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Fire-fighting goats retired from service SEE OPINION PAGE 2

TRUMP CONTINUES TO PUT FOOT IN HIS MOUTH

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FACULTY, STAFF ART EXHIBITION OPENS

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NO MORE EVEN-YEAR MAGIC FOR GIANTS

By Michele Dennis CONTRIBUTOR

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WOMEN'S SOCCER CLAWED BY WILDCATS

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Goats that are used to eat grass and shrubs to prevent fires gather in the Oakland Hills last month.

For 21 years, the Oakland Fire Department has employed roughly 3,500 goats and brought them to the Oakland Hills to eat grasses and shrubs, which serve as kindling during dry fire seasons. The goats recently returned to their ranch in Dixon, California, after finishing up their latest season as fire control specialists.

The goat grazing program was established under the OFD’s vegetation management division after the devastating

1991 Oakland hills inferno that reduced 3.5 square miles of the Oakland Hills to ash on Oct. 21 of that year. The fire killed 25 people and incinerated nearly 3,300 homes and apartments. Many new protocols — new fire prevention measures and vegetation management — were put into place over the course of three years in the aftermath of the fire.

But it is unclear whether the city’s vegetation management program will be continued past next spring. In 2004, Oakland voters passed a special tax assessment that provided $1.7 million a year for 10 years to continue the fire prevention services that include the goat

program. But in 2014, a ballot measure that would’ve added an extra $12 per year, per property, to continue those vegetation management services was narrowly defeated. The program’s funds will be discontinued as of next spring.

“Goats and the entire weed abatement plan are a key component to the city of Oakland’s fire protection service,” said Vince Crudele, manager of the vegetation management dept. of the Oakland Fire Department. “But now that the assessment funding is ending, we’ll have to go to the city general funds and ask for money and there are many others who have equal priority for that.”

Crudele’s division currently handles a 16.5 square-mile area. He’s not sure what will happen next year. “Those funds were critical for us,” he said. “We don’t have the access to the same emergency funds that the police have.”

Today much of the area that burned in 1991 has been rebuilt with high-end, two and three story homes and once again much of it is densely vegetated. The Oakland Hills contain many neighborhoods with narrow two-lane roads that wind around houses surrounded by trees and thick vegetation.

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“Creepy clown” craze hits Bay Area

By Louis LaVenture

Hayward Unified School District superintendent fired

By Louis LaVenture EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

It was not the farewell Superintendent Stan “Data” Dobbs was looking for.

On Sept. 15 the Hayward Unified School District Board of Trustees voted 3-0 to fire the embattled Dobbs following public and private meetings with Dobbs and his attorney Dorian Peters.

Dobbs was placed on administrative leave by the board in June when an investigation began into allegations made against him during his three-year tenure, and got paid until his termination. According to Dobbs’ termination paper, a September 2015 incident was cited that alleged he used profanity and threatened physical violence during a closed-door session with the board. However, the Hayward Police Department confirmed that no charges were ever pressed against him. In addition to the behavioral problems, the board also alleged that Dobbs mismanaged

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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Straight from the silver screen to the streets, clowns are scaring people nationwide, causing police departments and school districts in the Bay Area and nationwide to take action.

Several reports surfaced in August that people dressed in clown costumes were lingering by the woods in several cities in South Carolina where they attempted, unsuccessfully, to lure children away.

Reports have since come out in more than 30 states of scary clown sightings, and while none of the incidents have resulted in death or injury, there have been several arrests made in connection with “clown activity.” Seven people were charged with felonies in September for making terrorist threats to use “clown activity,” according to the Rainbow City Police Department in Rainbow City, Alabama, where the arrests were made.

The phenomenon reached the Bay Area last week when several local schools were threatened via social media by “creepy clown” accounts, according to school districts. Oakland, San Jose, Fairfield, Antioch, Livermore and New Haven are some of the districts that have confirmed threats and issued letters to parents about the craze.

According to the Richmond Police Department, on Oct. 4 a “creepy clown” was reported near a gym on McDonald Avenue in Richmond. The same day, the Fremont Police Department said they

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received a call about a “creepy clown,” but after they talked to the clown, they determined he was not acting suspiciously.

The Fairfield Police Department and the Oakland Unified School District both confirmed on Oct. 4 that schools received threats. OUSD representative John Sasaki said he would not confirm which schools were threatened, but he

did say the threats were made via the social media site Instagram.

Ebony Miller is a parent of two children in OUSD and the “creepy clown” phenomenon scares her.

“People are crazy in Oakland as it is,” Miller said. “It’s already dangerous out here. Now I gotta worry about some even crazier people dressed up like clowns?

I’m scared as hell of clowns thanks to

them movies.” Miller went on to explain that the 1990 movie “It”, based on the Stephen King novel about a child-killing clown, started her paranoia. Miller said she saw the movie as a child and became petrified of clowns.

On Oct. 5, the Antioch Police Department was called out to Dallas Ranch

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Not anymore, Donald Trump Republican presidential candidate on the defensive following leaked video

By Sean McCarthy STAFF WRITER Donald Trump has finally out-Trumped himself.

In a leaked 2005 interview with former Access Hollywood host Billy Bush, Trump told Bush that he had tried to hit on and have sex with an unidentified married woman who denied him. He said that he “took her out shopping and moved on her like a bitch.” Trump legitimized sexual assault in cases where a famous man is the culprit.

“I’m automatically attracted to beautiful [women] — I just start kissing them,” said Trump. “It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star they let you do it. You can do anything ... Grab them by the p----. You can do anything.”

When the recording was publicly leaked to the Washington Post, Trump likened his speech to “locker room talk.” He believed that his supporters would understand, that they could excuse the talk about sexual assault because, after all, it is only talk.

Men must actively stand up and support our women when other men talk about them this way. It is not okay for men to think of women merely as sexual objects. It is not okay for men to belittle the same people who are our mothers, sisters and daughters.

Clearly others felt the same. Trump did not receive the unconditional support he was expecting. Earlier this month, Republican Speaker of the House Paul Ryan withdrew Trump’s invitation to attend and speak at a campaign event with him in Wisconsin.

Multiple athletes including, but not limited to, Oakland A’s pitcher Sean Doolittle, LA Clippers Sixth Man Jamal Crawford and Portland Trailblazers guard CJ McCollum have come out against Trump’s assertion that speech like that is not just “locker room talk.”

“We talk about a lot of stuff in the locker room. We don’t discuss assault,” McCollum told Time Magazine on Oct. 9.

Since the tape was released, not much has changed in relation to how his voters support Trump. Before the tape was released, he trailed

behind Hillary Clinton by a few points but held a lead in conservative states like Louisiana, Texas, Missouri, Utah, Indiana and Montana, according to Real Clear Politics.

Afterward, Clinton jumped to as much as a 14 point lead in the polls, which have since come back down a bit to a decent lead of around three to six points. Trump still holds leads in each of the conservative states listed and more.

All of the states have higher than average populations of white people except Texas and Louisiana, and are Republican states.

Trump has been criticized by many for his use of vulgar language towards Muslims and Mexicans when he claimed he would ban all Muslims from entering the country and that Mexico only “sends their murderers and rapists.”

He made it clear that he is not a huge supporter of non-white people, but surprised many when white women were also on list of people to demoralize. On a 2009 episode of the reality television show Celebrity Apprentice, Trump told contestant Brande Roderick that being on her knees was “a pretty picture.”

Trump has had issues with strong women, like Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly, who aren’t afraid to call him out. During the Republican debate on Aug. 7, 2015, Kelly questioned him thoroughly about his use of words such as “fat pigs, slobs, dogs” and “disgusting animals” to describe women he did not like.

The next day he told CNN’s Don Lemon, “You could see blood coming out of her eyes….out of her wherever.”

However, this time his thin, snake-like lips crossed a line that every American should have rallied against because everyone has at least one woman who is important in their life.

Sadly, that has not happened and male chauvinists have instead rallied behind Trump and his pathetic excuse. Shortly after Trump was exposed, the hashtag #RepealThe19th surfaced from his supporters, which is a good example of exactly who is in his corner. The 19th Amendment was passed in 1920 and gave women the right to vote.

“Men at times talk like that,” said Trump’s main lackey and former Mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani, on CNN’s State of the Union on Oct. 9. “First of all, I don’t know that he did it to

anyone. This is talk, and gosh almighty, he who hasn’t sinned, throw the first stone here.”

The thing is, Mr. Giuliani, men like that are immature and should not be in the running for president of the United States. Trump was 59 years old when he made that comment, Most men who would say anything of this kind, tend to say it to another man behind closed doors after looking both ways behind their back. Those men know it is wrong but say it as a form of crude humor. However, Trump said it arrogantly and confidently, knowing that he was being filmed.

In my communication theory class here at East Bay, we had a group discussion about this very subject and one male in the back of the class reiterated what Trump said, but related it to rapper Chris Brown when he was charged for assault of former girlfriend, pop singer Rihanna.

He said, “Look at Chris Brown and Rihanna.

He beat her but there are a lot of girls online who are saying that they would do anything to get beat by him too. He’s a star so he can do whatever he wants.” This is a young man who has made an excuse for Brown’s domestic abuse and Trump’s sexual assault because each are famous.

This young man probably does not even understand the true depths of what he said; however, what he said excuses men from any blame.

That notion is similar to men justifying rape when a woman wears skimpy clothing.

This is rape culture and this must stop.

We live in a society that can share news instantly. We thought that we lived in a society that moved forward, instead of backwards.

However, Trump has exposed that notion to be false. There are men who are not ready to shed gender roles and see women as their equals.

There are men who are afraid that they will lose their manliness if a woman is stronger than he is.

There are also men who will say “no more” to Trump and people who are like-minded, but we must all come together and support each other for any real progress to be made.

We as men must support our women and empower them, instead of elect leaders who only hope to tear them down.

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Goats From page 1

In areas like these, goats are effective in removing excess shrubs and grasses where the terrain between the homes is not maintained, according to Martin Matarrese, a former Parkland Resources supervisor with the city of Oakland, who now is the field supervisor for Eco-Systems Inc., the company that maintains the goat contract with the city. For maximum effectiveness, goats need to be brought into an area on an annual basis to strip the bark on invasive perennials, and to eat the newly germinated plants before they take hold, according to Matarrese.

“People take it for granted that the Oakland Fire Department’s fire prevention plan and the goat program will be continued as they have for the past 20 plus years, but as a business we need to plan ahead to schedule our goats to come next year,” Matarrese said. “We can’t just wait until April to see if we get a commitment.”

The goats come from April to October. Each herd is tended by a full-time shepherd and at least two dogs who are with them 24/7. They are moved 10 to 15 times during the year to graze areas identified as high risk, like the hills surrounding the Oakland Zoo, and the hilly area over Caldecott Tunnel.

While many homeowners appreciate having the service, some do not take responsibility for their own property.

Some residents push back or refuse to clear the brush around their homes to create what firefighters call “defensible space,” because they think it detracts from their privacy or makes their home look bare, according to Crudele.

“If there is a large fire, we will likely not be able to save their homes, and it puts other properties in danger,” Crudele said. “A large fire can send

Goats that are used to eat grass and shrubs to prevent fires gather to drink water in the Oakland Hills last month. burning cinders three miles. It all happens so quickly.”

The 1991 Oakland Hills firestorm wreaked the majority of its destruction in a 24-hour period. And although the Oakland Hills Fire is still considered the worst urban fire in California’s history, many seem to have forgotten what happened in 1991, according to local officials.

Sue Piper lost her home in the 1991

fire and is now the chair for the Oakland Wildfire Prevention Assessment District, which develops and advocates for fire prevention plans that include goat grazing, roadside clearance, tree chipping and grants for neighborhoods to have additional brush clearing and chipping work done.

According to Piper, the WPAD had been waiting for about ten years to get additional money to address fire-prone

areas, like those on either side of the Caldecott Tunnel entrance. “Many people new to the area or too young to remember, don't understand how perilous it can be to live in a heavily wooded area,” Piper said.

Work is underway to reinstate funding by some other means. The WPAD and a panel of fire management scientists and experts are drafting a new comprehensive vegetation management

Clowns

Superintendent

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Middle School after social media posts were made that said clowns were going to shoot at the school.

While most of the clown sightings and threats have been hoaxes, it got all too real on Oct. 5 in Concord. The Concord Police Department confirmed that around 1 p.m. a man dressed as a clown in a blue wig approached a woman and her one-year-old at a bus stop. After a brief conversation, the clown grabbed the child’s arm and attempted to pull him when the woman kicked him in the

leg and the man ran away.

In addition to clown costumes being banned by school districts and cities throughout the country, the retail giant Target also put their stamp on the controversy. On Monday, company spokesman Joshua Thomas said that the chain removed several clown costumes from their just under 2,000 stores nationwide and online. However, Thomas did not specify which stores specifically would be affected.

some bond-funded projects, a claim Dobbs denied.

Board President Lisa Brunner said Dobbs specifically handled the Measure I and L bonds wrong, he gave the board no information when it was requested and often told Brunner, “It was none of her business.”

The bonds are part of a 10-year plan to revitalize the district through new facilities and resources through four different bonds.

Dobbs publically admitted to using profanity at that specific meeting, but denied any other wrongdoing. According to the termination letter, the board sent Dobbs a formal intent to fire him on Sept. 7 and after he was placed on leave, the board hired independent investigator Steve Hummel to investigate the allegations.

According to Hummel’s report, Dobbs cursed, used profanity, intimidated or threatened violence on several board and other staff members on at least four separate occasions.

The report also found that Dobbs lied to Hummel about at least five different incidents that included an affair with a former district employee.

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report that will be ready by the end of 2018, according to Piper.

“We dodged a bullet this year,” Crudele said. “We could see another fire on the scale of 1991 or worse.” By removing excess dry growth the vegetation control program has helped bring several smaller fires this year under control. A rainy winter could encourage the growth of more weeds this coming year, he said.

Brunner also said that Dobbs was over budget on several projects that included a new kindergarten through eighth grade facility for Cherryland Elementary School in North Hayward that was $12 million over the budget from the start.

Brunner also said some of the bond measures were as much as $50 million over budget.

“The Governing Board is not only concerned with your past conduct, but is equally concerned with the conduct you might engage in if left in your position as Superintendent/CEO,” according to the termination letter.

Interim Superintendent Matt Wayne took over the duties for Dobbs when he was placed on leave in June. On Oct. 12, the board unanimously approved to keep Wayne in the superintendent role until June 30, 2018. Wayne will be paid the same salary as Dobbs, which is $240,000 per year in salary, and also gets a daily stipend of $160, according to the board.

A formal evaluation of Wayne is something that all superintendents go through and must be completed by June 1, 2017.

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Valero reaches hazardous waste settlement

By Kali Persall MANAGING EDITOR The Valero oil refining company is in the hot seat.

A settlement for improper hazardous waste reporting and handling will require the refinery’s Benicia facility to pay a $157,800 fine and improve its piping operations, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced in an Oct. 5 news release.

A May 2014 inspection by the EPA revealed 14 incidences where excessive amounts of benzene, a known carcinogen found in plastic, rubber and pesticides, were illegally dumped in an unlined stormwater retention pond from 2011 to 2013, EPA spokeswoman Michele Huitric told the Pioneer.

The inspection was carried out in accordance with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, a federal program that oversees safe management and disposal of hazardous waste. It is enforced by the California Department of Toxic Substances Control, according to Huitric.

Other violations included a failure to alert the public about toxic chemical releases, to determine if solid waste generated at the refinery was hazardous, to operate the facility in a way that would decrease the possibility of an unplanned chemical release and to maintain accurate records, according to Huitric.

According to the Environmental Impact Report supplied by the city of Benicia, their Valero refinery currently produces ten percent of the gasoline used in California, and 25 percent of the gasoline used in the Bay Area. The 900 acre refinery provides approximately 400 jobs, both to Benicia residents and nonresidents, according to Valero.

The refinery operates a wastewater treatment plant that purifies wastewater before it is released into the Suisun Bay, according to an EIR for a Valero improvement project. The stormwater retention pond holds contaminated stormwater and water that often contains hazardous substances like benzene.

A view of the Valero Oil Refining Company in Benicia taken last month.

Water is directed into a retention pond through underground piping that connects with storm drains. The retention pond water is then diverted to the treatment plant, according to the EIR. The refinery has agreed to modify its piping operations to prevent uncontrolled disposal scenarios, according to Huitric.

Huitric told the Pioneer that an unlined pond is not in compliance with RCRA regulations and isn’t equipped to receive hazardous waste. The water must be treated through the wastewater system before it can be discharged into an unlined pond. Hazardous waste containing benzene can only be discharged into a unit permitted by the RCRA, according to Huitric.

Benzene is known to cause cancer in humans. In situations where it’s dis-

posal is unplanned and unregulated, it could affect people and wildlife living nearby, according to Huitric.

“As the hazardous waste level of benzene wastewater was released into the unlined pond, which is located adjacent to the Suisun Bay, there is greater potential of release of benzene into the groundwater and nearby surface water,” said Huitric.

She added that the contamination could accumulate in the systems of birds and other wildlife and potentially have a negative impact on their health.

Huitric confirmed that the levels of concentration of benzene discovered in the wastewater all varied but exceeded the acceptable hazardous waste level, 0.5 parts per million.

Lillian Riojas, director of media relations and communication at the

Daughter gets justice in father's shooting

By Sean McCarthy STAFF WRITER On March 15, eleven-year old Sarah Avalos and her family traveled to Hayward to purchase a new vehicle from an online seller. The family decided to meet the seller at Ochoa Middle School since they were new to the area.

Sarah would soon learn that the seller was a “career criminal” who wanted to rob the family instead of sell his car.

The events that unfolded would earn Sarah, now 12, the Hayward Good Citizen Award.

Acting Hayward Police Chief Koller presented the award to Sarah last month, for helping to apprehend the man who shot her father and held up her family.

She is the first person in the last 20 years to receive this prestigious award, according to Lisa Amin Gulezian of ABC 7 News.

At the middle school parking lot on the afternoon of March 15, the criminal took a gun out, pointed it at Sarah’s father Benjamin Avalos and demanded his money.

Avalos did not have any cash on him

because he had planned to go to the bank if the car looked good enough to buy. This upset the criminal, who then threatened to kill the family. Benjamin sped off but was shot in the arm and through the chest as he fled the scene.

Sarah called 911 and proceeded to tell the operator where they were by using streets signs as they passed them.

Although the Avalos family was unfamiliar with Hayward, Sarah made it possible for first responders to find the family.

At the scene, police officer Maloney asked Sarah where she learned to dial 911 and answer the questions clearly, to which she replied, “I learned it at school.”

Kohler said Sarah is responsible for saving her father’s life that night. The criminal has since been identified and arrested due to Sarah’s quick action in a moment of extreme duress.

Avalos took the front of the stage last month with her father to receive the award and those in attendance greeted her with a standing ovation.

The award is given to those who show “courage, calm and bravery under extraordinary circumstances,” said Koller.

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Valero headquarters in San Antonio, Texas, said the settlement was driven by problems the refinery experienced on “a handful of occasions during some extreme weather events that occurred a number of years ago,” pertaining to the benzene levels found in the stormwater ponds.

In addition to the fine and piping modifications, Valero is required to correct and resubmit toxic chemical reports, provide data to the EPA that proves that no more benzene will enter the pond and submit a work plan for the new piping project by the end of the year, to be completed by June 2017, according to Huitric.

The agreement outlines how the refinery will improve its “ability to handle extreme rainfall events in the future,” Riojas clarified.

Huitric said that the disposal of benzene waste into stormwater ponds is more likely to occur under “an extreme wet weather condition where the wastewater flow is near or exceeds the designed capacity of the refinery’s wastewater treatment system.”

The work plan is expected to prevent approximately 5,000 pounds of benzene from being released into the environment over the next decade, according to the EPA. Riojas also said that the company has resolved some software issues that resulted in discrepancies in its Toxic Release Inventory reporting, most of which actually resulted in overreporting rather than underreporting.

Settlements between the EPA and refineries aren’t an uncommon occurrence.

The EPA reported in 2006 that national settlements brought in over $240 million in environmental improvements and close to $2 million in fines from the Conoco Phillips refineries in Carson, Wilmington, Rodeo and Arroyo Grande; Valero in Benicia and Wilmington and Exxon-Mobil in Torrance.

Huitric clarified that settlements are different from lawsuits because they are handled at the administration level rather than in the federal court system.

In Aug. 2015 the Tesoro Golden Eagle Refinery in Martinez was fined $4 million for disposing waste fluids that contained propane and butane into the on-site water treatment facility, violating air pollution regulations, ABC7 News reports.

A 2015 fiscal year report reveals that companies invested $7 billion in actions and equipment toward contamination cleanup and pollution efforts, $404 million in combined federal, civil penalties and criminal fines and $39 million for environmental mitigation projects, according to the EPA. Huitric said the EPA commonly focus many of their investigations on waste management practices in refineries and other large facilities, which occur unscheduled and at least once every five years.

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In-law units secret weapon to state housing crisis

What is an in-law unit?

By Kali Persall MANAGING EDITOR In 2017, living in someone’s backyard in an in-law unit could become much more common, thanks to a new bill signed by Gov. Jerry Brown on Sept. 27.

The bill aims to ease some of the barriers and costs associated with building in-law or Accessory Dwelling Units and incentivize California homeowners to do so in an effort to combat California’s housing crisis.

According to the legislature, an inlaw unit is classified as “an attached or detached residential dwelling unit, which provides complete independent living facilities for one or more persons.” It is required to “include permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation on the same parcel as the single-family dwelling is situated.”

The bill, which will go into effect in Jan. 1, 2017, targets some of the strict requirements that discourage homeowners from constructing ADU’s such as parking and utility hook-ups. The bill will eliminate duplicate permits for water and electricity and removing the additional construction of fire sprinklers.

It will also do away with the requirement that homeowners provide a parking space in specific instances — such as when the residence is located within a half mile of public transit, according to the legislature.

Rufus Jeffris, vice president of media, communications and major events for the Bay Area Council, a public policy organization that advocates for a strong economy and business environment in all Bay Area counties, told the Pioneer that the law would create more uniformity across the state. However, it doesn’t supercede every law that pertains to fees, permits and parking requirements that individual cities currently determine. Jeffris said that this is the first law that goes to this extent to amend ADU zoning laws.

Decades of housing shortages coupled with an influx of job growth in the Bay Area has contributed to a severe housing crisis in the Bay Area, said Jeffris.

This crisis is more than just policy, for many, including myself, it hits close to home. I live in a one-bedroom apartment that was built on the top of a four-bedroom house in Benicia. I have a separate entrance through the backyard and share a mailbox with my landlords, a young family with two elementary-aged kids. I do my laundry downstairs in the main house once a week and I pay just under $1,000 a month, which includes rent, utilities, trash and recycling services and highspeed Internet.

Right now, my living situation is ideal and virtually unheard of in here in the Bay Area, which is arguably the epicenter of the California housing crisis.

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Sen. Bob Wieckowski, D-Fremont. The Bay Area Council sponsored the legislation and penned a letter to the governor on Sept. 1, urging him to sign the bill into law. The expansion of ADU’s across California, the council argued, is an innovative solution to a dire housing crisis.

San Francisco holds the record for highest housing costs in the country, averaging $3,500 a month, according to the Bay Area Council. The gap between California’s housing prices and the rest of the country has consistently been widening since 1970 and has risen from 30 percent above nationwide levels to over 80 percent. An average California home costs $440,000, while the national average price is $180,000. California rent is also two and a half times higher than the rest of the country at $1,240

per month, compared to $840, the California Legislative Analyst’s Office reported in a Mar. 17, 2015 study.

According to the legislature, California is not meeting current and future housing demand, which poses serious consequences for the state’s economy, greenhouse gas reduction goals and the wellbeing of California residents — specifically those who earn middle and lower incomes.

An ADU can cost tens of thousands of dollars to build, according to Jeffris, who estimates a range of $10,000 to $200,000. For all that, the increased area of an attached or detached ADU cannot exceed 50 percent of the existing living area, with a maximum increase of 1,200 square feet. However, the bill will significantly ease these costs for homeowners and create affordable

housing for low-income single people and families.

There are about a million and a half homes in the Bay Area, estimated Jeffris. If just ten percent of people add ADU’s, there could be an influx of 150,000 new homes statewide. There is currently no method of tracking how many ADU’s exist in the state.

Jeffris said the lack of new construction of these units is largely due to a lack of political and local will to pass the necessary measures. “People want to keep things as they are, they don’t want to change,” he said. “That doesn’t mean we don’t have the responsibility to provide people across economic tiers with affordable housing.”

Opponents argue that a streamlined construction process bypasses a more thorough review process that takes all

environmental impacts of a project into account per the California Environmental Quality Act, reports the Los Angeles Times. Some local governments have also criticised the bill because it centralizes the jurisdiction at a state level, rather than at a local one. Low-income families and young college students like myself, however, see it as an initiative that screams opportunity.

It’s been almost two years since I moved into my in-law unit. l work two jobs, 44 hours a week, but it still hits me every time I feed my paycheck to the never-ending stack of bills that I still wouldn’t be able to afford to live the way I do if I hadn’t found this hidden gem.

In-law units are a godsend and a strategic move — the secret weapon, if you will — in a battle to survive in the Bay Area.

threatened with budget cuts, forcing the removal of classes that were vital not only for dance majors to graduate, but for students’ mental health.

We need to pass Prop 55 to ensure the CSU, and its programs, are fully funded. Proposition 55 would generate an estimated $8 billion to $11 billion in funding for California public education by extending current income tax rates on the wealthiest Californians for 12 more years – single income earners making more than $250,000 per year and couples earning more than $500,000 per year.

Over the past few years, the California’s public education system has been under attack with budget cuts and contract disputes leading to demonstrations, near strikes, and protests.

With fewer classes being offered and the number of impacted schools growing, graduating from the CSU in five to seven years is the norm.

As a result, we students must pay outrageous tuition prices for an additional two to three years just to graduate, thus sending us into even more into debt.

Paying for college should be an investment into our future, not a detriment to our financial well-being.

Proposition 55 is an opportunity for every member of California’s education system to come together in the fight to fund our future.

With the richest Californians paying their fair share, Prop. 55 will give public schools and community colleges the money they need to hire quality teachers and school employees, reduce class

sizes, and improve the quality of education in the classroom. Please make sure you register to vote by Oct. 24 (http:// registertovote.ca.gov/) and vote Yes on Prop 55.

Proposition 55 is an investment in our future. Because of this, Students for a Quality Education is standing with CSU faculty, staff and even the CSU Board of Trustees to support Prop 55.

By voting YES on 55 today, we have the power to improve education not only for ourselves, but for the students of tomorrow.

OPINION

Letter to the Editor There are a ton of candidates and ballot measures vying for our attention this election season. But one in particular Proposition 55 deserves a closer look, and a yes vote.

While it may seem that Prop 55, the California Children’s Education and Health Care Protection Act, would only impact K-12 and community college students, there’s a very real connection to the California State University system as well.

When the financial market crashed back in 2008, state-funded institutions were severely impacted and our public education system in California, including the CSU, was hit especially hard.

Education funding at all levels was cut to the bone during the recession, forcing more than 30,000 teacher layoffs,

huge class sizes, and the elimination of programs like music and art.

Trying to fairly allocate reduced state funding caused continuous conflict in the CSU system over the past eight years. Now, as the CSU finally begins to recover, is not the time to return to that era.

That’s where Prop 55 can help.

The ballot measure protects students and public education from returning to the days of massive budget cuts and larger class sizes. It would help K-12 schools and community colleges get more funding, which would result in freeing up money for the CSU. Without Prop 55, it is estimated that the CSU could suffer cuts of $250 million to its base budget. Just last year, CSU East Bay’s Dance Department was

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CSUEB staff member James Saxon’s art piece of found objects and steel entitled “Wheeled Stilts” is displayed during the Art Exhibition on October 11.

CSUEB faculty member Michael Wallace stands next to his sculpture piece entitled “HEMI” during the art exhibit held on Oct. 11 at the campus art gallery.

Staff, faculty art featured in campus exhibition

By Louis LaVenture EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Art is on full display on the Cal State East Bay Hayward campus.

The 2016 annual faculty and staff exhibition kicked off on Oct. 11. with an opening reception that introduced attendees to the pieces.

The exhibition is located in the University Art Gallery in the main lobby of the Art & Education Building.

The exhibit is open Monday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and admission is free for everybody.

The Gallery will host several “Artist Talks” like the ones that took place yesterday with Jennifer Brazelton, a CSUEB ceramics lecturer and today at 11:30 a.m. with pictorial art assistant professor Michael Hall.

A closing ceremony for the exhibition will be held at 4 p.m. on Nov. 12.

According to the Art Department, the event’s purpose is to feature the work of the faculty and staff that develop art education at CSUEB as well as to share skills and techniques with students and art enthusiasts.

CSUEB Art Department Chair Gwyan Rhabyt, left, explains his mixed media and networked objects art piece entitled “Hivemind” to lecturer Katherine Lee, center, during the exhibit's opening on Oct. 11.

CSUEB staff member Malka Helfman’s art piece entitled “Celestial Landscape” is displayed during the art exhibit held on Oct. 11 at the CSUEB art gallery.

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Cabras extinguidoras de incendio se retiran del servicio 25° aniversario de la tormenta de fuego en las colinas de Oakland Por Michele Dennis CONTRIBUYENTE

Traducción por Wendy Medina EDITORA DE COPIA Durante 21 años, el Departamento de Bomberos de Oakland ha empleado aproximadamente 3.500 cabras que llevaban a las colinas de Oakland a comer hierbas y arbustos, que sirven como leña durante las temporadas de incendios secos. Las cabras volvieron recientemente a su rancho en Dixon, California, después de terminar su última temporada como especialistas en el control de incendios.

El programa de cabra pastoreo se estableció por la división de gestión de la vegetación de OFD después del devastador infierno del 1991 en las colinas de Oakland que redujo 3,5 millas cuadradas a cenizas el 21 de octubre de ese año. El fuego mató a 25 personas e incineró casi 3.300 casas y apartamentos. Muchos de los nuevos protocolos — nuevas medidas de prevención de incendios y manejo de la vegetación — se pusieron en marcha a lo largo de tres años a raíz del incendio.

Pero no está claro si el programa de manejo de la vegetación de la ciudad se continuará más allá de la próxima primavera. En 2004, los votantes de Oakland aprobaron una liquidación

del impuesto especial que proporciona $1.7 millones al año durante 10 años para continuar con los servicios de prevención de incendios, que incluyen el programa de cabra. Sin embargo, en 2014, una medida electoral que trataban de añadir un extra $12 por año, por propiedad, para continuar los servicios de gestión de la vegetación, fue derrotado por poco. Los fondos del programa se interrumpirán la próxima primavera.

“Las cabras y todo el plan de reducción de malezas son un componente clave para el servicio de protección contra incendios de la ciudad de Oakland,” dijo Vince Crudele, director del departamento de gestión de la vegetación, que es parte del Departamento de Bomberos de Oakland. “Pero ahora que la financiación de evaluación está por terminar, vamos a tener que ir a los fondos generales de la ciudad y pedir dinero, y hay muchos otros que tienen la misma prioridad para eso.”

La división de Crudele maneja un área de 16.5 millas cuadradas. No está seguro de lo que sucederá el próximo año. “Esos fondos fueron críticos para nosotros,” el dijo. “No tenemos el acceso a los mismos fondos de emergencia que la policía.”

Hoy en día, gran parte de la zona que se quemó en 1991 ha sido reconstruida con alta gama, casas de dos y tres plantas y renació una gran parte de la vegetación densa. Las colinas de Oakland

contienen muchos barrios con estrechas carreteras de dos carriles que serpentean alrededor de las casas rodeadas de árboles y la vegetación espesa.

En zonas como éstas, las cabras son eficaces en la eliminación de arbustos en exceso y pastos donde no se mantiene el terreno entre las casas, según Martin Matarrese, un ex supervisor de Recursos de Parkland con la ciudad de Oakland, que ahora es el supervisor de campo para Eco-Systems Inc., la compañía que mantiene el contrato de cabra con la ciudad. Para una eficacia máxima, cabras deben ser llevadas anual a un área sobre una base para pelar la corteza de las plantas perennes invasivas, y comer las plantas recién germinadas antes de que surjan, de acuerdo con Matarrese.

“La gente da por sentado que el plan de prevención de incendios del Departamento de Bomberos de Oakland y el programa de cabra se continuó como lo han hecho durante más de los últimos 20 años, sino como un negocio que necesita planificar el futuro para programar nuestras cabras a venir el próximo año,” dijo Matarrese. “No podemos esperar hasta abril para ver si conseguimos un compromiso.”

Las cabras vienen de abril a octubre.

Cada manada es tendida por un pastor a tiempo completo y al menos dos perros que están con ellos 24/7. Ellos se mueven entre 10 y 15 veces durante

el año para pastar áreas identificadas como de alto riesgo, como las colinas que rodean el parque zoológico de Oakland, y la zona montañosa sobre el túnel Caldecott.

Mientras que muchos propietarios aprecian tener el servicio, algunos no se hacen responsables de sus propios bienes. Algunos residentes empujan hacia atrás o se niegan a limpiar el cepillo alrededor de sus hogares para crear lo que los bomberos llaman “espacio defendible,” porque piensan que resta valor a su privacidad o hace que su casa se vea desnuda, de acuerdo con Crudele.

“Si hay un gran fuego, probablemente no seremos capaz de salvar sus casas, y pone en peligro otras propiedades,” dijo Crudele. “Un gran incendio puede enviar la quema de cenizas tres millas. Todo sucede tan rápido.”

En 1991, tormenta de fuego que sucedió en las colinas de Oakland causó la mayoría de su destrucción en un período de 24 horas.

Y a pesar que el fuego de las colinas todavía se considera el más peor incendio urbano en la historia de California, muchos parecen haber olvidado lo que ocurrió en 1991, según las autoridades locales.

Sue Piper perdió su casa en el incendio de 1991, y ahora es la silla para el distrito de evaluación de prevención de incendios forestales de Oakland, que desarrolla y aboga por planes de

prevención de incendios que incluyen pastoreo de cabras, despacho de borde de la carretera, astillado de árboles y subvenciones para barrios que necesiten adicional limpieza de cepillo y astillado árboles.

Según Piper, la WPAD (siglas en Inglés para el distrito de evaluación de prevención de incendios forestales de Oakland) había estado esperando durante unos diez años para obtener dinero adicional para hacer frente a las zonas propensas a los incendios, al igual de los lados de la entrada del túnel Caldecott. “Muchas personas nuevas a la zona o demasiado joven para recordar, no entienden lo peligroso que puede ser vivir en una zona boscosa,” dijo Piper.

Se está trabajando para restablecer la financiación por algún otro medio. El WPAD y un panel de científicos y expertos de control de incendios están elaborando un nuevo informe de gestión integral de la vegetación, que estará listo a finales de 2018, según Piper.

“Hemos esquivado una bala de este año,” dijo Crudele. “Podríamos ver otro incendio en la escala de 1991, o peor.” Al eliminar el exceso de crecimiento secó, el programa de control de la vegetación ha ayudado mantener bajo control a varios incendios más pequeños este año. Un invierno lluvioso podría estimular más el crecimiento de las malas hierbas este año que viene, el dijo.

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Manía de payaso viene a la Área de la Bahía Por Louis LaVenture EDITOR DE JEFE

Traducción por Wendy Medina EDITORA DE COPIA Directamente desde la pantalla a las calles, payasos están asustando a la gente en todo el país.

El fenómeno comenzó en agosto, cuando varios informes que salieron de personas vestidas con trajes de payaso fueron persistentes por el bosque en varias ciudades de Carolina del Sur en la que intentaron, sin éxito, apartar a los niños. A partir de ahí, se ha convertido en una locura mal.

Los informes han salido en más de 30 estados de avistamientos de payasos tenebrosos, y aunque ninguno de los incidentes han dado como resultado la muerte o lesiones, se han producido varias detenciones realizadas en relación con la "actividad payaso." Siete personas fueron acusadas de delitos graves en septiembre, de hacer amenazas terroristas a utilizar "la actividad de payaso," de acuerdo con el Departamento de Policía de Rainbow City, Alabama, donde se realizaron las arrestos. El fenómeno llegó a la zona de la Bahía la semana pasada cuando varias escuelas locales fueron amenazadas a través de las redes sociales por las cuentas de "payasos espeluznantes," de

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El Departamento de Policía de Fairfield y el Distrito Escolar Unificado de Oakland confirmaron el 4 de octubre que las escuelas recibieron amenazas.

OUSD representante John Sasaki dijo que no confirmaría cuál de las escuelas fueron amenazadas, pero sí dijo que las

amenazas fueron hechas a través del sitio de redes sociales Instagram.

Ebony Miller es un madre de dos niños en OUSD y el fenómeno de "payaso espeluznante" la asusta.

"La gente está loca en Oakland, ya que es," dijo Miller. "Es peligroso ya aquí. Ahora tengo que preocuparse por algunas personas incluso más locas vestidos como payasos? Estoy muerta de miedo de payasos gracias a las películas." Miller pasó a explicar que la película de 1990 "It," basada en la novela de Stephen King sobre un payaso que mata niños, comenzó su paranoia. Miller dijo que vio la película como una niña y se petrifica con payasos.

El 5 de octubre, el Departamento de Policía de Antioquía fue llamado a salir a la escuela secundaria Dallas Ranch después de que mensajes de redes sociales se hicieron dicho que payasos iban a disparar a la escuela.

Mientras que la mayoría de los avistamientos de payaso y amenazas han sido engaños, se puso demasiado real en Concord el 5 de octubre. El Departamento de Policía de Concord confirmó que alrededor de la 1 p.m. un hombre vestido como un payaso en una peluca azul se acercó a una mujer y su hijo de un año de edad, en una parada de autobús.

Después de una breve conversación, el payaso agarró el brazo del niño y trató de quitárselo cuando la mujer le dio una patada en la pierna y el hombre escapó.

En 2017, viviendo en el patio trasero de alguien en una unidad de vivienda accesoria podría llegar a ser mucho más común, gracias a una nueva ley firmada por el gobernador Jerry Brown el 27 de septiembre.

El proyecto de ley tiene como objetivo aliviar algunas de las barreras y los costos asociados con la construcción en-ley o accesorio unidades de vivienda e incentivar a los propietarios de California, en un esfuerzo por combatir la crisis de la vivienda del estado.

De acuerdo con el legislador, una pariente unidad se clasifica como "una unidad de vivienda residencial conectado o desconectado, lo que ofrece unas completas instalaciones de vida independiente para una o más personas." Es necesario "incluir disposiciones permanentes para vivir, dormir, comer, cocinar y el saneamiento en la misma parcela como la vivienda unifamiliar se encuentra."

El proyecto de ley, que entrará en vigor en enero 1, 2017, se dirige a algunos de los requisitos estrictos que desalientan a los propietarios de la construcción de un ADU (siglas en Inglés de unidad de vivienda accesoria) como estacionamiento y conexión de utilidad. El proyecto de ley eliminará los permisos duplicados de agua y electricidad y la eliminación de la construcción adicional de rociadores contra incendios. También acabará con el requisito de que los propietarios ofrecen una plaza de aparcamiento en casos específicos — como cuando la residencia se encuentra dentro de una milla y media del transporte público, según el legislador.

Rufus Jeffris, vicepresidente de medios, comunicaciones y eventos importantes para el Consejo de Área de la Bahía, una organización de política pública que aboga por un fuerte entorno de economía y negocios en todos los condados del Área de la Bahía, dijo al Pioneer que la ley crearía una mayor uniformidad en todo el estado. Sin embargo, no todos los supercede ley que se refiere a las tarifas, permisos y requisitos de estacionamiento que las ciudades individuales determinan actualmente. Jeffris dijo que esta es la primera ley que va a esta medida para

modificar las leyes de zonificación ADU. Décadas de la escasez de vivienda, junto con una afluencia de crecimiento del empleo en el Área de la Bahía ha contribuido a una severa crisis de la vivienda, dijo Jeffris.

Esta crisis es algo más que la política, para muchos, incluido sí misma, golpea cerca de casa. Vivo en un apartamento de un cuarto, que fue construido en la parte superior de una casa de cuatro habitaciones en Benicia. Tengo una entrada independiente a través del patio trasero y comparto un buzón con mis propietarios, una familia joven con dos niños en edad primaria. Lavo mi ropa en la casa principal una vez por semana y pago justo por debajo de $1,000 al mes, que incluye alquiler, servicios públicos, servicios de basura y reciclado y de Internet de alta velocidad.

En este momento, mi situación de vida es ideal y prácticamente desconocida aquí en el Área de la Bahía, que es sin duda el epicentro de la crisis de la vivienda de California.

La medida SB 1069 fue escrita por el senador Bob Wieckowski, D-Fremont. El Consejo de Área de la Bahía patrocinó la legislación y escribió una carta al gobernador el 1 de septiembre, instándole a firmar el proyecto de ley. La expansión de la ADU en el todo de California, el Consejo argumentó, es una solución innovadora a una crisis de la vivienda extrema.

San Francisco tiene el récord de más altos costos de la vivienda en el país, con un promedio de $3,500 al mes, de acuerdo con el Consejo de Área de la Bahía. La brecha entre los precios de la vivienda de California y el resto del país se ha ampliado constantemente desde 1970 y ha pasado del 30 por ciento por encima de los niveles en todo el país, a más del 80 por ciento. Una casa promedio de California cuesta $440.000, mientras que el precio promedio nacional es de $180.000. Renta de California es también dos veces y media mayor que el resto del país a $1.240 por mes, en comparación con $840, la Oficina del Analista Legislativo de California informó en un estudio conducido el 17 de marzo 2015.

De acuerdo con el legislador, California no está cumpliendo con la demanda de vivienda actual y futura, lo que plantea graves consecuencias para la economía del estado, las metas de reducción de gases de efecto invernadero y el bienestar de los residentes de California — especialmente aquellos que

tienen ingresos medios y bajos.

Una ADU puede costar decenas de miles de dólares para construir, de acuerdo con Jeffris, que estima un rango de $10.000 a $200.000. Por todo ello, el aumento de la superficie de una ADU conectado o desconectado no puede superar el 50 por ciento de la zona de vida existente, con un aumento máximo de 1.200 pies cuadrados. Sin embargo, el proyecto de ley aliviará significativamente estos costes para los propietarios de viviendas y crear vivienda asequible para individuales y familias de bajos ingresos.

Hay alrededor de un millón y medio de hogares en el Área de la Bahía, que se estima Jeffris. Si sólo el diez por ciento de las personas añaden un ADU, podría haber una afluencia de 150.000 nuevos hogares en todo el estado. Actualmente no existe método de seguimiento de cuántos ADU existen en el estado.

Jeffris dijo que la falta de nueva construcción de estas unidades se debe en gran medida a la falta de voluntad política y locales para aprobar las medidas necesarias. "La gente quiere mantener las cosas como están, ellos no quieren cambiar," el dijo. "Eso no significa que no tenemos la responsabilidad de proporcionar a las personas a través de niveles económicos, con vivienda asequible."

Los opositores argumentan que un proceso de construcción no pasa por un proceso de revisión más exhaustiva, que se lleva todos los impactos ambientales de un proyecto, en cuenta por la Ley de Calidad Ambiental de California, informa el diario Los Angeles Times. Algunos gobiernos locales también han criticado el proyecto de ley, ya que centraliza la jurisdicción a nivel estatal, en lugar de en una local. Las familias de bajos ingresos y los estudiantes universitarios jóvenes como yo, sin embargo, lo ven como una iniciativa que grita oportunidad.

Han pasado casi dos años desde que me mudé a mi unidad.

Tengo dos trabajos, 44 horas a la semana, pero aún así me golpea cada vez que alimentó mi cheque de pago a la pila interminable de proyectos de ley, que todavía no sería capaz de permitirse el lujo de vivir de la manera que hago si no hubiera encontrado este tesoro escondido.

En-ley unidades son un regalo del cielo y de un movimiento estratégico — el arma secreta, si se quiere — en una batalla para sobrevivir en el Área de la Bahía.

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A scorecard for last night's debate: Who's accusing Donald Trump of what?

By Patrick May MERCURY NEWS Ever since May, women have been slowly coming forward to accuse Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump of assorted sexual misdeeds. In recent weeks, following the release of the now-infamous "locker-room talk" video, the trickle has turned into a flood, nearly requiring a spreadsheet for interested voters trying to keep it all straight.

The accusations, which Trump has steadily denied in one way or another, are sure to become fodder in his debate tonight with Hillary Clinton. Fodder may be too weak a word. Red meat is more like it. Here's a look at who has accused Trump of what: TEMPLE TAGGART In May, the New York Times published the story of Taggart, the then-21year-old Miss Utah who alleged that in 1997 Trump introduced himself to her by kissing her on the lips: "I thought, 'Oh my God, gross.' He was married to Marla Maples at the time. I think there were a few other girls that he kissed on the mouth," Taggart said.

That story was just one of several that surfaced after the Times interviewed dozens of women who had worked with or for Trump over the past 40 years.

They included women who had modeled in pageants, women who had dated the tycoon or met him in social settings, and others who had simply observed his behavior over the years.

"Their accounts -- many relayed here in their own words -- reveal unwelcome romantic advances, unending commentary on the female form, a shrewd reliance on ambitious women, and unsettling workplace conduct, according to the interviews, as well as court records and written recollections," said the Times' report. "The interactions occurred in his offices at Trump Tower, at his homes, at construction sites and backstage at beauty pageants. They appeared to be fleeting, unimportant moments to him, but they left lasting impressions on the women who experienced them."

JILL HARTH In July, makeup artist Harth told the Guardian about sexual-assault allega-

tions she had made against Trump in a 1997 lawsuit.

In that suit, Harth accused Trump of "attempted rape," claiming that in 1992 and 1993 Trump had made unwanted verbal sexual advances and groped her several times.

One of those alleged incidents took place at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida where Harth and her boyfriend had come to wrap up a business deal with the billionaire.

According to the Guardian's piece, Harth "has stayed quiet for almost 20 years about the way Trump pursued her, and -- according to a lawsuit she instigated -- cornered her and groped her in his daughter's bedroom."

She could no longer keep silent in May, she said, when Trump publicly dismissed her claims as "meritless" and after his daughter, Ivanka, gave an interview in which she said her father was "not a groper."

CASSANDRA SEARLES In June, Searles alleged that the billionaire developer had repeatedly grabbed her butt. Searles, who was Miss Washington USA 2013, wrote in a Facebook post that Trump "probably doesn't want me telling the story about that time he continually grabbed my ass and invited me to his hotel room," she wrote. According to a post on Yahoo, Searles also posted a Facebook photo of the Miss USA 2013 contestants posing in tight skirts with Trump smiling in the middle of the group.

In the Yahoo post, news editor Lauren Tuck wrote that "Searles tagged her 43 fellow competitors, asking them, "Do y'all remember that one time we had to do our onstage introductions, but this one guy treated us like cattle and made us do it again because we didn't look him in the eyes? Do you also remember when he then proceeded to have us lined up so he could get a closer look at his property?" She added, "Oh I forgot to mention that guy will be in the running to become the next President of the United States."

The law student added that she "loves the idea of having a misogynist as the President." She hashtagged the post #HeWillProbablySueMe ??#iHaveWorseStoriesSoComeAtMeBro? ?#Drumpf?."

JESSICA LEEDS Last week, the New York Times ran a story featuring Leeds, who recalled sitting next to Trump in first class on a flight in the early 1980s.

During the flight, Leeds told the Times, Trump raised the armrest between them and started grabbing her breasts and trying to put his hands up her skirt.

"He was like an octopus," Leeds told the Times. "His hands were everywhere." Leeds came forward after Trump claimed, in the second presidential debate, that the crude words he used in the Access Hollywood open-mic tape had never actually turned into actions.

He dubbed his comments "locker-room talk."

RACHEL CROOKS That same Times story featured allegations from Crooks, who was a receptionist at a real-estate company based in Trump Tower in 2005.

Then 22 years old, Crooks recalled that she had run into Trump near one of the building's elevators and that after she introduced herself to him, the businessman would not let go of her hand and started kissing her on the cheeks and finally on the mouth. MINDY McGILLIVRAY Speaking recently to the Palm Beach Post, McGillivray described an encounter with Trump in 2003 when he allegedly grabbed her bottom.

She'd been helping out with a photo shoot for a Ray Charles concert at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort and she told the paper that after the show had ended, she found herself standing near Donald and Melania Trump when she suddenly felt someone grab her butt.

When she turned around, she recalled, she saw Donald Trump, who quickly turned away.

"Who do you complain to?" another woman said. "He owns the pageant."

NATASHA STOYNOFF People last week published a personal essay by Stoynoff, a journalist who alleged that in late 2005 Trump had shoved her against a wall and started kissing her while she was on a reporting assignment at Mar-a-Lago.

"I was stunned," she wrote. "And I was grateful when Trump's longtime

butler burst into the room a minute later, as I tried to unpin myself."

JENNIFER MURPHY Also last week, Murphy alleged Trump kissed her on the lips during a job interview, sharing her story with Grazia.

She was a contestant on season 4 of "The Apprentice," and said she still plans to vote for Trump.

KRISTIN ANDERSON On Friday, the Washington Post published the story of one-time model Anderson, alleging that in the early 1990s, Trump slid his hand up her skirt and touched her vagina through her underwear while the two were at a Manhattan nightclub.

SUMMER ZERVOS Also Friday, Zervos, a former candidate on The Apprentice,appeared at a press conference with attorney Gloria Allred, alleging that in 2007, during several job interviews, Trump kissed Zervos and later groped her.

At one meeting, according to Zervos, Trump had her come to his Beverly Hills hotel room, where he began kissing her, placing a hand on her breast.

She said Trump then "thrust his genitals" at her while she pushed him away several times and made clear that she didn't want to take part in such activity.

MISS TEEN USA CONTESTANTS Five contestants in the 1997 pageant, which Trump owned at the time, told BuzzFeed that the tycoon passed through their dressing rooms while the girls, then ages 15 to 19, were changing, causing two of them to rush to cover themselves up.

Other contestants contacted by BuzzFeed, however, said they did not recall Trump entering the changing room. But two other Miss USA contestants offered similar allegations to the Guardian and CBS about Trump walking into their changing room during the 2001 pageant.

One of them was Tasha Dixon, a former Miss Arizona, who told CBS that Trump had entered while some of the young girls were fully naked. A second contestant spoke to the Guardian anonymously, describing a similar incident during the 2001 pageant: "He walked in, he stood, and he stared. He was doing it because he knew that he could."

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THURSDAY OCTOBER 20, 2016

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Chicago Cubs players react on then bench after they tied the score in the ninth inning against the San Francisco Giants Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016 in Game 4 of their National League Division Series at AT&T Park in San Francisco, Calif.

Giants even-year mojo wears off

By Cameron Stover CONTRIBUTOR

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CSUEB men’s basketball head coach Gus Argenal, center, talks to his team during a timeout last season.

By Marissa Marshall STAFF WRITER With basketball season right around the corner, the Pioneers are working hard everyday in and out of the gym to prepare for a successful season.

The team has yet to ignite a playoff berth since joining the NCAA Division II and the California Collegiate Athletic Association in 2009-2010, but they are hopeful that this season will be different.

Last year’s season for the men’s basketball team did not turn out the way they had hoped. The team went 9-18 overall and 5-15 in conference, finishing 12th amongst 13 teams in the CCAA conference.

One of the biggest problems last year for the team was the inability to close games, which resulted in a significant amount of losses.

Senior guard Paramvir Singh said the team “Could not get over the hump of closing games. Our spread margin was 1.9, meaning the majority of our losses was by that many points and it’s shocking to know if we just closed out games, things could have been differ-

ent.”

“We have 13 returners and only four new guys so we are more comfortable with each other this year,” said All CCAA senior guard Jalen Richard. “We all know the system, we know what coach is looking for and that is the good thing about so many returners.”

Out of the 13 returners for the team, five of them were red shirts last year: forwards Micah Dunhour and Jamont Wilson, and guards Druce Asah, Jelani Mitchell and Drew Bender.

A red shirt is a player who was able to get an extra year of eligibility, usually by sitting out for a year.

“They fit right in,” said head coach Gus Argenal. “They were together all last year, they know the program and what is expected and I am excited to see them on the court. Druce and Ja-mont are the young bucks, but will have an impact on the team.”

The players expressed a similar optimism as well.

“I have not played a game of basketball since last year, because I redshirted so I am just so excited to get out there and do whatever I can to help the team,” said freshman Asah.

“I’ve worked all summer for this and my goal is to be aggressive defensively,

take shots that are given to me and get offensive boards.”

Argenal feels as if this is the best team they have had since he has been apart of the program and has high hopes for the team as long as they keep their focus, train hard and continue to communicate with one another.

The motto for the season is “FOP” which Argenal says is “Focus on the play.” He explains how important the concept of focusing is and how it can be the deal breaker in winning a game or losing it.

This men’s basketball season is expected to be one for the books by the team. Each player is all in, and it shows in their intense practices and their confidence in one another.

Guys are locked in at scrimmages, help each other out and work hard.

“We go out and play like it’s our last time we’ll get to play,” said Richard. “I believe if we keep that mindset and we continue to grind, watch film and work together, we can go far.”

The first game is an exhibition against San Jose State University at 2 p.m. on Nov. 6 at the SJSU Event Center and the home opener is Nov. 11 at 7:30 p.m. against Notre Dame de Namur at Pioneer Gymnasium.

The even-year magic has worn off.

The San Francisco Giants saw their season end after surrendering four runs in the top of the 9th inning during the National League Divisional Series against the Chicago Cubs. The Giants lost the series three games to one.

Breaking major-league records, the Giants won 10 postseason games in a row when facing elimination. And yet, the team still experienced one of the most devastating collapses in baseball history. Heading into the All-Star break, the Giants held the best record in baseball at 57-33. After the All-Star break, they went 30-42, narrowly making the Wild Card play-in game with a 87-75 record. This marks the first time since 2008 that the Giants made the playoffs and failed to win the World Series.

The game was not without controversy. Pitcher Matt Moore had the Giants in-position for victory through eight innings, leading 5-2. Manager Bruce Bochy, who has led the Giants to three championships, made the decision to pull Moore and give the bullpen a chance to finish out. It did not go well.

The Cubs scored four runs in a furious fashion and took the lead as five members of the Giants’ bullpen struggled to record an out.

Brandon Crawford, the Giants’ Golden Glove-winning second baseman uncharacteristically committed two errors in the final game that halted momentum for the team. No Giants player had committed two errors in a postseason game since Don Mueller in 1951.

Though there is plenty of blame to go around, the bullpen was the main culprit behind this historical collapse: the Giants led the majors with 30 blown saves this season, the most ever by a playoff club. The bullpen had always been a strength for the team in their previous championship runs, perhaps a caution flag that this team wasn’t championship material.

Looking ahead, the Giants have some decisions to make. According to general manager Bobby Evans, the team will not look to overhaul the bullpen. Instead, offseasons’ top priority is finding a lockdown closer.

“The bullpen performs at a much higher level when you know who your ninth-inning guy is,” Evans told CSN

Bay Area following the game. “It puts everybody at ease and helps Boch as he defines roles. With ambiguity, it creates tension and unknowns that can add to or detract from performance and ultimately lead to struggles. We’ve got to do everything we can to make sure we’re clear on who is finishing our games.”

The Giants made a run at closer Mark Melancon at the Aug. 21 trade deadline, only to be outbid by the Washington Nationals. This time around, don’t expect the Giants to miss out on a game-changer. Relief pitchers Sergio Romo, Javier Lopez and Santiago Casilla are all expected to move on and the team needs to find a new face to anchor the bullpen.

Closers Aroldis Chapman, Mark Melancon and Kenley Jansen will all hit the free agent market this offseason.

“As much as we can, we’d like to know going into spring training who is going to pitch the ninth,” Evans said.

Casilla, who was demoted from the closer role earlier in the season was vocal about his absence in the Giants final game this postseason. “I never had that moment before during five years here,” Casilla told the San Jose Mercury News.

“I had a little struggle. But everybody [in the bullpen] has had their bad moments.

I think they forgot all the great moments I’ve had here. I’ve pitched a lot in the playoffs and done my job. I know I am a good pitcher.”

The Giants have money to spend, fueled by a major league-high streak of 498 straight sellouts. The club had baseball’s sixth highest payroll last season, coming in at $172 million. Don’t expect that number to decrease. The Giants made it known that they aren’t afraid to go over the salary cap and pay the luxury tax penalty, which they have done the past two seasons.

“We have every commitment for 2017 to return to a championship-caliber club,’’ team president Larry Baer said.

“Resources will be expended as necessary to get us there.’’

There is no disputing that the Giants had an excellent even-year run that eventually had to end. However, a team in the sixth-largest sports media market needs to give fans a reason to believe again. They have an excellent starting pitching rotation. But the pitcher closing the game is just as important as the pitcher who starts. If the Giants wish to contend for the World Series next year, they must find a reliable closer. With an odd year coming up, the Giants need to find a way to change even-year magic into every-year magic.

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THURSDAY OCTOBER 20, 2016

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CSUEB volleyball on three-game winning streak

By Marissa Marshall STAFF WRITER After they were swept by California State Dominguez Hills last week, the California State East Bay women’s volleyball team flipped the switch and went on a three-game winning streak.

The day after the loss to Dominguez Hills, the Pioneers beat California State Los Angeles — one of top teams in the CCAA — in a back-and-forth five-set battle. Since then, the team’s confidence has been through the roof and it shows in their play.

“The loss vs Dominguez was a low point for us,” said sophomore middle blocker Deja Thompson. “We lost bad.

We never want a team to beat us like that again, so that match sparked a fire in us.”

On Friday, the Pioneers played the Stanislaus State University Warriors (910 overall, 6-4 conference) a team that swept them earlier in the season. It was a completely different game this time around, and it looked like an easy cruise for the Pioneers due to their dominance throughout the game.

“I think we are finally starting to click and really connecting on the court,” said sophomore setter Katie Ireland.

In the beginning of the first set, the game was back and forth between the two teams until a kill by sophomore middle blocker Kathy McKiernan set the winning tone. The Pioneers didn’t look back after that kill and maintained the lead throughout the rest of the set, winning 25-21.

In the second set the Pioneers had a similar start, but eventually took complete dominance, hitting kill after kill and winning the set 25-17. East Bay now led 2-0 and needed one more set to put the game away. And they did, but they had to work for it; In the third set the women started off slow and Stanislaus took a 11-7 lead, but the Pioneers stepped up defensively and tied the game up at 11-11.

East Bay went back and forth with the Warriors for the remainder of the game, but managed to close it out and complete the sweep that beat Stanislaus 25-21.

The Pioneers earned their highest attack percentage of the season in this game with .311 and only made 11 attacking er-

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Cal State East Bay sophomore Middle Blocker Deja Thompson spikes the ball during the match against Chico State on Saturday at Pioneer Gymnasium on the Hayward campus. The Pioneers won the match 3-2 over the Wildcats. rors, their lowest of the season.

The Pioneers had to focus on the next task, which was to face the top-ranked team in the CCAA, Chico State (14-5, 8-2). Just as they played Stanislaus earlier in the season, they faced Chico previously as well and were swept, so East Bay knew there was a tough battle ahead of them.

The Pioneers took hold of the first set and beat Chico 25-20, which shocked the Wildcats.

“I think Chico was really caught off guard in that first set by how much we had improved since we played them last,” said Ireland. “We have been mixing around line ups these past couple games which helped us. They were not expect-

ing the line up we put out on the court.”

In the second set, Chico became aware of the Pioneers’ changes and fixed some things defensively.

The Wildcats dominated East Bay in both the second (25-15) and third set (2517) of the game, which gave them the 2-1 lead in the match. They also held the Pioneers to a dismal .088 attack percentage in the third set.

Due to Chico’s dominance, East Bay looked to be on the verge of losing to the Wildcats. To the surprise of Chico and the league, the Pioneers refused to fall.

In the fourth set, East Bay showed extreme resilience thanks to stellar defense and the team managed to surpass Chico 25-23 and force the game to a fifth set.

The back and forth play continued in fifth set until Thompson helped bring her team to victory. The sophomore scored the final three points for the Pioneers, which led them to the 15-13 win.

She also tallied a team-high total of 19 kills for the night.

“I just try to maintain a controlled aggression throughout the entire game,” said Thompson. “When I do that I seem to be the most successful. It helps the team’s offense run more efficiently and leads us to positive outcomes.”

Ireland got her second double-double of the weekend and her 16th of the season, tallying 52 assists and 16 digs.

“I have been working really hard on speeding the tempo of the offense up so

Women’s soccer clawed by Wildcats

the hitters are able to put the ball down,” said Ireland. “I also love playing defense, getting digs and I have a little war going on with [teammate Libero] Brandi Brucato, to see who can get more digs and each match, so that really drives me.”

Junior outside hitter Cassidy Caton had 7 kills, sophomore outside hitter Julie Navarro added another 6, senior outside hitter Darlene Lee tallied 25 digs and junior Brandi Brucato finished with 20.

After their perfect 2-0 weekend, the Pioneers are now 9-9 overall and 5-5 in conference, with a lot of determination.

They face San Francisco State (1-16, 0-9) and Sonoma State (7-9, 5-4) on the road tomorrow and Saturday respectively.

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By Louis LaVenture EDITOR-IN-CHIEF On Sunday the rain fell hard, and so did the Pioneers.

Cal State East Bay’s women’s soccer team couldn’t overcome the weather and lost to the Chico State Wildcats (77-1 overall, 3-7 conference) 2-0 in a California Collegiate Athletic Association Conference game. The Pioneers’ record fell to 3-8-3 overall and 2-6 in conference matches.

The first score of the game came in the 30th minute when Wildcats sophomore forward Carlie Reader took control of the ball. She dribbled toward the net and fired a shot past East Bay goalkeeper senior Jasmine Corbett to give Chico State a 1-0 lead. It was Reader’s second goal of the season.

Despite several shot attempts from both teams, the score remained tied until midway through the second half.

In the 73rd minute, the Wildcats struck again when senior midfielder Lindsey Dias scored her team-high fourth goal of the season to increase the lead 2-0.

Dias headed a ball past Corbett on an assist from Chico State freshman midfielder Emily Curry, her first assist of the year.

Chico State outshot East Bay 6-5 and senior midfielder Tia Sidtikun led the Pioneers with 2.

The loss came on the heels of some good news for the soccer team. Last week the Pioneer women were one of 914 squads throughout all NCAA divisions

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