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CASUALTIES MOUNT FROM AIR STRIKES IN SYRIA’S LARGESTCITY

By Austin WalshDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Union advocates fil ed documents seekingto repeal an approval to construct theCrossing Hotel in San Bruno, which wasreceived with o ppositio n by city officials.

Representatives from Local 2, a unionrepresenting Bay Area hotel and restaurantworkers, collected and submitted 3,200 sig-

natures Wednesday, April 27, from residentssupporting an initiative to reverse the CityCouncil’s approval late last month to sellcity-owned land to a private developer forconstruction of a new hotel.

Should the petition be verified by CityClerk Carol Bonner, councilmembers willhave until August to repeal their app roval of 

Opposition seeks to repeal Crossing Hotel dealSan Bruno officials disapprove of union initiative, could go to ballot

By Samantha WeigelDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

In considering a variety of ways to sup-port low income workers struggling toafford the area’s hig h cost o f livin g, t he SanMateo City Council will consider going

beyond recently enacted state laws andincrease local min imum wages.

The council decided the issue should be apriority this year and although Gov. JerryBrown recently signed legislation to raise

Cost of living prompts San Mateoto consider hiking minimum wageCity may go beyond state’s new $15 minimum by 2022

By Samantha WeigelDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Behind the doors of CaliforniaClubhouse in San Mateo is a group of adults learning, working and socializ-

ing with one thing in common —they’re all living with a mental healthdiagnosis.

It’s been about a year since the lo calchapter of this worldwide nonprofithas been fully operational and at thepoint where it’s about to outgrow itsPalm Avenue facility. Now, Clubhouseis seekin g an alternate site where it can

continue to create a network of folkswho have forged a supportive envi ron-ment allowing them to focus on voca-tional skills.

“The Clubhouse is really a communi-ty in itself and it provides an opportu-nity for people whose lives have beendisrupted by their illness to come to a

place, meet people who understandwhat they’re going through and to beencouraged, reconnect with theirgoals, their aspirations for life, reallyhelp them regain that sense of purposein their life and their future,” said

Nonprofit offering services to those with mental illness seeks new facility

It’s more than a club, it’s a community

Bayshore preps for TrumpBy Austin WalshDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

The thousands of protesters hun-gry for a chance to flood the

Burlingame Bayfront and expresstheir disdain for presidential ho pe-ful Donald Trump could starve lo calrestaurants of business, some mer-chants claim.

But others see the influx of visi-tors as a unique oppo rtunity for therest of the community, accordingto the head of Burlingame’sChamber of Commerce.

Trump is set to kick off theCalifornia RepublicanConvention with a lunch addressFriday, April 29, at the HyattRegency hotel, 1333 BayshoreHighway.

The isolated Bayfront thorough-fare east of Highway 101 is pro-

 jected to be inundated with oppo-

nents rallying against the occa-sionally outlandish and inflamma-tory entrepreneur and entertainerturned politician.

Thousands rallyas Trump turnstoward California

Burlingame businessesworry about protests,others see opportunity

By Gillian Flaccusand Amy Taxin

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

COSTA MESA — Thousands of supporters turned out Thursday asDonald Trump brought his cam-paign to Southern California, pre-dictably s parking shouting match-es with counter-demonstrators.

Heated words were exchangedafter people wearing expletive-laden anti-Trump shirts began totaunt people waiting in line toattend Trump’s evening speech inan amphitheater at the OrangeCounty Fairgrounds.

Trump supporters surrounded thedemonstrators and shouted “Buildthat wall! Build that wall!” — a ref-erence to Trump’s call to create abarrier between the United Statesand Mexico to stop illegal bordercrossers.

Later, county sheriff’s deputiesin riot gear and on horseback

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From left, Jennifer McAbee, Erica Horn, John Sy, Lee Piomboand Peter Huysentruyt spend time at California Clubhouse inSan Mateo.

“When a person is working on somethingthat has a purpose, is meaningful and has a

completion they can celebrate and feel accomplishment.” — California Clubhouse Executive Director Erica Horn

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Idaho official: Kobe Bryant’sremarks help save potato truck

EAGLE, Idaho — Kobe Bryant’srecent mention of the Great Big IdahoPotato Truck might have helped savethe traveling advertisement from apremature retirement, according to thehead of a state agency that promotesIdaho p otatoes.

The recently retired Los AngelesLakers guard remarked on the red truckwhile talking with an ESPN reporterduring one of his final games, TheCapital Press reported.

The truck hauls a 6-ton replicaRusset Burbank. It’s on its fifthnational tour to help charities andraise awareness of Idaho’s mostfamous vegetable.

Frank Muir, Idaho PotatoCommission president and CEO, saidESPN sideline reporter Heather Coxtold him that before a recent inter-view, Bryant referenced the runningstory li ne of the commission ’s ads: anIdaho potato grower’s search for the“missing” potato truck. Cox is aspokeswoman for the commission.

“How long have you been workingwith Idaho potatoes?” Bryant askedCox, nicknamed “Spud” by profes-

sional athletes. “Have they found thattruck yet?”The Idaho Potato Commission was

considering retiring the potato truckafter the current tour, which covers25,000 miles, Muir said. But com-

ments like Bryant’s demonstrate whyit must stay on the road, he said.

Muir believes the commission isnow leaning toward keeping the truckgoing as long as th e public is eager tosee it.

“The feedback we’re getting fromgrowers is, ‘Why would you take it off the road?”’ Muir said. “We conti nue tohave more requests for (truck appear-ances) than we can fulfill.”

The commission budgeted$700, 000 for the current tour.

Highlights include stops at theKentucky Derby, a New England chilicook-off, SeaFair in Seattle, the pre-miere of “Idaho the Musical” in LasVegas and a phot o opp ortunity i nwhich the truck will float on a bargethrough New York Harbor.

Whale on California beachbeing cut up, sent to landfill

SAN CLEMENTE — Crews usedearth-moving equipment Thursday tobegin removing a massive gray whalecarcass from Southern California’sSan Onofre State Beach.

A bulldozer rolled the 30-ton whaleaway from t he water’s edge and higherup the beach.

A heavy equipment operator thenused a mechanical claw to chop off pieces, which were hauled by dumptrucks to a landfill.

The work, expected to take up to twodays, was being done under an emer-

gency contract at a cost of about$30, 000, according to the state parksdepartment.

The whale washed asho re Sunday at afamous surf break called LowerTrestles north of downtown SanDiego.

Dead whales are so metimes dispo sedof by towing th em back out to sea, b utthat was not feasible because of theweek’s low tidal levels.

Despite a lo ng hi ke from the closestparking area and stench from thedecaying leviathan, the whale drewcuriosi ty-seekers for several days. Thepublic was urged to stay away duringthe removal work.

Wildlife experts earlier took sam-ples from th e whale to try t o determinewhy it died. It did not have obviousinjuries.

Gray whales are currently migratin gnorth toward arctic waters after winter-ing in Baja California lagoons wheremost mating and birthing occurs. Theroundtrip is about 10,000 miles.

The Eastern North Pacific popula-tion of gray whales was nearly huntedto extinction before protectionsbegan in the 1930s.

Since then, it has recovered to num-bers estimated to range between

18,000 and 30,000 — believed to bethe original size — and it wasremoved from the U.S. list of endan-gered and threatened wildlife in 1994,according to the National Oceanic andAtmospheric Administration website.

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Actor DanielDay-Lewis is 59.

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A cyclone began striking the SouthAsian country of Bangladesh; it endedup killing more than 138, 000 people,

according to the U.S. NationalOceanic and AtmosphericAdministration.

“In any great organization it is far, far safer to bewrong with the majority than to be right alone.”

— John Kenneth Galbraith

Comedian JerrySeinfeld is 62.

Actress MichellePfeiffer is 58.

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In 1429,  Joan of Arc entered the besieged city o f Orleansto lead a French victory over the English.In 1798,   Joseph Haydn’s oratorio “The Creation” wasrehearsed in Vienna, Austria, before an invi ted audience.In 1861 , the Maryland House of Delegates voted 53-13against seceding from the Union. In Montgomery,Alabama, President Jefferson Davis asked the ConfederateCongress for the authority t o wage war.In 1913 , Swedish-born engineer Gideon Sundback of Hoboken, New Jersey, received a U.S. patent fo r a “separa-ble fastener” — later known as th e zipper.In 1916,   the Easter Rising in Dublin collapsed as Irishnationalists surrendered to British authorities.In 1945 , during World War II, American soldiers liberated

the Dachau concentration camp. Adolf Hitler married EvaBraun inside his “Fuhrerbunker” and designated Adm. KarlDoenitz president.In 1946 , 28 former Japanese officials went on trial inToky o as war criminals; sev en ended up being s entenced todeath.In 1957 , the SM-1, the first military nuclear power plant,was dedicated at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.In 1968,   the counterculture musical “Hair” opened onBroadway follo wing limited eng agements off-Broadway.

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p.m. Tuesday, April 1 9.

UNINCORPORATEDSAN MATEO COUNTYBurglary . Someon e smashed the windows of a car and stole approximately $1,045 in prop-erty at the 200 blo ck of Pigeon Point Road inPescadero before 3:3 0p. m. Tuesday, April 19.Burglary . A vehicle’s window was brokenand approximately $420 of property wastaken on the 54 00 block o f Highway 1 before8:30 p.m. Sunday, April 17 .Burglary . A vehicle sustained approximately$500 in damage and approximately $200worth of belongings were taken on Highway1 before 8 p.m. Sunday, April 17.Vandalism. A business’ storage closet doorwas kicked in on the 9800 block of Highway1 before 7 a.m. Saturday, April 16.

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By Juliet WilliamsTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SACRAMENTO — While much of thepolitical attention is focused on theCalifornia GOP convention this weekend,Democrats are holding meetings around thestate to select delegates to the national con-vention in Philadelphia.

The party business is drawing outsizeinterest as California’s presidential p rimary— the last in th e nation — is relevant for thefirst ti me in decades.

Democrats in each o f California’s 53 con-gressional districts will hold two caucuses,one each for the party’s two presidentialhopefuls — former Secretary of State HillaryClin ton and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Supporters attending the caucuses will jock ey to represent thei r candidate at thenational convention in July.

San Francisco attorney Matt Tuchow saidhe is among at least 114 people vying to be

Clinton delegates from Rep. Nancy Pelosi’scongressional district. He said the competi-

tion is fierce and it’s a challeng e to round upvoters, who must cast their ballot s in personat 2 p. m. on Sunday.

“We’re trying to turn out the vote,” hesaid. “I’m on a slate with s ome super-volun-teers, some people who have donated 40 to80 hours a week doing phone banking forHillary Clinton.”

Amalia Deaztlan, president of theDemocratic Women of the Desert in theCoachella Valley, said sh e has seen tremen-dous int erest by party members in becomingdelegates, particularly from young peopleand Latinos.

“It’s very strong. I thi nk that th e selectionof Republicans and the Republicans that arerunning has made it so mething t o defeat theother party and the enthusiasm is really,

really strong,” she said. “It’s a strongersense of responsibility that I see in the peo-ple that are getting involved.”

In contrast, Republican candidates eachchoose who they want to represent them atthe party’s convention, typically culledfrom prominent supporters.

The campaign of businessman DonaldTrump is winnowing down a long l ist t o sub-mit just three names for each of 53 cong res-sional districts.

“I have about 800 people on the list,there’s a lot of people that have been veryactive with Californians for Trump,” saidTrump’s California campaign manager, TimClark.

Both parties also send a contingent of elected officials to the conventions.

California Dems will meetto choose national delegates

“We’re trying to turn out the vote. ... I’m on a slatewith some super-volunteers, some people who have donated

40 to 80 hours a week doing phone banking for Hillary Clinton.” — San Francisco attorney Matt Tuchow

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RIVERSIDE — Three people with closefamily t ies to the couple responsibl e for theSan Bernardino terror attack were arrestedThursday in an alleged marriage-fraudscheme involving a pair of Russian sisters.

The accused include Syed Raheel Farook.His brother and sister-in-law, Syed RizwanFarook and Tashfeen Malik, died in ashootout with police after killing 14 peopleand wounding 22 o thers on Dec. 2 .

Also arrested were Syed Raheel Farook’s

wife, Tatiana, and her sister, Mariya

Chernykh. Prosecutors say Mariya’s mar-riage to Enrique Marquez Jr., the only per-son charged in the shootings, was a shamdesign ed to enable her to ob tain legal s tatusin the U.S. after overstaying a v isitor visain 2009.

Marquez confessed to the scheme whenauthorities questioned him about the shoot-ings, and he acknowledged getting $200 amonth to marry Chernykh, according t o hiscriminal complaint.

The three people all pleaded not guilty ata court hearing Thursday.

A judge ordered that Chernyk h, who pros-

ecutors allege was most culpable for thesham marriage, be subject to electronicmonitoring. Chernykh said her boyfriend,who is the father of her child, will post her$50,000 bond.

The mother of the Farook brothers postedthe $25, 000 bo nd for her oldest son and hiswife. He was released, and she was expectedto b e released within an hour.

“This is about a misrepresentation, an actof marriage,” Raheel Farook’s attorney,Ronald Cordova, told a federal court judge inarguing for his client to be allowed to post

bond.

Brother, others related to San Bernardino shooters arrested

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Hillsborough woman caughtselling fake designer goods

A Hills borough woman appeared in courtThursday to face five felony charges aftershe was allegedly caught with more than$100,000 in counterfeit goods and for sell-ing fake design er purses, wallets and watch-es to an undercover pol ice officer.

Krizia Wong, 49, pleaded not guilty andwas arrested by Burlingame policeWednesday after a monthslong investiga-tion that determined the woman was import-ing counterfeit goods from China, saidDistrict Attorney Steve Wagstaffe.

The incident was first reported to policelast August by a private investigator whobought a counterfeit item Wong claimed was

an authentic design er goo d, Wagstaffe said.Police then sent an undercover femaleofficer who on four occasions bought s ever-al fake items from Wong out of a building onthe 1500 block of Bayshore Highway. Thefake items sold to police and the investiga-tor ranged from a Louis Vuitton wallet,Chanel and Celine purses, a Rolex watch andother jewelry, Wagstaffe said.

When police arrested her, t hey confis cated49 boxes of counterfeit items as well asseven counterfeit suitcases totally morethan $100,000. Wong was assigned to theprivate defender program and her bail wasset at $20, 000. She has a preliminary hear-ing scheduled for May 11, Wagstaffe said.

Elderly woman findsman burglarizing home

An elderly South San Francisco womanfound a burglar rummaging through herhome on Tuesday night, police saidThursday.

The woman, who lives in the 2300 blockof Bourbon Court, heard a noise at about8:40 p.m. and when she investigated shefound the man, according to police.

When he saw her, the burglar ran away,poli ce said. Officers respon ded and searchedfor the man but didn’t find him.

He is described as standing 5 feet 2 i nchesor 5 feet 3 inches tall and was wearing ablack baseball hat, a black jacket, blackpants and black and white sneakers at thetime.

He may have fled in a dark older-modelsedan, but police were unable to confirmthat.

Anyone with information about the bur-

glary has been asked to call South SanFrancisco police at (650) 877-8900.

Dunkin’ Donuts to open in South CityLovers of the timeless duo — coffee and

doughnuts — may rejoi ce as Dunkin’ Donutsannounced plans to soon open in South SanFrancisco.

The popular chain is expected to moveinto a vacant lot at 180 S. Airport Blvd.later this year, or early 2017, according to aspokesman for the company. The address isthe former location of the Hungry Hunterrestaurant.

“The restaurant will serve Dunkin’Donuts’ wide range of high-quality cof-fees, espresso beverages, sandwiches andbaked goods, all with our brand’s si gnaturefast and friendly service,” said JustinDrake, a spok esman for the company in anemail. “We look forward to keeping thepeople of South San Francisco runnin g onDunkin’.”

Local briefs

 Judge rules for SanFrancisco in fight over reservoir

SAN FRANCISCO — A California judgeThursday threw out a lawsuit that sought toremove Hetch Hetchy Reservo ir, which s up-plies drinking water to more than 2 millionSan Francisco Bay Area residents.

Tuolumne County Superior Court JudgeKevin Seibert si ded with San Francisco offi-cials who have objected to draining thereservoir.

Restore Hetch Hetchy, t he group th at suedthe city to close Hetch Hetchy, had arguedthat it violated the California Constitution.

But Seibert said th e group’s interpretationof the state constitution was pre-empted bythe 1 913 federal law that authorized the damand reservoir at Hetch Hetchy.

Restore Hetch Hetchy Executive DirectorSpreck Rosekrans said he will appeal theruling . He said San Francisco could store thewater it needs elsewhere.

“We will show in court they can do thiswithout losing one drop of water supply,”he said.

The battle over Hetch Hetchy, which islocated in Yosemite Nation al Park, was first

waged unsuccessfully by naturalist JohnMuir in the early 20th century. SanFrancisco voters in 2012 rejected a ballotmeasure that sought a plan for draining thereservoir.

California bill wouldextend nanny overtime law

SACRAMENTO — The California Senateis backing legislation to permanently

extend a temporary l aw requiring employersto p ay domestic workers overtime pay.

The 2013 law requires that nannies, care-givers and housekeepers be p aid time-and-a-half if they work more than nine hours in aday or more than 45 hours in a week. Thecurrent temporary mandate expires at theend of the year.

SB1015 would extend it permanently. Itcleared the Senate in a 25-10 vote Thursdayand goes next to the Assembly.

Democratic Sen. Connie Leyva of Chinosays the legislation would ensure thatdomestic workers are treated with dignity.

Baby si tters are exempt from the mandate.

Around the state

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A San Mateo police officer talks to a woman who was trapped after flipping her car at theintersection of 31st and Isabelle avenues in San Mateo at around 6:30 p.m. Thursday.

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FORT WAYNE, Indiana — Former HouseSpeaker John Boehner unloaded onRepublican presidential candidate Ted Cruzduring a talk to college students, calling theTexas senator “Lucifer in the flesh.”

Speaking at a town hall-style event atStanford University Wednesday, Boehnercalled front-runner Donald Trump his “tex-ting buddy,” but offered a more graphicresponse when asked about Cruz.

“Lucifer in the flesh ,” t he former speakersaid. “I have Democrat friends andRepublican friends. I get along with almosteveryone, but I have never worked with a

more miserable son of a bitch in my life.”His comments were first reported byStanford’s student newspaper.

Cruz, campaignin g in Fort Wayne, IndianaThursday ahead of the state’s May 3 primary,responded by saying Boehner was lettinghis “inner Trump come out” with hisremarks. He attempted to turn the criticisminto a slam on Republican front-runnerDonald Trump before a campaign stop inFort Wayne, Indiana Thursday.

“John Boehner in his remarks describedDonald Trump as his texting and golfing

buddy,” Cruz said. “So if you want someone that’sa texting and golfingbuddy, if you’re happywith John Boehner asspeaker of the House andyou want a president likeJohn Boehner, DonaldTrump is your man.”

Both Cruz and CarlyFiorina, who was cam-

paignin g with him after he named her as hisrunning mate Wednesday, also referred toBoehner’s comments during t he rally.

In 201 3, Cruz join ed forces with tea partyconservatives in the House in triggering apartial, 16-day government shutdown over

demands to undo President Barack Obamahealth care law. There was no chance Obamawould agree to such a step, and Republicanleaders like Boehner saw the mov e as a fruit-less effort that only hurt the GOP polit ically.

Two years lat er, it was th e same House con-servatives who challenged Boehner’s l eader-ship, and the speaker decided to step downrather than allow a very public fight.

Boehner’s successor, House Speaker PaulRyan, said at his weekly news conferenceThursday t hat h e has “a much better relation -ship than that with Sen. Cruz.”

Former Speaker Boehner calls

Ted Cruz ‘Lucifer in the flesh’ THE ASSOCIATED PRESSWASHINGTON — It seems like a logical

pairing: Republican donors who despiseDonald Trump, and two GOP presidentialrivals sticking it out to keep him from thenomination.

Yet those donors have largely shunned TedCruz and John Kasich, deprivin g each of themas much as $39 million in what has become adesperate final push to topple Trump.

Yet, donors who once gave as much asallowed by law to establishment favorites JebBush and Marco Rubio have mostly disap-peared from the political landscape, anAssociated Press analysis of campaignfinance records shows.

Less than 3 percent of the nearly 14,600

donors who gave the$2,700 limit to Bush orRubio have also poniedup the maximum amountto Kasich or Cruz, theanalysis found.

Trump, who has formi-dably deep pockets,trounced his competitorsin Tuesday’s Northeastprimaries, putting him in

a stronger position to win the Republicannomination outright in the next six weeks of voting.

The prospect of stopp ing him h as grown sodire that Cruz on Wednesday took the unusualstep of announcing a running mate, CarlyFiorina.

Clinton backers ‘feel the Bern’of angry Sanders supportersBy Lisa LererTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — Nancy Schumacher saysshe just wanted to do her civic duty, and soshe heeded the call to become a superdele-gate for Hillary Clinton. But in the year of the angry voter, not even an administrativeassistant from Elk River, Minnesota, canescape the outrage.

“Some of the (phon e and email) messagescalled me names. Some of them calledHillary names. And others said I was a stupidbitch and something bad will happen tome,” said Schumacher, a Democratic com-mittee member. “It’s kind of hard to takesometimes.”

Bernie Sanders defied expectatio ns to turnhis long-shot presidential bid into a realthreat for the Democratic nomi nation . Now,as his path to the White House becomes all-but-impossible, some of h is s upporters arelashing out at a system they believe wasengineered against them from the start.

While Sanders decries a“rigged” economy, someof his backers see signsof corruption everywhere— even in the party th eircandidate hopes to lead.Some have turned theirfrustration on superdele-

gates, the party insiderswhose ability to backeither candidate givethem an outsized role inpicking the nominee.

The superdelegatesinclude public officials:governors, former presi-dents and even Sandershimself. But they alsoinclude people likeSchumacher, volunteerswho’ve generally stayedbehind the scenes.

The Sanders campaign assures everyonethat it doesn’t condone harassment.

Rubio, Bush big donors shun Cruz, Kasich

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 Ted Cruz pauses as he speaks to supporters at the Hoosier Gym in Knightstown, Ind.

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WASHINGTON — It was not a greatstart for the U.S. economy.

With consumers and busines ses turn-ing cautious, the U.S. struggled togrow in the first three months of apresidential election year that is shin-ing the spotlight on the economy’sfitful recovery.

Gross domestic product, the b roadestmeasure of economic h ealth, expandedat a paltry annual rate of 0.5 percent inthe January-March quarter, theCommerce Department reportedThursday. That is slower than thefourth quarter’s 1 .4 percent growth rateand marks the weakest p erformance intwo years.

The good news is that American

employers are still adding plenty of 

 job s, which is ex pected in the mo nth sahead to fuel an economy that’s still

outshining much of the world. But if the global slump deepens, or if jobslose momentum, i t could turn ElectionDay into a pivotal referendum on theeconomy.

The poor start to the year did notescape notice among Republicanshoping capture the White House inNovember.

“Today’s report showing the weakestperiod of economic growth in twoyears is the latest sign the Obamaeconomy isn’t working,” saidRepublican National CommitteeChairman Reince Priebus. “HillaryClinton wants to double down on hisfailed agenda.”

Democrats said GDP shouldstrengthen going forward, with the

country continuing to enjoy the

longest stretch of private sector jobgrowth on record. The U.S. has added

14.4 million jobs over the last 73months.

Jason Furman, chairman of Obama’sCouncil of Economic Advisors, saidthe GDP report showed “there’s morework to do and the president will con-tinue to call on Congress to supportpolicies that will boost our long-rungrowth and living standards.”

Private economists said that giventhe severity of the 2007-2009 reces-sion, the debate over the economy iscertain to t ake center stage during cam-paign season. Democrats will poin t toa jobless rate at 5 percent — consid-ered close to full employment — andexpectations t hat job growth will con-tinue at a solid monthl y pace of at least200,000 in the months leading up to

the election.

Economy struggles at start of election year

REUTERS

Barack Obama delivers remarks on the economy in the White House press briefing room in Washington, D.C.

House committee votes torequire women to register for draft

WASHINGTON — Women would be required to register forthe mili tary draft under a House committee’s b ill that co mes

 just mont hs after th e Defense Departmen t l ifted all gender-based restrictions on front-line combat units.

A divided Armed Services Committee backed the provi-sion in a sweeping defense policy bill that the full Housewill consider next month, touching off a provocative

debate about the role of women in the military. The panelalso turned aside a measure backed by Democrats to punishthe Citadel milit ary college in South Carolina for flying t heConfederate flag.

The United States has no t had a military draft since 19 73in the Vietnam War era, but all men must register with theSelective Service Systems within 30 days of turning 18.Military leaders maintain that the all-volunteer force isworking and the nation is not returning to the draft.

The 32-30 vote Wednesday night came with a twist: Thepropos al’s author didn’t back it.

Military disciplines about16 in Afghanistan hospital attack

WASHINGTON — About 16 U.S. military personnel,including a two-star general, have been discipl ined for mis-takes that led to the bombing of a civilian hospital inAfghanistan last year that killed 42 people, a senior U.S.

official said Thursday.According to officials, n o criminal charges were filed and

the service members received administrative punishmentsin connection with the U.S. airstrike in the northern city of Kunduz. A number of t hose punished are U.S. s pecial op era-tions forces.

Around the nation

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By Josh LedermanTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BAGHDAD — Vice President Joe Bidenpressed Iraq on Thursday n ot t o l et its crip-

pling political crisis upend hard-foughtgains against the Islamic State group as hereturned to the country that’s come to sym-bolize America’s relentless struggles in theMiddle East.

Biden slipped into Baghdad on an unan-nounced trip, his first to Iraq in nearly fiveyears. Officials said the stop was plannedbefore Iraq’s political system descended intoturmoil, hindering U.S.-led efforts to defeatextremists who control parts of both Iraqand Syria. Sitting down with Iraq’s belea-guered leaders, he praised them for working“very, very hard” to const ruct a new Cabinetand touted progress wresting back territoryfrom IS.

“It’s real, it’s serious, and it’s committed,”Biden said as he met with ParliamentSpeaker Salim al-Jabouri, a Sunni po litician

facing calls from his colleagues to resign.Still, the anxious undertones of Biden’s

brief visit were clear from the moment hestepped off a military transport plane into

blistering heat after anovernight flight fromWashington. WhiteHouse staffers donnedbody armor and helmets

as Biden was whisked byhelicopter to the relativesafety of the heavily for-tified Green Zone,reminders of the diresecurity sit uation even in

Iraq’s capital.Biden’s roughly eight-hour visit came

amid a wave of tense protests and demandsfor sweeping political reforms that haveparalyzed a government already strugglingto t ackle a dire economic crisis and battle IS.The United States has deployed more troopsand equipment in h opes o f putting Iraq on abetter path as President Barack Obama pre-pares to leave office in January.

Though t here’s been p rogress in wrestingback territory from IS and weakening itsleadership, senior U.S. officials traveling

with Biden said any lost momentum wouldlikely be due to political unrest rather thanmilitary shortcomings. Chaotic politics arenoth ing new in Iraq, but the present infig ht-

ing risks becoming a distraction, withpoliticians more focused on keeping their

 job s than fighti ng IS, said the officials, whoweren’t authorized to speak on the record.

While Obama and Biden came into officepledging t o end the war - and did so in 2011- U.S. troop s returned here in 20 14 amid therise of IS viol ence.

Obama now acknowledges that his g oal of defeating the militants won’t be realized dur-ing h is presidency.

Still, this month Obama agreed to deploy

more than 200 additional troops to Iraq,bringing the authorized total to just over4,000, and to send Apache helicopters intothe fight.

Biden presses Iraq to not letpolitical chaos upend gains

REUTERS

An Iraqi soldier holds his rifle in a building damaged during fight between Iraqi army andIslamic State fighters in a village of Mahana, Iraq.

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SEOUL, South Korea — North Koreaattempted unsuccessfully to launch two sus-pected powerful intermediate-range mis-siles on Thursday, South Korean defenseofficials said, bringing the number of apparent failures in recent weeks to three.

The reported failures come ahead of a

major North Korean ruling party meeting

next week at which leader Kim Jong Un isbelieved to want to place his stamp moreforcefully on a government he inheritedafter his dictator father’s death in late2011.

The launches were believed to b e the sec-ond and thi rd attempted tests o f a Musudan,a new intermediate-range missi le that co uldone day be capabl e of reaching far-off U.S.military bases in Asia and the Pacific.

On Thursday morning, a projectile fired

from a North Korean northeastern coastaltown crashed a few seconds after liftoff, aSouth Korean Defense Ministry officialsaid, requesting anonymity because of office rules. It wasn’t immediately knownwhether it crashed on land or into the sea.Then, in t he evening, South Korea’s Joi ntChiefs of Staff said in a statement that theNorth fired another Musudan missile nearWonsan but that launch also presumably

failed. There were no ot her details.

The North American Aerospace DefenseCommand (NORAD) confirmed that NorthKorea attempted two missile launches thatdid not pose a threat to North America. Itdid not provide details in a brief statement.

The Pentagon said in a statement laterThursday that both launch attempts failed.

South Korea’s Foreign Ministry calledthe launches a provocation and said it willtry to increase international pressure on

North Korea.

South Korea: Suspected midrange North Korean missiles fail

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ties. The top five winners with the bestidea for an appli cation o r device willreceive at least $1,500, giveaways and achance to develop their concept in anApps Challenge this fall.

The event is 8:30 a.m. to 6 :30 p. m. atGSV Labs, 425 Broadway, in RedwoodCity. Tickets are $20 general admission;$15 for Early Bird registrants, students,seniors and military. Registration is nowopen through May 18. For more detailsand to register go to http ://hack-smc.org/.

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There will be hands-on cleanup andmuch needed improvement to thePeninsula Famil y Service MidwayChild Development Center. Two-dozen youths from the Boys & Girls Clubof the Penin sula will l earn hands-on build-

ing s kills while they h elp with muchneeded improvements to t he facility. Onhand will be 5 0 employ ees from ABD tovolunteer along with select building con-tractors. The Warriors’ Franco Finn willemcee the opening of the event withmembers of t he Warri ors’ Danc e Teamsupporting the kickoff.

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first Veterans Open House 2 p.m. to 5p.m. Friday, April 29, at the HumanServi ces Age ncy’s VeteransServices Office.

There are approximately 33,000 veter-ans living in this county and many areunaware of the n umerous benefits avail -able to them and their families, includinggovernmental programs, free tuition atstate or UC universities for spouses anddependents, and veterans ID cards foraccessing merchant discounts, in additionto as sist ance with VA claims.

Dozens of organizations serving veter-ans and their families will convene toprovide information on their services, andserve a barbecue lunch. Particip ants

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By Sarah El Deeb and Philip Issa THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BEIRUT — Airstrikes and artill ery kil ledmore than 60 people in the past 24 ho urs inAleppo, including dozens at a hospital in arebel-held neighborhood, as Syria’s largestcity was turned once again into a major bat-tleground in the civil war, officials saidThursday.

Aid agencies warn that Aleppo is on thebrink of a humanitarian disaster with thecollapse of a two-month cease-fire andstalled peace talks.

The intensified violence — by far theworst since the partial cease-fire began —coincides with reports of a military buildupoutside Aleppo that many fear is a preludefor a government attempt to force a com-plete siege of the city’s neighb orhoods.

Battle-hardened residents were sh ocked by

the bloodshed. Opposition activists accusedthe government of carpet-bombing rebel-controlled areas, while Syrian state mediasaid more than 1,000 mortar rounds androckets were fired at government-held dis-tricts, killing 22 people.

Video posted online by oppositionactivists showed rescuers pulling bodiesfrom shattered buildings in the rebel neigh-borho ods of Sukkari, Kallasa and Bustan al-Qasr.

In one scene, a building’s staircase hungsideways and old men were sobbin g.

“The walls, cupboards, everything fell ontop of them,” cried one man. In another, aclearly terrified small girl with pigtailswept silently while held by a man.

A blond girl walked from the rubblebehind her mother, questioning why theywere bombed. “What have we done?” shecried.

Casualties mount from airstrikes in Syria’s largest city

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NEW YORK — U.S. sto cks tooktheir biggest loss in three weekson Thursday after a late sell-off.Apple, which is mired in a slump,fell to its lowest price in about

two months and dragged the techsector sharply lower.

Tech stocks, which rose early onthanks to earnings gains fromFacebook and PayPal, slumpedafter billionaire investor CarlIcahn disclosed that he’d sold hisstake in Apple. Icahn wasn’t amajor shareholder in the techgiant, but his moves are closelywatched by many investors.

The Dow Jones industrial aver-age lost 210.79 points, or 1.2percent, to 17,830.76. TheStandard & Poor’s 500 index fell19.34 points, or 0.9 percent, to2,075.81. The Nasdaq compositeclosed lower for the sixth day in arow, losing 57.85 points, or 1.2

percent, to 4,805.29. That indexhas struggled in part because

Apple, the most valuable publiccompany in the world, has fallen15 percent in two weeks.

Earlier in the day, indexes hadwavered between small gains andlosses. Investors were surprisedthe Bank of Japan decided not totake further action to stimulate

that nation’s economy, and theyen continued to get stronger

against the dollar.“All they did was delay the

inevitable,” said Scott Wren,global equity strategist for WellsFargo’s Investment Institute. “Allthese global central banks,they’re going to come out gunsblazing” to stimulate their

economies.Meanwhile a handful of stocks

moved on deal news. Most of those were in health care. In thelargest, medical device makerAbbott Laboratories said it willbuy St. Jude Medical, combiningAbbott’s heart devices, heartvalve products and infant formulabusiness with St. J ude’s heart fail-

ure and heart rhythm device prod-ucts.

St. Jude rocketed $15.84, or25.6 percent, to $77.79 whileAbbott fell $3. 41, or 7. 8 percent,to $40.42.

“Companies are on the hunt forways to increase their profitabili-ty,” said Wren, of Wells Fargo.“One way to do that is to buy

somebody else.”That task is made easier, he

added, by low interest rates onloans and the fact that companieshave been slashing th eir expensesfor years.

French drugmaker Sanofi wentpublic with an offer to buy cancerdrug maker Medivation for $9.3billion, or $52.50 per share.Medivation, the maker of theprostate cancer medicationXtandi, added $4.12, or 7.9 per-cent, to $56. 17.

Drugmaker AbbVie said it willbuy privately-held Stemcentrx for$5.8 billion. Stemcentrx is devel-oping a drug that uses stem cellsto treat small cell lung cancer.

AbbVie stock rose 50 cents to$61.20.

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Abbott Labs to spend $19.3Bto buy St. Jude Medical

Abbott Laboratories will spend$19.3 billion to buy St. JudeMedical Inc. in a cash-stock dealthat aims to strengthen the med-ical device maker’s stake in car-diovascular care.

Shares of North Chicago,Illinois-based Abbott plunged,while St. Jude soared Thursdaymorning after the companiesannounced the deal.

The combined company will

offer devices in nearly every areaof cardiovascular care, competingdirectly with industry leadersMedtronic Inc. and BostonScientific Corp. It noted that theacquisition will blend St. Jude’spacemaker and implantable defib-rillator business with Abbott’sfocus on artery-opening stents

and heart repair products.Shares of Abbott fell $2.51, or

5.7 percent, to $41.32 in middaytrading, while St. Jude shares

 jumped $16 .8 9, or 27 .3 percent ,to $78.83.

Gilead 1Q profit tumbles onslower hepatitis C drug sales

WASHINGTON — GileadScience Inc.’s earnings tumbledmore than 17 percent in the first

quarter as steeper discounts andrebates on its blockbuster hepati-tis C drugs cut into sales.

The maker of Harvoni, the firstonce-daily, single-pill regimenfor hepatiti s C, s aid Thursday thatsales of the best-selling drug fell15 percent to $3 billion in thequarter, with the biggest drop-off 

in the U.S. and Japan.

The company’s shares have fall-en 3 percent since the beginningof the year, while the Standard &Poor’s 500 index has risen sli ght-ly more than 1.5 percent. Thestock closed regular trading at $ 97and shed 5.5 p ercent in after-hourstrading, to $91.60.

Carl Icahn sells Applestake, citing China worries

Billionaire investor Carl Icahnhas sold his stake in Apple, citing

concerns about the giant techcompany’s prospects in China.

Apple’s stock fell 9 percent thisweek after it reported a sizeabledrop in iPhone sales. Icahn, alongtime booster, told CNBC hestill t hinks Apple is a “great com-pany.” But he said he worriesabout Chinese regulators, who

recently blocked Apple’s onlineservices. Apple has been hopingto expand in China.

LinkedIn’s 1Q resultshigher than expected

NEW YORK — LinkedIn postedstronger-than-expected results forthe first quarter on Thursday,redeeming itself after a disap-pointing outlook a few monthsago clobbered shares of the pro-fessional networking service.

The company posted a net lossof $45.8 million, or 35 cents per

share. That compares with a lossof $42.5 million, or 34 cents pershare, in the same period a yearearlier. Adjusted earnings were 74cents per share in the latest quar-ter, up from 57 cents per share ayear ago and well above the guid-ance the company gave inFebruary.

Shares of the Mountain View-based company rose $9.17, o r 7.5percent, t o $1 32.18 in after-hourstrading.

Symantec cuts 4Qoutlook, CEO leaving

WASHINGTON — Shares of software security firm Symantecfell about 6 p ercent after the com-pany cut i ts fourth quarter revenueoutlook due to lo wer sales of t radi-tional security products and anincrease in subscription-basedsecurity products which result indeferred revenue.

The company also announcedthat Michael Brown will stepdown as president and CEO.

Its shares fell $1.05, or 5.7 p er-cent, to $1 7.06 in afternoon trad-ing . Its s hares are down more than31 percent since a year ago.

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Half Moon Bay’s Drew Davison, the top-seed, rips a return during his 6-0, 6-4 win over No.3-seed Thomas Reznik of Carlmont to claim to PAL singles championship.

Talent shines at PALsA’s limp homeafter gettingswept by TigersBy Dave HoggTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DETROIT — Anthony Gose doubled andhomered, Anibal Sanchez p itched through awild outing and the Detroit Tigers beatOakland 7-3 Thursday to take three of fourin th e series against the Athletics.

Gose entering with a .170 and had notgotten an extra-base hit since homering onopening day.

Sanchez (3-2) scraped through 5 2/3innings while still searching for his propermechanics. Sanchez allowed two runs andthree hits while striking out nine, butwalked seven — one shy of his big leaguehigh. He allowed three runners to stealwithout a t hrow.

Sanchez was the first Tigers starter towalk seven and strike outnine in the same startsince Jack Morrisagainst Texas on April14, 1988.

After Khris Davis’ RBIsingle in the ninth,Francisco Rodriguez gotthe final out for his fifthsave in six chances,

inducing Steph en Vogtto p op o ut with runners at s econd and third.Vogt homered for Oakland, which lo st fo r

the fifth time in six games and droppedbelow .500 at 11-12.

Chris Bassitt (0-2) gave up seven runs,10 hits and three walks in 3 2/3 innings. Heis 0-2 with a 13 .5 0 ERA in hi s last two out-ings, allowing 24 runners in 8 2/ 3 innings .

Sanchez tweaked his delivery for t he sec-ond time this season, bringing back therotation that sees him turn his back on th ebatter. It worked for two innings, but in thethird he walked two batters and allowed twostolen bases without a throw. JoshReddick’s RBI single put Oakland ahead.

Tigers 7, A’s 3

By Josh Dubow THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN JOSE — Since the San Jose Sharkslast played a game, the Nashville Predatorsfell behind Anaheim in their first-roundseries with a Game 5 los s and then respo nd-ed with two straight wins to eliminate theDucks.

While the Predators have pl ayed three gru-eling games and taken two long flights, t heSharks have been resting and practicing forsix days and are eager to get b ack on th e icewhen their second-round series opensagainst Nashville on Friday ni ght.

“I don’t think we haveto get ramped back up,”coach Peter DeBoer saidThursday. “I’m guessingthat I’m probably goingto have to calm themdown a little bit. They’reready to go. They’ve gotsome pent up energy h ereafter four or five days s it-ting around watching,

and they want to play. I don’t think ourenergy is going to be an issue. I think it’s

 just goin g to b e gett ing that compo sure andworking smart.”

The Predators overcame a lull in theirfirst-round series after winning the first t wogames in Anaheim. They lost three straightfollowing that before rallying for two winsto take the series in seven games with a 2-1victo ry Wednesday nig ht.

They took a little time to celebrate inAnaheim before taking the short flight tothe Bay Area on Thursday. They won’t evenhave time for a full practice before Game 1begins.

“It’s go ing to t urn around quick, so we’vegot to realize that we’re moving on andwe’ve still got a lot of work left to do,”defenseman Shea Weber said. “It’s a step.

We’ve got a lot of work left to do. Enjoy itfor a couple of minutes and start to focus onSan Jose.”

That extra time off hasn’t always b enefit-ed the Sharks, who have lost their past fourplayo ff series after having at l east five daysoff between rounds.

Here are some other thin gs to watch in t hesecond-round series:

In the netsAfter Pekka Rinne allowed 11 goals in

three straight losses to Anaheim that put

Rested Sharks ready for Nashville

Peter DeBoer

SeeSHARKS

, Page16

Khris Davis

See OAKLAND, Page 16

By Nathan MollatDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

The Menlo-Atherton boys’ tennis teammay have gone undefeated in winning thePeninsula Athletic League Bay Divisiontitl e, but t he rest of t he league showed duringthe PAL individual t ournament that there isplenty of talent scattered throughout theleague.

The singles championship match featuredHalf Moon Bay’s Drew Davison , t he tourna-ment’s top seed, and Carlmont’s ThomasReznik, who was seeded No. 3.

Davison, a junior, went undefeated duringleague play and he lived up to his No. 1

billing with a straight set 6-0, 6-4 win overthe sop homore Reznik.“It was just a late start,” Reznik said,

explaining he just started slowly. “But[Davison] was playing incredibly well.”

For Davison, winning the singles cham-pionship is a bit of a breakthrough. Headvanced to the finals his freshman year, b utlost in the semifinals last season.

“It’s been hard,” Davison said. “There’sbeen a lot of goo d players in th e PAL.”

Daviso n j umped out to a quick 3 -0 lead inthe first set as Reznik struggled with hisserve. That enabled Davison to pounce onsoft second serves and, with a whip-likeforehand, he made quick work of the first set.

“I started off well and he (Reznik) startedslow,” Davison said. “I was definitely play-ing my best. In the second set, he got into a

little rhythm.”Credit Reznik for not simply packing it

in. He won his first service game to start thesecond set and hung with Davison for thefirst several games.

But with Reznik holding a 4-3 lead,Davison held his serve to tie the set 4-alland then broke Reznik to go up 5-4.

Davison then served out the set at love toclinch the title.

“The second set, I started playing better,”Reznik said. “It was too late, but I gave itmy best.”

M-A was not shut out of the individualaccolades, however, as the sophomore-

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By Tim DahlbergTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LAS VEGAS — Mark Davis was beamingas he po sed with fans behind a black and sil-ver “Las Vegas Raiders” banner. He made afew jokes before delivering a $500 millioncommitment to a n ew stadium in the city for

his team.Then the owner of the Raiders got seriousabout the prospects of getting fellow NFLowners to allow him to move from Oaklandto a city the league has long shunned becauseit has legal sports betting.

“Let’s give them an offer they can’trefuse,” Davis said. “They’re going toapprove it based on that.”

Little more than an idea a few months ago,the possi bility of the Raiders moving to LasVegas inched a bit closer to reality Thursdaywhen Davis appeared before a stadium com-mission to not only pledge to move theRaiders to the city, but put $500 million i ntothe $1. 4 bill ion facility th at would house theteam.

He talked about building on the legacy of his father, the late Al Davis, and finally g iv-

ing t he team a new stadium to match those o f the richer teams in the league. He insisted hewasn’t trying to use Las Vegas as a bargain-

ing chip, and spoke of a“lifetime” commitmentto the city.

And at the end of a care-fully staged presentationthat featured soccer starDavid Beckham sittingnext to him, he said thefuture is bright for boththe city and his team.

“We need a home. Weneed a stadium,” Davis said. “That’s what LasVegas is go ing t o provide us and it’s going tobe a great marriage.”

At times during the meeting of theSouthern Nevada Tourism InfrastructureCommittee, it looked like the marriage hadalready begun. There were few pointed ques-tions from committee members, and at onepoint Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodmanwas gushing in her love and support for theteam.

It all made for good theater, and createdeven more momentum for billion aire casinooperator Sheldon Adelson’s plan to land theteam. NFL owners in the past have expressedinterest and made commitments to move toother cities, but Davis was attaching a $50 0million investment along with his plan.

“We’re not usin g Las Vegas as a bargaini ng

chip,” Davis said. “This is real.”Despite the commitments, there are hur-

dles to overcome if the dozen or so Raidersfans who showed up to support the move willbe watching their team in Las Vegas in 2020.The two biggest are figuring out a way tosiphon room taxes to pay for a big chunk of the project, and gaining app roval of 23 otherNFL owners to move.

With Davis committed to putting in $500million — $200 million of that a loan fromthe NFL fund used for st adium projects — andthe Las Vegas Sands offering some money,there is still a gap of $750 million n eeded tobuild the 65, 000-seat st adium.

Stadium backers are propos ing the moneycome from increased taxes on tourists,though rival casino operators say they needto be assured first that th ere is enough in thepot to fund a big expansion of the city’sconventi on center at the same time. It wouldalso need to be approved by the stateLegislature, which they will ask the gover-nor to call in to special sess ion in August fora vote.

Even if that happens, the NFL mustapprove the move. Davis s aid he hoped to go

before the owners by th e end of the year andpersuade them to drop th eir longti me opposi -tio n to Las Vegas so t he Raiders can move.

“You’d have to ask them,” Davis said,when asked about the opinio ns of his fellowowners. “I haven’t heard anything . I’ve heardquestions, but I haven’t heard an outright‘No.”’

Davis, whose father moved the Raiders toLos Angeles and later moved them back, saidthe team would likely remain in Oaklandwhile the new stadium is built, li kely for thenext t hree seasons. The team would probablymove to Vegas in 2020 from the O.coColiseum, which was built a half century agoand lacks the modern amenities of most NFLstadiums.

Raiders President Marc Badain said therehas been no progress made in recent monthswith official s in Oakland about a new stadiumthere.

Beckham, who is behind a proposedMiami Major League Soccer franchise, satnext to Davis at th e meeting, adding a bit of star power in a town that has alwaysembraced stars.

“It’s a bigger idea, it ’s about the MLS com-ing here, it’s about bringing the biggestEuropean teams here like ManchesterUnited,” Beckham said. “To be able to come

here and be part of this and being able tospeak this morning is a huge honor tomyself.”’

Raiders owner to Vegas: Build it and we will come

Mark Davis

By Josh Dubow THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ALAMEDA — The Oakland Raiders set outthis offseason knowing they needed toretool a secondary that was suspect at timeslast year and then lost star safety CharlesWoodson to retirement.

The Raiders hope they found the final pi ecewhen they drafted hard-hitting West Virginiasafety Karl Joseph with the 14 th ov erall pickon Thursday.

“You can feel his passion,” general manag-er Reggie McKenzie said. “You can feel hisintensity in the way he plays. You can feelhis toughness. He has a very aggressivementality. He’s versatile. He can play allover the field, and he’ll run and hit anythingthat moves.”

Retooling the secondary was a high p rior-ity for Oakland after struggles last season.

The Raiders fill ed two bi gholes in free agencywhen they signed corner-back Sean Smith andsafety Reggie Nelson andthen added Joseph, whowill push veteran NateAllen for a starting role.

Joseph is versatileenough to play in thebox against the run as

well as p lay in coverage.

“I’m a dog,” Joseph said. “I’m sure all thecoaches would tell y ou that. I feel th at inten-sity. I feel th at chip on my shoulder. I’m veryconfident in myself and I play with a deeppassion and love for the game. I don’t thinkthere’s anyone else in this draft who playswith more passion t han me.”

He played just four games last year before aseason-ending knee injury but McKenzie

said Joseph was cleared by doctors. Josephsaid he will be ready to play by the start of training camp this summer.

Joseph had five interceptions last year,including three in the opener againstGeorgia Southern. Joseph had nine careerinterceptions in 42 career games in collegeas he proved he is much more than just anintimidator in the s econdary.

“I wouldn’t take anything away from hisball-hawking ability, his ball skills, hisinstincts, his ability to read quarterbacks

and catch balls,” coach Jack Del Rio said.“He’s a playmaker. He’s a playmaker thattakes good angles and also tackles and isknown for hitting, but he’s more than just ahitter.”

Joseph chose not to attend the draft so hecould watch the proceedings with his familyin Haiti, where both he and his parents wereborn. He said the excitement of his family

after getting the call almost brought him totears.

“Everybody dreams of walking across thestage,” he said. “With me, I wanted to dosomething th at meant a lot more, being withmy family. I wanted to come out here with myfamily and shed some light on the countryand some positive about where I’m from andgive the people something to be happyabout.”

After struggling t o find impact players inhis first two drafts as Raiders general manag-

er, McKenzie struck big the past two years inbuilding a foundation he hop es will end a 13-year playoff drought.

Oakland took Pro Bowl pass rusher KhalilMack fifth o verall in 20 14 an d added quarter-back Derek Carr in the second round. TheRaiders then took receiver Amari Cooperfourth overall l ast seaso n and have added fiveother projected starters in the past two drafts.

Raiders draft West Virginia safety Karl Joseph 14th overall

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By Janie McCauley THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN FRANCISCO — As DeForestBuckner waited for his name to be called, hehoped for this very scenario: An Oregonreunion in Northern California.

Chip Kelly’s first draft pick as SanFrancisco 49ers coach is a familiar facefrom his days in charge at Oregon, withBuckner ready to join his old coach to helpa formerly vaunted defense return to NFLelite status.

San Francisco selected the Ducks defen-sive en d with the No. 7 pi ck in the NFL draftThursday night .

Buckner will be part of ushering in theKelly era after the defender was recruited toOregon b y Kelly and played his first seasonof 201 2 during Kelly’s last in Eugene beforethe coach departed to take the Eagles’ top

 job. Buckner is an ideal fi t as an end in SanFrancisco’s 4-3 defensive scheme. He had10 1/2 sacks last season and was also cred-ited with 16 quarterback hits and 39 hurries,according to Pro Football Focus. He is also

a stron g defender against the run.Buckner also will join former Oregon

teammate and fellow 6-foot-7 defensive linemanArik Armstead, theNiners’ first-round pickat No. 17 last year. Theywill be directed by theirformer Oregon positioncoach, too, new Ninersdefensive line coachJerry Azzinaro.

“I’m probably thehappiest guy in the draft

right n ow, bein g reunited with Arik, h avingthat history with him back in Oregon,”Buckner said from his native Hawaii. “He’sa goo d friend. We’ve been talki ng abo ut it alittle bit throughout the draft process. I’mexcited, I’m ready to g o, and try to be a partof this team and win some games.”

San Francisco, which missed the playoffsfor a second straight year, needed help inthe pass rush after ranking 29th in theleague with just 28 sacks after the retire-ment of defensive end Justin Smith l ast yearand the releas e of troubl ed edge rusher AldonSmith.

Now, Buckner immediately has a built-insupport system around him as he makes the

leap to the next level and the increasedspeed and pressure of the NFL game.

“I was praying to be reunited with Arikand Coach Kelly and Coach Azzinaro,”Buckner said.

This week, Armstead said he hopedBuckner might be the Niners’ top choi ce.

“That would be great,” Armstead said dur-ing the Niners’ offseason program. “That’sone of my closest friends. Having a chanceto play with him again would be awesome.We started out together, and I wish I couldhave played with him one more year. So if we draft him, that would be awesome.”

Rather than getting a quarterback rightaway, San Francisco opted to upgrade itsdefensive line, and will likely look for aquarterback in th e next two days of th e draft.California st ar Jared Goff, s elected No. 1 bythe Los Angeles Rams, will make his debutagainst the 49ers in a Monday night gameSept. 12 at Levi’s Stadium.

Armstead can’t wait to get s tarted with hisnew, old teammate.

“DeFo’s an awesome player. We playedtogether in college and had some good

times,” he said. “That’s my guy. We moti-vate each other.”

49ers take another Oregon DL

By Jay CohenTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CHICAGO — Jared Goff is moving downthe West Coast to Los Angeles. Carson Wentzand his big right arm are moving from NorthDakota to Philadelphia.

It’s all about the quarter-backs at the top of the NFLdraft.

Goff went No. 1 overallto the Rams on Thursday

night for their first picksince they moved to LosAngeles in the offseason,and Wentz was the No. 2selection by the Eaglesafter a successful career atNorth Dakota State in the

second tier of college football.“I’m taking it as an honor and something

I’m going to have to prove them right, thatthey made the right decision ,” Goff said.

There was little doubt about the position of the top picks after Los Angeles andPhiladelphia each made a big trade to get intothe draft’s top two slots. It’s the secondstraight year two QBs were the first names off 

the board and the seventh time in the modernera of the draft since 1967 .

The early big slide was experienced byMississippi offensive tackle Laremy Tunsi.Once one of the leading candidates for the No.1 pick before the trades, he slipped to Miamiat No. 13 after a video posted to his Twitteraccount Thursday night showed someoneapparently smoking marijuana out of a bong-gas mask contraption.

“We’re trying to find out who did it,” Tunsilsaid. “I am not worried about that right now.

I’m blessed.”The Browns, who traded the No. 2 pick to

the Eagles last week, moved down again in thefirst major deal of the night, swapping selec-tions with Tennessee. Then Chicago acquiredthe No. 9 pick in a trade with Tampa Bay,prompting chant s of “Let’s go Bears! Let’s goBears!”

The Titans selected Michigan State offen-sive tackle Jack Conklin at No. 8 before theBears grabbed Leonard Floyd, creating a bi t of a lull in the proceedings with the Georgia line-backer not in attendance at the downtownChicago theater.

On the board again at No. 15, Clevelandstayed in place and drafted Baylor wide receiv-

er Corey Coleman.After the QBs got their hats and exchanged

pleasantries with Commissioner RogerGoodell, a pair of Ohio State stars made thestroll to the podium. San Diego grabbeddefensive end Joey Bosa at No. 3 with the firstreal wild card of the night, and Dallas selectedrunning back Ezekiel Elliott with the fourthpick.

Cornerback Eli Apple went the New YorkGiants at No. 10, putting three Buckeyes inthe top 10 for the first time in school history.

When Detroit took OT Taylor Decker, OhioState had four first-rounders.

Elliott, who rushed for 1,878 yards last sea-son, made quite a fashion statement when heshowed off his midsection while walking thered carpet before the draft. But hi s dress sh irtunder his blue suit was in place by the time hewas drafted by the Cowboys.

“Dallas was definitely the pl ace I wanted togo. It was like when I got to make my collegedecision,” Elliott said.

Jacksonville stayed close to home withFlorida State cornerback Jalen Ramsey at No.5, and Baltimore strengthened its offensiveline when it took Notre Dame tackle RonnieStanley.

Cal’s Goff goes No. 1 to Rams

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW ORLEANS — A business owner and

semiprofessional football player was indictedThursday on a second-degree murder charge inthe shooting death of retired New OrleansSaints’ defensive end Will Smith.

Cardell Hayes was also indicted on a chargeof attempted second-degree murder becausepolice say he wounded Smith’s wife in theshooting. Hayes and Smith got into an argu-ment after Hayes’s Hummer hit Smith’s

Mercedes SUV from behindon April 9, police said.Smith’s wife was in thepassenger seat at the time.

Hayes’ defense lawyerJohn Fuller has said Hayeswas not the aggressor andthat a witness saw a gun inSmith’s possession.Police say a loaded gun

was found in Smith’s vehi-cle.

A lawyer for Smith’s family, Peter Thomson,insists Smith never brandished or carried it.Thomson has described Hayes as “enraged”during the altercation and portrayed his clientsas the victims.

Smith was shot seven times in the back andonce along his side, the coroner said. His wife,Racquel, was shot twice in the legs but sur-vived.

Hayes was also indicted on charges of aggra-vated assault and aggravated damage to proper-ty. He has pleaded not guilty and his bond hasbeen set at $1.75 million.

Smith was heralded as a leader on the Saintsteam that rebounded with the hurricane-strick-en city and won the Super Bowl after the 2009season. He stayed in the area after his 2012

retirement and was active with various chari-ties in his adopted city.

The indictment was handed down during apreliminary hearing on whether police hadenough evidence to keep Hayes in jail, wherehe has been since the shooting. With theindictment, prosecutors will likely be able tokeep some evidence closer to the vest ratherthan presenting it during a preliminary hear-ing.

During the preliminary hearing, Fulleraccused prosecutors of trying to “jam an indict-ment down our throats” by trying to takeHayes to a grand jury proceeding when theyknew that Fuller and his co-counsel would be incourt on other matters.

Man indicted inshooting of anex-Saints player

Will Smith

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Buckner

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freshman duo of Jack Jensen and TimmyBerthier rallied to win the final two sets toclaim the PAL doubles crown over a pair of Woodside underclassmen: sophomore LeviVigdorchik and freshman Alex Kastelein.

The Bears’ tandem dropped the first set 7 -5, but won the second and third sets 6-4, 6-

2.“Woodside was the toughest team we

played,” Jensen said. “They came out firingin the first set.”The opening set went back and forth, withboth teams getting early breaks. With theset tied at 5, Woodside won t he 11th game togo up 6-5 and then broke the Bears to takethe set, 7-5.

The second set stayed on serve until late,when Jensen and Berthier got a break totake a 5-4 lead and then served out the s et toforce the thi rd.

“In the first set, we weren’t really ready,”Berthier said. “As we started the secon d set,we got into it.”

In the th ird, the pressure seemed to get tothe Woodside duo. The Bears opened the setby breaking the Wildcats and that fueled a

quick 3 -0 start for J ensen and Berthier.“We moved the pressure from us to them

and we took advantage,” Berthier said.M-A eventually built a 4-0 lead before

Woodside finally held a service game topick up its first point o f the set.

But it was only a matter of time. Bothteams held serve and the Bears, up 5-2,

served for the set. An ace from Berthierclinched the doubles tit le for M-A.

The finalist in both championship match-

es automatically qualify for the CCS indi-vidual tournament.

In the third-place singles match, M-A’s

Reed Fratt, t he No. 2 seed, used a punishi ngserve and heavy forehands to overpowerWoodside’s Hal Tuttle, the No. 4 s eed, 6-4,6-3.

The Aragon duo of Landers Ngrichematand Jonathan Liu claimed the third-placedoubles match, b eating M-A’s Noah Milmanand Camillo Saueressig, 6-4, 6-0.

“That was supposed to be the champi-onship match, according to seeds,” saidAragon coach Dave Owdom.

Ngrichemat and Liu were the top seededdoubles team, while the M-A duo was No. 2.They went back and forth early in the first.M-A took a brief 4-3 lead when it held andthen b roke the Aragon tandem, b ut the Donsreturned the favor to take a 5-4 lead beforefinishing out the set.

In the second set, Ngrichemat and Liusimply overwhelmed Milman andSaueressig.

“Our play today was a lot more fluid,”Ngrichemat said. “[In Wednesday’s semifi-nals] we played scared tennis .”

While players from M-A, Aragon andCarlmont have been regular fixtures in thePAL tournament over the years, Woodside ishoping to add its name to that mix. For thefirst time in a long time, the Wildcats wereplaying on the final day of the PAL seasonand, while they came away with a fourth-place finish in singles and took second indoubles, coach Sid Newcomb is h opin g thi sis just the beginning.

“We finished fourth (in the Bay Divisionstandings) and are hoping to get an at-largebid to CCS,” Newcomb said. “It’s excitingto think maybe we’re building a program.We want to be in competition for the PALtitle every year.”

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With teammate Jack Jensen, right, looking on, M-A’s Timmy Berthier hammers a volleyduring their 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 win in the PAL doubles championship match.

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Banned cyclist Lance Armstrong asks judge to end government lawsuit

WASHINGTON — Lance Armstrong is asking a judge toend a lawsuit against hi m by the U.S. government th at seeks

to recover millions of dollars in sponsor-ship money the U.S. Postal Service paidto Armstrong’s teams from 1998-2004.

Armstrong ’s motion for summary judg-ment filed Wednesday says the case

against him is “long on speculation andhyperbole — but short on evidence andviable legal theories.” Armstrong’slawyers write that the Postal Serviceentered into sponsorship agreementswith a cycling team Armstrong rode onbut that Armstrong was not a party to the

agreements and did not read or sign them.The whistleblower lawsuit was initially filed by

Armstrong’s former teammate Floyd Landis. The govern-ment joined in 2013.

Armstrong confessed in 201 3 to dopi ng to win the Tour deFrance seven times.

Critics of NFL concussion dealseek further court review

PHILADELPHIA — Critics of th e prop osed $1 bill ion set-tlement of NFL concussion claims want a full U.S. appeals

court in Philadelphia to review a recent decision that upheldthe deal.The challengers believe the lead players’ lawyers negoti-

ated away compens ation for chronic traumatic encephalopa-thy because the science is still being developed.

They consider CTE the “in dustrial disease” of football andsay it was the key complaint in the initial l awsuit.

In their appeal Thursday, the critics’ lawyers say the leadplayers’ negotiato rs “traded” away the iss ue in exchange forenhanced compensation for less common problems, such asParkinson ’s disease and dementia.

The lead plaintiffs’ lawyers s ay further appeals will delaypayments to ailing players and their families.

Blackie Sherrod, longtimeTexas sports writer, dead at 96

DALLAS — Blackie Sherrod, th e lon gtime Texas spo rts-writer and mentor to some of the nation’s top writers, hasdied at his Dallas home. He was 96 .

Wife Joyce Sherrod told The DallasMorni ng News her husban d died Thursdayafternoon after a week in h ospi ce care.

Sherrod was Texas Sportswriter of theYear a record 16 times and a Red SmithAward winner for lifetime achievement insports writing.

After World War II service as a Navy tailgunner, Sherrod was sports editor at thenow-defunct Fort Worth Press where hecultivated the nascent talents of authorsDan Jenkins and Edwin “Bud” Shrake. He

took his popular column to the now-defunct Dallas Times-Herald in 195 8 and The Dallas Mornin g News in 1985 beforeretiring in 20 03.

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The NCAA Division I Board of Directors scrapped a proposed ban onsatellite camps Thursday, rebuffing arequest from powerhouse conferences inthe South and clearing the way for coach-es to hold and work at clinics far fromtheir campuses this summer.

The decision won’t end the debate thatcentered on whether the camps are justanother recruiting tool: The board alsoasked the Division I Council to conduct a

broad assessment of the entire collegefootball recruitingmodel in comingmonths, and thatcould bring modifi-cations to how thecamps are run andwho can take part.

The councilapproved a ban three

weeks ago prohibiting BowlSubdivision coaches from holding orworking at camps and clinics away fromtheir schools. The camps had drawn ahigh profile after Jim Harbaugh and hisMichigan staff held camps in the Southlast summer and he was among the first topraise the board’s decision.

“Good news,” Harbaugh said. “It’sgood for prospective student-athletes,fans, coaches and competition.”

The Southeastern Conference andAtlantic Coast Conference sponsored theproposal that created the ban, but therewas an outcry from coaches who contendsatellite camps provide opportunities for

un-recruited athletes to be noticed byhigh-profile coaches and possiblyreceive scholarships.

“While we are disappointed with theNCAA governance process result, werespect the Board of Directors’ decisionand are confident SEC football programswill continue to be highly effective intheir recruiting efforts,” SECCommissioner Greg Sankey said.

The SEC had warned it would lift i ts banon satellite camp participation withoutan NCAA-wide prohibition. The SEC andACC both said their coaches will now beallowed to p articipate in the camps.

“We continue to believe footballrecruiting is primarily an activity bestfocused in high schools during the estab-lished recruiting calendar, which has pro-

vided opportunities for footb all prospec-tive student-athletes from all across thecountry to obtain broad national accessand exposure but with appropriate guid-ance from high school coaches, teachersand advisers,” Sankey said.

The board also directed the council totake a deeper look at FBS recruiting , withiniti al recommendations due by Sept. 1.

“The Board of Directors is interested ina holistic review of the football recruit-ing environment, and camps are a pieceof that puzzle,” said Chairman Harris

Pastides, president of the University of South Carolina. “We share the council’sinterest in improving the camp environ-ment, and we support the council’sefforts to create a model that emphasizesthe scholastic environment as an appro-priate place for recruiting future student-athletes.”

Opponents of the camps say they aresimply recruiting events held outside theofficial recruiting calendar and the sightof a Big Ten coach like Harbaugh drawingattention in SEC country with his Floridacamps helped put the issue on the frontburner for the NCAA.

The Big Ten and Pac-12 had expectedthe camp issue to be dealt with as p art of a comprehensive overhaul of recruiting ,but the SEC and ACC compelled the

council to act on the camps alone. TheBig Ten turned out to be the only PowerFive conference in the D-I Council tooppose the ban when the vote was takenApril 8.

The Big 12 and Pac-12 joined the SECand ACC in voting for the ban, eventhough a significant number of coacheswithin those conferences favored satel-lite camps. Pac-12 Commissioner LarryScott later said the conference’s represen-tative did not vote the league’s positionin backing the ban.

NCAA scraps ban on satellite camps

 Jim Harbaugh

The decision won’t end the debate that centeredon whether the camps are just another recruiting tool:

The board also asked the Division I Council toconduct a broad assessment of the entire college

football recruiting model in coming months.

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