiles

AREA RUG 2X3 $15. (650) 631-6505

340 Camera & Photo Equip.

SONY CYBERSHOT DSC-T-50 - 7.2 MP
digital camera (black) with case, $175.,
(650)208-5598

345 Medical Equipment

INVACARE ADJUSTABLE hospital bed,
good condition. $500. (415)516-4964
PETERMANN BATTERY operated chair
bath lift. Stainless steele frame. Accepts
up to 350 lbs. Easily inserted in/out of
tub. $250 OBO. (650) 739-6489.
WALKER - brand new, $20., SSF,
(415)410-5937
WALKER HUGO Elite Rollerator, $50
(650)591-8062
WALKER WITH basket $30. Invacare
Excellent condition (650)622-6695

379 Open Houses

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LISTINGS

'06 MERCEDES AMG CL-63.. slate

gray, great condition, 1 owner, complete
dealer maintenance records available.
8,000 miles of factory warranty left. car
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08 BMW 528i, beige, great condition,
complete dealer maintenance. Car can
be seen in Foster City. (650)349-6969

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CHEVROLET 09 Impala LS Sedan,

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$12,000 obo. San mateo Location,
(321)914-5550
CHEVY HHR 08 - Grey, spunky car
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380 Real Estate Services

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650 RVs
COLEMAN LARAMIE
pop-up camper, Excellent Condition,
$2,250. Call (415)515-6072

670 Auto Parts

1961-63 OLDS F-85 Engine plus many
heads, cranks, Int., Manifold & Carbs. All
$500 (650)348-1449

Cabinetry

Construction

2006 CADILLAC Brake rotors, 4 available, $15 each (650)340-1225

AUTO REFRIGERATION gauges. R12

and R132 new, professional quality $50.
(650)591-6283
BORLA CAT-BACK exhaust system,
692-96 Corvette LT-1, $650/obo.
olivermp2@gmail.com, (650)333-4949
CAR TOW chain 9' $35 (650)948-0912
GPS PORTABLE Navigation- Moov 310.
Works great. Dashboard holder, recharging cord, 3" screen. $20. 650-654-9252
HONDA SPARE tire 13" $25
(415)999-4947
RADIAL TIRE Hankook 235/75/15 NEVER USED, retail $125.00 yours for ONLY $75.00 650-799-0303
SHOP MANUALS for GM Suv's
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650-322-9288

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for all your electrical needs

TIRES 4 plus one spare. Finned rims,

165 SR15 four hole. $150 obo.
(650)922-0139

ELECTRIC SERVICE GROUP

TONNEAU COVER Brand new factory,

hard, folding, vinyl. Fits 2014 Sierra 6.6
$475 (650)515-5379

HONDA 96 LX SD all power, complete,

runs. $3,700 OBO, (650)481-5296 - Joe
Fusilier
MERCEDES 06 C230 - 6 cylinder, navy
blue, 60K miles, 2 year warranty,
$18,000, (650)455-7461

BELMONT 1 BR, 2 BR, and 3BR

apartments No Smoking No Pets
(650)591-4046

470 Rooms
HIP HOUSING
Non-Profit Home Sharing Program
San Mateo County
(650)348-6660

Gardening

680 Autos Wanted

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WINTER LAWN
MAINTENANCE

Wanted 62-75 Chevrolets

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

Sprinklers and irrigation

Pressure washing, rock gardens,
and lots more!

625 Classic Cars

Call Robert
STERLING GARDENS
650-703-3831
Lic #751832

90 MASERATI, 2 Door hard top and convertible. New paint Runs good. $4500
(650)245-4084

Flooring

Flamingos Flooring

630 Trucks & SUVs

DODGE 01 DURANGO, V-8 SUV, 1
owner, dark blue, CLEAN! $5,000/obo.
Call (650)492-1298

635 Vans
67 INTERNATIONAL Step Van 1500,
Typical UPS type size. $1,950/OBO,
(650)364-1374

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640 Motorcycles/Scooters

Rooms For Rent

Travel Inn, San Carlos

$49.- $59.daily + tax

$294.-$322. weekly + tax

1964 HARLEY DAVIDSON FHL Panhead (motor only) 84 stoker. Complete

rebuild. Many new parts.Never run. Call
for details. $6,000. Jim (650) 293-7568

Clean Quiet Convenient

Cable TV, WiFi & Private Bathroom
Microwave and Refrigerator & A/C
950 El Camino Real San Carlos

1966 CHEVELLE 396 motor. Standardbore block. Standard domed pistons,

rods, crank cam only. 360 HP, code
T0228EJ $600, (650)293-7568

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Low milage, $6,600 Call (650)369-8013

(650) 593-3136

BMW 03 F650 GS, $3899 OBO. Call

650-995-0003

620 Automobiles
DODGE
99 Van, Good Condition,
$3,500 OBO (650)481-5296

Drywall
DRYWALL /
PLASTER / STUCCO
Patching w/
Texture Matching
Invisible Repair

2006 CADILLAC CTS-V Factory service

manuals, volumes 1 thru 3, $100
(650)340-1225

FORD 63 THUNDERBIRD Hardtop, 390

engine, Leather Interior. Will consider
$5,999 /OBO (650)364-1374

440 Apartments

25

MOTORCYCLE SADDLEBAGS, with

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California law requires that contractors
taking jobs that total $500 or more (labor
or materials) be licensed by the Contractors State License Board. State law also
requires that contractors include their license number in their advertising. You
can check the status of your licensed
contractor at www.cslb.ca.gov or 800321-CSLB. Unlicensed contractors taking
jobs that total less than $500 must state
in their advertisements that they are not
licensed by the Contractors State License Board.

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Attorneys

Food

Furniture

Health & Medical

Legal Services

Massage Therapy

Law Office of Jason Honaker

CROWNE PLAZA
Foster City-San Mateo

Bedroom Express

LEGAL

OSETRA WELLNESS
MASSAGE THERAPY

The Clubhouse Bistro

Wedding, Event &
Meeting Facilities

2833 El Camino Real

San Mateo - (650)458-8881

SLEEP APNEA
We can treat it
without CPAP!

(650) 295-6123

1221 Chess Drive Foster City

184 El Camino Real

So. S. Francisco -(650)583-2221
www.bedroomexpress.com

GET HAPPY!
Happy Hour 4-6 M-F

STOOLS*BAR*DINETTES

BANKRUPTCY
Chapter 7 &13
Call us for a consultation

650-259-9200
www.honakerlegal.com
Cemetery

LASTING
IMPRESSIONS
ARE OUR FIRST
PRIORITY
Cypress Lawn
1370 El Camino Real
Colma
(650)755-0580
www.cypresslawn.com

Hwy 92 at Foster City Blvd. Exit

Steelhead Brewing Co.

333 California Dr.
Burlingame
(650)344-6050
www.steelheadbrewery.com

RENDEZ VOUS
CAFE
Holiday Gifts and Cold Beer
until 9PM weekdays !

106 S. El Camino Real

San Mateo

Dental Services
MILLBRAE SMILE CENTER

Valerie de Leon, DDS

Implant, Cosmetic and
Family Dentistry
Spanish and Tagalog Spoken

(650)697-9000

15 El Camino Real,
MILLBRAE, CA

RUSSO DENTAL CARE

Dental Implants
Free Consultation& Panoramic
Digital Survey
1101 El Camino RL ,San Bruno

(650)583-2273

www.russodentalcare.com

Food

SCANDIA
RESTAURANT & BAR

Lunch Dinner Wknd Breakfast

OPEN EVERYDAY
Scandinavian &
American Classics
742 Polhemus Rd. San Mateo
HI 92 De Anza Blvd. Exit

(650)372-0888

Financial
RETIREMENT
PLAN ANALYSIS

401(k) & IRA & 403(b)

(650)458-0312
New Stage Investment Group
Hans Reese is a Registered Representative with, and securities offered
through, LPL Financial,
Member FINRA/SIPC

AYA SUSHI
The Best Sushi &
Ramen in Town

UNITED AMERICAN BANK

San Mateo , Redwood City,
Half Moon Bay

1070 Holly Street

San Carlos
(650)654-1212

Call (650)579-1500
for simply better banking
unitedamericanbank.com

PANCHO VILLA
TAQUERIA

Because Flavor Still Matters

365 B Street
San Mateo
www.sfpanchovillia.com

Where Dreams Begin

CALIFORNIA
(650)591-3900

Tons of Furniture to match

your lifestyle

Peninsula Showroom:
930 El Camino Real, San Carlos
Ask us about our
FREE DELIVERY

Health & Medical

BACK, LEG PAIN OR
NUMBNESS?

Non-Surgical
Spinal Decompression
Dr. Thomas Ferrigno D.C.
650-231-4754
177 Bovet Rd. #150 San Mateo
BayAreaBackPain.com

DENTAL
IMPLANTS

Save $500 on
Implant Abutment &
Crown Package.
Call Millbrae Dental
for details
650-583-5880

Call for a free

sleep apnea screening

650-583-5880
Millbrae Dental

579-7774
1159 Broadway
Burlingame
Dr. Andrew Soss
OD, FAAO
www.Dr-AndrewSoss.net

NCP COLLEGE OF NURSING

& CAREER COLLEGE

Train to become a Licensed

Vocational Nurse in 12 months or a
Certified Nursing Assistant in as little
as 8 weeks.
Call (800) 339-5145 for more
information or visit
ncpcollegeofnursing.edu and
ncpcareercollege.com

Non-Attorney document
preparation: Divorce,
Pre-Nup, Adoption, Living Trust,
Conservatorship, Probate,
Notary Public. Response to
Lawsuits: Credit Card
Issues, Breach of Contract
Jeri Blatt, LDA #11
Registered & Bonded

Housing

CALIFORNIA
MENTOR
We are looking for quality
caregivers for adults
with developmental
disabilities. If you have a
spare bedroom and a
desire to open your
home and make a
difference, attend an
information session:
Thursdays 11:00 AM
1710 S. Amphlett Blvd.
Suite 230
San Mateo

(650)574-2087

legaldocumentsplus.com

REAL ESTATE LOANS

Loans

Equity based direct lender

Homes Multi-family
Mixed-use Commercial
Good or Bad Credit

REVERSE MORTGAGE
Are you age 62+ & own your
home?
Call for a free, easy to read
brochure or quote
650-453-3244
Carol Bertocchini, CPA

650-348-7191

Wachter Investments, Inc.

Real Estate Broker #746683
Nationwide Mortgage
Licensing System ID #348268
CA Bureau of Real Estate

Retirement

GROW

www.barrettinsuranceservices.net
Eric L. Barrett,
CLU, RHU, REBC, CLTC, LUTCF
President
Barrett Insurance Services
(650)513-5690
CA. Insurance License #0737226

Real Estate Loans

Purchase / Refinance/
Cash Out
Investors welcome
Loan servicing since 1979

(650)389-5787 ext.2

BLUE SHIELD OF
CALIFORNIA

(650)212-2966

1730 S. Amphlett Blvd. #206

San Mateo
osetrawellness.com

We Fund Bank Turndowns!

Marketing

Competitive Stipend offered.

www.MentorsWanted.com

Prenatal, Reiki, Energy

$20 OFF your First Treatment
(not valid with other promotions)

"I am not an attorney. I can only

provide self help services at your
specific direction."

(near Marriott Hotel)

Please call to RSVP

Insurance
EYE EXAMINATIONS

DOCUMENTS PLUS

YOUR SMALL BUSINESS

Get free help from
The Growth Coach
Go to
www.buildandbalance.com
Sign up for the free newsletter

Massage Therapy

Independent Living, Assisted Living, and Memory Care. full time R.N.
Please call us at (650)742-9150 to
schedule a tour, to pursue your lifelong dream.
Marymount Greenhills
Retirement Center
1201 Broadway
Millbrae, Ca 94030
www.greenhillsretirement.com

Schools
HILLSIDE CHRISTIAN
ACADEMY

Where every child is a gift from God

ASIAN MASSAGE

K-8
High Academic Standards
Small Class Size
South San Francisco

Open 7 days, 10 am -10 pm

633 Veterans Blvd., #C
Redwood City

ww.hillsidechristian.com

$55 per Hour

(650)556-9888

COMFORT PRO
MASSAGE
Foot Massage $24.99

Body Massage $44.99/hr

10 am - 10 pm
1115 California Dr. Burlingame

(650)389-2468

(650)588-6860

Seniors
AFFORDABLE
24-hour Assisted Living Care
located in Burlingame
Mills Estate Villa
Burlingame Villa
Short Term Stays
Dementia & Alzheimers Care
Hospice Care
(650)692-0600
Lic.#4105088251/
415600633

CARE ON CALL
24/7 Care Provider
www.mycareoncall.com
(650)276-0270
1818 Gilbreth Rd., Ste 127
Burlingame
CNA, HHA & Companion Help

Travel
FIGONE TRAVEL
GROUP
(650) 595-7750

www.cruisemarketplace.com
Cruises Land & Family vacations
Personalized & Experienced
Family Owned & Operated
Since 1939
1495 Laurel St. SAN CARLOS
CST#100209-10

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