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BERKELEY, Calif. (Associated Press) — The balcony collapse that killed six college students appears to have been caused by rotted wooden beams, Berkeley's mayor said Wednesday as the victims' heartbroken loved ones began arriving in the U.S. from Ireland.
Mayor Tom Bates said investigators believe the wood was not caulked and sealed properly at the time of construction and was damaged by moisture as a result.
The crowded fifth-floor balcony broke off an apartment building during a 21st-birthday party held by visiting Irish college students Tuesday, spilling 13 people 50 feet onto the pavement below. In addition to the six killed, seven were seriously hurt.
"More than likely, it was caused by rain and water damage that was caused to the support beams," Bates said. He said it was "obviously a bad idea" for 13 people to crowd onto such a small balcony but added that he is not blaming the victims.
Cassandra Bujarski, a spokeswoman for the apartments' property management firm, Greystar, had no comment.
Building inspectors also determined another balcony at the Library Gardens apartment complex was "structurally unsafe and presented a collapse hazard," and it ordered it demolished. Two other balconies were red-tagged, or declared off-limits, at the apartments, which were completed in 2007 and are popular among visiting students and those at the nearby University of California, Berkeley.
Across the Atlantic, flags flew at half-staff around Ireland and the country's parliament suspended normal business as the nation mourned the dead: Ashley Donohoe, 22, of Rohnert Park, California, and Olivia Burke, Eoghan Culligan, Niccolai Schuster, Lorcan Miller and Eimear Walsh, all 21-year-olds from Ireland.
"They were in the prime of their lives," said Bernadette Prendiville, principal of the high school from which Burke and Walsh graduated. "They had a successful time in school, went about their work quietly and had everything going for them, everything ahead of them."
Josh Wilson, assistant principal at Rancho Cotate High School, said Donohoe was a remarkably well-liked and cheerful young woman who returned after graduating to help coach the soccer team.
"She just always had a smile on her face and transcended peer groups and cliques and had a friend in just about every social circle," he said.
A Mass was planned for Wednesday evening in Oakland for the victims, and grieving family members made their way toward Berkeley from Ireland.
The Irish students were working and traveling in the U.S. over the summer, a rite of passage enjoyed by thousands of their countrymen.
"For many of my countrymen, this is a favorite experience, and to have this happen at the start of the season has left us frozen in shock," said Philip Grant, Ireland's San Francisco-based consul general.
The Rev. Aidan McAleenan, a Roman Catholic priest who was sitting Wednesday with two of the injured at John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek, said that they were doing fine but that friends of the dead and injured were in shock and having a hard time talking.
Darrick Hom, president of the Structural Engineers Association of Northern California, visited the site of the collapse and said he noticed the broken wooden beams under the balcony were crumbling in the hands of investigating engineers.
"That wood was decayed or had some serious deterioration to the point where they could touch it with their hands and it was coming off in chunks in their hands," Hom said. He said it was surprising to see such deterioration in a building just 8 years old.
Normally, any building material — wood, steel or concrete — that will be exposed to the elements requires weatherproofing at the time of construction, Hom said.
Nothing in state code requires follow-up inspections of balconies after a building is issued a certificate of occupancy, unless there is major remodeling, said Brian Ferguson, deputy director of the state Department of General Services.
Although Florida has some balcony inspection requirements, most places don't require any reviews after construction is complete. Lawrence Ubell, president of New York-based Accurate Building Inspectors, said that could spell trouble.
"Annual inspections are so important for all balconies and terraces, but particularly for ones made of wood," he said. "In fact, rotting wood is the biggest cause of balcony and terrace failures."
Sari Kosdon, a Berkeley graduate student who has lived at Library Gardens since last August, said she feels terrible about the Irish students' deaths.
"I see these kids all the time and they are just so happy to have gone to this country and the opportunity," she said. "I feel like as a country we've failed them."
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Associated Press writers Kristin Bender, Olga R. Rodriguez, Paul Elias, Ellen Knickmeyer in San Francisco, Danika Kirk in London and Janie Har in Walnut Creek contributed to this report.
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Doggie Diamonds recently sat down with Bobby Shmurda's attorney, Kenneth Montgomery.
Montgomery speaks on racism in America, black men being targeted, the prison industrial complex, Bobby being made an example of, the white execs at Sony refusing to bail him out, the rapper being much smarter than he lets on, rumors of fights in jail, bloods vs. crips in Rikers Island, black kids not embracing intelligence and more.
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Emerging from New Bern, a small city nestled in Eastern North Carolina, is Ron Beatty; a southern rapper who shares the same mentors as Roc Nation's Grammy Award Nominated Artist, J. Cole. On "Heard About Me" he reflects on difficult family issues and his come up in the game. The song is from Ron Beatty's forthcoming project, Manifest Destiny.
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06/11 Last Thursday, 6103 Entertainment Headed by world renown Music Manager Drae Jackson brought Juvenile to make an appearance and perform in the downtown Gaslamp district of San Diego. He and his entourage which included Mannie Fresh of Big Tymers; embraced the socal atmosphere to be the premise of an exclusive videoshoot to be released this summer on MTV and BET. Juvenile made an appearance on the rooftop of one of the local dive bars to shoot the clear sky and palm tree atmosphere you can find year around in San Diego.
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Madonna continues to promote her Rebel Heart album by releasing an official music video for "Bitch I'm Madonna" featuring Nicki Minaj. This premiered on Tidal. Grab the album now from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/rebel-heart/id953710965.
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The Big Homie Trick Trick explains this as his OWN way of doing what he loves. after taking to his social media about pre arranging and producing for entities other than the desire to make good music, Trick Trick has broken the chain. "Finally" a sound unfamiliar to the basic hip hop scene called "MAINSTREAM" The Big guy displays alongside his agressive delivery, WORDPLAY! with his brother, "Diezel" killing the last verse, The Hometown hero's have without a doubt, delivered a classic. "Outlaw" was produced and composed by Trick Trick with the help of his live band "GSM" Ari May (Bass) Kyle Tucker (Drums) Justin Burell (keyboards) and DeSabata (Lead Gtr). This Music Video directed and filmed by Nes of Ghanivision and Trick Trick. A Sqwadvision Films Production.
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Joey Bada$$' debut album, "B4.DA.$$", Out Now & Available Everywhere!
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Wale was the musical guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live Tuesday, June 16. He performed "The Girls On Drugs" and "The Matrimony." Check it out below and sound off in the comment section.
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The promotional campaign for Miguel's forthcoming album titled Wildheart is in full swing. The project will be released on June 29. You can pre-order it now from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/wildheart/id1005171711.
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50 Cent and Rotimi dropped by The Breakfast Club to discuss the second season of Power.
They discussed La La Anthony's sex scene coming up in episode 4, 50 originally being cast as Ghost, his conflict with Diddy, being cool with Troy Ave, Chris Lighty's daughter crashing his Lambo, Kidd Kidd making XXL's 2015 Freshman Class, SMS Promotions, Floyd Mayweather Jr., working things out with WorldstarHipHop, being open to do a full frontal nude scene, Lil Wayne linking up with Tidal and more.
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California and Louisiana link up as Tyga recruits Boozie Badazz for a new heater titled "Pleazer." The song was produced by FKI. Give it a listen up top and sound off in the comment section below.
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King Los is back with a new song titled "Glory To the Lord" featuring R. Kelly. Give the track a listen up top and let us know what you think of it in the comment section below.
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Rico Richie's song "Poppin" has become the favorite track for rappers to remix. The latest to jump on it are the trio of Meek Mill, French Montana and Chris Brown.
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CLEVELAND (Associated Press) -- As the final seconds ticked off and the Warriors began bouncing in celebration on their bench, Stephen Curry looked up and saw LeBron James coming at him.
James could do nothing more. He extended a conceding hand and congratulations.
Moments later, Curry was hoisting a trophy in the air - one as golden as his team.
Revived by Curry, their fresh-faced shooting superstar, and bonded by first-year coach Steve Kerr who made them believe, the Warriors ended a 40-year NBA championship drought on Tuesday night by finishing off James and the undermanned Cleveland Cavaliers 105-97 in Game 6.
Curry and finals MVP Andre Iguodala scored 25 points apiece, Draymond Green recorded a triple-double and the Warriors - using a barrage of 3-pointers in the fourth quarter to put Cleveland away - won their first title since 1975 when Gerald Ford was in the White House, disco was in vogue and Rick Barry was flicking in free throws under-handed.
And these Warriors are a lot like Barry and his old crew: fluid, balanced, together. Just like Steve Kerr hoped.
"I'm kind of speechless," said Curry. "This is special. To be able to hold this trophy and all the hard work we've put into it this season, this is special. We're definitely a great team and a team that should go down in history as one of the best teams from top to bottom."
James, who fell to 2-4 in the finals, didn't hide his dejection.
"Doesn't matter if I'm playing in Miami or playing in Cleveland or playing on Mars," he said. "You lose in the finals, it's disappointing."
After the Warriors were presented with the glittering Larry O'Brien Trophy by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, hundreds of gold-and-blue clad Warriors fans inside Quicken Loans Arena serenaded the new champs by singing "War-eee-ers, War-eee-ers" a cry that filled Oracle Arena all season and will greet the team on their return to California.
Golden State allowed the Cavs to creep within eight points in the fourth before unleashing a flurry of 3s to ensure there would be no Game 7. Curry's step-back made it 78-68, and after the Cavs closed within seven on J.R. Smith's trey, Iguodala, Curry and Klay Thompson each drained one in a span of 81 seconds to make it 89-75.
Iguodala, who had the added duty of guarding James, knocked down another long shot for good measure before he strutted back on defense holding out three fingers on each hand.
He could have shot an index finger into the air at that point - Golden State is No. 1.
"This has been a long ride," Iguodala said. "It's been a great season."
While Golden State's drought ended, Cleveland's half-century of sports misery rolls on.
James returned from Miami last summer to deliver a title to his home region, but the 30-year-old superstar, left to do most of the work after All-Stars Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love were injured in the postseason, came two wins shy of giving Cleveland its first pro sports championship since 1964.
The city's three pro teams - the Cavs, Browns and Indians - have gone a combined 144 seasons without one of them winning it all.
It's not that James didn't do everything possible. He finished with 32 points, 18 rebounds and nine assists and was dominant throughout the series, showing why he's the world's best player.
The Warriors were simply the better team.
"We ran out of talent," said James, who sat facing his locker with a towel over his head for nearly an hour after the game. "We gave everything we had."
This series, which opened with two overtime games in Oakland, flipped when Kerr employed a small lineup in the fourth quarter of Game 3 and the Warriors nearly overcame a 20-point deficit before losing.
Kerr stuck with revamped lineup in Game 4, giving Iguodala his first start this season, switching Green to center and benching the ineffective Andrew Bogut. The move was as golden as the Warriors, who finished with 83 wins, the third-highest single-season total in history.
Only the 1995-96 and 1996-97 Bulls won more, and Kerr was on both of those teams.
The fact that Iguodala, their sixth man, took MVP honors perhaps sums up the Warriors best.
"I always said Andre's a pro's pro," Green said. "He's a professional guy and it showed, and that's why he's MVP of the series and that's what we're champions."
Down early after missing open shots, the Warriors began finding their range. Golden State capitalized on nine turnovers in the first quarter, made four 3s and built a 13-point lead when Harrison Barnes knocked down a long 3 - a shot that sent those Warriors fans into a frenzy.
This was their night, the one they've waited for 40 years.
While Golden State had some solid teams in the past - the "Run TMC" version coached by Don Nelson and featuring Tim Hardaway, Chris Mullin and Mitch Richmond among them - the franchise has been undermined by dysfunction. Along with long playoff gaps, there were bad trades, poor drafts and numerous coaching changes.
The Warriors often made headlines for the wrong reasons. Remember when Latrell Sprewell choked coach P.J. Carlesimo?
Well, those days are gone, washed away by Curry and Thompson - the "Splash Brothers" - and a roster of selfless players who bonded under Kerr and have returned basketball glory to Oakland.
"I remember coming to Oracle as a player year after year playing against lousy teams," Kerr said. "I could not be happier for our fan base."
These new Warriors have been a model team: sharing the ball, defending together and sacrificing individual goals.
"Strength in Numbers" was their motto as the Warriors used depth and balance to jump from 51 wins to a franchise-record 67 during the regular season.
Kerr molded them. Hired last summer after spurning an offer from the Knicks, the 49-year-old former NBA guard who won three of his five titles as Michael Jordan's teammate in Chicago and two playing for Gregg Popovich in San Antonio, Kerr brought out the best in his team.
From the first day of training camp, he emphasized unity. A California-born kid who still surfs and would prefer to wear jeans and a pair of Vans on the sideline, he kept things loose by taking the Warriors bowling and letting them blare music during practices.
With Curry, the team's first MVP since Wilt Chamberlain, leading them, the Warriors outgunned everyone in the rugged Western Conference and entered the postseason as a No. 1 seed. They swept New Orleans, rallied from a 2-1 deficit to beat Memphis and then blew through Houston in five games to make the finals for the first time since `75.
They then held off James and the Cavs, who just didn't have enough.
Photos: Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group
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After the firestorm of controversy that resulted in her stepping down as the President of the NAACP's Spokane chapter, Rachel Dolezal finally spoke out on the Today Show.
She explains why she identifies as herself as black instead of white, when she made the decision, her two sons, her parents and more.
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