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South San Francisco residents sharingrooms through websites such as Airbnb maysoon be asked to pay fees for a permit beforerenting their homes, under a new policy beingconsidered by city officials.
The city’s Planning Commission will meetThursday, Sept. 3, to consider enforcing
restrictions on the home sharing industry,which has become increasingly popularthrough websites which facilitate the agree-ments between residents and short-termrenters.
There is no current policy in South SanFrancisco regulating the industry, accord-ing to a city report, but officials are look-ing to join a growing regional movementby local municipalities to harness the
short-term rental market.
According to Alex Greenwood, the city’sdirector of Economic and CommunityDevelopment, said in an email officialsbelieve it is time to rein in the popular indus-try.
“The proposed approach would be to for-mally recognize these uses and bring theminto the family of approved uses with reason-able oversight,” he said.
Under a recommendation by city staff,planning commissioners will be asked to con-sider introducing a $150 permit through aone-year pilot program should residents wishto list rooms for rent on Airbnb, VRBO,Homekey or other similar websites.
There are a variety of listings in the city on
Airbnb currently, ranging in cost from around
City eyes home sharing rulesSouth San Francisco may establish permit plan for short-term renters
Artist rendering of the new electrified Caltrain.
Caltrain ModernizationProgram getting boostBoard to talk funding, real estate negotiationsBy Samantha WeigelDAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Caltrain officials are inching closer toward a more than $1.5billion electrification project by considering several steps tosecure funding and partnering with other agencies to considerusing eminent domain in worst-case scenarios.
The Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board is set to meetThursday, Sept. 3, and will discuss a handful of items relatedto the Caltrain Modernization Program — a system overhaulthat involves purchasing new trains, a high-tech control sys-
tem and electrifying 51 miles of track between San Jose andSan Francisco. Officials hope the project aimed at increasingcapacity to account for an astronomical growth in ridership
Arrest in Half Moon Bay murderSheriff’s Office says Felix Garduno-Vegagunned down in gang-related crimeBy Samantha WeigelDAILY JOURNAL STAFF
The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office arrested a manTuesday for the alleged gang-related murder of a 21-year-oldHalf Moon Bay resident over the weekend.
Felix Garduno-Vega was fatally shot in the driveway of an
apartment complex on the 400 block of Oak Avenue around8:30 p.m. Saturday and, after a joint investigation, a suspect
E-cigarette studycould propel lawSen. Mark Leno seeks to classifyvapor cigs as tobacco product
By Samantha Weigel
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
A new study that health advocates say proves electron-ic cigarettes containcancer-causing chemi-cals could help boostlegislative efforts to
regulate the increas-ingly popular, and highly
debated, nicotine products.The Oakland-based Center
for Environmental Healthreleased a study Wednesdaythat found high levels of formaldehyde and acetalde-
hyde in a majority of themost popular e-cigarettes
— the nonprofit is alsoplanning to file alawsuit alleging these
manufacturers violat-ed California’s Proposition 65 by not warn-
ing consumers.This study is the first-ever large sampling of
actual e-cigarettes and found 90 percent of themajor companies tested had a product with one or
both of the chemicals known to cause cancer andthat are linked to genetic damage, birth defects andreduced fertility, according to the center.
“For decades, the tobacco industry mounted acampaign of lies about cigarettes, and now thesesame companies claim that their e-cigarettes areharmless. Anyone who thinks that vaping isharmless needs to know that our testing unequiv-ocally shows that it’s not safe to vape,” the cen-ter’s Executive Director Michael Green said in apress release. “Consumers need to know that the
smoke from e-cigarettes is far less from harmlessvapor, but is in fact a cancer-causing cocktail of toxic
chemicals.”Yet e-cigarette industry advocates argue the scientific
Mark Leno
See E-CIGS, Page 35 See MURDER, Page 27
See CALTRAIN, Page 35
See RULES, Page 27
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Traffic fowl-up: Chickencaught after causing traffic flap
SAN FRANCISCO — Authoritieshave captured a felonious chicken thatfouled up rush-hour traffic on the BayBridge from Oakland to San Francisco.
The bird was snared Wednesday afterthe morning commute and put in a patrolcar for a visit to a veterinarian.
The California Highway Patrol said thesmall, brown chicken had been reportedrunning in the lanes of a toll plaza on the
Bay Bridge.The agency later posted a photo of the“felonious fowl” in custody on its Twitteraccount.
Meanwhile, a goose remained on theloose in San Jose after motorists headednorthbound on Highway 101 reportedseeing it on the shoulder of the busy road.
CHP spokesman Ross Lee said thegoose flew off into a nearby golf course.Animal control was notified.
Las Vegas’ new ad campaignpushes ‘sexy’ watering habits
LAS VEGAS — Another part of thedrought-ridden West is attempting tomake water conservation sexy, this timewith funny ads in Las Vegas.
The Southern Nevada Water Authoritythis week launched a campaign on televi-sion, radio, print and social mediathemed: “There’s Nothing Sexier ThanSaving Water.” The ads were developedby R&R Partners, the firm behind Vegas’
most famous tagline: “What HappensHere, Stays Here.”
The new advertisements depict peopleadjusting watering clocks as members of the opposite sex ogle with lust. It coin-cides with the new fall restrictions thatbegan Tuesday, which through Oct. 31limits watering to three days a week andprohibits sprinklers during the day andmisting systems at businesses.
In June, San Francisco officials alsounveiled sexy ads, which urged residentsto go “full-frontal” and take short, steamyshowers.
Spokesman Scott Huntley said the newLas Vegas campaign was developed overthe last year and that Nevada officialswere not aware of San Francisco’s recentads.
He said the Nevada water agency hasfor years done two-week long “compli-ance” promotions during the seasonaltransitions, using humorous messages toremind users to be complaint. Violatorsare first given warnings before fines startat $100, exceeding $1,000 for repeatoffenders.
The advertising, which cost about $1.6million annually, is a part of the long-standing effort to plug water conserva-tion in the desert area that has been indrought for years.
“We were the first to the game on this.We’ve had a tremendous amount of suc-cess that’s being emulated in otherplaces,” Huntley said.
The previous “Don’t Make Us Ask YouAgain” theme was used for eight years in
Vegas and featured male-centric slapstickhumor because research showed that thetypical household water controller was,according to Huntley, a “Joe Six Pack,”or a man in his late 20s to 50s.
And perhaps as proof that sex sells toeveryone, Huntley said the new ads weremade to also target expanding demo-graphics, including those who are olderand more diverse and female.
“There are certainly things that grabpeople’s attention and humor does it a lotand one of the primary aspects of humoris the sexual humor, the sexy humor —that’s one of the basics,” Huntley said.
Alleged Facebook mention inprayer call sparks Egypt outcry
CAIRO — Egyptians in a Nile Deltaprovince are outraged after a clericallegedly changed a line in the traditionalIslamic call to dawn prayers to mentionFacebook.
Instead of saying “prayer is better thansleep” twice, as he was supposed to,Shiekh Mahmoud Maghazi of Beheiraprovince allegedly said: “Prayer is betterthan Facebook.” The issue drew nation-wide attention when he defended himself against shouted accusations on one of Egypt’s most-watched television talk
shows, called 10 PM, on Sunday.The country’s Religious EndowmentsMinistry suspended Maghazi after localscomplained last week, prompting him tolaunch a hunger strike and deny that hemade the reference.
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Actor CharlieSheen is 50.
This Day in History
Thought for the Day
1783Representatives of the United Statesand Britain signed the Treaty of Paris,which officially ended theRevolutionary War.
“In the arts, the critic is theonly independent source of
information. The rest is advertising.”— Pauline Kael, American movie critic
“Beetle Bailey”cartoonist MortWalker is 92.
OlympicsnowboarderShaun White is 29.
Birthdays
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Local and government conservationists remove a rescued female orangutan who was found isolated in an palm oil plantationin Batang Serangan district, Langkat, North Sumatra.
Thursday: Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog inthe morning. Highs in the upper 60s.Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph.Thursday night: Partly cloudy in theevening then becoming mostly clear. Lowsin the upper 50s. Northwest winds 10 to 20mph.Friday: Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
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The story “Gilead pays $31.5M for 12-acre site” in the Sept.2 addition of the Daily Journal had an error. The purchaseprice of the Chess Drive office complex was not $31.5 million,it was actually about $120 million.
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In 1189, England’s King Richard I (the Lion-Hearted) wascrowned in Westminster Abbey.In 1658, Oliver Cromwell, the Lord Protector of England, diedin London; he was succeeded by his son, Richard.In 1868, the Japanese city of Edo was renamed Tokyo.In 1914, Cardinal Giacomo Della Chiesa became pope; hetook the name Benedict XV.In 1923, the United States and Mexico resumed diplomaticrelations.In 1939, Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declaredwar on Germany, two days after the Nazi invasion of Poland,In 1940, Artie Shaw and his Gramercy Five recorded “SummitRidge Drive” and “Special Delivery Stomp” for RCA Victor.In 1951, the television soap opera “Search for Tomorrow”made its debut on CBS.In 1967, the original version of the television game show“What’s My Line?” hosted by John Charles Daly, broadcast itsfinal episode after more than 17 years on CBS.In 1976, America’s Viking 2 lander touched down on Mars totake the first close-up, color photographs of the planet’s sur-face.In 1989, a Cubana de Aviacion jetliner crashed after takeoff inHavana, killing all 126 aboard and 45 people on the ground.In 1995, the online auction site eBay was founded in San Jose,California, by Pierre Omidyar under the name “AuctionWeb.”Ten years ago: President George W. Bush ordered more than7,000 active duty forces to the Gulf Coast as his administrationintensified efforts to rescue Katrina survivors and send aid tothe hurricane-ravaged region in the face of criticism it did notact quickly enough. U.S. Chief Justice William H. Rehnquistdied in Arlington, Virginia, at age 80, after more than threedecades on the Supreme Court.
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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; Deborah
Shields 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.
Obituary
REDWOOD CITYDisturbance. A suspect without a shirt wasseen knocking on windows on Compass Drivebefore 9:51 p.m. Monday, Aug. 31.Gun shots. Shots were fired from a gray FordMustang which pulled up to a house party onDumbarton Avenue before 2:14 a.m. Sunday,Aug. 30Burglary. Camping chairs, clothes and acamera were stolen from the car of familyabout to go on a trip on Chelsea Way before6:21 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 29.Vandalism. A 1997 BMW 318i was keyed
and dented on Maple Street before 9:41 a.m.on Saturday, Aug. 29.Arrest. A driver was arrested and their vehicletowed for driving under the influence onVeterans Boulevard before 9 p.m. Friday,Aug.28.
HALF MOON BAYBurglary. A burglary occurred at a businesswhere approximately $4,000 worth of mer-chandise was stolen on the 500 block of KellyAvenue before 5:02 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 29.
Narcotics. A man was found in possession of marijuana and cocaine at the Half Moon BayAirport before 11:44 a.m. Friday, Aug. 28.Possession of unlawful paraphernalia. Adriver was found to be in possession of drugParaphernalia on Main Street and San MateoRoad before 10:53 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 23.Arrest. A woman was arrested after she wasstopped for reckless driving and was discov-ered to be driving with a suspended licenseand in possession of marijuana and severalknives on the 1200 block of La Honda Roadbefore 5:09 p.m. Wednesday, July 29.
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Time to take out the trashA man, who had a restraining orderagainst him, was arrested after he jumpeda fence into the backyard of a woman andhid in a recycling bin on the 1000 blockof Main Street in Half Moon Bay before10:49 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 26.
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Robert Jackowitz, Bob to friends & Papa Bob to family, a proudnative San Franciscan, was born at Letterman Hospital in the SanFrancisco Presidio to Ida (Casali) & Joseph (Jake) Jackowitz. Bobgrew up in the Marina & North Beach where he was a graduate ofGalileo High School.
He proudly served in the US Air Force from 1952-56, and wasstationed outside of Seoul, South Korea. After the war, he lived
in Millbrae, CA attending the College of San Mateo, finishing hiseducation with a BA in Recreation & a Teaching Credential from SanJose State. He then taught at Sunnybrae Elementary in San Mateo for 29 years.
After college, Bob met & married Sara Rankin from Belmont, and they have two cherishedsons, Michael & Daniel. Bob & Sara moved to Foster City in 1974 and have lived there ever since.
Besides loving his family, Bob’s second love was baseball. He was the Official Scorekeeper forthe Adult Softball League in Foster City for over 30 years.
Bob is survived by his loving, caring wife of 52 years Sara, sons Michael (Heather) & Daniel(Cindy), along with seven grandchildren who adored him, his brother Joseph (Jayne), andmany other close family members.
Throughout his life, he never met a stranger, nor forgot a face.
Friends & family are invited to a celebration service on Sat, Sept. 19, 2015 from 1-3 pm atCentral Peninsula Church, 1005 Shell Blvd in Foster City; (650-349-1132)
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Man who crashed car afterpolice chase gets four years
A man arrested in December for leadingpolice on a chase and crashing a stolen vehicle
was sentenced to four yearsin state prison Wednesdayafter turning down theoption to enter into drugtreatment, according to theSan Mateo County DistrictAttorney’s Office.
Thomas Silva, a 33-year-
old San Leandro man, andhis passenger DesireeRodriguez, a 30-year-oldHayward woman, were
arrested after leading police on a car chase andcrashing into another car on Highway 101,according to Foster City police.
Silva was driving a stolen vehicle reported aday prior to the San Mateo Police Departmentand the victim just happened to be in FosterCity and stumbled across his vehicle and calledthe police. Silva was driving the stolen 2007Honda Ridgeline pickup truck when policeattempted to pull him over before he sped off west on State Route 92. Silva was driving morethan 80 mph at times before hitting anothervehicle, according to police.
He reportedly gave officers a false name anddate of birth at the scene of the accident.
Silva was arrested for felony vehicle theft,
hit-and-run accident causing injury, DUI colli-sion with injury and evading police. He wasalso arrested for misdemeanor possession of acontrolled substance and having two outstand-ing warrants for robbery and vehicle theft,according to police.
Silva’s passenger, Rodriguez, wasn’t arrestedin relation to the crime but on an outstandingwarrant out of Alameda County.
He has 509 days credit for time served andwas ordered to make restitution to the victim inthe amount of $4,850, according to prosecutors.
Man arrested in Mexicofor San Mateo County crimes
A Newark man accused of conspiring to mailin contraband laced with controlled substancesinto San Mateo County’s Maguire CorrectionalFacility earlier this summer was arrested in
Mexico this past weekend, according to the
Sheriff’s Office.In July, sheriff’s detec-
tives with the GangIntelligence Unit servedsearch and arrest warrantsat the home of David Villa,31. It was determined hehad fled to Mexico and waslocated and arrested withassistance from the U.S.Marshal Service, according
to the Sheriff’s Office. Hewas booked into Maguire Aug. 31 and is facingthree felony charges. He is being held on $1million bail, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
Six arrested atweekend DUI checkpoint
The Daly City Police Department conducteda DUI and driver’s license checkpoint lastSaturday night that netted six arrests.
Police screened a total of 1,030 vehiclesover the course of the checkpoint, held atMission and Bismark streets from 8 p.m. until4 a.m. Sunday. According to police, two of thearrests made at the checkpoint were DUI-relat-ed.
The first DUI arrest occurred at 12:25 a.m.involving Larry Laurora, 35, of San Francisco,according to Sgt. Matthew Fox.
Shannon Hurt, 20, of Brisbane, was theother driver arrested on suspicion of DUI. Hurtwas arrested at 2:25 a.m., according to Fox.
Two other arrests were made at the check-point related to other criminal offenses, Foxsaid. Stephen Duby, 21, of Daly City, wasarrested for a warrant at 8:17 p.m., whileCelina Ruanoaguilar, 28, also of Daly City,was arrested at 11:41 p.m. on suspicion of awarrant and resisting arrest. According to Fox,both were booked into San Mateo County Jail.
Two Solano County residents were cited forpossession of drug paraphernalia and drivingon a suspended license, respectively. Theircitations are recorded as arrests by Daly Citypolice because the suspects committed thecrimes out of county, Fox said.
Daly City police cited three other in-countyresidents driving on a suspended license, Fox
said.
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By Scott Smith
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
FRESNO — Armed with evidence capturedby surveillance cameras, California regulatorshave ordered a business to stop tapping Sierra
Nevada spring water that is later bottled andsold in stores, officials said Wednesday.
It would be the first such action taken thisyear against a commercial water bottling busi-ness under tight drought restrictions, saidKathy Mrowka, enforcement manager of thestate Water Resources Control Board.
Sugar Pine Spring Water in the foothills of Tuolumne County also faces fines of nearly$225,000 for collecting and trucking the waterto commercial bottling companies for twoyears despite notices to stop, according to theproposed sanctions by the state WaterResources Control Board.
With California in its fourth year of historicdrought, residents are being told to cutback,and thousands of farmers and other users suchas Sugar Pine have been notified they muststop using waters as streams and rivers rundry.
The state earlier this year proposed a $1.5million fine against the Byron-BethanyIrrigation District east of the San FranciscoBay Area, accusing it of taking water despitesimilar drought restrictions. The district is
challenging the case.Springs tapped by Sugar Pine feed into the
Tuolumne River watershed and drain intoNew Don Pedro Reservoir. The city of SanFrancisco and farmers in Turlock and Oakdaleirrigation districts rely on the watershed, the
complaint says.Sugar Pine was launched in the early 1990sand holds junior water rights, which have beencurtailed in 2014 and 2015 because of thedrought.
Scott Fahey, the owner of the company, con-tinued to divert a total of 22 acre feet of waterover 170 days in the past two years after beingnotified no water was available under hisrights, the complaint says.
One acre-foot is the volume of water suffi-cient to cover an acre of land to a depth of onefoot, enough water to sustain a typicalCalifornia household of four for one year.
The company pumps water captured fromfour springs to a transfer station before it istrucked to commercial bottling firms, thecomplaint says. The bottling firms are notidentified in a complaint and Mrowka
declined to name them.Fahey can challenge the state action beforethe measures take effect. Fahey did notrespond to a call seeking comment. His attor-ney, William “Bart” Barringer, declined tocomment in an email, saying he anticipates ahearing before the state water board.
State orders firm to stoptapping Sierra springs
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Although county officials agree with theSan Mateo County Civil Grand Jury that theyneed to beef up their efforts to combat sealevel rise, they are not sure yet exactly how toapproach it.
The grand jury recommends that the county,each city in the county and relevant local spe-cial agencies should identify a single organi-zation, such as a new joint powers authority oran expanded Flood Control District, to under-take countywide sea level rise planning.
The San Mateo County Flood ControlDistrict only governs Colma, San Bruno andSan Francisquito creeks, however.
The district also generates little tax revenue
from Colma and San Bruno residents. About$40 million in improvements to SanFrancisquito Creek in Menlo Park and EastPalo Alto is being mostly paid for by the SantaClara Valley Water District.
The grand jury issued the report “FloodingAhead: Planning for Sea Level Rise” in June.
The report found that the county is at severerisk for flooding of up to 65 inches by the endof the century and that it is a threat to theentire county especially considering it nor anyof its cities has adopted sea level rise projec-tions or maps for specific land use planningpurposes.
In a response letter to the grand jury, coun-ty officials agree with most of the recommen-dations in the report although they say someneed more analysis, such as creating a singleentity to lead sea level rise planning.
The grand jury also found that the countyneeds to better educate the public on thethreats of sea level rise.
Much of the public education work to datehas been spearheaded by Supervisor DavePine and his office in partnership with theoffices of U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier, D-SanMateo, and Assemblyman Rich Gordon, D-Menlo Park.
The three have held three public forums inthe last year or so and the county has sincehired a new climate resiliency specialist tocoordinate its sea level rise planning and out-reach efforts, according to a report to theBoard of Supervisors by County ManagerJohn Maltbie.
By the end of this year, the county suggeststhe formation of a stakeholder committeecomprised of city officials, the Flood Control
District and City/County Association of Governments of San Mateo County to studythe grand jury’s recommendation to form acountywide sea level rise organization.
The grand jury also recommends that the
single organization be sustainably fundedthrough member contributions and even cor-porations threatened by sea level rise.
San Mateo County is particularly suscepti-ble to the impacts of sea level rise — more sothan any other county in the state, according tothe grand jury report. According to the report,about 120,000 residents are at risk of losingtheir homes. Nearly $24 billion worth of infra-structure including six wastewater treatmentplants and three airports are in potential floodzones and hundreds of miles of roads could be
gravely impacted by the end of the century,the report said.More levee construction will likely be need-
ed to prevent flooding but other solutionswould be less costly, Pine said when the grand
jury report was first released.Although rising seas may not be a reality for
many decades, the risk of severe flooding inthe county is a reality now, Pine saidWednesday.
The county has put its own resourcestoward the problem but raising local money tocombat sea level rise will require a more for-mal structure, Pine said.
“When we think about flooding and sealevel rise, the challenge is to reduce risks andthere are a number of things we can do toreduce risks that don’t require major construc-tion projects. For example, I think it makes
sense for us to adopt zoning and building rulesfor the Bayshore that would cover new con-struction so that it’s more resistant to flooding.There are certain things that we could tacklethat aren’t as financially daunting as buildingbig levees,” Pine previously told the DailyJournal.
Federal, state, county and local officials didgather Friday, Aug. 29, to discuss a levee proj-ect in Foster City aimed at adapting to sealevel rise. The catalyst of that multi-millioneffort is to meet the Federal EmergencyManagement Agency’s standards for a 100-year-storm and prevent nearly 9,000 FosterCity properties from being subject to costlyflood insurance. FEMA’s pending coastalflood map indicates the city’s nearly 8-milelevee system is no longer adequate and offi-cials are moving toward extensive upgradesestimated to cost between $35 million and $65million.
The county is required to reply to the grand jury although it is not required to follow anyof its recommendations.
County to beef up effortto combat sea level riseOfficials to contemplate the formation of
single organization for planning purposes
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SACRAMENTO — California lawmakerstook up bills to regulate videos of police activ-ities and law enforcement’s acquisition of sur-plus military on Wednesday as hundreds of Black Lives Matter protesters demonstratedoutside the governor’s office urging theLegislature to take action on a bill to requirebetter oversight of police interactions with thepublic.
The protesters were there to support AB953by Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, D-SanDiego, which faces a Senate vote. The billchanges the definition of “racial profiling”and would require local law enforcementagencies to collect demographic data includ-ing the race of those they stop.
About 800 protesters were bused toSacramento Wednesday for the rally organ-ized by several groups that back Weber’s bill,including the ACLU of California and PICOCalifornia, a coalition of nonprofits. Some
wore T-shirts that said “We Demand FairPolicing,” as they chanted “Governor, Shameon You” outside Gov. Jerry Brown’s Capitoloffice.
A group of protesters eventually lockedarms and blocked the entrance to Brown’soffice, but they left after several hours andwere not charged.
In the Senate, meanwhile, lawmakersapproved a bill setting standards for local gov-ernments to accept surplus military equipmentlike armored vehicles, heavy weapons and air-craft. AB36 passed by a 31-4 vote, but returnsto the Assembly for consideration of signifi-cant changes.
They also unanimously advanced two bills
addressing the growing issue of videotapingof police interactions with the public.
AB69 would govern data collected bypolice body cameras, while AB256 wouldprotect videos recorded by the public frombeing altered or destroyed.
Vigil held for Illinois policeofficer nearing retirement
FOX LAKE, Ill. — Charles JosephGliniewicz was on the brink of retiring after a30-year career in law enforcement. At 52, thetattooed police officer with a shaved headcould still be tough and intimidating if the jobcalled for it.
But he also had a sweet side that endearedhim to the suburban Chicago village he had
served for decades, a place where he was aconstant presence at community events and arole model. Now the people of Fox Lake aremourning the officer known affectionately as“G.I. Joe” after he detoured on his way to work
to pursue three suspicious men into a swamp.He ended up with a fatal gunshot wound anddied Tuesday. Hundreds of people gathered ata Fox Lake park late Wednesday for a vigil inmemory of Gliniewicz.
The officer’s widow, Melanie Gliniewicz,took to a stage in Lakefront Park surroundedby her sons. She thanked the people attendingthe vigil and those offering their support and
prayers. “My world got a little bit smaller withhis passing, and he will truly be missed by allof us,” she said, adding her husband was her“best friend, my hero, the love of my life forthe last 26 and half years.”
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KOTZEBUE, Alaska — With ahistoric visit to the Alaska Arctic,President Barack Obama onWednesday turned the spotlight onthe plight of Alaska Natives and oth-ers who toil in rural areas underrough-and-tumble conditions thatmost Americans would be hard-
pressed to imagine.Closing out a three-day tour of the
state, Obama first visited the fishingvillage of Dillingham in WesternAlaska to inspect one of the world’sbiggest sockeye salmon runs andunderscore the need to “protect thisincredible natural resource, not justfor the people whose livelihooddepends on it, but for the entire coun-try.”
From there, he traveled north of theArctic Circle to the town of Kotzebue, a regional hub with a pop-ulation of barely more than 3,000.
Obama’s trip, the first by a sittingpresident to the Arctic, puts on rare
display the ways of life and dailychallenges in Alaska’s more than 200far-flung rural villages. Outside of Kotzebue, 1 in 5 in the Alaska Arcticdoesn’t have a proper kitchen,according to the U.S. Census Bureau.And even more lack complete plumb-ing. Instead, many use the “honeybucket” system — five-gallon drumsthat serve as makeshift toilets areemptied into nearby sewage lagoons.
The president’s goal was to show-case the havoc he says human-influ-enced climate change is wreaking onAlaska’s delicate landscape: entirerural villages sinking into the groundas permafrost thaws, protective seaice melts and temperatures climb.
Alaska Natives have joined thepresident in sounding the alarm onclimate change. Yet the obstacles theyconfront daily in rural Alaska extendfar deeper, raising questions aboutwhether the federal government hasdone enough to help some of thecountry’s most destitute citizens.
This is a life of subsistence huntingfor bowhead whales, walruses and
seals, a proud tradition of dependenceon the land that poses immense logis-tical challenges.
“The vast majority of Americanshave no idea there are dozens of com-munities in Alaska that live like this,”Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, said inan interview. “It’s unacceptable, andwe need to do more to fix it.”
Even as Obama’s travels broughthim near the Bering Sea, U.S. offi-
cials reported the presence of fiveChinese PLA Navy ships in the sea— the first time they have beenobserved there.
White House press secretary JoshEarnest said U.S. officials don’t viewthe Chinese vessels to be a threat buthe added that the reason for theirpresence “is still unclear.”
The ships were participating in amilitary exercise with Russia in pre-vious days and then broke off to headinto the Bering Sea, according to aU.S. defense official who was notauthorized to discuss the matter pub-licly so spoke on condition of anonymity.
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Lawmakers pushpublic retirementfunds to divest from coal
SACRAMENTO — Lawmakersare sending Gov. Jerry Brown a planto force the state’s two largest publicpension funds to divest from coalholdings.
Assemblyman Rob Bonta, anOakland Democrat, says requiringthe California Public Employees’Retirement System and theCalifornia State Teachers’Retirement System to drop coalaligns the funds with Californians’values.
He carried SB185 in the AssemblyWednesday, where it passed on a 43-27 vote.
Senate Democrats say the fundswould have to divest about $300 mil-lion, a nominal portion of their bil-lions in investments.
Republican Assemblyman JamesGallagher of Nicolaus said theLegislature shouldn’t interfere withinvestment decisions by the fundboards, which aim for the highestreturns.
The bill is among several environ-mental bills pushed by SenatePresident Pro Tem Kevin de Leon, aLos Angeles Democrat.
State seeks to tighten banon importing, selling ivory
SACRAMENTO — Californialawmakers are moving to prohibit thesale of old ivory, as lawmakers votedWednesday to close a loophole in thestate’s ban on importing, buying orselling elephant ivory or rhinoceroshorn.
The bill by Assembly Speaker ToniAtkins, D-San Diego, would end theexemption for selling ivory importedbefore 1977.
Senators approved AB96 on a 26-13 vote over the objections of critics
who said it won’t have much impactwhile other countries and statesallow for continued sales of ivoryproducts.
Lawmakersadvance protection fortransgender Californians
SACRAMENTO — Lawmakershave approved two bills aimed atoffering greater legal protection andbenefits to transgender Californians.
SB731 requires child welfareworkers to consider a child’s genderidentity when placing children in fos-ter care, in an effort to prevent high-
er rates of depression, abuse andhomelessness for transgender chil-dren. It passed the Assembly on a 46-0 vote Wednesday.
Another bill, SB703, bars stateagencies from signing contracts forgoods or services with companiesthat do not offer the same health ben-efits to transgender workers as toother employees. It passed 44-20.
Both bills were authored by Sen.Mark Leno, a San FranciscoDemocrat. They return to the Senatefor a final vote.
FBI: Defendant in Californiakidnapping blamed vaccine
SAN FRANCISCO — The mancharged in a California kidnappingthat police initially dismissed as ahoax said he acted alone, and thatmental illness and a side effect froma vaccine contributed to his behavior,the FBI said in a court filing.
Matthew Muller made the com-ments to a television news reporterduring a jailhouse interview in July,FBI Special Agent Wesley Dronesaid in an affidavit in support of a
search warrant. The reporter was notallowed to record the interview andhad been asked by Muller not toreveal his comments about actingalone and the vaccine. She did reportthat Muller said he felt bad for thekidnapping victim and thought thevictim deserved an apology.
But the jail, which warns peoplethat it records conversations withinmates, recorded the interview,including the portions that were off the record, Drone said. When dis-cussing the kidnapping, Muller saidthere was no gang, and it was justhim, according to the FBI affidavit.
Lawmakers approve charityraffles for major league sports
SACRAMENTO — California’smajor league sports clubs could con-duct charitable gambling at profes-sional sports venues under legislationapproved Wednesday.
The bill gives professional sportsteams the exclusive right to conductcharitable gambling by selling raffletickets known as 50-50. Half the pro-ceeds are paid out as prize moneyand the other half goes to charities of the team’s choice.
The raffles are becoming popularnationwide but are banned underCalifornia law that caps charity raffleprizes.
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WASHINGTON — Overcoming ferociousopposition, President Barack Obama secureda legacy-defining foreign policy victoryWednesday as Senate Democrats clinched thenecessary votes to ensure the Iran nuclearagreement survives in Congress.
The decisive 34th commitment came fromMaryland Democrat Barbara Mikulski, who isretiring next year after three decades in theSenate. In a statement she said “no deal is per-fect, especially one negotiated with the Iranianregime.” But she called the pact “the bestoption available to block Iran from having anuclear bomb.”
Supporters now have the votes in hand touphold Obama’s veto, if one becomes neces-sary, of a resolution of disapprovalRepublicans are trying to pass this month.GOP lawmakers who control the House and
Senate ardently oppose the agreement, whichcurbs Iran’s nuclear program in exchange forhundreds of billions of dollars in relief frominternational sanctions.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell,R-Ky., grudgingly acknowledged that his sidewould not be able to block the deal afterObama, in his words, secured “the tepid,restricted and partisan support of one-third of one house of Congress.” McConnell sparedthe accord no criticism, saying it leaves Iran“with a threshold nuclear capability.”
Israel also has railed against the deal, argu-ing that its conditions would keep Iran per-ilously close to developing nuclear weaponswhile enriching a government that has funded
anti-U.S. and anti-Israel militants throughoutthe Middle East. Prime Minister BenjaminNetanyahu, who had personally lobbied U.S.
lawmakers to block the pact, will continuefighting the agreement, an Israeli official said,while a spokesman for the pro-Israel lobbyAIPAC said his group also would seek to buildfurther opposition.
In Philadelphia, Secretary of State JohnKerry defended the deal. “Rejecting thisagreement would not be sending a signal of resolve to Iran, it would be broadcasting amessage so puzzling that most people acrossthe globe would find it impossible to compre-hend,” he told lawmakers and civic leaders atthe National Constitution Center. His speechwas carried live on Iranian television, anunusual occurrence
White House press secretary Josh Earnestcalled the growing support a validation of Obama’s effort to “make sure that every mem-ber of the Senate understands exactly what’s
included in the agreement.” The deal sets Iranback so that it is at least a year away frombeing able to produce enough nuclear materi-al for a weapon, before the restrictions easeafter a decade.
For all the geopolitical ramifications, thedebate in the U.S. has often seemed moreabout domestic partisan politics over a resolu-tion that, on its own, wouldn’t be able toreverse a multi-country agreement alreadyblessed by the United Nations. A vote of dis-approval, however, could signal Congress’readiness to introduce new sanctions at therisk of causing Tehran — and other govern-ments — to abandon the accord and blame theU.S. for the failure.
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MIAMI — Vice President Joe Biden cameto Florida to lend a hand to Senate Democratsand the administration’s education agendaWednesday on a trip watched for any hint thathe’ll seek the presidency.
He may have dropped a hint at Miami DadeCollege, telling a crowd, “People who aren’twilling to risk failing never succeed.”
But the remark, at least on its surface, wasabout the courage it takes for students to goback to community college after being out foryears.
Biden will also attend a fundraiser forSenate Democrats, mingling with the types of
donors he’d need to challenge Hillary
Rodham Clinton for theDemocratic presidentialnomination. Altogether,he’s kicked off a series of events in the next weekallowing him to defendPresident Barack Obama’srecord.
At Miami DadeCollege, Biden said heand Obama had sought to
address the economic disparities between thewealthy and poor and that the nation was onthe verge of an “economic renaissance.” Hespoke about the Obama administration’s planto provide two years of free community col-lege to students as a building block for futuregenerations.
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Sheriff: Texas man killedby deputies appeared to hold knife
DALLAS — A second video that captured Texas deputiesfatally shooting a man whose hands were raised appears to showthat he was holding a knife, a sheriff said Wednesday, decliningto release the video because the investigation is still going on.
Bexar County Sheriff Susan Pamerleau said at a news confer-ence that the video has been forwarded to the Texas Departmentof Public Safety’s crime lab to see if the footage can be blown
up and slowed down to establish the sequence of Friday’sevents. Although it’s unclear from the video what 41-year-oldGilbert Flores may have been holding while facing deputieswith his hands up outside of a home near San Antonio, investi-gators believe it was a knife, she said.
Lesbian couple, like Kentuckyclerk, standing up for beliefs
MOREHEAD, Ky. — As April Miller drove to work, still toostunned to grasp the magnitude of the fight erupting around her,an old song crackled over the car radio.
“Will you still love me for the rest of my life?” the bandChicago sang. “I can’t go on if I’m on my own.”
Miller pulled over. And for the first time since she and herpartner stepped into the vortex of history, she wept.
“I had been trying to keep it together, keep it even, trying notto let my blood pressure go up,” she said.
The day before, Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis refused her
a license to marry Karen Roberts, her partner for more than adecade. Rather than comply with the U.S. Supreme Court’slegalization of gay marriage nationwide, the Apostolic Christianhas invoked “God’s authority” in refusing to license any mar-riages at all.
Judge refuses to drop chargesagainst police in Gray death
BALTIMORE — A Baltimore judge on Wednesday refusedto dismiss charges against six police officers in connection withthe death of a black man from injuries he suffered while in cus-tody. The judge also refused to remove the prosecutor in thecase.
The death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray — who succumbed toinjuries sustained after his arrest on April 12 — sparkedprotests, rioting and unrest that shook Baltimore for days. Ademonstration Wednesday outside the Baltimore courtroomwhere a pretrial hearing on the charges took place attracted
dozens, and resulted in just one arrest.
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By Seth BorensteinTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — More than 3 tril-lion trees now grow on Earth, seven timesmore than scientists previously thought.But it’s also trillions fewer than thereused to be, a new study concludes.
A United Nations-affiliated youthgroup had a goal of planting one billiontrees and Yale forestry researcher ThomasCrowther was asked if planting that manytrees would do anything to help combathuman-made climate change. Trees cap-ture and store heat-trapping carbon diox-ide.
Crowther said first he had to figureout how many trees are on Earth andthat number was far more than anyoneexpected: 3.04 trillion trees, accord-ing to a study published Wednesday
in the journal Nature.
The previous estimate was 400 billiontrees and that rough count was based onsatellite images peering down fromspace. Crowther and colleagues used429,775 ground-based measurementsalong with satellite measurements andcomputer models to get a more accuratefigure.
“These things really dominate our plan-et,” Crowther said. “They are the mostprominent organisms on our planet and
there are 3 trillion of them.”But Earth used to be covered with far
more trees. Using computer models,Crowther and colleagues estimated thatbefore human civilization Earth hadabout 5.6 trillion trees. So the number of trees on Earth has been chopped nearly inhalf.
Crowther mostly blames people. His
study found that 15 billion trees are cutdown each year by people, with another 5billion trees replanted. That’s a net loss of 10 billion trees a year. At that rate, all of Earth’s trees will be gone in about 300years.
“Humans are diminishing that hugepopulation on such a global scale,”Crowther said.
Nearly 1.4 trillion of Earth’s trees are intropical and subtropical forests, but that’salso where the rate of forest loss is thehighest, the study found.
So if there are so many trees on theplanet, the planting of a billion treeswouldn’t do too much to fight climatechange on its own, Crowther conceded.But he said that didn’t stop the treeplanters group; they just upped their goal.On its website, Plant for the Planet saysthe objective is now 18 billion.
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By Shawn Pogatchnikand Pablo GorondiTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Tempers flaredamong the thousands trapped in a makeshiftrefugee camp in the heart of Budapest onWednesday as Hungary played hardball withits unwelcome visitors for a second day,blocking train ticket-clutching migrants fromtraveling deeper into Europe.
The migrants, who have swamped everynook and cranny of public space outside thecity’s Keleti train station, threatened to walkthe 105 miles (170 kilometers) to the Austrianborder if police don’t let them board trains totheir desired destinations in Austria andGermany.
“I will walk the whole way if I must,”declared 28-year-old Ahmed Shamoun, whodeserted Syria’s army three months ago, leav-ing nine brothers and eight sisters behind inDamascus. “I could pay a taxi 500 euros
($550) to take me to Austria, but the policemight stop me. I could wait here foreverbefore Hungary lets me take the train.”
Hungary tantalizingly opened the wayMonday, allowing more than 1,000 migrantsto pack westbound trains — and inspiring amigrant surge to the capital — before it with-drew the option 24 hours later. The questionof how to defuse the human gridlock inHungary is set to dominate meetings inBrussels on Thursday between EU leadersand Hungary’s anti-immigrant prime minister,Viktor Orban.
Hungary, which for months had permittedmost applicants to head west after shortbureaucratic delays, now says it won’t letmore groups deeper into the European Unionand has cited EU backing for the move.Police blocking migrants from entering thecapital’s main international train hub alsostopped them from marching around the sta-tion, sparking scenes of anger but no vio-lence.
Migrants “are not entitled to move freelywithin the European Union even after enter-ing Hungary,” government spokesman ZoltanKovacs told the Associated Press.
The tent city outside Keleti has steadilygrown to an estimated 3,000 migrants campedout on the concrete plaza and subwayentrances. Men sleep tightly packed together,using backpacks for pillows, as young chil-dren play in their midst, coloring with crayonsor swerving around the carpet of bodies on tri-
cycles. Rumors in shouted Arabic spreadquickly, fueling surges of excitement and furyas people are told that the train station soonwill reopen for migrants, or that police are
about to attack and detain them.Conditions around the transportation hubhave grown increasingly squalid despite theefforts of volunteers distributing water, food,medicine and disinfectants. Local restaurantsdemand cash to let migrants use their rest-rooms.
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Migrants, hoping to cross into Hungary, walk along a railway track outside the village of Horgosin Serbia, toward the border it shares with Hungary.
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BAGHDAD — Masked men in militaryuniforms kidnapped 18 Turkish citizens inBaghdad early Wednesday, bundling theminto several SUVs and speeding away in abrazen operation that laid bare serious securi-ty gaps in the heavily defended city.
Iraqi and Turkish officials said the 18 areemployed by Nurol Insaat, a Turkish con-struction company contracted to build a sportscomplex in the sprawling Shiite district of Sadr City. The kidnappers stormed the con-struction site, where the workers were sleep-ing in caravans, breaking down doors and dis-arming the guards before taking the workersaway, they said.
The Iraqi officials said an Iraqi national waskidnapped along with the Turks.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadiblamed organized crime for the kidnapping,but did not elaborate.
Turkish Foreign Ministry Spokesman TanjuBilgic said those kidnapped included 14workers, three engineers and one accountant.He said the kidnappers specifically targetedTurkish nationals, picking them out from therest and leaving behind workers from othercountries.
“The Iraqi authorities for the time being donot have information on how the incidentoccurred or who captured them,” TurkishDeputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmustold reporters.
In Baghdad, Interior Ministry spokesmanSaad Maan told the Associated Press thatauthorities are investigating the incident.Neither the identity nor the motives of thekidnappers were immediately known, thoughboth criminal gangs and the Islamic Stategroup both have kidnapped foreigners in thepast.
The sports complex appears to be nearlycomplete. A sign outside says it includes a30,000-seat soccer stadium, a track and fieldfacility and a 50-room hotel.
Turkey recently began launching airstrikesagainst the Islamic State group in Syria andallowing U.S. warplanes to use bases insoutheastern Turkey to strike the Sunniextremist group.
It launched a simultaneous air campaign innorthern Iraq against the Kurdistan Workers’Party, or PKK, a Kurdish militant group.
Islamic State militants seized 49 diplomatic
staff and family members from the Turkish
consulate in Mosul when they captured the
northern Iraqi city in June 2014. The group
held them for three months before releasing
them unharmed. Turkish officials have sug-
gested — but never formally confirmed —
that the release was secured in exchange for
Islamic State prisoners held in Turkey.
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Dow 16,351.38 +293.03 10-Yr Bond 2.19 +0.02
Nasdaq 4,749.98 +113.87 Oil (per barrel) 46.27S&P 500 1,948.86 +35.01 Gold 1,133.50
Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on theNew York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:NYSE Tupperware Brands Corp., up $2.95 to $52 The maker of food storage and serving products gave an upbeat salesoutlook citing performance in international markets.Navistar International Corp., down 75 cents to $16.61 The truck and engine maker reported a wider third-quarter loss and saidthe government may take action against it in a dispute overenvironmental certification of heavy-duty diesel engines.GeoPark Ltd., up 4 cents to $3.94 The Latin American oil and gas exploration company reported thediscovery of a new oil field near its Jacana field in Colombia.H&R Block Inc., up $2.47 to $35.42 The tax preparation company reported better-than-expected first-quarterresults and announced a $3.5 billion stock buyback plan.
NasdaqHeartWare International Inc., down $16.99 to $64.82 The medical device company,focusing on heart pumps,is buying privatelyheld Valtech Cardio for an undisclosed amount.Republic Airways Holdings Inc., down 2 cents to $3.01 Teamsters officials have declined to force a vote on the struggling regionalairline’s final contract offer to its pilots. The Fresh Market Inc., up 83 cents to $21.99 The specialty grocery store operator named veteran food retail executiveRichard Anicetti as the company’s new CEO.SFX Entertainment Inc., down 34 cents to 67 cents. The live and digital entertainment company said that credit ratingdowngrades are causing short-term disruptions to its business.
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By Ken SweetTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — U.S. stocks rebound-ed Wednesday, recovering a significantportion of their losses from the day earli-er. Investors remain on edge after the lat-
est market plunge, which was triggeredby more signs of slowing growth inChina.
The market still has a lot of ground tomake up following last week’s majordeclines.
The Dow Jones industrial averageadded 293.03 points, or 1.8 percent, to16,351.38. That index fell more than 470points the day before. The Standard &Poor’s 500 rose 35.01 points, or 1.8 per-cent, to 1,948.86 and the Nasdaq com-posite rose 113.87 points, or 2.5 percent,4,749.98.
Tax preparation company H&R Blockwas the biggest gainer in the S&P 500,rising $2.47, or 7.5 percent, to $35.42.The company reported a smaller-than-expected loss and announced a $3.5 bil-
lion stock buyback program.The market has been bouncing around
sharply the last few weeks followingsigns of weakness in China and uncer-tainty over when the Federal Reservewill begin raising interest rates. Triple-digit moves in the Dow have been analmost daily occurrence in the pastmonth.
“Investors should expect more volatil-
ity,” said Mark Luschini, chief invest-ment strategist for Janney MontgomeryScott. “The market needs to workthrough this correction, and that couldtake weeks, or maybe months.”
While China remains a dominant forcein traders’ minds, investors are now turn-
ing their attentions toward the U.S.A private survey showed that U.S.
businesses added jobs at a steady pacelast month, with construction and manu-facturing showing solid gains. The pay-roll processor ADP said businesses added190,000 jobs last month, up from177,000 in July, but below a six-monthhigh set in June of 231,000.
The ADP report comes two daysbefore Friday’s August jobs report.Economists are forecasting that U.S.employers created 220,000 jobs inAugust, and that the unemployment ratefell to 5.2 percent.
It will be the last jobs report FederalReserve policymakers have before theirnext policy meeting later this month.Some economists expect the Fed to raise
interest rates for the first time in close toa decade after the meeting.
China remains in focus across financialmarkets. The Shanghai composite indexopened more than 4 percent lower, butturned positive by midday and eventuallyended the day down just 0.2 percent. Thevolatile trading led some analysts to sus-pect Beijing was intervening to supportshare prices before a two-day holiday.
Tracking Chinese shares, other Asianbenchmarks swung between gains andlosses. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng sank 1.2percent. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225index slipped 0.4 percent.
Europe closed modestly higher.Germany’s DAX rose 0.3 percent,
France’s CAC 40 rose 0.3 percent andthe U.K.’s FTSE 100 rose 0.4 percent.
Oil ended a choppy day higher after anEnergy Department report showed adecline in fuel supplies, which suggestsrising demand. U.S. crude rose 84 centsto close at $46.25 a barrel in New York.Brent crude, a benchmark for interna-tional oils used by many U.S. refineries,rose 94 cents to close at $50.50 a barrelin London.
In other futures trading on theNYMEX, wholesale gasoline rose 2.9cents to close at $1.425 a gallon, heatingoil rose 3.1 cents to close at $1.609 a gal-lon and natural gas fell 5.4 cents to closeat $2.648 per 1,000 cubic feet.
U.S. government bond prices fell,pushing the yield on the benchmark 10-
year Treasury note up to 2.19 percentfrom 2.15 percent on Tuesday.
The euro was 0.5 percent lower at$1.1234, a day ahead of the EuropeanCentral Bank’s latest policy meeting. Thedollar rose 0.3 percent to 120.25 yen.
The price of gold edged down $6.20 to$1,133.60 an ounce, silver slipped fivecents to $14.66 an ounce and copper rosethree cents to $2.33 a pound.
Markets rebound a day after big plunge
Tesla says it will takeorders for cheaper car in March
DETROIT — Tesla Motors says it willreveal its lower-cost Model 3 electric car in
March and will start taking orders then.In a tweet Wednesday, Tesla CEO Elon
Musk says the car will start at $35,000, orabout half the starting price of its currentModel S sedan. Musk said the Model 3 willstart production in about two years.
Musk also said deliveries of the Model XSUV — the company’s third vehicle — willbegin Sept. 29. Tesla wouldn’t reveal pricingdetails.
Musk said each trim level of the Model Xwill be around $5,000 more than the equivalenttrim level of the Model S because of the SUV’sgreater size and complexity.
Federal Sony data breachlawsuit settled, lawyer says
LOS ANGELES — Lawyers for formerSony Pictures Entertainment employeeswhose data was breached last year say theyhave tentatively reached a settlement with thecompany.
Wednesday’s filing in a proposed class-action lawsuit does not detail settlement termsor how many current and former Sony employ-ees would be covered by the settlement.
Plaintiffs’ attorney Daniel Girard wrote thathe and fellow lawyers believe the settlement isfavorable to employees whose personal, finan-cial and medical information was postedonline.
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By Sue ManningTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES — You can use wearableswith GPS to keep track of wandering dogs.Others help you track animals’ physical activity.
Now, two companies have the latest inwearable pet technology: collars that cancheck for a fever, monitor pulse and respira-tion, and even indicate if your pet is in pain.
PetPace, based in Burlington,Massachusetts, has a medical collar that canmeasure a dog’s vital signs and other informa-tion to look for signs of pain. Irregularitiestrigger a notice by phone, text or email.Voyce, created by I4C Innovations Inc., andbased in Chantilly, Virginia, has a consumerversion that tracks similar information. It also
has a Voyce Pro that is available to veterinari-ans to prescribe for pets recovering from sur-gery or long-term illness.
Both smart collars can be programmed tomonitor for a pet’s specific illness. Dogs andcats over 8 pounds can use them.
Kenneth Herring, who lives outside Detroit,uses PetPace to monitor his 5-year-old dog,Jack, as part of a test case to see how effectivethe collar is in helping detect epilepsy.
When Jack has a seizure, he keels over onhis side, drools and may lose consciousness,Herring said. So far, his twitching limbs andlack of motion have been enough to trigger analert, and PetPace plans to use what they learnfrom Jack to tailor the collar to other dogswith epilepsy.
Michelle Saltzman, of Bedford,
Massachusetts, uses PetPace for Lucas, a 10-year-old beagle she adopted in October. Lucashas a heart murmur and suffers from fainting
spells, and the monitor allows Saltzman toleave the dog home alone without worrying.PetPace’s medical monitoring collar came
out three years ago and has been tested onthousands of dogs. Voyce for pet owners wasintroduced in the spring, followed by a pro-fessional version for veterinarians in July.More than 100 animal hospitals have signedon to use Voyce Pro, said Emily Hartman,director of product management for I4CInnovations.
PetPace collars are available at petpace.comfor $150 per collar and $15 a month, whileVoyce is available at voyce.com for $200 and$9.95 a month.
New collars monitor pets for pain, problems
By Bree FowlerTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Several of the most popu-lar Internet-connected baby monitors lackbasic security features, making them vulnera-ble to even the most basic hacking attempts,according to a new report from a cybersecuri-ty firm.
The possibility of an unknown personwatching their baby’s every move is a fright-ening thought for many parents who have
come to rely on the devices to keep an eye ontheir little ones. In addition, a hacked cameracould provide access to other Wi-Fi-enableddevices in a person’s home, such as a person-al computer or security system.
The research released Wednesday byBoston-based Rapid7 Inc. looks at nine babymonitors made by eight different companies.They range in price from $55 to $260.
The cameras are often mounted over ababy’s crib or another place where they spenda large amount of time. They work by filming
the child, then sending that video stream to apersonal website or an app on a smartphone ortablet. Some of the cameras also feature noiseor motion detectors and alert parents when thebaby makes a sound or moves.
“There’s a certain leap of faith you’re takingwith your child when you use one of these,”says Mark Stanislav, a senior security consult-ant at Rapid7 and one of the report’s authors.
The Rapid7 researchers found serious secu-rity problems and design flaws in all of thecameras they tested.
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Woodside running back Marcellus Chester-Riley is a frosh-soph call-up who, along with fullback Sione Halaapiapi, is tasked with replacing last year’s standout back David Teu.
By Nathan MollatDAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Losing over two dozen players from oneyear to the next is never an optimum way tobuild a program, but Woodside coach JustinAndrews believes introducing a ton of newstarters and players may actually be benefi-cial.
“We’re going to be breaking in a lot of new starters this year. Last season, we hadover 30 seniors. We’re losing a lot of starters, but we’re bringing back a lot of guys who played a lot,” Andrews said.“These guys have completely, totallyanswered the call. They see the openingsand they are competing relentlessly for thespot s. … As weird as it s ounds, it’s workingin o ur favor, how hungry these g uys are. Wewon’t know for sure until we play a game,but everything I’ve seen so far, these guysare going to step in and play very well.”
Andrews’ biggest decisions will be in theoffensive backfield as the Wildcats need toreplace their starting quarterback and bell-cow running back, who both graduated. Thegood news is, Andrews already has theanswers. The bad news is, he won’t know
exactly what he has until the season starts.Scudder Stockwell will be the new signalcaller. He served as Robert Wang’s backuplast season and, while he did see someaction at quarterback, he spent most of the2014 season at defensive end.
Stockwell did manage to appear in sevengames at quarterback, completing 17 of 28passes for 167 yards and a touchdown.Despite his relative lack of experience,Andrews saw enough from Stockwell lastseason to feel comfortable in naming himthe starter for this season.
“In our last game (of 2014), our startingquarterback went down really early in thefirst quarter. [Stockwell] came in and playedwonderfully. … He jumped in that M-A gameand the offense didn’t miss a beat. He’s beena really good leader. He’s picked up theoffense well,” Andrews said. “He’s bigger(than Wang). A more powerful arm. … We’vedone some things with our offense to makereads easier so there is no indecisiveness for
Wildcats keen on future
By Terry BernalDAILY JOURNAL STAFF
The King’s Academy ran the table inPeninsula Athletic League Lake Division pl aylast year. Even with such a pristine perform-ance, running back Maurice Washington was
just getting warmed up.As a freshman in 2014, Washington gave
the Knights a ground option to balance out arevered air attack. While senior quarterback
Dominic Sabel surpassedthe 2,000-yard passingmark, Washington pacedTKA with 707 rushingyards on just 77 carries,averaging 9.2 yards perrun.
Now a sophomore,Washington will belooked to as the spotlight
skill player of a Knightsteam that graduated 26 players from last year’sLake Division championship team, includingSabel, along with every skill player to handlethe ball in 2014, s ave Washington.
“I have not been around a lot of teams whereyou lose 26 seniors,” TKA head coach MikeJohnson said. “That’s a big number. But whatI do have is a good high school coachingstaff. We have a lot of experienced coaches.”
If anyone can retool the Knights with theirmassive turnover, it’s Mike Johnson. The sec-ond-year coach proved that last season in hisfirst year at a high school helm. Prior to histaking over the program, TKA had recentlybeen a middle-of-the-road .500 team, at best.
That all changed when Mike Johnsonbrought his wealth of coaching experience tothe Sunnyvale school. While he had never run
a high school team previous to 2014, hebrought with him plenty of NCAA Division Iand NFL experience, including stints with theSan Diego Chargers, Atlanta Falcons,
TKA retoolsafter losing26 graduates
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By Beth HarrisTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES — Once Dodgersmanager Don Mattingly crossedthe foul line without signaling thebullpen in the ninth inning,Clayton Kershaw knew he was safeto finish off the Giants.
Mattingly wanted to check onhis ace, who after rolling throughthe first five innings, gave up twotwo-out hits.
Kershaw assured Mattingly hewas just fine and he proved it,striking out Marlon Byrd to closeout a 2-1 v ictory Wednesday ni ghtthat increased the Dodgers’ NL
West lead to 61/2 games.
“These guysare great hit-ters,” Kershawsaid. “Theymade me workthe last inning.It’s definitelydifferent than anormal gamebecause you’re
playing t he team behind you.”Kershaw struck out 15 to set a
season career high with 251 andChase Utley hit a go-ahead homerin the sixth to complete a three-game sweep of th e Giants.
“I’m sure they’re happy now,”Giants second baseman Kelby
Tomlins on sai d, “but hopefully wecan put it together and be the onescelebrating at the end.”
The second-place Giants’ fifthstraight loss left them facing theirlargest division deficit of the sea-son. All three defeats to the Dodgerswere by one run and they havescored just 11 runs during t heir ski d.
“Stranger things have hap-pened,” said Giants manager BruceBochy, who was ejected for thesecond straight game. “Trust me.There’s a lot of baseball left.”
Kershaw in fine form,Giants swept in L.A.
Merry Christmas, Mr.Commissioner. Enjoyyour lump of coal.
Even though the holiday isnearly four
months off,
we already
know what
Roger
Goodell will
find under his
tree on
Christmas
Day. It’s a
movie sched-
uled for
release that morning based on a
true story and bluntly titled
“Concussion. ” It could do for the
NFL what “The Ins ider” did for
Big Tobacco and “Erin
Brockovich” did for big energycompanies.In a t railer released earlier this
week, Will Smith, one of themost bankable stars in showbusiness, portrays Dr. BennetOmalu. He’s a Nigerian-bornforensic patholo gist who identi-fied a degenerative disease infootball players known as CTE,or chroni c traumaticencephalopathy, and is stunned tofind the league trying t o discredithis research at every turn.
Has NFL’s PR machinefinally met its match?
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CANTON, Ohio — Edward DeBartolo Jr.,who as owner of the 4 9ers helped build oneof the NFL’s dynasties, is a finalist for the2016 class of the Pro Football Hall of Fameas a contributor.
DeBartolo was nominated Wednesday bythe nine-member contributors committee.Elections will be held on Feb. 6 , the n ight
before the Super Bowl. DeBartolo, 68, mustreceive 80 p ercent of the ball ots t o be elect-ed to the Hall of Fame.
Under DeBartolo’s ownership, SanFrancisco won five Super Bowls in the1980 s and ‘90s. They won at least 10 gamesin 17 seasons and appeared in 1 0 conferencetitle games.
“People talk abo ut San Francisco and howthings are,” DeBartolo said in a phoneinterview from his ranch in Montana. “Thesong really is, you leave your heart in SanFrancisco. And I certainly did. I left someblood, sweat and tears, too. I had greatmoments and I had great friends, and it wasgreat being with the people that I was with.It was just a wonderful experience.”
DeBartolo bought the team in 1977. Inhis best move, DeBartolo hired coach Bill
Walsh, then went about building a team forhim. Walsh and other Hall of Famers onthose teams include Joe Montana, JerryRice, Ron nie Lott, Steve Young and CharlesHaley. DeBartolo p resented Montana, Rice,Walsh, Fred Dean and Haley for inductioninto the Canton shrine.
A popular owner with the players,DeBartolo was kno wn for spending freely to
make sure San Francisco was a po pular land-
ing spot for free agents, and a comfortableplace for all 49ers to stay.
“My life kind of flashed before me goingback to t he early days with Bill and with allour great players and all the great playersthat we played against,” DeBartolo said.“The culmination of my entire football life.
“They all kind of jumbled together, start-ing off in 1977 and bringing Bill in in
1979. The draft that we had that started
everything, and all the great players thatwent through our doors and played atCandlestick and on the field. Everything
just goes t hrough your mind.“I never expected this. It’s very, very
humbling.”DeBartolo owned the team until 1998,
when legal probl ems forced him to turn overthe 49ers to his sister, Denise.
Eddie D. finalist for Football Hall of Fame
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Former 49ers owner Eddie DeBartolo, architect of the 49ers dynasty that started with the firstof five world championships in Super Bowl XVI, was nominated Wednesday as a finalist forenshrinement in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Raiders sign free agent LB AlexanderALAMEDA — The Oakland Raiders have
signed free agent linebacker LorenzoAlexander.
The Raiders waived linebacker HoraceMiller on Wednesday tomake room on the rost er.
Alexander is enteringhis ninth NFL season. Hehas played for Washingtonand Arizona and spent timeon the practice squads forCarolina and Baltimore inhis career.
Alexander has played111 games with 154tackles, nine sacks,
three forced fumbles, three fumble recover-ies and six passes defensed. He also has 94special teams tackles i n his career.
RG3 makes first commentssince losing Redskins QB job
WASHINGTON — Robert Griffin III hasmade his first public remarks since losingthe Redskins’ starting quarterback job toKirk Cousins.
While accepting a team award for communi-
ty work with military families, Griffinpledged to cont inue his vol unteer efforts, say-ing “the one thing you have is your word.”
Speaking at a team luncheon, Griffin alsopraised his teammates for leading him “in theright direction” in community service. Whiletaking the podium, he received a standingovation from roughly 500 attendees.
Redskins coach Jay Gruden choseCousins as the starter on Monday. Cousinsand Griffin entered the luncheon side byside during team introduction s.
Ex-NFL running back Phillipscharged with killing cellmate
BAKERSFIELD — Former NFL runningback Lawrence Phillips has been chargedwith murder in the death of his cellmate at a
Central California prison.Phillips i s suspected of killin g 37 -year-
old Damion So ward at Kern Valley StatePrison in April. Officials determinedSoward was strangled.
The Kern County district attorney’s officesays the 40-year-old Phillips faces a first-degree murder charge.
Phillips was once one of the nation’s topcollege football players at Nebraska. Heplayed for the St. Louis Rams, MiamiDolphins and San Francisco 49ers during athree-year NFL career.
Phillips is serving a sentence of more than31 years. He was convicted of choking hisgirlfriend and later of driving his car intothree teens after a pickup football game.
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By Andrew SeligmanTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO — Lance Briggs, a seven-timePro Bowl linebacker who helped the ChicagoBears reach the Super Bowl, plans to retire.
Briggs said Wednesday afternoon duringCSN Chicago’s telecast of the Cubs’ gameagainst the Reds at Wrigley Field that he isready t o call it a career.
He said he plans to submit his retirementpapers soon, although he did not complete-ly shut the door on playing again for theright offer.
“If somebody called me and they said,‘Hey Lance, we’d like you to come playfootball,’ I’m gonna say I’m happilygonna retire,” Briggs said. “And if theysaid ‘well, Lance, you know we’re gonnaoffer you this,’ I’m gonna say ‘well,there’s a good chance you’re gonna have anew football p layer.”’
A third-round pick out of Arizona i n 2 003,
Briggs played 12 sea-sons for Chicago andmade seven consecutivePro Bowls. Along withBrian Urlacher, he led adefense that consistently
ranked among theleague’s best in hisprime, and helped the2006 team win the NFCchampionship before
losing to Indianapolis in the Super Bowl.Briggs had 16 interceptions, 15 sacks
and five touchdowns in his career. But aftermissing just four games from 2003 to2012, Briggs struggled to stay healthy thepast two seasons.
He played in just eight games in 2014,missing three because of a rib injury andthe final five because of a groin injury.
Briggs met with the San Francisco 49ersin March, but drew minimal interest as afree agent.
Former Bears LB Briggs plans to retire
Lance Briggs
Harbaugh returnlooms large overMichigan openerBy Kareem CopelandTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SALT LAKE CITY — After eight months of living in the spotlight as college football’s
latest rock star, JimHarbaugh is ready to movepast the hyp e and get grit-ty on the football field.
Michigan travels toUtah on Thursday nightfor their season opener, agame that has to somedegrees been overshad-owed by the hype sur-rounding Harbaugh’s
return to the college ranks. Not that all the
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Kershaw (12-6) beat the Giants for the firsttime in four starts thi s season. He allowed onerun and six hits and walked one on a careerhigh-tying 132 pitches for his third completegame of the season.
Kershaw leads the National League instrikeouts, surpassing his career-best of 248set in 2011. His 15 strikeouts tied a careerhigh after having 14 against th e Cubs in hisprevious start.
Kershaw created suspense for a crowd of 41,6 48 that was on its feet in the ninth. Withtwo outs, the Giants put the tying and go-
ahead runs on base after Matt Duffy and BusterPosey had consecutive singles. Kershawpumped his arms after striking out Byrd.
Kershaw became the first NL pitcher tostrike out 250 batters in a season since TimLincecum of the Giants fanned 261 in 2009.
Mike Leake (9-7) gave up two runs and fivehits in seven innings, struck out three andwalked none. He is winless in five starts sin cethe Giants acquired him from Cincinnati onJuly 30.
Kershaw’s performance gave the Dodgers’oft-shaky bullpen a rest after it came up big inthe series’ first two games, a 5-4, 1 4-inningwin Monday and a 2 -1 vi ctory Tuesday.
Utley’s first homer as a Dodger put the t eam
ahead for good, 2-1.The Giants tied the game 1-all in the sixth
on a RBI singl e by Angel Pagan.Los Angeles l ed 1-0 on Carl Crawford’s RBI
double in the second.Bochy was ejected in the dugout after
Brandon Belt struck out leading off theeighth. He claimed it was a checked swing andappealed to third base umpire Mike Winters,who tossed Bochy before the manager cameonto the field to argue in person.
By Janie McCauley THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
OAKLAND — Sonny Gray’s teammateshad just given him a nice boost with threeruns in the bottom of the first after the
Angels put up a four-spot in the top half.Then a healthy Albert Pujols stepped in for
a mighty swing in the second, hitting a two-run drive to make him one of four playerswith 10 35-homer seasons in their first 15years, leading Los Angeles past the AL ERAleader and the Oakland Athletics 9-4 onWednesday.
“I gave up four and then we came back andput up three and then to give up two backthere in the second, it kind of took the airright out of us,” Gray said.
Josh Phegley hit a two-run homer in thebotto m of th e first when th e A’s pulled with-in 4-3, then Brett Lawrie hit his 15th l eadingoff the eighth against reliever Joe Smith.Oakland has homered in a season-high ninestraight games, hitting 12 total.
Pujols had an RBI single in the first
inning, then hit his 555th homer in the sec-ond that tied Dominican Republic country-man Manny Ramirez for 14th on t he all-timelist. He joined Hall of Famers Willie Mays(10) and Mike Schmidt (11) and Yankeesslugger Alex Rodriguez (12) to have reached35 home runs 10 or more times in their first15 seasons.
“It’s something I don’t look for everyyear, I just try to be healthy and do whateverit takes to help our organization win,”Pujols said. “I got my legs back healthy andI felt great in spring training. . .. Manny isprobably one of the best right-handed hit-ters that ever played this game. He’s prettyamazing. To be on the same page with himand along the way with s o many great hittersthat I’ve passed this year, i t’s awesome. It’ssomething I don’t try to get caught up too
much. At the end of my career, I keep telli ngyou guys for 15 years, I can look back andenjoy h ow blessed I’ve been.”
Andrew Heaney (6-2) struck out six anddidn’t walk a batter in s even inni ngs t o end a
six-start winless stretch. He had gone 0-2since a victory agains t Texas on July 26 .Gray (12-7) lost his third straight deci-
sion, matching his career high with sixearned runs allowed for the first time sinceexactly a year earlier on Sept. 2, 2014, atSeattle.
The All-Star righty gave up four straightsingles to start the game. Gray’s wild pitchscored the first o f four runs in the inn ing.
Gray lost to th e Angels for the first t ime infive starts this season after beginning 3-0.
Billy Burns and Danny Valencia returned tothe Oakland lineup after each sat Tuesday torest their ailin g bodies. Valencia hit an RBIsingle but the A’s still couldn’t give Grayenough support, a common pattern this year.
“They had a good approach on him, andsometimes your best guys are going to give
up some hits,” manager Bob Melvin said.“Some of the pitches they hit were good
pitches, a couple of them were up, but I did-n’t thin k overall his stuff was too bad.”
David Murphy and David Freese singledhome runs in the first inning and C.J. Cronhad an RBI groundout as Gray fell behind.Gray dropped to 7-3 in 12 starts against theAL West this year and 19-8 for his career.
Trainer’s roomRHP reliever Evan Scribner has a tear in
his lat muscle behind his pitching shoulderand is done for the season. He had a similarinjury in 2011. ... OF Sam Fuld (backspasms) missed a third straight game andcould need a few more days. ... Oaklandoptioned RHP Cody Martin to Triple-ANashvi lle a day after taking a lo ss in h is firstcareer start.
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