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Weekend • Sept. 5-6 2015 • Vol XVI, Edition 17
WILDFIRESTATE PAGE 5
‘A WALK IN THE WOODS’A SIMPLE COMIC STROLL
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FIRE EXPECTED TO RAGE INTOWEEKEND
U.S. joblessrate falls to
7-year lowFew clues to whether FederalReserve will raise interest ratesBy Christopher S. RugaberTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — U.S. unemployment fell to a seven-yearlow of 5.1 percent last month, but hiring slowed — a mixedbag of news that offers few clues to whether the FederalReserve will raise rock-bottom interest rates later this month.
The Labor Department report, issued Friday, was closelywatched because it will be the last snapshot of the job marketbefore the Fed meets in two weeks. And overall, it painted apicture of an economy growing at a modest but steady paceseven years after the Great Recession.
But it wasn’t the unambiguous signal many on Wall Street
were hoping for.The unemployment rate fell from 5.3 percent in July to its
lowest point since 2008 and is now at a level Fed officials say
By Samantha Weigel
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
As an influx of high-paying jobs have madethe Bay Area’s housing market more compet-itive, San Mateo city officials are consideringemergency regulations barring landlords fromevicting tenants without a just cause.
Councilman David Lim said he’s dis-turbed by the number of renters who’ve
come forward pleadingfor help, as they’re aboutto lose their homes.Although the councilplans to collaborate withall stakeholders to identi-fy solutions to the lack of affordable housing, Lim
said he’d like to see atemporary 90-day ordi-
nance provide more immediate protection.
“It really started to hit home when you seeyoung families or middle-class professionals,teachers, nurses, county workers, people werely on,” Lim said. “People want to paint thisas a low-income problem or about people whoare on welfare. This is not. These are the peo-ple who are the fabric of our community.”
On Tuesday, Lim will ask the council toconsider taking up the proposal at its Sept. 21
meeting, during which it is scheduled to dis-cuss the issue and brainstorm solutions con-cerning the status of affordable housing in thecity. If at least four councilmembers approvethe ordinance later this month, it wouldimmediately go into effect.
“It would be an unmitigated disaster for thecity, rental housing owners, operators and res-
City to explore eviction limitsSan Mateo City Council may consider just-cause ordinance, affordable housing crisis
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Recruiter Ellen Dolores of Soligent works with job seekers atGRID Alternatives solar job fair in San Francisco. U.S. privateemployers maintained a solid pace of hiring in August despiterecent global financial market turmoil, suggesting that labormarket momentum likely remains strong enough for theFederal Reserve to consider an interest rate hike this year.
David Lim
AUSTIN WALSH/DAILY JOURNALSan Mateo High School students attended a grand opening Thursday, Sept. 3, to receive the renovated Old Brick StudioBuilding, which houses workshops as well as classrooms, a multipurpose room and a computer lab. The building was builtin the 1920s, and the renovation maintains much of its original character.
NEW LOOK FOR OLD BUILDING
By Don ThompsonTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SACRAMENTO — Senatorsvoted Friday to phase out theuse of microscopic beadsin personal care prod-ucts sold in Californiastarting in 2020 years to pro-tect fish and wildlife, revers-ing the chamber’s earlier
opposition.Previous versions of the ban
passed the Assembly butfailed in the Senate last year
and again on Thursday. Friday’sapproval sends the measure back to theAssembly for a final vote before law-makers adjourn for the year next week.
Republicans said lateamendments to
AB888 prompted many manufacturersand other business critics to drop theiropposition to California joining severalother states in phasing out the so-calledmicrobeads. The tiny exfoliating beadsfound in soap, toothpaste and bodywashes are so small that they are show-ing up in the bodies of fish and otherwildlife after passing through water fil-
tration systems without disin-tegrating.
“This is going to wrap up athree-year process of workingon this legislation,” said Sen.
Senate to outlaw microbeads in personal care items
See BEADS, Page 24 See JOBS, Page 24
See LIMITS, Page 8
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SPORTS PAGE 11
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Actor MichaelKeaton is 64.
This Day in History
Thought for the Day
1945
Japanese-American Iva ToguriD’Aquino, suspected of being wartimebroadcaster “Tokyo Rose,” was arrested
in Yokohama.
“If moderation is a fault,then indifference is a crime.”
— Jack Kerouac, American novelist
Comedian-actorBob Newhart is 86.
Actress RoseMcGowan is 42.
Birthdays
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An ethnic Kyan woman sits as she works as a receptionist at a gift shop on Inle lake, in Myanmar’s Shan State.
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In 1774, the first Continental Congress assembled inPhiladelphia.
In 1793, the Reign of Terror began during the FrenchRevolution as the National Convention instituted harsh meas-ures to repress counter-revolutionary activities.
In 1836, Sam Houston was elected president of the Republicof Texas.
In 1914, the First Battle of the Marne, resulting in a French-British victory over Germany, began during World War I.
In 1939, four days after war had broken out in Europe,President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued a proclamationdeclaring U.S. neutrality in the conflict.
In 1957, the novel “On the Road,” by Jack Kerouac, was firstpublished by Viking Press.
In 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed legislation mak-ing aircraft hijackings a federal crime.
In 1972, the Palestinian group Black September attacked the
Israeli Olympic delegation at the Munich Games; 11 Israelis,five guerrillas and a police officer were killed in the resultingsiege.
In 1975, President Gerald R. Ford escaped an attempt on hislife by Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme, a disciple of CharlesManson, in Sacramento, California.
In 1984, the space shuttle Discovery ended its inauguralflight as it landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
In 1995, France ended its three-year moratorium on nucleartests, setting off an underground blast on a South Pacificatoll.
In 1997, breaking the royal reticence over the death of PrincessDiana, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II delivered a televisedaddress in which she called her former daughter-in-law “aremarkable person.” Mother Teresa died in Calcutta, India, atage 87; conductor Sir Georg Solti died in France at age 84.
The first Ferris wheel was built byGeorge Ferris (1859-1896), abridgemaker. Ferris’ idea for the
ride came from the merry-go-rounds atcarnivals. The Ferris Wheel was intro-duced at the World’s ColombianExposition in Chicago in 1893.
***The largest Ferris wheel in the world islocated in London, England. Built in2000, in celebration of the millennium,the London Eye Ferris wheel is 450 feetin diameter. One complete rotation of the wheel takes 30 minutes.
***Walt Disney (1901-1968) is creditedwith creating the “theme park.”Disneyland was the first park to haveareas built around a central themewhere everything from the rides to thefood served fit the theme. Can youname the current themed areas at
Disneyland? See answer at end.***
When Disneyland first opened, thePenny Arcade on Main Street featured ashooting gallery that used live ammuni-tion .22 caliber rifles. The attraction wasremoved within the first year.
***The employees at Disneyland arereferred to as cast members. The public
areas of Disneyland are called the stageand the behind-the-scenes areas of thepark are referred to as backstage.
***Knotts Berry Farm, the amusement parkin Buena Park, California, began in1940. Walter Knott (1889-1981) built aghost town to entertain customers of thefarm. In 1968, the Knott family fencedthe farm, charged admission for the firsttime and Knott’s Berry Farm officiallybecame an amusement park.
***All boysenberries in the world can tracetheir roots to Knott’s Berry Farm.Boysenberries are a cross between aloganberry, red raspberry and blackber-ry. They are named after RudolphBoysen (19895-1950) who originally
began experimenting with the new berrystrain.
***Remember Frontier Village? It was aWild West themed amusement park inSan Jose, built in 1961. The competition
from Great America, which opened in1976, and the fact that the area becamea prime housing market led to the clo-sure of Frontier Village in 1980.
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The first Legoland theme park wasopened in Denmark in 1968. Legolandwas created to make a permanent exhi-bition of Lego models. LegolandCalifornia opened in 1999 and Legoland
Deutschland opened in 2002. In additionto structures built with Lego blocks, theparks have rides, attractions and restau-rants.
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Millions of tourists travel to Orlandoevery year, but the population inOrlando is less than 1 million people.
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Answer : When Disneyland opened in1955, it was made up of Main Street,U.S.A., Adventureland, Tomorrowland,Frontierland, Fantasyland and IndianVillage. New Orleans Square opened in1966. Toontown opened in 1993. IndianVillage changed to Bear Country in1972 and was finally called CritterCountry in 1988.
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Former Federal Reserve Board chairman Paul A. Volcker is 88.Actress-singer Carol Lawrence is 83. Actor William Devane is76. Actor George Lazenby is 76. Actress Raquel Welch is 75.Movie director Werner Herzog is 73. Singer Al Stewart is 70.Actor-director Dennis Dugan is 69. College Football Hall of
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Brush fire nearI-280 burns 15 acres
A brush fire off the side of northboundInterstate 280 near Belmont burned approxi-mately 15 acres Friday afternoon, a Cal Firespokesperson said.
The fire was reported shortly before 10 a.m.near the I-280 and State Route 92 interchange,west of Belmont, according to the CaliforniaHighway Patrol.
Two lanes were shut down while fire crewsbattled the blaze and remain closed Friday
afternoon, a CHP dispatcher said. The lanesare expected to reopen at 5 p.m., he said.
Roughly 45 Cal Fire firefighters, along withan aircraft, battled the blaze and had it 50 per-cent contained around 1 p.m, Cal Firespokesperson Lynne Tolmachoff said.
Tolmachoff said firefighters stopped the for-ward spread of the fire and were working thisafternoon to mop up any hot spots.
No structures were involved in the fire andno injuries were reported, she said.
Local brief
SAN MATEOWelfare check. A man called police ramblingabout his personal information being hackedat Starbucks Coffee on East Fourth Avenuebefore 9:50 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 30.Suspicious circumstances. Someone camehome to find their front door open and lightson inside the house on Del Rosa Way before9:11 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29.Suspicious circumstances. A woman caughta man trying to break into her car outside theCheesecake Factory at the Hillsdale ShoppingCenter before 2:42 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29.Stolen vehicle. An Acura was stolen outsidethe Peninsula Family YMCA on South GrantStreet before 2:01 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29.
Suspicious circumstances. A random personwalked into the house a woman was house sit-ting on Grand Boulevard before 2:06 a.m.Saturday, Aug. 29.DUI. A woman followed a car that hit her andkept driving and determined that the driverwas drunk on Norton Street before 4:41 p.m.Friday, Aug. 28.Theft. A bike was stolen and objects weretaken from a vehicle on Overland Drivebefore 9:53 a.m. Friday, Aug. 28.
MILLBRAEBurglary. A vehicle’s windows were smashedand items valued at approximately $5,000were stolen on the 100 block of Rollins Roadbefore 11:40 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2.Burglary. Someone broke a vehicle’s win-dow and stole a purse and laptop valued at$1,441 on the 100 block of El Camino Realbefore 10 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1.Burglary. A person broke the window of avehicle and stole a backpack, electronics, cashand other items valued at $2,325 on the 100block of El Camino Real before 9:30 a.m.Tuesday, Sept. 1.Burglary. Someone stole an $800 bike from aparking garage on the 100 block of Broadwaybefore 8:10 p.m. Monday, Aug. 31.
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Let’s see what’s in storeA person was caught on video breakinginto a locked supermarket and wanderingaround before being confronted by anemployee and exiting the store on the 100block of Murchison Drive in Millbraebefore 5:33 a.m. Monday, Aug. 31.
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FRESNO — California’s largest wild-fire so far this year was expected to ragethrough the Labor Day weekend in theSierra Nevada, spewing smoke that hasforced campgrounds near a popular laketo close and prompted health warnings,officials said Friday.
The fire that has burned 130 squaremiles east of Fresno is just one factor
that has challenged people planning out-door activities in recent weeks.
An infestation of bugs swarmed high-desert communities on the eastern slopesof the Sierra Nevada. In addition, an 18-day manhunt along the famed PacificCrest Trail ended with the suspect’sdeath.
Katherine Yi of West Los Angeles
leads groups of fledgling backpackerseach summer in wilderness trainingclasses through the High Sierra, but thelarge wildfire has forced her to canceltwo recent outings.
“It seems like this is becoming thenorm,” Yi said. “If I try to plan a trip,they have a fire there.”
The fire that began on July 31 duringa lightning strike has closed roads andabout 10 campgrounds around HumeLake and Kings Canyon. It was 25 per-
cent contained.U.S. Forest Service spokeswomanDenise Alonzo urged holiday campers tohead to the mountains far south of thefire, where they can expect cleaner airand better views of nature, includingsome of the range’s 100 groves of GiantSequoia trees, some of the Earth’slargest and oldest living things.
“We’re concerned about people tryingto stay in their tents and outdoors with somuch smoke in the air,” Alonzo said.“It’s not healthy.”
Smoke from the fire prompted the SanJoaquin Valley Air Pollution ControlDistrict to issue a health warning to peo-ple headed to the mountains andfoothills of Tulare and Fresno counties.
The district says children and the eld-erly are especially vulnerable. Residentson the valley floor from Merced and
south to Kern County may also noticesmoke into next week.Half a dozen wildfires were burning
throughout California, a relatively smallnumber compared to the past two hotmonths that kept firefighters running,said Daniel Berlant, a spokesman for theCalifornia Department of Forestry andFire Protection.
Large California fire expectedto rage into holiday weekend
One jailed, gunman stillsought in Sacramento college shooting
SACRAMENTO — One of the victims in the shooting of three students on a Sacramento college campus has beenarrested, while authorities were still seeking the gunman whokilled one and injured two.
Rico Ridgeway, 25, was arrested Friday on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon a day after the shooting atSacramento City College. Ridgeway was one of three people
shot in a parking lot at the edge of campus, but suffered onlya graze wound. One other 25-year-old man was killed and athird man was hospitalized but is expected to survive.
Ridgeway was jailed then placed on a parole hold, policesaid. They did not know if he’d hired an attorney or provideany other information on the evidence that led to his arrest.
But police said previously that in addition to the gunman,one man had pulled a knife in the dispute that led to the shoot-ing.
The gunman, who ran away after the shooting, wasn’t foundin a sweep of the campus and surrounding neighborhood,
Sacramento police Sgt. Doug Morse said.The dead victim was identified as Roman P. Gonzalez,
according to the Sacramento County coroner’s office.
Rally held after SantaClara County jail inmate’s death
SAN JOSE — About 50 people marched Friday in protest at
Santa Clara County Main Jail to demand inmates be protectedfrom abuse after an inmate was beaten to death last weekunder the watch of three deputies now facing possible murdercharges.
Three jail guards were arrested Thursday, a week after aninmate, later identified as 31-year-old Michael James PipkinTyree, was found dead in his cell of multiple blunt trauma,internal bleeding and lacerations, authorities said.
Santa Clara County sheriff’s spokesman Sgt. James Jensenhas identified the deputies as Rafael Rodriguez, 27, JerehLubrin, 28, and Matthew Farris, 27.
As the district attorney reviews the cases for possible mur-der charges, activists called for those charges to be filed.
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In California, suffering its worst drought on record, about 2,500 people were forced to flee their homes east of Fresno.
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By Ellen KnickmeyerTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO — California’s top oiland gas regulators repeatedly warned Gov.Jerry Brown’s senior aides in 2011 that thegovernor’s orders to override key environ-mental safeguards in granting oil industry per-
mits would violate state and federal laws pro-tecting groundwater from contamination, oneof the former officials has testified.
Brown fired the regulators on Nov. 3, 2011,one day after what the official says was a finalorder from the governor to bypass provisionsof the federal Safe Drinking Water Act andgrant permits for oilfield injection wells.Brown later boasted publicly that the dis-missals led to a speed up of oilfield permit-ting.
In a newly filed court declaration, DerekChernow, Brown’s former acting director of the state Department of Conservation, alsoalleged that former Gov. Gray Davis urgedfellow Democrat Brown in a phone call to fireChernow and Elena Miller, the state’s oil andgas supervisor.
Brown’s spokesman, Evan Westrup, labeledthe allegations “baseless.”
“The expectation — clearly communicated— was and always has been full compliancewith the Safe Drinking Water Act,” Westrupsaid Thursday.
This year, however, the state acknowledgedthat hundreds of the oilfield operations
approved after the firings are now pollutingthe state’s federally protected undergroundsupplies of water for drinking and irrigation.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agencyhas given the state until 2017 to resolve whatstate officials conceded were more than 2,000permits improperly given to oil companies toinject oilfield production fluid and waste intoprotected water aquifers. An earlier AP analy-sis of the permits found state records showedmore than 40 percent of those were granted inthe four years since Brown took office.
Chernow’s declaration, obtained by theAssociated Press, was contained in an Aug. 21court filing in a lawsuit brought by a group of Central Valley farmers who allege that oilproduction approved by Brown’s administra-tion has contaminated their water wells.
Fired regulator: Brown pushed to waive oil safeguards
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The state acknowledged that hundreds of the oilfield operations approved after the firingsare now polluting the state’s federally protected underground supplies of water for drinkingand irrigation.
By Judy LinTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SACRAMENTO — A Democraticstate lawmaker on Friday dropped hiseffort to allow people who are in thecountry illegally to buy private insur-ance through the state’s health insurancemarketplace. Sen. Ricardo Lara, D-BellGardens, removed language seeking afederal waiver that would allow immi-grants to purchase unsubsidized cover-age through Covered California.
His bill, SB4, now would only offerhealth coverage for immigrant childrenfrom low-income families. Earlier this
year, Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative
leaders extended state funding to coverchildren under 19 in Medi-Cal, thestate’s health care program for the poor,regardless of their legal status.
California is projected to spend $40million to begin covering children fromlow-income families who are in thecountry illegally. The cost to taxpayers isestimated to increase to $132 millionannually once fully implemented.
“For the first time, starting in May2016, California will provide full-scopeMedi-Cal coverage to all kids regardlessof their immigration status,” Lara said ina statement. “This major victory for theimmigrant community is a down pay-
ment on achieving true health for all.”
Lara said rallying support for the fed-eral waiver would have been too diffi-cult late in the legislative session, but hewill continue to push legislation nextyear to extend coverage to all immi-grants regardless of status. Californiahas an estimated 2.5 million residentswho are in the country illegally.
The lawmaker plans to do so throughanother bill, SB10, which seeks toextend Medi-Cal coverage to low-income adults who are in the countryillegally. That legislation, to be consid-ered by lawmakers next year, will beamended to include the proposal seekinga waiver for Covered California, accord-
ing to Lara’s office.
Dem drops Covered California waiver for immigrants
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SACRAMENTO — Lawmakers onFriday sent Gov. Jerry Brown a “Yesmeans Yes” bill that backers said wouldmake California the first to bring thesexual assault training to high schools.
SB695 requires school districts toteach sexual violence prevention as partof their health curriculum if health edu-cation is required to graduate.
The bill by Senate President Pro TemKevin de Leon and Sen. Hannah-BethJackson follows legislation last yearrequiring all colleges receiving publicfunds to adopt a so-called affirmativeconsent standard for investigatingassault allegations. SB695 would speci-fy that students be informed about the“Yes Means Yes” law.
“By teaching our youth aboutassertive consent and healthy relation-
ships, we will be building a strong foun-dation — strong foundation for ouryoung men, our young women, a strongfoundation for our schools, a strongfoundation for our community so we canunderstand, so we can learn about whatsexual assaults are all about,” said deLeon, D-Los Angeles.
Senators unanimously approved thelegislation Friday, sending it to the gov-ernor.
Lawmakers back ‘Yes means Yes’ training for high schools
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CARLSBAD — Fossils from thelast Ice Age, including bones of ancient mammoths and a prehistoricbison, have been found at aCarlsbad construction site wherehundreds of new homes areplanned.
The fossils, 50,000 to 200,000years old, were discovered earlierthis summer during grading atCarlsbad’s Quarry Creek, the SanDiego Union-Tribune reported.
Work was halted while paleontol-ogists carefully removed them.
“I said, ‘Take your time, this is
kind of cool,”’ John Suster, the proj-ect superintendent for developerCornerstone Communities of SanDiego, said Thursday.
The fossils included horses, tur-tles and Columbian mammoths. Thelatter were larger than the betterknown wooly mammoth and stoodas tall as 13 feet at the shoulders andweighed as much as 10 tons. Aphoto taken by CornerstoneCommunities shows a huge mam-moth bone being unearthed.
The bison fossil, which includes askull and partial skeleton, will even-
tually go on display at the San
Diego Natural History Museum.
Tom Demiri, curator of paleontol-ogy at the museum, said the animalslived during the Pleistocene Epochor last Ice Age.
“It’s really an exciting project interms of the geology and paleontol-ogy,” he said. “The fossils have thepotential to tell us a great deal aboutthe climate, the environment, theecology of that time.”
Meanwhile, grading on the hous-ing project continued, and more fos-sils could be found.
Construction is expected to begin
early next year.
Fossils found in Carlsbad
where new homes planned
By Paul EliasTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO — A judgeruled Friday that a man at the centerof the national immigration debatemust stand trial on a murder charge
in the shooting of a young SanFrancisco woman.
Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez,45, is charged with second-degreemurder in the July 1 killing of 32-year-old Kate Steinle as she walkedwith her father and a family friendalong the San Francisco waterfront.He could face life in prison if con-victed.
Lopez-Sanchez acknowledgedshooting Steinle but said the gun hefound under a bench had fired acci-dentally. Prosecutors disagreed.
“He could have fired the gun any-where, but he fired at Kate Steinle,”prosecutor Diane Garcia said incourt. “He played his own version
of Russianroulette.”
Public defend-er MattGonzalez saidhis client neverpulled the trig-
ger. Instead, hesays Lopez-Sanchez foundthe gun wrappedin a T-shirt and it
accidentally went off as he pickedup the bundle.
“This gun has no safety,”Gonzalez said of the .40 calibersemiautomatic pistol that wasreported stolen in June by a federalagent. Gonzalez said the gun is acommon weapon used by lawenforcement and police have report-ed other accidental discharges.
“There is no evidence that he puthis finger in the trigger,” the lawyersaid.
Man at center of immigrationdebate facing a murder trial
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SACRAMENTO — A legislativecommittee has advanced aid-in-dying legislation, sending the pro-posal to a floor vote in theCalifornia Assembly next week.
The Assembly finance committeepassed the right-to-die bill, ABX2-15, on a 5-3 vote Friday with nodebate.
The legislation is lawmakers’ sec-ond attempt this year to make itlegal for terminally ill patients to
take life-ending medications.An effort to pass a similar right-
to-die bill stalled in the Legislatureearlier this year, so DemocraticAssemblywoman Susan TalamantesEggman of Stockton introducednew legislation as part of a specialsession on health care financing.
Gov. Jerry Brown has signaledthat he does not believe the specialsession is the appropriate venue toconsider aid-in-dying, making ituncertain whether he would sign thebill if it eventually reaches his desk.
State lawmakers advancenew aid-in-dying legislation
PHOTO COURTESY CORNERSTONE COMMUNITIES
The fossils found included horses, turtles and Columbian mammoths.
JuanLopez-Sanchez
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MOREHEAD, Ky. — At least three gaycouples received marriage licenses Friday inRowan County, embracing and celebrating asthe defiant clerk sat remained jailed becauseshe refuses to issue the licenses or allow her
deputies to hand them out.William Smith Jr. and James Yates, a
couple for nearly a decade, were the firstto receive a marriage license in RowanCounty. Deputy clerk Brian Mason issuedthe license, congratulating the couple andshaking their hands as he smiled. Afterthey paid the license fee of $35.50, Yatesrushed across the steps of the courthouse
to hug his mom as both cried.“This means at least for this area that civil
rights are civil rights and they are not subject
to belief,” said Yates, who had been denied alicense five times previously.
A crowd of supporters cheered as the cou-ple left, while a street preacher rained downwords of condemnation. Yates and Smith saidthey are trying to choose between two wed-ding dates and plan a small ceremony at thehome of Yates’ parents.
The licenses were issued only after five of
Kim Davis’ deputy clerks agreed to handthem out, the lone holdout from the officebeing her son, Nathan Davis. Her office was
dark Friday morning, with a sheriff’s deputystanding guard in front of it.
“I just want the licenses given out. I don’twant her in jail. No one wanted her in jail,”Yates said.
A second couple, Timothy and MichaelLong, also were issued a license about anhour after Yates and Smith. When the couplegot inside the office, a man harassed them
and said, “More sodomites getting married?”The Longs did not respond, and a worker toldthe man to leave.
A third couple, April Miller and KarenRoberts, arrived around midday.
“Now we can breathe. I’m still ecstatic andhappy. I just can’t wait to get married now,”Roberts said.
During a hearing Thursday, U.S. District
Judge David Bunning had offered to releaseDavis if she promised not to interfere withher employees issuing licenses, but sherefused, citing her Christian beliefs.
Speaking to reporters Friday morning,Davis’ husband, Joe Davis, held a sign saying“Welcome to Sodom and Gomorrah” andsaid his wife was in good spirits after her firstnight in jail.
Three gay couples get marriage licenses in Kentucky county
idents. Every renter would be rolling the diceanytime they moved into a new apartmentbecause they might have to endure a bad
neighbor because the owner can’t prove causein court or establish enough political favorwith a political body to remove a problem res-ident,” according to a statement from theCalifornia Apartment Association.
Who’s prevented from what?Lim noted this does not deal with rent con-
trol and is a temporary measure at this time.Based on his draft ordinance, a landlord can
still evict a tenant based on several reasons:failure to pay rent, substantially violating amaterial term of the lease, refusal to sign anew lease, causing damage to the premisebeyond normal wear and tear, disturbing thepeace of other tenants or denying landlordaccess to the property as required by state law.
Landlords could also evict tenants if eitherthe owner or an immediate family member
plans to move in.The draft ordinance also makes provisions
for landlords who after obtaining necessarypermits, must repair the property to bring it upto city codes or for health and safety purpos-es. In that case, the owner must then give thetenant the option of moving back in and eithernot increasing the rent or not charging morethan the capital cost of improvements, accord-ing to the draft.
The ordinance would not apply to certainproperty owners, such as those who live onsite and share use of a kitchen or bathroom —as in the case of a single-family home — orapartments with less than three units with thelandlord residing on site as well.
Ultimately, the city will not be responsiblefor enforcing such an ordinance. Instead, thelandlord or tenant would take the matter tocivil court.
Seeking landlord inputLim noted the ordinance can easily be over-
turned by the council and is intended to pro-vide everyone with time to collaborate while
working on more comprehensive solutions.“It’s not a perfect solution. I don’t pretend
it’s a perfect solution and it’s not meant tocause a hardship to our landlords. But we real-ly have tried to work with the apartment asso-ciation about why they’re raising rents,” Limsaid noting in many cases landlords havemade sudden increases between 28 percentand 58 percent. “I’m really hoping it will spurapartment owners to come to the table withsolutions that work for them and work for us.We don’t want to tell apartment owners howto run their businesses. But at the same time,we can’t just unilaterally allow them toincrease rents to the point where we lose ourmiddle class.”
Representatives with the San Mateo CountyAssociation of Realtors, or SAMCAR, havespoken with Lim and noted their willingnessto collaborate. But it opposes a just causeordinance as a reaction the lack of housingopportunities.
“‘Just cause’ eviction ordinances are aninfringement on private property rights. Theyprohibit property owners from evicting badtenants, unless the reason for eviction is listedon a short, council pre-approved list of ‘acceptable’ reasons,” SAMCAR CEO SteveBlanton wrote in an email. “There is a needfor affordable housing in the county, any deci-sion that is reached by cities or the countyshould help to alleviate our housing shortageand encourage the creation of additional unitsof affordable housing. Attempting to use gov-ernment to ‘regulate our way out’ of a housing
shortage is not a feasible solution to the prob-lem.”
Limitations and impactsLim and other councilmembers agree the
issue is afflicting the entire region and ulti-mately, more housing units are needed — par-ticularly as nearly 40,000 jobs have beenadded in San Mateo County over the last three
years while just 3,000 new homes have beenbuilt. With rents having increased more than50 percent in the last four years, an averageone-bedroom is going for more than $2,500.
With the dissolution of redevelopmentagencies in 2012, many municipalities havestruggled to squirrel away enough money tofund the costly construction of new units.
Slow moving, next stepsWhile the county’s Board of Supervisors is
also conducting its own brainstorming work-shops, San Mateo city officials are makingefforts as well. Last month, the council com-mitted to studying the issue to determine whysome are being squeezed out of the marketand city limits.
One probing question the council seeks
answers to: Are certain landlords raising rentsto support needed building improvements, orsimply because they can?
Deputy Mayor Jack Matthews said he wantsto learn more about the actual impact of a justcause eviction ordinance before consideringit. He also questioned whether it would trulymake a difference as the issue heavily relatesto a disparity in income with many unable toafford the area’s high cost of living.
“Would it really make a difference in thishuge problem we have? Because I think thereal problem is rents are being increased to thepoint of it being unaffordable. … It’s not amatter of them being evicted, it’s a matter of them not being able to afford the rents,”Matthews said. “It’s a supply and demand
thing. The high salaries that some people aremaking because of the kinds of jobs that arebeing created, so it’s a combination of manythings.”
Still, Lim argues immediate action is need-ed to help those who are being forced out of their homes — particularly as entire buildingshousing families, teachers, nurses and middle-class citizens are being evicted with little
recourse or time to find new homes.While some may dismiss the issue as a low-
income or poverty issue, Lim said the middleclass is being squeezed out of the community.Having heard from teachers who fear theymay no longer be able to work at local dis-tricts, Lim emphasized the issue impactseveryone.
In the end, Lim said he wants property own-ers, landlords, tenants, nonprofits and allstakeholders to work together to address theaffordable housing crisis. Providing a 90-dayrespite for those fearing evictions will allevi-ate pressure and encourage property ownerswho’ve previously remained silent, to come tothe table, Lim added.
“This is a chance to catch our breath, showthat we are taking the issue seriously and thatwe want to having meaningful dialogue with
all the parties. Because we’re not going to juststand by and say ‘it’s a horrible problem, butthere’s nothing we can do.’ We need to worktogether to find a solution,” Lim said. “This[ordinance] is not a perfect solution, but it’san incremental response to show that we’reserious about the plight of renters.”
The council meets 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8,at City Hall, 330 W. 20th Ave., San Mateo.Visit cityofsanmateo.org to review the draft ordinance.
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“I just want the licenses given out. I don’twant her in jail. No one wanted her in jail.”
— James Yates
Katherine ‘Riley’ ShieldsKatherine “Riley” Shields, born Dec. 4,
1928, died in San Mateo July 14, 2015, after along illness.
The daughter of George and DorothyOlinger, she grew up in Dayton, Ohio, andlived for many years in Granada Hills and LosOsos, California, before moving to San Mateolate in life.
She is preceded in death by her parents, twobrothers Douglas and Robert, her husbandRoger Shields Sr. and her son Matthew. She issurvived by three daughters and five stepchil-dren: Kathy Shields of San Mateo who, withher husband Brandt Grotte, spent several yearscaring for her with great love; Patricia
Gilmore-Jaffe (Ed Jaffe) of Los Angeles; JaneBeale (John Seidler) of Manhattan; DeborahShields of Santa Clara; Roger Shields Jr.,(Kathy Shields) of Eugene, Oregon; BethShields of Santa Cruz; Clark Shields of SantaCruz; and Constance Shields of Sonora. Shealso leaves six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
The family appreciates the thoughtful careshe received from Sunrise of San Mateo andMission Hospice of San Mateo. Donations inher name may be made to the Alzheimer’sAssociation. A memorial will be held at a laterdate.
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Benghazi panel questioningClinton aide amid public spatBy Jesse J. HollandTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — A senior member of Hillary RodhamClinton’s inner circle testified Friday before a House panelinvestigating the deadly 2012 attacks in Libya as a nasty spaterupted between a Republican staffer and a Democratic law-maker who insists it’s time for the committee to disband.
Jake Sullivan, a former policy director and deputy chief of staff under Clinton at the State Department, was questioned bythe panel in a daylong session of testimony behind closed doors.
Sullivan said at the close of the day that he was proud to talkabout the “extraordinary service” of his former colleagues at theState Department.
“I was happy to answer every question the committee had andnow I’m looking forward to Labor Day weekend,” he toldreporters, refusing to talk about the session further because of itsclosed-door nature.
Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., the committee’s chairman, saidSullivan was in a “unique position” to talk about how U.S. pol-icy in Libya required the State Department to have a physicalpresence in the country. Sullivan is currently a top policy aideon Clinton’s presidential campaign.
Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings, the senior Democrat on thecommittee, said at midday that Sullivan had answered everyquestion.
The panel is investigating the Sept. 11, 2012, attacks at theU.S. facilities in Benghazi that killed four Americans, including
U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens.Mike Morell, the CIA’s former deputy director, likely will be
the next witness to appear before the panel, Gowdy toldreporters.
Separately, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., a member of thepanel, wrote in a New York Times op-ed that the committee hadbecome “little more than a partisan tool to influence the presi-dential race, a dangerous precedent that will haunt Congress fordecades.”
By Josh LedermanTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — Vice PresidentJoe Biden’s reluctance to enter the pres-
idential race centers on his family. Hiswife, Jill, has never relished politicallife and is said to share his misgivingsabout whether the Bidens are emotion-ally equipped for another campaign.
Those close to the second lady say shewon’t stand in the way of her husband’spolitical ambitions, but her feelingsabout a White House bid are a majorfactor in Biden’s decision. Only threemonths after losing their son, Beau, tobrain cancer, the 72-year-old Bidenappeared somber and weary at anAtlanta synagogue Thursday night as hepondered his family’s readiness. “Thehonest-to-God answer is I just don’tknow,” he said.
While the vice president’s delibera-tions have played out in semi-public
fashion, Jill Biden’s have taken placeaway from the spotlight. She has yet todiscuss in detail with her staff her viewson a possible presidential run. But shehas been looking out for her husbandand echoing his concerns about whetherhe can completely devote himself to ahard-fought campaign, according toseveral people who have spoken to herin recent weeks.
Some of these people demandedanonymity because they didn’t feelcomfortable publicly discussing thefamily’s private deliberations.
Sonia Sloan, a Biden family friendsince the 1970s who volunteered for hispast campaigns, said she saw the Bidensat a mutual friend’s funeral a few weeksago and that their grief was “just writtenall over them.”
“Beau was always a part of thosedeliberations, and they are grieving ter-ribly,” Sloan said. “When he’s run in thepast, the family’s been a very activepart. This time, given the situation, it
will be a really long, thoughtfulprocess.”
Jill Biden campaigned actively for herhusband when he ran in 2008, and thenwhen he joined President BarackObama’s winning ticket. As secondlady, she has played a visible role pro-moting education and military families.Said her spokesman, James Gleeson:“Anyone speculating about Dr. Biden isonly doing just that — speculating.”
Amid grief, Jill Biden said toshare VP’s hesitation on 2016
While the vice president’s deliberations have played out in semi-public fashion, JillBiden’s have taken place away from the spotlight. She has yet to discuss in detailwith her staff her views on a possible presidential run.
Jake Sullivan, a former policy director and deputy chief of staff under Clinton at the State Department, was questioned by thepanel in a daylong session of testimony behind closed doors.
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Dow 16,102.38 -272.38 10-Yr Bond 2.13 -0.04
Nasdaq 4,683.92 -49.58 Oil (per barrel) 45.67S&P 500 1,921.22 -29.91 Gold 1,121.00
Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:NYSEVince Holding Corp., down $4.03 to $5.24 The high-end clothing company reported worse-than-expected fiscalsecond-quarter results and provided a weak outlook.Gap Inc., down 60 cents to $32.41 The operator of Gap, Old Navy and Banana Republic reported a drop inAugust sales at stores open at least a year, which is a key measure of retailers’health.InfoBlox Inc., down $1.59 to $18.28 The network automation company reported better-than-expectedearnings, but gave disappointing guidance for the current quarter.VeriFone Systems Inc., down $1.47 to $29.58 The maker of terminals for electronic payments reported better-than-expected earnings, but its guidance disappointed.
Penn West Petroleum Ltd. down 3 cents to 64 cents The oil company is facing potential delisting from the NYSE as falling oilprices continue to keep the stock below $1 per share.Nasdaq The Cooper Cos., down $10.44 to $150.87 The medical device company reported better-than-expected financialresults, but provided a weaker-than-expected outlook.UTi Worldwide Inc., down 68 cents to $5.85 The supply chain services provider reported a second-quarter loss andrevenue that fell short of forecasts.BlackBerry Ltd., down 18 cents to $7.28 The company once known for its smartphones and now focused onsoftware is buying mobile device security company Good Technology for$425 million.
Big movers
By Steve RothwellTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — It’s an adage thatinvestors hate uncertainty.Unfortunately for them, they got moreof it on Friday.
The stock market has been volatilefor weeks on concern that China’seconomy is slowing more rapidly thanpreviously thought. But investors havealso had to contend with uncertaintyabout the outlook for interest rates.
Investors had been hoping that thegovernment’s August jobs report wouldgive them more clarity on interest rates,before a key Federal Reserve meetinglater this month. However, a mixedreport left them guessing as to whetherpolicymakers will feel confidentenough about the strength of the U.S.economy to raise interest rates fromhistoric lows.
The report showed that the U.S.unemployment rate fell to a seven-yearlow in August, but also that employersadded fewer jobs than forecast.
“It’s interesting and disappointingthat today’s data didn’t provide us withthat ‘Ah-ha!’ clarity that everyone isseeking,” said Michael Arone, Chief Investment Strategist at State StreetGlobal Advisors.
The Dow Jones industrial averagefell 272.38 points, or 1.7 percent, to16,102.38. The Standard & Poor’s 500index gave up 29.91 points, or 1.5 per-
cent, to 1,921.22. The Nasdaq compos-ite slipped 49.58 points, or 1.1 percent,to 4,683.92.
Fed policymakers have kept theirbenchmark interest rate close to zerosince late 2008 to help revive the econ-omy after the Great Recession. Those
low rates have also been good for thestock market, supporting a bull run thathas lasted for more than six years.
On Friday, the S&P 500 ended theweek down 3.4 percent, its second-worst weekly drop of the year. Theindex is down nearly 10 percent fromits peak of 2,130.82 reached May 21.
Much of the damage this week wasdone on Tuesday, after gloomy manu-facturing data out of China rekindledfears about the health of the world’ssecond-largest economy.
But despite the big drop in stocks,some strategists say that much of theevidence suggests the U.S. economy ismaintaining its recovery. A report thisweek showed robust growth in the serv-ice industry.
“As China is sneezing, there is verylittle to suggest that the U.S. is catchinga cold,” said Jeremy Zirin, chief U.S.equity strategist for WealthManagement Research at UBS.
Trading volume was lighter thanusual ahead of the Labor Day holiday.U.S. markets will be closed onMonday in observance of the holiday.However, the Chinese stock market,which has been closed for a two-day
holiday, will reopen.Among individual stocks, Netflix
continued its slide on Friday. The com-pany’s stock has slumped for sixstraight days and closed the week down16 percent on speculation that competi-tion from rivals including Amazon and
Hulu is intensifying. Variety alsoreported Monday that Apple is explor-ing a move into original programming.
Bond prices edged up after the jobsreport, pushing the yield on the bench-mark 10-year Treasury note down to2.13 percent from 2.16 percent onThursday.
In Europe, the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was down 2.4percent, Germany’s DAX fell 2.7 per-cent. The CAC-40 in France was 2.8percent lower.
The euro edged up to $1.1151. Thedollar fell 1 percent against theJapanese currency, to 118.99 yen.
In metals trading, the price of goldfell $3.10 to settle at $1,121.50 anounce, silver fell 16 cents to $14.54 anounce and copper declined seven centsto $2.32 a pound.
The price of oil fell along with stocksbut pared its losses after a closelywatched count of active drilling rigs inthe U.S. fell. Crude declined 70 cents toclose at $46.05 a barrel in New York.Brent Crude, a benchmark for interna-tional oils used by many U.S. refiner-ies, fell $1.07 to close at $49.61 a bar-rel in London.
Mixed jobs report clouds rate outlook
By Michael Liedtke
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
EAST PALO ALTO — Toyota isinvesting $50 million with StanfordUniversity and the MassachusettsInstitute of Technology in hopes of gaining an edge in an acceleratingrace to phase out human drivers.
The financial commitmentannounced Friday by the Japaneseautomaker will be made over thenext five years at joint research cen-ters located in Silicon Valley andanother technology hub inCambridge, Massachusetts.
Toyota has hired robotics expertGill Pratt to oversee research aimedat developing artificial intelligenceand other innovations that willenable future car models to navigatethe roads without people doing allthe steering and stopping.
“We believe this research willtransform the future of mobility,improving safety and reducing traf-fic congestion,” said Kiyotaka Ise, aToyota executive who oversees thecompany’s research and develop-ment group.
Unlike some of its rivals in the
technology and auto industries,Toyota believes the day when carsare able to drive entirely by them-selves is unlikely to arrive withinthe next decade. The companyinstead is focusing its efforts ondeveloping technology that can turna car into the equivalent of an intel-ligent assistant that recognizes whenit should take over the steeringwhen a driver is distracted or auto-matically play a favorite song whenit detects a driver is in a bad mood.
“What if cars could become ourtrusted partners?” mused DanielaRus, an MIT professor who will
lead the university’s research part-nership with the automaker.
Major tech companies such asGoogle and Uber are competingagainst a range of automakers tomake robot cars that will be betterdrivers than people and save livesby causing fewer accidents.
Google, which runs some of theworld’s most popular online servic-es, has been working on a fleet of self-driving cars for the past sixyears. Its goal is to have the carscapable of driving completely ontheir own by 2020. Ride-hailingpioneer Uber has teamed up withCarnegie Mellon University on aPittsburgh research center in itsquest to build driverless cars.
Toyota Motor Co. has been work-ing on autonomous driving technol-ogy for about 20 years, but it wasknown as “advanced driving sup-port” back in the 1990s, Ise said.
Toyota invests $50M in car-techresearch at Stanford and MIT
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A woman takes pictures of a Toyota Levin HEV at the 16th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition.
By Eric TuckerTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — Federal lawenforcement officials will be routine-ly required to get a search warrantbefore using secretive and intrusivecellphone-tracking technology undera new Justice Department policyannounced Thursday.
The policy represents the firsteffort to create a uniform legal stan-dard for federal authorities usingequipment known as cell-site simula-tors, which tracks cellphones used bysuspects.
It comes amid concerns from priva-cy groups and lawmakers that thetechnology, which is now widely
used by local police departments, isinfringing on privacy rights and isbeing used without proper accounta-bility.
“The policy is really designed toaddress our practices, and to really try
to promote transparency and consis-tency and accountability — all whilebeing mindful of the public’s privacyinterest,” Deputy Attorney GeneralSally Yates told reporters in announc-ing the policy change.
The policy applies only to federalagencies within the JusticeDepartment and not, as some privacyadvocates had hoped, to state andlocal law enforcement whose use of the equipment has stirred particularconcern and scrutiny from local
judges.The technology — also known as a
Stingray, a suitcase-sized device —can sweep up basic cellphone datafrom a neighborhood by trickingphones in the area to believe that it’s
a cell tower, allowing it to identifyunique subscriber numbers. The datais then transmitted to the police, help-ing them determine the location of aphone without the user even making acall or sending a text message.
New federal requirementson cellphone surveillance
By Ryan Nakashima THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES — Playing dee- jay with voice commands will geteasier for more Americans this fall
as some best-selling cars get updat-ed with software that integratessmartphones into the dashboard.
With the 2016 model year,Apple’s CarPlay and Google’sAndroid Auto will turn cars asaffordable as a base model ChevySpark into rolling robotic assistantsthat give directions to nearby restau-rants or play the latest hits withcommands as simple as “Play EllieGoulding.”
The Associated Press recentlytried out both systems on a 2016Honda Accord. As with phones,voice-activated car technologies
don’t always work as intended,bringing up inaccurate directions orfailing to open an app, for example.But overall the two systems are con-venient and incredibly intuitive.
Both CarPlay and Android Auto
should give drivers more time tokeep their eyes on the road com-pared with the automakers’ ownvoice systems, which can requiremultiple steps and looking at on-screen menus. Still, as with any sys-tem that requires driver input, thereare concerns about distraction.
“Anything that takes your atten-tion away from the task of driving isnot something you want to engagein,” said Kathy Lane, a spokes-woman for the National SafetyCouncil, a nonprofit organizationcreated by Congress to promotesafety.
Apple, Google bring cellphonefunctions to cars’ dashboards
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It was a bit of a mismatch seeing asBurlingame is a Peninsula Athletic LeagueBay Division contender, while Cap plays inthe Lake Division. Still, Cooper Gindrauxwas a force on both sides of the ball for
Burlingame.Not only did the stealthy senior take two
touchdown receptions to the house; ondefense he grabbed a pair of interceptions.Both INTs — on e towards th e end of the firsthalf and another midway through the fourthquarter — were impressive athletic exhibi-tions as the 2014 Peninsula Athletic LeagueBay Divis ion leader in picko ffs got vertical toout-jump the intended Cap target on each.
“Cooper Gindraux is just a freak of nature,”Burlingame linebacker Leipeli Palu said.“When the ball is in the air, 99 percent of thetime he’s going to come down with it.”
Gindraux helped establish a Burlingame airattack that looks to be a force to be reckonedwith thi s season. Senio r quarterback CameronKelaita was solid in his first varsity s tart, see-ing l imited attempts after staking Burlingameto an early 21 -0 lead.
Kelaita was 4-of-10 passing for 120 yardswith two touchdowns and an int erception. Butit was the t iming he found with Gindraux thatmight b e the x-factor for a Burlingame offensethat has already garnered a reputation for itsground attack with Palu in the backfield.
“He threw the ball really well,” Burlingamehead coach John Philipopoulos said. “Cap
was going to crowd the middle for the run …and we wanted to show we have a presence onthe outside. And hopefully that balance willstart to p lay out from week to week.”
Palu flexed for a modest 61 yards on 14 car-ries out of the backfield, but also added aninterception. Panthers senior running backJoevani Garcia marched for a game-high 73yards rushing on 10 carries and a touchdown,capping Burlingame’s first possession with a12-yard scoring gallop around the right sidemidway through the first quarter.
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Serra receiver Brandon Monroe makes a juggling catch to score a 22-yard touchdown in thesecond quarter of the Padres’ 37-21 loss to De La Salle Friday night.
By Nathan MollatDAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Not everything went right for the Serrafootball team in its 2015 season openerFriday night.
Everything needed to be perfect if thePadres had any hopes of upsetting nationalpower De La Salle of Concord.
Serra turned the ball over three times inthe first quarter and the Spartans cashedthem all in for touchdowns as DLS built a28-0 lead after 12 minutes and it was thatquick start that propelled the Spartans to a37-21 victory over Serra in San Mateo.
But there was enough positives to givePatrick Walsh hope for the rest of the sea-son going forward.
“When we play th ese guys, t here are otheroutcomes that can be gained,” Walsh said.“There’s huge question marks going intothe first game of the season. We play thisgame to accelerate the learning curve.”
One of the biggest question marks for thePadres was on offensive line, where theywere breaking in five new starters. Otherthan a few plays o n which they loo ked over-matched, the combination of PJ Rossi, PhilEvans, Jack Munsey, Kepu Fonoa andRaymond Fobbs held their own. They did
just enough in run blo ckin g to allo w thePadres to rush for 124 yards againstarguably t he toughest defense they will facethis season.
Serra also found out it does have a p assinggame. Leki Nunn started the first half andworked into the third quarter before legcramps kept h im on the sideline. During h istime under center, Nunn completed 11 o f 18passes for 103 y ards and a touchdown. Healso rushed for 57 y ards.
The Padre also found out th ey have a morethan capable backup quarterback in sopho-more Jack Damelio, who when pressed intoemergency duty, responded with a 7-for-15performance for 186 yards and a pair of touchdowns.
“[Damelio] did good for his first varsitygame,” said Serra running back KelepiLataimua. “Seeing him come in there and fillLeki’s shoes on the spot, that says a lot.”
Plenty of positives for Serra
By Andrew SeligmanTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
EVANSTON, Ill . — Along with their st er-ling academic reputations, No. 21 Stanfordand Northwestern share at least one morething in common: Both want to show theycan play winning football again.
That starts Saturday when they meet in aseason opener.
“It’s the opportunity of a lifetime,”Northwestern safety Traveon Henry said.
“Some say this is a bo wl game for us. Somesay it’s the academic bowl. There’s a lotbuilt into it. We respect those guys a wholelot. They have a great model and we’ve seenthem have success.”
Stanford is trying to show that a strongfinish last year was not just a late-seasontease. The Cardinal clos ed with a three-gamewinning streak to finish 8-5 after playingin BCS bowls the previous four seasons.
Northwestern is trying to improve onback-to-back 5-7 seasons after makingbowls the previo us five years and going 10 -
3 in 2012. It’s been a difficult stretch for ateam that looked as if it was ready to chal-lenge the Big Ten powers, with the lossesmounting and the unionization issue hover-ing above the program.
The school recently won an appeal withthe National Labor Relations Board, set-tling that issue at least for now. A victorySaturday would go a long way toward show-ing coach Pat Fitzgerald’s team is returningto form.
Some things to watch when Stanford vis-its Northwestern:
New facesOnly one team in the nation gave up
fewer points per game last season thanStanford (16.4) and that was Ole Miss(16.0). The Cardinal also led the Pac-12 inrushing and passing defense while holdingopponents to league-low 282.4 yards o ver-all. But they come into this season withsome big holes on the lin e and in the sec-ondary. The secondary took several hits
Stanford, Northwestern look to return to winning ways
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DENVER — A punchless offense has coin-cided with the San Francisco Giants’ seven-game losing st reak.
Nolan Arenado and Carlos Gonzalez hitback-to-back homers in the first innin g, andthe Giants couldn’t respond against the sharppitching o f Jorge De La Rosa in a 2-1 lo ss tothe Colorado Rockies on Friday night.
San Francisco has averaged only 2.1 runsduring its losing streak, the third one this sea-
son of at least seven games. Midway througha crucial 10-game road trip, the Giants are 0-5.
“It’s a tough stretch, no doubt about it,”Giants catcher Buster Posey said. “Be lying if you said it wasn’t. We’ve got to find a way toturn it around though. It’s all you really cando. You can’t feel sorry for yourself, y ou can’tpout. You just have to come ready to play andhope tomorrow is the day that we get back ontrack.”
De La Rosa (9-6) didn’t walk a batter andstruck out seven. Two of the strikeouts camein the sixth inning, helping him get out of a
jam and h e in duced an in ning-ending doubleplay grounder from Juan Perez after giving upa one-out single to Kelby Tomlinson in theseventh.
John Axford worked a scoreless ninth forhis 19th save.
Rookie Chris Heston (11-9) went 5 2-3innings for the Giants and allowed seven hitsand two runs, both on the solo ho mers in th efirst.
“The kid did a great job after giving up twohome runs in the first,” manager Bruce Bochysaid. “He got us deep in the game and pitchedwell. Two runs here in this park from a starteryou take that, the bats are just quiet. We’rehaving a hard time generating some offense.We did hit the ball hard. Boys could use abreak.”
Gonzalez hit a towering drive in the firstinning that narrowly sailed foul. He ham-mered the next offering from Heston over thewall in center field for his 36th home run of
Rockies hand
Giants seventhstraight defeat
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OAKLAND — Logan Morrison had threehits, including a two-run double as part of Seattle’s six-run third inning, and theMariners held off the Oakland Athleti cs 11-
8 on Friday night.Kyle Seager and Stefen Romero bothhomered while Brad Miller drove in threeruns for the Mariners, who won their thirdstraight to clinch the season series betweenthe division rivals.
Jose Ramirez (1-0), the second of eightSeattle pitchers, retired five batters for thewin.
The two teams, who entered with the worstrecords in the AL West, combined for 28hits, including six doubles, one triple andthree home runs.
Danny Valencia had two hits , i ncluding agrand slam for Oakland.
Seattle trailed 4-0 and 5-1 before scoringa season-high six runs while batting aroundin the third.
Romero, a Sept ember call-up who entered
the game in the bottom of the second after
Franklin Gutierrez was forced out with tigh t-ness in hi s right groin, had an RBI single aspart of Seattle’s big inning. He hit his firsthomer of the season in the fourth.
The A’s pulled to 9-8 in the si xth beforeSeager hit his 22nd home run in the ninth.
Tom Wilhelmsen pitched the ni nth for his
ninth save.Most of the scoring came in the first fourinni ngs after bot h starters were knocked outof the game.
The A’s took an early lead on Valencia’sthird career grand slam off a 1-1 pitch fromSeattle’s Edgar Olmos. Olmos retired justfour batters and gave up five runs in his s ec-ond major league start.
Brett Lawrie’s RBI double in the secondextended Oakland’s lead to 5-1 beforeSeattle roared back with a season-high sixruns in the third against Aaron Brooks. TheMariners had four doubles in the inning,including back-to-back from Morrison andBrad Miller that drove i n two runs apiece.
Brooks (1-2) allowed six runs in 2 1/3innings.
Marcus Semien had a two-run triple for the
A’s.
Trainer’s roomMarin ers: OF Nelson Cruz (right quad
strain) was held out and might not play onSaturday, either. ... LHP Joe Beimel wasactivated from the disabled list .Athletics: Stephen Vogt had a pinch-hit
single in the seventh after being scratchedfrom the starting lineup due to soreness inhis right elbow. ... OF Coco Crisp singledas a pinch-hitter in the sixth after sittingout three games with a so re neck. .. . OF SamFuld continues to be sidelined with backspasms. ... RHP Sean Nolin was recalledfrom Triple-A Nashvil le before th e game andis scheduled to pitch the finale of thisseries.
Up nextMarin ers: RHP Felix Hernandez (15-8)
has 21 career wins against the A’s but lost inhis las t appearance at Oakland on July 4, hi sfirst there since 2008.Athletics: RHP Jesse Chav ez (7-13) has
giv en up at least one home run in seven con-secutive starts, the longest streak by an
Oakland pitcher over the past two seasons.
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Mariners 11, A’s 8Seattle ab r h bi Oakland ab r h bi
KMarte ss 5 2 2 0 Burns cf 4 1 2 1KSeagr 3b 4 3 3 3 Canha 1b 4 2 2 0Gutirrz lf 1 0 0 0 Lawrie 2b 5 1 3 1SRomr lf 4 2 2 3 Valenci 3b 5 1 2 4Cano 2b 5 1 1 0 Phegly c 3 0 0 0S.Smith rf 4 1 0 0 Vogt ph-c 1 0 1 0
Trumo dh 4 1 1 0 Smlnsk rf 5 0 1 0Morrsn 1b 4 1 3 2 BButler dh 2 1 1 0BMiller cf 2 0 1 3 Reddck ph-dh 2 0 1 0J.Hicks c 4 0 0 0 Ldndrf lf 2 0 0 0
Crisp ph-lf 2 1 1 0Semien ss 4 1 1 2
Totals 37 11 13 11 Totals 39 8 15 8
Seattle 16 2 2 — 11 13 1
Oakland 41 3 — 8 15 1
Seattle IP H R ER BB SO
Olmos 1 1-36 5 4 1 0Jo.Ramirez W,1-0 1 2-30 0 0 0 1Zych 2 3 2 2 1 3Guaipe H,2 1 2 1 1 1 0Kensing H,5 1-3 0 0 0 0 0Nuno H,4 1-3 1 0 0 0 0Ca.Smith H,18 1 1-33 0 0 0 1Wilhelmsen S,9-9 1 0 0 0 1 1San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO
Brooks L,1-2 2 1-36 6 6 2 2Venditte 2-3 2 1 1 0 1Abad 2 2 2 2 1 0Doolittle 1 0 0 0 0 2Dull 1 0 0 0 0 2Fe.Rodriguez 1 1 0 0 0 1Pomeranz 1 2 2 2 0 2
By Terry BernalDAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Cañada College so ccer is off to a splen didstart this season.
With the reinstatement of the women’sprogram after cancelling its 2014 season,the Lady Colts have won their first twogames, downing Sacramento City 3-1 in
their Aug. 27 opener.They followed that with a2-0 win at AmericanRiver Sept. 1.
The men’s t eam is o ff toits best start in fourth-year head coach ErikGaspar’s tenure. TheCañada men broke evenat Cabrillo 0-0 Friday toadvance th eir record to 2-0-1. It marked the first
road game of the year for the Colts, whoopened with a 4-1 win o ver Merritt Aug. 28and defeated Marin 3-1 Sept. 1.
Friday, Cañada goalkeeper MichaelGolden tabbed the first shutout of his colle-giate career. A true freshman out of Hillsdale, Golden has been splitting time at
keeper with freshman Jos ue Sanchez.“We’re stil l in that preseason phase where
we’re seeing what we have,” Gaspar said.Cabrillo (1-0-1) — led by freshman for-
ward Sacha Benchetrit — was coming off a2-0 win over reigning Big 8 Conferencechampion Santa Rosa Aug. 28. But Goldenmade some go od saves, according to Gaspar.His opposit e number, Cabrillo sop homore
keeper Alejandro Carrillo, totaled foursaves. It was Carrillo’s second consecutiveshutout.
“We were a little bit better in the secondhalf,” Gaspar said. “I think we played betteras the game went on. It was back and forthbut with no shining moment.”
Cabrillo had its best chance in the secondhalf on a high shot th at got past Golden, b ut
it winged off the corner of the goalpost.Otherwise, the Colt s did well just to survivethe rugged terrain, according t o Gaspar.
“It’s always a tough place to play atCabrillo,” Gaspar said. “It’s the footballfield, so it ’s just different. The boy s put in agood performance.”
Cañada is in the midst of a massiveturnover, returning just five players fromlast year’s squad. In 2014, the Colts fin-ished in fourth place with a 5-8-1 record inthe Coast Central Conference. They were 6-12-1 ov erall.
This year, with 25 incoming freshmen,Cañada is off and running. But the center-piece thus far, according to Gaspar, has b eensophomore midfielder Ritchie Molina. Agraduate of San Mateo High School, Molinasoli dified himself a valuable ball distrib utor
through t he second half of the 2013 season.Last year, however, he suffered a stress frac-ture and missed the entire s eason.
“He controlled the tempo of play (in2013) and we’re looking to see some of thesame things from him this season,” Gasparsaid.
Next up, the Colts host Cosumnes River(0-2) Wednesday at 4 p.m.
Cañada soccer opens2015 with pair of wins
Erik Gaspar
49ers cut DL Dockett, five othersSANTA CLARA — The San Francisco 49ers
have released defensive lineman DarnellDockett and five other players.
The 49ers also released linebacker PhilipWheeler, safety Craig Dahl, offensive line-
men Joe Looney and Patrick Miller, andreceiver Issac Blakeney on Friday to leave 69players on the roster. San Francisco needs tocut down to 53 by Saturday.
Dockett was one of the more prominent freeagents added by San Francisco th is offseasonbut he was unable to do enough to make theteam. Dockett missed all of last season inArizona with a knee injury and sat outThursday’s exhibi tion finale with in jured ribs.
The 34-year-old Dockett has 40 1/2 sacks in10 seasons.
Drone crash at US Openraises security questions
NEW YORK — A drone crash during a U.S.Open match has tennis officials thinking aboutwhether they can do more to safeguard thesprawling National Tennis Center from suchhazards.
U.S. Tennis Association spokesman Chris
Widmaier says the organization is looking atthe i ssue after an unmanned aircraft p lummetedinto empty seats during a women’s singlesmatch Thursday night. No one was injured.
Police say a high school science teacher whohad been flying the drone from a nearby parkwas arrested Friday on reckless endangermentand other charges.
Widmaier says drones haven’t been a problembefore at the Open. But security officials havehad the devices on their list of concerns as theywork to protect the nearly 50-acre complex.
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The Padres also found they have receiverswho can make plays. Brandon Monroecaught six passes for 73 yards, including a
juggl ing , 22-yard scori ng pass that gotSerra on the board in the second quarter.Rory Uniacke caught three balls for 48yards and Charlie Quinn added five grabs for
28 y ards.
The Padres also found they have a prettypotent offensive weapon in Lataimua, whorushed for a team-leading 62 yards on 18carries while also catching four passes for95 yards and two touchdowns — one a 35-yard strike and the other a 55-yard catch-and-run.
Serra also discovered that t he defense h asthe opportunity to be stout this season.Despit e givin g up over 200 yards of rushin gin t he first quarter alone, the Padres st iffened
as the game went on. After the Spartanschurned out 369 yards of o ffense in th e firsthalf, Serra held them to just 68 yards overthe final t wo quarters.
“We still have work to do,” said De LaSalle coach Justin Alumbaugh. “I liked wewere up 35-7 at halftime. I didn’t like wescored only two points in the second half.Second half, we were really stale.”
Despite all the positives, however, thefact Padres all but gave the game away soearly did not sit well with t hem.
“We can’t shoot ourselves in the foot,”Lataimua said. “We could drive (the ball) onthese guys.”
Walsh echoed his running back’s senti-ments.
“Against great teams like that, you can’tturn the ball over. In terms of winning thegame, it was damaged by t urnovers. ”
De La Salle took the opening kickoff andafter quarterback Anthony Sweeney andAntoine Custer gouged the Serra defense,the Spartans’ drive stalled and Serra tookover at its own 24 after stopping DLS on
fourth down.It was a short-lived victory, however, as
the Spartans used the tip drill to pick off aNunn pass on just the fifth Padres’ play of the g ame. Nick Lopez returned the in tercep-tion to t he Serra 3-yard line b efore Sweeneyfound Jonathan Harvey in the flat in the endzone for a 3-yard touchdown pass and a 7-0DLS lead with 7:19 left in the op ening quar-ter.
Three plays later, DLS led 14-0 whenCuster intercepted a pass an d returned it 55
yards for a s core. Serra was driving in fo r ascore on its next possession when DLSrecovered a Lataimua fumble at its own 3.Five plays later, Sweeney broke off a 43-yard scoring run to go up 21-0. TheSpartans made it 28-0 on the final play of the first quarter when Custer scored his sec-ond touchdown of the night , go ing 67 yardsfor the score.
From that point on, however, Serraoutscored the Spartans 21-9. Serra finallygot o n the bo ard on it s first drive of the sec-ond quarter, going 80 yards on 10 plays,
capped by a Nunn to Monroe 22-yard scor-ing pass.
The Spartans added one more score beforehalftime, h owever, to take a 35 -7 into thelocker room.
The third quarter was mostly a defensivebattle, as Nunn battled leg cramps through-out. He was finally lifted at the end of thethird quarter and Damelio came on to leadthe Padres to a pair of fourth-quarter scores.He connected with Lataimua on 34-yardcatch-and-run to make it 35-14 DLS. But
when Damelio and Lataimua hooked up for a55 y arder to cut the DLS lead to 35-2 1 with2:23 to play, the Padres believed they wereback in the game.
That is until Damelio was sacked for asafety with just over a minute to play.
Despite the final score, however, Walshwas pleased with how his team played.
“I think we got better (as the game wentalong ),” Walsh s aid. “We look ed like a foot-ball team. Overall, I’m pleased with t he atti-tude and character of this group.”
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Then the Burlingame defense took controlof the air. Running a five-man defensive linethroughout just meant more room for Palu toown at the middle linebacker spot. And boydid he, bulling way to an interception ov er themiddle of a Joe Gutierrez pass. It was one of three INTs Gutierrez threw on the night.
“I was looking into the quarterback’s eyesand he was looking right at me the wholetime,” Palu said.
Four plays later, Kelaita found Gindraux ona timing pattern for the first of two scoringfades down the left sideline. Gindraux flash edan impressive leap getting up and over a Capdefender just shy of the goal line, then walkedit in for a touchdown to give the Panthers a14-0 lead with 3:12 remaining in the firstquarter.
After each team traded punts heading intothe second quarter, Cap eventually turned theball ov er on downs at th e Burlingame 41-yardline. Two plays l ater, Kelaita hit Gindraux onanother left-side timing pattern. With Cap in asingle-safety set, Gindraux exploited a 1-on-1matchup with the Cap cornerback, catchingthe ball 20 yards downfield then sprinting for
the 56-yard score, giving Burlingame a 21-0lead.
“I faked inside, went outside, looked up andthe b all was th ere,” Gindraux s aid.
Cap managed to get on the board before
halftime. Fol lowing Gindraux’s first int ercep-tion , the Mustangs defense forced a three-and-
out. Following a strong punt return toBurlingame’s 39-yard line — followed by oneof three unsportsmanlike conduct penaltiesby Burlingame on the night — Cap seniorDamian Jacobs broke though the right side for
a 24-yard touchdown run, cutting the lead to21-7.
Jacobs paced the Mustangs with 15 carriesfor 66 yards, despite the team’s lack of experi-ence on the front lin e. Cap has just one return-ing senior in guard Ilo Amagata. Otherwise,the starting front consists of three juniors and
a sophomore.
“We’re really young,” Mustangs head coachBen White said. “It’s growing pains.”
Burlingame answered with 10 quick pointsin the fourth quarter. Following Gindraux s ec-ond interception at the Burlingame 35-yardline, the Panthers marched 65 yards on sevenplays, capped by a 3-yard play-action sweepby senior running back Ben Williams toextend the lead to 28-7.
After pinning Cap deep in its own territoryon the ensuing kickoff, the Mustangs eventu-ally snapped a punt out of bound for a safety,giving the Panthers a 30-7 lead.
Despite Burlingame’s 30-spot, White saidhe liked what he saw from his defense.
“We played them pretty tough,” White said.“Yeah, they scored 30 points, but we put ourdefense in some pretty rough spots.”
Cap added the final score of the night with24 seconds remaining on the game clock,punctuating a 12-play, 85-yard drive with a 4-yard touchdown pass from Teisina Fifita toRaynaz Obregon-Halim.
Burlingame got the ball back and hadKelaita take a knee on the final play, cappinga strong varsity debut for the senior that wasrelegated to lit tle playin g time last year as thevarsity backup. Gindraux said he was opti-