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Schoolattack
kills at least
17 in Florida
School shooting suspect made
‘disturbing’ social media posts
By Terry Spencer draw students
and Kelli Kennedy out of class-
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS rooms shortly
before the day
ended at one of
PARKLAND, Fla. — A former the state’s
student opened fire with a semi- largest schools, REUTERS
automatic rifle at a Florida high officials said. A man is placed in handcuffs by police near Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School following a shooting
school Wednesday, killing at least Aut h o r i t i e s incident in Parkland, Fla. Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel said the 19-year-old suspect, Nikolas Cruz, had been
17 people and sending hundreds of offered no
Nikolas Cruz i m m e d i a t e expelled from the school for ‘disciplinary reasons.’
students fleeing into the streets in
the nation’s deadliest school details on the identified as Nikolas Cruz, school to find SWAT team mem- Robert Runcie, superintendent of
shooting since a gunman attacked 19-year-old suspect or any possi- described a volatile teenager bers and ambulances surrounding the school district in Parkland,
an elementary school in ble motive, except to say that he whose strange behavior had the huge campus. Live television about an hour’s drive north of
Newtown, Connecticut. had been kicked out of Marjory caused others to end friendships footage showed emergency work- Miami. “It is a horrible day for
The shooter, who was equipped Stoneman Douglas High School, with him, particularly after the ers who appeared to be treating the us.”
with a gas mask and smoke which has about 3,000 students. fight that led to his expulsion. wounded on sidewalks.
grenades, set off a fire alarm to Students who knew the shooter, Frantic parents rushed to the “It is a horrific situation,” said See FLORIDA, Page 19
City Manager Raines announces resignation after 10 years Passionate debate between hous-
ing advocates, developers, mili-
By Austin Walsh dev el o p men t tary veterans, residents and others
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF proposals at formed over the proposal to build
the city’s train an expansive development at the ANNA SCHUESSLER/DAILY JOURNAL
Millbrae officials will continue station, seek- Millbrae train station. Daniel Laury, CEO of Burlingame-based startup udelv, retrieves a grocery
weighing potentially transfor- ing to build Hours of public testimony car- order from one of the autonomous delivery vehicles it has developed.
mative development proposals hundreds of ried the Millbrae City Council With the help of cameras, sensors and software enabling remote operation,
while simultaneously establish- new homes and meeting Tuesday, Feb. 13, to the among other technologies, the vehicles are able to carry up to 700 pounds
ing a plan for rebuilding a new thousands of brink of midnight as community of cargo in 18 compartments.
Community Center without City square feet of members attempted to sway elect-
Manager Marcia Raines.
Raines announced her resigna-
Marcia Raines offices and
retail spaces.
Concurrently, pollsters are
ed officials’ opinion regarding a
transformative mixed-use project. Robots make deliveries
tion Tuesday, Feb. 13, after one No decision was made at the
decade of filling the city’s top
post. She intends to stay on
gauging community support for a
potential tax measure needed to
meeting which featured council
chambers spilling over with
on streets of San Mateo
board for the next 60 days to help finance the construction of a new speakers on all sides of the issue, Burlingame-based startup pioneers autonomous vehicles
smooth the transition to her suc- Community Center, replacing the as officials continued a discussion
previous facility lost to arson By Anna Schuessler some 700 pounds of cargo in 18
cessor. addressing the project proposed
fire. DAILY JOURNAL STAFF compartments accessible from its
Mayor Gina Papan suggested by developer Republic Urban to
While acknowledging she was sides, the vehicle may pack a big-
Raines may be leaving in favor of another session next month.
caught off by the timing of the Taking up less space than a car, ger punch than its slight stature
taking another position, but In lieu of action was vigorous
resignation, Papan said Raines’ the orange delivery vehicle created may convey to most observers.
details regarding her potential deliberation by those with closely
successor would ideally have by Burlingame-based startup udelv Built to operate autonomously, the
next steps are not immediately held opinions on the proposal to
extensive planning experience to is capable of maneuvering aptly vehicle has been turning heads for
available. Raines earned more construct about 150,000 square
help Millbrae officials address through downtown San Mateo more reasons than just its bright
than $250,000 last year. feet of offices, nearly 30, 000
the variety of pivotal issues fac- streets and in the parking lot of its color since it made its first two
The announcement arrived just square feet of retail space, 400 new
destination, Draeger’s Market at deliveries from Draeger’s Market
as the Millbrae City Council housing units and a hotel on BART
222 E. Fourth Ave.
begins deliberations on two See RAINES, Page 19
See GATEWAY, Page 27 But with the capacity to hold See ROBOTS, Page 27
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Homicide suspected at Hui at (650) 363-4066. The anonymous tip recall Santa Clara County Superior Court
line can be reached at (800) 547-2700. Local briefs Judge Aaron Persky.
Gray Whale Cove State Beach cial building in San Carlos, according to a Persky was criticized in 2016 after he sen-
San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies Mountain lion San Mateo County fire dispatcher. tenced former swimmer Brock Turner to six
found a dead man in the parking lot of Gray spotted at Laurelwood Park At about 2:40 a.m., the dispatcher said months in jail for sexually assaulting a
Whale Cove State Beach early Wednesday crews were on the scene of the blaze at 1125 woman who had passed out behind a trash
morning. A San Mateo resident told police they saw bin on campus.
Industrial Road, which is located in a shop-
a large animal that looked like a mountain
Deputies responded around 1 a.m. and ping center.
found the man, who had injuries on his face
lion in Laurelwood Park early Wednesday San Francisco school says
morning. Stanford law professor receives 10 sick students took marijuana
and upper part of his body, and the death was
The resident told police that the animal
ruled as a homicide, according to the
was not acting predatory or aggressive and envelope with white powder SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco
Sheriff’s Office. school officials say 10 middle school stu-
that it was in its natural habitat when it was SAN FRANCISCO — A Stanford
A man in the area had car trouble and spotted around at 2 a.m. behind the 900 dents who were sickened after “ingesting a
University law professor who is leading an
pulled into the parking lot and saw a man block of Viewridge Drive. substance” are believed to have consumed
effort to recall a judge over his handling of
down on the ground and called police, marijuana.
San Mateo police conducted a thorough a high-profile sexual assault case received
according to San Mateo County sheriff’s The San Francisco Unified School
search of the area but said they could not an envelope containing white powder and a
Detective Sal Zuno. District said in a statement Wednesday that
locate the mountain lion. There was anoth- rape threat.
Investigators have not yet identified the er mountain lion sighting Tuesday after- Stanford University said in a statement the students’ symptoms were “consistent
body, and there is currently no suspect or noon in a wild area 1.5 miles north of the Wednesday that two rooms of the law build- with marijuana intoxication” A container
witness information. Sawyer Camp Trail entrance on Skyline ing were temporarily closed Wednesday. labeled ‘medical cannabis’ was confiscated.
The homicide occurred in California State Boulevard and Crystal Springs Road. Emergency personnel later determined the Emergency vehicles rushed to James Lick
Parks jurisdiction, and the San Mateo substance was “an inert powder” that posed Middle School Tuesday and TV footage
County Sheriff’s Office is assisting them Two-alarm fire at San no health concern. showed children being wheeled away on
with the investigation. Gray Whale Cove Professor Michele Dauber told The stretchers. Officials said the students had
State Beach is just south of Pacifica. Carlos commercial building Associated Press she received the envelope, ingested an unknown substance that caused
Anyone with information about the inci- Firefighters successfully battled a two- which also contained a rape threat. adverse reactions.
dent is encouraged to call Detective Andy alarm fire Wednesday morning at a commer- Dauber is District spokeswoman Laura Dudnick said
leading an Wednesday she did not have information on
effort to whether the marijuana was in edible form or
smoked.
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Obituary
Rudy Grana
September 25, 1929 – April 30, 2016
Around the nation Porn star who alleged Trump affair: I can now tell my story
Watchdog’s report faults By Jake Pearson and Jeff Horwitz agreement after two room in 2006 between Trump, then a
VA chief over Europe trip expenses THE ASSOCIATED PRESS news stories were reality TV star, and Clifford, who was
published Tuesday: promoting a porn production company
WASHINGTON — Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin NEW YORK — Stormy Daniels, the one in which Cohen during a celebrity golf tournament.
improperly accepted Wimbledon tennis tickets and his staff porn star whom Donald Trump’s attor- told The New York In the years since, Clifford has
lied that he was getting an award in order ney acknowledges paying $130,000 Times he made the claimed that she and Trump had sex
to justify his wife accompanying him at just before Election Day, believes she six-figure payment once and then carried on a subsequent
taxpayer expense on an 11-day European is now free to discuss an alleged sexual with his personal yearslong platonic relationship. But
trip that mixed business and sightseeing, encounter with the man who is now funds, and another she has also, through a lawyer, denied
according to a blistering government the two had an affair. Trump’s lawyer,
investigation released Wednesday.
president, her manager told the Stormy Daniels in the Daily Beast,
Associated Press Wednesday. which reported that Cohen, has denied there was ever an
The 87-page report by the VA’s internal At the same time, developments in Cohen was shopping a book proposal affair.
watchdog said Shulkin should reimburse the bizarre case are fueling questions that would touch on Daniels’ story, The actress first detailed her account
the government more than $4,000 for his about whether such a payment could said the manager, Gina Rodriguez. of an alleged extramarital affair with
David Shulkin wife’s airfare and accused his top aide of violate federal campaign finance laws. “Everything is off now, and Stormy Trump in 2011, when the celebrity
doctoring emails to falsely represent that Daniels, whose real name is is going to tell her story,” Rodriguez website The Dirty published it but then
Shulkin as being honored in Denmark, inventing a rationale Stephanie Clifford, believes that said. removed the material under the threat
for his wife’s free travel. Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael At issue is what, exactly, happened of a lawsuit, according to the site’s
“The investigation revealed serious derelictions” by Cohen, invalidated a non-disclosure inside a Lake Tahoe, Nevada, hotel founder, Nik Richie.
Shulkin and his staff, said the report, which cited “poor judg-
ment and/or misconduct.”
The findings are the latest in a series of controversies
involving expensive or wasteful plane travel by top Trump
administration officials. President Donald Trump’s health
secretary, Tom Price, resigned in September after questions
arose about his use of private jets for multiple government
trips.
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Group of senators reach immigration deal on Dreamers, wall By Alan Fram and Kevin Freking posal, saying, “We need to take the presi-
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS dent seriously.”
There were also qualms among
WASHINGTON — A group of senators Democrats. The party’s No. 2 Senate leader,
reached a bipartisan agreement Wednesday Richard Durbin of Illinois, said some
aimed at balancing Democrats’ fight to offer Democrats had “serious issues” with parts
citizenship to young “Dreamer” immigrants of the plan. Those concerns focused on its
with President Donald Trump’s demands for spending for Trump’s wall and its bar
billions to build his coveted border wall against Dreamers sponsoring their parents
with Mexico, lawmakers said. for legal residency.
Though the measure sprang from around “We’re not there yet,” Durbin said of the
two dozen senators with centrist views on 60 votes the proposal would need for
the issue and was winning support from approval.
many Democrats, it faced an uncertain fate. So far, no other proposals from either
Leaders were trying to schedule votes on side seem able to do that. Republicans con-
that plan and three other immigration pro- trol the chamber 51-49, though Sen. John
posals for Thursday, which they hoped McCain, R-Ariz., has missed the last sever-
would bring the chamber’s showdown over al weeks while battling cancer.
the hot-button issue to a close. The bipartisan proposal emerged as sena-
While not specifically mentioning the tors spent a third day of debate largely as
bipartisan pact, Trump urged lawmakers to they spent the first two — with the chamber
oppose any plan that doesn’t meet his more floor mostly empty. Other than an initial
REUTERS stringent demands, which include curbs on roll call allowing formal debate to begin,
Sen. Richard Durbin walks from a Democratic caucus meeting on Capitol Hill. legal immigration and the abolition of a there have been no other votes while party
visa lottery. leaders talk behind the scenes about sched-
The Senate’s uling votes on specific proposals.
No. 2 According to several senators, the cen-
Republican, trist proposal would grant a 10- to 12-year
J o h n route to citizenship for Dreamers, with Sen.
Cornyn of Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., saying it would
Te x a s , cover 1.8 million of them.
warned that That’s the same number Trump has sug-
l a wm a k e r s gested helping with his own wider-ranging
need to but more restrictive proposal. Dreamers are
addres s young immigrants who were brought to the
Tr um p ’s U.S. illegally as children and still have no
entire pro- permanent protection from deportation.