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Weekend • May 28-29, 2016 • XVI, Edition 245

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By Samantha WeigelDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

For the first time in years, SanMateo’s Marina Lagoon avoidedHeal the Bay’s top 10 list of most

polluted beaches and countyhealth officials have declared itsafe to swim — great news for thecity and those looking to cool off as the holiday weekend approach-es and summer kicks in .

The city ramped up efforts to

deter pollutants from entering itswaterways and ultimately trick-ling down to the lagoon, whichwinds through the southeasternsection of San Mateo and bordersFoster City.

“We’re definitely thrilled to beoff the Beach Bummer list thisyear,” said Sarah Scheidt, regula-tory compl iance manager with SanMateo’s Public Works

Presidential candidate accuses California officials of denying water to Central Valley farmersBy Jill Colvin andEllen KnickmeyerTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

FRESNO — PresumptiveRepublican presidential nomineeDonald Trump to ld California v ot-ers Friday that he can solve theirwater crisis, declaring, “There is

no drought.”Speaking at a rally in Fresno,

Calif., Trump accused state offi-

cials of denying water to CentralValley farmers so they can send itout to sea “to protect a certainkind of th ree-inch fish.”

“We’re going to solve yourwater problem. You have a waterproblem that is so insane. It is soridiculous where they’re taking thewater and shoving it out to sea,”

Trump said to cheers at a rally t hatdrew thousands.Trump’s rallies Friday in Fresno

and San Diegodrew vocalcrowds of pro-testers underheavy policepresence.

About a tho u-sand Trump fo esdemons t ra ted

outside SanDiego’s con-vention center, some engaging in

shouting matches with the candi-date’s supporters.

Many protesters carried signscritical of his plan to wall off theU.S. border with Mexico, whichruns just south of the city. Somewaved Mexican flags and one manbroke apart a Trump piqata with apole.

In Fresno, Trump said he spent30 minutes before the rally meet-ing with more than 50 farmers

who complained to him abouttheir struggles.

“They don’t understand —nobody understands it,” he said,adding that, “There is no drought.”

Trump appeared to be referringto water that runs naturally fromthe Sacramento River to the SanFrancisco Bay and then to the

ocean. Some farmers want more o f

Trump: ‘There is no drought’

Donald Trump

By Samantha WeigelDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Curiosity has a firm foot in a newdoor after officials with the local

nonprofit science museum atCoyote Point announcedCuriOdyssey raised $22 milliontoward a facility revamp and secureda potential 60-year lease with thecounty.

The long-standing group o f educa-tors and wildlife caretakers are excit-ed to be closing in on their $35 mil-lion fundraising goal that will sup-port a major makeover of its28,000-square-foot facility nestledagainst the Bayfront.

On Tuesday, officials announcedanother substantial donation from alocal foundation and support fromthe county Board of Supervisors isbringing CuriOdyssey closer tomeeting the needs of thousands of

local children and visitors.“It has been very rewarding and

we continue to see people support-ing us,” said CuriOdyssey ExecutiveDirector Rachel Meyer. “If we want

to really, truly bring us to state of the art and have our facility matchour mission of a really high-qualityscience education, we hope the com-

munity will s tep up and say ‘Yes! Wewant this!’”

It’s still about $13 million shortof its goal and fundraising effortswill conti nue. Grateful for all levels

of donations, the nonprofit waspleased to thank one of its largestsupporters the TomKat Foundationand announced it took just eight

months for the community to raiseenough to secure a matching $2 mil -lion grant.

CuriOdyssey revamp gets help

RENDERING: COURTESY OF CURIODYSSEY PHOTO BELOW: SAMANTHA WEIGEL/DAILY JOURNAL

An artist’s rendering of the exterior of a revamped 28,000-square-foot facility to house CuriOdyssey at CoyotePoint. CuriOdyssey at Coyote Point has a host of activities for children including hands-on exhibits and workshops.

Coyote Point science museum nabs long-term county lease, nears fundraising goal

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Visitors frequently play and swim at San Mateo’s Marina Lagoon.

Going to the beach isn’ta bummer in San MateoMarina Lagoon not polluted, safe for swimming

By Austin WalshDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

In the interest of addressing thedearth of available child care

options available to working fam-ilies South San Francisco, schoolofficials are considering beefingup the programs at local campus-es.

The South San FranciscoUnified School District Board of Trustees discussed, during a meet-ing Thursday, May 26, opportuni-ties to offer more day care and

after-school programs for localstudents and children.

Most of the existing child care

South City officials considerimproved child care services

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This Day in History

Thought for the Day

1934the Dionne quintuplets — Annette,

Cecile, Emilie, Marie and Yvonne —were born t o Elzire Dionne at t he fam-ily farm in Ontario, Canada.

“The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to professcourage and act accordingly.”

— Corra May Harris, American writer (1869-1935).

Warriors executiveJerry West is 78.

Singer KylieMinogue is 48.

Birthdays

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A protester dressed as a clown performs next to riot police during a march against President Pena Nieto's education reformalong Reforma Avenue in Mexico City.

Saturday: Sunny. Highs in t he 70s to mid80s. Northwest winds 5 to 1 5 mph.Saturday night: Clear in the eveningthen becoming mostly cloudy. Lows inthe lo wer to mid 50s. West winds 10 to 20mph... Becoming northwest 5 to 10 mphafter midnight.Sunday: Mostly cloudy in the morningthen becoming s unny. Highs in the 70s . North winds around5 mph.. .Becoming southwest 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon.

Sunday ni ght: Clear in th e evening then b ecoming most-ly clo udy. Lows in the l ower to mid 50s. So uthwest winds 5to 15 mph.Memorial Day: Mostly cloudy in the morning thenbecoming sunny. Highs in t he 70s to lower 80s.Monday ni gh t and Tuesday: Mostly clear. Lows in thelower to mid 50s. Highs in the 70s to lower 80s.

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In 1533 , the Archbis hop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer,declared the marriage of England’s King Henry VIII to AnneBoleyn valid.In 1892, the Sierra Club was organi zed in San Francisco.In 1912, the Senate Commerce Committee issued itsreport on the Titanic disaster that cited a “state of absoluteunpreparedness,” i mproperly tested safety equipment and an“indifference to danger” as so me of th e causes o f an “unnec-essary tragedy.”In 1929, the first all-color talking picture, “On with theShow!” produced by Warner Bros., opened in New York.

In 1937 , President Franklin D. Roosevelt pushed a buttonin Washington signaling that vehicular traffic could begincrossin g th e just-opened Golden Gate Bridge in California.Neville Chamberlain became prime minister of Britain.

In 1940 , during World War II, th e Belgi an army s urrenderedto i nvading German forces.In 1945, the novel “Brideshead Revisited” by EvelynWaugh was publi shed in London b y Chapman & Hall.In 1959, the U.S. Army launched Able, a rhesus monk ey,and Baker, a squirrel monkey, aboard a Jupiter missile for asuborbital flight which both primates survived.

In 1961, Amnesty International had its beginn ings withthe publication of an article in the British newspaper TheObserver, “The Forgotten Prisoners.”

Rockabilly singer-musician Sonny Burgess is 87. ActressCarroll Baker is 85. Producer-director Irwin Winkler is 85.Actor John Karlen is 83. Actress Beth Howland is 75. FormerNew York Cit y Mayor Rudolph Giuliani i s 72 . Singer GladysKnight is 72. Actress-director Sondra Locke is 72. SingerBilly Vera is 72. Actor Jean-Pierre Leaud is 72. Country musi-cian Jerry Douglas (Alison Krauss and Union Station) is 60.Actor Louis Mustillo is 58. U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford, R-S.C..,is 56. Actor Brandon Cruz (TV: “The Courtship of Eddie’sFather”) is 54. Country s inger Phil Vassar is 52 . ActressChrista Miller is 52.

Three out of every four pencils sold areyellow.

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Before the introduction of tea fromChina, the English drank tea made fromcatnip.

***Judy Garland (1922-1969) was the

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***The United States devotes about 29

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***Elvis Presley married Priscilla

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***The artwork of Pablo Picasso between1901 to 1904 is called his "Blue Period.”Picasso’s friend Casagemas committedsuicide. The artist was also away fromhome for the first time and living inpoor conditions. His paintings, donealmost entirely in blue, expressed hisdepression.

***The turkey trot, popular in the early

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The Baby Ruth candy bar was named

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The 10-story Wainwright Building inSt. Louis, Mo. was the first skyscraperin the United States. The building wascompleted in 1891.

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The word "assassination” was invent-ed by William Shakespeare.

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The green pigment in plants is calledchlorophyll.

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There are over half a million species of beetles.

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Wooden baseball bats weigh betweentwo and three pounds. Wooden bats arecommonly made from ash wood, butmaple, pi ne and hickory are also used.

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Doris Day (born 19 24) recorded the hitsong "Hooray for Hollywood” in 1959.

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Colleen Eva McAvoy Colleen Eva McAvoy passed away at her San Carlos home on

Saturday, May 21, surrounded by family and friends. She was56 years old.

Colleen was born July 2, 1959 in Oxnard, Calif. to Douglas

and Amy (Durst) McAvoy, Sr. She graduated from Rio Mesa

High School in Oxnard in 1977, where she was a National Merit

Scholar. She attended Stanford University, where she met the

love of her life, James V. Buatti, in 1978. She graduated from

Stanford with a degree in public policy in 1981 and received

her J.D. from the UC Hastings College of Law in 1985.

She joined the law firm of McGlashan & Sarrail in 1986, where she became a partner,

specializing in estate planning, conservatorships, business and real estate law. She was named

a Northern California Super Lawyer in 2009.

Colleen also had a deep passion for volunteering and giving back to her community. She was

elected President of the San Mateo County Bar Association in 2013; served on the Board of

Directors of Sustainable San Mateo County; was very active in the San Mateo County Legal

Aid Society and in Beyond War; served as President of the Foster City Mother’s Club when her

children were young and worked as the Regional Referee Administrator for AYSO San Mateo

Region 36, which was National Region of the Year during the year of her administration. She also

had an Advanced AYSO referee badge and had completed her National AYSO referee training.

She refereed hundreds of youth soccer games as a volunteer.

As an athlete, Colleen enjoyed extreme skiing, coed and women’s indoor soccer and the Scottish

game of Shinty (Camanachd.) She was legal counsel for the Northern California Camanachd

Association.

She was passionate about living life in a positive way, always seeking new ideas and adventures

while steadfastly remaining warm, kind and generous throughout. She was forever interested in

improving the world, both for herself and for those around her. To say she will be missed would

be an understatement.

Colleen was predeceased by her parents and sister Pamela. She is survived by her husband Jim

Buatti and their children James Buatti of Belmont and Eva McAvoy of Awuna Beach, Ghana;

her brother Douglas McAvoy (Nancy) of Ventura, Calif.; sisters Laura McAvoy (Sol Chooljian) of

Camarillo, Calif. and Heather McAvoy (Bruce Krempetz) of La Honda; her in-laws Jim and Pat

Buatti of Pittsfield, N.H.; brothers-in-law Mark Buatti (Tammy) of Salem, N.H.; Scott Buatti of

Pittsfield, N.H. and Brett Buatti (Lauren) of Calabasas, Calif.; seven nieces and nephews; two

grandnieces and a grandnephew and countless friends and extended family.

A Celebration of Colleen’s life will be held in June at Mountain Terrace in Woodside. In lieu of

flowers, memorial donations can be made to Planned Parenthood, Sustainable San Mateo County, the

Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County or any organization that serves your community.

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DAILY JOURNAL STAFF REPORT

The San Carlos City Council adopted asweeping set of goals and objectives that maylead to the adoption of commercial linkagefees to support the construction of affordable

housing and possible future ballot measuresfor infrastructure improvement projects .The council adopted a Strategic Plan

Monday night for 2016 -17 that also sets th ecouncil’s goals and objectives related to pub-lic safety, transportation, parking and publicoutreach.

When it comes to affordable housing, thegoal is to build more multi-family housingalong t he Caltrain corridor and to take a moreactive role regionally in encouraging anddeveloping affordable housing .

Linkage fees were adopted by the San MateoCounty Board of Supervisors Tuesday, May24, and have been in place a few months nowin Redwood City.

Developers will be charged a fee per squarefoot of the project to set aside into an afford-able housing fund.

Nexus studies were conducted by all cities inthe county to connect the development of commercial projects to the need to buildaffordable h ousing.

Another goal is to possibly contribute toregional funding sources such as the

Association of Bay Area Governments ornonprofits to help fund the construction of affordable housing projects in other cities.

The city is also loo king to partner with HIPHousing to explore an affordable housingproject on Cherry Street, according to a staff report prepared by Assistant City ManagerTara Peterson.

Whether the city will seek a ballot measurefor infrastructure improvement projects willbe decided by this fall, according to Peterson’sreport.

The city may implement improvement dis-tricts, assessment districts, community facil-ities districts or attempt to get a parcel tax orbond measure passed to address the city’sinfrastructure needs.

Another goal is to maximize the use of theYouth and Adult Community centers and to

explore new uses for the community room atthe public library.

The Parks and Recreation Department willalso explore lights at Burton Park east andStadium fields, according to Peterson’s report.

The council is also planning for another

parking structure downtown and add a surfaceparking lot on South Laurel Street. Electricvehicle charging stations are also proposed inthe library garage and at Wheeler Plaza, thesoon -to-be-home to a mix ed-use developmentwith housing and retail.

The city also plans to build and design anew interchange at Highway 101 and HollyStreet that will also feature a pedestrian ov er-crossing and calm traffic on St. Francis Way.

Improvements are also planned for BeverlyDrive and San Carlos Avenue, according toPeterson’s report.

Another goal is to enhance pedestrian andbicycle accessibility throughout the city.

Many it ems on the st rategic plan lis t, h ow-ever, will need final City Council approval toimplement.

San Carlos sets priorities

SAN MATEOTheft. An employee was seen on tape steal-ing merchandise at the Ross Store onConcar Drive before 11 :20 a.m. Wednesday,April 13.Disturbance. A transient male was seenunderneath a building in the crawlspace onBeresford Street before midnightWednesday, April 13.Welf are ch eck. Someone was seen bleed-ing from their mouth near the Caltrain sta-tion on North B Street before 9:36 p.m.Sunday, April 10 .Dis turbance. A man was seen yelling andbreaking glass at The Cheescake Factory atHillsdale Shopping Center before 8:05 p.m.Sunday, April 10 .

REDWOOD CITY

Theft. Someone was seen taking a traileron El Camino Real before 9:45 a.m.Thursday, May 12.Theft. Tools were taken from a truck onFlynn Avenue before 7:59 a.m. Thursday,May 12.Disturbance. A man was seen jumping infront o f vehicles on Brewster Avenue before5:47 a.m. Thursday, May 12.Dis turbance. Two men were seen fightingon Page Street before 12:08 a.m. Thursday,May 12.

Police reports

You’re suppose to thump melonsA woman was seen trying to hit peoplein the produce section of a store onHoward Avenue in Burlingame before12:36 p.m. Wednesday, May 25.

Redwood City man chargedwith molesting sisters

A Redwood City man about to stand trial formolesting his girlfriend’s daughter will facemore charges after the victim’s younger sistercame forward with similar allegations.

Juan Manuel Moreno, 30, pleaded not guilty

Friday to two additional felony charges andcould face life in prison after prosecutors wereable to consolidate the two cases, said DistrictAttorney Steve Wagstaffe.

Moreno was about to stand trial in Februaryon five felonies for allegedly molesting theolder child starting when she was 12 years oldfrom Jan. 1, 2008, to Dec. 31 2010. The girleventually told her mother and Moreno wasarrested around March 2015, Wagstaffe said.

The second victim came forward within the

last few months alleging she too had beenmolested over the course of several years start-ing when she was about 8 years old in 2009,Wagstaffe said.

His charges range from substantial sexualconduct with a child under 14 to continued sexu-al abuse. He remains in custody on $500,000bail. Moreno pleaded not guilty to all chargesand is scheduled for a pretrial conference July 20and for jury trial Aug. 1, Wagstaffe said.

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Man arrested forshooting alleged accomplice

A Redwood City man was arrested forattempted murder after he allegedly shot aformer accompli ce with whom h e reportedlycommitted another crime just months earli-er.

Edwin Elias Soto, an 18-year-oldRedwood City man, has been charged with

attempted murder for shoo ting Luis Alvarez-Tovilla around 1:40 p.m. Monday, May 23.Alvarez-Tovilla, 27, had just finished help-

ing a n eighboring woman when he was shotin the leg in front of a home on the 400block of Seventh Avenue in Redwood City,said District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe.

A nearby business caught the shoo ting o na surveillance camera, Wagstaffe said,adding the moti ve was still unclear.

The two were arrested in mid-November2015 for reportedly assaulting another manwith a metal pipe outside the Chavez MeatMarket in unin corporated Redwood City ona Monday evening. The victim called theSheriff's Office a few days later whenAlvarez-Tovilla and Soto again confrontedand threatened him on the street. Deputiesresponded and arrested the duo in the meat

market parking lot.Alvarez-Tovil la was transported to a h os-

pital after the shooting Monday afternoonand is expected to make a full recovery,Wagstaffe said.

Soto appeared in court Friday and wasassigned to the private defender program.He is scheduled to enter a plea June 2,Wagstaffe said. Soto remains in custody o n$2 million bail.

San Bruno police

investigate residential burglariesThe San Bruno Police Department is

investigating two residential burglaries

that o ccurred Thursday.

In one of the burglaries, an unknown sus-pect entered a residence in the 3500 blockof Fleetwood Drive through a rear brokenwindow and stole currency and jewelry fromthe residence.

This burglary was reported at 4:41 p.m.on Thursday.

In an earlier burglary, a suspect entered aresidence in th e 2600 b lock o f Heather Laneby breaking a rear window.

Police said it is unknown if anything was

taken in this burglary.Both residences were unoccupied during

the burglaries, police said.

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SAN FRANCISCO — The parents of awoman killed on a San Francisco p ier have suedthe city and two federal agencies, accusingthem of contributing to her death because theman charged in the s laying was in the countryillegally.

Kate Steinle’s parents filed the wrongful

death lawsuit Friday, accusing the Sheriff’sDepartment of failing to notify federal immi-gration officials that it was releasing JuanFrancisco Lopez-Sanchez from jail.

They also are suing Immigration and

Customs Enforcement and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. A BLM ranger reported thata gun was stolen from his car while it wasparked in downtown San Francisco.

Lopez-Sanchez says he found the gun and itfired when he p icked it up, striking Steinle, 32,in th e back. He has pleaded not guilty to a sec-ond-degree murder charge.

Steinle’s shooting death in July thrust San

Francisco into the national debate over immi-gration.

Lopez-Sanchez was transferred to the city jailto face a marijuana sales charge after he com-pleted a nearly four-year federal prison sentence

for illegal re-entry in to the country in March.The district attorney dropped charges and thesheriff’s department released Lopez-Sanchez,ignoring an ICE request to keep him behindbars.

San Francisco’s so-called “sanctuary poli-cy,” which was tweaked and re-affirmed lastweek, bars city employees from cooperatingwith federal immigration officials in deporta-

tion efforts. The law dates to 1989.The sheriff at the time cit ed the law in defend-

ing the release of Lopez-Sanchez, a repeat drugoffender and habitual border crosser.

Advocates of sanctuary protections say a

clear division between local law enforcementand federal immigration authoriti es is needed tofoster trust.

Calling the entire episode a “tragic series of events,” the lawsuit seeks unspecified dam-ages.

Steinle’s parents allege that the sheriff hadan obligation to alert immigration officialsthat Lopez-Sanchez was being released, despitethe city’s sanctuary policy. The lawsuit alsoalleges that ICE knew Lopez-Sanchez was inthe San Francisco jail and that agents shouldhave taken h im into their custody regardless of the sheriff’s actions.

Parents of woman killed in San Francisco sues city, feds

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Horst MittelstadtHorst Mittelstadt, age 74, died suddenly

while on vacation in Vietnam.Survived by his wife, two daughters and

six grandchildren.“He was a strong, self-

made man who loved andcared deeply for his fami-ly. He will always beremembered as a hus-

band, dad, grandpa,father-in-law and friendwho loved a good storyand would do anythingfor his family.”

He came from a largeGerman family that

immigrated to Canada in 1959. In 1963, hemoved to Californi a and worked hard in t hemasonry t rade he learned as a young boy. In1971, he started a masonry business thatflourished through hard work and his lovefor the trade.

“He will be deeply missed and foreverloved.”

A memorial service will be 3 p.m.Saturday, June 4, 2016, at Sneider &Sulliv an & O’Connell’s Funeral Home, 9 77S. El Camino Real, San Mateo, California.

Betty Jean CeccottiBetty Jean Ceccotti, 87, died in her home

May 20, 2016.Mrs. Ceccotti was a native of Freedom,

Pennsylvania, and longtime Redwood Cityresident, formerly working at Smith’sClothiers.

Mrs. Ceccotti is survived by her childrenDante Ceccotti and wife Paula, SusanPeterson and husband Steve, and JackCeccotti and wife Lori; grandchildrenMelissa, Megan, Michael, Joseph andTraci; great-ghrandchildren Abigail,Madeline, Isabella, Aidan and Liam. Her sis -ter Frances Pichietti and numerous niecesand nephews also s urvive her.

Friends may attend an 11 a.m. memorial

service Thursday, June 2, at Crippen &Flynn Woodside Chapel, 400 WoodsideRoad in Redwood City. Private intermentwill be at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery inMenlo Park.

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VALLEJO, — Authorities on Friday narrowedtheir frantic search for a missing teenager to aremote area about 65 miles from where she waslast seen being dragged by an armed acquain-tance who later died in a gun battle with police.

The Solano County Sheriff’s Office saidFriday that new information was promptinginvestigators to focus their search for 15-year-old Pearl Pinson along a road that traversesSonoma Coast State Park near the town of Jenner.

Sheriff’s Deputy Christine Castillo did notsay what the nature of the new information wasbut said it came out of the investigation in to theSan Francisco Bay Area girl’s disappearance.

The search for the missing girl has been com-plicated by the death Thursday of the youngman suspected of abducting her Wednesday asshe walked to school.

Police fatally shot Fernando Castro, 19, in

Southern California after they spotted his carand exchanged gunfire with him as they say heattempted to get away.

“This case spans from Northern to SouthernCalifornia,” Solano County Sheriff spokes-woman Castillo said earlier Friday.

A witness saw Castro armed with a gun andpulling a screaming Pinson across a freewayoverpass in the city of Vallejo, where they bothlived. The witness reported hearing a gunshotwhile running for help.

The sheriff’s department said Friday that sur-veillance cameras captured images of Castro’scar traveling Thursday morning in MarinCounty, about 25 miles from where Pinson wastaken and 300 miles away from where he wasshot and killed hours later. The gold Saturnsedan was spotted on a freeway near SanFrancisco Bay, and authorities also were search-ing the water’s edge.

Authorities said the two teens knew eachother but emphasized that they believe Pinson

was taken unwillingly. Rose Pinson, the miss-ing girl’s older sister, said she had heardCastro’s name but had never met him anddescribed him as an acquaintance, according tothe Vallejo Times-Herald.

“Everyone is looking for Pearl. We aren’tdoing so good,” Rose Pinson said at a vigilThursday. “She’s always happy, she loves tolaugh, loves to ride her long skateboard.”

Blood and Pearl Pinson’s cellphone werefound on the pedestrian overpass where she wastaken Wednesday. A day later and hundreds of miles away, Southern California sheriff’sdeputies spotted and pursued Castro’s car.

Castro abandoned the sedan about 45 milesnorth of Santa Barbara and shot at deputies as heran into a mobile home park, the sheriff said.He briefly barricaded himself there, but awoman inside was able to escape safely.

He stole a gray pickup from the house andopened fire at deputies again before they shotand killed him, authorities said.

Search for abducted teen moves to coast

Slaying suspects attended

same California school as victimNOVATO — Two teenagers arrested in the

slaying of a Northern California high schoolstudent and the wounding of another attendedthe same school as the victims, authoritiessaid Friday.

The Marin County Sheriff’s Office said the17-year-old suspects deputies detained duringraids on a pair of homes on Thursday wereenrolled at Novato High School, just like theslain student who was shot in the head andstabbed on a hiking trail that borders a coun-try club community.

The sheriff’s office identified the slain boyFriday as Edwin Josue Ramirez Guerra, 17, of San Rafael.

Sheriff’s officials aren’t naming the sus-pects because they are juveniles, Lt. DougPittman said. They also haven’t revealed amotive for the attack.

Investigators are looking for anotherNovato High student who was seen leavingthe scene of Wednesday’s violence and also i s

considered a suspect.

The surviving victim was shot in the chestbut managed to call 911 from the trail. He is instable condition, Pittman said.

Novato is about 29 miles north of SanFrancisco and has increasingly served as a sub-urb for families priced out of the city or lookingfor more space.

The high school enrolls about 1,300 studentsin grades 9-12 and has a student population thatis 53 percent white, 34 percent Hispanic, 4 per-cent Asian and 3 percent African American.Although the median household income inNovato approaches $80,000, 35 percent of thestudents at Novato High are considered socioe-conomically disadvantaged.

Novato Police Capt. Jamie Knox told the SanFrancisco Chronicle on Friday(http://bit.ly/1U1SNsa ) that investigators areexploring whether the hiking trail attack maybe linked to a female student’s allegation that amale classmate had sexually assaulted her near

campus on May 18.“The homicide occurred in the sheriff depart-

ment’s jurisdiction, Knox said. “They are work-ing with our detectives to try to put all thepieces together.”

California lawmakers advanceBrown’s affordable housing plan

SACRAMENTO — California lawmakershave adopted a controversial plan proposedby Gov. Jerry Brown in response to thestate’s affordable housing crisis.

The legislation that passed the AssemblyFriday o n a 4 6-7 v ote would fast-track build-ing permits and waive some environmentalreviews for high-density projects thatinclude affordable h ousing.

Brown’s proposal seeks to bypass localpolitics and restrictions that have consis-tently blocked projects, contributing to theworst ho using shortage in the nation.

It was introduced by AssemblymanRichard Bloom, a Democrat from SantaMonica. It now moves to the Senate.

The legislation has faced strong oppos i-tion from some environmental groups and

local activists who see it as an effort toweaken California’s notoriously rigorousenvironmental quality law. In SanFrancisco, civic leaders have respondedwith their own alternate proposal.

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School in Burlingame, SouthHillsborough ElementarySchool in Hillsborough,Encinal School in MenloPark, Meadows ElementarySchool in Millbrae, Cliffordand Hoover elementaryschoo l s along with Ro y

Cloud School in Redwood City and Martin ElementarySchool in South San Francisco received recognition atCalifornia Gold Ribbon schools from stateSuperinte ndent Tom Torl akso n for outstanding academ-

ic achievement.***

Foustene Fortenbach, of San Carlos, was named to thedean’s list at Emerson College for the spring semester.

***Kaitlin Corbus , of Redwood City, and Emily Pietro , o f

San Mateo, graduated from Emerson College.***

Erica Stewart, a fourth-grade teacher at Kipp ExcelenciaCommunity Prep in Redwood City, was recognized as one of four national winners for the Fishman Prize, celebrating out-standing practice in the classroom.

Stewart will be awarded $25,000, and have an opportunity tospend the summer in a residency in a national professional devel-opment program.

***Anthony Milani, of Redwood City, was awarded the John

O. Wil so n Ring Award by The Citadel for his outstandingleadership in the program. Milani earned a degree in electricalengineering from the school and was commissioned to the U.S.Army.

***Jessi ca Rodrig uez, of San Bruno, and Monica Rivera

Cuevas , of San Mateo, graduated from Bob JonesUniversity.

***Kyle Fung of Menlo Park, Armani Johns on , of East Palo

Alto, Scott Mosher, of Burlingame, and Rachel Presto n, of San Mateo, graduated Saturday, May 7, from Azusa PacificUniversity.

***Dorothy Abreu-Coito has been named the assistant super-

intendent for Educational Services in the South SanFrancisco Unified School District.

Abreu-Coito, whose hiring was approved by the districtBoard of Trustees during a meeting Thursday, April 14 , mostrecently worked as an official in the Sunnyvale SchoolDistrict.

Class notes is a column dedicated to school news. It is compiled byeducation reporter Austin Walsh. You can contact him at (650) 344-5200, ext. 105 or at [email protected].

The Peninsula Association of Contractors and Engineersawarded a $600 scholarship to Austin Djang, a student at theCollege of San Mateo.

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WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s best allyin winning over skeptical Republicans isturning out to be Hillary Clinton.

Having overcome a multimillion-dollar“Never Trump” campaign aimed at blockinghim from the Republican nomination, he’snow benefiting from a wave of GOP donors,party leaders, voters and conservative groupsthat are uniting under a new banner: “NeverHillary.”

“Nothing unites Republicans better than aClinton,” says Scott Reed, a political strate-gist for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce whohas advised previous GOP campaigns. WhileReed says there remain “many unknowns”about Trump, he adds that “the knowns aboutHillary are very powerful motivators toRepublicans.”

Thanks to Republicans’ deep disdain for thelikely Democratic nominee, Trump is piling

up those kinds of luke-warm GOP endorsements.

Florida Sen. MarcoRubio, who called Trump adangerous “con artist” dur-ing his own failed presi-dential campaign, nowsays he’s willing to getinvolved in the generalelection to sto p Clinton.

“If you can live with aClinton presidency for 4 years, that’s yourright, ” Rubio wrote on Twitter Friday. “I can’tand will do what I can to prevent it .”

Later in the day he reiterated on Twitter thathis assistance should not be viewed as pro-Trump. “I said I would be ‘honored’ to helpparty beat Hillary,” he wrote.

“Never Hillary” graced the subject line of anew Republican National Committee fundrais-ing email that had nary a mention of Trump.Super PACs advised by Trump-skeptic Karl

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Last week when the National RifleAssociation endorsed Trump, the announce-ment came without much of a sales pitch forhim. But it did include a blunt message for t he5 million members about Clinton.

Noting the heated GOP primary campaign,Chris Cox, the NRA’s chief lobbyist, said atthe organization’s convention last week,“Were there differences between candidates forthe nomination? Of course. Are there validarguments in favor or some over others? Sure.Will any of it matter if Hillary Clin ton wins inNovember? Not one bit.”

For the NRA and other Republican-leaninggroups, Clinton has become a reason to lookpast Trump’s spotty record on conservativeissues.

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SANTA FE, N.M. — It was a stunning rebuke— even by Donald Trump’s standards — aimedat the nation’s only Latina governor at a polit-ical rally in her home state of New Mexico.

Trump chastised Republican Gov. SusanaMartinez for not doing her job when it came tounemployment, federal food aid and even con-taining the Syrian refugee crisis while hestumped at a raucous poli tical rally this week inthe nation’s most Hispanic state. Martinez,who has not endorsed the presumptive GOPpresidential nominee, skipped the event inAlbuquerque, citing a busy schedule.

The public spat dampened any lingeringspeculation that Martinez might be picked asvice president to attract more female and minor-ity voters to the Republican ticket. It alsothrust the second-term governor into the com-

pany of other prominent Republicans who

have withstood attacks as Trump attempts toconsolidate support ahead of the final round of primaries that includes New Mexico andCalifornia.

Key polit icians rushed to Martinez’s defense,including U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan,Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, former FloridaGov. Jeb Bush and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio,whom Martinez endorsed for the presidentialnomination in March as his campaign faltered.

“Susana Martinez is a great governor, sheturned deficits into surpluses, she cut taxes,”Ryan told reporters this week.

Bush tweeted that Martinez is “the future of our party,” and Walker said Martinez had drivenconservative reforms in a state that PresidentBarack Obama won twice.

At Tuesday’s rally in Albuquerque, where pro-testers hurled burning T-shirts and overran bar-

ricades, Trump described New Mexico as a state

beset by unemployment and rising dependenceon federal food assistance, placing the blamesquarely on Martinez.

“Your governor has got to do a better job,”Trump said. “She’s not doing the job. Hey,maybe I’ll run for governor of New Mexico. I’llget this place going.”

Asked about Martinez at a news conferenceThursday, Trump acknowledged that she hadfavored another Republican candidate but added,“I imagine she’ll come over to my side.”

A Martinez spokesman said the governor“will not be bullied into supporting” Trump,describing the accusations as political potshots. The governor’s office fired back that thebillionaire businessman had used economicdata dating to 2000 to exaggerate trends whileoverlooking Martinez’s efforts to t ie food ben-efits to work-related requirements.

Trump rebukes nation’s only Latina governor

Unprecedented excitement atLibertarian Party convention

ORLANDO, Fla. — The deep unpopularityof both Donald Trump and Hillary Clintonhas led to an unprecedented level of excite-ment at the Libertarian Party’s presidentialnominating convention in Orlando th is year.

Libertarian o fficials said Friday as the four-day convention began that 985 delegates and

344 alternates were attending from all 50states — a record.Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson,

and his running mate, former MassachusettsGov. William Weld, are considered front-run-ners.

Feds expect more Atlantictropical storms than last 3 years

MIAMI — U.S. government forecastersexpect a near-normal Atlantic hurricane sea-son, after three relatively slow years.

The National Oceanic and AtmosphericAdministration’s outlook Friday called for anear-normal season with 10 to 16 namedstorms, with four to eight hurricanes and one tofour “major” ones with winds reaching 111mph and up.

The Atlantic hurricane season officiallystarts June 1, but tropical weather got a head-start this year: Hurricane Alex made an unsea-sonable debut in January over the far easternAtlantic.

Holiday air travelers see abreak from long security lines

ATLANTA — Travelers taki ng to the sk iesfor the Memorial Day weekend say securitylines are moving faster than expected afterweeks of costly delays at U.S. airports.

Transportation Security Administrationspokesman Mike England says bomb-sniffing dogs are being used at busier air-ports to help speed up lines. Travelersscreened by dogs are not being required toremove their shoes or take laptops out of carry-on bags.

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HIROSHIMA, Japan — With an unflinch-ing lo ok back at a painful histo ry, PresidentBarack Obama stood on the hallowed ground

of Hiroshima on Friday and declared it a fit-ting place to summon people everywhere toembrace the vision of a world without nuclearweapons.

As the first American president to visit thecity where the U.S. dropped the first atomicbomb, Obama came to acknowledge — butnot apologize for — an act many Americanssee as a justifi ed end to a brutal war that J apanstarted with a sneak attack at Pearl Harbor.

Some 140, 000 p eople died after a U.S. war-plane targeted wartime Hiroshima on Aug. 6,1945, and 70,000 more perished inNagasaki, where a second bomb was droppedthree days later. Japan soon surrendered.

“Their souls speak to us,” Obama said of the dead. “They ask us to lo ok inward, to takestock of who we are and who we mightbecome.”

With a lofty speech and a warm embrace foran elderly survivor, Obama renewed the callfor a nuclear-free future that he had first laidout in a 2009 speech in Prague.

This time, Obama spoke as a far moreexperienced president than the one who hademployed his upbeat “Yes, we can” campaignslogan o n the first go -round.

The president, who has made unevenprogress on his nuclear agenda over the p astseven years, spo ke of “the courage to escapethe logic of fear” as he held out hope for dili-gent, incremental steps to reduce nuclearstockpiles.

“We may not realize this goal in my life-time, but persistent effort can roll back thepossibility of catastrophe,” he said.

Obama spent less than two hours inHiroshima but seemed to accompli sh what he

came for. It was a choreographed perform-ance meant to close old wounds withoutinflaming new passions on a subject stillfraught after all these years.

In a solemn ceremony on a sunwashedafternoon, Obama and Japanese PrimeMinister Shinzo Abe placed wreaths beforethe cenotaph, a simple arched stone monu-ment at Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park.Only the clicking of camera shutters intrudedon the moment as Obama closed his eyes andbriefly bowed his head.

Then, after each leader gave brief remark,Obama approached two aging survivors of the bombing who were seated in the frontrow, s tanding in for the thousands still s earedby memories of that day.

Obama uses Hiroshima visitto take stand against nukes

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President Obama hugs an atomic bombsurvivor Shigeaki Mori as he visits HiroshimaPeace Memorial Park in Hiroshima.

Kentucky governor says hewill join transgender lawsuit

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky’s Republicangovernor said Friday that he will join a lawsuitchallenging a federal order to allow students to

use the bathroom corre-sponding to their genderidentity, jumping ahead of the state’s Democratic

attorney general and under-scoring how the issue isdriving a wedge betweenpoliticians in severalstates.

Eleven states announcedThursday that they had

joined a court challenge toPresident Barack Obama’s directive that publicschools allow transgender students to use thebathroom and locker room of their choice, orelse risk losing critical federal dollars. Gov.Matt Bevin said the federal government has noauthority to dictate local schools’ policies, andhe criticized Democratic Attorney General AndyBeshear for not joining the lawsuit sooner.

Alabama Supreme Court annulsits ruling on lesbian adoption

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The AlabamaSupreme Court has voided its earlier deci-sion not to recognize a lesbian couple’s

adoption that was carried out in anotherstate.

The opinion announced Friday falls intoline with a U.S. Supreme Court ruling is suedin March t hat said the Alabama court erred indeclaring the adoption held in Georgiainvalid.

On March 7, U.S. Supreme Court justicessaid in an unsigned opinion that “theAlabama Supreme Court erred in refusing togrant th at judgment full faith and credit.”

96-year-old Dr. Heimlich uses hismaneuver on choking woman

CINCINNATI — The 96-year-oldCincinnati surgeon credited with develop-ing his namesake Heimlich maneuverrecently used the emergency technique forthe first time himself to sav e a woman chok-ing o n food at his senior l iving center.

Dr. Henry Heimlich told The CincinnatiEnquirer in an interview Thursday he hasdemonstrated the well-known maneuvermany times th rough the years but had neverbefore used it on a person who was choki ng.

An employee at the Deupree House inCincinnati where Heimlich lives says theretired chest surgeon was in the room whenan 87-year-old woman began choking. Theemployee says Heimlich dislodged a pieceof hamburger from the woman’s airway andshe quickly recovered.

Heimlich s ays it made him appreciate howwonderful it has been “to be able to save allthose lives.”

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The Redwood City Teachers Ass oci ation voted toratify a 5 percent raise offered by district o fficials, sett ingthe stage to end months of occasionally contentious con-tract negotiations.

A tentative deal was reached between union and districtofficials earlier this month, but the terms requiredapproval from the rank and file members of the teachersassociation.

Union President Brett Baird said most members

felt the deal was the best they could get currently, whileholding out hopes of landing a more lucrative agreementin t he future.

Teachers had organized rallies at board meetings and onEl Camino Real to protest what they felt was inadequatecompensati on offered by district officials during n egotia-tions. The raise will no w go on to the district Board of Trus te es for ultimate approval.

***Retired U.S . Army Col . Pet er Gle ich enhaus ,

also t he former director of public works in Daly City from2001 to 2007 , and Cmdr. Gennaro Ruoc co , U.S. CoastGuard Reserve and San Bruno police officer, will be guestspeakers May 30 at the 75th annual Memorial DayObservance: “Heroes Forever.”

The Avenue of Flags Committee will present theevent — that honors the brave men and women who losttheir liv es in service of their country — back at the newlyrenovated rostrum area at the cemetery located at 1300Sneath Lane (Veterans Way), off Interstate 280 .

The event will offer an opportunity to see the renova-tion s recently comp leted at the cemetery. After the event,the public is invited to a no-host luncheon at theAmerican Legion Post 409 Hall, 757 San MateoAve., in San Bruno. The luncheon cost is $8 for ages 12and up; $ 4 for ages 5 to 11 years; and free for under age 5and veterans on a first-come basis. The proceeds benefitthe Avenue of Flags Committee and American Legion Post409. Parking for the luncheon is available at ArtichokeJoe’s Casino , if n ecessary.

***The new San Carlos Farmers’ Market will launch

next Sunday, June 5. Since 2004, The San CarlosChamber of Commerce has operated a Thursday farm-ers’ market, Hot Harvest Nights , from May toSeptember, attracting weekly crowds in excess of 3,000.Given the impact of the limited parking on downtown

merchants, the farmers’ market will be moving to aSunday Year-Round Market, now called the San CarlosFarmers’ Market.

It will open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, June 5. Streetswill be closed from approximately 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

***Looking to put a little polka in your step? Head over to

Belmont’s Twin Pines Park Saturday, June 4 for the secondannual PolCa Polish Heritage Festival .

From 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., visitors to the family-friendlyevent can dance to live music from energetic jazz bands,feast on Polish delicacies, enjoy imported beers andwatch performances from special dance companies. TheDixie Company Polish Jazz band is visiting fromPoland and will be playing throughout the day. Otherentertainment i ncludes Polo nez Dance Company tak-ing a trip up from San Diego.

The festival is $ 5 for adults and free for children under12. Visit polcafestival.com for more information.

***Students from South San Francisco to Redwood City are

taking part in the San Mateo County Registrationand Elections Division student election officer pro-gram for the June 7 primary. The program, calleddemocracyLIVE!, was established to provide studentsgreater awareness of the election process, the rights andresponsibilities o f voters, as well as to p rovide addition-al Election Officers. The deadline for s tudents t o appl y isFriday, May 27. Spanish and Chinese language speakersare encouraged to join the program. To learn more aboutdemocracyLIVE!, contact Karla Gall eg os , at (650) 312-5292, email [email protected] or go toshapethefuture.org/electionofficers/democracylive toapply.

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SHANGHAI — In 2011, a respected anti-counterfeiting coali-tion in Washington escalated its fight against the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, saying its websi tes served as a 24-hourmarket “for counterfeiters and pirates” and should be blacklis ted.

Fast forward to 2016. The same lobbying group, theInternational Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition, reversed its posi-tion. Alibaba had become “one of our strongest partners.” The

group welcomed Alibaba as a member andinvited its celebrated founder, Jack Ma, to bethe keynote speaker at its spring conferencein Orlando, Florida.

This is the tale of how one of China’s cor-porate giants won — and ultimately lost —a friend in Washington, using legal methodslong deployed by corporate America: moneyand influence. But those time-honored toolsweren’t enough to defuse the deep loathing

that has greeted one of communist China’sgreatest capitalist success stories.

Alibaba is at the forefront of China’s rise on the global stage.The anxiety and suspicion that have greeted the company abroadare, to some extent, anxiety and suspicion about China itself. Amonth after it became the first e-commerce company to join theanti-counterfeiting coalition, Alibaba got kicked out.

An Associated Press analysis of public filings shows that thecoalition’s public comments shifted from criticism to praise asthe personal and financial ties between Alibaba and the groupdeepened, even as other industry associations — and the U.S.and Chinese governments — continued to take a harder line. Aprobe by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission intoAlibaba’s accounting practices and sales data, disclosed thisweek, has raised further questions about how the company doesbusiness.

How Alibaba fares in Washington could help shape the globalfight against counterfeiting and impact the expansion of one of China’s most prominent companies.

Those who believe Alibaba intentionally profits from the sale

of fakes fear the company could lobby its way out of having tomake meaningful changes in the way it polices its platforms.That, critics say, would be a boon for the multibillion-dollarcounterfeiting industry, which costs U.S. companies money, canimperil consumers’ safety, and feeds an underground money-laundering industry for criminal syndicates.

Alibaba was one of the first Chinese companies to play poli-tics seriously inside the beltway, and may not have realized howeven the smallest misstep can backfire, said Sean Miner, Chinaprogram manager for the Peterson Institute for InternationalEconomics.

“Chinese firms are going to have a bigger spotlight on them,”he said. Miner said that as Alibaba tries to expand its globalreach, “their reputation has preceded them. ... Some Americansmight think, ‘Why don’t you go home and fix the problemsfirst?”’

Alibaba began 17 years ago in the modest living room of agutsy man with a history of failure. Jack Ma struggled in school,

and even Kentucky Fried Chicken refused to hire him.Today, Alibaba is a $15.7 billion e-commerce ecosystem thatsupports the livelihoods of tens of millions of merchants. Some423 million shoppers last fiscal year picked through the billionlistings that Alibaba’s platforms host on any g iven day.

Alibaba doesn’t sell any merchandise. It merely facilitatestransactions, deriving much of its revenue from advertising.Alibaba’s core is Taobao, a Chinese consumer-to-consumer plat-form much like eBay, only bigger. The company also operatesTmall, which offers merchants, including Nike and Macy’s, offi-cial storefronts to consumers in China. Two export platforms,Alibaba and AliExpress, connect businesses in China with buy-ers around the world.

Critics, among them some top brands and intellectual proper-ty lawyers, say Alibaba’s ecosystem has proven remarkablyconducive to counterfeiting. They feared Alibaba’s inclusion inthe anti-counterfeiting coalition would lend it undeserved credi-bility. In U.S. court filings, Gucci America and other brandsbelonging to France’s Kering Group have accused Alibaba of

knowingly profiting from the sale of fakes — a charge Alibabahas dismissed as “wasteful litigation.”

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NEW YORK — Stocks roseFriday to wrap up their strongestweek in almost three months.Banks gained ground after FederalReserve Chair Janet Yellen said

the central bank intends to keepraising interest rates provided theeconomy continues to improve.

Stocks turned higher over thelast few hours of trading to finishat their highest levels of the day.Banks made the largest gains, asthey stand to make bigger profitson len ding if int erest rates rise fur-ther. Phone companies tradedhigher after Verizon reportedlyagreed in principle to a new con-tract with striking employees.Alphabet led technology stockshigher.

Yellen said it will be “appropri-ate” to raise interest rates in thenext few months if the economy

continues to improve, and empha-sized that the Fed will mo ve slo w-ly and carefully. There were signsof that improvement throughoutthe week, including increasedhome sales, leading to big gainsfor stocks. On Friday theCommerce Department said theU.S. economy grew a bit more inthe first quarter than it previouslyestimated. In recent monthsstocks have slumped wheninvestors thought the Fed mightbe about to raise interest rates.That may have changed this week.

“Both inflation and growth areon an upward trend,” said JonAdams, senior investment strate-

gist for BMO Global AssetManagement. He said investorsmay be worrying a bit less aboutthe Fed’s pl ans because the econo-my could be getting onto moresolid footing, but the central bankmust remain careful in dealingwith investor expectations.

“The Fed’s kind of walking atight rope here,” he said.

The Dow Jones industrial aver-age rose 44.93 po ints, or 0.3 per-cent, to 17,783.22. The Standard& Poor’s 500 index added 8.96points, or 0.4 percent, to2,099.06. The Nasdaq compositeindex picked up 31.74 points, or0.6 percent, to 4,933.50.

The Commerce Department saidthe U.S. economy was a bitstronger in the first quarter than itinitially believed. The agency saidthe gross domestic product grew0.8 percent in the first threemonths of the year, above its orig-

inal estimate of 0.5 percent.That’s still sluggish, but expertsthink the economy will growabout 2 percent in the current quar-ter.

Bank stocks were led higher byBank of America, which rose 18cents, or 1.2 percent, to $14.88,

and Citigroup, which pi cked up 47cents, or 1 percent, to $46.58.Bank stocks have struggled thisyear because the Fed has pushedback plans to raise rates. Bondprices dipped and yields rose,another sign investors expectinterest rates to increase. Theyield on the 1 0-year U.S. Treasurynote rose to 1.85 percent from1.83 percent. The yield on theTreasury note is closely tied tointerest rates.

Labor Secretary Thomas Perezsaid Verizon and its unions agreedin principle to a new four-yearcontract. About 39,000 landline

and cable employees in theEastern U.S. went on strike inApril. They had been workingwithout a contract since August.Verizon gained 46 cents to$50.62.

Google’s parent companyAlphabet rose after a federal jury

said the company did not need per-mission to use tools made byOracle when it built its Androidsoftware. Oracle said Goog le sto leits intellectual property andsought $9 bill ion in damages, andit plans to appeal the ruling.Alphabet stock added $10.67, or1.4 percent, to $747.60.

Benchmark U.S. crude oil lost15 cents to $4 9.33 a barrel in NewYork. Brent crude, which is used toprice international oils, gave up27 cents to $49.32 a barrel inLondon.

Machinery maker Terex droppedafter Chinese heavy equipment

maker Zoomlion abandoned itseffort to buy the company.Zoomlion offered to buy Terex atthe start of the year, after Terexaccepted an offer from Finland’sKonecranes. Terex backed out of that deal and will instead sell itscrane business to Konecranes.Terex stock sank $3.44, or 14.1percent, to $20.89.

Scientific equipment makerThermo Fisher said it will buyelectron microscop e maker FEI for$107.50 per share in cash, orabout $4.2 billion. The dealcomes about two months afterThermo Fisher paid $1.3 billionto b uy Affymetrix, a compan y thatmakes equipment to analyzegenetic codes. FEI stock climbed$13.55, or 14.3 percent, to$108.13 and Thermo Fisher added93 cents to $152.13.

The price of gold fell $6.60 to$1,213.80. Gold has slippedabout 5 percent over the last twoweeks. Silver fell 7 cents to

$16.27 an ounce. Copper rose 1cent to $2.11 a pound.Wholesale gasoline rose 1 cent

to $1. 63 a gallon. Heating oil fell1 cent to $1.49 a gallon. Naturalgas rose 2 cents to $2.17 per1,000 cubic feet.

Germany’s DAX and the FTSE100 in Britain both rose 0.1 per-cent, and France’s CAC 40 gaineda bit less th an that. Japan’s bench-mark Nikkei 225 index added 0.4percent and South Korea’s Kospigained 0.6 percent. Hong Kong’sHang Seng climbed 0.9 percent.

The dollar rose to 110.38 yenfrom 109.72 yen. The euro dippedto $1.1114 from $1.1191.

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By Martin Crutsinger


WASHINGTON — The U.S. econ-omy is showing signs of more lifeafter a less-than-stellar start to theyear.

The government said Friday thatfirst-quarter growth, while disap-pointing, wasn’t as bad as firstthought. And a number of morerecent indicators are showingdecent gains i n key areas lik e con-sumer spending and housing.

All the signs point to an econo-

my that has probably doubled itsmomentum this quarter. But fastergrowth also raises the prospectthat the Federal Reserve will wantto nudge interest rates higher.

Fed Chair Janet Yellen said exact-ly that at an appearance Friday atHarvard University. She noted thatafter weak growth in the fourthquarter of last year and the firstthree months of this year, it “looksto be picking up from the various

data that we monitor.”

She said if the growth cont inuesand the labor market keeps improv-ing, then “probably in the comingmonths, such a move (rate hike)would be appropriate.”

Yellen, who stressed that th eFed’s plan is to raise rates “gradual-ly and cautiously,” did not specifywhen exactly a rate hike mightoccur. But many economistsbelieve it could come as soon as theFed’s next meeting on June 14-15.

Expectations of a possible Junehike have been climbing since the

central bank surprised investorslast week with the release of theminutes of the April meeting. Theminutes showed that Fed officialswere prepared to raise rates at theJune meeting if the economy keptimproving.

The Fed boosted rates by a quar-ter-point in December after leavingthem at a record low near zero forseven years. At the time, it indicat-ed that four more rate hikes could

occur this year. But it has so far putfurther increases on hold in thewake of financial market turbulencein January and February triggeredby unexpected weakness in theglobal economy.

Yellen’s remarks Friday cameafter the Commerce Departmentreported that the gross domesticproduct, the broadest measure of economic output, grew at an annualrate of 0.8 percent in the first quar-ter.

That was slight ly better than th einitial estimate of 0.5 percent but

still marked the second straightquarter in which growth hasslowed. The GDP increased at amodest 1.4 percent rate in thefourth quarter.

Economists, however, are fore-casting a rebound. Based on recentbetter-than-expected reports, theyhave been revising their second-quarter growth estimates higher, upfrom less than 2 percent to around2.5 percent.

Economy showing signs of lifeGoogle-backed Magic Leapalleges workers stole secrets

SAN FRANCISCO — Artificialreality startup Magic Leap isaccusing two Silicon Valleyemployees of stealing the closelyguarded secrets behind its techno-logical tricks.

The allegations of betrayal andskullduggery surfaced in a lawsuitthat Magic Leap filed lateThursday in federal court after thetwo workers, Gary Bradski andAdrian Kaehler, sued the companyfor wrongful termination earlier

this week. An attorney for Bradskiand Kaehler denied the company’sallegations.

Verizon, unions reach deal inprinciple for 4-year contract

NEW YORK — Striking Verizonemployees may be back to worknext week after the company andits unio ns reached an agreement inprincip le for a four-year contract.

About 39,00 0 landline and cableemployees in nine Eastern statesand Washington, D.C., have beenon strike since mid-April, one of the largest strikes in the U.S. inrecent years.

Verizon h ad train ed other work-ers to step in but there were stilldelays in installations for Fioscustomers.

Verizon said that it had highhealth care costs for its unionizedworkers, which have shrunk as itsold off large chunks of its wire-line unit and focused on its mobi lebusiness, which was not union-ized.

Automakers recall over 12Mvehicles for Takata air bags

DETROIT — Eight automakers arerecalling more than 12 million vehi-cles in the U.S. to replace potentiallydangerous Takata air bag inflators.

Documents detailing recalls byHonda, Fiat Chrysler, Toyota, Mazda,Nissan, Subaru, Ferrari andMitsubishi were posted Friday by theNational Highway Traffic SafetyAdministration.

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By Cliff Brunt


OKLAHOMA CITY — The Thunder won’tsay they have to win Game 6 against theGolden State Warriors on Saturday to winthe Western Con ference finals.

The alternative is less than ideal.Win at home on Saturday and Oklahoma

City will advance to th e NBA Finals for t hefirst time si nce 2012 . Lose and the Thunderwill be forced to play Game 7 in Oakland.The defending champion Warriors have l ostthree home games all season.

Oklahoma City has done the job at home

in the s eries. The Thunderwon Game 3 133-105,tying a franchise recordfor points scored in aplayoff game. TheThunder came back withmore of the same inGame 4, a 118-94blowout that put thedefending championWarriors on the brink of

elimination. The Warriors know it’s goingto take something special to produce a dif-

ferent result at the arena known as Loud Cityon Saturday.

“It will take all o f our IQ, all of our games-manship, and just 48 great minutes to get awin down there, considering how the lasttwo games have gone,” Warriors guardStephen Curry said.

The Warriors saved their season with a120-111 win Thursday night in Oakland.There’s still h ope th at they can defend theirtitle.

“Our guys have had a spectacular run herethe last two years,” Warriors coach Steve

Kerr said. “They’ve loved every second of

it. They don’t want it to end, and no matterhow you look at it, if you’re not the lastteam standing, it’s tough. It’s a disappoint-ing way to go out. So we want to hang inthere. We want to win the next two and getback to the finals.”

Rebounding h as been the best in dicator inthe series. In Oklahoma City’s three wins,the Thunder have outrebounded the Warriors .Golden State has won o r tied in that catego -ry in both of its wins. The Thunder, theleague’s to p rebounding team in the regular

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Menlo junior Chandler Yu slides home in the Knights’ loss to Carlmont in the Peninsula AthleticLeague tournament. Since then, Menlo has won three straight Central Coast Section playoff games and will play for the Division II championship Saturday in San Jose against Carmel.

By Terry BernalDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

After the last game the Menlo Knightslost — falling 8-5 at Carlmont in thePeninsula Athletic League baseball tourna-ment semifinals — they quickly shookhands with the o pposition , packed up theirgear and made a beeline for the p arking l ot.

It was the body language of a team on amission.

Since that day, the Knights have rolled tothree straight wins through the CentralCoast Section Division II playoff bracket.Saturday, they hope to make it a cleansweep, as No. 3 seeded Menlo takes on top-

seed Carmel in a championship showdownat San Jo se’s Municipal Stadium at 1 p .m.

Menlo boasts five all-time CCS crowns,including one in 2004 when now second-year manager Ryan Cavan was the startingshortstop. After that he returned toMunicipal Stadium as a farmhand for the SanFrancisco Giants, playing in th e CaliforniaLeague playoffs for High-A San Jose in2011 and ’13.

This year, however, marks his first turnmanaging in the postseason.

“I’ve had a lot of history in San Jose,”Cavan said. “So it’s kind of like full circlenow that I’m back out there.”

Cavan’s Menlo squad has been o n fire forover a mont h no w. Technically — since PALtournament games don’t count towardsteams’ records — th e Knights haven’t had arecorded loss since April 21 against ElCamino. At that point Menlo was in a funk,having lost four of five. Not counting thePAL tourney, the Knights have recordedeight straight wins since that day.

Senior infielder Jared Lucian has been acatalyst for the Knights, surprisingly bat-ting in the No. 9 spot. While Menlo hasn’tfiled statistics at Maxpreps. com for the pasttwo seasons, in 2014 — the last year theprogram did file stats under former managerCraig Schoof — Lucian paced the Knightswith a .374 batting average, and this in t hesenior season of current Stanford sopho-more Mikey Diekroeger.

Menlo eyes CCS crownTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DENVER — Matt Cain’s right hamstringtightened on his 25th pitch of the game.Same thing h appened again on th e next one.

He summoned the trainer to the mound andwas taken out by manager Bruce Bochy. Byacting so promptly, he’s hoping the injurywon’t be too serious.

The right-hander’s strained hamstring wasthe primary concern afterthe San Francisco Giants

had their 10-game win-ning streak against NLWest t eams halted in a 5-2loss to the ColoradoRockies on Friday nig ht.

Cain will undergo anMRI on Saturday.

“Hopefully, we caught i tearly enough where it

won’t be a big deal,” Cain said. “It’s discour-aging, but you can’t sit here and dwell on it.Just try to get this th ing right and get back outthere.”

Cain went 1 2-3 innings before beingreplaced by Albert Suarez (1-1), who gave upthree runs over five innings. Suarez also tooka grounder off his left leg in the third butstayed in the game.

Two of the runs Suarez surrendered came in

the inning where he was hit on the leg by aliner from Tony Wolters. The ball b ounced off Suarez and into right field for a leadoff double.

Suarez picked up h is first big-l eague RBI ona fielder’s choice in the third.

“He did a nice job,” Bochy said. “We justcouldn’t do anything offensively.”

Tyler Chatwood (6-3) th rew seven masterfulinnings and allowed just one unearned run ashe continues to get stronger and strongerfrom a second Tommy John surgery in July2014.

The command of Chatwood (6-3) was st ellarin becoming the sixth Rockies pitcher to goseven or more innings, allow no earned runsand walk none at Coors Field. The last time

Cain exits with

injury as Giantsfall in Colorado

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See GIANTS, Page 14See CCS, Page 17

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IRVINE — JessicaHardy won th e 100 -meterbreaststroke Fridaynight at the SpeedoGrand Challenge tune-upmeet before nextmonth’s U.S. Olympicswimming trials.

Hardy touched in 1minute, 8.69 seconds, slower than her pre-liminary time of 1:08.25 at the WilliamWoollett Aquatic Center in Irvine. Kirsten

Vose was second in 1:09. 53.Hardy, who earned an onl ine undergraduate

communication degree from Arizona Stateearlier this month, is aiming to compete ather second Olympics. The 29-year-oldswimmer earned gold and bronze relaymedals four years ago in London.

Vose, a freshman at Southern California,returned later to win the 2 00 individual med-ley in 2:15.89.

National team member Kendyl Stewartwon the 50 freestyle in 25.58 seconds.Liliana Ibanez of Mexico was second andHardy fini shed th ird.

Hardy, Anderson win at Speedo Grand

By Maria ChengTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LONDON — Health experts on Fridayurged the World Health Organizatio n t o con -sider whether the Rio de Janeiro Olympicsshould be postponed or moved because of the Zika outbreak.

The 150 experts — including formerWhite House science adviser Dr. PhilipRubin — issued an open letter to the U.N.health agency, calling for the games to be

delayed or relocated “in the name of publichealth.”

The letter cited recent scientific evidencethat the Zika virus causes severe birthdefects, most notably babies born withabnormally small heads. In adults, it cancause neurological problems, including arare syndrome that can be fatal or result intemporary paralysis. The authors also notedthat despite i ncreased efforts to wipe out the

Experts urge moving Rio Games

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Fate of Warriors-Thunder series hinges on Game 6

Game 6: Warriors at Thunder, TNT, Sat. 6 p.m.

Steph Curry

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By Ian HarrisonTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TORONTO — LeBron Jamesscored 33 points, Kevin Love had20 points and 12 rebounds and theCleveland Cavaliers advanced totheir second straight NBA Finalsby beating the Toronto Raptors113-87 in Game 6 of the EasternConference finals Friday night .

It’s t he thi rd finals appearance inteam history for the Cavaliers.Cleveland lost to Golden State insix games last year and got sweptby San Antonio in 2007.

For James, it’s his sixth straight

trip to the finals, including fourwith Miami. He broke the 30-po intbarrier for the first time this post-season and finished with 11rebounds and six assist s.

“I had to bring my game,” hesaid. “I had to be in attack modefrom the beginning. ”

Kyrie Irving had 30 points andJ.R. Smith had 15 for theCavaliers, who will face the winnerof th e Golden State-Oklahoma Cityseries on Thursday.

Cleveland would open at homeagainst the Thunder but would beon the road against the 73-winWarriors, who trail 3-2 against

Oklahoma City heading intoSaturday’s Game 6.

The Cavs will be seeking to endCleveland’s 52-year champi-onship drought, the longest byany city with at least three profes-sional teams. No Cleveland teamhas won it all since the Brownsblanked Baltimore 27-0 to win theNFL championship in 1964.

Kyle Lowry scored 35 po ints andDeMar DeRozan had 20 as thedeepest playoff run in Raptorsteam history ended, much to thedisappointment of a sellout crowdof 20, 605 dressed in red and whiteT-shirts that formed a maple leaf

pattern on either side of the court.Fans stood and cheered “Let’s go,Raptors! Let’s go, Raptors!”throughout most of the final threeminutes.

Toronto prolonged the serieswith back-to-back home wins inGames 3 and 4 but never mountedmuch of a challeng e to t he confer-ence champions in Game 6, fallingbehind by 21 i n th e third quarter.

The Cavaliers came in 0-4 at AirCanada Centre counting the regularseason and playoffs, but lookedmuch more lik e the t eam that hand-ed the Raptors a trio of lopsidedlosses in Cleveland this series.

Cavs blow past Raptors

for return to NBA Finals

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LeBron James drives past Raptors forward DeMarre Carroll in Cleveland’s113-87 win in Game 6 of the Eastern finals to advance to the NBA Finals.

By Terry BernalDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Armon Plummer saved his best forlast at the Central Coast SectionTrack and Field ChampionshipsFriday at Gilroy High School .

Serra’s star senior qualified for

the state finals in four events, butit was his anchor leg in the boys’4x400 meter relay that stole theshow as the Padres claimed thegold medal for the third consecu-tive year, finishing with a time of 3 minutes, 19.45 seconds — thetop time in CCS all season.

As Plummer took the baton onthe humid night in Gilroy, Serrafound itself in third place. But thefirst three legs of Noriega Moffett,Jeremiah Testa and ScottFitzpatrick kept the Padres withinstrikin g distance so Plummer couldblow past t he field.

“We knew if we were close th at hehad a chance to win it just becausewe know his 40 0 time is one of thebest in the section,” Serra headcoach Jim Marheineke said.

Heading into the final straight-away, Plummer trailed Bellarminebut used his closing speed to bethe first to touch the tape. The

dynamic finishcame in hisfourth event,no less. He alsotook secondplace in theboys’ 400 witha time of 48.86

seconds; thirdin the boys’300 hurdleswith a time of

38.92 seconds; and helped theboys’ 4x100 relay — along withFitzpatrick, Orlando Fuller andObinna Obodonzie — with a timeof 42.65 seconds.

“He’s tired,” Marheineke saidfollowing the meet. “He ran a heckof a race. All three of those raceswere brutal races. They were allclosely contested. … And the4x400, it was a battle. He ran aphenomenal anchor leg. ”

Serra finished in third place inthe boys’ team competitionbehind first-place Bellarmine and

second-place Los Gatos.The Padres also won gold in the

boys’ pole vault as senior TalonGalvez-Bennett topped the field witha vault of 14 feet, 6 inches.Burlingame junior Jimmy Escobar

took fourth place at 13 feet, 6 inches.In the boy s’ long jump, Obodozie

took bronze for Serra with a jump of 21 feet, 11 inches. Woodside seniorSemanu Attiogbe took eighth at 20feet, 2.25 inches, and Menlo-Atherton senior Jack Gray took10th at 19 feet, 9.25 inches.

In the boys’ shot put, Mills sen-ior Ngahe Mapa made “ThrowsStreet” proud, capturing g old with athrow of 52 feet, 9.5 inches. Mapahad been hampered by injury sincethe midway mark of the season andsettled for bronze at the PeninsulaAthletic League Championshipstwo weeks ago. Now he is headed tothe state finals June 3-4 atBuchanan High School in Clov is.

Other San Mateo County ath-letes who earned automatic berthsto the state finals by virtue of fin-ishing top three in their repectiveevents were:

Attiogbe of Woodside took sil-ver in the boys’ triple jump at 46feet, 8 inches.

In the girls’ 800, M-A seniorAnnalisa Crowe took second placewith a time of 2:13.37.

M-A senior Kathryn Mohr tookbronze in the girls’ pole vault at12 feet, 1 inch.

Serra relay team goes gold

By Jenna FryerTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

INDIANAPOLIS — Tony Kanaanspent the final practice before the

Indianapolis 500 talking to therace track.He wanted to be kind to the old

lady, to land in her good gracesbefore the historic 100th runningof “The Greatest Spectacle InRacing.”

“I think this track will pick thewinner. Whatever she picks, it’sgoing to be a very lucky guy,”Kanaan said Friday after landingatop the leaderboard atIndianapolis Motor Speedway.“I’m trying to massage the track alittle bit, talk to her nicely andthen see if she will pick me onSunday.”

Kanaan has led a total of 715miles around the sprawling s peed-way, but it took him 12 tries to winthe checkered flag. That 2013 vic-tory was the most important of his

career and the Brazilian is eager totry for another in front of the firstcapacity crowd in the history of a

The hype is back at Indy 500 andeveryone wants to win the 100th

AARON DOSTER/USA TODAY SPORTS

The 100th running of the Indy 500 is Sunday starting at 9 a.m.

See INDY 500, Page 18

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By Josh Dubow THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN JOSE — Joe Thornton andPatrick Marleau have been linked eversince they went one-two in the 1997

NHL draft to Boston and San Jose.They became teammates with the

Sharks more than a decade ago, won agold medal for Canada at the 2010Olympics and each had their captain-cies stripped as they became the facesof so many postseason failures in SanJose.

Now at age 36 and after more than3,000 combined games, 949 goals and2,610 career points in the regular andpostseason, Thornton and Marleauhave the opportunity to add the onlything missing on their impressivecareer resumes if they can win theStanley Cup.

“It’s just the next step for us,”Thornton said Friday. “We’ve beendoing a really good job of staying day

to day, sh ift to sh ift. This is just anoth-er challenge we’re hopin g to come outon top on.”

The two will take the ice in theStanley Cup Final for the first time intheir careers on Monday night inPittsburgh, ending a long journey thatincluded many disappointments andcriticism that was often undeserved.

“It’s two legends,” teammate Brent

Burns said. “I’ve said it before. Thosetwo are some of the best p layers to ever

play the game. It’s huge to get themhere. They’ve done pretty much every-thing else. They sometimes take a badrap in the media, which is unnecessary.Anybody that’s played with them seesthe way that th ey work and what ki nd of teammates they are, what kind of peo-ple they are. They’re two of the best. ”

They just haven’t always been con-sidered that way because of the lack of

playoff success that was at times asmuch a reflection on the lack of help

they got as it was on any deficienciesin their games.

But both also had times when theyfailed to raise th eir game at the b iggestpoints of the season. Thornton wentpointless during a seven-game seriesloss to Montreal in his fi