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shootingsShot fired at an officer duringarrest in Pacifica on Highway 1DAILY JOURNAL STAFF REPORT

A man wanted for the attempted murder of two other menin La Honda over the weekend was found walking onHighway 1 in Pacifica and arrested Wednesday morning afterfighting with a police officer and firing a shot at him,according to t he San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office.

The man, James Bernard Hofler, 36, of Grandy, NorthCarolina, was arrested on three counts of att empted murder— charges that could change as one of his initial victims ishosp italized in critical condition, according to th e Sheriff’sOffice.

Despite initial conflicting accounts as to whether the

incident was iso lated, officials announced Wednesday that itappears the sh ooti ngs were random and are relieved to kno wthe suspect is now in jail.

“The initial investigation does poin t to t his being a ran-

Texas man found guilty of drunken coastal shootingBy Scott MorrisBAY CITY NEWS SERVICE

A Texas man was found guilty onTuesday of shooting at two teens and acouple stopped on a turnout on stateHighway 1 near Pescadero while drivin g

drunk last year, pros ecutors said.Daniel Vezina, 5 8, of Beaumont,

Texas, represented himself during a non -

By Austin WalshDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

A robust celebration of Irish culturekicks off weekly in Burlingame, as alocal auditorium is filled with nimblefootwork, bouncing curls and jubilantdance to the beat of traditional music,under the watchful eye of a committedcoach.

Patricia Kennelly, head of theWhelan-Kennelly Academy of IrishDance, shares her lifelong passion forIrish dance and music with roughly 5 0students each Thursday at classes heldin t he Burling ame Recreation Center at850 Burling ame Ave.

Appreciation for Irish traditionDance academy sends Burlingame students competing across the globe

By Samantha WeigelDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Faculty at Notre Dame de NamurUniversity in Belmont announcedWednesday they would petition the federalgovernment to create their first joint unionrepresenting both full-time and part-timeprofessors after the private school’s presi-dent denied voluntarily recognizing the

proposed labor organization.

If successful, the union would be a land-mark in Catholic and private university hi s-tory by becoming the first shared bargain-ing unit representing both tenured and non-tenured professors — a collective bargain-ing ent ity s ome contend is banned by feder-al case l aw.

NDNU faculty argue they’re the lowestpaid university professors in the Bay Area

and unionizing would enhance students’access to quality education. They alsoallege it aligns with the teachings of theCatholic Church.

“The Catholic Church since the 20th cen-tury has argued for the rights to unionize,it’s a big part of the social justice move-ment. … So it’s very disappointin g to methat our president who understands this, isnot supporting this,” said Dr. Marianne

Delaporte, chair of NDNU’s Phi loso phy and

Religious Studies department and a member

of the faculty development committee.

“People don’t go into teaching just for the

money, they go into it because they care

and want to improve as t eachers, but [many

part-time professors are] so broke that they

can’t.”

Notre Dame de Namur faculty seeks to unionizeSome contend Belmont Catholic university initiative banned by federal case law

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Cricket Dur, right, Anna O’Brien and Tilly Haskell perform Irish dancing alongside Hannah Linn and Ellen Sanderson, far left,in the Burlingame Recreation Center. low: Patricia Kennelly, head of the Whelan-Kennelly Academy of Irish Dance, speakswith her students Lucy and Elena Cassidy.

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Daniel Vezina

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Ailing dog found withstuffed polar bear in stomach

SANTA FE, N.M. — A veterinarianhelped save the life of an ailing NewMexico dog after discovering thesource of the pup’s pain — a 6-inchlong, 2-inch wide stuffed polar bear.

Santa Fe Animal Humane officialstold KRQE-TV in Albuquerque that thebear was discovered in th e dog’s stom-ach during surgery.

A veterinarian said the dog named

“Honey” had been si ck for about a weekand would have likely died within twodays.

The dog is n ow expected to survive.

Possible human bone washesup on Southern California beach

CARLSBAD — A boot with a possi-ble human leg bone in it has washedashore on a Southern California beach.

Police say it was discovered beforedawn Wednesday in Carlsbad.

Josh Mercado tells KNSD-TV that hewas riding his bike on the beach ataround 3:30 a.m. when he found a blackboot like a fisherman’s wader in thewater.

He turned it upside down and the 18-

inch bone fell out. Mercado says therealso was a sock in the boot.It’s unclear how long the boot had

been in the water. No o ther bon es werefound nearby.

The bone was taken to the San Diego

County medical examiner’s office forinvestigation.

Firefighters rescue catstrapped by high flood waters

SACRAMENTO — For cats, hell ishigh water.

And that hell became reality for twoCalifornia felines on Tuesday, whenhigh flood waters left them stranded intrees half-submerged in the SacramentoRiver.

The Front Street Animal Shelter cre-ated a ramp that would lead the cats tosafety, but they refused to cross.

The animals were eventually savedwhen the Sacramento Fire Departmentorganized a water rescue, using a smallboat and ladder.

Both cats are safe and uninjured.

Jail for driver whoraced off-road vehicle

SAN DIEGO — The driver of asouped-up Volk swagen who jumpedembankments, spun out in parking lotsand tore through San Diego neighbor-hoods in an online video seen by morethan a million people has been sen-tenced to 45 days in jail.

The Los Angeles Times reportsWednesday that Blake Wilkey pleadedguilty to four misdemeanor chargesincluding reckless driving. He was alsoordered to serve th ree years’ probation .

Wilkey was seen grinning in the

four-and-a-half-minute video posted onYouTube in January.

The 27-year-old gunned the gray off-road vehicle through downtown, OceanBeach and other areas, spinning outand catching air as amazed and enragedresidents looked on.

At the end of the video he stops at adrive-through restaurant for an icecream cone.

Emergency plane landing forCSU Bakersfield basketball team

LAS VEGAS — A chartered airplaneflying Cal State Bakersfield’s basket-ball team to its first NCAA Tournamentgame made an emergency landingWednesday in Las Vegas.

McCarran International Airportspokesman Chris Jones said SunCountry Airlines Flight 8606 was inthe air about 30 minutes after takeoff from Bakersfield, California when theplane landed.

An ambulance was called to aid some-one on the flight who is not a part of the athletic prog ram.

The plane was delayed about an hour.

An official universi ty Twitter accountindicated the t eam made it to its desti-nation in Oklahoma City follo wing the

unscheduled stop.The university didn’t immediatelyprovide comment.

The California team is set to playFriday in Oklahoma City againstOklahoma.

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Actor Kurt Russellis 65.

This Day in History

Thought for the Day

1966A U.S. Navy midget submarine locateda missing hydrogen bomb which hadfallen from a U.S. Air Force B-52bomber into the Mediterranean off Spain. (It took several more weeks toactually recover the bomb.)

“May your neighbors respect you, trouble neglect you, the angels

protect you, and heaven accept you.”— Irish saying

Actor Patrick Duffyis 67.

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In 1776, the Revol utionary War Siege of Bost on ended asBritish forces evacuated the city.

In 1861 , Victor Emmanuel II was proclaimed the first kingof a united Italy.

In 1906 , President Theodore Roosevelt first likened cru-sading journalists to a man with “the muckrake in his h and”in a speech to the Gridiron Club in Washington.

In 1912 , th e Camp Fire Girls organization was incorp orat-ed in Washington, D.C., two years to the day after it wasfounded in Thetford, Vermont. (The gro up is n ow kno wn asCamp Fire USA.)

In 1936 , Pittsb urgh’s Great St. Patrick’s Day Floo d beganas the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers, swollen by rain

and melted snow, started exceeding flood stage; the highwater was bl amed for more than 60 deaths.

In 1941 , the National Gallery of Art opened inWashington, D.C.

In 1956 , comedian Fred Allen, 61, died in New York.

In 1969, Golda Meir became prime minist er of Israel.

In 1970 , the United States cast its first veto in the U.N.Security Council. (The U.S. killed a resolution that wouldhave con demned Britain for failure to use force to ov erthrowthe white-ruled gov ernment of Rhodesia.)

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FOSTER CITYFound property. A rear license plate was

found on East Court Lane before 4:55 p.m.Saturday, March 12.Disturbance . A group of teenagers wasseen skateboarding on Promontory PointLane before 2:45 p. m. Saturday, March 12.Vandalism. A vehicle was egged onMoonsail Lane before 1 p.m. Saturday,March 12.Found property . A paddle boat was foundnear Pitcairn Drive and Aruba Lane before10:38 p.m. Friday, March 11.Prop erty damage. A vehicle was damagedby a falling tree on Bounty Drive before2:50 p.m. Friday, March 11.

SAN CARLOSDisorderly conduct. A 53-year-old SanCarlos man was arrested for public i ntox ica-tion on th e 1100 bl ock of San Carlos Avenue

before 10:07 p.m. Monday, March 7.DUI . A underage driver was cited andreleased after driving under the influence atthe 1100 block of El Camino Real before1:5 8 p. m. Wednesday, March 2.Arrest. A 45-year-old San Carlos man wasarrested on a misdemeanor warrant on the100 block of Beverly Drive before 9:50p.m. Friday, Feb. 26.Disorderly conduct. A Redwood Citywoman was arrested for public intoxicationon the 1000 block of Porto Marino Drivebefore 5:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26.

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Pralines and paintA man was seen spray painting an icecream cone near Mirada Road in Half Mon Bay before 1 p.m. Monday, Feb.15.

By Austin Walsh

DAILY JOURNAL STAFF

The effort to build the Crossing Hotel, aproposal which has been mired in contro-versy, took a first step toward formal

approval as San Bruno planning officialsmoved forward with the p roject.

The San Bruno Planning Commissionunanimously agreed during a meetingTuesday, March 15, the pending sale of city property near the intersection of Interstate 380 and El Camino Real to builda 152-room hotel fits th e vision officialsset for the 1. 5-acre site.

Officials have long been attempting tobuild a hotel on the vacant lot adjacent toJack’s Restaurant, but the project gainedmomentum last week when a tentativeagreement to sell the land to a privatehotel developer was anno unced.

OTO Development , a hotel builder basedin South Carolina, agreed to pay $3.97million to the city to acquire the slice of land, and spend $50 milli on to construct ahigh-end Marriott hotel, which includes a3,000-square-foot room for communitygathering space.

The project is designed to fulfill thepromise made to voters l eading toward theapproval of Measure E, an ordinancepassed in 2001 b oosting allowable build-ing heights near The Shops at Tanforan.

But before th e deal can be fin alized, cityofficials must grant their approval,beginning with the PlanningCommission’s consent that the project is

in lin e with the intent of the city’s use for

the property, under the general plan. TheCrossing Hotel is set to go before the SanBruno City Council for further discussionduring an upcoming meeting Tuesday,March 29.

The hotel proposal has been a con-tentious issue in the past, as residents andadvocacy groups have been outspoken intheir opposition of the project, due toclaims the city is offering a sweetheartdeal to the developer by undervaluing theland and not being transparent in thenegotiation process.

A lawsuit was even filed last month tocompel city officials to release documentsshowing the appraisal process for theproperty, in an effort to gather moreinformation about closed session talkseventually leading to the acquisition.

Critics of the project did not seize theiropportunity to express their reservationsduring the most recent PlanningCommission meeting though, as officialsapproved the proposal with scant discus-sion.

Commissioner Perry Petersen raisedconcerns that the hotel, once constructed,may further restrict parking options in anarea already starved for places to parkcars.

He noted many of the patrons of Jack’s

Restaurant use the site where the hotelwill ultimately rise as an overflow park-ing o ptio n, and wondered where thos e carswill be able to park once the neighboringlot is no lo nger available.

The issue is compounded because the

restaurant has few street parking spotsavailable, as it is adjacent to theInterstate 380 entrance from El CaminoReal, and the Village at th e Crossing resi-dential development.

Community Development DirectorDavid Woltering said some of those park-ing concerns may be addressed by a shut-tle system which could run from the hotelto th e airport, reducing s ome of the vi si-tors’ reliance on cars.

Tentative design plans call for 163parking spaces for guests to be built intoan underground lot beneath the hotel,according to a city report.

Ultimately though, as the projectmoves forward, Woltering said opera-tional features of the hotel plan will con-tinue to be hashed out.

“When appropriate, this project willcome back for discussion about specificdetails,” he said.

Woltering added he expected there willbe a transportation management plandesigned for the hotel project as it worksthrough the planning process.

The acquisition agreement must first befinalized by city officials before entitle-ments for construction can be granted,which will gi ve way to a fuller discussionof the p roposed hotel, said Woltering.

Crossing Hotel gains initial city approvalSan Bruno officials agree hotel aligns with vision for recently acquired property

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Third suspect arrested in January gang-related assault

A third suspect in an allegedgang-related assault in January inSouth San Francisco was arrestedTuesday by p olice.

Jose Hernandez, 20, of SouthSan Francisco, was arrested at11:35 a.m. in the 300 block of Susie Way with the help of theU.S. Marshals Service, police

said.The assault took place on Jan. 4in th e 800 b lock o f Maple Avenue,where one of two victims was hitby a brick thrown by one of thethree suspects.

The others suspects are a juve-nile and 19-year-old Daly City res-ident Nicholas Rodriguez, policeCpl. Jason Pfarr said.

Police were able to locateHernandez after obtaining a$250,000 warrant for his arrestand after initial efforts to find himwere unsuccessful.

Hernandez also had warrants of $150, 000 for being a suspect in a

case involvingparticipation ina criminal gangand assault witha deadlyweapon, a$10,000 war-rant for assaulton a poli ce offi-

cer and resist-ing arrest and a$10,00 0 warrant for possession of a controll ed substan ce.

Hernandez was arrested in theJan. 4 incident for alleged offensesof resisting arrest, intimidating awitness and participating in acriminal gang, as well as the threeother warrants, according topolice.

Hernandez is in the county jailon $410,000 bail.

The victim hit by the brick suf-fered minor injuries and did notrequire hospitalization.

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Sandra Faye MattosSandra Faye Mattos died March

4, 2016, in San Francisco.Sandy was

born July 28,1935, inO a k l a n d ,California. Herfamily movedto SanFrancisco whereshe attended

R o o s e v e l tJunior HighSchool, Washington High Schooland San Francisco State Universi ty.She earned her teaching credentialin 1958 and worked as a teacher,counselor and vice principal. Sheserved Raphael Weill Elementary,Portola Junior High and McAteerand Mission hi gh school s until herretirement in 1994. Sandy wasinvol ved in s everal educational andprofessional organizations: CTA,CRTA, ADK, Sixty Plus.

Sandy loved the theater and thearts and could often be found at thesymphon y, o pera, ACT or BerkeleyRepertory and Curran theaters.

Sandy met Ted Theodosopoulosin 1964 at a TGI Friday’s, and theyremained life partners for the next52 years, until her death. Sandyembraced Ted’s ext ended Greek fam-ily, and was an integral part of theirlives. Viewing is after 10 a.m.Friday, March 18, with a servicebeginning at 11 a.m. at the Chapelof the Highlands, 194 MillwoodDrive, in Millbrae. A brief burialceremony will follow at the GreekOrthodox Memorial Park, 1148 ElCamino Real, Colma.

Barbara Jane Beal WinslowBarbara Jane Beal Winslow,

daughter, sister, mother, aunt andfriend died Feb. 4, 2016.

Barbara was a loyal, hard-work-ing woman, fiercely committed toher sons and family. She was bornApril 20, 1934, in Lincoln,Nebraska to Charles and NaomaBeal.

Barbara married Richard Wins lowand they had two sons, Donald andJames. Later she moved to Menlo

P a r k ,California, tobe closer to herparents andbrother Jamesand his wifeElaine. She wasemployed byThe Wall StreetJournal andBenham Capital

Management for over 30 years,raising her sons in Menlo Park.

Barbara is survived by her sisterBeverly Weller; her son James andpartner Anne Sallot; sister-in-lawElaine Beal; grandson EdwardWinslow, along with nephews andnieces. Family that preceded herare: grandparents James andFlorence Gaddis; parents Charlesand Naoma Beal; James Beal, herbrother; and Donald Winslow, heroldest son.

“We will dearly miss her kind,compassionate ways.”

Barbara will be buried in MenloPark and the service will be held atHoly Cross Cemetery on SantaCruz Avenue in Menlo Park 2 p.m.March 19.

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Union: New prison guardpact includes 9 percent in raises

SACRAMENTO — The union representing mostCalifornia st ate priso n g uards s aid Wednesday it has agreedto a labor contract that includes a 9 percent salary increaseover three years.

Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration said the agreementincludes concessions he sought last year to help reduce thestate’s long-term costs of providing retirees’ health care

benefits.Correctional officers would start paying toward their

eventual benefits under the prop osed contract.Officers hired after Jan. 1, 201 7, would also have to wait

longer for their benefits and would receive reduced healthcare coverage for themselves and their dependents whenthey retire.

The tentative agreement calls for a 3 percent increaseonce the agreement is ratified by the union’s 29,000 mem-bers, California Correctional Peace Officers Associationspokeswoman Nichol Gomez-Pryde said. Other 3 percenthikes would follow over the nex t two years.

Lawsuit: Feds dragging feeton whether nine species endangered

The government has dragged its feet on deciding whetheralligator snapping turtles and eight other species aroundthe country need federal protection, according to a lawsuit

filed Wednesday.The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service missed decision dead-lines, most of them by years, for species including theCalifornia spotted owl, a cat-sized hunting mammal calledthe Northern Rock ies fis her, and an Alabama mussel calledthe Canoe Creek pigtoe, according to the Center forBiological Diversity, a nonprofit for endangered species.

Agency spo kesman Tom MacKenzie said he was checkin gon whether Fish and Wildlife would comment on the suitfiled in federal district court in Washin gton .

Around the state

By Andrew TaylorTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — A plan to elimi-nate the federal budget deficit withouttax increases demanded by Democratsis poised to advance through a keyHouse panel, but at the cost of sharpcuts to federal health care programs,government aid to the poor, and hun-dreds of domestic programs supportedby lawmakers in both parties.

A Budget Committee vot e Wednesdaycould be the high point for the GOPbudget blueprint, which is short of the

majority votes needed to advancethrough the GOP-controlled House. Asizable bloc of tea party conservativ esoppose it because it sticks to lastyear’s budget and debt deal withPresident Barack Obama, which award-ed both th e Pentagon and domestic p ro-grams generous spending in creases.

The proposed cuts would be deeperthan anything GOP leaders have pro-posed before. The plan — which is anillustrative wish list rather than bind-ing legislation — reserves its biggest

cuts for health care programs, propos-ing to eliminate “Obamacare” cover-age for millions of people, slashMedicaid, raise the eligibility age forMedicare to 67, and transformMedicare into a voucher-like systemfor future retirees.

It proposes work requirements forbenefit programs such as food stampsand would eliminate the SocialServices Block Grant, which providesflexible grants to states for services tothe poor. It proposes requiring federalworkers to pay greater contributionsinto their pension plans and wouldscale back student loan subsidies.

The reward for such sacrifices wouldbe a budget that balances in 10 yearsand eases the government debt burdenfaced by future generations.Eliminating health-care subsidieswould boost labor participation, andlower deficits would boost nationalsavings and private investment.

The plan’s author, BudgetCommittee Chairman Tom Price, R-Ga., said it would “prioritize theresponsibilities of the federal govern-

ment — like national security — andsave and strengthen those programsthat are critical to the health, retire-ment, and economic security of mil-lions of Americans.”

The opposition of tea party conser-vatives in the House, including theultra-conservative House FreedomCaucus, is a setback fo r House SpeakerPaul Ryan, R-Wis., who engineeredpassage of four separate budget plansas the committee chairman from 2011-2014 but seems stymied now by thesame forces that deposed formerSpeaker John Boehner, R-Ohio. He’snot trying to strong-arm Republicansinto voting for it.

Actually implementing the cutswould require follow-up legislation,something Republicans have neverattempted, in great part because itwould be futile so long as Obama occu-pies the Oval Office — and not worththe political tumult that would beinvolved. But it sets a template forwhat a GOP-controlled Congressmight seek to cut if a Republicanretakes the White House.

Deficit-slashing plan poised toadvance through House panel

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Trump says rallyaround me — orexpect voter riotsBy Julie Paceand Steve Peoples

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — After yetanother round of convincing vic-tories for Donald Trump,Republican leaders spentWednesday wavering betweengrudging acceptance and deepdenial about the businessman’slikely ascent to t he GOP presiden-tial nomination. An emboldenedTrump warned that if the partytried to block him, “You’d haveriots.”

With at least th ree more states i nhis win column, Trump is n ow theonly candidate with a path toclinching th e Republican nomina-

tion before the party’s conventionin July. But he still must do betterin upcoming contests to get thenecessary 1,237 delegates, leav-ing some opponents with a sliver

of hope he can still be stop ped.“I still thi nk it’s a very realistic

chance that nobody’s going tohave a majority of the delegates,”said Henry Barbour, a seniorRepublican National Committeemember who worked on MarcoRubio ’s delegate strategy until theFlorida senator exited the raceTuesday.

Barbour said Trump “doesn’tdeserve to be president,” but alsosaid he could ultimately supportthe billion aire if he “can convinceme that he’s presidential materi-al.”

Trump cautioned that his sup-porters would revolt if he falls j ustshort in the delegate count andloses in a rules fight.

“If you just disenfranchise th ese

people, I think you would haveproblems like you’ve never seenbefore,” Trump said on CNN’s“New Day.”

Despite the deep concerns ab out

Trump within the RepublicanParty, there was little tangibleaction Wednesday th at i ndicated away to sto p th e real estate mogul’s

march to ward the general election.There was no rush among partyleaders or donors to coalescearound Ted Cruz, the only candi-date in the race with even a long-

shot chance of overtaking Trumpin the delegate count. A smallgroup of conservativ es moved for-ward with plans to meet Thursday

to discuss the prospect of rallyingbehind a third-party option, butno candidate had been i dentified tolead that effort.

The three best-financed efforts

to stop Trump abruptly ceasedadvertising after Tuesday’s elec-tions. The outside groupsAmerican Future Fund, Our

Principles and Club for Growthhave no Trump attack ads pl annedfor Arizona — a crucial winner-take-all contest in six days — orin any states beyond.

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Donald Trump speaks in front of his campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, left, his son Eric, right, and Eric’s wifeLara Yunaska during a news conference.

By Lisa Lererand Catherine Lucey THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. —Sweeping to victory in four keyprimary contests, Hillary Clintonhas solidified her hold on theDemocratic nomination, allowing

her to begin the work of unifyingher party agai nst GOP front-runner

Donald Trump.The process

won’t be pret-ty: RivalBernie Sandershas tapped intoa deep vein of a n t i -W a s h i n g t o n

sentiment inthe Democratic

Party, turning what was onceexpected to be an easy race forClinton into a far tougher compe-tition. He’s vowed to continue allthe way to the national conven-tion in July.

But Tuesday night’s victoriesallow Clinton to claim wins inkey general election battle-

grounds across the country —North Carolina, Florida and Ohio

— and demonstrate her appeal toRust Belt voters who will play apivotal role in November.

A decisive win in Florida,Tuesday’s biggest delegate prize,left her on track to expand analready-commanding lead.Clinton now has at least 1,599delegates — including superdele-gates — nearly two-thirds of thetotal needed to win t he Democratic

nomination. Sanders trails farbehind with at least 844.

In Missouri, where the raceremained too close to call,Clinton and Sanders were split-ting the delegates fairly evenlybecause Democrats award dele-gates based on the share of thevote, making the winner of a stateless important if the v ote marginsare close.

After a night of primary victories, Hillary Clinton looks ahead

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A long line of morning commuters board a bus for downtown Washington, D.C.

By Ben Nuckols and Jessica GreskoTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — An unprecedented 29-hour safety shutdown of subways in thenation ’s capital i nconv enienced hundreds of thousands of people on Wednesday, butdespite predictions of “Metromageddon” or“Metropocalypse,” it was hardly the end of the world.

Many riders shrugged it off, saying it’swhat they’ve come to expect from theaging, troubled Metro system.

One popular Twitter feed about the system,@unsuckdcmetro, was running a poll onwhether the shutdown would solv e “Metro’sflaming cables p roblem.” Thousands vo ted,with more than th ree quarters saying no.

“Metro sucks,” said Bob Jones, 26, of

Arlington, Virginia as he waited for a bus.The subways are “always slow, alwayscrowded,” he complained.

The nation’s second-busiest rail systemstopped its trains at midnight Tuesday for asystem-wide inspection of its third-railpower cables after an electrical fire onMonday.

With inspections nearly complete as of 5p.m. Wednesday, Metro’s general manager,Paul Wiedefeld, said at a news conferencethat th e syst em would reopen as pl anned onThursday at 5 a.m. Inspections of 600cables found 26 areas of concern requiringreplacement or repair, Wiedefeld said,including three he called “show-stoppers.”Many of the issues have already been fixed

and others will be before the systemreopens, or officials will modify service as aresult, he said. The next step, he acknowl-edged, was to understand why the p roblemshad occurred.

Riders take more than 700,000 trips onMetro trains every day because it’s still aquick way to get downtown from Maryland,Virginia and the city’s outer neighbor-hoods. But the system has become less reli-able and ridership has suffered.

Wiedefeld, who took over in Novemberafter runnin g the Balti more-Washin gton air-port, acknowledged in a public letter thismonth that the agency must “improve safe-ty and security, deliver more reliable serv-ice, and continue reforms to get our finan-cial ho use in order.”

The system has closed for days for weath-

er, but this was believed to be the first shut-down for mechanical reasons .

Wiedefeld said in closing the system that“while the risk to the public is very low, Icannot rule out a potential life and safetyissue here.” On Wednesday evening , h e saidhe recognized the hardship that the shut-down meant for t he region but reiterated thatit was necessary.

Delayed trains, closed escalators andother ann oyances h ave become frequent, butthe Metro has h ad deadly accidents as well,including a 2009 collision between twotrains that kill ed nine people. Another pas-senger died last year, when malfunctioningelectrical equipment filled a train withsmoke.

U.S.: Rifle found at El Chapohideout tied to Fast and Furious

WASHINGTON — One of the guns thatMexican officials s ay was found at the h ide-out of drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” GuzmanLoera is associated with Fast and Furious, afailed “gun-walking” operation, accordingto t he Justice Department.

The department said in a letter to membersof Congress that a .50-caliber rifle thatMexican officials sent for tracing afterGuzman’s arrest in January has since beenconnected to Fast and Furious.

U.S. officials say the weapon was one of 19 firearms that Mexican authorities saidwas recovered from the hideout and was theonly one determined to be associated withthe botched sting operation, in which theBureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms andExplosives permitted gun-runners to buyweapons in hopes of tracking them and dis-rupting gun smuggling rungs.

The rifle was bought in July 2010 in astraw purchase by someone not known toATF at the time. The buyer was later identi-fied and “became a subject” of the Fast andFurious investigation but was never indict-ed. The weapon is n ot kn own to be associat-ed with any other crime, the JusticeDepartment said.

More than 12 punished formistaken Afghan hospital attack

WASHINGTON — More than a dozen U.S.military personnel have been disciplined— but face no criminal charges — for mis-takes that led to the bo mbing of a DoctorsWithout Borders hospital that killed 42people in Afghanistan last year, U.S.defense officials say.

The punishments, which have not beenpublicly announced, are largely administra-tive. But in so me cases the actions, such asletters of reprimand, are tough enough toeffectively end chances for further promo-tion. The military has previously said somepersonnel were suspended from their dutiesbut has given no further details.

The disciplined include both officers andenlisted personnel, b ut officials said noneare generals.

The officials, who were not authorized todiscuss the outcomes publicly and so spokeon condition of anonymity, said the disci-plinary process is nearly complete. It isderived from a military inv estigation of theOct. 3, 2015, attack, the results of whichare expected to b e made public in a p artiallyredacted form in comin g days.

Subway safety shutdownmakes for long day in D.C.

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North Korea sentences U.S.tourist to 15 years in prison

PYONGYANG, North Korea — North

Korea’s highest court sentenced anAmerican tourist to 15 years in prison withhard labor for subversion on Wednesday,weeks after authorities presented him tomedia and he tearfully confessed that he hadtried to steal a prop aganda banner.

Otto Warmbier, 21, a University of Virginia undergraduate, was convicted andsentenced in a one-hour trial in NorthKorea’s Supreme Court.

The U.S. gov ernment condemned the sen-tence and accused North Korea of using suchAmerican detainees as p olit ical pawns.

The court held that Warmbier had commit-ted a crime “pursuant to the U.S. govern-ment’s hostile policy toward (the North), ina bid to impair the unity of its people afterentering it as a tourist.”

Qatar emir pardons, frees

poet imprisoned since 2011DUBAI, Uni ted Arab Emirates — A Qatari

poet imprisoned since 2011 over verses hewrote that apparently offended the govern-ment of the nation’s former ruler hasreceived a royal pardon and been freed, theUnited Nations said Wednesday.

Muhammad ibn al-Dheeb al-Ajami’s 15-year sentence, roundly criticized by rightsgroups and U.N. special rapporteurs, hadexposed the limits of free speech in the oil-and-gas-rich country, home to internationalnews broadcaster Al-Jazeera and the site of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

The reasoning for the pardon by Qatar’sruler, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani,wasn’t immediately clear.

By Zeina Karam and Philip Issa THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BEIRUT — Syrian Kurds arepreparing a plan to declare a feder-al region in the area they controlacross northern Syria, sayingWednesday it is a model for a moredecentralized government inwhich all ethnic groups would berepresented.

Although the idea might seemlike a way forward after five yearsof civil war, it faces big obs tacles:It was promptly dismissed by thegovernment of Syrian PresidentBashar Assad and the rebels whooppose him, both fearing it wouldlead to a partition of the country.

Turkey also opposes it, wary of the growing Kurdish influence inthe border region of northernSyria and its effect on its ownKurdish minority.

But Ahmad Araj, a Kurdish offi-cial in northern Syria, insistedthat a federal system containingsuch a region, which would effec-tively combine three Kurdish-ledautonomous areas, is i n fact meantto preserve nation al unity and pre-vent Syria from breakin g up alongsectarian lines.

“After all the blood that hasbeen spilled, Syrians will notaccept anything less than decen-tralization ,” Araj said.

By making th e announcement asU.N.-sponsored peace negotia-tions take place in Geneva,

Syria’s main Kurdish faction wastrying to become a major player inwhatever central governmentemerges from the war. The factionhas been excluded from the tal ks.

The idea of a federal regionappears to have gained some trac-

tion lately as world and regionalpowers grapple with ways to endthe conflict. Russian ForeignMinister Sergey Lavrov this weeksaid such a federal system is onepossible op tion if the Syrian peo-ple agree to it. The U.S. also has

been an ardent supporter of theKurds in the region, helping themin navigating the delicate rival-ries in Iraq after the 200 3 inv asionthat topp led Saddam Hussein.

U.S. State Departmentspokesman Mark Toner told

reporters that the U.S. opposesdeclarations of autono mous feder-al zones prior to a negotiatedpolitical resolution in Syria.

“We’re focused on advancing anegotiated political transitiontoward an inclusive governmentthat is capable of serving the

interests o f all the Syrian people,”Toner said. “We’ve also been veryclear that we’re committed to theunity and territorial integrity of Syria.”

However, if a resolution isreached by the Syrian people andtheir representative, and if itincludes a federal system thatallows for limit ed or semi-autono -my for different regions, Tonersaid Washington would notoppose it.

The Kurdish declaration isexpected to be made at the end of aconference that began Wednesdayin the town of Rmeilan, in Syria’snorthern Hassakeh province, andmay last several days.

The plan could make sense in acountry that has a multitude of sec-tarian and ethnic minorities forwhom it would be difficult to s harea unifying national sentiment.

The government, dominated byAssad’s Alawite sect of ShiiteIslam, controls Damascus, theAlawite heartland along theMediterranean coast, and othercities and connecting corridors inbetween. The Kurds run their ownaffairs in the northeast.

Kurds plan to declare a federal region in Syria

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A Turkish Kurd holds a flag during the funeral of three Kurdish fighters. A conference underway in Kurdish-controllednorthern Syria aims to approve a ‘Federal Democratic’ system of government for the area.

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By Marley Jay


NEW YORK — U.S. stocks roseWednesday after the FederalReserve left interest ratesunchanged and forecast it will

raise rates more gradually than ithad envisio ned late last year.The market had been lower

before the Fed released its state-ment, which highligh ted strengthin hiring and housing, but weak-ness in exports and concerns overslower global economic growth.The Fed now expects to raise inter-est rates two times this yearinstead of four.

Jeremy Zirin, chi ef equity st rate-gist for UBS Wealth ManagementAmericas, said the Fed and themarkets now seem to have thesame view on interest rate increas-es, and that means th e market maybe a little less volatile than it hasbeen recently. “It probably eases

investors’ minds that we’reunlikely t o see a rate hike in April,and it probably takes June off thetable,” he said.

Lower rates help boost econom-ic growth by reducing borrowingcosts and reducing t he risk ass oci-ated with expanding businesses orstarting new ones. Lower ratesalso make stocks look moreattractive to investors.

Stocks are now on track for theirfifth straight week of gains andthe Dow Jones industrial average

and Standard & Poor’s 500 indexclosed at th eir highest levels sincethe first t rading day of th e year.

The Dow gained 74.23 pointsWednesday, or 0.4 percent, to17,325.76. The S&P 500 indexrose 11.29 points, o r 0.6 percent,

to 2 ,027. 22. The Nasdaq compos-ite index rose 35.30 poin ts, or 0.8percent, to 4,763.97.

Oil prices rose nearly 6 percentand pushed energy shares sharplyhigher. Crude jumped after a groupof major energy producingnations said they will hold moretalks next month about a freeze inoil output levels. A deal - which isfar from a sure thing - could helprelieve a global glut that hasdepressed oil prices. In the U.S.,oil inventories grew, but not as

much as in vestors expected.Benchmark U.S. crude rose

$2.12 to $38.46 a barrel in NewYork. Brent crude, the benchmarkfor international oils, rose $1. 59,or 4.1 percent, to $40. 33 a barrel.

Energy companies were the top-

performing sector on the market.Devon Energy gained $2.13, or8.8 percent, to $26.22Southwestern Energy rose 67cents, or 9.3 percent, to $ 7.90 andOneok added $1.79, or 6.5 per-cent, to $29.51.

After the Fed’s decision, bondprices rose sharply and the yieldon t he 10 -year Treasury no te fellto 1.91 percent from 1.97 per-cent. The euro jumped to$1.1217 from $1.1107 lateTuesday. The dollar fell to

112.55 y en from 113.10 yen.Mining and materials compa-

nies and technology stocks,which would all benefit from aweaker dollar, also traded higher.Newmont Mining rose $1.18, or4.5 percent, to $27.55 and Alcoa

added 58 cents, or 6.3 percent, to$9.74. Apple edged up $1.39, or1.3 percent, to $105.97 andMicrosoft gained 76 cents, or 1 .4percent, to $54.35.

Metals prices were littlechanged on the day, as th ey closedearlier in the afternoon. Gold lost$1.20 to $1,229.80 an ounce.Silver decreased 4 cents t o $15 .22an ounce. Copper was unchangedat $2.2 3 a pound.

Peabody Energy, the largestcoal mining company in th e U.S.,

is plungi ng after it said it is delay-ing an interest payment and mayhave to file for Chapter 11 bank-ruptcy protection. The stock sank$1.82, or 45.4 percent, to $2.19.

Stocks have been rising inrecent weeks on mounting evi-dence that the U.S. economyremains in good shape overalldespite the shaky state of othermajor economies. That trend con-tinued Wednesday as the LaborDepartment said core inflation, orinflation that leaves out energyand food prices, continued to rise.It’s up 2.3 percent over the lastyear, its biggest 12-month gainsince May of 2012. Overall infla-tion slipped in February becauseof lower gas prices and it’s up just1 percent in the last year.

The Fed has been lookin g close-ly at i nflation as it considers rais-ing interest rates. Though one of the Fed’s main goals is to preventrunaway inflation, it wants to see

inflation rise more than it has inrecent years to be sure the econo-my is healthy enough to handlehigher rates.

Separate reports showed con-struction of new homes continuedto grow in February, but applica-tions were weak again, a sign of future trouble. Meanwhile U.S.factories made more machinery,appliances and computer inFebruary. It’s the second straightmonthly increase and a sign man-ufacturing is improving.

Stocks end modestly higher after Fed newsDOW JONES INDUSTRIALS

High: 17,379.18

Low: 17,204.07

Close: 17,325.76

Change: +74.23

OTHER INDEXES

S P 500:

2027.22 +11.29

NYSE Index: 10,084.17 +70.57

Nasdaq:

4763.97 +35.30

NYSE MKT: 2229.92 -13.20

Russell 2000:

1074.51 +7.85

Wilshire 5000: 20,836.22 +141.80

10-Yr Bond: 1.94 -0.02

Oil (per barrel): 38.49

Gold : 1,263.60

By Martin Crutsinger


WASHINGTON — The FederalReserve is keeping a key interestrate unchanged in light of globalpressures that risk slowing theU.S. economy.

As a result, Fed officials areforecasting that they will raiserates more gradually this year thanthey had envisio ned in December.The officials now foresee two,rather than four, modest increases

in th eir benchmark short-term rateduring 2016.

The Fed said Wednesday that theeconomy h as conti nued to g row ata moderate pace but that the glob-al economy and financial marketsstill pose risks. Offsetting thethreats, the Fed said in a statementafter a policy meeting that it fore-sees a further strengthening in theU.S. job market. It also expectsinflation, which has stayed per-sistently low, to reach the Fed’s 2percent target in two to threeyears.

Stock investors seemed pleasedby t he Fed’s expectation o f a more

gradual p ace of rate i ncreases. TheDow Jones industrial average,

which had been up modestlybefore the Fed’s statement wasissued, gained more than 100points soon after.

Since raising its key rate from arecord low in December, the Fedhas held off on raising rates againgiven market jitters and a sharpslowdown in China.

Resuming its rate hikes toosoon could slow growth or rattleinvestors again. This week, thegovernment said that retail salesslipped in February and thatAmericans spent less in January

than it had previously estimated.The report suggested that con-

sumers remained cautious aboutspending despite a solid job mar-ket and lower gas prices.

The Fed’s decisio n was app roved9-1, with Esther George, presidentof the Fed’s Kansas City regionalbranch, dissenting. The statementsaid George favored a quarter-poin trate hike n ow.

In its updated forecasts, the Fedrevised its outlook to show tworate hikes th is year. The forecast isbased on responses from all 17Fed officials who participate inthe discussions, not just the 10

officials who vote at each meet-ing.

Fed keeps key rates unchanged;foresees fewer hikes during 2016

By Martin Crutsinger


WASHINGTON — U.S. con-sumer prices fell in February,dragged by another steep drop inenergy prices. However, coreinflation managed to tick higher,led by the biggest jump in cloth-ing costs in seven years.

Consumer prices edged down 0. 2percent last month after no change

in January and a small decline inDecember, the Labor Department

report ed Wednesday.

Core inflation, which excludesthe volatile categories of food andenergy, rose 0.3 percent follow-ing a similar 0.3 percent rise inJanuary.

Over the past 12 months, over-all inflation is up a modest 1 per-cent. But core inflation is up 2.3percent, the biggest 12-monthgain since May 2012.

The Federal Reserve is closely

watching inflation, which hasbeen stuck at low levels, to deter-

mine when to raise interest ratesfurther. The 12-month rise in coreprices is ab ove th e Fed’s target forannual price increases of 2 per-cent. However, the modest 1 per-cent overall price gain over thepast year is still well below theFed target.

Steve Murphy, U.S. economistfor Capital Economics, said therise in core inflation suggests thatthe Fed will soon need to start

raising rates to keep inflationfrom climbing too quickly.

“A faster than ant icipated rise incore inflation will force the Fed toraise interest rates faster than themarkets expect,” Murphy said.“We think the Fed will resumetightening in June.”

The Fed boosted its key policyrate by a quarter-point inDecember, the first increase innearly a decade. But it left ratesunchanged in January.

Analysts expect no change later

Wednesday after the Fed wraps upits two-day poli cy meeting.

U.S. consumer prices slip in February


DETROIT — Major automakersand the U.S. government havereached an agreement to makeautomatic emergency brakingstandard equipment on most carsby 2022, two people briefed onthe deal said.

The agreement will beannounced Thursday by 20automakers and the NationalHighway Traffic SafetyAdministration. Automakers willphase in the equipment on nearlyall models except some with olderelectronic capabilities and somewith manual transmissions, said

the people, who spoke on condi-tion of anonymity because termsof the agreement haven’t beenannounced.

Automatic emergency brakinguses cameras, radar and other sen-sors to see objects in the way andslow or stop a vehicle if the driverdoesn’t react. The technology

already is available as an optionon many models, but automakersare struggling with how to fit itinto current product plans thatmight not be ready for the elec-tronics. Making the feature stan-dard equipment on nearly all carswill speed adoption of the tech-nology.

Autonomous braking to be in most cars by 2022

FedEx rides online shopping

to beat Wall Street forecastsDALLAS — FedEx rode the

growth in onl ine shopping to beatWall Street expectations for theholiday season, although profitfell 19 percent because of legalbills and acquisition costs.

The package delivery companysaid Wednesday that peak-seasondemand was better than expected.FedEx raised its profit forecast forits current fiscal year and its s hares

jumped more than 6 percen t inafter-hours trading.

FedEx Corp. has p rospered fromonline shopping by deliveringpackages to consumers whoincreasingly shop on their com-

puters or phones rather than instores.FedEx shares closed regular trad-

ing at $144.27 after gaining$1.20. In after-hours trading fol-lowing the release of the earningsreport, they were up another$8.88, or 6. 2 percent, to $153.15.

PlayStation VRto debut in Octoberfor less than Rift, Vive

SAN FRANCISCO — Sony’s ver-sion of virtual reality will cost afew hundred dollars less than com-petitors when its headset isreleased in October.

The company announced a $399price tag and October release datefor PlayStation VR on Tuesday dur-ing the Game DevelopersConference, an annual gatheringof video game creators.

“We’re proud of the price pointwe’ve been able t o achieve b ecauseit means more gamers will be ableto bring PlayStation VR into theirlivi ng rooms, ” said Andrew House,president and CEO of SonyComputer Entertainment.

House noted that Sony has sold36 million PS4 consoles since theconsole first debuted in 2013.

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OAKLAND — Stephen Curry scored 34points and the Golden State Warriorsextended their record regular-season homewinning streak to 50 games with a 121-85victory over the New York Knicks onWednesday nigh t.

Curry shot 8 for 13 from long range and

12 of 20 from the floor overall before sit-ting out the fourth quarter with his team upbig. The reigning MVP hit 3-pointers onthree straight possessions late in the firstquarter and on two in a row at the end of thethird as the Warriors improved to 32-0 atOracle Arena thi s season.

Klay Thompson scored 19 points with

five 3s and MarreeseSpeights added 13 withthree 3s off the bench asGolden State (61-6)stayed one game ahead of the 1995-96 Bulls’ pacein their record 72-winseason.

Carmelo Anthony had18 points, six rebounds

and six assists for the Knicks.Curry banked in an off-balance 3 as the

shot clock expired late in the th ird, t hen hitone from the baseline moments later.Already th e first pl ayer in NBA hist ory with300 3s during a season, he has 3 30 with 15games to go.

Draymond Green, who had a triple-double

New York is no match for Golden State

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Carlmont’s Jordan Brandenburg slides safely into home plate ahead of the throw during the Scots’ 9-1 win over Burlingame in the PAL BayDivision opener for each team.

Scots scorch Burlingame

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What do the Half Moon Bay,Menlo-Atherton and Serra boys’basketball teams, along with

the M-A and Menlo School g irls’ teams,have in common?

All advanced to the semifinals of theNorthern California tournament withoutwinning a Central Coast Section title.Which is a shame, because not having aCCS banner hanging from the gym rafters

takes just a little bitaway from what other-wise have been amaz-

ing seasons for allinvolved.

Think Serra willhang a “Third Place,Open Division” ban-ner next season? Orthe M-A girls a“Advanced to Nor CalSemis?”

No. You hang ban-ners for champi-onships and the Open

Division denied those a t eams a chance tohang a banner.

There was a time, and it wasn’t too longago, that winning a s ection title was thelast realisti c goal any team could achieve.An invitation to the state tournament wasicing on the cake.

Now, however, the focus appears to haveshifted, and not necessarily for the good.

The odds of winning a st ate title areastronomical for all but a handful of teamsand falling short of CIF championship isthe expectation. But winning a CCS titlewas an attainable goal for all those SanMateo County teams that played in theOpen Division. Keep them in their divisionof enrollment and there is countywide cele-bration with the possibility of four CCStitles, instead of just the one from theSacred Heart Prep girls’ winning theDivision IV crown.

Section title

should carrymore weight

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By Lisa Leff


BERKELEY — Officials at the Universityof California, Berkeley, are reviewingwhether the men’s head basketball coachcorrectly handled sexual harassment allega-tions against one of his assistants.

The review aims “to dispel any doubts”about coach Cuonzo Martin’s role in thecase that led to the firing of assistant coachYann Hufnagel, athletic director MikeWilli ams said in a statement late Tuesday.

“We firmly believe the results will sup-

port our confidence inCoach Martin,” Williamssaid.

Supervisors and man-agers are required topromptly forward anysexual misconduct com-plaints, and those whofail to do so may face dis-cipline, campus policysays. That includes head

coaches, UC Berkeley spokesman DanMogulof said Wednesday.

A report shows the university launched

the inquiry into Hufnagel in early J uly aftera female journalist sent Martin a long emaildescribing in graphic detail the unwelcomeadvances she received from his assistant.

The journalist wrote the email six weeksafter she first told Martin by phone abouther concern Hufnagel was sexually harass-ing her. Her name and news organizationwere redacted from the report releasedTuesday.

Hufnagel, 33, is at least the fourth campusemployee in the last year to face sexualharassment allegations that were substanti-ated during campus investigations.

He said in a Tweet Wednesday he has hi redan attorney to figh t UC Berkeley’s decisionto fire him.

“These last days have been gut-wrench-ing,” Hufnagel said. “Being ripped awayfrom the team that I love deeply has b een, ina word, unbearable. ”

The university has faced criticism forwhat some saw as its light-handed disci-pline in the three earlier cases, involvingthe campus’ vice chancellor for research, aprominent astronomer and the dean of thelaw school. All three men initially were

Cal to review head coach’s role in harassment case

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By Nathan MollatDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Burlingame’s baseball manager Shawn

Scott sai d a team needs to take away at leastone good thing from a loss or one bad thingfrom a win.So what did his Panthers’ squad take awayfrom a 9-1 drubbing at the hands of visitingCarlmont?

“A nice piece of humble pi e,” Scott said.Given the history of the Burlingame pro-

gram, its expected the Panthers will be inthe h unt for t he Penin sula Athleti c League’sBay Division.

But it is Carlmont that is the defendingBay Division champion and the Scotsplayed like one in the league opener forboth teams. The game was essenti ally decid-ed in the second inning when Carlmont sent

10 batters to the plate and scored six runs.That was more than enough support for

Scots’ starting pitcher Spencer Stewart,who pitched a complete game, scatteringfour hits while throwing just 86 pitches.

He was working on a shut out untilBurlingame scratched out a run in the bot-tom of the seventh innin g.

“Stewart pitched very well today. He wentinto attack mode. Since he’s come backfrom soccer, we’ve been a different team,”said Carlmont assis tant coach Brian Vogel.“(He threw) three pitches for strikes. … Hewas just on it from the very first pitch.That’s a good team he faced. … He’s goingto pitch at the next level.”

Scott was more succinct when talkingabout Stewart.

“He was bett er than us. He pitched his buttoff,” Scott said.

It makes it much easier for the pitcherwhen his offense gives him a lot of supportand the Scots’ bats did just that. They pound-ed out nine runs on 11 hits and capitalizedon three Burling ame errors.

Carlmont went relatively quietly in thefirst inning, with only Jordan Brandenburgpicking up a hit. But the three outs off theScots ’ bats were loud and it did not bode wellfor Burlingame starter Alex Vina because hegot roughed up in the second inning.

Carlmont touched the Burlingame south-paw for six runs on five hits in the secondinning — four of which were earned.Connor Loucks got the scoring started witha bases loaded, sacrifice fly that drove inZane VanArsdel, who had walked to lead off the innin g. Mitchell Plane following a RBIdouble and Tyler Brandenburg drove in a pairwith a single to left. After Andy Cross was

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BaseballTerra Nova 6 Capuchino 1

Only a few weeks after the basketball seasonended, Tigers’ pitcher Jared Milch needed little

time to get into baseball shape as the seniortossed a no-hitter in the PAL Bay Divisionopener for both teams.

Milch did give up an unearned run in the six thwhen a groundout drove in a runner who hadreached on an error. Other than weird blemish,Milch was masterful. He pitched a completegame with six strikeouts and three walks.

Terra Nova jumped on the Mustangs quickly,scoring two runs in the first inning. After threestraight walks loaded the bases to start theinning, Mills Notmeyer singled home a pair of runs. Cole Sowryda had an RBI double in thefourth and Jacob Braslaw drove in a run in thefifth with a single.

Hillsdale 7 Sequoia 0

Trevor Bettis pitched five innings, allowing just three hits to help lead the Knights to the

victory over the Cherokees.Hillsdale’s offense was aided by seven

Sequoia errors.The Knights took a 1-0 lead in the top of the

second and the scored stayed that way untilHillsdale added four runs in the fifth and twomore in the sixth.

Bettis, David Badet and Arjun Mahanty eachhad two hits for Hillsdale, with Mahanty driv-ing in three runs. Bettis, Badet and JosephPinochi each had a RBI apiece.

Sequoia was led by Jonathan Kelly, who hadtwo hits. The Cherokees managed just five hitsfor the game.

Menlo-Atherton 6 Sacred Heart Prep 3

The Bears scored two runs in each of the firsttwo innings and tacked on single insurance runsin the fourth and sixth innings to beat theGators.

Nick Prainito, James Sullivan, BrettRodrigues and Miles Conrad each drove in a runfor M-A. Nick Olson worked 5 2/3 innings topick up the win on the mound, giving up threeruns (two earned) on seven hits. Hunter Sevycame on to record the save, giving up just one

hit in 1 1/3 innings of work.Jack Molumphy went 3 for 4 for SHP, with

Sean Clark and Michael York picking up RBIsfor the Gators.

Boys’ tennisWoodside 5 Sacred Heart Prep 2

The Wildcats won all four singles matches andthe No. 1 doubles match to beat the Gators in anon-league match.

Hal Tuttle (No. 1 singles), Jose Lopez (No. 2singles) and Payton Newcomb (No. 3 singles)all won in straight sets for Woodside. AlexKastelein gave the Wildcats the singles sweep,but needed three set to do so .

The Wildcats’ No. 1 doubles team of LeviVigodorchik and Sam Jalalian also won instraight sets.

SHP’s No. 2 and No. 3 doubles earned theGators their only points.

Boys’ golf Half Moon Bay 263 South City 386

The Cougars shot their lowest score of theseason as they buried the visiting Warriors atHalf Moon Bay Links.

Half Moon Bay’s Evan Impnik, along withSouth City’s Cameron Amores shared low-scorehonors as both finished with a 50.

The rest of the scoring round for Half MoonBay were: Brandon Guio (52), Tommy Beebe(53), and Dominic Padua and Josh Mutto eachfinished with a 54.

Harker 188 Sacred Heart Prep 212

Shane Snow was the only Gator to shoot asub-40 round, finishing with a 37 at CinnabarHills Golf Course.

Will Johnson finished with a 41 and AnikaitBhardwaj a 42 for SHP (2-2 WBAL, 2-4 overall),while Erik Morris finished with a 44 andHolland Sutton a 48.

Girls’ lacrosseSt. Francis 12 Menlo-Atherton 11

The Bears led 8-6 at halftime, but five unan-swered goals from the Lancers propelled them tothe victory.

Grace Tully and Annie Payne each scored fourtimes for M-A (2-2 overall), with Sally Carlson,Emma Easton and Emma Roellig each scoringonce.

Local sports roundup

By Josh Dubow


ALAMEDA — The Oakland Raiders agreedto a two-year contract Wednesday to re-signfree agent left tackle Donald Penn in anoth-er move to fortify th e offensiv e line in frontof quarterback Derek Carr.

Penn announced on his Ins tagram accountthat he has decided to stay in Oakland aftertesting the free-agent market. Penn hadbeen expected to v isit the New York Giantsthis week before reaching the deal with theRaiders. The San Francisco Chroniclereported that Penn’s deal would be worth$14 million.

The Raiders also sign ed free-agent safetyBrynden Trawick in a move to add depth and

improve their specialteams.

General managerReggie McKenzie hasonce again focused onbuilding a strong line infree agency, having pre-viously signed KelechiOsemele last week to afive-year deal worth$58.5 million.

With Penn back at left tackle protectingCarr’s blindside, Osemele can slot in atguard where he has had his most success inthe NFL. Oakland also has last year’s topfree-agent acquisition Rodney Hudson atcenter, emerging third-year guard GabeJackson and right t ackle Austin Howard on aline that looks to be one of the stronger

ones i n th e NFL.Since arriving in Oakland in 2014 after

being let go by Tampa Bay, Penn has revi-talized his career and been one o f the s tead-ier left tackles in the game. According toPro Football Focus, Penn allowed two orfewer quarterback pressures in 13 of 16games last season.

With more than $60 million salary capspace heading in to free agency, th e Raidershave filled many of their holes already asthey s eek to end a 13-year playo ff drought.

With the signings of Osemele and Penn,Oakland has all 11 projected offensivestarters in place. The biggest remainingneed on that side of the ball is a runningback to pair with 1, 000 -yard rusher LataviusMurray.

The Raiders also have signed pass rusher

Bruce Irvin and cornerback Sean Smith infree agency. Oakland still must find areplacement for retired Pro Bowl safetyCharles Woodson and a middle li nebacker toreplace the released Curtis Lofton .

Oakland still could make smaller movesin free agency and also has the 14th overallpick in next month’s draft.

But with a young core led by Carr, passrusher Khalil Mack and receiver AmariCooper, the Raiders feel like they are inposition to content in the AFC West afterSuper Bowl champion Denver was hit byseveral free-agent defection s.

Trawick played in 38 games withBaltimore since joining the team as anundrafted free agent in 2013. He playedmostly on special teams for the Ravenswhere he had nine tackles last season.

Raiders ink offensive lineman Penn to two-year deal

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Holy Cross topsSouthern 59-55

DAYTON, Ohio — RobertChampion scored 19 points, includ-ing a key 3-pointer in the finalminute, to help Holy Cross beatSouthern University 59-55Wednesday night for its first NCAATournament victo ry since 1953.

Champion, a junior guard, alsohit two key free throws with 14 sec-onds left to put the game out of reach. He connected on as many 3-pointers as the entire Southernteam, which was 3 for 20 frombeyond the arc in a sluggish, mis-take-filled First Four game.

Holy Cross (15-19) was anunlikely NCAA team, earning itsautomatic bid by winning fourgames on the road to in the PatriotLeague Tournament. The 16th-seed-ed Crusaders advance to play No. 1seed Oregon on Friday in Spokane,Washington.

Michigan wins on anotherlate shot, beats Tulsa 67-62

DAYTON, Ohio — Zak Irvin hi t ago-ahead 3-pointer and a pair of freethrows in the closing minute asMichigan pulled out another one atthe end on Wednesday night, beat-ing Tulsa 67-62 in the First Four.

The Wolverines (23-12) made the

leap from bubble team to the NCAATournament with their last-seconddrama. They hit a pair of end-gameshots for wins in the Big TenTournament, including one by Irvinthat beat Northwestern.

His 3-pointer in this one put theWolverines up 62-60 with 52 sec-onds to go, and his two free throwswith 10 seconds left sent the 11th-

seeded Wolverines into a matchupagainst rival Notre Dame inBrooklyn on Friday night.

Tulsa (20-12) got 23 points fromShaquille Harrison, but its senior-laden lineup couldn’t keep up at theend. There were five ties and 12 leadchanges in the frantic second half.

Obama makes his Final 4picks; Kansas as champs

WASHINGTON — PresidentBarack Obama has made his finalNCAA Tournament call in office:Rock Chalk, champions.

Obama picked Kansas, TexasA&M, North Carolina andMichigan State to all reach theFinal Four in a bracket he fill ed outfor ESPN.

His choice might be an unpopu-lar one around Kansas, though.Obama hasn’t correctly predictedthe national champion since hepicked North Carolina in his firstyear in office in 2009.

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STOCKTON — Former Arizonastar and NBA Rookie of the Year

Damon Stoudamire was hiredWednesday as the new coach atPacific.

Athletic director Ted Lelandannounced the hiring Wednesday,and Stoudamire was formallyintroduced on campus.

“I’m honored to be here today. Iappreciate this opportunity,”Stoudamire said. “I’m lookin g for-ward to making this whole com-munity of Stockton proud. It’sfunny because I’m standing uphere. I’ve played in front of a lotof big crowds in my life, I’veplayed against some great play-ers. And I’m going to be honestwith you, I’ve never been so nerv-ous of being in front of about 50

people in my life. But I’m finewith that. As you understand andyou get to know who DamonStoudamire is, I just k ind of tell i tlike it is.”

Former coach Ron Verlin wassuspended by the school inDecember stemming from an

i n v e s t i g a t i o ninto academicm i s c o n d u c t .P a c i f i c

announced lastmonth thatVerlin wouldnot return, andS t o u d a m i r ereplaces inter-im coach MikeBurns.

New Orleans Pelicans generalmanager and former Pacific starDell Demps called and offered “theperfect guy for you,” Lelandrecalled during the news confer-ence of the initial chat aboutStoudamire.

“It’s a special day for us,” Lelandsaid. “Damon is the third headcoach in t he last 27 y ears. This isa chance for us to l ook at t he great

tradition we have in basketballhere and the great impo rtance thatit plays in the role of our campusand the city of Stockton but totake a look at sort o f a new way of looking at it. A new direction, anew leadership. ... Damon is ateacher, a coach, a role model.

He’s an advocate for student-ath-letes.”

Demps credited Stoudamire’sability to go from star player to

talented coach.“Damon is a hard-working bas-ketball junkie that made himself into a very good NBA player,”Demps said by text message.“After a phenomenal career,Damon rolled up his sleeves, paidhis dues and worked his way up thecoaching ladder.”

Stoudamire spent the past sevenyears as an assistant coach withthe NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies andin college at Arizona and mostrecently Memphis. After a stellarfour-year college career atArizona, Stoudamire played 13seasons in t he NBA with Toront o,Portland, Memphis and SanAntonio.

“I’m going to bring great ener-gy. I’m going to do the rightthing,” he said. “I want my guysto play the right way. I want themto be outstanding citizens in thecommunity the right way. I wantthem to understand they can to uchother people’s li ves.”

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Chicago approves ban onchewing tobacco at sporting events

CHICAGO — Chicago is kno cking chew-ing to bacco out of the ballpark.

The city j oined a growing list Wednesdaywhen aldermen approved a ban on chewingtobacco at professional and amateur sport-ing events.

White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf

voiced his support in a letter to the city’sfinance committee last week. Cubs managerJoe Maddon said Wednesday he disagrees

with the ban, even tho ugh he s topped usingsmokeless tobacco 15 years ago.

Similar bans are taking effect SanFrancisco, Los Angeles and Boston.

MLB adding Youth HomeRun Derby to All-Star Weekend

NEW YORK — Baseball’s Home Run Derbyis expanding into a youth competition.

Major League Baseball said Wednesday thata Junior Home Run Derby will be conductedfor players under 14 and under 12. The final

will be at San Diego’s Petco Park on July 9,three days before the All-Star Game and twodays b efore the big league derby.

The competition will be conducted in part-nership with youth organizations like theBoys & Girls Clubs of America and otherbaseball and softball organizations. It will besponsored by T-Mobile, which also sponsorsthe b ig league derby.

Dodgers’ Ryu won’t pitchany spring games; unlikely for May

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Dodgers pit cher Hyun-Jin Ryu is not expected to appear in anyspring games, and manager Dave Roberts

says it’s “unrealistic” he’ll be ready to pitchin May.

Ryu missed all o f last season after shoulder

surgery last May. He threw 20 pitches in abullpen session on Monday. But he fellbehind in camp after suffering discomfort inhis left shoulder following a bullpen sessionon Feb. 26.

Roberts says Wednesday that Ryu was “aguy we had penciled in at the top of the rota-tion. But you’ve got to adapt. Things aregoing to happen that we’re no too excitedabout. But that’s our reality.”

Ryu, the Dodgers No. 3 starter in 2013 and2014, came into camp with a goal of pitching

in May.Roberts says Ryu will have another bullpen

session thi s week.

Baseball briefs

To me, there is greater joy in winning a title that is achiev-able, compared to one with better odds of getting in a carcrash than winning a state crown.

That is not to say that the state title is no t the end all, b eall for these teams. I guarantee every p layer and coach writesat the very top of the chalkboard that winning a state champi-onship is the ultimate prize. But there are a lot of other goalsto accomplish along the way that sho uld have as much mean-ing and a CCS title is one of them.

***Pinewood girls’ basketball coach Doc Scheppler added to

his already l egendary career when h is Panthers pulled off arguably the biggest upset in state history when they beat St.

Mary’s-Stockton 72-69 in the semifinals of the Nor Cal OpenDivision tournament Tuesday night.

If you remember in Tuesday’s column I mentioned MenloSchool wasn’t playing THAT St. Mary’s? Well, Tuesday night,Pinewood beat THAT St. Mary’s — the consensus No. 1 teamin the nation.

Under Scheppler, Pinewood has developed into a statepower. He’s won six state tit les coaching the Panthers and 13CCS championships .

This may be his and the program’s crowning achievement.The bad news? Up next for the Panthers is a meeting in the

Nor Cal finals against a Miramonte-Orinda squad that featuresthe Gatorade National Player of the Year in Sabrina Ionescu.

***Just wanted to send a note to spring sports’ players, coach-

es, fans and communiti es. Rest assured we will be ramping upour spring coverage, have no fear.

Because we had and have so many soccer and basketballteams going deep into the CCS playoffs, we’ve inadvertentlyput spring sports on the backburner. Imagine my surprise

when I checked the PAL’s boys’ tennis schedule and saw thatthe first half of the league season is nearly over.

And while there are a handful of basketball games remain-ing — four county teams playing in Northern California titlegames — we will throw ourselves headlong into the dozen of sports offered from February to June.

Nathan Mollat can be reached by email:[email protected], or by phone: 344-5200 ext. 117. Youcan follow him on Twitter @CheckkThissOut.

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hit b y a pit ch, J ordan Brandenburg rapped out his second hitin as many innings, a RBI double to left-center field.

“We left the ball up and they hammered them, which iswhat good hitters do,” Scott said.

Will Brownlow came on in relief in the third inning forthe Panth ers and worked a scoreless frame before Carlmonttouched him up for th ree runs in the to p of t he fourth. Nick

Bugbee drove in the first run of the inni ng with an opp osit e-field single to shallow right, plating Jordan Brandenburg,who went 3 for 4 with a RBI and a run scored. The big b lowwas provided by Stewart, who drove in two more runs with adouble to deep centerfield.

All in all, the Scots got production up and down the line-

up. Six of the nine starters had at least one hit, seven in thestarting lineup all reached base and six different runnersscored.

“We came out ready to play, ” Vogel sai d. “We talk aboutthe (batti ng) o rder is just a number. (Just) have a goo d AB.Have a go od approach.

“[We] were locked in and ready to go.”Burling ame avoided the shut out in it s final at-bat. Kaleb

Keelean led off the inning with a first-pitch double to cen-ter. He moved to th ird on a wild pi tch and scored on a GrayGoodman groundout.

The Panthers will have little time to lick their wounds,however, as Wednesday’s game was just the first of fourstraight days of g ames. They face American-Fremont t oday,travel to Carlmont for a rematch Friday and take on SantaCruz Saturday.

After not p laying in nearly 1 0 days because of all th e rain,the Panthers are trying to make up for lost time.

“Got to get them at-bats,” Scott said.

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PEORIA, Ariz. — Leonys Martin and LuisSardinas homered in Seattle’s 6-run thirdinning against San Francisco starter Jeff Samardzija, and the Mariners rallied for a 9-6win over the Giants on Wednesday.

Samardzija entered the bottom of the thirdwith a 5-0 lead but saw 10 Mariners come up tobat against him. He gave up a spring-highseven runs and eight hits, including threehome runs.

Samardzija struck out three and walked onein four innings . He gave up Shawn O’Malley’ssolo shot to lead off the fourth.

“We’re all competitors out there and youwant to do what you can, but again, springtraining’s a learning process and you’re tryingto improve on what you feel you need toimprove on and get outs,” Samardzija said.

Martin, whom the Mariners got in a tradewith Texas in the offseason, was 4 for 24 inspring training entering Wednesday’s game.He surpassed his spring RBI total with one

swing, hitting a three-run shot.“You know, I keep working every day to

improve and try hard in every game,” Martinsaid in Spanish. “That’s the important thing.I was looking for a good pitch and hit it hard,

that’s it. I made good contact.”Robinson Cano tripled, doubled and scoredand Chris Iannetta had two hits and two RBIsfor Seattle. Angel Pagan tripled, doubled,scored and drove in three runs for the Giants.Hunter Pence, Brandon Crawford and TrevorBrown added two hits each, and Brown alsohad three RBIs.

Seattle’s Hisashi Iwakuma allowed five runsand seven hits in 2 2/3 in nings.

“To be honest, I thought some of the pitch-es were in the zone and the umpire was a lit tletight today, but you know, that’s part of thegame,” Iwakuma said through a translator.“We’ll see that during the season as well. I fellbehind in a lot of the counts. That’s what kindof cost me.”

Outfield GiantsThe Giants started a game with their proj ect-

ed starting outfield for the first time in springtraining . Pagan was in left field, Denard Spanwas in center after seven games as the desig-nated hitter and Pence was in right. “It’simportant to get them used to each other,”

manager Bruce Bochy said.

Big batSardinas is trying to win the Mariners’ util-

ity infielder job out of camp, and while he wascharged with a throwing error, he connectedfor a two-run shot and his spring trainingaverage is .433 (13 for 30). His 22 total basesand 10 RBIs l ead the team.

Trainer’s roomGiants: Span took a tumble trying to catch

Cano’s triple in the third and had his rightshoulder wrapped in ice in the team’s club-house. The injury forced Bochy to removeSpan from the game. “Jammed it a li ttle bi t sowe’ll see how it feels in the morning,” Span

said. “Came down on it pretty good.” ...Reliever Sergio Romo retired the s ide in orderwith a strikeout in his first outing of thespring. He was brought along slowly to keephis throwing elbow from getting sore. .. . Twodays after being hit in the head with a linedrive, P Johnny Cueto was taking part indrills. Bochy said that, for now, he sees no

problem with Cueto making his next start.“With that said, we’re still going to keep aneye on him,” Bochy said.

Starting timeGiants: Bochy said Samardzija got out of

sync with his delivery after two stronginnings. “He’s going to learn from that,”Bochy said. Samardzija had hoped to go fiveinnings.

Up nextGiants: Jake Peavy brings a 10.38 ERA

into his fourth spring training start Thursdayagainst the San Diego Padres and AndrewCashner. Peavy has allowed 19 hits in 8 2/3innings.

Samardzija struggles in Giants’ loss to Seattle

By Chuck KingTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

JUPITER, Fla. — Miami slugger Giancarlo Stanton andhitting coach Barry Bonds showed off their home runprowess at spring training.

What began as an exercise in hittingbreaking balls Wednesday evolved intoStanton an d the home run king teeing off for homers on the back fields at theRoger Dean Stadium.

Stanton says he hit three homers andBonds finis hed with four. It wasn’t exact-

ly a home run hittin g contest, but the 26-year-old Stanton and 51-year-old Bondsheld their own.

“Hit another 50-year-old out there andhe’d probably snap his back in half,”

Stanton said. “Either way, that was probably one of thecoolest things we’ve done because we all had a good timewhile we were getting our work in .

“Everyone seemed to gravitate toward that field by thetime we were done, so it was really coo l.”

Marlins manager Don Mattingly, a former AL battingchamp, said he won’t take part in any drills.

“I know better,” Matting ly sai d. “I had one back s urgery,

I don’t want another one.”Stanton was among five Marlins, most

not scheduled to p lay o n Wednesday, whowent to the practice fields following bat-ting practice for a little extra work.

The group split into two teams, withChris Johnson, Jeff Mathis and MiguelRojas on one team, and Christi an Yelichand Stanton on the other.

To even the teams, assistant hittingcoach Frank Menechino, who worked thepitching machine, suggested Bonds fill

out Stanton’s team. The former player, with 762 career

homers in his 22-year career, obliged.The goal of the workout was to s core as many runs as pos -sible before hitting three balls that would generally be con-sidered outs. Yelich and Stanto n st ressed it was not a h omerun hitti ng contest.

“It was just to see who could score runs and a homer scoredyou a run, and it k ind of turned into th at,” Yelich s aid.

It’s not the first time Bonds, who declined to comment,stepped into a drill with the players. But those instancesusual happ ened out of public view.

“It was the first time anyon e else has seen it ,” Yelich said.“He’s hit with us before, but usually in the cage or some-thing like that.”

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