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ByStevePeoplesandJill Colvin TheAssociatedPress ANAHEIM Hispanicvoters in Florida, New Mexico and California have waved Mex- ican flags and bashed Don- ald Trump piñatas — clash- ing with police, at times — to protest the Republican presidential contender's hard line approach to im- migration. Yet far from the protests, an increasingly vocal His- panic minority is speaking out in favor of the brash bil- lionaire. They are backing Trump even in the face of resentment and suspicion from friends and family, who are among the over- whelming majority of non- white voters opposed to the New York businessman's candidacy. "I'm not ashamed to vote for Trump. I'd just rather not have the conversation with my family," said Nat- alie Lally, a 22-year-old col- lege student from New York City whose large extended family has Colombian roots. She says silence fell over her grandmother's living room when she admitted her support for Trump dur- ing a recent family gather- ing that included more than 30 relatives. "They just kind of seemed uneasy," she recalled. "And my uncle just said, 'Why?' " In the border towns of Texas, the working-class neighborhoods of New York, and even inside Trump's overwhelmingly white ral- lies, the pro-Trump His- panic minority is willing to risk public and private rid- icule to defend the GOP's presumptive presidential nominee. So far, however, they're not getting much help from Trump's cam- paign, which has yet to launch an outreach effort to improve his standing with the growing voting bloc. Approximately 23 per- cent of Hispanics said they'd vote for Trump in a May poll conducted by Fox News Latino. Other re- cent polling places Trump far lower. The GOP's last presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, has cited his poor standing with Hispanic vot- ers as one of his biggest re- grets from the last election, when he earned 27 percent of the Hispanic vote. Trump's team acknowl- edges the importance of the voting bloc, but says there has been little organized outreach so far. "Any demographic that is growing at the rate of the Latino voters obviously will be of the utmost im- portance to a presidential campaign," Trump aide Ed Brookover said when asked about Hispanic outreach. "I know it's been talked about, but I think it's a touch early. I don't know of anything or- ganized." Trump's team expects to work closely with the Re- publican National Com- mittee, however, which has had paid Hispanic outreach staff on the ground in nine states. Trump's policies and tone on immigration have sparked passionate — and sometimes violent — reac- tions from minority voters. His vow to complete a massive wall along the Mex- ican border is a pillar of his agenda. He has also prom- ised to impose a temporary ban on Muslims entering the U.S., embraced plans to deport more than 11 million immigrants in the coun- try illegally and described Mexico sending rapists and criminals across the bor- der in his announcement speech. He lashed out at protest- ers who clashed with po- lice outside his Tuesday rally in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The protesters, including many Hispan- ics, waved Mexican flags while others hurled rocks at police. "The protesters in New Mexico were thugs who were flying the Mexican flag," Trump wrote on Twit- ter. "The rally inside was big and beautiful, but out- side, criminals!" During a Wednesday ap- pearance in Anaheim, he claimed "a great relation- ship with the Hispanics." "The Mexican people are great. They're going to vote for me like crazy," he said. Conversations with Trump Hispanic supporters across the country in recent months show many feel es- pecially frustrated with im- migrants in the country il- legally. Many waited years for work authorization or citizenship or have relatives who did. And while some em- brace Trump's plans for the wall and deportations, others say they don't be- lieve Trump actually plans to follow through with his proclamations on the cam- paign trail. Yet there are often a handful of Hispanic sup- porters inside his rallies. Before Trump took the stage in Albuquerque, Mary Jo Andrade, 37, a licensed mental health counselor, said her 17-year-old daugh- ter is often teased in school for backing him. "She hears, 'Oh, you're not real Mexican. You're not true Mexican,' "Andrade said and added, "A lot of the time I tell her, 'Keep your si- lence because of that.'" POLITICS Some Hispanics face ridicule over their support for Trump JETTLOE—THELASCRUCESSUN-NEWS A woman waves the Mexican flag while driving past the Albuquerque Convention Center a er a rally by Donald Trump. By Sudhin Thanawala The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO The Cal- ifornia Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a chal- lenge to a criminal sen- tence of 50 years to life for a juvenile convicted of murder who argued that the punishment violated a U.S. Supreme Court de- cision because it was the equivalent of life without parole and required by law. In its 6-1 ruling, the Cal- ifornia high court cited a state law that gives juve- nile offenders the right to a parole hearing within 25 years. In addition, the law re- quires the parole board to consider a defendant's youth at the time of the crime, Associate Justice Goodwin Liu wrote for the majority. As a result, it renders "moot" the defendant's constitutional challenge, he said. The ruling came amid heightened scrutiny of sen- tences for juveniles. The U.S. Supreme Court in a 2012 decision said chil- dren are more likely to be impetuous, fail to appreci- ate risks and be vulnerable to peer pressure and home environment. It threw out mandatory life without parole sen- tences for juveniles, though it left the door open for in- dividual judges to issue the sentence against juveniles in murder cases, but only if they consider the mitigat- ing factors of youth. Tyris Franklin, the Cal- ifornia defendant, had ar- gued that his mandatory 50-year-to-life sentence violated the ruling be- cause it was the equiva- lent of life without parole and prevented the judge from considering mitigat- ing factors. His attorney, Gene Vo- robyov, said Thursday the parole law was not an ade- quate remedy to his client's unconstitutional sentence. A judge should consider the mitigating factors of youth during sentencing and not leave that to an administrative hearing 25 years down the road, he said. Franklin was 16 in 2011 when prosecutors say he shot and killed another 16-year-old whom Frank- lin accused of involvement with a gang in Richmond that he said was terroriz- ing his family. He was tried as an adult and sentenced in 2012 fol- lowing his conviction on murder and firearms charges. PRISONS California high court rejects challenge to juvenile sentence By Juliet Williams The Associated Press SACRAMENTO Kings County officials have opted not to appeal a judge's rul- ing against Central Valley landowners in their ongo- ing lawsuit against Califor- nia's high-speed rail proj- ect, clearing another legal hurdle to the bullet train. The county's attor- ney, Colleen Carlson, said Thursday that county su- pervisors voted 4-0 this week against appealing a Sacramento County Supe- rior Court judge's March ruling that found the $64 billion system does not vi- olate promises made to the voters who approved it, allowing planning and financing to proceed. Judge Michael Kenny said the 2008 ballot initia- tive specified only that the state could issue bonds to construct a high-speed rail system and did not prevent modifications to the plan voters were given. But he agreed with Cen- tral Valley landowners and the county that the Califor- nia High-Speed Rail Au- thority has not proven the rail system will be finan- cially viable or can meet the travel times voters were promised. He said the system con- tinues to evolve so it is pre- mature for the court to in- tervene. Opponents had sought to block the state from spending money on the project. "We feel like it accom- plishes what we intended it to," Carlson said. "They have to comply with every- thing laid out not only in that decision, but in the initiative. ... Essentially, that's what it said." Lisa Marie Alley, a spokeswoman for the Cal- ifornia High-Speed Rail Authority, noted that the authority has always con- tended it is complying with the voter initiative, which authorized the state to sell up to $10 billion in bonds for high-speed rail and connector projects. Still, beyond the voter- approved financing, money and political support for what would be the nation's first high-speed rail project has lagged. California has securedanother$3.2billion in federal matching funds and the project is supposed to receive money each year from the state's greenhouse gas emission fund, which sold only a fraction of the credits expected in an auc- tion this month. CALIFORNIA Kings County won't appeal ruling on high-speed rail By Gary Klien gklien@marinij.com @GaryKlien on Twitter Two Novato High School students were arrested Thursday in connection with the shooting and stab- bing of two classmates, one of whom died of his injuries, the Marin County Sheriff's Office said. The suspects were cap- tured in a pair of raids on residences near Row- land Boulevard, South No- vato Boulevard and Leaf- wood Drive. Authorities closed streets and locked down Lynwood Elemen- tary School during the op- erations. Authorities did not re- lease the names of the sus- pects because they are ju- veniles. Investigators were still working to arrest a third person seen leaving the crime scene Wednesday. Sheriff's Lt. Doug Pittman declined to comment on whether that person has been identified and whether he also attends the school. The developments un- folded rapidly Thursday af- ternoon as the Novato High School community was grappling with the fatal at- tack. Classes were canceled on Thursday as a security precaution. "It's an incredibly tough time for our community and I know Novato will pull to- gether," Jim Hogeboom, su- perintendent of the Novato Unified School District, said during a news conference at the high school Thursday morning. The homicide occurred at about 5 p.m. Wednesday at the end of Fairway Drive in the Country Club neighbor- hood of Novato. Two Novato High students were shot and stabbed in the open space area, and one died of his injuries. The surviving student, who was shot in the chest, called 911 from the crime scene and walked out to meet police. He was in sta- ble condition and improv- ing Thursday, Pittman said. The name of the dead student has not been re- leased. At the crime scene on Thursday, authorities kept the path into the open space area sealed while investiga- tors continued to look for evidence. Sally Schafer, who lives in the Country Club neigh- borhood, usually walks her dog Sheckel down the path but found it taped off. She said she was not worried about safety in the neigh- borhood because it is nor- mally quiet and the crime appears to have been an iso- lated incident. "Last night was a little scary," she said, referring to the homicide investigation in the area. "We locked up the house." SHOOTING 2 teens held in homicide near Bay Area high school 365-7194or365-4322 OPEN 7 DAYS 6am-10pm 8080 AIRPORT ROAD Your full service: Meat Department, Deli & Groceries www.kentsmeats.com On-site HARVESTING CUTTING & CRYOVACING Regular Haircut $ 2 00 off KWIK KUTS FamilyHairSalon 1064SouthMainSt.,RedBluff•529-3540 ANY RETAIL PRODUCT 20 % off withanychemicalserviceof $50 or more Notgoodwithotheroffers Expires 5/31/16 With coupon Reg. $13.95 RobertWood tothe Benny Brown Auto Group Family. 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