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Pioneer updates on America's president What happened? On Tuesday night President of the United States Donald Trump tweeted, “Despite the constant negative press covfefe.” The mysterious word caused an eruption on social media, but the real news came Wednesday morning when it was reported Trump would pull out of the Paris Agreement. ‘Covfefe’ Traditionally, the president’s use of social media as a communication platform is limited. That said, Trump has utilized Twitter as a podium to connect with followers before and throughout his presidential career. Trump’s original tweet with the bizarre word was posted just after 9 p.m. Pacific Standard Time and as of publication time has 31,700 comments, 86,400 retweets and 108,000 likes. Trump tweeted five hours later, “Who can figure out the true meaning of “covfefe”??? Enjoy!” As of publication time, the tweet was taken off of his Twitter account. It seemed like Trump attempted to own the mistake that was trending on all social media platforms late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning. Trump tweeted five more times following that, touching on topics from Russia to the Paris Accord. Trump has more than 31 million followers on Twitter and follows just 45 people. Paris Agreement According to CNN, the BBC and The New York Times, multiple United States senior officials confirmed that Trump would withdraw the US from the Paris climate agreement. While no official announcement has been made, Trump took to Twitter early Wednesday morning when he said, “I will be announcing my decision on the Paris Accord over the next few days. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” According to the United Nations, the Paris agreement is a deal between 195 countries to mitigate and adapt greenhouse gas emissions in an attempt to stop the planet’s rising climate. According to the UN, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change originally began in 1992 in order to “find and implement ways to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere to prevent dangerous changes in the climate system.” According to the White House press website, the agreement was created in 2015 and went into effect on Nov. 4, 2016 while 195 countries signed the treaty and 145 ratified it thus far. According to White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, Trump met with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt and he will meet with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson today, both of whom are on record as supporters of the agreement. Spicer said a decision was supposed to be made by early May but the White House administration decided to wait until after the G7 meeting in Sicily. At the meeting, German Chancellor Angela Merkel told reporters that all of the countries in the G7 urged Trump to stay in the agreement. The G7 is a group that consists of the US, Germany, Canada, France, Italy, the United Kingdom and Japan. The group originated in 1975 with six members before Canada became the seventh member in 1976, according to the UN. By Louis LaVenture Editor-in-Chief
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Warriors, Cavaliers are set to collide for NBA championship Cleveland, Golden State meet for third straight time in NBA Finals
Despite perfect 12-0 playoff record, Cavs will beat 'Dubs' in seven games
By Victoria Groenewold
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The 2017 NBA Finals start tonight between the Golden State Warriors and the defending champion Cleveland Cavaliers at Oracle Arena at 6 p.m. This is the first time in NBA history that two teams will face one another in the finals for the third year in a row. The Warriors are entering the finals with an outstanding 12-0 playoff record by sweeping the Portland Trail Blazers, the Utah Jazz and the San Antonio Spurs. The Warriors are making history of their own by being the first team in the NBA to sweep the playoffs through three rounds, with a perfect 12-0 record entering the finals.The Cleveland Cavaliers were not far off with a 12-1 record after sweeping the Indiana Pacers, the Toronto Raptors and losing only one game to the Boston Celtics in game 3. These two teams have established quite a rivalry over the last two finals. It started in 2015 when the Warriors beat the Cavaliers 4-2 in a battle of six games, which gave the Warriors their first NBA championship in 40 years. In the 2016 NBA Finals, Golden State had a 3-1 lead over Cleveland but became the first team in NBA history to blow that lead when the Cavs came back to win their first championship. Injuries played a role over the last two finals. In the 2015 NBA Finals, Cleveland’s power forward Kevin Love was injured due to a shoulder injury; point guard Kyrie Irving was out due to a fractured knee. Last year’s finals, Golden State’s power forward Draymond Green got suspended in game 5, point guard Stephen Curry was hurt with a knee injury when he slipped and fell on a wet floor in Houston and former Warriors center, Andrew Bogut, was out with a knee injury. This year, everyone is healthy, therefore no excuses for either team. This Finals is going to be a series full of powerhouse players with Cleveland’s big three; small forward LeBron James scoring an average of 25.5 points per game against Golden State, Irving with 21 points and Love at 11.5. Golden State’s stacks up big with shooting guard Klay Thompson having 25 points per game against Cleveland, small forward Kevin Durant with 28.5, point guard Curry at 17.5 and power forward Green with 13.5 points. The coaching staff is also something to take a look at in this finals matchup. Mike Brown has taken over coaching the Warriors while head coach Steve Kerr has taken a leave of absence during the playoffs to heal from a lingering spinal leakage issue. However, make no mistake, Coach Kerr is constantly involved in the background working with Brown and others even though he cannot physically be on the sidelines. In addi-
The moment that sports fans and probably the whole Bay Area have been waiting for has finally arrived: the NBA Finals. Bay Area fans are ready to see their home squad, the Golden State Warriors, redeem themselves from last years finals loss and bring another championship back to Oakland. The Warriors blew a 3-1 lead to the Cleveland cavaliers in the finals last year and it is pretty depressing to say the least, when a team who had the best record of all time in the 2015-2016 season, 73-9, blows that type of lead. The Warriors will go head-to-head against Lebron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers again in the 2017 NBA Finals, and they are looking to “destroy Cleveland” as power forward Draymond Green said. The question is, can they really destroy Cleveland? I don’t think so. Let’s be realistic here: any team that has James cannot be destroyed. The Cavaliers have a legitimate chance at winning back to back championships, but the Warriors also have a legitimate chance at winning their second in three years as well, especially with the addition of superstar swingman Kevin Durant. Seeing the two teams go up against each other will be pure entertainment, but seeing arguably the top two players in the league, Durant and James go head to head, will be one for the books. But who will take home the trophy? I say the Cavaliers in seven games. Yes, I am fully aware that I currently live in Warrior territory but I just do not have it in me to doubt James. And the way Cleveland point guard Kyrie Irving has been playing, it makes it even harder. This isn’t to say I am sleeping on the Warriors depth and talent levels. They had the best record in the league this year again at 67-15 and didn’t lose a single playoff game. They also have had four players averaging double figures in points throughout the season and into the playoffs: Stephen Curry with 28.6 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 5.6 assists. Durant with 25.2 points, 7.8 rebounds, and 3.7 assists, Green with 13.9 points, 8.7 rebounds, and 7.2 assists, and Klay Thompson with 14.4 points per game. I would be crazy to ignore these stats and say the Cavs could just run through the Warriors, and that why I say Cavs in seven games, because it will take them all to beat the Dubs. The Cavs have depth too and well—they have James, who is arguably
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A new “CORE” for East Bay Turning the page toward 21st century learning By Kali Persall MANAGING EDITOR Just four years after Warren Hall, Cal State East Bay’s former largest building, was imploded due to seismic vulnerability, the campus is preparing to replace another relic in 2020 due to similar safety concerns. The Hayward campus library building, which was constructed in 1971 and is number five on the CSU’s 2016 list of seismic priority retrofit listings, has been slated for renovation since 2006, according to the project’s pre-design process document. CSUEB President Leroy M. Morishita announced the university’s plans to build a new library facility at a kick-off gala for the rebranding campaign, “Rising in the East” on Sept. 24. The Facilities Development and Operations department commissioned Ratcliff Architects to conduct a Feasibility Study last May, which revealed that constructing a new building would be more feasible than retrofitting the nearly 50-year-old existing one, according to Jim Zavagno Associate Vice President of the Facilities and Operations Department. The budget for the new building is approximately $82 million and it would cost around $120 million to retrofit the old building, according to CSUEB Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Edward Inch. “The existing facility could be made to work, but it still would not have met needs and was fairly expensive,” said Inch. The feasibility study found that in the current Library, 41 percent of the floor space is dedicated to student services. Retrofitting the existing space would’ve only increased the usable space to 47 percent, according to Inch. There are no plans to demolish the existing library at this time and its usability will be contingent on the planning process of the new facility, according to John Wenzler, Dean of Libraries at CSUEB. Funding ‘The CORE’ University officials are temporarily calling the facility “The CORE,” an acronym for “Collaborative Opportunities in Research and Engagement.” It was named for its planned location at the “core” of campus, between the current library building and the RAW Center where the portable Support Temporary Offices buildings now stand, according to Wenzler. It is unclear where these offices would be relocated if the CORE is constructed at this location. The project will be funded in part by a bond issued by the CSU and the campus itself, according to Zavagno. Campuses are required to contribute at least 10 percent of the cost of a total project under the new Chancellor’s office funding model for capital projects, according to Zavagno. For this project, the state would contribute as much as $75 million and the campus would have to raise the remaining approximately $7.5 million through fundraisers, said Zavagno. While the source of the campus contribution hasn’t yet been finalized, Zavagno confirmed that student tuition and fees would not be used. The “Rising in the East” campaign, which aims to raise $60 million to increase student access to internships, mentoring and technology, could assist in the fundraising process, said Inch. A 21st Century Learning Center The new building will ideally double as a library and a “21st Century Learning Center,” meaning it will give students more opportunities to work with cutting-edge technology, according to Zavagno. The project is still in the early stages of development, so details haven’t been finalized, but Wenzler said this could include collaborative spaces where students and staff could use 3D printers, produce videos or record presentations. This new ‘library’ may also be open 24 hours a day. “We’re trying to figure out what a 21st Century Learning Center will look like,” said Wenzler.
“These are things that other libraries are doing right now.” Other colleges that have adopted similar centers include the Mary Idema Pew Library at Grand Valley State University, which opened in June 2013, and UC Berkeley’s 24-hour Moffitt Library, which opened Nov. 2, 2016. In April, President Morishita appointed 12 people from various campus departments and organizations, including the Library, Facilities and Development, Student Affairs, and ASI, to a committee to conduct surveys, workshops and focus groups to determine which services the new facility should provide, according to Wenzler. Students reportedly want longer hours, more places to plug in computers, more study rooms and more comfortable seating, according to a survey distributed in May to 3,000 students, which yielded 157 responses. Large enough for students? There are currently 10 group study rooms in the Library and 1,156 student study seats, serving the 15,528 students that attend East Bay, according to Zavagno. Last year, from July 1 to June 30, a counter in the library clocked 1.1 million visits to the building during the year, according to Wenzler. At present, the proposed new facility would be 100,000 square feet, while the current library building is 150,000 square feet, according to Zavagno. The space difference has raised concerns amongst librarians and other members of the committee about the new building’s potential functionality. Gr Keer, East Bay’s Online Learning & Outreach Librarian, said that based on the number of students at East Bay, the building needs to be at least 250,000 square feet to comfortably accommodate them. Keer said that at the current proposed size, if the space was filled only with seating and no other furniture or students, there would still not be enough seats for all of the students. “The Library faculty and staff’s main concern is that the proposed building provide enough student workspace,” said Keer. “We want to make sure that the students are fully supported by new building. The size issue is based on the fact that we have a lot of students and staff who need to use the library.” The first phase of the planning process focused on what services would take priority in the new building, which could include study spaces, tutoring and collaborative work spaces, according to Inch. The next phase will address the space and design of the facility and focus on which services will go where into the space. A survey was sent out on Tuesday to collect feedback on this part of the process, according to Inch. Throughout the process, the committee will make recommendations to the Cabinet in the Office of the President and the President himself, who will make the final decisions. Responsive to technology Storage of the print collection has also been a major topic of discussion, according to Keer. There are currently 700,000 physical print books in the library. The possibility of a smaller facility has posed questions about where to store the books, which Keer said can’t be left alone. “Sometimes there’s a misunderstanding that everything’s available online, but it’s not,” Keer said. “Some things are only available in print and we have to collect in print.” Separating the books between the two library buildings, one of the proposed solutions, would make it difficult to maintain an efficient paging system and would split the library staff, according to Keer. While the “the CORE” is looking to become more technology-based, Keer said that books are still a necessary fixture in libraries in 2017. “There’s this an idea that libraries never change and are a sort of antiquated, old-fashioned idea, but they have always been responsive to the times,” said Keer. “We were the first department on campus to go online and teach online,” said Keer. “Librarians invented hashtags—the subject headings in a library catalog are basically a hashtag, and library catalogs were the original search engines. Technology has always been a part of what libraries do and I think it always will be.”
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El uso de las redes sociales para negocios ilícitos Por Daisy Ortiz EDITORA DEL ESPANOL Las redes sociales se han convertido en una herramienta mundial para varias cosas. Los jóvenes, el presidente de los Estados Unidos y hasta carteles mexicanos han estado muy activos en estas plataformas. 79 por ciento de adultos americanos usan facebook, 32 por ciento instagram y un cuarto de personas usan twitter según Pew Research. Han acaparado la vida social de los jóvenes y hasta de los narcotraficantes. México ha tenido mucha violencia por el narcotráfico en la última década. Desde que comenzó este año, han habido 17 muertes de periodistas a causa del crimen organizado. El presidente de los Estados Unidos tuiteó el 25 de abril del 2017, “No dejes que la prensa falsa te haga creer que he cambiado mi postura sobre la PARED [fronteriza]. Será construida y ayudará terminar las drogas, el tráfico de personas, etc.” Al presidente a veces se le olvida un pequeño detalle, que no es solo problema de México. “Es el dinero y las pistolas que han habilitado los carteles en obtener el poder que tienen,” dijo Scott Brown, agente a cargo de las investigaciones para la Seguridad Nacional en Phoenix, parte de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas en una entrevista con el periódico The New York Times el 4 de abril, 2017. Los carteles de México han usado las redes sociales para conectarse con el público y han hecho sus cuentas públicas según un estudio hecho por Ana L. Davila de la Universidad de Nueva York. Según el estudio, en el año 2016 encontraron 102 cuentas activas pertenecientes a seis carteles reconocidos en México. 42 de esas cuentas pertenecen al Cártel de Sinaloa, 29 a Los Zetas y 3 a La Familia Michoacana. El problema de narcotráfico se ha trasladado al otro lado de la frontera. En los Estados Unidos la Administración para el Control de Drogas (DEA) ha podido capturar a personas relacionadas con el tráfico de drogas gracias a las redes sociales. Hace dos semanas en la ciudad de Hayward la DEA arrestó a Marcos Hatch de 20
años después de haber subido fotos a su instagram de xanax y otras medicinas prescritas. Tambien subio una foto de él con grandes cantidades de dinero americano según el East Bay Times. El joven puso en su foto #takenpenitentiarychance (sic) lo cual significa que está arriesgando la posibilidad de ser arrestado con esta foto. Así que el joven entiende las consecuencias de sus actos. Lamentablemente no todos los jóvenes comprenden la idea de la consecuencia de
“Jóvenes de ahora quieren creerse narcos sin las consecuencias de estar involucrados en el negocio.” sus actos. Muchos jóvenes intentan mostrar una frente alternativa a su realidad. Jóvenes de ahora quieren creerse narcos sin las consecuencias de estar involucrados en el negocio. Las redes sociales deben ser usadas responsablemente. Las redes sociales muestran ‘memes’ o la vida lujosa de narcos que hacen ver ese estilo de vida apetitivo pero es muy lo contrario. Este negocio puede resultar en la muerte y no es un juego aunque ciertos programas de televisión hagan el narcotráfico verse glamuroso.
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Jovenes usan las redes sociales para presumir su estilo de vida de “narco”.
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La matrícula gratuita se extiende a más de 50 colegios comunitarios en California Por Soudi Jiménez HOY LOS ANGELES Al graduarse de la preparatoria, los estudiantes podrán ir directamente a los colegios comunitarios en el semestre de otoño sin tener que pagar la colegiatura regular, como parte de la implementación del programa America's College Promise. En al menos 18 colegios comunitarios del Sur de California se implementará esta iniciativa, con la que se beneficiarán los estudiantes indocumentados y las familias de escasos recursos, de modo que los jóvenes vayan a la universidad sin necesidad de preocuparse de trabajar. "Es definitivamente un incentivo", comentó Rebeca Ronquillo, estudiante de Los Angeles Valley College, al señalar que ella tuvo que dejar de estudiar en el noveno grado y regresó al colegio en el 2016 después que sus dos hijos, ahora de 20 y 17 años, crecieron. "Si después de 'high school' no tienes a personas que te ayuden a ver el camino hacia la universidad las posibilidades
son más difíciles, sobre todo si te pones a trabajar; pero si rapidito sigues, tu mente está más fresca y te adaptas más rápido", agregó. A partir del 2008, el colegio comunitario de Long Beach ofrecía la matrícula de un semestre gratuito, beneficiando desde entonces a más de 13,000 estudiantes; sin embargo, con este programa lanzado por el presidente Barack Obama en el 2015, se amplió a dos semestres. Al mismo tiempo, la Universidad Estatal de California en Long Beach incrementó en un 71% el registro de estudiantes. A escala nacional, la meta de America's College Promise es que los primeros dos años del colegio comunitario sean gratuitos; no obstante, las instituciones locales han dado el primer paso dando cobertura al primer año. "Nuestras comunidades merecen una institución de calidad que ofrezca un camino claro para una vida mejor", manifestó Ross Selvidge, presidente del Colegio Comunitario de Pasadena, al dar a conocer que brindarán este servicio sin costo alguno a partir del próximo semestre.
En el 2016, en todo California alrededor de 25 colegios brindaban educación gratis, pero en el 2017 son más de 50 las instituciones que están sumándose a esta iniciativa. En el sur del estado, solo los colegios de Long Beach y Santa Ana tenían este programa el año anterior. En el otoño se implementará en Riverside, Moreno Valley, San Bernardino Valley, Río Hondo, Pasadena y College of the Canyons. De igual forma, las nueve instituciones que integran el Distrito de Colegios Comunitarios de Los Ángeles (LACCD) se sumarán a este esfuerzo; es decir que los interesados pueden acercarse por información a Mission, Pierce, Valley, L.A., East L.A., West L.A., Trade Tech, Soutwest y Harbor. Michael P. Fuller, director de avance institucional de LACCD, explicó que los estudiantes que se gradúen del Distrito Escolar Unificado de Los Ángeles (LAUSD) calificarán para la matrícula gratis si inscriben clases a tiempo a tiempo completo "tomando un mínimo de 12 créditos". Asimismo, el funcionario detalló que deberán tomar los cursos requeridos de
matemáticas e inglés, entre otros requisitos. En el Mission College, en la ciudad de Sylmar, el alumno deberá inscribirse también en uno de los programas de servicios al estudiante como EOP, Trio o Metas, con el que se apoya el desarrollo académico como una motivación extra, detalló Wendy Rivera, de la oficina de alcance. ¿Qué sucede si el interesado es indocumentado? Se le preguntó. "Si el estudiante califica para Dream Act es elegible para este programa", respondió Rivera, asegurando que el Dream Act es el equivalente a FAFSA. En ese sentido, los estudiantes sin estatus migratorio regular deberían haber cursado al menos tres años y contar con un diploma de una escuela secundaria de California, para calificar a esta esta iniciativa. Un año completo de estudio en un colegio comunitario representa un desembolso de aproximadamente 1,100 dólares, costos que son cubiertos por este programa. A juicio de Iliana Pérez, estudiante del doctorado en Educación en Claremont Graduate University, esta
es una oportunidad para que los jóvenes se enfoquen en sus estudios. "¿Pero qué pasa después de ese año de estudio o cuando se quieran transferir?", cuestionó Pérez. "Lo más difícil es pagar la universidad fuera del sistema de los colegios comunitarios", aseveró la estudiante de postgrado que se abrió camino antes de que surgiera el Dream Act. Lo que observa Octavio Pescador, profesor del Instituto Paulo Freire de la Universidad de California en Los Ángeles (UCLA), es que se abre la puerta para favorecer a las familias trabajadoras e incluso a la clase media que se ve en dificultades de seguir la educación superior. "Es mejor tener un 50% de algo, que 100% de nada", reflexionó el académico, agregando que se dio el primer paso y esto alentará a los que han estado pugnando por la educación gratuita. "Es de las mejores cosas que le puede pasar a una civilización, porque cuando ha habido educación hay desarrollo, estabilidad y paz; y al ir incrementando la oferta vas abriéndole la puerta a la gente que ha sido excluida", concluyó Pescador.
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Homelessness plagues San Jose Transient encampments still present throughout the South Bay city Photo Essay by Kevin Gichuru
This is David. He was born and raised in San Jose. He remembers a time when this San Jose area was a field full of tree orchards and he would pluck fruit to eat on his way to school as a kid. He and his family grew up as field workers and he told me a few stories of his life growing up in San Jose in the 1950's. He, like many other homeless people, is a Vietnam War veteran.
This is Johnny "Rocks" and this is his camp. He has been camped at this spot for about a month now. He looks after David and they both share this tent. He grew up all over the Bay Area and has been homeless for many years now. When I met him, he had just come from a church service across the street. He told me he found religion while he was in prison years ago.
Right: This is Rudy. He came by to visit on his way to his own tent. Lucy introduced me to Rudy who also lives in this encampment. Rudy told me that his life has been hard for as long as he can remember. He is a Vietnam War veteran as well, and he has been homeless for a long time. He loves to read books and keep to himself. He told me that he has never done drugs, nor does he drink alcohol. "With life as hard as it is, why make it more difficult for myself," he said.
While I was speaking to David and Johnny, Lucy came by on her bike to visit them. She initially didn't want any photographs taken, but after speaking to her for a while she accepted to have just one photo taken. She did not want to talk about her personal life, but she did tell me about what people can do to help the homeless. "More than food or money, we need socks, sleeping bags and tents."
"Instead of getting mad at each other, we need to get mad at the problem. It's good to be a nobody when you know you're somebody. Tell us where you want to go if you don't want to see us." The two people in this photo did not want to provide their names or any other information, but they were fine with me taking pictures of their tent at the encampment near Blossom Hill Road in San Jose. Authorities cleaned out a similar space like this last year in San Jose called "The Jungle."
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The Golden State Warriors pose for a photograph with the NBA Western Conference Final trophy after winning Game 4 of the NBA Western Conference Finals at AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas, on Monday, May 22, 2017. Golden State Warriors defeat the San Antonio Spurs 129-115 to win the NBA Western Conference Final.
Finals From Page 1 tion, Mike Brown is coaching against his former team from which he was fired twice. Brown coached Cleveland from 2005-2010 and 2013-2014. Although Brown doesn’t coach for them anymore, he’s still profiting money off of the Cavaliers. According to Business Insider, only one season was complete on a five year contract when he was fired. The contract was
worth $20 million where the first four years were guaranteed and the last year somewhat guaranteed. “It’s one of those things, especially in the NBA, it’s like the Lion King, it’s just the circle of life,” Brown told reporters last week in Oakland following a practice. “Everything just kinda keeps getting back to where it once was. Just gotta take it in stride and whatever happens, happens.” Tyronn Lue, the head coach for the Cavaliers, could make history by being the first coach to win two championships in his first two seasons as head coach.
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The bottom line is that this is going to be fascinating finals that everyone will be watching and talking about over the next two weeks. Both teams are seeking to get their second NBA championship in the last three years with the Cavs looking to repeat. The Warriors are at a two thirds favor of winning according to vegas insider based off of their record and having home court advantage at the Oracle Arena, better known as ‘Roaracle’, because of how loud the fans get during home games.
From Page 1 one of the best players of all time. James averaged 32.5 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists throughout the playoffs and he is a beast. In addition to that, he has Irving on his side averaging 24 points and 5.6 assists. There’s also Kevin Love with 17.2 points and 10.4 rebounds and Tristan Thompson with 9.2 points and 9.3 rebounds. The teams are pretty even in terms
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Sierra LaMar: Jury begins deliberations on life or death sentence for missing girl's killer By Tracey Kaplan MERCURY NEWS Jurors late Tuesday began deliberating whether the man they convicted earlier this month of killing missing teen Sierra LaMar should be sentenced to die. The deliberations, which began about 4 p.m., came after lawyers for the prosecution and defense gave impassioned arguments for why Antolin Garcia-Torres, 26, should face either the death penalty or life in prison without the possibility of parole. The prosecution argued the death penalty is the only punishment that can capture the horror of the 15-year-old's final moments. "Justice is not served by a minimal penalty," prosecutor David Boyd told the jury. "Death is the only just punishment in this case." But defense attorney Brian Matthews argued that justice doesn't mean an eye for an eye. Garcia-Torres endured a horrific childhood, he said, yet still managed to be a good father and supportive of his mother, girlfriend and sisters. "Ask yourself: Is Antolin's death required?" Matthews said. "If your goal is to protect society, then the answer is no." The same jury deliberated for only two days after a three-month trial before finding Garcia-Torres guilty on May 9 of kidnapping and killing Sierra on March 16, 2012, while she made her way to her school bus stop in a semirural community north of Morgan Hill. The panel also found him guilty of three separate kidnapping attempts of women at grocery store parking lots, which the prosecution portrayed as a "training ground" for Sierra's abduction and murder three years later. The disappearance of Sierra, who had recently moved from Fremont to near Morgan Hill, drew widespread interest and touched off every parent's worst worries. Beyond the visceral fear the case evokes of strangers abducting children, there is also the continuing mystery surrounding what happened to Sierra. Her body has not been found, despite a yearslong effort by more than 750 volunteers from around the Bay Area to find her remains.
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Sierra Lamar, left, who was reported missing by her family on March 16, 2012. Her suspected kidnapper, Antolin Garcia-Torres, right, was found guilty of four charges related to her disappearance and is currently awaiting his sentencing. Boyd argued Tuesday that Garcia-Torres doesn't deserve the jury's sympathy, compassion or mercy because he showed none toward Sierra. "It's simple," Boyd said. "He could have let her live. He chose not to." The prosecutor also told jurors the death penalty was the one verdict that would send a message to other criminals that they will not be rewarded for silencing their victim. But Boyd also acknowledged it is a difficult decision. "No one ever said this would be easy," Boyd told the jury. "It takes courage." Matthews argued that the jury should show Garcia-Torres mercy because he grew up with a brutal, alcoholic father who constantly beat his mother over a 12-year period. His father was also convicted in September 2012 of repeatedly raping a female relative in the same home. Boyd
had noted in his closing that Garcia-Torres was unaware of the molestation while he was growing up and was loved by his family. But Matthews said everyone in the small house lived in fear of the father, who created an extremely chaotic home. Garcia-Torres' childhood was marred by violence, neglect, toxic pesticides and the loss of his older brother, who died of substance abuse, Matthews said. Several women on the jury dabbed at their eyes when Boyd played a video of Sierra singing, but they remained dryeyed when Matthews showed pictures of Garcia-Torres as a sweet-faced child. Both Sierra's mother and Garcia-Torres' mother gave emotional testimony during the penalty phase of the trial. "I'm not here to share this with you so you will save my son," Laura Torres testified tearfully through a Spanish interpreter about his troubled childhood.
Editorial: Why Trump should sign Paris accord By Editorial Staff MERCURY NEWS Donald Trump purports to be an expert on business and how to position the United States to be in the strongest competitive economic position possible. The president cannot hope to maintain any semblance of that reputation unless he endorses the landmark Paris climate accord. Trump said in a tweet Saturday morning that he would announce his decision this week. It's not just environmentalists who want Trump to sign the agreement. Big business has been lobbying the president for weeks to acknowledge the wisdom of using the fight against climate change to assert leadership on clean technologies and promote expansion of green energy jobs. Tech firms, including Adobe, eBay, Facebook, Google, Hewlett Packard, Intel, Microsoft and Tesla are all on board. This is not exactly a surprise. Google, for example, has been on the forefront of this fight, saying it wants to use renewable energy to pow-
er its operations beginning this year. It's significant because Google worldwide uses as much power as some major American cities. If Trump won't listen to the tech industry, which in large part is driving the nation's economy, he should especially take note that powerful energy companies such as BP, Chevron, Exxon and Shell are also urging the president to sign on to the Paris climate agreement. "We believe climate change is real," Shell CEO Ben van Beurden said in an interview two weeks ago. "If we have a very clear understanding that governments, successive governments, will continue to act consistently with a certain policy set that we believe in, I have no issue with it." Energy companies have an opportunity to benefit by increasing natural gas sales and expanding their clean energy portfolios. Trump, who in the past has called climate change "a hoax," refused to announce a decision last week despite strong pressure from all of the other Group of Seven (G7) nations, including Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United King-
dom. They know that Trump's decision will have major implications for the 195 countries signed on to the accord, especially China and India. His inner team has opposing views on the topic. Energy Secretary Rick Perry and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson are on record in support of the Paris accord. But his chief strategist, Steve Bannon, and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt are opposed. Trump has reportedly told several people that he is planning to leave the Paris agreement, but predicting what this president will do has been an exercise in futility. The president has little to gain from pulling out of the agreement other than appeasing his base and allowing old, polluting technologies to win short-term victories at the expense of the environment. Trump should position the United States to take a leadership position on climate change. Signing on to the Paris Agreement will encourage big business to invest in the clean technologies that will provide jobs for the future and reduce further destruction of the world's natural ecosystems.
"I'm here to tell you what I know." On Tuesday, she left the courtroom after the prosecutor said Garcia-Torres' background doesn't justify his "monstrous acts." During the guilt phase of the trial, prosecutors relied on physical evidence, including what crime lab analysts said were traces of Sierra's DNA in Garcia-Torres' car. Among several spots in the car, her DNA was found on a single strand of her hair on a rope in the trunk, while his DNA was on her pants found abandoned in a field. He told police they never met. Garcia-Torres' fingerprint also was found on a battery found on a stun gun dropped by the assailant in one of the supermarket attacks. Garcia-Torres' attorneys, Al Lopez, Matthews and Bicka Barlow, had argued Sierra is not dead, and suggested she may have run away without a trace be-
cause she was unhappy about her recent move from Fremont with her mother and mother's boyfriend. The defense also said the jury should disregard the DNA and hair evidence because it was mishandled by deputies and the crime lab analysts, raising the chances of cross-contamination from other trace or genetic evidence. Lopez said the fingerprint could have gotten there because Garcia-Torres worked at the Morgan Hill Safeway where the battery was purchased and frequently reshelved torn battery packages. Matthews returned to those themes Tuesday, hoping to raise some doubt among jurors. "Could she walk through these courtroom doors in a while? Of course she could," Matthews said. "If you have any lingering doubt, that's a reason to vote for life."
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Kids and kites at center of Fremont festival
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The City of Fremont Recreation Services Division hosted its annual Kids ‘n’ Kites Festival on May 20 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The festival is located within Central Park, next to Aqua Adventure Waterpark. The festival was free to the public and featured live entertainment on the main stage, interactive booths highlighting summer activities, a play area for the kids, food, and more. In collaboration with Fremont Bank, Washington Township Medical Foundation and Unitek College, organizers had more than 4,000 kites to give away to children and attendees of the festival.
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Together, We’re Rising in the East Congratulations to the Class of 2017! We are proud of your success and look forward to celebrating with you at commencement. Go Pioneers! — President Leroy M. Morishita, Provost Ed Inch, Vice President Debbie Chaw, Vice President Julie Wong, Interim Vice President Don Sawyer, University Diversity Officer Dianne Rush-Woods and Chief of Staff Derek Aiken