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As rain hit the Bay Area Wednesday morning, cars along El Camino Real in Burlingame had to navigate large pools of water.

By Bill SilverfarbDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Nonprofits that provide affordable hous-ing without state subsidies may get someproperty tax relief under a bill introducedMonday by state Sen. Jerry Hill, D-SanMateo.

Senate Bill 678 aims to help nonprofitsand religious organizations that provide

affordable housing byincreasing their propertytax exemption from$20,000 annually to$100, 000 annually.

Some local agencies,including the MinistryServices of th e Daughtersof Charity of St. Vincent

de Paul and the St.

Francis Center in RedwoodCity, have seen their prop-erty tax bills increase sub-stantially as the area’sproperty values have sky-rocketed.

The Daughters of Charityproperty tax bill for last

year was $68,00 0 over the $20,000 cap.

“This money would go a lo ng way to s up-

port the Missions of the Daughters of Charity to provide services to low-incomefamilies,” the agency’s Director of Minist ry Services Jacqueline Day wrote in aletter to l awmakers.

The agency provides 40 low-cost apart-ments in East Palo Alto.

The bill is an idea born out of Hill’s

Nonprofits may get tax relief Agencies that provide affordable housing without state subsidies have seen property tax bills surge higher

City reviews116-acre siteregulationsMillbrae councilmembers call forgreater economic growth policyBy Austin WalshDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

As developers try to push ahead with mixed-use projectsslated to be built near the Millbrae rail station , officials areinterested in further shaping policy regulations which theyfeel are in the best economic interest of the city.

The Millbrae City Council had its first opportunity withtwo newly elected members to fo rmally review the Millb raeStation Area Specific Plan during a study session heldTuesday, J an. 5 .

Though two developers have expressed interest in build-ing large projects which would bring a flood of new jobsand homes to the area near the intersection of Millbrae

Avenue and El Camino Real, councilmembers focused their

Concern arise over hoteldeveloper’s commitmentSan Bruno officials say CrossingHotel deal will stay its courseBy Austin WalshDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

San Bruno o fficials said an agreement t o cons truct a ho telon a slice of city-owned property will not be derailed byconcerns of some in the community who fear the selected

developer is not committed to keeping a stake in the city.OTO Developments — the South Carolina company

selected by city officials to construct a hotel near the inter-

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Bill wouldincrease tourbus companyinspections

STAFF AND WIRE REPORT

Rain in the Bay Area caused flood-ing, power outages and flight cancella-tions Wednesday with more expectedthrough next week, according to theNational Weather Service.

“In the last 24 hours, we’ve seenquite a bit of rain,” weather serviceforecaster Diana Henderson said.

From 8 a.m. Tuesday until 8 a.m.Wednesday, Oakland received a littleover an inch and Berkeley receivedmore than half an inch. At RichmondCity Hall, 1.42 inches of rain has fall-

en, while San Francisco has received1.18 inches. Santa Cruz picked up2.59 i nches in the past 24 hours.

“They’re getting the lion’s share,”Henderson said.

About 2,300customers werewithout power inthe Bay AreaWednesday morn-ing, PG&Espokesman MattNauman said.About 1,480 of those were in theEast Bay, 33 in

the North Bay, 451 in the South Bay,295 in San Francisco and 95 on thePeninsula.

“ We’ve been dealing with thesestorms throughout the week and haveour crews positioned to restore poweras quickly and safely as possible,”Nauman said.

Flooding was reported on variousBay Area highways and roads, includ-ing Interstate 80 at Seventh Street inSan Francisco and the park-and-ride lotnear state Highway 1 and Highway 101in Marin County, according to theCalifornia Highway Patrol.

At San Francisco InternationalAirport, about 80 fligh ts had been can-celed as of 10 a.m., airport spokesmanDoug Yakel said.

He said it’s about an even mix of departures and arrivals, mostly WestCoast commuter flights to places suchas Portlan d and Los Angeles.

The forecast through Wednesday of next week shows rain on every day,though Sunday shows just a slightchance of rain in t he evening.

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‘Zombie Nativity’ manchallenges zoning violation case

CINCINNATI — An Ohio manpledged Tuesday to not let hi s “zombieNativity” display die without a fight,while an apparent supporter dressed asa zombie was jailed for contempt of court.

Jasen Dixon pleaded not guilty tomultiple counts of violating zoningrules in the Cincinnati suburb of Sycamore Township. He is due back incourt Feb. 2 for a hearing on the case.

“It’s a First Amendment issue,”Dixon told reporters outside aHamilton County a courtroom, sayinghe’s not worried about potenti ally hav-ing to pay fines that could total in thethousands.

He’s been at odds with township offi-cials the p ast two Decembers about hisfront yard display and said he madechanges to comply.

It features gh oulish figures i ncludinga sharp-too thed creature in the mangerwhere baby Jesus would be in tradition -al Christmas Nativities. It has drawnsome complaints, but also widespreadattention.

Dixon said he took the display downafter Christmas, but he told WCPO-TV

he plans to bring it back “bigger andbetter” next holiday season.Township officials have declared that

they aren’t anti -zombie, b ut are enforc-ing rules about an improper “accessoryuse” structure in a front yard.

In other zombie-related develop-ments in Cincinnati on Tuesday, a manwho wore make-up and dressed as azombie in an apparent sh ow of supportfor Dixon was held in contempt of court for disrupting an unrelated civiltrial.

Hamilton County Common PleasJudge Robert Ruehlman found JohnThomer, 28, guilty of contempt thatobstructed the administration of jus-tice.

Specifically, the judge wrote, he“was growling into a megaphone anddisrupted my trial.”

Ruehlman said Thomer was giventhree chances to stop and refused. Headded that he had him arrested “not forthe content o f his sp eech,” but becauseof the loud delivery method by mega-phone.

Thomer was ordered held for threedays in Hamilton County Jail. No mes-sages could be left for him thereTuesday.

Firm to pay up after makingworkers clock out for bathroom

PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvaniacompany that publishes businessnewsletters will pay about $1.75 mil-

lion to thousands of employees whohad to clock out while going on shortbreaks, including for the bathroom.

A federal judge has given the U.S.Department of Labor and the Malvern-based company, American Future

Systems Inc., until Thursday to submitproposals on how to manage the pay-ment process, The PhiladelphiaInquirer reported.

The bill includes back pay and dam-ages to 6,000 employees who workedat offices in Penns ylvania, New Jerseyand Ohio between July 2009 and July2013.

The Department of Labor filed a law-suit in November 2012, claiming thecompany violated the federal FairLabor Standards Act because employ-ees weren’t earning the minimum wage— $7.25 per hour —when the compa-ny required them to clock out forbreaks.

“No worker should have to face thechoice: Do I take a bathroom break, ordo I get paid?” said Adam Welsh, anattorney at the U.S. Department of Labor’s Philadelphia o ffice.

The law doesn’t require companies togive workers personal breaks. But if itdoes offer breaks, it must p ay workersfor them.

The company issued the written pol-icy in July 2009, saying that workerscould take breaks “at any time” butthose breaks wouldn’t be paid. It hadargued that federal law didn’t require itto pay employees for short breaks

because employees were completelyrelieved from duty and could do whatthey wanted during that t ime.

A judge ruled against the comp any onDec. 16 , cit ing Labor Department regu-lations.

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America held its first presidentialelection as voters chose electors who,a month later, selected George

Washington to be the nation’s firstchief executive.

“One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.”

— Golda Meir, Israeli prime minister

Singer KennyLoggins is 68.

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The story, “Laptop stolen from business at gunpoint” inthe Jan. 5 edition of the Daily Journal did not include thephone number for anyone with information on the case tocall San Bruno police. The phone number is (650) 616-7100.

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In 1610 , astronomer Galileo Galilei began observingthree of Jupiter’s moons (he spotted a fourth moonalmost a week l ater).In 1800 ,   the 13th president of the United States,Millard Fillmore, was b orn in Summerhill, New York.I n 1 9 0 4 , the Marconi International MarineCommunication Company of London announced that thetelegraphed letters “CQD” would serve as a maritime dis-tress call (it was l ater replaced with “SOS”).In 1927 ,   commercial transatlantic telephone servicewas inaugurated bet ween New York and London.In 1942 , the Japanese siege of Bataan began duringWorld War II. (The fall of Bataan three months later wasfollowed by the notorious Death March.)In 1949 ,  George C. Marshall resig ned as U.S. Secretaryof State; President Harry S. Truman cho se Dean Achesonto succeed him.In 1955 , singer Marian Anderson made her debut withthe Metrop olit an Opera in New York, in Verdi’s “Un Balloin Maschera.” The opening of the Canadian Parliament inOttawa was televised for the first ti me.In 1959 ,   the United States recognized the new govern-ment of Cuba, six days after Fidel Castro led the over-throw of Fulgencio Batista.In 1963 , the U.S. Post Office raised the cost of a first-class stamp from 4 to 5 cents.In 1979 ,   Vietnamese forces captured the Cambodiancapital of Phnom Penh, overthrowing the Khmer Rougegovernment.In 1989 ,   Emperor Hirohito of Japan died in Tokyo atage 87; he was succeeded by his son, Crown PrinceAkihito.In 1999 ,   for the second time in history, an impeachedAmerican president went on trial before the Senate.

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3Thursday • Jan. 7, 2016 THE DAILY JOURNAL LOCAL/STATE

COUNTY GOVERNMENT• Warren Slocum was appointed president of the San Mateo

County Board of Supervisors Tuesday night at a reception atCañada College in Redwood City. Don Horsley was named vicepresident.

SAN MATEORobbery . Three men stole soda, chips and

a cellphone on Casa de Campo before 8:45p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 29.Burglary . A vehicle’s window was smashedand a purse was taken from it at Ryder Parkbefore 4:07 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 27.Disturbance. A man was h eard yellin g n ear39th Avenue and Colegrove Street before2:27 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 26.Suspicious circumstances . Peopleparked in a black Toyota were seen lookinginside a resident’s house for over two hourson Ottawa Street before 2:28 p.m. Friday,Dec. 25.Vandalism. Two windows were broken at abusiness on South El Camino Real before1:52 p.m. Friday, Dec. 25.

UNINCORPORATEDSAN MATEO COUNTYTheft. A license plate was stolen from avehicle at Pescadero State Beach before12:30 p .m. Sunday, Jan. 3.Burglary . An unknown person pried openthe doors to a vehicle and its glove box,causing approximately $6,000 in damageon the 2100 block of Vallemar before 3:40p.m. Saturday, Jan. 2.Arrest . A 51-year-old San Francisco manwas arrested when he was deemed to i ntox i-cated to care for himself at Montara StateBeach before 2:22 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 2.

Police reports

Doggonit!A dog was heard barking at Tampa Courtin Foster City but the source could notbe found before 6:30 a.m. Monday, Dec.28 .

DAILY JOURNAL STAFF REPORT

Facebook an d SamTrans will team up for a$1 million study on transportationimprovements along the Dumbarton corri-

dor and adjacent land between Alameda andSan Mateo counties connected by the popu-lar bridge and an unused rail bridge span-ning the Bay, transit officials announcedWednesday.

The study will include the corridorbetween Alameda and San Mateo countiesand the adjacent communities of RedwoodCity, Menlo Park, East Palo Alto, Newark,Union City and Fremont. The study willalso look at the transportation connectionsto Palo Alto and other jurisdictions in SantaClara County. It will focus on mainlineimprovements to State Route84/Dumbarton Bridge and the Dumbarton

rail corridor, as well as the arterial andhighway networks that feed these areas onboth sides of the Bay, according toSamTrans.

“When SamTrans and the TransportationAuthority purchased the Dumbarton railcorridor more than 20 years ago, we recog-nized the important role this facility couldplay in the regional transportation net-work,” Jim Hartnett, San Mateo CountyTransit District General Manager/CEO, s aidin a press release. “This study represents animportant public-private partnership thatwill provide lasting benefits for conges-

tion relief across the region. We’re veryproud of this agreement and we will contin-ue to look for opportunities to p artner withthe private sector to enhance our region’stransportation systems.”

The San Mateo County TransportationAuthority, for which administrative staff isprovided by SamTrans, financed the pur-chase of the Dumbarton rail b ridge in 1994 .The TA, along with the MetropolitanTransportation Commission, the AlamedaCounty Transportation Commission andthe Santa Clara Valley TransportationAuthority funded an effort to complete anenvironmental review process to developpassenger rail service on the DumbartonBridge. The effort is on hold, according toSamTrans.

Facebook provided the funding for thestudy.

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By Sara GaiserBAY CITY NEWS SERVICE

A bill introduced to the state SenateMonday would step up state inspections of tour bus operators in response to a crash inSan Francisco’s Union Square that injured20 people.

Senate Bill 812, introduced by state Sen.Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, and co-authored by

San Francisco Assembly members DavidChiu and Phil Ting, would require buses pur-chased out of state like the one involved inthe Nov. 13 bus crash to be ins pected beforethey go in to service.

In additio n, it would require state officialsto increase the frequency of inspections andmake at least 25 percent of them surpriseinsp ections. According to Hill , th e CHP cur-rently inspects only a small sample of eachbus company’s fleet once a year, and theinsp ections are usually prescheduled.

The double-decker City Sightseeing tourbus involved in the November crash was a“ghost bus,” meaning it had not been regis-tered with the California Public UtilitiesCommission or i nspected by the CaliforniaHighway Patrol, according to state offi-cials.

The bus was transporting passengersaround the city when it started picking upspeed in the 50 0 block of Post Street, t hen

hit at least four vehicles, a bicyclist and aconstruction si te’s scaffolding near Post andStockton streets, according to SanFrancisco police.

While the company had passed an inspec-tion a few months before the crash, aCalifornia Highway Patrol inspection of thecompany’s fleet after t he crash fo und numer-ous violations, including drivers employedwithout valid licenses and several vehiclesin service that should have been out due tounresolved safety issues.

 Jury in S.F. Chinatownprobe reviews recordings

SAN FRANCISCO — Jurors decidingwhether to convict a man of racketeering

and murder charges stemming from anorganized crime investigation in SanFrancisco’s Chinatown have l eft for the dayafter reviewing audio recordings and testi-mony.

The jury ended its first full day of deliber-ations on Wednesday without a verdict onthe charges against Raymond “Shrimp Boy”Chow. Jurors earlier in the day asked to

review an audio recording of a conv ersationbetween Chow and an undercover FBI agentwho spearheaded the probe. Prosecutors

have cited the recording as evidence of Chow’s involvement in the murder of thehead of a Chinese fraternal organization th atChow then took over.

Investi gators say Ch ow used the organiza-tion as a front for drug trafficking, moneylaundering and the sale of stolen cigarettesand alcohol.

Bill would increase tourbus company inspections

By Ellen Knickmeyer and Brian Melley THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LOS ANGELES — California Gov. JerryBrown declared a state of emergencyWednesday over a massive natural-gas leakthat has been spewing methane and othergases into a Los Angeles neighborhood formonths, sickening residents and forcingthousands to evacuate.

In a statement, Brown said he acted basedon the requests of people in the communityof Porter Ranch and the “prolo nged and con-tinuing” nature of the gas blowout at theunderground sto rage facility.

The well, owned by Southern CaliforniaGas Co., has been gushing up to 1, 200 ton sof climate-changing methane daily, along

with other gases, since it was first reportedin October. Experts say it will be months

before workers can stemthe leak.

Along with othermeasures underway,Brown told the gas com-pany to come up withbackup plans in caseefforts to close theblowout fail and orderedemergency regulationsfor other gas-storage

facilities throughout the state.The utility is paying to relocate thou-

sands of households after residents com-plained of noseb leeds, nausea and other ail-ments from the fumes.

Los Angeles County and the Los Angelesschoo l bo ard already h ave declared the crisis

an emergency, moving students out of twoschools in the neighborhood.

The gas leak is “one of the most devastat-ing environmental disasters in the historyof California,” Los Angeles CouncilmanMitchell Englander said Wednesday.

Englander is one of a growing number of local officials an d community members whourged the governor to act. Resident MattPakucko is another. He leads a communitygroup that has been pushing for the statedeclaration and said he cried when he heardabout the order.

Brown declares gas leak a state of emergency

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Robert ‘Bob’ SakkestadRobert “Bob” Sakkestad, born Aug. 24,

1933, died Jan. 3, 2 016, after a short illness.Born in Norway, Bob

moved to New York whenhe was 5. While in theNavy, he met Olga Marinin San Francisco and theymarried after a six-monthcourtship filled with loveletters. Bob and Olgaraised four lovely children

together: Michael, KarenSmyrl (William,deceased), Ellen Thomas (Brad) and George(Susie). Bob worked his way from bank tellerto manager, s till h aving energy to make sup-per for the kids each evening. Bob wasblessed with seven grandchildren: Krista(Derek), Max, Megan, Westin, Tiffany,Summer and Tyler. Bob’s great humor, twin-kling blue eyes and dance moves made himthe li fe of the party. He was a 49er faithful and

caring friend and loved fishing and vacation-ing in Tahoe.

Bob also leaves behind his sisters-in-law,nieces, nephews and dear friends who will for-ever hold him in th eir hearts. A rosary will be7 p.m. Jan. 7 at St. Bartholomew CatholicChurch, 600 Columbia Drive, San Mateo,with a 1 p.m. funeral service Jan. 8 atSkylawn Memorial Park, State Route 92 atSkyline Boulevard, San Mateo).

Elis NielsenElis Nielsen, resident of San Mateo, died

Dec. 29, 2015, surrounded by her family. InDenmark in 1936, she was born to Alfred andMarie Højgaard.

In 1958, Elis married Niels B. Nielsen.After the birth of daughter Dorthy, theyimmigrated to the United States in December1959. A year later, daughter Lisbeth wasborn.

Elis’ faith in Jesus Christ was evident in allshe did, including active membership at HopeLutheran Church, San Mateo. “Always ready

to be a g ood friend to all.”A talented dressmaker,

Elis al so created beautifulwedding dresses. Herhandwork in bobbin lace-making, sewing and othercrafts were learned as achild in Denmark. Shealso volunteered throughthe Lace Museum andGuild, helped at voting

polls and was a Girl Scout leader.Survivors include husband Niels; daughters

the Rev. Dorthy Nielsen (John Dallum),Silverton Oregon, and Lisbeth Nielsen,Seattle, Washington; siblings ErlingHøjgaard, Margit Hansen, Minna Due Jensenand Thomas Højgaard; grandchildren the Rev.Karen Thistlethwaite, Siena and ColinThistlethwaite, and Jenna Wells; and manyfamily and friends.

A memorial service will be 11 a.m. Jan. 9 at

Hope Lutheran Church, San Mateo.

Lawrence PogrebaLawrence Pogreba of San Carlos died Dec.

19, 2015, surrounded by family.He served in the 12th Company of Airborne

Army Rangers. He graduated from EmbryRiddle School of Aviation in Miami and wasemployed by United Airlines where he was amaintenance operation instructor based inSan Francisco. He retired in 1988.

He was active in Holy Trinity LutheranChurch, was a member of SIRS Branch No.

16, and past master of Peninsula MasonicLodge No. 168 . He enjoyed golfing, bowlingand traveling. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Lillian, his three daughters, Lydia(Steven Cox), Mary (Steven Webb) Jeanne(Jeffrey Gledhill) and eight grandchildren.

A memorial service will be 11 a.m. Jan. 16at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in SanCarlos. In lieu of flowers, please send memo-rials to Holy Trinity Lutheran Church —Buildings and Grounds.

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Portions of the Great Highway in San Francisco are closed due to flooding during an El Niñodriven storm in San Francisco.

By Christopher Weber

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LOS ANGELES — The hillside above theCalifornia home of Wayne Socha had heldfirm against thunderstorms over the pastthree decades. But after a wildfire two yearsago stripped away vegetation and loosenedsoil, he feared the strong El Niño stormspounding the state could bring it all down.

So the 61-year-old corporate auditorgrabbed a sledgehammer and waded throughthe muck in his Monrovia backyard toknock a hole i n a cement wall and let a mudflow skirt his house and run into a street.

“It look ed like Niagara Falls,” Soch a said.“It was quickly building up b ehind the h ouseand I knew it could come right insi de.”

Socha is among uncounted Californianstrying to protect their property after thefirst El Niño s torms descended this week andbrought wet, windy weather to an areastretching all the way to the Gulf Coast.

Those storms dumped nearly 3 inches of rain Tuesday on Southern California, turn-ing Socha’s terraced backyard into a ragingtorrent of mud and debris. He kept hissledgehammer and shovels close onWednesday as the winter’s most powerful ElNiño storm so far pushed into the state.

Driving rain inundated the San FranciscoBay Area during the morning commute,

causing nearly two dozen crashes, topplingtrees and flooding streets and streams.Officials shut down the city’s iconic cablecars, and buses were used to serve riders.

The system pushed south toward LosAngeles, stirring high waves in the oceanand causing extensive flooding in the SanFernando Valley that swamped cars in deepwater.

It packed colder temperatures, strongerwinds and heavier rainfall than t he previousstorms th at have lin ed up si nce the weekendand brought much-needed rain to thedrought-stricken state.

In all, the current storm was expected todump as much as 3 more inches of rain in

coastal and valley areas and up to 4 inches athigh er elevations, National Weather Servicemeteorologis t Curt Kaplan said.

Another less -powerful El Niño st orm wasright behind and expected to hit landThursday.

Los Angeles authorities spent days get-ting homeless people from low-lying areasalong the Los Angeles River and otherwaterways prone to flooding. Shuttles wereavailable to shelters that had room for asmany as 6,000 beds, Los Angeles MayorEric Garcetti said.

“We’re not going to charge them withthings,” Garcetti said. “But we will use theforce of law — there is law on the book s thatthey can’t be there.”

Strongest El Niño storm so

far this winter hits California

By Matthew Lee and Bradley KlapperTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — The Obama admin is tra-tion has a vision for Syrian leader BasharAssad’s departure. Even if it works, the

president won’t be around to see the planthrough.

An internal U.S. timeline for a best -caseSyrian political transition, obtained bythe Associated Press, sets a date of March2017 for Assad to “relinquish” his posit ionas president and for his “inner circle” todepart. That is two months after PresidentBarack Obama leaves office and more thanfive years after Obama first called for Assadto leave.

Syria, according to the would-beAmerican strategy, would hold votes for anew president and parliament in August2017 — some 19 month s from now.

The State Department said Wednesday thetimeline was prepared late last year as aguide for Secretary of State John Kerry and

other U.S. diplomatsworking on a politicaltransition for Syria.

Spokesman JohnKirby described the doc-ument as a “staff-level

think piece” that is “pre-liminary and pre-deci-sional” and not “an offi-cial position.” He alsosaid it is “not an accu-

rate projection of plans by the internation-al community to effect a political transi-tion in Syria.”

However, many of the milestones men-tioned in the document comport with thebasics of the U.N.-endorsed plan. Otherofficials said they accurately reflected theadministration’s thinking.

One official, who like the others spokeon condition of anonymity to discuss theprivate document, said the goal for Assadto leave in March 2017 might slip evenfurther.

U.S. sees Assad stayingin Syria until March 2017

Bashar Assad

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Man arrested in connectionwith series of home burglariesSan Mateo County sh eriff’s deputies have

arrested a man in connection with a seriesof home burglaries inSan Carlos and an unin-corporated part of thecounty.

According to theSheriff’s Office, NeilLundy III, 26, of SanCarlos, was arrestedaround 1 p.m. Tuesdaynear the corner of LaurelStreet and San Carlos

Avenue in San Carlos.Lundy was booked into the Maguire

Correctional Facility in Redwood City on

suspicion of burglarizing three homes inNovember, sheriff’s officials said.Two of the burglaries occurred in San

Carlos with the third in the unincorporatedarea of Emerald Lakes.

Investigators said Lundy and otherunidentified suspects kicked in the doors orsmashed windows to ent er the homes beforetaking jewelry, small electronics, tool s andother equipment.

According to the Sheriff’s Office, therehas been a significant in crease in residen-tial burglaries in San Carlos and the unin-corporated Emerald Lakes and Palomar Parkareas in the past few months.

Anyone with information about the case

or a similar incident can contact DetectiveScott Berberian at (650) 363-4051 orDetective Andy Armando at (650) 363-4347.

Driver identified in Christmasmorning crash on Highway 1

A driver in a crash that happened earlyChristmas morning on state Highway 1 inPacifica has been identified as 23-year-oldDaly City resident Joebel Pagarigan,according to the San Mateo CountyCoroner’s Office.

The first report of the collisi on came in at2:39 a.m. on Dec. 25 after Pagarigan wasapparently traveling the wrong direction ina Toyota Corolla north on Highway 1 nearPaloma Avenue, according to th e CaliforniaHighway Patrol.

He collided with a Nissan Maxima drivenby s omeone working for the ride-bookingservice Uber and was pron ounced dead at thescene, CHP officials s aid.

North County Fire Authority firefightersarrived and found the Toyo ta had ov erturnedand caught fire in the center median. TheNissan was reported as having major dam-age and was on an embankment, fire offi-cials said.

The Nissan driver was taken to the hospi-tal with serious injuries, while a passengerin the car, identified by the Coroner’sOffice as 25-year-old Jason Gilbride of Pacifica, was also pronounced dead at thescene.

Uber issued a statement following thecrash.

“We are deeply saddened by this terribletragedy,” an Uber spokesperson said. “Ourthoughts and prayers are with the familiesof those killed and with the injured driverand his loved ones.”

CHP officials do not yet know whetheralcohol or drugs played a factor in the col-lision, which remains under investigation.

Two-alarm firecauses $100K in damage

A two-alarm fire caused about $100,000in damage to two businesses in Half MoonBay on Tuesday, a Coast side Fire Protection

District battalion chief said.The fire was reported at 10:44 a. m. at 401

Main St. and was under control as of 11:35a.m., according to dispatchers.

The fire started in the kitchen of theground-floor It’s Italia restaurant and wentup the chimney to the roof. Firefightersconfined it mostly to the chimney,Battalio n Chi ef Ari Delay said.

The fire was first reported by a personwalking by the restaurant when the personsaw flames shooting through the roof,Delay said.

The fire also damaged the Half MoonBay Inn, Delay said. The inn and therestaurant are in the same building, with

the inn o n the second floor.Jamie Barber, who along with her hus-band owns the building with the restaurantand inn, said she had to close the innbecause of smoke damage.

No injuries were reported in the fire.The cause of th e blaze is under investi ga-

tion, Delay said. About 35 firefightersworked to exting uish the fire.

The owner of It’s Italia was not immedi-ately available for comment.

Residential burglaryinterrupted by homeowner

The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office isinvestigating a residential burglary thatwas interrupted by the homeowner onTuesday evening in San Carlos.

Deputies responded at 7:30 p.m. to theburglary at a home in the 1000 block of Crestview Drive.

The homeowner told deputies he enteredthe house through his garage and heard aloud noise and people inside the residence.

The homeowner ran outside and called911.

Responding deputies and a canine unitsearched the home and th e surrounding areabut did not locate any suspects.

The suspects entered the residence byshattering a locked rear sliding glass door,according to the sheriff’s office. No otherinformation about the suspects was imme-diately available.

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Neil Lundy

By Erica Werner

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — The GOP-led Congresssent legislation to President Barack Obama

Wednesday repealing his signature healthlaw, fulfilling a promise to Republican vot-ers in a presidential election year but invit-ing a certain veto.

The nearly party-line vote in the Housewas 240-181. The legislation alreadypassed the Senate last year under specialrules prot ecting i t from Democratic obs truc-tion, so it goes straight to the White House.

Republicans boasted of a signal achieve-ment, saying they were forcing Obama toface up to the failures of his l aw while il lus-trating the stark political choices votersface.

“We are confronting the president withthe hard, honest truth,” said Speaker PaulRyan of Wisconsin. “Obamacare doesn’t

work.”Democrats called it

pointless political the-ater that will have thesame ultimate outcome asthe 61 previous repeal

votes that were blockedin the Senate, sinceObama will veto the leg-islation.

“A bill that is going tothe White House, that will get the fastestveto we’ve ever seen happen in this coun-try, is a monumental vote?” said Rep. JimMcGovern, D-Mass. “This is j ust a waste of everyone’s time.”

Democratic presidential front-runnerHillary Clinton has decried the repeal legis-lation while leading GOP candidatesapplauded it. Ryan and other GOP leadersacknowledged it will take a Republicanpresident to get rid of the law. But they sai dthat is the point.

Congress sends healthlaw repeal to Obama

Barack Obama

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A major pesticide harms honeybees when used on cotton and citrus but not on other bigcrops like corn, berries and tobacco, the Environmental Protection Agency found. It’s the firstscientific risk assessment of the much-debated class of pesticides called neonicotinoids andhow they affect bees on a chronic long-term basis. The EPA found in some cases the chemicaldidn’t harm bees or their hives but in other cases it posed a significant risk. It mostly dependedon the crop, a nuanced answer that neither clears the way for an outright ban nor is a blanketgo-ahead for continued use. Both the pesticide maker and anti-pesticide advocates wereunhappy with the report.

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Oregon tribe: Armedgroup ‘desecrating’ their land

BURNS, Ore. — The l eader of an AmericanIndian tribe that regards an Oregon naturepreserve as sacred issued a rebukeWednesday to the armed men who are occu-pying the property, saying they are not wel-come at the snowy bird sanctuary and mustleave.

The Burns Paiute tribe was the latestgroup to speak out against the men, whohave taken several buildings at the preserveto protest policies governing the use of fed-eral land in the West.

“The protesters have no righ t to thi s land.It belongs to the native people who livehere,” trib al leader Charlotte Ro drique said.

She spoke at a news conference at thetribe’s cultural center, about a half-hourdrive from Malheur National WildlifeRefuge, which is being occupied by some20 men led by Ammon Bundy, whose fatherCliven was at the center of a standoff inNevada with federal officials in 2014 overuse of public lands.

Move to let female pilots

ashes rest at Arlington CemeteryMcLEAN, Va. — An Arizona congress-woman filed legislation Wednesday toensure that a group of female World War IIpilots can have their ashes laid to rest atArling ton Nation al Cemetery.

The pilots known as Women AirforceService Pilots, or WASPs, flew military air-craft in noncombat roles during wartime tofree up male pilots for combat. The womenwere considered civilians until Congressretroactively granted them veteran status in1977.

Since then, the women have been permit-ted to have their ashes placed at Arlington,the cemetery in no rthern Virgini a overlook-ing the nation’s capital. And since 2002they have been eligible for placement with

military ho nors.

By Ken ThomasTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SIOUX CITY, Io wa — Natio nal p ol lsnotwithstanding, Hillary Clinton is guard-ing against complacency as she travelsalong the sn ow-covered fields of Io wa.

“I need you,” she says repeatedly on therope-line between handshakes and selfies.

Wary of another mishap in Iowa, Clintonis preaching a message of urgency, chal-lenging her supporters to dig in during thefinal mont h before the st ate’s lead-off pres-idential caucus. She casts her candidacy as acheck against Republicans and avoids men-tioning her main Democratic rival, BernieSanders, whose polling numbers remain atstriking distance.

“We can’t take anything for granted,”Clinto n said at Des Moines’ State Histo ricalMuseum Monday night, a replica of a mas-sive wooly mammoth looming off to theside as she spoke. “It doesn’t happen justbecause we wish it. It doesn’t happenbecause it’s inevitable.”

Clinto n’s presidential bi d faltered in Iowain 2008, when she finished third againstthen-Sens. Barack Obama and John

Edwards. She defeated Obama in the NewHampshire primary but the future presidentprevailed after outlasti ng Clin ton i n a seriesof contests during the spring.

This time, Clinton has built a formidableteam of field organizers around Iowa, mind-ful of the ground game edge that Obama hadin the state in 2007 and 2008. Polls have

shown Sanders leading in New Hampshire,his neighbor to the east, givin g Clinton lit-tle margin for error here.

If the former secretary of st ate stumbles inIowa again and is defeated by Sanders in NewHampshire, it would almost certainly renewworries about her abilit y to unify th e party’sliberal and moderate faction s.

Clinton trying to light fire among Iowa activists

By Steve Peoples and Scott BauerTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Marco Rubioand Ted Cruz are fighting for the favor of many of the same undecided voters acrossIowa, where even some of the most atten-tive Republicans say they can’t make uptheir minds less th an four weeks before vot-ing begins.

That was so among Iowans who gatheredbefore sunrise to hear Rubio at a town-hall-style meeting in Cedar Rapids. The Floridasenator impressed the crowd but few lefthaving decided if he would get th eir vot e.

“I haven’t settled on one candidate 100

percent,” said MikeGrover, a 65-year-oldCedar Rapids man who isamong the thousands of “persuadable voters”still up for grabs.

In small towns fromCherokee to SiouxCenter, an overwhelm-ing number of would-bevot ers said both Cruz and

Rubio are in contention for their support.Their policies, personalities and presumedability to defeat the Democratic nominee inthe fall are all under close examination.Donald Trump comes up often as well, as do

retired neurosurgeon BenCarson and New JerseyGov. Chris Christie.

At 44 and 45, respec-tively, Rubio and Cruz arethe youngest candidatesin the 2016 field and theonly Hispanics.

“I’ve seen Marco Rubioand Ted Cruz,” ConniePeterson, a retired 74-

year-old Republican, said Wednesday at aRubio event in Marshalltown. “In waysthey seem similar, and I can’t make up mymind there.” She added: “It’s going to be ahard decision .”

Cruz-Rubio battle over undecided Iowans intensifies

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North Korea’s H-bombdeclaration met withcondemnation, doubtBy Foster Klug

and Edith M. LedererTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SEOUL, South Korea — NorthKorea’s declaration that it hadtested a hydrogen bomb for thefirst time was greeted with wide-spread condemnation — but alsoskepticism — as world powersvowed Wednesday to punish theimpoverished and defiant nationwith new international sanctions.

The isolated country’s fourthnuclear test since 2006 was a“reckless challenge to interna-tional no rms of behavior and theauthority of the U.N. SecurityCouncil,” said Britis h AmbassadorMatthew Rycroft.

The council met in an emer-gency session and called the test“a clear violation” of its resolu-tions. It agreed to start workimmediately on a resolution fornew sanctions.

The international communitymust respond with “steadilyincreasing pressure” and rigorousenforcement of exi stin g measures,said U.S. Ambassador SamanthaPower.

Four rounds of U.N. sanctionshave aimed at reining in theNorth’s nuclear and missiledevelopment, but Pyongyanghas ignored them and movedahead with programs to modern-ize its ballistic missiles and

nuclear weapons.

The last sanctions resolution in2013 was co-sponsored by theU.S. and China, and both coun-tries will be key to an agreementon a new one. Whether any newsanctions can slow North Korea’snuclear program, however,remains to be seen.

There was a burst of jubilationand pride in North Korea’s capitalof Pyong yang, where a TV anchorsaid Wednesday’s test of a “minia-turized” hydrogen bomb had beena “perfect success” that elevatedthe country’s “nuclear might tothe next level.”

A successful test would mark amajor and unanticipated advancefor the North’s still-limited

nuclear arsenal and push its scien-tists and engineers closer to t heirgoal of building a warhead smallenough to place on a missile thatcan reach the U.S. mainl and.

But an early analysis by theU.S. government was “not consis-tent with the claims that theregime has made of a successfulhydrogen bomb test,” WhiteHouse spokesman Josh Earnestsaid.

He added that nothing hashappened in the last 24 hours tochange Washington’s assess-ment of Pyongyang’s technicalor military capabilities. TheU.S. is still doing the workneeded to learn more about the

North’s tes t, he added.“We’re trying to run down their

assertion,” U.S. Vice PresidentJoe Biden told a local TV stationin Virginia. “We are determiningwhether the claim is accurate.”

Hours earlier, South Korea’s spyagency said it tho ught the estimat-ed explosive yield from the blastwas much smaller th an what even afailed hydrogen bomb detonationwould pro duce.

South Korean lawmaker LeeCheol Woo said he was told in abriefing by the NationalIntelligence Service that

Pyongyang may not have con-ducted a hydrogen bo mb test g iventhe relatively small size of theseismic wave reported.

An estimated explosive yield of 6.0 kilotons and a quake with amagnitude of 4.8 (the U.S. report-ed 5.1) were detected, Lee said hewas told. That’s smaller than theestimated yield of 7.9 kilotonsand 4.9-magnitude quake reportedafter a 2013 nuclear test, he said,and only a fraction of the hundredsof kilotons that a successful H-bomb test would usually yield.Even a failed H-bomb detonation

typically yields tens of kilotons,the NIS told Lee, who sits on theparliament’s intelligence commit-tee.

A miniaturized H-bomb can trig-ger a weak quake, but only theU.S. and Russia have suchweapons , Lee cited the NIS as say-ing.

“I’m pretty skeptical,” saidMelissa Hanham, seniorresearcher at the James MartinCenter for NonproliferationStudies at the Middlebury Inst itutefor International Studies inMonterey, California.

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un looks through a pair of binoculars during an inspection of the Hwa IsletDefence Detachment standing guard over a forward post off the east coast of the Korean peninsula, in thisundated file photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency.

Ghana takes in two Yemenisreleased from Guantanamo by U.S.

ACCRA, Ghana — Two men who were cap-tured by the U.S. in Afghanistan and held atthe base i n Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for n ear-ly 14 years without charge have beenreleased and sent to this West African nati onfor resettl ement, officials said Wednesday.

The two Yemenis are the first in a wave of 17 expected to be released this month asPresident Barack Obama’s administrationseeks to whittle down the population of low-level prisoners as part of a broadereffort, opposed by many in Congress, toclose th e detentio n center and move remain-

ing detainees to the U.S. There are now 105held at the Navy base, including nearly 50who have been cleared for release.

Both of the men released Wednesday,

Mahmud Umar Muhammad Bin Atef and

Khalid Muhammad Salih Al-Dhuby, were

held as enemy combatants , accused of train-

ing with al-Qaida and fighting with the

Taliban. They had been cl eared for release in

2009, but the U.S. won’t send Guantanamoprison ers to Yemen because of inst abilit y

there and officials had to find anoth er coun-

try to accept them.

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By Ali Akbar Dareini and Jon GambrellTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TEHRAN, Iran — Iraq on Wednesdayoffered to mediate between Saudi Arabia andIran after tensions soared following thekingdom’s execution of a Shiite cleric andattacks on two Saudi diplomatic posts in th e

Islamic Republic.The standoff has seen Saudi Arabia severdiplomatic ties with its longtime regionalrival and could hinder efforts t o resolv e theconflicts in Syria and Yemen, where Riyadhand Tehran back opposite sides, as well asaffect the implementation of the Iran nucleardeal.

Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafariproposed mediation during a news confer-ence in Tehran, but also referred to the exe-cution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr as a “crime.”Saudi Arabia and its allies say al-Nimr wasfound guilty of terrorism charges, and thatcondemnations of the execution amount tomeddling i n Riy adh’s internal affairs.

Iraq has undertaken a delicate balancingact amid the latest regional turmoil. TheShiite-led government in Baghdad relies o n

Iranian help to battle the extremist IslamicState group, but is also trying to repair ties

to oil-rich Saudi Arabia, which last weeksent an ambassador to Baghdad for the firsttime in 25 years.

Speaking alongside Iranian ForeignMinister Mohammad Javad Zarif, al-Jaafari

said Iraq’s place in the heart of the MiddleEast allows it to play a role in trying to“alleviate tensions.”

“This responsibility has been given to usand we have been active from the early

moments to lessen tensions to prevent adisaster from happeni ng t hat could affect theentire region,” he said.

Back in Iraq, however, thousands of Iranian-backed Shiite militiamen marched inBaghdad and across the so uth to prot est theexecution of al-Nimr. Qais al-Khazali, thehead of the powerful Asaib Ahl al-Haq mili-tia, gave a speech in the southern city of Basra in which he called on Baghdad to cutdiplomatic ties with Saudi Arabia, expel thenewly arrived ambassador and boycott Saudigoods.

Russia also has offered itself as a p otentialmediator, though it’s unclear whether Saudior Iranian officials have responded to theproposal.

Zarif, meanwhile, blamed Saudi Arabia forexacerbating the situation.

“We have treated these actions with mag-nanimity and nobleness but unfortunatelyour neighbor, Saudi Arabia, did not respondto it properly,” he said. “The process of p ro-voking tension must be stopped.”

The diplomatic standoff between Iran andSaudi Arabia began Saturday, when the king-dom executed al-Nimr and 46 others convict-

ed of terror charges — th e largest mass exe-cution it has carried out sin ce 1980.

Iraq offers to mediate between Saudi Arabia, Iran

Palestinian families pushIsrael to return attackers’ bodies

JERUSALEM — Palestinian accountantAhmed Oweisat last saw his son Moataz inOctober — hours before Israeli police saythe 16-year-old boy tried to stab an officerand was fatally s hot in J erusalem.

The son stil l has no t been buried — one of about a dozen b odies of Palestinian suspect-ed attackers that Israel continues to holdnearly four months after a wave of vio lenceerupted in Jerusalem and spread across Israeland the West Bank.

Israel says it is holding the bodies due to

security concerns, but Palestinians say the

measure is stoki ng anger and worsening theatmosphere.

Islam, like Judaism, requires swift burial of the dead.

“Every time I sit next to the heater and Ifeel warm, I imagine my so n in the refrigera-tor,” said Oweisat, toasting his hands overan electric heater in a drafty home in eastJerusalem.

The current round of fighti ng b roke out inmid-September, fueled by rumors that Israelwas plotting to take over a sensitiveJerusalem site that is holy to Jews andMuslims.

By Mark Stevenson

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MEXICO CITY — A new study suggeststhat Mexico’s drug vio lence was so bad at itspeak that it apparently caused the nation’smale life expectancy to drop by severalmonths.

Experts say the violence from 2005-2010partly reversed decades of s teady gains, not-

ing that homicide rates increased from 9.5homicides per 100,000 people in 2005 tomore than 22 in 2010. That has sincedeclined to about 16 per 100,0 00 in 2014.

The study published Tuesday in theAmerican journal Health Affairs says “theincrease in homicides is at the heart” of thephenomenon, though deaths due to diabetesmay have also p layed a role.

“The unprecedented rise in homicides after2005 led to a reversal in life expectancyincreases among males and a slowdownamong females in most states,” accordingto the study, published by Jose ManuelAburto of the European Doctoral School of Demography, UCLA’s Hiram Beltran-Sanchez and two ot her authors.

The study’s authors found that lifeexpectancy for males in Mexi co dropped byabout si x-tenths of a year from 2000-2010.

Men lived an average of 71 years in 2010 ,a figure that edged up t o around 72 y ears by2014. Figures published by Mexico’sNational Statistics Institute showed a lifeexpectancy of 70.9 years in 2 000.

The study found that in five of Mexico’sviolence-plagued states — Chihuahua,

Sinaloa, Durango, Guerrero, and Nayarit —men lost an average of one year of lifeexpectancy between 2005 and 2010, whilein the border state of Chihuahua alone, theloss added up to a startlin g th ree years.

“The mortality rate for males ages 20-39in Chihuahua in the period 2005-10 reachedunprecedented levels,” the study noted. “Itwas about 3.1 times higher than the mortal-ity rate of US troops i n Iraq between March2003 and November 2006.”

By 2010, two-thirds of Mexican stateshad lower life expectancies than t hey did in2000, despite improvements in so me healthcare programs.

The decline largely occurred from 2005-2010.

Study: Mexico violence causeddrop in male life expectancy

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Shiites protest against the execution of Shiite Muslim cleric Nimr al-Nimr in Saudi Arabia,during a demonstration in Baghdad, Iraq.

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Dow 16,906.51 -252.15 10-Yr Bond 2.1770 -3.16

Nasdaq 4,835.76 -55.67 Oil (per barrel) 34.06S&P 500 1,990.26 -26,45 Gold 1,093.30

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on theNew York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq stock market:NYSEChipotle Mexican Grill Inc., down $22.36 to $426.67 The fast-food chain received a federal grand jury subpoena as thegovernment looks into a norovirus outbreak at a California restaurant. TherapeuticsMD Inc., down 93 cents to $8.38 The women’s health products company is publicly offering $125 millionin stock and will used proceeds for sales and development.Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc., up $1.54 to $102.40 The drug developer named Howard Schiller as interim CEO to replaceMichael Pearson, who remains hospitalized from pneumonia.AutoNation Inc., down $5.98 to $50.76 The auto retailer had to offer large discounts in December and will reportsmaller profits per vehicle in the fourth quarter.Nasdaq

Netflix Inc., up $10.02 to $117.68 The video streaming company said it was launching its service globallyand added service in several new languages including Arabic and Korean.Conatus Pharmaceuticals Inc., up 1 cent to $2.88 The biotechnology company reported positive results from a mid-stagestudy on a potential treatment for liver diseases.Epizyme Inc., down $3.58 to $11.54 The biotechnology company plans to publicly offer $120 million in stock,mainly to fund development of cancer treatments.Cempra Inc., down $3.99 to $24.74 The drug developer plans to offer $175 million in stock to funddevelopment of antibiotics for bacterial infectious diseases.

Big movers

By Marley Jay THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — U.S. stocks tumbledto two-month lows Wednesday as fearsabout China’s economy slowing downled to more widespread selling. The

price of oil plunged to its lowest levelsince 2008 on the prospect that glob-al demand could fall further.

For the second time in three days,markets slumped on concerns aboutthat the second-largest economy in theworld is stumbling. A monthly surveyof China’s service industries slippedto a 17-month low. That helped knockthe price of oil lower since China is amajor cons umer of energy.

Global markets were also rattledafter North Korea said it had conductedits first successful test of a hydrogenbomb. Experts in South Korea and theU.S. doubted that th e country had madethat breakthrough, but the announce-ment st ill caused alarm.

The Dow Jones industrial averagedropped 252.15 points, or 1.5 per-cent, to 16,906.51. The Standard &Poor’s 500 index lost 26.45 point s, or1.3 percent, to 1,9 90.26, for its fourthloss in fiv e days. The Nasdaq compos-ite gave up 55.67 points, or 1.1 per-cent, to 4,835.76.

U.S. benchmark crude sank $2, or5.6 percent, to close at $33.97 a barrel

in New York, its lowest price sinceDecember 2008 . Brent crude, a bench-mark for international oils, fell $2.19,or 6 percent, to close at $34.23 a bar-rel in London.

Southwestern Energy fell 96 cents,or 12.6 percent, to $6.69 and

Marathon Oil declined $1.48, or 11.6percent, to $11.2 8.

France’s CAC 40 shed 1.3 percentand Germany’s DAX dropped 0.9 per-cent. Britain’s FTSE 100 fell 1 per-cent. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index los t 1percent and South Korea’s Kospi fell0.3 percent. Hong Kong’s Hang Sengshed 1 percent. The ShanghaiComposite Index in mainland Chinarebounded 2.3 percent as the Chinesegovernment said it will keep somemarket-stabilizing measures in place.

Stocks also plunged Monday onsign s of weakness in Chin a’s manufac-turing sector. The ShanghaiComposite skidded almost 7 percentthat day and also fell on Tuesday.

Scott Wren, senior global equitystrategist for the Wells FargoInvestment Institute, said the marketwas overreacting to the latest signs of weakness in China.

“Stocks are not trading on funda-mentals, ” he said. “They’re trading onfear that Chinese growth is going tocollaps e and that th ese lower oil p ricesare going to lead to a growing number

of defaults i n the h igh-y ield bond mar-ket.”

U.S. government bond prices roseWednesday as the turbulent stock mar-ket made bonds more appealing. Theyield on the 1 0-year Treasury not e fellto 2. 17 percent from 2.24 p ercent.

The markets have endured a roughfew days to start 2016. J.J. Kinahan,chief markets strategist for TDAmeritrade, said that’s making bondsattractive.

“Bonds have been up a lot this yeareven though the interest rates arenothing to be excited about,” he said.“They want the security of knowingthat their money is safe.”

Other energy prices also slipped.The price of wholesale gasoline sank9.5 cents, or 7.6 percent, to $1.162 agallon after the U.S. government saidinventories of gas climbed by 10.6million barrels last week. CitiInvestment Research analyst EdwardMorse said that was the biggest week-ly in crease since 1993.

Heating oil s ank 4.5 cents, or 4 per-cent, to $1.081 a gallon. Natural gasdeclined 5.6 cents, or 2.5 percent, to$2.267 per 1,000 cubic feet.

Auto retailer AutoNation said it hadto offer large discounts in December,especially on luxury vehicles. Thecompany said it will report smallerprofits per vehicle in the fourth quarter.

Stocks hit two-month lows as oil dives

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SAN FRANCISCO — Apple fans keep buy-ing iPhones, but Wall Street keeps worryingthe company won’t be able to match lastyear’s b listering sales pace.

Shares in the world’s most valuable compa-ny have fallen more than 15 percent over thelast month, amid a drumbeat of news reportsthat some Asian parts suppliers are expectingApple to trim orders for its signature smart-phone this winter. Those fears were com-pounded Wednesday when the Wall StreetJournal said one of Apple’s most importantcontractors is sending some workers homeon “early holiday” before the Chinese NewYear in February.

Even an upbeat report from Apple announc-ing t hat its o nline App Store set a sales record

last week failed to boost the stock. Its sharesfell just under 2 percent Wednesday and clo sedat $100.70.

Apple Inc. declined comment Wednesday.But top executives at the Cupertino,California, company said last fall theyexpected to sell more iPhones during the lastthree months of 2015 than t hey did a year ear-lier, when the company sold a record 74.5million. As evidence for his opt imism, CEOTim Cook said in October that a growingnumber of consumers were switching fromrival Android phones to iPhones, while manycurrent iPhone owners had not yet upgradedto newer models. Cook has also cautionedagainst drawing conclusions based on reportsfrom individual contractors, s ince the compa-ny has an extensive supply and productionnetwork.

Apple stock slumps amid iPhone sales worries

By Brandon Bailey THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN FRANCISCO — Apple CEO TimCook got a raise of more than $1 millionlast y ear, t hough h e didn’t make as much ashis to p lieutenants.

The tech company says in a filing thatCook’s total pay was nearly $10.3 mil-lion, including $2 million salary, an $8million bonus and $209,000 for privatesecurity. Apple paid five senio r vice presi-dents more than $25 million apiece,including s tock grants worth $20 millio n.

Cook hasn’t receivedstock i n recent years. Hewas given restrictedgrants worth $384 mil-lion in 2011, when hebecame CEO.

Apple earned a record$53 billion profit onsales of $233.7 billionin the fiscal year endingin September. Its stock

rose 15 percent during that period,although shares have sagged recently amidworries about Apple’s ability to k eep grow-ing.

Apple CEO Tim Cook gets $1M pay raise

Tim Cook 

Starboard seeks changein Yahoo leadership, strategy

NEW YORK — A big Yahoo investor isasking for a leadership change at the belea-guered company and pushin g for the sp inoff of its core Internet business.

“Despite o ver three years of effort and bil-lions spent on acquisitions, the manage-ment team th at was hired to turn around theCore Business h as failed to produce accept-able results, in turn, causing massivedeclines in profitability and cash flow,”Starboard Value LP wrote in a letter releasedWednesday. “It appears that investors havelost all confidence in management and theBoard.”

If changes are not forthcoming in leader-ship, Starboard said, an election may beneeded to replace some members of the

board.Starboard did not include any specific

names in its letter. Mayer became CEO of Yahoo Inc. i n 20 12 and Webb b ecame chair-man in 2013.

Starboard did not respond to a requestfrom the Associated Press for co mment.

In a statement, Yahoo reiterated Mayer’spreviously stated intentions to unveildetails of a reorganization later this monthwhen the Sunnyvale, California, companyannounces its fourth-quarter results. Mayerhas promised to close Yahoo’s least prof-itable services in a purge that analystsbelieve could result i n hundreds o f employ-ee layoffs.

Business brief

By Candice ChoiTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — Chipotle reported a salesplunge of 30 percent for December after aseries of food scares at its restaurants anddisclosed that a federal criminal investiga-tion tied to the sickening of customers hasbegun.

The company said in a regulatory filingthat i t was asked to p roduce a broad range of documents tied to a norovirus outbreak thissummer at its restaurant in Simi Valley,California, but declined to provide furtherdetails.

It said the investigation does not invol vea more recent E. coli outbreak tied to its

restaurants that sickened people in ninestates, or a separate norovirus outbreak inBoston.

The investigation is being conducted bythe U.S. Attorney’s Office for the CentralDistrict of California in conjunction withthe Food and Drug Administration’s Officeof Criminal Investigations, according t o afiling with the Securities and ExchangeCommissio n Wednesday.

A representative for the U.S. Attorney’soffice declined to comment.Representatives for the FDA did not respondto a request for comment.

The emergence of a criminal investiga-tion after a norovirus outbreak is unusual,said Bill Marler, a food safety lawyer repre-

senting Chipotle customers who were sick-ened in Si mi Valley.Outbreaks at restaurants are typically

caused by an i nfected employ ee.Marler couldn’t th ink of a reason fo r a fed-

eral investig ation, o ther than employmentviolations.

The disclos ure of the invest igatio n comesas Chipo tle Mexican Grill Inc. reels from E.coli outbreaks in late October andNovember, which were followed by thesickened customers at a restaurant in Bo stonin December.

Those cases received far more nationalmedia attention than the California inci-dent, and the company’s sales have sinceplunged.

Criminal investigation underway at Chipotle

By Tom KrisherTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LAS VEGAS — The top executive of theVolks wagen brand worldwide says he’s opt i-mistic that U.S. environmental regulatorswill approve fixes within the coming weeksor months for diesel engines that cheat onemissions tests.

Brand CEO Herbert Diess said Tuesdaynigh t at the CES gadget show in Las Vegasthat the company is having constructivediscussions with the U.S. EnvironmentalProtection Agency and the California Air

Resources Board.But the EPA didn’t sound as optimistic,

issuing a statement Wednesday saying thattalks with VW so far “have not produced anacceptable way forward.”

Diess says VW already has receivedapproval to fix 8.5 millio n cheating cars inEurope. Repairs will start this month andmost will be fixed this year.

But the U.S. cars are more problematicbecause they emit up to 40 t imes more toxicnitrogen oxide than allowed. Nearly600, 000 cars are affected in th e U.S., with atotal of 11 million worldwide. Diess spoke

as the company unveiled a concept of anelectric-powered Microbus that could gointo production in 20 19.

U.S. fixes likely will include complicatedrecalls and take several years for some of theolder models. VW has admitted cheating byinstalling software that turns emissionscontrols on during government tests andturns them off on real roads.

Diess apologized for the scandal. “I’moptimistic that we will find a solution, wewill bring a package together which satis-fies our customers first and foremost andthen also the regulators,” he said.

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By Terry BernalDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Carlmont junior Brett Fitzpatrick enteredinto Wednesday’s Peninsula Athletic LeagueBay Division boys’ soccer opener havingscored zero goals in h is varsi ty career.

Now he has two.

Fitzpatrick tall ied twice in the second half to lead the Scots (1-0 in PAL Bay, 6-0-1overall) to a 2-1 comeback over BurlingameWednesday at Carlmont. It marks the first

time Carlmont has defeated Burlingamesince the 2012-13 season.

“It's big,” Carlmont head coach WillStambaugh said of winni ng the PAL opener.“This is what we’ve talked about with theboys. Every game sets a tone … but this onesets it for the next 13 games.”

Stambaugh’s boys had to earn it though.Always a heated air of rivalry whenBurlingame and Carlmont hit the pitch, thegame was scoreless at halftime despite theScots’ strong offense through the first half.

After two close Carlmont tries t o open t he

second half — as if Stambaugh could sensethe tide turning for his scoreless team — heyelled across t he field: “It’s coming ! We’veearned this!”

However, it was Burlingame (0-1, 1-5)that responded to the rally cry, as thePanthers quickly scored the game’s firstgoal. The tally came in the 47th minute,with senior defender Thomas Rodriguezsending a long pass from midfield into thepenalty box for senior Matt Allen, whoexacted a header high i nto goal.

As the Panthers took the 1-0 lead,

though, not only did the Scots not panic,they answered back with two game-chang-ing g oals in a hurry.

“I know every game can’t be a shutout,”Fitzpatrick said. “So I k new we could comeback, power through and be strong, andthen score. And then we did.”

It took Fitzpatrick just three minutes toscore the game-tying goal. He nearly did itone minute later, taking a pass by seniorMaxim Storozhenko from the wing and

Carlmont runs over Burlingame in PAL Bay opener

By Nathan MollatDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Both the Sequoia and San Mateo girls’basketball teams had two players score indouble figures in their Peninsula AthleticLeague South Division league openerWednesday evening in San Mateo.

Sequoia’s Mia Woo scored a team-high 14poin ts and Susie Lopez added 10, while SanMateo was led by a game-high 15 pointsfrom Alyssa Cho and got 11 more fromMimi Shen.

But it was Sequoia’s s upporting cast thatproved to be the difference in theCherokees’ 46-35 win over the Bearcats.

“We’re getting better,” said Sequoia

coach Nick McCullar. “We know who ourshoo ters are, but everyone i s empowered totake a shot. If you’re open, shoot it.”

The rest of th e Sequoia team combined toscore 22 points, but San Mateo managedonly ni ne points from the rest of its team asCho and Shen combined to score 74 percentof the Bearcats’ points.

San Mateo coach Nancy Dinges admittedgetting her team to be less reluctant shoot-ing the ball has been a challenge. The restof the Bearcats stepped up a bit in the sec-ond half, but it was not enough to overcomethe Cherokees.

“One of my points of emphasis (at half-time) was to look at the basket. Be athreat,” Dinges said. “I want everyone to bea threat (to score). If you’re open, s hoot it.”

San Mateo (0-1 PAL South, 3-6 overall)

got o ff to a quick start, scoring the first t wobuckets of the game for a 4-0 lead. Shenconverted a baseline layup to open thescoring and Cho followed with a putback.

Sequoia (1-0, 4-5) broke the seal on abasket from Kiley Lubuck, but the Bearcatsanswered with one of two free throws fromCho and a fastbreak layup by AnaseiniFakava to put San Mateo up 7-2 with 3:57to play in the opening quarter.

Then the Bearcats went cold, goingscoreless the rest of the period.

Sequoia, on the other, finished the open-ing quarter by scoring 11 unansweredpoin ts. Veronika Akolo st arted the run by

Sequoia opens with win

NATHAN MOLLAT/DAILY JOURNAL

Sequoia’s Jada Herbert saves a ball from going out of bounds during the Cherokees’ 46-35 winover San Mateo in the PAL South Division opener for both teams.

Half Moon Bay and Terra Novadominates the Peninsulawrestling scene, as does the

Peninsula Athletic League’s Bay Divisi onas a whole.

The Bay Divis ion features thestrong est prog rams in the PAL, whereteams can mostly fill an entire wrestling

roster for any givendual meet .Teams in the Ocean

Division, on theother hand, some-times struggle to fieldfull teams. But thatdoesn’t mean the divi-sion is bereft of tal-ent.In fact, if yo u want toget a good look atwhat the Ocean

Division has to offer, you can’t do anybetter than heading to Aragon at 5 p.m.today.

The Ocean Division uses a unique struc-ture to its dual meets. In stead of just hav-ing t wo teams face off against each other,

six of the seven squads in the divisionwill converge on Aragon and wrestleagainst each other.

In addition to host Aragon, Menlo-Atherton, Oceana, San Mateo, South Cityand Woodside will be sending wrestlers t othe mat in various weight classes.

Burlingame will sit this one out.Aragon features the t op-ranked and

defending CCS girls ’ 235-pound champi-on Angela Bonnani. Menlo-Atherton willfeature Fola Akino la at 17 0 po unds — thetop-ranked girl in CCS at her weightclass.

On the boys’ side, Oceana’s SandeepSingh is ranked third in CCS at 106

See SEQUOIA, Page 15

Wrestling jamboreeat Aragon

See LOUNGE, Page 16

By Ronald BlumTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — Ken Griffey Jr. was con-sidered Mr. Clean during 22 years in themajor leagues, untainted by accusations of drug use as he climbed the home-run list dur-ing the height of the Steroids Era.

He nearly made a clean sweep in Hall of Fame voti ng.

Griffey received 437 of 440 votes in hisfirst appearance on the Baseball Writers’Association of America ballot, a record

99.3 percent.“It’s real simple,” he

explained afterWednesday’s announce-ment. “I’ve always saidthat I’ve got to look mykids in the eyes and youwant to play fair.”

Mike Piazza, the topoffensive catcher inbaseball history, was

elected, too, and will be inducted along withGriffey in Cooperstown on July 24 . Among

the many muscled slug-gers whose accomplish-ments were questionedduring a time whenchemists preyed on club-houses, Piazza was madeto wait until his fourthappearance on the ballot.After falling 28 vo tes shylast year, h e was selectedon 365 (83 percent).

He wouldn’t say whether he was upsetabout being sullied by suspicions.

“That’s the freedom we have,” Piazzamaintained. “You can say these t hings, andthat’s the country we live in. ”

Griffey topped the previous hi gh percent-age of 98 .84 , set when Tom Seaver appearedon 425 o f 430 ballots in 1 992. The identi-ties of th e three writers who did not vote forGriffey was not immediately known.

“I can’t be upset,” he said. “It’s just anhonor to be elected, and to have the highestpercentage is definitely a shock.”

Griffey a Hall of Fame slam dunk, Piazza also gets call

See HOF, Page 16

See SCOTS, Page 14

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By Dave Skretta 

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — With a cold windblowing outside and the warmth of springtraining sti ll more than a month away, AlexGordon walked into the home clubhouse of Kauffman Stadium on Wednesday and grinned.

He was ho me. And he will be for a while.The All-Star outfielder signed a $72 mil-

lion, four-year deal to remain with theKansas City Royals, the long-downtroddenteam that drafted him more th an a decade ago,and that he helped climb to the pinnacle of the sport with a World Series triumph this

past season.“When I walked into t he

locker room, it put asmile on my face,”Gordon said, “because atthe end of the season, Ididn’t kn ow if I was goi ngto be able to do thatagain.”

Gordon will make $12million this season, $16

million n ext and $20 million each of the fol-lowing two years. The deal includes a $23million mutual option for 2020 with a $4million buyout. If he is traded, the optionwould be voided and the $4 million would

become an assignment bonus.The deal is t he richest in franchise hi story,

trumping $55 million agreements given tolongtime first baseman Mike Sweeney andstarting pitcher Gil Meche.

“I mean, we all wanted to make it fair forboth sides,” Gordon said. “It was definitely aprocess but we got to that point and I’mhappy with where I’m at now.”

Gordon declined a $13.75 million optionto test free agency, but several outfielders onthe market — in cluding Yoenis Cespedes andJustin Upton — may have depressed the 31-year-old’s value. And there is Gordon’s recentinjury history that limited him to 104 g ameslast season.

Royals re-sign OF Alex Gordon

Alex Gordon

Dodgers to announce signing of  Japanese pitcher Kenta Maeda

LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers are set toannounce the signing of free-agent Japanesepitcher Kenta Maeda.

Los Angeles scheduled a news conferenceon Thursday at Dodger Stadium, and a personfamiliar with the event said the subject of thenews conference was Maeda.

The 27-year-old pitcher will become theonly healthy right-hander in th e team’s oth -erwise lefty-dominated rotation, joiningClayton Kershaw, Brett Anderson, ScottKazmir and Alex Wood. The Dodgers lostright-hander Zack Greinke, who opted out of his contract and signed with Arizona.

MLB brief 

Girls’ basketballHillsdale 45 Carlmont 33

Point guard Emily Nepomuceno scored agame-high 16 points to lead the Knights tothe win over the Scots in the PAL SouthDivision opener for both teams.

Hillsdale (1-0 PAL South, 5-7 overall) trailedCarlmont (0-1, 7-6) 20-16 at halftime, butoutscored the Knights 29-13 in the second half.

Carlmont was led by Alexa Bayangos , whofinished with seven points.

Half Moon Bay 59 Jefferson 26

The Cougars doubled up t he Grizzlies in thePAL North Division opener.

Addison Walling led the way for Half MoonBay (1-0 PAL North, 10-2 overall), scoring agame-high 19 points. Ana Cordes, KatherineDioli and Ally Longaker all added eight poin tsapiece for the Cougars as well.

Menlo-Atherton 65 Capuchino 37

The Bears jumped out to a 21-10 lead afterthe first quarter and cruised to the win over t heMustangs.

Greer Hoyem was one of four M-A players toscore in double figures. She led the way with16 points, with Carly McLanahan adding 13.

Ofa Sili and Mele Kailahi each added 10 for M-A (1-0 PAL South, 11-2 overall).

South City 52 Oceana 48

The Warriors (1-0 PAL North, 5-5 overall)staved off a second-half surge to edge theTigers in the PAL North Division opener.Oceana (0-1, 8-3) went on a 13-2 run to take a37-35 lead in the third quarter, its first of thegame. But South City’s Nevaeh Miller scoredthree straight buckets to give the Warriors thelead for good 43-42 with 1:54 left in thegame. Val Avila then drained a three-pointerfor insurance. Britney Cedeno paced SouthCity with 19 points and six assists. Nevaeh(12 points, 14 rebounds) and Jerlene Miller(12 po ints , 12 rebounds) each had double-dou-

bles. Oceana was paced bu Sarah Langi andNandi Eskridge, each with 14 poin ts.

Salesian 57 Menlo 23

Salesian (9-3) shutout Menlo 9-0 in the firstquarter and never looked back, handing theKnights (8-3) just their third loss of the sea-son. Sam Erisman paced Menlo with eight

points. The Pride were led by MinyonMoore’s 18 points.

Boys’ basketballMenlo-Atherton 69 Capuchino 28

The Bears l ed 41-15 at halftime and cruisedto the win over the Mustangs to open PALSouth Division play.

M-A (1-0 PAL South, 9-2 overall) heldCapuchino (0-1, 6-7) to just 13 second-half points — shutting out the Mustangs in thefourth quarter.

Eric Norton paced the Bears with 13 point s,but Lucas Fioretti was right behind him with12. Christian Fio retti added 10 for the Bears.

Lucas Magni scored 12 to lead Capuchino.Ryan Chapman added 10.

Carlmont 52 Hillsdale 49

Tiaga Schwarz scored a game-high 17points, but it was enough to prevent theKnights from falling to the Scots in the PALSouth Division opener for both teams.

Isaiah Cozzolin o added 12 for Hillsdale (1-0PAL South, 6-6 overall) and Ryan Dohertychipped in with 11 in the loss.

Burlingame 54 Aragon 50

Holding on to a 33-31 lead heading into thefourth quarter, Burlingame (1-0 PAL South, 9-3 overall) went on an 11-point run to win thePAL South Division opener. The lead changedhands 12 times in the game.

Burlingame has banked on regular double-

double performances from Tyler Garlitos andVinny Ferrari, and Wednesday was no differ-ent. Garlitos scored 18 points and grabbed agame-high 14 rebounds; Ferrari tabbed agame-high 20 points and 12 rebounds. BasselMufarreh almost added a third with n ine p oint sand nine rebounds.

Aragon (0-1, 4-9) was paced by Aaron

Balotro’s 14 points. Kimon Economouadded 13.

Boys’ soccerSan Mateo 3 Jefferson 1

The Grizzlies scored first and held a 1-0 leadat halftime of their PAL Ocean Division open-er, but the Bearcats rallied with three goals inthe second half to record the win.

San Mateo tied the score in the second half on a Jefferson own goal before Vidhu Rajscored twice to put the game away.

Harker 2 Sacred Heart Prep 1

Juan Rascon scored off an assist from JoshLin, but it wasn’t enough as the Eagles handed

SHP (0-1 WBAL, 3-4-2 overall) a loss in theWest Bay Athletic League opener for bothteams.

Crystal Springs 5 Eastside College Prep 2

Alex Berman recorded a hat trick and TheoPerisic added a pair of goals as the Gryphonsopened WBAL play with the win over thePanthers.

King’s Academy 2 Menlo 1

Menlo (0-1 WBAL, 4-3 overall) fell behind2-0 before the half and never recovered in itsWest Bay Athletic League opener. WillChilholm scored in the 70th minute forMenlo’s only tally.

Girls’ soccer — TuesdaySacred Heart Prep 6 Sequoia 2

The Gators scored four times in the secondhalf in their non-league win over theCherokees.

Tierna Davidson and Lindsey Johnson ledSHP with a goal and two assists each. MiaShenk scored twice, while McKenna Angottiand Ingrid Corrigan rounded out the scoringfor the Gators.

Boys’ basketball — TuesdayMenlo School 51 Eastside College Prep 32

Jared Lucian poured in a game-high 18points, going 6 o f 9 from behind the 3-pointsline in the process, as the Knights cruised tothe victory in their WBAL season opener.

JH Tevis added 14 points for Menlo (1-0WBAL, 3-8 overall).

Sacred Heart Prep 69 Crystal Springs 34

The Gators earned only t heir second win of the season , but it came in their WBAL openeragainst the visiting Gryphons.

Eric DeBrine led all scorers with 17 pointsfor SHP (1-0 WBAL, 2-7 overall), while

Mason Randall and Andrew Daschbach, justrounding into basketball shape after a longseason on the football field, scored 14 and 10points, respectively.

Girls’ basketball — TuesdaySacred Heart Prep 74 Mercy-Burlingame 30

The Gators got 22 points from Riley Hemmas they buried the Crusaders in a non-leaguematchup.

Natalie Zimits and Zoe Zaharias each added15 points for SHP (10-1 overall) and GraceBattles chipped in with 12 in the win.

Haley DeOcampo led Mercy-Burlingame (3-7) with 15 po ints.

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The Florida Panthers andWashington Capitals each havethree players and a coach going to

the new All-Star 3-on-3 tourna-ment this month in Nashville,Tennessee. Sidney Crosby of the

P i t t s b u r g hPenguins wasnot among thefinal 40 All-S t a r sa n n o u n c e dWednesday.

Crosby isranked 36th inthe league inpoints after aslow start. The

Penguins’ captain has 22 po ints inhis past 20 g ames.

Under the NHL’s new All-Starformat, only six forwards, three

defensemen and two goaltenderscan make it from each of the fourdivision s and every team had to berepresented.

“There’s a lot of good playersgoing there and deserve to gothere,” Crosby said after thePenguins’ loss to the ChicagoBlackhawks on Wednesday night.“Other guys have had great years.”

The Metropolitan Division-leading Capitals will have captainAlex Ovechkin, center NicklasBackstrom, goaltender BradenHoltby and coach Barry Trotz inNashville. Backstrom’s bid drewthe most praise.

“He deserves it,” Ovechkin saidafter practice at Boston

University. “He’s one of the topplayers in the league. Finally, it’snot only one guy who goes fromWashington. It’s goi ng to be threeguys.”

The 3-on-3 tournament will pit

conference’s division teamsagainst each other on Jan. 31 atBridgestone Arena, with the win-ners facing off for the champi-onship and $1 million to split.The skills competition will takeplace Jan. 3 0.

Trotz returns to Nashville aftercoaching the Predators for theirfirst 15 seasons. The host clubalso had three players selected bythe NHL’s hockey operationsdepartment: defensemen SheaWeber and Roman Josi and goal-tender Pekka Rin ne.

Florida’s t hree All-Stars is a nodto its 10-game winning streak andleading the Atlantic Division. Inaddition to fan-voted captain

Jaromir Jagr, defenseman AaronEkblad and goalie Roberto Luongowere chosen, and coach GerardGallant will be behind the bench.

“It’ll be great playing with(Jagr) and Lou, and of course hav-ing Gerard behind the bench it’sgoing to be pretty awesome hav-ing that much support and thatmuch recognition for the teamhere in Florida that’s been doinggreat things,” Ekblad said in aphone interview.

Jagr campaigned on Twitter forfans not to vote for him, arguingthat the fast-paced 3-on-3 hockeywould be more stress on his 43-year-old body than a brief vaca-tion.

Crosby not a NHL All-Starsas Caps, Panthers get due

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SAN JOSE — A judge has denieda San Francisco Bay Area youthsoccer league’s request to tem-porarily boot the NFL from a soc-cer park next to the st adium wherethe Super Bowl will be held nextmonth, officials sa