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Construction of San Mateo’s long-awaited Station Park Green residentialcommunity shifted hands Tuesday asEssex Property Trust purchased the 1 2-acre site fresh with developmentapprovals.

Essex shelled out $67 million tosecure the property that’s ripe for 599residential units, nearly 2 acres of parks and open space, 15,000 squarefeet of office space and 30,000 square

feet of retail s pace at th e former Kmartsite n ext to the Hayward Park CaltrainStation.

The site sold almost immediatelyafter the City Council gave itsapproval last month for the transit-oriented development on the corner of Delaware Street and Concar Drive.

Alan Talansky, senio r vice presidentof development with EBL&SDevelopment, said he’s confident hiscompany sold the property along withits development guarantee to a com-mitted partner.

Talansky, a San Mateo resident whohas lo ng referred to Statio n Park Greenas his signature project, said he willcontinue to stay involved in makingsure things go according to plansstarting with Thursday’s kick-off meeting with staff from the city’sbuilding division.

“They will build the project as basi-cally I have envisioned it and I thinkthey’re great partners. I will be

invo lved with t hem in th e future work-ing with them to see the project comes

Station Park Green has new ownerEssex buys 12-acre site with development approvals for $67M

An artist’s rendering of the proposed Station Park Green,599-unit mixed-use residential development near theHayward Park Caltrain Station in San Mateo.

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The long-vacant Burlingame Drive-In site has been sold for development of 767,000 square feet of office and retail space, arestaurant, recreational facilities, food services and a multi-level parking structure. low : An artist’s rendering of the 2012city-approved development at 300 Airport Blvd. in Burlingame.

‘Monster’ homesfeared in the hillsRedwood City Planning Commission OKscontroversial measure for hillside proposalBy Bill SilverfarbDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

A controversial resolution passed by the Redwood CityPlanning Commission to regulate hillside development isbeing blasted by critics for lacking true guidelines for con-struction.

The commission voted 4-1 Tuesday night to amend a zon-ing ordinance to address single-family home construction,additions and modifications in the city’s hillside areas.

The commission did not adopt any limits on the size of the homes that can be built in the hills, however, causingsome to fear that “monster homes” will be built on steepslopes in the city’s eastern edge.

The commission concurred with a staff recommendationto review development proposals at a threshold of 3,000square feet or greater but did not establi sh a firm limit on t hesize of the homes that can be built there.

The amendment does not provide a formula for hillsidedevelopment, said Beverly Purrington with Save LaurelWay, a group loo king to p reserve the hill side’s natural beau-

Input sought on schoolovercrowdingsolutions Town hall meetings to address enrollment issues inSan Mateo-Foster City Elementary School DistrictBy Austin WalshDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Members of the community will soon have anotheroppo rtunity to offer solutions regarding how to best addresslimited campus capacity in the San Mateo-Foster CityElementary School District.

The Next Steps Committee will h ost a new round of townhall meetings, beginning the final week of March, reaching

out to the local community to discuss the best way to addmore classrooms to district schools, said committee mem-ber Audrey Ng.

By Austin WalshDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

A major overhaul of the Bayfront inBurlingame will be coming online, asa sale of the former drive-in site onAirport Boulevard has been finalized,according to city officials.

H&Q Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of Hambrecht & Quist investment bank,purchased the site at 300 AirportBlvd., just north of Coyote Point,from San Francisco-based Millenni um

Drive-in site soldPrivate equity firm will build large, upscale office space at Burlingame Point

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Feeling flush? Find bathroomsfor bus drivers for $97,000

SEATTLE — It’s a job that mightmake you flush: Find easily accessiblerestrooms for Seattle-area bus driversand get paid nearly $100,000 a year.

Bus service provider King CountyMetro Transit is lookin g to hire a “com-fort station coordinator,” which comeswith an annual salary as high as$97,0 00, depending on experience.

Metro Transit s pokesman Jeff Switzer

tells KOMO television station inSeattle that the agency has a legal obl i-gation to find access to bathrooms forthe 2,600 drivers who keep the commu-nity moving.

The state Department of Labor andIndustries cited Metro Transit lastNovember after an audit found driverswere no t p rovided unrestricted access torestrooms and some wore diapers.

Malfunctioning welcomesign sends mixed message

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — A sign wel-coming tourists to Miami Beach brieflyoffered visitors a confusing message.

The flashing, portable sign along theJulia Tuttle Causeway on Tuesday read:

“Welcome visitors! Prohibited.”It was supposed to flash this messageon three different screens: “Welcomevisitors! Prohibited on the beach:glass, metal, alcohol and Styrofoam.”

By Tuesday evening, city officials

had apologized for the error and the signwas removed to be corrected.

City spokeswoman NannetteRodriguez told the Miami Herald thatMiami Beach certainly welcomes visi-tors. She offered apologies to anyonewho was offended.

Teachers plead not guiltyto having sex with students

NEWPORT BEACH — Two SouthernCalifornia teachers have pleaded notguilty to having sex with students and

providing them with alcohol and drugsduring a weekend beach trip.Thirty-eight -year-old Melody Lippert

and 30-year-old Michelle Ghirellientered pleas Wednesday in OrangeCounty to felony sex and drug charges.Each could receive more than a decade instate prison if convicted.

Prosecutors say Lippert organized anovernight camping trip to SanClemente State Beach in late Decemberand played matchmaker for Ghirelli,who’s charged with having sex with a17-year-old boy.

The women resigned last week fromthe Covina-Valley Unified SchoolDistrict.

More mutilated animalsfound in Sacramento

SACRAMENTO — More mutilatedanimals have been found inSacramento, the fourth discovery inless than a week.

KXTV reports that two bags contain-ing dead animals were found beside rail-road tracks in Midtown SacramentoTuesday nigh t.

In one bag, there was a beheaded rab-bit with several candles. Ins ide a secondbag, there were at least two decapitatedchickens with their feet cut off.

Earlier this week, two decapitatedchickens were found in a box along abike trail near the Sacramento River.Inside the box were also five blood-soaked $1 bills .

There have been at least eight sepa-rate discoveries of decapitated goats,sheep and chickens and other animalssince the start of the year at variouslocations in Sacramento

Paralympic hopeful hasprosthetic leg taken in S.F.

SAN FRANCISCO — A United StatesParalympic hopeful is asking for thepublic for help in finding his p rostheticleg he says was stolen from his car.

Ranjit Steiner woke up Tuesday morn-ing to discover thieves had smashed hiscar window and taken hi s laptop and hisartificial leg. He uses it for competitiverunning at City College of SanFrancisco.

The stolen leg is not the same pros-

thetic leg a San Francisco police officerfound leaning against a tree last week.That one has a brown lace-up sho e on it.Steiner’s has two blades on it for run-ning. The rightful owner of the leg withthe sho e has not been found.

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Actress EvaMendes is 40.

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1770The Boston Massacre took place asBritish soldiers who’d been tauntedby a crowd of colonists opened re,killing ve people.

“More tears have been shed over men’slack of manners than their lack of morals.”

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Actor KevinConnolly is 41.

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I n 1 7 6 6 , Antonio de Ulloa arrived in New Orleans toassume his duties as the first Spanish governor of theLouisiana Territory, where he encountered resistance fromthe French residents.I n 1 8 6 8 , the Senate was organized into a Court of Impeachment to decide charges agains t President AndrewJohn son, who was later acquitted.In 1933 , in German parliamentary elections, the NaziParty won 44 percent of the v ote; th e Nazis joi ned with aconservative nationalist party to gain a slender majorityin the Reichstag.In 1946 , Winston Churchill delivered his “Iron Curtain”speech at Westminst er College in Fulton, Missouri.I n 1 9 5 3 , Soviet dictator Josef Stalin died after threedecades in power. Composer Sergei Prokofiev died inMoscow at age 61.I n 1 9 5 5 , Elvis Presley made his television debut on

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Actress-comedian Marsha Wareld is 61. Magician PennJillette is 60. Actress Adriana Barraza is 59. Rock singersCraig and Charlie Reid (The Proclaimers) are 53. Rock musi-cian John Frusciante is 45. Singer Rome is 45. Actress JillRitchie is 4 1. Actress J olene Blalock is 40. Actress KimberlyMcCullough is 37.

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REDWOOD CITYSuspi cio us circumstances . Two men onManzanita Avenue were chased by dogs outof someones backyard they were trespass-

ing in before 6:31 p. m. Sunday, Feb. 22.Burglary . Two comp any t railers were bro-ken in to o n Veterans Boulevard before 7:21a.m. Friday, Feb. 20.Stray animals . Three dogs were loose intrafc on East Bayshore Boulevard before7:21 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19.Suspicious circumstances. Someoneclaimed that a boat was being stolen onSeaport Boulevard before 5:18 p.m.Thursday, Feb. 19.Robbery . An ID and money were stolenfrom a person who was hit in the head bytwo unknown people on El Camino Realbefore 10:37 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18.

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Wrong type of bedAn unknown person was arrested when hewas found sleeping in the bed of a truckon El Camino Real in Redwood Citybefore 12:57 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 19.

DAILY JOURNAL STAFF REPORT

A man charged with driving under the in flu-ence when his car reportedly struck aHillsdale High School teacher and three spe-cial needs students in September is now fac-ing two civil lawsuits on top of criminalcharges.

John Henry Zborowski, 53, has pleadednot g uilty to felony charges and is set to facea jury in May as prosecutors say he was foundpassed out behin d the wheel o n prescriptiondrugs after seriously injuring the 28-year-oldteacher who was taking the students on aSept. 10 field trip to learn about life skills .

On Tuesday, a second civil lawsuit was filedagainst Zborowski and his mother, whose199 5 Acura Integra he was driving at t he timeof the 10:30 a.m. crash on West HillsdaleBoulevard in San Mateo.

In the most recent suit, the mother of oneof the disabled students filed the charges onbehalf of her son who has suffered physicaland emotional distress as a result of Zborowski’s negligence, according to thesuit.

The teacher, who reportedly suffered bro-ken bones and head trauma when she was hitwhile leading t he school field trip, also fileda civil suit last November.

“It’s ob viously a tragedy that t his h as hap-pened to [the t eacher] and the students as t hey

were walking safely onthe sidewalk. And espe-cially the fact that it wascaused by a driver operat-ing a vehicle under theinfluence of prescriptiondrugs” said AlexandraHamilton, an attorneyrepresenting the teacherin her suit.

In both cases, theteacher and student claim

they’ve incurred medical expenses as a resultof their injuries and allege Zborowski’smother was negligent in entrusting her sonto op erate her vehicle.

Constantine Tsagaris, an attorney repre-senting the student and his moth er, said partof their reason for filing t he suit is due to theZborowski’s in surance company not resolv-ing their claim, despite the clear-cut liabi lityfalling on the driver.

“This has impacted the family and it has

impacted the son,” Tsagaris said. “We hopeto get it resolved before trial, b ut if not, we’lltry the case.”

An attorney representing the Zborowskiscould not be reached for comment.

On his criminal charges, Zborowski is cur-rently in custody on $350,000 bail and isscheduled for a pretrial co nference May 4 anda jury trial May 18.

Alleged DUI driver faces lawsuiHillsdale High School teacher, disabledstudent seek compensation for injuries

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Firefighters order latestrescue tech with Facebook funds

The Menlo Park Fire Protection Dist rict hasused money from Facebook to order high-techcameras used for finding people trappedinside of burning buildings, fire officialssaid.

According to Fire Chief HaroldSchapelhouman, t he new cameras will replaceexisting equipment that’s currently six toeight years old.

The district plans to deploy 11 new BullardEclipse LDX model thermal imaging camerasat a cost of $90, 000. The funding for the newcameras came from the development impactagreement for Facebook’s n ew West Campusin Menlo Park.

“It’s almost like a police radar gun,”Schapelhouman said. “You point it and youlook through the screen, and that allows youto see the heat signatures through thesmoke.”

The LDX model uses new technology toincrease brightness and improve contrast,which makes it possibl e to lo cate fire victimsin the kind of smoke-filled, zero-visibilityconditions found inside of burning buildings.

The Menlo Park Fire Protection Districtserves Atherton, Menlo Park, East Palo Altoand some unincorporated areas of San MateoCounty.

Homeowner interruptsresidential burglary

A San Bruno homeowner interrupted a resi-dential burglary late Tuesday night after hear-ing st range sounds in his home, according topolice.

Officers responded to the 700 block of Seventh Avenue at 11 :38 p.m. Tuesday.

After investigating strange sounds comingfrom inside the home, the homeownerwatched a suspect come out of a b athroom andflee the residence. He was last seen riding abluish green woman’s mountain bike northtoward San Bruno Avenue.

The suspect is described as a Hispan ic manin his 20s with sh ort hair and no facial hair.He was last seen wearing a black jacket andsandals.

The San Bruno Pol ice Department is asking

anyone with information about the case tocall (650) 616-7100.

County hosting panel ongetting a legal driver’s license

Those without documentation of immigra-tion status can find out more about obtaininga driver’s license at a county-sponso red panelMarch 17, officials announced Wednesday.

The panel presentation will include repre-

sentatives from the Department of MotorVehicles in Spanish and will include a ques-tion-and-answer period.

Undocumented drivers are eligible to applyfor a California driver’s license because of Assembly Bill 60 that took effect Jan. 1 .

The panel is hosted by Supervisor WarrenSlocum, Sheriff Greg Munks, the CaliforniaHighway Patrol, the Mexican Consul fromSan Francisco and the California Departmentof Moto r Vehicles.

The event is 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Tuesday,March 17 at the Fair Oaks CommunityCenter, Multi-Purpose Room, 2600Middlefield Road in Redwood City. For moreinformation and to RSVP, contact IrvingTorres, legislative aide, at (650) 363-4801or [email protected].

Deal with 72 Asiana passengersleaves many cases unresolved

SAN FRANCISCO — While 72 passengershave settled their personal injury claimsstemming from the crash of an AsianaAirlines flight in San Francisco two yearsago, others are continuing their legal fightwith the airliner and others involved in theaccident that killed three Chinese teenagersand injured nearly 200 people.

There were 291 passengers and 16 crewmembers aboard the Boeing 777 flight thatoriginated in South Korea when it slammedinto a sea wall on approach on July 6, 2013.

Dozens of lawsuits have been filed in theUnited States, but many foreigners aboard theflight are prevented by international treatyfrom suing the airliner in this country andmust pursue their legal claims in Asia and

elsewhere.

Local briefs

Protesters want the Golden Gate National Recreation Area to give dogs places to run free.

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Dozens of dogs and their owners gatheredoutside the National Park Service offices inSan Francisco’s Financial DistrictWednesday afternoon to protest the GoldenGate National Recreation Area’s new generalmanagement plan, which they say couldprohib it off-leash dogs in the few remainingparts of t he park where they are allo wed

Dog owners from around the Bay Areapinned signs to their canine companions,marched outside the offices and chanted,expressing their disapproval of theGGNRA’s new general management plan andurging the GGNRA to give dogs places torun free.

The new plan, which replaces the previo usone enacted in 198 0 and affects lands in SanFrancisco, San Mateo and Marin counties,was signed into action by ChristineLehnertz, NPS regional director of thePacific West Regio n, earlier this y ear.

The recreation area has seen a largeinflux in visitors since the last generalmanagement plan was created and, theplan aims to provide directions forresource preservation and visitor use inboth the GGNRA and Muir Woods

National Mon ument for the next 20 y ears.Alexandra Picavet, a spokeswoman for

the GGNRA, said the new plan “reinforcesthe importance of both recreation andresource stewardship .”

The new plan was created to bring therecreation area into comp liance with federallaw, and to deal with the acquisition of newlands in San Mateo County, increased BayArea demand for access to open spaces andshifts in park visitation and uses. Officialsalso made use of new informatio n regardingresources, visitor use and climate change,plus local transportation infrastructurechanges that have impacted how visitorsaccess the recreation areas.

San Mateo County Supervisor AdrienneTissier joined dog lovers outside the NPSoffices Wednesday afternoon and explain edthat she, along with many of her con-stituents, feel p assionately about this issue,and fears that dogs will not be allowed to runoff-leash anywhere in the GGNRA lands inSan Mateo County, including the b each.

Tissier, who lives in Daly City and has adog of her own, said she is concernedbecause there is already a sh ortage of p lacesthat h er dog and other dogs can run off-leashnear her home.

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CITY GOVERNMENT• Redwood City is currently seeking applications for upcoming

available seats on the Plann ing Commiss ion , Board o f Buil ding Review and Complete Streets Committee (pilot pro-gram). Deadline to s ubmit applicatio ns is 5 p.m. , Tuesday, March 31.For more info rmation g o t o www.redwoodcity.org.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN FRANCISCO — Gov. Jerry Browntouted California’s cooperation with Chinaon climate change Wednesday, pointing tomore than a dozen accords on sharing train-ing and knowledge for cleaner energy.

While partisan disputes in Washingtonhave limit ed federal progress to slow green-house-gas emissions and climate change,California has “helped foster the politicalclimate that gets stuff done,” Brown said inSan Francisco. “It’s a little bold” to speak“as though we were a separate nation,”Brown said of California’s initiatives withChina. “But we are a separate natio n.”

Brown, who is pushing a goal of 50-per-

cent renewable energy for his o wn state, hasalso sought to build clean-energy coopera-tion and business ties with China and othercountries. He and Chinese officials sig ned apact in 2013 on reducing carbon emissions.

China also has been cited as a possiblesource of private investment for one of Brown’s priority projects, the proposed $68billion high-speed rail project. The governortraveled with Chi nese rail officials on h is trademission there in 2013 and met privately withpotential Chinese high -speed rail in vestors.

Brown sp oke for the release of a privatelyfunded report outlining collaboration onresearch and training between Chi nese offi-cials and state o fficials, academics and envi-ronmentalists in California.

California jobless claimsmove faster but still have delays

SACRAMENTO — The state agency thathandles unemployment claims for millionsof Californians says it has hired nearly 500new employ ees to process claims si nce Gov.Jerry Brown’s administ ration ordered it lastyear to beef up customer service.

But officials testified Wednesday that theagency’s technology still lags and respons-es take lo nger than desired.

People seeking unemployment benefitsnow have to try an average of five timesbefore they reach someone, down from anaverage of 31 tries in 2013, officials testi-fied.

Lawmakers approved an extra $47 millio nin state funding and $21 million in federalmoney last year for the EmploymentDevelopment Department after a series of problems, including thousands of unan-swered phone messages and a softwareupgrade that delayed payments to about150,000 residents.

“There was a lot of calamity,” saidEmploy ment Development Director DirectorPatrick Henning Jr., who was appointed byBrown last March. “We need to make surethat we have an unemployment system thatis p repared for the next downturn.”

The department handles the largest unem-ployment insurance program in the nation,doling out $6.1 billion and processing 3. 5million claims in 2014 .

Orange County lawmakernamed to high-speed rail board

SACRAMENTO — A former state lawmak-er from Orange County has been appointedto the California High-Speed Rail AuthorityBoard, adding another Southern Californiavoice on the $68 billion project.

Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de Leonannounced Wednesday that the Senate RulesCommittee appointed former senator LouCorrea to the rail board.

Correa, a Democrat from Santa Ana,recently lost an election to the OrangeCounty Board of Supervisors.

As a senator, Correa helped ensure fundingto upgrade rail service at either end of thehigh-speed rail system.

Correa replaces Richard Frank, an envi-ronmental law professor at th e University of California, Davis, on th e 9-member board.

The term lasts until the end of 2018.Correa will receive $100 per diem for eachmeeting.

Brown: California is leading onclimate-change work with China

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Gov. Jerry Brown is pushing a goal of 50-percent renewable energy for California and has alsosought to build clean-energy cooperation and business ties with China.

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By Mark ShermanTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — Sharply dividedalong familiar lines, the Supreme Courttook up a politically charged new chal-lenge to President Barack Obama’shealth overhaul Wednesday in a disputeover the tax subsidies that make insur-ance affordable for millions of Americans.

The outcome in what Justice ElenaKagan called “this never-ending saga”of Republican-led efforts to kill theAffordable Care Act appears to hi nge onthe votes of Chief Justice John Roberts,whose vote saved the law three yearsago, and Justice Antho ny Kennedy.

Roberts said almost nothing inWednesday’s 85 minutes of lively back-and-forth, and Kennedy, who voted tostrike down the health law in 2012,asked questions of both sides that madeit hard to tell where he might come outthis time.

Otherwise, the same liberal-con-servative divide that characterizedthe earlier case was evident in thepacked courtroom with the same

lawyers facing off as in 201 2.Millions of people could be affected

by the court’s decision. The justices aretrying to determine whether the lawmakes people in all 50 states eligiblefor federal tax subsidies to cut the cost of insurance premiums. Opponents saythat only residents of states th at set uptheir own insurance markets can get fed-eral subsidies to help pay th e premiums.

Roughly three dozen states did not setup their own exchanges and rely on the

federal healthcare.gov. The Obamaadministration says it would make nosense to condition subsidies on wherepeople live, and that doing so would setoff a “death spiral” in which enrollmentdeclined, drivin g p remiums up and leav-ing only the sickest, and costliest, peo-ple i nsured.

Liberal justices peppered lawyerMichael Carvin almost from the outsetof his argument to limit the subsidies.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said thelaw set up flexibility for states to eitherset up their own markets or rely on fed-eral healthcare.gov. Giving subsidiesonly to people in some states would be“disastrous,” she said. “I have never

seen anything like this.”Several justices tried to use Carvin’s

comments from the 2012 case thatseemed to cut against his argumentWednesday.

Finally, Roberts gently came to hisdefense. “Mr. Carvin, we’ve heard talkabout this other case. Did you win thatother case?” Roberts said as laughterwashed over the courtroom. “So maybeit makes sense that you have a differentstory today?”

When Solicitor General DonaldVerrilli Jr. stepped to the lectern, theliberal justices fell silent, and JusticesSamuel Alito and Antonin Scalia tookover. They questioned Verrilli over thefour words in the law, “established bythe state,” that the challengers say areclear and conclusive evidence thatCongress wanted to limit the subsidiesto state-run exchanges.

“I mean, it may not be the statute theyintended. The question is whether it’sthe statute that they wrote,” Scalia saidof the provision in question, part of amore than 900-page law that passedCongress without a single Republicanvote in 2010.

Justices sharply dividedover health care subsidies

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Demonstrators in favor of Obamacare gather at the Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C.

California lawmaker pushingchild care worker vaccinationsBy Judy LinTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SACRAMENTO — In the wake of one of th e worst measl esoutbreaks in recent histo ry, a Californi a lawmaker proposed

a bill Wednesday that would require allchild care and pre-school workers to getvaccinated against several contagiousdiseases.

Because the workers have close co ntactwith children, it makes sense to requirethem to be vaccinated against measles,pertussis, influenza and other diseases,Sen. said Sen. Tony Mendoza, D-Artesia.

“We must do everything in our powerto protect California’s children who

spend time in day care,” Mendoza said in announcing hisbill, SB792.

Public health officials said more than 100 people inCalifornia have contracted measles, a highly contagiousrespiratory disease that can cause pneumonia, brain damageand death in rare cases.

About two-thirds of those people visited or worked atDisneyland or had contact with somebody who was there.About two dozen other measles cases tied to Disneylandhave been confirmed in six states, Mexico and Canada.

Mendoza’s bill would require child care workers to complywith adult immunizations recommended by the Centers forDisease Control and Prevention, including influenza, per-tussis and measles. Those workers currently face no immu-nization requirements.

The bill was sponsored by public health officers.

Second Los Angeles hospitalreports ‘superbug’ infectionsBy Alicia ChangTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LOS ANGELES — Four patients at Cedars-Sinai MedicalCenter have been infected with an antibi otic-resistant “super-bug” linked to a type of medical scope that’s used on morethan a half-million people in th e U.S. every year, the hospi -

tal said Wednesday.The revelation comes two weeks after a similar outbreak atRonald Regan UCLA Medical Center where seven patientswere sickened with the superbug known as CRE after under-going endoscopic procedures. Two died.

Cedars said in a statement that it halted such proceduresafter learning about the UCLA outbreak and launched its owninvestigation. The hospital said the germ may have beentransmitted through a duodenoscope made by Olympus Corp.during procedures performed between l ast August and January.

One patien t died, but Cedars said the cause was an underly-ing medical condition and not related to the superbug infec-tion.

The hospital said there’s no evidence other patients are atrisk. But as a p recaution, it’s sending free home test kits to64 patients who had procedures to diagnose pancreatic andbile-duct problems.

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U.S. clears officer inFerguson case andcriticizes police forceBy Eric TuckerTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — The JusticeDepartment cleared a white for-mer Ferguson, Missouri, policeofficer in the fatal shoo ting o f anunarmed black 18-year-old onWednesday, but also issued ascathing report calling forsweeping changes in city lawenforcement practices it calleddiscriminatory and unconstitu-tional.

The dual repo rts marked the cul-mination of months-long federalinvestigations into a shootingthat sparked protests and anational dialogue on race and law

enforcement as the tenure of Attorney General Eric Holder, thefirst black person to hold thatoffice, draws to a close.

In pairing the announcements,the Obama administration soughtto offset community disappoint-

ment over theconclusion thatthe shooting of Michael Brownwas legally jus-tified with amessage of hope forF e r g u s o n ’ smajority-blackc i t i z e n s .

Officials announced 26 recom-mendations, including trainingofficers in how to de-escalateconfrontations and banning theuse of ticketing and arrest quotas,for the police force and municipalcourt.

Holder called the federal reporta “searing” portrait of a policedepartment that he said functionsas a collection agency for thecity, with officers prioritizingrevenue from fines over publicsafety and trouncing the const itu-tional rights of minorities.

“It is not difficult to imaginehow a single tragic incident setoff the city of Ferguson like apowder keg,” Hol der said.

Ferguson Mayor JamesKnowles III said the city hadcooperated with the Justice

Department and has made somechanges, including a diversitytraining program for cityemployees.

The decision not to prosecuteDarren Wilson, the white officerwho was cleared in November by

a state grand jury and has sinceresigned, had been expected. Towin a federal civil rights case,officials would have needed toprove that Wilson willfullydeprived Brown of his rights byusing unreasonable force.

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Attorney General Eric Holder addresses the Justice Department’s findings in two investigations regarding theFerguson, Mo., shooting of Michael Brown by Darren Wilson.

Darren Wilson

By Dina CappielloTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — The Senate onWednesday failed to overridePresident Barack Obama’s veto of abill to construct the Keystone XL

pipeline, the first of many con-

frontations between theRepublican-controlled Congressand the White House this year overenergy policy.

The 62-37 vote is expected to beone of many veto showdownsbetween Republicans and Obama in

his final term. Already, the White

House has is sued more than a dozenveto threats on legislation.

Proponents of the Keystone billhave said since its introductionthat they didn’t have the two-thirdsof the Senate vote needed to over-ride Obama’s veto. They fell four

votes short. They’ve already b een

discussing other way to force thepipeline’s approval, either byattaching it o nto must-pass spend-ing bills or other, broader, energylegislation.

“If we don’t win the battle today,we will win th e war because we will

find another bill to attach this

pipeline to,” said Sen. JohnHoeven, R-N.D., the chief sponso rof the bill, before the vote.

Majority Leader MitchMcConnell pleaded withDemocrats for more support of abill that he said advanced the presi-

dent’s own priorities.

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By Jack Gillum and Ted BridisTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — A House committee

investigating the Benghazi, Libya,attacks issued subpoenas Wednesday forthe emails of Hillary Rodham Clinton,who used a private account exclusively forofficial business when she was secretaryof state — and also used a computer emailserver now traced back to her family’s NewYork h ome.

The subpoenas from the Republican-ledSelect Committee on Benghazi demandedadditional material from Clinton and oth-ers related to Libya, spokesman Jamal D.Ware said. The panel also sent i nstructionsto technology companies instructing themto preserve any relevant documents in theirpossession.

The development on Capitol Hill camethe s ame day AP reported the ex ist ence of apersonal email server traced back to the

Chappaqua, New York, home of Clinton.The unusual practice of a Cabinet-levelofficial running her own email serverwould have given Clinton — who isexpected to run for president in the 2016campaign — significant control over lim-iting access to her message archives.

The practice also would complicate theState Department’s legal responsibilitiesin finding and turning o ver official emailsin response to any investigations, law-suits o r public records requests . The depart-ment would be the position of acceptingClinton’s assurances she was surrenderingeverything required that was in her control.

Congress said it learned last summerabout Clinton’s use of a private emailaccount to conduct official StateDepartment business during its investiga-tion o f the Benghazi attacks on a U.S. mis-sion in which four Americans died.

“It doesn’t matter if the server was inFoggy Bottom, Chappaqua, o r Bora Bora,”House Speaker John Boehner said. “TheBenghazi Select Committee needs to seeall of these emails, because the Americanpeople deserve all o f the facts.”

The chairman of the Benghazi commit-tee, Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., toldreporters: “I want the documents. Soonerrather than l ater.”

Democrats called it a fishi ng exp edition .“Everything I’ve seen so far has led me

to believe that this is an effort to go afterHillary Clinton, period,” said Rep. ElijahCummings of Maryland, the top Democraton th e committee.

House committee subpoenas HillaryClinton’s emails in Benghazi probe

By Ken ThomasTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — Republicans are sig-naling that questions about Hillary RodhamClinton’s use of a private email account

while she was secretary of state will foll owher into her widely anti cipated presidentialcampaign.

GOP leaders, who control the investiga-tive powers of Congress, say the revela-tions reaffirm a long -held GOP portrayal of Bill and Hillary Clinton as secretive andplaying by their own rules. Democrats dis-miss th e accusation s as triv ial and questionwhether the emails will resonate with vot-ers in an election 20 months away.

But as the presidential nominating sea-son begins, Clinton’s use of a personalemail account for State Department busi-ness has stok ed questio ns abo ut transparen-cy that threaten to cloud her early steps asthe Democratic Party’s overwhelming

favorite White House prospect.“The American people deserve all of the

facts,” House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said Wednesday. He was respondingto an Associated Press report th at the com-puter server that sent and received the secre-

tary of state’s emails — on a privateaccount used for official business — wasregistered to Clinton’s New York home.

Rep. Jaso n Chaffetz, R-Utah, chairman of the House Oversight and GovernmentReform Committee, intends to investigatewhether Clinto n, by using a personal emailaccount, may have violated federal require-ments that written communications of offi-cials are preserved.

The committee will join with a specialcommittee investigating the 2012 attacksin Benghazi, Libya. The Benghazi commit-tee first discovered Clinton’s use of a pri-vate email address and issued subpoenasWednesday for Clinton’s emails when shewas secretary of state.

Questions emerge asClinton nears ’16 bid

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Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton delivers dinner remarks at EMILY’s List 30thAnniversary Gala.

‘It WAS him’Defense admits Tsarnaevbombed BostonMarathonBy Denise LavoieTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BOSTON — The questio n, for all practicalpurposes, is no longer whether Dzhokhar

Tsarnaev took part in theBoston Marathon bomb-ing. It’s whether hedeserves to die for it.

In a blunt openingstatement at thenation’s biggest terror-ism trial in nearly 20years, Tsarnaev’s ownlawyer flatly to ld a jurythat the 21-year-oldformer college student

committed the crime.“It WAS him,” said defens e atto rney J udy

Clarke, one of the nation ’s foremost death-penalty specialists.

But in a strategy aimed at savingTsarnaev from a death sentence, she arguedthat he had fallen under the malevolentinfluence of his now-dead older brother,Tamerlan.

“The evidence will not establish and wewill not argue that Tamerlan put a gun toDzhokhar’s head or that he forced him to

jo in i n th e plan ,” Clarke sai d, “but yo u wil lhear evidence about the kind of influencethat thi s ol der brother had.”

Three people were killed and more than260 hurt when two shrapnel-packed pres-sure-cook er bombs expl oded near the finishline on April 15, 201 3. Tsarnaev, th en 19,was accused of carrying o ut the attacks with26-year-old Tamerlan, who was killed in ashootout and getaway attempt days later.

DzhokharTsarnaev

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U.S. ambassador toS. Korea slashed onface, wrist in attack

By George Jahn and Matthew LeeTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MONTREUX, Switzerland — U.S. offi-cials sought Wednesday to tamp downexpectations of a substantial preliminarynuclear deal with Iran by the March deadlinewhile working to move past the politicaldust kicked up by Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu’s criticism of anemerging agreement’s con tours.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry saidWashing ton was well aware of the p otenti alnuclear danger Iran poses t o countries in theregion and will endorse only an agreementthat seriously and verifiably crimpsTehran’s ability to make atomic arms.

“We conti nue to be fo cused on reaching agood deal, t he right deal, that clo ses off anypaths that Iran could have towards fissilematerial for a weapon and that protects theworld from the enormous threat that we allknow a nuclear-armed Iran would pose,”

Kerry tol d reporters at t heend of meetings withIranian Foreign MinisterMohammad Javad Zarif.

The Iranian diplomattold NBC News onWednesday, “We believethat we are very close,very close.”

The sides hope to havea progress report by lateMarch allowing them to

finesse details into a final pact by June. Buta senior U.S. official appeared to walk b ackfrom the significance of that first stage,describing it as only “an understandingthat’s going to have to be filled out withlots of detail” by the J une final target date.

The official’s comments could be anattempt to stretch the in terpretation of whatshould be achieved by March, allo wing fur-ther negotiations even if nothing more isachieved than a vague declaration.

They contrast sh arply with what th e Westlaid down earlier.

Justifying an extension of the talks onNov. 24, Foreign Secretary PhilipHammond of Britain — one of t he five pow-

ers backing the U.S. at the talks — said he

expected “an agreement on substance” byMarch. Western and Iranian n egoti ators saidthen they would use the ti me between Marchand June only “if necessary ... to finalizeany possible remaining technical and draft-

ing work.”

By Foster Klug and Kim Tong-HyungTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SEOUL, South Korea — U.S. AmbassadorMark Lippert was slashed on the face andwrist by a man wielding a weapon with a 10 -inch blade and screaming that the rivalKoreas should be unified, South Koreanpolice said Thursday.

Media images showed a stunned-lookingLippert staring at his blood-covered lefthand and holding his right hand over a cuton the right side of his face, his pink tiesplattered with blood.

The U.S. St ate Department condemned theattack, which h appened at a performing artscenter in downtown Seoul as the ambassa-dor was preparing for a lecture, and saidLippert was bein g treated at a local ho spit aland his injuries weren’t life threatening.

YTN TV reported that the suspect — iden-tified by police as a 55-year-old, surnamedKim — screamed during the attack, “South

and North Korea should be reunified.” Apolice official, speaking on condition of anonymity because the investigation wasstill happening, said the suspect in 2010threw a piece of concrete at the Japaneseambassador in Seoul.

The suspect shouted anti-war slogansafter he was detained Thursday.

Yonhap TV showed men in suits and tiessubduing the att acker, who was dressed in amodern version of the traditional Koreanhanbok, and Lippert later being rushed to apoli ce car with a handkerchief pressed to h ischeek.

The attacker’s comments on Koreanreunification seem linked to lingerin g, deepdivisio ns in South Korea that stem from theKorean War. The rival Koreas have beendivided for decades along the world’s mostheavily armed border. The U.S., whichbacked South Korea during the 1950-53Korean War, s till station s 28, 500 troops inSouth Korea as a deterrent against NorthKorea, an d some South Koreans see th e U.S.

presence as a barrier toward a reunifiedKorea, a view North Korea’s propagandamachine regularly p ushes in state media.

Anti-U.S. protesters have recently beendemonstrating to voice oppos ition t o annu-al U.S.-South Korean military exercisesthat North Korea says are preparation for aninvasion. Seoul and Washington say thedrills , which will run until the end of April,are defensive and routine.

North Korea each year reacts with fury tothe drills, which the impoverished countryis forced to respond to with drills of itsown. In 2013 it threatened nuclear strikes

on Washington and Seoul, and on the firstday of this year’s drills, Monday, it test-fired short range missiles in a demonstra-tion of anger.

Lippert, 42, became ambassador last yearand has been a regular presence on socialmedia and in speeches and presentationsduring h is ti me in Seoul. His wife gave birthhere and the couple gave t heir son a Koreanmiddle name. Lippert was formerly th e U.S.Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asianaffairs and a foreign p olicy aide to PresidentBarack Obama when Obama was a U.S. sen-ator.

Kerry pushes back on Israeli criticism of Iran nuke talks

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Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert, third left, leaves after he was slashed in the face byan unidentified assailant at a public forum in central Seoul, South Korea.

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By Mathew CraftTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — U.S. stocks sankWednesday, pulling indexes furtherbelow record highs hit earlier in theweek. The drop was modest but broad:nine of the 10 sectors in the Standard &

Poor’s 50 0 index lost ground.Given the market’s recent run, it’sonly natural for investors to turn cau-tious, said Terry Sandven, senior equitystrategist at U.S. Bank WealthManagement. On Monday, the S&P 500reached an all-time high while theNasdaq crossed the 5,000 mark for thefirst time in nearly 15 years.

“We’re in wait-and-see mode,”Sandven said. “Prices are definitelystretched, especially when earningsexpectations are being set lower.”

The S&P 500 gave up 9.25 po ints, or0.4 percent, to 2,098.53.

The Dow Jones industrial average lost106.47 points, or 0.6 percent, to18,096.90. The Nasdaq composite fell12.76 points, or 0.3 percent, to4,967.14.

Alcoa’s stock sank 4 percent follow-ing news that analysts at Bank of America cut their ratings on the alu-minum giant. BofA’s analysts expectprices for aluminum to lose strength asChina increases its exports. Alcoa lost59 cents to $14.59.

Abercrombie & Fitch pos ted quarterlyprofits that beat analysts’ estimates butits s ales fell short. A top executive at th eretailer warned that it will likely facetrouble from a stronger dollar.Abercrombie’s stock plunged $3.72, or16 percent, to $20.27.

With all but 12 b ig companies in the

S&P 500 having turned in their fourth-quarter results, overall earnings are ontrack to increase 7.7 percent, accordingto S&P Capital IQ. That’s much betterthan some had feared.

Forecasts for the first three months,however, have been slashed. In earlyDecember, analysts projected an 8.6percent increase in corporate earningsfor the first quarter. Today, they expectthem to shrink 2.6 p ercent.

ADP, a payroll processing company,reported Wednesday that its surveyshowed U.S. b usinesses added more than200,000 people to their payrolls inFebruary, the latest sign of strong hir-ing. The survey came two days beforethe gov ernment’s release of its month lyemployment report on Friday.Economists forecast that the economyadded 240,000 jobs last month and theunemployment rate slipped to 5.6 per-cent from 5.7 percent.

U.S. economic growth appears steadydespite reports out earlier this weekshowing declines in constructionspending and car sales, according to Jim

O’Sullivan, chief U.S. economist atHigh-Frequency Economics. “We exp ectanother fairly strong rise in payrollsand a drop in the unemployment rate inthe February employment report onFriday,” O’Sullivan said in a report toclients.

In Europe, both France’s CAC-40

index and Germany’s DAX gained 1 per-cent. Britain’s FTSE 100 picked up 0.4percent.

Two reports showed hints of life inEurope’s economy. Retail salesincreased by 1.1 percent in January, thefirst time since records began in 2000that they’ve grown for four consecutivemonths. Meanwhile, a key gauge of business activity showed growth inFebruary across all four of the region’sbiggest economies: Germany, France,Italy and Spain.

In the market for U.S. governmentbonds, the yield on th e 10-year Treasurynote held steady at 2.12 percent.

Most precious and industrial metalstraded lower. Gold fell $3.50 to settle at$1,200.90 an ounce, and silver slipped14 cents to $16.16 an ounce. Coppersettled at $2.66 a pound, nearlyunchanged.

Benchmark U.S. crude rose $1.01 tosettle at $51.53 a barrel in New York.Brent crude, the international bench-mark, fell 47 cents to $60.55 inLondon.

Stocks fall, pulling market further below recor

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on theNew York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:NYSEAbercrombie & Fitch Co., down $3.72 to $20.27 The teen clothing retailer reported better-than-expected fourth-quarterprot, but its revenue fell short of forecasts.Wayfair Inc., up $3.65 to $28.90 The e-commerce company reported better-than-expected fourth quarterresults and gave an upbeat outlook.American Eagle Outtters Inc., up $1.14 to $15.96 The clothing and apparel retailer reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter results and issued a solid outlook.Lumber Liquidators Holdings Inc., down $5.14 to $35.64A U.S. senator called for federal agencies to investigate whether thecompany’s laminate ooring poses a health risk to the public.NasdaqSmith & Wesson Holding Corp., up $1.29 to $14.34 The rearm maker reported better-than-expected scal third-quarterresults and a positive outlook.Bob Evans Farms Inc., down $13.28 to $46.36 The chain restaurant operator reported worse-than-expected scal third-quarter results and won’t spin off its foods unit.Bazaarvoice Inc., down $2.67 to $6.41 The commerce software company reported better-than-expectedearnings, but its revenue outlook disappointed.Ambarella Inc., up $4.44 to $67.49 The video-compression chipmaker reported better-than-expectedfourth-quarter results and its outlook was well-received.

Big movers

McDonald’s chicken gets newstandard: No human antibiotics

NEW YORK — McDonald’s says itplans to require chicken suppliers tostop using antibiotics important tohuman medicine withi n two y ears.

The company says its suppliers willstill be able to use a type of antibioticcalled ionophores that keeps chickenshealthy and isn’t used in h umans. Laterthis year, McDonald’s also said it willno lo nger serve milk from cows treatedwith a particular artificial growth hor-mone.

Many cattle, hog and poultry pro-ducers give their livestock antibioticsto make them grow faster and ensurethey are healthy.

Exxon CEO: Get usedto lower oil prices

NEW YORK — Exxon Mobil CEORex Tillerson expects the price of oilto remain low over the next two yearsbecause of ample global supplies and

relatively weak economic growth.Speaking at the company’s annual

investor meeting in New York,Tillerson cautioned that geopoliticalturmoil could unexpectedly send priceshigher. But he said that if tensionscalm, much more oil is ready to hit themarket — a market that i s already flush

with crude oil.Alibaba opens datacenter in Silicon Valley

NEW YORK — The cloud-computingunit of Chinese e-commerce power-house Alibaba is making its first forayinto the U.S. by opening a data centerin Sil icon Valley.

Aliyun, Alibaba’s cloud-computingsubsidiary, is opening the center to tryto sell its data storage and other serv-ices to U.S. companies. It will be com-peting against Amazon Web Services,Microsoft’s Azure and Google’s cloudplatform services.

Shares of Alibaba Group rose $3. 91,or 4.8 percent, to close at $85.49 onWednesday. The stock is closer to thelow end of its trading range since itwent public in September and is off 29percent since its trading high o f $120.

Senator asks for investigationof Lumber Liquidators

NEW YORK — A U.S. senator isrequesting that three federal agenciesinvestigate Lumber Liquidators fol-lowing a “60 Minutes” report that saidthe company’s laminate flooring madein China may not meet California’shealth and safety standards.

The “60 Minutes” report, whichaired Sunday on CBS, said that LumberLiquidators’ laminate flooring made inChina contains high levels of formaldehyde, a carcinogen. LumberLiquidators says that it complies withappli cable regulation s for its products,including California standards forformaldehyde emissions for compos-ite wood products.

By Martin CrutsingerTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — Transcripts of FederalReserve meetings in 2009 showed centralbank officials struggling to contain theworst financial crisis in seven decades andsearching for the right policies to halt a deep-ening economic downturn.

The transcripts released Wednesdayrevealed that officials were worried about theprecedents being set b y providing billi ons of dollars of government support to the nation’s

largest bank s. They also searched for ways toprovide support to an economy that seemedto be in free fall at the beginning of the year.Current Fed Chair Janet Yellen was particular-ly spot-on in her predictions for a weakrecovery and her insistence that the world’sbiggest economy needed more help.

During an emergency call on the morningof Jan. 16, 2009, after the government hadannounced a $20 billio n bailout for Bank of America, then-Fed Chairman Ben Bernankedeclared that he was unwilling to allow “thefailure of a firm the size of Bank of America.”

The call underscored the chaotic situation

facing the Fed and other government agen-cies as they confronted a financial crisis thathad ignited in September with the takeoverof mortgage giants Fannie Mae and FreddieMac and the collapse of Lehman Brothers inthe largest bankruptcy in U.S. history. TheBush administration scrambled to assemble a$700 billion bailout fund that Congressapproved to try to stabilize the financial sys-tem.

Bernanke apologized to the group for notinforming them about the details of the Bankof America rescue before it was publiclyannounced. He said officials had moved up the

announcement at the request of the bank,which was worried about deteriorating marketconditions.

The country’s economic downturn was hit-ting with full force in early 2009. The econo-my contracted sharply, with job losses aver-aging 774,000 in the first three months of the year and the Dow Jones in dustrial averageplunging to a low of 6,44 0 on March 9.

Faced with the turmoil in financial marketsand rapidly rising unemployment, Fed poli-cymakers at their March 17-18 meetingdecided to expand by $1 .2 t rillio n a bond pur-chase program it had begun in November.

Transcripts reveal Fed confronting chaotic banking system

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By Terry BernalDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

SAN FRANCISCO — Even with an explo-sive 3-poin t performance in the th ird quarter,Mills was unable to overcome Sacred HeartCathedral.

The No. 1-seed Fightin’ Irish (15-11) tookthe lead midway through the second quarterand weathered the third-quarter storm to roll toa 71-57 victory over No. 4 Mills in

Wednesday’s Central Coast Section DivisionIII semifinal at St. Ignatius’ McCulloughGymnasium.

Mills (22-6) converted 13 3-pointers in thegame including six in the third quarter. ButSHC had three players score in double-figures,including an exp losive th ird-quarter perform-ance of its own in the person o f forward AlfredHollins. The sophomore scored a game-high25 points , including 16 p oints in the secondhalf and 11 in the third quarter.

“We just wanted to come out and be aggres-sive, not be scared and just bring it to them,”Mills forward Brandon Matsuno said. “Wewere doing that but then they just got awayfrom us in the fourth quarter.”

Matsuno was Mills’ most prolific marks-man from beyond the arc. The sophomoreconnected on seven 3-pointers in the game toscore a team-high 24 points. And his third-quarter performance brought the Vikings backfrom the depths of two big deficits.

SHC led 27-20 at the half, but less than aminute into the third quarter, Matsuno drilled atrey to close it to 27-25. Hollins answeredright back with one of his three 3-pointers onthe night. And when the 6-6 sophomorescored an impressive put-back off an offen-sive rebound — one of his game-high nineboards on the nigh t — SHC had surged back toa 34-25 lead midway through the quarter.

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By Nathan MollatDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

MILPITAS — All a coach can do is put hi splayers in the best position to succeed. Tothat end, Menlo-Atherton boys’ soccercoach Jacob Pickard and his assistant wentand scouted Bellarmine in its quarternalmatch against Palo Alto Saturday.

Nothing he saw that day gave him causefor concern. Bellarmine is a good team, yes,but not a juggernaut.

So when Pickard saw his team warming upprior to the Bears’ Central Coast SectionDivision I seminal match against the Bellsat Milpitas High School Wednesday after-noon , he was concerned.

That feeling was warranted as the No. 5Bells scored once in each half in posti ng a 2-0 win over the top-seeded Bears.

“I don’t want to come off as disrespectfulto Bellarmine, but our squad handed them thegame,” Pickard said. “We didn’t show uptoday. This was no t th e team that had won 11in a row.”

Pickard said he noticed during warm upsthat the Bears’ touches were just off. He saidhe asked the players what the problem wasand when no one came up with a denitiveanswer, Pickard supplied it for them.

“They were so deep in their own heads,”Pickard said. “I eventually spell ed it out forthem: ‘You guys are scared.’ I thi nk t he occa-sion overwhelmed them today.”

Despite t hat, M-A (16-4-0) was only a cou-ple plays away from forcing overtime.

While the M-A offense struggled to consis-tently connect passes together, the defensewas solid.

Bellarmine (15 -4-4) control led mideld inthe rst h alf and worked well on overlaps onthe anks, which eventually led to th eir rstgoal. Bellarmine’s Ben Hughes made a rundown the right ank with a M-A defender onhis shoulder. Hughes carried the ball towardthe end line and turned the corner. Thedefender slipped and Hughes had a clear lookat his opti ons. He picked out Nick Dequiroz,who was stationed at the top of the penaltybox. Dequiroz hammered a shot through traf-c and into the net to give the Bells a 1-0

M-A boys come up short

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Menlo-Atherton’s Juan Gastelum Urquidez hits a shot off the half volley in the first half of theBears’ 2-0 loss to Bellarmine in the CCS Division I semifinals.

W hat in the wide, wide world of sports is going on with theSan Francisco 49 ers? It seemsno matter what they do, they can’t helpbut do it wrong.

And it s tarted before the whole JimHarbaugh fiasco. First , it was the exclu-sion of any mention of former front-office great Carmen Poli cy in the team’snew team history exhibit at Levi’s

Stadium. Policy wason radio stationKNBR a co uplemonths ago andrevealed that h iscontributions to thefranchise were notrecognized in theleast. Policy was assynonymous to the49ers’ success dur-ing it s heyday ascoach Bill Walshand owner Eddie

DeBartolo. He was Eddie D’s right-handman. To not have a single homage to hisaccomplishments is a mistake.

Then, of course, there was the wholeHarbaugh and ensuing co aching searchdebacle which is now followed by theremoval of any trace of Harbaugh’s t enurefrom the t eam’s h isto ry museum. Thefront office insists they needed the spacefor a new Frank Gore exhib it.

Wonder if they’ll take down the Goregear when he leaves in free agency? I

kno w, t hey can replace Gore with theirlatest experiment — the rugger theysign ed from the Australian Rugby League,Jarryd Hayne.

Last I checked, the 49ers h ad alreadytried this experiment with defensive line-man Lawrence Okoye, a rugby pl ayerthey s ign ed from England who has sh ownno real signs of ever seeing the field.

Or maybe that sp ot can be o ccupied by ablast from the past , former receiver/returnman Ted Ginn Jr. Reports say th e 49ersare bringing him for a tryo ut. He wasaverage, at best, during his first go-around with th e team, th ink h e got betterover the last h andful of seasons?

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49erscan’t seem

to win for trying

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By Josh Dubow THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

OAKLAND — Stephen Curry needed justover a minute to turn a rough sh ooting nightinto a goo d one.

Curry made three straight 3-pointers in aspan of 65 seconds in the fourth quarter tohelp the Golden State Warriors beat theMilwaukee Bucks 102-93 on Wednesdaynight in their return from a season-high,six-game road trip.

“Steph had arguably one of his worstgames of the year goi ng, ” coach Steve Kerrsaid. “But that’s Steph. That’s why he’sStephen Curry. I used to watch it withMichael Jordan. On nights where he missed10 sh ots i n a row, when everyone else would

just clam up, he just all of a sudden wouldfind that incredible confidence. It’sunbreakable. Steph has that.

“That’s what makes h imspecial.”

Draymond Green had 23points and 12 reboundson his 25th birthday,Klay Thompson scored17 points and ShaunLivingston added 16 forthe Warriors, whoimproved to an NBA-best25-2 at home.

Giannis Antetokounmpo and Michael

Carter-Williams scored 16 points each forthe Bucks, who have lost six of sevengames and went winless on a four-game roadtrip.

“It’s been a learning exp erience, a processthat a young team is goi ng through,” coachJason Kidd said. “We’re only going to getbetter from it.”

After playin g 10 o f the previous 11 gameson the road, Golden State was locked in a

Weary Warriors rally to beat Milwakee

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By Rick EymerTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Buster Posey gotoff to a strong start as he doubled in tworuns and walked in his first appearance of the spring.

But Jo sh Reddick h ad three hits and drovein a pair of runs in leading the OaklandAthletics to a 9-2 victory over the SanFrancisco Giants on Wednesday.

“There’s always that anxiousness to thefirst time,” Posey said. “Everything feltgood. To me, it’s about mentally beingthere more than anything, try to g et some-thing out of it and not go through themotions.”

Jake Peavey worked an inning for theGiants, giving up two runs and four hits.Casey McGehee added two hits.

Marcus Semien had two hits and drove inthree, giving him seven RBIs in his firsttwo exhibition games, all against theGiants. He has more RBIs than the Giantshave as a t eam.

Jesse Chavez went twoscoreless innings for theA’s. He gave up two hits,walked one and struck outone.

For the second straightday, the A’s jumped on a

Giants starter early. In thetop of the first, Sam Fuld,Reddick and Ike Daviseach singled ahead of

Semien, who sin gled home two runs.The A’s scored three times in the first

against Madison Bumgarner on Tuesday.

Starting timeGiants : Peavy said he felt child-like

excitement when he took the mound in thetop of the first. “It wasn’t a jittery excite-ment,” he said. “It was fun to see JimReynolds, the umpire, Bob Melvin in theother dugout, and just looking around, let’splay a baseball game!” Peavy took a moundfor just the sixth time since the Giants wonthe World Series. He hasn’t thrown during

the offseason for about 10 years. “I want toget ready and still save something forSeptember and October,” Peavy said. “I’mtrying to get ready for April 6. I like to getthat first one out of th e way. About th e mid-dle of spring I will have a g ood idea of whatI need to work on.”

A th l e t i c s : Reddick was impressed withthe way Chavez handled himself in the firstinning, getting two quick outs but thenneeding to pitch out of a minor jam.“Walking Posey is never a bad idea, espe-cially after that tough double by (Hunter)Pence,” said the A’s outfielder. “It was agood start for him.

Trainer’s roomA th l e t i c s : A’s announcer Ken Korach

has been dealing with a left k nee injury andwas unable to make it to spring training t hefirst week. He underwent knee replacementsurgery three years ago. Korach sent anopen letter to the A’s community. “I’ve beenholding out hope that I can make it toArizona for the first spring training broad-

cast, but now I know that I won’t make it,”he wrote. . Billy Butler was scratched fromthe startin g lin eup because of a stomach ail-ment.

Giants : Former Giants pitcher and cur-rent ann ouncer Mike Krukow has been deal-ing with a leg problem and missed the first

two days of the exhibition season.According to his partner, Duane Kuiper,Krukow is doing well and is expected inArizona on Friday. . SS Brandon Crawfordhas a slight shoulder problem that limitshis p laying time. He should be ready to pl ayin th e field next week.

Up nextRHP Ryan Vogels ong, in th e mix for a

spot in the rotation, gets the start for theGiants on Thursday when t he Chicago Cubsvisit. Jacob Turner is the announced Cubsstarter.

LHP Barry Zito takes the mound againstprofessional hitters for the first t ime since2013 when the A’s travel to t he Cubs onThursday. Travis Wood will go for the Cubs.

Posey lone bright spot for Giants in lo

Buster Posey

Feldman one of three starterslocked into Astros 2015 rotation

The Astros have at least one spot open intheir pitching rotation as spring training

games begin. CollinMcHugh, who will startthe spring opener, is inalong with Dallas Keucheland Scott Feldman.

“Right now (BrettOberholtzer) is trendingtoward the 4,” Astrosmanager A.J. Hinch s aid.

Jose Altuve and JedLowrie will not play in

the first two games, and catcher JasonCastro will DH only until Sunday.

Moment of silence for “Cuban CometThere was a pregame moment of sil ence for

former White Sox out-fielder Minnie Minoso,who died Sunday at age90. Minoso, who madehis major league debut

just two years after JackieRobinso n and turned intothe game’s first blackLatino star, is one of only two players to

appear in a major league game in five differ-ent decades.

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semifinalsBy Terry BernalDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

The full-court press betrayed BurlingameWednesday nigh t in th e Central Coast SectionDivision III semifinals.

Despite going into the fourth quarter trail-ing by 3, the No. 6-seed Panthers fell 66-53to No. 2 Aptos (22-6) after the Mariners rancircles around the Burlingame press in thefourth quarter.

Aptos senior Ben Dorfman was the recipi-ent of three consecutive full-court blitzesthrough the Burlingame press. Dorfman wenton to score a game-high 29 points, including18 points in the fourth quarter.

“I think we did pretty well to beat S.I. here(in the quarterfinals) and get to the semifi-nals,” Burlingame head coach Pete Haramessaid. “You’ve got to b e proud of that. We’re allgoing to wake up at 3 in the morning with astomach ache over what we should have done,especially about the p ress.”

The Panthers turned to the press after cut-ting t he Aptos lead to 46-42 on a driving lay-in by Justin Gutang. After not leading sincemidway through the second quarter,Burling ame immediately pressed in the ho pesof turning the tide.

The plan backfired.Aptos quickly threaded the needle right

through the middle of the Panthers’ defensewith Dante Gomez feeding Dorfman under thehoop. The Mariners defended Burlingame’snext possession and ran the same play up

court with Dorfman again going to t he hoop.The next time Aptos touched the ball — déjàvu all over again to Dorfman.

Harames pointed to the quintessent ial expe-rience factor as to what allowed Aptos to takeover the game in the final quarter.

“(They have) experience, what we don’thave,” Harames said. “We don’t have experi-ence.”

The experience allowed Aptos to dominateon the boards. Aptos outreboundedBurlingame 15-8 in the second half. SeniorsGomez and Cole Rot hman paced the Marinerswith six rebounds apiece. Burlingame forwardTyler Garlitos had the game-high with seven.

By Nathan MollatDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

MILPITAS — The Carlmont’s girls’ soccerteam’s quest for its first Central CoastSection championship since 2006 will haveto wait until next season.

Despite going toe-to-toe with top-seededMountain View, th e Scots could not sol ve theSpartans’ defense in a CCS Divisio n I semifi-nal game at Milpi tas High School Wednesdaynight. Mountain View scored the game’s lon egoal in the 50t h minute to post a 1-0 victory.

Carlmont coach Tina Smith was tally ing upher statistics as she talked with a reporter andthe one thing she came away with was howevenly matched the two teams were.

“Shots, shots on g oal, saves. We were deadeven,” Smith said. “Mountain View is a verygood team and I think we matched them sec-ond for second, minute for minute.”

In the end, t he difference may have been theSpartans’ speed. Ysa Baluyot and NatashaHarris were especially quick. They sho wed off their pace in the first half, b ut came up empty.

It was a sign of things to come, however,as the pair hooked up for the game’s onlygoal.

Ten minutes into the second half, after anextended attack, Baluyot gathered in a passabout 40 yards from goal and headed for theleft corner. A Carlmont defender was in hotpursuit, right on Baluyot’s left shoulder.

But Baluyot eventually gained a step or twoon the defender, just enough space to crossthe ball into the middle of the Carlmontpenalty box, where it found an unmarked

Harris, who cashed in her shot for the 1-0lead.

Moments later, Mountain View had a shotskip off the crossbar.

The seventh-seeded Scots picked up thepace on their attack after the goal and despiteseveral promising build ups, they came away

empty.The first half was about an even a matchcould be, with both teams controlling theaction at times and making dangerouscharges on each g oal.

Mountain View had a ton of respect forCarlmont striker Soha Said, as coach IvanBandov had Said double teamed most of thegame. At one point, Soha was surrounded byfour Mountain View defenders.

Soha received plenty of p romising p assesat the top of the Scots’ offensive formation,but she just could not find any room to oper-ate once she received the ball.

A lot of the passes came from midfielderKayla Fung. She made a number of dangerous,penetrating runs, but in the end, she wasalways bottled up by the collapsingMountain View defense.

The closest Carlmont (13-7-2) came toscoring in the opening 40 minutes came inthe eighth minute when Rhea Subramaniangathered in a pass a little more than 30 yardsaway from goal. Her rising shot sailed justover the crossbar.

Mountain View (17-2-1) had a goal disal-lowed by an offside call in th e 15th min ute —which was not controversial in th e least. Theassistant referee had his flag raised and thewhistle had already bl own to s top action and

the Mountain View player just finished any-way.

Carlmont goalkeeper Lauren Racioppistopped any and all other shots by theSpartans, none that were especially difficult.

Carlmont had the first, best chance to s corein the second half in the opening minute.

Said received a pass and actually found a sliv-er of space. She turned and got off solid shot. A little more gusto and she might have beat-en the Mountain View goalkeeper to the farright post, but a diving save thwarted Said’sattempt.

“They finished one of their shots and wedidn’t,” Smith said.

There were no tears from the Scots whenthe final whistle ended. Considering wherethey were at the beginning of the season, th efact they made it to the CCS semifinals is ahuge achievement in and of itself.

“We started the season 1-6,” Smith said.“This team has grown so much. They gave meeverything they have. … I’m super proud of them.”

In Division III semifinals action, top-seed-ed Sacred Heart Prep (18-2-1) advanced to i ts

second straight champions hip g ame with animpressive 5-1 win over No. 12 King’sAcademy (10-8-3).

In the other semifinal, No. 6 Menlo School(12-5-4) saw its season end in a penalty-kickloss to No. 7 Sacred Heart Cathedral (11-8-4).The teams were tied at 1 after 80 minutes of regulation and 20 minutes of overtime. TheIrish prevailed 4-3 in PKs.

The Gators will face the Irish at 3 p.m.Saturday at Valley Chri stian High Schoo l.

Scots’ season ends in DI semis

lead in th e 26th minute.“They were organized and we were not

organized today,” Pickard said.Not that the Bears didn’t have any oppor-

tunities. On a throw-in in the 29th minute,Kyle Smith’s header sailed just a lit tle hi gh.On a 32nd minute free kick, Quinn Rowlandsent a cross into the penalty box, that wasicked on to the far right post. AndresGonzalez chested the ball down, but as hewas falling down backward, could onlymange to get a toe on it. Smith was there toget a crack at it, b ut it was cleared out by th eBells.

The Bears picked up the urgency in the sec-ond half and maintained control for most of the nal 40 minutes. They outshot the Bells

5-2 in the second half, with all those shotson frame.

Smith icked another shot on goal off athrow-in, but it was saved. M-A’s best shotat the equalizer came in the nal minutes of stoppage time. The Bears earned a free kick

from about 40 yards out. They pushed every-body into the box and when the ball wascrossed, th e melee in the Bells’ penalty boxensued.

With bodies ying around, the Bearsappeared to catch a break when the ballbounced off a Bellarmine defender’s arm inthe b ox. The referee, however, allowed playto continue.

Bellarmine went on a counterattack thatwas cashed in to i ce the game for the Bells.

“He (the referee) said he saw it (the handball),” Pickard said. “And he interpreted it asnot intentional.”

Despite admitting both he and the teamwere disappointed to see their season endWednesday, Pickard believes his players will

eventually come to th e realization the Bearshad an outstanding s eason.

“At the end of the day, this was supposedto be a rebuilding year,” Pickard said, addinghe had only ve returners from last season .

“We won the PAL championship by morepoints than ever, we had an 11-game win-ning streak. ... We scored, like 77 goals,which is a ridiculous number. I don’t carewhat you call it , that’s a successful y ear.”

In a Division III seminal game, No. 8Sacred Heart Prep (15-2-5) advanced to thetitle game with a penalty-kick victory overNo. 4 Santa Cruz (14-6-3).

The teams were tied at 1 following 100minutes of play. While neither team wasespecially efcient in the penalty kicks, theGators p ulled out a 3-1 decision.

They will now face No. 2 Sacred HeartCathedral (15-3-4) for the Division III titleat 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Homestead HighSchool.

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But the Mills offense kept distrib-uting up top and found another hothand in forward Marquez Bura. Amidseveral 2-point responses from theIrish, the senior Bura hit back-to-back treys for the Vikings and seniorKevin Loi drained one as well. And

by the time Matsuno knocked downhis third 3-pointer of the quarter,Mills had again drawn close at 38-37.

SHC added another bucket toextend its lead to 3, but that just hap-pened to be Mills’ magic number.And when Bura hit ano ther trey to tieit at 40-40, it looked as though thatMills magic might just endure.

“They couldn’t miss, but I wasconfident,” SHC guard DavidParsons said. “It gets nervous, but if we keep p laying our game then we’llbe alright. Sometimes we get off task but when we play our game, I’mnot worried at all.”

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