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Burlingame served as the battle-ground where oppo sing forces and sep-arate worlds collided over the appear-ance of presidential hopeful DonaldTrump.

Trump rallied supporters, delegatesand potential voters with his trade-mark sarcastic humor during an after-noon speech Friday, April 29 , markingthe opening of the CaliforniaRepublican Convention at the Hyatt

Republicans beginto make peace withTrump as nomineeBy Erica WernerTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — They thought it was impossible. Somestill fear it. Others can barely believe it. But leadingRepublicans are beginning to accept the idea that DonaldTrump will b e their p arty’s presidential nomin ee.

In the wake of the businessman’scommanding wins in five Easternstates th is week, a growing number of national Republicans and GOP law-makers on Capit ol Hill say Trump hastaken on an indisputable air of inevitability. Some argue they shouldget behind him now and abandon the“Never Trump” efforts still nursed bysome establishment Republicans.Embracing Trump, these Republicanssay, may be the GOP’s only hope of blocking Democrat Hillary Clintonin November.

“Donald Trump is goin g to be our nominee, ” Florida Gov.

Rick Scott wrote on Facebook this week. “The Republicanleaders in Washington did not choose him, but theRepublican voters across America did choos e him. The vot -ers have spoken.”

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Demonstrators against Donald Trump gathered outside the Hyatt hotel where Trump spoke at the California GOP conventionin Burlingame. Below: Protesters faced off against police officers and some were hit with eggs.

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Donald Trump speaks to the California GOP convention inBurlingame.

The Coastside Fishing Club will truck hundreds of thousands of juvenilehatchery salmon out to sea.

By Samantha WeigelDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

As state wildlife officials out-lined a scaled-back commercialsalmon season that will begin inthe coming weeks after data showfewer of the species survived to

adulthood during the ongoingdrought, local advocates are hope-ful a unique Half Moon Bay pro-gram can help sustain the fishery.

This week, the California

Department of Fish and Wildlifeannounced the exp ected number of king salmon off the coast of California is less t han half of whatit was in prior years. With thecatchable amount down to just300,000 fish, a shorter commer-cial season for the San Francisco

and Half Moon Bay area will kickoff May 6 with o nly ab out 97 daysof fishing through September.

Drought-stricken salmon get boostHalf Moon Bay program helps sustain fishery

By Bill SilverfarbDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Surf Air planes have started tofly into the San Carlos Airport on

a different path t hat requires pil otsto use their eyes rather than equip-ment when landing on t he airfield.

While some have noticed thechange to minimize the noise,

others say they haven’t.Atherton Vice Mayor Michael

Lempres thank ed the county Boardof Supervisors Tuesday for aneffort to quiet the planes but saidsince Surf Air pl anes st arted flyin ginto San Carlos in 2013 , residentsin his town and the North FairOaks community have complained

Flight paths change, butwhat about the noise?Surf Air planes flying over Bay instead of residences

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White House 2016:Clinton gears up for Trump in fall race

Protesters greet TrumpOpposition rallies againstpresidential hopeful tokickoff GOP convention

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In 1803 , the United States purchased the LouisianaTerritory from France for 60 million francs, the equivalentof about $15 million.In 1812 , Louisiana became the 18th state of the Union.In 1900 , engineer John Luther “Casey” Jones of theIllino is Central Railroad died in a train wreck near Vaughan,Mississippi, after staying at the controls in a successfuleffort to save the passengers.In 1939 , the New York World’s Fair officially opened witha ceremony that included an address by President Franklin D.Roosevelt.In 1945 , as Soviet troops approached his Berlin bunker,Adolf Hitler committed suicide along with his wife of oneday, Eva Braun.In 1956 , former Vice President Alben W. Barkley, 78 , col-lapsed and died while delivering a speech at Washin gton andLee University in Lexington, Virginia.

In 1958 , the American Association of Retired Persons(later simply AARP) was founded in Washington, D.C., byDr. Ethel Percy Andrus.In 1968 , New York City police forcibly removed studentdemonstrators occupying five buildings at ColumbiaUniversity.In 1973, President Rich ard Nixon announced the resigna-tions of top aides H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman,Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst and White Housecounsel Joh n Dean, who was actually fired.

Superman had a dog namedKrypto, introduced in AdventureComics in 19 55. Like Superman,

Krypto was from Krypto n and the s amesuperpowers as h is master.***

Richie Rich, the richest kid in theworld, had a dog named Dollar. It was a“dollarmatian,” like a dalmatian butwith dollar signs instead of spots.

***The Chihuahua that said “Yo QuieroTaco Bell” in Taco Bell commercialsweighed 8 pounds and was 11 inchestall.

***Scooby Doo had a cousin namedScooby Dum and a brother namedYabba Doo. He had a nephew namedScrappy Doo.

***When the sheepdog Hot Dog firstappeared in Archie Comics in 1 968, hebelonged to Archie. In the next comicbook, and all thereafter, Hot Dog wasJughead’s pet.

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Do you know who says “Take a bit e outof crime?” See answer at end.

***In the 1959 Disney movie, “TheShaggy Dog” Tommy Kirk (born1941) plays Wilby Daniels, a youngboy who changes into a sheepdog. Inthe sequel, “The Shaggy D.A.” (1976)Dean Jones (born 1933) plays an olderWilby, now a lawyer who changes in toa sheepdog.

***The character of Lassie started as ashort story published in the SaturdayEvening Post in 1938. The first of many Lassie movies was “Lassie Come

Home” (1943) starring RoddyMcDowall (1928-1998). The televi-sion series “Lassie” (1954-1974) airedfor 20 years.

***Three dogs have stars on theHollywood Walk of Fame — Lassie,Rin Tin Tin and Strongh eart.

***“My Life as a Dog” (2000) is an auto-biography of Moose, the Jack RussellTerrier that played Eddie on “Frasier”(1993-2004). The book is a canineperspective on li fe, actually written byBrian Hargrove (born 1956).

***Artist Brad Anderson (bo rn 19 24) cre-ated the Marmaduke comic strip in1954. He based the comic dog on a170-po und Great Dane he had as a chil dnamed Marmaladee.

***Snoopy’s favorite drink is root beer.

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Actor John Ritter (1948-2003) did thevoice of Clifford the Big Red Dog in“Clifford’s Really Big Movi e” (2004).

***Higgins (1959–1975), the dog thatstarred as the original Benji in the197 4 movie “Benji, ” was adopted fromthe Burbank Animal Shelter when hewas a puppy.

***Terry (1933-194 4), th e dog that p layedToto, broke her foot during t he filmingof “The Wizard of Oz” (1939).

***Before the Jetsons adopted their dog

Astro, he belonged to a millionairenamed Mr. Gottrockets.***

In 1902, Buster Brown and his dogTige debuted in a Sunday comic strip inthe New York Herald. A few years lat er,the characters became mascots of theBrown Shoe Company. Midgets andlittle boys dressed like Buster Browntraveled the country with dogs dressedlike Tige urging kids to buy BusterBrown shoes.

*** Ans we r : McGruff the Crime Dog.Created in 1 980, McGruff is t he mascot

fo r th e Nation al Crime Prev ent io nCouncil to build crime awarenessamong chi ldren.

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Actress Cloris Leachman is 90. Actor Burt Young is 76.Singer Bobb y Vee is 73 . Movie director Allan Arkush i s 68 .Actor Perry King i s 68 . Sin ger-musician Wayne Kramer is 68.Singer Merrill Osmond is 63 . Movie director Jane Campion is62. Movie director Lars von Trier is 60. Former CanadianPrime Minister Stephen Harper is 57. Actor Paul Gross is 57.Basketball Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas is 55. Country musi-cian Robert Reynolds is 54. Actor Adrian Pasdar is 51. Rocksing er J.R. Richards (Dishwalla) is 49. Rapper Turbo B (Snap)is 49 . Rock musician Clark Vogeler is 47 . Rhythm-and-bluessinger Chris “Choc” Dalyrimple (Soul For Real) is 45.

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MILLBRAEBurglary . A bag cont aining items valued atapproximately $3,700 was stolen from avehicle on the 900 block of Broadwaybefore 9:55 p.m. Monday, April 25.Theft. A wallet was stolen o n the 90 0 blockof Millbrae Avenue before 4:30 p.m.Monday, April 2 5.Arrest. A 30-year-old San Francisco manwas arrested for public intoxication on the1600 block of El Camino Real before 1:02p.m. Monday, April 25.Arrest. A 38-year-old Berkeley man wasarrested after assaulting an employee whoconfronted him for shoplifting on the firstblock of Murchison Drive before 1:30 p.m.Sunday, April 2 4.

BURLINGAMESuspicious circumstances . Somebody

was seen asking strange questions on DavisDrive before 1:02 a. m. Sunday, April 17.Reckless drivi ng . A driver reported beingcut off by another vehicle near El CaminoReal and Floribunda Avenue before 12:16a.m. Sunday, April 1 7.Disturbance . Somebody tried to steal a tip

jar on Burlin game Avenue before 10:53 p. m.Saturday, April 16.Assault. People reported being hit with astick by an unknown suspect on OldBayshore Boulevard before 12:39 p.m.Saturday, April 16.

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A brush with crimeSomebody stole $50 worth of tooth-paste before fleeing the scene on thefirst block of El Camino Real inMillbrae before 10:45 p.m. Sunday,April 24.

By Samantha WeigelDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

A San Mateo County Superior Court judge reviewed 34 pi eces of evi dence as

prosecutors proceed with charging a 27-year-old Redwood Cit y man for th e murder a17-month-old girl.

The two-and-a-half day preliminary hear-ing culminated Friday in the case againstDaniel Contreras, who is accused of molesting and killing his girlfriend’sdaught er in August.

District Attorn ey Steve Wagst affe said heexpects to make a decision on whether toseek the death penalty in the comingmonths, but will await a meeting withContreras’ defense attorneys.

“We will give them a full chance to comeup with whatever they want to,” Wagstaffesaid, noting issues such as mental healthor a person’s upbringing are often factorsthe defense presents. “During my tenure asdistrict attorney, I have not sought the

death penalty in any case, but … there’sgoing to be some very serious discus-sions.”

On Friday, Superior Court Judge JosephBergeron denied the defense’s motion tosuppress statements Contreras made topolice before and after his arrest. Bergeronagreed Contreras can be tried on fivefelonies, including murder with special cir-cumstance of murder during child molesta-tion, Wagstaffe said.

Contreras has pleaded not guilty to allcharges and his defense attorneys could notbe immediately reached for comment.

The toddler, Evelyn Castillo, was foundunconscious and unresponsiv e in an apart-ment on the 400 block o f Madison Avenuearound 2:30 p.m. Aug. 6, 2015. Contrerashad been dating the mother for just two

months when he convinced the woman toleave him alone with the child for the firsttime, according to prosecutors.

Over the course of several hours,Contreras allegedly repeatedly sexually

molested the girl,including by oral copu-lation. When the childwouldn’t stop crying,Contreras fatally beat

her, according to prose-cutors. He contacted hismother and initiallyclaimed the child fell off the changing table, butan autopsy establishedhis story was false,

according to prosecutors.The case was continued to May 13 for

Superior Court arraignment.The victim’s family h as been s teadfast in

their attendance through all of the courtproceedings an d are “very interest ed in s ee-ing justice occurs,” Wagstaffe said.

Although he’s been to over 250 murderscenes during his tenure as a prosecutor,Wagstaffe noted cases such as these arenever easy.

And currently, he has two pending in

court. A second man is also b eing chargedwith murdering his girlfriend’s child.Marco Antonio Alvarado-Cisneros, 24,

is accused of murdering his girlfriend’s 18-month-old so n i n unincorporated RedwoodCity in August 2014. Alvarado-Cisneroswas caring for th e baby named Dante Nava,at their apartment while the mother went towork. That night, the man called 911claiming th e baby may have had a seizureand fallen off the bed. An autopsy revealednumerous injuries including severalhuman, adult bite marks, according toprosecutors.

Alvarado-Cisneros continued to livewith the girlfriend after the baby’s deathand even had another child with her. Abouta year later, the mother reported to po licenumerous domestic violence attacks, kid-

napping and robbery of her by Alvarado-Cisneros.

He was arrested and a subsequent inv esti -gation led to his arrest for murder of thebaby. He is charged with murder, kidnap-

ping , b attery and willfulinfliction of corporalpunishment, accordingto prosecutors.

Alvarado-Cisneros is

facing 35 years to life inprison. His case doesnot meet the state’s cri-teria for considerationof the death penalty,Wagstaffe said. A pre-liminary hearing hasbeen scheduled for

August.Both Alvarado-Cisneros and Contreras

remain i n custody without bail.Wagstaffe noted the cases appear “to be

simply incidental as to the two occurringin t he same general time frame.”

He even recalled a particularly unusualperiod in the late 1990s when five cases of a baby being murdered struck the county in

just two o r th ree years .Wagstaffe noted these are the types of

cases that undoubtedly have an effect onthe public. Having helped select juries andquestioned when a potential juror mightsupport the death penalty, suspects whokill children n ever fare well, he said.

“There is one th ing that is a truism; whenit is a child that is a v ictim of a murder, n omatter what, the emotion that gets stirredis very strong,” Wagstaffe said. “Whenyou’re dealing with a vulnerable victim,there’s far less tolerance or sympathy. Theact remains inexplicable and horrific.”

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Alleged baby killer case proceedsDA: prosecutors consider two difficult, emotional murders

Amy FigueiredoAmy Figueiredo, born Sep. 11, 1923, in

Waverley, Australia, died peacefully in hersleep in Burlingame,California, April 15,2016, at 92.

Born to Arthur andEsther Cli fford, Amy wasthe eldest of four chil-dren. Her sister Lillianand brothers Harold andRoy preceded her indeath.

Amy joins the love of her life, JosephFigueiredo, who died Sept. 22, 2003. Shemet Joe during World War II, while he wasrecuperating in Sydney, from injuries sus-tained in the Battle of Guadalcanal. Theymarried in Australia, April 1, 1944. Afterthe war, t hey settl ed in San Francisco.

She was a dedicated parishioner at St.Robert’s Catholi c Church, and sang sopra-no for more than 40 years in the choir.

“Amy’s legacy of wit, generosity, com-passion, dignity and unconditional lovelives o n th rough all who love and treasureher memory.”

She is survived by daughters MichelleKennedy and Nancy Anderson, grandsonDaniel Anderson, daughter-in-law Nancy

Vytalcil and son-in-law Michael Anderson.Also many cherished relatives in Australia.Her memorial service is 10:30 a.m. May

6 at St. Robert’s Catholic Church in SanBruno.

The family thanks the loving, caringstaff at Easton Creek Villa, Senior Assist of the Peninsula and Kaiser Hospice.

David Randolph BrownDavid Randolph Brown, 92, of Redwood

City, died April 16, 2 016.A pioneer in the early computer industry,

David was an integral part of theMassachusetts Institute of Technologyleadership team that created Project

Whirlwind, one of the first large-scale,high-sp eed computers.

Born Oct. 31, 1923, in Los Angeles,California, David attend-ed the University of Washington, where heearned an electrical engi-neering degree and methis future wife, SarahJane (Sally) England.

They were married Dec.17, 1944.

He earned a master’s o f science degree from MIT.

He was a master woodworker, havingbuilt beds and desks for all his children, aswell as a large dining table and kitchencabinets. David enjoyed fixing cars andkept met iculous records of repairs and serv-icing that extended back decades. With hiswife Sally, he co-wrote A Biography of Mrs. Marty Mann: The First Lady of Alcoholics Anonymous (Hazelden, 2001).

He is survived by his wife Sally; childrenAnn, Polly, Ellen and Philip; his grand-daughter Lisa; daughter-in-law Karin, andsons-in -law Chuck and Bill.

A memorial service will be 3 p.m.,Friday, May 13, at the FirstCongregational Church, 1 985 Louis Road,Palo Alto.

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Alleged South Citymurderer appears in court

The South San Francisco man accused of shooting two brothers resulting in thedeath of a 20-year-old, made his first courtappearance Friday.

Cristian Omar Cruz-Partida, 19, ischarged with felony murder with a firearmand felony attempted murder with a firearmfor the incident at Orange Memorial Parkaround 2:45 p.m. Monday, April 25.

Cruz-Partida did not enter a plea and was

assigned to the privatedefender program. He isscheduled to return tocourt May 13 for anappearance with a desig-nated attorney and toenter a plea, sai d Dist rictAttorney SteveWagstaffe.

The murder victim wasidentified as NicholasGomez, a 20-year-old

South San Francisco resident. Gomez’sbrother appears to be the second shootingvictim who remains hospitalized and isexpected to live, Wagstaffe said.

Both broth ers were shot in t he abdomen,Wagstaffe said.

Cruz-Partida fled the park after the s hoo t-ing, but was located in Stockton around2:45 a.m. Wednesday. Police have said theincident is not considered drug or gangrelated, but that the three men appeared tohave had an ongoing personal dispute,according to po lice.

The shooting caused nearby school s andcommunity centers to be placed on tempo-rary lockdown Monday afternoon.

San Francisco chief releasesracist texts, orders training

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco’spolice chief said Friday that he has ordered

that all officers finish an anti-harassmentclass within the next month amid a racisttexting scandal that has rocked the depart-ment already dogged by fatal shoot ings of unarmed minority suspects.

Flanked by religious and minority com-munity leaders at a San Francisco pressconference, Chief Greg Suhr also releasedmore transcripts o f racist and homophobictext messages first made available to TheAssociated Press along with inflammatoryand inappropriate images found on formerofficers’ cellphones.

It’s the second texting scandal since2014 i n a department th at is attempting todiversify its officers to reflect the SanFrancisco culture and population. Thedepartment of 2,100 was led by an Asian-American woman and a black man beforeSuhr took over five years ago.

About half the officers are white, roughl yreflecting the white population in SanFrancisco. Asians make up a third of thecity population, but account for about 16percent of the officers. Close to 9 percentof its officers are black, exceeding a citypopulation of 6 percent,

Suhr says he has no plans to resign andMayor Ed Lee says he supports the chief.

Lee sent an email letter to the entiredepartment of nearly 2,100 officers

Thursday night calling on them to reportcolleagues who display intolerant behav-ior.

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INDIANAPOLIS — In a setbackfor Donald Trump, Indiana’s go ver-nor endorsed the front-runner’s

chief rival, Ted Cruz, on Friday,injecting new drama into thestate’s critical Republican p rimarycontest just days before votershead to the polls.

Indiana Gov. Mike Pencedescribed Cruz as “a principledconservative” as he made his sup-port official during an afternoonradio interview.

“The man has shown th e courageof his convictions,” Pence said,citing Cruz’s fight again st gov ern-ment spending, the federal healthcare law and his “strong and unwa-vering stand for the sanctity of life.”

Pence, who faces his own re-election test this fall, also praised

Trump, who had personally lob-bied the governor to embrace hiscandidacy — or at least t o make noendorsement ahead of Tuesday’sprimary.

‘’I’m grateful for his voice in thenational debate,” Pence said of Trump, adding, “I’m not againstanybody, but I will be voting forTed Cruz in the upcomingRepublican primary.”

The Indiana governor’s backingcould give Cruz a desperatel y need-ed boost in his fight to blockTrump from claiming the delegatemajority b efore the GOP’s nati on-al conv ention in July. A Trump winin In diana on Tuesday would all butensure he becomes the presump-

tive nominee.

Trump swept all fiveNortheastern primary electionsearlier in the week and enjoys amassive delegate advantage overhis Republican rivals. Cruz hasbeen mathematically eliminatedfrom earning the 1,237 delegatemajority, but insists he can blockTrump from the majority as well,as the 2016 contest shifts to“friendlier terrain” in the West and

Midwest. The Texas senatordeclared he is “all in” on Indiana.

After his latest round of losses,Cruz bid to regain some footing bymaking an early announcement of his running mate, tapping CarlyFiorina, the former Hewlett-Packard executiv e who dropped outof the GOP race earlier this year.

His campaign says it raised $2million around that announce-

ment. Campaign manager Jeff Roeconfirmed the fundraising total tothe Associated Press.

Earlier Friday, Cruz said he would“enthusiastically welcome”Pence’s support.

“The country is depending onIndiana to bring some sober com-mon sens e,” Cruz told reporters inIndianapolis, “instead of goingdown a rash course of action th at is

endangering th is country.”Pence had been under enormous

pressure from pro- and anti-Trumpfactions. Although he is moreclosely al igned with Cruz, he risk svoter backlash in the fall if Tuesday’s primary contest showsIndiana is filled with Trump vot-ers.

Trump said this week that he hadmet the gov ernor and asked for hisbacking. He said he didn’t kno w if he would get it but did not expectPence to come out in support of Cruz.

Yet Cruz and conservatives whosupport him pressed Pence fromthe oth er direction.

“Every day he sits on the side-lines is another day in which hecould have made a difference,”Republican columnist ErickErickson wrote Thursday on thewebsite The Resurgent. “He hasnot used his influence in the con-servative movement to rallyagainst Trump.”

Meanwhile, Trump picked uptwo more delegates in RhodeIsland, giving him 81 percent of the delegates needed to clinch thenomination and avoid a contestedconvention. The billionaire busi-nessman needs to win 48 percentof the remaining delegates toclinch the nomination by the endof the primaries.

He won the Rhode Island pri-mary on Tuesday in a landslide.The state GOP says Trump got 12delegates, Ohio Gov. John Kasichgot five and Cruz got two.

Overall, Trump has 996 dele-gates, compared to 565 for Cruzand 153 for Kasich, according to

the AP delegate count.

Cruz gets Indiana governor’s endorsement

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John Kasich calls forbalance on gay rightsand religious beliefsBy Janie HarTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN FRANCISCO — Asked about g ay rig hts and marriageequality, Republican presidential candidate John Kasich

said Friday that more people s hould takea “chill pill” and try to get along withone ano ther rather than t urn to unwieldylegislation.

The Ohio governo r appeared at a townhall hosted by the Commonwealth Clubof California, where he answered ques-tions on issues that included terrorismand health care as well as discriminati onagainst gays and lesbians.

“Do I think people are born gay?Probably. I’ve never studied the issue, but I don’t see anyreason to hurt you or discriminate (against) you or makeyou feel bad or make you feel like a second-class citizen,”Kasich said in a spirited exchange with a gay man in theaudience.

“I don’t think that’s right. Because you know what?Everybody’s created in th e image o f the Lord.”Kasich has walked a fine line on the issue, saying that he

does not support same-sex marriage but that he also hasattended a gay wedding. He said that he does not believe i ndiscriminating against anybody, but religious views mustalso be h onored.

His answer partially satisfied 62-year-old San Franciscoresident Kelly Bryan.

“I simply wanted it to be answered that gay people areborn gay and that it is not a lifestyle,” he said.

Kentucky Confederatemonument to be removed after 120 years

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Confederate monument capped

with a statue of Jefferson Davis will be removed from a spotnear the Universi ty of Louisville campus where it has sto odsince 1895.

The stone monument hon oring Kentuckians who died forthe Confederacy in the Civil War will be moved to anotherlocation, University President James Ramsey andLouisville Mayor Greg Fischer said during a surpriseannouncement Friday. “It’s time for us to mov e this monu-ment to a more appropriate place,” Ramsey said whilestanding in front of the stone memorial, which sits next t othe universit y’s gleaming Speed Art museum that just com-pleted a $60 million renovation.

Governments and universit ies across th e country have re-evaluated displays of Confederate symbols following theracially motivated slayings last summer of nine blackparishioners at the Emanuel AME church in Charleston,South Carolina.

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WASHINGTON — Waves of campaignstaffers are being dispatched to battle-ground states. Advisers are starting toconsider locations for a splashy con-vention rally in Philadelphia. An armyof lawyers is scrutinizing more thantwo dozen possible vice presidentialpicks.

Though she has yet to clinch the

Democratic nomination, HillaryClinton and her team are taking earlysteps int o a g eneral election campaign.Aides are working under the assumptionthat Republican front-runner DonaldTrump will be her opponent.

Six months before the presidentialelection, they’re looking beyond pri-mary rival Bernie Sanders and preparingtheir candidate and party for what maybe a hard-fought — and personally ugly— fall campaign.

Starting this week, Clinto n campaignemployees are heading to battlegroundstates across the country, among themOhio, Florida and Colorado. Democratsare also eyeing the possibility of mak-

ing a run at traditionally Republican-leaning states such as Georgia, NorthCarolina and Arizona, calculating thatTrump’s penchant for controv ersy couldput minority and female voters in play.

“Everybody’s got their game face on,”said Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, who wasgoing to South Dakota on the weekendto campaign for Clinton.

Aides from the primary are gettinggeneral election marching orders.

Simone Ward, political director of thecampaign committee for SenateDemocratic races, will run Clinton’sFlorida operation. Emmy Ruiz, who leda crucial Nevada primary win forClinton, will handle Colorado. MikeVlacich led New Hampshire operationsin the primary and will do the same inthe fall.

“The sooner you can get up and run-ning the better,” said Dan Pfeiffer, whoadvised President Barack Obama. “Onthe Republican si de, Trump has n ot builtanything resembling the sort of fieldoperation it takes to win.”

Plans are also beginning to takeshape for a convention that will promi-

nently feature Obama, Vice PresidentJoe Biden, Michelle Obama, BillClinton and the vice presidential nomi-nee. It’s not clear, however, what roleSanders will have.

Taking a page from Obama’s 2008convention address at Mile HighStadium in Denver, formerPennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, a closeClinton ally, i s urging th e campaign tohold a major speech — perhaps even

Clinton’s acceptance address — o utsideIndependence Hall, where theConstitution was signed.

Clinton’s campaign has started theinternal search for a running mate,though people familiar with the p rocesssay that effort is in an early stage.

A team of lawyers is poring throughinformation about a lengthy list of Democrats, among them LaborSecretary Tom Perez, Ohio Sen. SherrodBrown and Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine.Other names mentioned by party insid-ers include Massachusetts Sen.Elizabeth Warren, Minnesota Sen. AlFranken, New Jersey Sen. Cory Bookerand Housing Secretary Julian Castro.

White House ’16: Hillary Clintongears up for Trump in fall race

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At the Vatican, Biden seekscommon cause with pope on cancer

VATICAN CITY — Vice Pres ident Joe Biden found commoncause with Pope Francis on Friday at the Vatican for a glo bal

commitment t o fund cancer research.Biden spoke at a conference on regener-

ative medicine and ended up sharing thestage with the pope, who used his ownspeech to decry a profit-driven medical

research system. With light streamingthrough stained glass i nto an ornate audi-torium, the pope called for empathy forthe sick and communal guarantees that allhave access to care.

“Research, whether in academia andindustry, requires unwavering attention tomoral issues if it is to be an instrumentwhich safeguards human life and the digni-ty of the person,” th e pope said.

As he’s done several times before, thepope gave voice to the moral argumentbehind a cause that Biden and PresidentBarack Obama have sought to elevate,helping to skewer traditional partisandivides that tend to overtake politicalissues in the U.S. The Obama administra-tion h as turned to this pop e for support on

climate change, poverty, rapprochement with Cuba andrefugees.

Parts of India ban daytimecooking as hundreds die of heat

PATNA, India — With s izzlin g t emperatures claiming morethan 300 lives this month in India, officials said they werebanning daytime cooking in some parts of the drought-stricken country in a b id to prevent accidental fires that havekilled nearly 80 more people.

The eastern state of Bihar this week took the unprecedent-ed step of forbidding any cooking between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.,after accidental fires exacerbated by dry, hot and windyweather swept through shantytowns and thatched-roof hous-es in villages and kill ed 79 people. They in cluded 10 childrenand five adults killed in a fire sparked during a Hindu prayerceremony in Bihar’s Aurangabad district last week.

People were instead told to cook t o nig ht.Hoping to prevent more fires, officials have also barred

burning spent crops o r holding religious fire rituals. Anyonedefying th e ban risks up to a year in jail.

Eleven Cubans on 1984 listdeported, but no US policy change

MIAMI — The U.S. has deported 11 Cubans under an agree-ment Washington made with Havana after a massive 1980boatlift.

In a statement to El Nuevo Herald, U.S. Immigration andCustoms Enforcement spokesman Nestor Yglesias said thedeportations took place under the terms of a 1984 agreementlisting specific Cubans to be returned to the communistisland.

More than 2, 700 Cubans who arrived around the time of theMariel boatlift were included on the list. It’s unclear howmany still await deportation. ICE officials t old the newspa-per that by January 2015, about 2,000 already had beendeported.

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By Albert Aji and Bassem Mroue


DAMASCUS, Syria — The Syrianarmy and rebels unleashed deadly newattacks on each other Friday inAleppo, with insurgents shelling amosque during weekly prayers andgovernment airstrikes hittin g oppo -sition neighborhoods in escalatingbloodshed the U.N. decried as a“monstrous disregard for civilianlives by all parties.”

More than 200 people have beenkilled in eight days of mounting vio-

lence in and around the contested

northern city, including 15 at theMalla Khan mosque hit by rebel rock-ets and another 10 from the govern-ment warplanes and helicop ters, o ffi-cials said.

The surge in fig htin g has caused thecollapse of a two-month cease-firebrokered by the U.S. and Russia. Italso has raised fears of an all-outgovernment assault on Aleppo andwarnings of a humanitarian disasterin t he 5-year-old civil war.

In rebel-held neighborhoods, med-ical facilities, bakeries and a waterstation have been pounded by a gov-

ernment bombardment, residents say.

Electricity is down to a few hours aweek. A singl e road out of Aleppo i sthe only supply line for the insur-gent-controlled districts, where anestimated 250,000 people remain. If forces loyal to President BasharAssad take the road, there could bemajor shortages of food and medi-cines.

“People have already started flee-ing the city,” said Baraa al-Halaby,an activist who watched older men,women and children leave his rebel-held neighb orhood Friday. “If Aleppocomes under siege, p eople will s tarve

to death within a month.”

Rising violence kills more than200 in a week in Syria’s Aleppo

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TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian s vo tedFriday in the country’s parlia-mentary runoff elections, a keypoll that will decide how muchpower allies of moderatePresident Hassan Rouhani willhave in the next legislature afterthe landmark nuclear deal withworld powers.

Though Rouhani continues tohave popular support after thedeal, its promised economiceffects have yet to trickle down to

the Islamic Republic’s 80 mill ion

people, something hard-linershave belabored in the time sin ce.

That political tension, onceonly reflected in newspapercolumns and angry speeches,boiled over into rare political vio -lence Friday that saw four peoplewounded in a shooting in a ruralregion of the country’s Farsprovince.

The vote was for the remaining68 positions in the 290-seatchamber that were not decided inFebruary’s general election, inwhich Rouhani’s allies won an

initial majority.

Though the parliamentary voteisn’t expected to herald large-scale change in Iranian policies,it may st rengthen Rouhani’s handand make it easier for him todeliver in areas such as promotingsocial freedoms and reforming theeconomy.

In February, a bl oc of reformistsand moderate allies of Rouhaniwon an initial majority — 106seats — in a vote that saw a 62-percent turnout. The bloc needs towin 40 seats Friday to ensure itscontrol over the parliament,

which begins work in late May.

Iran votes in parliamentary runoff asshooting in rural region wounds four

By Robert BurnsTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — Human error,

violations of combat rules anduntimely equipment failures led tothe mistaken U.S. aerial attack ona charity-run hospital inAfghanistan last fall that killed 42people, a senior American generalsaid Friday. Investigators calledthe attack a “disproportionalresponse to a threat that didn’texist.”

Sixteen military members weregiven administrative punishmentsthat could stall or end careers, butno one faces a court martial. A sen-ior defense official said one of thedisciplin ed was a two-star gen eral.

The AC-130 gunship, bristlingwith side-firing cannons an d guns,fired on the hospital i n the north-

ern city of Kunduz for 30 minutesbefore the mistake was realizedand the attack was halted, Gen.Josep h Votel t old a news confer-ence as he released the Pentagon ’sfinal report on the incident. Theintended target was an Afghanintelligence agency buildingabout 45 0 y ards away.

No one involved knew the tar-geted compound was a hospital,Votel said, but invest igators con -cluded the U.S. ground and air com-manders sho uld have known.

Votel express ed “deepest condo-lences” to those injured and to thefamilies of those killed and saidthe U.S. government made “ges-ture of sympathy” payments of

$3,000 to each injured person and

$6,000 to each family of thekilled.

Zabihullah Neyazi, a nurse wholost his left arm, eye and a fingerin the Oct. 3, 2015, attack, saidadministrative punishment for theAmerican service members wasn’tenough and said a “trial should bein Afghanis tan, in o ur presence, inthe presence of the victims’ fami-lies, so they would be satisfied.”

Pharmacist Khalid Ahmad, 24,said those responsible “are crimi-nals, and they must be jailed.”Ahmad still has shrapnel embed-ded in his waist and cannot movehis right leg.

Doctors Without Borders, theinternational charity organizationwhose hospital was destroyed,said Friday that it still wants an“independent and impartial”investigation. It said the punish-

ments were inadequate and “out of proportion” to the deaths, injuriesand destruction caused by the mi s-taken attack.

“The lack of meaningfulaccountability sends a worryingsignal to warring parties, and isunlikely to act as a deterrentagainst future violations of therules of war,” the organizationsaid.

The Americans who called in an dauthorized the attack never laideyes on either the intended targetor the hos pital, Votel said. He iscommander of U.S. CentralCommand, which is responsiblefor military operations in thegreater Middle East and

Afghanistan.

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NEW YORK — U.S. stocks fellFriday as health care and technolo-gy companies continued to reportweak first-quarter results, butthanks to some late buying, they

managed to avoid major losses.Stocks opened lower and fell fur-

ther throughout the morning,extending a downturn from th e daybefore. That followed a rout inEuropean i ndexes. Late in the daybond prices rose again, sendingyields lower and pushinginvestors to b uy utility and phonecompany stocks.

Dan Suzuki, senior U.S. equitiesstrategist at Bank of America, saidinvestors don’t like what they’reseeing in the results from technol-ogy companies.

“A lot of investors have beendisappointed by results from techthis earnings season,” he s aid. So

they are turning to bond-likestocks such as phone and utilitycompanies, as well as small- andmid-cap stocks, which struggledin 2015.

“Everything that was working

through last year has been anunderperformer this year, and viceversa,” he said.

The Dow Jones industrial aver-age gave up 57.12 points, or 0.3percent, to 17,773.64. It wasdown as much as 178 points earli-er in the day. The Standard &

Poor’s 500 index fell 10.51points, or 0.5 percent, to2,065.30. The Nasdaq compositeindex lost 29.93 points, or 0.6percent, to 4 ,775. 36. That was its

seventh decline in a row.Health care companies took the

bigg est los ses after a bout of weakearnings reports. Biotech drug-maker Gilead Sciences said itsresults were hurt by big discountsand rebates on its costly hepatitisC medicines, and its stock lost

$8.79, or 9.1 percent, to $88. 21.Rival bio tech giant Amgen report-ed relatively solid results, but fell$2.26, or 1.4 percent, to$158.30.

Health insurer MolinaHealthcare slashed its full-yearguidance because of higher med-ical care costs in Ohio and Texas,expenses related to recent acquisi-tions, and pharmacy costs, espe-cially in Puerto Rico. It plunged$12.46, or 19.4 percent, to

$51.76.Molecular diagnostics company

Cepheid shed $6.86, or 19.4 per-cent, to $28.54 as analysts weredisappointed with its revenue pro-

jecti ons for the seco nd quarter.Tech stocks continued to slide.

After its profit fell short of esti-mates, electronic storage compa-ny Seagate Technology lost$5.13, or 19.1 percent, to$21 .77 . Hard drive maker WesternDigital dropped $5.19, or 11.3

percent, to $40.8 7. Apple, whichis in a deep two-week slide, fellanother $1.09, or 1.1 percent, to$93.75. Like the Nasdaq, Applehas fallen for sev en days in a row.

Bond prices rose slightly, andyields continue to slip. The yieldon the 10-year U.S. Treasury notefell to 1.8 2 percent from 1.83 per-cent. Utility companies made thebiggest gains, as NextEra Energyadded $1.11, or 1 percent, to$117.58.

While earnings hurt tech andhealth care companies, betterresults at consumer companiessent those stocks higher. E-com-merce giant Amazon said its rev-enue jumped 28 percent in the first

quarter, and the company turned afar bigger profit than analystsexpected. Cloud-based AmazonWeb Services performed well.Amazon rose $57.59, or 9.6 per-cent, to $656.59.

Stocks hit by health care woes but avoid big lossesDOW JONES INDUSTRIALS

High: 17,814.83

Low

: 17,651.98

Close: 17,773.64

Change

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OTHER INDEXES

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NYSE Index:

10,436.92 -43.54

Nasdaq: 4775.36 -29.93

NYSE MKT:

2358.59 +5.86

Russell 2000: 1130.84 -9.56

Wilshire 5000: 21377.59 -108.12

10-Yr Bond: 1.82 -0.02

Oil (per barrel): 45.98

Gold : 1,295.80

Yahoo CEO couldget $55M in severance

SAN FRANCISCO — Yaho oCEO Marissa Mayer will walk

away with a $ 55million sever-ance package if the company’sauction of itsInternet opera-tions culmi-nates in a salethat ousts herfrom her job.

The payoutdisclosed in a Friday regulatory fil -ing consists of cash, stock awardsand other benefits that Mayerwould get should she be forced outas CEO within a year after a sale.

Although Yahoo’s board is stillevaluating takeover offers, mostinvestors are betting that the com-pany will decide to sell its well-known brand and an Internet busi-ness that includes a popular emailservice and sections focused on

sports and finance.Mayer, a former Google execu-tive, has been unsuccessfully try-ing to t urn around Yahoo for nearlyfour years.

Business brief

Marissa Mayer

By David Koenig


DALLAS — Motorists are sav-ing billions on cheaper gasoline,but the long slump in oil prices istaking a heavy toll o n companiesthat find and produce crude.

Exxon Mobil posted its small-est quarterly profit in more than16 years Friday, while Chevronlost $725 millio n, its worst show-ing since 2002, and raised thenumber of jobs it expects to cutthis year from 7,000 to 8,000.

Other oil companies are expectedto report weak earnings in thenext few days.

Oil prices have tumbled fromtheir 2014 highs of over $100 abarrel, bott oming o ut at under $30in mid-February, because of aworldwide glut. Giant companieslike Exxon and major petroleum-producing countries such as SaudiArabia have continued to pumpmore from the ground despite theslide in prices.

Forecasters expect U.S. shaleproducers to cut production, how-

ever, which could ease the glut,and prices have been recoveringover the past three months.Benchmark U.S. crude is trading atclose to $4 6. Exxon and Chevronstock have gain ed ground.

“Investors are really focused onwhere thin gs are heading, and thatis higher oil prices,” said BrianYoungberg, an analyst withEdward Jones .

Youngberg said companies willaim to avoid the boom-and-bustcycle of the l ast few years by turn-ing up output more slowly this

time — and maybe not until pricesare in the $50 s. It might take twoyears or longer, he said, but even-tually prices will be high enoughto lead U.S. shale operators toboost production.

Exxon Mobil Corp., the world’sbigg est publicly traded oil compa-

ny, made a profit of $1.81 bi llionin the first quarter, down 63 per-cent from $4.94 billion a yearago. It was Exxon’s smallest quar-terly profit since a $1.5 billiongain in the third quarter of 1999,according to FactSet fig ures.

Exxon sees smallest profit in 16 years, Chevron posts loss

By Matthew Perrone


WASHINGTON — The Food andDrug Administration is reconsid-ering whether doctors who pre-scribe painkillers likeOxyContin should be required to

take safety training courses,according to federal documentsreleased Friday.

A panel of FDA advisers meets

next week to review risk-manage-ment plans put in place nearlyfour years ago to reduce misuseand abuse of long-actingpainkillers, powerful opioiddrugs at the center of a nationalwave of abuse and death.

Under the current risk-manage-ment programs, drugmakers fundvoluntary training for phys icianson how to safely prescribe theirmedications. However, manyexperts — including a previous

panel of FDA advisers — saidthose measures don’t go farenough and that physician train-ing should be mandatory.

The FDA says its own findings“show mixed results that make itdifficult to draw conclusionsregarding the s uccess of th e pro-gram,” according to briefing doc-uments po sted online.

The FDA will present its find-ings over a two-day meetingbeginni ng n ext Tuesday, then ask

its p anel of outside safety expertswhat changes should be made toimprove the plans. The panel’sadvice is not binding.

In the last year, governmentauthorities have launched a num-ber of steps intended to reducepainkiller deaths, including newfederal prescribing guidelinesfrom the Centers for DiseaseControl and Prevention and statemeasures that restrict and trackopioid prescribing.

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There is an old saying that everythingeventually evens out in the game of baseball.A bad break in one game is, sooner or later,replaced by a l ucky hop.

If that is the case, then Terra Nova pitcherMatt Lavorini was due. The senior right han-der pitched a gem April 22 against SacredHeart Prep, but was saddled with the loss whenhe was on the hook for the game’s only run inthe Gators’ 1-0, walk-off win.

Friday, Lavorini was making his first startsince then and he picked up where he left off — only this time he was on the winning endof a 3-1 decision over Carlmont.

What was the difference between the twostarts?

“I got to swing the bat this time,” Lavorinisaid.

And he helped himself on that end as well,

driving in the tying run in the bottom of the

second inning.Jared Milch go t Terra Nova off on the right

foot Wednesday, throwing a two-hit shutout.Lavorini followed him up with an effort thatwas nearly as goo d. He allowed one run on justthree hits as he pit ched a complete game.

“I’m not trying to duplicate what Jared did,”Lavorini said. “As long as were both on (ourgame), it’s a good week.”

It was a fantastic week, as far as the Tigerswere concerned. After a sloppy first inningthat s aw Carlmont score its only run and TerraNova commit a pair of errors, Lavorini settledin. When he finally got the third out of thefirst inning, it was the start of 15 straight bat-ters retired by Lavorini. He retired the side inorder from the second inning to the fifth. Hegot the first two outs of the sixth before

Carlmont got another hit.“He’s a big-game pitcher,” Terra Nova man-

ager John Vallero said of Lavorini . “He’s a

gutsy kid. He has ice water in his veins. He’s

just a tough kid.”Carlmont made some noise in the sixth

inning, however, getting a two-out infield hitfrom Andy Cross, a ground-rule double byJordan Brandenburg and an intentional walkby Vinny Bologna to load the bases.

But Lavorini got a strikeout to end theinning, one that was accentuated by a big fistpump from the burly pit cher.

In the seventh, Carlmont pinch hitter SeanProzell drew a one-out walk, but a popup tothe shortstop and Lavorini’s seventh strike-out of the game ended things .

“We thought we had a good game plangoing into today,” said Carlmont managerRich Vallero, the nephew of the Terra Novamanager. “[Lavorini] just mixes his pitches.He’s not afraid to throw his breaking pitchesin fastball counts. Even when he fell behind,

he got b ack into even counts.”

Lavorini pitches Tigers past Scots

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Terra Nova’s Matt Lavorini limited Carlmontto just one run on three hits in a 3-1 win.

By Greg BeachamTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LOS ANGELES — Luke Walton is cominghome to rebuild the Los Angeles Lakers.

The Lakers reached an agreement Fridaynight with the Golden State assistant tobecome their head coach, dramaticallychoosing a young leader for their new eraafter Kobe Bryant .

The Lakers grabbedWalton just five daysafter they fired ByronScott, who led the 16-time NBA champions tothe two worst seasons infranchise history.

Walton spent nine sea-sons as a forward for the

Lakers, winning twochampionship rings as a

smart, steady contributor. Three years afterhis retirement as a player, the 36-year-oldSouthern California native is back tobecome the 26th head coach in franchisehistory.

“We’re excited to bring Luke back to LosAngeles, where we feel he’s going to startan outstanding coaching career,” saidLakers general manager Mitch Kupchak,who drafted Walton 13 years ago. “He’s oneof the brightest young coaching minds inthe game and we feel fortunate that he’ll b eleading the o n-court future of o ur team.”

Walton seemed to be the ideal candidatefor the Lakers from the start, given hisequal fluency in the Lakers’ history and theWarriors’ cutting-edge brand of beautifulbasketball. He’ll have the chance to moldthe Lakers’ on-court approach in any way hechooses, with the franchise ripe for rein-ventio n after the 20-year career of Bryant.

“We are thril led for Luke, ” Warriors g ener-al manager Bob Myers said. “This is atremendous opportunity for him to returnhome and serve as head coach for one o f themost storied franchises in sports. Luke hasdone an incredible job during his two-yearstin t with our team and has pl ayed a sign if-icant role in our success.”

Walton, who got a multiyear contract,will joi n th e Lakers after the Warriors’ play-

Walton totake overL.A. Lakers

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DALLAS — A suburban Dall as schoo l dis -trict grabbed national attention in 2012when it opened an eye-popping $6 0 millionhigh school footb all stadium.

Not to be outdone, school officials nearHouston next year plan to unveil a $62 mil-lion stadium-development plan. And a dis-trict north of Dallas is considering spend-ing more than $50 million on its own foot-

ball arena.Are such exorbitant price tags for high

school stadiums the new normal? Only inTexas, it seems. Football fields in otherstates are far less expensive, often in the

range of $5 million to $10 million. OneSouthern California district b uilt four stadi-ums for about $72 million.

Texas school officials say their districtsare teeming with new students and that thestadiums reflect t heir communities’ need forlarger, more modern facilit ies.

“The size dictated the cost, no question,”said Tim Carroll, spokesman for the Allenschool district, which built the $ 60 million

Schools spare no expense for football in Texas

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Are such exorbitant price tags for high school stadiums the new normal?

Only in Texas, it seems.

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Luke Walton

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Fantastic finish for Sharks

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Logan Couture, left, and Nashville’s Colton Sissons battle for the puck in Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinal series.

By Josh Dubow


SAN JOSE — Joel Ward scored thetiebreaking goal against his former teamwith 8:11 remaining in regulation to helpthe San Jose Sharks rally past the NashvillePredators 5-2 on Friday night in Game 1 of their s econd-round series.

Ward also s et up Tomas Hertl ’s power-playgoal that tied the game earlier in the periodbefore scoring one of his own to help SanJose win its first playoff game when trail-ing after two periods since 2011.

Logan Couture added a power-play goal

and an empty-netter for insurance, beforeTommy Wingels sealed it with anotherempty-net goal as the Sharks showed fewsigns of rust after having six days off sincebeating Los Angeles i n a five-game series inthe first round. Martin Jones made 29 saves

Mike Fisher and Ryan Johansen scored

Sharks 5, Predators 2

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By Mike Fitzpatrick THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — For a while there, i t seemedas though the New York Mets would nevermake another out.

Yoenis Cespedes and the rest of the Metsbroke loose for a team-record 12 runs in thethird inning Friday night, rolling to theirseventh straight victory with a 13-1blowout of the San Francisco Giants.

Cespedes set a club mark with six RBIs inthe inning , connecting for a two-run sing leoff starter Jake Peavy and a grand slamagainst reliever Mike Broadway that cappedthe outburst.

“Everybody was barreling balls up thatinning,” Mets catcher Kevin Plawecki said.“It was pretty crazy, really. J ust one after theother after the other.”

The early barrage made it an easy nig ht forSteven Matz (3-1) in the opener of a three-game series between the last two NL cham-pions. The left-hander tossed six shutoutinnings to win his third consecutive start.

Michael Conforto had an RBI double and a

run-scoring single in the Mets’ third, whichlast ed 39 minutes . He and Cespedes were twoof the four players who scored twice.Asdrubal Cabrera greeted Broadway with atwo-run double.

“One of thos e freaky thi ngs t hat you don’tever expect to have against a team as goodas the Giants,” Mets manager Terry Collinssaid.

The first eight New York batters reachedsafely, four on walks, before Matz struck outtrying to bunt. Curtis Granderson, DavidWright and Conforto then singled before

Cespedes launched histhird career slam into theleft-field corner.

“It’s unbelievable,”Conforto said. “He’s

been nursing his leg andhasn’t seen live pitchingin three, four days, andhe just comes out there,doesn’t miss a beat. Imean, it’s just incredi-ble.”

Back in the lineup after missing fivestarts with a bruised right thigh, Cespedesset another franchise record by getting anextra-base hit for the ninth straight game —also a career best.

New York (14-7) has won 12 of 14 andowns the longest current winning streak inthe majors.

“We’ve just been grinding on pitchers,”Conforto said. “We’ve been tough. ”

The previous Mets record was 11 runs inthe sixth inning against the Chicago Cubs

at Wrigley Field on July 16, 2006. ButchHuskey held the old team mark for RBIs inan inning with five in the sixth against th eMarlins on May 26, 1998.

It was the biggest inning against theGiants since they gave up 13 runs in thesixth to the Montreal Expos in SanFrancisco on May 7, 1997.

Peavy (1-2) got only s ix outs on 70 p itch-es. The righ t-hander walked five in t wo-plusinnings and was charged with six runs andfour hits. He has an 8.61 ERA after five

starts, having allowed 39 hits and sevenwalks in 23 innings.

“Obviously, I know I’ve got to be better.I’m not OK with anythi ng that ’s happened,”Peavy said. “I’m not concerned with think-ing anything’s going the wrong way. Thatbeing said, we’ve got to figure out a way toget some results in this next start.”

Angel Pagan homered for the Giants in t heseventh. San Francisco had won five of six.

“This is going to be a great test for us thisweekend,” Collins said before the game.“Two good teams going head to head, withbig expectations. ”

Not his bestIt was Peavy’s sho rtest st art witho ut leav-

ing due to injury since he lasted only oneinning for San Diego against Philadelphiaon June 2, 2009. “He was a slow starter lastyear,” Giants manager Bruce Bochy s aid. “Istill believe he will come back and be theguy he was last year when he came backfrom the injury and off the DL. But it’s atough time for him.”

Up nextGiants: RHP Matt Cain (0-2, 6.43 ERA)

makes his fifth start of the season Saturdayafternoon. Cain is 0-5 sin ce his most recentwin on July 22 last year at San Diego.Mets: RHP Jacob deGrom (2-0, 1.54)

makes his third start of the year. He wonSunday in Atlanta after missin g ti me due to astrained lat muscle and health complica-tions invo lving his newborn son. The 2014NL Rookie of the Year is 2-0 with a 1.17ERA in two st arts against San Francisco.

Giants pitching pounded by MetsMets 13, Giants 1

YoenisCespedes

By Gideon RubinTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

OAKLAND — Yonder Alonso hit a game-win-ning three-run homer to lift the OaklandAthletics to a 7-4 win over the Houston Astroson Friday night.

Stephen Vogt doubled to left center leadingoff the ninth off reliever Tony Sipp (0-1). AfterCoco Crisp was intentionally walked, Alonsohomered to right off reliever Pat Neshek.

The Astros, who were expected to contend forthe divisional title, lost for the eighth time in10 games. They entered Friday tied for theleague’s worst record and haven’t won consecu-tive games this season.

Ryan Madsen (1-0) pitched a scoreless ninthfor Oakland. He was the fifth A’s pitcher on thenight.

Sean Manaea, a hard-throwing left-handeracquired from the Royals last season in the BenZobrist t rade, allowed four runs on four hits andfour walks in five-plus innings. He had threestrikeouts and hit a batter in his major leaguedebut.

Trainer’s roomAstros: RHP Lance McCullers (shoulder)

will throw approximately 60 to 75 pitches in anextended spring training game on Monday inFlorida, manager A.J. Hinch said. McCullersfelt good after a rehab assignment onWednesday and a bullpen session on Friday,Hinch said.A’s: RHP Henderson Alvarez (shoulder sur-

gery), on a rehab assignment with High-AStockton, Calif., will throw approximately 60

pitches or four innings for the Ports in Modestoon Saturday. OF Sam Fuld (left shoulder), on thedisabled list since the start of the season, willundergo surgery next month, Melvin said.

Up nextAstros: RHP Chris Devenski (0-0) will

make his first major league start. The 25-year-old rookie is has excelled in six relief appear-ances, striking out 12 batters and allowing onerun on 11 h its and one walk in 13 2/3 innings.A’s: RHP Jesse Hahn (0-0) had blister prob-

lems and started the season in the minors,going 0-1 with 2 .04 ERA in four starts at Triple-A Nashville. He’ll make his 2016 major leaguedebut.

Alonso lifts A’s to win over Astros

By Steven WineTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MIAMI — To the president of the MiamiMarlins, whatever star Dee Gordon did totrigger a posi tive drug test st ill amounted toone thing.

“A betrayal,” team executive DavidSamson called it.

Gordon began serving his 80-game sus-pension Friday, a penalty imposed byMajor League Baseball shortly after hehelped the Marlins win at Dodger Stadiumlate Thursday night .

MLB said the reigning NL batting cham-pion tested positive for exogenous testos-

terone and clostebol,both performance-enhancing substances.

“Though I did not do so

knowingly, I have beeninformed that test resultsshowed I ingested some-thing that contained pro-hibited substances,”Gordon said in a state-ment released by the

players union Friday morning.“The hardest part about this is feeling

that I have let down my teammates, theorganization, and the fans. I have beencareful to avo id products th at could containsomething banned by MLB and the 20-plustests that I have taken and passed through-out my career prove th is, ” he said.

“I made a mistak e and I accept the con se-quences.”

The 28-year-old Gordon led the majorslast year with 20 5 hits and 58 stolen bases.

He batted .333, became an All-Star for thesecond time and won a Gold Glove at secondbase.

The big season helped him earn a $50million, five-year contract he signed inJanuary.

Samson spoke with Gordon after theMarlins finished off a four-game sweep inLos Angeles with a 5-3 win.

The Marlins played at Milwaukee onFriday night.

“I absolutely love him like a son,”Samson said in the visitors’ dugout beforethe game at Miller Park.

“I told him that I was very frustrated andhurt and that I didn’t like him at that verymoment. But I will always love him.”

Gordon sayshe took PEDsunknowingly

Dee Gordon

A’s 7, Astros 4

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By Michael WagamanTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ALAMEDA — Jihad Ward’s path to the NFLincluded spending two years in junior collegeand a rare position change — moving fromsafety and wide receiver to th e defensive line.

The Raiders pl an to giv e Ward a more con-

sistent environment and took what theyhope is another step toward shoring up theirdefense at the same time.

Oakland selected Ward, a defensive endfrom Illinois, with the 44th overall pick inthe NFL draft Friday, one day after using itsfirst-round pick on West Virginia safety KarlJoseph.

“I was patiently waiting for the phonecall,” Ward said. “It didn’t matter what roundI was in. It could have been the third or thefourth. I just couldn’t wait for the phone callbecause it’s lik e a dream come true.”

Ward had 104 tackles with 4 1/2 sacks and12 tackles for loss during two seasons with

the Illini, though hisnumbers were down in2015 after he underwentsurgery to repair a tornmeniscus in his rightknee.

“The numbers don’t liebut that’s how you learn

from situations,” Ward.“Everybody knows I did-n’t have good numbers

last season, everybody knows that, but it’sall about getting b etter.”

The 6-foot -6, 295-pound Ward suffered theinjury during the first week of practice inAugust and was expected to miss the firstmonth o f the season recovering from surgerybut wound up playin g in all 12 games.

Although reports surfaced during the draftthat he migh t be facing additional surgery onthe same knee, Ward said he is completelyhealthy. At the same time, he didn’t rule outthe possib ility of having his knee worked onagain.

“I’m 100 percent clean on that one,” Wardsaid. “I’m healthy. If I need to get checkedout again, we can check it out. It depends onthe team. I feel fine. If I need surgery orsomething like that, I’ll get it.”

Oakland added anoth er defensive end whenit drafted Michigan State’s Shilique Calhounin th e third round with t he 75th overall selec-

tion.The Raiders’ decision to draft Ward and

Calhoun raises questions about the uncertainhealth of second-year defensive end MarioEdwards Jr., a second-round pick last yearwho suffered a neck injury late during hisrookie season.

Edwards has been doing some rehabilita-tion work at the team’s practice facilities,and coach Jack Del Rio an d general manag-er Reggie McKenzie have spoken opti-mistically about Edwards’ return. Still, it’snot k nown if he will be ready for the st art of training camp.

Ward could pos sib ly work with Oakland’sstarting defense in Edwards’ place if he’s

not back.Ward started all 25 games with Illinois

while splitting time at defensive end andtackle following hi s two-year stay at GlobalInstitute of Technology in New York wherehe played mostly on offense.

The transition to defensive line seemednatural for Ward, who had physically out-

grown the other positions he had been play-ing — in cluding some tight end.

“I was just get ting big,” Ward said. “I start-ed getting heavier and heavier. When you’rein JuCo you have to find out what positionthat you’re going to (play) in Division I. Iliked the D-line better and we just stuck withit.”

The 6-5, 250-pound Calhoun had 27 careersacks at Michigan State — second on theschool’s all-time list — including 10 1/2 asa senio r. Calhoun was also the Big Ten defen-sive player of the year in 2013.

Oakland has used its first three picks ondefense after finishin g 22 nd overall last sea-son.

Raiders take defensive end in second round

Jihad Ward


CHICAGO — It was a long wait and a softlanding for Myles Jack and Jaylon Smith.

Now about those knees.

The pair of athletic linebackers with healthquestions went early in the second round of theNFL draft on Friday, with Jacksonville tradingup to grab Jack two spots after Dallas selectedSmith with the No. 34 overall pick.

Jack and Smith were two of the biggest namesstill on the board at the beginning of the day,and Alabama running back Derrick Henry wentto Tennessee at No. 45. Henry powered theCrimson Tide to the national championshiplast season and won the Heisman Trophy.

Jack was considered a potential top-five pick

at one point, but concerns about his right kneesent him tumbling down the board. He playedboth ways as a freshman at UCLA and was thePac-12 offensive and defensive newcomer of theyear. But a knee injury limited him to threegames last season.

“Bottom line is, man, I’m ready to go,” Jacksaid. “I’ll be there rookie minicamp. I’m a 100percent healthy. I’m cleared. The knee shouldn’tbe a concern anymore. I definitely proved thatwith my play. There’s nothing else to talkabout. I’m ready to play ball.”

General manager Dave Caldwell said Jack hada great workout for the team.

“You’d never know there was anything wrongwith him,” Jaguars general manager DaveCaldwell said. “As far as we’re concerned,

there’s not right now. There’s no plan for sur-geries. There’s no plan for any additional treat-ment. I think we’re good to go.”

Smith also was expected to be a first-roundpick before he tore two ligaments in his leftknee during Notre Dame’s loss to Ohio State inthe Fiesta Bowl. Following the advice of doc-tors at Notre Dame and agent Eugene Parker,who passed away from cancer on March 31,Smith had Cowboys team doctor Dan Cooperperform the surgery.

“I’m going to be fine. I’ll be able to playagain,” Smith said. “It’s just timing. Timing iseverything and for Dallas to draft me, they’regoing to get a great player. I’m looking forwardto playing for a great team.”

Mississippi State defensive tackle Chris

Jones, one of the last players at the downtownChicago theater, went to Kansas City at No. 37and got a big ovation when he walked onstage.He gave Commissioner Roger Goodell a bighug as the crowd roared.

Jones said he has never been to Kansas City.

“I heard they got the best st eak, the best bar-becue .. . I can’t wait to get there and eat,” Jonessaid.

Linebacker Reggie Ragland (No. 41 toBuffalo), defensive tackles A’Shawn Robinson(No. 46 for Detroit) and Jarran Reed (No. 49 toSeattle) and cornerback Cyrus Jones (No. 60 toNew England) made it five p layers for Alabamain the second round. Kenyan Drake, Henry’sbackup with the Crimson Tide, went to Miamiin the third round.

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The Scots’ lack of offensive productionmade a loser of Spencer Stewart, who nearlymatched Lavorini. But a couple of Carlmontdefensive mistakes turned into a pair of unearned runs which ultimately was the Scots’undoing.

Stewart pitched into th e sixth inning, scat-tering four hits and allowing just one earnedrun.

After getting just two hits Wednesday, itappeared Carlmont was ready to make up forwasted opportunities when Tyler Brandenburgled off the game and, on the first pitch fromLavorini , he roped a double just fair in front of the th ird-base bag and down the l eft-field line.When Cross came to the plate and indicated

early he was goin g to att empt a sacrifice bunt,the wheels were set in motion for one of thestrangest plays you’ll see. As Cross s quared tobunt, the Terra Nova third baseman crashed theplate.

Seeing third base was uncovered,Brandenburg took off for third, with the TerraNova shortstop going with him. The catcherthrew down to third, but the shortstop couldnot get there in time. The ball sailed into leftfield and even though he stumbled and fellrounding third, Brandenburg sti ll managed toget up and scamper home without a throw.

Terra Nova committed another error later inthe inning, but it didn’t hurt the Tigers.

Stewart got through the first inningunscathed for Carlmont, picking off a TerraNova base runner on second base to end theinning, b ut the Tigers tied the score in the bot -tom of the second. Cleanup hitter JacobBraslaw legged out an infield hit to lead off the

inning and he stole second. Following apopout, Mills Notmeyer hit a grounder toshorts top, who went to thi rd with the throw totry and get Braslaw, who somehow slid underthe tag to put runners on the corners for theTigers and bring up Lavorini. During a 10-

pitch at-bat, including four straight foul ballswith two strikes, Lavorini finally s quared up aStewart offering and singled to l eft to drive inBraslaw with the ty ing run.

The Tigers took the lead in the bottom of the fifth. With one out, Tyler Shores singledto left. A popout for the second out of theinning brought up Nate Gordon, who took afull cut at the first pitch, but hit a slow dribblerup the third-base line. The Carlmont thirdbaseman came charging in, but couldn’t makea clean pickup, bobbl ing the ball and keepingthe inning alive for the Tigers.

And they took advantage. Joey Pledgercame to the plate and, on a 1-1 count, laced a

single to center field that plated pinch runnerZeppelin Dufour with what turned out to be thegame-winning run.

The Tigers tacked on an unearned insurancerun in the sixth.

“I honestly didn’t think we’d sweep them,”John Vallero said. “We got two gems from ourstarters.”

The win moves Terra Nova (9-3 PAL Bay,13-7-1 overall) into first place alone in thePAL Bay Division, one game ahead of Carlmont (8-4, 17-6) with two games left inthe regular season. Terra Nova will faceBurlingame, while Carlmont takes o n Sequoianext week.

“I wouldn’t say we’re in a slump,” saidCarlmont’s Rich Vallero. “We’ve just becomeaccustomed to winning. We feel we’re the bigdog on the block. I thin k guys want to try anddo too much. Sometimes when you want it sobad, yo u play tight.”

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stadium about 25 miles northeast of Dallas.“Some say we build thin gs with n o concernfor expense, with columns made of marble,but that’s not the case.”

Many of the facilities are designed toserve multiple schools and multiple sportsand host special events. And they should

last for generations.A big-league sports stadium could easilycost hundreds of millions of dollars, withsome surpassing $1 billion. So a $50 mil-lion or $60 million project seems modestby comparison. But it’s an extraordinaryamount to spen d on teen athletes. The resultis a high school stadium that resembles aprofessional facility, with gleaming digitalscoreboards, turf fields and expansi ve pressboxes.

Ross Kecseg with the Austin -based fiscalwatchdog group Empower Texans calls themoney being spent on high school stadi-ums “excessive.” The larger problem, hesays, i s school officials who combine out-size expenditures in one large bond pack-age, leaving voters with no option toapprove or reject one project over another.

New school construction, building renova-tions, requests for more buses and otherneeds may be wrapped into a sing le request.

“When they put these proposition s on theballot, th ey put a whole lot of other thingswith them,” Kecseg said. “By law they’reallowed to separate the different requests .. .but they lump them all togeth er in an all-or-nothing proposition.”

The Allen stadium, with 18,000 seats,stands out for its features and glamour evenin Texas, where high school football under

the “Friday Night Lights” has been mythol-ogized in print and on television. TheEagles, a powerhouse team that hangschampionship banners like tinsel o n a tree,drew 22,000 people for their first game atthe new field, Carroll said.

Allen has 9,800 season ticket-holders, a

number that exceeds the 7,000 seats in thehigh school stadium that opened last year inthe Los Angeles suburb of Whitt ier at a costof $17.5 million.

Carroll said various factors p umped up thestadium’s price tag, such as high construc-tion costs in a region booming with newhomes and corporate towers. The size of th efacility, he added, was dictated by the thou-sands of parents and spectators who turnout, not just for football but also to see oneof the largest marching bands in the coun-

try.The Eagles compete against other large

regional schools that travel with thousandsof fans of their own.

“It seemed as though the further peoplewere away from North Texas, the more ques-tions we got,” Carroll said of the media

attention that followed after the cost wasdisclosed.

That amount will be exceeded by th e stadi-um scheduled to open next year in Katy,west of Houston, likely making it th e mostexpensive high school football stadiumever built — a distinction previously heldby Allen.

By the time the Katy complex opens, thedistrict will have eight high schools andeach will play their football games at the12,000-seat stadium. Soccer will be played

there too.

Katy voters in 2014 approved the con-struction as part of a whopping $748 mil-lion bo nd that will pay for new schools fora district of 74,000 students that’s growingat a rate of 2,0 00 s tudents a y ear.

“It’s not just a high school football stadi-um,” district spokeswoman DenisseCoffman said. “This is a student activityfacility that’s going to benefit studentsacross the district.”

School leaders in California, meanwhile,

took a different approach.As part of a spending plan approved by

voters in foothill communities east of LosAngeles, four new stadiums were built athigh schools that did not previously haveany such facilities, according to MatHolton, superintendent of the Chaffey JointUnion High School District.

The stadiums cost a combined $72 mil-lion, but with each seating about 5,000people, they are smaller than the ones inTexas.

Officials in McKinney, north of Dallas,want to b uild a 12,00 0-seat st adium and arehoping voters on May 7 approve a broadbond package that includes $50.3 millionfor the complex. Another $11 milli on wouldbe spent for site preparation, infrastructure

upgrades and other work.Three high schools would play theirgames at the stadium, which would alsohave a conference area for hosting teachertraining , ban quets and other events, accord-ing to school board President Amy Dankel.Soccer and lacross e teams als o would use th efield.

“We really do believe th at with th e growthin North Texas, with new communiti es com-ing in, that will double our student popula-tion,” Dankel said.

This high school stadium in Allen, Texas cost nearly $60 million to build and it’s not even thebiggest or most expensive one in the state. A school district in Southern California spent $72million to build four stadiums.

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