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The 10th annual Maker Faire willdraw thousands to the San MateoCounty Event Center thisweekend. Clockwise from top left,children played with a lighted cat-mobile, a Maker Faire logo madeout of sequins blows in the wind,local artist Michael Dickinsonworks with glass, visitors marvel ata massive Lego installation and a

young girl looks into a mirroredexhibit. For more information,hours and where to park visitmakerfaire.com.

IT’S HERE IT’S HERE! City to considersmoking banin apartmentsBurlingame slated to join thegrowing list of local jurisdictionsBy Austin WalshDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Following in the footsteps of other local jurisdictions,Burlingame is considering becoming the next city in SanMateo County to ban smoking in apartment b uildings andother multi-unit housing developments.

Officials say the impetus for considering the policy,which will be discussed at the City Council meetingMonday, May 18, is to protect apartment residents fromexposure to secondhand smoke.

Should the council direct staff to mov e forward with inst i-tuting th e ban, Burlingame would be the most recent to jo inother jurisdictions such as Belmont, Foster City and areasin unincorporated San Mateo County that have alreadyadopted such an o rdinance.

Councilman John Root, who proposed the issue bebrought before the council, said the ban should be consid-ered to pro tect the health of Burling ame residents.

“We are talking about a carcinogen,” he said. “It is hap-

By Samantha Weigel

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Seeking to fund millions in infrastructureand capital needs ranging from fixing citystreets to offering senior services, the SanMateo City Council is considering a

November ballot measure to extend a half-cent sales tax.

On Monday night, the City Council willreview the results of a survey conducted todetermine the feasibility of asking votersto support the extension of Measure L, asales tax approved by voters in 2009 that

brings in nearly $5 million annually and isset to expire in 2018. If the council decidesto p roceed, it will consi der community out-reach options before placing the measureon an all-mail ballot in the coming generalelection.

Consultant Godbe Research polled about

700 eligible voters in a hybrid phone andemail survey that found more than 60 per-cent would support the extension. The sur-vey also made inquiries about residents’ per-ception o f the city’s financial condition and

City eyes sales tax extensionSan Mateo City Council to review ballot measure survey results, voters show support

Survey: School bullyingat lowest ebb in 10 yearsBy Kimberly HeflingTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — Fewer students say they are being bul-lied at school. Those who are bullied are more likely to begirls than boy s and more likely to be white than minoritystudents.

The Education Department announced survey resultsFriday that found 22 percent of students age 12 to 18 saidthey were bullied in 2013. The figure, down 6 percentagepoints from 2011, is the lowest level since the NationalCenter for Education Stati stics b egan surveying s tudents onbullying in 2005.

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Japanese climber J unko Tabei becamethe first woman to reach the s ummit of Mount Everest.

“The enemy of the conventional wisdomis not ideas but the march of events.”

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Saturday: Mostly cloudy. Highs in theupper 50s. West winds 5 to 15 mph.Saturday night: Mostly cloudy. Lowsin th e upper 40s. Northwest winds 5 to 15mph.Sunday : Mostly cloudy in the morningthen becoming partly cloudy. Highs inthe upper 50s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.Sunday ni ght: Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40 s. West

winds 5 to 10 mph.Monday : Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s.Monday night through Friday : Most ly clo udy. Lows inthe upper 40s. Highs in the upper 50s.Friday night: Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.Highs in th e upper 50s.

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In 1763 , t he English lexicog rapher, author and wit SamuelJohnson first met his future biographer, James Boswell.In 1770 , Marie Antoi nette, age 14 , married the future KingLouis XVI of France, who was 15.In 1868, the U.S. Senate failed by one vote to convictPresident Andrew Johnson as it to ok it s first ballot on th eeleven articles of impeachment against him.In 1920 , Joan of Arc was cano nized by Pope Ben edict XV.In 1929 , t he firs t Academy Awards were present ed. “Wings”won “best production, ” while Emil Janni ngs (YAHN’-ings)and Janet Gaynor were named best actor and best actress.In 1939 , th e federal government began i ts first fo od stampprogram in Rochester, New York.In 1943 , the nearly month-long Warsaw Ghetto Uprisingcame to an end as German forces crushed the Jewish resist -ance and blew up the Great Synagog ue.In 1948 , CBS News correspondent George Polk, who’d

been covering the Greek civil war between communist andnationalist forces, was found slain in Salonika Harbor.In 1955 , American author and critic James Agee died inNew York at age 45.In 1965 , the musical “The Roar of the Greasepaint — theSmell of the Crowd” opened on Broadway.In 1988 , the U.S. Supreme Court, in California v.Greenwood, ruled that police can search discarded garbagewithout a s earch warrant. Surgeon General C. Everett Koopreleased a report declaring nicotine was addictive in wayssimilar to heroin and cocaine.In 1990 , death claimed entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. in LosAngeles at age 64 and “Muppets” creator Jim Henson in NewYork at age 53.Ten y ears ag o: Newsweek magazine retracted its Quranabuse story that sparked deadly protests in Afghanistan.

Garden Golf was a popular gameplayed in the early 1900s.Played with a putter on real

grass, garden golf followed the rulesof regulation golf.

***Miniature golf had a boom when aweatherproof carpet was invented inthe 1920s . It created a smooth p layingsurface and made it poss ible t o build aminiature golf course almost any-where.

***In the 1930s , th ere were 150 rooftopminiature golf courses in New YorkCity.

***The first miniature golf franchise wasTom Thumb Golf, which began in

1929. The courses had hazards andobstacles to challenge the players.Entrepreneurs could buy a prefabricat-ed mini golf course for $4,500 and beopen for business in six days.

***Tom Thumb i s a fairy tale first writtenin England in the 1600s. Tom is nolarger than his father’s thumb, whichmakes the world a dangerous pl ace. Hefalls into his mother’s pie mix, getspicked up by a b ird and dropped into alake and rides on the back of a butter-fly.

***At the age of 4, Charles SherwoodStratton (183 8-188 3) went to work for

the circus. P.T. Barnum (1810-1891)dubbed him General Tom Thumb.Thumb, who was 33 inches tall,became famous around the world,singing and dancing in the travelingcircus.

***Jeffrey Hudson (1619-1682) was acourt jester to England’s QueenHenrietta Maria (1609-1669), wife of King Charles I (1600-1649). Hudsonhad perfect proportions for his smallsize — only 19 inches tall. He wasfamous as the “Queen’s dwarf” and“Lord Minimus.”

***At 5 feet 4 inches tall, King Charles Iwas Britain’s shortest king

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In the 16th century the King CharlesSpaniel was a popular pet of Englishroyalty. King Charles II (1630-1685)had two or three spaniels with him atall times. He wrote a decree that thespaniels would be accepted in the

House of Parliament, where animalswere not usually allowed.

***Dogs have been popular pets of presi-dents throughout U.S. history.President Ronald Reagan (1911-200 4)had a King Charles Spaniel namedRex. Can you name the owners andbreeds of these White House canineresidents? Millie, Checkers, Libertyand Charlie. See answer at end.

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The name Tyrannosaurus Rex derivesfrom the Greek words tyrannos , mean-ing ty rant, and sauros, meaning lizard.Rex is a Latin for king.

***The world’s smallest reptile is thedwarf gecko, found in the DominicanRepublic and Haiti. It grows up tothree quarters of an inch long.

*** An swe r : Millie (1985-1997) was aspringer spaniel that belonged toGeorge W. Bush (born 1946).Checkers was Richard Nixon’s (1913-1994) cocker spaniel. Liberty wasGerald Ford’s (1913-2006) goldenretriev er. Charlie was a Welsh terrierthat belon ged to John F. Kennedy(1917-1963).

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Winningham is 56. Rock musician Boyd Tinsley (The DaveMatthews Band) is 51. Rock musician Krist Novoselic (noh-voh-SEL’-ik) is 50. Singer Janet Jackson is 49. Countrysinger Scott Reeves (Blue County) is 49. Actor Brian F.O’Byrne is 4 8. Rhythm-and-blues singer Ralph Tresvant (NewEdition) is 47. Actor David Boreanaz is 46.

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FOSTER CITYDisturbance . A woman parked in a fire lanerefused to let the tow truck tow her car onCommons Lane before 12:22 a.m. Tuesday,May 12.Arrest. A man was arrested for being in p os-session of heroin on Edgewater Boulevardand Monterey Avenue before 2:15 a.m.Tuesday, May 12.Civil dispute. Two people fled from a cabwithout payin g th e fare, b ut were later foundhiding in a nearby on East HillsdaleBoulevard and Altair Avenue before 1:54a.m. Sunday, April 1 9.Theft. An attempted paddle-boat theftoccurred on Spruance and Forrestal lanesbefore 3:36 p.m. Saturday, April 18.Traffic accident. Injuries occurred when atruck and a motorcycle collided onEdgewater Boulevard before 7:35 a.m.

Saturday, April 18.

REDWOOD CITYBurglary . A vehicle was burglarized whilethe owner was patronizing a nearby busi-ness on Redwood Shores Parkway before5:56 p.m. Tuesday, May 12.Petty theft. Items were stol en from a con-struction site and the thief attempted toreturn t he items for credit at Home Depot o nShasta Street before 3:48 p.m. Monday,May 11.

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He needed his spaceA man pulled a kni fe on a neigh bor dur-ing a dispute over a parking space onEast Bayshore Boulevard in RedwoodCity before 3:34 p.m. Monday, May11.

By Bill SilverfarbDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Calling all h ackers!San Mateo County is hoping the area’s

tech-savvy residents will help it solvesome “big-picture problems” such ashomelessness when it hosts an all-dayhackathon next month.

It’s essentially a contest that will awarda $2,500 cash prize or more to whoeverdevelops the best app.

A press release sent out by the county’sSocial Media Manager Christa BigueWednesday describes the first-of-its-kindevent as an opportunity for the privatesector to team with the county to endhomelessness , g et children to read at gradelevel and send every foster child to col-lege.

The ambitious initiatives mentionedabove are problems County Manager JohnMaltbie is looking for his organization to

solve, at least according to his mid-yearbudget report to t he Board of Superviso rs.But Supervisor Warren Slocum, one of

the hackathon’s sponsors, is expectingmore modest results from the endeavor.

“I’m expecting by the end of the day tohave an app or apps developed that willserve people to b etter interact with countyservices that is easy to use,” Slocum said.

The hackathon coincides with theNation al Day of Civic Hacking June 6.

Developers, engineers, entrepreneurs,

students, techies, activists, designers andcounty residents are invited to participatein what i s b eing called Hack-SMC.

Teams or i ndividuals will work tog etherall day on open-source problems to comeup with and realize an idea. At the end of the allotted time, participants will presentand demonstrate their apps before a panelof judges, according to Bigue’s pressrelease.

Judges J oe Falcone, chief executive o ffi-cer of Phondini, and Kris Kasianovit z, thegovernment information librarian of state, l ocal and international documents atStanford University, will join a panel of three to five more judges.

At the end of the day, one concept, appor website will be declared the winner for a

cash prize, according to Bigue’s pressrelease.

Prizes are $2,500 for first place, $1,000for second place and $500 for th ird place.

The hackathon is a day-long event whenindividuals and groups come together todesign and create a software application orconcept t hat addresses a need in San MateoCounty.

Entrants will use the county’s Open DataPortal to create apps, websites or other

tools that will help streamline countyservice delivery, increase collaborationbetween county officials and residents andreduce some employee tasks and assign-ments that will allow for staff time to be

redirected to duties that are more complexor of higher value, according to Bigue’spress release.

“The hackathon will not solve the hous-ing crisis or help foster kids go to collegebut we are providing attendees ideas andresources for apps to improve San MateoCounty, including the county manager’sgoals to achieve by 2020, which includehousing, foster kids and reading levelissues,” Bigue wrote the Daily Journal inan email.

What it will be is an opportunity to findmore creative technological solutions tothe county’s probl ems, Slocum said.

“It will help real people help solve realproblems like finding food or fixing pot-holes, ” Slocum said.

He is also hoping the event will attract

teen girls and boys interested in science,technology, engineering and math careersto participate.

Hack-SMC is 8:3 0 a.m. , Saturday, June6, at the Human Services Agency, 400

Harbo r Blv d., Bl dg. B, Bel mo nt . Fo r moreinformation go to www.hack-smc.org.

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Anita WongAnita Wong, born Aug. 26, 1931, died

peacefully May 10, 2015, at the age of 83.A native of New York,

she met her husbandGilbert Wong in 1955 ona summer vacation toSan Francisco and mar-ried in 19 57.

First San Francisco’sMiss Chinatown USA.She worked San Mateo

City Hall as an executiveadministrator for years before retiring. Shewas a self-made artist (aka LI HAR). She cre-ated different art like h er own line o f jewel-ry at Nordstrom. She won many localawards, but was most proud of her presti-gio us “Grumbacher” Award. Sh e was on tele-vision’s Evening Magazine (Jan Yanehiro)and Good Morning Bay Area (Dan Sanchezand Susan Sakora).

Anita is predeceased by her husbandGilbert Wong. Survived by sons Glenn andCraig Wong; daughters -in-l aw Jenni fer Yuanand Teresa Wong; grandchildren Miranda,Bailey and Megan. Brothers Raymond

Dick, Roland Dick, (late) Donald Dick andSabina Dick, Edwin and Fanny Dick, sisterJune and Hanson Won, and many nieces andnephews. Anita is predeceased by her par-ents Henry and Anni e Dick.

Funeral services at Cypress Lawn FuneralHome 1370 El Camino Real, Colma CA94014. The wake is 5 p.m. May 21, funeralis 10 a.m. May 25.

Jutarat Jaisin WardJutarat Jaisin Ward, of San Mateo, born

Oct. 29, 1950, died May 5, 2015 .She was born in Bangkok, Thailand, and

was the first and onl y member of her familyto immigrate to the United States at the ageof 25.

She completed her bachelor’s of sciencein nursing in 1999 at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, and then com-mitted her career to serving patients as anR.N. in intensive care units around theworld to in clude Nuernberg Health Cli nic inGermany, Penrose Hospital in ColoradoSprings , Denver General Hospit al, t he VAHospi tal Denver and the VA Hospi tal SanFrancisco. She retired in San Mateo after

nearly 40 years of serv-ice.

“She loved selflessly,and her radiant smile andlaugh brought joy to allshe met. Ms. Ward wasdiagnosed with pancreat-ic cancer in 2014 at theage of 64; through it allshe exemplified remark-

able grace and strength.”She is survived by her mother, two sis-ters, b rother, her daughter Stephan ie and herson Erich. A memorial service to celebrateher life will be 1 p.m. Saturday, March 23,at Calvary Chapel San Mateo, 3254 LoriDrive, San Mateo, CA 94002.

Robert T. DupontRobert T. Dupont, born April 30, 1930,

in San Francisco to Emma and HaroldDupont, died May 3, 2015, in Burlingame.

He was been a resi dent o f San Mateo sin cehe was 3 months old. He attendedBellarmine College Preparatory School and

the University of SanFrancisco. He playedsemi-pro football for theSouth San FranciscoWindbreakers and proud-ly served in the U.S.Marine Corps during theKorean conflict. Hespent many years in theautomobile business and

owned Peninsula Hobbies for 15 years. Theold car and model train ho bbies were a veryimportant part of his l ife and he served themwell as a great leader and promoter. In pastyears, he was national president for theNational Model Railroad Association andEarly Ford V8 Club of America. He assumedmany leadership roles in the various organ-izations including the Mid Peninsula OldTime Auto Club. He is survived by his lov-ing wife, Diane; daught er Nanette (Roland);grandchildren, R.C. and Lauren, and GermanShepherd, Harli.

Private burial will be at St. John’sCemetery. Donations may be made to St.Anthony Foundation, 150 Golden GateAve., San Francisco, CA 94102.

Obituaries

Paint stasherordered to pay restitution

The owner of a Burlingame roofin g compa-ny was ordered to pay more than $50, 000 inrestitution Friday after pleading no contestto illegally storing and disposing of haz-ardous materials at two storage facilities.

Willis Unga, a 63-year-old San Mateoman, was ordered to pay $45,000 to BairIsland Mini Storage in Redwood City and$13,242 to Public Storage in Burlingamewhere he stored hazardous materials, saidDistrict Attorney Steve Wagstaffe.

Unga admitted to renting the sto rage unitsthen leaving paint, industrial cleaning

agents, ammonia and coating stripper thatwere previously stored at Unga Roofing andWaterproofing in Burlingame on DavisRoad.

Unga was warned in 2009 by the SanMateo County Environmental HealthDivision about storing large quantities of used and unused paint containers at his ware-house, according to the District Attorney’sOffice.

On June 25, 20 13, and July 2, 2013, Ungarented the storage units and paid the firstmonth’s rent. After failing to pay for subse-quent months, the units were opened and it

was discovered they had been filled to theceiling with paint cans that qualify as haz-ardous waste, according to the District

Attorney’s Office.The victim businesses had to hi re a chemi-

cal waste management company to properlydispose of the cans and Wagstaffe said hisoffice sought a total of $88,000 in restitu-tion t o account for lost rent.

Instead, the judge ordered Unga to pay forthe cost of disposal, three years supervisedprobation, submit a sample of his DNA and90 days in county jail with 13 days credit,according to the District Attorney’s Office.

Unga’s defense attorney was not immedi-ately available for comment.

Residential burglary interruptedSan Bruno p olice are on the l ookout for a

man who was found inside a residence on the3700 block of Coronado Way by a residentwho arrived home Friday afternoon.

At about 2:48 p.m., the resident reportedseeing the man in side and chasing hi m out of the house. The man got into a waiting car andfled the scene, dropping the victim’s proper-ty as he ran, according t o pol ice.

The suspect is described as black, 5 feet 8inches, s tocky, with sho rt dreadlocks, a graysweatshirt, shorts and a baseball cap wornbackwards. The car was described as a dark,newer Toyota Camry. Anyone with informa-tion is asked to call (650) 616-7100.

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SAN DIEGO — A second round of rainfrom a rare spring s torm swept into drought-stricken Southern California on Friday,along with heavy winds and snow in themountains before heading inland, whereother s tates were also feeling weird late-sea-

son weather.In San Diego, rain poured steadily a day

after the regional water authority decidedresidents can water lawns no more thantwice a week — a measure aimed at achiev-ing sweeping state-mandated cuts to waterconsumption during drought.

Mariana Dominguez, 41, said she wasn’tboth ered that h er morning co mmute to a drycleaning business in San Diego’s OceanBeach neighborhood doubled to 40 min-utes.

“It’s nice because we need the rain withthe drought and everything. It cleans up theair. In San Diego, you don’t see this veryoften,” she said.

A small but determined number of surfers,swimmers and stroll ers went in the water atSan Diego’s Ocean Beach, including ErinLale, 46, who was on vacation from LasVegas.

“The ocean is the ocean,” she said after

submerging her feet under water. “It’s big,cold and full of sand and wildlife. That’s

going to be true if it’s rainy or sunny.”Drivers were urged to use caution on roads

in the San Bernardino and San Gabriel

mountains, where between 3 to 6 inches of snow was possible above 6,000 feet.

Temperatures hovered around freezing athigher elevations.

In northern Arizona, a rare springtime

snowstorm hit a small town just west of Flagstaff, dumping more than seven inchesof snow. The area has seen more than threeinches of snow on May 15 or later only ahandful of ti mes.

“It’s always good to see rain and snowthis late in the season,” said BrianKlimowski of the Nation al Weather Service.“Every storm we get like this helps push

back the onset of our fire season.”Firefighters rescued six motorists and a

dog who became trapped in 3 feet of wateron a San Diego st reet, and they pulled a manfrom the rushing water of a flood controlchannel in Northridge, about 25 milesnorth of Los Angeles, authorities said.

“One minute it’s a little bit of water andall of a sudden it got deeper and deeper real-ly fast, ” Capt. J oe Amador of the San DiegoFire-Rescue Department said about theflooded street.

The rain was doing little to ease waterwoes in the historically parched state.

“Any kind of rain, like we had last night,is certainly welcome. Anything wet is wel-come,” said climatologist Bill Patzert of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab. “But it’s notgetting us out of the drought.”

Flooding and debris flows are possible if thunderstorms form over foothill areasstripp ed bare by wildfires.

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A San Mateo County judgereduced the convi ction Friday o f aformer after-school program

employee who was found guiltyof having child pornography onMarch 9 .

Judge Lisa Novak granted adefense motio n to reduce the con-victio n of Eric Michael Renz, 22,of Millbrae, from a felony to amisdemeanor, with three yearscourt probation conditioned onone day in county jail, whichhe’s already served, according toSan Mateo County DistrictAttorney Steve Wagstaffe.

In additio n, Renz must regis teras sex offender with police andpay a $235 fine. Furthermore, hiscomputer can be seized andsearched by police at any time,

Wagst affe said.“This was an utterly hysterical

overreaction by the PoliceDepartment and the DistrictAttorn ey’s Office. They were deadwrong here and thank goodnesswe had a judge who saw it forwhat it is,” defense attorneyCharles Smith said. “The judgegot it right.”

Renz had previously worked asan after-school child care assis-

tant at AlbionH. HorrallE l e m e n t a r ySchool, locatedat 949 OceanView Ave. in

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an witnessed Renz sitting on abench, kissing a 6-year-oldfemale student on the lips twice,with his arm around her shoulderand his hand on her hip.

The custodian reported theincident to school administra-tors, who immediately calledpolice.

Renz denied to police he ki ssedthe female student.

When police seized his laptop,a forensic search revealed down-

loaded child pornograph y, prose-cutors said.After a three-day court trial,

Judge Lisa Novak decided thatevidence he kissed the 6 -year-oldwas insufficient. The court foundRenz guilty of felony possessionof child pornography, but Fridaythe judge granted the defensemotion to reduce that charge to amisdemeanor, according to pros-ecutors.

Judge reduces convictionof man guilty of child porn

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San Mateo Park Elementary School celebrated its 90th anniversary on Saturday, May 2, in conjunction with theschool’s 33rd annual walk-a-thon fundraiser. Local dignitaries, school administrators and elected officials such asSen. Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, principal Christie Miller, San Mateo County poet laureate Caroline Goodwin, SanMateo Mayor Maureen Freschet spoke at the event. Alumni also participated in a parade, the Toyanaka Borel Bandplayed and a fair after the walk-a-ton wrapped up the event.

The BurlingameCommunity forEducation Foundation

raised $212,860 for local schools

during Sil icon Valley GivesDay, a 24-hour fundraising eventorganized by the Sil ico n ValleyCommunity Foundation onTuesday, May 5.

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Emilia Lee, a first-grader atCentral Elementary Schoo l inBelmont, Elena Kwank, a sec-ond-grader at Foster CityElementary School , MikkoSi t, a th ird-grader at Immaculate

Heart of Mary, in Belmont, andElise Wallow, a sixth-grader atTerra Linda Middle School, inSan Carlos, won the Art Takes a

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Class notes is a column dedicated toschool news. It is compiled by educa-tion reporter Austin Walsh. You cancontact him at (650) 344-5200, ext. 105or at [email protected].

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By Denise Levoie

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BOSTON — After slouching through histrial for months with a bored look on hisface, the defendant was ordered to rise.

For close to half an hour, BostonMarathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was

on his feet, fidgeting as he listened to thereading of a 24-page worksheet in which a

jury dismant led, piece by piece, any hopehe had of mercy.

By page 21, his fate was clear: death byinjection.

In the nation’s most closely watched ter-rorism trial since the Oklahoma City bomb-ing, the 21 -year-old Tsarnaev was sentencedto death Friday by a federal jury that sweptaside arguments he was just a “kid” who fellunder the influence of his fanatical olderbrother.

The decision — which came just ov er twoyears after the April 15, 2013, bombingthat killed three people and wounded morethan 260 — brought relief and grim satis-faction to many in Boston.

“We can breathe again,” said KarenBrassard, who suffered shrapnel wounds onher legs.

The death sentence sets the st age for whatcould be the nati on’s first execution of a ter-rorist in the po st-9/11 era, t hough the case

is likely t o go t hrough years of appeals.In the meantime, Tsarnaev will prob a-

bly be sent to death row at the federalprison in Terre Haute, Indiana, whereOklaho ma bomber Timothy McVeigh was

put to death in 200 1.A somber-looking Tsarnaev stood with

his hands folded, his head slightly bowed,as he learned his fate, sealed after 14 hoursof deliberations over three days. His

lawyers left court without comment.

His father, Anzor Tsarnaev, reached byphone in the Russian region of Dagestan,let out a deep moan upon hearing the newsand hung up.

The 12-member federal jury had to beunanimous for Tsarnaev to get the deathpenalty. Otherwise, the former college stu-

dent would have automatically received lifein prison with no chance of parole.

In weighing t he arguments for and againstdeath, the jurors decided among otherthings that Tsarnaev showed a lack of remorse. And they emph atically rejected thedefense’s central argument — that he wasled down the path to terrorism by his bigbrother.

“Today the jury has spoken. DzhokharTsarnaev will pay for his crimes with hislife,” s aid U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz.

The attack and the ensuing manhunt para-lyzed the city for days and cast a pall overthe marathon — normally one of Boston’sproudest, most exciting moments — thathas yet to b e lifted. With Friday’s decision ,community leaders and others talk ed of clo-

sure, of resilience, of the city’s BostonStrong spirit.

“Today, more than ever, we know thatBoston is a city of hope, strength andresilience that can overcome any chal-lenge, ” said Mayor Marty Walsh.

‘Justice’: Jury orders death for the Boston bomber

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Attorney Carmen Ortiz, center, speaks to the news media with law enforcement officials afterthe sentencing of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokar Tsarnaev.

By Judy LinTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SACRAMENTO — As Califo rnia lawmak-ers begin drilling into Gov. Jerry Brown’s

$115 billion budget proposal, Democratsand social welfare advocates say they seemany areas that need even more funding tomake up for deep cuts during the recession .

Democratic leaders in the Legislature sayexpanding affordable child care is their toppriorit y. And advocates for children, s eniorsand disabled people have a long list of requests that includes increasing spendingon h ealth care for immigrants who are in th ecountry illegally and restoring cash assis-tance to low-income seniors and peoplewith disabilities.

They also want to raise Medi-Cal pay-ments to doctors, dentists and otherproviders, and boost funds for people withdevelopmental disabilities.

The California Budget & Policy Center, aliberal think tank, said state support for

child care and preschool i s $1. 1 bill ion lessthan before the recession, resulting in 20percent fewer slots.

“When (parents) get a child care slot, it’slike they won the lottery,” said MaryIgnatius, an organizer with Parent Voices, a

child care advocacygroup.

Prying more moneyfrom Brown will be diffi-cult, even though his

spending plan reflects a$6.7 billion increase intax collections over hisinitial projection. Bylaw, most of the surplusmust go to public

schools and filling California’s rainy dayaccount, so there’s much less discretionaryspending than l awmakers would like.

“I don’t think the governor is in a hand-ing-out-money sort of mood,” said JessicaLevinson, who has written about state budg-ets and teaches at Loyol a Law School. “It’s anormal human response to say let’s spendthe mon ey. And I think time and time again,he’s hit the brakes on that i mpulse.”

Brown defended his cautious approach,explaining that he wants to avoid the kindof fiscal turmoil that came with the reces-

sion and forced the state to make deep cutsto education and social services. He heededDemocrats’ call to fight poverty by propos-ing a targeted $380 million earned incometax credit that his administration said wouldhelp as many as 2 million Californians.

U.S.: Gulf oil spill could last 100 yearsWASHINGTON — A decade-old oil leak

where an offshore platform toppled during ahurricane could continue spilling crude intothe Gulf of Mexico for a century or more if leftunchecked, according to government esti-mates obtained by the Associated Press thatprovide new details about the scope of theproblem.

Taylor Energy Company, which owned theplatform and a cluster of oil wells, has playeddown the extent and environmental impact of the leak. The company also maintains that

nothing can be done to completely eliminatethe chronic oil slicks that often stretch formiles off the coast of Louisiana.

Taylor has tried to broker a deal with thegovernment to resolve its financial obliga-tions for the leak, but authorities haverebuffed those overtures and have ordered addi-tional work by the company, according toJustice Department officials who were notauthorized to comment publicly by name and

spoke only on condition of anonymity.

Advocates push lawmakers tohelp social programs in budget

Around the nation

Jerry Brown

By Deb Reichmann


WASHINGTON — The House defied a vetothreat from President Barack Obama onFriday and approved a $612 billion defensepolicy bill that Democrats complain bustsbudget limits on military spending andmakes it harder for the president to closethe U.S. prison for suspected terrorists atGuantanamo Bay in Cuba.

The vote was 269 to 151 for the legisla-tion, a blueprint for next year’s spendingon mili tary and other national security p ro-grams.

While Republicans voted overwhelming-ly for the bill, 41 Democrats disregardedObama’s objections and joined the GOPlawmakers in passing it. Another 143Democrats v oted against it.

A 2011 bip artisan b udget deal placed lim-its on defense and domestic spending. The

House defense bill s kirts th ose caps by put-ting $89 billion of the total into an emer-gency war-fighting fund, which is exemptfrom the restrictions.

Democrats warned that Republi cans won’tdo the same end-run around spending capswhen it comes to financing non-defense

agencies later this year, opening the doorto sh arp cuts in domestic spending.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said the defense bill would be aprelude to future reductions that would“devastate other vital pi llars of our nation -al strength ,” in cluding h omeland security,veterans, road building and other pro-grams.

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio,accused Democrats of “letting politicscome before national security.”

“With all the threats our troops face andthe sacrifices they make,” he said,“Democrats’ opposition to t his defense billis in fact indefensible. ”

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BAGHDAD — Islamic Stat e mil-itants seized the main governmentheadquarters in Ramadi, raisingtheir black flag over the com-

pound and setting it ablaze hoursafter a series of suicide car bomb-ings heralded the start of a majornew offensive by the extremistson the strategic city.

The advance marked a signifi-cant setback for the Iraqi govern-ment in its long fight to defendRamadi, the capital of westernAnbar provi nce, where Iraqi fo rceshave made little progress againstthe extremist group despitemonths of U.S.-led airstrikes.

The capture of the compound —which houses a police headquar-ters as well as provincial andmunicipal offices — followed acoordinated attack in which threenear-simultaneous suicide car

bombs killed at least 10 policeofficers an d wounded dozens more,Ramadi’s Mayor Dalaf al-Kubaisisaid. He said two Humvees previ-ously seized from the Iraqi armywere used in the attack.

Islamic State fighters alsoseized other parts of the city andattacked the Anbar OperationCommand, the military headquar-ters for the province, al-Kubaisisaid.

As they advanced, the militantscarried out mass killings in whichdozens of captured security forcesand their families were slain, saidAnbar provin cial councilman TahaAbdul-Ghani.

The victims included some 30tribal fig hters allied with the Iraqiforces in t he battle against IS, saidanother councilman, Athal al-Fahdawi. In the Jamiaa district of Ramadi, IS gunmen stormed thehouse of a policeman, AhmedMohammed, and shot him deadalong with his wife, 12-year-oldson and 4-year-old daughter.

Dozens of families were forcedto flee their homes in the area, al-Fahdawi said.

The head of Anbar’s provincialcouncil, Sabah Karhout, appealedto the central government inBaghdad to send reinforcements

and urged the U.S. -led coaliti on t oincrease airstrikes against themilitants in Ramadi.

“The city is undergoing viciousattack by Daesh and we are in direneed of any kind of assistance,”Karhout said, using an Arabicacronym for the Islamic Stategroup.

In Washington, StateDepartment spokesman Jeff Rathke said the U.S. conducted

“numerous airstrikes” in Ramadion Friday as part of its support forIraqi security forces fighting theIslamic State group.

“There will b e goo d days and baddays in Iraq,” Rathke toldreporters. “ISIL is trying to maketoday a bad day in Ramadi. We’vesaid all along we see this as along-term fight.”

U.S. troops saw some of theheaviest fighting of the eight-

year Iraq war in the sprawlingdesert province of Anbar, andRamadi was a major insurgentstrong hold. The IS group capturedthe nearby city of Fallujah andparts of Ramadi in January 2014,two years after U.S. forces with-drew and months before its mainsweep across north ern and westernIraq last summer.

A senior U.S. military officerdownplayed the militants’ latest

gains in Ramadi, saying they weretemporary and unlikely to with-stand Iraqi counterattacks.

While conceding the extremistshad executed a “complex attack”on the city, Marine Brig. Gen.Thomas D. Weidley said Iraqi

security forces still controlledmost of the key facilities, infra-structure and roadways in theRamadi area.

Speaking by t elephone from hisheadquarters in Kuwait, Weidley,the chief of staff for the U.S. com-mand leading the campaignagainst the IS group, suggestedthe militants were trying t o inflatethe significance of what he calledlimited gains i n Ramadi.

“Daesh does remain on thedefensive,” he said. “We’ve seensimilar attacks in Ramadi over th elast several months which the(Iraqi security forces) have beenable to repel, and we see this onebeing similar to those.”

In Baghdad, Iraqi Prime Min isterHaider al-Abadi presided over ameeting of senior security andmilitary commanders to discussthe situation in Ramadi.

“His excellency gave orders toexert more efforts in the fightingagainst Daesh and in order to driveout the terrorist gangs fromRamadi,” said a statement postedon al-Abadi’s o fficial website.

State-run Iraqiya televisionannounced that new combat unitshad arrived in Ramadi.

Iraqi forces and Kurdish fightershave made steady gains againstthe IS group elsewhere in Iraqsince last summer, when the U.S.-

led coalition began striking theextremists from the air. Iraqiforces and Shiite militias recap-tured the northern city of Tikritfrom the IS group early lastmonth, marking their biggest vic-tory to date.

But progress has been slow inAnbar, a vast Sunni provincewhere anger at the Shiite-led gov-ernment runs deep and where U.S.forces struggled for years to beatback a potent insurgency.American soldiers fought some of their bloodiest battles sinceVietnam on the st reets of Fallujahand Ramadi.

IS group seizes compound in Iraq’s Ramadi

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Smoke rises after a bomb attack in the city of Ramadi, Iraq.


BEIRUT — The U.N. culturalagency expressed alarm Fridayover clashes between IslamicState militants and Syrian gov-ernment forces near the ancientcity of Palmyra — one of theMiddle East’s most famousUNESCO world heritage sites.

UNESCO chief Irina Bokovasaid Palmyra, famous for its2,000-year-old ruins, should be

spared from the fighting. Shespoke to reporters in Beirut aftermeeting with Lebanese Prime

Minister Tammam Salam.The Britain-based Syrian

Observatory for Human Rightsand the Local CoordinationCommittees said governmentwarplanes h ave been attacking ISpositions on the eastern edge of Palmyra. There has also beenfighting on the ground, theactivist groups said.

On Friday, Syrian state newsagency SANA said troops were“chasing” IS fighters in several

areas n orth and east o f Palmyra.The Observatory s aid the fight-

ing n ear Palmyra on Friday kil led

three IS fighters and 10 govern-ment troops.

The Syrian government hasurged the int ernational communi-ty to protect Palmyra from IS,which recently destroyed severalarchaeological sites in neighbor-ing Iraq.

Bokova expressed concernover Palmyra, saying “heritagesites should not be used for mili-tary purposes.”

“I appealed yesterday to all par-

ties con cerned to p rotect Palmyraand to leave it outside their mili-tary activity,” she said.

UNESCO chief alarmed by clashes near Syria’s Palmyra

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By Sameer N. Yacoub


BAGHDAD — Islamic Stat e mil-itants seized the main governmentheadquarters in Ramadi, raisingtheir black flag over the com-

pound and setting it ablaze hoursafter a series of suicide car bomb-ings heralded the start of a majornew offensive by the extremistson the strategic city.

The advance marked a signifi-cant setback for the Iraqi govern-ment in its long fight to defendRamadi, the capital of westernAnbar provi nce, where Iraqi fo rceshave made little progress againstthe extremist group despitemonths of U.S.-led airstrikes.

The capture of the compound —which houses a police headquar-ters as well as provincial andmunicipal offices — followed acoordinated attack in which threenear-simultaneous suicide carbombs killed at least 10 policeofficers an d wounded dozens more,Ramadi’s Mayor Dalaf al-Kubaisisaid. He said two Humvees previ-ously seized from the Iraqi armywere used in the attack.

Islamic State fighters alsoseized other parts of the city andattacked the Anbar OperationCommand, the military headquar-ters for the province, al-Kubaisisaid.

As they advanced, the militantscarried out mass killings in whichdozens of captured security forcesand their families were slain, saidAnbar provin cial councilman TahaAbdul-Ghani.

The victims included some 30tribal fig hters allied with the Iraqiforces in t he battle against IS, saidanother councilman, Athal al-Fahdawi. In the Jamiaa district of

Ramadi, IS gunmen stormed the

house of a policeman, AhmedMohammed, and shot him deadalong with his wife, 12-year-oldson and 4-year-old daughter.

Dozens of families were forced

to flee their homes in the area, al-

Fahdawi said.The head of Anbar’s provincialcouncil, Sabah Karhout, appealedto the central government inBaghdad to send reinforcements

and urged the U.S. -led coaliti on t o

increase airstrikes against themilitants in Ramadi.“The city is undergoing vicious

attack by Daesh and we are in direneed of any kind of assistance,”

Karhout said, using an Arabicacronym for the Islamic Stategroup.

In Washington, StateDepartment spokesman Jeff Rathke said the U.S. conducted“numerous airstrikes” in Ramadi

on Friday as part of its suppo rt forIraqi security forces fighting theIslamic State group.

“There will be good days and baddays in Iraq,” Rathke toldreporters. “ISIL is trying to maketoday a bad day in Ramadi. We’vesaid all along we see this as along-term fight.”

U.S. troops saw some of theheaviest fighting of the eight-year Iraq war in the sprawlingdesert province of Anbar, andRamadi was a major insurgentstrong hold. The IS group capturedthe nearby city of Fallujah andparts of Ramadi in January 2014,two years after U.S. forces with-drew and months before its main

sweep across northern and westernIraq last summer.

A senior U.S. military officerdownplayed the militants’ latestgains in Ramadi, saying they weretemporary and unlikely to with-stand Iraqi counterattacks.

While conceding the extremistshad executed a “complex attack”on the city, Marine Brig. Gen.Thomas D. Weidley said Iraqisecurity forces still controlledmost of the key facilities, infra-structure and roadways in theRamadi area.

Speaking by t elephone from hisheadquarters in Kuwait, Weidley,the chief of staff for the U.S. com-

mand leading the campaignagainst the IS group, suggestedthe militants were trying t o inflatethe significance of what he calledlimited gains i n Ramadi.

IS group seizes compound in Iraq’s Ramadi

REUTERS

Smoke rises after a bomb attack in the city of Ramadi, Iraq.


BEIRUT — The U.N. culturalagency expressed alarm Fridayover clashes between IslamicState militants and Syrian gov-ernment forces near the ancientcity of Palmyra — one of theMiddle East’s most famousUNESCO world heritage sites.

UNESCO chief Irina Bokovasaid Palmyra, famous for its2,000-year-old ruins, should bespared from the fighting. Shespoke to reporters in Beirut aftermeeting with Lebanese Prime

Minister Tammam Salam.The Britain-based Syrian

Observatory for Human Rightsand the Local CoordinationCommittees said governmentwarplanes h ave been attacking ISpositions on the eastern edge of Palmyra. There has also beenfighting on the ground, theactivist groups said.

On Friday, Syrian state newsagency SANA said troops were“chasing” IS fighters in severalareas no rth and east of Palmyra.

The Observatory s aid the fight-ing n ear Palmyra on Friday kil led

three IS fighters and 10 govern-ment troops.

The Syrian government hasurged the int ernational communi-ty to protect Palmyra from IS,which recently destroyed severalarchaeological sites in neighbor-ing Iraq.

Bokova expressed concernover Palmyra, saying “heritagesites should not be used for mili-tary purposes.”

“I appealed yesterday to all par-ties con cerned to p rotect Palmyraand to leave it outside their mili-tary activity,” she said.

UNESCO chief alarmed by clashes near Syria’s Palmyra

Bullying has spread fromschool hallways and bathroomsto social media, raising aware-ness in recent years of what wasonce largely an underground

issue. The focus has resulted in anaggressive effort to tackle it fromlocal school officials on up to thefederal government.

Among the survey findings:• About a quarter, o r 24 percent,

of girls said they were bullied,compared to 20 percent of boy s.

• A higher percentage of white

students — 24 percent — saidthey were bullied than black,Hispanic or Asian students.Twenty percent of black studentssaid they were bullied comparedto 19 percent of Hispanic stu-dents and 9 percent of Asian stu-dents.

Among respondents, 9 percentof girls and 5 percent of boys s aidthey’d experienced cyberbullying

either in school or outside of school. Unwanted text messageswas the most common way stu-dents said they were cyberbulliedfollowed by hurtful informationposted on the Internet.

Education Secretary ArneDuncan praised the news of anoverall decline but with a caveat:“Even though we’ve come a longway over the past few years in

educating the public about thehealth and educational impactsthat bullying can have on stu-dents, we still have more work todo to ensure the safety of ournation’s children.”

Students bullied are more likelyto struggle in school, skip class,face substance abuse and commitsuicide, the department saidresearch has found.

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BEIJING — U.S. Secretary of State John

Kerry is in China to press Beijing to haltincreasingly assertive actions it is taking inthe South China Sea that have alarmed theUnited States and China’s smaller neigh-bors.

Amid verbal sparring between U.S. andChinese officials over land reclamationprojects China is conducting in disputedwaters, Kerry arrived in Beijing on Saturdayfor a series of meetings with t he communistnation ’s top leaders.

American officials said this week thatKerry is bringing a message to Beijing thatChina’s large-scale land reclamation andgeneral behavior in t he South China Sea hurtChina’s image and foreign relations, includ-ing with the U.S.

China has reacted angrily to suggestionsthe U.S. may send military ships and planes

to challenge Chinese claims to islands it isbuilding. On Friday, Beijing reaffirmed thatit will defend those claims and won’t remainpassiv e if they are threatened.

The claims have rattled the region, whereSouth China Sea islands and reefs are con-tested by China and five other Asian gov-ernments. The U.S. says it takes no posi-tion on the sovereignty claims but insiststhey must be negotiated. Washington alsosays ens uring maritime safety and access tosome of the world’s busiest commercialshipping routes is a U.S. national securitypriority.

In one disputed area, the Spratly Islands,U.S. officials s ay China has reclaimed about2,0 00 acres of dry land since 2014 th at couldbe used as airstrips o r for military purposes.The U.S. argues that man-made construc-

tion s cannot b e used to claim sovereignty.Obama administration officials have

declined to comment on reports that it maydeploy military assets or that it is consider-ing a demonstration of freedom of naviga-tion within 12 nautical miles of the islands’notional territorial zone. But they have saidmany of th e features claimed by Chi na in thedisputed Spratlys are submerged and do notcarry territorial rights, and said China can-not “manufacture so vereignty.”

On Friday, Chin a hit back, saying it wouldbe unswerving in defending its nationalinterests.

“I would like to stress again that China’s

determination to defend national sov ereign-ty and its legitimate rights and interests isunswerving,” foreign ministry spokes-woman Hua Chunying told reporters. “Wewill adopt st ern measures to counter any actsthat will pose provocations and threatsagainst China.”

Also Friday, st ate broadcaster CCTV ran aninterview with China’s ambassador to theU.S., Cui Tiankai, in which he lashed outwhat he described as Washington’shypocrisy and confrontational attitude.China says the U.S. ignores improvementsit says other claimants are also making ontheir island holdings.

Kerry to press Beijing to haltprojects in South China Sea

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Secretary of State John Kerry, left, talks with Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director GeneralCong Peiwu as he disembarks from his airplane upon arrival in Beijing, China.

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U.S. stock indexes spent Fridaymostly drifting between tiny gainsand losses, but the small moves wereenough to nudge the Standard &

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The Dow Jones industrial averagealso n otched a gain for the second dayin a row. The Nasdaq bucked the tren d,closing slightly lower.

Utilities stocks were among thebiggest gainers as investors weigheda mix of U.S. economic data and cor-porate earnings news. The price of U.S. oil fell slight ly, ending a secondweek in a row nearly flat just under$60 a barrel.

Despite th e latest milestone, it wasa mostly listless day on Wall Street,as traders appeared content to hold off on major moves following Thursday’sbig rally.

“Often, in fact, there’s a bit of sell-ing pressure in these situations asmany people want to b ook so me prof-its after these days,” s aid JJ Kinahan,TD Ameritrade’s chi ef strateg ist .

The Dow rose 20.32 points, or 0.1percent, to 18,272.56. That’s within16 points of its record set on March2.

The S&P 500 index gained 1.63

points, or 0.1 percent, to 2,122.73.The Nasdaq slipped 2.50 points, or0.1 percent, to 5,048.29. The threeindexes are up for the month and year.

Trading got off to a sluggish startearly Friday and remained mostlymuted, with th e major indexes hov er-

ing n ear their prior-day tot als.Separate reports on Friday offered a

mixed assessment of U.S. manufactur-ing. The Federal Reserve said factoryactivity in New York increased sligh t-ly in May, suggesting that manufac-turers are beginning to adapt to thechallenges caused by a stronger dol-lar, lower oil prices and restrainedconsumer spending. Meanwhile, U.S.industrial output fell for the fifthstraight month in April. The trendsuggests that weakness in manufac-turing and mining are weighin g heav-ily on t he economy.

Other reports this week have alsoshown diverging trends for the U.S.economy. The CommerceDepartment’s U.S. retail sales reportfor April fell short of Wall Street’sforecasts. But the latest figures onapplications for unemployment aidand inflation were more encouraging.

“This week, on balance, the eco-nomic reports have been a littlesoggy,” said Bob Doll, chief equitystrategist at Nuveen AssetManagement. “We’re muddling

through and the market is just finewith that.”

Investors are gauging how well theU.S. economy is doing as they try toanticipate when the Federal Reservewill raise short-term interest rates forthe first time in more than six years.

Many economists anticipate the cen-tral bank won’t increase rates beforeSeptember.

Seven of the 10 sectors in the S&P500 index rose, led by utilitiesstocks. The sector remains down 6.7percent this year. Financials fared theworst. The sector is down 0. 3 percentfor the y ear.

Netflix was among the big gainersin the S&P 500, climbing 4. 5 percentfollowing a published report sayingthat the vi deo streaming service is intalks to begin doing business inChina. The stock rose $26.40 to$613.25.

Companies reporting better-than-expected quarterly earnings or out-looks were among the big gainersFriday. Darling Ingredients climbed$1.55, or 11 percent, to $15.64.

Others failed to liv e up to expecta-tions, however.

Dillard’s reported weak fi rst-quarterfinancial results, which pulled thedepartment store chain’s shares down7 percent. The stock lost $8.74 to$115.46.

Stocks end mostly up; S&P hits new high

By Scott MayerowitzTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ATLANTA — Delta Air Lines CEO Richard

Anderson leans back in his chair, smiles andexplains why he’s so h appy.His airline cancels fewer flights than the

competition, complaints are down and, mostimportantly, Delta is making record profits— despite a bad bet on oil prices.

In an industry that, until recently, wasfamous for its losses, it’s rare to hear a CEOspeaking so optimistically about the future.But a wave of mergers has left four big U.S.airlines controlling the majority of flightsand stopped the frequent fare wars that bene-fited fliers but devastated the airlines’ prof-itability.

With a healthy balance sheet, Anderson,who just turned 60, is now focusing on a fightwith government-backed Middle East air-

lines, building long-term partnerships withother international carriers and improvingthe onboard experience for passengers. Thatstarts with making s ure flights get where they

need to. Anderson boasts that last year, Deltasaw 95 days without a single cancellation inits mainline fleet; other carriers only had ahandful.

“We’re ready for the summer,” Andersonsays. “Our reliability’s going to be off-the-charts good.”

In a wide-ranging interview with theAssociated Press, Anderson spoke aboutCuba, the best jets for his fleet and gettingDelta out of its junk bond status. Here are thehighlights:

FUEL PRICESAnderson is confident that lower oil prices

are here to stay. He’s basing business deci-sions on o il costing $50 to $100 a barrel and

a prediction that the U.S. will be able to sup-ply all o f its petroleum domestically by 202 0thanks to advances in drilling technology.

“It’s a huge surprise,” Anderson acknowl-

edges. “But it’s a classic U.S. phenomenon.The U.S. i nnovates.”The U.S. government isn’t as optimistic

about energy independence. The EnergyDepartment expects the country to rely onimports for 14 percent of i ts oil and petrole-um fuel needs in 2020 and 17 percent in2040. That’s still a far cry from the 60 per-cent imported in 2006 , the high point beforethe U.S. oil boom.

Delta paid $2.29 a gallon during the firstthree months of th is year, down from $3.0 6during the same period last year. That 25-per-cent savings adds up fast; Delta burns through3.9 billion gallons o f fuel a year.

The carrier did forfeit some of those sav-ings because of a financial bet, called hedg-

ing, that oil prices would go h igher.

NEW JETSWhen fuel cost more, most airlines rushed

to order new planes from Airbus and Boeing,aircraft th at are more efficient but carry a larg-er price tag. Over time, the fuel savings off-sets the higher upfront cost. But with fuelprices now 39 percent lower than just threeyears ago, the payback takes lon ger.

Delta took a different approach, refurbish-ing its aging fleet, buying some used jets andpurchasing new planes to fill the gaps.Anderson has no plans to change that strate-gy. United Airlines recently followed,obtaining some used jets.

Anderson is eyeballing the 787-10, whichisn’t yet in production. Delta is under con-tract for 18 Boeing 787-8s, the smallestDreamliner variant, but Anderson prefers thestretched version.

Confident Delta CEO predicts fewer flight delays this summer

ABC faces credibility crisisover Stephanopoulos donationsNEW YORK — George Stephanopoulos

apologized to viewers Friday for donating$75,0 00 to the Clinton Foundation and fail-ing to disclose it earlier, as ABC News nowfinds its chief anchor in a credibility crisison the eve of a presidential campaign.

Stephanopoulos said on “Good MorningAmerica” that the donations, made in threeincrements to the foundation started by hisone-time boss, former President BillClinton, were a mistake.

“I should have gone the extra mile toavoid even the appearance of a conflict, ” the“GMA” and “This Week” host said. “I apolo-gize to all of you for failing to do that.”

Stephanopoulos rose to the top ranks atABC over 18 years and worked to establishhimself as an independent journalist despiteskepticism by some in politics because of his background as a top aide to Clinton’s1992 campaign and later in the WhiteHouse. The donations brought that issueback to the fore just as Hillary RodhamClinton is launching her presidential cam-paign.

Ride-hailing service Lyft saysIcahn makes $100M investment

NEW YORK — Carl Icahn is joining theparade of investors in startups, hitching a$100 million ride with the ride-hailingservice Lyft.

The billionaire activist in vestor is kn ownfor tangling with corporate boards, some-times launching proxy fights and pushingcompanies to make big changes or sellthemselves. He’s less well known forinvesting in startups, but that’s become oneof the ho ttest areas in the market. Venturecapitalists poured more than $48 billioninto startups last year, the most since thedot-com bubble burst.

Icahn owns stak es in Apple, Yahoo,Netflix, Hertz, Gannett and eBay, amongmany oth er publicly traded companies.

Original McDonald’scelebrates 75th birthday

SAN BERNADINO — The originalMcDonald’s is celebrating its 75th birthdayFriday.

The Sun reports artists Phil Yeh and RoryMurray are marking the anniversary bysprucing up the historic mural that advertis-es items in the 15-cent range.

Brothers Dick and Maurice “Mac”McDonald opened the first restaurant in1937, but cut it in half when they couldn’t’afford the rent and hauled it to SanBernadino.

McDonald’s Barbecue Restaurant openedup on May 15, 1940, and closed down eightyears later to make way for a much smallermenu and much faster s ervice.

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By Teresa M. WalkerTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Stephen Curry scored32 poi nts, including a 62-footer to end thethird quarter, and the Golden State Warriorsadvanced to their first Western Conferencefinals since 1976 by beating the MemphisGrizzlies 108-95 on Friday night.

They advanced with some of the bestshooting in the NBA postseason since1985, becoming the first team since that

year to hit 14 or more 3sin three consecutiveplayoff g ames. Curry was8 of 13 from beyond thearc as the Warriorsknocked down a playoff-best 15 3-pointers, clos-ing out Memphis withtheir third straight win.

Curry, who had 10assists, had the shot of

the n ight after Andre Iguodala block ed Jeff

Green’s shot near midcourt. Curry grabbedthe loose ball and beat the buzzer from theGrizzlies’ 3-point line for a 76-68 lead.Klay Thompson had 20 points, DraymondGreen added 16, Harrison Barnes 13 andShaun Livingston 10.

The Warriors will play the winner of theLos Angeles Clippers-Houston Rocketsseries in the conference finals. The confer-ence finals will start Tuesday night atGolden State.

Marc Gasol led Memphis with 21 points

and 15 rebounds. Vince Carter added 16 off the bench, Zach Randolph had 15, Co urtneyLee 12 and Mike Conley 11.

Curry finished the series with 25 3-point-ers, one more than the Grizzlies managed.When he beat the buzzer with t hat lon g 3, hecelebrated by b umpin g chests with Iguodalaand David Lee. He then added 11 points inthe fourth quarter to finis h o ff the Grizzlies.

That stellar shooting helped the Warriors

Warriors advance to conference finals

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Burlingame shortstop Andrew Kennedy goes airborne as he tries to throw out a Carlmontrunner at first. The batter was safe, but Kennedy and his Panthers teammates captured the PALBaseball Tournament title.

By Nathan MollatDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

The game of baseball is all about adjust-ments. From game to game, at-bat to at-bat,pitch to pitch.

But changes are made during practice aswell and that i s where Burlingame made theadjustments that helped the Panthers beatCarlmont 5-0 in the Peninsula AthleticLeague Baseball Tournament champio nshi pgame in Half Moon Bay Friday afternoon .

“We changed our approach in battin g prac-tice the las t couple weeks,” said Burlingame

manager Shawn Scott .Burlingame scored five runs o n ni ne hit s.The same could be said of Burlingame

starting pitcher Alex Waldsmith. Scott saidthey made a couple min or adjustments abouta month ago and Waldsmith has been nailssince then.

He was on top of his game against theScots, throwing six inning s of two-hit ball.

“He’s been really goo d about the last fourweeks,” Scott said. “Ever since then, he’skept the ball at the bottom of the (strike)zone. We found something in his legs andit’s been lights out.”

Not that is was all smooth sailing forWaldsmith. He did run i nto some trouble inthe first and fourth innings as the Scotsloaded the bases in b oth frames.

Working in Waldsmith’s favor, however,

was each time the bases were juiced, therewere two outs. He proceeded to g et the nextbatter each time and escaped unscathed.

“We couldn’t get the big hit,” saidCarlmont manager Rich Vallero. “We justdidn’t execute today. A lot of that could bebecause of Waldsmith.”

Both teams threatened in the first inning,putting runners in scoring position, butcame up empty. The second inning wasuneventful, but Burlingame got on thescoreboard in the third inning. GriffinIntrieri ripped a one-out triple to the gap inright-center field and, with Andrew Kennedyat th e plate, Scott called for a suicide squeezeplay.

Panthers take title

By Terry Bernal

DAILY JOURNAL STAFF

The Lady Bulldogs are off and running inthe state championship s.

The College of San Mateo softball teamclaimed a 4-3 victory over Cypress Collegein Friday’s California Community CollegeAthletic Association opener.

CSM flexed its power, hitting three homeruns in the game, but the game-winning hit

didn’t even leave the infield. Entering intothe sixth inning amid a 3-3 tie, th e heart of the Bulldogs’ batting order generated acomeback rally.

Harlee Donovan led off with a walk andcleanup hitter Lauren Berriatua followedwith a sacrifice bunt to move Donovan tosecond. Lelani Akai then flew out to rightfield to move Donovan to third. The extrabase loomed large as Christy Peterson’sinfield single scored Donovan with the go-

ahead run.

“All we needed to do way to find so me wayto get Harlee to score and then go into thenext in ning to sh ut it down,” Berriatua said.“So when we took the l ead we were all excit -ed.”

Berriatua did the rest, as CSM’s ace pi tch-er soldiered through the back-and-forthgame to earn the complete-game victory.

Berriatua got off to a rough st art in the to pof the first inning as the first three Cypress

batters reached to load the bases. But thesavvy right-hander pitched out of the jam,punctuating the inning on a 3-2 count witha called third strike t o strand the bases full.

“It was to ugh, but there was a little excit e-ment and adrenaline,” Berriatua said. “But Iwas able to work through it.”

Then in the second inning, the powershow started. CSM struck first whenPeterson scorched a long liner over the

Strong starts for CSM softball, baseball

By Richard RosenblattTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BALTIMORE — American Pharoah wonthe Kentucky Derby, yet didn’t loo k unbeat-able, as he had in his previous races. Histrainer says he struggled. His jockey went tothe whip about 30 times to urge him on inthe st retch. His owner says th e Derby wasn’teven close to his best effort.

And now it’s time for the Preakness, wherea victory Saturday would set up AmericanPharoah for a Triple Crown chance at the

Belmont Stakes in three weeks. It alsowould give trainer Bob Baffert an unprece-dented fourth Triple try.

Is American Pharoah up to t he task ?“That horse didn’t really get his A game

together in the Kentucky Derby, and he stillwon,” marveled Hall of Famer D. WayneLukas, who trains long shot Mr. Z, onFriday morning outside the stakes barn atPimlico Race Course. “That’s a scarythought.”

American Pharoah, owned by AhmedZayat is the 4-5 morning-line favorite in aneight-horse field, and will be ridden byVictor Espinoza. Stablemate Dortmund,third in the Derby, is the secon d choi ce at 7-2, and Derby runner-up Firing Line is 4 -1.

Dortmund also is trained by Baffert, set-ting up the possibilit y of a trainer spoiling

his own Triple Crown chance. It happened20 years ago to Lukas, but Baffert says of Dortmund: “He deserves anoth er chance.”

Zayat, a three-time Derby runner-up beforewinning two weeks ago, is confidentAmerican Pharoah will prove again he’s thehorse of a lifetime.

“I don’t believe the Derby showed thesheer brilliance of American Pharoah,”Zayat said. “I hoping yo u will see the realAP again on Saturday. He is giving me allsigns that he is ready again.”

His colt isn’t the only on e ready to go.Dortmund, with Martin Garcia aboard, is

looking to avenge his first loss after sixwins; Firing Line ran second to Dortmund

Derby winner is

favorite for thePreakness Stakes

See WARRIORS, Page 16

See PREAKNESS, Page 16See PANTHERS, Page 16

See CSM, Page 14

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CINCINNATI — San Francisco’s offensebroke out while a Great American Ball Parksmokestack burned. Quite a night all-aroundfor the Giants.

Brandon Belt hit a three-run homer, andBuster Posey added a two-run shot off Jason

Marquis o n Friday night, leading Giants to a10-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds in agame played uninterrupted while an outfieldsmokestack burned for an inn ing.

“That was a weird night there,” managerBruce Bochy said.

Weird, and ultimately en couraging.One of the two riverboat smokestacks that

shoot off celebratory flames and fireworkscaught fire in th e top of th e sixth because of a malfunctioning propane valve. Flamesshot from the top of the smokestack for aninnin g, sp ewing dark smoke, until firefight-ers extended a ladder from outside the ball-park and a firefighter climbed up to spray it.

“I felt sorry for the guy who had to go upthere on a ladder,” Bochy said. “That’s not a

job I wanted. A scary moment for someone togo out there and actually look down thatchimney.”

Fans in two outfield sections by thesmokestacks were evacuated while the firewas extinguished.

“It was a litt le odd,” said Belt, who sneakedglances at the fire from first base. “I think it

was probably more frus-trating for the peoplebatting. It was a littleweird.”

San Francisco’s strug-gling offense piled up aseason high in runs. Beltand Posey homered off Marquis (3-3), who lasteda season-low threeinnin gs while allowing a

season-high six runs. Belt also had an RBIdouble among his three hits and scored threetimes.

Left-hander Madison Bumgarner (4-2) gaveup eight hits in seven innings, includingsolo homers by Zack Cozart and BillyHamilton. After getting off to a slow startthis season, the World Series MVP has gon e3-1 with a 2.14 ERA in his last five starts.

The offense made this one easy.“Ten runs is pretty nice when you’re out

there pitching,” Bumgarner said. “Theoffense hit the ball really good. We’re play-ing go od right n ow.”

The teams have split the first two games intheir series. San Francisco won at GreatAmerican for onl y th e fourth time in its l ast16 regular-season games.

One of the NL’s worst offenses hopes to geta boost when outfielder Hunter Pence rejoinsthe Giants on Saturday. Pence’s left forearmwas broken by a pitch from the Cubs’ Corey

Black on March 5. He went 5 for 17 with twohomers in five games on a rehab assignmentwith Triple-A Sacramento.

The Giants’ Joe Panik ext ended his hit tingstreak to a career-high 11 games with a s in-gle in the first inning. Belt’s first homer of the season made it 3 -0.

“I kind of forgot what that felt lik e,” Beltsaid of his first homer since Sept. 25.

Posey connected in the third, the ninthhomer allowed by Marquis, the most on theReds’ staff.

Nice playsGiants right fielder Justin Maxwell made a

diving catch on Kristopher Negron’s linedrive in the second inning. Bumgarner slidwhile fielding Michael Lorenzen’s grounderin front of the plate and threw him out fromhis right knee in the fifth.

Trainer’s roomGiants: RHP Matt Cain th rew 30 fastballs

in t he bullpen without problem. He’s expect-ed to throw again on Tuesday. Cain has beensidelined by a st rained tendon in his pitchingforearm.Reds: 2B Brandon Phillips was back in

the starting lineup after missing two gameswith a sprained left big to e. He got an insertfor the shoe to help protect the toe andmoved carefully in the field.

Giants’ bats break out in win over CincinnatiGiants 10, Reds 2Giants ab r h bi Reds ab r h bi

Blanco lf-cf 4 1 2 0 Hamilton cf 5 1 2 1Panik 2b 4 1 2 0 Cozart ss 4 1 1 1Pagan cf 5 2 0 1 Votto 1b 4 0 2 0H.Sanchez c0 0 0 0 Hoover p 0 0 0 0Posey c 5 1 1 2 Frazier 3b 4 0 2 0Y.Petit p 0 0 0 0 Byrd lf 3 0 1 0Belt 1b 5 3 3 4 Boesch rf 1 0 0 0

Maxwell rf 4 1 1 1 Phillips 2b 4 0 0 0Crawford ss 4 0 2 1 B.Pena c-1b 3 0 0 0Arias ph-ss 1 0 0 0 Schmker ph 1 0 0 0McGehe 3b 3 0 1 1 Negron rf-lf 4 0 1 0Bmgarner p3 0 0 0 Marquis p 1 0 0 0Aoki ph-lf 1 1 1 0 Badenhop p0 0 0 0

Lornzn ph-p 1 0 0 0Msoraco ph 1 0 0 0Mattheus p 0 0 0 0Barnhart c 1 0 1 0

Totals 39 1 13 1 Totals 37 2 1 2

S an F ra nci sco 3 3 3 1 — 1 1 3

Cincinnati 1 1 — 2 1 1

E—Negron (3). DP—Cincinnati 1. LOB—San Fran-cisco 6, Cincinnati 8. 2B—G.Blanco (7), Belt (9),Maxwell (4),Frazier (6),Byrd (4). HR—Posey (6),Belt(1), B.Hamilton (3), Cozart (6). SB—G.Blanco (2),B.Crawford (2).

San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO

Bumgarner W,4-2 7 8 2 2 0 4Y.Petit 2 2 0 0 0 1Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO

Marquis L,3-3 3 7 6 6 2 4Badenhop 2 1 0 0 0 0Lorenzen 2 3 3 3 2 0

Mattheus 1 2 1 1 0 1Hoover 1 0 0 0 0 0

Umpires—Home, Dan Bellino; First, Bruce Dreckman;Second,Tom Hallion; Third,Alfonso Marquez.

T—2:53.A—39,867 (42,319).

By John MarshallTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The NCAA made a series of changes tomen’s college basketball two seasons ago i nan attempt to boost scoring and reduce phys -ical play under the basket.

Those changes barely moved the needle, so

now the NCAA is taking more drastic steps.The NCAA Men’s Basketball Rules

Committee recommended reducing the shotclock from 35 to 30 seconds on Friday, thebiggest step in a series of changes aimed atspeeding up a game that has reached historiclows in scoring two of the past three sea-sons.

The new shot clock will be in place thenext two seasons, the first time it has beenreduced since dropping from 45 to 35 sec-onds in 19 93-94. The newly sh ortened clockwould be reevaluated after that.

The changes sti ll must be approved by theNCAA’s Playing Rules OversightCommittee, which meets next mont h.

“We don’t think it’s going to cause a hugebump,” Belmont coach and rules committeechair Rick Byrd said. “We think it’s a part of

the puzzle, just a piece that helps us get thegame headed in the right direction.”

Scoring in college basketball dropped to

67.5 points per game in 2012-13, lowestsince 1952 — long before the 3-point shotand any ki nd of shot clock. Scoring bumpedup to 71.5 points per game in 2013-14, butdipped again last season, to 67.7.

With the scoring down and the gamesbecoming more physical, Connecticutwomen’s coach Geno Auriemma called men’s

college basketball a ‘joke’ and DallasMavericks owner Mark Cuban called it “ugli-er than ugly.”

The NCAA experimented with a 30-secondshot clock during the NIT, CBI and CIT post-season to urnaments with mixed results; pos-sessions per game were up 1.02 and offen-sive efficiency was up 0.6 points per 100possessions, according to basketball statis-tician Ken Pomeroy.

Some coaches have been concerned thatthe shorter shot clock would lead to more“soft” pressure in the backcourt and zonedefenses to slow teams down, along withmore last-second desperation shots to beatthe shot clock. The new clock also may havea limited impact on teams that play methodi-cally.

But other coaches have praised the new

clock, particularly after testing it out duringthe postseason tournaments. Byrd said 64percent of coaches surveyed were in favor of

the sh ortened clock.“I thought it was great,” said Northern

Arizona coach Jack Murphy, whose teamplayed five games in th e CIT. “I’m not sure ittranslated to higher scores, but the pace of play was quicker and it forced teams offen-sively to get into their stuff quicker.”

The shot clock was the big news, but the

committee recommended several otherchanges to speed up the game and take outsome of the phys ical play.

The NCAA installed a restricted arc forblock/charge calls in 2010-11 to reduce thenumber of collisions under the basket.Though the arc made a slight difference, itwasn’t good enough for the NCAA commit-tee, which recommended expanding thesemi-circle from 3 to 4 feet.

“Hopefully it will clean up some actionaround the rim,” Murphy said. “I still thinkthe blo ck/charge is the most difficult call t omake in basketball and a lot of them are 50-50 calls. Widening that circle makes thedefender come up a little more and maybeallows an offen

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