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4 – WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 2006 FORUM Editor: K.C. Meadows, 468-3526 The Ukiah Daily Journal udj@pacific.net Letters from our readers Remember Denim Day To the Editor: As part of National Sexual Assault Awareness Month this April, we are asking people to break their workplace dress codes on Wednesday, April 19, and wear denim to work. Sponsored locally by Project Sanctuary, Denim Day was created as part of an international protest of an Italian Supreme Court decision to overturn a rape conviction because the victim was wearing jeans. The Court stated in its decision that “it is common knowledge that jeans cannot even be partly removed without the effective help of the person wearing them, and, it is impossible if the victim is struggling with all her might.” The judgment sparked a worldwide outcry from those who understand that coercion, threats and violence often go hand in hand with the act of rape. The unpopular “blame the victim” verdict of the Court became an international symbol of mythbased injustice for sexual assault victims. Denim Day is just an outward example of how a community can help change people’s perceptions about violence against women, men, and children. Anyone interested in participating in Denim Day can call our office at 462- 9196 for more information. We are available to visit your organization to present a quick five minute talk, and to distribute buttons and posters to you and/or your employees. Join us in the fight for a safer community for all people by wearing denim to work, and a “why denim” button on April 19. Mary Tindall Denim Day Coordinator Project Sanctuary Thank you To the Editor: I would like to extend a very hearty thanks to the many, many people who assisted with the Ukiahi 14th Annual Renaissance Dinner choir fundraiser on March 11. I am absolutely blown away by the amount of support and time that community members and families gave to make the dinner a success. This huge dinner that served to a sold out crowd of 250 attendees would not at all have been possible without the hours that head chef Jeremy Mann put in with the help of Dr. Phil Gary, Marty Lombardi, and Dennis Huey. We are also very fortunate to have the use of the high school kitchen and support from head cook, Les Ridgeway. From the performance end, thanks to Randy Moore and Valerie Warda for their acting and thanks to Susan Wilcox for her choreography instruction. Thanks to Peg Kingman and her wonderful playing of the Scottish bagpipes. Lucia Parmenter who is incredibly organized, creative and a delight to work with spearheaded the decorations committee. Marcella Chandler and Liz Ohleyer spent many hours collecting and displaying the fifty auction items, which resulted in a very good profit for the choir program. The carpenters, Will Boults, Ben Aguilar, Bryan Laughlin, Don Dunham, Ron Selim, Randy Moore, Ross Beck and Joe Corley, worked wonders creating a fine set. The magic of this Renaissance event was further enhanced by John Beatty, sound reinforcement, and Steve Wilson, lighting. Roger Franklin volunteered several hours with setting up the canopy and helping with sets. Carole Hester finely penned a series of articles and other publicity enabled us to sell out the tickets a full week ahead. We are also extremely grateful to Carol Lorenz, choir accompanist, for her unending assistance with ticket sales and a myriad of other tasks. Thanks to Kitty Britton for selling tickets and Marcia Sandler for taking tickets at the door. Two of the largest tasks involved in the dinner were the serving and clean up. We are very grateful to Francine Selim for coordinating the serving and dishwashing and the crew of administrators and parents who stayed well past 12:30 a.m. to wash the dishes and box them all up. Thank you to the all the parents who helped with food prep, decorations and clean-up: Beth Roesler, Tanya Rodriquez, Henry and Mindy Castorena, Judy Emerson, Jill Donocan, Loretta Davis, Debbie Flowers, Rick Gilmore, Robert Gitlin, Russ Hardy, Joan MacDowell, Pat and Elizabeth Hovland, Kay Kinder, Beth Lang, Anna Russell, Shelley Mack, Bill and Lori Platt, Sheilah Prax, Clara Prosser, Brian and Terry Weis, the Richeys, Lucinda and Tom Segar, Kim Stark, Millie Johnson, Lisa Triguerio, and Clara Lamus. And a special thanks to Marty Lombardi for providing the pizzas for lunch and Heidi and Don for providing supper for the students and workers. The profits from the event far exceeded my expectations thanks to our attendees’ support of the choir program. And finally I would like to acknowledge the choir students, many of whom have never done anything like this before, for their fine musical and dramatic work, trust in the process, and their extraordinary team work which makes this event remain a wonderful memory forever. Denise Doering Choral Director Ukiah High School On the other hand Another voice It is interesting to note that in the Sunday, March 19 edition of the Ukiah Daily Journal we read at least two sides of Government and Journalism roles. In the Viewpoints column Peter Sheer’s article on “Sunshine” week in California states: “Government and the Press are natural antagonists. Government wants to keep secrets, while the Press wants to expose them.” While reading this we need to keep in mind that it was the California government that enacted the Brown Act requiring government decisions be made in public. Personally, I am grateful that we have this citizen-friendly Brown Act requirement for government. I want our elected officials to make their decisions in our presence after relevant input. On the same day we read in “Matter of Fact,” that Seth Freedland is seeking “efficient government” and objecting to “government waste.” He referred to the discussion of the change in the Emergency Services panel as “it was an hour of our time in all of our lives that we could not get back.” Well, that is a new idea for me because I am not aware of any hour that passes that we can get back. My observation was that the identified members of the new Panel put in clear perspective the change of roles for the Supervisors. It was the consequence of their previously choosing to have a CEO rather than a CAO. I thought it was the impact of the new county structure and the implication for the role of the Supervisors that led to the postponement. This new role of Supervisors was uncomfortable enough that President George Bush: The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C. 20500; (202) 456-1111, FAX (202)456-2461. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger: State Capitol, Sacramento, 95814. (916) 445-2841; FAX (916)445-4633 Sen. Barbara Boxer: 112 Hart Senate Office Bldg., Washington, D.C. 20510; (202)224-3553; San Francisco, (415) 403- 0100 FAX (415) 956-6701 Sen. Dianne Feinstein: 331 Hart Senate Office Bldg., Washington, D.C. 20510. (202)224-3841 FAX (202) 228-3954; San Francisco (415) 393-0707; senator@feinstein.senate.gov Congressman Mike Thompson: 1st District, 231 Cannon Office Bldg, Washington, D.C. 20515. (202) 225-3311; FAX (202)225-4335. Fort Bragg district office, 430 N. Franklin St., PO Box 2208, Fort Bragg 95437; 962-0933,FAX 962-0934; www.house.gov/write rep Assemblywoman Patty Berg: State Assembly District 1, Capitol, Rm. 2137, it was felt that the two absent Supervisors needed have an opportunity to respond to the issue.Taking time to process information is a good thing and necessary for the representatives that we elect in a democracy. Although Mr. Freedland refers to this as two hours of wasted government time, I saw it as a necessary part off the process. He then contrasts this time spent with the UVAP agenda items at a later Board of Supervisors meeting. The objection seems to be that the Supervisors did not have a lengthy discussion on this issue. He described this as if the staff work on the issues was dismissed - like “throwing everything into the shredder.” I thought the Planning Department did a great service for the community by preparing the ordinances and lengthy descriptions of the three options for a “time out” on building. When the Ryder Homes project became known to the public there was a strong reaction against it by many. Groups met, films were shown, new interest in what goes on at Planning Commission and Board meetings occurred. At the City level too, interest in planning decisions increased. There was a lot of support to take “time out” so that building permit decisions would be based on agreed upon plans. When the Planning Department described the options for “time out,” a new part of the picture became apparent. Without the hours spent by the WHERE TO WRITE BY DOTY COPLEN Sacramento, 95814. (916) 319-2001; Santa Rosa, 576-2526; FAX, Santa Rosa, 576- 2297. Berg's field representative in Ukiah office located at 104 W. Church St, Ukiah, 95482, 463-5770. The office’s fax number is 463-5773. E-mail to: assemblymember.berg@assembly.ca.gov Senator Wes Chesbro: State Senate District 2, Capitol Building, Room 5100, Sacramento, 95814. (916) 445-3375; FAX (916) 323-6958. Ukiah office is P.O. Box 785, Ukiah, 95482, 468-8914, FAX 468- 8931. District offices at 1040 Main St., Suite 205, Napa, 94559, 224-1990, 50 D St., Suite 120A, Santa Rosa, 95404, 576-2771, and 317 3rd St., Suite 6, Eureka, 95501, 445- 6508. Email: senator.chesbro@sen.ca.gov. Mendocino County Supervisors: Michael Delbar, 1st District; Jim Wattenburger, 2nd District; Hal Wagenet, 3rd District; Kendall Smith, 4th District; David Colfax, 5th District. All can be reached by writing to 501 Low Gap Road, Room 1090, Ukiah, 95482, 463-4221, FAX 463-4245. bos@co.mendocino.ca.us Visit our web site at ukiahdailyjournal.com email us at udj@pacific.net Planning Department to present the details and the effect on the community as a whole of each decision, we would not have had all the information needed for the a Board’s decision. I experienced it as the Precautionary Principle. Action was taken by CEO Ball by reorganising the Planning Department to separate future planning from current processing of building permits. At the first Board workshop planning was identified by the Board as a top priority. At the meetings that I have attended I think Mr. Ball has been very clear about who has what responsibility in the county process. It is true that democracy is a messy process, time consuming. Government of the people, for the people, by the people in open session is very demanding of everyone. The listeners and the decision makers. There are times when I am unhappy with the outcome, but I do not know of any better process. I appreciate hearing the opinions and questions of our elected officials and the answers that are provided by staff. I want to know what is happening in our community at the level where the decisions are made. I also want it to happen in open sessions so that the press can tell us what is going on. If you are not already, come join us as audience at these meetings so that when you vote at the next election you will have an informed, personal awareness of whom you are voting for. Dotty Coplen is a Ukiah resident. Sweet land of liberty NAT HENTOFF The genocide minuet at the United Nations While The New York Times insists it remains the standard for American daily journalism, that selfabsorbed institution often misses pivotally illuminating stories. A case in point is a multilayered Feb. 28 report by the New York Sun's United Nations correspondent, Benny Avni, on the cynical realpolitik of U.N. principals -- in contrast to the refreshing, insistent forthrightness of our U.N. ambassador, John Bolton. Among Bolton's goals is sending a U.N. force, with possible NATO components, into Darfur to bolster the present small, beleaguered African Union contingent. He is also proposing targeted U.N. sanctions against some of the chief organizers of the genocide in the Sudanese government. (Britain is also working on a resolution that could lead to warrants from the International Criminal Court against the architects of the genocide.) The three members of the U.N. Security Council blocking Bolton's proposed measures are Russia, China and Qatar. Qatar -- home of the Al-Jazeera TV network but also with strong military ties to the United States -- represents the Arab states in the decisionmaking U.N. Security Council. As Avni reports, although U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan recently spent a weekend in Qatar, he did not even discuss Sudan during his visit. Nor did he discuss the need for targeted sanctions against Sudanese officials and their Janjaweed militia involved in the atrocities that have slaughtered so many thousands and devastated the villages of black Africans in Darfur, and who are now also killing and raping refugees in neighboring Chad. Qatar, resisting these sanctions, was supported by the United States in becoming part of the powerful U.N. Security Council. But like the other Arab states at the United Nations, Qatar appears indifferent to the genocide in Darfur, even though both the killers and the victims are Muslims. Annan, remembering his deadly silence during the genocide in Rwanda, is not indifferent to the new genocide. Last year, as the New York Sun reports, he appointed a U.N. panel of experts who wrote "a confidential report that identified 17 Sudanese officials as having impeded peace and committed crimes against humanity in Darfur." Bolton, the Sun adds, has been urging the Security Council to impose sanctions on "the eight most obvious names" in that report commissioned by Annan. The Financial Times, much concerned with these crimes against humanity, has published some of the names allegedly included in the report by the U.N. panel of experts. Among them is Sudan's director of intelligence, Salah Abdalla Gosh, who has been working with the CIA to corral terrorists in Sudan and other countries; the interior minister (Elzubier Bashir Taha); and the defense minister (Abdel Rahim Mohammed Hussein). According to American Prospect magazine, a possible future list may include, as it certainly should, Sudan's ruthless president, Omar Hassan Ahmad al- Bashir. But what about the leaders of Bashir's auxiliary murderers and gang-rapers, the Janjaweed? Meanwhile, the government of Sudan is taking a very hard line against any possibility of a U.N. peacekeeping force being deployed in Darfur, saying it will withdraw from the African Union if it happens. According to Jan Pronk, the U.N.'s special representative for Sudan, the Khartoum government "has sent delegations to many countries in the world in order to plead its case: Let the African Union stay and let the U.N. not come" (New York Times, Warren Hoge, March 1). Pronk is himself warning that a too-hasty involvement of U.N. forces could lead to "retaliation" by Al Qaeda elements that he says are already embedded in Khartoum. Really? But the Sudanese government claims that its intelligence operatives are expert in finding these Al Qaeda terrorists. So why doesn't Sudan arrest those terrorists purportedly under its very nose? In this country, among groups deeply concerned with this genocide is a Pennsylvania coalition of the Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of Lehigh Valley; the Institute for Jewish Christian Understanding at Muhlenberg College; and representatives of Amnesty International and the Allentown Roman Catholic Diocese, along with a student organization. Their message: "In Darfur's suffering, we see the same kind of genocidal design that terrorized Jews and non-Jews in Nazi Germany." But at the United Nations, a minuet of resolutions are proposed and obstructed and proposed again. If the United Nations cannot end this horrifying mass suffering, what is its reason for being? Nat Hentoff is a nationally renowned authority on the First Amendment and the Bill of Rights. Publisher: Kevin McConnell Editor: K.C. Meadows Advertising director: Cindy Delk Circulation director: Cornell Turner Member Audit Bureau Of Circulations The Ukiah DAILY JOURNAL Office manager: Yvonne Bell Group systems director: Sue Whitman Member California Newspaper Publishers Association
THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 2006 – 5 COMMERCE Stocks drop as inflation concerns continue to linger By MICHAEL J. MARTINEZ AP Business Writer NEW YORK -- Stocks finished an erratic session lower Tuesday, with a conflicting report on wholesale inflation and questions about the Federal Reserve’s interest rate policy creating uncertainty for investors. The Labor Department’s producer price index fell 1.4 percent, the sharpest decline in three years. However, so-called core PPI, with volatile food and fuel prices removed, rose 0.3 percent, slightly higher than Wall Street expected. Investors are worried that higher core inflation could mean more interest rate hikes from the Fed. A speech from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke Monday night did little to calm those fears, as the new Fed chairman gave no sign whether monetary policy makers would continue raising rates. “To me, you have the PPI number showing some slippage in the core rate, which raises some questions on inflation,” said Joseph Battipaglia, chief investment officer at Ryan Beck & Co. “There was nothing in Bernanke’s comments that were unsettling, but no real signals, either.” Stocks had rallied into positive territory around midday, but fell sharply after the major indexes touched upon new fiveyear highs -- apparently prompting investors to take profits, especially with the Fed meeting still to come next week. According to preliminary calculations, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 39.06, or 0.35 percent, to 11,235.47. Broader stock indicators also fell. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index lost 7.85, or 0.6 percent, to 1,297.23, and the techfocused Nasdaq composite index dropped 19.88, or 0.86 percent, to 2,294.23. Bonds moved sharply lower, with the yield on the benchmark y JEREMIAH MARQUEZ The Associated Press LOS ANGELES -- Henry C. Yuen, the former CEO of Gemstar-TV Guide, was found liable for securities fraud in a federal lawsuit that claimed he inflated the company’s revenue by $248 million to boost its stock. Yuen also misrepresented facts to Gemstar’s auditors and falsified its books, according to a ruling issued last week and unsealed Monday. The Securities and Exchange Commission will now submit a proposed penalty. The findings by U.S. District Judge Mariana R. Pfaelzer came nearly three years after the SEC sued Yuen and Elsie Leung, Gemstar’s ex-finance chief, over an alleged scheme to inflate company revenue to meet certain financial targets. Regulators contend that Yuen’s actions contributed to a windfall between 2000 and 2002 -- at least $18.8 million in salary and bonuses, $14.6 million in exercised stock options, and more than $63.6 million in Gemstar stock sales. Yuen’s attorney, Stanley Arkin, said an appeal was being considered. “I don’t see eye to eye with her decision, but she’s a judge,” Arkin said. “The game isn’t over.” Since November 2002, Gemstar has restated or reversed certain license and ad revenues by $357 million, with more than $230 million stemming from transactions in the case, according to the ruling. Yuen knew but didn’t disclose that a good portion of licensing revenue for 2000 and 2001 came from expired and disputed licensing agreements, the judge said. What’s more, he misled investors when Gemstar recorded non-monetary payments as ad revenue, and booked revenue from socalled round trip transactions in which Gemstar paid money to a third party only to receive Treasury note rising to 4.72 percent from 4.66 percent late Monday. The dollar rose against most major currencies, while gold prices fell. Crude prices rose modestly after dropping $2.35 per barrel in the previous session. A barrel of light crude settled at $60.57, up 15 cents, on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The tech sector was particularly volatile as investors reacted to a tepid earnings report from Oracle Corp. late Monday. While the company’s quarterly earnings were a penny better than Wall Street forecasts, investors were concerned about slipping licensing revenue. Oracle started lower, then led the midday rally in tech before fininshing 10 cents lower at $13.62. “I think the market bounced off of Oracle’s turnaround, which triggered some institutional buying,” said Brian Williamson, an equity trader at The Boston Company Asset Management. “We had some momentum buying that lifted tech, but the rest of the market kind of faded off.” Elsewhere in the tech sector, Rambus Inc. rose $1.82, or 5.3 percent, to $36.22 after the microchip technology licensing company increased its firstquarter revenue outlook. Target Corp. tightened its it back again, she said. The goal, regulators said, was to make the company look healthier than it otherwise might have been in hopes of buoying its stock price. In an August 2000 e-mail, Yuen appeared to scold another executive over certain internal revenue forecasts in an email. “This is completely unacceptable,” Yuen wrote, according to court transcripts. “The street ... expects some sort of explosive growth. “We are shooting for the Moon, and I am confident we can do it.” Besides the civil lawsuit, Yuen remains under investigation by the Justice Department following a federal judge’s rejection of his plea deal in a criminal case. Under the nowdefunct agreement, he would have pleaded guilty to one felony charge of obstruction of justice for allegedly deleting computer files subpoenaed November 2002 in the SEC’s investigation. VOGT’S Communication Services 24 Hour Service Tailored to Your Business Needs 462-4126 NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING gets snipped. gets saved. gets sales! With so many advertising mediums dividing the attention of potential customers, newspapers remain the most effective source for reaching consumers. Why? 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Prince will retain the CEO title. Citigroup fell 18 cents to $47.22. Declining issues outnumbered advancers by nearly 8 to 3 on the New York Stock Exchange, where volume came to 1.58 billion shares, compared with 1.42 billion traded at the same point Monday. The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies fell 9.52, or 1.28 percent, to 736.10. Overseas, Japan’s stock market was closed for a national holiday. In Europe, Britain’s FTSE 100 closed down 0.01 percent, France’s CAC-40 gained 0.2 percent for the session, and Germany’s DAX index rose 0.15 percent in late trading. Judge finds ex-Gemstar-TV Guide CEO liable for securities fraud Appeals court tosses Quattrone conviction, assigns case to new judge By LARRY NEUMEISTER The Associated Press NEW YORK --Frank Quattrone, the king dealmaker of the Internet stock boom who once made $120 million in a single year, may face a third obstruction-of-justice trial after an appeals court tossed out his conviction. If so, he and his lawyer say they are ready after the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan granted a new trial Monday and ordered a change in the judge and rules governing a retrial. The government is weighing whether to retry the case against the former Silicon Valley banking star. “For over three years during this difficult ordeal, I have held my head high knowing I was innocent and never intended to obstruct justice,” Quattrone, 50, said in a statement. His lawyer, Mark Pomerantz, predicted a changed climate and said a new judge would ensure that “everything about a next trial if there is a next trial would be different, including the result.” He added: “This case was tried, as you’ll recall, at the height of the fallout from the collapse of the stock market in 2000.” The appeals court rejected the May 2004 verdict after concluding the jury was improperly instructed on how to interpret the law. The appeals court hinted it was skeptical of the conviction in October 2004 when it permitted Quattrone to remain free pending appeal just nine days before he was to report to prison. Quattrone faced 18 months in prison after he was convicted of obstruction-ofjustice charges related to a federal investigation of initial public offerings of stock. An earlier trial of Quattrone ended in a mistrial when a jury deadlocked. The appellate decision represents a setback for federal prosecutors in New York, who had successfully convicted several other high-profile defendants in the past few years. Martha Stewart was found guilty of lying about a stock sale, while cable company founder John Rigas was convicted of looting Adelphia Communications Corp. A year ago, former WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers was found guilty of charges related to the $11 billion fraud at the former telecommunications company. Ebbers received a 25-year prison term, which he is appealing. Quattrone, who helped prominent companies like Amazon.com and Netscape Communications Corp. go public during the Internet stock craze, was the highestprofile Wall Street figure since junk-bond pioneer Michael Milken to be convicted. In the late 1990s, he supervised 400 technology investment bankers from the Palo Alto, Calif., offices of Credit Suisse First Boston Corp. His trial focused on his actions after the National Association of Securities Dealers in May 2000 began probing CSFB’s under- Celebrates Spring 2006 SATURDAY APRIL 1, 2006 • 10AM-5PM New release of Estate Red Blend, Syrah 2003 Wines. Other wines deeply discounted by the bottle or the case. Food and music at this day long event Barrel sampling and Brandy distillery open to the public. “No Fooling Around” Vineyards • Winery • Distillery 10400 S. Hwy 101, Ukiah 707-468-8936 Casino reserves all rights to change or cancel promotions at any time. Must be 18 years of age to enter the Casino. Pending Gaming Commission Approval. Must be present to win. One entry per day per person. Winning coupon must be cashed within one hour after each game ends or coupon is void. Call Casino for details. 2 games each day. writing of initial public offerings. The NASD has since barred Quattrone from the securities industry for life. The NASD probe was followed by investigations by the Securities and Exchange Commission and a federal grand jury into how the company handled initial public offerings. The company was never criminally charged but Quattrone was accused of hindering the federal probe. Prosecutors cited a December 2000 e-mail in which Quattrone endorsed a colleague’s suggestion that bankers “clean up” their files. Quattrone testified he was following bank policy when he issued the e-mail and that he knew almost nothing about a grand jury subpoena seeking documents involving hundreds of initial public offerings of stock during the late-1990s Internet boom. Quattrone’s lawyers had argued that the jury instructions during the trial were deeply flawed. At issue was whether Quattrone actually knew that investigators were seeking the documents he sought to destroy. Quattrone said he did not. In its ruling, the appeals court said the trial judge, Richard Owen, incorrectly told jurors they did not need to find a nexus between Quattrone’s actions and pending investigations of his company. It said Owen’s instruction conflicted with last year’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling throwing out the conviction of the Arthur Andersen accounting firm for destroying Enron Corp.-related documents. The Supreme Court in that case ruled that the jury instructions were too broad. In its ruling, the 2nd Circuit said: “The Supreme Court has made clear that the conduct to be punished, then, must not only be made with wrongful intent but also with a consciousness that the conduct in question is wrongful.” It added: “We cannot confidently say that if a rational jury was properly instructed, it is clear to us beyond a reasonable doubt that they would have convicted Quattrone.” The appeals court ordered several changes at any future trial favorable to Quattrone, including the elimination of one line of government questioning that it said went too far and the inclusion of some Quattrone evidence that was kept out. The appeals court called Owen a dedicated judge but ordered the case reassigned, saying portions of the trial transcript “raise the concern that certain comments could be viewed as rising beyond mere impatience or annoyance.” Defense lawyers had complained that Owen limited portions of Quattrone’s testimony to “yes” and “no” answers. The appeals court said trial judges “should allow for complete answers by a defendant,” particularly when a defendant is testifying in a criminal trial. In a statement, prosecutors said they’re reviewing the ruling and considering their options. Hard-to-find Wines FAST FRIENDLY SERVICE 462-8849 152 Talmage Rd., Ukiah MADNESS in March!!! March 23rd thru March 26th 16 Teams Remaining NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship Your Favorite can still Win You CASH!!! 100 Kawi Place • Willits, CA 95490 (707) 459-7330
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