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HEALTH PAGE 19

U.K.S KATE GIVES BIRTH TO ROYAL HEIR

By Angela SwartzDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

How the federal Patient Protection andAffordable Care Act will affect small busi-nesses when it is implemented next yearwas the main topic of conversation at aninformational forum in Redwood City yes-terday morning.

The act will take effect in January 2014,

and require all Americans to have healthinsurance. Currently, there are 5.3 millionuninsured Californians, according toCovered California, the health careexchange created as a result of theAffordable Care Act.

Businesses with 50 employees or fewerwill not be mandated to provide theiremployees with insurance, but experts on apanel to discuss the act highlighted some of

the benefits for businesses providing healthinsurance, including tax credits. Largercompanies will pay fees for either not offer-ing insurance or not offering affordableenough insurance plans to their employees.

The forum was organized by state Sen.Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, AssemblymanRich Gordon, D-Menlo Park, andAssemblyman Kevin Mullin, D-South SanFrancisco.

Theres a lot of uncertainty surroundingthe act, Mullin said at the event. Theimplementation is a large undertaking.

The Redwood City-San Mateo CountyChamber of Commerce was a co-host of theforum. Amy Buckmaster, chamber presidentand CEO, said in a press release that thechamber hears from many small businesses

Forum tackles health care act questionsSmall businesses seek answers on Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Grand jury questionscountys budget gapReport claims deficit no longer existsBy Michelle DurandDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

San Mateo County has not had astructural deficit for the last 10 years,despite using the alleged gap and theuse of reserves to balance the budget asreason for voters to favor four taxmeasures, according to the civil grand

jury.

The jury report released yesterdayclaims the Board of Supervisors sys-tematically excludes some or all of itsextra property tax revenue when pen-ciling out its budget to create theimpression of a deficit despite havinga multi-million dollar surplus.

But board President Don Horsley andCounty Manager John Maltbie counter that the jury is theone that is wrong and that the countys habit of not includ-ing excess Educational Revenue Augmentation Funds is fis-cally prudent.

Had we thrown all caution to the wind and spent everycent then wed have real financial trouble, Maltbie said.

Waste board changeset to move forwardMore members signing on to electedrepresentation proposal for SBWMABy Bill SilverfarbDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

An idea that first emerged in 2005 out of Belmont maysoon transform how the areas top waste agency conductsits public business.

If three more agencies agree, the makeup of the SouthBayside Waste Management Authority board will shift frombeing comprised of city staff to elected officials as recentlyendorsed by a Blue Ribbon Task Force comprised of theauthoritys 12 member agencies.

Today, both the Belmont City Council and San Mateo

County Board of Supervisors will vote on whether to amendthe SBWMAs joint powers agreement to change the boards

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Pull back curtain ongrand jury secrecy

County leasing bothCircle Star towers

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Students and parents at the Mills High School gym gather to speak out about AP test invalidations at a community meetinglast night.

By Angela SwartzDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Hundreds of frustrated Mills HighSchool parents and students spoke outat a community meeting last night inMillbrae about the College Boardsdecision to invalidate AdvancedPlacement exams taken this Maybecause of seating irregularities.

And legal action seems the likelynext step.

Last week, the San Mateo UnionHigh School Districts reported that

test distributor College Board invali-dated tests in 11 AP subjects take n thisMay because of seating irregularities.The decision affected more than 200students and resulted in more than 600AP exams being canceled because stu-dents tested in multiple subjects.

Educational Testing Service, theCollege Boards security provider thatadministers the AP Exams, stated ETSwas notified by one student who com-plained via email back in May.

During testing, Mills placed some ofthe students in the library at tables sit-

ting diagonally across from each othersince Mills didnt have enough class-room space. The College Board regula-tion manual stated this may lead toinvalidations since the ideal seatingarrangement states students are sup-posed to sit in individual desks, facingthe same direction. The school districtconfirmed that the ETS had no suspi-cions of cheating, but ETS views it asa problem with the tests integrity.

During the meetings public com-

Parents prep lawsuitMills community frustrated over AP score invalidations

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Fisherman gets 230 poundtuna despite capsized boat

LIHUE, Hawaii A 54-year-oldfisherman is safe after his 14-foot boatcapsized as he was landing a 230-pound tuna in the ocean off Hawaii.

The U.S. Coast Guard rescuedAnthony Wichman on Friday afterreceiving a distress call from his wife.

Wichman was fishing ab out 10 milessouthwest of Port Allen on the islandof Kauai Friday morning when he

hooked the Ahi tuna. Coast Guard Lt.Jessica Mickelson tells Hawaii NewsNow that Wichman was able to use hiscellphone to call his wife for help.

The Coast Guard dispatched a heli-copter to rescue Wichman. Friendsarrived on another boat and were ableto right Wichmans boat. They towedit and the fish back to port.

Dennis Farina, star ofLaw & Order,dead at 69

NEW YORK Dennis Farina, a one-time Chicago cop who as a popularcharacter actor played a TV cop onLaw & Order during his wide-rangingcareer, has died.

Death came Monday morning in a

Scottsdale, Ariz., hospital after Farinasuffered a blood clot in his lung,according to his publicist, Lori DeWaal. He was 69.

For three decades, Farina was a char-acter actor who displayed remarkable

dexterity, charmand toughness,making effectiveuse of his craggyface, husky frame,ivory smile andample mustache. Hecould be as dapperas Fred Astaire andas full of threat asClint Eastwood.

His gift has been described as wry,tough-guy panache, and audiencesloved him for it.

Sometimes you can take those dra-matic roles and maybe interject a littlehumor into them, and I think thereverse also works, Farina said in a2007 interview with the AssociatedPress. One of the funny things in lifeto me is a guy who takes himself veryseriously.

Farinas many films include SavingPrivate Ryan, (1998), Out Of Sight(1998), Midnight Run (1988),Manhunter (1986), and his breakoutand perhaps most beloved film, GetShorty (1995), a comedic romp wherehe played a Miami mob boss.

He recently completed shooting acomedy film, Lucky Stiff.

Among his numerous TV roles wasDetective Joe Fontana on Law &Order during the 2004-06 seasons,replacing longtime cast member JerryOrbach in the ensemble.

Law & Order executive producerDick Wolf said he was stunned and

saddened to hear about Dennis unex-pected passing this morning. TheLaw & Order family extends sympa-thy and condolences to his family.

Also on TV, Farina was a regular inthe star-studded though short-lived2011-12 HBO horse-track dramaLuck.

He starred in the 1980s cult favoriteCrime Story, and his stylish pri-vate-eye drama Buddy Faro (1998)was warmly received if little-watched.He followed that up with a 2002 sit-com flop, The In-Laws.

Last season he guest-starred on theFox comedy New Girl.

A veteran of the Chicago theater,Farina appeared in Joseph MantegnasBleacher Bums and Streamers,directed by Terry Kinney, among otherproductions.

Born Feb. 29, 1944, Farina wasraised in a working-class neighbor-hood of Chicago, the seventh child ofItalian immigrants.

After three years in the U.S. Army,he served with the Chicago PoliceDepartment for 18 years, both as a uni-formed officer (he was there for the1968 Chicago riots) and a burglarydetective, before he found his way intoacting as he neared his forties.

His first film was the 1981 actiondrama Thief, directed by MichaelMann a future collaborator onnumerous projects as recently asLuck whom he had met through amutual friend.

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In 1885, Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the UnitedStates, died in Mount McGregor, N.Y., at age 63.In 1886, a legend was born as Steve Brodie claimed to havemade a daredevil plunge from the Brooklyn Bridge into NewYorks East River. However, there are doubts about whetherthe dive actually took place.In 1888, author Raymond Chandler was born in Chicago.In 1914, Austria-Hungary issued a list of demands to Serbiafollowing the killing of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Serbassassin; the dispute led to World War I.In 1945, French Marshal Henri Petain, who had headed theVichy government during World War II, went on trial,charged with treason. He was convicted and condemned todeath, but the sentence was commuted.In 1951, Petain died in prison.In 1952 , Egyptian military officers led by Gamal AbdelNasser launched a successful coup against King Farouk I.

In 1967, a week of deadly race-related rioting that claimed43 lives erupted in Detroit.In 1977, a jury in Washington, D.C., convicted 12 HanafiMuslims of charges stemming from the hostage siege atthree buildings the previous March.In 1986 , Britains Prince Andrew married Sarah Fergusonat Westminster Abbey in London. The couple divorced in1996.In 1997, the search for Andrew Cunanan, the suspectedkiller of des igner Gianni Versace and others, ended as policefound his body on a houseboat in Miami Beach, an apparentsuicide.In 2011 , singer Amy Winehouse, 27, was found dead in herLondon home from accidental alcohol poisoning.Ten years ago: Anew audiotape purported to be from top-pled dictator Saddam Hussein called on Iraqis to resist theU.S. occupation.

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UNINCORPORATEDSAN MATEO COUNTYDUI. Awoman was arrested for driving whileintoxicated on North Cabrillo Highwaybefore 5:44 p.m. Wednesday, July 17.Petty theft. A drill valued at $250 wasstolen from a vehicle on the 400 block ofSpruce Street before 9:55 a.m. Wednesday,July 17.Burglary . Three juveniles stole beer out ofa neighbors garage on the 500 block ofHighland Avenue before 12:35 a.m.Wednesday, July 17.Suspended license. A man was cited fordriving with a suspended license on the 700block of Balboa Avenue in El Granada before9:37 a.m. Tuesday, July 16.DUI. A man was arrested for driving whileintoxicated on the 100 block of San MateoRoad before 12:31 a.m. Tuesday, July 16.

DUI. A man was arrested for driving underthe influence on South Cabrillo Highwaybefore 10:36 p.m. Monday, July 15.

SAN MATEODisturbance. Aman was assaulted by threemen who had been doing drugs on the 500block of East Third Avenue before 9:36 a.m.Sunday, July 21.Fraud. A debit card was stolen and fraudu-lently used to make purchases on the 1900block of Clinton Drive before 9:18 a.m.

Sunday, July 21.Disturbance. A person was assaulted by aco-worker on the 2400 block of DelawareStreet before 10:17 a.m. Saturday, July 20.Theft. A man snatched a persons briefcaseon the 300 block of Baldwin Avenue before10:04 a.m. Saturday, July 20.Theft. Parts were stolen from a motorcycleon the 100 block of El Camino Real before9:20 a.m. Saturday, July 20.Theft. A woman wearing medical scrubsstole from a store on the 3000 block ofBridgepointe Parkway before 8:08 p.m.

Friday, July 19.Fraud. Someone passed a counterfeit $100bill on the 100 block of East Third Avenuebefore 4:57 p.m. Friday, July 19.Disturbance. A disgruntled employee wastaken into custody at the Hillsdale ShoppingCenter before 2:01 p.m. Friday, July 19.

MILLBRAEArrest. A person was arrested for beingunder the influence of a controlled substanceon the 200 block of Broadway before 7:19p.m. Thursday, July 18.Burglary . A vehicle was burglarized on thefirst block of Rollins Road before 2 p.m.Thursday, July 18.Warrant arres t .Aman was booked for hav-ing an active warrant on the 600 block ofHemlock Avenue before 10:04 a.m. Sunday,

July 14.Burglary . A vehicle was burglarized on the200 block of El Camino Real before 12:59p.m. Sunday, July 14.Petty theft. Someone reported a shoplifteron the 800 block of Broadway before 5:25p.m. Saturday, July 13.Controlled substance. A man wasbooked for possessing a controlled sub-stance and paraphernalia on the 500 blockof El Camino Real before 2:15 a.m.Saturday, July 13.

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Id rather have two in the bushAman was seen walking around holdinga dead pigeon on the 200 block of ParkRoad in Burlingame before 12:38 p.m.Tuesday, July 16.By Michelle Durand

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San Mateo County is now leasing bothCircle Star office towers to an offshoot of

Softbank, the telecom company whichowns a majority of Sprint Nextel and isalready committed to occupying one of theSan Carlos buildings.

In April, SoftBank Corp. contracted torent out the 103,948-square-foot tower at 1Circle Star Way. On Tuesday morning, theBoard of Supervisors is expected to sign offon a lease for its 103,904-square-foot sisterproperty, 2 Circle Star Way. The secondlease is estimated to bring in $3.25 millionannually after the county recoups its up-front costs for improvements and $1.42million broker fee. Taken with the firstbuildings lease, the county stands to rakein more than $6 million in yearly revenue.

It is absolutely a good deal. With bothleases running concurrently for seven yearswe should net out more than $30 million,said County Manager John Maltbie.

Softbanks lease for 1 Circle Star includedright of refusal for the second buildingwhich it exercised after another firm in Junesigned a letter of intent to lease three floors.Softbank countered with a proposal to leaseall floors minus the 44-square-foot controlroom for the electronic billboard.

Maltbie said he understands the secondbuilding will be populated not withSoftbank itself but other technology firmswith which it is aligned.

The 82-month lease expires in May 2020with the option of extending it another 34months with the rent adjusted to 100 percentof the prevailing market rate.

The county purchased 1 and 2 Circle StarWay, two four-story office buildings plusparking, for $40 million two years ago as away to escape pricey leases for severaldepartments and relocate 911 dispatch.However, officials ultimately decided leas-ing the buildings was a more financially pru-dent choice, particularly because makingCircle Star compliant for dispatch wouldcost more than constructing an entirely newbuilding.

Maltbie said comparing whether the coun-ty leasing the buildings or relocating itsown departments is the better financial dealis comparing apples and oranges. Maltbiesaid the original plan for the buildings wasconceived when the county had much greaterspace needs but has since downsized.

Our needs changed dramatically,Maltbie said.

The lease with the county is actuallyStarburst 1, Inc. a subsidiary of SoftBankCorp. In October, SoftBank announcedplans to acquire 70 percent of Sprint Nextelfor $20.1 billion. CEO Masayoshi Son isalso rumored to have purchased a 9-acreWoodside estate on Mountain Home Roadthat at the time made it the most expensiveprivate residence on record in California andpotentially the nation.

The Board of Supervisors meets 9 a.m.Tuesday, July 23 in Board Chambers, 400Government Center, Redwood City.

County leasing bothCircle Star towers

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Turtle missing from PHSDAILY JOURNAL STAFF REPORT

The Peninsula Humane Society is seeking the publicshelp to locate Pokey, a pet tortoise dropped off at the shel-ter after hours after escaping from a Foster City yard andwho later wandered off.

Pokey, a brown African spurred tortoise, went missingJuly 9 and his owner Audrey Throgmorton learned 10 dayslater that another resident had found him but left him out-side the shelters Airport Boulevard main entrance.

PHS/SPCA didnt learn of the incident until July 19 whenThrogmorton contacted it. Shelter staff have searched theproperty for days without luck.

Throgmorton has had Pokey since he hatched 18 yearsago. He is approximately 2 feet across and weighs 25-30pounds. He is very gentle and does not bite but makes ahissing sound and retreats into his shell when frightened.He is used to people and being handled.

Throgmorton is offering a $100 reward for his safe return.Anyone with information should contact Throgmorton ataudfang@yahoo.com or 619-9517.

South San Francisco UnifiedSchool District Board member LizaNormandy has pulled nomination papersfor one of the three four-year South SanFrancisco City Council seats.

** *Redwood City Councilman Jeff Gee and former coun-

cilwoman Diane Howard qualified for the November ballotby submitting enough signatures. Councilman JohnSeybert has filed nomination papers with the city clerk.Planning Commissioner Ernie Schmidt and businessowner Corrin Rankin have pulled papers.

** *Vice Mayor Charlie Broni tsk y has pulled papers to

run for another term on the Foster City Council. He joinsGary Poll ard and Bill Schwarz in the race so far.

A brown African spurred tortoise named Pokey has beenmissing since July 9.

DAILY JOURNAL STAFF REPORT

El Camino Real is the areas majorpublic transportation thoroughfare

and SamTrans has figured out a way tobetter serve its customers along thecorridor by merging two routes intoone and have it run every 15 minutes.

Routes 390 and 391 will be replacedby Route ECR starting Aug. 12.

The 390 and 391 routes are not inter-changeable at some locations now andeach line runs only once every 40 min-utes, according to a statement bySamTrans spokeswoman JaymeAckemann.

With the new ECR line, every busgoes to the same stops, so customersdo not have to worry about whetherthey are on the right bus, according toAckemanns statement.

El Camino Real provides the transitagency with almost 50 percent of its

riders.Route ECR began weekend operation

as a pilot project in August 2012 andthe service has proved to be popularamong weekend customers adding newriders nearly every month since itslaunch. Weekend ridership hasincreased 4 percent since the routeslaunch last August.

The move is part of the SamTransService Plan, which is a comprehen-sive assessment of all bus service andis intended to grow ridership andimprove efficiency.

Route ECR will not go into SanFrancisco but every bus will go intoPalo Alto and run every 15 minutes.

With ECR, customers can throwaway the schedule, Deputy ChiefExecutive Officer Chuck Harvey wrotein a statement. The service is intend-ed to be spontaneous use, whichmeans that a customer can walk out toEl Camino and expect a bus every 15minutes without consulting a schedule.Route ECR will take them anywherethey want to go along the corridor.

Additional SSP changes will berolled out in January 2014.

Route ECR will provide service to all

Caltrain and Bay Area Rapid Transitstations along the route South SanFrancisco and San Bruno BARTcan beaccessed via a short walk from ElCamino Real as well as other keytransit centers served by routes 390and 391, according to Ackemannsstatement.

In other transit news:Construction crews have begun

excavating and removing portions of

the road at the new San Bruno Caltrainstation to lower the streets and allowfor greater vehicle clearance under thecrossings. Once completed, the clear-ance for each intersection will beapproximately 15 feet. The work willrequire road closures on Angus, SanMateo and San Bruno avenues betweennow and Sept. 2.

SamTrans streamlines

El Camino Real serviceWith ECR,customers can throw away the schedule....The

service is intended to be spontaneous use,which means that

a customer can walk out to El Camino and expect a bus every15 minutes without consulting a schedule.Route ECR willtake them anywhere they want to go along the corridor.

Deputy Chief Executive Officer Chuck Harvey

By Valeria FernandezTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NOGALES, Ariz. U.S. authoritieshave detained eight activists who asked

to be allowed to re-enter the UnitedStates from Mexico on humanitariangrounds in a protest against Americanimmigration policies.

Customs and Border Protection offi-cials detained the activists Monday afterthey filed applications for humanitarianparole at the Nogales border crossing totry to return to the United States.

CBPofficials said they could not com-ment on specific cases but under immi-gration law all applicants for admissionbear the burden of proof to establishthey are eligible to enter the country.

Domenic Powell, a spokesman for theNational Immigrant Youth Alliance, saidthe group hadnt been taken to a deten-tion center as of Monday afternoon.

He said the alliance would continue topressure federal authorities to let theeight activists go back home to theU.S.

Margo Cowan, a lawyer for the group,

says she will file asylum applicationson behalf of the activists if they aredenied humanitarian parole.

On the U.S. side of the border, about60 people waiting for the activistschanted in Spanish, No papers, nofear.

Three activists left the U.S. and trav-eled to Mexico expressly to participatein the protest. The group wants to drawattention to the huge jump in deporta-tions carried out under the Obama admin-istration, and reaffirm their attachmentto the country where they were raised.

Youth activists detained while trying to enter U.S.

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Party buses stolenThree party buses were stolen Saturday

night in Burlingame, according to police.They were parked behind some office

buildings in a parking lot on the 400 blockof Airport Boulevard and were yet to berecovered by yesterday afternoon,Burlingame police Sgt. Don Shepley toldthe Daily Journal.

The buses are owned by Fremont-basedEmpire Elite Limo, which has a corporateoffice down the road from where the buses

were stolen.

Neck slasher, accomplice arrestedTwo men are in custody following a brawl

in San Carlos Thursday morning that put a22-year-old Foster Cityresident in the hospitalwith a sliced neck,according to the SanMateo County SheriffsOffice.

The altercation tookplace at about 3:30 a.m.on the 400 block ofLaurel Avenue.

Arrested were RedwoodCity resident JasonSpears, 20, and San

Carlos resident BrendenHobson, 22.Hobson allegedly

sliced the victims neckwith a letter openerbefore Spears allegedlypunched him in the face,according to the SheriffsOffice.

Charges include beingdrunk in public, battery and assault with adeadly weapon.

Spears was arrested the morning of theincident but Hobson fled the scene. Heturned himself over to police Sunday night,according to the Sheriffs Office.

Man killed trying to help I-280 crashvictims IDd as Redwood City resident

Aman who was killed while attempting tohelp crash victims on Interstate 280 earlySunday morning has been identified by theSan Mateo County Coroners Office as 32-year-old Redwood City resident KirkPeterson.

The crash was reported north of WoodsideRoad at about 2:40 a.m.

Apreliminary investigation indicated thatthe 25-year-old driver of a black Honda,Vallejo resident Charles Miranda, allowedhis car to clip the rear of a Toyota SUV, caus-ing the Toyota to go out of control andstrike the center divider, CaliforniaHighway Patrol Officer Art Montiel said.

Peterson saw the crash and pulled over to

the roads right shoulder in his Jeep, thenattempted to run across southbound lanes toassist the victims. He was struck and killedby an oncoming Infiniti SUV, Montiel said.

Two people in the SUV suffered minorinjuries.

Miranda has been charged with drivingunder the influence causing bodily injuryand was in court Monday afternoon, accord-ing to the San Mateo County District

Attorneys Office.Anyone who might have witnessed the

incident should call the CHP at 3 69-6261.

Man nabbed in Daly City afterrobbing Burlingame bank

A man was arrested after robbing aBurlingame bank late Monday morning, apolice sergeant said.

The man went into a bank branch in the1100 block of Broadway just before noon,said he had a gun and demanded money froma teller, Burlingame police Sgt. DonShepley said. AWells Fargo branch is locat-ed in the block.

The suspect took cash and left the bankon foot.

Adescription of the robber was broadcast

to law enforcement agencies in the region,and he was later detained by Daly Citypolice in that city and then taken into cus-tody by Burlingame police, Shepley said.No injuries were reported during the rob-bery and a gun was never seen, Shepleysaid.

Palo Alto man dies, wifeinjured in Lake Tahoe plane crash

A Palo Alto man died and his wife wasinjured in a plane accident in Lake TahoeMonday morning, authorities said.

A single-engine Mooney M20 crashed ina wooded area less than a mile east the LakeTahoe Airport in South Lake Tahoe after tak-ing off at 11:15 a.m., Federal AviationAdministration spokesman Ian Gregor said.

Two people were on board.A man died in the crash, while the mans

wife suffered moderate injuries and wastaken to a hospital in Reno, El DoradoCounty sheriffs Lt. Pete Van Arnum toldreporters at the scene.

Van Arnum identified the couple as Stevenand Karen Lefton.

Karen Lefton had been trapped in theplane when an off-duty nurse came upon thecrash while walking her dog in the area, hesaid.

The nurse provided aid to the injuredwoman and alerted authorities.

The FAA and the National Transp ortati onSafety Board are investigating the accident.

In April, SequoiaHigh Schoolwas awarded a

$250,000 grant to con-tinue SAFE (SequoiaA f t e r s c h o o lF o c u s e dEnrichment) programfor next year and beyond until 2019-20.SAFE provides tutoring (math, English,Spanish), homework assistance for all sub-

jects, and enrichment (chess, culinary arts,ceramics, advanced dance, peer mediation,

physical conditioning, horsemanship, pad-dling, etc. classes after school primarily forTitle I students, but all students are wel-come.

** *Mercy High School Burlingame sen-

ior Grace Osborne recently won the SerraInternation al Club Essay Award.

Class notes is a column dedicated to school news. Itis compiled by education reporter Angela Swartz.You can contact her at (650) 344-5200, ext. 105 orat angela@smdailyjournal.com.

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Jack Dugoni, of Our Lady of Angels,the 2013 Burlingame Citywide Spelling Bee Championspeller,with Elaine Chen from Lincoln Elementary, right, and third place winner RebekahColeman from McKinley Elementary.Dugoni and his teammates,Brendan Bhatnagar andJack Hansen,gave Our Lady of Angels the privilege of keeping the Lions Trophy this year.The2013 Burlingame Citywide Spelling Bee was held at the Lions Hall April 17.The seven elementaryschools in Burlingame sent a team of three students to represent their school in the competition.Students from Franklin,Lincoln,McKinley,Roosevelt,Washington,Our Lady of Angels and St.Catherine of Siena competed.Wordmaster Leonard Froomin presented the words to thestudents and,if requested,a definition,the derivation,and its use in a sentence.The studentteam from Our Lady of Angels prevailed this year.The two words that champion Dugonineeded to spell to win were collaborateand condense.

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By Jeff ShuttleworthBAY CITY NEWS SERVICE

Less than two weeks before BARTwork-ers could resume their strike, union lead-ers alleged Monday that managements

chief negotiator has a long history ofengaging in hardball tactics and accusedhim of engaging in unfair bargaining .

Roxanne Sanchez, the president ofService International Union Local 1021,which represents 1,430 mechanics, cus-todians and clerical workers, said ThomasHock and his company, ProfessionalTransit Management, have been named in47 complaints with the National LaborRelations Board since 2001 and hes beeninvolved in negotiations that have result-ed in seven transit strikes since 2005.

Speaking at a news conference outsidethe Caltrans building in Oakland, wherecontract talks have been taking place,Sanchez alleged that Hock has engaged insurface bargaining, which she said is atechnique designed not to make progress

and to create a public backlash againstBARTworkers.

Sanchez also alleged that Hock isunavailable for 10 of the 14 days remain-ing before the contract for BARTem ploy-ees expires on Aug. 4 and called for BARTGeneral Manager Grace Crunican oranother top executive to come to the bar-gaining table to try to reach an agree-ment.

However, Crunican said she still sup-ports Hock because hes a great negotia-tor who has settled a lot of contracts.

She said Hock has negotiated more than400 labor contracts since 1972 and inthat time only two unfair labor practicecharges alleging bad faith bargaininghave been filed against him.

Crunican said one of those complaints

was withdrawn by the union that filed itand in the second case there was no find-ing of bad faith bargain ing.

Crunican also alleged that SEIU nego-tiators havent been at the bargainingtable 40 percent of the time since con-

tract talks began on April 1.The general manager said shes not at

the bargaining table every day but shesfully informed about the talks and isavailable at all times.

Members of SEIU Local 1021 and mem-bers of Amalgamated Transit Union Local1555, which represents 945 stationagents, train operators and clerical work-ers, went on strike on July 1 but late onJuly 4 they agreed to extend their previ-ous contract for 30 days, until Aug. 4, andreturn to work the afternoon of July 5.

The four-and-a-half day strike cloggedlocal highways and caused commutingheadaches for Bay Area residents.

BART management said state mediatorswho brokered the 30-day contract exten-sion were informed that Hock wouldnt be

available from July 24 to July 28 andagreed there would still be ample time tonegotiate a contract.

The key issues in the contract talks arewages, employee contributions for healthcare and retirement costs, and safety.

Among those who joined Sanchez incriticizing Hock were Josie Mooney, oneof SEIU Local 1021s lead negotiators,and ATU Local 1555 spokesman Leo Ruiz.

Sanchez said theres still a huge dividebetween the parties and very serious dif-ferences at this late date.

But Crunican was more hopeful that asettlement can still be reached, saying,There are still two weeks to go and thatsa good amount of time.

She said, Were here to get a settle-ment.

Labor leaders accuse BART

negotiator of hardball tactics

By Julie PaceTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON If President BarackObamas new focus on the economy soundsfamiliar, thats because hes done it before.

Since the first year of his presidency,Obama has been launching and re-launch-ing initiatives on the economy. Somecame with new policy proposals, others withcatchy slogans.

Remember 2011s Winning the Futurecampaign? Or the We Cant Wait initia tivesthat followed later that year? Just a fewmonths ago, Obama was headlining theMiddle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour.

So far theres no slogan attached to theWhite Houses latest initiative, which kicksoff Wednesday in Galesburg, Ill. The presi-dents advisers are billing his remarks as amajor address on the economy, though nonew initiatives are expected to be announced.

Im going to talk about where we need togo from here, how we need to put behind usthe distractions and the phony debates andnonsense that somehow passes for politicsthese days, and get back to basics, Obamasaid Monday as he addressed Organizing forAction, the non-profit group backing hisagenda.

Obama said Wednesdays speech wouldkick off a months-long effort to refocus on

the economy and start exploring some bigand bold ideas some hes offered previ-ously, and some new ones, too. Aides saidthose fresh policy proposals would come in aseries of follow-up speeches planned throughSeptember, most of which will be narrowlytargeted on issues like housing, retirementsecurity and expanding access to education.

White House spokesman Jay Carney saidObamas repeated attempts to orient his pub-lic agenda on the economy should serve as areminder that the president has always beenfocused on these issues.

That doesnt mean we dont need to con-tinue to remind people that improving theeconomic situation in America is the princi-ple reason why our fellow citizens elect andsend people to Washington, Carney said.

But congressional Republicans, who con-tinue to be a roadblock for many of the pres-idents economic proposals, dismissed theWhite Houses new public relations push as aretread of old ideas.

Weve seen this song and dance before,said Brendan Buck, a spokesman for HouseSpeaker John Boehner, R-Ohio. Whetherits his health care law, his job-destroyingenergy policies, or the mountain of regula-tions piling up, its the presidents own poli-cies that are responsible for this new normalof weak economic growth and high unem-ployment.

Obamas latest economicpush has a familiar feel

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Barack Obama delivers remarks at an Organizing for Action dinner in Washington, D.C.

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By Sylvia Hui and Gregory KatzTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LONDON Champagne bottlespopped and shouts of Hip! Hip!Hooray! erupted outsideBuckingham Palace on Monday as

Britain wel-

comed the birthof PrinceWilliam and hiswife Kates firstchild, a boy whois now third inline to theBritish throne.

Hundreds ofBritons andtourists brokeinto song anddance outside thepalace gates aso f f i c i a l sannounced thatthe future kingwas born at 4:24p.m., weighing

8 pounds, 6ounces (3.75kilograms), at

central Londons St. MarysHospital the same place whereWilliam and his brother Harry wereborn three decades ago.

The imminent arrival of the royalbaby was the subject of endlessspeculation on social media andwas covered for days on live televi-sion around the world, but in theend the royal family managed tokeep it a remarkably private affair.

In line with royal tradition, aterse statement announced only thetime of birth, the infants genderand that mother and child weredoing well. It gave no information

about the babys name, and officialswould say only that a name wouldbe announced in due course.

Her Royal Highness and herchild are both doing well and willremain in hospital overnight, itsaid. William also issued a briefstatement, saying we could not behappier.

Officials said William, who wasby his wifes side during the birth,would also spend the night in thehospital.

Williams press aides had talkedabout preserving Kates dignitythroughout the pregnancy, and theway the birth was handled showed

that the palaces impressive stage-craft could give the royals a bubbleof privacy even in the age of Twitterand 24-hour news broadcasts.

Just before 6 a.m., 31-year-oldKate, also known as the Duchess ofCambridge, entered the hospitalthrough a side door, avoiding the

mass of journalists camped outside.Officials did not announce she washospitalized until more than anhour later.

Later, as the world media gatheredoutside filled hours of airtime withspeculation, the babys birth wentunannounced for nearly four hours,allowing the royal couple the pri-vate time they needed to act like aregular family a goal 31-year-oldWilliam has cherished.

He was able to tell his father,Prince Charles, and grandmother,Queen Elizabeth II, about the birthand enjoy his wifes company with-out having to cope with the over-whelming media and public desirefor information.

By nightfall, the public stillknew very few details, but mostpeople seemed satisfied with thedays events. Londons landmarks,including the London Eye, lit up inthe national colors of red, white andblue, and the city had a party atmos-phere unmatched since last sum-mers Olympics.

Outside the hospital, a mandressed as a town crier in traditionalrobes and an extravagant featheredhat shouted the news and rang abell.

A car carrying the announcementdrove from the hospital to thepalace, where the news was greetedwith shrieks of Its a boy! andstrains of For Hes a Jolly Good

Fellow. A large crowd rushedagainst the palace fences to catch aglimpse of an ornate, gilded easeldisplaying a small bulletin formal-ly announcing the news.

The framed sheet of paper becamethe target of a thousand cameraflashes as people thrust their smart-phones through the railings. Hoursafter the initial announcement,crowds were still surging forward toget near the easel. Some placedpresents and bouquets in front ofthe palace, while others wavedUnion Jack flags and partied on thestreets to celebrate.

Its a boy! U.K.s Kate gives birth to royal heir

HOME BIRTHING

Most people take a hospital birth for granted thesedays, but just a few decades ago the customamong royals as it was among commoners was to give birth at home.Queen Elizabeth II was born at 17 Bruton Street inLondon,a private family home,and she gave birthto her sons Charles, Andrew and Edward inBuckingham Palace.Her only daughter, PrincessAnne,was born at Clarence House, also a royalproperty.

That changed by the 1980s,when Princes Williamand Harry were both born at the private LindoWing of St. Marys hospital in central London.William and Kates first child a prince wasborn Monday in the very same wing.HOME SCHOOLING

For a long time, royals were educated in private.The queen was taught at home by her father,tutors and governesses,and never mingled withcommoners at a school,college or university.Charles was the first royal heir to have gone toschool,and William and Kate,who were both

educated at independent schools,will doubtlesshave their son do the same.DADS IN THE DELIVERY ROOM

William said he would be there with Kate whenshe gave birth, in line with the expectations ofmany modern parents and he delivered onthat promise. He follows in the footsteps of hisfather, Charles, who declared how much herelished being in the delivery room in a letter tohis godmother,Patricia Brabourne.I am so thankful I was beside Dianas bedside thewhole time because by the end of the day I reallyfelt as though Id shared deeply in the process ofbirth,Charles wrote shortly after Williams birth.

Things were quite different when Charles wasborn.When the queen (then Princess Elizabeth)went into labor,her husband,Prince Philip,was offplaying squash in the palace out of restlessness,not indifference, noted Charles biographerJonathan Dimbleby.OFFICIAL INTRUDERS

In the early 1900s and probably before custom dictated that government officials should

be present when a royal was born. When thequeen was born in 1926,for example, the homesecretary was present among the doctors.

The current home secretary,Theresa May,said thecenturies-old tradition required the official toattend as evidence that it was really a royal birthand the baby hadnt been smuggled in.Fortunately for Kate the practice was abolishedyears ago by George VI.

The custom is thought to have been linked to theso-called warming pan plot of 1688, whenrumors swirled that the supposed child of JamesII was sneaked into the delivery room in a long-handled bed-warming pan.Some 40 to 60 peoplewere said to have dropped in to witness the birth.HOW MANY NAMES?

Now that the babys gender is known,the biggestguessing game surrounding the royal birth is thename.Most royals have three to four first names,usually in a combination that honors previousmonarchs or relatives. The queens full name isElizabeth Alexandra Mary,after her mother,great-grandmother and grandmother,and Williams full

name is William Arthur Philip Louis.The bookmakers had the shortest odds onAlexandra, Charlotte, Elizabeth for a girl, andGeorge or James for a boy.I t could take a whilefor the public to find out the future kings name.When William was born,it took a full week beforehis name was announced.AND THE LAST NAME?

The royals dont require a surname.The correcttitle when referring to the new prince will be HisRoyal Highness Prince (name) of Cambridge. Ifrequired,current members of the royal householdmay use Mountbatten-Windsor, the surnameadopted in 1960 for all of the queens children.(That name combines Windsor,the family nameadopted by King George V in 1917 to replace Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, and Prince Philips family name,Mountbatten).Prince William,the heir of Charles,the Prince ofWales,is known as Flight Lt.Wales when on militaryduty.CHRISTENING

Royal babies tend to be officially christened several

days to weeks after they are born,and there are afew potential places this could take place for thenew baby.

The queen was christened in the private chapel atBuckingham Palace,while both William and hisfather Charles were christened in the palacesMusic Room.A PLAIN OLD EASEL VS.TWITTER

The traditional way the palace announces a royalbabys birth to the world is as quaint as it gets: Amessenger with the news travels by car from thehospital to Buckingham Palace,carrying a piece ofpaper detailing the infants gender,weight andtime of birth.The bulletin is then posted on awooden easel on the palaces forecourt foreveryone to see.

This time,however,the Palace announced thenews by press release.In the old days the announcement was made tothe wider public by a reader on radio,but todaythats replaced by the Internet and social media:After the announcement was made, officialsposted the news on Twitter to millions of followersworldwide.TO NANNY OR NOT

William and Kate have not made any publicannouncements about hiring a nanny to helpthem bring up their son.Many expect the coupleto be more hands-on parents than earliergenerations of royals,and some have speculatedthat because of the couples close ties with Katesparents,Michael and Carole Middleton will alsohave a big role in helping Kate with the baby.Nannies have always been central to bringing uproyal babies. Charles was famously close to hisnannies, and William and Harry also enjoyed abond with their former nanny Tiggy Legge-Bourke who was so well known that she herselffrequently appeared in the news.A WELCOME WITH A BANG

Some things dont really change.A 62-gun salutefrom the Tower of London and a 41-gun salutefrom Green Park,near Buckingham Palace,were towelcome the baby into the world with a bang,

just as it did when previous royals were born.

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Crowds of people try to look at a notice formally announcing the birth of a son to Britains Prince William and

Catherine,Duchess of Cambridge,placed in the forecourt of Buckingham Palace.Ten royal baby traditions to know

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Letters to the editor

By John L. Maltbie

The 21st century allows everyonewith an Internet connection or asmartphone to access thousands

of public records and voice an opinion.Have a strong feeling about a local issue?

Tweet it, Facebook it or Pin it. Well get

it .Online access builds upon long-estab-

lished laws and codes governing openmeetings and open data. The Brown Actrequires that the publics business be donein public. The California Public RecordsAct and the federal Freedom ofInformation Act give you the right toaccess information about your local, stateand federal governments.

State law requires that every candidatefor elected office and holders of key posi-tions complete and file publicly availabledisclosure statements with investments,sources of income, property holdings andother information. Openness and trans-parency are the foundations of democracy.

So you might be surprised to learn that

one of the most potentially powerful civilinstitutions in California is cloaked in aveil of secrecy: the civil grand jury.

The civil grand jury consists of 19 menand women who look into the functions oflocal government and, ideally, root outinefficiency or corruption. Yet they per-form this watchdog function behind solid-ly closed doors. They are chosen in secret,meet in secret, question witnesses insecret, deliberate in secret.

This culture of secrecy undermines thegrand jurys credibility and effectiveness.

In its most recent report on the countysuse of excess Educational RevenueAugmentation Funds, the civil grand jurydemonstrates an abysmal lack of under-standing of the principles and practices of

budgeting and financial management.Either the grand jury was uninformed or

misinformed regardingthe countys use of thisfunding source. Ofcourse well never knowbecause well neverlearn about their deliber-ations.

Whats the issue? Thecivil grand jury criti-

cized the countys budg-eting practices, coming to the bizarreconclusion the county is somehow notfully accounting for all revenue.

Had the civil grand jury taken the timeto read its own 2012 fiscal year auditreport, it would have discovered 10 sepa-rate references to the use of excess ERAFas well as a separate paragraph in the con-trollers accompanying message. Theissue has been thoroughly discussed atmeetings of the Board of Supervisors(archived online by video and text) and isa matter of public record which the jurywas free to peruse had it chosen to do so.

(What is excess ERAF? In a nutshell, thecounty and local cities get back some oftheir property tax revenue used by the

state to meet its obligation to fund localschools when this revenue is in excess ofthe amount needed by the schools.

These additional funds are called excessERAF. As property tax revenue andschools needs change from year to year,the county budgets plans for abouthalf of what it expects to receive in excessERAF. The other half is used for reservesor other one-time purposes.)

The civil grand jury can provide a valu-able service in the investigation of gov-ernment operations. To be effective, thecivil grand jury must conduct itself andproduce reports that are professional,accurate and fair. To gauge these things,the public should know something aboutthe civil grand jury and its business. At aminimum, the applications for grand juror

should be made public the public has a

right to know whos conducting businesson behalf of the public.

Like office holders and key officials,grand jurors should be required to fill outfinancial disclosure forms and a conflict-of-interest statement. How else is the pub-lic going to know if conclusions reachedby the civil grand jury are a result of bias-es or even the financial interests of cer-tain jurors?

The civil grand jury does not need acloak of secrecy to conducts its work. TheU.S. Congress and the CaliforniaLegislature both have investigative func-tions yet they manage to conduct theirbusiness in public. Even such weightymatters as the appointment of a SupremeCourt justice or the impeachment of thepresident of the United States are conduct-ed in public. Criminal grand juries issue atranscript and it deals with the veryfreedom of individuals, not accountingfunctions.

San Mateo County is one of only two ofCaliforni as 58 counties with AAA creditratings from the nations two largest rat-ings firms. Our controller and Office ofBudget and Performance have receivednumerous awards for excellence in finan-cial reporting. We take a conservativeapproach to budgeting uncertain fundingsources, and few sources are more uncer-tain than excess ERAF. In fact, the gover-nors budget could strip San Mateo Countyof tens of millions of dollars in excessERAF in its latest budget.

Good thing we didnt budget all of it.

John Maltbi e is the county manager for San

Mateo County.

President ObamaEditor,

In his address to the nation last weekfollowing the verdict in the TrayvonMartin-George Zimmerman trial, PresidentObama has asked us all to think aboutwhat we have learned. The fact that therehas been such a passionate reaction to theverdict, and the presidents subsequent

remarks, shows how our country continuesto wrestle with the entire milieu of race,histo ry, education, opportunity, justiceand how do we make all this work? Ourpresident brings an important perspectiveto all these issues and his words resonate,not just because he is the president, but

because he has spoken to us with the faithand hope of a simple American citizen.

Michael Traynor

Burlingame

FatwaEditor,Letter writer Patricia Gray has much

more faith in the Supreme Leader of Iranthan I do (Jackie Speiers town hall meet-ing in the July 19 edition of the DailyJournal).

Iran would not be the first Islamic coun-try to have nuclear weapons. Pakistan has

had them for years and I dont believe thatthey are any less devout than the Iranianmullahs. No responsible person wants awar with Iran. However, it is the height ofirresponsibility to base our security on afatwa. Iran is aiding the Syrian govern-ment, fomenting trouble in Lebanon andarming Hamas in Gaza. Do we really wantto take a chance and let them get nuclearweapons? I hope not and I hope that theywill understand that a we will not toleratea terrorist state like Iran to have the ulti-mate in weapons of mass destruction.

Gil Stein

Aptos

Pull back curtain on grand jury secrecy UniformlyattractiveN

ext time a California HighwayPatrol Officer asks if I know why Iwas pulled over, I have the perfect

answer.Its so I can check

our your sexy uni-

form!Let the officer mull

that over while I con-template the speedingor cellphone ticket Imsure Ill still receive.Perhaps there can stillbe frisking.

Aperson in justabout any uniform has long made many aperson go weak in the knees althoughfrankly those associated with say French frytechnician or orderly dont quite carry thesame aesthetic quality as a sooty-faced fire-fighter or white-capped nurse. But for thoseseeking a uniform that makes others hopetheyre packing a fully-loaded weapon, littlebeats law enforcement. How else to explainthe penchant for police officer costumes byMagic Mike and Village People wannabes?

Now, that long-held stereotype has movedbeyond sloshy bachelorette parties andbest-selling pin-up calendars becausewww.uniformdating.com has confirmed it istrue. This site is sort of like eHarmonymeets Aramark. Out of 1,000 people sur-veyed, California Highway Patrol ranksnumber one for appealing law enforcementuniforms. Maybe the agency should changeits name to the California Hotness Patrol.

The blue and khaki ensemble beat outpatrols in Texas, New York, Florida andMassachusetts which is no small feat whenyou consider that (and this is verbatim fromthe press release) America is home to someof the most iconic and may we add lust-inducing cop uniforms in the world. Andapparently, the majority of those with a softspot for uniforms is still specifically long-ing for the days of Ponch and Jon.

The PR machine behind the dating sitehas a different spin on the outcome, con-cluding that the CHPuniform in lightercolours is seen to be less threatening thanthe more traditional paramilitary blacks andblues of forces such as the NYPD. Thisstatement proves several things. First, thecompanys flak is obviously British whichexplains why any American force is alluringenough to cross the pond. Bobbies mightbe polite, help pedestrians across the streetand come equipped with an accent but thehelmet and club does little in the way toinduce toe curling and hair flipping. On theother hand, this pat explanation also meansSWAT members are out of luck at making themasses want to, ahem, cop a feel.Uniformdating.com aficionados want theirlaw enforcement confident but not aggres-sive, authoritative but not intimidating. Infact, the public relations firm goes on to saythe California Highway Patrol outfit sug-gests that people want a partner who iswarm and easygoing. Because isnt thatwhat you immediately think when pulledover hey, that officer approaching withthe ticket book in hand appears oh so warmand easygoing!

The company further notes that all top-ranked state forces wear hats which indicatesthat, and again Im not making this up,police in hats especially traditional hatssuch as the Smokey Bear are seen to havemore authority. In other words, all a personneeds is the right headgear to jump-startanybodys internal forest fire.

Yet, www.uniformdating.com is shootingitself in the foot with this proclamationbecause those looking for a little love or

even the chance to earn a one-night badgeof dishonor should eschew the bars, thechurches and most certainly the website.Love is in the air and lust is on the road soget thee to the highway and put the pedal tothe metal . And when pulled over? Just claimyoure trying out speed dating.

Michelle Durands column Off the Beat

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Dow 15,545.55 +1.81 10-Yr Bond 2.488 -0.003

Nasdaq 3,600.39 +12.77 Oil (per barrel) 106.71S&P 500 1,695.53 3.44 Gold 1,334.60

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday on the NewYork Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:NYSEMcDonalds Corp.,down $2.69 at $97.58The hamburger chain said that its second-quarter profit rose 4 percentbut its results fell short of Wall Street expectations.Kinross Gold Corp.,up 43 cents at $5.57Shares of the Canadian gold and silver mining company rose as the priceof gold climbed above $1,300 an ounce.Tower International Inc.,down $3.15 at $19.85The auto parts maker posted a second-quarter loss and said its largeststakeholder plans to sell 6 million shares in a public offering.NasdaqYahoo Inc.,down $1.25 at $27.86Activist investor Dan Loeb and two other directors nominated by hishedge fund are leaving the Internet companys board of directors.

DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., down $1.13 at $23.77Shares of the animation studio dropped after its new movie,Turbo,had a weak debut weekend at the box office.Federal-Mogul Corp.,up $3.27 at $13.95The auto parts supplier said that it returned to profitability in the secondquarter thanks to cost cutting.Carmike Cinemas Inc.,down 89 cents at $18.89The movie theater operator reported second-quarter net results that fellshort of what Wall Street analysts expected.Himax Technologies Inc.,up $1.57 at $6.74Google Inc. is investing in Himax,which makes chips used in GoogleGlass,the Internet search companys eyeglass-enabled devices.

Big movers

By Steve RothwellTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK Mining companiesand banks helped the stock marketovercome some disappointing quarter-ly performances on Monday.

Poor second-quarter results from ahandful of large U.S. companiesweighed on stocks. McDonalds Corp.fell after its results missed expecta-tions and it warned of a tough yearahead. Media company Gannettdropped after its revenue fell short offinancial analystsexpectations.

But gold and copper prices boostedmining companies, and that helpednudge the market to another all-timehigh.

Investors are looking ahead a busyweek of corporate earnings. More than150 companies in the Standard &Poors 500 stock index are reportingquarterly earnings over the next fourdays.

For the most part, corporations have

reported results that have beaten ana-lysts expectations, though there havebeen some big letdowns. On Friday,Microsoft plunged after it reporteddeclining revenue and a big write-offon its new tablet computer. Coca-Colaslumped last Tuesday after the compa-ny said it sold fewer soft drinks inNorth America.

Earnings are not stellar, said BradReynolds, chief investment officer atinvestment adviser LJPR. It justseems that the market is OK withthat.

Investors were more than OK withgold Monday. Its price climbed above

$1,300 for first time in a month, giv-ing mining stocks a big lift.Gold gained $43.10, or 3.3 percent,

to $1,336 an ounce. Copper rose 4cents, or 1.3 percent, to $3.19 perpound.

Among mining companies,Newmont Mining rose $1.66, or 5.8percent, to $30.35. Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold gained 59cents, or 2.1 percent, to $29.15.

Gold plunged last month becauseinvestors thought the Federal Reservewas close to ending its economic stim-ulus. That pushed up interest rates. Andwhen rates rise, it costs investorsmore to hang onto gold, which paysno interest.

But with the Fed now willing to con-

tinue the stimulus, rates are falling.The S&P 500 index rose three

points, or 0.2 percent, to 1,695.53 onMonday. The index is at an all-timehigh, though trading volumes werelower than average.

Five of the 10 industry group in theS&P500 rose. Gains were led by finan-cial companies, which have posted

some of the strongest earnings for thequarter so far. They are expected toreport average earnings growth of 23percent. Bank of America added 17cents, or 1.2 percent, to $14.92.

The Dow Jones industrial averagerose nearly 1.8 points, or 0.01 per-

cent, to 15,545.55. The slump inMcDonalds stock weighed on theindex. The restaurant chains stock fell$2.69, or 2.7 percent, to $97.58.

The Nasdaq composite climbed12.77 points, or 0.4 percent, to3,600.39.

One sector that struggled was home-builders. Sales of previously occupiedhomes slipped in June to an annual rateof 5.08 million, the NationalAssociation of Realtors said Monday.

As a result, Pulte Group fell 22 cents,or 1.1 percent, to $19.14. Lennar fell73 cents, or 2.1 percent to $34.80.

The stock market has surged in Julyfollowing a tough June. Fed ChairmanBen Bernanke spooked investors onJune 19, when he seemed to signal that

the Feds tapering of bond purchaseswould start later this year. Then, after acouple of weeks of panic in stock andbond markets, Bernanke dialed thingsback on July 10. Thats when he toldthe National Bureau of EconomicResearch, in a speech in Cambridge,Mass., that the economy still neededhelp from the Feds low rates.

S&P edges higher, helped by gold miners

By Christopher S. RugaberTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON U.S. sales of previously

occupied homes slipped in June to a season-ally adjusted annual rate of 5.08 million butremain near a 3 1/2-year high.

The National Association of Realtors saidMonday that sales fell 1.2 percent lastmonth from an annual rate of 5.14 million inMay. The NAR revised down Mays sales, butthey were still the highest since November2009.

Despite last months dip, home sales havesurged 15.2 percent from a year ago. Sales

have recovered since early last year, buoyedby job gains and low mortgage rates.

Still, mortgage rates have surged in recentweeks over concern that the Federal Reserve

could slow its bond-buying programs laterthis year. The Feds bond purchases havehelped keep long-term mortgage and otherrates low.

Higher mortgage rates slowed sales lastmonth of higher-priced homes in states suchas California and New York, the Realtorsgroup said.

The average rate on a 30-year fixed mort-gage leapt to 4.46 percent by the end of Junefrom 3.81 percent at the end of May. The rate

was 4.37 percent last week.That rate increase could hamper sales in

coming months, economists said. But mostexpect housing to continue to recover,

though at a slower pace.Theres little doubt the housing market

slowed in the summer as mortgage ratesrose, Dan Greenhaus, chief global strategistat BTIG LLC, an institutional brokerage,said in a note to clients. Housing is stillexpected to grow and contribute to economicoutput. It just may not be at the pace weveseen of late.

Sales of previously occupied homes inJune reflect contracts that were mostly

signed in April and May, when mortgagerates were lower. Rising rates can cause somesigned contracts to fall through if buyers nolonger qualify for mortgages at higher rates.

The one factor thats likely most holdingback sales is a limited supply of homesavailable. Though more sellers put theirhomes on the market in June, the supplyremained unusually low nearly 8 percentless than a year ago.

At the current sales pace, the number ofhomes for sale would be exhausted in 5.2months. Thats below the six months sup-ply thats consistent with a healthy housingmarket.

U.S.home sales dip but remain near 3 1/2-year high

By Michael LiedtkeTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN FRANCISCO Netflixs revival ofthe comedy series Arrested Developmentdidnt reel in as many subscribers to theInternet video service as Wall Street hadhoped, turning a solid second-quarter earn-ings report into a reality check.

Even though Netflixs profit more thanquadrupled, the report released Mondayflopped among investors because it didntlive up to the lofty expectations propellingthe companys high-flying stock. Theshares have nearly tripled since the begin-ning of the year, raising the pressure onNetflix Inc. to deliver specular numbers.

That didnt happen during the threemonths ending in June, despite the much-

anticipated return of ArrestedDevelopment after a seven-year absence.Netflixs stock slid $15.11, or 5.8 percent,

to $246.80 in extended trading after thenumbers came out.It was a very good quarter, by most stan-

dards, but that doesnt cut it when your stockhas risen by 200 percent, said Pacific Crestanalyst Andy Hargeaves.

Netflix picked up 630,000 U.S. sub-scribers during the three months ending inJune. That performance was slightly abovethe mid-range target set by Netflix Inc.smanagement in April. But the Los Gatos,Calif., company also had predicted it mightend the period with as many as 880,000more subscribers a goal that manyinvestors evidently were hoping would bereached.

Expectations had been raised by theMemorial Day weekend release of 15 newArrested Development episodes. The com-

edy starring Jason Bateman and MichaelCera had built a cult following before itscancellation by the Fox network in 2006,after three seasons.

In a letter to shareholders, Netflix CEOReed Hastings credited ArrestedDevelopment for providing a small butnoticeable bump in subscribers. He praisedthe company for being able to add more sub-scribers during the first half of this year thanit did last year, despite intensifying compe-tition from other Internet video services runby Amazon.com Inc. and Hulu.

Netflix has added 2.7 million subscribersso far this year, up from 2.5 million at thesame time last year.

Netflixs 2Q report flops despite soaring earnings

By Michael LiedtkeTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN FRANCISCO Apples latest quar-terly results are likely to illustrate whyinvestors are clamoring for the maker of theiPhone and the iPad to come out with anoth-er trend-setting device.

The report, due out after the stock marketcloses Tuesday, is expected to show thatApple Inc. is making less money as morecustomers buy its lower-priced iPhones andiPads instead of the top-of-the-line models.Other consumers increasingly are bypass-ing Apple products altogether as smart-

phones and tablet computers runningGoogles Android software win more fans.

Those dynamics have changed the waythat Wall Street and even parts of MainStreet view Apple. Once regarded as anindomitable innovator, Apple now looksvulnerable and perhaps a step behindGoogle Inc. and the leading Android disci-ple, Samsung Electronics Co.

If analysts projections pan out, Applesearnings fell during the three months thatended in June, marking the second consecu-tive quarter of decline. The slump follows adecade-long streak of earnings growth thatended at the start of the year. Analysts sur-

veyed by FactSet are expecting, on average,earnings of $7.34 per share, down from$9.32 per share a year ago.

Meanwhile, analysts are forecasting littleor no revenue growth for the first time sincethe debut of the iPhone six years ago.Analysts are expecting $35 billion in rev-enue for the period, its fiscal third quarter. Itwas $35 billion at the same time last year.

Those would be impressive numbers formost companies, but the bar has been sethigh for Apple since the introduction of itsiPhone triggered an upheaval that haschanged the way people engage with tech-nology.

Will Apples latest results be latest letdown?

McDonalds predicts toughyear despite new items

NEW YORK McDonalds is mixin g up

its menu with healthier, fresher soundingitems such as its chicken McWraps, but notenough customers are biting.

The worlds biggest hamburger chain onMonday reported a second-quarter profitthat rose 4 percent but fell short of WallStreet expectations. It also said July salesare expected to be relatively flat andwarned of a tough year ahead, given theheightened competition and rough eco-nomic conditions around the world.

We dont have as much pricing power,said CEO Don Thompson, noting that thecompany wouldnt be able to easily chargemore for its food without the risk of scar-ing off customers.

Loeb to sell 40M Yahooshares as he leaves board

SAN FRANCISCO Activist investorDan Loeb is leaving Yahoos board with awindfall after a 15-month stint that vindi-cated his crusade to shake up the long-slumping company under new leadership.

Yahoo Inc. is spending $1.16 billion tobuy back 40 million of the shares thatLoebs hedge fund, Third Point LLC, beganbuying in 2011 around the same timeYahoo was ushering out Carol Bartz as itsCEO.

Third Point is being paid $29.11 pershare, more than double the average of$13.77 per share that it paid while accumu-lating a 5.8 percent stake in Yahoo.

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Idid something Sunday I never thoughtwould happen: I had a golf discussionwith my mom. Alegitimate, thought-

provoking talk about professional golf.We were watching television and the

highlights of Phil Mickelsons first BritishOpen win when my mom pointed out thecrawl at the bottom of the screen.

Did you see that? Mom asked.When I said I missed it, she said, with the

right amount of amazement, It saidMickelson birdied four of the final s ix

holes!

The fact she knewwho Mickelson waswas impressiveenough, but whenshe realized he hada blazing finish ,that put her overthe top in mybook.

When we figuredout Tiger Woods fin-ished tied for sixth,mom asked, Whydont you think

Tiger wins anymore? Do you think itsmental?

Wow. Thats the bombshell of all ques-tions when it comes to golf. Mom thinksWoods Im-better-than-you attitude, his

hubris, has been his downfall. She won-dered if all the prostitutes he was withcontributed to his downfall.

After informing her most, if not all, ofhis extramarital affairs were just with nor-mal, non-working women, I gave her my

Mom might

be on tosomething

See LOUNGE, Page 14

See 49ERS, Page 13

By Ronald Blum

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK Former National League MVPRyan Braun was suspended without pay for therest of the season and the postseason Monday,

the first penalty from baseballs investigationof players reportedly tied to a Florida clinicaccused of distributing performance-enhancingdrugs.

The Milwaukee Brewers star accepted the 65-game penalty, 15 games more than the one heavoided last year when an arbitrator overturned

his positive test for elevated testosteronebecause the urine sample had been improperlyhandled.

I am not perfect. I realize now that I havemade some mistakes. I am willing to accept theconsequences of those actions, he said in astatement.

Braun, injured Yankees star Alex Rodriguezand more than a dozen players were targeted byMLB following a report by Miami New Times inJanuary that they had been connected with

See BRAUN, Page 14

By Michael WagamanTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN FRANCISCO Cornerback Eric

Wright failed his physical with the SanFrancisco 49ers, nullifying a trade to bringhim to Northern California from Tampa Bay.

He was subsequently released by theBuccaneers.

San Francisco coach Jim Harbaughdeclined to say specifically what portion ofthe physical Wright failed and made just a

brief statement on the sit-uation.

We dont ever talkabout that, Harbaughsaid Monday. The infor-mation is he didnt passhis physical, hes not onthe team.

Thus ends a quirky four-day stretch thatbegan after the 49ers appeared to haveacquired the former second-round draft pick

from Tampa Bay on Friday in exchange for aconditional draft pick in 2014.

Shortly thereafter, reports surfaced thatWright had been arrested a week earlier inLos Angeles on an unspecified misdemeanorcharge. Its unclear if the 49ers were aware ofWrights situation when they made the trade.

Wright was arrested in 2012 on felonyDUI charges and was suspended for fourgames last season by the NFL for violati ngthe performance-enhancing drug policy inhis first season with the Bucs. Wright sig neda five-year, $35.3 million contract with theBucs prior to the 2012 season.

Wright fails physical,trade from Bucs void

NFC Westpreseasoncapsules

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SAN FRANCISCO BronsonArroyo pitched a seven-hitter forhis sixth career shutout, beatingTim Lincecum and the San

Francisco Giants 11-0 Mondaynight for hisfirst victory atAT&T Park andNo. 100 withthe CincinnatiReds.

Arroyo (9-7)struck out sixand didnt walka batter in his15th careercomplete game, a 108-pitch gemthat ended in 2 hours, 45 minutes.Derrick Robinson finished it witha tough catch in deep center.

Devin Mesoraco and Shin-SooChoo homered in the secondinning off Lincecum, pitching for

the first time since his no-hitter atSan Diego.

Jay Bruce also hit a solo homer,Todd Frazier added a three-run dou-ble and Robinson, a late additionto the lineup, had three hits.

Lincecum (5-10) was roughed upin his first start since throwing hisfirst career no-hitter in a 148-pitchperformance July 13.

The two-time NL Cy YoungAward winner received a rousingovation during pregame introduc-tions, then immediately strug-gled while pitching on eightdays rest after tossing the 15thno-hitter in franchise history andseventh since the club moved

West in 1958.The Giants were handed their

most lopsided shutout loss sincegetting beaten 11-0 by Arizona onAug. 27, 2009.

Cincinnati denied Bruce Bochyhis 1,500th career victory as a

manager. He is trying to becomethe 21st skipper to reach the mile-stone. Detroits Jim Leyland andCincinnatis Dusty Baker are theonly active managers with morevictories.

Lincecum matched his careerhigh by allowing three home runs,the third time hes done it. He wastagged for eight runs and nine hitsin 3 2-3 innings, hardly the waythe right-hander wanted to performafter his gem at Petco Park.

Cincinnati opened an 11-gameWest Coast trip that takes the Redsto all three California NL Westcities with an emphatic winagainst the defending World Serieschampions. San Francisco rallied

from a 2-0 deficit in the NL divi-sion series last fall to stun theReds becoming the first team inmajor league history to rally fromthree games down in a best-of-fiveseries with three straight roadwins.

The teams will play a traditionaldoubleheader Tuesday in which theReds will wear their Sunday homeuniforms white pants with redtops as the visiting team andbat last in the nightcap, a makeupfor a July 4 rainout at GreatAmerican Ball Park.

Choo began the game with adouble and Robinson followedwith a bunt single, then Frazierdoubled three batters later.

Tim Lincecum

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The San Mateo National 9-10

Little League baseball All-Starsknow a thing or two about surviv-ing.

And then thriving.

So, when they arrived in SanJose on Monday knowing theyneeded to win in order to stay alivein the Division 2 NorthernCalifornia Little League tourna-ment, the boys from San Mateo,true to form, did not crumble underthe pressure.

Instead, behind some solidpitching and big hits, San Mateobeat Fresno 13-3 and continuewith its hopes of being a statechampion.

We bounced back today They

(Fresno) are a very good team,said San Mateo National managerDavid Villar. But today we hit theball well.

Well enough that it only tookSan Mateo four innings to mercy-rule Fresno and secure anothergame which will take place

Thursday against Rocklin.Theyre a scrappy bunch,Villar said. They swing the batreally well and they play defensereally well. They dont strike out.They put the ball in play and theymake the other team make plays.Its a very balanced team. From 1through 12, theyre all inter-changeable parts.

On Monday, Nico Button carriedthe load for San Mateo from themound. He pitched three stronginnings and gave way to ConnorBrady, who got the last three outsof the game.

At the plate, Jack Yuretich had ahuge day. He accounted for threehits, including two doubles.

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sive ball rolling for San Mateo.

Jason Villar had a pair of hits, asingle and a double. His teammate

Tyler Berkson duplicated the feat.

They have a very strong mind-set, David Villar said. Theyrevery confident. I cant say enoughabout how well theyve playedtogether as a team and the chem-istry they have. Its a very goodteam to coach. Its a fun team tocoach because everyone does whatwe ask them to do.

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STANFORD American teenag-er Madison Keys wandered aroundthe Stanford University campuswondering what it would havebeen like had she chosen schoolover tennis.

This would have been her fresh-man year.

I could be going to college

soon, Keys said. Im pretty

happy where I am.Keys, one of 11 Americans

ranked in the top 100, beat No. 8seed Magalena Rybarikova 6-2, 6 -2, in the first round of the$795,000 Bank of the WestClassic on Monday.

Her likely major? Somethingthat doesnt have math it, shesaid.

Keys, ranked a career-high 44th ,

played a typical match in topping

the 39th-ranked Slovakian for thesecond time in three career meet-ings.

Keys recorded four aces and hadthree double faults.

She won 70 percent of her firstserve points. In 40 previousmatches this season, the 18-year-old phenom averaged 3.8 aces and1.35 double faults per match whilewinning 69.7 percent of her first-

serve points.

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The move to trade for Wrightimmediately raised eyebrows after

Harbaughs comments during theteams June minicamp when hemade it clear he wouldnt acceptplayers breaking the NFLs p olicyon performance-enhancing drugsfor a perceived edge.

Even though Wright was neverofficially on the 49ers roster,Harbaugh emphasized his messageis still the same.

That hasnt changed, he said.I think our guys do a good job ofplaying within the rules.

Harbaugh avoided questionsabout 49ers linebacker AhmadBrooks legal issues. Brooksallegedly hit teammate Lamar

Divens in the head with a bottlemultiple times during an alterca-tion on June 8 but avoided prose-cution when the Santa Clara dis-trict attorneys office declined tofile charges because of insufficientevidence.

Brooks has met with team offi-

cials regarding the incident butHarbaugh declined to say what, ifany, discipline the veteran line-backer will face.

Had conversations (with him)but not that were going to talkabout out here, Harbaugh said.Im not publicly discussing whatour conversations have been withAhmad or any of our players.

The 49ers held the third day oftraining camp practice for rookiesonly. Veterans report onWednesday, one day before thefirst full team workout.

Michael Crabtree, SanFranciscos leading receiver in

2012, wont be among them atleast not on the field. Crabtreeunderwent surgery on his rightAchilles tendon after tearing itduring a practice May 21 and isstill in the early stages of rehabil-itation.

The 49ers arent ruling outCrabtree returning at some pointduring the season.

I wouldnt categorize it asahead of schedule because he is

jus t sta rting to mov e on it, Harbaugh said. Its just beenhealing but it looks great. Thatsfrom the words of the doctor.

The news on Kyle Williams ismore encouraging. Harbaugh saidhe is very optimistic Williamswill be able to practice when theveterans check in. Williams iscoming back from a knee injurysuffered late last season.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (11-4-1)OPEN CAMP:July 25LAST YEAR: 49ers returned to Super Bowl forfirst time in 18 years,chasing sixth champi-onship,but fell to Baltimore, with second-yearcoach Jim Harbaughs team missing multiplechances from 5-yard line in waning moments.Unlike last summer,when starting lineups onboth sides of ball remained nearly intact,thereare new faces at prominent positions as two-time NFC West champions try