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U.S. hiring defies global worryEmployers hiring at robust pace, 2.65 million jobs added in 2015 but wages stay flat

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By Christopher S. RugaberTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy ismotoring ahead despite slowing globalgrowth that caused upheavals in financialmarkets around the world this week.

Employers added a robust 292,000 jobs

last month, and the unemployment ratestayed low at 5 percent, the Labor

Department said Friday. Job gains in theOctober-December quarter averaged284,000, the best three-month increasesince last January.

The strong hiring underscores theresilience of the United States at a time of slow global growth and financial turmoil.Healthy consumer spending, modest gains

in home construction and an uptick in gov-ernment spending should offset drags from

overseas and bolster growth this y ear, econ-omists said.

The report “immediately puts to rest a lotof the worries that the U.S. economy willcome undone due to the intensifying globalheadwinds coming out of China and theMiddle East,” said Mark Vitner, an econo-mist at Wells Fargo.

For all of 2015, employers added 2.65million jobs, a monthly average of

221,0 00. That made 2015 the second-bestyear for hiring sin ce 1999, after 2014.

The unemploy ment rate has h eld at 5 per-cent for the past three months, despite thesolid job gains, because nearly 1 millionmore Americans have begun seeking worksince Sept ember.

Wages were the one weak spot in

School spendingplan draws praiseDespite increased spending, somefeel room for improvement existsBy Austin WalshDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Many lo cal and state officials l auded

Gov. Jerry Brown’s most recent statebudget proposal, which aims to pump$2.4 billion more into the publicschool sys tem than last year.

The $122.6 billion spending dealproposed Thursday, Jan. 7, by Brownoffers to direct $71 .6 billion from thegeneral fund into the state school sys-tem, $24 billion more than what wasavailable during t he depths of t he GreatRecession.

Allie Jaarsma, spokeswoman for theSan Mateo County Office of Education , cheered Brown’s ele-vated financial commitment to local students.

“The San Mateo County Office of Education is pleasedthat Governor Brown’s proposed budget continues to allo-

Report: Support systemsfailing California childrenMore resources, focus neededto address areas of concernBy Austin WalshDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Despite progress made in recent years, more should bedone to support young children across the state, especiallythose born into poverty, according to a recent report.

Children Now, an education and children’s h ealth advoca-cy group, released Wednesday, Jan. 6, its annual report cardgauging the overall well-being of the state’s youth popula-tion.

The report, which gauges a variety of topics from educa-tion to child welfare, found many of the support systems

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Democrats,advocateseye California’sbooming revenues

By Kerry Chan LaddaranDAILY JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT

John, David and Chris Marcovici,three brothers with different personal-ities jovially poke fun at each otherwhen they get together. But when itcomes to their business, Jack’sRestaurant, hospitality is a serioustopic.

“We think about how can we make aplace where people feel comfortablefor breakfast, lunch and dinner,” said

John Marcovici.With a hard-to-miss sign on El

Camino Real, blazoned withHollywood-style li ght bulbs that spellout “Jack’s,” the San Mateo location,

opened in 2014, is the third addition tothe business. The first one in PleasantHill launched in 2010, followed by asecond opening in San Bruno the fol-lowing y ear.

To the familial business partners,runni ng a growing chain of restaurantstakes more than providing a comfort-able place with good food. It is aboutextending themselves and translatingtheir experiences and family valuesinto every aspect of o perations.

As teenagers growing up in

Concord, the Marcovici boys spentmost of their time working at their par-ent’s cafe, Eleni’s, named after theirmom. Their devotion to mom and dadmeant having a modified teenage life.

Instead of going out, friends came tothe restaurant to hang out, said JohnMarcovici.

“We would to g o th ere after hours anddrink beer, but my mom knows about itnow,” he said.

Fond of good times, good food andgreat company, John Marcovici andhis brothers created Jack’s, namedafter their grandfather, with the senseof celebration at restaurants withwhich they grew up. The family soldEleni’s in 198 9.

“We’re really into having fun,” saidJohn Marcovici.Inside every restaurant, pictures of

A true family-style eatery Three brothers at center of every Jack’s Restaurant

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Chris, John and David Marcovici, brothers and proprietors of Jack’s Restaurant share a laugh together on the patio of the SanMateo location.

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Thought for the Day

1916

The World War I Battle of Gallipoliended after eight months with anOttoman Empire victory as Allied

forces withdrew.

“Love me when I least deserveit, because that’s when I really need it.”

— Swedish proverb

Rock musicianJimmy Page is 72.

Catherine, Duchessof Cambridge, is 34.

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The owner of the world’s largest blue sapphire — which he says is worth more than $100 million — said he is decidingwhether to auction the Sri Lankan gem or display it as an international attraction.

Saturday: Rain likely in the morn-ing...Then a chance of showers in theafternoon. Highs in the mid 50s.Southeast winds 10 to 20mph... Becoming 5 to 10 mph in the after-noon.Saturday night: Mostly cloudy in theevening then becoming partly cloudy. Aslight chance of showers in the evening. Lows in the mid40s. East winds 5 to 15 mph.

Sunday : Partly cloudy. Highs i n the mid 50s. East winds 5to 15 mph.Sunday night: Rain after midnight. Lows in the upper40s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.Monday : Rain. Highs in th e upper 50s.Monday night: Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers.

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In 1788 , Connecticut became the fifth state to ratify the U.S.Constitution.In 1793 , Frenchman Jean Pierre Blanchard, using a hot-airballoon, flew between Philadelphia and Woodbury, NewJersey.In 1861 , Miss issi ppi became the second state to secede fromthe Union, the same day the Star of the West, a merchant ves-sel bringing reinforcements and supplies to Federal troops atFort Sumter, South Carolina, retreated because of arti llery fire.In 1913, Richard Milhous Nixon, the 37th president of theUnited States, was born in Yorba Linda, California.In 1914, the County of Los Angeles opened the country’sfirst public defender’s office. The fraternity Phi Beta Sigmawas founded at Howard University in Washington, D.C.In 1931 , Bobbi Trout and Edna May Cooper broke anendurance record for female aviato rs as they returned to MinesField in Los Angeles after flying a Curtiss Robin monoplanecontinuously for 122 hours and 50 minutes.

In 1945 , during World War II, American forces began landingon the shores of Lingayen Gulf in the Philippines as theBattle of Luzon got underway, resulting in an Allied victoryover Imperial Japanese forces.In 1957 , Anthony Eden resigned as British prime ministerfor health reasons; he was succeeded by Harold Macmillan.In 1968 , the Surveyor 7 space probe made a soft landing onthe moon, marking the end of the American series of unmanned explorations of the lunar surface.In 1972 , reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes, speaking bytelephone from the Bahamas to reporters in Hollywood, saida purported autobiography of him by Clifford Irving was afake.In 1987 , the White House released a Jan. 1986 memorandumprepared for President Ronald Reagan by Lt. Col. Oliver L.North showing a link between U.S. arms sales to Iran and therelease of American hostages in Lebanon. “T

he Hank McCune Show”debuted on NBC in 1950 andran for three years. It was the

first television show to use a laughtrack.

***The minimum wage in the United Statesin 1949 was 40 cents per hour.

***Power steering in cars became commer-cially available in 1951 . Francis Davisof Massachusetts invented power steer-ing after working for the truck divisionof the Pierce Arrow Motor CarCompany.

***On Oct. 15, 1952, General Electric cele-brated its 75th anniversary by givingfive shares of stock to any employeewho had a baby on that day. The compa-ny guessed there would be 13 births outof the 226,000 employees. However,none of the women on staff were under

age 17 or over age 65, and it was thebaby boom era. There were 189 G.E.babies born t hat day.

***TV Guide and Playboy Magazine bothdebuted in 1953. Do you know who was

pictured on the cover of the first TVGuide? The cover girl of the firstPlayboy? See answer at end.

***In 1954, Swanson & Sons sold 10 mil-lion TV dinners. After Thanksgiving1953, Swanson had 270 tons of unsoldturkey and needed to do something withit . Thus, TV dinners were invented. The98-cent meals had turkey, corn breaddressing, buttered peas and sweet pota-toes in aluminum trays.

***Bert Parks (1914-1992) began his longcareer as host of the Miss America pag-eant in 1955. It was also the first year

the pageant theme song, “There She IsMiss America,” was used. LeeMeriweather (born 1935) was MissAmerica 1955.

***In January 1956 , Elvis Presley’s (1935-1977) song “Heartbreak Hotel” wasreleased. The song s old more than 1 mil-lion copies, making it Elvis’ first goldrecord.

***Ray Romano, Matt Lauer, DonnyOsmond, Fran Drescher and Daniel Day-Lewis were all born in 1957.

***The Brazilian National Soccer Team wonthe 1958 World Cup for soccer.

***In Disney’s 1959 animated movie“Sleeping Beauty,” the girl fell into her

deep sleep when she was 16 years old.***

“Ben-Hur” starring Charlton Heston(born 1924) won 11 Academy Awardsin 196 0, in cluding best picture, actorand director. The movie saved MGM

from bankruptcy.***

Jacques Cousteau (1910-1997) beganexploring the deep of the ocean in hispersonal research vessel, Calypso, in1961. The Calypso, an old minesweep-er, went around the world on underwaterexpeditions for the television series“The Undersea World of JacquesCousteau” (1968-1976).

***John Glenn (born 1921) made historyin 1962 as the first American astronautto orbit the Earth. Glenn traveled at aspeed of 17,500 mph 160 miles aboveEarth in t he ship Friendship 7.

***Felipe (born 1935), Jesus (born 1942)and Matty (born 1938) Alou were broth-ers and teammates on the San FranciscoGiants in 1963. That year, on Sept. 10at the Polo Grounds in New York, thethree brothers batted consecutively inthe same game for the same team; theonly time that has happened in profes-sional baseball.

*** Answe r : Lucille Ball’s baby Desi Arnez Jr. was on the cov er of the fi rst issue of TV Guide on April 3-9, 1953. Lucille

Ball was on the cover of TV Guide 34times throughout her career, more thanany other person. Marilyn Monroe was

pictured, fully clothed, on the cover o f the first Playbo y in December 1953.

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Author Judith Krantz is 88. Football Hall-of-Famer BartStarr is 82. Sportscaster Dick Enberg is 81. Actress K. Callanis 80. Folk singer Joan Baez is 75. Rockabilly singer RoyHead is 75. Actor John Doman is 71. Singer David Johansen(aka Buster Poindexter) is 66. Singer Crystal Gayle is 65.

Actress Imelda Staunton is 60. Nobel Peace laureateRigoberto Menchu is 57. Rock musician Eric Erlandson is 53.Actress Joely Richardson is 51. Rock musician Carl Bell(Fuel) is 49 . Rock singer Steve Harwell (Smash Mouth) is 49.Rock singer-musician Dave Matthews is 49. Actress-directorJoey Lauren Adams is 48. Actress Angela Bett is i s 43 .

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Christine CorriganNovember 7 th, 1965 – December 24th, 2015

Christine Corrigan formerly of Los Altos Hills passed away onDecember 24, 2015 at her home in Redwood city California,surrounded by her family and friends at the age of 50. Christine,the third child of Sigrun and Wilfred Corrigan was born inPhoenix, Arizona on November 7, 1965.

Christine, or as many knew her, Chris, found much joy in herextended family and was the proud Aunt to seven nieces andnephews. Christine, born with Down’s Syndrome, shared herexuberant personality with numerous family and friends and was

always the rst to give a loving and thankful toast at any event. Christine could bring a smile

to almost anyone and worked hard to be a great friend and housemate to her buddies at Pete’sPlace An assisted living home) where she lived for the last 15 years. Her family will rememberher uncanny knack for always bringing us together and reminding us that we all have abilities,not disabilities

Christine moved to Los Altos in 1968 and lived in Los Altos hills until 1979 when she movedto Santa Barbara to attend St Vincent De Pauls school for Developmentally Disabled children.There, she ne-tuned her reading and basic living skills allowing her to move back to the BayArea in 1985 and live independently. She worked at various jobs before settling at the ElCamino Hospital location of the YMCA for many years and enjoyed it immensely. Christinewas a voracious movie fan, enjoyed music and dancing, loved shopping for gifts for others andcould not resist any sort of celebration in the company of family and friends.

A celebration of her life will be held at the Los Altos Hills Country Club on January 13,2016 from 2:30-4:30pm. In lieu of owers please consider supporting the important workof providing care to adults with Disabilities at Kainos Home and Training Center for theDevelopmentally Disabled, 3631 Jefferson Ave., Redwood City, CA 94062-3148—Tax ID#23-7408490

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MILLBRAEArrest. A person was found to have an

active warrant and was arrested and bookedon the 500 block of El Camino Real before11:50 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 7.

Evading an officer. Two people ridingoff-road motorcycles o n a city street fled thepolice. One was cited and released afterattempting to flee on foot while the otherwas later found at his residence and cited onthe first block of Queen Anne CourtThursday, J an. 7.

Hit-and-run. A vehicle hit a parked car andfled on the 1000 block of Magnolia Avenue

before 9 p. m. Wednesday, Jan. 6 .

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Gone fishin’A person was reported missing after notreturning from a fishing trip on the1200 block of Roble Road in Millbraebefore 9 a.m. Friday, Jan.1.

By Sudhin Thanawala THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN FRANCISCO — A one-time gangtough nicknamed “Shrimp Boy” who insist-ed he had changed his ways t hrough medita-

tion and become a role model for waywardyouth was conv icted Friday of racketeering,murder and scores of o ther crimes in a majororganized crime investigation in SanFrancisco’s Chinatown that also broughtdown a st ate senator.

The conviction of Raymond “ShrimpBoy” Chow was largely the work of anundercover FBI agent who p osed for years asa foul-mouthed East Coast businessmanwith mafia ties, as he infil trated the fraternalgroup that Chow led. The group was amongdozens of active tongs, or family associa-tions, in Chinatown, one of the most popu-lar and visi ble tourist attractions i n the city.

Authorities said Chow and some other

members of the groupengaged in drug traffick-ing, money launderingand the sale of stolencigarettes and top-shelf liquors Johnny Walker

Blue Label andHennessey XO.

Jurors convicted the56-year-old Chow of all162 charges againsthim, including racketeer-

ing, murder and conspiracy to commit mur-der. One of t he vict ims was Allen Leung, th eformer leader of th e fraternal group, who wasshot and killed at his business in 2006 ashis wife looked on.

Chow, sporting dapper suits and a beam-ing smile, told jurors at his trial herenounced his drug-dealing and gangsterways after leaving prison in 2003 and turn-ing to meditation.

Jury convicts Raymond ‘ShrimpBoy’ Chow of Chinatown crimes

San Francisco mayor sworn

in amid raucous demonstrationSAN FRANCISCO — San FranciscoMayor Ed Lee was sworn in to a second fullterm Friday amid a raucous demonstrationby dozens of protesters angry over a 26-year-old man’s shooting death by policelast month.

Demonstrators calling for the removal of the city’s police chief drowned out Gov.Jerry Brown as he administered the oath of office to Lee before hundreds of guests atSan Francisco City Hall. The protesters

booed and shoutedthroughout the hourlongceremony, disruptin g Leeand other speakers andthe posting of the colorguard.

But the mayor carriedon, praising SanFrancisco’s diversity andvowing to keep the city aplace for newcomers and

old-timers alike.

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SACRAMENTO — Gov. JerryBrown’s proposed $122.6 billion

California budget plan would seem toplease Democratic interests by pump-ing billions of tax dollars generatedby the booming state economy intopublic schools and universities,health care for the poor and publicinfrastructure.

Instead, Democratic legislativeleaders and advocacy g roups s aw whatwas left out.

“A laundry list of critical needs”remains, said Assembly Speaker ToniAtkins, D-San Diego.

For state lawmakers from both par-ties and the groups that lobby them,the general fund spending the

Democratic gover-nor outlinedThursday is merelya starting point in amonthslon g tug-of-war over funding.

Sen. HollyMitchell, D-LosAngeles, was upsetthe plan did notincrease maximum

payouts to families in the welfare-to-work program, which she called“impossibly tiny.”

Chris Hoene, executive director of the California Budget & PolicyCenter, which advocates for low-income families, said Brown’s budgetis a “missed opportunity to use thestate’s strong revenues to boost keypublic investments t hat help individu-

als and families advance, such as childcare and preschool, welfare-to-workservices, affordable housing, andhigher education.”

Union leaders also blasted the planin an email with a subject line of “Caregivers, Senio rs, and People WithDisabilities Deserve Better.”

Shamus Roller, executive director of Housing California, a group thatbacks affordable housing, said,“Governor Brown proposed a budgetthat provides no new help for themany people struggling to stay intheir homes.”

And the Children’s Defense Fund-California accused the governor of “using th e threat of future recessi on t o

just ify no t makin g crit ical in ves t-ments of our most vulnerable childrentoday.”

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As rain pummels California,some see a way to fight drought

SAN DIEGO — Much of the torrential rain that fell onSouthern California this week flowed right into the ocean,

just l ike i t did before the stat e’s epic drought .That seemed like a good idea for many years, as storm

drains p rovided a crucial defense against flooding. But withCalifornia entering what may be a fifth year of drought,water agencies slo wly are moving to capture and store more

of thi s precious resource.“That was the 19th , 20 th century thinki ng: ‘Let’s get thatwater out of here as fast as possible,”’ said DeborahBloome, s enior director of poli cy at TreePeople, a no nprof-it group that is working to increase rain capture in the LosAngeles area.

Now, people are more likely to see a rapidly disap-pearing flood — nearly 3 inches fell on much of Southern California this week — as a wasted opportuni-ty.

The State Water Resources Control Board approved abroad plan Wednesday for capturing more rain.

The regulator is launching a road show this month toexplain how it will dole out $200 million for projects tocollect rain, part of a $7.5 billion water bond votersapproved in November 2014.

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REGIONALGOVERNMENT

• The San Mateo CountyT r a n s p o r t a t i o nAuthority swore in three of four directors at its boardmeeting Jan. 7. The TA alsoelected its chair and vice

chair for this year.Two of the directors were reappointed after pre-

viously serving on the TA Bo ard. Two others jo in

the b oard as new directors.Don Horsl ey , who will be sworn in Feb. 4, and

Mary Ann Nihart are the two returning boardmembers. Horsley, a member of the San MateoCounty Board of Supervisors , was reappoint-ed to represent th at body o n th e TA Board. Nihart,a Pacifica councilwoman, was re-elected by theCity Selection Committee to the TA Board asa representative for Cities-at-Large of SanMateo County . In 2015, she served the finalyear of a term vacated by Naomi Patridge .

The two new directors joining the TA Board areKen Ibarra and Maureen Freschet . Ibarra, aSan Bruno councilman, was elected by the CitySelection Committee to represent NorthernJudicial Cities . Freschet, a San Mateo council-woman, was appointed by the City Selection

Committee to represent Central JudicialCities .

Carol e Groo m was elected as chair of the boardfor this year, and Horsley was elected as vice chair.

The TA is gov erned by a seven-person board of elected officials. Four members represent cit ies o f San Mateo County, two members represent thecounty’s Board of Supervisors, and one memberrepresents the San Mateo County TransitDistrict. Board members serve two-year terms.

The TA admini sters Meas ure A , the 2004 v oter-

approved half-cent sales tax that is dedicatedtoward transpo rtation and infrastructure improve-ment projects in San Mateo County.

CITYGOVERNMENT

• The Burli ngame Planning Commis si on isset to review the proposed construction of a th ree-story building at 988 Howard Ave., the formerhome to the Olde English Garage auto shop.

The project aims to build 15,352 square feet of office and retail space near the intersection of Howard Avenue and East Lane.

The Burlingame Planning Commission meets 7p.m. Monday, Jan. 11 in the council chambers,501 Primrose Road.

Travelers from WestAfrica no longer monitoredas Ebola outbreak ends

The California Department of Public Health i s no longer monitor-ing travelers returning from coun-tries in West Africa for symptoms of the Ebola vi rus disease, Health offi-cials announced this week.

Citing an end the outbreaks of thedisease in Liberia, Sierra Leone and

Guinea, health officials said travel-ers coming back to California nolonger need to check in with healthdepartments for monitoring. TheCDHP said the Ebola MonitoringProgram began on Oct. 12, 2014,after the West African outbreak thatbegan in December 2013.

Portions of GoldenGate Recreation Area closing

Some areas in the Golden GateNational Recreation Area will closetemporarily due heavy winterstorms, National Park Service offi-cials said Friday.

Tennessee Valley Beach and the

North Beach Access Trail at FortFunston have already closed due toincreased pressures on the dambehind Tennessee Valley and highlyunstable cliffs at Fort FunstonNorth, according to park officials.

The beach will close intermittent-ly during the winter season, but theTennessee Valley Trail will remainopen other than beach access. The

Fort Funston trail is expected toremain clo sed this wint er.

Additionally, park officials saidthe Hawk and Haypress camp-grounds in the Marin HeadlandsWalk-In Campgrounds will beclosed from Jan. 15 to March 31 asa proactive measure, as falling t reesand limbs are a safety concern dur-ing high winds. Park officials saidthat the safety of park visitors andstaff is their highest priority, andvisitors are advised to exercise cau-tion when visiting the park.

Visitors are encouraged to visitthe parks website atwww.nps.gov.goga for any parkalerts.

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poli tical outsider built much of his careeraround being a GOP insider — thrivingin po werful circles he no w says he’d liketo dismantle.

A Princeton graduate and Harvard-

trained attorney, Cruz clerked for Chief Justice William Rehnquist at th e SupremeCourt — the very court he n ow accuses of “judicial tyranny.” While working as aWashing ton lawyer in 1998 , Cruz repre-sented one of his future Capitol Hillnemeses, John Boehner.

He helped get George W. Bush elected president in 200 0— before the Bush White House enraged conservativeactivists by running up federal deficits.

His first political appointment back h ome came in 200 3.Texas’ then-Attorney General Greg Abbott saw in Cruz ahungry young attorney who would enforce his own visionfor conservative legal governance, luring him back fromWashington to b e state solicitor g eneral.

FBI says refugees used socialmedia to plan fight in Syria

SACRAMENTO — An Iraqi man bragged abo ut his experi -

ence fighting in Syria and the skills he developed as ateenage insurgent as he urged a fellow Iraqi refugee in theU.S. to join him in what both hoped would be martyrdom,according to documents fil ed in federal court.

Aws Mohammed Younis Al-Jayab, 23, of Sacramento,described his experience fighting against Syrian govern-ment soldiers in heroic terms and promised in 2013 hewould train Omar Faraj Saeed Al Hardan, of Houston, in howto use weapons and sneak into Syria to join the fight,according to an FBI affidavit unsealed in federal court inSacramento.

The two Iraqi-born Palestin ians used social media to dis-cuss their plans, according t o federal authorit ies. The com-munications provided the link that led to terrorism-relatedcharges against the men this week.

West Virginia attorneygeneral sues drug wholesaler

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s attorney gener-al has accused one of the nation’s largest pharmaceuticaldrug wholes alers of flooding the st ate with ten s of millio nsof prescription pills in vio lation of state law.

Attorney General Patrick Morrisey on Friday ann ounced alawsuit against San Francisco-based McKesson Corp.Among o ther things, the lawsuit alleges viol ations of stateconsumer protection laws and the Uniform ControlledSubstances Act.

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By Lolita C. BaldorTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — A top Marine gen-

eral predicted Friday that the DefenseDepartment’s vows to maintain thesame standards for women and men incombat jobs won’t last, saying themilitary will eventually be pressuredto lower the qualifications so morewomen can serve in jobs like theMarine infantry.

The public comments by Gen. JohnKelly, head of U.S. SouthernCommand, underscored how stronglythe Marines opposed DefenseSecretary Ash Carter’s plans to fullyintegrate women into all combat jobs,including the Marine Corps and spe-cial operations forces like NavySEALs and Army Green Berets. A new,high-level disagreement is eruptingover whether the Marine Corps must

also fully i ntegrate its 12-week recruittraining program at Parris Island inSouth Carolina.

“They’re saying we are not going tochange any standards,” Kelly toldreporters at the Pentagon. “There willbe great pressure, whether it’s 12months from now, four years fromnow, because the question will beasked whether we’ve let women intothese other roles, why aren’t theystaying in those other roles? Whyaren’t they advancing as infantry peo-ple?”

Kelly, who has b een a Marine for 45years and served three tours in Iraq,said the sole basis for change in themilitary should be whether the changewill make units more lethal.

“If the answer to that is no, clearlydon’t do it. If the answer to that is, itsho uldn’t hurt, I would suggest that wesho uldn’t do it, because it might hurt,”Kelly said.

Carter in December ordered all com-bat jobs open to women, but alsovowed that no standards would be low-ered to make way for women.

Debate over women incombat continues to roil

“If the answer to that is no,clearly don’t do it. If the answer to that

is, it shouldn’t hurt, I would suggest thatwe shouldn’t do it, because it might hurt.”

— Gen. John Kelly


WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton’srequest in 2011 that a document beemailed to her instead of sent by securefax emerged as the latest p olit ical uproarover her private email account Friday, asa top Republican senator accused her of ordering classified informationscrubbed. It wasn’t clear if any informa-tion in the document was classified tobegin with.

The June 17,2011, exchangefocused on a set of “talking points” onan unspecified sub-

ject that Cl inton hadwaited for since theprevious evening.After senior adviserJake Sullivanemailed her about

“issues sending secure fax,” Clinton

suggested he turn it “into nonpaperw/no identifying heading and send non-secure.”

Nonpaper refers to an informal docu-ment, without official markings like let-terhead or logos, not saved for records.

Although the State Department said areview showed the document never wassent to Clinton by email, and insteadapparently by secure fax, after all,Republicans quickly jumped on the pas-sage.

Clinton’s request for secure fax Plan B sparks accusations


WASHINGTON — Reports of sexualassaults at the three major militaryacademies surged in the 2014-15school year, led by the Air ForceAcademy, where the number nearlydoubled, the Defense Department saidFriday.

Complaints of sexual harassmentalso spiked, the department said.

Pentagon officials said the sharpincreases were due largely to students’growing confidence in the reportingsystem and expanded awareness pro-grams, but the announcement raisednaggi ng questio ns about whether sexu-al misconduct is rising at th e schools.

“I think it’s appropriate for peopleto feel frustrated about hearing this inthe news. Bottom line is that if thiswere an easy problem, we would havesolved it years ago,” said NateGalbreath, the senio r executive adviserfor the Pentagon’s sexual assault pre-vention office. “Unfortunately, this isa very hard problem to solve.”

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Two plead not guilty toHalf Moon Bay murder

Two men pleaded not guilty Thursdayto a murder charge stemming from thefatal shooting of a 21-year-old man inHalf Moon Bay in August.

Armando Carranza, 35, and AbrahamRamirez Arroyo, 19, face murder chargeswith gang enhancements and a charge of evading police in the fatal shooting of Felix Garduno-Vega at an apartmentcomplex in the 400 block of OakAvenue on Aug. 29, according to SanMateo County prosecutors.

Sheriff’s officials said the shootingoccurred after Carranza and Arroyo, bothallegedly members of a Sureños gang,went to a house party around 8:30 p.m.

where they summoned the victim out-side.

After a verbal argument betweenCarranza and Garduno-Vega, sheriff’sofficials said Arroyo shot him twicewith a .380 handgun before fleeing inCarranza’s vehicle.

On Sept. 1, the Sheriff’s Office report-ed the arrest of Carranza, a Hayward res-ident, after he s urrendered to deputies.

Arroyo, a Redwood City resident, wasarrested by sheriff’s detectives on Sept.8 in Ivanhoe i n Tulare County.

According to sheriff’s officials, themurder weapon was found in a car Arroyoallegedly abandoned after a police pur-suit.

Both Carranza and Arroyo are sched-uled to return San Mateo CountySuperior Court on April 1 8 for a prelim-inary hearing. They remain in custodywithout bail.

Not guilty plea in SanMateo baseball bat murder

A San Mateo woman charged withmurdering her 66-year-old neighbor

with a baseball batis set to s tand trial inMay, San MateoCounty prosecutorssaid Friday.

Brenda Martinez,

40, is charged withone count of murderwith an enhance-ment for use of adeadly weapon afteran argument that

occurred on the first block of NorthClaremont Street.

According to prosecutors, Martinezturned herself in to t he San Mateo policearound 8:30 p.m. on July 4, shortlyafter the killing of San Mateo residentEllen Mackay.

Martinez told investigators that shehit Mackay numerous times in the headwith a baseball bat after the two womenhad a verbal argument.

San Mateo police said they respondedto the home and pronounced Mackaydead at the scene.

Prosecutors said that after the incidentMartinez told police she began to flee,but instead decided to turn herself intoauthorities.

Martinez is scheduled to appear incourt again on March 8, for a pretrialconference, and on May 2 for a jurytrial, prosecutors said. She remains incustody and is being held without bail.

Police warn of latest phone scamSan Mateo police are warning resi-

dents of a new phone scam in which anautomated message is being left onanswering machines and voice mailwith a female’s voice claiming to be an

IRS agent and that she is providing afinal notice of a lawsuit by the taxagency to claim unpaid money.

The callback number is so far untrace-able and may actually route elsewhereoverseas, according to p olice.

The IRS continues to warn consumersto guard against scam phone calls fromthieves intent on stealing their moneyor their identity. Criminals po se as theIRS to trick victims out of their moneyor personal information, according topolice.

Go to irs.gov/uac/IRS-Urges-Public-to-Stay-Alert-for-Scam-Phone-Calls forhelpful tip s on these calls and to reportthem.

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BrendaMartinez

By Matthew Daly THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — A Republican memberof the House Benghazi committee says he i s“hopeful” the Justice Department will b ringcharges against Democratic presidential

candidate Hillary Clinton for having classi-fied information on h er private email server.

Rep. Mike Pompeo of Kansas said there isincreasing evidence that “an enormousamount of information” on Clinton’s pri-vate server is classi fied.

“It was classi fied when it was on her serv-er, and it was classified when it was sent,”Pompeo told conservative radio host LarsLarson on Thursday.

Pompeo said he is “anxious” for theJustice Department and FBI to make a deter-mination on whether to bring chargesagainst Clinton as quickly as possible. If charges are made, a grand jury will determinewhether to indict.

“I think that there is only one answer that

can be reached, and I amhopeful that will be theoutcome that the FBIachieves,” said Pompeo,who also serves on theHouse IntelligenceCommittee.

“These are just facts,”Pompeo added. “We’ve al lseen the reports of theclassified information on

her server. It could not and should not havebeen lawfully handled in t he way that sh e didit.”

Pompeo’s comments came as the panelinterviewed former Defense Secretary LeonPanetta behi nd closed doors Friday for near-ly six hours. Panetta endorsed Clinton’spresidential b id on Thursday.

Pompeo’s remarks are the latest by a con-gressional Republican suggesting an unfa-vorable judgment against Clinton beforethe committee or the FBI concludes theirrespective investigations .

An Islamic State affiliateclaims credit for Libya attack

CAIRO — An Islamic State affili ate ineastern Libya claimed responsibility for asuicide truck bomb attack targeting a policebase in the town of Zliten that authoritiessaid kill ed at least 60 p olicemen and wound-ed around 200.

In a statement posted on the Twitteraccounts of IS sympathizers several hoursafter Thursday’s attack, the group callingitself the IS Barqa Province said it was car-ried out by Abu al-Abbas al-Muhajir, whodetonated his explosive-laden truck amongthe Libyan border police at the base.

The last name, al-Muhajir, implies thatthe attacker was not Libyan.

Earlier on Thursday, the IS-affiliatedAamaq News Agency also claimed the attackwas carried out by the extremist group’sBarqa Provin ce affiliate.

The U.N. Security Council late Fridaystron gly con demned “the terrorist attack” inZliten. It also condemned recent attacks onLibya’s oil infrastructure by a group claim-ing allegiance to IS.

Libya slid into chaos following the 2011toppling and killing of longtime dictatorMoammar Gadhafi.

Prosecutor: Paris fugitive hidout in suspected bomb factory

BRUSSELS — Belgian prosecutors onFriday revealed new details about the biggestmystery in the Paris attacks: What happenedto fugitive Salah Abdeslam after he ditchedhis car and explosive vest?

After slipping through a police dragnet,they said, he apparently hid out in the same

Brussels apartment that served as the killers’bomb factory.“We found material to make explosives , we

found traces of exp losi ves and we found threebelts. So you don’t have to be SherlockHolmes to make the right deduction,” Belgi anFederal Prosecutor Eric Van der Sypt told theAssociated Press.

Also discovered during a Dec. 10 policesearch of the third-floor residence on the RueHenri Berge: one of 26-year-old Abdeslam’sfingerprints, the Federal Prosecutor’s Officeannounced in a statement.

A Brussels native whose older brother,Brahim, was one of the Paris suicide bombers,Abdeslam is believed to have played a keylogistical role in the Nov. 13 carnage inwhich 130 people lost their lives.

Benghazi panel Republican‘hopeful’ Clinton is charged

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Richard (Rick) Gary YeeRichard (Rick) Gary Yee, born June 28, 1956, in San

Mateo, died Dec. 28, 2015 , p eacefully surrounded by hisfamily, friends and fellow fraternity of firefight ers after battlin g cancer.

After graduating from Hillsdale HighSchool in 197 4, Rick obtained his firescience degree at the College of SanMateo. His career started at the NASA

Ames Moffett Field Fire Departmen t andthe Daly Cit y Fire Department. He washired by th e San Mateo Fire Department

in 1978 where he worked for 20 years. Rick also workedas a fireman at the Bay Meadows race track.

Rick enjoyed cooking, camping, fishing, traveling,gardening an d working out at the gym.

Rick is s urvived by hi s wife of 31 years Cyndi; his par-ents, Richard and Jean Yee; sisters Diana (Jerry) andCarolyn (Robin); brother Robert (Margaret); nephewKevin (Yuki); nieces Lisa, Alana and Jaimie; grand-nephews Jake and Kian; Mother-in-law Carol(Armbruster) Nolawski and stepfather Bob Nolawski of Sun Lakes, Arizona.

“Rick will be missed for his contagious smile and lov-ing heart for all those he touched. A very special thankyou to the San Mateo firefighters for their continuous

love and support.”Memorial services will be 10:3 0 a.m. Mon day, Jan. 11 ,

at St. Bartholomew Catholic Church, 3 00 Alameda de lasPulgas i n San Mateo.

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cate funding to implement the LocalControl Funding Formula initiated in2013-14,” she said in an email. “Hissupport of established programs isinvaluable, and the one-time funding heis awarding to critical investments,including professional development for

teachers, will help our schools betterserve every student in San MateoCounty.”

Many of those sentiments wereechoed by state Superintendent TomTorlakson, in a prepared statement.

“This is a good news budget for ourstudents, teachers, parents, communi-ties and businesses,” he said. “The gov-ernor is conti nuing to devote more rev-enues to high-quality l earning that pre-pares children for 21st century careersand college, including an additionalinvestment of $300 million in careertechnical education that emphasizeshands on learning.”

Liz McManus, deputy superintendentin the San Mateo Union High SchoolDistrict, also expressed broad support

for Brown’s budget plan in an email.“I applaud Governor Brown for his2016-17 budget propos al. He continuesto maintain fiscal prudence, invest ineducation, address the state infrastruc-ture and climate change and addresspoverty,” she said in an email. “Withall of the competing interests and somany needs of such a large state, he pri-oritizes the st ate resources responsi blyas well as effectively.”

Improved financial footing forschools was made possible throughincreased tax revenue the state isexpected to collect, as the economy hascontinued to hum across California, andespecially locally throughout the BayArea.

The education spending hike is real-

ized on a per pupil basis to the tune of

$368 more than last year, which bringsthe total amount to $10, 591 per studentfor the coming y ear.

Legislators are set to spend the com-ing months debating the details of thespending plan, as Brown is required toformally s ign th e budget in June.

Though many were optimistic regard-ing the proposed spending plan, somefelt room for improvement remains.

State Sen. Jerry Hill, D- San Mateo,said though he appreciates Brown’scommitment to funding education, hewould like to see California’s spendinglevels become more competitive withother states.

“This is increasing spending again,which is great news, but it is still notenough,” said Hill. “This doesn’t bringus close to the top of other states, andwe need to continue toward the goal of reaching that. But we are going in theright direction. ”

Hill also expressed his support forthe Local Control Funding Formula inallowing districts to direct the fundingthey receive from the state to areas of need.

Ted Lempert, president of advocacygroup Children Now, took a more hard-line stance in expressing his frustra-tions with Brown’s spending propo sal.

“The economy is stronger and thebudget is in a much better situation.This is t he chance to make kids a prior-ity and invest in so many programs forkids but, in g eneral, t he budget propos -al failed to do that, ” he said.

Lempert, who is also a member of theSan Mateo County Board of Education,said he would have preferred Brownshow a greater financial commitment toearly education and preschool pro-grams, especially serving those com-ing from underprivileged families.

He said he plans to sp end the monthsup until the budget deadline l obbyi ng i nfavor of increased state funding whichwould pave the way for all Californiachildren to h ave access to preschool.

More money should also be set aside

to benefit health and welfare programsdesigned to support children who suf-fered traumatic experiences at home,said Lempert.

The silver lining t o be found is th erewill be months of negotiations whichcould lead to additional services forchildren receiving funding, saidLempert.

“This is j ust the beginning, ” he said.In the h istorically cash-strapped San

Bruno Park Elementary School District,officials are largely pleased with thefinancial projections coming from thestate.

Sean McGinn, the district’s associatesuperintendent of Business Services,said he expects the additional statemoney will help the district offer raisesto teachers and classified staff.

“The number one priority I have atmy desk is figuring out how that willhappen,” McGinn said, of o ffering p ayhikes to district staff. “There is thatopportunity because the budget is get-ting better.”

District teachers threatened strikinglast year amidst a round of contentiousbudget nego tiations, due to frustrationsstemming from not having received apay raise in nearly a decade.

The budget situation got so bleakofficials were forced to consider shut-ting down a district school or sharingprincipals between sites, until a lastminute influx of money from the stateallowed officials a chance to o ffer raisesand back away from the program trim-ming.

McGinn said the improved financialfooting has allowed the district tobegin planning for the future, and pre-serving l asting funds from which offi-cials can draw to offer raises in comingyears.

He said officials are committed tobringing salaries in the district to alevel competitive with the rest of SanMateo County.

“We want to be normal, and we are

getting th ere,” he said.

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Dow 16,346.45 -167.65 10-Yr Bond 2.13 -0.02

Nasdaq 4,643.63 -45.79 Oil (per barrel) 32.92

S&P 500 1,922.03 -21.06 Gold 1,103.60

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq stock market:NYSE The Container Store Group Inc., down $2.96 to $4.22 The storage products retailer reported a surprise third-quarter loss anddisappointing sales.Gap Inc., down $3.83 to $22.91 The retailer’s sales slumped in December deeper than analysts expected. The sluggishness included its Old Navy brand, which had been a brightspot for Gap.Ford Motor Co., down 16 cents to $12.54 The automaker said it sold 1.1 million vehicles in China last year, a record.It also set a record in monthly December with almost 125,000 vehiclessold.Synergy Resources Corp., down 58 cents to $6.58 The oil and gas company’s fiscal first-quarter results fell short of analystprojections. Time Warner Inc., up 97 cents to $71.17

The company said it renewed the contract of CEO Jeff Bewkes for threemore years.American Eagle Outfitters Inc., down $2.64 to $13.24 The teen retailer reported disappointing sales for the fourth quarter.NasdaqCirrus Logic Inc., up $1 to $27.80 The chipmaker’s shares were boosted by an analyst upgrade.WD-40 Co., up $3.01 to $97.59 The maintenance and cleaning product company raised its profit forecastsafter it reported fiscal first-quarter results.

Big movers

By Marley Jay THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — A wave o f lat e sel lingpummeled U.S. stocks Friday andpushed the market to its worst week infour years.

The dismal start to the new year

comes as investo rs worry th at China’shuge economy is slowing down. Thathas helped send the price of oil plung-ing to its lo west level since 2004, thelatest blow to U.S. energy companies.

Industrial and technology compa-nies such as Boeing and Apple that doa lot of business in China have alsofallen sharply this week. Mining com-panies such as Freeport-McMoRanplunged as copper prices have fallen.China is a major importer of copper.

Stocks s tarted the day higher, drivenin part by news of an encouragingburst in hiring last month by U.S.employers. China’s stock market alsorose 2 percent overnight, recoveringsomewhat after steep drops earlier inthe week triggered trading halts.

Indexes wavered between smallgains and losses for most of t he day,but took a decisive turn lower in thelast h our of trading . That made this t heworst week since September 2011,when the market was roiled by thefight over the U.S. debt ceiling andStandard & Poor’s move to cut the

credit rating of the U.S. government.The Dow Jones industrial average

dropped 167.65 points, or 1 percent,to 1 6,34 6.45 . The Standard & Poor’s500 index fell 21.06 points, or 1.1percent, to 1,922.03. The Nasdaqcomposite index shed 45.80 points,or 1 percent, to 4, 643.63.

The Dow and S&P 500 are each downabout 6 percent for the week. TheNasdaq composite fell even more, 7.3percent. That in dex is heavily weight-ed with technology and biotech com-panies, both of which were high-flierslast year.

The largest losses on Friday went tofinancial stocks. JPMorgan Chaselost $1.35, or 2.2 percent, to $58.92and Citigroup fell $1.4 3, o r 3 percent,to $46.13. Health care stocksslumped, led by drug companies.Energy stocks also skidded as theprice of oil, already at decade lows,continued to fall.

European stocks also rose early inthe day, but couldn’t hang on. TheFTSE 100 index of leading British

shares declined 0.7 percent whileGermany’s DAX lost 1.3 percent. TheCAC-40 in France slid 1.6 percent.

The same pattern held in the U.S. Inits monthly jobs report, releasedbefore the stock market opened, theLabor Department said U.S. employ-ers added 292,000 jobs in December,

far more than economists had fore-cast.

That’s the latest sign the U.S. econ-omy is still growing. On averageemployers added 284,000 jobs permonth in the fourth quarter, the bestrate in a year.

Michael Fredericks, portfolio man-

ager for BlackRock Multi-AssetIncome Fund, said the labor market ishealthy and wages could improve thismonth. “These are unusually strong

job creation numbers ,” h e said.Fredericks s aid the lo w wage growth

and limited inflation will make theFederal Reserve p roceed cautiously asit raises interest rates. In Decemberthe Fed raised rates for the first t ime innine years, b ut interest rates are stillvery lo w.

Throughout the week, worries aboutChina’s economy and shocks to itsmarkets have canceled out positivenews from the U.S. and Europe. WhileChina’s economy is still growing,that growth isn’t as fast as it has b een.That could hurt sales of everything

from iPhones to oil and heavymachinery.

Oil prices also lost ground. U.S.crude fell 11 cents t o close at $ 33.1 6 abarrel in New York and Brent crude, abenchmark for international oils,declined 20 cents to $ 33.5 5 a barrel inLondon.

Market drops, ending worst week since 2011

December, as average pay slip ped a penny to$25.24 an hour. Hourly pay has risen 2.5percent in the past year, only the second

time sin ce the Great Recession ended in mid-2009 that it’s reached that level. Yet paygrowth remains below the roughly 3.5 per-cent pace typical of a healthy economy.

The U.S. “is uniquely positioned amongthe major industrial economies t o withstanda glo bal s lowdown,” Vitner said.

Global trade accounts for just about 30percent of U.S. economic activity, one of the lowest such percentages in the world,according to Patrick O’Keefe, director of economic research at the consulting firmCohnReznick.

A resilient U.S. economy will probablyhelp some other countries by drawing inmore imports, especially as a hi gher-valueddollar holds down the prices of foreign

goods. The World Bank said this week thatMexico and emerging markets in CentralAmerica should fare better than the rest of South America because of their p roximity tothe healthier U.S. economy.

Still, the effect could be limited if Americans’ spending remains concentratedin services — from restaurants to health care— rather than factory goods.

At the same time, Friday’s solid jobsreport could make it more likely that theFederal Reserve will further raise rates afterannouncing its first increase in nearly adecade last month. Steady hiring wouldreduce the supply of people seeking jobs,which could lead to h igher pay and pos siblyhelp lift inflation closer to the Fed’s 2 per-cent target.

Many economists expect the Fed to raiseits benchmark rate three times this year.Stuart Hoffman, chief economist at PNCFinancial Services, said the robust jobs datameans the next increase will prob ably be inMarch.

The jobs report contained no signs of inflation . That led other economis ts such as

Alan Levenson at T. Rowe Price to say th atFed officials may need to see prices climbmore before raising rates again.

Signs emerged this week that China’seconomy may be slowing more than expect-ed. Its manufacturing activity shrank lastmonth for the 10th month in a row. AndChina’s central bank let its currency, theyuan, weaken, a move that could help its

exporters.That attempt to boost growth was inter-preted as another sign of sluggishness.China’s stock markets plunged, as did mostothers around the world, including in theU.S. Oil prices fell to nearly a 12-year lowThursday, as markets anticipated that Chinawill use less oil.

Those headwinds could create longer-termproblems for the American econo my. Lowerstock prices may cause American consumersto spend less. Faltering economies over-seas, as well as a stron g dollar, have cut intomanufacturing exp orts, which fell to a four-year low in November. And cheaper oil hasalready caused sharp cutbacks in U.S.drilling jobs. Those layoffs may continue if

oil p rices stay low.Yet manufacturing makes up less than one-

tenth of U.S. employment. The Americaneconomy is much more focused on services.

“People are consuming things that aren’tthings, like data plans, restaurant meals,health care and entertainment,” KevinLogan, chief U.S. economist at HSBC bank,said. “The international turmoil can be

shrugged off to some extent. ”Hiring in industries that focus on domes-tic, rather than overseas, demand ramped upin December. Construction added 45,000

job s, lik ely in part because of unusuallywarm weather. Restaurants and bars addednearly 37, 000.

Slim Chickens, a restaurant chain inFayetteville, Arkansas with 30 locations,plans to open 20 restaurants this year, creat-ing about 800 jobs. But Chief OperatingOfficer Sam Rothschild said it’s becomeharder to find workers, particularly in placeswhere unemploy ment has fallen as low as 2percent, as in parts of Nebraska andOklahoma. The company raised pay as muchas 10 percent last year in th ose areas.


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NEW YORK — Khalil Mack has made All-Pro history.

Mack’s versatility and relentlessnessearned him selection at two pos itions on th e2015 Associated Press All-Pro Team, an NFLfirst. The second-year Oakland Raiders defen-sive end and outside linebacker drew enoughsupport Friday from a panel of 50 media mem-bers who regularly cover the league to makethe squad both spots.

Others, includingHouston’s J.J. Watt lastyear, have been chosenfirst team at one posit ionand second at another.Watt was a unanimouspick at defensive end forthis season’s team, as wasMinnesota running backAdrian Peterson.

“I do whatever I can tohelp the team win. I’m a team guy,” saidMack, who had 15 1/2 sacks (five in one

game), behind only Watt in the league.“Whether it’s dropping in coverage or rushingthe passer. I can do either. I think they (vot-ers) saw that.”

What the voters also saw was the superbwork by the Carolina Panthers.

Carolina, with an NFL-best 15-1 record, hadthe most All-Pros with six: quarterback CamNewton, fullback Mike Tolbert, center RyanKalil, linebackers Luke Kuechly and ThomasDavis, and cornerback Jos h Norman. Kuechlyled the Panthers contingent with 49 votes.

“He has fulfilled everything we thought he

could be,” Panthers general manager DaveGettleman said of Newton. “And he’s just hada great year. Again, the franchise quarterbacksmake everybody better — that’s what theydo.”

Newton was especially happy to joinKuechly on th e team; the linebacker has madeit in three of his four pro seasons.

“That’s big, man,” Newton said, addingwith a laugh, “I’m just trying to be like LukeKuechly man, that’s it — Captain America,man. He sets the tone.”

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Mills’ Brandon Matsuno drives to the basket in the first half of the Vikings’ 48-47 win overAragon. It was Matsuno’s 3-pointer with 6.5 seconds to play that proved to be the difference.

By Nathan MollatDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Never leave a Mills-Aragon bo ys’ basket-ball game early when it’s played in SanMateo. There is a goo d chance you will misssomethin g sp ectacular.

Mills jumped out to 13-0 lead in the firstquarter, but Aragon battled all the way b ack,tied the game at 45 on a Devin Grant layupand took the lead when Davion Cox stolethe ball near midcourt and went in for anuncontested layup with 28 seconds to playto put the Dons up 47-45.

That’s when deja vu set in again.Two years ago, it was Mills’ Robert

Noland who hit the dagger shot with underfive seconds to play to beat Aragon. Fridaynight, it was Brandon Matsuno who rippedthe hearts out of the Dons and their fans.

With the game clocking winding downand the Vikings trailing 47-45, Matsunoreceived a pass at the top of th e 3-point arc,took a dribble to his right and hoisted anoff-balance 3-point attempt.

Nothing but net with 6.3 seconds to playto give Mills a 48 -47 victory.

“The play was for Nick (Brouqua), our for-ward,” Matsuno said. “The second optionwas me. I just turned the ball over (at theother end of the court) and I needed to dosomething for my team.”

Matsuno finish ed tied for team-high scor-

ing honors with 17 points, hitting four 3-pointers along the way. Cole Brouqua alsofinished with 17 points for the Vikings.

Aragon was led by Jaime Llamas, whoscored 14 points and also drained four 3s.He was the o nly Don to sco re in double fig-ures.

While the g ame came down t o a couple o f big baskets for each team, the game wasreally won at the free throw line. Mill s (1-1PAL South, 4 -9 overall) con nected on 13 o f 18 attempts from the line, while Aragon (0-2, 4-10) was just 6 for 16. With the gametight in the fourth quarter, the Dons missedfive straight free throws.

It was apropos Aragon struggled at the

Mills wins wild one

By Anne M. PetersonTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

PORTLAND, Ore. — Klay Thompsonscored 36 po ints, making seven 3-pointers,and the Golden State Warriors beat thePortland Trail Blazers 128-108 on Fridaynight for their fifth straight v ictory.

Reigning league MVP Stephen Curryadded 26 points and nine assists in threequarters for th e Warriors (34-2), who led byas many as 25 points and made 18 3-point-

ers. Draymond Green finished with 11points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists for hiseighth triple-double of the season.

Curry started despite continued sorenessfrom a bruised left shin that kept him out of a pair of games late last month. He aggra-vated the injury again when he crashed intoRoy Hibbert on Tuesday night and sat outthe fo urth quarter of Golden State’s 109 -98victory at the Los Angeles Lakers.

Damian Lillard had aseason-high 40 pointsand 10 assists forPortland, which droppedits third straight.

The Warriors remainedunbeaten since a 114-91defeat at Dallas on Dec.30.

Portland was comingoff a 109-98 loss at

home to the Los Angeles Clippers on

Wednesday. The loss was notable becausestarter CJ McCollum was mistakenl y left o ff the active roster turned in before the gameand was forced to sit out.

The Warriors jumped out to a 12-2 lead atthe start while Portland missed its first ninesho ts from th e field. There was a brief tens emoment when Curry collided with NoahVonleh and came up g ingerly.

Green’s fast-break dunk put the Warriors

Thompson leads Warriors to win over Blazers

By Nathan MollatDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Hillsdale boys’ soccer coach Chris Rodmansaid his main goal was to slow down Menlo-Atherton’s Kyle Smith when the Bears visitedthe Knights i n a Peninsula Athleti c League BayDivision contest Friday.

Smith, the defending Daily Journal Boys’Soccer Player of the Year, had a couple of good

look s but came up empty.Fortunately for M-A, the Bears are more thana one-man team. And the one segment of thegame that has been Hillsdale’s bugaboo — setpieces — came back to haunt the Knights asEthan Oro scored off a couple of free kicks forM-A in a 2-1 victo ry.

“We try to move the ball around and thatopens up opportunities for everyone,” saidOro, a senior midfielder. “I was fortunate to getthe opportunities today.”

Oro scored right before the first-half whist leon a seeing-eye shot through traffic and thenscored the game winner in 57th minute whenhe rocketed a shot into the net off a free kickfrom 26 y ards out.

M-A tops Hillsdale

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M-A’s Ethan Oro, left, is congratulated by QuinnRowland following Oro’s second goal in theBears’ 2-1 win over Hillsdale Friday.

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Boys’ soccerSan Mateo 4 Capuchino 1

The Bearcats scored three times in the first half and addedanother in the second to cruise past the Mustangs in a PALOcean Divisio n matchup.

Emilio Morales scored twice to lead San Mateo (2-0 PALOcean, 4-2-2 overall). His first was unassisted and ObemarSalazar supplied the assis t on Morales’ second strike.

Jose Millan opened the scoring for the Bearcats by convert-ing a penalty k ick, while Aaron Baca closed the scoring off an

assist from Erick Sandoval.

Aragon 2 Carlmont 0

The Dons picked up their first Bay Division win of the sea-son with a shutout of the Scots.

Aragon improves to 1-0-1 with the victory, while Carlmontdrops t o 1-1 in league play.

Girls’ basketballMills 47 Aragon 41

Aubrie Businger scored 17 points and pulled down 11rebounds to lead the Vikings past the Dons.

Zellie Zshornak added 11 poin ts for Mills (2-0 PAL South, 7-6 overall).

Aragon fell to 1-1 in league play and 5-7 overall.

South City 52 Terra Nova 37

The Warriors (2-0 PAL North,6-5 overall) rode a big start to

their second straigh t win. South City o utscored Terra Nova (0-1, 4-7) 16-4 to start the first half and never looked back.A pair of underclassmen tabbed double-doubles, as sopho-

more Nevaeh Miller totaled a team-high 12 points with 11rebounds and freshman Becca Tasi added 11 points and 12rebounds.

Carlmont 43 Woodside 18

The Scots had nine players get in the scoring column to beatthe Wildcats.

Alexa Bayangos led Carlmont (1-1 PAL South, 8-6 overall)with 10 poin ts. Woodside (0-2) was led by Zaire Willi ams, whofinished with eight points.

Menlo School 54 Eastside College Prep 48

Olivia Pellarin’s double-double led the Knights to the winover ECP.

Pellarin scored 15 points, pulled down 12 rebounds andblocked five shots for Menlo (1-0 WBAL, 9-3 overall). Sam

Erisman scored a game-high 21 points for the Knights, whileHannah Paye chipped in with 11.

Mercy-Burlingame 61 Crystal Springs 34

The Crusaders cruised to the WBAL Skyline Division winover the Gryphons.

Marena Kibblewhite scored a game-high 18 points to leadMercy, while Deirdre Bonitz added 13. Kesaia Langi came upwith five s teals for the Crusaders.

Menlo-Atherton 83 Sequoia 53

The Bears had four players score in doubles figures as theyran past the Cherokees.

Delilah Kline led all scorers with 17 p oint s, while t eammateOfa Sili was right behind her 16 poin ts. Megan Sparrow added14 and Greer Hoyem had 12 for M-A (2-0 PAL South).

Sequoia (1-1) got 16 points from Mia Woo, Alyssa Albinadded 12 and Jada Herbert finished with 10 for the Cherokees.

Hillsdale 48 San Mateo 38

Emily Nepomuceno scored a game-high 17 points andLauren Izumi added 15 as the Knight s go t past th e Bearcats.

Local sports roundup

By Howard FendrichTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ASHBURN, Va. — A veteran of more th an 50 starts in h isfirst four NFL seasons , lin ebacker Mason Fos ter spent mostof September as a free agent. He was in limbo, sleeping onthe futon of his college roommate and best friend, an assis-tant strength and conditioning coach at th e University o f

South Dakota.Foster was waiting for a phone call from a team. He hadbeen cut by the Bears about a week before the start of theregular season; a couple of days later, a cousin helped loadup a truck and make the 7-hour drive from Chicago toVermillion , So uth Dakota.

“I was confident the opportunity would come. But it’stough. You’re just si ttin g th ere. I sat there for weeks, watch-ing games,” Fost er said. “My friend wrote up a workout planfor me and let me s tay o n h is co uch and we just worked outthe whole ti me. I wanted to p lay meaningful games and helpa team. And it’s all happening.”

Late in September, he got that call — from theWashington Redskins, who signed him after a tryout. Andnow Foster is a starting middle lin ebacker for the NFC Eastchampions as they enter the playoffs, hosting the GreenBay Packers on Sunday.

His story is not unique. For all of the time and moneyteams invest i n trying to figure out which college players to

draft or which b ig-name free agents to add in t he offseason,sometimes key playoff contributions come from guys whoarrive “off the street,” in the league’s lingo.

A year ago, for example, Chris Matthews got cut at theend of trainin g camp by Seattle and was available to any onein need of a receiver. Eventually, Matthews made his wayback to the Seahawks and made a mark down the stretch,recovering an onside kick in the NFC championship game,then catchi ng four passes for 10 9 yards and a touchdown inthe Super Bowl.

Scan the rosters of the 12 po stseaso n teams, and there are

plenty of players brought in late, often because of injuriesthat prompted a GM to seek help.

The NFC’s No. 1 seed, Carolina, picked up starting cor-nerback Robert McClain and nickel back CortlandFinnegan after Charles Tillman and Bene Benwikere weresidelined.

“They’re veterans, and that’s the bigg est thin g, ” Pantherscoach Ron Rivera said. “If we were talking about playing

two straight-off-the-street rookies, yeah, there would besome concern.”Shiloh Keo — signed by Denver after he made a Twitter

plea — filled in because of four injured safeties and made alate interception in a Week 17 victory that clinched theAFC’s No. 1 seed for the Broncos .

“He’s a great example of: If you thin k yo u can play, h angin there,” said Denver coach Gary Kubiak, whose teamsigned offensive lineman Tyler Columbus about 48 hoursafter he was released by Atlanta.

After losing running backs Dion James and LeGarretteBlount — himself a street free agent last season — toinjuries, New England brought in Steven Jackson, who ini-tially told coach Bill Belichick he didn’t think he was ingood enough shape. Pittsburgh added Chris Boswell inearly October, their fourth kicker of the season, and all hedid was go 29 of 32 on field-goal attempts and 26 of 27 onextra points. Houston used a pair of midseason pickups atquarterback on the way to an AFC South title, Brandon

Weeden and T.J. Yates.Arizona, the NFC’s No. 2 seed, added pass rusher extraor-dinaire Dwight Freeney, safety D.J. Swearinger and defen-sive t ackle Red Bryant alon g th e way.

Freeney was close t o retiring for good when the Cardinalscalled in mid-October after the team’s best outside rusherwas injured; by December, he was earning $100,000 inincentive pay per sack.

“Two months ago, I didn’t know if I was going to play,”Freeney said. “But the things we’re going through now iswhy I decided to come b ack.”

From ‘street’ to starting playoffs

By John ZenorTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The five-star recruits keep ro lli nginto Alabama, replenishing the roster every time the NFLprospects funnel out.

Sounds si mple, right? Alabama’s formula for success goesway beyond that revolving door of talent but it’s a prettygoo d starting poi nt. Nick Saban and the Crimson Tide showno signs of slowing down either on the field or on therecruiting trail in a program where anything short of anatio nal tit le is all but treated as a failure.

“They just have outstan ding play ers and they’re supreme-ly coached,” said Gene Stalling s, who coached Alabama tothe 1992 national championship. “That’s a tough combina-tion to beat.”

It is indeed. Ask Auburn, Michigan State, Notre Dame,LSU and just about anybody else who’s had to try sinceSaban’s run of domination began in 2008, his second sea-son in Tuscaloosa.

Look beyond the question of whether Saban can bring afourth national title back to Tuscaloosa in Monday night’s

game with Clemson. The more notable topic might be,when will this annual run of title contention end already?That may depend on how much longer the 64-year-oldSaban stick s around.

It’s been two years since he won a national champi-

onship, after all. It only seems like an eternity for a pro-gram that had collected three of four through 2012 whilegoing 97-12 over the last eight seasons, easily the mostwins in th e FBS during t hat span. Boise State is secon d with

90.Saban does have the task each season of battling the big

heads and stamping down any sense of entitlement amonghis players. Sometimes, he’s more successful — like thisseason — than others.

“Whatever has been accomplished in the past certainlydoesn’t have anything to do with what the future holds,”Saban said. “The future is really in fron t of our team and ourplayers all the time.”

He sticks to his famed “Process” — a blend of fundamen-tals, focus and psychology covering everything fromrecruiting to offseason conditioning. It’s worked for threenation al titl es at Alabama and the 2003 crown at LSU.

With a win over the Tigers, Saban could join fellowAlabama icon Bear Bryant as th e only major college coachto win five national titles.

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“One of our goals was not to allow any setpieces (for goals),” Rodman said. “Two setpieces, two mental lapses. Ball game.”

The game started out fairly even, with nei-ther team really gaining any sustained pos-session of the ball. But as the first half wore

on, Hillsdale struggled to consistently stringpasses together and M-A (2-0 PAL Bay, 6-1overall) gradually s tarted to take control .

“We like to keep possess ion and try to keep[the pace] slow,” Rodman said. “Today, wekind of g ot into [M-A’s] flow.”

M-A had a couple of chances on counterat-tacks, but the Hillsdale defense remainedstrong.

And despite wanting to keep possession, itwas a counterattack th at led to Hillsdale (1-1,1-4) taking a 1-0 lead in the 35th minute.Senior st riker Austin Mah received a ball nearmidfield and carried it into the M-A penaltybox, winning a 50-50 challenge against aBears’ defender just outside the box. Mah laidthe ball off to Evan Snodgrass at the top of thepenalty area, who then sent a short diagonalpass into space. Ben Nestor ran on to it and

blasted a shot high into the upper left cornerto put the Knights up 1-0.

It was a short-lived lead, however, as theBears knotted the score in the 39th minute off a free kick, which was essentially a cornerkick. Alex Gallo sent a cross to the top of theHillsdale penalty box, where it was flicked onby Smith. Oro rose high for a header, with t heball eventually falling to his feet. His shotthrough traffic got past the Hillsdale goal-

keeper and trickled in to tie the score at 1 justbefore halftime.

In the second half, the Bears applied heavypressure throughout the final 40 minutes.Hillsdale goalkeeper Arturo Gonzalez hasbeen battling through an ankle injury thisseason and it prevented him from clearing th eball out of his defensive end on goal kicks.His short passes to the edges of the penaltyarea allowed the M-A offense to lock theKnights into their own end and it eventuallypaid off with the Bears’ second goal of the

game.The go-ahead score was triggered by a M-A

free kick near midfield. M-A’s Patrick Quinnsent the ball toward the box where a Hillsdaledefender knocked it down with his arm, giv-ing the Bears another free kick from 26 yardsout.

Both Gallo and Oro stood over the ball and,when the referee blew his whistle to start p lay,Gallo ran a dummy over the ball and Oro cameon and whipped his right foot through theball, hammering it around the defensive walland into the net in the 57th minute.

“Most goals are scored on set pieces,” saidM-A coach Leo Krupnik. “It’s a weapon wework on. ”

A few minutes later, Oro had a chance to getthe hat t rick, but hi s sho t was parried away by

Gonzalez.“Overall, I’m happy with the win,” Krupnik

said. “But not happy with the way we playedthe game.”

For a building Hillsdale squad, Rodman washappy to see his team compete with thedefending champs and actually have a chanceto win.

“Hats off to M-A. They’re a great team,”Rodman said. “We gave them a good fight. ”


SOCCER

line, considering the Dons literally couldnot make a shot in the first nine minutes of the game. Aragon was 0 for 11 from th e fieldin t he first quarter and did not make its firs tfield goal until the 6:55 mark of the secondwhen Jaime Llamas drained a 3-pointer.

Mills, meanwhile, came out on fire as the

Vikings scored the first 13 points of thegame. Cole Brouqua scored the first twobuckets on layups and Morgan Lou added athird layup on a fastbreak. Nick Brouquaslashed to the hoop for a bucket, Matsuno

nailed a 3 and then converted a pair of freethrows to put Mills up 13-0.

Aragon fin ally go t on th e scoreboard with43 seconds left in the opening period whenAndrei Parala hit a pair o f free throws.

In th e second quarter, however, it seemedthe teams changed uniforms. Suddenly, itwas Mills that could not buy a basket.Aragon, meanwhile, came charging back.

“You can’t keep up that s ort of p ace with ateam that is even with you,” said Millscoach Rick Hanson.

Aragon cut its deficit to eight poin ts, 18-10, when Nevan Samadhana s cored off drib-ble and that ignited a 15-6 run. Samadhanafollowed that with a pair of free throws andLlamas hit his second 3-poin ter of the quar-

ter. Samadhana scored again on a drive tothe basket to cut the Mills lead to 20-17with 2:09 to play in the half and tied thegame at 20 when Cox stole the ball off aMills inbo und and scored a layup.

Mills hit four straight free throws, butAragon ’s Ben Solo mon hit a 3 with t wo sec-onds left to cut the Vikings’ lead to one, 2 4-23 at halftime.

Mills outscored Aragon 11-7 in the thirdquarter, pushing its lead to five, 35-30,goin g in to th e fourth quarter.

Cole Brouqua pushed the Vikings’ lead toseven, 37-30, by scoring the first bucket of the final period, but a tip-in from Aragon’sKimon Economou and a 3 from Llamas gotthe Dons back to two points, 37-35.

A 3 from Matusuno pushed Mills’ lead tosix, 42-36, with 4:48 to play and theVikin gs led by eigh t after Cole Brouqua hita pair of free throws with 3:42 to go.

That’s when Aragon made its final push,goin g on a 11-4 run to end the game. Llamashit h is fourth 3 of the game to cut the Dons’deficit to 44-39. Solomon hit a layup andEconomou converted a reverse layup toclose to 44-43 with 2:09 to play. Grant’slayup with 43 seconds left tied the score at45, the first tie since the game was 20-all.

Cox followed that with the steal and layupwith 28 seconds to play to set up the finaldramatic seconds.

“This is huge,” Matsuno said of the win.“This gets our season back on track.”


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Wild-card PlayoffsSaturday Jan. 9

Kansas City (11-5) at Houston (9-7), 1:35p.m.(ABC/ESPN)Pittsburgh (10-6) at Cincinnati (12-4),5:15p.m.(CBS)Sunday Jan. 10

Seattle (10-6) at Minnesota (11-5),10 a.m.(NBC)Green Bay (10-6) at Washington (9-7),1:30p.m.(FOX)

Divisional PlayoffsSaturday Jan. 16

Cincinnati,Houston or Kansas City at NewEngland (12-4),1:35 (CBS)Minnesota, Washington or Green Bay atArizona (13-3),5:15 p.m.(NBC)Sunday Jan. 17

Seattle,Green Bay or Washington at Car-olina (15-1),10:05 a.m.(FOX)

Pittsburgh,Kansas City or Houston at Den-ver (12-4),1:30 p.m.(CBS)

ConferenceChampionshipsSunday Jan. 24

AFC,12:05 p.m.(CBS)NFC,3:40 p.m.(FOX)

Pro BowlSunday Jan. 31

At Honolulu

Team Rice vs.Team Irvin,7 p.m.(ESPN)

Super BowlSunday Feb. 7

At Santa Clara,Calif. TBD,3:30 p.m.(CBS)

NFL PLAYOFF GLANCE

SATURDAY

Girls’ soccer

Valley Christian at Notre Dame-Belmont,11 a.m.

Boys’ soccer

Valley Christian at Serra,11 a.m.

Girls’ basketball

Presentation at Notre Dame-Belmont,6:30p.m.

WHAT’S ON TAPNBA

MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES — Signed G ElliotWilliams to a 10-day contract.Recalled FsJames Ennis and Jarell Martin from Iowa(NBADL).PHOENIX SUNS — Signed GLorenzoBrown to a 10-day contract.NFL

MIAMI DOLPHINS — Signed DB DamarrAultman to a reserve/future contract.

TRANSACTIONS

up 24-9 and Thompson had five 3-pointers and 19 points in theopening quarter as Golden State led 38-21.

The Warriors led 74-52 at the break, but Portland opened thethird quarter with a 12-4 to cut the margin to 78-65. The threat

was short-lived and Golden State st retched the lead to 90-67 afterBrandon Rush’s 3-pointer.

It was Thompson’s third straight game with 30 or more points.Rush had a season-high 20 poin ts.

Tip-insWarriors: Interim coach Luke Walton said he met with his

Hall of Fame dad Bill for about an hour before the game. The elderWalton, a broadcaster, is in Oregon for the California-Oregon

State game on Saturday. Bill Walton was on the Blazers’ NBAchampionship team in 1977. . .. Forward James Michael McAdoois sitting out two games because of a toe injury.

Trail Blazers: Portland is one of the few teams that knowswhat it’s like to beat Golden State. The Trail Blazers beat theWarriors 118-101 in the preseason despite 30 points from Curry.

Kerr in PortlandCoach Steve Kerr, who is on a leave of absence following off-

season back surgery, has recently been traveling with the teamand was in Portland. Luke Walton laughed before the game whenit was suggested he was wearing an earpiece during games andtaking Kerr’s instructions.

“It’s a part of what makes it so great to work for Steve as anassistant: He trusts us,” Walton said.

Up nextWarrio rs: Visit Sacramento on Saturday night.


WARRIORS

Former Cardinals executivepleads guilty to hacking Astros

HOUSTON — The former scoutingdirector of the St. Louis Cardinals haspleaded guilty in federal court t o h ack-ing t he Houston Astros’ player person-nel database.

Christopher Correa pleaded guiltyFriday to five counts of unauthorized

access of a p rotected computer, accessauthorities said dated back severalyears. The 3 5-year-old Correa was theCardinals’ director of baseball devel-opment until h e was fired last summer.

Cardinals Chairman Bill DeWitt Jr.had blamed the alleged hack on “rog u-ish behavio r” by a handful of in dividu-als. No one else was charged.

The data breach was first reported inJune 2014 when A

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