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Weekend • March 14-15, 2015 • Vol XV, Edition 180

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By Austin WalshDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Only three weeks away from thegrand opening, the finishing touchesare being put on the Broadway TennisCenter, and tennis lovers are rallyingenthusiasm for the spo rt.

Local officials attended a hard hatwalking to ur of the 62, 715-square-footfacility Tuesday, March 10, in advance

of its opening service to the communi-ty April 1.

No court has been laid down in thelarge warehouse space, near Highway101 on Edwards Court in Burling ame,

but workers hopethe center will soonbe filled with thesound of screechingsneakers andsmashing serves,spanning from theearly morning untillate at night.

Members of thecommunity will be

able to play on the six full-sizedindoor courts any time bet ween 6 a.m.until midnight, with no membershipfee.

Founder Horacio Matta said he and

his wife aimed to start a company thatwould offer residents elit e tenni s facil-ities, without t he pretentiousness th atsome might associate with tennis cul-ture.

“We didn’t just want to build a tenniscenter, we wanted to build a communi-ty,” said Matta, a retired tennis profes-sional who played on the Associationof Tennis Professional tour for fiveyears.

Matta, who founded the facility withhis wife Anne, said the tennis centerwill serve anyone interested in play-

Burlingame tennis center nears grand openingOwner looks forward to sharing enthusiasm for sport with community

Passion ofeducationBurlingame educator speaks onvalue of connecting with studentsBy Austin WalshDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

When adults think back on theirtime in the elementary school

classroom, it isoften not thelessons theyrecall, but ther e l a t i o n s h i p sthey formed asstudents withtheir teachers.

That is part of the messageS t e f a n i aShaffer, a sev-

enth-grade language arts teacher atBurlingame Intermediate School,will share with colleagues during

CPUC head: PG&Eshould pay $1.6billion penaltyTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

California’s top regulator onFriday proposedPacific Gas &Electric Co. pay$1.6 billion asthe penalty forcausing a deadly2010 gas-pipeline explo-sion in San

Bruno.C a l i f o r n i a

Public Utilities Commission

Fewer homes for saleBy Austin WalshDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Buyers in San Mateo County arestruggling to find homes on themarket, as the local stock of avail-able housing has shrunk precipi-tously in recent weeks, accordingto local experts.

As the lack of available optionsdecrease, prices cont inue to s urge,setting a market that is extremelydifficult for thos e interested in p ur-chasing a new home, said ChuckGillooley, a Realtor with DwellRealtors.

The year started off with a bangin so me regions of the Peninsula,but has ground to a halt recently,as fewer homes are coming ontothe market.

Gillooley said this year toutedthe most new homes available inSan Carlos in the month of January since 2012. But thatmomentum was not indicative of more good things to come, asFebruary featured the fewest homeslisted in that month since 2007.

The setback was so severe that

By Joseph Jaafari

DAILY JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT

Mortgage rates across the coun-try are at their lowest, on averagebelow 4 percent interest, nation-

wide, but the biggest question for

many Bay Area residents — whichhas seen a dramatic increase inhousing prices — is how will therates affect first-time b uyers.

Typically, lower mortgage rates

result in a swell of first-time home

buyers and people refinancing fora lower rate, but onl y the latt er hashappened in the Bay Area.

There has been a struggle formany real estate brokers to get

millennials, who range from 18-

35 years old, to buying homes.The problem they run into is thatmajority of the generation feel

Low rates mean more refinancingMillennials, first-time home buyers still sitting on sidelines

Prices on rise as inventory drops dramatically

PHOTOS COURTESY OF EDNA GELLER 

Visitors to the tour of the Broadway Tennis Center gather infront of the facility located on Edwards Court in Burlingame.

JON MAYS/DAILY JOURNAL

 This 1907 duplex house at 144 N. Claremont St. in San Mateo was listed at $888,000 and has a sale pending.

Stefania

Shaffer

Michael Picker

See SHAFFER, Page 23

See CPUC, Page 23

See HOMES, Page 31

See RATES, Page 31

See TENNIS, Page 23

Horacio Matta

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Comedian BillyCrystal is 67.

This Day in History

Thought for the Day

1923

President Warren G. Harding becamethe first chief executive to file anincome tax return, paying a levy of 

$17,990 on his $75,000 salary.

“Achieving life is not theequivalent of avoiding death.”

— Ayn Rand, American author (1905-1982)

Actor MichaelCaine is 82.

Actor Chris Klein is36.

Birthdays

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Foster City Mayor Art Kiesel and Gordon Jones, president of S.F./Bay Area Lennar Homes, attended the groundbreakingceremony for the Foster Square development Thursday.

Saturday : Mostly cloudy. Highs in thelower 70s. North winds around 5 mph.Saturday night: Mostly cloudy. Lowsin the mid 50s. West winds 5 to 10mph... Becoming south after midnight.Sunday : Mostly cloudy. A slight chanceof rain in the afternoon. Highs in the mid60s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.Chance of rain 20 percent.Sunday night: Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain.

Lows in the lower 50s.Monday : Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Highs inthe mid 60s.Monday night: Partly cloudy. A slight chance of rain.Lows around 50.Tuesday through Wednesday: Mostly cloudy.

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In 1743, a memorial service was held at Faneuil (FAN’-yul)Hall in Boston honoring Peter Faneuil, who had donated thebuilding bearing his name.In 1794 , Eli Whitney received a patent for his cotton g in, aninvention that revolutionized America’s cotton industry.In 1885 , the Gilbert and Sulliv an comic opera “The Mikado”premiered at the Savo y Theatre in London.In 1900 , Congress ratified the Gold Standard Act.In 1939 , the republic of Czechoslovakia was dissolved,opening the way for Nazi occupation of Czech areas and theseparation of Slovakia.In 1951 , during the Korean War, United Nations forces recap-tured Seoul.In 1964 , a jury in Dallas found Jack Ruby guilty of murderingLee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President Jo hn F.Kennedy, and sentenced him to death. (Both the convictionand death sentence were overturned, but Ruby died before hecould be retried.)In 1967 , the body of President John F. Kennedy was movedfrom a temporary grave to a permanent memorial site atArlington National Cemetery.In 1975 , “Monty Pytho n and the Holy Grail,” a sendup of thelegend of King Arthur, h ad its world premiere in Los Angeles.Academy Award-winning actress Susan Hayward, 57, died inLos Angeles.In 1980, a LOT Polish Airlines j et crashed while attemptingto land in Warsaw, killing all 87 people aboard, including 22members of a U.S. amateur boxi ng t eam.In 1990 , the Soviet Congress of People’s Deputies held asecret ballot t hat elected Mikhai l S. Gorbachev to a new, pow-erful presidency.In 1991 , a British court overturned the convictions of the“Birmingham Six,” who had spent 16 years in prison for a1974 Irish Republican Army bombing, and ordered themreleased. C

hewing gum has been banned inSingapore since 1992. Peopleare allowed to chew gum, b ut the

ban prevents the import and sale of chewing gum.

***In 1888, Tutti-Frutti was the first brandof gum sold in a vending machine. Themachine was in a New York City subwaystation.

***Gumballs and gumball machines wereintroduced in 1907.

***Native Americans had their own versio nof chewing g um. They chewed the resinof spruce trees. Settlers from Europeadopted the habit. The first gum soldcommercially in America was lumps of spruce resin.

***While selling baking powder inChicago in 1892, William Wrigley Jr.

(1861-1932) had a unique incentive forbuyers: he gave away two packs of gumwith each can of baking powder sold.The gum was so popular that Wrigleybegan selling i t full time.

***The original Doublemint twins weremodels Jayne and Joan Boyd (born1938) from Indiana. Starting in 19 59 to1963, the twins appeared in 12 televi-sion commercials for Wrigley’sDoublemint gum. They stopped doingthe commercials in 1963 when Joanbecame pregnant.

***A stick of gum weighs three grams.

***True or false: The U.S. governmentincludes chewing gum in rations forsoldiers. See answer at end.

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Here are tips to blowing big bubblesfrom the experts at Dubble Bubble.Chew at least five chunks o f gum with ateaspoo n of peanut butter. Chew for fiveminutes to dissolve the sugar. Sugardoes not stretch, so too much sugarmight collapse the bubble. Take a deepbreath and blow.

***The largest bubble bl own with gum was23 inches in diameter. Susan Williamsof Fresno blew it in 199 4.

***Gary Duschl (born 1951) of Virginiahas been making a contin uous chain of gum wrappers since 1965. Made of more than 1 million wrappers, it is thelongest chain of gum wrappers in theworld — 8.7 miles lo ng! Duschl contin-ues to add about three feet to the chainevery night.

***The name of the zebra on packages of Fruit Stripe gum is Yipes.

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***All brands of chewing gum are madewith the same basic ingredients. Theaverage stick of gum is made up of 20percent gum base, 60 percent sugar, 19percent corn syrup and 1 percent flavor-ing.

***For the past 40 years, Bazooka BubbleGum has offered prizes to people whosend in Bazooka comics. In the 1960 s,some of the premium prizes were micro-phones, microscopes and bicycles.Today’s prizes are baseballs, BazookaJoe bobbl eheads and mousepads.

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Wrigley’s Extra sugarfree gum wasintroduced in 1984. The most recentnew flavors of Extra gum are Polar Ice,Wildberry Frost and Sour Apple.

***Nicorette, a sugar-free gum that con-tains nicotine, helps smokers quitsmoking by controlling their nicotinecravings. When a person quits smok-ing, it is recommended that they chewone p iece of gum per hour. Two monthslater, they should only chew one pieceof gum every six hours.

*** An swer : True. Chewing gum has beensupplied in field and combat rations to

 American soldiers since World War I.Chewing gum helps people stay alert and reduces tension.

Know It All is by Kerry McArdle. It runs inthe weekend and Wednesday editions of theDaily Journal. Questions? Comments? Emailknowitall(at)smdailyjournal.com or call 344-5200 ext.114.

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SAN MATEOStolen vehic le . A 1995 green HondaAccord was stolen from the Hillsdale GardenApartments on Edison Street before 8:47p.m. Sunday, March 12.Robbery. A juvenile was robbed at theCaltrain Hayward Park station on ConcarDrive and Pacific Boulevard before 4:47 p.m.Sunday, March 12 .Embezzlement. An employee took equip-ment from the Spa Studio on South El CaminoReal before 3:51 p .m. Sunday, March 12.City ordinance violation. A woman wasseen selling strawberries on the corner of Bermuda Drive and Ginnever Street before3:04 p.m. Sunday, March 12.

UNINCORPORATEDSAN MATEO COUNTY 

Arrest. A man was arrested for being posses-sion of a firearm on the 200 block of SanMateo Road before 7:15 p.m. Saturday,March 7.Burglary. A home that was burglarized losttwo golf clubs and a comforter on the 12 300block of Highway 1 before 12:22 p.m.Friday, March 6 .DUI and stol en v ehicle . A woman repo rt-ed her boyfriend after they got into a fight andpolice found him into xicated inside a stolenvehicle on the 6000 block of Highway 1before 2:11 a.m. Friday, March 6.

Police reports

Were they shopping?Three women and one man were seenleaving Mac Cosmetics with large bagsat the Hills dale Shopp ing Center in SanMateo before 7:43 p.m. Sunday, March12.

By Dave BrooksherBAY CITY NEWS SERVICE

An incarcerated, alleged gangmemberappeared in court Friday morning for a pre-liminary hearing on allegations stemmingfrom a conspiracy to smuggle drugs andcellphones into th e county jail.

Prosecutors say that Dionicio Lopez, 27,conspired with two correctional officersand a sheriff’s deputy as well as his ownmother and sister over the course of severalmonths in 2013 to bring two cellphonesand the drug oxy contin in to the j ail.

It’s also alleged that Lopez used the cell-phones to conduct gang-related activity.Defense attorney Geoff Carr says the evi-dence in this case does not support that

allegation.“The bulk of the pho ne

calls are to his mom andgirlfriend,” Carr said.“He talks to a HellsAngel once or twice, butthere’s no evidence thatthey did anythin g or thatit’s to the furtherance of 

the gang.”San Mateo County

District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe saidprosecutors suspect that t hose calls to fam-ily members may have been used to passmessages to gangmembers.

“Of course our answer to that (argument)is that he is a gangmember, and he’s doingit while in the jail, and the possession of 

the phone does give him the ability to con-nect with g angmembers, ” Wagstaffe said.

Dionicio’s mother and sister, Leticia andAmanda Lopez, have also been charged inthis case. Roxanne Ingebretsen, Dionicio’s28-year-old girlfriend, has also beencharged, according to Wagstaffe.

Juan Pablo Lopez, a sheriff’s deputy onpaid administrative leave, has also been

charged in this case — as have correctionalofficers Michael Del Carlo and GeorgeIsmael.

Those defendants are currently scheduledto appear in court for a preliminary hearingApril 9 at 9 a.m. Dionicio Lopez’s case hasbeen continued to March 27 at 8:3 0 a.m.

He remains in custody on $1 millionbail.

 Jail inmate in court for smuggling allegations

Dionicio Lopez

By Dave BrooksherBAY CITY NEWS SERVICE

Two alleged gangmembers pleaded notguilty Thursday to charges stemming froma February shooting in San Mateo thatstarted after one of them threw a hatchetand missed, prosecutors said.

Daniel Nau and Jose Pablo Ramirez, both20-year-old residents of San Mateo, havebeen charged with attempted murder withgang enhancements and assault with adeadly weapon.

On Feb. 13, around 4:30 p.m., officersfound a 19-year-old man s hot on PeninsulaAvenue at the Highway 101 overpass, nearNorth Amphlett Boulevard.

Prosecutors allege thatRamirez threw a hatchetat the victim, whichmissed, but then Naushot the victim threetimes. The first tworounds hit the victim inthe stomach, and thethird round struck himfrom behind as he turnedaround to run, prosecu-

tors s aid.The next day, Ramirez was arrested walk-

ing away from his g irlfriend’s home.Nau was tracked to an Oakland residence

on Feb. 15 where a SWAT team served asearch warrant and took him into custodywithout incident. Firearms were located

during a search of thehome, according toinvestigators.

The next court appear-ance for Nau and Ramirezhas been set for April 9at 1:30 p.m., at whichtime they’ll s et a date forthe preliminary hearing.In the meantime, bothdefendants remain in

custody on no-bail status, according toprosecutors.

Nau’s defense attorney, Randy Hey,declined to comment on the case.Ramirez’s defense attorney, Dek Ketchum,could not immediately be reached for com-ment.

Two plead not guilty to San Mateo shooting, hatchet attack

Daniel Nau Jose Ramirez

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Murder sentencing delayedfor seizure-prone driver

A seizure-prone driver convicted of murdering two cousins struck by his

vehicle in 2012 hadhis sentencingdelayed until Aprilbecause his atto rneyhad a doubt abouthis competency,according to theDistrict Attorney’sOffice.

Rodney EdwardCorsiglia, 51, wasconvicted in June of 

second-degree murder, vehicularmanslaughter, reckless driving anddriving on a s uspended license. He wasdue to b e sentenced Friday but t he case

is n ow set to be heard again April 24for a doctors’ report on his competen-c y .About 30 family members were pres-ent Friday for the sentencing, saidDistrict Attorney Steve Wagstaffe.

He could potentially receive two 15years to life sentences for the murders

plus additional terms on the othercharges.

The Department of Motor Vehiclesforbid Corsiglia from driving becauseof a hist ory that included seven colli-sions caused by his petit mal seizures.However, on July 28, 2012, he wasbehin d the wheel when anot her seizurecaused him to slam into several east-bound cars at an El Camino Real stop-light while driving east on SneathLane just after noon.

Cousins Arnulfo Picazo, 39, of SanBruno, and Usbaldo Picazo Gomez,37, of South San Francisco, were ontheir way to a family b aptis m and died.Two adults and a 9-year-old boy werealso hospitalized with seriousinjuries.

During trial, the defense argued thatCorsiglia did not know he was sup-posed to refrain from driving but theprosecution presented his history,medical records and his own doctor tosay otherwise.

Corsiglia remains in custody with-out bail.

Foster City Lagoonlevel to be raised

The Foster City Public WorksDepartment will be raising the waterlevel in the Foster City Lagoon byapproximately 6 to 8 inches from win-ter levels to summer levels during theweek of March 15 .

During Mid-March, the city beginsthe ann ual s ummer program of raisingthe level of the Foster City Lagoon.The water level will usually be main-tained between 1 to 2 feet from thelevel of elevation 100, which is thedesign height of most lagoon bulk-heads. The water level will generallybe higher on weekends and holidaysand lower during midweek. This isdone to promote maximum waterexchange in the lagoon . The level willbe lowered, if needed, during rainy

days or in anticipation of a majorstorm, according to the city.

If you have any questions about thelagoon levels or Lagoon ManagementPlan contact Public WorksMaintenance Superintendent NicholasLeonoudakis at (650) 286-3551 ornleonoudakis@fostercity.org.

Local briefs

RodneyCorsiglia

Attorney clears Assemblyspeaker to pursue housing bills

SACRAMENTO — Assembly SpeakerToni Atkin s on Friday released a legal op in-ion saying she can pursue legislation thatwould expand affordable housing inCalifornia even though her wife makesmoney consulting on affordable housingissues.

California’s voter-approved conflict of int erest laws prohibi t lawmakers from mak-ing decisions that financially b enefit them.The Office of Legislative Counsel saidthose rules don’t apply to Atkins’ afford-able housing plan because it doesn’t bene-fit specific people or companies andapplies broadly.

“It is our opinion that the conflict of interest provisions of the Political ReformAct of 1974 do not prohibit your involve-ment,” Deputy Legislative Counsel DanielVandekoolwyk wrote in the opin ion, whichdidn’t say if Atkins had a financial interestin housing bills.

Around the state

By Kevin FrekingTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — Gov. Jerry Brown has amessage for Republican governors plan-ning to visit California to woo businessfrom the state: Welcome.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott is the latest gov-ernor to say he’s planning a recruiting trip

to California. A letter he sent to shippingcompanies in the state takes shots atBrown’s “tax and spend adminis tration. ”

Brown, a Democrat, says the governorsshould “come on out and make your case”but California is growing faster than thenational average.

Brown cited a recent report fromBloomberg calling California the b est statefor business. The report looked at the mar-ket returns for companies in t he Standard &Poor’s 500 that are headquartered in thenation’s five largest states. The Californiacompanies returned 134 percent sinceJanuary 2011.

“Republicans say don’tdeal with climate change,don’t deal with immi-grants, don’t do theAffordable Care Act,don’t tax high-incomepeople. California isdoing all of that andwe’re prospering,”

Brown said.Brown’s comments

about the state’s economy came during anews conference he called Friday after visit -ing with senior White House officials. Thisis not the first time he’s been confrontedwith a Republican governor barnstormingCalifornia and badmouthing the state’sbusiness climate. In 2013, Texas Gov. RickPerry b ragged about how Austin was pois edto b ecome the next Sili con Valley.

“That fellow from Texas who is runningfor president and some of these other peo-ple, come on out and make your case,”Brown said.

While many companies in Cali fornia suchas Apple and Google are helping to drive thestate’s economy forward, it’s not withoutproblems and many people are struggling.The U.S. Census Bureau has pegged thestate’s supplemental poverty rate 23.4 per-cent, the highest in the nation. The meas-urement goes beyo nd income and takes in toaccount factors such as the cost of living

and taxes.Brown said he was using the trip to

Washing ton t o meet with o fficials about cli-mate change, water and health care. He alsodefended President Barack Obama’s execu-tive actions on immigration, calling themwithin t he law and trying to h elp hard-work-ing people.

Obama’s administration is trying to sparefrom deportation millions of people whoare in the U.S. illegally. California is one o f 14 states plus the District of Columbia thathas filed a brief in support of lifting aninjunction intended to stall Obama’sactions.

Brown: GOP governors welcome for jobs visits

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Oil is on its waydown again; will

gas prices follow?By Jonathan Fahey THE ASSOCIATED PRESSNEW YORK — The price of oil

is tumbling again, rattling analready-shaken oil industry andheralding lower prices for con-sumers.

The price of oil fell 10 percentthis week, approaching its lowestprice in six years. Many expect itto fall further in the coming weeksbecause suppli es are rising an d thesummer driving season is stillmonths away.

The lower crude prices will mean

gasoline prices will slide lower inthe coming weeks, and many driv-ers will likely pay under $2 a gal-lon i n th e summertime for the firsttime since 2004.

Oil prices had appeared to s tabi-lize in a range nearly 15 percenthigher than the depths they hadreached in late January. But onFriday the International EnergyAgency called a recent rise in oilprices a “head fake” and a “facadeof stability.”

“The rebalancing (of supply anddemand) triggered by the price col-lapse has yet to run its course,”the agency wrote in its monthlyoil market report.

On Friday, oil fell $2.21, or 5

percent, to $44.8 4 a barrel, within40 cents of its low for the year of $44.45. Here’s what’s behind therecent drop, and what else to lookout for in the coming months.

FLOOD OF OIL

Oil has collapsed from over$100 because rising global sup-plies — especially in the U.S. —outpaced weak demand. Theincrease in U.S. production lastyear was the third-biggest one-year increase in the histo ry of theglobal oil industry, according toBP.

That has pushed oil levels instorage to their highest ever in theU.S. and far higher than normalaround the world. Analyst s exp ectsupplies to co ntin ue to build, forc-ing prices gradually lower, untilrefiners ramp up to make gasolinefor the summer driving season.

But analysts say price of oilcould fall sharply — to under $40a barrel and perhaps even brieflyto $20 — if supplies grow somuch that storage tanks fill up.

WHAT ABOUT MY GAS PRICE?

Gasoline prices rise nearlyevery year around this time. Thisyear has been no different. Afterreaching a low of $2.03 a gallon

in late January, the national aver-age retail price rose every day formore than a month, reaching$2.46 on March 7, according toAAA.

But the spring surge is likelyover, according to Tom Kloza,chief oil analyst at the Oil PriceInformation Service. The nationalaverage has slipped lower everyday for the past week, falling to$2.44 on Friday, and Klozaexpects it to fall the rest of Marchand April.

The national average won’t fallall the way to its January low,Kloza said, in part because refinersmust still switch to more expen-sive summer blends of gasoline to

meet clean air standards. But heexpects drivers in much of thenation, especially in the South, tobe paying less than $2 a gallon attimes this spring and summer.

“This is something unique,”Kloza says. “The market (decline)is going to make it so you don’teven notice when your local sta-tion switches from winter to sum-mer gas.”

WHAT WILL PRODUCERS DO?Low prices have forced oil com-

panies to slash spending on newexploration and production, andforced oil service companies fac-ing a slowdown in drilling to layoff thousands of workers.

When drillers stop sinking newwells into the ground, productionbegins to fall and prices rise. Thenumber of rigs operating in theU.S. fell for the 14th straightweek to their lowest since Marchof 2011, the oil s ervices companyBaker Hughes reported Friday.

But it is still unclear whetherproducers in the U.S. have cutback enough to help rebalancesupply and demand. And whilesome OPEC members have calledfor the cartel t o reduce output in aneffort to force prices up, thegroup’s most powerful member,Saudi Arabia, and other Gulf stateshave shown little interest in cut-ting back.

REUTERS

A sign advertising gas prices is seen at a Chevron station in Los Angeles.

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STATE GOVERNMENT• State Sen. Jerry Hill, D-

San Mateo, and Assembly manKevin Mullin, D-South SanFrancisco,  will be hosting anopen house at their district officesat 1528 S. El Camino Real in SanMateo March 26.

Their suites are 302 and 303. The open house takesplace from 4 p.m.-6 p.m.

Moved by Menlo Park’sTrini ty Schoo l’s fourth-grade students’ recent serv-

ice learning project focused on Ebolaawareness and education, a local familyhas anonymously generated donationsto the country of Liberia in the Trinitystudents’ names.

The donation of 20 Ebola worker pro-tection kits and $30,000 worth of med-ical supplies is through MAPInternational , a global Christianhealth organization that partners withpeople living in conditions of povertyto save lives and develop healthier fam-ilies and communities.

The students researched the cause andsymptoms of the disease, the buildingof special treatment centers to help treatand contain t he disease, and the dedicat-ed medical personnel help ing t o care forEbola patients; they mailed cards tothank these workers for their braveryand commitment. The students wereespecially intrigued by the complexityof factors leading to the severity of theEbola outbreak. They learned aboutimpoverished areas where people seekwidely for food, and they grappled tounderstand why some people are afraidto get treatment, as well as the burdensimposed by being separated from fami-lies.

For their efforts that inspired thedonation , fourth-grade students receiveda personal letter from the Consulate

General of The Republic of Liberia, acknowledging the students’work in bringing awareness to theEbola crisis that faces the children andpeople of Liberia.

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Mateo will be hosting the Fab Lab

2015 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, March20. The STEM fair event will featureprojects, demonstrations and activitiesfocused on science, technology, engi-neering and mathematics programming.

***Patricia Anne Mabuhay , a senior

at El Camino High School in SouthSan Francisco, won a Jefferso n Awardfor her volunteer work on the highschool campus and in her community.

There were more than 5,000 appli-cants for the award in Education andLiteracy category in th e national Lead360 program.

Mabuhay founded the school’sStudents in Action club, and is thevice president of the student body.

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Burlingame, hosted the Girls inScience fair last month , which featured50 science projects from 12 middleschools hailing from San Francisco tothe Peninsula.

Natalie Ng , of St. Anne School ,won first place in the eighth-grade com-petition. Anna Quinl an, of Hillview

Middle School , and Haley Fava, o f St. Pius School , won second place.Bryn Totah,  of Sea Crest, won

first place for seventh-graders. OliviaBrendel , of St. Charles , won secondplace, and Madelin Chew, of St .Anne Schoo l , won third place.

Caroline Daniher, of St Pius,accepted a Special EnvironmentalScience Award, Kellie Lu, of St .Gabriele, was recognized for SpecialMost Creative Award and EmmaBlenkinsop, of Holy Name , forSpeci al Phy si cs Award.

Class notes is a column dedicated to schoolnews. It is compiled by education reporterAustin Walsh. You can contact him at (650)344-5200, ext. 105 or at austin@smdailyjour-nal.com.

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U.S. at odds with Google oncomputer search-warrant proposal

WASHINGTON — A Justice Departmentproposal that could make it easier to locateand hack into computers that are part of criminal investigations is raising const itu-tional concerns from privacy groups andGoogle, who fear the pl an could have broadimplications.

Federal prosecutors say their search war-rant prop osal i s needed at a time when com-puter users are committing crimes in onlineanonymity while concealing their loca-tions. But civil libertarians fear the rulechange, under consideration by a federaladvisory committee, would grant the gov-ernment expansive new powers to reachinto computers across the country.

The proposal would change exis ting rulesof criminal procedure that, with limitedexceptions, permit judges to approve war-rants for property searches only in the dis-tricts where they serve. The governmentsays t hose rules are outdated in an era whenchild pornographers, drug traffickers andothers can mask their whereabouts on com-puter networks that offer anonymity. Suchtechnology can impede or thwart efforts topinpoint a suspect’s geographic location.

The Justice Department wants the ruleschanged so that judges in a district where“activities related to a crime” have o ccurredcould approve warrants to search computersoutside their districts.

Making history: St. Patrick’sparade welcomes two gay groups

BOSTON — The St. Patrick’s Day paradein Boston will make history this Sunday astwo gay and lesbian groups join the fun.

The advocacy group Boston Pride andOutVets, a group of gay military veterans,have been welcomed by t he organizers.

“This is a tremendous leap forward,”Boston Pride organizer Sylvain Bruni saidFriday.

Until now, gay rights groups have been

barred by the South Boston Allied WarVeterans Council from marching in theparade, which draws as many as a millionspectators each year. Twenty years ago, theU.S. Supreme Court upheld the organizers’right to keep gays out.

But Brian Mahoney commands the coun-cil now, and he’s shrugging off questionsabout sexual orientation.

Just like Pope Francis, he says, “Who amI to judge?”

This Sunday’s parade through the tradi-tionally Irish-American enclave also willbe shorter than years past: So much snowremains piled on sidewalks after the brutalwinter that the city has had to cut the routein half.

Around the nation

By Charles BabingtonTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — Congress can get so

busy that senators and their staffs don’talways have time to scrutinize bills theypass and letters they sign — or so it seemedthis week, anyway.

Two episodes left Democrats blushing,some Republicans muttering under theirbreath, and taxpayers perhaps wonderingwhat those well-educated people do onCapitol Hill.

First, Republicans ridiculed Democrats forclaiming th ey somehow missed a key provi-sion in a bill filed two months ago. Thebill, unanimously approved by the SenateJudiciary Committee, would combat humansex trafficking.

Democrats suddenly blocked it this weekbecause it would bar the use of fines, paid byconvicted traffickers, to pay for abortionsin most cases.

Congress h as attached similar language tospending bills for years. But SenateDemocrats say this provision goes further,and they didn’t realize it was in t he traffick-ing bill.

Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid saidsome think it got there by “sleight of hand.” He blamed Republicans for no t flag-ging it.

“Democratic senators who had been work-ing in g ood faith on t his critical legislationfor years assumed that their Republicanpartners were being forthright when theyprovided a list of changes” that didn’tinclude the abortion language, Reid said.“Republicans are now saying that trusting

them was a mistake.”Republicans could hardly suppress their

laughter.Senate Majority Leader Mitch

McConnell, R-Ky., said it was astonishingto see Democrats balk at a provision “theyclaim somehow they missed, after it beingin there for two months. ”

Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texassuggested Democrats knew about the abor-tion language long ago, but decided only

this week to opp ose it.To buy the Democrats’ argument, Cornyn

said, “you’d have to suppose that all of theprofessional staff for all the SenateJudiciary Committee didn’t read the bill”and “didn’t advise th eir senators” of it s con-tents.

“I don’t believe that Senate Democratsdidn’t read the legislation,” Cornyn said.The abortion provision, he said, “was asplain as the nose on your face.”

Capitol Hill: Who has timeto read these bills we pass?

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U.S. Sen. Richard Durbin, left, and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid hold a news conferenceafter weekly party caucus policy luncheons.

By Seth BorensteinTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — Saturday is the day whenlove of math and a hankering for pastry comefull circle. Saturday is Pi Day, a once-in-a-year calendar date that this time squares thefun with a o nce-in-a-century twist .

Saturday is 3-14-15, the first five digits of the mathematical constant pi: 3.1 415926 53.The best times to celebrate are at 9:26 and 53seconds, morning and evening. The next timethat happens is in March 2115.

“It’s a portal into this magical mysteriousworld of mathematics,” said University of 

California Berkeley mathematician andauthor Edward Frenkel. “Pi is special. ”

Pi is the constant used to calculate the areaof a circle, as in pi times the radius squared,but it appears all over other parts of mathe-matics. It “is kind of a basic atomic buildingblock” for math, said Temple Universitymathematician and author John Paulos, whowas interviewed at precisely 3:14:15 p.m.

In some places, Pi Day is celebrated withthe edible type of pie.

“It’s a real exciting moment for math enth u-siasm,” said Nathan Kaplan, a YaleUniversity math professor, who called it atime for people to “remember how much fun

they found some of the stuff in school.”Kaplan acknowledged that most people

don’t really recall math as fun, blaming thaton h ow it’s taught: “There’s fun stuff out therein the quantitative world.”

One interesting aspect of pi is that it is irra-tional, which means the decimals after 3 goon to infinity with no repeating patterns. Yetin 18 97, a bill before the Indiana legislaturetried to round it up to 3.2. It fell flat.

“We cannot change it. It’s not subject toopinion or taste or ti me,” Frenkel said. “Howmany things like this in the universe meanthe same thing t o everyone through time andspace?”

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do for veteransBy Jim Kuhenhennand Josh HoffnerTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

PHOENIX — Amid persistentcomplaints about veterans’ healthcare, President Barack Obamaacknowledged lingering weakness-es Friday in the federal govern-ment’s response to the chronicdelays and false waiting lists thattriggered a national outcry ov er theVeterans Affairs health sy stem lastyear.

Obama said that while VASecretary Robert McDonald is“chipping away” at the problem, itwas clear there was still more workto do.

“It’s important that veteransknow that somebody’s got theirbacks, and that if there are prob-lems that we’re not being defensiveabout it, not hiding it,” Obamasaid.

In his first t rip to th e Phoenix VAhospital whose practices sparkedthe scandal, Obama announced thecreation of an advisory committeeto recommend further steps the VAcould take to improve veterans’access to health care.

Obama met with veterans, VAemployees and elected officials,including Sens. John McCain and

Jeff Flake, Arizona’s twoRepublican senators. He said law-makers specifically raised ques-tions about the slow pace of imple-menting a new law meant toincrease health care choices forveterans. Mental health and suicideprevention are also areas of con-cern, he said.

“Trust is something y ou can lo sereal quick,” Obama said, promot-ing the need to restore trust andconfidence in the VA system. But,he added, “Every veteran I talked totoday said that the actual care theyreceived once in the system was

outstanding.”Obama’s visit came amid ques-

tions from lawmakers who say vet-erans are still not benefiting fromchanges in the law that were meantto improve their access to care. Amonth ago, Obama drew criticismfor traveling to Phoenix withoutstopp ing at the VA hospital.

McCain, chairman of the SenateArmed Services Committee, blast-ed the president’s visit as a “photoop.” He said the foot-dragging inimplement ing VA reforms sh owedthat Obama’s administration hadgiven up on reform before it evenstarted.

“The American people — andveterans in particular — should be

as unimpressed by the president’shigh-profile but empty gesturetoday as I am,” said McCain, whoheld a news conference outside theVA to respon d on-camera to thepresident’s visi t.

As Obama flew to Phoenix, theWhite House defended the VA’sactions to correct problems.

“Long after it fades from theheadlines, this is something a lotof people have been working onand that he president feels s tronglyabout,” White House spokesmanEric Schultz said.

Aiming t o ill ustrate a more posi-tive veteran’s story, Obama alsopaid a visit to Sgt. 1st Class CoryRemsburg, who was wounded inAfghanistan and has met withObama several times before.Remsburg recently moved into anew home purchased by a nonprof-it that helps disabled ArmyRangers, and the p resident broughtalong White House beer as a house-warming gift, the White Housesaid.

The Phoenix VA Medical Cent erprompted the scrutiny last y ear fol-

lowing reports that dozens of vet-erans died while awaiting t reatmentat the hospital. The ensuing scan-dal prompt ed the ouster o f VASecretary Eric Shinseki. Theagency’s Phoenix director, SharonHelman, also lost her job.

A series of government reportssaid workers throughout the coun-try falsified wait lists while super-visors looked the oth er way. Whileveterans encountered chronicdelays, the reports found managerswho falsely appeared to meet on-time goals received bonuses.

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Barack Obama, right, gives U.S. Army Ranger Sgt. First Class Cory Remsburg, who was injured while fighting inAfghanistan, a hug after delivering remarks at a backyard welcome-home picnic for Remsburg at his new homein Gilbert, Ariz.

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By Sarah El Deeband Brian RohanTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt —Egypt raked in promises of morethan $12 billion in investment andaid from its Gulf Arab allies onFriday, kicking off an internationalconference aimed at rescuing thecountry’s gutted economy and giv-ing a political boost to its soldier-turned-president.

The three-day gathering in theSinai resort of Sharm el-Sheikh ismeant to show the world Egypt isopen for business again to drawinvestors after four years of insta-bility and turmoil that followed the2011 Arab Spring uprising thatousted longtime autocrat HosniMubarak.

President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissimade his case for the world’s sup-port, depicting Egypt as vital toregional stability and a bulwark

against Islamic militancy.“Egypt has and will always be thefirst lin e of defense against the dan-gers faced by the region,” el-Sissi,wearing a dark suit and a purple tie,said to one of many rounds of applause that interrupted his 26-minute address. Some 1,500 dele-gates from more than 50 nationswere in attendance.

The gathering of royals, heads of state, top international officialsand businessmen was also anopportunity for el-Sissi to putbehind him criticism over the mili-tary’s 2013 ouster of Egypt’s elect-ed president, Islamist MohammedMorsi.

Since the ouster — which was led

by el-Sissi, then head of the mili-tary — the government has crackeddown hard on Morsi’s MuslimBrotherhood and other Islamists,with h undreds k illed and thousandsimpriso ned. It has also targeted sec-ular and liberal activists. At thesame time, Egypt ian security forces

have been battling a growingIslamic militant insurgency, main-ly centered in the northern part of the Sinai Peninsula.

U.S. Secretary of State JohnKerry, addressing the conference,made a strong show of support forEgypt, with only a glancing refer-ence to rights concerns and a callfor more transparency.

“This part of the world is blessedwith a stunnin g amount of commer-

cial potential,” Kerry said at anAmerican Chamber of Commerceevent prior to the opening of theconference.

The U.S., however, still cannotrestore hundreds of millions of dol-lars in suspended military aid toEgypt, as el-Sissi has sought,

because the Obama administrationis undecided about whether to affirmEgypt’s progress on democracy andhuman rights or issue a nationalsecurity waiver. It must do one orother under the 2015 federal budgetto unblock th e aid.

El-Sissi outlined to delegates hiseconomic recovery plan, saying hewanted to see at least six percentannual GDP growth within the nextfive years, up from around 2 per-

cent currently, and reduce unem-ployment from its current 13 per-cent to about 10 percent. He alsopromised fair taxation and lowerinflation.

The conference opening saw aswift series of pledges from SaudiArabia, Kuwait and the United Arab

Emirates, continuing a flood of some $30 billion in largesse theyhave provided since el-Sissi led theouster of Morsi, k eeping the econ-omy afloat.

Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah AlAhmad Al Sabah anno unced that hisoil-rich nation would invest $4 b il-lion in Egypt. Next at the podiumwas the crown prince of SaudiArabia, Prince Muqrin, whoannounced another $4 billion in aid

to Egypt.Another $4 billion in aid and

investments came from the UnitedArab Emirates.

“To stand by Egypt is to breathelife into the future of the (Arab)nation,” the UAE’s prime ministerand ruler of Dubai, Sheikh

Mohammed bin Rashid AlMaktoum, told the assembly.

The UAE minister of state, SultanAhmed Al Jaber, who has been adriving force between Egypt’s eco-nomic program, to ld AP in an emailthat his country’s focus is on devel-opment and creating jobs. “A suc-cessful Egypt represents the criticalpivot point around which to build aprosperous, tolerant and stableregion,” he said.

Oman also pledged $500 million,half aid and half investment, overthe next five years.

The cash gives Egypt much-need-ed breathing room while it grappleswith its economic woes, li ke costlystate subsidies, an ailing tourismsector and fiscal deficits.

Egypt rakes billions in Gulf aid

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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi speaks at the Egypt Economic Development Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh.

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Government workers from the Bureau of Customs destroy products in Manila, Philippines. The United States isnegotiating an ambitious trade accord with Pacific Rim countries that’s meant to ease barriers to fast-growingAsia-Pacific markets and streamline customs rules that can bedevil exporters.

By Paul WisemanTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — Hardware Sales

Inc. of Bellingham, Washington,does about 25 percent of its onlinebusiness outside the United States.But go ing global can b e frustrating.Overzealous Australian customsinspectors sometimes confiscateperfectly legal knives. Canadaimposes duties that can double thecost o f a hammer.

And then there’s the paperworkrequired to expo rt:

“I don’t like to have an employeego through 2,0 00 pages of rules toship a drill,” says Steve Douge,director of e-commerce for HardwareSales, which sells over eBay,

Amazon and its own website.A solution may be coming.The United States is negotiating

an ambitious trade accord with 11

other Pacific Rim countries that’smeant to ease barriers to fast-grow-ing Asia-Pacific markets andstreamline customs rules that canbedevil exporters like HardwareSales.

Yet the Trans-Pacific Partnership,or TPP, is also stirring opp osition .Critics say it will destroy U.S. job s,allow multinational corporationsto sidestep laws they don’t like andlet drug companies use stricterpatent protections to drive drugprices beyond the reach of patientsin p oor countries.

Trade, of course cuts two ways.

Take Pete Kappelman, a Wisconsindairy farmer who supplies milk forLand of Lakes’ cheddar cheese. He’dwelcome easier access to Japan and

Canada. Yet Kappelman also fearslower-cost competition from NewZealand.

The trade accord is one of th e fewthings President Barack Obama andRepublican leaders in Congressseem to agree on. Visiting Tokyolast month, Rep. Paul Ryan, theWisconsin Republican who leadsthe House Ways and MeansCommittee, predicted thatCongress would vote this spring t oempower the president to negotiatetrade deals like TPP and send themto Congress for an up-or-down vote— no n itpicking allowed.

Obama’s solution to seizing ofU.S. exports, high border costs

By Munir AhmedTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ISLAMABAD — A Pakist ani courton Friday ordered the release of themain suspect in the 2008 Mumbaiterror attacks by cancelling a gov-ernment order under which he wasdetained for the past three months , adefense lawyer and prosecution said.

But Zaki-ur-Rahman Lakhvi wasunlikely to be freed quickly becausehe still faced charges in a separatekidnapping case, prosecutorJahangir Jadoon said. TheIslamabad High Court “cancelled thedetention order for Lakhvi after con-cluding that no solid evidence wasavailable to k eep him in the jail, ” hesaid.

Defense lawyer Rizwan Abbasisaid his client had been implicated

in that k idnapping case in Decemberto block his release. Another courtalready granted bail in that case, andthe government has no authority tokeep Lakhvi in j ail, t he lawyer said.

“The government may show rigid-ity and it may use delaying tactics inreleasing Lakhvi to appease India,”Abbasi said.

Lakhvi is one of seven suspectsbeing tried by Pakistan in connec-tion with the attacks, which killed166 people and seriously damagedrelations between Pakistan andIndia. India has repeatedly urgedPakistan to actively pursue the case

against Lakhvi,who was accusedof planning theattack, and other

suspects.I n d i a ’ s

Ministry of External Affairssummoned thePakistani HighCommissionerin New Delhi on

Friday and conveyed India’s disap-pointment at the court’s ruling.India’s junior home minister KirenRijiju said Islamabad had not pro-duced clinching testimony againstLakhvi despite possessing suffi-cient evidence.

Abbasi said his client has been ingovernment custody since 2009.Lakhvi has remained jailed under aspecial detention order even thougha court granted bail in December inthe Mumbai case.

U.S. State DepartmentSpokeswoman Jen Psaki toldreporters in Washington on Fridaythat the American government wasclosely monitoring developmentsin the Lakhvi case.

“The government of Pakistan haspledged its cooperation in bringingthe perpetrators, financiers andsponsors of the Mumbai terrorattacks to justice and we urgePakistan to follow through on thatcommitment,” Psaki said.

Pakistani court orders releaseof suspect in Mumbai attacks

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NEW YORK — The s tock mark et washit h ard Friday, cappin g a th ird week of declines, as investors reacted to asteep drop in oil prices and a jump in

the value of th e dollar.Utilities, companies that make basicmaterials like steel, and majorexporters had the biggest declines.

The sell-off came at the end of avolatile week and sets the stage for aFederal Reserve policy meeting nextweek. Investors will be watchingclosely for clues about the centralbank’s views on the economy andinterest rates.

“This week has really been aboutinvestors’ outlooks adjusting in theface of higher interest rates later thisyear,” said Gabriela Santos, a globalmarket strategist at JPMorgan Funds.

The Dow Jones industrial averagefell 145.91 points, or 0.8 percent, to17, 749. 31. The Standard & Poor’s 500

index lost 12.55 points, or 0.6 per-cent, to 2,053.40 and the Nasdaq com-posite lost 21.53 points, or 0.4 per-cent, to 4,871.76.

Oil dropped sharply after theInternational Energy Agency saidprices had further to fall because sup-plies were continuing to rise.Benchmark U.S. crude fell $2.21 toclose at $44.84 a barrel in New York.Oil is now within 40 cents of its low

for the year, and its lowest level in sixyears, after a drop of 10 percent thisweek. Brent crude, a benchmark forinternational oils used by many U.S.refineries, fell $2.41 to close at$54.6 7 a barrel in London.

Several energy stocks followed the

price of oil lower. Transocean, an off-shore oil rig company, fell 67 cents,or 4.7 percent, to $13.6 0 and DenburyResources fell 29 cents, or 3.8 per-cent, to $7.31.

The U.S. dollar continued itsadvance against other major curren-cies. The euro declined 1.3 percent to$1.04 86. The U.S. dollar index, whichmeasures the dollar against a group of other currencies, increased 0.8 percentFriday and is up 6.4 percent over thepast month.

The dollar’s advance can be tied totwo factors, strategists say. The U.S.economy is getting better, as seen bythe strong jobs report last week, andthe Federal Reserve is poised to raiseinterest rates sooner rather than later.

In comparison, the European CentralBank is trying to drive down interestrates by buying government bonds, atactic the Fed used until last fall. TheECB’s program has b een driving downthe value of th e euro.

A higher dollar makes U.S. exportsmore expensive abroad. GeneralElectric, Caterpillar and Deere fellmore than the rest of the market. U.S.Steel, whose products competes with

cheap foreign imports, fell nearly 4percent after the company announcedit would idle of its operations and layoff workers. U.S. Steel los t 83 cents to$21.80.

“A rise in t he dollar over a long p eri-od of time is fine, but this very rapid

appreciation can directly impact com-panies’ profits,” Santos said.Stocks that pay higher dividends,

such as utilities, also had big losses.The Dow Jones utilit y in dex fell 1 p er-cent. That index is down 7.4 p ercent sofar this y ear.

A growing number of investorsbelieve the Federal Reserve will raiseits benchmark interest rate as early asJune. Higher rates are typically b ad forhigh -dividend stocks b ecause it dimin-ishes their appeal to investors seekingincome.

In the bond market, U.S. govern-ment bond prices didn’t move much.The yield on t he 10 -year Treasury no tewas unchanged at 2.1 2 percent.

In other commodity markets, pre-

cious and industrial metals futuresclosed little changed on the day. Goldedged up 50 cents to $1,152.40 anounce, silver fell two cents to $15 .49an ounce and copper was flat at $2. 66 apound. In other energy trading, whole-sale gasoline fell 4.8 cents to close at$1.762 a gallon, heating oil fell 6.6cents to close at $1.713 a gallon andnatural gas fell 0.7 cents to close at$2.72 7 per 1,000 cubic feet.

Stocks decline for third week

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the NewYork Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:NYSEAeropostale Inc., down 64 cents to $3.06 The teen clothing retailer reported mixed fourth-quarter results andprovided a weak first-quarter outlook.Herbalife Ltd., up $2.71 to $35.96 The supplements supplier said it is confident in its business model amidreports that authorities are looking into the possible manipulation of itsstock.Ann Inc., up $3.02 to $40.45 The women’s apparel retailer reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter results and a solid outlook.Lumber Liquidators Holdings Inc., down $5.53 to $30.55 The company’s chairman said the retailer has no plans to stop sellinglaminate flooring made in China, despite a “60 Minutes”report that raisedsafety concerns.

NasdaqSears Hometown and Outlet Stores Inc., down $3.88 to $9.12 The appliance, hardware and tool retailer reported a fourth-quarter losson lower revenue and a decline in sales at stores open at least a year.Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc., down 49 cents to $5.44 The military contractor reported a fourth-quarter loss that still topped WallStreet expectations, but revenue fell short.Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance Inc., up $5.28 to $150.10 The beauty products retailer reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter financial results, partly on stronger online sales.Ebix Inc., up $3.94 to $29.55 The supplier of software and e-commerce services to the insuranceindustry reported a boost in fourth-quarter profit and revenue.

Big movers

By Martin Crutsinger

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — Wholesale prices fellfor a fourth straight month in February as adecline in food prices offset an increase ingasoline p rices.

The Labor Department said Friday its pro-ducer price index, which measures in flationpressures before they reach consumers,dropp ed 0.5 percent in February. The figurefollows a 0.8 percent fall in January, whichhad been a record decline in a governmentseries that goes back to 2009.

Core producer prices, which exclude

volatile food and energy costs, also fell 0.5percent during the month. Over the past 12months, producer prices have shed 0.6 per-cent while core prices have climbed a mod-

est 1 percent.Since last year inflation since has moved

even farther below the Federal Reserve’sgoal of seeing prices rise about 2 percentannually.

Food costs were down 1.6 percent inFebruary. Energy costs overall were flat asdeclines in natural gas and electric powercombined with a gain in gasoline, whichrose 1.5 percent.

Gasoline prices had been falling since the

middle of last year and hit a six -year low inJanuary of $2.03 a gallon, according toAAA. But since gas prices have risen sincethen, with the nationwide average for a gal-

lon of regular now at $2.45, up from $2.2 3a month.

Paul Ashworth, chief U.S. economist atCapital Economics, said that about one-thirdof the drop in overall prices in Februarystemmed from a decline i n profit margins atservice stations. Those margins had risenfor a time last year as gas stations tookadvantage of falling fuel costs to bo ost p rof-its. But i n February, th e margins returned tomore normal levels as gas prices rose.

U.S. wholesale prices down for fourth straight month

By Sudhin Tanawala THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN FRANCISCO — The woman suing aprestigio us Silicon Valley vent ure capitalfirm for $16 mil lion for alleged discrimina-tion was hit with tough questions from

 jurors Friday such as whether colleag ues sawher as a difficult personality who needed toget in the last word and whether she th oughtit was inapp ropriate to conduct an affair witha male co-worker.

Dozens of written juror questions, read bythe judge, elicited some of Ellen Pao’s mos texpansive answers during her five days of testimony. She was asked about criticism ina performance review that she canceled ameeting and failed to set up a follow-upmeeting with the right people. During thattime, she said in a shaking voice, sh e had tobe hospitalized and suffered a miscarriage.

“Litigation is painful and difficult,” Paosaid in response to another question. “Thishas been three years of my life... it’s dragged

in my friends.”But Pao said she was forced to sue because

the firm of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byersotherwise showed no incli nation to i mprovethe environ ment for women at the firm.

Pao’s attorneys have tried to paint KleinerPerkins as an old-boys club where theirclient was subject to boorish behavior bymen and denied a seat on a company boardand a promotion because she was a woman.They say she was fired when she com-plained.

Woman in Silicon Valley suit faces tough jury questions

Facebook to buyshopping search engine TheFind

NEW YORK — Facebook says it boughtshopping search engine TheFind to helpboost i ts advertising business.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Theacquisition is expected to close in the nextfew weeks.

TheFind, which was founded in 2 006, willshut down and some of its key employeeswill work at the social media company.TheFind lets users search for items to buyfrom websites or in local stores. It is basedin Mountain View, California.

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By Pat GrahamTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DENVER — Stephen Curry did a littledancing during timeouts. A little cheering,too. The cameras even caught him design-ing a play on a marker board.

About the onl y th ing Curry didn’t do wasattempt a jumper, which was just fine withthe Denver Nuggets .

Kenneth Faried had 24 points and 17rebounds, Randy Foy e hit three crucial 3-pointers down the stretch and theNuggets rallied to beat short-handedGolden State 114-103 o n Friday nig ht as

the Warriors rested several of their top

players, including Curry.Faried didn’t take any offense to the

Warriors hol ding out pl ayers.“They’re goin g to do what th ey need to in

order to keep their players fresh to make along playoff run,” Faried said. “I think it’ssmart on their part and respect them for it.

“At the same time, we all wanted to playagainst them. It’s a win-lose situation.”

Lately, the Nuggets have been doing farmore winning than losing in what’s been atrying season. They pulled off an impres-sive double this week — beating Atlanta,the Eastern Conference leader, onWednesday and now the Warriors, who are

on top in the Western Conference. Denver

also improved to 5-2 since interim coachMelvin Hunt took over for Brian Shaw.

“He’s a great coach,” Faried said of Hunt.“He keeps everybody confident and wantingto play basketball and not wanting to giv eup on the season. He wants us to go outthere and play basketball and have fun.”

Golden State coach Steve Kerr gave Curry,Klay Thomps on, Andre Iguodala and AndrewBogut the night off because the team playsSaturday at home. In addition, centerMarreese Speights served a one-game sus-pension for pl eading n o contest to recklessdriving.

Justin Holiday led the makeshift Golden

State lineup with a career-high 23 points

and James Michael McAdoo cont ributed 16.

“Overall, it was a terrific effort,” Kerr

said. “Just kind of ran out of gas.”The Nuggets led most of the way until

Golden State’s cast rallied back. The

Warriors took their first lead of the game on

a dunk by McAdoo with 29 seconds left in

the third quarter and increased the advantage

to seven points with 7:21 remaining.

But Denver closed the g ame on a 25 -7 run,with Foye leading the way from behind the

3-point line. He scored 11 of his 2 0 point s

in t he fourth quarter as the Nuggets aveng ed

a 122-79 at Golden State on Jan. 19, their

worst loss of the season.

Nuggets rally past short-handed Warriors

By Terry Bernal

DAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Cañada men’s basketball’s bid for a state

champions hip came to a crushin g end Fridayat Cerritos College as the Colts fell toSaddleback 75-68 in overtime.

The Colts (24-7) never trailed in regula-tion and took a 63-60 lead with eight sec-onds remaining in the second half on a pairof Rohndell Goodwin free throws. But withunder a second left, Saddleback freshmanpoint guard Dusty Baker drilled a 3-pointerfrom 10 feet behind the arc to force over-time.

Cañada was ill-equipped to play the addi-tion al five minutes after sophomore forwardManny Martin, one of the team’s best postplayers, fouled out with 1:23 remaining inregulation. Yet the Colts almost got th ehelp they needed in the person of off guardIsrael Hakim, who came up with two bigplays in the overtime period.

A minute prior, Saddleback guard MalekeHaynes gave the Gauchos their first lead of the night 66-64 with a baseline lay-in.Baker followed with a quick bucket off asteal to make it a two-possession game.

But after the Colts chipped away with sin -gle free throws from Goodwin and KennyHatch, Hakim produced a big steal on a longSaddleback pass into the post. On the otherend, Cañada got the ball into the hands of Goodwin — who accounted for a game-high23 points — and after the sophomoremissed a 3-point attempt, Hakim dashed infor an offensiv e board and drew a foul on theput-back attempt.

Cañada’s

title run

crushed

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Serra center Trevor Brown powers to the hoop for a first-half bucket in Friday’s 79-51 victoryover Moreau Catholic in the opening round of the Northern California Open Division playoffs.

By Terry BernalDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

HAYWARD — Big-time players show upfor big games.

With six All-West Catholic AthleticLeague selections this season, Serra has its

share of big-time players. But to call thePadres’ upset of Moreau Catholic in theopening round of the Northern CaliforniaOpen Divis ion pl ayoff tournament a big winmight b e an understatement.

No. 6 seeded Serra absolutely dismantledNo. 3 Moreau Catholic en route to a 79-51victory Friday night at Chabot College.

“We wanted it more,” Serra point guardFrank Lemos said. “We were out there topress and just apply as much pressure to winthis game.”

The Padres came out featuring one o f theirhighest intensity full-court presses of theseason. The strategy paid off. Lemos set thetone with two early steals to spark an 11-1run by Serra in the opening minutes.

Holding an 18-9 lead after the first quarter,the Padres were just getting warmed up. They

outscored the Mariners 28-7 in the secondquarter.

Lemos lit i t up with three 3-pointers in thefirst half. He was one o f three Padres to scorein double-figures in the game. Junior for-ward Jake Killings worth scored a game-hig h18 points, Lemos and fellow senior guardJimmy Wohrer had 14 poin ts api ece.

“It was our night tonight,” Serra headcoach Chuck Rapp said. “We played well, weshot the ball well, the ball was going in forus. It was definitely our night.”

A week previous in the Central CoastSection championship game, Serra won the

Serra stages upset

See SERRA, Page 14

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Texas topprospect Joey Gallo hit a three-run homeroff San Francisco’s Jake Peavy, and theRangers beat the Giants 3-0 on Friday.

Peavy allowed three runs and three hits i nfour innin gs.

Rangers starter Nick Martinez, in th e mixfor a spot in the starting rotation, allowedtwo hits i n 2 2-3 in ning s. He struck out fourand didn’t walk a batter.

Ross Detwiler, also a candidate for a start-ing spot with the Rangers, allowed twohits, walked one and struck out two in twoscoreless inning s.

Peavy, who hit two batters, got in troublein the third after drilling Hanser Albertoleading off. Delino DeShields, who left thegame because of tightn ess in his right ham-

string, followed with abunt single.

One out later, Gallo hitPeavy’s first pitch overthe right field fence forhis second homer of thespring.

Joe Panik doubled andBuster Posey singled

with one out in the first,the closest the Giants

came to scorin g. Brandon Belt tripled in thesixth but was thrown trying to score on awild pitch.

Peavy said the important thing was beingable to go four innings. It also allowed hima chance to bounce back after giving up thehome run. “It felt good to get up and downfour times and get into the swing of what astarter does,” he said. “I was able to workthrough the lineup a couple of times.”

Peavy said he took a step forward with t heouting. “I was able to repeat a lot of mypitches,” he said. “It’s nice to see the stuff coming around. It’s fun to watch th e processbuild. I was way better than I hav e been.”

Trainer’s room

Giants’ reliever Sergio Romo (s ore shoul-der) had a successful batting practice ses-sion and will likely make his debut in thenext few days. RHP Tim Lincecum said hisneck felt better, and if it feels good, he willattempt a bullpen session on Saturday.

Up next

RHP Matt Cain will make h is s econd startof the spring for the Giants when they playthe Oakland A’s in Mesa on Saturday. Cainthrew two perfect innings in hi s first start.

Peavy goes four innings, Giants go scorelessRangers’ Darvish tohave season-endingsurgery on TuesdayTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SURPRISE, Ariz. — Yu Darvish said he did-n’t need any more opinions once the first doc-

tor recommended season-ending surgery on theailing right elbow of the Texas Rangers ace.The Japanese right-hander waited for two

more reports anyway before the announcementthat Dr. James Andrews will p erform elbow lig-ament-replacement surgery on Tuesday in Gulf Breeze, Florida.

Andrews was the last of three doctors toreview images of the 28-year-old’s elbow, fol-lowing Rangers team physician Dr. KeithMeister and New York Mets medical directorDr. David Altchek. Tommy John surgery likelywill sideline Darvish until early 2016.

“Obviously it’s a bump in a road for mycareer and obviously for the t eam that I’m notgoing to be able to throw,” Darvish said Fridaythrough an interpreter. “But there’s a lot of positives that can come out of this.”

From a Texas point of view, one of those

positives is that Darvish will stay with theRangers while he recovers from surgery ratherthan return to Japan. General manager JonDaniels said Darvish should be back in Arizonaby Wednesday night.

“What was most important to us is that hewould rehab in Texas and with the team, bothfrom the standpoint of being with our people,so we could have our hands on him, but alsofrom the standpoint of being with the club,around his teammates, around our staff,”Daniels said. “Yu was totally on board withthat.”

An MRI last week revealed a partially tornligament and inflammation after Darvish felttightness in his triceps while warming up forhis spring training debut. He threw 10 of 12pitches for strikes in his only inning beforetelling any one about the discomfort.

An All-Star in each of his three seasons sincearriving from Japan, Darvish started last sea-son on the disabled list after experiencingneck stiffness in spring training. He missedonly one start then, and was 10-7 with a 3.06ERA in 22 starts and made his final appearanceon Aug. 9 because of elbow inflammation.

The elbow checked out fine during the off-season.

“I didn’t think this was going to happen,”

said Darvish, who will return with two years

left on a six-year deal worth $56 mill ion, a deal

signed after the Rangers agreed to pay almos t

$52 million for his rights. “During that time, I

thought it was nothing more than elbow

inflammation.”

 Jake Peavy

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Having finalized acontract for a record $31.5 million s igningbonus, 19-year-old Yoan Moncada likelywill start his minor league career this sea-son at Greenville of the Class A SouthAtlantic League.

“My goal is to find out if I can make it tothe big leagues in a year,” the infielder saidthrough a translator during a news confer-ence Friday, a day after his agreement wasfinalized. “I know not having played for solong it’s understandable that it might take alittle more time than that.”

Moncada was in uniform Thursday atBoston’s minor league camp in Fort Myers,even before the agreement was announced.He said he feels most comfortable at second

base, the position he played last year inCuba with Cienfuegos. He hit .273 with a

team-high 13 extra-base hits in 45 games.“Now I’m here and want to get to work,”

said Moncada, listed by the Red Sox at 6feet, 215 pounds.

He could remain at extended spring train-ing b efore reportin g to a minor league team.

“Whatever time he needs in Fort Myers,we want to gi ve him th at,” Red Sox generalmanager Ben Cherington said. “We expectGreenville at some point .”

“First of all we believe he’s one of the o neof the most talented 19-year olds in theworld,” Cherington said. “He’s got a reallyunique combination of skills. Great athlete.Speed. Switch hitter with power from bothsides of the plate. Defensively, the athletic

ability to play multiple positions if he hadto. A natural second baseman. So as I said

he’ll enter our minor league system likeeveryone else.

“There’s still development to do. He’s stilla developing baseball player but he’s anexceptionally talented one. . .. We believe hecan be a very good major league baseballplayer for a long time. And we’re committedto helpin g him get there in the right way.”

Boston started keeping track of Moncadain international competition in 2010,according to Eddie Romero, the team’sdirector of international scouting. Romerosaid he first watched Moncada in theNetherlands in the summer of 2013 in theWorld Port Championship and later thatyear scouted him in Taiwan.

Red Sox sign Cuban infielder Moncada

Dontrelle Willis to retire

PHOENIX — The Milwaukee Brewers saypitcher Dontrelle Willi s is ending hi s come-back bid and will reti re at 33.

A popular star a decade ago, Willis was inthe Brewers’ camp on a minor league con-tract. He had not pitched in a spring trainin g

game this year, and hasn’t been in themajors since 2011 with Cincinnati.

Willis was the NL Rookie of the Year in2003 and helped the Marlins win the WorldSeries. Nicknamed the “D-Train” and knownfor his energetic personality and high leg-

kick style, Willis was a 22-game winner in

2005.The left-hander was traded with Miguel

Cabrera to Detroit after the 2007 season.Willis has been with seven other majorleague organizations since then. He pitchedin Triple-A with San Francisco and in anindependent league last year.

MLB brief 

In addition to Hakim hitting both freethrows to tie it 68-68, Baker fouled out onthe play, which seemed to level the playing

field after the los s of Martin.But then Saddleback’s big men stepped

up. Seven-foot center Conor Clifford drew afoul the next t ime down and converted bothfree throws to gi ve the Gauchos t he lead forgood. And on Cañada’s ensuing offensivepossession, Saddleback’s 6-8 forwardBrandon Fagins produced the most dramaticof his three blocked shots in the game to all

but seal the victory.Clifford led Saddleback with 20 points.

Hakim led all rebounders with a game-higheight boards.

Saddleback advances to Sunday’s statechampionship game face East Los Angelesin an all Southern California matchup. EastL.A. downed Merritt 94-83 in the othersemifinal game.

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 Just two menbeating folksup for a living

Manny Pacquiao and Floyd

Mayweather Jr. were both excep-tion ally well dressed for their

appearance together in Los Angeles, notterribly surprising given the number of cameras focused on them.

Exceptionally well behaved, too, whichwas also no s urprise. No need for trash talk

when the $1, 500 seatsin th e upper reaches of the MGM GrandGarden will be s nappedup the minute they goon sale and people athome won’t thinktwice about spending$100 or so on the pay-per-view.

Just two men whobeat people up for a liv-ing acting like perfectgentlemen. Not a newrole for Pacquiao, but

certainly o ne for Mayweather, who has mademost of his millions by gettin g a lot of peo-ple to buy his fights just to see him lose.

He was once Pretty Boy Floyd, t henbecame Money Mayweather. Now he’sFloyd Mayweather the business man, work-ing hard to earn his $120 million payday.

“No different than WWE,” Mayweathersaid. “It’s all about reinventing yourself.That’s what we did. And it’s worked so far.”

It has, in ways that seem unimaginablefor any figh ter, much less o ne who doesn’tknock people out. Mayweather is perenni-ally on top of the highest paid athlete list,

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WASHINGTON — Free-agent cornerbackChris Culliver has joined the WashingtonRedskins, leaving the San Francisco 49ersafter four years marked by off-field issues.

Culliver and former Denver Broncosdefensive tackle Terrance Knighton bothsigned their free-agent contracts withWashington on Friday, the same day theRedskin s found out lin ebacker Brian Orakpohad left the team to go to the TennesseeTitans.

In his first two seasons , Culliver was usu-ally used as San Francisco’s third corner-

back. He missed the2013 season with a tornACL in h is left k nee.

Last season, Culliverbecame a full-time s tarterfor the 49ers, and he hadfour interceptions.

He drew unwantedattention for anti-gay

remarks made duringSuper Bowl media day in2013, and for an arrest in March 2014 onsuspicion of felony hit-and-run and recklessdriving.

Knighton, nicknamed “Pot Roast,” is

listed by the Redskins at 6-foot-3 and 331pounds. He has played six seasons in theNFL, four with the J acksonv ille Jag uars andtwo with the Broncos.

Known more for his prowess against therun than as a pass rusher, he has 12 1/2sacks in his career.

All four new players brought in as freeagents by first-year Redskins general man-

ager Scot McCloughan play on defense:Culliver, Knighton and linemen StephenPaea and Ricky Jean-Francois.

The Redskins went 4-12 last season, fin-ishing in last place in the NFC East for thesixth time in seven years.

Chris Culliver ships off to Washington

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WADA drug-testing rulesin place for Mayweather-Pacquiao

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — FloydMayweather and Manny Pacquiao haveagreed to fol low World Anti-Doping Agencyrules for their fight in May.

That was a major stick ing po int t hat led to

the end of negotiations in 2010, when theboxers first tried to put together a fight.

As part of the agreement, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency can take blood and urinesamples from both fighters at any point

between now and the bout May 2 in Las

Vegas. They will also be tested after thefight. Samples will be sent to l abs that cantest for human growth hormone, EPO andanyth ing else on WADA’s prohib ited list.

USADA CEO Travis Tygart said that bymaking the agreement, the fighters weresending “a strong statement of the impor-

tance of clean and safe competition.”

Boxing brief 

Chris Culliver

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IRVING, Texas — Darren McFadden willget a chan ce to replace NFL rushing champDeMarco Murray in Dallas after the formerhigh draft pick never could find a dominant

form in Oaklan d.The Cowboys and McFadden agreed on acontract Friday, a day after Murray bolted forPhiladelphia on a big contract that Dallasowner Jerry Jones said he couldn’t matchbecause of the s alary-cap s