100210 Daily Journal

www.smdailyjournal.com Weekend • Oct.2-3,2010 • Vol XI,Edition 40 AGREEMENT REACHED STATE PAGE 8 GIANTS HA VE A ROUGH NIGHT SPORT S PAGE 11 ‘HOWL’LOOKS AT GINSBERG WEEKEND PAGE 19 GOV . SCHWARZENEGGE R, LEGISLA TIVE LEADERS REACH BUDGET DEAL; DETAILS CO MING NEXT WEEK DAILY JOURNAL STAFF REPORT Sending 4-year-olds who would soon be celebrating a birthday to kindergarten will be a thing of the past after a bill which requires students to be 5 by Sept. 1 rather than Dec. 1 was signed by the governor Thursday evening. Under the Kindergarten Readiness Act of 2010, authored by state Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo A lto, students must be 5 years old to start kindergarten. An additional year of “Transitional Kindergarten” will be offered for children with fall birthdays. California, now one of a handful of states that permit children to start as young as 4 years and 9 months old, joins the majority of states who require children to be 5 by Sept. 1. The change has long been sough t by teachers, who con- sistently report that children younger than 5 are the ones most likely to flounder and fall behind. The act, Senate Bill 1381, also establishes a Transitional Kindergar ten, the first year of a two- year kinder garten, for children with fall birthdays (Sept. 2 to Dec. 2) who will be too young under the new cutoff date to enter regular kindergarten. New law raises age to start kindergarten Joe Simitian By Marcus Wohlsen THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO — A new law makes possessing up to an ounce of marijuana in California no more serious than getting a speeding ticket — a development both sides battling over a marijuana legalization ballot measure hope to exploit with the vote just a month away. The law signed late Thursday by Pot possession now like speeding ticket DIANA CLOCK/DAILY JOURNAL Donna Baranski-Walker,Founder and Executive Director of the Rebuilding Alliance, prepares for an olive oil tasting at Dove and Olive Works in San Mateo.The store sells organic,fair-trade olive oils from Palestine,among other fair-trade goods. By Emily DeRuy DAILY JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT A new community center in San Mateo offers visitors a chance to learn about peace and social justice while they watch peace makers in act ion, buy prod- ucts and lear n about local, national and international humanitarian projects. Dove and Olive W orks, located at 178 South Blvd., provides a place f or people to gather and browse an array of prod- ucts, from children’ s picture books about nonviolence to fair-trad e gifts. The shop hosts f ree ev ents, includ ing lect ures, book signings and film screenings. Local groups in need of a meeting space are welcome to use the buil ding, as well as the garden. The center also offers free tastings of an array of olive oils and spices from Palestine. Opening the center involved a collab- orative effort by Reach and T each, a peace and social justice learning compa- ny , and The Rebuil ding Al lian ce, a non- profit organization aimed at rebuilding Peacemakers in action New center offers shared community space in San Mateo By Michelle Durand DAILY JOURNAL STAFF The English software designer who said he didn’t know sexually abusing three young boys was wrong was ruled sane by the same jury who last week found the man guilty of 44 felonies. The d ecision , which jurors returne d Friday afternoon just over an hour after hearing closing arguments in Tarquin Craig Thomas’ sanit y phase, mean s t he 44-year-old man will spend life in prison rather than be treat- ed at a state hospital and possibly released. He will be sen- tenced Dec. 3 and the bottom term of the life sentence could Convicted molester fo un d s ane Abuse to bring life sentence By Heather Murtagh DAILY JOURNAL STAFF A $162 million South San Francisco school bond measure could rep lace agin g portabl es, add technology into the classroom and install solar panels which will create an ongoing savings to the district of $500,000, South City schools looking for money $162 million bond measure aims to replace infrastructure Tarquin Thomas See ELECTION, Pa ge 23 See SANE, Pa ge 23 See AGE, Pa ge 31 See POT, Pa ge 31 See DOVE, Pa ge 23

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