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    Thursday• Feb. 19, 2015•Vol XV, Edition 160

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    ASH WEDNESDAY PROCESSION

    By Bill SilverfarbDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

    A state lawmaker is aiming to develop astrategy to tame traffic on Highway 101 asthe rebounding economy has led to slowercommutes.

    Assemblyman Kevin Mullin, D-SouthSan Francisco, introduced Assembly Bill378 Wednesday to address congest ion relief

    on the 4 8-mile stretch of highway between SanFrancisco and San Jose.

    The bill declares thatthe corridor is the mosteconomically productiveand important stretch of highway in the state and

    that its transportationcapacity is “grossly

    insufficient” to serve the “growing numberof commuters.”

    It also declares that bad traffic on 1 01 h asled to “serious overcrowding on Caltrain.”

    The bill seeks to provide a frameworkfor addressing major congestionthrough San Mateo County by bringingtogether the b usiness community, trans-portation experts and city officials toengage the commuting public on ways

    to alleviate the congestion.The bill calls for regional transportation

    agencies to take swift and decisive action t orelieve commuter congestion.

    Mullin cautions, however, that develop-ing the strategy could be a multi-yearprocess.

    “Given the impact traffic delays have on

    Lawmaker wants to fix 101Highway congestion only getting worse, bill defines multi-year process

    Kevin Mullin

    City studiesdeveloperhousing feePlanning Commission considers

    Community Benefits ProgramBy Bill SilverfarbDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

    As Redwood City embarks o n ways t o draw more benefitsout of future development s, its residents have made it clearwhat is needed the most is affordable ho using.

    The city currently does not ch arge developers a fee to addto th e city’s stock of affordable housing b ut has joined withother cities to study the feasibility of such a program.

    The city, especially downtown, is experiencing anunprecedented growth s purt currently with the con structionof new offices and apartments.

    Affordable housing advocates, however, contend theboom is leading to escalating rents and pushing out thecity’s working poor.

    On Tuesday night, the city’s Planning Commission hearda report from Principal Planner Diana O’Dell on the pro-

    posed framework for a Community Benefits Program thatincludes the possibilit y of i mposing new fees on develop-ments to offset their impacts.

    By Austin WalshDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

    Caltrans crews began pile driving aspart of construction on the newBroadway overpass in Burlingame, onthe north and south off ramps of Highway 101, as well as the centermedian.

    The work, scheduled last week, isscheduled to cont inue through th e mid-dle of April, spanning from 7 a.m.

    until 5 p .m. There are no lane closuresor detours expected as part of theprocess, but some work may take placeduring t he weekend, according to a cityreport.

    Pile driving prepares the foundationand support o f the n ew Broadway ov er-pass.

    The overpass is in the midst of atotal overhaul, which is slated to cost$83 million, and will replace theexisting bridge between Rollins Road

    and the Old Baysh ore Highway, with astructure that will simplify the roadthat is often referred to by some asconfusing and difficult to navigate.

    Burlingame City Manger LisaGoodman said in an email she antici-pates, when the project is completed,it will enhance access to t he Broadwaybusiness district and to the hotels thatline the Bayshore south of San

    Construction underway at Broadway overpassNew configuration is expected to make road less confusing and easier to navigate

    AUSTIN WALSH/DAILY JOURNAL

    Constructions crews work near the south bound on ramp toHighway 101 in Burlingame as part of the Broadway overpassreconstruction project.

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    N.Y. tourism site that urgedvisitors to go to Florida crashes

    ITHACA, N.Y. — A New York tourismoffice’s suggestion that potential visi-tors should go to the Florida Keysinstead has ended up crashing its web-site.

    Bruce Stoff of the Ithaca-TompkinsCounty Convention and VisitorsBureau tells the Associated Press onWednesday that the office’s over-whelmed server crashed Tuesday after-noon, not l ong after the AP reported on

    his agency’s stunt.On Sunday, Visitithaca.com postedimages of Key West and provided linksto Florida Keys websites. The Ithacasite said, “We surrender” and “Winter,you win” and suggested that a visit toKey West was a better option thanfrozen central New York.

    Stoff says his office removed theFlorida link because the nearly150,000 views crashed the website.The upside: Stoff says his office fieldednumerous inquiries about tourism inupstate New York.

    Slaughterhouse ownerpleads guilty in tainted beef case

    SAN FRANCISCO — A co-owner of aNorthern California slaughterhouse at

    the center of a massive recall has plead-ed guilty to p rocessing cattle with can-cer for consumption.

    Federal prosecutors said Wednesdaythat Jesse Amaral Jr., owner of thedefunct Rancho Feeding Corp.,

    acknowledged distributing adulterated,misbranded and uninspected meat.

    He’s the third person to plead guiltyin th e conspiracy that s parked a seriesof recalls, including one for 8.7 mil-lion p ounds of beef.

    Prosecutors say that for two years,Amaral instructed employees at theslaughterhouse north of San Franciscoto p rocess cattle that U.S. Departmentof Food and Agriculture veterinariansrejected for having cancerous eyes.

    A co-owner pleaded guilty last year,saying he had employees swap the

    heads of diseased cattle for healthyones.Amaral’s attorney couldn’t immedi-

    ately be reached for comment.

    Video shows Jennerrear-ended cars in fatal wreck

    LOS ANGELES — Video shows for-mer Olympian Bruce Jenner rear-endedtwo cars, pushing one into oncomingtraffic in a fatal Malibu wreck that isunder investigation, a law enforcementofficial told the Associated Press onWednesday.

    Jenner was hauling an off-road vehi-cle on a trailer behind his CadillacEscalade on Feb. 7 when he steered toavoid cars slo wing for a traffic light infront of him on the Pacific Coast

    Highway, the official said.His SUV struck a Lexus sedan andsent it into the oppos ite lane. The driv-er, Kim Howe, 69, was killed when itwas struck head-on by a Hummer.

    The official was briefed on the video

    but was not authorized to speak pub-licly and talked to the AP on conditionof anonymity.

    The official said it also showed thatJenner’s vehicle continued forward andrear-ended a Toyo ta Prius. Officials ini -tially said the Lexus had struck thePrius.

    Investigators have sought cellphonerecords to see if any drivers were dis-tracted, but the video appears to showthat Jenner was not using his phone.His spokesman Alan Nierob has saidJenner was not t exting and is cooperat-

    ing with investigators.The 1976 Olympic decathlon cham-pion better known these days as KimKardashian’s stepfather passed a fieldsobriety test, but also submitted ablood sample to determine if he wasintoxicated.

    His spokesman did not immediatelyreturn a call seeking comment.

    ‘Revenge porn’ operator toplead guilty in Los Angeles court

    LOS ANGELES — Federal prosecu-tors say the operator of a “revengeporn” website who posted stolen nudephotos online has agreed to pleadguilty.

    Court papers filed Wednesday showHunter Moore agreed to plead guilty to

    charges of h acking and identity theft.Moore was dubbed the “most hatedman on the Internet” for running a web-site that pos ted explicit pho tos, includ-ing some submitted by former loversand spouses.

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    This Day in History

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    1945Operation Detachment began during

    World War II as some 30,000 U.S.Marines began landing on Iwo Jima,where they commenced a successfulmonth-long battle to seize control of the isl and from Japanese forces.

    “Look at everything as though you wereseeing it for the first time or the last time. Then your time on earth will be filled with glory.”

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    In 1473 , astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus was born inTorun, Poland.In 1881 , Kansas prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.In 1915 , during World War I, British and French warshipslaunched their initial attack on Ottoman forces in theDardanelles, a s trait in north western Turkey. (The Gallipol iCampaign that followed proved disastrous for th e Allies. )In 1934 , a blizzard began inundating the northeasternUnited States, with the heaviest snowfall occurring inConnecticut and Massachusetts.I n 1 9 4 2 , President Franklin D. Roosevelt signedExecutive Order 9066, clearing the way for the U.S. mil itaryto relocate and intern Japanese-Americans during World WarII.In 1959 , an agreement was signed by Britain, Turkey andGreece granting Cyprus its independence.In 1963 , “The Feminine Mystique” by Betty Friedan wasfirst publi shed by W.W. Norton & Co.In 1976 , calling the issuing of Executive Order 9066 “asad day in American history,” President Gerald R. Fordissued a proclamation confirming that the order had beenterminated with the formal cessation of hostilities of WorldWar II.I n 1 9 8 4 , the Winter Olympics closed in Sarajevo,Yugoslavia.In 1985 , the British soap opera “EastEnders” debuted onBBC Televisio n.I n 1 9 9 7 , Deng Xiaoping, the last of China’s majorCommunist revolutionaries, died at age 92.

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    3Thursday• Feb. 19, 2015 THE DAILY JOURNAL LOCAL

    SAN MATEOTheft . A person led a report after ndingitems stolen from their locker at a storagefacility on Craigslist on 1 9th Avenue before5:27 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 1 7.Arres t . A man was arrested for using drugs onFirst Avenue near the railroad tracks before7:25 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 1 7.Suspicious activity. A man was seen try-ing to take a orange cone from a gas deliverytruck at a Chevron station on East HillsdaleBoulevard before 11:33 p.m. Thursday, Feb.17.Theft . Theft occurred at the Round Table Pizzaon 43rd Avenue before 10:39 a.m. Tuesday,Feb. 17.Theft . Theft occurred at Mac Cosmetics at theHillsdale Shopping Center before 2:12 p.m.Tuesday, Feb. 17.

    MILLBRAEArres t . A woman was arrested and taken to

    jail to sober up on the 200 block of El CaminoReal before 9:38 p.m. Monday, Feb. 16.Arres t . A man who stole two bicycles wasfound with unlawful paraphernalia and wasarrested on the 100 block of La Cruz Avenuebefore 4:07 p.m. Monday, Feb. 16.

    Police reports

    Children are deadlyA mother confronted a woman walkinga pit bull without a leash and was toldthat the dog didn’t need one because itbehaved better than her children onHudson Street in Redwood City before10:38 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 10.

    By Austin WalshDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

    Space exploration has been a childhooddream of many, but few have actually had theopportunity to pursue traveling to another

    planet.But for Peter Felgentreff, a resident of

    Montara, the dream of traveling to, and liv-ing on, Mars is closer than most will everget.

    Felgentreff is one of 100 people selected asa finalist to participate in the Mars One expe-dition, which aims at setting up a humancolony on th e red planet in less th an a decade.

    Mars One, a n onprofit organization, select-ed 50 men and 50 women from a group of 200,000 applicants around the world topotentially inhabit Mars by 2024.

    Felgentreff, 50, said his li felong apprecia-tion of science and innovation inspired himto get involved in the expedition, when hiswife presented the idea to him years ago.

    “I love science. Anything with science, I’m

    behind it. I’m a curious person, I like know-ing how things work and I like to experi-ment,” he said.

    As a worker in the technology securityfield, Felgentreff said that he believes hisproblem-solving ability served him well ingetting thi s far in the process.

    Also, his propensity for communicatingand interacting positively with others aidshis odds of getting selected, since teamwork

    will be imperative forthose establishing acolony on a foreign plan-et, he said.

    While the selectionprocess moves forward,

    finalists will begin a roundof interviews and physicaltraining exercises, somein extreme conditions,designed to replicate theunforgiving environment

    in outer space.Mars One plans to establish centers in

    deserts or Arctic environments for smallgroups to train in, and some of the trainingcould be televised, as organizers hope to cap-italize on broadcast rights to fund the mis-sion.

    Felgentreff said he has faith in advances of modern technology to help him survive theharsh climates he may face, either in training ,or eventually on Mars.

    Applicants should expect an intensivetraining regiment, Felgentreff said. Perhapssomething similar to what soldiers experi-ence when enlisting in the armed forces.

    “The simulations that Mars One put togeth-er will be rigorous,” he said. “Like boo t campfor astronauts. And boot camp is not a pleas-ant thing. It is designed to prepare you forwar. It’s about surviving in a really, reallyhostile environment, where you make onemistake and you are toast.”

    But ultimately, there is only so much train-ing someone who is not a professional astro-naut can undergo to familiarize themselveswith the hardship of space travel or coloniza-tion, he said.

    Others selected to the 100 finalists work as

    teachers, artists, engineers and business p ro-fessionals, among other jobs.As the selection process develops,

    Felgentreff said he hopes to maintain a nor-mal life, but always with an eye on potential-ly earning a one-way ticket to Mars.

    “It’s thrilling. It’s intense. But I do my nor-mal things, I’m a normal person,” he s aid.

    A married man for more than a decade, withno children, Felgentreff said the key to pre-venting a possible move to Mars from get-ting i n the way of a healthy marriage is to liv ein the present.

    “Ten years is a really long time, but we arenot worrying about the future,” saidFelgentreff, of t he time frame before the MarsOne mission is scheduled to launch.

    He said assessing a potential life-threaten-ing situation in the mission to Mars is not

    much different than the danger people faceevery day.“What if something goes wrong? But I

    could be driving on Highway 101, and some-thing could go wrong,” he said.

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    Local man finalist for mission to MarsMontara man one of 100 to potentially colonize foreign planet by 2024

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    4 Thursday• Feb. 19, 2015 THE DAILY JOURNALLOCAL

    Matthew LangleyMatthew Langley, born Sept. 30, 1974,

    died Feb. 14, 2015, in a tragic motorcycleaccident at th e age of 40.

    He was survived by his mother, Agnes(Sebastian Ayerdi); father, Jack (Maryellen);siblings Dan, Christine (Cory Schmuck)and John (Dana); many aunts, uncles,cousins, nieces and nephews. Also survivedby h is bel oved pets, Lou and Izzy.

    Matt was a g raduate of IHM ElementarySchool and Carlmont High School inBelmont. He worked for many years as astationary engineer and lately was thechief engineer for Embarcadero

    Properties in Belmont.“Matt had an infectio us

    smile and a love for life.”The memorial mass

    will be 1:30 p .m. Sunday,Feb. 22 at ImmaculateHeart of Mary inBelmont. In lieu of flow-ers, please make a dona-tion to your favorite

    charity.To share your thoughts or write a note to

    his family please visit http://matt.lang-ley.muchloved.com/frame.aspx.

    Obituary

    CITY GOVERNMENT• The San Mateo City Council passed the Sustainable

    Streets Plan at its meetin g Tuesday, Feb. 1 7. The plan, which willnow be included in the upcoming General Plan update, includessafety enhancements o ver time and with p ublic review like extend-ing curbs for pedestrians, increasing parking in-lieu fees, addingbike lanes and even the possibility of reducing a lane of trafc onEl Camino Real near downtown. After receiving a $300,000

    Caltrans grant in 2 012, the city embarked on a study and engaged the community alon gwith city ofcials through workshops and meetings before developing the recentlyreleased nal draft.

    • The Burli ngame City Council unanimously approved extending urgency morato-riums to block th e openin g of massage parlors and marijuana dispen saries at the meetingTuesday, Feb. 17.

    Under the approval, the ban will last 10 months, giving the city additional time toreview long-term policies for the businesses.

    DAILY JOURNAL STAFF REPORT

    San Mateo residents are being asked tohelp the city determine the future of downtown through a new engagementprocess, Economic DevelopmentManager Marcus Clarke announcedWednesday.

    Residents will b e asked to address p ark-ing challenges, growth and density,preservation and how to make the mostout of the downtown Caltrain station .

    “Downtown continues to change andSan Mateo wants to stay ahead of thecurve as a premier place to live, work andexperience. The engagement processallows the public to help shape our com-munity for years to come,” Clarke wrotein a statement.

    Residents are encouraged to vi sit a web-site to learn about the engagementprocess schedule, learn about upcomingevents and review notes from past activi-ties and presentations.

    An online platform, www.sanma-teotownhall.org, is also set up so resi-

    dents can post and respond to ideas abouttopics related to downtown and to seewhat others are saying, share thoughtsand respond to ideas left by oth ers to keepthe dialogue going.

    There’s even an o ption to pl ot ideas onan in teractive map o f the downtown.

    This spring, residents can participatein i nformal pop-up workshop s and partic-ipate in the Downtown Future Forums, aspeaker series where attendees can hearfrom industry leaders to learn about anddiscuss the latest trends in urban plan-ning and design.

    The community will help to develop th eframework for the Downtown Area PlanUpdate that is planned to kick off laterthis year, Clarke wrote in the statement.

    To learn more go to www.engagedown-townsanmateo.org.

    Deputy faces morecharges in jail conspiracy case

    The former San Mateo County sheriff’sdeputy formerly accused of conspiring tosmuggle cellphones and drugs into county

    jail was charged with nine additional felon iesand two misdemeanors Wednesday, accordingto the District Attorney’s Office.

    The new charges Juan Pablo Lopez, 51,faces include embezzlement, perjury and elec-tion fraud, District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe

    said Wednesday.Lopez, once a write-in candidate for countysheriff, allegedly used donations from hiscampaign for his own personal use and liedabout his city o f residence, Wagstaffe said.

    Lopez listed his residence as being inRedwood City but allegedly was living inNewark when he filed to run for sheriff,Wagstaffe said.

    He is charged with embezzlement for secur-ing a home loan for allegedly filing false doc-uments, he said.

    Juan Lopez, correctional officers GeorgeIsmael, 40, and Michael Del Carlo, 43, HellsAngel Dionicio Lopez and his girlfriend and

    two family members allpleaded not guilty inJanuary to the conspiracycharges.

    In November, JuanLopez, Del Carlo andIsmael were arrested after a10-month investigationthat prosecutors sayrevealed the men helped

    deliver cellphones,Oxycodone, Alprazolam and Ibuprofen toDionicio Lopez while he was in custodybetween April and December 2013 .

    Juan Lopez, who unsuccessfully ran againstSheriff Greg Munks las t year and had 26 y earson the job, is of no relation to Dionicio.

    The arrests stemmed from both a tip withinthe jail and when an inmate was found with acellphone, according to prosecutors.

    Juan Lopez posted $180,000 bailWednesday and is due back in court March 6.Prosecutors said he did not smuggle the cell-phones in himself but knew they were beingused in the county jail illegally.

    Residents asked tohelp shape downtown

    Comment onor share this story atwww.smdailyjournal.com

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    SEQUOIA UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT

    SEEKS APPLICATIONFOR AN INTERIM APPOINTMENT AS A BOARD TRUSTEE

    Long standing Board member, Olivia Martinez, will be leaving her positionas a school district trustee effective March 1. The Board of Trustees will bemaking an interim appointment to ll the vacant seat for the remainder ofDr. Martinez's current term, which expires in December 2015.

    To qualify to be considered for the appointment, a candidate needs to be aresident of the district, at least eighteen years old, and a U.S. citizen. To beconsidered as a candidate, please ll out the application on the districtwebsite (www.seq.org) and submit it to the district by the March 5 deadline.Please submit the application to the Superintendent’s Ofce at 480 James

    Avenue, Redwood City, 94062. The Board will interview all qualied candi-dates at a special Board meeting to be held on March 11, 2015. Theinterviews and selection process will occur publicly in open session and itis expected that the Board will make its selection at this special meetingafter the conclusion of the interviews. If you have any questions about theprocess or would like more information about the district, please contactJames Lianides, superintendent, at 650-369-1411 X 22213 or by e-mail at

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    By Tami AbdollahTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

    TORRANCE — An explosion devastated asection of a refinery on Wednesday morn-ing, shaking nearby homes, raining downash and injuring four people. Experts saidthe disruption to production would likelydrive up gas prices i n California.

    The blast at the Exxon Mobil Corp. facil-ity occurred in a recently installed process-ing facility, Fire Department spokesmanSteve Deuel said. The four-story structurewas shatt ered, and four contractors sufferedminor in juries.

    Electrical contractor Cory Milsap-Harris,

    21, was in a switch house next door to theblast site keeping an eye on three col-leagues working 8 feet underground in amanhole. “Everything was going smooth.Next thing I hear sounded like heavy metalnext door. There was a loud bang,” he said.“You could feel the building s hake a lit tle.”

    The blast reverberated in his ears despitethe several layers of hearing protection heroutinely wears, Milsap-Harris said. Herushed his co-workers outside, where peopl ewere running away from flames and blacksmoke.

    Residents within a mile or two reportedfeeling a sharp jolt that they initiallythought was an earthquake.

    Blast devastates refinery,injures four, rains down ash

    THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

    LOS ANGELES — A state lawmaker willhold oversight hearings into allegations of wrongdoing at the Public UtilitiesCommission — particularly involving itsrelationship with Southern CaliforniaEdison, the principal owner of the now-shuttered San Onofre nuclear plant.

    Assemblyman Anthony Rendon, chair-man of the Utilities and CommerceCommittee, wants to examine possiblecronyism and improper contacts betweenthe commission and the power company.

    “The issue of oversight and accountabili-ty is something my office takes seriously,”the Lakewood Democrat said.

    The hearings will begin next mont h.Rendon said the investigation will

    include reviewing a sett lement approv ed bythe PUC in November. It called for cus-tomers of Edison and San Diego Gas &

    Electric to pay $3.3 bil-lion out of the $4.7-bil-lion cost of closing thenuclear plant. The SanDiego utility co-owns theplant.

    San Onofre shut downin 2013 after a long fightover whether it was safeto restart the coastalplant. It had been idle

    since January 2012, after a small radiationleak led to the discovery of damage to hun-dreds of tubes inside virtually new steamgenerators.

    A Sacramento-based union group, theCalifornia State Association of ElectricalWorkers, requested an inv estigati on o f whatit characterized as “clandestine” meetingsbetween Edison and Michael Peevey, whostepped down last year after two terms asPUC president.

    Oversight hearings planned onregulator, utility relationships

    THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

    LOS ANGELES — A San Dieg o Countyassemblyman said Wednesday he’s formingan exploratory committee as he considersentering the 2016 U.S. Senate race inCalifornia.

    Republican Rocky Chavez of Oceansidesaid last month he was weighing a possi blerun for the seat being vacated by DemocratBarbara Boxer.

    Formation of the com-mittee is an incrementalstep toward a possiblecandidacy.

    Democrats are expectedto hold the seat in thestate where the party con-trols every statewideoffice and both chambersof th e Legislature.

    Legislator says he is forming2016 Senate exploratory group

    REUETERS

    Refinery units were heavily damaged after an explosion at the Exxon-Mobil refinery in Torrance.

    Michael Peevey

    Rocky Chavez

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    Jeb Bush: U.S. must‘tighten the noose’in fight against ISBy Thomas BeaumontTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

    CHICAGO — Former FloridaGov. Jeb Bush said Wednesdaythere can be no diplomacy withIslamic State militants, but only aU.S.-led coalition of MiddleEastern countries committed to“tightening the noose and takingthem out.”

    In a wide-rangi ng sp eech outlin-ing his vision of America’s placein the world, part of theRepublican’s run-up toward a like-ly campaign for president in2016, Bush laid the rise of theIslamic State group at the feet of President Barack Obama. He alsomade his most overt criticisms todate of his brother’s administra-tion , telli ng the audience of sever-al hundred people, “I am my ownman.”

    “My views are shaped by myown thinking and own experi-ences,” Bush said at an event hos t-ed by the Chicago Council onGlobal Affairs. “Each presidentlearns from tho se who came before— their principles, their adjust-ments.”

    “There were mistakes made inIraq, for sure,” during PresidentGeorge W. Bush’s administ ration,Bush said during a question-and-answer session that followed his20-minute speech. He said intelli-gence about Saddam Hussein’spossession of weapons of massdestruction was not accurate andthe U.S. initially failed to createan environment of security in thecountry after removing the Iraqileader from po wer.

    But Bush praised his olderbrother’s decision to “surge”troops into Iraq in 2007, which

    added roughly 20,000 troops tothe American forces in the countryin an effort to improve security.He called it “one of t he most h ero-ic acts of courage politically” of any president, gi ven the weak sup-port for that strategy in Congress.

    Bush raised the criticisms o f hisbrother without prompting, and

    used them was a way to critiqueObama’s handling of the MiddleEast. He said Obama failed tomaintain what he called a fragilebut stable security situation thathis brother left behind in Iraqupon l eaving office in 200 9.

    Had he done so, Obama “wouldnot have allowed the void to be

    filled” by Islamic State militantswho now control large parts of Iraq and Syria. He said there can beno discussions with the group,which has drawn condemnationacross th e region and the world forcarrying out regular acts of vio-lence, often on video, thatincludes b eheadings .

    REUTERS

    Jeb Bush speaks at The Chicago Council on Global Affairs in Chicago, Ill.

    By Kristin J. BenderTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

    SAN FRANCISCO — At a timewhen California is gripped inone of the worst measles out-breaks in recent history, severallawmakers are pushing for newlegislation that would ensure

    more children are protectedagainst measles and other trans-mittable diseases.

    California Sen. Barbara Boxer jo in ed st ate Sen. Rich ard Pan, D-Sacramento, a pediatrician, onWednesday on a tour of a HeadStart center in Emeryville, whereevery child is vaccinated, toaddress the importance of vacci-

    nations for children as young aspreschool.

    “When we take our children andgrandchildren to school, to apark, to a daycare center, or to aHead Start program, we deserveto know that they will be safe,especially if the child has aweakened immune system,”Boxer said.

    Public health officials said 119people in California have con-tracted the highly contagiousrespiratory disease that can causepneumonia, brain damage anddeath in rare cases. About two-thirds visited or worked atDisneyland or had contact withsomebody who was there. Sometwo dozen other measles cases

    tied to Disneyland have alsobeen confirmed in six states,Mexico and Canada.

    Also troubling, Boxer said, isthat in more than one quarter of California schools, the measlesimmunization rate for kinder-garteners is below the 92 percentthreshol d that doctors say is crit-ical to protect public health.

    California lawmakers address importance of vaccinations

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    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 3.8 million of Florida’s 19.5 million residents were withouthealth insurance, making it the third-highest in the nation at 19.5 percent.

    By Jonathan J. CooperTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

    SALEM, Ore. — Kate Brown was s worn inWednesday as Oregon’s g overnor followingan influence-peddling scandal that p romptedthe resignation of fellow Democrat JohnKitzhaber, who had been the state’s longest -serving chief executive before his swift fallfrom grace.

    Brown assumed Oregon’s highest officeduring a ceremony at the state Capitol.Brown, formerly the secretary of state,becomes the first o penly bi sexual governorin the nation.

    In a speech to the Legislature after herswearing-in, Brown praised Kitzhaber forhis contributions but also said “we mustrestore the public’s trust.”

    “There is a great deal of work ahead of us,and I’m ready to roll up my sleeves and getto it,” she said in a brief address.

    Meanwhile, Kitzhaber, in one of his finalacts as governor, commuted the prison sen-tence of a young inmate who’s serving a 12 -year sentence for attempted murder and other

    charges.The commutation docu-

    ment, obtained by theAssociated Press, doesn’treveal why Kitzhaberdecided to release SangDao more than threeyears before his earliestpossible release date.

    However, last summer

    his fiancee, CylviaHayes, who’s at the center of the ethicsscandal that prompted Kitzhaber to stepdown, spoke at a youth correctional facil-ity where the 25-year-old Dao received acollege degree as part of a rehabilitationprogram, according to a report in theWoodburn Independent.

    Hayes faces allegations that she used herrelationship to enrich herself.

    Kitzhaber, who didn’t attend the inaugura-tion, has denied wrongdoing and has con-sistently maintained that he and Hayesworked hard to avoid conflicts between herpublic and private roles . He did not immedi-ately respond to an email asking why he’ddecided to commute Dao’s sentence.

    Kate Brown sworn in as Oregongovernor; predecessor resigns

    By Kelli Kennedy THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

    FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida haseclipsed California to become the state withthe highest number of consumers buyinghealth coverage through n ew insurance mar-kets under the Affordable Care Act, accordingto federal statistics released Wednesday.

    Florida’s roughly 1.6 million enrolleesinclude both first time enrollees and some of the nearly 1 million Flo ridians who enrolledlast year. California led the country last yearwith 1.2 million consumers, but laggedbehind this year with a total of 1.4 million— 300,000 fewer than the state’s goal. Thestate has struggled to target hard-to reachpopulations including Latinos.

    Florida’s enrollment win comes despitesignificant Republican opposition in thestate and a much smaller population thanCalifornia, which has embraced the law,spent millions on outreach efforts, andestablished its own state exchange.

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 3 .8million of Florida’s 19.5 million residentswere without health insurance, making itthe third-highest in the nation at 19 .5 p er-cent. By comparison, 6.5 million of California’s nearly 38 million residents

    were witho ut health ins urance, about 17 per-cent.

    Florida’s high numbers show the pent-updemand for insurance. Florida’s roughly 20percent of uninsured residents ranks itbehind only Texas and Nevada. Texas had arate of 22.1 percent and Nevada’s was 20.7percent. California came in ninth , accordingto figures released by the U.S. Census Bureaulast fall.

    Florida’s Republican lawmakers havestrongly opposed Medicaid expansion,which would provide coverage to an estimat-ed 1 million additional low-incomeFloridians. In contrast, an additional 3 mil-lion Californians gained coverage due toMedicaid expansio n.

    Last mont h, Indiana became the 28th stateto agree to expand Medicaid, and the lateststate with a Republican governor to do so. Atleast 9.7 million people have gained cover-age through the law’s Medicaid expansion,which targets low-income adults with nochildren living at home.

    Florida hospitals, health advocates and agrowing part of the business communityhave made numerous efforts to pressure keyRepublicans to expand the program duringthe legislative session which begins nextmonth, but it again seems like a non-starter.

    Florida has highest number of enrollees under health law

    Kate Brown

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    By Josh LedermanTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

    WASHINGTON — Muslims in theU.S. and around the world have aresponsibility to fight a misconcep-tion that terrorist groups like theIslamic State speak for th em, PresidentBarack Obama said Wednesday in hismost direct remarks yet abo ut any linkbetween Islam and terrorism.

    For weeks, the White House has si de-stepped th e question of whether deadlyterror attacks in Paris and otherWestern cities amount to “Islamicextremism,” wary of offending a major

    world religion or lending credibil ity tothe “war on terror” that Obama’s prede-cessor waged. But as h e hos ted a WhiteHouse summit on countering violentextremism, the president said some inMuslim communiti es have bought in tothe notion that Islam is incompatiblewith to lerance and modern life.

    “We are not at war with Islam,”Obama said. “We are at war with p eopl ewho have p erverted Islam.”

    While putting the blame on IS andsimilar groups — Obama said the mili-tants masquerade as religious leadersbut are really terrorists — the presi-dent also appealed directly to promi-

    nent Muslims to do more to distancethemselves from brutal ideologies. Hesaid all have a duty to “speak up veryclearly” in opposition to violenceagainst innocent people.

    “Just as leaders like mys elf reject thenotion that terrorists like ISIL gen-uinely represent Islam, Muslim leadersneed to do more to discredit th e noti onthat o ur nations are determined to s up-press Isl am,” Obama said.

    Issuing such a direct challenge toMuslims marked a clear departure fromthe restrained, cautious languageObama and his aides have used todescribe the situation in the past.

    President says U.S. at war withthose who have perverted Islam

    Islamic State findfoothold in LibyaBy Maggie MichaelTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

    CAIRO — Libya, virtually a failed state in recent years,has succeeded in one way: It’s prov iding a perfect opp ortu-nity for the Islamic State group to expand from Syria andIraq to establish a strategic foothold closer to Europeanshores.

    Extremists loyal to the group have taken control of twoLibyan cities on the Mediterranean coast, have movedtoward oil facilities and are slowly infiltrating the capital,Tripoli, and the second-largest city, Benghazi. They havesiphoned off young recruits from rival militant groupslinked to al-Qaida and in some places taken over thosegroups’ training camps, mos ques and media networks.

    Notably, there appears to be strong coordination betweenthe Libya branch and the g roup’s central leadership in Syriaand Iraq. One of its top cl erics, Bahraini Turki al-Binali, hasvisi ted the Libyan cit y of Sirte to preach: in 201 3 and againat the end of last year, soon before it fell into the hands of the group’s supporters, according to a rival militia officialbased there. The official spoke on condition of anonymityfor fear for his life.

    A video released last week showing the beheading of agroup of Egyptian Christians abducted from Sirte was pro-duced by the IS media branch.

    About 400 mostly Yemeni and Tunisian fighters are inSirte, according to Libyan Interior Minister Omar al-Sinki.The militia official said Islamic State fighters have set upheadquarters in the city’s convention complex, theOuagadougou Center, built by former dictator MoammarGadhafi as a symbol of his secular regime’s aspirations tobe a pan-African leader. An Associated Press reporter whobriefly visited Sirte on Wednesday saw masked militantsdeployed along the main road linking the convention cen-ter to downtown.

    The close connection between the Libya branch and thecentral leadership around Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi underscores th e strategic i mportance of t he NorthAfrican country to the group. Libya boasts oil resources -somethin g the extremists h ave exploit ed for funding in Iraqand Syria. There are vast amounts of weapons, a legacy of the turmoil since Gadhafi’s 2011 ouster. Its borders withEgypt, Tunisia and Algeria are porous.

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    Barack Obama speaks at the White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism.

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    ROME — Pope Francis walkedin a solemn Ash Wednesday pro-cession between churches onRome’s ancient Aventine Hill,calling on people to humblyremember their human limits asfaithful began their annual peni-tential Lenten period.

    Francis, carrying his pastoralstaff, chanted prayers along withother participants during the fewminutes’ walk down t he s treet. Hewore a purple cloak, in keepingwith the somber Lenten mood as

    Catholics spiritually prepare for

    Easter, which falls on April 5 thisyear.

    The pope lowered his head so aprelate could dab ashes on h is headduring the ceremony inside St.Sabina’s Basilica, a church whichdates to the early 5th century. Theashes symbolize mortality.

    Then Francis, along with otherchurchmen, sprin kled ashes on t heforeheads of other faithful,motioning the sign of the crosswith their fingers as they did so.

    The ritual of the ashes was a“reminder of the truth of humanexistence,” Francis said in his

    homily. ‘’We are limited creatures,

    sinners always in need of peni-tence and conversion.”

    Almsgiving, prayer and fastingare traditional ways to mark Lent.Francis encouraged church hierar-chy, starting with himself, to behumble enough to cry, so thattheir prayer will be ‘’ever moreauthentic and without hypocrisy.”

    Holy Week ceremonies, begin-ning with Palm Sunday on March29, are expected to draw hugecrowds of tourists and pilgrims toRome and the Vatican. Theyinclude the Good Friday eveningWay of the Cross torch-lit proces-

    sion at the Coloss eum.

    Pope walks in Ash Wednesdayprocession between churches

    By Balint Szlankoand Jim HeinzTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

    ARTEMIVSK, Ukraine —Government so ldiers pulled out of aferociously contested railway hubin eastern Ukraine Wednesday, end-ing a siege so i ntense the retreatingtroops said they couldn’t get wateror food amid relentless sh elling b yRussian-backed separatists. Atleast six soldiers were killed in thewithdrawal and more than 100wounded.

    President Petro Poroshenkosought to portray the fall of Debaltseve in a positive light,saying the pullback was carried out“in a planned and organized man-ner,” despite assertions byexhausted and dirt-caked soldiers,some of whom made their way outon foot, that their forces sufferedheavy losses.

    No matter the circumstances, theretreat appeared to be an acceptanceby the Ukrainian leader of a humil-iating defeat in exchange for a

    chance at pushing a shaky truceagreement forward and securing thepullback of heavy weapons.

    The loss o f Debalts eve was a seri-ous setback for the army. The town

    is a s trategic railroad junction thatlies on the most direct routebetween the separatist east’s twomajor cities, Donetsk and Luhansk.By taking control of it, rebels gainsignificant transportation connec-tions t o boo st their regions’ capac-ity t o function as a unified entity.

    Its strategic importance kept thebattle raging even after a cease-firebetween Ukrainian forces and theRussia-backed rebels went intoeffect Sunday and appeared to bemostly holding elsewhere afterfighting that has killed more than5,600 people since April.

    Relinquishing the town couldremove the major impediment to alasting cease-fire and begin thenext step that was agreed to in apeace deal last week — the pullbackof heavy weapons by both sides tocreate a buffer zone at least 50 kilo-meters (30 mi les) wide.

    Myanmar governmentsays three more groupsinvolved in north fighting

    YANGON, Myanmar —Myanmar’s government onWednesday accused three more eth -nic rebel groups of being invo lvedin armed clashes in northeasternShan state, where a week of fight-ing against Kokang rebels has leftdozens of soldiers dead and sent

    tens o f thousands of refugees flee-

    ing to neighboring China.In an evening announcement,

    state television said Kokang rebelattacks against governmenttroops were continuing nearLaukkai, th e capital of the Kokangspecial region. It also accused theKachin Independence Army, theShan State Army (South) and theTa’ang National Liberation Armyof being involved in the fighting.

    Embattled Debaltsevefalls to Ukraine rebels

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    Pope Francis waves as he leads the weekly audience in Saint Peter’s Square at the Vatican.

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    Dow 18,029.85 -17.73 10-Yr Bond 2.07 -0.08Nasdaq 4,906.36 +7.10 Oil (per barrel) 51.74S&P 500 2,099.68 -0.66 Gold 1,212.10

    Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on theNew York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:NYSEBoston Scientic Corp., up $1.84 to $16.68 The medical device maker will pay $600 million as part of a settlementwith Johnson & Johnson over the 2006 purchase of Guidant Corp.FirstEnergy Corp., down 82 cents to $36.11 The utility company reported a fourth-quarter loss and overall mixedresults, with revenue falling short of forecasts.Flowserve Corp., up $1.92 to $61.50 The company, which makes parts for the oil and gas industries, reportedbetter-than-expected fourth quarter results.NasdaqFossil Group Inc., down $15.63 to $83.69 The watch and accessories maker reported worse-than-expected fourth-

    quarter results and provided a weak outlook for the current quarter.Angie’s List Inc., up $2.91 to $7.80 The consumer reviews service reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter results as paid memberships increased.Virgin America Inc., up $1.49 to $35.71 The airline reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter prot andrevenue on a mix of lower costs and increased trafc.Jack In The Box Inc., up $6.54 to $94.70 The fast-food restaurant operator reported better-than-expected rst-quarter results and a positive outlook.Yandex NV, up 20 cents to $16.85 The Russian search engine reported positive fourth-quarter results andled an antitrust complaint against Google Inc.

    Big movers

    By Steve RothwellTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

    NEW YORK — The U.S. sto ck mar-ket edged mostly lower onWednesday, easing back from i ts lat-est all-time highs.

    The markets barely budged follow-ing the midafternoon release of min-utes from the Federal Reserve’sJanuary meeting. The transcriptshowed that policymakers were lesslikely to raise interest rates in Junethan investors previously thought.

    The decline follows two straightdays of record closing highs for theStandard & Poor’s 500 index.

    “The market had really gatheredsteam around a June tigh tening date,the minutes seem to have walked thatback a bit,” said David Lafferty, chief market strategist at Natixis GlobalAsset Management.

    The Dow Jones industrial averageslipped 17.73 points, or 0.1 percent,to 18, 029.85 . The S&P 500 eased 0.7point, or 0.03 percent, to 2,099.68.The index closed at an all-time highof 2,1 00. 34 on Tuesday.

    The Nasdaq composite rose 7.10points, or 0.1 percent, to 4,90 6.36.

    Major stock indexes opened lowerearly Wednesday. Energy stocksdeclined as the price of oil fell amidspeculation that a recent rally in

    crude was excessi ve.The price of benchmark U.S. crude,

    which had been rising last week, fell$1.39 to $52.14 a barrel Wednesday.The price of oil has jumped 16 per-cent since bott oming o ut at the end of

    January after a seven-month slump.Brent crude, a benchmark for inter-national oils used by many U.S.refineries, fell $2 to $60.53 a barrel.

    Investors hammered Fossil Group’sshares after the retailer issued a disap-pointing fourth-quarter earningsreport and outlook. The stock fell themost among companies in the S&P500, shedding $15.63, or 15.7 per-cent, to $83.69.

    Stocks continued to drift lowerahead of the release of the meetingsfrom the Fed’s J anuary meeting.

    But th e declines eased after 2 p .m.Eastern time, when the minutesappeared to ease any concerns thatthe central bank would raise ratesanytime soon.

    The minutes revealed that officialswere concerned about the impact onfinancial markets of dropping theword “patient” from their communi-cations, when describing how longthey were willi ng to wait before rais-ing rates.

    Officials noted that wage growthhas remained weak even as the unem-ploy ment rate has declined. Inflation

    remains below the Fed’s 2 percent t ar-get. The Fed’s benchmark interestrate has been at a record low near zerosince December 2008.

    Government bonds rallied after therelease of the Fed’s minutes. The

    yield on the 10-year Treasury note,which moves inversely to its price,fell to 2.08 percent from 2.14 per-cent l ate Tuesday.

    All told, four of the 10 sectors inthe S&P 500 ended lower. Energystocks slumped the most, declining1.5 percent. Utilities notched thebiggest gain at 2.4 percent.

    The S&P 500 has bounced backafter a weak start to the year, as arebound in the price of oil has boost-ed energy stocks and returned theindex to all-time highs. Strongreports on hiring and company earn-ings have also encouraged investors.The gains have come, even as astrength ening dollar has curbed over-seas earnings for companies in theindex.

    Most companies in the S&P 500index have n ow reported their resultsfor the fourth quarter. Earnings areforecast to rise 7.6 percent after allthe results are in, according to S&PCapital IQ. That compares withgrowth of 9.2 percent in the thirdquarter and a rate of 4. 9 p ercent i n th esame period a year earlier.

    Stock market ends mostly low

    By Christopher S. RugaberTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

    WASHINGTON — In recent months, thestage s eemed set for American con sumers t odo what they’ve traditionally done best:Spend money — and drive the econo my.

    The lowest gas prices in five years hadgiven people more spending money.Employers added over 1 million jobs fromNovember through January, the best three-month pace in 17 years. Businesses evenraised pay in December. Economists hadforecast that last week’s retail sales reportfor January would show a healthy rise.

    And yet — to the surprise of analysts —consumers have held their wallets closely.

    Even though Americans spent $6.7 bil-

    lion less at gas stations in January thanthey had two months earlier, the extra cashdidn’t get sp ent anywhere else: Retail sales,excluding gas, fell slightly from Novemberto January.

    The unexpected pullback provided evi-dence that drivers had used their extramoney to further rebuild their savings andreduce their debts — a trend that began afterthe financial crisis and recession.

    In the long run, deeper savings andshrunken debts benefit individual house-holds — and, eventually, even th e econo myas a whole, because they supply fuel for asustained flow of future spending.

    For now, though, the slowdown in con-sumer spending likely means the economywill grow more slowly i n th e first quarter of

    the year than economists had previouslyenvisioned. Their forecast now is for annu-alized growth of 2.5 percent from Januarythrough March, down from an earlier esti-mate of about 3 percent.

    In the meantime, many Americans arefinding more money in their pockets. InJanuary, the national average gas price fellto $2.03 a gallon, according to AAA, thelowest since 2009. Though the average hassince risen to $2. 24, it’s still nearly $1.10cheaper than 12 months ago. As a result,the typical ho usehold will have $750 morein hand this year, according to an estimateby the government’s Energy InformationAdministration.

    So why aren’t Americans s pending more?One key reason: The deep damage to

    Americans’ finances from the recession hascontinued to leave households more frugalthan many economists had expected.Americans have s hrunk their debt lo ads butstill aren’t ready to spend as freely as theydid before.

    “Even more than five years after the endof the Great Recession, the U.S. consumeris still exhibiting a degree of caution,”Michael Feroli, an economist at JPMorganChase, said in a note to clients.

    Americans saved 4.9 percent of theirincome in December, up from 4. 3 percent inNovember, according to government data.Feroli estimates that the savings rate roseagain last month to 5. 3 percent. That wouldbe the highest rate in nearly a year and ahalf.

    For many in U.S., cash saved at gas pump is staying in poc

    By Julie WatsonTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

    SAN DIEGO — California homesales were down last month, plungingto the lowest level seen in January inseven years in the San Francisco Bayarea, a research firm said Wednesday.But prices are still up over the sameperiod last year.

    An estimated 25,325 new and resalehouses and condos sold in California— marking a 30.6 percent declinefrom the number sold the previousmonth and a 2 percent drop fromJanuary 2014 sales, according to datareleased by Irvine-based CoreLogicDataQuick.

    The median p rice paid for a home in

    California of $376,000 was 6.5 per-cent above what it was a year ago butslightly less than it was in December.

    Sales often dip around the holidays,though the Bay area saw a biggerdecline in sales last month than it usu-ally does.

    A total o f 4,4 39 n ew and resale hous-es and condos sold last month in thenin e-county Bay area — a 40.5 percentdrop from sales in December and 5.5percent from January 2014. That’s thelowest seen in January since 3,586homes sold in that same month in2008, which is the trough for Januaryhome sales in the firm’s statistics.

    In Southern California, a total of 13, 560 n ew and resale houses and con-dos sold in Los Angeles, Riverside,

    San Diego, Ventura, San Bernardinoand Orange counties. That’s down by29.4 percent from December and 6.3percent from January 2014.

    The firm’s data analyst, AndrewLePage, said January numbers do notreflect what’s to come and traditio nal-ly fluctuate year-to-year.

    “January isn’t really a bellwethermonth when it comes to housingtrends. For that, we’ll have to waituntil spring,” LePage said. “But thelatest data do indicate the market con-tinues to struggle with challenges thatmany in the industry hoped would beresolved last year.”

    What’s needed is more job andincome growth co upled with lo w mort-gage rates, he said.

    State home sales fall in January; prices still up

    By Michael LiedtkeTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

    SAN FRANCISCO — A San Franci scotaxi company is ditching its 82-year-old brand and renaming itself after asmartphone app in the latest sign of how mobile technology is changing theway people get a ride.

    The transformation dumps DeSotoCab’s Depression-era identity in favorof Flywheel, an app that helps tradition-

    al taxis compete against increasinglypopular ride-hailing services such asUber and Lyft.

    “We think we are pioneering the waytaxi cabs need to be in the future,”DeSoto President Hansu Kim said in aWednesday interview. “There is a per-ception that the taxi industry is back-ward so we need to recast ourselves asbeing technologically innovative.”

    The newly minted Flywheel taxis willbe owned and operated independently

    from the Flywheel app, which is madeby a 6 -year-old startup in Redwood City.

    As part of their makeover, DeSoto’s220 taxis are being repainted from navyblue, turquoise and white t o red, with th eFlywheel name in white.

    Flywheel isn’t charging DeSoto foradopting its name, according toFlywheel CEO Rakesh Mathur. Instead,Flywheel hopes to profit from the addi-tional expos ure that it gains from cabsbearing its n ame.

    DeSoto cab company taking on name of mobile app Flywheel

    Companies in West Coast portdispute make appeal to workersLOS ANGELES — Maritime companies are making their

    case for a new labor contract directly to West Coast dock-workers, hopi ng th e rank-and-file will p ressure union nego-tiators to reach a deal that would let billions of dollars of cargo now stuck at West Coast p orts flo w freely again.

    Employers on Wednesday distributed letters at major po rtsfrom Los Angeles to Washington state that detailed whatthey called their last , bes t and final contract offer.

    Meanwhile, negotiators for the maritime association of employers and dockworkers’ union met with U.S. LaborSecretary Thomas Perez in San Francisco.

    The involvement of the nation’s top labor official under-scored rising political and economic pressure to reach acontract deal and free cargo bot tlenecks at 29 ports t hat han-dle about $1 trilli on o f trade annually.

    Samsung buying mobile-paycompany in bid to challenge Apple PayNEW YORK — Samsung is buying mobil e-payment s tart-

    up LoopPay as the Korean phone maker steps up to chal-lenge Apple and its p ayment system on iPhones.

    The deal strengthens speculation that SamsungElectronics Co. plans to include mobile-payment technolo-gy in its next major phone, which is expected to beannounced March 1 at the Mobile World Congress inBarcelona.

    Launched a year ago, LoopPay works by reproducing thesignals from a credit card’s magnetic swipe as users tap aLoopPay device next to a retailer’s card reader. That meansLoopPay should work with most retailers’ existin g paymentterminals.

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    By Terry BernalDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

    Needing merely a tie to clinch thePeninsula Athletic League Bay Divisionchampionship, Menlo-Atherton capturedits third title in five years in styleWednesday with a 2-0 win over Burlingame.

    The Bears (10-3 PAL Bay, 12-4 overall)struck quickly, scoring in the first minute

    on a goal by senior Mario Rodriguez. Nearthe end of the second half, senior JesusOrtega added a second goal to seal the deal.And sandwiched between the two scores wasone outst anding performance by M-A goal-keeper Wes Fischer.

    A first-year varsity player as a senior,Fischer has come into hi s own with the reg-ular-season title run winding down for theBears. Through their last five games the

    Bears have s urrendered just one goal.“He was huge,” M-A head coach Jacob

    Pickard said. “Honestly, I think they wouldhave won thi s game if it wasn’t for Wes.”

    Fischer had several diving saves thro ugh-out the match, but had back-to-back high-light-reel worthy plays in the 16th minutethat preserved a 1-0 lead for M-A.

    With the Panthers (7-3-2, 8-5-4) trailing

    By Nathan MollatDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

    For the last several weeks, the Burlingameboys’ basketball team has had the unnervingtrend of getting off to slow starts. The oppo-sition bolts out to a big early lead and thePanthers have to spend the rest of the game toget back in it.

    “It’s been like that the last six or sevengames,” said Burlingame coach Pete Harames.

    “It’s ho w they [play] at p ractice.”

    Wednesday night in the first round of thePeninsula Athletic League tournament, thePanthers stayed true to form, falling behind 8-0 to s tart the game and 20-7 with just over twominutes left in the first quarter against hostTerra Nova.

    But like they have more often than not thisseason, the Panthers weathered the storm,locked thing s down defensively and eventual-ly pulled out a 66-55 win o ver the Tigers.

    “We knew it was a big game,” saidBurlingame wing Justin Gutang. “We reallywanted to win.”

    If not for the play of Gutang and a defensiv ewrinkle Harames seldom employs, thePanthers would probably have spent the restof the week practicing in preparation for theCentral Coast Section tournament.

    Instead, the defending tournament champswill play a semifinal game against nemesisMills — against which they sp lit a pair of reg-

    ular-season games this season.With Burlingame struggling offensively, it

    was Gutang who stepped up carried thePanthers at times during the game, as he fin-ished with a game-high 2 6 point s, s coring 13points in each half.

    “My teammates came up to me and told meto just go to the corner and they would set adown screen. Just shoot the ball,” Gutangsaid. “They got me open.”

    Burlingame rallies to knock off Terra No

    M-A boys’ capture crownTERRY BERNAL/DAILY JOURNAL

    Menlo-Atherton senior goalkeeper Wes Fischer, right, pounces on an attack from Burlingame’s Sharif Shibli in the Bears’ 2-0 win Wednesdayto wrap up their third Bay Division title in five years.

    I t’s been a rough couple weeks for th eCañada men’s basketb all as the Col tshead down the st retch. Things don’tget any easier as they face a perennial statepower and the looming playoffs.

    Cañada (6-4 Coast Conference, 2 0-5overall), which was ranked as high as third

    in the state earlier theseason, has tumbledout of the top-20 inthe state and have fall-en to 12th in NorthernCalifornia following apair of losses to a l ast-place Las Posi tas-

    Livermore team and aheartbreaker toChabot-Hayward— both on the road.

    Wednesday, theyhosted San Francisco

    City College, ranked No. 10 in the state.They close the season Friday againstFoothill before the playoffs begin— which coach Mike Reynoso believes histeam has a good chance at making.

    Two st raight losses — and three in theirlast four heading into Wednesday — is notthe way the Colts wanted to be goin g head-ing into the postseason.

    “I could care less about rankings . At theend of the year we want to be playing in thelast game,” Reynoso said as his team pre-pared to take on San Francisco Wednesdaynigh t. “To be honest. We’ve cost our-selves. It’s not were getting outplayed, it’sus making mistakes.”

    And playin g in the Coast Conference-North, making mistakes adds up to losses.The Coast Conference-North is arguablythe toughest conference in NorthernCalifornia. San Francisco is a perennialstate-title contender. Chabot is No. 16.Ohlone-Fremont was a regional po wer afew years ago and Las Positas was finish-ing in the top of half of the league for sev-eral seasons before a recent downturn.

    Playing i n the Coast Conference-Northgame in, game out is a g rind.

    See BEARS , Page 15

    Colts hit arough patch

    See LOUNGE , Page 16

    By Terry BernalDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

    You want a shootout? Not a problem forthe Menlo-Atherton girls’ basketball team.

    The Bears cruised through the openinground of the Peninsula Athletic Leaguegirls’ basketball tournament Wednesday atM-A with a 44-2 8 win ov er South City.

    The Warriors marched out their sharp-shooters to keep pace early. Seniors ReezaGaela and Mira Avila each nailed 3-pointers

    to keep the score even at 9-9 with oneminute remaining in t he openi ng quarter.

    But then M-A respon ded — big time.With under a minute remaining i n the quar-

    ter, M-A freshman Carly McLanahan cameoff the bench to h it a 3-pointer, giving theBears a 12-9 lead after the opening eightminutes. To start the second quarter, seniorguard Sarah Howell hit back-to-back treysto extend the lead to 18-9.

    The streak sparked an 11-0 run by theBears, who kept the Warriors at a distance

    for the rest o f the ni ght. This despite M-A’sfloor captain Naomi Baer seeing limitedminutes with M-A head coach MarkishaColeman mixing and matching a variety of different lineups throughout.

    “I think there were some combinationsout there that I hadn’t played all season andit was working,” Coleman said. “Really …we’re a strong team. We have 12 strongplayers. And on any given nig ht, whoeversteps up I’m willing to play.”

    So far as marksmen go, Howell had brag-

    ging rights , sharing th e game-high with 12points — all via 3-pointers. She was sixpoints and two treys short of her season-high 18 points, which she notched Feb. 10against Burlingame. M-A freshman centerGreer Hoyem also totaled 12 points. OfaSili and McLanahan tabbed six pointsapiece.

    “We have a lo t of s hoot ers,” Howell said.“I just happened to hit some tonight.[McLanahan] hit some tonight. I’m just

    M-A girls have little trouble with South City

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    Boys’ basketballMills 52 Westmoor 35

    The Peninsula Athletic League SouthDivisio n champion Viking s open ed the PALtournament with a win over the Rams.

    Mills moves into the semifinals where itwill face Burlingame for the third time thisseason. The Panthers beat Terra Nova 66-55 .

    Westmoor hung with the Vikings in thefirst half, trailing 24-20 at halftime. ButMills turned up the defense in the secondhalf, holding the Rams to j ust 15 points.

    Miguel Madrigal led Mills with 13points. Marquis Adkins added nine.Westmoor was led by Nikko Gigi, whoscored 10.

    The Mills-Burlingame matchup will tipoff at 4:30 p.m. Friday at Mills.

    Sequoia 74 Jefferson 58The Cherokees, the No. 2 team in t he PAL

    South, got by the Indians, the No. 3 team inthe PAL North in the first round of the PALtournament.

    The game really exploded in the fourthquarter as the two teams combined for 43points. Sequoia led 31-24 at halftime.

    Sequoia guards Chris Bene and DJHouston got loose Wednesday as they bothwent for 22 points. Brady Stubblefield andN’Jai LeBlanc each added eight for theCherokees.

    RJ Arciaga led Jefferson with 15 points,including 8 for 8 from the free-throw line.Damari Cual-Davis added 13 in the loss forthe Indians.

    Sequoia moves into the semifinals to faceHalf Moon Bay, which beat Menlo-Atherton 45-39. Tip-off is 7:30 p.m. Fridayat Mills.

    Half Moon Bay 45 Menlo-Atherton 39The Cougars, the presumptive PAL tourna-

    ment favorites, survived a scare from theBears in th e first round but survived and will

    advance to the semifinals.“It was a struggle,” said Half Moon Bay

    coach Rich Forslund. “They played verygood defense and our bigs combined foreight points. Our two bigs usually combinefor 25 points.”

    Those bigs would be Case DuFrane andAustin Hilton. DuFrane had only six andHilton j ust two. They did, ho wever, hel p outof the bo ards as Hilton finish ed 11 reboundsand DuFrane added five.

    Still, Forslund is looking for more fromthose two.

    “When you get to this stage, your bestplayers have to perform when the spotlightis the brightest,” Forslund said.

    He said the difference in the game came inthe s econd half when th e Cougars decided tospeed things up and use their press. Theyheld M-A to just 14 points in the secondhalf.

    Jake Salinero led the Cougars with agame-high 16 poin ts, hit ting four 3-point-ers in the p rocess. Tommy Nuño added 13.

    M-A was led by Blake Henry’s 1 3 po ints .Christian Fioretti and Ryan Cole each fin-ished with nine.

    Half Moon Bay moves on to face Sequoiain the semifinals at 7:30 p.m. Friday atMills.

    Sacred Heart Prep 78 P inewood 62The Gators are one win away from com-pleting an undefeated run through the WestBay Athletic League following their winover the Panthers Wednesday.

    SHP (13-0 WBAL, 21-2 overall) had fourplayers finish in double figures, led byCorbin Koch who went for a game-high 27points. Mitch Martella added 12, MasonRandall 11 and Connor Moses 10.

    The Gators close out the regular seasonFriday when they ho st Eastside Prep at 6:3 0p.m.

    Girls’ basketballWestmoor 53 Carlmont 39

    The Lady Rams conti nued their dominancein PAL play with a commanding win over

    Carlmont in Wednesday’s PAL tourneyopener.

    Westmoor scored nearly half its points inthe first quarter, building a 25-7 lead in theopeni ng eight min utes while drilling four 3-pointers in the quarter, including a buzzer-beater by freshman Daphney Fulgencio.

    The Rams ultimately cycled in all 13 of their players in the game.

    “I felt like we had control of it the wholeway through,” Westmoor head coach MikeKeough said.

    Senior point guard Yazmeen Goo scored ateam-high 11 points for the Rams. BriannaDomagas added 10. Carlmont sophomoreAlexa Bayangos had a game-high 12points. Bayangos’ fellow sophomore, cen-ter Cam Kondo had 11 poin ts.

    After going undefeated through PAL Northplay, Westmoor is now a perfect 13-0against PAL teams.

    With the win, the Rams advance toFriday’s semifinals to face Hillsdale. TheKnights defeated Terra Nova 53-42Wednesday. Friday’s tip-off at Mills isscheduled for 3 p. m.

    Half Moon Bay 52 Mills 41The Cougars, t he second-place team in the

    PAL North, took down the Vikings in thefirst round of the PAL tournament.

    Half Moon Bay’s defense limited Mills to13 points in the second and fourth quarterscombined.

    Ally Longacre recorded a double-doublefor Half Moon Bay, s coring 14 po ints andpulling down 10 rebounds. MorganTomberl in added 11.

    “We really have only one girl in doublefigures, then four other players with eightpoin ts, ” said Half Moon Bay coach Anton ioVeloso.

    The Cougars were without starting pointguard Addison Walling for the entire fourthquarter as she battled foul trouble. But fresh-man Katherine Dioli filled in quite ni cely asthe Half Moon Bay offense did not skip abeat. Walling and Dioli combined to score12 points.

    Mills was paced by Aubrie Businger andJulia Gibbs, who each scored 10 points.They combined for nine rebo unds as well.

    Half Moon Bay will face the PAL South’stop seed, Menlo-Atherton, in the semifi-nals. M-A beat South City 44-28. Tip-off is6 p. m. Friday at Mills.

    Hillsdale 53 Terra Nova 42The Knigh ts advanced to th e semifinals of

    the PAL tournament with a win over theTigers.

    Hillsdale led just 23-22 at halftime butoutscored Terra Nova 30-20 over the finaltwo quarters.

    Caroline Mounga led the way for theKnights, scoring 11 points. CaelynnHwang added nine in the win.

    Hillsdale suffered a big blow, however,when starting guard Raichel Tjan sprainedher ankle midway through the fourth quarter.

    “Tjan scored five points in the first fourminutes of the game and then sprained herankle, ” said Hillsdale coach Mike Ciardella.“Now she’s probably out the next twoweeks.”

    Terra Nova was p aced by Venus Pascua andArianna Sheehy, who both finished with 13points.

    Hillsdale will now face Westmoor in thesemifinals. The Rams beat Carlmont 53 -39.Tip-off is 3 p.m. Friday at Mills.

    Girls’ soccerSt. Ignatius 2 Notre Dame-Belmont 0

    The Tigers’ Central Coast Section playoff hopes were dashed with the shutout againstthe visiting Wildcats.

    Notre Dame (2-8-1 WCAL, 8-10-2 over-all) needed to win their final two games tofinish with a .5 00 o verall record. The Tigersbeat Capuchino 3-0 Tuesday to set upWednesday’s regular-season finale.

    St. Ignatius scored once in each half tosecure the win.

    Local sports roundup

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    By Jose M. RomeroTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

    SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — HectorSanchez’s physical on Wednesday wasscheduled for 1:30 p.m. local time. Butmaybe Sanchez, excited as he was tobe at spring training on the day theworld champion San Francisco Giantsbegan reporting, was simply eager toreceive a clean bill of health and getback to being behind the plate.

    The 25-year-old catcher, or so meoneelse, had scribbled Sanchez’s nameinto a pair of earlier time slots for thephysical. The routine checkup wasn’texpected to reveal anything more thanconfirmation that Sanchez, comingback from two concussions that cutshort his 2014 season, is back to 100percent.

    “Two hundred percent,” he said witha laugh.

    Sanchez had been the Giants’ backup

    catcher until lateJuly, when he suf-fered his first con-cussion. Then,while on a rehabassignment atTriple-A Fresno onAug. 16, he took ahard foul tip off hismask, which led toa second concus-

    sion.Sanchez didn’t play again, looking

    on with sadness, as he described it, ashis teammates worked their way to athird World Series tit le in t he past fiv eseasons.

    “I felt dizzy. I was tired but I couldn’tsleep, and because of th at I was alwaysin a bad mood,” he said of dealing withthe effects of the concussions. “I’dnever gone through anythin g like thatin my life. And there’s no treatment,only rest.”

    Sanchez acknowledged that he fearedhe might never play again. But hiscondition improved enough for him toreturn to his nativ e Venezuela for win-ter ball, where he was only allowed tobe a designated hitter in games.

    That didn’t stop Sanchez from get-ting in some catching time in work-outs.

    “During wint er ball I worked a litt lebit with the pitching staff, blocking(baseballs) and stuff. But I didn’t wantto do too much,” h e said.

    He and Giants manager Bruce Bochyconfirmed that Sanchez, who arrivednoticeably slimmer than last season,will take his place behind the plate onThursday and catch the first springtraining bullpen sessions for Giantspitchers.

    “It’s great to see the commitmenthe’s made this winter to get himself

    Sanchez eager for comeback from concussions

    By Bob BaumTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

    SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The San FranciscoGiants roll in even years, winning the WorldSeries in 2010, 2012 and 2014.

    Enough of that pattern, Giants managerBruce Bochy said.

    “We want to have a lot of fun in an oddyear,” he said while San Francisco pitchersand catchers reported for spring training onWednesday.

    Pitchers and catchers also reported to theCincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians andPhiladelphia Phillies. The rest of the majorleague teams will get going over the next fewdays, half of them in Arizona, half in Florida.

    As usual, pitching should be SanFrancisco’s strength. Bochy said he’s prettyset on the five-man rotation that will openthe season.

    He didn’t name them. But by eliminatingthe non-starters he did mention, the fivewould be ace Madison Bumgarner, Matt Cain,Tim Hudson, Jake Peavy and Tim Lincecum.

    “We haven’t put the order down exactly but

    we’ve got a pretty goodidea of what it’s going tobe,” Bochy said.

    He said Ryan Vogelsongand Yusmeiro Petit wouldbe lon g-relievers and spotstarters. Vogels ong re-signed with San

    Francisco, a one-year, $4million deal, kn owing thecrowded starter situation

    he was rejoining.“We talked a little bit about the situation

    and he understands it ,” Bochy s aid. “You can’thave enough depth in the rotation. I’m gladthat Ryan decided to come back with us and Ithink it’s going to be a workable situation.They can help each other out, maybe give aguy a start off.”

    Lincecum said he has rediscovered themechanics that once made him among thebest in t he game.

    “My body just started to kind of click andgrasp onto the things I used to do naturally,”he said.

    He isn’t taki ng the starting role for granted.

    “I feel I have to re-earn my spot in the rota-tion,” he said. “I didn’t really finish off theyear very well last year at all. That kind of lefta drive in me. I want to get that back and dis-cover what went wrong.”

    Cain seems to be fully recovered from lastyear’s surgeries on his right elbow and rightankle.

    “Matt looks g reat, feels great,” Bochy said.“I mean, really has got a great look abouthim. I think he’s excited that he’s healthyagain and he’ll be back on the mound. He’s abig p art of the staff. We need him. We needMatt to be who he is and stay healthy thisyear.”

    Of the projected starting five, only the 39-year-old Hudson won’t be ready right off thisspring.

    He is still recovering from surgery toremove bon e spurs from his right ankle.

    “I’m probably a couple of weeks behindwhere I normally am, ” Hudson said. “I had mysurgery on the second of January so I wasn’table to st art throwing until the latter part of January. So just from a throwing standpoint Ihave a little ways to go before I’m ready to

    get in some games. My mindset is just to b eready for the real games when the seasonstarts, whether that means me pitching in on egame or four games this sp ring.”

    The team lost two starters from last year’schampionship squad. Third baseman PabloSandoval signed a five-year, $95 million freeagent contract with Boston. Mike Morse

    signed a two-year, $16 million deal withMiami.But those who are returning are a strong

    bunch, their manager said.“With this team, I think it’s fair to say

    we’re pretty well set,” Bochy said. “...We’rein a go od place. We’d like to have a lot o f funin an odd year. We’d like to change that up, sowe’ll see if we can do that. I love the fact thatwe’ve had the continuity here with this staff.We have depth in the rotation. This is a teamwith a lot of character.”

    Sitting in the Scottsdale Stadium dugout,the manager reflected only briefly on lastyear’s triumph.

    “We had a great year last year,” he said. “Ihope they too k time to enjoy it and savor allof that, but it’s time to go to work.”

    Play Ball: Giants begin effort to win in ‘odd y

    Bruce Bochy

    Hector Sanchez

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    Gutang nailed four 3-pointers along theway, but he was hardly one dimensional as hehad a number of ni fty drives to the cup — fin-ishing one on a finger roll and another on ascoop.

    “He’s our scorer,” Harames said.Gutang was one of t hree Burlingame players

    to score in double figures. Center BasselMufarreh added 15 and point guard VinnieFerrari chipped in with 12 – i ncluding a pair of long 3-point bombs late in the second quarterwhich enabled the Panthers to pull into a 32-32 tie at halftime.

    The way Terra Nova started the game, thefact Burlingame managed to tie by halftimewas remarkable. The Tigers came out of thestarting blocks flying. They connected ontheir first four shot s as they bo lted out to an 8-0.

    Terra Nova hit on its first six shots of thegame and shot 9 for 13 in the op ening eightminutes.

    Shooting guard Jared Milch was especiallydeadly as he buried his first four attempts onhis way to a 10-poi nt first quarter.

    Milch finished with a team-high 23 points.Point guard Gerald Colvin added 13.

    Terra Nova led by as many as 13 poin ts, 20-7, and were up 27-17 with 6:11 left whenHarames does so mething he hardly ever does:he went to a zon e defense.

    “We’ve been practicing it a lot,” Haramessaid, who said he predominantly uses a man-

    to-man defense and uses a zone for no morethan a few minutes — if any — during games.

    In talking to his coaches during a timeout,he decided to change thing s up defensively.

    “Might as well. We we’re down and they(Terra Nova) was attacking the basket,”Harames s aid.

    After giving up 22 points in the first quar-ter, the Panthers allowed only 10 in the sec-ond, 10 in the third and 13 in the fourth.

    With the Panthers turning up the heat defen-sively, it allowed their offense to getuntracked. Terra Nova led 30-17 following aColvin 3-pointer with 4:50 left in the secondquarter but Burlingame responded by closingthe half on a 15-2 run to tie the game at 32.

    The game stayed tight in the third quarter.Colvin hit a jumper to put the Tigers up 34-32as they opened the second half with a 6 -2 runto take a 38-34 lead. A Milch jumper put TerraNova up 42-40, but a 3-pointer fromBurlingame’s Tyler Garlitos with 14 secondsleft in the quarter gave Burlingame its firstlead of the game, 43-42. When Mac Caceresfollowed a Gutang miss at the quarter horn, thePanthers took a 45-42 lead into the fourthquarter.

    Burlingame opened the final eight minuteson a 8-2 run, with Garlitos and Gutang eachdraining a 3-pointer, to give the Pantherstheir biggest lead to that point — 53-44.

    The Tigers came back with four straight freethrows to close to 53-48, but the Panthersresponded with a 7-02 run to open up a 62-50lead following a pair of Mufarreh free throws.Ferrari and Mufarreh hit their free throws overthe final minute to keep Terra Nova at bay andmove into the semifinals. Mills will host t hePanthers at 4:30 p.m. Friday.

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    glad we pulled out a win so we can go on t othe next round.”

    South City’s top scorer was freshmanValerie Avila with si x poi nts. The shooti ngguard hit a pair of 3-pointers in the secondquarter. Her secon d one cl osed M-A’s lead to23-15, but the eight-point differential wasas close as South City would get to a Bearsteam that entered the tourney as the No. 1seed out o f the PAL South Divisi on.

    “They’re a good team and obviouslythey’re No. 1 for a reason,” South City sen-ior Silv anna Padilla said. “But we’re a fight-ing team and I don’t think anybody evenexpected us to do this. So, I’m really proudof my team.”

    South City has been relying heavily of four freshman starters this s eason. But whilethe post presence was evident in the way of rebounds, the Warriors co uldn’t find a way toscore from the paint.

    “I think the big thing was we got noinside points,” Warriors head coach Paul

    Carion “We could not score inside. We gotthe s hots we wanted. We just couldn’t score.A credit to them. They play very gooddefense without fouling. ”

    Padilla came off the bench to g rab a game-high nine rebounds. Seni or forward ReichelVaioli had seven boards. Hoyem andMcLanahan paced M-A with eight reboundsapiece.

    The loss brings an end to South City’sthree-game winning streak to storm into thePAL tournament as th e No. 4 seed out of th ePAL North. It also brings an end to theWarriors’ season, as their sub-.500 overalland league records make them ineligible toapply for the Central Coast Section play-offs.

    “In my seven years of high school coach-ing, it’s probably my most rewarding sea-son,” Carion said. “A real credit to the sen-iors. It’s their senior year and obviouslythey had high aspirations also. But theyreally took in the freshmen, they reallyhelped the freshmen get better.”

    With the win, M-A advances to the PALtourney semifinals Friday to face Half MoonBay. The Cougars defeated Mills 52-41 intheir Wednesday opener. Friday's tip-off isscheduled for 6 p.m.

    By Terry BernalDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

    The South City girls’ basketball team wonits last three games to g rab the last spot inthe Peninsula Athletic League tournamentthis season. It’s another in a recurring come-back-kids th eme in t he Warriors’ ranks.

    The South City football team lost its firstfive games of the season before first-yearhead coach Jay Oca saw an epic turnaround.The Warriors won four of t heir last five andwent on to produce one of just two Divisio n-I players to sign out of the PAL this seasonin defensive end Terrell Townsend.

    The Warriors girls’ soccer team saw a sim-ilar resurgence, winning three of its last fourgames. South City started PAL OceanDivision play with a 1-5-1 league recordbefore winning three straight — against ElCamino, Westmoor and Oceana. Theysnapped the winning streak Tuesday with a5-1 lo ss at Sequoia.

    South City has gotten big performances

    from Julissa Gonzalez and Dania Romero.The two are neck-and-neck for t he team leadin go als this season and have combined for25. Romero — currently pacing the teamwith 13 goals — helped the Warriors earntheir first win in PAL Ocean play, scoringtheir only goal in a 1-0 win at WestmoorJan. 22.

    Olajua Pedemonte has been South City’ssaving grace this season though. Thefourth-year varsity starter rebounded from aACL injury that cost her her entire juniorseason. It was a major loss for the Warriorsafter Pedemonte was named the PAL OceanDivision Defensive Player of the Year as asophomore in 2013.

    “She’s po ssib ly a candidate for Defensiv


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