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Thursday • Aug. 6, 2015 • Vol XV, Edition 304

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By Samantha WeigelDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

The proposed redevelopment of a 20-acre biotech office campusthat’s slated to bring nearly 1,6 00employees to Foster City couldclear a major administrativ e hurdleThursday as officials considerwhether the project’s environmen-tal and traffic impacts can be ade-quately mitigat ed.

BioMed Realty Trust, owner of the Lincoln Centre Life SciencesResearch Campus, is planning a$149 million build-to-suit head-quarters for Illumina Inc., a gene

sequencing technology firm.The Foster City PlanningCommission will decide Thursday

whether to allow the project toproceed to the City Council forconsideration by approving thefinal environmental impact reportand suggested measures to miti-gate an estimated 631 daily vehi-cle trips.

“As the economy has improved,there is certainly more traffic onthe roads than we’ve seen in thepast and the n eed for more mitiga-tion to help reduce some of thesingle occupancy vehicles in andaround Foster City,” saidCommunity Develop ment DirectorCurtis Banks. “It’s a fairly largecampus with an exciting tenant

that would bring a lot to Foster

BioMed, Illumina setsights on Foster CityPlanners consider traffic impacts

of proposed new biotech campus

By Bill SilverfarbDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

While the housing crisis has put aspotlight on the displacement of theworking poor in the area, many mid-dle-income professionals are startingto see their rents climb beyond whatthey can afford.

Tenants i n a 15-unit apartment co m-plex in downtown San Mateo are beinghit with rent increases ranging from

$900 to $1,100 a month.Some wrote letters to the City

Council decrying the huge rentincrease saying it will displace manymedian-income professionals orretirees who have lived there for more

than a decade.The landlords, however, note that

the rents have not been raised in morethan 10 years and that they are simplygoing up to market rates.

The two-bedroom units have been

renting in the $1,900 range but willclimb up to $2, 850 a month starting inOctober.

The property is owned by a trust inthe name of Ted and Victor Baiz.

“As trustees, my brother and myself

owe a fiduciary duty to that trust,”Victor Baiz said.

Many circumstances over the years,including illnesses in the family, k ept

Tenants face huge rent hikeResidents at San Mateo complex complain thathousing crisis is starting to displace middle class

BILL SILVERFARB/DAILY JOURNAL

Tenants of a 15-unit apartment building in downtown SanMateo face rent increases of $1,000 a month or more.

AUSTIN WALSH/DAILY JOURNALSasha Calderon, left, receives a backpack which will get her get ready for the upcoming school year during thegiveaway event held in San Mateo. low: Priscila Aramburo, 12, selects a free backpack full of donated schoolsupplies she prefers during the Samaritan House backpack drive, held Wednesday, Aug. 5.

By Austin WalshDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Thanks to the charitable effortsof local volunteers, hundreds of young San Mateo students will befurnished with most of the schoolsupplies they need for the upcom-ing school year.

Students swarmed to SamaritanHouse, 4301 Pacific Blvd., for afree backpack giveaway

New look for a new school yearStudents accept free backpack while getting ready to go back to school

By Christine ArmarioTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SANTA MONICA — Billionaireenvironmentalist Tom Steyercalled on California legislatorsWednesday to require oil compa-nies to disclose how much theymake in profits from refining oilin the state.

Steyer was joined by the non-profit Consumer Watchdog in con-demning what they called historic

profits for oil refiners at theexpense of consumers.

During the month of July, driv-ers in California paid $1.2 bill ionmore than the rest of the nation forgas, according to ConsumerWatchdog’s analysis. That figureis based on the amount paid pergallon in California compared tothe national price average.

“I am calling on the Legislature

Billionaire wants oil refinersto disclose California profit

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Michigan townshipdraws more people tomeeting with hot dogs

VICTORY TOWNSHIP, Mich. —Here’s a way to boost interest in localgovernment: potato salad.

A township board in northernMichigan held a lakeside picnicMonday before its regular meeting.After an ho ur of hot dogs and side dish-es, t he Pledge of Allegian ce was recit-

ed and the Victory Township boardmeeting was officially in o rder.

The Ludington Daily News saysabout two dozen people attended thepicnic and meeting at Upper HamlinLake in Mason County. Only threepeople attended the June meeting atthe township hall.

There were reports from law enforce-ment and a lake preservation group.The board also discussed a junk ordi-nance.

German mechanic wins pay forchanging, but not for showers

BERLIN — A German court says amunicipal bus mechanic can havehundreds of euros (dollars) in backpay for time spent changing into hiswork clothes — but not for time hespent showering.

The state l abor court in Duesseldorf said the man and the local transport

authority in Oberhausen reached asettlement Monday that will see himget 375 euros ($412) to cover the 10minutes per day that h e spent chang-ing i nto and out of his uniform over aseven-month p eriod last year.

The plaintiff also had sought to bepaid for a daily 10 minutes spent inthe shower after work, But the courtquestioned whether that could becounted as time on the job and alsowondered “whether 10 minutes is nottoo lo ng for a shower.”

Sheriff’s office asks drugdealers to turn in their rivals

FRANKFORT, Ky. — A Kentuckysheriff’s office has posted a flyer onits Facebook page asking drug deal-ers to turn in their rivals.

Multiple media outlets report theFranklin County Sheriff’s Officeposted the flyer Monday afternoon.It features an image of a marijuanaleaf and says, “Is your drug dealingcompetition costing you money? Weoffer a free service to h elp yo u elimi-nate your drug competi tion !”

Franklin County Sheriff PatMelton says the post is funny, butthe sheriff’s department is not jok-ing around.

At the bottom of the letter, peopleare asked to fill out information

about the drug dealer they are report-ing, including the dealer’s name andvehicle.

Melton says he got the idea fromthe McIntosh County Sheriff’s Officein Georgia.

As of Tuesday morning, the posthad 394 online shares.

Skunk saved by Detroit-areapolice officer — sans spray

ROCHESTER, Mich. — A hungryskunk whose head was stuck in ayogurt contain er has a hero: a subur-ban Detroit p olice officer.

Rochester Officer Merlin Taylor’sencounter Sunday was recorded fromhis police car. The video showsTaylor puttin g on a rubber glo ve andcautiously approaching the skunk,which was running i n circles.

Taylor removed the yo gurt contain-er and ran when it appeared the skunkmight spray.

Sgt. Mark Lyon doubts that Taylorwill get an award, b ut the sergeant isimpressed with the officer’s quickmoves. Lyon said: “We all had a goodlaugh.”

It’s not the first time Taylor hascome to an animal’s rescue. Thedepartment posted a picture on itsFacebook page of him rescuing babyducks from a sto rm drain.

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This Day in History

Thought for the Day

1945During World War II, t he Uni ted Statesdropped an atomic bomb onHiroshima, Japan, resulting in anestimated 140,000 deaths.

“If you want somethingdone, ask a busy person to do it. The

more things you do, the more you can do.”— Lucille Ball, American actress-comedian

Actress CatherineHicks is 64.

Actress SoleilMoon Frye is 39.

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Giant panda Weiwei leans on ice blocks to cool off inside its enclosure at a zoo in Wuhan, Hubei province, China.

Thursday : Mostly cloudy in the morn-ing then becoming partly cloudy. Highsnear 70. West winds 5 to 10 mph.Thursday night: Mostly cloudy. Aslight chance of thunderstorms in theevening...Then a chance of thunder-storms after midnight.

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The article “David Canepa leads money race” in the Aug. 4edition of the Daily Journal should have stated that candi-date Mike Guingona received a $200 donation from theUnited Food and Commercial Workers, Local 5 for his bidfor Daly City Council. Guingona transfered the contribu-tion and many others to his campaign for supervisor.

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In 1813, during the Venezuelan War of Independence, forcesled by Simon Bolivar recaptured Caracas.In 1825 , Upper Peru became the autonomous republic of Bolivia.In 1862, the Confederate ironclad CSS Arkansas was scut-tled by its crew on the Missi ssipp i River near Baton Rouge,Louisiana, t o prevent capture by the Union.In 1914, Austria-Hungary declared war against Russia andSerbia declared war agains t Germany.In 1926 , Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to swim theEnglish Channel, arriving in Kingsdown, England, fromFrance in 14 1/2 ho urs.In 1930, New York State Supreme Court Justice JosephForce Crater went missing after leaving a Manhattan restau-rant; his disappearance remains a mystery.In 1956, the DuMont television network went off the air

after a decade of operation s.In 1961 , Soviet cosmonaut Gherman Titov became the sec-ond man to orb it Earth as he flew aboard Vostok 2 .In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johns on s igned the VotingRights Act.In 1978 , Pope Paul VI died at Castel Gandolfo at age 80.In 1986, William J. Schroeder (SHRAY’-dur) died at atHumana Hospital-Audubon in Louisville, Kentucky, after liv-ing 6 20 days with the Jarvik 7 artificial heart.In 1993 , Louis Freeh won Senate confirmation to be FBIdirector.Ten y ears ago: Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan, whosesoldier-son, Casey, was killed in Iraq, began a weeks-longprotest outside President George W. Bush’s Texas ranch.Former British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook, who’d quitPrime Minister Tony Blair’s Cabinet to protest the Iraq war,died in Inverness, Scotland, at age 59 .

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3Thursday • Aug. 6, 2015 THE DAILY JOURNAL LOCAL

MILLBRAEArres t. A juvenile was arrested for driving

under the influence at El Camino Real andSanta Inez Avenue before 3 p.m. Saturday,Aug. 1.Burglary . A vehicle window was smashedand items valued at approximately $100were stolen at Chadbourne Avenue and ElCamino Real before 1:50 p.m. Friday, July31.Grand theft. Someone attempted to elec-tronically remove $5,000 from a person’saccount on the 1200 block of Broadwaybefore 12 p .m. Wednesday, July 2 9.Petty theft. A key and a phone chargerwere stol en from an unlocked vehicle on th e1300 block of Bel Aire Road before 9:15a.m. Saturday, July 11.

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Petty theft. A wallet was stolen from agym’s locker room on Rollins Road before6:13 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1.Burglary . Two purses were stolen from avehicle on El Camino Real before 1:08 p.m.Saturday, Aug. 1.Disturbance. An intoxicated person wasseen screaming at customers on Broadwaybefore 11:36 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 1.Burglary . A wallet and a backpack werestolen from a locked vehicle on El CaminoReal before 9:43 a. m. Saturday, Aug. 1.

Police reports

Twisted sisterPolice received a report of an incidentinvolving a girl flicking her sister inthe ear on Haddock Street in Foster Citybefore 8:19 a.m. Monday, Aug. 3.

By Bill SilverfarbDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors approved a $350,000 expendi-ture in Measure A funds to support the

Pacifica Land Trust’s restoration project of the Pedro Po int Headlands.

The money will go t oward building trails,planting n ative species and erosion controlfor the 247-acre promontory locatedbetween Montara and Pacifica along thecoast.

The land is owned by the CaliforniaCoastal Conservancy and the city of Pacifica but both agencies i ntend to transferthe Pedro Point Headlands parcels to thecounty at no cost later this year, accordingto a staff report by Parks Director MarleneFinley to the board, which approved thefunding agreement at its Tuesday meeting.

A future section of the Coastal Trailthrough Pedro Poin t will conn ect Pacifica tothe Devil’s Slide Trail, according toFinley’s report.

The nonprofit Pacifica Land Trust hasbeen instrumental in keeping the parcelsfree from development and off-highwayvehicles such as motorcycles since 1993,according to Finley’s report.

Although motorcycles are rarely seen inthe area these days, the scars they’ve leftbehind through the years remain, Finleysaid.

Part of the effort will go toward stoppingsediment from going into San Pedro Creek,a habitat for steelhead trout and red-leggedfrogs.

The group was awarded a $1.1 millionstate grant to curtail continuing erosion inthe area.

The Measure A funds will g o toward a proj-ect to replace the existing unsustainablefootpaths with well-designed hiking trailswhich is not supported by the state grant.

Much of the work will be done by volun-teers, Finley said Wednesday.

Of the $350,000, $100,000 will gotoward supporting the volunteers who will

undertake all aspects of the habitat restora-tion including plant salvage; plant propa-gation; installing and maintenance.

Another $215 ,00 0 will go toward the sup-port of trail building, including layout;

clearing and excavation; compaction; grad-ing; erosion control; revegetation; andmaintenance.

The remaining $35,000 will go towardadministrative costs for the Pacifica LandTrust.

The effort will go toward constructingabout 1.5 miles of safe new trails for recre-ational purposes, according to Finley’sreport.

The county’s effort in the Pacifica LandTrust’s restoration project will improvehabitat, water quality and restore recreation-al oppo rtunities, Finley said.

It has been working t o restore Pedro Pointfor 25 years, said Dinah Verby, with thePacifica Land Trust.

The group saved the p arcels from residen-tial development and has been working torestore decades worth o f steep g ullys createdby off-road dirt bike riders that have led tothe occasional slide onto Highway 101,Verby said.

The final restoration will create sustain-able walking trails for the whole public to

use, she said.“It has unparalleled vistas,” she said.

“More are discovering the area and evenmore will discover it as it becomes moreaccessible.”

Man killed in motorcyclecrash on San Mateo Bridge

A Hayward man was killed Wednesdaymorning in a collision on the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge, according to the Califo rniaHighway Patrol.

Jorge Becerril, 28, died after his motorcy-cle collided with a vehicle on State Route 92west of Clawiter Road in Hayward around7:50 a.m., according to the CHP.

Becerril was riding his 2002 Hondamotorcycle west when he was struck on the

left side by a driver in a Subaru who was

changing lanes just ahead of him, the CHPsaid.

Becerril los t control and struck the rear of a Volks wagen sedan. The crash ejected himfrom the motorcycle and threw him to theasphalt, kno cking him unconscious.

He was taken to Saint Rose Hospital inHayward, where he died from his injuries,the CHP said.

The crash blocked lanes of westboundState Route 92 in Hayward for more th an an

hour. All lanes reopened by shortly before9:30 a.m., according to the CHP.

The crash remains under invest igatio n butalcohol and drugs are not believed to be afactor. Any witnesses are asked to callOfficer Josh La Pointe at (650) 369-6261.

County supports headlands restorationPedro Point Headlands properties may be transferred to county

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Defendant pleads no contestin home invasion that led to murder

One of two suspects in a botched 2013 San Mateo homeinvasion robbery that ended up getting th eir friend killed

pleaded no contest Wednesday to felonyresidential burglary and felony homeinvasion robbery and faces 20 years inprison, according to the San MateoCounty Dist rict Attorney’s Office.

Edwin Lee, 23, of Daly City, initiallypleaded not guilty to charges in the Sept.4, 2013, robbery that left Bryant Mamortally wounded.

The second suspect, Bunn Vo, 2 3, o f San Jose, will likely face a jury trialstarting in November, according toprosecutors.

Although Vo an d Lee were orig inall ycharged in Ma’s death, neither shot him.Instead, a 24-year-old occupant of theLodi Avenue home, who was shot him-self, fired the fatal bullet. UnderCalifornia law, the two defendants areheld responsible because they wereallegedly participating in a feloniouscrime that led to the 23-year-old man’s

death.Around 11:30 p. m., three men later identified as Vo, Lee

and Ma entered the ho me on n ear South Norfolk Street eastof Highway 101 and encountered four others which set off a gun fight.

Prosecutors allege the suspects entered the home to robthe resi dents of drugs and money and demanded one victi mto o pen his safe. Prosecutors say h e instead got out a gunand opened fire on the suspects.

Vo and Lee fled with Ma i n a dark SUV to Regi onalMedical Cent er of San J ose where Lee was t reated for a g un-sho t th at was not life th reatening and Ma was declared deadon arrival. Hospital personnel alerted police who conn ect-ed them to the San Mateo shooting. A dark blue SUV waslocated in the hosp ital parking lot and the men arrested.

Both men remain in custody without bail.

Foster City begins road repairs,residents asked to park off-street

Foster City officials are kicking off this summer’s

Residential Street Improvement Project Monday, Aug. 10.The work on eight st reet segments is anticipated to takeabout six weeks with construction p rimarily t aking p laceMonday through Friday between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.

The project includes ins tallati on of curb ramps and repairof pavement failures followed by asphalt paving, accord-ing to the city.

Repairs will be conducted on portions of Sailfish Isle,Sunfish Court, Windjammer Circle as well as Teal, FlyingFish, Surfperch, Cod and Bowfin streets.

Vehicular access to driveways may be restricted on cer-tain days and residents of the affected roads are asked tomake sure cars are not parked on the streets during thetimes posted on temporary signs, according to the city.Visit fostercity.org/publicworks/features/Street-Rehabili tatio n-Project-FY-2014 -2015 .cfm more informa-tion.

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BAY CITY NEWS SERVICE

A dead humpback whale found on aPacifica beach this weekend has beentowed back out to sea, police saidWednesday.

The 38-foot juvenile whale wasreported on Esplanade Beach belowEsplanade Avenue around 6:30 a.m.Sunday, according to p olice.

The city h ired a company on Tuesdayto tow the whale about 25 miles out tosea, which should ensure it does notreturn to shore, Pacifica police Capt.

Joe Spanheimer said. Scientists withthe Marin Headlands-based MarineMammal Center and the CaliforniaAcademy of Sciences examined thewhale on Sunday and found evidencethat it had been hit by a passing sh ip.

A necropsy performed on the decom-posing whale found internal hemor-rhaging on the whale’s left side belowits pectoral flipper, an injury consis-tent with blunt force trauma such as aship strike, Marine Mammal Centerofficials said.

The dead whale is the third to wash

ashore in Pacifica since April. A 48-foot male sperm whale was found onApril 14 and a 42-foot adult femalehumpback washed ashore on May 5.

Necropsies performed on thosewhales were inconclusive, but scien-tists did find evidence of a ship strikein the other humpback.

The National Oceanic andAtmospheric Administration in Juneadvised ships in shippin g lanes near theBay Area to slow down to avoid strikingendangered blue, humpback and finwhales moving through the area.

Frank Tom VitaleFrank Tom Vitale, of Menlo Park,

California, born July 31, 1930, diedpeacefully May 12, 2015.

He is survived by three daughtersTony and Frankie of Los Angeles andVicky of Alaska and son Danny of Australia, a niece Nancy BlomKerstetter, cousins Dee Storm, FrankRalph Vitale, (cousins with the samename/confusing at times) Hal Wall andLaVerne Vitale. Frank was preceded in

death by his sister Yolanda “DOC”Vitale Bl om.

He was born in San Francisco toGaetano and Rose Vitale. The familymoved to Palo Alto where Frankattended Ravenswood Elementary andSequoia High schools. In 1947, he

jo ined the U.S. Marine Corps and washonorably discharged in 195 0.

Frank had many interesting careers:a firefighter in Menlo Park for 10

years, owner/bartender, FoodManagement, taught at the CulinaryInstitute in Baltimore and was themaitre d’ at th e famous Bohemian Cl ubin San Francisco an d Bohemian Grovesummer encampment.

He enjoyed cooking and entertain-ing friends and family and was a loyalfriend to thos e who knew him; he madea deep impression on people.

Frank’s Memorial will be at St.Denis Catholic Church, 2250 Avy St.,Menlo Park 9:3 0 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 9.

Dead humpback towed back out to sea

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — NASA toldCongress on Wednesday that it willhave to spend half a billion dollars topay Russia to fly astronauts to theInternational Space Station.

NASA Administrator Charles Boldensent a letter to Congress saying the

agency would need to pay $ 490 mil lionto Russia for six seats on Soyuz rock-ets for U.S. astronauts to fly through2017. That comes to nearly $82 mil-lion a seat, up from $71 milli on a seat.

Bolden blamed Congress for needingthe extra money for seats.

In his letter, Bolden said that because

Congress didn’t add enough t o th e com-

mercial space program, launches from

U.S. soil had to be pushed back two

years, requiring more Russian rides.

NASA wanted the money to help pri-

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Boeing pay for new rockets and cap-

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NASA: Seats on Russian rockets will cost us $490 million

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Peter Dominic Porata

Peter Dominic Porata, age 83, passed away July 23, 2015 in RedwoodCity, CA. He was a native of San Francisco, and a graduate of GalileoHigh School. Peter served in the US Army during the Korean War thenwent on to a career as a salesman for Pisano French Bread Baking Co.in Redwood City . He was an avid 49er fan, enjoyed golf, entertaining,and traveling with family and friends. He is survived by his wife of57 years, Barbara Porata; their children, Joe Porata and wife Pam;and Elizabeth Porata Keilty and husband Kevin; grandchildren:Nicole Porata, Peter Porata, Dominic Keilty and Kamryn Keilty; a

sister, Lydia Porata; a sister-in-law, Helen Amaya and husband Paul; and his brother-in-law,Joe Bozzuto and numerous nieces and nephews. A Funeral Mass was held at St. Pius CatholicChurch in Redwood City, followed by an Italian Heritage Celeb ration of Life reception. Aprivate interment was held at Alta Mesa Memorial Park in Palo Alto. Memorial contributionscan be made to The National Parkinson’s Foundation. Condolences may be offered throughwww.crippenynn.com guestbook.

Obituary

Patricia Whittle Bruun A long time Burlingame resident, fondly known as the Cookie

Jar Lady. Patricia died on July 14th, 2015 in San Mateo, CA at

87 years of age.

Patricia was born on April 18, 1928 in Strasbourg, Saskatchewan

Canada and was the oldest child of Albert Whittle and Janet

(Jessie) McKenzie. She is survived by her brother Donald Whittle

(Joyce) of Canada and her sister Berta Beveridge (Bob) of

Seattle, WA. Her sons Bryan & Melody Ackley and Michael Ackley

& Lynda Lewis also from Burlingame. Her two Step Daughters;

Anna Marie Price (Wayne) and Karen Margrethe Bruun (Larry)

both of Bellingham, WA. She was proceeded in death by her

husband of 20 years, and founder of Johnsen and Bruun Opticians, in San Mateo, Hans C.D

Bruun. Sister-in-law Joyce Ackley Gillie of Olympia, WA. Grandchildren Heather Wilson (Adam)

of Burlingame, CA and Amanda Ackley of San Diego, CA and Great Grandchildren Fiona Wilson

and Preston Wilson.

As a Canadian citizen she received her degree from Vancouver General Hospital School of

Nursing. She moved to Bellingham, WA where she worked for a number of eye doctors. She also

received her US Citizenship papers in 1964. She moved to Burlingame in 1967 and worked for

Peninsula Eye Physicians for 35 years as a surgical assistant.

Patricia’s love for traveling and collecting cookie jars was a joy that she and Hans shared

together. They could be found traveling with their trailer all over the western United States.

They were always looking for that next garage sale or antique shop just in case there should be

an unclaimed cookie jar or two. Her collection is quite impressive.

Her scattering service will be held on Friday August 14, 2015 at 10:30am

In lieu of flowers, Patricia had requested that donations be made to the Peninsula Humane

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By Janie Har


LAKEPORT — The firefigh ters come fromnear and far, working 24-hour shifts to sn uff out an unpredictable blaze that has burnedmore than 100 square miles in NorthernCalifornia near a major recreational l ake.

They bunk in tight sleepers and eat in abig mess hall. They depart in th e morningswith enormous high-calorie sack lunches of sandwiches and cookies as others comeback tired, footsore and hungry to theirmakeshift base at the Lake County fair-grounds.

The National Interagency Fire Center inIdaho has listed the fire 110 miles north of San Francisco as the nation’s highest prior-ity for crews and equipment. It is t he largestof 23 fires statewide and takes up nearly athird of the 10,000 firefighters dispatchedin California, which has become tinder boxamid years of drought.

The good news is state fire officials pre-pared for a drought-fueled fire season andstaffed up early with several hundred morefirefighters than previous years, Cal Fire

spokesman Daniel Berlant said.“We’re definitely at a medium to high

level of activity but we’re not at extreme,where we are low on resources by anymeans,” he said. “That helps us out if thereare new fires.”

Across the U.S., 118 fires are burningon 2 ,757 square miles, according t o theIdaho fire center. About 17,200 peopleare fighting those fires, but resourcesare not tapped out yet, center spokes-woman Robyn Broyles said. If civiliancrews run low, officials can call on

natio nal guard and military crews.August is the height of fire season, and

while the number of fires nationally isbelow average, the 9,361 square milesburned to date is about 50 percent aboveaverage. Most of that — 7,731 square miles— has been in Alaska.

On Wednesday, evacuation orders for asmall Washington town were lifted after afast-growing wildfire bypassed the commu-nity.

Fire spokesman Ron Fryer said peoplewere being all owed back int o their ho mes inRoosevelt, about 120 miles east of Portland, Oregon. He said the grass fire thatbegan Tuesday has grown to 26 squaremiles.

In California, the Department of Fire andForestry Protection has responded to 4,200fires this year — 1,500 more than average,Berlant said.

The biggest is in rugged terrain in Lake,Yolo and Colusa counties, and its cause isunder investigation. More than 13, 000 p eo-ple h ave been required or urged to leave th eirhomes, cabins and campsites, and at least39 homes have been destroyed.

Some of the 3,400 firefighters on theblaze have b een here since it started a weekago. The fire isn’t expected to be fully cor-ralled until at least Mon day.

As much as crews love the work, fatigueinevitably sets in.

“This is our seventh day,” said SeatonKing, a battalion chief with the PasadenaFire Department. He returned from a shiftprotecting structures and cutting low treelimbs.

“You kind of get used to i t, b ut it’s stilltaxin g in terms of being up and available forthose 24-hour work cycles.”

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California pays off $14Bin costly debt from 2004By Juliet WilliamsTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SACRAMENTO — California closed an ugly chapter inits finan cial histo ry on Wednesday by making its fin al pay-ment on $14. 2 billion in costly b orrowing that p lugged a

budget deficit 11 years ago but eventually cost taxpayersabout $5 billion in in terest and fees.State Treasurer John Chiang and Director of Finance

Michael Cohen announced the final payment of nearly$929 million toward the Economic Recovery Bonds, debtthat was approved by vot ers in 200 4 after then-Gov. ArnoldSchwarzenegger led a bipartisan campaign promotingthem.

“They failed to make the difficult decisions possible. ...It was just the pol itical will at that juncture,” Chiang said of the decision by political leaders to promote the borrowing.

“Wall Street sh ould not be t he budget reserve of the st ateof California. It’s costly, it makes no sense,” he said.

Promoting the borrowing in Proposition 57 was one of Schwarzenegger’s first acts in office, and he pitched themeasure as a way to avoid public service cuts and taxincreases.

Critics, including then-state Treasurer Phil Angelides,warned that it was a mistake to shoulder long-term debt to

solv e short-term problems and could put the state in a moreperilous financial position.Schwarzenegger enlisted help from all quarters to sell the

plan, including Hollywood celebrities and lawmakers fromboth parties who he wooed with cigars, dinners and privateplane rides. He even persuaded the gov ernor he o usted fromoffice, Gray Davis, to campaign with him.

By Jesse J. Holland


WASHINGTON — A majority of

blacks in the United States — morethan 3 out of 5 — say they or a familymember have personal exp erience withbeing treated unfairly by the police,and their race is the reason.

Half of African-American respon-dents, including 6 in 10 black men,said they personally had been treatedunfairly by police because of theirrace, compared with 3 percent of whites. Another 15 percent said theyknew of a family member who had beentreated unfairly by the police becauseof th eir race.

This information, from a surveyconducted by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public AffairsResearch, comes as the Michael Brown

shooting in Ferguson, Missouri,approaches its first anniversary andthe nation continues to grapple withpolice-related deaths of blackAmericans.

White Americans who live in morediverse communities — where censusdata show at least 25 percent of thepopulation is non-white — were morelikely than other whites to say policein their communities mistreat minori-ties, 58 percent to 42 percent. Andthey’re more likely t o see the police astoo quick to use deadly force, 42 per-cent to 29 percent.

Larry Washington, 30, of

Merrillville, Indiana, described hisencounter with a white police officerwhen he was arrested for theft inBurbank, Illinois, as a teenager.“When I got to the poli ce station, theofficer who arrested me told me that Ilooked like I wanted to do somethingabout it,” Washington said, adding,“And he kept calli ng me ‘nig ger.”’

“It’s been like t his for a long time,”Washington said. “It’s just now thateverybody starting to record it andstuff, it’s just hitting the spotlight.Most Caucasians, they think it’s juststarting to go on when it’s been likethis.”

Half of blacks say policehave treated them unfairly

“When I got to the police station, theofficer who arrested me told me that I looked like I wanted

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By Alan FramTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — A leading Republicansenator proposed a National RifleAssociation-backed bill Wednesday that hesaid would make the federal backgroundcheck sys tem for gun buyers more effectiveand bolster programs for treating peoplewith mental ill ness.

The measure drew criticism from groupsadvocating stricter controls over firearms,who said it doesn’t go far enough and sin-gled out provisi ons t hey said would make iteasier for some unstable people to obtaindeadly weapons. But it was backed by the

National Alliance on Mental Illness, whichadvocates for mentally ill people, andgroups representing police organizations,

correctional workers and social workers,which combined with NRA support couldbroaden its appeal.

No. 2 Senate Republican John Cornyn of Texas unveiled the legislation in the wakeof last month’s mass shooting in aLouisiana movie theater by a gunman withmental problems. That and other recentfirearms attacks have called attention toholes in the background check system andprograms for people with psychologicaldifficulties.

Cornyn said that while past bills havebeen designed to “drive a political wedge”on the issue, his was aimed at helping peo-ple with mental health issues to “hopefully

pre-empt them from committing an act of violence.” The bill’s prospects are uncer-tain,

The bill’s background check provi-sions are far weaker than Senate legisla-tion that Republicans and the NRA killedtwo years ago; that legislation wouldhave required the checks for firearmsbought at gun shows and online. Cornynhas an A-plus voting rating from the

NRA, which has long impeded gunrestrictions in Congress but has backedsome efforts to make it harder for mental-

ly il l people t o purchase weapons.Currently, background checks are required

only for sales by federally licensed gundealers.

People who h ave been legall y ruled “men-tally defective” or been committed to men-tal in stit utions are already barred from buy-

ing firearms. But states are not required tosend those records to the FBI-run federaldatabase, leaving it uneven.

Leading GOP senatoroffers bill on guns

and mental healthRUETERS

Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell, center, speaks during a news conferenceaccompanied by Sen. John Cornyn, right.


ANTIOCH, Tenn. — A man armed with ahatchet and a pellet gun unleashed a volleyof pepp er spray at audience members ins idea movie theater Wednesday before beingfired at by a pol ice officer and shot dead bya SWAT team as he tri ed to escap e out a backdoor, police said.

The attacker, identified as VincenteDavid Montano, 2 9, o f Nashvil le, was car-rying two backpacks, one of which hung

from his chest, and he wore a surgical

mask, possibly to pro-tect himself from thepepper spray heunleashed in largeamounts during theshowing of “Mad Max:Fury Road,” MetroNashville Policespokesman Don Aaronsaid. He said three peo-ple were blasted withthe spray and treated.

There were eight people in the theater,

including the assailant , Aaron said.As he fled out the back, Montan o encoun-

tered a SWAT team and was sh ot dead, Aaronsaid. About two dozen gunshots could beheard in a 10-second period in raw videofoot age po sted onl ine b y WKRN TV.Police initially said that Montano had beenarmed with a g un and that h e exchang ed firewith the first responding officer, but Aaronsaid later Wednesday t hat h e had been armedwith a pellet gun.

The violence at the Carmike Hickory 8

complex comes abo ut two weeks after a 59-

year-old drifter opened fire inside a movietheater in Lafayette, Louisiana, fatallyshooting two before killing himself. Italso happened while jurors in Coloradodecide whether the man who killed 12 andinjured 70 others during a theater shootingin 20 12 sh ould receive the death p enalty.

One of the people hit with the pepperspray in the theater also had a cut that evi-dentl y was caused by a h atchet, Aaron sai d.Aaron identified the victim only as Stevenbecause he said the man did not want to

bring any more attention to hi s family.

Man wielding pellet gun, ax, attacks theater; shot by police

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Clinton tries to breakthrough Trump surgewith attacks on GOPBy Lisa LererTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — TenRepublican candidates for presi-dent in 2 016 will debate Thursdayfor first time. Spend any time lis-tening to Democratic frontrunnerHillary Rodham Clinton t his pastweek, though, and it would seemlike only one really matters: JebBush.

As billionaire businessmanDonald Trump t hunders his way tothe top of the summertime polls,Clinton is in stead focused on th eformer Florida governor as one o f the most likely — and potential-ly threatening — Republican

nominees.Clinton repeatedly slammedBush by name on Tuesday after hequestioned spending publicmoney on women’s health issues,a more direct attack after sheslyly stung him last Friday byusing the name of his super PACand slogan of his campaign —Right to Rise — to paint him assetting back the cause of blackAmericans.

“People can’t rise if they can’tafford health care. They can’t riseif the minimum wage is to o low tolive on,” Clinton told the annualmeeting of the National UrbanLeague, as Bush waited in thewings to take his t urn on s tage.

“They can’t rise if their go vernor

makes it hardfor them to geta college educa-tion and youcannot serious-ly talk aboutthe right to riseand supportlaws that denythe right tovote,” she said.

For months, Clinton and herteam have tried to keep her abovethe political fray. But with herapproval rating sinking in sever-al polls, they’ve moved toreframe the race as a choicebetween two different ideologiesrather than a referendum on herfamily foundation, email usageand other controversies.

Trump’s rise has complicatedthat effort: While Democrats gen-erally view the carnival-likeatmosphere the billionaire busi-nessman brings to Republicanfield as a positive for Clinton,there is concern that his domi-nance has allowed other potentialnominees to get a free pass onsuch issues.

Clinton’s staff says theirassessment of the Republicanfield fluctuates by the poll, theweek — even by the day. Rightnow, they s ee Bush, Florida Sen.Marco Rubio and Wisconsin Gov.Scott Walker as the most li kely towin the nomination.

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Hillary Clinton addresses supporters at a campaign kickoff event in Denver, Colo.

By Eric TuckerTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — Federalinvestigators have begun loo k-ing into the security of deviceson which Hillary RodhamClinton’s private email wasstored when she was secretary of state, Clinton’s attorney con-firmed Wednes day.

“We are actively cooperating”with the investigation, attorneyDavid Kendall said in a state-ment.

The inspector general of theU.S. intelligence communityalerted the FBI last month toconcerns that classified infor-mation was included in emailsthat went through Clinton ’s per-sonal home server. The referralto the Justice Department didnot seek a criminal probe anddid not specifically targetClinton.

“Quite predictably, after theICIG made a referral to ensurethat materials remain properlystored, the government is seek-

ing assurance about the storageof those materials,” Kendallsaid in his statement.

The Washington Post, whichfirst reported the FBI’s invol ve-ment, said that the FBI hasasked Kendall about the securityof a thumb drive containingcopies of Clin ton’s work emailssent during her tenure as secre-tary of state, which is in hispossession. The Post cited twoanonymous government offi-cials, who s aid that the FBI wasnot targeting Clinton.

Lawyer says government investigatingdevice storage security of Clinton emails

By Julie PaceTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — President BarackObama assailed critics of his Iran nucleardeal Wednesday as “selling a fantasy” tothe American people, warning Congressthat blocking the accord would damage thenation’s credibili ty and increase the likeli-hoo d of more war in th e Middle East.

Besides challenging opp onents at home,Obama cast Israeli Prime Minister

Benjamin Netanyahu as an isolated inter-national opponent of the historic accord,saying, “I do not doubt his sincerity, but Ibelieve he is wrong.”

The agreement would require Iran to dis-mantle most of its nuclear program for atleast a decade in exchange for billions of dollars in relief from international sanc-tions. But Netanyahu and some critics inthe U.S. argue that it would not stop Iranfrom building a bomb.

The president’s blunt remarks, in anhour-long address at American University,were part of an intens e lobbyi ng campaignby the White House ahead of Congress’vote next month to either approve or dis-approve the international agreement.

Opponents of the agree-ment have streamed toCapitol Hill, too, tomake their case, and theyhave spent tens of mil-lions of dollars on adver-tisements.

The stakes are high,Obama said, contendingthat it isn’t just Iran’sability to build a bomb

that is on the line but also “America’s cred-

ibility as the anchor of the internationalsystem.”

“The choice we face is ultimatelybetween diplomacy and some form of war,”Obama said. “Maybe not tomorrow, maybenot th ree month s from now, but soon .”

Obama’s diplomatic overtures to Iran, acenterpiece of his foreign policy agenda,have put him at odds with Republicans andsome Democrats, as well as withNetanyahu, who has campaigned vigorous-ly against t he deal.

Netanyahu and U.S. critics of the Irandeal say Obama is presenting a false choicebetween accepting the deal at hand andgoing to war to stop Iran from building abomb.

Officials rescue 367 migrantsoff Libya; 25 bodies found

ROME — A fishing boat crowded withmigrants overturned Wednesday in theMediterranean off Libya as rescuersapproached, and the Italian coast guard andIrish navy said at least 367 people weresaved, although 25 bodies also were foundin the latest human smuggling tragedy.

Coast g uard Cmdr. Fil ippo Marini said therescue operation, involving seven ships,was still underway several hours after thecapsizing. Survivors indicated that between400 and 600 people were aboard the smug-glers’ boat, he added.

The exact number of those aboard mightnever be known, but authorities hoped tohave a better idea after survivors are inter-viewed.

The Irish naval vessel Le Niamh was oneof the ships tasked by the coast guard tospeed to the rescue of the boat shortlybefore noon, Irish Capt. Donal Gallaghertold the Associated Press by phone.

The Le Niamh arrived near the fishingboat, Marini said, and “at the sight of it, themigrants shifted” to one side and their boatcapsized.

President Obama: Critics of Irannuclear deal ‘selling a fantasy’

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Turkish soldiers stand guard at the Turkish-Syrian border in Karkamis, bordering with theIslamic State-held Syrian town of Jarablus, in Gaziantep province, Turkey.

By Suzan FraserTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ANKARA, Turkey — An armed drone tak-ing off from Turkey launched a strike on theIslamic State group on Wednesday, a U.S.official said, as Turkey’s foreign ministersaid American aircraft had begun to arrive ata Turkish base close t o th e border with Syriaand an “extensive” fight against th e extrem-ists would begin soon.

Also Wednesday, Syria’s foreign ministersaid Damascus would support efforts againstIS, as long as the fight is coordinated withthe Syrian government.

Ending its reluctance, Turkey carried outairstrikes against IS targets in Syria late lastmonth and agreed to allow U.S. warplanes touse Incirlik Air Base for operations, taking amore front-line role in the U.S.-led coali-tion’s fight against the extremists.

Pentagon spokesman Navy Capt. Jeff Davis said a drone had launched an airstrikefrom Turkey for th e first time on Wednesday,but provided no further details.

He said the U.S. was planning to flymanned aircraft out of Turkey but that h ad notyet begun.

U.S. officials had said the firs t armed dronemissions out of Turkey began last weekendalthough they did not conduct airstrikes atthe time.

Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an ASEAN meeting in Kuala-Lumpur, TurkishForeign Minis ter Mevlut Cavusoglu said thebattle against the IS from the Turkish airbase would begin soon , b ut didn’t elaborate.

“As part of the agreement reached with theUnited States, we have made great strides onthe technicalities of Incirlik’s use and theU.S. aircraft have started to arrive,” thestate-run Anadolu Agency quoted him astelling reporters. “Soon we will togetherstart an extensive battle against Daesh.” Hewas using the Arabic acronym for t he IslamicState group.

The Turkish minister also told reportersthat once the “effective” fight has begun, th eground would become safer for moderateopposition forces fighting IS.

His comments came following reports thatmembers of the Free Syrian Army who wentthrough a U.S. training program to fightIslamic State militants were captured by t heal-Qaida-linked Nusra Front in Syria.

Turkey on Wednesday named a new chi ef of military staff as it takes on a more active rolein the fight against IS. Land ForcesCommander Gen. Hulusi Akar was appointedto replace the current military chief whoretires at the end of a three-day, annual HighMilitary Council meeting which decides onpromotions, retirements and dismissalswithin Turkey’s armed forces.

Turkey: ‘Extensive’ fight

against IS to start soon

By Eileen NgTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A piece of a wing found washed up on Reunion Islandlast week is from Malaysia Airlines Flight

370 that vanished last year, Malaysia’sprime minis ter announced Thursday, sayi nghe hoped the news ends the “unspeakable”uncertainty of the passengers’ families.

Yet authorities in France, the U.S. andAustralia were more cautious, stoppingshort of full confirmation. Some relativessaid the mix ed messages were causing themyet more confusion and anxiety.

The disappearance of the Boeing 777 jet-liner 515 days ago while on a flight fromKuala Lumpur to Beiji ng o n March 8, 2 014,has been one of the biggest mysteries inaviation history. Officials believed itcrashed in the southern Indian Ocean,

killing all 239 peopleaboard, but it is unknownwhy the plane wentdown.

“It is with a very heavyheart that I must tell you

that an internationalteam of experts has con-clusively confirmed thatthe aircraft debris foundon Reunion Island is

indeed MH370,” Prime Minister NajibRazak told reporters. The French territory isthousands of miles from the area beingsearched for wreckage from th e fligh t.

U.S. and French officials involved in theinvestigation were more cautious, stoppingshort o f full confirmation b ut saying it madesense that the metal piece of the wing,known as the flaperon, came from Flight370.

Malaysian leader reports debrisfound on island from Flight 370

By Frances D’EmilioTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis declaredon Wednesday t hat divorced Cathol ics whoremarry, as well as their children, deservebetter treatment from the church, warningpastors against treating th ese couples as if they were excommunicated.

Catholic teaching considers divorcedCatholics who remarry are living in sin andare not allowed to receive Communion,leaving many of these people feelingshunned by their church.

Francis’ emphasis on mercy in churchleadership has raised hope among manysuch Catholics that he might lift the

Communion ban.Catholics who divorceafter a church marriagebut don’t take up a newunion, such as a secondmarriage, can receiveCommunion.

The Vatican this fall isholding a month-longfollow-up meeting onfamily issues, after a

similar gathering last year left divorcedCatholics who remarry hoping in vain that aquick end to the ban would have resultedfrom those discussions.

In his latest remarks on divorce, Francisdidn’t go that far.

Pope Francis: Keep door open to

divorced Catholics who remarry

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Dow 17,540.47 -10.22 10-Yr Bond 2.27 +0.06

Nasdaq 5,139.94 +34.40 Oil (per barrel) 45.53

S&P 500 2,099.84 +6.52 Gold 1,084.30

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on theNew York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:NYSELumber Liquidators Holdings Inc., down $5.09 to $13.27 The flooring retailer reported a surprise second-quarter-loss as itsstruggles over imported Chinese-made products continue to haunt it. The Walt Disney Co., down $11.16 to $110.53 The entertainment company's quarterly profit topped expectations buta loss of ESPN subscribers caused it to trim its TV profit outlook.Ralph Lauren Corp., up $1.81 to $121.50 The upscale clothing company reported a drop in fiscal first-quarterprofit and revenue, but the results beat expectations.Boot Barn Holdings Inc., down $5.76 to $27.39 The Western apparel and footwear retailer's fiscal first-quarter profit metexpectations, but revenue fell short.NasdaqFirst Solar Inc., up $7.42 to $51.92

The solar company reported better-than-expected second-quarter profitas revenue jumped 65 percent on a boost in facility sales. The Priceline Group Inc., up $67.22 to $1,351.21 The online booking service reported better-than-expected second-quarter profit on increased hotel room and rental car bookings. The Wendy's Co., down 18 cents to $10.11 The hamburger chain's second-quarter profit rose, but fell short of WallStreet expectations.Orthofix International NV, up $4.11 to $38.92 The medical device maker reported better-than-expected second-quarterprofit and gave an upbeat fiscal 2015 revenue outlook.

Big movers

By Mathew CraftTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — The latest batch of corporate results helped nudge thestock market to a slight gainWednesday, snapping a three-day

slump. Another drop in oil prices heldindexes back.First Solar soared 17 percent, the

biggest gain in the S&P 500, follow-ing news that the country’s largestsolar company turned in results thatbeat estimates and also raised its out-look for full-year profits. First Solar’sstock jumped $7.42 to $51. 92.

Better corporate earnings havehelped support the stock market overthe past month. Heading into the sec-ond-quarter earnings season lastmonth, investors were braced for asharp drop in p rofits. But now, with th ebulk of results turned in, earnings areon track to slip just 0.2 percent,according to S&P Capital IQ.

“The expectations were that things

would be terrib le,” said Brad McMillan ,the chief investment officer for theCommonwealth Financial Network.“And while they’re not great, they’recertainly better than exp ected.”

The Standard & Poor’s 500 indexgained 6.52 points, or 0.3 percent, toclose at 2,099. 84.

The Dow Jones industrial average

lost 10.22 points, or 0.1 percent, to17,540.47, while the Nasdaq compos-ite rose 34.40 points, or 0.7 percent,to 5,139.94.

The market has looked listless inrecent weeks as investors have tradedone set of concerns for another.Worries about Greece have faded, saidBurt White, the chief investment offi-cer at LPL Financial. But concernsabout China’s economy and the FederalReserve’s next interest-rate increaseremain. “I don’t thi nk the economy h asa confidence problem,” White said. “Ithink investors are having a confi-dence issue here.”

Among other companies reportingquarterly results, Walt Disney dropped9 percent, weighing on the Dow, after

posting sales that fell short of esti-mates. The company also said adecrease in subscribers to ESPN couldhamper its profit in the coming years.Disney’s stock lost $11.16 to$110.53.

Priceline Group climbed 5 percentafter the online-booking service post-ed profit and revenue that easily beat

analysts’ forecasts, helped by risingreservations for hot el rooms and rentalcars. Its stock gained $67.22 to$1,351.21.

In Europe, an encouraging economicsurvey along with improving corpo-rate earnings helped push major mar-kets up. Germany’s DAX surged 1.6percent, France’s CAC 40 gained 1.7percent, and Britain’s FTSE 100 added1 percent.

In China, the Shanghai CompositeIndex slid 1.6 percent, while HongKong’s Hang Seng g ained 0.5 percent.Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 0.5 percent,South Korea’s Kospi added 0.1 percent,while Australia’s S&P/ASX 200dropped 0.4 p ercent.

Back in the U.S., government bond

prices fell, sending the yield on the 10-year Treasury note up to 2.27 percentfrom 2.22 percent.

Most precious and industrial metalsfinished with losses. Gold lost $5.10to settle at $1,085.60 an ounce whilesilver was flat at $14.55 an ounce.Copper lost a penny to $2.35 apound.

Stocks eke out gains following solid earnings“The expectations were that

things would be terrible. ... And while they’renot great, they’re certainly better than expected.”

— Brad McMillan, chief investment officer for the Commonwealth Financial Network

By Tom KrisherTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DETROIT — When researchers at twoWest Coast universities took controlof a General Motors car through cellu-lar and Bluetooth connections in2010, they startled the auto industryby exposin g a glaring s ecurity gap.

Five years later, t wo friendly h ackerssitting on a living room couch used alaptop computer to commandeer a Jeepfrom afar over the Internet, demon-strating an even scarier vulnerability.

“Cars don’t seem to be any moresecure than when t he university guysdid it,” says Charlie Miller, a securityexpert at Twitter who, along withwell-known hacker and security con-sultant Chris Valasek, en gin eered the

attack on the Jeep Cherokee.Fiat Chrysler, the maker of Jeeps, is

now conducting the first recall topatch a cybersecurity problem, cover-ing 1. 4 million Jeeps. And experts andlawmakers are warning the auto i ndus-try and regulators to move faster toplug holes created by the dozens of new computers and the growing num-ber of Internet connections in today’sautomobiles.

The average new car has 40 to 50computers that run 20 million lines of software code, more than a Boeing787, a recent KPMG study found.

Miller and Valasek are known as“white hat,” or ethical, hackers andreported their findings to the compa-ny. But the episo de raised the prospectthat someone with malicious intent

could commandeer a car with a laptopand make it suddenly stop, accelerateor turn, injuring or k illing someone.

After the 2010 hack, the auto indus-try plugged access holes and tried toisolate entertainment and driver infor-mation sy stems from critical functionssuch as steering and brakes. But ineach subsequent model year, it addedmicrochips and essentially turned carsinto rolling computers. The introduc-tion of Internet access has created ahost of new vulnerabilities.

“The adversary only needs to findone way to compromise the system,where a defender needs to protectagainst all ways, ” says Yoshi Kohn o,associate professor of computer sci-ence at the University of Washington,who was part of 2010 hack.

Automakers working to preventhackers from commandeering cars

By Marcy Gordon


WASHINGTON — Federal regulatorshave approved a long-delayed rulerequiring companies to reveal the paygap between CEOs and their employ-ees.

The Securities and ExchangeCommissio n v oted Wednesday to ordermost public companies to disclose the

ratio between their chief executives’annual compensation and median, ormidpoint, employee pay.

The 3-2 vote, with the twoRepublican commissioners dissent-ing, culminated years of heated publicdebate over one of the mos t controv er-sial rules the ag ency has p ut forward inrecent years. The SEC received morethan 280,000 comments on the issuesince it floated the proposal two years

ago, and lobbying by business inter-ests against the requirement wasintense.

The SEC acted under a mandate fromthe 2010 law that reshaped regulationafter the financial crisis. Outsize paypackages — often tied to the compa-ny’s stock price —were blamed forencouraging disastrous risk-takingand short-term gain at the expense of lon g-term performance.

SEC requires companies to reveal CEO-vs-worker pay gap

By Jonathan Fahey


NEW YORK — A string of dealsinvolving rooftop solar companieshas shown both the appeal and poten-tial of the business — and limits toinvestor enthusiasm.

SunRun, the San Francisco-basedsolar financing pioneer, raised $250million in an initial public offeringWednesday, but sh ares fell 13 percent.Late last mon th SunEdison bought t herooftop inst aller Vivint Solar for $2.2billion, but SunEdison shares have

fallen 28 percent since.

Still, SunRun was able to raise theamount it had hoped to, and the pricefor Vivint was high, signaling to ana-lysts that despite the recent bumps,rooftop solar remains promisin g.

“One (rooftop solar company)priced in the middle of its range andanother sold for $2.2 billion. Thingsare very good in residential solar,”said Shayle Kann, an analyst at GTMResearch.

Not all recent moves have scaredinvestors. SolarCity shares rose 2percent Wednesday after it announcedthe acquisition of Ilioss, a developerin Mexico’s fast-growing solar mar-

ket. So larCity sh ares are up 16 percent

over the past month.The rooftop solar business has b een

fueled by declining system costs, afederal subsidy that lowers the cost of solar installations by 30 percent, andlow interest rates that reduce borrow-ing costs for systems that can cost$25,000 per roof.

This has allowed companies to offera tempting proposition to homeown-ers, o ne pio neered by SunRun and firstoffered by th e company in 2 007: Solarpanels for little o r no money down anda lower electricity bill. This type of deal accounted for 72 percent of resi-dential solar sys tems last year, accord-

ing to GTM Research.

Solar deals hot, but investors fret; Sunrun IPO fizzles

Tesla’s loss triples in 2Qas it lowers delivery forecast

DETROIT — Tesla Moto rs’ upcoming Mo del X SUV cast along shadow over the company’s secon d-quarter results.

Tesla’s net loss nearly tripled to $184 million in the

April-June period as it invested in tooling and factorycapacity for th e new SUV, which is s cheduled to go on s alenext month.

The Palo Alto maker of electric cars also lowered itsexpectations for full-year sales because it’s not confidentsuppliers will be able to meet its production goals for theModel X in the fourth quarter. It no w expects to sell between50, 000 and 55,0 00 Model S sedans and Model X SUVs thi syear, down from a previous target of 55,000.

“We do thin k that it ’s going to be quite a challenging pro-duction ramp on the X,” Tesla CEO Elon Musk told analys tson a conference call Wednesday. “We only want to delivergreat cars, so we don’t want to drive to a number that’sgreater than our ability to deliver high-quality vehicles.”

Tesla’s shares fell $18.13, or 6.7 percent, to $252 inafter-hours trading following the release of the earningsreport.

Musk later mused that the Model X could be “the hardestcar to b uild in th e world.” Its tricky features include uniqueside doors that open out and upward.

Tesla sold a quarterly record 11,532 Model S electric carsin the second quarter. It said sales grew more than 50 per-cent in Europe despite two price increases in the last sixmonths, and they were up 30 percent in the U.S. Revenuerose 24 percent to $954. 9 million.

Google’s ultra-fast Internetservice expands to San Antonio

SAN ANTONIO — Google’s ultra-fast Internet service iscoming to San Antonio, the largest city yet to be promisedthe opportunity to accelerate the speed of their onlineaccess.

With the addition of San Antonio announced Wednesday, atotal of 24 U.S. cities scattered through seven states havenow been selected as markets for an Internet service called“Googl e Fiber.”

Started five years ago in Kansas, the ambitious projectrepresents Google’s attempt to pressure major broadbandproviders such as Comcast, Verizon Communications andAT&T Inc. to upgrade their networks so they run at fasterspeeds.

Google Inc. is installing fiber-optic lines in selectedcities to deliver Internet service at one gigabit per second,up to 100 times faster than existi ng services. The MountainView, California, company figures it will benefit if theInternet is available at faster speeds by making onlineaccess a more enjoy able experience, increasing t he chancesthat people will see ads at Google’s search engine or itsother services such as the popular YouTube video site.

Prices for Google Fiber are comparable or below whatmost households already pay. The service typically costsabout $70 per month for just high-speed Internet service.

Google Fiber is currently available in Kansas City,Kansas; Kansas City, Missouri; Provo, Utah; and Austin,Texas.

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By George Henry THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ATLANTA — Madison Bumgarner pitchedinto the eighth inning, Kelby Tomlinsondrove in three runs and the San FranciscoGiants beat the Atlanta Braves 6-1 onWednesday night.

Matt Duffy added a two-run double and HunterPence had an RBI single for San Francisco,which has won 16 of 21.

Bumgarner (12-6), last year’s World SeriesMVP and a three-time All-Star, allowed seven

hits, one run and struck outnine in 7 1-3 innings. Justtwo baserunners made it

into scoring positionagainst the big left-hander.

Williams Perez (4-2) sur-rendered 10 hits, two walksand six runs in six-plusinnings for the Braves,who have lost 11 of 14.

Bumgarner gave up aleadoff single to NickMarkakis in the first and

retired 10 straight before Chris Johnson sin-gled in the fourth.

Tomlinson’s opposite-field single made it 2 -0 in the second, and San Francisco was up 3-0in the fourth when Ehire Adrianza doubled andscored on Tomlinson’s single up the middle.

Duffy and Pence drove in their runs in theGiants’ three-run seventh.

Bumgarner gave up Ryan Lavarnway’s RBI

double in the seventh and left in the eighthafter Eury Perez’s infield single.

Bumgarner’s performance reversed a person-al season-long trend on the road. He had gone6-4 with a 4.50 ERA in 10 starts away fromhome, a considerable contrast from the 11-4record and 2.22 ERA he had in 18 road startslast year.

Bumgarner threw strikes on 81 of his 116pitches.

Keep bangingThe Giants’ offense has had plenty of success

on the road, scoring nearly five runs a game to

By Terry BernalDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

It was quite a summer for slugging TopSpeed Baseball of the Golden StateCollegiate Baseball League. Posting a 43-6record, the San Anselmo-based summer teamwas propelled to a GSCBL championshipwith a contingent of Cañada bats in the mid-dle of its order.

Former Colts masher Steve Knudson —who hit 24 home runs at the University of Montevallo this season — continued his

power barrage by s etting the Top Speed sin-gle-season record with a league-leading 18homers. Recent Cañada graduate ChampiLucca ranked fourth i n t he league with sevenhome runs for Top Speed.

Another recent Cañada grad, Daly Citynative Chris Miguel, ranked second in theGSCBL with a .390 batting average. In away, Miguel was playing with housemoney, having committed in June to trans-fer to Rogers State University.

Miguel is one of three Colts to transfer tothe Division-II program in Claremore,

Oklahoma, along with pitcher Josh Eclaveaand catcher Jason Marley. In Miguel, theHillcats are getting a thi rd baseman who hi tfor a .289 career batting average at Cañadafrom 2014-15.

According to Miguel, it took some timeto craft a collegiate swing. Hence the reasonhe took a redshirt at Cañada in 2013.

“At Sacred Heart, I was more of a domin antpitcher,” Miguel said. “I wasn’t known as ahitt er. I h it in the middle of the order, but we

Cañada’s Miguel transfers to Rogers State

August isn’t the dog days of sum-mer for baseball only, it alsoapplies to high school sports

writers.The first two, th ree weeks of August are

always the slowest of the year for localsports reporters because there is — literal-ly — nothi ng goi ng on. Summer youthsummer baseball season is all but wrapped

up and the 201 5-16high school seasonis stil l a coupleweeks from the startof fall practice.

The good news is:the fall sports seasonis only a couple

weeks from thebeginning of practiceand we’re about amonth before we startseeing some non-league games andmatches beginning.

While all spo rts are important, football,obviously, takes center stage in the fall,so I started poking around various web-sites, checking out schedules and anyavailable rosters for Peninsula AthleticLeague teams to see if I can glean any kindof interesting information about theupcoming season.

Here are some early-season nuggets onwhich to gnaw before the Daily Journalstarts running its annual t eam previewsbeginning Aug. 25.

Sacred Heart Prep toughens non-league schedule. If there was one thingcritics held against the Gators’ perfect2014 season was their strength of sched-ule. A closer look at their schedule shows,however, they had much tougher gamesagainst their non-league opponents thanthey did against Bay Divisi on competi-tion.

While Leland and Riordan remain on theschedule th is s eason, SHP has added Palmaand Carmel, which were a combined 17-6last season.

Palma (9-2 in 2014) is a very int erest-ing game. The Chieftains are a team the

An early look

at prep football

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By Terry BernalDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

As a center fielder this summer forAmerican Legion Post 82, Matt Seubertcovered ground and dove around like he wastrying to win a Gold Glove.

The catch is center field isn’t Seubert’snatural position. While he took to it with alove-of-the-game enthusiasm, Seubert is anatural shortstop and also pitches.

He hasn’t done much of either since join-ing t he collegiate ranks at Skyline College.

Coming o ff an arm injuryhe sustained in highschool, Seubert convert-ed to first base. He didn’tplay a lick of shortstopand totaled just nineinnings on the mound.

But if all goes accord-ing to plan, that won’tbe the case in 2016.

“He played [shortstop]in hig h school and he’s very goo d,” Skylinemanager Dino Nomicos said. “The only rea-

son he played first is b ecause of his arm. Butnow his arm is healthy. So we’re going tostart hi m off at short and see how he does.”

As a freshman, Seubert cracked the st art-ing lineup b ecause th e Trojans needed a mid-dle-of-the-order presence. He provided that,debuting in the No. 3 spot of the battingorder on opening day by going 2 for 4 withthree RBIs in a 12-6 win over LaneyCollege.

He went on t o hit . 267 with 20 RBIs whileplayin g in all but one game. Only, he had toconvert to first base to do it — a position so

new to him, he purchased the only first-baseman’s glove he’s ever owned just twoweeks before reporting for fall practice.

“I had arm problems last summer,”Seubert said. “[Skyline] knew about it andthat it wasn’t anything I needed surgery foror anything like that. It was just a restthin g. But when I came back, I was a monthbehind everyone else … but I just got goin ghitting-wise and I didn’t ever really cooldown.”

Seubert bounces back over course of freshman year

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Kelby Tomlinson, a rookie making his first big-league start, had two hits and drove in three runsduring the Giants’ 6-1 win over Atlanta.

Rook rallies Giants

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Cañada’s Chris Miguel slugged his way to aDivision-II transfer to Rogers State University.

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By Schuyler DixonTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

OXNARD — Charles Haley walks t he s ide-lines at training camp a little more slowlythese days, his gruff exterior softened by asmile as he jokingly chides reporters andteam personnel with the Dallas Cowboys .

It wasn’t an act 25 years ago, when SanFrancisco was trying to appease one of theNFL’s best p ass rushers before givi ng up andtrading him to a top NFC rival in the middleof what b ecame a Hall of Fame career.

“When I went into the NFL, I was a 22-year-old athlete t hat h ad an 11-year-old kidinsi de of me crying for help. But I refused toask for it,” said Haley, the only player withfive Super Bowl rings as he heads into hisinduction Saturday in Canto n, Ohio.

“I think t he people th at reached out to mewere the people that saw me hurting andknew that I needed help and knew I was toodumb or too weak to ask for it. I realize atthis stage of my life that it’s better to mendfences than to burn them down.”

Most of those fences were on the WestCoast, where Haley reportedly once urinated

on the car of Tim Harris after Harris wasacquired in a move seen as a challenge toHaley. There was also talk of fights withteammates and lewd behavior in the lockerroom, bo th in San Francisco and Dallas.

Years later, after Haley retired, the formerdefensive end was diagnosed as bipolar.

“Be honest with yourself, you had to kn owsomething was wrong with him, rig ht?” for-mer teammate Nate Newton said. “He justwasn’t a normal guy. But when that cameout, I’m glad he faced it and overcame it andhe knows what he has to do to maintainthat.”

Newton was close to Haley then and isnow. Newton, who spent almost two years inprison on marijuana trafficking convictionsafter his career ended, sai d the lo cker room inDallas was simply a better fit for Haley.

“Everybody was unique,” Newton said.

“Michael Irvin was unique in his own way.Kevin Gogan was unique. Mark Tuinei wasunique. ... We respected each other. We allhad our limits . We knew how far to p ush eachother.”

A playoff loss to Detroit ended the 1991season, and coach Jimmy Johnso n vowed infront of hi s team that he would improve th epass rush. Sure enough, the 49ers madeHaley available, and Johnson had someCowboys call their counterparts with the49ers. He had assistant coaches check withSan Francisco’s staff.

“To a man, and of course everybody knewhe was an outstanding pl ayer, b ut everybodysaid he had a passion for the game,”John son said. “He was smart. And he was anextremely hard worker. Regardless of hisproblems, I knew that if he was smart and

would work hard and he had a passion for the

game, that I could deal with h im.”John son had a few run-ins with Haley, who

eventually asked his coach to stop chastis-ing h im in front of other players. Haley saidhe understood it needed to happen, but askedif it could be in priv ate.

“And I said, ‘Charles, I can’t guarantee youthat that’s going to happen. But I’ll takethat into consideration,”’ Johnson said.“From that time forward, we had a great rela-tionship. Charles is one of my favoriteplayers. He was fun to coach. He made itinteresting.”

A 1986 fourth-round pick out of JamesMadison, Haley won Super Bowls with the1988 and ’89 championships with SanFrancisco. There were back-to-back titleswith the Cowboys (1992-93) before thefinal one in 1995.

Haley finish ed with 100 1 /2 sacks, half of all-time leader Bruce Smith’s total in 19 sea-sons. He’s not even in the top 10 on theDallas with 3 4 in five seasons. Haley’s backproblems limited him late in a 12-seasoncareer that actually ended with one more yearin San Francisco in 1999 after two years outof the game.

But the Cowboys never measured hisworth in sacks.

“Super Bowl. Super Bowl,” Newton saidabout how much difference Haley made forthe Cowboys. “He was the reason we wonthe first Super Bowl. We needed a pass rush.We had good corners that turned into greatcorners because Charles Haley was at thatright defensive end.”

Former 49ers owner Eddie DeBartolo Jr.doesn’t measure Haley’s career in sacks orSuper Bowls.

“I think his great legacy, besides being aHall o f Fame and great, great footb all pl ay-er, is what he’s going to do with the rest of his life in helping kids,” said DeBartolo,who will in troduce Haley in the hall ceremo-ny. “That legacy probably is more impor-tant than the legacy that he aspired to in

football.”

Haley rides five titles to Canton

MATTHEW EMMONS/USA TODAY SPORTS

Former 49ers and Cowboys great defensiveend Charles Haleywill be inducted into thePro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday.

Ledecky claimsgold in 200 freeBy Beth HarrisTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

KAZAN, Russia — Katie Ledecky isunbeatable in the distance races. Turns outshe’s awfully good going shorter, too.

The 18-year-old American rallied to winthe 200-meter freestyle at the world swim-ming championships Wednesday night,

beating a stellar field thatincluded defending cham-pion Missy Franklin of the United States andtwo-time winner FedericaPellegrini of Italy.

Ledecky had a good viewof the competition fromlane 7. Breathing to herright, she saw all but one of her rivals and halfway

through she knew another gold medal was hers.She rallied from fourth after the first two

laps to touch first in 1 minute, 55.16 sec-onds for h er second gold medal of t he cham-

pionships. She already won the 1,500 free,lowering her own world record in the pre-liminaries and final.

Pellegrini of Italy finished second in1:55.3 2, and Franklin was third in 1:55. 49.

“I knew it was going to be a really com-petitive field and that was something thatwas really special for me,” Ledecky said. “Itwas an honor to be in a heat like that.”

Femke Heemskerk of the Netherlands tookit out strongly, dipping under world-recordpace on the opening lap. She was still in frontthrough the third lap before fading to eighth.

Franklin was second and Ledecky fourthhalfway through the most anticipatedwomen’s race in Kazan. Ledecky moved upto secon d behind Heemskerk on th e third lapwhile Franklin dropped to th ird.

Katie Ledecky

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By Michael WagamanTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

OAKLAND — Chris Davis hit his secondgrand slam in 12 days with on e out in the t opof the 10t h inn ing and the Baltimore Oriolesbeat the Oakland Athletics 7 -3 on Wednesday.

Davis hit 28th home run and third in four

games on a 3-2 pit ch from Arnold Leon (0-1).It came two batters after Gerardo Parra wasintentionally walked to load the bases. CalebJoseph and Manny Machado led off theinning with back-to-back singles.

It’s the si xth grand slam of Davis’ career. Healso hit one against Tampa Bay on July 25.

The Orioles t railed 3-1 before scoring twicein the sixth.

Closer Zach Britton (2-0) pitched a season-high 2 1/ 3 scoreless innin gs for the win.

Marcus Semien had two hits and two RBIsfor t he A’s.

Nolan Reimold snapped an 0-for-9 skidwith an RBI single off Oakland starterKendall Graveman in the th ird.

The A’s tied it on Brett Lawrie’s sacrifice flyin the bottom of the inning.

Semien, whose three-run homer sparked a 5-

0 win o n Tuesday, put the A’s up 3-1 with a two-

run double off Wei-Yen Chen in the fourth.Chen allowed three runs and four hits over

five innings. He walked four and struck out four.Jimmy Paredes hit an RBI single in the

sixth to pull Baltimore within 3-2, two bat-ters after center fielder Billy Burns made aleaping catch to rob Adam Jones of a homerun. J.J Hardy followed with a single to drivein Davis with the tying run and chaseGraveman.

Graveman struck out three and walked onein 5 2/3 innings.

Trainer’s roomOF Coco Crisp was scratched from the line-

up with a sore neck. He grounded out as apinch-hitter in the ninth. . RF Josh Reddickalso did not start after sitting out Tuesday’sgame with stiffness in his lower back. Reddickdrew a walk as a pinch-hitt er in the seventh.

Up nextRHP Aaron Brooks (1-0) pitches in the

opener of a four-game series against Houstonon Friday. Brooks picked up his first careerwin in his previous start after being called up

from the minors.

Chris Davis’ grand slam sinks A’s in 10th

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Billy Burns robs Orioles slugger Adam Jonesof a sixth-inning home run in the A’s 7-3 loss.

Orioles 7, A’s 3 (10 inn.)Baltimore ab r h bi Oakland ab r h bi

Mchdo 3b 5 1 1 0 Burns cf 4 0 1 0Parra rf 4 2 1 0 Fuld rf 3 0 0 0A.Jones cf 5 0 0 0 Rddckph-rf 1 0 0 0C.Davis 1b 4 2 2 4 Lawrie 2b 4 0 0 1Paredsdh 5 0 1 1 Butler dh 2 0 1 0Hardy ss 5 0 2 1 Vogtph-dh 2 0 0 0Schoop 2b 3 1 1 0 Valencia 3b 5 0 1 0Reimold lf 4 0 1 1 Phegly c 3 1 1 0Joseph c 4 1 2 0 Canha lf-1b 4 1 1 0

Davis 1b 3 0 1 0Crisp ph-lf 1 0 0 0

Semien ss 3 1 2 2Totals 39 7 11 7 Totals 35 3 8 3

Baltimore 1 2 4 — 7 11

Oakland 1 2 — 3 8

DP—Oakland 2.LOB—Baltimore 5,Oakland 8.2B—Schoop (6),Joseph (10), B.Butler (19),Valencia (14),Canha (11), I.Davis (17), Semien (18). HR—C.Davis(28).SB—Burns (22),Fuld (8),Semien (10).CS—Canha(2).SF—Lawrie.

Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO

W.Chen 5 4 3 3 4 4Brach 1.1 2 0 0 1 3O’Day 1.1 1 0 0 0 2Britton W,2-0 2.1 1 0 0 0 2Oakland IP H R ER BB SO

Graveman 5.2 6 3 3 1 3Fe.Rodriguez 1 1 0 0 0 1Pomeranz 1.1 0 0 0 0 3Mujica 1 1 0 0 0 0A.Leon L,0-1 1 3 4 4 1 1

HBP—by Graveman (Schoop).WP—W.Chen,Graveman 2.

Umpires—Home,Dan Bellino; First,Chris Segal; Second,Laz Diaz; Third,Alfonso Marquez.

T—3:33.A—20,176 (35,067).

Giants 6, Braves 1Giants ab r h bi Braves ab r h bi

Aoki lf 4 1 0 0 Markks rf 4 0 2 0Blancocf 5 1 2 0 EPerez cf 4 0 1 0Duffy 3b 5 1 2 2 Gomes lf 4 0 1 0Posey c 5 0 3 0 CJhnsn 1b 3 0 1 0Pence rf 5 0 1 1 AdGarc 3b 4 0 0 0Belt 1b 3 1 0 0 JPetrsn 2b 4 1 1 0Adrianzass 3 2 2 0 Lvrnwy c 4 0 1 1

Tmlnsn2b 4 0 2 3 DCastr ss 4 0 0 0Bmgrn p 4 0 0 0 WPerez p 2 0 0 0Strcklndp 0 0 0 0 Brighm p 0 0 0 0Casilla p 0 0 0 0 Ciriaco ph 1 0 0 0

R.Kelly p 0 0 0 0Totals 38 6 12 6 Totals 34 1 7 1

San Francisco 2 1 3 — 6 12

Atlanta 1 — 1 7 2

E—Lavarnway (1),E.Perez (1).DP—Atlanta 1.LOB—San Francisco 8,Atlanta 7.2B—M.Duffy (19),Adrianza(3),Markakis (24),Lavarnway (3).

San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO

BmgrnrW,12-6 7.1 7 1 1 0 9Strickland .2 0 0 0 1 1Casilla 1 0 0 0 0 1Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO

W.Perez L,4-2 6 10 6 5 2 2Brigham 1 1 0 0 0 1R.Kelly 2 1 0 0 0 1

W.Perez pitched to 3 batters in the 7th.

HBP—by W.Perez (Belt).WP—Brigham.

Umpires—Home,Dale Scott; First,Toby Basner; Second,Dan Iassogna; Third,Lance Barrett.

T—2:52.A—17,444 (49,586).

rank second in the majors. ... C BusterPosey went 3 for 5 and is hittin g . 421 with34 RBIs in his last 31 games. ... Duffy went2 for 5 and is batting .383 in his last 21games. ... Tomlinson, who joined theGiants on Monday after getting his contractpurchased from Triple-A Sacramento, hashits in 3 of his first 5 at-bats.

Trainer’s room

Giants: Manager Bruce Bochy said 2BJoe Panik’s lower back showed no majorproblems other than inflammation follow-ing an MRI and a CT scan. Panik will beevaluated again in two weeks. ... SSBrandon Crawford was given t he nig ht o ff torest.

Braves: 1B Freddie Freeman, who wenton the disabled list Tuesday with a rightoblique strain, has re

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