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By Austin WalshDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

A historically controversial pro-posal t o build a San Bruno h otel isslated to move forward, under andeal announced between city offi-cials and a private developer.

San Bruno officials agreed tosell a sl ice of city-owned land nearthe intersection of Interstate 380and El Camino Real to OTODevelopment for $3.97 million,where the builder will erect a 152 -

room hotel, according to an agree-ment made public Friday, March11.

The Crossing Hotel has beenpromised for development on 1.5

acres of proper-ty adjacent toJ a c k ’ sR e s t a u r a n tsince 2001,when voterspassed MeasureE, boostinga l l o w a b l eheight fordevelopments

near The Shop s at Tanforan.Mayor Jim Ruane celebrated the

sale, in a prepared statement.

“This agreement with OTODevelopment is an important stepforward in improving our commu-

Sale pushesahead San

Bruno hotelDeveloper agrees to purchase CrossingHotel property for nearly $4M from city


A Millbrae resident has sufferedthe nightmare of sewage floodinghis home twice in the past week,but city officials said they believethe is sue has been rectified.

Toilets erupted with sewagebackflow in Jason Chen’s home

on El Bonito Way for the secondtime in four days Tuesday, March8, and crews have been workingtirelessly to address the issuesince.

Chen said rocks which cloggedthe city’s sewer main Saturday,March 5, and caused the floodingof three homes in his neighbor-hood crept into his sewer lateral a

couple days later and made his sys-tem to back up again.

He said the second flood wasmore severe than the initial inci-dent, and his home has sufferedsubstantial damage after beingsaturated with water and materialfrom the sewer.

“It was worse than the firsttime,” said Chen. “The first time it

was just upstairs. This time it waseverywhere.”

The second flood only occurredin Chen ’s home, an d did not affecthis neighbors, he said.

Peter Vorametsant i, the cit y’sinterim director of Public Works,said crews have been workingaround the clock to clear the lineof any blockages, and expected

the issue to be resolved perma-nently by Friday, March 11.

Vorametsanti has all eged theinitial flooding was caused bySewer Rat, a private companyhired to work on undergroundpipes in the neighborhood.

Calls t o Sewer Rat for comment

Sewage floods Millbrae resident’s home againDespite coming weekend storms, city officials are optimistic issue has been resolved

Jim Ruane

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Bronstein Music co-owners Rich Welker, left, and Don Edwards recently celebrated the store’s 70th anniversaryin downtown South San Francisco.


A bond formed over a shared pas-sion for playin g music has fueled alifelong friendship and guided aSouth San Francisco institutioninto its seventh decade of opera-tion.

Don Edwards and Rich Welker,owners of Bronstein Music, met asmembers of the opposing highschool jazz bands in South SanFrancisco, and developed their

relationship as young employeesof the store through their forma-tive years as students roughly 50years ago.

Milton Bronstein, who foundedthe store in 1946, sold his estab-lishment in 1981 to Welker andEdwards, and the two have collec-tively ushered the instrument

rental, repair and sales shop andmusic school across a constantlyevolving economic landscape toits 70th anniversary, celebratedlast month.

Much like playing the jazzygrooves both learned to lovewhile members of the South SanFrancisco and El Camino highschool bands, the performance of the store hinges on the owners’abilities to improvise while shar-ing distinct, but equally impor-tant, responsibilities.

Though business partnershipsare never easy, said Welker, thetwo have always been able to rise

Staying in tune through the yearsEndurance of Bronstein Music driven by owners’ friendship

“It’s not something we are doing to make money, becausewe could have made more money doing something else. ... So it’s gratifying.”

— Rich Welker

By Janie Har and John Antczak THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN FRANCISCO — A stormfront that closed schools andsnarled Northern California t rafficmoved south Friday, drenching theLos Angeles area with brief but

fierce downpours that snappedpower lines, sent hikers up a treeand prompted a spate of flo od advi-sories.

The afternoon rain fell in tor-

rents in foothill areas, dumpingnearly a quarter-inch in five min-utes in the northeastern suburb of La Canada Flintridge, th e NationalWeather Service reported.

In Riverside, east of LosAngeles, the storm snapped adozen power poles, littering roads

with electrical lines, closingstreets and leaving about 3,000customers witho ut electricity, city

Storm drenches stateSchools, roads closed in Northern California

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American troop of the Girl Guides.

“A proverb is a shortsentence based on long experience.”

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Saturday : A slight chance of rain in themorning...Then rain likely in the after-noon. Highs in the upper 50s. Southwinds 10 to 20 mph.Saturday night: Showers likely. Lowsin the lower 50s. Southwest winds 10 to20 mph.Sunday : Rain likely in themorning...Then rain in the afternoon. Highs in the upper50s. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph.

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In 1664 , England’s King Charles II granted an area of landon the East Coast of present-day North America known asNew Netherland to his broth er James, the Duke of York.In 1857 , th e origin al version of Giuseppe Verdi’s opera“Simon Boccanegra” was poorly received at its premiere inVenice, Italy. (Verdi offered a revised version in 1 881 .)In 192 5 , Chines e revolutionary l eader Sun Yat-sen died.In 1933 , President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered thefirst of his 30 radio addresses that came to be known as“fireside chats,” telling Americans what was being done todeal with the nation’s economic crisis.I n 1 9 3 8 , the Anschluss merging Austria with NaziGermany took place as German forces crossed the borderbetween the two countries.In 1940 , Finland and the Soviet Union concluded anarmistice during World War II. (Fighting between the twocountries flared again the following year.)

In 1951, “Dennis the Menace,” created by cartoonistHank Ketcham, made its syndicated debut in 16 newspa-pers.In 1967 , Gen. Suharto became Acting President of Indonesia, replacing President Sukarno.In 1971 , Hafez Assad was confirmed as presi dent of Sy riain a referendum.In 1980 , a Chi cago jury found John Wayne Gacy Jr. guiltyof the murders of 33 men and boys . (The next day, Gacy wassentenced to death; he was executed in May 1994.)

The slogan for Ivory Soap in1891 was “ It floats!” During thesoap making process, air is

whipped into the soap so it is lighterthan water, hence, it floats.

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A person who studies fish is called anichthyologist.

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The card game Canasta uses 108 cards— two packs o f cards p lus four jokers.Pinochl e uses 48 cards — two packs of cards, but cards lo wer than n ine are notused.

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A tightrope walker is called a funambu-list.

***Variants o f the Cinderella fairy t alehave been told for more than 1,000years. In some early versions of thestory, there is no fairy godmother.Cinderella’s dress and shoes comes

from a tree that grows on her mother’sgrave.

***An average avocado tree producesabout 120 avocados annually.

***The first sentence of the Dickens(1812-1870) novel “A Tale of TwoCities” (1859) is “ It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” Doyou kno w what era the sentence refers

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The first ads for SPAM, the “miraclemeat in a can,” were done by GracieAllen (1895-1964) and George Burns(1896-1996) on t heir hit radio show inthe 1950s.

***During the 1975 Western Open golf tournament in Chicago, professionalgolfer Lee Trevino (born 1939) wasstruck by lightn ing.

***King Henry VIII (1491-154 7), ruler of England from 1509 to 1547, was mar-ried six times. He married his firstwife, Catherine of Aragon (1485-1526), in 1509. His sixth wife was

Catherine Parr (1512-1548) whom hemarried in 1543.

***The tonophone was the precursor tothe jukebox. It was the first coin-oper-ated piano, invented in 1896.

***Scripps National Spelling Bee wasfirst held in 1925. The competition isopen t o st udents under 16 years of age.The purpose of the spelling bee is tohelp students improve their spelling,increase their vocabularies and devel-op correct English usage.

***The name Velcro i s derived from thefirst syllables of the words velvet and

crochet. ***Detective Lt. Mike Stone, played byKarl Malden (1912-2009), and hispartner Inspector Steve Keller, playedby Michael Douglas (born 1944),solved crimes together on the televi-sion police drama “The Streets of SanFrancisco” (1972-1977). The detectivealways called his much younger part-ner “buddy boy.”

*** An swe r : The sentence refers to theFrench Revolution. The two citiesnamed in the title are London and Paris. The last line in the novel is “ It is a far, f ar better thin g th at I do, than I have ever done; i t is a far, f ar bett er rest that I go to than I have ever known.”

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Playwright Edward Albee is 88. Politician, diplomat and

civil right s activ ist Andrew Young is 84. Actress BarbaraFeldon i s 83 . Broadcast journalist Lloyd Dobyns is 80. Singer

Al Jarreau is 76. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is69. Singer-songwriter James Taylor is 68. Former Sen. Kent

Conrad, D-N.D., is 68. Rock singer-musician Bill Payne(Little Feat) is 67. Actor Jon Provost (TV: “Lassie”) is 66.

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MILLBRAEVandalism. A vehicle was ransacked after

its window was broken, but nothing wasreported missing on the 1700 block of ElCamino Real before 10:15 p.m. Tuesday,March 8.Disorderly conduct. A 35-year-old SanFrancisco man was arrested for public in tox-ication on the first block of El Camino Realbefore 2:45 p.m. Tuesday, March 8 .Assault. A man was grabbed by the shoul-ders and slapped on the hands on the 1200block of El Camino Real before 8 p.m.Sunday, March 6.Robbery . Two San Francisco men and one

juvenile were arrested after threatening a storeemployee and attempting to sh oplift approx-imately $440 worth of vodka, energy drinksand beef jerky on the 600 block o f Broadwaybefore 10:30 a.m. Friday, March 4.

BURLINGAMEDrugs . Someone on parole was found inpossession of narcotics on AirportBoulevard before 10:11 p.m. Thursday,March 10 .Malicious mischief . A homeless personvandalized a video camera on BurlingameAvenue before 6:51 p.m. Thursday, March10.Burglary . A homeless person broke into acar and stole cloth es on Rol lins Road before2:13 p.m. Thursday, March 10.

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Sounds like troublePeople were heard running and general-ly being loud on East HillsdaleBoulevard in Foster City before 6:56p.m. Tuesday, March 8.

DAILY JOURNAL STAFF REPORT

To tackle the periodic flooding thatsometimes plagues San Carlos, city offi-cials have developed a plan to improvethe city’s storm drain system by increas-ing capacity.

The city conducted a capacity analysis

of the system based on the 10-year and100-year design storms with the 25-yearstorm used as an int ermediate check. Ninelocatio ns were identified as capacity defi-cient and recommended for storm drainpipe upsizing with a total cost of over$34 millio n, according to a report to th eCity Council by Public Works DirectorJay Walter.

However, many of these locations havestorm pipes that discharge into creeksthat have sediment and capacity con-straints causing a backwater effect thatfurther affects the pipe capacity, accord-ing t o Walter’s report.

Due to the downstream constraints of the creeks, modeling shows that evenwith the recommended pipe i mprovement,flooding will persist in the 100-year

design storm and also during the 25-yeardesign storm scenarios, according to t hereport.

Another tier of projects to address less-er flooding areas in the city could cost anadditional $18.4 million, according to

Walter’s report.The council is expected to adopt a reso-

lution at its Monday night meeting toapprove t he Citywide Storm Drain Syst emMaster Plan.

Stormwater in San Carlos generallydrains from the hills on the west side of the city, flowing east toward the Bay.Stormwater is conveyed to the Baythrough open ditches and pipelines intothe city’s four primary creeks: Belmont,Brittan, Cordilleras and Pulgas.

San Carlos has experienced periodicflooding over the years generally due to acombination of issues including stormdrain inlet blockages from leaves anddebris, stormwater volumes that aregreater than the capacity of the city stormdrain pipelines and backwater and over-topping from creeks.

In addition, the eastern portion of thecity is mostly flat and at low elevation.The area is also subject to t idal influencesand sedimentation, according to Walter’sreport.

A list of capital improvement projectshave been develop ed to address t he flood-

ing including in the southern portion of the city between Brittan and Cordillerascreeks. There are several known floodingareas in that part of the city. Three otherprojects include addressing floodingalong the 14 00 bl ock of El Camino Real,Oakhurst Avenue and at the south end of Cedar Street.

Cost of these three projects alone totalsabout $15 million.

Flooding may be reduced in these areasby upsizing the pipes. The 12- and- 18-inch pipes would be upsized to 24 incheswhile 15-inch pipes will be upsized to 30inches. Some 30-inch pipes would beupsized to 48 inches in diameter, accord-ing to Walter’s report.

Public Works crews have completed sed-iment dredging of the Belmont Creek cul-verts under Industrial Road, and the Holl yEast and West open channels. In prepara-tion for the wet season, Public Workscrews compl eted channel cl eaning at v ari-ous locations along Belmont, Pulgas andCordilleras creeks. Also, th ere is an ong o-ing capital improvement project toimprove and replace storm drain inlets to

prevent debris from blocking stormflows, according t o Walter’s report.

The San Carlos City Council meets 7 p. m. , Mo nday, March 14 , Cit y Hall, 60 0 Elm St . , San Carlos .

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A teenager was shot in South SanFrancisco Thursday in an apparentcase of gang violence, according topolice.

Officers responded to the 100 blockof Romney Avenue at 3:3 3 p. m. on areport of a possible gunshot.

The victim, an 18-year-old South

San Francisco man, was dropped off at

a hospital, according to police. He isexpected to survive.

Investigators at t he scene found thegun thought to have been used in th ecrime, the suspected shooter and anaccomplice.

The suspects and victim are thoughtto be connected to rival gangs, policesaid. They have been identified only

as two 17-year-old residents of South

San Francisco.They were arrested on suspicion of

attempted murder, cons piracy and p ar-ticipation in a street gang, accordingto police.

Anyone with additional informationabout the shooting is asked to contactthe South San Francisco PoliceDepartment at (650 ) 877-8900.

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AUSTIN, Texas — President BarackObama is aski ng tech enthusiast s to use newtools and innovation to “tackle big prob-lems in new ways.”

Obama says his administration is tryingto make services easier to access online,has overhauled student loan forms and istrying to use technology to improveresearch int o diseases.

But he says activists and industry leadersneed to keep looking for new ways to part-ner with government to bring in new ideas.He is urging activists to use technology toincrease voter registratio n and turnout.

Obama is sp eaking at South b y SouthwestInteractive festival in Austin, Texas. He isthe first sitting U.S. president to attend thetech festival.

Spurred by the administration, the onlineretailer Jet and First Quality, maker of the

Cuties brand of diapers, created a program tolet nonprofit organizations buy diapers atup to 25 percent cheaper than current prices,with n o required minimum order and two-dayshipping.

As a result, member organizations in anation wide diaper bank are exp ected to ordermore than 15 million diapers through theprogram this year, according to WhiteHouse estimates. These groups provi de dia-pers to mothers and babies.

“When you have a baby, diapers are anecessity. They are not optional,” CeciliaMunoz, the president’s domestic policyadviser, wrote in an online post.“Addressing the high cost of diapers forlow-income families can help to take onemore burden off those families as theystrive to reach th e middle class, and give thenext generation the great start in life thatall kids deserve.”

Obama’s proposed budget for 2017 callsfor spending $10 million to test different

methods of getting diapers to needy families.Before taking in the tech festival, Obama

stop ped at Torchy’s Tacos i n Austin , wherehe spent $18.40 on tacos and burritos forhimself and members of his staff. Obama

also slipped a $20 bill into th e tip jar.South by Southwest Interactive is part of

South by Southwest, a movie, music andinteractive media festival h eld in Austin forthe past 30 y ears.

President addresses annualtechnology festival in Texas

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Barack Obama greets supporters after delivering remarks at a Democratic National Committeeevent in Austin, Texas.


SACRAMENTO — A leader of the move-ment to exempt tampons fromCalifornia’s sales tax is now proposing toreinstate the tax on candy and snackfoods.

Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia said

Friday she will seek a constitutionalamendment to undo California voters’

1992 decision to classify candy and snacksas tax-exempt essential food items.

The Bell Gardens Democrat says con-sumption of fatty, ultra-processed foodshas exploded since the sales taxes wererepealed.

Grocers supported the tax repeal 24 y earsago. The California Grocers Association

says it cannot take a position on Garcia’sbill before the language is released.

The announcement comes one day afterthe release of a UCLA study that estimated46 percent of Californians are prediabetic.On Wednesday, Democratic AssemblymanRichard Bloom of Santa Moni ca proposeda fee on sugary beverages.

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School locked down afterstudent sees person with rifle nearby

A San Mateo middle school was lockeddown Friday morning after a student reportedseeing someone with a rifle nearby atJoinville Park, which is next to the school,police said.

Police were notified at 10:30 a.m. of thesituation at The Bayside STEM Academy at

2025 Kehoe Ave. Joinvi lle Park is located at2111 Kehoe Ave.The student reported the incident at 10

a.m., according to p olice.Officers responded and did not see anyone,

police said. After the search, officers notifiedschool officials that students and staff weresafe.

Police are attempting to i dentify and locatethe suspect, but they have not provided adescription of the person.

Police said the threat appears to be an iso-lated incident and the threat to the communi-ty no longer exists.

7-Eleven store robbed of ScratchersA 7-Eleven store in Pacifica was robbed of

lottery tickets early Friday morning, policesaid.

Officers were dispatched at 5:41 a.m. to100 Clarendon Road after a male suspect witha knife went behind the store’s counter andtook several typ es of Scratchers lottery tick-ets.

The clerk was not injured, according topolice.

The suspect ran from the store towardLakeside Avenue.

The suspect is being described as about 6feet tall and was wearing a black hat, bluepants and red-framed sunglasses, police said.

Anyone with information about the rob-bery is being asked to call the PoliceDepartment at (650) 738-7314 or the silentwitness tip line at (650) 359-4444.

Anonymous tips can also be submitted atcityofpacifica.org/depts/police. Please referto case No. 16-779.

Local briefs

Serra High School students raised$2,5000 for the World WildlifeFund, which will be spent toward

saving endangered sea turtles.Nicky Black, Daniel Gilmartin,

Matthew Breen, Wil l Chapman,

Reggie Green, Nick Caceres, Mitchell Alandt and Brian Butlerswam a combined 335 laps during theSwimming for Sea Turtles eventMonday, Feb. 21, to raise the money.

***Students, parents and officials at

Jefferson High School in Daly City cel-ebrated the ribbon cutting opening of newmusic and science buildings Tuesday, Feb.22.

** *AJ Chamorro , a graduate of Sacred

Heart Prep , was one of 21 Cal Pol y stu-dents recognized by state legislators dur-ing a ceremony Mon day, Feb. 1.

Chamorro earned his acknowledgementfor leading t he Cal Poly t eam to success atthe A ssoc i a t ed Schoo l s o f Construction competition.

Class notes is a column dedicated to school news.It is compiled by education reporter Austin Walsh.You can contact him at (650) 344-5200, ext. 105 or

at [email protected].

Front row from left: Serra High School students Nick Caceres and Matthew Breen. Back rowfrom left: Reggie Greene, Nicky Black, Brian Butler, Mitchell Alandt, Daniel Gilmartin and WillChapman swam a combined 335 laps during the Swimming for Sea Turtles event.

From left: John Schultz, director, maintenance/operations; Keith Irish, associate superintendent,curriculum and instruction; Gillian Licudo, ASB president; Thomas Minshew, superintendent;Jason Brockmeyer, principal, celebrate the opening of new music and science buildings.

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By Julie PaceTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

PALM BEACH, Fla. — Are theretwo Donald Trumps? The quietthinker and the flashy showman?

Depends on which one yo u ask.“Perhaps there are two Donald

Trumps,” the Republican presi-dential front -runner s aid during anunderstated news conferenceFriday at his over-the-top Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach,Florida. “I’m somebody who is athinker. I’m a big thinker.”

But after more questions fromreporters intrigued by what maylie beneath Trump’s bombasticpublic image, the real estatemogul changed his mind.

“I don’t think there are two

Donald Trumps,” he said, makingno effort to address the contradic-tion.

The inquiries were prompted bycomments from Ben Carson, theretired neurosurgeon and formerpresidential candidate whodeclared his support for Trump ear-

lier in the day.In explaining

what drew thesoft-spoke doc-tor to a brashreality televi-sion star whoonce called him“pathological”and comparedhim to a childm o l e s t e r ,Carson saidthere were twosides to Trump.

“There’s theone you see onstage andthere’s the onewho’s verycerebral, sits

there and con-siders things very carefully,” saidCarson, who joined Trump for thenews conference. “You can have avery good conversation with him.And that’s the Donald Trump thatyou’re going to start seeing moreand more of right now.”

Caitlyn Jenner’s politics sparkdebate in transgender ranks

NEW YORK — Since coming outa year ago, Caitlyn Jenner has not

always been aunifying forcein the transgen-der community.Her latest polit-ical remarks —

u n d e r s c o r i n gher conserva-tive outlook andp r a i s i n gR e p u b l i c a np r e s i d e n t i a l

candidate Ted Cruz — ignited astorm of criticis m from supportersof transgender rights, who viewmost conservative Republicans asadversaries.

“Breathtakingly clueless” wasthe rebuke from blogger MonicaRoberts. Tennis great MartinaNavratilova and country singerChely Wright were also among t hemany peopl e denouncing J enner.

Yet a more nuanced conversationfollowed, questioning whether

transgender Americans must bemonolithic in broadly espousingprogressive politics, or whetherthey can make room for differingviews in their ranks.

Mara Keisling, executive direc-tor of the National Center forTransgender Equality, said she isgrateful there are transgenderRepublicans and would like to seethe issue of transgender rightsaddressed on a nonpartisan basis.She also said it is inevitable thatthe ranks o f transgender Americanswould grow more diverse.

CDC: Travel OK tocities in Zika countries

NEW YORK — U.S. health offi-cials are revising their Zika travelwarnings, saying it’s OK for preg-nant women to travel to MexicoCity and other destinations at highelevations.

The Zika vi rus is spread thoughtbites from a specific mosquito. TheCenters for Disease Control andPrevention says that kind of mos-quito is rare above 6, 500 feet.

The agency has advised pregnantwomen to avoid travel to aboutthree dozen countries and islandsbecause the Zika virus is the sus-pected cause of a surge of birthdefects in Brazil.


CHICAGO — Republican presi-dential candidate Donald Trumpcanceled one of his signature ral-lies on Friday, calling off theevent in Chicago due to safetyconcerns after protesters packedthe arena where it was to takeplace.

The announcement the billion-aire businessman would postponethe rally until another day led alarge portion of the crowd insidethe University of Illinois atChicago Pavilion to b reak out intoraucous cheers. Many rushed ontothe floor, jumping up and downwith their arms up in the air.

“Trump represents everythingAmerica is not and everythingChicago is not,” said KamranSiddiqui, 20, a student at theschool who was among those cele-brating. “We came in here and wewanted to shut this down. Because

this is a great city and we don’twant to let that person in here.”

Some supporters of theRepublican front-runner startedchanting “We want Trump! Wewant Trump!” in response to thecelebrations, and there were someisolated physical confrontationsbetween members of the crowd.Chicago police said they made

some arrests.“It’s a shame,” said Trump sup-

porter Bill Tail, 43 , of t he Chicagosuburb of Oaklawn. “They screamabout tolerance, but are beingintolerant th emselves. That does-n’t make sense.”

As Trump attempts to unify afractured Republican Party aheadof next week’s slate of winner-take-all primary elections, theconfrontations between his legionof loyal supporters and protesterswho accuse him of stoking racialhatred have intensified at his ral-lies.

GOP candidate Trump calls off rally due to security concerns

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Demonstrators cheer after Donald Trump cancelled his rally at theUniversity of Illinois at Chicago.

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Donald Trump

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By David Crary THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — Hillary Clintonapologized Friday after gay-rights

and AIDS activists assailed her forsaying Nancy Reagan helped start a“national conversation” aboutAIDS in the 19 80s, when protesterswere struggling to get more federalhelp in figh ting th e disease.

Clinton, one of two contendersfor the Democratic presidentialnomination, made her initi al com-ments in an interview with MSNBCduring its coverage of NancyReagan’s funeral.

Soon after the interview aired,MSNBC’s Twitter feed was floodedwith comments accusing Clinton of misrepresenting his tory and insult-

ing the 1980sactivists whopressured elect-ed officials tostep up the

response toAIDS. Clintonsoon apolo-gized.

“While theReagans were

strong advocates for stem cellresearch and finding a cure forAlzheimer’s disease, I misspokeabout their record on HIV and AIDS.For that, I am sorry,” Clinton saidon her Twitter account.

Many activists remain bitter atRonald Reagan and his administra-tion for what they view as a devas-tatingly slow response to AIDS.

Clinton chided for praisingNancy Reagan’s AIDS role

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LONDON — A cache of leaked documentscontaining the names of recruits into theIslamic State group includes references toseveral of the men who carried out theNovember attacks in Paris, a German broad-caster reported Friday. Security officials an dcounterterrorism analysts said the cachecould provide valuable clues into how thegroup lures follo wers and how vast its glo b-al recruitin g networks are.

German broadcaster WDR says that it,along with the daily Sueddeutsche Zeitungand fellow broadcaster NDR, have obtainedsome 22,000 IS documents. On Friday,

WDR reported that the files document theentry into IS territory in 20 13 and 2014 of Paris attackers Samy Amimour, FouedMohamed-Aggad and Ismael Omar Mostefai.In addition, the broadcaster said the filescontain an apparent reference to AbdelhamidAbaaoud, who has been identified as thearchitect of the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris, inwhich 130 people were killed.

The IS files that surfaced in various outletsthis week contain names of po tential fight-ers, person al references, telepho ne numbersand other detailed information. The leak,which contains names of people from morethan 50 countries, also stands to heightensuspicion among followers. Similar leakswithin other terror affiliates have createdfissures in Pakistan and elsewhere in thepast.

Some of t he documents included names of women, but neither their nationalities northeir rol es were immediately known, accord-ing to Shiraz Maher, a senior research fel-

low at the Internatio nal Centre for the Studyof Radicalization at Kings College inLondon.

Maher has seen a bulk of th e files. He saidwhile it would be unusual for women to berecruited as figh ters, women may have beenlisted as personal references.

“One of the key things about these docu-ments is that th ey contain names of peoplewho have vouched for the recruits,” Mahersaid. “By cross-checking these namesagainst the information we have already,we’ll be likely to piece together a detailedpicture of IS networks an d how they relate toone another. And a lot of the informationwe’ve seen on the documents correspon-dents to what we have on our databaseswhich leads us to believe th e documents areauthentic.”

German broadcaster:IS files refer to some

of the Paris attackers

By Ian DeitchTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

JERUSALEM — Palestinian attackersopened fire at Israeli troops in the WestBank and wounded two soldiers before flee-ing Friday night, the Israeli military said.Soon afterward, Palest inian gunmen in Gazafired several rockets at southern Israel, caus-ing no i njuries.

The attacks followed a morning raid byIsraeli forces of a TV station run by thePalestinian militant group Islamic Jihad inthe West Bank as part of a crackdown to curbmonths o f violence that Israel says has beenfueled by incitement in the Palestinianmedia.

Police spokeswoman Luba Samri said thehead of the Falestine al-Youm — or“Palestine Today” — was detained in the raidin Ramallah early Friday morning. She saidFarouq Elayan, 34, had been in carcerated inthe past for activities in the Iranian-backedIslamic Jihad group. The outlet, which also

publishes material on social media sites,encouraged Palestinians to attack Israelis,she said.

In a s tatement, Falestine al-Youm said twoother two staff members had also beenarrested and that their equipment was confis-cated. Islamic Jihad has carried out suicidebombings and shootings in the past.

Israel faces near-daily Palest inian assaultson civilians and security forces that havekilled 28 Israelis and two Americans sinceSeptember.

At least 179 Palestinians have died byIsraeli fire in that ti me, the majority of themsaid by Israel to have been attackers whilethe rest died in clashes with Israeli forces.

Israel has long pointed to the glorifica-tion of attackers in Palestinian media andsocial networking sites as a major factor inthe recent bloodshed.

Palestinians say it stems from anger atnearly five decades of Israeli rule in the WestBank and east Jerusalem and frustrations atnot achieving statehood.

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Steve Nardizzi’sentrepreneurial approach to charity worktransformed the Wounded Warrior Project,which began as a shoestring effort to pro-vide underwear and CD players to hospital-ized soldiers, in to an $80 0 millio n fundrais-

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By 2010, Nardizzi replaced founder JohnMelia as CEO and catapulted the nonprofitinto th e top ranks of U.S. charities.

Russia, China oppose U.S.missile-defense in South Korea

MOSCOW — The foreign ministers of China and Russia are opposing the possibledeployment of an advanced American mis-sile-defense sys tem in South Korea.

Amid escalating tensions over NorthKorea’s nuclear arsenal, Washington andSeoul last week began formal talks ondeploy ing the s ophi sticated THAAD system.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told anews conference Friday after meeting withRussian counterpart Sergey Lavrov t hat p ut-ting the system in South Korea would“inflict direct harm to the strategic securityinterests of Chin a and Russia.”

Lavrov said deploying the system wouldbe an overreaction.

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NEW YORK — A jump in crudeoil and a rise in European marketsset off a rally in U.S. stocks to capa four-week winning streak formajor indexes.

Investors bought across indus-tries from the start of trading onFriday. Drillers, refiners and otherenergy companies rose sharply asthe price for U.S. crude hit a highfor the y ear. Devon Energy j umped11 percent and SouthwesternEnergy g ained 10 percent.

Just a month ago, investorswere dumping shares amid talk of apossible U.S. recession. TheStandard & Poor’s 500 index fellto almos t a two-year low. But con-fidence has returned as data hassuggested the U.S. economy isstrengthening.

“While things aren’t great,they’re not the disaster wethought,” said Bill Strazzullo,

chief market strategist at BellCurve Trading. “We’ve rall ied aftera horrendous start t o th e year.”

The S&P 500 is up now nearly11 percent from Feb. 11.

On Friday, the S&P 500 gained32.62 points, or 1.6 percent, to2,022.19. The Dow Jones indus-trial average rose 218.18 points,or 1.3 percent, to 17 ,213. 31. TheNasdaq composite climbed 86.31points, or 1.9 percent, to4,748.47.

U.S. crude gained after theInternational Energy Agency saidsigns that the market has “bot-tomed out” have emerged. Energy

companies have been shuttingdown rigs and laying off thou-sands of workers as oil pricesplunged to around $30 per barrel,from well ov er $100 per barrel justtwo years ago.

U.S. crude has risen 47 percentfrom a 13-year low of $26.21 a

month ago.Bank stocks also rose sharply.

That sector h ad been beaten downin recent weeks as investors wor-

ried about loans to highly lever-aged energy companies goingbad.

The rally has got someinvestors worried, though.

Chief Equity Strategist PhilOrlando of Federated Investorssaid the “terrific four-week run”

makes him a “little nervous.”Among his concerns are a steeperChina slowdown, a U.S. dollarstrengt hening even more and hurt-

ing U.S. exports, no relief fromthe corporate profits drop over thelast year and more surprises in thepresidential election.

“Don’t discount the fiscal poli-cy uncertainty of the election,” hewarned.

Xavier Smith, manager of the

Centre Global Select Equity Fund,said he doesn’t buy the oil rally,either.

“Oil is a proxy for the overalleconomy, and it’s not going onfour cylinders anywhere,” Smithsaid. “So why would oil be stro ng?It doesn’t make any sense.”

European markets rose sharplyas investors hoped that theEuropean Central Bank’s latestblast of stimulus policies wouldhelp revive th e region ’s economy.Germany’s DAX gained 3.5 per-cent, France’s CAC 40 advanced3.3 percent and Britain’s FTSE100 rose 1.7 p ercent.

The ECB moves included threeinterest rate cuts, loans to banks,

and the expansion of a bond-buy-ing stimulus program. Shares inbanks , which will be supported bythe ECB loans, were among thebiggest gainers.

Stock market extends rally to a fourth weekDOW JONES INDUSTRIALS

High

: 17,220.09

Low: 17,014.99

Close

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Change: +218.18

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NYSE MKT: 2246.46 +46.50

Russell 2000: 1087.56 +23.58

Wilshire 5000: 20,802.97 +350.57

10-Yr Bond: 1.98 +0.05

Oil (per barrel): 38.55

Gold : 1,250.40


SAN FRANCISCO — Google isabout to embark on an old-schoolsearch, swapping its Internet algo-rithm for a custom-built van that willcruise across the U.S. to find out howpeople use its onli ne services and reactto new features.

The white van emblazoned withGoogle’s colorful logo and an invita-tion to “shape the future” of the

world’s most powerful Int ernet compa-ny i s scheduled to p ull out Monday ona six-week road trip.

Google is using the van to help itbreak out of its Silicon Valley b ubble.The van will make multiday stops inseven states, stopping near colleges,libraries, parks and some of Google’s

own regional offices in hopes of find-ing out how average Americans areusing th e company’s multitude of digi-

tal offerings.About 500 walk-up volunteers will

be invited to step inside the vandesigned to serve as a mini-version of Google’s Silicon Valley laboratories,where most of th e company’s user stud-ies are conducted.

Once inside, researchers will watch,question and record how the v olunteers

use apps and other services on theirsmartphones in sessions th at will last15 to 90 minutes.

Google is hitting the road for user feedbackSticky lawsuit: $400Mdispute lingers over Post-it inventor

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Alan Amron has invented abattery-powered squirt gun, a digital photo frame, even alaser system t hat may so meday provi de a visible first-downline for fans i nside NFL stadiums. He holds 40 U.S. patents,but he’s most in terested in an inv ention for which he gets nocredit: the Pos t-it Note, that ubiquitous st icky-back productmade into a worldwide success by the 3M Company.

Amron, 67, says he invented what he called the Press-onMemo in 1973, a full year before 3M scientists developedwhat later became known as the Post-it Note. AlthoughAmron settled a previous lawsuit against 3M, he’s suingagain in federal court in Fort Lauderdale. He says the compa-ny breached its previous agreement not to take credit. Thesettlement is confidential.

Now Amron wants $400 millio n in damages — and some-thing he says is even more important to him.

“l just want them to admit that l am th e invento r and thatthey will stop saying that they are the inventor,” Amronsaid in a recent interview. “Every singl e day th at they k eepclaiming they invented it damages my reputation anddefames me.”

3M, based in Maplewood, Minnesota, is one of the 30companies t hat make up the Dow Jon es Industrial Averageon the New York Sto ck Exchange.

GM buys software company

to speed autonomous car developmentDETROIT — With hopes of speeding development of self-

driving cars, General Motors has acquired a small softwarecompany that’s been testing vehicles on the streets of SanFrancisco.

The Detroit automaker says it purchased CruiseAutomation, a 40-person firm that was founded just threeyears ago.

The move, coupled with GM’s in-house research, sh ouldhelp the company i n its race with Googl e and others to h aveautonomous cars start transporting people on public road-ways.

GM wouldn’t give a ti metable for rolling out the technol-ogy, but President Dan Ammann said it would happen assoon as the company can demonstrate that the cars are ready.

Alba’s Honest Co. lashesout over ingredients report

NEW YORK — Honest Co., co-founded by movie starJessica Alba, is denying a news report that said its laundrydetergent contains an ingredient that it promised its cus-tomers that it would never use.

Alba helped found Honest Co. about five years ago. It hasgrown rapidly, selling diapers, soap, lotion and cleaningproducts th at it says are free of “harsh chemicals.” Late lastyear it started selling li p glo ss, blush and mascara under thebrand Honest Beauty.

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Even as the spring sports season preparesfor the start of league play, there are still ahandful of teams still in the running forNorthern California and state basketballchampionships.

Six San Mateo County teams are stillalive and they will take the next stepSaturday toward the Nor Cal finals. The Serraand Half Moon Bay bo ys’ teams, along withthe Menlo-Atherton, Menlo School andSacred Heart Prep girls ’ sides are all at home.The M-A boys’ will be on the road inOakland.

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BoysDivision I

No. 5 Menlo-Atherton 26-4) vs.

No. 4 McClymonds-Oakland 21-9)

at Merritt College

The Warriors play in one of the toughestleagues in Northern California, the OaklandAthletic League, and are nothing if not bat-tled tested for the biggest games of the sea-son.

They twice lost to Oakland Tech, whichwon the OAL regular-season title. But Mackbeat Tech when it mattered the most: in theOAL tournament and Oakland Section cham-pionship games.

M-A will have to contend with theWarriors’ size, which has a roster that hasonly o ne player under 6 foot. They can trotout a frontline that goes 6-5, 6-7, 6-7.

That puts a heavy load on M-A’s 6-7 centerBlake Henry, who is averaging 12 pointsand five rebounds per game.

Division II

No. 9 Leland 21-7) at

No. 1 Serra 22-6), 4 p.m.

Leland has won 12 of last 14, includingseven in ro w — and four straight i n the pl ay-offs.

Serra counters with an 8-1 home recordthis season, where the Padres haven’t lost

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M-A’s 6-7 center Blake Henry has shown an ability to play both inside and outside this season. The Bears will need his length if they are to compete with McClymonds in the quarterfinalsof the Nor Cal Division I tournament at Oakland’s Merritt College Saturday.

By Rick EymerTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Hunter Pence hi t atwo-run homer in his first spring game forSan Francisco, but Hisashi Iwakuma threw

three scoreless innings tolead Seattle to a 5-4 winon Friday.

“To me it’s special togo out and play,” Pencesaid. “I waited a longtime. I got to movearound a little bit and Igot a lot of enthusiasmfrom the fans. I had to becareful because I was a li t-tle over-amped. It was

pretty cool.”Iwakuma allo wed one h it, struck out four

and walked one.Giants right-hander Jeff Samardzija went

four innings i n his third start of the spring.He gave up th ree runs and six hits .

Leonys Martin, Stefen Romero andFranklin Gutierrez each drove i n a run for t heMariners.

Joel Peralta retired his first 11 batters th isspring before giving up a two-out double toBuster Posey and Pence’s homer in thefourth.

Iwakuma was happy with his fastball,though he wants to continue to minimizethe number of pitches he throws.

“I don’t want to get into three-ballcounts,” Iwakuma said through an inter-preter. “There are things like that I need towork on. ”

Iwakuma struck out four, including DenardSpan twice, in three innings and walkedone. Through five spring innings, he’sfaced one batt er over th e minimum.

“My fastball was pretty sharp, ” he said. “Iwas able to locate it and it felt like I couldthrow it harder. I just want to k eep my pitch

Pence homers infirst Spring game

By Gary SchatzTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Sam Fuld hit athree-run homer off Jon Moscot and had anRBI triple to help the Oakland Athletics tobeat the Cincinnati Reds 9-4 on Friday.

Jed Lowrie, MaxMuncy and Mark Canhahad doubles for the

Athletics.“Fuld’s fighting for a

position,” Athleticsmanager Bob Melvinsaid. “He’s a fighter. He’sbeen in this positionmany times before. Fuld

just goes out there andplays. He’s a pro. When the situation looksclogged and cloudy, you just go out and dothe best you can.”

Jay Bruce hit an RBI single in the Reds’three-run fourth against Mark Rzepczynsk i,who the Athletics obtained in a trade withSan Diego. Joey Votto hit a si ngle to reachbase for the 10th time in 19 plate appear-

ances.Fuld saved a run when a bl oop fly ball fell

in shallow right field. Fuld’s barehandedthrow nip ped Votto at second. J ordanPacheco followed with his second home runof the spring.

Cincinnati’s Zack Cozart had a single intwo at-bats in his first game this spring.

Cozart had knee surgery in June. Cozartinjured his knee by extending his leg toreach for first base in a game withPhiladelphia. He slipped trying to g et to aground single by Renato Nunez to raise eye-brows in the Reds’ dugout.

“We had a moment of pause when heslipped on the backhand,” Reds’ managerBryan Price said. “It wasn’t a concern to himbut it was to us.”

Cozart was nervous during hi s first at b at.“My first at-bat I couldn’t calm it down,”

Cozart said. “I did things I hadn’t done innine months, I slipped and fell, got up. I

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By Janie McCauley THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

OAKLAND — Stephen Curry scored 34points, Klay Thompson had 37 and theGolden State Warriors avenged their worstdefeat of th e season by beating th e PortlandTrail Blazers 128-112 on Friday night,

extending their record regular-season homewinning streak to 47 g ames.

The Splash Brothers combined to shoot 15for 25 on 3 -pointers and went 26 for 55 o ver-all, with Thompson joining Curry as theonly p layers with 20 0 3s in four straight sea-

sons. They scored 30 ormore points in the samegame for the sixt h time intheir careers.

Draymond Green added17 points, 13 reboundsand seven assists whilemaking all nine of hisfree throws.

CJ McCollum scored 18points and Portlandtopped the defending

champions with 19 3s to Golden State’s 18

as the teams combined for the most 3s inNBA histo ry — on 37-for-76 sho oting .

From the tip, the defending championWarriors were out to bury the Blazers after anembarrassing 32-point defeat in Portlandlast month coming out of th e All-Star break.Golden State lost 137-105 at Portland onFeb. 19 — its l argest margin of defeat since a39-point setback to Denver in 2012 —before an impressive seven-game winningstreak.

Curry scored 18 points in the openingperiod after going scoreless in the first twonights earlier against Utah, helping theWarriors improve to 29-0 at Oracle Arenathis season.

The Warriorserupt early,cruise to win

Mariners 5, Giants 4

Hunter Pence

A’s 9, Reds 4

Sam Fuld

A half dozen county teams are still alive in the chase for a state title

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SANTA CLARA — Veteran kicker PhilDawson reached agreement on a one-year con-tract to keep one of the San Francisco 49ers’most consistent players with the team for the

2016 season, two people with direct knowl-edge of the deal said Friday night.

The people spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press because aformal announcement of his signing hadn’tbeen made. That will happen once his contractis signed and returned to Santa Clara teamheadquarters given logistics with Dawsonspending the offseason in Texas.

Along with being one of the most steady

kickers in the league,Dawson also has been avaluable influence andexample in a locker roomthat has dealt with itsshare of turmoil andchange in recent years.The 49ers went 5-11 last

season and fired first-yearcoach Jim Tomsula andreplaced him with Chip

Kelly. Now-Michigan coach Jim Harbaughand the team parted ways at the end of the2014 season after missing the playoffs fol-lowing three straight trips to the NFC cham-pionship game and a runner-up finish in theSuper Bowl after 201 2.

Dawson, who turned 41 i n January, had saidhe wanted to play at least another season andexpressed his desire to remain with t he Ninersdespite no longer handling kickoff duties heso loves. Dawson has said he considers it a“win-win” because he has been able to con-centrate all of his efforts on field goals andPATs and feels much better physi cally over the

grind of a long NFL season. He also enjoyedbeing a mentor to rookie punter BradleyPinion last season.

“Very few people get a John Elway-typesend-off,” Dawson said late in the season of Elway going out a Super Bowl winner after the1998 season. “At the end of the day, you’re agrown man coming to work, and if your teamwins that’s a super valuable added bonus. If

you feel you can come contribute to your teamand help your organization, you need to takesatisfaction in that. I still want to do that.”

Dawson, who will enter his 18th NFL sea-son and fourth with San Francisco after spend-ing his first 14 years with the Browns, made24 of 27 field goals last season including along of 54 yards.

In January 2014 after 15 years, Dawsonearned his first playo ff victory — and 11 yearsafter his lone previous trip after 2002 withCleveland.

That came after he delivered on 32 of 36field goals and made a franchise-record 27 in arow during his first season with the 49ersbefore that streak ended Dec. 29, 2013, atArizona.

K Phil Dawson, 49ers agree on one-year deal

Boys’ volleyball — ThursdayCarlmont 3 Mills 1

The Scots posted a 25-22, 25-13, 22-25, 25-13 victoryover the Vikings in the league opener of the new PeninsulaAtheltic League boys ’ volleyball league.

Outside hitter Chris Ding had a monster match, fin ishi ngwith 27 kills. Libero Jonah Przybyszewski dug up 21 ballsand had four service aces, while middle blocker MalcolmMcClellan contributed five blocks.

Swimming — ThursdayHalf Moon Bay sweeps Jefferson

The Cougars boys’ and girls’ swim teams dominated theGrizzlies in the Peninsula Atheltic League Ocean Divisionopener for bo th s quads.

The boys won 139-16, while the girls posted a 132-18victory. The Cougars swept the top three spots in everyindividual event .

Menlo-Atherton 97 San Mateo 72

The Lady Bears won six races to sli p past the Bearcats ina PAL Bay meet.

M-A won the 50, 100 and 500 freestyle races, as well as

the 100 fly. The Bears took first in the 400 free relay.San Mateo won two relay races, taking first in the 200medley relay and 200 free relay. Individual, the Bearcatswon the 200 individual medley, the 100 backstroke and the100 breaststroke.

Boys’ lacrosse — ThursdayMenlo-Atherton 10 Mountain View 5

Jack Wolf scored a game-high seven goals to lead theBears to their first win of the season.

Trystan Upho ff added a pair of go als and three assis ts forM-A (1-3 ov erall). Jack Hansen ro unded out th e scoring forthe Bears.

M-A goalt ender finis hed with 10 s aves.

University 9 Sacred Heart Prep 8

Jack Crocket scored three times and Kevin Tinsl ey nettedtwo, but it wasn’t enough to p revent the Gators from losin gto University.

Trevor Peay, J ohn Carroll and Frank Bell all had one go aleach for SHP. Will Kremer added two assists and goaltenderCody Weibe finis hed with three saves.

Girls’ lacrosse — ThursdaySacred Heart Prep 16 St. Francis 6

The Gators dominated the Lancers in a non-leaguematchup.

SHP scored eight time in each half and got goals fromseven different p layers.

Badminton — ThursdaySan Mateo 9 Burlingame 6

The Bearcats sweep of t he th ree girls’ doubles and mixeddoubles matches led them to the victory over the rivalPanthers.

San Mateo also got wins at No. 3 singles and No. 2 andNo. 3 boys’ doubles.

Burlingame won two of the three boys’ singles matchesand swept the three girls’ sing les matches, to go alo ng with

a win at the No. 1 boys ’ doubles match.

Carlmont 9 Aragon 6

The Scots improved to 4-0 on th e season with the victo-ry over the Dons.

Tracy Chu, t he Scots’ top p layer and one of the favorit esto win a Central Coast Section title, cruised to a 21-3, 21-4win in No. 1 girls’ singles play. Suzanne Nie and JoanneNie rounded up the gi rls’ singles sweep for Carlmont, win-ning 21 -7, 21-10 and 21-3, 21-10, respectively.

Carlmont also won two of the three boys’ singles match-es, two of three boys’ doubles matches and two of threegirls’ doubles matches.

Burling ame swept the mix ed doubles matches.

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Thunder assistant Williamsto miss remainder of season

OKLAHOMA CITY — Thunder assistant coach MontyWilliams will not return to the team this season as he con-

tinues to help his family heal following the death of hiswife, Ingrid.

The Thunder made the announcement Friday.

On Feb. 9, an oncomin g car crossed the center line and hitIngrid Williams’ SUV near downtown Oklahoma City.Ingrid Willi ams died the next day, and Mont y Williams hasnot coached since. Thunder general manager Sam Presti saidin a statement that the most important things are forWilliams to be with his family and for the Thunder to sup-port him.

Williams is in his first season as an assistant for BillyDonovan. He was head coach of the New Orleans Pelicanslast season, when he led the franchise to the playoffs.

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NEW YORK — Former Mets closer Jenrry

Mejia wants to challenge the agreement hemade not to appeal his third positive drugtest, which led to a lifetime ban from base-ball.

Banned on Feb. 12, Mejia spoke at a newsconference Friday in the office of one of hisnew lawyers. They accused Major LeagueBaseball of orchestrating the third positivetest because Mejia refused to impli cate anoth-er individual, whom they would not identify,in the use of performance-enhancing drugs.MLB denies the allegations.

Mejia was suspended for 80 games last April11 following a positive test for Stanozolol, adrug popular among bodybuilders, and nowadmits he did take a banned substance then. Hereturned July 12, appeared in seven games forNew York, then was suspended for 16 2 g ameson July 28 after a positive test for Stanozolol

and Boldenone.“They asked me if I knew someone. I told

them I couldn’t give them informatio n on th atperson,” Mejia said, referring to a discussionlast s ummer. “They told me that if I appealed,they had a third test, they could check it, andif they found something in the third test, theycould ban me for life, like they’re doing now,but if I didn’t appeal, they would leave mealone. I could go back to practice and comeback to baseball after the second suspen-sion.”

Speaking mostly in Spanish but occasion-ally in English in a crowded small conferenceroom in Queens, Mejia said his agent, PeterGreenberg, was present when the threat wasmade. Greenberg did not respond to an emailseeking comment.

While the lawyer, Vincent White, saidMejia refused to implicate another player,Mejia said the individual in question was not aplayer.

“I have my dignity, ” Mejia said. “I can clearmy name by myself, fighting my case, but Iwon’t clear my name throwing someone elseunder the bus. ”

Greenberg and officials of the Major LeagueBaseball Players Association did not attend

the news conference.Mejia became the first baseball player

given a lifetime ban for PEDs when he testedpositiv e for Boldenone, which athletes haveused to increase muscle mass and once waspopular for use in horse racing. While heissued a statement last April stating “I canhonestly s ay I have no idea how a banned sub-stance ended up in my system,” he now admitshe triggering the positive test.

“I was ill,” he said. “I found something my

broth er was using and I used it, and I admittedto using that substance.”

Mejia denied taking any substances thattriggered the second and third positive tests.

“They cannot run America’s pastime like abad ‘70s cop movie,” White said. “We believethe new information that we have uncoveredallows us to reopen the matter, and we’reworking with the union to that end now.”

Mejia may apply next February to baseballCommissioner Rob Manfred for reinstate-ment, and Manfred at his discretion has thepower to let Mejia back in baseball — but noearlier than for the 2018 season. If an appli-cation is made and denied, Mejia could askbaseball’s arbitrator to end the b an, b ut it can-not be reduced to less than two years.

“Sadly, the comments made by Mr. Mejiaand his representatives today continue a pat-tern of athletes hiring aggressive lawyers andmaking wild, unsupported allegations aboutthe conduct of others in an effort to clear theirnames,” MLB said in a statement. “Mr.Mejia’s record demonstrates that he was arepeated user of banned performance-enhanc-ing substances. As such, per our collectivelybargained rules, he has no place as an activeplayer in the game today.”

Former Mets pitcher wantsto challenge lifetime ban

“They cannot run America’s pastime like a bad ‘70s copmovie. We believe the new information that we have

uncovered allows us to reopenthe matter, and we’re working

with the union to that end now.” — Vincent White, Mejia’s lawyer

Gossage does not regretcriticism of Bautista and Cespedes

TAMPA, Fla. — One day later, Hall of FamerGoose Gossage did not regret his criticism of Toronto star Jose Bautista and New York Metsslugger Yoenis Cespedes for their home-runcelebrations during last year’s playoffs.

Girardi met Friday with New York Yankeesgeneral manager Brian Cashman and manager

Joe Girardi.“I was passed the torch, a certain way toact,” said Gossage, a Yankees spring trainingguest instructor. “Flipping the bat is not partof it. All the things that I said, Bautista justcame into min d. I was asked a question and gotit off my chest. Hopefully, they think aboutit.

“Nobody else is goi ng to tell t hem not to doit. None of their teammates. Act like (Derek)Jeter, act like Mo (Mariano Riv era). Act like aprofessional. That’s all.”

Gossage called Bautista a “disgrace to thegame” during an interview with ESPN onThursday.

Dodgers rookie Seager leavesgame with pain in left knee

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Dodgers rookie s hort -stop Corey Seager left in the third inning of an 8-4 loss to the Angels Friday because of pain in his left knee.

“He just wasn’t moving as well as he nor-mally does, so we just wanted to get him out assoon as possible,” manager Dave Robertssaid.

Roberts had yet to talk to team physiciansabout the condition of Seager’s knee. He saidhe was not concerned that the club’s topprospect had suffered a serious injury.

“Not at this point,” said Roberts, who saidhe was prompted to p ull Seager from the game

when he saw him grimace. “But once I talk tothe doctors, we’ll know more.”

Roberts said that Seager would not playSaturday. The Dodgers have split-squad gamesagainst the Chicago Cubs in Glendale and theSeattle Mariners in Peoria.

David Freese and Piratesagree to $3 million, one-year deal

BRADENTON, Fla. — Infielder DavidFreese and the Pittsburgh Pirates agreed Fridayto a $3 million, one-year contract.

The 32-year-old, an All-Star with the St.Louis Cardinals in 2012, hit .257 with 27doubles, 14 homers and 56 RBIs last year withthe Los Angeles Angels. He has a .276 careeraverage with 68 homers and 348 RBIs for St.Louis (200 9-13) and the Angels (2014-15 ).

Freese was MVP of the NL ChampionshipSeries and World Series in 2011, when he hit.39 7 with five homers and 21 RBIs during thepostseason.

To clear a roster spot , the Pirates designatedleft-hander Jesse Biddle for assignment.

Choate agrees to minorleague contract with Blue Jays

DUNEDIN, Fla. — Left-hander RandyChoate has agreed to a minor league contractwith the Toronto Blue Jays and will report tobig league spring training.

If added to the 40-man roster under Friday’sdeal, he would get a $1 mill ion s alary while inthe major leagues and $105,000 i f assigned tothe minors.

The 40-year-old reliever was 1-0 with a 3. 95ERA in 71 games over 27 1/3 innin gs last sea-son for St. Louis. He has a 16-14 career recordwith a 3.90 in 672 relief appearances for theNew York Yankees (2000-03 ), Arizona (2004-07), Tampa Bay (2009-10), Miami/Florida(2011-12), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2012)and the Cardinals (2013-15).

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On Monday, Curry became the first playerin NBA history with 300 3s in a season andhis seven agains t the Trail Blazers pushed histotal to 311.

Damian Lillard returned to his Oaklandroots to score 17 points on 5-of-19 shootingafter missing 15 of his first 17 s hots. Lillard

made four 3-pointers and has the most 3s of any player in his first four seasons, to ppingThompson’s 784.

Playing in his hometown, it was a far cryfrom how he lit up the Warriors for a career-high 51 points in that February rout.

Lillard averaged 45.5 po ints on 54.5-per-cent shooting and 8.5 assists in the first twomeetings and missed scoring 20 or morepoints in a fifth consecutive game againstGolden State.

The first half was a quite an offensive dis-play by both teams. Portland scored 61points and still trailed by 20 at halftime.

Andre Iguodala hit two quick 3s midwaythrough the second quarter as the Warriorsconnected on 10 of their first 16 3-pointersand 14 of 25 by halftime.

Steph comparisonsLillard was so good against Golden State

the last time it prompted Steve Kerr to say,“He looked like Steph Curry out there.”

“Honestly, I really appreciate it,” Lillardsaid before the game. “I forget who I said it toearlier this week, I loved Steve Kerr growingup with Bulls and with the Spurs. My secondAll-Star game in New York, he was th e coach.I really appreciated his speech to the teambefore the game, how he took the time tolearn about each player.”

Kerr recalled Lillard hitti ng “lik e five shotsfrom about 40 feet.”

Tip-insWarriors: Curry has scored 20 or more

points in 10 straight games against theBlazers. ... Golden State beat Portland athome for the third straight meeting.

Up nextTrail Blaze rs: Host Orlando on Saturday.Warrio rs: Host Phoenix on Saturday.

since a 52-44 decision to St. Francis Jan.29 .

The Chargers go as James Kelbert goes.The 6-3 senior leads the team in nearlyevery statistical category: points (23.3),rebounds (13.2), assists (3.7) and steals(2.8).

To put in perspective how much Kelberthandles the ball, he made 229 field goalsthis season. The rest of the Chargers’ teamcombined to make 397.

The Chargers go o nly about seven deep sodepth could be a concern against the Padres.But Leland has a lot of confidence, havingwon the Central Coast Section Division IItitle as the No. 3 seed, knocking off top-seeded St. Ignatius 48 -47 in the CCS cham-pionship game.

Against Mt. Eden-Hayward in the Nor Calopener, Kelbert, who finished with 24points, got so me help in the form of DougWhite, who finished with 1 5 poin ts.

Division IV

No. 9 Liberty Ranch-Galt 30-1) at No. 1 Half

Moon Bay 28-3), 6 p.m.

This matchup is a game of immovableforces: Liberty Ranch is 9 -0 on th e road thisseason, while Half Moon Bay is a perfect12-0 at home.

The Hawks s uffered their o nly loss of theseason in the Sac-Joaquin Section DivisionIV championship game, snapping a 29-game winning streak.

Liberty Ranch has scored 70 points ormore in 17 games this season and are aver-aging 72.1 points per game.

The Hawks are led by senior IsaiahHalsey, who is averaging nearly 25 pointsper game. He is far from the team’s onlyoption, however. Sophomore ChandlerGarcia averages 12.1 points per game and

junio r Corey Hottp off chip s in with justover 10 per contest.

As a team, Liberty Ranch averages 33rebounds per game and 14.1 steals.

When Half Moon Bay is on its game, theCougars can play with anyone. In their NorCal opener against Lick Wilmerding, theCougars blitzed the Tigers in the first quar-ter, scoring 22 points, handing out eight

assists on 10 first-quarter field goals. Half Moon Bay had only eight assists the rest of the way, however.

The Cougars 6-7 senior center AustinHilton was unstoppable against LickWilmerding, finishing with 21 poin ts, andhe should have the advantage againstLiberty Ranch. But the Cougars will needmore contribution from the point guardposition and need wing Tommy Nuño to bemore aggressive in looking for his shot.Nuño pulled down 13 rebounds in the firstround, but had only four points.

GirlsDivision I

No. 5 Heritage-Brentwood 22-9) at No. 4

Menlo-Atherton 26-4), 6 p.m.

The Patriots won the Bay Valley AthleticLeague title with a 9-1 record and advancedto the North Coast Section Division I titlegame, los ing t o Castro Valley. Heritageadvanced the Nor Cal quarterfinals againstM-A following a 60-41 win over NorthSalinas in the first round.

Heritage could be the first team in a whileto physically matchup with M-A as thePatriots have 11 players who stand 5-7 ortaller.

Division IV

No. 7 University-Redding 25-5) at

No. 2 Menlo School 19-7), 6 p.m.

The Panthers went 8-0 in winning theSacramento Valley North League and cap-tured the North Section Divis ion IV champi-onship.

University has won 13 of its last 14games and is currently riding a sev en-gamewinning streak. The Panthers were pushedto the limit against No. 10 Placer in the firstround of the Nor Cal tournament, needingthree overtimes to pull out a 72-70 victory.

Shayley Harris, a sophomore, leads thePanthers with 13.1 points per game, fol-lowed closely behind by junior ShaylaAnderson’s 11.5.

Menlo counters with junior guard SamErisman, who averages 16.7. Hannah Payeand Mackenzie Duffner combined to average

17 points.De’Jeane Stine could be the X factor for

the Knight s. The junior guard is a defensivespecialist and the steal is her forte. If shecan avoid foul trouble, she’ll give theUniversity guard fits defensively.

No. 12 Central Valley-Shasta 19-11) at

No. 4 Sacred Heart Prep 20-6), 6 p.m.

The Falcons are the lowest seed toadvance to the quarterfinals in all of Divisio n IV. They captured the NorthernAthletic League championship with a 9-1record and advanced to t he Northern Sectio nDivision IV title game, losing toUniversity-Redding. They advanced to theNor Cal quarterfinals with a 65 -49 upset winover No. 5 Arcata.

Central Valley h as three pl ayers averag-ing more than 13 points per game. SeniorSheleah Stephens leads the team at 14.2points per game, while Tayah Ranney andKatana Martina added 13.6 and 13.2 , resp ec-tively.

Sacred Heart Prep went just 5-5 in WestBay Athletic League Foothill Division playthis season. But the Gators received the No.

2 seed in the CCS Division IV bracket andwent on to knock off top-seeded ScottsValley in t he CCS finals, 52 -51.

Riley Hemm and Ma’ata Makoni h ave ledthe Gators’ offense this season, averaging14.8 and 11.6 points per game, respective-ly.

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Menlo School guard Sam Erisman isaveraging 16 points per game for thesecond-seeded Knights, who faceNo. 7 University-Redding in the Division IVquarterfinals Saturday.

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LONDON — So far, Maria Sharapova’sattempts to limit the damage from her dopingrevelation have been well-judged, brandingand crisis managers say. But whether she canhold onto h er financial and sportin g clout willultimately depend on the length of any ban she

is handed.The five-time Grand

Slam champion has appar-ently been upfront andcontrite in the scandal thaterupted Monday, when sherevealed she had failed adrug test for meldonium,which had just been bannedby authorities because itaids oxygen uptake andendurance. She admittedtaking the drug for ten

years for medical reasons. No dishonesty wasinvolved, Sharapova says, she had merelyneglected to click on an updated list of banneddrugs.

The scandal threatens to undo years of meticulous brand building that have seenSharapova become one of the most commer-

cially successful female athletes ever. Major

sponsors Nike, Tag Heuer and Porsche havesuspended their deals with the 28-year-oldRussian.

One, though, hasn’t: racket manufacturerHead, which publicly backed her and evenextended her contract. The Austria-based com-pany’s CEO Johan Eliasch even questionedWADA’s decision to add meldonium to itsbanned substances list and said the anti-dop-ing b ody should have imposed a “dosage limi-tation” instead.

“Head clearly buys her claim that this was just an honest mistake,” said Michael Gordon,CEO of corporate and crisis communicationsfirm Group Gordon. “Are they trying to readthe tea leaves in terms of how severe her pun-ishment will be? Sure. But as long as noshocking revelations emerge that challengethe truth of her statements thus far, all signspoint to a lenient punishment.”

Numerous tennis players, including two-time Grand Slam champion and fellow Head

racket-user Andy Murray, say she has to accept

her punishment. Murray has also describedHead’s response as a “strange st ance.”

Sharapova could potentially face a four-yearban, according to former World Anti-DopingAgency president Dick Pound, which would toall intents and purposes spell the end of hercareer at the top of the women’s game — andseriously damage the worth of her hard-wonbrand. Pound has said Sharapova was guilty of “willful negligence” for using meldonium.

A lenient punishment from the InternationalTennis Federation, say a year or less, wouldgive some validation to Sharapova’s claimthat her mistake, though big, was honest. Itwould last as long as some injuries, which issomething Sharapova has struggled withthrough her career. A short ban would poten-tially allow brands to ride out the storm andforgive her. And if it’s a short ban, then

Sharapova, who has won all four Grand Slamtitles, won’t need to do much to rebuild herbrand.

“Sharapova’s commercial worth wouldhinge significantly on the length of a banshould there be one,” said Jon Stainer, manag-ing director of the U.K. and Ireland operationsof sports and entertainment sponsorship con-sultants Repucom.

“At 28, she still has many years of playingat the top of the game — Serena Williams forexample is six years Sharapova’s senior — butthe lon ger it would take to return to the game,the less time she would have to rebuild thatimage she’s done so well to build,” he added.

Sharapova, according to Repucom research,is the most marketable female athlete in theworld, ranking above the likes of her tennispeer Serena Will iams and skier Lindsey Vonn .Of the 76 percent of people that know of h

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