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DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
With school back in session for
many children along the
Peninsula, the Samaritan House is
helping needy elementary and
middle school students start the
year off right with the loads of
school supplies.
The San Mateo-based nonprot
held its second backpack give-
away of the summer and its rst
ever ofcial event for the distribu-
tion of the backpacks for its
clients Friday, Aug. 22. Excited
parents and children ried through
piles of the backpacks to pick out
particular colors or styles they
liked.
This year the nonprot collect-
ed about 500 backpacks, stuffed
with school supplies like note-
books, folders, highlighters, pen-
cils, rulers and other items.
We want every kid to start the
year as ready and as special as any
other kid, said CEO Bart Dunbar.
They all start with some bright
new backpacks and school sup-
plies. We want every child to start
the year with dignity.
The two largest donors to the
drive were Central Peninsula
Churchs Foster City High School
Ministry, who donated nearly 200
backpacks, and Western Hills
Church, who donated nearly 150
backpacks. More than 20 volun-
teers, along with staff members,
Nonprofit hosts its largest back-to-school drive yet
Samaritan House collected 500 backpacks, school supplies
REUTERS
Damage to a downtown building, top left, a crack at U.S. Post Ofce building, top right, and fallen wine bottles
at Cult Following Wine Bar, bottom, are seen after a magnitude-6.0 earthquake hit Napa Sunday morning.
By Michelle Durand
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
As the desire for hillside homes
in Redwood City grows, city lead-
ers are seeking ways to balance
development with preservation of
the areas character and aesthetics.
The city is in the beginning
steps of drawing up new design
guidelines or zoning regulations
by inviting the public next week
to a community workshop about
construction in the hilly areas.
Weve had a couple of con-
tentious issues on the hillside
which highlight that we dont
have a common understanding of
what should be there, Senior
Planner Diana ODell said.
One was the Laurel Way Joint
Venture Project which ultimately
led to a lawsuit lodged against the
city by opponents who said the
city violated state environmental
requirements and its own zoning
ordinances and general plan by
approving a 16-house develop-
ment on steeply sloped lots that
may be prone to landslides. The
proposal for the undeveloped,
4.75 acre site, rst submitted in
2007, was approved in January
and the suit led the following
month.
Save Laurel Way, the entity
fighting the Laurel Way Joint
Venture Project, claimed in the suit
Redwood City
looks at hillside
building rules
By Ellen Knickmeyer
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NAPA The largest earthquake
to hit the San Francisco Bay Area
in 25 years struck before dawn on
Sunday, sending scores of people
to hospitals, igniting res, dam-
aging historic buildings and
knocking out power to thousands
of homes and businesses in
Californias wine country.
The magnitude-6.0 quake, which
ruptured water mains and gas lines
and damaged some of the regions
famed wineries, sent residents run-
ning out of their homes in the
darkness. Three people - two
adults and a child - were critically
injured.
Dazed residents too fearful of
aftershocks to go back to bed wan-
dered through Napas historic
downtown, where the quake had
shorn a 10-foot chunk of bricks
and concrete from the corner of an
old county courthouse. Boulder-
sized pieces of rubble littered the
lawn and street in front of the
building and the hole left behind
allowed a view of the offices
inside.
College student Eduardo Rivera
said the home he shares with six
relatives shook so violently that
he kept getting knocked back into
his bed as he tried to ee.
When I woke up, my mom was
screaming, and the sound from the
earthquake was greater than my
moms screams, the 20-year-old
Quake hits Bay Area
By Samantha Weigel
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
An invitation from across the
world has led San Mateo to consid-
er forming a new sister city rela-
tionship if the public shows
enough support.
The City Council met Monday to
discuss a letter inviting the mayor,
vice mayor and city manager to
visit Laizhou City in eastern
China to consider forming a sister
city contact, according to a city
staff report.
Laizhou has a population of
880,000 and is known for its natu-
ral resources including gold, salt
and seafood production, as well as
its wind power generation plant,
according to the report. Laizhou
currently has two other sister city
relationships in Korea and Spain,
according to the report.
Im a humanitarian and they
dont really have quite a democracy
Invitation to build new sister city relationship
San Mateo considers
proposal from China
ANGELA SWARTZ/DAILY JOURNAL
Children picked up free backpacks at Samaritan House in San Mateo. See SCHOOL, Page 22
See HILLSIDE, Page 23
See SISTER, Page 23
Largest in 25 years, causes injuries, mass damage
See QUAKE, Page 21
Woman tackles man
fleeing police, then taunts him
RICHLAND, Wash. A40-year-old
woman tackled a 20-year-old man ee-
ing from police in Washington state,
then taunted him about being taken
down by a grandmother.
Richland police Capt. Mike Cobb
tells the Tri-City Herald that Becky
Powell was driving by Wednesday
when she saw the man run from of-
cers. She told her husband to speed
ahead of the eeing man, and got out
to confront him.
Powell says the man tried to stiff-
arm her, but she felled him, pulling
down his shorts in the process.
She says she got help pinning the
man down and asked him how it felt to
be taken down by a mother of ve and
a grandmother of three.
Cobb says police appreciated
Powells actions but warned people
not to get involved in police matters.
Cobb says the man ran because he had
an outstanding warrant.
Firefighters rescue
poodle with paw stuck in drain
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. A poodle
was freed with the help of Albuquerque
reghters after one of its paws got
stuck in a bathtub drain for several
hours.
Twelve-year-old Selene Ortega told
KRQE-TVthat she was giving her dog,
Morita, a bath Friday at her northeast
Albuquerque home when the poodle
started screaming.
Ortega says she and her family
called their veterinarian, a plumber
and then 911.
A 911 dispatcher contacted
Albuquerque Animal Welfare. The
agency ended up calling the re depart-
ment.
Fireghters tried to use lotion and
shampoo to get Moritas paw out.
They eventually cut open the bathtub.
Morita, drain and all, was taken to a
vet, who successfully removed it.
Other than some swelling, the dog
will recover.
Animal Welfare officials say pet
owners should use drain covers.
Coffee shop on honor
system works in North Dakota
VALLEYCITY, N.D. The owner of
a North Dakota coffee shop is attered
his decision to operate the business
on the honor system garnered interna-
tional attention earlier this summer,
but those who equate it to the good-
ness of all humanity might want to
help themselves to a decaf K-Cup.
David Brekke says its about small-
town living where people know their
neighbors.
Brekke and his wife, Kimberly, run
The Vault coffee shop in Valley City, a
town of about 6,700 people thats
about 45 minutes from Fargo. They
renovated a nearly 100-year-old bank
building and cut down on overhead by
cutting out baristas.
The food and drink is located on a
refurbished teller counter at the front
of the shop. Coffee lovers can choose
java from a commercial brewer, com-
plete with gourmet creams and avor-
ings, or individual servings from a
Keurig brewing system, or K-Cups.
There also are soft drinks and home-
made pastries.
This unusual setup has given cus-
tomers a sense of ownership, helped
revitalize the citys downtown - and,
in the rst 10 months of the business,
brought in about 15 percent more
money than the asking price.
I think that people who havent
grown up in a small, tight-knit com-
munity like this are very surprised by
honesty, Brekke said.
For David Brekke, who works from
home as a business consultant, the
idea seemed logical. He grew up in a
small town in Minnesota where one of
his neighbors used to leave corn on
the cob in the yard with a cardboard
box as cash register.
Nobody ever took the box with the
money in it, Brekke said.
The Vaults customers can pay by
credit card, cash or check. Theres a
note below the cash slot that says No.
I.O.U.s. Another placard notes that
exact change is not necessary ... round
down and give yourself a break or round
up and help us stay in business.
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1944
During World War II, Paris was liberat-
ed by Allied forces after four years of
Nazi occupation. Romania declared
war on former ally Germany.
"Failure is the condiment
that gives success its avor."
Truman Capote (1924-1984).
Actor Sean
Connery is 84.
Television chef
Rachael Ray is 46.
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Firefighters battled a three-alarm apartment fire at 950 Regent Court in Redwood City Sunday night. The blaze
was reported shortly after 7 p.m. and engulfed a second-story unit at the two-story apartment complex. At least one
resident was displaced.
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mid 60s. Southwest winds 10 to 20
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then becoming sunny. Highs in the
mid 60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
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becoming cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
Wednesday through Fri day ni ght: Mostly cloudy.
Highs in the upper 60s to mid 70s. Lows in the upper 50s.
Saturday: Mostly cloudy. Aslight chance of rain. Highs
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I n 1 7 1 8, hundreds of French colonists arrived in
Louisiana, with some settling in present-day New
Orleans.
I n 1825, Uruguay declared independence from Brazil.
I n 1916, the National Park Service was established
within the Department of the Interior.
I n 1921, the United States signed a peace treaty with
Germany.
I n 1943, U.S.-led Allied troops liberated New Georgia
in the Solomon Islands from Japanese forces during
World War II.
I n 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a
measure providing pensions for former U.S. presidents
and their widows.
I n 1960, opening ceremonies were held for the Summer
Olympics in Rome.
I n 1967, George Lincoln Rockwell, founder of the
American Nazi Party, was shot to death in the parking lot
of a shopping center in Arlington, Virginia; former
party member John Patler was later convicted of the
ki l l i ng.
I n 1980, the Broadway musical "42nd Street" opened.
(Producer David Merrick stunned the cast and audience
during the curtain call by announcing that the show's
director, Gower Champion, had died earlier that day. )
I n 1981, the U.S. spacecraft Voyager 2 came within
63,000 miles of Saturn's cloud cover, sending back pic-
tures of and data about the ringed planet.
I n 1984, author Truman Capote was found dead in a Los
Angeles mansion; he was 59.
I n 1 9 8 9, Voyager 2 made its closest approach to
Neptune, its final planetary target .
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81. Movie director Hugh Hudson is 78. Author Frederick
Forsyth is 76. Actor David Canary is 76. Movie director John
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SAN CARLOS
DUI. A man was arrested for driving under
the inuence at El Camino Real and Cherry
Street before 11:19 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 21.
Arre s t. Police arrested a man for assault
with a deadly weapon and reckless driving at
El Camino Real and Holly Street before 8:51
p.m. Thursday, Aug. 21.
Vandal i sm. Property was vandalized at
Beverly and Bayview drives before 11 a.m.
Thursday, Aug. 21.
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
Theft. Medication was stolen from a blue
Chevy at the Rotary Plaza on Alida Way
before 9:25 a.m. Monday, Aug. 18.
Burglary. Two vehicles were broken into in a
hotel parking lot on South Airport Boulevard
before 12:02 a.m. Monday, Aug. 18.
Police reports
Intoxicated performance
Two men were seen urinating in bushes
and doing cartwheels in the middle of
the street at Palm Avenue and Gordon
Street in Redwood City before 12:25
p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 20.
A
carnival coming to town was a big
deal at one time.
Kids sensed the excitement of a carnival
coming to town weeks before the first
poster was put on telephone poles to
announce it.
It was probably the most exciting thing
to hit town during the year. The rides, the
food, the excitement of seeing all of the tent
attractions and the carnies who ran the
shows were exhilarating. In South San
Francisco, the traveling carnival would set
up their operations on the vacant lots along
Grand Avenue, just east of the City
Hall/Police Station and San Bruno used the
vacant lots across from Newells Bar on San
Mateo/Sylvan avenues. The weeds on the
lots were not a bother because they would
rapidly be trampled down when the shows
were set up and the people arrived to stroll
up and down the midway.
This was not a religious event as the grand
carnivals were in many cities like New
Orleans and Rio de Janeiro. Those events
had roots going back thousands of years and
lasted for weeks. The traveling carnivals
had their roots in the Worlds Columbian
Exposition (The Chicago Worlds Fair) that
was put on in 1893. The Chicago Worlds
Fair as it became to be called was a celebra-
tion of the arrival of Christopher
Columbus arrival in the New World in
1492. This worlds fair turned out to be the
biggest event that had occurred in America
(up to 1893). The number of people attend-
ing equaled about half of the U.S. popula-
tion at that time during its six-month run
that started in May 1, 1893 and closed in
Oct. 30, 1893. Chicago Fair Day attracted
more than 700,000 people, a record for out-
door fair attendance. During its run, the
Exposition drew nearly 26 million visitors.
It was huge.
Using 600 acres along Lake Michigans
South Shore, designers Daniel Burnham and
Frederick Law Olmsted attempted to make it
a Beaux Arts extravaganza. Its grandeur
exceeded all world fairs that had been put on
up to this time. Alternating electricity pio-
Traveling carnivals
AUTHORS COLLECTION
The original Ferris Wheel in 1893 at the
Chicago World Fair, Chicago.
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DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Its best to load up on DEET and check
for ticks year-round to prevent Lyme dis-
ease, not just during what was once
thought to be the typical West Coast tick
season in fall, according to a new study.
New research shows ticks that carry
Lyme disease in Northwest California are
active throughout the year, making the
threat of Lyme disease year-round, accord-
ing to researchers at the California
Department of Public Health Vector-borne
Disease Section and University of
California at Berkeley.
The most important thing is that Lyme
disease is in the Bay Area and we now
know it unfortunately its year-round,
said Linda Giampa, executive director of
the Bay Area Lyme Foundation. We want
people to enjoy, but be aware and do Lyme
checks.
In San Mateo County, the Mosquito and
Vector Control District collects western
black-legged ticks every year from its
parks, said Vector Ecologist Theresa
Shelton.
They are tested for borrelia burgdorferi,
the bacteria that can causes Lyme disease
and Borrelia miyamotoi, a bacteria that
can cause tick-borne relapsing fever, to
determine the infection rates at each park.
But while the district keeps its eye on
ticks, it does not proactively try to pre-
vent them itself.
We do not normally do any tick con-
trol, Shelton wrote in an email. We
focus on public education for residents to
increase awareness of tick-borne diseases
and help them prevent tick bites. ... The
district would consider tick control along
trails if the infection rates were excep-
tionally high.
Shelton said the district did some tick
control several years ago around a camp-
site where they were present around the
tent cabins but such efforts are not typi-
cal.
In general, we dont have a chemical
tick control program though because it
only temporarily reduces tick popula-
tions and we want to avoid widespread
pesticide applications in natural areas,
Shelton wrote.
Gampa said the new information on
ticks isnt reason to panic.
We dont want to be alarmist, Giampa
said. Everybody enjoys the outdoors and
goes hiking and biking and theres very,
very simple things to do.
Tips for preventing Lyme disease
include wearing socks, white, tucking
hair away in a hat, wearing long-sleeved
shirts, wearing light-colored clothing
and hiking boots. The most important
thing to do is tick checks when one gets
back from outdoor activities. Its also rec-
ommended to walk in the middle of trails
and avoid sitting on logs or leaning on
trees. Putting clothes in a hot dryer for
one hour after being in woods is also
advised. Also, using DEET for skin and
permethrin for your clothes can protect
one for six weeks. The group recommends
checking pets heads, legs and stomachs
and for ticks, Giampa said. If a tick is
found, its best to remove them as soon as
possible with tweezers.
Scott Morrow, San Mateo County pub-
lic health officer, said the county does get
a handful of Lyme disease cases reported.
We dont have a very good understand-
ing of the infection rate in the ticks, he
said. The adults tend to run in the 1 to 2
percent ranges, while infantile ticks can
have really high infection rates.
Morrow is part of a state Lyme disease
advisory task force.
Theres been a lot of public education
that yes, you can get Lyme disease in
California.
In San Mateo County, ticks carrying
Lyme disease were confirmed in Jasper
Ridge Biologic Preserve, Pulgas Ridge
Open Space Preserve, Thornewood Open
Space Preserve, Windy Hill Open Space
Preserve and Wunderlich County Park.
The new findings suggest that the tim-
ing of peak tick activity of western black-
legged ticks the ticks most commonly
known to carry Lyme disease in Northwest
California is largely predictable and
year-round. In general, tick larvae are
active April to June, and sometimes activ-
ity extends into October, while adult ticks
are active from October to May. From
January to October, nymphal ticks
younger and smaller than adult ticks but
older than larvae become active.
Arecent study published in a journal of
the Centers for Disease Control that found
that ticks carrying the bacteria that cause
Lyme disease are widespread in the San
Francisco Bay Area.
Based on these results, tick season in
Northwestern California is longer than
even we expected and quite different from
patterns in the Northeast USA, said study
author Daniel Salkeld, a research scientist
at Colorado State University, said in a
prepared statement.
Salkeld is now supported by the Bay
Area Lyme Foundation to continue
research into the ecology of ticks and
their pathogens in California.
Symptoms of the first stage of Lyme
disease include headaches, flu-like symp-
toms, joint pain, fatigue and sometimes a
rash that has many different shapes
including one that may look like a bulls-
eye centered on the tick bite. The highest
reported incidence of Lyme disease in
humans in Northwest California correlate
to the times when the younger, smaller
ticks which are smaller than a poppy
seed, are most active.
Compounding the growing problem of
Lyme disease in northwestern California
is that the host animals that most com-
monly carry Lyme disease are also active
throughout the year and often live for
extended periods of time, compared to
host animals in the Northeast United
States. In the Northeast, few white-footed
mice, the host animals that most com-
monly carry the bacteria that causes Lyme
disease in that region of the country, live
through the cold winters. By contrast, the
host animals that most commonly carry
the bacteria that causes Lyme disease in
California, western gray squirrel and
dusky-footed wood rat often live longer
than one year and can carry the bacteria
throughout the year.
Full lists of prevention tips and symp-
toms can be found at bayarealyme.org .
The study Seasonal activity patterns of
the western black-legged tick, Ixodes
pacificus, in relation to onset of human
Lyme disease in northwestern California
is available at doi.org/ 10. 1016/ j . t t b-
dis. 2014. 05. 002.
angela@smdailyjournal.com
(650) 344-5200 ext. 105
Lyme disease tied to year-round tick season
Experts advise protective clothing, doing tick checks after outdoor outings
Dozens arrested for DUI
within week-long campaign
Dozens of people were arrested on suspi-
cion of driving under the inuence of drugs
or alcohol over the course of a week by law
enforcement agencies in San Mateo
Countys Avoid the 23.
The 56 arrests took place between Aug. 15
and Friday, with one injury reported from a
DUI crash, Avoid the 13 ofcials announced
Friday. This years numbers are lower com-
pared to 67 arrests made during the same
time period in 2013.
The arrests are part of a DUI campaign that
continues through Labor Day and includes
DUI/Drivers License checkpoints, roving
patrols and task force operation with other
counties.
Local brief
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LOCAL/NATION
By Michelle Durand
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
San Carlos wants its residents to party
block party, that is.
Believing the neighborhood gatherings
are a good way to strengthen community
bonds and promote safety, the city is
actively promoting them and trying to
make the process easier and less expensive.
Communities with block parties know
each other and are healthier, Mayor Mark
Olbert said. And if you ever need to borrow
a shovel its a lot easier to have those con-
versations when you know your neighbors.
In July, the city began bearing the cost of
insurance which averages $217 per applica-
tion. Based on the number of applications
between January and August, Parks and
Recreation Director Christine Boland esti-
mates the yearly price tag at $8,5000 which
comes out of existing funds.
The application itself was also stream-
lined so that it could be completed entirely
electronically and city staff mailed 12,000
copes of its community newsletter and
activity guide to households as a way of
promoting the parties.
Its not that theres a lack of them. We
just would like to see more, Olbert said.
On Monday night, Olbert and his fellow
councilmen will hear an update on how the
effort is working out and possibly offer
some guidance of other ways to encourage
the parties.
Olbert said he denitely plans to suggest
an idea he learned about while campaigning
in 2011 some other cities in the county
waive the permit fees if the party allows a
member of city staff to attend and discuss
city happenings. Outreach is a challenge
for any municipality so such an arrange-
ment could prove benecial, he said.
We dont want to turn the parties into a
city forum but there is a win-win there,
Olbert said.
According to the city website, the permit
fees are currently waived but barricades are
still required and must be rented from a ven-
dor.
The changing demographics of the city
make it more like a resident lives next to a
newcomer rather than a 40-year neighbor,
he said.
Block parties, like the annual National
Night Out, are a chance for some face time.
So far, the city push seems to be working.
In 2010, the city had six block parties,
according to data from Boland and City
Clerk Crystal Mui in a report for the coun-
cils Monday meeting.
In 2011, there were 9 followed by 12 in
2012 and 16 in 2013. To date this year, 26
requests were received by the city and 14 of
those are rst-time applicants.
The San Carlos City Council meets 7 p.m.
Monday, Aug. 25 at City Hall, 600 Elm St.,
San Carlos.
For more information on applying for a
block part y, call the Parks and Recreation
Department at 802-4421 or visit www. city-
ofsancarlos.org. Applications are due 30
days prior to a part y.
michelle@smdailyjournal.com
(650) 344-5200 ext. 102
Building blocks
San Carlos promoting neighborhood parties
By Darlene Superville
EDGARTOWN, Mass. The vacation
is over and its back to the White House for
President Barack Obama.
The president headed for Washington late
Sunday after spending two weeks with his
family on the island of Marthas Vineyard.
He will soon have to decide whether the
beheading of an American by Islamic State
militants is reason enough to take a step he
has long resisted.
Obama has avoided intervening militarily
in Syria for three years despite the rising
death toll in the countrys civil war, the
governments use of chemical weapons
against civilians and the rise of the Islamic
State group amid the chaos.
The presidents own military leaders and
some critics in Congress are pressuring him
to go into Syria in an effort to defeat the
group.
White House ofcials have suggested that
military airstrikes in Syria are an option,
though the ofcials say specic military
proposals have yet to be presented to the
president.
Obamas attempt at rest and relaxation
was largely overtaken by events involving
Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria,
including the videotaped killing of a U.S.
journalist they had been holding hostage.
The unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, after the
fatal police shooting of an unarmed black
man was another major source of concern
for Obama and his advisers.
Criticized for being away from
Washington under the circumstances,
Obama broke from his vacation to deliver
statements on Iraq, Missouri and journalist
James Foley on four occasions, including
one statement delivered during two days he
spent at the White House in the middle of
the getaway. The unusual mid-vacation
return to Washington had been scheduled
before those issues came to dominate the
news.
Still, in the midst of daily briengs, tele-
phone conversations with world leaders and
other responsibilities, Obama squeezed in
nine rounds of golf on an island he has
turned into his summer presidential retreat
while shrugging off the criticism about how
he was spending the time.
Obama was briefed Sunday on the release
of another American who was being held
hostage in Syria by an al-Qaida-linked
group, as well as an earthquake in
California. Before leaving the island, he
and his wife, Michelle, went hiking with
friends the White House did not identify.
Obama also telephoned Darold Butler,
manager of the Jackie Robinson West All
Stars Little League team from Chicago. The
president praised the young baseball play-
ers for the way they represented his home-
town in the Little League World Series.
Chicago lost to South Korea in Sundays
championship game.
Obama will not spend much time at the
White House in the coming weeks.
He is scheduled to address the American
Legion convention on Tuesday in
Charlotte, North Carolina, and help raise
money for Democratic candidates at
fundraisers Friday in New York and Rhode
Island.
Vacation over, back to
White House for Obama
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By Jim Kuhnhenn and Ryan Lucas
WASHINGTON An American journalist
kidnapped and held hostage for nearly two
years by an al-Qaida-linked group in Syria
was released Sunday, less than a week after
the horric execution of American journal-
ist James Foley by Islamic militants.
The freed American is 45-year-old Peter
Theo Curtis of Massachusetts, who wrote
under the byline Theo Padnos.
White House national security adviser
Susan Rice said Curtis is now safe outside of
Syria. Secretary of State John Kerry said
Curtis was held by Jabhat al-Nusra, also
known as the Nusra Front, an al-Qaida-
linked militant group ghting the govern-
ment of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Curtis was not believed to be among the
hostages held by the Islamic State group
that executed Foley. Islamic State was for-
mally disavowed by al-Qaida earlier this
year after being deemed too brutal.
President Barack Obama, who was wrap-
ping up a vacation in Massachusetts, was
briefed Sunday morning on Curtis release.
The president shares in the joy and relief
that we all feel now that Theo is out of Syria
and safe, said White House spokesman Eric
Schultz. But we continue to hold in our
thoughts and prayers the Americans who
remain in captivity in Syria, and we will
continue to use all of the tools at our dis-
posal to see that the remaining American
hostages are freed.
A senior administration official said
Curtis was released in the Golan Heights,
where he was met by U.S. government per-
sonnel who were transporting him to Tel
Avi v. The ofcial was not authorized to
speak by name and discussed the release on
the condition of anonymity.
Qatars Foreign Ministry conrmed late
Sunday that the Gulf emirate succeeded in
gaining Curtis release. Agovernment state-
ment released by the ofcial Qatar News
Agency said he was kidnapped in Syria in
2012 and said Qatar exerted relentless
efforts to release the American journalist out
of Qatars belief in the principles of human-
ity and out of concern for the lives of indi-
viduals and their right to freedom and digni-
t y. The agency said Curtis was handed over
to United Nations representatives.
In a video obtained by The Associated
Press and dated July 18, 2014, Curtis sits
cross-legged on a oor with his hands bound,
and appears to read from a sheet placed in
front of him on the oor. Addressing the U.S.
and European governments, he pleads for
them to contact a named
intermediary before it is
too late.
They have given me
three days to live, he
says as a man holding an
assault rie and dressed in
camouage stands next to
him. If you dont do any-
thing, Im nished. Im
dead. They will kill me.
Three days. You have had
20 days, and youve done nothing.
He does not specify any demands, only
urges Western governments to make contact
with the intermediary.
It was not known which, if any, of the
captors demands were met.
The energy-rich Gulf nation of Qatar,
which is a leading supporter of the Syrian
rebels fighting to oust President Bashar
Assad, has been involved in mediating
hostage releases in Syria over the past year.
In March, the Qataris helped negotiate the
release of more than a dozen Greek
Orthodox nuns held by the Nusra Front. Late
last year, Qatar also helped broker a deal
that saw nine Lebanese pilgrims held in
Syria by rebels go free in exchange for the
release of two Turkish pilots held hostage in
Lebanon.
His family said they believe Curtis was
captured in October 2012, shortly after
crossing into Syria.
My heart is full at the extraordinary, ded-
icated, incredible people, too many to name
individually, who have become my friends
and have tirelessly helped us over these
many months, Curtis mother, Nancy
Curtis, said in a statement from the family.
Please know that we will be eternally
grateful.
Curtis, under the Theo Padnos byline, has
written for the New Republic and in 2011
wrote a book called Undercover Muslim: A
Journey Into Yemen, which studied the rad-
icalization of disaffected youths.
Before leaving for Yemen in 2005 to study
Islam, he worked in the Vermont prison sys-
tem teaching teenage inmates. That experi-
ence resulted in the book My Life Had
Stood a Loaded Gun.
He seems to be in good health, Curtis
cousin Viva Hardigg said in an interview.
We are deeply relieved and grateful for his
return and the many people who have helped
us secure his freedom. At the same time, we
are thinking constantly of the other
hostages who are still held and those work-
ing to help them be freed. We want to do
everything we can to support their efforts.
U.S. says American held
in Syria has been freed
Peter
Theo Curtis
By Sara Burnett
ST. LOUIS The father of a black 18-
year-old shot to death by a white police of-
cer in Ferguson pleaded Sunday for a day of
silence as he lays his son to rest Monday.
Tomorrow all I want is peace, Michael
Brown Sr. told hundreds of people in St.
Louis largest city park during brief remarks
at a festival that promotes peace over vio-
lence. Thats all I ask.
The more than two weeks since Michael
Browns death have been marked by nightly
protests, some violent and chaotic,
although tensions have eased in recent days.
Brown Sr. told the crowd that he and his
sons mother appreciate the love and sup-
port theyve received from the community.
The Rev. Al Sharpton, who will speak at the
funeral, echoed his request for peace.
We dont want anything tomorrow to
happen that might defile the name of
Michael Brown, Sharpton said. This is
not about our rage tomorrow. Its about the
legacy and memory of his son.
Peace Fest 2014 was already in the works
before Ofcer Darren Wilson shot Brown
Aug. 9 in a St. Louis suburb, but it took on
new resonance in the aftermath.
The parents of slain Florida teen Trayvon
Martin also spoke, urging the crowd to
channel its anger into action by pushing to
strengthen families and better educate youth
and expressing support for the Brown fami-
ly and the people of the St. Louis area.
Were going to stand tall with you all,
Trayvons Martins father, Tracy Martin, said.
Trayvon Martin, 17, was also unarmed
when he was shot and killed in 2012.
George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch
volunteer who said he shot Martin in self-
defense, was acquitted.
The nightly protests in Ferguson have
been mostly peaceful in recent days, a con-
trast to images of police in riot gear ring
tear gas canisters at angry protesters in the
days after the Brown shooting. Tensions
briey ared then subsided late Saturday
night and early Sunday.
Father of 18-year-old shot
by officer asks for peace
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By Peter Leonard
and Laura Mills
DONETSK, Ukraine To
shouts of Fascists! and Hang
them from a tree! captured
Ukrainian soldiers were paraded
through the streets of the rebel
stronghold of Donetsk on Sunday
as bystanders pelted them with
eggs, water bottles and tomatoes.
The spectacle of the bruised and
filthy soldiers being marched
hands bound and surrounded by
gun-toting pro-Russian insur-
gents came as Ukrainians in Kiev
celebrated their countrys inde-
pendence from the Soviet Union
- a stark display of the growing
divisions between east and west.
While support and mobilization
for Kievs campaign against the
separatists has grown in many
parts of the country, resentments
fester in much of the east, where
civilian casualties and shelling
have become a part of daily life.
Illustrating the divisions, an
ostentatious procession of tanks
and weaponry rumbled through
downtown Kiev to mark Ukraines
23rd anniversary of independence
from Moscow - a highly publi-
cized event accompanied by
speeches and a vow by President
Petro Poroshenko to boost
defense spending to defeat the
rebels.
In Donetsk, thousands gathered
in the main square as the insur-
gents staged their own spectacle
mocking the national army. To
jeers and catcalls, dozens of cap-
tive soldiers, some wearing tat-
tered Ukrainian military uniforms
and some in torn and dirty civilian
clothing, were forced to march
past as nationalistic Russian
songs blared from loudspeakers.
They were anked by rebels point-
ing bayoneted ries.
One visibly agitated man yelled
slurs as he held an infant in one
arm. Hang the fascists from a
tree! one woman shouted as other
women rushed at the prisoners,
trying to kick and slap them.
Two water trucks followed the
captives, hosing down the road in
a move apparently meant to
cleanse the pavement where the
Ukrainian soldiers had passed.
The image had historical parallels
as well: In 1944, Red Army sol-
diers paraded tens of thousands of
German prisoners of war through
the streets of Moscow.
The top rebel commander sent a
mocking message to the
Ukrainian government.
Kiev said that on the 24th, on
the Independence Day of Ukraine,
they would have a parade. Indeed,
they did march in Donetsk,
although it wasnt a parade, top
rebel commander Alexander
Zakharchenko said. Soldiers of
the armed forces of Kiev walked
along the main streets of Donetsk.
What Poroshenko planned has
taken place.
Human Rights Watch said parad-
ing the Ukrainian soldiers was a
violation of humanitarian law.
Rachel Denber of the New York-
based rights group cited an article
of the Geneva Conventions that
prohibits outrages upon personal
dignity, in particular humiliating
and degrading treatment of cap-
tives of armed conicts.
Rebels parade captured Ukrainian soldiers in east
REUTERS
Armed pro-Russian separatists,right,escort a column of Ukrainian prisoners
of war as they walk across central Donetsk.
By Mohammed Daraghmeh
and Ibrahim Barzak
RAMALLAH, West Bank Aides to
the Palestinian president said Sunday
that he will soon appeal to the interna-
tional community to set a deadline for
Israel to end its occupation of lands
captured in the 1967 Mideast war and
make way for an independent
Palestinian state.
President Mahmoud Abbas was
expected to unveil his proposal as part
of a day after plan following the cur-
rent war in the Gaza Strip, likely at a
meeting of the Palestinian leadership
on Tuesday, said the aides, who spoke
on condition of anonymity because
the plan has not yet been made public.
Abbas is plotting his move even as
the ghting continues to rage. Israels
prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu,
warned Sunday that the 7-week-old
military campaign in Gaza would
stretch into September - despite grow-
ing anger among residents in southern
Israel over the militarys inability to
halt rocket and mortar re out of the
Palestinian territory following the
death of a 4-year-old Israeli boy over
the weekend.
In new ghting Sunday, the Israeli
air force attened a seven-oor ofce
building and severely damaged a shop-
ping center in southern Gaza, signal-
ing a new escalation.
Palestinian ofcials said 13 people
were killed in Israeli airstrikes, bring-
ing the death toll to more than 2,100
Palestinians since ghting erupted on
July 8. Sixty-eight Israelis have also
died, all but four of them soldiers.
With no end in sight to the ghting,
Abbas has been searching for ways to
assert himself on the international
stage. He is seeking a foothold back in
Gaza, which was captured from his
forces by Hamas seven years ago, and
is eager to show the Palestinian public
he is working to end the ghting and
lead the Palestinians to independence.
One official said that Abbas has
grown disillusioned after two decades
of failed efforts to reach a negotiated
peace settlement with Israel. He said the
Palestinians want a xed date for an
Israeli withdrawal from lands claimed
by the Palestinians and a timetable for
establishing a Palestinian state.
In an interview on Egyptian televi-
sion over the weekend, Abbas said he
would soon present his plans to Arab,
American and European leaders.
It is an unconventional solution,
but I will not declare a war on Israel. It
is a political and diplomatic solution,
he said.
He declined to elaborate, saying only
that he would tell the United Nations in
an address next month that the
Palestinians want independence imme-
diately. Otherwise, this opportunity
will be lost forever, he said.
An aide to Abbas said the plan would
include an appeal to the Security
Council, whose resolutions are legally
binding, to call for an end to Israels
occupation of lands captured in the
1967 Mideast war.
The Palestinians seek the West Bank,
east Jerusalem and Gaza for their state.
Israel captured all three areas in 1967,
though it withdrew from Gaza in 2005.
With Israel opposed to a withdrawal
to its pre-1967 lines, it will likely seek
U.S. help in thwarting the bid. The U.S.
has historically vetoed Security
Council resolutions seen as unfavor-
able to Israel.
The Palestinian official said that if
this happens, the Palestinians will
then begin the process of joining the
International Criminal Court, where
they could pursue war crimes charges
against Israel.
Palestinian president prepares UN appeal
OPINION 9
Plan for new pedestrian
bridge should be reconsidered
Editor,
San Mateo is considering a separate
bridge for bicyclists and pedestrians as
reported in the article, City to create
path for bicyclists, pedestrians pub-
lished in the Aug. 21, 2014 edition of
the Daily Journal. Sounds like a neat
idea and I am sure a few hundred pedes-
trians will use that proposed bridge,
just like they do one mile south near
the Oracle campus. May I suggest the
money would be better spent upgrading
the Hillsdale intersection instead so
cars can get across the Highway 101 in
say one, no more than two trafc lights
cycles? I wonder if the folks in the pub-
lic works department have seen the
mayhem that occurs there daily, even
on the weekends. And please, while you
are at it, can you get rid of that red-light
camera system? So lets assume there
will be more cars and more people
using that intersection. The huge popu-
lation increase in Foster City over the
next few years with high density and
lower income homes are being built
right now and a similar situation west
of Highway 101 begs the question.
Why spending tens of millions of dol-
lars for a bridge to nowhere which will
provide very little trafc relief?
Priorities folks, priorities. We are not
made of money. Come to think about
it; are there still pedestrians around
here? I must get my camera out. It will
be a good Facebook post titled Caught
on Camera, a pedestrian crossing
Highway 101.
Harry Roussard
Foster City
Addressing the
monetary issues of hospitals
Editor,
Hospitals are asked to provide cus-
tomized care for each patient while
accepting commodity level payments.
They must build expensive structures,
lled with costly equipment and staffed
with highly trained personnel. Some
services, most notoriously emergency
room care, are regularly and expensive-
ly misused by patients. Financially,
there is very little room for gain and a
lot of room for loss. Areview of their
tax returns shows Seton has lost money
for the past several years. The
Affordable Care Act will put more of the
revenues for this and every other hospi-
tal into the annual federal budget
process, which is not a comfort. In
short, it is a lousy time to be in the
hospital business. Maintaining Seton
as a full-service acute hospital will take
signicant and sustained investment
which, by their actions, the Daughters
of Charity are saying they can no
longer provide.
Rather than romanticizing the pres-
ent non-sustainable capabilities by
insisting on the status quo, the Daly
City Council would help more if they
worked with Seton and others to come
up with scally prudent ways to provide
service. Care may become less conven-
ient and there may be additional risks
in true emergency cases. These are reali-
ties that will be discussed more fre-
quently with the ACA, so now is the
time to learn to address them in a
thoughtful, not emotional manner.
Joe Christian
San Mateo
Something wrong
in state legislature
Editor,
News reports state District Attorney
Wagstaffe wrote August 18 concerning
the June 3 killing of 18-year-old
Yanira Serrano that Deputy Menh
Trieus action was justied because
the swiftness of her potentially
lethal attack on the deputy precluded
any possibility of handling threat in a
less lethal manner.
The deputy retreated 157 feet being
pursued by Yanira who was obese and
had a birth defect causing her to
limp and then he red one shot into
her upper chest center from eight to
10 feet away.
We believe a well-trained law ofcer
would avoid lethal force against a
mentally disturbed and physically
handicapped woman. He would have
rst red a warning shot while cover-
ing 157 feet and at last resort would
have aimed below her waist. Yanira
would be alive today. It seems we have
an epidemic of police killing
American descendants of Latin and
African and Asian heritage who are
not criminals these days. Something
is gravely wrong here.
When a law enforcement chief has
not made sure ofcers avoid lethal
force against mentally disturbed peo-
ple, it seems we voters must remove
the chief and demand our county board
or our state legislators establish this
principal in law.
Lamont Phemister
San Mateo
Letters to the editor
Chico Enterprise-Record
T
here are occasions when los-
ing is better than winning, and
that upside-down concept is
evident with the recent announcement
of the top party school in the nation.
It wasnt Chico State University.
The reason to celebrate the omis-
sion may puzzle some in our area, but
readers with history here know why.
Its taken a lot of work to erase that
image.
Back in the 1980s, Chico was listed
by Playboy magazine as the top party
school in the nation. That ranking
was unfortunate because it brought all
kinds of notoriety to Chico.
Many of us held our breath as we
checked Princeton Reviews rankings
last week, but it was good to see
Syracuse University in New York at
the top. We wish Syracuse the best,
because we have some sense of whats
ahead.
It wasnt long after Chico States
name appeared on the party schools
list that bad things started happening
here. It may only be coincidence, but
we think not. It started small and
ramped up.
Pioneer Days, formerly a wonderful
community event, had to be canceled
when it got too rowdy.
After that, Halloween and St.
Patricks Day in Chico became syn-
onymous with drinking, bad behavior
and trouble, rather than a chance to
have some fun. There were riots, res,
bottles thrown at police, windows
broken and people injured. Out-of-
towners arrived, police forces were
expanded, and arrests made.
Law enforcement from outside the
area joined with local police to patrol
downtown Chico streets and keep
peace.
Glass bans in certain downtown
areas were put into place to keep
streets safer, as well as to take bottles
out of the hands of trouble makers.
The bans still exist during certain hol-
idays.
The community has come a long
way, turning itself inside out to dis-
courage that behavior.
That reputation had such a damaging
effect in other local arenas that it was
surprising. Business and city leaders
did their best to counter it, pointing
out the towns strengths and accom-
plishments. The university also had to
work extra hard to convince parents
that Chico State provided a safe envi-
ronment for their children.
Little by little, Chicos rowdy repu-
tation has dissipated, but its taken an
extraordinary community and univer-
sity effort to make that happen.
We have a pretty good idea what
Syracuse and any other university on
that list faces.
Some of us still hear about that old
image of Chico and are grateful its
dying.
We wonder if those who ippantly
place rankings on communities know
the damage they cause.
Party fizzles at Chico State and thats welcome news
The case of the
missing filters
M
y recently new energy efficient refrigerator
requires that I change the water filters
about three times a year. I order the filters
online and there has never been a problem until this
summer. The yellow light appeared the notice that
replacement filters were needed early in July. I
dutifully placed an order for three replacements. But
never received them. I contacted the outfit which
takes and fills orders.
They gave me the
tracking number which
showed the filters had
been delivered on July
25 by U.S. mail.
The next morning I
arrived at my local
post office at 8 a.m.
only to find that it did
not open until 8:30.
Luckily I had a copy of
the Daily Journal to
read while waiting.
Once the doors opened
I spoke to the clerk
behind the counter but
had to wait for some-
one higher up. Avery nice woman, whom I guess
handles problems like this, said their records showed
the filters had been delivered on the 25th and she
would check with the carrier and call me.
She never called, so I returned to the post office the
next morning. I was told my regular carrier wasnt on
duty on Monday, July 25 and that her substitute was
away. But someone would call. No one did. By now
the light on the refrigerator had turned red, which
means definitely replace filters. I was getting a little
panicky. I put a note on our mail box asking the car-
rier to please ring the bell because I had a question
about a missing parcel. All day I looked for the carri-
er. But no luck. Later that evening, we found the mail
in our box. The carrier, whomever it was that day, lift-
ed up my note and deposited our letters and magazines
and spam mail in the slot. No one wanted to claim
responsibility for the missing filters.
Finally several days later I saw our regular carrier
coming up the hill. I waited for her to emerge from
her mail truck to ask her about the filters. She said
they were delivered by mistake to the neighbors
across the street. But why hadnt the neighbors
returned the parcel to us? It was a sizeable box, not
easily missed. These neighbors are new to our block
so perhaps they did not recognize the name. But the
address was the right one. So I went across the street
to inquire. The neighbors said the filters had arrived
but since they also order filters from the same compa-
ny they never bothered to look at the address,
assumed it was theirs and brought them to some apart-
ments they rent out in San Francisco. The neighbors
offered to get them back or pay for new filters but by
then I had already ordered another set.
They arrived by United Parcel Service.
***
I feel sorry for the post office and this isnt an
attack on them. I always use the postal service to
mail packages and nothing has ever been lost or not
delivered properly. The main post office in San Mateo
has a big sign announcing We Are Hiring. I dont
know about the pay or the hours but we all know the
post office is in financial trouble and does not get the
financial support it needs to deliver six days a week
in rain, snow, sleet, et al. Sometimes we dont get our
mail until after 8 p.m. It seems some of the carriers
are on a late shift. Meanwhile, the public gets mad
when the post office tries to become more efficient
and cuts back on offices and hours.
The other problem is people not looking at their
mail carefully. We often receive mail for other people
and we get it to them right away. This case was a
unique situation and our new neighbors could not have
been nicer once the mistake was discovered. The case
of the missing filters was finally solved. The new fil-
ters are in. The lights are back to blue and I dont
have to go through this again for another year.
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By Matthew Brown
JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming Most vis-
itors to Wyoming's Grand Teton National
Park are drawn to the peak that gave the
park its name a 13,776-foot monolith
that dominates the sweeping skyline.
But for the economists and central
bankers who gathered in a lodge here for
the past three days, attention fell on a more
mundane but consequential matter: the
often conflicting relationship between
unemployment and inflation. How, they
argued, should central banks manage their
control of interest rates to strengthen job
markets without igniting ination?
The Federal Reserve's annual conference
opened with Chair Janet Yellen suggesting
that the U.S. economy, the world's biggest,
still needs help in the form of ultra-low
rates and that U.S. ination has yet to
become a problem. Though unemployment
is down, Yellen said other gauges of the job
market appear less than healthy. These
include tepid pay growth; many people
jobless for more than six months; millions
of part-timers who want full-time work; and
many people without jobs who have
stopped looking for one.
Yet the Fed is under rising pressure from
inationary "hawks" to start raising rates
or risk having ination veer out of control.
Their critics, the "doves," who worry more
about a still-subpar job market, say it's too
soon to act.
Here are excerpts from Associated Press
interviews with attendees
at the conference about
the friction between ina-
tion and the job market
and whether Yellen is
striking the right bal-
ance.
Martin Feldstein,
Harvard economics pro-
fessor, chairman of the
Council of Economic
Advisers under President Ronald Reagan:
"I wish the Fed would be more explicit
about being concerned about inflation.
They were slow to communicate about
inflation. Yellen gave a speech at the
(International Monetary Fund) a few weeks
ago in which she acknowledged that there
were risks of nancial instabilities but said
that's not going to change our monetary
policy.
"My sense is there's probably more ina-
tion in the pipeline and closer (than Yellen
thinks).
"Her eyes are on the underutilized labor
resources. She'd like to be able to contin-
ue to bring that down.
"We may see inflation sooner than she
thinks we're going to see, and I think if
that happens, then I think they' ll move
the date (to raise rates) forward."
William Spriggs, chief economist for
the AFL-CIO, Howard University eco-
nomics professor, former assistant labor
secretary under President Barack Obama:
"I think (the Fed is) still thinking too
much in the framework of, 'We're waiting
for inflation.' I think they have to re-
configure this. The cost of unemploy-
ment has gone up, and so in making that
choice between whether I raise interest
rates to stir the economy or whether I
pursue full employment, we just have to
say: 'You know what? Inflation doesn't
cost as much as unemployment.'
"(Yellen) is forcing them to be nuanced,
so they can't get out of talking about this
in a more nuanced way.
"If, for a little while, you have 3 or 4
percent inflation or maybe even 4.5 per-
cent inflation, that's fine. Because we are
so far away from full unemployment.
"But if you (raise interest rates), it's
going to be arbitrary. It' s going to be
very broad. It's going to hurt managers,
it' s going to hurt professionals, it' s
going to hurt everyone."
"This is real damage to real people. You
have to factor that cost. This is not free."
Glenn Hubbard, dean of Columbia
Business School, chairman of the
Council of Economic Advisers under
President George W. Bush:
"The Fed is right to emphasize the
social costs of long-term unemployment
and the low labor-force participation. At
this point, however, there's not much
more monetary policy can do about it.
There's not much more the Fed can do.
"I think the Fed should be raising rates
in early 2015. With the labor market cor-
recting, the Fed risks financial imbal-
ances by delaying. You're starting to see
a debate inside the system on whether
that is right.
"Alot of people have left the labor force
and not come back. I agree with the prob-
lem, with the concern. I don't think it's
the Fed's problem. It's the government's
problem regulations, tax policy.
"It' s time for fiscal policy to get
involved, but the president and Congress
don't seem to be able to do anything."
Alan Blinder, Pri ncet on economi cs
professor, former Fed vice chair, mem-
ber of President Bill Clinton' s Council
of Economic Advisers:
"Inflation is a slow-moving process.
This image some people try to push that
the thing is like a jack-in-a-box, and it' s
going to spring up it just doesn' t
work that way.
"The current unemployment rate is
about the same as the highest we experi-
enced in the last recession. It was 6.3
percent. We're now at 6.2. So we're now
at about the same we were at the worst in
the previous recession. That helps put it
in perspective.
"If they get the notion that, ' Oh, well,
we' ll probably go up again on interest
rates in December,' but then December
rolls around and that looks like it' s a
dumb thing to do, then they' re not going
to do it.
"Suppose that they start liftoff, they
raise interest rates and they' re starting
to normalize monetary policy and infla-
tion starts falling and unemployment
starts rising. They can turn it off. They
will have many opportunities."
As conference ends, economists give clashing views
By Ricardo Alonso-Zalvidar
WASHINGTON Taxes? Who wants to
think about taxes around Labor Day?
But if you count on your tax refund and
you're one of the millions getting tax cred-
its to help pay health insurance premiums
under President Barack Obama's law, it's not
too early.
Here's why: If your income for 2014 is
going to be higher than you estimated when
you applied for health insurance, then com-
plex connections between the health law
and taxes can reduce or even eliminate your
tax refund next year.
Maybe you're collecting more commis-
sions in an improving economy. Or your
spouse got a better job. It could trigger an
unwelcome surprise.
The danger is that as your income grows,
you don't qualify for as much of a tax credit.
Any difference will come out of your tax
refund, unless you have promptly reported
the changes.
Nearly 7 million households have gotten
health insurance tax credits, and major tax
preparation companies say most of those
consumers appear to be unaware of the risk.
"More than a third of tax credit recipients
will owe some money back, and (that) can
lead to some pretty hefty repayment liabili-
ties," said George Brandes, vice president
for health care programs at Jackson Hewitt
Tax Service.
Two basic statistics bracket the potential
exposure:
The average tax credit for subsidized cov-
erage on the new health insurance
exchanges is $264 a month, or $3,168 for a
full 12 months.
The average tax refund is about $2,690.
Having to pay back even as little as 10
percent of your tax credit can reduce your
refund by several hundred dollars.
Tax giant H&R Block says consumers
whose incomes grew as the year went on
should act now and contact HealthCare.gov
or their state insurance exchange to update
their accounts.
They will pay higher health insurance
premiums for the rest of this year, but they
can avoid nancial pain come spring.
"As time goes on, the ability to make
adjustments diminishes," warned Mark
Ciaramitaro, H&R Block's vice president of
health care services. "Clients count on that
refund as their biggest nancial transaction
of the year. When that refund goes down, it
really has reverberations."
The Obama administration says it' s
constantly urging newly insured con-
sumers to report changes that could affect
their coverage.
But those messages don't drive home the
point about tax refunds.
"What probably isn't clear is that there
may be consequences at tax time," said
Ciaramitaro.
Aaron Albright, a spokesman for the
Health and Human Services department, said
the administration plans to "ramp up" its
efforts.
Concern about the complex connection
between the health care law and taxes has
increased recently, after the Internal
Revenue Service released drafts of new
forms to administer health insurance tax
credits next ling season.
The forms set up a final accounting that
ensures each household is getting the cor-
rect tax credit that the law provides.
Various factors are involved, including
income, family size, where you live and
the premiums for a "benchmark" plan in
your community.
Even experts nd the forms highly com-
plicated, requiring month-by-month com-
putations for some taxpayers.
Taxpayers accustomed to ling a simpli-
ed 1040EZ will not be able to do so if they
received health insurance tax credits this
year.
Some highlights:
You may have heard that the IRS cannot
use liens and levies to collect the law's
penalty on people who remain uninsured.
But there is no limitation on collection
efforts in cases where consumers got too
big a tax credit. If your refund isn't large
enough to cover the repayment, you will
have to write the IRS a check. "They are not
messing around," Brandes said.
Health insurance is expensive, and
with that in mind, the repayment amount
the IRS can collect is capped for most peo-
ple. For individuals making less than
$22,980 the IRS can only collect up to
$300 in repayments. That rises to $750 for
individuals making between $22,980 and
$34,470. For individuals making between
$34,470 and $45,960, the cap is $1,250.
For families, the cap is double the amount
that individuals can be charged, but the
income thresholds vary according to house-
hold size. An IRS table may help simplify
computation, which is based on the federal
poverty levels for 2013.
There is no collection cap for house-
holds making more than four times the fed-
eral poverty level. They face the greatest
financial risk from repayments, because
they would be liable for the entire amount
of the tax credit they received.
Those income thresholds are $45,960
and above for an individual, $78,120 and
above for a family of three, and $94,200
for a family of four. Ciaramitaro says peo-
ple facing that predicament should try to
minimize their taxable income through
legal means, such as putting money into
an IRA. The IRS says it will work with tax-
payers who can't pay in full so they under-
stand their options.
If you overestimated your income and
got too small a tax credit for health care,
the IRS will increase your refund.
Funneling health insurance subsidies
through the income-tax system was once
seen as a political plus for Obama and con-
gressional Democrats. It allowed the
White House to claim that the Affordable
Care Act is "the largest tax cut for health
care in American history. "
Tax refunds may get hit due to health law credits
Roche to buy U.S. biotech
firm InterMune for $8.3B
BERLIN Swiss pharmaceutical com-
pany Roche said Sunday it has reached an
$8.3 billion deal to buy InterMune Inc., a
California-based developer of treatments
for lung diseases. The companies have
reached an agreement under which Roche
will acquire InterMune in an all-cash
t ransact i on, payi ng $74. 00 per
InterMune share, Roche said. That is a
premium of 38 percent over InterMunes
closing price on Friday.
The acquisition of the biotechnology
company, based in Brisbane, California,
will allow Roche to broaden and strength-
en its respiratory portfolio globally, the
Swiss company said. It added that the
transaction is expected to bolster earnings
from 2016. Roche said it plans a smooth
transition of InterMune employees and
operations into the Roche organization.
The American company hopes to launch its
drug pirfenidone in the U.S. later this year.
The drug is designed to treat a terminal
lung disease called idiopathic pulmonary
fibrosis, or IPF, which causes inflamma-
tion and scarring of the lung that makes it
hard for patients to breathe. InterMune
began selling it in Europe under the name
Esbriet in 2011 and it is also available in
Canada and some other countries.
Business brief
Janet Yellen
By Rick Eymer
OAKLAND The Oakland Athletics dealt
with a double dose of injuries even before
Sunday nights game against Los Angeles.
Derek Norris was the only catcher available,
with Stephen Vogt limited to emergency duty
and backup John Jaso headed to the seven-day
concussion disabled list.
An MRI on closer Sean Doolittle showed a
strained right intercostal, and he was placed on
the 15-day disabled list.
Losing to the Angels 9-4, falling one game
behind them in the AL
West standings, may have
been the least of
Oaklands problems.
Its several guys, key
guys in a row with Jed
(Lowrie) and (Nick) Punto,
As manager Bob Melvin
said. Its just something
else we need to deal with.
Jaso, who missed most
of last season with concussion-like symp-
toms, said the dizziness and fuzzy eyesight
kept getting worst after he was hit in the mask
by a foul ball two weeks ago.
Ive been kind of like muscling through the
games, just powering through, Jaso said.
But the symptoms escalated a little bit
these past few days and it got to the point
where it was a little iffy if I could keep going
back there behind the plate and catch.
Oakland made a trade with Texas to bring
in catcher Geovany Soto, who has also been
limited this year because of injuries. It also
acquired minor league catcher Bryan
Anderson from the Cincinnati Reds for
international money.
Hes been a starting catcher before and hes
a two-way guy, Melvin said of Soto. Hes
not one you would say is a defensive special-
ist or just an offensive guy. Hes able to do
both. And based on the last couple years,
going from an everyday role to non-everyday
role, knows how to deal with that.
Dan Otero was recalled from Triple-A
Sacramento to take Doolittles spot.
I felt it on the second to last pitch last
night, Doolittle said. I took a deep breath
and tried to relax enough that I didnt feel it
until the follow through on my last pitch. Its
a good thing it happened that way because I
would not have been able to go on.
As place Doolittle, Jaso on disabled list
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San Francisco running back Glenn Winston ran for a game-high 58 yards and scored one of the teams two touchdowns as the 49ers topped
the Chargers 21-7 Sunday at Levis Stadium.
By Janie McCauley
SANTACLARA Colin Kaepernick went
down once, then again and another time.
Pressured from every direction by San
Diegos defense, the quarterback had limited
good looks before turning the game over to
backup Blaine Gabbert.
The 49ers offense still looks shaky two
weeks from the regular season, and it did just
enough for the teams rst preseason victo-
ry in a 21-7 win against the Chargers on
Sunday. The offensive line showed vulnera-
bilities all day.
Weve got to work on that. Weve got to
be good in that area, coach Jim Harbaugh
said. I thought our precision was better
offensively, defensively and on special
teams productive plays, execution.
There were tens of thousands of empty
seats hours after an overnight 6.0-magni-
tude earthquake struck in the Northern
California wine country near Napa. The
quake affected some public transportation
options to the new $1.2 billion stadium,
which was sold out last Sunday.
The patchy eld is still hardly ideal, with
Niners on the board
By Rusty Miller
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. In the
giddy moments after South Korea won the
Little League World Series, outelder Don
Wan Sin realized how he wanted to celebrate.
I want to go to the Blue House the
White House of Korea and meet the
President, Sin said, breaking up his team-
mates.
Just maybe Sin, who scored twice and hit a
solo homer, will indeed get his wish to meet
Park Geun-hye.
Hes famous back in his homeland
along with all of his teammates.
Jae Yeong Hwang drove in two runs and
combined with Hae Chan Choi, who weath-
ered a late Chicago rally, to lead the Asia-
Pacic Region champions to an 8-4 win in
Sundays LLWS championship game.
Hwang, who was removed because he was-
nt feeling well, gave up one hit in two-plus
innings while striking out four. He also
drove in his teams rst two runs as they
built an 8-1 lead before Jackie Robinson
West made it close.
Im very joyful. Its a wonderful feeling,
Hwang said. I dont know why Im even
here; I didnt play very good today.
Choi, who had a homer and scored twice,
pitched the last four innings for South
Korea, which won its third title after back-
to-back championships in 1984 and 85.
But even he got a little nervous at the end
after Chicago collected four of its six hits
and scored three times.
I knew I could allow some runs, he said.
After I got the second out, I thought I could
do it. But after I gave up the three runs I was
(worried).
International teams have won the last
three and four of the last ve titles.
Brandon Green went 5 2-3 innings for
Chicago, which had survived four straight
knockout games before the nal.
After the nal out, a force play, the Seoul
teams bench emptied and the players
dumped cups of water on their teammates
near the mound. The players took a victory
South Korea claims Little League World Series title
By Ian Quillen
WASHINGTON Big
decit, no problem for the
hard-hitting Washington
Nationals.
Ian Desmond, Bryce
Harper and Danny Espinosa
each homered and drove in
two runs as the Nationals
rallied from ve runs down
to beat the San Francisco
Giants 14-6 on Sunday.
Jose Lobaton doubled among his three hits,
drove in a run and scored three times for NL-
East leading Washington, which pounded out
18 hits against the Giants, including 14
against the bullpen.
Its unbelievable, said Harper of the offen-
sive output. Like we said before, a couple
days ago, weve got a lot of heart. We want to
win every single game.
Craig Stammen (4-4) allowed a run in two
innings of relief after a labored four-inning
outing from starter Stephen Strasburg.
Giants reliever Jeremy Affeldt (3-2) allowed
ve hits and ve runs in the sixth without
retiring a batter after the departure of starter
Ryan Vogelsong.
The Nationals scored six runs in the sixth on
eight hits, tying for their most hits in an
inning since they began playing in D.C. in
2005. That was just another piece of history
during a 10-game homestand that included
most of a 10-game win streak, ve walk-off
wins during a six-game stretch, a 9-1 overall
record, and the growth of the division lead
over Atlanta to eight games.
This was a great homestand, said Scott
Hairston, whose pinch-hit double tied plated
the fourth run of the sixth inning to tie it at
6-all. Ive never experienced anything like
it. I think its safe to say nobody has. And
its a lot of fun.
Gregor Blanco and Travis Ishikawa homered
Giantsbullpen
collapses, Nats
win key series
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GOLD COAST, Australia The long,
deep breaths were a sign: Elation, satisfac-
tion, relief. And just a touch of exhaustion.
Katie Ledecky had just wiped almost six
seconds off her own world record in the
1,500-meter freestyle to win her fth gold
medal of the Pan Pacic championships,
rounding off a phenomenal season of com-
petition.
She now owns the world records in the
400- she lowered her own mark at that
distance the previous night the 800- and
the 1,500-meter freestyle events and is the
world champion in all three.
And shes still in high school.
Before the Pan Pacic championships,
the bulk of the attention focused on the
return to international competition of
Michael Phelps, the most decorated swim-
mer of all time. Ledeckys performances
made sure Phelps had to
share the spotlight.
Phelps, who won eight
Olympic gold medals at
the 2008 Beijing Games
and retired after lifting
his tally to 18 golds by
the end of the London
Games in 2012, was fre-
quently asked about his
17-year-old teammate.
Shes a stud. Its unbelievable, Phelps
said of Ledecky after she lowered her record
in the 400, describing her reaction to all the
fuss over her times as so nonchalant.
Watching her swim is remarkable, he
said. She throws it on the line shes
very talented, she works hard, and it
shows.
Ledecky enjoys swimming the 1,500, but
its not an Olympic event for women so its
not a big part of her longer-term plans
beyond the world championships next year.
She likes the challenge of it. Her reaction to
winning the 200, 400 and 800 freestyle
golds were fairly subdued and self-effacing.
Although she said it was kind of cool to
be the rst to set a world record at the Gold
Coast Aquatic Centres new outdoor pool,
she said she also loved playing a role in a
winning 4x200 freestyle relay for the
Americans.
All of her records came in some pretty dif-
cult weather conditions steady rain and
a cold wind off the nearby Pacic Ocean dur-
ing most of the sessions. It was a nal, and
uncharacteristic, blast of the last few weeks
of the southern hemisphere winter in this
part of Australia.
After completing the 30 laps in 15 min-
utes, 28.36 seconds her third world
record in 15 days she really let her emo-
tions show, slapping the water in delight
after an intense nal lap when she pushed
harder and harder to the wall.
That was probably one of my most
painful races, Ledecky said. But it paid off
in the end. I gured pretty early on in the
race that I was on world-record pace. I was-
nt sure about the middle if I fell off too
much, because it did really hurt. I was pretty
sure I had it, but breaking it by six seconds
was pretty surprising.
It was the third time in 13 months shes
set the mark in the 1,500, and the second
within three months since her 15:34.23 in
June.
The 1,500 is not a huge priority of mine
because its not an Olympic event (but)
its certainly one of my favorite events,
she said. It was the last day of the meet
last time I broke it, it was the rst day of the
meet so pretty different.
Now, for a change, the 2012 Olympic
800-meter champion will get a well-earned
break from competition before training
picks up again for the 2015 world champi-
onships.
Ledecky leaves her mark in Australia
Katie Ledecky
By John Pye
GOLD COAST, Australia Michael Phelps
gave an incredulous look, an almost indignant
response and strode away to collect a gold
medal.
The most decorated swimmer in history had
completed his rst meet in international com-
petition since coming out of retirement by
helping the United States win the medley
relay Sunday, the last event of the Pan Pacic
championships.
So he was stunned by a question in a post-
race interview relating to him being beaten in
his section of a relay two nights previously.
As he pulled his tracksuit over his swim-
ming trunks in preparation for the medal cere-
mony, he went over the question repeatedly
with people around him. Then he shrugged it
off and ran out to join his teammates on the
podium.
Four months into his comeback, Phelps n-
ished the Pan Pacs with three gold and two sil-
ver medals, a decent return
by any measure.
Its just a sign that he is,
as he describes it, super
competitive. His come-
back is for real. He wants
to again be unbeatable.
This time last year,
Phelps was more inclined
to be swinging golf clubs
than swimming. He retired
after the London Olympics and gained weight.
Now hes back on track for the Rio Olympics
in 2016.
It was, I think, a successful year, Phelps
said. Obviously Id like to win every single
race I swim in. But, doesnt always happen. It
was a learning experience, thats most impor-
tant.
His long-time coach, Bob Bowman, was
among those who noticed a big leap in
Phelpsperformances since the U.S. nationals
earlier this month.
Im extremely pleased. Just the way he
swam those things. Really, that looked like
the real Michael there, so that was very good,
Bowman said of Phelps buttery leg in the
4x100 medley relay. The second 50 of that,
thats about as good as his buttery gets.
Earlier in the evening, the 29-year-old
American had been beaten in the 200 IM nal
by two-hundredths of a second by Kosuke
Hagino of Japan a silver medalist at the last
world championships who won in 1
minute, 56.02 seconds.
Thats all part of Phelps feeling his way
back into competition, mentally and physi-
cally.
Today my body was hurting. I woke up this
morning and I was in pain, he said. After the
morning preliminaries and a nap, he felt bet-
ter but was a little nervous ahead of the night
nals, admitting he was a little peppy in the
warmups.
The one thing, if I look back at the 200 IM
and could say I would change anything, I
think Id say step on the rst 100, he said.
But, For my rst real big international meet
back, we accomplished everything we wanted
to. We were able to nd out some of the things
I need to improve on over the next year, and
things I want to improve on.
It is frustrating at times, but thats usually
how I respond well.
Leading into the last night, Phelps won the
100 buttery and helped the U.S win the
4x200 relay although he later joked that he
got dusted by a Japanese swimmer in the
relay, a throwaway line that came back on him
in his post-race interview Sunday. He also
earned a silver medal in the 4x100 relay and
had an encouraging fourth place in the 100
free. Acomparatively light program for a man
who won eight gold medals at the 2008
Beijing Games among the 18 gold and 22
medals in all that he won at the Olympics.
After the nationals, where he placed second
in the 100 y and 200 IM, and seventh in the
100 freestyle, he was upset with the way he
was hitting the walls, saying he was making
mistakes young swimmers make in age-group
competition.
Phelps shows his comeback is on track at Pan Pacs
Michael Phelps
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By Rick Eymer
OAKLAND Josh Hamilton is heating up
at the right time, and Los Angeles manager
Mike Scioscia hopes he can keep going.
Hamilton homered and drove in three
runs, Mike Trout also went deep and the
Angels regained the best record on baseball,
beating the Oakland Athletics 9-4 on
Sunday night.
This is huge for Josh, Scioscia said. You
can see what he can bring from what he did
today. He can control the game by himself.
Erick Aybar had two hits and two RBIs and
Kole Calhoun nished with three hits for the
Angels, who ended a ve-game losing streak
to the As in Oakland. Albert Pujols and
Howie Kendrick each drove in a run as Los
Angeles won for the ninth time in 12 games.
We needed a W tonight, Trout said.
There are a lot of games left but any time
you beat Oakland its big.
Alberto Callaspo and Andy Parrino homered
for Oakland, which had won three of four to
move into a tie for the top spot in the AL
West.
Its not even about a series any more. We
have to bear down every single day, As
manager Bob Melvin said. When you take
the rst two, you always want the third one,
but you cant complain when you take two
of three.
Jared Weaver (14-7) struck out eight in 6
2-3 innings while improving to 7-1 with a
3.78 ERA in his last 13 starts. He allowed
three runs and eight hits.
Its nice to end the series on top of the
AL West division, Weaver said. This was
obviously a huge game. We didnt want to
get swept, and the offense was the story of
the game.
Scott Kazmir (14-6) matched his season
highs in runs (seven) and hits (10) in three-
plus innings.
There were times I felt I could take con-
trol of the game, get two strikes on a guy
and then throw one right down the middle,
Kazmir said. I felt like I wasnt aggressive
enough.
Aybar contributed a two-run double when
the Angels got to Kazmir for three runs in
the second. Calhoun doubled home Aybar
for a 3-0 lead.
The Angels are 4-8 against the As this
season, including a 1-5 mark in Oakland.
The teams meet again in Anaheim in a four-
game set beginning on Thursday.
There are years weve played well here,
Scioscia said. This year theyve got our num-
ber. Theyve played well at our place too.
Notes: left-handed pitcher Sean Doolittle
(strained right intercostal) and third base-
man Josh Donaldson (knee) each had an
MRI during Sundays game. Doolittle went
on the 15-day disabled list while
Donaldson, who hurt his knee in his last at-
bat on Saturday, is day to day. . Catcher
John Jaso will be placed on the 7-day con-
cussion list before the As play Houston.
Oakland acquired catcher Geovany Soto
from Texas for cash. He was brought in
because of Jasos continued problems with
concussion-like symptoms.
Right-hander Jeff Samardzija (3-3, 4.07
ERA) takes the mound in Houston on
Monday night. His ve wins against the
Astros are his most against any team.
Angels salvage series finale, win first game in Oakland this year
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best efforts of Jonny Gomes, middle, with the safe call during the sixth inning Sunday.
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Mets turn rst triple play since 2010
LOS ANGELES The New York Mets
have turned a triple play in the sixth inning
of Sundays 11-3 victory over the Los
Angeles Dodgers.
Dee Gordon led off with a single against
Bartolo Colon and Yasiel Puig walked
before Adrian Gonzalez singled home a run.
Matt Kemp followed with a sharp grounder
in the hole to third baseman Eric Campbell,
who threw to second for the force before
Daniel Murphy relayed to rst. Puig tried to
score on the play, but catcher Travis
dArnaud took the throw from Lucas Duca
and tagged the Dodgers center elder out.
Campbell entered the game in the bottom
of the fourth as a replacement for David
Wright, who left because of a muscle spasm
in the right side of his neck.
The triple play was the rst for the Mets
since May 19, 2010 at Washington.
Union score late to down Quakes
CHESTER, Pa. Sheanon Williams
scored the go-ahead goal in the 72nd minute
to help the Philadelphia Union beat the San
Jose Earthquakes 4-2 on Sunday night.
Williams goal came 2 minutes after San
Jose had erased a two-goal decit on Chris
Wondolowskis score in the 70th minute.
Andrew Wenger added a breakaway goal in
the 79th minute for the Union (7-9-9).
Wenger also opened the scoring in the 10th
minute on a smash into the top corner,
assisted by Sebastien Le Toux.
Le Toux followed 4 minutes later with his
own goal for a 2-0 lead, capitalizing on a
weak clearance attempt by San Jose (6-10-7).
Sam Cronin got the Quakes on the board
with a half-volley rocket into the top corner
from well beyond the penalty box in the
59th minute.
Diekroeger extends hit streak to 18
Danny Diekroeger upped his current
minor league hitting streak to 18 games
Sunday to tie a State College record.
Currently on a roll for St. Louis Cardinals
Short-Season affiliate State College,
Diekroeger a former Menlo School and
Stanford standout tabbed a rst-inning
triple at Pirates affiliate Jamestown to
extend a hitting streak which began on Aug.
2. It was a tting opponent, as Diekroeger
tied Brian Fridays State College record 18-
game hitting streak of 2007, when the team
was an afliate of the Pirates.
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visible lines where new sod was placed
Friday after the initial turf failed to hold.
Phil Dawson kicked a 39-yard eld goal at
the 9:27 mark of the second quarter, ending
an eight-quarter scoreless drought for the
49ers as they doubled their preseason total.
Dawson added another from 28 yards a week
after missing twice.
Dawson didnt get on the field until
Sunday morning.
Im just amazed that was playable,
Dawson said. It was an improvement, so
hats off to those guys who worked so hard to
get it in. Fortunately I missed two last week
so my focus was solely on trying to make a
eld goal, so I didnt have enough room in
my brain to worry about the eld.
Gabbert threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to
Vance McDonald late in the rst half for the
49ers rst TD of the preseason. That capped
a drive in which Gabbert went 5 for 6.
Philip Rivers completed his first five
passes and nished 9 of 10 for 85 yards and
a touchdown. Kaepernick was 6 of 12 for 59
yards.
With Rivers outing and Peyton
Mannings 12-of-14 performance in a 34-0
rout last Sunday, the new-look 49ers sec-
ondary allowed the past two starting quarter-
backs to complete 21 of 24 passes for 187
yards and passer ratings of 120 or better.
We all havent really come together yet,
cornerback Tramaine Brock said. Theres
still a lot to learn.
San Franciscos offensive line had major
problems protecting Kaepernick, who was
hit hard four times in three first-quarter
series.
Right guard Alex Boone has held out all
offseason in hopes of a new contract with
two years remaining on his previous deal,
and he might now have some increased
leverage.
Kaepernick lost a fumble when he got
stripped and pounded by Corey Liuget, who
beat left guard Mike Iupati. But the Chargers
failed to score when Ryan Mathews was
stuffed on fourth-and-1 from the 5 by
Michael Wilhoite.
Kaepernick was hit again on his next pass
attempt, then a fourth time during his third
series.
An illegal block nullied Rivers 25-yard
touchdown pass to Mathews in the nal
minute of the rst quarter. But Rivers con-
nected on a 10-yard TD pass to Antonio
Gates on the next play.
The Chargers outgained San Francisco
121-17 in the rst quarter but not without
a cost.
Defensive tackle Kwame Geathers went
down with a knee injury at the 7:09 mark in
the rst quarter, while center Nick Hardwick
suffered a rst-half neck injury.
49ers fullback Will Tukuafu sustained a
concussion, while rookie third-round draft
pick center Marcus Martin was carted off
with 11:18 remaining with a knee injury.
San Franciscos Glenn Winston ran for a
27-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter
against a Chargers defense that allowed ve
TDs rushing in a 41-14 loss to the Super
Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks.
We had something to prove after last
week. We really put a focus on stopping the
run, and I thought we did a good job, line-
backer Donald Butler said. Its good that
when you put a focus on something, that
youre able to go out there and do it.
Kaepernick and Anquan Boldin spent
extensive time testing their footing, work-
ing on routes and communicating during
warmups on the new grass, which still fea-
tured divots and holes and isnt a permanent
solution.
The 49ers have won the past ve presea-
son meetings between the teams, who have
faced off in the exhibition schedule every
year since 1987. Neither showed much
given they play here again in Week 16 on
Dec. 20.
Craig Dahl started at safety for the 49ers
in place of Antoine Bethea, held out as a
precaution after last Sundays concussion.
Linebacker Patrick Willis made his first
appearance of the preseason.
Our biggest thing is we dont want to
give them anything, Willis said.
Continued from page 11
NINERS
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Vance McDonald runs for the rst preseason touchdown in Levis Stadium history.
By Brian Mahoney
NEWYORK The U.S. has picked the 12
players it believes can defend its world bas-
ketball title.
The Americans kept Derrick Rose and cut All-
Star Damian Lillard and three others early
Saturday morning, getting their roster down to
the limit for the FIBAWorld Cup of Basketball.
Though team ofcials had previously said
they might carry extra players when they left
for Spain on Saturday, and nal rosters arent
due until next Friday, the Americans decided
there was no need to wait.
Kyle Korver, Gordon Hayward and Chandler
Parsons also were cut, shortly after the
Americans beat Puerto Rico 112-86 in their
nal home exhibition game.
"Since taking over the USA Basketball
mens national team program in 2005, this
was without doubt the most difcult selection
process weve gone through, USABasketball
managing director Jerry Colangelo said in a
statement. I cant stress enough the outstand-
ing effort and commitment that has been given
by each nalist.
I also want to make it clear that this is not just
about talent each player
is incredibly talented and
each player offered us unique
skills. In the end it was about
assembling the best team,
selecting guys who we felt
would be able to best play
the kind of style we envi-
sion this team playing.
The rest of the roster is:
Stephen Curry, Anthony
Davis, James Harden, Kyrie Irving, DeMarcus
Cousins, Klay Thompson, Andre Drummond,
Rudy Gay, DeMar DeRozan, Kenneth Faried
and Mason Plumlee.
The Americans can still change the roster in
event of injury or withdrawal before Friday, a
day before the World Cup opener, which is why
they originally considered bringing extra
players to Spain.
We feel that its better to go with 12 because
thats really difcult on anybody if theyre not
going to be on the team to travel that far,
coach Mike Krzyzewski said after the game at
Madison Square Garden.
Im excited about the 12 players selected
and feel we have excellent versatility and the
makings of a really good defensive team,
U.S. picks 12-man roster
for basketball World Cup
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SONOMA Will Power thought the
world was ending when an earthquake shook
him out of bed. Afew hours later at Sonoma
Raceway, the sleep-deprived driver plum-
meted from the pole to 20th place before
fighting back for a finish that actually
increased his IndyCar points lead.
Scott Dixon barely noticed the quake, and
he calmly racked up another milestone vic-
tory while Power frantically stayed in posi-
tion to take Dixons place as series champi-
on next weekend.
Dixon surged ahead with three laps left at
Sonoma on Sunday, while Power recovered
from a mid-race spin to nish 10th heading
to the season nale.
Dixon is out of the race to defend his 2013
title after a poor start to the season, but he
has won two of IndyCars last three races.
Unlike most of his competitors, he wasnt
bothered by the 6.0 earthquake that caused
extensive damage in the cities around the
raceway, including Napa.
I think I caught the last maybe ve or 10
seconds, Dixon said.
People were screaming,
but I just went back to
bed.
Dixon grabbed his sec-
ond Sonoma victory and
his 35th win overall after
leader Graham Rahal was
forced to pit for gas with
four laps left. Dixon slid
inside Mike Conway for
the lead and held on for Target Chip Ganassi
Racing, moving him into a fth-place tie
with Bobby Unser for career victories on
the circuit.
Rahal and Conway both tried to push to
the nish on low fuel, but neither made it.
Ryan Hunter-Reay finished second, and
Takuma Sato was fourth.
We know our team nishes strong, but if
we could have started the season on the
map, we could have done a lot better,
Dixon said. For me, its been one of the
worst seasons Ive had.
Although Dixon won, Power was under
the IndyCar spotlight. The Australian
boosted his lead over teammate Helio
Castroneves to 51 points heading to the
double-points nale at Fontana on Saturday.
Castroneves struggled to an 18th-place
nish at Sonoma, and Simon Pagenaud is 81
points back in third after a third-place
showing on a wild day in wine country.
Power crossed the nish line ninth after a
ferocious last-lap push past Justin Wilson,
culminating in a thrilling three-wide sprint
with Sebastien Bourdais. But IndyCar
recorded Wilson in ninth and Power in 10th
because of a local yellow ag for the slow-
ing car of Conway, who crawled across the
line.
The nish capped a tumultuous day for
Power, who started on the pole in his
attempt to win at Sonoma for the fourth
time in ve years.
That was a good recovery there, Power
said. We had such a fast car, but thats the
way IndyCar racing goes. We maintained the
points lead, and were going to Fontana.
Well see what we can do, man.
Sonoma Raceway was unaffected by the
earthquake that hit about 10 hours before
the race began. The quake left several driv-
ers alarmed, but unharmed although Team
Penskes hotel was evacuated, and James
Hinchcliffe slept a few hours in his car.
Castroneves race was miserable from the
opening lap when he sustained damage to a
front wing in a multicar collision, forcing
him to pit under green for repairs. Power had
a huge early lead, but Dixon beat Power out
of the pits with a nifty move on the 37th
lap.
Power then spun himself on cold tires on
the rst lap after a restart, barely avoiding a
signicant wreck and even falling behind
Castroneves. Power struggled until his tires
were replaced, but he kept pushing and
gained enough ground to increase the 40-
point lead he took into Sonoma over
Castroneves.
Dixon, who hadnt won at Sonoma since
2007, appreciated the history of catching
an open-wheel great in career victories.
Checking in from his vacation home in
Pagosa Springs, Colorado, the 80-year-old
Unser had kind words for the New Zealander.
Scott is a very, very good driver, and
records are made to be broken, Unser said.
Hes truly a great driver and drives with a
lot of vigor. At his young age, I am sure
hell get another win or lots to pass our 35
IndyCar wins we now share together.
Dixon gets dramatic IndyCar win at Sonoma Raceway
Scott Dixon
By Will Graves
PITTSBURGH Sam Mikulak isnt much
on regret. Its just not his thing.
So there was no pep talk necessary after
the easygoing Mikulak stumbled through
the opening round of the U.S. mens gym-
nastics championships on Friday. He blew
it. He knew it. And he knew he had a chance
at redemption in Sundays nal.
I guess I get over things pretty easily,
Mikulak said. Im always looking toward
the future and stay in that moment.
He certainly provided a memorable one in
the nals. Electric at the start and relaxed at
the nish, Mikulak surged past Jake Dalton
and former champions John Orozco and
Danell Leyva with six nearly awless rou-
tines on the way to his second straight
national title. Mikulaks two-day total of
180.650 was just ahead of Orozcos
180.200 and provided a healthy jumping off
point for a U.S. mens team searching for
redemption at the world championships in
October.
Its a long competition, Mikulak said.
You can never count yourself out because
once you start having negative thoughts,
you just beat yourself up.
There was no beating the 21-year-old
Mikulak on a day in
which he competed as if
his sloppy miscues on
parallel bars and floor
exercise on Friday never
happened.
Dalton led for much of
Sunday before fading to
third, followed by
Donnell Whittenburg and
Leyva, the 2012 Olympic
all-around bronze medalist who is in the
process of revitalizing his agging career.
Alex Naddour rounded out the top six, which
will serve as the U.S. team at the 2014 world
championships in Nanning, China from
Oct. 3-13.
While Mikulak might have mentally hit
control/alt/delete on his forgettable Friday,
the evidence remained. He started Sunday a
distant 2.3 points behind the early pace set
by Orozco. It took all of a minute for the
comeback to begin. Mikulak began the
nals on parallel bars the same event
where a bad mix of chalk and honey had him
treating the event like a slip-and-slide on
Friday and put up a 15.450 that served as
the spark he needed to track down the lead-
ers.
Once I got into the rhythm of doing my
routines it became second nature and muscle
memory took over, Mikulak said.
It led him to a familiar spot: the top of the
podium. Mikulak has emerged as the best
American all-arounder over the last two
years, taking the moniker away from
Orozco and Leyva after the emerging stars
went through post-London letdowns.
Orozco tore his left ACL in the fall of 2012
while Leyva has spent most of the last 24
months navigating personal issues that
affected his condence and briey led him to
ponder retirement.
Those thoughts are long gone for both.
Orozcos bid for a second national title
collapsed with a botched vault in which he
bailed out because he was scared, but he
recovered to produce an eye-popping
16.100 on high bar, the highest score in
any event men or women during the
four-day championships.
The performance gave Orozco an event
gold to go with his all-around silver as the
men spread the wealth. The six event golds
went to six different gymnasts, proof the
talent atop the U.S. mens program is a bit
more spread out than it is for the U.S.
women, who will rely heavily on supernova
Simone Biles at worlds.
While Biles will head to China with the
weight of another world championship on
her shoulders, the men have less pressure
but more to prove.Mikulak, Dalton, Orozco
and Leyva were part of a group that headed to
London with an outside shot of unseating
Japan and China. It never happened. The
U.S. dominated qualifying only to crater in
the team nals, falling to fth behind a
group that included upstart Britain.The
Americans regrouped to win four individual
medals at last years worlds, but China will
be their rst major meet together since
walking off the O2 Arena oor in shock.
Instead of losing guys after this, we
gained the whole Olympic team and were
still getting juniors and seniors coming
in, Dalton said. Its going to be a surpris-
ing year for a lot of people.Dalton hoped
to start the surprises early. He moved into
the lead quickly on Sunday but couldnt hold
on. He stepped awkwardly to the side after
landing his vault and the resulting 14.700
opened the door for Mikulak.
Orozcos vault was even worse. In an
event thats typically one of the highest
scoring of the six disciplines, Orozco man-
aged just a 13.500 when he failed to explode
off the block. The low ight prevented him
from getting through clean and a penalty
ended his chance to reach the top of the
podium for the rst time since winning
nationals a month before the 2012
Olympics.
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lap, waving and laughing.
The win meant a lot to the people of South
Korea, who had to watch it or get updates in
the middle of the night.
We know the time difference and that a lot
of people were cheering for us, said manag-
er Jong Wook Park. We appreciate the peo-
ple back in Korea. I told the kids that in a
speech.
The game was played in bright sunshine
and temperatures in the high 70s before a
crowd of 28,671 at Lamade Stadium.
South Korean fans, brightly dressed in
owing satin robes of yellow and electric
blue, danced with large fans in the latter
innings.
Chicago, the Great Lakes Region champi-
ons, came back from 3-0 and 5-4 decits to
beat favored West champ Las Vegas
Mountain Ridge 7-5 in the U.S. title game
on Saturday. Earlier, South Korea, the Asia-
Pacic Region winner, rolled over Japan,
12-3.
But they couldnt come back against the
powerful South Koreans, who asserted them-
selves early.
Leadoff hitter Choi drilled the very rst
pitch over the wall in right, but a few feet
foul. He then ied out deep to right.
Sin followed by smacking a screaming
liner to center that slipped out of the glove
of DJ Butler for a two-base error. Hwangs
double brought in the rst run.
With one out in the third, Choi walked and
Sin singled sharply up the middle. After a
double steal, Choi came home on Hwangs
ground-out to third.
Hwang set down the rst six Chicago hit-
ters, four on strikeouts.
Butler broke up Hwangs no-hitter with a
spinning cue shot to short that he beat out
leading off the third. That was all for Hwang
after he had mentioned to his coaches that he
was sick between innings.
He traded places with rst baseman Choi,
who was greeted by shortstop Ed Howards
bouncer to the mound that was scored a sin-
gle, prompting the rst prolonged chants of
U-S-A! for the day. Choi then fanned
Cameron Bufford before leadoff hitter Pierce
Jones who had three homers in the LLWS
opener but was just 1 for 12 since walked
to load the bases with one out.
That brought up Trey Hondras, who had a
homer and three RBIs in the U.S. nal, and
his high hopper to second on a nice grab by
Jin Woo Jeon scored Butler. The rally died
when Marquis Jackson bounced out sharply
to third on the next pitch.
Ji Ho Park doubled and came around on
pinch-hitter Jun Ha Yoos single in the
fourth.
After Sin pounded the ball over the wall
near the camera bay in left center in the fth,
a U.S. fan threw the ball back on the eld.
Then the Seoul team added three runs in the
sixth on an RBI double by Shane Jaemin
Kim and Jin Woo Jeons two-run single.
(We) felt like we had a chance even when
we were down 8-1, Chicago manager Darold
Butler said. (South Korea) had a pretty good
game. They were the better team today.
Japan beats Las Vegas 5-0 in third-place
game
Japan 5, Las Vegas 0
Takuma Takahashi struck out 11 and
homered to help Japan silence Las Vegas
hot bats and win 5-0 in the Little League
World Series third-place game Sunday.
Takahashi (2-0) never allowed a runner
past rst base and Las Vegas was held to
three hits after scoring 38 runs in four
games.
Ren Takeuchi homered right after
Takahashi did in the fourth, and Japan
tacked on another two runs in the bottom of
the fth before Takahashi struck out the side
in the sixth to end it.
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South Koreas Dong Wan Sin rounds the bases after his fth-inning home run.
for the Giants, who ended their road trip 3-3.
Brandon Crawford had three singles for San
Francisco, which used its bullpen for 11 2-3
innings across the three-game series.
Theyve been terric, said Giants manag-
er Bruce Bochy of his pen, which entered
Sunday with a 2.57 ERA, third-best in the
majors. We turn it over to the pen and they do
a great job. Our guys . I feel for them. They
played so well early and thats a tough one to
let get away.
Strasburg allowed ve earned runs his
most at home since the nal game of his
innings-limit-shortened 2012 season on
eight hits and two walks. His day ended when
pinch-hitter Nate Schierholtz replaced him
and popped out to short to end the fourth.
Vogelsong allowed three runs and three hits,
and a season high-tying four walks in 5 1-3
innings. He departed with a 6-3 lead after
yielding Desmonds homer.
Harper doubled and scored on Affeldts wild
pitch. Lobaton singled in Asdrubal Cabrera
and Hairstons double tied it.
Hes been really good all year, Affeldt,
according to his numbers, Hairston said.
But we dont pay too much attention to that.
Jean Machi picked Denard Span off rst
after entering with the game tied and runners
on the corners. But Jayson Werth and Adam
LaRoche each had RBI singles to nish the
scoring in the sixth.
The Nationals added a run in the seventh and
ve more in the eighth, including blasts from
Harper and Espinosa.
We need to keep it going, Strasburg said.
As long as we can.
Skipping Lincecum?
Bochy said he will consult with pitching
coach Dave Righetti before deciding whether
to skip struggling starter Tim Lincecums next
start, tentatively scheduled for Thursday.
The two-time Cy Young winner has failed to
pitch through the fth inning in four of his
last six starts, going 1-3 with a 9.49 ERAi n
that stretch.
Were at a point now where you have to do
what you can to win every game, Bochy said.
When you are talking about that game its
who gives us our best chance to win. That is
call-up time, too.
Strasburgs 200th K
With his second-inning strikeout of
Vogelsong, Strasburg became the second
Nationals pitcher in the franchises
Washington history to reach the 200 strikeout
plateau during a season. Gio Gonzalez record-
ed 207 in 2012, his rst season in
Washington.
Notes: Center elder Angel Pagan (left calf
tightness), was left out of the starting lineup
for the second straight day. Pagan spent
almost two months on the disabled list with a
strained back before returning to the club on
Aug. 7.
Right-hander Jake Peavy (2-3, 3.58) looks
for his third straight victory Monday night as
San Francisco begins a seven-game homes-
tand with the rst of four against the Colorado
Rockies.
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GIANTS
SPORTS 17
By Rachel Cohen
NEW YORK Two 23-year-olds, Milos
Raonic and Grigor Dimitrov, broke through
to their rst major seminals at Wimbledon.
Perhaps this years U.S. Open will be the
tipping point for the rise of a new genera-
tion. But recent history suggests that if
somebody other than the Big 4 wins, a
veteran may be more likely.
We didnt have many young players who
were able to challenge for top spots and win
Grand Slam titles, Wimbledon champ
Novak Djokovic said. So this is some-
thing that is happening now, but its still a
long way to the Grand Slam title. Its not
something that can happen overnight.
It was then-28-year-old Stan Wawrinka
who snapped the streak of 16 straight Grand
Slam titles by Djokovic, Roger Federer,
Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray when he won
the Australian Open in January. The only
other men in the U.S. Open eld who have
reached a major nal in the last ve years are
32-year-old David Ferrer and 28-year-old
Tomas Berdych.
The U.S. Open starts Monday with
Djokovic, Murray, Wawrinka, Maria
Sharapova and Venus Williams among the
big names on the court. The player with the
most impressive performance leading to
this tournament was 29-year-old Jo-Wilfried
Tsonga. Tsonga, the runner-up at the 2008
Australian Open, beat Djokovic, Murray,
Dimitrov and Federer to win the title at
Toronto this month.
As the sport became more physical, Grand
Slam titles became less
likely not only for
teenagers but for players
in their early 20s.
Everybody realizes
that youre reaching your
peak physically maybe a
little bit later and then
theyre staying there
longer, because they
have the technology and
theyre more systematic
about their training, said
Patrick McEnroe, the
U.S. Tennis
Associations general
manager of player devel-
opment.
So a group of players
not that young by tennis
standards has gained lit-
tle experience of playing
in the highest-pressure moments. The oft-
repeated stat is that the Big 4 have won 36
of the last 38 Grand Slam titles.
Contrast that to the five years before
Nadal won his rst major championships at
the 2005 French Open to start that streak.
As Pete Sampras reign was ending and
Federers beginning, 12 different players
won the 20 Grand Slam titles; for six of
them, it would be their only major champi-
onship.
Now, its daunting not just to win champi-
onships but to even get close to them.
Since Murray reached his rst major semi-
nal at the 2008 U.S. Open, the Big 4 have
hogged 63 of the 96 slots in the semis. And
since the 2006 French Open, the first
Federer-Nadal major nal, theyve lled 58
of the 68 spots in Grand Slam title matches.
Nobody else reached a major nal for 10
straight events from the 2010 U.S. Open to
the 2013 Australian Open.
Its definitely been a tough time for
everybody else trying to break through,
Raonic said.
Especially younger players. Of the eight
other men to play in Grand Slam title match-
es since the 2006 French, only Tsonga and
Juan Martin del Potro were under age 24.
I was really impatient I wanted things
to happen quick for me, just wanted to
achieve right way, Dimitrov said.
I cant forget that nowadays the game has
changed so much that nothing happens like
that, he added, snapping his ngers.
A20-year-old del Potro stunned Federer in
the 2009 U.S. Open nal, seemingly herald-
ing the arrival of a new generation. It wasnt
to be. Del Potro, now 25, has been ham-
pered by injuries and wont play in New
York this year because of a wrist problem.
He and his contemporaries are a glaring
omission from the upper echelons of the
sport. The rankings current top 10 include
the two 23-year-olds, Raonic and Dimitrov;
no one else is under 27.
Other promising players in their mid-20s
such as Kei Nishikori, Ernests Gulbis and
Marin Cilic have never maintained a consis-
tent high level.
Djokovic and Murray were born a week
apart in 1987; Nadal is less than a year
older. If they can stay healthy certainly a
big if with Nadal the logjam at the top
could stick for a while.
New stars could be born at U.S. Open
Grigor Dimitrov
Milos Roanic
The Rachel Cohen
NEWYORK Serena Williams stopped hid-
ing from history and started making more of it.
Up until a couple of years ago, she practical-
ly plugged her ears at any mention of records
or rsts. Now she says it out loud: Coming
into the U.S. Open, her next goal is matching
two tennis greats for the second-most major
titles in the Open era with 18.
Obviously just getting closer to tying
with Chris (Evert) and Martina
(Navratilova), she said.
Then she added: But been doing that all year
and still hasnt happened. Not going to stress
out about it anymore.
Williams has been stuck on 17 since win-
ning the U.S. Open a year ago. When she start-
ed working with coach Patrick Mouratoglou in
mid-2012, he urged her to
embrace the record chase.
Williams went on to cap-
ture four of the next six
Grand Slam titles, an
Olympic gold medal and
two straight WTA
Championships in a scin-
tillating 16-month run.
But in the rst three major
tournaments of 2014, she
didnt even make the quar-
ternals. Her last appearance on the Grand Slam
stage took a bizarre turn when an out-of-sorts
Williams pulled out of a Wimbledon doubles
match, blaming a viral illness.
Evert, for one, gured shed be looking up at
Williams by now. Or that maybe Williams
would be chasing Stef Grafs Open-era record
of 22 major titles.
Evert won her 18th and nal major title at
31, the same age Williams was when she
played at Flushing Meadows in 2013.
Motivation gets harder with time because of
the mental fatigue season after season.
You just are not as fresh, Evert said. Some
days you just dont want to get out of bed.
For all that, Williams still has to rate as the
heavy favorite at Flushing Meadows when the
years last major tournament starts Monday.
Shes seeking to join Evert as the only women
to win three straight titles here in the Open era,
which began in 1968.
Williams is seeded No. 1 in New York for just
the third time, a surprisingly low number for
someone who has been the worlds top-ranked
player for 204 weeks in her career. The two pre-
vious times, she won the championship.
Williams ve titles in 2014 are the most on
the WTA tour; nobody else has more than
three. Over the last seven Grand Slam events,
the ve titles not won by Williams went to ve
different players, and two of them wont be at
Flushing Meadows: the retired Marion Bartoli
and the injured Li Na.
Five-time major champ Maria Sharapova
makes by far the best case to ll the void, but
she hasnt looked that sharp since winning her
second French Open title in June.
Petra Kvitova is coming off her victory at
Wimbledon, but shes always struggled at
Flushing Meadows never even reaching the
quarternals. After her rst Wimbledon title in
2011, she promptly lost in the rst round at
the U.S. Open.
And Victoria Azarenka, the runner-up to
Williams the last two years, has been stymied
by injuries all season.
Serena looking to match legends with 18th major title
Serena
Williams
A look at the U.S.Open,
theyear'slastGrandSlamtennistournament:
Surface: Hard courts.
Site: USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York.
Schedule: The 15-day tournament begins Monday. The
women's singles final is Sunday, Sept. 7; the men's singles
nal is Monday, Sept. 8. This is the second consecutive year
that the tournament is scheduled to end on a Monday. Each
of the previous five years, from 2008 to 2012, rain pushed
back the men's nal from Sunday to Monday. The U.S. Tennis
Association says the schedule will go back to a planned Sun-
day nish in 2015.
2013 Men's Singles Champion: Rafael Nadal of Spain. Nadal-
withdrew from this year's tournament because of an injured
right wrist.
2013 Women's Singles Champion: Serena Williams of the
United States.
Last Year: Nadal beat 2011 cham-
pion Novak Djokovic 6-2, 3-6, 6-4,
6-1 to win his second U.S. Open title
(the other came in 2010, also by de-
feating Djokovic in the final).
Williams edged Victoria Azarenka
in three sets in the nal for the sec-
ond year in a row, this time winning
7-5, 6-7 (6), 6-1 for her fifth U.S.
Open championship and 17th
Grand Slam title overall. Now she
will try to become the rst woman
to win three consecutive U.S. Open
trophies since Chris Evert earned
four in a row from 1975-78.
Key Statistic: 8 Years since Williams went an entire season
without reaching at least one Grand Slam final. She hasn't
been past the fourth round at any major in 2014.
Prize Money: Total payout to players is a tournament-record
$38.3 million, up from $34.3 million a year ago.The men's and
women's singles champions each will get $3 million, an in-
U.S. OPEN
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East Division
W L Pct GB
Baltimore 73 55 .570
New York 67 61 .523 6
Toronto 66 64 .508 8
Tampa Bay 64 66 .492 10
Boston 56 74 .431 18
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Kansas City 72 57 .558
Detroit 70 59 .543 2
Cleveland 66 63 .512 6
Chicago 59 71 .454 13?
Minnesota 58 72 .446 14?
West Division
W L Pct GB
Anaheim 77 52 .597
As 76 53 .589 1
Seattle 71 58 .550 6
Houston 55 76 .420 23
Texas 50 79 .388 27
Saturdays Games
N.Y. Yankees 5, Chicago White Sox 3
Toronto 5, Tampa Bay 4, 10 innings
Minnesota 12, Detroit 4, 1st game
Seattle 7, Boston 3
Chicago Cubs 7, Baltimore 2
Cleveland 3, Houston 2
Kansas City 6, Texas 3
Detroit 8, Minnesota 6, 2nd game
Oakland 2, Angels 1
Sundays Games
N.Y. Yankees 7, Chicago White Sox 4, 10 innings
Cleveland 3, Houston 1
Tampa Bay 2, Toronto 1, 10 innings
Seattle 8, Boston 6
Detroit 13, Minnesota 4
Texas 3, Kansas City 1
Angels 9, Oakland 4
Monday's Games
Rays (Odorizzi 9-10) at Bal.(Tillman 10-5),4:05 p.m.
Red Sox (Buchholz 5-8) at Tor.(Happ 8-8),4:07 p.m.
Yanks (Pineda 2-2) at K.C. (Shields 12-6), 4:10 p.m.
As (Samardzija 3-3) at Hou.(Feldman 7-9),5:10 p.m.
Fish(Cosart 1-1) at Anaheim(LeBlanc0-0),7:05p.m.
Rangers(Mikolas1-5) atSeattle(Elias9-10),7:10p.m.
East Division
W L Pct GB
Washington 75 54 .581
Atlanta 68 63 .519 8
Miami 64 65 .496 11
New York 61 70 .466 15
Philadelphia 58 72 .446 17 1/2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Milwaukee 72 58 .554
St. Louis 70 59 .543 1 1/2
Pittsburgh 67 63 .515 5
Cincinnati 63 68 .481 9 1/2
Chicago 58 72 .446 14
West Division
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 74 58 .561
Giants 68 61 .527 4 1/2
San Diego 60 69 .465 12 1/2
Arizona 55 76 .420 18 1/2
Colorado 52 77 .403 20 1/2
Saturdays Games
Washington 6, San Francisco 2
St. Louis 6, Philadelphia 5, 12 innings
Cincinnati 1, Atlanta 0
Pittsburgh 10, Milwaukee 2
Colorado 5, Miami 4, 13 innings
Arizona 5, San Diego 2
L.A. Dodgers 7, N.Y. Mets 4
Sundays Games
Cincinnati 5, Atlanta 3
Washington 14, San Francisco 6
Philadelphia 7, St. Louis 1
Milwaukee 4, Pittsburgh 3
Colorado 7, Miami 4
N.Y. Mets 11, L.A. Dodgers 3
San Diego 7, Arizona 4
Monday's Games
Cards (Lackey 1-1) at Pitt (Liriano 3-10), 4:05 p.m.
Nats (Roark 12-7) at Phili (Burnett 6-14), 4:05 p.m.
Fish(Cosart 1-1) at Anaheim(LeBlanc0-0),7:05p.m.
Brewers (Lohse 11-7) at S.D. (Stults 6-13), 7:10 p.m.
Rox (Matzek 2-9) at S.F. (Peavy 2-3), 7:15 p.m.
NL GLANCE AL GLANCE
AMERICANCONFERENCE
East W L T Pct PF PA
Miami 2 1 0 .667 55 50
New England 2 1 0 .667 78 65
N.Y. Jets 2 1 0 .667 62 62
Buffalo 1 3 0 .250 63 81
South W L T Pct PF PA
Houston 2 1 0 .667 50 56
Tennessee 2 1 0 .667 68 64
Jacksonville 1 2 0 .333 47 43
Indianapolis 0 3 0 .000 53 63
North W L T Pct PF PA
Baltimore 3 0 0 1.000 83 50
Pittsburgh 1 2 0 .333 56 67
Cincinnati 1 2 0 .333 75 79
Cleveland 0 3 0 .000 49 70
West W L T Pct PF PA
Denver 2 1 0 .667 72 34
San Diego 1 2 0 .333 48 69
Kansas City 1 2 0 .333 69 97
Raiders 1 2 0 .333 54 67
NATIONALCONFERENCE
East W L T Pct PF PA
N.Y. Giants 4 0 0 1.000 99 79
Washington 2 1 0 .667 64 52
Philadelphia 1 2 0 .333 94 97
Dallas 0 3 0 .000 57 89
South W L T Pct PF PA
New Orleans 3 0 0 1.000 80 65
Atlanta 1 2 0 .333 40 66
Carolina 1 2 0 .333 53 66
Tampa Bay 1 2 0 .333 51 50
North W L T Pct PF PA
Minnesota 3 0 0 1.000 70 46
Chicago 2 1 0 .667 60 81
Detroit 2 1 0 .667 52 51
Green Bay 2 1 0 .667 68 48
West W L T Pct PF PA
Seattle 2 1 0 .667 91 41
Arizona 1 2 0 .333 73 49
St. Louis 1 2 0 .333 64 61
49ers 1 2 0 .333 24 64
Thursday, Aug. 21
Philadelphia 31, Pittsburgh 21
Friday, Aug. 22
Carolina at New England, 4:30 p.m.
N.Y. Giants at N.Y. Jets, 4:30 p.m.
Jacksonville at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.
Oakland at Green Bay, 5 p.m.
Chicago at Seattle, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 23
Tampa Bay 27, Buffalo 14
Miami 25, Dallas 20
Tennessee 24, Atlanta 17
Baltimore 23,Washington 17
Minnesota 30, Kansas City 12
New Orleans 23, Indianapolis 17
St. Louis 33, Cleveland 14
Houston 18, Denver 17
Sunday's Games
San Francisco 21, San Diego 7
Cincinnati 19, Arizona 13
NFL PRESEASON GLANCE
BASEBALL
AmericanLeague
BALTIMORE ORIOLES Recalled RHP Miguel Gon-
zalez from Norfolk (IL).Designated INF Cord Phelps
for assignment.
BOSTON RED SOX Recalled RHP Heath Hem-
bree from Pawtucket (IL). Optioned RHP Brandon
Workman to Pawtucket.
OAKLAND ATHLETICS Placed LHP Sean Doolit-
tle on the 15-day DL.Recalled RHP Dan Otero from
Sacramento (PCL).Transferred 1B Kyle Blanks from
the 15- to the 60-day DL.
TEXASRANGERSTradedCGeovanySototoOak-
land for cash considerations.
TORONTOBLUEJAYSOptionedRHPKyleDrabek
to Buffalo (IL).
National League
CHICAGO CUBS Reinstated RHP Brian Schlitter
fromthe15-dayDLandoptionedhimtoIowa(PCL).
COLORADOROCKIESPlacedOFMichael Cuddyer
onthe15-dayDL.ActivatedRHPChristianBergman.
TransferredCarlosGonzalez(knee) tothe60-dayDL.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES Claimed LHP Bobby
LaFromboise off waivers from San Diego and op-
tioned him to Indianapolis (IL). Designated INF
Tommy Field for assignment.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
OAKLANDRAIDERSReleasedTEKyleAuffray,TEm-
mett Cleary, LB Justin Cole, WR Mike Davis, DTTorell
Troup,WRRahsaanVaughn,andCBJansenWatson.
TRANSACTIONS
SNOQUALMIE, Wash. Scott
Dunlap won the Boeing Classic on
Sunday when he made a short
birdie putt on the rst hole of a
playoff against Mark Brooks.
Dunlap set up his winning putt
on the par-5 18th hole with an out-
standing approach to the right of
the pin that bounced past the hole,
and then drew back downhill to
within four feet. He missed his
eagle try but made his next putt for
his rst Champions Tour victory.
I couldnt see anything (on his
approach), Dunlap said. The
cheers were letting me know.
Dunlap, who has played multi-
ple tours through his career with
seven worldwide victories, did not
win in his three stints covering
seven seasons on the PGATour.
His best nishes were three thirds.
He won a couple times on the
Web.com Tour, his last victory in
2008.
It means the wait was worth it,
Dunlap said.
Brooks, who put himself in
jeopardy by landing in a bunker on
his drive, just missed a 30-foot
putt on his fourth shot.
That tee shot got me in a funny
spot, Brooks said.
It was the fth playoff in the 10-
year history of the tournament at
TPC Snoqualmie Ridge.
Brooks made a dramatic closing
run on the back nine to earn his
spot in the playoff. He had ve
straight birdies and six over his
nal seven holes to nish with a
7-under 65. He had a 6-under 30 on
the back nine, one off the course
record.
Brooks tied Dunlap at 16-under
with an 8-foot birdie putt on No.
18.
Dunlap, in the nal group on the
last hole, put his approach shot
into the left bunker. His pitch out
rolled seven feet past the hole but
he missed his putt to the left and
had to settle for the playoff.
Brooks, the 1996 PGA champi-
on, won seven times on the PGA
Tour but has not had a victory in
his four years on the Champions
Tour. In his three previous appear-
ances at Boeing, he had not n-
ished better than tied for 57th.
Gene Sauers nish third at 14-
under 202. Tom Pernice Jr. was
fourth at 13-under 203.
Seven players were within a shot
of the lead as they approached the
turn when Dunlap eagled the par-5
eighth hole with a 45-foot putt
over a ridge. That put him two
shots ahead of the eld at 13 under.
I felt good at that point and
then I played good sensible, what I
felt, winning golf, Dunlap said.
But not quite. Turns out I needed
one more birdie.
However, both Doug Garwood
and Tommy Armour III birdied No.
8 to bring them back within one.
Dunlap and Armour then broke
away. Both birdied No. 10 and
Dunlap followed with a birdie on
No. 11 for a two-shot advantage
over Armour.
Armour had the misfortune of
hitting the pin on his approach to
the 12th green and the ball car-
omed back well off the green. He
settled for a par but needed more.
He bogeyed No. 13 and his pursuit
was over.
Dunlap, wedging his approach
on No. 14 to within three feet,
dropped in his birdie putt to extend
it to 16-under and a three-stroke
lead at the time.
While others faded, Brooks
slipped through the ranks. He
birdied Nos. 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16
to go 15-under, one behind
Dunlap. He parred the par-3 17th
before knocking in his birdie on
No. 18.
Fred Couples, the hometown
favorite, shot one of the best
rounds of the day at 6-under 66. He
nished with an 8-under 208 for
15th place.
Bernhard Langer, the over-
whelming leader in the Charles
Schwab Cup standings, also tied
for 15th, nishing outside the top
10 for just the second time in 17
starts this season. His worst pre-
vious Boeing nish was tied for
11th twice.
Dunlap wins Boeing Classic
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may take the bone, but youll give it
right back or trade it for another item
like a small dog treat, is less likely
to grow to be possessive. When
adult dogs are resource guarding, this
behavior can be improved. Owners
can try this: rather than placing your
dogs entire serving of kibble in the
bowl, drop in a small handful. Your
dog will wolf it down and look up to
you for more. Then, drop in another
small handful. Repeat this process a
few times until youve fed the entire
serving. If your dog growls or
exhibits any guarding behaviors,
mealtime is over; you walk away
with the rest of the food. Over a few
days, your dog learns that her guard-
ing behaviors end the mealtime.
Final note: while kids can be
involved in some training sessions,
this is an adult-only exercise.
Scott oversees PHS/SPCAs Adoption,
Behavior and Training, Education,
Outreach, Field Services, Cruelty
Investigation, Volunteer and Media/PR
program areas and staff from the new
Tom and Annette Lantos Center for
Compassion.
By Jake Coyle
NEW YORK Guardians of
the Galaxy became the sum-
mers top-grossing movie at the
North American box office with a
$17.6 million weekend that nar-
rowly bested the young adult
melodrama If I Stay, while the
long-delayed Sin City sequel,
A Dame to Kill For, flopped.
With an estimated $17.6 mil-
lion in its fourth weekend of
release, the Marvel space adven-
ture passed Transformers: Age
of Extinction to become the
summers biggest domestic hit
with a cumulative total of $252
million. The film, released by
Disney, was an unlikely August
sensation (late summer is usually
an afterthought in Hollywoods
lucrative summer season) that
helped the box office rebound
somewhat after big-budget
sequels like The Amazing
Spider-Man 2 and How To Train
Your Dragon 2 failed to ignite
the multiplexes.
This movie just couldnt have
come at a better time, said Paul
Dergarabedian, senior media ana-
lyst for box-office tracker
Rentrak. When we were really
down and out in the summer box
office - at one point down 20
percent from last year -
`Guardians came along and
injected life. What is surprising
is that it was a film launched in
August.
The Warner Bros. tearjerker
If I Stay failed to top the box
office with a weekend haul of
$16. 4 mi l l i on, accordi ng t o
studio estimates Sunday. In the
film, a co-production between
MGM and New Line Cinema,
Chloe Grace Moretz stars as a
teen in a coma after a car acci-
dent. It came in third place
behind Paramounts rept i l e
reboot Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtles, which made $16.8
million in its third weekend.
Dan Fellman, head of domestic
distribution for Warner Bros.,
said the studio was pleased with
the performance of If I Stay
considering its $11 million pro-
duction budget. Advance track-
ing on the film had forecast a
box office-topping result, but
tracking had also expected Sin
City: A Dame to Kill For to
open in the mid-teens. It made
just $6.5 million.
This is a complete miss,
said Erik Lomis, the Weinstein
Co. s distribution chief.
Obviously, were very, very
disappointed in the numbers. We
definitely did not see it coming
in like this.
The hurt was particularly
acute, Lomis said, because it
happened with a longtime
Weinstein Co. collaborator,
director Robert Rodriguez. He
helmed the first Sin City film,
which opened with $29.1 mil-
lion in 2005 and made $159 mil-
lion globally. But nine years is
a long time to wait for a sequel,
and clearly the novelty of the
films digital adaptation of
Frank Millers black-and-white
graphic novels wore off with
both moviegoers and critics.
The faith-based high school
football film When the Game
Stands Tall opened with $9.1
million for Sony.
Guardians retakes box office, tops summer films
REUTERS
Cast member Chris Pratt poses at the premiere of Guardians of the Galaxy
in Hollywood.
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Cameron Johnson, left, The Amazing Science Whiz, center, and Alizeth Picos, right, test the
science behind blowing up a balloon in a bottle. A balloon cannot be blown up in a bottle
because the air pressure in the bottle is too great to add more pressure from a blown up
balloon; a hole must be poked in the bottle rst to release old air so that new air can come in.
Johnson and Picos were volunteers from the audience at the July 29 Magic Circus event at the
San Mateo Public Library, part of the Paws to Read Summer Program for Children.
Amazing library performance
ALAN MCGEE
Artist Jerry Peters, left, talks with Dan and Zoe Peters at the Aug. 2 reception for a show of his new works at the
Portola Art Gallery, located at the Allied Arts Guild in Menlo Park.Seen behind them is his 2014 acrylic on canvas
entitled Case Tractor.New Worksmay be seen Mon. - Sat. 10:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. through Aug. 31.
Artist celebrates new work
GRACE YI/DAILY JOURNAL
Genevieve Ramirez poses with Princess Soa at the Radio Disney Junior
Little Girl Princess Event at Hillsdale Shopping Center in San Mateo on
Aug. 2.
Junior princess
Night shoot
SUE MORGAN
Photography students gather at the
Downtown San Mateo Train Station the
evening of July 28.Their goal:to photograph
a train in low light as it goes by, setting the
shutter speed to show movement. The
students are enrolled in Beginning Digital
Photography, taught by Marty Springer
through the San Mateo Parks and Recreation
Department.
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Rivera said.
While inspecting the shattered glass at
her husbands storefront office in down-
town Napa, Chris Malloy described call-
ing for her two children in the dark as the
quake rumbled under the familys home,
tossing heavy pieces of furniture for sev-
eral feet.
It was shaking and I was crawling on
my hands and knees in the dark, looking
for them, the 45-year-old woman said,
wearing flip flops on feet left bloodied
from crawling through broken glass.
Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of
emergency for southern Napa County,
directing state agencies to respond with
equipment and personnel. President
Barack Obama was briefed on the earth-
quake, the White House said, and federal
officials were in touch with state and local
emergency responders.
Napa Fire Department Operations Chief
John Callanan said the city had exhausted
its own resources trying to extinguish at
least six fires after 60 water mains rup-
tured, as well as transporting injured resi-
dents, searching homes for anyone
trapped and responding to reports of 50
gas leaks.
Two of the fires happened at mobile
home parks, including one where four
homes were destroyed and two others dam-
aged, Callanan said. Aruptured water main
there delayed efforts to fight the blaze
until pumper trucks could be brought in,
he said.
Nola Rawlins, 83, was one of the Napa
Valley Mobile Home Park residents left
homeless by the fire. Rawlins said she was
awakened by an explosion after the quake
and managed to escape unharmed, but lost
all her belongings.
There were some explosions and it was
burning. Everybody was out in the street,
she said. I couldnt get back in the house
because they told everybody to go down to
the clubhouse, so I didnt get anything out
of the house.
The earthquake sent at least 120 people
to Queen of the Valley Medical Center in
Napa, where officials set up a triage tent to
handle the influx. Most patients had cuts,
bumps and bruises suffered either in the
quake, when they tried to flee their homes
or while cleaning up, hospital CEO Walt
Mickens said. Three people were admitted
with broken bones and two for heart
attacks.
The child in critical condition was struck
by flying debris from a collapsed fireplace
and had to be airlifted to a specialty hospi-
tal for a neurological evaluation, Callanan
said.
The temblor struck about six miles
south of Napa around 3:20 a.m., according
to the United States Geological Survey. It
was the largest to shake the Bay Area
since the magnitude-6.9 Loma Prieta
quake struck in 1989, collapsing part of
the Bay Bridge roadway and killing more
than 60 people, most when an Oakland
freeway fell.
Sundays quake was felt widely through-
out the region, with people reporting
feeling it more than 200 miles south of
Napa and as far east as the Nevada border.
Amtrak suspended its train service
through the Bay Area so tracks could be
inspected.
Napa City Manager Mike Parness said at
an afternoon news conference that 16
buildings were not safe to occupy, and
there was only limited access to numerous
other structures, mostly ones with broken
windows. Officials said they were still
assessing buildings in the area.
A Red Cross evacuation center was set
up at a church, and crews were assessing
damage to homes, bridges and roadways.
The Napa Unified School District said
classes were canceled for students
Monday.
Theres collapses, fires, said Napa Fire
Capt. Doug Bridewell, standing in front of
large pieces of masonry that broke loose
from an early 20th-century office building
where a fire had just been extinguished.
Thats the worst shaking Ive ever been
in.
Bridewell said he had to climb over fall-
en furniture in his own home to check on
his family before reporting to duty.
The shaking, which lasted for 10 to 20
seconds depending on how close a person
was to the epicenter, emptied cabinets in
homes and store shelves, set off car
alarms and had residents of neighboring
Sonoma County running out of their
houses.
Pacific Gas and Electric spokesman
J.D. Guidi said close to 30,000 lost
power right after the quake hit, but that
number was down to around 19,000 later
in the day, most of them in Napa. He said
crews were working to make repairs, but
it was unclear when electricity would be
restored.
The depth of the earthquake was just
under seven miles, and was followed by
numerous small aftershocks, the USGS
said.
A quake of that size in a populated area
is of course widely felt throughout that
region, said Randy Baldwin, a geophysi-
cist with the U.S. Geological Survey in
Golden, Colorado.
California Highway Patrol Officer
Kevin Bartlett said cracks and damage to
pavement closed the westbound Interstate
80 connector to westbound State Route
37 in Vallejo and westbound State Route
37 at the Sonoma off ramp. He said there
hadnt been reports of injuries or people
stranded in their cars, but there were
numerous cases of flat tires from
motorists driving over damaged roads.
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participated in the two distributions.
We didnt realize we were going to get so
many backpacks, said Annual Giving
Manager Jessica Mitchell.
This year, the group is giving out double
the number of backpacks it gave out last
year. Mitchell attributes this to being more
visible in the recent past on social media
and through word of mouth.
This year weve been able to give out
backpacks to everyone who wanted one,
said Volunteer Coordinator Reyna Sandoval
who headed up the giveaway program. Its a
good way to start off the year in style.
If someone needs a backpack, but is not
yet a client, he or she can contact the client
services ofce to sign up. There are extra
backpacks available to give to clients who
were unable to make the distributions on
Aug. 8 and Aug. 22.
Samaritan House also offers Kids Closet
which provides new and gently used cloth-
ing to over 150 families every month,
including some of those children gearing up
for the school year.
For more information, go to samaritan-
housesanmateo.org.
angela@smdailyjournal.com
(650) 344-5200 ext. 105
SCHOOL
neered by Nicola Tesla lit up the buildings
and fair grounds for the very rst time. The
Ferris Wheel was introduced to the world at
this fair as well as the hamburger, a moving
walk and cracker jacks.
From this remarkable show of Chicagos
progress since the Great Fire that had
destroyed the city in 1871, Otto Schmitt, a
showman at the fair, put together a traveling
carnival featuring 13 acts patterned after
those at the fair. His show, although small-
er, was welcomed in many cities until
Schmitts business practices bankrupted the
shows. Many of the acts were continued by
members of the shows and they continued to
perform and begin many others traveling
companies. The number of traveling carni-
vals increased to 46 by 1905 and, by 1937,
there were estimated to be more than 300
carnivals touring the country. In addition to
Schmitts traveling show, San Franciscos
businessmen leaped on the idea of a show in
Golden Gate Park in 1894 and purchased
many of the buildings and acts to perform
and be set up on the West Coast. It was a rst
for this Mid-Winter Fair that it became to be
called. Ground was broken Aug. 24, 1893,
with 60,000 people attending the cere-
monies. Michael de Young was declared
director-general of the exposition. The pace
of construction was incredible. The reuse of
some of Chicagos exhibits saved both time
and money. The target date for the opening
of the fair was to be Jan. 1, 1894. After the
1894 San Francisco fair closed, many of the
acts began touring the country in the same
manner as Otto Schmidt had done and the
traveling carnival became an American
institution. Small towns and cities would
now boast that they were a community that
had modern entertainment that broke the
monotony of living in a small town. The
carnival became almost more important a
form of entertainment as the occasional cir-
cus that hit the town.
Most of the traveling carnivals were pat-
terned after Chicagos Midway Plaisance
(meaning pleasure) as the separate enter-
tainment section was called at the fair. Later
the term would be shortened to Midway.
The midway that Chicago introduced is
believed to have been the catalyst of all
traveling carnivals in the United States. In
addition to standard acts patterned after bur-
lesque, games of chance, rides, freak shows,
food booths, carnie games such as weight
guessing booths, ping pong ball and sh-
bowl games of chance as well as shooting,
balloon and dart games were added to the car-
nivals.
Small prizes were given with larger prizes
given when the mark repeated the game.
The term mark was derived when the oper-
ator spotted a person likely to get easy
money from by prodding him to continue
playing games that the police suspected
were rigged. The operator put chalk on his
hand, slapped the prospective easy player
on the back thus marking him so other
operators could identify him and try to con
him into playing their hard to win games.
The police in these small towns shuttered
when they found out the carnival was hitting
town because of the many complaints that
surfaced. The carnivals developed bad repu-
tations and were watched closely by law
enforcement ofcials who usually demanded
that all games of chance be tested by the
police before they could operate.
Nevertheless, the complaints continued
to plague the ofcials as the carnies were
very smooth in their operations. I remem-
ber some advice that a businessman gave me
when he found out the carnival was to arrive
soon: Count your money three times if you
deal with these people, and keep them out of
your store if possible. They are sharp peo-
ple and are not to be trusted. Still, I went to
the carnival despite his warnings. These
were exciting times for a young boy.
Rediscovering the Peninsula by Darold
Fredricks appears in the Monday edition of
the Daily Journal.
HISTORY
BAY CITY NEWS SERVICE
An East Palo Alto woman convicted of
second-degree murder and vehicular
manslaughter with intoxication and felony
evading charges in connection with a fatal
2011 drunk driving crash was sentenced to
15 years to life in state prison Friday,
according to prosecutors.
A jury convicted Leylani Simmons, 28,
on June 17 after a nine-day trial of three
felony counts in the June 17, 2011 death of
Lorina Veamatahau.
Simmons has credit for 1,160 days time
served and must serve 15 years before she
becomes eligible for parole hearings,
according to San Mateo County District
Attorney Steve Wagstaffe.
Veamatahau, 22, was a passenger in
Simmons car when East Palo Alto patrol
ofcers spotted Simmons driving recklessly
on Pulgas Avenue at about 10:30 p.m.
Police tried to initiate a trafc stop, but
Simmons refused to pull over, according to
prosecutors.
A video camera on the console of the
police patrol car recorded the subsequent
pursuit, during which Simmons drove
through at least six stop signs, drove on the
wrong side of the road and reached speeds of
up to 80 mph on surface streets, according
to prosecutors.
The chase continued for about one and a
half miles, until Simmons lost control of
her car and crashed at the intersection of
Pulgas Avenue and East Bayshore Road.
Simmons and Veamatahau were both eject-
ed in the crash. Veamatahau was pinned
beneath the vehicle and died from her
injuries at the scene.
Simmons, who had an active arrest war-
rant in Santa Clara County for reckless driv-
ing at the time of the crash, was taken to
Stanford University Hospital, where she
was arrested three days later.
Woman gets 15 years
to life for fatal crash
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TUESDAY, AUG. 26
Summer Benet Enrollment Fair. 9
a.m. to noon. San Mateo Senior
Center, 2645 Alameda de las Pulgas,
San Mateo. Representatives from the
following agencies: Social Security
Administration, HICAP of San Mateo
County, Legal Aid Society of San
Mateo County and Self-Help for the
Elderly Information and Assistance
Program, Second Harvest Food Bank,
Covered California Certified
Educator and Coordinated Care
Initiative representative. Free. For
more information call 627-9350.
Post-Stroke Support Group, 3 p.m.
to 4 p.m., Peninsula Health Care
District, Meeting Room, 1600
Trousdale Drive, Burlingame. In col-
laboration with clinicians from Mills-
Peninsula Health Services, Peninsula
Stroke Association hosts a free
monthly stroke group for stroke sur-
vivors, family and caregivers. Free.
For more information call 565-8485.
Caregiver and continuing educa-
tion class. 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Matched
Caregivers, 1800 El Camino Real,
Suite B, Menlo Park. This weeks topic
is dementia/assist with ALDs. $5 per
hour. For more information call 839-
2273.
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 27
American Red Cross blood dona-
tion opportunity. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
One Twin Pines Lane, Suite 330,
Belmont. Donors with types O nega-
tive, B negative, and A negative
especially needed. All donors who
come out to donate will receive a
Red Cross mason jar tumbler while
supplies last. To learn more and
make an appointment to donate
blood, visit redcrossblood.org or call
(800) RED CROSS.
San Mateo Professional Alliance
Weekly Networking Lunch. Noon
to 1p.m. Spiedo Ristorante, 223 E. 4th
Ave., San Mateo. Free admission, but
lunch is $17. For more information
call 430-6500 or see www.sanmateo-
professionalalliance.com.
Create Cafe. 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. 1044
Middlefield Road., Downtown
Library Community Room, Redwood
City. Design bookmarks and note-
cards using paper marbling tech-
niques and create a nature journal
with hand sewn binding. For more
information call 780-7018 or go to
www.redwoodcity.org/library.
Weekly ESL Conversation Club. 5
p.m. to 6 p.m. Menlo Park Library, 800
Alma St., Menlo Park. Free. Every
Wednesday. For more information
call 330-2525.
Alzheimers Disease: A
Neurologists Perspective. 5:30
p.m. to 7 p.m. Silverado Memory
Care, 1301 Ralston Ave., Belmont.
Presented by Dr. Geoffrey Kerchner,
assistant professor of Neurology and
Neurological Sciences at StanfoRoad
Topics to be discussed include
Alzheimers disease described from
a neurologists perspective, the lat-
est technologies for diagnosis and
treatment, and research trials cur-
rently underway. RSVP by Monday,
Aug. 25 to belmonthills@silverado-
care.com or 654-9700.
Lifetree Cafe Conversations:
Bouncing Back: Turning Disasters
into Opportunities. 6:30 p.m. to
7:30 p.m. Bethany Lutheran Church,
1095 Cloud Ave., Menlo Park.
Complimentary snacks and bever-
ages will be served. For more infor-
mation email
lifetreecafemp@gmail.com or call
854-5897.
A night of dancing to Motown. 7
p.m. to 11 p.m. 100 North B St., San
Mateo. For more information call
585-6282 or go to
www.michelledance.com/wednes-
day.
THURSDAY, AUG. 28
Lifetree Cafe Conversations:
Bouncing Back: Turning Disasters
into Opportunities. 9:15 a.m. to
10:15 a.m. Bethany Lutheran Church,
1095 Cloud Ave., Menlo Park.
Complimentary snacks and bever-
ages will be served. For more infor-
mation email
lifetreecafemp@gmail.com or call
854-5897.
Rotary Club of Half Moon Bay
Lunch. 1:30 p.m. Portuguese Center,
724 Kelly St., Half Moon Bay. Robert
Pickett will speak on behalf of the
Half Moon Bay Shakespeare
Company. $25 contribution at the
door. For more information contact
kint@intstrategies.com.
Movies for School Age Children:
Homeward Bound: The Incredible
Journey. 3:30 p.m. San Mateo Public
Library, 55 W. Third Ave, San Mateo.
Free. For more information call 522-
7838.
Aquarium of the Bay presents
Heroes of the Coast. 5:30 p.m. to 9
p.m. Fundraising event featuring the
lm Heroes of the Coast, a silent
auction, and a discussion about the
Coastal Commission. For more infor-
mation email info@bay.org.
Green Business Practices. 6 p.m. to
8 p.m. Millbrae (pre-registration
required for location). This four week
long course will allow participants to
leave the class with an understand-
ing of the components of a green
business program, how to achieve
green business certication, green
marketing, how to green your sup-
ply chain and the cost benets and
what resources are available for San
Mateo County residents. Free. For
more information call 559-1498 and
to register go to
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gree
n- busi ness- pr i nci pl es- t i cket s-
12414467005.
Notre Dame de Namur University
Labor Day Theatre & Dance
Festival 2014: Adult Theatre
Festival. 7:30 p.m. NDNU Theatre,
1500 Ralston Ave., Belmont. Prices
vary. For more information email
rfritz@ndnu.edu.
Dragon Theatre presents
Moonlight and Magnolias. 8 p.m.
The Dragon Theatre, 2120 Broadway,
Redwood City. Celebrate the 75th
anniversary of Gone With the Wind
with Moonlight and Magnolias, a
look back at the golden age of
Hollywood and the making of an
iconic American lm. Tickets are $30
for general admission seats. For
more information and to purchase
tickets, go to http://dragonproduc-
tions.net.
Movies on the Square: The
Monuments Men. 8 p.m.
Courthouse Square, 2200 Broadway,
Redwood City. Rated PG-13. Free. For
more information call 780-7311 or
go to
www.redwoodcity.org/events/movi
es.html.
FRIDAY, AUG. 29
American Red Cross blood dona-
tion opportunity. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
CLEAResult, 60 Stone Pine Road,
Suite 100, Half Moon Bay. Donors
with types O negative, B negative,
and A negative especially needed.
All donors who come out to donate
will receive a Red Cross mason jar
tumbler while supplies last. To learn
more and make an appointment to
donate blood, visit
redcrossblood.org or call (800) RED
CROSS.
Half Moon Bay Shakespeare
Company presents A Midsummer
Nights Dream. 6 p.m. John L. Carter
Memorial Park, Half Moon Bay.
Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for
seniors and students, and free for
children under 12. For more informa-
tion and to purchase tickets, go to
www.hmbshakespeare.org.
Music on the Square: Pride & Joy. 6
p.m. to 8 p.m. Courthouse Square,
2200 Broadway, Redwood City.
Pop/soul. Free. For more information
call 780-7311.
Many Dances. 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Veterans Memorial Senior Center,
1455 Madison Ave., Redwood City.
$5. For more information call 747-
0264.
Notre Dame de Namur University
Labor Day Theatre & Dance
Festival 2014: Adult Theatre
Festival. 7:30 p.m. NDNU Theatre,
1500 Ralston Ave., Belmont. Prices
vary. For more information email
rfritz@ndnu.edu.
Dragon Theatre presents
Moonlight and Magnolias. 8 p.m.
The Dragon Theatre, 2120 Broadway,
Redwood City. Celebrate the 75th
anniversary of Gone With the Wind
with Moonlight and Magnolias, a
look back at the golden age of
Hollywood and the making of an
iconic American lm. Tickets are $30
for general admission seats. For
more information and to purchase
tickets, go to http://dragonproduc-
tions.net.
Pacica Spindrift Players presents
Meet Me in St. Louis, the Musical.
8 p.m. Pacica Spindrift Players, 1050
Crespi Dr., Pacica. The musical sur-
rounds the Smith family at the 1904
Worlds Fair. Runs through Sept. 7.
Tickets are $25 for adults and $20 for
seniors and students and can be
purchased at www.pacicaspindrift-
players.org or by calling 359-8002.
For more information e-mail Barbara
Williams at dramamamaxlnt@com-
cast.net.
SATURDAY, AUG. 30
Belmont Greek Festival. Holy Cross
Orthodoc Church, 900 Alameda de
las Pulgas, Belmont. $5. Featuring
mouth-watering Greek cuisine, lus-
cious desserts, fabulous folk music
and dancing, a mythology play and
childrens amusement area.
Continues through the long week-
end. For more information call 591-
4447.
Community Breakfast. 8:30 a.m. to
11 a.m. The American Legion San
Bruno Post #409, 757 San Mateo
Ave., San Bruno. There will be eggs,
pancakes, bacon, French toast,
omelets, juice and coffee. $8 per per-
son, $5 for children under 10. Enjoy
the friendship and service from
American Legion members.
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like we do in their country, Mayor
Robert Ross said. Were hoping to
have influence on them over there
and share American ways, views and
why certain things work and we
believe through steward programs we
might be able to share some of that
information.
The council showed interest in
investigating the possibility and
directed City Attorney Sean Mason to
investigate if there could be a con-
flict with the California Fair Political
Practices Commission. Mason want-
ed to ensure that travel expenses
would be considered reasonably relat-
ed to governmental purpose, accord-
ing to the report. However, because
Laizhou has offered to cover the costs
for San Mateos three delegates, it
may not be an issue, Councilman
David Lim said.
Laizhous Mayor Gong Quan, who
studied at San Jose University in
2009 and became familiar with San
Mateo, initiated the invitation,
according to the report.
The fact that the mayor of this city
picked San Mateo and reached out to
us, we want to be respectful of that
and its a great honor, Lim said. But
we do want to be mindful of how we
spend taxpayer money.
Forming another sister city rela-
tionship is estimated to cost the city
about $10,000 to $15,000 per year,
depending on the number of activi-
ties and cultural exchanges, accord-
ing to the report. A successful pro-
gram will also rely heavily on a com-
munity organization that can assist
in raising funds and organizing
events, Lim said.
Currently, San Mateo has a robust
51-year sister city relationship with
Toyonaka Japan, and two inactive
relationships in Denmark and the
Philippines, according to the report.
Two student high school student
ambassadors were sent to Toyonaka
over the summer and two from Japan
made a visit to San Mateo, Lim said.
San Mateo City Clerk Patrice Olds
recently made a visited as well. Every
two years, San Mateo and Toyonaka
alternate hosting a little league base-
ball game between the sister cities,
Lim said.
But the City Council still felt over
the years it hadnt contributed equally
to the relationship, so in June it
approved budgeting $15,000 annual-
ly toward the Toyonaka program.
Lim said although hes interested in
finding out more about the opportu-
ni t y, it will need public support.
The Toyonaka relationship is pro-
moted and run by the nonprofit San
Mateo-Toyonaka Sister City
Association. Due in part to the citys
increased funding, the association
was able to raise $10,000 a few weeks
ago between a fundraiser and $5,000
donation from AT&T, Lim said.
Im always supportive of creating
new relationships that enhance San
Mateos stature and create goodwill
with other countries, Lim said.
Really, to run a successful sister city
relationship you need residents
who are going to be committed to the
relationship and right now, I dont
think we have that.
Lim said he would assist a grass-
roots effort to start a nonprofit that
would oversee a new relationship.
According to the report, a relation-
ship with China could foster econom-
ic ties by increasing cultural under-
standing between the two cities.
It gives San Mateo the chance to
explore and have a good humanitari-
an relationship with them. Im sure
theres some things economically
that well be able to participate in
and see what strengths and chal-
lenges both cities have and explor-
ing those kinds of things. Also, I
believe our businesses would be
interested as well as the Chamber of
Commerce. It could create some
investments here or investments
there, Ross said.
There are more than 200 sister city
relationships between the U.S. and
China and its one of the fastest
growing partnerships in the Sister
Cities International network, accord-
ing to the report.
Ross said if San Mateo wants to
join in the benefits of creating ties
with China, Laizhous offer is signif-
icant.
If we dont get in, we might get
left out. Its probably the future of
that area and that country, that nation
grows. So we are interested in explor-
ing, in at least looking at a potential
relationship with them, Ross said.
Lim agreed, but said the relation-
ship needs to be about more than just
financial incentives.
One of the reasons they gave is
they want to expand economic
opportunities between our two coun-
tries, Lim said. And I said part of
the relationship isnt just about eco-
nomics, but also an exchange of
ideas.
For more information about San
Mateos sister city program visit
www.cityofsanmateo.org .
samantha@smdailyjournal.com
(650) 344-5200 ext. 106
SISTER
the city violated its own law by issu-
ing a so-called master planned devel-
opment permit because it is not
dened or allowed by the zoning code.
That planning battle and several
others led the council and planning
commission to want the conversation
about clear rules and standards to start,
ODell said.
Currently, the area in question is
zoned, primarily for residential hill-
side and single-family homes. There
are also rules like setbacks. However,
ODell said there are no specic archi-
tectural guidelines or standards for
oor area ratio. Instead, projects are
evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
ODell said the city wants the com-
munity to know it hasnt predecided
any aspect prior to hearing from the
public. She encourages those coming
to the workshops to share examples of
construction or home additions they
think need change or are good. At the
workshop, staff plans to show photos
of development and ask attendees
what they think as a way to assess
their opinions.
The focus initially is all residential
and commercial properties with an
average slope of 10 percent or greater
but may be expanded as the study gath-
ers community input. Following the
upcoming Sept. 3 workshop, plan-
ning staff will deliver a report to a
Planning Commission public hearing
Oct. 7 where more discussion by the
members and public will guide some
more specific ideas. That narrower
approach will be shared at another
Nov. 5 community workshop. A draft
proposal of potential guidelines or
zoning changes could be up for con-
sideration by next year, ODell said.
Any future regulations governing
hillside construction only applies to
areas within the city boundaries, not
the unincorporated county portions.
The community workshop is 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 3 at the Community
Activities Building, Room 2, 1400
Roosevelt Ave., Redwood City. More
information and the chance to com-
ment is also available at www.red-
woodcity.org/hillside.
michelle@smdailyjournal.com
(650) 344-5200 ext. 102
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110 Employment
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203 Public Notices
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #261928
The following person is doing business
as: Clean Coin Laundry, 498 San Mateo
Ave, SAN BRUNO, CA 94066 is hereby
registered by the following owner: Tan-
foran Laundrymat Inc., CA. The business
is conducted by a Corporation. The reg-
istrants commenced to transact business
under the FBN on.
/s/ Christina Lee/
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk on 08/14/2014. (Pub-
lished in the San Mateo Daily Journal,
08/18/14, 08/25/14, 09/01/14, 09/08/14).
210 Lost & Found
FOUND - silver locket on May 6, Crest-
view and Club Dr. Call to describe:
(650)598-0823
FOUND: KEYS (3) on ring with 49'ers
belt clip. One is car key to a Honda.
Found in Home Depot parking lot in San
Carlos on Sunday 2/23/14.
Call 650 490-0921 - Leave message if no
answer.
210 Lost & Found
FOUND: RING Silver color ring found
on 1/7/2014 in Burlingame. Parking Lot
M (next to Dethrone). Brand inscribed.
Gary @ (650)347-2301
LOST AFRICAN GRAY PARROT -
(415)377-0859 REWARD!
LOST DOG-SMALL TERRIER-$5000
REWARD Norfolk Terrier missing from
Woodside Rd near High Rd on Dec 13.
Violet is 11mths, 7lbs, tan, female, no
collar, microchipped. Please help bring
her home! (650)568-9642
LOST GOLD Cross at Carlmont Shop-
ping Center, by Lunardis market
(Reward) (415)559-7291
LOST SET OF CAR KEYS near Millbrae
Post Office on June 18, 2013, at 3:00
p.m. Reward! Call (650)692-4100
LOST: SMALL diamond cross, silver
necklace with VERY sentimental
meaning. Lost in San Mateo 2/6/12
(650)578-0323.
Books
16 BOOKS on History of WWII Excellent
condition. $95 all obo, (650)345-5502
50 SHADES of Grey Trilogy, Excellent
Condition $25. (650)615-0256
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Books
BOOK "LIFETIME" WW1 $12.,
(408)249-3858
BOOKS, PAPERBACK/HARD cover,
Coonts, Higgins, Thor, Follet, Brown,
more $20.00 for 60 books,
(650)578-9208
JONATHAN KELLERMAN - Hardback
books, (5) $3. each, (650)341-1861
TIME LIFE Nature Books, great condition
19 different books. $5.00 each OBO
(650)580-4763
295 Art
ALASKAN SCENE painting 40" high 53"
wide includes matching frame $99 firm
(650)592-2648
ALASKAN SCENE painting 40" high 53"
wide includes matching frame $99 firm
(650)592-2648
BOB TALBOT Marine Lithograph (Sign-
ed Framed 24x31 Like New. $99.
(650)572-8895
LANDSCAPE PICTURES (3) hand
painted 25" long 21" wide, wooden
frame, $60 for all 3, (650)201-9166
POSTER, LINCOLN, advertising Honest
Ale, old stock, green and black color.
$15. (650)348-5169
296 Appliances
CHEFMATE TOASTER oven, brand
new, bakes, broils, toasts, adjustable
temperature. $25 OBO. (650)580-4763
OMELETTE MAKER $10. also hot pock-
ets, etc. EZ clean 650-595-3933
PONDEROSA WOOD STOVE, like
new, used one load for only 14 hours.
$1,200. Call (650)333-4400
RADIATOR HEATER, oil filled, electric,
1500 watts $25. (650)504-3621
RED DEVIL VACUUM CLEANER - $25.,
(650)593-0893
ROCKET GRILL Brand new indoor grill.
Cooks fast with no mess. $70 OBO.
(650)580-4763
SANYO MINI REFRIGERATOR- $40.,
(415)346-6038
SANYO REFRIGERATOR with size 33
high & 20" wide in very good condition
$85. 650-756-9516.
SEARS KENMORE sewing machine in a
good cabinet style, running smoothly
$99. 650-756-9516.
297 Bicycles
GIRLS BIKE 18 Pink, Looks New, Hard-
ly Used $80 (650)293-7313
298 Collectibles
1920'S AQUA Glass Beaded Flapper
Purse (drawstring bag) & Faux Pearl
Flapper Collar. $50. 650-762-6048
1940 VINTAGE telephone bench maple
antiques collectibles $75 (650)755-9833
1982 PRINT 'A Tune Off The Top Of My
Head' 82/125 $80 (650) 204-0587
2 VINTAGE Light Bulbs circa 1905. Edi-
son Mazda Lamps. Both still working -
$50 (650)-762-6048
ARMY SHIRT, long sleeves, with pock-
ets. XL $15 each (408)249-3858
CASINO CHIP Collection Original Chips
from various casinos $99 obo
(650)315-3240
COLORIZED TERRITORIAL Quarters
uncirculated with Holder $15/all,
(408)249-3858
JOE MONTANA signed authentic retire-
ment book, $39., (650)692-3260
298 Collectibles
MEMORABILIA CARD COLLECTION,
large collection, Marilyn Monroe, James
Dean, John Wayne and hundreds more.
$3,300/obo.. Over 50% off
(650)319-5334.
SCHILLER HIPPIE poster, linen, Sparta
graphics 1968. Mint condition. $600.00.
(650)701-0276
TEA POTS - (6) collectables, good con-
dition, $10. each, (650)571-5899
300 Toys
K'NEX BUILDING ideas $30.
(650)622-6695
LEGO DUPLO Set ages 1 to 5. $30
(650)622-6695
PILGRIM DOLLS, 15 boy & girl, new,
from Harvest Festival, adorable $25 650-
345-3277
PINK BARBIE 57 Chevy Convertible
28" long (sells on E-Bay for $250) in box
$49 (650)591-9769
RADIO CONTROL car; Jeep with off
road with equipment $99 OBO
(650)851-0878
SMALL WOOD dollhouse 4 furnished
rooms. $35. (650)558-8142
STEP 2 sandbox Large with cover $25
(650)343-4329
TOY - Barney interactive activity, musical
learning, talking, great for the car, $16.
obo, (650)349-6059
302 Antiques
1912 COFFEE Percolator Urn. perfect
condition includes electric cord $85.
(415)565-6719
ANTIQUE CRYSTAL/ARCADE Coffee
Grinder. $80. 650-596-0513
ANTIQUE ITALIAN lamp 18 high, $70
(650)387-4002
ANTIQUE KILIM RUNNER woven zig
zag design 7' by 6" by 4' $99.,
(650)580-3316
ANTIQUE OLD Copper Wash Tub, 30 x
12 x 13 with handles, $65 (650)591-3313
CASH REGISTER approximate 1930
Solid Oak Document Container with 59"
height; 33"width; 17" deep with compart-
ments. Best Offer.(650)348-3300
MAHOGANY ANTIQUE Secretary desk,
72 x 40 , 3 drawers, Display case, bev-
elled glass, $700. (650)766-3024
OLD VINTAGE Wooden Sea Captains
Tool Chest 35 x 16 x 16, $65
(650)591-3313
STERLING SILVER loving cup 10" circa
with walnut base 1912 $65
(650)520-3425
303 Electronics
46 MITSUBISHI Projector TV, great
condition. $400. (650)261-1541.
BLUE NINTENDO DS Lite. Hardly used.
$70 OBO. (760) 996-0767
BLUETOOTH WITH CHARGER - like
new, $20., (415)410-5937
COMBO COLOR T.V. 24in. Toshiba with
DVD VHS Flat Screen Remote. $95. Cell
number: (650)580-6324
COMBO COLOR T.V. Panasonic with
VHS and Radio - Color: White - 2001
$25. Cell number: (650)580-6324
FLIP CAMCORDER $50. (650)583-2767
JVC - DVD Player and video cassette re-
corder. NEW. $80. (650)345-5502
LEFT-HAND ERGONOMIC keyboard
with 'A-shape' key layout Num pad, $20
(650)204-0587
OLD STYLE 32 inch Samsung TV. Free
with pickup. Call 650-871-5078.
303 Electronics
SET OF 3 wireless phones all for $50
(650)342-8436
SONY PROJECTION TV 48" with re-
mote good condition $99 (650)345-1111
VINTAGE ZENITH stereo console record
player works good cond $50 (650) 756-
9516 Daly City.
WESTINGHOUSE 32 Flatscreen TV,
model#SK32H240S, with HDMI plug in
and remote, excellent condition. Two
available, $175 each. (650)400-4174
304 Furniture
2 END Tables solid maple '60's era
$40/both. (650)670-7545
3 PIECE cocktail table with 2 end tables,
glass tops. good condition, $99.
(650)574-4021l
BATHTUB SEAT, electric. Bathmaster
2000. Enables in and out of bath safe-
ly.$99 650-375-1414
BURGUNDY VELVET reupholstered vin-
tage chair. $75. Excellent condition.
650-861-0088
CHAIRS 2 Blue Good Condition $50
OBO (650)345-5644
CHAIRS, WITH Chrome Frame, Brown
Vinyl seats $15.00 each. (650)726-5549
COMPUTER DESK $25 , drawer for key-
board, 40" x 19.5" (619)417-0465
DINING ROOM SET - table, four chairs,
lighted hutch, $500. all, (650)296-3189
DISPLAY CABINET 72x 21 x39 1/2
High Top Display, 2 shelves in rear $99
(650)591-3313
DRESSER (5 drawers) 43" H x 36" W
$40. (650)756-9516 DC.
DRUM TABLE - brown, perfect condi-
tion, nice design, with storage, $45.,
(650)345-1111
DURALINER ROCKING CHAIR, Maple
Finish, Cream Cushion w matching otto-
man $70 (650)583-4943.
ENTERTAINMENT CENTER with
shelves for books, pure oak. Purchased
for $750. Sell for $99. (650)348-5169
FREE SOFA and love seat set. good
condtion (650)630-2329
GRACO 40" x28"x28" kid pack 'n play
exc $40 (650) 756-9516 Daly City
KITCHEN CABINETS - 3 metal base
kitchen cabinets with drawers and wood
doors, $99., (650)347-8061
LAWN CHAIRS (4) White, plastic, $8.
each, (415)346-6038
LIVING & Dining Room Sets. Mission
Style, Trestle Table w/ 2 leafs & 6
Chairs, Like new $600 obo
(831)768-1680
LOUNGE CHAIRS - 2 new, with cover &
plastic carring case & headrest, $35.
each, (650)592-7483
LOVE SEAT, Upholstered pale yellow
floral $99. (650)574-4021
MIRROR, SOLID OAK. 30" x 19 1/2",
curved edges; beautiful. $85.00 OBO.
Linda 650 366-2135.
OAK BOOKCASE, 30"x30" x12". $25.
(650)726-6429
OCCASIONAL, END or Sofa Table. $25.
Solid wood in excellent condition. 20" x
22". (650)861-0088.
OTTOMANS, LIGHT blue, dark blue,
Storage, Versatile, Removable cover,
$25. for both OBO. (650)580-4763
OUTDOOR WOOD SCREEN - new $80
obo Retail $130 (650)873-8167
PAPASAN CHAIRS (2) -with cushions
$45. each set, (650)347-8061
PEDESTAL SINK $25 (650)766-4858
304 Furniture
PIANO AND various furniture pieces,
golf bag. $100-$300 Please call for info
(650)740-0687
PORTABLE JEWELRY display case
wood, see through lid $45. 25 x 20 x 4 in-
ches. (650)592-2648.
ROCKING CHAIR fine light, oak condi-
tion with pads, $85.OBO 650 369 9762
ROCKING CHAIR Great condition,
1970s style, dark brown, wooden,
suede cushion, photo availble, $99.,
(650)716-3337
ROCKING CHAIR, decorative wood /
armrest, it swivels rocks & rolls
$99.00.650-592-2648
ROCKING CHAIR, decorative wood /
armrest, it swivels rocks & rolls
$99.00.650-592-2648
SOFA - excelleNT condition. 8 ft neutral
color $99 OBO (650)345-5644
SOLID WOOD BOOKCASE 33 x 78
with flip bar ask $75 obo (650)743-4274
STEREO CABINET walnut w/3 black
shelves 16x 22x42. $30, 650-341-5347
STURDY OAK TV or End Table. $35.
Very good condition. 30" x 24".
(650)861-0088
TEA/ UTILITY Cart, $15. (650)573-7035,
(650)504-6057
TEAK CABINET 28"x32", used for ster-
eo equipment $25. (650)726-6429
TRUNDLE BED - Single with wheels,
$40., (650)347-8061
TV STAND brown. $40.00 OBO
(650) 995-0012
VIDEO CENTER 38 inches H 21 inches
W still in box $45., (408)249-3858
WALL CLOCK - 31 day windup, 26
long, $99 (650)592-2648
WALNUT CHEST, small (4 drawer with
upper bookcase $50. (650)726-6429
WHITE 5 Drawer dresser.Excellent con-
dition. Moving. Must sell $90.00 OBO
(650) 995-0012
WOOD - wall Unit - 30" long x 6' tall x
17.5" deep. $90. (650)631-9311
WOOD BOOKCASE unit - good condi-
tion $65.00 (650)504-6058
304 Furniture
WOOD FURNITURE- one end table and
coffee table. In good condition. $30
OBO. (760)996-0767.
306 Housewares
"PRINCESS HOUSE decorator urn
"Vase" cream with blue flower 13 inch H
$25., (650)868-0436
COFFEE MAKER, Makes 4 cups $12,
(650)368-3037
COOKING POTS (2) stainless steel,
temperature resistent handles, 21/2 & 4
gal. $5. (650) 574-3229.
COOLER/WARMER, UNOPENED, Wor-
thy Mini Fridge/warmer, portable, handle,
plug, white $30.00 (650) 578 9208
ELECTRIC FAN Wind Machine 20in.
Portable Round Plastic Adjustable $35
Cell Number (650)580-6324
HOUSE HEATER Excellent condition.
Works great. Must sell. $30.00 OBO
(650) 995-0012
NEW FLOURESCENT lights, ten T-12
tubes, only $25 all 650-595-3933
PERSIAN TEA set for 8. Including
spoon, candy dish, and tray. Gold Plated.
$100. (650) 867-2720
PERSIAN TEA set for 8. Including
spoon, candy dish, and tray. Gold Plated.
$100. (650) 867-2720
QUEENSIZE BEDSPREAD w/2 Pillow
Shams (print) $30.00 (650)341-1861
SINGER ELECTRONIC sewing machine
model #9022. Cord, foot controller
included. $99 O.B.O. (650)274-9601 or
(650)468-6884
SOLID TEAK floor model 16 wine rack
with turntable $60. (650)592-7483
VACUUM EXCELLENT condition. Works
great.Moving. Must sell. $35.00 OBO
(650) 995-0012
307 Jewelry & Clothing
LADIES GLOVES - gold lame' elbow
length gloves, size 7.5, $15. new,
(650)868-0436
308 Tools
AIR COMPRESSOR, 60 gallon, 2-stage
DeVilbiss. Very heavy. **SOLD**
BOSTITCH 16 gage Finish nailer Model
SB 664FN $99 (650)359-9269
CIRCULAR SKILL saw "craftman"7/1/4"
heavy duty never used in box $45.
(650)992-4544
CRACO 395 SP-PRO, electronic paint
sprayer.Commercial grade. Used only
once. $600/obo. (650)784-3427
CRAFTMAN JIG Saw 3.9 amp. with vari-
able speeds $65 (650)359-9269
CRAFTMAN RADIAL SAW, with cabinet
stand, $200 Cash Only, (650)851-1045
CRAFTSMAN 3/4 horse power 3,450
RPM $60 (650)347-5373
CRAFTSMAN 6" bench grinder $40.
(650)573-5269
CRAFTSMAN 9" Radial Arm Saw with 6"
dado set. No stand. $55 (650)341-6402
CRAFTSMAN BELT & disc sander $99.
(650)573-5269
DAYTON ELECTRIC 1 1/2 horse power
1,725 RPM $60 (650)347-5373
HUSKY POWER inverter 750wtts.adap-
tor/cables unused AC/DC.$50.
(650)992-4544
HYDRAULIC floor botle jack 10" H.
plus.Ford like new. $25.00 botlh
(650)992-4544
LOG CHAIN (HEAVY DUTY) 14' $75
(650)948-0912
MICROMETER MEASUREMENT
brake/drum tool new in box
$25.(650)992-4544
WHEELBARROW. BRAND new, never
used. Wood handles. $50 or best offer.
(650) 595-4617
310 Misc. For Sale
50 FRESNEL lens $99 (650)591-8062
ARTIFICIAL FICUS TREE 6 ft. life like,
full branches. in basket $55.
(650)269-3712
ELECTRIC TYPEWRITER selectric II
good condition, needs ribbon (type
needed attached) $35 San Bruno
(650)588-1946
ICE CHEST $15 (650)347-8061
ACROSS
1 Around the
World in 80 Days
navigator Phileas
5 Lou of soul music
10 Immediately, in
memos
14 Folk singer
Guthrie
15 Such a tease!
16 Lecture location
17 Schoolroom
cutup
19 Concerning
20 Often sculpted
anatomy parts
21 Campus email
suffix
23 Logicians abbr.
24 First African-
American major-
league coach
Buck
25 Cond Nast
fashion monthly
27 Pachyderm in
stereotypical
hallucinations
31 Yale student
34 Membership fees
35 Ravi Shankars
instrument
36 French peak
38 Volga region
native
41 Two times tetra-
42 Nickname for
Wrigley Field
hero Ernie Banks
44 Condo division
46 The Beatles __
Jude
47 PDF file creation
program
51 System for blind
readers
52 Peeled
56 Leb. neighbor
57 Actress Peeples
58 Marry me!
59 Dunked cookie
61 Performances in
a big tent, where
youd see the
ends of 17-, 27-
and 47-Across
64 One often lost in
the laundry
65 Thats it for me
66 Vichyssoise
veggie
67 Pantry pests
68 So far
69 Misses the mark
DOWN
1 Ex post __:
retroactively
2 Lightweight
synthetic
3 Blinding light
4 Talk around the
water cooler
5 Giant birds of
myth
6 Minor league rink
org.
7 St. in which most
of Yellowstone is
located
8 Poet Amy
9 Cherry-topped
treat
10 Now I get it!
11 Bigfoots other
name
12 Take turns
13 Walk heavily
18 State of matter
22 Calls the game
25 Fist pump or
high-five, e.g.
26 Clevelands
state
28 Cashew or
pecan
29 Mauna __
30 Waiters carrier
31 Actress Stone of
The Help
32 She Walks in
Beauty poet
33 Wrong
37 Brass band bass
39 2014, por
ejemplo
40 Spare cut of
meat
43 60s hippie
gathering
45 VCR inserts
48 The Good Wife
attorney Florrick
49 Says assuredly
50 Mexican food in
a corn-husk
wrap
53 Potato press
54 Come on in!
55 Many talk show
hosts sit at them
56 Slugger Sammy
58 Cigar remains
60 Brief approvals
62 Cowboy Rogers
63 Signal to an actor
By Steve Marron and C.C. Burnikel
(c)2014 Tribune Content Agency, LLC
08/25/14
08/25/14
ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE:
Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle
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310 Misc. For Sale
ELECTRONIC TYPEWRITER good
condition $50., (650)878-9542
GAME "BEAT THE EXPERTS" never
used $8., (408)249-3858
GOTT 10-GAL beverage cooler $20.
(650)345-3840 leave a clear Message
HARLEY DAVIDSON black phone, per-
fect condition, $65., (650) 867-2720
IGLOO COOLER - 3 gallon beverage
cooler, new, still in box, $15.,
(650)345-3840 leave a clear Message
KENNESAW ORIGINAL salute cannon
$30. (650)726-1037
LEATHER BRIEFCASE Stylish Black
Business Portfolio Briefcase. $20. Call
(650)888-0129
LITTLE PLAYMATE by IGLOO 10"x10",
cooler includes icepak. $20
(650)574-3229
MEDICINE CABINET - 18 X 24, almost
new, mirror, $20., (650)515-2605
NATIVITY SET, new, beautiful, ceramic,
gold-trimmed, 11-pc.,.asking: $50.
Call: 650-345-3277 /message
NEW LIVING Yoga Tape for Beginners
$8. 650-578-8306
NEW SONICARE Toothbrush in box 3e
series, rechargeable, $49 650-595-3933
310 Misc. For Sale
OVAL MIRROR $10 (650)766-4858
SHOWER DOOR custom made 48 x 69
$70 (650)692-3260
ULTRASONIC JEWELRY Cleaning Ma-
chine Cleans jewelry, eyeglasses, den-
tures, keys. Concentrate included. $30
OBO. (650)580-4763
VASE WITH flowers 2 piece good for the
Holidays, $25., (650) 867-2720
VINTAGE WHITE Punch Bowl/Serving
Bowl Set with 10 cups plus one extra
$35. (650)873-8167
WICKER PICNIC basket, mint condition,
handles, light weight, pale tan color.
$10. (650)578-9208
311 Musical Instruments
BALDWIN GRAND PIANO, 6 foot, ex-
cellent condition, $8,500/obo. Call
(510)784-2598
GULBRANSEN BABY GRAND PIANO -
Appraised @$5450., want $3500 obo,
(650)343-4461
HAILUN PIANO for sale, brand new, ex-
cellent condition. $6,000. (650)308-5296
HAMMOND B-3 Organ and 122 Leslie
Speaker. Excellent condition. $8,500. pri-
vate owner, (650)349-1172
311 Musical Instruments
KEYBOARD AMP, Peavey KB 300, wks
gt $95.00 or BO - 650-345-7352
PA SYSTEM, Yamaha 8 channel hd,
Traynor spkrs.$95/OBO - 650-345-7352
ROLAND GW-7 Workstation/Keyboard,
with expression pedal, sustain pedal, and
owners manual. $500. (415)706-6216
WURLITZER PIANO, console, 40 high,
light brown, good condition. $490.
(650)593-7001
YAMAHA PIANO, Upright, Model M-305,
$750. Call (650)572-2337
312 Pets & Animals
AQUARIUM, MARINA Cool 10, 2.65
gallons, new pump. $20. (650)591-1500
BAMBOO BIRD Cage - very intricate de-
sign - 21"x15"x16". $50 (650)341-6402
DELUX"GLASS LIZARD cage unused ,
rock open/close window Decoration
21"Wx12"Hx8"D,$20.(650)992-4544
GECKO GLASS case 10 gal.with heat
pad, thermometer, Wheeled stand if
needed $20. (650)591-1500
PARROT CAGE, Steel, Large - approx
4 ft by 4 ft, Excellent condition $300
(650)245-4084
PARROT CAGE, Steel, Large, Excellent
Condition, $275 (650)245-4084
315 Wanted to Buy
WE BUY
Gold, Silver, Platinum
Always True & Honest values
Millbrae Jewelers
Est. 1957
400 Broadway - Millbrae
650-697-2685
316 Clothes
ALPINESTAR JEANS - Tags Attached.
Twin Stitched. Knee Protection. Never
Used! Blue/Grey Sz34 $65.
(650)357-7484
BLACK Leather pants Mrs. made in
France size 40 $99. (650)558-1975
BLACK LEATHER tap shoes 9M great
condition $99. (650)558-1975
DAINESE BOOTS - Zipper/Velcro Clo-
sure. Cushioned Ankle. Reflective Strip.
Excellent Condition! Unisex EU40 $65.
(650)357-7484
LADIES FUR Jacket (fake) size 12 good
condition $30 (650)692-3260
NIKE PULLOVER mens heavy jacket
Navy Blue & Red, Reg. price $200 sell-
ing for $59 (650)692-3260
PROM PARTY Dress, Long sleeveless
size 6, magenta, with shawl like new $40
obo (650)349-6059
VELVET DRAPE, 100% cotton, new
beautiful burgundy 82"X52" W/6"hems:
$45 (415)585-3622
VINTAGE 1970S Grecian made dress,
size 6-8, $35 (650)873-8167
317 Building Materials
30 FLUORESCENT Lamps 48" (brand
new in box) $75 for all (650)369-9762
BATHROOM VANITY, antique, with top
and sink: - $65. (650)348-6955
317 Building Materials
BRAND NEW Millgard window + frame -
$85. (650)348-6955
FLOORING - Carolina Pine, 1x3 T and
G, approximately 400+ sq. ft. $650. CAll
(415)516-4964
318 Sports Equipment
3 WHEEL golf cart by Bagboy. Used
twice, New $160 great price $65
(650)200-8935
BODY BY JAKE AB Scissor Exercise
Machine w/instructions. $50.
(650)637-0930
DIGITAL PEDOMETER, distance, calo-
ries etc. $7.50 650-595-3933
G.I. ammo can, medium, good cond.
$20.00. Call (650) 591-4553, days only.
G.I. AMMO can, small, good cond.,
$15.00. Call (650) 591-4553, days only.
HJC MOTORCYCLE Helmet, size large,
perfect cond $29 650-595-3933
IN-GROUND BASKETBALL hoop, fiber-
glass backboard, adjustable height, $80
obo 650-364-1270
MENS ROLLER Blades size 101/2 never
used $25 (650)520-3425
NORDIC TRACK Pro, $95. Call
(650)333-4400
POWER PLUS Exercise Machine $99
(650)368-3037
SOCCER BALL, unopened, unused,
Yellow, pear shaped, unique. $5.
(650)578 9208
TWO SPOTTING Scopes, Simmons and
Baraska, $80 for both (650)579-0933
VINTAGE ENGLISH ladies ice skates -
up to size 7-8, $40., (650)873-8167
WET SUIT - medium size, $95., call for
info (650)851-0878
WOMEN'S LADY Cougar gold iron set
set - $25. (650)348-6955
322 Garage Sales
GARAGE SALES
ESTATE SALES
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List your upcoming garage
sale, moving sale, estate
sale, yard sale, rummage
sale, clearance sale, or
whatever sale you have...
in the Daily Journal.
Reach over 76,500 readers
from South San Francisco
to Palo Alto.
in your local newspaper.
Call (650)344-5200
335 Garden Equipment
2 FLOWER pots with Gardenia's both for
$20 (650)369-9762
340 Camera & Photo Equip.
SONY CYBERSHOT DSC-T-50 - 7.2 MP
digital camera (black) with case, $175.,
(650)208-5598
YASAHICA 108 model 35mm SLR Cam-
era with flash and 2 zoom lenses $79
(415)971-7555
345 Medical Equipment
WALKER - brand new, $20., SSF,
(415)410-5937
WALKER WITH basket $30. Invacare
Excellent condition (650)622-6695
WHEEL CHAIR asking $75 OBO
(650)834-2583
WHEEL CHAIR, heavy duty, wide, excel-
lent condition. $99.(650)704-7025
Building
Customer
Satisfaction
New Construction
Additions
Remodels
Green Building
Specialists
Technology Solutions for
Building and Living
Locally owned in Belmont
650-832-1673
www. tekhomei nc. com
CA# B-869287
by Greenstarr
Rambo
Concrete
Works
Walkways
Driveways
Patios
Colored
Aggregate
Block Walls
Retaining walls
Stamped Concrete
Ornamental concrete
Swimming pool removal
Tom 650.834.2365
Licensed Bonded and Insured
www.yardboss.net
Since 1985 License # 752250
MOE
CONSTRUCTION
Remodels- Kitchen,
Bath, New Addtions
Foundation - Driveway,
Concrete, Paver Stones
Retaining Wall - Hawai-
ian Rock Walls, Blocks,
Brick Walls
Licensed and Insured
Free Estimates
(415)215-8899
379 Open Houses
OPEN HOUSE
LISTINGS
List your Open House
in the Daily Journal.
Reach over 76,500
potential home buyers &
renters a day,
from South San Francisco
to Palo Alto.
in your local newspaper.
Call (650)344-5200
380 Real Estate Services
HOMES & PROPERTIES
The San Mateo Daily Journals
weekly Real Estate Section.
Look for it
every Friday and Weekend
to find information on fine homes
and properties throughout
the local area.
470 Rooms
HIP HOUSING
Non-Profit Home Sharing Program
San Mateo County
(650)348-6660
Rooms For Rent
Travel Inn, San Carlos
$49.- $59.daily + tax
$294.-$322. weekly + tax
Clean Quiet Convenient
Cable TV, WiFi & Private Bathroom
Microwave and Refrigerator & A/C
950 El Camino Real San Carlos
(650) 593-3136
Mention Daily Journal
620 Automobiles
2012 LEXUS IFF - V-8, 420hp, 22k
miles, New Tires, Loaded! sliver exterior
red & back interior, Pristine $45,000
(650)245-6841
HONDA 96 LX SD Parts Car, all power,
complete, runs. $1000 OBO, Jimmie
Cassey (650)271-1056 or
(650)481-5296 - Joe Fusilier
CHEVY HHR 08 - Grey, spunky car
loaded, even seat warmers, $9,500.
(408)807-6529.
DODGE 99 Van, Good Condition,
$2,800 OBO (650)481-5296
620 Automobiles
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on a trade-in or
consignment!
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Well run it
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from South SF to
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MERCEDES 06 C230 - 6 cylinder, navy
blue, 60K miles, 2 year warranty,
$18,000, (650)455-7461
625 Classic Cars
FORD 63 THUNDERBIRD Hardtop, 390
engine, Leather Interior. Will consider
$6,500 /OBO (650)364-1374
630 Trucks & SUVs
DODGE 01 DURANGO, V-8 SUV, 1
owner, dark blue, CLEAN! $5,000/obo.
Call (650)492-1298
635 Vans
67 INTERNATIONAL Step Van 1500,
Typical UPS type size. $1,950/OBO,
(650)364-1374
FORD E150 Cargo VAN, 2007, 56k
miles, almost perfect! $12,000 (650)591-
8062
640 Motorcycles/Scooters
1973 FXE Harley Shovel Head 1400cc
stroked & balanced motor. Runs perfect.
Low milage, $6,600 Call (650)369-8013
BMW 03 F650 GS, $3899 OBO. Call
650-995-0003
HARLEY DAVIDSON 04 Heritage Soft
Tail ONLY 5,400 miles. $11,000. Call
(650)342-6342.
MOTORCYCLE GLOVES - Excellent
condition, black leather, $35. obo,
(650)223-7187
MOTORCYCLE SADDLEBAGS sales,
with mounting hardware $35.
(650)670-2888
650 RVs
COLEMAN LARAMIE pop-up camper,
Excellent Condition, $2750. Call
(415)515-6072
670 Auto Service
YAO'S AUTO SERVICES
(650)598-2801
Oil Change Special $24.99
most cars
San Carlos Smog Check
(650)593-8200
Cash special $26.75 plus cert.
96 & newer
1098 El Camino Real San Carlos
670 Auto Parts
AUTO REFRIGERATION gauges. R12
and R132 new, professional quality $50.
(650)591-6283
CAR TOWchain 9' $35 (650)948-0912
HONDA SPARE tire 13" $25
(415)999-4947
SHOP MANUALS 2 1955 Pontiac
manual, 4 1984 Ford/Lincoln manuals, 1
gray marine diesel manual $40
(650)583-5208
SHOP MANUALS for GM Suv's
Year 2002 all for $40 (650)948-0912
SNOW CHAIN cables made by Shur
Grip - brand new-never used. In the
original case. $25 650-654-9252.
SNOW CHAINS metal cambell brand
never used 2 sets multi sizes $20 each
obo (650)591-6842
USED BIG O 4 tires, All Terrain
245/70R16, $180 (650)579-0933
680 Autos Wanted
Wanted 62-75 Chevrolets
Novas, running or not
Parts collection etc.
So clean out that garage
Give me a call
Joe 650 342-2483
Cabinetry
FOR YOUR CABINET NEEDS
" TRUST EXPERIENCE"
FOCAL POINT KITCHENS & BATH
Modular & Custom cabinets
Over 30 Years in Business !
1222 So. El Camino Real
San Mateo
(650)345-0355
www.focalpointkitchens.com
Cleaning
Concrete
ASP CONCRETE
LANDSCAPING
All kinds of Concrete
Retaining Wall Tree Service
Roofing Fencing
New Lawns
Free Estimates
(650)544-1435 (650)834-4495
Construction
REMODELING
Chad Heeley
(650)892-8300
David Blum
(650)207-3559
Lic#676437
OSULLIVAN
CONSTRUCTION
New Construction,
Remodeling,
Kitchen/Bathrooms,
Decks/ Fences
(650)589-0372
Licensed and Insured
Lic. #589596
Construction Construction
DEVOE
CONSTRUCTION
Kitchen & Bath
Remodeling
Belmont/Castro Valley, CA
(650) 318-3993
LEMUS CONSTRUCTION
(650)271-3955
Dry Rot Decks Fences
Handyman Painting
Bath Remodels & much more
Based in N. Peninsula
Free Estimates ... Lic# 913461
Decks & Fences
MARSH FENCE
& DECK CO.
State License #377047
Licensed Insured Bonded
Fences - Gates - Decks
Stairs - Retaining Walls
10-year guarantee
Quality work w/reasonable prices
Call for free estimate
(650)571-1500
VICTOR FENCES
and House Painting
Interior Exterior
Power Washing
Driveways Sidewalks Gutters
FREE ESTIMATES
(650)583-1270
or (650) 296-8089
Lic #106767
Draperies
MARLAS DRAPERIES
& ALTERATIONS
Custom made drapes & pillows
Alterations for men & women
Free Estimates
(650)703-6112
(650)389-6290
2140A S. El Camino, SM
Electricians
ALL ELECTRICAL
SERVICE
650-322-9288
for all your electrical needs
ELECTRIC SERVICE GROUP
ELECTRICIAN
For all your
electrical needs
Residential, Commercial,
Troubleshooting,
Wiring & Repairing
Call Ben (650)685-6617
Lic # 427952
INSIDE OUT
ELECTRIC INC
Service Upgrades
Remodels / Repairs
The tradesman you will
trust and recommend
Lic# 808182
(650)515-1123
Gardening
KEEP YOUR LAWN
LOOKING GREEN
Time to Aerate your lawn
We also do seed/sod of lawns
Spring planting
Sprinklers and irrigation
Pressure washing
Call Robert
STERLING GARDENS
650-703-3831 Lic #751832
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Flooring
SHOP
AT HOME
WE WILL
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Call for a
FREE in-home
estimate
FLAMINGOS FLOORING
CARPET
VINYL
LAMINATE
TILE
HARDWOOD
650-655-6600
Housecleaning
CONSUELOS HOUSE
CLEANING & WINDOWS
Bi-Weekly/Once a Month,
Moving In & Out
28 yrs. in Business
Free Estimates, 15% off First Visit
(650)278-0157
Lic#1211534
Gutters
O.K.S RAINGUTTER
New Rain Gutter, Down Spouts,
Gutter Cleaning & Screening,
Gutter & Roof Inspections
Friendly Service
CA Lic# 794353/Bonded
CALL TODAY
(650)556-9780
Handy Help
CONTRERAS HANDYMAN
SERVICES
Fences Decks
Concrete Work Arbors
We can do any job big or small
Free Estimates
(650)288-9225
(650)350-9968
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DISCOUNT HANDYMAN
& PLUMBING
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Is spinal decompression an effective, long term solution for
patients with herniated Discs, degenerated discs
sciatica, and chronic neck and back pain?
Is it Eective without drugs, pills, shots, surgery or chiropractic?
Hilma was scheduled for Surgery for a herniated disc that
occurred when she bent over to pick up some luggage. A
back specialist took an MRI which showed
a herniated disc that was pinching on the L5 nerve root
causing excruciating pain down her right leg accompanied
by numbness, tingling and a hot poker feeling. Walking
was almost unbearable and a wheel chair was the only way
she could get around for two months. She tried a round
of epidurals that wore o within a day or two. She tried
some high dosage prescription pain pills with only an
upset stomach to show for it. Her specialist said Your
only option at this point is surgery. He scheduled her for
surgery 3 days later. However, Hilma didnt want surgery.
Many of her friends had undergone surgery with no or
minimal results. So Hilma began to get on the Internet and
nd every possible non-surgical option for a herniated disc.
It seems as if everyone is talking about revolutionary, new
spinal decompression for neck and back pain. More than
7,000 neurosurgeons, physical therapists, medical doctors,
and chiropractors have added spinal decompression over the
last 10 years. More than 10 research articles support up to
80%eectiveness with even the toughest of cases. And now
even other countries are getting in on the action as spinal
decompression becomes the worldwide go to treatment
for neck and back
pain. Listen to how one medical doctor helped not only
himself but also his patients.
I was amazed at the results. I was astounded. I have now
treated hundreds of patients including myself and am
continually impressed with the results. Dr. Donald Bailey,
M.D., Pain Management, Savannah, GA
Why All the Fuss?
Simple. Hundreds of thousands of successfully treated
spinal decompression patients might say that spinal
decompression was nothing short of a miracle. It has been
called a Godsend, life changing, miracu-
lous, and even the best decision I ever made. Tese
mounting spinal decompression success stories are from
patients who have helped nd relief from back pain even
after everything else failed, sometimes even after failed back
surgeries. Celebrities, CEOs, Professional Athletes, patients
into their nineties, and even medical doctors themselves all
seem to know something that the general public still may
not be aware of.
The Controversy
Te controversy isnt over whether spinal decompression
works. Hundreds of thousands of happy patients agree
on that. Te controversy is tting alternative medical
practices into a model dominated over the years by
pharmaceutical pills, shots, physical therapy and surgery.
Until recently patients like Hilma thought these were the
only options. Patients complain every day that they dont
want to take pills because of some potentially nasty side
eects. Shots tend to be temporary and patients know
that simply disabling your body from telling you not to
do something in order to not make it worse is probably
not something you want to disable. Tey say, I want to
actually FIX the problem, not just mask it.
The Breakthrough
Because of these concerns doctors, engineers, and
researchers have spent the last 15 years searching for a
non-invasive, non-surgical, pill free, clinically proven way
to actually x the growing epidemic of neck and back pain
and not just mask the symptoms. So its no surprise that
when research began mounting showing up to 80% success
rates, long term eectiveness and not just temporary relief
from researchers and institutions such as doctors from
Mayo Clinic and researchers at John Hopkins, it created a
serious stir.
The Revolution
Te machine that was the subject of these research ndings
is called spinal decompression and is now being oered
by thousands of clinics all over the world. In fact some
believe that there will come a day when EVERY back pain
specialist, physical therapist and chiropractor will have a spinal
decompression table because thats how eective this treatment
really is. One Orthopedics Surgeon has even been quoted
as saying, As an orthopedic surgeon and peer reviewer, I see
many patients who are signicantly worse after back surgery.
In many cases I believe that if they had been treated with
spinal decompression before surgery they would have resolved
completely. Dr. Howard Berkowitz, M.D., Orthopedist,
Atlanta, GA. Many clinics have even added up to
10 spinal decompression tables just to keep up with the
demand of the happy, successful, life changing results
of their local patients. Tis treat ment has gone from a
medical doctor just wanting to x his own back pain to a
full blown phenomenon. Even the United States patent
oce has added several patents for spinal decompression
equipment to protect the technology from imitators.
Now, thanks to revolutionary spinal decompression
technology patients are saying goodbye to 10, 20 even 30
years of back pain with this comfortable, safe, non-surgical
back and neck pain option. Luckily Hilma was one of
those. Hear what she had to say. I was three days from
having back surgery when I saw an ad the newspaper.
I came down to the oce and the Doctors explained
everything.
Te Drs put me on the Decompression Table and only 3
weeks later my back and leg feel wonderful. No more pain
pills or emergency room visits for me. I cannot say enough
about Spinal Decompression! I recommend it to anyone
with back or neck pain.
Is It Worth It?
Many patients would say that a treatment with almost no
side eects that is non-surgical and doesnt involve highly
addictive pills with lots of side eects is a no-brainer.
However, make no mistake about it the established
medical community (and of course they know everything)
will say that pills, shots and surgery are all the options
patients need. But theres no denying that hundreds of
thousands of happy patients that had tried everything else
and failed and then got life changing relief from sometimes
even only a couple of safe spinal decompression treatments,
couldnt be wrong. Frankly I think after 10+ years of success
spinal decompression is not only here to stay. But may
even become the worlds new leader in the treatment of
back and neck pain. Will this new therapy put spinal
surgeons out of business????
So Whats the Catch?
Dr. Brian Self, one of the nations leading spinal decom-
pression specialists says, Tere are 3. First, whil e spinal
decompression is far less expensive than surgery, the
treatments are not always covered by insurance. Luckily the
treatments are aordable and most clinics oer nancing
and discount programs.
Second, some patients will require up to 8 weeks of
treatments. While many patients get signicant relief after
the rst week of treatments, some patients may require up
to 6-8 weeks of care to see maximum results depending on
the patients health, severity, duration of symptoms, and
social factors such as diabetes, obesity, smoking and others.
And last but not least some patients do not qualify for this
program. Patients such as pregnant women, spinal cancer
patients, patients with aortic aneurysms and a
few other conditions do not qualify. Check with your
doctor to see if your condition would qualify for spinal
decompression treatments.
How Can I Find Out If Spinal
Decompression is Right For Me?
Bay Area Disc Centers is one of the few prestigious clin-
ics in the Bay Area now oering spinal decompression
treatments. Call one of our 3 oces today to see if you
qualify for spinal decompression treatments for a herniated,
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Everyones talking about it.
A D V E R T I S E ME NT
NATION/WORLD 32 Monday Aug. 25, 2014 THEDAILYJOURNAL
By Sarah El Deeb
CAIRO The top Islamic authority in
Egypt, revered by many Muslims world-
wide, launched an Internet-based campaign
Sunday challenging an extremist group in
Syria and Iraq by saying it should not be
called an Islamic State.
The campaign by the Dar el-Ifta, the top
authority that advises Muslims on spiritual
and life issues, adds to the war of words by
Muslim leaders across the world targeting
the Islamic State group, which controls
wide swaths of Iraq and Syria. Its violent
attacks, including mass shootings, destroy-
ing Shiite shrines, targeting minorities and
beheadings including American journalist
James Foley, have shocked Muslims and
non-Muslims alike.
The Grand Mufti of Egypt, Shawki Allam,
previously said the extremists violate all
Islamic principles and laws and described
the group as a danger to Islam as a whole.
Now, the Dar el-Ifta he oversees will sug-
gest foreign media drop using Islamic
State in favor of the al-Qaida Separatists
in Iraq and Syria, or the acronym QSIS,
said Ibrahim Negm, an adviser to the mufti.
This is part of a campaign that aims to
correct the image of Islam that has been tar-
nished in the West because of these criminal
acts, and to exonerate humanity from such
crimes that defy natural instincts and
spreads hate between people, Negm said
according to Egypts state news agency
MENA. We also want to reafrm that all
Muslims are against these practices which
violate the tolerant principles of Islam.
Egypts President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi
also weighed in. On Sunday, speaking to
editors of Egyptian newspapers, he said the
extremist group is part of a plot aiming to
undermine Islam as a belief.
He said the current religious discourse in
the region only feeds minds that believe
that killing and bloodshed is the way to
defend Islam, in comments carried by
MENA.
El-Sissi has been a champion of advanc-
ing moderate Islam, building his power
base in the chaotic region and since he oust-
ed Islamist President Mohammed Morsi on
vows to crush extremist Islam.
The muftis adviser Negm said the Internet
and social media campaign will include
opinions by Islamic scholars from around
the world about the group and its claims to
represent Islam. It also will include a hash-
tag campaign on Twitter and videos from
Muslims denouncing the group and its
methods.
The Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, Sheik
Abdul-Aziz Al-Sheik, had also called the
group Islams No. 1 enemy. The worlds
largest bloc of Islamic nations, the
Organization of Islamic Cooperation, said
Saturday that the actions of the group,
including Foleys beheading as well as the
targeting of minorities, have nothing to do
with the values of Islam. The 57-member
state group is based in Saudi Arabia.
Muslims around the world have battled
against the backlash that followed the rise
of al-Qaida and the Sept. 11, 2001, terror
attacks in the U.S. Scholars and activist
groups have sought for years to disassoci-
ate themselves from militants touting their
own extremist versions of Islam.
They say the Islamic State group is anoth-
er, one that appears more ambitious and
aggressive than al-Qaida. The Islamic State
group renamed itself on June 29 when it uni-
laterally declared the territory it held in Iraq
and Syria a caliphate, effectively erasing
the two countries borders and setting up a
proto-state governed by its own strict inter-
pretation of Shariah law. It previously
referred to itself as the Islamic State of Iraq
and the Levant while fighting in Syria
against the rule of President Bashar Assad.
Since June 29, The Associated Press has
referred to the extremists organization as
the Islamic State group or its combatants as
Islamic State ghters. Many other media
organizations did the same, while some
refer to it by its previous name.
The Islamic State group has a sophisticat-
ed media and Internet-based campaign that
has drawn in foreign ghters, which may
explain why Islamic scholars chose to
adopt a similar approach. But its unclear
how successful this latest push against the
group will be.
Dar el-Ifta is famed among scholars of
Islamic jurisprudence and has offered train-
ing to many Muslims from around the world
since the late 1800s. But its opinions are
advisory and are often viewed as too close
to ofcial government positions.
Islamic authority: Extremists no Islamic State
By Jeff McMenemy
ROCHESTER, N.H. Slain U.S. journal-
ist James Foley was living his faith by
bringing images to the world of people suf-
fering from war and oppressive regimes, a
Roman Catholic bishop said Sunday at a
Mass in his honor.
Bishop Peter Libasci said even after
Foley was captured for the rst time in
Libya in 2011, he went back again that we
might open our eyes.
The Mass was attended by Foleys par-
ents, John and Diane Foley, and hundreds of
others in their hometown of Rochester, New
Hampshire. Afterward, Libasci read aloud a
letter from the Vatican extending the condo-
lences of Pope Francis.
Thank you for loving Jim, Diane Foley
told the crowd after the Mass.
The crowd lled every pew and people
stood three deep at the back of the church and
along both sides of it. Gov. Maggie Hassan,
along with U.S. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and
Kelly Ayotte, attended the Mass.
Foley was kidnapped on Thanksgiving
Day 2012 while covering the Syrian upris-
ing. The Islamic State group posted a Web
video Tuesday showing his killing and said
it was in retaliation for U.S. airstrikes in
northern Iraq.
Libasci invoked the prayer of St. Francis,
which begins, Lord, make me an instru-
ment of your peace, to implore the gath-
ered not to hate but to heal.
It is in giving that we receive, he recit-
ed. It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.
It is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
To these words, I think we can say, `Yes, I
wish we could do that. It is not beyond our
capability. It is not impossible. Our Lord
lived it. Our most Blessed Mother lived it.
Many saints have lived it. James lived it.
In a packed Our Lady of the Holy Rosary
church, the bishop frequently addressed
Foleys parents and stressed their sons
connection to family. He also prayed for
another captive journalist, Steven Sotloff,
and all captives.
Jim went back again that we might open
our eyes, Libasci said. That we might
indeed know how precious is this gift. May
almighty God grant peace to James and to
all our fragile world.
Libasci said after the Mass that people
shouldnt think of vengeance.
Look at what its done already, he said.
Look at the heartbreak.
Afuneral for Foley will be Oct. 18, what
would have been his 41st birthday.
Foleys parents on Sunday released a letter
that they say their son wrote while in cap-
tivity, which he asked an unidentied fellow
hostage who was about to be freed to memo-
rize and recount to his family so the letter
would not be conscated by his captors.
In the letter, posted on a Facebook page
called Find James Foley, Foley
described being held with 17 other
hostages and passing time by discussing
movies, sports and trivia and playing
games made up of scraps found in their jail
cell. He said the hostages were fed daily
and given tea and occasionally coffee.
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