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By Samantha WeigelDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

San Mateo County will soon lose anotherrecreational amenity as owners of theBelmont Iceland announced they are clos-ing the rink due to financial constraints.

The nearly 60-year-old facility off Old

County Road hosts hundreds of skaters,hockey players, various sporting leagues

and students. However, the expense of maintaining costly equipment and machin-ery needed to support t he ice has led ownersto decide to close the rink no later thanApril 30, according to an announcementsent Wednesday by parent company EastBay Iceland.

“The cost of maintaining the ice and thebuilding is greater than the owners are pre-pared to handle,” Belmont Iceland Assistant

Manager Aaron Beecher said Wednesdayafternoon. “It’s sad, it’s sad. Kids grew upskating here, I grew up skating here, mostof our staff has skated here for years. It’sbeen a rough day.”

Beecher said officials intend to keep therink open as long as possible, assumingthey can retain current st aff, which includes15 employees and 25 skating instructors.

It will be the second rink San Mateo

County has lost in the last few years fol-lowing the controversial closure of Bridgepointe Shopping Center Ice Chaletin 2013. Unlike the Belmont facility, theBridgepointe ice rink was called for in thesite’s Master Plan and has prompted ownerSPI Holdings to o ffer the city of San Mateo$3 million to demolish the facility.

Belmont Iceland set to closeOwners point to financial impact of maintenance; ice rink to close by April 30

Study showsflood risks inRedwood CityAbout 900 property owners willbe required to buy new insuranceBy Bill SilverfarbDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

A new study by the Federal Emergency ManagementAgency shows the potential for flooding from downtownRedwood City to the Bay that could require property o wnersto secure flood in surance.

FEMA issued new preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Mapsfor Redwood City last summer and will conduct an openhouse with city officials later this month to discuss thepotential changes “in the associated flood hazard zone” onFEMA maps.

The new map for the city imp acts about 1,1 00 p arcels andabout 900 property owners, city spokeswoman MeghanHorrigan said.

At the op en house, FEMA will have in surance experts o n

City’s 116-acre siteplan inches aheadMillbrae officials OK environmentalreport, postpone further approvalBy Austin WalshDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Policies and guidelines laying the groundwork for thefuture development of the area near the Millb rae rail statio nmoved forward under approval b y city officials who to ok astep closer to closing the boo k on a long and occasionally

arduous public planning process.The Millbrae City Council voted 3-2, with councilmem-

bers Gina Papan and Wayne Lee dissenting , during a meet-

By Samantha WeigelDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Despite a literal bone-breakingswell attracting some of the world’sbest big wave surfers to Half MoonBay last week, organizers of therevamped Titans of Mavericks surf competition say El Niño is making thealready tricky process of forecastingcontest-worthy conditions even moreunpredictable.

While the welcomed rains have

recently provided some relief to thelong-standing drought, Mavericksofficials are awaiting a calm in thestorm partnered with some gnarlywaves.

Should favorable weather align withtouted El Niño-fueled towering walls of water in time, it will be the first com-petition since the Los-Angeles-basedCartel Management took over before alackluster 2014-15 season.

A local crew of prestigious surferskno wn as Cartel’s Committee 5, whichincludes Mavericks maven Jeff Clark,is responsible for coordinating withseasoned forecasters who are nowmonitoring the ever-changing oceanconditions 24/7. The objective —

consistent monstrous waves pairedwith clean weather during daytimehours.

“There’s plenty of potential swells,that’s not the issue. The issue is the

weather,” said Mavericks forecasterMark Sponsler. Contest criteria isbased on a “convergence of fourthings: sunlight, swell, tide and wind.… We’re watching every storm figur-ing out when it’s going to arrive,looking at the local weather, and try-ing to see if th ere’s a window of opp or-tunity t here. Pretty much every day thepicture changes.”

El Niño comes with active and inac-tive oscillations and forecasters arenow banking on strong waves with

favorable weather arriving in lateJanuary. After that, it may be severalweeks before powerful swells strike

The tricky business of forecasting TitansMonster waves hit Mavericks, contest organizers consider conditions

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Before the 24 invited Titans of Mavericks competitors will be able to astonish fans by riding towering 40-foot waves, theelements must align. Last week’s El Niño-pumped swell didn’t coincide with favorable conditions.

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Limousine involved in firethat killed five nurses recalled

SAN FRANCISCO — A specialty carmanufacturer is recalling the limousinemodel invo lved in a 2013 fire that kill edfive nurses on the San Mateo-HaywardBridge.

Accubuilt is recalling about 1,000limousines manufactured between Jan.2, 1998, and July 21, 2005, because arubbing driveshaft may increase the riskof fire. It’s unclear if the recall is a resultof the California fire in a 199 9 Lincoln

Town Car limo.A representative of the Lima, Ohio-

based company did not return a call forcomment Wednesday.

The California Highway Patrol saidthe blaze broke out on the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge because of a catast roph-ic failure of the rear suspension system.Authorities said the air suspension fail-ure allowed the spinning driveshaft tocontact the floor pan, causing frictionthat ign ited carpets and set the limo o nfire. No charges were filed.

The fire occurred while a nurse, NerizaFojas, was celebrating her recent wed-ding with a group of friends. She wasamong the five killed. Four otherfriends inside the limo and the limodriver survived.

The state Public UtilitiesCommission had authorized the vehicleto carry eight or fewer passeng ers, but ithad nine on the night of the fire. Thecommission fined the limo operator$1,500 for having more passengers

than all owed.Aerial video of the aftermath showed

the fire scorched parts of the rear of thelimousine. The car’s taillights andbumper were gone, and it appeared to beresting o n its rims . The remainder of thevehicle didn’t appear to be damaged.

Police: Burglary suspectreturned to get iced tea bottle

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. —Authorities in Florida say a suspectedburglar was arrested after returning to a

crash scene to retrieve a bottle of icedtea, fearing it would be used as evidence.Local news outlets report 23-year-old

Bryan Lindon is charged with burglaryof an unoccupied residence and grandtheft.

Authorities say Lindon and anotherperson are suspected of breaking into aCooper City home Tuesday morning,then trying to break into another resi-dence in Pembroke Pines.

Police arrested a 17-year-old suspectin Pembroke Pines, but say Lindon fledin a st olen car and crashed into a truck.

Broward Sheriff’s Office spokes-woman Gina Carter says Lindon wasarrested after returning to the scene forthe tea, which she says Lindon proba-bly thought was DNA evidence.

It’s unclear whether he has an attor-

ney.

Judge in L.A. says he can’trelease 94-year-old prisoner

LOS ANGELES — A judge in Los

Angeles says he doesn’t have theauthority to free one of the oldestinmates in the federal priso n sy stem.

Ninety-four-year-old Carlos Tapia-Ponce is doing life for running aColombia-to-Los Angeles drug t raffick-ing op eration. His attorney says he hashad heart problems and should beallowed to spend what time he has leftwith his family in Mexico.

But according to City News Service,Judge Terry Hatter said Wednesday onlythe federal Bureau of Prisons can reduceTapia-Ponce’s sentence to ti me served.

Tapia-Ponce was convicted in 1990after $12 million and more than 21 tonsof cocaine were found at a warehouse inSylmar, California. It was the largestcocaine seizure in U.S. history.

Tapia-Ponce is currently at a Bureau of Prisons medical facility in NorthCarolina.

California wingsuit flier diesafter jump from Arizona cliff

FLAGSTAFF — Authorities say aCalifornia man has died while wingsuit-flying among remote cliffs on theArizona-Utah border.

The Coconino County Sheriff’s Officesaid Wednesday it was devising a p lan torecover the body of 29-year-old Mathew

Kenney of Santa Cruz.Sheriff’s Lt. Bret Axlund says

Kenney’s body is trapped in a creviceabout 600 feet below the spot where he

jumped Tuesday in Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness.

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Movie writer,director StevenSoderbergh is 53.

This Day in History

Thought for the Day

1966Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue inManhattan were converted from two-way to one-way streets to improvetraffic flow. (To t his day, v ehicles h eadsouth on Fifth, while traveling no rthon Madison.)

“If all mankind minus one,were of one opinion, and only one person

were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that

one person, than he, if he had the power,would be justified in silencing mankind.”

— John Stuart Mill, English philosopher

Actress FayeDunaway is 75.

Actor JasonBateman is 47.

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Former ballerina Luke Willis plays on a sand berm after sunset in Encinitas.

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In 1784 , the United States rati fied the Treaty of Paris end-ing the Revolutionary War; Britain followed suit in April1784.In 1814, the Treaty of Kiel ended hostilities betweenDenmark and Sweden, with Denmark agreeing to cedeNorway t o Sweden, somethi ng Norway refused to accept.In 1900 , Puccini’s opera “Tosca” had its world premiere inRome.In 1914, Ford Motor Co. greatly improved its assembly-line operation by employing an endless chain to pull eachchassis along at its Highland Park plant.In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British PrimeMinist er Winst on Ch urchill and French General Charles deGaulle o pened a wartime conference in Casablanca.In 1952, NBC’s “Today” show premiered, with DaveGarroway as the hos t, or “communicator.”In 195 4, Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio were married atSan Francisco City Hall. (The marriage lasted about ninemonths.)In 1963, George C. Wallace was s worn in as governo r of Alabama with the pl edge, “Segregation forever!” — a viewWallace later repudiated. Sylv ia Plath’s novel “The Bell Jar”was published in London under a pseudonym less than amonth before Plath committ ed suicide.In 1969 , 27 people aboard the aircraft carrier USSEnterprise, off Hawaii, were killed when a rocket warheadexploded, setting off a fire and additional explosions.

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Blues singer Clarence Carter is 80. Singer Jack Jones is 78.Actress Holland Taylor is 73. Actor Carl Weathers is 68.Singer-producer T-Bone Burnett is 68. Movie writer-directorLawrence Kasdan is 67. Pulitzer Prize-winning columnistMaureen Dowd is 64. Rock s inger Geoff Tate (Queensryche) is

57. Actor Mark Addy is 52. Fox News Channel anchormanShepard Smith is 52. Rapper Slick Rick is 51. Actor DanSchneider is 50. Actress Emily Watson is 49. Actor-comedianTom Rhodes is 49. Ro ck musician Zakk Wylde is 49 . Rapper-actor LL Cool J is 48 . Rock s inger-musician Dave Grohl (FooFighters) is 47. Actor Kevin Durand is 42.

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Hit-and-run. A white Toyota Corolla hit aparked car and fled at Rug World on NorthIdaho Street before 10:21 p.m. Monday,Jan. 11.Disturbance . A person was heard blowingtheir horn for long p eriods of times on 24thAvenue before 6:29 p.m. Monday, Jan. 11.Burglary . A window of a car was broken atthe parking lot near Macy’s at the HillsdaleShopping Center before 5:33 p.m. Monday,Jan. 11.Burglary . A workshop was broken i nto andtools were stolen on Campus Drive before4:18 p. m. Monday, Jan. 11.Theft . A person shoplifted from Victoria’sSecret at the Hillsdale Shopping Centerbefore 3:33 p.m. Monday, Jan. 11.

UNINCORPORATEDSAN MATEO COUNTYMisdemeanor warrant . A 28-year-oldwoman, wanted on a misdemeanor warrant,was cited and released on the 100 block of Culebra Lane in Moss Beach before 3:44a.m. Tuesday, J an. 1 2.Carjacking . A person, wielding a firearm,stol e a vehicle in Santa Cruz. While th e per-son was not found, the vehicle was locatednear Stage and Seaside School road in SanGregorio before 8:38 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 7.

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Not so luckyA customer threw coffee at a cashierwhen he got impatient, damaging over$170 worth of lottery tickets on the 400block of El Camino Real in Millbraebefore 11:25 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 11.

By Bill Silverfarb

DAILY JOURNAL STAFF

The Redwood City Council approv ed a con-sultant agreement Monday night to p repare ablueprint for future growth on El CaminoReal that will rethink the corridor’s potentialfor housing and oth er development.

The plan also will look at balancing theneeds for cars and parking with viableoptions for transit, walking and biking,according to a staff report by Senior PlannerLindy Chan.

The council entered into a professionalservices agreement with Dyett & Bhatia forthe preparation of the El Camino RealCorridor Plan that could take up to 18 mon thsto complete. The contract is for $195, 604.

The process will include the formation of acommunity advisory committee so residentswho live along the corridor can help craft thefinal document, said Vice Mayor Ian Bain.

“This is not a plan to build big buildings.It’s about best uses and improving the over-

all look and feel of the corridor,” Bain saidWednesday. “El Camino can be a visiblymuch better looking street.”

The plan will also l ook at th e potential forbuilding low- and very-low affordable hous-ing alo ng th e corridor, he said.

“We’ve built lots of market-rate housingbut haven’t built enough low-income hous-ing. We need to b uild it in a way th at is s en-

sitive, height appropriate and doesn’t bringmore traffic,” Bain said. “We want to keeppeople of all income levels in the city.”

The plan will fit in with the GrandBoulevard Initiative, Mayor John Seybertsaid.

El Camino is a transit corridor that is“arguably the most significant road inRedwood City, ” Seybert said.

SamTrans and Caltrain s hould also be a partof the solution for mitigating trafficimpacts, he s aid.

“It’s a road that should be given somethoughtful attention and it’s a g reat op portu-nity for the community’s collective wisdomto come into play,” Seybert said Wednesday.

Pedestrian and bicycle safety will also be apart of the plan.

“Crossing El Camino can be difficult,”Seybert said.

The plan will also focus on small-businessretention.

The plan could contain:• A form-based code that focuses on design

and architecture. The form based code would

work within the existing maximum heightstandards (no intensification beyond exist-ing zoning standards will be propos ed);

• Emphasis on housing opp ortunities witha focus on providing affordable housing;

• Connections and interface with theDowntown Precise Plan;

• Opportunities for implementing thecity’s Community Benefit (PartnershipRWC) program;

• Implementation of public improvementsto enhance appearance and functionality of El Camino Real;

• Design guidelines for future projects; and• A comprehensive small business preser-

vation and development st rategy.

Man with machete in attemptedhomicide gets six months jail

A machete-wielding man who pleaded nocontest to attempted homicide after stab-bing another person in San Mateo in Junewas sentenced to six months in county jailWednesday.

Gregorio Urrutia Roque, a 65-year-old SanMateo man, was arrested for stabbing a 23-year-old transient near the corner of NorthFremont Street and Tilton Avenue, accord-ing to San Mateo police.

However, he will be released from jail

soon because he wasgiven 392 days credit as

he sat in county jail forthe past several months,according t o pros ecutors.

He was ordered to payrestitution for an amountto be determined and can-not make contact with hisvictim, according toprosecutors.

The male victim wastransported to the hospital with a seriouswound to his neck.

A witness who was with the victim said

they k new Roque who g ot in to an argumentwith the 23-year-old while they socializednear the intersection, according to police.

Roque allegedly asked them “which one o f you wants to die first?” before going intohis home and returning with an 18-inchmachete, according to prosecutors.

Roque then brandished a machete,attacked the vi ctim and fled. Roque as wellas the machete were found a short time laternear the first blo ck of North Fremont Street,according to police.

City has grand plans for El Camino

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L.A. deputy public defenderacquitted of SFO police assault

A Los Angeles County deputy publicdefender arrested at San Francisco

International Airport andaccused of drunkenlyassaulting police offi-cers in 2014 was acquit-ted by a San MateoCounty Superior Court

jury of th ree chargesTuesday, prosecutors

said.The jury in Redwood

City acquitted MonicaMarie Jenkins, 39, of

assaulting a police officer, resisting arrestand being drunk in public. The jury dead-locked on two other counts: battery on apolice officer and assault, according to theSan Mateo County District Attorney’sOffice.

Prosecutors accused Jenkins of being sodrunk t hat sh e could not b oard a fligh t fromSan Francisco to Los Angeles o n March 18,2014. She refused to sober up and catch alater flight and demanded to be taken to

jai l, according to prosecutors.She allegedly broke out into song,

singin g “One, two, t hree, four, five o’clock

rock,” and finally San Francisco policeofficers arrested her, according to prosecu-tors. As they were escorting her from thegate, prosecutors said she tried to kick o neofficer, kicked another and screamed pro-fanities.

When they put her in a patrol car, prose-cutors said Jenkins asked the officers fordrugs. Prosecutors also accused her of try-ing to bite a nurse at the jail.

The jury largely rejected the claims in itsverdict Tuesday. Prosecutors have until ahearing on Jan. 29 to decide whether toattempt to re-try Jenkins on the remainingtwo charges.

Police asking for helpidentifying armed robber

A man wearing a white s keleto n mask andbrandishin g an automatic handgun robbed aliquor store last week in San Mateo, policesaid.

Officers responded at 1:40 a.m. Dec. 6 tothe 400 block of South Norfolk Street andlearned the armed man demanded moneyfrom the clerk.

The clerk gave the man more than $300cash, according to police.

The suspect then ordered the clerk to lieon the floor while the suspect fled.

Police are asking for help identifying thesuspect.

Detectives have followed up on leads andenhanced surveillance video without suc-cess so far.

Police are describing the man as white, 6feet tall, about 25 to 35 years old and about185 pounds.

He was last seen wearing the skeletonmask, black pants and a black jacket.

The man may have driven away in a blackor dark Hyundai Genesis or a similar vehi-cle.

Anyone who witnessed the incident orwho may have information about the in ci-dent is b eing asked to call Detectiv e Ed Hanat (650) 522-7664 or the San Mateo PoliceDepartment Secret Witness Line at (650)

522-7676. Anonymous tips can also bemade at tinyurl.com/SMPDTips.

Water project calls for26 trees to be removed

Twenty-six trees are slated to be remov edalong El Camino Real between SouthwoodDrive and Orange Avenue in South SanFrancisco later this month for a regionalgroundwater sto rage and recovery proj ect’spipe installation by the San FranciscoPublic Utilities Commission.

The SFPUC will install an 8-inch diame-ter pipe to connect regional water cus-tomers with a water supply that can be usedduring a drought or other emergency,according to the SFPUC.

Officials say that the trees are aging andsome are in very poor health. Diggingcould damage the root structure and becomea safety hazard. Replant ing t he trees will becoordinated with the city of South SanFrancisco, according to the SFPUC.

During tree removal and pipeline con-struction, the sidewalk and parking lanealong southbound El Camino Real betweenSouthwood Drive and Orange Avenue willbe closed Monday through Friday from 8a.m. to 6 p .m., officials said.

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EDUCATION• The San Carlos Elementary School District Board of

Trustees is set to discuss field improvements on the campus of Arundel Elementary School , where officials have consideredinst alling artificial turf. Also at th e meeting, the bo ard will addressa slowing student enrollment rate which is expected to take placeover coming years. The board meets 7 p.m. in the district office,1200 Industrial Road, Unit 9B.

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Prosecutors say PG&E tried to mislead federal investigators about pipeline testing andmaintenance procedures it was following at the time of the explosion in the city of San Bruno.

The blast killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes.

By Sudhin Thanwala

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN FRANCISCO — A former Pacific Gas& Electric company employee experiencedresistance when she tried in the wake of adeadly explosion at a gas line to improvethe company’s shoddy record-keeping, fed-eral prosecutors said in a court filing i n theircriminal case agains t PG&E.

Investigators have blamed the 2010 blastin p art on po or record-keeping at PG&E thatthey s ay was based on in complete and inac-curate pipeline information.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a courtfiling Monday that Leslie McNiece, a for-mer PG&E employee, would testify thatanother PG&E employee asked her todestroy documents. Prosecutors did not saywhat those documents contained.

McNiece would also t estify t hat sh e foundother documents in a trash bin, according t othe court filing. Those documents showPG&E was aware that its records lackedinformation about a previous leak on thegas line that exploded, prosecutors said.

“The pushback McNiece faced hindered

her ability to address PG&E’s deficient

records, and therefore is inextricably inter-twined, direct evidence of PG&E’s knowl-edge of its recordkeeping deficiencies,”prosecutors said.

PG&E spokesman Greg Snapper said in astatement the company unequivocally dis-agreed with the “claims and mischaracteriza-tions contained in the government’s fil-ing.”

“We look forward to the opportunity toshed light on the facts in court,” he said.

Prosecutors have charged PG&E with 27felony counts of pipeline safety code viola-tions and one felony count of obst ruction of

justi ce.Prosecutors say PG&E tried to mislead fed-

eral investigators about pipeline testingand maintenance procedures it was follow-ing at the time of the explosion in th e city

of San Bruno. The blast killed eight peopleand destroyed 38 h omes.Prosecutors also say the utility was oper-

ating under a company policy that did notmeet federal safety standards, faili ng t o pri-oritize as high-risk and properly assessmany of its oldest natural gas pipelines.

Prosecutors:PG&E resisted changingrecord-keeping practices after blast

Water leak forcesshutdown of California Aqueduct

FRESNO — A break in the CaliforniaAqueduct has halted the flow of water in thecanal that supplies millions of SouthernCalifornia residents, but there’s no concernthat taps will run dry, officials saidWednesday.

Reservoirs below the break hold enoughwater to supply customers until a work crewrepairs the damaged canal lining, said TedThomas, a spokesman for the state’sDepartment o f Water Resources.

“Southern California won’t even notice,”he said. “There’s going to be no interrupteddeliveries.”

The California Aqueduct begi ns in North ernCalifornia, and it supplies water to 25 mil-lion residents and nearly 1 million acres of farmland.

The break was first discovered Jan. 2 nearTaft, a community about 35 miles southwestof Bakersfield. Repairs should be done nolater than Feb. 20, Thomas said.

Thomas said that initially, up to 3 cubicfeet of water was leaking every second. Atthat pace, 11 days of leaking water would beenough to supply roughly 70 families for awhole year.

The leaking water initially ran into an irri-

gation ditch. It is being diverted into ano th-er section of the canal, so no water is beinglost, Thomas said.

California lawmakersconsider green energy audit

SACRAMENTO — California lawmakersare considering whether to ask the state audi-tor to review spending and job creation underPropositio n 39 , t he voter-approved measurethat promised to generate billions for envi-ronmentally efficient projects and creategreen jobs.

A joint Assembly-Senate panel heard arequest Wednesday from Assembl yman BrianJones of Santee, but took no action.

The Republican lawmaker requested theaudit after the Associated Press reported lastAugust that less t han $300 million had beendistributed to schools and only 1,700 jobscreated in three years.

The initiative was sold to vo ters as a way toclose a corporate tax loophole, generate bil-lions for green energy projects at Californiaschools and create 11,00 0 job s each year.

Lawmakers also voted Wednesday not toaudit cost projections for the $68 billionhigh-speed rail p rogram.

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Patricia J. CorcoranPatricia J. Corcoran died peacefully Jan. 6, 2016 , o f nat-

ural causes at Mills Peninsula Hospit al.Pat was born in Buffalo, New York,

Jan. 20, 1932, to Geneva Ellen Kellerand Will iam George Krueger. A long timeresident of California, she was theDirector of Physical Therapy at PaloAlto Medical Clinic where she was wellrespected by her peers. She went on tobecome a licensed marriage and familycounselor after receiving her master’sdegree at Santa Clara University. She

was predeceased by her first husband Oran Lee Arms andsecond husband John W. Corcoran. She is s urvived by h ersisters Donna Lee Dalenberg, Kathleen Hickey, daughterLisa Lynn Morgan, son David (Susan) Arms, grandsonsJonathan (Lisa) Morgan, Oran, Steven, Kevin and MichaelArms, and great-grandsons Blake and Joshua Morgan.

She will be remembered for her sense of humor and wit,and her loving concern and generosity to her family,friends and patients .

A funeral mass i s 1 p.m. Jan. 18 at St. Gregory Church,2715 Hacienda St., San Mateo. Her final resting place willbe in Ozawkie, Kansas, at a later date.

Marilyn L. WarnerMarilyn L. Warner, born March 1, 1929, in San

Francisco to Stanley and Ann Hinden, died Dec. 26, 2015.Sister of Bette Kass, mother of

Shelley Guerin, Pamela Devlin, DebraGoetz and Jeffrey Palter. Grandmother t oSean, Marni, Scott, Todd, Kevin,Matthew, Keith and Jennifer. Great-grandmother to Rylee, Aiden, Lacey,Kaitlin, Jeremy, Olivia, Julia, Ashlyn,Brianna, Jack and Grace.

She loved her family gatherings withall her children and grandchildren, trav-

eling the world with her cousin Joan Meyer, shoppingwith her daughters and sister, playing bingo and bridgewith friends, j oking and laughing with her son, watchingmurder mysteries and People’s Court. And although sheloved to laugh with family and friends she hated watchingcomedies.

“All i n all Marilyn was a very l oving , warm, generous

and always quick to say yes to a good time person. Sheloved to laugh and made people around her joyful.”

Obituaries

By Alan FramTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — A major abortion-rights group on Wednesday criticizedHouse Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi

over what it called “disappointing andill-advised” remarks, the second publicrift in a year with a lawmaker suchorganizations have long consideredone of their staunchest congressionalallies.

In an interview published Wednesdayin which the California Democratdefended a woman’s right to abortion,Pelosi said, “I don’t believe in abortionon demand.” The interview appeared inRoll Call, which covers Congress.

NARAL Pro-Choice America said in awritten statement that with abortionrights under attack by lawmakers, advo-cates need their supporters “to speakwith a clear and strong voice” andshould not use “twisted GOP talkingpoints.”

“We don’t know women who demandabortion,” said the statement by SashaBruce, a NARAL senior vice president.Bruce added, “We do know women who

make thoughtfuldecisions about howand if they want tostart a family, andwho need access toall reproductive-

health care servic-es.”The unusual public

reproach came withRepublicans trying

to halt federal funds for PlannedParenthood, which provides women’shealth care and abortions and some-times furnishes fetal tissue toresearchers.

President Barack Obama vetoed legi s-lation last week blocking that moneyand weakening his health care over-haul. Abortion-rights groups are brac-ing for a renewed effort afterNovember’s elections, which mightsucceed should the GOP win the WhiteHouse and retain control of Congress.

“Time and time again, Leader Pelosi

has stood up for women and our repro-ductive rights,” NARAL said. “But at amoment when so much is at stake, hercomments are particularly disappoint-

ing and ill-advised.”Pelosi said in the publish ed interview

that she comes from “a very Catholicfamily, largely pro-life.” She not ed shehad five children and “I’m with the pro-gram in terms of th e Catholic Church.”

She added, “If there’s one issue thatreally is almost inflaming to women, iswhen politicians say we will influencethe size and timing of your family, wewill decide what is right for you.”

Asked Wednesday about NARAL’scriticism of her remarks about abortionon demand, Pelosi said, “I never sup-ported that.” She said lawmakers andothers should try to “make sure thatwomen have the right to make theirown decisions in terms of the size andtiming of their families. That’s some-thing that I have been passionateabout.”

Last March, abortion-rights groupscriticized Pelosi over a provis ion curb-ing abortio ns at community h ealth cen-ters, which largely serve lower-income

women, that she agreed to include in abipartisan compromise bill that alsorevamped how Medicare reimbursesdoctors.

Two arrested for prowlingA timely 911 call about suspicious

activity from a resident of a Belmontapartment complex early Tuesday ledto the arrest of two suspects and therecovery of a stolen vehi cle and stol enproperty, according to police.

At approximately 4:40 a.m., a resi-dent of an apartment complex in the700 block of Old County Road called911 reporting a woman looking intocars in the complex’s parking lot,according to police.

Responding officers contacted thewoman as she was leaving the com-

plex in a truck driv-en by a male sub-

jec t. It was deter-mined that th e truckthe pair were in hadbeen stolen the daybefore from the EastBay. Constructiontools in the truckwere found to havebeen stolen fromvarious locations,

also in the East Bay.

The woman,D a n i e l l aDemichino, 26, of Hayward, wasarrested withoutincident and citedfor prowling. Theman, Kyle Searcy,27, of Hayward, wasarrested withoutincident for posses-

sion of stolen property and a warrantfor a prior vehicle theft. Searcy was

booked into the San Mateo CountyJail i n Redwood City.

Abortion-rights group criticizesNancy Pelosi over comments

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Sen. Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton share a laugh at the Democratic presidential candidates debate at St. AnselmCollege in Manchester, N.H.

By Erica WernerTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — Two freshfaces in the Republican Party —House Speaker Paul Ryan andSouth Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley— are offering messages of diver-sity and openness to immigrantsthat could answer the GOP estab-lishment’s increasingly desper-ate search for an antidote to theloud pronouncements of presi-dential front-runner DonaldTrump.

Delivering the GOP rebuttal toPresident Barack Obama’s Stateof the Union address Tuesdaynight, Haley, a daughter of

Indian immi-grants, calledfor welcominglegal immi-grants to thecountry as l ongas they’reproperly vet-ted, and forresisting thetemptation “to

follow the siren call of the angri-est voices.”

She acknowledged Wednesdaythat her comments were partlyaimed at Trump, telling NBC’s“Today Show”: “Mr. Trump hasdefinitely contributed to what Ithink is just irresponsible talk.”

Gov. Haley and Speaker Ryan offernew Republican answer to Trump

By Scott BauerTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MADISON, Wis. — Republicanpresi dential candidate Ted Cruz hasbagged the endorsement of “DuckDynasty” star Phil Robertson aftergoing hunting with him.

The bearded and camouflagedRobertson announced his endorse-ment of Cruz in a video releasedWednesday. Robertson and Cruzare shown sitting in a duck blind,blowing a duck whistle and firingshotguns. The Republican senator

from Texas iswearing camou-flage overalls.

R o b e r t s o nsays in thee n d o r s e m e n tvideo that hisqual if icat ionsfor a presidentinclude some-one who is

godly and who would “kill a duckand put him i n a pot and make hima good duck gumbo.” He says Cruz“fits the bill.”

Ted Cruz bags endorsement

of ‘Duck Dynasty’ patriarchTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

KEENE, N.H. — Berni e Sanderscasts himself as the voice of anti-establishment politics, fuelinghis insurgent rise in theDemocratic primaries as a p rinci-pled fighter unwilling t o compro-mise for political gain.

But h e’s also a 25-year veteranof Congress.

Now, with h is campaign lo ckedin a tight race against HillaryClinton in Iowa and NewHampshire, he’s facing attacksabout inconsistencies in his vot -

ing record — raising questionsthat could undermine not only his

presidential aspirations, but thebrand he’s cultivated over thecourse of h is p olit ical career.

Sanders has spent monthsframing Clinton as a typicalpolitician, arguing that she hasswitched her views on iss ues lik etrade, gay marriage and the war inIraq for polit ical gain.

“I have been fairly consistentmy entire poli tical life,” Sanderssaid in an interview on MSNBClast week. “What we have seenover the years, as you have indi-

cated, in many ways, SecretaryClinton has been flip-flopping. ”

But he too has been forced tofend off questio ns about his posi -tions, particularly legislationproposing a single payer healthcare plan and 2005 support for abill that protected gun manufac-turers from liability in massshootings — a vote Clinton hasmade central to her attacks.

“It’s not a mistake,” Sanderssaid at a Democratic forum inIowa on Monday. “Like manypieces of legislation, it is com-plicated.”

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By Lolita C. BaldorTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

FORT CAMPBELL, KY — DefenseSecretary Ash Carter laid out broad plansWednesday to defeat Islamic St ate milit antsand retake the group’s key po wer centers inIraq and Syria. And he announced that a s pe-cial commando force has n ow arrived in Iraq.

Speaking to troops from the 101stAirborne Division who will soon deploy toIraq, Carter also said he would meet in Parisnext week with his defense counterparts,mainly from Europe, and will challengethem to bring more capabilities to th e fight.

He said he will be meeting with defenseleaders from France, Australia, Germany,Italy, the Netherlands and the UnitedKingdom.

“Each of these nations has a significantstake in completing the destruction of thisevil o rganization, and we must i nclude all of the capabilities they can bring to the field,”he said.

Carter’s broader message signaled thecompletion of a military plan to help Iraqiand Kurdish Peshmerga forces retake Mosul

in northern Iraq and to assist the Syrianmoderate forces oust Islamic State milit antsfrom their headquarters in Raqqa.

He described operations that would send

Iraqi forces from the south and Peshmergaforces from the north t o encircle and cut off Mosul. But he warned that taking it backwill not be quick or easy.

Carter announced in December that theU.S. would deploy about 20 0 sp ecial opera-tions forces to Iraq to better capitalize onintelligence and put more pressure on theenemy.

“The specialized expeditionary targetingforce I announced in December is now inplace and is preparing to work with theIraqis to begin going after ISIL’s fightersand commanders, killing or capturing themwherever we find them, alo ng with other keytargets,” Carter said.

His speech offered an upbeat assessmentof the anti-IS campaign, saying t hat coali-tion-backed forces, supported by theairstrikes, are taking back territory andgoing after the groups finances. This weekairstrikes hit an Islamic State cash center inMosul.

His remarks came a day after PresidentBarack Obama’s State o f the Unio n s peech,expanding on the message that the U.S.must build and work with local forces i n Iraqand Syria to have lasting success. He saidthe U.S. must not “Americanize” the con-flicts because that would allow militants toaccuse th e West of o ccupyin g th e country.

Turkey arrests five peoplesuspected of links to Istanbul blast

ISTANBUL — Turkish police h ave arrest edfive people suspected of direct links to thedeadly suicide bombing that killed 10Germans in Istanbul’s main tourist area,officials said Wednesday.

More than a dozen ot her suspected IS mil-itants were detained Wednesday in otherparts of t he country and 59 a day earlier, butofficials say they don’t appear to be tied toTuesday’s attack just steps away from the

Blue Mosque in Istanbul’s historic

Sultanahmet district .One suspect with a link to the attack was

detained in Istanbul late Tuesday, InteriorMinister Efkan Ala said during a news con-ference with his German counterpart. He did-n’t prov ide further details.

Turkish media said police raided a home inan affluent Istanbul neighborhood, brieflydetaining one woman suspected of links tothe Islamic State group, although it wasn’tclear if she was the s uspect Ala was referringto.

Pentagon lays out plan to take back Mosul, Raqqa from IS

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Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced in December that the U.S. would deploy about 200special operations forces to Iraq to better capitalize on intelligence and put more pressure onthe enemy.

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U.S. and Iran forgenew relationship asnuke deal advancesBy Matthew Lee and Bradley KlapperTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — For diplomats from countries withoutdiplomatic relations, Secretary of State John Kerry andIranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif sure aredoing a lot of diplomacy.

As Iran races to satisfy the terms o f last s ummer’s nucleardeal and the U.S. prepares to suspend sanctions on Tehranas early as Friday, Kerry is talking to Zarif more than anyother foreign leader. Those talks included several emer-gency calls Tuesday to s ecure the release of 10 U.S. sail orsafter Iran detained them in the Persian Gulf.

Since the begin nin g of the year, Kerry and Zarif have spo-ken by phone at least 11 times, according to the StateDepartment. They’ve focused on nuclear matters, Iran’sworsening rivalry with Saudi Arabia and peace efforts inSyria.

By contrast, America’s top diplomat has talked to SaudiForeign Mini ster Adel al-Jubeir only twice. He has consult-ed once each with Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed

bin Salman, Jordan’s King Abdullah and the foreign minis-ters of Britain, Egypt, France, Germany, Russia and theEuropean Unio n.

Kerry is departing Wednesday evening to meet al-Jubeirin London. He may extend the trip to see Zarif, too, else-where in Europe.

Not everyone is happy with the new friendship betweenthe once hostile foes. But the White House, Pentagon,Kerry and Zarif are all creditin g th e relations hip forged overtwo-and-a-half years of nuclear negotiations with quicklyresolving the detention of the sailors, which could havebeen a n ew crisis just as President Barack Obama deliveredhis final State of the Union speech to Cong ress.

“We can all imagine how a similar situation might haveplayed out three or four years ago, and the fact that todaythis kind of is sue can be reso lved peacefully and efficientlyis a testament to the critical role diplomacy plays in keep-ing our country safe, secure and strong,” Kerry saidWednesday.


DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Itturned out to be the international cri-sis th at wasn’t.

Less than a day after 10 U.S. Navysailors were detained in Iran whentheir boats drifted into Iranian waters,they and their vessels were back safe-ly Wednesday with the American fleet.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerrytapped the personal relationship hehas formed with Iranian ForeignMinister Mohammad Javad Zarif inthe three years of negotiations over

Iran’s nuclear program, speaking withhim at least five times by telephone.Kerry credited the quick resolution tothe “critical role diplomacy plays inkeeping our country secure andstrong.”

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carterthank ed Kerry after the sailo rs’ releaseand couched the inci dent i n humanitar-ian terms, noting that “the U.S. Navyroutinely provides assistance to for-eign sailors in distress.”

For Tehran, the Americans’ swiftrelease was a way to neutralize apotential new flashpoint days before

it was expected to meet the terms of last summer’s nuclear deal, which willgive Iran significant relief frompainful economic sanctions.

It is likely that Supreme LeaderAyatollah Ali Khamenei, who has thefinal say on all matters of state, wouldhave had to approve th e release, g iventhe immense political sensitivities.

But the rapid resolution also was avicto ry for moderate President HassanRouhani, who has promoted greateropenness with the outside worlddespite strident opposition fromdeeply entrenched hard-liners at home.

U.S. Navy sailors releasedby Iran in less than a day

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Iran released 10 U.S. sailors after holding them overnight, bringing a swift end to an incident that had rattled nerves days aheadof the expected implementation of a landmark nuclear accord between Tehran and world powers.

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Dow 16,151.41 -364.81 10-Yr Bond 2.07 -0.04

Nasdaq 4,526.06 -159.85 Oil(per barrel)

30.63S&P 500 1,890.28 -48.40 Gold 1,093.70

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on theNew York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq stock market:NYSEBorgWarner Inc., down $3.56 to $33.84 The auto parts supplier’s 2016 forecasts fell short of Wall Streetexpectations.Ford Motor Co., down 65 cents to $12.20 The automaker said 2015 results will be at the high end of estimates, butgave a disappointing profit forecast for 2016.General Motors Co., up 19 cents to $30.49 The automaker raised its 2016 profit guidance, boosted its dividend andsaid it will buy back more stock.MetLife Inc., up 92 cents to $42.91 The company said it is thinking about selling or spinning off a large partof its U.S. life insurance business as it tries to shake off regulators’designation that it’s ‘too big to fail.’SuperValu Inc., down 93 cents to $5.08

The grocery store chain said its net income and sales continued to fall inits fiscal third quarter.NasdaqAtmel Corp., up 28 cents to $7.96 The chipmaker said it prefers a buyout offer from Microchip Technologyto a bid it accepted last year.CSX Corp., down $1.35 to $22.35 The railroad reported disappointing fourth-quarter results as shipmentvolume fell and demand for coal remained weak.Intuitive Surgical Inc., up $3.02 to $545.14 The robotic surgery device maker gave a preliminary fourth-quarterrevenue estimate that was stronger than analysts expected.

Big movers

By Alex Veiga THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The dismal start to 2016 on WallStreet go t a l ot worse Wednesday.

Stocks tumbled again on fears of aglobal slowdown and alarm over plum-meting oil prices, officially sendingthe Standard & Poor’s 500 index intowhat’s known as a correction, or a dropof 10 p ercent or more from its peak.

The Dow Jones i ndustrial average alsoslumped, los ing more than 300 po ints.

The drop over the first eight tradingdays o f 2016 represents th e worst startto a year in the history of bot h the S&P500 and the Dow.

“At the very core of this, there’s abull-bear debate,” said Quincy Krosby,market strategist at PrudentialFinancial. The question, she said, iswhether the economy is strong enoughto justify how high stock prices are.

The rocky start to the year reflectsmounting worries on Wall Street aboutthe slowdown in China, the world’s sec-ond-biggest economy; a plunge in oil

prices to the lowest level in 12 years;and the implications for U.S. corpora-tions, especially energy companies.

The S&P 500, which is the mostclosely watched gauge of the broadermarket and reached a record high inMay, i s no w down 7.5 percent th is y ear,while the Dow is off 7.3 p ercent.

The Nasdaq is deeper in the red, down9.6 p ercent. The Russell 200 0, which is

made up of small-company stocks, isdown 20 percent from its June peak.That big a plunge is defined as a bearmarket.

Energy and consumer stocks bore thebrunt of the selling. The price of U.S.crude oil closed slightly higher, butremains near $30 a barrel, a level that

investors fear could force many oil andgas companies to go bankrupt. Brentcrude, the international standard, fell 2percent.

Some of the biggest winners fromlast year, such as Netflix and Amazon,both of which doubled in value in 201 5,also fell sharply.

“The momentum names that drovethis market high er have just been clob-bered,” Krosby said.

All told, the Dow lost 364 .81 po ints,or 2.2 percent, to 16, 151.41. The S&P500 fell 48.40 points, or 2.5 percent,to 1,890.28. It was the worst day forthe index since Sept. 2 8.

The Nasdaq slid 159. 85 po ints, or 3.4percent, to 4,526.06.

Biotechnology stocks took a drub-

bing. The Nasdaq Biotechnology indexlost 5.3 percent and is down 17.2 per-cent this year.

The market recorded its best day of the year on Tuesday and appeared to beheaded for more gains early onWednesday. But then a report showedthat demand for fuels slipped lastmonth.

Investors also began to size up dis-

couraging earnings outlooks from com-panies like Ford, which fell 65 cents, or5.1 percent, to $12. 20.

Among energy companies, WilliamsCos. tumbled $2.93, or 17.7 percent to$13.61. Consol Energy slid 65 cents,or 9.7 percent, to $6 .05 . Valero Energyshed $6.16, or 8.7 percent, to $65.03.

In Europe, Germany’s DAX fell 0.2percent while France’s CAC 40 rose 0.3percent. The FTSE 100 of leadingBritish shares gained 0.5 percent. InAsia, stocks rallied despite a 2.4 per-cent drop in the Shanghai Composite.Japan’s Nikkei 2 25 s tock in dex jumped2.9 percent while Hong Kong’s HangSeng gained 1.1 percent. South Korea’sKospi and Australia’s S&P/ASX 200added 1.3 percent. Shares in NewZealand and Southeast Asia were mostl yhigher.

The yield on the 10-year Treasurynote fell to 2. 07 percent from 2.11 per-cent late Tuesday. Trading in foreignexchange markets was subdued. Theeuro was lit tle changed at $1. 0857, andthe dollar rose to 117.89 yen from

117.58 yen.Gold rose $1.90 to $1,087.10 an

ounce, silver rose 41 cents to $14.16an ounce and copper was little changedat $1. 96 a pound.

In other energy trading, wholesalegasoline fell 3. 2 cents to $1. 053 a gal-lon, heating oil fell 2.1 cents to 96.9cents a gallon, and natural gas rose 1.2cents to $2. 269 per 1,0 00 cubic feet.

Dismal start to 2016 gets worse

By Joe McDonald


BEIJING — Stock market and cur-rency turmoil has battered Chineseleaders’ reputatio n as shrewd econo m-ic managers and fed doubts ab out theirwillingness to push through morewrenching reforms.

In the sto ck market, a “circuit break-er” to suspend trading in the event of wide price swings backfired and fueledsteeper falls. It was withdrawn after

just four days. That fol lowed com-plaints curbs on st ock sales and otheremergency measures imposed to stoplast year’s market plunge were clumsyand fueled investor panic.

In currency markets, Beijing has

struggled to squelch expectations itplans to devalue the yuan. That hasforced the government to spend tensof billions of dollars to defend theexchange rate.

Such volatilit y is common in devel-oping countries, b ut China’s st atus as

the world’s second-largest economy

and biggest trader mean misstepscause global shockwaves. And the lat-est turmoil has a political tingebecause it comes as Beijing is promot-ing a b igger role for itself as a region-al military power and in managinginternational trade and finance.

The Communist Party underPresident Xi Jinping wants the pros-perity that comes from free-marketcompetition and has promised entre-preneurs a bigger role in the state-dominated economy. But when stockprices plunged last June, the partyreached back to t he era of central plan-ning for the sledgehammer of directgovernment control. It banned salesby l arge shareholders and ordered statecompanies to buy.

Forecasters who expect China tokeep growing at a h ealthy rate “pinnedthat expectation on a belief that mar-ket forces will be gi ven greater play,”said Mark Willi ams, chi ef Asia econo-mist for Capital Economics. “If thegovernment cannot bring itself to

allow market forces to be felt in

China, then the outlook is a lot grim-mer.”

The party has won praise for makin git easier to start and run a private busi-ness. But it has yet to act on what theWorld Bank and other reform advo-cates say is the most pressing issue:Cutting monopolies and other privi-leges of state companies that controlindustries from banking to energy totelecoms and are a drag on China’ssteadily slowing economic growth.

That reflects the intense politicalforces opposed to reducing the state’srole in the economy, especially fromthe party’s own factions that see athreat to the flow of money and otherresources they can extract from gov-ernment industries.

Beijing’s moves on stocks and cur-rency “are indicative of tensionbetween the leadership’s desire formarket-oriented reform and the appar-ent fundamental ob jective of control, ”said Louis Kuijs of Oxford Economicsin a report.

China turmoil batters faith inBeijing’s management skills

By Susan Haigh


HARTFORD, Conn. — GeneralElectric announced Wednesday it willmove its headquarters to Boston, leav-ing the sprawling suburban

Connecticut campus it has called homeover the past four decades for a tech-nology-rich city it says better fits itsambitions as an innovation leader.

Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt saidGE, one of the best known companiesin corporate America, wanted to b e “atthe center of an ecosystem that sharesour aspirations.”

The announcement comes threeyears after the $130 b illion high-techglobal industrial company said itbegan considering a new compositionand location for its headquarters, andmore than seven months after the firmthreatened to leave Connecticut, com-

plaining about the s tate’s tax environ-ment.

GE plans to in itiall y move h eadquar-ters employees to a temporary loca-tion in Boston, s tarting in the summerof 2016. The full move is expected tobe completed in several steps by2018.

The announcement was mourned inConnecticut, but Massachusetts offi-cials rejo iced.

“We won Powerball today here inBoston by having GE come here,”Bosto n Mayor Marty Walsh s aid. “Fortwo decades, we’ve had companiesmove out of our city. Now we havecompanies moving into our city.”

Various states competed for the com-pany’s headquarters in Fairfield. GE,which ultimately reviewed a list of 40potential locations, announced in Juneit was considering a move afterConnecticut lawmakers passed some

business tax increases. The GeneralAssembly later scaled back some of the increases after other companiesvoiced concerns, including Aetna Inc.and the Travelers Compani es Inc.

Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy,a Democrat, also met with GE execu-

tives and offered an incent ive packagein hopes of keeping the iconic head-quarters in th e state.

Malloy acknowledged being disap-pointed in GE’s decision and said heknows many in Connecticut share thatdisappointment and frustration. WhileMalloy said he was assured by Immeltin a phone call Wednesday morningthat GE will keep many workers inConnecticut and continue workingwith various suppliers in the state, theheadquarters relocation is a signalConnecticut must continue trying toadapt to a changing business climateand attract and retain more emplo yers.

General Electric to move headquarters to Boston

GoPro cutting about 100 jobs after weak 4Q salesNEW YORK — Wearable camera maker GoPro says it will

eliminate about 100 jobs after its fourth-quarter sales fellfar short of its expectations.

GoPro says fourth-quarter revenue was $435 million

instead of the $500 mill ion to $ 550 millio n it forecast inOctober. The company lowered the price of its new Hero4Session camera after saying it made the product too expen-sive, which reduced its fourth-quarter revenue by $21 mil-lion.

FactSet says analysts expected GoPro to report $521. 2million in revenue.

The San Mateo company had around 1,500 employees atthe end of 2015 after hiring more than 500 people thatyear. It is cutting 7 percent of its job s, o r around 100 posi -tions.

GoPro’s products are popular with extreme sp orts en thu-siasts, but it faces competition from smartphones andoth er wearable gear.

It was already predicting a drop in sales compared to lastyear because it didn’t launch a new product in the fourthquarter. The n ew forecast means reven ue dropped about 31percent from the fourth quarter of 2014.

GoPro shares closed at $14.61 on Wednesday, down 71

percent ov er the past 12 months. The stock skidded 22 per-cent to $ 11.40 in aftermarket trading.

GoPro Inc.’s June 2014 initial public offering priced at$24 p er share.

Cable news network Al Jazeera America to shut down

PASADENA — The Al Jazeera America cable news net-work said Wednesday it will s hut down two and a h alf yearsafter its launch, a victim of a rough b usiness environmentand poli tical h eadwinds it could not co nquer.

The channel, an offshoot of the Qatar-based Al Jazeeracable network, had trouble persuading cable and satellitecompanies to carry it, and viewers to watch. It faileddespite a promise to offer serious-minded journalism andsome award-winning work.

The cable network will shut down on April 30. Itlaunched in October 2013.

Al Anstey, CEO of Al Jazeera America, sai d the econ omicclimate for media forced the decisio n. “Al Jazeera Americais committed to conducting this process in a way that isconsistent with its respect for coll eagues,” Anstey said.

Al Jazeera will expand its international digital newsoperations so they will be available in the United States,Anstey said, adding that details will be available in thenext few months.

“I’m not sure it was inevitable, but it’s certainly not sur-prising,” said Philip Seib, a University of SouthernCalifornia journalism professor and author of the book“The Al Jazeera Effect.” “In the news environment todaythere is so much competition that it is virtually impossi-ble for a new company to get any traction.”

Anstey had taken over last spring after the news net-work’s CEO, Ehab Al Shi habi, was dismis sed.

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DENVER — Danilo Gallinari scored 28points and the Denver Nuggets withstood a38-point performance by Stephen Curry tohand the Golden State Warriors their thirdloss of the season, 112-110 on Wednesdaynight.

The defending NBA champion Warriors(36-3) had won seven straight since their pre-vious defeat, 114-91 at Dallas on Dec. 30.

Harrison Barnes added 18 points and Klay

Thompson had 17 for theWarriors.

Will Barton scored 21for the Nuggets, whosnapped a four-game los-ing s treak to the Warriors.Gary Harris added 18points.

A dunk by BrandonRush gave the Warriors a68-64 lead, but Denver

outscored Golden State 19-5 over the last 5

1/2 minutes of the third quarter to take a 10-point lead into t he fourth.

Layups by Curry and Andrew Bogut cut thedeficit to 102-97 with 2:05 remaining. Curry,who scored 20 points in the fourth quarter,and Barton then traded 3-pointers beforeDarrell Arthur hit a jumper with a minute leftfor a 109-102 Denver lead.

But the Warriors fought back, getting a

layup from Barnes and a 3 from Curry sand-wiched around a Nuggets turnover, p ulling to109-107 with 37. 1 seconds left.

With th e Warriors in positio n to tie or go infront, Gallinari stole the ball from Curry,prompting a fast break that ended in GaryHarris being fouled and making a pair of freethrows.

Thompson hit a 3-poin ter with 3. 4 secondsremaining to pull the Warriors to 111-110.

Without Draymond, Warriors fall to Denver

By Nathan MollatDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

The Hillsdale boys’ basketball teamopened Peninsula Athletic League SouthDivision with a pair of losses last week.

Facing title contender Burlingame on theroad Wednesday, t he Knig hts were st aring atan 0-3 start.

That is until Hillsdale’s Taiga Schwarztook the floor and did his best Steph Curryimpersonation. The senior shooting guardscored 31 points to help lead the Knights toa huge 55-49 upset win over the Panthers.

“It was one of the best displ ays of basket-

ball I’ve seen,” said Hillsdale coach BrettStevenson on Schwarz’s performance.

Schwarz was a one-man show in the firsthalf. He scored 28 of his 31 in the first twoquarters, draining eight of his nine 3-point-ers in the first 16 minutes of the game.Schwarz opened the game by hitting thefirst four baskets for Hillsdale (1-2 PALSouth, 7-7 overall) — all on 3-pointers. Hefinished the opening quarter with 15 pointsas the Knights led 19-13 after one period.

And Schwarz didn’t cool off in t he secondquarter, either, scoring 13 more. All told,Schwarz scored 28 o f his team’s 37 first-half points and his scoring total for the first twoquarters was more than entire Burlingameroster scored — 26.

“Even before the game, I feel when myshot is falling, like during warmups,”

Schwarz said. “I felt (I would be hot) when Iwoke up (Wednesday morning).”

Schwarz finished the first half shooting 8of 11 from behin d the arc.

In the second half, Schwarz came back toEarth, attempting only two shots and drain-ing his ninth 3 to open the fourth quarter.

But that’s when his teammates steppedup. David Lopez scored all eight of hispoints in the second half, but none was big-ger than the corner 3 he drained to giveHillsdale a 50-47 lead with 1:51 to play.

It was Schwarz who fed Lopez the passbecause when Schwarz had the ball in hishands, t wo Burling ame defenders ran at him,

Schwarz shreds Panthers

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Hillsdale’s Taiga Schwarz connected on nine 3-pointers on his way to 31 points in the Knights’55-49 upset of Burlingame in a PAL South Division game Wednesday evening in Burlingame.

You thought the Central CoastSection banning artificial noise-makers at high school sporting

events was draconian? Get a load of what’s going on in Wisconsin.

The Wiscons in Int erscholastic AthleticsAssociation has started enforcing a long-standing rule that says fans are expectedto “participate only in cheers that support

and uplift teamsinvolved.”

Meaning? No more“fun-da-mental!”chants when anopposing basketballplayer travels withthe basketball. No

more “score-board!”chants when a teamis leading by a bigmargin and the otherstudent section getsexcited following a

score. Even the time-hono red basketballchant of “air-ball!” is s ubject to th e WIAAcrackdown.

When I told Peninsula Athletic Leaguecommissioner Terry Stogner abo ut theWisconsi n st ory, he just ki nd of chuckled,before asking rhetorically, “Where are wegoing?”

“I find it funny that Wisconsin i s aheadof California on that, political correct-ness,” Stogner said.

The PAL falls under the umbrella o f CCS, which has an entire section on its

website addressing sportsmanship, alongwith fan behavior. Member schools of CCS, of which th e PAL is p art, can impl e-ment even more string ent rules regardingtheir athletic prog rams.

Stogner believes th e answer to keepingstudent section s in check — and invari-ably th at is from where these chantsemanate — is constant monitoring. Iknow many school s in t he PAL assign acadre of monitors at basketball and foot-ball games, specifically, to keep fans incheck. Many even station a monitor rightat the foot o f the bleacher section wherethe st udent fans are seated, a const ant

See KNIGHTS, Page 15

Chanting can

get out of hand

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By Bernie Wilson


SAN DIEGO — Mayor Kevin Faulconerleft a message for Chargers chairman DeanSpanos on Wednesday, invi ting him back tothe negotiating table.

Spanos was still traveling back fromHouston, where on Tuesday night he suf-fered a stinging defeat while still beinggranted the chance to leave San Diego forLos Angeles.

“I indicated I’m looking forward to the

opportunity to get together and discussthings positively and collaboratively,”Faulconer said at a n ews conference at CityHall, where he was joined by CountyCommissioner Ron Roberts and CityAttorney Jan Goldsmith.

Faulconer s aid the NFL’s rejection of th eChargers’ plans to b uild a stadium in Carsonwith the Oakland Raiders gives both sidesthe opportunity for a fresh start in what hasbeen a bruising saga in San Diego that hasdamaged the team’s relationship with whathad been a loyal fan base.

But it ’s up to Spanos t o decide if he wantsto restart talks in San Diego with an extra$100 million from the NFL to go toward areplacement for aging Qualcomm Stadium,or come to an agreement with Stan Kroenketo join the St. Louis Rams in Inglewood.

NFL owners voted 30 -2 to allow Kroenketo build a $1.8 billion stadium inInglewood. The Rams are expected to playin the Los Angeles Coliseum beginning inthe fall.

Spanos appeared stunned at a n ews confer-ence in Houston on Tuesday night.

The Chargers walked away from talks withSan Diego city and county leaders in June.

Mark Fabiani, the attorney who has ledthe Chargers’ stadium effort on Spanos’behalf, declined to answer specific ques-tion s abo ut San Diego o n Wednesday.

“I will just reiterate what Dean said lastnigh t: The Chargers have been app roved bythe NFL to relocate to Los Angeles, and nowthat the NFL meetings are over Dean isgoing to take a few days to evaluate the

San Diego mayor hopes for fresh start with Chargers

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Girls’ basketballMenlo-Atherton 66 San Mateo 20

The Bears stayed undefeated in Peninsula Athletic LeagueSouth Division play with a rout of the Bearcats.

M-A (3-0 PAL South, 13-2 overall) was led by GreerHoyem, who scored a game-high 17 points. Mele Kailahichipped in with 12 points.

San Mateo (0-3, 3-8) were led by Alyssa Cho and MimiShen, who each scored six points.

South City 56 Half Moon Bay 48

The Warriors handed the Cougars their second straightPAL North Division loss in as many days Wednesdayevening.

Britney Cedeno po ured in 27 poin ts to l ead South City (2-2 PAL North, 7-6 overall). She also added nine rebounds.Jerlene Miller added eight points and 12 rebounds in thevictory as well.

Half Moon Bay falls to 2-2 in league play and 11-4 over-all.

Mills 73 Carlmont 70 OT

The Vikings opened up a 20-point, first-half lead, but theScot rallied to tie the game at 64 before falling i n overtime.

Julia Gibbs led Mills (3-0 PAL South, 8 -6 overall) with 2 1points, with Aubrie Businger adding 20. Zelie Zshornackchipp ed in with 1 4 poi nts and Kaela Stonebarger had 11 forthe Vikings.

Carlmont (1-2, 8-7) were led by Moi Tong-Woo’s 19poin ts, while Alexa Bayangos added 14.

Boys’ soccerAragon 2 Hillsdale 0

The Dons scored only once but still pulled out a 2-0 winover the Knights.

That’s because t he Knigh ts aided Aragon’s cause by scor-

ing an own goal in the second minute. On a free kick,Aragon ’s Ricardo Diaz sent a ball into the Hillsdale penaltybox , where a Knigh ts defender accidentally headed the ballinto his own net.

The Dons iced the victory in the 76th minute whenAlejandro Carrillo t ook a pass from Willi am Laird and blast-ed it past th e Hillsdale goalkeeper.

Sacred Heart Prep 1 Eastside College Prep 0

Josh Lin’s strike in the first half off an assist fromConnor Johnston proved to be the game-winner for theGators.

Win was the first for SHP (1-1-1 WBAL, 4-4-3) in WestBay Athletic League action.

San Mateo 3 Mills 3

Aaron Baca and Obemar Salazar each had a goal and assistfor the Bearcats in a draw with the Vikings in a PAL OceanDivision matchup.

San Mateo (4-3-2 overall) also got a goal from GrantRueca and an assist from Alejandro Alvarez.

San Mateo scored all three of its g oals in the first half andled 3-1 at halftime. But Mills rallied for a pair of goals inthe second half to forge the tie.

Menlo-Atherton 3 Sequoia 1

Kyle Smith and Ethan Oro each had a goal and an assi st as

the Bears stayed unbeaten in PAL Bay Divisio n pl ay.Oro got M-A on th e scoreboard first, con verting an ass istfrom Smith to g ive th e Bears a 1-0 lead at halftime.

Quinn Rowland then assist ed Smith for a go al in t he sec-ond half and Oro set up Jean Claverie’s goal.

Menlo School 3, Harker School 0The Knigh ts earned their first WBAL win of th e season by

scoring three second-half goals to shut out the Eagles.Will Chisolm scored twice and assisted on the third goal

to lead Menlo (1-1-1 WBAL, 5-3-1 overall). DylanWilli ams accounted for the t hird goal, while Daniel Hausenand Will Bleicher each picked up an assist .

Girls’ soccer — TuesdayMercy-Burlingame 2 Pinewood 0

The Crusaders (1-0 in WBAL Skyli ne, 3-3 ov erall) openedWest Bay Athletic League Skyline Division play with ashutout at home against Pinewood (0-1, 4-5-1). Sophomore

Kathleen Napier and junior Emily Naughton each scoredgoals , with t wo assists provided by junior Summer Salamy.Junior goalk eeper Alyssa Parodi totaled five saves.

Carlmont 2 Hillsdale 0

Senior forward Kayla Fong scored both goals to lead theScots (2-0-1 in PAL Bay, 3-4-2) ov erall past Hills dale (0-2,1-6). Fong opened with a first-half goal on an assist fromKayla Gustafson, then scored an unassisted goal in the sec-ond half. Carlmont's platoon of goalkeepers combined foreight saves, with Alyssa Fagel totaling six in the secondhalf.

Menlo School 2 King’s Academy 0

The Lady Knigh ts (1-0 i n WBAL Footh ill, 2-2-3 ov erall)notched a shutout in their WBAL Foothill Division openerto best TKA (0-1, 5-2). Menlo broke a scoreless tie in the30th minute when Claire McFarland scored on an assist

from Zoe Enright. Enrigh t scored an ins urance goal six min-utes later.

Girls’ basketball — TuesdayOceana 42, Half Moon Bay 3 7In a key Peninsula Athletic League North Division

matchup, Oceana (2-1 in PAL North, 11-3 overall) openedup an 18-po int lead in the t hird quarter after outscoring Half Moon Bay (2-1, 11-3) in each of t he first th ree quarters. Thewin by the Sharks moves five teams into a first-place tie inthe North Divis ion — HMB, Oceana, Westmoor, South Cityand Terra Nova.

Boys’ basketball — TuesdayMenlo School 46 Woodside Priory 44

The Knigh ts (2-1 i n WBAL Footh ills , 4 -9 overall) earneda exciting win over Woodside Priory (1-2, 5 -3), as J H Tevisscored on a tip-in at the final buzzer for the win. JaredLucian paced Menlo with 16 points while Charlie Rothgrabbed 12 rebo unds. Woodside Priory's Scot t Harris led allscorers with 29 points .

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MILWAUKEE — The Wisconsin highschool athletics association bl ew its whis-tle on fans’ unsportsmanlike taunts andnegative chants — including “air ball” and“season’s o ver” — and directed administ ra-

tors in an email last month to call fouls onsuch jeers.Weeks later, the association’s executive

director has apo logi zed to athl etic directorsfor th e distraction s from widespread ridiculethat followed the note, which he saidWednesday was intended as a reminder of alongstanding sportsmanship policy, not acrackdown on enthusiasm.

“The intention of the message was mis-construed and morphed into something farbeyon d what it was and what it was intendedfor,” said Wisconsin InterscholasticAthletics Association’s David Anderson,who added that he st ands by t he guidelines.

The issue came to a head this week after abasketball player in northern Wisconsinwas suspended after she saw the memo andresponded with a profanity -laced tweet that

was critical of the WIAA. From there, sp orts

media outlets, pundits and fans b egan mock-ing th e regulation s as coddling and overpro-tective. Sports Illustrated wrote, “The ‘W’in WIAA technically stands for ‘Wisconsin ’but it should really stand for ‘Whining.”’

The association’s guidelines, which havebeen in place for years, say spectators areexpected to “participate only in cheers thatsupport and uplift the teams involved.” Theemail included examples of unsportingbehavio r, including common chants such as“you can’t do that,” “fundamentals,” and“scoreboard.”

While it’s tricky to evaluate specifics,“‘air ball’ is sort of borderline,” said DanGould, director of t he Inst itute for th e Studyof Youth Sports at Michigan StateUniversity. However, he added, “they’vegot to draw the lin e somewhere.”

For what it’s worth, Anderson and WIAACommunications Director Todd Clark

acknowledge that fans still shout negative

chants, including “air ball.” But they saytheir guidelines are intentionally broad soschools have an easier time identifyingbehavior that can lead to fights and onlinebullying.

Clark also noted TV coverage has in creas-ingly focused on rowdy student sections atbig-time college programs, promptinghigh s choolers to try to match the b ehavior.

“This is education-based spo rts, we’re nothere for entertainment purposes, ” he said.

The association has never disciplined aschool for fan violations of SportsmanshipReference Guide policies, Clark said.Penalties listed in the guide include teamprobations and suspension from post-sea-son play.

Bob Gardner, executive director of theNational Federation of State High SchoolAssociations, said Wisconsin’s policy isn’toverly restrictive and fits in with his

group’s “universal emphasis” on sports-

manship. His group works with sports-gov-erning organizations in each state, whichhe said all have policies that expect fansand players to be p ositive.

Still, Whitefish Bay Athletic DirectorJohn Gustavson s aid, the po licy “lives in aworld that’s no t th e real world.”

If a shot doesn’t hit the goal, students y ell

“‘air ball’ three or four times, then we moveon,” he said.On Tuesday nig ht, the Whitefish Bay s tu-

dent section had two opp ortunities to j eer atvisiting Milwaukee Morse Marshall overshots that missed their mark. In the firsthalf, an errant attempt generated a few “airball” chants from a few students. In the sec-ond half, with about 5 seconds left in theblowout win, no one said a word when aMorse Marshall j umper failed to draw iron.

Whitefish Bay senior Will Alt said hefinds the guidelines unnecessary: “I don’tthink they should put restrictions on whatyou can say at a basketball game.”

Gustavson, meanwhile, said his schooldoesn’t have significant problems with fanbehavio r and that the WIAA would be betteroff focusing on comments that are “racial,

hateful or demeaning. ”

Wisconsin stands by flagging fan-favorite taunts“The email included examples of unsportingbehavior, including common chants such as

‘you can’t do that,’ ‘fundamentals’ and ‘scoreboard.’

Judge Rules for NFL,soccer league loses bid for fields

SAN JOSE — A Northern California judgehas ruled against a youth soccer league thatwanted to boot the NFL from soccer fieldsbeing used as the Super Bowl 50 media vil-lage.

San Jose TV station KNTV reports the SantaClara Youth Soccer League claimed the cityand the NFL will not make good on a promiseto find the youth league adequate fields toreplace the ones b eing used by the NFL.

NFL attorneys had argued that the fields are

the best location for the media and security,and shifting lo cations would jeopardize secu-rity.

Santa Clara County Superior Court JudgeJoseph Huber issued the ruling Tuesday.

The San Jose Earthquakes on Mondaypledged to open two fields at Avaya Stadium tothe more than 1,000 youth soccer players dis-placed by the Super Bowl.

DA: Coach should be cited forharassment in ref altercation

DOYLESTOWN, Pa — A Pennsylvaniaprosecutor says he recommends a harassmentcitation for a suburban Philadelphia highschool coach who physically confronted a ref-

eree during a basketball game.Bucks County District Attorney David

Heckler announced the decision Wednesday inthe case of Neshaminy High School coachJerry Devine.

Heckler said there was no attempt to causeinjury.

Devine was ejected after physically con-fronting a referee Jan. 5 after a foul call. Hewas suspended from his coaching duties, butwas allowed to return to his teaching job thisweek.

Prosecutors said the count is punishable bya jail sentence of up to 90 days and a fine notto exceed $300.

Devine’s phone rang unanswered

Wednesday. A school district spokesmandeclined comment on t he decision and said thecoach’s status remains unchanged.

Ex-NFL running back LawrencePhillips found dead in prison

SACRAMENTO — California prison offi-cials say former NFL running back LawrencePhillips has been found dead in his prisoncell, and they suspect suicide.

Officials say guards at Kern Valley StatePrison found the 40-year-old Phillips unre-sponsive in his cell shortly after midnightWednesday. He was pronounced dead about1:30 a.m.

He had been in segregation since April

2013 after he was suspected of killi ng hi s cell-mate.

A Kern Co unty judge had ruled Tuesday thatthere was enough evidence to try Phillips inthe death of 37-year-old Damion Soward.

Phillips played for the St. Louis Ramsbefore being released in 1997. He also playedfor the Miami Dolphins and San Francisco49ers.

He was convicted of choking his girlfriendand driving his car into three teens in 2005.

Major League Baseballto return to Mexico City in March

MEXICO CITY — The mayor of Mexico

City says Major League Baseball will return to

the city in March for a two-game seriesbetween the Houston Astros and the SanDiego Padres.

MLB hasn’t been played in Mexico’s capi-tal since March 2004, when the Astros facedthe Marlins in a two-game preseason series.

Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera announcedWednesday that it would return after a 12-yearhiatus.

The series will b e played on March 26-27 atFray Nano stadium, a v enue with a capacity of about 5,000 that serves as home of the RedDevils of the Mexican l eague.

Last year, Mexico hosted an exhibitiongame on March 29, when the ArizonaDiamondbacks played against the Colorado

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franchise’s new opti ons, ” Fabiani said in anemail.

Fabiani did not respond when asked if heand Spanos had met with Kroenke onTuesday nig ht t o discuss a deal to be either apartner or a tenant in Inglewood.

The Chargers must notify the NFL byMarch whether they intend to move to LosAngeles for the 2016 season.

The Chargers have been trying since2002 to replace Qualcomm. The long-run-ning stadium saga turned nasty in the lastyear as Fabiani fiercely opposedFaulconer’s proposals to keep the team.

Faulconer and Rob erts is sued a statementTuesday nig ht t hat had a bit o f an edge to it,saying they “are not interested in a charadeby the Chargers if they continue to pursueLos Angeles.”

Faulconer had a little different outlookWednesday.

“Today is an opportunity for a freshstart,” he said. “I sincerely believe that wecan create both success for the Chargers’organizatio n and the San Diego region if wehave a sincere commitment to work togeth-er, the city and Mr. Spanos.”

Asked who had the leverage, Faulconerreplied: “I don’t th ink i t’s about that at all. Ithink it’s about an opportunity for a freshstart. A lot happened this past year. But wedo have on the table a plan that’s viable, if we approach this in a sp irit of openness andcooperation.”

Faulconer and Roberts indicated that itcould be difficult getting a measure on theJune ballot, and that the November ballotseemed more realist ic.

The leaders indicated they don’t plan tomove off their offer of a $350 million pub-lic contribution toward a $1.1 billion stadi-um at the Qualcomm Stadium site. The city-county proposal calls for the Chargers tocontribute $353 million with the NFLadding another $200 million in a lo an, plusthe $100 million in new money. Namingrights could be credited toward the Chargers’portion.

Finances were never discussed duringthree brief negotiating sessions betweenthe team and the city and county. Instead,the Chargers raised concerns with a hastilyconducted environmental impact statementthey felt could get tied up in court.

Faulconer’s t op political strategist, JasonCabel Roe, has said that if the Chargersresume negotiations, they need to comewithout Fabiani b ecause he has n o credibil -ity with elected officials.

However, Goldsmith said Wednesday hecould work with Fabiani.

The Chargers have indicated in the pastthat they’d like a downtown stadium. ButFaulconer and Roberts said that optionwould be more expensi ve and take lon ger.

Fabiani didn’t answer a question aboutwhether the Chargers would try to get theirown initiative on the ballot.

Asked the odds of getting somethingdone, Faulconer said: “Our chances of suc-cess when

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