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Biden picks AG Becerra for HHS secretary Tribune Content Agency WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden has tapped California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to be the next health and human services secretary, a historic choice that would make the former Los Angelescongressman the first Latino to hold the office, according to a source familiar with the decision.

Becerra, a rising star in California politics, has become one of the most important defenders of the Affordable Care Act, leading the fight to preserve the landmark law against efforts by the Trump administration and conservative states to convince federal courts to repeal it.

Becerra also has carved out an increasingly important role confronting health care costs, using his position to challenge pricing practices of Sutter Health, one of California’s most powerful medical systems. advocacy Latino groups, including the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, have been pushing Biden to pick a Latino to fill a prominent Cabinet position.

Many had advocated for Becerra, though New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham was considered a front-runner for HHS for some time.

News of Becerra’s selection drew swift

praise from politicians and health care leaders.

“This pandemic has brought a glaring light to the health inequities in our country. . . . Having an individual who not only has outstanding qualifications, but also understands the needs of minority communities is imperative as our country moves forward in its fight against the pandemic,” Rep. Filemon Vela, DTexas, said in a statement.

Peter Lee, who heads California’s insurance marketplace Covered California, lauded Becerra’s work in Congress and as attorney general to defend access to affordable medical care.

“It’s a great choice,” Lee said. “He is a thoughtful, strategic leader who gets the importance of not only expanding health care coverage, but also addressing high costs for patients.”

As a congressman, Becerra played an important role in helping pass the 2010 health care law, often called Obamacare, working alongside House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., to shepherd the bill through the House.

Becer ra ser ved 12 terms in Congress and was chair of the House Democratic Caucus before Gov. Jerry Brown picked him to be California’s next attorney general. Becerra replaced See Biden, Page A8

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President-elect Joe Biden has picked California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to be the next health and human services secretary.

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Students from Vacaville’s Academy of 21st Century Learning have partnered with The Salvation Army to get

gifts for less-fortunate children. They are also raising money for Women Escaping a Violent Environment.

Learning philanthropy Students adopt names from The Salvation Army Angel Tree

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VACAVILLE — Philanthropy is part of learning at the Academy of 21st Century Learning.

This year, the recently formed parent-teacher organization suggested adopting a family for Christmas.

“Adopt (them) and make wishes come true,” said Erin Dwyer, vice president at the Vacaville private STEAM school. “It’s the season of hope. We have some amazing families (that love to help).”

Standing close to the decorated bins in the front office, where items are being collected. student Amari Lyenn explained why the students wanted to help.

Essentially, she said, her friends want toys for Christmas gifts. The Angel Tree recipients wanted basics.

“We get underwear and clothing (not as gifts),” said. “We need to give them some things. We have everything. “ Other young students also contemplated the simple wishes of the Angel Tree children.

Jessell Rafael said it means a lot to help kids who want clothes.

“A lot of our wishes aren’t for clothes,” she said. “A little can

The Angel Tree program assisted more than 6,300 families and 15,000 children in the community last year, providing more than 42,000 gifts and toys, along with new clothes and coats, during the holiday season. mean a lot to children who don’t have anything.”

Sabrina Barboza said there are children who don’t get much for Christmas. She’s happy to help.

“It’s good to give to people who don’t have that much,” said Charlotte (Charlie) Thornhill.

Adopting them from the Angel Tree shows there are people who care, she said.

Caleb Chandler said he was surprised the children has wishes for basic necessities. He is a master at Minecraft and hopes to get an electric scooter for Christmas.

Sabrina will put her jewelrymaking talents to use adding some of her creations to those who want some jewelry.

The school worked closely with The Salvation Army, which vetted the recipients prior to sharing the wish lists.

The student body will also write letters of hope to their peers at the University of California, Davis, Medical Center.

Work is also being done on an online website where academy families can purchase some sweets and other items.

They are also raising money for Women Escaping a Violent Environment, which aids victims of domestic violence, Court Appointed Special Advocates who help foster children, and the SPCA. In the new year, the school will focus on a clothing store.

The Academy of 21st Century Learning uses a curriculum targeted to the sciences, technology, engineering and mathematics to help students become more competitive when seeking higher educational opportunities and for preparing for a future career.

The Angel Tree program last year assisted more than 6,300 families and 15,000 children in the community, providing more than 42,000 gifts and toys, along with new clothes and coats, during the holiday season.

The need is expected to be even greater this holiday season. For more information, visit https:// deloro.salvationarmy.org/del_oro/ my-angel-tree.

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2 Covid-19 vaccines could be authorized this month; can we choose which one we get?

Tribune Content Agency The U.S. is potentially weeks away from having not one, but two Covid-19 vaccines administered in the arms of at least 20 million people by the end of the month – with more candidates on the horizon.

But the availability of multiple vaccines doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll be able to pick for yourself – as staggered roll outs, various

storage requirements and other unknowns will likely complicate the process.

Pfizer and its partner, BioNTech, along with Moderna, are in line for U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorization on Dec. 10 and Dec. 17, respectively. If given the green light, Pfizer’s vaccine will be the first to be delivered to all 50 states, the District of Columbia, eight territories and five major cities, includ-

ing New York and Chicago.

First deliveries of the much-awaited vaccine will be “within 24 hours” after the FDA’s decision, which most top health officials say will be in favor of authorization, according to Chief Operating Officer of Operation Warp Speed General Gustave Perna.

And one week later, Moderna’s vaccine will likely be authorized and recommended for use.

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Japanese attack on Also an ad for Kellogg’s U.S. forces at Pearl All-Bran cereal feaHarbor, Hawaii, that catapulted America into tured a picture of the World War II. box with the rather I recently received a unappetizing slogan on treasure trove of it: “A Natural Laxartifacts that used to Tony Wade ative Cereal.” belong to late Fairfield Of course the topic Back in the day historian Tim Farmer that dominated the issue and among them was a Dec. 1, was the war, which was then 1941, issue of Life magazine. As raging as it had been for it was dated less than a week years overseas. before the “day that would live The cover featured a picture in infamy,” as President of a Boeing B-17 bomber called Franklin D. Roosevelt “The Flying Fortress.” A described it, the magazine is a special section was on the U.S. fascinating snapshot in time.

Army Air Force and described In addition to numerous its rapid expansion. It ballooned advertisements for alcohol and from 51,000 men in 1940 to cigarettes, the issue covered 210,000 in 1941 and was and gave thumbs up to thenprojected to have more than a current theater (“The Land is million members in two years.

Bright” by George S. Kaufman There was a section with and Edna Ferber) and movies photos on the ingenious (“Suspicion” by methods used to conceal planes Alfred Hitchcock). from the air by camouflaging Regularity of bowel movethem on emergency airports with trees. While interesting, it ments seemed to be a big issue was hard for me to see the back then as an ad section military upside of reporting on called “What to do when you that in Life magazine where feel a cold coming on” sugenemies could see it. gested that the first order of

Whether the United States should or should not get into the conflict raging overseas was discussed in a column titled: “How Isolationist is the Midwest?”

On the one hand, there was this: “The Midwest, feeding itself off rich farmland and taking for granted mechanical luxuries that the rest of the world only dreams about, will always have a hard time making itself care much more than two whoops up a rain barrel about Europe on one side of a faraway ocean, or the undersized Japanese on the rim of another ocean even farther away.”

It was countered by this: “I’m just about convinced that we’ll have to get into it now and hope that eventually the world will be a better place to live in. If there has to be one top dog in this world, we are going to be that top dog and not (Adolf) Hitler.”

Progress on the war was covered in “Life on the NewFronts of the World,” which reported that the British, for the first time equipped with American-made tanks and

planes, had engaged the Germans and Italians in Libya.

Anti-American sentiment in Germany was exemplified by a Berlin sidewalk concessionaire who pasted a caricature of then-first lady Eleanor Roosevelt to a wall and charged passers-by 8 cents for the chance to throw three balls at her, with proceeds going to winter relief.

The ramping up for war in this country could be seen (with the benefit of hindsight) in a two-page section listing reasons why conserving rubber was beneficial as well as a story with photos of military war games in North Carolina that featured more than 400 parachutists captured by a Life photographer.

The most chilling story was a two-page spread titled “Japanese Bow and Grin For The Camera, But Get Nowhere in Washington.”

“Out of Washington last week came definite word that the U.S. is talking very tough to Japan. The talk went on between Special Envoy Saburo Kurusu, who had flown dramatically across the Pacific. By

week’s end, Kurusu’s ears burned with the words that U.S. officials repeated again and again: ‘Watch out! You’re on Hitler’s list before we are!’

“The issues between Japan and the U.S. are simple and clear. Japan wants the U.S. to stop helping China and Russia and cease its economic restriction against Japan. The U.S. answer is a flat ‘no.’ Worst of all, from Kurusu’s standpoint, Americans do not even seem worried by the prospect of war with Japan, where the Japanese are worried stiff by the fear of war with America. The defenses of Manila and Hawaii are stronger than ever. The Navy is ready for action. At week’s end, Saburu Kurusu suddenly called off his conference at the State Department to do a little more thinking.”

The surprise Pearl Harbor attack six days later killed 2,403 U.S. personnel, including 68 civilians, and destroyed or damaged 19 U.S. Navy ships.

Reach Fairfield writer Tony Wade at toekneeweighed@ gmail.com.

Woman tracks down childhood English tutor to say thanks The Washington Post Ana Reyes was 5 when she immigrated to America, and when she started school, she could not speak or read a word of English. She began slipping behind in class.

“I remember feeling lost,” said Reyes, 46, who was born in Uruguay and shortly after moved to Spain. She and her family packed up their lives and flew to Louisville in 1979 for her father’s job as a civil engineer.

She was adrift until she got an unexpected offer: Reyes’s first-grade teacher would arrive at school an hour early every morning for a one-on-one lesson to teach her English.

“That was life-changing,” said Reyes. “To this day, I don’t know how far behind I would have been if no one had done that.”

Reyes went on to graduate from Harvard University’s law school and now works as an attorney at Williams & Connolly, where she is the co-head of the international disputes practice group. In 2017, she was honored as the Woman Lawyer of the Year by the D.C. Women’s Bar Association.

For decades, Reyes wanted to thank the teacher who, on her own time and out of the goodness of her heart, taught her English. But Reyes could not for the life of her remember her name. With no name, she did not know how to find her.

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Ana Ryes, left, and her tutor Pat Harkleroad Recently, though, nearly 40 years after she left that teacher’s first-grade classroom, Reyes finally had the long-awaited opportunity to thank her.

Reyes became determined to track down the teacher in October, after seeing a friend’s firstgrade daughter read full sentences from a children’s book. The memories flooded back.

“I don’t have kids, so I never realized how far behind I really was and could have remained,” said Reyes.

“It’s always been in the back of my mind that someone spent their mornings helping me. But in that moment, it really hit me,” she continued.

Reyes became fixated on finding her teacher. She started by posting on Facebook, asking for advice about where to begin her search. Coincidentally, a friend from college knew Jason Glass, the commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Education.

Reyes immediately wrote him an email, explaining that she was

.looking for her firstgrade teacher from the 1980-81 school year at Wilder Elementary in Louisville.

She detailed her educational and professional pursuits, including her substantial pro bono work to help refugees gain asylum in the United States, which, she said, underscores the effect her teacher had on her.

“I often wonder whether this career would have been possible if I had not had someone spend her extra time to help me learn English and not fall behind or through the cracks,” Reyes wrote. “I would very much love to say thank you, and my life very likely wouldn’t have been possible without you.”

To her disbelief and delight, the education department quickly determined that it was Pat Harkleroad – a Louisville educator of more than three decades – who had left an indelible mark on Reyes’s life.

When Harkleroad, 77, received a call from the department, “I was

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Reyes was not the only one who remembered their regular tutoring sessions: “When I heard Ana’s name, I recognized it. I remembered her,” said Harkleroad.

Beyond the familiar name, Harkleroad remembered her student’s struggles in school and recalled several of Reyes’s standout qualities.

“She was very willing and eager to work, and she wanted to do anything and everything she could to learn,” said Harkleroad.

Toni Konz Tatman, the chief communications officer at the Kentucky Department of Education, decided a reunion for the two women was in order.

Konz Tatman corresponded with both women, and it was decided that Reyes would fly from D.C. to Kentucky (after testing negative for the

coronavirus) to visit Harkleroad in November.

The countdown began.

Less than a month later, on Nov. 13, Reyes knocked on the door of Harkleroad’s Louisville home, her hands trembling.

“When I argue in court, I don’t often get too nervous, but for some reason, driving to her house, I was,” Reyes said.

Harkleroad opened the door and immediately embraced her former firstgrade student.

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Six feet away, ‘you can still hear their wishes’

How Santas are spreading holiday cheer this Covid-19 Christmas Tribune Content Agency PHILADELPHIA — In normal times, Delaware County’s “Santa Kringle” is honored each holiday season when families welcome him into their Christmas celebrations. “One of the biggest honors,” he said, is when parents hand him a newborn for the child’s first Santa photo, one that “will be around far longer than I am.”

But due to the coronavirus pandemic, Kringle – who also goes by Frank Naimoli – has had to change the way he interacts with the wide-eyed children who now visit him at outdoor, socially distanced photo shoots.

“They can’t sit on my lap. I can’t hold them,” he said. “But you can still hear their wishes.

That’s the most important part.”

Some of those wishes are different this year: Children have asked Santa to help relatives who are sick with the virus, he said, and one even requested that elves get to work on a vaccine up at the North Pole.

Naimoli, 51, of Glenolden, still feels blessed to be able to bring joy to children, especially during this difficult time. But like countless Santas across the country and the region, donning the big red suit now comes not only with logistical challenges – how do you cheerfully deflect when a kid runs up and hugs you out of the blue? – but also with heavy, mixed emotions.

He said he worries about the health of his “brothers in red,” who are usually – by nature of the Santa trade – older and overweight, making them more susceptible to complications of the coronavirus. Santas say they feel for children and parents who have endured especially challenging years, and experience a bittersweet longing for

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Sophia Musumeci, 5, of Mullica Hill, interacts with Santa while maintaining social distance through a Plexiglas wall at the Cherry Hill Mall in Philadelphia. hugs and wishes whispered in ears and laughs shared with kids from closer than six feet.

They are concerned, too, about their own livelihoods, with the most lucrative holiday parties and home visits canceled due to the pandemic.

Yet, despite worries and rapidly raising coronavirus case counts and hospitalizations, Santas remain hard at work.

Anthony Fauci, the government’s top infectious disease specialist, weighed in on that work last month, assuring children that Santa has “innate immunity” to the virus and won’t spread any infections when he travels from house to house on Christmas Eve. Until then, though, local Santas are taking precautions. At area malls, guests who want pictures with Santa have to adjust

to new rules.

At the King of Prussia Mall, guests of Santa are encouraged to make reservations, instead of waiting in long lines that in years past often wrapped around the mall’s Christmas display.

Santa, his helpers, and his visitors are masked up, according to the mall, and photo shoots are done in compliance with social distancing.

At the Cherry Hill, Moorestown, Springfield, Willow Grove Park, Exton Square, and Plymouth Meeting malls, as well as the Fashion District in Center City starting Friday, Plexiglas dividers separate Santa from his visitors, said a spokesperson for PREIT, the company that owns the complexes. Santa and his guests may remove their masks for photos.

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VALLEJO — Touro University California will honor six individuals and five organizations as part of its Lamplighter Gala and Awards Ceremony, including Mosaic Award winners Vallejo Mayor Bob Sampayan and R&B/ soul legend and former lead singer of Tower of Power Lenny Williams.

This year’s virtual celebration is at 5:30 p.m.

Thursday on Zoom.

Along with awarding the honorees, there will be a special guest presentation by Grammy award winner and Bay Area native Huey Lewis of Huey Lewis and the News, and a special musical performance by Mosaic Award Honoree, Williams.

A drawing with prizes such as a fully stocked wine cooler with 18 bottles of wine, a pizza and martini party, and more will follow the evening’s events.

All proceeds will support Touro University California’s diversity student scholarships to further diversify the health care and educational fields with professionals who reflect the communities they serve.

The event will be emceed by Shelley Berkley, CEO and senior provost of Touro Western Division, and Sarah Sweitzer, provost and CAO, Touro University California.

The Lamplighter Award winners are: Lamplighter in Community Mobilization: Fighting Back Partnership; Lamplighters in Education: Vallejo City School District; Lamplighter in Health: Kaiser Permanente, NorthBay Healthcare and Sutter Health; Lamplighter in Social Justice

Advocacy: Solano County District 1 Supervisor Erin Hannigan.

Bernard Lander To Serve, to Lead, to Teach Awardees are: Kayla Elias, MSN, College of Education and Health Sciences, Class of 2019; Kristen Parker, PharmD, College of Pharmacy, Class of 2016; and Kevin Tsui, DO, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Class of 2008.

The event is free. You may register online at tu.edu/lamplighter2020.

Touro University California began the Lamplighter Awards to honor leaders who set an example for others in the areas of health, education, community mobilization and social justice. This is the third year for the awards.

In the Jewish tradition, lamplighters are pillars of the community and so

Touro University honors these individuals and/ or organizations for their positive impacts in Solano County and beyond.

University Touro California is a Jewish nonprofit, independent graduate institution of higher learning founded in 1997 on three Judaic values: social justice, the pursuit of knowledge and service to humanity.

It ’s home to 1,400 students.

To learn more, visit www.tu.edu or call 638-5200.

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The meeting will focus on mentoring youth, particularly teens.

The group on Dec. 19 will host “Christmas Stories: Reading in the Park,” for ages 3 to 5. All are welcome. The event is from 1 to 3 p.m.

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People who aren’t comfortable visiting Santa at the mall can pay for a five minute, one-onone Zoom call, the spokesperson said, and keep a recording of the interaction as a keepsake from Christmas 2020.

Large-scale Santa traditions have been altered, too.

“A mer ic a’s Favor ite Santa” – who by day is Dutch Schrap, 46, of Douglassville, Berks County – has graced the streets of Philadelphia in the 6ABC Thanksgiving Day parade for the last five years.

This year, however, his appearance in the virtual celebration was taped. In the clip, Schrap is seated next to Mrs. Claus at the bottom of the Philadelphia Museum of Art steps.

“Well, this is certainly a different kind of year,” he said

into the camera in his warm, booming Santa voice. “But one thing that remains the same is we are right here together in Philadelphia to usher in the festive holiday season.”

The son of another real bearded Santa, with whom he shares a name, Schrap said he was a teenager when he first put on the suit. Since then, his falls and winters have been booked with home visits, photo shoots, tree-lighting celebrations, office Christmas parties, and family gatherings.

Since the coronavirus pandemic arrived, long before the holiday season, he said he proactively canceled nearly 100 scheduled home visits.

He has opted instead for more virtual visits via FaceTime and Zoom, he added, and has been active on Cameo, an online platform where users can pay for personalized video messages from celebrities and other highprofile people.

Like Santa Kringle, Schrap said his photo shoots have all been moved outside to Christmas tree farms and other festive places.

No matter the location, he’s grateful he can still hear children’s wishes. In his experience, children seem to be handling the pandemic-induced “new normal” better than adults, including himself, and are putting a positive spin on everything from virtual school to scaled-back holiday celebrations.

To grinches who are quick to say public health measures have canceled Christmas, Schrap said he wishes they could see children’s joy through his eyes.

“The spirit of Christmas, or the spirit of Santa, is alive and well,” he said. “We just shifted a little and adapted to the current times.”

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We need sensible, compassionate Covid strategy

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am triple board certified in hematology, oncology and internal medicine with significant post-doctoral training in public health and epidemiology (experts that deal with incidence, distribution and control of disease).

I am also a professor of medicine emeritus.

Three epidemiologists and public health experts, Dr. Sunetra Gupta of Oxford University, Dr. Martin Kulldorff of Harvard University and Dr. Jay Bhattacharya of Stanford University, met and published an analysis of Covid-19 policy called the Great Barrington Declaration.

Forty-three thousand medical doctors and public health scientists have endorsed this declaration, making it central to the debate.

Let’s see how deadly Covid-19 is, who is at risk, and comment on the lockdowns and Kevin P. Ryan school closure policies with recommendations for policy shift now that we know more.

We must distinguish Covid-19 cases from infections. What we ideally need to test for are antibodies as they stay around longer after an infection. Lack of in-depth knowledge of the infections’ epidemiology drove an aggressive public policy. Fear and confusion have been created. The fatality rate, when considering all infections and deaths from Covid-19, is not 3% but closer to 0.2% to 0.3%. Early adequate testing of large numbers couldn’t be done.

Infection extent was unknown. This has improved.

The higher rate of 3% in March sowed fear and panic.

Case fatality is not just a function of how deadly a virus is. It depends on who gets infected and the quality of the health care systems. Initial management was difficult and treating in the dark. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo sent droves to nursing homes, allowing more to get infected and die.

Covid-19 is not equally dangerous for all.

There is a thousand-fold difference in people over 70 (fatality rate of 4%) and children and young adults for whom the disease is less deadly than the seasonal flu by a factor of two, at 2 in 1,000.

Lockdowns have never before been tried for primary disease control and they have dire economic consequences. To be sure, my argument is a clinical one, not to dwell, per se, on economic consequences. Initial rationale was to slow the disease and not overwhelm health care. The U.N. estimates 130 million will starve. Children will not get immunizations such as polio, diphtheria and pertussis (whooping cough). Large numbers are delaying cancer screening and treatment.

This is not good.

Diabetes care may spiral out of control.

Worsening cardiovascular outcomes will occur.

Mental health problems are shocking; 1 in 4 young adults have seriously considered suicide. Domestic violence and discord have risen (30% increase in Solano County).

Young, low-risk folks bear the burden.

Keeping children out of school has long-term consequences. Performance data of our distance learning children are abysmal and doing so is literally a grave injustice.

As immunity builds in the public, the risk falls; all populations will reach herd immunity, the point at which the rate of new infections is stable. This will be assisted by a vaccine. We must have focused protection and interventions allowing those at lower risks to build up immunity through natural infection.

Nursing homes should use immune staff and not rotate care. Simple hygiene, a mask and staying home when slightly sick will reduce the herd immunity threshold. Schools and universities should be open for in-person teaching and vital socialization. Extracurricular activities such as sports should be resumed. Young, low-risk adults should work normally, not at home. Restaurants and other businesses should open. Arts, music, sports and other cultural activities should resume. Society at whole, with the aid of vaccines, will enjoy the protection attributed/contributed by those who have built up herd immunity.

Herd immunity is not a strategy but a biological fact that applies to most infectious diseases. Coupled with a vaccine, high herd immunity is the endgame for this disease.

Finally, there has been political pushback against these policies. As experience has developed this knowledge, the resistance must stop now.

Kevin P. Ryan is a retired U.S. Air Force colonel and professor of medicine, author and musician. Reach him at Ryan_k@comcast.net.

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blowers are saying.” I shouted hree S’s are running to the screen, “No, those are through my head today: safe, seditwo of the world’s greatest newspapers!” But Hannity tion and sophistry. continued on as if he First, the United States of hadn’t heard me.

America remains a demo“We exposed the whole cratic republic. The very real Russia-collusion hoax. We got threat of an American-style it right – they didn’t. We single-party, charismatic dictatorship has Jack Batson exposed Joe Biden’s financial corruption. We rebuked the passed. We’re safe.

Ukraine impeachment hoax. They Second, sedition against a norgot that wrong, too.” See how sedimally functioning democracy continues full bore. The right-wing tious and depressing this is? propaganda megaphones still blast And then the sophistry. After out the alternate truth – the elecshowing Kamala Harris saying, “I want to thank the whistleblower (in tion was stolen.

This is being compared to the Nazi the Ukraine phone call) for his Big Lie that was foundational to Adolf courage,” Hannity triumphantly announced, “That means all the Hitler’s eventual rise – that the whistleblowers who testified today German army was never defeated in 1918 but was betrayed by liberals and are all courageous.”

No. This is the “false equivalency” Jews. Wrong, wrong, wrong. It had error. A whistleblower is a federal been shattered. But that lie was the employee who has “credible” evibasis for the resentment felt by 40% of the Germans who finally boosted dence of wrongdoing. Hannity’s Hitler into power. people are simply “witnesses” or Then last Tuesday evening I “complainants” whose evidence is tortured myself for an hour watching probably not credible in a courtroom.

Sean Hannity’s sophistry. Sophistry?

“The media mob could care less Surely you recall that high school about the affidavits made under vocabulary word. penalty of perjury. Real election Long ago in ancient Greece, integrity means nothing to them!

Socrates was searching for new Now the same conspiracy theorists meanings of life and religion. There who led to us pushing the Russia-colarose a school of “Sophists” who lusion hoax, the Ukrainian hoax are argued against him that used flawed going to lecture us for the good of arguments won because of emotional democracy. We’re not going to take appeal or deceptive logic. Crudely advice from such hypocrites and put, they would win at any cost, sanctimonious jackasses like them!” hence, “sophistry.”

On display are the techniques of That’s what poured forth from my repetition of lies and emotional TV last Tuesday. appeal.

First, Hannity claimed that “the “Tonight our investigation leads Washington Compost, the New York us to Michigan where multiple Toilet Times, and the media mob is allegations of election abuse were ignoring what witnesses and whistle- brought forward by eyewitnesses –

whistleblowers.” And so the parade began. Some of these people probably spoke truthfully but didn’t understand standard procedures. One woman breathlessly told Hannity, “Republican poll watchers were ejected from the room repeatedly and the room erupted in thunderous applause each time.”

I called our county for comment.

John Gardner, the assistant registrar of voters, a 19-year veteran of election work in Colorado and now here in Solano County, spoke to me.

He emphasized that every state has different rules so it’s difficult to know what happened in Wisconsin. In Solano County we have two ballot counters who can be observed by partisan “poll watchers.”

I think that it is probable that those Wisconsin folks, upset by the unfolding loss of their idol, got disruptive and were ejected.

Hannity isn’t interested in truth.

He’s a demagogue. He and his likes have convinced 40% of the population that the election was stolen by massive fraud. He doesn’t care that on that very day Attorney General William Barr had declared that – wrong, wrong, wrong – there was no massive fraud.

Further, more than 32 civil lawsuits have been turned down by judges, some of whom are Trump appointees.

Trump’s appeals to fund these nuisance lawsuits have garnered him and the RNC some $200 million from the 40%. Yes, our democracy is safe . . . for now.

Jack Batson is a former member of the Fairfield City Council. Reach him by email at jsbatson@prodigy.net.

cALmatters Commentary

Who will have priority for Covid-19 vaccine?

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A new political free-for-all here’s nothing new about political jousting over is just beginning and this shares of a limited but time it is all-or-nothing, valuable resource. potentially with life-or-death For instance, Californians consequences – who gets the have been squabbling for very limited initial supply of decades over divvying up vaccine against the potenwater supplies among tially deadly agricultural interests, novel coronavirus. municipal consumers and the Gov. Gavin Newsom said Dan Walters natural environment. The last week that he expects conflict never goes away but California to receive an initial increases in intensity every time the allocation of 327,000 doses of vaccine state experiences one of its periodic in mid-December. His administration droughts – and this so-far dry wants to prioritize vaccinations of autumn may be a harbinger of health care workers who are most another such dry spell. in danger of being infected with The annual business of writing a –––the virus. new state budget is always an Few would argue with that intent, exercise in political rationing. Even but the initial vaccine supply doesn’t in times of prosperity, when the state come close to covering everyone who treasury is awash in tax money, falls into that general category. there’s never quite enough to satisfy California has more than 2 million all of the demands and expressions of health care workers, and even within urgent need. More for schools, more that group, there’s a certain level for health care, more for colleges, of competition. more for child care or Organizations representing more for prisons? local-term care facilities, otherwise Those who hire the most and best known as nursing homes, are lobbyists, shower legislators with pressing for first-tier priority, campaign contributions and wage contending that their elderly clients lavish media campaigns tend over are being disproportionately infected, time to fare the best when Capitol often with fatal consequences. politicians decide who gets how However, another argument is much cash. being made for nurses, doctors and The allocations of water and others who are directly caring for money obviously have serious Covid-19 victims in hospitals. impacts on the contending parties, Expanding vaccinations beyond but usually they are not all-or-nothhealth care workers will be even ing situations. Even the losers more daunting because no one knows generally wind up with something, when and how many additional doses even if they see it as not enough. of vaccine will be coming, other than

sometime next year. After the implicit demand from health care workers is met, who’s next?

Two state legislators are pressing for teachers to be placed near the top of the prioritization list, citing the sharp decline in educational achievement while students are confined at home and the urgent need for resuming classroom instruction.

Assembly members Jordan Cunningham, a San Luis Obispo Republican, and Patrick O’Donnell, a Long Beach Democrat, said in a letter to state health officials, “Interim reports from across the state show increasing rates of failure among students, especially those in lower-income neighborhoods. . . . Our state’s children cannot afford to wait.”

A recent national study estimated that lower levels of education among students forced to attend classes via the internet could result in shorter life spans. Several recent articles, including one in CalMatters.org, have detailed how absenteeism has increased and learning has decreased, especially among poor students.

This is heavy-duty stuff. Deciding who gets – and who doesn’t get – the vaccine in the earliest stages of the vaccination effort could be deciding who lives and who dies.

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.

Columns&Games

DAILY REPUBLIC — Monday, December 7, 2020 A5

Crossword

Widow reconnects with past love and wants to remarry where Insecurities is Dear Annie: I went coming from. I have out with a friend from been there many times, high school 36 years and it can be quite ago, and he was my the struggle. first. After all those A couple of years years of both of us ago, I found an app that being married to other has been a source of people, we found each relief for many issues, other on Facebook after our spouses passed Annie Lane ranging from sleep issues to Covid-19 stress away. We’ve been Dear Annie and anxieties of all seeing each other for almost 10 months now, and he’s kinds. The Tapping Solution is a guided meditation partnered talking about getting married with finger tapping of acupresearly next year.

Not sure what people will sure points to relieve whatever think and say about us marrystress is bothering you. I have used it and can wholeheartedly ing only after a year of losing recommend it. I encourage our spouses. What should I anyone to check it out. — do? — Lost for Now Dear Lost for Now: Are you Success Through Tapping sure you are lost for now? Or Dear Success: Thank you were you just found? What a blessing to reconnect and fall for your suggestion of tapping. in love with each other. I’m Tapping is combination of sure your spouses would want Chinese acupressure and you to be happy sooner rather modern psychology that uses than later, and it sounds like fingertip taps instead of happiness is what you have needles. found. What a gift. Go for it and The theory behind tapping is enjoy each other. Friends who that all negative emotions are criticize you are not your caused by a disruption in the real friends. body’s energy system, and that Dear Annie: I can relate to tapping can restore balance.

Horoscopes

ARIES (March 21-April 19).

Those who don’t know what to think are better off than those who do. To fall back on the established facts isn’t really thinking so much as enforcing previous thoughts. You’ll push forward with curiosity.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20).

Power inequalities can have a deleterious effect on relationships, and this is why the socially astute will be extremely careful not to act on advantages and will downplay differences while striving toward egalitarianism.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21).

You’ll come across some brilliant salesmanship. Admire the skill, but don’t let it hook you in. The worse the product, the more seductive the marketing will be.

CANCER (June 22-July 22).

If you are what you think about, are you the news or the chore?

The sandwich, the hunger, the chef? You’re on to something with this sense of being the puppet, the puppeteer and the cross-legged child watching the show from the floor.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). By demanding too much of yourself and then scaling back, you will eventually land on a sweet spot that you would not otherwise find if you were to simply watch the others and aim down the middle.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).

Just when the scene teeters on the brink of total boredom, you’ll bring out the mischie-

Daily Cryptoquotes

Any tool that helps alleviate anxiety during this time is worth a try.

Dear Annie: My little brother was scammed two different times to the tune of over $70,000.

At one point, the second scammer claimed to be in Indiana looking for him, but I was able to hack her emails and prove to him that she was emailing from the Philippines.

In addition, I was able to find a news group where she posted, bragging about her exploits. He finally got out of that and has been married to a good woman for over 10 years. — Scammed as Well Dear Scammed as Well: I am sorry your brother had to lose all that money, but it’s good that he got his happily ever after. It sure sounds like he deserved it. I am printing your letter to alert others to always contact local authorities if you suspect improper activity.

Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@ creators.com.

by Holiday Mathis

Today’s birthday You’ve craved a better balance between doing what it takes to make a living and loving what you do. A professional shift will tip you in the direction that brings you deep satisfaction.

Improvements in your routine lead to feeling better and stronger. A super-fun someone will spice up 2021. Taurus and Gemini adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 9, 40, 3, 33 and 28.

vous side of someone. It’s a delicious discovery -- the funny little wicked streak you find in an otherwise-straight-andnarrow persona.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).

This spot you’re in has obvious limitations and less obvious (at least to you) opportunities. Outsiders will be the best source of insight, ideas and information.

Collect now; filter; and sort your findings later.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).

Problems push you along. It’s actually an easier way to get there than having to come up with the entire enterprise yourself. In a way, you’ll be glad for all that has inconvenienced and opposed you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21). It’s a day when you’re likely to gather loads of incomplete and unreliable data, only because that’s what’s out there.

Later, you can lay it all out on the table and put your criticalthinking skills to excellent use.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19). If your success is solely based on how your actions measure up to your expectations of yourself, then no one in the entire world can thwart or spawn your success except you.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18). By noon, you’ve come up with theories and solutions that are the best the day will bring, and the rest of the time will be spent applying them – hopefully. Otherwise, the morning work will have been for nothing.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).

You’ll get another crack at a puzzle and end up solving it differently than the way you did the first time. Try it again and again and a pattern of solutions will emerge. This pattern will work on other puzzles, too.

CELEBRITY PROFILES: The Apple TV series “Little Voice” is named after a song that came to Sara Bareilles in a dream. The Grammy winner proclaimed, “I am here to listen to this little voice,” and the song got shelved by executives, only to blossom into a fuller project 15 years later. Bareilles was born when the moon was in cancer. Natal Mars, Jupiter and Saturn in Virgo indicate a hard worker who strives for perfection.

Write Holiday Mathis at HolidayMathis.com.

Bridge

by Phillip Alder

over by a hurricane after today’s deal.

What do you think of the auction, and how should declarer have played in five diamonds after West led the spade queen?

South might have opened two clubs, but given the one-diamond start, three diamonds was a major underbid. He should have jumped to three no-trump, showing at least six strong diamonds, 18 or 19 high-card points, in theory black-suit stoppers and, often, a singleton heart. North’s three-heart rebid was also strange, since it promised a six-card suit. Why not continue with three spades?

Note that three no-trump makes because the club suit blocks.

Looking at all 52 cards, South can take 13 tricks via three spades (finessing dummy’s 10 on the second round), two hearts and eight diamonds.

But the declarer, thinking that it wasn’t WHEN THE WINDS necessary to assume West had the BLOW UP SUDDENLY spade jack, won with the spade king, cashed the heart ace, played a diamond Sir Winston Churchill, who to the jack and discarded a spade (not was born in breathtaking Blenheim the club king!) on the heart king.

Palace, said, “Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and A Category 5 hurricane came out of easy, or that anyone who embarks on nowhere. West ruffed and led a spade, the strange voyage can measure the trumped by East. Then East cashed the tides and hurricanes he will encounter.” club ace for down one.

Bridge players should bear that in mind. South felt like he had been blown COPYRIGHT: 2020, UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE

Sudoku

by Wayne Gould

Word Sleuth

Here’s how to work it:

WORD SLEUTH ANSWER

12/07/20

Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 grid contains the digits 1 through 9, with no repeats.

That means that no number is repeated in any row, column or box. Solution, tips WHEN WINDS andTHE computer program at BLOW UP SUDDENLY www.sudoku.com Sir Winston Churchill, who was born in breathtaking Blenheim Palace, said, “Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on

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Bridge

Difficulty level: Bronze Yesterday’s solution:

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DAILY REPUBLIC — Monday, December 7, 2020 A7

CDC: People should wear masks indoors when not at home Tribune Content Agency WASHINGTON — Americans should be wearing a mask indoors whenever they’re outside their own home, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending for the first time as Covid-19 surges across the country.

The recommendation on mask-wearing in all indoor sites came in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly report, which cited a high level transmission of the virus as the ongoing holiday season and colder weather have driven more people indoors.

“Consistent and correct use of face masks is a public health strategy critical to reducing respiratory transmission” of COVID-19, the report stated, adding that this was particularly important “in light of estimates that approximately one-half of new infections are transmitted by persons who have no symptoms.”

Face masks are most important in indoor

spaces, the advisory said, and outdoors when 6 feet of separation can’t be maintained. Within households, face masks should also be used when a member is infected or has had recent potential Covid-19 exposure, according to the CDC guidance.

The advice comes after a period when President Donald Trump has played down the use of face masks, even making fun of President-elect Joe Biden’s use of them.

The guidance outlined several steps to fight the virus.

Along with masks and social distancing, the list includes: Avoiding nonessential indoor spaces; increasing testing; promptly identifying, quarantining and testing close contacts of persons with Covid-19; safeguarding persons most at risk for severe illness; supplying essential workers with adequate personal protective equipment; postponing travel; and increasing room air ventilation.

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Learning disabilities specialist Karen Wadden Mueller works virtually with a 57-year-old student named Andre

as he learns to read, Nov. 12, in Chicago. Andre started working with Mueller last March.

Woman helps 57-year-old man with dream

‘I want to be able to read a book before I die’

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Chefs work in the kitchen at Michael’s in the Naples area of Long Beach, Nov. 25.

Week: Meetings From Page A3 at Lawler Ranch Park on Lawler Ranch Parkway in Suisun City.

Leaders of Men Inc. is also hosting a youth hoodie drive with distribution planned from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 20 at the Rotary Skate Park, 1900 Woolner Ave. in Fairfield. Hoodies can be dropped off during the same hours.

The nonprofit will mentor in January in Sacramento and Oakland.

Guest speakers will discuss leadership, entrepreneurship, financial literacy, leading with respect and straight talk.

For more information on speaking, send an email to leadersofmeninc@gmail.com. You can learn more about the organization at leadersof meninc.org.

NorthBay support groups meet virtually NorthBay Healthcare support groups are meeting virtually during December.

The Vacaville NorthBay Alzheimer’s Dementia Caregiver Support Group will meet via video or phone conference at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

The group is co-facilitated by volunteers Bob Panzer, Donna Stewart, Sharen Podzimek and Patt Florez, and is exclusively for current and former caregivers of those with Alzheimer’s or other dementias.

The meetings are held in confidence the second Wednesday of each month.

Those who wish to join the group are asked to send an email to the NorthBay Alzheimer’s Resource Center at resourcecenter@ northbay.org and provide their phone number.

Instructions for joining will then be provided prior to the meeting. For assistance, call 646-3132.

Stroke survivors, caregivers, family members and friends are invited

to share their accomplishments and struggles Dec. 15 during the virtual “New Beginnings” stroke support group meeting.

The group meets the third Tuesday of each month from 10 to 11:30 a.m., providing the opportunity for members to get support from people who understand what they’ve been through.

For more information, call Elizabeth Gladney at 646-4034.

Gov’ meetings populate calendar A number of government meetings will occur this week and are open to the public. They include: n Solano County Board of Supervisors, 9 a.m.

Tuesday, County Government Center, 675 Texas St. Info: www.co.solano.ca.us. n Rio Vista City Council, special meeting, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, City Council chamber, City Hall, One Main St. Info: www.riovistacity.com/city council. n Vacaville City Council, 6 p.m. Tuesday, c ou nc i l ch a mb er, 650 Merchant St. Info: www.ci.vacaville.ca.us. n Suisun City Council, 7 p.m. Tuesday, City Council chamber, 701 Civic Center Blvd. Info: www. suisun.com/government/ city-council. n Rio Vista Plann i ng C om m ission, 6 p.m. Wednesday, City Hall, council chamber, One Main St. Info: riovistacity.com. n Solano County Board of Education, 6 p.m. Wednesday, Solano County Office of Education, 5100 Business Center Drive, Fairfield. Info: www.solanocoe.net. n Solano Transportation Authority Board, 6 p.m. Wednesday, Suisun City Hall, 701 Civic Center Blvd. Info: www.sta.ca.gov. n Solano County Airport Land Use Commission, 7 p.m. Thursday, 675 Texas St., Fairfield. Info: www. solanocounty.com.

CHICAGO — For all their deprivations and frustrations, these locked-down days and nights have given some people the time and opportunity to fulfill their dreams and desires.

I know a woman who has been using her “spare” time to learn to speak French, another “painting watercolors of beach scenes” and yet another determined to “finish the Sunday New York Times crossword puzzle.”

Months ago, when all this began, a 57-year-old man named Andre (who asked that his last name not be used) was laid off from the job he had for years toting bags at a downtown hotel. He decided that his would be to “exercise more.”

He also decided to tackle something that had been troubling him since he was a small child.

“I wanted to learn to read,” he said. “I want to be able to read a book before I die.”

Imagine that. Let that sink in.

Something so many of us take for granted was what he was aiming for and, elaborating, he said, “My whole life, or since I was seven, I knew that I couldn’t read and there was no one to help. I tried but I had one teacher tell me ‘Well, maybe you’ll just never know how to read’ and that hurt me.”

He is learning now, open to talking about it, friendly and quick to smile. Before he told me of his aspiration, he had told a woman named Karen Wadden Mueller.

Andre told her, “I want to read a book before I leave this earth.”

“And those words captured my heart,” says Wadden Mueller.

That was two months ago. He was going about the business of calling the people whose names were on the list given him by doctors at the University of Chicago, where he had undergone some testing shortly after being laid off due to the pandemic’s impact on hotels.

The list contained names of tutors, specializing in dyslexia. Over his many years, he had been tested and tutored before.

“But none of that worked. I was only able to go so far before I gave up or they did,” he says.

He started calling some of the names on the list and found most of the first dozen or so “not very friendly” and all wanting to charge fees far beyond what Andre could afford.

Then he called Wadden Mueller, a learning-disabilities specialist and dyslexia therapist. Raised in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, she was drawn to her profession due to having family members with dyslexia. She attended Sacred Heart Academy and later earned degrees in learning disabilities and behavioral therapy from Northeastern Illinois University.

She then trained teachers in the Peace Corps in Tunisia, taught in the Chicago public school system for a time and now sees individual clients in private practice and consults for the Park Ridge School District. She and her husband, environmental engineer Tony Mueller, have two kids in college and one high schooler still at home.

Her career had been spent in the company of youngsters between first grade through high school but that was not Andre. He would be her

Karen Wadden Mueller’s career had been spent in the company of youngsters between first grade through high school. first adult client. Mueller quickly made a diagnosis and “was ready to go the distance with him.”

There are many types of learning disabilities and Andre has what is known as phonological dyslexia, which makes it difficult to segment individual sounds from printed language and to spell those sounds into print. People with dyslexia have no trouble producing and processing the sounds they need to speak.

Learning to do so is one of the first steps children must take learning to read, decoding words by sounding them out one letter or group of letters at a time.

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She explained this to him, telling him that they would “have to go back to the very beginning, the basics. I did this knowing that there is such a sense of shame and embarrassment in this, so many emotions involved.”

She offered to work with Andre for free. But he is a proud man and refused any pro bono arrangement.

They settled on a relatively small fee for three hour-long sessions a week.

They work, of course, remotely, she in her home office on the Far Northwest Side, he from an apartment in Hyde Park. To observe a lesson is to understand how laborious this is, as she employs what she calls “a multisensory reading technique,” which involves finger tapping each sound to feel where each sound falls in a word in order to “see, hear and feel the words.”

“Sounding the words out becomes the key,” she says.

It makes for slow going but both are enthusiastic and unflappable.

At this point he has mastered a large number of simple words – “cat,” “hop,” “bug,” “nap” – and, when he “gets it,” his eyes brighten, and a smile crosses his lips.

When he “gets it,” Wadden Mueller offers encouragement: “Excellent” or “You amaze me.”

Over the course of their work, she has unobtrusively learned much about Andre and understands that except for certain specifics, his story is not as unusual as one might imagine.

Born and raised on the Far South Side, he was the only child of a single mother. “Her name was Jackie and she worked two jobs to make a life for us,” he says. “She was always good to me and helped protect me from the gangs and from any real trouble.”

He attended the neighborhood public school where he “felt that something was wrong but didn’t really know what it was. I was able to grab a word here and

there. I learned to write my own name and I knew my address and phone number.”

Teachers mostly paid him little if any attention and he went on his solitary way.

“I sort of kept to myself,” he said.

“I was also a little guy. I got bullied a lot. But once you get to a certain age you realize you can’t read and so you do your best to fake it. It’s not all that hard” Public high school was no better for him. He dropped out at 17 and, through relatives, found a job with LSG Sky Chefs, the world’s largest airline and rail catering and hospitality company. It was not a demanding job. Working at O’Hare International Airport, he cleaned up empties and replaced the tiny liquor bottles that are ubiquitous on planes.

He stuck with that for four years.

Then came other low-level jobs, most of them in the hotel industry; a move to the Far North Side and then back south; and a steady relationship with a man, now nearing 20 happy years in length.

All the while, he coped as best he could, part of the 32 million or so adults in the United States who can’t read. That is the sorrowful statistic cited by all sorts of organizations, such as the U.S. Department of Education and National Institute of Literacy. (There is an encouraging number of fine literacy organizations in the Chicago area, easily discovered with an internet foray).

He and Wadden Mueller will virtually meet again three times this week. He’s coming along, and quickly.

“I so admire him,” Mueller says.

“He has come to understand what the challenge is and to accept that.

We are using a key to open a door and he can be in a place that is comfortable and safe. He has found in me somebody who understands, somebody he can trust. He has learned that his 50 years of struggle had nothing to do with his intelligence of ability to learn.”

He says, “I’m not ashamed anymore.”

She says, “There are only so many times in life where you are called upon to do something, to give back to the world. Life is a personal journey, just one foot ahead of the other. There is not necessarily a final destination. Andre and I could be at this for the rest of his life and I’ll be there.”

He says, “I just know that I will be reading a book before my time is up.”

She says, “When the student is ready, the teacher appears.”

A8 Monday, December 7, 2020 — DAILY REPUBLIC

Senator: Trump, McConnell likely to back Covid-19 $908B relief bill Tribune Content Agency WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will come “on board” with a $908 billion package to provide pandemic relief, according to a member of a bipartisan group that’s seeking legislation before the end of the year.

“President Trump has indicated that he would sign a $908 billion package – there’s only one $908 billion package out there and it’s ours,” Sen. Bill Cassidy, a Republican from Louisiana, said on “Fox News Sunday.”

“The pain of the American people is driving this and I’m optimistic that both of those leaders will come on board.”

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer have endorsed using the bipartisan proposal as the basis for negotiations. A bipartisan group of 10 senators that’s been holding talks for the last two weeks will have another call on Sunday, Democratic Sen. Mark Warner said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

Sen. Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat involved in the talks, said negotiators “have a lot of work to do and just a few days to do it.”

“This is our last chance before Christmas and the end of the year to bring relief to families across America in the midst of a public health crisis,” Durbin said on ABC News.

“We’ve got a few remaining issues. I think we can work them out.”

House and Senate negotiators said there is a sense of urgency to get something passed. “There is absolutely no option for

Biden From Page One Kamala Harris, who had won a Senate seat.

The son of Mexican immigrants, he was the first member of his family to attend college, earning a bachelor’s degree in economics from Stanford University and earning a law degree from Stanford Law School.

Elected to a two-year term in the state Assembly and then to the House in 1992, he rose through the ranks to become the highest-ranking Latino in Congress at the time.

If confirmed, Becerra will take the helm of a sprawling federal agency that spends more than $1.4 trillion annually and is responsible for the health coverage of more than 100 million Americans, mostly through the mammoth government Medicare and Medicaid plans.

The health secretary also oversees the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, two of the agencies at the forefront of the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic.

failure on this,” Democratic Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger of Virginia, part of the Problem Solvers Caucus in the House, said on “Fox on the Hill.”

“We don’t have a choice now, it’s one of those things that has to be done,” Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

A final version of the proposed legislation could come early this week, Cassidy said.

A key sticking point is whether to provide liability protection to businesses whose workers fall ill to the coronavirus.

Critics have said some companies, like meatpacking plants, shouldn’t be protected if there are indications they didn’t take adequate precautions.

Cassidy said small companies could be driven out of business just from the cost of the gathering and exchanging evidence.

“There has to be some liability protection,” Cassidy said, citing what he described as ambiguity about the need for mask-wearing from health experts early in the pandemic.

He said the bill extends unemployment benefits and lengthens a moratorium on evictions with aid given to landlords, but there’s no plan to include another $1,200 stimulus check to help the economy.

“This is not a stimulus bill but a relief bill,” Cassidy said. “There may be a stimulus check, but that would be part of a different piece of legislation.”

Durbin said the last round of $1,200 checks cost $300 billion, so it couldn’t be included when the mandate was to limit the total proposal to $900 billion.

Both agencies, though once considered international models, have been widely criticized for their response. They have also suffered serious blows to their credibility as Trump and his allies have pressured agencies leaders to change guidance to fit the White House political agenda.

One of the new health secretary’s main jobs will be rebuilding public trust in these agencies, a goal that Biden has indicated will be a top priority for his administration.

Becerra will also likely be called upon to reverse the Trump administration yearslong campaign to weaken insurance rules and other protections enacted through the 2010 health care law.

Trump and his lieutenants – including current Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Seema Verma, who heads the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services – failed to repeal the health care law.

But the administration issued rules to allow broader sale of health insurance plans that don’t cover basic benefits and can turn away people with preexisting medical conditions.

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Trump: Giuliani tests positive for virus Tribune Content Agency Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for coronavirus, President Donald Trump stated Sunday. “@RudyGiuliani, by far the greatest mayor in the history of NYC, and who has been working tirelessly exposing the most corrupt election (by far!) in the history of the USA, has tested positive for the China Virus,” Trump tweeted, using a bigoted term for coronavirus. “Get better soon Rudy, we will carry on!!!”

Giuliani, 76, did not answer a message requesting comment.

It was not immediately known whether he had shown virus symptoms or what his plans for a possible quarantine were.

Giuliani told Bloomberg TV in October he’d been taking hydroxychloroquine, a malaria drug Trump has been promoting as a treatment for Covid-19.

Sunday’s news punctuated a rough stretch for the president’s personal lawyer.

Since Joe Biden was widely declared president-elect after the Nov. 3 election, Giuliani has been spearheading Trump’s desperate, unsuccessful effort to overturn the results in court.

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Vaccine From Page One Moderna options, the CDC spokesperson said.

T hat ’s be c au se vaccine supplies will be extremely limited during initial rollouts.

“A 35-year-old who works at a bank will not be recommended to get a vaccine right now,” the CDC spokesperson said. “But if you are a 35-year-old nurse practitioner, you are going to be recommended to be vaccinated and you probably won’t necessarily have a choice.”

The agency announced Tuesday that health care workers and residents of long-term care facilities should be first in line to get the vaccine; next, essential workers such as teachers, firefighters and corrections officers; then, adults with highrisk medical conditions and those over 65.

Only after these groups get their shots will vaccine supplies be ready for the general population sometime in spring, officials say. And by that point, there will likely be more than two authorized vaccines on the market.

AstraZeneca and partner University of Oxford, and the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson both have vaccine candidates in phase 3 clinical trials, the last step before submitting data to the FDA for review.

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services gave millions to billions in funds to those four companies – Pfizer/ BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Janssen – along with biotechnology company Novavaxand Sanofi and partner GlaxoSmithKline.

“We are going to push allocations as vaccines become available. So, it’s not a one and done; it’s an initial push and then a continuous cadenced flow of vaccine,” Perna said during a media briefing Wednesday.

This means there could be anywhere from four to six vaccines authorized by the FDA when it’s time for the general public to get vaccinated.

It’s also possible certain vaccines will be suggested for specific groups of people, such as children or people with underlying medical conditions, if clinical trial data show

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Rudy Giuliani speaks outside the United Nations Headquarters in New York, Sept. 24, 2019. eled to Georgia and Michigan, where he met indoors with state lawmakers. He reportedly shunned a mask during the meetings. Following a Nov. 25 meeting with Republicans in Pennsylvania, two state senators said they tested positive for coronavirus, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Giuliani didn’t use a mask at that meeting, either.

That was just the latest known example of the ex-mayor being in close proximity to confirmed coronavirus cases.

After he joined debate preparation for Trump in September, fellow participant Chris Christie, the former New Jersey governor, tested positive for coronavirus.

While Trump was released after a weekend of top-of-the-line Covid care at Walter Reed

National Military Medical Center, Christie was hospitalized for a week, illustrating the wideranging possible effects the virus can have on older people.

G iu l i a n i ’s son Andrew, a Trump aide, had a positive test result in November.

The White House has come under strong criticism for ignoring safety protocols during the outbreak. Trump’s own coronavirus diagnosis followed a Sept. 29 White House ceremony for his Supreme Court appointee Amy Coney Barrett, where guests were seen with their faces uncovered and sitting in close quarters. A number of other high-profile politicos tested positive following the event.

Even as the outbreak continues on a nasty

surge through the holidays, the White House and State Department are reportedly planning indoor gatherings over the coming weeks.

Throughout the pandemic, Giuliani has echoed Trump’s criticism of lockdown measures such as business closures and travel restrictions.

“Democrats want to paralyze us, I think, in part, because they want a bad economy,” Giuliani said in October.

The recent effort to overturn the election has led to a series of embarrassing moments for the former mayor of New York City, including a bizarre press conference outside a landscaping business in Philadelphiaand another appearance, in Washington, D.C., in which hair dye appeared to drip down his face. He was also mocked after a sound resembling flatulence was heard as he spoke at an election hearing in Michigan last Wednesday.

Mayor Bill de Blasio’s office reacted to Giuliani’s diagnosis as a cautionary tale.

“Rudy is seeing firsthand how dangerous his rhetoric and denialism is,” spokesman Bill Neidhardt said in a statement. “Wear a mask, socially distance and for good measure, don’t be a vile racist.”

HHS chief sees vaccine for all Americans by 2nd quarter Tribune Content Agency WASHINGTON — All Americans who want to get a Covid-19 vaccine should be able to do so by the second quarter of next year, Health and Human Services Alex Azar said.

With the U.S. Food and Drug Administration due to decide as early as Thursday on emergency authorization for a shot developed by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE, Azar and Moncef Slaoui, the head of the government’s program to accelerate a vaccine, expressed confidence that the FDA would clear the way.

“I’ve not heard of any red flags, but I’ll have to leave that to the career scientists at the FDA who were digging through all the data,” Azar said on “Fox News Sunday.”

“Based on the data that I know, I expect the FDA to make a positive decision,” Slaoui, who heads the Trump administration’s Operation Warp Speed program, said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”

Plans to roll out vaccines against the coronavirus linked to more than 280,000 deaths in the U.S. are gaining urgency as cases reach new highs nationwide, straining hospital care and the economy particularly in urban hot spots.

Asked about news reports that the White House and State Department are planing large year-end holiday one vaccine works better for one demographic over another. But at this point, the CDC spokesperson said, there is not enough data to determine if a particular candidate should be targeted toward certain groups.

“There will be more complexities as more vaccines come out, and we (will) look at the clinical trial data as well as what’s actually in use and look at vaccine effectiveness data to see if recommendations need to change,” the CDC spokesperson told McClatchy News.

So while it’s undetermined if individuals will be able to decide which vaccine they get, that decision will likely not be up to them. Instead, it could be based on their state’s capacity to store the vaccines, the CDCspokesperson said.

Pfizer’s vaccine is considered “ultra cold.” It needs to be kept at minus 94 degrees Fahrenheit, which requires special freezers that not all hospitals or health care systems have readily available or can afford.

On the other hand, Moderna’s vaccine

parties, Azar says the same health recommendations apply to them as in any other setting.

“Our advice remains the same in any context, which is wash your hands, watch your distance, wear face coverings when you can’t watch your distance and be careful of those indoor settings,” he said. “The best thing is distance and so certainly limiting the number of people at gatherings also can be important.”

Slaoui said his group plans to have its first meeting with President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team this week.

“And I feel confident that once we will explain it, everything in detail, I hope the new transition teams will understand that things are well planned,” said Slaoui, a former head of GlaxoSmithKline Plc’s vaccines division.

While the most at-risk people in line for early vaccination may see an impact in January and February, “for our lives to start getting back to normal, we’re talking about April or May,” Slaoui said.

He defended the proposed immunization schedule for the first 40 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which requires two shots three or four weeks apart. If all of the doses were used up to give 40 million people an initial shot, that would create the risk of shortfalls for the required second shot, Slaoui said.

needs to be kept at minus 4 degrees Fahrenheit, closer to a typical household freezer.

“So, states will probably have leeway in terms of using different products in different places, but those vaccines will both be in use, and states will get allocations of both of those vaccines,” the CDCspokesperson said.

Mary Mayhew, CEO of the Florida Hospital Association, said the federal government requested that each state select no more than five hospitals that have cold storage capacity to serve as testing sites “to evaluate the logistics of distribution,” according to a Dec. 2 interview conducted by Miami Herald reporter Mary Ellen Klas.

“This is fluid. Our understanding is the federal government wants to quickly evaluate the initial distribution and the efforts by those hospitals and learn from that and make any changes that need to occur, then quickly get doses to those that have cold storage,” Mayhew told the Herald.

“By virtue of the cold storage requirements, it

makes it challenging for any hospital that does not have that but, ideally, we’re talking a matter of days before the Moderna vaccine will be simultaneously distributed with the Pfizer vaccine,” she added.

Because the super cold storage is “not the requirement for the Moderna vaccine,” Mayhew said she expects it to be distributed to hospitals without that storage capacity.

Federal officials have said that it’s up to state governors to decide where their shipment of vaccines go – and to whom.

“We’ve asked the states in total jurisdictions to have their micro plans (ready) by the end of the week. . . . This way we can ensure that we understand all the places where they want the vaccine delivered and at what quantities,” Perna said during the Dec. 2 media briefing.

However, states are in various stages of the planning and preparation process for distribution of vaccines. Any drafts submitted to federal authorities now will likely change as more information becomes available.

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Carr-to-Ruggs miracle delivers Raiders win over Jets Jerry McDonald The Mercury News

The Raiders saved their season Sunday when Derek Carr hit Henry Ruggs III for a 46-yard touchdown pass with five seconds to play for a 31-28 win over the New York Jets.

The Jets came in with an 0-11 record and had overcome a 24-13 deficit to lead 28-24.

The Raiders are 7-5, while the Jets fall to 0-12.

The Raiders scored on touchdown passes of 9 and 38 yards from Carr to Darren Waller, a 2-yard run by Carr and a 48-yard field goal by Daniel Carlson.

Darnold threw 3 and 6-yard touchdown passes to Jamison Crowder and ran for a 4-yard run. Ty Johnson’s 1-yard run put the Jets up 28-24 with 5:34 to play.

Wa l ler caught 13 passes for 200 yards and the two touchdowns.

The Raiders got the ball back one last time with 35 seconds to play but Carr missed Nelson Agholor on a deep throw with 19 seconds left on a potential 54-yard score.

Highs, lows and all you need to know: Smash-mouth Jets: The Jets basically ran the ball down the

Raiders throats enroute to a 96-yard, nine-play drive that resulted in Darnold’s 4-yard run over Jeff Heath. A twopoint conversion pass from Darnold to Mims cut the score to 24-21 with 10:22 left.

The two-point pass came after an incompletion was erased by a Nick Morrow pass interference call in the end zone.

At the conclusion of the drive, the Jets had 190 yards rushing.

Ruggs’ big fumble: Rookie wide receiver Henry Ruggs III coughed up a first-down completion from Carr to set up the Jets for the lead score.

The recovery gave the Jets

an opportunity for a short-field drive, and they drove 44 yards in six plays to score on Johnson’s 1-yard run.

Re-introducing the run: After an eight-run, 26 pass first half, the Raiders opened the second half with a 13-play, 75-yard drive that included nine running plays and concluded with Carr’s 2-yard scramble around right end for a 24-13 lead.

The Raiders ran the ball nine times for 38 yards – one more run than in the first 20 minutes.

Booker had 31 yards on six carries – including a 14-yard run on the opening play of the drive.

Sad sacks: With the Raiders

in position to score again before halftime with their third takeaway, Carr was sacked on consecutive plays to end the half with a 17-13 lead.

Clelin Ferrell’s second strip sack, this one recovered by Maxx Crosby, gave the Raiders the ball at the 40-yard line.

After an 18-yard pass to Hunter Renfrow and an incomplete pass to Nelson Agholor, linebacker Neville Hewitt and defensive tackle Quinnen Williams sacked Carr on backto-back plays.

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2 Kings test positive for Covid-19 Team prepares to play Trail Blazers on Friday Tribune Content Agency Kings coach Luke Walton said two of his players tested positive for Covid-19 before training camp Tuesday began with individual workouts at the team’s Golden 1 Center practice facility.

“When we came back before we got back in the facility and we were going through the NBA protocol as far as the safety stuff is concerned, we had a couple positive tests,” Walton said. “So before we opened up, those guys were put in quarantine.”

Walton said he did not have a full roster as group workouts began Sunday, but he declined to specify which players missed practice and walton for what reasons.

“I’m not going to just because some of it has to do with Covid and, again, there are so many rules right now that I’m still learning all of them, and I don’t want to get my foot stuck in my mouth,” Walton said. “So I’m just going to stay away from who missed (practice) for what reasons and everything else, but we’re looking forward to getting guys back as they either get healthy or graduate through all the protocols that are out there.”

Earlier Sunday, the Portland Trail Blazers closed their practice facility after three members of the organization tested positive for Covid-19. The Kings and Blazers are scheduled to play their preseason opener Friday at Moda Center in Portland.

Blazers president of basketball operations Neil Olshey issued a statement Sunday morning, saying the facility will be closed for deep cleaning after three people in the organization tested positive over the past few days. Teams started conducting daily testing before individual workouts began Tuesday.

“Over the past four days, we have had three positive Covid test results within our organization,” Olshey said. “Out of an abundance of caution, having completed contact tracing, we are closing our practice facility today for deep cleaning while we run confirmatory tests” The Kings are scheduled to play the Blazers in their preseason opener Friday, a game that will be televised by ESPN. The Kings and Blazers are also scheduled to play a second preseason game in Portland two days later.

The NBA will determine whether the preseason games in Portland will be canceled, postponed or played as scheduled. The league had not determined how those games would be impacted as of early Sunday afternoon.

The Kings are scheduled to conclude their four-game preseason schedule with two home games against the Golden State Warriors Dec. 15 and Dec. 17 at Golden 1 Center. They will visit the Denver Nuggets in their season opener Dec. 23.

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The Los Angeles Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard (2) dunks against the Golden State Warriors’ Alen Smailagic (6) and Eric Paschall (7) in

the first half at Staples Center in Los Angeles, Jan. 10. Paschall has to prove he can become a franchise building block.

How will Warriors’ Paschall follow up rookie season?

Rusty Simmons

San Francisco Chronicle

Eric Paschall doesn’t know exactly what his statistics will look like in his sophomore season, but the Warriors forward is certain about how he wants to follow up on his All-Rookie Team selection.

The 24-year-old wants to win.

The Warriors’ 15-50, cellardwelling record last season was completely unfamiliar to Paschall, and quite frankly, it was completely unacceptable to the do-it-all competitor.

“I was blessed to be part of the All-Rookie Team, but I want to win,” Paschall said this week as the Warriors reported to training camp.

“You’ve got to look at it both ways. Individually, obviously I’m happy and blessed that people voted for me. But, it’s a new season. I can’t dwell on

the past, and I’m ready to take those next steps.”

Paschall was drafted No. 41 overall after a four-year collegiate career in which he averaged 12.3 points and 5.1 rebounds and showed a proclivity for game-winning plays. That was especially true in his three seasons at Villanova after a transfer from Fordham.

At Villanova, he went 94-18 (.839) and won the 2018 NCAA championship.

Paschall’s skills translated immediately to the NBA, and he became a revelation among the league’s best rookies. The 6-foot-6 255-pounder came in built like an experienced pro and put up comparable numbers.

With point guard Stephen Curry playing only five games, and shooting guard Klay Thompson sidelined for the

season, Paschall was often the Warriors’ go-to scoring option in averaging 14.0 points on 49.7% shooting, 4.6 rebounds and 2.1 assists.

Paschall joined Memphis’ Brandon Clarke and Ja Morant, Miami’s Kendrick Nunn and New Orleans’ Zion Williamson on the first team, marking the first time the Warriors’ had a first-team selection since Harrison Barnes in 2013.

He was among the top 10 rookies in scoring, field goal percentage, rebounds and assists. The Warriors’ lone representative at AllStar Weekend, Paschall scored 23 points in the Rising Stars Challenge and narrowly missed MVP honors, which went to Charlotte’s Miles Bridges.

The next step for Paschall: Prove he can expand

his game again and go from key contributor to franchise building block.

To do that, Paschall worked on conditioning, playmaking and his 3-point shot in the offseason. He hit just 28.7% from 3-point range last season, but he believes that limiting his jump on his shot and adding arc will improve his consistency.

After rising to the top of opponents’ scouting reports and drawing more attention, Paschall adjusted his game late in the season. He became a better playmaker, averaging 6.4 assists in the final five games, and opened up shots for himself later in possessions. He averaged 18.0 points on 54.1% shooting in the span.

“I feel like I could have done that a lot earlier in the year, and it would have made See Warriors, Page B8

Excellence, ineptitude: The 49ers, Saints and one of NFL’s greatest comebacks Eric Branch

San Francisco Chronicle

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Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana fires up the crowd during a break in the AFC Championship game, Jan. 20, 2019, at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo.

One team was about to start one of the NFL’s great dynasties.

The other was about to finish one of the most godawful seasons in league history.

It was 40 years ago Monday – Dec. 7, 1980 – when unproven Bill Walsh, Joe Montana and the 5-8 49ers hosted the 0-13 Saints in a

game between goingnowhere teams that went down in history.

The 49ers rallied from a 28-point halftime deficit in their 38-35 overtime win at Candlestick Park, which remains the NFL’s biggest regularseason comeback.

Beyond landing in the record book, the game – which attracted just 37,949 fans and inspired 9,915 no-shows – has added significance.

The rally featured the first of Montana’s 28 game-winning drives and foreshadowed one of the NFL’s most clutch careers.

Montana, then 24 and making his sixth career start, planted the first seeds that grew into an unwavering belief: The 49ers, who were coming off consecutive 2-14 seasons, would See 49ers, Page B8

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FAIRFIELD — Tune in to Netflix Friday and see the work of Armijo High graduate Frank Abney III. “Canvas” is a 9-minute film about a grandfather who, after suffering a devastating loss, is sent into a downward spiral and loses his inspiration to create. Years later, he decides to revisit the easel – and pick up the paint brush – but he can’t do it alone.

It was inspired by Abney’s own loss, thinking about how the death of his father affected his mother, Abney told the Daily Republic in 2018. film short The is not rated. new T uesday ’s releases include: “Smiley Face Killers,” with Crispin Glover (“Back to the Future”) as a hooded figure who stalks a male college student from his unmarked van.

It begins as a strange wave of mysterious drownings of male college students plagues the California coast. One student wonders if he’s the killer’s next victim.

It’s rated R and can be found on Amazon Prime.

“The Black Book of Fathers Dinis,” which explores the tumultuous lives of a peasant maid, and the young orphan in her charge, against a backdrop of overflowing passion and revolutionary intrigue in Europe at the twilight of the 18th century.

An unlikely adventure yarn that strides the continent from Rome and Venice to London and Paris, with whispers of conspiracies from the clergy, the military and the gentry, this period piece ponders the intertwined nature of fate, desire and duty.

It’s not rated.

Arriving Friday are: “Assassins,” a documentary about the murder of the brother of North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jon Un in a crowded Malaysian airport. At the center of the investigation are two young women who are either cold-blooded killers or unwitting pawns. It’s not rated.

“Giving Voice,” a documentary that centers on six student actors audi-

tioning for the August Wilson Monologue Competition. Denzel Washington and Viola Davis are featured.

It’s rated PG-13.

“Gunda,” produced Joaquin Phoenix, chronicles the unfiltered lives of a mother pig, a flock of chickens and a herd of cows with masterful intimacy. It asks viewers to meditate on the mystery of animal consciousness and reckon with the role humanity plays in it.

It’s rated G. “I’m Your Woman,” a 1970s set crime drama about a woman forced to go on the run after her husband betrays his partners, sending her and her baby on a dangerous journey. It’s rated R. “Knuckledust,” which features Moe Dunford (“Vikings”) in the tale of an elite fight club discovered by police. It has seven underground levels, filled with the dead bodies of fighters from around the world.

Only one man is found left alive. Is he a mass murderer or the lone survivor? It’s not rated.

“Parallel,” which centers on a group of friends who stumble upon a mirror that serves as a portal to a “multiverse.”

They soon discover that importing knowledge from the other side in order to better their lives brings increasingly dangerous consequences.

Kathleen Quinlan is featured. It’s not rated.

“Safety,” a drama inspired by the empowering story of former Clemson University football safety Ray McElrathbey, a young man facing a series of challenging circumstances whose dedication and persistence help him to triumph over repeated adversities. Aided by his teammates and the Clemson community, he succeeds on the field while simultaneously raising and caring for his 11-year-old brother.

It’s on Disney+ and is not rated.

“The Never List,” the story of an overachiever running for student class president while juggling a heavy academic See Movies, Page B3

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Los Angeles Times In another very strange but almost predictable turn of events this year, Billie Eilish fans are out of sorts that they’re getting their money back for tickets to her “Where Do We Go?” tour.

The Grammy-winning “Bad Guy” crooner on Thursday set off her long-suffering fan base – occasionally referred to as “eyelashes,” “pirates” or “avocados” – by tweeting a note about the refunds. “(W)e’ve tried as many different scenarios as possible Kevin Winter/Getty Images/TNS file for the tour but none are posBillie Eilish performs during the 92nd Annual Academy Awards at sible and, although i know so Dolby Theatre, Feb. 9, in Hollywood. many of you want to hold onto your tickets and vip passes, the Why? Tickets for the 42-date ticket . . . dude. gonna go cry best thing we can do for every- tour were nearly impossible to brb,” wrote another user. one is to get the money back into obtain, they said. Not to mention “Like (I know) this isn’t your hands as soon as we can,” expensive. SeatGeek estimated directly Billie’s fault but I’m not the singer wrote in a statement, that the average price for a gonna be able to get tickets the promising to share details about regular ticket was $234, which second time. Like I’ve waited any upcoming tours. means front-row seats and years to see her and now I have The 18-year-old phenom’s VIP options cost far more. In to refund the one chance I had . debut arena tour, which kicked October, Pollstar reported that . . ? It’s just kinda disappointing,” off in Miami in early March, a half-million tickets were sold said a different user. was among many that were during the first hour of sales for “The fact we won’t get postponed in the spring and the five-month stint that would refunded for ticket fees and ultimately canceled when stay- take the “Ocean Eyes” singer delivery, we will never be able at-home orders went into effect through North America, South to get the same seats again, we to stem the spread of the novel America and Europe. will not be guaranteed that we coronavirus. Months later, The struggle was very real will ever see Billie live again as repercussions are still being felt for her fans. she is getting bigger and bigger throughout live-entertainment “Brb while I go cry into my so more people want to see her. industries as the Covid-19 pan- pillow!” said a reply to Eilish’s Just keep the tickets for the (n) demic continues to surge across statement. “It took so long to ext tour to come. We don’t care the U.S. – a fact apparently lost get front row too just let us keep if it’s the when we all fall asleep on Eilish’s fans. our tickets until you tour again tour we want to see Billie. LET Eilish’s latest announcement pleaseeee!! It’s so hard to get US KEEP OUR TICKETS!!” was part and parcel of the post- them in first place, never mind mused another. ponement/cancellation/refund a second time.”

Perhaps sensing the backroutine that’s become a familiar “i worked my ass off to get lash to come, Eilish signed off ritual throughout this forlorn tickets and i didn’t even make her missive with a reminder to year. But hundreds of young half of what i paid for my tickets her fans to “stay safe, drink lots fans were not having it, beseech- at the time,” said another reply. of water” and to “wear a mask.”

“The fact that corona ruined ing the “Therefore I Am” artist Too bad a mask to honor and let them keep their the one thing that kept me going. won’t cover their oceanand how hard it was to buy a filled eyes. precious tickets.

Movies: Barrymore in new flick From Page B2 schedule and planning the upcoming school dance. She and her best friend cosplay their alter-egos, imagining doing highly questionable, even illegal, acts they would never do. When one dies in a tragic accident, the other one decides the best way to honor her friend is to complete The Never List. It’s rated R. “The Prom,” which features three-time Academy Award winner Meryl Streep and Tony Award winner James Corden as New York City stage stars with a crisis on their hands: Their expensive new Broadway show is a major flop that has suddenly flatlined their careers. Meanwhile, in small-town Indiana, a high school student is experiencing a very different kind of heartbreak: Despite the support of the high school principal, the head of the PTA has banned her from attending the prom with her girlfriend. The Broadway stars decide the teen’s predica-

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Nicole Kidman is also featured.

It’s not rated.

“The Stand In,” which stars Drew Barrymore as an actress ordered to serve a year in rehab, who hires her on-set stand-in to take her place. The unassuming woman flips the script and steals her identity, career and boyfriend in this comedy about trading places. It’s rated R. “The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee,” which bring Paul Hogan, Olivia Newton John and Chevy Chase, to name a few, together in the story of Hogan, who just wants the quiet life.

When his agent drops by to tell him he’ll be receiving a knighthood for services to comedy, he is less than impressed by this imposition and turns down the offer. He attempts to return to his tranquil life but his granddaughter calls saying she has told kids at her new school that granddad has been offered a knighthood. They laughed at

her. Now he needs to get the knighthood to help her salvage her reputation. It’s rated PG-13.

“Wander Darkley,” the story of a trauma that leaves a couple in a surreal state of being that takes them on a disorienting journey through the duality of their shared moments. They must rediscover the love that truly binds them together.

Sienna Miller is featured.

It’s rated R. “Wild Mountain Thyme,” which centers on a headstrong farmer with her heart set on winning her neighbor’s love.

The problem is he seems to have inherited a family curse and remains oblivious to his beautiful admirer. Stung by his father’s plans to sell the family farm, the man is jolted into pursuing his dreams in this romantic tale.

Jamie Dornan, Emily Blunt and Christopher Walken star.

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Some defenders have a fear that a winner, if not cashed immediately, will disappear. East was made to pay for that error on today’s deal.

In the bidding, East might have made a takeout double but preferred to show his five-card major. South judged to respond two hearts, as he was a passed hand. Then West wondered about bidding four spades, but the vulnerability was unfavorable. (Note that four spades can be made if East reads the deal perfectly.)

Against four hearts, West led the spade ace. This denied the spade king because you should lead king from ace-king in a suit that your side has bid and supported. East played the four.

Since dummy had a singleton spade, this lowest spade was a suit-preference signal for clubs. So, West shifted to the club eight -- high for helpless. After East won with his jack, what should he have done next?

Thinking it couldn’t cost a trick, ARE YOUR TRICKS East cashed the club ace and led his last club. Sadly, West did not ruff. Then, GOING TO declarer cashed the heart king and led DISAPPEAR? another heart. When East played low, South finessed his seven! Now declarer David Schwartz, who was a had 10 tricks: one spade, five hearts, motivational author and coach, said, “Do what you fear, and fear disappears.” three diamonds and one club.

That was great card reading by Is that really true? Even if you do South, but East should have exited with something you fear (perhaps, ride a his diamond at trick three. loop-the-loop rollercoaster), why COPYRIGHT: 2020, UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE should that fear disappear?

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Shardaya Fuquay, 30, takes the time to read to her two children, Kenzie, 3, and Khloe, 2, in their backyard in Highland Park, Michigan, Nov. 18. Fuquay, who is pregnant, is

juggling the demands of being a stay-at-home parent and running a local nonprofit, Journey to Healing, that provides a holistic approach to trauma.

As women leave pandemic economy,

Returning to work, higher wages will be a struggle Tribune Content Agency DETROIT — Tanisha Loyd, a Detroit mom of two, has been on leave from her job in customer service since mid-September, without pay or benefits.

Loyd, 29, remains at home full time with her children – keeping her kindergartner on track with online school and caring for her 1-year-old. She doesn’t have the option to work from home and doesn’t expect to return to work until Jan. 4. But even that depends on if her child’s school is in person or remains virtual.

Loyd says the pandemic is a “battle” for working moms, forcing her to choose between a job to help sustain her household or being there for her children. Child care is not easy to come by either and even when it is available, it can be expensive, she said.

“I had to take a step back in my job, my career, just so I can make sure that the family is good. That’s just how life goes,” she said.

Loyd is not alone.

The pandemic’s economic upheaval has been especially tough for working moms.

Across the country, more than 800,000 women left the workforce in September, compared with 216,000 men. Last month, the unemployment rate for women dropped, but there are still nearly 2.2 million fewer women in the workforce than in February. Black and Latina women have disproportionately faced the brunt of job losses.

In Michigan, labor force participation among women fell nearly 6%, compared with a drop of less than 1% among men, according to unpublished data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

After decades of strides in employment, women are making a staggering exit from the workforce due to the pandemic.

Experts say the shift may lead to challenges for women finding work and they may face lower

wages in the future.

“Overall, the labor force today paints a picture of a slowing recovery – one where women are struggling to get a foothold back in the economy,” Betsey Stevenson, professor of public policy and economics at the University of Michigan, said. “And that is likely to cause permanent labor market scarring more among women than among men, and as a result the effects of this could linger with us for years, if not decades to come.”

A gendered shutdown Shardaya Fuquay, 30, is juggling the demands of being a stay-at-home parent and running a local nonprofit.

After the pandemic hit Michigan in March, Fuquay’s organization Journey to Healing, which offers resources for families and children experiencing grief and trauma, came up short on its budget this year – about $25,000 – because it wasn’t able to secure as many grants and contracts due to Covid-19.

The organization is also adjusting to providing services – like art therapy – to clients online.

Fuquay is a mother of two and expecting a third child.

The pandemic has forced her to make time for meetings to run her nonprofit, all while helping her 2- and 3-year-old children with online classes and preparing meals for them.

“They can’t go over to grandma or a cousin’s house because it’s just dangerous.”

Fuquay said, noting how that limits the time she can spend on her nonprofit.

“It’s just nonstop balancing, nonstop stress,” she said.

About 76% of mothers with children under age 10 said child care is one of their top three challenges during the pandemic, according to a September report

by McKinsey & Co. Across metro Detroit, parents have had trouble accessing child

care because of health risks, work-from-home routines and the challenge of finding day care employees. That’s the case nationally, too.

“The Detroit metro area – certainly in Detroit proper – (was) a child care desert prior to Covid19. Then, with Covid-19, we saw the child care sector and the child care market in Michigan suffer tremendously,” Eboni Taylor, executive director of Mothering Justice in Michigan, said.

Business sectors that tend to employ women are suffering.

The pandemic spurred a “gendered shutdown,” Stevenson said. Women made up 53% of workers in the leisure and hospitality sector in February but they accounted for 57% of the initial jobs cut in March. By April, nearly half the jobs in the sector had disappeared from payrolls and women once again made up a disproportionate share of the jobs cut.

The economic fallout has been particularly hard on women of color. About 57% Latina women and 53% of Black women said they lost income since March, compared with 40% of white women, according to an October report from the National Women’s Law Center. About one in 11 Black women and Latinas remained unemployed.

Female-owned small businesses are suffering, too.

“Prior to the pandemic I think we were making real progress, we were seeing our numbers go up every year — more women were starting businesses, more women were getting better jobs,” Carolyn Cassin, president and CEO of Michigan Women Forward, said. “We were seeing that they were able to advance in a way that they hadn’t in the past.

But the pandemic brought all of that to a screeching halt.”

About 90% of the 196 businesses Michigan Women Forward invests in closed their doors, at least temporarily, during the early days of the pandemic.

Mai Xiong is a small-business owner and mom who started Mai & Co., in 2018 to sell clothing and home decor featuring traditional Hmong prints. Xiong, a recently elected Macomb County commissioner, opened her first brick-and-mortar store in Warren last year.

Xiong had to close her storefront in March and reopened in June. The store is open three days a week now, as Xiong juggled her business, her children’s online schooling and running for local office.

Xiong, 35, has seen a 90% dip in foot traffic but she has kept her business afloat by selling thousands of hand-sewn masks and relying on grants and loans.

Sales have started to pick back up online, too. A $5,000 grant and $10,000 loan, where half is forgiven, from Michigan Women Forward will help cover expenses like rent through the end of this year for Xiong.

St ill, she wor r ies about January.

“My kids come first, before the business. . . . They’re my No. 1 priority and so we have to kind of prioritize our responsibilities,” Xiong said.

How to keep women in the workforce By the end of 2019, women achieved a milestone in the labor market. They held more nonfarm payroll jobs than men in December 2019, Stevenson said. But pandemic job losses rapidly undid that progress. It could have long-lasting effects.

“What we know is that when people take time out of the labor force or face long-term unemployment — so more than six months — they’re unlikely to go back to wages that are similar to what they were earning before.

They tend to be on a lower earnings trajectory,” she said.

Michigan Women Forward put together a $1.5 million “resilience fund” for women business

owners to weather the pandemic. It helped 200 businesses but there are still 900 women who submitted applications that the fund wasn’t able to support, Cassin said in September.

“It’s definitely going to take change at a policy level, at an institutional workplace level, at a cultural level to address all of these issues,” said Maya Raghu, director of workplace equality at the National Women’s Law Center.

What does policy change look like? Raghu said government should invest in an accessible and affordable child care system. Michigan’s new budget includes more funding for child care providers and working parents in the state, though advocates have said it’s a temporary measure and not the long-term overhaul of the child care system they want to see.

Change in policy also includes offering paid family and sick leave, experts say. Some states like Michigan now have sick leave rules in place but advocacy groups like Mothering Justice are pushing for expansions like requiring businesses with fewer than 10 employees to offer paid leave and businesses providing workers one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked.

The federal government’s Covid-19 response includes paid leave of up to 80 hours, for companies with fewer than 500 employees. Advocates have said that this leaves some employees out and ends in December, unless Congress agrees on another relief bill.

Employers should be more flexible with scheduling and remote options, and be more mindful of the disparate ways the pandemic has affected both women and men who are caregivers, Raghu said.

“Culturally we have to move beyond this notion of women having to be the primary caregivers, and making sure that those responsibilities are distributed,” she said.

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These straightforward classic latkes customary for Hanukkah meals have one trick up their sleeve: extra potato starch.

Potato latke

Crisp, classic recipe delivers satisfying, celebratory crunch Olga Massov

The Washington Post

I love latkes so much, I named my dog after them.

That’s not the punchline to a joke.

When we got our Labrador retriever puppy in November 2019, we took one look at her pale yellow coat and named her Latke. And last Hanukkah, we even tried photographing Latke with latkes, but being true to her Labrador self, she ate them before we could snap a single frame.

So, latkes are something I’ve obsessed over since I was a kid, begging my mom to make them for me year-round. As an adult, I’ve made all kinds: with potatoes and with other vegetables, coarsely shredded and finely grated, fried and baked, with all manner of seasonings, spins and techniques.

But for me, nothing beats a crispy, lacy classic potato latke with few ingredients.

Latkes are akin to a good pair of jeans: quotidian and humble enough for weeknight dinners, festive and elevated for a dress-up occasion. Making them reminds of the Before Times when I threw latke parties – basically an excuse to eat as many potato pancakes as stomachs would allow, with or without various accoutrements, from simple sour cream and applesauce to decadent caviar. (And, obviously, bubbles to go with it all.)

This year, rather than making mountains of latkes, I’ll scale down for our family of three, but I still plan to throw a latke party. Finding joy and merriment where one can is one of 2020’s great lessons.

Most classic potato latke fans fall into two camps: those who like dense, finely grated ones shaped like hockey pucks and those who want coarsely shredded ones with lacy, crispy frilly bits and a bit of a disheveled look about them. I stand firmly in that latter camp.

To me a great latke is a decidedly

crispy one, the kind that almost shatters against your teeth with a satisfying crunch. In the center, there’s a bit of softer potato as well. Like a great cookie, a great latke needs both – the crispy and the chewy – to be heavenly.

My latke recipe is simple and not unlike many out there: potatoes, a little onion, eggs and flour. I season the mixture with a generous helping of salt (don’t be afraid to use a generous hand here - the potatoes can handle it) and a bit of ground black pepper. Then I add my “secret” ingredient, which is potato starch. More starch and less liquid equals a crispier (and thus tastier) latke.

The idea to add extra starch occurred to me one day while patting dry chicken wings, which I was about to coat in cornstarch and then fry until crispy. What if, I thought, I did the same with latkes? Get rid of excess moisture and up the starch content for crispiness beyond compare.

I never looked back.

While the recipe is elementary and pantry-friendly, it’s important to start with the right kind of potato. Russets, packed with starch and relatively low in moisture, are ideal.

Once they’re shredded, it is important to drain the potatoes of as much water as possible – more liquid means a mushier latke. I like to wrap my grated potatoes in a cheesecloth bundle and then twist, twist, twist and squeeze, squeeze, squeeze. I drain that excess liquid into a bowl, which I let sit for a bit while I mix in the other ingredients. Once the starch in the drained liquid settles on the bottom, I carefully pour off the liquid and scrape the thick, chalklike layer of starch into the potato mixture. To answer the siren-call of promised crunch, I add an additional tablespoon of potato starch (though cornstarch will do in a pinch) to the mixture.

And then, I fry.

This Hanukkah, we will skip the decadent accoutrements, as they feel wrong

against the backdrop of such a difficult year. We’ll forgo the caviar and the bubbles, and instead keep it simple, with plenty of sour cream and applesauce.

And as we light the menorah candles, we will wish for more light and joy in the upcoming year, looking forward to the time when we can see our loved ones and hug one another.

Latkes

Total time: 50 minutes / 4 - 6 servings These straightforward classic latkes customary for Hanukkah meals have one trick up their sleeve: extra potato starch. Draining the extra liquid out of the shredded potatoes and letting the starch in that liquid settle to the bottom, plus sneaking in more potato starch guarantees the crispiest latkes ever. Applesauce and/or sour cream are traditional accompaniments, but if you’re feeling festive, salmon roe or even caviar (with creme fraiche) are not out of the question.

INGREDIENTS 4 large russet potatoes (about 2 pounds 8 ounces total), peeled 1 small yellow onion (4 to 6 ounces), finely grated 2 large eggs, lightly whisked 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon potato starch (may substitute cornstarch) 1 tablespoon kosher salt, or more to taste Freshly ground black pepper Neutral oil, such as vegetable or canola, for frying Applesauce, for serving (optional) Sour cream or creme fraiche, for serving (optional) Lox, for serving (optional) Salmon roe, for serving (optional) Fresh dill fronds and finely chopped fresh chives, for garnish (optional) DIRECTIONS Position a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 200 degrees. Place a wire rack inside a large, rimmed baking sheet.

Using a food processor fitted with coarse grating attachment, or the large holes of a box grater, grate the potatoes. Transfer to a

large piece of folded cheesecloth set in a medium bowl. Twist into a bundle and gently but firmly squeeze out excess liquid into the bowl. (You may need to do this in batches.)

Empty the potatoes into a large bowl. Let the liquid sit undisturbed while you prepare the latke mixture.

Place a large, heavy skillet, preferably castiron, over medium heat and warm while you mix the latke mixture.

Add the onion, eggs, flour, potato starch, salt and pepper to the potatoes. Gently tilt the bowl with the potato liquid to drain out the water; you should see a white layer of starch at the bottom. Scrape the starch into the bowl with the potatoes and gently mix all the ingredients to combine.

Add enough oil to come 1/4 inch up the sides of the skillet and gently swirl the oil around – when the oil gently ripples across the surface, it is hot enough for frying.

Working in batches, spoon between 1/4 and 1/3 cup potato mixture per latke into the skillet; you should be able to fit 4 to 5 latkes at a time. Fry the latkes until golden brown on the bottom, 2 to 3 minutes per side, then, using a thin metal spatula, gently flip the latkes. (Your first batch might take up to 4 minutes per side, but as the pan gets hotter, the subsequent batches will go faster. When you see the frilly ends of the latke turn golden brown, it’s time to flip.)

Transfer the latkes to the prepared baking sheet; place the sheet in the oven to keep the latkes warm. Repeat with the remaining potato mixture, adding more oil as needed; you may need to adjust the heat with subsequent batches if the latkes start to brown too quickly. As the potato mixture sits, liquid may pool at the bottom of the bowl; be sure to scoop the mixture, draining away any water before adding to the skillet.

Transfer the latkes to a large platter and serve warm, with your choice of accompaniments, such as applesauce, sour cream, lox, salmon roe and/or dill and chives, if desired.

NUTRITION: Calories 291; Total Fat: 8 g; Saturated Fat: 3 g; Cholesterol: 301 mg; Sodium: 685 mg; Carbohydrates: 41 g; Dietary Fiber: 3 g; Sugar: 2 g; Protein: 15 g.

Warm up with this quick butternut squash soup Linda Gassenheimer Tribune News Service

This is comforting, thick, creamy, vegetarian soup that is perfect for this time of year.

It’s also quick to prep and cook using butternut squash already cut into cubes. Cut cubes can be found in the produce section of the market. You can, also, use butternut squash spirals if cubes aren’t available.

I use shallots for the soup.

They are a mild-flavored member of the onion family.

Shallots break down as they cook, making a smoother sauce than their onion cousins.

Gala or honey crisp apples are used. They’re sweet and do not turn brown when cut.

Helpful Hints n White or any sweet onion can be used instead of shallots. n If butternut squash cubes or spirals are not available, peel a whole squash and cut into 1-inch cubes. They may take longer to cook. n 4 crushed garlic cloves

Quick fix can be used instead of bottled minced garlic. n If using other apples, cut them just before adding them to the soup to prevent them from turning brown.

Countdown n Prepare ingredients. n Start soup. n While soup simmers, toast pecans. n Finish soup.

Shopping List To buy: 1 pound butternut squash cubes, 1 jar minced garlic, 1 small piece fresh ginger or 1 bottle ground ginger, 1 bottle ground nutmeg, 1 carton light cream, 2 shallots, 1 gala or honey crisp apple,1 whole grain baguette, 1 small container pecan pieces and 1 container vegetable broth.

Staples: olive oil and salt.

BUTTERNUT SQUASH SOUP

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Butternut squash soup makes for a hearty meal.

2 teaspoons olive oil 2 shallots sliced (about 1⁄2 cup) 2 teaspoons minced garlic 1 tablespoon chopped fresh ginger or 2 teaspoons ground ginger 4 cups butternut squash cubes (about 1 pound) 2 cups vegetable broth

⁄2 cup toasted pecan pieces 2 slices toasted whole grain baguette 1 ⁄2 teaspoon ground nutmeg Salt 2 tablespoons light cream 1 cup diced gala or honey crisp apples Heat oil in a large saucepan over 1

medium-high heat. Add the shallots, garlic, ginger and butternut squash cubes. Saute 5 minutes stirring several times. Add the vegetable broth and bring to a simmer.

Lower heat to medium, cover with a lid and simmer 15 minutes. The squash should be soft. Cook a few more minutes, if needed.

Meanwhile toast the pecans and baguette. When soup is ready, add the nutmeg and salt to taste.

Remove soup to a blender and process until smooth. Divide between two large soup bowls and swirl cream onto the soup. Sprinkle pecans and apples on top and serve with the toasted baguette.

Yield 2 servings.

Per serving: 542 calories (47% from fat), 28.2 g fat (4.5 g saturated, 14.3 g monounsaturated), 10 mg cholesterol, 11.4 g protein, 72.6 g carbohydrates, 11.1 g fiber, 362 mg sodium.

Linda Gassenheimer is the author of over 30 cookbooks, including her newest, “The 12-Week Diabetes Cookbook.”

Listen to Linda on www.WDNA. org and all major podcast sites.

Email her at Linda@DinnerInMinutes.com.

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MAKER, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, as Trustor(s), in favor of NEW CENTURY MORTGAGE CORPORATION as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of sale, that certain property situated in said County, California describing the land therein as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 636 ASBURY LANE, FAIRFIELD, CA 94533 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said Note(s), advances if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee’s Sale is estimated to be $414,296.93 (Estimated). However, prepayment premiums, accrued interest and advances will increase this figure prior to sale. Beneficiary’s bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount. 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First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call 702-659-7766, or visit this internet website www.insourcelogic.com, using the file number assigned to this case CA08000129-20-1 to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase. Date: 12/1/2020 MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps TS No. CA08000129-20-1 17100 Gillette Ave Irvine, CA 92614 Phone:949-252-8300 TDD: 866-660-4288 Tina Godoy, Authorized Signatory SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ONLINE AT www.hudsonandmarshall.com FOR AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: Hudson & Marshall at 800.441.9401 Trustee Corps may be acting as a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained may be used for that purpose.Order Number 73306, Pub Dates: 12/07/2020, 12/14/2020, 12/21/2020, DAILY REPUBLIC DR# 00043647 Published: December 7, 14, 21, 2020

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: GLENNA SUE BARRETT aka GLENNA SUE WHITE Case Number: P050503 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: Glenna Sue Barrett aka Glenna Sue White A Petition for Probate has been filed by: James Glen White in the Superior Court of California, County of: Solano The Petition for Probate requests that: James Glen White be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: DATE: JAN. 04, 2021 TIME: 8:30 a.m.; DEPT.: 4 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SOLANO Hall of Justice 600 Union Avenue Fairfield, CA 94533 If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1)four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for petitioner: Amanda Ewing-Rice (SBN: 309328) Atashi Rang Ewing-Rice Law Firm PC 1255 Treat Blvd. Third Floor Walnut Creek, CA 94597 (415) 398-7275 DR# 00043607 Published: December 4, 7, 11, 2020

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS LOVING HANDS CAREGIVING SERVICES LOCATED AT: 743 Glacier Way, Fairfield CA 94534 Solano Mailing Address: 743 Glacier Way Fairfield CA 94534 (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Marivie Yangco 743 Glacier Way Fairfield, 94534 THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: an Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 10/01/2020.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Marivie Yangco IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION October 25, 2025.

THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE).

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: OCT 26, 2020 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2020001904 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00043390 Published: Nov. 23, 30, Dec. 7, 14, 2020

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Lien Sale Auction Advertisement Notice is hereby given that Pursuant to the California Self-Service Storage Facility Act, (B&P Code 21700 et. seq.), the undersigned will sell at public auction; personal property including but not limited to furniture, clothing, tools, and/or other misc. items Auction to be held at 11am On December 14, 2020 at www.selfstorageauction.com.

The property is stored at: The Storage Guys: 1910 Walters Ct Fairfield, CA 94533 NAME OF TENANT Kristen Bell Kristin Sires Monique Dasilva DR# 00043496 Published: Nov. 30, Dec. 7, 2020

DECEMBER 28, 2020 AUCTION @ 10:00 AM STORAGEMART 2277 WALTERS RD. FAIRFIELD, CA 94533 PHONE:707-429-4177 OPTION 2 GENERAL MANAGER: MADIE AUCTION DATE : 12/28/2020, 10:00 AM ACCORDING TO THE LEASE BY AND BETWEEN THE FOLLOWING: NAME IJANI GILLESPIE KEVEN WILLIAMS REGYNA BRANCHCOMB

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AND TKG-StorageMart and its related parties, assigns and affiliates IN ORDER TO PERFECT THE LIEN ON THE GOODS CONTAINED IN THEIR STORAGE UNITS. THE MANAGER HAS CUT THE LOCK ON THEIR UNITS. Items will be sold or otherwise disposed of on DECEMBER 28TH, 2020 @ 10:00 am at storagetreasures.com , to satisfy owner's lien in accordance with state statutes, all bids are for the entire contents of the storage unit, cash only. StorageMart #2452, 2277 Walters Rd., Fairfield CA. 94533.

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49ers: Game belongs in time capsule From Page B1 always have a chance with Montana as their QB. Against the Saints, Montana, after halftime, directed four touchdown drives of 78 yards or longer, ran for a touchdown, threw for two scores and had 259 of his 285 passing yards.

The comeback was launched, fittingly, by the two players who would combine for The Catch just 13 months and three days later: Montana threw a 48-yard completion to Dwight Clark on the first play of the second half.

“That game was the turning point, I believe, of the franchise,” safety Dwight Hicks said. “. . . We went down 35-7 at halftime and, with Joe Montana, things changed a wee bit.”

However, Joe Cool and Walsh, The Genius, wouldn’t have won without help from a team whose ineptitude also inspired a nickname: The Aints.

It’s been largely lost to history, but the game belongs in a time capsule not only for showcasing greatness in its embryonic stages. It also featured ineptitude at its height.

The 1980 Saints are one of only five teams in NFL history to lose their first 14 games – a feat they accomplished by blowing a four-touchdown lead thanks to a flood of secondhalf miscues – and they are the first to inspire fans to wear bags over their head.

They finished 1-15, allowed the seventh-most points (487) in league history, had three first downs in a 40-7 loss to the Cardinals in Week 5 and arrived at Candlestick two weeks after firing head coach Dick Nolan (the 49ers’ head coach from 1968-75) and replacing him with interim Dick Stanfel.

On Stanfel’s first day in his new role, there was a fist fight in practice between defensive linemen Don

‘That game was the turning point, I believe, of the franchise. . . . We went down 35-7 at halftime and, with Joe Montana, things changed a wee bit.’

— Dwight Hicks, safety

Reese and Derland Moore that resulted in Reese’s season-ending suspension.

About a month before they faced the 49ers, a colorful New Orleans media personality, Buddy Diliberto, wore a bag over his head during his nightly broadcast to honor the winless Saints and pledged to wear it every week until they won.

Many fans joined him and the nation was introduced to the Bagheads when they dotted the Louisiana Superdome for a 27-7 loss to the Rams in Week 12 on Monday Night Football.

Two weeks later, however, the Saints, who did have a competent quarterback in Archie Manning, resembled an entirely different crew at Candlestick.

New Orleans scored three touchdowns before the 49ers managed a first down and the halftime statistics were comically one-sided: The Saints led in first downs (20-2) and total yards (324-21).

On the CBS broadcast, analyst Jim Hill said it was “unbelievable” how a winless team was walloping its opponent.

“They are taking it to (the 49ers) the way people have taken it to them for the past 13 weeks,” Hill said.

What happened? Guard Randy Cross said the 49ers took the Saints too lightly.

“What was the halftime score?” Cross said after the game. “What do you think?

I’ve never seen us so flat.”

Said offensive tackle Ron Singleton: “Looking at their films, they look like they self-destruct every week. We came

out thinking we were just going to line up and do it to them. Offensively, we got surprised. And defensively, they just took us. We got surprised.”

However, the 49ers, who finished 6-10, had issues beyond overconfidence.

Manning threw for 377 yards, then a franchise record, and three touchdowns against a secondary that featured Hicks and a host of forgotten players. The group would inspire the 49ers to use three of their first four draft picks in 1981 on defensive backs – Ronnie Lott, Eric Wright and Carlton Williamson.

They would become known as Dwight Hicks and The Hot Licks. In 1980 against the Saints, however, it was Dwight Hicks and The Who’s He’s: His teammates included Charles Cornelius, Charles Johnson and Gerard Williams.

“We had a revolving door,” Hicks said. “I mean, every week there was somebody new in the secondary.”

The secondary didn’t change in the second half, but the Saints did.

That is, they reverted to their 0-13 form.

It’s true the biggest comeback in regular-season history had plenty to do with Montana, Clark (six catches, 155 yards, TD) and running back Lenvil Elliott, who had 111 of his career-high 125 rushing yards after halftime.

But the Saints were outscored 31-0 in the final two quarters and overtime because, on cue, they self-destructed.

Tight end Henry Childs

had a 30-yard, thirdquarter catch on which he lost a fumble at the 49ers’ 13-yard line. On their next drive, running back Jimmy Rogers lost a fumble at the 49ers’ 19.

On their next drive, they faced a 4th-and-4 at the 49ers’ 28-yard line and Stanfel, whose offense gained a franchise-record 519 yards, called for a punt that bounced into the end zone for a touchback.

The key play in overtime? It wasn’t a pass

by Montana or a run by Elliott, but a personal-foul penalty against the Saints.

Rookie defensive tackle Steve Parker drilled Elliott out of bounds after a 1-yard run on 3rd-and-9 from the 49ers’ 38-yard line to extend the drive that ended with Ray Wersching’s 36-yard field goal.

CBS cameras twice captured Stanfel smoking a cigarette on the sideline, a bad habit possibly exacerbated by the bad team he was overseeing.

“Once you get into that losing syndrome,” Singleton said of the Saints’ meltdown after the game, “you start doing that.”

And Montana and the 49ers would do more of the same in the decade that followed. They won four Super Bowls over the next 10 seasons, games in which Montana threw 11 touchdowns and no interceptions.

Forty years ago, though, no one fully appreciated what had happened after the unexpectedly historic game in a halffilled stadium.

Saints safety Tom Myers said the loss was more galling than a 1979 defeat in which New Orleans blew a 21-point lead to the Raiders, who won the Super Bowl after the 1980 season.

“It was worse,” Myers explained, “because that wasn’t (quarterback) Kenny Stabler the Oakland and Raiders out there.”

Mullen jumped a pass route from Darnold to Perriman for an interception that set up the Raiders’ lead score, a 38-yard touchdown from Carr to Waller.

It put the Raiders up 17-13 with 1:12 left in the half. Waller, who last had a 100-yard receiving game in Week 2, had eight catches for 123 yards in the half. The score came on a simple hitch play where Waller spun out of a tackle and ran down the right sideline for the score.

Ferrell’s strip sack: Defensive end Clelin Ferrell had a strip sack of Darnold which was recovered by Johnathan Hankins at the Jets’ 31-yard line. The Raiders gained exactly one yard before Carlson kicked a 48-yard field goal to make it 13-10 with 6:07 left in the half.

Two’s a Crowder:

NFL scores Sunday’s Games Cleveland 41, Tennessee 35 Las Vegas 31, N.Y. Jets 28 Minnesota 27, Jacksonville 24 Miami 19, Cincinnati 7 Indianapolis 26, Houston 20 Detroit 34, Chicago 30 New Orleans 21, Atlanta 16 N.Y. Giants 17, Seattle 12 L.A. Rams 38, Arizona 28 New England 45, L.A. Chargers 0 Green Bay 30, Philadelphia 16 Kansas City 22, Denver 16 Monday’s Games Buffalo vs. SAN FRANCISCO, at Arizona, 5:15 p.m.

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Tuesday’s Game Dallas at Baltimore, 5:05 p.m.

Byes — Tampa Bay, Carolina

The Jets countered the Raiders’ first score with a 69-yard, seven-play drive with Darnold hitting Crowder for six yards and the touchdown with 12:02 left in the half.

Josh Adams gashed the Raiders defense with a 25-yard run on the drive, with Erik Harris missing a tackle. Sergio Castillo missed the extra point for the Jets.

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came on a 3-yard scoring pass to Crowder. Darnold had completions of 22 yards to Breshad Perriman and 17 yards to Denzel Mims.

The Raiders first offensive possession resulted in an interception when a high Carr pass glanced off the hands of Ruggs and went directly to Arthur Maulet. Maulet ran the interception back 20 yards but the Raiders’ defense forced a three-and-out.

Mariota suits up: Marcus Mariota, signed in the off-season to a twoyear contract that pays him $7.5 million in salary and counts $9 million against the salary cap, was active for the first time in front of Nathan Peterman as Carr’s backup.

Mariota has been inactive as the No. 3 quarterback for the past five games after coming off injured reserve following a pectoral injury.

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Basketball College men •Northern Arizona at Arizona, PAC12, 6 p.m.

College women •Florida Atlantic at Florida, SEC, 5 p.m.

Football NFL •Washington at Pittsburgh, Chs. 2, 40 (KTXL), 2 p.m.

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Hockey College •Wisconsin at Michigan State, BIG TEN, 3 p.m.

•Minnesota at Michigan, BIG TEN, 5:30 p.m.

Soccer •UEFA Champions League, The Golazo Show, CBSSN, 11:54 a.m.

•Copa Libertadores, quarterfinals, first leg, Club Libertad vs. Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, BEIN, 4:30 p.m.

•Copa Sudamericana, quarterfinals, first leg, Vélez vs.

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things a little easier,” Paschall said.

Roles are not set on the Warriors’ roster, but Paschall’s next adjustments are likely to be finding ways to contribute in fewer minutes than the 27.6 he averaged last year, and figuring out how to play alongside similarly built Draymond Green.

“It’s not like I’ve never been in this role,” Paschall said. “I feel Villanova prepared me for any role possible. I’ve been the star, and I’ve just been a major piece of the team where I don’t get the ball as much. Whatever it is, mentally, I’m

ready to take on whatever role is given to me.”

Paschall was notified of his All-Rookie honor as he played in a Madden video game tournament on Zoom. That didn’t stop childhood friend and Utah star Donovan Mitchell from calling and screaming.

Paschall also talked to his father and texted with Green later that day.

“That’s my guy,” Paschall said of Green.

“Whatever he wants me to do, I’ll do it. He knows he can get on me, and I won’t take it personally. I know how competitive he is, so I think that playing with him would be great.”

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with a foot injury on the play preceding the touchdown and was replaced by Amik Robertson.

Waller world: The Raiders tied the score 7-7 in the final moments of the first quarter on Carr’s 9-yard touchdown.

The Jets were mystified in how to defend Waller at that point, as he caught seven passes for 79 yards in the quarter.

The scoring drive covered 79 yards in seven plays, and also included a 28-yard pass to Ruggs, who had the ball glance off his hands for an interception on the Raiders’ opening possession.

Ugly start: The Raiders lost cornerback Damon Arnette following a head-on collision on the first play, then proceeded to give up a 74-yard, 12-play drive for a touchdown.

Darnold was 4 of 6 for 53 yards and the payoff

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