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Weekend • Dec. 19-20, 2015 • XVI, Edition 107

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SPORTS PAGE 11

STATE JOBLESS RATEDIPS TO 5.7 PERCENT

STATE PAGE 4

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Bipartisanspendingbill passesObama welcomes, signsthe sprawling legislationBy Erica WernerTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — Congress ended itschaotic year on a surprising note of bipartis an unity and productivit y Friday,overwhelmingly approving a massive2016 tax and spending package and

sending it to President Barack Obama,who promptly signed it.Obama welcomed the sprawling legis-

lation, a rare compromise product of the divided govern-ment. It includes something for nearly everyone, from par-

Local, state representativesreact to spending packageSpeier, Eshoo, Feinstein discuss dealBy Samantha WeigelDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

As Congress overwhelmingly passed two critical compo-

nents to the nation’s budget Friday, local representativesexpressed cautious optimism over the bipartisan deal.

U.S. representatives Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto, and Jackie

By Samantha WeigelDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

After nearly a year of working toreinstate public access to Martin’sBeach under more amicable terms, theState Lands Commission directed staff to begin investigating eminentdomain proceedings against billion-aire property o wner Vinod Khosla.

The commission met in SacramentoFriday to review the status of its efforts

to negotiate an easement providingthe public with a permanent route tothe beloved beach just south of Half Moon Bay.

As directed through legislation

authored by stateSen. Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, th e SLChas until the end of the year to negoti-ate access beforeit’s instructed toconsider using emi-nent domain — anauthority the stateagency has long

had but never utilized.

Khosla has returned the SLC’s offerto p urchase a nearly 6 .5-acre easementfor an undisclosed price with a boldproposal. He’s now asked for the stateto buy him a private beach in exchange

for the entire near-ly 50-acre Martin’sBeach — an unreal-istic suggestion towhich officialsgave little defer-ence.

Staff is expectedto return to th e SLCwithin the firstquarter of 2016with an exhaustive

report on further optio ns and how emi-nent domain proceedings against thewealthy landowner could unfold.

Eminent domain considered at Martin’s BeachState Lands Commission discusses failing negotiations for public access

By Samantha WeigelDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Instead of the hustle and bustleenlivening the docks at Pillar PointHarbor this time of year, little actionis afoot with hundreds of crab pots sit-ting idle as fishermen ponder how tosupplement their income while thepopular season remains closed.

The season is already a monthbehin d schedule and Californi a wildlifeofficials remain unsure when i t will b esafe for fishermen throughout the stateto start reeling in crab. So far, crabs

testing positive forhigh levels of domoic acid — aneurotoxin poten-tially hazardous tohumans — haveground the nearly$60 millionstatewide industryto a halt.

For many at theharbor just north of Half Moon Bay, crab season makes upa large percentage of their annualincome and the lack of a catch is hav-

ing rippling effects. Aside from thecommercial captains whose crews hav egone elsewhere in search of work,local fish buyers, charter boats, off-loading facilities and restaurants arefeeling the sting .

“I told my crew: ‘Guys, if you canfind some other work, pick it up.Because it’ll probably be at least amonth before we go fishing.’ If I can

find other work, I’ll try it too,” saidPorter McHenry, a local captain andpresident of the Half Moon Bay

Lack of crab ripples through Pillar Point HarborLocal fishermen, businesses lose valuable season

SAMANTHA WEIGEL/DAILY JOURNAL

Porter McHenry, a captain out of Pillar Point Harbor andpresident of the Half Moon Bay Seafood MarketingAssociation, stands next to hundreds of crab pots.

Vinod Khosla Jerry Hill

Porter

McHenry

Barack Obama

See CRAB, Page 19

See BEACH, Page 34

See BUDGET, Page 35

See REACT, Page 35

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Legendary French chanteuse Edith Piaf was born in Paris. German psychia-trist Alois Alzheimer, who discov ered

the pathological condition of demen-tia, died in Breslau (now Wroclaw),Poland, at age 51.

“He that jokes confesses.”

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Magician CrissAngel is 48.

Actor JakeGyllenhaal is 35.

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Qantas Airline crew of the first flight back to San Francisco International Airport take pictures with a Kangaroo mascot on Friday.

Saturday : Showers in the morning. Aslight chance of thunderstorms. Showerslikely in the afternoon. Highs in the mid50s. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph.Saturday night: Partly cloudy in theevening then becoming mostly cloudy. Aslight chance of showers. Lows in the mid40s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.Sunday : A chance of rain in the morning...Then rain likelyin th e afternoon. Highs in th e upper 50s. South winds 10 to

20 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.Sunday night: Rain likely. Lows in the upper 40s.Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph...Becoming west around 5mph after midnight. Chance of rain 60 percent.Monday : Rain likely. Highs in the upper 50s.Monday ni gh t and Tuesday: Cloudy. A chance of rain.

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In 1777, Gen. George Washington led his army of about11,0 00 men to Valley Forge, Pennsyl vania, t o camp for thewinter.In 1813 , British forces captured Fort Niagara during theWar of 18 12.In 1843, “A Christmas Carol,” by Charles Dickens, wasfirst publish ed in England.In 1907, 239 workers died in a coal mine explosion inJacobs Creek, Pennsylvania.In 1932, the British Broadcasting Corp. began transmit-ting overseas with it s Empire Service to Australia.In 1946 , war broke out in Indochina as troops under HoChi Minh launched widespread attacks against the French.In 1957, Meredith Willson’s musical play “The MusicMan” opened on Broadway.

In 1961 , former U.S. Ambassador Josep h P. Kennedy Sr.,73, suffered a debilitating stroke while in Palm Beach,Florida.In 1974, Nelson A. Rockefeller was sworn in as the 41stvice president of the United States in the U.S. Senate cham-ber by Chief Justice Warren Burger with President Gerald R.Ford looking on.In 1975 , John Paul Stevens was sworn in as an AssociateJustice of t he U.S. Supreme Court.In 1985 , in Minneapolis, Mary Lund became the firstwoman t o receive a Jarvik VII artificial h eart. (Lund receiveda human heart transp lant 4 5 days later; sh e died in October1986.)In 1998, President Bill Clinton was impeached by theRepublican-controlled House for perjury and obstruction of

justi ce (he was subsequently acquitt ed by the Senate).T

he unlucky S.S. Minnow on“Gilligan’s Island” (1964-1967)was named after Newton Minow

(born 1926), former chairman of theFederal CommunicationsCommission. Minow gave a speech in1961 denouncing television as a “vastwasteland.”

***“The Poseidon Adventure” was the t op-grossing film of 1972. ErnestBorgnine (1917-2012) and GeneHackman (born 1930) starred as pas-sengers of a luxurious ocean liner try-ing to survive after the ship g ets hit bya tidal wave and capsizes.

***The world’s largest exp editio n yacht inthe world, named the Octopus, isowned by Paul Allen (bo rn 195 3), a co-founder of Microsoft. The 416-footyacht has t wo helicopters and a subma-rine aboard. Allen brought his yacht t othe Thames in London for the 2012Olympics.

***Presidential candidate Gary Hart (born1936) dropped out of the 1988 elec-tion one week after the NationalEnquirer publis hed a photo of the mar-ried man with his mistress Donna Rice

(born 1958) sitting on his lap. Thephoto was taken while the couple wasaboard a ship called Monkey Business.

***The largest sh ips in the Princess cruiseline are the Sapphire Princess and theDiamond Princess. The identical ship seach carry 2,670 passengers and 1,200crew.

***Originally, the pilgrims travelingfrom England for America in 1620departed on two ships — theMayflower and the Speedwell.However, the Speedwell developed aleak and could not make the voyage.

***Captain Joseph Hazelwood (born1946) stood trial after the 1989 oil

spill of the Exxon Valdez oil tanker.He was accused of causing the accidentdue to intoxication. A jury found thathe was not drunk, but he was fined$50,00 0 and 1,00 0 hours of communi-ty service for negligently dischargingoil.

***Can you name the ships of the follow-ing captains? Captain Jack Sparrow,Captain Hook, Captain Ahab, CaptainStubing and Captain Corcoran. Seeanswer at end.

***Walt Disney orig inally wanted to havelive animals in the Jungle Cruise rideat Disneyland until he realized hecouldn’t control the animals’ sleeping

habits. The python, hippos, gorillasand elephants encountered on thecruise are run by roboti cs.

***The British sh ipping company WhiteStar Line built three huge ships: the

Olympic in 19 11, th e Titanic in 191 2and the Britannic in 1914. The Titanicwas the largest passenger ship in theworld at the time of its launching.

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After the Titanic ran into an iceberg in1912, the ship’s orchestra wasinstructed to play cheerful tunes tocalm the passengers. The eight mem-bers of the orchestra played while theship sunk. They went down with theship.

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The mutiny aboard the British RoyalNavy ship named the Bounty occurredin 1789. First mate Fletcher Christian(1764-1793) led a mutiny againstCaptain William Bligh (1754-1817)

sending the captain and half of thecrew adrift in a small launch. Blighsailed the 23-foot boat 3,600 milesback to civilization. The mutineersstarted a settlement in Tahiti .

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An swe r : Jack Sparrow — the Black Pearl, from the movie “Pirates of theCaribbean: the Curse of the Black Pearl” (2003). Hook — the Jolly

Roger, from “Peter Pan. ” Ahab — thePequod, from the novel “Moby Dick “(1851). Stubing — the PacificPrincess, from the television series“The Love Boat” (1977-1986).Corcoran — HMS Pinafore, from thecomic opera “HMS Pinafore.”

Know It All is by Kerry McArdle. It runs inthe weekend edition of the Daily Journal.Questions? Comments? Emailknowitall(at)smdailyjournal.com or call 344-5200 ext. 114.

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Actress Cicely Tyson is 91. Former game show contestantHerb Stempel is 89. Rhythm-and-blues singer-musicianMaurice White (Earth, Wind and Fire) is 74. Former SouthKorean President Lee Myung-bak is 74. Actress Elaine Joyceis 72 . Actor Tim Reid is 71. Paleontol ogi st Richard E. Leakey

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SAN MATEO

Hit-and-run . A truck hit a pole and droveoff on South El Camino Real before 1:24a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 15.Arrest. A woman was arrested for shoplift-ing on Laurie Meadows Drive before 1:41p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 15.Welfare check. An in fant and two toddlerswere left unattended in a car before 3:23 p. m.Tuesday, Dec. 15.Prowler. A woman reported a man lookingthrough her window as she was showeringon South Fremont Street before 7:13 p.m.Tuesday, Dec. 15.Theft . A pair of shoes worth $170 werestolen at Sports Authority on BridgepointeParkway before 10:44 p.m. Tuesday, Dec.15.

HALF MOON BAYDisorderly conduct . Two men were fight-ing an d one was arrested for public in toxi ca-tion on the 600 b lock of Main Street before10:42 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 15.Arrest. A belligerent woman was arrestedfor being to o drunk to care for herself on the100 bl ock of Highway 1 before 11:09 p.m.Tuesday, Dec. 15.Arrest. A man was arrested after failing asobriety test on th e 100 blo ck of Highway 1before 11:09 p .m. Tuesday, Dec. 15.

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Burgled bubblyA bott le of Champagne was stolen fromSafeway at the Crystal SpringsShopp ing Center on De Anza Boulevardin San Mateo before 11:38 p.m.Tuesday, Dec. 15.

By Sara Gaiser

BAY CITY NEWS SERVICE

A speeding p ickup truck burst into flamesafter a crash near Union Pacific tracks inSouth San Francisco Friday afternoon,killing the driver, according to a railroadspokesman.

The crash occurred shortly before 4 p.m.when a truck exited Highway 101 at EastGrand Avenue in South San Francisco atspeeds of nearly 100 mph, according toUnion Pacific spokesman Francisco

Castillo Jr.

The truck missed a turn as it came off thefreeway and struck a fence and a large treebefore coming to a rest sideways next to railcars parked on the tracks, Castillo said.

The truck then burst into flames. Thevehicle’s driver was pronounced dead andthe San Mateo County Co roner’s Office wascalled to the scene, Castillo said.

While the truck caught fire right next tothe empty rail cars, which were being s toredon the sp ur line, i t did not actually hit th em,Castillo said.

The incident did not directly block thetracks or affect traffic on nearby roads,

Castillo said.

Officials with Caltrain, which shares thetracks with Union Pacific, said trains weretraveling at reduced speeds t hrough t he areaand reported delays o f around 20 minutes.

Trains were cleared to return to travel atmaximum speed again just before 6 p.m.,Caltrain officials said.

Speeding driver killed in fiery crash near train tracks

By Samantha Weigel

DAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Instead of allowing a holiday grinch torob Christmas cheer from low-income chil-dren on th e coast, th e community has ralliedto replace more than the $2,000 worth of toys stolen from a Half Moon Bay church.

Since word of last week’s theft from Our

Lady of the Pillar made the news thisWednesday, donation s have p oured in fromindividuals and organizations throughoutthe Bay Area.

The local Catholic church regularly col-lects toy s and cloth es for low-income coast-siders over the holidays and this year plansto serve 114 families with nearly 25 0 chil-dren, said Nancy Clarkin, organizer of thegiving tree donation and secretary of OurLady of the Pillar Saint Vincent de PaulSociety Con ference.

“We’ve had a wonderful response. Thecommunity has really ralli ed and we’ve got-ten a number of toys from different sourcesand people are bringing in donations. It’sreally been just terrific,” Clarkin said. “Wedefinitely will have recouped everything

that we’ve lost and beyond. So it’ll be real-

ly nice to get some extra things for thekids.”

Members of the San Mateo County Toy

Drive — a collaboration between theSheriff’s Office Activities League as well asthe Redwood City police and fire depart-ments — dropped off bags of goodiesThursday to help replace what was sto len.

In addition, the San Mateo CountySheriff’s Office Organization of Sheriff’sSergeants will donate $1,000 to help thechurch purchase any additional toys neededto support the children, said Deputy SalZuno.

“It’s nice that although th is incident, thetheft, was sad because of the stolen toys,it’s nice to see how the community reactsand comes together to help, ” Zuno said.

Throughout the past few days, the churchhas had some unexpected visitors droppingby to help out, Clarkin said. People fromSan Jose, Sunnyvale and San Mateo made

the trek to the coast to bring donations andmembers of a local moms’ club as well as aRedwood City gym that had conducted itsown toy drive also contributed, Clarkinsaid.

The toys were stolen from a locked stor-age area behind the church where the giftshad been wrapped and were awaiting distri-bution this coming Monday evening. The

unknown suspect ho pped a locked fence andunwrapped numerous gifts before stealingsome of the items collected for childrenranging from infants to 15 years old.

The crime occurred sometime between theevening of Thursday, Dec. 10, and the morn-ing of Saturday, Dec. 12. The sheriff’s askanyone with information to come forward.

Clarkin said she bears no ill will towardthe criminal and is continuing to ensurethose who are less fortunate in the coastalcommunity have a joyous Christmas.

“It was [upsetting] at first, but I thinkwe’re just tryi ng to stay focused on th e gen-erosity of everyone and again, the kids.We’re just th inki ng abo ut the kids and mak-ing s ure they’re taken care of,” Clarkin said.“We’ll let the police worry about finding

who did this.”

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A Pacifica man was arrestedWednesday on suspicion of DUIfollowing a collision with a lightpole.

Police said William Haynes,60, crashed his vehicle into alight pole on the 200 block of

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Police Department respondedaround 4 p.m. to a report of awrong-way driver and thenreceived a second report about thecollision.

Police said the driver, identifiedas Haynes, was transported to thehospi tal to be evaluated.

The investigation determinedHaynes was driving under theinfluence at the time of th e colli-sion, and he had a blood alcohollevel approximately four timesthe legal limit to drive, policesaid.

Local brief

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LOS ANGELES — California’s job less rate dropped sli ght ly inNovember to 5.7 percent, down

just a tenth o f a poi nt from the pre-vious month, the stateEmployment Development

Department reported Friday.The decline was fueled by a net

increase of 5,500 nonfarm payroll job s, according t o figures releasedby t he EDD.

The decrease, although slight,continues a trend that’s seen thestate’s unemploy ment rate fall 1. 5percent from this time a year ago.

The national unemploymentrate remained unchanged at 5 per-cent.

The number of unemployedCalifornians stood at 1,082,000in November, according to theEDD, down by 13,000 from theprevious month and 274,000 fromthe same time last y ear.

The agency reported more peo-ple, 355,913, receiving unem-ployment benefits in November,however. That was up from

334 ,24 4 in October but down from392,6 10 in November 2014.

Industries that added jobs inCalifornia last month included

construction, manufacturing,transpo rtation and utilities , educa-tional and health services, andleisure and hospitality services.The largest gains were made intrade, transportation and utilities,which added a total of 9,800 jobs.

Fields that po sted jobs losses in

November included government,information and financial servic-es, professional and businessservices, and mining and logging.

The biggest loser was informa-tion, which saw 9,300 jobs van-ish.

California’s construction indus-try posted the biggest employ-ment gain over the past year,adding 41,000 jobs, or 5.9 per-cent.

Manufacturing lost the largestnumber of jobs, 4, 300 or 0. 3 per-cent, during the past 12 months.The largest percentage loss, 9.3percent or 2,900 jobs, was in min-ing and logging.

State jobless rate dips to 5.7 percent

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FDA proposes ban onindoor tanning for minors

WASHINGTON — Anyone under the age o f 18 would be barred from using indoor tan-ning equipment, under a federal propos al tohelp reduce skin cancer linked to thedevices.

The Food and Drug Administration alsowants to require tanning bed users to sign

consent forms acknowledging the risks of the radiation-emitting devices. Tanningsalons and other businesses would have tocollect the forms from customers beforetheir first tanning session and every sixmonths thereafter.

Friday’s announcement follows years of prodding by dermatologists and medicalgroups for bolder action on indoor tanning,citing rising rates of skin cancer amongteens and people in their 20s, particularlywomen. The leading professional group forskin specialists applauded the news.

“Restricting teens’ access to indoor tan-ning and educating all users about the dan-gers of tanning devices are critical steps topreventing skin cancer,” said Dr. MarkLebwohl, president of the AmericanAcademy of Dermatology, in a p rinted state-

ment.

Painkiller politics: Effortto curb prescribing under fire

WASHINGTON — A bold federal effort tocurb prescribing of painkillers may be fal-tering amid stiff resistance from drugmak-ers, industry-funded groups and, no w, evenother public health officials.

The Centers for Disease Control andPrevention was on t rack to finalize new pre-scribing guidelines for opioid painkillersin January. The guidelines — though notbinding — would be the strongest govern-ment effort yet to reverse the rise in deadlyoverdoses tied to drugs like OxyContin,Vicodin and Percocet.

But th is h ighl y unusual move — th e CDC

rarely advises physicians on medications, a job formally assig ned to t he Food and DrugAdministration — thrust the agency intothe middle of a longstanding fight over theuse of opioi ds, a powerful but hig hly addic-tive class of pain medications that rang upover $9 billion in sales last year, accordingto IMS Health.

Around the nation

By Julie Pace


WASHINGTON — President BarackObama closed his next-to-last year inoffice with rare praise for congressionalRepublican leaders who helped orchestratea bipartisan budget deal Friday, then vowedto work hard to beat the GOP and get a fel-low Democrat elected to succeed him in theWhite House.

“I do want to thank Con gress for endingthe year on a high no te,” Obama said in hisannual year-end news conference. He sin-gled out former House Speaker JohnBoehner for kick-starting the budgetprocess shortly before leaving Congressand gave current Speaker Paul Ryan“kudos” for s eeing the effort th rough.

The budget package, which staved off agovernment shutdown and extended tax

cuts for families and businesses, was final-ized shortly before Obama addressedreporters i n th e White House briefing roomFriday afternoon. The president quicklysigned the measure into law.

The fiscal agreement capped a year of milestones for t he president — including ahistoric Iranian nuclear accord, a sweepingAsia-Pacific trade pact and a global climate

agreement — that have been overshadowedin recent weeks by deadly attacks in Parisand San Bernardino, California, heigh ten-ing Americans’ fears of terrorism.

Obama was stopping in San Bernardinolate Friday to meet with families of the 14victims on his way to Hawaii for his annu-al two-week Christmas vacation in hishome state. The California attack by a mar-

ried couple has raised concerns about thereach of the Islamic State and other terrorgroups.

Much of th e president’s focus was on o ut-lining plans for his final year in office.The race to succeed him is well underwayand will consume even more of the public’sattention once primary voting begins inFebruary.

Obama vows active rolein 2016 presidential race

By Brian Melley


LOS ANGELES — When the FBI went tospeak with a man accused of buying theassault rifles used by his friend in the SanBernardino terror attack, they learned abouta sini ster plo t th e two men had crafted yearsearlier.

In interviews over 11 days, EnriqueMarquez Jr. willing ly t old agents h ow he andFarook had planned to sl aughter st udents at acommunity college they attended and mas-sacre motorists on a gridlocked freeway,

according to court docu-ments.

Marquez, the only per-son arrested in connec-tion with the Dec. 2shootings carried out by

Farook and his wife, isnow facing hi s most s eri-ous charge in the plotthat fizzled years ago.

Marquez, 24, ischarged with conspiring

to provide material support to terrorists forthe alleged plots in 2011 and 2012 that he

never acted on. “The material support provi -sion is sort of the prosecutor’s weapon of choice in going after individuals in plotslike this,” said William C. Banks, interimdean the Syracuse University law school.“They’ll have no problem applying that to

this guy’s activities.”If convicted of the charge, Marquez could

face up to 15 y ears in federal prison. He alsofaces counts related to purchasing a gun usedin the San Bernardino attack and to a shammarriage to help a Russian relative of Farook get immigration p apers, prosecutorssaid.

Feds: Gun buyer in California faces charge in old plot

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Barack Obama speaks during his end of the year news conference.

EnriqueMarquez

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By Mathew Daly THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — In a chaotic year, whenRepublicans in the House unseated a speaker,

Congress produced a significant amount of bipartisan legislation that affects everyAmerican.

It enacted laws recasting federal educationpolicy, restricting go vernment access to b ulkphone records, renewing highway and transitprograms and even resolving a longst andingprobl em of how Medicare reimburses doctors.Before leaving town for the year, it sentPresident Barack Obama bipartisan legisla-tion Friday financing government agenciesin 201 6 and cutting t axes, mostly b y extend-ing dozens of expiring levies.

Here are highlights of an eventful year inCongress:

BUDGET DEALA $1.1 trillion spending bill approved

Friday funds the government for the 2016

budget year and extends $680 billion in taxcuts for businesses and individuals. The deal— a victory for new House Speaker PaulRyan, R-Wis. — avoids a government shut-down, allows crude oil exports for the firsttime in 4 0 years and extends a huge variety of tax breaks, in cluding those for college tuitionand renewable energy such as solar and windpower.

EDUCATIONObama signed a sweeping overhaul of the

No Child Left Behind education law, thebiggest education reform since 2002. Thebipartisan law ushers in a new approach toaccountability, teacher evaluations and theway the most poorly p erforming schools arepushed to improve. Students will still takefederally required statewide reading and math

exams, but the law encourages states to limittime spent on testing and diminishes thestakes for underperforming schools.

COLLEGE LOANSCongress extended a federal loan program

that provides low-interest money to the need-iest college students.

HIGHWAYS AND TRANSITAfter years of stymied efforts, Congress

approved a bipartisan bill to improve thenation’s aging and congested highways andtransit systems. The new law assures statesthat federal help will be available for majorprojects, although it does not resolve how topay for transportation programs in the longterm.

TRADE PROMOTION AUTHORITY Congress approved a bill granting t he pres-

ident trade promotion authority. The lawallows Congress to ratify or reject trade agree-ments negotiated by the executive branch,but not change or filibuster them. Obama hasnot submitted to Congress a recently compet-ed trade agreement with 11 Pacific Rimnations.

SURVEILLANCEObama signed into law the USA Freedom

Act, which extends three expiring surveil-lance provisions of the USA Patriot Act,passed after the 9/11 attacks o n New York andWashington. The law overhauls the previouslaw’s most controversial provision, whichhad been interpreted to allow bulk collectionof U.S. phone records by the National

Security Agency. The new law gives privatecompanies more leeway to publicly reportinformation about the number of nationalsecurity surveillance demands they receive.

DEFENSECongress approved a sweeping defense-

authorization bill that includes a troop payraise and prohibits transfer of GuantanamoBay detainees to the United States.

DOC FIXUnder a bill shepherded by former House

Speaker John Boehn er and House Democraticleader Nancy Pelosi, Congress finallyapproved a bipartisan measure that perma-nently recasts how Medicare reimburses doc-tors for treating over 50 mill ion elderly peo-ple. The $214 b illi on measure prevented a 21-percent cut in physicians’ Medicare fees, pre-venting a flood of complaints from doctorsand senior citizens that lawmakers dearlywanted to avoid.

EXPORT-IMPORT BANKCongress revived the federal Export-Import

Bank five months after lawmakers allowed itto expire.

***Despite those accomplishments, the

Republican-controlled Congress failed on anumber of fronts:

IRAN NUCLEAR DEALGOP lawmakers failed to block a deal

involving the United States, Iran and fiveother world powers that would curb Iran’snuclear activities in exchange for giving Iranaccess to b illions in frozen assets and oil rev-enue.

PLANNED PARENTHOOD

Congress tried but failed to halt federal pay-ments to Planned Parenthood, after secretlyrecorded videos of Planned Parenthood offi-cials discussing tissue donations fueled anuproar among congressional Republicans andabortion opponents.

“OBAMACARE”Lawmakers tweaked the edges of Obama’s

health care law but did not overturn it despiterepeated votes to repeal all or part of Obama’s2010 health care law.

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONSCongress did not block Obama administra-

tion regulations on clean air and water andwas unable to stop Obama’s signature envi-ronmental accomplishment, a high-profileplan to curb greenhouse gas emissions from

coal-fired power plants .

KEYSTONE XLDespite many attempts, Congress again

failed to win approval for the Keystone XL oilpipeline from Canada. Obama finally rejectedthe pipeline last month after seven years of indecision.

BENGHAZIHouse Republicans continued a widely crit-

icized investigation into the deadly 2012attacks in Benghazi, Libya, which killed fourAmericans, including the U.S. ambassador.An 11-hour hearing featuring Democraticpresidential candidate Hillary Clinton failedto produce revelations Republicans wereseeking. Clinton was secretary of state whenthe att acks occurred.

Education, transportationhighlight 2015 in Congress

By Anne d’InnocenzioTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — More often shoppers aremaking the decision to sit on their couchesrather than head to stores this holiday sea-son.

Online sales growth so far this holidayseason is surpassing growth in sales atphysical stores, according to First Data,which analyzed online and in-store pay-ments from Oct. 31 through Monday.

Sales growth for stores is up 2 percent,while online sales rose 4.6 percent, accord-ing to First Data, which declined to give

dollar figures, citing proprietary reasons.Total spending, including sales in bothphysical stores and online, climbed 2.4 per-cent, stronger than the 1 .8 percent growthduring the s ame period last y ear.

While phy sical stores still account for themajority of spending, the uneven growthbetween buying at locations and on web-

sites signals the continuation of a big shiftin how U.S. consumers are shopping.

This season, Mot her Nature appeared toprovide an extra lift to online sales, ana-lyst s said. While unseasonabl y warm weath-er has hurt overall sales of cold-weatheritems, it appears to be driving more shop-ping to buy on their PCs or mobile phonessince they don’t want to waste a pleasantday in side a mall.

“Store traffic is down everywhere, and it’scompounded by the weather,” said StevenBarr, U.S. retail and consumer sector leaderfor PwC. “We do believe that warm weatheris driving consumers online. ”

The big question, he asks, is whetherwarm weather is the n umber one reason or asecondary reason shoppers are headingonline this season.

The overall shift to online spending islargely due to more retailers working toimprove their websites and offer speedierdelivery on orders placed online.

Holiday sales pattern skewsonline; malls lose some luster


WASHINGTON — The Democratic race forpresident unexpectedly exploded with ran-cor Friday as Hillary Clinton’s campaignaccused rival Bernie Sanders of st ealing mil-lions of dollars worth of information aboutpotential voters.

Sanders’ team, meanwhile, accused theDemocratic Party of holding his WhiteHouse bid hostage by temporarily barring itfrom accessing its o wn voter data. His cam-paign filed a lawsuit to get it back andaggressively tried to turn the allegationsinto a politi cal advantage.

“This information is really key to ourcampaign and our strategy,” said Clintoncampaign manager Robby Mook. “We are

particularly disturbed right now that theyare using the fact that they stole data as areason to raise money for their cam-paign.”

The reaction to the data breach, the depth

of which was debated by all involved, toreopen an ugly fault line between two campsthat had so far engaged in a relatively civilWhite House campaign .

On the eve of the party’s next presidentialdebate, it also thrust into the open long-standing suspicions among Sanders and hissupporters that the national party is unfair-ly working to support Clinton’s candidacy.

“Clearly, in this case, they are trying tohelp the Clinton campaign,” Sanders cam-paign manager Jeff Weaver said of theDemocratic National Co mmittee.

Data breach sets off charges oftheft in 2016 Democratic race

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UNITED NATIONS — U.N. Securit yCouncil members unanimouslyapproved a U.N. resolution Friday

endorsing a peace process for Syriaincl uding a cease-fire and talk s betweenthe Damascus government and theopposition, but the text makes nomention of the most contentious issue— the future role of Syrian PresidentBashar Assad.

The resolution makes clear that theblueprint it endorses will not end theconflict, deep into its fifth year withwell ov er 300,0 00 ki lled, because “ter-rorist groups,” including the IslamicState group and the al-Qaida-linked al-Nusra Front, are not part of the cease-fire.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerrypraised “the unprecedented degree of unity” in the council, which has beenstymied in the past over a political

solution in Syria, and called the resolu-tion “a milestone.”

Foreign ministers from 17 countriesmet for more than five hours on how toimplement their call in Vienna lastmonth for a cease-fire and the start of negotiations between the governmentand oppositi on in early January. At thesame time, diplomats worked to over-come divisions on the text of the reso-lution.

The resulting agreement “gives theSyrian people a real choice, not

between Assad and Daesh, but between

war and peace,” Kerry said, using theArabic acronym for the Islamic Stateextremists.

“We’re under no illusions about theobstacles that exist .. . especially aboutthe future of President Assad” where“sharp differences” remain, Kerry said.

He said Assad must go i f there is to bepeace in Syria, stressing that “Assadhas lost the ability ... to unite thecountry.”

But Kerry later told reporters that theUnited States and the opposition had

eventually realized that demanding

Assad’s departure up front in theprocess was “in fact, prolonging thewar.”

Kerry, Russian Foreign MinisterSergey Lavrov and U.N. special envo yStaffan de Mistura made clear that thepreviously envisioned Jan. 1 start topeace talks was unlikely. De Misturasaid invitations to the talks will go outin January, at least.

Kerry said a start to the talks in themiddle or end of the month would bemore reasonabl e.

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Israel: Two Palestinianskilled in attack on Israelis, clashes

TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel i poli ce said two Palest in ianswere killed on Friday in confrontations and assaults on theIsraeli forces, the latest in three months of near-dailyPalestinian attacks and violence roiling the region.

In one attack, a Palestinian assailant sped in his cartoward Israeli forces who were controlling a riot in thetown of Silwad, near the West Bank city of Ramallah,

according to police spokeswoman Luba Samri.The Israeli forces took cover behind concrete blocks and

fatally shot the driver, she said, adding that no Israeliswere wounded.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health identified the man as20-year-old Mohammed Abdel Rahman Ayad from Silwad.

Also, Friday, th e military said troops k illed a Palestinianat the border in the Gaza Strip who attempted to breach theborder fence with Israel. The Palestinian Ministry of Health identified that man as Mahmoud Mohammed SaeedAlagha, from Khan Younis in Gaza. The militant Hamasgroup later said Alagha was a 24-year-old member of theHamas.

The military said the man was part of a crowd of 100 peo-ple who took part in “a violent riot” and attempted to dam-age the fence.

Earlier in the day in the West Bank, an assailant spedtoward soldiers and police at the Qalandiya checkpointnorth of Jerusalem, spokeswoman Samri said. She added

that he got out of his car and started to charge the Israelitroops.

The attacker — a man in h is 3 0s from th e West Bank v il-lage Turmus Aya — was wounded in the leg and arrested,Samri said. No Israelis were hurt.

Beijing issues second smog red alert of the monthBEIJING — China’s capital Beijing issued its second

smog red alert of the month, triggering vehicle restric-tions and forcing school s to close.

A wave of smog is due to settle over the city of 22.5 mil-lio n from Saturday to Tuesday. Levels o f PM2.5, the small -est and deadliest airborne particles, are set to top 500,according to the official Beijing government website.

That is more than 20 t imes the level that is cons ideredsafe by the World Health Organization.

Half the city’s cars will be forced off the road on anygiven day, while barbecue grills and other outdoor smokesources will be banned and factory production restricted.Schools will close and residents advised to avoid outdooractivities.

On Friday afternoon, the air was relatively good, with aPM2.5 reading of about 80 and the sun shining brightlyover the city.

However, vi sibilit y in some parts of Beijing will fall toless than 500 meters (1,600 feet) on Tuesday when thesmog will be at its worst, the city government websitesaid. An almost co mplete lack o f wind would contribute tothe smog’s lingering over the city, it said.

Smog red alerts are triggered when levels of PM2.5above 300 are forecast to last for more than 72 ho urs.

Although the four-tier smog warning system waslaunched two years ago, Beijing had not issued a red alertuntil last week, drawing accusations that it was ignoringserious bouts of smog to avoid the economic costs.

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School children take part in a candlelight prayer ceremony as they hold a portrait of Mother Teresa on the occasion of her 101st birth anniversary celebrations in Kolkata, India. Mother Teresaof Calcutta will be made a saint of the Roman Catholic Church, the Vatican.

By Raf CasertTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BRUSSELS — The European Union warnedThailand on Friday that i t sho uld “promptly”address th e human rights and slavery iss uesthat have dogged its seafood industry if itwants to s tave off an EU seafood import ban.

Several investigative reports by theAssociated Press focused on slavery in theseafood industry and resulted in the rescue of 2,000 men this year, highlighting long-standing abuses in Thai fisheries.

Thailand is a major exporter of seafood,with yearly revenues of almost 5 billioneuros ($5.4 billion), and an EU ban wouldseriously affect the industry.

EU Fisheries Commissioner KarmenuVella said even though the 28-nation blocwas primarily assessing Thailand’simprovements in stamping out illegal fish-ing, there was no sidestepping the slaveryissue.

Thailand, the world’s third-largest seafoodexporter, was given a warning by the EU inApril to improve its fisheries practices orface an export ban to the wealthy Europeanbloc. Annual Thai fish exp orts to th e EU areestimated to be worth between 575 millionand 730 million euros ($624 million to$792 million).

“We are still assessing whether Thailandhas made sufficient progress in delivering onthe actions” it was asked to take in April,Vella told reporters Friday.

“Regarding human rights, slavery onboard and so on — yes, apart from the fish-ing issues, the Commission also believesthat Thailand should also address promptly

the human rights issues,” he replied to aquestion from the AP.The EU wants nations to be able to track

their vess els and make sure they declare theircatches to promote sustainable fishing andcounter overfishing . The Commission i s notexpected to make a ruling on the Thai issueuntil late next month.

Vella spoke during a visit from GhaneanFisheries Minister Sherry Ayittey, whonoted that her nation was once penalizedwith such a ban.

“It was like a wake-up call,” Ayittey said.“It was necessary. It helped us to reshape ourown governance of the fisheries sector.”

Beyond illegal fishing though, Thailandalso faces the slavery i ssue.

In the U.S., Congressman EmanuelCleaver, a Democrat from Missouri, wrote tothe Labor Department and the Food and DrugAdministration this week demanding inves-tigations after the AP investigated theshrimp peeling industry as well.

“I am deeply concerned for the welfare of adult and children shrimp peelers inThailand, who are forced to work in one of the most abhorrent slavery schemes of the21st century,” he wrote.

Grocery and seafood organizations, mean-while, say suppliers have to take responsi-bility for eliminating labor abuses in thefishing industry.

“In the case of the Thai shrimp industry,this means that simple audits and inspec-tions of third-party shrimp peeling h ouseswill not suffice, as corrupt police andinspectors turn a blind eye to abuses,” saidJohn Sackton in a report for ProgressiveGrocer.

European Union demandsThailand address slaveryissue in its seafood industry

By Nicole Winfield


VATICAN CITY — Mother Teresa, thetiny, stooped nun who cared for the poorestof the poor in the slums of India andbeyond, will be declared a saint next yearafter Pope Francis approv ed a miracle attrib-uted to her intercession.

The Vatican on Friday s et no date for th ecanonization, but it is widely believed thatit will take place in the first week of September to coincide with the 19thanniversary of Mother Teresa’s death andduring Francis ’ Holy Year of Mercy.

“With her work, she was always the sym-

bol of mercy, not just with words but withher actions,” said the superior general of Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity,the Rev. Sebastian Vazhakala.

The Vatican said Francis appro ved a decreeattributing a miracle to Mother Teresa’sintercession during an audience with thehead of the Vatican’s saint -making o ffice onThursday, his 79th birthday.

The miracle in question concerned theinexp licable cure of a Brazilian man suffer-ing from a viral brain infection that resultedin multiple abscesses. By Dec. 9, 2008, hewas in a coma and dying, suffering from anaccumulation o f fluid around the brain.

The Rev. Brian Kolodiejchuk, the p ostula-tor s pearheading Mother Teresa’s cano niza-

tion case, said in a state-ment Friday that 30 min-utes after th e man was dueto undergo surgery, he satup, awake and withoutpain. The surgery did nottake pl ace and a day laterthe man was declared tobe symptom-free.

The Vatican laterattributed the cure to the

fervent prayers t o Moth er Teresa’s i nterces-sion by the man’s wife, who at the time of his scheduled surgery was at her parishchurch praying alongside her pastor.

“This is fantastic news. We are veryhappy, ” said Sunita Kumar, a spok eswomanfor the Missionaries of Charity in the east-ern city of Kolkata (earlier called Calcutta),where Mother Teresa lived and worked.

Born Agnes Gonxh a Bojaxhiu on Aug. 26,1910, in Skopje, Macedonia, Mother Teresa

jo ined the Loreto o rder of nuns in 1928. In1946, while traveling by train fromCalcutta to Darjeeling, she was inspired tofound the Mission aries of Charity order.

The order was establi shed four years laterand has since opened more than 130 housesworldwide to provide comfort and care forthe needy, sick and “poorest of the poor.”

Mother Teresa won the Nobel Peace Prizein 1979 for her work with Calcutta’s desti-tute and ill — work which continued evenafter she herself became sick.

Mother Teresa to bemade a saint after

pope OKs miracle

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Red Hat Inc., up $2.54 to $81.40 The software company’s fiscal third-quarter earnings and revenue toppedanalysts’forecasts.NasdaqBlackBerry Ltd., up 81 cents to $8.61 The smartphone maker’s latest quarterly results beat Wall Streetexpectations, even though its revenue fell sharply.Nutrisystem Inc., down 5 cents to $21.06 The weight-loss company, which sells packaged foods, said that it isbuying the South Beach Diet brand for $15 million.Columbia Sportswear Co., up $1.40 to $45.38A Stifel analyst raised his investment rating on the outdoor clothing sellerto a “Buy”on signs its Columbia and Sorel brands are growing.

Big movers

By Marley Jay


NEW YORK — Stocks plungedacross all sectors in the heaviest trad-

ing of the year Friday as enthusiasmover a long-awaited increase in U.S.interest rates faded.

Several other negative factors com-bined to give the market its second bigloss in a row, bringing the indexeslower for the week.

Bank stocks, which investors hadbid up in hopes they would becomemore profitable as loan rates climbed,fell the most. Technology shares suf-fered more declines as a bad Decembergot worse for Apple. The world’s mostvaluable publicly t raded company sankagain, bringing its monthly loss to 10percent.

Overseas, Japan’s market sank afterthat country’s central bank madechanges to a st imulus program that fell

short of what investors were hopingfor. Anoth er drop in energy prices sentoil stocks lower again, and worriesabout weak global growth weighed onshipping and other transportationcompanies.

The Dow Jones industrial averagedropped 367.29 points, or 2.1 per-cent, to 17,128.55. The S&P 500index fell 36.34 points, or 1.8 per-

cent, to 2,005.55. The Nasdaq com-posite sank 79.47 points, or 1.6 per-cent, to 4,923.08. All 10 Standard &Poor’s 500 sectors fell.

U.S. stock trading was even morevolatile than usual Friday because of

the simultaneous expiration of severalkinds of futures and other contractsthat investors use to place bets onindexes and individual stocks. As aresult Friday was the busiest tradingday of the year for stocks.

The market ended a tumultuous weekslightly lower. Stocks had rallied overthe first three days and jumpedWednesday after the Federal Reserveraised interest rates for the first time inalmost a decade. The move was a voteof confidence in the U.S. economy.But ov er the next two days sto cks werehit by some of the worries that havedogged them all year, like weakness inthe Chinese economy, s lowing globalgrowth, and ski dding p rices for energyand metals.

While the Bank of Japan plans tospend a bit more on exchange-tradedfunds for companies that increase hir-ing and investment, investors werehoping for more, according to RyanLarson, head of U.S. equity trading forRBC Global Asset Management.

“They were looking for more, andwhen the market’s disappointed, thisis what you get,” he said.

The global market went into a simi-lar slide two weeks ago, when theEuropean Central Bank ramped up itsstimulus efforts but didn’t do nearly asmuch as expected. Stocks rallied afterECB President Mario Draghi said the

bank is ready to expand its stimulusprogram further if needed.

Those slumps show that investorswill continue keeping an eye on thewords and deeds of central banks instrugglin g Europe and Japan as well asthe U.S. for the foreseeable future.

The Federal Reserve had kept inter-est rates near zero for seven years. FedChair Janet Yellen emphasized thatdespite the boost, interest rates willremain low for some time. Thatpleased investors overall, but it even-tually put pressure on bank stocks.Banks will benefit from higher inter-est rates and have and have rallied overthe last few months, but the initialbenefits won’t be great.

Goldman Sachs dropped $7.12, or

3.9 percent, to $175.49 and ETradeFinancial lost $1.13, or 3.8 percent,to $28.82. Citigroup gave up $1.63,or 3.1 percent, to $51.21.

Tech sto cks als o sl umped. Apple fell$2.95, or 2.7 percent, to $106.03.The stock has fallen 10 percent inDecember and has risen only threedays this month. Microsoft fell $1. 57,or 2.8 percent, to $54.13.

Stocks tumble on global worries

By Sarah Skidmore Sell


Women may be badly outnumberedin the top ranks of corporate America,but at least they aren’t underpaid.

Compensation for female chief financial officers at S&P 500 compa-nies last year outpaced that of theirmale counterparts, according to ananalysis by executive compensationfirm Equilar and the Associated Press.It follows a similar trend seen withfemale CEOs in recent years.

The median pay for female CFOs lastyear rose nearly 11 percent to $3.32millio n. Male CFO pay rose 7 percent,to $3.3 million. This follows severalyears of steady gains for both sexes.

The gains, for bo th men and women,are in part a result of the expansion of the CFO role to include far moreresponsibility and visibility.

“The CFO is no lo nger a bean count-er,” said Josh Crist, managing directorat executive search firm Crist KolderAssociates.

Companies and shareholders becamemore focused on fin ancial security andregulation after the financial crisis,and corporate finance began to play abigger role in company strategy,according to Gregg Passin, a compen-sation expert at consulting firmMercer.

Ruth Porat, became one of the mostpowerful women on Wall Street whilehelping steer Morgan Stanley, one of

the nation’s biggest investment banks,through the aftermath of the financialcrisis. She topped the list of highestpaid female CFOs with her $14.4 mil-

lion pay package from Morgan Stanleyfor the 2014 fiscal year.

Google h as si nce lured her away witha pay deal worth $70 million.Investors have warmly welcomed herarrival at Google, where she is expect-ed to bring some financial disciplineto what some consider their free-spending ways.

The increased responsibility andvisibility has helped some womenCFOs rise even further, to CEO. IndraNooyi, CEO of PepsiCo and LynnGood, CEO of Duke Energy are bothformer CFOs.

Women out-earn men in corporate finance


LOS ANGELES — Record-settingresults from “Star Wars” aside, Disneyshares fell faster than the market slumpFriday after an analyst downgraded thecompany, saying it has paid too muchfor sports rights and that its actions willaccelerate cord-cuttin g.

BTIG analyst Rich Greenfield cut WaltDisney Co. stock to “sell” from “neu-tral” and set a target price of $90.

Disney shares closed down 3.8 per-cent, or $4.29, at $107.72. That wasworse than the 2 .1 percent decline in th eDow Jones industrial average. Still, thestock is up 14 percent in the year todate. Greenfield argues that its flagshipESPN network paid too much for sportsrights in an effort to thwart rivals FoxSports 1 and NBC Sports, which willtrim profitability at cable network oper-ations that represent 44 percent of Disney’s operating income.

Further, he says Disney’s licensing of key content to Netflix has “further dam-aged their and the cable network indus-try’s long-term prospects.”

Disney’s Marvel has licensed originalseries such as “Jessica Jones” and“Daredevil” exclusively to Netflix.Starting late next year, newly releasedDisney, Marvel and Pixar films will alsoplay on Netflix after Disney’s movieoutput deal with premium TV channelStarz expires.

Disney stock falls on downgrade despite ‘Star Wars’ debut

Shkreli resigns as TuringCEO after securities fraud arrest

TRENTON, N.J. — The pharmaceutical executive reviledfor price-gouging resigned Friday as head of the drugmaker

Turing Pharmaceuticals, a day after being arrested oncharges of securities fraud related to a company he previ-ously ran.

Martin Shkreli, whose arrest delighted countless peopleappalled by his unapologetic stance after hiking the priceof a life-saving drug by 5,000 percent, is being replaced onan interim basis by Ron Tilles, according to a statementissued Friday by Turing, which is p rivately h eld.

Tilles has been chairman of Turing’s board of directorssince the company was founded late last year. Turing saidthat Tilles will continue to hold the board chairman posi-tion as well. He has worked at numerous private equity andventure capital firms in the pharmaceutical and medicaldevice in dustries over th e last two decades.

Isis Pharmaceuticals changes name to IonisNEW YORK — Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc., which shares a

name with the Islamic State extremist group, has changedits name to Ionis Pharmaceuticals after resisting to do sofor some time.

The develop er’s old name was a distraction , said Dr. AmyWilliford, the company’s associate director of corporatecommunications. Every time the Islamic State was in thenews, the drugmaker would be flooded with questions fromthe media, she said. Islamic State, commonly known by itsacronym ISIS, has claimed responsibility for several vio-lent attacks around the world, including the gun and bombmassacres in Paris last month .

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The high school basketball season is onlythree weeks old, but there was a playoff atmos-phere in the Burlingame gym Friday night.

Friday was the annual non-league matchupbetween the Panthers and Serra and you didn’tneed to know anything about the teams to knowwhat the game meant to each.

When the final buzzer sounded, theBurlingame student section rushed the floor to

celebrate a 66-55 Panthers win.

Serra marked the loss by having one of itsplayers punch — and smash — a window to theBurlingame weight room, which doubles as thevisitors’ locker room.

“These (wins over Serra) don’t come often,”said Burlingame coach Pete Harames, who hasnow beaten Serra four times in his coachingcareer — the previous win coming during the2013-14 season.

For the Panthers, the win is a validation of sorts. Serra is not only the top program in San

Mateo County, it is one of the best programs inthe Central Coast Section. Any time a countyteam can beat the Padres, its a feather in its cap.

“It felt like a state (playoff) game,” saidBurlingame’s Tyler Garlitos, a former Serra stu-dent who scored a game-high 29 points.

“[This win] proves our worth.”

Burlingame (5-1 overall) beat Serra (2-2) atits own game Friday night. The Panthers out-scrapped the Padres, our-rebounded them andgenerally out-played them all night.

“Our defense was amazing. Everyone was hus-

tling,” Garlitos said.Garlitos got off to a quick start and he stayed

in the zone all game long. He tied the game at 2on a tip in and the first of his five 3-pointersgave Burlingame a 9-7 lead with 4:50 to play inthe first quarter — an advantage they would notrelinquish the rest of the game.

Garlitos was hardly alone, however. Pointguard Vinnie Ferrari electrified the crowd with apair of rainbow 3s to end the first quarter on hisway to a 15-point outing.

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A three-year varsity player, Lapitu Mahoni is second on SHP’s all-time rushing list and will playin his second state championship bowl game.

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Sacred Heart Prep looks to bring home theprogram’s first ever state tit le Saturday in SanDiego, and running back Lapitu Mahoni willhave a chance to set a schoo l rushing recordin the process.

The Gators travel to Rancho Bernardo toplay for the CIF Division III-A champi-onship, a new division in the restructuredhigh school playoff format in California.

With Mahoni currently si tting at 1 ,65 2 rush-ing y ards this year, in puts the senior withinstriking distance of SHP’s all-time single-season rushing record of 1, 705 y ards, s et byMatt Walter in 2009.

Gators head coach Pete Lavorato said therewas no pomp and circumstance surroundingWalter’s record-setting season, because hewas not aware at the time there was a single-season mark on the line. Now, the on ly pompand circumstance in which Lavorato is inter-ested is winning t he state title.

“The only record I care about is winning,”Lavorato said.

Last Saturday, when SHP won its secondNorthern California championship in threeyears, Mahoni moved into second place onthe program’s career rushing list. Mahonicarried 16 times for 97 yards in a 56-20 win

over McClymonds-Oakland, improving hiscareer mark to 2,355 yards. He surpassedAndrew Segre’s mark of 2,265 career rushingyards, which he did between 2011-13.

Walter is SHP’s all-time career rushingleader, a record that is well out of reach of Mahoni, at 3,560 yards which he totaledfrom 2007-09.

“We ran more fullback plays because[Walter] was so fast,” Lavorato s aid. “He wasa good fullback because he was so fast.”

In his 13 years at the helm of the Gators,Lavorato has s een the fly offense he installedflourish. A former Canadian Football Leaguegreat — while hockey’s “Great One” WayneGretzky was skyrocketing to greatness with

Gators run to success

By John Marshall


Christian McCaffrey showed off his explo-siveness in Stanford’s final three games in2014 after being an afterthought for most of his freshman season. That ratcheted up expec-tations for this season, though there were stillconcerns whether he could handle the rigors of being a featured running back.

He handled that and so much more, runnin gand catching his way into the NCAA record

book.Stanford’s do-every-

thing running back was aunanimous pick as offen-sive player of the year inThe Associated Press All-Pac-12 team announced onFriday, capping off a bigweek for the sophomore.McCaffrey finished run-ner-up to Alabama’sDerrick Henry in the

Heisman Trophy voting on Saturday and was

named the first-team all-purpose player on theAP All-America team the next day.

Oregon’s DeForest Buckner was a unani-mous pick as the defensive player of the yearin the AP’s first all-Pac-12 team since 1977.Washington State’s Mike Leach was namedthe coach of the year, edging Stanford’s DavidShaw, and UCLA freshman quarterback JoshRosen was voted as newcomer of the year

McCaffrey was the obvious choice as thePac-12’s top offensive player after breaking

McCaffrey AP’s Pac-12 offensive MVP

By Josh Dubow THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

OAKLAND — Stephen Curry scored 26points and Draymond Green fueled a keyfourth-quarter run that helped the Golden StateWarriors avenge their o nly loss of the s easonby beating the Milwaukee Bucks 121-112 onFriday night.

Six nights after handing the Warriors theirfirst loss of the season and ending a 28-game,regular-season winning streak dating to lastseason, the Bucks nearly dealt Golden Stateits first home loss since Jan. 27 againstChicago.

The game ended with some heated words

between Green and O.J. Mayo as the teamsleft the court. Security and a few other playersgot in the middle of it before things calmeddown and both teams retreated to their lockerrooms.

It didn’t come easy, as Golden State trailedby as many as 15 points in the third quarterand by 11 points with less than eight minutesto play before Green and Curry took over toimprove Golden State to 26-1.

Green made a 3-pointer to cut Milwaukee’slead to 100-97. Curry then got fouled on a 3-pointer and made all three free throws to tiethe game at 100 at the midpoin t of the quarter.

The Warriorsrally to top

Milwaukee

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See GATORS, Page 14

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OAKLAND — James Jones saw greatnessin Derek Carr’s future from the moment hefirst saw him throw the ball.

Jones compared Carr to his old MVP quar-terback in Green Bay, Aaron Rodgers, ev enas Carr struggled at times as a rookie withthe Oakland Raiders. Jones, who hadworked out with Carr during summers atFresno State, saw eerie similariti es with theway the two threw the ball.

“The first time I saw him throw, it’s justnatural,” Jones said. “It’s the flick of thewrist. He has all the tools it takes to be aspecial pl ayer. The way he throws it , man, Icall him Baby A-Rod because it’s just noeffort at all into it, flick of the wrist and hecan make every throw.”

Carr has started to give some credibilityto those lofty compliments, matchingRodgers in touchdown passes and manyother categories in a breakthrough secondseason. Jones, who returned to the Packersthis season, will get to see that improve-ment firsthand Sunday when Green Bay (9-4) visits Oakland (6-7).

“He looks a lot more comfortable outthere,” Jones said. “He’s picking andchoosing where he wants to throw the ball.He can fit the ball to into tigh t spots s o hedoesn’t have any fear about where he’s

throwing it or how he’sgoing to throw it. He’sgoing to be a specialplayer.”

Carr downplays thecomparisons with aplayer who has won twoMVP awards and one

Super Bowl, saying hehas done far too littleeven to be mentioned ina conversation withRodgers.

But t he two h ave put upawfully similar statisticsthis year with. Each has28 TD passes, while Carrhas a slightly highercompletion percentageand yards per attemptwhile Rodgers hasthrown fewer intercep-

tions and has a slightly edge in passer rat-ing.

But beyond the stats are some similariti esin style with both players comparable insize, arm strength and athleticism.

“I definitely understand style-wise thatkind of s tuff, b ecause in college, Aaron wasone of my favorites watching him, becauseof the way h e played,” Carr said. “I tried toemulate some o f the st uff that h e did.”

Here are some other thin gs t o watch when

the Packers visit the Raiders:

Playoff chancesThe Packers can cli nch a franchis e-record

seventh straight playoff berth with a winand remain ahead of Minnesota in the NFCNorth race. Green Bay also can get in with a

loss if Tampa Bay loses, along with eitherWashin gton or the Giants. The Raiders needto win their final three games and then getplenty of help since they trail three teamsin the AFC wild-card race by two games.

Revenge gameWoodson was cut by Green Bay three

years ago when the Packers decided he wasno lo nger worth his salary at his age. Nowat 39, Woodson is stil l performing at a highlevel. He has five interceptions and threefumble recoveries to rank second in theleague with eight takeaways to show thePackers and the rest o f the league they wrotehim off too soon.

“It wasn’t just the Packers thinking Icouldn’t play anymore,” he said. “Therewere a lot of people. I didn’t have a lot of

people knocking my door down trying tosign me. It’s good to try to prove it toeverybody.”

Revenge game part 2Woodson isn’t the only player going up

against a team that gave up on him. TheRaiders cut Jones this offseason after sign-ing Michael Crabtree and drafting AmariCooper. Jones has enjoyed his reunion withRodgers, posting a career-high 18.9 yardsper catch and tying for the team lead withseven TD reception s.

“I’m not trying to go in there and catch a

million balls and say, ‘I told you so. Whydid you cut me?”’ Jones said. “Nah, I justwant to play a good game.”

Milestone watchA few Raiders are closing in on some

notable milestones, led by rookie Coop er.Cooper needs 80 yards receiving to becomethe first Raider since Randy Moss in 2005to reach 1,000 for a season. Carr needs twoTD passes to join Daryle Lamonica as theonly Raiders with 30 in a season. KhalilMack is two sacks sh y of matching DerrickBurgess’ franchis e record of 16 set in 200 5.

Long snappersFor the first time since 2005, the Raiders

will go into a game without Jon Condo as

their long snapper after he went down witha season-ending sh oulder injury. Condo hadplayed 141 straight games since takingover as long snapper to start the 2006 sea-son. The Raiders signed Thomas Gafford,who was released last month by Chicago.Gafford has played 116 career games.

Carr leads Raiders against Rodgers, Packers

Derek Carr

Aaron Rodgers


SANTA CLARA — AJ McCarro n remembersmost of the th ings about his first college startat Alabama in 2011, especially his two inter-ceptions in a 48-7 win over Kent State.

First starts are unforgettable.

So will be the Cincinn ati Bengals’ game onSunday at San Francisco with a chance toclinch their second AFC North title in threeyears and fifth st raight pl ayoff berth. The sec-ond-year quarterback gets to make his firstNFL start in place of the injured Andy Dalton.

He had his first significant playing timelast Sunday when Dalton broke his rightthumb during a 33-20 loss to the Steelers.McCarron, a two-time national champion atAlabama, threw a pair of interceptions in ashowing that reminded him of that gameagainst Kent State.

“It was just an unreal experience, kind of like Sunday was,” McCarron said.

In addition to leading the Bengals (10-3) tothe playoffs, McCarron has a chance to end a

long streak of ‘Bama futilit y when he faces the49ers (4-9). No quarterback from Alabama haswon an NFL start sin ce Jeff Rutledge in 19 87.

“As for the history? That’s history,”McCarron said.

Oh, the Niners know McCarron’s hi story allright.

“You go back to the preseason games andyou’re obviously aware of him from his col-lege career,” coach Jim Tomsula said. “He’s atalented guy. He can throw the football. Hecan run their offense, you know that.”

It’s doubtful San Francisco will have a prob-lem with ov erlooking an opp onent this week,as a couple of players said might have beenthe case at lowly Cleveland last week, whenlinebacker Ahmad Brooks suggested his teammight have been “big-headed” in the 24-10defeat.

Here are some things to watch for Sunday:

That ’Bama droughtIn the past 25 years, Alabama has won four

national championships and seven SECtitl es, produced two Heisman Trophy winnersand hundreds of NFL players — but no win-ning NFL quarterback. Since Rutledge led theGiants to a 20-14 win over the Eagles in1987, Alabama quarterbacks are 0-13 in NFLstarts — Rutledge 0-2, Greg McElroy 0-1 and

Brodie Croyle 0-10, according to STATS.

Protecting GabbertNine sacks. The number is glaring — even

if Blaine Gabbert caused three of them himself by running out of bounds.

“Nine sacks is unacceptable,” said left guardAlex Boone, who will miss Sunday’s gamewith a sprained MCL in his right knee andmight b e done for the year.

“I think it was an offensive thing. I think alot of people are obviously goin g to thin k theoffensive line sucks but at the end of the daywhen you watch the film, there’s 11 guys outthere playing and everybody’s responsible todo their job.”

Run it

The Bengals managed only 64 yards rush-

ing against the Steelers, putting pressure on

McCarron to th row a lot. Jeremy Hill had only

16 yards on seven carries — 12 of them on

one play. The Browns ran for 230 yardsagainst the 49ers last Sunday, something the

Bengals would like to emulate with a young

quarterback.

Defensive doings

San Francisco’s front seven met Wednesday

as a unit and held an open discussion abo ut the

mistakes and timing issues the 49ers had last

week.

The 49ers gave up 481 yards to the 3-10

Browns — Cleveland’s second-high est offen-

sive total of the s eason.

Bengals have plenty to play for against 49ers

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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) —The 49ers thought so highly of former Australian rugby leaguestar Jarryd Hayne that he was theiropening night punt returnerdespite playing football for justover seven months.

But after three fumbles on puntreturns, including his first everattempt in the season opener,Hayne now finds himself on thepractice squad.

“He needs to learn how to playfootball,” said ThomasMcGaughey Jr., the 49ers’ first-year special teams coach. “Tolearn how to run and cover kicks

and protect punts. That kind of stuff, that’s goin g to be invaluablefor him with his overall skilldevelopment.”

Hayne was released onHalloween after appearing in sixgames before clearing waivers andsigning to the practice squad twodays later. He broke camp as theteam’s punt returner after averag-ing over 18 yards on returns in thepreseason thanks to his quick feetand elusiveness in the open field.

“If I couldcome this far inseven months,

just five me 12or 14,” Haynesaid.

With his pre-season per-f o r m a n c e ,Hayne becameone of

Australia’s biggest sports storiesafter conv erting from the NationalRugby League’s Parramatta Eels,where he was o ne of t he country’sbiggest stars.

Hayne exceeded his initial goalby making the 49ers’ roster forWeek 1. He was disappointedabout his demotion, but is embrac-ing his opportunity on the prac-

tice squad, where he’s receivedmore practice reps than he did asthe fourth-string running back.

“It’s definitely been a great year.I overachieved what I ever expect-ed,” Hayne said. “I think whatpeopl e don’t realize that ev ery dayfor me is like a month to everyoneelse because of the way I pickthings up and the way I learn.

“I just feel like in th ese short sixweeks that I’ve been on the prac-tice s quad, I learned so much. There

was two weeks where I literallytook every single rep in the look-card squad. That was huge. Themost reps I took in a row (beforethat) was probably three or four.”

Hayne fumbled his first attemptat a punt return in the team’s Week1 win over the Vikings, and thenagain again st Green Bay in Week 4and the Ravens i n Week 6.

“He just needs to learn the g amefrom the inside and out,” saidMcGaughey.

The 49ers dealt with injuries totheir top three running backs, los-ing Carlos Hyde to a stress fracturein hi s left foot and Reggie Bush toknee surgery for the season.Rooki e Mike Davis was placed oninjured reserve with the return des-

ignation after surgery to repair afracture in his hand.

All the while, San Franciscopassed over chances to bringHayne back to the active roster,instead opting for Shaun Draughnand Travaris Cadet, who were freeagents after being released by theBrowns and Patriots, respectively.

“I’m starting to realize when toplay slow and when to play fast,”Hayne said. “That’s what the bestdo.”

Jarryd Hayne embracingthe 49ers’ practice squad

Jarryd Hayne


OTTAWA, Ontario — Ottawa gotchances when they were most need-ed.

Bobby Ryan had a goal and anassist and the Senators scored threetimes in th e third period to beat theSan Jose Sharks 4-2 on Fridaynight for their fourth straight ho mewin.

Craig Anderson made 31 saves tohelp Ottawa win for the second timein five games. The Senators havewon just two of their past fivegames.

Jean-Gabriel Pageau, ChrisWideman and Erik Karlsson allscored in the third period.

“We had chances,” Ryan said.

“We got a lot of shots in there andthere a lot of positives for us tobuild on. ”

Joe Thornton and Brent Burnshad the goals for the Sharks, andAlex Stalock made 31 saves.

Pageau started and finished theplay that gave the Senators a 2-1lead 8:22 into the third period.After Pageau’s faceoff win, CodyCeci took a shot, and then DaveDziurzynski fired the rebound backat net. Stalock got a piece of

Dziurzynski’s shot but left the

rebound right on the goal line forPageau to pok e in.

“I don’t know if I stole it from(Dziurzynski ), I wish h e would havescored but when it’s 1-1 like thatyou want to make sure it’s in,”Pageau said. “He made a good playto spin around and take a shot onnet, but I guess I stole it. ”

Wideman got the eventual winnerand Karlsson provided some insur-ance with g oals later in the period.

“Feels good to get anything atthis point,” Wideman said of hisfirst goal in 15 games. “I’ve had alot of shots the last couple of games, I saw a little day lig ht and itgot through. I think it was a huge

win.”Burns closed out the scoring with

2:24 left. The Sharks also lost 5-4to the Toronto Maple Leafs onThursday night.

“We came out, for back-to-backgames the way we wanted to,”Sharks defenseman Paul Martinsaid. “We were able to co ntrol someof the p lay and we had our momentsbut in the third we gave them someopportunities with some odd-manrushes and they capitalized.”

Sharks fall

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the Edmonton Oilers, Lavorato won fiveGrey Cups as a defensive back with theEdmonton Eskimos between 1975-81 — hehas seen the fly offense succeed throughmany incarnations .

With Walter in the backfield until 2009,the Gators used a fullback-intensive look. By2010, when they captured their first CentralCoast Section title, the fly offense returnedto its more prototypical three-prongedattack, with Col in Tendrup rushing for 1,48 6yards, Pedro Robinson rushing for 1,013yards and Tyler McCool rushing for 811yards.

“We were more of a running team than we

were a passing team back then,” Lavoratosaid.

The 2010 season was also the last time theGators saw two running backs surpass the1,0 00-yard rushing plateau until this season,when Mahoni and junior Isoa Moimoi did sowith Moimoi’s career-high 165-yard per-formance against McClymonds lastSaturday.

SHP has relied more on a two-back systemthis season, with Moimoi serving generally

as tailback and Mahoni at fly back. But partof Moimoi’s recent success — each of histhree triple-digit rushing games this seasonhave come over SHP’s last three playoff games — are due to his getting reps at the flyback spot.

“Isoa, man, he ran h ard,” Lavorato said of last Saturday’s performance. “We put him atfly back every on in a while. He liked that.”

The reason the Gators haven’t needed torely on the th ird running back to get to wherethey are this season is the success of quarter-back Mason Randall. The senior has an o ut-side shot at becoming the first quarterback inSHP history to reach the 3, 000-yard passingmark, albeit it will take a career night to doit.

Randall currently has 2,646 yards on theseason, leaving him 354 yards shy of the 3Kbenchmark. Throughout h is three-year varsi-ty career, h e has on ly surpassed the 300-yardmark once, when he threw for a career-high384 yards Sept. 1 9 against Salinas.

Putting up those kinds of numbers is goingto be a challenge against the RanchoBernardo defense. The Broncos have allowedan average of 14. 3 poin ts per game this sea-son. The last two games through the CIF

bracket has seen the Rancho Bernardodefense budge though.

Two weeks ago, in the Southern Californiasemifinals against Mt. Carmel, th e Broncoswon 41-23. Then last Saturday, Ranchopulled off a fourth-quarter comeback to defeatOak Hills 31-30 for the So Cal champi-onship. It was the most points the Broncoshave surrendered since Nov. 8, 2013, whenthey capped a regular-season in which theyposted 1-9 record with a 34-31 loss to rivalPoway.

Since then, Rancho has seen a 180 -degreeturnaround, posting a cumulative 22-5 recordover the past two seasons. The Broncos havewon back-to-back Palomar League titles inthat time, and are currently riding an eight-game winning streak since dropping theirPalomar League opener to Westview 20-17on Oct. 9.

The Broncos feature the Palomar League’s2015 rushing champion in junior tailbackMilan Grice, who has gained 1,742 yardsthis season, ranking sixth in the San DiegoSection.

“Rancho Bernardo is all tailback,”Lavorato said.

Rancho’s junior class has thrived withskill-position players. Quarterback MarkSalazar has also been a force, passing for

2,063 yards this season with only eightinterceptions on the year and an efficient

.662 completion percentage. He ranks sec-ond in the San Diego Section in completionpercentage, a trait he has in common withRandall. SHP’s quarterback ranked fourth inthe Central Coast Section this season,throwing at a .673 clip.

Broncos head coach Tristan McCoy is analumnus of Rancho Bernardo, where he waslinebacker and team captain of the San DiegoSection Division I championship team in1995. In five years at the Broncos’ helm —his first ever head-coaching post — McCoyhas posted a 29-30 career record, returningthe program to prominence after three sub-.500 seasons in his first three years. Thisyear marks the first appearance in a state-championship game for the program.

For those that can’t make the trek to SanDiego, fans can watch a free, live-streamingfeed of the g ame, courtesy of Bay AreaOnline Sports Network (BAOSN) atwww.baosn .tv. The broadcast begins at 5:4 5p.m., with kickoff scheduled for 6 p.m.Saturday.

A special replay of the game will air onPen-TV at 6 p.m. Dec. 22.

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Center Bassel Mufarreh also had a big game.Not only did he score 15 points, he did a tremen-dous job on Serra’s 7-foot Jack Wilson, whofinished with 6 points and 4 rebounds.

Those three combined to score all 20 of thePanthers’ first-quarter points as they built a 20-15 lead after one period of play.

A Jake Killingsworth 3-pointer to open thesecond quarter cut the Serra deficit to 20-18, butthe Padres would go more than four minuteswithout scoring another point.

Burlingame, meanwhile, scored 10 unan-swered points, with sophomore guard GavinColeman draining a 3 to put the Panthers up 30-18 with 3:29 to play in the half.

Serra got untracked a little bit over the finalcouple minutes of the second quarter, closing ona 7-2 run to trail 32-25 at halftime.

Serra’s Lee Jones did his best to keep his teamclose, scoring nine of his 18 points in the firsthalf.

In the second half, Burlingame not onlymaintained its advantage, it extended it. Thehalftime break didn’t slow down Garlitos, whoscored five of the Panthers’ first seven points of the third quarter as they never let their lead getsmaller than nine points in the quarter and ledby 11, 47-36, going in

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