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By Bill SilverfarbDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

It was almost 40 years ago when Coralin

Feierbach first made a name for herself by stand-ing up to protect open space in Belmont. Shewas in her mid-30s then and her daughter was

just 3.

A proposal to build housing on SugarloafMountain in San Mateo on the border withBelmont prompted Feierbach to fight back in anattempt to preserve the open space. She and the

others who fought against the development wonthat fight and Feierbach has spent much of her

Feierbach: Belmontsopen space defenderLongtime councilwoman prepares to leave office

By Bill SilverfarbDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Dave Warden will not seekanother term on the Belmont CityCouncil, opting instead to run for

a seat on theMid-PeninsulaWater Districtboard, he toldthe DailyJournal yester-day.

Warden, whohas served onthe council for12 years, told

the Daily Journal he is not run-ning because a good crop of candi-dates has emerged this year to fillthe three seats up for grabs.

The news means Belmont willhave at least two new fresh faceson the council next year and pos-sibly three depending on whetherVice Mayor Warren Lieberman isre-elected as both Warden andCouncilwoman Coralin Feierbachwill be off the council next year.

I think there are a lot of strongcandidates who are not running

just to run. They all have strongand different positions, some I

agree with and some I dont,Warden said.With Warden and Feierbach not

BILL SILVERFARB/DAILY JOURNAL

Belmont Councilwoman Coralin Feierbach got her start in community activism nearly 40 years ago by

helping to stop development on Sugarloaf Mountain.She is leaving the Belmont City Council this yearafter serving for more than 14 years.

ANGELA SWARTZ/DAILY JOURNAL

The corner of El Camino Real and Floribunda Avenue is thelocation of a planned Caltrans safety project that could requirethe removal of several varieties of trees,including eucalyptus.

Wardenleavingcouncil

Dave Warden

By Angela SwartzDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Some Burlingame and Hillsboroughresidents are concerned with theprospect of tree removal along ElCamino Real and Floribunda Avenue torebuild an intersection that is said tobe unsafe.

The California Department ofTransportation is currently in theenvironmental documentation phaseof a project it hopes would improvetraffic safety at the intersection,according to Caltrans spokeswomanGidget Navarro. Caltrans is gatheringinformation to assess potential envi-ronmental impacts of options thatinclude installation of a left turn lane,

which would require the widening ofthe road and potentially removing var-

ious types of trees, including eucalyp-tus, Navarro said.Since El Camino Real is a state high-

way, it falls under Caltrans jurisdic-tion.

Hillsborough resident Sal Gigliolives on corner where the trees could beremoved and said he was shocked whenhe received a letter from Caltrans aboutthe potential project. The eucalyptus

trees, specifically, were planted aroundthe 1870s.

These big eucalyptus trees are over100 years old and I enjoy looking atthem, Giglio said. Ive heard the his-tory of them. I asked [Caltrans], doyou have any idea of how big thesetrees are? From an environmentalstandpoint this isnt good. These areheritage trees and I cant believe

ECR project faces tree concernCaltrans intersection widening plan at El Camino Real and Floribunda Avenue in early stages

Its upsetting because thosetrees are really special.... And,to my

knowledge,there would be no room for replacements. Jennifer Pfaff,president of the Burlingame Historical Society

See DAVE, Page 16

See TREES, Page 20

See CORALIN, Page 18

Cell towers and watertank project worryingEmerald Hills residentsBy Michelle DurandDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Separate plans to build a 75,000-gallonwater tank and install cellphone towers onadjacent property are worrying RedwoodCity residents who think the above-groundstructures will be an eyesore, jeopardize

property values and be a potential healthhazard to those in Emerald Hills.

Residents suecity for stormdrain failureBelmont says Marburger Avenuemaintenance not its responsibilityBy Bill SilverfarbDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Two residents in the Belmont Hills aresuing the city for not maintaining its stormdrain system, which caused substantial ero-sion and damage last winter to lowerMarburger Avenue at the intersection of SanJuan Boulevard, according to a civil com-plaint filed in Superior Court Wednesday.

It is the same stretch of road that caused atiff between the city and other residents inthe area back in 2006 when lower MarburgerAvenue was sliding down the hill toward SanJuan Canyon Boulevard.

The city maintains, however, that the res-

See DRAIN Page 20

See CONCERN, Page 20

LOUNGE GOESON THE ROAD

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Animal welfare groupvandalizes Iowa butter cow

DES MOINES, Iowa An animalwelfare group intent on sending a mes-sage in support of veganism hid untilclosing time then poured red paint overthe Iowa State Fairs butter cow. Butthe damage was quickly scraped awayand visitors never knew the iconicsculpture had been damaged.

Iowans for Animal Liberationclaimed responsibility for the attack ina news release emailed Sunday night,

saying members hid in the cavernousAgriculture Building on Saturday nightand emerged after the fair closed for theday. They then broke into a refrigerat-ed room where the sculpted cow andother butter sculptures are displayedand poured red paint over the cow.

The words Freedom for all werescrawled on a display window.

The paint represents the blood of11 billion animals murdered each yearin slaughterhouses, egg farms, anddairies, the group said in the state-ment. We intend this action to serveas a wake up call to all who continue toconsume meat, dairy, eggs, leather, andall animal products: You are directlysupporting suffering and misery on thelargest scale the world has ever

known.Iowa State Patrol Sgt. Scott Bright

said Monday that fair staffers discov-ered the damage Sunday morning. Asculptor scraped off damaged sectionsof the cow and reapplied new butter

while other workers cleaned off paintelsewhere in the room.

The display area, which this yearalso features a sculpture of AbrahamLincoln and a depiction of the LincolnHighway that crosses Iowa, opened asusual at 9 a.m. Sunday.

The cow, which is made with about600 pounds of butter covering a woodand metal frame, has been a part of thefair since 1911. The butter is reused forup to 10 years.

Describing the vandalism as moreof an inconvenience than anything

else, Bright said security proceduresat the 450 acres fairground in east DesMoines would remain the same. Henoted the Agriculture Building, built in1904, has plenty of hiding places andis usually packed with people, many ofwhom gather around the butter cow dis-play.

Everyone comes out to see the but-ter cow, Bright said. The fair typical-ly attracts more than 1 million visitorsannually.

The butter cow looks good now andeverything is back to normal, he said.

Knitters cover PittsburghsWarhol Bridge in yarn

PITTSBURGH More than 1,800

knitters have covered PittsburghsAndy Warhol Bridge in 3,000 feet ofcolorful yarn.

Volunteers worked all weekend toattach 580 blanket-size, hand-knittedpanels to the pedestrian walkways on

the downtown bridge, and riggersattached larger panels to the towers.

The planning and permitting startedabout 18 months ago, said AmandaGross, 29, who had the idea for theproject.

The county doesnt have public artspolicy. It was a big learning processfor everybody, said Gross, whomoved from Atlanta to Pittsburghabout five years ago and soon noticedhow crucial bridges are in a city thathas three major rivers running throughit .

The project was organized by theFiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh and otherlocal institutions. Gross said knittersfrom more than 80 Pittsburgh neigh-borhoods and 120 area townshipssigned up to help with what the guildcalls the nations largest yarn bomb.The term applies to artists who knitcoverings for everyday objects likelampposts, street signs and trees.

Gross said yarn bombing is reallyinspirational, and a good way tobring communities together.

Sherri Roberts, 60, a past presidentof the guild, said the project started asa little nugget of an idea and thenwent to town from there.

The group ultimately had to work notjust with designers but with lawyers,

architects, structural engineers and rig-gers to make the yarn bomb a reality.Roberts said the group decided that thepanels would contain only colors anddesigns no words or political orreligious symbols.

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Actor DannyBonaduce is 54.

This Day in History

Thought for the Day

1913

British metallurgist Harry Brearleydeveloped an alloy that came to beknown as stainless steel. (Although

Brearley is often credited as theinventor of stainless steel, he washardly alone in working to createsteel that resisted corrosion.)

It is always too late,or too little,orboth.And that is the road to disaster.

David Lloyd George,English statesman (1863-1945)

Former CubanPresident FidelCastro is 87.

Actress LennonStella is 14.

Birthdays

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Emily Jordan,playing Lady Macbeth, hallucinates about spots of blood on her hands during an Aug. 10 performance ofMacbethon the Sequoia High School campus.The play was presented by the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival,whose

summer Free Shakespeare In The Park is enjoying its 31st season.Additional performances are scheduled through Aug.25.For more information go to http://www.sfshakes.org.

Tuesday: Cloudy in the morning thenbecoming partly cloudy. Patchy fog inthe morning. Highs in the lower 60s.West winds 5 to 10 mph.Tuesday night: Mostly cloudy. Patchyfog after midnight. Lows in the lower50s. West winds 5 to 15 mph.Wednesday: Cloudy in the morning then becomingsunny. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the mid 60s.West winds 5 to 10 mph.Wednesday night...Mostly clear in the evening thenbecoming cloudy. Patchy fog. Lows in the lower 50s.Thursday through Sunday: Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog.Highs in the mid 60s. Lows in the mid 50s.

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In 1521, Spanish conqueror Hernando Cortez capturedTenochtitlan , present-day Mexico City, from the Aztecs.In 1624, King Louis XIII of France appointed CardinalRichelieu his first minist er.In 1792, French revolutionaries imprisoned the royal fam-ily.In 1846, the American flag was raised for the first time inLos Angeles.In 1910, Florence Nightingale, the founder of modernnursing, died in London at age 90.In 1923, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk was again elected Speakerof Turkeys Grand Assembly.In 1934, the satirical comic strip Lil Abner, created byAl Capp, made its debut.

In 1942, Walt Disneys animated feature Bambi had itsU.S. premiere at Radio City Music Hall in New York, fivedays after its world premiere in London.In 1960, the first two-way telephone conversation bysatellite took place with the help of Echo 1. The CentralAfrican Republic became totally independent of French rule.In 1961, East Germany sealed off the border betweenBerlins eastern and western sectors and began building awall that would stand for the next 28 years.In 1981 , in a ceremony at his California ranch, PresidentRonald Reagan signed a historic package of tax and budgetreductions.In 1989, searchers in Ethiopia found the wreckage of aplane which had disappeared almost a week earlier while car-rying Rep. Mickey Leland, D-Texas, and 14 other people there were no survivors.

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Joycelyn Elders is 80. Actor Kevin Tighe is 69. Actress

Gretchen Corbett is 66. Opera singer Kathleen Battle is 65.

High wire aerialist Philippe Petit is 64. Hockey Hall of Famer

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Dr. Richard Francis McLaughlin, Jr.

Dr. Richard Francis McLaughlin, Jr., 82, of Hillsborough,

California passed away peacefully on Saturday August 10,

2013 in Burlingame, California, with his family by his side.

Dr. Richard Francis McLaughlin, Jr. was born in Salt

Lake City, Utah in 1931 to Dr. Richard F. McLaughlin, Sr.

and Elizabeth Mannion McLaughlin. The family moved to

California in 1942, he was a graduate of Serra High School

(1948), Stanford University (1951), and then Creighton

Medical School (1955). He served as a Lieutenant

Commander in the US Navy.

A second-generation physician, Dr. McLaughlin, Jr. was board certified in Internal

Medicine and Pulmonology. His medical career spanned over forty years, most of them

practiced in Burlingame, CA. He was extensively involved at Mills-Peninsula Hospital

where he served in various capacities including Director of the Intensive Care and the

Respiratory Care departments. Patients and co-workers praised Dr. McLaughlin, Jr. as a

dedicated and devoted physician.

Early in his medical career, he was recognized for his landmark research into thecomparative anatomy of the lungs and the discovery of the early markers of pulmonary

disease. A vast amount of his research is still relevant today.

His interests included cars of the 60s/70s, early adoption of latest technologies in stereos and

personal computing, taking family road trips to National Parks throughout the west, visits with

his grandchildren, and he had an affinity for Big Band and Country music.

Dr. McLaughlin, Jr. was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Clare Flynn McLaughlin, and

daughter Mary Catherine McLaughlin.

Dr. McLaughlin, Jr. is survived by his wife Suzanne Garcia McLaughlin and: daughter

Sheila McLaughlin Burke and husband James M. Burke of Hillsborough, daughter

Catherine B. Dobbs and husband Payton Dobbs of San Francisco, and daughter Sarah C.

Burke of San Francisco; Richard Francis McLaughlin III and wife Peggy Porter McLaughlin

of Hillsborough, son Richard F. McLaughlin IV of San Francisco, and daughters Kelsey

C. McLaughlin of Washington, DC, and Clare P. McLaughlin of Hillsborough; Kathleen

McLaughlin Sochan and husband Roman M. Sochan, daughters Nadia M. Sochan and

Colleen E. Sochan, and son Roman M. Sochan, Jr. all of Redwood City; William Flynn

McLaughlin and wife Vicky Lee McLaughlin, daughters Lauren L. McLaughlin and Grace

M. McLaughlin all of San Jose; Marc A. Garcia and wife Patti Garcia, daughter AnnMarieGarcia all of Redwood City and Daniel Brewer; and Michael H. Garcia and wife Marybeth

Garcia, of Vancouver, WA.

Additionally, Dr. McLaughlin, Jr. is survived by his brother Dr. Ralph Thomas McLaughlin and

his wife Mary Julia (Dee) Baker McLaughlin, of Fullerton, CA and their extended family.

A memorial Mass will be held on Wednesday, August 14, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at Our

Lady of Angels Church, 1721 Hillside Dr., Burlingame, California. In lieu of flowers,

contributions in memory of Dr. Richard F. McLaughlin, Jr. may be directed to the Mills-

Peninsula Hospital Foundation, 1501 Trousdale Drive, Burlingame, California 94010, or to

a charity of your choice.

DUGGANS SERRA MORTUARY, Daly City, 650/756-4500

Online condolences at duggansserra.com

Obituary

MILLBRAEPossess ion of a contro l led sub-

s tance . Aperson was found to be in posses-sion of a controlled substance on the 400block of El Camino Real before 8:04 a.m.Wednesday, Aug. 7.Public intox ication . A man was detainedby authorities for being intoxicated in pub-lic on Murchison Drive before 2:11 p.m.Tuesday, Aug. 6 .Vandalism. Property was vandalized onChadbourne Avenue before 7:51 a.m.Tuesday, Aug. 6 .City ordinance violation. A man wascited for being located inside a locked gateon the 400 block of Millbrae Avenue before2:48 p.m. Monday, Aug. 5.

BURLINGAMETheft. Ajuvenile shoplifted alcohol on the500 block of California Drive before 12:34a.m. Monday, July 29.Arrest. A woman was arrested for beingdrunk in public on the 1100 block ofCalifornia Drive before 5:29 p.m. Sunday,July 28.Grand theft. A womans car was stolen onthe 1400 block of Carmelita Avenue before2:08 p.m. Sunday, July 28.Suspicious person. Aman was seen stum-bling with blood on his shirt on BellevueAvenue and El Camino Real before 1:43 a.m.Sunday, July 28.

Police reports

Ammo dumpA backpack filled with bullets was leftin a trash room on the 700 block ofShelter Creek Lane in San Bruno before12:25 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8.

By Justin PritchardTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LOS ANGELES Imagine strapping into acar-sized capsule and hurtling through a tubeat more than 700 mph not for the thrill ofit, but to get where you need to go.

On Monday, billionaire entrepreneur Elon

Musk unveiled a transportation concept thathe said could whisk passengers the nearly400 miles between Los Angeles and SanFrancisco in 30 minutes half the time ittakes an airplane.

If its ever built.His Hyperloop system for travel between

major cities is akin to the pneumatic tubesthat transport capsules stuffed with paper-work in older buildings.

In this case, the cargo would be people,reclining for a ride that would start with aforce of acceleration like an airplane but thenbe turbulence free.

Capsules would catapult through a large,nearly air-free tube. Inside, they would bepulled down the line by magnetic attraction.

Each capsule would float on a cushion of airit creates like an air hockey table in which

the puck produces the air instead of the sur-face. To minimize friction, a powerful fan atthe front would suck what air is in the tube tothe rear.

Short of figuring out real teleportation,which would of course be awesome (someoneplease do this), the only option for super fasttravel is to build a tube over or under theground that contains a special environment,Musk wrote in his proposal, posted online.

Capsules could depart every 30 seconds,carrying 28 people, with a projected cost of

about $20 each way, according to Musksplan, which was posted online athttp://www.spacex.com/hyperloop . Theproposed route would follow Interstate 5 awell-traveled path linking Californias northand south through the agriculture-richCentral Valley.

On a conference call Monday, Musk said

that if all goes right, it could take seven to 10years for the first passengers to make the

journey between Californias two bigges tmetro areas. He put the price tag at around $6billion pointedly mentioning thats aboutone-tenth the projected cost of a high-speedrail system that California has been plan-ning to build.

Indeed, the Hyperloop was inspired by thatrail system, which has a cost too high andspeed too low to justify the project, Musksaid.

In a written statement, California High-Speed Rail Authority Chairman Dan Richardsuggested that Musk was oversimplifyingthe challenges.

If and when Mr. Musk pursues hisHyperloop technology, well be happy toshare our experience about what it reallytakes to build a project in California, across

seismic zones, minimizing impacts onfarms, businesses and communities and pro-tecting sensitive environmental areas andspecies, Richard said.

Like the bullet train, the Hyperloop didnttake long to attract skepticism.

Musk had framed his concept as a fifth way an alternative to cars, planes, trains andboats. Citing barriers such as cost and themountains that rim the Central Valley, onetransportation expert called Musks ideanovel, but not a breakthrough.

Hyperlooptransport concept unveiled

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Belmont man arrested afterthreatening father with knife

A 22-year-old Belmont man was arrestedearly Saturday morning for allegedly threat-

ening his father with alarge kitchen knife,according to police.

Police responded to the200 block of Hiller Streetat about 2:30 a.m.Saturday on a report of adomestic disturbance and

found that a father and sonand been arguing, accord-ing to police.

Police arrested DonaldRay Williams Jr., 22, for

assault with a deadly weapon and booked himinto county jail. Police say alcohol may haveplayed a factor in the disturbance.

Man arrested for DUIafter vehicle lands in yard

A San Mateo man wasarrested early Saturdaymorning for driving underthe influence after collid-ing with a parked car andending up in the front yardof a residence on the 700block of South Road,according to Belmontpolice.

Police responded to thescene at about 3 a.m.

Saturday and found the 2003 Mercedes sedanthe suspect was driving failed to negotiate acurve and left the road.

The suspects vehicle struck a parked carand then smashed through a fence into thefront yard of a neighboring residence.

The driver, 23-year-old Anilber Aristondo,was treated at the scene by paramedics beforebeing arrested for DUI. He was also drivingon a suspended license, according to police.

Man arrested for firinggun inside residence

Redwood City police responded to an apart-ment complex on the 3500 block ofJefferson Avenue Sunday night after a gun-shot was heard from inside one of the units,according to police.

When police arrived, they detained an occu-pant of the residence who was leaving thescene while a perimeter was set up outside,according to police.

Other residents were asked to evacuate theadjoining apartments until the area wasdeemed safe, according to police.

Officers made contact at the residence inquestion and recovered a firearm and then tookthe man they first detained into custody.

Police arrested Juan Barrajas for discharg-

ing a weapon in a negligent manner, provid-ing a false name to police officers and fornumerous warrant arrests, according topolice.

In South San Francisco,Karyl Matsumoto has filednomination papers to run for theone open two-year seat on theCity Council. Carlos Martinand Collin K. Post have alsopulled papers for the race.

Ricardo Ortiz qualified for theBurlingame City Council race. So far,

Counci lman MichaelBro wn ri gg , Ma yo r A nnKeighran, former councilmanRuss Cohen, AlexanderEngland Kent , mother andentrepreneur Nirmala

Bandrapall i and business ownerAndrew Peceimer have all qualified forthe election.

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One of two Oakland men accused of usingBB guns to nab $12,000 worth of jewelryfrom a woman in a San Bruno parkinggarage faces up to two years in prison afterpleading no contest to robbery and admit-ting he committed a violent felony.

Jason Laron King Jr., 24, accepted theplea deal rather than stand trial and returnsto court Sept. 19 for sentencing.Meanwhile, co-defendant Dominique DeanJackson, 23, returns to court just days laterfor a Sept. 25 preliminary hearing on theevidence. Jackson has pleaded not guilty tothe May 30 robbery.

Prosecutors say King and Jackson held upthe woman at the San Bruno Target parkinglot and demanded her purse containing the

jewelry. After taking the purse, the pairallegedly fled in an older model Oldsmobile

from which the womanwas able to get six of theseven digits of thelicense plate. San Brunopolice used the partialplate to track the car reg-istered to King. The samevehicle was also used inan Oakland robbery the

same night.The following day, SanFrancisco police stopped the suspect vehi-cle with Jackson and King inside and anindividual approached the cops to report theoccupants had just tried robbing him. Asearch of the car turned up the San Brunovictims drivers license and two BB gunsthat resembled handguns, according to theDistrict Attorn eys Office.

King is in custody on $250,000 bailwhile Jackson is held on $100,000 bail.

Jewelry thief pleads no contest

Jason King

By Darlene SupervilleTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

EDGARTOWN, Mass. President BarackObama is directing his national intelligencedirector to form a panel of outside experts toreview government intelligence and com-munications technologies.

Its one of the reforms Obama promisedlast week to help instill public co nfidence inU.S. surveillance programs exposed byNational Security Agency leaker EdwardSnowden.

In a memorandum Obama signed Mondayand released by the White House, he asksintelligence director James Clapper toempanel outside experts to review U.S. sur-veillance technologies, particularly howthe government can maintain the publictrust and how such surveillance affects for-eign policy at a time when more and moreinformation is becoming public.

Obama requested an interim report within60 days, and a final report and recommenda-tions by mid-December.

The memo was released as Obama vaca-tioned on Marthas Vineyard.

Obama orders creation ofintelligence review group

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Louis John Poletti

August 18, 1916August 5, 2013Resident of Hillsborough

Beloved and devoted father of Kathy Costaglio

(Frank), Paul Poletti (Sue) and Richard

Poletti (Shelly). Cherished grandfather of

Christina, Michael and David Costaglio, Mary

Poletti, John, Natalie, Louis and William

Poletti and Alexandria Luba.

Lou embraced every day with passion and

lived life to the fullest. He touched so many

lives with his generosity and kind heart. He

truly lived the American Dream!

Lou was born in Colma of first generation Italian decent.

Growing up, he attended Jefferson Grammar School and High

School. After finishing his first year of high school, he wentto work at his brother Ricks barbershop on San Pedro Road

and at age 17 became the owner from 1934-1941. During WWII,

from early 1941 to late 1945, he served in the Merchant Marines

throughout the Pacific and had two brief voyages to the East

Coast via the Panama Canal. In 1948, he married Natalia Jean

Cabral and they were blessed with three children. In the early

years t hey l ived i n a small c ottage Lou b uilt in Colm a next to

the house he grew up in with his mother. In 1956 they moved to

San Bruno and in 1967 Lou moved his family to Hillsborough.

About a y ear after his wifes passing on June 2, 2009, four day s

shy of their 61st wedding anniversary, he moved from his home

of 43 years to his current residence in San Mateo.

(Perry) Como, (the singer), isnt the only barber who made good

Lou was a man who singly did more to transform the hills and

tidelands of Northern San Mateo County into centers of dynamic

industries. He was a real estate broker, developer, insurance man

and founder of Industrial Savings and Loan.He began his real estate career in 1952 and established Poletti

Realty in 1956, which is now owned by his son, Richard. Lou

had continued to have an active role in the real estate business

up until his final days. Lous unparalleled business sense and

creative ideas helped make South San Francisco what it is today.

He has been honored with countless awards and on December

9, 2009 had a street, Poletti Way, named after him. There are so

many major projects that he was involved with, it is difficult to

pick out any one, but what started it all was his development of

17 acres of unusable utility land located between South Airport

Boulevard and Highway 101. Lou was able to turn this swamp

land into the first and only industrial park in

town. As a result of that success he was asked

to develop and list Produce Avenue and San

Mateo Avenue, among many others. Lou was

a leader of the South Airport Industrial Park

Project, also known as Beacon Street. He was

responsible for the development of 55 acres

by Utah Construction Company, which had

tremendous bearing on the progress that the

City of South San Francisco has made since.

His company was and continues to be one

of the most highly respected, independent

industrial real estate brokerages in Northern

California. Lous respect and appreciation for

the dignity and potential of each individual has

been the hallmark of his service and his legacy to the community.

He was an active supporter of the South San Francisco community

as well as numerous non-profit organizations. He was passionate

about politics on all levels and generously contributed across the

board to countless campaigns, local, state and nationwide.

Lou and his wife Jean loved to travel with friends and family,

visiting his homeland several times and many other beautiful

destinations around the world. They were avid thoroughbred

horse owners and breeders. They often attended the races to

cheer on their horses to the winners circle, most notably Love

Avie. Sharp minded and a genius with numbers, Lou put his

talent and passion to good use with great success in the stock

market as a favorite hobby. As an avid duck hunter for 65 years

he enjoyed many good times with his friends and family. Lou

was an amazing storytel ler. He captivated his audience not only

by recalling details and dates with great accuracy but also by

the emotion he expressed while telling the story. Family was

most important to Lou and hosting Sunday family dinners was

his favorite.

When Lou turned 95 his family put his picture and a happy

birthday wish on a billboard on Highway 101. It came as no

surprise to the locals that Lous presence in SSF would now and

forever be truly larger than life. We will always remember him as

a true gentleman, dressed to the nines with perfect white hair,

topped off with his favorite fedora.

Family and friends are invited to the Rosary on Monday, August

12, 2013 at 7:00pm at Our Lady of Angels and to the Funeral Mass

on Tuesday, August 13, 2013 at 10:30am, also held at our Lady of

Angels, 1721 Hillside Drive, Burlingame.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the

Mills Peninsula Hospital Foundation for the Cancer Fund, 1501

Trousdale Drive, Burlingame, CA 94010 in memory of Louis Poletti.

Obituary EDUCATION The Sequoia Union High School

District Board of Trustees will be

reviewing the plans, partnerships,upcoming decisions and funding to sup-port the new Common Core

Standards. The first assessments for these new stan-dards will be in 2015. The board will also discuss estab-lishing a facilities task force to handle future enrollmentin the district. The board meets 5:45 p.m. Wednesday,Aug. 14 at the Birch Conference Room in the SanfordBuilding, 480 James Ave., Redwood City.

By Angela SwartzDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Beginning this fall semester, art studentsat College of San Mateo can put their paintbrushes and sketching pencils to good use.

The school is offering painting and draw-ing students new opportunities to partici-pate in professional art practices. CSMs

newly hired Assistant Professor of ArtRebecca Alex has developed partnershipsbetween the college and four arts organiza-tions: Peninsula Museum of Art, City Artsof San Mateo, Peninsula Arts Council andManor House in Belmont.

The students can exhibit their work atCity Arts and Manor House through the pro-gram. They can create a portfolio, frame,hang and promote exhibits, helping themlearn the business side of art. Burlingamesnew Peninsula Museum of Art will offer stu-dent internships in which the students learnabout working with a nonprofit organiza-tion, staffing galleries and the store, train-ing to be docents, helping artists in theirstudios and cataloguing the permanent col-lection.

Peninsula Arts Council offers an onlineArtist Registry where artists can showcasetheir work and connect with artists and artsorganizations across the country.

CSM plans to co-host workshops, lec-tures and other arts-related events with all ofthese groups.

After teaching studio art at CSM for thepast 18 years, Ive seen time and time againextremely talented students who finish ourprogram and then come to a screeching halt,because they dont know how to proceed asprofessional artists, Alex said. How dothey find an exhibition space or gallery, put

together a portfolio,make that initial contactor find employment in anarts-related field?

Alex said the arts havea reputation of not beinga viable career when theBureau of Labor Statisticshas found that the revolu-

tion in electronic com-munications, multimedia

and entertainment has created a growingneed for highly skilled artists and design-ers. She said the explosion of eMedia andpopular culture has created parallel growthand demand for the traditional visual andperforming arts disciplines.

She noted, conversely, that CSM has theFire Academy, Cosmetology and otherdepartments that not only train their stu-dents, but also help them move into theirprofessions through networking and pre-senting career opportunities.

These four partnerships will enable stu-dents to curate, exhibit and market theirwork, post their artwork on an online ArtsRegistry for prospective clients, intern atmuseums and connect with the larger arts

community, Alex said. Additionally, CSMwill be able to co-sponsor events and work-shops. We are already working on possiblyco-hosting the Diamond Awards, which isthe Peninsula Arts Council annual galashowcasing and honoring influential peo-ple in the arts in our community.

As the new head of the 2-D ArtDepartment, this is part of her larger visionof helping art students prepare for transferand careers.

Im planning on writing a new course onPortfolio Presentation and Careers in theArts as well as an Arts Internship course

where students will be able to earn credit forworking in a museum, gallery or business,Alex said. And, Im reaching out to thecommunity for any other thoughts or offersfrom businesses and nonprofits who alsowant to partner with us or who have oppor-tunities for our students.

Alex studied at Colby College, The ArtStudents League of New York and NationalAcademy of Fine Arts. She received a mas-ters in fine art degree from John F. KennedyUniversity in California. Alex teachespainting, drawing, life drawing and design.

The CSM art program offers associate ofarts degrees in fine arts, photography andart history; a certificate of achievement inart history and a transfer program.

For more information about CSMs artprograms, visit collegeofsanmateo.edu/art .CSMs fall semester begins on Aug. 19 andthere is still time to register for classes.

CSM wants to help students put skills to work

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE

PENINSULA MUSEUM OF ART

A sculpture by Lori Kay at the PeninsulaMuseum of Art.The museum is partneringwith CSMs art program to host studentinterns.

Rebecca Alex

Woman,76,stabbed outsideapartment

San Mateo police are investigating astabbing that took place yesterday after-noon outside a second-story apartment at 51W. Fourth Ave., west of El Camino Real, inwhat appears to be an isolated family argu-ment, according to police.

At approximately 3:35 p.m., police were

called to the address and saw a woman lyingon the ground outside the apartment and amale standing next to her. The weapon waslocated in the immediate area. The 76-year-old victim was taken to the nearest traumacenter and is in stable condition, accordingto police.

Police are working on a motive andcharges against the suspect are pending.The name is also being withheld becausethis in an ongoing active investigation,according to police.

Two teens die,threeinjured in San Jose crash

Police are looking into the possibilitythat speed was a factor in a car crash in SanJose that killed two teens and injured three

others.Police say the car carrying the fiveteenage boys hit a tree in a center dividerlate Saturday night after the 19-year-olddriver lost control.

The driver has been identified as FabianPerez. He was pronounced dead at the scene.The 16-year-old passenger, SalvadorFernandez, was taken to a hospital, wherehe was pronounced dead.

One of the other passengers was ejectedfrom the car, but is expected to survive. Thetwo other passengers are also expected tosurvive.

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Walter William HaagLongtime Millbrae resident Walter William Haag, age 95,

died Aug. 12, 2013.He was born July 16, 1918 to William

and Clara Haag in San Francisco. Waltwas married to his wife Alice (Osborne)for 52 years; she preceded him in death in1995.

He is survived by his son Lance Haag(Ginger), daughter Julie McKinney(Jack), son Dennis Haag (Joanne) andson Kurt Haag. He had nine grandchil-dren, six great-grandchildren and six

great-great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.He worked for Kilpatricks Bakery in San Francisco for 42

years before he retired in 1980. He enjoyed traveling, golf,bowling, old-man softball and his family.

He was named Man of the Year in Millbrae in 2009 and wasvery act ive in AARP, UCT and SIRS. Walt also volunteeredfor the Millbrae Police Department in helping with theChildrens Identification Program, annual wine festival andMillbraes beautification program. Walt was known for hisletters in local papers about taxes, immigration, SocialSecurity and many more subjects. He enjoyed beinginvolved in his community.

Walt served his country during World War II as a 1stSergeant in the U.S. Army with the Fighting 69th Div ision.He was a recipient of the Bronze Star and he attended the

yearly veterans reunions every year until last year.Walt made the statement just shortly before his death, I

have lived a good life. What a wonderful statement to beable to say at the end of ones life.

Family and friends are invited to attend the funeral service11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 16 at the Chapel of the Highlands, 194Millwood Drive at El Camino Real in Millbrae. Privateinterment will follow at Skylawn Memorial Park, SanMateo. In lieu of flowers you may donate to the AlzheimersAssociation, Palo Alto VA Hospital Hospice Center or acharity of your choice.

Carl M.FryCarl M. Fry, born May 1, 1929 in Yakima, Wash., died

Aug. 5, 2013 in San Mateo from dementia.Carl is survived by his wife Beverly, of

60 years, daughter Patti Nash (DiamondSprings), granddaughter Ashley Nash,great-grandson Marcelino Gamberazio(Redwood Shores) and granddaughterJennifer Nash (Los Angeles).

Carl worked many years as a printer forSan Mateo Times and loved his job andmade many friends there. He was a devot-ed runner, running his first marathon in

Hawaii in 1978. Carl loved gardening, golfing, square andround dancing and times with friends and just going out forcoffee each day. He fought a hard battle with dementia forseven years, but lost his battle on Aug. 5. Acelebration ofhis life will be held 3 p.m., Aug. 18 at Sneider and Sullivanin San Mateo with a reception following. Friends and fami-ly are invited.

Many thanks to Ida Galati for her loving care the lastthree weeks. Carl will be missed every moment of everyday.

Obituaries

By Tom VerdinTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SACRAMENTO California onMonday became the first state toenshrine certain rights for transgenderK-12 students in state law, requiringpublic schools to allow those studentsaccess to whichever restroom andlocker room they want.

Democratic Gov. Jerry Brownannounced that he had signed AB1266,which also will allow transgender stu-dents to choose whether they want toplay boys or girls sports. The newlaw gives students the right to partic-ipate in sex-segregated programs,activities and facilities based on theirself-perception and regardless of theirbirth gender.

Supporters said it will help reducebullying and discrimination againsttransgender students. It comes as thefamilies of transgender students have

been waging localbattles with schooldistricts across thecountry over whatrestrooms and lock-er rooms their chil-dren can use, dis-agreements thathave sometimes

landed in court.The National

Center for Lesbian Rights and theACLU of California were among thebills supporters. Detractors, includ-ing some Republican lawmakers, saidallowing students of one gender to usefacilities intended for the other couldinvade the other students privacy.

Such fears are overblown, saidCarlos Alcala, spokesman for thebills author, DemocraticAssemblyman Tom Ammiano of SanFrancisco. In general, he said, trans-gender students are trying to blend in

and are not trying to call attention tothemselves.

Theyre not interested in goinginto bathrooms and flaunting theirphysiology, Alcala said.

He also noted that the states largestschool district, Los Angeles Unified,has had such a policy for nearly adecade and reported no problems. San

Francisco schools also have had a pol-icy similar to the new law, and numer-ous other districts signed on in sup-port of the legislation.

Clearly, there are some parents whoare not going to like it, Alcala said.We are hopeful school districts willwork with them so no students are putin an uncomfortable position.

Brown signed the bill, whichamends the state Education Code, with-out comment. Assembly Speaker JohnPerez, D-Los Angeles, said the lawputs California at the forefront ofleadership on transgender rights.

Brown signs transgender-student bill

Jerry Brown

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he followinglocal studentsgraduated from

Tufts Universit y inMassachusetts May19: MadelineMayerson of MenloPark, with a bachelorsdegree in child devel-opment, cum laude,Spring 2013 DeansList; Amy Wipflerof Menlo Park, with abachelors degree inart history, summacum laude, Spring 2013 Deans List;Emily Denton of San Carlos, with abachelors degree in economics,magna cum laude, and internationalrelations, magna cum laude; LaurenQuan of Millbrae, with a bachelorsdegree in biopsychology; and Soumil

Mhaskar of Foster City, with a bache-lors degree in economics.** *

Daniel Shea, from San Bruno, wasnamed to the Deans List atVi l lanova Univers i ty for thespring 2013 semester. Shea is pursuinga bachelors degree in the Col lege of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

** *The Woodside Terrace A.M.

Kiwanis Club of Redwood Cityselected 10 local high school studentsas recipients of their annual scholar-ship program. Seniors from Sequoiaand Woodsidehigh schools were hon-ored at the annual dinner May 22.

The following seniorhigh school studentshave demonstrated aca-demic achievement andcommitment to com-munity service andvolunteerism and willreceive these awards:Phill i p WangWoodside TerraceAM Kiwanis ClubScholarship went toAndrew Blatner,Woodside HighSchool; The Key

Club of Sequoia High Scholarshipwent to Banyra Michelle Vasquez,Sequoia High School; The GeriMayers Memorial CommunityService Award went to MarissaScully, Woodside; The Walter ButlerMemorial Scholarship: went to

Leah Bustos, Woodside; The BogartFamily Scholarships went toMichelle McLaren, Woodside; TheCharles and Jean RiggScholarship went to Ze Martinho,Sequoia; The Maggie Cuadro sMemorial Scholarship went toManuel Espinoza, Sequoia; YamadaFamily Scholarships went toRebekah Steiner, Andrea Vidal ,Kristal Padilla, Sequoia.

Class notes is a column dedicated to schoolnews. It is compiled by education reporterAngela Swartz. You can contact her at (650)344-5200, ext. 105 or at angela@smdai-lyjournal.com.

Mob boss WhiteyBulger guilty in 11 killings

BOSTON James WhiteyBulger, the fearedBoston mob bosswho became one ofthe nations most-wanted fugitives,was convictedMonday in a stringof 11 killings anddozens of othergangland crimes,many of them com-mitted while he

was said to be an FBI informant.Bulger, 83, stood silently and

showed no reaction to the verdict,which brought to a close a case thatnot only transfixed the city with itsgrisly violence but exposed corrup-tion inside the Boston FBI and anoverly cozy relationship between thebureau and its underworld snitches.

Bulger was charged primarily withracketeering, which listed 33 crimi-nal acts among them, 19 murdersthat he allegedly helped orchestrateor carried out himself during the1970s and 80s while he led theWinter Hill Gang, Bostons ruthlessIrish mob.

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By Pete Yost and Paul EliasTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON Attorney General EricHolder announced a major shift Monday infederal sentencing policies, targeting longmandatory terms that he said have floodedthe nations prisons with low-level drugoffenders and diverted crime-fighting dol-lars that could be far better spent.

If Holders policies are implementedaggressively, they could mark one of themost significant changes in the way the fed-eral criminal justice system handles drugcases since the government declared a waron drugs in the 1980s

As a first step, Holder has instructed feder-al prosecutors to stop charging many non-violent drug defendants with offenses thatcarry mandatory minimum sentences. Hisnext step will be working with a bipartisangroup in Congress to give judges greaterdiscretion in sentencing.

We will start by fundamentally rethink-ing the notion of mandatory minimum sen-tences for drug-related crimes, Holder toldthe American Bar Association in SanFrancisco.

There are currently more than 219,000federal inmates, and the prisons areoperating at nearly 40 percent abovecapacity. Holder said the prison popula-tion has grown at an astonishing rate by almost 800 percent since 1980.Almost half the inmates are serving time

for drug-related crimes.Holder said he also wants to divert people

convicted of low-level offenses to drugtreatment and community service programsand expand a prison program to allow forrelease of some elderly, no n-violen t offend-ers.

The speech drew widespread praise,including from some of the people Holder

will need most Democrats andRepublicans on Capitol Hill.

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said he is encour-aged by the Obama administrations viewthat mandatory minimum sentences fornon-violent offenders promote injusticeand do not serve public safety. Paul andSenate Judiciary Committee chairmanPatrick Leahy, D-Vt., have introduced legis-

lation to grant federal judges greater flexi-bility in sentencing. Leahy commendedHolder for his efforts on the issue and saidhis committee will hold a hearing on thebill next month.

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the No. 2Democrat in the Senate, said he looked for-ward to working on the issue with Holderand senators of both parties.

But support was not universal. HouseJudiciary Committee Chairman BobGoodlatte, R-Va., said Holder cannot uni-laterally ignore the laws or the limits on hisexecutive powers. While the attorney gen-eral has the ability to use prosecutorial dis-cretion in individual cases, that authoritydoes not extend to entire categories of peo-ple.

Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, topRepublican on the Senate JudiciaryCommittee, said whether the law needs to bechanged should be decided by the Congress,along with the president.

Instead were seeing the presidentattempt to run roughshod over the directrepresentatives of the people elected towrite the laws, Grassley said. The over-reach by the administration to unilaterally

decide which laws to enforce and which lawsto ignore is a disturbing trend.

Still, the impact of Holders initiativecould be significant, said Marc Mauer, exec-utive director of the Sentencing Project, aprivate group involved in research and pol-icy reform of the criminal justice system.

Holder goes after mandatory federal drug sentences

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U.S.Attorney General Eric Holder speaks on stage during the annual meeting of the AmericanBar Association in San Francisco.

By Martin CrutsingerTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON The governmenton Monday reported a $97.6 billiondeficit for July but remains on trackto post its lowest annual budget gapin five years.

Julys figure raises the deficit sofar for the 2013 budget year to$607.4 billion, the governmentsays. Thats 37.6 percent below the$973.8 billion deficit for the first 10months of the 2012 budget year.

The Congressional Budget Officehas forecast that the annual deficitwill be $670 billion when the budgetyear ends Sept. 30, far below lastyears $1.09 trillion. It would markthe first year that the gap betweenspending and revenue has been below$1 trillion since 2008.

Steady economic growth, highertaxes, lower government spendingand increased dividends from mort-

gage giants Fannie Mae and FreddieMac have helped shrink the deficit.

Still, looming budget fights inCongress are complicating the pic-ture. When lawmakers return fromtheir recess in September, they willneed to increase the governmentsborrowing limit. They will also haveto approve a spending plan for thebudget year that begins Oct. 1.Republicans and Democrats remainfar apart on both measures.

Republicans want President BarackObama to accept deeper cuts indomestic government programs andin expensive benefit programs suchas Medicare and Social Security.Obama has argued that Republicansmust be willing to accept highertaxes on the highest-earningAmericans.

Conservative House Republicanshave signaled a willingness to forcea partial government shutdown as away of defunding Obamas universal

health care law, which they oppose.A possible compromise would be

to approve a stopgap budget to keepthe government operating after Oct.1 while both sides seek a permanentsolution.

Obama has vowed not to negotiatewith Congress over raising the bor-rowing limit as he did in 2011. Butsome Republicans want to test thepresidents resolve even if it rattlesfinancial markets. Investors fear adoomsday scenario in which thecountry would default on its debt,which it has never done.

Through July, the government col-lected $2.29 trillion in revenue, up13.9 percent from the same 10months last year. Governmentspending during this period totaled$2.89 trillion, down 2.9 percentfrom a year ago. That declinereflects, in part, automatic govern-ment spending cuts that began tak-ing effect March 1.

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Letters to the editor

When no one is lookingEditor,Ive heard it said that true character can

be defined as how a person behaves whenno one is looking. I experienced two

examples of that a few days ago in theSafeway parking lot. When I came out ofthe store I saw that someone had hit theback of my car and done significant dam-age. The hit-and-run driver must havethought no one was looking. Then Inoticed a piece of paper on my wind-shield. Some kind person had taken thetime to write a note saying a big whitetruck had backed into my car. He or shealso left me the license plate number andother identifying information. The acts ofthose two strangers clearly had an impacton me. Having your car smashed by a hit-and-run driver can ruin your whole day andput a dent in your wallet as well. The noteon the windshield was a comfortingreminder that we are surrounded by lots of

people who will do the right thing evenwhen no one is watching.

John Hershberger

San Mateo

A slippery slope indeedEditor,Regarding Editor Jon MaysAug. 9 col-

umn Just how heavy is the lifting inSacramento? Mays understands the dan-gers in expanding the scope of practicefor certain health professionals. Using asupposedly quick fix with scope of prac-tice bills implies that the number of med-ical professionals is a higher prioritythan the quality of these professionals,

indeed a slippery slope for our stateshealth care system.

I am pleased to see that AssemblymanRich Gordon, D-Menlo Park, stood up forpatients and rejected Senate Bill 491. Ihope he does so again when the bill isreconsidered Tuesday.

Robert L. Weinmann, MD

San Jose

Not in service linesEditor,Letter writer Tom Carr noted that about

half of SamTrans buses he sees are Notin service (The Daily Journal, July 26).He calls this Not In Service Lines, I sayHot In Service. One explanation is that,during their shift, SamTrans drivers driveon several routes, for unknown reasons,and they transfer between routes withoutpassengers. Also, it looks like whenmorning driversshift ends, they drivethe bus to the bus yard and another,

afternoon, bus comes from the yard.Before Ive learned this, Id alwaysthought that one driver gives his/her busto other driver, and rides (not drives)some bus or trolley home (or to the yard,to take his/her car, then go home). But

not at SamTrans. Apparently, the manage-ment realizes that on most of their routes,buses run so rarely, and if drivers areforced to ride them home they proba-bly will go on strike.

Yevgeniy Lysyy

Palo Alto

Karen Clapper, pleasejust keep your word

Dear Editor,I am going to ask Karen Clapper,

appointed San Carlos councilwoman, thesame thing I asked Don Horsley, presi-

dent of the San Mateo County Board ofSupervisors: Please reconsider this terri-ble choice you have made not to keepyour word that you would not run for elec-tion. You seem to be self impressed withyour value to the residents of San Carlos.I see that one of your reasons was thatHorsley encouraged you to run. Not a verygood example of a leader keeping hisword. He did, however, get back on trackafter a slight derail costing the taxpayersabout $28,000. I would ask you to con-sider going to our teachers of gradeschool age children and explain howkeeping your word is really overrated andnot meant for everyone to follow, seewhat they teach the children in classthese days.

Michael G. Stogner

San Carlos

John KellyEditor,Most of us can only dream of accom-

plishing what John Kelly has done indevoting over 60 years of his memorablelife to helping others (From SamaritanHouse to San Quentin in the Aug. 10issue of the D aily Journal). Nevertheless,we can all hope to be encouraged andinspired by Kellys wisdom and his faith,and we can all recognize that it is thenoble John Kellys around us who repre-sent our real heroes and our true leaders.

Michael Traynor

Burlingame

The Lambeth Conference in 1930Editor,In 1930, at the Lambeth Conference,

the Anglican Church, swayed by growing

public pressure, announced that contra-

ception would be allowed in some circum-

stances. Soon after that decision, the

Anglican Church caved in and allowed

contraception across the board.

In 1968, Pope Paul VIs Encyclical,

Humanae Vitae, the landmark Encyclical,

reemphasized the churchs constant teach-

ing that it is always intrinsically wrong

to use contraception to prevent new

human beings from coming into exis-

tence. This is when the sexual revolution

started. Many bishops and priests

throughout the world rebelled against the

Encyclical of the pope and advised many

Catholics to ignore the Encyclical. This

caused confusion within the church that

caused many Catholics to violate the

church teaching on contraception.

Five years later in 1973, the Roe v.

Wade decision by the U.S. Supreme Court

bought the birth of abortion on demand.

This caused a dire crisis in our Social

Security System which supports the

retired elderly. The system depends on the

future generation to put money into it.

Well, guess what, the United States is

now below the birth rate replacement rate

which should be at least 2.8 but is now

1.5 . The reason for this drastic drop is

because of abortion that has killed off a

good part of our future generation that is

needed to support our Social Security

System. If this continues to go on, the

system will go bankrupt in 10 to 15

years. Now, a new law has just been enact-

ed by the court to allow our youth up to

age 12 the ability to buy contraceptives

in any drug store will certainly corrupt

them and get them, at an early age, to

become sexually active. This will also

hasten the bankruptcy of our Social

Security System. It will increase abor-

tions, sexual transmitted deceases andwill increase breast cancer and other

forms of cancer.

Ross Foti

Belmont

Down the

rabbit hole

Raise your collective antennae tothis idea the hottest idea in theworld of sidestepping pricey cable

company bundles and illegal downloadingof network TV shows is a pair of rabbit ears.

Call it vintage. Consider it old school.

File it under What the heck? at least forthose whose ten-der age has themscratching theirheads thinkingrabbit ears areanother luckybunny appendageand wonderinghow much luckthey bring. Justbe sure to call itfree.

As Time WarnerCable customersin New York, Los Angeles and Dallas fretover the loss of CBS channels, some havelearned that a historical relic from the yearsof television past allowed users to view

basic channels for free and can still be usedin such a way.Free? What is this notion of free, you ask?Well, once upon a time before the notions

of streaming, downloading, rooftop satel-lite dishes or even universal remotes, televi-sion viewing did not necessarily requireanything other than an electrical outlet anda good antenna. Children to adjust saidantenna and tin foil were added bonuses.

One colleague said as a child he lived sofar out the familys antenna was in an out-side tree. Imagine trying to maneuver thatinto position to watch Sesame Street with-out a snowy screen.

But most of us arent basic television peo-ple anymore. We moved from rudimentaryofferings on the three big networks tobeginning cable whose nod to modernity

was a box with an Aand B switch. Remotecontrols then became so essential to theexperience we were and still are will-ing to spend 20 minutes searching for themissing instrument under coach cushionsand in dog toy boxes rather than simplyapproach the television and change thechannel. Time marched on with VCRs,DVDs, DVRs, pay-per-view, on-demandchannels, more and more media companiespromising more and more channels. Wewant what we want when we want it andwe want a lot of it, or at least thats what thepay TV folks pushing pricey packages andadd-ons would have us believe.

The channel possibilities are so endlessits actually too much. I dont want to scrollthrough six versions of HBO or Showtime,not counting the HD and Latino options, ortake 15 minutes to find the right mindlessprogram when the channel number doesntimmediately spring to mind. Besides, evenwith 600 channels, often there is still noth-ing on.

Thank goodness then for Netflix, Hulu andsimilar ilk. All you need is a Roku or anApple TV, I said to a friend while explainingmy jump onto the Orange Is the NewBlack bandwagon. Then redirect it to aniPad or Kindle or even a phone, I elaboratedas though Im some confident tech-savvywizard instead of the person who cant evenfigure out the reason for most of the remotecontrol buttons.

ARo-what? he asked.You can also use a PlayStation or any-

thing else that streams, I added.That concept is as foreign to me as an

antenna is probably to everybody else, he

replied.True enough. But just wait until the next

cable or satellite standoff comes to the BayArea. Something tells me good old-fash-ioned rabbit ears will receive a warmerreception.

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Dow 15,419.68 -5.83 10-Yr Bond 2.605 +0.025

Nasdaq 3,669.95 +9.84 Oil (per barrel) 106.14

S&P 500 1,689.47 -1.95 Gold 1,334.40

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday on the NewYork Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:NYSELowes Companies Inc.,up 12 cents to $45.80With housing prices soaring and late payments on mortgages hittingfive-year lows,Canaccord Genuity boosted its ratings and target price onthe home improvement retailer.Shares hit an all-time high of $46.25.Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc.,up $1.12 to $22.52Strong sales momentum at the doughnut chain earned an upgradefrom Janney Capital Markets,which sees revenue coming in significantlystronger than it had initially expected.Newmont Mining Corp.,up $1.39 to $30.90Stocks in gold producers rally as the price of gold rebounds sharply.Goldprices rose 2 percent to start the week,marking the fourth day of risingprices after new data suggested Chinas economic slowdown may beeasing.Sysco Corporation,down $2.02 to $32.99

The food-distribution companys fourth-quarter net income fell 9 percent,burdened by higher operating expenses and restructuring charges.PharMerica Corp.,down 56 cents to $13.52Shares in the the pharmaceutical services company slump after the U.S.sues it for allegedly dispensing drugs without prescriptions.PharMericasaid it disputes the premisesof the lawsuit and is vowing to defenditself.NasdaqTesla Motors Inc.,down $5.62 to $147.38After jumping more than 300 percent this year,a number of industrywatchers believe Tesla is red-lining.Lazard downgraded the companysstock and a weekend piece from Barrons warned of bubble troubleforthe electric carmaker.Galectin Therapeutics Inc.,up $1.21 to $6.78The drug developers liver disease treatment,now in early stage clinicaltesting, gets fast track designation from the Food and DrugAdministration.That means a lot less red tape and a lot more potentialfor a blockbuster.F5 Networks Inc.,up $2.82 to $92.70The stock was upgraded to Overweight by Barclays,which sees ongoingmomentum for the information technology,networking equipment andservices company.Analyst Ben Reitzes said that even though shares havespiked 30 percent since July 9,given the history of share movement,F5is in the middle of an upward surge.

Big movers

By Steve RothwellTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK Corporate deal sto-ries and technology stocks were brightspots on Wall Street Monday on a daywhen the indexes ended relatively flat.

BlackBerry jumped after the strug-gling smartphone maker said it wouldconsider a sale. Dole Foods rose afterits CEO said he would take the compa-ny private and Steinway MusicalInstruments gained after receiving anew buyout offer.

Apple, another smartphone maker,was also in the news. The tech giantsstock rose after the blog AllThingsDsaid the company would release the lat-est version of its iPhone on Sept. 10.The stocks rise helped make technol-ogy stocks the leading gainers in theStandard & Poors 500 index.

Still, those gains werent enough topush the broad-market index up for theday.

The S&Pfell 1.95 points, or 0.1 per-

cent, to close at 1,689.47. The DowJones industrial average closed down5.83 points, or less than 0.1 percent,at 15,419.68.

Stocks had opened lower after log-ging their biggest weekly loss inalmost two months. By late morningthe losses had been pared, and the S&Pand Dow remained marginally lowerthroughout the day.

Apple rose $12.91, or 2.8 percent,to $467.30. The company makes up7.9 percent of the Nasdaq compositeand its advance pushed the index up9.84 points, or 0.3 percent, to3,669.95.

Newmont Mining was the biggestgainer in the Standard & Poors 500index after the prices of gold and silver

advanced. Gold rose for a fourth day on

reports of increased demand fromChina. Silver gained the most in threeweeks.

Stocks have been treading water thismonth as companies finished report-ing earnings for the second quarter andinvestors considered when the FederalReserve will start to ease back on itseconomic stimulus. The U.S. centralbank is buying $85 billion a month tokeep long-term interest rates low.Many analysts expect that it will startreducing those purchases as soon asnext month.

The tepid August follows big gainsfor stocks for July, when the S&P 50 0rose 5 percent, its best month sinceJanuary.

Stocks climbed last month after FedChairman Ben Bernanke reassuredinvestors that the Fed would only easeback on its stimulus once the economy

is strong enough to handle it. The

Feds stimulus has been a major factordriving a bull market for stocks thathas lasted more than four years.

Any pullback in stocks now is pre-senting investors with a buyingopportunity, said Doug Cote, chiefmarket strategist with ING U.S.Investment Management.

There will be some near-termvolatility, but its a buying opportuni-ty and a chance to get fully invested inthe market, Cote said.

The S&P 500 is up 0.2 percent thismonth. For the year, its up 18.5 per-cent.

Investors will get further clues aboutthe strength of the economy this weekwhen the U.S. Commerce Departmentpublishes its July retail sales figuresTuesday. There will also be data on thehousing market, industrial productionand the Philadelphia Feds survey of

manufacturing on Thursday.

Miners, deal stocks, Apple rise on Wall Street

REUTERS

Trader Ronald Madarasz works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

BlackBerry weighsputting itself up for sale

TORONTO BlackBerry will con-sider selling itself after the long-awaited debut of its new phones failedto turn around the struggling smart-phone maker.

The company said Monday that itsboard has formed a special committeeto explore strategic alternatives inhopes of enhancing the companysvalue and boosting adoption of itsBlackBerry 10 platform.

The company said its options couldalso include joint ventures, partner-ships, or other moves.

The Canadian companys U.S-tradedstock closed up 10.5 percent to$10.78 on Monday.

Vehicle-charging companywarns about prospects

SAN FRANCISCO Ecotality Inc.,which makes charging systems for

electric vehicles, said Monday that itcould be forced into a sale or bank-ruptcy filing in the very near futureafter disappointing sales and suspen-sion of payments from the federalgovernment.

The company said that it hired arestructuring adviser to evaluateoptions including new financing or apossible sale.

San Francisco-based Ecotality madethe comments in a filing with theSecurities and ExchangeCommission.

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As triumph up northBy Ian HarrisonTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TORONTO Alberto Callaspo is quicklyturning into quite the deadline acquisitionfor the Oakland Athletics.

Callaspo hit a tiebreaking two-run doublein Oaklands four-run ninth inning, leadingthe Athletics to a 5-1 victory over theToronto Blue Jays on Monday.

Callaspo, who was acquired in a trade withthe Los Angeles Angels on July 30, also had

a tiebreaking double in the eighth inning ofSundays 6-4 win at Toronto. The clutch hitin the series finale came against closerCasey Janssen (4-1) with one out and thebases loaded.

It gets you closer to your team, Oaklandmanager Bob Melvin saidof Callaspos pair of bigswings. Its very diffi-cult to come into a clublate in the year and feelcomfortable. The moreyou do that in those typeof situations, the morecomfortable you feel, themore part of it you feel,and rightly so.

Callaspo is batting .292 with four RBIs in10 games with Oakland. Teammate Josh

Donaldson said hes happy to have Callaspoon his side.It shows that the trade paid off,

Donaldson said. Hes a solid player, hesscrappy. Against us it seemed like he wouldget that big RBI to either put them back inthe game or give them the lead. So far, hesbeen doing the same thing over here.

Mondays decisive hit came after Callaspomade an error in the eighth that allowed theBlue Jays to score the tying run.

He definitely made up for it, Melvinsaid.

The Athletics had lost six of seven beforearriving in Toronto, but took three of fourfrom the last-place Blue Jays. Oaklandbegan the day one game back of AL West-leading Texas.

I feel like it definitely got us back on the

right track, Athletics starter Dan Strailysaid.

Oakland outfielder Josh Reddick, who hitfive home runs in the first two games of theseries, failed to go deep for the secondstraight game. Reddick walked in the sec-ond, flied out in his next two at-bats and wasintentionally walked in the ninth.

Donaldson singled off Janssen to beginthe ninth and, one out later, pinch hitterBrandon Moss doubled him to third. Reddickwas walked to bring up Callaspo, who sent a1-0 pitch into the right-field corner.

I was glad to get that chance and then

By Janie McCauleyTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SANTA CLARA Vance McDonald hasbeen fortunate to spendhis rookie summer as theunderstudy to veteranSan Francisco tight endVernon Davis, who hasbeen eager to takeMcDonald on as a littlebrother and teammate, toguide him through therigors of training campand the regular season.

McDonald is doingplenty of prep on his own, too. He regular-

ly falls asleep with the 49ers offensive

playbook right within reach a book heknew would be thick yet has surprised himwith just how expansive it is.

Lets just say I heard them say how big itwas and I said, Ah, it cant be that bad,McDonald said, smiling. And I just staredat it the first time and I was just like, Wow.Its extremely extensive but thats kind ofwhat it takes to be successful, so thats whatIve got to do to get it done.

The 49ers traded up with Green Bay todraft McDonald out of Rice with the 55thoverall selection in the second round ofAprils draft, and he showed promise in hispreseason debut. McDonald made fourreceptions for 66 yards, including a 21-yard

gain, and was targeted eight times in San

Franciscos 10-6 exhibition loss to theDenver Broncos on Thursday night.

Offensive coordinator Greg Romanthought McDonald took a nice step in hisfirst game, while also wishing he had con-verted a couple of the balls he missed onean obvious drop.

Liked the look in his eye before thegame, Roman said.

Yet McDonald will sit out Fridays game atKansas City nursing an undisclosed injury.Coach Jim Harbaugh said he likely would besidelined between seven and 10 days with-out providing further details.

When the Belmont-RedwoodShores All Stars were puttingthe finishing touches on an 8-1

win over Arizona in the semifinals of theLittle League Western Regional tourna-ment, only one thought crossed my mind:Im heading to San Bernardino, home ofthe tournament.

When BRS first qualified for the regionalplayoffs, I floated the idea to my boss that

I would be willing togo to SouthernCalifornia if Belmont-Redwood Shores madeit to the champi-onship game.

It did and I did. I lefthome about 5:50 a.m.Saturday and returnedhome about 2:15 p.m.Sunday. Between, Idrove more than 800miles in roughly 12hours while also cov-ering the champi-

onship game, which BRS lost 9-0 to ChulaVista.

While it wasnt the outcome thePeninsula baseball community wanted nor did I it was quite an adventure. Thefollowing are some observations I had dur-ing my whirlwind trip to San Bernardino.

** *If there is such a thing as reincarnation, I

hope to come back in my next life as a race

car driver. The hardest thing for me to doon long road trips is to resist the urge todrive faster than everyone else on the road especially when they pass me.

Having recently gotten a speeding tick-et, my lead foot has lightened up a bit overthe last month or so. But if youve everdriven on Interstate 5, you know it isessentially a super speedway. The speedlimit says 70, but that is really the mini-mum because if youre only doing 70, youwill be run over.

So on the way down South, I set mycruise control at 79, thinking less than 10miles over the limit would give me a breakwith CHP. It worked fine for about 60miles. But as the sun came up, so did thetraffic and 79 just wouldnt cut it.

As I constantly found myself moving

Whirlwind

weekend

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PITTSFORD, N.Y. Jason Dufner does-nt have the same set of skills as Rory

McIlroy and Adam Scott,though his career hasshared the same path from a memorable col-lapse at a major champi-onship to redemption inpretty short order.

And in this sport,redemption doesntalways come easily. Justask Dustin Johnson orThomas Bjorn. Theres

an even longer list of players who gaveaway majors in the final hour and never somuch as earned another shot, such as EdSneed or Mike Reid.

There was reason to believe Dufner mightbe part of the latter group.

Go back just two years to Atlanta AthleticClub to find Dufner standing on the 15th tee

Dufner makes most

of his second chance

Rookie McDonald continues to make strides

Jason Dufner

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REUTERS

Chris Young, top, is congratulated after hitting a home run in Oaklands 6-1 win over theToronto Blue Jays.Dan Straily,bottom,delivers a pitch in the same victory.

See 49ERS,Page 14

Vance

McDonald

Bob Melvin

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Cardinal ranked thirdin AVCA preseason pollBy Antonio Gonzalez

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

STANFORD Kevin Hoganleaned back on the fence that sur-rounds the Stanford practice field

late Monday afternoon, cracked asmile and laughed at the differencebetween how he feels now versus ayear ago.

Im more comfortable, hesaid.

Entering his first full year as thestarting quarterback, Hogan surelooks that way and will need tobe. He has almost all new widereceivers and tight ends and willbe expected to carry the Cardinaloffense even more this season.

Hogans presence alone alreadyhad the defending Pac-12 champi-ons and Rose Bowl winners aheadof schedule on the first day oftraining camp. The race to replacerecord-setting Andrew Luck hadnot been decided at this time lastAugust, and the uncertaintydelayed the offenses pr ogress ion.

This year, Stanford coach DavidShaw can install the offense andmore of it at a rapid pace.Hogan spent the summer organiz-ing voluntary workouts dubbedthe Captains Practices andtaking leadership of the offense.

I think it forced him to get agood handle on everything thatwere doing, Shaw said. He puttogether all the scripts. He decidedwhat they were doing every day,and he did it all summer.

Shaw said he noticed a changeHogans command on the fieldfrom the first conversation theyhad before camp.

I was really, really vague. Isaid, Howd it go? I wanted tohear what he had to say, and then Iasked him what his top five passideas were, Shaw said. And hetold me those, whereas a year ago,Id ask him for five, and he had tokind of think. But after all summergoing through everything thatweve got, hes got a comfort levelnow. Its nice to know what thoseare now so we can work them into

the game plan every week.For all his success, Hogan still

has limited experience in the hud-dle.

Hogan was 5-0 as the starterafter taking over for Josh Nuneslate last season. He finished off the

12-2 campaign in spectacularfashion, toppling top-rankedOregon, beating UCLAin back-to -back weeks for the conferencecrown and holding off Wisconsinfor Stanfords first Rose Bowl vic-tory in 41 years.

Hogan threw for 1,096 yards,nine touchdowns and three inter-ceptions last season. He complet-ed 71.7 percent of his passes andalso was the teams second-lead-ing rusher with 263 yards and twotouchdowns.

But he wasnt even a finalist inthe competition between Nunesand Brett Nottingham last August.On the first day of camp a year ago,Hogan said he worked with theyounger players and mightve hada snap or two with the first-teamoffense.

Stanford to lean on quarterbackKevin Hogan more this season

NCAA troubles have critics seeking changes at topTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

INDIANAPOLIS NCAAPresident Mark Emmert has spent2 1/2 years trying to push throughhistoric reforms and get tougheron cheaters.

Its only created more problems.

Today, Emmert presides over anorganization that is struggling tomaintain credibility with the pub-

lic, is tied up in multiple courtcases and is tainted by an embar-rassing internal scandal.

He has been criticized for hisgoverning style and personality.There have been questions sur-rounding the work he did in previ-ous jobs and whether he over-stepped his authority in punishingPenn State for the Jerry Sanduskyscandal.

He drew fire for pinning blamefor the debacle in the Miamiinvestigation on enforcement offi-cials and some question whetherhe should lead the NCAA throughits next major overhaul fixing

the governance structure.

Critics contend there is onlyway to only one way to restore theNCAAs tattered image: Find a newpresident.

He should have been gone yes-terday, as far as Im concerned,said Gerald Gurney, a former seniorassociate athletic director for aca-demics at Oklahoma and a formercompliance director at Maryland.

Hes absolutely unable to getanything through the NCAA sys-tem. Every time one of his pro-posals is voted down, thats like avote of no confidence. If he cantget his ideas across to member-ship, he ought to leave.

Emmert has ignored the growingcalls for his resignation and hedoesnt sound like a man planningto leave any time soon.

In February, the board of direc-tors gave the embattled presidentan unusual public vote of confi-dence. A few days later, NCAAexecutive committee chairwomanLou Anna Simon, Michigan

States president, offered her per-sonal backing. Emmert took thosemoves as an endorsement of hisagenda, so thats been his p rimaryconcern over the last 5 1/2months.

Ive certainly not consideredresigning and Ive always felt thatI had the good, strong support ofmy board and my executive com-mittee. As long as we continue to

make progress on behalf of stu-dent-athletes, then I want to bepart of that, Emmert told theAssociated Press. Have I donethings in ways that were inappro-priate or frustrated people by mis-takes I have made? Of course. Butthat doesnt mean that Im goingto stop doing these things. Thatsnot the way I operate.

The public perception is thatEmmert is in charge of a collegesports world spinning out of con-trol while the governing bodytries to dig out from one of thebleakest 13-month spans in itshistory.

Adam Jones moving pastbanana-throwing incidentTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

PHOENIX Baltimore Oriolescenter fielder Adam Jones is movingon a day after tweeting a fan in SanFrancisco threw a banana onto thefield near him during a game.

Its unfortunate that things hap-pen like that, but it aint going stopme, myself and the Orioles, he told

reporters before Monday nightsgame against Arizona. We havegames to win. Its mid-August. Ivegot a bigger concern in my headthan someones ignorance or act ofwhatever. You know what I mean?

Jones, who is black, homered inthe top of the ninth and had fourRBIs in the Orioles10-2 win overthe Giants on Sunday. He didnt sayanything about the incident afterthe game, but posted a tweet with anexpletive that a fan had thrown abanana onto the field during theninth inning.

A Giants fan told the San JoseMercury News on Monday that he

threw the banana, but said it was outof anger at the Giants and not racial-ly motivated. The Giants told thenewspaper they were not able toverify the fans claim.

The Giants issued an apology toJones and the Orioles.

We were extremely disappointedto learn about the incident involv-ing Adam Jones at AT&T Park yes-

terday, the statement said. TheGiants have a zero tolerance policyagainst this type of behavior,which results in immediate ejectionfrom the ballpark.

While we have been investigat-ing the matter since we learned ofthe situation, unfortunately wehave been unable to identify theperson responsible. We would liketo extend our sincerest apologies toAdam and the entire Orioles organi-zation for this unfortunate incident.The inappropriate actions of thisindividual in no way reflect the val-ues of our organization and ourfans, it said.

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STANFORD The Stanfordwomen's volleyball team willbegin the 2013 season ranked No.3 nationally, the AmericanVolleyball Coaches Associationannounced in its annual preseasonpoll Monday. Stanford hasappeared in the top 10 of everypreseason poll since its inceptionin 1996.

The Cardinal, which receivedtwo first-place votes, returns all ofits starters from last year's teamthat went 30-4, captured a Pac-12-best 15th conference title andadvanced to the NCAA BerkeleyRegional Final. Stanford is one oftwo teams to appear in all 32NCAA Womens VolleyballTournaments.

The Cardinal returns 11 letter-

winners from the 2012 team,including middle blockers CarlyWopat and Inky Ajanaku, who were

both All-Americans last season.Also returning are sophomore out-side hitters Jordan Burgess andBrittany Howard, who were select-ed to the Pac-12 All-Conference

team, and senior