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DAILY JOURNAL STAFF REPORT

Seven local high schools made thenational high school rankingsreleased by U.S. News & WorldReport Tuesday.

Summit Preparatory High Schoolin Redwood City made the highestappearance on the rankings. It waslisted as 11th in California, 82ndnationally.

Following Summit , AragonHigh School in San Mateo wasranked 73rd in the state, 379thnationally. Burlingame HighSchool was ranked 91st in

California, 471st nationally.Mills High School in Millbrae

was ranked 97th in California, 519thnationally. Carlmont High School inBelmont was ranked 145th inCalifornia, 748th nationally.

Both high schools in South SanFrancisco made the list. El CaminoHigh School was ranked 290th inCalifornia, 1,261st nationally. SouthSan Francisco High School wasranked 432nd in California, 1,874thnationally.

To produce the 2013 rankings,U.S. News & World Report worked

Seven countyschools rank

high in reportSummit Prep, Mills,Burlingame

and Aragon in California top 100


An off-duty sheriffs deputyaccused of stealing a musicianspricey trumpet and jacket while heplayed at a Millbrae hotel inDecember and later throwing theinstrument out a car window will

stand trial for felony grand theft.Brandon Hatt, 34, was held toanswer on the charge after JudgeMarta Diaz first denied a defense

request to reduceit to a misde-meanor. Hatt haspleaded notguilty andreturns to courtMay 8 to affirmthe plea and pos-

sibly set a trialdate.

Deputy to trial for stealing trumpet

By Samantha WeigelDAILY JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT

California lawmakers are workingto strengthen the states stringentsmoking regulations by classifyingthe increasingly popular electroniccigarette as a tobacco product underthe proposed Senate Bill 648.

E-cigarettes are battery operateddevices that contain cartridges filled

with liquid nicotine instead oftobacco and create a vapor inhaledby the user. They are touted as analternative to cigarettes without thebroader health risks associated with

s m o k e .However, withthe increasinguse of e-ciga-rettes in public,work places andin homes, legis-lators are ques-tioning theeffects on bothusers and thegeneral public.

State Sen. Ellen Corbett, D-SanLeandro, authored the bill relatingto the restriction of use and adver-tising of e-cigarettes. SB 648 passed

its first hurdle in the Senate HealthCommittee Wednesday with a 6-2vote in favor.

Opponents are concerned by whatthey call the inaccuracies of thebills classification of e-cigarettesand its infringement on personaland privacy rights.

SB 648 amends civil, education,government, health and safety,labor, public utilities and vehiclecodes. Smoking of e-cigaretteswould be banned in residentialdwellings, school campuses, public

E-cigarettes at center of legislative debate

By Heather MurtaghDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

The groundbreaking for the soon-to-be-reopened Hoover ElementarySchool in Burlingame was met withapplause yesterday, but not every-one in the neighborhood is welcom-ing the change.

Growing enrollment in theBurlingame Elementary SchoolDistrict resulted in the purchase ofthe previously-closed HooverElementary School in 2010. Sincethen, the district has been workingon plans to renovate the building tomeet current standards. The plan isto open Hoover at 2220 SummitDrive for the 2014-15 school year.Demolition is now set to begin onthe $17.8 million project to reopenthe school with 10 revamped class-

rooms to help deal with growingenrollment. Superintendent MaggieMacIsaac expressed happiness that

Ground broken on new schoolNeighbors move to block construction start,remain worried

Questions arise over health concerns, locations of use

With the increasing use of e-cigarettes in public,work places and in homes,legislators are questioning the effects on both users and the general public.

Ellen Corbett

HEATHER MURTAGH/DAILY JOURNAL

Burlingame Elementary School District officials were joined with those who will oversee the construction of the newschool during a groundbreaking ceremony of Hoover Elementary School (rendering above) Tuesday morning.

Brandon Hatt

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1913

The 792-foot Woolworth Building, atthat time the tallest skyscraper in theworld, officially opened in Manhattan

as President Woodrow Wilson pressed abutton at the White House to signal thelighting of the towering structure.

To change and toimprove are two different things.

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Actress ShirleyMacLaine is 79.

Singer KellyClarkson is 31.

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Members of the Samaritan sect place large sheep skewers into an oven during a traditional Passover sacrifice ceremony on

Mount Gerizim,near the West Bank city of Nablus.

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Thursday night: Mostly clear in the evening then becomingmostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. Southwest winds 5 to 10mph.Friday: Cloudy in the morning then becoming partly cloudy.Highs around 60.Friday night and Saturday: Mostly cloudy.

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In 1792, the national anthem of France, La Marseillaise, wascomposed by Captain Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle.

In 1800, Congress approved a bill establishing the Library ofCongress.

In 1898, Spain declared war on the United States. (The UnitedStates responded in kind the next day.)

In 1915, whats regarded as the start of the Armenian genocidebegan as the Ottoman Empire rounded up Armenian politicaland cultural leaders in Constantinople.In 1916, some 1,600 Irish nationalists launched the EasterRising by seizing several key sites in Dublin. (The rising wasput down by British forces almost a week later.)

In 1932, in the Free State of Prussia, the Nazi Party gained aplurality of seats in parliamentary elections.

In 1953, British statesman Winston Churchill was knighted byQueen Elizabeth II.In 1962, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology achievedthe first satellite relay of a television signal, using NASAsEcho 1 balloon satellite to bounce a video image from CampParks to Westford, Mass.In 1963, the Boston Celtics won the NBA Finals in Game 6,defeating the Los Angeles Lakers 112-109.In 1970, the Peoples Republic of China launched its first satel-lite, which kept transmitting a song, The East is Red.In 1980, the United States launched an unsuccessful attempt tofree the American hostages in Iran, a mission that resulted inthe deaths of eight U.S. servicemen.

In 1993, former African National Congress president OliverTambo died in Johannesburg, South Africa, at age 75.

Ten years ago: U.S. forces in Iraq took custody of Tariq Aziz,the former Iraqi deputy prime minister.

Film and drama critic Stanley Kauffmann is 97. Movie direc-tor-producer Richard Donner is 83. Author Sue Grafton is 73.Actor-singer Michael Parks is 73. Actress-singer-director BarbraStreisand is 71. Former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley is 71.Country singer Richard Sterban (The Oak Ridge Boys) is 70.

Rock musician Doug Clifford (Creedence Clearwater Revival) is68. Rock singer-musician Rob Hyman is 63. The Taoiseach(prime minister) of Ireland, Enda Kenny, is 62. Actor-playwrightEric Bogosian is 60. Rock singer-musician Jack Blades (NightRanger) is 59. Actor Michael OKeefe is 58. Rock musicianDavid J (Bauhaus) is 56. Actor Glenn Morshower is 54.

The average Americans uses an ATM(Automatic Teller Machine) five times permonth.

***AARP (American Association of Retired

Persons) was founded in 1958. As societyhas changed over the years, so has AARP.A person no longer has to be retired tobecome a member of AARP. The onlyrequirement is that they are over age 50.

***DC (Direct Current) electricity is a directflow of electrons through a conductor.Batteries have DC electricity. AC(Alternating Current) electricity alternatesdirections. AC electricity is in our homes.

***The CRV (California Redemption Value)is 5 cents for beverage containers under 24ounces and 10 cents for containers over 24ounces.

***Oprah Winfrey (born 1954) had her DNA(Deoxyribonucleic Acid) tested. She dis-covered that she is of Zulu ancestry.

***Can you translate this sentence? AOL wasone of the first companies to introduce IM,where LOL and BRB are commonly usedterms. See answer at end.

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There are 1,565 IHOP (InternationalHouse of Pancakes) restaurants in theUnited States, Canada, Guatemala,Mexico, Puerto Rico and the U.S. VirginIslands.

***Colonel Harland Sanders (1890-1980), theman who started KFC (Kentucky FriedChicken), served in the military, but hewas not a colonel. The governor ofKentucky bestowed the title on him in1935 in recognition of his contributions tothe states cuisine. Sanders began franchis-ing his chicken business in 1952 at the ageof 65.

***Feminist leader and author of TheFeminine Mystique (1963), Betty

Friedan (born 1921) believed in fullequality for women in America in a trulyequal partnership with men. She foundedthe group NOW (National Organizationfor Women) to promote equality in 1966.

***There are 349 PBS (Public BroadcastingService) television stations in the UnitedStates.

***In the mid-19th century, the Peninsularand Oriental Steam Navigation Companyprinted POSH on their first class ticketsfor trips going from England to India.POSH stood for Port Out, StarboardHome indicating the best rooms on theship. It is the origin of the word posh,meaning elegant.

***Radar (Radio Detection And Ranging)

was originally developed by the militaryin the mid-1930s as a way to detect aircraftand ships. Radar detects objects and dis-tances by transmitting signals and measur-ing the time it takes for the signals tobounce off the target and return.

***Big Bill Liston had a hit song in the 1950stitled Gimme an RC (Royal Crown) Colaand a MoonPie. The song was in refer-ence to the popular combination of thetreats, which cost 10 cents together.

***The first SWAT (Special Weapons andTactics) unit was formed by the LosAngeles Police Department in 1965. Itconsisted of 15 teams of four men eachthat attended monthly training. The firstchallenge for LAPD SWAT units was in1969 in a confrontation with the BlackPanthers.

***Traditionally, a tip at a restaurant wasgiven before the meal. A good tip (anacronym for to insure promptness)resulted in good service during the meal.

***Volleyball and racquetball were inventedat YMCA (Young Mens ChristianAssociation) centers. William Morgan(1870-1942), a physical director at aYMCA in Massachusetts, felt that basket-ball was too strenuous for businessmen.He invented volleyball, originally calledmintonette, in 1895. Racquetball wasinvented by Joseph Sobek (19181998) ata YMCA in Connecticut in 1950, as analternative to squash and handball.

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STATE GOVERNMENTThe Senate Human Services

Committee passed Senate Bill 766,authored by state Sen. Leland Yee,D-San Francisco/San Mateo, thatwill set standards to protect kids atdrop-in child-care facilities.

Unlike full-time child-careproviders, ancillary child-care centers usually located atmalls, large retailers and fitness centers are currently notrequired to be licensed or even meet basic standards ofoperation regarding criminal background checks andstaffing qualifications, according to Yees office.

Under the legislation, facilities would be required toestablish health and safety standards and protocol toinstruct staff on when emergency services should berequested. Facilities would also have to have at least oneperson on staff who has been trained in pediatric first aidand pediatric CPR and at least one staff member who isover the age of 18. All staff over the age of 18 who engagewith children will need to undergo a background check. Inaddition, one staffer will be required for every four infants,for every 10 children aged 6 or less, and for every 15 chil-dren 7 and above, according to Yees office.

SB 766 will next be considered by the SenateAppropriations Committee.

COUNTY GOVERNMENT The Board of Supervisors unanimously granted

District Attorney Steve Wagstaffes request to rehirerecently retired homicide prosecutor Al Giannini to assistin the May 13 retrial ofWilliam Hamilton Ayres, the for-mer prominent child psychologist accused of molestingseveral former male patients. Giannini can earn up to$83,241.60 which is equivalent to the hourly rate of his for-mer position. The funds will come from the alreadyapproved budget of the District Attorneys Office.

The board also agreed to create an honorary position ofpoet laureate and appoint a two-member committee to win-now down nominations. The two-year post will have no fis-cal impact.

CITY GOVERNMENT The Redwood City Council unanimously adopted its

climate action plan, which includes 15 key measures to

help it meet the state-recommended target reductions ingreenhouse gas emissions. The plan includes actionsinvolving renewable energy, smart growth development,residential, commercial and energy efficiency programs,solid waste diversion, water conservation and parking man-agement policies. The plan is available at www.redwoodc-ity.org/ClimateActionPlan.pdf

The San Carlos City Council voted 3-2 againstextending an urgency ordinance for 120 more days torequire a conditional use permit for all new uses in theindustrial areas. The original ordinance was meant to tem-porarily protect space earmarked for a hotel at the corner ofIndustrial Road and Holly Street from being possiblydeveloped into a large fitness facility. CouncilmembersKaren Clapper and Mark Olbert favored the extension.

By Michelle DurandDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

San Mateo County and nonprofitSilicon Valley Community Foundationare jointly offering up to another $1 mil-lion in safety net grants to communityorganizations that provide food and shel-ter to the countys needy residents.

The team effort will also provide asmaller number of awards to organiza-tions targeting underserved groups likerecently released inmates.

On Tuesday, the Board of Supervisorsagreed to use $500,000 from its non-department reserves for dollar-for-dollarmatching by the Silicon ValleyCommunity Foundation. The foundationalso expects to commit an equal amountfor programs in Santa Clara County.

In January, the Board of Supervisorsindicated its desire to extend the existinggrant venture between the two entities andyesterday made the formal commitment.

Approximately one dozen grants areexpected to be awarded, with a majorityranging from $50,00 to $70,000 and asmaller number ranging from $10,000 to$25,000. The money will bolster but notreplace nonprofit funding for organiza-tions helping low-income and disadvan-taged children and adults meet basicfood and shelter needs; help newly vul-

nerable families and individuals strug-gling in the economy; support agenciesserving the countys areas with the great-est needs and aid programs helping thosenewly freed from correctional custodyand reentering society.

County Manager John Maltbie esti-mates 11,500 residents in both fiscalyear 2012-13 and fiscal year 2013-14will receive groceries, meals, shelterbeds and client visits.

Groups with an existing financial rela-tionship with the countys HealthSystem and Human Services Agency orthe foundation will be prioritized. The

proposals will also be evaluated fordemonstrated need of proposed servicesand the number of people who will ben-efit, achievable timeline, innovation, theability to implement the projects andleverage financial, human and/or techni-cal resources for greater impact.

The grants will be decided in July.In 2009, the county and foundation

jointly awarded $750,000 for food andshelter help and the county also awarded$250,000 to 32 agencies. The grantsbenefited 11,664 county residentsthrough food, shelter beds and services.The following year, the foundationoffered $1.3 million for both countiesbut San Mateo Countys finances kept itfrom participating.

In 2012, the county joined the founda-tion again with $500,000 in matchingfunds that benefited 19 agencies. Themoney helped 11,664 clients receive13,684 bags of food, 35,863 meals and43,005 shelter bed nights.

County doling out more grants for needy

BELMONTBurglary. A wallet was stolen from a room on CarlmontDrive before 3:45 p.m. Sunday, April 21.

Disturbance. Two neighbors were involved in a verbal alter-cation on Fifth Avenue before 9:43 a.m. Sunday, April 21.Theft. Items were stolen from a storage unit on Dairy Lanebefore 11:56 a.m. Saturday, April 20.Arrest. A woman was arrested for driving under the influenceon Ralston Avenue and Davis Drive before 11:48 p.m. Friday,April 19.Disturbance. A customer pushed a 15-year-old employee onAlameda de las Pulgas before 8:14 p.m. Friday, April 19.Disturbance. Several juveniles were seen smoking onBelburn Drive before 4:23 p.m. Friday, April 19.Disturbance. A person received threatening phone calls onOld County Road before 2:28 p.m. Friday, April 19.

FOSTER CITYVandalism. A man trashed his ex-girlfriends apartment,broke a window and stole her car on Decatur Street before8:28 a.m. Saturday, April 20.Arrest. A man was arrested for driving with a suspendedlicense on Highway 101 and State Route 92 before 8:43 p.m.Friday, April 19.Arrest. A juvenile was arrested for failing to identify himselfand resisting arrest while he and several others were contact-ed for smoking on Shell Boulevard before 6:05 p.m. Friday,April 19.Petty theft. Two wallets containing $420 were stolen from anemployee break room on Triton Drive before 9:46 a.m. Friday,April 19.

Police reports

Fowl shotTwo men were shooting BB guns at ducks near a lagoonon Chess Drive in Foster City before 11:29 a.m. Friday,April 19.

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MILLBRAE Ourcountrys economicroller-coaster ridehas been interestingand historic forsure, but also verytroubling for manyfamilies whove not

been as financially stable as others.Recently though Ive been observing aphenomenon with those we serve at the

CHAPEL OF THE HIGHLANDS. It maybe too early to confirm, but it appears thatthere is a general state of confidence withmany families, along with the decisions andchoices they make during funeralarrangements. Yes, I know you are thinkingthat confidence is not a term you woulduse to coincide with funeral arrangements,but it appears to me that people I see aretending to be more financially assured thanduring the deepest years of The GreatRecession.

They say that the two things you cantavoid are death and taxes. With that inmind, during the economic downturn I saw avery noticeable sense of thrift andprudence with a lot of families whoexperienced a death during that period.Still, those who tended to cost shop at

various funeral homes selected CHAPELOF THE HIGHLANDS to handle funeral orcremation arrangements. These familiesfound comfort with our service, and notablywith our more economic cost structure.

Now, lately the trend with families andtheir funeral choices reminds me of the daysway before the recession hit. Its not thatpeople are utilizing their funds differently,spending more or spending less, but thatthey are more assertive and confident when

using their wallet. Seeing this over and overgives me a good indication that something inthe economic climate is changing comparedto not that long ago.

Even though many of our honorableelected officials in Sacramento andWashington D.C. appear to be as inflexiblewith economic issues as always, the air ofconfidence with the families Ive beendealing with means to me that these peopleare feeling less pressured financially.

It is well known that when businesses dowell they hire more employees, and whenthose employees are confident they will

spend their money on goods and services.In turn, the companies that provide goodsand services will need competent employeesto create more goods, give more services,and so onmaking a positive circle for ahealthy economy. In relation to that, after along period of U.S. manufacturing jobsbeing sent over-seas there is news of agrowing number of companies bringing thiswork back to the United States. Real Estatevalues on the Peninsula remained in a goodstate during the recession, but houses hereare now in demand more than ever.

Encouraging Hopeful and Positiveare words to describe the optimisticvibrations that people are giving off. If thecommunity is becoming more comfortablewith spending, that indicates good health forbusiness and the enrichment of our

economic atmosphere. I hope Im right, solets all keep our fingers crossed.

If you ever wish to discuss cremation,funeral matters or want to make pre-planning arrangements please feel free tocall me and my staff at the CHAPEL OFTHE HIGHLANDS in Millbrae at (650)588-5116 and we will be happy to guide youin a fair and helpful manner. For more infoyou may also visit us on the internet at:

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Suspicious package at San Mateopost office determined not a threat

A suspicious backpack tossed by a motorcy-clist near the main entrance of the U.S. postoffice at 1630 S. Delaware St. in San Mateoyesterday morning was determined to not be athreat, according to police.

At approximately 9:05 a.m., police weredispatched to the post office on reports of thebackpack being thrown on the sidewalk nearthe driveway. Officers evacuated the post

office and sealed the driveway. The San MateoCounty bomb squad used a robot to move thebackpack across the street to an evacuated carwash to the north. It was examined and deter-mined not to be a threat, according to police.

Both the post office and the car wash werereopened in about an hour. The motorcyclisthas not been located though police are contin-uing their investigation, according to police.

Anyone with information about this inci-dent is asked to contact the police at 522-7700.

Three nabbed in South SanFrancisco for drunken driving

South San Francisco police arrested threemen Monday night for drunk driving andother charges.

Kevin Donaldson, 40, was stopped bypolice after running a red light and weaving onEl Camino Real at about 6:30 p.m. He had his3-year-old son in the car and was found to be

under the influence of alcohol, according topolice.At 7 p.m., 47-year-old Patrick Fahey on

driving on Hickey Boulevard when he madean unsafe turn and collided with another vehi-cle, according to police.

At 11 p.m., police responded to Alta LomaPark on a report of a motorist doing doughnutsin the middle of the grass field. Peter Giannini,21, was arrested for felony vandalism anddriving under the influence, according topolice.

Local briefs

By Michelle DurandDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Saying the county needs to catch up quicklyon long-deferred parks maintenance andstaffing, the Board of Supervisors yesterdayagreed to immediately begin recruiting adirector and other employees for a new stand-alone department although funding wont beapproved until the fall.

The board wont officially allocate nearly$5.3 million in Measure A sales tax revenuefor a Parks Department, maintenance and cap-ital projects until the September budget hear-ings but members Tuesday said recruitmentfor its head, a natural resources manager andfive rangers shouldnt wait until the money isin place. Doing so now lets the county beready to pull the trigger on hiring after theboard formally votes, said Supervisor CaroleGroom.

The board also agreed to install an interim

director while recruitment for a permanentperson is underway.The remaining two rangers proposed and

the operations plan will come after the direc-tor is installed.

It seems to me we are so far behind theeight ball, we really need these people, saidSupervisor Dave Pine.

The county will be looking for someonewith a biological background who can manageopen space and promote stewardship, saidAssistant County Manager Dave Holland whoserved as parks director until the departmentsdismantling.

Holland said there should be lots of quali-fied applicants, especially with many graduat-ing now with the desired skills, and jokedabout the positions salary.

As long as they dont check housing prices

well be pretty competitive, Holland aid.Public Works absorbed the former Parks

Department in 2011 for cost savings and,County Manager John Maltbie said, reasonsof economy. But with the county in a betterfiscal position and looking at $60 million inannual revenue because of the voter-passedhalf-cent sales tax measure, the Board ofSupervisors agreed its time for a separation.

The original merger was a good financialsavings but some things just arent meant tobe, Groom said.

The board also tentatively approved $3.5million in parks capital projects, including thenew park at Devils Slide. The final vote willcome in the fall after the board hears presen-tation on other possible uses for the MeasureA funds. Even if the board decides it cantallocate the full $5.3 million to parks, the dif-ference will likely come out of maintenanceand capital projects rather than staffing whichis why recruitment can begin now, Pine said.

That said, there is little question the parksneed all the money they can get. The parksneed more than $20 million in capital projectsover the next five years with an annual costbetween $3.5 million and $4.5 million.Without a dedicated revenue stream other thanthe countys general fund, the department hasbeen left to absorb rising costs by cutting serv-ices and staff and holding off on upkeep.

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Foster City police Capt. Jon Froominhas been named police chief of theCoronado Police Department in SanDiego County.

Froomin, 45, will start his new job May13 and will replace the citys currentpolice chief, Lou Scanlon, who is retiring.

About 150 applied for the police chiefposition in the sunny Southern Californiabeach town.

Froomin started with the Foster CityPolice Department in 1983 as an explorerand was hired full time in 1988.

He served as a motorcycle officer anddetective before being promoted to cor-poral in 1997. In 2000, Froomin was pro-

moted to lieutenantand became a captainin 2004.

Froomin grew upin Foster City, attend-ing local publicschools before gradu-ating from San MateoHigh School.

He also attainedthe rank of Eagle

Scout in Foster City Boy Scout Troop No.175.

He is a member of the Lions Club, hav-ing served as president, and is active withSpecial Olympics Northern California,being named sports volunteer of the yearwith the agency in 2012.

He is also an active volunteer withSamaritan House, which named him hol-iday program volunteer of the year in2012.

Coronado is a small beach communitywith a population of about 25,000 and apolice force of 44 officers and 23 otherprofessional staff. It gets about 2 millionvisitors a year.

He has demonstrated himself as astrong leader and a dedicated profession-al. We believe he will be a great fit here,Coronado City Manager Blair King wrotein a statement. King hired Froomin afterthe candidate field was dwindled from150 to seven.

His salary will be $163,000 inCoronado.

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Electric car enthusiasts can soon stopin Burlingame to get a look at Teslasofferings after plans to open a showroom

were approved by the PlanningCommission Monday.Work is already underway at 50

Edwards Court as a Tesla service center.On Monday, the commission approved aconditional use permit application toallow the electronic car company to alsosell cars at the location.

Sales tax was a topic that caused abrief pause in moving the process along.

Teslas model has been to pay the tax

to wherever the car is delivered, Teslarepresentative Matthew Mefford wrotein a January letter to the city. For exam-ple, if a San Mateo resident orders a carand, once completed, the car is delivered

to his or her home, then that city wouldget the sales tax. Burlingame had previ-ously stated a desire to get that sales taxrevenue. It appears Teslas model theyhave followed will be in place for thislocation but, ultimately, the approvalcame with a condition that Tesla mustfollow all state regulations concerningsales tax.

The selected Burlingame location is

highly visible from Highway 101 in theRollins Road light industrial area northof Broadway. Previously used as a distri-bution facility, the new Tesla location isproposed to have a 2,283-square-foot

showroom in the front of the building.Up to five vehicles could be displayedindoors. Since vehicles are built to order,no other vehicles will be stored on site,according to the application. Finalizedorders are submitted and the vehicle isthen produced at the Fremont facility.The car can then be delivered directly tothe customer or to the Burlingame facil-ity using a truck and a 20-foot trailer.

Bills would expandYosemite National Park slightly

SACRAMENTO More than a cen-tury ago John Muir argued that Congressshould include a wildlife corridor withstunning vistas of the Merced River in

the boundaries of Yosemite NationalPark. He lost to timber interests.

Now with the old-growth Ponderosapine and cedar long gone, a Californianonprofit is trying to make good on the

famed environmentalists vision. PacificForest Trust has agreed with a group ofprivate landowners to sell the 1,600-acreparcel to the National Park Service.

The addition of land on the westernboundary near El Portal would be the761,000-acre parks first expansion in

more than 70 years.

Tesla to sell cars in Burlingame

Bill says homeless haveright to be on the streetBy Laura OlsonTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SACRAMENTO Homeless people would be allowed tosit, sleep and panhandle in public under a bill that passed a leg-islative committee on Tuesday, even as some lawmakers citedconcerns about its potential effect on local governments.

The measure from state Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-

San Francisco, says every person has a right to use publicspaces, regardless of housing status.

The bill is partly a reaction to ordinances passed in recentyears by several cities concerned about the number of peopleon the streets. San Francisco, Los Angeles, Santa Cruz andPalo Alto are among the municipalities that have banned peo-ple from sitting and lying on streets and sidewalks.

Ammianos so-called Homeless Bill of Rights prohibitspolice from enforcing ordinances on resting in public placesunless a county has provided sufficient support to homelesspeople. It also includes a right to an attorney during court pro-ceedings that involve minor offenses.

Citations, arrests and jail time do not solve homelessness,Ammiano told the Assembly Judiciary Committee. They justroute crucial public dollars that could be spent on housing toan already impacted court and corrections system.

AB5 also would require state government to pay for creatinglocal hygiene centers with rest rooms and showers open 24hours a day.

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By Donna CassataTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON SenateDemocrats and Republicans onTuesday challenged the Obamaadministration to spell out its justifi-cation for using drones for targetedkillings amid growing concernsabout unchecked powers of the presi-dency and Americanscivil liberties.

Even as President Obama com-mands a military with the mostsophisticated weapons known toman, including the weaponizeddrones used in targeted killing opera-tions, his authority is still grounded inwords written more than 200 yearsago, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said atthe start of a Senate hearing on theuse of drones.

Lawmakers had hoped to questiona member of the administration aboutthe secret program in the war on ter-ror and the underlying policy, but theadministration declined to send a wit-ness to the Judiciary subcommittee

hearing. Instead, retired military offi-cials, academics and other expertsanswered questions that underscoredthe congressional unease over the useof drones overseas.

The administration has argued that

the presidents authority stems fromhis constitutional power to protect theUnited States from imminent attack.The administration also has cited the2001 Authorization for Use ofMilitary Force, which says the com-

mander in chief has the authority forstrikes against al-Qaida and its affili-ates.

Obama has used the laws authori-ty to target terrorists with fatal dronestrikes, including Americans over-seas.

The president has promised toexplain his policy, but members ofCongress argue that he has been less

than forthcoming about the secretprogram. Durbin listed six questions,such as the constitutional justificationfor targeted killing, what are the dueprocess protections for U.S. citizensoverseas who are targeted and thelegal limits on the battlefield in thefight with al-Qaida.

In my view, more transparency isneeded to maintain the support of theAmerican people and the internation-al community, he said.

In a dramatic moment, Farea al-Muslimi testified that he was fromWessab, a remote village in Yemen,and six days ago a drone struck hisvillage, terrifying thousands of poorfarmers.

Dems,GOP press Obama administration on drone use

By Andrew TaylorTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON SenateRepublicans and Democrats grid-locked Tuesday over competingproposals to ease the impact ofacross-the-board spending cutsblamed for furloughs of air trafficcontrollers and flight delays for

millions of trav-elers.

W i t hR e p u b l i c a n sblaming theadministrationfor the inconven-ience, SenateMajority LeaderHarry Reid pro-posed immedi-

ate passage of legislation to scrapthe spending cuts and make up themoney by cancelling funds ticketedfor the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., swift-ly blocked the move, reflecting theview that those funds will never bespent and shouldnt be used to offsetcuts. He countered by proposing thatPresident Barack Obama submit areplacement plan for the across-the-

board cuts, but Democrats swiftlyrejected his alternative.

At issue are the cuts of $85 billionthat began in March, a reduction of 5percent from domestic agencies likethe Federal Aviation Administrationand 8 percent from the Pentagon.They are required because of thefailure of Washington to follow up a2011 budget pact with additionalspending cuts.

Reid: Democrats to ease cuts with war savings

Harry Reid

REUTERS FILE PHOTO

Members of the group Grandmothers Against the Warhold signs as theyprotest against the use of drone strikes by the U.S.government.

Montana Dem Baucus rulesout seventh Senate term

WASHINGTON SenateFinance Committee Chairman MaxBaucus ofM o n t a n aannounced plansTuesday to retireat the end of his

term after acareer of enor-mous power andnotable inde-pendence, pro-ducing both col-laboration and conflict with fellowDemocrats on major tax and healthcare legislation.

As Boston buries its dead,more evidence gathered

BOSTON The Boston areaheld funerals for two more of itsdead Tuesday including an 8-year-old boy as evidence mount-ed that the older Tsarnaev brotherhad embraced a radical, anti-American strain of Islam and wasthe driving force behind the BostonMarathon bombing.

Younger brother DzhokharTsarnaevs condition was upgradedfrom serious to fair as investigatorscontinued building their case againstthe 19-year-old college student.

He could face the death penaltyafter being charged Monday with

joining forces with his brother, nowdead, in setting off the shrapnel-packed pressure-cooker bombs thatkilled three people.

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By Rob Giles and Benjamin ShinglerTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TORONTO A man accused of plottingwith al-Qaida members in Iran to derail a trainin Canada rejected the charges and saidTuesday that authorities were basing theirconclusions on appearances. Law enforce-ment officials in the U.S. said the target was atrain that runs between New York City andCanada.

Canadian investigators say Raed Jaser, 35,and his suspected accomplice ChihebEsseghaier, 30, received guidance but nomoney from members of al-Qaida in Iran.Iran released a statement saying it had nothingto do with the plot, even though there were noclaims in Canada that the attacks were spon-sored directly by Iran.

But the case raised questions about theextent of Shiite-led Irans relationship with the

predominantly Sunni Arab terrorist network.It also renewed attention on Irans complicat-

ed history with the terror group, which rangesfrom outright hostility to alliances of conven-ience and even overtures by Tehran to assistWashington after the Sept. 11, 2001, attackson the United States.

We oppose any terrorist and violent actionthat would jeopardize lives of innocent peo-ple, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesmanRamin Mehmanparast said Tuesday.

Charges against the two men in Canadainclude conspiring to carry out an attack andmurder people in association with a terroristgroup. Police tipped off by an imam wor-ried by the behavior of one of the suspects said it was the first known attack planned byal-Qaida in Canada.

Law officials in New York with knowledgeof the investigation told the Associated Pressthe attack was to take place on the Canadian

side of the border.

Aileen HeimeyerAileen Heimeyer, born Oct. 27, 1923, died

April 21, 2013.Married to the late Lester Heimeyer. She

had four children, the late Larry (his wifePeggy) of Millbrae; Les (his wife Lisa) ofPine Grove; Gary (his wife Roxanne) ofOroville; and Debbie Murphy (her husbandRobert) of San Bruno. She will be missed by

her numerous grandchildren, great-grandchil-dren, nieces and nephews.Family and friends are invited to meet at 1:30p.m. Friday, April 26 at Skylawn Cemetery inSan Mateo. Her family appreciates donationsto Saint Judes Childrens Hospital,www.stjude.org. Condolences can be sent viathe Chapel of the Highlands in Millbrae.

Suspect in Canada trainterror plot denies charges

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Raed Jaser arrives to court in the back of a police car in Toronto,Ontario,Canada.

Obituary

By Esam Mohamed and Maggie MichaelTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TRIPOLI, Libya A car bomb explodedTuesday outside the French Embassy inTripoli, wounding three people and partiallysetting the building on fire in the worst attackon a diplomatic mission in the North Africannation since the U.S. ambassador was killedlast year.

The attack in the heart of the capital put new

pressure on the Libyas new leaders to rein inthe lawlessness that has gripped the country

since 2011, when rebels ousted MoammarGadhafi in a civil war and then refused to laydown their arms.

No group claimed responsibility for theattack, but suspicion fell on the militias andthe extremists in their ranks that are fightingthe central government in Tripoli for con-trol.

Some Libyans blamed Islamic militantsseeking to avenge Frances military interven-tion in Mali to dislodge al-Qaida-linked forces

from the northern part of the West Africancountry.

Attack at French Embassy in

Libya leaves three wounded

By David PittTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DES MOINES, Iowa Days after theywere badly hurt in a car accident, Jacinto Cruzand Jose Rodriguez-Saldana lay unconsciousin an Iowa hospital while the American healthcare system weighed what to do with the twoimmigrants from Mexico.

The men had health insurance from jobs atone of the nations largest pork producers. Butneither had legal permission to live in theU.S., nor was it clear whether their insurancewould pay for the long-term rehabilitationthey needed.

So Iowa Methodist Medical Center in DesMoines took matters into its own hands: Afterconsulting with the patients families, it quiet-ly loaded the two comatose men onto a privatejet that flew them back to Mexico, effectivelydeporting them without consulting any courtor federal agency.

When the men awoke, they were more than1,800 miles away in a hospital in Veracruz, on

the Mexican Gulf Coast.

Hundreds of immigrants who are in the U.S.illegally have taken similar journeys through alittle-known removal system run not by thefederal government trying to enforce laws butby hospitals seeking to curb high costs. Arecent report compiled by immigrant advoca-cy groups made a rare attempt to determinehow many people are sent home, concludingthat at least 600 immigrants were removedover a five-year period, though there werelikely many more.

In interviews with immigrants, their fami-lies, attorneys and advocates, the AssociatedPress reviewed the obscure process knownformally as medical repatriation, whichallows hospitals to put patients on charteredinternational flights, often while they are stillunconscious. Hospitals typically pay for theflights.

The problem is its all taking place in thisunregulated sort of a black hole ... and there isno tracking, said law professor Lori Nessel,director of the Center for Social Justice atSeton Hall Law School, which offers free

legal representation to immigrants.

Hospitals send hundreds

of immigrants back home

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News accuracyEditor,I have been rightfully criticized for

being so critical of the news media. Itseemed to start with the O.J. Simpsonlow-speed chase. As the processionprogressed, one news source would

report a rumor. Another news sourcewould report on the rumor, and beforelong, the rumor would be reported asfact. The same thing just happened inBoston: conflicting sources generatedconflicting news for days. BreakingNews has become more important thanaccurate news. Some blame the 24-hour

news cycle, others blame the Internet.People like me no longer believe whatthey see and hear on the news. I feelsomewhat vindicated.

Keith C.De Filippis

San Jose

Letter to the editor

By Kirsten Weiss

Thankfully, as I write this articlenearly a week after the horribleexplosion in West, Texas, the

elderly residents of the West Rest Havenskilled nursing facility are safe, taken inby other area long-term care facilities.

As the fertilizer plant fire raged, the staffand local residents evacuated the resi-dents, many of them in wheelchairs,amid obstructed exits, smoke and fire.Watching this story unfold, I was grate-ful for the emergency planning programwe have here in San Mateo County.

Beginning in 2009, OmbudsmanServices of San Mateo County embarkedon a journey to provide emergency plansto nearly 400 elder care and dependentadult facilities throughout the county.Rather than relying on a one-size-fits-allapproach, our trained team visited eachfacility, and partnered with them to cre-ate individualized, workable emergencyplans to keep residents and staff mem-bers safe in the event of an unexpectedevent.

We were able totest these plans lastyear, when tsunamiwarnings put ourcoastal towns onalert. Fortunately,the tsunami turnedinto a non-event forthe San MateoCounty coast. But

we got to see the emergency plans inaction. They worked.

In the wake of the tragic fire in West,Texas, we are left wondering what wewould do if something like this hap-pened here. These concerns loom forlong-term care and dependent adultfacilities, responsible for the emotionaland physical well-being of a handful tohundreds of residents. In the event of anemergency, the staff members will becalled upon to maintain order, evacuateresidents or even shelter in place.Having an accessible emergency planand reviewing it regularly with staff iskey to the health and safety of the resi-dents.

In the wake of the explosion in West,Texas, and the aftermath at the West

Rest Haven Facility, OmbudsmanServices of San Mateo County, Inc. is

committed to working with elder anddependent care facilities to maintaintheir emergency preparedness plan and,in the event of a disaster, we will partnerwith facilities to ensure the safety of res-idents and staff members.

Kirsten Weiss is vice president on the

board of Ombudsman Services of San

Mateo County, Inc. Ombudsman chal-

lenges long-term care facilities to deliver

the highest standards of individualized

care for their residents. We advocate for

the health, safety and dignity of these resi-

dents and for broader changes in the sys-

tem.

Keeping our seniors safe Instinct for survival?My object is to save the world, while still having apleasant life. Ashleigh Brilliant.Along with the usual cleanup and rose tending, our

spring garden is blooming again. We planted a lot of impa-tiens in hope for a beautiful panorama of color all summer.But we wonder if we will be able to keep them watered.The lack of winter rains has caused us to fear that droughtmay be imminent. It also makes us wonder why the phe-nomena of global warming hasnt been seriously addressed

by our legislators and so many others related to environ-mental issues who seem con-tent to ignore the possibilityof disaster that may ensue.Could corporate interests beapplying their influence tokeep the topic under wraps?

The almost unbelievablefact is that no serious effortis made to avert what lookslike a final decree of fate.While in our private livesnobody except a mad personwould remain positive inview of a threat to his wholeexistence, those who are incharge of public affairs dopractically nothing, and those who have entrusted theirfate to them continue to do nothing, wrote Erich Frommin To Have Or To Be in 1976 about the environmentalcrisis. How is it possible, he asked, that the strongest ofall instincts, that for survival, seems to have ceased tomotivate us.

Let us count the ways:1). Our leaders take action that makes it look like they

are doing something effective conferences, resolutions,putting things to committee for study and the favorite,well-calculated rhetoric. People see that they are aware ofthe problems and think something is being done to solvethem. As Fromm wrote, both the leaders and the led anes-thetize their consciences and their wish for survival eventhough nothing that will really make a difference happens.

2). In the sociopathic system, those in charge are toooften more concerned with their own personal success thanin social responsibility. Few of us do more than bat an eyeany more when politicians and corporate and businessexecutives make decisions that benefit them personally or

are advantageous to the corporation but have seriouspotential for harm now or in the future.3). Many Americans are so overwhelmed by their own

life drama that they pay little attention to anything so ethe-real as how their actions impact society. Few take the timeor use the energy to learn enough about the problem tobecome alarmed or they think that if they dont knowabout it, it might go away. Some think that those brilliantminds in high places would never allow such disaster tohappen and, like father figures, will take care that thingswill not get too far out of hand.

4). The changes in lifestyle, attitude and values that arenecessary to effectively slow down the environmental cri-sis seem to be too much trouble and too drastic. So peoplesettle for possible future catastrophe to avoid any presentsacrifice. Many are still in denial that we have addictionsto our comforts and indulgences that can be doing so muchdamage.

5). Some people are pragmatic or believe that fate

will have its way. This is sometimes necessary to savetheir sanity. Other times, its because theyve neverthought of any other possibilities and maybe because theyhave no clue of how to evolve and grow. They think, Itsthe way it is, so Ill do the best I can with reality and letsomeone else do the worrying.

6). Any alternative view of society which would makeinroads into the environmental crisis is stifled by the fear-ful, rigid, authoritarian system. Great minds that questionif the American Way may not be the only way or best wayare not enough heard. As Fromm wrote, Indeed, as longas the problems of social reconstruction will not, even ifonly partly, take the place of our best minds with scienceand technique, the imagination will be lacking to visualizenew and realistic alternatives. To most people, it is hereti-cal to think that the being mode (where ones life isbased on how we contribute) would be much more con-ducive to our own and to planetary well-being than thehaving mode (where ones life is based on what one has

accumulated).The changes needed to save our planet from environ-

mental disaster will be hard coming. The ideal way tobegin would be to have government leaders who motivatepeople into action. But dont hold your breath. Reformwill have to start with us and the sooner, the better.

This column, after the first paragraph, was first writtenfor Earth Day 25 years ago. Has anything changed?

Human history becomes more and more a war betweeneducation and catastrophe. H.G. Wells.

Since 1984, Dorothy Dimitre has written more than 650

columns for various local newspapers. Her email address is

[email protected].

Guestperspective

By David J.Canepa

Technology has transformed ourdaily lives. The world now hasnearly as many cellphone sub-

scriptions as inhabitants. According tothe U.N. Telecom Agency in 2012, theearths 7 billion inhabitants had about 6billion cellphones. This is a powerfulstatement on how people are now com-municating. We live in a mobile world,and many exciting things are happening.Specifically, Daly City has launched aninnovative app called iHelp that uti-

lizes technological innovation and getsyou more connected to local govern-ment.

When the television was first intro-duced in 1949, it was very expensive.Few people owned one. People began tohear about this new thing called televi-sion through word of mouth, radio andnewspaper. It became more popular as itbecame more affordable. Everybodyliked the idea of being entertained andstill be able to stay at home. By the1960s, most families had a television setin their living rooms. The turning pointcame because people liked to be enter-

tained and receivetheir information athome.

Todays smart-phone, the directdescendant of theoriginal 2.2 pound,$4,000 mobilephone, allows theuser to manage their

calendar, make phone calls, listen tomusic, watch television and use apps.Daly Citys iHelp app can be used tocommunicate directly with all the citydepartments from your smartphone,

tablet or home computer. It is a conven-ient way for residents to report problemsdirectly to the city staff responsible forresolving them. You can report graffiti,potholes, street light outages, abandonedshopping carts or virtually anything elseyou want to report.

The app not only allows you to reporta problem, it allows you to submit thephoto of it along with your request. Yoursmartphone will automatically attach theGPS coordinates to your photograph sothe city will know exactly where theproblem is. Once you submit a request,you can track its resolution by either

email or push notification.At your fingertips on iHelp, you also

have the ability to see city news andannouncements, a city directory, nearbyrequests, a contact page for city officialsand FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)section. In the future, the app will allow

the city to create information and com-munication portals for every department.The push notification feature is also anexcellent way to directly communicateemergencies and as a way to promoteupcoming community events. Daly CityiHelp is a free app and is available at theApple and Google app stores for imme-diate download. You can visit this linkfor more information: http://www.dalyc-ity.org/Residents/Daly_City_iHelp.htm.

David J. Canepa is Daly Citys vice

mayor. He can be reached at (415) 513-

9410.

Daly City iHelp app

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Dow 14,719.46 +1.05% 10-Yr Bond 1.698 0.00%Nasdaq 3,267.33 +1.11% Oil (per barrel) 89.57

S&P 500 1,578.78 +1.04% Gold +0.43%

By Steve RothwellTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK Companies that dothe best when the economy is improvingled the market higher Tuesday after sev-

eral of them reported strong quarterlyearnings.

Coach, a maker of luxury handbags,and Netflix, which streams TV showsand movies over the Internet, were win-ners after announcing profits thatimpressed investors. Financial stocksrose after Travelers earnings beat theexpectations of financial analysts whofollow the company.

Thats a change from earlier this year.The stock markets surge in 2013 hasbeen led by so-called defensive indus-tries such as health care, consumer sta-ples and utilities. Investors buy thosestocks when theyre unsure about thedirection of the economy and want toown companies that make products peo-ple buy in bad times as well as good.

Until now, theyve been less enthusiasticabout stocks of companies that providediscretionary goods and services and dobest in good times.

For a change we are actually seeingmore cyclical parts of the economy leadthe market, said Michael Sheldon, chiefmarket strategist at RDM FinancialGroup.

The Dow Jones industrial average and

the Standard & Poors 500 index bothrose 1 percent, and for a third straightday.

Stocks closed higher even after finan-cial markets were shaken in the earlyafternoon when a fake tweet on the

Associated Press Twitter accountprompted a sudden sell-off.

A posting saying that there had beenexplosions at the White House and thatPresident Barack Obama had beeninjured was sent at 1:08 p.m. Easterntime. The Dow plunged 143 points, from14,697 to 14,554, over the next two min-utes. The AP put out a statement at 1:12p.m. saying that its Twitter account hadbeen hacked and the posting was fake.By 1:19 p.m. the index had recovered allof its losses.

AP spokesman Paul Colford said thenews cooperative is working withTwitter to investigate the issue. The APdisabled its other Twitter accounts fol-lowing the attack, Colford added.

Joe Fox, chairman and co-founder of

online brokerage Ditto Trade, was atwork in Los Angeles when he got a callfrom his Chicago brokerage officestelling him what had happened. Foxwatched the market tanking, and itsquick bounce back.

It was a topsy-turvy rollercoaster fora few minutes there, Fox said.

After the brief sell-off, investorsturned their focus back to earnings.

Netflix soared $42.62, or 24 percent,to $216.99 after reporting a big gain insubscribers in the first quarter. Coach

jumped $4.96, or 11 percent, to $55.55,after it announced higher sales in NorthAmerica, better-than-expected earnings

and an increased dividend. Travelersrose $1.77, or 2.1 percent, to $86.35.The insurer paid out less in claims com-pared with the premiums it took in.

While the shift today was encouragingfor the longer-term economic outlook, itmay still be too early to form a completepicture.

Even though 69 percent of companiesthat have reported earnings for the firstquarter have beaten analysts expecta-tions, profits are expected to rise just 2.3percent. That is slower than the 7.7 per-cent growth in the fourth quarter,according to data from S&P Capital IQ.

And there are still plenty of earningsfor investors to get through this week.

Consumer goods giant Procter &Gamble, drugmaker Eli Lilly and

Boeing are among companies that willrelease earnings on Wednesday. UnitedParcel Service, Exxon Mobil andAmazon are among the corporations thatwill give updates on Thursday.

The Dow closed up 152.29 points at14,719.46. The S&P 500 ended 16.28points higher at 1,578.78. Both indexesare about 1 percent below their recordhighs.

Stocks gain on earnings

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Tuesday on the NewYork Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:NYSEUS Airways Group Inc.,up 78 cents at $16.30The airline posted a bigger adjusted first-quarter profit as it carried morepassengers and collected more money from them.Delta Air Lines Inc.,up $1.58 at $16.72The airline posted a small first-quarter profit as passengers paid more tofly.Revenue rose as Delta cut some flights.Coach Inc.,up $4.96 at $55.55The luxury handbag maker reported fiscal third-quarter results that beatWall Street expectations as sales rose around the world.Centene Corp.,up $1.72 at $47.07The Medicaid coverage provider said its first-quarter earnings fell 4percent,but its results still topped Wall Street expectations.

NasdaqNetflix Inc.,up $42.62 at $216.99The Internet video service said it added 2 million U.S.subscribers duringthe first quarter,hitting the top end of its target.Rent-A-Center Inc.,down $2.09 at $33.81The furniture and electronics rental company said that its first-quarter netincome fell,and it also cut 2013 guidance.Illumina Inc.,up $7.32 at $62.44The genetic analysis instrument company reported a loss in the firstquarter after a federal jury found it infringed on a patent.Veeco Instruments Inc.,up $5.28 at $37.51The precision manufacturing equipment maker said business conditionsin the last quarter were challenging but looked set to improve.

Big movers

By Peter SvenssonTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK Apple is opening the

doors to its bank vault, saying it will dis-tribute $100 billion in cash to its share-holders by the end of 2015. At the sametime, the company said revenue for thecurrent quarter could fall from the yearbefore, which would be the first declinein many years.

Apple Inc. on Tuesday said it willexpand its share buyback program to $60billion the largest buyback authoriza-

tion in history. It is also raising its divi-dend by 15 percent from $2.65 to $3.05per share. The dividend yield will beabout 3 percent at current stock prices.

The average yield for the top 20 divi-dend-paying companies in the U.S. is 3.1percent, according to Standard & Poors.

Investors have been clamoring forApple to give them access to its cashhoard, which ended March at anunprecedented $145 billion. Applestight grip on its cash, along with the lackof ground-breaking new products, hasbeen blamed for the steep decline in its

stock price over the winter.News of the cash bonanza coincided

with the companys release of a poorquarterly outlook for the three-month

period that ends in June.Apple released its fiscal second quar-

ter earnings after the stock market closedTuesday. The companys stock initiallyrose 5 percent to $425 in extended trad-ing, then retreated $2.63, or 0.7 percent,to $403.50. The shares are still down 40percent from a peak of $705.07 hit onSept. 21, when the iPhone 5 went onsale.

Apple to dole out $100B to shareholdersAirline service improves but delays still possible

NEW YORK A day after flight delays plagued much ofthe nation, air travel was smoother Tuesday, but the govern-ment warned passengers that the situation could change by

the hour as thousands of air-traffic controllers are forced totake furloughs because of budget cuts.Meanwhile, airlines and members of Congress urged the

Federal Aviation Administration to find other ways to reducespending. Airlines are worried about the long-term costs lateflights will have on their budgets and on passengers.

I just cant imagine this stays in place for an extendedperiod of time. Its just such terrible policy, US AirwaysCEO Doug Parker said. We can handle it for a little while,but it cant continue.

The delays are the most visible effect yet of Congress andthe White Houses failure to agree on a long-term deficit-reduction plan.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said no one shouldbe surprised, noting that he warned about the potential forproblems two months ago.

His solution: Blame Congress for the larger budget cutsthat affected all of government, including a $600 million hitto the Federal Aviation Administration.

This has nothing to do with politics, LaHood said. Thisis very bad policy that Congress passed, and they should fixit.

Critics of the FAA insist the agency could reduce its budg-et in other ways that would not inconvenience travelers.

Sales disappoint,but tax gain lifts Amgen profitWASHINGTON Tax credits helped biotech giant

Amgen report first-quarter earnings that beat Wall Streetsexpectations, but sales growth disappointed investors.

Amgen Inc. benefited from an overall tax gain of $13 mil-lion for the latest quarter, as it booked a federal research anddevelopment credit for 2012 and resolved an audit for fiscal2007 to 2009, which cut its tax rate considerably. That com-pared with paying out over $200 million in income taxes inthe prior-year period.

Overall drug sales rose 6 percent, driven by growth ofEnbrel for psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis and Prolia forosteoporosis. But those gains were partially offset by the

continued slide of anemia drugs Aranesp and Epogen, whichhave faced limits on dosing and insurance payments due tosafety concerns. Aranesp sales fell 10 percent to $168 mil-lion, while Epogen declined 2 percent to $435 million.

Wells Fargo raises quarterly dividend to 30 centsNEW YORK Wells Fargo is raising its quarterly divi-

dend to 30 cents, from 25 cents.The nations biggest U.S. mortgage lender, based in San

Francisco, said Tuesday that its next dividend is payable June1 to shareholders of record on May 10.

The Federal Reserve said in March that Wells Fargo & Co.had passed its annual checkup, a stress test to measure howa bank would fare in a severe recession. The Fed cleared thebank to raise its quarterly dividend to 30 cents per share.

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No one wearing a Serra uniform will admitit, but a couple of Padres fans walking awayfrom Pete Jensen Diamond Tuesday afternooncouldnt help for ask: Did they (Serra) lookahead?

It doesnt take a genius to take a peek at theweek of West Catholic Athletic League base-

ball and see a huge rematch with St. Francis-Mountain View looming. At 9-1, the twoteams are considered the top squads in theCentral Coast Section and if both won onTuesday, then Fridays clash would essential-ly be for the league title.

If being the key word if the Padrescould take care of business againstArchbishop Mitty: aka the only team to beatthem in WCAL play this year.

No, no they couldnt. Four runs in the firstthree innings helped the Monarchs forgeahead and ultimately overcome a late, game-tying rally by the Padres. Mitty scored twicein extra innings to beat Serra 6-4.

The Padres had battled back, down 4-1 atone point, to tie the game at 4-4 when SeanWatkins scored on a two-out error on theinfield on what should have been the gameslast play.

But a hit batter, a double and a two-RBI sin-gle for Mitty in the ninth pushed theMonarchs ahead and while Serra got the tyingrun to the plate, they could not overcomeanother deficit.

They scrapped, they battled back, saidSerra manager Craig Gianinno said of histeam. They fell down early and they

Serra still cant solve Mitty

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Hillsdale catcher Riley Wells, right,waits to make a tag on Burlingames Megan Ailand during the Knights5-2 win Tuesday afternoon in San Mateo.

By Nathan MollatDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

The Hillsdale softball team maybe the youngest squad in thePeninsula Athletic League with onlyone senior and two juniors on theroster.

But the Knights certainly dont

play like a young team, not at thispoint of the season. The Knights gota strong pitching performance fromfreshman Eryn McCoy and then hadtwo of their upperclassmen sen-ior Courtney Tyler and junior EmilyLyons each drive in a run inHillsdales 5-2 win over visitingBurlingame Tuesday afternoon.

[McCoy] pitched well and we hitthe ball hard, said Hillsdale coachRandy Metheany. Were swingingthe bat a little better the last two,three weeks.

The Hillsdale defense was also ontop of its game. The Knights did notcommit an error and twice threw arunner out at the plate to keep the

Panthers at bay.McCoy improved to 11-1 on the

season in the pitchers circle andheld Burlingame to just two runs onfive hits. She struck out five and didnot walk a batter. After giving up atriple to Rachael Topper in the first

Knights put away PanthersSee KNIGHTS, Page 14

By Howard UlmanTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BOSTON Bartolo Colonallowed three hits and the OaklandAthletics capitalized on eight walks,two balks and two errors to beat theBoston Red Sox 13-0 in a rain-shortened seven-inning gameTuesday night.

The As broke a scoreless tie withsix runs in the third when Seth

Smith hit a two-run homer, thenadded two in thefourth, four inthe fifth and onein the sixth asthey snapped afour-game los-ing streak.

Colon (3-0)pitched all seven

innings and had little trouble in thelight-to-medium rain that fellthroughout the game. He struck outseven and issued his first walk thisseason in 25 innings to JacobyEllsbury leading off the sixth. Heallowed an infield single in the firstby Dustin Pedroia and two-out sin-gles in the fifth by JarrodSaltalamacchia and Jonny Gomes.

Aceves (1-1) retired the first fourbatters then struggled before beingrelieved by Steven Wright with thescore 8-0 with one out in the fourth.It was, by far, the worst performanceby a Boston starter this season. Inthe other 19 games, starters allowedthree or fewer runs 18 times andfour runs once.

As buryBoston

As 13, Red Sox 0

BartoloColon

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Before the 2013 tennis season began,Serras Sean Talmadge, Alex Frank and JoeySimpson, the longest tenured Padres on theteam, walked up to head coach MarcusCharles and told them they had one goal: Tobe West Catholic Athletic League champions.

And that meant one thing: Beat Bellarmine

College Prep the biggest, baddest team notjust in the WCAL but in the Central CoastSection.

For how fitting was it, that with a co-cham-pionship already in the bag by virtue of anidentical league record of 13-1, but with amatch left to determine CCS seeding, thePadres and Bells hooked up one more timeand that at the end of the seven grueling, emo-tional matches, Talmadge was the last manstanding?

Serra defeated Bellarmine 4-3 by virtue ofTalmadges 7-5 win. The win might not go inthe record books, but you cant convinceCharles that it meant nothing. For the firsttime since 1990, Serra is a champion in tennis.

It brought me to tears, Charles said. To

watch the four seniors, really three seniors

that came in as freshmen and that was theirgoal. And last year, they came up short withtheir tie for second in the WCAL. But it was alearning process. The mental side, theyaccomplished that. I told them that was thelast thing if you conquer the mental side,the rest will fall into place. And thats how itcame about.

The win was the second against the Bellsthis year without which Serra would not bein the position its in, awaiting what should bea No. 1 seed in the upcoming CCS Division Itournament.

Bellarmine is a mighty team, Charlessaid. Their reputation is, once they step onthe court, their presence preceeds them. Thisput on us on the map. Serra has got respect.

And thats what these guys battled for. I thinkits really great.

The day started with undefeated (17-0) No.1 doubles Frank and Simpsons 6-0 win. Thatled to No. 2 and No. 4 singles wins by MattCampana and Eric Dennis, 6-3 and 6-4respectively.

The match between the Bells and Padreswas set up in a one-set, winner-take-all for-mat. So, down 3-0 already, the Bells had to

battle back.And they did, evening things up and leaving

it all in Talmadges hands.The senior captain shined.The match went back and forth, Charles

said. But seeing him win it was icing on thecake.

This last one (win) was even sweeter. I toldthem, no matter what, you got your flag.Youre already co-champions. Youve madeyour point. There aint no pressure. Just goout there and have fun and guarantee yourselfa victory. Dont even think about, just do whatyou do best. And thats what they did. We hadfun with it.

The WCAL tournament begins April 24.The CCS playoffs begin May 1.

Serra beats Bellarmine for top seed in WCAL tennis tourneyThis put on us on the map.

Serra has got respect.And thatswhat these guys battled for.

I think its really great. Marcus Charles, Serra tennis coach


The reigning Daily Journal Athlete of Week,Isaac Wang, is on fire.

After propelling the Aragon Dons to a winin the Peninsula Athletic League tournament

on Monday, Wang took care of business in hisopening round matchup at the PAL individualtournament.

Wang earned a first-round bye then tookdown Westmoors Adrian Puchalski 6-1, 6-0.The win was his fifth in the row. Wang willtake on Menlo-Athertons Reed Fratt, whobeat Richard Van of Oceana 6-2, 6-0.

In the days biggest eye-opener,Burlingames Matt Miller won twice, defeat-ing El Caminos No. 1 Josiah Faustino afterlosing the first set in a tiebreaker, 7-3. MIllerwon 6-1 then 7-6 (2). Miller will take onRichie Sarwal of Menlo-Atherton, who madeeasy work of his only match of the day.

A few upsets in thePAL championships

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By Josh DubowTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN JOSE Logan Couture and Joe Pavelskiscored goals 30 seconds apart late in the third peri-od to help the San Jose Sharks clinch their ninthstraight playoff berth with a come-from-behind 3-

2 victory over the Dallas Stars on Tuesday night.Raffi Torres also scored for the Sharks, who

moved into a tie for fourth place in the WesternConference with Los Angeles with two gamesremaining in the race for home-ice advantage inthe first round. The Sharks visit the Kings in theseason finale on Saturday.

Antoine Roussel and Loui Eriksson scored forthe Stars,whose playoff hopes were dealt a seriousblow. Dallas remains two points behind ninth-

place Detroit and three behind eighth-placeColumbus in the race for the final playoff spot.The Red Wings have a game in hand over bothteams. The Stars end the season with home gamesagainst Columbus and Detroit.

Dallas looked as though it would gain twopoints in San Jose behind a strong night from KariLehtonen but it was all erased in a flash late in thethird period.

First, Pavelski tipped Brad Stuarts point shot inwith 5:37 remaining to tie the game.

While the sellout crowd was still celebratingthat goal, Justin Brauns point shot went to PatrickMarleau who slid the puck to an open Couture,

who knocked in his 20th goal of the season.Lehtonen made 34 saves but had no chance onCoutures game-winner with 5:07 remaining.

Antti Niemi made 24 saves in his 24th straightstart for San Jose.

The teams traded goals in the first period withthe Sharks striking first. Torres tipped in a center-

ing pass from Scott Gomez for a power-play goal,and the Stars answered when Roussel beat ScottHannan to a long rebound of a shot by CodyEakin.

Dallas had chances to take the lead when Stuartwas sent to the box for interference with 1:21remaining on an elbowing penalty againstHannan. The best chance on that 5-on-3 camewhen San Joses Justin Braun was stopped on apartial breakaway by Lehtonen.

Shortly after that two-man advantage ended,Marc-Edouard Vlasic was called for slashing atthe end of the first period giving Dallas 28 secondsmore of 5-on-3 play to start the second period.

The Stars didnt squander that chance whenEriksson knocked in a rebound 17 seconds into theperiod to make it 2-1.

Lehtonen protected that lead the rest of the peri-od, making tough stops on Vlasic, Dan Boyle andAndrew Desjardins to keep Dallas ahead headinginto the third.NOTES: San Jose has lost five times in its past

16 games with three coming against Dallas. ... SanJose D Jason Demers missed his second straightgame because of a lower-body injury. ... TheSharks sold out every regular-season game for thethird straight season.

Sharks beat Dallas to clinch playoff spot

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DENVER Stephen Curry had 30 points and

13 assists and the Golden State Warriors handedthe Denver Nuggets their first loss at home in morethan three months, a 131-117 stunner Tuesdaynight that evened their playoff series at a gameeach.

Jarrett Jack added 26 points,Harrison Barnes 24and Klay Thompson 21 as the sixth-seededWarriors wrested homecourt advantage from theNBAs best home team as the series shifts toOakland for Game 3 Friday night.

The third-seeded Nuggets were an NBA-best38-3 at home during the regular season but need-ed Andre Millers last-second shot to beat GoldenState by a basket in the opener and extend theirfranchise-best winning streak to 24 games.

The Warriors became the second road team to

win the postseason following Chicagos win atBrooklyn on Monday.

With Golden State losing All-Star power for-ward David Lee to a torn hip flexor and theNuggets getting top rebounder and energizerKenneth Faried back from a sprained ankle, thisone looked like a mismatch.

And it was, only not the way the Pepsi Centercrowd anticipated.

Even without their All-Star, the Warriors outre-bounded the Nuggets 36-26 and shot a sizzling64.6 percent.

The best anybody shot against Denver duringthe season was 54 percent, by the Los Angeles

Lakers way back on Nov. 20, and the most points

the Nuggets had allowed was 126 at San Antonioon Nov. 17.

Ty Lawson and Corey Brewer each scored 19points for Denver and Andre Iguodala and Millerboth had 18.

Lee led the league in double-doubles with 56and had another before getting hurt in the fourthquarter of the series opener on Saturday. He wasaveraging 18.5 points, 11.2 rebounds and 3.5assists.

The Warriors were 3-18 without Lee over thelast three seasons,but Jackson mixed and matchedhis lineup to make up for his All-Stars absence onthis night, when Lee cheered on his teammates

from the bench.The Nuggets were hoping the return of Faried

would help them reverse their 10-point disadvan-

tage on the boards in Game 1. But he was rustyand the same problems that plagued Denver in theopener missing too many open shots, gettingoutmuscled on the glass and giving up open 3s haunted them once again.

Curry scored 15 points in the second quarter andhit four jumpers during a 14-5 run the Warriorsused to grab control and take the air out of thePepsi Center as they cruised into halftime with a61-53 lead that would never be threatened in thesecond half.

Curry swished another sweet jumper to start thethird quarter and the Warriors opened up a 17-point lead they would stretch to 20 in the fourthquarter.

Lee-less Warriors run past Nuggets,even series

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SAN FRANCISCO Didi Gregoriusscored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch in the11th inning and the Arizona Diamondbacksbeat the San Francisco Giants 6-4 Tuesdaynight after blowing a late four-run lead.

Gregorius hustled for a one-out double offreliever Santiago Casilla (2-2) when left field-er Andres Torres fielded the ball nonchalantly.Pinch-hitter Alfredo Marte reached when firstbaseman Brandon Belt was charged with anerror for bobbling a throw from third basemanPablo Sandoval. Casilla then threw a wild

pitch to Gerardo Parra that bounced to thebackstop, allowing Gregorius to score.

Parra followed with an RBI double to makeit 6-4.

San Francisco got the potential tying run tothe plate in the bottom of the 11th, but MattReynolds got Torres to ground into a doubleplay and then retired Brandon Crawford forhis first career save.

Brad Ziegler (1-0) pitched a scorelessinning for the win.

The Diamondbacks, who twice blew two-

run leads in Mondays 5-4 loss in the seriesopener, led 4-0 before the Giants scored twicein the eighth and tied it in the ninth on Beltspinch-hit, two-run homer off closer J.J. Putz,who has blown three saves in six tries this sea-son.

San Francisco also put two runners on in the10th but failed to score when Pablo Sandovalwas thrown out at home plate by Arizona rightfielder and former teammate Cody Ross fol-lowing Hunter Pences two-out single.

The loss ended San Franciscos nine-gamewinning streak against NL West opponentsand also stopped the Giants seven-game

streak at AT&T Park.Arizona took a 2-0 lead against Giants

starter Matt Cain in the first with some helpfrom San Franciscos defense.

Crawford bobbled Parras grounder toshortstop for an error and Martin Prado fol-lowed with a single. Paul Goldschmidts loop-ing double that landed just inside the foul linenear the Diamondbacks bullpen drove inParra, and Prado scored on Miguel Monterosgroundout.

Goldschmidts two-run homer on a 3-1pitch from Cain in the third put Arizona up 4-0.

Giants comeback spoiled in extra innings

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and another to Megan Ailand in the second,she shut down the Panthers over the next threeinnings by not allowing a baserunner. At onepoint, she retired 10 batters in row.

More importantly, she worked from aheadin the count all game long. She threw first-pitch strikes to 17 of 25 Burlingame batters

and had 0-2 counts on 13 hitters.Shes a very good pitcher to location,

Metheany said. As much as she can moverthe ball around, she kept their hitters guess-ing.

Burlingame coach Doug McKeever saidthere wasnt much he could do in changing hisplayers approach at the plate. The older play-ers are already stuck in their ways McKeeversaid and the younger one still dont have thesavvy to make adjustments throughout thegame.

At the end of the day, however, McKeevertipped his cap to McCoy.

For a freshman, she hits her spots,McKeever said.

The outs at the plate were just as crucial asMcCoys pitching. Twice McKeever gambledin sending the runner and twice he lost. In thesecond inning, Ailand drilled a pitch to deepleft field with one out and raced around thebases. As she headed home, however, theKnights relays were perfect and Hillsdalesjunior catcher Riley Wells was waiting withthe ball and easily tagged out Ailand.

In the fifth, with two runs already scored,McKeever sent the runner again, with thesame results. With Nicki Lunghi on third fol-lowing a double and a Clare Colson sacrificebunt, Topper came to the plate and hit a

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