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Alawsuit over 641 invalidated Mills HighSchool Advanced Placement test scores wasvoluntarily withdrawn by the San MateoUnion High School District and a parentgroup yesterday, according to the district.

The voluntary withdrawal of the lawsuitby the district, along with the Mills VikingParent Group, removes any legal obstacles

to individual students or parents who maywish to prosecute their own claims againstthe College Board and its test administra-tors Educational Testing Service, accordingto a district press release. This comes on theheels of the U.S. District Courts denial of atemporary restraining order meant to returnAP test scores from the College Board inearly September.

The district initiated the lawsuit, along

with the Mills Viking Parent Group, toimmediately reverse the AP test invalida-tion decision, the release stated. The dis-trict contended that the College Board/ETSdecision for Mills is inconsistent with howthe College Board/ETS dealt with other sim-ilar situations. ... The district believed theindiscriminate invalidation of AP testscores unfairly penalized students who hadstudied long and hard to pass AP tests and

receive college credit. In those other cases,at least some of the test scores were releasedon a selective basis to provide fairness togroups of innocent students. In those cases,the students who were not accused of cheat-ing and for whom there was no proof of anunfair advantage were provided their testresults.

In seeking the same outcome for Mills

School district drops AP test scores lawsuit

San Mateo movestoward major gradeseparation projectNew track alignment at 25thAvenue a big priority for cityBy Bill SilverfarbDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Separating the train tracks from the streets near theHillsdale Caltrain Station in San Mateo is a priority for thecity as it is a necessity to help complete the vision of theRail Corridor plan and the Bay Meadows Phase II develop-ment currently under construction.

The city has pledged a total of $12 million to help pay forstreet connections in the area including at 28th and 31stavenues.

Last night, the council authorized the submittal of anapplication for $3.7 million of Measure A Grade SeparationProgram Funding from the San Mateo CountyTransportation Authority for preliminary engineering andenvironmental work for the 25th Avenue project. The citywill commit $1 million of the $12 million set aside for theoverall project for this preliminary work.

The city has invested more than a decade of planningwithin the Rail Corridor.

All of this planning envisioned a raised rail alignmentwith a grade separation at 25th Avenue and new street con-nections at 28th and 31st, Public Works Director Larry

Public asked to help solveRalstons traffic problemsBy Bill SilverfarbDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Belmonts Ralston Avenue can be a headache in the morn-ings as it is the only way to access the regions two majorhighways to get to work. It gets clogged near RalstonMiddle School every morning and afternoon as children aredropped off and picked up and bicyclists say it is downrightdangerous to ride on, especially when motorists exceed the40 mph in the hills west of Alameda de las Pulgas.

Recently, the City Council committed $150,000 to studythe corridor and find ways to ease the commute and is askingthe public to help solve the problem.

A community meeting was held in April to discuss theroads most troubled spots and where there may be opportu-

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A woman is reunited with her husband,who was one of hundreds of Navy Yard workers evacuated to a makeshift Red Crossshelter after a shooting,at the Nationals Park baseball stadium near the affected naval installation in Washington,D.C.

By Eric Tucker, Brett Zongkerand Lolita C. BaldorTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON An employee at adefense contractor used his pass to getinto the Washington Navy Yard andwent on a deadly shooting rampageMonday, spraying bullets in the hall-ways and firing from a balcony onworkers in an atrium below. Thirteenpeople were killed, including the gun-man.

The motive for the assault thedeadliest shooting on a militaryinstallation in the U.S. since thetragedy at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009 was a mystery, investigators said.

Mayor VincentGray said therewas no indicationit was a terroristattack, but headded that the pos-sibility had notbeen ruled out.

This is a hor-rific tragedy, hesaid.

The onslaughtat a single build-ing at the highlysecure Navy Yard

unfolded about 8:20 a.m. in the heartof the nations capital, less than fourmiles from the White House and two

miles from the Capitol.It put all of Washington on edge and

raised the specter of another well-coor-dinated terrorist strike or anotherattack from within, like Fort Hood.

The gunman, Aaron Alexis, a 34-year-old information technologyemployee and former Navy reservistwhose last known address was in FortWorth, Texas, died after a running gun-battle inside the building with police,investigators said.

He carried three weapons: an AR-15assault rifle, a shotgun, and a handgunthat he took from a police officer at thescene, according to two federal law

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Russian shot in quarrelover Kants philosophy

MOSCOW An argument in south-ern Russia over philosopher ImmanuelKant, the author of Critique of PureReason, devolved into pure mayhemwhen one debater shot the other.

Apolice spokeswoman in Rostov-onDon, Viktoria Safarova, said two men intheir 20s were discussing Kant as theystood in line to buy beer at a small storeon Sunday. The discussion deterioratedinto a fistfight and one participant

pulled out a small nonlethal pistol andfired repeatedly.

The victim was hospitalized withinjuries that were not life-threatening.Neither person was identified.

It was not clear which of Kants ideasmay have triggered the violence.

Boston homeless manglad to turn in lost money

BOSTON A homeless Boston manwho police said turned in a backpackcontaining tens of thousands of dollarsin cash and travelers checks said evenif he were desperate he wouldnt havekept even a penny.

Boston Police Commissioner EdwardDavis honored Glen James on Monday,

giving him a special citation andthanking him for an extraordinaryshow of character and honesty.

James said in a handwritten statementhe gave out at a news conference that hewas glad to make sure the bag and its

contents were returned to the owner.Even if I were desperate for money, I

would not have kept even a penny, hesaid.

James, who said he once worked as aBoston courthouse employee, found thebackpack at the South Bay Mall in thecitys Dorchester neighborhoodSaturday evening. He flagged down apolice officer and handed it over. Insidethe backpack was $2,400 in U.S. cur-rency, almost $40,000 in travelerschecks, Chinese passports and otherpersonal papers.

The man who lost it told workers at anearby Best Buy store at the mall andthey called police. Officers thenbrought the backpacks owner to a near-by police station and returned his prop-erty after confirming it belonged tohim.

Authorities said that the backpacksowner didnt want his identity madepublic, but that he was a Chinese stu-dent who was visiting another studentin Boston.

James, who didnt give his age, saidhe is from the Boston area and has beenhomeless since 2005. Apolice spokes-woman said authorities dont know hisage either, but said that James is stay-ing at a city homeless shelter and thatmany people have expressed interest in

helping him since hearing about hisgood deed.The Good Samaritan said in his state-

ment that he worked as a file clerk inBostons municipal courthouse for 13years, but lost his job and became

homeless after problems with his boss.James said it would be difficult for himto hold down a job because he suffersfrom Menieres disease, which theMayo Clinic describes as an inner eardisorder that causes episodes of verti-go .

Would you boardflight 666 to HEL?

HELSINKI Would you board flight666 to HEL on Friday the 13th?

For superstitious travelers, that

might be tempting fate. But Finnairpassengers on AY666 to Helsinki -which has the three letter designationHEL - dont seem too bothered. Fridaysflight is almost full.

It has been quite a joke among thepilots said veteran Finnair pilot Juha-Pekka Keidasto, who will fly the AirbusA320 from Copenhagen to Helsinki.Im not a superstitious man. Its only acoincidence for me.

The daily flight AY666 fromCopenhagen to Helsinki falls on Fridaythe 13th twice in 2013. Friday the 13this considered bad luck in many coun-tries and the number 666 also hasstrong negative biblical associations.

Some airlines, like ScandinavianAirlines, take these fears seriously and

dont have a row 13 on board. However,the negative connotations are a rela-tively new phenomenon for northernEuropeans, and Finnair and otherregional carriers like Norwegian andEstonian Air keep row 13.

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This Day in History

Thought for the Day

1862More than 3,600 men were killed,many more wounded, captured or left

missing, in the Civil War Battle ofAntietam in Maryland; although thebattle itself proved inconclusive, iteffectively halted the Confederatesadvance into Maryland.

Governments exist to protect the rights ofminorities.The loved and the rich need no protection

they have many friends and few enemies.

Wendell Phillips,American abolitionist (1811-1884)

Basketball Hall ofFame coach PhilJackson is 68.

NASCAR driverJimmie Johnson is38.

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WalgreensPharmacyManagerSharonCheongadministers afree flu shot atthe SaintVincent dePaul HomelessHelp Center in

South SanFrancisco onSept.16 as partof their work toprovideservices tothose in need.

Tuesday: Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog inthe morning. Highs in the mid 60s.Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph.Tuesday night: Mostly clear in theevening then becoming mostly cloudy.Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in themid 50s. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph.Wednesday: Mostly cloudy in the morn-ing then becoming sunny. Patchy fog in the morning.Highs in the mid 60s to lower 70s. Northwest winds 5 to 10

mph.Wednesday night: Clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Westwinds around 5 mph.Thursday: Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s to lower 70s.Thursday night: Clear in the evening then becomingmostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.

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In 1787, the Constitution of the United States was com-pleted and signed by a majority of delegates attending theConstitutional Convention in Philadelphia.In 1908 , Lt. Thomas E. Selfridge of the U.S. Army SignalCorps became the first person to die in the crash of a poweredaircraft, the Wright Flyer, at Fort Myer, Va., just outsideWashington, D.C.In 1911,Calbraith P. Rodgers set off from Sheepshead Bay,N.Y., aboard a Wright biplane in an attempt to become thefirst flier to travel the width of the United States. (The 49-day

journey required 69 stops before ending in Pasadena, Calif.)In 1937 , the likeness of President Abraham Lincolns headwas dedicated at Mount Rushmore.

In 1939, the Soviet Union invaded Poland during World WarII, more than two weeks after Nazi Germany had launched itsassault.In 1947, James V. Forrestal was sworn in as the first U. S.Secretary of Defense.In 1959 , Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev traveled by trainfrom Washington, D.C., to New York City, where he receiveda low-key welcome from New Yorkers. Agroundbreaking cer-emony was held for Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.In 1962, U.S. space officials announced the selection ofnine new astronauts, including Neil A. Armstrong, whobecame the first man to step onto the moon.In 1971, citing health reasons, Supreme Court Justice HugoBlack, 85, retired. (Black, who was succeeded by Lewis F.Powell Jr., died eight days after making his announcement.)In 1972, the Korean War comedy-drama M-A-S-H pre-miered on CBS.

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Actor David Huddleston is 83. Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, is 80. Retired Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter is74. Singer LaMonte McLemore (The Fifth Dimension) is 78.Retired Marine Gen. Anthony Zinni is 70. Singer Fee Waybillis 63. Comedian Rita Rudner is 60. Muppeteer Kevin Clash(former voice of Elmo on Sesame Street)is 53. Director-actor Paul Feig is 51. Movie director Baz Luhrmann is 51.Singer BeBe Winans is 51. Actor Kyle Chandler is 48.Director-producer Bryan Singer is 48. Rapper Doug E. Fresh is47. Actor Malik Yoba is 46.

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SAN MATEOBurglary . A vehicle was burglarized on the1700 block of South Norfolk Street before8:54 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 7.Assault with deadly weapon. A personwas attacked with a deadly weapon at theintersection of Santa Clara Way andPasadena Drive before 2:56 a.m. Saturday,Sept. 7.Burglary . A vehicle was burglarized on the2900 block of South Norfolk Street before1:17 a.m. Friday, Sept. 6.Burglary . A desktop computer and sixwatches were found missing from a residenceon the 800 block of North Humboldt Streetbefore 5:57 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 5.Theft. A theft was reported at the HillsdaleShopping Center before noon Thursday,Sept. 5.

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Arrest. A man was arrested for attemptingto steal a vehicle on the first block ofRollins Road before 5:41 p.m. Thursday,Sept. 12.Stored vehicle. A car was found to havefive or more unpaid parking citations on the400 block of Lincoln Circle before 7:25a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 10.Controlled substance. A subject wasunder the influence of a controlled substanceon the 1300 block of El Camino Real before10:33 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 7.

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Bitter sweetCandy was stolen on the 300 block ofNorth Ellsworth Avenue in San Mateobefore 10:38 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 5.


A convicted se x offender accused of try-ing to steal iPads from a San Carlos pub-lishing office was sentenced to four yearsin prison in that burglary case and forfailing to register with authorities asrequired for sending a graphic photo to a

teen.After a three-day trial in February, a juryconvicted David John Maze, 32, offelony burglary and misdemeanor pettytheft from Livingly Media, also known asZimbio. Maze also pleaded no contest tofailing to register as a sex offender aslong as he served no additional time.

The sentencing judge denied the defenserequest to not count Mazes previouscriminal strike but did grant him a contactvisit with his child before being trans-ferred to prison at the end of September.

Sheriffs deputies arrested Maze Nov.30, 2012 after Livingly Media employeesreported a man later identified as him had

tried taking an iPad and iPad Mini fromthe Industrial Road business.Although Livingly does not have walk-

in customers, employees said they sawMaze roaming around inside the buildingand acting as if he was speaking on a cell-phon e. When an employee asked his busi-ness there, Maze appeared nervous and

claimed to be visiting a friend, accordingto prosecutors.

As Maze walked toward the exit, anemployee noticed the tablets in his handsand ran over to remove them. Maze left asemployees called 911 but was stopped bydeputies a short distance from the compa-n y.

Maze faced a second strike in the newcase because of his 2009 conviction forsending harmful matter to a child with thegoal of seduction. Maze received twoyears in prison for exchanging a series oftext messages with a 15-year-old girl hemet at the Hillsdale train station includ-ing a picture of his genitals.

Sex offender sentenced for iPad thefts


A 70-year-old registered sex offenderwho allegedly lured a 10-year-old girl toan isolated area of the Barnes & Noblestore in San Mateo and attacked her June23, was arrested in Mountain View earlier

this month for similar behavior, accord-ing to San Mateo police.

San Jose resident Christopher Miller isin custody in Santa Clara County forannoying or molesting a child under 18with a prior sex offender conviction.

After the June 23 incident, San Mateopolice detectives sent photos and video

out to the media, visitedmany local sex offendersand handled a volume oftips from the communityin an attempt to locateand identify Miller.

Miller is also a sus-

pect in a similar inci-dent at a Burger King inUnion City July 25where he allegedlyexposed himself to a

mother and three young girls, accordingto police.

In all the cases, the suspect wore a fish-

erman-style hat, evidence that helped leadpolice toward an arrest.

Union City and San Mateo police wereworking together to identify the suspectup until Millers arrest in Mountain Viewwhere he allegedly was fondling himselfin front of two young girls at a Walmart

store. The mother started shouting atMiller and informed Walmart officials ofthe mans actions, who then followed himto his car and took notice of Millersvehicle, license plate and direction oftravel, according to police.

Miller was arrested Sept. 7 and remainsin custody.

Bay Area wildernesspark reopens after fire

CLAYTON A San Francisco Bay Areawilderness park is open again after a wild-fire there consumed nearly five square miles.

Mount Diablo State Park in Contra CostaCounty reopened on Monday, two daysafter the fire was fully contained.

Park officials tell the Contra Costa

Times that visitors should avoid anyburned areas.

Danita Rodriguez, district superintendentfor the Diablo Valley District of the statepark system, says there are plenty of otherhiking trails available and people can stillget to the mountains summit.

The fire began on Sept. 8. Officials say itwas sparked by target shooting. More than75 homes were evacuated at one point.

Registered sex offender, 70, busted again

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CITY GOVERNMENT Acommunity meeting to discuss

Burlingame CommunityCenter Master Plan will be heldWednesday, Sept. 18 7 p.m. Group4 Architecture will summarizethe input from focus group meet-ings and community surveys and

review program options and opportunities. The meetingwill take place at the Recreation Center, 850Burlingame Ave.

San Bruno is now accepting applications for appoint-ment to the Board of Directors of the newly-estab-lished San Bruno Community Foundation. All coverletters and resumes must be received by 5 p.m. Monday,Sept. 30.

Last week, the cities of Millbrae and San Bruno bothapproved adopting a resolution approving a shared fireservices agreement between themselves and the CentralCounty Fire Department.

Gas leak at BelleAir Elementary School

A San Bruno school remains opendespite a gas leak currently being fixedby Pacific Gas & Electric Company andthere is no danger to students, accordingto the district.

There is no safety risk, said DavidHutt, superintendent for the San BrunoPark Elementary School District. Nogas is going through and we are servingcold breakfasts and lunches.

PG&E began work on repairing a two-inch service line after responding to astaff member who smelled a gas odor atBelle Air Elementary School aroundnoon Thursday, Hutt said. The leak hasresulted in gas being shut off at theschool since then, while PG&E workson repairs. Repairs began on Fridaywhen Michael Rothhammer, principalat Belle Air Elementary School, sentstudents home with a note to give toparents about the leak.

PG&E did not find any leaks thatposed a safety hazard to the school,Rothhammer wrote in the letter datedFriday, Sept. 13. However, they didfind low level leaks at two locations inand around the school that requiredattention. Yesterday the gas was turned

off and was not turned back on until therepairs were completed to ensure thesafety of all students and everyone elseon campus.

The utility company discovered oneof the wrapped lines had come in contactwith soil, deteriorating the pipe.

Today, there will be a pressure test todetermine if the problem has beenresolved.

PG&E Spokeswoman Brittany Chordconfirmed the gas leak was identified lastThursday. Gas was shut off on Thursdayand, once the pipeline is fixed, a thirdparty contractor not commissioned byPG&E will verify it, and the gas will beturned back on, she said.

Suspect sought inattempted strong-arm robbery

A woman sitting in her parked car onChatham Court in South San Franciscolast Wednesday, while waiting for afriend, fended off a masked man whoopened the door to her vehicle anddemanded her purse by kicking, scream-ing and honking her car horn, accordingto police.

The suspect was apparently scared offby her actions and is described as a malein his 20s, wearing a camouflaged hood-ed sweatshirt, wearing shorts and ablack mask over his face, according topolice.

He was last seen running west onGreendale Drive from Chatham Court,according to police.

Anyone with suspect informationshould call South San Francisco police

at 877-8900.

Caltrainexperiences hours of delays

Mechanical problems on CaltrainMonday morning caused delays for

about five hours, spokeswomanChristine Dunn said.

The delays began around 6 a.m. whenthe speedometer on one train wasntworking so Caltrain officials had to usedifferent equipment, she said.

Then at about 8:45 a.m., there was aproblem with the brakes on anothertrain, which caused additional delays.

Caltrain had even more delays at about10:50 a.m. due to a trespasser who was

in a tunnel in San Francisco, she said.It was a difficult morning for our pas-

sengers, so of course we would like toapologize for any difficulties we causedto them, Dunn said.

The delays ended at 11:30 a.m.

Seven displaced inearly-morning house fire

Seven residents were displaced fromtheir home in an early morning fire inPacifica Monday, North County FireAuthority officials said.

The fire was reported just after 3 a.m.in the first block of Gateway Drive, nearSkyline Boulevard, fire officials said.

Arriving firefighters found smokecoming from the house. Crews were ableto contain the fire to the floor where ithad started, officials said.

Crews extinguished the blaze and leftthe house around 5:30 a.m.

The displaced residents will stay withrelatives, fire officials said.

No injuries were reported. The cause ofthe fire is under investigation.

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Frances Conibear Biehl1925-2013A loving mother and wife, grandmother, and

great grandmother, peacefully passed away

at Brookside Skilled Nursing Hospital, July

11th, in San Mateo, California.

Her life during her 88 years was an

amazing journey. She was born in Fort

Smith, North West Territories, Canada, on

February 17th, 1925. Her father and mother,

Frank Conibear and Cecilia Powell, had

six children including Frances, and her

brothers George and Elbert and her sisters

Ada, Ruth, and Elsie. Frances grandparents

were Ada and Lewis Conibear of Fort Smith and the first white independent family

of Fort Smith who built and ran the General Store for Fort Smith. Frances married

John Biehl on September, 28th, 1943 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and they had six

children that were born and raised in San Mateo, California. She is survived by her

husband, son Jerry, daughter Barbara, and sons Frank, Kenneth, David, and Michael;

14 grandchildren; and 8 great grandchildren.

Francess life is distinguished for the love of family and her accomplishments through

volunteer work. She was president of the PTA of College Park School and served as

PTA board member of North Shoreview Elementary School, College Park School, and

San Mateo High School for nearly 20 years. Frances was deeply involved in Scouting

for over 25 years, as a Den Mother of Cub Scouts for over 15 years for her sons and

a Girl Scout Leader for many years for her daughter Barbara. She also volunteered

much of her time to the Boy Scouts of America and worked at the Boy Scout Office

in San Mateo for many years. Frances received the Silver Fawn the highest award

by the National Boy Scouts of American for her many years of service. Frances was

dedicated to nature and animals and was a docent at the Coyote Point Museum for

over ten years, and served as a nature docent for many of San Mateos schools andyouth groups. She also enjoyed painting and drawing, taking many art classes at the

College of San Mateo, and she was an avid reader of all kinds of books, both hobbies

that she enjoyed immensely.

She will be missed deeply by her family, friends, and those who knew her. Her

memorial will be at the Church of Jesus Christ, Latter day Saints at 1000 Shell Road

in Foster City, at 10:00am, September 21.

The family requests that in lieu of flowers; please make donations to the National

Parkinson Foundation, the National Audubon Society, the Boy or Girl Scouts of

America, or your favorite charity.

Obituary

By Angela SwartzDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

A change in the states curricu-lum and adjusting to new techno-

logical infrastructure are top pri-orities for those seeking the threeopen seats on the San CarlosElementary School District Boardof Trustees.

Appointed incumbents CarolElliott and Kathleen Farley, alongwith candidate Nicole Bergeronvisited the Daily Journal officelast week for an endorsementinterview. Candidate Sarah Stiefeldid not attend the interview, butprovided written responses tosome questions. There are threeopen seats on the board. BoardPresident Beth Hunkapiller is notrunning for re-election. The fourwere also focused on improvingboard communication with thepublic.

Common CoreCalifornias new Common Core

standards shift to more project-based learning, with less timespent on lectures and more of anemphasis on classroom technolo-gy. New Smarter Balance assess-ments align with these new stan-dards and will go into effect duringthe 2014-15 school year.

How prepareddo the candi-dates think thedistrict is forthe changes?

Given thedistricts lackof preparednessand compliancein other areas,Stiefel wrote.

I have concerns about whether itis prepared to meet the CommonCore curriculum changes.

Parents will have to bear withtest scores being all over the mapwhen tests first switch over toSmarter Balance assessments,Bergeron said.

When you change an assess-ment radically, it wouldnt sur-prise me if scores are wobbly,Bergeron said. The district willhave to be really good with com-

municating with people.The test taking will require a

pretty steep learning curve andthis will be an entirely new expe-rience for children, Elliott said.She said she has looked over theCommon Core sample test ques-tions and noted they are phenome-nal questions.

With new technology in theclassroom, new challengesemerge with deciphering how touse the newer devices, the candi-

dates said.Its important

not to havetechnology justfor technolo-

gys sake, butt e c h n o l o g ydoes allow fordifferent iatedlearning whenused effective-

ly, Farley said.With any technology pro-

grams, or gizmos, its importantto remember the home side of theequation, Bergeron said. Evenin a town as fairly homogeneousas San Carlos we need to considerhow does access at home affecthomework assignments thatrequire online time. Would it [theInternet] be a distraction?

Upcoming challengesA new strategic plan will be

implemented along with theCommon Core changes, whichbrings some challenges, the can-didates said.

Its complex and there aremany moving parts, Farley said.There will be a lot of profession-al development. Its an invest-ment that has to happen across thestaff and we need to be forwardthinking and agile.

The district is acting like a pio-

neer in manysenses sincethere is noprecedent forthe strategic

plan or thislarge scale of ani m p l e m e n t a -tion, Elliottsaid.

In terms ofc u r r i c u l u m

changes the candidates would liketo see for the district, Elliott saidshe would enjoy seeing a worldlanguage program added to themiddle school to allow for moreclass options.

Bergeron agreed with Elliott,adding that a lot of collegesrequire taking a language and thatSpanish should be a core course.

Where does the district fallshort?

The district has not doneenough with transparency,Bergeron said. With meetingminutes, you cant get a copy formonths. Im hoping adding videowill address this issue.

Farley noted that staff currentlyhas a lot on its plate, so it mightbe smart to make sure the districtis investing in staff in a way thatmakes sense for transparency andcommunication.

In terms of decisions that candi-

dates wish hadgone different-ly with theboard, Elliottand Farley

agreed that theywish theprocess hadbeen differentfor the facili-ties master

plan.We should have had a different

process with engaging the com-munity, Elliott said. Id likethere to be more people aware of[communication] outlets they canuse next time.

Although Farley said she wishesshe could go back in a timemachine to hear more voices onthe decision, she said she was ulti-mately happy with the boardschoice.

The plan is funded throughMeasure H, Novembers $72 mil-lion bond measure and addressesgrowing enrollment issues.

The facilities master plan doesaddress many areas of urgent need,however the decision to reconfig-ure the entire district into K-3, 4-5and 6-8 schools seems rushed andunprecedented, Stiefel wrote.

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Four running for San Carlos school boardCommon Core,community involvement primary concerns for candidates

Carol Elliott Kathleen Farley NicoleBergeron

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A San Bruno man whose girl-friends body was found at aPacifica apartment complex twomonths after her mother reportedher missing pleaded not guiltyyesterday to fatally shooting herin the back of the head.

Albert Antonio Trejo, 49, ischarged with murder and the spe-cial allegation of using a gun tokill 36-year-old Cecilia Zamorasometime in mid-February.

On Monday, Trejo pleaded notguilty to the charges and did notwaive his right to a speedy trial.He returns to court Oct. 15 to set apreliminary hearing date andremains in custody without bail.

Zamora was last reported seenthe morning of Feb. 13 and herdecomposed body not found untilApril 26 in the storage area of an

apartment com-plex onGateway Drivein Pacifica. Shewas killed by a

single gun shotto the back ofthe head.

The couplelived with sev-eral others in

San Bruno and one reported that onFeb. 13 Trejo called him, possiblycrying, and talking about his gunhaving gone off. When the otherresidents got home, Trejo report-edly was doing laundry and toldthem Zamora left after the pair hadan argument, according to prose-cutors.

Trejo was in federal custody onunrelated charges in late Augustwhen authorities issued an arrestwarrant for Zamoras murder.

California to ask judgesto delay inmate releases

SACRAMENTO Gov. JerryBrown was planning to ask federal

judges on Monday to delay theirrequirement that the state releasethousands of inmates by years endto ease prison overcrowding. If the

judges reject his plan, the adminis-tration would spend $315 millionthis fiscal year to house the inmates

in private prisons and county jailsinstead of turning them loose.

The state has a court-orderedMonday deadline to report on itsprogress for reducing the prisonpopulation by about 9,600 inmatesby the end of the year. Its responseis based on a law enacted last weekin the closing hours of this yearslegislative session.

Man pleads not guiltyto murdering girlfriend

S

t. Matthews Epis copalunveiled its new Early

Childhood Center in aribbon cutting ceremony onTuesday, Sept. 10 at 8:30 a.m.

** *Six seniors in the class of 2013

have been awarded scholarships bythe San Mateo Union HighSchool Districts BlackParents Associat ion. Thescholarships were given to TianaParis ofAragon High School,Nina Newman and Lero yWilberforce of BurlingameHigh School, Megan Tayl or of

Hillsdale High School andSemon Dixon and Alana

Simon of San Mateo HighSchool .The Black Parents

Association annually providesfunds to support worthy African-American seniors graduating fromdistrict schools in their high educa-tion pursuits.

Class notes is a column dedicated toschool news. It is compiled by educationreporter Angela Swartz. You can contacther at (650) 344-5200, ext. 105 or [email protected].

Albert Trejo

Around the state

Students at Horrall Elementary School hosted a Garden Dig Day on Friday,Sept.6 to help develop the school gardenprogram through the Healthy Growing initiative.

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REUTERS

Barack Obama speaks about the economy to mark the five-year anniversary of the U.S.financialcrisis at the White House in Washington ,D.C.

By Michelle DurandDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

The San Carlos Planning Commissiongot its first crack last night at the merits ofmuch-debated Transit Village developmentbut needs at least one more meeting beforedeciding whether to recommend the CityCouncil sign off on the four-story project

around the existing train station.The Planning Commission got through a

presentation on the project and took publiccomment but was left with only 20 minutesto talk amongst itself before the 10:30p.m. adjournment.

The prolonged decision has strong prece-dent. The Planning Commission held fourpublic hearings last year before unani-mously recommending certification of theenvironmental impact report and the citycouncil took three.

A handful of residents at the meetingvoiced concern over the Transit Villagesimpacts to the greater east side impactsmany speakers said have never been fullyaddressed or rectified by the developer overthe last six years of designs, documents,

meetings and mediation sessions. AtMonday nights meeting, several asked thePlanning Commission not to give the plana go ahead until it resolved questionsincluding parking, building size, landscap-ing and affordable housing.

Theres a lot of building going on andwhat we want to do is make sure we do aproject thats scaled properly for this com-munity, said Dimitri Vandellos of theGreater East San Carlos homeowner group.

GESC President Ben Fuller also asked formore neighborhood benefits like anexpanded park.

The residents had an ally in PlanningCommissioner Scot Marsters who ques-tioned the projects named benefits such aspedestrian crossings, wider sidewalks and aplaza.

These are all things that are sort of arequirement by the city, Marsters said. Idont really see any benefits to the city.

Marsters also told SamTrans representa-tives that if the last 12 years of the citysrocky relationship with the agency is anyindication, he didnt have much faith forthe remainder of the 99-year land leasedeal.

But not every speaker bristled at theproject. Former planning commissionerAlex Philips urged the commission not tolet a few east side residents dictate whatsbest for the entire city and its future.

I dont think this is good leadership ifwe shut this project down, Philips said.

Currently the proposed 10.53-acre proj-ect site includes the existing historic trainstation and commuter parking lots, avacant auto dealership building and vacantlots used seasonally for pumpkin patchesand Christmas trees.

The proposal calls for Legacy Partnersturning the SamTrans land into eight four-story buildings with 280 multi-family

apartments in six of them and 36,319square feet of commercial space in three.The project would also include a publicplaza, underground and surface parking anda new multimodal transit center with 226commute parking spaces.

The center will begin immediately to thesouth of Building 8, replacing the existingtwo one-acre parking lots on either side ofthe historic depot. The number of parkingspaces will remain and space will be addedfor shuttles, busses and a dedicated drop offarea. Subject to Caltrans approval, CherryStreet will get a new signalized intersec-tion with a southbound turn lane.

The submitted plan also includes thesouth railroad corridor as a third compo-nent although no new development is

intended right now.Since the original plans environmentalimpact report was certified in January,Legacy Partners in a bid to appease eastside residents reduced the four floors on sixbuildings, reduced the ground floor com-mercial space in another and reconfiguredemergency vehicle access to increase land-scaping. The changes did not require anyfurther environmental review.

The reduced density was cited by LegacyPartners as a reason why it asked the city towaive or reduce the number of 15 percent ofaffordable units required. The city declined,leaving Legacy then to pay the city in-lieufees.

The decision drew a mixed reaction lastnight. S ome like Vandellos questionedLegacys commitment to affordable hous-

ing. Others, like Philips, are disappointedthe project size was reduced.Resident Michael Stogner told the

Planning Commission to hold firm in notapproving the project without the afford-able units, saying that SamTrans as a pub-lic entity should be obligated.

If the Planning Commission ultimatelyrecommends the project, the City Councilwill next take up the proposal. Fuller hassaid if the council approves it he will placea referendum on the ballot seeking itsreversal.

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By Jim Kuhenhenn and Andrew TaylorTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON A potential federalshutdown looming, President BarackObama on Monday warned congressionalRepublicans they could trigger nationaleconomic chaos if they demand a delay ofhis health care law as the price for support-ing continued spending for federal opera-tions.

House Republican leaders were to meetTuesday in hopes of finding a formula thatwould avoid a shutdown on Oct. 1 withoutalienating party conservatives who insiston votes to undercut the Affordable CareAct. Even more daunting is a mid- to late-

October deadline for raising the nationsborrowing limit, which some Republicansalso want to use as leverage against theObama administration.

Are some of these folks really sobeholden to one extreme wing of their partythat theyre willing to tank the entire econ-omy just because they cant get their wayon this issue? Obama said in a speech atthe White House. Are they really willingto hurt people just to score politicalpoints?

The Republicans dont see it that way.House Speaker John Boehner, who

opposes the threat of a shutdown, said, Itsa shame that the president could not manageto rise above partisanship today.

President goes afterextreme Republicans

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By P. Solomon Bandaand Jeri ClausingTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

HYGIENE, Colo. WearyColorado evacuees have begunreturning home after days of rainand flooding, but Mondays clear-ing skies and receding watersrevealed only more heartbreak:toppled houses, upended vehiclesand a stinking layer of muck cov-ering everything.

Rescuers grounded by weekendrains took advantage of the breakin the weather to resume searchesfor people still stranded, with 21helicopters fanning out over themountainsides and the plains todrop supplies and airlift those whoneed help.

The number of dead and missingpeople was difficult to pinpoint.State emergency officials reportedthe death toll at seven Monday, butlocal officials said it was four, withtwo women missing and presumeddead. Authorities also recovered abody from a Colorado Springscreek Monday, but investigatorscant say yet if the death is relatedto recent flooding in the area.

The number of missing peoplewas dropping as the states countfell Monday from just over 1,200to about half that. State officialshoped the overall number wouldcontinue to drop with rescuersreaching more people and phoneservice being restored.

Youve got to remember, a lotof these folks lost cellphones,landlines, the Internet four to fivedays ago, Gov. JohnHickenlooper said on NBCs

Today show. I am very hopeful

that the vast majority of thesepeople are safe and sound.

Residents of Hygiene returned totheir small community east of thefoothills to find mud blanketingroads, garages, even the tops offence posts. The raging St. VrainRiver they fled three days earlierhad left trucks in ditches and car-ried items as far as 2 miles down-stream.

My own slice of heaven, and

its gone, Bill Marquedt said afterfinding his home destroyed.

Residents immediately set tosweeping, shoveling and rinsing,but the task of rebuilding seemedoverwhelming to some.

What now? We dont even knowwhere to start, said GenevieveMarquez. Its not even like a dayby day or a month thing.

I want to think that far ahead

but its a minute by minute thing at

this point. And, I guess now itsjust help everyone out and try toget our lives back, she added.

The town of Lyons was almostcompletely abandoned.Emergency crews gave the fewremaining residents, mostly wan-dering Main Street looking for sta-tus updates, a final warning toleave Sunday.

Most of the towns trailer parks

were completely destroyed. One

angry man was throwing his pos-sessions one by one into the riverrushing along one side of his trail-er on Sunday, watching the brownwater carry them away while drink-ing a beer.

Helicopters had evacuated morethan 100 stranded residents in

Larimer County by midafternoonMonday, said Chuck Russell, aspokesman for the federal incidentcommand helping with theresponse.

Russell said he expected thathelicopter crews would evacuate atotal of up to 400 by the end of theday and perhaps twice that numberon Tuesday.

Once the evacuations are com-plete, officials said it could takeweeks or even months to searchthrough flood-ravaged areas look-ing for people who died.

In the mountain towns, majorroads were washed away or coveredby mud and rock slides. Hamletslike Glen Haven were reduced to

debris and key infrastructure likegas lines and sewers systems weredestroyed.

Hundreds of homes around EstesPark, next to Rocky MountainNational Park, could be unreach-able and uninhabitable for up to ayear, town administrator FrankLancaster said.

State emergency officials offereda first glimpse at the scope of thedamage, with counties reportingabout 19,000 homes either dam-aged or destroyed.

Those preliminary figures arecertain to change as the waterscontinue to recede and roads arecleared to allow crews to accessmore areas.

Colorado evacuees return to find heartbreak

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People move around outside of their homes off Lee Hill Drive where Fourmile Canyon Creek overflowed, inBoulder,Colo.

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Letters to the editor

Los Angeles Times

Churches and other nonprofits longhave been forbidden from endors-ing political candidates. But errat-

ic enforcement of the law has emboldenedsupporters of legislation in Congress thatwould end the restriction. Far from needing

to be repealed, the ban on politics in thepulpit ought to be enforced more aggres-sively.

Abill sponsored by Rep. Walter Jones,R-N.C., would repeal a 1954 amendment tothe tax code sponsored by then-Sen.Lyndon B. Johnson. The amendment saysthat churches and other so-called 501(c)(3)nonprofit organizations may not partici-pate in, or intervene in . any political cam-paign on behalf of (or in opposition to)any candidate for public office.

Jones legislation seeks to restore theFirst Amendment rights of churches, butthats misleading. Churches may have aFirst Amendment right to endorse candi-

dates, but there is no constitutional rightto a tax exemption. Congress is free tocondition such exemptions which canbe worth millions of dollars on anagreement by churches and charities torefrain from partisan political activity. And

its the IRSresponsibility to enforce com-pliance.

Unfortunately, enforcement has beenminimal, despite highly publicizedprotests in which some preachers haveendorsed or opposed candidates by nameduring religious services, daring the IRS tosanction them. Paradoxically, the lack ofenforcement is cited by some critics as areason to repeal the law.

Not all critics of the Johnson amendmentwould abolish it. The Commission onAccountability and Policy for ReligiousOrganizations, comprising religious lead-ers from several traditions, recently sug-

gested that members of the clergy shouldbe allowed to endorse candidates in thecontext of a religious worship. Butchurches would still be barred from spend-ing tax-deductible contributions on elec-tion activities.

The problem with that proposal is that apolitical endorsement from the pulpit islikely to be influential precisely because it

occurs as part of a religious rite. The banon such endorsements should remain, butthe IRS needs to have clearer standards fordetermining when a preacher has crossedthe line.

In a 2007 Supreme Court decision inter-preting federal election law, Chief JusticeJohn G. Roberts Jr. wrote that a politicaladvertisement should be construed as anendorsement only if it is susceptible of noreasonable interpretation other than as anappeal to vote for or against a specific can-didate. That should be the test for a ser-mon as well.

The IRS should adopt such a standard, andthen vigorously enforce it.

Burlingame post officeEditor,This post office is part of our common-

wealth (City may oversee post office his-toric preservation in the Sept. 14 editionof the Daily Journal. It is property that isowned by the people. The whole matter ofselling off our post offices began when, atnearly midnight, a bill was passed inCongress to require the post office to fundtheir employees benefits 75 years inadvance. They are mandated to fund thepension benefits of people not yet born.

The cost of this has pushed the postal serv-ice into the red. Cutting the postal serviceis an effort to privatize mail delivery. U.S.Sen. Dianne Feinsteins husband, RichardBlum, is in charge of these sales. He isboth buyer and seller on many of the trans-actions. He sells our post offices to corpo-rations of which he is an executive, and tocorporations that have ties to his corpora-tion. He sells them for below market price.The plan to sell our post office and theadjoining large parking lot will force thecity of Burlingame to buy nearby propertyto build a parking structure. This is clearlya lose/lose deal for the city. Most of theunethical real estate transactions by Mr.Blum are in the center of cities that are nowdeveloping their downtown areas.Something smells very bad here.

Patricia Gray

Burlingame

Illegal immigrants drivingEditor,What have I missed in the Sept. 14,

2013 news article (Immigrants may flagstatus to get state drivers license)?

Our legislators want votes so badly thatthey are now going to allow illegal immi-grants to drive? Illegal immigrants whoare in this state illegally and alreadydraining the Social Security, welfare,medical and IRS systems? I alwaysthought people who were in this stateillegally were supposed to be sent back totheir own country. Is it not bad enoughthat immigrants come into this state andgive birth to children here become legalcitizens? They then go on welfare anddrain that system.

Wake up America. It is now time to sendthe illegals back to their own countries,rebuild our welfare and medical system andkick the vote seeking politicians likeAssemblyman Luis Alejo, who authoredthis bill, out of office. When a personbecomes a legal citizen and pays theSocial Security and medical systems, thesystem shall reap the rewards. The legalAmericans are the ones who suffer the cut-backs because the undeserving recipientsare draining the systems.

E. Picchi

San Mateo

9/11 lessons learned?Editor,The MSNBC 9/11 documentary, On

Native Soil, was a timely reminder ofatrocities that must never be forgotten. Itwas also a shocking expose of what wentwrong prior to and during the Islamic ter-rorist attacks on that fateful day. Just

about everything that could go wrong,and more, did. How could all the signs,warnings and actual reports about thepending attacks be ignored? Why wouldAmerican linguists fluent in Arabic lan-guages be fired, just because they weregay, while intercepted documents withclues were left untranslated? How could somany agencies hang on to bits and piecesof important info without communicatingwith each other? How could then Secretaryof State Condoleezza Rice claim that noone could imagine that someone would

steal our airplanes and use them asbombs? That was her job to imagine.Besides, did you hear about World War IIand the Japanese?

While the country was attacked,President Bush sat in an elementaryschool classroom reading to the students.That was the job for the president, whileall signs indicated that something hugewas about to happen? On top of the infomismanagement prior to 9/11, almosttotal confusion while it happened, impor-tant phone calls were left on hold, fighter

jets scrambled wi thout c lear missi on orgoal. The Bush administration even triedto torpedo a most-needed comprehensiveinvestigation, until forced otherwise by9/11 victims and relatives of the dead and

maimed.Apparently none, or only a few, of the9/11 Commission Report have beenacted upon. Did we learn anything,beyond taking our shoes off and on beforeflying anywhere?

Jorg Aadahl

San Mateo

The pulpit should be free of politicsOther voices

Royal flushT

o flush or not to flush? That is thequestion. At least that is the ques-tion when the answer is something

big, icky and known by the less-than-appetizing termfatberg.

Afatberg, forthe blissfullyignorant, is a

congealed massof food fat mixedwith disposablewet wipes likethose that claimto give users amuch more freshfeeling thanbasic, run-of-themill toilet paper.In Britain, a 15-ton fatberg enough tofill a double-decker bus jammed upLondon sewer lines so badly the systemwas only using 5 percent of its normalcapacity and took weeks to fix.

Talk about a real life version of TheBlob. And talk about a reason to give it upfor toilet paper.

While the world remains divided on that

age-old question of over or under when itcomes to toilet paper rolls, the sewer folksare unified on one front those so-calleddisposable wipes are the devil. OK, maybenot the devil, but theyre certainly creatingone hell of a problem in pipes everywhere.The British fatberg lingering belowLondon was a drastic example of what hap-pens when the wipes are flushed but it cer-tainly isnt the only one. And its not onlythe English that apparently have a softspot for ending their time upon the thronewith an extra-clean slate. Stories are pop-ping up on this side of the pond and eventhe local South Bayside System Authorityis getting in on the call for action duringnational Pollution Prevention Week.

First, yes, there is a whole week devotedto wiping out pollution. This week to be

exact and this years theme is Wipes ClogPipes. Certainly not as catchy as thefavorite Give a hoot, dont pollute of mychildhood but then again were not talkingabout empty soda cans on the side of theroad. Were talking instead about a big ballof grossness that makes those sewer-dwelling cannibals of 80s horror movieslook down-right cuddly.

The bottom line, according to those whoknow these things, is that the label flush-able means the wipes will go down butdoesnt mean they will disintegrate. Thewipes stay intact, collecting tree roots anddebris as they make their merry waythrough the pipes until the whole messysituation ends up with a clog, an overflowor a very expensive price tag. No wonder

the sewer folks are flush with frustration;their jobs already fall on most peoplesshort list of unappetizing employment.Why make it worse?

Bathroom wipes are not the sole culprit.Wipes of all types are causing havoc cleaning and disinfectant, baby, even thosemoist towelettes at the end of finger-lickin;good meals. Forget feather dusters andrags, water and cleaner; in todays throw-away society, cleanliness means individualproducts, premoistened in the name of no-brainer convenience.

One answer is, of course, to throw thesewipes in the trash instead of the bowlwhich eventually leads to a landfill. Somuch for earth-friendly.

The other is to squeeze the Charmin(sorry, Mr. Whipple) or not squeeze the

Charmin just simply choose to use itover the alternatives. Cleanliness may benext to godliness, but when it comes todisposable wipes, keep them out of theporcelain deity.

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Dow 15,494.78 +118.72 10-Yr Bond 2.874 -0.024

Nasdaq 3,717.85 -4.34 Oil (per barrel) 106.15

S&P 500 1,697.60 +9.61 Gold 1,312.00

By Joshua FreedTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Wall Street was happy to see LarrySummers go.

Stocks rose on Monday afterSummers, who had been the leadingcandidate to replace Federal Reservechairman Ben Bernanke, withdrew hisname from consideration.

Summers, a former Treasury secre-tary, was viewed as being more likelyto rein in the governments massivestimulus program, which has keptinterest rates low and boosted corpo-rate profits.

Stocks were also helped by news thatU.S. factory output rose 0.7 percent inAugust, the most in eight months.

The Dow Jones industrial averagerose 118.72 points, or 0.8 percent, toclose at 15,494.78. The Standard &Poors 500 index rose 9.61 points, or0.6 percent, to 1,697.60. The Nasdaqcomposite fell 4.34 points, a fractionof a percent, to 3,717.85, pulled downby a loss in Apple.

Nine of 10 sectors in the S&P 500rose, led by industrial stocks. Onlytechnology stocks declined.

At its highest point in late morningtrading, the S&P 500 was within fivepoints of its previous record close of1,709.67, set on Aug. 2.

That worried Brad McMillan, chiefinvestment officer for CommonwealthFinancial.

McMillan said there are risks thatinvestors dont seem to be accounting

for in the prices theyre paying. TheSyria situation might not be resolvedas easily as some are assuming.Europes debt crisis isnt over.Investors seem to believe corporateprofits will keep growing as fast as

they have been, even though cheapdebt refinancing has driven much ofthat growth. And theres anotherdebate upcoming in Washingto n abo utthe U.S. debt ceiling. The last time wehad a real problem with it, it did resultin a significant market correction,McMillan said.

Linda Duessel, market strategist atFederated Investors in Pittsburgh, sa idits just as likely that some of thoseissues will turn out in ways that dont

hurt stocks. And even if one of thoseissues causes stocks to decline, thatcould be the correction that any us ofwho have cash on the sidelines arewaiting for, she said.

The Fed has been buying $85 billion

per month in bonds, which has had theeffect of keeping interest rates low andreduced borrowing expenses for com-panies.

The Fed has been saying for monthsthat it will slow that stimulus oncetheres a better outlook for jobs. Thequestion has been how soon, and howmuch. The consensus with Summerswas, sooner, and more. Thats whystocks rose once investors found outhe wont be the next Fed chief.

Stocks rally after Summers exits Fed race

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday on the NewYork Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:NYSEAllegheny Technologies Inc.,up $2.32 to $30.95The specialty metals company sold its tungsten materials unit for $605million as it focuses on growth opportunities in its high-performancemetals and flat-rolled products segments.DR Horton Inc.,up 70 cents to $19.84The withdrawal of Lawrence Summers from the race for the top job atthe Fed sends shares of homebuilders soaring.Summers was expectedto rein in some of the measures that have kept interest rates low.The Boeing Co.,up $4.34 to $115.67Sterne Agee raises its price target on the plane builders stock, citinghealthy forecasts for aircraft deliveries.Boise Inc.,up $2.60 to $12.56Packaging Corp.of America is spending $1.27 billion to acquire the makerof packaging and paper products.

NasdaqOmeros Corp.,up $3.47 to $8.56Wedbush hikes its target price for the biopharmaceutical company onthe belief that a shifting regulatory landscape will lead to increased useof the companys OMS302,a treatment for the eyes.Apple Inc.,down $14.78 to $450.12Concerns about early demand for the newest iPhone hit the stock,whichhas dropped 11 percent since the companys product announcementslast week.Perion Network Ltd.,down $1.43 to $11.74Investors were not happy about the premium offered for the consumerInternet company in a tie-up with Conduit Ltd.s Client Connect business.Regado Biosciences Inc.,up $3.03 to $7.63A host of analysts initiate coverage of the biopharmaceutical companythat has a drug showing blockbuster potential in late-stage clinical trials.

Big movers

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Pandora Media toissue new stock;shares fall

OAKLAND Internet radio giant Pandora Media Inc.said Monday it will issue new shares in a move that couldraise three times as much investor cash as its initial pub-lic offering two years ago. The move will refresh the com-panys dwindling cash reserves and give it more flexibili-ty to invest or make acquisitions as it settles under its newCEO.

Investors panned the move, in part because it will diluteany profits for existing shareholders. Shares fell $1.14,or 4.8 percent, to $22.85 in after-hours trading Monday.The stock has more than doubled in the year to date.

The new share offering comes just days after the compa-ny said last Wednesday that former aQuantive head BrianMcAndrews is its new chief executive, replacing JoeKennedy, who is retiring.

Business brief

By Martin CrutsingerTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON Hiring is soft. Payis barely up. Consumers are cautious.Economic growth has yet to pick up.

And yet on Wednesday, the FederalReserve is expected to take its first steptoward reducing the extraordinary stim-ulus its supplied to help the U.S. econ-omy rebound from its deepest crisissince the Great Depression.

If it does, the Fed will likely spark adebate: Has the economy strengthenedenough to withstand the pullback?

The answer might not be clear formonths.

The Fed is meeting this week at a time

of deepening uncertainty about whowill succeed Chairman Ben Bernankewhen his term ends in January. OnSunday, Lawrence Summers, who was

considered the leading candidate, with-drew from consideration.

Summers withdrawal followed grow-ing resistance from critics. His exitcould open the door for his chief rival,Janet Yellen, the Feds vice chair. Ifchosen by President Barack Obama andconfirmed by the Senate, Yellen wouldbecome the first woman to lead the Fed.

For months, the Fed has said it willslow its $85 billion-a-month inTreasury and mortgage bond purchasesonce the outlook for the job market hasimproved substantially. Those purchas-es have been designed to keep long-term loan rates low to get people toborrow and spend and invest in thestock market.

Super-low rates are credited with help-ing fuel a housing comeback, supporteconomic growth, drive stocks torecord highs and restore the wealth of

many Americans.Few think the Fed will significantly

reduce its bond purchases not now,anyway. Many economists think theFed will announce when its two-daypolicy meeting ends Wednesday that itwill slow its purchases by $10 billion to $75 billon a month.

The pullback is expected to comefrom the Feds Treasury purchases. Itwill likely maintain the pace of itsmortgage bond buying to try to keephome-loan rates down to sustain thehousing rebound.

Some had once expected a sharperfirst reduction in the Feds purchases ofaround $20 billion a month. But thatwas before the government said that job

growth was only modest in August andthat employers added many fewer jobsin June and July than previouslythought.

Fed likely to slow bond buys despite tepid economy

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WARREN, Mich. As automakersrace to make cheaper electric cars withgreater battery range, General Motors isworking on one that can go 200 milesper charge at a cost of about $30,000, atop company executive said.

Vice President of Global Product

Development Doug Parks wouldnt saywhen or if such a car will be built, how-ever.

Currently GM sells the $35,000Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid, whichcan go 38 miles on electricity before agas-powered generator kicks in. It alsooffers the all-electric Chevy Spark sub-compact that can go 82 miles on a

charge. It starts at $26,685. Electriccars are eligible for a $7,500 federal taxcredit.

The 200-mile car would cost about thesame as the current Volt, and it wouldmatch the range and be far cheaper thanTesla Motors $71,000, all-electricModel S. The Model S can go up to 265miles on a single charge.

GM working on 200-mile electric car, exec says

By Hope YenTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON The gap in employmentrates between Americas highest- and low-est-income families has stretched to itswidest levels since officials began trackingthe data a decade ago, according to an analy-sis of government data conducted for theAssociated Press.

Rates of unemployment for the lowest-income families those earning less than$20,000 have topped 21 percent, nearlymatching the rate for all workers during the1930s Great Depression.

U.S. households with income of morethan $150,000 a year have an unemploy-

ment rate of 3.2 percent, a level traditional-ly defined as full employment. At the sametime, middle-income workers are increas-ingly pushed into lower-wage jobs. Manyof them in turn are displacing lower-skilled ,low-income workers, who become unem-ployed or are forced to work fewer hours, theanalysis shows.

This was no equal opportunity reces-sion or an equal opportunity recovery,said Andrew Sum, director of the Center forLabor Market Studies at NortheasternUniversity. One part of America is indepression, while another part is in fullemployment.

The findings follow the governmentstepid jobs report this month that showed a

steep decline in the share of Americansworking or looking for work. On Monday,President Barack Obama stressed the need toaddress widening inequality after decades ofa winner-take-all economy, where a few dobetter and better and better, while every-body else just treads water or loses ground.

We have to make the investments neces-sary to attract good jobs that pay goodwages and offer high standards of living,he said.

While the link between income and job-lessness may seem apparent, the data are thefirst to establish how this factor has con-tributed to the erosion of the middle class, atraditional strength of the U.S. economy.

Based on employment-to-population

ratios, which are seen as a reliable gauge ofthe labor market, the employment disparitybetween rich and poor households remainsat the highest levels in more than a decade,the period for which comparable data areavailable.

Its pretty frustrating, says AnnetteGuerra, 33, of San Antonio, who has beenlooking for a full-time job since she fin-ished nursing school more than a yearago. During her search, she found thatemployers had become increasingly pickyabout an applicants qualifications in thetight job market, often turning her awaybecause she lacked previous nursing expe-rience or because she wasnt certified inmore areas.

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SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS

TheSan Francisco 49ers (and their traveling fans) were completely overwhelmed in Seattle as the Seahawks took early control of the NFC West

San Francisco is reelingBy Janie McCauleyTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSSANTA CLARA The San Francisco49ers are reeling in more ways than theobvious one: a rash of injuries to key play-ers.

While the NFC West champions sustainedseveral injuries during Sunday nights 29-3road defeat at the hands of division rivalSeattle, including the expected season-end-ing ankle injury for nose tackle IanWilliams, the 49ers offense is left withmany questions after quarterback ColinKaepernicks worst performance yet as apro.

They got nothing done. What were their

numbers? What did Anquan (Boldin) dotonight? Seahawks coach Pete Carroll saidafterward. Their quarterback threw for (412)last week. He threw for (127) tonight.

The team had five turnovers and no touch-downs for just the third time since 1979, andhad more turnovers than points for the firsttime since former quarterback Alex Smithsfirst start as the No. 1 overall pick in 2005 a 28-3 loss to the Colts on Oct. 9 thatyear.

Arizona and Tampa Bay were the onlyteams last year to have five turnovers and noTDs.

Jim Harbaugh was asked Monday whetherhe felt disbelief after taking such a lopsidedloss a week after such an impressive season-

opening victory against Green Bay.Not to stack up any, compare any other

game in all the years that weve played orwatched football, Harbaugh said. We werethere, we had some chances. There weresome missed opportunities and somemomentum plays that went against us. Now,thats on us as coaches, players. Thats alsoa credit to Seattle.

Williams is expected to be sidelined forthe remainder of the season with a brokenleft ankle. He was undergoing surgeryMonday.

Looks like hes going to be out for theyear, Harbaugh said. Disappointing, and


The Week 1 jitters were out of the way lastweekend on the football field. And someperformances showed it.

A couple of programs kicked up prettyhistoric wins. Terra Nova took down reign-ing Central Coast Section Open Divisionchampion St. Ignatius 50-22. The Tigersused big days by junior quarterback

Anthony Gordon (almost 400 yards pass-ing) and Jaylend Jones (three touchdowns,kickoff return for a TD) to turn a lot of headsacross the Bay Area.

The Menlo-Atherton Bears were down 10-7 to CCS powerhouse Los Gatos. It was thenthey turned to Isiah Nash. The running backpeeled off runs of 50 and 41 yards to stunthe Wildcats 19-10.

Also big for the Peninsula Athletic

League last weekend, Dupra Goodman ofSouth City football helped lead the Warriorsto a 23-22 win over Capuchino, rushing for146 yards and a touchdown on 22 carries.

Rory McDaid of Capuchino finished withthree receptions for 108 yards and twotouchdowns of 46 and 47 yards.

Brandon Gip, a senior for El Camino, for158 yards and two touchdown in the Colts34-26 loss to Aragon.

Nat Blood of Aragon had a lot to do withhanding Gip and the Colts that loss. Thesecond-year varsity starter completed 8 of14 passes for 192 yards and two scores.

Jack Heneghan of Menlo School threwfor 255 yards and five touchdowns in a winover Mission-San Francisco. Peter Bouretcaught three of those TDs.

In a team-Honor Roll plug, the Sacred

By Julio LaraDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

The boys on the Menlo-Atherton footballteam were asking for the play in the huddle.

It was the fourth quarter, Friday night, inwhat the Bears would usually describe ashostile and unforgiving ter ritory. The scenewas Los Gatos High School, Central CoastSection juggernaut and home to a lot of lop-

sided losses for M-A.But on this particular Friday night, down

10-7 heading into the fourth quarter, theboys from Menlo-Atherton werent intimi-dated by the name on opposing jerseysbecause they had a secret weapon.

They had Isiah Nash.They wanted that play, said M-A Sione

Taufoou. He made a guy miss and it was offto the races.

And into M-Aallure.

Nash put the M-Ateam on his shoulders inwhat turned out to be a stunning 19-10 vic-tory over a Wildcat team that, as recently aslast year, beat the Bears 42-7. Nash reeledoff two runs the first of 50 and the secondof 41 yards in the fourth quarter to guideMenlo-Atherton to victory.

For his efforts, Nash is the Daily JournalAthlete of the Week.

I think it meant a lot, Taufoou said ofthe win. I think it shows the growth in thestudents. Their commitment, the work inthe weight room. Its starting to take us tothe next level.

And its Nashs commitment to thosethings that is carrying him to that level. On

Boy, what a difference a weekmakes. Aweek ago, the SanFrancisco 49ers were coming off a

big win over Green Bay, while the OaklandRaiders were surprisingly competitive in aloss to Indianapolis.

This week, which team has more ques-tions to ask? For the first time in a longtime, that answer is the 49ers.

The Raiders looked decent in a relativemundane win over Jacksonville Sunday.The players seems to be buying into what-ever it is coach Dennis Allen is selling.These players actually seem to care, which

couldnt always be said of players over thelast couple of years. There seems to be anew vigor and ener-gy for the silver andblack. They have abig test next weekagainst the DenverBroncos, so wellsee if Oakland cancontinue to build onsome positives.

The 49ers, how-ever, got wallopedfor the second timein a row by theSeahawks inSeattle. Maybe the49ers need to avoid

these national nighttime games. In their

last three primetime contests againstthe Baltimore Ravens on Thanksgivingnight, as well as in Seattle on a Sundaynight last year, and if you want to includethe Super Bowl as a primetime game they are 0-4.

Turns out there might be a wide receiverproblem for San Francisco after all. Youknow something is wrong whenfullback/H-back Bruce Miller is a focalpoint of the offense.

It seems as if the coaching staff or ColinKaepernick himself is intent on showinghe can function as a traditional pocketquarterback, because he has not reallyshown the burst or quite frankly theinclination to use his legs like he did so

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Historic days highlight the Honor Roll

Nash puts Menlo-Atherton on his shoulders

Raiders allsmiles,while49ers in woe

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Angels rout the AthleticsTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

OAKLAND C.J. Wilson pitched seveninnings of one-run ball for his career-best17th win, and the Los Angeles Angelsbecame the first team in nearly four months

to beat Jarrod Parker in a 12-1 victory overthe Oakland Athletics on Monday night.

Kole Calhoun had two of his three RBIsduring a five-run fifth inning that chasedParker (11-7), who was 9-0 in 19 startssince a loss at Texas on May 22. It was thelongest unbeaten streak by an As startingpitcher since Hall of Famer Lefty Grovewent 21 in a row in 1931.

Mike Trout and Mark Trumbo each hit atwo-run homer in the eighth.

Wilson (17-6) struck out six and walkedthree while giving up four hits. He extendedhis career-best winning streak to nine and isunbeaten in his last 13 starts.

Sharks edge Canucks3-2 in preseason opener

VANCOUVER, British Columbia Tommy Wingel s goal at 16:07 of the thirdperiod lifted the San Jose Sharks to a 3-2victory over the Vancouver Canucks in apreseason game Monday night.

Wingels deflected in Joe Pavelskis point

shot during a power play with Canucks vet-eran Alex Burrows was off for roughing.

Wingels and Pavelski both had a goal andan assist for the Sharks while JohnMcCarthy scored their other goal.

Brendan Gaunce and Hunter Shinkarukscored for the Canucks while defensemanHenrik Tommernes added two assists.

It was the first game of the exhibition sea-son for both clubs.

The Canucks went with six NHL regularsfrom last season, including Burrows andRyan Kesler. Frank Corrado, 20, who playedfor Vancouver late in the season after com-pleting his junior season, also played.

Notes: New Canucks coach JohnTortorella watched his club fromVancouvers management box.

By Bernie Wilson


SAN FRANCISCO Back home inBritain, hes known as Sir Ben Ainslie.

Out on San Francisco Bay, hes the tacti-

cian for Americas Cup defender Oracle TeamUSA.

And really, Ainslie cant lose even ifOracle fails to defend the Americas Cup.

Signed to steer the B boat to help getskipper Jimmy Spithill into fighting trim,Ainslie never expected to sail in the matchagainst Emirates Team New Zealand.

His ultimate goal was to gain the experi-ence needed to help lead a British campaignfor the next Americas Cup, which is look-ing more and more like itll be held inAuckland.

After the American powerhouse stumbledbadly in losing four of the first five races,Ainslie replaced American John Kostecki astactician. Theres been a noticeable uptickin the crews performance and Oracle is sail-

ing much better upwind after modifying its72-foot catamaran.

Still, Team New Zealand leads 7-1 andneeds two more victories to wrest sailingsbiggest prize from Oracle.

Monday was an off day, with Races 11 and12 scheduled for Tuesday, weather permit-ting. Docked two points in a cheating scan-dal, Oracle needs eight wins to keep the old-est trophy in international sports.

As this Americas Cup approaches a con-clusion, Ainslie has to keep an eye on thenext one. New teams need to be put togetherquickly and serious amounts of cash need tobe raised.

While Britannia once ruled the waves, it

has failed miserably over the last 162 yearsto win back the Auld Mug.Its a huge part of our maritime history

that, well, is missing from our maritime his-tory, said Ainslie, the most successfulsailor in Olympic history. It started in1851, around the Isle of Wight, and wevenever seen it since.

Ainslie would seem to be the perfect sailorto bring the silver trophy back to Britishshores. He was knighted by Princess Annein March, seven months after winning hisfourth straight Olympic gold medal. He alsohas a silver medal from 1996.

Ainslie had been part of the most recentBritish synd icate, Team Origin, which aban-doned plans for the 34th Americas Cup afterthe 72-foot catamarans were introduced.Funding also was a consideration.

Britain hasn t had a team in the challengerseries since the 2003 Americas Cup.

The last time Britain was in the AmericasCup match, in 1964, the Beatles were mak-ing far bigger waves than sailors from OldBlighty.

In the decades since, two of Britains for-mer colonies, Australia and New Zealand,have won the Americas Cup. The Kiwis areclosing in on winning it again.

Ainslie hopes to one daywin Cup for Great Britain


TEMPE, Ariz. The Pac-12 Conferencehas reprimanded the officials in Saturdaynights game between Wisconsin andArizona State for their actions in the bizarreclosing seconds.

The Pac-12 said the officials did not actwith enough urgency or properly handle theend of game situation when Wisconsin quar-terback Joel Stave awkwardly took a kneeand the clock ran out on the Badgers in theensuing confusion.

This was an unusual situation to end thegame, Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scottsaid in a statement on Monday. After athorough review, we have determined thatthe officials fell short of the high standard

in which Pac-12 games should be managed.

We will continue to work with all our offi-cials to ensure this type of situation neveroccurs again.

The strange finish came after Wisconsindrove to Arizona States 13-yard line with18 seconds left. Trying to set the Badgers upfor a game-winning field goal, Stave ran leftand tried to take a knee in the middle of thefield.

He clipped one of his offensive linemenwhile trying to go down and plopped theball onto the yard marker before hopping upquickly.

Players from both teams were confused bythe play and the Sun Devils dove on theball, thinking it was a fumble.

Pac-12 reprimands officials ofWisconsin-ASU football game

San Jose Sharks win their preseason opener

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hell have surgery today.

Williams was injured in the first quarter ofhis first career start.

The third-year pro earned the job as thereplacement for the departed Isaac Sopoagawith a strong offseason and training camp.

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