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As the nation turns its gaze to a new year and tax season,
local professionals have been fielding a stream of inquiries
on how the GOP’s new rules will affect
what residents and small businesses pay
toward their 2018 returns.
After spending much of late 2017
watching as changes to the federal tax
code were proposed and debated in
Congress, Glenn Carlson, a San Mateo-
based enrolled agent, said tax profes-
sionals across the county have been
Donald Trump inundated with chatter and questions
about how the plan could play out.
“It’s been the talk of the tax accounting community for a
while now,” he said of the tax legislation President Donald
Burlingame eyeing increased garbage rates
Trump signed Dec. 22. Officials to discuss strategy for hiking bills as updated contract looms
Though the new rules double the standard deduction and By Austin Walsh and examine an Authority, also known as ReThink
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people can deduct on their federal income tax returns. to rise in the new year and officials The rising rates neighboring cities, said Mayor
Given the inflated cost of real estate in California and will soon begin addressing the are invited by a Michael Brownrigg.
especially in the region, some residents considered “mid- increased cost likely facing residents renegotiated solid No decision is slated to be made dur-
dle-income,” or those expected to pay more than $10,000 and businesses. waste collection ing the upcoming discussion, but
in state and local income as well as property taxes, could be The Burlingame City Council will deal with the South Brownrigg said the talks could set a
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Police shoot, kill person been experiencing allows pollution from
Local briefs wood smoke to build up in Bay Area neigh- Police reports
who shot at them outside bank nounced dead a short while later, according borhoods, leading to poor air quality,
Police said they shot a person to death according to the Air District.
who shot at them Saturday afternoon out-
to police.
Wood burning is banned in the Bay Area Chutes and ladders
The officers involved in the shooting A store’s employee found a window bro-
side a Redwood City bank. have been placed on paid administrative on Spare the Air days. Residents will not
be allowed to burn wood, manufactured fire ken and a ladder inside the business on
Someone called police at about 2:25 leave. An investigation into the shooting South El Camino Real in San Mateo, it
p.m. to tell them that a person with a logs or other solid fuel indoors or out-
will be done by the San Mateo County was reported at 8:12 a.m. Thursday,
black handgun was outside the Wells Fargo doors Monday and Tuesday, air district
District Attorney’s Office, which typically Dec. 21.
bank at 1900 Broadway. The person with officials said.
takes up to 12 weeks to release a report.
the gun was pacing back and forth in front “As we enter the new year, a high-pres-
Release of the deceased’s identity is sure system continues to linger over the
of the ATM area, according to police. pending the San Mateo County Coroner’s Bay Area, potentially causing poor air
FOSTER CITY
Officers went to the bank and recognized Office notifying next of kin. quality conditions,” said Jack Broadbent, Hi t-and-run. Someone hit a vehicle and
the person from previous encounters with The Dec. 30 shooting marked the fourth executive director of the Bay Area Air left no note on East Hillsdale Boulevard, it
police. Officers set up perimeters to keep fatal officer-involved shooting in San District. was reported at 11:37 a.m. Tuesday, Dec.
the suspect from escaping and to protect Mateo County in 2017 and the second in 26.
the safety of other people in the area. Broadbent said the district “wants to
Redwood City for the year. The District thank Bay Area residents for not burning Dri v i n g un de r t h e i n fl ue n c e . A
Police said they started talking to the sus- Attorney in 2017 investigated cases Sunnyvale resident was found driving under
wood and for continuing to protect the
pect to try to establish rapport and de- involving officers in South San the influence on Foster City Boulevard and
health and well-being of their friends and
escalate the situation and have the suspect Francisco, Redwood City and with the Chess Drive, it was reported at 10:46 p.m.
neighbors.”
surrender peacefully. California Highway Patrol. monday, Dec. 25.
People can find out when a Spare the Air
But the suspect continued to pace back Reckl es s dri v ers . A silver Volvo was
alert is in effect by visiting
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Donald Trump slams Pakistan for ‘lies & deceit’ in New Year’s tweet
By Kathy Gannin Khawaja Asif Asif said Trump’s tweet was borne long,” Mohib tweeted. threatening Afghanistan. On
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS tweeted that his out of frustration and that the The uneasy relationship between Monday, the Trump administra-
government was United States should pursue dia- the United States and Pakistan has tion’s National Security Council
ISLAMABAD — President preparing a logue with Afghanistan’s insur- been on a downward spiral since the said that was still the plan although
Donald Trump slammed Pakistan response that gents rather than military force. 2011 U.S. operation that located the U.S. would continue to reassess
for ‘lies & deceit’ in a New Year’s ‘will let the “America is frustrated over defeat and killed Osama bin Laden in the the situation.
Day tweet that said Islamabad had world know the in Afghanistan. America should military garrison town of “The president has made clear
played U.S. leaders for ‘fools.’ truth.’ take the path of dialogue instead of Abbottabad. Trump ratcheted up the that the United States expects
‘No more,’ Trump tweeted. P a k i s t a n ’s using military might in pressure last year when he Pakistan to take decisive action
Trump in his tweet said the U.S. Donald Trump Urdu language Afghanistan,” Asif was quoted as announced his Afghan strategy that against terrorists and militants on
had given Pakistan $33 billion in Geo Television saying. called out Pakistan for harboring its soil, and that Pakistan’s actions
the last 15 years, yet Afghanistan quoted Asif as saying: “We have The Afghan Ambassador to the Afghan Taliban insurgents warning in support of the South Asia
and the U.S. have long accused already said ‘no more’ to America, U.S. Hamdullah Mohib welcomed it would have to end. Strategy will ultimately determine
Pakistan of providing safe havens so Trump’s ‘no more’ has no impor- Trump’s tweet. “A promising In August, the United States said the trajectory of our relationship,
for militants. tance. We are ready to give all message to Afghans who have it would hold up $255 million in including future security assis-
Meanwhile, Pakistan had no offi- account for every single penny to suffered at the hands of terrorists military assistance for Pakistan tance,” according to the U.S. state-
cial comment but Foreign Minister America in public.” based in Pakistan for far too until it cracks down on extremists ment
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eventually.
The nation’s most populous state now the black market through friends and said ing license applications until Wednesday,
POT
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joins a growing list of states, and the
nation’s capital, where so-called recreation-
al marijuana is permitted even though the
that may continue, given the high costs of
the legal weed, which is heavily taxed. But
he said he would indulge in retail pot occa-
and it might take weeks before any licenses
are issued. That led to widespread concern
that long-established businesses would
federal government continues to classify sionally because of controls being phased have to shut down during the interim.
pot as a controlled substance, like heroin in to ensure a higher-quality product. Attorneys advising a group of city dis-
free,” before ringing up the first customer at and LSD. Shops will be able to sell marijuana har- pensaries have concluded those businesses
a cash register. vested without full regulatory controls for can legally sell medicinal marijuana as “col-
The signs that California was tripping
Sales were brisk in the shops lucky to six months but will eventually only be able lectives,” until they obtain local and state
toward legal pot sales were evident well
score one of the roughly 100 state licenses to sell pot tested for potency, pesticides and licenses under the new system, said Jerred
before the stroke of midnight. California
issued so far, but customers in some of the other contaminants, and products that have Kiloh of the United Cannabis Business
highways flashed signs before New Year’s
state’s largest cities were out of luck. Los been tracked from seed to sale. Association, an industry group.
Eve that said “Drive high, Get a DUI,”
Angeles and San Francisco hadn’t author-
reflecting law enforcement concerns about The Bureau of Cannabis Control was not It wasn’t immediately clear how many of
ized shops in time to get state licenses and
stoned drivers. Weedmaps, the phone app aware of any problems or complaints about those shops, if any, were open.
other cities, such as Riverside and Fresno,
that allows customers to rate shops, deliv- the first day of sales, but it didn’t have “My patients are scared, my employees
blocked sales altogether.
ery services and shows their locations, ran a inspectors in the field, spokesman Alex are scared,” said Kiloh, who owns a dispen-
Licensed shops are concentrated in the
full-page ad Sunday in the Los Angeles Traverso said. sary in the city’s San Fernando Valley area.
San Francisco Bay Area, San Diego, around
Times that said, “Smile California. It’s Employees at the bureau on the holiday In Orange County, shops in Santa Ana
Palm Springs, San Jose and Santa Cruz,
Legal.” continued to process 1,400 pending license received the green light over the weekend to
where the KindPeoples shop tacked up a
banner Monday declaring, “Prohibition is Travis Lund, 34, said he’d been looking applications for retail sales, distribution open and a steady flow showed up at
Over!” forward while working the graveyard shift and testing facilities. ShowGrow.
The state banned what it called “loco- to buy weed legally for the first time since Traverso said they expect a flood of appli- Ellen St. Peter, 61, shopped with her son,
weed” in 1913, though it has eased criminal he began smoking pot as a teen. cations from LA and San Francisco after Bryce St. Peter, 23, both medical marijuana
penalties for use of the drug since the 1970s “I’m just stoked that it’s finally legal,” he those are approved locally. Because Los users.
and was the first state to legalize marijuana said after purchasing an eighth of an ounce Angeles is the biggest market in the state, She said she smoked pot for years — at
for medicinal purposes in 1996. of “Mount Zion” and another type of loose some of those shops will be approved more times taking great risks to get it — but
California voters in 2016 made it legal leaf marijuana at Northstar Holistic quickly than others waiting in line, he said. stopped once she started having kids.
for adults 21 and older to grow, possess and Collective in Sacramento, where the fra- The status of the Los Angeles shops high- “In high school my guy friends would fan-
use limited quantities of marijuana, but it grance of pot was strong. “I’m going to go lights broad confusion over the new law. tasize about shops we could go into and just
wasn’t legal to sell it for recreational pur- home and get high — and enjoy it.” Los Angeles officials announced late last buy weed, ” she said. “I couldn’t have
poses until Monday. Lund previously purchased marijuana on month that the city will not begin accept- dreamed of this place.”
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in the amount of mortgage interest that ties because of the 20 percent deduc- their own. For more information call 6 p.m. South San Francisco Main
can be deducted is another amendment tion,” he said. taxes have passed. 854-5897. Library, 840 W. Orange Ave., South
that will hit California and Bay Area Christina Carter, an enrolled agent “I can tell people [to] get ready to THURSDAY, JAN. 4
San Francisco. For more information
email valle@plsinfo.org.
taxpayers harder compared to other in San Mateo, said she also received have a lot less deductions,” he said. Kids Coding: Junior Javascript. 4
states or regions. Prior to the changes, “Be prepared for a certain amount of p.m. 840 W. Orange Ave., South San Documentar y Club: Engineering
inquiries on what her clients could be Francisco. Program computer games Egypt. 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
homeowners could deduct the interest uncertainty.” and create video animations. All skill Belmont Library, 1110 Alameda de
levels welcome. For more informa- las Pulgas, Belmont. Discover how
tion contact valle@plsinfo.org. Egypt’s two greatest pharaohs built
Atherton, Belmont, East Palo Alto, with the waste management authority
RATES
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Foster City, Hillsborough, Menlo
Park, Redwood City, San Carlos, San
Mateo, San Mateo County and the
began.
Brownrigg said the fee increase is
also necessary to refill the city’s solid
Winter Culinary Camps for Kids. 9
a.m. to 4 p.m. Highlands Recreation
Center, 1851 Lexington Ave., San
Mateo. Kids will learn to put togeth-
er holiday menus, make recipes and
their way to immortality through
architecture. For more information
contact belmont@smcl.org.
From Oz to California: Millbrae
West Bay Sanitary District are also waste collections reserve fund, estab- apply new techniques in cooking,
and Australian Bands in Concert. 7
members of the waste management p.m. to 9 p.m. Mills High School
lished to offset annual service cost baking, holiday table setting. $95. Theatre, 400 Murchison Drive,
policy direction for a rate hike authority, and could be subjected to increases for customers. Currently the Signups required. For more informa- Millbrae. Cost $8 in advance. For
expected to be approved later in the tion call (855) 485-2433. more information contact fsr-
rate increases soon as well, noted fund holds about $850, 000 said janet@yahoo.com.
year. Brownrigg. Brownrigg, but officials started draw- San Mateo Public Library B ook
“By the middle of the year we will “Everyone will have to deal with it, ing from it in 2016 to pay a portion of
Discussion Group. 6:30 p.m. San Lawyers in the Library. 7 p.m. to 9
Mateo Public Library, 55 W. Third St.,
come back with a rate recommendation but people may deal with it in different the city’s cost. San Mateo. For more information call
p.m. San Carlos Library, 610 Elm St.,
San Carlos. Free legal clinics every
and go out to the people and explain if ways,” said Brownrigg.
522-7849. month in collaboration with the San
He added the reserve strategy will
rates need to tick up and what that FRIDAY, JAN. 5
Mateo Bar Association. One on one
To that end, rates in unincorporated also be up for discussion. 20 minute consultations with a vol-
means for them in the context of what Tai Chi. 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. San Carlos
unteer lawyer. For more information
is happening,” said Brownrigg. San Mateo County are set to increase “The reserve policy is one that we’ll Library, 610 Elm St., San Carlos. Tai call 591-0341.
in February under the county Board of talk about and what feels like the right Chi for adults offered every Friday
As a member of the waste manage- and Saturday. Free and open to the
ment authority with 11 other partner Supervisors approving a similar hike level of reserves for my colleagues,” public. For more information call WEDNESDAY, JAN. 10
Illuminating Insights. 8 a.m. to 5
cities and agencies, Brownrigg said last year. he said. 591-0341.
p.m. Hall of Justice, 400 County
Burlingame is subjected to a new oper- As it stands in Burlingame, resi- As officials begin discussions, CuriOdyssey First Friday Family Center, Redwood City. Exhibit by
Peninsula artist Sloane Joseph. Runs
ating contract slated to start in 2021 dents pay $23.85 per month for a 32- Brownrigg said mitigating the pain Night. 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. CuriOdyssey,
through Feb. 26. For more informa-
1651 Coyote Point Drive, San Mateo.
and that is expected to increase rates gallon garbage can, $47.71 for a 64- for ratepayers will be top of mind, Admission is $9.50 to $12.50. Swing tion email
sloanejoseph@yahoo.com.
by roughly 15 percent. gallon can and $70.80 for a 95-gallon while also assessing the need to be into the weekend with music, sci-
ence, food and fun. For more infor-
Brownrigg said in anticipation of can. Businesses pay an equal amount fiscally responsible. mation call 342-7755. Lego Club: Aliens. 4 p.m. 840 W
for cans, plus $150.52 for a 1-yard Orange Ave., South San Francisco.
that increase, Burlingame officials are “We have to look at how often we Explore space and create your own
SATURDAY, JAN. 6
charged with determining the most bin, $301.05 for a 2-yard bin and want to raise rates and how to keep Overeaters Anonymous. 10:15 a.m. planet. For more information con-
$451.53 for a 3-yard bin. things affordable but not eat into our to noon. San Carlos Library, 610 Elm tact valle@plsinfo.org.
appropriate schedule for hiking fees. St., San Carlos. Free and open to the
He suggested discussions will ulti- Brownrigg added the rates which res- reserves,” he said. public. Meetings every Saturday. For Art Lecture — Klimt and Rodin: An
idents and businesses pay is deter- Artistic Encounter. 7 p.m. to 8:30
mately address whether to approve more information call 591-0341.
p.m. San Carlos Library, 610 Elm St.,
small, annual hikes or larger, less fre- mined by the City Council, and offi- The Burlingame City Council will ABC Mouse — B ring Learning San Carlos. Free and open to the
quent increases. cials could decide to distribute the discuss garbage collection rates dur- Home. 10:30 a.m. 840 W. Orange public. For more information call
Ave., South San Francisco. Visit the 591-0341.
For his part, Brownrigg said he expected fee hike differently between ing a 6 p.m. study session, Tuesday, library for a demonstration of ABC
believes a bi-annual rate increase is the two types of customers. Jan. 2, in council chambers, 501 Mouse. Recommended for children THURSDAY, JAN. 11
ages 2 and up. For more information Bay Area Painted: Landscapes by
preferable. The coming increase is the first of Primrose Road. A regular council contact valle@plsinfo.org. Mark Monsarrat. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
“I would prefer to get on a cycle where its kind since a 17 percent hike was meeting will follow, beginning an Hall of Justice Lower Level, 400
Excel for Teens. 1 p.m. 840 W. County Center, Redwood City. The
we raise rates every other year,” he said. approved in 2011, when the contract hour later. Orange Ave., South San Francisco. Community Gallery will be showing
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changes at home or within your inner circle. Remain incentive you offer will help you get the go-ahead and or project. Signing up for a course or engaging in
silent unless you have something worthwhile to give you something to look forward to. events that will help you gain experience and new
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contribute. Protect against ill health, injury or LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Someone may try to push you connections is encouraged. Romance will improve your
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Spend time with emotional distress. to get involved in something that probably isn’t a good personal life.
someone you love. Personal changes will turn out well TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- Positive changes at fit for you. Walk away from anyone using emotional SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Hold on to your
and inspire you to be bold in your personal and social home will bring you closer to the ones you love. bullying or manipulative tactics. cash and possessions. Don’t share information that is
interactions. Personal relationships and plans that will encourage VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Get involved in life. personal or that might put you in a vulnerable position.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Expand your interests. greater togetherness are encouraged. Love is in the Take a short trip or do something that is conducive to Trust in yourself when dealing with money, emotions
Sign up for something that will add to your skills or stars. socializing and meeting new people. Expand your circle and negotiations.
qualifications to raise your standard of living. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Snap decisions, actions of friends. Romance will improve your personal life.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Socializing, networking or purchases will not turn out as planned. Don’t be LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- You’ll be faced with COPYRIGHT 2018 United Feature Syndicate, Inc.
and working on the goals you have set for the deceived by a smooth talker or unrealistic advertising. emotional decisions that can cause a disruption at
upcoming year are all featured. A plan that will Stick to what you know and the people you can trust. home or when dealing with loved ones. Stay calm and
encourage personal investments will prove intriguing. CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Apply a gentle nudge if don’t make a move until you are ready.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Expect to face inevitable someone is hesitant to get involved in your plans. An SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Plan your next vacation