Coastsiders Want Action On Flooding, Water Supply: Nuclear Iran

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Coastsiders want action on ooding,water supply

By Bill Silverfarb
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Pescadero residents want to bridge strained relationship with county

residents in the area, wants the creek to be dredged to stop future ooding but has a lot of bureaucratic hurdles to cross as several state agencies have jurisdiction over the creek and surrounding area. PMAC Chair Greg Bonaparte is looking for a little help from San Mateo County ofcials to help solve the problem. He is also looking for help in solving the areas water supply problem after a well pump burned out in August, leaving many in the area without water for a few days. The burned-out well pump is the responsibility of the countys Public Works Department, which replaced two pumps in August over a stretch of four days. The lack of reliable drinking water and the areas routine ooding, however, has caused some in Pescadero to routinely chastise the county for ignoring the area. Earlier this month, the county even considered disbanding the PMAC, which represents 3,500 rural county residents, before giving it a reprieve. The PMAC Don Horsley has not been shy about expressing its dissatisfaction with the county related to its infrastructure troubles but is now looking to soften its tone and work more closely with the county, particularly with Public Works, Bonaparte told the Daily Journal. Bonaparte is hoping county Supervisor Don Horsley, who represents the coast, will take some action on solving the areas trouble with water. I think Horsley is in our camp,
During heavy rainfall, Pescadero Creek Road is routinely ooded, leaving residents in the tiny coastside community of Pescadero without a way in or out of town. It is a problem that has plagued coastsiders for years as Butano Creek overows annually, causing the closure of the main road that serves Pescadero. The Pescadero Municipal Advisory Council, comprised of
See COAST, Page 19
State faces cuts, more strife ahead

By Judy Lin
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William Wang, above, leads a Tai Chi group in San Mateos Central Park. Below, Ann Ledo exercises by jogging up stairs at Seal Point Park.The holidays often get people to refocus their energy on health and tness.
New year, new you

Experts offer advice on keeping those resolutions
By Heather Murtagh
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
SACRAMENTO Students pepper-sprayed while demonstrating against tuition hikes, teachers arrested after protesting school spending cuts and lawsuits piling up over cuts to an array of state services for seniors, the poor and disabled. Those represented Californias scal crisis in 2011 and foreshadow even more budget strife in the year ahead, especially with a statewide vote on tax increases headed to the November ballot. It wont take long for the anxiety to resume. Because revenue in the
current fiscal year fell short of projections, automatic cuts to schools, colleges and social programs will start taking effect in January. Gov. Jerry Jerry Brown Brown and state lawmakers are heading into the new year with a $13 billion shortfall over the next 18 months, a smaller budget problem than in recent years but still problematic because there are
See CUTS, Page 19
Your health doesnt take a holiday, C.J. Easter quipped to a person in his early-morning boot camp Wednesday morning in San Carlos. The week between Christmas and New Years Eve is always light in terms of people attending tness classes, said Easter, CEO of Performance Science Training Institute, which offers a number of boot camp and sports training courses throughout the Peninsula.
Interestingly, its often the holidays that get people to refocus their energy on health and tness. Getting healthy, losing weight, working out more, saving money, helping others all possible resolutions for 2012. Finding a goal is the easy part. Its sticking to it that can be difcult. One of the best ways to combat falling off the goal wagon is by being realistic with the goals. Start with writing your goal down, suggested Chuck Pearson,
Forum will take up health,safety goals

By Michelle Durand
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
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Rather than develop individual ideas on improving the communitys health and safety, county leaders from government and schools will come together next week to collectively decide how to combat gang violence, improve childrens futures
and adjust to health care reform. The idea is well all sort of be together to get a sense of what we want to accomplish, said Shelly Masur, a Redwood City Elementary School boardmember who helped spearhead the upcoming conversation for the San Mateo County, City
See FORUM, Page 19
Monday Jan. 2, 2012
FOR THE RECORD
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Thought for the Day

Love doesnt grow on trees like apples in Eden its something you have to make. And you must use your imagination too.
Joyce Cary,Anglo-Irish author (1888-1957).
This Day in History
1942
The Philippine capital of Manila was captured by Japanese forces during World War II.
In 1788, Georgia became the fourth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. In 1811, Sen. Timothy Pickering, a Federalist from Massachusetts, became the rst member of the U.S. Senate to be censured after hed improperly revealed the contents of an executive document. In 1900, Secretary of State John Hay announced the Open Door Policy to facilitate trade with China. In 1921, religious services were broadcast on radio for the rst time as KDKA in Pittsburgh aired the regular Sunday service of the citys Calvary Episcopal Church. In 1935, Bruno Hauptmann went on trial in Flemington, N.J., on charges of kidnapping and murdering the 20-month-old son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh. (Hauptmann was found guilty, and executed.) In 1960, Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts launched his successful bid for the presidency. In 1974, President Richard M. Nixon signed legislation requiring states to limit highway speeds to 55 miles an hour. (Federal speed limits were abolished in 1995). In 1981, police in Shefeld, England, arrested Peter Sutcliffe, who confessed to being the Yorkshire Ripper, the serial killer of 13 women. In 1991, Sharon Pratt (Dixon) was sworn in as mayor of Washington, D.C., becoming the rst black woman to head a city of Washingtons size and prominence. In 2006, 12 miners died in a methane gas explosion at the Sago Mine in West Virginia, W.Va., but one miner, Randal McCloy Jr., was eventually rescued. Ten years ago: The new Afghan government conrmed that American bombs had killed the Talibans intelligence chief (Qari Ahmadullah). E
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In other news ...

Occupy activists target Rose Parade for protest
PASADENA Anti-Wall Street demonstrators are not ofcially part of this years Rose Parade, but thats not stopping them from joining in. Activists with the Occupy movement, which protests perceived corporate greed and growing economic inequality, are planning to turn out en masse at Mondays annual event accompanied by their own oats of sorts a massive octopus whose tentacles epitomize Wall Streets influence on American society and a giant U.S. Constitution, the symbol of the right to free speech, as well as plenty of banners and drums. We are going to be as peaceful and nonviolent as possible, said Pete Thottam, organizer of Occupy Rose Parade, which will tag along at the end of the ofcial parade. Although the 122-year-old parade is renowned for its sunny extravaganza of elaborate oral oats, prancing ponies and spirited marching bands, political statements are nothing new to the venerable New Years tradition. In years past, activists have used the 5.5-mile procession and its vast TV audience as a platform to make points ranging from calls to impeach President George Bush to decrying Chinese policies. But police and ofcials say those incidents have been sporadic and never taken away from the events message of uniting people from all walks of life. The Rose Parade is a nonpolitical parade, said Bill Flinn, executive director of the Tournament of Roses. It really is an American cultural festival. Despite a difcult economy, parade participation remains steady, with three fewer oats than last year and three more than in 2009. Eleven float sponsors pulled out this year, including the cities of Beverly Hills and West Covina, in suburban Los Angeles County, citing difculties in raising money. Anheuser-Busch, whose famed Clydesdale horses clopped down the parade route for 58 years, also withdrew, saying it had changed its marketing strategy. But eight new sponsors stepped forward, including Paramount Pictures, Microsoft Kinect for Xbox 360, and the Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles. This years grand marshal, Iraq war veteran J.R. Martinez, will lead a full complement of 44 oats, which must be decorated with owers or other elements of nature such as leaves and seeds, 20 equestrian units and 21 marching bands that hail from Sweden to Japan. Some 700,000 spectators are expected to view the two-hour procession, which starts at 8 a.m. Monday. Although the parade usually takes place on Jan. 1, its being held on Jan. 2 this year because New Years Day falls on a Sunday. The parade, whose theme this year is just imagine, will be broadcast on eight television networks and will be seen in 220 territories around the globe, including an estimated 40 million people in the United States. With such a high stakes event, police are leaving nothing to chance with Occupy activists, who have a penchant for loud, disruptive tactics including erecting tents in bank lobbies and blocking roads into ports, as well as acts of civil disobedience. Pasadena police are increasing their manpower and have held numerous meetings with Occupy organizers to go over procedures, said Lt. Phlunte Riddle. Ofcers from county, state and federal law enforcement agencies will also be on hand, as they are normally. We will ensure the parade is not hampered, Riddle said. Occupy will not be in the ofcial procession, but will be allowed to trail after the four police cars that end the parade. Many groups have done the same over the years, including animal rights activists and apocalyptic religious sects, as well as regular spectators. The Occupy action, however, may be the largest political statement the parade has seen.
Birthdays
Actress Gabrielle Carteris is 51.
Actress Tia Carrere is 45.
Actress Kate Bosworth is 29.
Country musician Harold Bradley is 86. Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert is 70. TV host Jack Hanna is 65. Actress Wendy Phillips is 60. Movie director Todd Haynes is 51. Retired MLB All-Star pitcher David Cone is 49. Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. is 44. Model Christy Turlington is 43. Actor Taye Diggs is 41. Rock musician Scott Underwood (Train) is 41. Rock singer Doug Robb (Hoobastank) is 37. Actor Dax Shepard is 37. Actress Paz Vega is 36. Country musician Chris Hartman is 34. Rock musician Jerry DePizzo Jr. (O.A.R.) is 33. Rhythm-and-blues singer Kelton Kessee (IMX) is 31. Jazz singer-musician Trombone Shorty is 26.
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Bayshore Freeway on the Peninsula

rom the time the Spanish arrived in California, El Camino Real was the main road from San Francisco to San Jose. Although the exact path varied as bridges were built across the creeks, it follows basically the base of the coast range. Because of fewer barriers it traversed around the west side of San Bruno Mountain. In the 1850s, after an immense migration of 49ers to the Bay Area, the population of Mission Dolores shifted to Yerba Buena. Yerba Buena was later renamed San Francisco. In 1842, the rst vehicle with spoked wheels traveled over El Camino Real. Prior to 1842, the solid-wheeled vehicle, called a carreta, was used. By the end of the 1850s, a toll road to downtown San Francisco was blazed across the marshes of San Bruno and South San Francisco and constructed around the east side of the San Bruno Mountain. In San Francisco, the road used the high ground, east of Bayview/Excelsior, but had to go into the marshes where Interstate 280/Alemany Boulevard/Highway 101 meet) and skirted Bernal Heights to the east. North of Bernal Heights (Army Street) it took to the high ground again and entered San Francisco proper. This was called the San Bruno Toll Road and it reduced the time needed to travel to and from San Francisco. As the popularity of the automobile increased, both roads (El Camino Real and San Bruno Toll Road) became extremely busy and a new transportation route was sought in the 1920s. A new road was to be built parallel to the San Bruno Toll Road. It cut across
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A mens black 14-speed Schwinn World Explorer 14 was taken from the front porch of a residence on Bounty Drive in Foster City before 8:58 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 27.
FOSTER CITY
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE SAN MATEO COUNTY HISTORY MUSEUM
This is Bayshore Highway being constructed (parallel to SFOs rst runway) in the mid-1920s in the marshes.
Army Street and followed Bernal Heights on the east to the south. When it reached Brisbane, the water barrier to the east was lled in and Brisbane was bypassed. The road was then improved around the east side of San Bruno Mountain. The barrier of the Southern Pacic railroad tracks presented a problem in South San Francisco. A two-lane underpass was built to solve this problem in 1927 (Later, another two-lane underpass was built). The new Bayshore was then aligned to the east of the marshes and passed in front of the developing Mills Airport. The highway was not completed in San Mateo, so the highway passed west along Broadway in Burlingame and ended at El Camino Real. In June of 1927, $175,000 was allotted for construction of a three-mile section of Bayshore from Broadway in Burlingame to San Mateo. On Oct. 20, 1929, the Bayshore Highway section through South San Francisco and San Bruno was dedicated. Menlo Park was reached by 1931 by way of Veterans Boulevard in Redwood City. By Friday, May 15, 1931, the remaining Bayshore Freeway was dedicated. In November 1927, James Wallace Jr. of South San Francisco was appointed trafc
Grand theft. Four tires worth $1,200 were stolen from a vehicle on Sea Spray Lane before 9:00 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 21 Residential burglary. A laptop, PlayStation 3 and a pair of Nikes were taken from an unlocked home on Halibut Street before 11:09 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 18. Drunk in public. A woman was arrested for public intoxication on Chess Drive before 11:21 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17. Vehicle burglary. A window was smashed and $300 worth of miscellaneous items were taken from a parked vehicle on East Hillsdale Avenue before 9:34 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17. Residential burglary. A storage locker was broken into on Sea Spray Lane before 9:52 a.m. Friday, Dec. 16. Vehicle burglary. A vehicle was broken into on Sea Spray Lane before 8:42 a.m. Friday, Dec. 16. Vehicle burglary. A vehicle was broken into while parked in an underground parking garage on Sea Spray Lane before 8:16 a.m. Friday, Dec. 16.
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Fraud. Someone opened an account using another persons identication on the 900 block of Hamilton Avenue before 4 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8. Theft. Someone stole a wallet at the intersection of El Camino Real and Santa Cruz Avenue before 3:58 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8.
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Working holidays all in a days work

By Heather Murtagh
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Did you see Santa cruising around San Mateo this year on a motorcycle and rocking a police badge? Your eyes werent playing tricks on you. For the second year in a row, San Mateo traffic Officer Brendan Boyle donned a red suit on Christmas Eve to help distribute toys to children involved in the San Mateo Police Activities League. And while he loves doing it, Boyle did have one request: Dont try to take a photo of him with your cellphone while driving which apparently many drivers attempted. Boyle, 35, is happy to pull over and pose. He knows all the right angles to take a photo of your little one on his motorcycle and encourages people to talk with him while
A weekly look at the people who shape our community grabbing coffee. Its all part of educating the public the rst step, according to Boyle, in creating safer roads. Boyle grew up locally. The son of a Burlingame police ofcer, Boyle always knew he would end up in police work. He split time growing up between Burlingame and the Central Valley, where his mother lived. Today, Boyle lives with his wife
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Santa Cop,also known as trafc Ofcer Brendan Boyle,poses with PAL Ofcer Paul Pak, left, Detective Lupe Mejia and children involved with the Police Activities League who were just given presents.
in Hanford, Calif. with their 9-yearold daughter and regular visits with his three stepchildren. When working, Boyle stays locally but otherwise spends time with his family in the Central Valley. Joining the police force didnt happen right after graduating high school. He started working for a grocery store and was doing well for himself before deciding it was time to study at College of San Mateo in hopes of joining the police force. Waiting to join the force gave Boyle life experiences which he said have helped on the job. Boyle graduated in 2003 on a Friday and was offered a position the following Monday in San Mateo, which he accepted. Starting in August 2003, Boyle became a trafc cop working the midnight
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How Trees Benet Our Health While Absorbing Air Pollutants

By Paul Larson
MILLBRAE As a Past President of the Millbrae Lions Club I was recently asked to take on the position of Tree Planting Chairman. It is a goal of the current Lions Clubs International President for all Lions Clubs across the world to plant one million trees during the 2011-2012 term. This new responsibility reminded me of a plan I had in the back of my mind to donate a number of trees on behalf of the CHAPEL OF THE HIGHLANDS for planting on several sparsely landscaped strips at Saint Dunstans Church in Millbrae. Ive always been a fan of planting trees, and my new task as Tree Planting Chair gave me an excuse to follow through with this previous goal. I immediately put my plan into action, so as of this writing 17 good sized Redwood Trees have already been planted at Saint Dunstans which will grow up tall and lush (see the picture to the right of me with one of the trees on the day they were planted). Trees are a major life sustaining feature of our planet. They not only help secure the ground they are planted in, but are the home to countless numbers of species. Trees absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) in addition to other harmful pollutants from the atmosphere, and during photosynthesis they release the oxygen we breathe. An acre of trees absorbs enough CO2 over one year to equal the amount produced by driving a car 26,000 miles. If everyone reading this article planted one new tree at their home it would not only create a noticeable improvement in everyones quality of life but also would benefit future generations.
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More car fires hit LA on New Years

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LOS ANGELES Four more car res broke out in the Los Angeles area New Years Eve, leaving authorities to probe for any links to a series of arson blazes that burned dozens of cars and spread to some structures in recent days. In a sobering counterpoint to the typical revelry of the night, re trucks were stationed in neighborhoods, police patrolled the city, switchboards took hotline calls and thousands in rewards were offered. Fireghters quickly put out a car re at about 6 p.m. Saturday in Hollywood that ts the prole of concern authorities have been following for the arsons, re department spokesman Brian Humphrey said. A crew of 10 put out the re in minutes. The ames did not spread beyond the car and no one was injured. Humphrey could not immediately say how the re started. Later at the Hollywood and Highland complex, a popular destination for holiday revelers, reghters responded to a small car re in a parking structure that was out by the time they arrived, Humphrey said.
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Fireghters battle a three-alarm apartment re that started in the carport and spread into nearby units late Saturday night in Glendale Sunday.
He said only that the re was under investigation, and could not say whether it was thought to be arson or tied to the others. Shortly before 9 p.m., reghters made quick work of two car res in a carport in West Hollywood. Fire dispatch supervisor Robert Diaz says the res were put out before they could spread.
There was no word if they were linked to the arson res. But the res resembled more than a dozen set before dawn Saturday, mostly in North Hollywood, and nearly two dozen res set in and around Hollywood a day earlier. Though some of the res spread and damaged homes and apartments, none have brought injuries. Still, some residents were on edge as authorities ramped up efforts to catch the culprit or culprits on a night when police and re resources are always stretched thin as drunken New Years revelers hit the town. Were pulling out all the stops, Humphrey said. Were hoping that the person or people responsible will be brought to swift and complete justice. Fireghters were to be stationed around the city to respond to emergencies, while authorities set up a hotline and pored through tips. Authorities also were interviewing witnesses, looking at video footage for clues and have announced at least $35,000 in rewards for information leading to a conviction. Among the most pressing questions: Were the res set by a serial arsonist, multiple people or copy-
cats? And why target cars, apparently at random? Its really unnerving, said Gary Joseph, one of several neighbors who stood looking at the frames of four badly charred vehicles in a carport in North Hollywood. Joseph said there was no way to stow his own car and keep it safe. Its partly exposed, but theres nothing I can do about it, he said. Sheila Kirk, who lives in the building next to the Hollywood freeway where the four cars were torched, said she quickly realized when she was awakened before dawn that the arson spree had spread to her neighborhood, though its several miles northeast of where the res were set the previous night. Wed heard all about the res in Hollywood and West Hollywood, then we heard what sounded like a giant hose and ran downstairs and found everything burning, said Kirk, whose own car had a partly melted bumper despite being some 30 feet away from the cars that were set on re. It looks like they chose the spot where the cars were bunched together so they could do the most damage. Thank God no one got hurt. still doesnt go far in a city with a high cost of living. Some employers dont like the increase, saying they already have a heavy nancial burden with federal, state and city payroll taxes, as well as a slew of other city-mandated taxes.
Stolen monkey resting safely in zoo

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City boosts minimum wage to $10.24 an hour
SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco is making history Sunday, becoming the rst city in the nation requiring employers to pay more than $10 an hour to those earning minimum wage. The increase to $10.24 from $9.92 an hour goes in effect with the new year. The 32-cent hike comes after San Franciscans passed a proposition in 2003 requiring the employers in the city to increase the minimum wage each year, using a formula tied to ination. While minimum-wage employees welcome the increase, most say it
SAN FRANCISCO A beloved little monkey known as Banana Sam was resting safely in the San Francisco Zoo on Sunday following what a spokesman called a trying few days. The 17-year-old squirrel monkey was found in a park Saturday evening and returned to the zoo, two days after being stolen. Banana Sam appears to be doing well after his ordeal, zoo spokesman Danny Latham said. He didnt say when the pocket-size primate would be back on exhibit, except to say it would be very, very soon. Meanwhile, zoo officials have
increased security, putting more guards on duty overnight. We doubled our security efforts for the graveyard shift, with guards patrolling the exterior, the interior and the grounds, Latham said. The zoo said the thieves had cut a back perimeter gate and made it to the top of a roof that houses ve other primate exhibits. The vandals cut two holes into the mesh of the squirrel monkey exhibit and snatched Banana Sam. While he was missing, zoo ofcials were concerned for a number of reasons, including a special diet required for Banana Sam to survive, as well as his age. Ofcials were also concerned about the public,
because while squirrel monkeys are not large animals, they have sharp teeth and will bite if provoked. Police said the man who found the monkey put him in his backpack after seeing him emerge from bushes in the park. The name of the man has not been released, but he could be in line for a $5,000 reward that was offered for Banana Sams safe return. Police on Sunday had no additional information to release about the incident, only to say the investigation was ongoing. The two-pound, one-foot-tall Banana Sam at 17 is an elder among squirrel monkeys, whose lifespan is about 20 years.
San Jose police change policy on burglar alarms

SAN JOSE San Jose police ofcers wont be responding to burglar alarms anymore unless someone can verify that a break-in is actually taking place. The new policy in effect Sunday comes after police said less than two percent of the thousands of alarm calls ofcers responded to are actually break-ins. Under the old policy, police responded to all alarm calls.
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Obama highlights economic bright spots

By Jim Kuhnhenn
WASHINGTON Bullish yet wary, President Barack Obama is highlighting recent economic bright spots while taking care not to overstate a recovery that still has not put millions back to work. His Republican rivals, in the face of late-arriving economic good news, are making slight adjustments themselves, arguing that Obamas policies have been a drag on a recovery that could have taken hold sooner. The competing rhetoric reects the positive indicators in areas ranging from retail sales and housing to unemployment and falling gas prices. All this has pushed up consumer confidence, a potential
barometer of political attitudes. Even Congress and Obama managed to agree on a two-month payroll tax cut extension before Barack Obama l e a v i n g Washington for the holidays. But the economic signs could prove eeting, as they were in the early spring when economist also detected upticks in activity only to watch them tumble. These new indicators may hold more promise. But a looming European debt crisis is casting a pall. No one is more aware of that risk than Obama.
Weve got an economy that is showing some positive signs; weve seen many consecutive months of private sector job growth, Obama said last week before departing for Christmas in Hawaii. But its not happening as fast as it needs to. For Obama, the danger is in promoting an economy that while, slowly recovering, has yet to reect reality for millions of Americans, or in highlighting positive signs only to see them falter in 2012. For David Axelrod, the Obama campaigns top political adviser, visions of a European nancial meltdown are what keep him awake at night. I think the American economy is gaining strength, I dont think many would argue that point, he said. The imponderable is not about that,
its really about these externalities and particularly Europe. Especially now that weve passed this threshold on the payroll tax cut and assuming that the Republicans in Congress dont want to rerun that battle, the one big thing on the horizon is Europe. Indeed, as the year ends on an up note, leading economists surveyed by the Associated Press expect the economy will grow slightly faster in 2012 about 2.4 percent compared with the less than 2 percent annual growth that the economy is expected to register by the end of this year. But underscoring the political challenges facing Obama, these same economists dont expect unemployment to drop much in a year from Novembers 8.6 percent rate.
The publics economic outlook is improving. An Associated PressGfK poll in December found that 37 percent of those questioned expect improvement in the economy in the coming year. It was the rst time since May that the sentiment significantly outweighed the share saying the economy would get worse in the next year. This modestly rosy scenario is contingent on keeping any nancial disruptions in Europe contained to the other side of the Atlantic. Obama has pressing European leaders, particularly German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, to act swiftly to avoid a wholesale debt crisis from taking hold. But Obama has few tools other than persuasion with which to inuence an outcome.
Candidates now focus on New Hampshire

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NASA probe joins twin at moon on New Years Day
LOS ANGELES NASA says its twin spacecraft are now circling the moon on a mission to measure lunar gravity. The latest probe slipped into orbit on New Years Day, joining its twin, which arrived a day earlier. The Grail spacecraft short for Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory will spend the next two months spiraling closer to the surface. In March, they will begin mapping the moons uneven gravity eld from orbit to understand its interior down to the core. The probes were launched in September and took a roundabout trip to the moon.
MERRIMACK, N.H. The political world shifts 1,300 miles east later this week. And the end of Tuesdays Iowa presidential caucuses will give way a day later to a very different contest in New Hampshire, thrusting a new set of faces, issues and political challenges onto the Republican presidential contest. Abortion will yield to taxes and budget decits. And then theres something known
locally as the curse of the front-runner. I dont think Iowas going to have much influence on New Hampshire either way, truthfully, said Sen. Kelly Ayotte, one of Mitt Romneys most prominent New Hampshire supporters. I think they probably dont like to hear it, but thats the reality. Iowa and New Hampshire voters are more likely to be white and better educated than the national average. But the similarities end there. Where a relatively small group of conservative activists usually dominate the
Iowa Republican caucuses, the nations rst Republican primary on Jan. 10 is open to a broad spectrum of voters: tea party activists, moderates and left-leaning independents alike. That means who you see and what they say on the campaign trail will likely change. Romney is considered the overwhelming favorite in New Hampshire, where Ron Paul also enjoys a passionate following. And former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, the only candidate skipping the Iowa caucuses, is lying in wait in the rst-in-the-nation primary state.
Ranger killed in Mount Rainier Natl Park shooting

MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. A Mount Rainier National Park ranger died in a shooting Sunday following a routine trafc stop, and authorities closed the 368square-mile park in Washington state as they searched for the armed gunman, a park spokeswoman said.
For some in need,Facebook is route to new kidney

SEATTLE Heres another reason for holdouts to join the social media site Facebook: Its a great place to nd a kidney. Between the kid photos and reminiscences about high school, more and more pleas for help from people with failing kidneys are popping up.
Facebook and other social media sites are quickly becoming a go-to place to nd a generous person with a kidney to spare, according to the people asking for help and some national organizations that facilitate matches. Damon Brown found a kidney on Facebook after telling his story on a special page the Seattle dad created under
the name, Damon Kidney. His friends and family forwarded the link to everyone they knew and on Jan. 3 a woman his wife has known for years, but not someone they consider a close family friend, will be giving him a kidney. She said it wasnt really for me. It was for my kids, because they deserve to have a dad around, said Brown, 38.
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Iran hits nuclear benchmark

By Ali Akbar Dareini
TEHRAN, Iran Iranian scientists have produced the nations rst nuclear fuel rod, a feat of engineering the West has doubted Tehran capable of, the countrys nuclear agency said Sunday. The announcement marks another step in Tehrans efforts to achieve prociency in the entire nuclear fuel cycle from exploring uranium ore to producing nuclear fuel despite U.N. sanctions and measures by the U.S. and others to get it to halt aspects of its atomic work that could provide a possible pathway to weapons production. Tehran has long said it is forced to seek a way to manufacture the fuel rods on its own, since the sanctions ban it from buying them on foreign markets. Nuclear fuel rods are tubes containing pellets of enriched uranium that provide fuel for nuclear reactors. Irans atomic energy agencys
website said the rst domestically made rod has already been inserted into the core of Tehrans research nuclear reactor. But it was unclear if the rod contained pellets or was inserted empty, as part of a test. Scientists and researchers at the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran have succeeded in producing and testing the rst sample of a nuclear fuel rod, said the announcement.
West on a nuclear fuel swap deal ended in failure as Iran backed down on shipping a major part of its stock of enriched uranium abroad in return for fuel.
New round of talks

The announcement on the fuel rod came just a day after Tehran proposed a new round of talks on its nuclear program with six world powers. The last round of negotiations between Iran and the ve permanent members of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany was held in January in Istanbul, Turkey, but it ended in failure. The U.N. has imposed four rounds of sanctions on Tehran over its refusal to halt uranium enrichment, a process that can lead to making a nuclear weapon. Separately, the U.S. and the European Union have imposed their own tough economic and nancial penalties. that has burned more than 42 square miles in Chiles Torres de Paine national park, authorities announced Saturday. Regional prosecutor Juan Melendez identied the person as Roter Singer, though Israel Radio later gave the rst name is Rotem. Melendez said the man had acknowledged a part in negligently allowing the re to start.
Atomic weapons
The U.S. and some of its European allies accuse Iran of using its nuclear program as a cover to develop atomic weapons. Iran denies the charge, saying the program is for peaceful purposes only and is geared toward generating electricity and producing medical radioisotopes to treat cancer patients. Although the rods are easier to make, Iran is also seeking to produce the pellets with enriched uranium. But so far it is not known
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An Iranian operator monitors the nuclear power plant unit in Bushehr.

whether Iranian nuclear scientists have been able to overcome the technical hurdles to do so. Tehran focused on domestic production of nuclear fuel rods and pellets in 2010, after talks with the
Yemenis demand president face trial

World briefs
New Year recrackers injure nearly 500 Filipinos
MANILA, Philippines Despite a government scare campaign, firecrackers and gunfire injured nearly 500 people in the Philippines as revelers welcomed the new year in one of the worlds most raucous and dangerous celebrations. About a dozen ights, including two from the United States, were diverted or canceled early Sunday after dark smog caused by a night of recracker explosions obscured visibility at Manilas airport, ofcials said. Health Secretary Enrique Ona said the number of injuries 454 from recracker blasts and 18 from stray bullets was slightly lower than last year but remained alarming.
SANAA, Yemen Yemens opposition on Sunday accused outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh of trying to torpedo a power transfer deal by sparking a new crisis, as troops loyal to him clashed with opposition forces, killing three. The violence was evidence that the presidents signature on a power transfer deal has not ended months of turmoil that have beneted al-
Qaida-linked militants. Sundays clashes followed Salehs decision not to leave the country, a move likely to embolden his relatives, who control key security posts. His opponents demand the removal of all of Salehs relatives from top security positions. Huge crowds of protesters have called for Saleh himself to be put on trial for the killing of hundreds of protesters, though the power transfer deal gives
him immunity from prosecution. Vice President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi told his new national unity government on Sunday, in their rst ofcial session, that the power transfer agreement, engineered by Yemens powerful Gulf Arab neighbors, must be implemented soon. We need to move vigorously and effectively to implement the Gulf initiative and its mechanisms, he said.
Church announces dates for popes Cuba trip

HAVANA The Roman Catholic Church in Cuba has announced the dates and a partial itinerary for Pope Benedict XVIs much-anticipated visit to the island. The church said in a statement Sunday that the pontiff will be in Cuba from March 26 to 28, following a visit to Mexico. Benedict will touch down in the western city of Santiago de Cuba, where he will be received personally by President Raul Castro. He will make a private trip the following day to the sanctuary of Cubas patron saint, the Virgin of Caridad del Cobre.
Egypt defends storming of civil society groups

CAIRO A top Egyptian ofcial responsible for overseeing civil society groups on Sunday defended sweeps through the ofces of 10 human rights and pro-democracy organizations, rejecting denunciations from the U.S., U.N. and Germany. It was the rst comment from the Egyptian government since the sweeps Thursday that targeted, among
others, U.S.-based groups invited to observe Egypts months-long election process. Reports of heavily armed police and soldiers storming into ofces, sealing the doors, riing through les and conscating computers set off a wave of international protest against Egypts rulers. International Cooperation Minister Faiza Aboul Naga defended the operation as a legitimate investigation into
organizations suspected of operating without permits and receiving political funding against the law. Aboul Naga pointed to repeated complaints from the judiciary and the ruling military about civil society groups acceptng foreign funds to promote protests and instability and inuence public opinion in nonpeaceful ways. She said the order to investigate the groups came from independent judges.
Chile detains Israeli tourist in major forest re

SANTIAGO, Chile A 23-yearold Israeli tourist has been detained on suspicion of causing a forest re
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Monday Jan. 2, 2012
The politics of redistricting in California

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ere stunned. It turns out that Democratic Party politicians acted like Democratic Party politicians. They tried to game Californias redistricting process to protect and expand their majorities in the Legislature and the states congressional delegation. They met secretly, they sent each other notes and they gave testimony without revealing their afliations. They made the redistricting process so and it hurts to say this political. Actually, no, were not stunned at all. We may be dismayed, but thats nothing new. The question isnt whether Democrats acted like Democrats or politicians acted like politicians, but whether their cynical, business-as-usual approach to decennial redistricting so undermined the reformed process as to make it illegitimate. Despite outrage from California Republican leaders, there is scant evidence that it did. The controversy arises from the new citizens commission process used this year to redraw Assembly, state Senate and congressional lines. According to a story published last Wednesday by ProPublica, a nonprot investigative news organization, Democrats duped hapless commissioners into doing their bidding and drawing lines that gave the party even greater gains than were justied by the demographic changes of the last 10 years. They ginned up ersatz interest groups and witnesses to testify at hearings without letting on that they were working to keep Democrats in ofce. The Democrats plan was to deliver synchronized testimony that would herd the commission toward the desired outcomes, ProPublica reported. If it
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worked perfectly, the commissioners might not even know they had been inuenced. Kudos are due to ProPublica for ferreting out the story of the unseemly and dishonest Democratic politicking. Its an important part of the record and will hold lessons for improving the process 10 years down the road. But again, its hardly surprising; its more surprising that Republicans apparently didnt get their acts together well enough to compete on their own terms. The reform wrought by voters with Proposition 11 in 2008 (for state ofces) and Proposition 20 in 2010 (for the House of Representatives) was intended to break the duopoly that the two big political parties, and especially the majority party, had in California redistricting. They were historic changes; never before in this state had elected ofcials lost the power to shape districts and thus to virtually award seats to themselves and other candidates who toed the party line. The changes were fought tooth and nail by Democratic Party leaders, who were loath to relinquish their power, and pushed by moderate Republicans like then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who believed a nonpartisan or at least bipartisan citizens commission would be an improvement. And they were right. It was an improvement. But few people were ever naive enough to believe that a redistricting exercise could, or even should, be puried of partisan politics. Drawing district lines is a consummate political act, and it is fruitless to try to remove politics from politics. The people who
wound up on the commission after a painstaking and somewhat convoluted process knew that. They were no fools. They were not oblivious to the desire of the Democratic establishment to insinuate itself into testimony, even if they didnt identify each and every fake witness. Membership was deliberately divided equally among registered Democrats and Republicans, and leavened with independents, even though that kind of division gave GOP members clout beyond their partys membership in the state. Commissioners did their work without regard to how their nal maps affected the fortunes of political parties or incumbents, and this fact is offered by the ProPublica story as virtual evidence that something went awry. Hardly. The alternative was for the panel to watch carefully how its decisions played in the old school us-versus-them, Democrat-versus-Republican game that Californians had voted to reject. There was never much doubt that the parties would still do battle, but they would no longer own the process. And they didnt. Inherent in any type of redistricting are communities that are split that would rather remain together, because communities are not all the same size but districts must be. Thats hardly evidence of failure or successful subversion. No redistricting process can ever be beyond controversy, because none can ever be beyond politics. This one, though, was quite good, especially for a rst reform effort. If any commissioners this time around really thought Democrats or anyone else would suddenly be turned into nonpartisan, goodgovernment witnesses and its hard to believe they did theyll be a little older and wiser a decade from now.
Survival of the fittest?

n spite of a veneer of optimism and initiative, modern man is overcome by a profound feeling of powerlessness which makes him gaze toward approaching catastrophes as though he were paralyzed. Erich Fromm, Escape from Freedom. The new year is upon us, and 2012 seems like it will evolve like none other in the political realm. 2011 was bad enough, but how are we liberal types going to survive 10 more months of all those political shenanigans when we watch and read about the Republican hopefuls as they spin and spout off in most self-serving and manipulative ways? For many of us, even the veneer of optimism and initiative has worn away. And then, after the Republican candidate is chosen, well have to go through all of those months of campaigning before the November election when well no doubt get sick and tired of the whole thing and lose whatever iota of faith we may have had in our elected ofcials. What we need to do is gure out a way to handle all of that stress, frustration and anger. Even now they well up regularly as we watch the dogmatism of the ultra-conservatives and their retrogressive goals of government. Then theres the possibility that there may be enough gullible voters to elect their eventual candidate. Add the apparent ineptitude of the Democrats to the mix and we become frantic. Every time we hear about how the Republicans want to cut more programs for the needy, privatize social programs or scream about raising taxes on the top 1 percent, it makes our blood boil. It reeks of Social Darwinism or Survival of the Fittest, as Robert Reich described it in his Dec. 11 column in the San Francisco Chronicle. Not until the 20th century did America reject Social Darwinism ... . We rejected the notion that each of us is on his or her own in a competition contest for survival. But if one of the current crop of Republican hopefuls becomes president, Social Darwinism is back. Imagine the following: Someone is ailing away in the ocean and about to drown. A man standing on the shore shouts, Dont expect me to save you. You could have learned to swim. You brought this on yourself. After all, I have survived because I am one of the ttest. The attitude that comes across is one of cold-hearted cynicism. Beliefs like that are very disturbing to us, and can cause much anger, anxiety and depression. I started this column with the intent of giving advice on how to prevent the frustration, dismay and stress of the presidential election process from pushing us over the edge. But wait! Maybe its best if we dont try to avoid all of the political maneuvering that is turning our country into a third world nation. When we think of what Eda LeShan wrote, we may change our minds: We SHOULD be angry at human suffering, at social injustice, at inequality, at poverty, at war, at bureaucracies that interfere with human needs and rights. Anger turned toward a ght for liberty and justice is what democracy needs for survival. Makes you wonder if she had anything like the current political skirmishes in mind. However we may choose to carry on, we can benet from a few techniques that may make the last presidential campaign a bit less aggravating. Of course, we can decrease television viewing that wallows in the political fray. When reading newspapers, news magazines, etc., we might skip the political reporting that dismays us. But it might help to read columns by people like Mr. Reich, David Brooks, Paul Krugman, Maureen Dowd and, of course, the Daily Journals Keith Kreitman who can offer some insight and the feeling that we are not alone. We can also take part in activities with family and friends that add enjoyment and diversion to our lives like enjoying nature, attending a good movie or symphony or other healthy pleasures that may divert our minds from disturbing current events for a while. We can practice meditation, yoga and other relaxation techniques like deep breathing. This would involve relaxing and inhaling slowly and deeply through the nose so that the diaphragm rises and then exhaling slowly through the mouth as the diaphragm relaxes. If we do this a few times whenever stress builds up, it can help us survive even though we may not be the ttest. Through it all, we need to encourage people who are likeminded to vote and remember what Ashleigh Brilliant wrote: Some parts of the past must be preserved, and some of the future prevented at all costs.
Since 1984, Dorothy Dimitre has written more than 500 columns for various local newspapers. Her email address is gramsd@aceweb.com.
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Editor, This year I am honored to be the honorary chair for the Relay for Life in Daly City. The American Cancer Society and I are urging local companies to take up the ght against cancer in their community by becoming sponsors of Relay For Life in Daly City. Cancer touches the lives of everyone, and involvement in Relay For Life is a great way to show that a company cares. Sponsorships can be tailored to a companys ability to give. Relay For Life is growing across the nation and throughout the world thousands of people will participate this year in 450 Relay For Life events across California. Relay For Life events will take place in more than 4,800 communities nationwide. Relay For Life is a fun-lled overnight event designed to celebrate survivorship (anyone that has ever been diagnosed with cancer) and raise money for your American Cancer Society. During the event, teams of people gather at schools, fairgrounds, or parks and take turns walking laps. Each team tries to keep at least one team member on the track at all times. Relay For Life helps a community celebrate the lives of those who have faced cancer, remember loved ones lost and ght back against the disease. If you would like to become a sponsor or nd out how to build a team for the American Cancer Society Relay for Life in your community, please call Allison Langston at 592-2054 or visit RelayForLife.org. You can also contact me directly at 513-9410 or email me at david@davidcanepa.com. Daly City Council.
Getting railroaded
Editor, This letter is regarding the Other Voices piece from the Contra Costa Times, High-speed rail project needs to be audited, in the Dec. 30 edition of the Daily Journal discussing the numerous issues regarding high-speed rail and why starting the project in the Central Valley makes no sense. I suspect the high-speed rail authoritys primary goal is to keep the project momentum moving and the only last bastion of political support for this misguided venture is in the Central Valley.
David Canepa Daly City The letter writer is a member of the
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Hopeful signs in 2012

By Pallavie Gogoi
Its a bittersweet way for investors to begin a new year. On the one hand, economic news in the U.S. has been getting steadily better. This holiday shopping season is shaping up to be the best since the Great Recession; the housing market is showing signs of life and even the job market is on the mend. Then, theres Europe. The regions leaders have failed again to convince investors that they will be able to prevent a breakup of their 17-nation currency union. Greece could still default on its debt, causing huge losses for banks in France and elsewhere that hold Greek bonds. Investors fear that could cause a nancial panic to spread around the world, like what happened in 2008 after the U.S. brokerage Lehman Brothers collapsed. In the U.S., too, there are plenty reasons for investors to be cautious. Many companies are still wary of hiring, and banks are afraid to turn on the lending spigots.
Who better to guide investors during these uncertain times than Bob Doll, who helps oversee $3.6 trillion in assets as chief investment ofcer at the worlds biggest money manager, BlackRock. Doll recently spoke with The Associated Press about how 2011 worked out for investors, what hes optimistic about in 2012 and what hes worried about. Hes hopeful that Europe can stick to its goal of greater scal austerity. But he acknowledges that like his own New Years resolution of losing 15 pounds enforcing the outcome is the tricky part. Here are excerpts from the conversation, edited for clarity. Q: How does 2011 stack up for you? A: We entered the year hopeful. Global economies were looking better. But the tsunami disaster in Japan cast a bigger shadow on global growth than a lot of people initially thought. Then there were big political upheavals in the Middle East with the Arab Spring. Those political and social issues contributed to a rise in oil prices that didnt help the edgling U.S. economic recovery. Then Europe kept coming back as problem.
All the wild cards that showed up were on the negative side. The year started high on hopes that were dashed. Q: With Europe looming large going into the New Year, whats the outlook for 2012? A: The probability of a solution to Europes issues is low. Nobody even knows what it will be. Or what a solution looks like. The European authorities attitude to dealing with their problem is to close their eyes, hold their noses and hope it might go away. Stumbling along is the most likely path forward. The alternative is more troublesome. If theres immense pressure on politicians, there can be an accident that takes the form of a bankruptcy, or nationalizing some banks, the collapse of the euro, or that a country exits the European Union. Nobody even knows how that can potentially take place. Muddling through is the best option. Europe can then face a mild recession and economic contagions are limited. But the darker scenario could lead to a nancial contagion which will be drag the global economy down.
Medicare debate all about the baby boomers

WASHINGTON Baby boomers take note: Medicare as your parents have known it is headed for big changes no matter who wins the White House in 2012. You may not like it, but you might have to accept it. Dial down the partisan rhetoric and surprising similarities emerge from competing policy prescriptions by President Barack Obama and leading Republicans such as Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan. Limit the overall growth of Medicare spending? Its in both approaches. Squeeze more money from upperincome retirees and some in the middleclass? Ditto. Raise the eligibility age? That too, if the deal is right. With more than 1.5 million baby
boomers a year signing up for Medicare, the programs future is one of the most important economic issues for anyone now 50 or older. Health care costs are the most unpredictable part of retirement, and Medicare remains an exceptional deal for retirees, who can reap benets worth far more than the payroll taxes they paid in during their careers. People would like to have what they used to have. What they dont seem to understand is that its already changed, said Gail Wilensky, a former Medicare administrator and adviser to Republicans. Medicare as we have known it is not part of our future. Two sets of numbers underscore that point. First, Medicares giant trust fund for inpatient care is projected to run out of
money in 2024. At that point, the program will collect only enough payroll taxes to pay 90 percent of benets. Second, researchers estimate that 20 to 30 percent of the more than $500 billion that Medicare now spends annually is wasted on treatments and procedures of little or no benet to patients. Taken together, that means policymakers cant let Medicare keep running on autopilot and theyll look for cuts before any payroll tax increases. Privatization is the biggest divide between Democrats and Republicans. Currently about 75 percent of Medicare recipients are in the traditional government-run, fee-for-service program and 25 percent are in private insurance plans known as Medicare Advantage.
Company cancels $177M solar plant

SAGINAW, Mich. A California-based solar power company is canceling plans to build a $177 million solar panel factory in Michigan, the chief executive said. When the project was announced in 2009, San Jose-based GlobalWatt Inc. said it would create 500 jobs. At that time, Saginaw was one of two communities in the running for the project. But GlobalWatt chief executive Sanjeev Chitre said the Saginaw project is now on hold, because of a struggling economy and overseas markets. We could not manage that kind of liability without the sort of market expanding really rapidly, which we couldnt see happening, Chitre told WNEM-TV last week. He said the company might reconsider if the market expands. The plan called for assembling crystalline silicon solar panels at the plant. State and local ofcials approved millions of dollars in incentives, but the aid wasnt distributed, the Midland Daily News reported. U.S. manufacturers have complained that solar panel prices have plummeted since China began large-scale exports. Ofcials in the Saginaw area have been pursuing a number of solar power-related projects. In November, a 240-acre site in Saginaw Countys Thomas Township was dedicated as the Great Lakes Solar Technology Park.
On the move
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage announced that Lisa Goodwill has joined the company as a sales associate in its San Mateo El Camino office. In her new position, Goodwill will specialize in residential sales in Hillsborough, Burlingame and San Mateo.
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Chargers end Raiders playoff hopes

By Josh Dubow
OAKLAND For all the talk about what it would take to send Oakland to the playoffs, the Raiders were unable to accomplish the one part they could control. Philip Rivers threw three touchdown passes and Richard Goodman returned a kickoff 105 yards for another score as the San Diego Chargers ended Oaklands playoff hopes by beating the Raiders 38-26 on Sunday. The Raiders (8-8) went into the
final day of the season needing to win and get help to end an eight-year playoff drought. They got the assistance they needed when Denver (8-8) lost 7-3 at home to Kansas City but were unable to do their part by beating the Chargers (8-8). The Broncos won the division based on record versus common opponents. The Chargers could only celebrate playing the role of spoiler in what may have been coach Norv
Turners nal game in San Diego. If this was his last game, he ended his tenure with an offensive masterpiece as San Diego did not punt, committed just one turnover and gained 463 yards. Rivers completed 19 for 26 passes for 310 yards and was at his best on a key drive in the fourth quarter after Oakland cut San Diegos lead to 31-26 with 9:37 to go. After Goodman mishandled the kickoff to force the Chargers to start from inside their 1, Rivers completed a 20-yard to Malcom Floyd, Mike Tolbert ran for 40 yards and
Rivers threw a 43-yard TD pass to Floyd to make it a two-score game. Antoine Cason then intercepted Carson Palmer with 4:36 to go at the San Diego 20 to seal the victory for the Chargers and provide a disappointing nish to what had been a promising season for the Raiders. Oakland seemed in control in the AFC West after beating Chicago 2520 on Nov. 27 to improve to 7-4. But they lost four of their nal ve games, including squandering a late 13-point lead at home to Detroit two weeks ago to nish out of the postseason for the ninth straight year.
Palmer, brought in at midseason after starter Jason Campbell broke his collarbone, delivered the kind of performance the Raiders expected, throwing for 417 yards and two touchdowns. But Oakland had to settle for four eld goals by Sebastian Janikowski, mismanaged the clock late in the first half and could never stop Rivers and the Chargers offense. The Raiders did set single-season records for penalties and yards penalized by committing eight for
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49ers clinch No. 2 seed

By R.B. Fallstrom
ST. LOUIS No apologies from Jim Harbaugh. Not even close. After the San Francisco 49ers had to make stops late to hold off the suddenly spunky St. Louis Rams in their regular-season nale, their rst-year coach was clear he denitely did not have mixed emotions. I feel great, Harbaugh said after the 3427 victory over a two-win team Sunday that turned out to be a lot more hard-fought than expected. Im not going to come in here and be sad that we won. The 49ers (13-3) could use the bye week that comes with the No. 2 playoff seed in the NFC, with wide receivers Ted Ginn Jr. (ankle) and Kyle Williams (concussion) out for the nale. Running back Frank Gore sat out the second half with what Harbaugh vaguely described as something that was bothering him, although Gore said he was not hurt. It was a coachs decision, but Im ne, said Gore, held to 9 yards on seven carries. Im getting my body real fresh. We were up three touchdowns. Im cool, Im good. After beating the Rams for the second time in ve weeks, 49ers players were happy to be getting a break. Ill sit back and watch the games. Let the games begin, tight end Vernon Davis said. My mind is about to go on a whole new phase, thats the way I see it. Record-setting kicker David Akers showed off a strong left arm to match his left leg as Michael Crabtree bamboozled defenders on a perfectly executed fake eld goal that made it 27-10 in the third quarter.
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San Francisco 49ers quarterback Alex Smith dives into the end zone for a touchdown during the rst half of their NFL football game against the St.Louis Rams in St.Louis Sunday.
Fiesta Bowl pits two of nations best QBs

By John Marshall
GLENDALE, Ariz. The Fiesta Bowl has just about everything you could ask for from a bowl game: two of the nations best teams, most explosive offenses and underrated defenses, ready-for-the-NFL quarterbacks and this years best case for changing the BCS. OK, so maybe theres no national title on the line. LSU and Alabama get that honor under the current BCS format. Still, when No. 3 Oklahoma State and No. 4 Stanford play Monday night at University of Phoenix
Stadium, it gures to be one of those cant-miss shows, the kind that leaves fans asking Did you see that? the next day. This is about as good as it gets right here, Oklahoma State quarterback Brandon Weeden. Im pretty sure everybody around the country will be watching. Might as well start with the quarterbacks. They are, after all, two of the most intelligent, mature and prolic ones out there. Stanfords Andrew Luck has been projected as the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL draft almost since his days at Stratford High in Houston. Last years Heisman Trophy runner-
up, he made it two straight just misses after returning for a stellar senior season. Prototypically sized, deceptively agile and mature beyond his years, Luck tore through Stanfords record book almost as often as he did opposing defenses and improved his NFL-ready resume by calling some of his own plays this season. There is a reason why he is going to be the rst player picked in the draft, because he is very good at what he does and hes had a lot of success the last couple years, Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy said. Gundys quarterback is no slouch.
Weeden wont challenge Luck for the No. 1 pick, but he certainly could give the big Cardinal a run in the Fiesta Bowl. Agile and accurate with a big right arm, Weeden came seemingly out of nowhere to pile up yards and touchdowns as a junior and continued it this season, putting together one of the most impressive two-year runs in Oklahoma State history. He forced people across the country to learn how to spell his last name it ends with en, not on with his prodigious numbers and throws.
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Stepfan Taylor was the teams leading rusher, becoming the third player in school history to rush for over 1,000 yards in consecutive season with 1,153 this season, and there are four others with the ability to churn out yards, including the deceptively agile Luck. Stanford ran the ball 54 percent of the time this season and had 2,495 yards rushing, thirdmost in school history, setting up Luck and the passing game. They never get tackled for the loss. They continue to drive their feet and move the pile, Oklahoma State defensive coordinator Bill Young said. They are a very patient offense from the standpoint if they can make 2 or 3 yards, they will try to get 3 or 4 more on second down, and then they will hit you with a play-action pass when you are sucking it up to play the run too much. The nal bit of intrigue is the it-could-be-us argument from a pair of teams that nished 111 the same record as Alabama, which earned the No. 2 spot in the Bowl Championship Series. The Cardinals lone loss was Nov. 12 to Oregon, which won the Pac-12 and is playing Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl earlier Monday. Stanford wasnt close to Alabama in the nal BCS rankings, but could make a case for a spot in the title game if the system was different. Oklahoma State can make an argument either way. The Cowboys loss, to Iowa State on Nov. 18, wasnt a particularly good one, but there were extenuating circumstances: The team was still reeling from the death of Oklahoma State womens basketball coach Kurt Budke and assistant coach Miranda Serna in a plane crash the day before. The computers dont look at why a team lost, only who it lost to, so the Cowboys nished third in the BCS, an agonizingly close .0086 behind the Crimson Tide. The system is in place. It worked out. We came up little bit short, Weeden said. If you looked back and you said before the year started we wanted to go to the national championship, you probably thought we were crazy. But our goal was to go to a BCS game. The Cowboys got there and it could be a doozy.
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The game started off well as Oakland drove 95 yards on its rst possession to score on Palmers 3-yard TD pass to Darrius HeywardBey. The drive was aided by a pair of personal fouls against San Diego, including one that got San Diegos leading sacker Antwan Barnes ejected for unsportsmanlike conduct. But Oakland then allowed a 38-yard TD pass from Rivers to Antonio Gates, a 1-yard run by Tolbert after a pass interference call in the end zone against Stanford Routt tied the single-season penalty record and Goodmans return. The Raiders trailed 24-13 at the break, missing a chance at points in the closing seconds when they completed a 6-yard pass to Louis Murphy inbounds with 8 seconds and were unable to stop the clock. down pass from Kellen Clemens, the Rams recovered Josh Browns on-side kick and Cadillac Williams scored on a 1-yard run with 4:39 to go one play after Lloyd drew an interference call on Brown in the end zone. The Rams were rescued from the ignominy of landing the No. 1 draft pick for the second time in three years when the Colts (2-14) lost 19-13 to the Jaguars. The Colts hold the tiebreaker based on opponents strength of schedule, leaving St. Louis with the second overall pick and their fourth top-two pick in ve seasons. The 49ers record is their best since another 13-win season in 1997 under another rookie coach, Steve Mariucci. The Rams scored 17 points in the fourth quarter, six better than their NFL-low game average, but were down to untested Tom Brandstater and third-and-17 after Clemens injured his right ankle on a sack by NaVorro Bowman with 2:46 to go. Brandstater threw two incompletions, the 49ers took over at their own 40 and needed just one rst down to seal it and exhale. I think we kind of got a little relaxed and didnt play the type of defense were supposed to play, linebacker Patrick Willis said. It can turn on you in a matter of seconds and thats what happened, and we cant allow that to happen going forward.
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Weeden isnt mature beyond his years like Luck, though. Hes just mature; a 28-year-old former professional baseball player whos married and doesnt get caught up by trivialities that might slip up younger players. He is great. He has put up numbers. He has done it winning, Stanford co-defensive coordinator Derek Mason said. Any time you can do that, you put yourself in an elite category of quarterbacks. Thats what he is. Led by their two quarterbacks, Oklahoma State and Stanford have the kind of offenses that turn defensive coordinators inside-out at night trying to gure ways of slowing them down. The Cowboys have arguably the most dynamic player in college football in Justin Blackmon, only the second two-time winner of the Biletnikoff Award as the nations best receiver. Oklahoma State also has a big, powerful offensive line and good balance, with running backs Joseph Randle and Jeremy Smith combining for over 1,800 yards rushing and 32 touchdowns. The Cowboys were second nationally in scoring offense at nearly 50 points per game and third in total offense with 557 yards per game. So many weapons, but stopping the Cowboys begins with stopping their best player. You start with Blackmon, Stanford coach David Shaw said. He is the best receiver in the nation. He is great after the catch. He is a big, physical kid. He makes tough catches look easy. As soon as his feet hit the ground to jump up to make a catch, he is at full speed. He is a difference maker. He is a game changer. Luck makes the difference across the eld, but the ironic thing is that for all the attention he gets, the danger in Stanfords offense is its ability to run teams over. Behind a moving wall of an offensive line, the Cardinal have one of the best ground games in the country, averaging 207 yards per game.
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64 yards. That gave them 163 for 1,358 yards, surpassing the totals of 158 for 1,304 set by the 1998 Chiefs. The record-setting penalty was a hold by Rock Cartwright on the opening kick of the second half. The day got off to a bad start for the Raiders, who were eliminated from the wildcard chase when Tennessee held on to beat Houston 23-22 and the New York Jets lost 1917 at Miami. But there were no score updates given all day at the Coliseum as Raiders coach Hue Jackson wanted his team to keep focused on the task at hand.
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Crabtree appeared to be leaving the eld but stopped just shy of the sideline and no defender followed. Kind of like I disappeared on the sideline, but I was 2 feet away, so it worked out, Crabtree said. They didnt see me. I was just over there really just chillin, waiting on D.A. (Akers) to throw me the ball. Crabtree caught scoring passes from Akers and Alex Smith for the 49ers, who led by 24 in the fourth quarter. Akers broke the NFL single-season eld goal record last week and nished with 44, including ve in the rst half of the two St. Louis meetings. He missed on a 48-yarder, but clicked from 36 and 42 yards. Davis also had a big day for a team short of pass catchers and Tarell Brown had a pair of interceptions that led to touchdowns. The 49ers held St. Louis to just 157 total yards in a 26-0 victory that clinched the NFC West in Week 12 but were hanging on at the nish of the rematch after the Rams scored two touchdowns in just 13 seconds. Brandon Lloyd caught a 36-yard touch-
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Joseph leads No.1 Syracuse over DePaul

By Rick Gano
ROSEMONT, Ill. Like an orange swarm, No. 1 Syracuse seemed to be everywhere Sunday. Coach Jim Boeheims long-armed and deep team used its lockdown defense and balanced scoring to rout DePaul 87-68 for a 15-0 start. With 7-foot Fab Melo altering numerous shots and blocking six others, the Orange took control in the rst half, built a 19-point lead and then coasted. Our defense was really good in the rst half and that was the game, Boeheim said. The second half
was just trading baskets. Kris Joseph, scoreless in his previous game, a victory over Seton Hall to open Big East play, had 22 points Sunday Kris Joseph night as the Orange (15-0, 2-0 Big East) got their fast break going and consistently drove for layups. C.J. Fair added 16 points, Dion Waiters had 13 and Melo scored 12. The reason we shot 58 percent means we got a lot of layups,
Boeheim said. We got a lot of easy baskets. Syracuse opened 18-0 last season and the Oranges best start under Boeheim was 19 straight wins to kick off 1999-2000. Weve got a lot of difcult games ahead, particularly at the end of the year and those are the teams you have to beat, Boeheim said. We havent proven anything yet. Weve beaten people we probably should have beaten. Thats good. ... But the tough part of our schedule is coming up. But no matter the opponent, they will have to contend with a team that loses little when it substitutes,
one that shares the ball and plays a conning 2-3 defense. You can practice against the 2-3 as much as you want. ... Our whole focus is defense, Waiters said. At the end of the day you still have to play against it no matter how much you prepared for it. DePaul (9-4, 0-1) had its vegame winning streak snapped and dropped to 3-18 all-time facing No. 1-ranked teams. Cleveland Melvin led the Blue Demons with 23 points. Theyre as good defensively as any Syracuse team Ive seen, DePaul coach Oliver Purnell said. They shot too many layups. ...
Every time we tried to make a move, it was a turnover that led to a layup. Syracuse held DePaul to 30.8 shooting in the rst half 0 for 8 on 3-pointers and blocked ve shots, three by Melo. The Orange shot 65.5 percent and had a 19-9 rebounding edge in opening a 45-26 lead. Playing its rst game since Dec. 21, DePaul chopped the lead to 16 midway through the second half but could never make a serious run. When Melos block led a runout and Syracuse pushed the lead to 85-57 with about 4 minutes left, some of the crowd at the Allstate Arena started to head for the exits.
Kentucky women edge Florida Overmatched Monmouth

GAINESVILLE, Fla. Adia Mathies and Kentucky turned up the defense to secure a sorely needed victory. Mathies scored 14 points, Bria Goss added 11 and No. 6 Kentucky beat cold-shooting Florida 59-56 on Sunday in the Southeastern Conference opener for both schools. The Wildcats (12-2, 1-0) were coming off a rough stretch, losing two of their last three games, included a setback at unranked Middle Tennessee State. The Wildcats other loss was against third-ranked Notre Dame. I couldnt be prouder of our players bouncing back for what has been a tough week for us, Kentucky coach Matthew Mitchell said.
I think our players mightve been doubting themselves. Deana Allen had 14 points and Ndidi Madu nished with 11 for Florida (10-4, 0-1), which shot 32.8 percent and committed 23 turnovers. Jennifer George added 10 points and 11 rebounds, and Jaterra Bonds also scored 10. We didnt play well and you have to give Kentucky a lot of credit for that, Florida coach Amanda Butler said. Theyre denitely the best defensive team weve played all year. Azania Stewart made a free throw with 8:19 left to help Florida close to 42-41, but the Wildcats responded with a 13-6 surge. Amber Smith capped the run with a 3-pointer that just beat the shot clock and made it 55-47.
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. First-year Monmouth coach King Rice always felt comfortable playing at North Carolinas Smith Center. The Tar Heels made sure he felt right at home there as a coach, too even as they gave his Hawks their latest lopsided loss. No. 5 North Carolina routed Monmouth 102-65 on Sunday for its 26th straight victory at the arena where Rice spent four seasons as a point guard, erasing a record that two of his assistants had a hand in setting. When I walked in yesterday and Ive been in here a million times I swear it seemed bigger, Rice said. I was always so comfortable in here and, just, yesterday it kind of hit me when we walked in.
Freshman Andrew Nicholas led the Hawks (2-12) with 22 points, including six 3-pointers, and Jesse Steele added 17 points. The Hawks 42-year-old coach played the point at North Carolina from 1988-91. Also, assistants Brian Reese and Derrick Phelps started on the Tar Heels 1993 national championship team and contributed to the previous mark of 25 straight wins at the Smith Center from 1992-94. Rice also spent the 2005-06 at North Carolina as a volunteer assistant to coach Roy Williams. He received a 30-second standing ovation during pregame introductions from an appreciative crowd. Just to be part of the Carolina family helps us every day of our lives, Rice said. I dont think theres any other place that the former players get treated the way we do.
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Broncos slip into playoffs; Pats top seeded

DENVER Tim Tebow fell short in his latest comeback bid, yet his Denver Broncos are still going to the playoffs. Former Bronco Kyle Orton got his revenge in leading the Kansas City Chiefs to a 7-3 win over Denver on Sunday, but its the Broncos who clinched the AFC West and is headed to the postseason. After congratulating their former starting quarterback, the Broncos celebrated the end to their six-year playoff drought once San Diego beat Oakland 38-26 later Sunday. Losers of their last three games, the Broncos finished 8-8, same as the Raiders. They win their first division title since 2005 on a tiebreaker. Jets gave up six third-down conversions during the Dolphins 21-play, 94-yard drive for their only touchdown. The Jets (8-8) came into the game needing a win along with losses by three other teams to reach the playoffs. Instead, they nished the season with three consecutive defeats, a big step backward for a team that reached the AFC title game each of the past two years. The Dolphins (6-10) completed their third consecutive losing season, their longest such stretch since the 1960s. eral other big-name players without losing momentum. Flynn barely got the Packers past Matthew Stafford, who threw for 520 yards with five touchdowns and two interceptions. Playoffbound Detroit (10-6), has lost 21 straight road games to the Packers, including the postseason.
BEARS 17, VIKINGS 13

MINNEAPOLIS Charles Tillmans interception return in the second quarter gave Chicago (8-8) the lead for good, and the Bears stopped their five-game losing streak despite 3 1/2 sacks by Jared Allen. Allen finished the season with 22 sacks, behind Michael Strahans NFL mark of 22 1/2 for the Giants in 2001. Joe Webb relieved Christian Ponder at quarterback for the Vikings (3-13) for the third time in the last month, but the scrambling Webb wasnt able to keep the Vikings from matching the worst record in franchise history.
SAINTS 45, PANTHERS 17

NEW ORLEANS Drew Brees threw for 389 yards and five touchdowns, and New Orleans set a slew of NFL and club records. The NFL single-season records set by the Saints (13-3), who head into the playoffs on an eight-game winning streak, included offensive yards with 7,474, team yards passing with 5,347 and first downs with 416. Brees, who was 28 of 35, finished with a record 468 completions this season, breaking Peyton Mannings 2010 mark of 450. He finished the season completing 71.6 percent of his passes, breaking his own 2009 NFL record 70.6 completion percentage. Tight end Jimmy Graham had 97 yards receiving, finishing with an NFL record 1,310 for a tight end. The Panthers finished 6-10.
PATRIOTS 49, BILLS 21

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. Tom Brady led the New England Patriots back from a three-touchdown deficit as they scored 49 straight points and clinched home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs with a 49-21 win over the Buffalo Bills on Sunday. Brady finished the regular season with the second most yards passing in NFL history, 5,235, after throwing for 338. Drew Brees, who last week broke Dan Marinos record of 5,084 with the Miami Dolphins in 1984, added 389 Sunday for the New Orleans Saints and ended with 5,486. The Patriots (13-3) finished the season with eight straight wins. But for the second straight game, they fell behind early. They beat the Miami Dolphins 27-24 after trailing 17-0 at halftime then rallied after the Bills (6-10) scored touchdowns on their first three possessions, drawing boos from the home fans.
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EAGLES 34, REDSKINS 10

PHILADELPHIA Michael Vick threw three touchdown passes, including a 62yarder to DeSean Jackson, as the Eagles closed the season with four straight wins. The Eagles (8-8) are hoping to carry the momentum from their strong finish into next season. But they cant be satisfied after entering the year with Super Bowl aspirations. Its the first time since 2007 that Philadelphia didnt qualify for the postseason and just the fourth time in coach Andy Reids 13 seasons. The Eagles set a franchise record for total yards on offense with 6,386. The Redskins (5-11) finished in last place in the NFC East for a franchise-worst fourth straight year. It was Mike Shanahans worst full season in 18 years as a coach.
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady signals for a two-point conversion attempt against the Buffalo Bills during the third quarter of their NFL football game in Foxborough, Mass.Sunday.
TITANS 23, TEXANS 22

HOUSTON Matt Hasselbeck threw two touchdown passes and the Titans kept alive their playoff hopes. The Titans (9-7) have their first winning record since 2008 in Mike Munchaks first season, but their postseason fate depended on the outcome of later games in Cincinnati, Oakland and Denver. Tennessee got some early help when the Jets lost in Miami. Houston (10-6) will head into its first postseason on a three-game losing streak. The Texans were locked into the No. 3 seed in the AFC playoffs and coach Gary Kubiak played mostly reserves in the second half. Rookie starter T.J. Yates left the game after one series with a shoulder injury and was replaced by Jake Delhomme. Kubiak said Yates could have returned if necessary. The Texans pulled within a point late in the game on a 5-yard TD pass by Delhomme, but failed on a 2-point conversion that would have won it.
PACKERS 45, LIONS 41

GREEN BAY, Wis. Backup quarterback Matt Flynn threw a touchdown pass to Jermichael Finley with 1:10 left to finish off his record-setting day of 480 yards and six TD passes. With Aaron Rodgers resting for the playoffs, Flynn set club single-game records for yards passing and touchdowns. It was an ideal afternoon for the Packers (15-1) who got to rest their starting quarterback and sev-
JAGUARS 19, COLTS 13

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Indianapolis locked up the top pick in Aprils NFL draft, setting the stage to select Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck. Maurice Jones-Drew ran for a season-high 169 yards, clinching the NFL rushing title and breaking Fred Taylors single-season franchise record in the Jaguars victory. The Jaguars (5-11) became the first AFC South opponent to sweep Indianapolis (2-14) since 2002 and gave outgoing owner Wayne Weaver a victory in his final game. The Colts may have been the big winners, though. Indy would have dropped to the No. 2 spot in the draft with a victory in Jacksonville. Instead, owner Jim Irsay will have the choice to draft Luck and give the team a young quarterback to join four-time MVP Peyton Manning.
DOLPHINS 19, JETS 17

MIAMI Mark Sanchez threw three interceptions and the Jets were eliminated from the AFC wild-card playoff race. Each turnover led to a eld goal, and the
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Ravens beat Bengals for AFC North title

By Joe Kay
CINCINNATI Standing in the raucous Ravens locker room, Dennis Pitta slipped the blue AFC North Champions cap onto his head and tugged it tight. The hat ts great, the tight end decided. Not just great, but perfect. Baltimore nished a perfect run through the division on Sunday night, beating the Cincinnati Bengals 24-16 for its third AFC North title behind Ray Rices two long touchdown runs. The Ravens (12-4) ran off the eld with helmets raised in celebration, slipped into their championship shirts and caps, then headed home the only place they want to be at this time of the year.
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Behind Rices big day, Baltimore clinched the AFCs No. 2 seed and a rstround bye, followed by a playoff game at home, where theyre 8-0 this
season. This is a great achievement, especially when you consider whatever doubters we had, linebacker Ray Lewis said. We swept our whole division. Now the world comes to Baltimore. Despite the loss, the Bengals (9-7) also got into the playoffs, securing the nal wild card as the Jets and Broncos also lost in games that ended
around the same time. Its Cincinnatis third playoff appearance in the last 21 years. No hats or shirts for the Bengals, though. They exchanged congratulatory hand slaps with a few fans as they left the eld, and that was it for the celebration. Its kind of weird, said rookie quarterback Andy Dalton, who was 22 of 44 for 232 yards with no interceptions or touchdowns. Obviously we didnt get it done today, but we still have a chance. Cincinnati will play next weekend at Houston, which donned caps and shirts in celebration of the AFC South title after beating the Bengals 20-19 at Paul Brown Stadium on Dec. 11. Dalton is 3-0 at Reliant Stadium, where he played two games in high school and one at TCU.
With Paul Brown Stadium packed with Bengals fans for the rst time all season, Rice made the biggest plays on a blustery afternoon that made it tough to throw. He had a career-best 70-yard touchdown run on the fourth play. Rice also broke a 51-yard touchdown run on a third-and-1 play with 5:41 to go, essentially nishing Cincinnatis chances of yet another big comeback. Rice nished with 191 yards on 24 carries and set a club record with his 15th touchdown of the season. Baltimores defense had a big hand in it, too. Linebacker Terrell Suggs hit tight end Jermaine Gresham after a catch, jarring the ball loose. Three plays later, Rice went 51 yards to put the Ravens on the verge of a title. Suggs sacked Dalton, forcing the
Bengals to settle for a eld goal on their next possession. Cincinnati got the ball back at its 20 with 1:05 to go and no timeouts left. The game ended with Daltons desperation pass into the end zone. This feels good, Suggs said. You just have to take it in. During that nal, futile drive, the Broncos score was shown on the videoboard, drawing a loud cheer from the crowd of 63,439. The Bengals sold out their stadium by offering two-for-one ticket deals. Ravens players raised their arms in triumph as they ran off the eld after Daltons nal pass. They made home-eld advantage for the playoffs an overriding goal after having to play on the road each of their last three years in the postseason. It was sweet to get it.
Fitzgerald,Cardinals beat Seattle 23-20 in OT

GLENDALE, Ariz. The Arizona Cardinals needed a little extra time to wrap up its season victory. Then again, thats hardly anything new. Larry Fitzgeralds spectacular one-handed grab set up a 28-yard field goal by Jay Feely to give Arizona a 23-20 win over the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday, the Cardinals fourth overtime victory at home in the last nine weeks of the season. Arizona (8-8) nished the season 7-2 after a six-game losing streak left it 1-6. Seattle (7-9) had rallied to tie the game after trailing 20-10
early in the fourth quarter. Fitzgerald caught nine passes for 149 yards after one reception for 2 yards in the rst half. John Skelton completed 22 of 40 for 271 yards and a touchdown with one interception for Arizona. Tarvaris Jackson was 21 of 35 for 222 yards and a touchdown with one pick for the Seahawks. The Cardinals earlier had overtime victories over St. Louis, Dallas and Cleveland. The Seahawks nished with the same record as a year ago, when 7-9 was good enough to win the NFC West. Arizonas Patrick Peterson, who made the Pro Bowl on special teams as a rookie, returned a punt 42 yards
to set up a eld goal, then blocked Steven Hauschkas 24-yard eld goal attempt. It was the NFL-leading fth blocked eld goal for the Cardinals, two of them by Peterson. Seattle won the toss heading into overtime, and Leon Washingtons 47yard kickoff return gave the Seahawks the ball at their own 40, but they failed to move it and had to punt. Arizonas game-winning drive started at the 19. On third-and-3 at the 26, Skelton threw over the middle to Fitzgerald, who caught it between two defenders for a 26-yard gain to the Seahawks 48. Skeltons quarterback sneak on fourth and less than a yard gave Arizona a rst
down at the Seattle 37. Arizona had it second-and-9 at the 36 when Skelton threw toward but not particularly close to Fitzgerald, who somehow gathered in the ball with one hand and cradled it as he fell to the ground. A review conrmed that it was a catch. LaRod StephensHowling, lling in for the injured Beanie Wells, rushed three times to the Seattle nine, and Feelys third eld goal of the game gave the Cardinals the win. Down 20-10 early in the fourth quarter, Seattle tied with a pair of big plays by two rookies, Richard Sherman and Lockette. First, Sherman stepped in front of intended
receiver Andre Roberts for an interception that set up a chip shot eld goal by Hauschka, then Jackson lofted the long pass to Lockette, who beat cornerback Marshay Green, and it was 20-20 with 7:47 remaining. Green had just been activated from the practice squad on Saturday. After Washingtons 48-yard touchdown run tied it at 10-10 with 10:56 to go in the third quarter, the Cardinals went 80 yards in eight plays. Skelton was 6 for 6 for 70 yards, capped by a 13-yard TD toss to Todd Heap, the tight ends rst score in an injury-plagued rst season with Arizona, putting the Cardinals up 17-10.
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Atlantic Division W N.Y.Rangers 23 Philadelphia 22 Pittsburgh 21 New Jersey 21 N.Y.Islanders 13 Northeast Division W Boston 24 Ottawa 19 Toronto 18 Buffalo 17 Montreal 14 Southeast Division W Florida 20 Winnipeg 19 Washington 20 Tampa Bay 17 Carolina 13 L 9 10 13 15 17 L 10 15 15 17 18 L 12 14 15 17 21 OT 4 4 4 1 6 OT 1 5 5 4 7 OT 7 5 2 3 6 Pts 50 48 46 43 32 Pts 49 43 41 38 35 Pts 47 43 42 37 32 GF 107 123 121 103 84 GF 123 120 118 100 99 GF 103 104 111 104 103 GA 77 106 100 105 113 GA 68 133 125 112 110 GA 107 107 109 122 135
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East y-New England N.Y.Jets Miami Buffalo South y-Houston Tennessee Jacksonville Indianapolis North y-Baltimore x-Pittsburgh x-Cincinnati Cleveland West y-Denver San Diego Oakland Kansas City W 13 8 6 6 W 10 9 5 2 W 12 12 9 4 W 8 8 8 7 L 3 8 10 10 L 6 7 11 14 L 4 4 7 12 L 8 8 8 9 T 0 0 0 0 T 0 0 0 0 T 0 0 0 0 T 0 0 0 0 Pct .813 .500 .375 .375 Pct .625 .563 .313 .125 Pct .750 .750 .563 .250 Pct .500 .500 .500 .438 PF 513 377 329 372 PF 381 325 243 243 PF 378 325 344 218 PF 309 406 359 212 PA 342 363 313 434 PA 278 317 329 430 PA 266 227 323 307 PA 390 377 433 338
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Atlantic Division W New York 2 Philadelphia 2 Boston 2 Toronto 1 New Jersey 1 Southeast Division W Miami 5 Orlando 4 Atlanta 3 Charlotte 1 Washington 0 Central Division W Chicago 4 Indiana 3 Milwaukee 2 Cleveland 2 Detroit 1 L 2 2 3 3 4 L 0 1 1 3 4 L 1 1 1 2 3 Pct .500 .500 .400 .250 .200 Pct 1.000 .800 .750 .250 .000 Pct .800 .750 .667 .500 .250 GB 1/2 1 1 1/2 GB 1 1 1/2 3 1/2 4 1/2 GB 1/2 1 1 1/2 2 1/2
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. Eli Manning threw three touchdown passes and the New York Giants won an all-or-nothing game to claim the nal spot in the NFL playoffs, beating the Dallas Cowboys 31-14 on Sunday night. The regular season went down to the last game, and it was coach Tom Coughlins Giants (9-7) who won the NFC East and returned to the postseason for the rst time since 2008. The loss left Jerry Jones Cowboys (8-8) out of the playoffs for the second straight year. New York won three of its nal four games and earned a wild-card home game next Sunday against the Atlanta Falcons (10-6). The Cowboys lost four of their nal ve games in their rst full season under coach Jason Garrett. New York rallied from a late 12point decit to beat the Cowboys three weeks ago and take over rst place in the division. Each team went 1-1 since to set up one of the biggest matchups in the history of this 50-year rivalry. Dallas woke up on its rst drive of the second half, an impressive 94-yard march featur1/1 1/8
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ing ve completions by Tony Romo for 48 yards before he hit Laurent Robinson behind cornerback Corey Webster for a 34-yard touchdown. But Romo threw into double coverage on the next possession and Antrel Rolle picked off the pass. D.J. Ware fumbled a reception three plays later, but Cowboys star linebacker DeMarcus Ware was offside. That didnt help the Giants much and Brandon Jacobs was stopped on a fourth-and-1 run. The big defensive play did help the Cowboys, who reached New Yorks 19 as the period ended. The Giants dominated the rst half, taking a 21-0 lead Sunday night as Ahmad Bradshaw scored twice. Eli Manning hooked up with rising star receiver Victor Cruz for a 76-yard touchdown in the rst quarter. Bradshaw scored on a 5-yard run in the second period to cap a 10play drive aided by a 14-yard pass interference call on cornerback Alan Ball. It could have been bigger, but Lawrence Tynes missed a 40-yard eld goal wide right. Bradshaw eluded Abram Elam in the backeld to scoot to his right and into the end zone at the end of a 10-play drive that made it 14-0.
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division W Chicago 24 Detroit 24 St.Louis 21 Nashville 21 Columbus 10 Northwest Division W Vancouver 24 Minnesota 21 Colorado 21 Calgary 18 Edmonton 15 Pacic Division W Los Angeles 19 Dallas 21 San Jose 19 Phoenix 19 Anaheim 10 L 10 13 12 14 23 L 13 13 18 17 19 L 14 15 11 16 21 OT 4 1 5 4 5 OT 2 6 1 5 3 OT 6 1 4 4 6 Pts 52 49 47 46 25 Pts 50 48 43 41 33 Pts 44 43 42 42 26 GF 125 123 95 105 93 GF 129 95 108 99 100 GF 86 100 99 102 87 GA 107 84 85 108 128 GA 96 95 115 111 104 GA 90 107 83 103 124
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Southwest Division W San Antonio 3 Houston 2 New Orleans 2 Memphis 1 Dallas 1 Northwest Division W Oklahoma City 5 Portland 3 Denver 3 Minnesota 1 Utah 1 Pacic Division W L.A.Lakers 3 Golden State 2 Sacramento 2 L.A.Clippers 1 Phoenix 1 L 1 2 2 3 4 L 0 0 2 3 3 L 3 2 3 2 3 Pct .750 .500 .500 .250 .200 Pct 1.000 1.000 .600 .250 .250 Pct .500 .500 .400 .333 .250 GB 1 1 2 2 1/2 GB 1 2 3 1/2 3 1/2 GB 1/2 1/2 1
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East
y-N.Y.Giants Philadelphia Dallas Washington South y-New Orleans x-Atlanta Carolina Tampa Bay North y-Green Bay x-Detroit Chicago Minnesota West y-San Francisco Arizona Seattle St.Louis
W 9 8 8 5
W 13 10 6 4 W 15 10 8 3 W 13 8 7 2
L 7 8 8 11
L 3 6 10 12 L 1 6 8 13 L 3 8 9 14
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Pct .813 .625 .375 .250 Pct .938 .625 .500 .188 Pct .813 .500 .438 .125
PF 394 396 369 288

PF 547 402 406 287 PF 560 474 353 340 PF 380 312 321 193
PA 400 328 347 367

PA 339 350 429 494 PA 359 387 341 449 PA 229 348 315 407
Two points for a win,one point for overtime loss or shootout loss. Saturdays Games Ottawa 3,Buffalo 2,SO N.Y.Islanders 4,Edmonton 1 New Jersey 3,Pittsburgh 1 Tampa Bay 5,Carolina 2 Phoenix 4,Minnesota 2 Florida 3,Montreal 2 Winnipeg 3,Toronto 2 Detroit 3,St.Louis 0 Washington 4,Columbus 2 Dallas 4,Boston 2 Colorado 4,Anaheim 2 Los Angeles 4,Vancouver 1 Sundays Games Nashville 5,Calgary 3 Mondays Games N.Y.Rangers vs.Philadelphia at Philadelphia,PA,12 p.m. New Jersey at Ottawa,4:30 p.m. San Jose at Vancouver,5 p.m. Edmonton at Chicago,5:30 p.m.
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@ Jets 5:30 p.m. CSN-CAL
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@ Columbus 4 p.m. CSN-CAL
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Sundays Games Chicago 17,Minnesota 13 New Orleans 45,Carolina 17 Green Bay 45,Detroit 41 San Francisco 34,St.Louis 27 Tennessee 23,Houston 22 New England 49,Buffalo 21 Miami 19,N.Y.Jets 17 Jacksonville 19,Indianapolis 13 Philadelphia 34,Washington 10 San Diego 38,Oakland 26 Kansas City 7,Denver 3 Arizona 23,Seattle 20,OT Atlanta 45,Tampa Bay 24 Baltimore 24,Cincinnati 16 Pittsburgh 13,Cleveland 9 N.Y.Giants 31,Dallas 14
Saturdays Games L.A.Lakers 92,Denver 89 Detroit 96,Indiana 88 Houston 95,Atlanta 84 New York 114,Sacramento 92 Oklahoma City 107,Phoenix 97 San Antonio 104,Utah 89 Philadelphia 107,Golden State 79 Sundays Games Cleveland 98,New Jersey 82 Miami 129,Charlotte 90 Orlando 102,Toronto 96 Boston 94,Washington 86 Minnesota 99,Dallas 82 Denver 99,L.A.Lakers 90 Chicago 104,Memphis 64 Sacramento 96,New Orleans 80 Portland at L.A.Clippers,late Mondays Games Golden State at Phoenix,12:30 p.m. Washington at Boston,4:30 p.m. Indiana at New Jersey,4:30 p.m. Orlando at Detroit,4:30 p.m. Atlanta at Miami,4:30 p.m. Toronto at New York,4:30 p.m.
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Sports brief
Rondos triple-double leads Celtics over Wizards
WASHINGTON Rajon Rondo had 18 points, 14 assists and 11 rebounds while Kevin Garnett had 24 points and nine rebounds to lead the Boston Celtics over the winless Washington Wizards 94-86 on Sunday night. The victory was the Celtics second straight
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Cruises Missionstays on top

By David Germain
m betting your New Years celebration was more exciting and went later into the night than mine. On the positive side, I dont have a pounding headache. If you do, this column wont be the cure, but it might help you with another kind of headache. Many of us love this area because of the abundance of wildlife; still, others feel like the animals though cool to see around have reached a nuisance level. The animals seem to have walked into the neighborhood wearing little tool belts which help them get into everything and arent leaving any time soon. Ive used this space to give this advice before, but it bears repeating: If you have what you think it a wildlife problem, dont think about getting rid of the animal or animals. This isnt always done humanely and you will pay a trapper a few hundred dollars; also, that action alone will not solve your problem. Instead of removing the animals, you need to remove that which is attracting them. In most cases, the big draw is an inadvertent food, water or shelter source. Water sources include pets water bowls left on the back deck. Same with food. The few pieces of kibble left in your dogs bowl every night is enough to keep raccoons around. Fruit trees are also popular. Leaving fallen fruit on the ground is as good as ringing a dinner bell for raccoons, squirrels, skunks and opossums. As for shelter sources, these animals look to make their homes in dry places like the area under decks and hot tubs, attics and crawl spaces under homes. Make sure all entry points are sealed tight and trim any branches that give wildlife access to your roof. Taking all these precautions will make life easier for you and will help protect your pets. The discouraged wildlife will likely move to the closest, more hospitable home. Scott oversees PHS/SPCAs Adoption, Behavior and Training, Education, Outreach, Field Services, Cruelty Investigation, Volunteer and Media/PR program areas and staff from the new Tom and Annette Lantos Center for Compassion.
LOS ANGELES Tom Cruises new mission remains impossible to beat at the box ofce. Studio estimates Sunday placed Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol in the No. 1 spot for the second-straight weekend with $31.3 million. With a $134.1 million domestic total, its the rst $100 million hit with Cruise in the lead role since 2006s Mission: Impossible III. The Paramount release led a solid New Years weekend as Hollywood managed fair business to end a sluggish year on a more promising note for 2012. Domestic revenues closed out at $10.22 billion for 2011, down 3.4 percent from 2010s, according to boxofce tracker Hollywood.com. That was a slight improvement over Hollywood.coms projections a week earlier, when Hollywood was limping through the normally busy holiday season with a lineup of underachieving movies. This week was a pleasant surprise, said Hollywood.com analyst Paul Dergarabedian. Last week, we were really pretty gloom and doom, but this nal push at the end of the year was stronger than expected. Its a good way to head into 2012, with at least a little bit of momentum at the box ofce. Still, movie admissions were down sharply for the second year in a row. Factoring in higher ticket prices, domestic attendance slipped to 1.28 billion in 2011, off 4.2 percent from 2010 admissions and the smallest audiences Hollywood has had since 1995, according to Hollywood.com. Hollywood started the year in a deep rut, with domestic revenues trailing 2010s by 20 percent or more as a weak rst quarter fell far short of the previous years spectacular results for the sci- sensation Avatar. Studios nearly dug themselves out from that decit over the summer, but business lagged through the fall and holidays as audiences had a ho-hum response to most movies. Some studio executives had predicted record revenues for 2011. The movies themselves may simply have held less appeal to fans than expected, though audiences also could be skipping trips to theaters to watch
Tom Cruise stars in Mission:Impossible Ghost Protocol,the nations top movie.
Top ten movies

1.Mission:Impossible Ghost Protocol, $31.3 million. 2.Sherlock Holmes:A Game of Shadows, $22.1 million. 3.Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked,$18.3 million. 4.War Horse,$16.9 million. 5.The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,$16.3 million. 6.We Bought a Zoo,$14.3 million. 7.The Adventures of Tintin,$12 million. 8.New Years Eve,$6.7 million. 9.The Darkest Hour,$4.3 million. 10.The Descendants,$3.7 million.
movies on big-screen home setups or to play with the countless entertainment gadgets now on the market. Viewers can watch lms at home or on portable devices for a fraction of the cost of going to theaters. The industry is looking ahead to an impressive lineup to turn things around this year. Big titles include the superhero tales The Dark Knight Rises, The Amazing Spider-Man and The Avengers; the latest in the animated franchises Ice Age and Madagascar, along with Brave, the new adventure from animation master Pixar; Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones Men in Black 3; Daniel Craigs new James Bond thriller Skyfall; Johnny Depps vampire story Dark
Shadows; Ridley Scotts Prometheus, a cousin to his sci- classic Alien; and Peter Jacksons The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the rst in a two-part prequel to his Lord of the Rings lms. The rest of this weekends top-three remained unchanged. Robert Downey Jr.s Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, from Warner Bros., nished second again with $22.1 million, raising its domestic total to $132.1 million. The 20th Century Fox family sequel Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked was still at No. 3 with $18.3 million to lift its haul to $94.6 million. In its rst full weekend, Steven Spielbergs World War I epic War Horse came in fourth with $16.9 million, pushing its domestic total to $43 million. At No. 5 was David Finchers thriller The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with $16.3 million. The Sony release, which stars Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara, now stands at $57.1 million domestically. Cameron Crowes family tale We Bought a Zoo, featuring Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson, nished at No. 6 with $14.3 million. Released by 20th Century Fox, the movie raised its total to $41.8 million. Rounding out the top lms was Spielberg and producer Jacksons animated action story The Adventures of Tintin at No. 7 with $12 million. The Paramount release lifted its domestic sum to $47.8 million.
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Teacher Christopher Saldivar of Ralston Middle School in Belmont was honored Dec. 8 by Breathe California with a Community Partner award for using tobacco prevention curricula which focused on how Hollywood lms promote the use of tobacco to youth.Breathe California CEO Linda Civitello says,Chris is an exemplary educator.We appreciate his tireless work on tobacco education for students in San Mateo County. He has been a great partner whose work will impact students for their entire lives.Breathe California is dedicated to ghting lung disease, advocating for clean air and advancing public health.To learn more about Breathe California and its volunteer opportunities, call 994-5868 or visit www.ggbreathe.org.
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Jim Gordon,president of the Redwood City Police Activities League, honors Marty Cooper, the 2011 recipient of the Alpio Barbara Citizen of the Year Award. Cooper is a reserve ofcer with the Redwood City Police Department and PAL volunteer for 14 years.
Douglass and Geralynn Soga, of Castro Valley, gave birth to a baby boy at Sequoia Hospital Dec. 9. Brooks and Stefanie Henderson, of Menlo Park, gave birth to a baby girl at Sequoia Hospital Dec. 10. Jeffrey and Erin Randolph, of Mountain View, gave birth to a baby boy at Sequoia Hospital Dec. 10. Herman Young and Jaime Leung, of Redwood City, gave birth to a baby girl at Sequoia Hospital Dec. 11. Michael and Lorena Deluca, of Redwood City, gave birth to a baby boy at Sequoia Hospital Dec. 12. Levi and Alexis Doucette, of Redwood City, gave birth to a baby boy at Sequoia Hospital Dec. 12. Luis Valdivias and Sandy Torres, of Redwood City, gave birth to a baby boy at Sequoia Hospital Dec. 12. Gabriel Arceo and Michelle Navarro, of Redwood City, gave birth to a baby boy at Sequoia Hospital Dec. 13. Chad and Angela Harding, of Menlo Park, gave birth to a baby boy at Sequoia Hospital Dec. 13. Sean and Corbie Kiernan, of San Mateo, gave birth to a baby boy at Sequoia Hospital Dec. 13. Jalil and Bethnia Rukab, of Foster City, gave birth to a baby boy at Sequoia Hospital Dec. 13. Luther Parker and Melissa Prado, of Menlo Park, gave birth to a baby boy at Sequoia Hospital Dec. 13. James Storey and LauraLee Hess, of Alamo, gave birth to a baby boy at Sequoia Hospital Dec. 13. Michael and Donna McShane, of Burlingame, gave birth to a baby girl at Sequoia Hospital Dec. 13. Jeffrey Johnston and Michelle EmersonJohnston, of San Mateo, gave birth to a baby boy at Sequoia Hospital Dec. 14. James and Katherine Steele, of San Carlos, gave birth to a baby girl at Sequoia Hospital Dec. 14. Caleb and Sylvia Peters, of Redwood City, gave birth to a baby boy at Sequoia Hospital Dec. 15. Sathya Prakash Rajagopal and Malarvizhi Narayanasamy Velappan, of Belmont, gave birth to a baby girl at Sequoia Hospital Dec. 15. Jeremy and Jennipher Cowell, of Redwood City, gave birth to a baby girl at Sequoia Hospital Dec. 16. Chris and Alexandra Niederauer, of Los Altos Hills, gave birth to a baby boy at Sequoia Hospital Dec. 16. Carl and Suzanne Freeland, of Palo Alto, gave birth to a baby boy at Sequoia Hospital Dec. 16. Miguel Camacho and Junelle Ayres, of Half Moon Bay, gave birth to a baby girl at Sequoia Hospital Dec. 17. Craig and Robin Belk, of Foster City, gave birth to a baby boy at Sequoia Hospital Dec. 17. John and Noelle Madden, of Redwood City, gave birth to a baby boy at Sequoia Hospital Dec. 19.
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Paul Friedrichs and Ilona Holcomb, of Belmont, gave birth to a baby boy at Sequoia Hospital Dec. 7. Hadriel and Lois-Lorena Abdallah, of Menlo Park, gave birth to a baby boy at Sequoia Hospital Dec. 7. Samuel and Gina Bravo, of Palo Alto, gave birth to a baby girl at Sequoia Hospital Dec. 9. Mark Rowen and Sonya Christophersen, of Palo Alto, gave birth to a baby girl at Sequoia Hospital Dec. 9.
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District wasted no time in announcing it would sue the state over the loss of school bus funding. Various groups also are challenging prior cuts in court. The governor said he saw no other path toward balancing the states $86 billion budget, invoking a Latin phrase meaning no one can give what he does not have. He warned Californians that they will face billions of dollars in a new round of cuts in 2012 if voters reject his plan for tax increases next fall. He is supporting a proposed ballot initiative that would raise the state sales tax by half a cent and income taxes on individuals making $250,000 a year or more. I dont take it for granted. I think this read a book a month. Getting into shape is always a popular one which results in an increase in gym memberships. Easter suggests being realistic in your goals. The biggest mistake is looking for a quick x, he said. Consider convenience, time and money all factors which come into play when it comes to sticking to the plan. Also, put an investment into the goal up front. For example, are you interested in getting into shape? Consult a professional who can show you the right way to do the moves and which exercises will most help you achieve those goals. This is a person with whom you can check in from time to time as well, he said. Also consider investing in a bit of equipment. Try different types of workouts, Easter said, adding various deal sites give you a chance to try new things without completely breaking the bank. Group classes work for some while others are more inclined to do one-on-one work. Some DVD programs are popular, but Easter warns its easy to break a date with an athome program. Many people need to be held accountable that could mean a friend is doing it as well or a professional is waiting. The key is to eat better, exercise more and be accountable. of the focus areas. At the end, Masur and other participants say they want a list of three goals that as a community can be accomplished in three to ve years. For Supervisor Don Horsley, the forum and his interest grew out of an earlier conversation about consolidating some of the countys 22 special districts. From there, the discussion turned to health care districts and eventually health care reform. In 2014 we have reform coming and we need to know what that means, Horsley said. Are the ACE clients eligible? Can our seven clinics and the hospital handle the impact? Are there people falling through the cracks? ACE is the county sponsored program that provides health care coverage for eligible low-income adults. Both Horsley and Masur say working together is benecial not only for streamlining goals but also maximizing nancial resources. Maybe federal matching dollars can be better utilized. Possibly reaching state decision makers ears will be easier if every group isnt individually clamoring for recognition. Assemblyman Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, a forum sponsor, agrees the joint effort Dredging was proposed for the creek a long time ago, he said. Butano Creek used to be about 11 feet deep, he said, but now is only about a foot deep in some areas, he said. There are issues related to water quality and sh kills when the creek oods, Horsley said. Steelhead trout are at risk when the creek oods, he said, which could prompt the state to take a quicker look at the areas water problems. The creek bed is silted up and is essentially mud, Horsley said. Horsley has asked state Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, to convene a meeting with state ofcials to get a sense of what the big picture plan is for the region. Pescadero and much of the rural area around it is called County Service Area 11 and is provided water by a county-operated well that taps the underground aquifer. is going to be a very difcult campaign to win the revenues, Brown, a Democrat, said when he announced the midyear cuts in mid-December. The people of California are saying they dont want cuts but also expressing reservations about taxes, so when that public dissidence and problem is there, we ought to resolve it by a vote. We cant resolve it until we get to November. Republican lawmakers blocked Browns proposal this year to extend an expiring series of tax increases and say the governor and Democratic lawmakers have rejected their proposals, such as allowing public services to be provided by private contractors. Getting nances in order whether thats saving more, paying down debt or spending more wisely has been topping resolution lists for some time. Scott Halliwell, a USAA nancial planner, suggested sitting down to make a list about your exact nancial goes, according to an Associated Press interview. Create a realistic budget that includes a savings plan. Achieve savings by setting up an automatic transfer from your bank account. Set up auto bill pay and avoid late fees. Be on top of your credit rating, which can be the difference between a better interest rate for a large loan. Does your company offer benets youre not taking advantage of? Maybe theres a gym on campus or your health care plan offers a discount for a gym membership. Halliwell suggested researching all the options. Lastly, consider rebalancing investments with the help of an advisor. How about becoming more involved in the community this year? Many cities offer citizens the chance to volunteer by applying to commissions. Or, the Peninsula is full of nonprots who could benet from your time as a volunteer. Think about what cause inspires you, do a bit of research, and youre on your way.
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few places left to cut. The state has fewer options for balancing its budget after multiple rounds of cuts to schools, universities and social service programs whittled state spending by more than 16 percent since the recession began. The $1 billion in midyear reductions to schools and social services is further agitating students, parents, teachers, faculty and advocates for the poor, elderly and disabled. Los Angeles Unied School
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shift a position he held for four years. It was the most fun hes ever had. But the reality of having a family made the zombie hours difcult to maintain. Boyle became a motorcycle trafc cop in 2007 and has since become an instructor. As a trafc ofcer, Boyles role in the department changed from answering calls and proactively curbing problems to reducing the number of trafc incidents. Those who work trafc see education, enforcement and engineering as the keys to success. Engineering comes in terms of road designs and repairs, in which the police department isnt really involved. But education and enforcement fall to Boyle and others who work the trafc beat. Cracking down on those driving under the inuence or using cellphones while driving are important aspects of those education efforts. Boyle explained distracted driving often causes accidents. And while giving out tickets isnt the preferred work of ofcers, the lesson attached to that can change a persons habits. As of mid last week, there had not been a single fatal car accident in San Mateo in 2011. Boyle was hoping to end the year with that statistic. Educating the public requires outreach. Tickets are one way to interact with people. Boyle helps with the PAL handing out toys. He also welcomes little ones who are eager to get close to his motorcycle. When not patrolling the streets of San Mateo, Boyle is often at home with his family. Or, enjoying concerts with one of his favorite musicians of all time, Sammy Hagar, ironically famous for his song I cant drive 55. Boyle has seen Hagar upwards of 50 times. After talking the rock star into signing his arm, Boyle went and got the autograph tattooed onto his right arm. The tattoo was against the advice of the famous guitarist, but ts with Boyles outlook on life in general: Have fun, as long as you do it responsibly.
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CEO of Rareview which created StartAResolution.com. The website, which was launched in 2008, was started in hopes of giving people support for their goals. Free and easy to start, people put their resolution in and are then partnered with the goalsetter who came just before them who acts as a coach, Pearson said. The social experiment was thought to be a way to pay it forward. Pearson noted its often difcult to stay motivated. Creating a community to support each other in their goals is just one of the steps. Members can read the goals of others and give them inspiration by sending them a virtual kick, much like the Facebook poke, said Pearson. In terms of specic goals, the classics seem to reign supreme. People want to lose weight, sometimes a specic amount; run a 5K; focus on their faith; stop chewing their nails; invest in their education; learn new skills like knitting; spend more time with family; start a business; organize their home; quit smoking or drinking; and
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TUESDAY, JAN. 3 Waterforms: Paintings and Prints, Sukey Bryan. Castillejas Annita Seipp Gallery, 1311 Emerson St., Palo Alto. Exhibition features more than 20 large oil paintings and monotype prints of water in many forms. Gallery opens Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Exhibition continues through Feb. 3. Free. For more information call 3283160. Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous. 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Sequoia Wellness Center, 749 Brewster Ave., Redwood City. A free 12-step recovery program for anyone suffering from food obsession, overeating, under-eating or bulimia. Free. For more information call 5334992. Job Seekers at Your Library. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. San Mateo Main Library, 55 W. Third Ave., San Mateo. Job search, resume writing and online job applications. Volunteers with experience in human resources, coaching and teaching available to help search for job. Free. For more information call 522-7802. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 4 Wednesday Movies. 12:15 p.m. Twin Pines Senior and Community Center, 20 Twin Pines Lane, Belmont. The Twin Pines Cafe Chef will also prepare a catered lunch at 11:30 a.m. Reservations for lunch are required two business days in advance. Free admission. $8.50 for lunch. $4 suggested donation for those 60 years and older. For more information call 595-7444. An Evening with Author John Lescroart. 7 p.m. Belmont Library, 1110 Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont. Lescroart will read from his latest book, The Hunter. Copies will be available for purchase and signing. Refreshments served. Free. For more information email conrad@smcl.org. Dance Night and live music for adults. 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. The Twin Pines Senior and Community Center, 20 Twin Pines Lane, Belmont. Live music by the Casuals. No reservation or partner required. Admission is $6. For more information call 595-7444. The Foster City Toastmasters Club meeting. 7:30 p.m. Foster City Community Center, 1000 E. Hillsdale Blvd., Foster City. Experience for yourself the best way to advance your career by overcoming phobias. Free. For more information contact Bob McComb at (415) 971-4830. THURSDAY, JAN. 5 Celebration. 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. 1870 Art Center, 1870 Ralston Ave., Belmont. Celebration of 25 years of contribution to the artistic life of the Peninsula with a New Years exhibit by Center artists. Continues through Feb. 12. Reception takes place on Jan. 15 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. For more information call 595-9679. My Liberty San Mateo Meeting. 6 p.m. American Legion Hall, 130 South Blvd., San Mateo. Are you tired of business as usual in Sacramento and Washington, D.C.? Then come and join My Liberty San Mateo. My Liberty is dedicated to returning our local, state and federal government to its constitutional boundaries and fiscal responsibilities. The people are the government, but must be informed and involved to make positive changes. Free. For more information call 449-0088. FRIDAY, JAN. 6 Free First Fridays. San Mateo County History Museum, 2200 Broadway, Redwood City. Explore the entire museum, enjoy storytime and embark on a guided history tour. Free. For more information call 2990104. First Friday Flicks. 7 p.m. Belmont Library, 1110 Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont. Movie: Kung Fu Panda 2. Free. For more information contact conrad@smcl.org. SATURDAY, JAN. 7 Wild Card Wash and Barbecue. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. C & C Auto Refinishing, 860 San Mateo Ave., San Bruno. Bring in your car for a wash and vacuum, watch the NFL Wildcard game and enjoy a tailgate barbecue. All proceeds help Nico and the Castro Family. $30 donation. For more information call 873-8372. See Live Magic at The Melting Pot of San Mateo. 6 p.m to 9 p.m. The Melting Pot, 2 N. B St., San Mateo. Enjoy an evening of illusions by magicians David Miller and Jeffrey Korst. Korst will give an encore performance on Jan. 8 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. For more information call 3426358. For more events visit smdailyjournal.com, click Calendar.
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and School Partnership. Masur said the forum grew out of previous gatherings by various city and school representatives called by then-county supervisor and now Assemblyman Rich Gordon, D-Menlo Park. Two years ago, they were focused on a state constitutional convention; now, they are looking at three areas of focus integrated services to improve outcomes for children, curbing gang violence and answering if the county is ready for health care reform. Rather than tackling the topics independently, Masur said it makes more sense to collaborate. We have overlapping constituencies so it doesnt do us much good to all sit in our respective policy roles and say what we want to do without talking to each other, she said. The half-day forum will include keynote speaker Tom Torlakson, California superintendent of Public Instruction, and breakout groups on each
makes listening less challenging. It denitely makes it much easier. Especially in this era of limited resources, we cant do everything for everyone. This is a better way to prioritize, Hill said. He also thinks it is a better way of brainstorming. If we can get everyone together, that holistic approach can solve the problems, he said. Other forum stakeholders include Supervisor Dave Pine, county Superintendent of Schools Anne Campbell, South San Francisco Councilman Kevin Mullin and Bill Schulte, chair of Sustainable San Mateo County. Hill said he is especially happy to see Schultes organization taking an advocacy role, particularly since it issues the sustainable indicators report on the countys health. The CCS forum is 8 a.m. to noon Friday, Jan. 13 at the College of San Mateo, College Center, 1700 W. Hillsdale Blvd., San Mateo. Registration is online at www.surveymonkey.com/s/CCSjan13 and RSVPs are needed by Jan. 9. Many residents in the area, however, have their owns wells. But Horsley told the Daily Journal the aquifer is drying up and may not meet the needs of the area for as long as the county would like. Pescadero may need to get its water from the Coastside County Water District, which serves Half Moon Bay and the unincorporated coastal communities of El Granada, Miramar and Princeton-By-TheSea. The Montara Water and Sanitary District could also provide the area with water, he said. The PMAC had previously indicated proposed water rate increases in the area were unjustied but Horsley said that is not so, since residents in the area already pay low rates for water. County services are not inadequate, Horsley said. But a better water solution for the area could help.
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Bonaparte said. He is willing to help us and he has helped us. Horsley is helping but admits getting the creek dredged could take a while as at least four regulatory agencies, including state Fish and Game, has authority over the area. There are also some endangered species in the area which could be a hurdle in dredging the creek, Horsley said. He has been pressing the state to reveal its plan for the area but has had little luck so far. The town is obviously being ooded, Horsley told the Daily Journal. The creek is almost not a creek as water runs right into marshland.
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #247989 The following person is doing business as: EP/Studio, 7 Arastradero Rd., PORTOLA VALLEY, CA 94028 is hereby registered by the following owner: EP/Studio, LLC, CA. The business is conducted by a Limited Liabillty Company. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on /s/ Evan SellmyerPruitt / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 12/09/2011. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/12/11, 12/19/11, 12/26/11, 01/02/12). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #247988 The following person is doing business as: Sensible Online Solutions, LLC, 405 Piccadilly Pl. #28, SAN BRUNO, CA 94066 is hereby registered by the following owner: Sensible Online Solutions, LLC, CA. The business is conducted by a Limited Liabillty Company. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on /s/ Darrick Emil / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 12/09/2011. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/12/11, 12/19/11, 12/26/11, 01/02/12). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #247773 The following person is doing business as: 1) San Bruno Adventure Boot Camp, 2) Fit For Life, 1051 National Ave #231, SAN BRUNO, CA 94066 is hereby registered by the following owner: Joshua Vela same address. The business is conducted by an Individual. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on N/A. /s/ Joshua J. Vela / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 11/28/2011. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/12/11, 12/19/11, 12/26/11, 01/02/12). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #247994 The following person is doing business as: Young Enterprises, LTD, 51 Linden, SAN BRUNO, CA 94066 is hereby registered by the following owner: Keith Young, same address. The business is conducted by an Individual. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on /s/ Keith Young / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 12/09/2011. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 12/12/11, 12/19/11, 12/26/11, 01/02/12). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #247882 The following persons are doing business as: Art.Net, 141 Wellesley Crescent #207. REDWOOD CITY, CA 94062 is hereby registered by the following owners: Lillian Elam, same address. The business is conducted by an Individual The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on . /s/ Lillian C. Elam / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 12/02/2011. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 01/02/12, 01/09/12, 01/16/12, 01/23/12). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #248211 The following persons are doing business as: Craig H. Johnson & Associates, 21 De Sabla Rd., SAN MATEO, CA 94402 is hereby registered by the following owners: Amber Chrisina Johnson and Craig Harrison Johnson, same address. The business is conducted by a General Partnership. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on . /s/ Craig Harrison Johnson / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 12/29/2011. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 01/02/12, 01/09/12, 01/16/12, 01/23/12).
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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 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. Fax resume (650)344-5290 email info@smdailyjournal.com
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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. 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. Send your information via e-mail to news@smdailyjournal.com or by regular mail to 800 S. Claremont St #210, San Mateo CA 94402. RESTAURANT Line Cook Grill. Satute. Night Shift 1201 San Carlos Ave. SAN CARLOS, 94070. (650)610-0202
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Wanted: Independent Contractor to provide delivery of the Daily Journal six days per week, Monday thru Saturday, early morning. Experience with newspaper delivery required. Must have valid license and appropriate insurance coverage to provide this service in order to be eligible. Papers are available for pickup in San Mateo at 3:00 a.m. or San Francisco earlier. We are currently collecting applications for the cities of Redwood City and for Burlingame. It helps if you live near the area you deliver. Please apply in person Monday-Friday only, 10am to 4pm at The Daily Journal, 800 S. Claremont St #210, San Mateo.
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BUSY RESTAURANT & sports bar on the coast. Good lease. Owner retiring. Sam, (650)817-5890
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Join the Daily Journal Event marketing team as a Sales and Business Development Specialist. Duties include sales and customer service of event sponsorships, partners, exhibitors and more. Interface and interact with local businesses to enlist participants at the Daily Journals ever expanding inventory of community events such as the Senior Showcase, Family Resource Fair, Job Fairs, and more. You will also be part of the project management process. But rst and foremost, we will rely on you for sales and business development. This is one of the fastest areas of the Daily Journal, and we are looking to grow the team. Must have a successful track record of sales and business development.
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We are looking for a telemarketing whiz, who can cold call without hesitation and close sales over the phone. Experience preferred. Must have superior verbal, phone and written communication skills. Computer prociency is also required. Self-management and strong business intelligence also a must.
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FOUND 11/19, at Bridgepointe Shopping Center, Bed Bath and Beyond bag containing something. (650)349-6059 LOST - 2 silver rings and silver watch, May 7th in Burlingame between Park Rd. & Walgreens, Sentimental value. Call Gen @ (650)344-8790 LOST - Small Love Bird, birght green with orange breast. Adeline Dr. & Bernal Ave., Burlingame. Escaped Labor Day weekend. REWARD! (650)343-6922 LOST: Center cap from wheel of Cadillac. Around Christmas time. Chrome with multi-colored Cadillac emblem in center. Small hole near edge for locking device. Belmont or San Carlos area. Joel 650-592-1111.
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REDMON WICKER baby bassinet $25 OBO Crib Mattress $10 650 678-4398
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296 Appliances
BISSELL UPRIGHT vacuum cleaner clear view model $45 650-364-7777 CHOPPERS (4) with instructions $7/all. (650)368-3037 DRYER WHIRLPOOL heavyduty dryer. Almond, Good condtiio. W 29 L35 D26 $100 (650)867-2720
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1912 COFFEE Percolator Urn. perfect condition includes electric cord $85. (415)565-6719 ANTIQUE STOOL - Rust color cushion with lions feet, antique, $50.obo, SOLD CHINA CABINET - Vintage, 6 foot, solid mahogany. $300/obo. (650)867-0379 LARGE SELECTION of Opera records vinyl 78's 2 to 4 per album $8 to $20 ea. obo, (650)343-4461
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END TABLES (2) - One for $5. hand carved, other table is antique white marble top with drawer $40., (650)308-6381 END TABLES (2)- Cherry finish, still in box, need to assemble, 26L x 21W x 21H, $100. for both, (650)592-2648 FOAM INCLINER for twin bed $40 650-692-1942 FOOT STOOL from Karathi 2' foot long Camel Heads on each end, red & black pad. $25., (650)755-8238 HAND MADE portable jewelry display case wood and see through lid $45. 25 x 20 x 4 inches. (650)592-2648. LOUNGE CHAIRS - 2 new, with cover & plastic carring case & headrest, $35. each, (650)592-7483 MATCHED PAIR, brass/carved wood lamps with matching shades, perfect, only $12.50 each, 650-595-3933 MATTRESS TOPPER chrome full size $15., (650)368-3037 MIRROR, NICE, large, 30x54, $25. SSF (650)583-8069 MIRROR/MEDICINE CAB. 3 dr. bevel glass 30X30" $35 (650)342-7933 MIRROR/MEDICINE CABINET 26" $10 (650)342-7933 MIRROR/MEDICINE CABINET 16" X 30" $20 (650)342-7933 16" X
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ELECTRIC HEATER - Oil filled electric heater, 1500 watts, $30., (650)504-3621 RADIATOR HEATER, oil filled, electric, 1500 watts $25. (650)504-3621 SUNBEAM TOASTER -Automatic, excellent condition, $30., (415)346-6038 VACUUM CLEANER excellent condition $45. (650)878-9542 VACUUM CLEANER Oreck-cannister type $40., (650)637-8244 WHIRLPOOL WASHING MACHINE used but works perfectly, many settings, full size top load, $90., (650)888-0039
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18 INCH TV Monitor with built-in DVD with remote, $21. Call (650)308-6381 3 SHELF SPEAKERS - 8 OM, $15. each, (650)364-0902 46 MITSUBISHI Projector TV, great condition. $400. (650)261-1541. BIG SONY TV 37" - Excellent Condition Worth $2300 will Sacrifice for only $95., (650)878-9542 PANASONIC TV 21 inch $25., (650)637-8244 SONY TV fair condition $30 (650)867-2720 TV 25 inch color with remote $25. Sony 12 inch color TV, $10 Excellent condition. (650)520-0619 TV SET Philips 21 inch with remote $40., (650)692-3260
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26 MOUNTAIN BIKE, fully suspended, multi gears, foldable. Like new, never ridden. $200. (650)839-1957 BICYCLE - Sundancer Jr., 26, $75. obo (650)676-0732
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1982 PRINT "A Tune Off The Top Of My Head" See: http://tinyurl.com/4y38xld 650-204-0587 $75 2 FIGURINES - 1 dancing couple, 1 clown face. both $15. (650)364-0902 49ER REPORT issues '85-'87 $35/all, (650)592-2648 85 USED Postage Stamps All different from 1920's - 1990's. Includes air mail stamps and famous Americans stamps. $4 (650)787-8600 ARMY SHIRT, long sleeves, with pockets. XL $15 each (408)249-3858 BAY MEADOWS (650)345-1111 bag $30.each,
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SOLID TEAK floor model 16 wine rack with turntable $60. (650)592-7483 SUSHI SET - Blue & white includes 4 of each: chopsticks, plates, chopstick holders, still in box, $9., (650)755-8238 TOASTER/OVEN WHITE finish barely used $15. 650-358-0421
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2 END Tables solid maple '60's era $40/both. (650)670-7545 42" ROUND Oak Table (with 12") leaf. Clean/Great Cond. $40. 650-766-9553. ARMOIRE CABINET (415)375-1617 $90., Call
MODULAR DESK/BOOKCASE/STORAGE unit - Cherry veneer, white laminate, $75., (650)888-0039 PAPASAN CHAIRS (2) -with cushions $45. each set, (650)347-8061 ROCKING CHAIR - Traditional, full size Rocking chair. Excellent condition $100., (650)504-3621 SOFA (LIVING room) Large, beige. You pick up $45 obo. 650-692-1942 STEREO CABINET walnut w/3 black shelves 16x 22x42. $35, 650-341-5347 STORAGE TABLE light brown lots of storage good cond. $45. (650)867-2720 TEA CHEST , Bombay, burgundy, glass top, perfect cond. $35 (650)345-1111 VANITY ETHAN Allen maple w/drawer and liftup mirror like new $95 (650)349-2195
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BEANIE BABIES in cases with TY tags attached, good condition. $10 each or 12 for $100. (650) 588-1189 CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS - (6) wooden, from Shaws Ice Cream shop, early 1980s, all $25., (650)518-0813 COLLECTIBLE CHRISTMAS TREE STAND with 8 colored lights at base / also have extra lights, $50., (650)593-8880 COLLECTIBLES: RUSSELL Baze Bobbleheads Bay Meadows, $10 EA. brand new in original box. (415)612-0156 COLORIZED TERRITORIAL Quarters uncirculated with Holder $15/all, (408)249-3858 GAYLORD PERRY 8x10 signed photo $10 (650)692-3260 JACK TASHNER signed ball $25. Richard (650)834-4926 OLYMPUS DIGITAL camera - C-4000, doesnt work, great for parts, has carrying case, $30. (650)347-5104 ORIGINAL SMURF FIGURES - 19791981, 18+ mushroom hut, 1 1/2 x 3 1/2, all $40., (650)518-0813 PRECIOUS MOMENTS vinyl dolls - 16, 3 sets of 2, $35. each set, (650)518-0813 SPORTS CARDS, huge collection, over 20,000 cards, stars, rookies, hall of famers. $100 for all. (650)207-2712
BASSET LOVE Seat Hide-a-Bed, Beige, Good Cond. Only $30! 650-766-9553 BED FOR sale with pillow top mattress $99.00 (650) 348-5169 BREAKFAST NOOK DINETTE TABLEsolid oak, 53X66, $29., (650)583-8069 BREAKFAST NOOK DINETTE TABLEsolid oak, 53X66, $29., (650)583-8069 BUNK STYLE Bed elevated bed approx 36 in high w/play/storage under. nice color. $75. SOLD! CAST AND metal headboard and footboard. white with brass bars, Queen size $95 650-588-7005 CHANDELIER WITH 5 lights/ candelabre base with glass shades $20. (650)504-3621 COFFEE TABLE 62"x32" Oak (Dark Stain) w/ 24" side Table, Leaded Beveled Glass top. - $90. 650-766-9553 COUCH-FREE. OLD world pattern, soft fabric. Some cat scratch damage-not too noticeable. 650-303-6002 DINING ROOM SET - table, four chairs, lighted hutch, $500. all, (650)296-3189 DINING SET glass table with rod iron & 4 blue chairs $100/all. 650-520-7921, 650245-3661 DISPLAY CASE wood & glass 31 x 19 inches $30. (650)873-4030 DRAFTING TABLE 30 x 42' with side tray. excellent cond $75. (650)949-2134 DRUM TABLE - brown, perfect condition, nice design, with storage, $45., (650)345-1111 END TABLE marble top with drawer with matching table $70/all. (650)520-0619 FOLDING PICNIC table - 8 x 30, 7 folding, padded chairs, $80. (650)364-0902
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49ER'S JACKET (650)871-7200 Adult size $50.
BEADS, - Handmade in Greece. Many colors, shapes, sizes Full Jewely tray, over 100 pieces, $30., (650)595-4617 BRACELET - Ladies authentic Murano glass from Italy, vibrant colors, like new, $100., (650)991-2353 Daly City GALLON SIZE bag of costume jewelry various sizes, colors, $80. for bag, (650)589-2893 LADIES GOLD Lame' elbow lengthgloves sz 7.5 $15 New. (650)868-0436
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310 Misc. For Sale

5 PHOTOGRAPHIC civil war books plus 4 volumes of Abraham Lincoln war years books $90 B/O must see 650 345-5502 7 UNDERBED STORAGE BINS - Vinyl with metal frame, 42 X 18 X 6, zipper closure, $5. ea., (650)364-0902 9 CARRY-ON bags (assorted) - extra large, good condition, $10. each obo, (650)349-6059 AMERICAN HERITAGE books 107 Volumes Dec.'54-March '81 $99/all (650)345-5502 ANGEL WITH lights 12 inches High $12. (650)368-3037 ART BOOKS hard Cover, full color (10) Norman Rockwell and others $10 each 650-364-7777 ARTIFICIAL FICUS Tree 6 ft. life like, full branches. in basket $55. (650)269-3712 ARTISTS EASEL - from Aaron Brothers, paid $80., never used, $35.SOLD BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD hardback books. 4 at $3.00 each or all for $10., Call (650)341-1861 BARBIE BEACH vacation & Barbie princess bride computer games $15 each, (650)367-8949 BBQ GILL with Cover 31/2' wide by 3' tall hardly used $49. 650 347-9920 BBQ KETTEL Grill, Uniflame 21 $35 (650)347-8061 BBQ SMOKER BBQ Grill, LP Coleman, Alaskan Cookin Machine, cost $140 sell $75. 650-344-8549 BBQ SMOKER, w/propane tank, wheels, shelf, sears model $86 650-344-8549 BEADS - Glass beads for jewelry making, $75. all, (650)676-0732 BIRD FEEDER 3" high, free standing, sturdy, and never used $15 (415) 333-8540 BOOK "LIFETIME" (408)249-3858 WW1 $12.,
310 Misc. For Sale

ELVIS PRESLEY poster book $20. (650)692-3260 FEMALE STATUE From Bali black ebony 20 tall $30 Cash (650)755-8238 FLORAL painting, artist signed 14.75x12.75 solid wood frame w/attached wire hanger, $35 (650)347-5104 FRAMED PAINTING - Girl picking daisies, green & white, 22x26, $50., (650)592-2648 GAME "BEAT THE EXPERTS" never used $8., (408)249-3858 GEORGE Magazines, 30, all intact $50/all OBO. (650)574-3229, Foster City HARLEY DAVIDSON black phone perfect condition $55 650 867-2720 JANET EVANOVICH (4) hardback books $3/each (8) paperback books $1/each 650-341-1861 LARGE BOWL - Hand painted and signed. Shaped like a goose. Blue and white $45 (650)592-2648 LARGE PRINT. Hard Cover. Mystery Books. Current Author. (20) $2 each 650-364-7777 LIGHTED CHRISTMAS TREE, 6 Ft Tall with stand, fully lighted, multi colored lights. Pick up Redwood City. $99 650 508-2370, ext. 101 MACINTOSH COMPUTER complete with monitor, works perfectly, only $99, 650-595-3933 MANUAL WHEECHAIRS (2) $75 each. 650-343-1826 MEN'S ASHTON and Hayes leather briefcase new. Burgundy color. $95 obo, (650)343-4461 MIRROR, ETHAN ALLEN - 57-in. high x 21-in. wide, maple frame and floor base, like new, $95., (650)349-2195 MOTORCYCLE JACKET black leather Size 42, $60.obo, (650)290-1960 NEW LIVING Yoga Tape for Beginners $8. 650-578-8306 NEW SPODE hand painted "TOYS AROUND THE TREE" cookie jar. Still in Box, $30., (650)583-7897 NICHOLAS SPARKS Hardback Books 2 @ $3.00 each. (650)341-1861 PACHIRA PLANT 3ft. H. (Money plant) with decorative Pot $30. (650)592-2648 PERSIAN KLIN CARPET - 66x39, pink and burgandy, good condition, $100., (650)867-2720 PICTORIAL WORLD $80/all (650)345-5502 History Books
308 Tools
CIRCULAR SAW, Craftsman-brand, 10, 4 long x 20 wide. Comes w/ stand - $70. (650)678-1018 CLICKER TORQUE Wrench, 20 - 150 pounds, new with lifetime warranty and case, $39, 650-595-3933 CRAFTSMAN 3/4 horse power 3,450 RPM $60 (650)347-5373 CRAFTSMAN 3/4 horse power 3,450 RPM $60 (650)347-5373 DAYTON ELECTRIC 1 1/2 horse power 3,450 RPM $50 (650)347-5373 DAYTON ELECTRIC 1 1/2 horse power 1,725 RPM $60 (650)347-5373 ENGINE ANALYZER & timing lightSears Penske USA, for older cars, like new, $60., SOLD HAND DRILL $6.00 (415) 333-8540 LAWN MOWER reel type push with height adjustments. Just sharpened $45 650-591-2144 San Carlos TABLE SAW 10", very good condition $85. (650) 787-8219
306 Housewares
"PRINCESS HOUSE decorator urn "Vase" cream with blue flower 13 inch H $25., (650)868-0436 49ER HELMET party table dip & chip server $35., SOLD CANDLEHOLDER - Gold, angel on it, tall, purchased from Brueners, originally $100., selling for $30.,(650)867-2720 CEILING FAN multi speed, brown and bronze $45. (650)592-2648 DRIVE MEDICAL design locking elevated toilet seat. New. $45. (650)343-4461 LAMPS - 2 southwestern style lamps with engraved deer. $85 both, obo, (650)343-4461 PERSIAN TEA set for 8. Including spoon, candy dish, and tray. Gold Plated. $100. (650) 867-2720 SALAD SPINNER - Never used, $7.00, SOLD
299 Computers
HP PRINTER Deskjet 970c color printer. Excellent condition. Software & accessories included. $30. 650-574-3865
300 Toys
CLASSIC CAR model by Danbury Mint $99 (650)345-5502 WWII PLASTIC aircraft models $50 (35 total) 650-345-5502
309 Office Equipment

CALCULATOR - (2) heavy duty, tape Casio & Sharp, $25/ea, (650)344-8549 ELECTRIC TYPEWRITER Smith Corona $60. (650)878-9542 OFFICE LAMP new $7. (650)345-1111
310 Misc. For Sale

10 PLANTS (assorted) for $3.00 each, (650)349-6059 12 DAYS of Christmas vintage drinking Glasses 1970 Color prints Prefect condition original box $25 (650)873-8167 1ST ISSUE of vanity fair 1869 frame caricatures - 19 x 14 of Statesman and Men of the Day, $99.obo, (650)345-5502 2 COLOR framed photo's 24" X 20" World War II Air Craft P-51 Mustang and P-40 Curtis $99. (650)345-5502 2 VINTAGE BEDSPREADS - matching full sz, colonial , beige color, hardly used, orig package, $60/both, (650)347-5104 21 PIECE Punch bowl glass set $55., (650)341-8342 29 BOOKS - Variety of authors, $25., (650)589-2893 3 CRAFT BOOKS - hardcover, over 500 projects, $40., (650)589-2893 30 DISNEY Books $1.00 each 650 368-3037 30 PAPERBACK BOOKS - 4 children titles, several duplicate copies, many other single copies, $12. all, (650)347-5104 4 IN 1 stero unit. CD player broken. $20 650-834-4926 4 WHEEL Nova walker with basket $100 (sells new for over $200) (415) 246-3746 5 CUP electric coffee marker $8.00 650 368-3037 5 PHOTOGRAPHIC civil war books plus 4 volumes of Abraham Lincoln war years books $90 B/O must see 650 345-5502
BOOK - Fighting Aircraft of WWII, Janes, 1000 illustrations, $65., (650)593-8880 BOOK NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC NATIONAL AIR MUSEUMS $15 (408)249-3858 BOXES MOVING storage or office assorted sizes 50 cents /each (50 total) 650-347-8061 CANDLE HOLDER with angel design, tall, gold, includes candle. Purchased for $100, now $30. (650)345-1111 CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS, Pine cones, icicle lights, mini lights, wreath rings, $4.00 each 650 341-8342 CRAFTMENS 15 GALLON WET DRYVAC with variable speeds and all the attachments, $40., (650)593-7553 DOOM (3) computer games $15/each 2 total, (650)367-8949 DUFFEL BAGS - 1 Large Duffel Bag ,1 Xtra Lg. Duffel w Wheels, 1 Leather weekender Satchel, $75. (650)871-7211 ELECTRONIC TYPEWRITER good condition $50., (650)878-9542
SF GREETING Cards (300 w/envelopes) factory sealed $20. (650)207-2712 SONY PROJECTION TV Good condtion, w/ Remote, Black $100 (650)345-1111 STUART WOODS Hardback Books 2 @ $3.00 each. (650)341-1861 STYLISH WOOD tapesty basket with handle on wheels for magazines, newspapers, etc., $5., (650)308-6381 TIRE CHAINS - brand new, in box, never used, multiple tire sizes, $25., (650)5941494 VASE WITH flowers 2 piece good for the Holidays $25 650 867-2720
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310 Misc. For Sale
TIRE CHAINS - used once includes rubber tighteners plus carrying case. call for corresponding tire size, $20., (650)3455446 VERIZON CAR charger, still in sealed factory package, $10, 650-595-3933 VIDEO CENTER 38 inches H 21 inches W still in box $45., (408)249-3858 WALGREENS BRAND Water Pitcher Royal Blue Top 2 Quart New in Box $10 Ea use all brand Filters 650-873-8167 WALKER - never used, $85., (415)239-9063 WALKER. INVACARE 6291-3f, dual release walker. Fixed 3" wheels & glider tips. Brand new. $50. (650)594-1494
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315 Wanted to Buy GO GREEN! We Buy GOLD You Get The $ Green $
Millbrae Jewelers Est. 1957 400 Broadway - Millbrae
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316 Clothes
LADIES DOWN jacket light yellow with dark brown lining $35. (650)868-0436 LADIES FUR COAT - Satin lining, size M/L, $100. obo, (650)525-1990 LADIES JACKET size 3x 70% wool 30% nylon never worn $50. (650)592-2648 LADIES ROYAL blue rain coat with zippered flannel plaid liner size 12 RWC $15. (650)868-0436 LANE BRYANT assorted clothing. Sizes 2x-3x. 22-23, $5-$10/ea., brand new with tags. (650)290-1960 MANS SUEDE-LIKE jacket, New, XXLg. $25. 650 871-7211 MEN'S SUIT almost new $25. 650-573-6981 MENS CASUAL Dress slacks 2 pairs khaki 34Wx32L, 36Wx32L 2 pairs black 32WX32L, 34Wx30L $35 (650)347-5104 Brown.
318 Sports Equipment

"EVERLAST FOR HER" Machine to help lose weight $40., (650)368-3037 13 ASSORTED GOLF CLUBS- Good Quality $3.50 each. Call (650) 349-6059. BASKETBALL RIM, net & backboard $35/all 650-345-7132 Leave message. DARTBOARD - New, regulation 18 dimeter, Halex brand w/mounting hardware, 6 brass darts, $16., (650)681-7358 GOLF BALLS (325) $65 (650)341-5347 GOLF CLUBS - Complete set of mens golf clubs with bag. Like new, $100., (650)593-7553 MORRELL TODD Richards 75 Snowboard (Good Condition) with Burton Boots (size 6 1/2) - $50. 650-766-9553 TOBOGGAN CLASSIC all wood 4 seater excellent condition, SOLD! WATER SKI'S - Gold cup by AMFA Voit $40., (650)574-4586 YOUTH GOLF Bag great condition with six clubs putter, drivers and accessories $65. 650-358-0421
335 Garden Equipment

(GALVANIZED planter with boxed liners 94 x 10 x 9. Two available, $20/all, (415)346-6038 BAMBOO poles 6 to 8 Ft, 30. $15/all, (415)346-6038 PLANTS & POTS - assorted $5/each obo, Call Fe, Sat. & Sun only (650)2188852 POTTED PLANTS (7) $5/each 650-207-0897 TABLE - for plant, $25., perfect condition, (650)345-1111
430 Rentals
FACILITIES MEETINGS for rent. Large Conference Room Capacity 500 people Sound and Projectors Equipped. Small Room Capacity 65 Sound and projector Equipped. Location: Redwood City California For more information call 650-369-8707 ccs@visionmundial.us
650-697-2685
440 Apartments
BELMONT - prime, quiet location, view, 1 bedroom $1495, 2 bedrooms $1850. New carpets, new granite counters, dishwasher, balcony, covered carports, storage, pool, no pets. (650) 592-1271
316 Clothes
3 BAGS of women's clothes - Sizes 912, $30., SOLD 47 MENS shirt, T-shirts, short/ long sleeves. Sleeveless workout polos, casual, dress shirts $93 all. (650)347-5104 49ER SWEATSHIRT with hood size 8 extra large $100 obo. (650)346-9992 BLACK Leather pants Mrs. size made in France size 40 $99. (650)558-1975 BLACK LEATHER tap shoes 9M great condition $99. (650)558-1975 BOOTS - purple leather, size 8, ankle length, $50.obo, (650)592-9141 EUROPEAN STYLE nubek leather ladies winter coat - tan colored with green lapel & hoodie, $100., (650)888-0129
340 Camera & Photo Equip.

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

SAN BRUNO Beautiful 2BR/1BA. 2 Car Garage. $1,600 per month. Call 650-871-9777
311 Musical Instruments

2 ORGANS, antique tramp, $100 each. (650)376-3762 3 ACCORDIONS $110/ea. 1 Small Accordion $82. (650)376-3762. ELECTRIC STARCASTER Guitar black&white with small amplifier $75. 650-358-0421 PIANO ORGAN, good condition. $110. (650)376-3762
345 Medical Equipment

SIEMEN GERMAN made Hearing aid, Never used $99., Bobby (415) 239-5651
470 Rooms
HIP HOUSING Non-Profit Home Sharing Program San Mateo County (650)348-6660
NANCY'S TAILORING & BOUTIQUE

Custom Made & Alterations 889 Laurel Street San Carlos, CA 94070
379 Open Houses
322 Garage Sales
312 Pets & Animals

BIRD CAGE 14x14x8 ecellent condition $25 Daly City, (650)755-9833
THE THRIFT SHOP

is closed for the holidays! Reopening Jan. 5th
Open Thurs. & Fri 10-2:00 Sat 10-3:00 Episcopal Church 1 South El Camino Real San Mateo 94401
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Travel Inn, San Carlos
$49 daily + tax $294-$322 weekly + tax

Clean Quiet Convenient Cable TV, WiFi & Private Bathroom Microwave and Refrigerator 950 El Camino Real San Carlos
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A Place For Fine Hats Sharon Heights
325 Sharon Heights Drive Menlo Park
650-622-9439
NEW BROWN LEATHER JACKET- XL $25., 650-364-0902 NEW NIKE SB Skunks & Freddy Kruegers Various Sizes $100 415-735-6669
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GENUINE OAKELY Sunglasses, M frame and Plutonite lenses with drawstring bag, $65 650-595-3933
620 Automobiles Dont lose money on a trade-in or consignment! Sell your vehicle in the Daily Journals Auto Classifieds. Just $3 per day. Reach 82,500 drivers from South SF to Palo Alto
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317 Building Materials

WHITE STORM/SCREEN door. Size is 35 1/4" x 79 1/4". Asking $75.00. Call (650)341-1861
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610 Crossword Puzzle
Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle

Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
ACROSS 1 Drink made with steamed milk 6 Prefix meaning ten 10 1970 hit that asks about its title, What is it good for? 13 Under way 14 Freds I Love Lucy wife 16 Dublins land: Abbr. 17 Percentage of industry sales 19 Shaqs former org. 20 Get on ones knees, perhaps 21 Roosters mates 22 Plantation house 24 Commodore 64, e.g. 27 __ the ramparts ... 28 Many an Iraqi 29 Internet commerce 33 Simile words 36 Narcotics squad action 39 Tots chant suggested by the starts of 17-, 24-, 49- and 60Across 42 Circle dance with a chair, often 43 Oscar winner Patricia 44 Me.-to-Fla. highway 45 Wrestling successes 47 Put a stop to 49 Offering at Arbys 54 Brittany or Normandy, once 55 __acte: intermission 56 Get ready, as for surgery 59 Seek information 60 Hardly certain 63 When tripled, cry near the end of 39-Across 64 __ de menthe 65 Robber James 66 Prime meridian std. 67 Astronomical dist. 68 None of the above DOWN 1 Desk light 2 Some distance away 3 Sacred Judaic scroll 4 Japanese metropolis 5 Qubec summer 6 Defile, as something sacred 7 Prefix with centric 8 Deep gorge 9 __ Lingus 10 Motor home brand 11 Shady recess 12 Hitchcocks __ Window 15 Madagascar primate 18 What you used to be? 23 Classic video games 25 Gangsters gal 26 Window section 29 Country N. of Kenya 30 However, briefly 31 Cause of a sudden drop in altitude 32 Hebrew prophet 34 RR stop 35 Completely healed 37 Engine starter: Abbr. 38 Source of much blonde hair 40 The I in MIT: Abbr. 41 Some George Carlin jokes 46 Bye Bye Bye pop group 48 Bushy hairdo 49 Deceptions 50 Poet Stephen Vincent __ 51 Foe 52 Surprise victory 53 Dense overgrowth 54 Deputy __: TV toon 57 Gaelic tongue 58 House of Lords member 61 Florida 19-Across team, on scoreboards 62 Spanish eye
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380 Real Estate Services HOMES & PROPERTIES

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420 Recreation Property SAN LUIS OBISPO

INVESTMENT PROPERTIES 2 Parcels, 2.5 Acres ea Flat & Buildable w/Elct & Roads Price Lowered to $40K Terms from $79
335 Rugs
WOOL AREA RUG - Multi-green colors, 5 X 7, $65. obo, (650)290-1960
CADILLAC 93 Sedan $ 4,000 or Trade Good Condition (650)481-5296 CHEVY HHR 08 - Grey, spunky car loaded, even seat warmers, $9,500. (408)807-6529. HONDA 10 ACCORD LX - 4 door sedan, low miles, $19K, (650)573-6981 INFINITI 94 Q45 - Service records included. Black & tan, SOLD!
335 Garden Equipment

FLOWER POTS many size (50 pieces) $15/all, (415)346-6038
Tel:- 408-867-0374 or 408-803-3905
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315 Wanted to Buy
315 Wanted to Buy
MERCEDES 03 C230K Coupe - 52K miles, $12,000 for more info call (650)576-1285 MERCEDES 05 C-230 66k mi. Sliver, 1 owner, excellent condition, $14,000 obo (650)799-1033 MERCEDES 06 C230 - 6 cylinder, navy blue, 60K miles, 2 year warranty, $18,000, (650)455-7461
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Call 650-595-DEAL (3325) Or Stop By Our Lot 1659 El Camino Real San Carols
VW PASSAT Wagon '02 GLX V6, 145K miles, gold, loaded, nice, $4000 (650) 561-2806.
625 Classic Cars

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DATSUN 72 - 240Z with Chevy 350, automatic, custom, $5800 or trade. (650)588-9196 NISSAN 87 Centura - Two door, manual, stick shift, 150K miles. Clean title, good body, $1,250., (415)505-3908
310 Misc. For Sale
310 Misc. For Sale
PLYMOUTH 72 CUDA - Runs and drives good, needs body, interior and paint, $12k obo, serious inquiries only. (650)873-8623
635 Vans
NISSAN 01 Quest - GLE, leather seats, sun roof, TV/DVR equipment. Looks new, $15,500. (650)219-6008
640 Motorcycles/Scooters
BMW 03 F650 GS, $3899 OBO. Call 650-995-0003 HARLEY DAVIDSON 83 Shovelhead special construction, 1340 ccs, Awesome!, $5,950/obo. Rob (415)602-4535.
645 Boats
BANSHEE SAILBOAT - 13 ft. with extras, $750., (650)343-6563 PLEASURE BOAT, 15ft., 50 horsepower Mercury, $1,300.obo (650)368-2170 PROSPORT 97 - 17 ft. CC 80 Yamaha Pacific, loaded, like new, $9,500 or trade, (650)583-7946.
650 RVs
By Steve Blais (c)2012 Tribune Media Services, Inc.
01/02/12
RV. 73 GMC Van, Runs good, $2,850. Will finance, small downpayment. Call for appointments. (650)364-1374
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670 Auto Service 670 Auto Service
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670 Auto Parts
CARGO COVER, (black) for Acura MDX $75. 415-516-7060 DENALI WHEELS - 17 inches, near new, 265-70-R17, complete fit GMC 6 lug wheels, $400. all, (650)222-2363 FORD 73 Maverick/Mercury GT Comet, Drive Train 302 V8, C4 Auto Trans. Complete, needs assembly, includes radiator and drive line, call for details, $1250., (650)726-9733. HEAVY DUTY jack stand for camper or SUV $15. (650)949-2134 HONDA CIVIC FRONT SEAT Gray Color. Excellent Condition $90. San Bruno. 415-999-4947 TRUCK RADIATOR - fits older Ford, never used, $100., (650)504-3621
672 Auto Stereos
680 Autos Wanted
680 Autos Wanted

Wanted 62-75 Chevrolets Novas, running or not Parts collection etc. So clean out that garage Give me a call Joe 650 342-2483
HILLSDALE CAR CARE

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call (650) 345-0101 254 E. Hillsdale Blvd. San Mateo

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2 SNOW/CABLE chains good condition fits 13-15 inch rims $10/both San Bruno 650-588-1946 CAMPER/TRAILER/TRUCK OUTSIDE backup mirror 8 diameter fixture. $30. 650-588-1946
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Residential, Commercial, Troubleshooting, Wiring & Repairing Call Ben at (650)685-6617
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Decks & Fences

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Gardening
ANGEL TRUMPET VINE - wine colored blooms, $40., SSF, Bill (650)871-7200
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MARSH FENCE & DECK CO.

State License #377047 Licensed Insured Bonded Fences - Gates - Decks Stairs - Retaining Walls 10-year guarantee Quality work w/reasonable prices Call for free estimate (650)571-1500
JOSES COMPLETE GARDENING

and Landscaping Full Service Includes: Tree Trimming Free Estimates
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Holocaust survivors blast Nazi garb

By Aaron Heller
World brief
Israeli, Palestinian negotiators to meet in Jordan
JERUSALEM Israel and the Palestinians said Sunday that their chief peace negotiators would attend a gathering of international diplomats in neighboring Jordan this week, bringing the sides together for the rst time in more than a year. Ofcials stressed that the meeting would not be a formal negotiating session. The upcoming meeting is part of serious and continuous efforts to reach a common ground to resume the direct negotiations, said Jordanian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammed Kayed. He said Jordans foreign minister, Nasser Judeh, would host the meeting of Israeli and Palestinian representatives with teams from the international Quartet of Mideast mediators. The Quartet, consisting of the U.S., European Union, Russia and the United Nations, has repeatedly tried to restart negotiations with the goal of forging a nal peace agreement this year.
JERUSALEM Images of ultraOrthodox Jews dressing up as Nazi concentration camp inmates during a protest drew widespread condemnation Sunday and added a new twist to a simmering battle over growing extremism inside Israels insular ultra-Orthodox community. Religious extremists are facing increasing criticism for their efforts to separate men and women in public spaces, and Saturdays protest, in which a child mimicked an iconic photo of a terried Jewish boy in the Warsaw Ghetto, added to the outrage. Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews gathered Saturday night in Jerusalem to protest what they say is a nationwide campaign directed against their lifestyle. The protesters called Israeli policemen Nazis, wore yellow Star of David patches with the word Jude German for Jew dressed their children in striped black-and-white uniforms associat-
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Ultra-Orthodox Jewish demonstrators look at a boy (low L) wearing a cloth cap and a yellow Star of David inscribed with JudeJew,in German, , sewn on his jacket as he raises his hands during a protest in Jerusalems Mea Shearim neighbourhood Dec. 31. The demonstrators caused outrage on Sunday by dressing children as Holocaust victims to protest against what they see as persecution of devout Jews seeking gender separation in Israel.
Serra Highway began at Portola Drive in San Francisco. It was constructed to Colma with the intent of eventually going all the way to San Jose. Funding did not keep up with construction and the pace of construction was slow. It did not reach Crystal Springs Road in San Bruno until the mid-1950s. Here it stopped. Meanwhile in the 1940s, the Bayshore Highway was realigned to the west of the airport and landll from the Macco Pit in Millbrae was used to ll the marshes for a roadbed. This section of the new road was open to trafc in January 1949, from South San Francisco to Burlingame. In the 1950s, it became evident that the
ed with Nazi concentration camps and transported them in the back of a truck. Israels Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial denounced the use of Nazi imagery as disgraceful, and several other survivors groups and politicians condemned the acts. We must leave the Holocaust and its symbols outside the arguments in Israeli society, said Moshe Zanbar, chairman of the main umbrella group for Holocaust survivors in Israel. This harms the memory of the Holocaust. Six million Jews were killed by German Nazis and their collaborators during World War II. About 200,000 aging survivors of the Holocaust live in Israel. Ultra-Orthodox Jews make up 10 percent of Israels population. In the past, they have generally conned their strict lifestyle to their own neighborhoods. But they have become increasingly aggressive in trying to impose their ways on others, as their population has grown and spread to new areas.
HISTORY
ofcer of the new Bayshore and Skyline Boulevard by the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors. His tenure was legend along the highway, as his enforcement of speed regulations was extremely strict. The new Bayshore solved many trafc and speed problems and took much pressure off El Camino Real; however, by the 1930s, another solution for the western part of San Francisco was proposed by the counties. The Junipero
vehicular trafc across the United States was increasing at a rapid rate and the U.S. government began developing plans for an interstate highway system. In the 1960s, a route on the Peninsula was planned. Due to the massive burden of trafc on Highway 101 (Bayshore Highway) the route was to be built to the west of the Peninsula. A massive construction program was begun that resulted in houses and businesses being razed or moved to accommodate the new highway. Many sections of the Junipero Serra Highway were destroyed to accomplish the construction. In San Bruno, the interstate passed through Crestmoor and was aligned to the west around its southern
section until Skyline Boulevard was reached. Here the interstate paralleled much of Skyline Boulevard. The proposed interstate met public resistance west of Belmont. The city of San Francisco halted the project until the interstate was realigned to pass around the San Francisco watershed. It was a great success for the citizens of the Peninsula and San Francisco as much of this pristine area was saved for future generations to enjoy.
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