SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jury selection has begun in the trial of the man accused of fatally shooting a 32-year-old woman on a San Francisco pier, which touched off a national immigration debate. Jose Ines…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jury selection has begun in the trial of the man accused of fatally shooting a 32-year-old woman on a San Francisco pier, which touched off a national immigration debate.
Jose Ines Garcia Zarate says he accidentally fired the shot that killed Kate Steinle. The 54-year-old Garcia Zarate had been deported five times prior to the shooting.
Court records show that lawyers began summoning the first of 1,000 potential jurors Monday to the San Francisco courthouse to fill out questionnaires. Possible jurors are being asked if they can sit through a lengthy trial or have moral qualms about the case.
The questionnaire process is expected to take two weeks. Lawyers will then spend about two weeks questioning potential jurors in court about their views on immigration and other issues in an effort to seat an impartial jury.
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Outside of official events, many Puerto Ricans say they won’t welcome President Trump with open arms during his visit to the storm-wracked island Tuesday.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Outside of official events, many Puerto Ricans say they won’t be welcoming President Donald Trump with open arms during his visit to the storm-wracked island on Tuesday.
People in the U. S. territory were angry or dismissive Monday when asked about Trump’s description of some Puerto Ricans who have criticized the U. S. government’s aid after Hurricane Maria as “ingrates” and about his assurances that the relief effort is going well.
“He’s a piece of trash,” Rachel Cruz, a linguist, said as she head home after buying groceries in the capital, San Juan. “He makes a fool out of himself and a fool out of his country.”
Cruz said Puerto Ricans are furious with power still cut off on most of the island, schools and many businesses closed, and much of the countryside struggling to find fresh water and food, but she said even the angriest were unlikely to openly insult the man ultimately responsible for helping them.
“The majority of people here feel that way, but we have to be more balanced because we need help,” she said.
Even those happy with the federal aid effort for the U. S. territory’s 3.4 million people said they resented Trump’s tweets about some Puerto Ricans being lazy and ungrateful.
“We appreciate all the help that we’ve received, but his comments are not true,” said Nancy Rivera, a private school principal who was out buying bread. “We don’t deserve that.”
Rivera and her husband live in the north coastal town of Toa Baja, which was one of the hardest hit by Maria and where dozens of people had to be rescued from rooftops amid widespread flooding. The couple has moved temporarily to their son’s apartment in San Juan.
Gov. Ricardo Rossello, however, praised federal and state officials for the resources and help they have provided, but he also noted that Puerto Rico has long been struggling because of its territorial status.
“I invite all of you to consider, to think of Puerto Ricans as your constituents,” said Rossello, who supports statehood for the island. “Think about it as a moral imperative because we are U. S. citizens but more importantly, we’re all equal as human beings.”
The governor said water service has been restored to about 50 percent of customers across Puerto Rico. Rossello said he hopes 25 percent of electricity customers will have power by the end of October. Officials have said power would be restored to the entire island before March.
Rossello also announced that the wait time to buy gasoline had diminished from seven hours to one hour around San Juan in recent days and that nearly 40 percent of cellphone clients have service.
Many Puerto Ricans, including Noelys Martinez, a call center worker, expressed doubt that Trump’s visit would change anything.
“The lights are not going to come back on because of him,” she said as she strolled near a park eating ice cream.
Angel Tomas Crispin, manager of a convenience store that was doing brisk business as people sought to restock basic supplies, didn’t have kind words for the president. “Donald Trump is not the solution for Puerto Rico,” he said.
Crispin said he was angered by Trump’s comments about the island. “All this money he has, and all the education he has, and he’s ignorant.”
Luis Torres, a retiree taking an evening walk with his wife, Marina, said Trump isn’t welcome.
“As far as I’m concerned, he shouldn’t come,” Torres said.
His wife nodded aggressively.
“He has expressed himself in such a disrespectful way. Extremely unnecessary and extremely insensitive,” she said. “It’s very sad.”

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The Equifax hack may be worse than previously thought. The national credit bureau revealed Monday that another 2.5 million people are believed to have gotten…
The Equifax hack may be worse than previously thought.
The national credit bureau revealed Monday that another 2.5 million people are believed to have gotten their personal information swiped during the cyber attack — bringing the total up to 145.5 million.
“I was advised Sunday that the analysis of the number of consumers potentially impacted by the cybersecurity incident has been completed, and I directed that the results be promptly released,” newly appointed interim CEO, Paulino do Rego Barros, Jr. said in a statement.
“Our priorities are transparency and improving support for consumers,” he added. “I will continue to monitor our progress on a daily basis.”
According to Equifax, the additional US customers that may have been affected were not victims of a new attack. They just weren’t accounted for when officials initially tallied the numbers.
“I want to apologize again to all impacted consumers,” Barros said. “As this important phase of our work is now completed, we continue to take numerous steps to review and enhance our cybersecurity practices. We also continue to work closely with our internal team and outside advisors to implement and accelerate long-term security improvements.”
Equifax ultimately determined that there were more victims during a review of the data breach, which was first disclosed on Sept. 7 — more than five months after the hackers reportedly infiltrated the company’s servers.
The investigation was conducted by the forensic security firm Madiant.
“The completed review determined that approximately 2.5 million additional U. S. consumers were potentially impacted, for a total of 145.5 million,” Equifax said Monday. “Mandiant did not identify any evidence of additional or new attacker activity or any access to new databases or tables. Instead, this additional population of consumers was confirmed during Mandiant’s completion of the remaining investigative tasks and quality assurance procedures built into the investigative process.”
Equifax’s former CEO Richard Smith is scheduled to address a House subcommittee on Tuesday to discuss the data breach after being forced into retirement last week as a result.
Speaking Monday in a prepared statement, Smith said the hackers were able to access the company’s servers thanks to a flaw in its network, which the security department failed to fix — despite warnings from the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team.
“We now know that the vulnerable version of Apache Struts within Equifax was not identified or patched in response to the internal March 9 notification to information technology personnel,” Smith said. “I am deeply sorry that this occurred.”
Equifax plans to update the feature on its website — allowing US consumers to check if their information was stolen — to reflect the newly-listed consumers. The company said the site should be updated by Oct. 8.

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