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Trump vows to push ahead with fight But says it’ll be hard for election lawsuits to reach Supreme Court Tribune Content Agency WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump appeared Sunday to acknowledge dwindling chances of success in his legal battle to overturn the results of the Nov. 3 election won by Joe Biden. “It’s hard to get into the Supreme Court,” he said in an interview on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures,” his first extended question-and-answer
session since the balloting. Adding to a string of legal defeats for Trump’s campaign, results of a partial recount in Wisconsin announced Sunday added slightly to Biden’s margin of victory. In a 45-minute call to a friendly host who failed to challenge his statements, Trump mused that federal law enforcement agencies were failing to come to his aid – or had even been complicit in what he continued to describe, without founda-
tion, as “massive fraud.” “Maybe they are involved,” he said of the FBI and the Justice Department, without providing any evidence to support his conjecture. At another point, he described the bureau and the Justice Department as “missing in action” when it came to investigating purported elec- Trump toral wrongdoing. Asked about his legal plans, Trump said he would devote “125% of my energy” to pushing ahead with a court fight, even though his backers have notched dozens of defeats, including a rebuff Saturday night from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
“You need a judge that’s willing to hear a case, you need a Supreme Court that’s willing to make a real big decision,” said Trump, adding that it would take a “brave judge, or justice” to back him because of alleged threats against jurists and his lawyers. Before Republicans pushed through last month’s confirmation of conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Trump alluded to the importance of getting her into place quickly, in case of election disputes coming before the Supreme Court. See Trump, Page A7
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the U.S. were renter-occupied and 64 percent were owner-occupied. The report found in certain areas renters significantly outnumber homeowners. Prospective home buyers face many challenges, including a lack of inventory and rising prices, which is keeping homeownership rates low in certain areas. Many older homeowners don’t want to move, which limits available options for first-time buyers. According to
WASHINGTON — Members of President Donald Trump’s coronavirus task force fanned out across Sunday talk shows to promise a rapid rollout of coronavirus vaccines to millions of Americans by year-end. U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams said the federal government hopes to quickly review and approve requests from two drugmakers for emergency approval of their Covid-19 vaccines. While Adams said Pfizer Inc. “will be submitting” an Emergency Adams Use Authorization request on Dec. 10 for the vaccine it developed with Germany’s BioNTech, Pfizer filed its EUA on Nov. 20, the first to seek such clearance. A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory committee of outside experts will meet on Dec. 10 to review the Pfizer/ BioNTech clinical trial data in public, which could precede rapid approval. “We, from a federal perspective, have promised and set everything up so we can quickly review those EUAs and hopefully start sending out vaccines within 24 to 48 hours,” Adams said on “Fox News Sunday.” Adams said he expects 40 million vaccine doses to be produced by the end of the year and for most Americans to have access to a vaccine by early in the second quarter of 2021. On NBC’s “Meet the Press,” top U.S. infectious-diseases specialist Anthony Fauci said the government “almost
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FAIRFIELD — A new report from Roofstock analyzing the distribution of U.S. homes that are renter-occupied compared to owner-occupied reports that in Fairfield owners occupy about 60 percent; 40 percent call a rental home. Nationally, 64 percent of homes were owner-occupied prior to the pandemic. In some cities, however, more than 75 percent of homes are occupied by renters.
The report includes median household income data for both owner- and renter-occupied homes. Owner-occupied households in Fairfield report a median household income of $100,534, compared to just $70,707 for renters. While homeownership has been on the rise since 2016, and early data suggests it could be surging during Covid-19, the national homeownership rate remains below peak levels and out of reach for many Americans. Prior to the pandemic, approximately 36 percent of households in
Iran under intense pressure over how to respond to top scientist’s killing Los Angeles Times BEIRUT — The U.S. drone missile punched through the car of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, instantly killing the 62-year-old Iranian spymaster and national hero as he drove through the streets of Baghdad last January. Days later, Iranian leaders who swore “severe revenge” lobbed
ballistic missiles at a U.S. base in Iraq, leaving scores of American servicemen and contractors with traumatic brain injuries. Iran also mobilized its irregular forces, including Iran-supported militias in Iraq, which regularly fired rockets at the U.S. Embassy and bases with American troop presence. Now, Iran finds itself the target of another
attack, this time the broad-daylight assassination on Friday of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, one of Iran’s top nuclear scientists. The killing, by what many believed was a U.S.sanctioned Israeli hit team, has ratcheted up the pressure on Iran’s leaders for vengeance again. But a similar response, analysts say, could result in a precarious situation at a time when Iran is
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eagerly counting the days to the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden, who may well be amenable to bringing the U.S. back into the international nuclear treaty with Iran that President Donald Trump pulled out of while imposing tough new economic sanctions. Reacting lethally to the killing, said Elie See Iran, Page A7
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My list to Santa and his socially-distanced elves
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have been pretty good transparent, portable overall this year. I mini-environment that I mean, the only really could walk around with in stores or other places kinda naughty thing I that would be a cross did was mock the 49ers between “The Boy in after they lost the Super the Plastic Bubble” and Bowl in spectacular the Popemobile. fashion. And I only did Cheerleader that 317 times (and counting). Plus Raiders Tony Wade costume: A few years back when I was doing fans (like Santa) would The last laugh Relay for Life, I had an see that as nice anyway. idea to raise money by asking Here’s my Christmas list I graduates of Armijo High crosssent to Santa and his sociallytown rivals Fairfield High to distanced elves: contribute to my team. If they raised enough funds, I pledged Stuff for me to dress up as a Fairfield High Custom masks: These are cheerleader for the event. The now all the rage, but I want response was terrific. I don’t some that I have not seen anyremember how much I raised, where else. They are mainly old but it was substantial and pop culture stuff and include: thus my alter-ego, Roxy JunkDumb Donald from “Fat Albert trunk, was born. and the Cosby Kids,” “Captain Local theater seamstress Caveman,” “Bewitched,” Gina Coyle created a costume “Diff’rent Strokes,” “The for me, which I accessorized Facts of Life,” “The Solid Gold with a wig, glasses, beads and Dancers,” the emu from “The balloon breasts. Well, I have Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle dropped 160 pounds on Bright Show,” Freddy the flute from Line Eating since last year and “H.R. Pufnstuf” and “My the costume no longer fits. I could just get it taken in, but Favorite Martian.” where’s the fun in that? I want Covid suit: I would like a
a whoosh magical Christmastime makeover like Cinderella or something. Now, it is a fair question to ask why I need this since I am not doing any kind of fundraiser. Look, I don’t usually let anyone get all up in my business, so let’s just say I found the skirt to be incredibly comfortable and leave it at that. And before any of y’all readers get all judgy about me wanting to wear a skirt, just be aware that I happen to know a lot of Scottish dudes itching for a fight right about now, so watch it.
Stuff for others Bagging Blu-Ray for Walmart employees: I remember when I started as a bagger at Lucky supermarket in the 1980s and I had to watch a training VHS tape on how to properly bag groceries. The TV/VCR was inexplicably in the meat section out in the store where people could watch me watching it. I thought nothing could be worse than having people seeing me watch a video on something so basic.
There is. What’s worse is having people bag your groceries who need to watch that old VHS tape (well, on Blu-Ray or streaming now). The Walmart pickup thingie is kinda cool and convenient except for when I get home and see that the associate used no rhyme or reason when bagging my carefully selected items. Moosh my cherry tomatoes at your own peril, rookies! New Raiders smack for my 49er friends: Santa, please bring my 49er friends some new, original and creative football smack that is better than “your team moved to Las Vegas.” I mean, I have said it over and over again – when I move from my couch to my love seat it is a bigger move than the Raiders did in essence because at my house they still play in the same place – on my television. I have raised football smackology to the level of an art form. My Niner friends are doing finger painting while I create Salvador Dali-esque masterpieces. I am embarrassed for them. Something named for Tim
Farmer: I never met him but was aware of the work of Solano historian/Armijo High teacher and coach/Armijo Alumni Association co-founder Tim Farmer, who died in 2014. Recently his widow Pam contacted me to see if I wanted a ton of stuff that belonged to him including yearbooks, photos, magazines and other historical items. I told her before I went over and looked at what she had that I really had no room to store much at my house. After seeing the local historical treasure trove, however, I came home with several bins worth and made room. This is a humor column so most of this list is just me being silly, but I am dead serious about this. He loved this city and did so much to preserve its history. Surely something at Armijo and/or around the city can be named in Tim Farmer’s honor. Oh, and we don’t need Santa for this, just his local helpers. Reach Fairfield writer Tony Wade at toeknee weighed@gmail.com.
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a mask depends on the makeup of the mask, along with other factors like how much you’re washing it, and how often you’re taking it on and off. But as a general rule of thumb: “Think about masks like seasonal attire. Update every season,” says Johnson. Here’s how else to know if you should replace a mask. A snug fit is key. If the elastic of your ear loops starts to loosen, it’s time to reach for something tighter. That’s a bad sign, says Johnson, and may indicate that the fabric is deteriorating, or was too thin from the start. A mask needs to cover your nose and mouth in order to work. If one of the straps falls off and you have to keep touching your mask to keep it in place, this defeats its purpose. This is perhaps the most
If your masks are beginning to feel as old as this pandemic, it’s probably time to get yourself some new ones. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises using masks that have at least two layers of tightly woven, washable, breathable fabric, such as cotton. When you wash your masks regularly, which you’re supposed to do, the fabric, as well as the fit, can begin to deteriorate. As this happens, your masks become less effective. “A newer, fresher mask is likely to have tighter fibers, and so it’s likely better at keeping out other particles and keeping your particles in,” says Krys Johnson, an epidemiologist and assistant professor at Temple University. The exact timeline of when you need to replace
obvious sign of all. If your mask is ripped, it needs to go. It doesn’t matter how small or large the hole is. Experts strongly recommend owning more than one mask. And in the winter, you’ll want to carry a backup. Moving from chilly outdoor environments into cozy indoor settings makes it easy to sweat through your mask, as does wearing multiple layers. You’re advised to always swap a wet mask for a dry one. A wet mask can make it harder to breathe. And of course it’s uncomfortable, especially if you’re walking back outside into cold temps. When in doubt, replace it, says Johnson. We want to eliminate risk as much as possible right now, and proper mask wearing is part of that. If you have a disposable face mask, the CDC advises throwing it away after you’ve worn it once.
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DIXON — The Rememwreath berAVet.net project will return this holiday season with some changes due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The year has presented challenges for achieving the goal of having a wreath on 28,000 veterans’ graves at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery in Dixon. The 12th annual RememberAVet.net fundraiser was canceled, which meant the 500 expected guests were not able to help raise money for the wreaths this year. Instead, organizers planned a “We’d Love To See You, But Can’t Right Now� fundraising no-event event. Like everything else, it is an online fundraiser that hopes people will help by donating what they would have paid for a table at the event – around $1,000. To save costs, organizers have opted to place evergreen boughs this year rather than wreaths. They hope this makes the overall goal more attainable at this time, which they said is the most important thing. The boughs are nearly the size of the wreaths and every bit as beautiful. Still having to adhere to the group restrictions, the morning program that typically precedes the wreath placement has been canceled for this year. Instead, volunteers are welcome to visit at the cemetery Dec. 12 to assist with scheduled placements starting at 8 a.m., and ongoing throughout the day, until all are placed. Plans are being prepared to allow for spacing out volunteers during the day to keep everyone safe; volunteers are reminded to wear masks and to carpool. Staff will direct parking within the cemetery. All ages are invited to attend and help with placement; the event will go on, rain or shine. For families and friends wanting a more private placement, wreaths will be available for pick-up at some locations starting Dec. 5. People may pick up a wreath and place it at any time before the public event Dec. 12. This year there will be an early pick-up location at the cemetery and it will be a drive-thru station to keep everyone safe and socially distanced. Dixon location: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday (weekend only) at Sacramento Valley National Cemetery drivethru. From 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday at Grow West, 8751 Pedrick Road, Dixon. Winters location: 8 a.m.
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to noon, Monday at Stocking Real Estate, 7 E. Main St., Ste. D., Winters. Volunteers will also be needed at 3 p.m. Dec. 11 to unload the trucks at the cemetery. Teenagers and adults are invited to help with the task, which usually takes about two hours. Send a text to 249-5852 with your name and how many in your group will be coming, so groups can be assigned to trucks in advance. Donations are welcome year-round at www. wreathproject.org.
Vacaville Festival of Trees goes online The Vacaville Festival of Trees, celebrating its 30th year of selling decorated Christmas trees to raise money for the city’s homeless shelter, has found itself homeless this year as restrictions to prevent the spread of Covid-19 shut down its longstanding venue. Undeterred, the all-volunteer festival committee pared down the event, identified businesses and office windows where trees could be displayed and moved the bidding to an online auction site. The Vacaville Virtual Festival of Trees is up and running through Thursday. Sales of the more than two dozen full-size and miniature trees, many with accompanying gifts, benefit Opportunity House, which is operated by the nonprofit Vacaville Solano Services Corp. Though fewer in number, the trees still reflect decorators’ creativity and represent a variety of themes: traditional Christmas images of candy canes, tin soldiers and Santa, less traditional colors (think tie-dye and purple) and topics such as gnomes and tapestries, and characters that include Black Panther and Dr. Seuss’ Grinch. One tree celebrates farms and farm animals. Two take on Covid-19. And it wouldn’t be a festival without a tree (or two) celebrating Raiders football. The trees can be viewed virtually at https://ohouse fot.cbo.io, where each online description includes the address where the tree is on display. In addition to placing bids online, the auction site provides a way to donate
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The Tri-City NAACP will host its annual meeting in December. The meeting will begin at 1:30 p.m. Saturday and will occur on the Zoom teleconference platform. Register in advance for this meeting at https://us02web.zoom.us/ meeting/register/tZYqdO 6qrD0uGd291-rqctTTty YJ9fHDR6jb. Those who register will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting online.
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Wreaths are placed in front of tombstones during Wreaths Across America at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery in Dixon, Dec. 14, 2019. directly to Opportunity House while voting for a favorite tree. Both the bidding and the voting will end at 8 p.m. Thursday. In addition to the tree auction, two other festival traditions will continue in a revised format this year: the bake sale and the prize drawing. Opportunity House’s Cookies for a Cause will pick up the baking, offering a “Festival of Treets� menu that includes items most often purchased at the festival: jumbo brownies and Rice Krispies treats, miniature pumpkin bread loaves, holiday cupcakes and bottles of Reindeer Root Beer. The items can be packaged for gift giving or enjoyed by the buyer. Cookies for a Cause also will sell buckets containing three dozen ready-to-bake, frozen cookie dough balls in both classic and holiday flavors. Visit http://bit.ly/ OHouseCookies or send email orders to cookies@ vsscorp.org. The annual Festival of Trees prize drawing will take place on traditional festival dates – the Tuesday through Thursday after Thanksgiving. Festival supporters can view auction items from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., purchase tickets and enter drawings at Opportunity House’s Vacaville Thrift Store, 107 Peabody Road. Proceeds from all festival activities support the shelter, which event organizers said needs as much help as ever. Covid-19 restrictions instituted in mid-March forced the temporary closure of the thrift store, typically an ongoing source of revenue. For more information about the festival, visit www.vacavillefestival oftrees.com, follow on Facebook at http://bit.ly/ VacaFest and Twitter @ VacavilleFoT, or send an email to Vacaville
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Vaca storefront decorating contest A guided walking tour of Vacaville downtown storefronts is planned as part of the 13th annual Holiday Window Decorating Contest. More than 50 businesses will be competing to earn honors. Windows will be scored by a panel of judges on the evening of Thursday, judged on their originality, arrangement, theme and overall presentation. Each category will have a winner and a runner-up. Those will be announced Friday. A one-hour guided tour of the windows will take place Friday and Saturday. Tickets are $15 and include an official voting ballot and souvenir Downtown Vacaville mug filled with hot cocoa or cider. Kids under 12 walk free. The tours are limited to 15 participants to comply with Covid-19 safety regulations. Tours will be offered at 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Dec. 11-12 and Dec. 18-19. Tickets are available via eventbrite with links to purchase at downtownvacaville.com. Proceeds from ticket sales support the Downtown Vacaville Business Improvement District. The People’s Choice award will be returning this year with more categories. For more information, go to www.downtown vacaville.com or call Brooke Fox at 451-2100.
Car wash starts 12 Days of Giving
The company’s car washes in the Bay Area, including the one located on Walnut Road in Vacaville, will be donating a portion of their membership sales to Alternative Family Services. Quick Quack also will be accepting direct donations on behalf of the organization. To become a member, go to the car wash location and sign up. The 12 Days of Giving begins Tuesday.
2 gov’t meetings on week’s calendar The coming week will include two government meetings that are open to the public. They are: n Fairfield City Council, 6 p.m. Tuesday, City Council chamber, 1000 Webster St. Info: www.fairfield.ca.gov/gov/ city_council. n Vacaville Parks and Recreation, 6 p.m. Wednesday, via teleconference. Info: https:// w w w. c i .v a c a v i l l e . ca.us/city-government/ agendas-and-minutes. Some meetings have been canceled for this week. They are the Suisun City Council meeting, Suisun Parks and Recreation meeting, Solano County Planning Commission and Rio Vista City Council.
Vasquez schedules listening session A “Community Listening Session� has been added to the schedule for wildfire victims to tell their stories and express their concerns. The session, headed by Solano County Supervisor John Vasquez, will begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday. A facilitator will help guide the discussion. The questions will include: n What do you want your elected and local leaders to know about your experience with the LNU Lightning Complex Fire?
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hat does that mean? America hasn’t seen an election like this since Richard M. Nixon-John F. Kennedy in 1960. For those of you not alive or old enough to remember the controversy surrounding that election, here’s a broad outline. The election was hotly contested and resulted in a large turnout. The results were very close as the popular vote difference was only 112,827 or 0.17% for Kennedy. Irregularities raised serious questions as to illegal voting. Similar to today, Senator Kennedy benefited from a higher Democrat voter registration over Vice President Nixon. Kennedy was a Roman Catholic and Nixon a Protestant. There was a recent economic recession (1957-58), which hurt the incumbent Republican Party. Those who remember may recall press coverage of accusations of voter fraud in two crucial states: Illinois and Texas. Then as now, Illinois is split politically, with the north heavily Democratic. The state Democratic Party was dominated by Chicago’s (Cook Jim McCully County) political machine controlled by the infamous six-time Democratic Mayor Richard J. Daley. As described by Chicago newspaper columnist Mike Royko in his 1971 book “Boss,” Daley was heavily courted by the Kennedy campaign as a known “king-maker” able to deliver whatever number of votes was needed in his area for any given election. The southern half of the state with small towns is heavily agricultural and predominately votes Republican. The old political joke about people’s grandfathers being good Republicans until they died and being reliable Democratic Party voters ever since rang true. The second questionable area was Texas, dominated by Kennedy’s running mate, Lyndon B. Johnson. Johnson was the Senate majority leader at the time and had accepted the nomination for vice president at the Democratic Party convention. He was also known as a “party boss,” a “king-maker” and a man who delivered votes as needed. Nixon spoke with then-President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Eisenhower told Nixon to contest the election and demand an investigation. Nixon declined, saying he didn’t want America embarrassed before the world. Who knows what would have happened had he done so and prevailed. No Kennedy brothers’ assassinations, possibly no Martin Luther King Jr. assassination. Now, wouldn’t that have been wonderful? Maybe no Vietnam war, no Watergate. Who knows? Like the old Dylan song lyric: A simple twist of fate! Another messy election in 2000 resulting in a 37-day legal battle (Bush v. Gore). The U.S. Supreme Court settled that election, telling the Florida Supreme Court they violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. Today some things are different and some aren’t. A difference is the Republican Party is the champion of the middle class, constitutional rights and capitalism. What I dubbed the Democrat Socialists Progressive Peoples Party oddly has become the party of billionaire propagandists, socialism, racial violence and rage, with America constantly at fault. Wow! Is President Donald Trump right to object to this voting debacle inflicted upon us? I say yes. If for no other reason than to show just how ridiculous this mass-mailed ballots fiasco is. But what really is shown is the brilliance of our Founding Fathers definitively placing elections in the jurisdiction of the legislatures (representatives of the people) of the states, not the governors, secretaries of state nor the courts. In fact, only the legislatures have control under the authority of the U.S. Constitution in Article 2, Section 1, Clause 2. Our educational system seems deficient in American history and civics. Why? Progressivism? It’s for parents and teachers to remedy this. The Democratic Party is putting our constitutional governance in serious jeopardy. This must be stopped. The U.S. Supreme Court may have to decide this election, too. President Abraham Lincoln warned about a house divided against itself in the famous Lincoln-Douglas senatorial debate of 1858. We know what happened. Funny, it was the same two political parties involved in that fight, too. Jim McCully is a member of the Solano County Republican Central Committee, Vacaville resident and former Northwest Regional vice chairman of the California State Republican Party.
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between 47 and 60 percent of ep. Abigail Spanberger, Democratic primary voters D-Va., went ballistic viewed socialism favorably. on the party’s left wing Indeed, one poll even found during a conference call that Democrats who viewed recently, blaming her unexsocialism favorably outnumpectedly narrow re-election on calls to “defund the police” bered those who said the and “socialism.” “We do not same of capitalism. Socialism need to use the word ‘socialdoesn’t play well with swing ist’ or ‘socialism’ ever again,” Henry Olsen voters in Spanberger’s educated, affluent suburban she said. Spanberger is right district, but it’s what a as a matter of political strategy, but she’s delusional if she thinks majority of Democratic voters like. The potential list of wedge issues the party’s left is going to go quietly. Centrists such as Spanberger face for representatives such as Spanthe unpleasant fact that progressive berger is almost endless. Packing the views are held by either the majority Supreme Court is an obvious or a strong minority of the party’s example, with one poll showing a voters. Take the “defund the police” majority of Democrats backing the movement as an example. Polls taken concept while a majority of Amerithis summer showed large majorities cans oppose it. The primary exit polls of voters opposed the idea. An showed a majority of Democrats in Economist/YouGov poll from June every state supported a “government found that 53 percent of voters (health-care) plan for all instead of opposed defunding the police while a private insurance.” Between 42 and Politico/Morning Consult poll found 51 percent of Democratic primary that 58 percent of registered voters voters also think the economic opposed it. Both polls, however, system in the United States “needs a showed the idea being supported by complete overhaul.” A majority of Democrats (44 percent and voters in Spanberger’s district 48 percent, respectively). The fact probably don’t agree with Democrats that a majority of independents on these issues, but her party’s opposed defunding the police in both majority is not going to give way polls is beside the point to progressimply to make her comfortable. The fact is that the Democratic sives. No party will suppress Party coalition is extremely diverse. discussion of an idea that a plurality It ranges from self-described of its voters support, no matter what “democratic socialists” such as Sen. the potential consequences. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. The same is true of socialism. Socialism polls poorly no matter what Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., to conventional liberals such as House survey one looks at. But those polls also find that a majority of Democrats Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., to have a favorable view of the ideology. centrists such as Spanberger. The A summer Gallup analysis found that party’s voter coalition extends even further to frustrated former Republi65 percent of Democrats have a favorable view of socialism, while the cans who voted Democratic out of 2020 primary exit polls found distaste for President Donald Trump.
That coalition could unify in opposition because they could agree on getting rid of Trump. It’s hard to see, however, what they could agree upon in government that could possibly satisfy the progressives that Spanberger was complaining about. This yawning chasm is the greatest challenge facing the likely president-elect, Joe Biden. The former vice president has spent a career leading from the shadows of the Senate, crafting compromise behind closed doors. As president, however, he will have to lead from the White House’s bully pulpit. The executive branch has enormous authority to set the national agenda through its regulatory apparatus, and both houses of Congress will surely wait for the president to set the legislative agenda. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., in particular, will force Biden to make the first move in anything of importance. In all cases, if Biden hews to the center to garner support from Republicans and Democratic centrists, the party’s left could explode; if he veers to the left, McConnell will block proposals in the Senate and executive orders will be decided by the conservative Supreme Court. It’s a task that would tax even the most resourceful president. Democratic centrists such as Spanberger cannot run from this conflict; they might pray, but the cup will not be taken from them. The Democratic Party today simply contains too many people who hold left-wing political views for them to be easily silenced. Henry Olsen is a Washington Post columnist.
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state’s consumer economy to n real life politics, as opposed to the textbattle Covid-19. book variety, hard fact The jury on Newsom’s is much less imporhandling of both is still out, tant than image or, as politbut they could be politically ical pros put it, “optics.” overshadowed by the bad We had a stark lesson in optics of ancillary aspects. that axiom this year when An obvious one is NewDonald Trump talked himself som’s tone deaf attendance at out of a second term as Dan Walters a gathering of political president. For months he operatives at a very expensive dismissed the severity of the restaurant in Napa as he was Covid-19 pandemic, even as infection beseeching 40 million other Califorrates, deaths and the public’s fears nians to avoid such gatherings zoomed upward. because of Covid-19. Ultimately, he was viewed as not When an account of the birthday only uncaring but unwilling to offer party was published later, Newsom leadership in an existential crisis, belatedly recognized that it pictured and lost to Joe Biden, one of the most him a hypocrite and issued profuse lackluster presidential candidates in public apologies. However, mea American history. culpas do not automatically repair the We have another example of damage. optical failure in California’s recent Meanwhile, Newsom faces past – the recall of Gov. Gray seemingly endless managerial Davis in 2003. disasters, with the DepartShortly after being re-elected in ment of Motor 2002, Davis confronted two simultaVehicles and the Employment neous crises, a hole in the state Development Department – two budget stemming from a mild agencies that directly interact with recession and a near-collapse of ordinary Californians – in the California’s electrical power system. starring roles. Although Davis was not responsiThe DMV has always been the ble for the emergence of either crisis, state agency that Californians love to he was perceived as having mishanhate, but anger reached the white hot dled them and paid the stage when those with business had ultimate political to endure hours-long waits. price. Eventually, things returned to a Gavin Newsom is now mid-way more normal state of frustration, but through his first term as governor just as DMV’s woes faded from the and he, too, is facing twin crises, the public consciousness, EDD entered it. pandemic that undid Trump and a EDD was tasked with distributing severe recession resulting from his the emergency pandemic unemployorders to shut down much of the ment aid but muffed it spectacularly,
generating hatred among millions of suddenly jobless Californians who depended on the payments to feed and house themselves and their families. Phone calls went unanswered and unprocessed claims for benefits piled up and at one point, Newsom suspended new applications to let EDD concentrate on its shameful backlog of claims. However, new problems emerged. The state auditor, Elaine Howle, sharply criticized EDD for continuing to print Social Security numbers on documents sent to claimants, seeing it as an avenue to identity theft. Just last week, it was revealed that inmates in state prisons and local jails had fraudulently and successfully claimed as much as a billion dollars in benefits from EDD. EDD is now seen as a department incompetently handling legitimate claims for vital benefits while incompetently paying those benefits to prisoners who use obviously phony, even comical, names and Social Security numbers they simply make up, including 123-45-6789. Newsom’s gubernatorial career won’t be undone by an ideological revolution in blue California, but it could be short-circuited by bad optics – a perception that he’s out of touch and incapable of managing even routine governmental business. CALmatters is a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s state Capitol works and why it matters. For more columns by Dan Walters, go to calmatters.org/commentary.
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3 years a long time for someone not to introduce you friends, family part of his whole life. Dear Annie: I’ve Dear Annie: I am been seeing this man sibling No. 3 out of four. since we met in 2017. I am estranged from He hasn’t introduced Nos. 2 and 4. This was me to any family my choice, and a wise members or friends. decision. They are When I ask him why, manipulative bullies, he always says there’s and after years of trying never a chance to. I’m thinking to myself that Annie Lane to have a relationship with them, I finally there have been plenty Dear Annie gave up. My younger of chances, but he just doesn’t take them. This is espe- sibling tried to manipulate me with a fake suicide threat cially true during the holidays, because I would not give in to when he goes to see them. her demands. My older brother I’ve asked him if he’s is an emotionally unavailable ashamed to be seen with me, bully who has taken advantage and he says no. I have asked of my father by using his credit him why he won’t commit to cards and then not paying him me, and he says that would back. I have tried to address be a major commitment. I’ve these issues, but they always already told him that if he turn the table and tell me that I wants to date other women, am the problem. then he should leave me Dad turns 90 next summer, be. — Broken Heart and my oldest sibling Dear Broken Heart: The only way to put your heart back wants us to fly home (Covid-19 permitting) to have together is to get as far away a dinner celebration at a resfrom this man as possible. Three years is a long time for taurant. Annie, I don’t want to someone not to introduce you go. I cannot bring myself to sit to his friends or family. I smell across the table from these two. a rat. Maybe he has a wife or I refuse to fake it or pretend serious girlfriend. You deserve that everything is fine. much better than this man. If I do this, I will be resentLike ripping off a Band-Aid, it ful toward myself. I am not will sting when you first leave willing, not even for Dad. I him. However, in the long run, am planning to fly later in the you will be much better off with month to take Dad and my stepa connected and compassionate mother out to dinner. We get partner who wants you to be a along really well. They are
Horoscopes ARIES (March 21-April 19). The time to do the thing you want to do is right now, while you still want it, while it’s on your radar and within your reach, while it’s ripe with potential. Grab and go. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You know very well that you don’t have to be deeply in love with what you’re doing to be successful at it. You’ll dig in and make something happen with nothing more than a sense of duty and a handful of private reasons. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You think you have an accurate view of someone, but until you can build a case by witnessing actual patterns of behavior, you just don’t know. Be patient, and collect the data. CANCER (June 22-July 22). Winning that little contest is a rush, but not as fortifying as the long-term stability you get from showing up your purpose day after day with the intention of doing what needs to be done. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You can use what you are learning in more ways than you currently are. Think of how you might apply your skill in a different but related field, genre or location. Opportunities crop up once you open your mind in this way. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You don’t like the feeling of being controlled by others, and you will resist subtle nudges that suggest you are
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aware of the estrangement and have remained neutral, which is good. Do you have any other suggestions? — Sibling 3 Has Left the Building Dear Sibling 3: It sounds like there’s a great deal of hurt, anger and miscommunication here. A suicide threat is never something to dismiss as just being manipulative. It is often a cry for help (which I’m hoping she received from a professional). As far as your older brother being emotionally unavailable and taking advantage of your father, he can’t be a very happy person. But on your point that every conversation ends with the tables being turned on you, this might be an indication of things you have to work on as well. Relationships are two-way streets, and rarely is one person completely at fault. Be introspective and see if you can find forgiveness in your heart for them, at least so you can go to your dad’s 90th birthday. You don’t have to sit at their table, and remember, it’s not a birthday about you; it’s for your father, and my guess is that nothing would make him happier than having all of his children in attendance. Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@ creators.com.
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Today’s birthday You’ve a wonderful gift of choosing people: of knowing who is good for you and drawing close those whose lives and values fit well with yours. You’re above superficiality that others fall prey to, because your focus on character keeps you refining your own and filling your life with good relationships. Aries and Taurus adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 8, 5, 7, 20 and 18.
being managed instead of fully experienced in the way you should be. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You’re on a journey. The timing may get interrupted by setbacks and unexpected stops that cause delays but in no way change the destination. Stick to this road and you can expect to get there – eventually. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You have a level of attunement into the patterns of others that can only be considered a gift. From the historical evidence, you can make a most potent and accurate prediction. It’s right there for you if you want to see it. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21). It’s a good time to indulge in fantasies about who you are or could be. It
should be a stretch; that is the whole point about fantasizing. How boring would it be if even your fantasies had to have strict rules? CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19). Boldness comes in many forms, sometimes even in the form of eyes filled with tears. Showing feelings and working through them may represent the very definition of courage. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18). You’re perfectly equipped to handle the task at hand – until you’re not, and at that point, you’ll improvise, showing your clever, resourceful side. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). At any given moment of the day, you are somewhere between the reality of who you are and your aspiration for yourself. The way you reach is uncomfortable, beautiful and inspiring. CELEBRITY PROFILES: Ben Stiller is a busy producer with multiple projects including the much-anticipated “Friendsgiving” as well as “Dodgeball 2” and “Queenpins” (no, sadly not the feminine sequel to “Kingpin”). Stiller, like most Sagittarians, is drawn to exploring and creating new worlds. He was born under an Aquarius moon with Venus and Mars in Capricorn, the sign of business moguls.
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spades after West led her singleton club? South described his hand well with the immediate jump to four spades -- a strong eight-card suit and little else. Declarer won the first trick with dummy’s club jack, and East signaled with the nine, the highest being a suit-preference signal for hearts, the higher-ranking of the other two side suits. South played a trump and, when East discarded, won with his ace and continued with the spade queen. West won with her king and shifted to the heart two, the low card guaranteeing an honor in the suit. East, trusting his partner, won with the heart queen and led the club eight for partner to ruff. (West had to be void because with the queen-10 doubleton, she would have led the queen, not the 10.) West knew that she could give her partner the lead with a heart to the ace. IN THROUGH A DOOR Then another club would promote the 10 as a winner. However, it FOR GOOD DEFENSE spade seemed that South had started with A sign spotted on a shop door read: 8=2=1=2 distribution. If so, after a “Push – if that doesn’t work, Pull. If heart to the ace and a club, South that doesn’t work either, that’s because would discard his diamond, making a we are closed.” loser-on-loser play. Anticipating this, If you are hoping to receive a ruff, West cashed the diamond ace before you have to find an open door to playing a second heart. Then the third partner’s hand, an entry. club resulted in down three. This deal was fun for East-West. How did the defense go against four COPYRIGHT: 2020, UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE
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Prowse, who played Housing: Report uses Census data Darth Vader in original movies, dies at 85 From Page One
Tribune Content Agency David Prowse, the celebrated bodybuilder and film star who provided the hulking, imposing frame of Darth Vader as the original actor to play the iconic “Star Wars” villain, has died. He was 85. The English actor’s death was announced by his agency Sunday morning. “It’s with great regret and heart-wrenching sadness for us and (millions) of fans around the world, to announce that our client DAVE PROWSE M.B.E. has passed away at the age of 85,” Bowington Management shared in a tweet. Agent Thomas Bowington told NBC News that Prowse died following a short battle with an illness, which was not disclosed. The 6-foot-7 Prowse gave the brooding physical performance of Vader in the original trilogy of
“Star Wars” movies, while James Earl Jones did the voice for the mask-wearing, armored character. Prowse’s face is never seen in the “Star Wars” films in which he appeared: “A New Hope” (1977), “The Empire Strikes Back” (1980) and “Return of the Jedi” (1983). A moment showing Vader remove his helmet in “Return of the Jedi” saw actor Sebastian Shaw briefly portray the redeemed Sith lord. But Prowse’s legacy looms large as the first actor to embody what many consider the greatest movie villain of all time. Before his acting career took off, Prowse was a British weightlifting champion who also worked with celebrities as a trainer. Prowse was later the subject of a 2015 documentary about his life and career titled “I Am Your Father.”
Trump: Interview From Page One The formal transition to the Biden administration began last week, and Trump said Thursday he would “certainly” vacate office Jan. 20 as required, after the Electoral College puts the expected seal on Biden’s victory next month. In the Fox interview, however, the president refused to say whether any particular date – including Dec. 14, when electors meet in their respective states to cast ballots, or even Inauguration Day on Jan. 20 – would mark an end to his insistence that he, not Biden, had prevailed. The former vice president’s margin of victory in the popular vote has surpassed 6 million, and his projected Electoral College tally of 306 far exceeds the 270 required. “I don’t want to give you an actual date,” Trump said when Fox interviewer Maria Bartiromo asked at what point he might admit legal defeat. Throughout the interview, he alternately telegraphed defiance and resignation, declaring that “my mind will not change in six months” but also portraying himself as a victim of nefarious forces who “for the most part . . . got away with it.” Trump’s refusal to concede the election in the face of a definitive loss has prompted many Senate Republicans to take more and more contorted public positions to avoid contradicting the president’s victory claims. Appearing Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., a member of the Senate GOP leadership, refused to refer to Biden as the president-elect. “The president-elect will be the president-elect when the electors vote for him,” he said. Blunt said of Biden taking office: “We are certainly moving forward as if that is what is going to happen on January
the 20th.” He also suggested, however, that the president’s backers might withhold formal acceptance of Biden’s victory for at least another month, until the House and Senate convene Jan. 6 for a joint session to count electoral votes. With more than seven weeks remaining in office, Trump has signaled no sense of urgency on the raging Covid-19 pandemic, which has now killed more than 266,000 Americans. Public health experts expressed alarm again Sunday about the twin perils of colder weather and infections spread by holiday travel and gatherings. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government’s top infectious diseases specialist, said on “Meet the Press” that “what we expect, unfortunately, as we go for the next couple of weeks into December, (is) that we might see a surge superimposed upon that surge that we’re already in.” Another member of the White House coronavirus task force, Dr. Deborah Birx, said on the same program that “we’re entering this post-Thanksgiving surge with three, four and 10 times as much disease across the country” as the period after Memorial Day. “And so that’s what worries us the most,” she said. In another arena, some former senior figures in the national security establishment are warning the country faces a perilous time before Biden assumes office. Retired Adm. Mike Mullen, a former head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Sunday he was “actually very concerned about the Trump loyalists who have now gone to work in the Pentagon” in the wake of Trump firing Defense Secretary Mark Esper by tweet after the election. “Over the course of 50 or 60 days you can do something constructive, but you can do something that’s really destructive,” Mullen said on NBC.
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data from the U.S. Census Bureau, about 60 percent of current homeowners bought their home in 2009 or earlier and haven’t moved since. By contrast, about half of current renters moved into their current residence in 2017 or later. Furthermore, a long period of low housing inventory has driven up prices and made it more difficult for the average worker to afford a home. Data from Zillow shows that the current median home price nationwide is $256,663, pricing many Americans out of the housing market.
The national median household income for a homeowner is $81,988, nearly twice the median household income of a renter ($42,479). As a result of geographic differences across these factors, homeownership rates vary significantly by location. At the state level, homeownership rates range from a low of 53.5 percent in New York to 73.4 percent in West Virginia. Coastal states with expensive and densely populated urban areas, such as New York and California, tend to have some of the lowest homeownership rates in the country. Many states in the
Midwest such as Minnesota and Wyoming are known for their affordable housing, and tend to have higher homeownership rates. To find which cities have the lowest homeownership rates (and the most renters), researchers at Roofstock analyzed housing data from the U.S. Census Bureau 2019 American Community Survey one year estimates. Cities were categorized by population size: small (100,000–149,999), m idsi ze 15 0,0 0 0 – 349,999), and large (350,000 or more). All housing data presented comes from 2019, when the homeowner-
ship rate nationwide was 64.1% percent. The report showed 22,125 owner occupied housing units in Fairfield and 15,185 renter occupied. Nationally, owner occupied housing units total 78, 724, 862; renter occupied units are 44.077,990. The median income for owners is about $82,000 and about $42,500 for renters. The median home price nationwide is $256,663. For more information, a detailed methodology, and complete results, you can find the original report on Roofstock’s website: https://learn. roofstock.com/blog/lowesthomeownership-rates.
Vaccine From Page One certainly” will be vaccinating portions in the first priority of the population by the end of December. “If we can hang together as a country and do these kinds of things to blunt these surges until we get a substantial proportion of the population vaccinated, we can get through this,” he said. “There really is light at the end of the tunnel.” United Airlines Holdings Inc. began operating Kevin Dietsch/UPI/Abaca Press/TNS charter flights on Friday Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious to position doses of Pfizer’s Diseases, said in an interview, Sunday, that he fears the coronavirus’ spread will surge vaccine for quick distribu- in the coming weeks. tion once approved, Dow Jones reported. A week it,” he said. “The process of deter- weeks,” Adams said, ago, the chief executive In a separate interview mining whether it works, referring to the rates of officer of CVS Health on ABC’s “This Week,” whether it’s safe and effec- infection, hospitalizaCorp. said the pharmacy Fauci said Covid-19 jabs tive has been independent, tion and deaths resulting chain is ready to quickly won’t be “centrally man- by independent bodies, from the pandemic. “The vaccinate residents at dated” in the U.S., but and transparent,” he said. actions we take over the thousands of long-term that some local offiIn his NBC interview, next several days will care facilities. cials or employers might Fauci said he fears the determine how bad it’s “It’s pretty much apply pressure to get virus’ spread will surge going to get.” decided” that residents people vaccinated. in the coming weeks into Brett Giroir, assisand staff of such care “Any individual group December. “We might tant secretary at the U.S. facilities, and health care can mandate vaccines in see a surge superimDepartment of Health workers in general, will certain ways,” he said. posed upon the surge be the first groups to get “Individual units, be they we’re already in,” he said. and Human Services, access to vaccines, former hospitals or other organi- “I don’t want to frighten declined to recommend FDA administrator Scott zations, can do that. It’s people, except to say it is that all Americans who Gottlieb said on CBS’ within their right to say, not too late to do some- traveled or will travel during holidays quaran“Face the Nation.” if you want to work with thing about this.” “ T her e’s about us, you’re going to have to Adams also implored tine afterward. In an interview on CNN, 20 million health care get a vaccine.” Americans to help stop workers who might be eliFauci said he has the virus’ spread in the Giroir said those who gible, and about 3 million some concern about the months remaining before traveled should decrease residents of long-term overall anti-vaccination a vaccine is widely avail- unnecessary activities care facilities and staff movement, but said the able by wearing masks and quarantine only if they had close contact of those facilities. Those Covid-19 jab research and avoiding gatherings. “It’s going to get worse with someone known to will be the first group of process has been “scienover the next several have had Covid-19. patients who get access to tifically sound.”
Iran: Some demanding vengeance From Page One Geranmayeh, an Iran expert and deputy head of the Middle East and North Africa program at the European Council for Foreign Relations, could box Biden in as he takes office – or even result in a military conflagration in the waning days of Trump’s tenure. “The Iranians are aware that there are mines set for them,” Geranmayeh said, referring to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the landmark 2015 nuclear deal that Trump left in 2018. “This is exactly the playbook that proponents of maximum pressure have been trying to advocate: that there need to be moves that make it much more difficult for Biden to reenter the deal and for Iran to engage the U.S. in diplomacy.” As a result, the government of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani must balance internal voices demanding vengeance even as it hopes to weather the seven weeks until Biden is sworn in. On Friday afternoon, as Iranians were enjoying the first day of their weekend amid coronavirus restrictions, Fakhrizadeh was in a car heading down a highway near the resort town of Absad, some 35 miles east of Tehran. There, a car loaded with explosives
blew up, and gunmen descended on Fakhizadeh, cutting him down along with members of his security detail. In its brazenness, the killing echoed other car bombings and motorcycle assassinations targeting Iran’s nuclear scientists. All have been part of a decadelong effort by Israel and the U.S. to hinder Tehran’s nuclear ambitions, analysts say. Fakhrizadeh’s assassination followed a series of mysterious explosions at Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility in July (authorities blamed sabotage; they have yet to reveal who they believe was behind it) as well as the operation targeting Soleimani while he was abroad. A U.S. return to the nuclear accord – and the sanctions relief it may bring – is a priority for Iran. Over the last four years, sanctions have cratered its currency, cut off its economy from world markets and left its 82 million people facing poverty. Retired Navy Adm. William McRaven, in an interview Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” urged everyone involved to “kind of lower the temperature.” “The Iranians don’t want war with us. We don’t want to go to war with Iran,” said McRaven, who as head of U.S. special operations forces oversaw
the 2011 raid that killed Osama bin Laden. But, he said, “the Iranians are going to be in a position where they have to retaliate – I don’t see any way around it.” So far, Iran’s leadership appears to have chosen the path of restraint. In a televised Cabinet meeting Saturday, Rouhani said Iran would “respond to this crime at the proper time.” “But the Iranian nation is wiser and smarter than to fall in the trap of the Zionists,” he said, in reference to Israel. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in an English-language Twitter post that “all relevant administrators must seriously place two crucial matters on their agenda: first to investigate this crime and firmly prosecute its perpetrators and its commanders, second to continue the martyr’s scientific and technological efforts in all the sectors where he was active.” Meanwhile, the country’s parliament passed a motion that would require Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization to produce and store at least 264 pounds of uranium with 20% purity. If ratified, it would be another step in the methodical breaches of the nuclear deal that Tehran has pursued since Trump pulled out of the treaty.
Still, there have been voices advocating a more forceful response, said Dina Esfandiary, a fellow at the Century Foundation, a nonpartisan think tank. “The Rouhani administration understands there’s value in not escalating, in appearing strong but appearing reasonable,” she said. “But there are pressures from hard-liners as well as moderates, who are fed up and saying, ‘Why are we just taking this? Why are we the ones respecting international norms when nobody else is?’ ” And politically, there are factions within Iran that want to scuttle the reentry into the nuclear deal, said Ariane Tabatabai, a Middle East fellow at the policy organization the German Marshall Fund – if only to stop Rouhani claiming any achievement before presidential elections in June. The assassination was a humiliation for Iran’s security apparatus. After all, Fakhrizadeh – like Soleimani – was an officer in the country’s elite Republican Guards, and was presumably under their protection. He had proved to be an elusive figure since a spate of assassinations between 2010 and 2012 struck four of his colleagues. (He survived an assassination attempt in 2008.)
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Romain Grosjean escapes explosion, fiery F1 crash with minor injuries B8 Monday, November 30, 2020 SECTION B Paul Farmer . Sports Editor . 427.6926
College basketball should hit pause button before it ends up in mess like college football Nick Canepa
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he body of college basketball, buried half-alive by Covid in March, was exhumed last week. It has begun its new life in semi-earnest. It may end as it did in 2020, with a viral thud, again on the medical examiner’s table. Those in sports have done their best to dribble around this damn thing, to block and tackle it, to launch angle and exit-velo it with about as much
Commentary success as can or could be expected. But like everything else, we are rushing into it, desperate to get games made as money pours without a handy tourniquet from sports bodies, college and pro. This virus isn’t an unruly child you simply can ground for a week without a smartphone. Until there’s a vaccine we know works – and it appears to
be coming soon – the sports world is a huge casino, one crap table after the other. We have been impatient with it and quite often incredibly stupid and uncaring. The virus has no feelings or sense of hearing. At this point in Covid Time, I agree with Rick Pitino. Not for his sexual appetite in Italian restaurants, but how he sees the season. Now basketball coach at Iona, Rick has looked at it closely and would like it
further away. “Move the start back,” one of the all-time coaches tweeted last week. “Play league schedule and have May Madness. Spiking and protocols make it impossible to play right now.” Pitino’s team already has had a two-week shutdown because of Covid-19, and others have followed. His Gaels’ first four games already have been postponed or canceled. See College, Page B8
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ATLANTA —After he had fumbled for the third time Sunday, and well after he had thrown an interception that was returned for a touchdown, quarterback Derek Carr just stood on the Raiders sideline and shook his head in disbelief. “I haven’t felt this way in a while,” Carr said. “It’s a gutpunch for sure.” After a near-flawless performance last week at home against the Kansas City Chiefs, Carr and the Raiders’ offense fell flat in what became a 43-6 loss to the Atlanta Falcons at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Carr completed 22 of 34 passes for 215 yards, but was sacked five times and also had a career-worst four giveaways that resulted in 20 points for the Falcons. Carr fumbled three times – two of which were the result of Falcons pressure coming off the edge – and also threw an interception early in the third quarter to Deion Jones, who returned for a touchdown to give Atlanta a 23-3 lead. It was the first time a Raiders quarterback had at least four giveaways in one game since Matt McGloin had five against the Kansas City Chiefs in Dec. 2013. Following his third fumble with 12:13 to go in the fourth quarter when he was sacked by Steven Means at the Raiders’ 36-yard line, Carr was replaced by Nathan Peterman, and was left on the sidelines to ponder what went wrong. “This is a tough business and he’s been through a lot, and he’ll be fine,” Raiders coach Jon Gruden said of Carr. “We’ve just got to regroup. We’ve got to get on the plane and we’ve got to get ready for the next one.” Carr now has eight fumbles this season. “Any time I can see the guy, I try my best to get two hands on the ball and I should have took that ball to my chest,” Carr said, adding on two of the fumbles, including the one caused by Tuioti-Mariner, “I’ve got to get the ball out quicker. It’s definitely not my line’s fault, they’ve been doing a heck of a job. I’ve got to do a better job of stepping up and making my read.” “Carr never found a rhythm against the Falcons.
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Rams Jared Goff tries to pick himself up in front of 49ers defensive lineman Kevin Givens after throwing an interception for a touchdown
in the 3rd quarter at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Sunday. The 49ers defeated the Rams on a last-second field goal.
Defensive takeaways, Deebo Samuel power Niners to critical road win
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If this was the 49ers’ swan song in California for the season, they went out in victorious fashion, rallying for a 23-20 upset Sunday over the host Los Angeles Rams. Robbie Gould’s 42-yard field goal won it as time expired, only after Kyle Juszczyk converted on a fourth-and-1 run and Deebo Samuel capped his 134-yard receiving day with key catches on the winning drive. It was only the 49ers’ fifth
win in 11 games. Most pertinent, it was their fourth on the road, which is where they’ll likely remain through December for a daunting playoff chase. A day earlier, Santa Clara County announced a sports ban that prevents the 49ers from hosting games and even practices because of Covid-19 precautions. The 49ers and NFL have yet to announce relocation plans, which could lead to refuge at the Arizona Cardinals’ or Dallas Cowboys’ stadiums. Coach Kyle Shanahan said
he’s “not sure” where the 49ers go from here, but he expressed extreme discontent about the county springing its ban on them Saturday just before they flew to Los Angeles. “You guys want to know the answers, so do our wives and everyone that knows us,” Shanahan said. Defense undoubtedly keyed Sunday’s road win. Jimmie Ward forced two fumbles, Richard Sherman made a firstquarter interception in his long-awaited comeback and rookie Javon Kinlaw swiftly returned an interception for a
touchdown and 14-3 lead just after halftime. Running back Raheem Mostert (touchdown run) and Samuel made impressive returns after multi-game absences, helping offset Nick Mullens’ mixed day throwing the ball in his fourth start in place of Jimmy Garoppolo. Mullens’ moxie came through in the fourth quarter, however, as he led a drive to put the 49ers in position for Gould’s winning kick. See Niners, Page B8
MLB players face a bleak winter as reality of pandemic revenue losses set in By Bill Madden
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Philadelphia Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto drives in a run against the Miami Marlins, Sept. 10, at Marlins Park in Miami.
aseball’s version of “bargains galore” black Friday will arrive this Wednesday – or to paraphrase Marie Antoinette: After Dec. 2, le deluge, as in the deluge of players being non-tendered by their clubs, opening up potentially the most populated freeagent market ever. Nobody would be more delighted with this develop-
Commentary ment than Charlie Finley, the maverick owner of the Oakland A’s who, when free agency was in its infancy in the mid-’70s, made a proposal to his fellow owners to limit all the players to one-year contracts and make everyone free agents every year. Aghast, the baseball lords laughed at Finley, much to the relief of Players Association executive
director Marvin Miller, who had to explain to his players that universal free agency was really a bad thing; that a flooded market would destroy the concept of supply and demand and salaries would actually decrease. But this is only one reason why the players are facing a potentially lean offseason in which nobody has any idea what the owners’ revenues are going to be, or when the 2021 season is even going to begin, and with how many
games. The only thing that appears certain is that, with a few exceptions, long-term (3 or more years) megabucks contracts aren’t going to be in the offing this winter. And at the end of the day, when the music stops, a lot of non-tendered veteran players, in the $2-$8 million range, are going to be left without a chair as clubs seek to replace them with minimum-salary players from See MLB, Page B8
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A guide to Brussels sprouts How to choose, store, season, cook the versatile vegetable The Washington Post
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recipe for “Brussels Sprouts Salad” published in The Washington Post in 1936 instructed the cook to combine boiled sprouts with salt, lemon juice and lettuce and then “cover with mayonnaise dressing,” promising it would be “a novelty at any dinner table.” Now, 84 years later, sprouts are as common as broccoli and kale, and the only still-novel thing about them may be how they grow. Gardeners and farmers market regulars will know the surprising, wondrous way Brussels sprouts look before they’re harvested: They bud atop the long leafed branches of a thick, almost two-foot-tall stalk. Nestled between stalk and branch, each sprout grows to between half an inch and just shy of two inches in diameter. Once harvested, the doll-size cabbages can be sold still attached to their stalks or, more commonly, in bags or cartons, ready for trimming and cooking. In North America, they’re generally available year-round, though they’re at their peak from early fall to early spring, and they’re sweeter after spending a frost on the stalk. Though they’re miniature cabbages, they’re not as sturdy as the larger variety, and benefit from more gentle care. Because they’re similarly bite-size, it’s tempting to treat Brussels sprouts like green beans or baby carrots, but they’re nothing alike when it comes to taste. Here’s how to pick and prepare them, whether you plan to serve them at a holiday feast or for a weeknight dinner.
Choose. If buying a whole stalk, check the spaces between the sprouts and the stalk for mold or dampness. On or off the stalk, look for sprouts that are compact, with tight leaves. You’ll be able to tell how freshly cut sprouts are by examining the stem end: It should look dry, but not brown or, worse, moldy.
Store. Marian Morash, writing in “The Victory Garden Cookbook,” calls Brussels sprouts “miniature perfection,” but notes that they “’ripen,’ picking up a strong flavor during storage, so it’s best to use them as soon as possible.” Chef, culinary activist and author Preeti Mistry notes that if you buy them on the stalk, you can keep them in a dry, cool place for a few days without having to refrigerate them. Once off the stalk, you’ll want to keep them in the fridge. Barbara Sibley, the chef and
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Though Brussels sprouts are miniature cabbages, they’re not as sturdy as the larger variety and benefit from more gentle care. owner of La Palapa in New York City, watches the tender baby leaves that are on the outside of the bud; they’re especially sweet, and are the first to wither. “Sometimes I’ll put about half an inch of water in a shallow container and stand the sprouts up in it to keep them crisper,” Sibley says. “Though they’re hardy, remember that they’re plants, so treat them gently like the sprouts that they are.” To freeze, Morash suggests blanching washed and trimmed sprouts in boiling water for three to five minutes, depending on size, chilling on ice, draining and allowing to dry completely before freezing in bags or containers. Sprouts can then be seasoned and cooked right out of the freezer.
Cook. Like many other members of the cabbage family, Brussels sprouts can be eaten raw, shredded and dressed or marinated, especially when very fresh. If you’re buying them from the grocery store, or you know they’re more than a few days old, cooking – blanching, steaming, roasting, grilling or sauteing – will help temper some of their
strong flavors. Halved sprouts can be tossed in oil, salt and pepper and roasted until browned. Morash suggests cutting a small crosshatch into the trimmed ends before steaming or blanching so that their firm cores cook more quickly. Steamed sprout petals can be added to soups as a garnish; add blanched, quartered or halved sprouts to soups or stews in the final few minutes of cooking. Overcooking them tends to render them mushy and brings out their acrid flavors and smells. Both Mistry and Sibley note that one of the reasons many people tend to enjoy the Brussels sprouts they eat at a restaurant is because of a two-step cooking process: “Generally we’d parcook them, and then finish them to order,” Mistry says. “So I’ll cut them into quarters, roast just until they’re cooked through but not browned, and finish them on the stove to order. If you try to saute from raw, you end up steaming them instead of crisping or caramelizing.” To speed up the cooking process, you could cut them in half and then slice them into thinner pieces before sauteing quickly, Mistry says. They’ll
cook evenly in one pan, and can get crispy over high heat, though they’ll lose the varied texture they retain when cooked in larger pieces. “I like to put them in tacos, and not unlike a tender meat, I want there to be a nice bite left to them, right at the core,” Sibley says. “I’ll quarter them and give them a quick blanch, and then finish them in a pan.” That ensures they retain some texture and absorb any flavors added in the way of a sauce or seasoning.
Season. Some prefer their sprouts seasoned simply with salt and pepper, but the vegetable’s strong flavors mean they pair well with stronger or complementary seasonings and sauces. “You want to play to the sprouts’ strengths,” Sibley says. Sibley sautes quartered, blanched sprouts in a sauce made from chile de arbol (for heat) and chile ancho (for smokiness). “Once they’re cut and cooked just until tender, the core stays a little chewy and the leaves open a bit, leaving little gaps for the salsa to sneak into,” she says. Piled into a tortilla with queso fresco and crema, “it’s a
meaty taco without any meat.” At home, Sibley says she might use sweetness to offset the sprouts’ bitterness by halving and roasting them with piloncillo or brown sugar, lime zest, a neutral oil such as grapeseed, plus lots of salt and pepper. “Make sure they’re coated evenly, and roast them on really high, tossing or shaking the pan a little every 10 minutes, until they’re really crispy all over,” she advises. Mistry agrees that “really piquant spices go well with sprouts.” A recipe in their cookbook, “The Juhu Beach Club Cookbook: Indian Spice, Oakland Soul,” pairs sprouts with a curry leaf ginger butter, and Mistry likes to play around with tempering spicier flavors, say from mustard or chiles, with tangy notes from tamarind and citrus. “I would actually just use my mustard fenugreek spice blend, which has some heat but also a deep green herby-ness and some tartness,” Mistry says, noting that old Indian cookbooks refer to sprouts as baby cabbages, and suggest cooking them as such. “They want spice,” Mistry says, “They want tartness. They want flavor.”
Quinoa bake a clever way to reinvent leftover vegetables
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hen this dish emerges from the oven, the first thing you notice is how gloriously cheesy it is, with an alluring, golden-brown crust of nutty, funky gruyere. Scoop into it and you get to the tender quinoa studded with pieces of autumnal roasted vegetables, all moistened and married in a light, creamy cheese sauce. Ellie Krieger It’s a FrenchNourish style gratin, in essence, but with an unconventional, more healthful twist centered on the Peruvian staple “grain.” That word is in quotes because while quinoa cooks up like a grain, it is technically a seed, with more protein, fiber and minerals than most grains. And while the cheesy richness of this bake calls like a siren, that’s because half of the cheese is strategically sprinkled on top, where it gets the most attention. Overall, it has a modest amount, as gratins go, and its sauce is more health-
fully milk-based instead of relying on cream. I like to use deep-hued red quinoa here, simply because I like how it looks, but the regular light brown type works all the same. And you can use any mix of roasted vegetables in this dish, too, making it especially handy post-Thanksgiving when you probably have some to use up. This bake is right at home served alongside roasted poultry or meat, but it is so satisfying it also hits the spot in a larger portion as a meatless main dish. Quinoa and Roasted Vegetable Bake With Gruyere Active time: 20 minutes Total time: 55 minutes 4 to 6 servings This bake is a French-style gratin in essence, but with an unconventional, more healthful twist centered on nutrient-rich quinoa and featuring a mix of roasted vegetables. While its alluring, golden-brown gruyere topping calls like a siren, overall, it has a modest amount of cheese, and its sauce is made with milk, not cream, so it’s lighter. The deep hue of red quinoa is especially appealing, but the regular light brown variety works all the same, and any mix of roasted
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Quinoa and Roasted Vegetable Bake With Gruyere. vegetables may be used, making it a unique and sumptuous way to use up leftovers. Storage Notes: Leftovers may be refrigerated for up to 3 days. Olive oil, for greasing the dish 2 1⁄2 cups low-fat milk 2 1⁄2 tablespoons allpurpose flour 2 cloves garlic, minced or finely grated 1 teaspoon mustard powder 3 ⁄4 teaspoon sweet paprika 1 1⁄4 cups (4 ounces) shredded Gruyère cheese, divided 1 ⁄2 teaspoon kosher salt
⁄2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 3 cups cooked quinoa, preferably red (from about 3 ⁄4 cup/4 1⁄2 ounces uncooked) 3 cups roasted mixed vegetables (such as Brussels sprouts, carrots, cauliflower, squash), coarsely chopped Position a baking rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 400 degrees. Brush a 1 1⁄2 - to 2-quart shallow baking dish with oil. In a medium saucepan over medium heat, whisk together the 1
milk and flour until the flour is dissolved. Add the garlic, mustard and paprika and, whisking constantly, bring the mixture to a gentle boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer, stirring a few times, until the mixture has thickened to the thickness of cream, about 2 minutes. Add half of the cheese, the salt and pepper, and stir until the cheese is melted and the mixture is smooth, then remove from the heat. Add the quinoa and vegetables to the pot and stir until combined. Transfer the mixture to the baking dish. Top with the remaining cheese and bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until the mixture is bubbly and the cheese on top is nicely browned. Let cool for 5 minutes before serving. Nutrition (based on 6 servings): Calories: 298; Total Fat: 12 g; Saturated Fat: 5 g; Cholesterol: 25 mg; Sodium: 296 mg; Carbohydrates: 34 g; Dietary Fiber: 5 g; Sugar: 3 g; Protein: 15 g. Recipe from dietitian and food columnist Ellie Krieger.
Ellie Krieger is a registered dietitian, nutritionist and author who hosts public television’s “Ellie’s Real Good Food.” She blogs and offers a weekly newsletter at www. elliekrieger.com.
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The crew of the hijacked plane, from left, Harold “Andy” Anderson, second officer; co-pilot William Rataczak; pilot William Scott; and flight attendants Tina Mucklow, Florence Schaffner and Alice Hancock.
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49 years ago, D.B. Cooper became an ideal hero for cynical times; he still is Lorraine Ali
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t was Thanksgiving eve, 1971, when a mystery man known only as Dan Cooper hijacked a commercial airliner out of Portland International Airport. He sat in the last row of seats on the plane, where he slipped a note to the flight attendant, informing her he had a bomb in his attache case. He demanded a $200,000 ransom and four parachutes, which were delivered to the craft on the tarmac. Once in the air, he instructed the pilot to fly low, at 10,000 feet, then jumped from the 727 somewhere over the rugged Pacific Northwest, leaving behind one of the most enduring whodunits in modern history. Who was D.B. Cooper? And did he make it out alive? The only unsolved airline hijacking in American history is the subject of HBO's new documentary film "The Mystery of D.B. Cooper," which premiered Wednesday – 49 years to the day since the high-flying heist. The film constructs a compelling narrative from a story that's been told, retold, scrutinized, picked apart and sewn back together with new bits of real and imagined information . . . hundreds if not thousands of times. Spoiler alert: This film by director John Dower ("Thrilla in Manila," "My Scientology Movie") does not break the case wide open like, say, "The Jinx: The Life and Death of Robert Durst" did the death of Susan Berman, for which Durst now stands trial in Los Angeles. In fact, it doesn't reveal much of anything new for investigators or true Cooper enthusiasts to chew on. "The Mystery of D.B. Cooper" instead dissects an equally fascinating slice of the story: why we still care about this unidentified criminal, his bizarre scheme and every minute detail of that night, right down to the cigarette brand he smoked (Raleigh filtered) and his seat number (18C, 18E, or 15D, depending on who's spinning the tale). Cooper first jumped into the nation's psyche when regular folks were watching their chances at the Amer-
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ican Dream slip away. The post-recession unemployment rate was hovering around 6%. The Vietnam War raged on. A drop in airline production, aka the "Boeing bust," was in the process of decimating Seattle's aerospace industry and its workforce. People were war-weary and hurting for money – and The Establishment didn't appear to care. Cooper tapped into that disillusionment, capturing America's collective imagination after a massive manhunt failed to find him. Many believed he beat a system that was beating him, or at least died trying. He became a hero for cynical times, a symbol of sticking it to the man. No wonder we're still fascinated. Coming on the heels of multiple podcasts and History's "D.B. Cooper: Case Closed?," HBO's treatment of the evergreen saga remains fresh, fun and all-consuming. The film delivers a prismatic retelling of the Cooper saga through four of the case's prime suspects, all of whom are now deceased. They include a transgender pilot, a charismatic grifter, a beloved uncle and a supposed copycat criminal. Some people claimed they were Cooper on their deathbeds. Others were suspected by friends and family. One was killed by an FBI agent. Acquaintances and relatives of the suspects spin fascinating tales about these people of interest. The stories are woven together into a larger narrative that includes interviews with several members of the original airline crew of Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305, a passenger who sat near the hijacker, multiple former FBI agents, and plenty of amateur sleuths who've spent the better part of their life trying to solve the riddle of D.B. Cooper. These obsessives search for shreds of parachute in the dense forests of the Northwest, remnants of buckles or metal from his harness and, of course, any trace of the money. The last gripping clue was discovered in 1980 by a 9-year-old boy on the banks of the Columbia River. He found what amounted to $5,800 in $20 bills,
bound by rubber bands and badly decomposed. The serial numbers matched those from the ransom money. There's been nothing as concrete since. Pop culture has stepped in where investigators have fallen short, filling in the blanks with true and fictionalized accounts about the fate of D.B Cooper. Nearly half a century's worth of books, TV shows, comics, films, songs and festivals have been devoted to completing the puzzle or have played off the myth of Cooper, a phantom who's enthralled since Nixon was in office. Leonard Nimoy's "In Search Of" TV series took on Cooper in the '70s, right alongside episodes devoted to the Bermuda Triangle and the Loch Ness monster. Treat Williams played Cooper, and Robert Duvall the insurance investigator who pursued him, in 1981's feature film "The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper." In the 1990s, "Twin Peaks" knowingly flicked at the mystery while Kid Rock rapped about Cooper. Staring back at us the whole time, almost mockingly, is the FBI's original facial composite sketch. Cooper is the picture of a '70s businessman on the go: He wears a dark suit, black tie and white button-down shirt. His thinning hair is combed neatly to the side. His thickrimmed, dark sunglasses look like something out of a Tarantino film. That aesthetic might explain why some "Mad Men" conspiracy theorists, bloggers and fans came to believe that Don Draper (played by Jon Hamm) would be revealed to be D.B. Cooper, and pointed to clues in the series as evidence. (Creator Matthew Weiner dismissed the idea.) But it wasn't that much of a stretch considering that reallife witnesses to the hijacking recalled the perpetrator chainsmoking, drinking whiskey, and possibly flirting with the stewardess. The FBI officially put the case to bed in 2016, which of course ignited a new wave of interest in the 20th century outlaw who dropped from the sky. With HBO's new film, the mystery continues – as does the need for something or someone to believe in when the system has got you down.
Bridge
by Phillip Alder
one of a black suit. 10 high-card points suggested a pass, but only six losers counseled opening. If I were going to bid, in the old days, I would have started with one club to save space in trying to describe my hand. However, these days, most players open one spade – show those majors. After an opening by me, East would surely show his hearts. Even if I passed, he would presumably open one heart, being allowed to bid a little light in the third position. After pass – pass – one heart, South would presumably overcall two clubs, which would interest me greatly. I could then make a three-spade fit-showing jump. By a passed hand, a jump shift shows length in the bid suit, length in partner’s suit and a maximum. By now, no doubt, you have worked out who can make what. Despite only a combined 21 high-card points, JUST WHEN YOU THINK North-South can make six clubs and six with the aid of the winning club YOU HAVE SEEN IT ALL spades finesse. East-West would go down five, Laurence J. Peter, who was a minus 1400, in seven hearts doubled, Canadian educator and “hierarchiolowhich would be good in a duplicate if gist,” wrote, “An economist is an expert the world were scoring 1430 in six who will know tomorrow why the spades. However, that is unlikely, I things he predicted yesterday didn’t think. happen today.” Did you correctly predict what Get out your crystal ball, then happened at my table? predict the final contract and opening The auction went pass – pass – lead on this deal from a Bridge Base pass – pass! So there was no opening Online table. lead! After West passed, I (North) had a choice. I could have passed or opened COPYRIGHT: 2020, UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE
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DAILY REPUBLIC — Monday, November 30, 2020 B5
As new Covid-19 restrictions bear down
Surviving businesses draw on hard-earned lessons from spring Tribune Content Agency SEATTLE — Like many business owners in Washington state, sisters Tara Espinoza and Sabrina Rinderle, proprietors of Queen Anne Dispatch in Seattle, were neither surprised nor unprepared for Gov. Jay Inslee’s second round of Covid-19 restrictions. Since the first restrictions in March, Espinoza and Rinderle have largely reengineered their combination boutique and mailservices business. Staff is fully trained in safety protocols. Floors are marked for social distance and the inventory mix is more “grab-and-go.” The finances aren’t great. Sales are a fraction of preMarch levels and this time there’s no federal Paycheck Protection loan. But their landlord is working with them and, importantly, customers are no longer in shock. Unlike in March, when “nobody was coming in the doors,” customers are more “comfortable with the safety precautions,” said Espinoza. “They know what to expect.” Across Seattle and the state, employers, workers and consumers are plunging into the second round of restrictions better prepared in some ways than they were eight months ago. Of course, there have already been some reprises of the panic buying that followed the first restrictions in March. Another wave of closures and layoffs is probable, only this time quite possibly without the first Covid-19 shutdown’s billions of dollars in small business loans, enhanced unemployment benefits and other federal relief, or the millions in local philanthropic relief. But in other ways, this time may prove less dire for those businesses that have survived. Since March, much of the economy has adapted to Covid19. Consumers are hardened to the new realities. Many businesses have come up with new strategies that, despite lower expectations for revenue and profit, could help operators get through this latest shutdown. Critical systems such as supply chains also have been upgraded as companies incorporate lessons and strategies from the pandemic. At the other end of the business spectrum from Queen Anne Dispatch is e-commerce giant Amazon. It too has adapted, though unlike many companies its sales have ballooned as more consumers shop from home. Amazon has poured $7.5 billion into its distribution network since the start of the year, hoping to avoid a repeat of its scramble early in the pandemic to stock distribution centers with cleaning supplies and home office equipment. The company faced an onslaught of criticism as the ensuing ripple effect of shipping delays reverberated throughout its ecosystem of third-party sellers, and fulfillment center employees said they feared catching Covid-19 at work. A mazon beefed up Covid-19 precautions in its distribution centers, hired 250,000 workers to meet surging demand for online shopping and expanded the square footage of its logistics infrastructure by 50%, Chief Financial Officer Brian Olsavsky said during a third-quarter earnings call. By midsummer, Amazon’s own distribution network delivered nearly two thirds of the packages purchased on its site, up from roughly half in 2019 and just 20% the year before. Amazon was “caught flatfooted” at the start of the pandemic, said e-commerce consultant Rick Watson. “That’s all lifted now.” Amazon’s sales during the pandemic have soared, tripling its profits compared with last year – though the company says much of the gains will be plowed into the company’s efforts to stay
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Sisters Sabrina Rinderle, left, and Tara Espinoza, co-owners of Queen Anne Dispatch in Seattle, say the pandemic policies and adaptations one step ahead both of surging pandemic demand and new health risks at its warehouses. Many other retailers, from Costco and Kroger all the way down to mom-and-pop shops, are also benefiting from pandemicproofed supplier networks and distribution systems. Central Co-Op, which has a grocery store in Seattle and another in Tacoma, has not only seen improvements among its big suppliers, but also has broadened its supply chain to include more smaller local vendors. As a result, “we don’t have out-ofstock problems the way we did back” in March, said CEO Catherine Willis Cleveland. Some retailers have also changed how they manage anxious shoppers, and were quicker to impose per-customer buying limits on some items. QFC, for example, has “proactively put product limits on toilet paper, tissue, cleaning wipes and bleach,” said Tiffany Sanders, spokesperson at QFC’s regional office in Bellevue. “We have plenty of food and other products in the supply chain but want to ensure everyone has access to it.” As a result, while runs on essentials like toilet paper and hand sanitizer once again left some grocery store shelves temporarily bare after the restrictions went into effect Monday night, so far those appear to be more short-lived and sporadic than they were in March. “The last time the governor announced restrictions, the next day, we had people lining up outside, but this time, it’s been so chill I’m on the verge of being bored,” said a midlevel employee at a Seattle-area Safeway who asked not to be identified. Safeway did not respond to questions for this story. Businesses also have refined their protocols for hygiene and for occupancy restrictions, with things like special hours for seniors and suggestions that customers limit the size of their shopping expeditions. “We are recommending families try to only send one person from their household to the grocery store,” said QFC’s Sanders. Some retailers have adopted new strategies for controversial issues like masks. At Safeway, for example, maskless customers are now simply offered a mask instead of being asked whether they have a condition that prevents them from wearing one, said the Safeway employee. “And that works like nine times
out of 10,” the employee added. “We haven’t had any big outbursts or scenes.” Other industries that were thrown into turmoil by shutdowns in spring were allowed to continue work this go-round. Homebuilders raised a ruckus earlier this year when statewide orders temporarily shuttered construction sites. Thousands of contractors emailed the governor’s office in the last week of March alone, asking to be listed as an essential business, public records show. Construction work reopened – with added safety measures – after an aggressive lobbying campaign by industry groups. Those measures have kept job sites humming in the week since Inslee announced the latest restrictions, which exempt construction work. At a construction site of Seattle homebuilder David Coats, the founder of NEST design + build, prominent pandemic adaptations include masks, social distancing signs and a portable hand-washing station. “We’ve built all kinds of things, but we’d never built a small wash station for outside,” Coats said. “How are you going to drain it? How do you bring water to it? What kind of faucets are the right ones to use?” Sourcing protective equipment was also an initial hassle – but with those learning humps overcome, Coats said, the Covid-19 protocols have become so second-nature as to be boring. For many businesses, the pandemic has forced revisions to entire business models. In the past 10 months, Lakewood-based plastic fabricator Custom Edge has gone from making brochure holders for Microsoft’s now largely empty Redmond campus to producing a full line of Covid-19 protective equipment: sneeze guards, grocery store shields and polycarbonate face shields. The transition was one of necessity, said owner Scott Felk. Pandemic restrictions torpedoed his contracts with office buildings and retailers, including Nordstrom. In the first months after the pandemic, Felk said, his business “kind of puttered along” with only two employees instead of its regular 10 as he learned more about how to compete in the new Covid-19 marketplace. Because of the demand for protective equipment, Custom Edge is on track to finish the year with roughly the same sales volume as 2019, he said.
they’ve put in since the first round of restrictions in March will likely make this second round more tolerable. Molly Moon Neitzel, owner of the eponymously named local chain of ice cream stores, is also counting on several pandemic adaptations to help get through the new restrictions. Since March, she has launched a wholesale operation – Molly Moon’s is now sold in more than 120 regional locations. She has also started ice cream deliveries, which now account for 10% of total sales, and is bringing out a two- and four-serving size dessert tailored for the smaller gatherings mandated by the governor. She’ll also revive a punch card that lets supportive customers pay in advance for 11 pints for the price of 10. After the first shutdown, card sales covered two months of health insurance for the 90 workers she had to lay off. She doesn’t expect card sales to be as high this time, “but I think we’ll get some kind of bump – and that will be helpful,” Neitzel said. Still, Neitzel knows her adaptations are only a stopgap. Even before the new restrictions, overall revenues were down around 40% compared with a year ago, and without some major improvement, she expects to be out of cash in five months. “I have until May to figure out what I’m going to do,” Neitzel said. That’s an all-too-common concern. While some larger players, such as Amazon or the big grocery chains, are likely to weather this new round of restrictions, it’s a far less certain path for smaller businesses, many which were already barely hanging on. Even before the new restrictions had been announced, industry estimates suggested that 35% of the state’s restaurants and 49% of the state’s hotels will permanently close due to the pandemic, the Washington Hospitality Association (WHA) said. Grim forecasts also await many smaller retailers as well as businesses, such as gyms, that must close entirely during the governor’s restrictions. Those scenarios would be playing out with only a fraction of the government aid provided to businesses and their workers last spring. Congress hasn’t extended its earlier program of small business loans and enhanced unemployment. On Friday, Gov. Inslee proposed a relief package worth $135 million as well as cuts in businesses’ unemployment tax – but that’s dwarfed by
what the state’s business community faces in total lost revenue. Other relief is also drying up. The first lockdown saw private philanthropic efforts supplement public aid. But as the 10th month of the pandemic approaches, some of those initiatives have wound down or focused their efforts on a smaller subset of businesses. “Donor fatigue is real,” said Lillian Sherman, the executive director of the Pike Place Market Foundation, which has given nearly $500,000 to market businesses to help them roll out new products and transition to delivery. Amazon, which since March has funneled millions in charitable giving to Seattle schools and organizations serving people affected by job loss, continues to offer free rent to business tenants in buildings it owns. But its $11 million Neighborhood Small Business Relief Fund and a short-lived program to help restaurants ramp up food delivery are both closed. Between March and May, Ellen Kuwana, the one-woman dynamo behind pandemic relief effort We Got This Seattle, had raised nearly $60,000 to buy food from local restaurants to feed front-line health care workers. The aid helped at least one restaurant stay current on rent, she said. But as the pandemic drags on, the pace of giving has lagged, her publicly accessible records show. So far in November, just three people have donated a total of $80. Kuwana is exhausted, she said. “I was sleeping four hours a night and running like crazy,” she said of the early months. She’s gearing up to restart coordinating donations for this round of lockdown, but, she said, “I’m going to have to be much more selective this time.” Even those businesses that have managed to pivot say they haven’t necessarily found a new equilibrium. They may be more prepared to withstand the current realities of the pandemic than they were in March, but even a minor setback can threaten the precarious new balance. Since the pandemic, “we’re a smaller company than we were, personnel-wise,” said Felk. “And what’s going to happen on the other side, when all the (sneeze) guards go away? Will our other customers come back?” Moon sums it up: “A pandemic” she said, “is bad for business.”
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Section 00 1100 - NOTICE TO BIDDERS ARTICLE 1. GENERAL Section 1.01 Notice is hereby given that the Board of Education of the Vacaville Unified School District of Solano County, hereinafter referred to as "District," will receive sealed Proposals for: Bid Package # 20-08: 621 Orchard Avenue – New Modular Classrooms Notice is hereby given that the Project is a public works project within the requirements of Division 2, Part 7, Chapter 1 of the California Labor Code, and that each Bidder and all Subcontractors are required to be registered with the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5 at the time of bidding. Failure of the Bidder or a listed Subcontractor to be registered at the time of bidding shall render the Bid non-responsive and unavailable for award. Notice is hereby given that the Project is subject to the requirements of Public Contract Code section 20111.6 as a project funded under the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998 or a project that involves a projected expenditure of one million dollars ($1,000,000) or more and is funded from a state school bond. As such, the District will accept Bids only from Bidders prequalified by the District. In addition, any electrical, mechanical, and plumbing subcontractors (as defined by Public Contract Code section 20111.6(k) and all subcontractors holding a class A or B license that will perform any type of work covered by the specialty licenses listed in section 20111.6(k)) must be prequalified by the District. The type of work for which subcontractors must be prequalified is the work encompassed in the following license classifications: C-4, C-7, C-10, C-16, C-20, C-34, C-36, C-38, C-42, C-43 and C-46, whether performed by a contractor with a Class C license or a Class A or B license. A list of prequalified contractors and electrical, mechanical, and plumbing Subcontractors is posted on the District’s website at http://measurea-vusd-ca.schoolloop.com. Contractors and subcontractors that are required to be prequalified are required to submit prequalification packages no later than thirty (30) days prior to bid date or within five (5) days of the last bid advertisement if advertised less than thirty (30) days before bids are due, but no later than ten (10) business days before bids are due. The District will not consider any Bid in which the Bidder, or any Subcontractor that was required to be prequalified, is not actually prequalified within five (5) days before the bid date. The District’s Prequalification Application is available on the District’s website at http://measurea-vusd-ca.schoolloop.com. If the bidder will not perform the mechanical, electrical and/or plumbing (MEP) work itself, then a prequalified MEP subcontractor must be listed on the subcontractor listing form, including specifically identifying mechanical, electrical and/or plumbing in the “portion” of work. Proposals are due: BID INFORMATION Location: Vacaville Unified School District, 401 Nut Tree Road, Vacaville, CA 95687 Contact: District Representative: Steven McGuckin, Capital Program Management, Inc. - (916) 833-6371 Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2021 Time: No later than 2:00 PM At this time such proposals will be opened and publicly read. Contractor License Classification Required: Class B Section 1.02 Mandatory Pre bid conference will be held at: MANDATORY PRE-BID CONFERENCE Location: 621 South Orchard Avenue – South Parking Lot Contact: District Representative: Steven McGuckin, Capital Program Management, Inc. - (916) 833-6371 Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2020 Time: 2:00PM Attendance for duration of meeting is mandatory and each prime contract bidder (referred to as “Bidder” or “Bidders”) shall be required to certify, as part of its Proposal Form, that it attended the entirety of the Pre-Bid conference. Failure to include the certification will render the bid non-responsive. Failure to attend the mandatory, PreBid conference waives the right to submit a bid. For all Pre-Bid visits (other than the Pre-bid conference), Bidder must make an appointment with the District Representative prior to visiting the Site. Section 1.03 Overall coordination of the Project will be the responsibility of the District Representative. All inquiries regarding the bid are to be directed to District Representative, Steven McGuckin, StevenM@capitalpm.com. Section 1.04 Contracts for construction will be direct prime contracts with the District. All Project procedures and documents are designed to facilitate delivery of the Project through prime construction contracts. The District's forms shall be used for all documents. Bidders shall read and review the Bidding Documents carefully, and shall familiarize themselves thoroughly with all requirements. Section 1.05 Each bid proposal shall conform to the requirements of the Contract Documents. The bid documents may be obtained at bidder’s expense from Signature Reprographics, (916) 454-0800 or electronically at https:/signaturerepro.com. Section 1.06 No bid will be considered unless it is accompanied by Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Bid Bond from a surety authorized to do business in California for ten percent (10%) of the total amount of the Combined Base Bid Amount, including additive Alternate Bids, made payable to the District. The above-mentioned check or bid bond shall be given as a guarantee that the Bidder shall, if selected by the District, execute the Contracts, in conformance with the Contract Documents. For more information, refer to Section 00 2000, Article 1, Section 1.06. Section 1.07 Bids shall not expire for a period of 90 days after the date set for the bid opening. Within ten (10) days after notification of the District’s Notice of Intent to Award the Contracts, the successful Bidder will be required to furnish a Labor and Material Bond and a Faithful Performance Bond for each Contract. For further information, refer to Sections 00 6113.13 and 00 6113.16. Section 1.08 The District is an equal opportunity employer. Refer to General Conditions Section 00 7000, Article 7, Section 7.10. The District encourages the participation of DVBE businesses. Refer to Special Provisions Section 00 8000. The District has set an overall goal for this Project that Bidders obtain a minimum of 3% of their bid amount in participation by certified Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises (“DVBE”). The participation may be through work or supply of materials. If a Bidder is unable to obtain the full 3% participation by one or more DVBEs, then the bid may be found responsive only if it establishes “good faith efforts” to meet the goal. The requirements for good faith efforts are set forth in Special Provisions Section 00 8000, Article 4 and the attachments thereto. Section 1.09 The successful Bidder shall be required to pay its workers on this Project a sum not less than the general prevailing rate (applicable at time of bid advertisement date) of per diem wages and not less than the general prevailing rate for holiday and overtime work for work of a similar character in the locality in which the Project is performed, as provided under California Labor Code Sections 1726-1861. Copies of the prevailing rate of per diem wages are on file at the Vacaville Unified School District, 401 Nut Tree Road, Vacaville, CA 95687, and shall be made available to any interested party upon request. They may also be obtained on the internet at http://www.dir.ca.gov/OPRL/DPreWageDetermination.htm Refer to General Conditions Section 00 7000, Article 7. The Project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations. Section 1.10 The governing board of the District reserves the right to reject any and all proposals and to waive any irregularity in any proposals received. Section 1.11 At the request and expense of the successful Bidder, eligible securities shall be accepted in lieu of retention payments to insure performance under the Contract, pursuant to California Public Contract Code Section 22300. Refer to Exhibit H and General Conditions Section 00 7000, Article 12, Section 12.05. Said securities shall be deposited prior to the submission of the successful Bidder’s first progress payment application. Section 1.12 The successful Bidder shall have at least one supervising technician on call in the event that the existing fire alarm, security clocks, intercom, telephone and data systems are damaged during the course of construction or the Contract requires relocation of existing devices. The supervising technician is required to be on Site during all aspects of repair, modifications and testing. For fire alarm modifications and repairs the supervising technician is required to have at a minimum NICET LEVEL 2 Certification or equal. The District may consider optional Underwriters Laboratories Certification, factory training or contractor demonstrated equal experience/training with prior approval. The supervising technician must also have a minimum 5 years installation experience. DR# 00043381 Published: November 23, 30, 2020
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Former foster student donates $42,500 to the school that changed his life Tribune Content Agency SEATTLE — When James Abbott pulls at the threads of his childhood memories, he describes one in particular like a scene from a movie. “A car comes up, you are told to get in the car, and the car drives away. The last picture you have is your mom on the porch crying.” That was the moment when Abbott, who is now 60, left his family and entered foster care. Abbott, who grew up in Snohomish County, Washington, spent most of his high school years with a foster-care family. He was a computer geek in the 1980s, spent his career as a certified public accountant in the 1990s and has worked for Microsoft since 2001. Now, he’s giving back to the high school he says changed his life with a $42,500 donation to the Mukilteo Schools Foundation, the majority of which went to Mariner High School, in Everett, Washington. Microsoft added to his gift with an additional $38,000. Most of the funds will help pay for low-income high schoolers to take college classes for credit; the remainder will go to the district’s foundation and ACES High, an alternative high school. “I wanted to pay back Mariner for the opportunity they gave me,” he said. “And I wanted to help foster kids, like I was.” The donation is the largest Mariner has seen in many years, said principal Nate DuChesne. It will benefit students with backgrounds similar to Abbott’s. About 12 foster students attend the school and 65 to 70% of the student body is low-income. Only about 20% of foster youth who graduate from high school go on to college, compared with about 60% of high-school graduates overall, according to a report by the Pew Charitable Trust. And foster youth who do go to college are much more
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James Abbott, 60, donated more than $42,000 to his alma mater Mariner High School. At left, James Abbott in his high school yearbook photo in 1978.
likely to drop out, the report says. Abbott’s donation will pay students’ fees for College in the High School classes – 5-credit college courses taught by Mariner teachers in a range of subjects that would otherwise cost $220 apiece. Some students qualify for a limited number of tuition waivers through the state, so Abbott’s gift will help cover their remaining fees, DuChesne said. Overall, he said, the donation will pay for fees for students to take 100 courses each year for the next three years. “This is significant in my
eyes because many of these students, if there are barriers in the way while they’re in high school, sometimes it becomes more difficult to go to college,” he said. “This is opening doors for them at an earlier age.” Abbott’s mother is Japanese and his father is American. He was born on a military base in Japan, and was 10 when his father retired from the Navy and the family settled in Washington. His father struggled with alcoholism and often could not pay the rent, Abbott said. They moved around when landlords kicked them out. During his freshman year at Snohomish High School, he made friends easily and became a strong tennis player. But when his dad landed a job on a ship that took him far from home, Abbott’s mother began to struggle emotionally. The family’s home was
run down, and Abbott, the eldest of six children, remembers the kids cooking their own meals. He still holds onto guilt for his own behavior at that time, he said. “I kind of have to take some responsibility for my childhood,” he said. “It just wasn’t my parents. We were not the best of kids.” Early in his sophomore year, a family friend called child welfare workers, and soon after a representative showed up on his doorstep. “I just got in the car and away we went,” he said. “At the time, it didn’t seem painful. But now, it’s quite painful.” A foster family in Everett took him and one of his brothers in, and he enrolled at Mariner. He was the new kid – but he kept up with tennis and made friends. He hung out with a crew of kids who liked academics and influenced him to keep his grades up. He also became close with
several teachers. “He became a 24-hour student,” said Abbott’s former teacher, Gordon Rosier, who taught at Mariner for 29 years and has stayed in touch with Abbott. Then came the student government election, “And I said, ‘James, the kids really like you. You’re a good role model and you’re a good politician. Why don’t you run to be president of the high school?’ He did and he won.” After high school graduation in 1978, Abbott enrolled, then quickly dropped out, of Washington State University. At Boeing from 1979-1981, he worked a graveyard shift building specialized airplane tools while taking math and other courses at Everett Community College during the day. When he was laid off from Boeing, he soon found other opportunities: After seeing the 1983 science fiction thriller “WarGames,” he bought a $3,000 Apple computer system and learned low-level hacking techniques. He was savvy enough that a pizza joint he worked for asked him to computerize their billing system. He finished a degree at Everett, then studied accounting at Central Washington University. He later became a partner at an accounting firm. He’s since worked in various departments at Microsoft, and now lives in Port St. Lucie, Fla., close to his mother. He’s reconnected with his siblings, he said, and also made amends with his father, who passed away in 1998. Abbott said he decided to donate to his high school in hopes that other alumni will do the same. He also hopes current students, especially those who’ve faced serious struggles in their young lives, might be inspired by the hardships he’s overcome. “You have a more difficult life and more challenges. But more often than not, you can survive it. You can climb out of that hole.”
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Niners: Defeat Rams, 23-20 From Page B1 This was the 49ers’ fourth straight win over the Rams, who entered the game at 7-3 and tied atop the NFC West with the Seattle Seahawks. It was the Rams’ first loss at SoFi Stadium. The 49ers (5-6) are scheduled to play their next two at home, but that won’t be at Levi’s Stadium because of the Santa Clara County ban, which goes into effect Monday. The Arizona Cardinals’ and the Dallas Cowboys’ stadiums are reportedly the most likely spots for the 49ers to seek refuge. The 49ers are set to play at Dallas on Dec. 20 and at Arizona on Dec. 26 or 27. Here are the highs, lows and all you need to know for this game: Deebo dominates: Deebo Samuel’s return from a three-game absence brought an imme-
diate spark, along with it a revival of the “Deadpool” package, in which Samuel took short tosses in backfield and raced through the Rams’ secondary. That keyed the 49ers’ win last month over the Rams, and it sparked the 49ers’ initial scoring drive Sunday. This time, Samuel again did so much damage in the open field. His backto-back receptions of 24 and 7 yards got the 49ers to the Rams’ 40 in the final minute of regulation, and his 11th catch (on 13 targets) raised his total to 134 yards. He had 83 yards after contact, the most by a receiver this year, according to Pro Football Focus. Gould’s streaks: Robbie Gould made eight consecutive field-goal attempts (in an eight-game stretch) before missing a 50-yarder wide right just before halftime. But then he connected on a 46, 44 and
finally 42 yards. Rams counter: The Rams finished the third quarter in a flurry to pull within 17-13, and no play charged them up more than Troy Hill’s 20-yard touchdown return of a fumble created by Aaron Donald, who slid past right tackle Mike McGlinchey to rob Mostert. It was the 49ers’ first snap after a Rams’ field goal. Goff, a Marin native and Cal product, finished 19-of-31 for 198 yards with the two interceptions for his fourth straight loss against the 49ers. Mostert’s comeback: Mostert and Wilson each ran for 43 yards in their return from multi-game absences due to high ankle sprains. Mostert put the 49ers ahead with an 8-yard, first-quarter touchdown run. Jerick McKinnon had three carries for 20 yards, plus two receptions for 11 yards.
NFL scores Sunday’s Games SAN FRANCISCO 23, L.A. Rams 20 Miami 20, N.Y. Jets 3 New England 20, Arizona 17 Minnesota 28, Carolina 27 Cleveland 27, Jacksonville 25 Tennessee 45, Indianapolis 26 N.Y. Giants 19, Cincinnati 17 Buffalo 27, L.A. Chargers 17 Atlanta 43, Las Vegas 6 New Orleans 31, Denver 3 Kansas City 27, Tampa Bay 24 Green Bay 41, Chicago 25 Today’s Game Seattle at Philadelphia, 5:15 p.m. Tuesday’s Game Baltimore at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m. Byes — None
Covid-19 cases: Wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk and defensive tackle D.J. Jones were the only starters still on the Covid-19 reserve listy. Injuries: Slot cornerback Jamar Taylor sustained a knee injury when his foot got caught in the turf while blocked by Malcolm Brown just before halftime. Defensive end Alex Barrett, elevated from the practice squad Saturday, got hurt near the end of the first quarter. Cornerback Ken Webster hurt his hamstring on fourth-quarter punt coverage.
MLB: Exec predicts later spring training From Page B1 their system, whether they’re ready or not. That’s why the clubs are waiting until Dec. 2 to start assessing their needs. For example, the Yankees have made it known re-signing DJ LeMahieu is their top priority. After that, they appear inclined to scour the non-tenders list, and probably the trade route, to fill their remaining needs. Insofar as their own non-tenders, they’ve apparently fallen in love with Gary Sanchez again (big mistake) with Aaron Boone apologizing last week for the defensively/ contact challenged catcher’s horrible last two years by saying: “I think he’s been unfairly criticized a lot.” So they will tender arbitration to Sanchez and return to the platoon of him and Kyle Higashioka behind the plate next year while passing on the two premium catchers in the free agent market, J.T. Realmuto and James McCann, and hoping for an accelerated develop-
ment by either Anthony Seigler or Josh Breaux. While Mets owner Steve Cohen has indicated he will be into big-game hunting this winter and possibly willing to sign at least two top-flight free agents from among Realmuto, George Springer and Trevor Bauer, he is the one owner in baseball who didn’t lose any money last year and is essentially starting from scratch. And he might just find the bidding for those players to be surprisingly tepid. Why? Every team in baseball had almost zero revenue last year and no idea when they can expect to start generating new revenue next year. Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred has claimed the combined debt for the major league clubs this year was $8.3 billion. While teams like the Yankees, Dodgers, Cubs, Angels and Red Sox with the highest payrolls took the biggest hits, the low revenue teams like the Marlins, Rays and Brewers have been
equally suppressed. Indeed, as the Yankees concentrate on making sure LeMahieu stays put, the Rays are seemingly in the process of ceding the AL East to them – declining Charlie Morton’s $15M option and letting him go for essentially the same amount to the Braves and now shopping their other two highest salaried players, Blake Snell and Kevin Kiermaier. This is because they received none of their accustomed $50 million in revenue sharing this year and there are no guarantees they’ll get any for next year either. The Rays, who continue to play in front of sparse crowds, rely heavily on their revenue sharing to pay their players. It’s the same for the Marlins and Brewers, but on top of that neither of them have local TV contracts for next year, their deals with Sinclair having expired. So how are they going to spend any money this winter? And what about the Blue Jays, who have been widely reported as likely
big spenders this winter? With Canada’s Covid-19 travel ban until further notice they don’t even have a place to play next year. So how right now can they be thinking of investing heavily on free agents? Despite this impending doom for free agents, Scott Boras, the Avenging Agent, has been telling all of his clients that everything is going to be back to normal – and, as such, acting accordingly in making his typically exorbitant demands for their services. Apparently, Players Association chief Tony Clark is taking the same stance. But the owners and players have barely talked about start-up plans for next season. As one club exec told me: “Even if there’s vaccines available next month, with all the Covid restrictions there’s no way we’re going to be able to have spring training in February and March.” Bleak as this winter figures to be for the players, next winter could be an apocalypse for all the parties.
College: Move tournament from March From Page B1 I would love to see the season played out. I think there’s a much better chance of it happening if the pause button is pushed and it doesn’t become the mess its football partner has become – and most football is played outdoors. Face it, a whole lot of people pay little or no attention to college basketball until brackets are filled out, anyway. As it is, the NCAA seriously is thinking of having its Tournament in one big bubble, similar to what the NBA did in Orlando, when it escaped without a
case of Covid. It can be done, perhaps in a place such as Indianapolis, which will house the (we hope) Final Four, anyway. But why must the Tournament begin in March? Just because it has? Because March Madness sounds cooler than May Madness (or May Maybe?)? The 2021 Final Four might be April Fools. The Mountain West schedule is scheduled to run four weeks shorter than normal. San Diego State’s scheduled Dec. 3 and 5 series at Colorado State at the very least is postponed, possibly canceled. Kentucky will travel
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Note: Some events may be canceled or moved to different channels because of Covid-19 considerations. Basketball College men •Texas vs. Davidson, ESPN2, 9 a.m. •Indiana vs. Providence, ESPN2, 11:30 a.m. •Seton Hall vs. Saint Joseph’s, ESPNU, 12:30 p.m. •Boston College vs. St. John’s, ESPNU, 3 p.m. •William and Mary at North Carolina State, ACC, 4 p.m. •North Carolina vs. UNLV, ESPN2, 4 p.m. •Eastern Kentucky vs. Xavier, FS1, 4 p.m. •Nicholls State at California, PAC12, 4:30 p.m. •Southeastern Louisiana at LSU, SEC, 5 p.m. •LMU at Minnesota, BIG TEN, 5 p.m. •Missouri-Kansas City at Kansas State, ESPNU, 5 p.m. •Texas State at Mississippi State, SEC, 5 p.m. •Long Beach State at UCLA, 6:30 p.m. •Stanford vs. Alabama, ESPN2, 6:30 p.m. Football NFL •Seattle at Philadelphia, ESPN, 5:15 p.m. Soccer •Premier League, Leicester City vs. Fulham, NBCSN, 9 a.m. •Premier League, West Ham vs. Aston Villa, NBCSN, 11:30 a.m. •La Liga, Real Betis vs. Eibar, BEIN, 11:50 a.m.
Tuesday’s tv sports Basketball College men •Maui Invitational, semifinal, ESPN, 10:30 a.m. •USC vs. BYU, ESPN2, 11:30 a.m. •Oakland at Purdue, BIG TEN, noon •Maui Invitational, semifinal, ESPN, 1 p.m. •St. Francis at Virginia, ACC, 1 p.m. •Green Bay at Wisconsin, BIG TEN, 2 p.m. •Nebraska-Omaha at Creighton, FS1, 2 p.m. •Connecticut vs. Vanderbilt, ESPN2, 2 p.m. •Western Kentucky at Louisville, ACC, 3 p.m. •Navy at Georgetown, CBSSN, 3 p.m. •Indiana vs. Providence, ESPNU, 3 p.m. •Maui Invitational, consolation, ESPN2, 4 p.m. •Towson at Maryland, BIG TEN, 4 p.m. •Oklahoma State at Marquette, FS1, 4 p.m. •Michigan State at Duke, ESPN, 4:30 p.m. •Kentucky vs. Kansas, ESPN, 6:30 p.m. •Maui Invitational, consolation, ESPN2, 6:30 p.m. Football College •Western Kentucky at Charlotte, CBSSN, 7:30 a.m. NFL •Baltimore at Pittsburgh, Ch. 3, 5 p.m. Golf •European Tour, Golf in Dubai Championship, GOLF, midnight (Wednesday) Soccer •UEFA Champions League, The Golazo Show, CBSSN, 11:54 a.m. •Copa Libertadores, Santos vs. L.D.U de Quito, BEIN, 2:05 p.m. •Copa Libertadores, Flamengo vs. Racing, 4:20 p.m.
Grosjean escapes explosion, fiery F1 crash with minor injuries The Washington Post The Formula 1 Grand Prix in Bahrain had scarcely begun when the car driven by Romain Grosjean of the Haas team smashed through a metal barrier that ripped it in half, setting off a frightening fireball that the driver managed to escape by hopping over a steel safety barrier. The wreck occurred on the opening lap as drivers were making their first moves and Grosjean’s car made contact with that of
Daniil Kyvat at the third turn of the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir. His helmet singed, Grosjean walked with assistance to an ambulance and, according to Guenther Steiner of the Haas team, sustained minor burns on his hands, which likely occurred as he gripped the hot metal barrier and jumped over it, and ankles and likely suffered broken ribs. Rescue and medical teams were at the driver’s side within seconds
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ridiculous analytics. I still think, if the NFL (note the virus has moved Ravens-Steelers from Thanksgiving to Tuesday) wants playoffs, it will need a bubble, and L.A., which should be the permanent home of the Summer Olympics, is the ideal place for it. Three huge football stadiums, plenty of places to stay. Even with that, it would be difficult. College basketball season already has been chopped into hash. It should sit on the back burner to get whole again. Covid doesn’t listen to reason. Certainly not the unreasonable.
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same-day. College football games constantly are being canceled, delayed or fabricated on short notice (see San Diego State at Colorado). Nineteen Saturday college games were dumped. Am I the only one who believes maybe collegiate football shouldn’t have been tried at all? Shortened seasons obviously create less interest, as ratings in all sports suggest, even though millions are spending more time at home. Why? Because it’s just not the same. Baseball’s 60-game schedule mostly was dull and dominated by
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