Community Corner
Week in Review: ‘Skimmed’ Foster City Lucky Customers Advised to Close Accounts; Aragon Softball Standout Picks Manhattan
A round-up of major news stories from the past week.
Monday, Dec. 5
Foster City’s newly elected city council was seated amid along personal lines with the seating of Herb Perez, a controversial businessman who upset Jennifer Minkey-Selvitella in the Nov. 8 election.
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Tuesday, Dec. 6
A Foster City Lucky store was hit in a massive debit card .
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The scam was first reported to have affected 20 Bay Area Lucky and Save Mart stores in October and November, and later in the week the number .
The parent Save Mart chain issued a statement saying it wasn’t aware that any of its customers’ accounts had been compromised, but a company official advised anyone shopping in the affected stores during the months in question to consider closing their existing account and opening a new one.
Wednesday, Dec. 7
The Foster City Rotary Club’s two-day “One Warm Coat” drive (Dec. 3-4) benefiting those in need of winter cloths hauled in 49 full bags of blankets, sweaters and coats.
Thursday, Dec. 8
Aragon High softball standout Elena Bowman to play at Division I Manhattan College (New York City).
Bowman, a two-time First Team All-Peninsula Athletic League Bay and Central Coast Section selection, hit .413 with a .733 slugging percentage as a junior and batted .430 with 31 RBIs the previous year.
Friday, Dec. 9
Pretrial motions in the second murder trial of a man accused of strangling the daughter of a former Oakland Raider began on Thursday.
Mohammed Haroon Ali was convicted of murder in the 1999 killing of 20-year-old Tracey Biletnikoff, the daughter of Fred Biletnikoff, a Hall of Fame wide receiver.
