Officials Urging Fireworks Safety During Drought
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Leading local news coverage on the Peninsula Friday • July 4, 2014 • Vol XIII,Edition 275 www.smdailyjournal.com ANGELA SWARTZ/DAILY Marianne Lindbolm, an emergency dispatcher, helps sell Safe and Sane fireworks with the San Bruno Police Association at the Shops at Tanforan. Officials urging REUTERS Specialist Geoffrey Friedman reacts to the Dow Jones industrials average passing 17,000 on the floor of the New fireworks safety York Stock Exchange.The Dow industrials broke above the 17,000 milestone on Thursday and the S&P 500 came within 1 percent of piercing through 2,000 after the U.S.unemployment rate fell to its lowest in almost six years during drought and the American economy created many more jobs than forecast. Safe and Sane fireworks legal Positive signs in San Bruno and Pacifica only By Angela Swartz ing the Fourth of June jobs report shows U.S.recovery is accelerating DAILY JOURNAL STAFF Inside July holiday sea- The stock mar- depths of the recession. Drought won’t son and through- By Josh Boak Inside Fourth of July means fireworks stop fireworks out the summer THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ket signaled its Yet employers have shrugged off and for San Bruno and Pacifica — in dry western months with all Great day approval. The that setback. They’ve kept hiring. the two San Mateo County cities states outdoor activi- WASHINGTON — A surprisingly for Wall Street Dow Jones indus- The unemployment rate dipped that authorize the sale and use of See page 6 ties,” he wrote. robust job market is energizing See page 10 trial average from 6.3 percent in May to its “Safe and Sane” fireworks — are in “The abundance of the 5-year-old U.S. recovery and surged 92 points lowest level since the financial full swing for sales. dry grass and brush in the area, driving the economy closer to full to top 17,000 for the first time. crisis struck with full force in the But along with the fun, officials coupled with the ongoing health. The breadth and consistency of fall of 2008, when the Wall Street warn to be extra careful this year California drought, has created Employers added 288,000 jobs the job growth are striking in firm Lehman Brothers went bank- because of the drought. extremely dangerous fire condi- in June and helped cut the unem- part because of how poorly the rupt. Belmont Fire Department tions.” ployment rate to 6.1 percent, the year began. The economy shrank “This has now become a text- Captain Patrick Halleran sent out a TNT Fireworks has five Safe and lowest since 2008. It was the fifth at a steep 2.9 percent annual rate book jobs expansion,” said memo Tuesday reminding resi- Sane sales stands in San Bruno and straight gain above 200,000 — in the January-March quarter as a Patrick O’Keefe, director of eco- dents that the sale, possession and four in Pacifica. Safe and Sane usu- the best such stretch since the late harsh winter contributed to the use of all fireworks are prohibited ally means fireworks that do not 1990s tech boom. sharpest contraction since the See RECOVERY, Page 20 in Belmont. “Please be extremely careful dur- See SAFETY, Page 19 Alleged gangmembers accused of beating woman DAILY JOURNAL STAFF REPORT bound on the the face multi- SPCA advises pet owners to take 800 block of ple times by Three alleged gangmembers beat Hickory Place one of the men, precautions over holiday weekend and robbed a woman in South San around 3:25 according to Francisco Tuesday afternoon, p.m. when she police. By Drew Himmelstein cautions to keep their pets happy according to police. felt someone The woman BAY CITY NEWS SERVICE and safe over the holiday weekend. Nicholas William Rodriguez, come up behind sustained Fireworks often cause pets 18, of South San Francisco, Eric her and pull on injuries to her Fourth of July can be a festive stress and anxiety, so people Esqueda-Perez, 21, of South San her purse, South face, chest and holiday for people but a frighten- should not bring their pets to fire- Francisco, and an unnamed juve- San Francisco back and was works displays, where they may Nicholas Eric ing time for pets. nile were arrested after attacking a Rodriguez police said. Esqueda-Perez transported to The San Francisco SPCA is 46-year-old woman. The woman advising pet owners to take pre- See PETS, Page 20 The woman was walking south- tried to hold on but was punched in See ATTACK, Page 20 2 Friday • July 4, 2014 FOR THE RECORD THE DAILY JOURNAL Thought for the Day “Intellectually,I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country.” — Sinclair Lewis,American author (1885-1951) This Day in History The Declaration of Independence was adopted by delegates to the Second Continental Congress in 1776 Philadelphia. In 1802, the United States Military Academy officially opened at West Point, New York. In 1831, the fifth president of the United States, James Monroe, died in New York City at age 73. In 1863, the Civil War Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, ended as a Confederate garrison surrendered to Union forces. In 1872, the 30th president of the United States, Calvin Coolidge, was born in Plymouth, Vermont. In 1912, the 48-star American flag, recognizing New Mexico statehood, was adopted. Atrain wreck near Corning, New York, claimed 39 lives. In 1939,Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees delivered his famous farewell speech in which he called himself “the lucki- est man on the face of the earth.” In 1942, Irving Berlin’s musical review “This Is the Army” opened at the Broadway Theater in New York. In 1959, America’s 49-star flag, recognizing Alaskan state- hood, was officially unfurled. REUTERS In 1960, America’s 50-star flag, recognizing Hawaiian A participant of the ‘Zombie Takeover of Coney Island’poses for a portrait in Coney Island in the Brooklyn borough of New York. statehood, was officially unfurled. In 1976, Israeli commandos raided Entebbe airport in In other news ... Uganda, rescuing almost all of the passengers and crew of an Air France jetliner seized by pro-Palestinian hijackers. OC ex-student awarded Chandler told the Los Angeles Times. Man accused of setting In 1982, the space shuttle Columbia concluded its fourth A Los Angeles County sheriff’s and final test flight with a smooth landing at Edwards Air $3.8M for metal shop injury statement said Villa was in a group 20 fires in Los Angeles Force Base in California. Heavy metal rocker Ozzy Osbourne SANTA ANA — An Orange County hiking off Big Tujunga Canyon Road LOS ANGELES — Prosecutors say a married his manager, Sharon Arden, in Maui, Hawaii. jury has awarded $3.8 million to a for- and passed out along the trail after man described as a transient has been In 1999, white supremacist Benjamin Nathaniel Smith shot mer high school student whose hand they apparently ran out of water. charged with setting more than 20 himself to death as police closed in on him in southern was badly injured in a metal shop Temperatures were in the upper 80s for small trash fires throughout Los Illinois, hours after he’d apparently shot and killed a Korean class. much of the afternoon. Angeles this year. man outside a church in Bloomington, Indiana; authorities believe Smith was also responsible for killing former college City News Service says the award Homicide detectives were conduct- Forty-three-year-old Salvador basketball coach Ricky Byrdsong during a three-day rampage was made Wednesday in Bryan ing an accidental death investigation Munguia pleaded not guilty this week targeting minorities. Zavala’s lawsuit against the Newport- and have interviewed family members, to the string of fires. Mesa Unified School District. the statement said. The most recent fires burned dry grass Zavala was 16 when three of his fin- Villa, a Sylmar resident, was head- in the Boyle Heights area. Prosecutors Birthdays gers got stuck between a sander and a ing into his second year at Cal State say trash cans, discarded furniture and work table in a 2011 accident. Northridge. He and other pledges were piles of leaves were set ablaze between His lawsuit contended that the with some previously initiated mem- April and June. machine was dangerous and improper- bers for the fraternity-planned outing, Munguia, whom authorities described ly placed and that the teacher taught an said Justin Angotti, the Pi Kappa Phi’s as a transient, was arrested June 27 near improper grinding technique and failed assistant executive director of educa- the scene of a small fire. to supervise students. tion and accountability. The fires were small and caused no Messages left for a district spokes- Villa participated in spring recruit- significant damage. woman weren’t immediately returned. ment and was scheduled to be initiated If convicted on all counts, he could sometime before students returned for be sentenced to up to 20 years in state Fraternity suspended prison. Broadcast Mike “The Malia Obama is 16. the fall semester, Angotti told the after pledge dies during hike newspaper. journalist Geraldo Situation” California woman accused Rivera is 71. Sorrentino is 32. LOS ANGELES — A fraternity at The chapter has since suspended its activities while local authorities and of abducting grandchild Actress Eva Marie Saint is 90. Actress Gina Lollobrigida is California State University, Northridge, has been ordered to sus- the national fraternity investigate the PHOENIX — A California woman 87. Playwright Neil Simon is 87. Country singer Ray Pillow pend all its activities while the school situation.