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MONDAY, JULY 25, 2016 • SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA • PRESSDEMOCRAT.COM KERRY BENEFIELD » Spencer Torkelson adds basketball to his sports portfolio for 2016. B1 LIFE LESSONS » Raising animals for sale teaches youths responsibility, respect and teamwork. A3 SANTA ROSA High 86, Low 52 THE WEATHER, B10 Benefield B1 Comics B8 Crossword B7 Editorial A7 Horoscopes B9 Legals A5 Lotto A2 Movies B6 Obituaries A6 Scoreboard B4 State news A6 TV B9 EXTREME BLAZES: Rapidly moving flames continue to devour homes and acreage in Southern California / A6 ©2016 The Press Democrat DNC chief to quit aſter email leak Democrats arrived at their nom- inating convention Sunday under a cloud of discord as Debbie Wasser- man Schultz, the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, abruptly said she was resigning af- ter a trove of leaked emails showed party officials conspiring to sabotage the campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. The revelation, along with sizable pro-Sanders protests in the streets to greet arriving delegates in Philadel- phia, threatened to undermine the delicate healing process that followed the contentious fight between Sand- ers and Hillary Clinton. And they raised the prospect that a convention that was intended to showcase the Democratic Party’s optimism and unity, in contrast to the Republicans, could be marred by dissension and disorder. The day also veered extraordinarily into allegations, not easily dismissed, that Russia had a hand in the leaks that helped bring down the head of a U.S. political party. Despite those concerns, Democrats are hoping that focusing on Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, will galvanize the party to rally around Clinton, and on Sunday those efforts received a major boost when Michael Bloomberg, the former Republican and independent mayor of New York, said he would endorse her. In her resignation statement, Was- serman Schultz, a representative from Florida, said she would continue to fight for Clinton from the sidelines. “I know that electing Hillary Clin- ton as our next president is critical for America’s future,” Wasserman Schultz said in a statement. “I look forward to serving as a surrogate for her campaign in Florida and across the country to ensure her victory.” Messages between aides, Wasserman Schultz showed attempts to subvert Sanders By JONATHAN MARTIN AND ALAN RAPPEPORT NEW YORK TIMES TURN TO DEMOCRATS » PAGE A2 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Will resign after the Democratic National Convention INSIDE Emails stolen from the DNC have some questioning if Russia’s Putin is attempting to skew the election in Trump’s favor / A6 Russian athletes tainted, IOC says Olympic officials said Sunday that all Russian athletes were tainted by the country’s state- run doping system and would not be allowed to compete in the Summer Games unless they convinced individual sports fed- erations of their innocence. With just 12 days before the games begin, the International Olympic Committee said in a statement that “all Russian ath- letes seeking entry to the Olym- pic Games Rio 2016 are consid- ered to be affected by a system subverting and manipulating the anti-doping system.” The showdown between Rus- sia and Olym- pic officials was rich with in- trigue beyond the playing fields in Rio de Janeiro. Presi- dent Vladimir Putin of Russia had suggest- ed the doping allegations were politically motivated and meant to undermine his coun- try’s standing in the world. The Olympic leadership had been under pressure to expel a ma- jor sports power for perpetrat- ing one of the most expansive doping programs in history and corrupting results at the Sum- mer and Winter Games. In the end, Russian officials received a reprieve, in their view. The Russian flag and at least some of the country’s athletes will be a part of the Rio Olympics. The burden now shifts to sports federations to To compete in Games, each must get clearance from sports federations By REBECCA R. RUIZ NEW YORK TIMES TURN TO ATHLETES » PAGE A2 Vladimir Putin PHOTOS BY ALVIN JORNADA / THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Sonoma locals Michael Cullen, left, and Scot Hunter pedal uphill Saturday on Orchard Road in the wilderness area behind Sonoma Developmental Center in Eldridge. Sonoma County voters will be asked to extend open space protections to shield lands from large-scale development. Wide open spaces BALLOT MEASURE » Voters to decide on rural property protections O n an already bulging ballot, Sonoma County voters this fall will be asked whether to extend open space protections that for the past 20 years have helped shield more than 17,000 acres of farm and untouched lands from large-scale development. The Board of Supervisors last week voted to place on the Nov. 8 ballot a measure extending for another two de- cades the county’s longstand- ing rule requiring property owners seek additional voter approval for projects such as large housing subdivisions, for example, or commercial projects on largely undevel- oped county lands separating cities. Open space advocates argue such protections affecting buffer zones between cities, known technically as com- munity separators, help curb urban sprawl and contain growth. They do not prevent development outright, but make it more difficult by requiring voter approval to increase the intensity of development in designated rural areas. The protections, in place since 1996 and 1998, are set to expire at the end of 2016 and 2018, respectively, though other rules regarding By ANGELA HART THE PRESS DEMOCRAT TURN TO PROTECTIONS » PAGE A2 Fern Lake reservoir in the wilderness area behind Sonoma Developmen- tal Center in Eldridge. Verizon buying Yahoo for $4.8B; Mayer getting big payout SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo was the front door to the web for an early generation of internet users, and its services still attract 1 billion visitors a month. But the internet is an unforgiving place for yesterday’s great idea, and on Sunday, Yahoo reached the end of the line as an independent company. The board of the Silicon Valley company has agreed to sell Yahoo’s core internet operations and land holdings to Verizon Communica- tions for $4.8 billion, according to people briefed on the matter, who were not authorized to speak about the deal before the planned an- nouncement this morning. After the sale, Yahoo shareholders will be left with about $41 billion in investments in the Chinese e-com- merce company Alibaba, as well as Yahoo Japan and a small portfolio of patents. That compares with Yahoo’s peak value of more than $125 billion, reached in January 2000. Marissa Mayer, Yahoo’s chief ex- ecutive, is not expected to join Veri- zon, but she is due to receive a sever- ance payout worth about $57 million, according to Equilar, a compensa- tion research firm. Verizon and Yahoo declined to comment on the deal. Founded in 1994, Yahoo was one of the last independently operated pioneers of the web. Started as a directory of websites, the company was soon doing much more, offering searches, email, shopping and news. Those services, which were free to consumers, were supported by ad- vertising displayed on its various pages. For a long time, the model worked. By VINDU GOEL AND MICHAEL J. DE LA MERCED NEW YORK TIMES TURN TO YAHOO » PAGE A2 Chief exec of web pioneer departing with $57 million Marissa Mayer, Yahoo CEO, is not expected to join Verizon.
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MONDAY, JULY 25, 2016 • SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA • PRESSDEMOCRAT.COM
KERRY BENEFIELD » Spencer Torkelson adds basketball to his sports portfolio for 2016. B1
LIFE LESSONS » Raising animals for sale teaches youths responsibility, respect and teamwork. A3
SANTA ROSAHigh 86, Low 52THE WEATHER, B10
Benefield B1Comics B8Crossword B7
Editorial A7Horoscopes B9Legals A5
Lotto A2Movies B6Obituaries A6
Scoreboard B4State news A6TV B9
EXTREME BLAZES: Rapidly moving flames continue to devour homes and acreage in Southern California / A6
©2016 The Press Democrat
DNC chief to quit after email leak
Democrats arrived at their nom-inating convention Sunday under a cloud of discord as Debbie Wasser-man Schultz, the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, abruptly said she was resigning af-ter a trove of leaked emails showed
party officials conspiring to sabotage the campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.
The revelation, along with sizable pro-Sanders protests in the streets to greet arriving delegates in Philadel-phia, threatened to undermine the delicate healing process that followed the contentious fight between Sand-ers and Hillary Clinton. And they raised the prospect that a convention that was intended to showcase the Democratic Party’s optimism and unity, in contrast to the Republicans, could be marred by dissension and disorder.
The day also veered extraordinarily into allegations, not easily dismissed, that Russia had a hand in the leaks that helped bring down the head of a U.S. political party.
Despite those concerns, Democrats are hoping that focusing on Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, will galvanize the party to rally around Clinton, and on Sunday those efforts received a major boost when Michael
Bloomberg, the former Republican and independent mayor of New York, said he would endorse her.
In her resignation statement, Was-serman Schultz, a representative from Florida, said she would continue to fight for Clinton from the sidelines.
“I know that electing Hillary Clin-ton as our next president is critical for America’s future,” Wasserman Schultz said in a statement. “I look forward to serving as a surrogate for her campaign in Florida and across the country to ensure her victory.”
Messages between aides, Wasserman Schultz showed attempts to subvert SandersBy JONATHAN MARTIN AND ALAN RAPPEPORTNEW YORK TIMES
TURN TO DEMOCRATS » PAGE A2
Debbie Wasserman SchultzWill resign after the Democratic National Convention
INSIDEEmails stolen from the DNC have some questioning if Russia’s Putin is attempting to skew the election in Trump’s favor / A6
Russian athletes tainted, IOC says
Olympic officials said Sunday that all Russian athletes were tainted by the country’s state-run doping system and would not be allowed to compete in the Summer Games unless they convinced individual sports fed-erations of their innocence.
With just 12 days before the games begin, the International Olympic Committee said in a statement that “all Russian ath-letes seeking entry to the Olym-pic Games Rio 2016 are consid-ered to be affected by a system subverting and manipulating the anti-doping system.”
The showdown between Rus-sia and Olym-pic officials was rich with in-trigue beyond the playing fields in Rio de Janeiro. Presi-dent Vladimir Putin of Russia had suggest-ed the doping a l l e g a t i o n s were politically motivated and meant to undermine his coun-try’s standing in the world. The Olympic leadership had been under pressure to expel a ma-jor sports power for perpetrat-ing one of the most expansive doping programs in history and corrupting results at the Sum-mer and Winter Games.
In the end, Russian officials received a reprieve, in their view. The Russian flag and at least some of the country’s athletes will be a part of the Rio Olympics. The burden now shifts to sports federations to
To compete in Games, each must get clearance from sports federationsBy REBECCA R. RUIZNEW YORK TIMES
TURN TO ATHLETES » PAGE A2
Vladimir Putin
PHOTOS BY ALVIN JORNADA / THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
Sonoma locals Michael Cullen, left, and Scot Hunter pedal uphill Saturday on Orchard Road in the wilderness area behind Sonoma Developmental Center in Eldridge. Sonoma County voters will be asked to extend open space protections to shield lands from large-scale development.
Wide open spacesBALLOT MEASURE » Voters to decide on rural property protections
On an already bulging ballot, Sonoma County voters this fall will be
asked whether to extend open space protections that for the past 20 years have helped shield more than 17,000 acres of farm and untouched lands from large-scale development.
The Board of Supervisors last week voted to place on the Nov. 8 ballot a measure extending for another two de-cades the county’s longstand-ing rule requiring property owners seek additional voter approval for projects such as large housing subdivisions, for example, or commercial
projects on largely undevel-oped county lands separating cities.
Open space advocates argue such protections affecting buffer zones between cities, known technically as com-munity separators, help curb urban sprawl and contain growth. They do not prevent development outright, but make it more difficult by requiring voter approval to increase the intensity of development in designated rural areas. The protections, in place since 1996 and 1998, are set to expire at the end of 2016 and 2018, respectively, though other rules regarding
By ANGELA HARTTHE PRESS DEMOCRAT
TURN TO PROTECTIONS » PAGE A2Fern Lake reservoir in the wilderness area behind Sonoma Developmen-tal Center in Eldridge.
Verizon buying Yahoo for $4.8B; Mayer getting big payout
SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo was the front door to the web for an early generation of internet users, and its services still attract 1 billion visitors a month.
But the internet is an unforgiving
place for yesterday’s great idea, and on Sunday, Yahoo reached the end of the line as an independent company.
The board of the Silicon Valley company has agreed to sell Yahoo’s core internet operations and land holdings to Verizon Communica-tions for $4.8 billion, according to people briefed on the matter, who were not authorized to speak about the deal before the planned an-nouncement this morning.
After the sale, Yahoo shareholders will be left with about $41 billion in
investments in the Chinese e-com-merce company Alibaba, as well as Yahoo Japan and a small portfolio of patents.
That compares with Yahoo’s peak value of more than $125 billion, reached in January 2000.
Marissa Mayer, Yahoo’s chief ex-ecutive, is not expected to join Veri-zon, but she is due to receive a sever-ance payout worth about $57 million, according to Equilar, a compensa-tion research firm.
Verizon and Yahoo declined to
comment on the deal.Founded in 1994, Yahoo was one
of the last independently operated pioneers of the web. Started as a directory of websites, the company was soon doing much more, offering searches, email, shopping and news. Those services, which were free to consumers, were supported by ad-vertising displayed on its various pages.
For a long time, the model worked.
By VINDU GOEL AND MICHAEL J. DE LA MERCEDNEW YORK TIMES
TURN TO YAHOO » PAGE A2
Chief exec of web pioneer departing with $57 million
Marissa Mayer, Yahoo CEO, is not expected to join Verizon.
