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Weekend • Feb. 28-March 1, 2015 • Vol XV, Edition 168

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STAR TREK’S STARNIMOY DEAD AT 83

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CONGRESS OKS ONE-WEEK BILL TO KEEP HOMELAND SECURITY OPEN

By Austin WalshDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Advocates for San Carlos schools claim aparcel tax is necessary to retain and attracttop-notch educators, while opponents ques-tion whether the district deserves additionalrevenue from residents, according to argu-ments filed with the county electionsoffice.

Voters in the San Carlos ElementarySchool District will be asked to passMeasure P, a $246 parcel tax to supportschools in a mail-only ballot election,which will be s ent out April 6. The deadlineto vote is May 5.

School supporters and tax opponents arenow duking it out in documents filed withthe office of Chief Elections Officer MarkChurch, in an attempt to influence voters’

position on the ballot measure.“It’s a good thing that voter-approved,

local school funding has allowed us toattract and retain great teachers in SanCarlos schools,” wrote tax supporters inthe document. “They provide local s tudentsa terrific education, and we need them tostay in San Carlos to help our students excelin th e years to come.”

San Carlos Councilman Bob Grassilli;

Sam Herzberg, Greater East San CarlosBoard member; J ennifer Webb, former pres-ident of the San Carlos EducationFoundation; former San Carlos mayor TomDavids; and Paula Ebejer-Moffat, owner of Prima Printing, all signed the proponents’argument prepared and submitted by JuliaHorak in favor of the parcel tax, filed with

School advocates support new parcel taxOpponents argue voters should shoot down measure supporting San Carlos schools

Gas pricessoaring in

CaliforniaSupply shrinks after explosion endsproduction at Exxon Mobil refineryBy Gillian FlaccusTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LONG BEACH — Gas prices are soaring in California in aclassic example of supply and demand after an explosionstopped gasoline production at an Exxon Mobil refinerywhile anoth er remains o ffline due to labo r unrest.

Average retail gas prices i n th e state have s urged 25 centsa gallon in less than a week, from $2.98 p er gallon for reg-ular on Monday to $3.23 per gallon on Friday. That caps arun th at saw the price of regular unleaded go up 60 cents pergallon since Jan. 30 as refineries prepare to shift to a sum-mer blend of fuels.

In some areas of Southern California, gas station owners

were forced to pass price hikes o f 24 cents p er gallon alo ng

Serra student recalls hisAmerican Idol experienceElimination from the singing competitiononly inspired Reno Anoa’i to perform moreBy Austin WalshDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Anyone hoping to st rike fame throughperforming on American Idol should notbe expected get many opportunities torest, s aid Reno Anoa’i, who was recentlyeliminated from the sho w.

Anoa’i, a 16-year-old Daly City resi-dent who made it to the final 48 contest- Reno Anoa’i

See ANOA’I, Page 8

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Rachel Richenbach, center, helps a customer, while Arlene Rodriguez, left, works behind the counter at Rachel’s Cakes in Burlingame.

By Austin WalshDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

When Rachel Richenbach beganstacking cakes on her bookshelf because she had nowhere else to putthem, she decided it was about time totake her hobby more seriously.

The 29-year-old Burlingame nativehad been baking cakes for her friendsand family, sometimes as many as 10in a weekend, and stashing them any-where she could find space in her h ouse— including throughout the kitchen,dining table and wherever else they

could fit.So she turned her passion into a pro-fession, which was the in spiration to

Baker brings sweet shop to BurlingameRachel’s Cakes offers creativity and customized designs

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Comedian GilbertGottfried is 60.

This Day in History

Thought for the Day

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The first televised college basketballgames were broadcast by New YorkCity station W2XBS as Pittsburgh

defeated Fordham, 57-37, and NewYork University beat Georgetown,50-27, at Madison Square Garden.

“Who will give me back those days when lifehad wings and flew just like a skylark in the sky.”

— Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, French actress and poet

Hall of Fame autoracer MarioAndretti is 75.

Actor John Turturro is 58.

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Men are seen covered with colored powder as they celebrate ‘Lathmar Holi’ at Barsana, India.

Saturday : Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and a slight chance of thunder-storms. Some thunderstorms may p roducelarge hail. Highs in the upper 50s.Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph.Saturday night: Partly cl oudy. A chanceof sho wers and a sligh t chance of thunder-storms in the evening...Then a slightchance of sho wers after midnight. Some thunderstorms mayproduce large hail in the evening. Lows in the upper 40s.

Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph...Becoming west after mid-night.Sunday : Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Northeast winds10 to 20 mph.Sunday night: Mostly clear in the evening then becom-ing partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.

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In 1844 , a 12-inch gun aboard the USS Princeton expl od-ed as the ship was sailing on the Potomac River, killingSecretary of State Abel P. Upshur, Navy Secretary ThomasW. Gilmer and several oth ers.In 1861 , the Territory of Col orado was organized.In 1915 , actor-comedian Zero Mostel was born inBrookly n, New York.In 1942 , the h eavy cruiser USS Houston and the Australianligh t cruiser HMAS Perth were attacked by J apanese forcesduring the World War II Battle of Sunda Strait; both weresunk shortly after midnight.In 1953 , scientists James D. Watson and Francis H.C.Crick anno unced they had discovered the double-helix struc-ture of DNA.In 1960 , a day after defeating the Soviets at the Winter

Games in Squaw Valley, Califo rnia, the Unit ed States won itsfirst Olympic hockey gold medal by defeatingCzechoslovakia, 9-4.In 1972 , President Rich ard M. Nixo n and Chin ese PremierZhou Enlai issued the Shangh ai Communique, which calledfor normalizing relations between their countries, at theconclusion of Nixon’s hist oric visit to China.In 1975 , 42 people were killed in London’s Undergroundwhen a train smashed into t he end of a tunnel.In 1986, Swedish Prime Minis ter Olof Palme was sh ot todeath in central Stockho lm. (The kill ing remains unsolved.)In 1993 , a gun batt le erupted at a relig ious compound nearWaco, Texas, when Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco an d Firearmsagents tried to arrest Branch Davidian leader David Koreshon weapons charges; four agents and six Davidians werekill ed as a 51-day standoff began.

Collies became popular pets afterthe movies “Lassie ComeHome” (1943) and “Son of

Lassie” (1945) became theater block-busters. In the late 1940s, the numberof registered purebred collies in theUnited States went from 3,000 to18,400.

***Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011) co-starred with Lassie, played by a collienamed Pal, in the movie “Lassie ComeHome” (194 3).

***At age 12 , Elizabeth Taylor s tarred inthe 1944 movie “National Velvet” asVelvet Brown, a girl who attempts torace her horse in the Grand Nationalsteeplechase. Taylor did her ownhorseback riding and most of thestunts in the film.

***The television drama “Perry Mason”

starred Raymond Burr (1917-1993).The original series ran from 1957 to1966. Erle Stanley Gardner made anappearance as a judge in the finalepisode of the series.

***Raymond Burr owned an island in theFijis. Burr purchased 4,000-acreNaituba Island in 19 65 and ran a prof-itable plantation. Island residentsworked on the plantation growingmacadamia nuts and orchid plants andherding cattle.

***Actor Leonardo DiCaprio (bo rn 19 74)bought a Caribbean island in 2005. Hepaid $1.75 million for the 104-acreisland off the coast of Belize.

***Leonardo DiCaprio was paid $21 mil-lion for his starring role as Howard

Hughes (1905-1976) in the movie“The Aviator” (2004).

***Howard Hughes set a speed record in1938 by flying around the world inthree days, 19 hours and 17 minutes.Hughes piloted a Lockheed plane witha crew of four.

***In 1938, the airport in Houston, Texas,was renamed from Houston MunicipalAirport to Howard Hughes Airport. Itwas in honor of Hughes, a native of Houston and a donor for airportimprovements. However, the airportname was changed back when it wassoon discovered that an airport namedafter a living person did not receivefederal funding.

***Houston, the largest city i n Texas, hasa population o f 2 million people.

***The city of Houston was named afterSamuel Houston (1793-186 3), th e first

president of the Republic of Texas.Samuel Houston has th e disti nction of being the only person in history tohave been the governor of two differ-ent states — Tennessee (1827-1829)and Texas (1859 to 18 61).

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The Texas state flower is theBluebonnet. The state bird is themockingbi rd. Can you name the Texasstate mammal? See answer at end.

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The Alamo was built in 1744 as thechapel of the Spanish mission in SanAntonio, Texas.

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An important symbol in Texas’ strug-gle for independence from Mexico wasthe Alamo. Used as a fort during theMexican War, the Alamo was besiegedby the Mexican Army in 1836. Therewere 189 Americans defending theAlamo against 1,800 Mexican sol-diers. The Americans lo st t he battl e andall were killed.

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An swe r : The state mammal of Texas isthe armadillo. The state also has anofficial large mammal — the Long horncattle. Texas’ official flying mammalis the Mexican free-tailed bat. Thelargest colo ny of free-tailed bats in theworld is in Bracken Cave near San

Ant oni o, with nearly 20 mill ion bats.

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Architect Frank Gehry is 86. Actor Gavin MacLeod is 84.Actor Don Francks is 83. Singer Sam the Sham is 78. Actor-director-dancer Tommy Tune is 76. Actor Frank Bonner is 73.Actress Kelly Bishop is 71. Actress Stephanie Beacham is 68.

Writer-director Mike Figgis is 67. Actress Mercedes Ruehl is67. Actress Bernadette Peters is 67. Former Energy SecretarySteven Chu is 67. Actress Ilene Graff is 66. Nobel Prize-win-ning economist Paul Krugman is 62. Basketball Hall-of-Famer Adrian Dantley is 60. Rock singer Cindy Wilson is 58.Actress Rae Dawn Chong is 54. Actress Maxine Bahns is 46.

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SAN MATEOBurglary . A bag was sto len from a woman’s

vehicle at the Peninsula Family YMCA onSouth Grant Street before 9:47 p.m.Thursday, Feb. 2 6.Burglary . A residential burglary happenedon Beresford Street before 12:53 p.m.Thursday, Feb. 2 6.Disturbance. Customers in a black Mazdarefused to leave a Jack in the Box drive-thruon East Third Avenue before 10:38 p.m.Wednesday, Feb. 25.Disturbance. A man was seen punchingwalls on Colegrove Street before 9:29 p.m.Wednesday, Feb. 25.

HALF MOON BAYPetty theft. A juvenil e was caught stealing$7.65 worth of groceries and was transport-ed back to school on the 100 block of SanMateo Road before 12 a.m. Thursday, Feb.

26.Identity theft. A person reported multip lefraudulent charges on their debit cardtotalling almost $7,000 on the 100 block of Portola Avenue before 1:28 p.m. Wednesday,Feb. 25.

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Or is it white?A person was seen breaking into agold sedan on 36th Avenue in SanMateo before 1:42 a.m. Thursday,Feb. 26.

BAY CITY NEWS SERVICE

Patrons of La Mediterranee restaurant inBerkeley may have been expos ed to measleslast Friday evening, Berkeley health offi-cials said.

A San Mateo County resident who hadmeasles visited the restaurant at 2936College Ave. at about 6:45 p.m. and stayeduntil about 8 p.m.

The same day a San Mateo resident withmeasles rode a Richmond-bound BART trainfrom Millbrae to San Francisco’s CivicCenter station. The person arrived in SanFrancisco at about 5 p.m.

Health officials haven’t said whether theperson who rode BART and the person whodined in Berkeley are the same person.

Measles is a highly infectious, airbornevirus that can stay in the air for up to twohours, according to h ealth officials. Patronsof the La Mediterranee who were at therestaurant until 10 p.m. could get the dis-ease.

People who have been vaccinated haveonly a slight risk of infection.

People who visited La Mediterraneebetween 6:45 p.m. and 10 p.m. shouldwatch for symptoms until March 13, healthofficials said. Symptoms can develop

between seven and 21 days after expo sure.Symptoms include high fever, red and

watery eyes and a rash that appears first onthe h ead and face and can sp read to mo st of the bo dy.

People who develop s ympto ms should getin touch with their health provider foradvice and help. Unvaccinated infants,pregnant women and people with impairedimmune systems are at the greatest risk fordeveloping symptoms.

“I encourage Berkeley community mem-bers to make sure they and their childrenhave received the required two doses” of themeasles vaccine, Berkeley’s health officerDr. Janet Berreman said in a statement.Berreman also suggested residents obtain

records of th eir vaccination, which could becritical if there is a local outbreak.

Health officials said that measles is high-ly preventable.

Ninety-nine percent of the people whoget two doses of the vaccine are protected

from infection. Ninety-five percent of peo-ple who get one does are protected.

Berkeley’s Department of Health Servicesis working with La Mediterranee to notifyand assess anyone who may have beenexposed to the virus. The Department isalso working with the County of San MateoHealth System to trace the people theinfected individual had contact with.

Health officials don’t know how the resi-dent who dined at La Mediterranee gotinfected.

Measles can have significant impacts to aperson’s health and can lead to death insome cases. The impacts are especially sig-nificant among pregnant women and chil-dren, according to health officials.

Thieves crash car throughelectronics store in San FranciscoThieves drove a car through a high-end

electronics store in the latest crash-and-grab heist in t he San Francisco Bay Area.

San Francisco police say the crimeoccurred about 4 a.m. Friday at a store onCalifornia Street, causing $ 100, 000 in dam-age to building. Police did not say what, if anything, was stolen.

Police are reviewing video surveillancefootage of the burglary. No arrests have

been made, and a description of the s uspectwas not released.

Police were looking into whether the bur-glary was related to at least six similarcrimes in the San Francisco Bay Area duringthe last year.

Electronics, high-end clothing and purseshave been stolen during past crimes. OnJan. 27, thieves smashed a stolen SUVthrough the front of a Wells Fargo museumin San Francisco, making off with gold

nuggets that remain missing.

Other metropol itan areas have been hit bycrash-and-grab heists. Since September, atleast a dozen “crash-and-grab” burglarieshave been reported at retail businesses inChicago an d the surrounding s uburbs.

County resident with measles may haveexposed diners at Berkeley restaurant

Rudolf Henry Wegman

of 88. “Rudy” was born in Uster, Switzerland on December 27, 1926 to Heinrich and Alwina

Wegmann. Rudy was raised on a dairy farm with his three siblings. As a young man he learned

the nursery trade. Rudy left Switzerland in 1950 and came to the United States In 1956 he

They both worked hard to achieve the American Dream and the nursery continues to thrive

fishing whether in the ocean or Alaska. Another of his favorite things to do was play Bocce with

Rudy was preceded in death by his beloved wife Marlis.Rudy is survived by his son, Erhard

Wegman and his wife Vicky, grandsons Jackson and Tristan Wegman, son Mark Wegman and

partner Debbie Walker, granddaughter Stephanie Wegman-Bendele and husband Robert,

grandson Gregory Wegman, daughter Heidi Wegman-Pellarin grandson John Pellarin,

granddaughter Olivia Pellarin and their father, Arron Pellarin. He was preceded in death by his

eldest brother Henry Wegmann. Rudy is survived by his sister Elsi Denzler-Wegmann and brother

A Celebration of his life will be held on Friday March 6, at 11 am at the Redwood City Elks Lodge.

In Lieu of Flowers, donations can be made to the St. Francis Center in Redwood City or the

Alzheimer’s Foundation of America

Crippen & Flynn Woodside and Carlmont Chapels

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SACRAMENTO — The federal gov-ernment said Friday it won’t send anyof its reservoir water to the CentralValley for the second straight year,forcing farmers in Californi a’s agricul-tural heartland to again scramble forother so urces or leave fields unplanted.

Many farmers had been bracing forthe U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’sannouncement as California’s droughtenters its fourth year. Some farms areexempt from complete cuts underCalifornia’s antiquated water rightssyst em dating to Gold Rush-era days.

But many farmers are runnin g o ut of short-term options to deal with watershortages, such as uprooting orchardsand tapping groundwater wells.

“They were able to Band-Aid thingstogether last year just to keep theirtrees alive,” said Ryan Jacobsen, ex ec-

utive director of the Fresno CountyFarm Bureau. “The first aid kit we hadlast year is really not available thisyear.”

The Central Valley Project conveyswater through a system of dams andreservoirs and 500 miles of canals.The agency says it can irrigate up to athird of California’s agricultural landwhen water is flowing.

When plannin g deliveries, th e feder-al government has mandatory obliga-tions to farms and communities hold-ing senior water rights, including thecity of Sacramento, and wildliferefuges protected by federal law torestore fish habitats, said Ron

Milligan, a Central Valley Projectoperations manager.

Agriculture ends up bearing much of federal water cuts during dry periods.Farmers in the San J oaquin Valley o nlyreceived 10 percent of their requestedamounts in 2009 and 20 percent in

2013. Two consecutive years of noallocations is unprecedented.

Farmers are instead turning to stor-age supplies and pumping from largelyunregulated groundwater wells that arequickly being depleted.

Paul Betancourt spent $40,000 torenovate wells on his 765-acre westFresno County farm, where his familygrows cotton, almonds, wheat andonions. He can keep watering hiscrops this year but says groundwaterisn’t a long-term solution.

“We are draining a finite supply of water,” he s aid. “It was ugly l ast y ear,and it’s going to get uglier this year

California is increasing distribution

from a separate state-operated systemof reservoirs and canals with fewermandatory obligations. The StateWater Project announced last monththat it could provi de local agencies andfarmers 15 percent of the water theyrequested, up from 5 percent last year.

Some farmers to go without fed water

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An aerial view shows field workers picking vegetables on a farm in Oxnard.

State GOP alivebut struggling forvision, candidatesBy Juliet WilliamsTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SACRAMENTO — California Republicans achieved their

modest goals l ast year of preventin g Democrats from secur-ing a two-thirds majority in both houses of the stateLegislature and rescuing the party from debt. Those gainsdon’t add up to a lot, but at least the party still has a seat atthe table in Democratic California.

As Republicans meet in Sacramento this weekend to plottheir strategy for the next two years, their long-term chal-lenges are stark.

With p arty registration at 28 percent after several years of decline, demographics are not in their favor. Democratsstand at 43 percent and 23 percent are independents who arenot affiliated with any p arty.

The announcement last month by U.S. Sen. BarbaraBoxer that she will not seek re-election next year high-lights another huge problem for the party: its paucity of viable candidates for high office. In what should be a block-buster political contest, California Republicans so far haveno competitive candidate to challenge the only announcedcandidate, s tate Attorney General Kamala Harris, alt hough a

former state party chairman and an assemblyman from SanDiego County have opened exploratory committees.A Field Poll last week found that former Secretary of Stat e

Condoleezza Rice, a Republican, would be an automaticfront-runner in the Senate rate, but she’s not interested inthe job.

Tribes from around U.S.gather to discuss legal marijuana

TULALIP, Wash. — The Justice Department’s announce-ment in December that it would allow the nation’s Indiantribes to legalize and regulate marijuana on their reserva-tions brought notes of caution — if not silence or opposi-tion — from many tribes.

They were reluctant given the substance-abuse problemsthat already plague many reservatio ns.

But the attendance at a conference on the topic Fridaygave an early indication of just how many might be weigh-ing it, even if a thicket of potential l egal issues remain.

Representatives of about 75 tribes from around the coun-try con verged on th e Tulalip Indian Tribes’ resort an d casinofor a $605-a-head seminar on the regulatory, legal andsocial issues related to pot legalization.

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STATE GOVERNMENT• State Sen. Jerry Hill, D-San

Mateo , introduced legislation thatwould require local governing bodies inCalifornia to take public commentbefore implementing cellphone inter-cept technology. According to Hill’s

office, law enforcement agencies use this technology todetermine who a person is calling, when that call is madeand where the call originated. In some cases, depending onthe capabilities of the technology, it can also capture thecontent of a conversation. Under the right circumstances,cellphone intercept technology can be a useful tool to catchsuspects. The portable devices, which mimic a cellphonetower and are usually the si ze of a suitcase, h ave raised con-cerns because they can scoop up cellphone data from somany people at once, whether they are suspects or not.

Current law does not guarantee public comment beforethis technology is adopted, according to Hill’s office.

Reme Areja BautistaReme Areja Bautista, born April 5, 1928, died Feb. 19,

2015, peacefully at the age of 86 years old.Reme was born in Hawaii and lived in the San Francisco Bay

area for the past 60 years. Reme is predeceased by belovedhusband Oscar and survived by Roseanne Abad (daughter),Cesar Abad (son- in-law) and Cassandra Rose Abad (grand-

daughter). She is also survived by her sister Norma Mullen andpredeceased by brother Tim Areja and si ster Gloria Areja.Reme worked at California State Auto Association for 25

years. She was an active part in her husband’s dental clinic andvery instrumental in her daughter’s preschool; where she wasformally known as “Mrs. Reme” or “Grandma Reme.”

Family and friends may visit after 4 p.m. Monday, March 2and attend the 7 p.m. vigil service at the Chapel of theHighlands, 194 Millwood Drive at El Camino Real inMillbrae. The funeral will leave the chapel 10 a.m. Tuesday,March 3 for St. Dunstan Catholic Church, 1133 Broadway,Millbrae with the funeral mass to begin at 10:30 a.m.Committal, Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma.

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Man tries to grab stroller,woman knocks him down

A woman knocked a man to theground Thursday afternoon in SouthSan Francisco after he approached herfrom behind and grabbed ahold of thestroller she was pushing, according topolice.

The incident occurred shortly before2:30 p.m. in the 800 block of Hawthorne Place, po lice said.

After the man was knocked to theground, both p arties reportedly fled thearea in opposite directions.

The suspect is described as a dark-skinned man, approximately 50 yearsold and 6 feet tall with a shaved headand an average build. He was wearing agray sweatshirt and dark colo red pants ,according to police.

Anyone with information about theincident is encouraged to contact theSouth San Francisco PoliceDepartment at (650) 877-8900.Anonymous tips can be submitted byphone at (650) 952-2244 or email [email protected].

Three burglary suspects arrestedThree men are in custody after

Belmont police noticed a suspiciousvehicle in the Safeway parking lotThursday morning with four men wear-ing dark clothing who left keys in thecar to go inside, according to police.

At approximately 3:48 a.m., aBelmont officer looked into the car, asilver 1998 Honda Civic, and sawproperty strewn about. The car wasdetermined to be registered to JosephSmith, who was on searchable proba-tion. Inside, Belmont police locatedtools, electronics and other items thatwere found to be stolen from several

locations in SanCarlos. Several resi-dents on manor andCarmelita drives andChesham Avenueidentified the prop-erty as theirs,according to police.

Two of the vic-tims reported prop-

erty taken fromtheir garage, andone reported prop-erty taken from anunlocked vehicle,according to police.

San MateoCounty sheriff’sdeputies took cus-tody of the four,three of whom werebooked intoM a g u i r eC o r r e c t i o n a lFacility an d one wasreleased. The threebooked men wereSmith, 49, or SouthSan Francisco,

Cody Karn, 19, of Redwood City, andJustin Frolli, 18, o f Redwood City,

according to police.There was additional property taken

from construction sites in other areasof the mid-county, according t o pol ice.

Anyone with information aboutthese crimes is asked to contact SanMateo County sheriff’sDetective Andy Armando at (6 50) 3 63-4347 or [email protected] orsheriff’s Detective Jon Sebring at

(650) 363-4057 or [email protected]. You may also remain anony-mous by calling t he San Mateo CountySheriff ’s Office Anon ymous Tip Line at(800) 547-2700.

Doctor named tohealth care district board

Cameron Emmott, M.D., a longtimeresident of the Peninsula, was appo int-

ed to the PeninsulaHealth Care District

Board of Directorsto replace DanielUllyot, M.D., whoresigned Feb. 25after 10 years, fiveas board chair, thedistrict announcedFriday.

The appointmentfills the unexpired

portion of Ullyot’s term, which endsDecember 2016.

Emmott is an independent practicingphysician on staff at Mills-PeninsulaMedical Center specializing in urolo-gy. He has practiced in Burlingamesince 1980 and has served as chief of surgery, chair of quality, chief of themedical staff, as well as a member of

both the governing board and founda-tion board, according to the district.

Emmott received his medical educa-tion at the University of Oklahoma,completed his internship and residen-cy at the University of California, SanFrancisco, and received a fellowshipfrom the National Cancer Institute,according to the district.

The Peninsula Health Care Districtservices the communities of SanBruno, Millbrae, Burlingame,Hillsborough, San Mateo and FosterCity.

Local officials will participateThursday, Feb. 26, in thePrincipal for a Day event

across San Mateo County.The third annual event, sponsored

by the San Mateo County Officeof Education , gives leaders thechance to learn what it is like to be aschool principal.

The principals for a day this yearinclude: San Mateo CountyManager John Maltbie, RedwoodCity Mayor Jeff Gee, MillbraeMayor Robert Gottschalk, SanCarlos City Manager Jeff Maltbie, Millbrae City ManagerMarcia Raines and AssemblymanKevin Mullin, D-South SanFrancisco , among others.

***The deadline to submit art for the

third annual Trash to Art contest,sponsored by Rethink Waste , is 5

p.m. Friday, March 6.

The contest is designed for studentsbetween fourth- and sixth-grade. The

art pieces must be made as a classeffort, and 90 percent must consist of materials collected at home, schooland everyday life. All mediums of art-work are encouraged, in cluding sculp-tures, murals and collages. Art piecesshould not exceed 3 feet by 3 feet.

Prizes include as much as $500 forwinning first place, and a VIP tour of the Shoreline EnvironmentalCenter.

Those interested in participatingshould submit the art to theEnvironmental Education Center at theShoreline Environmental Center, 333Shoreway Road, San Carlos.

Local briefs

Joseph Smith

Cody Karn

Justin Frolli

CameronEmmott

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WASHINGTON — In a politicalembarrassment for Republicans,House GOP leaders on Fridayabruptly cancelled a vote on a bill

to update the George W. Bush-era

No Child Left Behind educationlaw after struggling to find sup-port from conservatives.

The bill would keep the annualtesting requirements on schoolsbut would give more freedom tostates and districts to s pend feder-al dollars and identify and fix fail-

ing schools. But conservativeopponents said it doesn’t go farenough to let states and districtsset education p olicy. Such conser-vative groups as Heritage Actionfor America and Club for Growthare among the op ponents.

“We have a constitutional duty

as members of Congress to returneducation decisions to parents andstates,” Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., wrote this week onFacebook.

Democrats also dislike the billand said it would abdicate the fed-eral government’s responsibility

to ensure that poor, minority, dis-abled and non-English speakingstudents go to good schools andthat billions of federal educationdollars are spent wisely. TheWhite House threatened to vetothe bill, calling it “a significantstep backwards.”

House Republican leaders scrap education vote

Bordering ondysfunctionCongress OKs one-week bill to

keep Homeland Security openBy David Espoand Erica WernerTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — Bordering ondysfunction, Congress passed aone-week bill late Friday nigh t toavert a partial shutdown of theHomeland Security Department,as leaders in both political par-ties quelled a revolt by Houseconservatives furious that themeasure left President BarackObama’s immigration policyintact.

The final vot e of a long day andnight was a bipartisan 357-60 inthe House, a little more than an

hour after the Senate cleared themeasure without so much as a rollcall.

That sent the legislation tothe White House for Obama’ssignature, and capped a day of bruising political battles and

rhetoric to match.“You have made a mess ,” House

Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosisaid at one poin t to Republicans,as recriminations filled the Housechamber and the midnight dead-line neared for a partial shutdownof an agency with major anti -ter-rorism responsibilities.

Even some Republicans readilyagreed.

“There are terrorist attacks allover world and we’re talkingabout closing down HomelandSecurity. This is like living inworld of crazy people,” tweetedRep. Peter King of New York, aformer chairman of the Homeland

Security Committee.Hours after conservatives jo in ed with Democrat s to vo tedown a three-week funding meas-ure, 224 -203, the Senate present-ed a one-week alternative to keepopen the agency, which has

responsibility for border controlas well as anti-terrorist measures.

That amounted to a take-it-or-leave it o ffer less t han th ree hoursbefore the deadline.

Some Republican oppon ents —members of a “Freedom Caucus”

— sat tog ether in the chamber asthe vote to tal mounted in the leg-islation ’s favor.

This time, Pelosi urged herrank-and-file to support theshort-term measure, saying itwould lead to passage next week

of a bill to fund the agencythrough the Sept. 30 end of thebudget year without immigrationadd-ons. Aides to Speaker JohnBoehner promptly said there hadbeen no such promise made.

Taken together, the day’s

roller-coaster events at theCapitol underscored the difficultyRepublicans h ave had so far thisyear in translating last fall’s elec-tion gains into legislativeaccomplish ment — a step its ownleaders say is necessary to estab-

lish the party’s credentials as aresponsible, governing party.Republicans gained control of the Senate in November’s ballo t-ing, and emerged with theirlargest House majority in morethan 70 years.

Further demonstrating GOPwoes, House GOP leaders abruptlycalled off a vot e on a majo r educa-tion bill t hat had attracted signi f-icant opposition from conserva-tiv es as well as Democrats and theWhite House.

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open Rachel’s Cakes, located at 737California Drive in Burlingame, last April.

A novice businesswoman, Richenbachsaid she has thoroughly enj oyed the processof starting her own company, though it hasbeen scary at times.

“I definitely took a leap of faith,” she

said. “It’s been terrifying and exciting.”Richenbach honed her baking skills

while working at Sib by’s Cupcakery in SanMateo. But after growing t ired of cupcakes,she left the company in 2009, and sworeshe would never bake for the rest o f her life.

Years later though, while working as ananny, Richenbach began to grow sweet onbaking again. That led to her making cakesfor friends and family on the weekend,which gradually grew to her house beingoverwhelmed by sweet treats.

The transition from home baker to shopowner has been eased by relying on cus-tomers who she served prior to opening thecompany, she said.

But more importantly, Richenbach saidshe depended on her friendship with ArleneRodriguez, a former colleague at Sibby’s,who joined her in opening the company.

Rodriguez specializes in creating cus-tomized cakes, offering customers anoppo rtunity to design th eir order in whatev-er shape or flavor they wish.

The initial inspiration to begin customiz-ing stemmed from an order to mold a cake inthe shape of a Jordan brand athletic shoe,said Richenbach.

She said she had never tried to express hercreativity in shaping a cake, b ut loved theprocess.

“It was so much fun, I couldn’t beli eve it, ”she said.

Richenbach and Rodriguez now encouragecustomers to think as far out of the box aspossible, and form unique cakes that

express the personality of those who willbe enjoying them.

Some of the customized cakes the twohave come up with include a snare drum, abaseball stadium, a lobster, a zombie andmany more designs.

Richenbach said she recalls Rodriguezmaking a cake featuring a replica of a h umanflesh that was especially disturbing.

“It was disgusting,” Richenbach said. “Itwas so cool. ”

The company also offers wedding cakes,

which the two said can be extremely stress-ful to create, but also satisfying to deliver.

Rodriguez said she appreciates the valuecake can play in a wedding, and role the bak-ery will play i n th e couple’s marriage.

“You are part of someone’s forever. Youare being sewn into people’s lives, and thatis really neat,” she said.

Beyond the wedding cakes and creativedesigns, Richenbach said the most popularcake is the Aunt Mouse cake, named inhonor of her aunt who worked in a bakery

and helped develop h er love for cakes.Richenbach said a portion of the profits

from each sale of the vanilla cake layeredwith cream cheese filling and strawberrygoes to t he American Cancer Society.

She said opening and running a companywithout a business background can be diffi-cult, but also tremendously rewarding.

Both Richenbach and Rodriguez agreethey do not p ine for the days when they wereable to leave their work behind, and appre-ciate the challenge of how the company haschanged their life.

But the shop’s owner said working withher friend has been the icing on the cake.

“I went into it wary, because I was afraid of going into business with a friend,” sheRichenbach. “But it ’s been wonderful work-ing together. I couldn’t imagine goingthrough th is with anyone else.”

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ants on the hit Fox music competitionshow, said many nights he was not able tosleep more than two hours, between audi-tions, practices, photo shoots, recordinginterviews and performances.

“That was the most challenging part,” hesaid. “Having to work and work and work .. .and then trying to stay awake.”

But despite exhaustion from the crazywork schedule, and his early exit from theshow which was aired last week, Anoa’i saidthe experience only fueled his fire to per-form.

The hours spent developing his craft onthe show taught him the dedication neces-sary to succeed as a performer, he said.

“It helped me define the ty pe of work ethicthat I need to last in the industry,” he said.

Anoa’i, a junior at Junipero Serra High

School in San Mateo, advanced through theSan Francisco regional competition andonto the next round hosted in Hollywood.

Previous to entering the competition,Anoa’i had limited experience performingpublicly, but he said he gradually becamemore comfortable singing for large audi-ences and superstar judges such as JenniferLopez, Keith Urban and Harry Conni ck Jr.

Since his elimination, through recogni-tion from the show, Anoa’i said he hasbooked shows as nearby as San Franciscoand as far away as Las Vegas and Hawaii.

Going forward, he saidrecord labels have reachedout to him to express in ter-est in signing him.

“I think this confirmedthat I do want to be an en ter-tainer,” he said. “The work is

hard. But when I get on s tage and perform, Ifeel at home. The work is a necessity,” hesaid.

His sister initially encouraged him toaudition for the show, despite mostly onlyhaving experience singing in his localchurch before joining the competition.

The support of his family, friends andchurch was integral to helping him survivethe stress of performing, he said.

“All I’ve heard is positive love and sup-port. Even when I got cut, all I heard waspositivity, regardless of the outcome,” hesaid.

Contest ants on American Idol are requiredto sign a confidentiality agreement, whichlimits the amount of people a performer onthe show can contact, and the informationthey can share.

Luckily, Anoa’i s aid that he comes from abig family, so although the contract stipu-lated he could only speak on th e phone withimmediate members of his family, that stillincluded a large suppo rt sys tem.

Throughout the process, he said it wasimportant for him to remember that he was

not just competing for himself.“The motiv ation was my family,” h e said.

“I was doing th is for my community.”He said he studied remotely for the dura-

tion of the contest, but found it difficult tofocus on school amidst all the practices and

performances.“There was definitely no t ime for school, ”

he said.Anoa’i expressed his appreciation for the

support that the school showed himthroughout the process, and the way hisclassmates have welcomed him home.

Anoa’i said he learned many valuable les-sons during the process auditioning on theshow, but most importantly, that his goalsas a performer are attainabl e.

“I’m never going to give up on mydreams,” he said. “People told me that mydreams were out of reach. And I may nothave made it to the top. But if you alwayschase your dreams, nothing can stop you.”

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BEIRUT — Backed by U.S.-led coalitionairstrikes, Kurdish fighters fought their wayFriday into a northeastern Syrian town thatwas a key stronghold of Islamic State mili-tants, only days after the group abducteddozens of Christians in t he volatile region,Syrian activis ts and Kurdish o fficials said.

The victory marks a second blow to theextremist IS group in a month, highlight-

ing t he growing rol e of Syria’s Kurds as th emost effective fighting force against theIslamic State. In January, Kurdish forcesdrove IS militants from the town of Kobaninear the Turkish border after a month s-longfight, dealing a very public defeat to theextremists.

But it is also tempered by t his week’s hor-rific abduction s by IS milit ants of more than220 Christian Assyrians in the same area,along th e fluid and fast shiftin g front lin e inSyria.

Kurdish fighters take townnear Iraq from Islamic State

By Laura Mills and Vladmir Isachenkov THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MOSCOW — Boris Nemtsov, a charismat-ic Russian opposition leader and sharp crit-ic of President Vladimir Putin, was gunned

down Saturday near the Kremlin, just a daybefore a planned protest agains t the gov ern-ment.

The death of Nemtsov, a 55-year-old for-mer deputy prime minister, ignited a furyamong opposition figures who assailed theKremlin for creating an atmosphere of intolerance of any dissent and called thekilling an assassination. Putin quicklyoffered his condolences and called the mur-der a provocation.

Nemtsov was workin g on a report present -ing evidence that he believed provedRussia’s direct involvement in the sepa-ratist rebellion that has raged in easternUkraine since last April. Ukraine and theWest accuse Russia of backing the rebelswith troops and sophisticated weapons.Moscow denies t he accusation s.

Putin ordered Russia’stop law enforcementchiefs to personallyoversee the probe of Nemtsov’s killing.

“Putin noted that this

cruel murder has all themakings of a contract hitand is extremelyprovocative,” presiden-tial spokesman Dmitry

Peskov said in remarks carried by Russiannews agencies.

President Barack Obama called onRussia’s gov ernment to perform a “prompt,impartial and transparent” investigation tobring the perpetrators to justice. Obamacalled Nemtsov a “tireless advocate” for therights of Russian citizens.

Nemtsov assailed the government’s inef-ficiency, rampant corruption and theKremlin’s Ukraine policy, which hasstrained relations between Russia and theWest to a degree unseen since Cold Wartimes.

Prominent Russian oppositionfigure Boris Nemtsov shot dead

By Laurie KellmanTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — Jewish HouseDemocrats personally offered Israeli PrimeMinister Benjamin Netanyahu a chance tolower the political temperature after heaccepted a Republican invitation to speakto Congress next week on Iran — a lessprovocative, closed-door session.

Netanyahu turned them down, frustratingmembers of President Barack Obama’s partywho are caught between the White House andthe Israeli leader.

Democrats face an unenviable choice onTuesday: Attend the sp eech and listen to t heIsraeli leader criticize the p resident over hiseffort to negotiate a deal with Iran on itsnuclear capability. Or skip it and face com-plaints that they failed to show solidaritywith Netanyahu.

Democrats are largely resigned to t he sit u-

ation although still bitter about beingcaught in between. They’re directing their

wrath at House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, who invited Netanyahu without con-sulting with the White House and StateDepartment. And they’re publicly disagree-

ing with the Israeli leader, too.Rep. Sander Levin, R-Mich., called

Boehner’s invit ation to Netanyahu “a strict-ly political ploy by the speaker to try toreinforce the Republicans’ position onIsrael and divide Democrats.”

Netanyahu was “mistaken to agree to it,”he said. “Speaker Boehner is playing poli-tics with the critical is sue of Israel’s securi-ty. That’s beyond pardon as far as I’m con-cerned.”

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., who urgedIsraeli officials to move or postpone thespeech, said the temperature “has remainedat a simmer for some time. I think theimportant thing is we not let the criticalsignificance of the Iranian nuclear issue beovershadowed.”

Some Democrats will s kip t he speech, b utSchiff will attend.

Mexico official: Policecapture top capo ‘La Tuta’ Gomez

MEXICO CITY — Servando “La Tuta”Gomez, a former school teacher whobecame one of Mexico’s most-wanted druglords as head of the Knights Templar car-tel, was captured early Friday by federalpolice, according to Mexican officials.

Gomez was arrested in a house inMorelia, the capital of the western state of Michoacan, without a sh ot fired, accordingto a Mexican official who sp oke on con di-

tion of anonymity because he was notauthorized to discuss the case. He said theoperation was based on months of intelli-gence work.

The 49-year-old led the KnightsTemplar, a quasi-religious criminal groupthat once ruled all of Michoacan, control-ling politics and commerce and preachinga code of ethics around devotion to Godand family, even as it murdered and plun-dered.

Democrats caught betweenObama, Netanyahu on speech

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Dow 18,132.70 -81.72 10-Yr Bond 2.00 -0.01Nasdaq 4,963.53 -24.36 Oil (per barrel) 49.25

S&P 500 2,104.50 -6.24 Gold 1,213.70

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the NewYork Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:NYSEJ.C. Penney Co., down 62 cents to $8.50 The department store operator reported a surprise fourth-quarter lossamid increasing expenses and a disappointing sales outlook.Weight Watchers International Inc., down $6.23 to $11.33 The weight-loss program operator issued an outlook for this year’s profitsthat fell far below Wall Street’s expectations.Infoblox Inc., up $2.02 to $23.25 The network automation company reported a quarterly loss, but itsresults adjusted for one-time gains and costs beat Wall Streetexpectations. Tetra Technologies Inc., up 99 cents to $5.97 The oil and gas services company posted a fourth-quarter loss, but aftereliminating non-recurring costs, its results topped Wall Streetexpectations.Gap Inc., up $1.23 to $41.60 The retailer reported stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter results assales continued to improve for Old Navy, its largest brand.NasdaqMonster Beverage Corp., up $16.38 to $141.12 The energy drink maker reported a boost in fourth-quarter sales andprofit, topping Wall Street expectations.Clean Energy Fuels Corp., up 97 cents to $6.01 The provider of natural gas as an alternative fuel for vehicle fleets reportedbetter-than-expected fourth-quarter results.Horizon Pharma PLC, up $1.46 to $20.53 The drugmaker reported fourth-quarter results that topped expectationsand issued a positive outlook.

Big movers

By Alex Veiga THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

February proved to be a strong monthfor U.S. s tocks, even though it ended indownbeat fashion.

Major stock indexes closed lower onFriday, cappin g a week o f subdued trad-ing that st ill delivered a couple of newhighs for the Dow Jones i ndustrial aver-age and Standard & Poor’s 50 0 index. Italso brought the Nasdaq compositewithin striking distance of its March2000 high.

The Nasdaq notched the biggestmonthly gain at 7.1 percent. But theS&P 500’s 5.5 percent performancemarked its best mont hly i ncrease sinceOctober 2011, and a turnaround from its3.1 percent slide in January. The Dowrose 5.6 percent for the month.

Trading was listless for much of Friday as investors balanced encourag-ing reports on housing and consumerconfidence against data showing that

the U.S. economy grew at a slowerannual rate in the final month s of 201 4than previously estimated. Oil rose,recouping so me of its l osses from a dayearlier. Technology stocks were amongthe big gest decliners.

“Many people are trying to figure outwhat to do, taking some profits whenthey can. We saw that over the past cou-ple of days with tech stocks,” said JJKinahan, TD Ameritrade’s chief strate-gist. “It’s a wait-and-see attitude.”

The Dow ended down 81. 72 p oints , or0.5 percent, to 18,132.70. That’s 0.5percent below its most-recent high of 18, 224. 57 on Wednesday.

The S&P 500 sli d 6.24 poin ts, or 0. 3percent, to 2,104.50. The index is

down 0.5 from a high of 2,115.48 onTuesday.

The Nasdaq fell 24.36 points, or 0.5percent, to 4,963.53. The index hasbeen inching closer to crossing the5,000-point mark, something it hasn’tdone since March 2000 at th e height of the dot-com era. It’s now within 86points of that peak.

The three main U.S. stock indexes areall up for the year.

The current bull market, now in itssixth year, h as been powered by strongcorporate earnings growth and lowinterest rates, which make stocks moreattractive relative to bon ds. Strong jobgrowth and improving consumer confi-dence have also encouraged traders,despite si gns o f sluggishness in Europe

and elsewhere.Some of that confidence appeared

shaken o n Friday, when the CommerceDepartment reported that the U.S.economy grew at an annual rate of 2.2percent in the October-December quar-ter, weaker than the 2.6 percent esti-mate last month. The latest growthprojection represents a major slow-down from the previous quarter, whichproduced the strongest growth in 11years.

Other economic bellwethers weremore upbeat: An index of pending h omesales, an indicator of potentially com-pleted sales, rose in January and theDecember figure was revised higher toshow a smaller decline. Separately, the

University of Michigan’s index of con-sumer sentiment slipp ed this mon th. Itremains at the highest level in eightyears.

“The market does not have a clear cat-alyst to either cause it to sell off or tosurge forward, and we’re getting a littleexpensive from a valuation perspec-tive,” said David Heidel, regionalinvestment director at U.S. BankWealth Management.

Investors sho uld get a better sense of the economy and consumers’ willing-ness to spend next week, whenautomakers report their February salesfigures and the government issues itsmonthly update on hiring.

All told, eight of the 10 sectors in theS&P 500 ended lower, with technology

stocks notching the biggest decline.The sector is up 4.2 percent this year.Consumer staples rose the most . Thosestocks are up 2. 9 percent this year.

Several energy companies wereamong the bi ggest decliners in t he S&P500.

Southwestern Energy fell $1.27, or4.8 percent, to $25.08, while NRGEnergy lost 7 9 cents, or 3.2 p ercent, to$23.98. Chesapeake Energy slid 52cents, or 3 percent, to $16.68.

Stocks slip after weaker growth

By Martin Crutsinger

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — The U.S. econo my grewat a modest annual rate of 2.2 percent in thefourth quarter, less than half the th ird quarter’storrid 5 percent rate and weaker than the gov-ernment first reported. Here are five reasonswhy Friday’s gross domestic product reportshowed that the economy is doing just fine:

REALISTIC GROWTHThe sizzling growth rate in the July-

September quarter was never going to last.One-time factors, such as a 16 percent surgein federal defense spending, fueled thestrongest acceleration in almost a dozenyears. The th ird quarter growth fo llowed a 4.6percent jump in the second quarter, which wasalso misleading. That was credited to a robust

rebound after harsh winter weather sent theeconomy into reverse in the first quarter.After such big swings, it’s natural that eco-

nomic growth would settle into a more sus-tainable pace.

CONSUMER STILL KINGThe centerpiece of the fourth quarter’s

growth was consumer spending, whichexpanded at a 4.2 percent rate. That was thestrongest quarterly growth since early 2006.Consumers benefited from falling gas prices,which gave them more to spend on otheritems. Consumer spending accounts for 70percent of economic activity, and econo-mists said the solid performance in the finalthree months of the year was an encouragingsign going into 2015.

BUSINESS SPENDINGAnother promising sign emerged from

companies. Friday’s report revealed that theyincreased investment spending to expand and

modernize their facilities at a solid 4.8 per-cent rate in the fourth quarter. While that wasdown from the pace over the previous six

months, it was a marked improvement overthe go vernment’s first estimate that b usiness

investment had only risen at a 1.9 percentpace during the three-month period.

The robust upward revisio n eased concernsthat businesses might cut back sharply oninvestment in the face of global economicweakness and a rising dollar, which hurtsexport sales. Moreover, on e area of weaknessin the government’s report Friday — a slow-down in business stockpili ng — may turn o utto be a good thing for the future. Slowerinventory building in the fourth quarter willmean that businesses will spend more in th ecoming months as they respond to risingdemand. That should then l ead to s tronger fac-tory production and ultimately, economicgrowth.

JOB GROWTH

While GDP growth slowed in the fourthquarter, the job market was on a roll. Thesurge continued into January, giving the

country the strong est pace of job creation in17 years - job gains of 42 3,00 in November,

329,000 in December and 257,000 inJanuary. Hopes for 2015 stem from the theo-ry that strong job growth and falling unem-ployment will force employers to startboosting salaries to attract workers. Thecombination of more jobs and rising salariesis likely to fuel strong consumer spendingthis year.

THE ROAD AHEAD

To be sure, not all the signals are flashinggreen. The GDP report sh owed that trade willlikely weigh on the economy this year.Imports shot up at a much faster rate thanexports, and the wider deficit subtracted 1.1percentage points from fourth quarter growth.The stronger dollar makes imports cheaperand more attractive to U.S. consumers but

dampens demand for U.S. exports. Housinghas also lagged in the recovery, though it isexpected to st rengthen this year.

Five reasons U.S. economy is stronger than Q4 GDP suggests

Uber says databasecontaining driver info was breached

NEW YORK — Uber says a database containing the namesand drivers’ license numbers of 50,000 of its drivers wasbreached in May. The ride-sharing service says it has noti-fied the drivers and hasn’t received any reports of the in for-mation being misused. Uber says it will offer a one-yearmembership i n Experian’s ProtectMyID Alert identit y th eftprotection service to the drivers involved.

The company s aid Friday th e breach affects drivers in mul-tiple states, but involves on ly a “small percentage” of itscurrent and former drivers.

Uber says it discovered a potential breach in September. Itannounced the events i n a st atement posted on i ts blo g anddescribed them as a on e-time occurrence.

Google’s Blogger drops planto block nude pics amid uproar

NEW YORK — Actually, it is OK to post nudes onGoogle’s Blogger service.

Google is backing off a Tuesday announcement to bansexually explicit material on public Blogger sites. Thecompany said Friday that there was an outcry from peopleincensed about the censorship of their nude photos.

Mountain View-based Google had warned that Bloggerusers had until March 23 to remove most nude pictures ortheir site would be switched to private mode — only avail-able to the authors and invited viewers.

By Christopher S. RugaberTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — The number of Americans signing contracts to buyhomes rose at a healthy pace inJanuary, a sign that home sales arepois ed to accelerate after a slow start tothe year.

The National Association of Realtors said Friday that its seaso nallyadjusted pending home sales indexincreased 1.7 percent to 104.2 last

month. December’s figure was also

revised higher to show a decline of only 1.5 percent, considerably betterthan a previously estimated drop of 3.7 percent.

The index is now 8.4 percent aboveits level one year ago and is at thehighest level since August 2 013.

The data point to a rebound in salesof existing homes in the comingmonths, particularly as the springbuying season gets underway.Measures of sales and construction felllast month, raising concerns that the

housing market would continue to

struggle after a weak 2014 . But econo-mists expect that strong job gains,low mortgage rates and sol id consumerconfidence will give a moderate boostto home sales this year.

“Through the volatility, the trend inhome sales is probably up modestly atleast,” Jim O’Sullivan, chief U.S.economist at High FrequencyEconomics, said in a n ote to clients.

Pending sales are a barometer of future purchases. A one- t o t wo-monthlag usually exists between a contract

and a completed sale.

Signed contracts to buy U.S. homes rise to 18-month high

By Candice ChoiTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

HUNTINGTON BEACH — At a tacoshop in Southern California, milk-shakes are served in mason jars and achalkboard menu lists “The 1%er”made with lo bster meat.

The logo is a pink skull and insteadof buzzers, customers are given licens eplates so servers can identify them

when bringing out orders.Nowhere is it evident that the U.S.

Taco Co. is an o utpost of a chain bett erknown for cheesy gut bombs: TacoBell.

Major companies are testingwhether it would pay to tuck away theirworld famous logos in favor of morehipster guises: PepsiCo, for in stance,introduced a craft soda called Caleb’slast year and McDonald’s opened a cafe

that lists lentils and eggplant on itsmenu. The stealth efforts reflect thepressures on the country’s biggestfood makers, which are contendingwith the surging popularity of smallerbrands that position themselves asdecidedly less corporate.

For big food companies, the low-key efforts are a way feel out changi ngtastes and cozy up to new customers,particularly those in their 20 s and 30s.

As tastes change, big food makers try hipster guises

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By Nathan MollatDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

SANTA CLARA — A lot of attention hasbeen paid this season to the offense theSacred Heart Prep boys’ basketball teamplays.

And why n ot? The Gators averaged over 70poin ts p er game during the regular season.

Friday ni ght, however, SHP proved it canget down and dirty defensively. Suffering apoor-shooting game, the Gators used theirdefense to stifle Riordan 51-46 in the first

round of the Central Coast Section OpenDivision playoffs at Wilcox High.

“We’ve had games l ike th at thi s y ear,” s aidSHP coach Tony Martinelli. “Our guys justkept fighting.”

Making the Gators defensive performanceeven more remarkable is the fact that a bigfacet o f that defense is its full-court p ress. Inorder to implement it, however, the Gatorsneed to be scoring. In the first half, theywent more than seven minutes betweenpoints and nearly nine minutes betweenfield goals.

“A big part of our defense is our press,”

Martinelli said. “When we’re not scoring,we’re not pressing.”

Yet despit e having an off-night scoringand the bread-and-butter of their defense notfully functioning, the Gators still managedto win the first Open Division basketballgame in school history.

It was by no means easy. SHP (23-2) ledby as many as 12 po ints midway through thefourth quarter, 43-31, before Riordan (15-10) made one last push, with EddieStansberry leading th e way.

The junior guard scored six of his team-high 16 points down the stretch as the

Crusaders attacked the Gators’ press and gotto t he rim. They outscored SHP 15-7 ov er thefinal 3:51 , but the Gators did just enough tohold them off.

“Watching film on them, [Stansberry]stands out,” Martinelli said. “We reallyfocused on him to limit his to uches.”

Stansberry had only four points in thefirst half and was held below his 18-pointaverage.

The shot that sent SHP into the semifi-nals, however, came from Connor Moses,

Sacred Heart Prep holds off Riordan

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Forward Jake Killingsworth, right, is defended by Half Moon Bay’s Tommy Nuño as he goes tothe hoop amid Serra’s 24-2 first-quarter outburst. The Padres went on to a big 66-29 victoryin Friday’s Central Coast Section Open Division opener to advance to Tuesday’s semifinals.

By Terry BernalDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Serra opened its postseason with other-worldly intensity. The scoreboard follow-ing the first quarter proved it.

The No. 2-seeded Padres rolled to a 66-29victory over No. 7 Half Moon Bay inFriday’s Central Coast Section OpenDivision opener at Wilcox High School. Inthe first quarter, Serra outscored Half MoonBay by a ridiculous margin of 24 -2.

Serra (20-5) opened the game with 22unanswered points as forward JakeKillingsworth went on a 3-point spree. Butit was th e Padres’ full-court press that s tole

the show by stonewalling the Cougars (24-3), who turned the ball over 11 times in thefirst quarter.

“Today we were able to get the ball goin gsideways and get some steals on the leads’passes, ” Serra head coach Chuck Rapp said.“Our defense created offense.”

It took Half Moon Bay three-and-a-half minutes to log t heir first shot attempt. Thatattempt was blocked by Serra forward PaulSmoot. A minute later, Half Moon Baythrew up its next shot — an air ball. TheCougars finally had a shot hit iron with2:22 remaining in the opening quarter.

“My fear was gett ing overwhelmed,” Half Moon Bay head coach Rich Forslund said.“We got overwhelmed. The game was over.”

Senior guard Jimmy Wohrer got Serra onthe board in the opening minute with a

quick steal and a gliding l ay-up to the hoo p.Then Killingsworth capped anotherCougars turnover by drilling a 3-po inter anddrawing a foul in the process to convert afour-point play.

Serra’s nex t two po ssessi ons were punctu-ated by Killingsworth 3-pointers as Half Moon Bay was forced to take a timeout trail-ing 12-0 without even having attempted ashot.

“It’s a great feeling,” Killingsworth saidof being in the zone. “I’ve got to thank myteammates. They’re the ones hitting mewith [passes]. It was just my night. Theywere just g oing in.”

Serra dominates HMB

By Ian HarrisonTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TORONTO — Klay Thompson scored 25points, Stephen Curry had 22 and theGolden State Warriors never trailed in anemphatic 113-89 victory over the strug-gling Toronto Raptors on Friday night.

Draymond Green had 17 points and ninerebounds for the Warriors, who bounced backfrom Thursday’s 110-99 loss at Clevelandand improved to 10 -2 in t he second game of back-to-backs, t he best mark in the NBA.

Tempers flared after

Golden State’s Festus

Ezeli pushed Toronto’s

Tyler Hansbrough in the

throat after they tangled

under the basket with

seconds remaining in

the third. Hansbrough

responded by chasing

after Ezeli, sh oving him

and throwing a punch that failed to connect.

Both players received double technical

fouls and were ejected.

Terrence Ross scored 18 p oint s and DeMar

DeRozan had 14 for the Raptors, who

matched their longest losing streak of the

season with their fourth straight defeat.Golden State was among th e teams to b eat

Toronto in its previous four-game skid,from Dec. 30 to Jan. 8. That stretch alsoincluded losses at Phoeni x and Portland, anda home defeat to Charlot te.

Forward Patrick Patterson replaced AmirJohnson in the starting lineup, but thechange did nothing to boost Toronto’soffense. The Raptors shot 1 for 19 in thefirst, missing their final 16 attempts andsettin g a record for the worst si ngle-quartermark in team history at 5.3 percent.

Toronto’s previous worst was a 1-for-15performance in th e fourth quarter at Indianaon Nov. 13, 201 2, a game it won 74-72.

The Warriors are in th e midst of a s tretchthat sees them play five times in sevendays.

Splash Brothers lead Warriors past reeling Raptors

By Iris HungDAILY JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT

SAN JOSE — The Peninsula AthleticLeague started out strong with 10 out of 12high school teams staying alive at theCentral Coast Section boys’ wrestling tour-nament Friday.

Half Moon Bay stood out with eightwrestlers still competing for a spot at thestate wrestling tournament. Edrey Casamina(113), Emilio Bautista (120), and MarcosSarabia (220) are in the quarterfinals of thechampion’s brackets, whereas their team-mates Evan Marshall (126), Will Fullerton(132), Omar Droubi (138), Hugo Plancarte

(160), and Kim Alves (170) are in the con-sultation b rackets looki ng to finish off withthird place

Neither Casamina and Bautist a have n everplaced at the section tournament before.Before this weekend’s tournament,Casamina has never qualified for CCS.However, Bautista qualified for CCS lastyear, but went 1-2 in the same weight classhe is in this year. Their teammate Sarabia,on the other hand, placed sixth at both the2013 and 2014 section tournament.

This year Half Moon Bay is determined toget their wrestlers qualified for state. Withthree wrestlers in the champion’s bracketand five in the consolation bracket, theyhave a pretty g ood chance in succeeding.

“We had a guy to go s tate two years ago. Itwould be nice to get everyone to go t o state.

We’re shooting for all eight to go to statetomorrow,” Half Moon Bay coach TomBaker said.

Additional stand outs of Day 1 wereSequoia’s Masa Danovitz (113), ElCamino’s Christian Diokno (120), andMenlo Atherton’s Donald LaHaye (182), allof which went 3-0 Friday and are in the quar-terfinals.

Danovitz was an underdog at the finals of the Peninsula Athletic League tournamentlast weekend and ended up surprising thecrowd as he clinched the title. Friday heproved that he is a tough competitor as hewon two matches by fall and one by deci-sion.

Day One goes well

for PAL wrestlers

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See WRESTLE, Page 14See PADRES, Page 14

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By Terry BernalDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Cañada men’s basketball is a team on a mis-sion.

Just one season after posting a 5-22 overallrecord, the Colts are talking a state champi-onship run. They got off to a splendid start inFriday’s Northern California Regional opener

with a 79-75 win at Diablo Valley Coll ege.No. 9-seed Cañada played it close, taking a

33-32 lead into halftime. But freshmanCrisshawn Clark sparked the Colts with aquick 3-pointer to start the second half. Clarkadded a lay-in as Cañada went on a 5-1 run andcommanded the floor from there.

Five Cañada players scored in double fig-ures with Rohn dell Goodwin totaling a game-

high 20 points and added seven rebounds andfive steals.

Cañada sophomore Israel Hakim added 15,Clark had 13, Manny Martin had 12 andKenny Hatch scored 10 and added fourassists . Martin — who miss ed Cañada’s sea-son fin ale with a abdominal injury — lookedunfazed Friday while grabbing a team-highnine rebounds.

Olajuwon Garner paced DVC with 14points.

Beyond the numbers, it was Cañada fresh-man Rodrigo Puliceno who stole the show asa defender. Puliceno’s assignment in theColts’ aggressiv e man-to-man defense was toguard Half Moon Bay standout Rico Nuño,DVC’s second leading scorer. Puliceno heldthe freshman guard to five po ints .

“Rodrigo, I can’t say enough about him,”Cañada head coach Mike Reynoso said.“Everybody he has gone against he has shutdown. … He is a guy who rises to the chal-lenge every time defensively and really t akespride in shutting guys down. It’s really apleasure to watch.”

With the win, Cañada advances to Tuesday’sNor Cal semifinals to take on the winner of

Saturday’s matchup between No. 2 San JoseCity and No. 18 Sequoias. The Colts haveplayed both this season. They handledSequoias Dec. 12 9 1-87. However, it was SanJose City who handed Cañada its first loss of the year Nov. 14 77-70.

“To be honest, I thi nk our guys want to p laySan Jose and want a little bit of revenge,”Reynoso said.

Skyline eliminated by SierraThe Lady Trojans were eliminated from their

first playoff appearance in three years with a75-65 loss to Sierra.

Sierra broke a tie by going on a five-pointrun with 3:3 0 remaining in the game and keptSkyline at a distance until th e final buzzer.

“Great battle,” Skyline head coach Chris

Watters said. “It was just on e of tho se thin gswhere they got a couple (baskets) down thestretch, we got called for a couple offensivefouls. It was a swing of momentum and wecouldn’t bounce back.”

Skyli ne’s Monique Garrett had a team-high15 poin ts. Tianna Mitchell had 13 points andStephanie Allen added 12. Sahara Clay had 15rebounds and five blocked shots.

Cañada men advance in Nor Cal, Skyline women fall


KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Jed Lowrie was awayfrom the Houston Astros for two season s —not by choice.

Houston t raded him to Oaklan d in February2013 as part of a five-player deal thatbrought Chris Carter to the Astros.

“To be hon est, I was a little disappoin ted,”Lowrie said Friday. “I liked the idea of beinga part of an organization that was buildingsomething , p retty much from the ground up.And that’s not to say my experience inOakland wasn’t great — we made the play-offs both y ears I was there, won the divisio nthe first year. ... That was good for me, butI’m happy to be back.”

Given the chance to pick a team as a freeagent, Lowrie agreed in December to a $23million , three-year deal with t he Astros.

He returns as a proven 31-year-old short-stop.

“He’s entering the stage of his careerwhere presence matters, where his steadi-ness matters, ” manager A.J. Hinch said. “He

and I are very aligned onthe preparation compo-nent of the game, andhaving him be familiarwith (Jose) Altuve in themiddle of the infield isfantastic for me.”

Lowrie and Altuveformed Houston’s dou-ble-play combination in2012 , Lowrie’s only sea-

son with the Astros and the first full seasonin the majors for Altuve, no w a two-time All-Star and the reignin g AL batting champion.

Lowrie hit .290 with 15 homers and 75RBIs two years ago as Oakland won the ALWest. A broken index finger cut intoLowrie’s production last season, when hebatted .249 with s ix ho mers and 50 RBIs.

“We have guys who have come in fromother organizations that have had some suc-cess, and so that raises the expectationsacross the board,” Astros general managerJeff Luhno w said. “Our fans expect more thi s

year, and rightly so.”

Lowrie happy back in Houston

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Earl Lloy d was a play er and coach, an NBAchampion and later a Hall of Famer. Withinthe basketball world, he’s something muchbigger.

He was a pioneer.Lloyd, the first black player in NBA his-

tory, died Thursday at 86. West Virginia

State, his alma mater, confirmed the deathbut did not prov ide details.

“The NBA family has lo st o ne of its patri-archs,” NBA Commissioner Adam Silversaid in a statement. “Earl Lloyd, the firstAfrican-American to play in an NBA game,was as inspirational as he was understated.He was known as a modest gentleman whoplayed the game with skil l, class , and pride.His legacy survives in the league he helpedintegrate, and the entire NBA family willstrive to always honor his memory.”

Lloyd made his NBA debut i n 1 950 for theWashington Capitols, just before blackplayers Sweetwater Clifton and Chuck

Cooper played their firstgames.

Lloyd helped theSyracuse Nationals winthe 1955 NBA title, jo in-ing teammate Jim Tuckeras the first black playersto play on a champi-onship team. Lloyd later

became the first blackassistant coach with the

Detroit Pistons in 19 68.The National Basketball Retired Players

Association said Lloyd “forever changed thegame of basketball” on Halloween night in1950. The organization hailed him as “aleader, a pioneer, a soldier.” Lloyd missedthe 1951-52 season while in the Army.

“Modest and willing to share his storywith anyone when asked, Earl offered avivid window into our nation’s segregatedpast and personified change in this coun-try,” th e NBRPA said. “A truly his toric fig -ure in American histo ry has pas sed.”

The 6-foot-5 forward averaged 8.4 pointsand 6.4 rebounds in 560 regular-seasongames in nine seasons with Washington,Syracuse and Detroit. Inducted into theBasketball Hall of Fame in 2003 as a con-tributor, Lloyd was 22-55 as Detroit’s coachin 1971-72 and the first nine games in the1972-73 season.

“Our franchise will always remember the

impact and contributions Earl made to thegame of basketball and to the DetroitPistons as a player, head coach and televi-sion analyst,” the Pistons said.

Lloyd, a native of Alexandria, Virginia,lived in Crossville, Tennessee.

West Virginia State President BrianHemphill called Lloyd a “trailblazer whowas a true champion. ”

“When Earl stepped out on the court onthat fateful date in 1950, this remarkableman rightfully earned his place in the his-toric civil rights movement and, moreimportant, he opened the door to equality i nAmerica.”

Earl Lloyd, 1st black player in NBA, dies at 86

Earl Lloyd

By Don KetchumTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Casey McGehee hasbeen everywhere on the baseball map.

He played high school ball near SantaCruz, California, played collegiately atFresno State and then began a tour that too khim to Chicago (Cubs), Milwaukee(Brewers), Pittsburgh (Pirates), New York(Yankees), Japan (Tohoku Rakuten GoldenEagles) and Miami (Marlins).

Now he is back in his old stompinggrounds, or close to them, after being tradedfrom Miami to the San Francisco Giants andhe said it “just feels right.”

“I don’t know how else to put it,”McGehee said Friday. “I have loved every-where I’ve been and have learned a lot, but

there’s something about coming back tothe area where you grew up.”When the Giants lost Pablo Sandoval to

free agency, they began to look for a veter-an presence at th ird base and general manag-er Brian Sabean dealt min or league pitchersKendry Flores and Luis Castillo to the

Marlins for McGehee.“The guys here have

made it (the transition)easy for me. It didn’t takelong for them to startragging’ on me,”McGehee said.

McGehee’s b est s easonwas 2010, when he hit.285 with 23 home runsand 104 RBIs in 157

games and was named the Brewers’ MVP.The 6-foot-1, 220-pound McGehee said he

has hit in the fifth spot for most of his career,sometimes fourth. In Miami last season, hehit fourth behind slugger Giancarlo Stanton.

“The spot doesn’t matter,” McGehee said.“I’m sure (manager Bruce Bochy) will figureout a good place for me.”

The conditions at AT&T Park can be l essthan ideal for h itters, but McGehee is quickto point out, “they’re not nearly as bad asCandlestick (Park) was. No matter where youplay, you still have to hit the ball hard.”

He hit the ball hard even during hi s one sea-son in Japan, where he hit .292 with 28

homers and 93 RBIs in 144 games.“It wasn’t ideal, b ut I enjoyed it, ” he said.

“I think baseball in Japan is better thanpeople give it credit for.”

Notes: Asked if closer Santiago Casilla

was doing OK after being hit in the leg by abatted ball on Thursday, Bochy said, “He

was dancing for me this morning.” Casilla

likely will return to th e field on Saturday. .. .

Bochy saw right-hander Tim Lincecum

throw Friday and said the t wo-time Nation al

League Cy Young Award winner “looked

goo d. He threw the ball well, had good com-mand of his pitches.”... The Giants will be

traveling in a bigger plane this season that

befits three World Series championships in

the last five years. “We have a lot of big

guys and now they will be more comfort-

able, get better rest,” Bochy said.

McGehee’s move to Giants a homecoming of sorts

Casey McGehee

Pierre retires after 14-year career

MIAMI — Outfiel der Juan Pierre anno uncedhis retirement Friday after a 14-year career inthe majors that i ncluded a World Series cham-pionshi p with the 200 3 Florida Marlins.

Pierre, 37, ranks 18th in career stolenbases with 614. He was a .295 hitter whofinished with 2,217 hits .

Pierre broke into the majors in 2000 withthe Rockies and also played fo

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