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WASHINGTON Federal prosecutors in New York City are investigating whether Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s personal law- yer, broke lobbying laws in his dealings in Ukraine, according to two people familiar with the inquiry. The investigators are examining Giu- liani’s efforts to undermine the U.S. am- bassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, NOAH BERGER AP one of the people said. She was recalled in Flames from the make a run up a hillside toward homes in Porter Ranch Friday. The blaze broke out the spring, reportedly as part of Trump’s Thursday night on the north side of Interstate 210 and quickly spread, aided by . broader campaign to pressure Ukraine into helping his political prospects. The investigation into Giuliani is tied to the case against two of his associates who were arrested this week on campaign ‘A WHOLE CURTAIN OF FIRE’: finance-related charges, the people famil- iar with the inquiry said. The associates were charged with funneling illegal con- tributions to a congressman whose help 100K EVACUATED IN L.A. AREA they sought in removing Yovanovitch. Giuliani has denied wrongdoing, but he acknowledged that he and the associ- ates worked with Ukrainian prosecutors Fast-moving blaze chars more than 7, 500 acres; state of emergency declared to collect potentially damaging informa- tion about Yovanovitch and other targets U-T NEWS SERVICES acres an hour. issued to roughly 23,000 homes to leave.” SEE UKRAINE • A13 More than 1,000 firefighters north of state Route 118 — an It was familiar territory, not Awind-driven brush fire from multiple agencies fought area covering 100,000 residents just because of the Sayre fire in carved a devastating path in the the sprawling blaze night and —and officials warned that Sylmar that burned 489 homes northern foothills of the San Fer- day, deploying eight helicopters other communities near the fire in 2008 but also the Aliso Canyon nando Valley on Friday, burning and amphibious fixed-wing “su- need to be ready to leave at a mo- gas leak four years ago that at least 31 structures, closing per scoopers.” Ground crews ment’s notice. forced the evacuation of 11,000 REPORT: S.D. freeways and forcing the evacu- manned bulldozers to cut con- Deputy Chief Jorge Rodri- people in and around Porter ations of thousands. tainment lines into nearby hill- guez of the Police Ranch, and the fire that de- Peak winds above 50 mph sides. At least one air tanker Department said the city sent stroyed 13 homes in Porter STADIUM SITE drove embers hundreds of yards blanketed fire retardant across alerts, used police public ad- Ranch in 1988. in front of the flames. The fire the ridges between Granada dress systems and sent dozens With the unrelenting wind, hopscotched west from Sylmar Hills and Porter Ranch. of officers knocking on doors as warm temperatures and low hu- VALUE IN ’20 —leaping over into By Friday afternoon, 7,500 the fire swept west. “A lot of peo- midity, officials said they expect Granada Hills and Porter acres had burned. ple left but some didn’t,” he said. it will take days to get the blaze Ranch, at times consuming 800 Mandatory evacuations were “We aren’t going to force people SEE FIRE • A12 AT $104.5M With offer imminent, price NEW LAW WIDENS GUN higher than SDSU aims to pay BY JENNIFER VAN GROVE

RESTRAINING ORDERS With San Diego State University set to soon make a formal offer to buy 132 acres Measure among temporarily take away peo- of city-owned land in Mission Valley, a ples’ guns when they are new report suggests that the property’s 15 gun-related bills deemed a danger to them- present-day price tag might be substan- selves or others. tially higher than its recently appraised signed by governor Newsom signed a com- value. panion bill extending the Friday, the city’s Office of the Inde- U-T NEWS SERVICES length of gun-violence re- pendent Budget Analyst, which advises straining orders from one City Council on financial matters, con- SACRAMENTO to five years, although the cluded that the land’s “actual fair market Gov. Gavin gun owners could petition value could reasonably be determined to Newsom on Friday signed a to end those restrictions be as high as $104.5 million, assuming a law that will make the state earlier. 2020 closing date.” the first to allow employers, The new laws were The determination is a potential blow co-workers and teachers to among 15 gun-related laws to the university, which has said since the seek gun violence restrain- that Newsom approved as release of a draft appraisal earlier this ing orders against other the state strengthens what week that it is prepared to pay the as- people. the Brady Campaign to signed fair market value, in 2017 dollars, of The bill was vetoed Prevent Gun Violence calls $68.2 million. On Monday, SDSU leaders twice by former Gov. Jerry the nation’s toughest re- plan to present a formal offer to City Brown, a fellow Democrat, strictions, including a ban Council that is expected to include the and goes beyond a measure on the purchase of more SEE APPRAISAL • A6 that he signed allowing than one semiautomatic ri- only law enforcement offi- fle per month. cers and immediate family “California has outper- members to ask judges to SEE LAWS • A10 JUDGES BLOCK

COURTESY PHOTO BORDER FUNDING, Chula Vista’s Ana De Almeida Amaral is one of 10 to GUN SALES BAN AT DEL MAR earn the Girls Scouts’ top honor, the Gold Award. GREEN CARD RULE FAIRGROUNDS NOW THE LAW SETTING THE BY NICK MIROFF Newsom signs bill man Todd Gloria, D-San Di- Federal judges in New York, Texas and ego, in a news release. “This California sided against two of the Trump written by Gloria; it victory is policy and action, GOLD STANDARD administration’s key immigration initia- not thoughts and prayers — tives Friday, the latest in a series of lower takes effect in 2021 and it demonstrates that court rulings against the president’s push California, with leaders like BY DEBORAH SULLIVAN Girl Scouts recognized as for new physical and administrative barri- BY PHIL DIEHL Gov. Newsom, will step up BRENNAN & DIANE BELL “National Gold Award Girl ers to migrants. when the federal govern- Scouts” at a ceremony in In El Paso, Texas, the court ruled the Gov. Gavin Newsom on ment fails to act.” Ana De Almeida Amaral, New York City. Trump administration’s attempt to repro- Friday signed into law a bill Fairground officials said ateenager from Chula Vista, “It’s such an honor, not gram military funds for the construction of that will ban the sale of guns Friday the signing was ex- has earned the Girl Scouts’ only to be the first person border fencing wasaviolation of appropria- and ammunition at the Del pected and that they will ad- top national honor for an from San Diego to have tion laws, a decision that could freeze work Mar Fairgrounds beginning here to the new law when it ethnic studies course that gotten this award, but be- on the barrier in that area. in 2021, the first time the takes effect. she developed and taught at cause the Girl Scouts are And in separate rulings in New York, Legislature has stepped in The law, Assembly Bill her high school, High Tech making a stand by support- California and Washington state, judges to prohibit the purchase of 893, is the latest devel- High Chula Vista. ing my project,” she said. partly blocked the implementation of the firearms and ammo on opment in an ongoing battle On Friday — Interna- “They’re saying they believe “public charge” rule that aimed to dis- state-owned property. that’s already entered a fed- tional Day of the Girl — in my work.” qualify immigrants from receiving green “The community spoke eral court over firearms Amaral became one of 10 SEE GOLD • A8 cards if they use public benefits or the gov- and the state listened,” said sales at Del Mar. ernment considers them likely to do so. the bill’s author, Assembly- SEE GUNS • A11 SEE BORDER • A13

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these girls stand out. They previously earned a local GOLD have made an incredible Gold Award, joined her in impact in the worlds of New York for the ceremony. FROM A1 STEM, education, agricul- Her sister, Cristina De The Gold Award is Girl ture, the environment, civil Almeida Amaral, also a Scouts’ highest honor, rights, and beyond.” longtime Girl Scout, com- comparable to Boy Scouts’ Amaral’s project evolved pleted a social media detox Eagle rank. The 10 national from her realization that her project for her own Gold award recipients were se- high school, with its primar- Award, after studying the lected from all of this year’s ily Hispanic and Filipino neurological and psycholo- Gold Award Scouts “for student population, had no gical effects of social media their extraordinary leader- curriculum or activities that use on teen mental health. ship and ability to develop reflected that. So she knew first hand the lasting solutions,” accord- “I saw that representa- commitment the Gold ing to a statement on the tion of people of color wasn’t Award process involved, as ceremony. apparent in our curriculum, well as the benefits of that Their New York trip in our history classes, or in time investment. included a whirlwind tour of school clubs,” she said in a “I was really excited for the United Nations, a visit to video about her project. her,” Cristina said. “I was the flagship store for Micro- She set out to change extremely proud of her. I soft, which sponsored the that, developing and teach- definitely felt like the event, and media appear- ing the materials to her amount of work, dedication ances. Each of the 10 Gold peers, and training younger and passion she had for this Award winners, known in classmates to take over the project deserves this kind of past years as National student-taught class. She recognition. She’s really Young Women of Distinc- GIRL SCOUTS OF THE USA recruited a team of students working hard to spread the tion, will receive $20,000 in Ana De Almeida Amaral receives the National Gold Award Girl Scout pin from as instructors, and together goals of her project to teach- scholarship funds. Girl Scouts CEO Sylvia Acevedo in New York City. they decided which topics to ers around the U.S. So it’s “I was incredibly hon- study each semester, cov- only appropriate that an ored and humbled because now a freshman at Stanford along with many others truly distinguished them- ering subjects such as the organization such as Girl this award is not just a rec- Univeristy studying com- throughout the country. All selves as visionary leaders,” role of Hispanic Americans Scouts would recognize that ognition of the 700 plus parative race and ethnic passed a rigorous multistep Girl Scouts CEO Sylvia in the Civil Rights Move- and allow her to have that hours that I put into this studies, with plans to go into review, and each project had Acevedo said in a statement. ment, and the involvement of national platform.” project, but it also repre- education. to demonstrate a lasting “In a time when an increas- Filipino farm workers in the Her mother, Liz De sents an award to an entire Amaral was among 61 community impact. ing number of young people 1965 Delano grape strike. Almeida Amaral, said the community that is making a girls in San Diego County to “This year’s National are using their voices to come Amaral also ran semi- Gold Award project pro- difference,” said Amaral, 18, earn a Gold Award this year, Gold Award Girl Scouts have together and take action, nars for educators about vided Ana with a kind of culturally responsive teach- template for life-long prob- ing in other classes beyond lem-solving and leadership. ethnic studies, according to “It’s given her the ability the Girl Scout statement. to look at a problem and try Her biggest hurdle, she said, to find solutions,” Liz said. wasn’t convincing school “She knows that it will not officials that students’ just be one simple fix. It ethnic history was worthy of takes community, network- study, but that their cultural ing and leadership skills. identities should be high- They have to be innovative, lighted and reinforced they have to take risks. They throughout their education. may make mistakes, but “Often, schools try to they learn from those mis- claim that schools are a takes. I think the Gold race-free and racism-free Award gives the girls these place; we don’t see color, skills and propels them into and everyone is equal,” she the future.” said. “But students come in Carol Dedrich, CEO of as racial beings, and it’s Girl Scouts San Diego, important to be able to own praised Amaral for her work that and interact with peo- and its lasting impact: “We ple who have different cul- are beyond proud of Ana.” tural backgrounds.... You Chula Vista High Tech know that together you can High Director Angela Guer- change the world, and be rero echoed Dedrich’s senti- champions for justice.” ment. She explained that As the state of California High Tech High is a project- debates a potential ethnic based learning school. “Our studies requirement for greatest goal is to instill a public schools, Amaral’s sense in students that their class brought that material voices matter, their work to light ahead of that. She matters and their passions believes that the class offers can be mobilized toward them not only insight into positive change in society,” their cultural history, but Guerro said. also a way to improve their She added that Amaral’s educational performance. leadership projects repre- She cited Stanford research sent the school’s greatest showing that at-risk stu- hope that students “find dents who took ethnic stud- work that is personally ies classes improved both meaningful and transfor- their grade point average mative ... We are extremely and attendance, allowing proud of Ana!” them to bridge the achieve- For Ana, the project ment gap between Hispanic forever altered her experi- and black students and ence of education. 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