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By Heather MurtaghDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

A vote to change how trustees of the SanMateo County Community College Districtwas postponed Thursday because officialswanted more time to study the map and fill thevacancy that will be created by boardPresident Helen Hausman stepping down nextmonth.

Hausman announcedthat she intended to retirefrom the board due tohealth problems at the startof Thursdays meeting,said district spokeswomanBarbara Christensen. Theofficial date of her retire-ment will be providedprior to the boards next

meeting on April 10. Because of the upcom-ing vacancy, many of the trustees thought itwould make sense to postpone voting on cre-ating a by-district election, a switch from thecurrent at-large election system. Delaying thevote will allow the district to contend with fill-ing the vacancy before deciding on the pro-posed boundary maps and election changes.

Its going to be a big change, saidboard Vice President Karen Schwartz of

the election decision.Schwartz said the delay will allow more

time to study and become familiar with themaps.

Vacancies are rare on the college board. Itsbeen more than 20 years since a trustee hasleft prior to the end of his or her term.Hausman joined the board in 1989. Her cur-

District elections vote for community colleges on holdBoard president announces retirement,board puts off decision until after replacement found

Helen Hausman

Rape defendantgets new trial date

Tickets to highcourt gay unioncases not cheapPeople waiting for daysto watch Supreme Court

DAILY JOURNAL STAFF REPORT

The convicted sex offender whose attorneyin a new statutory rapecase caused a mistrial bydeclaring mid-trial he hada conflict was appointed adifferent lawyer andreceived a new trial datein June.

Joshua Kenneth

Bringazi, 28, went to trialin August but a judgedeclared a mistrial after

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WASHINGTON The most expensive

ticket to The Book of Mormon onBroadway: $477. The face value of a greatseat for this years Super Bowl: $1,250.Guaranteed seats towatch the U.S. SupremeCourt hear this weeksgay marriage cases:about $6,000.

Tickets to the twoarguments that beginTuesday are technicallyfree. But getting themrequires lining up daysor hours ahead, or pay-ing someone else to.The first people got in line Thursday, bringingthe price of saving a seat to around $6,000.

For some, putting a value on the seats ismeaningless.

HallelujahDevils Slide tunnels finally openBy Bill SilverfarbDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Annette Lantos couldnt keep her-

self from crying yesterday as shehelped open the tunnels at DevilsSlide nearly 32 years after herlate husband secured the first $50million in federal funding to bypassthe dangerous stretch of highwaysouth of Pacifica.

The Tom Lantos Tunnels atDevils Slide were scheduled toopen to traffic late last night but notbefore a host of dignitaries wereinvited to the coast in the morning tocelebrate the grand opening ofCaltrans $439 million twin tunnelproject.

Construction started on the projectin 2006 after Lantos, first elected toCongress in 1981, secured emer-gency federal funding to construct a

bypass for Devils Slide on Highway1, which would close often as theroad would sometimes collapse dur-ing bad weather.

In 1995, the slide closed for 158days and a year later county votersoverwhelming passed Measure T,which called for constructing tun-nels rather than carve up MontaraMountain for a new highway.

He was a young freshman con-gressman when he secured the $50million for the project. The idea fora tunnel was just in the imaginationthen but now it is fully realized. Imhappy but very sad I cant share itwith Tom, Lantos told the DailyJournal as she held back tears.

Her daughter, Annette Lantos

Tillemann-Dick sat by her side yes-terday before her mother gave a

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Clockwise from top:Aparade of vintage carsdrove down thesouthbound tunnelyesterday as the TomLantos Tunnels at DevilsSlide officially opened.Annette Lantos,wife of thelate Tom Lantos,spoke atthe event yesterday withU.S.reps.Jackie Speier and

Anna Eshoo sitting behind.A woman who calledherself Captain Tunnelcelebrated in costume.

Joshua Bringazi

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This Day in History

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A peace treaty was signed by IsraeliPrime Minister Menachem Begin andEgyptian President Anwar Sadat and

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Life is denied by lack of attention,whether it be tocleaning windows or trying to write a masterpiece.

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Actor-directorLeonard Nimoy is82.

Singer Diana Rossis 69.

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In 1812, an earthquake devastated Caracas, Venezuela, causingan estimated 26,000 deaths, according to the U.S. GeologicalSurvey.In 1827, composer Ludwig van Beethoven died in Vienna.In 1874, poet Robert Frost was born in San Francisco.In 1892, poet Walt Whitman died in Camden, N.J.In 1917, the Seattle Metropolitans became the first U.S. teamto win the Stanley Cup as they defeated the MontrealCanadiens.In 1937, a 6-foot-tall statue of the cartoon character Popeyewas unveiled during the Second Annual Spinach Festival inCrystal City, Texas.In 1958, the U.S. Army launched Americas third successfulsatellite, Explorer 3.In 1962, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Baker v. Carr, gave feder-al courts the power to order reapportionment of states legisla-

tive districts.In 1973, English actor, singer, playwright, director, composerand wit Sir Noel Coward died in Jamaica at age 73. The soapopera The Young and the Restless premiered on CBS-TV.In 1982, groundbreaking ceremonies took place in WashingtonD.C., for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.In 1988, Jesse Jackson stunned fellow Democrats by soundlydefeating Michael S. Dukakis in Michigans Democratic pres-idential caucuses.In 1997, the bodies of 39 members of the Heavens Gate tech-no-religious cult whod committed suicide were found inside arented mansion in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.Ten years ago: The Senate approved a $2.2 trillion budget thatprovided less than half the $726 billion in tax cuts PresidentGeorge W. Bush wanted. Former Sen. Daniel PatrickMoynihan died in Washington D.C., at age 76.

Conductor-composer Pierre Boulez is 88. Retired Supreme

Court Justice Sandra Day OConnor is 83. Actor Alan Arkin is79. Actor James Caan is 73. Author Erica Jong is 71. JournalistBob Woodward is 70. Actor Johnny Crawford is 67. Rock singerSteven Tyler (Aerosmith) is 65. Singer and TV personality Vicki

Lawrence is 64. Actor Ernest Thomas is 64. Comedian MartinShort is 63. Country singer Ronnie McDowell is 63. Movie com-poser Alan Silvestri is 63. Rock musician Monte Yoho is 61.Radio talk show host Curtis Sliwa is 59. Country singer Dean

Dillon is 58. Country singer Charly McClain is 57.

Belgiums chocolatestamps offer lick with a kick

BRUSSELS Feel like havingchocolate at Easter in Belgium? Well,send a letter and really lick that choco-late-flavored postal stamp.

The Belgian post office released538,000 stamps on Monday that havepictures of chocolate on the front but theessence of cacao oil in the glue at theback for taste and in the ink for smell.

Belgian stamp collector Marie-ClaireVerstichel said while the taste was a bitdisappointing, `they smell good.

Easter is the season for chocolate inBelgium with Easter eggs and bunnies allover supermarkets and specialty stores.

A set of five stamps costs 6.2 euros($8) but might leave a customer hungryfor more.

Ukrainian capitalgrapples with snow,scandal

KIEV, Ukraine Residents of theUkrainian capital suspect the city is try-ing to pull a fast one on them about itsefforts to clean up from a paralyzingblizzard.

A photo that appeared on the Kiev

administrations website Sunday after asnowfall of 20 inches (50 centimeters)shows three snowplows clearing a street.

The trouble is the street is actuallyin Moscow.

Russias ITAR-Tass news agency said

Monday that it was an agency phototaken last November and retouched toremove the name of the snowplowsRussian operator.

Kiev city administration spokeswomanKateryna Baranova said the photo was aregrettable technical mistake but didntelaborate.

The photo was removed from the site,but not before some frame grabs of itwere posted on Facebook, promptingcomments such as shame.

Goblin-proof chickenbook wins odd-title prizeLONDON A supernaturally tinged

barnyard manual has won Britainsquirkiest literary award, the DiagramPrize for years oddest book title.

Goblinproofing Ones ChickenCoop by Reginald Bakeley was award-ed the prize Friday by trade magazineThe Bookseller.

The book took 38 percent of the votesin a public ballot, beating finalistsincluding How Tea Cosies Changed theWorld, Was Hitler Ill? and GodsDoodle: The Life and Times of thePenis.

Goblinproofing Ones ChickenCoop is subtitled and other practical

advice in our campaign against thefairy kingdom. It is described by itsMassachusetts-based publisher,Conari Press, as the essential primerfor banishing the dark fairy creaturesthat are lurking in the dark corners and

crevices of your life.Diagram Prize overseer Horace Bent

said it was no coincidence in these aus-tere times that a book aimed to assistmembers of the public frugally farmingtheir own produce proved the most pop-ular title.

The books editor, Clint Marsh, said heand the author were honored to receive aprize that celebrates the playfulness thatis at the heart of much of the worlds bestbook publishing.

Reginald and I take this as a clear signthat people have had enough of goblinsin their chicken coops, he said. Ourcampaign against the fairy kingdom con-tinues.

New charges for manaccused of impersonating pilot

PHILADELPHIA A French manaccused of impersonating a pilot after sit-ting in an airliner cockpit at PhiladelphiaInternational Airport now faces federalcharges.

The U.S. District Attorneys officesays 61-year-old Philippe Jeannard of LaRochelle, France, was charged Mondaywith criminal trespass. He already facedstate charges including trespass, forgery

and false impersonation.Authorities say Jeannard was wearinga shirt with an Air France logo and car-rying a counterfeit Air France ID cardwhen he boarded a Florida-bound USAirways flight Wednesday.

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BURLINGAMEArrest. A man was arrested for being underthe influence of drugs on the 1100 block ofTrousdale Drive before 8:01 p.m. Monday,March 11.Arrest. A woman was arrested for being drunkand disorderly on the 1100 block ofCapuchino Avenue before 9:26 p.m. Saturday,March 9.Arrest. A man was arrested for being underthe influence and in possession of drugs onBroadway and El Camino Real before 2:08a.m. Saturday, March 9.

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The search for a 22-year-old man who dis-appeared from a Half Moon Bay beach onSunday afternoon has been called off, a U.S.

Coast Guard officer said Monday morning.The man was playing football with friends

at Roosevelt State Beach near Pillar Pointwhen members of the group realized he wasgone.

His disappearance prompted a Coast Guardsearch that began around 2:45 p.m., CoastGuard Officer Mark Leahey said.

A Coast Guard helicopter and rescue boatresponded, and the San Mateo CountySheriffs Office sent out a boat and a plane to

search for the man, sheriffs Deputy RebeccaRosenblatt said.

The Sheriffs Office stopped searchingshortly before 6 p.m., and the Coast Guardended its search shortly before 8 p.m.

It has not been confirmed that the man everentered the water, Leahey said.

Theres no evidence he is out there, hesaid.

The man has worked at the Gin Wan

Chinese Restaurant, located at 2810 CabrilloHighway North in Half Moon Bay, for abouttwo years, restaurant owner Suki Kaufmansaid Monday morning.

She said the restaurant closes for lunch

around 2:30 p.m., which was when the manwent to the nearby beach to play ball.

He was wearing a black T-shirt and shorts

when he disappeared.

Leahey said the mans name is not being

released until his next of kin has been notified

about his disappearance.

Anyone with information about the man is

asked to contact the Coast Guard at (415) 399-

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at Half Moon Bay beach called off

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After a man wielding a long-barreled shot-gun robbed someone on the street last week andfled in a red Honda, San Mateo police set up acovert operation near Eldorado Street andSecond Avenue as a trend in street robberieshas increased in the area this month, accordingto police.

The citys Crime Reduction Unit set up in thearea March 20 at about 9 p.m. and spotted thered Honda that matched the suspect vehicledescription from the previous robbery that

occurred just two blocks away two days earlier.

When police pulled over the vehicle, theyfound one of the two suspects was in posses-sion of a loaded shotgun concealed in his pants,according to police.

Arrested were Keyana McLish, 19, ofRedwood City and David Cooper, 18, of SanPablo.

Both were ultimately arrested for conspiracyand armed robbery and Cooper was additional-ly charged with possession of a concealed,loaded firearm.

Both were booked into San Mateo

County Jail. Detectives are continuing to

look at other crimes, including the six otherrecent robberies in San Mateo, that may beattributed to the suspects, according topolice.

During the month of March, police havenoticed a trend of street robberies in the northend of San Mateo and officers from the depart-ments CRU are assigned to recognize crimetrends and employ various tactics includingundercover operations, plainclothes andmarked saturation patrols, surveillance andother techniques.

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West Hillsborough Schoollocked down after residential burglaries

Hillsborough police locked down West Hillsborough Schoolas a precaution Monday afternoon after investigating two nearbyattempted residential burglaries.

At approximately 12:23 p.m., police received a report of a res-idential burglary on Farm Lane. While police investigated theburglary and conducted an area search, another report wasreceived on an in-progress burglary at 12:42 p.m. on Denise

Road, according to Hillsborough police.The school lockdown was lifted at 1:24 p.m. after an extensivesearch of the area with help from K-9 support from the SanMateo County Sheriffs Office, according to police.

The suspects were described as two black males wearing bluejeans. One was wearing a flannel shirt, the other a black hoodedsweatshirt. There was no vehicle description but the men arereported to have gained entry through a door using a pry tool anddiscovered in the act by the homeowner, according to police.

Anyone with information about these crimes is asked to callthe Hillsborough Police Department at 375-7470.

Seton Medical Center to get new CEOThe Daughters of Charity Health System announced Monday

Joanne Allen will take over as president and CEO of SetonMedical Center in Daly City and SetonCoastside in Moss Beach April 2.

She will replace James Schuessler, whohas served as interim president and CEOsince April 2012. For the past five years,Allen has served as president and CEO ofSLRH in Gilroy. During her tenure, sheimproved medical staff, associate and com-munity relationships and led the develop-ment of regional strategy for two medicalcampuses in the South Bay: Gilroy andMorgan Hill. Prior to joining SLRH, Allenserved as chief operating officer/chief strategic officer atOConnor Hospital, another DCHS hospital.

I am honored to be chosen for this new leadership role, and Ilook forward to working with the associates and physicians atSeton to position ourselves as a valued community partner inproviding exceptional, person-centered care, Allen said in a pre-pared statement.

Allen holds a masters degree in health care administration anda bachelors degree in business administration, both from SanJose State University. She served as chair and board member ofthe California Hospital Association CEO Council, and wasnamed a Health Care Hero in 2011 and was recognized as a

Women of Influence in Santa Clara County in 2012. Both awardswere sponsored by the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal.

Police search for arsonistwho set three fires this weekend

Police in South San Francisco are searching for a serial arson-ist who started three fires in the city between Saturday night andSunday morning.

Police said two fires were lit in Orange Park on MemorialDrive and a third was started near the 500 block of El CaminoReal, near Ponderosa Road.

All three fires were quickly extinguished and caused littledamage, police said.

No suspect information was immediately available.Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact

South San Francisco police at 877-8900.

Local briefs

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By Steve LeBlancTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BOSTON House DemocraticLeader Nancy Pelosi marked the 20thanniversary of the federal Family andMedical Leave Act in Boston by pushingfor federal legislation that would requirebusinesses to allow up to seven paid sick

days a year.The 1993 law offers 12 weeks of

unpaid leave, which workers can use tocare for a new baby or sick family mem-ber or to recover from an illness.

The law applies to workers hired bycompanies with 50 or more employ-ees, who work more than 1,250 hoursa year and who have been on the jobfor at least a year. Labor activists saythat excludes more than half the work-force.

Pelosi said federal laws should guar-antee that workers can earn paid timeoff.

Its not just about women, its aboutfamilies, Pelosi said Monday. Manymen take advantage of the Family andMedical Leave Act.

Pelosi, a U.S. representative fromCalifornia, is pushing for a national stan-dard that would let workers earn up toseven paid sick days each year. She said40 million Americans have no paid sickdays, forcing them to work while theyare ill or forfeit income.

State lawmakers are pushing their ownbill that would let workers earn one hourof paid sick time for every 30 hours

worked. They said the bill would extendthe protection of paid time off to nearlya million people in Massachusetts nowwithout it.

Critics of efforts to require paid timeoff say small businesses dont need anadded financial burden when the nationis still trying to recover from the reces-sion.

Pelosi also said Monday that shewas confident the U.S. Supreme Courtwill strike down the federal Defenseof Marriage Act, a 1996 law thatdefines marriage as between one manand one woman. The court will take

up the law Wednesday.Those families should have the full

protection of the law, Pelosi said, refer-ring to gay married couples who havebeen denied federal benefits.

Speaking to reporters after the event,Pelosi faulted the U.S. Senate for votingto strip away part of President BarackObamas landmark health care law.

Last week, the Senate voted 79-20 torepeal a 2.3 percent sales tax on medicaldevices such as catheters, pacemakersand MRI machines. The tax was intend-ed to help to finance coverage for theuninsured that starts next year.

Pelosi marks 20th anniversary of FMLA

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is pushing for a national standard that wouldlet workers earn up to seven paid sick days each year.

By Tracie ConeTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SACRAMENTO Over the years,

California has added more parks to itsstate system than it can afford andshould consider turning over control ofsome to local entities, a new report says.

The report released Monday by theLittle Hoover Commission identified anumber of problems with the park sys-tem. It even suggested that touristfavorite Hearst Castle might be betterrun by an operator such as the GettyMuseum that is more versed in protect-ing the hilltop mansions European artcollection.

While the outlandish Central Coasthome of William Randolph Hearst is amajor source of revenue, its upkeepexceeds the income it generates through

ticket sales and the cost of needed main-tenance is as high as $60 million.

We have to take a fresh and rigorouslook at the system from top to bottom,said Stuart Drown, executive director ofthe commission, a state oversightagency. We need a new business modeland fresh thinking.

From the coast to the giant sequoias ofthe Sierra, the California parks systemprotects some of the most historic andbreathtaking places in the world. Foryears, the department has allowed mil-lions of dollars in maintenance problemsto pile up as it struggled with shrinkingbudgets and a manager mindset unaccus-tomed to generating revenue or askingfor help, the report said.

The commission began looking at thestate park system a year ago. Afterdecades of decreasing funding, a $22

million cut at the time from its $779 mil-lion budget threatened the closure of aquarter of the 278 parks in the system.Officials were unable to explain how theparks were chosen or the cost of operat-ing individual sites.

The revelations plus the discoverylast year of $54 million hidden from thegovernor and Legislature in two specialfunds damaged the publics faith inthe park system, even as dozens of vol-unteer groups were scrambling to raisefunds and form partnerships to keepthem open.

The old model is obsolete, the reportsaid.

The commission is asking the gover-nor and elected officials to give the parksdepartment the tools, authority and flex-ibility required to develop a new operat-ing model.

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State Sen.Jerry Hil l, D-

San Mateo, willhold a news con-ference inBrisbane outsidethe former home

ofVWR International to announce he is

introducing legislation to close a corpo-rate tax loophole that allowed the labora-tory and medical supply company toclaim a $37,000 tax credit for each of the150 local workers it displaced when itmoved last year to an enterprise zone inthe San Joaquin Valley city of Visalia.

Joining Hill to voice support for SenateBill 434 will be former VWR employees,labor leaders including Art Pulaski, sec-retary-treasurer of the California LaborFederation and representatives ofBrisbane, which lost 50 percent of itssales tax revenue when VWR relocated toVisalia, where it hired replacement work-ers at lower wages, according to Hillsoffice.

There are 40 enterprise zones in

California in which companies receivemyriad tax breaks even when theydont create new jobs. The largest is a hir-ing credit like the one VWR received that costs California $700 million a year,and the costs are growing by more than 30percent annually, according to Hillsoffice.

The press conference is 10:30 a.m.,Tuesday March 26 on city property infront of the former VWR Internationalsite, 3745 Bayshore Blvd., Brisbane.

Step aside, prom queen. This year, themost popular kids at prom will be thesix grand-prize winners of Chipotle

Mexican Grills Ultimate After-PromParty sweepstakes. High school studentswho want the chance to win a burritofulafter-prom celebration can text PROM to888222 through Sunday, March 31 for achance to win a catered meal from Chipotlefor up to 500 people, plus a photo booth at

their highschools after-

prom event.One hundredrunners up willalso receive afree dinner for10 redeemableat anyC h i p o t l erestaurant.

***Carlmont High School is hosting a fun

run for everyone.The second annual Dash for Dollars,

which raises money for the school, will beheld from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sunday,April 14 at the Carlmont track, 1400Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont. The 5Krun/walk will be held on campus and is opento all but no wheels or pets will be allowed

on the track. Prizes will be awarded for thefastest runners, largest fundraisers and teamspirit. Creative team costumes and spirit areencouraged. Racers will be given a T-shirt,be entered into a drawing after the race andget access to a pizza lunch. The event willfeature music, a bake sale, balloon toss andmore. Those looking to support the effort canregister online at http://bit.ly/X8J8WV, offera donation by visiting http://bit.ly/VRrkl9.For more information, or to volunteer, emailAzi Dennler at azidennler@gmail.com.

***The Mills High School performing and

visual arts department presents Joseph andthe Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at 7p.m. Saturday, April 13 and 2 p.m. Sunday,April 14 at the Aragon Theater, 900Alameda de las Pulgas, San Mateo.

Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for studentsand seniors. For more information emailmillsdramaguild@hotmail.com.

***On Feb. 1, Bernardo Quevedo was elect-

ed to represent the Boys and Girls Clubs ofthe Peninsula at the Northern CaliforniaRegional Youth of the Year. A senior atMenlo-Atherton High School, Bernardohopes to attend Santa Clara University. Hewants to study engineering and one day workat Tesla Motors.

Class notes is a column dedicated to school news.It is compiled by education reporter HeatherMurtagh. You can contact her at (650) 344-5200,ext. 105 or at heather@smdailyjournal.com.

The Aragon Robotics Team,which goes by ART,is gearing up for the world championships afterwinning regionals in March.Working under team captain Brittney Chew,the Aragon team tookfirst place at the Central Valley Regional competition in early March.The win means the teamis qualified to compete in the FIRST World Championships held in St.Louis, Mo. Attending,however,requires a $5,000 registration fee.The team is looking for donations to help cover thecosts. For sponsorship information visit www.aragonrobotics.org.Checks can also be madepayable to The Aragon Robotics Team and mailed to the school,Aragon High School, 900Alameda de las Pulgas,San Mateo,CA 94402,or dropped off at meetings held Monday andWednesday afternoons.

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By Paul Larson

MILLBRAE Ourcountrys economicroller-coaster ridehas been interestingand historic forsure, but also verytroubling for many

families whove notbeen as financially stable as others.Recently though Ive been observing aphenomenon with those we serve at theCHAPEL OF THE HIGHLANDS. It maybe too early to confirm, but it appears thatthere is a general state of confidence withmany families, along with the decisions andchoices they make during funeralarrangements. Yes, I know you are thinkingthat confidence is not a term you woulduse to coincide with funeral arrangements,but it appears to me that people I see aretending to be more financially assured thanduring the deepest years of The GreatRecession.

They say that the two things you cantavoid are death and taxes. With that inmind, during the economic downturn I saw avery noticeable sense of thrift andprudence with a lot of families whoexperienced a death during that period.Still, those who tended to cost shop atvarious funeral homes selected CHAPELOF THE HIGHLANDS to handle funeral orcremation arrangements. These familiesfound comfort with our service, and notablywith our more economic cost structure.

Now, lately the trend with families andtheir funeral choices reminds me of the daysway before the recession hit. Its not thatpeople are utilizing their funds differently,spending more or spending less, but thatthey are more assertive and confident when

using their wallet. Seeing this over and overgives me a good indication that something inthe economic climate is changing comparedto not that long ago.

Even though many of our honorableelected officials in Sacramento andWashington D.C. appear to be as inflexiblewith economic issues as always, the air ofconfidence with the families Ive beendealing with means to me that these people

are feeling less pressured financially.It is well known that when businesses do

well they hire more employees, and whenthose employees are confident they willspend their money on goods and services.In turn, the companies that provide goodsand services will need competent employeesto create more goods, give more services,and so onmaking a positive circle for ahealthy economy. In relation to that, after along period of U.S. manufacturing jobsbeing sent over-seas there is news of agrowing number of companies bringing thiswork back to the United States. Real Estatevalues on the Peninsula remained in a goodstate during the recession, but houses hereare now in demand more than ever.

Encouraging Hopeful and Positiveare words to describe the optimistic

vibrations that people are giving off. If thecommunity is becoming more comfortablewith spending, that indicates good health forbusiness and the enrichment of oureconomic atmosphere. I hope Im right, solets all keep our fingers crossed.

If you ever wish to discuss cremation,funeral matters or want to make pre-planning arrangements please feel free tocall me and my staff at the CHAPEL OFTHE HIGHLANDS in Millbrae at (650)588-5116 and we will be happy to guide youin a fair and helpful manner. For more infoyou may also visit us on the internet at:

www.chapelofthehighlands.com.

Funeral Trends IndicateUpswing in the Economy

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By Mark ShermanTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON The Supreme Courtsdecision to hear a new case from Michigan onthe politically charged issue of affirmativeaction offers an intriguing hint that the jus-tices will not use a separate challenge already

pending from Texas for a broad ruling bring-ing an end to the consideration of race in col-lege admissions.

To be sure, the two cases involve differentlegal issues. The University of Texas dispute,with arguments already completed and a rul-ing possible soon, centers on the use of race tofill some slots in the schools freshman class-es. The Michigan case asks whether a voter-approved ban on affirmative action in collegeadmissions can itself violate the Constitution.

But the broadest possible outcome in thecurrent Texas case overruling the courts2003 decision that allows race as a factor incollege admissions would mean an end toaffirmative action in higher education and ren-der the new Michigan lawsuit irrelevant.

If the justices are planning to overrule that

earlier decision, then I would think theywould hold this case, the new one, and orderlower courts to review it based on the Texasdecision, said Erwin Chemerinsky, dean ofthe law school at the University of Californiaat Irvine. He is representing students and fac-ulty members in the Michigan case.

At the October argument in Fisher v.

University of Texas, the courts conservativejustices sounded as if they were ready toimpose new limits on the use of race in col-lege admissions. More than five months havepassed without a decision, which is notunusual in the courts most contentious cases.

The appeal in the Michigan case comesfrom state Attorney General Bill Schuette,following a ruling from the sharply divided6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals inCincinnati. The appeals court, by an 8-7 vote,found fault with the 2006 constitutionalamendment to outlaw preferential treatmenton the basis of race and other factors in col-lege admissions. The provision also applies toaffirmative action in public employment andgovernment contracting, but those issues arenot being challenged.

High court takes on a new affirmative action case

By Tracie ConeTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SACRAMENTO Lawyers for theCalifornia city of Stockton said Monday it hascut its budget and services to the bone and hasno choice about becoming the most populousU.S. city to enter bankruptcy.

Creditors countered that the city has actual-ly padded its spending to enhance its ability topersuade a judge to let it seek Chapter 9 pro-tection.

The arguments came as the city faced offwith its creditors at a trial to decide the issue.

Stockton has become emblematic of gov-ernment excess and the financial calamity thatresulted when the nations housing bubbleburst.

Its salaries, benefits and borrowing werebased on anticipated long-term developer feesand increasing property tax revenue. Butthose were lost in a flurry of foreclosures.

In his opening argument at the trial, MarkLevinson, an attorney representing the city,argued it has no other option but bankruptcy.

Stockton is a city of 300,000, and I ven-ture to say none of them is happy aboutbankruptcy, Levinson said in federal bank-

ruptcy court in Sacramento.Creditors, however, complained that

Stockton had failed to negotiate cuts in themoney it pays into the state pension fund.

The city is not insolvent, said Guy Neal,an attorney for the citys bond insurers. Thecity has stacked the deck in favor of insolven-cy by padding the budget with non-essentialexpenditures. Stockton can and should domore to reduce expenses.

Unable to negotiate a deal, the creditorswant the city to avoid bankruptcy, whichwould likely allow Stockton to avoid repayingthe debts in full.

The trial will determine whether the citynegotiated with its creditors in good faithbefore filing for Chapter 9 protection. Thetrial is expected to last four days.

The citys population grew by nearly 20percent between 2000 and 2005 and realestate tripled in value. However, home pricesplummeted 40 percent the following yearbefore bottoming out at 70 percent.

Within two years, Stockton had accumulat-ed nearly $1 billion in debt on civic improve-ments; money owed to pay pension contribu-tions; and the most generous health care ben-efits in the state.

Trial under way in Stocktons bankruptcy case

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NYCs Met Museumaccused of duping on fees

NEW YORK Before visitors to theMetropolitan Museum of Art can stroll pastthe Picassos, Renoirs, Rembrandts and otherpriceless works, they must first deal with theticket line, the posted $25 adult admissionand the meaning of the word in smaller type

just beneath it: recommended.

Many people, especially foreign tourists,dont see it, dont understand it or dont ques-tion it. If they ask, they are told the fee ismerely a suggested donation: You can paywhat you wish, but you must pay something.

Confusion over whats required to enterone of the worlds great museums, whichdraws more than 6 million visitors a year, isat the heart of a class-action lawsuit thismonth accusing the Met of scheming todefraud the public into believing the fees arerequired.

The suit seeks compensation for museummembers and visitors who paid by credit cardover the past few years, though some whochoose to pay less than the full price pull outa $10 or $5 bill. Some fork over a buck orloose change. Those who balk at paying any-thing at all are told they wont be allowed inunless they pay something, even a penny.

House approves shark fin banANNAPOLIS, Md. A measure banning

the trade of shark fins in Maryland hascleared the House of Delegates.

The bill passed on a 115-17 vote Monday.The measure now goes to the Senate, wherethere is a similar bill pending.

Shark fins are used in traditional Chinesesoup. Demand has led to the practice of slic-ing off the fins of a shark while it is still aliveand discarding the wounded shark at sea.

Maryland has a small recreational and com-mercial shark fishery. State analysts say about15 commercial watermen report catchingsharks in state waters each year.

Around the nation

By Frances DEmilioTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ROME Italys highest court delayed untilTuesday a decision on whether American stu-dent Amanda Knox will face a new trial in themurder of her British roommate an unusualbut not unprecedented move.

The court heard six hours of argumentsMonday and spent several hours deliberatingthat and a handful of other cases beforeannouncing it would issue a decision at 10 a.m.(0900 GMT) Tuesday on whether the 2011acquittals of Knox and her Italian ex-boyfriendRaffaele Sollecito will stand.

Italian prosecutors have asked the high courtto throw out the acquittals of Knox andSollecito in the murder of 21-year-old Britishstudent Meredith Kercher and order a new trial.

The high court normally issues the decisionsthe same day it hears arguments. But prosecu-

tor general Luigi Riellotold reporters that in verycomplex cases, it happens

that the court takes anotherday.Lawyers for Sollecito

declined to speculate onwhat the delay could meanfor the decision. Sollecitosfather was calm about thedevelopment.

We have waited so many years, one night isnot going to make a difference, FrancescoSollecito said outside the courthouse. He saidhe hadnt spoken to his son, who did not attendthe hearing, about the days proceedings.

Knox, meanwhile, was waiting anxiously inSeattle to hear if her long legal battle is over.

Shes carefully paying attention to what willcome out, attorney Luciano Ghirga said as hearrived at Italys Court of Cassation in Rome.

This is a fundamental stage. The trial is verycomplex.

Knox, now 25, and Raffaele Sollecito, who

turns 29 on Tuesday, were arrested in 2007,shortly after Kerchers body was found in apool of blood in her bedroom in the rentedapartment she shared with the American andothers in the university town of Perugia, wherethey were exchange students. Her throat hadbeen slashed.

Prosecutors alleged that Kercher was the vic-tim of a drug-fueled sexual assault.

Knox and Sollecito have both maintainedtheir innocence, although they said that smok-ing marijuana the night Kercher was killed hadclouded their recollections.

Knox and Sollecito were convicted and givenlong prison sentences: 26 years for Knox, 25for Sollecito. But an appeals court acquittedthem in 2011, criticizing virtually the entirecase mounted by prosecutors.

Knox must wait one moreday for Italy court decision

By Trenton DanielTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti One of Haitisbiggest shantytowns, a vast expanse of grimcinderblock homes on a mountainside in thenations capital, is getting a psychedelicmakeover that aims to be part art and parthomage.

Workers this month began painting the con-crete facades of buildings in Jalousie slum arainbow of purple, peach, lime and cream,inspired by the dazzling cities-in-the-skies

of well-known Haitian painter PrefeteDuffaut, who died last year.

The $1.4 million effort titled Beauty versusPoverty: Jalousie in Colors is part of a gov-ernment project to relocate people from thedisplacement camps that sprouted up afterHaitis 2010 earthquake. The relocation hastargeted a handful of high-profile camps inPort-au-Prince by paying a years worth ofrent subsidies for residents to move intoneighborhoods like Jalousie. The governmentis now trying to spruce up these poor neigh-borhoods and introduce city services.

Were not trying to do Coconut Grove.Were not trying to do South Beach, said

Clement Belizaire, director of the govern-ments housing relocation program, referring

to Miami neighborhoods. The goal that weare shooting for is a neighborhood that ismodest but decent, where residents are proudto be from that area.

While most residents welcome the attemptto beautify Jalousie, a slum of 45,000 inhabi-tants, critics say the project is the latest exam-ple of cosmetic changes carried out by a gov-ernment that has done little to improve peo-ples lives in the Western Hemispheres poor-est country.

This is just to make it look like theyredoing something for the people but in realitythey are not, said Sen. Moise Jean-Charles,an outspoken critic of President Michel

Martelly, arguing that the money could havebeen better spent.

Haiti splashes slum with psychedelic colors

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Hannig is so rightEditor,Ted Hannigs recent guest perspective

was so welcome, witty, clever, erudite pick your superlatives (in responseto Marriage rights: A modest propos-al in the March 23 edition of the DailyJournal). He examined a currentlyexplosive societal question and put itinto much-needed perspective.

My own perspective regarding therights of people to marry partners oftheir choice, regardless of gender, is ofcourse, the right one, but I wont bevery concerned if the Supreme Courtcomes to the wrong conclusion thatfavors the incorrect side of the question.

Given the right-wing flavor of ourcurrent sitting justices, however, I haveto doubt that theyll make the rightdecision.

But will it really matter? Relax, folks listen to Ted Hannig.

Ruben Contreras

Palo Alto

Right on!Editor,Finally, a brave voice setting things

right. Ted J. Hannigs March 23 guestperspective, Marriage rights: A mod-est proposal, is right on, not the oppo-site. Its about time someone put things

right. Enough of these leftist demandsfor equal rights for a chosen lifestylefrom people claiming they were bornthat way. Left-handedness is a chosenlifestyle, so in your face! What a messitd be if leftists got their way. Drivingon the left side would create chaos ofbiblical proportions, like poking a left

finger in Gods eye. That wouldnt beright. Ever noticed all the road signswith the reminder no left turn orright-of-way? Who sits on the rightside in Congress? Ha!

Take books. They open on the rightside, using your right hand, exactly asGod intended when he created theBible. It goes for coffee cups too. Whyis the handle on the right side? Becausethats where it belongs (unless an uppityleftie turns the cup around). Ever won-der why the bride is always on the rightside of the groom? What a disastrousmarriage if she were put on the left,making fun of god-given traditions.

Now the left-handed minoritydemand equal rights, of all things.Equal lefts is fine with me.Remember our God-selected presidentBush and his slogan no child leftbehind? He never said no child rightbehind. Thats where Cheneybelonged.

Hannigs column is on the right sideof the page, exactly as the editor intend-ed. We both write and read toward theright, not the opposite. Kudos to Hannig right up my alley. Hes destined tobe lifted right up to heaven when thetime comes, while everyone with theself-inflicted lifestyle of left-handednessis left behind and rightfully so!

Jorg Aadahl

San Mateo

Former high-speed railchair not true supporter

Editor,Former High-Speed Rail Authority

Chair Quentin Kopp recently became ahigh-speed rail opponent by joining

those who want to derail the project bysuggesting the blended plan on thePeninsula to be inconsistent withProposition 1A (Rail authority suedagain in the March 19 edition of theDaily Journal).

He joined the opposition because hesomehow thinks the blended plan is nottrue high-speed rail. But if the blend-ed plan is not on the table, there likelywont be any high-speed rail.

He has a record of flip-flopping andpoor transportation planning. Back in1987, he considered the Caltrain exten-sion to Transbay Terminal a top priority,but when he was the chairperson ofHSRA more than two decades later, hevoted against the Transbay project,

which is a planned terminal for high-speed rail. In the mid-1990s, he backeda more expensive alternative to extendBART to the San FranciscoInternational Airport and Millbrae. Theextension almost bankrupted SamTransand the connection to SFO fromCaltrain (and future high-speed rail)became much more cumbersome.

The blended plan shouldve been anoption for high-speed rail from thebeginning. The original four-track pro-posal caused so much grief on thePeninsula, and it ultimately became anobstacle in the pursuit of high-speedrail. I was never sure about Mr. Koppsintention when he was the chair, butnow I believe that hes no longer a realhigh-speed rail supporter that he pro-claims to be.

Andy Chow

Redwood City

The letter writer ispresident of BayRail Alliance.

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The Chicago Tribune

Decades ago, in the scariestdays of the nuclear arms racewith Russia, American

schoolchildren learned to duck andcover under their desks in case anatomic bomb was dropped nearby.

Since the end of the Cold War, kidshave grown up free of the fear ofnuclear attack. But those days may becoming to an end.

New threats have emerged. The firstis North Korea, which is believed tohave as many as 10 nuclear warheadsand recently carried out its third nucleartest. The Pyongyang regime, accordingto House Intelligence CommitteeChairman Mike Rogers, R-Mich., hasmissiles that can reach U.S. shores.

Missile defense is an attempt to but-

tress the power to retaliate with theability to fend off incoming warheadsbefore they arrive. Last week theDefense Department said it wouldspend $1 billion to deploy more missileinterceptors along the West Coast to

shoot down a North Korean missile,increasing the total number from 30 to44 in the next four years.

Its a reasonable and useful step, at acost that would seem trivial if the sys-tem were ever called on to deflect anattack.

With regard to Iran, the administra-tion took a different step, scrapping thelast phase of a missile defense systemthat has elicited vigorous objectionsfrom the government of Russia

which regarded the program as a threatto neutralize its nuclear weapons. ThePentagon insisted the U.S. decision wasbased on technical problems, whichmay be true. But it may also serve topave the way to better relations andeven arms reductions with Moscow.

The danger still exists, of course, butPresident Barack Obama has made it

clear he will take military action if nec-essary to keep Iran from getting thebomb. If he succeeds in deterringTehran from that course or inforcibly preventing it the Europeanmissile shield will not be needed quiteso soon.

American missile defense still has alot of hurdles to surmount before it canoffer a reliable safeguard against attack.But even an imperfect system is betterthan nothing. And no one can doubt theneed to keep pursuing it.

Growing need for missile defense

Public access in jeopardywith proposed court feeBy Dave Price and Marshall Wilson

Decades of free access to public court files wouldend under a proposal in Gov. Jerry Browns prelim-inary budget.

We write this on behalf of the San Francisco PeninsulaPress Club Board of Directors, which strongly opposes theproposal. But why should you?

Because free access to public records is a cornerstone ofour democracy. Free access to public records makes it moredifficult for those doing wrong to hide.

The proposal in the state budget would authorize courts tocharge a $10 search fee for files requested by journalists,businesses and members of the public. It would exclude par-ties involved in the cases requested.

The budget would also double the fee for photocopying acourt file from 50 cents to $1 a page.

The fees were among numerous revenue-generating pro-posals made by state court administrators who have beenforced to cut $1 billion in costs over the past five years. Theyhave had to fire employees, shorten hours and delay court-house construction projects due to these budget cuts, so it isunderstandable that they would seek new sources of revenue.

But the courts should not seek to close their budget gap bycharging for public record searches. That would be a majorstep backward in transparency and set barriers to informationpeople need in a free and democratic society.

A search fee would limit access to low-income citizensand nonprofit advocacy groups, and discourage legitimateresearch by journalists of issues that are of concern to thecommunities they serve.

A newspaper reporter on the legal beat might review 50files in a day. At $10 a file, that would cost the newspaper$500 a day or $130,000 a year. Few newspapers, not eventhe largest ones, could afford such a daily expense.

Reporters would be forced to review fewer cases, reducingthe news the public would get from the media.

Small mom-and-pop community newspapers and inde-pendent online scribes would be priced out of covering thecourts.

What is the cost to society? Plenty. Think of how manystories you have read that have exposed wrongdoing by indi-viduals, corporations or government agencies that includethe line, court records reveal.

Its in court records that journalists find information thatinforms the public and infuriates everyone from CEOs toofficials of all stripes.

This fee would hit businesses, too. When conducting back-ground checks for lenders, employers and landlords,researchers search court records for debt, eviction, criminaland probate records.

The $10-per-file fee would hinder nonprofit advocacygroups who might want to research the legal history of aland developer or industrial polluter, for instance.

In 2013, youd think that all court records would be

online, and that access to files would be a mouse click away.But the state Judicial Council, the entity that proposed this$10 fee to Gov. Brown, last year abandoned a computer sys-tem to store case files online after costs had ballooned out ofcontrol.

The Judicial Council blew a half-billion dollars on thatproject more than offsetting the search fee it now wantsto collect.

Americas courts have a long tradition of open access root-ed in the Sixth Amendment, which says all citizens are enti-tled to a public trial. The framers of the constitution want-ed public access to the courts to provide a check on excessesin the legal system.

This approach to solving the courtsfinancial problemsignores the publics role in monitoring the administration of

justice.The documents held by the courts are considered to be

public documents, meaning they dont belong to the court.They belong to the public.

The public shouldnt be asked to pay twice for access totheir documents.The San Francisco Peninsula Press Club strongly supports

more funding for the courts, but asks the governor and theLegislature to reject this wrong-headed fee that would limitthe publics right to know. We encourage you to do the same.

Dave Price is a member of the San Francisco Peninsula Press

Club Board of Directors and Marshall Wilson is club presi-

dent. They wrote this on behalf of the board. The San

Francisco Peninsula Press Club is a professional journalism

organization representing the greater Bay Area. Members are

reporters, editors, photographers and public relations profes-

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Dow 14,447.75 -0.44% 10-Yr Bond 1.915 0.00%

Nasdaq 3,235.30 -0.30% Oil (per barrel) 94.77

S&P 500 1,551.69 -0.33% Gold 1,596.10

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday on the NewYork Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:NYSEJ.C.Penney Co.Inc.,down 25 cents at $15.18A BMO Capital Markets analyst downgraded the department store chainsstock rating on concerns about its the near-term future.Red Hat Inc.,down $1.81 at $48.99A Raymond James analyst downgraded the software makers stock rating,citing worries about its growth prospects for this year.NasdaqResearch In Motion Ltd.,down 68 cents at $14.23A Citi Investment Research analyst said that the smartphone makersnew Blackberry Z10 is not doing as well in the U.S.as expected.Finish Line Inc.,down 55 cents at $18.19A Stern Agee analyst lowered his rating for the athletic shoes and clothingretailer citing tough competition and expenses.Apollo Group Inc.,up $1.21 at $18.25

The for-profit education companys second-quarter net income fell 79percent,but the results still beat Wall Street expectations.JA Solar Holdings Co.Ltd., down 45 cents at $3.71The Chinese solar company said that its fourth-quarter loss widened,hurt by continued weak global demand for solar products.ZaZa Energy Corp.,up 15 cents at $1.80The oil exploration and development company announced a deal toform a joint venture and another to sell land in Texas.Tessera Technologies Inc.,up 40 cents at $18.58The company,which licenses miniaturization technology for electronicdevices,said that it has begun a search for a new CEO.

Big movers

By Daniel WagnerTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Stocks reversed an early rise on WallStreet Monday as traders returned to wor-rying about the European economy.

Optimism about a deal to prevent finan-

cial collapse in Cyprus had briefly pushedthe Standard & Poors 500 index to with-in a quarter-point of its record closinghigh, but stocks soon turned negative.

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq compositeindex both closed down 0.3 percent. TheDow Jones industrial average slipped 0.4percent.

Stocks turned negative about an hourinto the trading day Monday as the initialeuphoria about Cyprus deal to secure 10billion euros in emergency funding wasovershadowed by renewed concerns aboutthe European economy.

The fear intensified after a top Europeanofficial indicated that investors in strug-gling banks may be forced to take losses an element of the Cyprus agreementthat had previously been seen as unique to

that country.All ten industry groups in the S&P500 closed lower, with industrial andmaterials companies posting thebiggest losses. Network technologycompany VMware Inc. dove after thewebsite Business Insider reported thatPayPal and eBay will remove its soft-ware from 80,000 servers. The stock

fell $3.65, or 4.6 percent, to $76.50.Among the biggest drags on the S&P

500 index were software maker Red HatInc., online marketplace eBay Inc. andTextron Inc., an aerospace and defensecontractor.

Europe still needs a long-term econom-

ic fix, said David Kelly, chief globalstrategist at J.P. Morgan Funds. Businessactivity in the 17 nations using the eurohas declined continually since September2011, according to research by Markit, adata provider. The regions economyshrank 0.6 percent in 2012, according offi-cial government statistics.

Business activity in nations that use theeuro contracted more quickly in March,according to Markits closely-watchedsurvey of purchasing executives, whichwas published Thursday. The index had itsworst decline in four months.

European policy makers have avoided afinancial crisis by flooding the marketwith cash, but they havent addressed eco-nomic hardship on the ground, Kelly said.In granting Cyprusemergency rescue, for

example, lenders demanded economicreforms, debt payments and a bankingoverhaul that will result in heavy lossesfor bank bondholders and shareholders. Inaddition, people with more than 100,000euros in their accounts will lose up to 40percent of their deposits.

Kelly said thats tough to swallow forpeople facing high unemployment and

government cutbacks in Greece, Italy,Spain and other countries that receivedbailouts.

If theyre going to end up broke any-way, Kelly said, it will be harder andharder for people to make the sacrificesthat Europe is demanding of them. That

could lead voters in bailed-out countries toresist lenders terms, increasing politicaland economic instability in Europe andweighing on global markets, he said.

That concern intensified Monday after akey official indicated that the Cyprus res-cue may serve as a model in other nationswith struggling banks.

If the bank cant do it, then well talkto the shareholders and the bondholders,well ask them to contribute in recapitaliz-ing the bank, and if necessary the unin-sured deposit holders, said JeroenDijsselbloem, who chairs meetings offinance ministers from nations that use theeuro, in an interview with the FinancialTimes and Reuters. Dijsselbloems officeconfirmed the remarks.

Wall Street had opened higher, follow-ing gains in Europe and Asia. Traderswere relieved that international lendersagreed early Monday to release emer-gency rescue funds for Cyprus. TheEuropean Central Bank will continue tosupport the nations foundering banks. Inexchange, Cyprus will take major steps toshrink its troubled banking industry andcut its budget.

Stocks fall on broad concern about Europe

By Elena Bectorosand Menelaos HadjicostisTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NICOSIA, Cyprus Cyprus has extended

the closure of its banks for two more days until Thursday a sudden postponement thatcomes after the countrys leaders spent daysstruggling to come up with a plan to raise themoney needed to secure an internationalbailout.

Banks in the country have already beenclosed for more than a week to prevent a runon deposits. All except the countrys twolargest lenders had been due to open Tuesdaymorning after the country clinched aneleventh-hour deal with the 17-nation euro-zone and the International Monetary Fund toprovide Cyprus with a bailout.

Without that deal, the countrys bankswould have collapsed, dragging down theeconomy and potentially pushing it out of theeurozone.

The decision to keep banks closed two moredays was announced late Monday. TheCentral Bank said that for the smooth func-tioning of the entire banking system, the

finance minister has decided, after a recom-mendation by the governor of the CentralBank, that all banks remain shut up to andincluding Wednesday.

Banks have been closed since March 16 toavert a run on deposits as the countrys politi-cians struggled to come up with a way to raiseenough funds to qualify for the bailout. Aninitial deal that would have seized up to 10percent of peoples bank accounts spookeddepositors and was soundly rejected by law-makers early last week.

ATMs have been functioning, but many runquickly out of cash, and a daily withdrawallimit of 100 euros was imposed on the twolargest lenders, Bank of Cyprus and Laiki.

Under the deal reached in the early hours ofMonday morning in Brussels, Cyprus agreedto slash its oversized banking sector andinflict hefty losses on large depositors in trou-bled banks to secure the 10 billion euro ($13billion) bailout.

The new plan allows for the bulk of thefunds to be raised by forcing losses onaccounts of more than 100,000 euros in Laikiand Bank of Cyprus, with the remainder com-ing from tax increases and privatizations.

Cyprus banks to remain closed until Thursday

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People queue up to make a transaction at an ATM outside a closed Cyprus Popular Bank (CPB)branch in Athens,Greece.

By Michael LiedtkeTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN FRANCISCO The two new suitorspursuing Dell have a message for Wall Street:Dont allow Michael Dell to hoard potentialgains from the PC makers expansion intomore profitable technology products and serv-

ices.Competing bidders Carl Icahn and the

Blackstone Group LP are wooing Dell share-holders with an offer of a little more moneytoday coupled with the possibility of even big-ger returns if the struggling personal comput-er maker can pull off the turnaround envi-sioned by its CEO and founder, Michael Delland a group of investors led by Silver LakePartners.

The new bidders are also making a state-ment by proposing to maintain Dell Inc.s sta-tus as a publicly traded company.

The long-awaited challenge to Michael Delland Silver Lake began to unfold Monday with

the announcement that Icahn, a billionaireinvestor with a long history of corporate con-frontation, and the Blackstone, a major buyoutfirm, had submitted separate alternatives in anattempt to scuttle a $24.4 billion sales agree-ment that has been in place since Feb. 5.

If completed, the original deal would endDells 25-year history as a publicly traded

company, leaving it entirely owned byMichael Dell, Silver Lake and a handful ofother investors. The new bidders are takingadvantage of a 45-day window that had beenleft open for better offers.

Although the details are still sketchy, bothIcahn and Blackstone are offering to buy aportion of Dell Inc.s outstanding stock atprices higher than the $13.65 per share thatMichael Dell and Silver Lake have proposedto pay. Icahn is offering $15 per share for upto 58 percent of the companys existing stockwhile Blackstone will ante up more than$14.25 per share in cash or stock for anunspecified number of shares.

SEC approves NasdaqsFacebook IPO payment plan

NEW YORK The Securities andExchange Commission said Monday that it hasapproved a plan by the Nasdaq stock exchangeto pay $62 million in reimbursements to invest-ment firms that lost money because of technicalproblems during Facebooks initial publicoffering last year.

The Nasdaq had said in June that it wouldpay $40 million but later increased the amountto $62 million.

Facebook went public May 18 amid greatfanfare, but computer glitches at the Nasdaqdelayed the start of trading and threw the debutinto chaos. Technical problems kept manyinvestors from buying shares that morning, sell-ing them later in the day or even from knowingwhether their orders went through. Some saidthey were left holding shares they didnt want.

Facebooks stock originally priced at $38 andclosed that first day at $38.23 after going ashigh as $45. The lackluster close disappointedinvestors who had hoped for a first-day pop.Nasdaq has said that it was embarrassed by theglitches, but that they didnt contribute to theunderwhelming returns.

Shares of Menlo Park-based Facebook Inc.fell 39 cents to $25.34 in Monday morningtrading.

San Jose set toconsider Samsung incentives

SAN JOSE San Jose is set to considerfinalizing a $7 million incentive package tokeep Samsung Semiconductor in Silicon Valleyand trump an open invitation from Austin,Texas, to expand its operations there.

The City Council is expected to approve theplan at its Tuesday meeting,

The package includes an expedited 120-daydevelopment permit process,a 50 percent breakon utility taxes, and a $37,440 tax credit for

each employee hired. The city is also reimburs-ing Samsung $500,000 for equipment purchas-es by the firm.

The deal was outlined at an August signingceremony at the City Hall Rotunda with Gov.Jerry Brown, Mayor Chuck Reed and Jong-Joon Kim, president of device solutions forSamsung Electronics.

Parts of the incentive package have alreadybeen approved. In January, the City Councilauthorized a reduced traffic impact fee from$13.54 per square foot to $5 per square foot.

San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed thankedSamsung for choosing his city during his Stateof the City address last month.

Dell drama takes new twistwith two new buyout bids

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Serra wins on walk-off bunt in the 12thBy Terry Bernal

DAILY JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT

Serra was held to just one hit through 11innings of play, but still managed to score adramatic 5-4 win over El Camino in yester-days Knights of Columbus Tournament open-er at Serra High School.

Junior right fielder Nolan Dempsey execut-ed a game-winning suicide squeeze to scoreChristian Conci in the bottom of the 12th

inning marking the first walk-off win forSerra this season. The last time the Padreswon in walk-off fashion was in last yearsWest Catholic Athletic League playoff openeragainst Bellarmine.

The Padres entered into their final at battrailing by a run after El Camino broke a 3-3deadlock in the top of the 12th. The Colts tookthe lead when catcher Evan Giacomino laiddown a sacrifice bunt that produced a run on aSerra throwing error, allowing Harley Torres

to score from second base. But Serra tied it upwith one swing of the bat in the bottom of theframe when catcher Michael Tinsley led offthe inning with a towering solo home run toright.

I think the whole team decided in that lastinning just to go out and end it, Tinsley said.

Serra would have mustered little offensewithout its lefty-handed-hitting catcher.Tinsley provided the first Serra hit of the daywith an RBI double in the first. The next

Padres hit would not come until Tinsleys12th-inning bomb. Serra totaled just three hitsthroughout.

We were trying to hit balls as hard as wecould, Tinsley said. We got some over thecourse of the entire game that just happened tobe right at people.

Still, El Camino retired the side in order justfour times in the game. Colts pitchers issued

Huge win

for PadresIf the Serra baseball team goes on to dospecial things this season like win-ning a West Catholic Athletic League

title and/or a Central Coast Section champi-onship the Padres could look back onFridays win over St. Francis as the catalystthat propelled them to lofty heights.

The Padres are no strangers to top-notchcompetition. Their non-league schedule is a whoswho of the Bay Areasbest. But their 10-9 roadwin over the LancersFriday afternoon was astatement win amongstatement wins. TheLancers are ranked No. 6

in the nation by MaxPreps and they showed offtheir explosive offense byputting a six-spot on Serrain the first inning andincreased their lead to 8-1after a two-run third.

But the Padres, who are epitomizing thedefinition of team this year, came roaringback to hand the Lancers their first loss of theyear. They scored six runs in the third to cutthe deficit to 8-7 and then in bottom of thefifth, trailing 9-7, they scored three more totake the lead.

Honor Roll has big

week on the linksBy Julio LaraDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

It was a good week on the links for localgolfers.

Sacred Heart Prep traveled to Marin Countyon Monday for the Wildcat Invitational hostedby Marin Catholic. The Gators finished in fifthplace in the 23-team field. Gator junior BradleyKnox and sophomore Derek Ackerman bothrecorded 4-over par rounds of 75 to lead theteam.

Freshman William Hsieh shot a 77 to leadMenlo High school to a top 10 finish out of 21high schools at the annual Wildcat Invitational.Hsieh finished 25th in the field of 117 high

school players.Andrew Buchanan, the reigning Daily

Journal Golfer of the Year, shot a 78. He wasalso the medalist in the Knights 191-227 winover Harker, shooting a 31, 5-under par.

Elsewhere on the Honor Roll, the CrystalSprings baseball team improved to 4-0 on theseason. Emmet Hiemstra went 2-for-3 with adouble and three RBIs against HaywardLeadership and Alex Bierman went fiveinnings and knocked in the go-ahead run witha single in the bottom of the sixth scoring TimStiles. Stiles picked up the win.

Other baseball standouts include the pitching

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By Julio LaraDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Its almost a consensus among allPeninsula Athletic League baseballmanagers: The Hillsdale Knights canhit.

As a team, the boys in baby blue andred boast a .344 team batting averageand have scored 83 runs in 12 games.

Its a lineup made of up some well-known PAL boppers.

But most recently, a young catcher

who last year broke into the varsitylevel as a sophomore and bounced upand down the lineup card, is the oneanchoring it.

Taran Poss is the No. 3 hitter onarguably the Peninsulas best hittingteam and any baseball purist will tellyou that means the catcher, whos hit-ting .459 this season, has to be in theconversation as one of the leagues tophitters.

Its really cool to hit No. 3 with allthe great hitters we have, Poss said. I

can be confident and do what I do and Iknow theyre going to produce behindme, get on base so I can drive them in.We have a great team this year, a lot ofgreat hitters, so its just an honor to behitting in the 3-hole.

If you ask anyone on the Knights, thehonor is all theirs.

Last week, in posting a 2-0 recordagainst rival Aragon High School, Posswent 7 for 8 from the plate and drove in

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STANFORD Stanford womens basketball coach TaraVanDerveer plans to sit down with athletic director BernardMuir at the end of the season to begin talks about a contractextension.

VanDerveer is signed for two more years through the 2014-15 season, but she said Monday she is ready to think about herjob on The Farm beyond that time frameand to plan her future at the universitywhere she has become one of the topcoaches in the country.

I love it here, VanDerveer saidMonday before an NCAA tournamentpractice. This spring were going to havea conversation. I will meet with Bernardand figure out what the plan will be. Itseems its a good thing to have a contractwith the things that are happening.Basically, its just an athletic director anduniversity decide if youre going to work for them. Theresalways pressure on coaches.

VanDerveers top-seeded Cardinal (32-2) will play No. 8seed Michigan on Tuesday night in the second round of theNCAA tournament at home in Maples Pavilion as they look to

reach a sixth straight Final Four.The 59-year-old Hall of Fame coach is in her 27th season at

Stanford and has a 741-151 record at the school. Shes in her34th overall season as a Division I head coach, going 893-202for her career.

Sixtys the new 40. Ive been here like 100 years now, 28years. Thats a long time, VanDerveer said, including the1995-96 season when she was away to coach the U.S.Olympic team to a gold medal in the Atlanta Games.

Muir, who left Delaware last July to replace Big 12Commissioner Bob Bowlsby as Stanford athletic director, is aregular at Maples to watch VanDerveers team.

Still,VanDerveer knows the importance of a sit-down to geta better idea of Muirs impressions of her and the programmoving forward.

You have a new athletic director. Hes been great, shesaid. I love working with Bernard. This years team has doneextremely well to be 32-2 and have the injuries that wevehad. ... I have great communication with Bernard. I think wellhave a really good conversation and figure out whats best forme, for the team and for Stanford.

VanDerveer to meetAD about extension

Tara VanDerveer

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ORLANDO, Fla. The moment wasvintage Tiger Woods, and so was hisreaction.

Seconds after Rickie Fowler made a40-foot birdie putt on the 12th hole topull within two shots of the lead,Woods

posed over his 25-foot birdie putt untilhe swept the putter upward in his lefthand and marched toward the cup as itdropped for a birdie.

Fowler, standing on the edge of thegreen, turned with a slight smile as if tosay, What else can I do?

Woods won the Arnold PalmerInvitational on Monday and returned toNo. 1 in the world for the first time sinceOctober 2010, the longest spell of hiscareer. After all that time, after so muchturmoil with his personal life and hishealth, Woods looks as good as ever.

Maybe better.Its a byproduct of hard work,

patience and getting back to winninggolf tournaments, Woods said.

He essentially wrapped up his eighthtitle at Bay Hill with an 8-iron out of afairway bunker on the par-5 16th thateasily cleared the water and landed safe-ly on the green for a two-putt birdie.Woods dangled his tongue out of hismouth as the ball was in the air, anothersign of his swagger.

Just like his other two wins this year,Woods never let anyone get closer thantwo shots in the final round. With a con-servative bogey he could afford on thefinal hole, he closed with a 2-under 70for a two-shot win over Justin Rose.

Woods walked off the 18th greenwaving his putter over his head trulya magic wand at Bay Hill toacknowledge the fans who have seenthis act before. His eighth win in the

Arnold Palmer Invitational tied a PGATour record that had not been touched in48 years.

This win had extra significance. Hesback to No. 1.

If I get healthy, I know I can play thisgame at a high level, Woods said. Iknow I can be where Im contending inevery event, contending in major cham-pionships and being consistent day inand day out if I got healthy. That wasthe first step in the process. Once I gotthere, then my game turned.

A year ago, he came to Bay Hill with-out having won in more than 2 1/2years. He left this year having won sixtimes in his last 20 starts on the PGATour.

Next up is the Masters, where Woodswill try to end his five-year drought inthe majors.

Im really excited about the rest ofthis year, Woods said.Woods fell as low as No. 58 in the

world as he coped with the collapse ofhis marriage, a loss of sponsors andinjuries to his left leg. One week after heannounced he was dating Olympic skichampion Lindsey Vonn, Woodsreturned to the top of golf.

Number 1 !!!!!!!!!!!!! Vonn tweetedmoments after his win.

Asked if there was any correlation tohis winning right after going public withhis relationship, Woods smiled and said,Youre reading way too much intothis.

Like so many other victories, this onewas never really close.

Fowler pulled to within two shotswith a 25-foot birdie putt on the 14thhole, but after he and Woods made

bogey on the 15th, Fowler went at theflag on the par-5 16th and came up a fewyards short and into the water.

Tiger Woods back on top in golf

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Tiger Woods salutes the crowd during the final round of his win at Bay Hill.

By Jon KrawczynskiTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Florida Gulf Coast was the breakoutstar of the weekend, alley-ooping its wayon to the national stage to capture every-ones attention. You probably watchedthe Eagles crash the round of 16 likeeveryone else. Well, there were 63 otherteams playing last weekend, too.

La Salle broke through as well.Bluebloods such as Duke and Michigan

State were big winners as well. So thenext round will have something foreveryone.

Now the Eagles, and the rest of thecountry, get to take a deep breath beforewe get going again on Thursday. So hereis a look at some of the highs and lowsfrom a memorable first weekend.

BEST PLAY: Brett Comer to Chase

Fieler vs. Georgetown. The exclamationon Florida Gulf Coasts emphatic intro-duction to the masses. It was brazen notonly for the casual nature with whichComer flipped the ball practically overhis head to a soaring Fieler, but also in itstiming. The Hoyas were making one finalcharge, down seven points with two min-utes to play when Comer made a pass

usually reserved for dunk contests. Fielerthrew it down one-handed, and theEagles rolled to the victory.

BEST GUTS: Aaron Craft, OhioState. The heady point guard made theplay of the game against Iowa State.Twice. First he stepped in at the last sec-ond to take a charge, a call that Iowa Statefans will dispute for a long time, as theCyclones Will Clyburn was driving forthe go-ahead basket. Then he took, andmade, his only 3-pointer of the game justbefore time expired to push the Buckeyesinto the regional semifinals, where theywill meet Arizona.

The moments a lot bigger than me,

Craft said. It just happened to be in myhands at the end.

BEST NEW TEAM: Florida GulfCoast. They dont get any newer than theEagles, who hail from the beachfrontschool in Fort Myers that came into exis-tence just 16 years ago. Now the schoolthat is barely old enough to drive a car isthe first No. 15 in the round of 16.

I feel like were getting a lot ofAmerica behind us, Sherwood Brownsaid. I guess you could say were a part

of Americas team at this point.BEST VILLAIN: Marshall

Henderson, Mississippi. Strutting andpounding his chest whether the ballswished through the net or clanked offthe rim, Ole Misss irrepressibleHenderson puts the shooting in shoot-ing guard. His shot selection was some-thing out of the Wild West, but his trashtalk was all new school.

Theres no question Marshall Maniaaffects the psyche of the other team, OleMiss coach Andy Kennedy said. Howcan you avoid it? Marshall this, Marshallthat. We live with Marshall Mania. So forus, its normal, another day at the office.

Henderson was able to downWisconsin in the round of 64, but LaSalle was undaunted.

BEST CONFERENCE: The BigTen. Its been advertised as far and awaythe best conference in the country all sea-son long, and the big boys have backedup the hype with some exceptional playin the tournament. Four teams OhioState, Indiana, Michigan and MichiganState are in the regional semifinals forthe second straight season. Prior to lastseason, the Big Ten hadnt accomplishedthat much since 1999. Wisconsin was theonly team in the conference to not win agame.

BEST REDEMPTION: Oregon.The Ducks felt slighted by the selectioncommittee when they were stuck with a

No. 12 seed in the Midwest Region, evenafter winning the Pac-12 tournament. Allthey did was bludgeon Oklahoma Stateand Saint Louis by a combined 30 pointsto soar into the round of 16, where theywill play top-seeded Louisville.

We just decided as a team were goingto go out there and we dont care whowere going to play, Oregons ArsalanKazemi said.

BEST GAME NEXT ROUND:Duke vs. Michigan State. Does it get any

better? Two tradition-drenched programs.Two of the games most successfulcoaches in the Spartans Tom Izzo andthe Blue DevilsMike Krzyzewski. No. 2seed against a No. 3 seed. Can we playtonight?

WORST PERFORMANCE:UCLA vs. Minnesota. The sixth-seededBruins delivered a stinker that belies theprograms proud tournament history in a20-point loss to No. 11 Minnesota in theSouth Region. Shabazz Muhammad andthe short-handed Bruins went nearly fiveminutes without scoring a field goal tostart the game and showed little fight orinspiration against the Golden Gophers,who were reeling with three straight loss-es entering the tournament. The listless

performance was the final straw forUCLA brass, which fired coach BenHowland.

WORST ENCORE: VCU vs.Michigan. The only havoc being broughtin that game was from the Wolverines.Shaka Smarts Rams pounded Akron inthe opener, winning by 46 points. Smartstrutted out to the court for the gameagainst Michigan like an amped-up prizefighter, then watched Trey Burke and theWolverines knock his team out in the firstfew minutes. Michigan handled theRams vaunted pressure defense withease, leading by 30 points in a 78-53 vic-tory.

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11 walks and also hit two batters. ElCamino manager Vic Messerdescribed his pitchers approachwith two simple words: Wildlyeffective.

Thats a quote Ive heardbefore, Messer said. We came outwith a game plan. We wanted tomix speeds. We all know who theyare. They are who they are, butweve got to pitch to our strengths.

El Camino starter Dante Ordonezfinessed his way through three wildinnings, allowing just two runs (one

earned) despite walking six. Serratouched Ordonez for both runs inthe first. Jordan Paroubeck stolehome on a delayed wheel steal afterMickey McDona