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Indictment highlights perils of being Trump lawyer Bloomberg News WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s attorneys play a startling role in the federal criminal indictment against him, described not only as unwitting participants in crimes he’s charged with, but also as key potential witnesses in the government’s case. The prosecution brought by Justice Department Special Counsel Jack Smith’s office offers the latest example of risks lawyers face taking on Trump as a client. Michael Cohen, Trump’s former longtime personal counsel-turnedfoe, went to prison after pleading guilty to conduct that included work he performed on Trump’s behalf. Multiple lawyers, including former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, are facing challenges to their law licenses for aiding Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Trump is charged with unlawfully holding on to sensitive national security information after he left the White House

in January 2021 and of obstructing the government’s efforts to identify and retrieve the records. Three lawyers described in the indictment narrative aren’t charged with crimes and legal experts say it’s unlikely they’d face ethics investigations based on the facts laid out by prosecutors. But no attorney wants to be in a situation where their work is being scrutinized in a criminal investigation, the experts said. “It’s frankly imprudent and extremely risky for anyone to represent Trump in anything other than” a trial setting, said Kathleen Clark, a legal ethics expert and professor at Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. “Anytime you’re dealing with Trump in a transaction or as a go-between with the government or anybody, that’s very risky because he has such a clear track record.” Prosecutors have accused Trump of using his lawyers as part of the obstruction scheme. The indictment, which See Trump, Page A7

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A sign warning beachgoers about shark activity is posted at the top of the trail leading down to Beacon’s Beach in Encinitas.

Researchers use drones to study shark encounters Lucy Peterson

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How common are encounters between sharks and humans off California’s coast? According to new research conducted by California State University, Long Beach’s Shark Lab, there’s a surprisingly high amount of overlap between the places people and sharks hang out. The research team – led by Chris Lowe, professor of marine biology at CSU Long Beach – used drones to document human water activity and shark distribution.

Researchers conducted more than 1,500 drone surveys from 2019 to 2021 across 26 different southern California beaches – going as far north as Santa Barbara and as far south as San Diego. Water users came into contact with sharks in aggregation sites on 97% of the days surveyed, according to the study, the first of its kind. The study was published in the Public Library of Science in June of 2023. “I think people will See Sharks, Page A7

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The site of the future Pacific Flyway Center in the Suisun Marsh.

Groundbreaking for Pacific Flyway ‘Walk in Marsh’ will be Saturday

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FAIRFIELD — The $75 million ecological and educational Pacific Flyway Center project has been described as a “a gift for future generations.” Seven years after being introduced to the public, a groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled for Saturday for the first phase of the project, the 24-acre “Walk in the Marsh.” The event will be held at 10 a.m. at Gold Hill and Ramsey roads in Fairfield. The “Walk in the Marsh” is a network of looping trails, paths and boardwalks. “Visitors will be able to walk . . . into the wetlands on paths on which there are plans to develop interpretive displays and ‘viewing hides,’ ” the

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The artist’s rendering shows the main entrance to the Pacific Flyway Center. project website states. “A kayak launch area will offer opportunities for visitors who want to experience nature from the water.” The 28,000-squarefoot education center that was initially part of that first phase, will be constructed later. The first part of the initial phase is the grading and other groundwork on the wetland areas and development site,

New study could help determine if BART policing is racially motivated Elissa Miolene

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A new study will analyze how the BART police force responds to incidents of fare evasion – and whether race plays a role in the transit authority’s law enforcement. Past research shows Black BART riders were stopped by the subway’s police eight times more often than their White counterparts from 2012 to 2017, while also being 15 times more likely to experience a use

of force from the BART Police Department. This study, which will be conducted by the Center for Policing Equity and BART’s Office of the Independent Police Auditor for 18 months, will build on that research, and ultimately provide the transit authority with recommendations to improve its practices. “All transit riders deserve to feel a sense of belonging, freedom, and safety when traveling on

public transportation,” said Hans Menos, Vice President of the Triage Response Team at the Center for Policing Equity, in a press release. “That sense of security should include protection from racial bias, and freedom from harassment at the hands of law enforcement.” The transit agency’s police authority is the first of its kind in the country to undergo reviews from agencies like the Center for Polic-

ing Equity. After the first set of research came out, the BART Police Department adopted all six recommendations made by the entity, including enhancing supervisor review of stop records, and updating data collection for stops, searches and uses of force across the agency. Even so, fare evasion is a huge issue for the transit system: Before the pandemic, BART officials estimated that fare See BART, Page A7

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permits for which have been issued, and the second part is the actual construction of more than 2 miles of boardwalk and trails, interactive signage, benches, shade areas and the parking lot. The center is the vision of the late Ken Hofmann, former owner of the Oakland A’s, who had land interests in the marsh. He died in April 2018. Fairfield, in March 2019, annexed

273 of the 560 acres identified as part of the project area. The Hofmann family has put about $2 million of its own money into the project and pledged another $2 million as a match to future funding, whether grants or donations. Area officials believe it will become a major tourism destination, located within about an hour of where more than 10 million people live, and centrally located in the Pacific Flyway, which runs 10,000 nautical miles from the Arctic to Patagonia. It is the migration route for billions of birds, including an estimated 6 million waterfowl in California. The U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife reports there are more than 50 million birdwatchers in the nation.

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