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By Garance BurkeTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN FRANCISCO Californiaregulators recommended Mondaythat Pacific Gas & Electric Co. paya record $2.25 billion fine for

decades of negligence that led to adeadly gas pipeline explosion

that leveled a San Bruno neighbor-hood.

The penalty would be the larges tever imposed on a utility companyby a state regulator, officials said.

The California Public UtilitiesCommissions investigators said

the fine was an appropriate remedyfor dozens of safety violations

extending back several decades,and said the companys sharehold-ers should shoulder the cost, notthe utilitys customers.

This is going to send a verystrong deterrent message to PG&Ethat this kind of conduct and cul-

ture will not be tolerated, saidBrig. Gen. Jack Hagan, director of

the commissions Safety andEnforcement Division. Theyhave just plain failed to followsafety standards in so manyareas.

The 2010 pipeline rupture inSan Bruno sparked a gas-fueled

fireball that killed eight people,

PG&E facing record fineCalifornia regulators say utility should pay $2.25B for San Bruno blast

Petes Harborappeal doesnot hold waterCouncil sends developmentback to Planning CommissionBy Michelle DurandDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

In a move that opponents consider vindication of theirefforts, the Redwood City Council last night decided a sig-nificantly amended development proposal needs reconsider-ation by the Planning Commission and opted not to con-sider an appeal of the original plan.

The council was scheduled Monday night to hear theappeal that had been postponed earlier this year until after astate agency reviewed the developers plan which includedturning the existing commercial marina into a private facil-ity for residents of the planned 411 residential units.Developer Paul Powers has since agreed to keep the marinaopen to the public which councilmembers said is reason

Ice rink fans cool toimpending closureBridgepointe ownership considering otherrecreational amenities as a replacementBy Bill SilverfarbDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Ice Center of San Mateo supporters have been urging theCity Council and staff for months to help them keep therink in place at the Bridgepointe Shopping Center in com-pliance with its master plan.

Last night, a group of them showed up to tell the council

in person that the city has failed them and that they shouldnot side toward increased tax revenue over the need for chil-dren to play hockey or figure skate. The item was not on last

BILL SILVERFARB/DAILY JOURNAL

Several projects are underway or about to be in San Mateo including the widening of sidewalks on Delaware Street,a fencingproject to protect the San Mateo Creek and improvements to the Japanese Tea Garden in Central Park and nearby paths.

By Bill SilverfarbDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

San Mateo has a number of projectseither underway or in the works thatcity officials say should improve thequality of life for its residents.

It involves several departmentsworking together with the community

to improve safety, road conditions andrecreational amenities among otherenhancements planned this year and inthe near future.

A new playground is planned forBeresford Park after a design is chosenthis summer, wider sidewalks and bicy-cle lanes are being constructed now onDelaware Street near Concar Drive andnew fencing is planned at select spotsaround San Mateo Creek to keep outthose you currently use it as their owngarbage can or to do drugs.

In downtown, several bicycle rackshave already been installed and, atnearby Central Park, workers are busynow improving the paths around the

Japanese Tea Garden, which will host a50th anniversary celebration with SanMateos sister city Toyonaka, Japan i nAugust.

The City Council has also pledgedmillions of dollars over the next fewyears to repave some of the citysworst roads, said Matt Bronson, thecitys interim streets and facilities

manager.The city spends about $4 million ayear for street improvements but the

City tackles projects to improve quality of lifeWider sidewalks,new playgrounds,street improvements in the works

See PROJECTS, Page 16 See ICE RINK, Page 20

See HARBOR, Page 20

See PG&E, Page 16

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Nice-inch copter landsin arms of Ohio court statue

MARION, Ohio An unwantedmodern addition has flown into thearms of a Lady Justice statue that sitsatop a county courthouse in north-central Ohio.

A 9-inch, remote-control helicop-ter flew into Lady Justice on theMarion County Courthouse on April27 and has been there since rest-ing on the hilt of her sword morethan 100 feet high.

Video producer Terry Cline tells theMarion Star that he was using the$1,500 camera-equipped helicopterto shoot a promotional video for thecity when it was caught by an unex-pected breeze.

Since then, Cline has been tryingfigure out how to get the helicopterback.

County officials say they wontpay to remove it or risk anyones lifefor it.

For now, Lady Justice gets to keepher new toy.

Small school closesbecause of nice weather

SEATTLE In a sun-deprived partof Washington state, the promise ofnice spring weather prompted a smallprivate school to give students a dayoff to enjoy the sunshine.

Friday is a sun day of sorts for

the 205 students at BellinghamChristian School, a small, private,nondenominational Christian schoolin Bellingham, Wash., about 90miles north of Seattle.

SCHOOL CANCELLED DUE TOGREAT WEATHER! WAHOOO! theschools website announcedThursday night. Yeah! Its a Sun Daytoday and everyone gets the day offfrom school.

Principal Bob Sampson said hewanted to give students some time tore-energize and enjoy the weather,adding that he wanted to re-create theexcitement snow days get among thekids. He began teasing the possibili-ty of giving the day off earlier in theweek.

In a world thats got a lot hardthings going, its fun to create amoment of joy, Sampson said.

The forecast for WesternWashington called for a weekend ofsunshine, with highs hitting the low80s in some parts of the region onSunday.

Gerbils strut theirstuff at New England pageant

BEDFORD, Mass. The American

Gerbil Societys annual pageantbrought dozens of rodents scurryingto New England this weekend for achance to win top gerbil.

The Bedford competition called foragility demonstrations in which the

gerbils must overcome obstacles andrace to the end of a course. Breedersof the small animals vie for covetedribbons based on body type andagility.

A male gerbil should be a good,strong, hefty-looking gerbil, saidLibby Hanna, president of theAmerican Gerbil Society. If you aregoing to think of it in human terms,you might think of a football player somebody whos big, thick neck,nice, strong-looking male gerbil.

An ideal female gerbil will have amore streamlined appearance thateven humans covet, she said.

So she would be strong and athlet-ic-looking not really scrawny, butslim, said Hanna, who serves as a

judge in the show. I usually use afigure skater as my mental image orgymnasts so obviously a gymnastis not necessarily a big, big woman,but shes gonna be strong, muscularand athletic.

The Friday-Saturday show drew ger-bil enthusiasts and breeders fromaround the country and culminates inthe presentation of champion andbreeder certificates.

Fourteen-year-old Sarah Kadenfrom Bordentown, N.J., thinks ger-

bils have great personalities.Even though they are so little,they are very different from eachother and they smell a lot less thanmy brothers hamsters, she saidFriday.

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This Day in History

Thought for the Day

1763Pontiac, chief of the Ottawa Indians,

attempted to lead a sneak attack on

British-held Fort Detroit, but was

foiled because the British had been

tipped off in advance.

We all live in suspense,fromday to day,from hour to hour; in other

words,we are the hero of our own story. Mary McCarthy,American author (1912-1989)

Rock musician BillKreutzmann is 67.

Actor BreckinMeyer is 39.

Birthdays

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Supporters of the Square Peg Foundation watch the Run For The Rosesat a fundraiser at the Menlo Circus Club in Athertonon May 4.This Kentucky Derby-themed event,which included a luncheon,divot stompand silent auction,supports the careand training of the Foundations rescued horses,the adaptive riding lesson program,and the expansion of its Autism Family

Adventure Camps.Cheering on their favorite horses are,from left, Nicole and Victoria Salmasi,Kathleen Addison,Mara Young,Betty Schreiber and Diedrie Lindsey.

Tuesday: Mostly cloudy. Highs in themid 70s. West winds 5 to 15 mph.Tuesday night: Mostly cloudy in theevening then becoming partly cloudy. Aslight chance of showers in the evening.Lows in the upper 40s to mid 50s. Westwinds 10 to 20 mph...Becoming south-west 5 to 10 mph after midnight.Wednesday: Mostly cloudy. Highs in the 70s. West winds5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday night: Partly cloudy. Lows around 50. Westwinds 15 to 20 mph...Becoming southwest around 10 mphafter midnight.Thursday: Partly cloudy. Highs in the 70s.Thursday night and Friday: Partly cloudy. Lows around 50.Highs in the 70s.

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In 1789 , the first inaugural ball was held in New York inhonor of President George Washington and his wife,Martha.In 1824, Beethovens Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op.125, had its premiere in Vienna.In 1825, compo ser Antonio Salieri died in Vienna, Austria.I n 1 8 3 3, composer Johannes Brahms was born inHamburg, Germany.In 1840, composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born inVotkins k, Russia.In 1915 , nearly 1,200 people died when a German torpedosank the British liner RMS Lusitania off the Irish coast.In 1942, U.S. Army Gen. Jonathan Wainwright went on aManila radio station to announce the Allied surrender of thePhilippines to Japanese forces during World War II.

In 1945, Germany signed an unconditional surrender atAllied headquarters in Rheims (rams), France, ending its rolein World War II.In 1954, the 55-day Battle of Dien Bien Phu in Vietnamended with Vietnamese insurgents overrunning Frenchforces.In 1963, the United States launched the Telstar 2 commu-nications satellite.In 1975 , President Gerald R. Ford formally declared an endto the Vietnam era. In Ho Chi Minh City formerlySaigon the Viet Cong celebrated its takeover.In 1992 , the latest addition to Americas space shuttlefleet, Endeavour, went on its first fligh t. A 203-year-old pro-posed constitutional amendment barring Congress fromgiving itself a midterm pay raise received enough votes forratification as Michigan became the 38th state to approveit.

Former Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., is 81. Singer Jimmy

Ruffin is 74. Actress Robin Strasser is 68. Singer-songwriter

Bill Danoff is 67. Rhythm-and-blues singer Thelma Houston

is 67. Rock musician Prairie Prince is 63. Movie writer-direc-

tor Amy Heckerling is 61. Rock musician Phil Campbell

(Motorhead) is 52. Country musician Rick Schell is 50. Rocksinger-musician Chris OConnor (Primitive Radio Gods) is

48. Actress Traci Lords is 45. Singer Eagle-Eye Cherry is 42.

Rock musician Matt Helders (Arctic Monkeys) is 27. Actor

Taylor Abrahamse is 22.

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Disturbance. A loud party had been goingon for more than 24 hours on the 1400block of Dore Avenue before 2:43 p.m.Sunday, May 5.Burglary . The window of a vehicle wassmashed and a computer was stolen on the2200 block of Bridgepointe Parkway before1:46 p.m. Sunday, May 5.Disturbance. A man was hit by a personwhile he was checking his mail box on the100 block of 36th Avenue before 2:57 a.m.Sunday, May 5.Suspicious circumstances. A manattempted to use a counterfeit bill on the 400block of South Norfolk Street before 7:51p.m. Saturday, May 4.Drugs. Three people were seen smokingmarijuana on Flores Street and Mary Lu Lanebefore 7:36 p.m. Saturday, May 4.Theft. Acellphone was stolen from a vehi-cle on the 2800 block of El Camino Realbefore 11:48 a.m. Friday, May 3.

MILLBRAEVandalism. Property was vandalized on the1100 block of Ridgewood Drive before 2:15p.m. Monday, April 29.Stolen vehic le . A vehicle was stolen onthe first block of Corte Balboa before 7:33a.m. Saturday, April 27.

Police reports

StrikeAn intoxicated driver hit several parkedcars while leaving a bowling alley onthe 2000 block of El Camino Real inSan Mateo before 11:06 p.m. Friday,May 3.

DAILY JOURNAL STAFF REPORT

The San Mateo County CommunityCollege District is accepting applicationsto fill a vacancy created by the departure oflongtime trustee Helen Hausman.

Hausman stepped down April 30 due tohealth problems. Hausman joined the boardin 1989 and her current term expires inNovember. The district is consideringappointing someone to fill the spot. Bylaw, the board has until June 29 to make aprovisional appointment. If the board does-

nt act by June 29, the county superintend-ent of schools will order an election.

The application form can be viewed andcompleted online at www.smccd.edu or itcan be obtained from the receptionist at theDistrict Office at 3401 CSM Drive, SanMateo. Applications must be received by 5p.m. Tuesday, May 28. The application andaccompanying materials can be emailed tobrooksv@smccd.edu or delivered to theDistrict Office by the deadline.

The application indicates that candidate

interviews will take place on June 5 andJune 12, after which a decision will be made.

For more information contact BarbaraChristensen, director of community/gov-ernment relations atChristensen@smccd.edu.

College district looking for applicants to fill board vacancy

Limo driver: Fire took threeminutes to claim five livesBy Martha Mendoza and Garance BurkeTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

First came the tapping. Over the blasting

music, limo driver Orville Brown heardsomeone in the backseat knock on the parti-tion behind him, saying something aboutsmoke. No smoking allowed, he told thecrowd of partying women.

Then the taps turned to urgent knocks, andsomeone screamed Smoke, smoke andPull over!

In just a few fleeting moments, five of thewomen celebrating a girls night out werekilled by flames that overtook the luxury carwith terrifying speed.

As smoke thickened in the passenger com-partment, Brown pulled the white stretchlimo to a stop on a bridge over San FranciscoBay and started pulling women out throughthe partition that separated him from his pas-sengers.

Three good Samaritans, including a fire-

fighter, stopped to help. The first womanwho got out ran to the back and yanked open

a door, but Brown said it was already toolate.

I knew it wasnt a good scene. I figuredwith all that fire that they were gone, man,

Brown said. There were just so many flames.Within maybe 90 seconds, the car was fullyengulfed.

From the first tap on the window until therear of car became an inferno couldnt havetaken more than three minutes, Brown said.

Authorities searched for answers Monday,hoping to learn what sparked the blaze andwhy five of the victims could not escape thefast-spreading flames.

The women who were killed in the Saturdaynight blaze were found pressed up against the3-foot by 1 1/2-foot partition, apparentlybecause smoke and fire kept them from therear exits of the extended passenger compart-ment.

The position of the bodies suggested theywere trying to get away from the fire, said SanMateo County Coroner Robert Foucrault.

The women were celebrating the weddingof a newlywed friend, Neriza Fojas, who

was among the dead.Fojas and another of the fatalities,

Michelle Estrera, were nurses at CommunityRegional Medical Center in Fresno. The

remaining three victims have not been iden-tified.

The medical centers CEO, Jack Chubb,said in a statement Monday that Fojas andEstrera were outstanding nurses, loved bytheir patients, colleagues and staff.

Both were good friends, stellar nurses andexcellent mentors who served as preceptorsto new nurses, he said. Well dearly missthese two special people who have touchedour lives.

A relative of Fojas said the young nursewas preparing to get her masters degree andwas planning a large second wedding in thePhilippines.

Christina Kitts said Monday that Fojaslived in Hawaii while she reviewed for hernursing exam, then took a job in Oakland fortwo years before moving to Fresno, where

she had been a nurse at Community RegionalMedical Center for a year.

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A firefighter pulls a hose line as a backfire is ignited into theSanta Monica Mountains on Saturday night.

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up wildfire as rain fallsTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CAMARILLO Rain showers moved across SouthernCalifornia on Monday, dousing remnants of a wildfire thatblackened thousands of acres in coastal mountains andbringing much-needed moisture to a region left parched bya dry winter.

The 44-square-mile burn area in the western Santa MonicaMountains was 80 percent surrounded, and firefightersworked in muddy and slippery conditions to complete con-tainment.

Ventura County Fire spokesman Tony McHale said the wetweather significantly reduced fire activity. There were noremaining open flames, but firefighters remained on thelookout for flare-ups, he said.

DAILY JOURNAL STAFF REPORT

The second-striker committed to astate hospital after he allegedly hit hisstepbrother in the head with a hammerover alleged images of his girlfriend isnow competent to stand trial, accord-ing to doctors at the facility.

Lawrence Lee Buffington, 47, hasbeen at Napa State Hospital since

December after two court-appointeddoctors found him unable to aid in hisown defense against charges of felonyassault, assault with force, makingcriminal threats and violating hisparole. Criminal proceedings will nowbe reinstated unless the defense con-

tests the competen-cy finding andrequests a trial.

Redwood Citypolice arrestedBuffington in June2012 after beingtold by his hospital-ized stepbrother thatthe man had struckhim in the head withthe tool during an

argument. The victim also told authori-ties Buffington accused him of havingan affair with his girlfriend after find-ing a photograph.

However, Buffingtons girlfriend pre-viously told the Daily JournalBuffingtons stepbrother was the onewho asked him to move in to hisRedwood City residence. She saidBuffington also told her immediatelyafter the confrontation that he hadfound videos and photographs of hisstepbrother harming her. The womansaid there was no truth to anything in

the alleged images and she had not seenanything herself.

The victim, who suffered a fracturedskull, was treated at Sequoia Hospital,whose staff alerted police.

Buffington remains in custody with-out bail.

Hospital returns man accused in hammer attack

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DAILY JOURNAL STAFF REPORT

The county Board of Supervisorsthis morning will declare May asCalFresh Awareness Month to high-light the food stamp program andincrease access and participation.

The Human Services Agency hasplanned a host of events throughout

May to promote the program including

communities meetings, a radio showand resource fairs.

This is one of the most expensiveplaces to live in the state and it is verydifficult for many working families tobe economically self-sufficient, HSADirector Beverly Beasley Johnson saidin a prepared statement. The CalFreshprogram is available for all eligible

participants and we want to get theword out to help our residents puthealthy food on their tables.

CalFresh participation in San MateoCounty has risen from 16,085 partici-pants in December 2009 to 28,103participants in December 2012. Formore information on eligibility andhow to apply, call (800) 223-8383 or

visit www.mybenefitsclwin.o rg.

County declares CalFresh Awareness Month

Molestationbrings decade prison

A South San Francisco man wasimmediately sentenced to 10 years inprison on three counts of childmolestation rather than stand trial onallegations he fondled his youngnieces and a cousin.

Salvador Palacio, 46, must also reg-ister as a sex offender for life.

The girls mothercontacted the SouthSan Francisco PoliceDepartment after thechildren, ages 4 and7, told her thatPalacio had stuck hishand down theirpants on multipleoccasions betweenAugust 2009 and

August 2010. The mother also reportedhearing about Palacio having donesomething similar to another familymember years earlier and investigatorslocated a cousin, now 20, who said shewas molested by him at age 5.

Palacio faced life in prison if con-victed by a jury because of the multiplevictim allegation.

Local brief

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Jeanette CallisResident of San Carlos

Jeanette passed away on April 29, 2013,

cradled in the love of her daughters.

Jeanette was a woman of strong

convictions, feisty attitude, and a passion

for playing the piano.

Jeanette was born in Oakland, CA, to Cethil and Laura (Day)

Jones. She was raised in Dunsmuir, CA, but spent her adult

life in San Carlos. Jeanette was preceded in deathbyherloving

husband Dale Callis, son Gary Rossetto, and sister Constance

Krouskup. She is survived by her daughters Nanette Elaine,

Paulette Carey (George), and Sue Marshall (Bob); daughter-in-

law Patty Rossetto. She is further survived by her brother-in-law

Don Krouskup, loving niece Elaine, nephew Roger, grandchildren

and great-grandchildren.

Jeanette was an avid volunteer and an active member ofnumerous organizations including the Community United

Church of Christ, Order of Eastern Star, Jr. Matrons, San

Carlos Villagers, Golden Gate District, and RWC Womens

Club, Republican Womens Club, Filoli, Sequoia Hospital

Auxiliary, to name only a few.

The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations in her

honor be made to your favorite charity. One of Moms was her

local ASPCA.

Memorial service celebrating her life will be on Saturday,

May 11, 2013, 1:00 PM at the Community United church of

Christ, 1336 Arroyo Ave., San Carlos. Reception will follow at

the San Carlos Masonic Lodge

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Russell Bede School, aprivate nonprofit schoolin San Mateo serving

children with learning differ-ences, hasannounced thehiring of itsnew principal,S a u n t h e r i S a n d i e Spoering.

S p o e r i n gcomes to

Russell BedeSchool fromMLK Jr.M i d d l e

Schoo l in the Sausalito MarinCity School District, whereshe was assistant principal. Shehas extensive experience both inclassroom teaching and adminis-tration, and with special educa-tion. Spoering currently is finish-ing her doctorate in education atthe Univers i ty of Nevada,Reno, and her dissertation is inthe realm of special education law.

Former and InterimPrincipal Dr. John Piper willwork with Spoering through theend of the current school year to

assure a seamless transitionbefore the new school yearbegins.

For more information visit theschools website atwww.RussellBedeSchool.com orcall 579-4400.

** *Middle Col lege High

Schoo l at the College of SanMateo, an alternative educationprogram for juniors and seniors inthe San Mateo Union High

School District, is acceptingapplications for fall 2013.

Students and parents interestedin the program can contact theMiddle College office.Applications are available onlineor in the SMUSHD counselingoffices and college and career cen-ters.

Middle College, located on theCSM campus, includes 60 stu-dents who take a combination ofhigh school and college classes.

These classes are intended to helpthe student meet high schoolgraduation requirements and col-lege general education require-ments.

The students, who prefer not toattend a traditional high schoolcampus, demonstrate the poten-tial maturity to cope with the free-dom of the college environment.Students are recommended foradmission by parents, teachers,guidance counselors and adminis-trators. Other application proce-dures include student testing, aninformation meeting with parentsand interviews with students andparents.

For more information contact

Principal Greg Quigley at5 7 4 - 6 1 0 1 ,middlecollege@smuhsd.org orv i s i twww.collegeofsanmateo.edu/mid-dlecollege.

** *The Burl ingame School

District is seeking nominationfor the H. Jay Burns Award,which is given annually to recog-nize volunteer service in the pur-suit of educational excellence in

the Burlingame Schools. Theaward is presented to a non-employee volunteer, past or pres-ent, based on: service to the dis-trict at larger for a substantialperiod of time; positive impacton the education of theBurlingame school children; anddemonstration of leadershipskills on behalf of Burlingamestudents. Nominations are accept-ed through May 13. Nominationsshould be sent to KristenDiktakis , Burl ingameSchoo l D i s t r i c t , 1825Trousdale Drive, Burlingame, CA94010 or at

k d i k t a k i s @ b s d . k 1 2 . c a . u s .Nominations should include thenominees name, address, tele-phone number and a brief descrip-tion of the reason for the nomina-tion as well as the name, addressand contact information of theperson making the nomination.

** *San Bruno children from 3.5 to

13 years old have been enjoyingsummer camp in San BrunoCity Park, recreation center and

swimming pool for many years.Some of the camps current lead-ers were once campers them-selves. The camp has a new addi-tion to their program this year.

The San Bruno EducationFoundation in partnership withthe city of San BrunosRecreation Division and theSan Bruno Park SchoolDistrict, is funding the optionalScholastic Reading CountsK-12 program, an independent

reading program that encouragesthe success of a childs readingprogress.

Scholastic Reading Countsmotivates students with suggestedreading choices that match theirinterests and reading levels, thenreinforces through testing com-prehension, vocabulary and fluen-cy skills. The parent has theoption of sharing their childsReading Counts data with theirchilds elementary schoolteacher, which can help theteacher better craft a lesson plan.

If the parent and student decideto participate in Reading Countsat the San Bruno Summer Camp,known as Camp Kaleidoscope

(for children up to 10 years old),or Adventure Camp (for chil-dren between 10 and 13 yearsold), on testing days camp lead-ers will walk children to nearbyEl Crystal ElementaryS c h o o l. El Crystal is SanBrunos newly-designated magnetschool with a focus on collabora-tive studies of STEM (Science,technology, engineering andmath) for students in kindergartenthrough fifth grade.

For more information visithttp://www.sanbruno.ca.gov/parks_main.asp.

** *The San Mateo-Foster City

School Distr ict is proud toannounce that from May 13through May 17, the AudubonElementary School StudentCouncil will encourage studentsto show their school spirit bywearing a certain color each dayas well as collecting food of that

color or packaging for ProjectWee Ca re.

On Monday, students will wearpurple and bring in purple non-perishable foods or foods in purplepackaging. Tuesday will be redday, Wednesday will be yellow day,Thursday will be green day andFriday will be blue day. Studentswill have fun choosing theirclothes and looking for matchingcolored food/packaging.

The Samaritan HouseProj ec t Wee Care is a communi-ty partnership that teaches thou-sands of students from local areapublic and private schools theimportance of giving. Parents andteachers, with the help of

Samaritan House staff, tea ch chil-dren about the needs in our com-munity and assist children inorganizing food, clothing and toydrives. All donations are then dis-tributed to Samaritan Houseclients through various programs.

Class notes is a column dedicated toschool news. It is compiled by educa-tion reporter Heather Murtagh. You cancontact her at (650) 344-5200, ext. 105or at heather@smdailyjournal.com.

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Groups want detailson license plate readers

LOS ANGELES Two privacy rightsgroups questioning law enforcements use ofautomated license plate readers asked a judgeMonday to order the Los Angeles PoliceDepartment and Los Angeles County SheriffsDepartment to provide more details on howthey use the technology.

The American Civil Liberties UnionFoundation of Southern California and theElectronic Frontier Foundation filed a writagainst the city, county and its law enforce-ment departments after waiting more thaneight months for a complete response to pub-lic records requests. The groups are seekingone week of data collected by the readers,which are usually mounted on police cars andscan thousands of license plates in an offi-cers shift. The readers which collect thelicense plate numbers, the time, date, GPSlocation and a photo alert law enforcementto stolen and wanted vehicles.

If youre not wanted for anything, it does-nt do anything, said Los Angeles Countysheriffs Sgt. John Gaw, who works in theadvanced surveillance and protection unit. Itdoes collect that information, it does put it inour database, and were able to go back and

review that information if youre wanted insome type of criminal investigation.

State objects to movinginmates because of fungus

SACRAMENTO California officials sayits premature to move more than 3,000inmates out of two state prisons until more isknown about an airborne fungus that is beingblamed for nearly three-dozen inmate deaths.

The federal Centers for Disease Control andPrevention agreed last week to study prob-lems with valley fever at Avenal and PleasantValley state pr isons.

The state said in a court filing Mondaynight that a federal judge should wait for thecenters recommendations before enforcingan order last week by the federal official whocontrols prison medical care.

By Seth BorensteinTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON Any day now, bi ll ionsof cicadas with bulging red eyes will crawlout of the earth after 17 years undergroundand overrun the East Coast. The insects willarrive in such numbers that people fromNorth Carolina to Connecticut will be out-numbered roughly 600-to-1. Maybe more.

Scientists even have a horror-movie namefor the infestation: Brood II. But as omi-nous as that sounds, the insects are harm-less. They wont hurt you or other animals.At worst, they might damage a few saplingsor young shrubs. Mostly they will blanketcertain pockets of the region, though lotsof people wont ever see them.

Its not like these hordes of cicadas suckblood or zombify people, says MayBerenbaum, a University of Illinois ento-mologist.

Theyre looking for just one thing: sex.And theyve been waiting quite a long time.Since 1996, this group of 1-inch bugs, in

wingless nymph form, has been a few feetunderground, sucking on tree roots and bid-ing their time. They will emerge only whenthe ground temperature reaches precisely 64degrees. After a few weeks up in the trees,they will die and their offspring will gounderground, not to return until 2030.

Its just an amazing accomplishment,Berenbaum says. How can anyone not beimpressed?

And they will make a big racket, too. Thenoise all the male cicadas make when theysing for sex can drown out your ownthoughts, and maybe even rival a rock con-cert. In 2004, Gene Kritsky, an entomolo-

gist at the College of Mount St. Joseph inCincinnati, measured cicadas at 94 decibels,saying it was so loud you dont hear planesflying overhead.

There are ordinary cicadas that come outevery year around the world, but these aredifferent. Theyre called magicicadas asin magic and are red-eyed. And thesemagicicadas are seen only in the easternhalf of the United States, nowhere else inthe world.

There are 15 U.S. broods that emergeevery 13 or 17 years, so that nearly every

year, some place is overrun. Last year it wasa small area, mostly around the Blue RidgeMountains of Virginia, West Virginia andTennessee. Next year, two places get hit:Iowa into Illinois and Missouri; andLouisiana and Mississippi. And its possi-ble to live in these locations and actuallynever see them.

This years invasion, Brood II, is one ofthe bigger ones. Several experts say thatthey really dont have a handle on how manycicadas are lurking underground but that 30billion seems like a good estimate. At theSmithsonian Institution, researcher GaryHevel thinks it may be more like 1 trillion.

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By Paul Larson

MILLBRAE Ourcountrys economicroller-coaster ridehas been interestingand historic forsure, but also verytroubling for many

families whove notbeen as financially stable as others.Recently though Ive been observing aphenomenon with those we serve at theCHAPEL 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 atvarious 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 people

are feeling less pressured financially.It is well known that when businesses do

well they hire more employees, and whenthose employees are confident they willspend 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 optimistic

vibrations that people are giving off. If thecommunity is becoming more comfortablewith spending, that indicates good health forbusiness and the enrichment of oureconomic 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:

www.chapelofthehighlands.com.

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vert sement

By Erica WernerTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON A bipar tisan Senat eimmigration bill would cost the govern-ment a net $6.3 trillion over the next 50years to provide benefits for millions ofpeople now living in the U.S. illegally, the

Heritage Foundation said in a reportMonday, setting off a fierce dispute with fel-low conservatives who attacked the study asflawed and political.

The study from the prominent conserva-tive think tank said immigrants granted newlegal status under the bill would eat up morethan $9 trillion in health, education, retire-ment and other benefits over their lifetime,while contributing only around $3 trillionin taxes. Republicans and conservativegroups who support the bill quickly coun-tered that the study failed to measure broadereconomic benefits from an immigrationoverhaul, including a more robust workforcethat would boost the gross domestic prod-uct.

The Heritage Foundation document is apolitical document; its not a very serious

analysis, said former Mississippi gover-nor Haley Barbour, a Republican whos part

of a task force with the nonprofit BipartisanPolicy Center that supports the bill. Thisstudy is designed to try to scare conserva-tive Republicans into thinking the costhere is going to be so gigantic that youcant possibly be for it.

Former Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., theHeritage Foundations new president, dis-missed such criticism.

Its clear a number of people inWashington who might benefit from anamnesty, as well as a number of people inCongress, do not want to consider thecosts, DeMint said. No sensible thinkingperson could read this study and concludethat over 50 years that it could possiblyhave a positive economic impact.

The brouhaha developed as both sides pre-pare for the landmark bill to undergo its firs t

tests later this week in the Senate Judiciary

Committee, which will begin voting onamendments Thursday. It underscored thehigh political stakes for both supportersand opponents, as each jockeyed to definethe legislation. And it laid bare splits with-in the Republican Party, where business-oriented leaders such as Barbour and anti-taxactivist Grover Norquist are pushing forimmigration reform, while more ideologi-cally focused lawmakers and groups arevoicing increasingly loud opposition.

The Heritage report was a reprisal of astudy the group released at the height of thelast congressional debate on immigration,in 2007, which said the bill being consid-ered then would have cost $2.6 trillion.That figure, too, was disputed, but it carriedweight with Republicans and helped lead tothe legislations eventual defeat in the

Senate.

Study sets off immigration bill squabbleThe Heritage Foundation document is a

political document; its not a very serious analysis....This study isdesigned to try to scare conservative Republicans into thinking thecost here is going to be so gigantic that you cant possibly be for it.

Former Mississippi governor Haley Barbour

By Denise LavoieTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BOSTON A Massachusetts funeraldirector said Monday he has received bur-ial offers from out-of-state cemeteries forthe body of a Boston Marathon bombingsuspect who was killed in a gun battlewith police, even as Tamerlan Tsarnaevsmother told him she wants the bodyreturned to Russia.

But Worcester funeral home directorPeter Stefan said despite the request, he

doesnt think Russiawill take Tsarnaevsbody and he is workingon other arrangements.He declined to be morespecific.

Meanwhile, a friend ofthe surviving suspect inthe bombings wasreleased from federalcustody Monday amid aswell of support from

family and friends, but was under strict

house arrest and only allowed to leave hishome to meet with lawyers and for trueemergencies. Also, the administrator ofthe One Fund Boston released the protocolfor payouts of the fund, with the familiesof those who lost loved ones and individ-uals who suffered double amputations orpermanent brain damage in the bombingsreceiving the highest payments.

The question of where TamerlanTsarnaev will be buried dragged on foranother day, and the issue seemed far fromresolved.

Massachusetts funeral director considers burial offers

TamerlanTsarnaev

Biden asks clergy tomake moral argument on guns

WASHINGTON Vice President JoeBiden wants pastors, rabbis and nuns to tell

their flocks that enactinggun control is the moralthing to do. But anothervote may have to waituntil Congress wraps up

work on an immigrationoverhaul.Biden met for two-and-

a-half hours Monday withmore than a dozen leadersfrom various faith com-munities Christian,

Jewish, Muslim and Sikh, to name a few.Both Biden and the faith leaders encouragedeach other not to give up on what has beenan arduous and thus far fruitless effort byBiden and President Barack Obama to passnew gun laws in the wake of Decembersschoolhouse shooting in Connecticut.

Around a large, circular table in a confer-ence room on the White House grounds,Biden waxed optimistic about prospects forpassing a bill, according to four partici-pants who spoke to the Associated Pressafter the meeting.

FDA wants cancerwarnings on tanning beds

WASHINGTON Indoor tanning bedswould come with new warnings about therisk of cancer and be subject to more strin-gent federal oversight under a proposalunveiled Monday by the Food and DrugAdministration.

The FDA has regulated tanning beds andsun lamps for over 30 years, but for the firs ttime ever the agency says those devicesshould not be used by people under age 18.The agency wants that warning on pam-phlets, catalogues and websites that pro-mote indoor tanning. And regulators arealso proposing that manufacturers meet cer-tain safety and design requirements, includ-ing timers and limits on radiation emitted.

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Hurrah for Plan Bay AreaEditor,I read with interest your article on

Plan Bay Area (What is Plan BayArea? in the May 1 edition of the

Daily Journal). Its great to see leader-ship to address the extraordinaryhousing shortage in the region. Mywife and I plan to start a family andwant to find a new home. Its a realchallenge. Not only are the pricesexorbitant and getting worse, there isa dearth of housing options whichallow us to readily take the train orBARTto our jobs in San Franciscoand San Jose respectively.

Sure, we could find a more reason-ably priced home in a distant location and endure costly 90-minute com-mutes that compromise our quality oflife.

We are hopeful that we will be ableto find a home in the new BayMeadows development in San Mateo.This will be a beautiful new neighbor-hood with a wide range of homeoptions, with healthy walkable parksand amenities, right on Caltrain. Thecity of San Mateo is to be applaudedfor fostering exactly the kind ofdevelopment Plan Bay Area encour-ages.

This is about having choices, notjust l arge, expensive si ngle-fami lyhomes. We do not have enoughhomes close to work centers forsmaller families and seniors, espe-cially that are affordable to all those

who are not on a high-tech salary.Plan Bay Area will provide a better

mix of homes for the region, helpease the cost of homes, foster bettercommunities and reduce pollution.

Sounds pretty good to us.

Rafael Reyes

San Mateo

Prove itEditor,WRA wants the public to under-

stand that there are millions of peo-ple successfully treated for addictionwho now lead healthy, productive

lives. (Guest perspective by DebbieTate, from the May 2 edition of theDaily Journal). It is now time toprove this statement by reviewinglongitudinal studies that confirm suc-cess or failure rates beyond two years.Real success yells out for proof andmost administrators of these pro-grams really dont know without fol-

lowing recipients for moe than 20

years.

If you cant prove this, then why

try to buffalo the public into think-

ing otherwise to achieve more fund-

ing?I suggest that all programs, includ-

ing Womens Recovery Associat ion,

have a performance audit yearly and

conduct ongoing longitudinal studies

of those who have undertaken this

program, as well as other programs in

the state. My bet is that after two

years of completing the program,

there will be an 80 percent recidivism

rate. All social net programs should

have built-in longitudinal studies and

sign ificant top-down yearly audits.

It is not enough to have a 20 per-

cent success rate without tweaking

program elements. We should not

accept minimal success that the tax-payer and private sources may be

funding.

Jack Kirkpatrick

Redwood City

Letters to the editor

By Jim Clifford

Inever met Pete Uccelli, but thecurrent controversy broughtback images of the many bumper

stickers I saw in the 1980s that readSave Petes Harbor. A volunteer inthe Redwood City Library history

room, I decided to find out about Peteand what people wanted to save himfrom or for.

Pete, who died in 2005 at 84, can besummed up as a really interestingguy. For one thing, he owned a har-bor, but never a boat, tellingreporters a boat was a hole in thewater you poured money into. Hepreferred airplanes and was the pilotof a single-engined Cessna who,despite his many ties to water, spentmuch of his time in landlockedNevada, where he owned a few hundredacres of barren desert.

Uccelli was often described asfiercely independent, which mayhave been an understatement. Asignpainted in the colors of the Italian

flag told visitors they were leavingthe United States. The sign had a bitof rancor about it, which I thoughtwas strong stuff coming from a WorldWar II Army veteran. Alitt le digging

and I found out thatPete loved theUnited States, buthe did, indeed, havea fight with thestate of California,namely the StateLands Commission.

In the 1970s and

80s, people ralliedaround Pete. Notonly were there the omnipresentbumper stickers, 10,000 RedwoodCity residents signed a petition back-ing Petes ownership of the land. Thestate claimed it had made an error dur-ing a survey conducted more than 100years ago, a contention that seems tobe lost in the current controversy.

The state argued that the surveyingerror resulted in the land, which wastidelands, being classified improperlyas swampland when it was conveyedinto private ownership starting backin the 1850s.

As well as the petition, Petes back-ers took out an expensive newspaperad that said they were outraged by

this small businessmans privateproperty rights being threatened bythe state.

The petition in the present dispute,which was signed by around 700 peo-

ple, said the public saved PetesHarbor in the 70s and 80s for use

as a harbor and marina.On the contrary, my research shows

that Pete Uccelli wanted to see hisland developed someday and that hisfight is still with the land commis-sion.

The Journal of Local History staff isstill investigating, but we have nodoubt that the story is much biggerthan Petes Harbor.

Jim Clifford retired in 2000 after spend-

ing 40 years as a news reporter, a span

split between UPI and AP. He volun-

teers at the San Mateo County History

Museum, the Redwood Library History

Room and the San Francisco

International Airport museum. He and

his wife Peggy, both San Francisco

natives, raised their seven children in

Redwood City.

Save Pete from what? Education in

collaboration

You cant tell by l ooking. You also cant rely onstereotypes and assumptions. Take the recentpublic service announcement by San Mateo

County Assemblyman Rich Gordon and his Republicancounterpart Assemblyman Brian Jones of Santee. The pair

joined forces to le t the public know they can go online fora number of Department of Motor Vehicle services, whichis admittedly important and maybe a little interesting who actually likes going into a DMV office? but onpaper looks about as low on the news priority list as onecan get on an average day. At least, tha ts the assumption .

But the PSA is just the frosting on a slice of politics alot more interesting than usingthe Internet for name changes andlearner permits.

The two men couldnt be moredifferent if they tried. Gordon isfrom Northern California, aDemocrat, gay. Jones is fromSouthern California, Republican,conservative, religious and itmay go without saying not a bigfan of same-sex marriage. Jones

wasnt available to offer his twocents on the unlikely friendshipbut Gordon expects his assump-tions about him were probably asnarrow as his own. When Gordon hears somebody is anevangelical Christian, his guard goes up and he assumesthey wont be welcoming him with open arms so he canonly imagine what Jones initially expected from the gayguy from Northern California. And yet, Gordon said,when Jones constituents ask him if there is anybody inSacramento with whom he gets along he has to admit itmight be the first openly gay person hes ever known.This doesnt mean their philosophies meet somewhere inthe middle. Theyve never voted alike and their perspec-tives are pretty polar opposite, Gordon said.

In fact, in Gordons first year, Jones joined otherRepublicans walking off the Assembly floor during a gaypride recognition event.

That said, the men developed a social relationship and

while they might not agree Gordon said he respects Jonesvalues because those are who he is.While both served on a budget committee, the pair

learned about the DMVs online presence and figured outpretty quickly it was a useful service that nobody knewabout. APSA was in order but what happened next is prob-ably a good example of why nothing ever seems to getdone at the capitol each party has a small televisionstudio for filming that exact type of PSA but theRepublicans wouldnt OK Gordon in their space and thesame went with the Democrats toward Jones. Whoeversaid the Hatfields and McCoys had anything on partisansquabbling?

Long story short, Gordon and Jones opted to film in anactual DMV office but could only do so after hours whenthere are no actual customers. Staff, friends and a few DMVemployees were called to play the role of clients.Gordons husband, Dr. Dennis McShane, is even in thebackground filling out a form. His day as an extra also

gave Gordon the chance to introduce his other half toJones.

Does all this mean that Jones is ready to throw hisweight behind more traditionally liberal causes or thatGordon is itching to lean away from his Democratic plat-form? Not necessarily.

But Gordon says while he cant speak for Jones, theconservative lawmaker has certainly helped him overcomesome of his own stereotypes about people unlike himself.

Ayear after Jones joined his fellow GOP-ers in walkingoff the floor, Gordon said he fully expected a repeat per-formance at the next recognition ceremony. Instead,Jones stayed.

He told me, I know you, Gordon remembered.Isnt that often the first step of changing ones mind

about a long-held perception, knowing somebody andfinding out that a label doesnt begin to scratch the sur-face?

Gordon thinks his friendship with Jones proves that dif-ferences are sometimes less important as people get toknow each other.

Hes right. Respect doesnt have to mean agreement.And thinking you know what somebody is all about does-nt mean you know who they are at all.

Maybe thats what people and legislation have in com-mon. Both are usually much more than skin deep.

Michelle Durands column Off the Beat runs every Tuesday

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Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday on the NewYork Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:NYSETyson Foods Inc.,down 83 cents at $24.10The meat company said that its second-quarter net income fell 42 percent.The company also cut its full-year revenue forecast.Bridgepoint Education Inc.,down 18 cents at $10.83The for-profit college operator said that its first-quarter net incomedropped 29 percent as student enrollments continued to fall.Westlake Chemical Corp.,up $6.49 at $88.94The chemical companys net income rose 40 percent thanks to strongincome from its olefins and vinyls units as well as lower costs.WellCare Health Plans Inc.,down 88 cents at $56.38Shares of the Medicaid and Medicare provider fell after reporting lastweek that its first-quarter net income fell 58 percent.Humana Inc.,up $1.56 at $75.49A J.P.Morgan analyst upgraded the insurers stock rating,saying it shouldbe able to grow its Medicare Advantage enrollment.NasdaqGoogle Inc.,up $15.83 at $861.55Shares of the Internet search company hit an all-time high of $861.85.Thestock is up over 20 percent since the start of the year.Tesco Corp.,down 69 cents at $12.02The oil and natural gas drilling service providers first-quarter net incomefell 39 percent,hurt by reduced North America rig activity.3D Systems Corp.,up $3.29 at $43.17S&P Dow Jones Indices said that the printing companys stock is beingadded into its S&P MidCap 400 index.

Big movers

By Matthew CraftTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK Bank of America led arally in big-bank stocks in mostly quiettrading on Monday. Stock indexes endedlittle changed following a record-settingrun last week.

News that Bank of America and MBIA,a bond-insurance company, had reacheda settlement over a long-running disputepropelled both companies stocks up.BofAwill pay $1.7 billion to MBIA andextend the troubled company a creditline.

MBIA soared 45 percent, or $4.46, to$14.29. Bank of America gained 5 per-cent, or 64 cents, to $12.88, making itthe leading company in the Dow Jonesindustrial average.

The Dow slipped 5.07 points to closeat 14,968.89. The Standard & Poors500 index crept up 3.08 points to1,617.50, a gain of 0.2 percent.

Six of the 10 industry groups in theS&P500 rose, with financial companiesin the lead.

No major economic reports came outMonday, but a handful of companiesreported their quarterly results. TysonFoods, the nations largest meat-pro-cessing company, fell 3 percent, thebiggest drop in the Standard & Poors500 index, after saying its net incomesank as costs for chicken feed rose.

Tysons stock lost 83 cents to $24.10.Companies have reported solid quar-

terly profits so far this earnings season.Seven of every 10 big companies in theS&P 500 have beat the earnings esti-mates of financial analysts, according toS&P Capital IQ. But revenue has lookedweak: six of 10 have missed revenueforecasts.

Yet again, corporations continue todo more with less, said Dan Veru, thechief investment officer of PalisadeCapital Management.

Veru said the trend is likely to lead tomore mergers in the coming months, ascash-rich companies look for ways toraise their revenue. A wave of mergerscould shift the stock markets rally intoa higher gear, he said.

The stock market cleared new mile-stones Friday after the government

reported that employers added moreworkers to their payrolls in recentmonths. The unemployment rate fell to7.5 percent, the lowest level in fouryears.

That news sent the Dow throughthe 15,000 mark for the first time,while the S&P 500 closed above

1,600, another first.In Monday trading, the Nasdaq com-

posite rose 14.34 points to 3,392.97,an increase of 0.4 percent. The price ofcrude oil edged up 55 cents to $96.16 andgold rose $3.80 to $1,468.10 an ounce.

In the market for U.S. governmentbonds, the yield on the 10-year noteinched up to 1.76 percent from 1.74 per-cent late Friday.

Berkshire Hathaway rose 1.3 percent,or $1.36, to $110. Warren Buffetts com-pany turned in earnings late Friday thattrumped analysts estimates for bothprofit and revenue. Berkshire reportedstrong gains from its insurance units,Geico and General Reinsurance, itsBNSF Railway company and otherinvestments.

In a round of television interviews onMonday, Buffett said that the stock mar-

ket still appears reasonably priced eventhough major indexes are at all-timehighs. By contrast, bonds are a terribleinvestment right now, he said. Buffettexplained that with interest rates at his-toric lows, a buyer of long-term bonds isbound to take a loss when rates eventual-ly rise.

BofA leads banks up; S&P 500 index ekes out gainYet again,corporations

continue to do more with less.

Dan Veru,the chief investment officer of Palisade Capital Management

By Stephen OhlemacherTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON The Senate sided withtraditional retailers and financially strappedstate and local governments Monday bypassing a bill that would widely subjectonline shopping for many a largely tax-free frontier to state sales taxes.

The Senate passed the bill by a vote of 69to 27, getting support from Republicans

and Democrats alike. But opposition fromsome conservatives who view it as a taxincrease will make it a tougher sell in theHouse. President Barack Obama has con-veyed his support for the measure.

Under current law, states can only requireretailers to collect sales taxes if the storehas a physical presence in the state.

That means big retailers with stores allover the country like Wal-Mart, Best Buyand Target collect sales taxes when they sell

goods over the Internet. But online retailerslike eBay and Amazon dont have to collectsales taxes, except in states where theyhave offices or distribution centers.

As a result, many online sales are tax-free, giving Internet retailers an advantageover brick-and-mortar stores.

We ought to have a structure in place inthe states that treats all retail the same,said Matthew Shay, president and CEO ofthe National Retail Federation. Small

retailers are collecting (sales tax) on thefirst dollar of any sale they make, and itsonly fair that other retailers who are sellingto those same customers the same producthave those same obligations.

The bill would empower states to requirebusinesses to collect taxes for productsthey sell on the Internet, in catalogs andthrough radio and TV ads. Under the legisla-tion, the sales taxes would be sent to thestate where the shopper lives.

Senate passes bill letting states tax online sales

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LOS ANGELES Disney is not giving upon Star Wars video games after all.

A month after shutting down game pro-duction at Lucasfilm subsidiary LucasArts,

The Walt Disney Co. said Monday that ithad entered multi-year deal with ElectronicArts Inc. to develop new Star Wars videogames.

According to a statement, EA will developgames for a core gaming audience while

Disney will retain the right to develop titlesfor mobile devices, social platforms andonline.

Terms were not disclosed.Disney is aiming to make its money-los-

ing interactive unit profitable this year and

shifting some game development costselsewhere should help.

Disney bought Lucasfilm for $4.06 bil-lion in December. The company said lastmonth that it will release a new Star Warsmovie every year starting in 2015.

Disney teams with Electronic Arts Inc. on Star Wars video games

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M-A Bears freshman sets four new records at PALsBy Julio LaraDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

If its true that you only get one chance tomake a first impression then its safe to saythat Menlo-Athertons Brooke Stenstromhas the entire Peninsula Athletic Leagueshaking right about now.

Its not that the PAL hadnt seen the fresh-man swimmer before Saturdays Bay

Division championship meet shesalready been tearing things up with a finedual meet season that saw the Bears go unde-feated at 6-0. Its just that on Saturday thefreshman had her very own coming outparty with the entire league watching.

And the party was of the record-breakingvariety. Not once. But four, yes four, times.

The 200-yard girls medley relay. NewPAL meet record.

The 50-yard freestyle. New PAL meet andM-A record.

The 100-yard freestyle. New PAL meet andM-A record.

The 400-yard freestyle relay. New M-Arecord.

It was a long meet on Saturday, said M-A coach Jane Worden. She was busy the

entire day. It was a very exciting meet foreverybody but especially for Brooke.

The Stenstrom family is no stranger toswimming at a high level. Brookes motherLori, a former Stanford Cardinal swimmer,is now the head coach of the Bears team that

By Raul DominguezTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN ANTONIO Manu Ginobilis 3-pointer from the wing with 1.2 seconds leftin double overtime lifted the San AntonioSpurs to a thrilling 129-127 victory overthe Golden State Warriors and StephenCurrys 44 points in Game 1 of theirWestern Conference semifinals Mondaynight.

The Spurs trailed by 16 points with 4 min-utes left in regulation before going on an18-2 run to close the fourth quarter and forceovertime.

They trailed 127-126 with 3.9 secondsleft in the second overtime before Ginobilihit his 3-pointer off a cross-court inboundspass from Kawhi Leonard.

Its only the second one I made all day,Ginobili said. Good timing though.

Golden State had one final chance butJarrett Jacks 3-pointer from the top of thekey was off. After trailing by so manypoints late Ginobili wasnt sure how histeam rallied for the improbable victory.

I have no clue. I really got to watch it tosee what happened, he said. They startedmissing shots. Steph was unbelievable inthe third quarter.

Tony Parker scored 28 points to lead SanAntonio while Danny Green added 22points, Leonard had 18 and Ginobili 16.

Tim Duncan finished with 19 points and11 rebounds in 35 minutes. Duncan, who isbattling a stomach bug, left the game with 3minutes left in regulation and only playedthe final seconds of each overtime.

Curry had 11 assists and was 18 for 35from the field and 6 for 14 on 3-pointers forGolden State, which has lost 30 straight inSan Antonio dating back to Feb. 14, 1997.

Could Peninsula baseball fans haveasked for better races than this sea-son? Heading into the final week

of the regular season, not only are thePeninsula Athletic Leagues Bay and Oceandivisions still up for grabs, only two of thesix Central CoastSection playoff spotsappear to be locked up but even that couldchange.

Heres what I know:the PAL gets six auto-matic berths into theCCS tournament thetop four from the Bayand the top two from theOcean.

Sequoias sweep of

Mills pulled theCherokees into a first-place tie with the Vikings and barring amammoth upset, the two will take the twoCCS berths from the Ocean. Assuming bothteams win this week against Westmoorand Jefferson, which are a combined 2-22in league play Sequoia will be the divi-sion s top seed based on the head-to-headtiebreaker with Mills, which will go as theNo. 2 team.

By Julio Lara

DAILY JOURNAL STAFF

The San Mateo girlsswim team has put abow on a very special 2013 season.

After going 8-0 during the dual meet sea-son, the Bearcats capped off their PeninsulaAthletic League year with a win at the OceanDivision championships over the weekend.

In what turned out to be an exciting race tothe finish, San Mateo held off El CaminoHigh School by seven points to win themeet (226-219) and they accomplished

the championship with only two gold medalfinishes.

With the teams knotted very close in thestandings come event 45, the 400-yardfreestyle relay, it was San Mateos third-place finish and El Caminos ninth thatmade the difference.

San Mateos two golds were specialthough as they involved sophomore sensa-tion Julia Hansen, who, according to SanMateo head coach Rich Farley, showed greatspirit and leadership for a well-balancedBearcats squad. Hansen won the 100-yardbutterfly (1:01.14) and the 100-yard breast-

By Julio LaraDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

From the state that brought you the worldchampionship of duck calling, JohnnyCash and Bill Clinton, comes an export thatpaid off locally on the baseball diamond.

The National Association ofIntercollegiate Athletics West Group end ofthe year honors were announced last week-end with Menlo Colleges Jimmy Boscoearning top billing as Player of the Year bya vote of the groups head coaches.

Bosco, a junior outfielder, batted .426,

the second best mark in the conference aftertransferring from the University of

Arkansas and enrolling atMenlo during the springsemester.

Boscos home runs(15), slugging percent-age (.805), and runs bat-ted in (56) were all topsin the group. He tied forfirst in runs scored with51. His 2013 campaignalso included a slew of

top rankings on the national stage includ-

ing first overall in total bases (153), totalbases per game (2.942), the aforementionedslugging percentage (.805) and fielding per-centage (1.000).

I knew he was a talented player, saidMenlo manager Stefan McGovern. Therewas no question there. He never took aseries off and never struggled for more thana couple of games. Ive never seen a playerbe given almost like, the Bonds treatment where they were set on not letting oneplayer beat them.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

See AOTW, Page 14

See NBA, Page 15

SeeMENLO, Page 14 See OCEAN Page 13

See LOUNGE, Page 13

Missed opportunityGolden State lets abig 4th quarter leadslip away,falls in 2OT

Oaks manager Stefan McGovern named West Manager of the Year

REUTERS

Warriorsguard Klay Thompson goes up for a shot in Golden States Game 1 loss to the Spurs.

PAL racesheating up

Real tight races

defined Oceanchampionships

Menlos Bosco wins Player of the Year

Jimmy Bosco

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By Josh DubowTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN JOSE San Jose Sharkscoach Todd

McLellan seesno need toremind histeam of theprecariousnessof a 3-0 serieslead in theStanley Cupplayoffs.

The Sharksnearly squan-dered that advantage the last timethey held it, needing the full sevengames to eliminate Detroit in thesecond round two years ago.

With many of the same coreplayers still around, McLellan iscontent to let past experienceserve as the teaching tool heading

into Game 4 of the series onTuesday night at the Shark Tank.

We just left it alone, McLellansaid. Our group is mature enough.They should know whats c oming,what to expect and how torespond.

Given the comments coming outof the dressing room on Monday,its clear McLellan is correct.Players echoed the mantra that thefourth win in a series is always thehardest and insisted nothing hadbeen won yet despite a decisive 5-2 win in Game 3 that followed twonarrow victories in Vancouver.

I was here when we wentthrough that and we let a team backinto a series, center Logan

Couture said. Obviously it wentseven games. We were fortunate towin it. We let them back in. Thatssomething we dont want to do.We want to put them away in Game

4. Theres one big difference from

that series two years ago when theSharks eked out three straight one-goal wins to build their cushionover the Red Wings. Their edgeover the Canucks so far has beenmore convincing, especially inthe 5-2 thrashing on Sunday.

The power play clicked to tie afranchise record with three goals,the defense kept pressure off goal-tender Antti Niemi and the Sharksshowed discipline to stay out ofthe penalty box even when thegame got testy.

The Canucks feel there is anoth-er factor: embellishment.

Defenseman Kevin Bieksa sin-

gled out Couture and Sharks cap-tain Joe Thornton for exaggerat-ing contact to draw penalties.Bieksa said Couture flails everytime he is touched and blamedThornton for taking off his gloveand shaking his wrist to draw aslashing penalty on Dan Hamhuisthat led to a 5-on-3 goal thatopened the scoring Sunday.

Those are two Canadian guysthat are supposed to be playingthe game with integrity, Bieksasaid. Maybe our team has to domore of that. Maybe we have tosell calls.

The Canucks have earned quite areputation for embellishmentthemselves over the years with

Ryan Kesler and Alex Burrowsconsidered two of the main viola-tors.

In fact, Kesler crumbled to theice grabbing his throat after tak-

ing a high stick from PatrickMarleau on the helmet strapSunday. Kesler quickly recoveredand stayed in the game for theensuing power play.

The Sharks had eight powerplays in Game 3, while Vancouvergot only two chances with theman advantage.

Thats always something we talkabout especially when they have apotent power play like they have,Marleau said. At playoff time youhave to try to stay disciplined andnot let your emotions get the betterof you sometimes after the whistlewith pushing and shoving.

The talk of diving may have beena tactic to divert the conversation

from Vancouvers brutal recentplayoff past.

After beating the Sharks in theWestern Conference finals and tak-ing a 3-2 lead in the Stanley Cupfinals over Boston two years ago,the Canucks have been downrightabysmal in the postseason.

Vancouver has lost nine of itspast 10 playoff games, having alsofallen behind 3-0 in the openinground a year ago to Los Angelesbefore being eliminated in fivegames.

The Canucks have 15 goals inthat span as a normally potentoffense led by the Sedin twins hasdisappeared of late in the postsea-son.

By Janie McCauleyTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN FRANCISCO Cliff Leeshut down the Giants once againwith eight strong innings,Michael Young hit a two-run dou-ble among his three hits, and thePhiladelphia Phillies stopped SanFranciscos season-best six-gamewinning streak with a 6-2 victoryMonday night.

Domonic Brown hit a solo homerun and Delmon Young and JimmyRollins each added sacrifice flies asthe Phillies began a seven-gametrip.

Lee (3-2) outpitched fellowsouthpaw Madison Bumgarner andkept intact his perfect career regu-lar-season record against theGiants.

Hunter Pence hit a solo homer,double and single against his for-mer club. His sixth homer of theseason, in the second inning,snapped a 21-inning scorelessstretch by Lee against SanFrancisco.

Lee is 5-0 with a 0.88 ERAin sixregular-season starts against theGiants, including 4-0 with a 0.84ERA in five of those outings atAT&T Park.

He struck out six and didnt walka batter for the first time this sea-son in a 102-pitch performance.Lee also singled in the fourth forhis third hit of 2013.

The two runs and three of the five

hits Lee allowed were to formerPhillies teammate Pence, acquired

by the Giants at last summerstrade deadline.

Pence singled leading off thefifth and doubled to start theeighth. He scored when shortstopRollins threw wildly past first foran error after fielding FranciscoPegueros infield singl e.

Jonathan Papelbon pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his sixth save in asmany chances, and his 11thstraight scoreless appearance.

The Giants couldnt keep theirwinning streak going on a nightHall of Famer Willie Mays wastreated to the singing of HappyBirthday in the middle of thefourth. The Say Hey Kid tippedhis cap from the suite level as thesellout crowd of 41,171 gave hima warm standing ovation on his82nd birthday.

Bumgarner (3-1) struck outseven but saw his winless stretchreach four starts since he won hisinitial three outings of the year.

Bumgarner escaped a bases-loaded jam in the first when hefielded Browns comebacker forthe final out. Bumgarner walkedChase Utley, loading the basesagain with two outs in the second,then Michael Young lined a two-run double to right.

Bumgarner received a moundvisit from pitching coach DaveRighetti and threw a wild pitch

past Ryan Howard.

Sharks look to close outCanucks with 4-0 sweep

Todd McLellan

Phillies cool off

the S.F. Giants

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won the PAL girls regular seasonand meet titles.

And actually, the two former M-A records were held by MaryEdwards Lori Stenstroms for-mer college roommate. Brookewas also the flower girl at Edwardswedding when she was 4 years old.

Yes, its a small world. But nodoubt, Lori Stenstrom is alreadymaking a big splash in it.

For her efforts, Lori Stenstromis the Daily Journal Athlete of the

Week.

We had full confidence in herability and how shes been swim-ming at each meet during the sea-son, Worden said of the coachingstaffs attitude heading into thePALs biggest meet. Shes swamreally well and shes had a greatwinter so far. So we were fully con-fident in her ability.

Stenstrom rewarded the confi-dence right out of the chute byswimming the anchor leg of M-As200-yard medley relay win.

Twelve races later, Stenstromwas back in the pool and posted a23.54 in the 50-free almost twoseconds ahead of Kristen Denneyof Carlmont for her second recordof the day.

She was just very happy,

Worden said. And we were allsuper happy and proud of her. Wecelebrated. But then she got downto the next race and knew she was-nt done. And shes still not done.Shes got CCS this weekend andits going to be a big challenge.Theres some super fast kids there.So, I think its great. We cele-brate. But then we focus on whatscoming up.

Stenstrom proved she has thatkind of focus by getting rightback into the pool and chasingdown the 2004 record of KatherineWong in the 100-yard freestyle.She was almost three seconds bet-ter than everyone else in that racewhich set her third record of the

day.

I swam, Worden said ofStenstroms 100, and the timethat she swam, Im familiar withhow fast she went. And, it waspretty dang impressive. Shes get-ting there. Shes getting up therein the world of the really eliteswimmers.

Stenstrom capped off the magi-cal day by swimming the anchoron the 400-yard freestyle thatclinched the team title for theBears. Stenstrom, along withMaddie Pont, Nicole Zanolli andKindle Van Linge, set a newMenlo-Atherton record in theprocess.

You know, I dont think itdoes, Worden said when asked if

Stenstrom exceeded expectations

with her championship meet. Ithink we had the full belief that

Brooke was capable of it from the

beginning of the season essen-

tially. No, I think it was an awe-

some performance but we thought

she had it in her all season long.

Shes been great. Shes a very

calm, very well-liked girl on the

team. Its been easy. Everyone

respects her and she respects

everyone else so you wouldnt be

able to pick her out of the crowd as

the superstar because she doesnt

act like it. She just fits with every-

one else and we all care about each

other. Brooke is no different.

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AOTW

Bosco batted .533 while leadingthe Oaks to a runner-up finish inthe NAIA West Group Tournament losing to tourney hostConcordia University. His eighttournament hits included a doublewhile knocking in four runs. He

also hit the tournaments onlyhome run. Bosco will also receivea Gold Glove award for his defensein the Oaks outfield as he was notcharged with a single error in 102chances on the season.

His defense is one of thoseareas where he proved everyonewrong, McGovern said, addingthat Bosco didnt play any outfieldduring his time at Arkansas.

Bosco wasnt the only Oak hon-ored. McGovern, in his secondseason as the Menlo front man,was named the groups Manager ofthe Year.

McGovern led Menlo to a 19-9conference record and a 30-win

regular season and was selected bythe seven other managers in theconference.

Its humbling, McGovernsaid. Its definitely an honor. Youset goals for yourself at the begin-ning of the year for the season

overall, interms of winsand whatnotand. If youa c c o m p l i s hthose, every-

thing else pret-ty much takescare of itself.But its definite-ly an honorwhen the othercoaches honor

you with that.In just his second season at the

helm of the Oaks, McGovern hasamassed 64 wins, claimed a grouptournament championship and asecond-place finish.

Id be lying if I didnt say Iwouldnt trade it all for a regionalbid. Unfortunately, we fell one winshort of that.

The 2013 All-NAIA West GroupTeam was also announced with fiveOaks earning a spot. With fivemembers on the team, Menlo tiedthe University of BritishColumbia as the most decoratedteam in the group. Bosco, DanielComstock, Derek Martinez, JamesJensen and Corey Metoyer allsecured a place on the list.

Comstock turned heads behindthe plate for the Oaks in his fresh-man campaign. Only a freshman,Comstock hit .317 with four homeruns, 11 doubles and 29 RBIs.

Metoyer was the Oaks primarydesignated hitter in 2013. He con-cluded his career with Menlo bybatting .301 with three homeruns, 13 doubles, 46 RBIs and a.428 slugging percentage.

The Menlo pitching staff wasthe best in the conference with a2.88 earned run average and 352strikeouts.

Martinez paved the way for theMenlo starting rotation with thebest ERA of all starters (2.03) anda conference-best 83 strikeouts.Martinez tossed two complete

game shutouts and held opponentsto a .237 batting average whilecollecting five wins in his seniorseason. He finished his Menlocareer as the programs careerleader in innings pitched, winsand strikeouts.

Jensen compiled six winsincluding three complete-gameshutouts, and a 2.34 ERA. His sea-son was highlighted by his com-plete-game one-hitter on March30 against Oregon Tech when hedid not face a batter over the mini-mum and struck out nine.

You really cant say enoughabout our pitching, McGovernsaid. The starting staff as well asour bullpen was outstanding allyear.

The Oaks also picked up a pair ofGold Gloves.

Along with Bosco, Kyer Vega,Menlo first baseman, took homesome defensive ha rdware. Vegacommitted just two errors in 380chances and recorded 341 putoutsand 37 assists.

Menlo fielded .970 as a team in2013.

Continued from page 11

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Stefan

McGovern

Sports brief

Utah prosecutor weighscharges in soccer ref death

SALT LAKE CITY A Utahprosecutor said Monday he plansto decide soon what charges to fileagainst a teenager accused ofpunching a soccer referee who laterdied after slipping into a weeklongcoma.

Authorities say the 17-year-oldstruck Ricardo Portillo in the headlast month during a recreationalleague match after the refereecalled a penalty against him.

Hours later, the 46-year-old wentinto a coma. He never regainedconsciousness and died Saturday.An autopsy was performed the nextday, authorities said, but th