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Weekend • Sept. 12-13, 2015 • Vol XVI, Edition 23
CRANE COLLAPSEWORLD PAGE 8
SHP FALLSTO RIORDAN
SPORTS PAGE 11
‘SOMEONE ELSE’IS REFRESHING
WEEKEND JOURNAL PAGE 19
107 DEAD IN ACCIDENT AT MECCA’S GRAND MOSQUE
By Jeanita LymanDAILY JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT
Brewers are a passionate bunch,particularly brewery owners.
Combining passion with runninga business can leave little time foranything else, but LennyMendonca, of Half Moon BayBrewing Company, manages to not
only juggle his interest in politics
with his love of brewing, but tocombine themseamlessly.
“We do anA l e c t i o n , ”Mendonca said.“We started it inthe 2008 elec-tion, the presi-
dential election,
so we had a McCain ale and anObama ale, then in 2012 we had anObama and a Romney ale, and we’lldo one in 2016. It’s been really funbecause, now people know this, butthe first one we had them labeledseparately and we had a TV crewcome in and ask people which beerthey liked better. Everyone had areally strong opinion; they’d tell
you exactly why that one was better,
and at the end of it we’d tell themit’s the exact same beer but with dif-ferent labels. The president(Obama) really loves it.”
Although he grew up in a ruralcommunity and had only left thestate once for a sixth-grade tripbefore he set off to study politicsand economics at HarvardUniversity, Mendonca’s interest in
his community and in politics were
budding early on.“By far the most important influ-
ences for me were my grandfatherand father, who started farms andwere also deeply involved in thecommunity in the Central Valley,”Mendonca said.
His interest continued to blossomat Harvard, where he established the
A ‘retirement’ that mixes politics with pintsLenny Mendonca leads ‘Brews and Views’ at Half Moon Bay Brewing Company
By Bill SilverfarbDAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Although Mayor Jeff Gee saidcongestion on Farm Hill Boulevardhas declined significantly sinceTuesday, he also said the pilot pro-gram to restripe the thoroughfare forsafety reasons may be shortened.
The council approved a one-yearpilot program to reduce the numberof lanes from four to three, which
includes a left turn center lane, andtwo bicycle lanes, on Farm HillBoulevard and Jefferson Avenue.
On Tuesday, traffic was snarledon Farm Hill and Jefferson so bad in
the morning that it caused angrycommuters to call for an end to thepilot on the very day it started.
Councilman Ian Bain told theDaily Journal Wednesday thatapproving the pilot may have been amistake by the council.
Councilwomen Alicia Aguirre andRosanne Foust also expressed dis-pleasure with how the city rolled outthe program.
In a letter to residents, Gee saidthe city anticipates the congestion tobe short term.
“We recognize that the changes
City rethinkspilot program
for Farm HillLane reduction plan caused chaos,community dissent in Redwood City
By Juliet WilliamsTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SACRAMENTO — A bipartisangroup of 47 state Assembly mem-bers delivered a letter to Gov. JerryBrown on Friday asking him todeclare a special session to tackle
problems related to California’songoing drought.
In the letter provided to theAssociated Press, they say a special
session is needed to address theunprecedented water crisis, whichcould worsen as California faces theprospect of an El Nino weather pat-tern that could bring severe flood-ing.
“We have seen from widespreadreports that as much as half of the
$687 million set aside to helpdrought-stricken communities
Lawmakers want specialsession to tackle drought
LennyMendonca See LENNY, Page 24
THOMAS JUNG (ABOVE), NICK ROSE (LEFT)/DAILY JOURNAL
On Friday, Sept. 11, SanMateo police officers andfire personnel paid theirrespects to all who weretragically killed on Sept. 11,2001, followed by specialmemorial tributeshonoring the firstresponders who diedtrying to save them at FireStation 21. Above, Joseph
Trinidad, left, presentsFirefighter ParamedicDarren Shimamoto with acard he made inappreciation for all theprotection the police andfire departments provide.
FOR MORE 9 11
COVERAGE SEE PAGE 7
DAY OF REMEMBRANCE
See FARM HILL, Page 24
See DROUGHT, Page 18
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Thought for the Day“Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not
courageous; it is nothing if it is not ridiculous.”— Thornton Wilder, American playwright
Actor Ian Holm is84.
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Saturday: Mostly cloudy. Highs in thelower 70s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.Saturday night: Mostly cloudy. Lows inthe upper 50s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.Sunday: Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.Sunday night: Mostly clear in the eveningthen becoming mostly cloudy. Patchy fogand drizzle after midnight. Lows in the upper 50s. Southwestwinds 5 to 10 mph.
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In 1814, the Battle of North Point took place in Marylandduring the War of 1812 as American forces slowed Britishtroops advancing on Baltimore.In 1846, Elizabeth Barrett secretly married RobertBrowning at St. Marylebone Church in London.In 1914, during World War I, the First Battle of the Marneended in an Allied victory against Germany.In 1938, Adolf Hitler demanded the right of self-determina-tion for the Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia.In 1944, the Second Quebec Conference opened withPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime MinisterWinston Churchill in attendance.In 1953, Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kennedy marriedJacqueline Lee Bouvier in Newport, Rhode Island.
In 1960, Democratic presidential candidate John F.Kennedy addressed questions about his Roman Catholicfaith, telling a Southern Baptist group, “I do not speak formy church on public matters, and the church does not speakfor me.”In 1974, Emperor Haile Selassie was deposed by Ethiopia’smilitary after ruling for 58 years.In 1977, South African black student leader Steve Bik diedwhile in police custody, triggering an international outcry.In 1986, Joseph Cicippio, the acting comptroller at theAmerican University in Beirut, was kidnapped (he wasreleased in December 1991).In 1995, the Belarusian military shot down a hydrogen bal-loon during an international race, killing its two Americanpilots, John Stuart-Jervis and Alan Fraenckel.
Victoria Woodhull (1838-1927)was the first woman nominatedfor U.S. presidency. The People’s
Party nominated the entrepreneur andsocial activist in 1872.
***Tylenol and chocolate are poisonous tocats.
***Marion Morrison (1907-1979) got hisacting moniker from a producer whothought the actor’s given name wasn’t“American” enough. The producerassigned the name John Wayne to theactor for his leading role in “The BigTrail” (1930).
***More than one-third of the world’s com-mercial supply of pineapples is grown inHawaii.
***There is a Bible-themed miniature golf course in Lexington, Kentucky. Playersputt through the Garden of Eden, Noah’s
Ark and the parted Red Sea.***
The first no-smoking law was passed inMassachusetts in 1683. Smoking wasforbidden outdoors because it was a fire
hazard. Fines were used to buy equip-ment for fighting fires.
***Parker Brothers prints $50 billion worthof Monopoly money annually. Do youknow how much money comes in eachgame? Remember how much moneyeach player receives at the beginning of the game? See answer at end.
***Most people receive eight birthday cards,on average.
***Claustrophobia is a fear of enclosedplaces; pretty common. Not so commonis claustrophilia, an abnormal desire to beconfined in an enclosed space.
***Americans expect a pair of jeans to last2.8 years.
***On a cross-country trip, San Francisco toNew York, a Boeing 767 passenger jetuses 7,400 gallons of fuel. That’s 37 gal-lons per person on a typical 200-passen-ger flight.
***Dinosaurs walked the Earth during theTriassic period, 190 to 230 million yearsago.
***The highest waterfall in the world isAngel Falls in Canaima National Park,Venezuela. The falls are 3,212 feet high.
***Henry Phillips (1890-1958), an Oregon
businessman, invented the Phillipsscrewdriver in 1936. The easy-to-usecrosshead Phillips screwdriver quicklybecame essential on automobile assem-bly lines.
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A person’s foot has an average of 250,000 sweat glands. There are moresweat glands per inch in our feet thananywhere else on the body.
***During a storm in Bangladesh in 1986,92 people were killed by hailstones thatweighed up to 2.2 pounds each.
***The three most common elements in theEarth’s crust, in order, are oxygen, siliconand aluminum.
***The traditional British dish of fried pota-to and cabbage is called bubble andsqueak, named for the action and soundmade during the cooking process.
***In the opening credits of “The Simpsons”(1989-present), 1-year-old Maggie ringsup as $847.63 on the grocery store scan-ner.
***Bill Haley (1925-1981) and His Cometswere influential in making rock ‘n’ roll anational phenomenon, thanks to theirpopular hit song “Rock Around theClock” (1954).
*** Answer : Each Monopoly game comeswith $15,140. Each player receives$1,500 at the beginning of the game; five$1’s, five $5’s, five $10’s, six 20’s, two$50’s, two $100’s and two $500’s. Monopoly is the most played board gamein the world.
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Actor Dickie Moore (“Our Gang”) is 90. Actor Freddie Jonesis 88. U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., is 76. Actress LindaGray is 75. Singer Maria Muldaur is 73. Actor Joe Pantoliano is64. Singer-musician Gerry Beckley (America) is 63. OriginalMTV VJ Nina Blackwood is 63. Rock musician Neil Peart(Rush) is 63. Actor Peter Scolari is 60. Kansas Gov. SamBrownback is 59. Actress Rachel Ward is 58. Actress AmyYasbeck is 53. Rock musician Norwood Fisher (Fishbone) is 50.Actor Darren E. Burrows is 49. Rock singer-musician Ben Folds(Ben Folds Five) is 49. Rock musician Larry LaLonde (Primus)is 47. Golfer Angel Cabrera is 46. Actor-singer Will Chase is 45.Actor Josh Hopkins is 45. Country singer Jennifer Nettles is 41.
In a speech at Rice University inHouston, President John F. Kennedyreaffirmed his support for the manned
space program, declaring: “We chooseto go to the moon in this decade and do
the other things, not because they are easy, but because theyare hard.”1962
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Suspicious circumstances. Four suspectsattempted to shoplift at a store on RalstonAvenue before 7:17 p.m. Monday, Sept. 7.Suspicious person. A man was observeddrinking beer and smoking on El Camino Realbefore 1:38 p.m. Monday, Sept. 7.Disturbance. Suspects were seen goingthrough dumpsters on Continental Way before5:20 a.m. Monday, Sept. 7.Suspicious circumstances. Four suspectswere observed climbing on the roof of aschool on Alameda de las Pulgas before 11:03p.m. Sunday, Sept 6.Citizen Assist. Eggs were thrown at a houseon Northampton Lane before 11:39 p.m.Sunday, Sept. 6.
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Lost property. A wallet was lost on MetroCenter Boulevard before 7:41 p.m.Wednesday, Sept. 9.Burglary. A helmet and laptop were takenfrom a garage on Celestial Lane before 8:36a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9.Shoplift. Someone stole $100 of merchandisefrom a store on Veterans Boulevard before1:29 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8.Disturbance. Someone had a gun and waswaving it at a woman and her brother near agarage on Yarnall Place before 2:27 a.m.Tuesday, Sept. 8.
Police reports
Game overA man was repeatedly banging on thewalls when he lost at his video game andwas disturbing his neighbor on MiddleRoad in Belmont before 10:49 p.m.Tuesday, Sept. 1.
By James Lanaras
BAY CITY NEWS SERVICE
An investigation by San Rafael and San
Mateo police led to the arrest of two Bay Arearesidents suspected of two armed robberies inSan Rafael this month.
A male suspect robbed a 72-year-old manand a 56-year-od woman in the 200 block of CStreet around 11:20 p.m. Sept. 2, San Rafaelpolice Lt. Dan Fink said.
The male suspect put a gun to the back of the woman’s head and demanded money.When no money was found, the suspect tookthe man’s wallet containing cash and creditcards which were later used at a conveniencestore in Albany and the next day at a conven-ience store in San Mateo, Fink said. Bothtransactions were recorded on video.
San Rafael police sent the video to law
enforcement agencies in the Bay Area and SanMateo police identified the male suspect asParis Kurt Ragland Jr., 30, of Pittsburg and afemale seen in the video as Danielle KristinO’Connor, 26, of Redwood City, Fink said.
On Wednesday around 1 a.m., a 63-year-oldwoman was choked and hit in the head with agun until she was unconscious in the 200block of Merrydale Road in San Rafael, Finksaid. The woman had surgery and is in stablecondition.
The suspect took the woman’s purse, whichwas found at 11 a.m. Wednesday, and policedetermined the woman’s credit card was usedin the same convenience store on C Street in
San Rafael, Fink said. That transaction alsowas captured on video.
Detectives identified O’Connor as thewoman in the second video and notified SanMateo police both she and Ragland werewanted in connection with both robberies,Fink said.
San Mateo police located a vehicle theybelieved belonged to the two suspects around7:45 p.m. Wednesday in a parking lot of a SanMateo hotel, Fink said.
Ragland and O’Connor left a rented roomand drove away but were stopped and arrestedby San Mateo police based on informationfrom San Rafael police. A handgun and evi-dence from the Merrydale Road robbery werefound in the suspects’ vehicle, Fink said.
Ragland and O’Connor were booked in theMarin County Jail. O’Connor posted bail andRagland’s bail is $250,000.
San Mateo police assists SanRafael with robbery arrests
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STATE GOVERNMENT• The Assembly passed Assembly Bill 339, authored by
Assemblyman Rich Gordon, D-Menlo Park.The bill would cap the amount an individual pays out-of-pocket at
$250 for a single 30-day prescription. Californians with cancer,HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis or other seriousconditions can face costs of thousands of dollars for necessary med-ications and can pay as much as $6,600 out of pocket, according to
Gordon’s office.The Assembly passed the legislation Friday in a vote of 45-21. The Senate passed AB 339
Thursday with a vote of 25-13. The bill now goes to Gov. Jerry Brown for consideration.• A bill authored by Gordon to allow people who grow fruit and vegetables in their per-
sonal, community, school or culinary gardens have an easier time selling or giving their pro-duce away passed the Legislature.
Assembly Bill 234 clarifies and expands Assembly Bill 1990 (Gordon, 2014) by author-izing a community food producer or gleaner to sell or provide whole uncut fruit or vegeta-bles, or unrefrigerated eggs directly to a permitted food facility instead of just a restaurant,in addition to direct sales to the public and to cottage food operators. The legislation alsoexcuses growers who donate their fruits and vegetables to food banks from registering withthe local health enforcement agencies, according to Gordon’s office.
The Assembly passed AB 234 Friday with a vote of 53-10 and a Senate vote of 27-13Thursday. The bill now goes to Brown for consideration.
Joseph Edmund FlemingJoseph Edmund Fleming, 74, of Redwood
City died Sept. 6, 2015, surrounded by familyand was laid to rest at Skylawn Cemetery inSan Mateo Sept. 10, 2015.
Born in upstate New York, Joe went into theU.S. Marine Corps at 18. He married MadgeRiney and raised their three daughters in theBay Area where he ran his company MenloConstruction for over 30 years. Joe is survivedby his wife of 53 years, Madge Marie Riney,daughters Paula Fleming, Susie Barnhill and
Yvonne Page along with grandchildren JackieMurray, Travis Ganley, Jillian Mazloum,Kelly and Bryce Barnhill. Two sisters CarolynRigler and Ann Eppelman and his beloved dogKing Arthur.
“We will always hold your memory in ourhearts!”
A memorial service will be 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Oct.4 at American Legion Hall in San Carlos. Pleasesign the guestbook at www.crippenflynn.com.
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SAN JOSE — Niall Murray heard a “bigrumble” and then saw two of his friendsfalling alongside him as the Berkeley,California, balcony they packed for a partysnapped and dumped more than a dozen col-lege students to the pavement below.
Murray, 21, was among seven Irish studentsinjured in the June 16 fall that killed six other
young people. In some of the first public com-ments from a victim of the collapse, Murraysaid Friday that he would give anything to goback and warn his friends not to go out on thebalcony.
He had been at the party for his friend’s 21stbirthday for about half an hour. At one point,he went inside before returning to the balcony.Everyone was joking and laughing, playing agame where the birthday girl gets 21 kisses.Minutes later, he heard the rumble.
“I remember the night. The only thing Idon’t remember is how I hit the ground. I fig-ured I must have done something like that toprotect my head,” Murray said as he placedhis hands on the left side of his face.
After that, he remembers being put on agurney by paramedics and waking up in theemergency room. He still has flashbacks of the gurney.
Murray said his friends’ deaths haunt himnearly three months later.
Irish student hurt in balcony collapse recalls ‘big rumble’
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State lawmakers approve right-to-die legislationSACRAMENTO — California lawmakers gave final approval
Friday to a bill that would allow terminally ill patients to legallyend their lives.
The measure faces an uncertain future with Gov. Jerry Brown,a former Jesuit seminarian who has not said whether he will signit. Senators approved the bill on a 23-14 vote after an emotionaldebate on the final day of the legislative session.
“Eliminate the needless pain and the long suffering of thosewho are dying,” urged Democratic Sen. Lois Wolk, one of the
bill’s co-authors.Opponents said the measure could prompt premature suicides.“I’m not going to push the old or the weak out of this world,
and I think that could be the unintended consequence of this leg-islation,” said Republican Sen. Ted Gaines.
The measure to allow doctors to prescribe life-ending medica-tion succeeded on its second attempt after the heavily publicizedcase of Brittany Maynard. The 29-year-old California womanwith brain cancer moved to Oregon to legally take her life.
By Lisa Leff THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SACRAMENTO — With Californiavoters likely to consider legalizing recre-ational marijuana use next year, lawmak-ers appeared poised to regulate and rein in
the state’s free-wheeling medical marijua-na industry ahead of a legislative deadline.
The Legislature was expected to finishvoting Friday on a package of bills thatwould create the first statewide licensingand operating rules for pot growers andretail weed outlets since the state becamethe first to legalize medical marijuana in1996.
“After 20 years, we have an agreementon a comprehensive regulatory regimeand that is historic,” said AssemblymanRob Bonta, D-Oakland, the lead author of the main Assembly bill. “We knew it hadto be done this year.”
The framework seeks to manage med-ical marijuana from seed to smoke, calling
for 17 separate license categories, detailedlabeling requirements and a product track-ing system complete with bar codes andshipping manifests.
If enacted as drafted, it would not onlyimpose strict controls on an industry thatnever has had to comply with any but pro-
vide a template for how recreational mar-ijuana might be treated if it is legalized.
Another major piece of legislationawaiting legislative action Friday includ-ed a landmark climate change bill thatGov. Jerry Brown and Senate PresidentPro Tem Kevin de Leon were forced toscale back this week, and dozens of otherbills.
Among the laws that made it to the gov-ernor’s desk on the Legislature’s last dayof business was a bill that would allow ter-minally ill patients to legally end theirlives. The measure faces an uncertainfuture with Gov. Jerry Brown, a formerJesuit seminarian who has not saidwhether he will sign it.
Also Friday, a bipartisan group of 47state Assembly members delivered a letterto Brown asking him to declare a specialsession to tackle problems related toCalifornia’s ongoing drought.
Racing to meet a deadline for passingthe marijuana plan hashed out late
Thursday, senators on Friday nightapproved two of the three bills comprisingthe regulatory structure.
One, AB266 by Assemblyman RobBonta, D-Oakland, establishes a Bureauof Medical Marijuana Regulation to over-see licensing and operating rules for potgrowers, marijuana product producers andretail shops. It passed on a 30-9 vote.
The other bill, AB243 by AssemblymanJim Wood of Healdsburg, authorizes thestate to use licensing fees to carry out theframework and a fund for helping localgovernments address environmental prob-lems associated with marijuana cultiva-tion.
It passed 30-8.
Bills to regulate medical marijuanaclear state Senate ahead of deadline
By Terence Cheaand Krinsten J. BenderTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SACRAMENTO — Three Americans whostopped a gunman on a Paris-bound passengertrain talked about the significance of 9/11 onFriday at a festive parade hosted by theirCalifornia hometown and in an interview toair on national television.
It was a rare appearance by all three child-hood friends — U.S. Airman Spencer Stone,Oregon National Guardsman Alek Skarlatosand Anthony Sadler — since their ordeal inAugust.
They spoke to Megyn Kelly of Fox News’“The Kelly File” before joining a “hometownheroes” parade hosted by Sacramento MayorKevin Johnson.
The men have become widely lauded fig-ures and sudden celebrities, making appear-ances on late-night talk shows, receiving acongratulatory call from President BarackObama and earning France’s highest honorfrom President Francois Hollande.
Kelly asked the trio whether they have adifferent appreciation of what happened 14
years ago when the twin towers fell Sept. 11,2001.“I feel so much more connected to terrorist
attacks and things like that and victims of ter-rorist attacks,” said Skarlatos, 22, in an
excerpt released before the interview airsFriday night. “That easily could have been usif any one of six or seven things went a dif-ferent way.”
Sadler, 23, said he visited the 9/11 memori-
al in New York recently “and it just gave mea whole new perspective. I was just apprecia-tive of the names on the stones out therebecause that could have easily been us, just aseasy.”
Later, the friends stood on a float reading“Sacramento Hometown Heroes” as hundredsof people filled the streets to honor the men.The lunchtime mood was festive with march-ing bands, classic cars, patriotic balloons andlots of confetti.
“We love Sacramento, and we neverthought anything like this would happen,”said Stone, 23.
Each of the men took the stage on the stepsof the California Capitol briefly following theparade.
“This support is amazing and we all loveyou,” Stone said, “and like Anthony said, wedon’t want to forget why we’re gatheredtoday.”
The parade was held to honor the trio aswell as to remember victims of the Sept. 11terror attacks. A moment of silence was heldfor those who died 14 years ago. A C-17Globemaster out of Travis Air Force Baseflew overhead before the men spoke.
Robert Greer, 69, watched the floats andsaid the city was proud.
“This is about the most exciting thing I’veeven seen happen in Sacramento,” Greer said.“What a tremendous thing they did for Franceand our country, too.”
Mayor Kevin Johnson called the turnout“unbelievable.”
“We cannot be prouder as a city than we areright now, Sacramento,” Johnson said.
French train heroes: Foiling attack gives new view on 9/11
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Alek Skarlatos, from left, Spencer Stone and Anthony Sadler, who helped thwart an attack ona French train last August, wave to the crowd after a parade honoring them in Sacramento.
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Rick Perry first to exit2016 Republican presidential race
ST. LOUIS — Out of money and relegated once again to theback-of-the-pack debate, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry on
Friday dropped out of the race for presi-dent, ending his second bid for theRepublican presidential nomination andbecoming the first major candidate of the2016 campaign to give up on the White
House.The longest-serving governor in Texas
history, who had never lost an electionuntil he started running for president, tolda group of conservative activists in St.Louis that “some things have become
clear” and that it was time to suspend his campaign.“We have a tremendous field of candidates — probably the
greatest group of men and women,” Perry said. “I step asideknowing our party is in good hands, as long as we listen to thegrassroots, listen to that cause of conservatism. If we do that,then our party will be in good hands.”
High blood pressure: Studybacks more aggressive treatment
WASHINGTON — A major new study shows treating highblood pressure more aggressively than usual cuts the risk of heart disease and death in people over age 50, the National
Institutes of Health said Friday.How tightly to control hypertension is controversial, espe-
cially as people get older. But the study’s preliminary resultsshowed strong enough benefits that NIH stopped the researchabout a year early.
“More intensive management of high blood pressure in peo-ple 50 years and older can save lives and reduce cardiovascu-lar complications such as heart attacks,” said Dr. GaryGibbons, director of the NIH’s National Heart, Lung andBlood Institute, which sponsored the study.
An estimated 1 in 3 adults in the U.S. has high blood pres-sure, raising the risk of heart attacks, stroke, kidney failure andother health problems.
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California town told toprepare to leave as wildfire surges
SAN ANDREAS — A wildfire in Northern California grewexplosively Friday, forcing hundreds of people to evacuatefrom rural communities, destroying six homes, threateningthousands more, and prompting a state-of-emergency declara-tion from the governor.
“It’s expanding like a balloon,” state fire spokeswomanNancy Longmore said. “It’s moving very fast. There’s manyhomes threatened. ... This fire is extremely dangerous.”
The fire that had only burned about a single square mileThursday morning had surged to 101 square miles by Fridayevening. It was 5 percent contained.
At one point, the blaze was bearing down on the 2,700 resi-dents of San Andreas, prompting an evacuation order for theentire town 60 miles southeast of Sacramento. But the firechanged direction, and the order was called off a short timelater, state fire spokesman Daniel Berlant said.
Around the state
By Bill Barrow and Ken ThomasTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SUMTER, S.C. — The BernieSanders phenomenon has been drivenalmost entirely by white supporters.
Now the Vermont senator is out to over-come hurdles with prospective blackvoters who are still learning about himand could shape whether his underdogcampaign for the 2016 Democratic nom-ination can last.
Sanders, who organized sit-ins oversegregated housing as a college studentduring the civil rights movement, mustcut into Hillary Rodham Clinton’sadvantage with African-Americans if he’s to do well in South Carolina’sFebruary primary, where more than half the voters are expected to be black, andin other Southern states that follow inMarch.
Polls find the independent Vermontsenator building a lead over Clinton in
New Hampshire andclosing the gap inIowa, two mainlywhite states verymuch unlike themore diverse Super
Tuesday states of Alabama, Georgia,Tennessee, Virginiaand others.
The independentVermont senator and
his advisers say his policies and person-al story can resonate among black voters— if the campaign can reach them. Hesays he plans to emphasize his personalefforts more as he campaigns, beginningthis weekend with a swing throughGeorgia, South Carolina and NorthCarolina.
“I believe when the African-Americancommunity in South Carolina andaround the country understands that Ihave one of the strongest civil rights
records in Congressand was involved inthe civil rights move-ment for many yearsbefore I went toCongress, they will
respond,” Sanderssaid in an interview.
That would mark ashift from recentmonths. At severalappearances in
South Carolina in August, he drew over-whelmingly white audiences, and hehasn’t talked much about his civil rightspast.
He’s been linking his policy proposalsto challenges in the African-Americancommunity, citing dire economic statis-tics for blacks, blasting private, for-prof-it prisons and their role in incarcerationof young black males, and bemoaning“institutional racism” and militarizationof local police forces.
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People read the victims’ names of the 9/11 Empty Sky memorial at sunrise across from New York’s Lower Manhattan and OneWorld Trade Center.
Amid ongoing crisis,Baltimore mayor won’t seek re-election
BALTIMORE — Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s announcement Friday that she won’t seek re-election
in 2016 comes as the city struggles to sta-bilize in the wake of riots, a harrowingspike in violence, and the firing of a policecommissioner who oversaw a departmentnow under federal investigation.
Rawlings-Blake, who has beenBaltimore’s mayor for five years, said herdecision was heavily influenced by the dis-tinct hardships Baltimore faces afterFreddie Gray, a black man, died in policecustody. Gray’s death inspired protests andunrest that left buildings smoldering and
millions of dollars in damage.The mayor, who is black, faced harsh criticism for her han-
dling of that crisis, with critics saying she was nowhere to beseen for five hours as structures were set aflame and windowssmashed.
Police: Man shot by guard at Union Station diesWASHINGTON — A man stabbed a woman and then was
shot by a security guard at Washington’s Union Station onFriday, sending people fleeing outside as trains were brieflystopped and officers converged on the massive transit hub.
The man died later Friday, police said.“I saw people running, and I just started running. It sounded
like it was right next to me,” said Ursula Lauriston, a 28-year-old magazine editor who was ordering lunch at Jamba Juice,one of dozens of restaurants and shops in the station. “Peoplewere completely confused as to what was going on, and no oneknew whether to run or hide.”
The violence broke out on the 14th anniversary of the Sept.11 terrorist attacks, but police said there was no apparent con-nection.
“Obviously, with this being 9/11, fears were heightened andescalated,” D.C. police Commander Jeff Brown said.
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Woman gets treatment for laser incidentA San Mateo woman who pleaded no contest in June to a
charge of pointing a laser at an aircraft will be admitted to the
Pathways mental health program, according to the San MateoCounty District Attorney’s Office.Doris Tao, 29, was arrested in July 2014 after a narcotics
task force plane flying at 3,000 feet over San Mateo wasflashed repeatedly by a green laser over the course of seven toeight minutes.
Tao will receive regular psychiatric treatment, according toprosectors.
She must take medication, report to a probation officer andcannot possess weapons or lasers, according to prosecutors.
The laser struck the plane’s co-pilot in the eye, causing himto see spots for a period of time, prosecutors said.
Police tracked the laser to the 700 block of Delaware Streetin San Mateo, where they contacted Tao.
Prosecutors said Tao admitted to using the laser, which wasrecovered by police.
Local brief
StephanieRawlings-Blake
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NEW YORK — During years of goingto ground zero every Sept. 11, TomAcquaviva has seen crowds diminish atthe ceremonies commemorating the ter-ror attacks. But his determination to par-ticipate hasn’t.
“As long as I’m breathing, I’ll behere,” Acquaviva, 81, said Friday as hearrived to pay tribute to his late son, Paul.
More than 1,000 victims’ relatives,survivors and recovery workers markedthe 14th anniversary at ground zero withgrief, gratitude and appeals to keep thetoll front of mind as years pass. “It’s ahard day. But it’s an important day. I’llcome every year that I can,” recoveryworker Robert Matticola said.
But if the private ceremony is smallerthan in its early years, the date also hasbecome an occasion for the public torevisit ground zero, where the memorial
plaza now opens to everyone on theanniversary.
Around the country, the date wasmarked with what has become a traditionof lowered flags, wreath-laying, bell-tolling and, in New York, reading thenames of the nearly 3,000 people killedin the terror strikes at the World TradeCenter, the Pentagon and a field nearShanksville, Pennsylvania. One womanat ground zero collapsed during the cere-mony, apparently overcome by grief;bystanders helped her to her feet.
Family members praised first respon-ders, thanked the armed forces andprayed for unity and security. They alsosent personal messages to their lost lovedones.
“You are the reason that I wear thisuniform and stand here today,” Air ForceTechnical Sgt. Sparkle Thompson said of her uncle, Louie Anthony Williams.
In Washington, President Barack
Obama and first lady Michelle Obamastepped out of the White House for amoment of silence at 8:46 a.m., when thefirst of four hijacked planes hit on Sept.11, 2001, striking the World TradeCenter’s north tower. Later Friday, thepresident told troops at Fort Meade in
Maryland that he hoped Sept. 11 wouldinspire thoughts of what binds the coun-try together, while Vice President JoeBiden praised New Yorkers’ resilience inremarks to bikers and police officers tak-ing part in a 9/11 memorial motorcycleride.
The Flight 93 National Memorial nearShanksville marked the completion of its$26 million visitor center, which openedto the public Thursday. At the Pentagon,Defense Secretary Ash Carter and otherofficials joined in remembrances for vic-tims’ relatives and Pentagon employees.
Sept. 11 victims’ relatives markanniversary with grief, appeals
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By Abdullah Al-Shihriand Adam Schreck THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — A towering con-struction crane toppled over on Friday duringa violent rainstorm in the Saudi city of Mecca,Islam’s holiest site, crashing into the GrandMosque and killing at least 107 people aheadof the start of the annual hajj pilgrimage laterthis month.
Images posted by social media usersshowed a grisly scene, with police andonlookers attending to numerous bodies lyingamid pools of blood on the polished mosquefloors.
Saudi Arabia’s civil defense authority pro-vided a series of rising casualty numbers on
its official Twitter account as ambulanceswhisked the wounded to area hospitals. As of early Saturday, it said those injured in the dis-aster numbered 238.
A photo released by the authority showedpolice and workers in hardhats inspecting apile of collapsed concrete slabs inside a partof the sprawling, ornately decorated mosque.Another showed the base of the toppled red-
and-white crane tilted upward at a sharpangle.
Images aired on Saudi state televisionshowed the crane’s metal boom smashedthrough what appeared to be the roof of themosque.
Ahmed bin Mohammed al-Mansouri, thespokesman for the presidency of the Meccaand Medina mosque affairs, said in a state-ment carried by the official Saudi PressAgency that the accident happened late Fridayafternoon during a severe storm carryingstrong winds and heavy rain.
Authorities did not provide details on thevictims’ nationalities, but it was likely that thetragedy will touch several countries.
The Grand Mosque and the cube-shapedKaaba within it draw Muslims of all types
from around the world throughout the year,though numbers increase significantly in therun-up to the hajj. The mosque is Islam’s holi-est site to which Muslims face in daily prayersand a central site among the hajj rituals.
Performing the pilgrimage once duringone’s lifetime is a duty for all able-bodiedadult Muslims. This year’s pilgrimage isexpected to start around Sept. 22.
Al-Mansouri said the crane, which wasbeing used in construction work at themosque, struck a circular area around theKaaba and a nearby walkway.
Pan-satellite Al-Jazeera Television broad-cast footage from inside the mosque com-pound said to be from the aftermath of theaccident, showing the floor strewn with rub-ble and what appear to be pools of blood.
Another video, on a Twitter posting, cap-tured the apparent moment of the red-and-white crane’s collapse during a heavy rain-storm, with a loud boom, screams and confu-sion.
The governor of the Mecca region, PrinceKhalid al-Faisal, quickly called for the forma-tion of a committee to investigate the cause of the accident.
At least 107 deadin crane collapseat Mecca mosque
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An aerial view shows Muslim worshippers praying at the Grand mosque surrounded byconstruction cranes, in the holy city of Mecca.
By Deb RiechmannTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — The Republican-ledHouse cast largely symbolic votes on Fridayagainst the Iran nuclear deal and sought torestrict President Barack Obama’s authorityto lift sanctions against Tehran, one day afterthe Senate ensured that the administration canimplement the accord without congressionalinterference.
After three hours of hot-tempered debate,the House voted 269 to 162 to reject the deal;25 Democrats broke with Obama to registertheir disapproval.
The fate of the agreement on Capitol Hill,however, was sealed on Thursday whenSenate Democrats voted to uphold the accordwith Iran, overcoming heavy GOP opposition
to hand Obama a victory on his top foreignpolicy priority. The Senate action guaranteedthat any legislation disapproving of theaccord will never reach Obama’s desk.
Obama marked the end of House votes witha statement saying it is time to turn the page.
“Now, we must turn to the critical work of implementing and verifying this deal so thatIran cannot pursue a nuclear weapon,” thepresident said in a statement. “In doing so,we’ll write the latest chapter of Americanleadership in the pursuit of a safer, morehopeful world.”
During the debate, Democrats argued thatthe agreement would stabilize the Mideast,stop Iran from rushing to develop a nuclearbomb and offer a chance to end the standoff with Iran diplomatically, while retaining aU.S. threat of military action. They claimed
House Republicans used their opposition tothe nuclear deal to take a partisan shot at thepresident.
Republicans countered that the agreement’sinspection regime against Iran, a state spon-
sor of terrorism, is weakand repeatedly recalledhow Islamic extremistsattacked America on Sept.11, 2001. They said thedeal will allow Iran toeventually possess anuclear weapon and thatthe billions it will receivethrough sanctions relief will end up in the hands of
terrorist groups that Tehran supports.“This deal is far worse than anything I
could have imagined,” said House SpeakerJohn Boehner, R-Ohio. “This is such a baddeal, the ayatollah won’t even have to cheatto be steps away from a nuclear weapon.”
Boehner said that it does not have a rigor-ous enough inspection regime, will allow Iran
to keep thousands of centrifuges spinning andwill leave the nation with a chance to becomea nuclear-armed state in about a decade. Hesaid all options remain on the table for theRepublicans to stop the agreement, includinga possible lawsuit.
“Never in our history has something withso many consequences for our national secu-rity been rammed through with such littlesupport,” Boehner said. “Today is Sept. 11 ...Our fight to stop this bad deal is just begin-ning. We will not let the American peopledown.”
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said that if the Iranians cheat, inspec-tors using advanced technology will know it.She noted that Iran is already on the thresholdof being a nuclear-armed state and that theagreement delays this from becoming a reali-
ty for at least a decade.“We mustn’t judge agreements for whatthey don’t do. ... Today we will not be justmaking history ... we will be making progressfor the peace in the world,” Pelosi said.
House GOP goes on recordagainst Iran nuclear deal
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MOSCOW — Russian ForeignMinister Sergey Lavrov on Fridaycalled on world powers to helparm the Syrian army, describing itas the most efficient force against
the Islamic State group.The U.S. and NATO have raised
concerns over Russia’s militarybuildup in Syria since they seePresident Bashar Assad as thecause of the Syrian crisis, whichhas claimed more than 250,000lives over four years. Moscow,meanwhile, has sought to castarms supplies to Assad’s govern-ment as part of internationalefforts to combat Islamic Statemilitants.
The increased Russian activityin Syria reflects Moscow’s deepconcerns that its longtime ally ison the brink of collapse, as well ashopes by President Vladimir Putinthat a common battle againstIslamic State extremists canimprove Russia’s ties with theWest, which strained overUkraine.
Lavrov said in Moscow onFriday that Russia would continueto supply Assad with weapons andcalled on other countries to helpthe Syrian government and itsground troops.
“You cannot defeat Islamic Statewith air strikes only,” Lavrov said.“It’s necessary to cooperate withground troops and the Syrian armyis the most efficient and powerfulground force to fight the IS.”
Lavrov insisted that by sendingweapons to Syria, Russia is not
propping up Assad but is con-tributing to defeating Islamic Statefighters.
“I can only say once again thatour servicemen and military
experts are there to serviceRussian military hardware, to
assist the Syrian army in using thishardware,” he said at a news con-
ference in Moscow. “And we willcontinue to supply it to the Syriangovernment in order to ensure itsproper combat readiness in itsfight against terrorism.”
Russia has been a longtimebacker of Syria, and it has sup-ported Assad throughout the civil
war by shielding him from U.N.sanctions and providingweapons.
Putin is expected to focus on thesituation in Syria when he address-es the U.N. General Assembly atthe end of the month, and someanalysts believe that Russia wantsto have its military force in Syriaready for action by the time hespeaks.
Ukrainian President PetroPoroshenko on Friday used theRussian military buildup in Syriato lash out at the country’s arch-enemy, blaming the influx of refugees into Europe on Moscow’ssupport for Assad.
“Today the so-called little greenmen are landing in Syria, instigat-ing an increase in violence in theMiddle East, and provoking a fur-ther increase in the number of refugees going to the EU,”Poroshenko said at an internation-al conference in Kiev. ‘Little greenmen’ was the term widely appliedto Russian forces in unmarked uni-forms who overtook Ukraine’sCrimean Peninsula before itsannexation by Russia in March2014.
Russian Foreign Ministryspokeswoman Maria Zakharovaresponded on her Facebook page,saying that Russia isn’t trying toconceal the presence of its service-
men who are involved in a “mili-tary-technical cooperation with alegitimate government.”
Russia calls on other nations to help arm Syria
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WASHINGTON — PresidentBarack Obama warned RussiaFriday against doubling down on itssupport for Syrian President BasharAssad, casting a recent buildup of Russian military equipment andpersonnel in Syria as an effort toprop up the embattled leader.
“The strategy they’re pursuingright now of doubling down onAssad is a mistake,” Obama saidduring a town hall with U.S. mili-
tary personnel.Russia denies
it’s trying tobolster Assadand insteadsays itsincreased mili-tary activity ispart of theinternat ionaleffort to defeatthe Islamic
State, the terror group that haswreaked havoc in both Syria and
Iraq. Earlier Friday, RussianForeign Minister Sergey Lavrovcalled on world powers to join hiscountry in that pursuit, arguing thatSyria’s army is the most efficientforce to fight the extremist net-work.
“You cannot defeat Islamic Statewith air strikes only,” Lavrov said, adig at Obama’s strategy. “It’s neces-sary to cooperate with groundtroops and the Syrian army is themost efficient and powerful groundforce to fight the IS.”
Obama warns Russia against helping Syrian president
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Migrant quota rebuffedby four European nationsBy George Jahn and Karel Janicek THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
VIENNA — At least four countries Friday firmly rejected aEuropean Union plan to impose refugee quotas to ease a wors-ening migrant crisis that Germany’s foreign minister said was“probably the biggest challenge” in the history of the 28-nationbloc.
Hungary, which along with the Czech Republic, Slovakia and
Poland said it would not support the proposal, threatenedinstead to crack down on the thousands of people streamingacross its borders daily as they flee war and persecution.
The stance by those Central European countries reflected ahardening front against distributing at least some of the refugeesamong them and was a stinging rebuff to German ForeignMinister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who traveled to Prague to tryto persuade them to reconsider.
While the Czechs, Slovaks and Poles have been relativelyunaffected by the influx, Hungary has faced growing criticismabout its stance toward the asylum seekers. Other EU leadersand human rights groups accuse the government of gross mis-management or serious negligence in housing, feeding and pro-cessing the migrants traveling from the Balkans and throughHungary to Western Europe.
Peter Bouckaert of Human Rights Watch asserted Hungarywas keeping migrants and refugees “in pens like animals, out inthe sun without food and water.”
A video that the rights group said was from inside a holding
facility at the border town of Roszke showed metal fences sur-rounding clusters of tents and dividing migrants into groups.Guards were depicted throwing food into the air for desperatepeople to grab.
Erno Simon, a spokesman in Hungary for the U.N. refugeeagency, said the housing situation in Roszke with nighttimetemperatures falling to near freezing “is really very, very alarm-ing.”
Unfazed, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban threatenedan even harder line, saying his country intended to catch, con-vict and imprison people who continue to penetrate its new bor-der barriers as part of get-tough border security measures sched-uled to begin Tuesday.
“If they don’t cross into Hungary territory legally, we will con-sider it a crime,” Orban said, saying the “illegal immigrants” hadno one to blame but themselves for any hardships suffered.
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Dow 16,433.09 +102.69 10-Yr Bond 2.18 -0.04
Nasdaq 4,822.34 +26.09 Oil (per barrel) 44.76S&P 500 1,961.05 +8.76 Gold 1,106.90
Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:NYSERestoration Hardware Holdings Inc., up $8.49 to $99.55 The furniture and housewares company reported better-than-expectedsecond-quarter profit and revenue, with an upbeat outlook.Puma Biotechnology Inc., up $6.59 to $103.28 The biotechnology company highlighted the publication of promisingresults from a study on a potential breast cancer treatment.Winnebago Industries Inc., down 46 cents to $19.67 The recreational vehicle maker announced the departure of Robert Olsonas interim chief executive officer, effective Sept. 24. The Kroger Co, up $1.89 to $37.29 The supermarket chain reported better-than-expected quarterly earningsand boosted its profit outlook for the year.NasdaqMattress Firm Holding Corp., down $14.10 to $46.24 The bedding retailer reported worse-than-expected fiscal second-quarterprofit.Zumiez Inc., down $7.03 to $14.63 The clothing retailer met fiscal second-quarter profit expectations, butits revenue and outlook were disappointing.Finisar Corp., down $2.75 to $12.16 The fiber optic component supplier reported worse-than-expected fiscalfirst-quarter results and its CEO is departing.Clean Energy Fuels Corp., down 68 cents to $4.07 The natural gas company’s co-founder, T. Boone Pickens, is selling up to3 million shares, but still remains “bullish”on the company.
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By Matthew CraftTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Major stock indexesshook off an early stumble to finish withslight gains on Friday as traders turnedtheir attention to a key meeting of the
Federal Reserve next week.It was a quiet end to another turbulentweek. Thanks largely to a big jump onTuesday, the market finished with a 2percent gain for the week, recouping aportion of the steep losses from theweek before.
The major indexes headed lower atthe opening of trading on Friday, asfalling oil prices pulled oil and gas com-panies down.
The economic news wasn’t encourag-ing, either. A reading on consumer con-fidence this month sank to its lowestlevel since September of last year.
“It seems people are focused on themarket’s volatility and the potentialimpact of a slowing China,” said PhilOrlando, chief equity strategist at
Federated Investors in New York, themoney-management firm. “I understandwhy folks are nervous. I think eventual-ly things will settle down.”
The Standard & Poor’s 500 gained8.76 points, or 0.5 percent, to close at1,961.05.
The Dow Jones industrial averagerose 102.69 points, or 0.6 percent, to
16,433.09, while the Nasdaq compositerose 26.09, or 0.5 percent, to 4,822.34.
News about China’s slowing econo-my, a looming rate increase from theFed and a host of other concerns havecombined to knock the market down 6percent over the past month. It has beena staggered fall, with sharp drops oneweek followed by slight gains the next.
Wall Street is divided over whetherthe Fed will raise its benchmark lendingrate next week for the first time in nineyears. The Fed slashed its key rate tonear zero during the financial crisis,supporting the stock market’s seven-year run. Uncertainty over the Fed’stiming has kept investors on edge.
Major markets in Europe ended withlosses on Friday. Germany’s DAX
dropped 0.9 percent, while France’sCAC-40 sank 1 percent. Britain’s FTSE100 slipped 0.6 percent.
In Asia, China’s Shanghai CompositeIndex added 0.1 percent, while HongKong’s Hang Seng shed 0.3 percent.Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 0.2 percent.
Before traders return to their desks onMonday, a large batch of Chinese eco-
nomic news will come out over theweekend. Joshua Mahony, market ana-lyst at IG in London, said that couldlead to a turbulent start to trading nextweek.
“The weekend release of Chineseretail sales, industrial production andfixed asset investment numbers meansthat Monday is likely to start with abang,” Mahony said.
Back in the U.S., Kroger gained 5percent after reporting earnings thatbeat analysts’ estimates. The grocerystore chain’s stock rose $1.89 to $37.29.
Prices for U.S. government bondsrose, pushing the yield on the 10-yearTreasury note down to 2.19 percentfrom 2.23 percent late Thursday.
In the commodity markets, precious
and industrial metals finished mostlylower. Gold dropped $6 to settle at$1,103.30 an ounce, and silver sank 14cents to $14.50 an ounce. Copper settledunchanged from the day before at $2.45a pound.
The price of oil fell on concerns thatthe current glut of oil would persist wellinto next year.
After wobble, stocks manage slight gains“The weekend release of Chinese retail
sales, industrial production and fixed asset investment numbers means that Monday is likely to start with a bang.”
— Joshua Mahony, market analyst at IG in London
By Steve RothwellTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — This month’s FederalReserve policy meeting could signal theend of an era.
Policymakers may decide to raiseinterest rates for the first time since theGreat Recession, marking the end of anera of ultra-low rates that has definedfinancial markets for almost seven years.
Although signs of slowing global eco-nomic growth have decreased the likeli-hood of a September rate increase, manyeconomists still expect policymakers totake action at least once this year as thelabor market improves. The Fed has keptits benchmark rate at close to zero sincelate 2008 to help revive the economy.
As well as helping the economy, thoselow rates have been great for financialmarkets.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 index hasalmost tripled since bottoming in March2009, as corporate profits have surged.Bond prices have also climbed, pushingdown yields. In turn, that has boosteddemand for other dividend-rich securi-ties, such as high-yield bonds and realestate investment trusts.
But if interest rates start rising, willthat automatically reverse the stock mar-
ket’s momentum?
Jim McDonald, chief investmentstrategist at asset manager NorthernTrust, explains what he expects to hap-pen with interest rates, how that willimpact financial markets, and whatinvestors should, or shouldn’t do.
Fed policymakers will meet Sept. 16and 17.
Q: Do you expect an interest rateincrease this year?
A: We do expect a rate increase thisyear. The Fed is itching to start to get off zero interest rates, so they will move thisyear.
They are nervous that they don’t haveany dry powder to deal with an increasein financial markets or economic volatil-ity. They can’t really cut rates any moreand the market would respond negative-ly to (more) quantitative easing. Theywant to get rates up, so that in the future,if they want to cut rates, they have thatoption.
Q: How high could interest ratesgo?
A: Over the next year, it could be twointerest rate hikes. So, they would get upto 50 basis points (0.5 percent) and thenthey have to hang out. Because alongwith the Bank of England they will bethe only central bank that is raising rates.
The economy is just not that strong.
Q: What should investors do inresponse to higher rates?
A: There is absolutely no need forpanic around the Fed starting to raiserates. Some people are concerned aboutit, but this an extremely studied eventand the market is rarely disrupted by anevent that is over analyzed. And this hasbeen over analyzed.
The recent volatility in the market hasbeen tied to China. And, secondarily it’sbeen tied to people saying “jeez, youknow what? The major central banksreally don’t have a lot of ammo if we doget into a significant downturn.” It’s thataspect of monetary policy that has beenof concern. It’s not worries about a 25basis point increase, which, in the scopeof everything else going on, is immateri-al.
Q: So investors shouldn’t overre-act?
A: It’s a “let’s ride this out” situationbecause raising interest rates is general-ly tied to the economy improving, andthe economy is going to have to be doingOK for the Fed to raise rates. The histo-ry of the stock market is that it does finewhen the Fed starts to raise rates,because the Fed taking action is corrob-oration that the economy is strong.
Q&A: What to expect fromthe Fed on interest rates
U.S. small businesses feelmixed impact from China’s economy
NEW YORK — China’s economic problems have been awindfall for some U.S. small businesses — and pose a threatto others.
A nearly 40 percent plunge in the Shanghai stock marketsince mid-June, a response to the country’s weakening econo-my, has sent Chinese investors looking for safer investments.Some are focusing on U.S. real estate, including the condosPeggy Fucci’s real estate brokerage sells in Miami. She’s soldsix condos to Chinese buyers in the past month, twice whatshe’s typically sold in that amount of time.
“It’s the insecurity of continuing to lose your (stock market)investment,” says Fucci, CEO of OneWorld Properties.
Chinese buyers, who pay an average $1.2 million for thecondos in a downtown Miami development where she’s soldsome homes, want them as an investment rather than a placeto live, she says. Fucci is heading to China this weekend on asales trip, optimistic that she’ll find more buyers.
Brokers in other cities where high-end real estate is sold alsoreport more interest from Chinese buyers, especially in the lastmonth. But U.S. small businesses overall may feel little impactfrom the weakness in China’s economy, says Ravi Madhavan,a professor at the University of Pittsburgh’s Katz Graduate
School of Business who specializes in international business.Unlike big industrial companies, small businesses tend toimport from China rather than export, so most are not likely tosee their business affected, Madhavan says. Some may, how-ever, see some better prices for the Chinese goods they buyfollowing the devaluation of the country’s currency, the yuan,last month. But others may see the prices they pay increasebecause labor costs are rising in China. The Chinese govern-ment wants to keep economic growth this year close to 7 per-cent. That is down slightly from the past few years, but half the14.2 percent in 2007.
A weaker economy has already hurt some U.S. companies.Sales of Harley-Davidson motorcycles are plunging at MotorExport Experts.
Automakers commit toputting automatic brakes in all cars
WASHINGTON — The government has received commit-
ments from ten automakers to include automatic emergencybraking in all new cars. It’s a step safety advocates say couldsignificantly reduce traffic deaths and injuries.
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced the com-mitments Friday. Foxx says making the technology widelyavailable is part of a new era in vehicle safety, in which thefocus is on preventing crashes rather than protecting occupantsfrom their effects.
The announcement didn’t specify a timetable for imple-menting the change. The automakers are Audi, BMW, Ford,General Motors, Mazda, Mercedes Benz, Tesla, Toyota,Volkswagen and Volvo.
The technology is already available in some car models, butmostly as an option in higher-priced vehicles. Experts say thesystems could prevent or mitigate an estimated 80 percent of rear-end collisions.
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NEW YORK — For Serena Williams’ first26 matches at major tournaments in 2015,no deficit was too daunting, no opponenttoo troublesome, no victory too far fromreach.
She was unbeaten and, seeming ly, unbeat-able, nearing the first Grand Slam in morethan a quarter-century. All Williams neededwas two more wins to p ull off that rare feat.And yet, against an unseeded and unheraldedopponent in the U.S. Open semifinals, she
faltered. Her pursuit of
history ended, oh soclose.
In one of the most sig-nificant upsets in t he his-tory of tennis, Williamsfinally found a hole toobig to climb out of, los-ing 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 Fridayat Flushing Meadows to43rd-ranked RobertaVinci of Italy.
“I don’t want to talk about how disap-poin ted I am,” Williams said.
Vinci had never before played in a Grand
Slam semifinal. She had never so much as
taken a set off Williams, much less won, infour previous matchups.
But her sty le, full of sli ces and net rushes,kept Williams off-balance enough to causeproblems and prevent the 33-year-oldAmerican from becoming the first playersince Steffi Graf in 1988 to win all fourGrand Slam tournaments in a sin gle season .Williams had been pushed to the limitbefore — this was her 12th three-setter in amajor this season — but had managed towin titles at the Australian Open on hard
Vinci ends Serena’s Grand Slam bid
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Sacred heart Prep’s Lapitu Mahoni avoids a Riordan defender during the Gators’ 48-21 loss tothe Crusaders. Mahoni rushed for 105 yards and a touchdown on 17 carries.
By Nathan MollatDAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Sacred Heart Prep football coach PeteLavorato said his biggest concern was hisdefense going into Friday’s home openeragainst Riordan.
Turns out those fears were warranted.Riordan scored on s ix con secutive drives torout the Gators 48-21.
The loss was the first in 15 games forSHP, which last tasted defeat in the 2013Small School State Championship Gameagainst Corona Del Mar.
“We just couldn’t seem to stop them,”
Lavorato said.Riordan running back Raymone Sandersrushed for a game-high 140 yards and twotouchdowns on just 13 carries. As a team,the Crusaders rushed for 278 yards andracked up a total of 42 8 yards of offense.
“We have pl aymakers all ov er the place,”said Kevin Fordon, Riordan’s first-yearcoach who took o ver a program that went 1-9 last season.
“[Friday] we wanted to send a message.”The game was a defensive battle early as
Riordan punted on its first possession. TheCrusaders’ defense forced a fourth down onSHP’s first drive and caught a break whenthe snap rolled through the punter’s leg andthe b all was downed at t he SHP 20.
But the Gators’ defense stood tall andended up recovering a Riordan fumble at the
2.That was the last big mistake theCrusaders made. After Riordan forced theGators to punt on their next possession, theCrusaders o ffense got in gear. They proceed-ed to drive 93 yards on five plays, cappingit with a 6-yard scoring run from JasonGreene. A 2-point conversion gave theCrusaders an 8-0 lead.
SHP was forced to punt again and againRiordan responded with a touchdown. Thistime, an 87-yard drive was capped by a 16-yard scoring run from Quarterback JackyLuavasa with 3:29 to play in the first half.
The SHP offense finally found its grooveon its next possession and marched 73
Riordan rolls over SHP
By Nathan MollatDAILY JOURNAL STAFF
The Woodside football improved itsrecord to 2-0 on the season with a 32-18victory over Carlmont in Redwood CityFriday night.
While the bottom line is a “W” or a “L,”Woodside coach Justin Andrews would liketo see hi s team put a complete effort togeth -er.
“I can pick that (final score) apart,”
Andrews said. “It’s the second week in a rowwe got away with a sloppy win.”
Despite mistakes throughout the game,Andrews and the Woodside fans got to seeglimpses of what the Wildcats can do as afootball team. Every unit — offense,defense and special teams. QuarterbackScudder Stockwell completed 14 o f 24 pass-es for 216 yards and a pair of touchdowns.Safety Tristan Wegman intercepted twopasses, returning the first one 12 yards for atouchdown. The punt coverage team came up
with a partial block of a Carlmont punt andWoodside punter Christian Granados turneda bad snap into an 18-yard gain and a firstdown and later b oomed a punt 54 yards.
“We definitely showed flashes,” Andrewssaid. “(The question is) can we get it moreconsistently?”
Carlmont, to its credit, did not simplyroll over. In the second half especially, theScots showed they can run the ball withsome authority. They controlled the clockin the third and fourth quarters, embarking
on a pair of long drives, but both came upempty.
The Scots avoi ded the second-half shutoutwhen Shanil Patel went over left tackle for a2-yard score late in the fourth quarter.
“Carlmont, they came out and competedreally well,” Andrews said, who, while notenjoying watching Carlmont hammer theball on the ground, was still satisfied withthe way his defense pl ayed.
Sloppy Woodside still too much for Carlmont
By Terry BernalDAILY JOURNAL STAFF
What a weapon has emerged for the SouthCity Warriors in junior Kolson Pua.
The two-way standout set the tone with adominant performance Friday in theWarriors’ 35-8 thrashing of Capuchino atCarl Reyna Field.
On offense, Pua shined at quarterback,completing 7-of-10 passes for 113 yardswith a touchdown; he also carried the ballsix times for 33 yards. On defense, he pro-duced another score by strutting a 55-yardinterception return into the end zone. Healso worked some special-teams magic with
a key fake punt, and added another boo mingpunt later in the game.
Having grown up in the South City foot-ball program — his father Kolone is thelong time defensive coo rdinato r — Pua’s vir-tuosity within the system is a rare find.
“He’s been in the program since he wasabout 4 years old,” South City coach JayOca said. “So he knows this offense insideand out.”
South City (2-0) hardly let the Mustangstouch the ball in the first quarter. By thetime the Warriors took a 21-0 first-quarterlead, Cap (0-2) had only run four offensiveplays from scrimmage. The Mustangs com-mitted five turnovers in the game — threeinterceptions and two fumbles — includingcoughing up the football on each of theirfirst three possessions.
“We have to correct it if we want to winany games,” Capuchino head coach BenWhite said. “We came out flat today. Andthey came out on fire.”
Running back Eric Kamelamela has beenthe star force of the South City o ffense since
joi nin g the team midway through last sea-son. The returning All-Peninsula AthleticLeague Ocean Division tailback picked upright where he left off in l ast week’s seasonopener against J ames Lick with 166 rushin gyards and three touchdowns.
Kamelamela appeared to be hampered by aslight limp early in the first quarter Fridaythough. He still paced the Warriors in rush-ing with 83 yards on 14 carries. Pua, how-
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Unseeded Roberta Vinci celebrates breakingSerena Williams’ serve in the third set.
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By Terry BernalDAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Aragon showcased some dangerous offensivebalance in its home opener. But it was a stand-out performance on defense and special teamsthat stole the show.
The Dons (2-0) recorded their second straightshutout to start the year, trouncing El Camino55-0 Friday under the lights at Aragon.Donaven Robinson opened the game with a 49-yard kickoff return to give Aragon premium fieldposition. Robinson’s heroics would be a recur-ring theme throughout.
The first-year varsity sophomore had two bigfirst-half returns and a second-quarter intercep-tion, all of which set up touchdowns. TheAragon offense did the rest, gaining 434 totalyards while touting equal contributions fromboth its air and ground attack while eight differ-ent Dons scored in the game.
Aragon quarterback Tanner Nguyen was 10-of-17 passing for 188 yards and a touchdown.Senior tailback V.A. Wilson to taled 100 rush-ing yards and a touchdown on 12 carries.
And while Robinson got two carries late in
the second half after Aragon head coach SteveSell rotated out his starting lineup, the 16thyear coach said Robinson is a natural widereceiver; there simply is too much experienceddepth at present to get him many offensivereps.
“He's a super unselfish kid,” Sell said. “Andright now, he’s our best option at free safety.”
It's Robinson’s first year ever playing freesafety, and he’s taking to it like a seasoned vet.One of six sophomores currently starting forAragon though, Robinson admitted he felt thevarsity pressure upon joining the team this sea-son.
“At first I was scared, but now I just thinkabout making p lays,” Robinson said.
Robinson has plenty of experience as a kickreturner though. He’s done that his entire life,
growing up playing Pop Warner football withthe Redwood City 49ers. He said his all-time
best return with the 49ers was an 89-yard touch-
down.“It’s quite a weapon,” Sell said.While he didn’t get into the end zone Friday,
he ignited a Dons offense that had no troublepunching it in.
Thanks to Robinson’s initial return, Aragonstarted its first drive from the El Camino 33-yardline. Then on the first play from scrimmage,another sophomore, Gabe Campos, took aninside trap 33 yards around the left side for atouchdown score, staking the Dons to a 7-0lead.
Aragon’s second running play also produced ascore. The Dons regained possession, after anEl Camino punt, at their own 30-yard line.Nguyen then exacted two pass completions of 42 and 25 yards respectively, setting the stagefor V.A. Wilson’s 3-yard touchdown blast togive the Dons a 14-0 lead.
The Dons upped their lead in the second quar-
ter, again capitalizing on premium field posi-
tion. Robinson again picked up big yards witha 39-yard punt return. Three plays later, DevinGrant took a draw inside tackle for a 5-yard scoreto give Aragon a 21-0 advantage.
Aragon took the ball right back whenRobinson intercepted a Hei Nay Keler pass atthe Aragon 45-yard line. Seven plays later,Wilson fought for an 8-yard touchdown run,reaching across the goal line with full exten-sion to give the Dons a 28-0 lead, which theytook into halftime.
El Camino was able to move the ball incre-mentally early in the first half as quarterbackKeler completed 5 of his first 8 passes. But theAragon defense went on lockdown from there,as the only one of Keler’s final 11 passes to getcaught was Robinson’s interception.
Still, the quarterback was one the mark withmany of his throws, only to have them broken
up by the swarming Aragon defense.
“He’s going to be fine,” El Camino headcoach Eric Jacobson said. “We’re not lookingfor a quarterback. We’re going to live and diewith Keler.”
El Camino went three-and-out on each of itsfirst three possessions of the second half. Itsfinal two possession ended on fumbles as the
Colts committed three turnovers on the night.“I thought our effort was there, but we got beat
by a really good team,” Jacobson said. “They’rein the Bay and we’re in the Lake for a reason.”
The game ended on a comedy of errors for theColts’ offense. Their final two plays fromscrimmage resulted in fumble returns for touch-downs by the Aragon defense. Junior linebackerLihati Unga scooped up the first one and sprint-ed 44 yards for the score with three minutesremaining in regulation. On the game’s finalplay, junior defensive end Enzo Fuenzalidafought for a loose ball and rumbled 19 yards forthe score.
There’s nothing comic about Aragon’s newquarterback though. Nguyen transferred fromCedar Ridge-Texas, only to sit behind startingquarterback Billy Mason as a junior all last year.But the 6-4 left hander is sharply making up for
lost time.“It was a good learning experience for me
(last year) because the offense was all new,”Nguyen said.
The senior brings a conventional fluidity tothe offense with a smooth tempo and compo-sure in the pocket. One of his most impressivethrows of the night came midway through thethird quarter on a 9-yard scoring pass to seniorspeedster Devin Grant.
Grant ran a timing pattern into tight 1-on-1coverage in the corner of the end zone. ElCamino cornerback C.J. Bautista had beenbreaking up passes all night, so Nguyen aimedfor the opposite sideline to find Grant, who out-leaped a defender to wrestle an impressivetouchdown grab.
“I just saw the mismatch on the corner,”
Nguyen said. “Devin is such a great player, so Iknew he would bring i t down.”
Aragon defense pitches another shutout
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The Aragon defense posted its second straight shutout with a 55-0 win over El Camino.
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By Josh Dubow THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
OAKLAND — Justin Tuck has b een aroundtoo long to make the same mistake twice.
After his preseason optimism led to justthree wins his first season in Oakland, Tuckis taking a more circumspect view heading
into year two with t he Raiders.While others will talk about the energy
boost from the new coaching staff, theupgrades on the front seven of the defenseand the young building block pieces inplace on the Raiders, Tuck wants to seeresults o n the field before he starts crowing.
“I can sit here and talk about what Ithin k, ” Tuck sai d. “But until we actually goout there and do it on Sundays and back thisup, then it doesn’t matter.”
The Raiders get their first chance whenthey open the season at home Sundayagainst the Cincinnati Bengals.
It wasn’t long ago the Bengals were miredat the bottom of the league like the Raidersare, po sting just one winning season in an18-year span. But fortunes have chan ged of late in Cincinnati as the team has made a
franchise-record four straight playoff berths.
Four straight one-and-done trips to thepostseason have turned that success from acause for celebration into questions about
whether quarterback Andy Dalton and coachMarvin Lewis are capable of leading theteam to the next step.
Dalton said the team believes it can winthe Super Bowl even though the franchisehasn’t won a single playoff game since the1990 season.
“The good thing is that the expectations
for this team have changed, based on whatwe’ve accomplished,” he said. “To make itto the playoffs four years in a row is not aneasy thing to do. But that’s obviously theexpectation of this city, and the expecta-tion of this organization.”
Here are some things to watch when theBengals visit the Raiders:
Hue’s homecomingThe Raiders’ closest brush with success
the past 12 years came in 2011, when theyfinish ed 8-8 in a th ree-way tie for first in theAFC West. They mis sed out on th e playo ffson a tiebreaker when they lost the seasonfinale at home and coach Hue Jackson wasthen fired after his only season. Jacksonmakes his return to Oakland as Cincinnati ’s
offensive coordinator. Jackson said thesting of his firing lasted for a year.
“The feeling is different,” he said. “It’snot as raw in my emotions as it was backthen.”
Sacks for MackAfter setting a franchise low with 22
sacks last season, one of the first thingsJack Del Rio’s new coaching staff did wasmove Khalil Mack from lin ebacker to defen-sive end. With fewer coverage responsibili-ties and more refined pass-rushing moves,Mack should sign ificantly i ncrease his sacktotal of four as a rookie.
“He has tremendous explosiveness,”Lewis said. “He’s comparable to guys whohave played in that spot like DerrickThomas and guys like that who are tremen-dous football player, not just rushers, butfootball players.”
0-for-OaklandThe Bengals have never won a game in
Oakland, losing their 10 previous trips,including a playoff game in 1975. In thelast meeting at the Coliseum, the Raidersscored 10 points in the final 33 s econds towin 20-17. With the Raiders looking tomove back to Los Angeles, this could beCincinnati’s final chance at a win inOakland.
“The last time we went out th ere, we kindof gave the game away at the end,” tackleAndrew Whitworth said. “Hopefully thistime we can take care of business. ”
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ALAMEDA — The Oakland Raiders signedtroubled pass rusher Aldon Smith to a contractFriday, five weeks after he was released by SanFrancisco.
The 49ers cut ties with Smith on Aug. 7, a dayafter his fifth arrest since being drafted by theteam in 2011. Smith wa