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By Austin Walsh
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Burlingame served as the battle-ground where opposing forces and sep-arate worlds collided over the appear-ance of presidential hopeful DonaldTrump.Trump rallied supporters, delegatesand potential voters with his trade-mark sarcastic humor during an after-noon speech Friday, April 29, markingthe opening of the CaliforniaRepublican Convention at the Hyatt
Republicans beginto make peace withTrump as nominee
By Erica Werner
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — They thought it was impossible. Somestill fear it. Others can barely believe it. But leadingRepublicans are beginning to accept the idea that DonaldTrump will be their party’s presidential nominee.In the wake of the businessman’scommanding wins in five Easternstates this week, a growing number of national Republicans and GOP law-makers on Capitol Hill say Trump hastaken on an indisputable air of inevitability. Some argue they shouldget behind him now and abandon the“Never Trump” efforts still nursed bysome establishment Republicans.Embracing Trump, these Republicanssay, may be the GOP’s only hope of blocking Democrat Hillary Clintonin November.“Donald Trump is going to be our nominee,” Florida Gov.Rick Scott wrote on Facebook this week. “The Republicanleaders in Washington did not choose him, but theRepublican voters across America did choose him. The vot-ers have spoken.”
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Demonstrators against Donald Trump gathered outside the Hyatt hotel where Trump spoke at the California GOP conventionin Burlingame.
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: Protesters faced off against police officers and some were hit with eggs.
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Donald Trump speaks to the California GOP convention inBurlingame. The Coastside Fishing Club will truck hundreds of thousands of juvenilehatchery salmon out to sea.
By Samantha Weigel
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
As state wildlife officials out-lined a scaled-back commercialsalmon season that will begin inthe coming weeks after data showfewer of the species survived toadulthood during the ongoingdrought, local advocates are hope-ful a unique Half Moon Bay pro-gram can help sustain the fishery.This week, the CaliforniaDepartment of Fish and Wildlifeannounced the expected number of king salmon off the coast of California is less than half of whatit was in prior years. With thecatchable amount down to just300,000 fish, a shorter commer-cial season for the San Franciscoand Half Moon Bay area will kickoff May 6 with only about 97 daysof fishing through September.
Drought-stricken salmon get boost
Half Moon Bay program helps sustain fishery
By Bill Silverfarb
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Surf Air planes have started tofly into the San Carlos Airport ona different path that requires pilotsto use their eyes rather than equip-ment when landing on the airfield.While some have noticed thechange to minimize the noise,others say they haven’t.Atherton Vice Mayor MichaelLempres thanked the county Boardof Supervisors Tuesday for aneffort to quiet the planes but saidsince Surf Air planes started flyinginto San Carlos in 2013, residentsin his town and the North FairOaks community have complained
Flight paths change, butwhat about the noise?
Surf Air planes flying over Bay instead of residences
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Actor JohnnyGalecki is 41.
This Day in HistoryThought for the Day
1789
George Washington took the oath of office in New York as the first presi-dent of the United States.
“There’s a difference between a philosophy and a bumper sticker.”
— Charles M. Schulz, American cartoonist
Singer Willie Nelson is 83.Actress KirstenDunst is 34.
Birthdays
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Students practice yoga on campus in Jinan, Shandong province, China.
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In 1803, 
the United States purchased the LouisianaTerritory from France for 60 million francs, the equivalentof about $15 million.
In 1812
, Louisiana became the 18th state of the Union.
In 1900
, engineer John Luther “Casey” Jones of theIllinois Central Railroad died in a train wreck near Vaughan,Mississippi, after staying at the controls in a successfuleffort to save the passengers.
In 1939
, the New York World’s Fair officially opened witha ceremony that included an address by President Franklin D.Roosevelt.
In 1945
, as Soviet troops approached his Berlin bunker,Adolf Hitler committed suicide along with his wife of oneday, Eva Braun.
In 1956
, former Vice President Alben W. Barkley, 78, col-lapsed and died while delivering a speech at Washington andLee University in Lexington, Virginia.
In 1958
, the American Association of Retired Persons(later simply AARP) was founded in Washington, D.C., byDr. Ethel Percy Andrus.
In 1968
, New York City police forcibly removed studentdemonstrators occupying five buildings at ColumbiaUniversity.
In 1973, 
President Richard Nixon announced the resigna-tions of top aides H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman,Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst and White Housecounsel John Dean, who was actually fired.
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uperman had a dog namedKrypto, introduced in AdventureComics in 1955. Like Superman,Krypto was from Krypton and the samesuperpowers as his master. ***Richie Rich, the richest kid in theworld, had a dog named Dollar. It was a“dollarmatian,” like a dalmatian butwith dollar signs instead of spots. ***The Chihuahua that said “Yo QuieroTaco Bell” in Taco Bell commercialsweighed 8 pounds and was 11 inchestall. ***Scooby Doo had a cousin namedScooby Dum and a brother namedYabba Doo. He had a nephew namedScrappy Doo. ***When the sheepdog Hot Dog firstappeared in Archie Comics in 1968, hebelonged to Archie. In the next comicbook, and all thereafter, Hot Dog wasJughead’s pet. ***Do you know who says “Take a bite outof crime?” See answer at end. ***In the 1959 Disney movie, “TheShaggy Dog” Tommy Kirk (born1941) plays Wilby Daniels, a youngboy who changes into a sheepdog. Inthe sequel, “The Shaggy D.A.” (1976)Dean Jones (born 1933) plays an olderWilby, now a lawyer who changes intoa sheepdog. ***The character of Lassie started as ashort story published in the SaturdayEvening Post in 1938. The first of many Lassie movies was “Lassie ComeHome” (1943) starring RoddyMcDowall (1928-1998). The televi-sion series “Lassie” (1954-1974) airedfor 20 years. ***Three dogs have stars on theHollywood Walk of Fame — Lassie,Rin Tin Tin and Strongheart. ***“My Life as a Dog” (2000) is an auto-biography of Moose, the Jack RussellTerrier that played Eddie on “Frasier”(1993-2004). The book is a canineperspective on life, actually written byBrian Hargrove (born 1956). ***Artist Brad Anderson (born 1924) cre-ated the Marmaduke comic strip in1954. He based the comic dog on a170-pound Great Dane he had as a childnamed Marmaladee. *** Snoopy’s favorite drink is root beer. ***Actor John Ritter (1948-2003) did thevoice of Clifford the Big Red Dog in“Clifford’s Really Big Movie” (2004). ***Higgins (1959–1975), the dog thatstarred as the original Benji in the1974 movie “Benji,” was adopted fromthe Burbank Animal Shelter when hewas a puppy. ***Terry (1933-1944), the dog that playedToto, broke her foot during the filmingof “The Wizard of Oz” (1939). ***Before the Jetsons adopted their dogAstro, he belonged to a millionairenamed Mr. Gottrockets. ***In 1902, Buster Brown and his dogTige debuted in a Sunday comic strip inthe New York Herald. A few years later,the characters became mascots of theBrown Shoe Company. Midgets andlittle boys dressed like Buster Browntraveled the country with dogs dressedlike Tige urging kids to buy BusterBrown shoes. ***
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: McGruff the Crime Dog.Created in 1980, McGruff is the mascot  for the National Crime PreventionCouncil to build crime awarenessamong children.
Know It All is by Kerry McArdle. It runs inthe weekend edition of the Daily Journal.Questions? Comments? Emailknowitall(at)smdailyjournal.com or call 344-5200 ext. 128.
 
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Unscramble these four Jumbles,one letter to each square,to form four ordinary words.
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Actress Cloris Leachman is 90. Actor Burt Young is 76.Singer Bobby Vee is 73. Movie director Allan Arkush is 68.Actor Perry King is 68. Singer-musician Wayne Kramer is 68.Singer Merrill Osmond is 63. Movie director Jane Campion is62. Movie director Lars von Trier is 60. Former CanadianPrime Minister Stephen Harper is 57. Actor Paul Gross is 57.Basketball Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas is 55. Country musi-cian Robert Reynolds is 54. Actor Adrian Pasdar is 51. Rocksinger J.R. Richards (Dishwalla) is 49. Rapper Turbo B (Snap)is 49. Rock musician Clark Vogeler is 47. Rhythm-and-bluessinger Chris “Choc” Dalyrimple (Soul For Real) is 45.
 
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LOCAL
MILLBRAE
Burglary
. A bag containing items valued atapproximately $3,700 was stolen from avehicle on the 900 block of Broadwaybefore 9:55 p.m. Monday, April 25.
Theft
. A wallet was stolen on the 900 blockof Millbrae Avenue before 4:30 p.m.Monday, April 25.
Arrest.
A 30-year-old San Francisco manwas arrested for public intoxication on the1600 block of El Camino Real before 1:02p.m. Monday, April 25.
Arrest
. A 38-year-old Berkeley man wasarrested after assaulting an employee whoconfronted him for shoplifting on the firstblock of Murchison Drive before 1:30 p.m.Sunday, April 24.
BURLINGAME
Suspicious circumstances
. Somebodywas seen asking strange questions on DavisDrive before 1:02 a.m. Sunday, April 17.
Reckless driving
. A driver reported beingcut off by another vehicle near El CaminoReal and Floribunda Avenue before 12:16a.m. Sunday, April 17.
Disturbance
. Somebody tried to steal a tip jar on Burlingame Avenue before 10:53 p.m.Saturday, April 16.
Assault
. People reported being hit with astick by an unknown suspect on OldBayshore Boulevard before 12:39 p.m.Saturday, April 16.
Police reports
A brush with crime
Somebody stole $50 worth of tooth-paste before fleeing the scene on thefirst block of El Camino Real inMillbrae before 10:45 p.m. Sunday,April 24.
By Samantha Weigel
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
A San Mateo County Superior Court judge reviewed 34 pieces of evidence asprosecutors proceed with charging a 27-year-old Redwood City man for the murder a17-month-old girl. The two-and-a-half day preliminary hear-ing culminated Friday in the case againstDaniel Contreras, who is accused of molesting and killing his girlfriend’sdaughter in August.District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said heexpects to make a decision on whether toseek the death penalty in the comingmonths, but will await a meeting withContreras’ defense attorneys. “We will give them a full chance to comeup with whatever they want to,” Wagstaffesaid, noting issues such as mental healthor a person’s upbringing are often factorsthe defense presents. “During my tenure asdistrict attorney, I have not sought thedeath penalty in any case, but … there’sgoing to be some very serious discus-sions.” On Friday, Superior Court Judge JosephBergeron denied the defense’s motion tosuppress statements Contreras made topolice before and after his arrest. Bergeronagreed Contreras can be tried on fivefelonies, including murder with special cir-cumstance of murder during child molesta-tion, Wagstaffe said. Contreras has pleaded not guilty to allcharges and his defense attorneys could notbe immediately reached for comment. The toddler, Evelyn Castillo, was foundunconscious and unresponsive in an apart-ment on the 400 block of Madison Avenuearound 2:30 p.m. Aug. 6, 2015. Contrerashad been dating the mother for just twomonths when he convinced the woman toleave him alone with the child for the firsttime, according to prosecutors.Over the course of several hours,Contreras allegedly repeatedly sexuallymolested the girl,including by oral copu-lation. When the childwouldn’t stop crying,Contreras fatally beather, according to prose-cutors. He contacted hismother and initiallyclaimed the child fell off the changing table, butan autopsy establishedhis story was false,according to prosecutors. The case was continued to May 13 forSuperior Court arraignment. The victim’s family has been steadfast intheir attendance through all of the courtproceedings and are “very interested in see-ing justice occurs,” Wagstaffe said. Although he’s been to over 250 murderscenes during his tenure as a prosecutor,Wagstaffe noted cases such as these arenever easy. And currently, he has two pending incourt. A second man is also being chargedwith murdering his girlfriend’s child. Marco Antonio Alvarado-Cisneros, 24,is accused of murdering his girlfriend’s 18-month-old son in unincorporated RedwoodCity in August 2014. Alvarado-Cisneroswas caring for the baby named Dante Nava,at their apartment while the mother went towork. That night, the man called 911claiming the baby may have had a seizureand fallen off the bed. An autopsy revealednumerous injuries including severalhuman, adult bite marks, according toprosecutors. Alvarado-Cisneros continued to livewith the girlfriend after the baby’s deathand even had another child with her. Abouta year later, the mother reported to policenumerous domestic violence attacks, kid-napping and robbery of her by Alvarado-Cisneros. He was arrested and a subsequent investi-gation led to his arrest for murder of thebaby. He is charged with murder, kidnap-ping, battery and willfulinfliction of corporalpunishment, accordingto prosecutors. Alvarado-Cisneros isfacing 35 years to life inprison. His case doesnot meet the state’s cri-teria for considerationof the death penalty,Wagstaffe said. A pre-liminary hearing hasbeen scheduled forAugust.Both Alvarado-Cisneros and Contrerasremain in custody without bail. Wagstaffe noted the cases appear “to besimply incidental as to the two occurringin the same general time frame.”He even recalled a particularly unusualperiod in the late 1990s when five cases of a baby being murdered struck the county in just two or three years.Wagstaffe noted these are the types of cases that undoubtedly have an effect onthe public. Having helped select juries andquestioned when a potential juror mightsupport the death penalty, suspects whokill children never fare well, he said. “There is one thing that is a truism; whenit is a child that is a victim of a murder, nomatter what, the emotion that gets stirredis very strong,” Wagstaffe said. “Whenyou’re dealing with a vulnerable victim,there’s far less tolerance or sympathy. Theact remains inexplicable and horrific.”samantha@smdailyjournal.com(650) 344-5200 ext. 106
Alleged baby killer case proceeds
DA: prosecutors consider two difficult, emotional murders
Amy Figueiredo
Amy Figueiredo, born Sep. 11, 1923, inWaverley, Australia, died peacefully in hersleep in Burlingame,California, April 15,2016, at 92.Born to Arthur andEsther Clifford, Amy wasthe eldest of four chil-dren. Her sister Lillianand brothers Harold andRoy preceded her indeath.Amy joins the love of her life, JosephFigueiredo, who died Sept. 22, 2003. Shemet Joe during World War II, while he wasrecuperating in Sydney, from injuries sus-tained in the Battle of Guadalcanal. Theymarried in Australia, April 1, 1944. Afterthe war, they settled in San Francisco.She was a dedicated parishioner at St.Robert’s Catholic Church, and sang sopra-no for more than 40 years in the choir.“Amy’s legacy of wit, generosity, com-passion, dignity and unconditional lovelives on through all who love and treasureher memory.”She is survived by daughters MichelleKennedy and Nancy Anderson, grandsonDaniel Anderson, daughter-in-law NancyVytalcil and son-in-law Michael Anderson.Also many cherished relatives in Australia.Her memorial service is 10:30 a.m. May6 at St. Robert’s Catholic Church in SanBruno. The family thanks the loving, caringstaff at Easton Creek Villa, Senior Assist of the Peninsula and Kaiser Hospice.
David Randolph Brown
David Randolph Brown, 92, of RedwoodCity, died April 16, 2016.A pioneer in the early computer industry,David was an integral part of theMassachusetts Institute of Technologyleadership team that created ProjectWhirlwind, one of the first large-scale,high-speed computers. Born Oct. 31, 1923, in Los Angeles,California, David attend-ed the University of Washington, where heearned an electrical engi-neering degree and methis future wife, SarahJane (Sally) England.They were married Dec.17, 1944.He earned a master’s oscience degree from MIT.He was a master woodworker, havingbuilt beds and desks for all his children, aswell as a large dining table and kitchencabinets. David enjoyed fixing cars andkept meticulous records of repairs and serv-icing that extended back decades. With hiswife Sally, he co-wrote A Biography of Mrs. Marty Mann: The First Lady of Alcoholics Anonymous (Hazelden, 2001). He is survived by his wife Sally; childrenAnn, Polly, Ellen and Philip; his grand-daughter Lisa; daughter-in-law Karin, andsons-in-law Chuck and Bill. A memorial service will be 3 p.m.,Friday, May 13, at the FirstCongregational Church, 1985 Louis Road,Palo Alto.
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