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Prosecutors:Give Yee eightyear sentence

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SAN FRANCISCO — Federalprosecutors recommendedWednesday that a judge sentence aformer state senator convicted of racketeering to eight years inprison, saying such a sentencewould reflect the “breadth andlength” of his crimes and act as adeterrent to others.

Leland Yee is scheduled to besentenced on Feb. 24 after plead-ing guilty in July to one count of conspiracy to engage in racketeer-ing. Yee was charged with solicit-ing and accepting bribes in

exchange forproviding helpf r o mSacramento andconspiring toimport weaponsand ammuniti oninto the U.S.

“The offensescommitted byYee were no

one-time straying by a public offi-cial from lawful and ethical con-duct,” prosecutors wrote in theirsentencing memo.

Reached by phone on

Former state senator tobe sentenced on Feb. 24

By Austin WalshDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Despite concerns regarding thewisdom of investing heavily torejuvenate a piece of propertyowned by an outside agency,

Burling ame officials p ushed aheadwith an effort to build a Bayfrontpark.

The Burlingame City Councilunanimously approved moving

forward on the initiative to con-struct a public park on 8.8 acresowned by the State LandsCommission spanning twoparcels near 450 Airport Blvd.,during a meeting Tuesday, Feb. 16.

The project, which could cost

the city between $4 milli on and $5million, is contingent onBurlingame officials successfully

Bayfront park pursuit progresses

Leland Yee

By Austin Walsh

DAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Parents of students in the SanMateo-Foster City ElementarySchool District claimed officialshave ignored their concernsregarding the development of aclass calendar which they feel isburdensome for working classfamilies.

The district’s Board of Trusteeswill consider approving a classschedule for the 2016-17 schoolyear during a meeting Thursday,Feb. 18.

The design of the calendar is th eproduct of collective bargainingbetween the school board and thedistrict’s teachers union, whichhas served as a source of frustra-tion for some parents.

San Mateo resident James Stray,who has three children enrolled inthe district, said he believes thetwo sides have n ot adequately con-sidered how the class calendarcould adversely affect district fam-ilies.

“They are not asking our opin-ion, and I’m just sh ocked by that,”he said. “That is not trying to beresponsive to their constituents.”

The calendar’s proposedchanges include: starting school aweek later than the current schoolyear, extending Christmas breakby one week, but shortening falland spring breaks by one week.The final day of class in mid Junewould be maintained, under thepropo sed calendar.

The current school calendaroffers two-week breaks in the mid-

dle of October, late December andthe last week of March spanninginto April.

In the past, community mem-bers have been gauged by districtofficials regarding design of thecalendar, including extens ive pub-lic outreach campaigns which fea-tured town hall meetings allowingparents to express their opinion

School calendar causes some concernPetitioning parents claim San Mateo-Foster City Elementary School District schedule inconvenient for families

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The Avalon Motel in San Mateo will be razed and replaced with 42 townhomes in eight buildings.

DAILY JOURNAL STAFF REPORT

The aging Avalon Motel in SanMateo will be torn down andreplaced with a townho me project,the City Council decided Tuesdaynight.

Built in the 1930s, the motorcourt motel east of Highway 101in the North Shoreview neighbor-hood has, in recent years, becomeresidences for low-income fami-lies.

City Ventures plans to redevelopthe nearly 2-acre site into 42 for-sale townhomes each fitted with

solar panels, energy-efficientappliances, low-flow plumbingfixtures and electric vehicle charg-

Homes to replace old motelSan Mateo’s aging Avalon Motel will be redeveloped into 42 townhomes

Rendering of the townhome project at 220 N. Bayshore Blvd. in San Mateo.

Burlingame City Council OK negotiatingterms toward development of open space

See YEE, Page 20

See PARK , Page 18See MOTEL, Page 20

See SCHOOL, Page 18

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Rousey had dark thoughtsafter she lost title to Holm

LOS ANGELES — Ronda Rousey saysshe had dark thoughts after she lost her

bantamweight titleto Holly Holm inAustralia last year,her first defeat since

join ing UFC.“Honestly, my

thought in the med-ical room, I was sit-ting in the cornerand was like, ‘Whatam I anymore if I’m

not this?”’ Rousey said Tuesday duringan app earance on “The Ellen DeGeneresShow.” “Literally sit ting there thinkingabout killing myself. In t hat exact sec-ond, I’m like: ‘I’m nothing. What do Ido anymore?”

Rousey told DeGeneres that her rela-tionship with UFC heavyweight TravisBrowne helped get her through.

“I look ed up and saw my man, Travis,was standing there,” Rousey said. “I’mlooking up at him and was just like: ‘Ineed to have his babies. I need to stayalive.”’

Rousey won her first 12 mixed martialarts fights — eight of them in less t han

a minute — before stepping into thecage against Holm in Melbourne lastNovember. Holm fin ished her off with adevastating ki ck to the head.

Rousey told DeGeneres that she wantsto be the one to beat Holm, who will

make her first title defense againstMiesha Tate in Las Vegas next month.

Family seeks snow donationsto help Frosty last until spring

MASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y. — A sub-urban New York family is seeking snowdonations t o help its 14-foot snowmanlast until spring — and some coldweather would help, too .

Newsday reports that members of theFregoe family of Massapequa Parkwrapped their indomitable snowmantightly in plastic before heavy rain hitMonday. Then 51-year-old Mike Fregoeclimbed a ladder and planted a beachumbrella on its head.

Fregoe says the snowman survivedthe rain but is loo king “a little thin ner.”

The Fregoes crowdsourced their snow-man last year by soliciting contribu-tions of snow through Facebook.Fregoe says donated snow helped keepthe sno wman standing until April 20.

The family plans to rely on snowdonations this year as well. Fregoe saysso many people enjoy the snowmanthat “it makes i t worthwhile.”

Animal rights protest scrappedafter ‘greased pig’ dust-up

NEWPORT, N.H. — An internationalanimal advocacy group launched aprotest against a New Hampshire wintercarnival event billed as a “Greased Pigon Ice,” but withdrew it after learning

there’s no pig in the act — just a man onskates in a pig costume with dollar billstied to his tail.

Steve Smith, an organizer of the100th Newport Winter Carnival, saidPeople for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, launched its alert l astweek despite his reassurances that nopigs would be harmed during theSaturday event. Smith said he receivedabout 100 emails from concerned ani-mal lovers.

PETA spokeswoman DaphnaNachminovitch s aid Smith did not clari-fy what the event would entail. She saidthe updated information is excellentnews for the p igs.

Smith s aid Thursday th at he assured aPETA investigator in a Feb. 5 email thatno animals would be harmed during theevent. The group never challenged orquestioned him about it before writing adetailed email alert, he said. It talkedabout “subjecting these highly sensi-tive animals to such a chaotic and vio-lent ordeal rife with screaming partici-pants.” It also mentioned capturing thepigs and stuffing them into barrels.

“How can th ey kn ow what we’re doingif they never even bothered to ask whatwe’re doing?” Smith said. “If they justasked, ‘What are your plans?’ I would

have told them.”Smith, also general manager of WCNL radio in Newport, said the carni-val featured greased pig events in the1930s and continued off and on until the1980s.

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Actor John Travolta is 62.

This Day in History

Thought for the Day

1516Mary Tudor, th e Queen of Englan d whocame to be known as “Bloody Mary”for her persecution of Protestants , wasborn i n Greenwich.

“Opinion is that exercise ofthe human will which helps us to

make a decision without information.”— John Erskine, American author and educator

Author ToniMorrison is 85.

Rapper Dr. Dre is51.

Birthdays

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Debbie, a 56-day-old baby dolphin, swims next to her mother Delphi at the zoo in Duisburg, Germany.

Thursday : Mostly cloudy. Breezy. Achance of showers. Highs around 60.Southwest winds 20 to 3 0 mph decreasingto 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.Thursday night: Mostly cloudy. Aslight chance of showers in the evening.A slight chance of rain after midnight.Lows in the upper 40s. South winds 10 to20 mph.Friday : Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Highs

around 60. South winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 20percent.Friday night: Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain inthe evening. Lows in the upper 40s. Southwest winds 5 to10 mph... Becoming northeast after midnight. Chance of rain 20 percent.

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In 1546 , Martin Luther, leader of the ProtestantReformation in Germany, died in Eisleb en.In 186 1 , Jefferson Davis was sworn in as provisi onal pres-ident of th e Confederate States o f America in Montg omery,Alabama.In 1885 , Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”was publis hed in the U.S. for the first ti me (after being p ub-lish ed in Britain and Canada).In 1913 , Mexican President Francisco I. Madero and VicePresident Jose Maria Pino Suarez were arrested during a mil-itary coup (both were shot to death on Feb. 22).In 1930 , photographic evidence of Pluto (now designateda “dwarf planet”) was discovered by Clyde W. Tombaugh atLowell Observatory in Flags taff, Arizona.In 1943 , Madame Chiang Kai-shek, wife of the Chineseleader, addressed members of the Senate and then the House,becoming the first Chinese national to address both housesof the U.S. Cong ress.In 1953 , “Bwana Devil,” the movie that heralded the 3Dfad of the 19 50s, had its New York op ening .In 1960 , the 8th Winter Olympic Games were formallyopened in Squaw Valley, California, by Vice PresidentRichard M. Nixo n.In 1970, the “Chi cago Seven” defendants were found notguilty of conspiring to incite riots at the 19 68 Democraticnational convention; five were convicted of violating theAnti-Riot Act of 1968.

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Actor George Kennedy is 91. Former Sen. John Warner, R-Va.,

is 89. Movie director Milos Forman is 84. Singer Yoko Ono is

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Vanna White is 59. Actress Jayne Atkinson is 57. Actress Greta

Scacchi is 56 . Actor Matt Dillon is 52.

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SAN MATEODisturbance . A client was released and sat

at the ambulance entrance refusing to leavethe San Mateo Medical Center Hospital onWest 3 9th Avenue before 7:07 p. m. Sunday,Feb. 7.Disturbance . A large group of peo ple wereseen yelling and fighting near SecondAvenue and Lindbergh Street before 11:44p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6.Disturbance . People were seen throwingbottles on North B Street before 10:29 p .m.Saturday, Feb. 6.Welfare check. A man was seen in awheelchair wearing a hospital gown andbracelet on West 25th Avenue before 9:07p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6.

UNINCORPORATEDSAN MATEO COUNTYTrespass . A man was taken i nto custody forrefusing to leave a mobile home park on the400 block of Wavecrest Avenue before 3:22p.m. Friday, Feb. 12.Stolen vehic le. A car was stolen on the800 block of Edison Street in Montarabefore Thursday, Feb. 11.Burglary . A vehicle’s window was brokenand items valued at approximately $2,000were stolen at Montara State Beach before4:15 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28.

Police reports

Hosed downA hose was seen in th e intersection nearBroadway and Rollins Road inBurlingame before 11:2 5 a.m. Tuesday,Jan. 26.

BAY CITY NEWS SERVICE

Belmont police are seeking a person of int erest who was seen runni ng from a fire inthe Belmont hills last Saturday.

At approximately 4:30 p.m. Saturday,Feb. 13, Belmont fire and police unitsresponded to a report of smoke in the

canyon area between Village and Hastingsdrives. Due to the nature of the call, fireunits from San Mateo and Foster City alsoresponded. Firefighters found a small fire,approximately 100 square feet in s ize, in aclearing 200 yards west of Village Driveand extinguished it. A lighter and otheritems were found at the scene, according topolice.

Witnesses told investigators that theysaw the smoke and found a male subject

standing watching the fire. When the wit-nesses yelled to the man, he ran west up the

hill toward Hastings Drive. That same manwas later seen coming out of the canyon inthe 240 0 bl ock of Hastings Drive and run-ning west on Hastings Drive, toward SanCarlos. A resident on Hastings Drive wasable to take a photo of the man as he ranfrom the scene, according t o po lice.

Belmont police are looking to identifythe man as a person of interest in this fire.He is described as white, i n his 30s o r 40s,muscular build, light brown collar-lengthhair, sunglasses, wearing a short sleevewhite T-shirt, baggy khaki pants, a graysweater tied around his waist andblack/white running shoes.

Anyone with in formation on this fire, orthe identity of the man who ran from thescene, are asked to contact Belmont p oliceat (650) 595-7400.

Police seek man who ran from canyon fire

BAY CITY NEWS SERVICE

Commercial crab fisheries will remainclosed until state officials lift the health

advisory for Dungeness crab along theentire California coast, CaliforniaDepartment of Fish and Wildlife officialssaid Wednesday.

CDFW officials may open crab fisheriessouth of t he bo rder between Mendocino andSonoma counties on ce the state Departmentof Public Health clears all o f the crabs alongthat stretch of the coast for human con-sumption.

The determination followed the strongrecommendation by members of theDungeness Crab Task Force, who urged stateofficials on Tuesday to keep the seasonclosed until the health advisory was liftedcoastwide, or at a minimum, for an areasouth of Poi nt Arena.

The commercial crab season has been

stalled since public health officials deter-

mined the crabs had high levels of domoicacid, a neurotoxin. But on Thursday, theCDFW said it would allow recreational crabfishing south of Point Reyes after health

officials cleared the crabs for human con-sumption.

The closure of the commercial crab fish-eries has been hard on fishing boat opera-tors and other industry workers, causing anestimated $48 million in loss es across th eindustry already this season, according tostate officials.

Despite the heavy losses, fishing boatoperators and oth er industry workers said itwould be more harmful if only a small por-tion of the coast is opened. That's becauseall of the state's fishing boat operatorswould crowd into a small area, making thecatches less profitable, and potentiallycausing other problems, in cluding the pos-sibility of whales becoming entangled incrab traps crowding th e waters.

Fishing boat operators were also con-

cerned that Point Reyes is too close toBodega Bay, where the crabs have exhib itedlevels of domoic acid above the state'sthreshold for human consumption. Crabs

are known to travel, and fishing boat opera-tors s aid there was not enough of a buffer toensure that the crabs don't sicken anyone.

Still, fishing boat operators along thesouthern parts of the coast urged state offi-cials to open fisheries where public healthofficials have determined the crabs are safeto eat.

CDFW Director Charlton Bonham s aid ina statement that the decision to keep thecommercial crab season closed was notmade lightly.

Crab season remains closed despite potential for partial open

Suspect

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DAILY JOURNAL STAFF REPORT

Two men wanted for a brazen mid-morn ing

armed robbery in Half Moon Bay Feb. 8were arrested in Indiana Friday and are in theprocess of being extradited to San MateoCounty for charges of felon y armed robb ery,according to th e San Mateo County Sheriff’sOffice.

At about 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12,Indianapolis Metropolitan PoliceDepartment stopped a car in the area of Interstate 70 in Marion County, Indiana, forvehicle code violations and located aweapon and other evidence that connectedthe two men, identified as JebediahDeangelis , 2 5, of Poughkeepsi e, New York,and Kevin Malone, 24, of Longboat Key,Florida, to the Half Moon Bay robbery of Goldworks, at 542 Main St.

In that incident, one man entered andbegan speaking to two employees. After

brandishing a handgun, the man walkedbehind the counter where he began to place

jewelry i nto a black bag h e was carryin g. Asecond man then entered the store and

noticed a employeepressed a panic alarm. Henoti fied the oth er suspect

and they immediatelyfled on foot south onMain Street, according tothe Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies responded butwere unable to locate thesuspects after searchingthe area. The two menstole an unknownamount of jewelry and noemployees were injured,according to t he Sheriff’sOffice.

Anyone with informa-tion about this crime isstill encouraged to callSheriff’s Detective GabyChaghouri at (650) 259-2314. Alternatively, y ou

may also remain anony-mous by calling the San Mateo CountySheriff’s Anonymous Tip Line at (80 0) 547 -2700.

Hospital paid 17K ransom tohackers of its computer network

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles hospitalpaid a ransom in bitcoins equivalent to about$17,000 to hackers who infiltrated and dis-abled its computer network, the medical cen-ter’s chief executive s aid Wednesday.

It was in the best interest of HollywoodPresbyterian Medical Center to pay the ran-som of 40 bitcoins — currently worth$16, 664 dollars — after the network infiltra-tion that began Feb. 5, CEO Allen Stefaneksaid in a statement.

The FBI is investigating the attack, oftencalled “ransomware,” where hackers encrypta computer network’s data to hold it“hostage,” providing a digital decryptionkey to unlock it for a price.

“The quickest and most efficient way torestore our systems and administrative func-tions was to pay the ransom and obtain thedecryption key,” Stefanek said. “In the bestinterest of restoring normal operations, wedid this.”

Ransomware attacks can happen to every-one from individuals to large institutions.

Governor wants to spend$176M for battery recycler cleanup

LOS ANGELES — Gov. Jerry Brown on

Wednesday proposed spending $176.6million to test and clean up thousands of homes that may be contaminated by leadnear the defunct Exide Technologies bat-

tery recycling plant.The money, if approved

by the Legislature, wouldvastly expand an ongo-ing state effort to identifyhomes, schools, daycarecenters and parks thatmay have elevated levelsof the toxic metal withina 1.7-mile radius of the

Vernon plant. There are26 school s and several parks in the region.“With this funding plan, we’re opening a

new chapter that will help protect the com-munity and hold Exide responsible,” Brownsaid in a st atement i ssued Wednesday.

California school to changepolicy after banning gay T-shirt

SAN FRANCISCO — A central Californiaschool district settled a free speech lawsuitbrought by a high school junior who wassent home for refusing to change out of a T-shirt that read, “Nobody Knows I’m aLesbian.”

The deal approved Tuesday night requiresthe Manteca Unified School District, whichserves the cities of Stockton, Lathrop andManteca, to adopt a policy clarifying thatstudents may wear clothing with statementscelebrating their or their classmates’ culturalidentities, according to the American CivilLiberties Union.

Alleged jewel thievesarrested in IndianaPair had held up Half Moon Bay store at gunpoint

JebediahDeangelis

Kevin Malone

Around the state

Jerry Brown

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02-29-2016

CITY GOVERNMENT

• The FosterCity Council ishosting a specialmeeting to receivean update on thecity’s levee project

6:30 p. m. Monday, Feb. 22.The city is proceeding with improve-

ments to its 8-mile levee that the FederalEmergency Management Agencyrecently indicated no longer meets thestandards of protecting properties in theevent of a 100-year storm.

The city is considering a hybrid designthat is estimated to cost between $35 mil-lion and $65 million to prevent propertyowners with federally-backed mortgagesfrom having to purchase flood insurance.

Monday’s meeting is informational, novote will be taken, and is held in CouncilChambers, 620 Foster City Blvd. Visitfostercity.org for more information aboutthe levee improvement project.

• The San Mateo City Council tableda discussion of an every other week

garbage pick up program to a future date forfurther research at its meeting Tuesdaynight. The proposal was to create a three-month trial in which residents could getlarger garbage bins and shift to pickupevery ot her week. There was s ome commu-nity concern about the proposal.

The council also passed 5-0 a proposalto partner with HIP Housing and thecounty to purchase a 16-unit apartmentcomplex at 111 0 Cypress Ave. and providea $1.1 million low-interest loan to makeneeded repairs and keep t he st udio and one-bedroom available to low-income resi-dents.

By Janie HarTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN FRANCISCO — Buyers snapped upmore than 27,500 houses and condos inCalifornia last month, making it the most

active January in three years even as salesremained below the historic average.Research firm CoreLogic Inc. also report-

ed Wednesday that the median price hit$400,000, the highest for the month since2007 although lower than the December2015 median of $412,500.

It’s normal for th e median p rice and salesfigures to go down from December. Homeclosings traditionally drop off in January,as people don’t like to sho p or sell over theholidays.

Still, January sales were below the aver-age of 33,114 homes purchased during themonth since CoreLogic started trackingsales in 1988. Nearly 40,500 homes closedescrow in December.

The sluggish activ ity co uld be due to lackof inventory and moderately tight credit

restrictions, CoreLogic research analystAndrew LePage said.

Prices, however, continued to climb yearover year.

The median price for a California homeincreased more than 8 percent from

$369, 000 in January 2015. It was the high-est for the month since 2007, when theprice was $460, 000.

About 4,800 homes closed escrow in thenine-county San Francisco Bay Area, up 7percent from the p revious January but down38 percent from December.

The median price in the region increased15 p ercent to $625,5 00 from last January.

San Francisco County continues to be ahot market. In the San Francisco Bay Area,it posted the greatest increase in mediansales price, surging 32 percent to nearly$1.17 million.

Alameda County posted a 21 percentincrease in the median price, bumping up to$635, 250 from the previous January.

In Southern California, more than 14, 600homes were sold last month.

California home sales forJanuary highest since 2013

By Eric Tucker and Tami Abdollah


WASHINGTON — An extraordinary legalfight is brewing with major privacy implica-tions for millions of cellphone users after afederal magistrate ordered Apple Inc. to helpthe FBI hack into an iPhone used by the gun-man in th e San Bernardino mass shootin gs.

The clash brings to a head a long-simmer-ing debate between technology companiesinsistent on protecting digital privacy andlaw enforcement agencies concerned about

losing their ability to recover evidence oreavesdrop on the communications of terror-ists or criminals.

On Wednesday, the White House quicklydisputed the contention by Apple’s chief executive officer, Tim Cook, that the Obamaadministration is seeking to force the soft-ware company to build a “backdoor” tobypass digital locks protecting consumerinformation on Apple’s p opular iPhones.

The early arguments set the stage for whatwill likely be a protracted policy and publicrelations fight in t he courts, on Capitol Hill,on the Internet and elsewhere.

“They are not asking Apple to redesign it sproduct or to create a new backdoor to one of their products,” White House spokesmanJosh Earnest said. “They’re simply asking forsomething th at would have an impact on this

one device.”Within hours of the judge’s order on

Tuesday telli ng Apple to aid the FBI with spe-cial software in the case, Cook promised acourt challenge. He said the software the FBIwould need to unlock the gunman’s work-issued iPhone 5C would be “too dangerous tocreate” and “undeniably” a backdoor.

Cook compared it to a master key, capableof opening h undreds of million s of locks, andsaid there was no way to keep the technique

secret once it was developed.“Once the information is known, or a way

to by pass the code is revealed, the encryptioncan be defeated by anyone with that knowl-edge,” Cook said.

At the center of the debate is the privateinformation carried on nearly 900 millioniPhones sold worldwide: Photographs,videos, chat messages, health records andmore.

There also was swift reaction on the presi-dential campaign trail, where Donald Trumptold Fox News that he agreed “100 percentwith the courts,” and on Capitol Hill, wherethe chairman of the Senate IntelligenceCommittee, Richard Burr, R-N.C., said,“Court orders are not optional and Appleshould comply.”

Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, who fought encryption in the1990s, said she thought the governmentshould be able to access the phone. OnTwitter, Edward Snowden called it “the mostimportant tech case in a decade.”

But Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., called theJustice Department’s request “unconscionableand unconstitutional.”

The ruling by U.S. Magistrate Judge SheriPym represents a significant victory for theJustice Department, which last year decidednot to pursue a legislative fix to addressencryption but has now scored a win insteadin the courts.

Federal officials until now have st ruggled toidentify a h igh-profile case to make its con-cerns resonate. But in siding with the go vern-ment, Pym, a former federal prosecutor, waspersuaded that agents investigating the worstterror attack on U.S. soil since Sept. 11 hadbeen hobbled by their inability to unlock thecounty-owned phone used by Syed Farook,who along with his wife, Tashfeen Malik,killed 14 people in December before dying ina police shooto ut.

Fight over gunman’s lockediPhone may have big impact

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A U.S. magistrate judge has ordered Apple to help the FBI break into a work-issued iPhone usedby a gunman in the mass shooting in San Bernardino. Apple CEO Tim Cook immediatelyobjected, setting the stage for a high-stakes legal fight between Silicon Valley and the federalgovernment.

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Hillary Clinton at a rally at Parkway Ballroom in Chicago, Ill.

By Lisa Lerer and Michelle RindelsTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LAS VEGAS — Nevada was s uppos ed to beone of Hillary Clinton’s safest bets.

She already had staff on the ground lastspring, weeks before officially announcingher presidential b id. One of her earliest cam-paign st ops was an emotional meeting withimmigrant s tudents at a Las Vegas hi ghschool. And as recently as last month, hercampaign manager was telling supportersshe had a 25-point lead in the state.

But in the final days before Saturday’s cau-cuses, Clinton’s chances of a big victorylook far more like a po litical crapshoot.

Rival Bernie Sanders, who didn’t set upsho p in Nevada until mon ths after Clinto n’sstaffers were there, is barnstorming thestate, drawing thousands to rallies wherethey’re cheering his promises to fightincome equality and crack down on bigbanks. It’s a compelling message in a statethat’s still struggling to rebound after yearsof double-digit unemployment.

“It is clear to me when mom is out work-ing, dad is out working and the kids are outworking, wages in America are too damnlow,” Sanders told 1,700 supporters packedinto a Las Vegas hig h schoo l gymnasi um onSunday. “It is not a radical socialist idea tosay that when someone is working 40 hoursa week that person sh ould not b e living inpoverty.”

His team is trying to turn the contest intoa test of one of Clinton’s major arguments:

That her ability to woo

the diverse voters whomake up the Democraticparty — and the country— leaves her the mostelectable candidate for ageneral election. Nevadais likely to be a generalelection battleground,giving it continuedimportance.

A victory on Saturday — o r even a narrowloss to Cli nton — would give Sanders’ cam-paign a boost heading into the more racial-ly diverse contests of South Carolina andthe Southern states that vote just days lateron Super Tuesday.

“If Bernie lo gs a win i n Nevada it becomesa different conversation about his cred-itabil ity as a no minee and Hillary’s credibil -ity as a campaigner,” s aid Andres Ramirez, aveteran Democratic operative in the statewho’s backing Clinton. “We change theconversation dramatically.”

Clinton’s team tried to attribute Sanders’early win in New Hampshire and razor-thinloss in Iowa to his strength with white liber-als. Now, they find themselves also down-playing expectations in Nevada, a state whereminorities make up nearly half of the popula-tion . Eight years ago, one-thi rd of Democraticcaucus-goers were minority voters.

Eight years ago, Clinton won th e popularvote here but lost the delegate count. Hercurrent national campaign manager RobbyMook ran that p rimary race for her.

Nevada race tightensA big test for Hillary Clinton’s campaign

By Scott Bauer and Steve Peoples


CHAPIN, S.C. — A three-way feud amongthe GOP’s leading White House contendersescalated Wednesday, with Republican TedCruz daring Donald Trump to sue him and dis-missing Marco Rubio’s charges of dishon-esty just days before South Carolina’s high-stakes primary.

Yet it was Rubio who may have scored theday’s biggest win as he secured the covetedendorsement of South Carolina Gov. NikkiHaley. The popular governor said she wastasked with identifying the best candidate asshe surveyed the crowded GOP field.

“If we elect Marco Rubio , every day will bea great day in America,” she said alongsi de theFlorida senator during an evening rally insuburban Columbia.

While a major development, Haley’sendorsement did little to quiet the intensify-ing clash between Cruz, Trump and Rubio

over alleged ethical violations in the daysleading up to Saturday’s South Carolina con-test.

Cruz, the Texas senator, has been trying tobeat back charges of dishonesty from Trumpand Rubio for weeks. He shifted his defense tothe next level during an afternoon news con-ference that highlighted Cruz’s extensivelegal training.

“You have been threatening frivolous law-suits for your entire adult life,” said Cruz, aHarvard Law School graduate, speakingdirectly to Trump. “Even in the annals of friv-olous lawsuits, this takes the cake.”

Trump threatened earlierin the week to bring adefamation lawsuitagainst Cruz over a televi-sion ad that attacks the

Republican front-runner’sconservative bona fides.Specifically, the ad fea-tures footage of the bil-lionaire businessman in a1999 interview support-ing abortion rights.Trump now says heopposes abortion.

Trump’s attorney sentCruz a letter Tuesdaycharging the ad was“replete with outrightlies, false, defamatory anddestructive statements”and saying Cruz could beheld liable for damages if it’s not taken down.

Cruz on Wednesday said

a lawsuit against the adhas no chance, and said hewould like to take Trump’sdeposition himself. Healso announced plans torun the contested ad morefrequently.

“Please Donald, filethis lawsuit,” Cruz said

during a CNN presidential forum Wednesdaynight.

The prospective legal battle marks anotherextraordinary step in the turbulent 2016Republican primary season.

Republican feud escalates;S.C. Gov. Haley backs Rubio

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By Josh Lederman and Alan FramTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — Concerted Republicanopposition to considering President BarackObama’s pick for the Supreme Court showedearly signs of splintering on Wednesday asa handful of influential senators opened thedoor to a possible confirmation hearing.One Republican even suggested the presi-dent should nominate a candidate from hisstate.

Texas Sen. John Cornyn, the No. 2Republican in the Senate, did not rule out acommittee hearing on Obama’s forthcom-ing nominee to replace the late JusticeAntonin Scalia. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, went a step further and said she’dsupport such a move.

“I do believe that the nominee should geta hearing,” Murkowski, who’s running forre-election this fall, told reporters in

Juneau, Alaska. “The question thenbecomes, we have a hearing on a nominee.But that doesn’t necessarily mean that thatends up in a v ote.”

Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., s aid chances of Senate approval were slim but added thatObama should “use this opportunity to putthe will of the people ahead of advancing aliberal agenda” on the high court.

“But should he decide to nominate some-one to the Supreme Court, who knows —maybe it’ll be a Nevadan, ” Heller said.

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, who sits on theSenate Judiciary Committee, said he oppos-es a filibuster to prevent a vote, as someRepublicans have suggested. JudiciaryChairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, hassaid he’d wait to see who Obama selectsbefore ruling out a hearing in his commit-

tee.Those senators formed a cautious butgrowing chorus of voices breaking with theabsolutist position of Senate MajorityLeader Mitch McConnell, who has told theWhite House not to even bother nominatinga candidate. The Kentucky Republican andseveral Republicans up for re-election havemaintained that voters in November’s pres-idential election should have a say in thedirection of the nation’s highest court.

Cornyn, McConnell’s deputy, agreed thatit sh ould be left to the next p resident to pickScalia’s successor. Still, Cornyn said it wasup to Grassley to decide whether to schedulea hearing, and to McConnell to decide on a

full Senate vote if the Judiciary Committeewere to vote on the nominee.

“It’s entirely up to the Senate whether to

confirm that nomination, and I think weshould not,” Cornyn said on radio stationKSKY’s “The Mark Davis Show.”

McConnell has sho wn no signs of soften-ing his oppositi on to confirming an Obamanominee, which could put vulnerableRepublicans in a precarious po sition as hisparty works to keep control of the Senate inthe November elections. But SenateDemocratic leader Harry Reid predictedRepublicans would “cave in” and said hehoped Obama would announce a selection“in the next 10 days or so.”

Reid said he believes McConnell “hasmade a terrible mistake by saying that he isgoing to ignore the president.” He added:“The American people are going to makethem pay if they jerk the president aroundon this.”

Wrangling over replacing Scalia came aspreparations were ramping up to honor theconservative firebrand’s life and legacy onthe court. The president and first ladyMichelle Obama planned to pay theirrespects Friday when Scalia lies i n repose atthe Supreme Court, and Vice President JoeBiden was to attend Scalia’s funeral onSaturday.

Vowing to exercise his responsi bili ty topick Scalia’s successor, Obama has soughtto turn GOP resistance into a case study inWashington dysfunction.

“The American people expect the Senateis going to show up and do their job eventhough they have a big election around thecorner,” said White House spokesman JoshEarnest.

Heller said people from Nevada “should

have a voice in the process.” Among thenames of potential candidates circulating inWashing ton corridors i s Nevada Gov. BrianSandoval — a Republican who supportsabortion rights — although it would beunusual for Obama to nominate a candidatefrom the opposite party.

The pace of judicial con firmations alwaysslows in presidential election years, thanksto reluctance by the party out of power inthe White House to give lifetime tenure totheir opponents’ picks. In the past, law-makers have sometimes informally agreedto halt hearings on lower court nominationsduring campaign season. But Obama hasargued that “the Supreme Court’s different.”

Cracks emerge in GOP refusalto consider Supreme Court pick

By Kevin FrekingTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — President BarackObama and first lady Michelle Obama willvisi t the Supreme Court Friday to pay t heirrespects as Justice Antonin Scalia lies inrepose b ut won’t attend Scalia’s funeral.

White House spokesman Josh Earnestsaid Wednesday that Vice President Joe

Biden and his wife Jill Biden will attend thefuneral on Saturday at the Basilica of theNational Shrine of the ImmaculateConception in Washington.

Scalia died on Saturday at age 79. He jo in ed th e court in 19 86 and was it slongest-serving justice.

Former Chief Justice William Rehnquist,who died in 2005, was the last member of the high court to li e in repose.

Obama to pay respects at court, won’tattend Justice Antonin Scalia’s funeral

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Flowers are seen as a woman stands in front of the Supreme Court building.

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By Nicole Winfieldand Christopher Sherman


CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — In amoment filled with powerful political sym-bolism, Pope Francis prayed Wednesday atMexico’s dusty north ern border for the t hou-sands of migrants who have died trying toreach the United States and appealed forgovernments to open their hearts, if nottheir borders, to the “human tragedy that isforced migration.”

“No more death! No more exploitation!”he implored.

It was the most poignant moment of

Francis’ five-day trip to Mexico and one of the most powerful images in recent times:History’s first Latin American pope, whohas demanded countries welcome peoplefleeing persecution, war and poverty, pray-ing at the border between Mexico and ElPaso, Texas, at a time of soaring anti-immi-grant rhetoric in the U.S. presidential cam-paign.

Francis stopped short of calling for theU.S. to open its borders during a Mass cele-brated just yards (meters) from the fron tier.But in his homily, beamed live into the SunBowl stadium on the El Paso side, Franciscalled for “open hearts” and recognition

that those fleeing gangland executions andextortion in their homelands are victims of the worst forms of exploitation.

“We cannot deny the humanitarian crisiswhich in recent years has meant the migra-tion of thousands of people, whether bytrain or highway or on foot, crossing hun-dreds of kilometers through mountains,deserts and inhospitable zones,” he said.“They are our brothers and sisters, who arebeing expelled by poverty and violence,drug trafficking and organized crime.”

Francis also praised the work of activistswho “are on the front lines, often riskingtheir own lives” to help tho se caught up inthe migration crisis. “By their very lives,

they are proph ets of mercy,” he said.And then, in a pointed message, Francisadded a politically charged greeting to the30,000 people gathered in the Sun Bowl towatch the simulcast on g iant TV screens.

“Thanks t o the help of techno logy, we canpray, sing and celebrate together this merci-ful lo ve which the Lord gives us, and whichno frontier can prevent us from sharing,”Francis said in Spanish. “Thank you, b roth-ers and sisters of El Paso, for makin g us feellike on e family and the same Christian co m-munity.”

Immigrants gathered in El Paso said theywere greatly mov ed by the p onti ff’s words.

Pope urges governments to

‘open hearts’ to migrants

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Pope Francis smiles upon arriving at the border between Mexico and United States beforecelebrating mass in Ciudad Juarez.

By Joan Lowy THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — The number of trafficdeaths in the United States rose 8 percentfrom 2014 to 2015, the largest year-to-yearpercentage increase in a half-century,

according to preliminary estimatesWednesday by the National Safety Council.

About 38,300 people were killed on U.S.roads, and 4.4 million people were serious-ly injured, t he council said. That would make2015 the deadliest driving year since 2008.

The council said a stronger economy andlower unemployment rates were probablyamong th e key factors, along with lo wer gasprices. With driving more affordable, morepeople are on the road. Average gas priceswere 28 percent lower last year than in 20 14and are projected to continue dropping thisyear.

The Transportation Department estimatesa 3.5 percent increase in the number of miles driven by motorists in the UnitedStates in 2015.

The council’s estimates correspond withone from the National Highway TrafficSafety Administration, which also found an8 percent increase in fatalities for the firsthalf of 2015.

Among the biggest increases last yearwere in Oregon (27 percent), Georgia (22

percent), Florida (18 percent) and SouthCarolina (16 percent). Only 13 statesshowed improvement, including NewMexico (a 20 percent drop), Kansas (down 7percent) and New Jersey (lower by 2 per-cent).

The estimated cost of motor-vehicledeaths, injuries and property damage in2015 was $412.1 billion, according to thecouncil, a nonp rofit organizatio n created byCongress to promote safety. That totalincludes wage and productivit y lo sses, med-ical expenses, administrative expenses,employer cost s and property damage.

“These numbers are serving notice:Americans take t heir safety o n th e roadwaysfor granted,” said Deborah A.P. Hersman,the council’s p resident and CEO.

German leader renewscall for Syria no-fly zone

DAMASCUS, Syria — German ChancellorAngela Merkel on Wednesday renewed herproposal for a no-fly zone in Syria wherecivilians would be protected, a suggestionthat was prompt ly rebuffed by Moscow thatsaid it can only be done with the Syriangovernment’s consent.

In Damascus, ov er 100 trucks loaded withhumanitarian aid that were expected to bedelivered to five b esieged areas in the coun-try arrived as part o f an effort described by a

Russian official as a firststep toward implementa-tion of an agreementreached among worldpowers in Munich lastweek.

U.N. envoy Staffan deMistura has been tryingto secure aid deliveries toimprove the chances of restarting peace talks

before the end of February.

2015 saw largest increasein traffic deaths in 50 years

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Angela Merkel

By Phillip LucasTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The number of hate groups and anti-government organiza-tions in t he United States jumped sharply in2015 as polit ical speech became more divi-sive, violent encounters between policeand black men were increasingly publi-cized, and attacks in Paris and Californiaspurred widespread fears of terrorism, acivil rights advocacy group saidWednesday.

In its annual Year In Hate and Extremismreport, the Southern Poverty Law Centersaid the number of U.S. hate groups

increased to 892 last year, up from 784 in2014. SPLC officials said the number of anti-government groups increased from874 in 2014 to 998 in 2015.

The nonprofit also noted an uptick inanti-Muslim behavior, which it linked toterrorist attacks in Paris and California, andtalking points from Republican presiden-tial candidates. Some candidates have sug-gested that Muslim Syrian war refugees beblocked from entering the country to ensurethat Muslim extremists don’t get in.

The group also noted that the number of black separatist groups, which it catego-rizes as hate groups, has risen from 113 in2014 to 180 in 2015.

SPLC: Uptick in hate, extremist groups in ’15


BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The TennesseeValley Authority said Wednesday that it isconsidering whether to sell its unfinishedBellefonte Nuclear Plant, started in 1974 innortheast Alabama and mothballed for thepast 28 years without ever producing anyelectricity.

The federal utility announced it is takingpublic comments on whether to sell the1,600-acre site on the Tennessee River nearHollywood, a town of about 1,000 people

located 120 miles northeast o f Birmingham.No poten tial p rice was mention ed, but TVA

said it has spent about $5 billion atBellefonte.

A purchaser would get two unfinishedlight-water nuclear reactors dating to the1970s, transmission equipment, a helicop-ter landing pad, railroad lines, multiplebuildings and parking lots.

Bellefonte could still be used for a nuclearpower plant, t he utility said, b ut it could alsobe used for industrial, commercial or residen-tial developments.

TVA considering sale of unfinished nuclear plant

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Ankara explosionkills at least 28,

wounds 61 othersBy Suzan FraserTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSANKARA, Turkey — A car bomb

went off in the Turkish capitalWednesday near vehicles carryingmilitary personnel, killing atleast 28 people and wounding 61others, officials said.

The explosion occurred duringevening rush hour in the heart of Ankara, in an area close to parlia-ment and armed forces headquar-ters and lodgings. Buses carryingmilitary personnel were targetedwhile waiting at traffic ligh ts at anintersection, the Turkish militarysaid while condemning the “con-temptibl e and dastardly” attack.

“We believe that those who losttheir lives included our militarybrothers as well as civilians,”Deputy Prime Minister NumanKurtulmus said.

At least two military vehiclescaught fire and dozens of ambu-lances were sent t o th e scene. Darksmoke could be seen billowingfrom a distance.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but Kurtulmuspledged that authorities would findthose behind the bombing. Hesaid the government had appoint-ed seven prosecutors to investi-

gate the attack, which he described

as being “well-planned.”Kurdish rebels, t he Islamic State

group and a leftist extremist grouphave carried out attacks in thecountry recently. In October, sui-cide bombings blamed on IS tar-geted a peace rally outside themain train station in Ankara,killing 102 people in Turkey’sdeadliest attack i n y ears.

Turkish President Recep TayyipErdogan condemned the bombingsaying it exceeds all “moral andhumane boundaries.”

Turkey is determined to fightthos e who carried out the attack aswell as the “forces” behind the

assailants, he said.“Our determination to retaliateto attacks that aim against ourunity and future grows strongerwith every action,” Erdogan said.“It must b e known t hat Turkey willnot refrain from using its right toself-defense at all ti mes.”

Wednesday’s attack comes at atense time when the Turkish gov-ernment is facing an array of chal-lenges. A fragile peace processwith Kurdish rebels collapsed inthe summer and renewed fightinghas displaced tens of tho usands of civilians.

Turkey has also been helpingefforts led by the United States tocombat the Islamic State group in

neighboring Syria, and has faced

several deadly bombings in thelast y ear that were blamed on IS.

The Syrian war is raging alongTurkey’s southern border. Recentairstrikes by Russian and Syrianforces have prompted tens of th ou-sands of Syrian refugees to flee toTurkey’s border. Turkey so far hasrefused to let them in, despitebeing urged to do so by th e UnitedNations and European nati ons , butis sending aid to Syrian refugeecamps right across the bo rder.

Turkey, which is already hometo 2.5 million Syrian refugees,has also been a key focus of

European Union efforts to halt the

biggest flow of refugees to thecontinent since World War II.Hundreds, sometimes thousands,of refugees leave every ni ght fromTurkey to cross the sea to Greecein smugglers’ boats.

NATO Secretary General JensStoltenberg strongly condemnedthe “terrorist attack” and offeredhis condolences to the families of the victims. Stoltenberg saidthere can be no justification “forsuch horrific acts” and that “NATOAllies stand shoulder to shoulderin th e fight against terrorism.”

German Chancellor Angela

Merkel said: “In the battle against

those responsible for these inhu-man acts we are on the side of Turkey.”

Washing ton also con demned theattack, according to a statementby Mark Toner, deputy spo kesmanof the U.S. State Department.

“We reaffirm our strong partner-sh ip with our NATO Ally Turkey incombatting the shared threat of terrorism,” Toner said.

After the attack, Turkish PrimeMinister Ahmet Davutoglu can-celed a visit to BrusselsWednesday evening and attended asecurity meeting with Erdogan and

other officials.

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Firefighters battle a blaze after an explosion in Ankara, Turkey.

U.S. accuses China amid signsof missiles on disputed island

WASHINGTON — The United Stateswarned Wednesday of ris ing tensi ons in t heSouth China Sea after China appeared tohave placed a surface-to-air missile systemon a disp uted island.

Taiwan’s defense minist ry said th at Chin ahad positioned anti-aircraft missiles onWoody Island in t he Paracel chain, which isoccupied by China but also claimed byTaiwan and Vietnam.

State Department spokesman Mark Tonersaid commercial satellite imagery appeared

to i ndicate China has deplo yed a surface-to-air missile system. Another U.S. officialgave a more direct confirmation of thedeployment on Woody Island. The official,who was no t authorized to discuss the in for-mation publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity, said it is unclear whether thedeployment is intended for the long term.

The deploy ment follo ws China’s building

of new islands by piling sand atop reefs and

then adding airstrips and military installa-

tions.

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Dow 16,453.83 +257.42 10-Yr Bond 1.82 +0.04

Nasdaq 4,534.06 +98.11 Oil (per barrel) 31.18S&P 500 1,926.82 +31.24 Gold 1,209.00

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq stock market:NYSEDeutsche Bank AG, up $1.87 to $17.38 The bank offered to buy back more than $5 billion in bonds in a displayof financial strength.Pandora Media Inc., down $1.09 to $8 The Internet radio company’s fourth-quarter profit fell short of estimatesand it declined to comment on rumors it’s looking to sell itself.Square Inc., up 68 cents to $9.30Visa disclosed a stake in the mobile payment services company andinvestors interpreted it as a major endorsement of Square.NasdaqGroupon Inc., up 65 cents to $2.89 The online daily deal service’s stock rebounded after its quarterly profitand revenue topped estimates.

Activision Blizzard Inc., down $2.40 to $28.12 The video game maker’s profit and revenue fell short of Wall Streetestimates.Wynn Resorts Ltd., up $9.45 to $69.14 The casino operator’s fourth-quarter profit surpassed analyst expectations.Select Comfort Corp., down $4.93 to $15.58 The seller of beds, mattresses and bedding products reporteddisappointing sales and its outlook fell far short of estimates.Dentsply International Inc., down $1.78 to $54.73 The dental products maker’s revenue fell short of analyst projections.

Big movers

By Marley Jay THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — Stocks climbedWednesday as investors clung to hopefor an international deal to stem aglobal glut in crude oil with produc-

tion cutbacks. That sent the price of oil sharply higher, as well as thestocks of major energy companies likeChevron. Tech sto cks also ros e, led byMicrosoft and Facebook.

The gains capped a three-day rally,the longest so far in 2016, that haswiped out about half of the market’slosses sin ce the beginning of the year.The Standard & Poor’s 500 index hitits lowest point of the year lastThursday, an d has risen abo ut 5 percentsince then.

Priceline, Fossil, and Garmin roseafter reporting robust earnings.

The Dow Jones industrial averagegained 257.42 points, or 1.6 percent,to 16,453.83. The S&P 500 rose31.24 points, or 1.7 percent, to

1,926.82. The Nasdaq compositeindex jumped 98.11 points, or 2.2 per-cent, to 4, 534.06.

The price of oil recovered asinvestors again hoped for an interna-tion al deal that will cap or cut produc-tion. Several OPEC nations are intalks about freezing production at

January’s levels, but th at deal requiresall of OPEC’s members to agree, andIran said Wednesday that it won’t stopincreasing its exports. Still, investorsappeared to be encouraged that thecountries are talking.

The price of U.S. crude jumped

$1.62 , or 5.6 percent, to $3 0.66 a bar-rel in New York. Brent crude, a bench-mark for international oils, rose$2.32 , or 7.2 percent, to $3 4.50 a bar-rel in London.

U.S. crude soared Friday o n an ticipa-tion of a deal, but even with the recentgains, it’s still down 17 percent thisyear.

Energy stocks climbed along withthe price of oil. Chevron rose $3.50,or 4.1 percent, to $88.31 and Hesspicked up $2.63, or 6.4 percent, to$43.47. Tech stocks made big gains,led by Microsoft, which added $1.33,or 2.6 percent, to $52.42, andFacebook, which rose $3.59, or 3.5percent, to $105.20.

Oil and natural gas company Devon

Energy miss ed out on tho se gains aftersaying it will eliminate 20 percent of its s taff in the first quarter and slash itsspending and its quarterly dividend inresponse to the diminished price of oil.

The stock lost 93 cents, or 4.4 per-cent, to $20.3 3. It’s down 69 percent

over the last year.For almost six months, stocks have

surged and dropped repeatedly asinvestors worry about issues like thehealth of China’s economy, theFederal Reserve’s plans on interestrates, and plunging oil prices. Sameer

Samana, global quantitative strategistfor Wells Fargo Investment Institute,said the ride isn’t over yet.

“None of those issues have goneaway,” Samana said. “You’ll continueto see that k ind of pattern.”

Samana said U.S. companies, andlarge stocks in particular, are doingpretty well and that investors willeventually start paying more attentionto their performance. But he said it’spossible that volatility in financialmarkets will start to affect the broadereconomy, cutting into consumerspending and prompting businesses tocut jobs.

While corporate earnings have beenshaky, companies that surpassed ana-lysts’ expectations were rewarded on

Wednesday. Online travel companyPriceline climbed after its profit andrevenue beat estimates. The stockgained $124.88, or 11.2 percent, to$1,23 5.56. Expedia rose 5 percent andTripAdvisor 3 added percent. Expediaand TripAdvisor posted strong resultslast week.

Stocks leap for a third day

Jack In The Boxmisses 1Q profit forecasts

SAN DIEGO — Jack In The Box Inc. onWednesday reported lower-than-expectedquarterly results and issued a weak outlook,sending its shares tumbling in extended

trading.The San Diego-based company said itearned a profit of $33. 2 million, or 92 centsper share, in its fiscal first quarter endedJan. 17. Earnings, adjusted for one-timegains and costs, came to 93 cents per share.

The results missed Wall Street expecta-tions. The average estimate of 10 analystssurveyed by Zacks Investment Research wasfor earnings of $1. 03 per share.

The fast food company posted revenue of $470.8 million in the period. That wasbelow the average analyst estimate of $475. 4 million, according to FactSet.

A year earlier Jack in the Box earned$35.8 million, or 91 cents per share, onrevenue of $468.6 milli on.

Sales in restaurants open at l east a year —a key metric of a retailer’s health — rose 1. 4percent at its namesake Jack in the Boxchain and 1.8 percent at the company’sQdoba Mexican food restaurants.

Jack In The Box shares have increasedslightly since the beginning of the year.They closed Wednesday at $76.91, adecrease of 13 percent in the last 12months.

In after-market trading after th e release of the earnings report, the stock slid almost20 percent, or $15.17, to $61.74.

China’s Tianjin Tianhai buyingIngram Micro for $6 billion

ASHINGTON — Chinese shipping com-pany Tianjin Tianhai says it is buying U.S.logistics firm Ingram Micro Inc. for rough-ly $6 billion.

The all-cash deal amounts to $38.90 per

share for Ingram, which distributes infor-mation technology products and services.

Tianjin Tianhai said in a statement thatthe combination should expand its geo-graphic reach as well as it s product and serv-ice offerings. It is based in the po rt city of Tianjin and specializes in bulk overseasshipments between China, South Korea,Japan and other Asian countries.

The companies said Wednesday thatIngram is expected to remain headquarteredin Irvine, California, and its CEO AlainMonie will remain in th at post. The transac-tion was unanimously approved by theboards of both co mpanies and is expected toclose in the s econd half of 2016.

By Martin Crutsinger


WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve policy-makers expressed growing concerns at their

meeting last month about potential threatsto the U.S. economy, including turbulencein financial markets, plunging oil pricesand slowing growth in China and otheremerging markets.

Minutes of their discussions releasedWednesday showed Fed officials acknowl-edging that the developments made it diffi-cult to forecast growth and inflation.

The officials said their outlook had grownmore uncertain, and they stressed that thepace of any interest-rate increases wouldhinge on the latest economic data. The Fedraised rates from record lows in December,the first hike i n n early a decade.

While Fed officials continued to expressconfidence in the strengthening labor mar-ket, they were less bullish on o ther parts of the econo my such as manufacturing.

“Most participants indicated that it wasdifficult to judge at th is p oint whether theoutlook for inflation and economicgrowth had changed materially, but theythought t hat uncertainty surrounding th eoutloo k had increased as a result o f recentfinancial and economic developments,”

the minutes said.Its brief policy state-

ment removed language ithad been using that offi-cials judged the risk s fac-ing th e economy as “bal-

anced.” Most Fed offi-cials felt there was notyet enough evidence tosay the balance of riskshad “changed material-

ly,” though some officials did believe thedownside risks had increased, according tothe minutes.

Among the threats to U.S. growth, theminutes cited the slowdown in China andfalling commodity prices that could hurtgrowth prospects in emerging marketnations that produce those commodities.The Fed officials also discussed the steepdeclines in stock prices that had occurredsince the beginning of the year.

Since the Fed’s January meeting, someeconomic indicators have flashed moreencouraging signals. The economy created

151,0 00 job s in January, p ushing the unem-ployment rate down to an eight-year low of 4.9 percent. The Fed reported Wednesdaythat industrial production rose 0.5 percentin January, the best showing since July,though retail sales last month remainedmodest.

In December, the Fed had lifted its targetfor overnight bank lending from a recordlow to a new range of 0.25 percent to 0.5percent — the first hik e after seven years of near-zero rates. It also released projectionsthat indicated four additional quarter-point

moves in 2016.But since the start of this year, global

financial markets have been rocked by dis-closures that China, the world’s secondlargest economy, may be slowing mo re thanpreviously believed. Oil prices have tum-bled, while the U.S. dollar has strength-ened. Both of those developments couldmake it harder for the Fed to achieve itsinflation target.

Many private economists have cut theirforecasts for Fed rate hikes this year fromfour down to two or fewer.

Fed Chair Janet Yellen acknowledged thedarker economic landscape inCongressional testimony l ast week. But sh esaid it was too soon to know whether thenew risks would be severe enough to alterinterest rate policies.

Yellen s aid the Fed was n ot o n a “pre-set”course for rate hik es and would assess at it snext meeting on March 15-16 whetherrecent developments have slowed the U.S.economy or threatened to derail the Fed’sgoal of pushing i nflatio n back toward 2 per-cent.

Minutes show Fed worried by global turmoil

Janet Yellen

By Joan Lowy THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — Federal regulators andthe auto industry are taking a more lenientapproach than safety advocates lik e when itcomes to phasing in automatic braking

systems for passenger cars, according torecords of their private negotiation s.

The technology automatically appliesbrakes to prevent or mitigate collisions,rather than waiting for the driver to act. It’sthe most important safety technologyavailable today that’s not already requiredin cars.

Such systems should be standard in allnew cars, says t he National High way TrafficSafety Administration. But instead of man-dating it, the government is trying to workout a voluntary agreement with automakersin ho pes of getting it in cars more quickly.

But safety advocates s ay vol untary agree-ments aren’t enforceable and are likely to

contain weaker standards and longer time-lines than if the government had issuedrules.

“Consumers are going to come up the l os-ers in this process,” said Clarence Ditlow,executive director of the Center for AutoSafety.

Meeting minutes obtained by theAssociated Press of four of the meetingsthat NHTSA has h eld with automakers s inceOctober show the government is consider-ing significant concessions.

Records of a meeting on Nov. 12 showthat automatic braking systems would beallowed that slow vehicles by as littl e as 5mph before a collision. Manufacturerswould be allowed to exempt 5 percent of their vehicles from the standard. Someautomakers had said it would take longer toready manual transmission vehicles for thetechnology. The discussion included anadditional exemption for models that man-ufacturers int end to ph ase out or redesign.

The minutes from the fourth session, onDec. 9, indicate that some automakers saythey won’t be ready to include the technol-ogy in 95 percent of their vehicles untilmodel year that begins in September 2025.NHTSA and the Insurance Institute forHighway Safety objected, saying such a

long timeline “was too l ate for this effort tobe seen as a serious effort.” Automakers arenow being pol led to see if they can equip 95percent o f their vehicles by the model yearbeginning in September 2022.

The agency is required by law to providemeeting minutes of such negotiations andto make them public. NHTSA providedminutes of three of the meetings to th e AP;the fourth was obtained from safety advo-cates.

“This is what happens when you startnegotiating with the auto industry,” saidJoan Claybrook, a safety advocate andNHTSA’s administrator during the Carteradministration.

Critics: Consumers to lose in private talks on auto braking

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The Lady Sharks claimed their first victim inthe Peninsula Athletic League girls’ basketballtournament.

Oceana prevailed in a wild turnover fest with a45-44 victory over Carlmont in Wednesday’sPAL tourney opener. While the Sharks commit-ted 12 turnovers, they came out on the better endas the Scots had over 20.

The Sharks set the tempo with their hyper-aggressive defense pressing throughout. Butthe Scots found creative outlets with just

enough shooting to stay in the game, withoutever really finding the comfort zone.“We try to play 94 feet of defense to take them

out of doing what they wanted to do,” Oceanahead coach David Clark said.

Never leading by more than five points,Oceana was on top nearly the entire way, exceptfor a few brief minutes near the start of the sec-ond half when 5-11 freshman Ashley Trierweilersank a pair of free throws to give Carlmont a 19-18 lead.

Otherwise, the Sharks had the leverage ontheir side. After leading from wire to wire in thefirst half, they jumped back up with 4:26

remaining in the third quarter on short jumperby junior forward Kyana Wiley.Wiley and sophomore guard Ariana Margate

finished with nine each, while junior Sala Langitotaled a game-high 13. Langi was on fire early,scoring 11 point s in the first half. But it couldhave easily been 20 points, or even more, asshe had plenty of close-range shots rattle outfrom hurrying shots to evade Carlmont’s heightadvantage.

“I think I could have done better but I wasscared they were going to bump into me, so I

Sharks sink Scots in PAL opener

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Menlo-Atherton goalkeeper Ari Eisner makes a kick save to prevent an Aragon first-half goal.Eisner would go on to post a shutout in the Bears’ 3-0 win.

By Nathan MollatDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Menlo-Atherton striker Jean Claverie saideveryone knew what was at stake when the Bearstraveled to Aragon for a crucial PeninsulaAthletic League Bay Division showdown.

Both teams came into the match tied for firstatop the Bay Division standings and the winnerwould have a huge edge in winning the ti tle withonly one game left to play in the regular season.

“Everybody knew (what was at stake),”Claverie said. “You don’t even need to say any-thing.”

M-A certainly played like a team vying for a

league crown. The Bears came out hungry andaggressive and it added up to a dominating 3-0victory.

“Today, [M-A was] extremely aggressive,”said Aragon coach Greg Markoulakis. “Theycame in with a mentality to put it away early.”

Maybe not as early as the Bears would haveliked but, whatever the final score, M-A (9-2-2PAL Bay) simply wanted it more than Aragon (8-3-2). The Bears pressured the Dons at every turn,making it difficult for the home side to play thepossession brand of soccer with which it likesto play.

“We were too direct,” Markoulakis said. “Wedid not bring the intensity that was needed.”

The Dons were in chase mode much of thegame and the Bears’ constant, withering pres-sure resulted in a pair of M-A corner kicks in theopening five minutes. Aragon came close to

getting on the scoreboard first when AnthonySandoval’s free kick from midfield bounced overthe goal.

After that, M-A took control of the game.Midfielder Ethan Oro was making his presencefelt with a couple of steals in the Dons’ end thatresulted in shots that were wide, but the tenor of the game suggested it was not “if” but “when”the Bears would score.

That “when” came in the 25th minute off thefoot of Claverie, taking advantage of a poorAragon goal kick.

“I just pressured the defender and they passed itback,” Claverie said. “It was a bad touch bythem.”

M-A controls destiny


Manny Pacquiao’s comments disparaginggays have cost him his contract with appar-el giant Nike.

The company issued a release Wednesdaysaying it has dropped the Filipino boxerafter he was quoted as saying gay people“are worse than an imals.”

Nike called Pacquiao’s comments “abhor-

rent” and said the company strongly oppos-es discrimination of any kind and has longstood up for the fights of gays.

Pacquiao, who meets Timothy Bradley o nApril 9 in what could be his last fig ht, apo l-ogized Tuesday for the remarks made a dayearlier. In them, Pacquiao said it was justcommon sense that animals are not gay.

Pacquiao is running for the Senate in thePhilippines.

Pacquiao loses endorsementafter controversial remarks

See OCEANA, Page 16

See BEARS, Page 16

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Thursday • Feb. 18 2016

By Janie McCauley THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — MadisonBumgarner approached Bruce Bochy and

jokin gly o ffered his manager a big hug afteran offseason apart.

On any other day, Bochy likely would haveaccepted the warm gesture from his ace pitch-er, but two days after the ski pper’s left shoul-der surgery there was no way that would betheir first greeting of spring training. Goodthing Bochy’s healing left arm was safely

tucked inside his shirt after the Monday pro-cedure to repair a torn labrum, removepainful bone spurs and reattach a biceps ten-don that was approximately half torn.

“Bum sees me and he goes, ‘Give me ahug,”‘ Bochy said Wednesday, noting thepain medication is helping relieve somediscomfort. “It was great to s ee him, it real-ly was. He looks g ood. It’s such a great timeof year. It’s a family that at the end of theseason we go our separate ways. It’s always

Bochy on mend from shoulder surgery

See GIANTS, Page 14

In a testament to how far girls’wrestling has come, for the firsttime in six years, the Central Coast

Section girls’ championships will beheld on the same day as the boys’:Saturday, at Independence High School inSan Jose.

Duane Morgan, CCS commissioner andhead of the section’s wrestling department,said some of the decision to have the tour-naments on separate days was because of

the calendar. Part of the calendar issuewas the fact that t heCaliforniaInterscholasticFederation, thestate’s ruling prepsports body, sched-uled the g irls’ statechampionships forthe same day as theCCS boys’ champi-onships. That meantthe g irls’ CCS tour-

nament, the qualifying event for the statetournament, had to be held before the end of the regular season.

Now, the girls ’ state tournament has beenmoved to be in line with the boys’ so the

girls will get the same treatment — andaccolades — on the same stage as the boys.

The other part of the equation , Morgansaid, is the explosive growth of femalewrestlers. When CCS first started hosti ng agirls’ section tournament seven years ago,there were far fewer participants. Now,those numbers have increased five-fold.

“The girls’ (numbers) were really smallthen. It was maybe 60 girls,” Morgan said.“Now, it ’s about 300 girls .”

Some of the best female grapplers youwill find in the section come out of thePeninsula Athletic League. Terra Nova is thedefending CCS team champion and is rankedNo. 1 in the section by CCSrank.com — an

See LOUNGE, Page 15

Talent in PALis among thefinest in CCS

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Oceana junior Sala Langi drives the baseline inWednesday’s 45-44 win over Carlmont.

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By Nathan MollatDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

A week ago in a 68-41 loss to Menlo-Atherton, theBurlingame boys’ basketball team was done in by poorshooting.

Wednesday, facing Westmoor in the first round of thePeninsula Athletic League tournament, the Panthers againhad a tough shoo ting nigh t.

Unlike last week, however, that did not stop the Panthersfrom doing the dirty work that can often make up for coldshooting nights.While Burlingame sho t just 36 percent from the field on 26of 73 s hooting, the Panthers more than made up for it in therebounding department. The Panthers destroyed the Ramson the boards on their way to a 69-43 win.

“We have to shoot (better),” said Burlingame coach PeteHarames. “If they don’t, we have to beat teams on theboards.”

With the win, the Burlingame, the No. 2 seed in theSouth, will face either Sequoia or Half Moon Bay, the topseed in the North, in the semifinals at 7:30 p.m. Friday atMills.

No one epitomized Burling ame’s h ustle Wednesday nig htmore than Jack Baker. The junior forward checked into thegame with just over five minutes remaining in the second

quarter and proceeded to pull down nine rebounds. He addedfive more in the second half, along with five points, to fin-ish with 14 rebounds on the night.

“He’s done that all year. He’s Johnny at the Ready,”Harames said. “He’s j ust always around the ball. ”

And on this night, that wasn’t even a game high. No, thathonor belonged to Burlingame wing Tyler Garlitos, who

pulled down 15 to go along with 15 points. Vinny Ferrarialso recorded a double-double, scoring a game-high 22points and grabbing 10 rebounds.

All told, Burlingame outrebounded the Rams 64-23.Nothing demonstrated the Panthers’ proficiency on theboards more than during a second-quarter possession thatsaw them get five cracks at the basket before BasselMufarreh finall y hi t a layup.

Mufarreh fini shed with 10 p oint s and nine b oards.“They’re size up front … kinda kill ed us in the first h alf,”

said Westmoor coach Herb Yaptinchay. “They were relent-less o n th e board and we didn’t respon d. They (the Panthers)had a little more desire, just a littl e more willp ower.”

And yet — the Rams still managed to somehow stay inthe game, until Burlingame finally put them away in thefourth quarter.

Westmoor got off to a quick start, getting a layup fromMarquez Costiniano off the opening tip, which he followedwith a 3-pointer following a pair of Ferrari free throws.Burlingame took the lead for good on a Gray Goodmanlayup which sparked an 8-2 run to end the first quarter.Mufarreh hit a bucket, which was follo wed by b ack-to-backGarlitos buckets in transition.

A Jason Sto. Domingo 3-pointer ended the quarter forWestmoor, trailing just 15-10 after one period of play.

In the second, the Panthers simply overwhelmed theRams. Burlingame outscored Westmoor 22-6 in the secondand outrebounded the Rams 25-3 in the quarter.

Burlingame op ened the quarter with back-to-back 3 s fromFerrari, foll owed by a Mufarreh putback on the fifth shot of the possession.

After a bucket from Westmoor’s Cost iniano , t he Panthersripped off seven more unanswered points, with Ferrari hit-ting his third 3 of the quarter followed by four straightpoints from Garlitos.

Ethan Chang ended that run for th e Rams, but Burlingameended the quarter on a 7-2 run and led by 21, 37-16, at half-time.

But credit Westmoor for not throwing in the towel. TheRams scored the first nine points of the third quarter toclose to 3 7-25, a run that was punctuated by a Costiniano 3.

A turnaround jumper from Mufarreh settled down thePanthers, but the Rams kept coming. Westmoor close to 11,43-32 with 2 :13 l eft in the quarter, but a baseline, fall-away

jumper and t hen a lean er from Ferrari pushed Burlin game’s

lead back to 15, 47-32, and the Panthers led by 13, 47-34,going i nto the final period.

“I gave them the ’ol ‘We’re tied at halftime’ speech,”Harames said. “I guess i t didn’t work.”

Much like the second quarter, Burlingame came aliveagain in th e fourth, outscorin g the Rams 22-9 over the finaleight minutes.

“I think our game plan was OK,” Yaptinchay said. “We just s truggl ed a bit offens ivel y.”

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Burlingame’s Tyler Garlitos shoots over Westmoor’s EthanChang during the Panthers’69-43 win over the Rams in the firstround of the PAL tournament.

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By Jon KrawczynskiTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Detroit Pist ons and Charlott e Hornetsare on th e board, not waiting until th e NBA’strade deadline on Thursday to make moves

they hope will bolstertheir playoffs chancesthis season.

The Pistons acquired

scorer Tobias Harris fromOrlando while theHornets added CourtneyLee from Memphis tohelp fill the void createdby the injury to Charlotteforward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist. In a deadline-driven league, bothmoves were aggressive i nthat t hey came well b eforethe 3 p.m. Eastern timecutoff for trades to bemade.

They also may serve ascatapults for other teamsout there shopping. Thetime is nearing for teams

that have held cards tightly to th eir chests tostart putting them on the table.

There are several issues teams are consid-ering this week as they mull making signif-

icant trades. Among th em is the s heer domi-

nance of the Golden State Warriors, who

have establish ed themselves as the favorites

to win the championship again this season.As teams went into the All-Star break,

there was a feeling across t he league that theSpurs, Cavaliers and Thunder may be theonly teams equipped to challeng e the defend-ing champions for the title. That thoughtprocess may cause several other teams justoutside of that foursome to play it a littlemore conservatively when it comes totrades.

The Pistons and Stan Van Gundy didn’t l etthat s top them from acquiring Harris, figur-

ing t hat adding th e cost certainty of the th ree

years remaining on h is deal would help themshape their vis ion g oing forward rather thanlook at the unknowns of free agents addedthis summer.

Free agency is another huge factor thatwill influence teams with the trade deadlinelooming ; it’s shaping up to be a free agencybonanza in J uly.

With a sky-rocketing salary cap, themajority of teams in the NBA will have

enough cap room to add at least one max-contract player to th eir rosters this summer.That will create a frenetic push for the toptier of free agents, in cluding Oklahoma Citystar Kevin Durant, Detroit center AndreDrummond and Toronto guard DeMarDeRozan.

So making a deal now to add an impactplayer, while difficult to p ull off, could helpa team avoid having to go all-in next sum-mer.

Here are some of the more intriguingteams to watch headed into Thursday’s tradedeadline:

Atlanta HawksLast year’s feel-good season has given

way to a more sober 2015-16, with a 31-24

record good for fourth in the East and thesense that they have to make a big move tovault back into contention with Clevelandand Toronto. They could be the most likelycandidate to part with a key piece to makethat happen, with Al Horford and Jeff Teagueamong the players that have been mentionedas possible trade bait.

Boston CelticsGM Danny Ainge has spent the last few

years accumulating assets — perhaps mostattractive is Brooklyn’s unprotected first-round draft choice this June — to put him i nposit ion to make a Godfather offer to a teamfor one of its establish ed stars. Now that theCeltics are a surprising 32-23 and sitting atNo. 3 in the East, the time to give superbcoach Brad Stevens the star he has been

looki ng for could be right n ow.

Los Angeles ClippersThey have seemed to find their groove late-

ly, oddly enough while star forward BlakeGriffin has been out because of a quad injuryand a suspension for punching an assistantequipment manager. Despite all the drama,coach and GM Doc Rivers said on Tuesday thatGriffin would not be traded. But Rivers stillwants to upgrade his bench and add some more

scoring punch to give them every chance pos-sible to come out of the rugged West.

Toronto RaptorsCoach Dwane Casey’s crew has done a

remarkable job absorbing key injuries toremain as the No. 2 seed in the East. DeRozanand Kyle Lowry give them one of the bestbackcourts in the league and the hope isDeMarre Carroll will back with a month or soto go in the regular season to gear up for theplayoffs. They are looking to add another ball-handler off the bench and a power forward thatcan stretch the defense with his shooting inhopes of avoiding another early playoff exit.

Miami Heat

Chris Bosh has resumed taking blood thin-ners to treat a blood clot, the same conditionthat caused him to miss the final 30 games of last season. Bosh is hopeful to play again thisseason, but the uncertainty surrounding thesituation could prompt the Heat to look forways to b ols ter the roster around Dwyane Wadeand Goran Dragic, both over 30 years old.

Houston RocketsOne of the biggest disappointments in the

league this season and with one of the mostactive dealmakers in the league in GM Daryl

Morey is a combination that makes the

Rockets an easy candidate for this list. Dwight

Howard’s name continues to surface in reports

about possible deals as Morey looks to make

changes to build a roster that better meshes

with ball-dominant guard James Harden.

Clock winding down to NBA’s trade deadline

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The Skyline women’s basketball team suf-fered a big blow to its playoff hopesWednesday, falling at home to Chabot 59-52.

The Trojans (6-5 in Coast North, 16-11overall) trailed throughout most of thegame, and saw a double-digit deficit grow toas much as 19 in the second half. ButSkylin e ultimately outscored the Gladiators16-10 in the third quarter to climb back init, and managed to claim the lead with threeminutes remaining in regulation on a buck-et by Alyssa Dela Cruz.

From there, however, Skyline went cold.Despite two open looks on the two follow-ing possessions, both shots rimmed out asChabot (8-3, 15-12) climbed back ahead forgood.

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