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Thousands awaiting National Guard brought County’s costs at $25M;
word to return home in to assist with relief 2,022 structures flooded

Worst in a generation

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Scott Heemstra takes Veronica Burdette out of the flood zone Wednesday as floodwaters rise along Mill Street in Guerneville.

Flooded Russian Guerneville

River swamps
communities
By MARY CALLAHAN,
RANDI ROSSMANN
AND WILL SCHMITT
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
The Russian River rose to its highest
level in a generation late Wednesday,
flooding storm-battered neighbor-
hoods up and down the main stem and
turning several lower river towns into
islands disconnected from the rest of
Sonoma County because floodwater
and mudslides closed major roads.
Thousands of people were displaced
as the roiling river escaped its banks
and flattened into a broad expanse
of brown plasma that swept through
vineyards, riverside neighborhoods
and other low-lying areas, swamping
cars and picking up all kinds of de-
bris, including a dumpster and port-a-
potties seen carried away in the swift
current.
TURN TO RIVER » PAGE A6
Chris Tipton and a friend embrace as they finally get to leave Guerneville on a National
Guard truck to be taken out of the flood area.
■ Forestville firefighters
rescue residents trapped by
rising floodwaters / A5
MORE INSIDE
■ Power outages, floods and
mudslides force some county
schools to close / A6
■ Evacuees scramble to
make their way to county
emergency shelters / A10
residents stuck
after deluge
By MARTIN ESPINOZA
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
GUERNEVILLE — Nickolas
Nachorny, 34, anxiously stood at
the edge of brown floodwater cov-
ering Highway 116, just south of
Guerneville Wednesday afternoon.
Carrying a backpack and wear-
ing shorts and waterlogged sneak-
ers, Nachorny spent much of the
morning desperately trying to
figure out how to get back to the
Sebastopol urgent care center
where he dropped off his wife and
2-year-old son Tuesday night be-
fore coming back to town to help a
friend evacuate.
A sharp rock and a flat tire
stranded him in Guerneville,
which by early Wednesday morn-
ing was surrounded by water as
TURN TO GUERNEVILLE » PAGE A7

Cohen tells Congress Trump is ‘a racist,’ ‘con man’

CONGRESSIONAL HEARING » President’s former personal the first Trump insider to pull back
the curtain on a version of the inner
attorney presents evidence; GOP criticizes his credibility workings of Trump’s political and
business operations.
By MARY CLARE JALONICK, ERIC pleaded guilty to lying to Congress, “He is a racist. He is a con man. And
TUCKER AND MICHAEL R. SISAK told lawmakers that Trump had ad- he is a cheat,” Cohen said of the pres-
ASSOCIATED PRESS vance knowledge and embraced the ident.
news that emails damaging to Hillary He likened the president to a “mob-
WASHINGTON — In a damning Clinton would be released during the ster” who demanded blind loyalty
depiction of Donald Trump, the pres- campaign. But he also said he hano from underlings and expected them
ident’s former lawyer on Wednesday “direct evidence” that Trump or his to lie on his behalf to conceal infor-
cast him as a racist and a con man aides colluded with Russia to get him mation and protect him — even if it
who used his inner circle to cover elected, the primary question of spe- meant breaking the law.
up politically damaging allegations cial counsel Robert Mueller’s investi- “I am not protecting Mr. Trump
PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS / ASSOCIATED PRESS
about sex, and who lied throughout gation. anymore,” Cohen declared.
the 2016 election campaign about his Cohen, shaking off incessant crit- “My loyalty to Mr. Trump has cost Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s ex-personal
business interests in Russia. icism from Republicans anxious to lawyer, testifies Wednesday before the House
Michael Cohen, who previously paint him as a felon and liar, became TURN TO COHEN » PAGE A2 Oversight and Reform Committee in Washington.

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Testimony may push parties into corners
ANALYSIS » Dems focus
on Trump’s actions, GOP
hits Cohen’s character
By MICHAEL D. SHEAR
NEW YORK TIMES
WASHINGTON — The sear-
ing portrait that Michael Cohen
delivered on Wednesday — of a
lying, cheating, racist president
who used money and threats to
conceal immoral and illegal be-
havior — will test both parties
as they hurtle toward a confron-
tation over the fate of the presi-
dency.
Cohen, President Donald
Trump’s former personal lawyer,
ripped away the veneer of loyalty
that he had maintained for more
than a decade and further imper-
iled the president by offering an
insider account at the heart of
the criminal investigations that
have consumed Washington for
nearly two years.
The five-hour hearing offered
a glimpse of a confrontational
COHEN
CONTINUED FROM A1
me everything: my family’s
happiness, friendships, my
law license, my company,
my livelihood, my honor,
my reputation, and soon
my freedom,” Cohen said.
“I will not sit back, say
nothing and allow him to
do the same to the country.”
Cohen’s matter-of-fact
testimony about secret pay-
ments and lies unfolded as
Trump met with North Ko-
rean leader Kim Jong Un.
Unable to ignore the drama
thousands of miles away,
Trump lashed out on Twit-
ter, saying Cohen “did bad
things unrelated to Trump”
and “is lying in order to re-
duce his prison time.”
Arranged payments
In testimony that cut to
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year ahead between Republicans
still loyal to Trump and newly
long will Democratic leaders be
able to argue against impeach-
a Democratic patsy, a liar and a
cheat. And yet, as Cohen noted
turning to the same accusation
each time the chance arose: Why
empowered Democrats seeking ment proceedings? And if they in one of the most powerful mo- should we believe someone who
to investigate and weaken the
president by demanding his tax
move ahead, with little hope of
attracting bipartisan support,
ments of the day, their fierce loy-
alty to Trump was not unlike his
is going to jail for lying to us be-
fore?
returns and business records, will they risk a backlash at the own. “They accomplished what they
and appearances before Con- polls from voters? “I’m responsible for your wanted to,” David Axelrod, the
gress by his former advisers and “The more you do this, it just silliness because I did the same former senior adviser to Presi-
associates. fires up the base that thinks thing that you’re doing now, for dent Barack Obama, said of the
But the year will also be a test that each day he stays in office 10 years,” Cohen said. “I protect- Republicans on the committee.
for both parties, particularly it endangers the republic,” said ed Mr. Trump for 10 years. I can “The more that they polarize this
Democrats, who after Wednes- Thomas Davis, a former Repub- only warn people — the more and present it as a political exer-
day’s testimony from Cohen will lican congressman from Virgin- people that follow Mr. Trump as cise, the more everyone runs to
face a rising chorus from the ia who once led the Oversight I did blindly, are going to suffer the red corner and blue corner.
liberal wing of the party to im- Committee when his party con- the same consequences that I’m And Trump sits there very pop-
peach Trump for what it says is trolled the House. “It’s the old suffering.” ular with the base.”
a clear case of a president who thing about be careful what you Yet Republicans on the panel He added, “The Republicans
defrauded the public about hush ask for.” from conservative districts have are making a political decision
payments and business dealings For Republicans, Cohen’s alle- little to lose. Reps. Mark Mead- about the cost of sticking with
before an election and then lied gations will once again require ows of North Carolina and Jim him.”
about it from the White House. Trump’s followers to decide how Jordan of Ohio, who harshly Davis said he thought Cohen’s
“Mr. Cohen, I am upset and long they will stand by a presi- criticized Cohen as a liar head- testimony would do little to
know that my residents feel dent whose actions threaten not ed to prison, appeared to play change the political dynamic in
the same way, that a man you only his administration but also to the many faithful Trump vot- the country.
worked for for the past 10 years is the fate of politicians in the party ers at home, not to mention the “A lot of this stuff is baked in
using the most powerful position he now leads. president himself. They seemed the cake,” he said, talking about
in the world to hurt our country Republican lawmakers on the to conclude that the best way to his colleagues in the Republican
solely for personal gain,” said committee reacted to Cohen’s support Trump was by attacking Party. “People accept him re-
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Michigan. testimony with derision, attack- Cohen’s credibility. They did so gardless of what some would call
Faced with that pressure, how ing him as a convicted perjurer, repeatedly, each lawmaker re- character flaws.”
the heart of federal inves-
tigations encircling the
White House, Cohen said
FBI last April. Cohen said
he could not discuss that
conversation, the last con-
he arranged a hush money tact he said he has had
payment to a porn actress with the president or any-
at the president’s behest one acting on his behalf,
and agreed to lie about it because it remains under
to the public and the First investigation.
Lady. He said he had lied The appearance marked
by claiming that Trump the latest step in Cohen’s
was “not knowledgeable” evolution from legal fixer
about the transaction even for the president — he once
though the president had boasted he’d “take a bul-
directly arranged for his let” for Trump — to a foe
reimbursement. who has implicated him in
And he said he was left federal campaign finance
with the unmistakable im- violations. The hearing
pression Trump wanted proceeded along parallel
him to lie to Congress about tracks, with Democrats
a Moscow real estate proj- focusing on allegations
ect, though the president against Trump while Re-
never directly told him so. publicans sought to under-
In one revelation, Cohen mine Cohen’s credibility
said prosecutors in New and the proceeding itself.
York were investigating
conversations Trump or Vital witness
his advisers had with him As Republicans blasted
after his office and hotel him as a convicted liar, a ALEX BRANDON / ASSOCIATED PRESS
room were raided by the mostly unrattled Cohen Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, departs Wednesday after testifying
sought to blunt the attacks before the House Oversight and Reform Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
by repeatedly acknowl-
edging his own failings. to vote for him. He said damaging information hen was negotiating with
He called himself a “fool,” Trump once confided to about Clinton. Russia during the cam-
warned lawmakers of the him that, despite his public Trump put Stone on paign.
perils of blind loyalty to a explanation of a medical speakerphone as Stone re- Cohen said Trump did
leader undeserving of it deferment from the Viet- layed that he had commu- not directly tell him to lie,
and pronounced himself
ashamed of what he’d done
to protect Trump.
nam War because of bone
spurs, he never had any
intention of fighting there.
nicated with WikiLeaks
founder Julian Assange
and that “within a couple
but “he would look me in
the eye and tell me there’s
no business in Russia and
Cohen is due to begin a
three-year prison sentence
“I find it ironic, Presi-
dent Trump, that you are
of days, there would be a
massive dump of emails
then go out and lie to the
American people by saying
in May, and described him- in Vietnam right now,” Co- that would damage Hil- the same thing.”
self as cooperative with hen said. lary Clinton’s campaign,” Cohen said he does not
multiple investigations in Cohen gave lawmakers Cohen said. Damaging have direct evidence that
hopes of reducing his time his first-person account of emails U.S. officials say Trump colluded with
behind bars. how he arranged to buy were hacked by Russia the Russian government
He is seen as a vital the silence of a porn ac- were later released by during the election, but
witness for federal pros- tress and a Playboy model WikiLeaks. that he has “suspicions,”
ecutors because of his who said they had sex with Trump responded by including after a June
proximity to the president Trump. saying “wouldn’t that be 2016 meeting between the
Judson X during key episodes under He described a Febru- great,” Cohen said. president’s oldest son and
investigation and their de- ary 2017 conversation with Stone disputed that ac- a Kremlin-connected law-
cade-long professional re- Trump in the Oval Office in count Wednesday, and yer.
lationship. which the president reas- Barry Pollack, a lawyer for “I wouldn’t use the word
The first of six Trump sured him that reimburse- Assange, said Stone and ‘colluding.’ Was there
aides charged in the ment checks sent through Assange did not have the something odd about the
Trump-Russia investi- Federal Express were com- telephone call that Cohen back-and-forth praise with
gation to testify publicly ing but would take some described. President Putin?” Cohen
about crimes committed time to get through the said. “Yes, but I’m not re-
Abigail during the 2016 campaign White House system. Told to lie about project ally sure I can answer that
and in the months that He said the president Cohen’s claims that question in terms of collu-
followed, Cohen also deliv- spoke to him a year later Trump had advance sion.”
ered biting personal com- to discuss the public mes- knowledge of the emails Federal prosecutors
mentary on a president he saging around the transac- contradict the president’s in New York have said
said never expected to win tion, and had even once put assertions that he was in Trump directed Cohen to
in the first place. his wife, Melania, on the the dark, and it is not clear arrange payments to buy
“He never expected to phone so that Cohen could how legally problematic the silence of porn actress
win the primary. He never lie to her. that could be for Trump Stormy Daniels and for-
expected to win the general “Lying to the first lady is anyway. Mueller has mer Playboy model Karen
Paulette election,” Cohen said. “The one of my biggest regrets,” not suggested that mere McDougal in the run-up to
campaign — for him — was Cohen said. “She is a kind, awareness of WikiLeaks’ the 2016 campaign. Cohen
always a marketing oppor- good person. I respect her plans, as Stone is purport- has said he acted out of
tunity.” greatly, and she did not de- ed to have had, is by itself “blind loyalty.”
serve that.” a crime. He said he was present-
Stone disputes account In an allegation relating Cohen also suggested ing the committee with
He recounted how to Mueller’s probe, Cohen Trump implicitly told him a copy of a check Trump
Trump made him threat- said he overheard Trump to lie about a Moscow real wrote from his personal
en schools he attended to confidant Roger Stone estate project. Cohen has bank account after he be-
not release his grades and telling the candidate in admitted lying about the came president to reim-
SAT scores and denigrat- the summer of 2016 that project, which he says burse Cohen for the hush
ed blacks as “too stupid” WikiLeaks would dump Trump knew about as Co- money payments.
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The North Coast

House OKs background checks
Thompson gun control
bill clears first hurdle;
Senate difficult challenge
By GUY KOVNER
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
Rep. Mike Thompson, the
Democrat from St. Helena,
ranked the House’s approval
Wednesday of a bill mandating
universal background checks
for gun purchases as one of the
top days in his 20 years on Cap-
itol Hill.
“This is the first gun safety
legislation to pass in a gener-
pressed Democrats to unite
around gun control, and the
Rep. Mike
Thompson,
ation,” he said. “This is a huge activists cheered when the mea- D-St. Helena,
step.”
The 240-190 vote is the first
sure cleared the 218-vote thresh-
old for passage.
speaks with
former Arizona
of two gun control measures Wednesday’s victory culmi- Rep. Gabby
expected to be put to House nated a six-year campaign by Giffords
lawmakers this week, a turning Thompson that began in 2013 regarding
point in gun legislation after in the wake of Connecticut’s the need for
25 years when the National Ri- Sandy Hook Elementary School gun control
fle Association dominated the shooting that killed 20 students legislation on
chamber. Last year’s massacre and six adults. Wednesday
at Marjory Stoneman Doug- “For six long years, we worked outside the
las High School in Parkland, on this issue, and the previous Capitol in
Florida, prompted a wave of Washington.
student-led activism that TURN TO CHECKS » PAGE A4 SARAH SILBIGER / NEW YORK TIMES

SEBASTOPOL » BUSINESSES AT THE BARLOW SEVERELY DAMAGED

Flooding
prompts
emergency
declaration
HEALDSBURG » City alarmed
after rising waters overtake
waste treatment facility
By KEVIN FIXLER
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

Healdsburg issued an emergency

declaration Wednesday because of in-
tense overnight flooding, including sev-
eral feet of water overtaking the city’s
wastewater treatment facility.
The declaration, delivered by City
Manager David Mickaelian, allows the
city to make emergency rules related to
people and property. It also provides the
city access to vital supplies and equip-
ment to protect the community, accord-
ing to a city statement.
CHRISTOPHER CHUNG / THE PRESS DEMOCRAT “Right now, the concern is getting
Alex Kuhn, left, Diesel, and Julian Goldberg canoe Wednesday through The Barlow in Sebastopol. everything back up and running,” Mic-

Shops report total losses

kaelian said. “The intent is this allows
us resources on the ground as quickly
as possible ... which can otherwise take
months in some cases.”
The city is not yet clear on the ex-
tent of damage to its wastewater recla-
mation facility, the headquarters for a
Popular hub By ALEXANDRIA BORDAS
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
clothing store was most likely destroyed, he
said.
system that collects, stores and treats
water from faucets, showers and toilets.

for shopping, Mamadou Diouf waded around the flood-

Images on Diouf’s cellphone relayed by a
friend, Dylan Taube, kayaking by shops and
Approximately 8 inches of water from
nearby Dry Creek spilled over into the

eating quickly ed streets of The Barlow in knee-high rain

boots while talking to his wife on the phone
restaurants in The Barlow showed severe
damage to the inside of Diouf’s store.
operations building, where staff moni-
tor controls connected to pumping sta-

swamped by Wednesday, giving her minute-by-minute

updates on the status of their high-end store,
“It is a total loss and our entire clothing
store is gone,” said Diouf, who opened the
tions throughout the city. About 3 feet of
water also inundated a low-lying office

floodwaters Tamarind Clothing. As morning pushed past

noon, and the full extent of the flood was on
shop with his wife five years ago. “The water
in my store reaches my waist and boxes are
building that acts as a staff workshop,
and floodwaters blocked entry to access
display, Diouf’s worst fears became a reality
— all of the merchandise in their Sebastopol TURN TO BARLOW » PAGE A4 TURN TO EMERGENCY » PAGE A4

Soaked and cold, we don’t feel at all globally warmed

N CHRIS SMITH
ot a year and a half ago,
our region was so dry
that firestorms overran
us. Now this.
Once again, people are
chased from their homes and
businesses. Once again, every-
one who isn’t suffering needs to
be seeking out opportunities to
help along those who are.
Given a winter that’s so wet
here and so frigid and snowy
nearby, it’s tempting to say, “So
much for global warming.”
I checked in Wednesday with
Carl Mears, the Santa Rosa
scientist who uses satellite data
to research climate. Though cli-
mate change can produce drier
conditions, he said a warming
atmosphere also is able to hold
more moisture like that which
just hammered us.
And although we’ve had cold
as well as rain, Mears found
that for November through
January, the West Coast was far
warmer than usual.
He is convinced that global
warming is real despite weather
that isn’t always dry and toasty.
But whether climate change is
producing more atmospheric
rivers like the one that just
slammed us “is still up in the
air,” Mears said.
AN EX-TEXAS MAN
kidnapped almost 18 months
ago in Yemen has been freed,
and a graduate of Santa Rosa’s
Cardinal Newman High School
is credited with helping to win
his release.
President Donald Trump an-
nounced in a tweet, and Secre-
tary of State Mike Pompeo in a
press statement, that American
oil worker Danny Burch is back
with his family.
Burch was reported kid-
napped by armed men in Sep-
tember 2017 from a street in the
Yemeni capital of Sana’a.
As U.S. officials thank the
United Arab Emirates for their
help getting Burch released,
they’re also acknowledging
Robert O’Brien, since last sum-
mer the Special Presidential
Envoy for Hostage Affairs.
O’Brien grew up in Santa
Rosa and graduated from Cardi-
nal Newman in 1984.
Longtime pal Scott Palmer,
an attorney in L.A., has said
classmates at Newman and the
former Ursuline high sensed
“that Robert was going places.”
HABLA ESPAÑOL? I can’t
write this in Spanish, but hope
you might help spread the word
that on Saturday potentially
life-saving screening will be
available in both Santa Rosa
and Petaluma to Spanish-
speaking women 40 and older.
From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., mam-
mograms and Spanish-speaking
assistants will be available at
Petaluma Valley Hospital and
at the Santa Rosa Memorial
Hospital outpatient imaging
center at 121 Sotoyome St.
St. Joseph Health and the
Redwood Radiology Group
ask that participating women
have no symptoms of possible
breast cancer. Women without
health insurance will be helped
by Community Health Centers
staffers to apply for it.
The outreach targets
Spanish-speaking women over-
due for breast cancer screen-
ings. Though walk-ins will be
welcome, women are encour-
aged to make an appointment
by phoning 707-525-4040 in Santa
Rosa, 707-778-2555 in Petaluma.
BILL WHEELER DIED a
year ago, but the artist and for-
mer Wheeler Ranch commune
host’s weekly figure-drawing
classes at the Occidental Center
for the Arts endure.
Saturday from 3 to 6 p.m., a
public reception at the center
will kick off an exhibition of the
classes’ best works. Pieces by
Wheeler will be shown, too.
You can reach Staff Columnist
Chris Smith at 707-521-5211 and
chris.smith@pressdemocrat.
com.

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PG&E sends helicopter to rescue THE REGION

crews trapped by mudslides
Several had to sleep
in trucks near
Cazadero Tuesday
By WILL SCHMITT
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
Several Pacific Gas &
Electric Co. crews were
forced to sleep in their
trucks Tuesday night when
they were trapped near
Cazadero by mudslides
following historic rainfall
that pummeled Sonoma
County.
The squad was stuck
between two slides in
18600 block of Fort Ross
Road, according to Califor-
nia Highway Patrol logs.
PG&E spokeswoman
Deanna Contreras said
18 people working for the
utility company, including
employees and contrac-
tors, were dispatched to the
area Tuesday afternoon to
restore power to customers
in Cazadero.
After discovering
the slides, the crews
slept in their vehicles,
Contreras said.
“They weren’t in any
danger,” she said. “They’re
just shut out. ... I wouldn’t
even call it trapped.”
The crews had access
to food, water, blankets
and first aid kits, and the
utility remained in con-
tact with them, Contre-
ras said. When they woke
up Wednesday, the crews
went back to work to re-
store electricity to about
1,000 Cazadero cus-
tomers who re-
mained without power
Wednesday afternoon.
The road remained closed
Wednesday and the crews
were unable to drive out
of the area. To extract the
workers, PG&E sent a heli-
copter to airlift them to the
Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma
County Airport on Wednes-
day afternoon.
“We want to get them
home to their families to-
night,” she said.
Staff Writer Mary Calla-
han contributed to this
story. You can reach Staff
Writer Will Schmitt at 707-
521-5207 or will.schmitt@
pressdemocrat.com. On
Twitter @wsreports.
SANTA ROSA
Dog alerts family to fire; none injured
A family dog woke up residents of an east Santa
Rosa home that caught fire early Wednesday, allowing
them to get out safely, a fire official said.
Firefighters were called to the Sonoma Avenue
home in Montgomery Village about 3:30 a.m., Santa
Rosa Fire Battalion Chief Mark Basque said. They ar-
rived within five minutes and found a garage burning
and flames threatening the attic and home.
Flames were under control in about 25 minutes, but
the fire destroyed much of the garage and contents,
Basque said. Firefighters stopped the flames from
getting into the home and attic, although smoke
damaged contents in the house. The fire caused about
$150,000 in damage.
Basque credited the family dog, which appeared to
be a Labrador, with waking a resident, who discov-
ered the fire and got the family of four and dog out.
The Red Cross was helping the family.
An investigation is underway but the fire appears
to have been caused by an electrical problem in the
garage, Basque said.
— Randi Rossmann

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roads into the facility.
“It’s kind of like an island
surrounded by water,” said
Terry Crowley, the city’s
utility director. “We need
to start the treatment pro-
need to let the water recede
before we can get the opera-
tions started again.”
The wastewater system
is still accepting and stor-
ing wastewater, and the
city estimates it can con-
tinue doing so for anoth-
er 24  to 36 hours before it
would overflow.
Once the floodwaters
recede, likely within the
next day, the city plans to
get back inside the opera-
tions building with more
staff to review the damage
and make repairs to restart
treatment activities. A con-
tractor will be hired to re-
pair the workshop as well.
The declaration will be
presented to the Healds-
burg City Council for rati-
fication at its next regular
meeting on Monday.
In the interim, the city
manager’s decision allows
emergency-activity expen-
ditures around Healdsburg
to protect residents, busi-
nesses and property for up
to a month.
ROHNERT PARK
Construction worker killed by forklift
A 19-year-old construction worker died Wednesday
morning after a coworker accidentally ran him over
with a forklift at a Rohnert Park construction site, the
Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety said.
The man’s death has prompted an investigation by
the state Division of Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, better known as Cal/OSHA, which
responded along with police and ambulance workers,
authorities said.
Emergency responders were dispatched just before
10 a.m. to an apartment complex under construction
on Carlson Avenue, near Costco, a Department of
Public Safety news release said. Once there, they
found a man was lying unconscious on the ground
and not breathing. He was being tended by coworkers,
authorities said.
Police determined the 19-year-old man was helping
a construction worker who was operating a forklift
carrying a load of roof trusses when he was fatally
injured.
“The operator lost sight of his backer, and inad-
vertently backed over him,” the news release said.
“Once the operator of the forklift realized what had
happened, he immediately moved the lift and began to
render aid to the victim.”
The man and the coworker who operated the
forklift were not identified Wednesday pending an
ongoing investigation, the news release said.
— Nashelly Chavez

SONOMA
Student accused of making threats
A student at Sonoma High School was arrested
Wednesday after allegedly threatening a school shoot-
ing on Snapchat, according to the Sonoma County
Sheriff’s Office.
Several students saw the Snapchat post and alerted
school staff, who alerted a school resource deputy, the
CHRISTOPHER CHUNG / THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
Sheriff’s Office said in a press release. The student
Crooked Goat Brewing owners Rich Allen, left, and Paul Byenielo work on pumping floodwater Wednesday out of their had said in the post that the shooting was planned for
facility at The Barlow in Sebastopol. Friday.
Deputies conducted several interviews to determine

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floating with clothes. Everything is
soaked through with gray water.”
The Barlow, a shopping district lo-
cated at the eastern edge of Sebasto-
pol along the Laguna de Santa Rosa,
was one of dozens of areas across the
North Bay facing severe flooding on
Wednesday after intense rains this
week. Clusters of people could be
seen kayaking near Crooked Goat
Brewing, Friedman Wines and Ko-
sho on Wednesday afternoon, cran-
ing their necks to view the damage to
stores and restaurants, which they
relayed back to tenants standing
anxiously at the water’s edge.
Longtime residents Craig Kodros
and Adam Goldman spent hours at
The Barlow on Wednesday giving up-
dates to other residents via Facebook
about the rising floodwaters.
Kodros did not have power at his
home early Wednesday morning and
went to check if his favorite haunt in
The Barlow, Village Bakery, was still
open. When he arrived, he quickly
saw the damage to the retail hub and
fears it will only get worse.
“The river has not even crested
yet, and already The Barlow is total-
ly flooded in a way I have never seen
before,” Kodros said Wednesday af-
ternoon.
The destructive power of the
managers by surprise too, said Ken-
dra Kolling, owner of The Farmer’s
Wife in The Barlow, which was also
heavily damaged by flooding. Kolling
also lost her home in Kenwood in the
2017 fires.
Barlow managers warned tenants
Tuesday morning to prepare their
shops for the storm, according to a
review of emails shared by tenants
with The Press Democrat. Barlow
managers pledged to monitor condi-
tions at the complex, which is built in
a flood plain, and install barriers to
protect tenants’ stores if necessary,
one email stated. Facilities Manager
Brian Perry notified tenants at 6:44
a.m. Wednesday that many of the
stores in The Barlow had already
sustained serious damage. The email
stated tenants could not access their
buildings to retrieve anything until
the flood had subsided.
Barney Aldridge, owner of The
Barlow, declined to comment on the
ongoing situation.
Workers could be seen rushing to
place metal flood barriers in front
of a few storefronts that had yet to
be flooded on Wednesday afternoon,
but the majority of businesses had
already been damaged.
For Jake Rand, co-owner of Kosho
Sushi, the effort came too late.
When he arrived at his restaurant
hours after receiving the email from
Perry at around 7 a.m., he said the
flooding was so severe that his only
option to see inside his restaurant
was to get a paddle board and float
inside. What he saw left him shocked,
the identity of the student, and then contacted the
student. Deputies determined the student had made
the post, the Sheriff’s Office said.
Rand said. The student was arrested on charges of criminal
“The water was chest deep and it’s threats and false report of emergency and booked into
now possible that it is a complete loss juvenile hall, the Sheriff’s Office said. Investigators
at this point,” said Rand, who owns withheld the name of the student, who is a juvenile.
the restaurant with his father. Ko- — Andrew Beale
sho Sushi had only been open four
months when the flood struck, likely
wiping out all of their dishes, electri-
cal appliances and everything on the
walls, he said. NTSB: Excavation near
SF pipeline tied to fire
“It was never brought to my atten-
tion by the managers that we were
the ones who needed to step up and
take steps to prepare for this,” Rand
said. “So right now there is just a lot ASSOCIATED PRESS whether the third-party,
of uncertainty.” Kilford Engineering, was
Tonja Kraynik, office manager at SAN FRANCISCO — sufficiently prepared and
The Barlow, said in an email to ten- The National Transpor- qualified to do the excava-
ants on Wednesday that their goal tation Safety Board said tion work. Officials with
is to get businesses reopened by Wednesday a recovered Kilford could not be locat-
March 6. At least half of the stores in gas pipeline that led to a ed for comment. Its busi-
The Barlow, or roughly 19 business- fire in San Francisco earli- ness listing with the city
es, were damaged to some extent, er this month shows dam- of San Francisco did not
said Kolling, who managed to keep age consistent with being list a phone number.
an optimistic outlook despite the ruptured by third-party Utility workers took
damage to her restaurant. excavators. two hours to isolate and
“When I heard my business was In a preliminary report, shut off gas fueling the
hit by the floods my first thought investigators also say the fire, prompting questions
was I cannot go through another di- Feb. 6 fire took more than from some as to why it
saster after going through losing my two hours to extinguish, took so long. PG&E offi-
home in the fires,” Kolling said. “But though crews from Pacific cials said crews needed to
I snapped back and realized no one is Gas & Electric were on- dig by hand and that they
dying, things could be much worse site 20 minutes after the didn’t want to shut off gas
and we will be OK. I have to keep fire began. to more customers than
looking at these situations with the The agency will contin- necessary on what was a
cup half full.” ue its investigation into cold day.

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majority would not even let us
have a hearing, let alone a vote
to expand background checks,”
Thompson said. “Today is a new
day, and the show of support on
both sides of the aisle for this
important legislation is hum-
bling.”
The bill moves on to the Sen-
ate, where it faces more resis-
tance than it met in the House
that was tipped to Democrats in
the November election.
Thompson, a hunter and Viet-
nam War veteran who is chair-
man of the House Gun Violence
Prevention Task Force, said he’ll
be meeting with a Democratic
senator Thursday to plot strate-
gy. He said public opinion is on
their side.
If Senate Republicans kill a
bill that House Democrats ap-
proved, it could be campaign
fodder in 2020 as his party tries
per house. “I bet it would be,”
Thompson said.
Millions of people who worked
hard to require background
checks under federal law are
now going to “turn their atten-
tion to the Senate,” he said.
Support for gun buyer back-
ground checks has averaged 93
percent in Quinnipiac University
polls since 2013.
David McCuan, a Sonoma
State University political scien-
tist, said the vote was a testament
to Thompson’s perseverance.
“It’s a sea change even if the
bill flounders in the Senate,” he
said.
After the Sandy Hook mass
shooting, Thompson and New
York Republican Rep. Peter King
introduced an expanded back-
ground checks bill that never
came to a hearing in six years
under Republican control of the
House.
The Senate rejected back-
ground checks in 2013, with five
Democrats joining 41 Repub-
licans in denying the 60 votes
needed for approval.
Thompson’s revised bill, mak-
ing background checks manda-
tory for nearly all gun transac-
tions, gained 232 co-sponsors,
including five Republicans.
The White House this week
said President Trump could veto
the bill because it would impose
unreasonable requirements on
gun owners. But the simple fact
is, Thompson said, background
checks work.
“Every day, they stop 170 fel-
ons and 50 domestic abusers
from getting a gun from a li-
censed dealer,” he said on the
House floor prior to the vote.
“But in some states, those same
people can go into a gun show or
go online and buy a gun without
a background check.
“This bill will help stop them
from doing so.”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
of San Francisco commended
Thompson for his effort, call-
ing the measure “a long over-
due commonsense action to end
the epidemic of gun violence in
America.”
A strong bipartisan vote would
“send a clear message to the fam-
ilies of those who have lost their
loved ones to gun violence,” she
told lawmakers.
Every day, Pelosi said, 47 chil-
dren and teenagers are killed by
guns.
Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Georgia,
described the loss of her son,
Jordan Davis, 17, who was shot
and killed in 2012. The bill “will
ensure that mothers and fathers
have one less reason to worry,”
she said.
McBath ran on a gun control
platform and defeated a Republi-
can incumbent in November.
Republicans disparaged gun
checks as an infringement on
Second Amendment rights that
would not prevent most mass
shootings.
Rep. Doug Collins, R-Georgia,
said the approach “fails to make
anyone safer in any regard. He
called the bill “at best a side step
and perhaps a step backwards.”
The measure “foolishly pre-
sumes criminals who flout ex-
isting laws will suddenly sub-
mit themselves to background
checks,” Collins said.
Thompson dismissed the Re-
publican success in passing an
amendment that would require
U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement to be notified when
a person in the country illegally
attempts to buy a firearm. In a
surprising move, 26 Democrats
joined Republicans supporting it.
None of the GOP members
who backed the amendment end-
ed up voting for the overall bill,
Thompson said, calling their
move “clearly disingenuous.”
Thompson said local police
should be notified when some-
one who should not have a gun,
such as a convicted felon, tries to
buy one. He said he is preparing
a separate bill to make the idea
law.
This article includes informa-
tion from the New York Times
and the Associated Press.
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2019
Forestville firefighters tirelessly answer calls
Emergencies, rescues
have kept volunteers
busy for 36 hours
By JULIE JOHNSON
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
The five rescue fire-
fighters with Forestville’s
mostly volunteer depart-
ment hadn’t slept in nearly
36 hours Wednesday after-
noon when they got back
into their boats.
Wearing wet suits and
life jackets, they set out
with glow sticks to mark
powerlines that slung dan-
gerously low over a Rus-
sian River that had swelled
into a Mississippi-like
torrent in preparation for
nightfall.
Then a voice crackled
over the radio: two men
needed help evacuating
from their River Drive
house.
“That’s the two we were
talking to yesterday. They
didn’t want to leave,” said
Capt. James Deurloo, 34,
who was a two-year-old
Guerneville toddler the
last time a Russian River
flood was as severe.
His partner firefighter-
paramedic Mike Pierson
shifted the throttle of the
12-foot flat bottom boat, us-
ing the current to push the
vessel sideways from one
eddy to another to head to-
ward a cul-de-sac commu-
nity underwater.
The mission Wednesday
for Russian River-area first
responders was to get more
people out as the floodwa-
ter continued to rise. Since
Tuesday morning, when
the river began swelling
over its banks from rain,
Forestville Fire Pro-
tection District firefight-
ers had performed about
30 emergency evacuations,
in addition to answering
20  reports of hazardous
conditions such as mud-
slides and fallen power-
lines plus medical emer-
gencies.
Two trees crashed
into two houses in their
25  square mile district
Sierra Amtrak service
unlikely to resume soon
Avalanche near
Truckee closes rail
line until Friday
By SCOTT SONNER
ASSOCIATED PRESS
RENO, Nevada — Am-
trak passenger train ser-
vice between Reno and
Sacramento is unlikely
to resume until at least
Friday because of a lin-
gering winter storm that
sent an avalanche across
the Union Pacific tracks
in the Sierra Nevada, rail-
way officials said Wednes-
day.
Service on Amtrak’s
California Zephyr was
suspended Tuesday after
an avalanche in the moun-
tains west of Truckee,
where more than 4 feet of
snow has fallen over the
last two days, with winds
gusting up to 114 mph.
A 70-mile stretch of U.S.
Interstate 80 also remained
closed Wednesday from
the California-Nevada line
near Reno to Colfax.
The area around Lake
Tahoe was under a winter
storm warning until 4 a.m.
Thursday.
Two Amtrak trains to-
gether carrying nearly
300 passengers stopped and
backed down the mountain
in both directions on Tues-
day and early Wednesday
following the avalanche
near Donner Pass just
south of where I-80 tops the
Sierra.
The pass is named after
the infamous Donner Par-
ty that became stranded
nearby and resorted to
cannibalism in the 1840s.
Amtrak housed passen-
gers free of charge at Reno
hotels Tuesday night and
planned to do the same
Wednesday.
Earlier this week in Ore-
gon almost 200 people were
trapped on an Amtrak
train that was halted after
it hit downed trees during
a blizzard.
Service on Amtrak’s
NORTH COAST / STATE A5
Seemingly nonstop,
Forestville’s water rescue
crew ran evacuations with
two firefighters trained
in water rescues in a flat-
bottom boat, another two
on an inflatable raft and
one more on a jet ski.
They delivered peo-
ple from flooded homes
to shallow water, where
National Guard teams in
high-water vehicles drove
people to safety.
In a small community
along Mother’s Beach, one
of the river’s most popular,
Brian Peddinghaus and
Jack Hulsey had hoped to
ride out the storm at their
home of more than two
decades on River Drive.
The river had swallowed
Mother’s Beach and the
first-floor garage below the
couple’s second-floor liv-
ing quarters.
Then Peddinghaus no-
ticed a strong odor of gas
and it smelled like some-
thing was burning. And
CHRISTOPHER CHUNG / THE PRESS DEMOCRAT then a passing firefighter
Forestville Fire Department engineers Eric Gromala, left, and Spencer Hansen load Jack Hulsey into their boat Wednesday as commented on the power
they evacuate him from his home near Forestville. of the flooded river’s cur-
rent.
along the river — much Measured at more than
of its northern half under 71,000 cubic feet per sec-
water. ond under the Hacienda
That’s roughly 10 times Bridge, the floodwaters
the number of calls on a of the Russian River were
typical day. rushing toward the ocean
“Our crews have been at a rate more than 65 times
busy on the water,” Forest- stronger than normal.
ville Assistant Fire Chief “We decided to get out,”
John Franceschi said. said Peddinghaus, whose
Franceschi was a cap- business Fife Creek An-
tain during the infamous tiques and Collectibles in
Valentine’s Day flood Guerneville, was also un-
of February 1986 when derwater. They called for
the river rose to 49.5 feet help.
and swallowed much of So on Hulsey’s 86th birth-
Guerneville. day, he was carried down
He said this time the the stairs of his home on
flood isn’t as bad — the riv- the back of Forestville fire
er crested at 45.5 feet at 10 engineer Eric Gromala and
p.m. Wednesday — because hoisted into an inflatable
the community seems to be raft with a small bag and
better prepared, more peo- his small dog Jack Junior.
ple in the lowlands appear They were dropped off
to have gotten themselves Forestville Fire Department volunteer James Deurloo patrols the flooded area around For- where Mirabel Road rose
out ahead of the rising wa- estville while awaiting rescue calls on Wednesday. above the water line near
ter. Speer’s Market and waited
“There are a lot of peo- supplies, they’ve got the emergency evacuations the water continued rising for a friend to pick them up.
ple still up in the hills, and fireplaces going. A lot of involved people who had even as the clouds opened Then, the Forestville
I imagine they will ride people have been through hoped to stay but who be- up to allow moments of crew got back into their
this out,” Franceschi said. this before.” came convinced to leave as sunshine. boats and headed out
“They have the food, the Wednesday, many of the
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Schools closed in 17 districts due to flooding
12,400 students told to
stay home; classes
could resume on Friday
By SUSAN MINICHIELLO
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
About 12,400 students in Sono-
ma County had school canceled
Wednesday amid power outages,
mudslides and flooded homes
and streets along the Russian
River.
Seventeen school districts
closed 45 campuses, according
to the Sonoma County Office
of Education. In Guerneville,
where residents were ordered to
evacuate and rising waters com-
pletely submerged cars and road-
ways, district officials said school
would likely be closed for the rest
of the week.
“It’s inaccessible. We are hop-
RIVER
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The river crested at 45.5 feet at
10 p.m. after three days of stag-
gering rainfall that in the wettest
areas west of Healdsburg sur-
passed 20 inches.
Even Santa Rosa boasted a
three-day total of 8.76 inches
from the atmospheric river that
stalled overhead, the National
Weather Service said.
The resulting flood is now
on record as the worst since
New Year’s Day 1997, during
which the river rose to 45 feet in
Guerneville, and the sixth worst
since 1940. The largest flood re-
corded occurred in 1986, when
the lower river there crested at
49.5 feet. Sonoma County offi-
cials estimated 2,022 homes, busi-
nesses and other buildings had
taken on floodwater, based on
a preliminary analysis of flood
maps, a county spokesman said.
The water was expected to begin
receding by midnight Wednes-
day but remain above flood stage
of 32 feet for 24 hours, county of-
ficials said.
The county put its prelimi-
nary storm-related costs at $25
million, including an estimated
$2.5  million in emergency re-
sponse, said Supervisor David
Rabbitt, board chairman.
Though Guerneville and near-
by communities like Monte Rio
bore the brunt of the rising wa-
ter, as is typical, flooding also
was reported along riverfront
properties elsewhere, including
Healdsburg.
In Sebastopol, the Laguna de
Santa Rosa spilled over into The
Barlow marketplace, which took
on several feet of water, and into
the city-owned Park Village mo-
bile home park.
Flooding and storm damage
also disrupted general travel,
schools and mail delivery around
the county, even as streams and
river sections that rose late Tues-
day and early Wednesday began
to recede. Thousands of con-
sumers around Sonoma County
lost power, including a peak of
7,700  households as of Wednes-
day evening, a PG&E spokes-
woman said.
About 265 customers in a
flooded area of Forestville also
had their natural gas service cut
overnight, spokeswoman Dean-
na Contreras said. She said those
customers were to be notified
via telephone and would have
their pilot lights relit by PG&E
workers once gas service was re-
stored.
On Tuesday, 18 PG&E employ-
ees and contract workers were
trapped overnight on Fort Ross
Road in Cazadero by mudslides
that prevented them from get-
ting out of an area where they
had been making repairs. They
were airlifted out by helicopters
on Wednesday afternoon, Con-
treras said.
The California National Guard
has deployed six high-water
trucks and about 30 personnel
to help with round-the-clock
rescue efforts and flood-relat-
ed missions, primarily in west
Sonoma County, working out of
the Graton field command post
established by local emergency
response agency, National Guard
representatives said.
Four CHP and Cal Fire heli-
copters also patrolled the flood
zone by air to assist multiple fire
agencies and Sonoma County
sheriff’s personnel with rescue
operations Wednesday, a county
spokesman said.
“We’ve done about 40 rescues,
collectively, as a group,” Sono-
ma County Sheriff Mark Essick
said late Wednesday, adding
that an additional 19 people had
just been rescued in Sebasto-
pol, where the city-owned Park
Village low-income community
adjacent to the Laguna de Santa
Rosa was among those areas un-
der water.
Sonoma County supervisors
ing we can get in on Friday, but
we just don’t know,” said Dana
Pedersen, superintendent of the
Guerneville School District.
As of 9 p.m. Wednesday, 10 dis-
tricts announced school closures
for Thursday: Forestville Union,
Harmony, Guerneville, Kashia,
Monte Rio, Montgomery, Oak
Grove, Sebastopol Union, Twin
Hills and West Sonoma Coun-
ty Union High. Reach Charter
School also will close.
Guerneville School, a K-8 cam-
pus on Armstrong Woods Road
with 270 students, did not have
interior water damage Wednes-
day morning, Pederson said. But
the playground and parking lot
had a couple of feet of storm-
water that had not drained, she
said.
Kaitlin Johnson, a school
secretary and parent of a
Guerneville fourth-grader, lives
Anna Gaffney is pulled to shore by Jason Clopton of the Russian River Fire District swift water rescue team on Wednesday near Guerneville. Gaffney
and a friend were trying to get their belongings when they were pulled into the Russian River’s current.
FLOOD ZONE AROUND RUSSIAN RIVER
The Russian River was expected to crest at 45.6 feet in
Guerneville between 9 p.m. and 11 p.m. Wednesday,
causing widespread flooding along its banks from
Healdsburg to Jenner.
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Guerneville
VACATION
BEACH
Jenner Monte Rio
Duncans
Mills
Source: County of Sonoma
have declared a local emergency
and are requesting that Califor-
nia Gov. Gavin Newsom proclaim
a state of emergency that would
make state disaster aid and assis-
tance and relief programs avail-
able to those in the county who
suffered damage from the recent
storms and flooding, as well as
waive regulations that could
hinder response and recovery ef-
forts, county officials said.
The cities of Sebastopol and
Healdsburg also have declared
local emergencies because of
flood damage in those communi-
ties.
In Healdsburg, inundation of
the municipal wastewater treat-
ment plant had caused some
damage and required the city to
suspend operations, though no
discharges had occurred, City
Manager David Mickaelian said
Wednesday afternoon.
The now-historic flood marks
the second time this month the
Russian River has topped its
banks, though two weeks ago it
rose only about four feet above
flood stage of 32 feet.
When it became clear far
heavier rain would raise the wa-
ter higher this week, emergency
officials took action and on Tues-
day issued mandatory evacu-
ation orders to approximately
3,800 residents, some along the
river’s upper reaches, but most
in communities closer to its
ocean exit, where the river crests
later even as water up river has
begun to recede.
Hundreds of people packed up
and left even as the heaviest rain
fell on Tuesday, but many stayed,
stocking up at the local Safeway
and hunkering down for the du-
ration in what the hoped would
be dry shelters either outside the
flood zone or elevated after past
flood showed their vulnerability.
Among them were Kenny
Bishop, a retired landscaper
whose second-floor Guerneville
apartment, was still higher than
the water as it reached 42 feet at
daybreak Wednesday.
in the surrounding, tight-knit
neighborhood.
Her house was OK, she said,
but floodwaters from Fife Creek
crept onto her driveway and
backyard. A Guerneville native,
Johnson likened the severity of
the flood to the ones in 1995 and
1997.
“This is a serious flood and
people need to listen to the advi-
sory,” she said.
Added Johnson, “Businesses
are closed, school’s canceled and
everyone’s at home. People are
gathering.”
Jack Martin, a 15-year-old
freshman at Analy High in Se-
bastopol, spent time at home
thinking of his friends who work
at a bakery and ice cream shop in
the Barlow, which on Wednesday
was completely flooded
“I didn’t get to see any of my
friends since we can’t drive,”
Healdsburg
SONOMA
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JOHNSON’S Russian
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Standing on the corner of Mill
and First streets, Bishop, 67,
steadied himself with a cane at
the edge of the brown floodwa-
ter and said he had enough food
and wine to get him through the
week.
“We’re an island,” he said.
The town of Guerneville,
which straddles the river — its
main street area, a hub of resorts
and businesses, perched on the
northern bank — often suffers
the most damage.
But Fifth District Supervisor
Lynda Hopkins, who represents
west Sonoma County, said it’s
important to remember many
communities suffer when the
river floods.
“Sometimes people forget
about Rio Nido,” she said. “The
damage to the Rio Nido Road-
house breaks my heart. The
owners, they do so much for the
community, they do many fund-
raisers. Seeing the roadhouse
underwater hit me really hard.”
Villa Grande is another one,
she said, that’s often forgotten,
as well as the Neeley Road area
across the river from downtown
Guerneville.
“It’s part of life, but it’s really
hard when these really severe
storms hit,” Hopkins said. “It’s
still surprising. Anything above
40 feet really hits us hard.”
Essick said he spent the after-
noon checking on emergency
response efforts in west county,
including observing the Nation-
al Guard trucks, which have
helped deliver emergency crews
to certain locations, in addition
to bringing people and pets out
of flooded areas. But the trucks
also have limitations and only
can handle a few feet of water,
so boats are necessary in many
areas.
“I think the thing that struck
me the most so far is I think our
community evacuations went
pretty well,” Essick said, “but as
always, there are some folks that
don’t heed the warning, so the
theme today has been rescues.
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Martin said.
Martin said the storm caused
leaks on Tuesday at Analy, and
rain buckets were placed on the
floor by the stairs to the east
wing. There also were heavy
puddles at the quad, he said.
His parents own K&L Bistro, a
French restaurant in downtown
Sebastopol that was untouched
by the floods.
“We are filled to the brim to-
day,” said his mother, Karen.
“We’re open, and we’re empa-
thetic.”
The main roads to Monte Rio
School — Highway 116 and Bo-
hemian Highway — were closed
Wednesday.
Superintendent Nathan Myers
said he was unable to access and
check on the school, but at high-
er ground it was likely safe from
floodwaters.
The Kashia school, which
A man paddles past a submerged car along Highway 116 in Guerneville.
“Yesterday, the theme was
evacuate” he said Wednesday.
“Today is we’re rescuing people
who didn’t evacuate. Particularly
in Guerneville, it makes it really
difficult to rescue people at this
point, because we’re having to do
it by boat. That’s our transporta-
tion right now.”
Monte Rio Fire Chief Steve
Baxman said the worst of the
storm passed by early Wednes-
day morning, leaving the fire
department to do a few evacua-
tions and wait for the floodwater
to recede. Tuesday’s rising river
brought a lot of danger, but no
serious injuries, he said.
“We had mudslides, trees
down, power poles and power
lines down, power’s in the water
and people still in the cars,” Bax-
man said.
Multiple roads in the area re-
mained closed Wednesday night,
including a stretch of Bohemian
Highway. But the fire department
was able to navigate the closures
and reach the areas they needed
to, with the exception of one spot
on Freezeout Road in Duncans
Mills that was inaccessible to the
department.
“We’re kind of in an island
‘cause the water keeps moving
up and cutting all the roads off,”
he said.
The flooding caused more de-
struction than the last major
flood in 1997, Baxman said.
“More damaged roads and
more debris, and more mud-
slides and rock slides. A lot more.
”We had a lot of water these last
two days,” he said.
Wednesday night, all was qui-
et.
“All of a sudden, it gets near
the crest and it dies off, every-
thing’s quiet. Then it comes to
the recovery side and people
start finding the damage,” Bax-
man said. “Then the real work
start.”
National Weather Service fore-
caster Scott Rowe said the coun-
ty could at least expect a few dry
days ahead, with a chance of pre-
cipitation mostly south toward
Monterey and Big Sur on Friday
and perhaps a quarter or a half
serves about a dozen students,
closed Wednesday because of
a mudslide about a mile from
its campus that blocked Skaggs
Springs Road. The mudslide up-
rooted trees, said administrator
Frances Johnson.
Rohnert Park’s Rancho Cotate
High School also closed Wednes-
day after the campus lost power
the previous day. It was partially
restored Tuesday, but overnight
a transformer failed, said Tony
Roehrick, the district’s interim
superintendent.
Although there was no ma-
jor damage or flooding at his
campuses, Healdsburg Super-
intendent Chris Vanden Heuvel
said his district closed schools
Wednesday because many teach-
ers commuting from west county
were unable to get to work. The
district also coordinated with the
city to reduce traffic.
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an inch Saturday in the North
Bay before several more dry
days.
The following schools are
slated to close on Thursday:
Forestville Union School Dis-
trict; Harmony School District,
Guerneville School District,
Kashia School District, Mon-
te Rio School District, Mont-
gomery School District, Oak
Grove School District, Sebasto-
pol Union School District, The
REACH Charter School, Sebas-
topol Charter, Sebastopol Union
School District, Twin Hills
School District, and West Sono-
ma County Union High School
District.
Rabbitt said communications
with the state Office of Emergen-
cy Services indicated the county
should hear soon from Newsom’s
office about a state of emergency
and was working on preliminary
damage assessments toward that
end.
The governor’s proclamation
would allow the county to re-
ceive state disaster assistance,
as well as waive competitive bid-
ding requirements for contracts
related to flood work.
The proclamation could addi-
tionally communicate the seri-
ousness of the flooding to people
who live and work in Sonoma
County, Chris Godley, the man-
ager of the Sonoma County
Emergency Services Division,
said during a Wednesday news
conference.
“What we’re looking at is the
extraordinary challenge to pub-
lic safety and civil governance,”
Godley said. “That is, is the nat-
ural hazard of both localized
flooding, the potential for land-
slides, as well as the Russian
River flooding, is that something
that we can handle with our day
to day resources and processes?”
Staff writers Andrew Beale,
Martin Espinoza and Nashelly
Chavez contributed to this story.
You can reach Staff Writer Mary
Callahan at 707-521-5249 or
mary.callahan@pressdemocrat.
com. On Twitter @MaryCalla-
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A CHP helicopter uses Main Street in Guerneville as a landing pad as water continues to rise on Wednesday.
GUERNEVILLE
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the Russian River swelled to
44.6 feet, a level not reached since
1997 when it crested at 45 feet. At
7 p.m., the river surpassed that
mark to reach 45.3 feet, and this
flood took its place among the re-
gion’s worst in history.
“I drove my wife to the hospital
for an ear infection. She’s with
my son and they have no mon-
ey,” he said, staring at the flood-
ed highway. “If I had a kayak, I
could totally get through that.”
Throughout Wednesday, water
from the Russian River and Fife
Creek surrounding Guerneville
continued to rise, inundating
low-lying homes and businesses
north and south of Main Street.
The wettest areas were the north-
west section of town, where Fife
Creek meets the river.
There, popular Russian River
resorts, cabins, first-floor homes,
RV trailers all were overcome by
the deluge. As residents stood
outside and watched water rush
by, there was a faint smell of sew-
age and gasoline in the air.
Although county authorities
Tuesday afternoon had ordered
about 3,800 residents in towns
along the river — including
Guerneville, Monte Rio and Dun-
cans Mills — to leave, since it was
projected to crest at or nearly
46 feet by late Wednesday night,
many residents stayed anyway.
They said they’d rather be ma-
rooned in town rather than iso-
lated away from home.
Indeed, at daybreak Wednes-
day the river had reached more
than 42 feet, submerging cars,
flooding homes and leaving
Guerneville and Monte Rio in-
accessible because rising water
blocked all the roads.
“We’re an island,” said Kenny
Bishop, 67, standing on the cor-
ner of Mill and First streets in
Guerneville at the edge of brown
floodwater steadying himself
with a cane.
The retired landscaper who
spent three decades working in
the East Bay lives on First Street
in a second-floor apartment still
higher than the water Wednes-
day. He said he has enough food
and wine to get him through the
week.
Drama unfolded as other town
residents were trapped in their
homes.
Those who had canoes, kay-
aks or boats were quickly over-
whelmed with requests for rides
between their homes and limited
dry ground on Main Street.
In the area locals call Subma-
rine Flats, north of Fife Creek
Commons apartments, trailers
were completely submerged,
some lying on their sides under-
water.
One man and his cat were
rescued from an old, flooded RV
trailer. The man appeared to
only have about 1½ feet of air
inside the RV before he was res-
cued. As he was loaded onto the
rescue boat, his cat kept jumping
out and back onto the top of the
RV.
Leah Kehoe, 40, stood on her
balcony in her pajamas watch-
ing the floodwater creep up her
staircase.
Kehoe was one of many resi-
dents worried about their parked
cars being stranded in water. She
stayed in Guerneville because
she thought her elevated apart-
ment was well above the level the
floodwater was expected to rise
by early Wednesday morning.
“I have food and water and my
propane tank is tied down pretty
good, I think,” she said, speaking
from her balcony. “But I’m wor-
ried about the tap water, if that’s
OK.”
James Carevich, who lives on
Drake Road, moved his blue Ford
Mark Haas, left, and Jason Clopton of the Russian River Fire District swift water rescue team, motor to shore Wednesday on Drake Road with J.R. Ceja
past the miniature golf course in Guerneville.
The Russian River rushes under a pedestrian bridge in Guerneville. Below, a National Guard truck full of
evacuees drives along a stretch of Highway 116.
F-150 pickup to the edge of the
floodwater on Mill Street. Carev-
ich, 67, had spent Tuesday night
in his truck in the parking lot of
the Safeway to avoid the rising
water. He said 3 feet of water
gushed inside his cabin, which
itself is raised about 2 feet off the
ground.
“I got everything, all day yes-
terday,” he said. “I probably got
two or three hours of sleep, sit-
ting up, not the way to go.”
Carevich said he didn’t leave
Guerneville because he wanted
to make sure his granddaughters
were safe. After waiting a while,
his granddaughter, Althea An-
derson, 21, and her fiancé, Wil-
liam Edwards, 22, came rowing
up Mill Street in a green canoe.
Anderson dropped Edwards off
near their pickup truck parked
in front of the Guerneville post
office. Edwards drove out of the
parking lot, plowing through
slightly putrid water and leaving
a wake that several bystanders
ran to avoid.
While rowing the canoe back
to his Mill Court home, Edwards
was bombarded with requests
from people stranded in their
homes.
By 1 p.m., the water had
reached Mill Street and was
inching its way up Main Street.
Small, almost unnoticeable
waves moved up the street along
the gutters of Main Street.
A CHP helicopter sat in the
middle of town’s main road-
way, ready for any rescue calls,
as swift water rescue techni-
cians shuttled people stranded
in flooded sections to higher
ground, from Mill Street to Arm-
strong Woods.
At that time, weather forecast-
ers said the river level was at
about 44 feet, with it expected to
crest at 45.5 feet at 10 p.m. before
starting to recede.
Late Wednesday afternoon,
a few residents gathered along
Main Street, which looked like a
ghost town.
They watched the water come
up and run by, and they hoped
the worst was over. Many pre-
dicted the water would recede
and roadways would open some-
time Thursday afternoon.
Meanwhile, Nachorny, eager
to get back to his wife and son,
said he couldn’t wait that long.
Nachorny stared up the side
of a hill on the east side of the
Highway 116, debating whether
to climb up into private property
to bypass the flooded highway.
With the mandatory evacuation
of the Russian River-area still
in place, Nachorny worried he
would be mistaken for a looter.
Disheveled and tired after
spending the night in his truck,
Nachorny decided to walk to Se-
bastopol. He said he had some
granola and a quart of clean wa-
ter for what he expected would
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3 rescued in
Petaluma when
trapped in cars
Petaluma emergency re-
sponders early Wednesday
rescued three people trapped
in their cars on flooded roads
in the north part of town.
The rescues happened be-
tween about 1 a.m. and 5 a.m.
and involved stranded mo-
torists near Stony Point Road
and Petaluma Boulevard
North, Petaluma Fire Bat-
talion Chief Mike Medeiros
said. No one was injured.
Nearby, Leisure Lake Vil-
lage mobile park residents
were not able to drive in and
out of the Stony Point Road
property because of flood-
ing in the area, police said.
Officers were stationed at
the entrance of the park to
help residents in the case of
an emergency, the Petaluma
Police Department said in a
news release.
Flooding also forced the
closure of some businesses
Wednesday near Petaluma
Boulevard North and Stony
Point Road, along Auto Cen-
ter Drive and Industrial
Drive, police said.
— Nashelly Chavez
be about a 4-mile hike up the
ridge to higher ground.
“I can’t stay here for days, sim-
ply can’t do it,” he said just be-
fore heading up the hillside.
At about 5:30 p.m. the Russian
River was still bloating when
a young Guerneville couple
paddled to the edge edge of the
floodwater on Main Street, car-
rying bags of garbage and other
debris.
Robin Roettger, 27, and her
partner, Daniel Matson, 32, had
come from their home on high-
er ground in Guernewood Park
to check the flooding when they
noticed garbage strewn every-
where. Roettger, who works for
Bodega Bay Lab, a University of
California at Davis site, said she
quickly realized all the garbage
likely would flow to the ocean
when the water recedes.
They picked up glass bottles,
cans, bags of garbage, styrofoam
takeout containers and other
trash.
“I just think all of this is going
out to the ocean and any little bit
of plastic that you can keep out,
every little bit helps,” Roettger
said.
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EDITORIAL
Thompson bill
puts public safety
first on gun sales
T
ake a bow, Mike Thomp-
son.
It took more than six
years and an election that gave
Democrats a majority in the
House of Representatives, but
the North Bay congressman
accomplished one of his biggest
goals: passing legislation to
require background checks on
all firearms purchases.
Thompson’s bill, H.R. 8, could
be the first significant federal
gun safety law in a generation.
The goal is admirable:
keeping guns out of the hands
of convicted felons, domestic
abusers and others prohibited
from buying firearms.
And background checks
work. They have been required
by federal law on most — but
not all — gun sales since the
Brady Act passed in 1994. More
than 3.5 million unlawful gun
sales have been blocked since
the law took effect.
Thompson’s bill would close
a gaping loophole in the Brady
Act that allows firearms to be
sold online and at gun shows
without any background check.
That’s the functional equivalent
of locking the doors but leaving
all the windows open and cros-
ing your fingers that a burglar
doesn’t notice.
“Every day, (background
checks) stop 170 felons and
50 domestic abusers from
getting a gun from a licensed
dealer,” Thompson, a gun
owner, said on the House floor.
“But in some states, those
same people can go into a gun
show or go online and buy a
gun without a background
check. This bill will help stop
them from doing so.”
The House is scheduled to
take up a companion measure
on Thursday to extend the
deadline for completing a back-
ground check from three days
to 10 days.
A failure to meet the three-
day deadline allowed Dylann
Roof, who was ineligible to own
firearms, to buy one. He used it
to kill a pastor and eight other
people in a Charleston, South
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T GEORGE WILL
here have been many
memorable — and eventu-
ally consequential — U.S.
Supreme Court dissents that
affirmed principles that, in
time, commanded a court ma-
jority. It is, however, rare that
a justice’s opinion concurring
in a unanimous ruling is more
intellectually scintillating and
potentially portentous than the
ruling itself. This happened
last week, when the court dealt
with an Indiana civil forfeiture
case in which a man’s $42,000
Land Rover was seized by the
state as part of his punishment
for a drug offense (selling $225
of drugs to undercover police
officers) for which the maxi-
mum fine is $10,000.
In an excellent decision, the
court held that the Constitu-
tion’s Eighth Amendment ban
on “excessive fines” applies to
states. The court has explicitly
applied (“incorporated”) most
of the Bill of Rights’ protec-
tions, piecemeal, against states’
actions. The court’s standard
has been that a particular pro-
tection must be “deeply rooted”
in the nation’s history and
“fundamental to our scheme
of ordered liberty.” The court
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Carolina, church in 2015.
Unfortunately, both of the
House bills are likely to be ig-
nored by the U.S. Senate, where
Republicans opposed to gun
safety laws remain the majority.
And, if the Senate does pass
either bill, President Donald
Trump has his veto stamp
ready to go.
It makes no sense for tough-
on-crime Republicans to fight
legislation designed to keep
guns out of the hands of crimi-
nals. Neither bill would under-
mine the Second Amendment
or prevent a law-abiding citizen
from obtaining a firearm.
Indeed, the opposition argu-
ments offered Wednesday in the
House stretched credulity:
■ Mandatory background
checks would make felons of in-
dividuals who shared a shotgun
on a hunting trip. What prose-
cutor would file that case?
■ An exemption for transfers
between parents and chil-
dren was deemed inadequate
even after it was amended
to allow transfers between
step-parents and step-children.
Why? Because it wouldn’t
apply to step-grandparents and
step-grandchildren or transfers
among step-siblings.
■ The law would prevent
people from asking neighbors
to baby-sit their weapons while
they were traveling. How often
does that happen?
Thompson, who has been
building support for back-
ground checks since a gunman
killed 20 children and six adults
at a Newtown, Connecticut, el-
ementary school a few days be-
fore Christmas in 2012, conced-
ed that one opposing argument
was correct: His bill won’t stop
every shooting, every killing.
“But it will stop some,” he
said. “That’s worth doing.”
Yes, it is. The public un-
derstands, with a recent poll
finding that 85 percent of Amer-
icans — including 79 percent of
Republicans — favor universal
background checks. Let’s hope
the Senate and the president
figure it out, too.
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said that the Eighth Amend-
ment’s proscription of excessive access to navigable waterways
fines should be incorporated,
as the amendment’s other two
proscriptions (“excessive bail”
and “cruel and unusual punish- Thomas again argued for right-
ments”) have been. Writing for
the court, Ruth Bader Ginsburg phrase “substantive due process”
said that such fines violate
the Fourteenth Amendment’s
guarantee that people shall not stance from process, has engaged
be deprived of life, liberty or in a process without a discern-
property without “due process
of law.”
The court has long relied on protection from undeserving
the doctrine of “substantive due lesser rights. This distinction has
process” — due process produc- no basis in the Constitution’s text
es nonarbitrary outcomes — to or structure, and leaves the court
protect rights. This reliance
came about because, in an 1873
decision, the court effectively strates that the ban on exces-
nullified a more straightfor-
ward — and capacious — guar-
antee. Ratified in 1868, the
14th Amendment’s protection
of Americans’ “privileges
or immunities” was written
during the Southern suppres-
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Preserve the old hospital
EDITOR: I appreciated Staff
Writer Guy Kovner’s article
about the county’s Chanate
Road land (“County trying
again to sell Chanate land,”
Feb. 18). May this second
chance result in the adaptive re-
use of the historic hospital.
Built with Public Works
Administration funding, the
construction of the hospital em-
ployed hundreds at the height
of the Great Depression. Once
completed, the hospital provid-
ed medical services and career
opportunities that didn’t exist
in Sonoma County previously.
As one of the region’s few
extant New Deal Era projects,
the hospital exhibits a level of
design and craftsmanship that
cannot be replicated.
According to the National
Trust for Historic Preservation,
it takes 65 years for an energy-
efficient new building to save
the energy lost in demolishing
an existing building.
If appropriately rehabilitat-
ed, the hospital will stand out
as the crown jewel of the entire
project. The Saratoga Retire-
ment Center, where the Inter-
national Order of Odd Fellows
partnered with developers and
operators to convert the land-
mark 1912 Odd Fellows Home
and surrounding 37-acre farm
into a graduated care facility,
serves as just one example of
what could be achieved at the
Chanate property.
Let’s not haul 82 years of
history to the landfill.
KATHERINE J. RINEHART
Petaluma
Attacking the media
EDITOR: President Donald
Trump continues to complain
about the New York Times,
accusing the paper of publish-
ing “fake news” about him. He
wants to change the 1964 Su-
preme Court decision, New York
Times v. Sullivan, which made it
more difficult for public figures
to sue newspapers for coverage
they deem unfair or unflatter-
ing. Of course, he overlooks the
fact that he himself could be
sion of the economic liberties
and other rights of freed slaves.
The clause was intended to pro-
tect the full panoply of national
rights. But just five years later,
the court construed the clause
so narrowly (as protecting a
few “national” rights, such as
and federal subtreasuries) as to
nullify it.
Last week, Justice Clarence
ing this wrong. He said that the
is “oxymoronic,” and that the
court, struggling to extract sub-
ible principle — distinguishing
“fundamental” rights meriting
free to improvise new rights and
ignore others. Thomas demon-
sive fines has a long pedigree,
before and since the American
founding, which should place it
among Americans’ privileges or
immunities.
What else would a revived
privileges or immunities clause
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sued more easily by the public
figures he has demeaned if the
case was overruled.
More disturbing news is that
Supreme Court Justice Clar-
ence Thomas feels the same
way about changing Sullivan.
(This, a few weeks after Thom-
as’s wife privately met with
Trump in the White House.)
He would overturn the deci-
sion because he feels the court
should have looked at the law as
it existed when the Constitution
was adopted, not 1964. He would
have the states regulate the
First Amendment.
He seems to forget, ironical-
ly, that the Sullivan decision
made it harder for southern
politicians to file libel lawsuits
against newspapers and starve
the civil rights movement of the
oxygen of national attention.
GREG JACOBS
Sebstopol
Healdsburg housing
EDITOR: My wife and I are
the new owners of the Healds-
burg apartment building that
was the subject of a Feb. 7
article (“Tenants facing upheav-
al”). Unfortunately, because of
a missed phone call, we were
unable to comment. I would like
to provide our perspective.
First, we support the com-
munity’s goal of providing
affordable housing for working
families. We buy and rehabili-
tate smaller homes and apart-
ments. We take pride providing
clean, code-compliant dwellings
that are typically rented by
working folks. We acquired the
Piper Street property with the
same intent.
We knew the property hadn’t
been improved since it was
built in 1977 but were dismayed
and disheartened by the neglect
found during our pre-closing
inspection. At that juncture, it
became clear that the building
needed prompt, extensive reha-
bilitation, instead of the phased
approach we initially planned.
Preliminary estimates show
the work will cost $500,000.
Unfortunately, we don’t have
the ability to absorb that kind of
cost and, in discussions with the
protect? Certainly economic lib-
erty, including the right to earn
a living unburdened by unrea-
sonable occupational licensure
laws. There would be ample
additional scope for the protec-
tion of rights by courts guided
by the clause’s premise, which
is: American government’s
primary task is the protection
of rights, aka privileges or
immunities, which, as the Ninth
Amendment stipulates, are not
exhaustively enumerated in the
first eight amendments.
In a one-paragraph concur-
rence, Justice Neil Gorsuch
almost endorsed Thomas’s
argument: “(T)he appropriate
vehicle for incorporation may
well be the Fourteenth Amend-
ment’s Privileges or Immunities
Clause, rather than, as this
court has long assumed, the
Due Process Clause.” Gorsuch
cited Yale law professor Akh-
il Amar’s book “The Bill of
Rights,” in which Amar notes
that if those who wrote and rat-
ified the clause merely meant
to apply against the states the
Bill of Rights, they could, and
presumably would, have said so.
Hence it is reasonable to think
that, properly construed, the
city, hope to find a creative solu-
tion that will allow us to quickly
welcome tenants back. We plan
to offer the first opportunity to
rent the rehabilitated units to
the tenants who are moving out
for the work to be done. We are
interested in finding creative
solutions and doing our part to
help with affordable housing.
VIKRAM and JUHI DUTT
Greenbrae
Trump and Spike Lee
EDITOR: In denouncing
director Spike Lee’s Oscar
speech, the president demon-
strated his ignorance of history
and vocabulary. There was
nothing “racist” in Lee’s words.
He stated documented events
that occurred in the building
of America — events often
conveniently forgotten by those
who made their fortunes off the
work, sweat and blood of others.
JUNE GERRON
Santa Rosa
Americans and drug use
EDITOR: One of the reasons
President Donald Trump wants
to build a wall on the southern
border is to keep drug dealers
out. Now he has declared a
national crisis in order to do
so. He forgets that as long as
there is a demand, the provid-
ers will find a way to deliver
the product. And we well know
that it isn’t necessarily coming
through that border.
The real question is: Who is
consuming the tons of drugs
that enter our country? The
president needs to create aware-
ness programs, starting in
elementary schools, about the
effects of drugs in the brain.
The enemy is in our neigh-
borhoods, our streets and
everywhere. Our society is
destroying itself. The crisis is
right here, right now. Trump’s
ego-boosting, useless wall isn’t
going to help the people he is
supposed to be serving and
protecting.
YOLANDA V. MARTINEZ
Santa Rosa
clause denotes a richer menu of
rights, encompassing those in
Anglo-American legal tradi-
tions and state constitutions,
and not ignoring the Ninth
Amendment: “The enumeration
in the Constitution, of certain
rights, shall not be construed
to deny or disparage others
retained by the people.”
Thomas, who correctly
regards stare decisis — the
principle of deciding cases by
adhering to precedents — as
less than sacramental, has for
many years been 20 percent of
a potential court majority for
resuscitating the privileges or
immunities clause. With Gor-
such, who last week suggested
that the privileges or immuni-
ties of U.S. citizens “include,
at minimum, the individual
rights enumerated in the Bill of
Rights” (emphasis added), there
would be 40 percent of such
a majority. America might be
moving closer to a more robust
role for an engaged judiciary in
protecting a more spacious con-
ception of the rights attached to
national citizenship.
George Will is a columnist for
the Washington Post.
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2019 OPINION A9

Disaster security may come at a premium

By JASON WALSH other programs.” ways finds social services still

A
In a statement announcing standing when the music stops.
nd you think your insur- the bill, Dodd said the rising A state shopping for in-
ance premium is big. number of wildfires is putting surance isn’t without its
Imagine needing to a strain on the state’s financial precedent. Oregon purchases
insure 164,000 square miles of resources, which “threatens its own disaster insurance.
prime Golden State land from cuts to critical programs.” According to Dodd’s office,
fire, earthquake and anything Climate change, continued over the course of 40 years,
else Mother Nature throws its Dodd, will continue to exacer- the Beaver State spent a total
way. Suddenly that $2,000 a bate “devastating infernos,” of $61 million on premiums
year for your three-bedroom and allowing the state to buy and received $102 million in
bungalow in the Springs isn’t insurance would firm up bud- insurance payments. Insur-
sounding so outrageous. get predictability and reduce ance Commissioner Lara
But that’s just what a bill taxpayers’ exposure to increas- hasn’t given any estimates as
co-authored by state Sen. Bill ing costs from wildfires. to how much lawmakers would
Dodd, D-Napa, would do — And Dodd is right — the expect to pay annually for
allow the state to purchase dent in the budget caused by California disaster insurance,
insurance on the open market wildfire is no chump change. but it would be worth seeing
to cover unexpected costs for According to Cal Fire, the state the numbers and having the
disaster response. spent $947 million of its emer- choice — which currently isn’t
Senate Bill 290, introduced gency fund for firefighting in an option under state law.
Feb. 14 and supported by state 2017-18. That’s nearly $450 mil- DON THOMPSON / ASSOCIATED PRESS Since 2007, California has
Insurance Commissioner Ri- lion over budget. suffered 11 of the top 20 most
State Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, and Insurance Commission Ricardo Lara
cardo Lara and state Treasurer Since the 2017 fires, Dodd has destructive wildfires in its his-
announce legislation at a Feb. 14 news conference that would allow the
Fiona Ma, would authorize the made some headway in finding tory, according to Cal Fire. For
state to purchase insurance for fires and other disasters.
governor, insurance commis- ways to mitigate damage in anyone who doesn’t think that
sioner and treasurer to enter the inevitable event of another givers. That proposal stems to utilities; it failed to gain percentage will increase in the
into an insurance policy that mass conflagration. Last year, from a pair of cases involving traction and died in committee. next 10 years, we’ve got some
pays out in the event of disas- he passed a bill that requires Santa Rosa assisted-living While the garage-door and non-seismically retrofitted
ter. In other words, statewide electric garage door openers facilities that were placed on “abandonment” ideas are bridges we’d like to sell them.
disaster insurance. to be equipped with backup probation by the state Depart- worthy, though their effects “People who live in glass
But hold your horses, fire- batteries. He was among sever- ment of Social Services after may not be far reaching. But houses should take out insur-
wary Sonoma Valley residents al North Bay residents whose investigations found that they if disaster insurance can, at ance,” goes the old joke.
— if this becomes law, it isn’t garage doors failed to open abandoned residents during the least, protect against the But the reality is that Cali-
a get-out-of-purchasing-insur- amid evacuations during the the 2017 wildfires. state financial losses from fornia is a glass house the size
ance-free card for the rest of 2017 wildfires. On the other hand, Dodd’s fire — even if it’s simply the of France. The state should
us. It would cover state expens- And Dodd recently intro- SB 1088, which sought to re- budgetary overruns — it could have the option to insure it.
es only — not private losses. duced legislation that would quire utilities to submit bian- mean tens of millions, if not Whether anyone would —
But, as office stressed in an protect elderly and depen- nual fire-disaster plans to the hundreds of millions, of dol- and at what price — is the only
email, “individual taxpayers dent adults by adding “aban- state Public Utilities Commis- lars that wouldn’t have to be question.
would benefit indirectly be- donment” to the list of acts sion, was viewed by some as siphoned from other budgetary
cause it would allow the state against them that could lead to flawed legislation that seemed pots — an accounting game of Jason Walsh is editor of the
to invest the money it saves on increased penalties for care- unintentionally advantageous musical chairs that almost al- Sonoma Index-Tribune.

State GOP dodges a

bullet, but still faces
tough electoral future
T DAN WALTERS
he California Repub-
lican Party, which
has become virtu-
ally irrelevant in recent
years, had a great oppor-
tunity last weekend to
commit self-annihilation
by electing an unrepen-
tant, Donald Trump-
loving right-winger as
party chairperson.
However, sanity — or
reality — prevailed and
delegates opted for Jessica
Patterson, who has lengthy
experience in bread-
and-butter politics and
promised a “California
Republican comeback.”
She ducked reporters
after her election but sent
out a celebratory email
pledging, “Together we
will take the fight to the
and while voter turnout
was relatively high for
an off-year (64.5 percent)
thanks to the Democratic
drive, 2020 looms as an
even more perilous situa-
tion for the GOP, especial-
ly if Trump is running for
re-election.
Voter turnout in 2020
will be at least 10 percent-
age points higher, which
will favor Democrats,
and they may target
other GOP congressional
members, such as Devin
Nunes of Tulare and

Trump’s ‘infomercial’
Democrats and build a
foundation upon which we
will compete and win elec-
tions. That is our focus,
and the road to 2020 starts
Ken Calvert of Corona.
Both won re-election by
less-than-overwhelming
margins in districts with
relatively weak Republi-

had a surprise ending

right now.”
The GOP’s spectacular
decline in California stems,
in large measure, from the
alienation of four large
voter blocs — women, non-
whites, suburbanites and
those not yet middle-aged.
By KAREN TUMULTY closing weeks of the campaign, tion. He also lied about it because So elevating a Latina
can voter registration.
With Republican voter
registration now just
24 percent statewide,
there’s probably little that
a Patterson-led party can
do to increase it substan-
tially in less than two
years and even improv-

O
then-Republican National Com- he stood to make hundreds of mil- millennial from suburban ing turnout will not be
f all the things that Pres- mittee Chairman Reince Priebus lions of dollars on the Moscow real Ventura County into the enough.
ident Donald Trump’s pleaded with Trump to drop out, estate project,” Cohen testified. party’s top position makes If Republicans have
former personal lawyer or face the worst electoral defeat in If the whole exercise of running for better optics. any chance of stopping
revealed in his remarkable day of American history. for president was a pretense, just “I think we did dodge a the hemorrhage of voters
congressional testimony Wednes- Cohen is far from the most another reality show, then the bullet,” Yucca Valley As- and officeholders, it lies
day, the one that shed the great- credible of witnesses, having lying and manipulation required semblyman Chad Mayes, in repudiating Trump on
est light was this: Trump never pleaded guilty last year to lying to to pull it off might have seemed, as a former GOP leader of California-centric issues
expected — or even really wanted Congress, plus an additional eight Cohen claimed, “trivial.” So Cohen the state Assembly who such as immigration and
— to win the 2016 election. counts that included tax evasion made hush payments to women was ousted for being too his vainglorious demand
“Donald Trump is a man who and violating campaign finance with whom Trump allegedly had moderate, told Calmatters for building a new wall
ran for office to make his brand laws. He has been disbarred and is affairs, lodged threats of legal ac- after Patterson’s win. along the U.S.-Mexico
great, not to make our country likely to begin a three-year prison tion to keep Trump’s presumably That’s true, but while border, and appealing to
great. He had no desire or inten- sentence in May. embarrassing academic record a Patterson’s election over the state’s ever-growing
tion to lead this nation — only to Now, however, he has little left to secret and fibbed about the possi- two right-wing rivals may number of “no party pref-
market himself and to build his lose. So when he laid out Trump’s bly nonexistent bone spurs that have averted the calamity erence” voters.
wealth and power,” Michael Cohen motivations, it carried a ring of kept his client from being drafted Mayes and others feared, California may be a blue
told the House Oversight Commit- truth, and not only because the to fight in Vietnam. that’s a long way from state, but Democrats can
tee. “Mr. Trump would often say, self-described “fixer” was in a Still, for this con to work to re-establishing the GOP claim just 43.5 percent of
this campaign was going to be the position to see and understand Trump’s benefit in the long run, he as a significant force in the state’s registered vot-
‘greatest infomercial in political the many levels of calculation would have to create a second-sea- California politics. ers and Californians are
history.’ ” that went into the endeavor that son plot line that would preserve In fact, it may not yet still leery about taxes they
In other words, what we have put Trump in the White House. In his relevance after he lost the have hit bottom, despite would have to pay.
been living through for the past Cohen’s telling, Trump’s expecta- election. And that meant damaging Patterson’s brave talk The left-leaning Ber-
two years has been an alternate re- tion that he would lose became the the legitimacy of the person whom about rebounding in 2020. niecrat wing of the state
ality. It is far different from the one predicate for many of his other- even Trump assumed would win it. Going into the 2018 elec- Democratic Party is in
that Trump envisioned when he wise inexplicable actions during All of which brings us to what tions, Republicans held a ascendancy and wants
came down the Trump Tower esca- the campaign. is possibly Cohen’s most explosive relatively paltry 14 of Cal- a lavish expansion of
lator in June 2015 and announced The silver lining for the presi- new claim, which is that Trump ifornia’s 53 congressional government-provided ser-
what was pretty much universally dent may be that his former lawyer knew in advance of WikiLeaks’s seats, and voters cut that vices, such as single-payer
regarded as a preposterous bid for also undercut theories that the July 2016 release of Democratic contingent in half, while health care and universal
the presidency. Trump campaign colluded with National Committee emails. expanding Democrats’ al- pre-school education,
This, of course, is not the first Russia to change the course of According to Cohen, the Republi- ready massive majorities that would require big tax
time someone has reported that the election. Cohen claims that can nominee was informed of that in the Legislature. increases to finance.
Trump himself was surprised by Trump’s primary interest in impending email dump just days Democrats pounded on Democrats could over-
his victory. It was a major part of dealing with Moscow had little before the Democratic convention, Trump’s unpopularity reach, such as advocating
the narrative in Michael Wolff’s to do with influencing who won in a telephone conversation with in the state and poured repeal of Proposition 13,
best-selling “Fire and Fury,” ex- in November 2016, because he his longtime political adviser Rog- big money into a massive the 1978 ballot measure
plaining Trump’s lack of prepa- assumed it would not be him. He er Stone (who denies it). get-out-the-vote campaign that limits property taxes.
ration when he assumed the most was instead fixated on building a In Cohen’s recollection, Trump that took full advantage It’s very popular with the
powerful office in the world. hotel there — a long-yearned-for was delighted to hear the news, of a new state law autho- state’s voters, including
And to be fair, this failure of project that remained alive, even saying something along the lines rizing “ballot harvesting” most Democrats, and may
imagination was not Trump’s after Trump became the Republi- of: “Wouldn’t that be great?” What by party workers. They open the door to a GOP
alone. The Democrats, the media can nominee. Cohen now realizes is that the captured seats that had resurgence.
and even most Republicans were “Mr. Trump knew of and direct- biggest surprise of all would be the been held by Republicans
also convinced that Hillary Clinton ed the Trump Moscow negotiations one that awaited in November. for decades. Dan Walters is a
would be the next president. When throughout the campaign and lied That calamity befell columnist for CALmatters,
the infamous “Access Hollywood” about it. He lied about it because Karen Tumulty is a columnist Republicans in a non- a public interest
tape became public during the he never expected to win the elec- for the Washington Post. presidential election year, journalism venture.
A10
Shelter welcome haven for displaced
Floods force many
out of homes, vans
and campsites
By ALEXANDRIA BORDAS
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
Rhondell Rasmus only
had one more trip to make
in her Toyota Camry before
she would be done mov-
ing all of her belongings
from Sebastopol to her new
home in Santa Rosa. She
packed the last of her box-
es late Tuesday night after
going to the gym and began
driving to Santa Rosa, her
car filled with some of her
most cherished mementos.
As Rasmus wove through
the back roads of Sebas-
topol, she suddenly found
herself stuck on the side
of a road in water too deep
to drive through. When she
called emergency dispatch-
ers Rasmus said she was
told to wait for help. But
just before dawn, Rasmus
awoke in her car to discov-
er that it had run out of gas
and was nearly submerged
in water, she said.
Rasmus grabbed what
she could carry and fled
on foot, finding her way to
the emergency shelter in
Sebastopol on Wednesday
afternoon.
“This was the worst I
have seen it in all of the
50 years I have lived here,”
said Rasmus, who brought
with her one handbag, a
backpack and a pair of
rain boots. “The water just
came up so fast next to my
car, it was crazy, and I had
to leave some stuff behind.”
Volunteers from the
American Red Cross
helped Rasmus carry her
things into the emergen-
cy pop-up shelter at the
Sebastopol Center for the
Arts on Wednesday while
light showers continued to
soak the North Bay.
American Red Cross
volunteer coordinator Bar-
bara Wood said the shelter
had seen a steady flow of
people since opening on
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Ben MacArthur takes his dog, Lucky, out for fresh air on Wednesday while staying at the evacuation shelter set up at the
Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa.
“I didn’t believe them at first when they said
there was going to be flooding, but the water
started rising so fast we barely got out.”
BEN MacARTHUR, Guerneville resident
Tuesday to serve residents
displaced by the storm and
homeless people living
along the Russian River.
“Having these shel-
ters open during weather
emergencies gives people
a peace of mind to know
there is always a place to
go,” Wood said.
In Santa Rosa, cots piled
high with white blankets,
towels and snacks lined
the walls of the emergen-
cy shelter at the Sonoma
County Fairgrounds on
Wednesday morning as
volunteers ushered in-
dividuals to tables with
warm clothes and hot cof-
fee.
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as rain pounded the area
and forced west county
residents to evacuate their
homes as the river swelled.
About 90 people, including
those who were evacuated
and some who were home-
less, were waiting out the
flood at the two shelters,
located at the fairgrounds’
Grace Pavilion in Santa
Rosa and the Center for the
Arts in Sebastopol.
Ben MacArthur said he
and his pup, Lucky, fled
the Guerneville area at
3:30  a.m. Wednesday af-
ter water had risen to his
waist. The pair sloshed
through flooded neigh-
borhoods before finding
the free shuttle at the
Guerneville Veterans Me-
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THE PRESS DEMOCRAT • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2019
morial Building.
“I had to leave ev-
erything behind in a
now-abandoned RV and
could only take a backpack
before we had to get out of
there,” said MacArthur, 44.
“I didn’t believe them at
first when they said there
was going to be flooding,
but the water started rising
so fast we barely got out.”
Volunteers provided up-
dates on the flood Wednes-
day to people housed at the
shelters. Tim Miller, execu-
tive director of West Coun-
ty Community Services,
told a crowd at a 10:45 a.m.
meeting in Santa Rosa that
the shelter would remain
open until at least Friday
morning.
CHRISTOPHER CHUNG / THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
“The Russian River has
hit 43 feet in some parts,
and we’re just happy you
made it here safely,” said
Miller to the group of peo-
ple who gasped when he an-
nounced the river height.
“We know this is causing
a lot of anxiety because we
don’t know when you’ll all
be able to return to where
you were staying.”
About 10 locals with RVs
headed to the fairgrounds
once floodwaters threat-
ened their safety, shelter
manager Greg Baker said.
But the majority of the
people there were brought
by a free shuttle service
that helped evacuate a
Guerneville homeless shel-
ter, he said.
“When the shelter in
Guerneville determined
their access to supplies
might be cut off, we worked
with the county to open up
this shelter,” Baker said.
“It’s better that everyone
is safe here together as
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The Salvation Army and
the Red Cross helped pro-
vide meals, clothes and toi-
letries to both emergency
shelters, which coordina-
tors said will remain open
until roads are cleared and
everyone has a place to go.
Sebastopol resident Pat
O’Dell lives in a van which
he said he parks through-
out the city. Over the last
year he has gotten to know
others who live in their
vans and was out on the
streets Wednesday helping
people move to the shelter,
he said.
He spent most of the day
walking neighborhoods
in areas that he said were
vulnerable and might need
help.
“I was lucky that I moved
my van to higher ground
and am not in a bad situa-
tion,” said O’Dell in front
of the Center for the Arts
while helping people es-
cape the rain and get inside
the shelter. “But there are
people who need to know
there is a place they can go
if they are worried about
food or need a safe place to
regroup.”
Miller said the warm
food being served three
times daily at both shelters
was a welcome sight for
those who hadn’t eaten in
over a day.
A handful of animals
were snuggled with their
owners on the cots in Santa
Rosa, while dozens of other
pet owners lined up to pick
up dog treats at a nearby
donation table.
Free veterinarian ser-
vices for pets and medical
evaluations for those stay-
ing at the shelters were also
available free of charge.
“I don’t know if I will
ever recover what I left
behind in my car but the
community here is truly
wonderful and everyone
has reached out to help
me,” Rasmus said.
 Nation•World
‘No rush’ for North Korea deal
President calls relations
with Kim ‘just very
strong’ after dinner
By DAVID NAKAMURA
AND SIMON DENYER
WASHINGTON POST
HANOI, Vietnam — President
Donald Trump and North Kore-
an leader Kim Jong Un down-
played expectations of a deal to
dismantle that country’s nucle-
ar weapons Thursday, as they
kicked off the second day of a
two-day summit here.
Sitting beside Kim on Thurs-
day morning, Trump said the
CAMP FIRE
PG&E
knew of
need for
repairs
By GEORGE AVALOS
AND JOHN WOOLFOLK
MERCURY NEWS
SAN JOSE — Pacific Gas and
Electric was aware of a 2013
assessment that wide-ranging
work was needed on an aging
complex of transmission lines
and towers in an area scorched
by last fall’s deadly Camp fire,
but didn’t schedule the neces-
sary improvements until De-
cember 2018 — one month af-
ter the lethal infernos in Butte
County in November, according
to regulatory documents.
The power facilities that
weren’t repaired for years after
problems were identified stretch
through Butte, Yuba and Sutter
counties and include 115-kilo-
volt transmission towers locat-
ed on the Caribou-Palermo line,
regulatory filings show.
“It is sickening to see this,”
said Mindy Spatt, a spokeswom-
an for The Utility Reform Net-
work, or TURN. “It’s not that
PG&E didn’t know there was a
problem. It’s not that they didn’t
have the money to do this. They
just didn’t have the will to do the
work, or they were just negli-
gent.”
The disclosures raise fresh
questions about PG&E’s safety
efforts as they relate to the com-
pany’s creaky complex of elec-
tricity lines and towers.
“PG&E keeps telling us they
are now a new company and
they are changing their ways.
But how can we believe them?”
said state Sen. Jerry Hill, whose
district includes parts of Santa
Clara County. “They have said
this numerous times before.”
In 2010, PG&E caused a fatal
gas explosion that killed eight
people and destroyed a San
Bruno neighborhood that is in
Hill’s district. Federal investi-
gators determined the explo-
sion resulted from a disastrous
combination of PG&E’s flawed
record keeping, shoddy main-
tenance and lazy and ineffec-
tive oversight of PG&E by the
state Public Utilities Commis-
sion.
PUC documents showed that
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Trump’s border wall prototypes demolished
A border wall
prototype
falls during
demolition
Wednesday at
the border be-
tween Tijuana,
Mexico, and
San Diego. The
government
is demolishing
eight proto-
types of the
border wall.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2019 • THE PRESS DEMOCRAT • SECTION B
pair had enjoyed very good dis-
cussions over dinner the night
before, with “a lot of great ideas
being thrown about,” adding
that “importantly, I think the
relationship is, you know, just
very strong.”
“And when you have a good
relationship, a lot of good things
happen. So, I can’t speak nec-
essarily for today, but I can say
this that, a little bit longer-term,
and over a period of time, I know
we’re going to have a fantastic
success with respect to Chair-
man Kim and North Korea.”
Trump repeatedly stressed
there was “no rush” to make a
deal. “Chairman Kim and my-
KASHMIR » CONFLICT ESCALATES
Indian jets shot down
People celebrate the shooting down of Indian planes by Pakistani forces with fireworks Wednesday in Karachi, Pakistan.
Pakistan says it has captured a pilot as tensions rise along border
By MARIA ABI-HABIB AND HARI KUMAR
NEW YORK TIMES
NEW DELHI — Pakistan said Wednes-
day that it downed two Indian fighter jets
and captured a pilot, escalating hostilities
between the nuclear-armed neighbors a
day after Indian warplanes struck inside
Pakistani territory for the first time in five
decades.
The rapid turn of events raised fears
that the historical animosities between
India and Pakistan could be steering them
toward another war.
Prime Minister Imran Khan of Pakistan
urged India to settle matters through talks,
referring to the nuclear weapons both
countries hold and the risk of further es-
calation.
“All big wars have been due to miscal-
culation. No one knew how the war would
end,” he said in a televised speech. “My
question to India is that given the weapons
we have, can we afford miscalculation?”
Tensions have been rising since a suicide
bombing two weeks ago that hit an Indi-
an paramilitary convoy in Kashmir, the
disputed territory that has been a chronic
flash point. Expectations that diplomacy
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self, we want to do the right deal. there will also be people who
Speed is not important,” he said. will look at us spending a great
Asked if he was confident the time together, like a scene in a
pair would reach a deal, Kim
was equally guarded.
fantasy movie,” he said.
On Wednesday night, Trump
“It’s too early to tell, but I offered a public embrace of Kim,
wouldn’t say I am pessimistic,” referring to the brutal authoritar-
Kim said in reply to the question ian ruler as “my friend” and stat-
from a Washington Post report- ing that he is “satisfied” with the
er, a rare response from a North progress of their negotiations.
Korean leader to an indepen- “Some people would like
dent journalist. “From what I to see it be quicker. I’m satis-
feel right now, I do have a feeling fied; you’re satisfied,” Trump
that good results will come.” told Kim before a private, one-
Kim also said the whole world on-one meeting, followed by EVAN VUCCI / ASSOCIATED PRESS
was watching them. a social dinner with a small President Donald Trump and North
“There will be people wel- group of aides at the luxurious, Korean leader Kim Jong Un take
coming our meeting, and people a walk after their first meeting
viewing it with skepticism, but TURN TO TRUMP » PAGE B5 Thursday in Hanoi.
FAREED KHAN / ASSOCIATED PRESS
Pakistani
Kashmiris flee
the town of
Chakoti, about
3 miles from the
Pakistan Indian
border, following
the exchange of
fire Wednesday
between
Pakistan and
India at the Line
of Control in
Pakistani
Kashmir.
M.D. MUGHAL
ASSOCIATED PRESS
and calls for calm would de-escalate the ties issued a statement Wednesday to con-
crisis have yet to show any obvious result. demn Modi for his “politicization” of the
In New Delhi, officials confirmed that nation’s armed forces and the current “Pa-
an Indian air force pilot was in Pakistani kistani misadventure.” A slickly produced
custody, complicating an already tough video circulated by opposition members
landscape for Prime Minister Narendra claimed that Modi “had no qualms capital-
Modi before hotly contested elections this izing on a national tragedy” and “politiciz-
spring. ing terror.”
Indian opposition politicians seized on The fate of the Indian air force pilot in
what they saw as the opportunity the cur-
rent crisis presented: 21 opposition par- TURN TO KASHMIR » PAGE B2
SAN DIEGO » For allies, segments were a symbol of hydraulic jackhammer on an
excavator leveled seven proto-
commitment; for foes, one of government waste types. Concrete slabs crashed in
clouds of dust, steel panels were
By ELLIOT SPAGAT became powerful symbols as- knocked over and an owl flew
ASSOCIATED PRESS sociated with the president and out of a steel tube atop one pan-
one of his top priorities when el just before it thundered down.
SAN DIEGO — A jackham- they went up 16 months ago. The jackhammer was unable to
mer turned prototypes of Pres- For Trump’s allies, the tower- immediately knock down one
ident Donald Trump’s prized ing models were a show of his panel in what was expected to
border wall into piles of rubble commitment to border security be a one-day job.
Wednesday, a quick ending to an and making good on a core cam- U.S. officials say elements of
experiment that turned into a paign promise. For detractors, the prototypes have been melded
spectacle at times. they were monuments to wasted into current border fence designs
The four concrete and four taxpayer dollars and a misguid- and they were no longer needed.
steel panels, spaced closely to- ed display of aggression toward Public access to the proto-
gether steps from an existing Mexico and immigrants seeking types was blocked from the
barrier separating San Diego a new home in the United States.
and Tijuana, Mexico, instantly Within about two hours, a TURN TO WALL » PAGE B2
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CONTINUED FROM B1
energy officials had been warning
about the fast-aging system of trans-
mission lines for the better part of a
decade.
“In 2010 and again in 2015, the Cal-
ifornia Independent System Opera-
tor transmission plan identified the
need to improve and upgrade this
system to address potential over-
loads and power outages that would
affect customers in the service area,”
according to a May 2017 PUC filing.
In 2018, as part of PG&E’s annual
request to the Federal Energy Reg-
ulatory Commission for rate chang-
es connected with its transmission
lines, PG&E noted that considerable
work was being proposed for the
Caribou-Palermo line.
“The Caribou-Palermo 115 kilo-
volt circuit was analyzed as part of
the 2013 NERC Assessment,” PG&E
stated, referring to an analysis by the
North American Electric Reliability
Corporation, or NERC.
The filing indicated the 2013 NERC
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CONTINUED FROM B1
San Diego side, turning an impov-
erished Tijuana neighborhood into
a popular spot for journalists, anti-
wall demonstrators and curious
observers. People climbed piles of
trash against a short border fence
that has since been replaced to get a
clear view from Mexico.
Artists projected light shows on
the walls from Mexico, with one
message reading “Refugees Welcome
Here” next to an image of the Stat-
ue of Liberty and another showing
a silhouette jumping on a trampo-
line with a caption that read, “Use in
Case of Wall.” Demonstrators craned
their necks for a view when Trump
toured the prototypes 11 months ago.
Removal of prototypes made way
to extend a second-layer barrier of
steel poles topped by a metal plate
rising 30 feet from the ground, the
same design being used elsewhere
on the border.
KASHMIR
CONTINUED FROM B1
Pakistani custody was likely to fur-
ther roil India before the election,
and New Delhi urged that he be treat-
ed with respect under the Geneva
Convention, which forbids torture.
By Wednesday night, three videos
emerged of the pilot, including one
featuring him struggling to fend off
a mob of men in plainclothes in the
middle of a forest. In that video, Pa-
kistani soldiers yell at the crowd to
stop beating the pilot and fire warn-
ing shots to restrain them.
Another video showed the pilot
blindfolded as Pakistani security of-
ficials asked him questions. A photo-
graph from a third video, posted on
Twitter by the spokesman for Paki-
stan’s military, showed Pakistani se-
curity officials interrogating the pilot.
“The officers of the Pakistani
army have looked after me very well,
they are thorough gentlemen,” the
pilot said in the third video, his face
swollen and bruised as he drank a
cup of tea.
A voice offscreen asks a series of
questions. The Indian pilot refers to
the interrogator as a “major” and
tells him he is married and from
southern India, without specifying
where.
The Pakistani military spokes-
man, Maj. Gen. Asif Ghafoor, iden-
tified the Indian pilot as Wing Com-
mander Abhi Nandan and said he
had been treated well. The Indian
government did not release any iden-
tifying details of the captured pilot.
In India, panic intensified around
Kashmir. Hundreds of residents fled
their homes while volunteers paint-
ed large red crosses on the roofs
of hospitals, hoping the markings
would ward off any airstrikes.
In Pakistan, dozens of tanks were
deployed to the border in broad day-
light, underscoring the heightened
state of alert as both sides scrambled
to shore up their military positions.
Such equipment usually is moved
under the cloak of night.
India’s government confirmed
that one of its MiG-21 fighter jets had
been “lost” as it thwarted what the
government said was an attempt by
Pakistan’s air force to strike an un-
specified target inside India. In the
encounter, a Pakistani aircraft was
shot down by an Indian fighter jet,
New Delhi said, a claim that Paki-
stan denied.
Raveesh Kumar, chief spokesman
for India’s Ministry of External Af-
fairs, told a news conference in New
Delhi that the government was still
“ascertaining the facts.” He did not
respond to Pakistan’s claims of hav-
ing downed two aircraft instead of
the single jet he acknowledged. He
declined to take questions.
Although both India and Pakistan
say they want to resolve the current
crisis diplomatically, the two gov-
ernments may be beholden to their
electorates, amid calls for firm mili-
tary responses from both sides of the
study determined that well over 100
transmission line spans were peril-
ously close to vegetation or trees.
“The completed analysis identified
127 spans with clearance issues out
of the 455 spans on the electric trans-
mission line,” PG&E stated in the
FERC filing.
PG&E stated in 2017 that it would
embark on numerous repairs of
the Caribou-Palermo system. The
planned repairs and maintenance in-
cluded new tower frames, steel poles,
improved line tension and hardware
upgrades.
“The project has a forecasted cap-
ital expenditure of $30.3 million,”
PG&E said in its FERC filing of July
2017. The company predicted that
the work on the Caribou-Palermo
line would be complete by December
2018.
In December, PG&E revealed that
it had suffered equipment failures on
the Caribou-Palermo line near the
origin point of the lethal Butte Coun-
ty inferno, also known as the Camp
fire.
The PUC said it and the California
Department of Forestry and Fire
Protection are undertaking parallel
The new barrier vaguely resembles
some of the steel prototypes but looks
nothing like the solid concrete panels,
which were widely panned because
border agents couldn’t see what was
happening on the other side.
The nearly $3 billion that Congress
has provided for barriers during the
first half of Trump’s term requires
that money be spent on designs that
were in place before May 2017, ef-
fectively prohibiting the prototypes
from being used and denying Trump
bragging rights to say he built his
wall.
It’s unclear if the restriction would
apply to the billions of dollars that
Trump wants to spend by declaring
a national emergency on the nation’s
southern border, which the House of
Representatives voted this week to
block.
The eight prototypes, which cost
$300,000 to $500,000 each to build,
vary by slopes, thickness and curves.
Bidding guidelines called from them
to withstand at least an hour of pun-
ishment from a sledgehammer, pick-
axe, torch, chisel or battery-operated
Pakistani Kashmiris walk through the closed main market, following the intense
exchange of fire between Pakistan and India on Wednesday at the border town
of Chakoti in Pakistani Kashmir.
border. In Pakistan, with the capture
of the Indian pilot, the current cri-
sis has shored up support for Khan,
who took office six months ago and
has since faced growing opposition
domestically.
The crisis has not presented
such an opportunity for Modi, who
seemed destined just a year ago
to clinch a second term as India’s
prime minister. Since then, Modi has
faced considerable opposition over
what critics say is his mishandling
of the economy before elections this
spring. The capture of the Indian
pilot may only weaken his position
and lead to a dangerous escalation if
Modi chooses to respond militarily.
Top Trump administration offi-
cials have conducted a full-court
press in the past 48 hours to avert
a crisis between the two nucle-
ar-armed rivals.
The secretary of state, Mike
Pompeo; John Bolton, Trump’s na-
tional security adviser; Gen. Joseph
Dunford Jr., the chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff; and two senior
regional military commanders, Gen.
Joseph Votel of the Central Com-
mand and Adm. Philip Davidson,
the head of the Pacific Command,
have all been calling their Indian
and Pakistani counterparts to help
de-escalate tensions, administration
officials said Wednesday.
Pakistan’s ambassador to the Unit-
ed States called on Washington to
play a greater role in easing tensions
between the two countries.
“We would certainly like to have
more, and would certainly like to see
more active involvement of the Unit-
ed States,” Asad Khan, the envoy,
told reporters.
The fears of escalation intensified
Tuesday when the Pakistani prime
minister promised to retaliate for an
incursion by Indian jets hours be-
fore. Those airstrikes were the first
time since 1971 that the Indian air
force had crossed the Line of Con-
trol, the de facto border between the
Indian- and Pakistani-held areas of
Kashmir, to strike inside Pakistan.
Ghafoor, the Pakistani military
spokesman, said in a news confer-
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investigations of the Camp fire.
PG&E sought bankruptcy protec-
tion from its creditors on Jan. 29,
listing $51.7 billion in debts, because
it faced a forbidding mountain of
debts and wildfire-related liabilities
that arose from the lethal infernos
that torched Northern California in
2017 and 2018. A bankruptcy judge
held hearings on Wednesday re-
garding the case, but key issues un-
der contention were deferred until
March.
“They had bad maintenance, failed
record keeping with San Bruno, and
now with their electrical system,
it appears to be more of the same
for PG&E,” Sen. Hill said. “One of
the questions is, if PG&E was given
money to carry out these repairs,
why didn’t they spend it? Or did they
divert the money to something else?”
The state PUC is also to blame for
the problems with PG&E, said Loret-
ta Lynch, a former PUC commission-
er.
“The problem is the PUC acts like
a lapdog and not a watchdog when it
comes to PG&E,” Lynch said. “The
PUC has let PG&E get away with
anything it wants.”
tools and to prevent use of climbing
aids such as grappling hooks.
The guidelines also required they
be “aesthetically pleasing” from the
U.S. side.
The Department of Homeland Se-
curity redirected $20 million from its
budget in February 2017, a month af-
ter Trump took office, to pay for the
prototypes and smaller mock-ups
built farther from the border that
have also been dismantled.
The government rigorously test-
ed the designs and, according to a
summary from the Government Ac-
countability Office, found that the
concrete walls posed “extensive”
construction challenges and the
others posed “substantial” or “mod-
erate” challenges. Six of the eight
would require extensive changes to
accommodate drainage.
A Customs and Border Protection
report, first reported by KPBS of San
Diego, showed that each prototype
could be breached using several dif-
ferent techniques but the heavily re-
dacted version that was made public
did not say how long it took.
M.D. MUGHAL / ASSOCIATED PRESS
ence Wednesday afternoon that Pa-
kistan’s air force had struck six tar-
gets inside India, without crossing
into the country’s airspace. It was
unclear what was struck; Ghafoor
described the target as an open area
that could be hit with “no human
loss or collateral damage.”
The Indian air force responded by
entering into Pakistan’s airspace, he
added, and two warplanes were shot
down.
By Wednesday afternoon, the In-
dian government closed the airspace
over parts of the country’s north
that host military facilities, includ-
ing Jammu, Srinagar, Amritsar, Leh
and Dehradun, according to Rakesh
Asthana, the director general of the
Bureau of Civil Aviation and Securi-
ty.
Pakistan also closed large parts
of its airspace, including major air-
ports, according to a notice issued by
the country’s Civil Aviation Author-
ity.
Major airlines suspended flights
to India and Pakistan on Wednes-
day, including Air Canada. British
Airways said it had to reroute flights
headed to the countries.
The Indian air force strike in the
early hours of Tuesday morning hit
what the Indian government claimed
was a training camp belonging to the
militant group Jaish-e-Muhammed
in Balakot, Khyber-Pakhtunkwha
province, resulting in “heavy casual-
ties.” But the Pakistani government
and residents of the area reached by
telephone said the strikes instead
struck an open ravine, resulting in
minimal damage.
Those strikes were in response to
the Feb. 14 suicide bombing by Jaish-
e-Muhammed on an Indian paramil-
itary convoy in Kashmir. The suicide
bombing killed 40 Indian soldiers,
the worst incident in Kashmir in
three decades.
Jaish-e-Muhammed is classified
as a terrorist group by the United
Nations and blacklisted. Although
the group is formally banned by Pa-
kistan’s government, U.S. and Indian
officials say it operates freely in the
country, which Islamabad denies.
NEWSWATCH
NATION
LEXINGTON, Kentucky
Mine offficial indicted over health rules
A coal company manager took part in cheating on
tests designed to protect miners from contracting
deadly black lung disease, a federal grand jury has
charged.
The grand jury issued a new indictment adding
Glendal “Buddy” Hardison to a group of mine offi-
cials charged with conspiring to break dust-sampling
rules at two underground mines in Western Kentucky
operated by Armstrong Coal Company.
Hardison, 69, was the manager of all of Arm-
strong’s mines in Western Kentucky, according to a
news release from U.S. Attorney Russell M. Coleman
in Louisville.
A grand jury previously indicted eight other Arm-
strong managers on the conspiracy charge.
The nine allegedly took various actions to hide the
amount of dust exposure among miners at Arm-
strong’s Parkway mine in Muhlenberg County and its
Kronos mine in Ohio County.
WASHINGTON
Attorney requests inaugural documents
Attorney General Karl Racine, a Democrat based in
Washington, D.C., has subpoenaed documents from
President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee,
the latest of several requests from federal and state
authorities probing how money was raised and spent
for the January 2017 gala.
The subpoena, issued Tuesday, requests documents
related to committee payments to the Trump Organi-
zation or Trump International Hotel, according to two
law enforcement officials familiar with the matter. It
states that Racine is seeking the documents under his
civil authority to ensure that nonprofit groups in the
District of Columbia are not “wasteful, mismanaged
and/or improperly provided private benefit.”
Racine’s subpoena was first reported by the New
York Times.
The subpoena set a deadline of March 29 for the
inaugural committee to respond, according to the law
enforcement officials. If the committee does not meet
that deadline, Racine’s office could file a lawsuit in
pursuit of the documents.
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida
VA doctor shot by patient in wheelchair
A doctor with the Department of Veterans Affairs
was shot in the neck when a patient in a wheelchair
opened fire Wednesday evening in the emergency
room of a VA hospital in West Palm Beach, Florida,
the authorities said.
The suspect, Lawrence Bon, 59, had been at West
Palm Beach VA Medical Center since early in the
morning and had been “combative” with employ-
ees all day, Special Agent Michael Leverock, an FBI
spokesman, said in a phone interview. Bon began
shooting a pistol at about 6:20 p.m., while he was un-
dergoing a psychological evaluation, Leverock said.
The injured doctor, whose named was not released,
was shot while trying to subdue Bon, who is a double
amputee. Another hospital employee was grazed by
a bullet, Leverock said. The employees’ injuries were
not life-threatening.
Bon spent a very short time in the military in the
mid-1970s, Leverock said, and his amputations were
unrelated.
The doctor who was shot was taken to another hospi-
tal for treatment, said Mary Kay Rutan, a spokeswom-
an for the medical center’s network. The facility was
secure and would be operational Thursday, she said.
WORLD
KATHMANDU, Nepal
Helicopter crash kills Nepalese official
Nepal’s minister of tourism and six other people
were killed Wednesday when their helicopter crashed
in an eastern region of the Himalayan nation, police
officials said.
The helicopter, operated by Air Dynasty, crashed in
the mountainous district of Taplejung while on a trip
to look at the feasibility of constructing an airport in
the area. Everyone aboard was killed, including the
tourism minister, Rabindra Adhikari, and the pilot.
Earlier, an official said incorrectly that the minister
had been traveling to the region to promote a para-
gliding project.
Raj Kumar Chhetri, general manager of Tribhuvan
International Airport, which serves Kathmandu, Ne-
pal’s capital, said the crash, in a region that borders
both India and Tibet, had probably been caused by
bad weather.
TEHRAN, Iran
Iran’s foreign minister returns to job
Two days after saying he intended to step down,
Iran’s foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif,
returned to his post after President Hassan Rouhani
rejected the resignation.
There were smiles all around on Wednesday, as
Zarif appeared alongside Rouhani during a welcom-
ing ceremony for a visiting dignitary broadcast live
on state television.
Despite his return, the major reason for Zarif’s res-
ignation — his diminished status in the government
— is not likely to change significantly, analysts said.
Zarif has for years been Iran’s public face to much
of the world, and never more so than when he bro-
kered a landmark deal with world powers curtailing
Iran’s nuclear program.
But President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the
nuclear deal last year sent Zarif’s stock sliding within
Iran’s leadership, relegating him and his team of
professional diplomats back to the sidelines.
MADRID
Possible attack at embassy investigated
Spanish authorities announced Wednesday that
they had begun an investigation into a possible attack
at the North Korean Embassy in Madrid, after one of
the embassy employees said she was assaulted.
The episode was said to have happened last Friday,
though neither the employee nor the embassy of
North Korea filed a police complaint. The investiga-
tion was opened because the employee was treated
for minor injuries, and her cries for help had alerted
neighbors, who summoned police, officials said.
El Confidencial, a Spanish news site, said the wom-
an told Spanish police that a group of assailants had
stolen computers and detained staff members. Police
officers rang the doorbell of the embassy but were
told by an official that nothing unusual had occurred,
El Confidencial reported.
— Press Democrat news services
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Transgender troops tell Congress they excel

Service members call
Trump’s ban a detriment
to military readiness
By JULIE WATSON
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Transgender service mem-
bers testifying for the first time
to Congress on Wednesday
said transitioning to another
sex made them stronger, while
Pentagon officials defended the
Trump administration’s desire
to bar people like them from en-
listing in the future.
Army Capt. Alivia Stehlik, an
infantry officer and graduate
of the U.S. Military Academy at
West Point, New York, and Rang-
er School, told lawmakers she be-
came a more “effective soldier”
after she transitioned from male
to female in 2017.
“What is the value of having
transgender people in the mil-
itary? Based on my experience
first as a combat arms officer and
medical provider, the answer
is unequivocally that my tran-
sition — and so many others —
has dramatically increased the
readiness and lethality of every
branch of the armed forces,”
said Stehlik, who returned from
a deployment to Afghanistan a
month ago where she treated sol-
diers as a physical therapist.
With the ban now blocked by
currently blocked by litigation.
He said current transgender
troops will be allowed to contin-
ue to serve and other transgen-
der people can join the military
if they serve in their biological
sex and have not been diagnosed
with gender dysphoria, a condi-
tion under which people experi-
ence distress if they do not iden-
tify with their birth gender.
“It’s not a ban on transgender
individuals,” he insisted.
Stewart added that “special ac-
commodations” cannot be made
for people with such a medical
condition.
Maryland Democratic Rep. An-
thony Brown said the same ar-
MANUEL BALCE CENETA / ASSOCIATED PRESS gument was used to keep blacks
Army Capt. Alivia Stehlik, second from left, together with other trans- from integrating into the Army
gender military members, from left, Navy Lt. Cmdr. Blake Dremann, Army in 1948 and again in the 1990s to
Capt. Jennifer Peace, Army Staff Sgt. Patricia King, and Navy Petty Officer keep gay people from serving
3rd Class Akira Wyatt, testify about their service before a House Armed openly under the don’t ask, don’t
Services Subcommittee hearing Wednesday in Washington. tell policy, which was repealed by
Congress in 2010.
lawsuits, active-duty transgender She added that barring trans- He said barring people who have
service members were invited gender people again “would cost undergone treatment for gender
to testify at the hearing called by us recruits at a time when so few dysphoria and transitioned to an-
Democratic Rep. Jackie Speier, Americans are willing to serve.” other sex is equivalent to banning
chairwoman of the military per- She called the five transgender transgender people.
sonnel subcommittee of the House troops who testified Wednesday “You’re transgender and only
Armed Services Committee. “exceptional, but also exception- if you agree not to transition,
Speier said the ban is “dis- ally normal.” then you can serve, that’s just
criminatory, unconstitutional Retired Air Force Gen. James like ‘don’t ask, don’t tell,’” he
and self-defeating” and said the N. Stewart, who is now perform- said.
Obama administration’s 2016 lift- ing the duties of the undersecre- In the nearly three years since
ing of the barrier to allow trans- tary of defense for personnel and the U.S. military welcomed
gender people to serve has been readiness, defended the Trump transgender people into the
an “unequivocal success.” administration’s policy, which is armed forces, they have largely
served without incident. Some,
like Army attack helicopter pi-
lot Lindsey Muller, have earned
prestigious medals or received
other forms of recognition.
“Once you meet transgender
people who have served in the
different branches ... it’s really
hard to dismiss the fact that you
will find Purple Heart recipients,
Bronze Star winners, attack avi-
ators, Navy SEALs,” said Muller,
who did not testify but is a plain-
tiff in one of four lawsuits chal-
lenging the ban. “We’ve been
here, and we will continue to be
here regardless. In what capacity
is up to the administration.”
President Donald Trump has
argued that their presence is a
burden and cited “tremendous
medical costs” as a reason for
the ban.
According to new data from
the Defense Department provid-
ed to the House Armed Services
Committee ahead of the hearing,
the military has spent about $8
million on transgender care since
2016. The military’s annual health
care budget tops $50 billion.
An estimated 14,700 troops on
active duty and in the Reserves
identify as transgender but not
all seek treatment.
Military chiefs testified be-
fore Congress last year that they
found no problems with trans-
gender service members on mo-
rale or unit cohesion.

Life Tributes
IN THIS SECTION
GIRON, Michael J.
MACHADO Jane Marie
TIGHE, James Russell
HAGEMAN, Sandra Paula (Snider) YOUNG, Donna Anne Rumfelt Watts
LAW, III, David R.

James Russell Tighe Jane Marie Machado Donna Anne Rumfelt

Passed peacefully on February
13, 2019 at the age of 87. Born
on May 10, 1931 in Lodgepole,
NB to James and Cleo Tighe.
Predeceased by his first wife of 69
years, Valora and second wife of
nine years, Thelma. Russ was a
U.S. Navy veteran, proud member
of VFW and Sebastopol Rotary.
Survived by daughter Linda, sons
Kevin (Krissy) and Regan (Linda),
grandchildren Meghan, Cody,
Amanda, Tyanna (Kris), Alicia and
Anthony and six great-grands.
Also survived by four sisters and
brother.
Services will be Friday, March 1st
David R. Law III
Passed away on February 23,
2019 in Petaluma. Devoted hus-
band of Anne Law for 58 years.
Cherished father of Jodi Noyes
(Philip), David R. Law lV (Dora),
Patricia Dorsano (David), Susan
Williams and Alonzo Law. Adored
Grandfather of Jennifer Anderson
(Ryan), John Noyes (Krissy), Nico-
las Noyes, Jamie Dowd, Vince
Noyes, Christina Law, David R.
Law V (Megan), Sarah Gee (Billy),
Matthew Dabner (Krissy), Joshua
Williams (Victoria) and Kaitlynn
Williams. Proud great-grandfa-
ther to 15 great-grandchildren.
He will join his grandson Daniel
Dabner in heaven as well as his
mother Sylvia and sister Carol of
Philadelphia. PA.
David was born in Philadelphia,
PA on August 11, 1941, and
joined the Air Force in July 1959
at the age of 17, one month
before turning 18. He was in a
rock ‘n roll band, finished his
service and worked hard to raise
his family. He was a Pop Warner
football Coach, racecar driver at
Petaluma Speedway and active
in his church. He opened an
Automotive Repair business, Five
Corner’s Automotive in Petaluma
in 1980 and served the commu-
Sandra Paula (Snider) Hageman
Sandra Paula (Snider) Hageman,
born May 19, 1945 in Santa
Rosa, CA. Daughter of Paul and
Claire Snider.
She passed away on February
21, 2019 in a Redding hospital
with her son and sister at bedside.
She died of an inoperable sinus
brain melanoma. Preceded in
death by her father Paul Snider
and her daughter Laura Neisinger
(Hageman). Survived by her
mother Claire Snider, sister Carol
Hallman, brother Cody Snider, son
Daniel Hageman, grandchildren
Abbie Hageman and Holly Good-
win, and great-grandson Jack
Goodwin. Her interests included
horses, dogs, cats, gardening,
at 11:00 a.m. at Pleasant Hills
Memorial Park and Mortuary,
1700 Pleasant Hill Rd., Sebas-
topol.
nity until he retired in 2007. He
enjoyed his family, camping and
his passion to preach and share
his faith to everyone. He will be
deeply missed and known by all
as a man of unwavering faith
even through tremendous pain
with severe Rheumatoid arthritis
among other health struggles. He
fought the good fight and finished
the race well. Our dad would say
“Amen” to that.
Memorial Service will be held
Saturday, March 2nd, 1:00pm at
Calvary Chapel Petaluma 1955
S. McDowell Blvd. Condolences
available at
AdobeCreekFuneralHome.com
decorating homes and yardwork.
She graduated Healdsburg High
School in 1963.
There will be a graveside service
and celebration of life held on
March, 1 2019 1 p.m. at Russian
River Cemetery in Ukiah.
Jane Marie Machado, age 53,
passed away peacefully at home
on December 26th, 2018 after a
courageous ten-year battle with
breast cancer. Jane was born
May 20th, 1965 in Greenbrae,
CA to mother Karen Arline Ogren
and father Kay Eugene Williams.
She was a 1983 graduate of
Redwood High School in Larkspur.
She married the love of her life,
Mitch Machado, on December
2nd, 2006. Jane worked for many
years at Golden Bear Travel, then
at North Bay Nissan and lastly
at Kaiser for nearly ten years,
fostering friendships along the
way. Jane lived every moment
of life to the fullest. She enjoyed
playing women’s league and
co-ed softball, volunteered many
years for Cal Ripken youth base-
ball and all school sports her boys
participated in. She supported her
husband in his stock car racing
career, loved to travel, go to
country music concerts and attend
Discovery Church in Rohnert Park.
Jane loved the beach, time with
friends and family having regular
Michael J. Giron
The Giron Family would like
to inform family and friends
of the passing of their beloved
son Michael J. Giron. Michael
leaves behind his loving mother
Lydia Giron, brother Rick Giron,
sister-in-law Laura (Jackson) Giron
and niece Ashley Giron. He was
preceded in death by his loving
father Joseph S Giron and his
brother Lloyd Giron.
Mike fought gallantly, with dignity
and courage over this past year
battling stage 4 liver and pancre-
atic cancer. He never lost sight of
his commitment to his faith, his
family and his friends. It is with a
heavy heart that he will be greatly
missed by all those who knew Big
Mike.
After suffering a life-changing
spinal cord injury in 1976, Mike
went on to live a full life, gradu-
ating in 1981 from the University
of California Berkeley sponsored
computer-training program
created to assist individuals with
disabilities. He then went on to
work for Hewlett-Packard, Varian
Associates and as a contract
programmer for IBM.
Michael will always be remem-
bered for his leadership and
stellar performance for the Burlin-
game High School football team.
For that, Burlingame High Alumni
honored Michael in 1997 by
inducting him into the BHS Sports
Hall of Fame.
Mike’s zest for life and being an
inspiration to all those who came
in contact with him, led to the an-
nual award that started in 2012.
This award honors young athletes
at Burlingame High School who
gatherings like BBQs and holiday
events. Always a positive attitude
and a smile on her face, Jane’s
love for life and adventure shone
on everyone she met and made a
positive impact. Jane is survived
by her father, husband, two sons
Shane and Jake Howard, sister
Debbie Taylor, brother Stephen
Williams, nieces and nephews,
step children, grandchildren and
many more family and friends
whose lives she greatly touched.
The family invites you to join in a
Celebration of Life on April 27,
2019 at the Rohnert Park Commu-
nity Center from 12:00-4:00 p.m.
excel not only on the field but also
in their communities. This Award
is aptly called The Michael J Giron
“Never Give Up Award”.
The ultimate acknowledgement of
his football prowess and character
came in 2014, when Burlingame
High School ceremoniously retired
his Jersey, number “76”, from
their football program in order to
honor Michael’s achievements.
Mike has lived in Santa Rosa for
the past 18 years and has enjoyed
spending the last couple of years
being close to his brother Rick
and his parents. His passion for
life led him to hosting several fun
themed events bringing his friends
and family together. Mike always
put his faith and family first, his
friends second and he was always
third.
There will be a Rosary, on
March 1st, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. at
Crosby-N Gray Funeral Home in
Burlingame. A funeral mass will
be said on Saturday March 2nd
2019 at 1:30 p.m. at St Cather-
ine’s Church in Burlingame.
Interment at Calvary Catholic
Cemetery, Santa Rosa, CA on
Monday, March 4, 2019 at 1:30
p.m.
Watts Young
Donna Anne Rumfelt Watts Young,
beloved wife, mother and grand-
mother, passed away on February
15, 2019, in San Luis Obispo,
California. She was 85 years old.
Donna was born on March 19,
1933, in Cabool, Missouri, to
Edeth Faye (neé Frisbee) and Guy
Newton Rumfelt. The family settled
in Bakersfield, California, where
Donna attended East Bakersfield
High School (Class of ‘51). She
met Donald Lee Watts while ing Robert’s death in 2009, Donna
singing in a church choir and they relocated to Ventura.
married in 1956. Over the next Donna is survived by her four
14 years, they had four daughters
daughters: Elizabeth Rabin (Jack)
and lived in Redondo Beach, Palos of San Luis Obispo, California;
Verdes and Irvine. The family later
moved north to Healdsburg, where
Barbara Clarin (Mitch) of Fleming-
ton, New Jersey; Linda Watts-Silva
they purchased a small parcel (Guillermo) of Ventura, California;
of land in the Dry Creek Valley. and Carolyn Watts of Millville,
The two separated in 1976 and New Jersey. Her seven grand-
divorced in 1985; Donald passed children, as well as many nieces
away later that year. and nephews, also survive her,
Donna went on to earn a degree along with Robert’s children and
in nursing from Santa Rosa Junior grandchildren.
College. In 1992, she married Donations in Donna’s memory
Robert Ashley Young and resided may be made to The National
with him among the picturesque Hospice and Palliative Care Or-
vineyards of Alexander Valley. ganization, The Dementia Society
Her interests included gardening, of America, and the American
travel and bible study. She had Cancer Society. Donna’s ashes
a strong faith in God and was
will be interred at the Oak Mound
a congregant at Healdsburg
Cemetery in Healdsburg, Friday,
Community Church and Alexander
March 1, 2019, at 11:00 a.m.
Valley Community Church. Follow-
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Abuse reports up at detention centers

In 4 years, feds received
more than 4,500 reports
of sex abuse of children
By MATTHEW HAAG
NEW YORK TIMES
The federal government re-
ceived more than 4,500 com-
plaints in four years about the
sexual abuse of immigrant chil-
dren who were being held at
government-funded detention
facilities, including an increase
in complaints while the Trump
administration’s policy of sep-
arating migrant families at the
border was in place, the Justice
Department revealed this week.
The records, which involve chil-
dren who had entered the country
alone or had been separated from
their parents, detailed allegations
that adult staff members had ha-
rassed and assaulted children,
including fondling and kissing mi-
nors, watching them as they show-
ered, and raping them. They also
included cases of suspected abuse
of children by other minors.
From October 2014 to July 2018,
the Office of Refugee Resettle-
ment, a part of the Health and
Human Services Department that
cares for unaccompanied minors,
received 4,556 allegations of sex-
ual abuse or sexual harassment,
1,303 of which were referred to
the Justice Department. Of those
1,303 cases deemed the most se-
rious, 178 were accusations that
adult staff members had sexual-
ly assaulted immigrant children,
while the rest were allegations of
minors assaulting other minors,
the report said.
“The safety of minors is our
top concern when administering
the UAC program,” Jonathan
H. Hayes, acting director of the
Office of Refugee Resettlement,
said in a statement, using an ab-
breviation for unaccompanied
children. “None of the allega-
tions involved ORR federal staff.
These allegations were all fully
investigated, and remedial action
was taken where appropriate.”
The records do not detail the out-
come of every complaint, but they
indicate that some accusations
were determined to be unfound-
ed or lacking enough evidence
to prosecute. In one case, a staff
member at a Chicago detention
facility was accused in April 2015
of fondling and kissing a child and
was later charged with a crime.
The report did not state whether
they had been found guilty.
The documents, first report-
ed by Axios, were made public
by Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Florida,
the night before a House Ju-
diciary Committee hearing
Tuesday about the Trump ad-
ministration’s policy of family
separations at the southern bor-
der. That policy, which was put
in place last spring, resulted in
more than 2,700 children being
separated from their parents un-
der President Donald Trump’s
“zero tolerance” policy of pros-
ecuting anyone caught crossing
the border illegally, including
those with families seeking asy-
lum on humanitarian grounds.
For most of the four years cov-
ered by the report, the number
of allegations made to the Office
of Refugee Resettlement stayed
about the same from month to
month. But the number of com-
plaints rose after the Trump
administration enacted its sepa-
ration policy. From March 2018
to July 2018, the agency received
859 complaints, the largest num-
ber of reports during any five-
month span in the previous four
years. Of those, 342 allegations
were referred to the Justice De-
partment, the report showed.

N Carolina operative Extremists

arrested in scandal
Man faces criminal charges
for his activities in the 2016
election and 2018 primary
By EMERY P. DALESIO
AND JONATHAN DREW
ASSOCIATED PRESS
RALEIGH, N.C. — The political
operative at the center of an elec-
tion fraud scandal that has engulfed
a North Carolina congressional race
was arrested Wednesday on charges
of illegal ballot handling and con-
spiracy. Four people working for
him were also charged.
Leslie McCrae Dowless Jr., 63,
was accused of directing workers
to collect and mail in other people’s
absentee ballots during the 2018
Republican congressional primary
and the 2016 general election. It is
against the law in North Carolina
for anyone other than the voter or
a close relative to handle a mail-in
ballot, a measure aimed at guarding
against manipulation.
Prosecutors are still investigat-
ing evidence of ballot tampering by
Dowless and others working on be-
half of GOP candidate Mark Harris
during last fall’s congressional elec-
tion in the mostly rural 9th District,
which includes part of Charlotte
and extends eastward across several
counties.
The indictment represents the
first charges in a scandal that has
cast doubt on election integrity and
will leave a congressional seat un-
filled for months.
“These indictments should serve
as a stern warning to anyone trying
to defraud elections in North Caro-
lina,” state elections director Kim
Westbrook Strach said.
Dowless was arrested less than a
week after the state elections board
decided that his work for Harris,
starting with the primary, tainted
the Republican’s apparent victory in
November. The board ordered a new
election but hasn’t set a date.
Harris is not running in the do-
Leslie McCrae Dowless Jr., the North Carolina political operative at the center
of a ballot fraud scandal, is facing criminal charges for his activities in the 2016
elections and the Republican primary in 2018.
over election; his Democratic op-
ponent from November, Dan Mc-
Cready, is.
Harris has not been charged and
has denied knowledge of any illegal
practices by those involved in his
campaign. But he, too, could come
under scrutiny. During last week’s
board hearing, he admitted writing
personal checks to Dowless in 2017,
a potential violation if the payments
weren’t reported.
Dowless has denied wrongdoing
and did not respond to phone and
text messages Wednesday. A woman
hung up on a call to Dowless’ attor-
ney.
Dowless was charged with illegal
possession of absentee ballots, ob-
struction of justice and conspiracy
to obstruct justice. He was booked
into a Raleigh jail. The four others
were charged with illegal posses-
sion of an absentee ballot and con-
spiracy to obstruct justice.
The crimes “served to undermine
the integrity of the absentee ballot
TRAVIS LONG / ASSOCIATED PRESS
process and the public’s confidence
in the outcome of the electoral pro-
cess,” the indictment said.
Dowless was accused of directing
his workers “to mail the absentee
ballot in such a manner to conceal
the fact that the voter had not per-
sonally mailed it himself” — an act
the indictment said constituted ob-
struction of justice.
In last fall’s congressional elec-
tion, Harris led McCready by 905
votes out of about 280,000 cast, but
the state elections board refused to
certify Harris as the winner because
of the fraud suspicions. Last week,
Harris abruptly dropped his bid to
be declared the winner and called
for a new election, and the board
agreed.
Wake County District Attorney
Lorrin Freeman, who pursued the
charges announced Wednesday, is
still looking into evidence of irregu-
larities in November. She indicated
it could be weeks before any deci-
sions are made on charges.
in US military
still a problem
Services don’t want and Timothy McVeigh,
racists but struggle
who bombed a federal
building in Oklahoma City
to keep them out in 1995. More recently, a
half-dozen current and for-
By DAVE PHILIPPS mer service members were
NEW YORK TIMES linked in 2017 to the Atom-
waffen Division, a violent
The U.S. military is one white supremacist group.
of the most ethnically di- Saying that the mili-
verse and integrated insti- tary radicalized these men
tutions in the nation, and would be wrong, Beirich
has long promoted racial said. “The military is one of
equality. Yet in a string the most diverse, multicul-
of cases in recent years, tural places you can go get a
Americans bent on racist job,” she said. “If anything,
extremism have been cur- it de-radicalizes people.”
rent or former members of Even so, an FBI report in
the armed forces. 2008 found that right-wing
The arrest of a Coast extremists with military
Guard lieutenant whom experience were a per-
federal prosecutors ac- sistent problem in civilian
cused last week of stockpil- life. And since then, a num-
ing weapons and planning ber of participants in vio-
to start a race war raised lent protests mounted by
the question of whether the so-called alt-right groups
military, for all its efforts have been active-duty
to fight discrimination, has troops or veterans.
a continuing problem with
white supremacists in the Drawn to join up
ranks. Some extremist groups
Here is a look at the issue encourage their younger
and how the military has members to enlist to get
addressed it: weapons training, Beirich
said, adding that the mili-
A persistent problem tary often has little aware-
Watchdog groups that ness of these groups and
monitor domestic extrem- how they operate.
ist activity were quick to And for individuals, she
cite the allegations against said, the personality traits
the Coast Guard officer, Lt. that may predispose them
Christopher Hasson, as a to extremist views may also
fresh cause for concern, predispose them to seek a
one of a number in recent career involving weapons
years involving people with and the use of force.
military backgrounds. The military does not
They have warned that want such recruits, but it
the armed forces can be does not have a comprehen-
a training and recruiting sive system for screening
ground for hate groups. them out. All recruits go
“If you look at the list through a criminal back-
of domestic terrorism at- ground check when they
tacks, you will find a lot of enlist, but that would only
veterans,” said Heidi Bei- detect extremists if they
rich, director of the intelli- have been charged with a
gence project at the South- crime related to their be-
ern Poverty Law Center. liefs; those who have not can
The trouble, Beirich slip through. Recruits’ med-
said, is that the Pentagon ical records are reviewed
does not see white nation- for signs of significant
alists in the ranks as a mental illness, but there is
major issue. “We’ve had a no formal psychological as-
hard time convincing the sessment that might detect
military of the seriousness extremist views.
of this problem,” she said.
The Defense Department How large is
did not respond to requests the problem?
for comment for this arti- Experts generally agree
cle, but its posture has gen- that the problem is more
erally been that the number widespread than the mili-
of troops involved in ex- tary acknowledges.
tremist activity is tiny, that In 1995, after the Oklaho-
there are strict regulations ma City bombing and the
against discrimination and killing of a black couple
extremist activity, and that by a paratrooper and skin-
military commanders are head near Fort Bragg in
empowered to discipline North Carolina, the Army
and discharge troops who conducted a sweeping
break them. investigation of extrem-
The department told ism in its ranks. It turned
Congress in a 2018 letter up 22 skinheads at Fort
that, out of 1.3 million Bragg, but the Army found
serving members of the a “very, very, very small
military, only 18 had been amount of extremist activ-
disciplined or discharged ity” overall, a spokesman
for extremist activity over said at the time.

“We tripled our resumes and hired two the past five years. That has largely been the
Experts say, though, that posture of the military ever
because extremists gen- since, according to Carter
candidates instead of one!” erally try to keep their ac- F. Smith, who served for 30
tivities in the shadows, the years as an Army criminal
That’s what Casey Williams, Human Resources Representative at Workrite Ergonomics, official discipline figures investigator and now teach-
probably understate the es criminal justice at Aus-
had to say about the recent employment campaign she did with The Press Democrat. scale of the problem. tin Peay State University in
Tennessee.
Need help finding qualified candidates? Target your posting to both passive and active In and out “They always say the
job seekers that match the skills and background you are seeking. of the service numbers are small, and
Call Kim Sustek at (707) 526-8503. In a number of cases, because of that, it is not a
white supremacists have priority,” Carter said of
served in the military and military officials. “Well,
then turned to deadly vio- the numbers might be
lence afterward. Examples small, but they are like a
include Wade Page, who drop of cyanide in your
opened fire at a Sikh tem- drink. They can do a lot of
ple in Wisconsin in 2012, damage.”
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2019 WORLD B5

Canadian political crisis reaches top

Former AG says Trudeau
pressured her to drop
case against corporation
By IAN AUSTEN
NEW YORK TIMES
OTTAWA, Ontario — Break-
ing weeks of silence, the former
Cabinet minister at the center
of a growing political crisis in
Canada testified that Prime Min-
ister Justin Trudeau, members
of his staff and senior officials
used “political interference” and
“veiled threats” in a campaign to
get her to drop a criminal case
against a major corporation.
In testimony to a House of
Commons committee examin-
ing the prime minister’s actions,
Jody Wilson-Raybould, the for-
mer justice minister and attor-
ney general, recalled asking
Trudeau: “Are you politically in-
terfering with my role, my deci-
sion as the AG? I would strongly
advise against it.”
The often inflammatory and
defiant testimony from Wil-
son-Raybould, who remains a
Liberal member of Parliament,
is likely to provide ample fuel
for opposition politicians as cam-
paigning for the general election
in October gears up.
But with no smoking gun in
her testimony — Wilson-Ray-
bould acknowledged during
questioning that no one in the
government ever instructed her
to order prosecutors to reach
a settlement — the damage to
Trudeau may ultimately be con-
tained. In the short term, how-
ever, the testimony has put his
government into damage control
mode.
The case, which has erupt-
ed into the biggest crisis of
Trudeau’s political career, be-
gan Feb. 7, when The Globe and
Mail reported, citing anonymous
sources, that the prime minister
and his aides had improperly
pressed Wilson-Raybould to seek
a settlement of criminal charges
against a leading Canadian com-
pany.
SNC-Lavalin, a Montre-
al-based engineering and con-
struction company, was accused
of paying millions of dollars in
bribes to officials in Libya while
the country was ruled by Moam-
mar Gadhafi.
A criminal conviction would
leave the company, which is one
of Quebec’s most prominent cor-
porations with 52,000 employees
worldwide, unable to do business
with the government of Canada
for a decade.
Several Quebec politicians,
including Premier François Le-
gault, feared that the resulting
financial blow to the company
would leave it vulnerable to a
foreign takeover.

TRUMP At the dinner, Pompeo

and acting White House
chief of staff Mick Mul-
CONTINUED FROM B1 vaney joined Trump and
Kim, along with two senior
five-star Metropole ho- North Korean aides, Kim
tel. “We want to be happy Yong Chol and Ri Yong Ho,
with what we’re doing.” and two interpreters.
Trump said he believed Kim smiled warmly as
their first summit, in Sin- the two men shook hands,
gapore, was a success and but looked uncomfort-
added that their meetings able in the glare of tele-
in Hanoi “will be equal to vision cameras and the
or greater than the first.” loud clicking of shutters
He held up Vietnam as from photographers. He
a model for economic praised Trump for his
growth for North Korea, “extraordinary and cou-
which he said has “unlim- rageous political deci-
ited” potential. sion” that allowed their
“I look forward to reunion to take place after
watching it happen, and 261 days and hinted that
we will help it happen,” he had his own doubters
Trump said, sitting next to overcome at home.
to Kim in front of a row But if there was one
of American and North thing the two men agreed
Korean flags. The pres- on, it was that this summit
ident wore a dark suit was going to be a success.
and striped tie, while “Disbelief and misun-
Kim wore his traditional derstandings were every-
Mao-style suit. The North where, and old hostile
Korean leader smiled as habits were getting in our
Trump spoke. way, but we’ve overcome
NARIMAN EL-MOFTY / ASSOCIATED PRESS
On Thursday morning, it well, come face to face
Policemen stand guard Wednesday in front of a damaged train inside Ramsis train station in Cairo. Trump and Kim arrived and walked all the way

At least 20 dead, 40 hurt

in separate motorcades to Hanoi in 260 days,”
for the second day of sum- Kim Jong Un said in the
mit talks at the hotel. Af- photo op with Trump. “I
ter speaking to reporters think it’s been a time pe-
seated in front of U.S. and riod that took me more

after Cairo train wreck

North Korea flags, they agony, effort and patience
strolled briefly through than ever. I am confident
the hotel, pausing to chat a great result will be pro-
briefly with Secretary of duced this time to be wel-
State Mike Pompeo and his comed by everyone, and
North Korean counterpart I will do my best toward
Egyptian official says applying the hand brake to confront
another conductor, who was block-
agement of the railway network.
Arafat had recently asked President
Kim Yong Chol by the pool.
Trump’s warm greet-
that goal.”
White House aides have
a fight between two train ing the way with his rail car, Nabil Abdel Fatah el-Sissi for more money ing of Kim on Wednesday said the president is deter-
conductors caused the crash Sadek said in a statement.
“The driver left the rail car with-
to rebuild the rail infrastructure.
The Wednesday explosion and
night suggested that the
president was hopeful
mined to sell Kim on a vi-
sion of modernization and
By HEBA FAROUK MAHFOUZ out taking any measures to put on the minister’s resignation are likely that their personal rap- present him with a choice
AND SUDARSAN RAGHAVAN the brakes,” Sadek said. to renew questions about el-Sissi’s port can help bridge gaps between continued global
WASHINGTON POST Images on Egyptian television and economic priorities. He has spent in the negotiations among isolation or burgeoning
social media showed heavy plumes billions on major projects, including lower-level aides ahead of economic growth if he
CAIRO — A train slammed into a of black smoke rising from the sta- building a new capital and bolstering the summit. Trump said gives up the North’s nu-
barrier at Cairo’s main railway sta- tion as ambulances and fire engines the military. the biggest area of prog- clear weapons program.
tion and exploded on Wednesday, arrived. But the government has focused ress since Singapore was Ahead of meetings with
sparking a major fire that killed at Inside the station, surveil- little on refurbishing the dilapidated their “relationship,” and Vietnamese officials ear-
least 20 people and injured 40. lance-camera videos that later cir- infrastructure or spending on public in a tweet after the dinner lier Wednesday, Trump
Hours later, Transportation Minis- culated on social media revealed the education and health care in a coun- he said the two had “very praised Vietnam on Twit-
ter Hisham Arafat resigned, accord- chaos. One video showed a massive try where 90 percent of the popula- good dialogue.” ter as “thriving like few
ing to Cabinet statement. ball of flames engulfing a platform tion lives in poverty. The dinner of grilled places on earth” and said
The National Railway Authority as passengers fled. A man covered Train accidents are alarmingly sirloin and chocolate lava North Korea has a chance
said in a statement that the blaze in flames is seen stumbling as other common. In 2017 alone, 1,793 such cake was an attempt to to do the same “very
erupted after the train struck a con- passengers try to douse him with wa- accidents occurred, a figure that has continue to foster trust quickly.”
crete barrier at Ramses Station, in ter. significantly increased in the past ahead of a series of meet- In brief remarks with
central Cairo. The train’s fuel tank “Suddenly everything turned or- eight years, according to govern- ings Thursday during Vietnamese President
apparently exploded, creating a huge ange,” said Hend Ahmad el-Taher, ment statistics. In 2011, in compari- which the two sides will Nguyen Phu Trong,
ball of flames that engulfed the plat- 30, a teacher, who was in a cafeteria son, there were 489 accidents. attempt to lock down the Trump said he marveled
forms and nearby buildings. waiting for her train to depart when In August 2017, for example, 43 terms of an agreement. at the construction proj-
Egypt’s prosecutor general said the explosion occurred. “People in people were killed when two passen- U.S. negotiators are seek- ects his motorcade passed
Wednesday evening that a prelimi- flames were running and scream- ger trains collided near the northern ing detailed commitments during his drive into Ha-
nary investigation indicated that a ing.” coastal city of Alexandria. And in from Pyongyang to dis- noi from the airport late
fight between two train conductors Egypt’s railway infrastructure has 2002, a fire swept through an over- mantle at least some of its Tuesday.
caused the explosion. long been neglected, and previous crowded train near Cairo, killing nuclear weapons facilities, “Vietnam is thriving,”
The conductor of the train that lat- train accidents have been blamed on more than 370 people. It was the na- while Kim’s regime wants said Trump, who signed
er crashed had stepped off it without a lack of investment and poor man- tion’s deadliest train accident. relief from punishing eco- a bilateral trade deal with
nomic sanctions and a dec- Hanoi to purchase U.S.-
laration to formally end made plane engines and
the Korean War. other equipment.

Women lug
suitcases
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DAY: This year, you will experience down to basics. You have certain decision; they might let you know.

more excitement than you have
for a long time. Be careful with
financial upset; you could experi-
ence a problem. However, upset
surrounding day-to-day life and
in conversation might be exciting
and can be worked with. If single,
you find that you meet high-
energy people through friends or
when you’re in a group. If you’re
attached, you and your partner
enjoy each other’s company and
often can be found chatting away.
Listen to advice from CAPRICORN.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
errands to run and ideas that need
to be executed and completed.
Allowing others to deal with
the frivolous details could make
everyone happy. Tonight: Follow a
friend’s lead.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) ★★★
Pace yourself, and move past an
unexpected hassle. Try not to get
stuck or go over a story again and
again. Understand where you’re
coming from and what might be
needed to make an idea become a
reality. Tonight: Be more upbeat.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
to protest
Maintain your sense of humor, as
you might receive some offbeat
comments and suggestions. Stay
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might be quite feisty and touchy,
especially by the end of the day.
Tonight: Off to the gym. Time for
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run implications. A family member
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consider your options. When you
recognize that the time has come
to act on a decision, you smile
from ear to ear. Because you
decide to make calls and touch
base with others, you might be out
and about or on your cell. Tonight:
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DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips CROSSWORD Thomas Joseph

Dad uses his sons as

weapons in bitter breakup
Dear Abby: My daugh-
ter has two boys who treat
her like crap. They swear,
call her a b——, whore, liar
and the f-word. They break
things in her house and
have no respect for anyone.
The problem started after
she broke up with their
biological father and mar-
PHIL MCCARTEN / ASSOCIATED PRESS, 2006
ried her new boyfriend. The
“Beverly Hills 90210” cast members, left to right, Jennie father brainwashes the boys
Garth, Brian Austin Green, Ian Ziering, Jason Priestley and to do these things to make
Gabrielle Carteris will return to Fox in a six-episode event. life a living hell with her
new husband.
‘Beverly Hills, 90210’ to return in series What I cannot understand
is why my daughter goes out
The original stars of “Beverly Hills, 90210” are plan- of her way to please these
ning a high school reunion with a twist. two ungrateful kids and
Fox said Wednesday that cast members including Jason still cannot see how they
Priestly and Jennie Garth will play “heightened versions”
are destroying her present
of themselves in a six-part series airing this summer.
household. This is killing
Fox says the drama titled “90210” is inspired by the me. What can she do to solve
cast’s real lives and relationships, combined with what
the problem?
it termed a “healthy dose of irreverence.” — Angry in the West
Ian Ziering, Gabrielle Carteris, Brian Austin Green Dear Angry: The first
and Tori Spelling also will star in the series. thing your daughter will
The action begins when one of the cast suggests they have to do to solve her
try to launch a reboot of “Beverly Hills, 90210.” problem is acknowledge
The original series aired from 1990 to 2000 and followed that there is one, and SHE
a circle of friends in high school and young adulthood. may be part of it. Then,
A date for the new series wasn’t announced. she will have to quit trying
to ingratiate herself with
Oprah to interview Jackson’s accusers the boys and act more like
a parent than a doormat,
An Oprah Winfrey interview with two
which means she will have
men who say Michael Jackson sexually to institute consequences
abused them as boys will air immediate- when her sons misbehave
ly after a documentary on the men. and treat her disrespectfully.
HBO and the Oprah Winfrey Network Unless she is prepared to do
announced Wednesday that the special, that, nothing will change.
“Oprah Winfrey Presents: After Never-
land,” will air simultaneously on both Dear Abby: I’m a long-
channels Monday at 10 p.m.. That’s just time reader and I’m curious.
Oprah
after the conclusion of the two-night Do you ever receive letters
Winfrey
airing of “Leaving Neverland.” from “the other party”?
The networks say the pre-taped interview by Winfrey
Has anyone ever read your
will be with Wade Robson and James Safechuck, and column, realized the letter
the film’s director, Dan Reed in front of an audience of is about them and written
people affected by sexual abuse. to tell you their side? Would
The family and estate of Jackson, who died in 2009, you ever print it if they did?
have denounced the documentary and HBO’s decision
to air it, saying it spreads falsehoods about a man not
There are always two sides
alive to defend himself.
ASK AMY Amy Dickinson
‘Star Is Born’ with added footage released
For fans of “A Star Is Born,” the
Oscars were bittersweet. Yes, they got to
Tolerating differences
watch the most intimate, soulful Jack-
son Maine/Ally role play when Bradley is an evergreen issue
Cooper and Lady Gaga took the stage to
perform “Shallow” together. Dear Readers: I’ve
But the moment was also melancholy briefly stepped away from
— a farewell to a song played three my column to work on a
million times this awards season and new writing project. This
Lady to a showmance many wish was more
Gaga week, I’m rerunning topical
than just good acting. Q&A from 10 years ago.
But have no fear, Jackson and Ally fans. Warner Bros. Today’s topic is: politics
has announced that on Friday it will release in theaters a and tolerance. I’m struck by
new version of Cooper’s directorial debut, featuring how, even though there is a
12 additional minutes of precious footage for one week only. very different president in
According to the studio, many of the new scenes will the White House from when
be musical, too, including extended performances of these questions were origi-
“Black Eyes,” “Alibi” and yes, “Shallow,” which Gaga’s nally published, the issue of
character will sing more a capella. how to tolerate an opposing
point of view is evergreen.
Oscar-winner Iñàrritu to lead Cannes jury
Dear Amy: I find I need
Alejandro Iñárritu, the Mexican director of Oscar to make some changes. I
winners “Birdman” and “The Revenant,” will lead this try to be open-minded and
year’s Cannes Film Festival jury, the festival said. to see people as humans
Iñárritu, who has twice won the Academy Award for first and not judge them by
best director, will be the first Mexican to be president of color, creed or educational
the jury in the festival’s 72-year history. Last year’s jury background.
president was Cate Blanchett. My specific areas of dif-
ficulty surround people who
are blatantly of a different
Birthdays political stripe than I am,
Architect Frank Gehry is 90. Actor and those who are signifi-
Gavin MacLeod is 88. Singer Sam the cantly and more openly re-
Sham is 82. Hall of Fame auto racer ligious than I am. I find that
Mario Andretti is 79. Actor Frank once I know people have
Bonner is 77. Actress Mercedes Ruehl sympathies with a political
is 71. Actress Bernadette Peters is 71. administration I don’t favor,
Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul then I’m apt to dislike them
Krugman is 66. Comedian Gilbert and am unable to appreci-
Gottfried is 64. Actor John Turturro ate other qualities they
Jason
is 62. Rock singer Cindy Wilson is 62. might have that I would find
Aldean
Country singer Jason Aldean is 42. worthy.
Actor Geoffrey Arend is 41. Actress Melanie Chandra The same goes for people
(“Code Black”) is 35. Actress True O’Brien is 25. Actress who sprinkle their conver-
Madisen Beaty is 24. Actor Bobb’e Thompson is 23. sations with religion or
speak of religion in a way
that makes it seem that all
their thoughts and decisions
come from their deity. I feel
very blocked in these areas
and want to know which
doors I need to open in my
own mind to work this prob-
to every story.
— Wondering in Houston
Dear Wondering: The
answer is yes. It happens
rarely, but it does happen.
Last year I published a
letter from a woman who
was upset because her
ex-husband had promised
their daughter a large sum
of money for the daughter’s
wedding. He had told the
daughter her mother would
pay half the amount. She
felt she should have been
consulted first. (I agreed.)
ACROSS 6 Thou
I then heard from the ex-
husband, who wanted me to 1 Harness-race horse 7 Raucous
know he had “apologized to 6 Window makeup 8 Tack on
her profusely” for not dis- 11 Wed in haste 9 Spot
12 Western competition 10 Junior, to senior
cussing the wedding budget
13 Diminished 16 Like some schoolhouses
beforehand and that he had 14 “The Age of Anxiety” 17 Texan tree
offered to lower the bud-
poet 18 Boring movie
get, but the mother “only 15 Minute part 20 Was frugal with
wanted to be responsible 17 Letter before omega 21 Bulging
for paying for the bridal 19 Conclude 22 Piano part
gown.” He closed by say- 20 Member of the force 24 “Rose — rose ...”
ing, “I’m not looking to get 23 Train puller 25 Golf position
this published, just thought 25 Brain part 27 Fleet leader
you’d like to know the other 26 Held back 31 Roadside stop
side of the story and allow 28 Open space 33 Swaying dance
myself to blow off a little 29 Black Sea port 34 Cork’s country
30 Homer’s neighbor 35 Scoundrel
steam.” I hope this satisfies
31 May honoree 36 Freud topic
your curiosity. 32 Slippery one 37 Drill part
33 More comfy 39 Brian of rock
What teens need to know 35 Disprove 40 Chestnut
about sex, drugs, AIDS and 38 Metal fastener
getting along with peers and 41 Nimble
parents is in “What Every 42 Sports venue
Teen Should Know.” Send 43 Add up
your name and mailing ad- 44 Deceived
dress, plus check or money
order for $8 (U.S. funds) to: DOWN
Dear Abby, Teen Booklet, 1 Chapel sight
2 In the style of
P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris,
3 Entrusted to another
IL 61054-0447. (Shipping and
for safekeeping
handling are included in the 4 Olympics weapon
price.) 5 Minimal money
YESTERDAY’S PUZZLE
Write Dear Abby at P.O. Box
69440, Los Angeles 90069 or
www.DearAbby.com. JUMBLE David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek
lem through. I’m asking you
to please open my mind.
— Closed-Minded
Dear Closed-Minded:
I can’t open your mind —
but you probably can. I
love your question partly
because — unlike many who
write to me — you seem
to want to change. (Most
people want for someone
else to change.)
You could try to do some-
thing I’ve been doing lately,
and that is to consume
roughly an equal amount of SUDOKU Michael Mepham
media leaning toward both
sides of the political equa-
tion. It also helps to realize
that no political side has
a lock on obnoxiousness,
hysteria or foolishness.
The essential truth is
that everybody is different,
people have a right to paint
themselves in any politi-
cal or religious stripe they
choose, and your inability
or refusal to see the person
beneath the beliefs tips you
toward the bigot side of the
scale.
The most gracious and
socially adept people I know
always find a way “in” as a
way to get to know some-
one. They dip beneath the
Today: Moderate
surface, ask questions and
listen to the answers. If Complete the grid so
you do this you’ll learn that each row, column and 3
even zealots have home- x 3 box (in bold border)
towns and favorite movies. contains every digit 1
Commonalities will trump to 9. For strategies on
how to solve Sudoku,
differences. (May 2009) visit sudoku.org.uk.
Send questions via email to
askamy@tribune.com or by
mail to Ask Amy, PO Box 194,
YESTERDAY’S PUZZLE
Freeville, NY, 13068.

BRIDGE Frank Stewart

“The man told me he had a beard,
but he was a bald-faced liar.” — graffiti
As a defender, you rarely want to
tell lies to your partner. Defenders
tend to lead and signal honestly. But
declarer is fair game. Mislead him if
you can.
In a matchpoint duplicate event,
West led a club against four spades,
and East won and shifted to a dia-
mond. West took the ace and led a
second diamond to dummy. Then
declarer’s only problem was to play
the trumps to best advantage.
South led a trump to his ace. If West
had played the deuce, South would
have taken the king next. He would
have lost one trump, making four. But
West followed with the 10!
Now South could survive if West
had no more spades or make an
overtrick if he had the 10-9 doubleton.
So South led a heart to dummy and
returned the jack of trumps. Alas,
East showed out, and South lost two
trumps and went down.
If you think South was naive, I
agree. But that doesn’t detract from
West’s falsecard.
Daily Question: You hold: S J 7 6 5
H A K J 5 D Q 7 C Q 7 6. Your partner
opens 1NT. North in today’s deal bid
two clubs (Stayman) with this hand.
Do you agree with that action?
Answer: Most players would agree
at matchpoints, where playing in a 4-4
fit at a major might produce a valu-
able extra trick. At IMPs or party
bridge, a case exists for raising to
3NT. You surely have the high-card
strength to make that, and a bad
trump break might beat a major-suit
game.
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Business
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Shareholder focus cuts wages
STRICTLY Middle-class workers were high ladino, said in a statement. “The misguided “Firms invested in and depended on a sta-
assumption that corporate prosperity should ble labor force,” Palladino writes, “and unions
priority when managers had benefit only shareholders has hurt the abili- held enough power to secure significant gains
more authority, think tank says
BUSINESS
ty of employees to bargain for a share of that for their members.”
prosperity— which they help create — and That began to change in the 1970s. “As
By CHRISTOPHER INGRAHAM held back a growing economy.” economic growth slowed and inflation rose,
WASHINGTON POST The paper traces the rise of what Palladi- shareholders became dissatisfied with low
no calls “shareholder primacy,” which she and steady dividends,” Palladino writes.
NEW YORK A relentless focus on maximizing share- defines as “a legal and economic frame- Buoyed by the efforts of such conservative
holder value has contributed to stagnant work for corporate governance that claims intellectuals as the economist Milton Fried-
Weight Watchers middle-class wages in the United States and that the sole purpose of corporate activity man, who wrote that the responsibility of
plummets on forecast fueled the rise of a society increasingly di- is to maximize wealth for shareholders.” As corporate executives is to “conduct the busi-
vided between haves and have-nots, accord- Palladino tells it, in the decades immediate- ness in accordance with [business owners’,
Weight Watchers plummeted ing to a new working paper published by the ly following World War II, managers held i.e. shareholders’] desires,” shareholders be-
after a severely disappoint- Roosevelt Institute, a progressive economic considerable decision-making power in the gan demanding a greater share of the profits.
ing full-year forecast, so it’s think tank. dominant publicly traded companies. Be- The interests of employees were relegated
turning again to the name that “Nearly fifty years of increasing focus on cause of their positions in their companies, to a secondary concern. In real terms, infla-
fueled its last rally: Oprah. shareholder payments has cost American managers tended to make decisions with tion-adjusted wages peaked in 1972 at $23.85,
The wellness company workers the chance to do well when corpora- an eye toward maintaining good, or at least then eroded until the mid-1990s. A rebound
that’s rebranded itself as WW tions do well,” the study’s author, Lenore Pal- stable, relations with their employees. has followed, but wages still lag.
tumbled as much as 34 percent
late Tuesday after warning
that member recruitment will
decline in 2019. It’s targeting
profit between $1.25 and $1.50
a share this year, a far cry from WALMART » DISABLED EMPLOYEES CONCERNED
the $3.36 analysts had been es-
timating. Revenue will be about
$1.4 billion, below the nearly
$1.7 billion projected.
Weight Watchers acknowl-
edged that its marketing cam-
paign during the key winter
diet season failed to resonate,
and it said it plans to lean more
heavily on Oprah Winfrey in its
upcoming ads.

BOSTON
Fidelity says it discloses
fees amid fed inquiry
Fidelity Investments says
it fully discloses fees that it
charges some mutual funds for
using the firm’s platform to ac-
cess retirement plan customers.
The fees and disclosure
of them are being probed by
the U.S. Labor Department,
the Wall Street Journal said
Wednesday. They’re also the
centerpiece of a Feb. 21 lawsuit
against Fidelity by an investor
in T-Mobile USA Inc.’s 401(k)
plan. It claims the firm conceals
so-called infrastructure fees.
“The infrastructure fee has
been fully disclosed to 401(k)
plans and their sponsors via
a disclosure that Fidelity sent
to over 20,000 401(k) plans,”
Fidelity spokesman Vincent
Loporchio said in a statement RACHEL WASSER
Wednesday. Walmart greeter John Combs works at a Walmart store in Vancouver, Washington. Combs, who has cerebral palsy, and other greeters with
disabilities are threatened with job loss as Walmart transforms the greeter position into one that’s more physically demanding.

Greeters on the way out

WASHINGTON
State, local deduction
limit hits 11M taxpayers
The new limit on the state
and local tax deduction will hit
nearly 11 million taxpayers na-
tionwide this year, according to Most visible workers to be replaced with able-bodied ‘customer hosts’
a report by a Treasury Depart-
ment inspector general. By MICHAEL RUBINKAM served as a source of pride and offered a In 2016, Walmart began replacing greeters
It is the government’s first ASSOCIATED PRESS connection to the community. with hosts, with responsibilities that include

estimate of the effect of capping
the popular deduction at $10,000,
a key and controversial provision
in the Republican tax bill cham-
pioned by President Trump.
An unredacted version of the
report released Wednesday also
showed that Treasury Secre-
tary Steven Mnuchin and other
officials last year prioritized
halting efforts by California
and other states to help resi-
dents circumvent the cap.
Deductions for state and local
taxes, known as SALT, were un-
limited before the Republican
tax bill took effect last year.
BURBANK
Brazil approves Disney’s
A
s Walmart moves to phase out its
familiar blue-vested “greeters” at
some
1,000 stores nationwide, disabled workers
who fill many of those jobs say they’re be-
ing ill-treated by a chain that styles itself
as community-minded and inclusive.
Walmart told greeters around the coun-
try last week that their positions would
be eliminated on April 26 in favor of an
expanded, more physically demanding
“customer host” role. To qualify, they will
need to be able to lift 25-pound packages,
climb ladders and stand for long periods.
That came as a heavy blow to greeters
with cerebral palsy, spina bifida and other
physical disabilities. For them, a job at
Walmart has provided needed income,
Now Walmart, America’s largest private
employer, is facing a backlash as custom-
ers rally around some of the chain’s most
visible and beloved employees.
Walmart says it is striving to place
greeters in other jobs at the company, but
workers with disabilities are worried.
Donny Fagnano, 56, who has worked
at Walmart for more than 21 years, said
he cried when a manager at the store in
Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, called him into
the office last week and told him his job
was going away.
“I like working,” he said. “It’s better
than sitting at home.”
Fagnano, who has spina bifida, said he
was offered a severance package. He hopes
to stay on at Walmart and clean bathrooms
instead.
not only welcoming customers but helping
with returns, checking receipts to deter
shoplifters and keeping the front of the store
clean. Walmart has been redefining roles at
stores as they compete with Amazon.
The effect of the greeter phase-out on
disabled and elderly employees largely es-
caped public notice until last week, when
Walmart launched a second round of cuts.
As word spread, outraged customers
began calling Walmart to complain. Tens
of thousands of people signed petitions.
Facebook groups sprang up.
The U.S. unemployment rate for
disabled people more than twice that for
workers without disabilities. The greeter
issue has already prompted at least three
complaints to the U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission.

Fox hit with $179M judgment on ‘Bones’

purchase of Fox assets
Walt Disney Co. has cleared
one of the last major hurdles
in its quest to buy much of 21st
Century Fox.
Brazil’s antitrust regulator,
Cade, after a proceeding Wednes-
day, approved Disney’s $71.3-bil-
lion deal after Disney agreed to
sell a sports channel in Brazil.
The South American govern-
ment’s conditional approval of
the deal moves the Burbank
company significantly closer to
gobbling up Fox’s prolific pro-
duction studios and channels —
a process that could be complet-
ed as early as next week.
The Disney-Fox combination
will help realize the vision of
Disney Chief Executive Bob
Iger, who began scooping up
valuable entertainment brands
more than a decade ago.
— Press Democrat
news services
By DAVID NG
LOS ANGELES TIMES
In a ruling that could have widespread
repercussions in the TV industry, Fox has
been hit with a $178.7 million judgment in
its profit participation dispute with the
team behind the hit series “Bones.”
The Feb. 4 ruling, which was decided in ar-
bitration, excoriated senior Fox executives and
criticized the studio and network.
The award is among the largest of its
kind and is the latest case to spotlight dis-
putes over the accounting practices of ma-
jor studios and whether they shortchange
talent. The biggest award came in 2011
when a jury ordered Disney to pay $319
million in a profit participation case over
“Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.”
Arbitrator Peter Lichtman wrote in his
decision that Fox engaged in “reprehensible
conduct” and that top executives including
21st Century Fox President Peter Rice, Fox
EVAN AGOSTINI / INVISION, 2016
David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel at a Fox
Networks event. 21st Century Fox has been
ordered to pay $179 million in a profits dispute.
TV CEO Dana Walden and Fox TV Chairman
Gary Newman gave unconvincing testimony.
“The more these individual testified,” he
wrote, “the more incredulous their testimo-
ny appeared.” He criticized Fox for taking a
“cavalier attitude toward its wrongdoing.”
21st Century Fox said Wednesday it was
seeking to void the punitive damages of
$128.5 million, arguing that the arbitrator
exceeded his powers. But the studio said
it wasn’t contesting the actual damages of
$50.2 million.
“Fox will not allow this flagrant injustice,
riddled with errors and gratuitous char-
acter attacks, to stand and will vigorously
challenge the ruling in a court of law,” the
company said.
The dispute pitted the show’s stars and
producers — including actors David Bore-
anaz and Emily Deschanel and executive
producer Barry Josephson — against Fox,
which both produced and aired the come-
dy-drama crime series from 2005 to 2017.
At the heart of the dispute was whether
Fox engaged in so-called “self-dealing” —
hiding profits from the show to avoid com-
pensating key talent and producers.
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Inside
Baseball » 2
NBA » 3
NFL » 4
Weather » 8

Heat buzzer-beater
thwarts comeback
HEAT 126, WARRIORS 125 » Wade’s 3
after almost losing ball buries champs
By TIM REYNOLDS
ASSOCIATED PRESS
MIAMI — Dwyane Wade jumped onto a court-
side table and thumped himself on the chest three
times. He took a victory lap, waving a towel. He got
mobbed by teammates.
He’s been part of games that meant more.
But bigger moments — there haven’t been
many, if any, than this one.
Wade’s one-legged, off-the-glass, straightaway
3-point heave as time expired lifted the Miami
Heat to a 126-125 victory over the Golden State
Warriors on Wednesday night, a game where the
Heat wasted every bit of a 24-point lead and had
to rally from four points down in the final minute. BRYNN ANDERSON / ASSOCIATED PRESS
“I’ve been in this position so many times and Miami’s Dwyane Wade talks with the Warriors’ Stephen Curry after Wade
hit the winning 3-point basket at the buzzer to beat the Warriors after
TURN TO WARRIORS » PAGE C3 Golden State had come back from 24 points down to take the lead.

GIANTS HIGH SCHOOL PLAYOFFS » STATE TOURNAMENTS

SF execs
sit with
Harper
Still in the chase
again
Zaidi, Baer reported to
meet in Las Vegas with
coveted free-agent slugger
By KERRY CROWLEY
SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona — The

Giants stepped up their pursuit of
free-agent outfielder Bryce Harper
with another meeting in Las Vegas
on Tuesday, according to multiple
sources.
Giants CEO Larry Baer and
president of baseball operations
Farhan Zaidi were in Las Vegas,
Harper’s home-
town, to meet with
the coveted free
agent and agent
Scott Boras for a
second time in a
matter of weeks.
The Giants
met with Harp-
er and Boras for
Scott
the first time at
Boras Top brass
for the Giants met the beginning of
with the agent for February and are
free-agent slugger one of a handful
of teams left pur-
Bryce Harper on
suing the six-time
Wednesday in
All-Star. A source
Las Vegas. The
confirmed NBC
Giants are one
Sports Bay Area’s
of a handful of
team pursuing the report that San PHOTOS BY ALVIN JORNADA / THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
Francisco is will-
superstar. Montgomery’s Cindy Arteaga, left, attacks while guarded by Menlo’s Avery Patel during the first half of Montgomery’s 4-0 win in the CIF NorCal
ing to negotiate a
deal in the 10-year range to acquire regional tournament on Tuesday in Santa Rosa.
Harper.
Manager Bruce Bochy did not
attend the meeting, but Bochy
was present at the first meeting
Handful of teams in hunt for titles
W
between the two sides at the begin-
ning of the month. Multiple Giants
players including Buster Posey
ith so much playoff action hap-
pening in the North Bay and
KERRY BENEFIELD
have said they would welcome farther afield this week, let’s
Harper with open arms to the club- take a deep breath and see where we are
house and are eager to add him to and have a look at a couple of storylines.
a lineup that has finished 29th in First, upsets.
runs scored in each of the last two The Montgomery and Cardinal New-
years. man boys basketball teams being ousted Division I NorCal tournament Tues-
The Giants are the third known on the same night in the opening round day an upset. Yes, they were the No. 6
team to send representatives to Las of the North Coast Section Division 2 seed and yes, they had to travel to No. 3
Vegas in the span of a week, joining tournament was a shocker. I expected seed Berkeley, but I’ll bet the Vikings
the Philadelphia Phillies and Los both of those teams to be in the mix for were the best No. 6 seed around. Selec-
Angeles Dodgers. The Phillies have a while. tion committee judgment aside, I was
expressed the most public interest And on Tuesday, the Montgomery and surprised when the Vikings didn’t win
in Harper, as owner John Middle- Cardinal Newman girls basketball teams Tuesday.
ton flew to Las Vegas on Friday in were also upset by lower seeds on the But those are the teams that are out.
an attempt to close a deal with the same night — this time in the opening Let’s look at some of the teams that are
former Nationals star. round of the state NorCal tournament. still in.
A group from the Dodgers that Montgomery’s Abria Brooker takes a shot on I will also call the Montgomery boys’
goal during the first half Tuesday. soccer loss in the first round of the TURN TO BENEFIELD » PAGE C6
TURN TO GIANTS » PAGE C2

Defensive linemen dominate combine class

Bevy of prospects along
defensive front will be
scouted closely this week
By ARNIE STAPLETON
ASSOCIATED PRESS
INDIANAPOLIS — This
year’s class of quarterback
prospects isn’t as sexy as last
year’s group led by Baker May-
field and Sam Darnold. Nor does
it feature the tantalizing talents
of next year’s headliners: Tua
Tagovailoa, Justin Herbert and
MICHAEL CONROY / ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jake Fromm.
Denver Broncos general manager John Elway speaks during a press There are a few passers who
conference at the NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis. merit first-round consideration,
but what teams will see an abun-
dance of at the NFL scouting
combine this week are the play-
ers who will make their living
chasing, corralling and clobber-
ing quarterbacks.
“To me, it’s all about big
guys,” NFL Network analyst
Daniel Jeremiah said. “Premier
talent and depth at the defensive
line position, inside, outside, it’s
outstanding. And it carries deep
into the draft.”
It’s not only the rush, but the
push.
Defensive ends led by Ohio
State’s Nick Bosa and Clemson’s
Clelin Ferrell are prized pass
rushers, but nowadays play-
ers such as Clemson D-tackles
Christian Wilkins and Dexter
Lawrence are just as highly val-
ued for their interior pressure.
“I think we’re getting to the
point in this league where we’ve
become such a pass-first league
that you take those guys wherev-
er you can get them,” said Mike
Mayock, who parlayed a 14-year
run as the NFL Network’s draft
guru into the Oakland Raiders’
general manager’s job.
Mayock said he’s spoken to
just about every top quarter-
back in the NFL since 2004 and
he’s asked them all the same
TURN TO COMBINE » PAGE C4
C2 THE PRESS DEMOCRAT • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Luzardo dazzles in 2nd outing

BASEBALL NOTES

League:
No pitch A’S » Young pitcher
strikes out 3, allows
ing-day rotation shortly af-
ter their elimination from
two runs on three straight
hits to begin the game. But

clock
the postseason in October as the outing went on, he
no hits in 2 innings and have maintained that
stance throughout spring.
appeared to fill up the zone
with strikes more often

this year
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Baseball players and
management appear head-
ed to early labor negotia-
tions that could lead to sig-
nificant economic changes
in the collective bargaining
agreement and possibly a
new deal past the current
expiration of December
2021.
Management backed off
its desire for a pitch clock
this year in a proposal to
the players’ association on
Tuesday, putting off most
on-field changes to 2020 at
the earliest.
The union quickly made
a counteroffer Wednesday,
and the biggest alterations
still being discussed for
this year are a single trade
deadline, most likely on
July 31, and lowering the
number of mound visits
without a pitching change
from six to five.
Details were disclosed
to the Associated Press by
people familiar with the
negotiations who spoke on
condition of anonymity be-
cause talks were ongoing.
Many aspects of manage-
ment’s latest proposal were
first reported by ESPN.
Among the items put off
until at least 2020 are sev-
eral where an agreement
could be reached soon:
■ A three-batter mini-
mum for pitchers.
■ Increasing active ros-
ters from 25 to 26, including
a maximum of 13 pitchers,
and dropping them from
40 to 28, including a max-
imum 14 pitchers, from
Sept. 1 through the end of
the regular season.
■ Increasing the mini-
mum regular injured list
and option recall period for
pitchers from 10 days to 15.
■ A new rule that po-
sition players could pitch
only from the ninth inning
on, or from the sixth inning
on when their team trails
by seven runs or more.
The sides remain in dis-
cussion over starting ex-
tra innings of the All-Star
Game and spring games
with a runner on second
base and ending spring
games after 10 innings.
By MARTIN GALLEGOS
SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS
MESA, Arizona — The
Jesus Luzardo hype train
is operating at full speed.
The A’s top prospect was
dominant in his two in-
nings of work in a 5-3 loss
to the Dodgers Wednesday
afternoon. Luzardo struck
out three of the seven bat-
ters he faced, with the only
base runner reaching on
an error.
Dodgers hitters ap-
peared uncomfortable
throughout their at-bats
against the left-hander as
Luzardo unleashed his full
arsenal of pitches. Luzar-
do showed off his high-90s
fastball often and utilized
his off-speed stuff as his
strikeout pitch. But it was
the result of having bet-
ter command of his pitch-
es than he did in his first
spring outing last week
against the Mariners.
“I felt a lot more confi-
dent than last time,” Lu-
zardo said. “All my pitches
were working. Last time I
had to get my feet wet and
now I was more aggressive
and getting after it.”
Luzardo also worked
at a much quicker pace
than he previously did.
After catcher Nick Hun-
Highly regarded A’s pitching prospect Jesus Luzardo was
dominant in two innings against the Dodgers Wednesday.
dley would throw the ball
back he immediately was
stepping right back on the
mound and toeing the rub-
ber. It’s the pace Luzardo
works at when he feels at
his best.
“When I slow the game
down, it doesn’t really
work out for me too well,”
Luzardo said. “I’m more of
an aggressive, fast-paced
pitcher. Get the ball and
go.”
He even managed to
throw some Dodgers hit-
ters off with an occasional
quick pitch shortly after
getting set for his delivery.
It’s a move he began using
last season in the minors
and decided to implement
into his bullpen sessions
CHARLIE REIDEL / ASSOCIATED PRESS
this spring.
A day that started off
with Matt Chapman’s de-
but dominating the con-
versation ended with Lu-
zardo’s brilliance leaving
his coaches in awe.
“He’s got unbelievable
stuff,” A’s pitching coach
Scott Emerson said. “In
my opinion, this guy is go-
ing to be an elite pitcher
in the big leagues. It’s just
about getting out there
more and seeing where
he’s at.
“The fastball is electric,
the changeup is really, re-
ally good, and he’s got an
exploding breaking ball.”
The A’s threw Luzardo’s
name in the mix as a poten-
tial candidate for the open-
That opportunity has only
been getting better with
each outing, as he’s yet
to allow an earned run in
three innings pitched.
If he continues at this
rate, it’s going to be tough
for the A’s to keep Luzardo
out of the starting rota-
tion.
“I think now he’s real-
izing he’s got a place to
be and he wants to make
this team,” Emerson said.
“He’s going out there and
pitching like his hair’s on
fire.”
Luzardo isn’t concerned
with making the team
right out of spring. Wheth-
er his major league debut
comes in March or Sep-
tember, he’s just working
to be prepared once that
time arrives.
“There’s no time peri-
od,” Luzardo said. “Every
outing I go out there I want
to be ready. I take spring
training as if it were the
regular season.”
Notes
Daniel Mengden got his
second start of the spring
and allowed two runs on
five hits and a walk over
two innings of work.
Things started out bad
for the right-hander as the
Dodgers jumped out with
and get his work in under
the 50-pitch limit.
“There are some things
he needs to work on with
his command,” Emerson
said. “We need a little bit
more quality strikes out
of him. The first couple of
outings are about getting
your feet underneath you
and putting balls over the
plate. We’ll worry about
getting outs a little later.”
Chapman is not back to
where he wants to be, but
he took a big step in the
right direction Wednesday.
The Gold Glove third
baseman went 0 for 2
with a walk in his Cactus
League debut as the desig-
nated hitter.
Chapman worked a
full count in his first two
at-bats, drawing the walk
in the third inning against
Daniel Corcino. He popped
out to first in his final
at-bat and saw a total of
15 pitches on the day.
Outfielder Nick Martini
injured his knee after col-
liding with the left-field
wall during Tuesday’s
game. Martini’s X-ray re-
sults revealed no structur-
al damage, but he had an
MRI taken Wednesday. A’s
manager Bob Melvin ex-
pects the outfielder to miss
at least a couple of days.
ASSOCIATED PRESS, 2018
The Giants are the third
known team to send repre-
sentatives to Las Vegas in
the span of a week in pursuit
of Bryce Harper, joining the
Philadelphia Phillies and Los
Angeles Dodgers. The Phillies
have expressed the most
public interest in Harper.

Farquhar set to pitch

after brain hemorrhage
Danny Farquhar is lined
up to pitch in a game for the
first time since collapsing
in the Chicago White Sox
GIANTS
ASSOCIATED PRESS, 2018 CONTINUED FROM C1
In the aftermath of Chicago’s collapse last season, Cubs manager Joe Maddon went looking for a deeper understand-
ing of the players who dominate the major leagues these days. Maddon’s search took him to “Managing Millennials for met with Harper on Sunday
Dummies,” and the book reinforced what he already felt about the people he worked with every day. included manager Dave

Managers adjust to get most

dugout April 20 because of Roberts, who told report-
a ruptured aneurysm and ers the club was doing
brain hemorrhage that re- “due diligence” in vetting
quired surgery. Harper.

out of their millennial players

The right-hander, 32, at
spring training with the
New York Yankees under
a minor league contract,
is scheduled to pitch this
weekend against Pitts-
burgh in Bradenton.
“I saw my name on the
board for Saturday and
I was freaking out this
morning when I saw it. I’m
so excited,” he said.
Nats’ Zimmerman ill
Washington first base-
man Ryan Zimmerman is
feeling sick, delaying his
debut in exhibition games.
“He came in today to
see a doctor but I sent him
home,” manager Dave
Martinez said Wednesday.
“I’m not going to take a
chance with him, put him
out there and let him get
one or two at bats.”
Zimmerman saw most of
his spring training action
last year in minor league
games on the back fields,
and he appeared in only
one big league exhibition.
Bad chicken for Nimmo
When the Mets’ Bran-
don Nimmo was absent
from a Wednesday meeting
and didn’t take live bat-
ting practice as scheduled,
something seemed amiss.
More trouble with his
sore right shoulder? Nope.
Food poisoning. Brought
on by a meal cooked by the
outfielder himself.
“I guess he cooked some
chicken and didn’t know
how to cook or something,”
Mets manager Mickey Cal-
laway said with a chuckle.
“So we’re going to have to
teach him how to cook so
he doesn’t miss any more
games.”
Cubs’ Maddon has taken
time to learn how to work
better with new generation
By JAY COHEN
ASSOCIATED PRESS
MESA, Arizona — In the after-
math of Chicago’s collapse last
season, Cubs manager Joe Maddon
went looking for a deeper under-
standing of the players who domi-
nate the major leagues these days.
Maddon’s search took him to
“Managing Millennials for Dum-
mies,” and the book reinforced
what he already felt about the peo-
ple he worked with every day.
“The big takeaway is that they’re
no different than anybody else,” a
chuckling Maddon said. “When you
break it down and you go back to
your own childhood, we all had inef-
ficiencies as young people. The big-
gest takeaway I think are two things
— that the propensity (is) to be in-
clined to utilize technology, which
is wonderful because I’ve done that
anyway, and then, they as a group
like wanting to know why.”
Millennials make up the vast ma-
jority of the majors today, and their
influence is felt all over the sport.
They were the earliest adopters
of the advanced statistics that have
become commonplace throughout
baseball, and they inform much of
what they do on the mound or at
the plate. They want to know the
reasoning behind what their coach-
es want them to do.
“I’ve learned this generation is
nothing like the generation I grew
up in,” Royals manager Ned Yost
said. “Nothing like it. You have to
learn and have an open mind to find
out what makes these kids tick, how
they grew up. They’re so diverse and
their way of communicating is dif-
ferent in Southern California, kids
in the South, kids in the East. It’s
just taking the time to get to know
them and how to communicate.”
The millennial generation be-
came a hot topic in Chicago when
the Cubs fired hitting coach Chili
Davis after they struggled to score
in the final few days of last season,
culminating in their 2-1, 13-inning
loss to Colorado in the NL wild-
card game.
Davis told the Chicago
Sun-Times that he needed to make
some adjustments to how he deliv-
ers his message to millennials, and
he planned to know more about his
potential players before he accept-
ed another job. He was hired as hit-
ting coach for the New York Mets in
December.
“You learn from every place you
go,” Davis said during spring train-
ing. “You know, there’s a lot of dif-
ferent personalities to try to connect
with. And sometimes you connect
with most of them, you hope you
connect with all of ’em — that’s a
rarity. But you know, I had great
kids in Boston, I thought I had some
really good kids over in Chicago last
year and I’m really enjoying the
guys I’m around this year.”
Defining a generation “is an art
and a science,” said Kate Turkcan,
who is the head of youth insights
for Kantar Consulting. Turkcan
said millennials were born be-
tween 1979 and 1996, and centenni-
als — the next major generation for
baseball — began in 1997 and ended
between four and eight years ago.
Turkcan, who has worked with
universities and companies like
Samsung, Coca-Cola and Target,
said the millennial stereotype of
entitled young person is misguided.
“They’re not asking why to be dif-
Barring a late push from
a club that’s not current-
ly engaged with Harper,
it’s believed the Giants,
Dodgers and Phillies are
ficult. They’re asking why because
they’ve grown up in a generation or
the only teams left with a
chance of signing Harper.
in a world where you need proof for A source familiar with the
everything, you need backup,” she
said.
Giants’ pursuit of Harp-
er said there’s a growing
“They’re taught critical-think- sense of optimism the
ing skills ... they’ve been taught team’s chances of landing
you don’t take anything at face val- Harper are serious.
ue and I think even coming from After free-agent infield-
someone who’s experienced, like er Manny Machado signed
a coach or like a manager, it’s not a 10-year, $300 million
that they’re doubting, but it is that with the Padres last week,
they’ve always been taught like you many in the industry be-
don’t just take anything. You ask lieved the Phillies would
why. ... You want to get really to the be motivated to make
root of the issue.” Harper the highest-paid
Maddon, who turned 65 on Feb. 8, free-agent signing in base-
is the oldest manager in baseball, ball history. However, at
followed by the 64-year-old Yost and this point in the offsea-
San Francisco skipper Bruce Bo- son, it’s uncertain wheth-
chy, 63. Maddon is nearly 30 years er Harper is motivated to
older than Rocco Baldelli, who be- play in Philadelphia or
came the game’s youngest manag- more interested in playing
er when he was hired by Minnesota for a team closer to his Las
in October. Vegas home.
Despite his age, Maddon has The Dodgers indicated
been known for his ability to relate they were not interested
to his players. The Cubs declined in Harper earlier in the
to offer him an extension after the offseason, but it’s possible
tough finish last year, so Maddon’s plans have changed, partic-
ability to get the most of the young- ularly after Southern Cali-
er millennials on his roster could fornia native Nolan Are-
help determine his future. nado signed an eight-year,
That’s just fine with Maddon, $260 million extension with
who thinks his style works nicely the Colorado Rockies on
for baseball’s most important gen- Tuesday. Los Angeles was
eration at the moment. believed to be interested
“Quite frankly, when I started in signing Arenado next
doing this in the mid-’80s, I thought offseason when he was
it was important to tell my players scheduled to become a free
why,” Maddon said. “You want to agent.
know why, I don’t feel offended. I Contract negotiations
think sometimes it’s — when peo- between the Giants and
ple ask you why there’s a defen- Harper’s camp will include
sive component to that, that some the discussion of a player
people don’t like. I don’t mind it. opt-out clause set to kick
So when they ask me that, why, in at some point during the
I should be prepared to tell them first half of a long-term
why.” contract.
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2019
Kerr ‘proud’ of students
from Stoneman Douglas
Warriors coach
hosts teens, faculty
at morning practice
By IRA WINDERMAN
SUN SENTINEL
MIAMI — Golden State
Warriors coach Steve Kerr
hosted students and fac-
ulty members from Mar-
jory Stoneman Douglas
High School at Wednes-
day morning’s practice at
AmericanAirlines Arena
in advance of his team’s
game against the Miami
Heat, inspired by their
message in the wake of last
year’s horrific shootings in
Parkland.
“I mean just try to put
yourself in their shoes and
can’t imagine, at any age,
to have to go through that
at 14, 15, 16 years old,” he
told reporters while seated
courtside. “You imagine
someone walking in right
now and starts spraying
us with a semi-automat-
ic weapon. It’s horrifying
that they had to go through
that.”
Kerr has delivered sever-
al rebukes in favor of gun
control in the wake of the
massacre.
“So we have to decide as
a country do we want to
do anything about it?” he
said. “The answer is pretty
simple, in my mind. Yes,
we want to do something
about it.
“The fortunate thing is
Heat guard Dwyane Wade, center, shoots the winning 3-pointer at the buzzer over Warriors forward Jordan Bell.
WARRIORS
CONTINUED FROM C1
so many times you don’t
make the shot,” Wade said.
“And the one I make is a
one-legged flick from my
chest. It’s crazy. Great to
do it in front of fans.”
Kevin Durant made one
of two free throws with
14  seconds left, putting
Golden State up by two.
The Heat had no timeouts,
no way to set up a play, and
there was no way anyone
could have drawn up what
happened.
Wade brought the ball
up, drove into the lane,
stutter-stepped and lost the
ball for a brief moment.
He gathered it and shov-
eled it to Dion Waiters,
who was double-teamed
and couldn’t get off a shot.
Waiters tossed it back to
Wade, who shot-faked Du-
rant in the air and then
had his first try blocked by
Jordan Bell.
Wade caught the re-
bound with about a second
left.
Off the glass, for the win.
From there, bedlam.
The fans erupted in
cheers. Some of the War-
riors watched the replay on
the overhead screens with
a look of disbelief, and af-
ter a moment Warriors star
Stephen Curry came over
to offer congratulations
after presumably their last
head-to-head meeting be-
fore Wade retires after this
season.
“I told Steph, ‘I needed
this one on my way out.
Y’all get enough,’” Wade
On Wednesday, Warriors coach Steve Kerr hosted students and faculty from Marjory
Stoneman Douglas High School, where 17 students and teachers were killed last year.
the young people leading
this drive are going to be
much more impactful than
old people like me. And it’s
true. Older people have
been trying to do some-
thing, but haven’t made the
impact that the next gener-
ation of the country wants
from them.”
He said it is easy to draw
inspiration from the move-
ment that has grown be-
hind the impetus from the
Douglas students.
“So, I’m really proud of
what they’re doing,” he
THURSDAY’S GAME
Warriors at Magic
Time: 4 p.m.
TV: NBCSBA Radio: 1350, 95.7
said. “But it was cool. I
think the one thing cool
for me was I’ve got young-
er teammates that heard
about some of the things
you do but don’t always get
an opportunity to see it.”
Wade scored 25 points
to help Miami snap a
six-game home losing
streak.
“Sometimes you just
need to be lucky,” Heat
coach Erik Spoelstra said
after giving Wade a long
bear hug in a jubilant post-
game locker room. “We’ve
had so many of these
breaks go against us.”
Goran Dragic led the
Heat with 27 points. Josh
Richardson added 21, and
Miami made 18 3-pointers.
Klay Thompson scored
36 points for the Warriors.
Durant added 29 and Cur-
ry scored 24 for the War-
riors, whose lead over
Denver atop the Western
Conference dropped to a
half-game.
Golden State rallied
from 19 down to win
120-118 at home on Feb. 10,
and dug its way out of an
even bigger hole this time
— but couldn’t finish it
off. Wade’s 3-pointer with
15 seconds left got Miami
to 124-123, and he came up
with one more when the
Heat needed it most.
“Dwyane just hit an un- Tip-ins
believable shot,” Warriors ■ Warriors: DeMarcus
coach Steve Kerr said. “It Cousins (load management
was going in as soon as it and Achilles recovery) got
said. “They’re starting this
grassroots organization.
They’re starting chapters
all over the country. And
they’re trying to do some-
thing that we all should be
involved, is to protect each
other.
“It doesn’t mean get-
ting rid of the Second
Amendment. It means
getting semi-automat-
ic weapons out of the
hands of mentally ill
people. It means having
background checks. It
means really investigat-
left his hand.”
Dragic had 25 points
by halftime, getting 20 of
those in the second quarter
alone — setting Heat sin-
gle-quarter and any-half
records for a reserve. He
had 11 points in a span of
69 seconds in the second
quarter, and a pair of free
throws with 2:59 left in the
half put Miami up 69-45.
Against most teams,
even in the first half, a
24-point lead might have
been enough.
The Warriors, of course,
are not most teams.
Back-to-back 3-pointers
by Durant and Thompson
helped Golden State get the
lead down to 74-59 by half-
time. The Warriors cut the
lead to seven on two sepa-
rate occasions in the third
quarter, and kept whittling
away in the fourth — get-
ting within six when Dray-
mond Green rattled in a
3-pointer from the right
corner with 8:20 left, then
106-103 when Curry con-
nected from deep on the
next possession.
The Warriors led for all
of 1:14 in the second half.
Wade didn’t let them leave
with the lead.
“There is something spe-
cial about him making a
play like that, this his last
year in this building,” Cur-
ry said. “I’d much rather
see him jumping on the
scorer’s table when we’re
not on the court. Deep
down, it was cool to see
even though we lost.”
BRYNN ANDERSON / ASSOCIATED PRESS
ing what’s important in
our country. Do we need
to see high-capacity mag-
azines? Is that really
necessary? Does that fall
under the Second Amend-
ment? These are all really
difficult questions.”
Ones, he said, an aware
generation is willing to
ask.
“But one thing I know
is that our citizens’ safety
should be priority number
one,” he said, “and that
young people are going to
win.”
BRYNN ANDERSON / ASSOCIATED PRESS
the night off, and the War-
riors said he will play in
Orlando on Thursday. ...
Wednesday was the sixth
anniversary of Curry’s ca-
reer-high 54-point game at
Madison Square Garden,
and the third anniversary
of his game-winner from
about 40 feet to win at
Oklahoma City.
■ Heat: Wade, who has
exchanged jerseys with an
opponent after almost ev-
ery game this season, kept
this one as a keepsake. ...
Miami was without Hassan
Whiteside (hip strain) and
James Johnson (shoulder
sprain). Justise Winslow
(knee) and Derrick Jones
Jr. (flu) ... The 74 first-half
points tied the second-most
in Heat history. Miami
scored 75 against the Los
Angeles Clippers in 1997
and 74 against Dallas in
1999. ... Udonis Haslem
checked in during the third
quarter, playing at home
for the second time this
season.
Wade anniversary
Wednesday marked ex-
actly one year since Wade
hit a winner to beat Phila-
delphia, also in Miami.
Road Warriors
Golden State remains
one win shy of finishing
with a road record over .500
for the sixth consecutive
season. That would extend
the longest current streak
in the league, one that To-
ronto would match with
two wins in its final 11 road
games. Before this six-year
road run, the Warriors had
a road record over .500 in
six of their 65 seasons.
The Pelicans’ Julius Randle shoots over the Lakers’ Bran-
don Ingram on Wednesday night. Randle scored 35 points
against his former team, but it wasn’t enough.
Lakers top
Pelicans to
avenge loss
NBA NOTES » Four
days later, rematch
goes Lakers’ way
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LeBron James scored
33 points, Brandon In-
gram added 23 and the
Los Angeles Lakers
weathered strong perfor-
mances by Anthony Da-
vis and Julius Randle for
a 125-119 victory over the
New Orleans Pelicans on
Wednesday night.
Davis had 22 points and
eight rebounds in the first
three quarters after get-
ting a warm pregame re-
ception from Lakers fans
who eagerly followed Los
Angeles’ fruitless pursuit
of a trade for the super-
star forward earlier this
season.
Randle scored 35 points
against his former team,
but couldn’t finish a come-
back against James and
the Lakers’ new core dur-
ing New Orleans’ fifth loss
in seven games.
The Lakers had a
12-point lead early in the
fourth quarter before the
Pelicans trimmed it to
118-117 on Darius Mill-
er’s 3-pointer with 1:38 to
play. James later drilled a
one-footed 3-pointer from
the corner with 31 sec-
onds left.
The Lakers avenged a
loss in New Orleans four
days earlier with just
their third win in nine
games overall.
Davis sat out the fourth
quarter again under his
minutes restriction, but
the Staples Center crowd
gave a loud ovation dur-
ing player introductions
to the perennial All-Star
who could play for their
Lakers someday soon.
The Lakers spent sev-
eral weeks attempting to
make a deal for Davis af-
ter his trade request.
Team owners pledge
to address social issues
Nearly a year after
police fatally shot an
unarmed black man in
Sacramento and a series
of protests ensued in Cali-
fornia’s capital, the Kings
and Milwaukee Bucks
collaborated on a daylong
summit Wednesday to ad-
dress social injustice and
encourage engagement
and discussions to try to
bring about change.
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The event held ahead of
Wednesday’s Bucks-Kings
game came nearly a year
after the March 18, 2018,
fatal shooting of Stephon
Clark, 22. Clark’s death
ignited a series of pro-
tests that included pro-
testers joining hands and
blocking entrances to the
Kings’ downtown arena
as owner Vivek Ranadive
pledged his support and
vowed to do his part to ad-
dress the issue.
“I made a commitment
that we would work hard
to have an impact and do
better and bring people
together,” Ranadive said
Wednesday.
Ranadive was joined
by Milwaukee co-owner
Marc Lasry for a discus-
sion along with an attor-
ney for Bucks guard Ster-
ling Brown, against whom
police used a stun gun
last year. He later filed
a lawsuit saying the use
of a stun gun during his
arrest for a parking viola-
tion constituted excessive
force and that officers tar-
geted him because he is
black. Both owners hope
further awareness might
encourage more teams
and communities to get on
board to have a dialogue
about issues and create
positive change.
“I hope this concept
goes viral,” Ranadive said.
Doncic shines for Mavs
in final game as teen
Luka Doncic had
26 points and 10 rebounds
in his final game as a teen-
ager, fellow rookie Jalen
Brunson scored a sea-
son-high 24 points and the
Dallas Mavericks ended
a five-game losing streak
with a 110-101 victory over
the Indiana Pacers on
Wednesday night.
Doncic, the only teen-
ager in NBA history
with multiple triple-dou-
bles, didn’t have a shot
at his fifth late. But the
first-year sensation who
turns 20 on Thursday had
two of his seven assists on
a pair of key 3-pointers
while getting one from
Brunson on a deep 3 to
help Dallas hang on.
The Mavericks held on
by making their last six
3-pointers in the final six
minutes, capped by anoth-
er shot from well behind
the arc by Doncic for a
110-101 lead with 40 sec-
onds remaining.
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SIDELINES
SOCCER
Man City, Liverpool
nearing likely EPL duel
The Premier League title
race looks to be a duel between
Liverpool and Manchester
City after the top two collect-
ed contrasting home wins on
Wednesday and third-place
Tottenham lost at Chelsea for
a second defeat in five days.
Just when questions were
starting to be asked about
Liverpool’s credentials, the
leaders delivered their biggest
victory of the season: A 5-0
thrashing of Watford.
That’s the kind of scoreline
City has been producing in
recent weeks but, after need-
ing extra time and penalties to
win the English League Cup
on Sunday, Pep Guardiola said
he’d be happy with any kind of
win against West Ham.
A second-half penalty from
Sergio Aguero secured a
1-0 win for City, which stayed a
point back in second place.
Tottenham’s title bid is like-
ly over, though, with 10 games
remaining.
US women tie Japan 2-2
in World Cup tuneup
Alex Morgan scored her
99th international goal, but
Yuka Momiki responded with
a stoppage-time equalizer and
Japan tied the United States
2-2 on Wednesday night in the
SheBelieves Cup tournament.
Megan Rapinoe also scored
for the Americans in a re-
match of the last two Women’s
World Cup finals.
Emi Nakajima scored in the
67th minute for eighth-ranked
Japan after a poor clearance
from Tierna Davidson, and
Morgan chested home the go-
ahead goal in the 77th minute
off a pass from Christen Press.
But Momiki stunned the
crowd with a 91st-minute goal
from close range.
The match in Pennsylvania
was part of the opening day
of the round-robin tourna-
ment that features four of the
world’s top 10 teams. England
beat Brazil 2-1 in the first
game of the doubleheader at
Talen Energy Stadium, home
of Major League Soccer’s Phil-
adelphia Union.
FOOTBALL
Manziel cut, barred
from other CFL teams
Johnny Manziel’s time in
the Canadian Football League
is over.
The CFL terminated the
2012 Heisman Trophy winner’s
contract with the Montreal
Alouettes on Wednesday. The
league also informed the eight
other teams that it wouldn’t
register a contract for Manziel
if any tried to sign him.
Where Brown might end up
Disgruntled Steelers WR
could be a good fit for
teams willing to trade
By JOHN CLAYTON
FOR THE WASHINGTON POST
It won’t be easy for the Pitts-
burgh Steelers to get great trade
value for Antonio Brown. Even
though he has been one of the
league’s top wide receivers over
the past six years, at times earn-
ing the unofficial title of best in
the NFL, Brown’s age, contract
and recent history will make
things difficult for his current
team to execute a deal.
Brown turns 31 on July 10.
That’s the age when most receiv-
ers — even the best ones — see
their performance deteriorate.
The fact that he’s on the trading
block at all is reflective of the
locker-room issues he has helped
create in recent seasons, and he
has made things more compli-
cated by saying he might want a
new contract or guarantees from
his new team.
Steelers general manager Kev-
in Colbert said Friday that he
already had heard from three
teams about Brown, and he’ll
surely hear from more this week
at the NFL scouting combine in
Indianapolis. But Colbert also
said if the Steelers can’t get prop-
er value for Brown, they will
keep him.
What proper value is remains
to be seen. You have to figure
the Steelers are asking for a
first-round draft pick, with the
idea of taking a second-rounder
as a fallback. But some front-of-
fice executives around the league
think that some teams won’t of-
fer Pittsburgh anything better
than a fourth-rounder.
The Steelers would prefer to
trade Brown to an NFC team,
and they’ve already ruled out
trading him to their AFC North
rivals — the Baltimore Ravens,
Cincinnati Bengals and Cleve-
land Browns — or to their pe-
rennial AFC nemesis, the New
England Patriots.
While the Steelers have to de-
cide how low of a pick they would
be willing to accept for Brown,
it’s more likely that they’ll be in-
terested in acquiring picks than
veterans, who could add sala-
ry-cap issues.
By the end of the week, the
Steelers will have a grasp of the
market for Brown. Let’s look at
some trade options that could
work — particularly if the Steel-
ers are willing to accept less than
a first-round pick.
Good fits
49ers, for a third-round
pick: The Niners are in strong
position to get something done.
They have the third choice in the
third round, the 67th pick over-
all. They decided to not pick up
The Steelers will have a number of potential trade partners when they attempt to trade disgruntled wide
receiver Antonio Brown, though they would rather trade him to a team they don’t play often.
an option on wide receiver Pierre
Garcon and need a No. 1 wide
receiver on the opposite side of
starter Marquise Goodwin. The
combination of Brown, Good-
win and tight end George Kittle
would give quarterback Jimmy
Garoppolo a strong receiving
corps.
Brown has let everyone know
that the 49ers are his team of
choice. He has said he would love
training in the offseason with
former San Francisco great Jer-
ry Rice. The Niners were aggres-
sive last year in trying to trade
for pass rusher Khalil Mack, and
they are expected to pursue Se-
ahawks free safety Earl Thomas
in free agency.
Adding two potential Hall of
Famers would help them cut into
the talent gap between them and
two of their NFC West rivals: the
Los Angeles Rams and Seattle
Seahawks.
Green Bay Packers, for a
second-round pick: This one is
intriguing. The Packers have two
first-round picks to take care of
their positional needs. Getting
Brown for Aaron Rodgers to
throw to would be a good way for
new coach Matt LaFleur to start
his relationship with the super-
star quarterback.
Randall Cobb is a free agent.
Brown is scheduled to make
$37.9 million over the next three
years, reasonable for a 100-catch
Pro Bowl pick. In a division that
has two good defenses — the Chi-
cago Bears and Minnesota Vi-
kings — giving Rodgers a weap-
on such as Brown could move
them back atop the NFC North.
Raiders, for a third-round
pick: Even though the Steelers
would prefer to trade Brown to
an NFC team, the Raiders are re-
building and aren’t an immediate
threat in the AFC playoff race.
The Raiders have the second pick
in the third round, No. 66 overall.
Coach Jon Gruden has said
that he is a fan of Brown and re-
spects his work ethic. After trad-
ing Amari Cooper to the Dallas
Cowboys, Gruden needs a No.  1
wide receiver. With three first-
round picks, it wouldn’t kill the
Raiders if they had to jump into
the second round if the bidding
for Brown heats up.
Arizona Cardinals, for a
third-round pick: Cardinals
general manager Steve Keim
has been one of the most ag-
gressive front-office executives
this offseason. He re-signed wide
receiver Larry Fitzgerald and
added cornerback Robert Alford,
linebacker Brooks Reed and
tight end Charles Clay. In the fi-
nal weeks of the 2018 season, he
grabbed wide receiver Pharoh
Cooper and safety D.J. Swearing-
er Sr.
Josh Rosen could bounce
back from a tough rookie debut
by having two potential Hall of
Famers — Fitzgerald and Brown
— running routes for him.
Denver Broncos, for a
third-round pick and a swap
of sixth-rounders: The Broncos
have the eighth pick in the third
round, the 72nd overall, so to get
a deal done they’d likely need to
let the Steelers move up 11 spots
in the sixth round, too.
The Broncos had an extra
fourth-round pick that they used
to acquire quarterback Joe Flac-
co. Even though the Broncos
have some pretty good young
wide receivers, Brown would be
a nice luxury. The trade for Flac-
co indicates that general manag-
er John Elway and the Broncos
DON WRIGHT / ASSOCIATED PRESS, 2018
are looking to be competitive,
perhaps making them more will-
ing to take on Brown.
Bad fits
Tampa Bay Buccaneers:
While it would make perfect
sense for the Bucs to grant De-
Sean Jackson’s wishes and let
him go elsewhere, replacing him
with Brown wouldn’t fit what
Bruce Arians is seeking for his
offense.
Arians would like to add a
speedy wide receiver such as
John Brown of the Ravens or
Tavon Austin of the Cowboys
to pair with No. 1 target Mike
Evans, one of the highest-paid
wide receivers in the NFL. The
Bucs also rank in the bottom
quarter of the league in sala-
ry-cap space.
New Orleans Saints: Some
think coach Sean Payton would
be open to making a move for
Brown, but that is unlikely for
a couple of reasons. First, the
Saints have only one pick in the
first four rounds of the draft: a
second-rounder.
Second, the addition of Brown
could cause problems with star
wideout Michael Thomas, who
can start talking to the team
about a contract extension this
year. Adding a $17-million-per-
year receiver to the roster would
only have Thomas asking for
$17 million — or more.
Seattle Seahawks: The Se-
ahawks have $21.75 million per
year committed to Tyler Lockett
and Doug Baldwin. Acquiring a
$17 million receiver would force
them to cut Baldwin, or they
would have close to $40 million
tied up at the position. Plus, they
have only four draft choices,
making a trade difficult.

Eagles will let Foles become free agent

“We advised Montreal that
Johnny had violated one of the
conditions we had set for him
to be in our league,” Commis-
sioner Randy Ambrosie said.
“We didn’t release the terms
of those conditions then and
we’re not going to do that now.”
A post on Manziel’s Twit-
ter account indicated he was
already looking for opportuni-
ties in the U.S.
■ Wisconsin quarterback
Alex Hornibrook is transfer-
ring after three seasons as the
starter. He posted Wednesday
on Instagram that he intends
to transfer after he graduates
in May. He will be immediately
eligible to play.
ie Roseman told report-
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ers Wednesday that the
franchise will not use the
INDIANAPOLIS — franchise tag on Foles,
Nick Foles rejuvenated making him a free agent.
his career in Philadel- “It’s hard when you
phia. Now he wants to have someone who is in-
turn his success into an credibly valuable to your
NFL starting job — and organization, the most
the Eagles intend to give important position in
him that chance. sports,” Roseman said
General manager How- during the NFL’s annu-
al scouting combine in
Indianapolis. “But at the
same time, he deserves
an opportunity to lead a
team. It’s a goal of his to
lead another team and
lead another locker room,
and we feel at this point
it’s the right decision.”
Roseman said the
Eagles agreed to make
the move after Foles ex-
pressed his desire during
a recent meeting.
And with Carson
Wentz, the No. 2 overall
draft pick in 2016 the es-
tablished starter in Phil-
adelphia, Foles under-
stood it meant he would
have to find a new team.
Over the last two sea-
sons, Foles became one
of the most precious com-
modities in sports — a
backup quarterback with
championship-caliber
talent.
When Wentz tore the
anterior cruciate liga-
ment in his left knee in
December 2017, Foles
stepped in, led the Eagles
to their first NFL title
since 1960 and was the
Super Bowl MVP.

TENNIS
Federer reaches
Dubai quarterfinals
Roger Federer maintained
his perfect record against
Fernando Verdasco to reach
the Dubai Championships
quarterfinals on Wednesday,
while top-seeded Kei Nishikori
was eliminated.
Federer converted his first
match point when Verdasco
sent a forehand wide, finish-
ing off a 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 win that
improved his record against
the Spaniard to 7-0. Nishikori,
though, lost 7-5, 5-7, 6-2 against
Hubert Hurkacz of Poland.
He’s only three matches
away from a 100th tournament
title and will next face Marton
Fucsovics of Hungary, who
beat Jan-Lennard Struff of
Germany 6-4, 6-2.
Nishikori lost 7-5, 5-7, 6-2 to
Hubert Hurkacz of Poland.
■ Defending champion
Juan Martin del Potro with-
drew from next month’s BNP
Paribas Open due to a knee
injury, saying through tour-
nament officials that he’s been
advised to rest by doctors.
— Associated Press
COMBINE
CONTINUED FROM C1
question: What bothers you the
most?
“And almost every top-flight
quarterback says, ‘immedi-
ate pressure up the middle,’”
Mayock said.
“It disturbs sight lines, forc-
es you to re-adjust your feet. So,
I think we’re at the point now
where people are throwing the
ball so much that you’ve got to
find a way to affect it regardless.”
New Broncos coach Vic Fangio
concurred, saying it’s no longer
enough to have two great pass
rushers such as Denver’s duo of
Von Miller and Bradley Chubb.
“You want four guys that the
quarterback can feel caving
in on him,” Fangio said. “And
that’s critical in the pass rush.
And that’s an area that we need
to improve in.”
There’s plenty of those players
in Indianapolis for interviews,
physicals and testing this week.
Despite the down year for QBs,
there’s still plenty of intrigue
at the position thanks to Kyler
Murray, who followed Mayfield
from the state of Texas to Okla-
homa, won the Heisman Trophy
Browns head coach Freddie Kitchens speaks during a press conference in
Indianapolis on Wednesday.
like Mayfield did, and is now fol-
lowing the Cleveland Browns’
starting QB to the NFL after
spurning baseball’s Oakland A’s.
“He’s a guy that, once again,
people are going say is small and
too short, but the kid knows how
to win,” Mayfield said. “When it
comes down to it, that’s the most
important thing.”
After committing to football
over baseball, the biggest ques-
tions surrounding Murray this
week aren’t about ability —
“Kyler can make every single
MICHAEL CONROY / ASSOCIATED PRESS
throw,” Jeremiah insisted — but
his height and weight.
So his weigh-in Thursday will
garner as much interest as any-
thing else this week.
Is he really under 5-foot-10?
Has he really bulked up to 206?
Murray, Dwayne Haskins,
Drew Lock, Daniel Jones and
Ryan Finley all project as a solu-
tion to somebody’s quarterback
quandary despite the relative
weakness of this year’s QB class.
The scouting combine always
seems to come on the heels of
another Super Bowl parade for
New England. As usual, Bill Be-
lichick isn’t among the coaches
and general managers who will
meet with the media, so football’s
focus moves on to other topics:
Raiders plans
Don’t expect the Raiders to
use one of their three first-round
picks on a quarterback after
Mayock’s high praise of Derek
Carr on Wednesday.
“I think it’s really difficult to
improve over a franchise quar-
terback like the one we have in
our building right now,” Mayock
said.
Elway’s QB carousel
For the first time in four years,
Broncos GM John Elway is at-
tending the combine knowing
who his quarterback will be. He
has a trade in place with Bal-
timore for Joe Flacco once the
league year begins March 13.
Just like last year, when the
Chiefs had a deal pending that
would send Alex Smith to Wash-
ington, the Broncos and Ravens
are barred by NFL rules from
discussing the matter, making
for an awkward situation as
both teams dance around their
franchise’s biggest offseason sto-
ryline.
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Some big names skip Honda Classic

GOLF » South Florida
tournament only draws
3 of world’s top 20
By TIM REYNOLDS
ASSOCIATED PRESS
PALM BEACH GARDENS,
Florida — Dustin Johnson,
Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods
are among the golfers who live
in the vicinity of PGA National
and may very well be home this
weekend. They just won’t be
playing at the Honda Classic.
The condensing of the PGA
Tour schedule is forcing players
to make some tough decisions,
and the Honda Classic didn’t ex-
actly benefit from a lot of those
choices. Only three of
the top 20 players in the
courses, but you have to
find the time.”
row,” Honda Classic executive
director Ken Kennerly said.
is different.
Woods finished 12th last year
world ranking are in the Last year at this time, This isn’t an issue exclusive to at the Honda Classic, which he of-
field for the event begin-
ning Thursday — No.  3
the run of tournaments
saw players deciding
the Honda Classic. Phil Mickelson
skipped playing at Torrey Pines,
ten calls his home event. McIlroy
had appeared in the tournament
and defending champi- among Riviera one his home course, this year for the nine times in the last 10 seasons.
on Justin Thomas, No. 4 week, then the Honda first time in 29 seasons — and has Woods and McIlroy waged one of
Brooks Koepka and Classic, then a World hinted that he could sit out the the most memorable final-round
No. 9 Rickie Fowler. Golf Championship in Players Championship as well. matchups in Honda history in
Justin
Next up: No. 21 Webb Mexico, then Tampa, Woodland loves Bay Hill but can’t 2012 — Woods carded an 8-under
Thomas
Simpson and No.  23 then Bay Hill, then an- fit it into his schedule this year. 62 to vault up the leaderboard,
Gary Woodland. other WGC for Match Play. “The field isn’t as strong as it and the then-22-year-old McIlroy
“There are a lot of guys who This year, it goes Riviera, Mex- typically is because of where it is wound up winning by two shots
live down here,” said Woodland, ico, Honda, Bay Hill, the Players right now on the schedule,” Wood- to become No. 1 in the world for
who is one of the South Flor- Championship, Tampa and then land said. “It’s in a tough spot.” the first time.
ida-based players who gets to the WGC-Match Play. Johnson hasn’t played the Woods is likely to play four
sleep in his own bed this week. That is a lot of really good Honda Classic since posting times in a five-tournament
“But with tournaments moving options, all coming with a lot rounds of 77 and 75 and missing stretch. He is coming off starts
around, there are a lot of tourna- of players probably mindful of the cut by eight shots in 2015, so in Los Angeles and Mexico and
ments right now that are really making sure they are fresh for his absence this week can’t be plans to compete at Bay Hill next
good in a row. I skipped Riviera, the Masters as well. considered surprising. week and the Players the follow-
which is one of my favorite golf “Nobody’s playing five in a Not having Woods or McIlroy ing week.

PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PETITION TO FICTITIOUS

PUBLIC NOTICE
ADMINISTER ESTATE OF BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
PAGE NORMAN OELLEIN FILE NO. 2019-00471
CASE NO. 092746
The following person (persons) is (are)
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, doing business as:
contingent creditors, and persons who EARTH CHILD DAYCARE located
may otherwise be interested in the at 4774 RINCONADA DR. SANTA MEETING NOTICE:
will, or estate or both, of: ROSA, CA 95409 Sonoma County,
PAGE NORMAN OELLEIN. is hereby registered by the follow- A Flood Control Zone 2A Advisory
CITY OF SANTA ROSA A Petition for Probate has been filed ing owner(s): URSULA RICHARDSON Committee meeting will be held on
Thursday, March 21, 2019, at 2:00
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING by: John Joseph Pedro in the Superior 4774 RINCONADA DR. SANTA ROSA,
pm at the City of Petaluma’s Water
Court of California, County of Sonoma. CA 95409
BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN MASTER PLAN UPDATE 2018 AND AMENDMENT TO The Petition for Probate requests This business is conducted by: An Resources Office (Conference
Room), 202 N. McDowell Blvd.,
THE GENERAL PLAN that: John Joseph Pedro be appointed Individual
Petaluma, California.
as personal representative to adminis- The registrant commenced to trans-
Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be conducted by the City Council on ter the estate of the decedent. act business under the fictitious name PURPOSE:
Tuesday, March 12, 2019, at or after 5:00 P.M., in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 100 X The petition requests the decedent’s or names above on JUNE 14, 2018. • Regular scheduled citizens’
I declare that all information in this advisory committee meet-
Santa Rosa Avenue, Santa Rosa. The purpose of the public hearing will be to receive will and codicils, if any, be admitted to
statement is true and correct. Signed: ing to consider and advise on
probate. The will and any codicils are
public comment and recommendations prior to the City Council acting on the Draft available for examination in the file URSULA RICHARDSON, OWNER/ flood control issues within the
Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan Update 2018 (Plan Update 2018), which includes kept by the court. OPERATOR Petaluma River Watershed.
X The Petition requests author- This statement was filed with the Agenda will include information-
updated bicycle and pedestrian projects, programs and policies, and a proposed ity to administer the estate under County Clerk of SONOMA COUNTY on al updates on Petaluma River
amendment to the text and figures of the Santa Rosa General Plan, for consistency the Independent Administration of 02/05/2019 Flood Management Project,
with the Plan Update 2018. Estates Act. (This authority will allow I hereby certify that this copy is a Storm Water Resources Plan,
the personal representative to take correct copy of the original statement Stream Maintenance Program
The Plan Update 2018 is posted on our website at https://srcity.org/2711/Bicycle- many actions without obtaining court on file in my office. and other project updates.
DEVA MARIE PROTO
and-Pedestrian-Master-Plan and on file in the Transportation and Public Works approval. Before taking certain very
Sonoma County Clerk
• The agenda will be posted
important actions, however, the per- on the Sonoma County Water
Department, 69 Stony Circle and available for public inspection. sonal representative will be required By /s/ Betsy Penn Agency’s website (www.
Deputy Clerk
The Department is open: to give notice to interested persons
unless they have waived notice or con- SEAL
sonomacountywater.org) no
later than March 1, 2019.
Monday through Friday: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm sented to the proposed action.) The
2830667 – Pub Feb 7, 14, 21, 28,
If you cannot attend, you are encouraged to submit written comments and rec- independent administration authority
2019 4ti.
2831723 – Pub Feb 28, 2019 1ti.
will be granted unless an interested
ommendations prior to the Tuesday, March 12, 2019 public hearing. Comments person files an objection to the petition FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS
and questions may be directed to Nancy Adams, Transportation Planner, and shows good cause why the court BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
Transportation and Public Works, City of Santa Rosa, 69 Stony Circle, Santa should not grant the authority. FILE NO. 2019-00195 FILE NO. 2019-00293
A hearing on the petition will be held
Rosa, CA 95401, telephone (707)543-3910 or email: nadams@srcity.org. in this court as follows: 3-21-2019 at The following person (persons) is (are) The following person (persons) is (are)
2:30 p.m. in Dept. 18, located at 3055 doing business as: doing business as:
Daisy Gomez, City Clerk, City of Santa Rosa Cleveland Ave, Santa Rosa, CA 95403. Esmeralda Harper located at 3250 1. Idle Chatter 2. Idle Chatter Wines
PUBLISHED: 1/8 page ad If you object to the granting of the Chanate Road Santa Rosa, CA 95404 located at 7233 Elphick Road,
petition, you should appear at the hear- Sonoma County, is hereby registered Sebastopol, CA 95472; Mailing Address
ing and state your objections or file by the following owner(s): Esmeralda 1014 Hopper Ave., #612, Santa Rosa,
The City of Santa Rosa does not discriminate on the basis of disability written objections with the court before Harper 6700 Redwood Avenue CA 95403 Sonoma County, is hereby
Sebastopol, CA 95472
in the admissions or access to, or treatment of or employment in, its the hearing. Your appearance may be in
person or by your attorney. This business is conducted by: An
registered by the following owner(s):
Eric Kent Wine Cellars, LLC, 7233
programs or activities. Requests for alternate formats may be made by If you are a creditor or a contingent Individual Elphick Road, Sebastopol, CA 95472
contacting (707) 543-3200 creditor of the decedent, you must file The registrant commenced to trans- This business is conducted by: A CA
your claim with the court and mail a act business under the fictitious name Limited Liability Company
copy to the personal representative or names above on 1-10-2019. The registrant commenced to trans-
appointed by the court within the later I declare that all information in this
2831211 – Pub Feb 28, 2019 1ti. of either (1) four months from the date statement is true and correct. Signed:
act business under the fictitious name
or names above on 01/01/2019.
of first issuance of letters to a general Esmeralda Harper I declare that all information in this
NOTICE INVITING BIDS #1200 AMENDED NOTICE OF PETITION personal representative, as defined in This statement was filed with the statement is true and correct. Signed:
Cisco Network Equipment for Elliott Swing Space TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF section 58(b) of the California Probate County Clerk of SONOMA COUNTY on Kent Humphrey, Manager/Managing
Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of 01/15/2019 Member
1. Notice is hereby given that the Governing Board of the Sonoma County DANA R. FITZGERALD I hereby certify that this copy is a
mailing or personal delivery to you This statement was filed with the
Junior College District (“District”), of the County of Sonoma, State of CASE NO. 092661 of a notice under section 9052 of the correct copy of the original statement
California, will receive bids for Cisco Network Equipment to add to its County Clerk of SONOMA COUNTY on
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, California Probate Code. on file in my office. 01/23/2019
current IT network. This Bid is only for the purchase of equipment and DEVA MARIE PROTO
contingent creditors, and persons who Other California statues and legal I hereby certify that this copy is a
software, no installation or integration services are included. The equip- authority may affect your rights as Sonoma County Clerk
may otherwise be interested in the correct copy of the original statement
ment will add to existing CISCO equipment. No equivalent products will a creditor. You may want to consult By /s/ Julie Garfia
will, or estate or both, of: on file in my office.
be considered. Bidders must be a Cisco Certified Partner to support both with an attorney knowledgeable in Deputy Clerk
the product sale and product pricing in accordance with the applicable
DANA R. FITZGERALD. DEVA MARIE PROTO
California law. SEAL Sonoma County Clerk
Manufacturer certification/specialization requirements. A Petition for Probate has been filed You may examine the file kept by the
by: Diana M. Stowe in the Superior 2830668 – Pub Feb 7, 14, 21, 28, By /s/ Betsy Penn
Bid questions must be submitted to Ann Gibbs via email to agibbs@santa- court. If you are a person interested in Deputy Clerk
Court of California, County of Sonoma. the estate, you may file with the court 2019 4ti.
rosa.edu on or before March 5, 2019 at 2:00PM. If an addendum is required SEAL
it will be issued in the portal no later than March 7, 2019 at 2:00PM. Bids are The Petition for Probate requests a formal Request for Special Notice
due by 2:00PM on March 13, 2019. that: Diana M. Stowe be appointed as (FORM DE-154) of the filing of an inven- FICTITIOUS 2831351 – Pub Feb 21, 28, Mar 7, 14,
personal representative to administer tory and appraisal of estate assets or BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2019 4ti.
2. All bids shall be received electronically through the District’s electronic bid- of any petition or account as provided FILE NO. 2019-00467
the estate of the decedent.
ding software portal on or before the due date stated in the bid document. in Probate Code §1250. A Request for
X The petition requests the decedent’s The following person (persons) is (are) FICTITIOUS
Bid information may be obtained at: https://srjc.ionwave.net/Login.aspx Special Notice form is available from
will and codicils, if any, be admitted to doing business as: BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
Sonoma County Junior College utilizes the district website and the the court clerk. PISO DE VALLE located at 171 WARM FILE NO. 2019-00479
Press Democrat http://www.pressdemocrat.com/ for notification of probate. The will and any codicils are FILED: FEB 19 2019 SPRINGS ROAD KENWOOD, CA 95452 The following person (persons) is (are)
solicitation opportunities. These are the only forms of notification available for examination in the file James A. Zakasky Sonoma County, is hereby registered doing business as:
authorized by the district. Sonoma County Junior College District kept by the court. 50 Old Courthouse Square, Suite 605 by the following owner(s): EDWARD
X The Petition requests author- Santa Rosa, CA 95404 OVAL NOTARY AND SIGNING located
shall not be responsible for receipt of notification and information JAMES CAMPANA 171 WARM
ity to administer the estate under TELEPHONE NO.: 707-595-1148 at 358 TWIN LAKES DRIVE SANTA
received from any other source other than those listed and it shall be SPRINGS ROAD KENWOOD, CA 95452 ROSA, CA 95409 Sonoma County, is
the vendor’s responsibility to verify the validity of all bid information the Independent Administration of Attorney for Petitioner This business is conducted by: An
Estates Act. (This authority will allow hereby registered by the following
received. 2831727 - Pub. Feb 28, Mar 3, 6, Individual owner(s): OFELIA KATHERINE GARCIA
the personal representative to take 2019 3ti. The registrant commenced to trans-
3. The District reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any 358 TWIN LAKES DRIVE SANTA ROSA,
many actions without obtaining court act business under the fictitious name
informalities or irregularities in the bidding. CA 95409
approval. Before taking certain very FICTITIOUS or names above on N/A. This business is conducted by: An
By: Kate Jolley, Vice President of Finance & Admin Services important actions, however, the per- BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT I declare that all information in this
SONOMA COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT Individual
sonal representative will be required FILE NO. 2019-00466 statement is true and correct. Signed: The registrant commenced to trans-
Date: February 19, 2019 to give notice to interested persons EDWARD CAMPANA, OWNER
The following person (persons) is (are) act business under the fictitious name
Publication Dates: unless they have waived notice or con- doing business as: This statement was filed with the or names above on N/A.
1. February 21, 2019 sented to the proposed action.) The G&H TRUCKING located at 1257 County Clerk of SONOMA COUNTY on I declare that all information in this
2. February 28, 2019. independent administration authority ALOISE AVE SANTA ROSA, CA 95407 02/04/2019 statement is true and correct. Signed:
will be granted unless an interested Sonoma County, is hereby registered I hereby certify that this copy is a OFELIA KATHERINE GARCIA, OWNER
2831160 – Pub Feb 21, 28, 2019 2ti. correct copy of the original statement
person files an objection to the petition by the following owner(s): ATINDER This statement was filed with the
PAL SINGH SOOCH 1257 ALOISE AVE on file in my office.
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA and shows good cause why the court County Clerk of SONOMA COUNTY on
SANTA ROSA, CA 95407 DEVA MARIE PROTO 02/05/2019
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SONOMA should not grant the authority. Sonoma County Clerk
A hearing on the petition will be held This business is conducted by: An I hereby certify that this copy is a
Case No.: MCV„243365 Individual By /s/ Darrell Light correct copy of the original statement
Case No.: MCV-243365
in this court as follows: March 28, 2019 Deputy Clerk
USA BATH CALIFORNIA The registrant commenced to trans- on file in my office.
REMODELING INC.) NOTICE OF HEARING
NOTICE OF HEARING FOR FOR at 2:30 p.m. in Dept. 18, located at 3055 SEAL
act business under the fictitious name DEVA MARIE PROTO
PETITION TO CONFIRM
PETITION’TO ARBITRATION
CONFIRM AWARD
ARBITRATION Cleveland Ave, Santa Rosa, CA 95403. or names above on N/A.
If you object to the granting of the 2830743 – Pub Feb 7, 14, 21, 28, Sonoma County Clerk
AWARD I declare that all information in this By /s/ BETSY PENN
Petitioner, Assigned for all Purposes to Courtroom 16 petition, you should appear at the hear- 2019 4ti
statement is true and correct. Signed: Deputy Clerk
Date: Assigned
Mayfor24,all2019
Purposes to Courtroom 16 ing and state your objections or file ATINDER PAL SINGH SOOCH, OWNER FICTITIOUS
vs. SEAL
Time: Date: 9:00 a.m.
May-28, 2019 written objections with the court before This statement was filed with the BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
AURORA GIESEKING Time: 16
Courtroom: 9:00 a.m. the hearing. Your appearance may be in County Clerk of SONOMA COUNTY on FILE NO. 2019-00633 2831122 – Pub Feb 14, 21, 28, Mar 7,
Judge:Courtroom:
Hon. Patrick16Broderick person or by your attorney. 02/04/2019
The following person (persons) is (are)
2019 4ti.
Respondent. Judge: Hon. Patrick Broderick If you are a creditor or a contingent I hereby certify that this copy is a
doing business as:
creditor of the decedent, you must file correct copy of the original statement FICTITIOUS
TO EACH PARTY AND TO THE COUNSEL OF RECORD FOR EACH PARTY: Mum’s The Word Floral Design by Vina
your claim with the court and mail a on file in my office. BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT on May 24, 2019 at 9:00 a.m., in Department 16 located at 2016 Pioneer Way #145
copy to the personal representative DEVA MARIE PROTO FILE NO. 2019-00215
of this Court located at 3035 Cleveland Avenue, Suite 200, Santa Rosa, CA 95403, Sonoma County Clerk
Santa Rosa, CA 95403 Sonoma County,
appointed by the court within the later is hereby registered by the follow- The following person (persons) is (are)
Petitioner will move the Court to confirm the arbitration award identified in the By /s/ Alma Roman
of either (1) four months from the date ing owner(s): Kryst Delvina Linkous doing business as:
Petition filed in this matter. Deputy Clerk
The hearing will be based upon this notice, the Amended Petition to of first issuance of letters to a general 2016 Pioneer Way #145 Santa Rosa, A to Z Farms located at 1760
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Confirm Arbitration Award on file in this case, all the records and files in this personal representative, as defined in CA 95403 Paradise Lane Santa Rosa, CA 95401;
action, and any further evidence or argument that the Court may properly receive section 58(b) of the California Probate 2830661 – Pub Feb 7, 14, 21, 28, This business is conducted by: An Mailing Address 1566 Rosewood Dr.
at or before the hearing. Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of 2019 4ti. Individual Healdsburg, CA 95448 Sonoma County,
mailing or personal delivery to you The registrant commenced to trans- is hereby registered by the following
Dated: February 14, 2019 of a notice under section 9052 of the FICTITIOUS act business under the fictitious name owner(s): Darek Thomas Bailey 1566
/S/ California Probate Code. BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT or names above on 1/4/2019. Rosewood Dr. Healdsburg, CA 95448
JOHN C. ORCUTT, III, Other California statues and legal FILE NO. 2019-00086 I declare that all information in this This business is conducted by: An
Attorney for USA Bath California The following person (persons) is (are) statement is true and correct. Signed: Individual
authority may affect your rights as
Remodeling Inc. doing business as: Vina Linkous (owner) The registrant commenced to trans-
a creditor. You may want to consult
Baskin Robbins located at 282 This statement was filed with the act business under the fictitious name
2831061 – Pub Feb 21, 28, Mar 7, 14, 2019 4ti. with an attorney knowledgeable in or names above on N/A.
Coddingtown Mall Santa Rosa, CA County Clerk of SONOMA COUNTY on
California law. 02/19/2019 I declare that all information in this
You may examine the file kept by the 95401 Sonoma County, is hereby regis-
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR tered by the following owner(s): Smith I hereby certify that this copy is a statement is true and correct. Signed:
CHANGE OF NAME CHANGE OF NAME court. If you are a person interested in & Garmin, LLC 282 Coddingtown Mall correct copy of the original statement Darek Bailey
SUPERIOR COURT OF SUPERIOR COURT OF the estate, you may file with the court Santa Rosa, CA 95401 on file in my office. This statement was filed with the
CALIFORNIA FOR THE CALIFORNIA FOR THE a formal Request for Special Notice This business is conducted by: A CA DEVA MARIE PROTO County Clerk of SONOMA COUNTY on
COUNTY OF SONOMA COUNTY OF SONOMA (FORM DE-154) of the filing of an inven- Limited Liability Company Sonoma County Clerk 01/16/2019
3055 Cleveland Ave. 3055 Cleveland Ave. tory and appraisal of estate assets or The registrant commenced to trans- By /s/ Darrell Light I hereby certify that this copy is a
Santa Rosa, CA 95403 Santa Rosa, CA 95403 of any petition or account as provided act business under the fictitious name Deputy Clerk correct copy of the original statement
Case No. 092700 Case No. 92720 in Probate Code §1250. A Request for or names above on 1/1/19. SEAL on file in my office.
Petition of: ROBERT PETER COHEN Petition of: Synica Bulick for change Special Notice form is available from I declare that all information in this DEVA MARIE PROTO
for change of name statement is true and correct. Signed: 2831728 – Pub Feb 28, Mar 7, 14, 21, Sonoma County Clerk
of name the court clerk.
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS Christopher A. Smith, Manager 2019 4ti. By /s/ Julie Garfia
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS FILED:
Petitioner ROBERT PETER COHEN Petitioner Synica Bulick filed a petition Joyce Stewart Milks This statement was filed with the FICTITIOUS Deputy Clerk
filed a petition with this court for a with this court for a decree changing County Clerk of SONOMA COUNTY on SEAL
2300 Berthards Drive, Ste. F BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
decree changing names as follows: names as follows: Synica Bulick to 01/07/2019
ROBERT PETER COHEN to PETER Santa Rosa, CA 95405 FILE NO. 2019-00565 2830664 – Pub Feb 7, 14, 21, 28,
Synica DenBeste. I hereby certify that this copy is a
COYOTE. TELEPHONE NO.: 707-526-9587 The following person (persons) is (are) 2019 4ti.
THE COURT ORDERS that all per- correct copy of the original statement
THE COURT ORDERS that all per- Attorney for Petitioner on file in my office. doing business as:
sons interested in this matter appear
sons interested in this matter appear DEVA MARIE PROTO OPEN DOOR ART STUDIO locat- SONOMA COUNTY HISTORY
before this court at the hearing indi- 2831725 - Pub. Feb 28, Mar 3, 6,
before this court at the hearing indi-
cated below to show cause, if any, why Sonoma County Clerk ed at 1924 GRAVENTSTEIN HWY S,
cated below to show cause, if any, why 2019 3ti. SEBASTOPOL, CA 95472; Mailing
By /s/ Darrell Light
In 1808/1812
this petition for change of name should
this petition for change of name should Deputy Clerk Address P O Box 746 SEBASTOPOL,
not be granted. Any person object-
not be granted. Any person object- SEAL CA 95473 Sonoma County, is hereby
ing to the name changes described
ing to the name changes described NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE
above must file a written objection that registered by the following owner(s): Russian ship Kadiak, com-
above must file a written objection that Pursuant to the California Self- 2830663 – Pub Feb 7, 14, 21, 28, PATRICIA MARINA-STEWART 1924
includes the reasons for the objection
includes the reasons for the objection
at least two court days before the mat- at least two court days before the mat-
Storage Facility Act, (B&P Code 2019 4ti. GRAVENTSTEIN HWY S, SEBASTOPOL, manded by Ivan Kuskoff,
21700 et. seq.) the undersigned CA 95472
ter is scheduled to be heard and must ter is scheduled to be heard and must
appear at the hearing to show cause will sell at public auction, on NOTICE OF This business is conducted by: An sailed into Bodega Bay
appear at the hearing to show cause March 7, 2019 personal proper-
why the petition should not be granted. why the petition should not be granted.
ty including but not limited to
PUBLIC SALE: Individual
The registrant commenced to trans-
looking for a trading base;
If no written objection is timely filed,
If no written objection is timely filed,
the court may grant the petition with- the court may grant the petition with- furniture, clothing, tools, and/or Self-storage unit con- act business under the fictitious name a colony was established
other household items located at: or names above on N/A.
out a hearing. out a hearing. tents of the following I declare that all information in this at Ft. Ross on the Sonoma
NOTICE OF HEARING Penngrove Station Mini Storage
NOTICE OF HEARING
4-11-19 at 2:30 p.m. in Dept 18, located 120 Woodward Ave. Penngrove, customers containing statement is true and correct. Signed: coast in 1812, hoping to
3-28-2019 at 2:30 p.m. in Dept 18,
located at 3055 Cleveland Ave. Santa at 3055 Cleveland Ave. Santa Rosa, CA 94951 (707) 664-9200 Time: household and other PATRICIA MARINA-STEWART
Rosa, CA 95403. CA 95403. 2:00 PM. Stored by the following goods will be sold for This statement was filed with the prosper in the sea otter
County Clerk of SONOMA COUNTY on
A copy of this Order to Show Cause A copy of this Order to Show Cause
shall be published at least once each
person (s): Cassandra Ortelle, unit cash by CubeSmart to 02/11/2019 trade. The chapel at Fort
shall be published at least once each F100; Pauliasi Ikanivere, unit F101;
week for four successive weeks prior week for four successive weeks prior Pauliasi Ikanivere, unit I156. All satisfy a lien March 14, I hereby certify that this copy is a Ross became first church
to the date set for hearing on the peti- to the date set for hearing on the peti- 2019 at approx. 1:00 correct copy of the original statement
sales are subject to prior cancel- in the county.
tion in the following newspaper of gen- tion in the following newspaper of gen- on file in my office.
eral circulation, printed in this county: eral circulation, printed in this county:
lation. Terms, rules and regula- PM at www.storaget- DEVA MARIE PROTO
tions are available at the sale, reasures.com: Michelle Sonoma County Clerk
Press Democrat. The Press Democrat.
conducted by Nor Cal Storage By /s/ Alma Roman
Dated: FEB 08 2019 Dated: FEB 14 2019
Auctions. Miller. Copyright © 2010
JENNIFER V. DOLLARD JENNIFER V. DOLLARD Deputy Clerk Sonoma County Historical Society
Judge of the Superior Court. Judge of the Superior Court 2831353 – Pub Feb. 21, 28, 2831513 – Pub Feb 28, SEAL
P.O. Box 1373, Santa Rosa, CA 95402
2831068 – Pub. Feb 14, 21, 28, Mar 7, 2831377 – Pub. Feb 21, 28, Mar 7, 14, 2019 2ti. Mar 7, 2019 2ti. 2831064 – Pub Feb 14, 21, 28, Mar 7, www.sonomacountyhistory.org
2019 4ti. 2019 4ti. 2019 4ti.
C6 THE PRESS DEMOCRAT • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Debate swirls over transgender girls

Connecticut pair finished
1-2 in state track event,
leading to outcry by some
By PAT EATON-ROBB
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut
— Andraya Yearwood hears the
comments, usually from adults
and usually not to her face.
She shouldn’t be running, they
say, not against girls.
Yearwood, a 17-year-old junior
at Cromwell High School, is one
of two transgender high school
sprinters in Connecticut, transi-
tioning to female.
She recently finished second
in the 55-meter dash at the state
open indoor track champion-
ships. The winner, Terry Miller
of Bloomfield High, is also trans-
gender and set a girls state in-
door record of 6.95 seconds. Year-
wood finished in 7.01 seconds
and the third-place competitor,
who is not transgender, finished
in 7.23 seconds.
Miller and Yearwood also
topped the 100-meter state cham-
pionships last year, and Miller
won the 300 this season.
Critics say their gender iden-
tity amounts to an unfair ad-
vantage, expressing a familiar
argument in a complex debate
for transgender athletes as they
break barriers across sports
around the world from high
school to the pros.
“I have learned a lot about
myself and about other people
through this transition. I always
try to focus most on all of the pos-
itive encouragement that I have
received from family, friends and
supporters,” Yearwood said. “I
use the negativity to fuel myself
to run faster.”
Connecticut is one of 17 states
that allow transgender high
school athletes to compete with-
out restrictions, according to
Transathlete.com, which tracks
implications. The Glastonbury
High School junior finished
eighth in the 55, missing out on
qualifying for the New England
regionals by two spots.
Soule believes that had Mill-
er and Yearwood not run, she
would be on her way to race in
Boston in front of more college
coaches.
“We all know the outcome of
the race before it even starts; it’s
demoralizing,” she said. “I fully
support and am happy for these
athletes for being true to them-
selves. They should have the
right to express themselves in
school, but athletics have always
had extra rules to keep the com-
petition fair.”
The Connecticut Association
of Schools-Connecticut Inter-
scholastic Athletic Conference,
which governs high school sports
in Connecticut, said its policy fol-
lows a state anti-discrimination
law that says students must be
treated in school by the gender
with which they identify.
“This is about someone’s right
to compete,” executive director
Glenn Lungarini said. “I don’t
PAT EATON-ROBB / ASSOCIATED PRESS
think this is that different from
other classes of people, who, in
Cromwell High School transgender athlete Andraya Yearwood, right, the not-too-distant past, were not
braids the hair of teammate Taylor Santos, left, during a break at a track allowed to compete. I think it’s
meet at Hillhouse High School in New Haven, Connecticut. going to take education and un-
state policies in high school may have other advantages. derstanding to get to that point
sports across the country. Sev- “One high jumper could be on this issue.”
en states have restrictions that taller and have longer legs than Joanna Harper, a medical
make it difficult for transgen- another, but the other could have physicist and transgender run-
der athletes to compete while in perfect form, and then do better,” ner from Portland, Oregon, said
school, like requiring athletes she said. “One sprinter could the issue isn’t that simple. She
to compete under the gender on have parents who spend so much believes there needs to be a stan-
their birth certificate, or allow- money on personal training for dard based on hormone levels.
ing them to participate only after their child, which in turn, would Until hormone therapies be-
going through sex-reassignment cause that child to run faster.” gin to work, genetic males have
procedures or hormone thera- Miller, who declined to be in- a distinct advantage over genetic
pies. terviewed for this story, has said females, she said. Most transgen-
The other states either have that if she felt a competitor had der teens don’t begin hormone
no policy or handle the issue on an unfair advantage, it would therapy until after puberty.
a case-by-case basis. simply push her to try to im- Younger teens can be on puber-
Yearwood acknowledges she prove. ty-blocking drugs, but puberty
is stronger than many of her One of their competitors, Seli- is very individualized and tes-
cisgender competitors, but said na Soule, said the issue is about tosterone levels can vary greatly
girls who are not transgender fairness on the track with wider from one transgender girl to an-
other, she said.
“The gender identity doesn’t
matter, it’s the testosterone lev-
els,” said Harper, who studies
transgender athletes. “Trans
girls should have the right to
compete in sports. But cisgen-
der girls should have the right to
compete and succeed, too. How
do you balance that? That’s the
question.”
Yearwood is hoping to qualify
for this year’s National Scho-
lastic Athletics Foundation na-
tional championships in March.
The group recently adopted new
rules allowing pre-pubescent
girls to participate with their af-
firmed gender, though no ages
are specified. Post-pubescent
transgender girls must have
completed sex-reassignment sur-
gery and “a sufficient amount
of time must have passed” after
the operation or hormone ther-
apy “to minimize gender-related
competitive advantages.”
Transgender girls who are not
taking hormone treatments re-
lated to gender transition may
not compete in female competi-
tions, the organization said.
Jon Forrest, whose daughter is
teammates with Soule, is among
a group of parents seeking a
similar change to Connecticut’s
state policy.
He said they’d like to see the
state adopt a hormone standard
or allow transgender girls to run
with other girls but have their re-
sults placed in a separate exhibi-
tion category.
“The facts show Glastonbury
would be the state champion
based on cisgender girls compet-
ing against cisgender girls,” he
said. “You don’t realize it until
you see it in person, the disparity
in the ability to perform.”
Lungarini said the state or-
ganization is not in a position
to perform hormone testing of
athletes and simply relies on the
schools to tell them who identi-
fies as male or female.

BENEFIELD CIF STATE

CONTINUED FROM C1
■ Cardinal Newman’s girls
soccer team is at it again.
Readers may recall that last
season, the Cardinals got the
No. 6 seed in the Division III
NorCal tournament, only to fire
off a series of upsets and eventu-
ally win the NorCal champion-
ship over Bradshaw Christian of
Sacramento.
Last year’s run began with a
North Coast Section Division 4
title, which earned them the
sixth seed in NorCal Division III,
giving them a tough hill to climb
to make it to the championship.
They went on to pull off a string
of tough road wins, beating
the No. 3 seed, then the No. 2
seed and eventually the fourth
seed, Bradshaw Christian, to be
crowned champs.
This year looked to present
the same kind of postseason
uphill climb when, on the heels
of another NCS Division 4 crown
(courtesy of their 3-2 win over
Marin Academy), the Cardinals
were bumped up to Division II
in NorCals and given a tough
seed of No. 8. Their first-round
opponent? Top-seeded Whitney
High.
The Cardinals, who compiled
a 16-4-1 overall record and
went 8-3-1 in a tough North Bay
League-Oak Division, bumped
off the top seed 2-1 on the road
in overtime Tuesday. That
puts them on the road again, at
6:30 p.m. Thursday against No. 4
St. Francis at Cristo Rey High in
Sacramento.
Also of note in this one —
with a win, the Cardinals could
avenge the school’s girls basket-
ball team’s season-ending upset
loss to St. Francis on Tuesday.
■ In Division V NorCal girls
basketball, it’s an all-North
Bay, all-Eagles round two
Thursday when No. 5 Rincon
Valley Christian travels north
to play No. 4 Cloverdale. The
Cloverdale Eagles come in
with a 26-5 overall record and
a clean sweep in the North
Central League I. The Rincon
Valley Christian Eagles have
put together a 22-7 record and
they, too, went undefeated in
league, going 8-0 to win the
North Central League II.
Both teams can score. Clo-
verdale has junior Tehya Bird,
who passed the 1,000 career
points mark early this season
and was averaging 25 points,
eight rebounds, three assists and
four steals heading into the play-
offs. Senior Kayli Persons has
a hefty stat line, too: 14 points,
six rebounds, five assists and
two steals per game.
But Rincon Valley has senior
all-arounder Caroline Chambers
and her sister, junior Elizabeth
Chambers. The elder Chambers
Montgomery’s Angelica Barragan, left, kicks the ball past Menlo’s Julia Deffner. Barragan scored two goals in
the Vikings’ 4-0 win in the NorCal regional tournament on Tuesday.
is Rincon Valley Christian’s
all-time scoring leader who
passed the 1,000 career rebound
mark and has averaged around
22 points and 10 rebounds per
game this season. She’s signed
to play at NAIA Division I
Freed-Hardeman University
next year.
But history is on Cloverdale’s
side in this one. The home team
beat Rincon Valley Christian
51-38 in the NCS Division 5
tournament semifinals just
eight days ago. In that contest,
Cloverdale was the No. 2 seed
and Rincon Valley Christian was
No. 3. Cloverdale put together
big scoring bursts in the second
and fourth quarters to secure
the win.
That game, too, was played in
Cloverdale’s storied — and loud
— gym. Thursday’s tipoff is at
7 p.m.
■ Also of note in Thursday’s
lineup of games is the Montgom-
ery girls soccer team’s run.
The Vikings have compiled
a 19-3-3 record, went 10-1-1 to
win the NBL-Oak and just won
the NCS Division 1 title with a
4-2 victory over top seed Liver-
more — a win that had to be par-
ticularly sweet. It was Livermore
that beat the Vikings in the NCS
semifinals last season.
That loss ended the Vikings’
season when they were, in bewil-
dering fashion, not selected to
advance to the NorCal tourna-
ment despite putting together
a 19-2-1 season and posting a
5-1 win and 2-2 tie with Maria
Carrillo, the team good enough
to win NCS and be given the
No. 1 seed in the NorCal Divi-
sion II tournament.
This year the Vikings were
given the No. 2 seed in NorCals
and will face No. 3 Mountain
View at 6 p.m. Thursday at Santa
Rosa High. The Vikings have not
had a home game or practice all
season while their field is being
resurfaced. The Mountain View
Spartans are 19-2-2 and went
8-1-1 to win the Santa Clara
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Valley Athletic League-DeAnza
conference.
The Spartans are led by two
players who can score: Fresh-
man Allie Montoya, who has
scored 18 goals this season, and
sophomore Sistine Noel, who
has 12.
But the Vikings have formi-
dable weapons of their own,
namely senior Cindy Arteaga
and junior Micky Rosenbaum.
■ Before the Clear Lake boys
basketball team was felled 79-62
by eventual section champs
University in the North Coast
Section Division 5 semifinals on
Feb. 20, it had been a good, long
while since the Cardinals had
suffered a loss. Their previous
defeat was a 66-65 overtime loss
at the hands of El Dorado High
School Dec. 28 in the Colfax
Adidas Falcon Shootout.
They have since compiled a
27-3 overall record and went
undefeated in the North Central
League I.
Thursday’s game pits the
TOURNAMENTS
GIRLS SOCCER
Thursday’s games
Division II
Semifinals
(8) Cardinal Newman vs.
(4) St. Francis, 6:30 p.m., Cristo
Rey High School, Sacramento
(3) Mountain View vs.
(2) Montgomery, 6 p.m.,
Santa Rosa High School
Final: Saturday, 4 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Wednesday’s results
NorCal Division VI
(1) Redding Christian 53,
(8) Calistoga 26
(2) Etna 79,
(7) Credo 45
Thursday’s games
Division V
(5) Rincon Valley Christian at
(4) Cloverdale, 7 p.m.
NorCal Division VI
(3) Valley Christian vs.
(6) Laytonville, 7 p.m.
Semifinals: Saturday, 6 p.m.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Thursday’s games
Division V
(6) Lincoln at
(3) Clear Lake, 7 p.m.
NorCal Division VI
(5) Point Arena vs.
(4) American Christian, 7 p.m.,
at Shasta High School
(2) Redding Christian vs.
(7) Mendocino, 7 p.m.,
at Palo Cedro High School
Semifinals: Saturday, 6 p.m.
third-seeded Cardinals against
No. 6 seed Lincoln Mustangs.
The Mustangs have a 22-10 re-
cord and went 12-2 to finish
second behind the Mission High
Bears in the Academic-Lang
League in the San Francisco
Section.
Coach Scott De Leon’s Car-
dinals have a balanced attack,
led by junior Darius Ford’s
14 points and five rebounds per
game. Junior Jaron Mertle puts
up 12 points, nine rebounds and
2.5 blocks per outing. Senior
co-captain Rodrigo Lupercio is
averaging eight points and near-
ly five assists per game while
senior and fellow captain Josh
Damiata is also contributing
eight points per game.
With so many games and so
much at stake, Thursday ought
to be fun. Stay tuned.
Kerry Benefield is at kerry.bene-
field@pressdemocrat.com.
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2019 C7

NBA THE LINE NHL COMING UP

Standings Trail Blazers 97, Celtics 92 NBA Standings
WESTERN CONFERENCE PORTLAND (97) FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOG WESTERN CONFERENCE FEB. 26 MARCH 1 MARCH 2 MARCH 3 MARCH 4 MARCH 5 MARCH 6 MARCH 7 MARCH 8 MARCH 9 M
TODAY
Pacific W L Pct GB Harkless 8-13 1-2 17, Aminu 1-2 1-2 4, Nurkic Golden State 6 226½ at Orlando Pacific GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Warriors 43 18 .705 — 5-10 6-6 16, Lillard 13-28 4-4 33, McCollum 6-19 1-2 at Indiana 4 221½ Minnesota Calgary 64 41 16 7 89 230 182 WARRIORS (510) 986-2200 warriors.com RADIO: 95.7 FM
L.A. Clippers 34 29 .540 10 14, Layman 2-3 0-0 5, Kanter 3-6 2-4 8, Curry 0-4 0-0 at New York 3 217 Cleveland Sharks 64 37 19 8 82 229 201
Sacramento 31 30 .508 12 0, Hood 0-5 0-0 0. Totals 38-90 15-20 97. at Houston 9 218½ Miami Vegas 64 33 26 5 71 189 182 Magic 76ers Celtics Nuggets
L.A. Lakers 30 31 .492 13 BOSTON (92) at Denver 6 223½ Utah Arizona 63 30 28 5 65 168 180 4 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 5
Phoenix 12 50 .194 31½ Tatum 6-11 2-2 14, Morris 3-10 2-2 8, Horford Vancouver 64 27 28 9 63 178 198
Southwest W L Pct GB 6-16 0-0 13, Irving 14-24 0-0 31, Smart 5-8 2-3 13,
at Oklahoma City 8 239 Philadelphia
Edmonton 63 26 30 7 59 175 211 NBCSBA Ch. 7 TNT ESPN* N
Houston 36 25 .590 — Brown 5-9 0-1 10, Hayward 1-3 1-2 3, Theis 0-5 0-0 College basketball Anaheim 64 24 31 9 57 142 199
San Antonio 34 29 .540 3 0, Williams III 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 40-86 7-10 92. FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG Los Angeles 63 23 33 7 53 149 200
Dallas 27 34 .443 9 Portland 25 18 31 23 — 97 at Stanford 8 Washington St Central GP W L OT Pts GF GA SHARKS (408) 287-7070 sjsharks.com RADIO: 98.5 FM
New Orleans 27 36 .429 10 Boston 24 18 22 28 — 92 Nashville 66 37 24 5 79 196 173
Washington 13½ at California
Memphis 24 39 .381 13 3-Point Goals—Portland 6-33 (Lillard 3-10, at San Francisco 6 San Diego
Winnipeg 63 37 22 4 78 212 188 Avalanche B’hawks Canadiens Blues
Northwest W L Pct GB Aminu 1-1, Layman 1-2, McCollum 1-8, Kanter 0-1, at St. Mary’s 22 Portland
St. Louis 63 34 23 6 74 184 172 7:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 1 p.m.
Minnesota 64 31 27 6 68 176 186 NBCSCA NBCSCA NBCSCA NBCSCA
Denver 42 18 .700 — Harkless 0-3, Curry 0-4, Hood 0-4), Boston 5-28 Gonzaga 25 at Pacific
Colorado 64 28 24 12 68 212 202
Oklahoma City 38 22 .633 4 (Irving 3-5, Smart 1-3, Horford 1-7, Tatum 0-2, Theis at UCLA 3 Southern Cal
Dallas 63 31 27 5 67 158 166
Portland 38 23 .623 4½ 0-2, Brown 0-3, Morris 0-6). Fouled Out—None. at Oregon St 4 Arizona
Chicago 64 27 28 9 63 215 239
Utah 34 26 .567 8 Rebounds—Portland 48 (Harkless 10), Boston 41 at UC Santa Barbara 8½ Long Beach St KEY: HOME AWAY * also on NBCSBA Radio coverage varies by time, location
Minnesota 29 32 .475 13½ (Brown 10). Assists—Portland 14 (Lillard 4), Boston at Cal St.-Fullerton 13 Cal Poly EASTERN CONFERENCE
20 (Smart, Horford 5). Total Fouls—Portland 15, UC Irvine 4½ at UC Davis Atlantic GP W L OT Pts GF GA
EASTERN CONFERENCE Tampa Bay 64 49 11 4 102 252 169
Atlantic W L Pct GB Boston 20. A—18,624 (18,624). at Loyola Marymount 7½ Santa Clara
Toronto 45 17 .726 — Rockets 118, Hornets 113
at Oregon 1½ Arizona St Boston 63 37 17 9 83 189 160 ON THE AIR
at St. John’s 5 Xavier Toronto 63 39 20 4 82 227 178
Philadelphia 39 22 .639 5½ Montreal 64 34 23 7 75 196 186
Boston 37 25 .597 8 HOUSTON (118)
Tucker 5-5 0-0 15, Gordon 3-10 0-0 6, Capela
Northeastern
at Michigan
5
12½
at Delaware
Nebraska Buffalo 63 29 26 8 66 181 199 TIME TV RADIO
Brooklyn
New York
32 31
13 48
.508
.213
13½
31½ 10-16 3-4 23, Paul 7-13 1-2 17, Harden 10-29 9-9 30, at Wichita St 5 UCONN Florida
Detroit
62 28 25 9 65 197 211
64 23 32 9 55 178 220
BASEBALL
Faried 0-0 2-2 2, Jones 0-1 0-0 0, Shumpert 1-3 0-0 at James Madison 7½ Elon
Southeast W L Pct GB
3, Green 4-8 5-5 15, Rivers 2-6 1-2 7. Totals 42-91 William & Mary 1½ at Towson Ottawa 63 22 36 5 49 189 235 Spring training:
Charlotte 28 33 .459 — Metropolitan GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Orlando 28 34 .452 ½
21-24 118.
CHARLOTTE (113)
Hofstra
at Oakland
7
3½
at Drexel
Ill.-Chicago N.Y. Islanders 62 36 19 7 79 179 149 Baltimore vs. Philadelphia 10 a.m. MLB Net
Miami
Washington
27 33
25 36
.450
.410
½
3
Bridges 3-7 2-2 9, Williams 5-10 0-2 12, Zeller 4-6 Texas State 5 at Troy Washington
Carolina
64 36 21 7 79 220 205
63 34 23 6 74 187 171
A’s vs. Chicago Cubs Noon 860
5-6 13, Walker 12-22 7-8 35, Batum 7-13 0-0 17, at Georgia Southern 10 UALR
Atlanta
Central
21 41
W L
.339
Pct
7½
GB
Kidd-Gilchrist 1-3 0-0 2, Biyombo 1-1 2-2 4, Parker at Georgia St 10½ Arkansas St Pittsburgh
Columbus
63 33 22 8 74 218 197
62 35 24 3 73 197 185
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
1-4 1-1 3, Lamb 5-15 6-6 18, Monk 0-2 0-0 0. Totals at South Alabama 1½ Texas-Arlington
Milwaukee 47 14 .770 — 39-83 23-27 113. at Louisiana-Monroe 8 Appalachian St Philadelphia 63 30 26 7 67 188 211 Men:
Indiana 40 22 .645 7½ N.Y. Rangers 63 27 26 10 64 186 211
Detroit 29 31 .483 17½
Houston
Charlotte
41 21 28 28 — 118
33 36 25 19 — 113
Wright St
IUPUI
4
1
at Green Bay
at Detroit New Jersey 64 25 31 8 58 185 216 St. Francis (Pa.) at Wagner 3 p.m. CBSSN
Chicago
Cleveland
17 45
14 47
.274
.230
30½
33 3-Point Goals—Houston 13-39 (Tucker 5-5, at Louisiana-Lafayette 4½ Coastal Carolina Note: Two points for a win, one point for overtime
loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild
Xavier at St. John’s 3:30 p.m. FS1
N. Kentucky 8½ at Milwaukee
Wednesday’s Results
Green 2-4, Rivers 2-5, Paul 2-6, Shumpert 1-3,
Harden 1-11, Gordon 0-5), Charlotte 12-33 (Walker at Northwestern 1½ Minnesota cards per conference advance to playoffs. Nebraska at Virginia 4 p.m. ESPN
Miami 126, Warriors 125
Houston 118, Charlotte 113
4-11, Batum 3-5, Williams 2-5, Lamb 2-7, Bridges at Tulsa
at UAB
14
1
Tulane
W Kentucky
Wednesday’s Results
Toronto 6, Edmonton 2
Connecticut at Wichita State 4 p.m. ESPN2
1-3, Parker 0-1, Monk 0-1). Fouled Out—None.
Atlanta 131, Minnesota 123, OT Rebounds—Houston 37 (Capela 17), Charlotte 48 at Louisiana Tech 7 Marshall Calgary 2, New Jersey 1 Winthrop at Hampton 4 p.m. ESPNews
Washington 125, Brooklyn 116 at UTSA 1 Old Dominion Tampa Bay 4, N.Y. Rangers 3, OT
Chicago 109, Memphis 107
(Lamb 14). Assists—Houston 23 (Paul 10), Charlotte
25 (Batum, Lamb 6). Total Fouls—Houston 22, at North Texas 9 FAU Colorado 3, Vancouver 2, SO Old Dominion at Texas-San Antonio 5 p.m. CBSSN
Portland 97, Boston 92
Dallas 110, Indiana 101
Charlotte 22. A—17,903 (19,077). Chicago 4, Anaheim 3 Washington State at Stanford 6 p.m. P12 Net
San Antonio 105, Detroit 93 Spurs 105, Pistons 93 BASEBALL Thursday’s Games
Toronto at N.Y. Islanders, 4 p.m. Arizona at Oregon State 6 p.m. FS1
Utah 111, L.A. Clippers 105
Milwaukee 141, Sacramento 140, OT
DETROIT (93)
Brown 2-4 0-0 4, Griffin 6-18 2-2 17, Drummond
Spring training standings Philadelphia at Columbus, 4 p.m.
Edmonton at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m.
USC at UCLA 6 p.m. ESPN
L.A. Lakers 125, New Orleans 119 5-14 0-0 10, Jackson 8-18 1-1 22, Ellington 4-10 AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct. Tampa Bay at Boston, 4:30 p.m. Minnesota at Northwestern 6 p.m. ESPN2
Thursday’s Games Minnesota 4 2 .667 Vancouver at Arizona, 6 p.m.
Warriors at Orlando, 4 p.m.
0-0 11, Pachulia 0-3 1-2 1, Maker 0-5 0-0 0, Smith
3-8 2-2 9, Galloway 4-8 0-0 11, Kennard 4-12 0-0 8. Los Angeles 4 2 .667 Florida at Vegas, 7 p.m. Tulane at Tulsa 6 p.m. ESPNU
Minnesota at Indiana, 4 p.m.
Cleveland at New York, 4:30 p.m.
Totals 36-100 6-7 93.
SAN ANTONIO (105)
Seattle
Baltimore
3
3
2
2
.600
.600
Dallas at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. Jacksonville State at Eastern Illinois 6 p.m. ESPNews
Friday’s Games
Miami at Houston, 5 p.m. DeRozan 7-13 3-6 17, Aldridge 11-22 2-2 24, Detroit 3 2 .600 Colorado at Sharks, 7:30 p.m. San Diego at USF 7 p.m. 1550
Philadelphia at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. Cleveland 3 2 .600
Utah at Denver, 7:30 p.m.
Poeltl 4-6 3-5 11, Forbes 2-2 0-0 6, White 7-12 0-0
15, Gay 0-5 4-4 4, Cunningham 0-2 0-0 0, Bertans Kansas City 3 3 .500
Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 4 p.m.
Washington vs. N.Y. Islanders at Nassau Veterans
Washington at Cal 8 p.m. FS1 810
Friday’s Games 0-2 0-0 0, Mills 4-7 0-0 11, Belinelli 7-10 0-0 17. New York
Houston
2
2
2
3
.500
.400
Memorial Coliseum, 4 p.m. Portland at St. Mary’s 8 p.m. NBCSCA
Charlotte at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m. Totals 42-81 12-17 105. Philadelphia at New Jersey, 4 p.m.
Chicago at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m. Detroit 27 21 19 26 — 93 Boston 2 3 .400 Montreal at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. Gonzaga at Pacific 8 p.m. ESPN2
Portland at Toronto, 5 p.m.
Washington at Boston, 5 p.m.
San Antonio 32 19 27 27 — 105 Tampa Bay
Toronto
2
1
4
3
.333
.250
St. Louis at Carolina, 4:30 p.m.
Nashville at Winnipeg, 5 p.m.
Arizona State at Oregon 8 p.m. P12 Net
3-Point Goals—Detroit 15-38 (Jackson 5-12,
New Orleans at Phoenix, 6 p.m. Galloway 3-5, Ellington 3-6, Griffin 3-7, Smith 1-1,
Texas
Chicago
1
1
3
4
.250
.200
Vegas at Anaheim, 7 p.m. UC Irvine at UC Davis 8 p.m. ESPNU
L.A. Clippers at Sacramento, 7 p.m.
Milwaukee at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m.
Drummond 0-1, Kennard 0-6), San Antonio 9-17
(Belinelli 3-4, Mills 3-5, Forbes 2-2, White 1-2,
A’s 1 5 .167 Avalanche 3, Canucks 2, SO Women:
NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct.
Saturday’s Games
Warriors at Philadelphia, 5:30 p.m.
Cunningham 0-1, Bertans 0-1, Gay 0-2). Fouled
Out—None. Rebounds—Detroit 41 (Drummond Los Angeles 4 1 .800
Vancouver
Colorado
1
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
—
—
2
3
Minnesota at Rutgers 3:30 p.m. Big Ten
Detroit at Cleveland, 2 p.m. 17), San Antonio 55 (Poeltl 14). Assists—Detroit San Diego 3 1 .750 Colorado won shootout 2-1 Vanderbilt at Tennessee 4 p.m. SEC Net
Orlando at Indiana, 4 p.m. 19 (Griffin 7), San Antonio 24 (DeRozan 8). Total Arizona 3 1 .750
Brooklyn at Miami, 4:30 p.m. Fouls—Detroit 14, San Antonio 11. Technicals— Chicago 4 2 .667
First Period—1, Colorado, MacKinnon 33
(Andrighetto, Wilson), 8:19. 2, Vancouver, Roussel
Ohio State at Wisconsin 5:30 p.m. Big Ten
Memphis at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.
Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m.
San Antonio coach Spurs (Defensive three second).
A—18,354 (18,581).
Atlanta
Philadelphia
3
3
2
2
.600
.600
8 (Boeser, Biega), 9:13. 3, Colorado, Rantanen 27 Missouri at Arkansas 6 p.m. SEC Net
(Landeskog), 18:26 (pp).
Pittsburgh 3 2 .600
L.A. Lakers at Phoenix, 6 p.m.
Milwaukee at Utah, 6 p.m. Hawks 131, Timberwolves 123 Washington 3 2 .600
Second Period—None. GOLF
Third Period—4, Vancouver, Leivo 12 (Spooner,
New Orleans at Denver, 6 p.m. MINNESOTA (123)
Wiggins 9-20 1-2 21, Saric 1-11 4-4 6, Towns
St. Louis
Giants
2
2
2
2
.500
.500
Biega), 16:58. PGA: The Honda Classic 11 a.m. Golf Ch.
Heat 126, Warriors 125 12-19 8-13 37, Jones 3-10 0-0 7, Okogie 4-9 5-6 15, Cincinnati 2 2 .500
Overtime—None
Shootout—Vancouver 1 (, Pettersson NG, Boeser
LPGA: World Championship 7:30 p.m. Golf Ch.
Miami 2 3 .400
WARRIORS
Durant
Min FG FT Reb A PF PTS
38:54 9-21 8-10 0-5 5 3 29
Bates-Diop 0-0 0-0 0, Deng 0-1 0-0 0, Gibson 4-4 1-3
9, Tolliver 2-5 0-0 6, Bayless 2-6 0-0 4, Rose 7-17 4-5 Colorado 2 3 .400
G, Horvat NG, Goldobin NG, Granlund NG, Spooner PGA Europe: Oman Open 2 a.m. Fri. Golf Ch.
NG), Colorado 2 (, MacKinnon NG, Landeskog NG,
18. Totals 44-102 23-33 123. New York 2 3 .400
Green
Looney
22:44
13:03
2-4 0-0 0-3 2 6 5
0-0 0-0 2-6 2 3 0 ATLANTA (131) Milwaukee 1 4 .200
Rantanen G, Compher NG, Brassard NG, Soderberg G). NBA
Curry 34:23 9-20 2-3 1-6 4 1 24 Prince 2-9 1-1 5, Collins 13-21 6-6 34, Dedmon Wednesday’s Results Blackhawks 4, Ducks 3 Warriors at Orlando 4 p.m. NBCSBA 1350, 95.7
Thompson 37:19 14-23 1-1 0-2 1 1 36 3-5 0-2 7, Young 9-22 16-17 36, Huerter 2-9 0-0 6, Giants 15, Kansas City 2
Iguodala 24:52 2-2 0-0 1-4 1 2 5 Bembry 7-14 1-1 16, Spellman 3-4 0-0 6, Len 0-2 1-2 L.A. Dodgers 5, A’s 3
Chicago
Anaheim
0
0
2
2
2 —
1 —
4
3
Philadelphia at Oklahoma City 5 p.m. TNT
1, Sibert 1-1 0-0 3, Adams 0-1 0-0 0, Carter 6-8 2-3
Bell
Jerebko
19:28
16:45
2-5 6-10 2-6 2 0 10
2-6 1-2 1-3 1 1 6 17, Bazemore 0-12 0-0 0. Totals 46-108 27-32 131.
Baltimore 7, Boston (ss) 6
Washington 14, Houston 8 First Period—None. Utah at Denver 7:30 p.m. TNT
Minnesota 40 28 27 23 5 — 123 Second Period—1, Chicago, DeBrincat 35
Livingston
Cook
15:39
11:25
0-2 2-2 0-0 2 0 2
4-6 0-0 1-2 1 0 8 Atlanta 33 27 26 32 13 — 131
Toronto 2, Pittsburgh 1
Detroit 10, N.Y. Yankees 4 (Gustafsson, Strome), 0:49 (pp). 2, Anaheim, Shore 7 NHL
McKinnie 3:33 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 3-Point Goals—Minnesota 12-38 (Towns 5-9, Atlanta 4, St. Louis 0 (Manson, Lindholm), 4:22 (sh). 3, Chicago, Anisimov
11 (Keith, Crawford), 16:42 (sh). 4, Anaheim, Rowney
Tampa Bay at Boston 4:30 p.m. NBCSN
Lee 1:53 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 Tolliver 2-4, Okogie 2-6, Wiggins 2-6, Jones 1-2, Deng Minnesota 4, Philadelphia 2
Totals 240:00 44-89 20-28 8-37 21 21 125
Percentages: FG .494, FT .714. 3-Point Goals:
0-1, Bayless 0-4, Saric 0-6), Atlanta 12-29 (Carter 3-5, Tampa Bay 5, Boston (ss) 4
N.Y. Mets 14, Miami 6
5 (Kesler), 18:37.
Third Period—5, Anaheim, Terry 2 (Grant), 5:35. TENNIS
Collins 2-4, Young 2-5, Huerter 2-5, Sibert 1-1, Ded-
17-48, .354 (Thompson 7-15, Curry 4-14, Durant mon 1-1, Bembry 1-2, Len 0-1, Bazemore 0-2, Prince Cincinnati 11, Chicago White Sox 4 6, Chicago, DeBrincat 36 (Toews, Gustafsson), 15:06.
7, Chicago, Kane 40 (Toews, Saad), 19:43.
Mexican Open and Brasil Open Noon Tennis Ch.
3-12, Iguodala 1-1, Green 1-2, Jerebko 1-2, Bell 0-1, 0-3). Fouled Out—Dedmon, Towns. Rebounds— Cleveland (ss) 6, Milwaukee 1
Cook 0-1). Team Rebounds: 9. Team Turnovers: Chicago Cubs 9, Texas 5
8 (11 PTS). Blocked Shots: 3 (Durant 2, Bell).
Minnesota 47 (Towns 18), Atlanta 65 (Bembry 14).
Assists—Minnesota 29 (Jones 11), Atlanta 32 Cleveland (ss) 6, Seattle 5
Lightning 4, Rangers 3, OT
Turnovers: 8 (Curry 3, Durant 2, Green, Iguodala,
Looney). Steals: 7 (Thompson 3, Bell, Green, Living-
(Young 10). Total Fouls—Minnesota 24, Atlanta 25.
Technicals—Bazemore. A—14,101 (18,118).
L.A. Angels 9, Colorado 7
Arizona 5, San Diego 5
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ston, Looney). Technical Fouls: None.
MIAMI Min FG FT Reb A PF PTS Mavericks 110, Pacers 101 Thursday’s Games First Period—1, Tampa Bay, Johnson 22 Mexican Open JC women’s basketball
A’s vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 12:05 p.m. (Kucherov, Stralman), 7:52. 2, Tampa Bay, Miller 12
Olynyk 29:36 6-10 2-2 1-5 2 4 15 INDIANA (101) Giants vs. Milwaukee (ss) at Phoenix, 12:05 p.m. AT ACAPULCO, MEXICO CCCAA NorCal Regional Playoffs
(Kucherov, Hedman), 14:57 (pp).
Richardson 37:43 7-14 2-2 2-5 5 5 21 Bogdanovic 9-16 3-3 22, Young 5-10 1-2 11, Washington vs. Boston, 10:05 a.m. Second Period—3, N.Y. Rangers, Zibanejad Men’s Singles First Round
Adebayo 31:52 3-5 5-9 0-10 4 3 11 Turner 4-10 3-4 13, Collison 1-6 4-4 7, Matthews Detroit vs. Atlanta, 10:05 a.m. 27 (Vesey, DeAngelo), 0:56. 4, Tampa Bay, Girardi Second Round AT SANTA ROSA JC
Waiters 23:15 1-6 2-4 0-3 0 5 5 6-13 4-4 20, McDermott 3-6 1-2 7, Leaf 4-4 1-2 9, Pittsburgh vs. N.Y. Yankees, 10:05 a.m. 4 (Stamkos, Point), 2:53. 5, N.Y. Rangers, Vesey 16 John Isner (3), United States, def. Sam Querrey, Lassen 18 14 8 18 — 58
Winslow 31:02 4-10 2-2 0-6 5 2 12 O’Quinn 1-1 0-0 2, Holiday 1-3 0-0 3, Joseph 3-8 0-0 Miami vs. Houston, 10:05 a.m. (Claesson, Shattenkirk), 3:23. 6, N.Y. Rangers, Nieves United States, 6-4, 6-4. Santa Rosa JC 10 24 14 11 — 59
Wade 25:45 10-17 0-0 2-7 3 1 25 7. Totals 37-77 17-21 101. N.Y. Mets vs. St. Louis, 10:05 a.m. 4 (Strome, Namestnikov), 14:14. John Millman (8), Australia, def. Peter Gojowczyk, SRJC: Jasmine Henderson 22, Shayla Newman 20
Dragic 20:13 7-11 9-9 0-3 1 6 27 DALLAS (110) Baltimore vs. Philadelphia (ss), 10:05 a.m. Third Period—None. Germany, 6-0, 6-2. (9 rebounds).
McGruder 17:47 3-4 2-2 3-3 0 0 8 Hardaway Jr. 7-16 2-3 20, Nowitzki 4-10 0-0 11, Philadelphia (ss) vs. Toronto, 10:07 a.m. Overtime—7, Tampa Bay, Hedman 8 (Kucherov, Alex de Minaur (5), Australia, def. Feliciano Lopez, Next: Round 2, SRJC at No. 2 seed Merced,
Jones Jr. 17:10 1-5 0-0 4-4 0 5 2 Powell 5-8 1-3 12, Doncic 9-16 5-7 26, Brunson Milwaukee (ss) vs. Cincinnati, 12:05 p.m. Stamkos), 3:25. Spain, walkover. 7 p.m. Saturday
Haslem 5:35 0-1 0-0 0-2 0 0 0 9-14 3-5 24, Finney-Smith 0-4 2-2 2, Jackson 2-4 0-1 San Diego vs. Kansas City, 12:05 p.m. Mackenzie McDonald, United States, def. Frances Record: SRJC 12-14
Totals 240:00 42-83 24-3012-48 20 31 126 4, Kleber 2-2 0-0 6, Harris 2-7 1-2 5. Totals 40-81 Colorado vs. L.A. Dodgers, 12:05 p.m. Maples Leafs 6, Oilers 2 Tiafoe (6), United States, 6-7 (7), 7-5, 6-3.
Percentages: FG .506, FT .800. 3-Point Goals: 14-23 110. Cleveland vs. Arizona, 12:10 p.m. Stan Wawrinka, Switzerland, def. Steve Johnson
Edmonton 1 0 1 — 2
18-40, .450 (Richardson 5-7, Wade 5-8, Dragic 4-7,
Winslow 2-7, Olynyk 1-4, Waiters 1-4, Haslem 0-1,
Indiana
Dallas
27 26 25 23 — 101
28 25 26 31 — 110
Texas vs. L.A. Angels, 12:10 p.m.
Toronto 1 4 1 — 6
(7), United States, 7-6 (5), 6-4.
Cameron Norrie, Britain, def. Diego Schwartzman
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Chicago White Sox vs. Seattle, 12:10 p.m.
First Period—1, Edmonton, Draisaitl 39
Jones Jr. 0-1, McGruder 0-1). Team Rebounds: 6.
Team Turnovers: 13 (19 PTS). Blocked Shots:
3-Point Goals—Indiana 10-28 (Matthews 4-10, Minnesota vs. Tampa Bay, 3:35 p.m.
(McDavid, Nurse), 11:06 (pp). 2, Toronto, Marleau 14
(4), Argentina, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-3.
Nick Kyrgios, Australia, def. Rafael Nadal (1),
Men’s scores
Turner 2-4, Holiday 1-2, Joseph 1-2, Collison 1-3,
6 (Adebayo 2, Jones Jr. 2, Wade 2). Turnovers: 13 Bogdanovic 1-4, Young 0-1, McDermott 0-2), Dallas
Giants 15, Royals 2 (Muzzin, Brown), 18:02. Spain, 3-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (6). TOP 25
(Wade 4, Dragic 2, Jones Jr. 2, Waiters 2, Adebayo, 16-37 (Hardaway Jr. 4-9, Brunson 3-6, Nowitzki 3-6, Kansas City ab r h bi San Fran ab r h bi Second Period—3, Toronto, Marner 22 (Hainsey, Women’s Singles No. 2 Virginia 81, Georgia Tech 51
Richardson, Winslow). Steals: 4 (Winslow 2, Olynyk, Doncic 3-8, Kleber 2-2, Powell 1-1, Finney-Smith 0-1, Mondesi ss 2 0 0 0 G.Parra lf 2 3 2 1 Hyman), 1:09. 4, Toronto, Johnsson 18 (Matthews, First Round No. 7 Tennessee 73, Mississippi 71
Wade). Technical Fouls: None. Jackson 0-1, Harris 0-3). Fouled Out—None. Re- Arteaga ph 2 1 1 0 Androli lf 2 1 1 2 Kapanen), 2:26. 5, Toronto, Nylander 5 (Marleau, Beatriz Haddad Maia, Brazil, def. Sloane Stephens No. 8 Houston 99, East Carolina 65
bounds—Indiana 38 (Leaf 7), Dallas 42 (Doncic 10). C.Owngs 2b 2 0 0 0 Solarte 2b 3 1 2 1 Ennis), 4:50 (pp). 6, Toronto, Johnsson 19 (Marner, (1), United States, 6-3, 6-3. Villanova 67, No. 10 Marquette 61
Golden State 22 37 33 33 — 125 Tavares), 8:09 (pp). Zheng Saisai (7), China, def. Timea Babos, Hungary, No. 11 Texas Tech 84, Oklahoma St. 80, OT
Assists—Indiana 19 (Young 5), Dallas 27 (Doncic 7). J.Flres ph 2 0 1 0 A.Hnson pr 2 0 0 0
Miami 32 42 26 26 — 126 Third Period—7, Toronto, Tavares 36 (Marner,
Total Fouls—Indiana 23, Dallas 22. Technicals— Bnfacio rf 2 0 1 0 Lngoria 3b 1 1 1 3 4-6, 6-4, 6-3. No. 12 Nevada 89, UNLV 73
A—19,647 (19,600). T—2:26. Officials—Hay- Bogdanovic. A—19,978 (19,200). Hrnndez ph 2 0 0 0 B.Vlera 3b 3 1 1 2 Nylander), 0:25 (pp). 8, Edmonton, Nugent-Hopkins Donna Vekic (3), Croatia, def. Christina McHale, No. 14 Purdue 73, Illinois 56
woode Workman, Karl Lane, Jason Phillips S.Denez dh 2 0 0 0 Crwford dh 3 0 0 0 20 (Nurse), 16:06. United States, 6-4, 7-5. Penn State 78, No. 17 Maryland 61
Wizards 125, Nets 116 Frnndez ph 1 0 0 0 Ch.Shaw ph 2 1 1 2 Flames 2, Devils 1 Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, def. Tatjana Maria, No. 23 Cincinnati 52, SMU, 49
Bucks 141, Kings 140 WASHINGTON (125) H.Dzier 3b 2 0 0 0 Ca.Rupp c 2 0 1 0 Germany, 6-2, 6-1. FAR WEST
MILWAUKEE (141) Green 5-9 4-4 15, Ariza 6-13 8-9 23, Portis 4-12 Gterrez ph 1 0 0 1 Jo.Bart c 3 2 2 1 Calgary 0 2 0 — 2 Wang Yafan, China, def. Monica Puig, Puerto Rico, CS Northridge 70, UC Riverside 68
Middleton 8-20 4-7 21, Antetokounmpo 7-12 3-5 2-2 10, Satoransky 3-7 0-0 7, Beal 12-22 4-4 31, Cthbert 1b 2 0 1 0 A.Grcia 1b 2 0 0 0 New Jersey 0 1 0 — 1 4-1, retirement.
Schwndl ph 2 1 1 1 Z.Green 1b 3 2 2 2 Colorado St. 76, Boise St. 62
17, Lopez 3-15 0-0 7, Bledsoe 11-20 0-0 26, Brogdon Brown Jr. 3-7 0-0 7, Parker 3-9 2-4 9, Johnson 1-3 First Period—None. Bianca Andreescu, Canada, def. Mihaela Buzarnes-
9-11 3-3 25, Wilson 0-0 0-0 0, Mirotic 7-14 2-2 21, Phllips lf 2 0 0 0 H.Ramos rf 2 0 0 0 Fresno St. 71, Wyoming 60
0-0 3, Bryant 6-10 6-8 18, Randle 1-4 0-0 2. Totals Second Period—1, Calgary, Lindholm 26 cu (4), Romania, 6-2, 7-5.
Ilyasova 2-5 4-4 8, Canaan 0-1 0-0 0, Connaughton E.Mejia lf 2 0 1 0 A.Grcia rf 3 1 1 0 Grand Canyon 95, Eastern New Mexico 64
44-96 26-31 125. (Gaudreau, Tkachuk), 1:07 (pp). 2, Calgary, Giordano Johanna Konta (8), Britain, def. Varvara Flink,
4-9 0-0 9, Snell 3-5 0-0 7. Totals 54-112 16-21 141. Ni.Dini c 2 0 0 0 Avelino ss 2 0 0 0 Russia, 6-4, 6-1. Nevada 89, UNLV 73
BROOKLYN (116) 14 (Monahan, Gaudreau), 13:52. 3, New Jersey,
SACRAMENTO (140) Harris 2-7 0-0 6, Graham 3-7 0-0 6, Allen 6-9 0-1 S.Rvero c 2 0 0 0 Alberto ss 2 1 2 0 Sofia Kenin (5), United States, def. Katie Boulter, SOUTHWEST
Rooney 3, 16:47 (sh).
Bogdanovic 10-22 3-4 28, Barnes 6-11 0-0 15, 12, Russell 9-16 9-10 28, LeVert 0-5 0-0 0, Dudley Te.Gore cf 1 0 0 0 Frguson cf 2 0 0 0 Third Period—None. Britain, 6-4, 4-1 retired. Abilene Christian 73, Texas A&M-CC 64
Cauley-Stein 4-10 2-5 10, Fox 6-13 5-5 17, Hield 2-3 0-0 5, Hollis-Jefferson 2-5 4-6 8, Carroll 2-5 2-4 Strling cf 2 0 0 0 M.Grber cf 2 1 2 1 Men’s Doubles Baylor 84, Texas 83, OT
10-29 9-9 32, Brewer 1-3 0-1 2, Giles III 9-13 0-2 18, 7, Kurucs 1-3 5-6 7, Davis 0-2 3-4 3, Napier 7-14 7-7 Totals 33 2 6 2 Totals 41 15 18 15 First Round Cent. Arkansas 92, Stephen F. Austin 74
Bagley III 3-9 3-4 9, Ferrell 4-8 0-0 9. Totals 53-118 22, Crabbe 3-6 0-0 8, McCall 2-3 0-1 4. Totals 39-85 Kansas City 000 001 001 — 2 SCHEDULE Marcel Granollers, Spain, and Nikola Mektic, Cincinnati 52, SMU 49
22-30 140. 30-39 116. San Francisco 202 011 09x — 15 Croatia, vs. John Isner and Sam Querrey, United Lamar 110, Houston Baptist 75
Milwaukee 34 39 31 22 15 — 141 Washington 34 34 33 24 — 125 E—Owings (1), Hanson (1), Valera (1). DP—Kansas Thursday States, cancelled Texas Tech 84, Oklahoma St. 80, OT
Sacramento 33 29 29 35 14 — 140 Brooklyn 28 32 19 37 — 116 COLLEGE BASEBALL Austin Krajicek, United States, and Artem Sitak, MIDWEST
City 1, San Francisco 0. LOB—Kansas City 7, San
3-Point Goals—Milwaukee 17-45 (Mirotic 5-8, 3-Point Goals—Washington 11-37 (Ariza 3-8, Francisco 4. 2B—Parra (1), Rupp (1), Bart (1). 3B— New Zealand, def. Peter Gojowczyk and Kevin Bradley 67, Valparaiso 42
Big 8 Conference
Brogdon 4-6, Bledsoe 4-7, Snell 1-2, Connaught- Beal 3-9, Parker 1-1, Satoransky 1-2, Brown Jr. 1-3, Mejia (1), Solarte (1), Valera (1). HR—Schwindel (1), Krawietz, Germany, 6-2, 6-2. Drake 80, Indiana St. 68
Santa Rosa JC at San Joaquin Delta, 2 p.m.
on 1-5, Middleton 1-6, Lopez 1-6, Canaan 0-1, Green 1-3, Johnson 1-3, Randle 0-2, Bryant 0-2, Portis Parra (1), Longoria (1), Shaw (1), Bart (1), Green (1). Santiago Gonzalez, Mexico, and Aisam-ul-Haq Illinois St. 65, Missouri St. 57
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Qureshi, Pakistan, def. Lukasz Kubot, Poland, and
Ilyasova 0-1, Antetokounmpo 0-3), Sacramento 12-33 0-4), Brooklyn 8-35 (Crabbe 2-5, Harris 2-5, Dudley SB—Parra (1). CS—Hanson (1). SF—Longoria (1). Loyola of Chicago 56, N. Iowa 55
(Bogdanovic 5-8, Barnes 3-6, Hield 3-11, Ferrell 1-2, CCAA Marcelo Melo (4), Brazil, 7-6 (4), 6-3.
1-2, Carroll 1-2, Russell 1-5, Napier 1-7, McCall Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO Sonoma State at Humboldt State, 5:30 p.m. Purdue 73, Illinois 56
Brewer 0-2, Bagley III 0-2, Fox 0-2). Fouled Out— 0-1, Allen 0-1, LeVert 0-3, Graham 0-4). Fouled Ellis L, 0-1 2 3 2 2 0 1 Bob and Mike Bryan (2), United States, def.
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL S. Illinois 98, Evansville 91
None. Rebounds—Milwaukee 57 (Bledsoe 12), Out—None. Rebounds—Washington 57 (Parker Sparkman 3 3 3 3 0 2 John Millman, Australia, and Neal Skupski, Britain,
CCAA 6-3, 6-4. SOUTH
Sacramento 58 (Barnes 14). Assists—Milwaukee 36 14), Brooklyn 41 (Graham 7). Assists—Washington Lovelady 1 3 1 1 0 2
(Bledsoe 13), Sacramento 30 (Fox 9). Total Fouls— 34 (Satoransky 10), Brooklyn 20 (Russell 7). Total Zimmer 1 0 0 0 0 1 Sonoma State at Humboldt State, 7:30 p.m. Women’s Doubles Auburn 78, Georgia 75
Milwaukee 18, Sacramento 19. Technicals—Bled- Fouls—Washington 30, Brooklyn 27. Technicals— Machado 1/
3 5 5 5 0 1 HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL First Round Campbell 85, SC-Upstate 73
soe. A—17,583 (17,608). Washington coach Wizards (Defensive three second), Marte 2/
3 4 4 4 0 1 CIF State Championships Dalila Jakupovic, Slovenia, and Irina Khromacheva Charleston Southern 77, UNC Asheville 48
Beal. A—13,683 (17,732). San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO Division V (2), Russia, def. Paula Kania, Poland, and Yana Florida 71, Vanderbilt 55
Jazz 111, Clippers 105 Samardzija W, 1-0 2 1 0 0 0 1 Second Round Sizikova, Russia, 7-5, 6-3. Gardner-Webb 78, Presbyterian 70
L.A. CLIPPERS (105) NBA leaders Venditte H, 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 Lincoln (San Francisco) at Clear Lake, 7 p.m. Desirae Krawczyk, United States, and Giuliana George Mason 77, Richmond 63
Shamet 3-7 2-3 9, Gallinari 3-14 12-13 18, Zubac Through Tuesday Suarez 2 1 0 0 0 1 HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL Olmos (3), Mexico, def. Ysaline Bonaventure, Belgium, Houston 99, East Carolina 65
3-9 1-2 7, Gilgeous-Alexander 6-8 0-0 13, Beverley SCORING G FG FT PTS AVG Gott 1 1 1 0 2 1 and Kaitlyn Christian, United States, 6-2, 6-3. McNeese St. 84, Nicholls 75
CIF State Championships Tatjana Maria, Germany, and Christina McHale,
5-10 0-0 12, Harrell 7-10 2-2 16, Green 4-10 2-2 10, Okert 1 1 0 0 0 1 Division V Northwestern St. 68, Incarnate Word 60
Harden, HOU 56 599 560 2034 36.3 United States, def. Irina Bara and Mihaela Buzarnescu
Wallace 0-4 0-0 0, Thornwell 0-0 0-0 0, Williams 5-18 George, OKC 59 557 347 1689 28.6 Lovegrove 1 1 0 0 0 1 Second Round Radford 72, High Point 54
7-8 18, Temple 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 37-94 26-30 105. Franco 1 1 1 1 0 1 (1), Romania, 2-6, 6-2, 10-8. Sam Houston St. 71, New Orleans 60
Curry, GOL 49 466 206 1393 28.4 Rincon Valley Christian at Cloverdale, 7 p.m.
UTAH (111) HBP—by Sparkman (Parra). WP—Marte, Franco. Quarterfinals Tennessee 73, Mississippi 71
Davis, NOR 47 465 328 1299 27.6 HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER
Ingles 4-9 1-3 11, Favors 5-11 3-4 13, Gobert 6-9 Umpires—Home, Bryan Fields; First, Bill Miller; Sec- Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, and Zheng Saisai, UCF 75, South Florida 63
Durant, GOL 60 582 373 1650 27.5 CIF NorCal Regional Championships
8-10 20, Rubio 5-13 3-3 13, Mitchell 10-22 9-12 32, Embiid, PHL 54 483 443 1473 27.3 ond, Jim Wolf; Third, Chris Segal. T—2:56. A—6,311 China, def. Johanna Konta, Britain, and Laura Virginia 81, Georgia Tech 51
O’Neale 1-4 0-0 3, Sefolosha 0-1 0-0 0, Crowder Division II Siegemund, Germany, 3-6, 6-3, 10-6.
Antetokounmpo, MIL 55 551 362 1497 27.2 EAST
3-13 0-0 9, Neto 4-8 0-0 10, Korver 0-2 0-0 0. Totals Dodgers 5, A’s 3 Semifinals
38-92 24-32 111.
Leonard, TOR 45 415 297 1205 26.8
Los Angeles ab r h bi Oakland ab r h bi
Mountain View at Montgomery, at Santa Rosa High ATP Brasil Open Army 79, Loyola (Md.) 69
Lillard, POR 59 502 353 1525 25.8 School, 6 p.m. Boston College 66, Louisville 59
L.A. Clippers 33 23 27 22 — 105 Griffin, DET 57 499 332 1473 25.8 Verdugo cf 3 1 2 0 Grssman lf 3 0 0 0 AT SAO PAULO
Cardinal Newman at St. Francis (Sacramento), at Boston U. 84, Lafayette 82
Utah 26 23 34 28 — 111 Beal, WAS 60 563 261 1539 25.6 D.Pters cf 1 0 0 1 Sk.Bolt lf 2 0 1 0 Singles Clemson 62, Pittsburgh 48
Cristo Rey High School, 6:30 p.m.
3-Point Goals—L.A. Clippers 5-26 (Beverley 2-5, Walker, CHA 60 521 263 1504 25.1 Carrera rf 3 1 1 0 M.Smien ss 3 0 0 0 First Round Colgate 79, Holy Cross 59
Pterson rf 1 0 0 0 S.Neuse 3b 2 0 1 0 HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL Laslo Djere, Serbia, def. Alessandro Giannessi, Italy,
Gilgeous-Alexander 1-2, Williams 1-3, Shamet 1-4, Booker, PHX 47 405 248 1157 24.6 Georgetown 82, DePaul 73
Temple 0-2, Green 0-4, Gallinari 0-6), Utah 11-34 Irving, BOS 50 446 155 1174 23.5 M.Ahmed lf 0 1 0 0 Chapman dh 2 0 0 0 Nonleague 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-4.
St. Vincent at Elsie Allen, 3:30 p.m. Hartford 96, Binghamton 76
(Crowder 3-8, Mitchell 3-9, Neto 2-4, Ingles 2-5, Towns, MIN 58 492 266 1353 23.3 Hrnndez 2b 3 0 1 1 B.Tylor ph 1 0 0 0 Felix Auger-Aliassime, Canada, def. Pablo Cuevas
J.Peter 2b 2 0 0 0 M.Olson 1b 3 0 0 0 Calistoga at Making Waves Academy, 3:30 p.m. La Salle 79, Davidson 69
O’Neale 1-3, Favors 0-1, Korver 0-1, Sefolosha 0-1, LaVine, CHI 54 444 259 1247 23.1 (5), Uruguay, 5-7, 6-3, 6-3.
Pderson lf 3 0 0 0 Cmpbell 1b 0 0 0 0 HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL Second Round Lehigh 80, American U. 66
Rubio 0-2). Fouled Out—Harrell. Rebounds—L.A. Mitchell, UTA 55 457 217 1252 22.8
Garlick lf 2 0 2 1 Pscotty rf 3 0 0 0 Nonleague Christian Garin, Chile, def. Jaume Munar (6), Spain, Mass.-Lowell 70, Maine 61
Clippers 47 (Beverley 10), Utah 56 (Gobert 13). Navy 64, Bucknell 53
Assists—L.A. Clippers 16 (Williams 6), Utah 22 A.Brnes c 3 0 0 0 Barrera rf 1 0 0 0 Redwood at Analy, 3:30 p.m. 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4), 7-6 (2).
(Ingles 6). Total Fouls—L.A. Clippers 26, Utah 23. TRANSACTIONS Gav.Lux ss 2 0 0 0 M.Canha cf 1 1 1 0 Vintage at Maria Carrillo, 3:30 p.m. Leonardo Mayer (4), Argentina, def. Lorenzo New Hampshire 62, Albany (NY) 58
M.Beaty 1b 1 0 1 0 Barreto ss 2 1 1 0 Antioch at Rancho Cotate, 3:30 p.m. Sonego, Italy, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3. Niagara 86, Canisius 82
Technicals—Utah coach Jazz (Defensive three
second), Crowder. A—18,306 (18,306). Baseball Perkins ph 2 0 0 0 J.Prfar 2b 2 0 0 0 El Molino at Novato, 3:30 p.m. Guido Pella (3), Argentina, def. Roberto Carballes Penn St. 78, Maryland 61
J.Thole dh 1 0 0 0 C.Jseph 2b 1 0 0 0 St. Helena at Drake, 3:30 p.m. Baena, Spain, 6-2, 6-4. Saint Joseph’s 66, Fordham 52
National League
Lakers 125, Pelicans 119 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Agreed to terms with
Ke.Ruiz ph 2 0 0 0 C.Pnder 3b 2 0 1 1 Cardinal Newman at Montgomery 4 p.m. Marco Trungelliti, Argentina, def. Thiago Seyboth St. Bonaventure 68, Duquesne 47
NEW ORLEANS (119) C.Asche 3b 1 0 0 0 D.Fwler cf 2 0 1 0 Windsor at Sonoma Valley, 4 p.m. Wild, Brazil, 6-4, 7-5. Stony Brook 78, UMBC 63
C Matt Wieters on a minor league contract. Villanova 67, Marquette 61
K.Williams 1-6 0-0 2, Davis 10-14 2-4 22, Randle Santana ph 2 1 1 0 Hrrmann c 2 0 0 0 Petaluma at Tamalpais, 4 p.m. Doubles
11-22 11-12 35, Payton 3-12 0-0 6, Holiday 8-19 2-3 Football Estevez ss 2 0 0 0 Hundley c 2 1 1 2 Terra Linda at St. Vincent, 4 p.m. Quarterfinals
Women’s scores
19, Johnson 0-0 0-2 0, Miller 3-9 2-3 11, Diallo 3-6 Ro.Gale c 2 1 1 1 HIGH SCHOOL BOYS TENNIS Luke Bambridge and Jonny O’Mara (4), Britain,
National Football League Totals 36 5 9 4 Totals 34 3 7 3 FAR WEST
1-1 7, Okafor 0-0 0-0 0, Moore 0-2 0-0 0, Jackson VVAL def. Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen, Belgium, 6-4, 6-4.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Exercised their 2020
7-10 0-0 15, Clark 0-2 2-2 2. Totals 46-102 20-27 Los Angeles 200 000 003 — 5 Sonoma Valley at Casa Grande, 3 p.m. Roman Jebavy, Czech Republic, and Andres Boise St. 72, Colorado St. 63
option on coach Mike Zimmer.
119. Oakland 000 100 002 — 3 Justin-Siena at Vintage, 3 p.m. Molteni (3), Argentina, def. Maxi Marterer and Cal St.-Fullerton 67, UC Irvine 58
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Named Wes
L.A. LAKERS (125) Welker receivers coach, Miles Austin offensive quality E—Asche (1), Grossman (1), Barreto (1), Profar (2). American Canyon at Napa, 3 p.m. Andreas Mies, Germany, 6-4, 6-2. Fresno St. 66, Wyoming 64
Ingram 8-14 7-10 23, James 13-24 3-8 33, Kuzma control coach, Shane Day quarterbacks coach, Zach DP—Los Angeles 1, Oakland 1. LOB—Los Angeles 9, Nonleague Thomaz Bellucci and Rogerio Dutra Silva, Brazil, New Mexico 110, San Jose St. 72
9-15 4-6 22, Rondo 5-15 0-0 11, Bullock 5-9 2-3 14, Yenser assistant offensive line coach, Bobby Slowik Oakland 9. 2B—Carrera (1), Garlick (1), Santana (1), El Molino at Cardinal Newman, 3 p.m. def. Marcelo Arevalo, El Salvador, and Jamie Cerre- UC Santa Barbara 44, Cal Poly 43
Muscala 0-2 0-0 0, Chandler 0-0 1-2 1, McGee 5-5 offensive assistant, Brian Fleury defensive quality Canha (1), Pinder (1). 3B—Gale (1). HR—Hundley Healdsburg at Maria Carrillo, 3 p.m. tani, United States, 4-6, 6-4, 10-6. UNLV 67, Nevada 58
0-0 10, Caldwell-Pope 1-1 0-0 2, Stephenson 3-8 2-2 Rancho Cotate at Montgomery, 3 p.m. Utah St. 65, San Diego St. 52
9, Hart 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 49-94 19-31 125.
control coach, Ben Peterson head of player health
and performance, Dustin Perry strength and condi-
(1). SB—Pederson (1). SF—Peters (1).
Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO Santa Rosa at Windsor, 3 p.m. ATP Dubai Championship SOUTHWEST
New Orleans 28 29 35 27 — 119 tioning coach and Shea Thompson, Aaron Hill and Urias W, 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Ukiah at Analy, 3 p.m. AT DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Abilene Christian 72, Texas A&M-CC 55
L.A. Lakers 35 28 32 30 — 125 Mike Nicolin assistant strength coaches. Promoted Corcino H, 1 2 0 0 0 3 1 Singles Incarnate Word 100, Northwestern St. 91
3-Point Goals—New Orleans 7-35 (Miller 3-9,
Randle 2-7, Jackson 1-3, Holiday 1-9, Moore 0-1,
assistant defensive backs coach Daniel Bullocks to
safeties coach.
Broussard H, 1
McCreery H, 2
1 2 1 1 0 2
1 0 0 0 0 0
SOCCER Second Round
Hubert Hurkacz, Poland, def. Kei Nishikori (1),
Lamar 97, Houston Baptist 49
Sam Houston St. 86, New Orleans 62
Payton 0-1, Clark 0-2, K.Williams 0-3), L.A. Lakers Canadian Football League Curry 2 1 0 0 0 2 Japan, 7-5, 5-7, 6-2.
8-25 (James 4-9, Bullock 2-4, Stephenson 1-1, Rondo CFL — Terminated the contract of QB Johnny Moseley 1 0 0 0 1 0 CONCACAF Champions League Ricardas Berankis, Lithuania, def. Denis Kudla,
South Florida 59, Houston 49
Stephen F. Austin 79, Cent. Arkansas 43
1-4, Ingram 0-1, Hart 0-1, Muscala 0-2, Kuzma 0-3). Manziel with Montreal. Johnson 1 4 2 2 0 0 SECOND LEG United States, 6-4, 6-1.
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO Tuesday’s Results Gael Monfils, France, def. Marcos Baghdatis, MIDWEST
Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—New Orleans 52 EDMONTON ESKIMOS — Released DL Darius
(Payton 11), L.A. Lakers 39 (Rondo 7). Assists—New Allen. Mengden L, 0-0 2 5 2 2 1 0 Toronto (Canada) 1, Atletico Independiente Cyprus, 6-3, 6-2. Akron 83, Bowling Green 73
Orleans 31 (Holiday 10), L.A. Lakers 37 (Rondo Soria 2/
0 0 0 2 1 (Panama) 1, tie, Atletico Independiente advanced on Nikoloz Basilashvili, Georgia, def. Roberto Bautista Buffalo 73, Ohio 43
Hockey
3

16). Total Fouls—New Orleans 27, L.A. Lakers Dull 1/

3 0 0 0 0 1 5-1 aggregate Agt, Spain, 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-3. Cent. Michigan 81, Ball St. 64
22. Technicals—Holiday, L.A. Lakers coach Luke National Hockey League Treinen 1 0 0 0 0 2 Tigres (Mexico) 5, Saprissa (Costa Rica) 1, Tigers Marton Fucsovics, Hungary, def. Jan-Lennard Struff, Kansas St. 90, West Virginia 79
Walton. A—18,997 (18,997). ARIZONA COYOTES — Signed F Conor Garland Trivino 1 0 0 0 0 2 advanced on 5-2 aggregate Germany, 6-4, 6-2. Kent St. 67, Miami (Ohio) 58
Luzardo 2 0 0 0 0 3 Houston Dynamo (United States) 2, Guastatoya Stefanos Tsitsipas (5), Greece, def. Egor Gerasimov, Michigan St. 57, Penn St. 48
Bulls 109, Grizzlies 107 to a two-year contract extension.
CAROLINA HURRICANES — Recalled D Haydn Kiekhefer 1 1 0 0 0 0 (Guatemala) 1, Houston Dynamo advanced on 3-1 Belarus, 6-3, 6-1. N. Illinois 70, E. Michigan 60
CHICAGO (109) Fleury and D Jake Bean from Charlotte (AHL). Ruiz 1 3 3 3 0 1 aggregate Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Fernando Saint Louis 76, VCU 60
Porter Jr. 7-12 3-4 20, Markkanen 7-16 8-9 22, NASHVILLE GLADIATORS — Reassigned F HBP—by Moseley (Campbell), Ruiz (Ahmed). WP— Wednesday’s Results Verdasco, Spain, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. TCU 76, Kansas 66
Lopez 2-7 0-0 4, Dunn 3-8 2-2 9, LaVine 12-19 4-4 Zach Magwood from Milwaukee (AHL) to Atlanta Corcino, Mengden, Ruiz. Umpires—Home, Doug New York Red Bulls (United States) 3, Atletico Borna Coric (6), Croatia, def. Tomas Berdych, Czech Toledo 73, W. Michigan 63
30, Felicio 0-3 0-0 0, Harrison 2-5 6-6 10, Arcidiacono (ECHL). Signed Fs Adam Helewka and Laurent Eddings; First, Kerwin Danley; Second, Scott Barry; Pantoja (Dominican Republic) 0, New York Red Bull Republic, 1-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4). SOUTH
5-6 0-0 12, Selden 1-5 0-0 2, Luwawu-Cabarrot 0-1 Dauphin to one-year, two-way contracts. Third, Jansen Visconti. T—3:02. A—4,821. advanced 5-0 aggregate Doubles George Mason 68, Saint Joseph’s 59
0-0 0. Totals 39-82 23-25 109. NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Recalled Fs Nick Santos Laguna (Mexico) 5, Marathon (Honduras) Quarterfinals NJIT 69, Lipscomb 53
MEMPHIS (107) Ben McLachlan, Japan, and Jan-Lennard Struff,
Holiday 6-13 1-2 13, Caboclo 3-6 0-0 7, Valanci-
Lappin and Blake Pietila from Binghamton (AHL).
Activated D Sami Vatanen from injured reserve.
FOOTBALL 0, Santos Laguna advanced on 11-2 aggregate
Monterrey (Mexico) 1, Alianza (El Salvador) 0, Germany, def. Oliver Marach, Austria, and Mate Pavic
Nicholls 78, McNeese St. 55
North Alabama 68, Jacksonville 59
unas 6-12 0-0 13, Conley 7-21 4-4 21, Bradley 7-18 Monterrey advanced on 1-0 aggregate (1), Croatia, 7-5, 7-5.
6-6 23, Parsons 2-4 0-0 5, Miles 1-5 0-0 2, Noah 5-8 Soccer Alliance of American Football Thursday’s Games Rajeev Ram, India, and Joe Salisbury (4), Britain,
North Florida 72, Stetson 62
2-2 12, Wright 3-5 3-4 9, Dorsey 1-2 0-0 2. Totals Rhode Island 64, Davidson 58
Major League Soccer WESTERN CONF. W L T Pct PF PA Herediano (Costa Rica) at Atlanta United (United def. Leander Paes, India, and Benoit Paire, France,
41-94 16-18 107. 6-1, 6-3. EAST
LOS ANGELES FC — Signed M Alejandro Guido San Diego 2 1 0 .667 61 38 States), 5 p.m.
Chicago 20 26 29 34 — 109 Arizona 2 1 0 .667 73 63 Jean-Julien Rojer, Netherlands, and Horia Tecau, Albany (NY) 78, New Hampshire 53
from Club Tijuana (Liga MX-Mexico). Sporting Kansas City (United States) at Toluca FC
Memphis 20 26 28 33 — 107 LA GALAXY — Signed M Emil Cuello. San Antonio 1 2 0 .333 55 74 (Mexico), 7 p.m. Romania, def. Nikoloz Basilashvili, Georgia, and American U. 71, Holy Cross 44
3-Point Goals—Chicago 8-24 (Porter Jr. 3-6, Salt Lake 1 2 0 .333 54 65 Matthew Ebden, Australia, 5-7, 7-6 (3), 10-3. Boston U. 50, Lafayette 49
Arcidiacono 2-2, LaVine 2-4, Dunn 1-1, Lopez 0-1, College EASTERN CONF. W L T Pct PF PA MLS schedule Bucknell 90, Navy 48
Canisius 52, Niagara 51
Luwawu-Cabarrot 0-1, Selden 0-2, Harrison 0-2,
Markkanen 0-5), Memphis 9-27 (Bradley 3-7, Conley
GEORGIA TECH — Placed women’s basketball
coach MaChelle Joseph on leave.
Orlando 3 0 0 1.000 98 52 Saturday’s Games
Montreal at Eaerthquakes, 7 p.m.
BOXING Colgate 85, Army 80
Birmingham 3 0 0 1.000 66 21 Duquesne 64, George Washington 53
3-7, Parsons 1-2, Valanciunas 1-3, Caboclo 1-3, Dors- IOWA — Suspended men’s basketball coach Toronto FC at Philadelphia, 10 a.m.
ey 0-1, Miles 0-1, Wright 0-1, Holiday 0-2). Fouled Fran McCaffrey two games for yelling at an official
Memphis 0 3 0 .000 35 67
New York City FC at Orlando City, 11:30 a.m. Fight schedule Fordham 57, Dayton 48
Atlanta 0 3 0 .000 30 92 Hartford 63, Binghamton 50
Out—None. Rebounds—Chicago 42 (Markkanen in a hallway heading to the locker room following New England at FC Dallas, 1:30 p.m. March 1
10), Memphis 46 (Noah 9). Assists—Chicago 20 Tuesday’s game at Ohio State. Saturday’s Games New York at Columbus, 1:30 p.m. At Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, La Salle 52, St. Bonaventure 45
(LaVine, Dunn 4), Memphis 25 (Bradley 7). Total WASHINGTON STATE — Named Roc Bellantoni San Diego at Memphis, 1 p.m. Minnesota United at Vancouver, 3 p.m. Hollywood, Fla. Derrieck Cuevas vs. Ed Paredes, 10, Lehigh 65, Loyola (Md.) 46
Fouls—Chicago 20, Memphis 17. Technicals—Chi- linebackers coach and Dennis Slutak director of Orlando at Salt Lake, 5 p.m. Portland at Colorado, 3 p.m. welterweights. Maine 60, Mass.-Lowell 41
cago coach Bulls (Defensive three second), Memphis football operations. Sunday’s Games Real Salt Lake at Houston, 3 p.m. At Madison Square Garden, New York, Anthony Stony Brook 70, UMBC 59
coach Grizzlies (Defensive three second), Valanciunas. WISCONSIN — QB Alex Hornibrook announced San Antonio at Birmingham, 1 p.m. Chicago at LA Galaxy, 5 p.m. Joshua vs. Jarrell Miller, 12, for Joshua’s WBA Super- Tulsa 64, Temple 61
A—13,711 (18,119). he will transfer. Atlanta at Arizona, 5 p.m. Cincinnati at Seattle, 7 p.m. IBF-WBO-IBO heavyweight titles. UMass 64, Richmond 38
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WEATHER
TODAY IN WEATHER HISTORY Nation’s hottest and coldest
(for the 48 contiguous states)
On Feb. 28, 1900, a giant storm Llano, Texas 90
produced a state record 24-hour Dunkirk, Montana -26
snowfall of 36 inches in Astoria,

REPORT
Illinois. NATIONAL
Today Tomorrow
City Hi/Lo Sky Hi/Lo Sky
Photo by DENALI FERRERA / Santa Rosa Albuquerque 63/36 s 63/40 s
TO SUBMIT A PHOTO: Email the photo with your full name Anchorage 27/14 s 29/17 s
and city to pdweatherphoto@gmail.com. Photos should be Atlanta 64/54 r 67/55 sh
horizontal. Atlantic City 44/28 pc 42/35 sn
Baltimore 46/29 pc 41/34 c
Bismarck 18/4 pc 17/-8 sn
Boise 44/25 c 44/26 s
SANTA ROSA TODAY’S FORECAST Boston 32/22 sn 38/29 pc
Buffalo 24/15 pc 36/24 pc
TODAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Burlington, Vt. 22/2 c 32/14 pc
Fort Bragg MENDOCINO COUNTY: Mostly Cheyenne 51/28 c 42/15 c
57 36 58 46 57 45 60 39 cloudy today; an afternoon Chicago 29/19 sf 37/23 c
53/43 Cincinnati 41/29 pc 46/35 c
shower in spots at the coast.
Partly cloudy tonight. Clouds and Cleveland 30/24 pc 38/29 pc
Columbia, S.C. 66/51 r 68/49 r
Ukiah sun Friday. Saturday: a little rain. Dallas-Ft. Worth 43/40 sh 65/53 sh
56/35 Denver 52/29 c 47/19 c
Lakeport SONOMA/NAPA: Cool today Des Moines 21/8 c 28/11 sn
Partly 53/34 with clouds and sun. Partly Detroit 30/18 pc 37/26 pc
Partly Occasional Mostly El Paso 77/45 s 77/52 s
sunny cloudy and chilly tonight. Cool
sunny rain cloudy Friday with times of clouds and Fairbanks 23/1 pc 25/-1 s
Gualala
Cloverdale sun. Saturday: cool with rain. Flagstaff 50/27 s 50/31 pc
REGIONAL OUTLOOK COAST 52/40
57/37 Hartford 34/19 pc 39/25 pc
A cool day will prevail across the region today Middletown Helena 23/4 sf 15/-8 sn
NORTHERN COAST 56/32 RUSSIAN RIVER/COAST: Cool
with periods of clouds and sunshine, as well as Honolulu 75/61 s 77/63 pc
Wind from the northwest at Healdsburg today with periods of sunshine. Houston 59/52 r 73/61 sh
nothing more than a passing shower. Tonight
6-12 knots today. Wind waves 56/37 Partly cloudy and cold tonight. Indianapolis 37/25 pc 44/30 c
will be partly cloudy and cold. Cool weather
3-5 feet with a west-northwest Guerneville Calistoga Forestville, 56/35. Jackson, Miss. 67/50 r 66/56 sh
will continue on Friday with periods of clouds Santa Rosa Kansas City 28/18 c 40/20 c
swell 5-9 feet at 19-second intervals. 56/35 58/36
and sunshine once again. 57/36 Las Vegas 72/51 pc 71/54 c
Visibility clear. Little Rock 47/34 sh 49/41 c
EXTENDED Bodega Bay Sebastopol Sonoma SANTA ROSA PLAIN: Cool Louisville 45/34 c 49/36 c
Saturday: cloudy and remaining cool with a SAN FRANCISCO BAY 58/37 today with times of clouds and Medford, Ore. 45/31 c 48/28 sh
touch of rain. Sunday and Monday: mostly 53/43 56/36
Wind from the west at 6-12 knots today. sun. Partly cloudy and cold Memphis 46/33 c 52/42 c
cloudy. Waters mostly smooth on the bay. Visibility tonight. Rohnert Park, 56/36. Miami Beach 84/69 sh 84/70 pc
Petaluma Napa Milwaukee 25/14 sf 32/21 c
generally clear. 58/37 Mpls-St. Paul 22/11 pc 22/4 sn
57/37
WEDNESDAY LOG Nashville 49/38 sh 51/41 sh
24-hour totals Hi/Lo Rain Season Last year LAKE COUNTY: Mostly cloudy New Orleans 75/64 r 77/66 c
Ending at 4 p.m. To date To date San Rafael Vallejo and cool today. Partly cloudy New York City 40/30 pc 42/32 c
Bodega Bay 56/48 1.52 24.23 13.42 BODEGA BAY TIDES 57/39 58/40 tonight. Clouds and sun Friday. Oklahoma City 38/26 c 51/30 pc
Saturday: a bit of rain. Omaha 20/7 c 30/8 sn
Boonville 55/45 2.36 39.70 12.19 Date Time High Time Low Shown is Orlando 82/64 c 82/61 pc
Calistoga 54/48 2.70 29.55 10.70 Feb. 28 6:00 a.m. 5.3’12:23 a.m. 3.0’ today’s weather. Philadelphia 45/30 pc 41/35 c
Cazadero 51/46 2.24 48.84 21.75 8:28 p.m. 4.3’ 1:33 p.m. 0.3’ Temperatures are Phoenix 76/53 s 76/56 s
Cloverdale 52/40 3.74 55.90 18.26 today’s highs and SAN FRANCISCO: Times of
Mar. 1 6:58 a.m. 5.3’ 1:28 a.m. 3.0’ tonight’s lows. San Francisco Pittsburgh 35/26 pc 44/32 c
Fort Bragg 55/46 1.52 30.61 19.46 9:13 p.m. 4.5’ 2:23 p.m. 0.2’ 58/45 sun and clouds today. Partly Portland, Ore. 45/34 c 48/30 pc
Guerneville 57/51 1.94 38.96 14.59 STATE FORECAST cloudy tonight. Clouds and sun Providence 34/22 sn 39/28 pc
Healdsburg 57/51 2.61 35.94 10.65 Friday with a stray shower; cool. Raleigh-Durham 62/38 r 46/39 r
SUN & MOON Crescent City Oakland, 59/43. Reno 53/37 c 53/38 c
Lakeport 55/49 1.64 27.26 8.76
49/40 Richmond 52/35 pc 42/36 r
Middletown 52/46 2.41 33.27 11.02 At midnight, the star Regulus St. Louis 32/24 c 45/29 c
Petaluma 62/52 1.46 20.58 11.67 (the heart of Leo the Lion) is Mt. Shasta
Rohnert Park 61/51 2.14 30.58 9.51 the brightest star due south, 40/25
PACIFIC JET STREAM Salt Lake City 54/38 c 47/36 c
San Antonio 63/54 r 72/62 sh
Santa Rosa 58/52 2.71 34.73 13.15 Full about halfway between two Santa Fe 59/32 s 58/33 s
Sea Ranch 52/45 1.77 47.00 13.74 Mar. 20 brighter, widely separated Eureka Seattle 47/33 c 48/32 s
Redding
Sebastopol 58/52 1.52 28.91 10.35 stars on opposite sides of the 52/40
57/40 Spokane 29/13 sn 30/10 c
Sonoma 60/51 1.60 31.68 9.15 sky: Sirius, in the southwest Tampa-St. Pete. 79/67 pc 80/64 pc
St. Helena 51/46 2.80 35.32 11.13 in Canis Major, and Arcturus Chico Tucson 75/47 s 77/51 s
in the east in Bootes the 57/41 Je
Washington, D.C. 48/34 pc 42/37 c
Ukiah 56/50 1.89 32.05 12.31 Last qtr. Herdsman. t Stream Wichita 38/23 c 49/22 pc
Windsor 59/51 2.99 38.43 14.82 Mar. 27 s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers,
Sacramento Tahoe
*Season runs October 1 through September 30 Venus rises at 4:41 a.m. 58/41 39/30 r-rain, sf-flurries, sn-snow, t-thunderstorms,
Lakeport temperatures temporarily unavailable. Mars sets at 10:57 p.m. San i-ice, T-trace
Francisco
RECORDS FOR WEDNESDAY Jupiter rises at 2:14 a.m.
Saturn rises at 4:03 a.m.
58/45
San Jose
Yosemite INTERNATIONAL
SANTA ROSA 46/33
New 59/44 Today Tomorrow
Average Record low: City Hi/Lo Sky Hi/Lo Sky
temperatures: Mar. 6 Source: Morrison Planetarium,
24 in 1962 California Academy of Sciences Fresno Rain showers Acapulco 92/72 s 85/74 s
High 62, Low 41 Monterey 67/49
Average rainfall Today 58/44 will be west of Amsterdam 63/39 s 55/42 c
Record high: since October 1: Sunrise 6:45 a.m. the Cascades Athens 52/46 c 56/46 pc
Death Valley Auckland 70/55 s 72/55 s
81 in 1932 26.97 inches Sunset 6:02 p.m. San Luis Bakersfield 78/56 in Washington,
First qtr. Friday 70/51 Baghdad 69/49 s 69/47 s
Obispo Oregon and Bangkok 93/77 pc 95/78 s
CALIFORNIA Mar. 14 Sunrise 6:44 a.m. 64/46 Northwest Beijing 56/31 s 58/32 s
Wednesday Today Sunset 6:04 p.m. San Bernardino California today. Berlin 61/28 s 55/34 c
City Hi/Lo Prec. Hi/Lo Sky Santa
Barbara 65/48 Snow showers Buenos Aires 81/50 pc 77/60 s
Alturas
Bakersfield
52/34
69/48
0.28
0.01
38/18 sn
70/51 pc
LAKES & RIVERS 63/48 will be in east- Cairo 70/55 pc 63/52 pc
Palm Springs Calgary 28/-4 pc 23/-3 s
Barstow 74/42 73/49 s Lake Sonoma: Los 78/55 ern Washington Cancun 84/75 pc 85/73 s
Bishop 70/45 64/34 pc Capacity: 381,000 acre-feet. Storage: Angeles and eastern
Blythe 79/49 80/52 s Caracas 83/74 pc 84/73 pc
284,132. Water supply pool: 244,833, 65/53 Oregon. Copenhagen 57/32 s 48/33 c
Chico 61/48 0.85 57/41 c
Concord 63/54 0.63 60/42 pc 116.05% Elevation: 465.14 Release: 374 cfs. San Diego Dublin 56/30 pc 51/42 sh
Crescent City 46/41 0.65 49/40 c NATIONAL FORECAST 67/56 Frankfurt 66/34 s 62/42 pc
Eureka 46/44 2.70 52/40 sh Lake Mendocino: Geneva 59/30 s 61/41 pc
Fresno 68/53 0.03 67/49 pc Capacity: 116,500 acre-feet. Storage: Seattle
Havana 88/63 s 86/65 s
Livermore 62/54 0.26 58/39 pc 87,349. Water supply pool: 68,400, 127.70% 47/33 Ho Chi Minh 95/74 pc 94/75 pc
Long Beach 64/52 66/54 pc Elevation: 748.56 Release: 352 cfs. Billings Hong Kong 78/66 pc 77/68 s
Los Angeles 66/50 65/53 pc 23/10
Minneapolis Istanbul 43/39 sh 46/44 pc
L.A. Airport 63/53 64/53 pc 22/11 Jerusalem 51/45 sh 46/39 r
Marysville 63/49 1.00 58/42 pc Lake Pillsbury: Detroit
Capacity: 74,933 acre-feet. Storage: 67,382. Johannesburg 86/61 s 89/60 s
Monterey 67/56 0.09 58/44 pc Chicago 30/18
29/19 Kabul 44/3 s 38/25 sn
Mt. Shasta 42/32 3.22 40/25 c Water supply pool: 74,993, 89.85% Elevation: Lima 83/73 pc 81/73 pc
New York
Needles 76/54 80/55 s 1,905 feet. Release: 18,769 cfs. San Francisco 40/30 Lisbon 63/52 pc 63/50 pc
Oakland 60/53 0.64 59/43 pc 58/45
Palm Springs 75/48 78/55 s W ashington London 67/39 pc 57/44 sh
Russian River: Denver
52/29 Kansas City
48/34 Madrid 70/34 s 70/38 pc
Pasadena 68/49 65/51 pc At Hacienda Bridge: 45.15 feet; 65609 cfs. 28/18 Manila 88/75 pc 89/75 pc
Paso Robles 61/48 0.35 63/43 pc — Sonoma County Water Agency Operations Los Angeles
Redding 59/48 0.86 57/40 c 65/53
Mecca 95/72 s 87/61 s
Department readings as of 7 a.m. Wednesday.
Redwood City 61/52 0.30 57/42 pc Mexico City 78/53 pc 82/52 s
El Paso Atlanta Montreal 9/-6 pc 19/5 s
Riverside 64/46 65/43 pc 77/45 64/54
Sacramento 63/50 1.25 58/41 pc Clear Lake: Moscow 28/23 pc 36/30 sn
Salinas 67/53 0.03 61/45 pc 9.07 feet Rumsey. (The Rumsey scale starts at New Delhi 72/52 pc 70/47 pc
San Diego 64/52 67/56 pc 1,318.26 feet above sea level.) Oslo 44/27 s 44/27 s
San Francisco 60/53 0.54 55/43 pc — Source: USGS Fairbanks Houston Paris 70/37 s 59/46 r
S.F. Airport 59/52 0.88 58/45 pc 23/1 59/52 Miami Rio 88/77 pc 88/74 t
San Jose 64/52 0.22 59/44 pc Honolulu 84/69
Rome 72/36 s 60/47 s
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Santa Barbara 57/48 0.03 63/48 pc 0 5 11+ 0 50 100 150 200 Singapore 88/80 c 90/78 pc
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Santa Maria 63/50 0.15 66/47 pc Low Mod. High Low Mod. High Sydney 79/67 pc 81/68 c
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