http://www.smdailyjournal.com/ The Daily Journal - San Mateo Daily Journal Anne Oliva was selected Tuesday evening to serve on the Millbrae City Council filling the vacancy created by the unexpected death of Nadia Holober last month.After a nearly three-hour process, the co... http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770451 http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770451 With an increase in graffiti on public property and escalating costs to remove it, San Mateo has moved toward outsourcing the job. City staff had a company in mind, Hayward-based Graffiti Protective ... http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770444 http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770444 An Atherton real estate investor pleaded guilty to mail fraud and bid rigging at public auctions of foreclosed properties outside the San Mateo County courthouse in Redwood City, according to the Depa... http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770442 http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770442 San Mateo is suing a company for not replacing defective equipment it supplied for wastewater treatment plant improvements and its unwillingness to comply with warranty obligations, according to a com... http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770439 http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770439 As part of its first two-year budget cycle, county officials yesterday adopted a resolution keeping the funds in place until final approval this fall. The Board of Supervisors move at Tuesday’... http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770438 http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770438 SAN FRANCISCO - Major League Baseball is dragging its feet on having team owners vote on the Oakland Athletics' proposed move to a new ballpark 40 miles south in San Jose, San Jose city officials ... http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770435 http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770435 Burlingame is keeping its options open when it comes to developing its downtown. Last year, the Burlingame City Council decided to continue working with Grosvenor Americas and Equity Residential to ... http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770432 http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770432 A 47-year-old San Francisco real estate agent who claimed he bound a woman with duct tape inside a South San Francisco motel room because she was a prostitute who had stolen his iPad during an earlie... http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770429 http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770429 Residents of a flood-prone neighborhood in East Palo Alto can rest easier now that the first phase of repairs to the San Francisquito Creek bank have been completed. The creek overflowed in December ... http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770428 http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770428 Starting this fall, the National Hispanic University's bachelor of arts in child development program will be offered at Cañada College in Redwood City. The partnership expands access to a four-ye... http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770427 http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770427 Police are on the lookout for a San Mateo woman who went missing from Montara State Beach in unincorporated San Mateo County last Thursday. The woman, identified as Ara Ghorgyi Ward, 48, of San Mate... http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770426 http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770426 Butt out Juveniles were seen smoking on a bench on Ralston Avenue in Belmont before 2:21 p.m. Tuesday, June 11. Millbrae Arrest. A man was arrested for having an outstanding warrant on the first b... http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770440 http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770440 SACRAMENTO - California is a national leader in reducing the number of juvenile offenders incarcerated in state and county lockups, according to a study advocacy groups released Tuesday. Driven by... http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770436 http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770436 WASHINGTON - The Republican-led House on Tuesday passed a far-reaching anti-abortion bill that conservatives saw as a milestone in their 40-year campaign against legalized abortion and Democrats cha... http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770425 http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770425 WASHINGTON - The U.S. foiled a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange because of the sweeping surveillance programs at the heart of a debate over national security and personal privacy, officials ... http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770424 http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770424 WASHINGTON - Sweeping immigration legislation moving toward a vote in the Senate would boost the economy and reduce federal deficits, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday, at the same time i... http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770423 http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770423 WASHINGTON - Declaring "the days of Rambo are over," a top general said Tuesday that cultural, social and behavioral concerns may be bigger hurdles than tough physical fitness requirements for w... http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770422 http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770422 WASHINGTON - An Internal Revenue Service manager and self-described conservative Republican said the close scrutiny of tea party groups' tax forms originated in his Cincinnati IRS office and not i... http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770421 http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770421 ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland - President Barack Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin and other G-8 leaders attempted to speak with one voice Tuesday on seeking a negotiated Syrian peace settleme... http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770420 http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770420 BERLIN - Now a veteran of the international summit scene, President Barack Obama wielded significant influence over the agenda at this week's Group of Eight meetings, but had only modest success ... http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770419 http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770419 KABUL, Afghanistan - The Taliban and the U.S. said Tuesday they will hold talks on finding a political solution to ending nearly 12 years of war in Afghanistan, as the international coalition formal... http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770418 http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770418 ISTANBUL - After weeks of sometimes violent confrontation with police, protesters in Turkey have found what could be a more potent form of resistance: standing still. The trend was launched by per... http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770417 http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770417 We're sorry, sir, but we don't have any cars left. That was my unpleasant welcome to Michigan by Hertz. I had a reservation. They saw the reservation. The problem: Hertz hadn't actually saved ... http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770406 http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770406 LOS ANGELES - A woman who worked as a stunt double for Angelina Jolie sued Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. in Los Angeles on Tuesday, claiming she's a victim of a phone hacking scheme to obtain info... http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770405 http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770405 The ice cream cone was invented at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair by accident. An ice cream vendor ran out of cups so he asked a waffle vendor to help by rolling up waffles to hold the ice cream.*... http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770441 http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770441 NEW YORK - Here's the latest goal for food makers: Perfect the art of imperfection. When stretching out the dough for its premium "Artisan Pizzas," Domino's workers are instructed not to wo... http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770397 http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770397 NEW YORK - Starbucks has a new way to wake up its customers: showing the calories in its drinks. The Seattle-based coffee chain says it will start posting calorie counts on menu boards nationwide n... http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770396 http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770396 Most people have only ever seen a scorpion fish in an aquarium. Unless they dine at Carolina Crossroads Restaurant in Chapel Hill, N.C., where they'll find the spiny, venomous creature on the menu. ... http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770395 http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770395 In 1862, Congress passed, and President Abraham Lincoln signed, a measure abolishing slavery in U.S. territories. In 1865, Union troops commanded by Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Tex... http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770394 http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770394 With intermittent summer days on the coast, the weather isn’t always conducive for fishermen in Half Moon Bay’s Princeton Harbor. But when the skies clear and provide spurts of c... http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770443 http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770443 MIAMI - LeBron James led a title-saving charge, and now his crown will be on the line one more time in Game 7. James powered Miami to a frantic fourth-quarter rally and overtime escape as the Heat ... http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770449 http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770449 The rags-to-riches story of the 2011 Cal baseball team just keeps getting better. Today marks the second anniversary of the day the storied Cinderella run of the Golden Bears culminated in a trip to ... http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770450 http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770450 Most typical 14 year olds spend the summer whiling away the days until the next school year starts. Michael French and Patrick Caldwell are not your typical 14 year olds. The duo, who recently gradua... http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770437 http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770437 SAN FRANCISCO - Juan Perez hit a tiebreaking single with two outs in the eighth inning and the San Francisco Giants beat San Diego 5-4 on Tuesday night, snapping the Padres' seven-game winning str... http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770448 http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770448 ARLINGTON, Texas - Brandon Moss and John Jaso homered off Yu Darvish and the AL West-leading Oakland Athletics beat Texas 6-2 on Tuesday night. Jarrod Parker (6-6) limited the Rangers to two runs ... http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770447 http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770447 NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH, Mass. - State and local police spent hours at the home of New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez on Tuesday night as another group of officers searched an industrial par... http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770446 http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770446 SANDY, Utah - Jozy Altidore scored a goal in his fourth consecutive international match, enough for the United States to edge Honduras 1-0 in a World Cup qualifying game Tuesday night. Before 20,25... http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770445 http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770445 KINGSTON, Jamaica - Veronica Campbell-Brown's agent insists one of the cornerstones of Jamaica's wide-ranging sprint success "is not a cheat," even though the test results read differently. ... http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770434 http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770434 After 16 consecutive years of always showing up at Wimbledon, winning five titles along the way, Venus Williams pulled out of the grass-court Grand Slam tournament Tuesday, citing a lower back injury.... http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770433 http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770433 NEW YORK - They come back for a bit, then they're gone again. So it goes for the New York Yankees and many of their ailing stars this season. Kevin Youkilis needs back surgery and Mark Teixeira r... http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770431 http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770431 FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski underwent back surgery on Tuesday, his fourth operation this year. The latest surgery was performed by Dr. Robert Watkins and was s... http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770430 http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770430 NEW YORK - It's all about the Fed. Still. U.S. stocks moved higher Tuesday, helped by news of a pickup in home building and low inflation. But the Federal Reserve loomed large, with investors tr... http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770412 http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770412 SACRAMENTO - Aetna Inc. will stop selling individual health insurance policies in California next month, just weeks after opting out of the exchange that is being established as part of the nationa... http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770411 http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770411 SUNNYVALE - Yahoo is the latest company to disclose how many requests for user data it has received from U.S. government agencies, putting the number between 12,000 and 13,000 in the six months that... http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770410 http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770410 LOS ANGELES - DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., the studio behind "Shrek" and "Kung Fu Panda," said Tuesday that a new deal to provide original TV shows to Netflix will help it double the reve... http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770409 http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770409 DETROIT - In one of the biggest-ever showdowns between an automaker and the government, Chrysler on Tuesday is expected to file papers explaining its refusal to recall 2.7 million older Jeep SUVs t... http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770408 http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770408 DETROIT - U.S. safety regulators said Tuesday that they are investigating problems with air-bag sensors in the seats of some small Suzuki SUVs. The probe covers 205,000 vehicles including Grand Vit... http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770407 http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770407 NEW YORK - Santarus Inc. and Pharming Group said Tuesday that the Food and Drug Administration accepted their marketing application for the hereditary angioedema drug Ruconest, and will make a decis... http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770403 http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770403 NEW YORK - Todd Bradley, the head of Hewlett-Packard Co.'s printing and personal computer business, has been appointed to a new position in charge of the company's strategy with a focus on China... http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770402 http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1770402