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Weekend • May 23-24, 2015 • Vol XV, Edition 240

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BEIRUT — Islamic State groupmilitan ts hunted down Syrian gov-ernment troops and loyalists inthe newly captured town of Palmyra, shooting or beheadingthem in public as a warning, andimposing their strict interpreta-tion of Islam, activists saidFriday.

The purge, which relied mostly

on in formants, was aimed at sol id-ifying the extremists’ grip on thestrategic town that was overrun

Wednesday by IS fighters.

It also was part of a campaign towin the support of PresidentBashar Assad’s opponents, whohave suffered from a governmentcrackdown in the town and sur-rounding province in the last fouryears of Syria’s civil war.

The strategy included promisesto fix the electricity and watergrids — after Palmyra is cleared of regime loyalists, according to anactivist in the historic town. Theman is known in th e activist com-munity by the nom de guerre of Omar Hamza because he fears for

Islamic Statehunts downSyrian loyalsMilitants seize control of strategic townwith public shootings and beheadings

By Fenit Nirappiland Scott SmithTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SACRAMENTO — Californiafarmers who hold some of thestate’s strongest water rightsavoided the threat of deep manda-

tory cuts when the state acceptedtheir proposal Friday to voluntari-ly reduce consumption by 25 per-cent amid one of the worst

droughts on record.Officials ho pe the deal will serve

as a model for more such agree-ments with growers in the natio n’stop-producing farm state, whereagriculture accounts for 80 percentof all water drawn from rivers,streams and the ground.

“We’re in a drought unprecedent-ed in our time. That’s calling uponus to take unprecedented action,”

California farmers strikea deal to cut water use

By Austin Walsh

DAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Peninsula Alternative HighSchool students will continue towait in limbo while high schooldistrict officials further considerwhether to renovate their campusin San Bruno.

The San Mateo Union High

School DistrictBoard of Trustees againpostponed adecision duringa meetingThursday, May21, regardingwhere the dis-trict’s alterna-

tive and special education pro-grams will be housed, as well asthe long-term location of the dis-trict office.

The board opted to wait untilrecently hired SuperintendentKevin Skelly takes over thissummer before moving forwardwith an effort to s huffle the vari-ous district properties that have

been in flux for years.

Assistant Superintendent LizMcManus had recommended theboard spend a majority of theroughly $85 million remaining inthe Measure O bond fund to reno-vate the Crestmoor campus in SanBruno to offer Peninsula and spe-cial education students updatedfacilities, while rebuilding the

district office at its current loca-tion on the San Mateo HighSchool campus.

But the opinion of board mem-bers varied over whether theCrestmoor campus, which is along distance from the homes of amajority of students who attend

District delays decision for Peninsula locationHigh school board pushes deadline back until new superintendent takes control

By Kerry ChanDAILY JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT

As a full-time working mom of two, Anona Dutton struggled tomake room for personal fitnessand quality time for the familyuntil sh e found a way to do both —taking advantage of all that SanMateo County and th e greater BayArea has to offer.

Like most working parents sheencounters; work, chores and obli-gations often left little or no ti me

to exercise and play with h er kids,Adayn, 6, and Hunter, 3 .“All around me I see busy moms

Fitting in family fitness See SYRIA, Page 23

See WATER, Page 23

Kevin Skelly

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Anona Dutton, a busy working mom makes time to go for a run at Millbrae Spur Trail with kids, Adayn, 6, Hunter,3 and dog in tow.

Best Places to rock climb:1. Goat Rock, Santa Cruz2. Turtle Rock, Tiburon in Marin County3. Castle Rock State Park, Santa Cruz

Great for local family hikes:1. Sugarloaf Mountain, 3471 GlendoraDrive, San Mateo2. Junipero Serra Park, 1801 CrystalSprings Road, San Bruno3. Milagra Ridge, 600 Sharp Park Road,

Pacifica4. Mills Creek Canyon Park, Adeline andHillside, Burlingame5. Edgewood Park and Natural

Preserve, 10 Old Stage Coach Road,Redwood City

Best places in San Mateofor families to bike or run:1. Sawyer Camp Trail, Crystal SpringsRoad and Skyline Boulevard, SanMateo County2. Twin Pines Park, 1 Twin Pines Lane,Belmont3. Huddart County Park, 1100 KingsMountain Road, Woodside

4. Shoreline Parks, 1701 J Hart ClintonDrive, San Mateo5. Baylands Nature Preserve, 2500Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto

Places to go

See FITNESS, Page 24

See DELAY, Page 24

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Singer Jewel is 41.

This Day in History

Thought for the Day

1945

Nazi official Heinrich Himmler com-mitted suicide by biting into acyanide capsule while in British cus-

tody in Luneburg, Germany.

“Life is like a game of poker: If you don’t put any in the pot, there won’t be any to take out.”

— Jackie “Moms” Mabley

Actress JoanCollins is 82.

Game showcontestant KenJennings is 41.

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Graduates toss their caps in the air at the conclusion of the commencement ceremony for the U.S. Naval Academy Class of 2015 in Annapolis, Md.

Saturday: Mostly cloudy. Patchy drizzlein the morning. Highs in the upper 50s.West winds 10 to 15 mph.Saturday night: Partly cloudy in theevening then becoming mostly cloudy.Patchy fog after midnight. Lows around50. West winds 10 to 20 mph.Sunday : Mostly cloudy in the morning.

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The story, “Harbor District in chaos” in the May 22 edi-tion o f the Daily Journal had incorrect information. SabrinaBrennan, president of the San Mateo County HarborDistrict Board of Commission ers, abstain ed from voting onthe “Titans of Mavericks” special use permit.

Correction

In 1430 , Joan of Arc was captured by the Burgundians,who sold her to the English.In 1533 , the marriage of England’s King Henry VIII toCatherine of Aragon was declared null and void.In 1788 , South Carolina became the eight h state to rati-fy the United States Constit ution.In 1814 , a third version of Beethoven’s only opera,“Fidelio,” had its world premiere in Vienna.In 1915 , Italy declared war on Austria-Hungary duringWorld War I.In 1934 , b ank robb ers Clyde Barrow and Bonni e Parkerwere shot to death in a po lice ambush in Bienvill e Parish,Louisiana.In 1939 , the Navy submarine USS Squalus sank during atest dive off the New England coast. Thirty-two crew mem-bers and one civ ilian were rescued, but 26 others died; thesub was salvaged and recommissio ned the USS Sailfish.I n 1 9 4 9 , the Federal Republic of Germany (WestGermany) was est ablish ed.In 1967 , Egypt closed the Straits of Tiran to Israeliship s, an action which precipitated war between Israel andits Arab neighbors the following month.In 1975 , comedian Jackie “Moms” Mabley, 81, died inWhite Plains, New York.In 198 4 , Surgeon General C. Everett Koop issued a reportsaying there was “very solid” evidence linking cigarettesmoke to lung disease in non-smokers. “Indiana Jonesand the Temple of Doom,” starring Harrison Ford, wasreleased by Paramount Pictures.In 1995 , t he computer programming language Java waspublicly released at the Sun World Conference in SanFrancisco.

Ameasurement of body fat con-tent based on the height and

weight of adults is called BMI(body mass index). A high BMI mayindicate future health probl ems. A BMIbetween 18.5 and 24 is health y. A BMIover 30 is considered obese.

***The 1968 Beatles song “Back in theUSSR” (Union of Soviet SocialistRepublics) begins “Flew in fromMiami Beach BOAC/ Didn’t get to bedlast night/On the way the paper bagwas on my knee/Man I had a dreadfulflight.” BOAC is British OverseasAirways Corporation, which becameBritain’s state airline in 19 39.

***The first DVD (digital versatile disc)player came on the market in 1997. Astandard DVD holds seven times more

data than a CD (compact disc).***

The MPAA (Motion PictureAssociation of America) introducedthe current movie ratings system in

1968. Do you know what the movieratings G, PG, NC and R stand for? Seeanswer at end.

***John Mauchly (1907-1980), a physi-cist, and J. Presper Eckert (1919-1995), an engineer, developed thefirst computer in 1946. Known as theENIAC (Electrical NumericalIntegrator And Calculator), the com-puter weighed 60, 000 p ounds and con-tained 18, 000 vacuum tubes. The U.S.military used the computer for calcula-tions.

***The Federal Aviatio n Act of 1958 cre-ated the FAA (Federal AviationAdministration), a governmentagency. The purpose of the FAA is toestablish regulations that promotesafety in aviation and to conduct airtraffic control.

***James Cash Penney (1875-1971),founder of department store J.C.Penney, o pened his first st ore in 1902at age 26. The Golden Rule inWyoming was a dry goods and cloth-ing store. By 1911, Penney and part-ners operated 22 st ores that made morethan $1 million in sales.

***The trademark of MGM (Metro

Goldwyn Mayer) is Leo the Lion.The roaring lion is seen at the begin-ning of every MGM feature film. Leowas first seen in the 1928 silentmovie “White Shadows of the SouthSeas.” The lion’s roar was played on

a phonograph.

***

In 1938, candy manufacturer NECCO(New England ConfectioneryCompany) introduced the Skybar. Itwas the first candy bar that had fourdifferent flavors in the center —caramel, vanilla, peanut and fudgecovered in chocolate. NECCO firstannounced the new candy bar to thepublic with a skywriting campaign.

***

The FDA (Food and DrugAdminist ration) conducted research on

how consumers use labels on drugs anddetermined that labels needed simplelanguage in an easy to read format. InMay 2002, OTC (over the counter)medicines were required to carry a newdrug facts label that lists the activeingredients o f the product and the pur-pose of the medication.

***

Ans wer : G means the movie isacceptable for a General Audience, PGmeans Parental Guidance, NC, usuallylisted as NC-17, means No Childrenunder 17, R stands for Restricted. In1984, PG-13 was added to the ratingssystem, which means ParentalGuidance not recommended for chil-dren under 13.

Know It All is by Kerry McArdle. It runs inthe weekend and Wednesday editions of theDaily Journal. Questions? Comments?Email knowitall(at)smdailyjournal.com orcall 344-5200 ext. 114.

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Bluegrass singer Mac Wiseman is 90. Actress Barbara Barrieis 84. Actor Charles Kimbrough is 79. International TennisHall of Famer John Newcombe is 71. Actress Lauren Chapin is70. Country sin ger Misty Morgan is 70 . Country sing er JudyRodman is 64. Chess grandmaster Anatoly Karpov is 64.

Boxing Hall of Famer Marvelous Marvin Hagler is 61. SingerLuka Bloom is 60. Actor-comedian-game show host DrewCarey is 57. Actress Lea DeLaria is 57. Country singer ShellyWest is 57. Actor Linden Ashby is 55. Actress-model KarenDuffy is 54. Actress Melissa McBride is 50.

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By Austin WalshDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

A senior at South San Francisco HighSchool is crowdsourcing a fundraisingeffort to send her to the national highschool speech championship, where shehopes continue a recent streak of successin competitions.

Amanda Taylor has collected $960 of her$1,500 goal, which she intends to spendon travel and registration expens es neces-sary to get her to the National Speech andDebate Tournament in Dallas next month.

Taylor qualified to compete against 300others from across the United States afterwinning the state championship in April,for her performance of original poetry,which was inspired by unrest following aseries of young black men being ki lled bypolice officers.

She said she expects to b egin practicingan hour a day, including nights and week-ends, on top of a full school schedule, tofine-tune her dramatic performance for thenational competition.

Taylo r will p erform “Facing Our Truth,” a10-minute play inspired by the death of Trayvon Martin, which offers t he perspec-tive of a grieving mother coping with thedeath of h er teenage son.

She said she hopes her performance willoffer a unique view on a politically chargedissue.

“There wasn’t a lot of focus on th e moth-er and the family and what the children aregoing through,” she said. “So I wanted tofocus more on that than th e police blamingand the polit ics of it.”

Research for the finals has grantedTaylor an op portunity to speak with fami-ly members who lived through the civilrights era, which helped her gain a greater

understanding of how the issues facing

society currently com-pare to what has hap-pened in the past.

“The issues are simi-lar,” she said. “There’s alot of miscommunica-

tion, and I feel like theright issues aren’t beingfocused on.”

Taylor said she hopesto enhance the dialogue

surrounding hot-button issues such as raceand power.

“It shouldn’t be a sensitive issue,” shesaid. “It’s an issue we need to talk about,and figure out.”

Participating in the school’s speechteam has been integral to Taylor’s abilityand willingness to approach topics thatsome may consider contentious or diffi-cult, she said.

Since she joined the speech team duringher freshman year, Taylor has workedthrough ini tial difficulties t o b ecome a realthreat to win the national competition,said her coach Robert Hawkins.

“With Amanda, it has been a series of growth in stages,” he said. “To see her atthe end of her four years winning t he statetitle and qualifying for nationals is a g reatthing to see as a coach,” said Hawkins,who is an English teacher at the school.

Taylor said participating in the speechteam has shaped her personality, andtaught her the value of perseverance, asshe’s improved as a public performer.

“I feel like this has made me a more well-rounded person,” she said. “It has kind of changed my life.”

Hawkins said he has seen her grow as shegains notoriety and collects more acco-lades for her performances, which Taylorattributes in part to being able to find herniche, as a student who is not inclined to

jo in other teams such as sch oo l sport sclubs.

“It has definitely taught me that I can’tquit, ” she said. “It taught me to st ick withstuff, and opened my eyes up to what otherpeople go through.”

Hawkins said he believes, through thelessons Taylor has learned during her fouryears on the team, sh e has what it takes towin the national championship.

“It wasn’t easy, it took her a while andnow she’s doing great. I’m very proud of her,” he said. “She’s in it just as much asany other kid.”

Taylor, who will go o n to attend ArizonaState University next year, said shebelieves in herself, but does not want to

jinx her ch ance o f winn in g.“I’m kind of superstitious,” she said. “I

know I have support on my corner.”And though she wants to make it to

Dallas, and would like to return home withthe tit le, h er goals for h er performance areto much more humble.

“I’m just hoping I can go out there and

let the natio n kno w what I’m talking aboutis important and be able to represent mycommunity,” she said.

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SAN MATEOTheft. A man was arrested for shop liftin g at

Target on Bridgepoin te Parkway before 6:3 7p. m. Tuesday, May 1 9.Disturbance . A woman b ought a cup o f cof-fee then threw it at the window because shegot upset t hat there was no computer hookupat Golden Bell Donuts on East Third Avenuebefore 1:37 p.m. Tuesday, May 1 9.Shopl i f t i ng . A man was arrested forshoplifting at Macy’s at the HillsdaleShopping Center before 3:55 p.m. Tuesday,May 19.Theft. A bike was stol en on Casanov a Drivebefore 12:13 a.m. Monday, May 18.Wel fare ch eck. A man fell out of a tree onBorel Place before 1:49 a.m. Monday, May18.

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SAN MATEO COUNTYGrand theft. A messenger bag with a lap-top and other items worth $2,683 was stolenfrom a car on the 800 block of North Streetin Pescadero before 8 p. m. Sunday, May 17.DUI. A man was determin ed to be drunk afterhe was stop ped for driving fast and weavingin and out of lanes on Highway 1 at MainStreet before 2:39 a. m. Saturday, May 16.Theft. A lunch box with prescription med-ication was stolen on the 100 block of Highway 1 before 8:30 a.m. Friday, May 15.

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4 Weekend • May 23-24, 2015 THE DAILY JOURNALLOCALMan arrested for attempted murder

A San Mateo man is in jail after strikinghis neighbor in the back of the head with agarden tool that may have been a shovelFriday afternoon on the 80 0 block o f FallonAvenue in th e Shoreview neighborhoo d.

At approximately 1:40 p.m., San Mateopol ice responded to the incident after an argu-ment between neighbors ended in violence.The victim, a 50-year-old man, was taken toa trauma center for treatment, according topolice.

The suspect, Reyes Villa, 7 7, has a hist oryof prior aggressive behavior toward hisneighbors, said San Mateo police Sgt. RickDecker.

There were a variety of garden tools onscene and pol ice were not sure Vill a is all egedto have used. The victim had a laceration onthe back of his head, Decker said.

Police release name ofsuspect in dump truck pursuit

Police have released the name of a suspectarrested after a pursuit of a s tolen Mack dumptruck that started in Colma and injured sever-al peo ple Thursday.

Police said they booked 36-year-old SanFrancisco resident Mark Edward Hill into theSan Mateo County Jail at about 3 a.m. after

he received treatment at San FranciscoGeneral Hospital for minor injuries in a crashthat ended the pursuit.

The pursuit started when a patrol officernoticed a suspicious dump truck near 1300Isabelle Circle in Colma at 12:18 a.m.Thursday, police said. The truck was reportedstolen out of San Francisco so the officertried to stop the driver.

Hill did not stop. He tried the ram the offi-cer’s vehicle and then drove away from thearea, according to police. A pursuit tookpolice th rough South San Francisco and intoDaly City where Hill crashed into an occupiedvehicle.

He got out of th e truck and tried to run fromthe crash scene, but was quickly apprehend-ed, according t o po lice.

Police said they booked Hill into jail onsuspicion of seven crimes: possession of astolen v ehicle, felony assault on a p eace offi-cer, evading a peace officer, felony hit-and-run, felony driving under the influence of acontrolled substance, possession of a con-trolled substance and committing a felonywhile out on bail.

Police said they are also investigatingwhether Hill committed commercial burgla-ries and vehicle thefts in the Bay Area.

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SACRAMENTO — California lawmakers are consideringnew regulations for technology that lets law enforcement

intercept cellphone sig nals.Agencies can use the technology,

often lumped to toget her under the brandname “StingRay,” to learn who is b eingcalled, when th e call is made, and where

it came from.SB741 by Sen. Jerry Hill, D-San

Mateo, would require local go vernmentsto take public comments and pass a res-olution or ordinance before using thetechnology.

They would have to in clude a privacy pol icy and a policyon when the technology and resulting data may be used,and how the data will be prot ected and eventually destroyedonce it is no longer needed.

The measure was app roved by t he st ate Senate on Fridayon a 39 -0 vote, and now goes to the Assembly.

California Senate OKs threebills aimed at income inequality

SACRAMENTO — California lawmakers are advancingthree bills to aid lower income workers who are facingbankruptcy or have their wages garnished because of unpaid debt.

Senate Democrats say the bills by Sen. Bob Wieckowskiof Fremont h elp address the growing natio nal problem of income in equality.

SB308 increases the dollar amounts of exemptions forhomes, vehicles, household goods, life insurance andoth er assets th at can be safeguarded during bank ruptcy pro-ceedings.

SB501 reduces the amount that can be garnished fromworkers’ paychecks from 25 percent to 10 percent.

SB641 lets workers whose wages are being garnishedargue to a judge that they were never properly notified of claims that they owed the debt.

The three bills sen t to th e Assembly on Friday are backedby consumer organizations and opposed by debt collec-tors.

California Assembly approvestough plastic microbead ban

SACRAMENTO — One of the n ation ’s toughest bans onplastic exfoliating beads in cosmetics has cleared theCalifornia Assembly.

It’s the second attempt at prohibiting the sale of soap,toothpaste and other products with tiny “microbeads” thatmake their way into waterways and animals’ stomachs.Similar legislation stalled last year over industry op posi-tion.

AB888 by Democratic Assemblyman Richard Bloom of Santa Monica would ban the products starting in 2020.Several manufacturers are already ph asing out the ex foliat-ing ingredients for natural alternatives.

AB888 passed the Assembly Friday on a 58 t o 11 voteand now goes to the Senate.

Senate approves requiring

vaccinations for day care workersSACRAMENTO — Day care workers would have to be

vaccinated, under a bill moving through the CaliforniaLegislature.

The state Senate on Friday approved the bill byDemocratic Sen. Tony Mendoza of Artesia, sending it tothe Assembly on a 34-3 vote.

SB792 p assed a week after senators app roved a more con-troversial bill mandating t hat California schoolchildren bevaccinated as part of an effort spurred by recent outbreaksof measles and whooping cough.

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Jerry Hill

By Lisa Lerer, Matthew Lee and Jack GillumTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — Former Secretaryof State Hillary Rodham Clintonreceived information on her privateemail account about the deadly attackon U.S. diplomatic facilities inBenghazi that was later classified“secret” at the request of the FBI,according to documents releasedFriday, underscoring lingering ques-tions about how responsibly she h an-dled sensitive information on a homeserver.

The nearly 900 pages of her corre-spondence released by the StateDepartment also contained severalmessages that were deemed sensitivebut unclassified, detailed her dailyschedule and contain ed information —censored in the documents as released— about the CIA that the government

is barred from publicly disclosing.Taken together, the correspondenceprovides examples of material consid-ered to be sensitive that Clinton, thefront-runner for the 2016 Democraticpresidential nomination, received onthe account run out of her home. Shehas s aid the priv ate server had “numer-ous safeguards.”

Clinton’s decision while secretary

of state to opt out of a State

Department email account h as becomea political problem for her, as theRepublican-led House committeeinvestigating the Benghazi attackshas used the disclosures of her emailusage to paint her as secretive andabove standard scrutiny.

Clinton, campaigning in NewHampshire, said Friday she was awarethat the FBI now wanted some of the

email to be classified, “but that does-

n’t change the fact all of the informa-tion in the emails was handled appro-priately.”

Asked if she was concerned it was ona private server, she replied, “No.”

State Department spokeswomanMarie Harf said, “It was not classifiedat the time. The occurrence of subse-quent upgrade does not mean anyonedid anything wrong.”

Clinton received sensitiveinfo on private email account

By Don ThompsonTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SACRAMENTO — California wouldbecome the first state to ban the use of

bullhooks to guide and discipline ele-phants under a bill approv ed Friday bythe state Senate.

“It’s time that the state prohibitsthis inhumane practice,” said Sen.Ricardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens, arguingthat the use of the pointed hooks iscruel to the animals and dangerous tohandlers if an elephant rebels.

The bill was sought by the HumaneSociety of the United States and thePerforming Animal Welfare Society.The groups say no sanctuary orCalifornia zoo accredited by theAssociation of Zoos and Aquariumsuses the devices.

Instead, keepers use a long p ole witha soft tip as a target to draw the ele-phant in the desired direction, with atreat used to reinforce behavio r.

“California, a longtime leader in

protecting all animals, is n ow poisedto be th e first state to do away with thearchaic and abusive training methodsthat travelling shows and circuses useon elephants,” Nicole Paquette, thehumane society’s vice president of wildlife protection, said in a state-ment.

Sen. Jeff Stone, R-Temecula, theonly lawmaker who spo ke in o pposi-tion to the bill, pointed out that han-dlers aren’t using axes, pitchforks orbaseball bats to drive the elephants.

“It’s a topical application that tellsthe elephant whether to go to theright, whether to go to the left,” he

said of the hooks shaped like a fire-place pok er.

He said the ho oks have been used forcenturies to safely guide elephant s andare not to rturous.

The ban is opposed by AnimalActors of Hollywood Inc. and TheElephant Managers Association,among others. Two previous attemptsto ban the hooks failed in 2006 and2007.

SB716 passed the Senate on a 29-7vote and now goes to the Assembly. If approved there and signed by the gov-ernor, it would take effect on Jan. 1,2018.

Oakland and Los Angeles are amongmore than 40 municipalities nation-wide to restrict using the devices.More than 30 countries have nationalrestrictions.

State moves toward ending use of bullhooks on elephants

By Ken Dilanian


WASHINGTON — The Senate strug-gled to reach agreement Friday on howto change the way the NationalSecurity Agency handles Americancalling records, setting the stage for ahalt to the collection program and twoless-controversial surveillance pro-

grams designed to track spies and ter-rorists.

With the House already gone for a10-day Memorial Day break, theSenate had yet to begin debate Fridayon a House bill that would end NSA’sbulk collection of domestic phonerecords.

Known as the USA Freedom Act, thebill would authorize case-by-casesearches of records held by phone

companies instead of the government,and it would extend two other exp iringsurveillance provisions used frequent-ly by the FBI.

The legal provisio ns authorizing theprograms will expire at midnight May31, and officials say they will losevaluable surveillance tools if theSenate fails to go along with theHouse. But key Republican senatorsoppose the House approach.

What happens to collection of phone records if law expires?

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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton talks to the media after acampaign appearance at the Smuttynose Brewery.

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Students at Alma HeightsChristian School in Pacifica werehonored during the Caritas AwardsCeremony and Dinner, held onSaturday, May 2, at the Half MoonBay Golf Links.

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CITY GOVERNMENTThe Planning Commissionin South San Francisco unani-mously approved the proposal tobuild two, separate large-scalehousing developments at Cypressand Linden avenues during theirmeeting Thursday, May 21 .

The commission also agreed to update the city’s poli-cy on massage parlors, which will tighten regulationson the businesses. The issues will go before the CityCouncil at a later date for ultimate approval.

Dead animals found inoil spill: Three pelicans, one dolphin

LOS ANGELES — Officials say a dead dolphin and three deadpelicans have been found near the area of an oil spill on t heCalifornia coast.

Veterinarian Michael Ziccardi said Friday it ’s not clear if thedolphin found in Santa Barbara Harbor died from exposure tothe crude oil that spilled into the ocean from a leak in anunderground pipe about 20 miles away.

The director o f the Oiled Wildlife Care Network s ays t wo sealions, an elephant seal and six pelicans have been rescued.Officials say the sheen of oi l is thinner than a coat of p aint

and is becoming harder to skim from choppy, wind-drivenwaters.

A state parks official says Refugio and El Capitan statebeaches and campgrounds will be closed until June 4. That’s aweek longer than originally announced.

The spill now covers nearly 10 square miles.

Grand jury probes utility ’sties with California regulators

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal grand jury is probing poten-tially illegal ties between executives with California’s largestutility and state regulatory officials.

The investigation focuses on Pacific Gas and Electric Co.executives and regulators with the California Public UtilitiesCommission.

Further details were not immediately available.

The probe is different from a federal court case charging t heutility with violating safety l aws and obstructing justice inconnection with the 2010 pi peline explosion in San Bruno,south of San Francisco, that kil led eight p eople.

Prosecutors in that case are seeking more than $1 billion infines from the company, but have not charged individual exec-utives, the newspaper reports.

Officials with the U.S. attorney’s office declined to com-ment. Representatives o f the utilities commission were notimmediately available.

Around the state

New trial expected for manconvicted in Chandra Levy death

WASHINGTON — A man con vict ed of ki lli ng Washi ngtonintern Chandra Levy i s expected to get a new trial after gov-

ernment attorneys on Friday said the “interests of justice”would best b e served by one.On Friday, after more than a year of spo radic hearings and

legal wrangling, government attorneys withdrew theiropposition to a new trial for Ingmar Guandique. In a four-page motion, they told a judge they were preparing to retryhim.

Guandique’s attorneys had previously asked a judge togrant hi m a new trial because they said a key witness in thecase, Guandique’s o ne-time cellmate, gave false or misl ead-ing testimony during his 2010 trial. Guandique’s attorneyssaid prosecutors kn ew or should have kno wn the testimon ywas p roblematic and in vestig ated further.

“The government continues to believe the jury’s verdictwas correct,” prosecutors wrote in th eir motion, adding thatthey didn’t believe anyth ing els e learned during a po st-trialinvestigation “casts doubt on the defendant’s guilt.”

Around the nation

By David Espoand Charles BabingtonTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — In a victory for

President Barack Obama, supporters of sweeping, bipartisan trade legislationnarrowly fended off a last-minute chal-lenge Friday night, clearing the way forSenate passage and a highly unpre-dictable summer showdown in theHouse.

Legislation to prevent a lapse in theanti-terror Patriot Act and a bill to pre-vent a cutoff in federal highway fundingalso awaited action by lawmakers whocovetously eyed a weeklong v acation —set to begin whenever the work wasdone.

The White House watched nervouslyas the trade bill s lowly made its way, andprodded the Senate to accept a House-passed bill renewing anti-terrorism pro-grams due to expire June 1. Spokesman

Josh Earnest said that to do otherwisewould put at risk “the ability of ournational security p rofessionals to k eepus safe.”

The trade measure would allow Obamato make global trade deals that Congresscould approve or reject, but not change.

Previous presidents have had the sameauthority, and the administration wantsit to strengthen the hand of U.S. nego-tiators as they pursue a 12-nation agree-ment among countries with PacificOcean coastline.

Lawmakers whose time generally isscheduled far in advance adjusted as bestthey could.

“It’s not the weather, it’s the Senatethat’s the problem,” said Sen. LamarAlexander, R-Tenn., hoping to make ithome by Saturday night for a turn aspianist with the Memphis SymphonyOrchestra.

Republican Sens. Ted Cruz, MarcoRubio and Lindsey Graham couldn’thave said it any better. All three presi-dential contenders scrapped trips to ameeting of the Southern RepublicanLeadership Conference in OklahomaCity.

The trade measure had slightly more

than the 60 votes needed for passage,and a final significant challenge failednarrowly, 51-48.

It came on a proposal, by Sens. RobPortman, R-Ohio, who supports thetrade bill, and Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., who oppos es it. They sought tomade allegations of currency manipula-tion subject to the same “dispute settle-ment procedures” as other obligationsunder any trade deal.

Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew warnedearlier that its approval could causeObama to veto the legislation. The pres-ident has said it could cause the demiseof the current round of talks with 11other Pacific-area nations, and alsocould pose a threat to th e monetary pol -icy that is designed to help the U.S.economy run better.

Portman, who was U.S. trade repre-sentati ve under former President GeorgeW. Bush, scoffed at threats of a veto.

Vacation plans collide withmust-do agenda for Senate

“It’s not theweather, it’s the

Senate that’s the problem.”— Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn.

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firefight on ranchBy E. Eduardo Castilloand Mark StevensonTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ECUANDUREO, Mexico —About 40 people were killedFriday in what authoritiesdescribed as a fierce gunbattlebetween suspected drug traffickersand federal forces on a ranch inwestern Mexico, the deadliestsuch confrontation in recent mem-ory.

Almost all the dead were sus-pected criminals, said a FederalPolice official, who spoke o n con-dition of anonymity because he

was not authorized to talk with journal is ts. Unconfi rmed report ssaid at least one police officerdied.

Few details on t he reported gun-battle had been released, but pho-tographs from the scene showbodies, some with semi-automaticrifles and others without weapons ,lying in fields, near farm equip-ment and on a bloo d-stained patiostrewn with clothes, mattressesand sleeping bags.

Video obtained by theAssociated Press showed federalpoli ce coming under fire and bod-ies strewn throughout a ranch,known as Rancho del Sol, accord-ing to a local police official in the

town of Puerto de Vargas. The offi-

cial wouldn’t give h is full name tothe AP but said his departmentreceived a report of th e confronta-tion from fellow police in theneighboring town of Ecuandureoand was told to keep residentscalm.

The confrontation started whenfederal poli ce officers tried to pullover a truck on the highway nearthe ranch, and as they got closepeople inside the truck openedfire, Michoacan Gov. SalvadorJara told Radio Formula.

According to an account of events circulated among federalpolice units, the first report of gunfire came in at about 8 a.m.Friday. The government dis-patched special forces and a BlackHawk helicopter as reinforce-ments.

According to the federal policeaccount, which was not immedi-ately confirmed by top officials,units confiscated dozens of high-caliber weapons and a rocketlauncher after the shootout. Therewere also six burned vehicles thatsent huge plumes of black smokevisible to nearby areas.

The confrontati on occurred nearthe border of Michoacan andJalisco states, an area known asbeing dominated by the JaliscoNew Generation cartel and the

scene of numerous incidents of

cartel violence in recent years.The scene of the shootout is

close to the community of LaBarca, a Jalisco town whereauthorities in 2013 found morethan five dozen bodies in massgraves linked to the Jalisco car-tel. In 2014, gunmen killed themayor of a nearby town,Tanhuato.

While there was no immediateconfirmation on the identity of the suspects, Jara told Milenio tel -evision that “it was most likely”the Jalisco cartel was involved.The group has mounted several

large-scale attacks on federal andstate forces in recent weeks.

In April, gunmen believedlinked to the cartel ambushed apolice convoy in Jalisco, killing15 state officers and woundingfive. Earlier this month, the NewGeneration cartel shot down a mil-itary helicopter with a rocketlauncher in Jalisco, killing eightaboard.

In just a few years, NewGeneration has grown from beingan offshoot of the powerfulSinaloa cartel to one of Mexico’sstrongest criminal groups in its

own right, according to the U.S.Treasury Department, whoseOffice of Foreign Assets Controlmaintains a “black list” of drugtrafficking organizations.

New Generation’s quick risereflects a rapidly changing organ-ized-crime landscape in Mexico asthe government targets top lead-ers of established cartels. Morethan any other criminal group,New Generation has taken advan-tage of the strategy to hit th e lead-ership of the biggest cartels,strengthening and grabbing terri-tory as i ts rival s are weakened.

REUTERSFederal policemen stand outside a ranch where a gunfight between hitmen and federal forces left severalcasualties in Tanhuato, state of Michoacan, Mexico.

Teresa Mary SchiltzTeresa Mary Schiltz, late of Millbrae and

San Mateo County resident for 46 years,died in Redwood CityMay 20, 2 015.

Wife of the late GuidoSchiltz. Mother of GeriSchoening (her husbandBob) and Mike Schiltz

(his wife Aileen). Sister-in-law of Alice Hobson.Also survived by hergrandchildren Mark (his

wife Bao), Kristen and Kevin, three great-grandchildren along with her nephewsBobby, David and other nephews, greatnephews and nieces.

A native of San Francisco, California,age 89 years.

Family and friends may visit after 10a.m. Wednesday, May 27, at the Chapelof the Highlands, El Camino Real at 1 94Millwood Drive in Millbrae, with a funer-al liturgy beginning at 11 a.m.Committal will follow at the Italian

Cemetery in Colma.Her family appreciates donations to Saint

Jude Chil dren’s Hospi tal at www.st jude.org.

Dolores Valderrama GorospeDolores Valderrama Gorospe, born May

29, 1936, died peacefully Saturday April

18, 2015.“Dolly” and her late

husband Ernie Gorosperaised sons Pius andPhillip Garcia along withsix foster sisters. Later,they travelled the coun-try extensively and were“born again” charismat-ics.

A Committal Ceremony will be h eld afterthe 9 a.m. mass Wednesday, June 3, at St.Andrews Catholic Church, 1571 SouthgateAve., Daly City, CA, 94 015.

Please send donations to theMissionaries of Charity.

Obituaries


WASHINGTON — President Barack Obamasaid Friday he “forcefully” objects to sugges-tions that policy differences between hisadministration and the Israeli governmentsignal his lack of support for the longtimeU.S. ally.

Speaking at one of Washington’s mostprominent sy nagogues, Obama said the U.S.and Israel should not be expected to paper

over differences on Israel’s settlement build-ing or the frozen peace process with thePalestinians.

“That’s not a true measure of friend-ship,” Obama told about 1,200 people,including members of Congress, gath-ered at Congregation Adas Israel. “Thepeople of Israel must always know

America has its back.”The president’s remarks

come during a period of deep tension in an alreadyprickly relationship withIsrael Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu, par-ticularly ov er Obama’s bidto strike a nuclear dealwith Iran. Netanyahuviews Iran’s disputed

nuclear program as an existential threat toIsrael and has lobbied vigorously againstsuch a deal, including by addressing a jointmeeting of Congress earlier this year.

Obama defended the framework deal thatnegotiators are seeking to finalize by the endof June, saying it would make Israel and theentire region safer.

Barack Obama tells people ofIsrael: America has your back

Barack Obama

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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — A suicidebomber unleashed a blast in a Shii te mosquein eastern Saudi Arabia as worshippers com-memorated the birth of a revered saint,killing at least 21 people and wounding

dozens more in the deadliest attack seen inthe kingdom in more than a decade.Loyalists of the Islamic State group claimedresponsibility for the bombing.

The claim of responsibility, made in astatement circulated on pro-IS Twitter feeds,could not be independently confirmed. Itwas issued by what purported to be a Saudibranch of the Islamic State group, which isbased in Syria and Iraq, but it was notknown if the perpetrators had a direct con-nection with the g roup’s leadership or weresympathizers acting independently in itsname.

Still, the bombing highlighted anincreasing activeness of IS sympathizers inSaudi Arabia at a time when sectarian ten-sions have grown over the war in neighbor-ing Yemen, where Saudi Arabia is leading anair campaign against Shiite rebels. Pastmonths have seen a string of smallerattacks on security forces blamed by Saudiofficials on the Islamic State group, and inlate April, Saudi o fficials arrested 93 peopl ethey said were involved in an IS plot toattack the U.S. Embassy and other targets.

Friday’s bombing took place in the vil-lage of al-Qudeeh in the eastern Qatif region, the heartland of Saudi Arabia’sShiite Muslim minority, which has longcomplained of discrimination in the coun-try, ruled by the ultraconservative Wahhabiinterpretation of Sunni Islam.

The bomber stood among the worship-pers in the Imam Ali mos que then detonatedhis explosiv es as people began to file out,Habib Mahmoud, managing editor for the

state-linked Al-Sharq newspaper in Qatif,told the Associated Press. A local activist,

Naseema al-Sada, told the AP by telephonefrom Qatif that the worshippers were com-memorating the birth of Imam Hussain, a7th century figure revered among Shi ites.

Al-Manar TV run by the Lebanese ShiiteHezbollah group, carried blurry pictures of pools of blood inside what appeared to bethe mosque where the attack took place. Italso showed still photos of at least threebodies stretched out on carpets, coveredwith sheets. One person dressed in a whiterobe was bein g carried away on a stretcher.

At least 21 people were killed and morethan 60 wounded, the spokesman for theprovi ncial h ealth s ervices Asad Saoud said,according to the state news agency SPA. Itappeared the number was lik ely to rise, withat least 40 critical cases.

That would make it t he deadliest militant

attack in the kingdom at least since the2004 attack on residential compounds of foreign workers in the eastern city of Khobar that killed 22, blamed on al-Qaida-linked militants. That earlier attack waspart of a wave of al-Qaida-led violence th atended in 2006 as Saudi security forcesmoved to crush the t error network.

The Islamic State group — formerly al-Qaida’s branch in Iraq which broke away andoverran much of that co untry and neighbor-ing Syria — has become notorious for itsattacks on Shii tes, in cluding a deadly Shiitemosque bombing in the Yemeni capitalSanaa that killed more than 130 people. Itwas blamed for the killing of eight Shiitesin a mosque shooting in eastern SaudiArabia in November.

The claim of responsibility Friday was

issued in th e name of a p urported IS branchin “Najd Province,” a reference to the his-toric region of a the central ArabianPeninsula where the Saudi capit al Riyadh islocated.

The attack comes amid heightened Sunni-Shiite tensions in the region as SaudiArabia and Iran back opposite sides in con-

flicts in Syria, Iraq and Yemen. The Saudioffensive in Yemen has sharpened anti-Iranian rhetoric inside the kingdom. SaudiArabia accuses Iran of arming the Yemenirebels, a claim that both the militias andTehran deny.

Some ultraconservative Sunnis in SaudiArabia, known as Wahhabis, have usedFriday sermons to rally support for the warand simultaneously criticize Shiites andtheir practice of praying at the tombs of religious figures, which they view as akinto polytheism.

Mahmoud said people in Qatif “holdthose who are inflaming sectarian rhetoric,from those on social media and in themosques, responsible.”

He said that too often the public does notdifferentiate between what is Iranian gov-

ernment policy and what is Shiite, and“blame Shiites for Iranian actions in theregion.”

The country’s top cleric, Grand MuftiAbdel-Aziz al-Sheikh , told Saudi s tate tele-vision that the attack in Qatif aims at “dri-ving a wedge among the sons of the nation”and described it as “a crime, shame and greatsin.” The country’s top council of clericsissued a statement blaming the attack on“terrorist criminals with foreign agendas.”

Residents in the country’s eastern regionsay they are discriminated against becauseof their faith. They say that despite theregion being home to most of the king-dom’s oil reserves, their streets, buildings,hospitals, schools and infrastructure areneglected and in poor condition. They say

unemployment runs high among Shiiteyouth in the area.

Islamic State loyalists claim Saudi mosque attack

REUTERS

Family members of victims and well wishers are seen after a suicide bomb attack at the Imam

Ali mosque in the village of al-Qadeeh in the eastern province of Gatif, Saudi Arabia.

Guinea families transport bodies in public taxisCONAKRY, Guinea — Relati ves o f Ebola v ictims are

transporting their bodies on public transportation inGuinea, seating the corpses upright between other passen-gers to skirt health controls and contributing to the spreadof th e deadly disease here, authorities said.

The Ebola epi demic began in Guinea and, in stead of beingsnuffed out as officials had hoped, at l east 27 new cases haveoccurred in a week’s ti me, marking a s igni ficant spik e.

Bodies of Ebola victims are highly contagious, yet thehealth recommendations to not touch bodies at funerals goagainst hundreds o f years of tradition here. Family membersstill want to give th eir loved ones tradition al burials to pre-

pare their souls for the afterlife, and some even try t o trans-port th e bodies to their ho me villages if they died elsewhere.

“It is regrettable that some families with t he help of trans-port providers are dressing up cadavers and seating themupright between other passengers in a taxi as though theperson is sti ll livi ng when in fact it’s sometimes the body of someone who h as died from Ebola,” said po lice Capt. ClaudeOnivogui. “Every day we are finding bodies in these condi-tions, and that’s what is spreading the contagion.”

The latest Ebola figures from the World HealthOrganization are the hi ghest i n Guinea in more than a monthand come just as the country h oped the outbreak was finallycoming under control.

Amnesty says torture ofUkraine war prisoners is rife

KIEV, Ukraine — Both warring s ides in east ern Ukraineare perpetrating war crimes almost daily, including torturing

prisoners and summarily killing them, the AmnestyInternational righ ts g roup said in a report Friday.

Amnesty said in a s tatement that i t has heard from formercaptives of both Ukrainian government and separatistforces who s ay they faced savage beatings, torture with elec-tric shocks, kicking and stabbings.

Concern about the treatment of prisoners comes asUkrainian authorities face scrutiny this week for publiclyparading two men they say were Russian soldiers capturedwhile fighting alongside separatists.

Hundreds of Ukrainian troops are believed to have beencaptured by rebel forces in th e yearlong war that has claimedmore than 6,100 lives. Both sides routinely accuse oneanother of mistreating captives. Under a February peaceagreement, all war prisoners had been due for release in earlyMarch, b ut little progress has b een achieved.

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Nasdaq 5,089.36 -1.43 Oil (per barrel) 59.91S&P 500 2,126.06 -4.76 Gold 1,205.40

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the NewYork Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:NYSEDeere & Co., up $3.89 to $93.35Solid sales of its construction equipment offset a global agriculturalslowdown for the farming equipment maker. The company also raisedits full-year outlook.Campbell Soup Co., up 98 cents to $47.91 The maker of canned soup, Pepperidge Farm cookies and V8 juicereported third-quarter profit that beat Wall Street expectations.Aeropostale Inc., down 40 cents to $2.19 The teen clothing retailer posted another quarterly loss as sales fell 20percent, partly hurt by a slowdown at West Coast ports.Hewlett-Packard Co., up 93 cents to $34.76 The technology company, which is in the midst of splitting in two,reported second-quarter net income that beat expectations.

The Gap Inc., down 55 cents to $38.01Hurt by the strong dollar and weak sales at Gap and Banana Republic,the retailer posted an 8 percent drop in first-quarter profit.NasdaqExpedia Inc., up $7.11 to $113 The online travel company sold its stake in Chinese travel service eLongto a group of businesses for about $671 million.Intuit Inc., up $2.60 to $106.76 The maker of TurboTax, QuickBooks and other accounting softwarereported third-quarter profit and revenue that beat expectations.Gordmans Stores Inc., down 11 cents to $6.47 The owner of Gordmans department stores reported a profit in its firstquarter after posting a loss in the same period a year ago.

Big movers

By Bernard CondonTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — The stock marketcapped a quiet week of trading on adown note.

Major indexes fell from the start onFriday as oil drillers and other energy-related companies followed oil priceslower. Stocks spent much of the rest of the day drifting between losses andgains as investors considered a mixedbag corporate earnings and a slightincrease in in flation.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 indexclosed down 4.76 points, or 0.2 per-cent, to 2,126.06. The Dow Jonesindustrial average fell 53.72 points, or0.3 percent, to 18,232.02. The Nasdaqcomposite edged down 1.43 points to5,089.36.

Trading was light ahead of theMemorial Day weekend in the U.S. Just2.5 b illion s hares changed hands on theNew York Stock Exchange, three-quar-ters of the no rmal level.

Nine of the 10 industry sectors of theS&P 500 were lower, led by a 0.8 per-cent drop in telecommunicationsstocks.

Among stocks making big gains,Deere & Co. rose $3. 89, or 4.3 p ercent,to $93.35 after the equipment makerbeat analysts’ estimates for its latestquarterly earnings. The company alsoraised its profit forecast for the year.

Campbell Soup rose 98 cents, or 2percent, to $47.91 after reporting bet-ter-than-expected results, too.

In economic news, the LaborDepartment reported that inflation rose0.1 percent in April, its third straightincrease. The report also noted that core

inflation, which excludes vol atile foodand energy prices, climbed 0.3 percent,the biggest one-month increase inmore than two years.

The numbers suggest that an improv-ing economy could be setting th e stagefor the Federal Reserve to raise itsbenchmark short-term interest rate. Thecentral market has held the rate nearzero for more than si x years.

“We don’t think inflation is really aproblem, but the uptick is a cover forthe Fed to do what it wants to do any-way: Get off zero rates,” said JimMcDonald, chief investment strategistat Northern Trust.

Later in the day, Federal ReserveChair Janet Yellen said in a speech thatshe expected the Fed to begin raisingrates later this year if the job marketimproves. But she cautioned that theeconomy is still facing challenges,including disappointing wage growthand too many people working part-time.

Despite the drop for the day, the S&P500 still closed up for the week, itsthird weekly gain in a row. The indexhas closed at record highs recently,

though the gains have been tiny asinvestors fret over unimpressive earn-ings and an uncertain g lobal economy.

“It continues to be the rally that noone respects,” said JJ Kinahan, chief strategist at TD Ameritrade. “Despiteheadwinds, i t contin ues to plug along. ”

Among stocks making moves Friday,Gap Inc. fell 55 cents, or 1. 4 percent, t o$38. 01 o n news late Thursday that first-quarter earnings plunged 8 percent as ittries to turn around its Banana Republicand Gap chains. The company also citeda surge in the value of the dollar, whichmakes sales abroad worth less whentranslated back to the U.S. currency.

Overseas, the Shanghai CompositeIndex jumped 2.8 percent t o close at itshighest level since 2008. Investors arebetting t hat the economic stimulus thathas po wered the rally will continue afterseveral poor in dicators, including a dis-appointing manufacturing index onThursday.

Markets in Europe were mixed.Germany’s DAX slipped 0.4 percent.Britain’s FTSE 100 rose 0. 3 percent.

Benchmark U.S. crude fell $1 to closeat $59.72 a barrel in New York as t radersworried about supplies of oil outstrip-ping demand. U.S. oil finished the weekbetween $59 and $60 for the fourthstraight week. Brent crude, a bench-mark for international oil used by manyU.S. refineries, fell $1.17 to close at$65. 37 a barrel in London.

Stocks fall slightly on oil, earnings

Adult dating site investigating breach of user dataPALO ALTO — The op erator o f a po pular adult dating web-

site said Friday it’s investi gating a data security b reach fol-lowing reports that hackers stole names, email addresses

and information about the sexual orientation o r habits of upto 4 million members.Britain’s Channel 4 news outlet reported that hackers

posted some of the information on an obscure website afterstealing account data from AdultFriendFinder.com. Theonli ne service claims 64 mil lion members worldwide use itsservice to “hook up, find sex or meet someone hot now.”

FriendFinder Networks, t he Silico n Valley comp any th atoperates the service, said in a statement that it hired aprominent cyber-security firm to investigate and is tellingmembers to update their user names and passwords. It said itis also temporarily blocking attempts to search for userprofiles by “any users we believe were affected by th e secu-rity issue.”

Tech blog ger Bev Robb reported earlier that it was possi-ble to identify some users and glean potentially embarrass-ing information based on apparently stolen data that waspost ed on a website frequented by o ther hackers.

Without confirming any details about the breach,

FriendFinder Networks said it had no information thatusers’ financial information was leaked. But the statementadded that, “until the investigation is completed, it will bedifficult to confirm the full scope of the incident.”

West Coast dockworkersunion ratifies five-year contract

LOS ANGELES — The labor dispute that hobbled interna-tional trade through West Coast seaports earlier this yearofficially ended Friday when the union representing dock-workers announced its members had ratified a five-year con-tract.

Members of the International Longshore and WarehouseUnion voted 82 percent in favor of the deal, according tospokesman Craig Merrilees. Union leaders had reached a ten-tative deal in February with the companies t hat own massiveoceangoing ships that bring cargo to and from ports andoperate th e terminals where that cargo is loaded and unloaded.

About 13, 000 union members were eligible to vo te.Earlier this week, the Pacific Maritime Association of shipp ing li nes and port terminal operators said its memberspassed the contract. That made the union’s approval the laststep.

Ports from San Diego t o Seattle were all but shut down sev-eral month s ago as t he two sides haggled over the contract.Companies that accused workers of coordinated slowdownsdecided to cut their shifts, shuttering ports on nights andweekends.

The tit-for-tat led to l ong lines of ship s queueing o utside of harbors, waiting for space at the docks. By t he time the U.S.secretary of labor had helped broker a tentative deal inFebruary, several dozen ship s were anchored outside the twinports o f Long Beach and Los Angeles — the nation’s largest.They held everythi ng from Easter goods to p atio furniture.

Business briefs

By Martin CrutsingerTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — Federal ReserveChair Janet Yellen said Friday sheexpects to begin raising interest rateslater this year — if the job marketimproves and the Fed is confidentinflation will climb closer toward itstarget rate.

She described the U.S. economy as“well positioned for continuedgrowth,” but at the same time high-lighted a number of headwinds thatthreaten progress. Wages have beendisappointing and too many peoplewho want full-time jobs and insteadworking part-time, she said. She alsonoted a lackluster housing recovery

and modest business investment.The Fed has kept its key benchmarkrate at a record low near zero sinceDecember 2008.

“I think it will be appropriate atsome point this year to take the initialstep to raise the federal-funds rate tar-get and begin the process of normaliz-ing monetary policy,” Yellen said tothe Greater Providence Chamber of

Commerce inProvidence, RhodeIsland.

But when t he cen-tral bank finallybegins to raiserates, Yellen said itwould proceed cau-tiously, “which Iexpect would meanthat it will be sever-

al years before the federal funds ratewould be back to its normal, longer-run level.”

Yellen’s latest comments were madeseveral weeks before the Fed’s nextpolicy meeting on June 16-17.Minutes from its April meetingreleased earlier thi s week all but ruledout a rate hike next month.

Many economists now predict theFed will wait until at least Septemberand that the central bank will movevery gradually with one or two quarter-point rate hikes this year.

“Assuming that economic growthdoes rebound .. . we don’t th ink t he Fedcan wait any longer than September,”said Paul Ashworth, chief U.S. econo-

mist at Capital Economics.

Yellen reiterated that policymakersneed to see “contin ued improvement inlabor market conditions.” They alsowant to b e “reasonabl y confident” thatinflation will approach its 2 percenttarget in the medium term.

“The various headwinds that are sti llrestraining t he economy, as I said, willlikely take some time to fully abate,and the pace of that improvement ishighly uncertain,” she said.

But Yellen also warned of waitingtoo long. Any changes to monetarypoli cy will take time to work their waythrough the economy, so “delayingaction to tighten monetary policyuntil employment and inflation arealready back to our objectives wouldrisk overheating the economy,” shesaid.

Earlier Friday, the governmentreported that core consumer prices rosea bigger-than-expected 0.3 percent inApril. It was the largest one-monthgain since January 2013, althoughoverall prices were up just 0.1 p ercent,held back by a further drop in energycosts.

Yellen: First rate hike likely byyear end if economy improves

By Sam HananelTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — America’s largesttobacco companies must inform con-sumers th at cigarettes were design ed toincrease addiction, but not that theylied to the public about the dangers of smoking, a federal appeals court ruledon Friday.

The ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of ColumbiaCircuit is a partial win for cigarettemakers in the long-running legal fightthat began in the Clinton administra-tion in 1999. In this latest round, thecompanies objected to running court-ordered advertisements that would havebranded themselves as liars.

The ads would have begun with a pre-amble statement that the companies“deliberately deceived the American

public.” The ads stem from a 2006court ruling ordering the companies toadmit they had lied for decades aboutthe dangers of smoking.

The companies called that statementoverbroad and misleading. But govern-ment lawyers argued that t he lang uagewas meant to provide context for thepublic.

The appeals court ruled that the lan-guage must focus on preventin g futureviolations, not past misconduct.Writing for the three-judge panel,Judge David Tatel said the preamblelanguage in the ads about past decep-tion went beyond the remedies allo wedunder federal racketeering laws.

But Tatel said other language in theads that stated the companies inten-tionally designed cigarettes withenough nicotine “to create and sustainaddiction” was within the bounds of

the law. The appeals court alsoapproved statements that said thecompanies “intentionally designedcigarettes to make them more addic-tive.”

The companies in the case includeRichmond, Virginia-based AltriaGroup Inc., owner of the biggest U.S.tobacco company, Philip Morris USA;No. 2 cigarette maker, R.J. ReynoldsTobacco Co., owned by Winston-Salem, North Carolina-basedReynolds American Inc.; and No. 3cigarette maker Lorillard Inc., based inGreensboro, North Carolina.

In 1999, the Justice Departmentfiled a lawsuit that alleged the tob ac-co companies violated racketeeringlaws by conspiring to deceive thepublic about th e health consequencesand addictiveness of smoking ciga-rettes.

Tobacco firms get partial win over claims on smoking effects

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By Kristie RiekenTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

HOUSTON — Stephen Curry hasbeen playin g lik e the MVP he is tohelp the Golden State Warriors to2-0 l ead in the Western Co nferencefinals.

Now things get tougher as theWarriors head to Houston for twogames beginning Saturday ni ght.

Curry scored 34 points in Game1, 33 i n Game 2 and has made 11 3-

pointers in the series.“You put a lot of hard work into

your craft, and when you rely onthat work, you kind of just are inthe moment, and those shots,when you rise up to take them, itfeels natural, it feels normal,”Curry said. “I feel confident, andyou just live with the results.”

The Warriors took the first gameby four points and won the secondone by a point when MVP runner-up James Harden couldn’t fightthrough a double team to g et a shotup for Houston before timeexpired.

“It hurts, but they did what theyhad to do,” Harden said. “They wontwo games at home. We’re goingback home to get two games.”

The Warriors had a 17-po int lead

Thursday nightbefore a big runby the Rocketsgot them backinto it. GoldenState wasunhappy that itlet the gamebecome so dra-matic at theend.

“They feellike they lost two games they

should have won,” Golden State’sDraymond Green said. “We feellike we almost gave this one away... we have a ways to go, there’s alot we can get better at. But we’resitting here 2-0 and that’s themost important thing. ”

Houston point guard JasonTerry, who won a t itle with Dallasin 2011, said Game 3 is the mostimportant one of the series for theRockets.

“This is a must-win game forus,” he said. “Must-win time. Youhave to love it. It’s the WesternConference finals. What betterplace to be? Going home and thesense of urgency is going to bethere from the tip.”

Dubs head to Houstonup 2-0 in Western finals

By Michael Kelly THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DENVER — Brandon Belt brought thefireworks early to keep the San FranciscoGiants rolling.

Belt homered into the third deck, RyanVogelso ng threw six scoreless innin gs andalso doubled and the Giants held on to beatthe Colorado Rockies 11-8 on Friday night.

Buster Posey singled and doubled toextend his hitting streak to 14 games assurging San Francisco won its seventhstraight.

Belt’s mammoth shot got a jump on thefireworks show that was planned for afterthe game but started during a ninth inningrain delay.

It is the sixth time in21 home dates this sea-son rain has delayed orpostponed a game atCoors Field.

After a one-out singlein the sixth by Posey,Belt s ent Kyle Kendrick’s83-mph changeup an esti-mated 475 feet into deepright field to make it 3-0.

It is the 34th home run to l and in the thirddeck at Coors Fi eld.

Belt is the 20th p layer to accomplish thefeat.

“I had a pretty good idea I was going toget someth ing o ffspeed,” Belt said. “Youkind of hope for that hanging change and

that’s what happ ened. Hehung it a little bit. It’sprobably off the wall inSan Fran.”

He was denied anotherRBI when his line-drivesingle hit second baseumpire Paul Nauert in theGiants’ four-run seventhinni ng. Nauert exited andthe game was playedwith three umpires for

the rest of the game.Matt Duffy’s two-run homer in the ninth

capped another four-run inning and seem-ingly put the game away, but Coloradomounted a rally as t he rain became heavier.

Three straight sin gles to st art the inning

scored a run before the game went into a 1hour, 44-minute delay. Two more hits afterplay resumed made it 11-7 with no outs.Santiago Casilla came on and got the firsttwo outs b efore Ben Paulsen’s double cut thedeficit t o 11 -8. He struck out Nick Hundleyto end the game for his 11th save.

“They fought back, they got in it and wehad to use our guys,” Giants manager BruceBochy said. “It’s one of those long nightsyou’re glad to get away with a win. Casillareally came through for us. ”

Kendrick (1-6) labored through 6 1/3inni ngs and remained winless since th e sea-son opener at Milwaukee on April 6. Hestruck out four and walked three, one of

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Former Serra catcher Collin Theroux returns to the state championship tournament this season with his SanJoaquin Delta Mustangs entering as the No. 1-ranked team among California community college teams.

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — TheOakland Athletics have ruled outimmediate neck surgery for out-fielder Coco Crisp .

The A’s said Friday they expectto make a decision this weekendon Crisp ’s playing s tatus. He had asimilar injury last season, andhasn’t play ed since leaving a game

Tuesday in Houston with a stiff neck.“If you talk about surgery, that

probably means a bad outcome asfar as his playi ng career,” managerBob Melvi n said Friday.

The 35-year-old Crisp had anMRI taken on the neck Wednesday,but Melvin said it did not revealanyth ing the A’s didn’t know lastseason.

“We’re going to have to dealwith it like we did last year,”Melvin said. “If there are issueswe’ll give him some time off. If there are significant issues we’ll

DL him.Obviously, thisis a dicey injuryand we’re goingto have to becareful with it. ”

Crisp, whohad surgery onhis elbow inearly April, isbatting .044 in

13 games this season.Oakland placed relief pitcherEdward Mujica on the 15-day dis-abled list Friday and called upshortstop Andy Parrino fromTriple-A Nashville.

Mujica fractured and cut his rightthumb Thursday n ight while field-ing a g round ball hit by the Rays’Bobby Wilson. Because the stitch-es will remain in Mujica’s hand forseveral days, the A’s decided to puthim on the disabled list. They arehoping the right-hander canresume throwing shortly after theswelling goes down.

No surgery for Crisp yet

By Terry BernalDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Collin Theroux has found a homeat San Joaquin Delta over the pasttwo years. Now the sophomorecatcher is looking to finish hiscommunity college career in style.

A San Mateo native and formerSerra standout, Theroux serves asthe cleanup hitt er for a Delta base-ball squad that opens state cham-pionship play Friday. TheMustangs advanced to the finalfour with a s eries win over Collegeof San Mateo in last weekend’sNorthern California sectionalplayoffs.

Theroux continues to chisel anextensive postseason resume.

During his senior year of 2012 atSerra, h e led the Padres to th eir lastWest Catholic Athletic Leaguetournament championship. After aredshirt season at the Universityof Nevada in 2013, Theroux trans-ferred to Delta last year as theMustangs advanced to the statechampionship game, only to fallto Orange Coast College.

In returning to the state champi-onship tournament this season,Delta gets its rematch right off thebat, opening play against OrangeCoast Saturday at noon at FresnoCity College. But this season, on

paper, the Mustangs enter as theconsensus favorite, having gone

wire-to-wire as the No. 1-rankedteam in California.“The attitude is to go in there

and win three games and be statechampion, ” Theroux said. “I don’tthink we expect anything less. It’sbeen our mindset all year is to getto state and show everybody whatwe’re all about and why we’re theNo. 1 team.”

In addition to pacing allNorthern California hitters witheight home runs this season,Theroux’s calling card is his

Delta eyes title

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Some things to know heading into Game 3.

Howard’s healthHouston center Dwight Howard is listed as

probable for Game 3 after spraining his leftknee in Game 1. He was injured when team-mate Josh Smith crashed into him on Tuesdaynight and he struggled to get ready for Game2. But he shook off the injury to finish with19 poi nts and 17 rebounds in 40 minutes.

“We know that no matter what’s goin g in,I’m not going to let it defeat me — aninjury, losing a game or two — I’m notgoing to let it defeat my spirits,” Howardsaid. “I want the team to fight through andthat’s the only way to go. That’s the onlyway you succeed.”

Coach Kevin McHale was impressed byHoward’s performance.

“What can you say? I mean, the guyplayed fantastic,” McHale said. “His kn ee isbothering him a lot and ... one thing aboutDwight is when Dwight starts a game, hevery seldom wants t o come out.”

TurnoversThe Warriors finis hed with 16 t urnovers in

Game 2 and five of them came in a 10-

minute span ending with about 10 1/2 min-utes left in the third quarter. Those miscueshelped Houston erase a 17-point deficit andtake a 58-55 lead. Golden State coach SteveKerr pinpointed a reason for the turnovers.

“I think sometimes our group competesso hard that the distinction between mak-ing th e simple play and playing as hard asyou can get s bl urred,” he said. “You have tobe able to separate those two things.You’ve got to compete like crazy and thenyou have to t ake a breath and just make thesimple play.”

Threes, threes and more threesThe Warriors and Rockets lo ve lo ng-range

shooting and showed it in the first twogames of the series. Don’t expect that tochange Saturday with some of the league’sbest 3-point shooters on the court. GoldenState is averaging 29.3 3-point attempts inthe postseason, which leads the NBA, andHouston is fourth with 27.6 tries a game.The Warriors also lead all playoff teams bymaking 11.1 a game to 9.6 by the Rockets.These teams have combined to make 33 3-pointers in this series, with the Warriorsleading in that category with 18.

Curry vs. HardenFor a stretch Thursday nig ht i t seemed as if

Curry and Harden were involved in a game of one-on-one with each player making shotafter shot. Some of their teammates talkedabout enjoying the matchup within thegame, but Kerr wasn’t on e of th em.

“I’ll look at that on tape, and maybe in afew months I’ll look back and enjoy theduel,” he said. “But right now it’s just pos-session by possession, trying to get itdone.”

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Harrison Barnes drives to the hoop againstDwight Howard in the Warriors’ Game 2 win.

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Serra receives

11 All-WCAL

baseball nodsBy Terry BernalDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

The Serra baseball team paced the WestCatholi c Athletic League with 11 All-Leaguenods, it was announced Thursday.

The Padres received five first-team hon-ors, four second-team and two honorablementions. St. Francis junior outfielderJeremy Ydens was named WCAL Player of the Year, batting .420 while leading theleague with 33 runs and 25 stolen bases. St.Francis senior left-hander Andrew Carter andMitty senior left-hander Kris Bubic werenamed co-WCAL Pitch ers o f th e Year.

Serra senio r outfielder Scott Ota, who wonthe WCAL battin g tit le with a .48 9 average,was one of Serra’s five first-teamers, alongwith junior right-handers John Besse andChris Apecechea, junior third baseman

Angelo Bortolin and center fielder ChrisPapapietro.Papapietro tied for the team lead with

three home runs and 17 RBIs while hitting.348. Bortolin finished the season strong,tabbing three multi-hit games in his lastsix. The left-handed hitting junior hit .310while ranking third on the team with 26hits . Besse was 4-0 with a 0.8 1 ERA.Apecechea was the only pitcher with a sub-.500 record to be named first-team, totalinga 3-4 mark despite a 1 .77 ERA.

Named to the second-team were Serra seniorcatcher James Outman, junior second base-man Chris Underwood, junior outfielder TylerVillaroman and senior shortstop CalvinRiley, who was tabbed as a utility man.

Garnering honorable mentions were jun-ior p itcher Nick Von Tobel and junior first

baseman Nick Knecht.

By Paul Newberry THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ATLANTA — LeBron James scored 30 pointsand the Cleveland Cavaliers took total com-mand of the Eastern Conference final evenwithout injured star Kyrie Irving, routing theAtlanta Hawks 94-82 on Friday nigh t for a 2-0

lead with the series heading to Ohio.The Cavaliers made it a blowout with a dom-inating third quarter. James scored 11 points,the Hawks shot just 32 percent (7 of 22), andCleveland led by as many as 20 before settlingfor an 84-66 lead heading to the final period.

Irving was scratched before the gamebecause of an ailing left knee. He wasn’tmissed a bit.

James assumed many of the ball-handlingduties, taking advantage of DeMarre Carrollclearly not being at 100 percent after he wentdown with a knee injury late in Game 1. Carrol lstarted after being carried off the court just twonights earlier but hardly looked like the“Junkyard Dog.”

He wasn’t the only one struggling. TheHawks look ed totally outclassed for one of thefew times all season.

The Cavaliers can wrap up the best-of-sevenseries simply by winning at home. The nexttwo are in Cleveland, beginning with Game 3on Sunday night.

Tristan Thompson led another dominatingperformance for the Cavaliers on the boards.He had 16 rebounds and Cleveland finishedwith a 47-39 advantage.

When Thompson dunked off a pass fromJames with just under 5 minutes remaining, theCavaliers had a 93-74 lead and many Atlantafans began heading for the exits, perhapsknowing they had seen their team for the lasttime in this most unexpected season. Atlantawon a franchise-record 60 games to claim thetop seed in the East, but the Hawks were pickedapart by the best player in the world.

Forget the Big Three.The Big One was plenty of the Cavaliers,

who are two wins away from returning the NBA

Finals and taking another crack at their firstchampionship.

This is why James returned to his de factohometown after spending four years in Miami,leading the Heat to a pair of titles. TheCavaliers assembled a Miami-like trio withJames, Irving and Kevin Love, but the King isdoing just fine on his own

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