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    FOR THE RECORD2 Weekend • Feb. 21-22, 2015  THE DAILY JOURNAL

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    Thought for the Day

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    AquaMermaid founder Marielle Chartier Henault swims in a pool with a group of divers in Montreal, Canada.

    Saturday : Partly cloudy in the morningthen becoming sunny. Highs in the mid60s. Northeast winds 5 to 10mph... Becoming north in the afternoon.Saturday night: Mostly clear in theevening then becoming partly cloudy.Lows in the upper 40s. Northeast windsaround 5 mph.. .Becoming s outh 5 to 15mph after midnight.

    Local Weather Forecast

    The story “Overpass suspects charged with premeditatedmurder” in the Feb. 20 edition had incorrect information.The two suspects were charged with premeditated attemptedmurder. The vi ctim is stil l aliv e.

    Correction

    The ice cream cone was inventedat the 1904 St. Louis World’sFair by accident. An ice cream

    vendor ran out of cups so he asked awaffle vendor to help by rolling upwaffles to hold th e ice cream.

    ***The phrase “money is the root of allevil” comes from th e Bible. The quota-tion from the King James Version of the Bible says : “For the love of moneyis the root of all evil.”

    ***Coca-Cola introduced New Coke in1985. They changed the formula of Coke that had been used for 99 years.After public outcry they brought backthe original formula.

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    When Mad Comics were first printedin 1952 the cost was 10 cents. Theprice went up to 25 cents when thepublication became a magazine.

    ***The word uncopyrightable is the only

    15-letter word that is spelled withoutrepeating a letter.

    ***Of the 27 states that have an officialstate insect, the ladybug is the stateinsect o f five — Iowa, Massachusetts,New Hampshire, New York and Ohio.

    ***Can you name the cities that have thefollowing nicknames? Big Apple, BigEasy, Windy City, Motor City, Big D,Sin City, The City of Brotherly Love.See answer at end.

    ***People forget 80 percent of what theylearn in a day, on average.

    ***In “Blue’s Clues” (1996-present), ananimated television show forpreschoolers, Blue the dog has manyfriends. Joe is his o wner. Periwinkle isa cat. Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper are saltshakers. They have children namedPaprika and Cinnamon.

    ***Paper was invented in 105 A.D. inChina. Early Chinese paper was madefrom hemp.

    ***In dream analysis, a dream with ever-green plants in i t represents immortal-

    ity. ***How many licks does it take to get tothe center of Tootsie Pop? TootsieRoll Industries h as received more than20,000 letters over the years from

    children who believe they have theanswer. Most kids say it takes 600 to800 licks.

    ***The Federal Kidnapping Act allowsfederal authorities to pursue kidnap-pers that have crossed a state borderwith their victi m. The law is kn own asthe Lindbergh law because it wasestablished after the kidnapping andmurder of Ch arles Lindbergh’s (1902 -1974) 20-month-old son in 1932 .

    ***Graham crackers were invented byAmerican Presbyterian ministerSylvester Graham (1795-1851) in1829. Graham touted his crackers as ahealth food, because he believed thateating unsifted whole-wheat flour, thecracker’s main ingredient, instead of white flour lead to a more wholesomelifestyle.

    *** An swe r : Big Apple — New York, NewYork; Big Easy — New Orleans, Louisi ana; Windy City — Chicago , Ill in oi s; Mo to r Cit y — Detroi t, Mich igan; Bi g D — Dallas, Texas; SinCity — Las Vegas, Nevada; and TheCity of Brotherly Love —Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

    Know It All is by Kerry McArdle. It runs inthe weekend and Wednesday editions of theDaily Journal. Questions? Comments?Email knowitall(at)smdailyjournal.com orcall 344-5200 ext. 114.

    (Answers Monday)

    PEEVE KNELT ACTIVE HAPPENYesterday’s

    Jumbles:Answer: The policeman in the pizza parlor wanted

    to — KEEP THE “PIECE”

    Now arrange the circled lettersto form the surprise answer, assuggested by the above cartoon.

    THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAMEby David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

    Unscramble these four Jumbles,one letter to each square,to form four ordinary words.

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    Actor WilliamBaldwin is 52.

    This Day in History

    1965

    Black Muslim leader and civil rightsactivist Malcolm X, 39, was shot todeath inside Harlem’s Audubon

    Ballroom in New York by assassinsidentified as members of th e Nation of Islam.

    “You owe it to us all to get onwith what you’re good at.”

    — W.H. Auden, Anglo-American poet

    Actor KelseyGrammer is 60.

    Actress JenniferLove Hewitt is 36.

    Birthdays

    In 143 7 , James I, King of Scots, was assassinated; his 6-year-old son succeeded him as James II.In 1513 , Pope Julius II, who’d commissionedMichelangelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel,died nearly four months after the proj ect was completed.In 1613 , Mikhail Romanov, 16, was unanimously cho-sen by Russia’s nation al assembly to be czar, begin ning adynasty th at would last t hree centuries.In 1885 ,  the Washington Monument was dedicated.In 1912 , the Great Fifth Ward Fire broke out in Houston,Texas; although property losses topped $3 million, noone was killed in the bl aze.In 191 6 , the World War I Battl e of Verdun b egan in Franceas German forces attacked; the French were able t o p revailafter 10 months of fighting.In 1945 , during the World War II Battle of Iwo Jima, theescort carrier USS Bismarck Sea was sunk by kamikazeswith the lo ss of 318 men.In 1964 , the first shipment of U.S. wheat purchased bythe Soviet Unio n arrived in th e port of Odessa.In 1972 , President Richard M. Nixon began h is hi storicvisit to Chin a as he and his wife, Pat, arrived in Beijin g.In 1975 , former Attorney General John N. Mitchell andformer White House aides H.R. Haldeman and John D.Ehrlichman were sentenced to 2 1/2 to 8 years prison fortheir roles in the Watergate cover-up (each ended up serv-ing a year and a-half).In 1989 ,   the future president of Czechoslovakia, play-wright Vaclav Havel, was convicted for his role in abanned rally and sentenced to nin e months i n jail (he wasreleased in May 19 89).

    Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe is 91. Fashion design-er Hubert de Givenchy is 88. Movie director Bob Rafelson is82. Actor Gary Lockwood is 78. Actor-director RichardBeymer is 76. Actor Peter McEnery is 75. U.S. Rep. JohnLewis, D-Ga., is 75. Film/music company executive David

    Geffen is 72. Actor Alan Rickman is 6 9. Actress Tyne Daly i s69. Actor Anthony Daniels is 69. Tricia Nixon Cox is 69.Former Sen. Olympia J. Snowe, R-Maine, is 68. Rock musi-cian Jerry Harrison (The Heads) is 66. Actress ChristineEbersole is 62. Actor William Petersen is 62. Country singerMary Chapin Carpenter is 57.

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    3Weekend • Feb. 21-22, 2015 THE DAILY JOURNAL LOCAL

    HALF MOON BAY

    Identity theft. A woman contacted policewhen an unknown person ordered nearly$800 in merchandise from a company usingher account number on the 700 block of Arnold Way before 2:37 p.m. Thursday,Feb. 19 .Vandalism . Someone threw a rockthrough the glass window of a car on 400block of Miramontes Avenue before 7 a.m.Tuesday, Feb. 17.Driver with suspended license . A manwas cited for driving with a suspendedlicense at Church Street and Kelly Avenuein Half Moon Bay before 5:18 p.m.Monday, Feb. 16 .

    SAN MATEOSuspicious circumstance . A woman

    who lost her phone in Palo Alto said shereceived email messages from the personwho bought the pho ne from a third party onNorth Eldorado Street before 4:10 p.m.Tuesday, Feb. 17.Theft. Money orders were stolen fromNorth Humboldt Street before 2:39 p.m.Saturday, Feb. 14.Strong arm robbery. Employees of Trag’s grocery market followed a man whostole ribs and a drink on Baldwin Avenuebefore 3:01 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13.

    Police reports

    Same old problemA woman called 911 to report that sh ewas having problems with her 65-year-old son on 41st Avenue in SanMateo before 8:10 p .m. Saturday, Feb.14 .

    By Samantha Weigel

    DAILY JOURNAL STAFF

    A cozy acoustic haven hosted the firstConcerts Up Front and Center at PillarPoint Harbor last weekend.

    Founder Linda Romano said she wasinspired to start a business th at will presentseveral musical performances throughoutthe year in the intimate Sand Bar at theOceano Hotel and Spa in Half Moon Bay.

    “I’ve always noticed when people heargood music, regardless whether it’s rap,whether it’s alternative or whatever, if thatsong is good, it makes people smile. Andthere’s not enough of that in the worldtoday and that’s why I want to bring it tomy community,” Romano said.

    Romano contends music is about quality,not quantity. Instead of hosting weeklygatherings, Romano said she’s rentingspace as needed at the hotel’s HarborVillage Mall to present a broad genre of performers.

    “The concerts will be handpicked

    Sundays. So it’s not necessarily an everyweekend drudgery thing like all the othervenues have to do. So that gives me theopportunity to book quality people,”Romano said.

    Sunday’s premier brought five-timeGrammy nominee Wayne Wallace and theLatin Jazz Project with a performance thathad visitors spilling out of the venue anddancing in the halls of the cathedral-sound-ing mall, Romano said.

    “It’s nice because in some instances

    those ticket prices are going to be hig h, b ut

    it’s not different than playing at a huge sta-dium where you’re a mile b ack. Where here,you might pay the same price but you’ll beat the musicians’ feet,” Romano s aid. “It’s aserious listening room for the discerningmusic listener.”

    While neighboring businesses provideregular entertainment, Romano said herability to hand-select dates and artistsbrings music to the spotlight.

    “If you go to Pasta Moon, if you go to th ebrewery, if you go to whatever, wherever,they play live music but nobody’s reallylistening. Because you’re busy talking oryou’re busy eating or busy drinking,”Romano said. “There’s no place here (onthe coast) where you can just go and listento music and pay attention to what’s hap-pening instead of having music as an after-

    thought.”While concert dates are apt to develop as

    talent becomes available, Romano hasalready bo oked two performances. Co ncertsUp Front and Center has nearly sold out forits March 8 ho sting of Tommy Castro andthe Painkillers Blues, Romano said. EvieLadin, a banjo-tot ing folk singin g dancer,is s cheduled April 2 6.

    The Sunday performances are set to runbetween 3 p .m. and 7 p.m. with the OceanoHotel offering room blocks for out-of-

    towners who want to make it an o vernighttrip, Romano said.

    Although s he continues to work part timeas a neuromuscular therapist during theweek, Romano has had a long-standingcareer in entertainment.

    Her experience includes time in the film

    and music industry in Los Angeles, as wellas having spent decades helpin g at the for-mer Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society i nHalf Moon Bay.

    While the well-known coastal beatnikvenue recently closed after the passing of its founder Pete Douglas, Romano said hercurrent efforts are in no way a carryover.

    Instead, Romano said she’s been blessedto have the support of the Oceano Hotel touse the Sand Bar. Nestled against the mainhotel, Romano said the harbor mall has asurprising acoustic strength she hop es willhelp to continue a prominent music sceneon the coast.

    “One time I was at t he mall and th ere justhappened to be a classical string quartetplaying and you know how it’s enclosed inglass , it sounded lik e it was in a cathedral it

    was so beautiful, ” Romano said. “I have th econnections to bring the talent here and tobe able to share it with those who live inmy community. I th ink i t’s great.”

    For more information about Concerts UpFront and Center, visit www.concert-supfrontandcenter.com.

    [email protected]

    (650) 344-5200 ext. 106

    Concerts Up Front and Center in Half Moon BayCoastsider rents space at Oceano Hotel to present handpicked musicians

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    Suspect in blast near NAACPoffice: Target was accountant

    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The manaccused of setting off a small explosion last

    month that rattled nerves because of itsproximi ty t o a Col orado NAACP office sayshe was in a rage over his fin ancial probl emsand was actually targeting his accountant,according to court documents filed Friday.

    Thaddeus Murphy, 44, told federal agentsthat he made the pipe bomb o ut of a shotgunshell and fireworks fuses, th e records said.

    He said he was angry because the account-ant wouldn’t return his phone calls or givehim back his tax records. It was unclearwhether Murphy knew that the accountant,Steve DeHaven, died in June in Mesa,Arizona.

    DeHaven pleaded guilty in 2010 to filingfalse tax returns and was released from feder-al prison in April 2013.

    Former Virginia governor’s wife facessentencing on corruption convictions

    RICHMOND, Va. — If prosecutors gettheir way, former Virginia first lady MaureenMcDonnell could become the first modern-day first lady sent to prison for felonies shewas convicted of committing while she heldthe mostly ceremonial posi tion.

    McDonnell will be sentenced Friday inU.S. District Court on eight public corrup-tion counts. Federal prosecutors have rec-ommended an 18-month prison term — sixmonths less than former Gov. BobMcDonnell got when he was convicted on11 counts last month. MaureenMcDonnell’s attorneys are asking for pro-bation and 4,000 hours of community serv-ice.

    Around the nation

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    4 Weekend • Feb. 21-22, 2015  THE DAILY JOURNALLOCAL

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    Superior Court namesnew court executive officer

    The San Mateo County Superior Court judges vo ted Friday to app oi nt DeputyCourt Executive Officer Rodina Catalano tothe position of court executive officer, suc-ceeding current CEO John Fitton, whoretires in August.

    Catalano has worked in various positionswith the San Mateo County Superior Courtfor nearly 29 y ears. Presiding Judge Joh n L.

    Grandsaert said the bench i s bo th “proud andfortunate to have such an exemplary candi-date to fill the position. ”

    Fitton was named the San Mateo Countycourt executive o fficer in May 2005 . Duringhis tenure, beginning in 2008, Californiatrial courts have been hit with more than abillion dollars in state cuts, with recentfunding inadequate to sustain prior courtservices. Grandsaert lauded Fitton for his

    role in the court’s administration and judi-cial leadership facing these challengesdirectly and making decisions thatstrengthened the court for the public bene-fit.

    Catalano will work together with Fittonthrough his August departure.

    Burlingame police arrestauto thief and burglary suspect

    A San Francisco man is in jail for autotheft and burglary after an alert Burlingame

    resident reported someone suspiciouslylooking into parked vehicles on the 1200block of Cortez Avenue Wednesday n ight .

    At approximately 11:19 p.m.,Burlingame police responded to the sceneand made contact with Daryl Hazelton, 28,who fled on foot from officers and wasapprehended a short distance away, accord-ing to police.

    He was found in possession of burglary

    tools, stolen property from other nearbyvehicles and more than 2.5 ounces of mari-

     juana, acco rding to poli ce.It was also determined that h e stol en a car

    from the 1300 block of Cabrillo Avenue,according to police.

    California consideringblowing up old Bay Bridge piers

    California officials are considering con-

    trolled underwater explosions to demolishparts of San Francisco’s old Bay Bridge.

    Department of Transportation officialssaid Friday they are consulting with envi-ronmental regulators about the possibility.California state bridge engineer BrianMaroney says using explosives to knockout the ol d piers of the Bay Bridge could bethe most environmentally friendly method.

    Transportation officials expect to blowup the first pier in November if environ-mental agencies grant approval.Transportation officials say motorists areunlikely to s ee or hear any o f the underwaterexplosions.

    A new east sp an replaced the old bridge in2013.

    Pepper spray sickens customersat Fisherman’s Wharf eatery

    Autho rities say s everal people were sick-

    ened when pepper spray was released in apopular eatery on San Francisco’sFisherman’s Wharf.

    The San Francisco Fire Department evacu-ated at least 20 people from the BoudinBakery around 10:20 a.m. Friday. At least11 peo ple were treated at the scene by emer-gency crews.

    The restaurant reopened sh ortly after haz-mat crews checked the air quality.

    Local briefs

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    5Weekend • Feb. 21-22, 2015 THE DAILY JOURNAL LOCAL/NATION

    By Dave NewlandsDAILY JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT

    San Mateo County is responding to therecent measles outbreak by reinforcing thehealth programs and messaging it alreadyhas in p lace.

    Since January, San Mateo County HealthSystem has reported three confirmed casesof measles, said Health System spokes-woman Robyn Thaw. Confirmed measlescases are isolated in their homes, and theirfamilies are monitored for symptoms.

    “At this time, the county is treatingmeasles as we do any communicable dis-ease, which is to educate the public on theimportance of immunization, which pro-tects th e individual, family and the commu-nity, ” Thaw said.

    Thaw reports th at more than 98 percent of San Mateo County families h ave immunizedtheir children, and “the recommended vac-cine schedule produces a very h igh immuni-ty against measles.”

    Awareness that measles is a po ssib ilit y isintegral to the response of the county andits residents, as, Thaw said, “measles usual-ly begins with cough, runny nose and redeyes and may be hard to distinguish fromcold or flu.”

    “We sent out a health alert to all healthcare providers in the county to considermeasles when seeing patients with a feverand rash, and ensure all patients are appro-priately i mmunized against measles, ” Thawsaid. “We also n otified schoo ls with recom-mendations on how to prevent the spread of measles, such as reviewing immunization

    records for al l st aff and children.”“We also work to ensure that places vis it-

    ed by p eople with confirmed measles no tifyemployees or the public, such as postingexposure notices of an infectious disease.This is standard practice for controlling thespread of an infectious disease.”

    For families with children too young forthe measles vaccine, Thaw says that “bymaking sure your family is properly vacci-nated, you can help prevent and stop thespread of measles, and protect others, suchas infants too young to be vaccinated.”

    The county’s Health System recommendsthat those who feel they have been infectedwith measles s hould review their immuniza-tion records, and monitor themselves forseven to 21 days if they develop a fever oran unexplained rash.

    County urges vaccinations for measles

    By Ricardo Alonso-ZaldivarTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

    WASHINGTON — In a new setback for thehealth care law and the people it’s supposedto help, the government said Friday it made atax-reporting error that’s fouling up the fil-ings of nearly a million Americans.

    After a successful sign-up season, the latest

    goof could signal new problems with thecomplex links between President BarackObama’s health care overhaul and the nat ion’sincome tax syst em.

    Officials said the government sent thewrong tax information to about 800,000HealthCare.gov customers, and they’re ask-ing those affected to delay filing their 2014returns. The issue involves a new governmentform called a 1095-A, which is like a W-2form for health care for peopl e who got subsi -dized private coverage under Obama’s law.

    People can fin d out whether th ey’re affectedby logging in to their accounts atHealthCare.gov, where they should find a

    message indicating whether they were affect-ed or not. They also can check by phoningthe federal customer service center at 800-318-2596.

    Separately, California announced earlierthat i t had sent out in accurate tax forms affect-ing about 100,000 households. The state isnot part of the federal market but runs i ts owninsurance exchange.

    HealthCare.gov s aid in a blog post t hat thefederal mistake happened when informationon this year’s premiums was substituted forwhat should been 2014 numbers. The websitehad a technology meltdown when it waslaunched back in 2013, but seemed to haveovercome its problems this enrollment sea-son.

    “It’s just another black mark on the admin-

    istration’s handling of the health care act,”said Roberton Williams, a senio r fellow at thenonpartisan Tax Policy Center inWashington. “They were hoping for a cleanseason.”

    “For many of these impacted taxpayers, thetax refund could be the si ngle l argest financialpayout of the year,” said Mark Ciaramitaro,H&R Block’s vice president for health care.Many people due a refund file well before theApril 15 deadline. “They are being told towait,” he added, “further delaying access totheir tax refund.”

    On another matter, the administration alsoannounced a special sign-up extension foruninsured people who would face the healthcare law’s tax penalties for the first time thisyear.

    HealthCare.gov woes: Wrong tax info sent out“It’s just another black mark on the administration’s handling

    of the health care act. ... They were hoping for a clean season.” — Roberton Williams, a senior fellow at the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center

    Finger-pointing, lawsuitslikely to follow ‘superbug’ scare

    LOS ANGELES — With an antibiotic-resistant “superbug” outbreak connected toits facility, Ronald Reagan UCLA MedicalCenter stopped short of pointing a finger atthe manufacturer of a medical instrumentbelieved to have spread the deadly germs.The maker of the product was careful not to

    blame the hosp ital as it is sued new cleaninginstructions emphasizing meticulous manu-al sterilization.

    Things may not be so po lite once lawyersget inv olved.

    Lawsuits are expected to follow the out-break tied to two deaths and several infec-tions, with the hospital and manufacturerpointing fingers at each other.

    “That’s exactly the kind of skirmishingyou’re going to see,” said John Culhane,co-director of the Family Health Law &Policy Institute at the Widener UniversitySchool of Law in Delaware. “The bottomline is that th e two defendants will b e hauledinto court, and they’ll be trying to do twothings: One, they didn’t do anythingwrong; t he second thing i s to p in the blame

    on the other defendant.”

    California offers April 30sign-up extension for uninsured

    SACRAMENTO — California will offer aspecial extension to buy health insurancethrough the state exchange for people whosay they weren’t aware they would face a taxpenalty for being uninsured.

    Covered California Executive DirectorPeter Lee announced the extension untilApril 30.

    He said Friday that as many as 600,000residents may face a penalty under theAffordable Care Act. The ext ension does notexempt people from paying the 2014 taxpenalty, but would help them avoid biggerpenalties in 2015.

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    6 Weekend • Feb. 21-22, 2015  THE DAILY JOURNALLOCALDan Pangilinan

    Dan Pangilinan died Dec. 19, 2014.Born in Los Angeles, California, Dan was

    raised in Pacifica.Born to Danilo Sr. and

    Vivian Pangilinan, hewas the second of threechildren. He graduatedfrom Terra Nova i n 1 983 ;he attended College of San Mateo and playedfootball there for two

    years before moving onto Chadron State College

    located in Nebraska. Dan accumulated manyhonors in football at all levels.

    In 1990, he was married to KellyKosmicki. He graduated with an associatedegree in avionics and electronics at theSpartan School of Avion ics (OKL) in 1998 .They returned to California and settled inEscalon in 19 99 where their three sons wereborn.

    Although Dan had his degree in avionics,he chose to work locally to be close to fam-ily and afford him the opportunity to beavailable for attending games and coach-ing. At the time of his passing, Dan wasworking at the Defense Depot in Tracy,California, where he had been employed formany years.

    He’s survived by his sons Leighton,Aaron and Owen; hi s wife Kelly; his motherVivian Pang ilin an and his father Danilo an dbroth ers Mark and Darren Pangilinan. “Danthe Man” will be miss ed.

    Wolf Werner SchaeferWolf Werner Schaefer died in San Mateo,

    California, Jan. 31,2015, surrounded by hiswife and daughters.

    He was born in Berlin,Germany, Jan. 25 , 1 928,and lived a very full andinteresting life, whichincluded capture by theRussians twice as WorldWar II was ending, and

    incarceration in Spain as he walked thePyrenees without papers.

    “Wolf was a magical, intelligent, witty

    man with many unique characteristics, a realcraftsman and a true friend. He worked mostof his life for his family, and his great loveof the outdoors took him to his land inUkiah every free moment.”

    Wolf learned his trade of lithography inSwitzerland, then worked in Australia andNew Zealand, emigrating to the UnitedStates in 1963. He eventually opened hisown company called Phelps/SchaeferLithographics in San Francisco, known forcreating the best duotones from film forphotographic reproduction.

    He is survived by his wife, MalgorzataSchaefer of Belmont, Susan Schaefer,Nicole Cavanaugh, Tessa Winkler-Schaeferand Jutta Dieterich. Wolf’s son, Marlon diedbefore him. He is the grandfather of Kirkand Mary and great-grandfather of 

    Kristopher, Katie, Marie, Joseph, Jada andMaddy.

    “He will be missed.”

    Frances Elizabeth Stark ChristenFrances Elizabeth Stark Christen died

    Feb. 14, 2015, of a stroke, at the age of 105.

    She died at h er home inRedwood City,California, surrounded byher family and loving catZorro.

    She was born inOctober 1909 in SanFrancisco to Elizabeth“Bessy” and Frank Stark.She is preceded in death

    by broth ers Willi am “Bud” and Frank Stark,sister Madeline Stark and husband ArnoldChristen. She is survived by sister-in-lawJosephine Stark, three daughters Katherine“Kathy” Buttig nol, Mary Alvarado, Therese“Terry” Penello, 1 2 g randchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grand-children.

    “She was an extraordinary woman, wholived a full and happy life. ‘Grandma’ to allshe met, will be miss ed more than words cansay.”

    Viewing is 4 p.m.-8 p.m. with a 7 p.m.rosary service Feb. 23, 2015, at WoodsideChapel Crippen and Flynn in RedwoodCity. Mass services will be h eld at Our Ladyof Mt. Carmel Church in Redwood City10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015.

    In lieu of flowers, the family asks you

    make a donation to the charity of yourchoice in her name.

    Eva SchaefferEva Schaeffer, late of Millbrae, died at

    home in Millbrae Feb. 19, 2015.Wife of the late Frank Schaeffer, mother

    of Chris Schaeffer (his spouse Christi), sis-

    ter of Peter Filotis, grandmother of Mattea,Bella and Evan Schaeffer. Also survived byher cousins Angela and Julio Buenano, g od-daughter Andrea Buenano, nieces, nephewsand dear friends Christina Tracas and PilarMyers.

    A native of Istanb ul, Turkey, age 73 years.She lived in Venezuela and Florida before

    moving to San Francisco. As an artist, sheenjoyed painting, traveling and her grand-children. She worked at Wells Fargo bankfor many years.

    Family and friends may visit after 4 p.m.

    until 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24 at the Chapelof the Highlands, El Camino Real at 194Millwood Drive in Millbrae, with aTrisagion beginning at 7 p.m. A funeralservice will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at HolyTrinity Greek Orthodox Church at 999Brotherhood Way in San Francisco.Internment will follow at Greek OrthodoxMemorial Park in Colma.

    Her family appreciates donations toMission Hospice, 1670 S. Amphlett Blvd.,Suite 300 , San Mateo, CA 944 02 (650 ) 554-1000 www.missionhos pice.org.

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    WASHINGTON — A tax on sugary drink sand snacks is one way a government panelof nutrition experts thi nks Americans canbe coaxed into eating better. Some mem-bers of Con gress are already p ushing b ack

    on the idea, saying the panel has over-stepped its bo unds.The panel’s recommendations will help

    determine what gets into the new versionof dietary g uidelines b eing p repared by theAgriculture and Health and Human Servicesdepartments. The advice includes eatingmore fruit and vegetables and whole grainand limit ing added sugars and fat.

    However, the panel goes beyond previ-ous versions of the dietary guidelines bysuggesting a broad list of possible policychanges — a tax is just one — that couldmake it easier for people to follow that dietadvice.

    “Taxation on higher sugar- and sodium-containing foods may encourage con-sumers to reduce consumption and rev-enues generated could support health pro-

    motion efforts,” the committee wrote aspart of the recommendations released thisweek.

    Such taxes have mostly failed to gaintraction around the country, though v otersin Berkeley approved a sp ecial, per-ouncetax on sugary drinks in November. In New

    York City, former Mayor Michael

    Bloomberg tried to cap the size of sugarydrinks sold in restaurants and other venuesat 16 ounces, but legal challenges spear-headed by the beverage industry broughtdown th e effort in the courts.

    Other ideas put forth by the committeewere placing nutrition labels on the front

    of food packages and requiring public

    buildings to serve healthier foods. Thecommittee also suggested incentives foreating fruits and vegetables, tho ugh it did-n’t detail how that could work. Panel mem-bers said incentives might b e vouchers forfarmers markets o r subsidies for growers orgrocery stores.

    The panel endorsed adding a line on thenutrition facts label for added sugars,which the Obama administration hasalready proposed. It also backed theadministration’s standards for healthierschool lunches.

    Senate Agriculture Committee ChairmanPat Roberts, R-Kan., criticized the report

    shortly after it came out Thursday, sayingthe committee strayed from its science-based nutrition recommendations.

    “This is economic, not nutrition, poli-cy,” he said.

    Congress weighed in on a draft of thereport last December, noting that thedietary guidelines panel was poised to sug-gest a more environmentally friendly dietof plant-based foods. In a massive s pend-ing bill, lawmakers instructed AgricultureSecretary Tom Vilsack “to only includenutrition and dietary information, notextraneous factors” in the final guidelines.

    After the report was issued, Vilsack saidthe guidelines are supposed to be informedby the “latest and best science and medicalknowledge.”

    He wouldn’t address the content of the

    report specifically, but said he doesn’twant the final report to have “anythingoutside of the lines in the guidelines thatwould potentially undercut the legitimacy,credibility and acceptance of the guide-lines. .. . The law is fairly clear to me, it’sabout nutrition and it’s about diet.”

    Dietary guidelines panel suggests tax on sugary foods

    By Matthew Lee and Julie PaceTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

    WASHINGTON — In what is becoming anincreasingly nasty grudge match, theWhite House is mulling ways to undercutIsraeli Prime Minister BenjaminNetanyahu’s upcoming trip to Washington

    and blunt his message that a potentialnuclear deal with Iran is bad for Israel andthe world.

    There are limits. Administration officialshave discarded the i dea of President BarackObama himself giving an Iran-relatedaddress to rebut the two speechesNetanyahu is to deliver during his earlyMarch visit. But other options remain onthe table.

    Among them: a presidential interviewwith a prominent journalist kno wn for cov-erage of the rift between Obama andNetanyahu, multiple Sunday show televi-sion appearances by s enior national securi-ty aides and a pointed snub of America’s

    leading pro-Israel lobby,which is holding itsannual meeting whileNetanyahu is inWashington, accordingto th e officials.

    The administration hasalready ruled out meet-

    ings between Netanyahuand Obama, saying itwould be inappropriate

    for the two to meet so close to Israel’sMarch 17 election s. But the White House isnow doubling down on a cold-shoulderstrategy, including dispatching Cabinetmembers out of the country and sending alower-ranking official than normal to rep-resent the administration at the annual pol-icy conference of the American IsraelPublic Affairs Committee, the officialssaid.

    Vice President Joe Biden will be away,his absence behind Netanyahu conspicuousin coverage of the speech to Congress.

    Other options weredescribed by officials,who spoke only on con-dition of anonymitybecause they were notauthorized to discussinternal deliberations.

    Netanyahu’s plan for a

    March 3 address to a jo in t meet in g of Congress has furtherstrained already tense

    ties between the U.S. and Israel.Congressional Republicans orchestratedNetanyahu’s visit without consulting theWhite House or State Department, a movethe Obama administration blasted as abreak in diplomatic protocol. SomeDemocratic lawmakers say they will boy-cott the sp eech.

    U.S. officials believe Netanyahu’s trip toWashington is aimed primarily at derailinga nuclear deal with Iran, Obama’s sign atureforeign policy objective. While Netanyahu

    has long been skeptical of the negotia-tions, his opposition has increased overwhat he sees as Obama’s willingness tomake concessions that would leave Iran onthe brink of being able to build a nuclearweapon. His op positio n has in tensified asnegotiations go into overdrive with anend-of-March deadline for a framework

    deal.“I think this is a bad agreement that is

    dangerous for the state of Israel, and not just fo r it, ” Netanyahu said Thursday.

    The difference of opinion over the dealhas b ecome unusually rancorous.

    The White House and State Departmenthave both publicly accused Israeli officialsof leaking “cherry-picked” details of thenegotiations to try to discredit th e admin-istration. And, in extraordinary admissionsthis week, the administration acknowl-edged that the U.S. is withholding sensi-tive details of the talks from Israel, itsmain Middle East ally, to prevent suchleaks.

    Unwelcome mat: White House tries to counter Netanyahu visit

     Taxes on sugary drinks and snacks have mostly failed to gain traction around the country,though voters in Berkeley approved a special, per-ounce tax on sugary drinks in November.

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    WASHINGTON — With the mili-tary operatio n to retake Iraq’s sec-ond largest city from Islamic Statemilitants just a few months away,

    questions persist about whetherthe struggling Iraqi military willbe ready for the fig ht.

    Iraqi officials continue to insistthey haven’t gotten the advancedweapons they need for the opera-tion in the northern city of Mosul,and some question whether theywill be ready for a spring offen-sive. But the Pentagon insi sts theU.S. has sent tens of thousands of weapons and ammunition andmore is in the pipeline.

    Hakim al-Zamili, the head of thesecurity and defense committee i nthe Iraqi parliament, told theAssociated Press Friday that “anyoperation would be fruitless”unless the brigades are properlyprepared and have the weaponsthey n eed.

    “I think i f these weapons are notmade available soon, the militaryassault might wait beyondspring,” he said. “The Americansmight have their own calculationsand estimations, but we as Iraqishave our own opinion. We arefighting and moving on theground, so we have better visionand April might be too s oon.”

    A U.S. Central Command offi-cial provided some details of thebattle plan Thursday, saying thecoordinated military mission toretake Mosul will likely begin inApril or May and will involve up

    to 25, 000 Iraqi troops. They havecautioned, however, that if theIraqis aren’t ready, the timingcould be delayed.

    The core of the fighting forcewill be five of Iraq’s most accom-plished brigades, who will gothrough additional U.S. trainingbefore the operation.

    But al-Zamili said that whileseveral of Iraq’s units have gonethrough training recently, “these

    well-trained brigades cannot getinvolved in battles without beingequipped with advanced and effec-

    tive weapons that would enablethem to penetrate enemy lines.”

    His comment reflects a common

    complaint from the Iraqi govern-ment, both in recent months andthroughout much of the Iraq war.The U.S., however, has sent tensof thousands of weapons, ammu-nition, body armor and otherequipment to the country.

    According to a senior defense

    official, the U.S. sent nearly1,6 00 Hellfire missi les to Iraq lastyear, and has already delivered 232more. About 10,000 M-16 assaultrifles are due to arrive in the nextfew weeks, along with 23,000ammunition magazines. The U.S.also has delivered thousands of rockets, mortar rounds, tankrounds, .50-caliber rounds and10,000 M-68 combat opticalsights, a rifle scope commonlyused by the U.S. military.

    About 250 mine-resistant,armor-protected vehicles will bedelivered in a few weeks, alongwith sophisticated radio systemsfor the MRAPs and more ammuni-tion rounds, said the official, who

    was not authorized to discuss thematter publicly and spoke on con-dition of anonymity.

    The public discussion of theoperation, including how manyIraqi brigades would be involvedand how Kurdish Peshmerga mili-tary would be used, triggered ques-tions about whether it providedany key information to theenemy.

    The Pentagon doesn’t often dis-close as much about an operationbefore it takes place, but in somecases it can be a strategic tacticintended to affect the en emy, trig-ger a reaction or even promptsome militants to flee before the

    assault begins. Military officialsalso said none of the informationreleased by U.S. CentralCommand could be put to anyoperational use by the IslamicState militants.

    The operation itself comes as nosurprise to the Islamic Stategroup.

    Iraqis worry they won’t be ready for Mosul operation

    REUTERS

    Shiite fighters ride in a vehicle during a patrol to look for militants of the Islamic State in Owesat, on the outskirtsof Jurf al-Sakhar, Iraq.

    THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

    BEIRUT — As the Islamic Stategroup tries to exp and and take rootacross the Middle East, it is strug-gling in Syria — part of its heart-land — where it has st alled or evenlost ground while fighting multi-

    ple enemies on several fronts.Signs of tension and power

    struggles are emerging among theranks of its foreign fighters.

    The extremists remain a formi-

    dable force, and the group’s holdon about a third of Iraq and Syriaremains firm. But it appears to beon the defensive in Syria for thefirst time since it swept throughthe territo ry last year and is suffer-ing from months of U.S.-led coali-tion airstrikes and the myriad fac-

    tions fighti ng it on th e ground.“They are struggling with new

    challenges that did not existbefore,” said Lina Khatib, directorof th e Carnegie Middle East Center

    in Beirut. Kurdish forces dealt theIslamic State its heaviest setbackby driving it from the border townof Kobani in northern Syria lastmonth. Since then, those forceshave joined with moderate Syrianrebels to take back about 215 vil-lages in the same area, according

    to Kurdish commanders andactivists, including the Britain-based monitoring group, theSyrian Observatory for HumanRights.

    Some signs of tension emerge among IS militants

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    BRUSSELS — Following weeks of recrimination and distrust, Greece and itscreditors in the 19-nation eurozone reachedan agreement Friday on ex tending th e coun-try’s rescue loans, a move that should dra-matically ease concerns it was heading forthe euro exit as soon as n ext month.

    The agreement, which looked a long wayoff Thursday when one German official com-pared Athens’ request for more time to theinfamous Trojan Horse, will mean thatGreece will avoid going bankrupt, at leastover the four months of the extension. Itshould also mean that capital controls won’tbe needed and that Greek banks will haveenough money to st ock up their ATMs.

    To get the money though, the Greek gov-ernment has one more hurdle to clear. OnMonday, it has to p resent a series of unspec-ified economic reforms measures that aredeemed acceptable by creditors and rooted inGreece’s previously enacted bailout agree-ment — something the government hadpromised not to do.

    Still, the Greek government will be theauthor of the reforms pursued and that repre-sents a chang e from the past five years whenGreece has relied on rescue money to avoidgoing bankrupt and was effectively ordered

    to enact a series of austerity measures.“We have established common groundagain,” said Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the euro-zone’s top official, after the meeting inBrussels.

    And Greek Finance Minister Yanis

    Varoufakis said the deal allows both Greeceand Europe “to turn a page .. . As of today, weare beginning to be co-authors of our des-tiny.”

    Varoufakis conceded that the Greek gov-ernment would be “in trouble” if the reformmeasures, which are likely to include aseries of measures to tackle corruption andtax evasion aren’t backed by representa-tives from the European Central Bank,International Monetary Fund and EuropeanCommission — previously known as thetroika.

    However, he insisted they “won’t be shot

    down by the instit utions. ”If the list of reforms is sanctioned, then itwill be further detailed and agreed upon bythe end of April.

    Friday’s agreement was clinched just aweek before Greece’s 240 billion-euro($270 bil lion) bailout program expires andis aimed at buying time for both sides toagree on a longer-term deal to ease the bur-den of the bailout loans.

    The Greek government isn’t getting thetime it requested Thursday. Instead of thesix-month bailout extension it asked for,it’s getting four — with Greece having tomake big debt repayments after the new cut-off point, that’s a sign that its creditorsaren’t willing to give Athens free rein.

    Still, following weeks of tense negotia-tions in the wake of the election o f the new

    left-wing Greek government, the final dealshowed an element of compromise by bothcamps and investors appeared to breathe asigh of relief with the Dow Jones indexclosed at a record high Friday as news of t heGreek deal broke.

    Building in Dubai’sMarina district in flames

    DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A high-rise to wer in Dubai’s Marina district caughtfire early Saturday, but there were no imme-diate reports of casualties.

    The fire broke out in the Torch tower onthe north eastern end of the densely pop ulat-ed district, which is p acked with multi-storyskys crapers. Debris from the fire cluttered

    nearby streets after the blaze appeared to b eextinguished. High winds whipped throughthe area. Police on the scene had no i mmedi-ate reports of deaths or injuries.

    Police blocked off areas around the morethan 70-story building, which still hadpower. Lights were on in many of the apart-ments ins ide. Multip le fire trucks and policevehicles were on the scene.

    Residents of at least one neighboringtower were told to evacuate as a precautionbecause of st rong winds, but they were laterallowed back ins ide.

    The Marina area is ho me to dozens of to w-ering apartment blocks and hotels, many of them built o ver the past decade.

    Arrest of Caracas mayor sign of broader Venezuela crackdown

    CARACAS, Venezuela — Opponents of President Nicolas Maduro poured into thestreets Friday to condemn the surprisearrest of Caracas’ mayor for allegedly par-ticipating in a U.S.-backed plot to over-throw his government.

    The protests came a day after an armedcommando unit dressed in camouflage raid-ed Mayor Antonio Ledezma’s office andhauled him away. The detention, recordedby security cameras, set off a wave of spon-taneous demonstrations in middle-classneighborhoods loyal to the opposition andwas widely condemned by human rightsgroups.

    A few hundred supporters gathered peace-fully Friday in eastern Caracas to denounceLedezma’s “kidnapping,” which theylikened to the illegal snatching of activistsby South American military dictatorshipsin the 1970s.

    Greece and eurozone settletheir differences — for now

    REUTERS

    Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis holds a news conference after an extraordinary eurozone Finance Ministers meeting (Eurogroup) in Brussels, Belgium.

    By Esam Mohamed and Maggie MichaelTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

    TRIPOLI, Liby a — Islamic State militan ts

    unleashed suicide bombings Friday in east-ern Libya, kil ling at least 40 people in whatthe group said was retaliation for Egyptianairstrikes against the extremists’ aggressivenew branch in North Africa.

    The bombings in the town of Qubba,which is controlled by Libya’s internation-ally recognized government, solidified con-cerns the extremist group has sp read beyon dthe battlefields of Iraq and Syria and estab-lished a foothold less than 500 miles fromthe southern tip of Italy.

    The militants have taken over at least twoLibyan coastal cities on the Mediterranean— Sirte and Darna, which is about 30 kilo-meters (19 mil es) from Qubba. They releaseda video Sunday that sho wed the beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians who were abductedin Sirte, and Egypt responded Monday withairstrikes on Darna.

    The Islamic State group has establishedits presence in Libya by exploiting thecountry’s breakdown since dictatorMoammar Gadhafi was ousted and killed in2011. Hundreds of militias have takenpower since then, and some of them havemilitant ideologies. A militia coalitionknown as Libya Dawn has taken overTripoli, where Islamists set up their ownparliament and government. Islamicextremist militias controlled the second-largest city of Benghazi until late last year,when army troops began battlin g them forcontrol.

    The Islamic State group claimed respons i-bility for Friday’s suicide bombings inQubba, but said there were onl y two attacks ,while the g overnment s aid there were three.

    Army s pokesman Mohammed Hegazi saidone attacker rammed an explosives-packedambulance into a gas station wheremotoris ts were lined up.

    “Imagine a car packed with a large amountof explosives striking a gas station; theexplosion was huge and many of the injuredare in very bad shape while th e victims’ bod-ies were torn into pieces,” Hegazi said.

    Two other bombers detonated vehiclesnext to the house of the parliament speakerand the nearby security headquarters, hesaid.

    Government spokesman MohammedBazaza put the death toll at 40, with at least70 injured, some seriously. The number of dead was expected to rise. Two security offi-cials, speaking on condition of anonymitybecase they were not authorized to talk tothe media said at least 45 were killed.

    Among th e dead were six Egyp tians work-ing at a cafe next to the gas station.

    Video broadcast from the scene showed

    dozens of cars wrecked and ablaze, withpools of blood on the asphalt, along withbody parts, shoes and shattered glass.Bodies covered in sh eets were lined up n ear-by. The government and parliamentannounced a week of mourning.

    “This terrorist, cowardly and desperateattack only increases our determination touproot terrorism in Libya and in theregion, ” Bazaza said, adding that Liby an airforce jets conducted several airstrikes, with-out specifying where.

    Witnesses in the city of Sirte said it washit b y multiple Libyan airstrikes Friday, tar-geting a convention center that is used as aheadquarters by the Isl amic State group.

    U.S. State Department spokeswoman JenPsaki said Washington condemned theattacks in Qubba.

    IS bombers kill dozensin Libyan suicide attacks

    Around the world

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    Big movers

    By Ken Sweet

    THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

    NEW YORK — A deal givi ng Greecemore time to repay its debts swungthe U.S. stock market higher Fridayand drove the stock market to a recordhigh.

    While expected, the deal betweenthe struggling country and itsEuropean creditors left investorsrelieved. Any failure to reach anaccord could have sent tremorsthrough markets at a time whenEurope is trying to revive its region aleconomy.

    “It’s goo d this didn’t go down to thewire to get resolved,” said PaulChristopher, head of internationalstrategy at Wells Fargo.

    Stocks started off the day solidlylower. The Dow Jones industrial aver-age fell as much as 107 poin ts. But asrumors and news came out th at Greeceand its creditors were close to a deal,the market climbed ever-so-steadily

    higher. The euro also gained againstthe dollar.The Dow finished up 154.67

    points, or 0.9 percent, to 18,140. 44.The Standard & Poor’s 500 indexclimbed 12.85 points, or 0.6 percent,to 2,110.30 and the Nasdaq compos-ite rose 31.27 points, or 0.6 p ercent,to 4,955.97. The Dow closed at a

    record high, surpassing its recordclose on Dec. 26. The S&P 500 alsoclosed at record high.

    The Nasdaq, which has yet toreclaim its record high from the dot-com era, in now within 93 points of that March 200 0 peak.

    In Brussels, the deal reached

    between the European Union andGreece’s recently elected governmentwould extend the country’s repaymentplan by four months. That is shorterthan the six months originallyrequested by Greece.

    In return, Greece has committed tonot pursue any “unilateral” measuresthat might affect the country’s budgettargets. Greece has committed to pro-vide a list of reforms based on its cur-rent bailout program for assessmentby Monday.

    The deal is a shift from only a dayago, where it seemed like Greece andits creditors were still struggling toreach a basic agreement for theMediterranean country. Without the

    agreement, Greece would have onlyabout a week left before it woulddefault o n it s ob ligation s and cause itto drop the euro currency.

    Greece’s economy is small, b ut thepotential disruption Greece couldhave to the global financial systempotentiall y could be huge. In a worst-case scenario, Greece abandoning the

    euro could embolden political partiesin other debt-ridden countries to seekto leave the euro as well.

    “A Greek exit is not good for any-one, including the Greeks,” saidChristopher of Wells Fargo. “If Greece leaves, everyone else couldleave and you’re left with n othin g.”

    In energy markets, the price of oilfell Friday after a closely-watchedcount of drilling rigs declined lessthan expected. That could mean crudesupplies will remain ample.

    Benchmark U.S. crude fell 82 centsto close at $50.34 a barrel in NewYork on the last day of t rading for t heMarch contract. Brent crude, a bench-mark for international oils used bymany U.S. refineries, rose one cent toclose at $60.22 in London.

    In other futures trading, wholesalegasoline rose 2.5 cents to close at$1.641 a gallon. Heating oil rose11.8 cents to close at $2.112 a gal-lon. Natural gas rose 11.7 cents toclose at $2.95 1 per 1,000 cubic feet.

    The U.S. dollar rose to 119.09 yenfrom 119.04 yen the previous ses-sion, while the euro rose against thedollar to $1.1379 compared with$1. 1368 Thursday.

    Gold fell $2.70 to $1,204.90 anounce, silver fell 11 cents to $16.30an ounce and high-grade copper fell 3cents to $2. 59 a pound.

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    By Christopher S. Rugaberand Candice ChoiTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

    WASHINGTON — The modest raises that

    Wal-Mart has said it will give its lowest-paid workers prov ide a glimmer of hope forlower-wage workers in o ther compani es andindustries.

    Other retailers and some fast food restau-rants may no w feel compelled to follo w suitto retain their workers and attract others tofill openings, economists said.

    Wal-Mart’s move follows a sustainedcampaign for higher wages by some of thecompany’s employees and a nationwidedebate ov er whether to raise the federal min-imum wage. Given Wal-Mart’s position asthe nation’s largest private employer, itsdecision to yield, even in a limited way,

    could embolden more employees to seekraises.

    “They really set the standard across theretail sector,” said Claire McKenna, a poli-cy analyst at t he Nation al Employ ment Law

    Project, a group that advocates for low-wage workers. “What they do really mat-ters.”

    Josh Bivens, research and policy directorat the liberal Economic Policy Institute,said Wal-Mart’s move also reduces the pres-sure on ot her retailers to keep labor costs atrock-bottom levels.

    “It at least takes away the excuse fromother firms that ‘We’d like to raise wages,but we can’t because we have to competewith Wal-Mart,”’ Bivens said. “It could pos -sibly give some competitive breathingspace to other retailers to raise wages.”

    On Thursday, Wal-Mart said it would

    increase its minimum pay to $9 an hour inApril and $10 an hour by February 2016.The move will mean raises for 500,000 of its 1.3 million employees. The averagefull-time wage will tick up to $13 an hour

    from $12.85. For part-timers, the hourlywage will go to $1 0 from $9.48.

    Wal-Mart’s decisio n fol lows si milar stepsby o ther firms. The Gap has raised its min i-mum wage to $10 an hour. Swedish homefurnish ings retailer Ikea raised pay for th ou-sands of its U.S. workers this year by anaverage of 17 percent to $10.76 an hour.Health insurer Aetna has said it will pay aminimum of $16 an hour. That’s more thandouble th e federal minimum wage of $ 7.2 5.

    All of which means that many peop le whoearn less than $10 an hour will now havemore options.

    “If you work at a fast-food restaurant” for

    $7.25 an hour, “you are going to want toleave that job and work at the Wal-Martnearby,” said Sylvia Allegretto, an econo-mist at the University of California,Berkeley.

    Allegretto noted anecdotal evidence, forexample, that recent increases inWashington state’s minimum wage — now$9.47 an hour — led residents of nearbyIdaho to seek work in the state.

    Workers at McDonald’s and other fast-food companies have agitated for higherpay, coales cing around demands for $15 anhour.

    But unlike Wal-Mart, which owns all itsstores, the fast-food industry is largelyfranchised. Companies like McDonald’s,Wendy’s and Burger King say they don’tmake employment and pay decisions onbehalf of their franchisees.

    Wal-Mart raises could help lift pay in lower-wage industries

    By Steve RothwellTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

    NEW YORK — The Nasdaq compos-ite rose for an eighth straight dayFriday, pushing the index closer to itsall-time closing hig h.

    The index climbed with the overallstock market after Greece and its credi-tors in the eurozone reached an agree-ment on the country’s request to extendits b ailout. The news was seen as posi -tive by inv estors because it reduces therisk o f Greece leaving the euro, a movethat has the potential to send shock-waves throughout global financialmarkets.

    After gaining nearly 7 percent inFebruary, the Nasdaq is n ow less t han 2percent from its record close of 5,048 .62, a benchmark set during thefrenzy of the dot-com era in March2000.

    On Friday, the Nasdaq added 31.27points, or 0.6 percent, to 4,955.97.Its eight-day win streak matches itslong est stretch of gains sin ce February2014.

    The technology-heavy index, whichtracks the 2,500-plus stocks that arelist ed on the Nasdaq stock market, hasadvanced 4.6 percent this year, and isup 16 percent in the last year.

    Almost half the companies in the

    index are technology stocks, and theNasdaq is outperforming bot h the DowJones industrial average and theStandard & Poor’s 500 in dex th is y ear,as the technology sector is comingback in favor. The S&P 500 is up 2.5percent since the start of 201 5, and hasrisen 15 percent over the last year.

    One stock in particular is givin g theNasdaq a lift: Appl e.

    The technology giant has g ained 17percent this year, pushing its marketvalue over $750 billion. The surgemeans that the stock now accounts forabout 10 percent of the Nasdaq’s mar-ket value. That compares with its 4percent share for the S&P 500.

    Nasdaq gains for eighth straight day, nearing dot-com high

    By Justin Pritchard

    THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

    LOS ANGELES — Negotiatorsreached a tentative contract coveringWest Coast dockworkers on Fridayevening, likely ending a protractedlabor dispute that snarled internati onaltrade at seaports handling about $1trillion worth of cargo annually.

    The breakthrough came after ninemonths of talks that turned con-tentious in the fall, when dockworkersand their employers began blaming

    each other for problems gettingimports to consumers and exportsoverseas.

    The five-year deal still must beapproved by the 13,000-memberInternational Longshore andWarehouse Union’s rank-and-file.They work 29 ports from San Diego toSeattle that handle about one-quarter of all U.S. international trade, much of itwith Asia.

    U.S. Secretary of Labor ThomasPerez, who this week began oversee-ing talks, said that both the dockwork-ers’ union and their employers agreed

    to resume work Saturday evening. Asthe two sides quarreled, employers cutmost weekend work, saying theywould not p ay extra wages.

    With ships and their cargo weeksbehin d schedule, “I suspect th at peopl ewill be getting a lot of overtime in thedays ahead,” Perez said.

    Dozens of ships laden with a you-name-it range of imported goods areusing waters off the ports as parkinglots. It will take weeks — and proba-bly month s — to unblock th at traffic

     jam, as well as the gridlock of cont ain-ers already on the docks.

    Two sides in West Coast ports dispute reach tentative contract

    Doctors: Fitness trackers, health apps can boost careHACKENSACK, N.J. — That phon e app k eeping track of 

    your exercise and meals might keep you out of the hospitalone day.

    Why give your doctors permission to incorporate datafrom fitness trackers and health apps into electron ic patientrecords? Well, they might spot signs of an ailment soonerand suggest behavioral changes or medication before youland in the emergency room. They also might be able tomonit or how yo u’re healing from s urgery or whether yo u’refollowing a treatment regimen.

    Business brief

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    By Nathan MollatDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

    Sequoia guard Tommy Lopiparo does notoften put up big numbers or fill the statsheet for the Cherokees basketball team.What the standout football player does isbring a football mentality to the game of basketball.

    It was Lopiparo’s balls-to-the-wallapproach that encouraged the rest of histeam to put together one of its best effortsof the season in beating Half Moon Bay 48-40 i n th e Peninsula Athleti c League tourna-ment semifinals.

    The Cherokees advance to the PAL tourna-ment championship game where they willmeet Mills at 7:30 p.m. Saturday night inMillbrae. The Vikin gs advanced to their s ec-ond straight tournament final with a 58-55win over Burlingame.

    Lopiparo finished with six points, fourrebounds and about a dozen floor burns ashe, time and again, flung his body to thefloor to come up with a loos e ball or make asteal.

    “That’s how I play every game,” Lopiparosaid. “I thought we came out with goodintens ity. We were quick on defense.”

    Sequoia coach Fine Lauese said Lopiparohas set the tone for his team all seasonlong.

    “Tommy is the inspiration of our team,”coach Lauese said. “It’s contagious. He

    brings it every day. For him to hi t thos e two3s was a bonus.”

    Obviously, a team needs more than heartand hustle to win ballgames, and theCherokees have that as well. Freshman cen-ter Ziggy Lauese, who scored just twopoin ts i n l imited minutes in Sequoia’s quar-terfinal win over Jefferson Wednesday, cameback with a game-high 15 points againstHalf Moon Bay. Chris Bene finished witheight, while N’Jai LeBlanc added seven.

    LeBlanc, on ly a soph omore, had a terriblenight shooting through the first three quar-ters. But a layup at the third-quarter buzzerseemed to boost his confidence.

    And he needed every bit of it as the

    Sequoia upsets HMB

    NATHAN MOLLAT/DAILY JOURNAL

    Sequoia center Ziggy Lauese uses a finger roll to score two of his game-high 15 points as theCherokees knocked off Half Moon Bay 48-40 in the PAL tournament semifinals Friday night.See SEQUOIA, Page 14

    PAGE 12

    Weekend • Feb. 21-22 2015

    By Nathan MollatDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

    As Mills shooting guard Brandon Matsunowas warming up before his team’s PeninsulaAthletic League boys’ basketball tournamentsemifinal game against Burlingame Fridayafternoon, he was leaving his 3-pointattempts short.

    His father, who was sitting near the base-line, had a simple suggestion for his son:hop forward on his release.

    Matsuno took his dad’s words to heart.Matsuno drained seven 3-pointers on his wayto a game-high 2 3 poin ts in th e Viking s’ 58-55 win over Burlingame in Millbrae Fridayafternoon to move into Saturday’s champi-onship game for the second year in a row.

    “We hit a lot of shots and played prettygood defense,” Matsuno said.

    Matsuno’s performance offset anotherstrong outing from Burlingame’s JustinGutang, who went for 20 points againstMills, after dropping 26 on Terra Nova theprevious game.

    It took a while for Matsuno to find hisrhythm. He had only three points in the firsthalf, knocking down his first shot in theopening minutes of t he game.

    He really hit his stride in the third quarter,however, connecting on four from down-town.

    He hit back-to-back 3s from the left corner

    within 17 seconds of each other late in thethird quarter, the second of which tied thegame at 41 heading into the fourth quarter.

    “My teammates kept g etting me the ball, ”Matsuno said.

    Mills back

    to PAL finals

    NATHAN MOLLAT/DAILY JOURNAL

    Westmoor’s Yazmeen Goo splits a pair ofHillsdale defenders going up for a shotduring the Rams’ 41-25win over the Knights.

    By Terry BernalDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

    Westmoor’s most recent triumph inPeninsula Athletic League play didn’t exact-ly come easy — until i t did.

    The Lady Rams advanced to the PAL girls’basketball tournament finals with a 41-25win over Hillsdale Friday at Mills.Westmoor trailed until midway through thethird quarter when junior guard BriannaDomagas scored to give the Rams a 20-19lead.

    Domagas’ bucket set o ff a 21-3 run by theRams which they rode into the sunset.

    “We go on runs,” Westmoor head coach

    Mike Keough said. “That’s how we get ourpoints a majority of the time.”Rams point guard Yazmeen Goo did what

    great players do. She ignit ed her team in th eclutch en route to a double-double perform-ance. The senior scored a game-high 14points while grabbing 10 rebounds. Shealso totaled five steals in the game.

    Westmoor o utlasted Hillsdale for a reason.The Rams come from the old school in thatthey refuse to get outworked by any oppo-nent. The work ethi c has garnered a flawlessperformance against PAL opponents forseveral years. With Friday’s win, Westmoor

    Westmoor todefend PALtourney title

    M-A holdsoff CougarsBy Terry BernalDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

    Menlo-Atherton girls’ basketball assis-tant coach Hayley Grossman returned to heralma mater Mills High School this week,where the Lady Bears triumphed over Half Moon Bay 54-45 in Friday’s PeninsulaAthletic League tournament semifinals .

    It’s always an emotional return forGrossman, not because of the actual venue,but because of the coach who i nsp ired her towant to become one herself. A graduate of Mills in 2004, Grossman played for thegreat girls’ basketball teams of legendaryhead coach Kelly Shea Gallo, who died of cancer in 2004 j ust months after Grossman’ssenior season.

    “Kelly … was very big on family andbeing together,” Grossman said. “That’s

    why I’m a coach. Because what she taughtme, I need to give it to some other highschool team. This is very important. It’skind of how she lives on.”

    Grossman is in her sixth year as a highschool coach. She was previously atWoodside, including two years as th e varsityhead coach. Then in 2013-14, she took anassistant coaching position at M-A alongwith Markisha Coleman under then-headcoach Morgan Clyburn.

    Grossman an d Coleman have very sp ecificroles. Coleman, a former point guard, wasbrought on to coach the backcourt.

    See MILLS, Page 16

    See BEARS, Page 14See RAMS, Page 14

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    The Gators completed an undefeated runthrough the West Bay Athletic League with ashellacking of the Panthers Friday night.

    Conno r Moses l ed SHP (14-0 WBAL, 22-2 overall) with 17 points. Mason Randalladded 15, Corbin Koch had 11 and JoshPapermaster chipped in with 10.

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    With the tie, the Gators finish the regularseason as co-champions of the West BayAthletic League with King’s Academy.

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    Natalie Zimits scored a game-high 15poin ts to lead five Gators in doubles figuresin th e regular-season finale.

    SHP (3-9 WBAL Foothill, 12-12 overall)also got 13 points from both ChandiIngram and Riley Hemm, while Grace

    Battles and Ma’ata Makon i each had 10.

    THURSDAY 

    Girls’ soccerMenlo-Atherton 1 Woodside 1

    Jill ienne Aguilera struck for her 27th go alof the s eason for th e Wildcats, but th e Bearsforged a tie with a second-half equalizer.

    M-A’s Annie Harrier was t aken down for apenalty kick in the 57th minute. TarynHarpell buried the spot kick to pull theBears even.

    Woodside (12-0-2 PAL Bay, 16-1-2 over-all) allowed only three goals in BayDivision play and as division champion,

    will command one of the top seeds in theCentral Coast Section tournament begin-ning next week.

    M-A (7-4-3, 10-5-4) finished fourth indivision play, missing out on an automaticqualifying spot into CCS. The selectioncommittee, however, usually awards an at-large bid to th e fourth-place team in t he BayDivision.

    Carlmont (second place) and Burlingame(third) from the Bay Division and OceanDivision champion Capuchino all earnedautomatic spots for the playoffs.

    Girls’ basketballPinewood 66 Menlo School 36

    Kenzie Duffner dropp ed 20 po ints for theKnights, but it was from enough against the

    Panthers, a state power.Duffner drained five 3-pointers for Menlo

    (8-4 WBAL Foothill, 18-7 overall).

    Local sports roundup

    By Antonio GonzalezTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

    OAKLAND — Stephen Curry had 25points and 11 assists, Klay Thompsonscored 20 and the Golden State Warriorsreturned from the All-Star break to beat the

    San Anton io Spurs 110-99 on Friday nigh t.Curry controlled the game the way he so

    often has this season, burnishing his MVPcredentials by leading Golden State to bigruns at the end of the second and third quar-ters.

    The Warriors went ahead by 21 pointsentering t he fourth, and Spurs coach GreggPopovich rested his regulars the final 12minutes.

    Aron Baynes had 12 points and 10rebounds, and Kawhi Leonard scored 12points for San Antonio, which lost 119-115at the Los Angeles Clippers on Thursdaynight in its first game back.

    The Spurs are in the middle of a season-long nine-game trip sandwiched around thebreak, goin g 2-3 so far. It was the lone homegame for the Warriors during an 11-game

    stretch wrapped around All-Star weekend.Despite the travel and time away, neither

    team looked rusty.The league-leading Warriors (43-9) and

    defending NBA champions Spurs (34-21 ) puton a back-and-forth show that featured a fastpace and beautiful ball movement. But thegame wasn’t always clean — San Antoniohad 16 turnovers, and Golden State had 12.And it wasn’t always calm, either.

    Things intensi fied late in th e second quar-ter when Curry was called for reaching in,waving his arms and screaming madly afterthe whistle. Curry and Warriors coach SteveKerr received consecutive technical fouls forarguing with an official, whipping what hadbeen a stagnant sellout crowd of 19, 596 in toa frenzy.

    The Warriors en ded the h alf on a 21-11 run

    over the final five minutes. Curry conn ectedfrom 3-point range and converted a behind-the-back, left-handed layup during the spurt,

    sticking his tongue outwhile running to the

    other end.Golden State led 62-55

    at intermission andscored the first sevenpoints of the third quar-ter. Curry clos ed the quar-ter with another flurry,hitting a st ep-back 3 andfinding Andre Iguodala

    in the corner to put the Warriors up 89-68heading t o the fourth.

    Popovich never played his Big Three —Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili— in the fourth, and the final margin madethe outcome seem closer than it really was.Instead, it was a rare night that Golden Statecould celebrate a victory over the NBA’smodel of cons istency.

    For the l ast two decades, San Antoni o h as

    dominated the Warriors like no other team.The Spurs swept the series last season andhad won 53 of the last 61 games againstGolden State.

    The Warriors came into the game with thebest h ome record in th e NBA at 23-2. One of those losses came to San Antonio, whichbeat the Warriors 113-100 on Nov. 11,despite Golden State shooting 54.3 percentfrom the floor. Chicago is the only otherteam to win at Oracle Arena this season.

    Tip-insThompson pass ed Jason Richardson (700)

    to move into second on the franchise’scareer 3-point list. Curry is the franchiseleader. ... The team displayed Curry’s 3-point championship trophy on the arena’s

    main concourse for fans to take ph otos.

    Warriors bury Spurs

    Heat wait for word on Boshas concern grows for his health

    NEW YORK — All-Star forward ChrisBosh of the Miami Heat underwent moretests in a South Florida hospital on Friday,amid concerns th at blo od clots have workedtheir way from his legs to his lungs to cre-ate a condition that could be season-endingor worse.

    Heat coach Erik Spoelst ra said the team isstill waiting for a full diagnosis and expect-

    ed prognosis, insisting that it is too soonto draw any conclusio ns.

    But if the clot fears are confirmed, Boshwould almost certainl y be facing a recoveryperiod of at least several months.

    The issue of blood clots is particularlyserious in NBA circles right now, withBosh’s situation coming just days follow-ing the death o f former NBA player JeromeKersey. Doctors said Kersey’s cause of deathwas related to a clot traveling from one of his legs to on e of his lungs.

    And last month, Brooklyn forward MirzaTeletovic was ruled out for the season onceclots were found on his lungs.

    NBA brief 

    Warriors 110, Spurs 99

    Steph Curry

    By Tim DahlbergTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

    LAS VEGAS — The Fight is fin ally on.Floyd Mayweather Jr. will meet Manny

    Pacquiao on May 2 in awelterweight showdown

    that will be boxin g’s rich-est fight ever.Mayweather himself announced the boutFriday after months of negotiations, posting apicture of the signed con-tract on line.

    “I promised the fans wewould get this done andwe did,” Mayweather said.

    The long anticipated bout at the MGMGrand in Las Vegas will almost surely breakevery financial record, and make both boxersricher than ever. Mayweather could earn $120million or more, while Pacquiao’s split of thepurse will likely be around $80 million.

    The fight, which matches boxing’s twobiggest attractions of recent years, h as been

    in th e making for five years. It finally cametogether in recent months with both fightersputting aside past differences over variousissues — including drug testing and televi-sion rights — to reach agreement.

    Pacquiao was sleeping in the Philippineswhen the fight was announced, but his campissued a statement saying the fans deserve thelong awaited fight.

    “It is an honor to be part of this historicevent, ” Pacquiao said. “I dedicate thi s fight toall the fans who willed this fight to happenand, as always, to bring glory to thePhilippines and my fellow Filipinos aroundthe world.”

    While the fight rivals the 2002 heavy-

    weight title bout between Lennox Lewis andMike Tyson for interest, it comes more thanfive years after the first real effort to put thefighters together in their prime. Most box-ing obs ervers believe both have lost some of 

    their skills, thoughMayweather remains amaster defensive fighterand Pacquiao showed inhis last fight againstChris Algieri that he s tillhas tremendous quicknessin his h ands.

    Still, Pacquiao is 36 andhas been through manywars in the ring. Andwhile Mayweather hasbeen largely untouched in

    his career, he turns 38 on Tuesday.“I am the best ever, TBE, and this fight will

    be another opportunity to showcase myskills and do what I do best, which is win,”Mayweather said in his announcement.“Manny is going to try to do what 47 beforehim failed to do, but he won’t be successful.He will be No. 48.”

    Oddsmakers believe Mayweather will do just that, making him a 2 1/2-1 favorit e in thescheduled 12-round bout. The fight i s expect-ed to do record business in Nevada’s legalsports boo ks, with tens of millions wageredon the outcome.

    It will also do record business at the boxoffice — with the MGM expected to be scaledfar higher than the $2 0 million live gate forMayweather’s 2013 fight with CaneloAlvarez. The pay-per-view revenue also isexpected to be a record, though televisionexecutives said Friday they had yet t o actuallyfix a price for people to buy the fight at home.

    It’s on: Mayweather sayshe and Pacquiao to fight

    See FIGHT, Page 15

    FloydMayweather Jr.

    MannyPacquiao

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    By Ronald BlumTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

    NEW YORK — Major League Baseball is slowly addressingthe lagging pace of games.

    MLB and the players’ association announced an agreementFriday to enforce the rule requiring a hitter to keep at least onefoot in the batter’s box in many cases. MLB also will post sta-

    dium clocks timing pitching changes and between-inningbreaks starting in spring t raining, and it no longer will requiremanagers to always come onto the field when they request videoreviews by umpires.

    But the sides limited penalties to fines and not automaticballs and strikes, and even the fines don’t start until May 1.

    Many of the more radical ideas experimented with during theArizona Fall League were not adopted, such as a 20-second clockbetween pitches, a limitation of pitcher’s mound conferencesinvolving catchers and managers, and no-pitch intentionalwalks.

    Still, even the modest changes are too much for players, usedto their routines and reluctant to alter them.

    “If you rush a hamburger, it’s not going to be completelydone. There are going to be too many mistakes. You’re going torush the game. It would just be terrible. I don’t think there needsto be a time limit,” Miami Marlins pit cher Mat Latos said.

    Said Chicago White Sox outfielder Adam Eaton: “I’m not abig fan. There’s a lot of thinking involved. When a pitchersteps on the rubber, there’s a lot go ing on . There’s thinking inthe dugout, the coaches, everyone. Why speed that up?”

    Baseball has been contemplating the issue for nearly adecade. In February 2005, the batter’s box rule was announcedas an experiment in the minor leagues.

    Still, the average time of nine-inning games as increased to arecord 3 hours, 2 minutes last year, up from 2:33 in 1981.

    Detroit Tigers ace Justin Verlander says the change will b etougher on batters than pi tchers.

    “I hope it screws up their whole rhythm and everything,” hesaid, jokingly.

    MLB cannot make unilateral changes to playing rules with-out the consent of the players’ union unless it gives one yearprior noti ce, so an agreement was necessary for any 2015 alter-ations. The World Umpires Association also approved.

    “The players believe that enforcing the rules that currentlyexist regarding between-inning breaks and plate appearances isthe best way to address the issue of pace of play,” union head

    Tony Clark said in a statement. “We’re confident that today’sannouncements will have a positive impact on the pace of thegame without jeopardizing th e integrity of the competition.”

    The pitch clock will be used in the minor leagues at Double-Aand Triple-A, where union approval isn’t needed.

    MLB said it is likely to announce only fines involving repeatflagrant violators. In the AFL, strikes and balls were called aspenalties, and the average game time was reduced by 10 min-utes.

    The rule requiring hitter’s keep a foot in the box contains

    many exceptions , including swinging at a pitch, getting forcedout by a pit ch, calling time, faking a bunt and wild pitches andpassed balls.

    “I think it’s something that’s going to take some time,” SanDiego Padres catcher Derek Norris said. “You’ve got guys play-ing for seven, eight years that have always stepped out of thebox and taken a practice swing.”

    Clocks will b e installed on or near outfield scoreboards andon facades behind home plate, near most press boxes. Inningbreaks will be counted down from 2:25 for locally televisedgames and 2:45 for natio nally t elevised games. Pitchers mustthrow their last warmup pi tches before 30 seconds remaining,with exceptions if the pitcher or catcher is on base when theprevious half-inning ends.

    “These changes represent a step forward in our efforts tostreamline the pace of play,” said Rob Manfred, who took overfrom Bud Selig as commissioner last month. “The most funda-mental starting point for improving the pace of the averagegame involves getting in to and out of breaks seamlessly.”

    MLB will make a donation to the union’s charitable founda-tion based on compliance with the new rules.

    The sides also announced changes for the second season of expanded video review by umpires.

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