The migrant caravan arrives at California's doorstep, amid protests, cheers and questions
LA Times's CINDY CARCAMO/ALENE TCHEKMEDYIAN/SANDRA DIBBLE: "A group of immigrants from Central America, whose caravan north drew the ire of President Trump and became a flash point in the roiling debate over illegal immigration, converged at the California border Sunday to request asylum in a scene marked by emotion and theater."
"As the boisterous gathering at the border fence in Playas de Tijuana grew to hundreds, some waved Honduran flags, called out chants and waved bouquets of yellow flowers. Younger migrants climbed to the top of tall gates dividing the U.S. and Mexico, fist-pumping to crowds gathered on the American side. Others quietly clutched infants, wondering about their future."
"The spectacle at the border, captured by multiple news outlets, was sure to further fan the ire of Trump, who has frequently cited the caravan as a justification for tough measures against illegal immigration."
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Here's the inside story of how police nabbed the East Area Rapist suspect
Sacramento Bee's RYAN LILLIS: "After more than two decades of hunting the East Area Rapist, Paul Holes was sure he had his man a few weeks ago."
"It was a white man with blonde hair. He was born in 1958, meaning he was in his late teens and 20s when the notorious crime spree took place. And he had an uncle who lived in the Cordova Meadows neighborhood of Rancho Cordova, giving him a possible geographical connection."
"Everything fit, Holes said. Except for one key element."
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How to fix California's roads, bridges, dams: Candidates for governor share views
The Chronicle's JOHN WILDERMUTH: "California’s highways, roads, dams and bridges are in bad shape and getting worse, and the six leading candidates to become the state’s next governor all agree that something must be done."
"But that unusual show of political unity quickly comes apart when the question turns to what, exactly, needs to be done and how to go about it."
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Silicon Valley water agency may help fund California tunnels
AP: "Silicon Valley's largest water district is showing renewed interest in California Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to build two massive tunnels to ferry water to the southern part of the state."
"The Mercury News reports the Santa Clara Valley Water District is scheduled to vote Wednesday on whether to commit up to $650 million to the controversial project."
"Critics say the timing is suspicious and wonder if the water district struck a deal for state money for a new dam the agency wants to build."
Who is James P. Bradley and why did he do well in US Senate poll?
Sacramento Bee's TARYN LUNA: "James P. Bradley may have been more surprised than anyone else about his standing in a recent U.S. Senate poll."
"I was shocked," Bradley said in a phone interview last week."
"Bradley rose above a pool of other little-known Republicans to earn support from 10 percent of likely voters in the UC Berkeley IGS poll. The 60-year-old Laguna Niguel resident and first-time candidate for any office fell one point behind state Sen. Kevin de León in the battle for second place and a spot on the November ballot. U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein continues to lead the pack."
Blood, syringes, feces: Caltrans workers seek protections for clearing homeless camps
Sacrament obee's MARJIE LUNDSTROM: "Under a freeway overpass, beneath a busy bridge, the ragged tents and shopping carts multiply, communities of human beings glimpsed in the rear-view mirrors of passing motorists."
"The job often falls to the California Department of Transportation to clean up these homeless encampments, but highway workers have now drawn their own line in the sand."
"Last week, the union representing Caltrans maintenance workers filed a grievance against the department, contending that employees responsible for the massive cleanups are not being adequately protected."
BART paid big for janitor overtime
The Chronicle's MICHAEL CABANATUAN: "As BART’s ridership surged three years ago, along with the number of homeless people lingering inside its downtown San Francisco stations, the transit system doubled down on custodial work — and some of its janitors started cleaning up paywise."
"One system service worker, BART’s title for janitors, made a little more than $271,000 in 2015, with $162,050 of that in overtime. A year later, two other BART janitors joined him in collecting more than $100,000 in overtime pay in a year."
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Three decades before the #MeToo movement, UC San Diego led the way against sexual assault
LA Times's TERESA WATANABE: "When Nancy Wahlig first started her fight against sexual assault, one company was marketing a capsule for women to stash in their bras and then smash to release a vile odor."
"Because of the very nature of society, the only person who can prevent rape is the woman herself," read a 1981 advertisement for the Repulse rape deterrent."
Guns banned from NRA event for Pence's safety; Parkland survivors ask, why not for us?
Sacramento Bee's DON SWEENEY: "Guns won’t be allowed when Vice President Mike Pence speaks Friday at a National Rifle Association convention in Dallas in order to protect his safety."
"The NRA says the Secret Service ordered the ban, but survivors of the Parkland, Fla., school shooting are calling the move hypocritical, noting the organization’s fierce opposition to gun-free zones in most public places."
"No firearms or weapons of any kind will be allowed at the NRA Leadership Conference at the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center in Dallas, Texas, during Pence’s appearance, according to an NRA website. The notice emphasizes that the U.S. Secret Service is responsible for security at the conference, given Pence’s attendance."
Why a BLM activist urged Sacramento to change its justice system
Sacramento Bee's MOLLY SULLIVAN: "Black Lives Matter activist Shaun King weighed in on Sacramento's upcoming races for district attorney and sheriff Sunday, urging people to "change the justice system," bringing the shooting of Stephon Clark center stage as a campaign issue."
"Speaking to a crowd of more than 200 at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post on Stockton Boulevard, King said people think of California "as a place that really has itself together."
"There's a reputation California has that doesn't match its reality sometimes," he said, "so when we see an unarmed, nonviolent brother killed in his own backyard, from the outside there was an assumption that there would be people here ... who would make sure there's some type of justice. And what I came to understand very quickly, just probably 48 hours or so after (Clark) was murdered, that's not really the reality here."
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Facebook developers seek answers from Zuckerberg at F8
The Chronicle's BENNY EVANGELISTA: "Mark Zuckerberg’s apology tour may not be over yet."
"This week, the Facebook CEO heads to San Jose for the company’s annual developers conference, where he will face thousands of anxious technologists and entrepreneurs who depend on Facebook for their livelihoods — and know quite a bit more about how the company works than members of Congress."
Watch comedian Michelle Wolf draw laughs, gasps at correspondents' dinner
AP: "If President Donald Trump isn't comfortable being the target of jokes, comedian Michelle Wolf gave him and others plenty of reasons to squirm Saturday night."
"It's 2018 and I'm a woman, so you cannot shut me up," Wolf cracked, "unless you have Michael Cohen wire me $130,000."
"No, Trump's personal attorney wasn't there. And, for the second year, Trump himself skipped the annual dinner of the White House Correspondents' Association, preferring to criticize journalists and others during a campaign-style rally near Detroit."
MMA fighter with links to Trump, Cohen is questioned by FBI
AP's PATRICK ROSE: "A Russian mixed martial arts fighter who has connections with President Donald Trump, the president's personal attorney Michael Cohen and Russian President Vladimir Putin was questioned this week by the FBI, his manager confirmed Saturday."
"Fedor Emelianenko was questioned by agents who met him in his hotel room on Tuesday, manager Jerry Millen said before Emelianenko's Bellator MMA heavyweight fight against Frank Mir. Millen declined to detail his client's conversations with the agents."
"The FBI came to the hotel looking to talk to Fedor and they were very nice, came in to speak with Fedor for a few minutes, spoke to me, very cool guys, and that's all I can really say about it. Again, the FBI did come to the hotel, they found us, knocked on the door," Millen said."
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