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‘GAME NIGHT’ IS
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ARMING TEACHERS?
TRUMP SAYS ARM TEACHERS; THEY LOVE KIDS AS OTHERS
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Norway
Canada
Germany
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13
11
13
8
SILVER
14
8
7
8
BRONZE
11
9
6
6
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38
28
26
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n adult human brain is about 2 States in 1949 was 40 cents per hour.
percent of total body weight. *** “Modern Bride” magazine.
The brain of a goldfish makes “The Hank McCune Show” debuted on ***
up 0.3 percent of its total body weight. NBC in 1950 and ran for three years. It Perennially young Dick Clark (1929-
*** was the first television show to use a 2012) wrote three books on the histo-
Corn was domesticated about 10,000 laugh track. ry of “American Bandstand,” one book
years ago in the highlands of central *** with grooming tips for teens (“Dick
Mexico. Corn, also known as maize, Power steering in cars became com- Clark’s Easygoing Guide to Good
has been found at archeological sites mercially available in 1951. Francis Grooming” 1986), and a book of his
in Mexico. Davis of Massachusetts invented memoirs entitled “Rock, Roll &
Rock singer, Actor Billy Zane is Boxer Floyd *** power steering after working for the Remember!” (1976).
Mayweather Castroville is known as the Artichoke truck division of the Pierce Arrow ***
musician George 52.
Thorogood is 68. Jr. is 41. Capital of the World. In 1947, a young Motor Car Company. Ans wer: The faces on U.S. coins are:
woman named Norma Jean was *** penny -Abraham Lincoln (1809-
Actor-singer Dominic Chianese is 87. Movie composer crowned Castroville’s first Artichoke On Oct. 15, 1952, General Electric cel- 1865), nick el-Thomas Jefferson
Michel Legrand is 86. Opera singer-director Renata Scotto is Queen. She went on to become actress ebrated its 75th anniversary by giving (1743-1826), dime-Frank lin D.
84. Singer Joanie Sommers is 77. Actress Jenny O’Hara is 76. Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962). five shares of stock to any employee Roosev elt (1882-1945), quarter-
Former Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., is 76. Actor Barry *** who had a baby on that day. The com- George Washington (1732-1799),
Bostwick is 73. Actor Edward James Olmos is 71. Singer- The footprints left by astronauts on pany guessed there would be 13 births half-dollar-John F. Kennedy (1917-
writer-producer Rupert Holmes is 71. Actress Debra Jo Rupp is the moon will last about 10 million out of the 226, 000 employees. 1963), $1 coin-Susan B. Anthony
67. Actress Helen Shaver is 67. News anchor Paula Zahn is 62. years. However, none of the women on staff (1820-1906), $1 gold coin-Sacagawea
Baseball Hall of Famer Eddie Murray is 62. Country singer *** were under age 17 or over age 65, and it (1786-1812).
Sammy Kershaw is 60. Actor Mark Moses is 60. Actress Beth Dream analysts say that a dream with a was the Baby Boom era. There were
Broderick is 59. Singer Michelle Shocked is 56. Movie direc- doctor in it represents an improvement 189 G.E. babies born that day
*** Know It All is by Kerry McArdle. It runs in
tor Todd Field is 54. Actress Bonnie Somerville is 44. Jazz in all departments of your life. the weekend edition of the Daily Journal.
*** Meringue is egg whites and sugar
musician Jimmy Greene is 43.Rhythm-and-blues singer Questions? Comments? Email
The most recognized smell in the whipped together until the mixture knowitall(at)smdailyjournal.com or call 344-
Brandon Brown (Mista) is 35. Rock musician Matt McGinley world is coffee. The second most iden- gets stiff.
5200 ext. 128.
(Gym Class Heroes) is 35. Actor Wilson Bethel is 34.
CITY GOVERNMENT
• The San Carl o s Ci ty Co unci l will consider appropriating
an additional $7 million to the Holly Street/Highway 101 inter-
change and pedestrian overcrossing project at its Monday meet-
ing. It will also consider approving a professional services agree-
ment not to exceed $2.56 million or construction management.
The city has obtained more than $20 million in grant funding,
and has requirement of city matching funds totaling $6.42 million.
The project aims to improve access to and from Highway 101 via Holly Street. The coun-
cil meets 7 p.m. Feb. 26 at City Hall, 600 Elm St.
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the school’s little theater, from begins 2 p. m. Visit San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow, who is recovering from
Thursday, March 8, through the fol- hillsdaledrama.com for more informa- Class notes is a column dedicated to school
news. It is compiled by education reporter severe brain injuries received when he was beaten at an L.A.
lowing Sunday. tion. Austin Walsh. You can contact him at (650) Dodgers game in 2011, spoke to students last week at Serra
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Trump: Arm teachers; they love kids as others don’teven though the administration has yet to
By Ken Thomas and Jill Colvin
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS deliver a firm plan to Congress.
As for arming teachers, Trump said, the
U.S. needs “people that can take care of our
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump
children” in schools. “A security guard does-
told conservatives Friday that even Second
n’t know the children, doesn’t love the chil-
Amendment supporters can get behind steps
dren. This man standing outside of the
to fight gun violence in schools, offering a
school the other day doesn’t love the chil-
red-meat call for arming teachers and sug-
dren, probably doesn’t know the children.
gesting they would be more likely to protect
The teachers love their children. They love
students than a security guard who “doesn’t
their pupils.”
love the children.”
His comments drew a rebuke from a top
Trump said the armed officer who failed to teachers’ union leader. “Denigrating the
confront the gunman in last week’s school work of campus security guards is reprehen-
shooting in Parkland, Florida, was either a sible,” said National Education Association
“coward” or “didn’t react properly under President Lily Eskelsen Garcma.
pressure.” Trump got pushback, too, from Florida’s
“He was not a credit to law enforcement,” Broward County, where last week’s shoot-
Trump told the Conservative Political ings took place. Said Superintendent Robert
Action Conference. Runcie: “I am totally against arming teach-
Trump tailored his talking points Friday ers. They have a challenging job as it is.”
to his conservative audience, pushing the Separately, Florida Gov. Rick Scott
idea of arming some teachers who are “gun- announced plans to put more armed guards in
adept people” but making no mention of schools and to make it harder for young REUTERS
another proposal he’s advanced in recent adults and some with mental illness to buy
days that is opposed by the National Rifle Donald Trump addresses a joint news conference with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm
guns. He favors barring sales of all firearms Turnbull in the East Room of the White House.
Association: increasing the minimum age to anyone under 21.
for buying assault rifles from 18 to 21. Trump, long supported by the NRA, has
During a later appearance with Australian sought to maintain his backing among gun
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in which rights activists even as he has called for Presented by Cinemark Theatres, Talbots and the San Mateo Daily Journal
he again addressed gun violence, Trump strengthening background checks and rais-
declared the United States was “well on our ing the minimum age for certain weapons
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ers are and why they voted for him following nity felt among workers in towns where a the questions they ask and insights he gains
TOUR
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a contentious presidential election drove
Simitian to find out for himself, so he took
to the roads with a keen interest in visiting
bachelor’s degree is a rarity, noting a con-
versation with North Carolina man who told
him his wages have dropped 45 percent from
from the conversations surface in each one.
He has noticed many wish they could take a
similar type of trip in search of answers to
counties that had historically voted for what they were more than 15 years ago, when what they felt was a baffling election.
Democratic presidential candidates but he held a good-paying job at a textile facto- Simitian has also seen how the hundreds of
became even more aware of the perceived dif- flipped to support Trump in 2016. In meet- ry. conversations he’s had since began his
ferences have divided the country after more ing with local Republican leaders, attending “In 2016, there were a lot of folks who felt cross-country visits in 2017 have shaped
than 100 conversations with teachers, labor minor league baseball games and visiting they had nothing left to lose,” said Simitian. how he approaches his own work. He said he
leaders, hotel clerks and college students and farmers’ markets to meet locals, Simitian “He knew the month, the hour, the day when thinks more about parts of California and the
others in North Carolina, Pennsylvania and said he was struck by how anxious people his life turned upside down. I couldn’t vote country that are not experiencing the eco-
Michigan. were to share their perspectives with some- for what for me would be the same old, same nomic prosperity felt in Silicon Valley, and
“Here in the Bay Area we live and work in a one from another part of the country. old.” spends more time thinking about how job
bubble in a bubble in a bubble,” he said. “We “Basically, I just invited myself to town,” Acknowledging the economic hardships training opportunities and the passage of a
have to confront and conquer what I think is he said. “It was really that simple.” residents in these counties also took on federal infrastructure bill could boost the
a very hard truth, which is that for too many other forms, such as mental health issues and number of opportunities available to resi-
Americans that opportunity has left town.” Against his expectations, Simitian said he drug use, Simitian said he saw how deeply
heard little about terrorism, health care poli- dents of those areas.
The former state senator said he embarked rooted their challenges were. He added many,
on the journey to grasp what happened dur- cy, social issues and immigration when he including one man who told him the false In response to questions about how
ing the 2016 election and originally didn’t spent a week in Robeson County in North hope Trump’s campaign promises offered Peninsula residents could bridge the per-
plan on holding public events to share what Carolina, Cambria County in Pennsylvania was better than no hope, didn’t think gov- ceived gap between the country’s coasts,
he learned from it. But interest from commu- and Macomb County in Michigan. But he ernment programs had much of an effect on Simitian encouraged them to listen and write
nity groups in hearing about his experience said he did sense a deep skepticism from their situations and expressed their frustra- letters to their elected officials or otherwise
brought him to Bay Area senior centers and some regarding Hillary Clinton’s candidacy tion with their options when they voted in involved in the political process to under-
libraries as far south as Gilroy and as far as well as whether the national Democratic 2016. stand how Trump’s candidacy spoke to so
north as San Mateo, drawing hundreds of res- Party’s values fit with local politics, even in “They were just determined,” he said. many with legitimate, yearslong grievances.
idents at a time in some venues. places where Democrats are elected to local “[They were saying] if after 40 years you Noting the warm welcome he received by
In sharing insights from his travels, offices. people in government haven’t done any- others with different views from his own,
Simitian aimed to help Peninsula residents Simitian said he met several voters who thing then you can’t be surprised that we Simitian invited others to join the conversa-
gain a better understanding of the factors said the national Democratic Party’s focus on decided to shake it up.” tion.
shaping the decisions of those who voted for messages of inclusion toward immigrants Acknowledging that the reactions to his “That desperation to be heard gives me
Trump at a gathering at the San Mateo Main felt irrelevant to their own struggles to make experiences that he’s received from Bay Area some hope,” he said. “Without listening or
Library Wednesday. ends meet. But what offered perhaps the most residents have varied from place to place, understanding, I really don’t think we have a
Questions swirling around who Trump vot- clarity for Simitian was the loss of opportu- Simitian said many commonalities among chance.”
America under Trump — the economy is head- California, 67, a quality assurance manager at cally low but solid, with about 35 percent of
POLL
Continued from page 1
ed in a better direction than the country over-
all — is widely shared. A majority in a new
poll, 52 percent, say they think the country’s
an aerospace company who was forced to
work at a security job for a year. “But recent
events would point toward things getting
Americans saying they approve of how
Trump is handling his job overall. Nearly
two-thirds disapprove.
direction has worsened over the last year, and worse. ... It’s a lot of violence in the news. A Yet 45 percent say they approve of Trump’s
only 28 percent are optimistic that things lot of violence in the country. A lot of natural handling of the economy. That’s higher than
pretty grim, darkened by what he sees as a will get better in the year to come. disasters.” the 34 percent who approve of how he’s han-
surge in racism and violence fueled by Despite that gloomy outlook, Americans Can-do optimism has been a feature of dling foreign policy and 37 percent who say
President Donald Trump. are more likely to see the national economy American culture since the nation’s founding. the same of Trump’s handling of immigra-
“He stimulated it. Those people were as having improved rather than worsened in But the poll suggests it’s been challenged in tion. Even among Democrats, just 8 percent
always there, but he gave them a voice,” said the past 12 months, 39 percent to 24 percent, the 13 months since Trump took office, amid of whom say they approve of how Trump is
Trahan, a 78-year-old retiree from Palm according to a survey released Friday by the devastating mass shootings, a deadly race handling his job overall, 21 percent say they
Coast, Florida. He’s not about to give Trump Associated Press-NORC Center for Public riot in Charlottesville, Virginia, record-set- approve of his handling of the economy.
credit even for the good stuff. “I don’t think Affairs Research. Another 36 percent said ting hurricanes and Trump’s volatile White Among Republicans, three-quarters approve
he’s really done anything to help the econo- they don’t see much difference. House. Not contributing to a sense of safety overall while 82 percent back his perform-
my out. It’s been doing pretty well for “Well, I hold a job again,” said Republican- has been Trump’s feud with North Korea. ance on the economy.
awhile.” Trahan’s conflicted outlook of leaning David Peterson of Torrance, But Trump also has the improving econo- Republicans stand far ahead of Democrats
my in his pocket, low unemployment and a and independents in terms of optimism about
stock market that has only recently begun to how things are going in the country.
wobble. He and the Republican-led Congress For example, 57 percent of Republicans but
scored a major policy victory at the end of just a tenth of Democrats think the direction
2017 by passing tax cuts into law. of the country will improve in the next year.
That’s important to how Americans feel Nearly 7 in 10 Republicans — but just 13 per-
about the lifelong businessman and his pres- cent of Democrats — believe the national
idency. His base of support remains histori- economy is likely to improve.
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Dropbox seeking to raise $500 Business briefs General Mills gets pet-friendly Gothamist news sites
million in stock market debut again by buying Blue Buffalo brought back to life by public radio
tered users, but most of them don’t pay for
SAN FRANCISCO — One of the world’s its service. Only 11 million users pay for NEW YORK — The maker of Cheerios also NEW YORK — Gothamist, a pithy news
largest online services for backing up docu- premium version of Dropbox’s service, a wants to fill dog bowls. website covering New York City shut down
ments, photos and other video is opening its figure that the company is aggressively try- General Mills said Friday that it plans to last year after reporters unionized, and
files in an initial public offering of stock. ing to increase. buy high-end pet food maker Blue Buffalo for satellites in Los Angeles and Washington,
Dropbox is hoping to raise $500 million That won’t be easy, given the fierce com- $8 billion. It’s a return to the pet business for D.C., are getting a new life thanks to public
in an IPO that comes 11 years after it start- petition it’s facing. Its rivals in online file the more than 150-year-old company, which radio.
ed in San Francisco. The company confi- storage include three of the world’s most used to sell food for cats, dogs and birds back Public radio stations WNYC in New York,
dentially filed for its IPO in October, but the powerful companies — Google, Microsoft in the 1950s. And it joins other food makers KPCC in Los Angeles, and WAMU in
information didn’t become publicly avail- and Amazon. A smaller competitor, Box in the pet business: Fruit-spread maker The Washington announced the purchase Friday.
able until Friday. Inc., went public at $14 per share two years J.M. Smucker Co., for example, owns They said that the acquisition was funded
The filing reveals Dropbox has lost more ago and the stock shot to $23.23 in its first Kibbles ‘n Bits and Meow Mix. The deal is largely through two anonymous donors and
than $1 billion since its inception. That day of trading. It closed Friday at $23.32. also a way for General Mills to further diver- stations partners.
includes a loss of $112 million on revenue Dropbox hasn’t yet disclosed how much sify its business as more people seek less- “We are committed to telling stories root-
of $1.1 billion last year. of its stock will be sold in the IPO, nor the processed foods, even for their furry friends. ed in New York and that matter to New
Dropbox boasts about 500 million regis- price for each share. “We’ve been serving all family members” Yorkers,” said Laura Walker, president and
for years, said General Mills CEO Jeff CEO of New York Public Radio.
Harmening. “And pets are part of the family.” “As we’ve seen a decline in local jour-
General Mills, whose revenue has fallen for nalism in even the largest metropolitan
three straight years, has been buying up food areas across the country, even at a time
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Fixit Clinic
Saturday, February 24, 2018 11 am - 2 pm
San Bruno Library, 701 Angus Ave W., San Bruno
Fixit Clinics are community workshops where neighbors, friends, and families work collectively to
learn how to repair their broken items: electronics, appliances, toys, bicycles, fabric items, etc. for
assessment, and possible repair. Bring your broken items and we'll provide a workspace, specialty
tools and volunteer Fixit Coaches to help you disassemble and troubleshoot your items.