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REUTERS
A for sale sign stands in front of a home.
Housing
market is
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faltering
Carol Scola, board member for the Nine Lives Foundation, plays with a few of the cats awaiting adoption at the nonprofit’s
new adoption center at 3106 Rolison Road in Redwood City. Below: After nearly two years of renovating a former Laundromat
Home sales fell in September
to become a new adoption center, the Nine Lives Foundation, a no-kill cat shelter in Redwood City, was finally able to open
the doors to its new space Oct. 6.
to slowest pace in three years
By Christopher Rugaber
Birthdays in Pamplona, Spain, the bulls run Eddie Murphy was the voice of the don-
arieties of peaches are classi- along a narrow street, with people run- key in the animated movie “Shrek”
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LICCI N and Hot Shot, No. 3, in third place. The race time was actors are (from left) Heather Orth, David Crane and Ross
clocked at 1:46.70. Neuenfeldt.
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DR. IKEDA
IMPLANTS & ORTHODONTICS
DDS, MS, UCSF
State unemployment rate falls to record low STAFF AND WIRE REPORT The thriving tech sector is helping drive
the low rates in the Bay Area, said Michael
SACRAMENTO — The good economic Bernick, a former director of the state
times keep rolling in California, where the Employment Development Department and
jobless rate fell to a record low 4.1 percent in now a fellow at the Milken Institute. But
September and the state’s rural and agricultur- most counties are seeing a broad employment
al areas are seeing historically low unem- expansion across most job sectors driven by
ployment. a continued strong overall economy.
Numbers released Friday show more than California’s employers had a net gain of
eight straight years of employment increas- 13,200 nonfarm payroll jobs during
es, California’s second-longest expansion September, and a gain of 42,600 jobs in
since World War II. August. The unemployment rate is a record
Jobless rates in the San Francisco Bay Area low since the state’s methodology changed in
fell below 3 percent. San Francisco and 1976. It was down from 4.2 percent for the
Marin County has 2.2 percent unemploy- previous five months and from 4.5 percent a
ment while San Mateo County retained its year ago.
status as lowest in the state at 2.1 percent. The largest job increases were in the pro-
But Central Valley, rural northern and fessional and business services sector, fol-
inland southern counties that traditionally lowed by leisure and hospitality, government
have at least 8 percent of their residents and the mining and logging sector.
unemployed are down several percentage Educational and health services led job loss-
points. es.
California still trailed the comparable Imperial County on the U.S.-Mexico bor-
REUTERS FILE PHOTO nationwide unemployment rate of 3.7 per- der was the outlier, with a jobless rate of 19.3
Job seekers and recruiters gather at TechFair in Los Angeles. cent. percent.
Obituary
Obituary
Maria Lo Giudice
Hackers breach HealthCare.gov
Maria Lo Giudice, born Jan. 1, 1940, died Tuesday, Oct.
16, 2018, after a battle with her health issues.
She was a resident of San Bruno.
system, get data on 75,000 people
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar
“She touched many lives with her big
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
heart and positive outlook on life.”
Maria was born in Messina, Sicily, to a
WASHINGTON — A government
large family where she was a seamstress
computer system that interacts with
by trade. She married in Sicily in 1974
HealthCare.gov was hacked earlier this
and immediately moved to America where
month, compromising the sensitive
she did child care for over 20 years.
personal data of some 75,000 people,
Maria is survived by her sons, Carmelo
officials said Friday.
Lo Giudice, Patrick Lo Giudice; stepsons
The Centers for Medicare and
Fred Lo Giudice, Tony Lo Giudice; and grandchildren Jason
Medicaid Services made the announce-
Lo Giudice, Danielle Lo Giudice, Jennifer Lo Giudice, Sherie
ment late in the afternoon ahead of a
Lo Giudice and Anthony Lo Giudice. Her humongous loving
weekend, a time slot agencies often
spirit will be missed by all who knew her. Friends and fam-
use to release unfavorable develop-
ily are invited to the 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. rosary vigil Sunday,
ments.
Oct. 21, at Sneider & Sullivan & O’Connells’ Funeral
Officials said the hacked system was
Home, 977 S El Camino Real, San Mateo, CA 94402.
shut down and technicians are working
Funeral will be 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 22, at St. Timothy
to restore it before sign-up season
Catholic Church, 1515 Dolan Ave., San Mateo, CA 94401.
starts Nov. 1 for health care coverage
Burial to follow at Holy Cross Cemetery.
under the Affordable Care Act.
About 10 million people currently
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tus. general public. “This concerns the President Donald Trump promised to
The system that was hacked is used agent and broker portal, which is not repeal “Obamacare” but failed.
by insurance agents and brokers to
Local brief
Lockdown at Jefferson High in Daly City Russian woman charged in first 2018 election meddling case
A report of an armed person at Jefferson High School finances of a hidden but powerful voter perceptions and decision-mak-
By Deb Riechmann
prompted a lockdown Friday, but police released students a Russian social media effort aimed at ing in the 2018 and 2020 U.S. elec-
and Eric Tucker
short time later. spreading distrust for American politi- tions.”
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Around 3:35 p.m., police said the students were allowed cal candidates and causing divisions The national security agencies said
to go home and that there were no reports of injuries and on hot-button social issues like immi- they currently do not have any evi-
WASHINGTON — The U.S. accused a
officers did not find any weapons on campus, located at gration and gun control. dence that voting systems have been
Russian woman on Friday of helping
6996 Mission St. The Justice Department unsealed the disrupted or compromised in ways that
oversee the finances of a sweeping,
Police first reported the possible sighting at about 3 p.m. secretive effort to sway American pub- criminal complaint on the same day could result in changing vote counts or
Police said they would continue investigating whether lic opinion through social media in that U.S. intelligence agencies, in a hampering the ability to tally votes in
the reports of an armed person on campus were true. the first federal case alleging foreign rare public statement , asserted that the midterms, which are 2 1/2 weeks
interference in the 2018 midterm elec- Russia, China, Iran and other countries away.
tions. are engaged in continuous efforts to “Some state and local governments
The criminal complaint against influence American policy and voters have reported attempts to access their
Elena Alekseevna Khusyaynova in the upcoming elections and beyond. networks, which often include online
alleges that Russians are using some National security adviser John Bolton voter registration databases, using tac-
of the same techniques to influence heads to Russia on Saturday. tics that are available to state and non-
U.S. politics as they relied on ahead of The U.S. is concerned about the for- state cyber actors,” they said.
the 2016 presidential election, meth- eign campaigns “to undermine confi- But so far, they said, state and local
ods laid bare by an investigation from dence in democratic institutions and officials have been able to prevent
special counsel Robert Mueller into influence public sentiment and gov- access or quickly mitigate these
possible coordination between Russia ernment policies,” said the statement attempts.
and Donald Trump’s campaign. from national security officials. The In the criminal complaint, prosecu-
Justice Department prosecutors statement, which provided no details tors say Khusyaynova worked for the
claim that Khusyaynova, of St. about any such efforts, said, “These same social media troll farm that was
Petersburg, helped manage the activities also may seek to influence indicted earlier this year by Mueller.
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I
n the last issue of our school process. I found it
paper each year, we publish a plausible that stu- den gems (OK, technically most of the campus
map of where the outgoing sen- dents could be lies outside the city limits). Years ago, the post-
iors are going to college. divided during the man delivered one of Cañada College’s course catalogs,
Last year, our class of journalists application process and rather than just recycling it I sat down and flipped
had a discussion about whether the due to the inherent through it. My attention was caught by the film study and
map could cause students to become competition within creative writing classes. After realizing how easy and
distressed because of the competition the process. cheap it was to enroll, I did just that. I had so much fun that
it could create. Several students However, over the last few months, as multitude of forms. It is exceptional I subsequently ended up taking a variety of others. My
strongly believed that the map would I have entered into the application for a class of so many unique individu- experience drove home how, when you actually care about
divide the class based on the prestige process along with my classmates, I als to connect over a shared journey. the subject, and not about the grades, learning is truly fun
of their university instead of uniting have seen the process act as a unify- While the application process is — and effective.
the students around the shared ing force. going to be stressful, there is no rea- Heading up Farm Hill
achievement of graduation. During most times in high school, son for it to be divisive. An under- Boulevard the other day, I was
Other school papers have struggled students are separated into their vari- standing that each individual has a surprised to see a large crane
with the same question, with many ous spheres: some students do plays unique path toward their goals allows sticking up from what I knew
opting to not list the colleges into while others do sports and many do students to focus on their own was the vicinity of Cañada
which students are matriculating. For not even take the same classes or par- achievements, instead of comparing College. I shouldn’t have been
many, this issue was inextricably ticipate in the same lunchtime clubs. themselves to their classmates. Over surprised, however. After all,
connected with the issue of teen sui- Yet, the approach to graduation and the next year, every senior will have with all of the construction
cide, which has affected many schools matriculation into higher education is success and failure, some applications going on throughout the
throughout Silicon Valley, with many fairly similar for many students. will result in rejections and others Peninsula, why should our com-
laying blame on the expectation for While the name and prestige of the may be acceptances. While it is munity colleges be left out?
success in these communities. Gunn college may differ for each student, we inevitable that some will be more sat- Lured by the crane, I spent
High School, which received national are all engaged in the same process of isfied with the results of their applica- some time on campus. It was Greg Wilson
identifying our future path. While tions, we will all experience the amazing to see just how much
attention after a series of suicides,
there are cases of students feeling swing of emotions that accompany construction is going on right now. Cañada College was
removed its own version of a “college
resentment or anxiety when faced college applications, which can unite built in 1968, and given the uniformity and style of the
map” from the senior issue of its high
with the difficulty of getting into our class. campus buildings, I’m not sure that much has been built
school paper. The advisor of Gunn’s
their dream school, I have found many since then. Not until 2010, at least, when Cañada Vista, a
paper, who spoke to our journalism
students to be supportive and opti- 60-unit apartment complex for faculty and staff, was built
class last year, said the students
mistic about each student’s individual Charlie Chapman is a senior at Burlingame on an outlying parking lot. Cañada Vista was an answer to
believed the college map was detri-
goals. I have frequently observed stu- High School. Student News appears in the the region’s high housing prices, which were making it
mental to the cohesion of the graduat- weekend edition. You can email Student
dents offering help on application hard for the San Mateo County Community College
ing class. Personally, I was a junior at News at [email protected].
essays or advice on how to fill out the District to recruit and retain teachers and staff. Thus, the
the time of this discussion and had
apartments at Cañada Vista, which are for those making 60
percent of the area median income, and lease for an amount
HOME SALES
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CATS
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seven days a week in November and
December.
By providing a room where visitors
home. With the new space, Scola
expected the nonprofit’s offerings to
also expand.
can meet cats they are thinking of “The more room you have, the more
adopting and ensuring adopted cats are you do,” she said. “There’s still more
sales declined 3.4 percent last month, the biggest drop in and microchip services to cats who spayed or neutered and receive a med- and more and more … it’s like, when
2 1/2 years, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.15 might otherwise be put down at other ical examination before they go home do we ever catch up?”
million. That’s the lowest sales pace since November shelters, the nonprofit offers an with their new families, the new adop- At nearly $500,000, Rudiger said
2015. opportunity to be adopted by a family tion center gives visitors and their the renovation costs for the new adop-
Hurricane Florence dragged sales in North Carolina, but despite conditions like ringworm or
future pets a chance to get to know tion center were close to double what
even excluding the storm’s effects, sales would have fall- small behavioral quirks, said the non-
each other. she initially budgeted, but the non-
en more than 2 percent, the NAR said. After reaching the profit’s founder and veterinarian Dr.
Monica Rudiger. “We want them to have the cat profit was able to raise some
highest level in a decade last year, sales of existing $300,000 through an online crowd-
choose them,” she said. “You can’t see
homes have declined steadily in 2018 amid rapid price For the past year and a half, the 15- sourcing platform and calendar sales
their personality unless you can touch
increases, higher mortgage rates and a tight supply of year-old nonprofit has been providing and also received support from several
them and feel them.”
available houses. medical services and adoption servic- large contributions. With hundreds of
Still, analysts are mostly optimistic about the broader Rudiger said adoptions will still be
es for cats at a 1,500-square-foot clin- donors chipping in $9 donations and
economy. Most forecast growth will top 3 percent at an available at the Jefferson Street clin-
ic at 3137 Jefferson Ave. and it’s been several workers willing to chip extra
annual rate in the July-September quarter, after a robust ic, where she performs spay and neu-
nearly two years since Rudiger started hours to complete the renovation,
expansion of 4.2 percent in the second quarter. tering surgeries at $60 and $40,
renovating a 1,750-square-foot former Rudiger said the response to their
“Housing is no longer a tail wind for the economy, but respectively, and that she plans to
Laundromat to become an adoption fundraising campaign was overwhelm-
the headwinds are blowing very gently,” said Michelle eventually offer most adoptions at the
center capable of holding an estimated ing.
Meyer, an economist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Rolison Road center to free up space
150 felines. “It’s very exciting to see a commu-
before the report was released. for a small retail component at the
On Oct. 6, Rudiger and her staff at clinic. nity effort come out like that,” she
Housing will likely weaken further in the coming the Nine Lives Foundation were final- Rudiger said the nonprofit used to said. “Everyone mattered and all the
months. September’s weakness came before mortgage ly able to welcome cats and potential operate out of a 5, 000-square-foot funds went directly into the construc-
rates jumped further this month to their highest levels in owners at the new space, which fea- space about half a block away from the tion account.”
seven years. Sales fell 4.1 percent in September from a tures much larger playrooms for the
year ago. new adoption center on Rolison Road, Despite the months of renovation
cats to play in and be seen by those but moved out of the space when it was and construction delays, Rudiger said
“Without a doubt there is a clear shift in the market,” who visit the center. It also has rooms
said Lawrence Yun, chief economist at the National not able to afford to make much-need- seeing the cats being able to stretch
where cats with different conditions, ed improvements. In the new adoption their legs in their new, temporary
Association of Realtors. such as upper respiratory infections
One sign of the shift is that demand for existing homes center, Rudiger said ventilators have home and eventually find their new
and kittens in need of nursing, can be been installed in rooms where cats families has been worth the wait.
is slowing. Home prices are rising at a slower rate and the treated and kept separate from the oth-
supply of available houses, while low, is increasing. with specific conditions, such as res- “We’ve had a lot of ups and downs,
ers. piratory infections or ringworm, are but we’re always going to be here,”
Buyer traffic has also declined, Yun said.
“It’s been a long road, but I think we quarantined, and the temperature is she said, noting seeing the cats find
And with rents also stabilizing in many cities, many
finally have a space that we’re really much easier to control. their adopted families and leave the
would-be buyers may not feel as much pressure to buy a
proud of and the cats will be really Carol Scola, one of the nonprofit’s shelter has been very rewarding. “To
new home.
comfortable and the public will board members, said the nonprofit see them leaving, it’s just like the
“Renting itself may be seen as a better bargain as rising
enjoy,” she said. receives many cats from other animal best feeling.”
mortgage interest rates, still-rising home prices and slug-
gish wage growth dent the affordability advantage of a Open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays, shelters and people who find feral cats
typical mortgage,” said Aaron Terrazas, senior economist Saturdays and Sundays in October, the in the wild. Because Nine Lives The Nine Liv es Foundation’s Grand
at real estate data provider Zillow. new center has welcomed up to 70 vis- Foundation is unique in that it accepts Opening Celebration will be held 1
Sales have fallen by the most in the West, where most itors in one day and has been averag- cats with treatable conditions, it p.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 21 at Redwood
of the nation’s hottest real estate markets are located and ing 30 adoptions a week, said Rudiger, receives inquiries from people well City ’s Sequoia Yacht Club, 441
where prices have soared for several years. Sales tumbled who added the nonprofit is hoping to outside the county in search of a place Seaport Court.
12.2 percent in that region in the past year, compared
with just 5.6 percent in the Northeast and 1.5 percent in
the Midwest. They dropped just 0.5 percent in the South
from a year earlier, despite a sharp decline in September
due to Hurricane Florence.
The highest-priced homes are also reporting slower EXAMINATIONS
sales, a shift from earlier this year, when sales slowdowns and
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require twice the investment, pushing the to more periodic closures, Councilwoman
POOL
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estimated cost to $5 million for a pool
which is expected to last another about 50
years. District officials have said the lesser
Ann Keighran said she may favor paying
the additional cost for a reworked facility.
“My initial reaction is let’s do it right. I
fixes may be insufficient and still leave to don’t want to do it twice,” she said.
chance the threat of having to do more work Councilman Ricardo Ortiz agreed.
age and other systemic shortcomings sug- to patch unexpected problems. “It seems to me the right thing to do is to
gesting the shell is compromised. Goldman noted the larger undertaking is do it right now and then we have a pool for
City Manager Lisa Goldman detailed the beyond the scope of the cost sharing agree- a long time,” he said.
findings from an engineering report which ment, perhaps saving councilmembers from But officials also noted the lifetime of
is yet to be shared with city officials, lead- needing to consider equally splitting the such an investment would extend beyond
ing to a recommendation that the pool price, but school officials could still ask for the current operating agreement, raising
should be replaced rather than repaired. additional contributions. questions over whether the city might
munity and school district without a
“That was a bit unfortunate and shocking As it stands, the pool remains under con- instead try to finance building another pool
resource valued by many for a long stretch.
for those of us who were hoping the project struction and a timeline for its completion on its own. Those discussions were tem-
The threat of losing pool access for about
would be done soonish,” said Goldman. should be better established following an a year frightened and frustrated parents who pered with recognition the city is currently
As a result, city officials are facing the upcoming school board study session called on officials to consider the students, planning a new Recreation Center, which
prospect of increasing their contribution planned Thursday, Oct. 25. children and many others who rely on the takes precedent along with a variety of
for the temporary maintenance payment by Goldman said the more comprehensive facility for enrichment. other capital projects ahead of a new pool.
$300,000 to about $1.2 million, should overhaul could take the facility offline until Vice Mayor Donna Colson recognized In the near term, Brownrigg said city offi-
school officials prefer to pursue the patch- the end of 2019, in the best-case scenario those concerns. cials remain at the mercy of their contempo-
ing fixes. Under the maintenance and opera- for work which has suffered an extended “When we have to take these massive, raries on the school board to give more
tion sharing agreement between the two stretch of setbacks. very-impacted, highly-utilized sports facil- clear direction for next steps.
agencies, the district and city split the cost “The stars have not aligned on this proj- ities offline for even six months, it really “It’s their asset, and they may choose to
of all work, pushing the total fix price tag ect,” said Goldman, suggesting the over- crushes the community,” she said. go in a whole different direction,” he said.
to $2.5 million. haul work would more likely be completed To that end, for fear of the minor work “But we should explore what a fallback
The more comprehensive effort would in the early part of 2020, leaving the com- ultimately proving insufficient and leading option for the city might look like.”
elections, meaning councilmembers are addition to the $30,000 the city may have the changes to the election system will be
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voted on by a specific district or ward in
which they live.
Shenkman claimed Redwood City’s cur-
to pay Shenkman, consulting costs are
about $60,000, public notices and transla-
tion fees total $5,000 and the city may also
adopted in March of 2019, with the first dis-
trict elections to be held in four districts by
November of 2020. Districts will be
rent election system violates the California be on the hook for up to $10,000 in addi- redrawn in 2021 based on 2020 census data,
Voting Rights Act because it “dilutes the tional legal fees. and the remaining three districts will hold
public to weigh in on the composition of their first elections in November of 2022.
the districts — will be held at a meeting Oct. ability of Latinos (a ‘protected class’) to And officials are researching whether a
22. elect candidates of their choice or otherwise charter amendment will be required to com- More than 100 cities in California have
This will be the first of five hearings the influence the outcome of the city’s council plete the transition. If so, then it will cost made the switch to district elections. In San
city must hold during the transition elections.” about $70,000 to place a ballot measure on Mateo County, Menlo Park recently
process, and residents will also be able to If the city completes the transition the March 2020 primary ballot. switched to district elections and South San
comment on election cycles and the number process by March 31 then the amount of Francisco, Pacifica and Half Moon Bay are
The City Council adopted a resolution of
of districts and whether the mayor will be money it will have to pay Shenkman in in the process of transitioning, as is the
intent — the first step of the transition — at
elected at-large or be a rotating appoint- attorneys’ fees will be capped at $30,000. San Mateo County Harbor Commission.
a meeting late September. Residents can
ment by the council, as is the case currently. The period between now and March 31 is also provide input on the composition of Sequoia Union High and Redwood City
The first election under the new system will called “safe harbor” and the city will not be districts at a hearing in November and Elementary school district officials and the
occur in 2020. vulnerable to a CVRA lawsuit during that they’ll have until Jan. 3 to submit their own county Board of Supervisors made similar
The transition was prompted by a letter time. draft maps for consideration. After that, choices as well. The San Mateo County
from Malibu-based attorney Kevin The cost of voluntarily switching to dis- there will be two more public hearings for Community College District adopted the
Shenkman, which threatened litigation if trict elections is estimated to cost residents to weigh in on the maps and cycle by-district system but without being threat-
the city did not voluntarily adopt district $175,000, according to a staff report. In of elections. An ordinance codifying all of ened by a lawsuit.
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Bears’ Mack practices but questionable for Pats ing offense and next-to-last in passing
offense. The Cardinals have just 10 offen-
sive touchdowns in seven games.
By Gene Chamberlain team,” Nagy said. string) is doubtful. Cornerback Prince Asked if Leftwich should be considered an
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Mack has five sacks, Amukamara (hamstring) and guard Eric Kush “interim” coordinator, Wilks said, “Right
and last week was held (neck) were removed from the injury list and now, it’s hard to say anybody is going to be
LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Bears linebacker without a sack for the are expected to play. permanent.”
Khalil Mack must wait until just before first time this season. He
game time to learn if he gets a chance to didn’t comment Friday
rush New England Patriots quarterback Tom on his injury, but wants
Brady at Soldier Field. to see the Bears defense
Mack played through an ankle injury in bounce back from its
Chicago’s last game, a 31-28 loss to Khalil Mack worst game of the year
Miami. On Friday, he practiced for the first when they face the
time this week, although on a limited basis. Patriots.
Bears coach Matt Nagy says he thought “They’re very explosive,” Mack said.
Mack “moved around pretty good.” “They’ve got weapons over the top.
Mack is listed as questionable for Sunday. They’ve got some good backs. And so it’s
Nagy says team medical personnel will going to be a challenge.”
monitor how he bounces back from Friday’s Mack called last week’s overtime loss and
practice. 31 points allowed “difficult to handle.”
Mack has played in 70 straight games and Wide receiver Allen Robinson II practiced
has never missed a start. Friday on a limited basis after missing
“That’s just who he is,” the coach said. Thursday’s practice because of a groin
Ultimately, the decision will depend on injury. He is questionable.
Mack and the medical evaluations. Cornerback Bryce Callahan is also ques-
“When we get to the time when we’ve got tionable after missing Friday’s practice
to make a decision, then we’ll go with what because of an ankle injury from Thursday’s
we feel is best for him and best for the practice. Cornerback Marcus Cooper (ham-
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The Terra Nova offense, however, had yet can play with anyone. … But then we get in its own territory.
Joe Ingles paced the Jazz with 27 points, first week of the NBA season, but the Jazz Shooting stars?
DUBS including seven 3-pointers, and Donovan
Mitchell added 19 points, but missed all six
of his fourth-quarter attempts. Crowder had
and Warriors took it to a new level, espe-
cially in the first half, which ended with
Utah ahead 81-69.
Ingles recently called himself the best
shooter in the NBA. When asked about that
Continued from page 13 17 and Rudy Gobert had 16 points and 11 In a role reversal, the Jazz were the ones claim, Stephen Curry joked, “That just
rebounds. letting shots fly from behind the arc with means in Las Vegas in summer league in
Crowder scored off his own miss with 51.4 Dante Exum gave the Jazz a 111-101 46 3-point attempts. The Jazz made 19, 2009 we had two of the best shooters of all
seconds left in the game. advantage with 8:53 left in the game. The while the Warriors made 10 of 19 from long time on the same team. . We got a lot in
Warriors responded with their most inspired range. common then.” Curry averaged 17.4 points
Stephen Curry scored 31 points and defense of the night and went on a 13-0 run After the Warriors whittled their 16-point in five summer league games for Golden
Draymond Green had 14 points, nine — Draymond Green’s layup made it 114-111 deficit down to 3, Ingles beat the third-quar- State while teammate Ingles shot 20 percent
rebounds, six assists and a fistful of atti- — to set up the game-ending fireworks. ter buzzer with a running, double-pump 3- from the field in scoring 3.2 points per
tude. Jerebko finished with 10 points. High scores have been common in the pointer from 37 feet. game.
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Museum, artists produced a variety of works focusing on birds.
By Susan Cohn weightlifting. San Quentin Arts in California Department of Corrections and
DAILY JOURNAL SENIOR CORRESPONDENT “Corrections Flying Free” is on view at the Rehabilitation.
San Francisco Airport Museum, Terminal 3, THE WILLIAM JAMES ASSOCIA-
SAN QUENTIN ARTS IN” CORREC- Arrivals — Level 1 — Pre-Security, through TION. The William James Association is a
TIONS FLYING FREE, ” AT THE SAN Oct. 24. nonprofit, community service corporation
FRANCISCO AIRPORT MUSEUM. San THE PRISON ARTS PROJECT. The founded in 1973 by Page Smith and Paul
Quentin State Prison offers 14 classes in Prison Arts Project started in 1977 as the Lee. The association is named for the
visual arts, writing and music, taught by 12 original model for Arts in Corrections, a American philosopher William James, who
professional artists, and serves as a model statewide California prison arts program was concerned with the relationship
for art programs in all state prisons. At which helped lower recidivism (return-to- between philosophical thought and social
present, a minimum of two arts classes are prison rates) and improve the quality of life action. In his essay “A Moral Equivalent of
now offered in all 35 California state pris- for tens of thousands of incarcerated people, War,” James proposed what came to be
ons. For the exhibition San Quentin Arts in their families and the larger community. called “work service” as a substitute for war
“Corrections Flying Free,” on view at the Arts in Corrections is based on the belief service. The William James Association
San Francisco Airport Museum, San Quentin that when institutionalized individuals par- promotes work service in the arts, environ-
artists produced a variety of works focusing ticipate in the arts, their self-esteem and ment, education and community develop-
on birds. Birds commonly appear in prison outlook on the world is significantly affect- ment. Its major concern has been transfor-
art throughout media as diverse as tattoos, ed. Research indicates that participants in mative arts experiences in nontraditional
murals, sculpture and ballpoint pen draw- the Prison Arts Project are less likely to settings, working with prisoners, high-risk
ings. They often represent freedom, aspira- have disciplinary problems while in youth and parolees. The William James
tion and transcendence. Birds are prison, and are more likely to be successful Association began the Prison Arts Project
omnipresent at San Quentin State Prison due upon parole as art classes provide a safe in 1977 as a pilot program at the California
to its mild climate and waterfront location. haven for inmate artists to learn and create Medical Facility in Vacaville. Since that
Through the high windows in the art studio, art with others, build bridges between races time, the William James Association has
birds are often seen flying by or resting on and cultural groups, and help students main- dedicated itself to providing arts experi-
razor wire, chirping brightly. Geese wander tain connections with their families. Arts in ences to incarcerated individuals in the
around the exercise yard, between areas Corrections is now a partnership between belief that participation in the artistic
abuzz with baseball, basketball, tennis and the California Arts Council and the process significantly and positively affects
one’s view of oneself and the world.
Learn more about the Prison Arts Project.
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screenwriters that between them they have But he said she’d love the attention on her to do something like that? Wouldn’t
ACTORS
Continued from page 19
made this friendship into a three-dimen-
sional, A to zed story. I thought it would be
like Wikipedia, like it’s a real life person,
work.
AP: What di d y o u fi nd co mpel l i ng
abo ut thes e characters ?
Dorothy Parker applaud that?
AP: Di recto r Mari el l e Hel l er recre-
ates the New Yo rk Ci ty o f the earl y
I can find photographs... GRANT: Hock is like a Labrador and she 9 0 s s o preci s el y, i t’s al mo s t uncan-
MCCARTHY: Even Lee. There’s no literally is a porcupine. So you go a porcu- ny. Do es that ti me and pl ace ho l d
Brooks, Dorothy Parker and other deceased video. I found three photos that were basi- pine and a Labrador, it’s the most unlikely any s i g ni fi cance to y o u?
luminaries and selling them to collectors. cally the same. I was never trying to mimic friendship but they end up like that MCCARTHY: I moved to New York in
Part cautionary tale, part celebration of because there’s nothing to mimic. But I “Incredible Journey” movie where the most 1990. From 20 to like 27, that was my
this unapologetic literary rebel who was so think we were lucky enough for Lee that unlikely animals end up looking out for period in New York City. I literally
good that her forgeries even appeared in a two of our producers knew her quite well. one another. He’s someone who, living on thought, every single day of my life “I
Coward biography, it’s also the year’s GRANT: But her voice is so strong and his wits, is going to spend whatever can’t believe I live here.” We were all
unlikeliest mediation on friendship clear in the book of someone who is so money he has trying to make himself look working three jobs and trying to do some-
between two people who’ve been tossed smart. as glamorous as he can. He would take the thing because we wanted to do it and
out by polite society. MCCARTHY: And so witty. false teeth out of his grandmother’s face, thought we could do it. You could still live
Melissa McCarthy plays Israel and GRANT: And that’s why they got a very polish them up and resell them to her at a in Manhattan. We lived like animals, two
Richard E. Grant co-stars as Jack Hock, a stupid actress to play the part. (LAUGH- discount and make her feel like she got a and three in a studio, but, my god, my
charismatic grifter who ends up helping TER) bargain. address was New York City. I got really
Lee. The two actors became fast friends off AP: What di d the pro ducers tel l MCCARTHY: They’re perfect oppo- choked up one night, it was just like a
screen as well, and on a recent afternoon in y o u abo ut her? sites. Lee doesn’t want to put on airs. Their street scene and I said, “You gave me back
Los Angeles excitedly discussed the ham- MCCARTHY: (That) everything was balance somehow meets in the middle. one of the times of my life that I think
burgers that McCarthy’s husband would be difficult: There was going to be a fight They’ve both been so good at something formed me as a person. You handed back
making for them that evening. about a project and a fight about not doing and they’re meeting at a time when they’ve this golden moment to me.”
McCarthy and Grant spoke to the a project. When we were shooting at both been told they’re obsolete. And it’s AP: It’s s urpri s i ng that y o u two
Associated Press about the film, out Friday. Julius’ (bar) there was an older guy who was like, well then what? You would go to met o nl y day s befo re s ho o ti ng .
Remarks have been edited for clarity and just kind of lingering. We were on a break measures that on a rational day you would- GRANT: I begged the director, I said, “I
brevity. and I walked by and introduced myself and I n’t admit to. know Miss McCarthy is on many other
AP: Were y o u abl e to tal k to any - said “who are you here with” and he said AP: As i de fro m the l i teral theft, projects, but please can we just have 15, a
o ne who knew Lee o r Jack to pre- “it’s hard not for me to come and join you.” her fo rg ery i s ki nd o f an art. half an hour, lunch maybe.”
pare? I didn’t exactly know what that meant. And MCCARTHY: I love that her letters MCCARTHY: Can you imagine meet-
GRANT: All his friends are dead. And he he goes, “I sat to her left. That was my job. went into that biography until the second ing on set?
died at 47. And Lee, the true, selfish Lee was my friend for many years.” And it printing of it. I always think that those GRANT: I wasn’t going to sleep for 72
authentic person she was, wrote very, very really did take the air out of me. I said authors would get a kick out of it. I think hours unless we met. And we did. And we
little about him at all! She wrote every- “Would Lee be happy with this?” And he Dorothy Parker would be like, maybe don’t didn’t get on.
thing about herself. It’s a testament to the goes, “happy wasn’t really Lee’s thing.” grift off me anymore, but still the audacity MCCARTHY: And still don’t.
arouses her fury like Tom Clancy; she bit- “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” has justly luck Hock, Grant is a paragon of debauched
FORGIVE
Continued from page 19
terly curses his millions while being behind
her rent.
With nowhere left to turn, Israel begins
won praise as one of McCarthy’s best and
most dramatic performances. As Israel,
she’s a gloriously embittered, hard-drinking
decadence, tragic and magnificent at once.
His regal bearing crackles with a sly
wickedness. “Do not underestimate spark-
curmudgeon incapable of holding her ing blues eyes and a little bit of street
forging celebrity letters from the likes of
tongue — a distinctly New York creature if smarts,” he tells Israel in mid-hustle.
lies stacked on the 75 percent-off table. Franny Brice, Noel Coward, Dorothy Parker
and Louise Brooks. Sometimes adding to ever there was one. And her fear of slipping That Heller, whose debut was the coming-
When she runs into her old friend at a bar away is painfully real. of-age drama “The Diary of a Teenage Girl,”
(it’s still daylight outside but both are well real letters, sometimes faking the sta-
tionery altogether, she’s able to convinc- That McCarthy is utterly at home in a has affection for these two is obvious. And
on their way), Lee asks Jack, a former actor, more dramatic part comes as little surprise. just as in her San Francisco 1976-set debut,
what he’s been doing with his life. “This ingly mimic their voices. They fetch her a
She was the best thing in 2014’s misjudged she leaves the moralizing to the viewer.
and that,” Jack says brightly. And then with decent paycheck from book stores and col-
“St. Vincent” and even her broadest of That film brilliantly captured and let soar
a chagrined grimace: “Mostly that.” lectors. She’s good at it, too. “I’m a better
comedic performances tremble with tender- the voice of 15-year-old aspiring cartoon-
Israel has penned well-received biogra- Dorothy Parker than Dorothy Parker,” says
ness and soul. She’s simply one of the best ist. “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” is about a
phies on Tallulah Bankhead and Dorothy Israel with genuine pride.
actors working today, and it didn’t take a more frustrated female artist who finds self-
Kilgallen, but interest in her books has The story is a real one, first recounted in drama to see that. expression illegally but genuinely. “I still
dried up and now her agent (Jane Curtin, Israel’s gleefully unrepentant 2008 memoir “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” sings best — consider the letters,” Israel wrote in her
brilliant) won’t return her calls. A 51-year- of the same title. Heller’s film, adapted by or rather, grumbles spectacularly — when memoir, “to be my best work.”
old gay woman who lives with her cat in a Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty, has McCarthy and Grant are together. They are “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” a Fox
small apartment on the Upper West Side, brought to the screen all the strange ironies kindred misfits and malcontents happy for Searchlight release, is rated R by the
Israel is struck by writer’s block or, possi- of Israel’s famous fraud. (Her forgeries even- each other’s company. It’s been more than Motion Picture Association of America for
bly, is just drinking too much. Her sad tually attracted the attention of the FBI and three decades since “Withnail and I,” and language including some sexual references
predicament infuriates her, and caustic wit she was sentenced to six months house Grant remains the best drinking buddy in and brief drug use. Running time: 107 min-
fires out of her indiscriminately. Nothing arrest. Israel died in 2014 at 75.) movies. As the even-more-down-on-his- utes. Three and a half stars out of four.
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resources.
“I think there’s a great need for
health and wellness in this communi-
SATURDAY, OCT. 20
Calendar
Eighth Annual Bullis Scholarship
ty,” he said. “Taxpayer money is being Back to School Health Resource Fundraiser. 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
well spent on services for those peo- Fair. 9 a.m. to noon. Hoover Congregational Church of San
to decide the future of these districts.” ple.” Community School, 701 Charter St., Mateo, 25 Tilton Ave., San Mateo.
Hickey is hoping Harrison and Redwood City. Free flu vaccines (3 Silent and live auction. Cost is $30.
Having served on the district’s years and up) and health screenings, For more information call 455-1454.
Kiesel will be elected to join him on grants committee, Garb said he felt free backpacks and school supplies
the board, affording them the majority comfortable with the mix of nonprof- (for students only). Resources on CHC Rock tober fest. 6 p.m. to 10
family wellness and community ben- p.m. The National Center for Equine
they would need to take steps toward its and organizations the district has efits. For more information call 691- Facilitated Therapy, 880 Runnymede
putting the issue to voters, voting funded, but pegged an interest in study- 2121. Road, Woodside. The event costs
against allocating funds toward health $125. All proceeds go to charitable
ing how mental health resources and Drop Off Unused/Unwanted Paint causes related to disabilities. For
services or merging the district with programs for child between the ages of and Mattresses for free at One-Day more information call 617-3857.
the Peninsula Health Care District, 0 to 5 and their families could be bol-
Recycling Event in San Mateo. 9
a.m. to 1 p.m. San Mateo County 2018 Grand National Rodeo. 7:30
which funds community health care stered in the county. Event Center, East Parking Lot, 1346 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Cow Palace, 2600
programs and resources for residents of Nayfack, who works as a physician Saratoga Drive., San Mateo. Free. For Geneva Ave., Daly City. Grand
Burlingame, Foster City, providers make the transition to fewer more information call (855) 724- National Rodeo, Livestock Exposition
hospital stays and care increasingly for the Palo Alto Medical Foundation 6809. and Horse Show. Features traditional
Hillsborough, Millbrae, San Bruno clinic in San Carlos, said he’s come to rodeo events including bareback rid-
and San Mateo. being offered at community clinics and Coping with Dementia: Caregivers. ing, steer wrestling, team roping, sad-
through preventative programs. see the district as a critical source of 10 a.m. to noon. San Mateo Senior dle bronc riding, tie-down roping,
With a background in finance, Kiesel support for the health of the local com- Center, 2645 Alameda de las Pulgas, bull riding and barrel racing.
said he has served on the City/County “Districts throughout the state are San Mateo. Strategies and practical Exhibitors will show cattle, hogs,
changing from running hospitals to munity, noting the district’s Healthy tips to build skill set and confidence sheep, goats and rabbits, along with
Association of Governments’ finance Schools Initiative and 70 Strong, with this job. Free. For more informa- photography and fine art. Cost is $14
committee as a Foster City coun- community support and I feel that’s a tion call 522-7490. to $45. For more information call
good role,” he said. which aims to boost seniors’ access to (415) 414-4100.
cilmember. Focused on making sure tailored resources, as examples of the A Year in Salem: The Witchcraft
taxpayers have a say on where their Though Harrison, who described Crisis of 1692. 10 a.m. to noon. Grace Puccini’s La bohème. 8 p.m. to 11
himself as a libertarian, said he would targeted way in which the district has p.m. Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305
taxes go, Kiesel advocated for Lutheran Church, 2825 Alameda de
be open to merging the two health care increased access to care. las Pulgas, San Mateo. Presented by Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. Story
increased accountability on how dis- As the only practicing physician San Mateo County Genealogical about young artists struggling in San
trict funds are being spent to ensure districts in the county, he preferred Society Speaker Gay Scott. For more Francisco. Cost is $35-$85. For more
taking steps toward dissolving it alto- among the candidates in the race, information call 345-9068. information call 424-9999.
they are not duplicating efforts with Nayfack felt he has a good pulse for the
other agencies, such as the county, gether. Fun for Family Workshop: Plant a SUNDAY, OCT. 21
“It is unjust, it is unreasonable,” he needs of families in the district. Native California Plant Pollinator 10th Annual San Mateo Rotary 5K
which also dedicates funds to health Though he felt the district has taken Garden from Seed. 10 a.m. to noon. / 10K Fun Run. 9 a.m. to 11:05 a.m.
programs. said. “There shouldn’t be any such Seal Point Park, 1901 J Hart Clinton
steps in addressing some of those North Coast County Water, 2400
Kiesel also took issue with the pos- thing as a Sequoia Healthcare District. Francisco Blvd., Pacifica. Free. For Drive, San Mateo. All runners will
It’s an arbitrary line thrown on a map needs, he advocated for strengthening more information call 349-3000. receive a Rotary Fun Run T-shirt,
sibility district funds may not have partnerships between agencies provid- goodie bag and chance to win free
strictly benefited district residents, to divert tax money.” Filmmaking Class. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. raffle prizes. Cost is $45. For more
Having run for a seat on the board in ing health care in the district and Midpen Media Center, 900 San information call 669-9622.
noting he felt some of the district’s focusing even more attention on men- Antonio Road, Palo Alto. A 15-hour
grant recipients may have served 2016, Harrison acknowledged the pos- intensive filmmaking workshop that Grand Opening of the Nine Lives
sibility he may be elected to the seat tal health resources. covers everything you need to create Foundation Adoption Center! 1
clients outside the district’s bound- Having earned a master’s in public p.m. to 4 p.m. Sequoia Yacht Club, 441
aries. but not part of a majority vote to dis- a digital video, from shooting to edit-
Seaport Court, Redwood City. Visit to
solve the district, noting in that situa- health, Nayfack said he could see the ing to uploading. For more informa-
new adoption center
“Twelve-million-dollars worth of value in a communitywide approach to
tion call 494-8686.
taxes are being disbursed, not for a tion he would focus on ensuring dis- (Transportation provided). Two drink
health care, and said he felt a commu- Cheung Yeung Festival. 10 a.m. to tickets for wine or beer, live music,
hospital because they do not own the trict funds stay in the district. 2:30 p.m. Skylawn Memorial Park, hors d’oeuvres, Silent auction and
nitywide perspective was missing in Skylawn Memorial Park State Route raffles tickets on sale until Oct. 20 or
hospital anymore, but on other
issues,” he said. “The point is it may
Support of district’s shift Hickey’s approach to overseeing the 92 and Skyline Boulevard, San Mateo.
Come experience an important part
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district’s funds. Nayfack said he’s also
be good for the citizens, but the voters Both Garb and Nayfack supported observed a transition in health care
of cultural life in the Chinese com-
Halloween Odyssey, free family
munity. Free. For more information
have not approved that.” keeping the district intact and com- from hospitals being the central place call (415) 359-2312. concert. 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Community
Having served as the CEO of the mended its support of community where patients receive care to a more
United Methodist Church, 777
AARP South San Francisco Chapter Miramontes St., Half Moon Bay. Get
Sequoia Hospital and as a district board health care programs to date. Garb is a distributed set of centers or clinics 3156 General Meeting. 10:30 a.m. to spooked and tickled by musical
member for some 20 years, Faro felt former board member for the Belmont- addressing patients’ needs and felt the noon. Magnolia Center, 601 Grand witches, trolls and goblins. There may
Ave., South San Francisco. Free coffee even be spiders. Brought to you by
very strongly the district is playing a Redwood Shores Elementary School shift in the district’s focus from sup- and donuts will be provided. For three mischievous musicians in an
vital role in supporting district resi- District, formerly the CEO of the non- porting a hospital to community pro- more information call 991-4111. array of classical favorites. For more
profit StarVista and a commissioner information call 515-1956.
dents in school, at senior centers and grams made sense. State Propositions Pros and Cons.
through programs aimed at keeping for First 5 San Mateo. He said he has a “I think it absolutely makes sense 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Belmont Library, Ballot Propositions Discussion. 2
them out of hospitals. He said he would good feel for community needs and and is completely 100 percent appro- 1110 Alameda de las Pulgas, p.m. to 4 p.m. Burlingame Main
Belmont. Join us for an examination Library, 480 Primrose Road,
hate to see the district dissolve, noting supported the district’s role in helping priate for the health care district to of the pros and cons of the state Burlingame. Hear about and discuss
it can help residents and health care residents who might not otherwise have shifted as well,” he said. propositions on the November bal- the five propositions on the
lot. Free. For more information call November ballot. Free. For more
591-8286. information call 430-2073.
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take-charge Annie self-righteous. worth seeing. 840 W. Orange Ave., South San Belmont Library, 1110 Alameda de
Francisco. TeenTechSF, an interactive las Pulgas, Belmont. Listen to a con-
Both Strasser as Liam and LeBuhn as Running about two hours with one versation between two Northern
technology based community run by
Continued from page 21 Charles are believable in their pain. intermission, “The Resting Place” will and for teens, is visiting SSFPL to lead California mystery writers. Free. For
a Website Development Workshop. more information, call 591-8286.
According to artistic director Loretta continue through Nov. 4 at Magic For more information call 829-3860.
arise, but he has moments of extreme Greco, the play “investigates what Theatre, Fort Mason Center, 2 Marina Puccini’s La bohème. 2 p.m. to 5
Blvd., Building D, third floor, San Transition to Independence p.m. Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305
emotion. Talbot’s Angela drinks too happens to those who are left behind Resource Fair. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mills Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. Story
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