1. The Modesto BeeTUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2014 75 CENTSmodbee.com
Clippers clobber
Warriors, tie series
SPORTS | Page C1
1923 Model T staying
in Turlock family’s care
LOCAL NEWS | Page B1
TURLOCK – The City Council will
talk tonight about switching to dis-
trictelections,anissuethatincurred
a $3 million legal bill for Modesto a
few years back.
Turlock is among the many enti-
tiesaroundthestatethatarelooking
to change from at-large elections,
which critics say do not provide
enough representation to Latinos.
Tonight, the council will consider
having a consultant draw proposed
district boundaries, which could re-
turn for discussion next month. The
final map could go before voters in
November and would take effect
with ensuing council elections.
The process could cost up to
$60,000, City Manager Roy Wasden
said last month.
Turlock would be the second city
in Stanislaus County to go to dis-
tricts. The first was Modesto, which
didsoin2008afteralegalbattlethat
went to the U.S. Supreme Court and
ended with a $3 million settlement
with attorneys for the three Latino
residents who had sued.
Modesto had argued that the Cali-
fornia Voting Rights Act of 2002,
which the plaintiffs used to push for
districts, was unconstitutional be-
cause it appeared to give preference
to certain races. The high court de-
clined in 2007 to hear the city’s pet-
ition. The next year, Modesto voters
approved a ballot measure that
phased out the at-large system.
A little of this history is in a slide
presentation by National Demo-
graphics Corp., a Glendale-based
firm that is advising Turlock on dis-
trict elections. It was shown at four
lightly attended meetings around
town last month.
The firm noted that 41 of Califor-
nia’s 482 cities have adopted dis-
District elections on agendaTURLOCK TO LOOK AT HIRING CONSULTANT
By John Holland
jholland@modbee.com
HOW TO ATTEND
What: Turlock City Council
When: 6 p.m. today
Where: City Hall, 156 S. Broadway
Agenda: www.turlock.ca.us
TURLOCK | Back page, A10
In a sad coincidence, a fatal car
crash in Manteca that authorities
say was caused by an inattentive
driver looking for her cellphone
occurredinthemiddleofDistract-
ed Driving Awareness Month.
Authorities arrested Mia Sara
Aguiar, 19, of Stockton on a misde-
meanor charge of vehicular man-
slaughter after her car hit a group
ofteenswalkingalongaroadearly
Saturday. Three of the teens were
injured; the fourth, identified by
the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s
Department as Zachariah Gomez,
14, of Manteca, died.
Despite repeated warnings, ex-
pensive tickets and well-publi-
cized tragedies, people continue
to practice bad habits while driv-
ing, law enforcement officials say.
From April 1 to 18, Modesto po-
lice issued 64 citations to drivers
using handheld cellular phones,
spokeswoman Heather Graves
said. Eight drivers were cited on
suspicion of texting while driving.
And those were only the drivers
police say they caught in the act.
People are getting craftier about
hiding their use of cellphones
around authorities, said Officer
John Martinez of the California
Highway Patrol.
“When we’re in a black and
white(patrolcar),we’renotseeing
Losing
focus
on road
can cost
LIVES AND MONEY
AT RISK IF DRIVERS
ARE DISTRACTED
By Patty Guerra
pguerra@modbee.com
DRIVING | Back page, A10
BOSTON – When the digital clocks along Boyl-
ston Street flashed 2:49 on Marathon Monday,
nothing out of the ordinary happened. And that
was reason for joyous celebration.
At that moment last year, the first of two
bombsexplodednearthefinishlineoftheBoston
Marathon,killingthreespectatorsandwounding
more than 260 people. At that same moment this
year,asthecity held its collective breath for a mo-
ment of silence, runners crossed the line without
incident. That feat sent up a Super Bowl’s worth
of cheers from throngs of spectators, who
clapped, hooted and rang cowbells under the
warm afternoon sun.
“They got their city back!” said Kay Weir, 50, a
runner from San Diego, who was one of several
people crossing the finish line at that moment.
“I’mstoked,”shesaid,despitehavingjustrun26.2
miles, the first mile of which she spent in tears
remembering the events of
last year.
Monday was the day Bos-
ton reclaimed the finish line,
converting a symbolic wound
on the city’s psyche back to its
utilitarianfunctionastheend
point of one of the world’s oldest and most presti-
gious road races. Of course it will always be the
sceneoflastyear’scrime,butthefootfallsofthou-
sandsofrunnersMondaypoundeddownitssym-
bolic significance.
Even the moment of silence did not last. It had
barely begun before it was lost in the cheers for
runners who pressed on over the finish line at
2:49.
“What a time to come in, what a moment to
come in,” the announcer marveled over the pub-
lic address system as runners staggered by in
their brightly colored racing togs, their faces
AMERICAN CLAIMS
WIN IN MEN’S RACE
IN FIRST CONTEST
SINCE BOMBINGS
Elise Amendola The Associated Press
Boston Marathon bombing survivor Jeff Bauman, left, bumps fists with Carlos Arredondo, who helped save his life, near the finish line of the 118th
Boston Marathon on Monday. For the first time in three decades, an American – Meb Keflezighi of San Diego, top – won the race.
Ordinary marathon suits
Boston runners, fans fine
Charles Krupa The Associated Press
Stephan Savoia The Associated Press
Runners in the first wave of 9,000
cross the starting line of Monday’s
Boston Marathon.
By Katharine Q. Seelye
The New York Times
BOSTON | Back page, A10
MORE INSIDE
View the winners
and what local
runners in Boston
had to say.
Sports, Page C1
LOCAL NEWS
Oakdale and Riverbank
residents received Easter
eggs filled with propagan-
da for a white supremacist
rally supposedly slated for
Saturday, but police say
the day passed without
any noticeable signs of a
so-called White Man
March. Page B1
WORK & MONEY
Apple is detailing efforts
to go greener in an envi-
ronmental section on its
site. Among the company’s
offerings: free recycling of
all its used products and a
promise to power all of its
stores, offices and data
centers with renewable
energy. Page A7
OPINIONS
In the United States,
even those with bachelor’s
degrees find themselves
serving coffee or waiting
by the phone. Senate
President Pro Tem Darrell
Steinberg wants to expand
on high school career-
technical programs to
help. Page A8
LOCAL NEWS
The Modesto Irrigation
District board is poised to
declare we’re in a drought,
joining the governor and
the Turlock Irrigation
District. The board also will
consider rules for farmers
in either of two programs
meant to help stretch
water supplies. Page B1
NATION
Broadcasters including
ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox
have been trying to shut
down Aereo since the
startup video service
launched in 2012, claiming
it steals their copyrighted
content. Today, the battle
heads to the Supreme
Court. Page A4
TODAY’S SCOOP
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Bridge D2
Lottery B2
Obituaries B4
Opinions A8
Pets D1
Sports C1
Television D2
Work &
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The dark of night still draped
San Jose Mineta International
Airport when a 15-year-old boy
from nearby Santa Clara wan-
dered onto a secure airport ramp
and toward a Hawaiian Airlines
Boeing 767.
Then he disappeared.
The slight teenager, first seen
onasecuritycameravideo,would
not appear again until later Sun-
day morning, when airline work-
ers spotted him, 2,350 miles to
the west, walking on another tar-
mac, this one at Kahului Airport
on the island of Maui.
In the interim, authorities say,
the boy survived a perilous,
51
⁄2-hour odyssey – weathering
frigid temperatures, oxygen dep-
rivation and a flight compart-
ment unfit for human habitation
– as he traveled over the Pacific
Airline
stowaway
spurs awe,
anxiety
SECURITY AN ISSUE
AFTER TEEN’S TRIP
By Joseph Serna, Kate
Mather and James Rainey
Los Angeles Times
STOWAWAY | Back page, A10