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SACRAMENTO The state Legislature on Wednesday passed a Democratic budget for the coming scal year that eliminates the states remaining $9.6 billion decit, but the plan was derided as a sham by Republicans and widely seen as a
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mere placeholder that will allow lawmakers to continue getting their paychecks as negotiations continue. If lawmakers had missed the constitutional June 15 deadline
for sending a balanced budget to the governor, they would have forfeited $261 a day in salary and $142 in payments for daily expenses under a voter initiative passed last year. Republican lawmakers said the Democratic proposal was thrown together and was not intended to stand. I wish that we had a chance to vote on a real budget today, said
Assemblyman Tim Donnelly, RTwin Peaks. Instead, were going to vote on what is effectively the legislative paycheck protection plan. Democratic leaders acknowledged that the plan was not the budget they and Gov. Jerry Brown really want. That hoped-for budget which some Democratic lawmakers refer
to as Plan A includes a temporary extension of expiring tax increases to fund schools in the coming scal year and an authorization for a special election this fall so voters can decide whether to extend the tax hikes for an even longer period. The last of the tax hikes passed in
Two weeks ago, Foster City was set to eliminate funding for school crossing guards next school year as a way to trim from its ongoing structural decit. The city partnered with the San Mateo-Foster City Elementary School District almost 10 years ago to fund crossing guards at the citys three elementary schools. Two years ago, however, the city increased its funding for crossing guards when the district was going through some nancial troubles. But now the city has its own nancial woes and has sought ways
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to balance its budget by eliminating some of the programs it supports. Crossing guards, senior shuttles and other services were considered for elimination next scal year as the city focuses on providing its residents core services in the down economy. In a special budget study session June 6, a long line of Foster City residents each stood up and urged the council to keep the funding in place so children will remain safe before and after school when parents drop them off and pick them up. Jennifer Selvitella, Nancy Charlow, Danielle Picchi, Colin Gould, Sharon Crane, Marah Curry,
San Mateo County is looking into banning or limiting payday loans.In the meantime,Supervisor Rose Jacobs Gibson wants to curb the potential impact of compounding payday lending debt by opposing a state bill that would increase the amount clients are allowed to borrow.
San Mateo County could one day join Daly City and Pacica in banning or limiting payday loans, a practice that takes more than $9 million in fees from cash-strapped residents, but Supervisor Rose Jacobs Gibson said a prohibition is pointless without a viable alternative. It doesnt do us much good if we dont have somewhere else for peo-
ple to turn, Jacobs Gibson said. Those who use them are needing immediate cash and we cant leave them no option at all. Jacobs Gibson and her staff are currently discussing possible alternatives with legal aid and advocacy groups, particularly in areas like North Fair Oaks and the coastside where there may be a predominant need. She hopes to have something concrete to bring forward in the coming
months. In the meantime, Jacobs Gibson wants to curb the potential impact of compounding payday lending debt by opposing a state bill that would increase the amount clients are allowed to borrow. Assembly Bill 1158, authored by Assemblyman Charles Calderon, DWhittier, proposes increasing the amount allowed by law from $300 to $500.
Moving boundaries or getting rid of them to solve an overcrowding issue are the two choices which will go before the Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary School District Board tonight. The decision will come two weeks after the board opted to study getting rid of boundaries, after hours
of debate, rather than vote. The delay allowed staff to study the logistics of getting rid of boundaries before a nal vote. Under such a system, no one would be assigned a school. Everyone would register with the district and be placed as space permits. On Tuesday, the Alternatives Committee vetted the idea and a
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THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME
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the hotel reopened. Workers had demanded more money over concerns that their jobs would not return after the conversion to condos. The Fairmont enjoys postcard views of the city and San Francisco Bay from atop Nob Hill, historically the citys toniest address. But bookings have suffered as business travelers migrate to the tech-centric South of Market neighborhood. Three other hotels in the neighborhood the Mark Hopkins, the Huntington Court and Stanford Court are also for sale. The Fairmonts fagade is well known from movies and television. In 1945, delegates drafted the United Nations charter in a banquet room at the hotel. Its also home to the Tonga The owners of the Fairmont San Francisco have Room, a famed tiki bar complete with indoor abandoned their proposed renovations and hope to nd a buyer for the 1906 landmark. rain showers.
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A resident was backing out of the driveway when another driver sped by while tossing a cigarette at her car on the 400 block of Bloomeld Road in Burlingame before 12:16 p.m. Wednesday, June 8.
SAN FRANCISCO A historic San Francisco hotel that has hosted the likes of President John F. Kennedy and Prince Charles is up for sale after a plan to convert part of it into luxury condominiums failed. The owners include Oakland Athletics managing partner Lew Wolff and a Saudi prince. They wanted to replace the hotels 26-story tower with a 23-story condo complex. We think its time for a single owner to revisit the future of this area, Wolff said. Maybe they actually can do better than we did. The newspaper reports the rejection of the proposal by the politically inuential hotel workers union in April doomed the projects chances at City Hall. The hotel had promised a years pay to workers displaced by the proposed construction and pledged to rehire them when
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Burglary. Golf clubs were taken from a vehicle overnight on the 1600 block of Ray Drive before 6:59 a.m. Monday, June 13. Theft. $1,500 and a wallet were taken by a caretaker after they recently quit on the 1500 block of Bernal Avenue before 12:09 p.m. Monday, June 13. Theft. A FasTrak and GPS unit were taken from an unlocked vehicle on the 1000 block of Paloma Avenue before 9:04 p.m. Monday, June 13. Theft. A router was taken from a truck on the 1300 block of Vancouver Avenue before 11:09 a.m. Saturday, June 11. Burglary. A vehicle was burglarized on the 1000 block of Rollins Road before 10:13 a.m. Thursday, June 9. Burglary. A house was ransacked on the 3000 block of Alcazar Drive before 7:50 p.m. Thursday, June 9.
San Mateo County prosecutors have charged a San Francisco man for attempting to murder a friend with a knife Sunday at his South San Francisco apartment because he thought the acquaintance had slept with his wife. Jairo Ulises Ramos, 40, allegedly stabbed the man once in the back and several times in the hand before hiding under a pile of towels in the apartments bathroom, where South San Francisco police found him. The crime address was not immediately available.
Ramos was charged with attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, the personal use of a knife and causing great bodily injury. He pleaded not guilty to all counts at his initial arraignment and requested a court-appointed attorney. Jairo Ramos He returns to court June 22 to identify his lawyer and set a preliminary hearing date. According to prosecutors, Ramos thought his wife was involved with the South San Francisco man and confronted him while the couple was at his apartment. Ramos allegedly
threw a milk container on the kitchen oor while announcing his suspicions and grabbed a knife. After swinging several times, which the victim said he deected, Ramos reportedly struck the man with the knife once in the back and multiple times on the hand. The victim pushed Ramos away and ed the apartment to call authorities. Police reported nding Ramos at the apartment, hiding in the bathtub under some towels. He apparently thought police wouldnt be able to nd him there, said District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe. Both the wife and victim deny any affair, Wagstaffe said Ramos remains in custody without bail.
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Theft. A vehicle was entered during the night on West Naughton Avenue before 6:13 p.m. Monday, June 13. Burglary. A house was ransacked on Lincoln Avenue before 6:16 p.m. Monday, June 13. Theft. A purse was stolen on El Camino Real before 5:43 p.m. Sunday, June 12. Burglary. Items were stolen from an apartment on Old County Road before 11:36 p.m. Sunday, June 12.
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Police to participate in Special Olympics torch run
Local police officers will run the entire San Mateo County stretch of El Camino Real in support of the Special Olympics tomorrow. The annual event, the Law Enforcement Torch Run takes place throughout the world to raise funds and awareness for Special Olympics, a free year-round sports program for people with intellectual disabilities. Beginning about 9 a.m. at the Stanford Park Hotel in Menlo Park and for the next four and a half hours, the public can see this event as it makes its way north on El Camino Real to the San Francisco border, when the torch will be passed to the San Francisco Police Department. This run will ultimately culminate on June 24 at 7:30 p.m. as the Special Olympic Torch is delivered to the opening ceremonies of the Northern California Special Olympic Summer Games at Aggie Stadium on the University of California Davis campus. The public is encouraged to come out tomorrow and support the runners and to make donations to Special Olympics through the Law Enforcement Torch Run. Donations can be made through the Special Olympics website, www.sonc.org, or by calling Doreen Roth at (925) 381-1170.
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SAN FRANCISCO Hewlett-Packard Co. has sued its friend-turned-foe Oracle Corp. in another sign of how badly the relationship between the information technology big shots has frayed. The lawsuit, led Wednesday in Santa Clara County Superior Court, accuses Oracle of behaving illegally in deciding that future versions of its database software wont support a particular line of HP servers. Those servers use a chip called Itanium that Oracle insists is being phased out, a claim the chips maker, Intel Corp., denies. The argument centers on a technical issue that reects a broader ssure between the companies. Oracle and its outspoken CEO Larry Ellison are trying to take more turf from longtime partner HP, which is recovering from scandal.
The rivalry ratcheted up last year when Mark Hurd was forced to resign as HPs CEO and wound up working for his friend Ellison as an Oracle co-president. The hiring prompted HP to sue Hurd, alleging he couldnt do the job without divulging HP trade secrets. That lawsuit was settled. The latest dustup shows that the animosity between the companies continues to grow. The dispute involves a chip that has been mocked for a decade one sneering nickname for Itanium is Itanic because it has failed to transform the semiconductor world the way Intel and HP originally envisioned. Still, HP machines built on the chip have found some customers, and Oracle has worked closely with HP to make sure that its software is compatible. Itaniums demise has been a source of speculation for years, but Oracle now claims it has evidence that Intel plans to phase out the product.
LOS ANGELES Federal officials announced Wednesday that California will receive more than $800 million in funding to help the unemployed as the state struggles to deal with the economy and a huge budget hole. The U.S. Department of Labor said it will immediately release the money under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The state can use the funds to pay unemployment benets, provide employment services or administer the states unemployment insur-
California gets more than $800 million in unemployment funds Feds, state team up to investigate explosion
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How to mark the anniversary of the Sept. 9 fatal natural gas explosion that greatly impacted San Bruno will be decided by a small group of people. On Tuesday, the San Bruno City Council created a subcommittee of Mayor Jim Ruane and Vice Mayor Michael Salazar to lead a small group to gather input and put together a ceremony. Salazar expressed a desire to be respectful, to celebrate moving forward but also to be sensitive about losses, he said, adding its part of a larger healing process. Its too early to know what such an event will include. Ruane hopes to put together a small group of individuals, which includes people from the Glenview neighborhood, to discuss and nalize ideas. All ideas are welcome to start the planning. Those interested in participating, or who
would like to submit an idea, are encouraged to contact Community Services Director Randy Schwartz at 616-7181 or RSchwartz@ci.sanbruno. ca.us. Whatever is planned will mark the one-year anniversary of the Sept. 9 natural Jim Ruane gas explosion and fire which killed eight people, injured many more, destroyed 38 homes and caused signicant damage. Investigations into the cause is ongoing, but recent revelations about previous leaks and record keeping by Pacic Gas & Electric, which maintains the gas line that ruptured, have shined some light on other issues.
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ance program, the department said in a statement. The federal government made these funds available as an incentive for states to strengthen their safety net as our economy continues to recover, Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis said. California was hard-hit by the recession and while the unemployment rate has dropped recently it remains well above the national average of around 9 percent. The most recent tally put the unemployment rate at 11.9 percent in April, down from a modern record of 12.6 percent reached in March 2010.
SAN FRANCISCO Federal, state and local prosecutors have formed a task force to investigate a deadly gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno, Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. revealed in a filing Monday. The utility said it was told last week about the task forces probe into the September blast that killed eight and destroyed dozens of homes in San Bruno, the company said in a document filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. In the SEC filing the company warned investors that the financial condition and cash flows at both PG&E Corp. and the utility could be materially and adversely affected if criminal fines or penalties are imposed. The Utility will cooperate fully with the members of the task force, PG&E Corp. said in the filing. PG&E spokesman Brian Swanson said the company was notified by phone about the task force. Josh Eaton, a spokesman for the U.S. attorneys office, declined to offer any
d e t a i l s We d n e s d a y about the task forces investigation. San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said his office has been collaborating with federal prosecutors for months and that they would continue working together as the investigation moved forward. The National Transportation Safety Board is still trying to pinpoint what caused the pipeline to explode, though during a meeting Thursday of the California Public Utilities Commission, panelists revealed their findings that the blast was due to multiple management and oversight weaknesses at the utility. Later Thursday, the commission approved a proposal that will require all utilities in the state to submit plans to pressure-test or replace the untested segments of their gas transmission lines such as the pipe that exploded last year.
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By Jacob Adelman
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GARDEN CITY, N.Y. Married men sometimes behave badly. They covet. They flirt. They philander. And when they get caught, they occasionally adopt the insanity defense, telling spouses that an inner demon made them lose control. Doctors say the line between legitimate clinical disorder and plain old lousy behavior isnt well-understood. That makes it hard to assess U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiners announcement that he was seeking professional treatment following a scandal over lewd photos and messages he sent to women he didnt know. The congressman hasnt specified what type of care he is getting, or for what, leaving constituents to wonder whether he is seeking treatment as simply a ploy to buy time and sympathy. Sexual addiction is not recognized as a mental illness in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, an encyclopedic bible for psychologists. Exhibitionism, though, does make the cut. There has also been talk about including a passage in the next edition on hypersexual disorders, involving an overheated sex drive. Its still a very controversial diagnosis. There are a lot of people who think this is a lot to do about nothing, said Dr. Richard Krueger, an associate professor of psychiatry at Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons and director of the Sexual Behavior Clinic at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. On the other hand, he said, practitioners will see people who are completely out of control, and will just destroy their lives, and despite the imposition of a sanction will continue doing it.
of the expiration of the federal homebuyer tax credit. Sales got a big shot in the arm a year ago, when people rushed to take advantage of expiring homebuyer tax credits, he said. Today the market must stand on its own, and its having a hard time doing that in the absence of stronger job growth and consumer condence. Jeffrey Michael, who directs the
Business Forecasting Center at the University of the Pacifics business school in Stockton, said the year-to-year price gaps will narrow as the tax credits recede deeper into the past. We had a sort of a false peak a year ago due to the tax credits, he said. This is very likely to be the month that shows among the largest year-over-year declines. he has said he must win or do very well in. Iowa also is fertile ground for the latest Republican to say hes considering running Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a tax-cutting social conservative. The goal of Iowa this time seems to be to winnow the eld to see who is going to be the main challenger to Mitt Romney, said Bob Haus, a veteran Iowa Republican campaign strategist.
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WASHINGTON As he weighed a presidential run back in 2006, President Barack Obama displayed a realistic sense of self-awareness: All the adulation he was receiving, he conceded then, was because he was a blank slate on which people could attach their aspirations. As he seeks re-election, his self-awareness is on display again, with a new conclusion. Its not as cool to be an Obama supporter as it was in 2008, with the posters and all of that stuff, he acknowledged to an intimate gathering of donors in Miami this week. Its a line he delivered with a chuckle, a variation on a theme that he is using with his base of supporters. But it holds an important truth for the Obama campaign: Obama is now a known quantity and he will not inspire voters this election the same way he did in the previous one. Complicating things for Obama is what the Pew Research Center calls an intensity gap between Obamas conservative opponents and the liberals who would be most likely to support REUTERS him. A recent Pew survey found that 84 percent Barack Obama speaks at a welcoming event after arriving at Luis Munoz Marin International of staunch conservatives strongly disapprove of the president, but only 64 percent of solid liberAirport in Puerto Rico.
als strongly approve of him. Intensity, or enthusiasm, is an important factor in driving voters to the polls. Obama beneted greatly from it in 2008 with a record-shattering turnout. But conservative intensity played a signicant role in the 2010 midterm elections that put Republicans in control of the House. For the president, crafting his message for 2012 is a balancing act. He must re-energize his base, the voters moved by his 2008 mantra of hope and change. But he also must reassure moderate and independent voters that he is still focused on righting the economy and that he is not the radical, ineffective agent portrayed by the Republican eld of presidential candidates. Obama bridges the two with a line meant to be both a defense of his rst two years in ofce and a rationale for his reelection: Big changes dont happen overnight. Still, Obama this week was reminded of the results many of his supporters have come to expect from him, no matter how unrealistic. While speaking to more than 900 supporters Monday at Miamis Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, one man in the audience stood and shouted, Keep your promise, stop AIDS now! before the crowd drowned him out with cheers of Obama, Obama!
WASHINGTON New House Speaker John Boehner doesnt have as many millions as his predecessor, Nancy Pelosi, but like many new committee chairmen and other leaders, he has holdings in companies that have major nancial stakes in the actions of Congress. For Boehner, that includes a portfolio of stocks in oil companies, nancial rms, communication companies and pharmaceuticals. Holdings among other lawmakers include
farmland, real estate and investments in high tech companies. None of this is violates congressional ethics rules. The rules state that members cant use their ofcial positions for personal gain and limits to $26,100 what John Boehner they can earn as a director of a business or for actual work performed outside Congress. They, however, do not limit personal investments, a
source of considerable wealth for many lawmakers. Boehner, a Republican and son of an Ohio bar owner, derives much of his nest egg from his career as a small businessman before coming to Congress more than two decades ago, said his spokesman, Michael Steel, Boehners day-to-day investment decisions are made by a professional nancial adviser. He is not consulted on individual transactions, Steel said. Likewise, Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith, R-Texas, said an account man-
ager makes all the decisions for a portfolio of more than $1 million that he and his wife hold. He made 599 trades last year involving companies such as Apple Computer, Microsoft, Dreamworks Animation and Lockheed Martin. In 2009, Boehner sold a retirement plan in the plastics company he once ran, taking in between $1 million and $5 million. He then purchased shares in almost 60 companies, including stock in BP, Exxon, Chevron, ConocoPhilips and Occidental. His holdings in each of them are valued at between $15,000 and $50,000.
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ATHENS, Greece Greeces prime minister, struggling to ensure Parliamentary approval for a crucial austerity bill, said Wednesday he would reshufe his Cabinet and seek a vote of condence for his new government after coalition talks with opposition parties failed. The negotiations collapsed as rioters clashed with police in the streets of Athens during a general strike and renewed fears of default rattled global markets. Prime Minister George Papandreou has been struggling to contain an internal party revolt over a new austerity package that is the main condition for
continued funding from a (euro) 110 billion ($155 billion) international bailout. Without continued funding from the rescue loans, Greece will default on its massive debts which would unsettle the global economy and undermine the future of the eurozone. Socialist ofcials said Papandreou had offered to even step down to clinch a coalition with the opposition conservatives before the talks collapsed, in a dramatic day that saw Greeces borrowing rates hit new highs and lawmakers escorted by armed motorcycle guards past protesters into parliament. Police red repeated volleys of tear gas to repel rioters hurling rebombs and ripped-up paving stones as an antiausterity rally by tens of thousands of protesters degenerated into violence. A crowd of youths smashed the windows
of a luxury hotel in the square. More than 60 people were injured, including 36 police, as clouds of choking gas wafted through central Athens. Bewildered tourists struggled through the mayhem, dragging their luggage behind them. Global stocks were closing sharply lower as the events in Greece which has the worst sovereign credit rating in the world further destabilized markets. Major indexes had their biggest drop on Wednesday since June 1 and the euro slid more than 1 percent against the dollar. Papandreou said he would reshufe his Cabinet Thursday and called a condence vote on the new government, expected Sunday. However, several of his own deputies publicly oppose the new austerity package, which must pass a Parliamentary vote this month. reported a suspiciouslooking vehicle. Detective Inspector Steve Parker said the men had in their possession information relating to an individual in the Cullompton area and items which lead us to suspect that Joss Stone they may have intended to commit a criminal offense.
WASHINGTON Defying congressional criticism, the White House insisted Wednesday that President Barack Obama has the authority to continue U.S. military action in Libya even without authorization from lawmakers on Capitol Hill. In a detailed, 32-page report to Congress, the White House also put the cost of U.S. military operations and humanitarian assistance in Libya at about $800 million, as of June 3, with the total increasing to $1.1 billion by early September. It was the rst time the administration has publically detailed its legal rationale for continuing the Libya campaign without receiving congressional authorization within the 60-day window set in the War Powers Resolution. Ofcials argued that because the U.S. has a limited, supporting role in the NATOled bombing campaign in Libya and American forces are not engaged in sustained ghting, the president is within his constitutional rights to direct the mission on his own. The president is of the view that the current U.S. military operations in Libya are consistent with the War Powers Resolution and do not under that law require further congressional authorization because U.S. military operations are distinct from the kind of hostilities contemplated by the resolutions 60-day termination provision., the White House said. The administrations defense of the Libya mission comes in response to a nonbinding House resolution passed this month that chastised Obama for failing to provide a compelling rationale for U.S. involvement in Libya.
WASHINGTON Pakistan has arrested informants who helped the U.S. zero in on Osama bin Laden, U.S. and Pakistani sources said Wednesday in the latest damaging repercussion from the fatal raid that angered and embarrassed Pakistanis as much as it thrilled Americans. Authorities in Pakistan also have failed to expedite the entry of CIA ofcers into the country, despite agreeing two weeks ago to form a new joint intelligence-sharing team to hunt alQaida, two senior U.S. ofcials told the Associated Press. The joint team was intended to rebuild trust on both sides that was badly damaged by fallout from the May 2 raid deep inside Pakistan. Pakistan considers the raid a violation of its sovereignty and is incensed that the U.S. withheld plans from its nominal ally for fear that the Pakistanis would tip off bin Laden.
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n Tuesday, June 14, thousands of kids and adults at aquatics facilities around the globe united to set a new global record for The Worlds Largest Swimming Lesson. All three La Petite Baleen Swim Schools (Half Moon Bay, San Bruno and San Francisco) are official host locations for the 2011 WLSL record-setting 8 a.m. event. The inaugural WLSL event established the Guinness World Record for the largest simultaneous swimming lesson ever conducted in 2010 when almost 4,000 participants across 34 states, ve countries and three continents participated to build awareness about the vital importance of teaching children to swim to prevent drowning. ***
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12 to 18, painted six six-cubic metalyard bins with their own environmental and recyling-themed designs. The bins have since been moved outside for use at the public drop off center. *** CuriOdyssey, formerly Coyote Point Museum, was honored by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums this week with a formal accreditation. To be accredited, CuriOdyssey underwent a thorough investigation to ensure it has and will continue to meet ever-rising standards, which include animal care, veterinary programs, conservation, education and safety. AZA requires zoos and aquariums to successfully complete this rigorous accreditation process every ve years to be members of the association. *** A portion of Sawyer Camp Trail north and south of the San Andreas Dam will be closed temporarily on Monday, June 20 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. so the San Francisco Water Department and Cal Fire may conduct a controlled burn in that area. The area for the control burn is 100 to 200 yards both north and south of the dam. *** The city of San Mateo Fire Department and San Mateo County Blue Star Moms will throw a barbecue Saturday to support troops. All proceeds will go to support soldiers in Alpha Company, 1st Battalion 327th Infantry Regiment 1BCT, 101st Airborne Division and other military related support activities. The barbecue will feature activities for children, games and prizes. The barbecue is 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Central Park, San Mateo. The city has been supporting Alpha Company troops for decades. *** Lauren Zorfas, the executive director of the Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County, is leaving the nonprot organization to pursue other interests, the board announced earlier this week. Zorfas was hired in December 2009. *** Want to live a good, long life? Chances are good if youre an older woman in San Mateo County. While life expectancy in most U.S. counties falls behind the worlds healthiest countries, women in a handful of counties including San Mateo are living longer, according to Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. *** County Sheriff Greg Munks has a new home at least on the Internet. Munks unveiled a new website for the Sheriffs Ofce which he said is more user-friendly and informative. The site may also save time and money if visitors can nd answers to common questions online rather than requiring a phone call, email or visit. The new site is www.smcsheriff.com
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here is a dangerous idea gaining hold in the Republican Party that a brief default on American debt could be acceptable if it forces deeper cuts by the White House. As the Aug. 2 deadline to increase the nations $14.3 trillion borrowing limit fast approaches, the idea once limited to the fringes of the party is becoming more mainstream. Establishment Republicans, including former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, are backing a short-term default if it
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leads to deep, immediate spending cuts. Jeff Sessions and Paul Ryan, the top Republicans on the Senate and House Budget Committees, have also said failure to raise the debt limit would not trigger immediate catastrophe. Former Minnesota Congressman Vin Weber, a Republican strategist, said the idea that a short-term default would not be a problem is denitely becoming a mainstream belief. The concept of allowing the nation to
go into default even a short-term technical one for the rst time in its history is irresponsible. Its true that the government could likely shift funding to cover the payment of most or all debts for a short time. But even if that were to occur, the damage would be severe, long-term and increase government spending. Republicans and the Obama administration must stop their game of chicken and nd compromise that will deeply cut spending, possibly increase tax revenues and, at all costs avoid a default on national nancial obligations.
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get to their base with their Armyordered gear. The attack on Delta was actually a complaint posted in a YouTube video by two Army Reserve staff sergeants who were on their way home from a years deployment in Afghanistan. They said many in their unit had four bags, as they were ordered to bring. On a ight from Baltimore to Atlanta, 14 members of their 36-man unit were
elta Airlines and several others beat a hasty retreat after coming under attack from some U.S. soldiers upset about the airlines fees for excess baggage. It was the only sensible strategic action for the airline, which because of its policies on extra luggage, charged military personnel returning from overseas hundreds of dollars apiece just to
charged $200 apiece for their fourth bags. After the video went viral, Delta quickly revamped its policies, allowing active-duty military personnel four bags with no extra charge. United Airlines did the same, and American Airlines said it will now allow up to ve bags for those in the military. The changes are welcome. Americans who have served their country in dangerous places shouldnt have to pay extra to get themselves and their gear home.
Rick Berman Washington, D.C. The letter writer is the executive director for the Center for Consumer Freedom.
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y father was never going to dance at my wedding. Prejudice and stubbornness hobbled his heart long before cancer withered his body and the long-simmering ire in my own would have never allowed me to send an invitation. Besides, he was never much a dancing man. Air guitar to classic Led Zeppelin and The Who was what I remember during late-night Monopoly tournaments and weekend car trips. Yet, in these weeks of struggling with whether to visit a man once so great a dad in my childhood but now a stranger for the better part of a decade, those never-to-be moments are what sprung to mind. Hell never give me away. Hell never bounce his grandchildren on his knee. Hell never teach my future kids favorite tricks which included questioning why they had to go to school or tearing the Christmas tree ornaments off the lowest branches. Hell never spar over politics or laugh over a recent column. Hell never show up unannounced with his well-worn tool belt to x any number of household maladies. What ached the most was not the very real possibility he would not live to Fathers Day next year but that he voluntarily chose to be absent all these holidays before. Eventually, time blurred whether he shared my mothers view that I should only date men or simply didnt have the courage to disagree. It didnt matter. If the last month carried any lessons, it is the difference between dealing with anger and tamping it down to a place so deep you cant tell the difference. So I didnt visit, for reasons both inferred and very real. I wasnt welcome at my childhood home by my mother. True. He might not even want to see me. Assumed. If he didnt make an effort when well why should he get the satisfaction of me bending when hes ill? Sad, but a very true thought on the ticker tape constantly playing in my mind. Instead, I handled the roller coaster of emotions in completely healthy fashions like indulging in verbal road rage against motorists who refuse to signal while merging, testing the limits of my liver on adult beverages and aspirin and scrubbing the bathroom tile grout to oblivion. I remained polite when longlost relatives looking for information tracked me down and innocently wondered why I have no relationship with my parents. Mostly I resisted the urge to punch every person who asked pityingly, What are you going to do? as though his cancer automatically trumped my right to demand an apology for his choosing to keep the peace with my mother over disavowing his daughter. His unexpected hospitalization nally prompted the visit Id been dreading. Just put one foot in front of the other. Breathe. Remember not to cry. In hindsight, two out of three aint bad. Despite a morning temperature already crawling toward the 90s, I wore a blazer as though dressing like a grown-up would make me feel more like one or at least offer the unspoken declaration Look! Even though you wrote me off, I clean up pretty nicely and am gainfully employed! The notion is ridiculous when going to see a man whose nod to fashion right now is a hospital gown and a crown of thinning hair. But everything about this situation was ridiculous, no less that he was housed in a oor known as the cancer pavilion. Being a pavilion, I sort of expected a beer garden and a live band, I quipped when I nally stepped inside, after being stalled for minutes in the hallway by a mopping custodian who just wouldnt leave his room. As if I needed another chance to turn around. So it went. The jokes about being able to hang his hat on the tumor once protruding from his chest. The detailed explanation by him of diagnosis and treatment, of how diabetes had affected his vision. Something about sugar attaching to blood cells and lots of other medical jargon Id expect from a man who once built me a model nuclear reactor out of kitchen utensils when I asked how and why. Curiosity and humor we were always good at. Heartfelt offerings, not so much. I had promised myself not to ask the emotional how and whys of the past years but, like the crying, I failed. When I told him that after writing one column about his absence led to several men I know and respect volunteering to one day walk me down the aisle with pride, he also failed a bit at keeping his eyes dry. I didnt come to make amends, I nally said, quite intending to recapture my intent in coming. Before I could nish the thought he grabbed my hand. He has never grabbed my hand. Youre not the one who has to, he said. A morning of talking doesnt x years of silence. Whoever said time heals all wounds is a fool. And as for that never-to-be dance? Maybe still true. But for the rst time in a very long time, the coming of Fathers Day means a little something again. For the rst time in a very long time, I remembered what it felt like to have one.
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Dow 11,897.27 -1.48% Nasdaq 2,631.46 -1.76% S&P 500 1,265.42 -1.74%
10-Yr Bond 2.9730% -0.0126 Oil (per barrel) 95.28 Gold 1,531.00
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By Chip Cutter and Matthew Craft
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Chevron Corp. and Exxon Mobil Corp both lost more than 2 percent. The S&P 500 index fell 22.45, or 1.7 percent, to 1,265.42. The Nasdaq fell 47.26, or 1.8 percent, to 2,631.46. If Greece defaults on its debt it could cause investors to dump the bonds of other weak European nations like Portugal, Spain and Ireland, raising borrowing costs for those countries. It could also cause the dollar to further strengthen against the euro, making U.S. products more expensive abroad. That acts as a drag on corporate prots. Earlier in the year a declining dollar played a key role in boosting corporate earnings and sending stocks higher. Large U.S. companies like Boeing Co., Caterpillar Inc. and Oracle Corp. sell many of their products abroad, which puts their sales and prots at risk if the dollar strengthens. Companies in the S&P 500 index get 20 percent of their prots from Europe. June is shaping up to be the worst month for the stock market since May 2010. Stocks have risen only three days this month and have fallen 11. The Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poors 500 index are now 7 percent below the highs they reached in late April.
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Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Scotts Miracle-Gro Co.,down $3.15 at $49.19 The maker of gardening and lawn care products cut its earnings outlook for the year saying bad weather hurt business. Korn/Ferry International,up $1.43 at $22.95 The stafng agency said quarterly net income more than doubled,and it offered rst-quarter guidance above analyst expectations. Owens-Illinois Inc.,down $4 at $25.54 The maker of glass containers cut its secondquarter earnings outlook as it faces additional manufacturing and delivery costs. Johnson & Johnson,down 94 cents at $66.16 The health care and pharmaceuticals maker said it will stop making heart stents to focus on other stent types amid at sales. Best Buy Co.,up 28 cents at $30.41 Shares of the electronics retailer continued to rise a day after posting earnings results that beat expectations. Nasdaq Tuesday Morning Corp.,down 40 cents at $4.25 The seller of home accessories and housewares at closeout prices lowered its scal full-year earnings and revenue forecasts. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc., up $2.79 at $57.82 Federal regulators said the biotech drugmakers experimental eye drug works as well as a blockbuster treatment already on the market. Breitburn Energy Partners L.P., down $1.23 at $19.37 The oil and gas explorer and producer said it agreed to pay $58.1 million for oil properties in Wyoming.
NEW YORK Unrest in Greece rattled global nancial markets Wednesday. Stocks fell the most since June 1 as investors piled into lower-risk assets like the dollar and U.S. government bonds. A report on manufacturing in the New York area also came in far below forecasts. That reignited fears that factory production, one of the few bright spots in the U.S. economy, may be weaker than many economists had believed. Thousands of people gathered on the streets of Athens to protest government cutbacks required by international lenders. Demonstrators hurled rocks at riot police, who responded with tear gas. Greeces prime minister said he would name a new Cabinet after talks to form a new government with opposition parties failed. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 178.84 points, or 1.5 percent, to close at 11,897.27. The drop erased all of its 123-point gain from Tuesday and put the average on track for a seventh straight week of losses. All 30 companies in the Dow dropped, led by Aluminum maker Alcoa Inc. which lost 2.9 percent. Alcoas stock tends to swing with shifting moods about the global economy. Shares in energy companies also fell.
SAN FRANCISCO Internet radio station Pandora Medias IPO struck the right chord with investors Wednesday despite the static in the overall stock market. Pandoras shares surged by as much 63 percent in their market debut before pulling back later in the session. The stock closed at $17.42, still a decent gain amid the markets broader decline. It marked a 9 percent increase from Pandoras initial public offering price of
$16 and a nearly six-fold increase from what Pandoras own board thought the stock was worth just six months ago. The performance shows the recent market slump hasnt dampened the enthusiasm investors have for new stock offerings from rapidly growing Internet services. The excitement began to build after shares of professional networking site LinkedIn Corp. more than doubled on their rst day of trading last month. Now it looks like the fervor could escalate into an outright mania as even bigger Internet companies such as online
coupon seller Groupon Inc., Web game maker Zynga and the biggest star of all, Facebook, go public during the next year or so. Everyone seems to be getting goldrush fever, said analyst Phil Leigh of Inside Digital Media. People are starting to believe they can nd gold in every stream or around every hill, but thats not the reality. Pandora CEO Joseph Kennedy said he wont allow his 360-employee company to get caught up in the hysteria. I am not jumping up and down right now, Kennedy said in a Wednesday interview.
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Facebook hires former Clinton press secretary
NEW YORK Facebook has hired Joe Lockhart, who served as press secretary during President Bill Clintons second term, as vice president of global communications. The 51-year-old Lockhart will start on July 15 in his new post. He will move to California from Washington, D.C. Facebook, the worlds largest online social network, has been padding its ranks with Washington insiders as it grows. Recently the company hired two aides of former President George W. Bush as lobbyists. Lockhart has also worked as a TV journalist on CNN, NBC News and Sky Television of London. He founded Glover Park Group, a communications rm. At Facebook, he will report to Elliot Schrage, vice president of global communications, marketing and public policy.
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College of San Mateo reliever Josh Fredendall agrees, the numbers he put up in 2011 are crazy to think about. Actually, theyre even crazier to write about at rst glance you dont know whether theyre typos, or inated statistics posted by a
player who didnt play much, had one good game and thus his numbers went into the book. But that isnt the case with Fredendall; string his stats together and they add up to one thing: Domination. The Pacic Association Division (PAD) agree and recently selected Fredendall to their 2011 All-American Team. The PAD is part of
the American Baseball Coaches Association and is comprised of two-year college teams from California, Oregon and Washington. Fredendall was selected to the First Team. In other words, the sophomore was the best at what he does on the coast with the most. I didnt look at stats or worry about them at all the whole year, Fredendall said. I was mostly reminded by my team at practice how
I was doing. That was fun, funny if they scored a run off me in intrasquad they would give me a hard time. During the year, I didnt look at them at all, not once. I just felt good and condent. The honor is just the latest in a slew of awards given to the Hillsdale High School graduate. He was also selected to the All-
VANCOUVER, British Columbia While the Boston Bruins beelined across the ice to mob him at the buzzer, Tim Thomas tapped both goalposts, sank to his knees and rubbed the ice in front of his empty goal. Thomas drew a virtual line in his crease throughout these crazy, contentious Stanley Cup nals, and Bostons brilliant goalie just wouldnt allow the Vancouver Canucks to cross it whenever it really mattered. After 39 years without a championship, the Bruins ripped the Cup and several thousand hearts out of a Canadian city that has waited four decades itself for one sip. Thomas was just too good, and the Bruins are the NHLs best. The Cup is headed back to the Hub of Hockey. The 37-year-old Thomas made 37 saves in the second shutout of his landmark nals performance, Patrice Bergeron and rookie Brad Marchand scored two goals apiece, and the Bruins beat the Canucks 4-0 Wednesday night to win their rst NHL championship since 1972. I think I went even further than I thought, Thomas said. I never envisioned three Game 7s in one playoff season and still being able to come out on top. ... I was scared, I wont lie. I had nerves yesterday and today, and I faked it as best as I could, and I faked it all the way to the Stanley Cup. Nice try, Tim. Theres nothing fake about Thomas, who limited the NHLs highest-scoring team to eight goals in the seven-game nals, blanking Vancouver in two of the last four. The oldest Conn Smythe Trophy winner in NHL history stopped 201 of the Canucks 209 shots in the nals. If I was going to do it any way, it would have to be the hardest way possible, said Thomas, who played overseas and in the minors before nally getting his NHL break in 2005. Three Game 7s in the playoffs, and to have to win it on the road in the nal. The Bruins postgame celebration centered around Thomas, who carried them through long stretches of a perilous postseason that
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Boston Bruins' Zdeno Chara holds up the Stanley Cup after his team defeated the Vancouver See BRUINS, Page 14 Canucks in Game 7 of the NHL Stanley Cup Finals. Its Bostons rst Cup since 1972.
SAN FRANCISCO Barry Bonds attorneys led a motion Wednesday asking a judge to change Bonds obstruction of justice conviction to an acquittal or schedule a new trial. Bonds was convicted of obstructing a grand jurys steroids investigation by giving an evasive answer during questioning in 2003. The trial ended in April with a hung jury on three
perjury counts along with the conviction on the single obstruction count. The home run kings lawyers argue he was unfairly convicted of unauthorized rambling in discussing being a celebrity child when asked Barry Bonds whether his trainer ever injected him with a syringe. The lawyers insist that Bonds
answered the question directly during further questioning. Unauthorized rambling is not a federal crime, Bonds lawyers wrote in their brief. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston scheduled a hearing for July 1 on their request. She has already scheduled a hearing for June 24 to set a sentencing date for the conviction and she may combine the two dates into one court session. Bonds is not expected to receive a prison sentence, based on similar convictions and
sentencing of two other gures charged with lying about steroids. Federal prosecutors are also expected to tell the judge whether they intend to retry Bonds on the three perjury charges. The jury deadlocked 11-1 in favor of guilt on the charge that Bonds lied when he said no one but his doctor ever injected him with anything. A majority of jurors voted to acquit Bonds on charges he lied when he denied knowingly using steroids and human growth hormone.
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against the Giants 21-year-old lefty, who entered the game with the fth-worst support in the majors (2.65 runs per game). Bumgarner (3-8) gave up ve hits and struck out six. Arizona had runners at rst and second with two outs in the ninth, but Brian Wilson retired pinch-hitter Juan Miranda on a grounder for his 20th save in 22 chances. Joe Saunders (3-7) allowed three runs and threw a season-high 115 pitches in seven innings for Arizona. San Francisco scored two insurance runs off closer J.J. Putz in the ninth. Eli Whiteside tripled home Hall and scored on a wild pitch. Aubrey Huff singled twice, drove in a run and scored for the Giants, who are 7-1 against
PHOENIX Madison Bumgarner went six innings and got enough run support for a change, helping him pitch the San Francisco Giants past the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-2 Wednesday night. Bill Hall singled home the go-ahead run in the sixth with his first hit since joining the Giants four days ago and later doubled. The Giants beat Arizona for the fifth straight time, Willie Bloomquist and Bumgarner Chris Young hit solo home runs, ending Bumgarners 10-start string without allowing a homer. But that was about all the Diamondbacks could muster
Arizona this season with one to play in this three-game series. In the Arizona eighth, Kelly Johnson tried to score what would have been the tying run from rst on Youngs double down the lefteld line, but was out easily at home on the relay throw from shortstop Miguel Tejada. Huff singled with one out in the sixth, then Pat Burrell walked to set up Halls RBI hit. Moments later, Hall was called for interference going into second base, a ruling that resulted in an inning-ending double play. The Giants scored in the rst after a double play erased Aaron Rowands leadoff single. Pablo Sandoval singled, Cody Ross walked and Huff singled. Bloomquist, hitless in his previous 12 at bats, hit Bumgarners 2-0 pitch just over the left-eld wall for his second home run of the season to tie it at 1 in the third. It was the rst
home run the Giants lefty has allowed in 67 innings. San Francisco quickly regained the lead 2-1 when Ross led off the fourth with a double and scored when Burrell tripled off the Arizona bullpen fence down the left-eld line. Young homer also barely cleared the lefteld fence to tie it at 2 in the fourth. NOTES: Bumgarner had not allowed a home run since a solo shot by Arizonas Justin Uptons at Chase Field on April 17. ... After the enclosed structure was cooled by air conditioning, the Chase Field roof was opened just before the rst pitch even though it was 106 degrees outside. ... Arizonas Xavier Nady struck out four times. ... Bumgarners three victories all have come on the road. ... All eight games between the Diamondbacks and Giants have been decided by three runs or fewer.
As 2, Royals 1
pitched a perfect ninth for his second save in three chances. The only noise the Royals made all game came far too late. Alcides Escobar had three hits, including a double off reliever Brian Fuentes in the eighth, to tie his career high with an eight-game hitting streak. He scored a batter later when Alex Gordon singled to trim Oaklands lead to 2-1. Melvin came out for a brief conference with Fuentes, who then allowed Melky Cabreras single to put runners on rst and third with two outs. Fuentes rallied by getting Eric Hosmer to foul out along the spacious third-base line. Neither team had many chances in this one.
OAKLAND Josh Outman allowed four hits over seven innings and the Oakland Athletics gave new manager Bob Melvin his rst home victory by beating the Kansas City Royals 2-1 on Wednesday night. Cliff Pennington and Daric Barton had RBI singles off starter Luke Hochevar (4-7), who took a no-hitter into the sixth inning before it all fell apart. The scufing As had lost three straight and 13 of 14 in a streak that began under Bob Geren. Melvin improved to 2-4 since taking over for the red Geren. Outman (2-1) struck out two and walked two in the deepest outing of his major league career without allowing a run. Andrew Bailey
David DeJesus sent Hochevars third pitch of the game off the pitchers right elbow, redirecting the ball to second baseman Chris Getz for an easy groundout. Hochevar was inspected by a team trainer and threw a few light tosses before staying in the game. The hard-throwing right-hander showed no effects from the bruising shot. Hideki Matsuis two walks were the only time an Oakland player reached base until Landon Powells line-drive single to center leading off the sixth. Then it all came unraveled. Jemile Weeks followed with a bunt up the rst-base line, Hochevar elded the ball and tossed it to rst baseman Eric Hosmer hustling back to the bag. Television replays appeared to show Hosmer tagging Weeks just before he
reached the base, but he was called safe by rst base umpire Jeff Nelson. After DeJesus bunted into a elders choice, Weeks stole third base without a throw. Then Pennington drove him in with a single to give Oakland a 1-0 lead. As bad as the Royals were offensively, Oakland was even better defensively. Matt Treanor sent a shot off Outman deep to left eld in the fourth that seemed headed for the seats. Josh Willingham backpedalled to the wall and leaped up to catch the ball near the top of the wall, robbing Treanor of extra bases and possibly a home run. Ryan Sweeney provided another big defensive play for the As, running down Jeff Francoeurs soaring shot to deep center in the seventh with a runner on rst.
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a lot of condence going into my sophomore year. I knew because of the work that I put in, because of the things that I did over the summer that nobody saw, that I was going to make an impact this year especially being a sophomore and being a leader-type-of-guy. I just wanted to do the best I could to help this team win and I think that worked out pretty good. Did it ever. Fredendall dealt to start the year and didnt stop dealing. He ran a scoreless streak that caught the attention of schools like Texas, San Diego, Boston College and Washington. And after the season ended in the playoffs, Fredendall made his choice, deciding to take his talent to UW. I really couldnt have gone wrong either way, he said about choosing between San Diego and being a Husky. I love San Diego, but when I went to Washington, for me, it kind of like felt like this is where I belong. Fredendall leaves after a marvelous 2011 campaign, but he takes a lot with him up north from his time as a Bulldog. The team that I had, theyre like brothers to me, he said. Weve been through so much together, that camaraderie that we had, and that family that we had, thats the thing that Ill remember the most. Thats the rst thing that will pop into my head when I think of CSM. There wasnt a raw egg in the bunch. Those guys are great and theyre going to go on and do great things no matter where they are. I know theyre going to succeed because they went through a program like CSM. Going up to Washington, Ill denitely take that with me.
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Coast Conference team, the All-Nor Cal team and, at the end of May, was named to the Northern California All-American team. And with the season he had, its easy to see why. Fredendall led the state with an earned run average that requires a microscope to see, 0.25. Opponents only hit .120 off of him and, in 36 innings pitched, he allowed a lone run and only one extra base hit all season. To say that his sophomore year as a Bulldog was a breakthrough would be a complete understatement. Fredendall said he was seriously considering not playing baseball at CSM after his senior year and Fredendall just going to a four-year university right after high school he denitely had the grades to do it. But that thought changed after a bullpen session and a talk with CSM manager Doug Williams. I took that talk to heart, Fredendall said about the conversation that revolved around hard work, academics and developing as a pitcher. After limited time on the eld his freshman year and watching his team get to within a win of being state champions, a hungry Fredendall found the focus he needed to succeed during the summer. The most important part was winning, Fredendall said of his rst year. But there was kind of like this empty feeling after we got to the state championship and we lost, like wow, we got there, we did well, but we didnt come home with a ring and a championship and that just kind of drove me over the summer. I hit the gym hard, and I dedicated myself to my training. That summer between freshman and sophomore year really helped me out. Putting in all that work and having a good summer pitching-wise gave me
Eight challengers from seven nations have been conrmed for the opening race of the new Americas Cup World Series in August in Portugal. Also competing with two boats will be defending champion Oracle Racing of San Francisco. Representatives from Oracle Racing, Team New Zealand, Artemis Racing of Sweden, China Team, Team Korea, Venezia Challenge of Italy and two teams from France, Energy Team and Aleph-Equipe De France, appeared together Wednesday in San Francisco, where the 34th Americas Cup will be contested in 2013. The identity of the eighth foreign challenger will be announced in Europe on June 23. Organizers had expected the numbers to shake out from the original list of 15 teams from 12 countries that led entries earlier this year. When we started back in September, this is where we thought it would be, said Iain Murray, an Australian sailor whos the CEO of Americas Cup Race Management and the regatta director. We built 10 boats. It was pretty clear this is where we thought wed end up. Were very pleased. The teams will sail 45-foot catamarans for the two seasons of the ACWS. A 72-foot catamaran will be used for the Louis Vuitton Cup for challengers and the Americas Cup match in 2013, both on San Francisco Bay. The rst stop of the AC World Series will be in Cascais, Portugal, from Aug. 6-14. The
other regattas this year will be in Plymouth, England, from Sept. 10-18, and San Diego from Nov. 12-20. Oracle Racing, owned by software tycoon Larry Ellison, will sail two boats in the ACWS this season and next. Since no other defense candidate has emerged, Oracle will need as much in-house competition as possible. On Monday, Oracle Racing CEO Russell Coutts, a four-time Americas Cup winner, generated some serious buzz for the sport when he capsized the AC45 he was sailing against syndicate skipper Jimmy Spithill. Coutts was thrown through the boats wing sail and into the water during the spectacular wipeout. The syndicate at rst said that it was grinder Shannon Falcone who was thrown through the wing sail. Falcone was thrown into the water. He was examined by paramedics on the dock and taken to the hospital for X-rays. Its a Hollywood script, isnt it, Murray chuckled. Coutts wasnt the rst to ip an AC45. Spithill, Artemis Racing and Team New Zealand all capsized during initial sea trials in New Zealand earlier this year. It just goes to show you, the 45s are just a training boat, but even in the hands of a gold medal-winning, four-time Americas Cupwinning skipper, it can cut you out, Murray said. All the main players are nding the limits of where these boats are. Theyre powerful, light boats, and if youre not on your toes the whole time, just a nano second of not being on top of it and you can be upside down. Team New Zealand and Artemis Racing appear to be the strongest of the challengers.
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gave up 18 goals in the last ve games of the finals. Despite a pregame walk on the Vancouver seawall in his special mind-clearing ritual, the enigmatic netminder capped a brutally inconsistent series by allowing Bergerons crushing shorthanded goal to slip underneath him late in the second period. Were devastated as a team, Luongo said. We worked all year to get to this point. To fall short like that is a tough one to take ... but were a good team, and well be back. Game 7 was another heartbreak for the Canucks, who still have never raised the Cup, and their stunned fans, who stayed by the thousands just to get a glimpse of the trophy. A Canadian club still hasnt won the Stanley Cup since 1993. Mark Messier and the New York Rangers won Game 7 in Vancouvers last nals appearance in 1994. This time, Thomas silenced the Canucks high-octane offense, erased nearly four decades of Bruins playoff blunders and crushed an entire Canadian city desperate to take the Stanley Cup across town to Stanley Park. Anybody in our situation right now would feel real disappointed, whether youre the favorite or not, Vigneault said. We battled real hard. We gave it our best shot. This one game, they were the better team. Its that simple. Bergeron added a Stanley Cup ring to his gold medals from the Olympics and the world championships with his biggest game of a quiet series. He scored his rst goal of the nals late in the rst period on a shot Luongo saw too late, and Marchand added his 10th goal of the postseason in the second before Bergerons short-handed goal. What a feeling this is, Recchi said. What a great group of guys. No matter what happened tonight, this is one of the best groups of guys Ive played with. During a two-week Stanley Cup nals that ranks among the NHLs weirdest in recent years, the only predictable aspect had been the home teams dominance. Vancouver eked out three one-goal victories at home, while the Bruins won three blowouts in Boston. All the physical work wed done throughout the whole series added up, Thomas said. Being the last
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began with two home losses to Montreal. The Bruins are the rst team in NHL history to win a Game 7 three times in the same postseason, and Thomas posted shutouts in the decisive game of the Eastern Conference nals and the Stanley Cup nals. Bergeron quieted the crowd with the rst goal, scoring the eventual game-winner in the rst period. He added a short-handed score in the second to keep the Cup away from the Canucks, who have never won it in nearly 41 years of existence. We got the rst goal, and we knew that would be important coming here, said 43-year-old Mark Recchi, who plans to retire after winning the Stanley Cup with his third franchise. If they got any chances, Timmy was there, and it was just scary how good he was. Zdeno Chara, the Bruins 6-foot-9 captain, nearly slipped under the Stanley Cups weight when he skat-
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Sorry guys. Youre not that good. Despite having a number of starters playing in Europe and playing well it still features a greater number of players who have failed in Europe (see Landon Donovan) or have struggled since moving to the worlds best leagues (see Jozy Altidore and Freddy Adu). Other than Bradleys seeming inability to light a re under this squad, the U.S. is still missing a couple of key ingredients to make a run at the worlds best sides. The most glaring problem is the lack of a true, bona de goal scorer. The U.S. has not had a legitimate goalscoring threat since the oft-injured Brian McBride retired. Since then, a number of players have been put in that main striker position, now held down by Altidore, and they have not lived up to expectations. Altidore, who scored the lone goal in the win over Guadeloupe, is
only 21 and was thought to be the Americas next great goal scorer. Unfortunately, he has struggled to even get on the eld in England and Spain, and has been transferred and loaned to a number of teams. He just wrapped up the most recent European season with Turkish club Bursaspor. Unless he can develop into a consistent goal scorer, the Americans chances of beating quality sides is in doubt. The Americans other glaring weakness is a dominating playmaker. Not everyone can be Argentinas Lionel Messi, generally regarded as the best player on the planet, but the Americans need to nd someone who can play with a ourish. Someone who makes everyone around him better. Currently, that job falls to Bradleys son, Michael, who just nished up playing for Aston Villa after a stint in Germanys Bundesliga with Borussia Monchengladbach. A solid player, Bradley is neither ashy nor very threatening in his role as distributing midelder. He does a good job in the mideld and can nish when given the opportunity, but he doesnt have the reputation of a player who
can hurt you with pinpoint, dangerous passes to the goal scorers up top. Until the U.S. addresses these three issues, it will never take that next step to elite status in the world. Granted, U.S. soccer has come a long way since stunning the world by making the round of 16 at the 1994 World Cup, but the Americans have been maddeningly inconsistent since then. How can a country that boasts a population of over 310 million not consistently nd top-shelf soccer talent? *** San Mateo County Joe DiMaggio baseball squads are encouraged to email or fax their schedules and rosters to the Daily Journal so we can include your teams in our summer coverage. In fact, all summer baseball programs Babe Ruth, American Legion, Joe DiMaggio and PONY teams are encouraged to send their teams summer information. Emails can be sent to nathan@smdailyjournal.com and julio@smdailyjournal.com, or can be faxed to 344-5298. ***
The Burlingame Flames 12-and-under softball team followed up a San Carlos tournament championship over the Memorial Day weekend with a second-place nish at the Los Gatos Thunder Thriller softball tournament this past weekend. Also, the Flames program hosts the annual Billie Sue Tournament this weekend, beginning Friday. Games will be held at Burlingame High School, Ray Park and Franklin Field. For more information, go to www.burlingamesoftball.org. *** Notre Dame-Belmont is looking for a junior varsity head volleyball coach for the fall season. For more information, contact athletic director Jason Levine at jlevine@ndhsb.org, or call 595-1913, ext. 255.
Nathan Mollat can be reached by email: nathan@smdailyjournal.com or by phone: (650) 344-5200 ext. 117. You can also follow him on Twitter@CheckkThissOutt.
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cut, we werent cut, we werent playing very well and lost some of our focus and energy. We were kind of a bubble team for the playoffs but we made it. We deserved to make it and now were going to the College World Series. Its been a unique ride but its been special. Its been an emotional year for the Golden Bears (37-21), who found out in September just before the start of fall practice that the program would be eliminated after the school year as part of a cost-cutting move by cash-strapped Cal. Then hopes for reinstatement
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BERKELEY This season has already included the biggest save in California baseball history. Now the Golden Bears are hoping to cap it with one of their biggest wins. A season that started with the Cal baseball program on the chopping block because of budget problems is ending at the College World Series in what can only be described as a storybook ending. Its been a roller coaster ride, catcher Chadd Krist said. We were
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spurred by private fundraising were dashed just over a week before the season when the school announced that the mens rugby, womens lacrosse and womens gymnastics programs would be saved, but baseball and mens gymnastics would be eliminated after the year. But the programs supporters never stopped working, raising more than $9 million to persuade Chancellor Robert Birgeneau to announce in April that the program would avoid the chopping block. The players did the rest. They made it to the NCAA tournament,
staged a dramatic rally to beat Baylor to win a regional, then swept Dallas Baptist in the super regional to earn the programs rst trip to the College World Series since 1992. The Bears open play Sunday against top-seeded Virginia, looking for their third title overall and rst since 1957. They werent going to take no for an answer in terms of competing and we werent going to take no for an answer in terms of reinstatement, said former Cal and major league pitcher Doug Nickle, who was heavily involved in the group
Save Cal Baseball. To see both reached was almost surreal. The pure joy was like a release. The players celebrated the super regional victory with a dog pile on the ineld, expressing as much joy as they had disappointment and anger just a few months earlier. But the Cal team is now bigger than the 36 players and four coaches on the roster. More than 1,000 supporters including former major leaguers like Jeff Kent, parents and former Cal players donated money to the cause and are an integral part of the program.
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MLS STANDINGS
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Philadelphia New York Houston Columbus D.C. Chicago Toronto FC New England Kansas City W 6 5 4 4 4 2 2 3 2 L 3 2 5 4 5 4 5 7 6 T 4 7 6 6 4 8 8 4 4 Pts 22 22 18 18 16 14 14 13 10 GF 16 21 19 14 18 16 15 11 16 GA 11 13 18 16 24 19 25 18 20
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East Division Boston New York Tampa Bay Toronto Baltimore Central Division Cleveland Detroit Chicago Kansas City Minnesota West Division Texas Seattle Los Angeles Oakland W 36 35 33 29 L 33 34 37 40 Pct .522 .507 .471 .420 GB 1 3 1/2 7 W 36 37 33 30 27 L 30 31 36 38 39 Pct .545 .544 .478 .441 .409 GB 4 1/2 7 9 W 40 38 36 34 30 L 27 28 32 34 35 Pct .597 .576 .529 .500 .462 GB 1 1/2 4 1/2 6 1/2 9
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East Division Philadelphia Atlanta New York Florida Washington Central Division Milwaukee St.Louis Cincinnati Pittsburgh Chicago Houston West Division San Francisco Arizona Colorado Los Angeles San Diego W 39 37 33 31 30 L 29 32 35 39 40 Pct .574 .536 .485 .443 .429 GB 2 1/2 6 9 10 W 39 38 37 34 27 25 L 30 31 33 33 40 44 Pct .565 .551 .529 .507 .403 .362 GB 1 2 1/2 4 11 14 W 43 38 34 32 32 L 26 31 34 36 36 Pct .623 .551 .500 .471 .471 GB 5 8 1/2 10 1/2 10 1/2
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MLB MLBSuspended Atlanta minor-league RHP Matthew Suschak (Rome-SAL) 50 games after testing positive for an amphetamine. American League BALTIMORE ORIOLESPlaced RHP Alfredo Simon on the 15-day DL, retroactive to June 13. Recalled RHP Jason Berken from Norfolk (IL). LOS ANGELES ANGELSRequested waivers on LHP Scott Kazmir for the purpose of giving him his unconditional release. MINNESOTA TWINSReinstated SS Tsuyoshi Nishioka from the 60-day DL. TEXAS RANGERSAgreed to terms with LHP Will Lamb and assigned him to Spokane (NWL). National League ATLANTA BRAVESActivated OF Jason Heyward from the 15-day DL. Optioned OF Matt Young to Gwinnett (IL). CHICAGO CUBSActivated OF Alfonso Soriano from the 15-day DL. Placed 2B Darwin Barney on the 15-day DL.Announced OF Brad Snyder cleared waivers and was assigned outright to Iowa (PCL). HOUSTON ASTROSPlaced RHP Brandon Lyon 15-day DL.Recalled LHP Fernando Abad from Oklahoma City (PCL). MILWAUKEE BREWERSSent C Wil Nieves outright to Nashville (PCL). Purchased the contract of C George Kottaras from Nashville. ST. LOUIS CARDINALSActivated RHP Kyle McClellan off the 15-day DL. Optioned INF Matt Carpenter to Memphis (PCL). WASHINGTON NATIONALSOptioned RHP Yunesky Maya to Syracuse (IL).Recalled RHP Collin Balester from Syracuse. NBA MIAMI HEATExtended a qualifying offer to G Mario Chalmers,making him a restricted free agent. NFL WASHINGTON REDSKINSAnnounced the retirement of area scout Bill Baker.Named Kyle Smith area scout for the Southwest region. Announced area scout Chip Flanagan will move to the Southeast region. NHL CHICAGO BLACKHAWKSSigned senior advisor of hockey operations Scotty Bowman to a contract extension. Promoted Marc Bergevin to assistant general manager, Norm Maciver to director of player personnel and Kyle Davidson to hockey administration coordinator. NASHVILLE PREDATORSSigned D Teemu Laaksoto a one-year contract. ST.LOUIS BLUESRe-signed F Vladimir Sobotka to a three-year contract extension. TAMPA BAY LIGHTNINGRe-signed C Mike Angelidis to a one-year contract. WASHINGTON CAPITALSRe-signed D Patrick McNeill to a two-year contract. COLLEGE AUSTIN PEAYNamed Gary Shephard linebackers coach. HIGH POINTNamed DeUnna Hendrix womens assistant basketball coach. LIPSCOMBNamed Jada Mincy womens assistant basketball coach. RPINamed Amber Maisonet softball coach. SAINT JOSEPHSAnnounced the resignation of mens lacrosse coach Pat Cullinan. SAM HOUSTON STATENamed David Pierce baseball coach. TENNESSEENamed Dave Serrano baseball coach. YALEPromoted Eddie Ardito to womens assistant ice hockey coach.
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W L T Pts GF GA Los Angeles 8 2 7 31 22 14 FC Dallas 7 4 4 25 18 16 Seattle 5 4 7 22 18 15 Colorado 5 3 7 22 17 14 Real Salt Lake 6 3 3 21 14 7 San Jose 5 4 4 19 20 16 Chivas USA 4 5 5 17 17 16 Portland 5 6 2 17 15 19 Vancouver 1 6 8 11 16 22 NOTE:Three points for victory, one point for tie. Wednesday, June 15 Toronto FC at New England, 5 p.m. Friday, June 17 San Jose at Sporting Kansas City, 5:30 p.m. Saturday, June 18 Seattle FC at Toronto FC, 4 p.m. Chicago at New England, 4:30 p.m. Columbus at Houston, 5:30 p.m. D.C. United at Real Salt Lake, 6 p.m. Los Angeles at Colorado, 6 p.m. Philadelphia at Vancouver, 7 p.m. FC Dallas at Chivas USA, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, June 19 New York at Portland, 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 22 Sporting Kansas City at Philadelphia, 4:30 p.m. Real Salt Lake at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.
Wednesdays Games Detroit 4,Cleveland 0 N.Y.Yankees 12,Texas 4 Toronto 6,Baltimore 5,11 innings Tampa Bay 4,Boston 0 Chicago White Sox at Minnesota,ppd.,rain Kansas City 7,Oakland 4 L.A.Angels 4,Seattle 0 Thursdays Games Baltimore (Guthrie 2-8) at Toronto (Z.Stewart 0-0), 9:37 a.m. Cleveland (Talbot 2-3) at Detroit (Scherzer 8-2),10:05 a.m. Texas (C.Wilson 7-3) at N.Y.Yankees (B.Gordon 0-0), 10:05 a.m. Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 6-4) at Minnesota (Blackburn 5-4),10:10 a.m. Kansas City (Francis 3-6) at Oakland (G.Gonzalez 55),12:35 p.m. Boston (C.Buchholz 5-3) at Tampa Bay (Price 7-5), 4:10 p.m. Fridays Games N.Y.Yankees at Chicago Cubs,11:20 a.m. Baltimore at Washington,4:05 p.m. Pittsburgh at Cleveland,4:05 p.m. Florida at Tampa Bay,4:10 p.m. L.A.Angels at N.Y.Mets,4:10 p.m. Milwaukee at Boston,4:10 p.m. Toronto at Cincinnati,4:10 p.m.
Wednesdays Games Philadelphia 9,Florida 1 Washington 8,St.Louis 6 N.Y.Mets 4,Atlanta 3 Chicago Cubs 5,Milwaukee 4,10 innings Pittsburgh 1,Houston 0 Colorado 6,San Diego 3 San Francisco 6,Arizona 5 Cincinnati 3,L.A.Dodgers 2 Thursdays Games Florida (Vazquez 3-6) at Philadelphia (Cl.Lee 6-5), 10:05 a.m. Pittsburgh (Ja.McDonald 4-4) at Houston (Lyles 01),11:05 a.m. Milwaukee (Greinke 6-1) at Chicago Cubs (Garza 2-6),11:20 a.m. St. Louis (Lohse 7-3) at Washington (Lannan 4-5), 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Dickey 3-7) at Atlanta (Minor 0-2), 4:10 p.m.
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Planting and tending done over a decade and a half have transformed a neglected yard into a diverse and interesting garden.
Over the years, the amount of space devoted to gardens on my property has grown. Like many gardeners, I began by working on the neglected landscape of our home shortly after we purchased it. Little by little, I transformed areas of lawn into shrub borders, perennial gardens and even turned the area under some existing trees into a woodland garden. Today, the landscape looks nothing like the original. Those trees and shrubs that were rst planted over a decade and a half ago have completely transformed the appearance of the property. We now have a lot of privacy as well as a landscape with such diverse plantings that there is something interesting to look at 365 days a year. It takes some time to achieve the look you want and, of course, a bit of work, especially in the early years but if you enjoy gardening, then the process is as much fun as the end result. Over the years I have gained some insights that have helped to lighten my gardening workload. They can be summed up as follows: Timing matters, and so does the order in which you do tasks. Some work done upfront, keeping proper timing and order in mind, will save you hours of labor later on and help
you avoid wasted effort. To get a feel for timing in your garden, pay attention to changes that happen every year in your landscape and work with them. For instance, I have a shade garden under some large holly trees. The holly trees drop their old leaves every year in late May to early June. I wait to clean up and mulch this area until the after trees have nished dropping their leaves. Following the trees schedule rather than my own makes my job easier since I am cleaning up once instead of twice. Performing tasks in the proper order makes your job much easier and much more efficient. For instance, you should clean up debris around plants before fertilizing; fertilize prior to mulching; and stake plants that need it before they start falling over. I apply organic fertilizer in the early spring every year at the base of perennials and shrubs. I make sure to clean up all debris rst to ensure the fertilizer ends up where it
needs to be: in contact with the soil. Mulch applied after fertilizing keeps the fertilizer from washing away. When it comes to staking plants such as perennials that fall over due to heavy bloom, I always try to get my stakes in the ground before the plants actually need staking. I then tie the plant to the stakes as they grow. This helps keep plants sturdy at the base often their weakest point and allows the plant to grow around the stake, helping to hide it from view. For small oppy plants that are difcult to stake but that still separate when they get too large, I have had great success with a method employed by some of the large estate gardens in England. I save branches that are trimmed from my shrubs in late winter, bundle them together so they form low twiggy mounds. I place the leaess branches on the bare ground as perennials are just beginning to emerge from winter dormancy in the spring. As the perennials grow, they weave their way through the loose twigs, eventually covering all evidence of their support system. This method works especially well for older established plants that grow quite large and are difcult to stake. Gardening is certainly a labor of love, but with a few shortcuts, you can spend less time on the labor part, and more on the love part.
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The artworks on Harold Corbins walls in Madison, Miss., are full of memories. Art needs to be not just a purchase but an experience, says Corbin, 54, who has collected hundreds of paintings, prints and lithographs. Youve got a memory behind it. Corbin, who developed an interest in art while in college, began buying art often by Mississippi artists after he had established his career as an accountant. He vividly recalls where he bought most of the pieces. I had no idea I was collecting art, says Corbin. I bought some pieces I liked. More and more, it became what I did. Purchasing art can be intimidating, but the joy of owning a collection of original works is worth it, Corbin and others say. Building a collection means learning more about the art world and about what you like, and nding a theme whether its subject matter, medium, artists or style that ties the works together. Collecting is more methodic than just starting out there with no guidance, explains Catherine Evans, curator of photography at the Columbus Museum of Art. There needs to be some narrowing or dening of what resonates with you. A good place to start is by consulting with gallery owners, museum curators and artists, who often are eager to share their knowledge. Thats their profession, said Corbin. I havent seen a time when they didnt want to talk about it. Jumaane NNamdi, director of the G.R. NNamdi Gallery in Chicago, which focuses on contemporary abstract art, considers it part of his job to create the next generation of collectors. He tries to make people feel welcome in the gallery. Its OK to just go in there and walk around in circles, he says. He urges potential buyers to do research. That doesnt mean go read art books, because thats not realistic, he says. Visit galleries. Allow yourself to grow with art.
He has organized a club for potential collectors who want to learn more. Members attend lectures, meet artists and gather to discuss art. Im trying to introduce a culture, says NNamdi. Its bigger than, Are you going to get something today? Many museums also sponsor clubs dedicated to helping people learn more about art. Members of the Mississippi Museum of Art in Jackson, for instance, can join a New Collectors Club, which offers private tours, visits with artists and other events. Beth Batton, curator of the museums collection, encourages people to visit museums and galleries and gure out what medium they like. Then seek good examples of it. Educate your eye, she says. If you nd you really like photography, try to understand the techniques. Figure out why certain pieces of art move you, adds Aprile Gallant, curator of prints, drawings and photos for the Smith College Museum of Art in Northampton, Mass. The theme you choose can be broad, she says, and can focus on an activity, place or era. Having a focus gives a collection coherence and personality, and also can help art buyers choose more wisely, Batton says. It keeps you from spending money on an impulse purchase, she says. Buyers who know what they want can nd pieces at a variety of prices. You dont have to have a huge income to be able to start an art collection, Batton says. Corbin considers his collection priceless not because of its monetary value but because of the pleasure it brings him. I still have some of the original paintings I bought for $10, he says. I still enjoy them. It doesnt necessarily cost much more to buy an original work of art than it would a reproduction, Gallant says. Its worth the time and energy to have something like that in (your) life, she says. Its sad that art is so intimidating to people. People who love art wish it was a part of more peoples lives.
Purchasing art can be intimidating, but the joy of owning a collection of original works is worth it.Building a collection means learning more about the art world and about what you like, and nding a theme whether its subject matter, medium, artists or style that ties the works together.
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Crafts for men have come a long way since the days when Popular Mechanics advised returning World War II soldiers in the rustic arts of whittling and leather tooling. A compendium from the magazines postwar archives, Man Crafts (Hearst Books, 2009), celebrates male-geared hobbies of yesteryear. It reads like last years cheeky book by Amy Sedaris, Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People (Grand Central Publishing). Its meant more as an amusement and a fond look back, more than anything else, says Jacqueline Deval, a Hearst Books vice president, although the instructions in Man Crafts are legitimate. The book throws into contrast how different things are today. Some of its nostalgic hobbies remain popular among women and men, although there might no longer be a market for tincan candle holders and tin serving trays. But a quick glance at Etsy.com, an online avenue where people sell handmade goods and old-timey collectibles, also turns up men making soap, glass works and knitwear. Men designing T-shirts and other clothing. Men creating electrical gadgets and making art journals. And men brewing beer. According to the American Homebrewers Association, based in Boulder, Colo., nearly 750,000 people brew beer at home at least once a year in the United States. One of them is Mitch Larsen, of Lincoln, Neb., who likes the challenge of crafting a great-tasting beer. Its science-y, says Larsen, 41. Theres a lot that goes into making good beer. You can make beer with a kit at the store, but its not going to be good beer. Good beer, according to Larsen, requires reading and research, talking with other home brewers, lots of taste testing and making unfortunate mistakes. Its a creative outlet for me because I formulate my own recipes, says Larsen. Joshua Zimmermans creative outlet is tinkering with small electrical projects. The 28-year-old, fourth-grade teacher in Milwaukee makes Altoid tin USB chargers and ashlights, and small robots from toothbrush heads and solar battery chargers. His creations usually can be made with a few bucks and a few parts, often from recycling old electronics. I spend way too much time on researching this stuff for my own amusement, Zimmerman says. He simplies ideas he nds online, assembles them in kits, and sells them from his online shop, Brown Dog Gadgets, and at Etsy.
2009 increases to the sales and vehicle taxes expire June 30, giving Democrats two weeks to convince four Republicans to keep the higher taxes in place until voters have their say. An increase in the personal income tax rate passed at the same time expired in January. I would love nothing more than to come back sometime between June 15 and July 1 and pass Plan A, Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg told reporters. Nevertheless, the Sacramento Democrat said he expected Brown to sign the budget sent to him Wednesday if no compromise can be reached. Democrats have majorities in the 80member Assembly and 40-member Senate but need at least two GOP votes in each house to pass tax increases or place measures on a ballot. They exercised their newfound ability to pass a budget plan but not tax increases on a simple majority vote, a power granted by voters last year. It appears to be the first time since 1933 that the state Legislature passed a budget by simple majority, according to the Department of Finance. Since 1991, only five state budgets have been passed by the Legislature and signed by the governor before the July 1 start of the new fiscal year, the Department of Finance said. Last years budget was signed in October after the longest impasse in state history, 100 days beyond the start of the fiscal year. Brown now has 12 days to sign or veto the package of budget bills but is expected to continue negotiating with Republicans in the hope he can get the special election. He wants to renew for up to five years the increases to the personal income, sales and vehicle taxes that were approved two years ago and wants Republicans to approve an extension of the sales and vehicle taxes until the special election. Republican lawmakers have not agreed on the tax matters and say they want reforms to public employee pen-
sions, a spending cap and regulatory changes to help California businesses. They criticized the Democrats for trying to pass a budget that was released just hours before the floor sessions and without Republican support. What we have before us is a Democrat budget that reflects a Democrat vision, said Sen. Bob Huff, Senate Republicans lead budget negotiator. Clearly, the Democrats didnt want to go down this path to reform. Steinberg responded to Republican complaints by saying the Legislature would pass comprehensive pension reform and take real steps to overhaul the states business regulations later in this years legislative session. Republicans in the Assembly offered similar criticisms, but Democrats insisted a one-party plan was not their preference. Id much rather be presenting a bipartisan budget solution today, but we are who we are. And Im disappointed to say that most of the Republican legislators have spent the past three months hiding in plain sight, said Assemblyman Bob Blumenfield, D-Los Angeles, chairman of the Assembly Budget Committee. Under the Democratic plan being considered Wednesday, education would see $3 billion less in state funding than Brown called for when he released his revised budget proposal in May. Steinberg said the majority partys plan also includes more than $500 million in cuts to state programs. It also relies on tax and fee increases Republicans say will be challenged
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Like most drawn-out affairs, this one ended with rancor. A friend had introduced me to garlic mustard, our meeting coming at a time when I could look fondly upon any wild edible plant. That was many years ago, yet for the past couple of years tensions between us have escalated. In retrospect, I cant really understand the attraction I had for garlic mustard. True, the name was appealing: You would think that any plant combining the flavors of garlic and mustard would have elicited affection that would linger, even grow, over the years. Yet I can now look back with a clear mind and remember finding the taste ho-hum at best, biting at worst. Beauty could not have held the relationship together either. Again, garlic mustards appearance is hohum at best, ugly at worst. Picture a plant that in its first year grows a whorl of heart-shaped leaves. These leaves have teeth at their edges, and their slightly bluish cast further contributes to an ominous undercurrent. In the plants second year, four-petaled white flowers open atop stalks rising from the centers of the whorls. Surprisingly, garlic mustard comes from a good family. Its not the garlic family but the mustard family, which might also be called the cabbage family. This accounts
Garlic mustard comes from a good family.Its not the garlic family but the mustard family,which might also be called the cabbage family.
for the leaves bluish cast. Garlic mustards kin includes such delectable edibles as cabbage, kale, bok choy and cauliflower, as well as such beauties as alyssum, armeria, lunaria and dames rocket. (The last is also a weed, but one for which I have developed increasing affection. Ive even moved it into
my garden.) Well, every family has its black sheep. Still, biting flavor and homely appearance are not what have turned me sour toward garlic mustard. What has done so is its persistence in trying to insinuate itself into my life. Its now just about everywhere, gallivanting around in nearly everyones yard. There is just too much of it. The one positive thing I can still say for garlic mustard is that it is easy to weed out. I realize Ive been scarred. Im now a bit wary about letting loose my affections on some other plants, fearing those relationships also may someday sour. My attachment to salsify, for example, bears some frightening parallels to my former feelings for garlic mustard. Salsify is also a traveler from Europe that has found American soil to its liking, becoming a weed in some places. So far, however, I cannot restrain my affection for this interloper. Salsify does taste good: The swollen roots cook up to a rich flavor echoing that of mushrooms and oysters. (Its sometimes called oyster plant.) And salsify is pretty, its sunny, daisy-like heads opening atop tall stalks. Still, weeding the garden yesterday, I did notice, for the first time, quite a few salsify seedlings popping up at some distance from the older plants. Is this the beginning of the end again?
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THURSDAY, JUNE 16 ACT and SAT Combo Practice Test. Pacific Athletic Club, 200 Redwood Shores Parkway, Redwood Shores. High school students can get a sampling of college entrance exams, the ACT and the SAT, with a practice test offered through Kaplan Test Prep. $15. To register please visit theeducationplanner.com/payment. Military Day at San Mateo County Fair. Noon to 10 p.m. San Mateo County Fairgrounds, 1346 Saratoga Drive, San Mateo. Pig races, kids activities, carnival rides, rainforest exhibit, fair food and fun. Free concert by Tower of Power. Free admission with active military ID. General admission $10, kids over 6 and seniors $8, parking $10. For more information visit www.sanmateocountyfair.com or call (888) 798-0070. AARP Chapter 139 Meeting. Noon. Beresford Recreation Center, 2720 Alameda de las Pulgas, San Mateo. For more information call 345-5001. Hot Harvest Nights San Carlos Farmers Market. 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Downtown San Carlos. Specialty foods and live entertainment. Shops downtown will be open late. Free. For more information call 593-1068. Future of Clean Tech Event. 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. TechShop, 120 Independence Drive, Menlo Park. An Evening of Networking and Conversation and the TechShop. $10 for Green Chamber members, $15 for non-members if they pre-register, $15-$20 at the door (not pre-registered) and $5 for students. For more information call (415) 839-9280. Redistricting in California, the Bay Area and San Mateo County. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Silicon Valley Community Foundation Conference Center, 1300 El Camino Real, San Mateo. A forum presented by the League of Women Voters to discuss the redistricting process and to prepare for the Citizens Redistricting Commission hearings on June 27. For more information visit ncsmc.ca.lwvnet.org. Sixth Annual Worldwide Knit In Public Day. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Savvt Skirts, 270 Capistrano Road, Suite 8, Half Moon Bay. Join us for a yarn swap, knit or crochet along, also featuring a wool spinning demonstration and more. For more information call 796-4600. FRIDAY, JUNE 17 San Mateo County Fair. Noon to 10 p.m. San Mateo County Fairgrounds, 1346 Saratoga Drive, San Mateo. Pig races, kids activities, carnival rides, Alcatraz display, farm animals and petting zoo, fair food and fun. Free concert by Grand Funk Railroad. Free admission with active military ID. General admission $10, kids over 6 and seniors $8, parking $10. For more information visit www.sanmateocountyfair.com or call (888) 7980070. AARP/Belmont Senior Club Bingo. 1 p.m. Twin Pines Senior and Community Center, 20 Twin Pines Lane, Belmont. $1 per Bingo card. For more information call 595-7444. Art on the Square: Celtic Rock by Tempest. 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. 2200 Broadway, Redwood City. Free. For more information visit redwoodcity.org/events. Wild Brew Yonder Helicopter and Microbrew Fest. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The Hiller Aviation Museum, 601 Skyway Road, San Carlos. View military helicopters in an intimate setting while sampling beer from top local microbreweries and enjoying gourmet food and wine. $30, $25 for museum members. Advance tickets only. For more information or to buy tickets visit hiller.org. Art on the Square. 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. 2200 Broadway, Redwood City. Find high-quality work for yourself, your home and for gifts all while supporting the local economy and the best of handmade American craftsmanship. For more information call (541) 708-0358. The Odd Couple. 8 p.m. Coastal Repertory Theatre, 1167 Main St., Half Moon Bay. The play is a hilarious tale of two ordinary men who are extraordinarily irreconcilable, lled with acerbic humor and a steady stream of punchy one-liners. Play continues Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. until June 25. For more information call 5693266. Led Zepplin Live Starring Heartbreaker. 8 p.m. Club Fox, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City. Take a magical journey back to the 70s and to experience once again the group that made rock n roll come alive. $18 in advance, $20 at the door. For more information call 369-7770. Commercial Real Estate Investor Economic Forum. 8:15 p.m. Laurel Meeting Room, San Mateo Public Library, 55 W. Third Ave., San Mateo. A webinar with Dr. Sam Chandan, Global Chief Economist at Real Capital Analytics. For more information email rita.meehan@svn.com. SATURDAY, JUNE 18 Conference on Mortgage, Credit Card and Other Debt Relief. 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. San Francisco Airport Marriott, 1800 Old Bayshore Highway, Burlingame. Wealth and Health Network presents a conference for anyone who is facing foreclosure, needs principal and interest reduction, have failed loan modication, have an upcoming trustee sale, or needs help saving their home. $20. For more information visit debtreliefconference.eventbrite.com. 2011 Master Gardeners Educational Garden Tour and Plant Sale. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tour seven homes from Burlingame to Redwood City. Learn more about irrigating, composting, plant selection, hillside gardening, alternatives to turf and growing fruit and vegetables. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 the day of the tour. For more information call 738-0208. San Mateo County Fair. 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. San Mateo County Fairgrounds, 1346 Saratoga Drive, San Mateo. Pig races, kids activities, carnival rides, Alcatraz display, farm animals and petting zoo, fair food and fun. Free concert by Pablo Cruise. General admission $10, kids over 6 and seniors $8, parking $10. For more information visit www.sanmateocountyfair.com or call (888) 798-0070. Paddle and Play. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Shell Boulevard, Foster City. Peninsula Aquatics Center will provide families with a safe and fun boating experience. Free. For more information call 286-3380. Helifest. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Hiller Aviation Museum, 601 Skyway Road, San Carlos. Highlights include helicopters open and available for exploration, food and wine festivals and a kids festival. Event continues Sunday, June 19. $15 for adults, $10 for you (5-17) and seniors, free for children 4 and under. For more information visit hiller.org. Backyard Chickens. 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Common Ground Garden Supply and Education Center, 559 College Ave., Palo Alto. Learn everything you need to raise happy hens, including a hen house and yard setup, nesting boxes, water, feed, local suppliers, caring for your hens and chicks and favorite crops to grow for your chickens. $31 plus $7 materials fee. For more information call 4936072. Well Kiddos BBQ Event. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. New Leaf Community Markets, 150 San Mateo Road, Half Moon Bay. Learn about safe barbecue tips, good meat choices and healthy food alternatives with Manu Hipkins of Well Kiddos. $6. For more information call (831) 466-9060. Support the Troops BBQ. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Central Park, 50 E. Fifth Ave., San Mateo. Bands, barbecues, kids activities and prizes. Sparkys Wild Wild West. 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. Featuring bull-riding, barbecue and Louis Van Amstel from Dancing With the Stars. For more information, including event location, email nancy@sparkyshotrodgarage.com. For more events visit smdailyjournal.com, click Calendar.
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With the average borrower spending $75 in fees for a a $425 loan, Jacobs Gibson said the hike will only add to the never-ending cycle of owing as clients dig themselves deeper and deeper into debt. On Thursday, Jacobs Gibson will ask the legislative committee of the Board of Supervisors to accept a formal opposition of the state bill. The opposition resolution will then move to the full Board of Supervisors for a vote. While the opposition carries no legal weight in Sacramento, Jacobs Gibson said it sends an important message to legislators and county residents that the industrys practices are a concern. The main message is that we dont want you putting yourself in debt and that we are working to nd you other options, she said. Both assemblymen Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, and Rich Gordon, D-Menlo Park, opposed the bill. Having options is a key reason to keep payday lending available, said Greg Larsen, spokesman for California Financial Service Providers. Consumers benefit when there is choice in the marketplace. The more choices consumers have, the better choices they can make based on their individual circumstances and alternatives, Larsen said. Limiting consumer choice is never in the interest of con-
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sumers. Consumers already make financial choices involving fees such as letting checks bounce or requiring utilities to be reconnected, he said. If consumers amortize those fees, they would seem as high as those used for one-time payday loans. San Mateo County has approximately 37 payday lending outlets which collect roughly $252,840 in fees per store. Taken together, county residents are being assessed roughly $9,355,080 in lending fees annually, according to statistics from Jacobs Gibsons ofce. Payday loans work by a client writing a check for the principal plus a fee. The lender promises not to cash the check until the loan comes due which is typically the next payday. The customer can either return to the store to pay off the debt or allow the store to cash the check. Lenders are allowed to charge an annual percentage rate of up to 459 percent. Payday lenders charge customers an average of 400 percent on a two-week loan, leaving the typical borrower paying $800 for a $300 loan, according to statistics by the Silicon Valley Community Foundation which compiled
a report on the practices. The trap is that customers who cant repay the original combination of loan and fees lead them to consistently borrow more and more. However, according to CFSP, clients must have a bank account, a job and not borrow more money before paying off the original loan. More than 2,800 payday lenders in California are charging $450 million in fees to more than 1 million state residents, according to SVCF. In response, some cities and counties are moving to ban or limit the industry. In December, the Pacifica City Council voted to extend a two-year interim moratorium on the lenders. Earlier this year, Daly City Councilman David Canepa proposed that the city ban any new outlets, phase out existing businesses and create a partnership with credit unions as a more nancially sound alternative. His suggested program would allow short-term loans up to $500 with a maximum APR of 18 percent for residents and give users the ability to build credit by paying off loans over a period of up to a year. Canepa also wants a cap of three loans per person per year and a nancial education requirement for borrowers. Such a partnership and education could be one of the alternatives considered by the county, too, Jacobs Gibson said.
Michelle Durand can be reached by email: michelle@smdailyjournal.com or by phone: (650) 344-5200 ext. 102.
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majority opposed using no school assignments given the additional administrative work and cost, said Chair Alesha Breite. This opinion will be presented to the board before a nal decision is made tonight. Capacity issues coupled with increasing enrollment led the district to discuss possible solutions before deciding how to spend voter-approved bond funds. The situation requires moving students. Previously, the focus was whether students should be moved by shifting boundaries, which changes a familys home school assignment, or a lottery system. Dropping boundaries was a third option suggested by Trustee Cathy Wright. Without support from the Alternatives Committee, moving boundaries appears more likely. During the early morning hours of the previous meeting, it was clear that three trustees favored such a change while board President Andrew Stulbarg preferred the lottery option. Trustee Chuck Velschow must abstain. Changing boundaries would shift students at Fox, Cipriani, Central and
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Nesbit elementary schools. Trustee Brian Matthews described the option as a way to maintain neighborhood schools since a whole neighborhood would be reassigned. Stulbarg, on the other hand, agreed shifting students may minimize the number of students over the enrollment cap but would still require a lottery or similar system to decide who gets the slots. If theres going to be a lottery anyway, he questioned the need for a more permanent approach. Stulbarg was intrigued, however, by no boundaries. Recognizing that he was outvoted, he preferred the idea of dropping boundaries altogether. This week, the Alternatives Committee looked at how districts without boundaries operate. Some work on parent preferences for school assignments while others use a combination of distance and availability to place students, Breite said. Such a change was ultimately thought to be too costly by the group, she reported.
Without dropping boundaries, the district is faced with changing them. A boundary committee suggested shifting school assignments of many neighborhoods west. For example, some students currently assigned to Cipriani would go to Central and those at Central would move to Nesbit. Some students at Cipriani could also be moved to Fox. All recommended proposals allowed students currently enrolled to stay at the school they attend, a process called grandfathering. Such a change could go into effect this fall. With grandfathering, most students would not be reassigned until 2012. At the same meeting, the board will approve the rules for grandfathering which will allow all parents of kindergarten students who registered as of April 2011 to be enrolled in the current school. New students in grades rst through fth will be enrolled as space permits. The board previously requested setting enrollment caps at each school, supported building at Nesbit and Fox elementary schools, which have additional space, and creating sister school relationships.
Heather Murtagh can be reached by email: heather@smdailyjournal.com or by phone: (650) 344-5200 ext. 105.
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Judy Dietel, Darlene Savage, Hongmei Huang, Fred Baer, Elaine Leder, Yilmaz Sahinkaya and Joe Perez all took their respective three minutes to urge the council to spend the $21,600 needed to fund the crossing guard program. After hearing from these 13 people, Councilman Rick Wykoff had a change of heart and decided the city should fund the program at least for one more year. He had intended to vote no on the item. The council will vote on an ofcial resolution to fund the crossing guard program this Monday. Technically, Wykoff said, it is the school districts responsibility to provide crossing guards and not the city. But Wykoff is tired of the blame game that often mars the relationship
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between the city and school district. He changed his mind, in part, based on the responsible nature crossing guard supporters presented their arguments. I changed my mind, Wykoff said. But throwing public funds at a problem is not always the best way to x it, Wykoff said. We will fund it for one more year but the city, school district, parents and teachers need to explore ways to make it work in the future, he said. Mayor Linda Koelling agrees. Keeping children safe should be everyones top priority but a long-term solution needs to be found, she said. Safe Routes to Schools grants could help fund crossing guards in the future
through the San Mateo County Ofce of Education, she said. Koelling intends to meet with the school district after it hires a new superintendent. It has to be done collectively, Koelling said. But something has to change. The agreement the council votes on Monday will be to grant the district $21,600 to implement the school crossing guard program. Crossing guards monitor four intersections at Audubon, Brewer Island and Foster City elementary schools. The agreement requires the school district to manage the hiring of guards and the day-to-day operation of the program. Both the school district and Foster City Police Department will monitor the program for effectiveness.
Bill Silverfarb can be reached by email: silverfarb@smdailyjournal.com or by phone: (650) 344-5200 ext. 106.
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STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT of USE of FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #M-233539 The following persons have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name: San Mateo Endoscopy Center, 50 S. San Mateo Dr. #400, SAN MATEO, CA, 94401. The fictitious business name referred to above was filed in County on 06/09/2009. The business was conducted by: Mid Peninsula Endoscopy Center, 50 S. San Mateo Dr. #400, SAN MATEO, CA, 94401. /s/ Michael Mainardi / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo County on 05/16/2011. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 06/16/11, 06/23/11, 06/30/11, 07/07/11). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #244930 The following person is doing business as: Westside Concrete Materials, 755 Stocton Ave., SAN JOSE, CA 95126 is hereby registered by the following owner: Central Concrete Supply Co., Inc., CA. The business is conducted by a Corporation. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on 10/01/2001. /s/ Curt M. Lindeman / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 05/23/2011. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 05/26/11, 06/02/11, 06/09/11, 06/16/11).
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DEPARTMENT) MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM (MS4) PERMIT DRAFT TENTATIVE ORDER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) will hold a public hearing on the draft Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) NPDES Permit (Tentative Order) for the California Department of Transportation[1] (Department). A quorum of the State Water Board may be present; however, no Board action will be taken. The time and location of the public hearing are: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 9:00 a.m. Joe Serna Jr. /Cal-EPA Headquarters Building Coastal Hearing Room 1001 I Street, Second Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 BACKGROUND Discharges of storm water and non-storm water occur throughout the state from the Departments MS4. Before July 1999, these discharges were regulated by individual NPDES permits issued by the California Regional Water Quality Control Boards. On July 15, 1999, the State Water Board issued a statewide permit (Order No. 99-06-DWQ) which regulated all storm water and certain non-storm water discharges from the Department's MS4. This included all State highways, rights-of-way, facilities, and construction activities. The existing permit (Order No. 9906-DWQ) will be superseded by a new permit when the Tentative Order is adopted by the State Water Board and approved by USEPA. The draft Tentative Order differs significantly from Order No. 99-06 in several respects, including: Transitioning from a characterization based monitoring and reporting program to a compliance based program. Incorporation of Total Maximum Daily Loads and implementation requirements directly into the permit. Removal of construction activities from regulation under the permit (now regulated directly under the Construction General Permit). A significantly expanded section on Region-specific requirements. New requirements for hydromodification, Low Impact Development, and post-construction treatment controls. PUBLIC COMMENT A public notice was circulated on January 7, 2011, advising that the draft Tentative Order was available for public review and comment. Written comments on the draft Tentative Order were due by 12 Noon on March 14, 2011. NATURE AND PURPOSE OF HEARING State Water Board staff will provide a brief overview of the Tentative Order and will answer any questions the Board may have. Interested parties will have an opportunity to provide oral comments to the Board and are encouraged to summarize their written comments. The Board may impose time limits on oral comments. FUTURE STATE BOARD WORKSHOP AND BOARD MEETING A State Water Board workshop is expected be scheduled for September 2011. Staff intends to submit the final Tentative Order for State Water Board adoption in October 2011. Notices providing the specific date for the workshop and board meeting will be posted on the State Water Board's website and will be distributed through the Lyris e-mail list serve. Any person desiring to receive notice of the workshop or meeting must sign up for the Lyris e-mail list. To sign up for the Lyris list, access the E-mail List Subscription form, check the box for Storm Water Municipal Permitting Issues, and fill in the required information. The subscription form is at: http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/resources/email_subscriptions/swrcb_subscribe.shtml DOCUMENT AVAILABILITY The Tentative Order, supporting documents, and written comments received are posted on the State Water Board's website at: http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/stormwater/caltrans_permits.shtml When available, any revisions to the Tentative Order and a response to comments received will be posted at the same web address. A notice of the availability of these documents will be sent through the Lyris list. Responses to comments will be made available prior to the Board adoption hearing on the Tentative Order. A hard copy of the relevant documents may also be received by contacting Jaime Favila at (916) 341-5482 (jfavila@waterboards.ca.gov). Questions may be directed to: Walt Shannon, Chief of the Municipal Storm Water Unit at (916) 341-5497 (wshannon@waterboards.ca.gov), or Emel Wadhwani, Staff Counsel, at (916) 322-3622 (ewadhwani@waterboards.ca.gov). PARKING AND ACCESSIBILITY For directions to the Joe Serna, Jr. (Cal/EPA) Building and public parking information, please refer to the map on the State Water Board's Web site at http://www.calepa.ca.gov/EPAbldg/location.htm. The Cal/EPA Building is accessible to persons with disabilities. Individuals requiring special accommodations are requested to call (916) 341-5880 at least five working days prior to the meeting. TDD users may contact the California Relay Service at 1-800-735-2929 or voice line at 1800-735-2922. A broadcast of the meeting will be available via the internet and can be accessed at: http://www.calepa.ca.gov/broadcast/ All visitors to the Cal/EPA Building are required to sign in and obtain a badge at the Visitor Services Center located inside the main entrance. Valid picture identification may be required. Please allow up to 15 minutes for receiving security clearance. Jeanine Townsend Clerk to the Board 6/16/11 CNS-2117576# SAN MATEO DAILY JOURNAL
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #244712 The following person is doing business as: Michelle Nicole Photography, 192 Kristin Court, SAN MATEO, CA 94402 is hereby registered by the following owner: Michelle Nicole Ng, same address. The business is conducted by an Individual. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on 05/01/2011. /s/ Michelle Nicole Ng / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 05/10/2011. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 06/02/11, 06/09/11, 06/16/11, 06/23/11). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #244655 The following person is doing business as: 1)Discover Silicon Valley, 2)Explore Silicon Valley, 3)Explore the Peninsula, 617 Veterans Blvd., Ste. 213, Redwood City, CA 94063 is hereby registered by the following owner: Explore Publishing, Inc., CA. The business is conducted by a Corporation. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on 07/28/1997. /s/ Rita Vanderaa / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 05/04/2011. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 06/02/11, 06/09/11, 06/16/11, 06/23/11).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #245157 The following person is doing business as: Dolphin Funding, 1700 S. El Camino Real #200, San Mateo, CA 94402, is hereby registered by the following owner: Karen Diane Myhre, 1405 Lakeview Dr., Hillsborough, CA 94010. The business is conducted by an Individual. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on 5/01/2011. /s/ Karen Diane Myhre / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 06/07/2011. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 06/09/11, 06/16/11, 06/23/11, 06/30/11). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #245146 The following person is doing business as: AMC Insurance Service, 320 E. 3rd Ave., Office A, San Mateo, CA 94401, is hereby registered by the following owner: Victor T. Elliott, 221 S. Fremont St., Apt. 403, San Mateo, CA 94401. The business is conducted by an Individual. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on /s/ Victor T. Elliott / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 06/07/2011. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 06/09/11, 06/16/11, 06/23/11, 06/30/11). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #245058 The following person is doing business as: Tiny Green Bee, 1109 Cortez Ave, BURLINGAME, CA 94010, is hereby registered by the following owner: Jennifer Lee, same address. The business is conducted by an Individual. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on /s/ Jennifer Lee / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 06/01/2011. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 06/09/11, 06/16/11, 06/23/11, 06/30/11). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #244966 The following person is doing business as: Christopher Park Wines, 2708 Hillside Dr, BURLINGAME, CA 94010, is hereby registered by the following owner: Christopher Park Wines, LLC, CA. The business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on /s/ Chris Buddress / This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 05/26/2011. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 06/09/11, 06/16/11, 06/23/11, 06/30/11).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #245034 The following person is doing business as: Amzo Group, 205 Palmcrest Dr. #3, DALY CITY, CA, 94015, is hereby registered by the following owner: Arnold Zambales, same address. The business is conducted by an individual. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on /s/Arnold Zambales/ This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 5/31/2011. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 06/16/11, 06/23/11, 06/30/11, 07/07/11).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #244898 The following person is doing business as: 20/20 Optomertry, 115 West 25th Ave., SAN MATEO, CA, 94403 is hereby registered by the following owner: 20/20 Optomertry INC, same address. The business is conducted by a Corporation. The registrants commenced to transact business under the FBN on 03/01/2011 /s/ABenjanin Na/ This statement was filed with the Assessor-County Clerk on 5/20/2011. (Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal, 06/16/11, 06/23/11, 06/30/11, 07/07/11).
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302 Antiques
ANTIQUE STOOL - Rust color cushion with lions feet, antique, $50.obo, (650)525-1410 CHINA CABINET - Vintage, 6 foot, solid mahogany. $300/obo. (650)867-0379
304 Furniture
HOSPITAL BED, new $1,100/OBO. Call 650-595-1931 LOUNGE CHAIRS - 2 new, with cover & plastic carring case & headrest, $35. each, (650)592-7483 LOVE SEAT - one year old, excellent condition, $85., (650)583-4874 LOVE SEAT beige color good condition $55., SOLD! LOVE SEATS, 2 beautiful Bassett, brown sofas-/ love seats, 1 opens to a full size bed, like new. $400. San Mateo, (954)907-0100 MATTRESS TOPPER chrome full size $15., (650)368-3037 MIRROR Scuplted edge, dark walnut wood. Made in Italy $140 (650) 692-1942 NIGHT STAND (650)692-3260 2 drawers $20.
308 Tools
SOCKET SET - New, 40 Piece 3/8" drive reversible ratchet, metric/SAE, extension, case, $19., (650) 595-3933 SPEEDAIR AIR COMPRESSOR - 4 gallon stack tank air compressor $100., (650)591-4710 TABLE SAW 10", very good condition $85. (650) 787-8219
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CHOPPERS (4) with instructions $7/all. (650)368-3037 ELECTRIC HEATER - Oil filled electric heater, 1500 watts, $30., (650)504-3621
303 Electronics
Army shirtl, long sleeves, with pockets. XL $15 each (408)249-3858 BAY MEADOWS UMBRELLA - Colorful, large-size, can fit two people underneath. $20 (650)867-2720 BAY MEADOWS bag & umbrella $15.each, (650)345-1111 BIBLES - (2), 163 years old, dated 1848, $50.each,SOLD COLORIZED TERRITORIAL Quarters uncirculated with Holder $15/all, (408)249-3858 GLASSES 6 sets redskins, good condition never used $12./all. (650)345-1111 JACK TASHNER signed ball $25. Richard (650)834-4926 JOE MONTANA retirement book signed authenticated $39. (650)692-3260 MERCHANT MARINE, framed forecastle card, signed by Captain Angrick '70. 13 x 17 inches $35 cash. (650)755-8238 POSTER - framed photo of President Wilson and Chinese Junk $25 cash, (650)755-8238 SPORTS CARDS over 10k some stars and old cards $100/all. (650)207-2712 VASE - with tray, grey with red flowers, perfect condition, $25., (650)345-1111 46 MITSUBISHI Projector TV, great condition. $400. (650)261-1541. COLOR TV - Apex digital, 13, perfect condition, manual, remote, $70., (650)867-2720 COMSWITCH 3500 - used for fax, computer modem, telephone answering machine, never used, SOLD! DEWALT HEAVY duty work site radio charger in box $100. (650)756-7878 FLIP CAMCORDER $50. (650)583-2767 MAGNAVOX PORTABLE 10 inch color TV, excellent working condition, easily portable, only $19, call 650-595-3933 PANASONIC TV 21 inch $25., (650)6378244 TV 25 inch color with remote $25. Sony 12 inch color TV, $10 Excellent condition. (650)520-0619 TV SET Philips 21 inch with remote $40., (650)692-3260 VHF PORTABLE MARINE Radio New Condition. Uses 8AA Batteries. SOLD! VINTAGE SEARS 8465 aluminum photo tripod + bag. Sturdy! $25 See: http://tinyurl.com/3v9oxrk 650-204-0587
OFFICE DESK and secretary chairs with rollers, $40. obo, (650)583-4874 PINE BEDROOM SET - triple dresser, 7 drawers, plus 2 night stands, 2 drawer apiece, excellent condition. San Mateo, $350 (954)907-0100. PLANT TABLE - 22X16, beautiful design, $20., (650)867-2720 ROCKING CHAIR - Traditional, full size Rocking chair. Excellent condition $100., (650)504-3621 ROCKING CHAIR - White, wooden, $100., (650)321-4325 SOFA- BROWN, Beautiful, New $250 650-207-0897 STOOL - Warming, with heating devise foot stool, tapestry floral design, $50., (650)321-4325. TV STAND with shelves $20 (650)6923260 TWIN BEDS - good condition, OBO, (650)583-4874 $98.
295 Art
AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL Bark Painting 12"X16" signed original made of paper bark, gebung, lichens, $100 650-595-3933
302 Antiques
1912 COFFEE Perculater Urn. perfect condition includes electric cord $85. (415)565-6719
304 Furniture
2 END Tables solid maple '60's era $40/both. (650)670-7545 2 MIRRORED chest of drawers, SOLD 4 Drawer file cabinet 27 inches beige $99 dark
VANITY LIGHT fixture 3 bolts Nickle Finish still in box $25. (650)692-3260
42" ROUND Oak Table (with 12") leaf. Clean/Great Cond. $40. 650-766-9553. 62" X 32" Oak (Dark Stain) Coffee Table w/ 24" Sq. side Table, Leaded Beveled Glass top/Like New - $90. 650-766-9553 ARMOIRE CABINET - $90., (415)3751617 BANQUET DINING chairs $29/all. (650)692-3260 padded
306 Housewares
"PRINCESS HOUSE decorator urn "Vase" cream with blue flower 13 inch H $25., (650)868-0436 CANDLEHOLDER - Gold, angel on it, tall, purchased from Brueners, originally $100., selling for $25.,(650)867-2720 CHEFMATE COUNTERTOP MICROWAVE - .7 cu ft. , white, like new condition, SOLD! DINNERWARE - 30 piece set white, like new condition, $30., (808)271-3183 PERSIAN TEA set for 8. Including spoon, candy dish, and tray. Gold Plated. $90. (650) 867-2720 SOLID TEAK floor model 16 wine rack with turntable $60. (650)592-7483
BASSET LOVE Seat Hide-a-Bed, Beige, Good Cond. Only $30! 650-766-9553 BLACK LEATHER office chair with 5 rollers $25. (650)871-5078 BLACK TV stand 15 inches H 28 inches W with glass doors FREE with pickup 650-871-5078 BREAKFAST NOOK DINETTE TABLEsolid oak, 55 X 54, $49., SSF, (650)583-8069 CHANDELIER WITH 5 lights/ candelabre base with glass shades $20. (650)504-3621 CHEST OF drawers - SOLD COFFEE TABLE - brown, perfect condition, nice design, with storage, $50., (650)345-1111 COFFEE TABLE light brown lots of storage good condition $45. (650)867-2720 DINING SET glass table with rod iron & 4 blue chairs $100/all 650-520-7921/650-245-3661 DISPLAY CASE wood & glass 31 x 19 inches $30. (650)873-4030 DRAFTING TABLE 30 x 42' with side tray. excellent cond $75. (650)949-2134 END TABLE marble top with drawer with matching table $70/all. (650)520-0619 ENTERTAINMENT CENTER - Oak wood, great condition, glass doors, fits large TV, 2 drawers, shelves , $100/obo. (650)261-9681 FOAM INCLINER for twin bed $40 650-692-1942
LADIES BRACELET, Murano glass. Various shades of red and blue $100 Daly City, no return calls. (650)991-2353 LADIES GOLD Lame' elbow lengthgloves sz 7.5 $15 New. (650)868-0436
BOOK NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC NATIONAL AIR MUSEUMS $15 (480)249-3858 BROTHERS ELECTRIC TYPEWRITER - excellent condition, $55., (808)2713183 CAESAR STONE - Beautiful polished gray, smooth cut edges, 26 X 36 X 3/4 thick, great piece for many uses, $65., (650)347-5104 CANDLE HOLDER with angel design, tall, gold, includes candle. Purchased for $100, now $30. (650)345-1111 DAHLIAS BEAUTIFUL hybrodized $4 / each (20 total) SOLD DANIELLE STEELE newer books - 1 hardback $3., one paperback $1., (650)341-1861 DOOM (3) computer games $15/each 2 total, (650)367-8949 DUFFEL BAGS - 1 Large Duffel Bag ,1 Xtra Lg. Duffel w Wheels, 1 Leather week-ender Satchel, All 3 at $75., (650)871-7211 ELECTRIC TYPEWRITER Smithcorona $60 650-878-9542 ELECTRONIC TYPEWRITER good condition $50., (650)878-9542 FIREPLACE SCREEN - 36"wide, 29"high, antique brass, folding doors, sliding mesh screen, damper controls. Like new. $100., (650)592-2047 GAME "BEAT THE EXPERTS" never used $8., (408)249-3858 GEORGE FOREMAN Grill good condition $15. 650-592-3327 HAIR BLOWERS (2) - One Conair, one Andis Hang Up Turbo, $15. both, (650)525-1410 JANET EVANOVICH BOOKS - 4 hardback @$3. each, 3 paperback @$1. each, (650)341-1861 KITCHEN HOOD - Black, under mount, 3 different fan speeds, $95., (650)3154465 MASSAGE DEVICE with batteries $8 in box, (650)368-3037 METAL CABINET - 4 drawers, beige 16.5 inches W x 27 3/4 H x 27 inches D. $40., San Mateo, (650)341-5347 NEW LIVING Yoga Tape for Beginners $8. 650-578-8306 NEW WOOL AFGHAN, colorful, handmade, 4x6 ft.. $25. Sold
308 Tools
CHAIN HOISTS- 1-TON $25. 3-Ton $50. Both new/unused. 650 591 6283 CIRCULAR SAW, Craftsman-brand, 10, 4 long x 20 wide. Comes w/ stand - $70. (650)678-1018 CLASSIC CRAFTSMAN jig saw, cast iron base needs work $85 best offer. 650-703-9644 ENGINE ANALYZER & TIMING LITE Sears Penske USA, for older cars, like new, $60., (650)344-8549 leave msg. GENERATOR - new! In box, 3,500 watts. SOLD LUMBER RACK for long bed & diamond plated toolbox, good condition, $500. each or $800 all, SOLD! PRESSURE WASHER 2500 PSI, good condition, $350., (650)926-9841 RIDGED WET AND DRY VACUUM -16 gallons 5 horse power in box accessories included $65., (650)756-7878
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FOLDING PICNIC TABLE - 96 x 30 with 7 folding, padded chairs, $100., (650)364-0902 FUTON - full size excellent condition $95. Eddie 650-218-1118.
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PACHIRA PLANT 3ft. H. (Money plant) with decorative Pot $30. (650)592-2648
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620 Automobiles
HONDA 10 ACCORD LX - 4 door sedan, low miles, $19K, (650)573-6981 HONDA CIVIC 99 EX sedan 4-door, excellent mechanically, very good body, SOLD! MERCEDES 05 C230 - 40K miles, 4 cylinder, black, $15,000, (650)455-7461 MERCEDES 06 C230 - 6 cylinder, navy blue, 60K miles, 2 year warranty, $18,000, (650)455-7461 MERCEDES BENZ 04 E320 - Excellent condition, leather interior, navigation, 77K mi., $15,500 obo, (650)574-1198
SAN MATEO
146 13th Ave. (Between Palm and South B St.)
MEN'S SUIT almost new $25. 650-573-6981 MENS SLACKS - 8 pairs, $50., Size 36/32, (408)420-5646 NEW BROWN leather jacket XL $25 650-364-0902 PROM TUXEDOS. Size 36 - 38. all 3 sets for $85 obo 650-344-8549
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 82,500 readers from South San Francisco to Palo Alto. in your local newspaper. Call (650)344-5200
BELMONT - prime, quiet location, view, 1 bedroom $1350, 2 bedrooms $1650. New carpets, new granite counters, dishwasher, balcony, covered carports, storage, pool, no pets. (650)344-8418 or (650591-4046 REDWOOD CITY- 1 bedroom with kitchen and bath, $995.mo plus $600 deposit, (650)361-1200
470 Rooms
HIP HOUSING Non-Profit Home Sharing Program San Mateo County (650)348-6660
335 Rugs
KARASTAN RUG - 4 x 6, wool, moth resistant, green with floral, $100., (650)321-4325
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635 Vans
NISSAN 01 Quest - GLE, leather seats, sun roof, TV/DVR equipment. Looks new, $15,500. (650)219-6008
680 Autos Wanted Dont lose money on a trade-in or consignment! Sell your vehicle in the Daily Journals Auto Classifieds. Just $3 per day. Reach 82,500 drivers from South SF to Palo Alto
Call (650)344-5200 ads@smdailyjournal.com
REDWOOD CITY
1049 Silver Hill Rd.
640 Motorcycles/Scooters
BMW 03 F650 GS, $3899 OBO. Call 650-771-4407 HARLEY DAVIDSON 83 Shovelhead special construction, 1340 ccs, Awesome!, $5,950/obo. Rob (415)602-4535.
June 18th Sat. 9am-4pm 4 years worth of STUFF! Furniture, decorations, kitchenware and more!
LOS ALTOS 25560 Fernhill Dr. Open Sat & Sun 1:30pm-4:30pm Barbara Williams 650-209-1519
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645 Boats
MOTOR - Evinrude for boat, 25 HP, $1000., (415)337-6364 PROSPORT 97 - 17 ft. CC 80 Yamaha Pacific, loaded, like new, $9,500 or trade, (650)583-7946.
315 Wanted to Buy GO GREEN! We Buy GOLD You Get The $ Green $
Millbrae Jewelers Est. 1957 400 Broadway - Millbrae
655 Trailers
PROWLER 01 Toy carrier, 25 ft., fully self contained, $5k OBO, Trade (650)589-8765 will deliver
DONATE YOUR CAR Tax Deduction, We do the Paperwork, Free Pickup, Running or Not - in most cases. Help yourself and the Polly Klaas Foundation. Call (800)380-5257. Wanted 62-75 Chevrolets Novas, running or not Parts collection etc. So clean out that garage Give me a call Joe 650 342-2483
SAN CARLOS
891 Sunset Dr. Saturday June 18th 9am-3pm
Household, computer parts, equipment and more! THE THRIFT SHOP
650-697-2685
MB GARAGE, INC.
Repair Restore Sales 620 Automobiles Dont lose money on a trade-in or consignment! Sell your vehicle in the Daily Journals Auto Classifieds. Just $3 per day. Reach 82,500 drivers from South SF to Palo Alto
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316 Clothes
49 SWEATSHIRT with hood size 8 extra large $100 obo. (650)346-9992 AUTHENTIC MEXICAN SOMBRERO, $40., (650)364-0902 BLACK Leather pants Mrs. size made in France size 40 $99. (650)558-1975 BLACK LEATHER tap shoes 9M great condition $99. (650)558-1975 BOOTS - purple leather, size 8, ankle length, $50.obo, (650)592-9141 DENIM JACKETS Ladies (2) Small/Medium, like new, $15/each, (650)577-0604 Please leave message
(650)349-2744
SAN CARLOS AUTO SERVICE & TUNE UP
A Full Service Auto Repair Facility
Cabinetry
FINO FINO
A Place For Fine Hats Sharon Heights
325 Sharon Heights Drive Menlo Park
CHRYSLER 06 300 Sedan, 28k mi., sun roof, excellent condition. $18k. (650)590-1194 FORD 93 250 flat bed, diesel, 100-gallon gas tanks, completely rebuilt, $2800. 650-481-5296
650-854-8030
(650)344-0921
Hardwood Floors
Hardwood Floors
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Cleaning
Construction
BELMONT CONSTRUCTION
Residential & Commercial Carpentry & Plumbing Remodeling & New Construction Kitchen, Bath, Structural Repairs Additions, Decks, Stairs, Railings Lic#836489, Ins. & Bonded All work guaranteed Call now for a free estimate
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General Home Repairs Improvements Routine Maintenance
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Specializing in Any Size Projects
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MORALES
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Fences Decks Arbors Retaining Walls Concrete Work French Drains Concrete Walls Any damaged wood repair Powerwash Driveways Patios Sidewalk Stairs Hauling $25. Hr./Min. 2 hrs.
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Electricians
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650-322-9288
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Residential/Commercial
L.C PAINTING
650.271.3955 Interiors and Exteriors Residential / Commercial Free Estimates Reasonable Rates.
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650-302-0728
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MTP
Painting/Waterproofing Drywall Repair/Tape/Texture Power Washing-Decks, Fences No Job Too Big or Small
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Concrete
CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION
Driveways, Walkways, Patios, Stamped Concrete
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Marble, Stone & porcelain Kitchens, bathrooms, floors, fireplaces, entryways, decks, tile repair, grout repair Free Estimates Lic.# 955492
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800-977-6477
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Carpentry Plumbing Kitchens Bathrooms Dry Rot Decks Priced for You! Call John
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Massage Therapy
ASIAN MASSAGE
$48. per Hour
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Insurance
(650)556-9888
BARRETT INSURANCE
Attorneys Divorce Food Health & Medical
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Chinese Restraunt & Lounge We Serve Dim Sum
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of Diseases and Disorders of the Eye Dr. Andrew C Soss O.D., F.A.A.O. 1159 Broadway Burlingame (650)579-7774
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1221 Chess Dr., Hwy. 92 at Foster City Blvd. Exit Foster City
MAYERS JEWELERS
We Buy Gold! Bring your old gold in and redesign to something new or cash it in!
Watch Battery Replacement $9.00 Most Watches. Must present ad.
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Real Estate Loans
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1699 Old Bayshore Blvd. Burlingame
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In 1821, Nicolas Rieussec changed watchmaking forever with the invention of the first chronograph. Since chronograph literally means writing time the Montblanc Nicolas Rieussec Chronograph , rewrites timepiece history. Crafted in the Montblanc Manufacture in Le Locle, Switzerland, this masterpiece is a worthy tribute to its visionary namesake. Monopusher chronograph, self-winding manufacture movement. 30 min. and 60 sec. rotating disc counters fixed on the counter bridge.
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