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Bill averts government shutdown, restores unemployment benefits Tribune Content Agency WASHINGTON — Under intense bipartisan pressure, President Donald Trump on Sunday signed a sweeping coronavirus relief and spending bill – the denouement of a dayslong drama over whether he would allow millions of Americans to endure a devastating cut to unemployment benefits and force a chaotic shutdown of the
federal government in the final weeks of his administration. The retreat came as converging crises of Covid19, economic suffering, the looming government shutdown and the president’s ongoing fight to overturn the election drew expressions of alarm Sunday from lawmakers. One Republican senator voiced worry earlier in the day that the president could leave a legacy of “chaos, misery
and erratic behavior” if he failed to sign the measure. In a White House statement announcing his action, Trump said it was his “responsibility to protect the people of our country from the economic devastation and hardship that was caused by” the coronavirus. He clearly signed the bill grudgingly, saying he would send a “redlined” version to Congress seeking the removal of such spending from
the legislation. Trump had spent the day golfing at his resort in Florida and lashing out at members of his own party even as millions of people lost unemployment benefits because the president had, so far, refused to sign a bipartisan coronavirus relief and spending bill that Congress passed last week by overwhelming majorities. Trump delegated negotiations to his Treasury secretary, who earlier
Suspended road tests give teens easier route to driver’s licenses Stateline.org Teens across the country waiting anxiously to get their driver’s licenses were disappointed when most state motor vehicle depa r t ments suspended road testing for weeks – and sometimes for months – after the Covid-19 pandemic struck in March. While many states have since returned to road testing, several others have opted to waive that requirement and allow teens to get their license anyway, at least for a time. That’s only fair, state officials say. The teens typically have completed many hours of classroom instruction and supervised driving time. They need a license to get to jobs and help their families by running errands. In some states, new drivers ages 18 and over also can get waivers. The biggest impact, though, is on teenagers, since among new drivers, they take most of the road tests. But road test waivers and suspensions have alarmed some highway safety organizations, because teens – inexperienced behind the
wheel – have the highest crash rates of any age group. Teens’ driving abilities should be assessed by an impartial examiner take off on their own, safety advocates say. “At a moment of national crisis like this, safety can’t take a back seat,” Maureen Vogel, spokesperson for the National Safety Council, an Itasca, Illinois-based organization focused on eliminating preventable deaths, said in an interview with Stateline. “We understand the states’ intentions were good. A lot of this was driven by trying to find solutions to the pandemic. But we feel that for safety’s sake, when it comes to our most vulnerable and crash-prone drivers, removing any guardrails around their licensure is ill-advised.” The issue of waiving or suspending road tests for young people during the pandemic has been fraught with controversy in some states. In Georgia, Republican Gov. Brian Kemp issued an executive order in April that allowed most people applying for a regular driver’s license to See Road, Page A8
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than 332,000 Americans, said on CNN’s “State of the Union” that the president “should have weighed in eight months ago” if he wanted bigger stimulus checks included in the relief measure he was now excoriating. “Sign the bill – get it done,” the governor urged. Trump had ignored such appeals, remaining singularly focused See Trump, Page A8
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VALLEJO — Six Flags Discovery Kingdom has welcomed two walruses, Pakak and UqUq, to its collection animals in the park’s care. Pakak (pronounced “puckuck”), a male walrus, comes to the park from the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington. UqUq (pronounced “uk-uk”), a female walrus, returns to Six Flags Discovery Kingdom after finding a temporary home at SeaWorld San Diego.
“It is a true Christmas miracle to have UqUq home and Pakak join our family,” said Animal Care Director Dianne Cameron in a press release. “With only 14 walruses in the United States, we understand the privilege of being able to share these magnificent animals with our guests.” Pakak was stranded and rescued at approximately a month old in 2012 by local fishermen after he was found tangled in some nets near Barrow, Alaska. The walrus calf was cared for at the Indianapolis Zoo in Indianapo-
lis, Indiana, after a few months of rehabilitation before moving to the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in 2019 in order to be reunited with another young male walrus that was rescued around the same time. Pakak’s continued maturation and growth presented the opportunity to bring the more than 1,700-pound walrus to Six Flags Discovery Kingdom to be paired with UqUq. UqUq was orphaned as a calf in 1994 near Gambell, Alaska, when she was just a few months old. See Walruses, Page A8
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told lawmakers the president intended to sign it. “I just gave up guessing” what the president might do next, Maryland’s Republican Gov. Larry Hogan said on ABC’s “This Week” as bipartisan calls, led by Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, mounted for presidential action on the bill. who has Hogan, been cr it ical of Trump’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has killed more
Current and former U.S. health officials took to the airwaves Sunday to warn Americans of a potential jump in Covid-19 cases after the holidays. “A surge upon a surge” may be on the way after the Christmas and New Year’s period, Anthony Fauci, the government’s top infectious-disease doctor, warned on CNN’s
“State of the Union.” Former U.S. Food and Drug Administration chief Scott Gottlieb said on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that “we have a grim month ahead of us” after a recent increase in cases, with hospitalizations rising on a lag of a few weeks. The comments came as the number of confirmed cases in the U.S. approach 19 million and deaths are more than
332,000. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases warned that the U.S. is at a “very critical point” in combating the pandemic after many Americans ignored guidance to avoid travel. Flying has picked up recently while remaining well below year-ago levels. Figures from the Transportation Security Administration show more than 1 million
people moved through U.S. airport checkpoints on five of the past nine days heading into and through the holidays. Admiral Brett Giroir, a member of the White House coronavirus task force, said the risks entailed by traveling depend mostly on what people do once they get to their destinations, as actually being in an airplane is typically safe. See Surge, Page A8
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rowing up, Christup with, but I did want mas was about to share some of the getting stuff – just gifts that I conjured up bein’ real. But at this with the help of Google. point in my life, stuff Beth: OK, before you doesn’t mean a whole lot. start on what an enorMy needs and way too mous cheapskate I am many of my wants are for not at the very least met. Christmas is all buying my wife, whom about togetherness Tony Wade I live with, actual presand connection. The last laugh ents, first, I live with Unfortunately in my Chiweenie Chunky 2020, those two things are anti- Tiberius Wade and I didn’t get thetical to protecting your him anything, either! Second, health. Thus the annual Wade I actually did get her real gifts Family Gag Gift Christmas this but that’s nunyabidniss. year was virtual. Now, Beth’s all-time favorI was perplexed about how ite movie is “The Princess to make it happen because Bride,” so subsequently gifts there was no freakin’ way I related to that classic film are was about to spend more to what she will get until the end ship my crappy gag gifts to of time. So her JPEGs conmy brothers than the crappy sisted of a Vizzini coffee mug gag gifts cost themselves. So with the faces of Plato, AristoI kinda half-joked about us tle and Socrates with the word just meeting on Zoom and “MORON” stamped over them, screen sharing virtual gifts as Funko Pops of Inigo Montoya JPEGs and videos a few weeks and the Dread Pirate Roberts ago, and that is kinda what’s and a T-shirt with a pic of the gonna happen. priest that says, “Qwawantine I used future tense because is Wot Keeps Us Fwom Being I’m writing this on Christmas Together Today.” Eve. I have no idea how the Kelvin: My brother Kelvin actual day will go (or went) and what stuff my family may come loves hippos and so I made
sure to get some QHM (Quality Hippo Merchandise): JPEGs of hippo slippers and a blanket that says “Just a Girl That Loves Hippos.” I also got him a video clip of horrible singers from the movie “Up the Academy” and the orange Hot Wheels tracks that we loved to use when racing our cars, but hated when our dad used them to give us (well-deserved) whuppings when he couldn’t find The Dreaded Belt (that we’d hid). Oh, and what holiday would be complete without some R2D2 yoga pants? Scott: My youngest brother only recently developed a taste for vegetables when he started Bright Line Eating a year ago – partly because when he was a baby I would feed him the Gerber smooshed vegetables and eat the tasty fruit ones myself. I made it up to him with vintage JPEGs of peach and other flavors. Juer: My oldest brother Orvis, who we call Juer, is always late so I got him a JPEG of a children’s book called “How to Tell Time.” I threw in a few things from his childhood
that he loved, like minibikes and a Sad Sack comic book, and topped it off with a video of action figures from the TV program “CHiPs” as he loved police shows and later retired from the actual CHP. In addition to other stuff, I got all my brothers’ significant others (Cathi, Michelle and Patty) a book called “How to Get Along With Difficult People.” No reason. Now, I also got a gift for the whole family. It’s a personalized celebrity video message from the online service Cameo. They have lists of famous folks with prices and you can purchase a personalized video clip from them. I searched the site for a celebrity that most of us would know, but most importantly, that would be cheap (do you see a theme here?). Floyd Meriweather for $999? Uh, no. The Wu-Tang Clan for $360? Not gonna happen. Barry Williams – Greg on “The Brady Bunch” – for $140? Circling the landing strip, but no. Butch Patrick – Eddie on “The Mun-
California State campuses with most Covid-19 cases like to party October, small outdoor parties were allowed in Fresno, but when the county slid back into the purple tier under Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy, parties were also taken off the list of acceptable activities. California’s Now, stricter regional stay-athome order prohibits any gatherings with people outside of the household.
Tribune Content Agency The California State University campuses with the most reported cases of Covid-19 have something else in common – they also regularly top the lists of best party schools in the state. San Diego State, Cal Poly, and Chico State are suffering some of the worst coronavirus outbreaks among the 23 CSU schools. Around the U.S., college towns have been some of the hardest hit as students in other states returned to campus, only to be sent home weeks later after an outbreak. Parties and gatherings are bearing most of the blame. As of Dec. 16, there have been 1,998 Covid-19 cases reported at San Diego State, 884 at Cal Poly, and 244 at Chico State. Cases at San Diego State skyrocketed after the semester began in August. The school has tried to stifle the outbreak by issuing cease-and-desist orders for parties and canceling spring break, according to NBC 7 San Diego. A large population of Cal Poly students who live on campus have tested positive or have been in quarantine since the semester started, according to The Tribune. The outbreak is tied to sororities and dorm residents holding gatherings. For a brief time in
Is Fresno State partying? In Fresno County, residents ages 20-29 make up the largest population of those infected by Covid-19, according to health department data. That comes to about 9,600 since the pandemic began. The average age of college students also fits into that demographic. The CSU has kept nearly all its courses online through the spring 2021 semester, but that hasn’t stopped parties, according to some Fresno State students. Student Maleena Khamthong said she hasn’t gone to a party since the pandemic started but said she sees social media posts with people partying. “There have been multiple frat and sorority gatherings that aren’t safe and shouldn’t be happening,” she said. “As much as seeing friends would
be nice, it’s not safe and doesn’t help anything.” She said she’s seen “lots of people posting themselves partying on Snapchat and even going to secret raves in Hanford.” Before the fall 2020 semester, Fresno State reported 17 cases of Covid-19 within its diminished on-campus population. As of Monday, which began finals week, there had been a total of 88 cases since the pandemic started. But that may not tell the whole story, as Fresno State only reports positive cases from people who were on campus while they were infected, according to the university. Most of the campus was taking online-only courses, and many employees are working from home.
Tracking Covid-19 at state colleges It’s been tough to track the coronavirus at colleges, as most cases must be self-reported or come in through different testing sites. How campuses report out the information also varies, according to Toni Molle, a spokesperson with the California State University Chancellor’s Office. At Cal Poly, university employees are not counted in the data. But San Diego State is track-
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ing Covid-19 numbers for all of its population, whether they have stepped foot on campus during the pandemic or not. Fresno State tracks all students, employees, and contractors who have been on campus and have tested positive. The jump in cases recently coincides with what the county is seeing, said Fresno State spokesperson Lisa Boyles Bell.
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sters” – for $60? Oh, we are really close now. Finally I whittled it down to Marla Gibbs, who played Florence on “The Jeffersons,” for $50; Kim Fields from “The Facts of Life” and “Living Single” for $50; or Larry Wilcox – Jon on “ChiPs” – for $40. I was leaning toward Marla Gibbs, but I let a week go by and when I came back, both she and Kim Fields were $99. Larry Wilcox for the win! I sent in my request and he recorded it two days later and it was great. He wished us all happy holidays, included a dig about Orvis always being late as I asked him to and informed us that a portion of the funds from his Cameos go to kids who don’t get a Christmas. It was perfect . . . and cheap! Oh, and as an added bonus he kinda mispronounced Orvis’ name as “Orifice.” You can view it here at bit.ly/WADECAMEO. Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! Reach Fairfield writer Tony Wade at toeknee weighed@gmail.com.
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Bartender receives national attention for noting ‘hypocrisy’ of state virus closures The Washington Post She moved to Los Angeles to become – what else? – an actor. Then dabbled in real estate. Studied to become a dental tech. But Angela Marsden has spent her life in restaurants since she was a teenager in Fort Wayne, Ind., serving coffee at Bob’s Big Boy and working the drive-through at Dairy Queen. “I kept chasing the dreams for this and that, when I was happiest working restaurants,” says Marsden, 48. This and that fell by the wayside. Working restaurants became her everything. Ten years ago, she purchased Pineapple Hill Saloon & Grill in a Sherman Oaks strip mall with a silent partner. It has been there on Van Nuys Boulevard since 1978, an epoch for a restaurant. The joint is known for its wings, Reubens, bottomless mimosas and 26 beers on tap – lots of craft brews, but the top sellers are Coors Light and Bud Light. “It feels like a bar from the Midwest. There are not that many left in L.A.,” Marsden says on the phone from the place she refers to as “the pub.” It’s a major Valley hangout for Vikings fans to cheer games. Besides, she says, “I don’t like trendy places.” Now, in a matter of days, Marsden has become an accidental spokeswoman for her pandemic-ravaged industry, after she railed in a searing video about the inequity and arbitrariness of civic ordinances costing restaurants thousands of dollars when they cannot pay their bills. The video, a little more than two minutes long, went viral Dec. 4. Just as swiftly, Marsden became a symbol and a talking point for conservative, small-government Republicans who are incensed by pandemic restrictions imposed by Democrats. She has become a darling of Fox News, while some people have wished she would die and that her staff would get covid-19, the illness that can be caused by the novel coronavirus. The small-restaurant owner simply wants the pandemic and its economic ramifications to rise above partisanship. “I’m losing everything,” a masked Marsden says in the video, near tears. “We cannot survive. My staff cannot survive.” After coronavirus cases spiked in Los Angeles, restaurant owners such as Marsden were ordered to shut down outdoor seating before Thanksgiving, yet catering services for the production of the NBC series “Good Girls” were permitted a few feet away in the same parking lot. They look virtually the same, except the production’s dining area is substantially larger.
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Angela Marsden owns Pineapple Hill Saloon & Grill in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles. “Tell me that this is dangerous,” she says incredulously, gesturing to the two spaces. “But right next to me, as a slap in my face, that’s safe.” She calls out two Democrats, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and California Gov. Gavin Newsom, whose state is the latest coronavirus epicenter. The governor ruled that movie and television productions are essential businesses and are exempt from the latest stay-home order. Marsden also helped organize a protest outside the home of Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, another Democrat. This is California, after all, where Democrats control pretty much everything. “My heart goes out to Ms. Marsden and the workers at the Pineapple Hill Saloon who have to comply with state and county public health restrictions that close outdoor dining,” Garcetti said in a public statement. A few days before Marsden’s video, he ordered $800 one-time payments for 4,000 out-of-work restaurant workers. The governor’s press office aid in an email that catering on a production is “for the closed universe of people working on the set. . . . It is not open to the general public – so these supportive services for film crews are not encouraging mixing of households that are not already interacting.” Marsden says she is not political by nature, which is reflected in her social media posts, and she declined to share her party affiliation. “This is not political. This is just a true statement of fact,” Marsden says of her appeals. But politics has infected almost everything. The entertainment industry is viewed as powerful and notoriously liberal by conservatives. Here was
a story of a Valley David, a bar owner, indirectly calling out a Goliath, NBC, which includes leftleaning MSNBC. Donald Trump Jr. was among the first people to retweet the video. (He happens to date Newsom’s ex-wife, Kimberly Guilfoyle.) In a speech on the House floor – railing against Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. – Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, invoked Marsden’s name. “Everyone should have to watch that video,” he says, noting that “she represents millions of Americans suffering.” Video of Crenshaw’s speech was posted by Dinesh D’Souza and viewed almost 1 million times. The Wall Street Journal’s Daniel Henninger cited Marsden as a representative of “the new covid resistance” against Democrats. She has been embraced by conservative talk-show host Howie Carr and podcaster Dave Rubin, the latter appearing at her protest outside Kuehl’s home. All in a matter of days. The same day her video went viral, Marsden launched a GoFundMe page, which has raised more than $200,000 from more than 4,000 individuals. Many donations are noted with emphatic political messaging. “I hate tyranny and the elite leftist,” wrote one donor. “It’s clear that CA Democratic politicians are beholden to lobbyists not the working man or woman. It’s shameful! It’s time to remove them from office,” noted another. Marsden has appeared on Fox News, with Lou Dobbs, Neil Cavuto, “Fox & Friends Weekend” and Sean Hannity, who has promoted her GoFundMe plea. Fox also did a report calling out NBC for not mentioning that the catering tents in her video were for the network’s “Good Girls.”
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VACAVILLE — The Vacaville Museum Guild is offering a sweet start to the new year. Tickets go on sale Friday for the opportunity to win a Dessert of the Month, with each dessert prepared by a Guild member. The winner will be chosen Feb. 3. The year of desserts will run through January 2022. It will be coordinated with the winner, then personally and safely
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Government meetings return in January There will be no government meetings this week due to the New Year’s Day holiday. Meetings will resume the next week.
She has been most pointed in her criticism of Newsom. In interviews, Marsden has criticizing him for dining at the tony Napa Valley French Laundry in a partially enclosed space in November. “His winery has been open the entire time. His winery has not closed one day,” Marsden told The Washington Post. Wineries have been designated an essential business in California, and a spokesperson for Newsom’s says it has complied with guidelines. Marsden says her aim is not to pick political sides: “I’ve also appeared on MSNBC.” She has done local, national and international interviews, speaking
with anyone who asks. One of her bartenders, Liz McCracken, has been deputized as her scheduler and publicist. She set up the interview with The Post by calling a journalist “Babe.” Another bartender handles videos and social media. A third, an aspiring makeup artist, does Marsden’s glam for interviews. Marsden is behind on her bar’s $10,000 monthly rent. Her monthly payroll was about$25,000 when she could afford to employ 15 people. She took out a disaster relief loan, spending roughly $60,000 to comply with coronavirus protocols, installing plexiglass partitions and erecting outdoor space,
all while serving far fewer customers. “I’ve done everything they asked me to do,” she says. “I wanted to be known as someone who did everything to keep their clients and staff safe.” Savings? “This place is my retirement.” There was a brief period in June when coronavirus cases dropped, the weather behaved and Pineapple Hill went from hemorrhaging $35,000 a month to losing only $12,000. Then the heat wave hit. Now that outdoor dining has been shuttered until virus cases drop, Marsden has reverted to takeout only. It’s hard to make the monthly nut on Reubens and wings. Marsden is the sort of person who shares her history of heartache with a stranger and cries easily, especially when talking about Pineapple Hill. “This is about people. I don’t care if they’re Republican or Democrat. They have to start working for our people,” she says. “We are having a humanitarian crisis right before our eyes.” Again, sobbing. She does not know when she can reopen. She does not understand why television and movies, backed by rich corporations, can serve food outdoors while Pineapple Hill, following every order, cannot. All this, and the rainy months of January and February, may make a return to outdoor dining a challenge. “They’re killing us. I can’t take the hypocrisy anymore. Let’s get this fighting and bickering over,” Marsden says. “Know what? I am not doing OK.”
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arbon is essential to all 105% since 2015 while the life on Earth. It is part U.S. decreased 12%. The new of the fats and carbohygoal stated by most of the drates of our foods and countries is zero emissions. the DNA, carbohydrates, fats How to achieve this is not and proteins of our bodies. stated. The participants are Carbon dioxide (CO2) is in not on target for the 2-degree the air we breathe. Plants Celsius goal for this century. absorb CO2 from the atmoGlobally, in 2015, there were sphere and as part of their 50 billion tons of emissions Diane life cycle emit oxygen. in 2019 emissions had Curtis-Page and There were heating and increased to 55 billion tons. cooling cycles on Earth long There is a wealth of before the use of fossil fuels. Propoinformation available about this nents of the Paris Climate Agreement online with many details available support controversial findings tying under the Green Climate Fund and CO2 levels to historic climate Climate Action Tracker websites. changes. There are currently 159 projects The United Nations Framework scheduled to adapt or mitigate energy Convention on Climate Change, in use. One of the largest is in Shandong 2015, reached the Paris Climate Province, China. Agreement. The purpose of this The focus, however, is on the least agreement is to combat climate developed countries, small island change (i.e. CO2 increase). It aims to developing states and African states. accelerate and intensify the actions Wealthy signers are expected to give and investments needed for a money to poor countries. This is a sustainable, low-carbon future. substantial plan to redistribute some Billed as an international conof the wealth of richer nations. The sciousness enhancement program, U.S. gave $2 billion under the Obama the agreement aims to strengthen administration. China, the worst global response to CO2 build-up by polluter among all nations, has given keeping the global temperature rise nothing and does not think it will be in this century below 2 degrees able to until around 2030. Celsius above preindustrial levels, Those in favor of the agreement mostly by eliminating the use of see it as a promise to save the future, fossil fuels. creating a balance between develAs of November, 188 countries and oped and developing countries, the EU, representing about 79% of contributing to sustainable jobs and global greenhouse gas emissions, substituting for the conscience of have ratified or acceded to the countries or the lack thereof. These agreement, including China and are all lofty goals that yield a quesIndia, the two worst polluters. tionable probability of success. There China’s CO2 emission has are no fixed guidelines nor discernincreased 50% and India increased ible goals for countries to follow, nor
is there any enforcement mechanism. Those not in favor of the agreement see it as unrealistic, impossible to enforce, with different rules for different countries, expensive, destructive to current manufacturing and industry, costing jobs, and unbalanced in that the worst polluters do not need to follow through. It also requires a huge self-governing bureaucracy to develop and implement projects and another one to account for the money both coming in and going out. I started collecting money for UNICEF in 1962 and I tracked every penny. Billions of dollars have gone from the UN to Africa since then and I have not found an accounting for it. The accord calls for large investments all over the world. Whatever you may think about climate change, the Paris Agreement, with perhaps good intentions, seems to be a way for a lot of people to get a piece of a very big pie without having accountability for the end result. President-elect Joe Biden’s plan to re-enter the U.S. in the agreement is of limited controversial benefit, based on questionable science, and very expensive. Diane Curtis-Page, research scientist and corporate executive, moved to California from upstate New York after an early retirement. She is past president of the Upper Napa Valley Republican Women Federated and active at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Napa. She can be reached at dianepage213@gmail.com.
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hen the stay-at-home their homework. order went into effect, She still provides incenschoolteacher Andrea tives. For instance, she Rivera scrambled to recently made a deal with her transition her third-grade brother: if he gets straight A’s class material into a virtual this quarter, she will get him format. Not only was online the much sought-after learning affecting her stuNintendo Switch. Other ways dents but as an older sibling, it older siblings help include was affecting her 14-year-old Vanessa Delgado working with their parents to sister and 20-year-old brother. choose a school, promoting Andrea helped her younger reading comprehension and working siblings by creating email and Zoom with their siblings to create postaccounts, sharing her laptop so they secondary plans. could review weekly lectures, Helping out is not always easy. walking them through homework Many younger siblings do not want or assignments, and translating conver- care to receive any help. Miguel sations between her sister’s teacher Orozco shared his tumultuous and their mom. Even before the novel journey to higher education. As a coronavirus pandemic, Andrea had first-generation college student, he always gone the extra mile to support struggled with feelings of imposter her siblings. syndrome and felt that college may Latino/a immigrant parents are not be for him. He considered strong advocates in their children’s dropping out until a professor in the education; however, their limited sociology department persuaded English language skills and unfamil- him to stay. iarity with the U.S. educational The professor became a close system can create barriers in helping mentor of Miguel and with his help their children. In some cases, parents he was able to graduate with honors struggle to help when their children’s and enroll in a master’s program at a education surpasses that of their nearby college. Miguel encourages own. Parents and older siblings work his younger brother to go to college, together to support the academic promising that he will be a supportachievement of younger kin through ive mentor throughout the process. encouragement and tangible However, according to Miguel, his resources. brother is not very receptive: “I try to In the context of education, one of help, but he doesn’t listen to me. I tell the main ways older siblings provide him my experience and what I had to support is assisting with homework go through. I don’t want him to be assignments. When I first met worse off than me.” While well-intenAndrea in 2018, she shared that she tioned, the reality is that not all routinely checked her siblings’ younger siblings were interested in homework to ensure it was completed pursuing higher education or wanted correctly and in its entirety. When to listen to the unsolicited advice. her siblings were little, she provided The support older siblings provide incentives such as purchasing them to their younger kin is exemplary of ice cream to encourage them to finish how Latino/a immigrant families
work together to navigate inequities in our schooling system. Helping comes from a place of love and protection as the older siblings seek to place their younger brothers or sisters on a path of upward mobility. And, at times, helping out can be frustrating and hurtful when the support is rejected. As we continue with online learning into the foreseeable future, older siblings will be forced to step up to supplement their siblings’ education at home, which can include purchasing or sharing their laptops, decoding unclear homework assignments, creating or re-working educational plans, translating on behalf of parents with school personnel, supplementing inaccessible course material and footing the bill for stronger, more reliable internet access. Schools and educators can provide some relief to older siblings by providing equitable educational opportunities for their most vulnerable students including items such as laptops, reliable internet hot spots, translators during parent-teacher meetings, and exercising compassion when youth have a hard time completing their schoolwork. Schools can also implement accessible tutoring options for students who may not be able to receive help at home. This will help older siblings not have to step in all the time. Vanessa Delgado is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine, vdelgad1@uci.edu. Her research explores the ways Latino/a children of immigrants help their parents and family members navigate everyday life in the U.S.
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My parents don’t like my boyfriend, make comments to my children Dear Annie: I am responses (or lack a highly successthereof) as meaning ful professional single that my children are mother in my mid-40s. against the situation. My ex-husband and I In reality, my kids divorced 10 years ago, just want my parents and we have two wonto quit placing them derful children. I am in the middle of their happily dating a colbeef with me. league, and all of my I don’t wish to cut Annie Lane friends and some of my my parents out of my Dear Annie family are happy for life or the lives of my me and like my boyfriend. The children, but I am at my wits’ problem is my parents, who live end with them. I have tried to about half an hour away from politely explain to my parents me and come by my home to that we are just going to have see my children two to three to agree to disagree, but they times each week. won’t stop the daily barrage of They have made it clear that criticism. Short of cutting off they hate him, despite having contact, what do I do? — Exasperated in Alabama only been around him twice Dear Exasperated in for very brief periods of time. Alabama: You have every right They refuse to accept anyone and have even made comments to be at your wits’ end. Criticizing your choice of partner is not to my teenage children about what a mistake they think I am helpful to you, your children, your boyfriend or your parents. making. For the record, my Sit your parents down again children have told me repeatedly that they are happy with privately and ask them to stop the situation and wish my their criticism. Tell them how parents would leave them it makes you feel when they put alone. Their primary objections down your choice. are that he is also divorced and Assuming your boyfriend that we work together. makes you and your children happy, and it sounds as I think my father likes to if he does, then your parents believe that he is the man in must accept him. As far as charge and is not willing to your father wanting to be the accept another man in my life. only man in charge of your My children just shrug their life, remind him that you are shoulders and say nothing the only person in charge of when my parents say things to your life now. Your father them because it makes them looked after you and profeel awkward and like they are tected you for many years. being placed in the middle. In the future, you’re looking My parents take my children’s
Horoscopes ARIES (March 21-April 19). While it’s wise to give your energy to those who can best appreciate it, to give it where it is most needed and will never be returned is sublime. You’ll surpass your own ego for the sake of doing what is right. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’ll be in a position to give feedback. Less will be more. Give 10 excellent points, and you’ll get polite nods but nothing will be remembered. Express one big takeaway and improvements follow. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You will have all of the success you are prepared for, which is, of course, the perfect amount. How does this make you feel? It’s the perfect time to work on your fear of success, which is more prominent in you than a fear of failure. CANCER (June 22-July 22). Love, in its most thrilling form, is extremely unreasonable. When you’re feeling the fervor, it’s hard to leave the other person alone. Though you’ll like how it turns out when you leave plenty of space for longing. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). There are days you plan to seize, days you were told to seize, days that seem ripe for the seizing. Then there are days you were born to seize, or perhaps the day was born to seize you.
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forward to caring for him in his advanced years. The only way that will happen is if there is mutual respect now. Dear Annie: Your request to hear from readers on how we will “distance celebrate” the upcoming holidays caught my attention. We have been a military family for the past 25 years, so live family gatherings have been rare and intensely cherished. I’ve been a prolific letter writer, including notes and cards, all my life. There is truly something to be said about a thoughtful, handwritten letter. I plan on doing that very thing during the pandemic, and I’ll be sending notes to my sons, their families and grandkids. In addition to heartfelt words, spend a little time sorting through your photos. Print some out, and slip a few hard copy photos into the envelope. These tangible reminders of fun days from the past will bring instant joy and laughter, fond memories and lifted spirits. It works every time. May you have a blessed and safe holiday season. — Still Love a Handwritten Note Dear Handwritten Note: Love your positive approach to life and to challenging situations. And you are right about the power of a handwritten note. Thank you! Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@ creators.com.
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Today’s birthday You’ve the daring to take on projects you wouldn’t have considered before. Oh, the rewards you’ll reap! A rocket ride of an education to a new realm of opportunity, and you’ll stick the landing. New connections and the money starts rolling in. Reinvest in May. Summer plans realize your creative potential. Pisces and Cancer adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 10, 4, 44, 38 and 41.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Every silence has its own soundless tone. There’s someone whose silences you have come to learn so well that their tones bounce inaudibly in the echo chamber of your heart, nonetheless vibrating with meaning. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You will not be sure what is stopping you until you ask yourself the good questions, which are not tricky in the least. In fact, the most excellent question is so obvious you missed it: “What’s stopping me?” SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You have a drive to elevate the mundane. You’re not trying
to push ordinary things out of their place in this world; rather, you’re trying to leverage a whole section of settled, dingy world back up into the sunlight. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21). Rarely does “I need some time to think about it” result in answers, if it even results in thinking. The actual message is, “I need some time to figure out how to present the answer that is already inside.” CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19). When someone unknowingly rubs you the wrong way or hurts your feelings, you have been known to react internally in several ways you won’t show. You like to work things about between you and you first. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18). You’re about to sing yourself to the world. Don’t waste all the courage and coolness this takes with bad timing. Make sure to let it ring out when you have the best chance at being heard. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Your talents breathe with grace. Your actions beat with soul. There’s no way you should diminish this by throwing shade at your own accomplishments. Go on and shine at full brilliance.
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How to effectively teach a Boomer to Zoom from 3,000 miles away Adam Tschorn
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Do all your chats back home to Mom these days start, “You’re on mute. The button’s lower left”? Or have you at least once in the last nine months asked Gramps if you could FaceTime the back of his TV set as a way of helping him find the strange beast known as an HDMI port? If so, you’re not alone; you’re part of an ever-growing group of people trying to help their less tech-savvy loved ones zip into Zoom, hop onto Hulu and master gadgets like robot vacuum cleaners and Wi-Fi picture frames from a greater distance than usual thanks to the global pandemic. And, chances are, you found it a tiny bit frustrating to spend something close to 14 hours talking through something that you easily could have done in 14 seconds. I say this from my own experience – twice over. Early in these quarantine times, I talked my 81-year-old mother through the basics of downloading, installing and using Zoom so she could join in a weekly coast-to-coast, familywide conversation. (In full disclosure, The Times’ owner, Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, is an investor in Zoom.) The little bit of effort spent teaching her how to tweak the settings and toggle from grid view to speaker view paid immediate dividends; she is now an enthusiastic participant in these weekly calls (despite, for the first four months, having her cat’s name displayed on the screen instead of her own). The real challenge came with our second adventure in remote tech coaching: helping her set up an Apple TV from 3,000 miles away. It’s a task that would have taken five minutes (at most) if we’d been in the same room. Instead, it required a week’s worth of lengthy phone calls across multiple time zones and, ultimately, a FaceTime encounter with the back of her TV set to accomplish. It was a surprisingly frustrating experience (for both of us, I’m sure she’d tell you) and one that highlighted the challenges of remote intergenerational IT support. But the good news, according to the folks who work at the intersection of aging and technology, is that getting a Boomer on Zoom or teaching the
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In the wake of the pandemic, people have gathered together via Zoom to discuss fond memories of lost loved ones. home team to livestream from some faraway place can not only be completely stress-free but also life-enriching and empowering, if you take the right approach. To that end, find below some things to keep in mind as we hurtle toward the end of the year.
Instill confidence “Younger generations have been taught to fudge around [with technology] and hack,” said Lisa M. Cini, author of “Boom: The Baby Boomers Guide to Leveraging Technology, So That You Can Preserve Your Independent Lifestyle & Thrive.” “This generation was not taught that at all. They were taught that technology was dangerous and not to mess with it. Back in their day there were tons of little kids that were killed by electrical outlets. . . . When you don’t comprehend it, you get scared you’ll break it.” Cini says the result is the fear that an errant button push or mis-swiped finger will render the piece of technology at hand totally useless. That’s why it’s important, she says, to underscore – often – that nothing they do to today’s tech gadgets will result in irreversible damage. That’s an approach echoed by Alex Glazebrook, director of operations for Older Adults Technology Services (OATS), a 16-year-old nonprofit that helps seniors make the most of the technology around them. “[Telling them] ‘You can’t break it’
is where we start from,” he said. “We try to really calm people’s nerves and try to make them feel like they’re in control, that they can do this. [If we build that] confidence, they’ll be successful.”
Take it step by step When it comes to helping the less techsavvy set explore a new gadget or service, both Glazebrook and Cini likened it to learning a foreign language – both literally and figuratively; a process best done by taking it step by step. “If you think of it as a language, once [you] start talking through things you’ll realize there are a lot of little things we take for granted as a common language that are not,” Cini said. “Simple things like ‘swipe left,’ ‘swipe right’ or ‘click on the hamburger [icon]’ that they don’t even have the capacity to understand. . . . If I was learning Greek, it would be very frustrating for me.” Glazebrook said approaching new technology like foreign-language learning is helpful because both are about adding to a knowledge base piece by piece over time. “When you learn a language it builds,” he said. “You learn nouns, you learn verbs, [you learn] conjugation and then sentence structure, you build complexity.”
Make a manual Cini says creating an easy-to-follow guide complete with photos, pointer arrows and clear, detailed
Former Japan PM Abe avoids charges over illegal cherry blossom parties Bloomberg Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe offered his apologies after one of his aides was summarily indicted over a political funding scandal that has also cast a shadow over the current premier. Tokyo prosecutors said Thursday Abe won’t be charged over allegations his political funding group illegally subsidized parties for hundreds of voters. The aide was charged with failing to record financial details relating to the use of the funds in conjunction with events surrounding a cherry blossom viewing party, they said. “I am offering my deepest apology to the public and members of the Diet from ruling and opposition parties,” Abe told a news conference. “While these financial reports were made without my knowledge, I am keenly
aware of my moral responsibility and would like to express my deep regret,” he added. Abe denied any wrongdoing but said that in retrospect and with the better information he has now, some of his previous statements to parliament over the event were wrong. “My understanding was that everything had been done according to law,” he said. His statements in parliament have contradicted the findings of the prosecutors as reported in the media at least 118 times, public broadcaster NHK repor ted T uesday, citing a parliamentary research bureau. The scandal over the gatherings held at a Tokyo hotel the night before an annual publicly-funded cherry blossom viewing party has tarnished the image of current Prime
Minister Yoshihide Suga, who served as Abe’s righthand man throughout his record term of almost eight consecutive years in office. Suga also apologized Thursday for making false statements while he was chief cabinet secretary, saying he had checked with Abe before answering questions in parliament. With less than a year to go before the next election must be called, Suga, who defended Abe over the allegations, has seen his support slump due to the scandal and diminishing public confidence over his handling of the pandemic. Voter support tumbled to 39% in a December survey by the Asahi newspaper, compared with 56% a month earlier. Abe, who stepped down in September for health reasons, has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing over the gatherings.
instructions (even as basic as “press the enter button”) can go a long way toward flattening the learning curve and empowering people. “This is a generation that’s used to fixing their own cars and bicycles,” she said. “And they’re used to looking at manuals. So if you can create a good set of step-by-step instructions – with visuals – and print it out and maybe even laminate it for them, they’ll be able to refer to it and not have to worry about remembering all the steps.”
Outsource it What about the notinconceivable situation in
which you lack the requisite tech skills to be your parents’ or grandparents’ IT department from afar? That’s where organizations like OATS come in. Glazebrook says OATS’ national Senior Planet hotline (open Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. Pacific, (920) 666-1959) is staffed with live bodies who offer one-on-one technology help – completely free of charge. “If you’re struggling with a device, you can call in and get help and the person on the line will spend as much time as it takes,” Glazebrook said, “whether you need to get on your first Zoom or download your Capital
One banking app because you can’t go to the branch anymore and you need to deposit a check.” Glazebrook said that at the beginning of the pandemic the most requested assistance had to do with connecting via video. “There were a lot of requests for [help with] Zoom because people were really just trying to stay connected and Zoom kind of came out of the gate as a leader,” he said. “After that it was a lot of access-to-services type stuff, people needing access to home grocery delivery or to their financial institutions.” Cini pointed out that of all the tech skills to master, getting the Boomers to Zoom has an additional upside. “Video chats are really important,” she said. “You can see their facial expressions, you can see if they’ve lost weight. Most seniors have hearing issues and read lips – even if they don’t know they’re reading lips – and if they can see your face it’s a lot easier for them to understand you. “And we know, scientifically, it’s very hard not to smile when someone else is smiling,” she added. “So we have the ability to increase somebody else’s happiness just by doing a video chat instead of a phone call.” And with happiness such a scarce commodity these days – and the likelihood that we’ll be gathering together from afar for the foreseeable future – that’s the kind of life hack worth taking the time to teach.
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Authorities identify Road: Testing teen’s skills important Nashville bomber From Page One
The Washington Post Anthony Quinn Warner was responsible for the Christmas morning explosion that rocked downtown Nashville, officials said Sunday, and he died in the blast. Investigators matched human remains found at the scene with Warner’s DNA, confirming suspicions that he blew himself up in a recreational vehicle, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Director David Rausch told reporters. Law enforcers said they were investigating a motive. Authorities had assembled Saturday at Warner’s home in Antioch, Tenn., about 10 miles southeast of the explosion site. Several neighbors described
seeing an RV similar to the one that blew up Friday morning, in the backyard of the Antioch home in the months before the blast. Warner, 63, was not married and rarely ventured from his home, according to neighbors; he lived for years with his parents and then by himself. He once owned an alarm company, and he protected his home with an array of security cameras, rarely returning a neighborly wave and not responding to an offer of Christmas dinner, neighbors said in interviews. “To describe him as a recluse would be an excellent word,” said Rick Laude, who has lived near Warner since 2010. “You could wave at him and he was like, What are you waving at me for?”
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Pakak is one of two new walruses at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo.
Walruses: Six Flags From Page One Soon after it was determined that she would not be able to survive on her own in the wild, she was brought to Six Flags Discovery Kingdom for long-term care. UqUq made the trip to SeaWorld San Diego in 2018 to find companionship with three other walruses in their care. The arrival of Pakak allowed for the return of the more than 1,800-pound walrus to her original home at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom. While both walruses are not currently viewable by guests because the park is presently open as a drive-thru experience,
park staff are excited for visitors to once again be amazed and enthralled by their swift swimming abilities underwater in the near future, according to the press release. The park is currently open nightly for the Holiday in the Park Drive-Thru Experience through Jan. 3, then Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, including Martin Luther King Jr. Day, through Jan. 31. For more information, visit sixflags.com/ discoverykingdom. Six Flags Discovery Kingdom is home to more than 60 rides, shows and attractions, including 11 world-class roller coasters.
Surge: Covid-19 From Page One “What we really worry about is the mingling of different bubbles once you get to your destination,” he said on “Fox News Sunday.” Vaccinations in the U.S. began Dec. 14 with healthcare workers and residents of nursing homes. So far almost 2 million doses have been administered in the country, according to a state-by-state tally compiled by Bloomberg. Those numbers are accelerating as a second vaccine by Moderna Inc. is distributed.
Mutant strain Health officials are on alert for a more infectious Covid-19 strain that’s emerged in the U.K., Germany, Switzerland, Ireland and Japan, although there’s no clear evidence it results in more severe cases of the disease. Travelers coming to the U.S. from the U.K.
face more restrictions because of the new variant, with the U.S. insisting on testing negative for Covid-19 within 72 hours of departing the country. Gottlieb, a board member of Pfizer Inc., said that he believes the U.K. strain is already in the U.S., and in “a reasonable number at this point.” He saw signs that U.S. new daily Covid-19 cases are starting to plateau, but since hospitalizations and the number of deaths tend to lag by two to three weeks, “we have a very difficult month ahead of us.” President Donald Trump has remained silent about the new variant and the worsening crisis gripping some parts of the U.S. He took to Twitter on Saturday to criticize Democratic governors for taking emergency steps to contain the outbreak. “The lockdowns in Democrat run states are absolutely ruining the lives of so many people,” Trump tweeted.
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get one without having to take the road test during the state of emergency. That included teens who held a learner’s permit for year and a day and had no violations. The order quickly drew fire from highway safety advocates. Testing a teen’s skills at the motor vehicles department is important, said Sarah Casto, a driving instructor from Monticello, Georgia, who launched an online petition asking Kemp to reverse his decision. It attracted 2,550 signatures, many from parents. “Having a road test is the last stop for a professional to see if teenagers can make decisions on their own without help,” Casto said. “I was scared for the safety of the drivers and the rest of the people on the road.” Less than three weeks after his first order, Kemp issued a new one, requiring waiver recipients to take a road test. By then, about 20,000 teens had a waiver. In North Carolina, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper signed a bill into law in June that temporarily allowed teen drivers to get a limited license during the pandemic without taking a road test. Applicants must be 16 or 17, have had a limited learner’s permit for at least one year and have completed at least 60 hours of supervised driving, including at night. They must not have had a moving violation or seat belt or cellphone violation within the past six months. (Qualified older drivers can receive a different waiver.) Transportation safety advocates had urged Cooper to veto the legislation, saying eliminating the road test would put untested young drivers on the roads, imperiling their lives and those of others. States such as North Carolina are “moving forward with something that feels nice and expedient but may not be safe,” said Dr. Flaura Koplin Winston, scientific director of the Center for Injury Research and Prevention at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Winston cowrote an op-ed in June asking Cooper to “pump the brakes” on eliminating road tests. States instead could
administer simulated driving tests and computer-based hazard awareness tests that would help screen out drivers likely to fail a road test, she said. An October Health Affairs study co-authored by Winston found that a simulation program in Ohio could potentially save thousands of examiner hours that would have been spent on failed road exams each year. But Steve Abbott, a North Carolina Department of Transportation spokesperson, said his state’s no-road-test program is working well. “We are able to get licenses to qualified drivers, in turn enabling them to get to jobs, [to] school [and to] help their family do errands and assist in other roles,” he said, noting that the teens have considerable driving experience, including at night. Between June and the end of November, 55,532 teens received the waiver, which must be approved by a parent or guardian, Abbott said. “We had so many students and their parents upset because the teen was old enough and ready to get a license and they couldn’t get one because the road tests were shut down,” he said. The program doesn’t have an end date, but teen drivers who have gotten the limited license still will have to take a road test to get a permanent one, he added. This summer, Mississippi also started waiving road tests for teens with a learner’s permit and those over age 18 applying for a regular license for the first time, according to Chris Vignes, a spokesperson for the state Department of Public Safety. To qualify, drivers under 18 must submit an affidavit completed by a parent or guardian that attests to the teen’s proficiency and certifies at least 50 hours of supervised driving time. Mississippi doesn’t plan to reinstate road testing, Vignes said, noting that the waivers have been effective and have reduced the staff’s risk of exposure to Covid-19. But the National Safety Council’s Vogel cautioned that it may not be wise for states to rely on parent affidavits. Most parents, she said, are honest about
how much time teens are practicing driving – but not all of them. “There is certainly the chance they can falsify them,” she said. “A road test provides another check and balance. You’ve reported you’ve gotten all that practice. So now let’s see it.“ Every state requires some type of graduated driver’s licensing for those under 18. It starts with a permit phase, in which teens practice their skills, usually with supervision. Then it moves to a probationary or intermediate phase, in which they have restrictions, such as not driving late at night or not having multiple teen passengers. In the last phase, young drivers become fully licensed. These types of programs, which vary widely from state to state, have helped improve safety for teen drivers. “They have not done this before,” said Pam Shadel Fischer, a senior director at the Governors Highway Safety Association, which represents state highway safety offices. “Driving isn’t just teaching them how to break and accelerate and steer.” Teen drivers often struggle with tasks such as turning left, gauging gaps in traffic, merging and driving the right speed for conditions, according to the National Safety Council’s Vogel. The fatal crash rate for 16- and 17-year-olds is about three times that of drivers 20 and older, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, a nonprofit research group funded by auto insurance companies. In 2018, 2,121 people were killed in crashes involving a teen driver, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Road tests help weed out teens who may be too nervous to take it or don’t think they’re ready, said Rebecca Weast, a research scientist at the insurance institute. But supporters of deferring road tests during the pandemic say teens typically have gotten lots of experience practicing with a parent or guardian. “New drivers are very conscientious. They know the rules. They’ve just been through the process,” said Pennsylvania Democratic state Rep.
Melissa Shusterman, who sponsored a bill in June that would have temporarily suspended road tests for teens for the duration of a disaster emergency such as the pandemic. “We would have been giving them the ability to get on the road, pick up the milk and eggs, help the senior citizen who needed something or go to their job at a grocery store or as a volunteer firefighter,” she said. In Wisconsin, officials are trying a program that waives road testing for young drivers who want to get their probationary license if they meet certain requirements. To get the waiver, teens ages 16 and 17 must have held a learner’s permit with no violations for at least six months and completed 30 hours of classroom instruction and additional hours of behindthe-wheel training with a licensed instructor. They also must have at least 30 hours of driving with their parent or guardian, who has to sign the waiver. From mid-May through Dec. 7, the state has issued 31,438 such waivers, according to Kristina Boardman, the Wisconsin Division of Motor Vehicles’ administrator. Wisconsin Most teens pass the road test anyway, Boardman noted. Last year, 71% did so on their first attempt and 98% did after their first or second try. Wisconsin’s plan is to run the waiver program for a year, see what the data shows and share it with the legislature, she said. So far, the program is “going very well” and no safety concerns have arisen, she added. Parents who aren’t comfortable with the program can opt to have their teen take a road test. But so far, about 85% of parents have chosen the waiver. Parents ultimately are the first line of defense, state officials and highway safety advocates say, so they should keep a close eye on their teens’ driving skills. “It’s on the parent to say, ‘I don’t think you’re ready to do this right now,’” Weast said. “For a lot of parents, it’s getting one thing off their plate. ‘Great. Take the car. I’m not your chauffeur anymore.’ ”
Trump: Dems want boost in payments From Page One on his grievances. When he wasn’t attacking the courts, the FBI, the Justice Department and Republican senators for failing to support his baseless claims of widespread election fraud, the president was unleashing a barrage of tweets criticizing the sweeping relief and spending package. Before leaving town for the holidays, Trump on Tuesday called the legislation a “disgrace” and demanded that direct payments to U.S. taxpayers be increased from $600 to $2,000, with some separate spending eliminated. In doing so, he undercut Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who had negotiated on behalf of the White House. On “Fox News Sunday,” Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., warned that unless Trump swiftly signed the stimulus bill, he would be “remembered for chaos and misery and erratic behavior” in his last days in the White House. “You don’t get everything you want, even if you’re president of the United States,” Toomey said. “We’ve got a bill right now that his administration helped
negotiate. I think we ought to get that done.” Democrats reacted with enthusiasm to Trump’s demand that Congress boost direct payments. They have pointed out that if Trump really wants such an increase, it could be dealt with quickly in a separate measure, which they were seeking to put forward in the House on Monday. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., appearing on ABC’s “This Week,” called Trump “pathologically narcissistic” for failing to sign the existing legislation. “What the president is doing right now is unbelievably cruel,” Sanders said. “Many millions of people are losing their unemployment benefits. They’re going to be evicted.” President-elect Joe Biden on Saturday said Trump’s refusal to sign the legislation was an “abdication of responsibility,” with especially painful consequences in a holiday season. “It is the day after Christmas, and millions of families don’t know if they’ll be able to make ends meet because of President Donald Trump’s refusal to sign an eco-
nomic relief bill approved by Congress with an overwhelming and bipartisan majority,” the presidentelect said in a statement. Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, meanwhile, condemned as a “scam” the fundraising associated with Trump’s continuing efforts to nullify the Nov. 3 election. After losing dozens of legal bids to contravene Biden’s victory, the president has been strategizing with some congressional Republicans over ways to overturn the Electoral College results, which are to be certified in a Jan. 6 joint session of Congress. “They’re raising money on this,” Kinzinger, a Republican, said on “State of the Union” of the more than $200 million raised in response to appeals to help contest the vote. “It is a scam,” he added, one that will “disappoint the people that believe this election was stolen, that think this is an opportunity to change it.” Kinzinger also called Trump’s veto last week of a defense spending measure “nonsensical” and said he could not understand how Republican colleagues who supported the bill might
now reverse themselves at the president’s behest, making it impossible to override the veto. “I do not know how you justify that besides saying, ‘I’m just going to do what the president wants,’ ” Kinzinger said. The tumult in Washington comes against the backdrop of what is already the pandemic’s deadliest month. The country’s top infectious-disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, said on “State of the Union” that, even with the vaccine rollout in progress, it will take time to blunt the coronavirus’ deadly momentum. California last week became the first state to top 2 million cases of the virus, with a death toll approaching 25,000. Fauci, who will continue to serve in the incoming administration, said, “I share the concern of President-elect Biden that, as we get into the next few weeks” the nationwide outlook “might actually get worse.” Trump’s surgeon general, Jerome Adams, appearing on “This Week,” concurred, saying he was “very concerned” about a surge in the wake of the year-end holidays.
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Lee’s game-winner, Curry’s outburst lead W’s to 129-128 win over Bulls Tribune Content Agency Frustrated at the end of the third quarter, Steph Curry clapped his hands and let out a shout. The Warriors were embroiled in a close game and had a chance to win their first game of the season, but they needed more, and he knew it. Curry went on to score 13 points in the fourth
quarter to lift the Warriors to a 129-128 win over the Bulls Sunday in Chicago, but it was his step brother, Damion Lee, who would deliver the shot to earn the Warriors (1-2) the much-needed win. With 36 points on 11-of-25 shooting (5-of-15 from 3-point range), Curry snapped out of his season-open-
ing scoring slump and passed a pair of historical benchmarks. His first 3-pointer of the game put him in elite company, as he joined Ray Allen and Reggie Miller as the only players to make 2,500 3-pointers for their career. His 61st-consecutive free-throw in the third quarter broke Rick Barry’s all-time War-
riors record. But those were awards of life-time achievement, and were not the goal of Curry and the Warriors on Sunday. Golden State entered Sunday night’s game without forward Draymond Green (foot) for the third straight-game and trying to find a groove on offense. See W’s, Page B7
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Warriors guard Damion Lee celebrates with Stephen Curry after Lee made the winning shot to defeat the Bulls in Chicago, Sunday, 129-128.
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Josh Richardson of the Dallas Mavericks, top, and Serge Ibaka of the LA Clippers battle for the ball in the first half
at Staples Center, Dec. 27, in Los Angeles. The Clippers trailed 77-27 at halftime.
50-point halftime deficit!? Clippers on wrong side of history in loss Tribune Content Agency LOS ANGELES — Holding a freshly printed box score, Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer stared blankly at the sheet of paper Sunday afternoon inside Staples Center, as team president Lawrence Frank stood at his side. The numbers were not a misprint. They told the brutal reality after one of the ugliest halves in the franchise’s fivedecade history. The Clippers were trailing Dallas by an eyepopping 50 points, the largest halftime deficit since the NBA introduced shot clocks 66 years before, and the trouble wasn’t only that star forward Kawhi Leonard missed the game, two days after needing eight stitches to close a lacer-
ation in his mouth, and forward Marcus Morris, another top defender, missed his third consecutive game because of a sore knee. During a 124-73 Mavericks rout, the free-flowing offense that carried the Clippers through gutcheck victories against the Los Angeles Lakers and Denver, two of the Western Conference’s top contenders, crumbled under a horrific shooting performance that saw the Clippers make one of their first 20 threepoint attempts. The poise displayed while weathering rallies by the Lakers and Nuggets days before was nowhere evident during the first quarter when the Clippers were unable to recover from a litany of early turnovers and misses, allowing their free fall to
continue unchecked. It was the first home game of the Clippers’ season, yet it was probably for the better that coronavirus pandemic protocols kept fans from watching in person. While Dallas star Luka Doncic scored 13 points, with six rebounds and four assists, in the first quarter alone, the Clippers mustered 13 points total, looking as though they were still sleep-walking from their 4:30 a.m. arrival Saturday morning following their win in Denver. It took 10 minutes for the Clippers (2-1) to crack double-digit scoring. By that point, Dallas had already scored 29 points. It also took 10 minutes for any Clipper other than Paul George to score and another five minutes for Luke Kennard to become the third Clipper to reg-
ister a point. By halftime, the Mavericks (1-2) had made nine three-pointers and the Clippers nine shots in total. There was a brief moment of pushback to begin the third quarter, when 10 unanswered points by the Clippers trimmed their deficit to 40. By the quarter’s end, however, starters had been replaced by reserves and the Mavericks led, 104-57. The Clippers avoided making more history midway through the fourth quarter when Reggie Jackson’s threepointer gave them 66 points, ensuring they would exceed the 63 the Buffalo Braves scored in 1972 that remain the franchise-low for points in a single game. See Clippers, Page B7
Robbie Gould did something Saturday for the first time in his 16-season, 236-game career. And it wasn’t a good thing. The 49ers’ Pro Bowl kicker missed an extra point and two field goals of less than 45 yards – missing from 41 and 37 yards – in a 20-12winovertheCardinals. Gould, 38, had missed two field goals of less than 45 yards just one other time in his career: Playing for the Bears, he was errant from 40 and 36 yards in a 26-20 overtime loss to the 49ers on Dec. 6, 2015. He made both of his extra points in that game. Gould’s performance came a week before the 49ers’ deadline to pick up the option on the final two years of the fouryear, $19 million contract he signed last year. Head coach Kyle Shanahan said Gould’s three second-half misses wouldn’t influence the team’s decision on the kicker who ranks fifth in NFL history in field-goal percentage. Gould entered Saturday having made 31 straight kicks from less than 50 yards, which had been the league’s longest active streak. “You’ve got to look at the body of work with Robbie,” Shanahan said. “Robbie’s been unbelievable since he’s been here for us. He’s had an unbelievable year this year. Yeah, it was tough on those situations. Robbie will be harder on himself than anyone.”
The 49ers have the option to pick up the final two years – 2021 and 2022 – on Gould’s deal and they must do so by Saturday. If they exercise the option, the 49ers would fully guarantee $2.25 million of Gould’s 2021 salary of $4.5 million, according to OverTheCap.com. In addition, $2.25 million of Gould’s 2022 salary would become fully guaranteed April 1. Before Saturday, Gould had made 40 of his past 43 attempts dating to last season, including playoff games. His misses had come from 51, 55 and 50 yards. “He’s played too much football in his career,” Shanahan said. “He’s played too much football for us to let one game decide on who he is.” K ittle’s return: George K i t t l e said he was “still a little bit out of shape,” but the All-Pro tight end looked a lot like he did before he broke a bone in his right foot. Kittle, in his return from a six-game absence, had four catches for 92 yards against Arizona while playing just half the offensive snaps (28 of 56). Sha na ha n sa id players such as Kittle, wide receiver Deebo Samuel and quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, all of whom have missed significant time with injuries this season, make a difference with their mere presence. “There’s a different buzz in the air,” Shanahan aid. “When you See Gould, Page B7
Raiders’ failed postseason run offers glaring reminder of Jon Gruden’s No. 1 offseason priority Anthony Galaviz THE FRESNO BEE
Criticism aimed at Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden continued to mount Sunday, a day after a stunning 26-25 loss to the Miami Dolphins that ended the Silver and Black’s playoff hopes. Gruden, as the game entered the final minute and his team was driving for a go-ahead score, had a choice: play aggressively for a touchdown or take as much time off the clock as possible and settle for a field goal.
ANALYSIS Kicking a field goal gave Las Vegas a two-point lead with 19 seconds remaining, but it turned out that wasn’t enough in a 26-25 loss. “We felt the play was to eliminate all the clock and all the timeouts and put them with their backs against the wall with 19 seconds left,” Gruden said. “ I don’t regret it.” The Raiders kicked a 22-yard field goal to make it 25-23. After a touchback on the kickoff, the Dolphins started at their 25 with no time-
outs remaining. But it took just one play – a 34-yard pass to Mack Hollins along the sideline and a roughingthe-passer penalty when defensive end Arden Key grabbed Fitzpatrick’s face mask just as the quarterback let the ball fly. The Dolphins kicked the game-winning field goal that set off Raider Nation – even from a former Pro Bowl offensive lineman. A day later, Raiders and NFL fans continue to unload on Gruden. Gruden’s comeback tour The Raiders brought back
Gruden in 2018, signing him to a 10-year, $100 million contract in hopes he would restore the franchise back to its glory days. That included successful seasons under Gruden from 1998-2001. But his return hasn’t meant winning seasons. Gruden is 18-29 in 2½ seasons in his second act with the Raiders. A popular hire, Gruden lost a little luster and caused an uproar almost immediately when he traded star defensive end Khalil Mack to the Chicago Bears for two first-round draft picks.
Those picks, however, turned running back Josh Jacobs, who has blossomed since joining the team in 2019 (and this year made the AFC Pro Bowl roster), and cornerback Damon Arnette. Gruden hired Greg Olson (offensive coordinator), Paul Guenther (defensive coordinator), Rich Bisaccia (special teams coordinator) and Brian Callahan (quarterbacks coach) for his coaching staff. Guenther was fired this season after the defense had endured a dreadful run, ranking low in practically every category.
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FAIRFIELD — The new year movie theater scene will resemble much of those in 2020 as new movies, in this area, continue to be found on the home screen, not the silver screen. Debuting Friday is “Shadow in the Cloud,” which is set in the throes of World War II when, on a rainy morning, a group of Allied soldiers prepares to take to the air in a B-17 Flying Fortress. The all-male crew is caught off guard by Capt. Maude Garrett boarding their plane carrying a top-secret package. Chloe Grace Moretz stars. It’s rated R. Two new movies arrive Thursday. “Lady of Heaven,” the story of an Iraqi child in a war-torn country who
must learn the importance of power and patience. It’s not rated. “Monster Hunter,” which stars Milla Jovovich in the story of a world of dangerous and powerful monsters that rule their domain with deadly ferocity. When she and her elite unit are transported through a portal from our world to a new world, they are in for the shock of their lives. In her desperate attempt to get home, the brave lieutenant encounters a mysterious hunter whose unique skills have allowed him to survive in this hostile land. It’s rated PG-13. Check with streaming services to see their options.
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‘Sex and the City’ reboot being eyed Tribune Content Agency If you couldn’t help but wonder what else the “Sex and the City” gang might have in store, just you wait. A limited series reboot of the HBO comedy hit is being eyed at HBO Max, Deadline confirmed Wednesday. This wouldn’t be the first time fans got a glimpse into the Cosmodrinking Manhattanites’ lives following the 2004 series finale, which finally saw leading lady and columnist Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) and Mr. Big (Chris Noth) ride off into the Parisian sunset. After six seasons of sexcapades, Manolo Blahniks and endless New York sights, the fabulous foursome at the center of it all, Carrie, Miranda
Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon), Charlotte York (Kristin Davis), and Samantha Jones (Kim Cattrall), next reunited on the big screen for 2008’s “Sex and the City.” (Maybe they could’ve glitzed up the title the way they did the wardrobe.) The film served as a supremely long – nearly 2 ½ hours – but welcome epilogue, which picked up in the years following the series finale and was followed by the widely panned “Sex and the City 2” just two years later. The success of the show, which kicked off in 1998 and was based on the book of the same name by Candace Bushnell, also resulted in a two-season prequel. “The Carrie Diaries” hit The CW in 2013 and starred AnnaSophia Robb as a young Carrie.
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Tribune Content Agency ATLANTA — The roller coaster of Caylee Hammack’s year started with a delayed debut album and scuttled tour dates with Reba McEntire and Luke Bryan and ended with the release of said album and a collaboration with one of her a nd musical heroes. The burgeoning country star – feisty, self-aware, gregarious – a few months ago teamed with Art Alexakis of ’90s band Everclear for the video for her country-rock cruncher, “Just Friends.” It’s another superstar pairing for Ellaville native Hammack who, in 2019, gathered with Miranda Lambert, Elle King, Ashley McBryde and Tenille Townes for a charming remake of Elvin Bishop’s 1975 hit, “Fooled Around and Fell in Love.” In between came the release of “If It Wasn’t For You,” her official arrival on which she co-wrote and co-produced 13 songs. Hammack, who attended Southland Academy in Americus and grew up with fellow Ellaville native Brent Cobb – “He’s part of the reason I got into music,” she said – frequently visits her family in the small Georgia town. But it’s been a trying year for a young musician, especially one with fiscal responsibilities. In April, Hammack’s bandleader, Lance Herring, and tour manager, Brayden Griffith, decided to start Family Tree Lawncare Service – its name a nod to Hammack’s first single – to make money while touring was stalled. Hammack happily helped them promote the company – and picked up some yard equipment a few times herself. (“It turned into a blessing, I think, because it made Lance and Brayden step into unknown territory,” she said.) Calling recently from her new fixer-upper home in Nashville, the candid Hammack talked about her new album, her infatuation with Kate Bush and plans for 2021. Q: I know one way the pandemic affected your year was that you were supposed to go on tour with Luke Bryan as well as Reba McEntire. Is that still the plan for 2021? A: The Luke Bryan dates have been confirmed, but some of the Reba dates are tentative, so we’re working on the scheduling now. She performed on my record (the song “Redhead”), and we’ve gotten to see each other at events, which is awesome. She gave me a sense of validity I didn’t have. Q: “If It Wasn’t For You” came out in August. Had you finished it before the pandemic, or did having that downtime give you the extra
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Caylee Hammack attends the 54th annual CMA Awards at the Music City Center in Nashville, Tennessee, Nov. 11. time to complete it? A: I had finished it and was going to release in April, and when the pandemic hit, they said, “We had all these (TV talk show appearances) lined up, so we need to hold the record.” It broke my heart, to be honest. But I’m glad we made the decision. Around June, we agreed that there was no point holding on to something I created to try and help heal others who may have gone through things like I have. I’ve never released a record before, so my idea of what it would feel like – I don’t have a clue. Putting out a record during a pandemic, that’s very different. But I’ve gotten so much closer to my fans online and created a snail mail account so they can have access to my P.O. Box. It’s given me more ways to connect with people rather than just the 30 minutes I have onstage. I think (the pandemic scenario) humanized artists. The more you take artist off their pedestals, it makes people connect to the music together. Q: What have you been listening to? A: A lot of Kate Bush. I found (her 1978 debut single) “Wuthering Heights” one day, and I saw the video and was like, what the hell is this? It sucked me in, even though it was my least favorite (Emily) Brontë book. Then I got to (Bush’s 1980 song) “Babooshka.” She’s one of those artists I can listen to again and again. I also love Ashnikko, who went viral on TikTok. I like to find any type of music
that makes me sit back and go, “Huh. Where did that come from? Why do I want to sing that over and over again?” When I tell my stories, they’re country, and when I talk and especially when I drink, I’m country. But that said, how I fell into country, there’s something about classic country I hope I can keep alive in my music in the lyrical songwriting. Classic country was built on the songwriting of the pain and the joy, but I find musical influence everywhere. David Bowie, Fleetwood Mac, Cher, Tom Waits – random people. Q: What was it like to meet Art Alexakis? A: It’s so wild. The one song that inspired me on “Just Friends” was (Everclear’s 1997 hit) “I Will Buy You a New Life.” We recorded a version of it on the video shoot day (for “Just Friends”), and it was so much fun. Looking back, I wished I had gotten to hang out with him just a wee bit more before so I wasn’t as shellshocked. When do you get to sing with someone whose music raised you and shaped you? It’s crazy. He’s such a good man and a good father. Q: What is on the agenda for 2021, besides those tour dates? A: I’m writing the next record already. It’s nice to get it lined up during this quiet time. December and January, you can’t get anything done in the industry; it’s like everyone clocks out. I’m trying to use the time to focus on the new house, and I’m stockpiling ideas and songs. I’m excited to see what next year is.
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At a site in Southeast Portland, a crew erects the shelters fabricated by Everett based Pallet. Each shelter can be put together in less than 30 minutes with bolts and wrenches.
Tiny, prefab homeless shelters popping up across nation of the mix of tiny homes funded. She said the bigger problem is that Durkan has not pushed hard enough to get the camps built. "I think that some of the obstacles that come up are movable, and we need the political courage to move them," Mosqueda said. A spokesperson for Durkan, Kamaria Hightower, wrote in an email that the mayor proposed in her 2021 budget to move hundreds of people into hotels, apartments and long-term indoor shelter. "While siting these programs remains the most significant challenge, regardless of shelter type, Mayor Durkan looks forward to working with the Council to engage the community and implement these plans over the next year," Hightower said.
Tribune Content Agency PORTLAND, Ore. — Sondra Brown spent four difficult years on the streets, and her struggles for a good night's sleep did not end even last spring as she moved into a city-sanctioned organized camp in the heart of Portland's Old Town. There were rats that bit holes in her tent, and in recent weeks, a bone-chilling cold would wake her up a half dozen times a night. Then, two days before Thanksgiving, the camp got a big upgrade – 40 aluminum-framed, insulated huts equipped with bunk beds and heaters that could be run from the electric grid. "That first night, it's almost indescribable," Brown recalls. "I slept harder than I had in years. Cozy and warm. I slept all the way until 8 o'clock in the morning. I woke up . . . my fingers weren't numb. It was amazing." This dwelling was built by Pallet Shelters, an Everett, Wash.-based company that has developed a pre-fab tiny house built with rot-resistant plastic composite walls and floors, which can be erected in 30 minutes or less. The company markets the shelters as a solution that treats homelessness like a disaster, and in a year when the pandemic has given new importance to the ability to isolate away from groups, sales of these shelters are on the rise. Last winter, in Sonoma County, 60 of these shelters were set up for a homeless community that had been camping along a bike trail. In Minnesota, a new homeless community is scheduled to open later this month with 100 Pallet shelters inside a converted warehouse. And in Portland, the city has spent $690,000 – at an average cost of $6,900 per unit – for 100 Pallet shelters that are being installed at three organized tent camps. "I think that Covid has thrown us into relevance quicker than we expected," said Amy King, the chief executive of Pallet. "Cities are thinking more creatively and being more innovative around how they respond to homelessness."
A growth industry Tiny house villages appear to be a growth industry in Seattle, and Pallet officials are hopeful that – in the future – their structures could be one part of the mix of shelter offerings. Amy King and her husband Brady, who live in Seattle, spent two decades building and remodeling homes in the Northwest before launching Pallet in 2016. Most of their 50 employees have faced homelessness, addiction or incarceration. They now make an average wage of $18.47 an
A warm night's sleep
David Dotson shows off the inside of a Pallet Shelter recently erected at an organized camp where he lives in Portland’s Old Town. The camp for those who lacked shelter opened in the spring with tents. It now has 40 Pallet Shelter units that include bunk beds that fold up for more space, and a heater that runs off the electrical grid. hour to manufacture the shelters, and use their life experiences to inform the design process. Pallet has developed two basic structures – one that is 64-square feet, and a second that is 100-square feet. Both can be outfitted with single or bunk beds, and the Everett plant can currently produce about 4 a week. There has been a learning curve. Some shelters they sold to Tacoma, Wash., in 2017 leaked. The company repaired them, and have since sold more to the city. King said the company also tweaked its insulation materials to make the shelters warmer and quieter. Brandon Bills, Pallet's marketing and communication director, said Pallet expects to have 600 units sold and installed in 11 states by year's end.
'We need political courage' In April of 2019, Seattle City Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda hosted a high-profile demonstration of the shelters on the steps of city hall: Employees assembled a shelter pod in 20 minutes and Mosqueda toured them while TV crews filmed. Yet, Pallet has still not sold any structures in Seattle, and a big reason is cost. Currently, there are nine tiny house villages in the city, and they are composed of wood-frame shelters built with volunteer labor for about $2,500 each.
"The Pallet shelters, with all the options we would like, are probably three times as expensive, so typically we have not had that in our budget to spend," said Sharon Lee, executive director of nonprofit Low Income Housing Institute, which operates eight of the Seattle tiny house villages. Many cities that have bought Pallet shelters have needed solutions fast. Pallet currently can manufacture up to 40 shelters a week and, were there a bigger market, could scale up to building 2,000 in two to three months, according to the company. Seattle has never required so many shelter pods in such a short time. In her first year in office, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan pledged to break ground on 1,000 tiny homes; three years later, the city has a little over 300 in total. So, at the city's current pace of construction, Low-Income Housing Institute staff said building the wooden homes isn't the biggest hurdle to establishing the tiny home villages. Rather, obtaining building permits, completing site preparation and installing hygiene facilities all take more time and effort. And funding is the main hold-up, Lee said. For 2021, the Seattle City Council has approved funding for three more tiny house villages, which would bring the total number of homes up to about 430. Mosqueda didn't say that the Pallet shelters she toured were a silver bullet, but that they could be considered as part
In late November, a Pallet crew came to Portland to install the shelters at the Old Town camp. This week, they returned to put them in the two other camps east of the Willamette River. The Portland installations now underway represents the biggest project to date in the Pacific Northwest. In the spring, Portland's homeless services agency opened three fenced-off encampments in areas already well-used by campers. They started with about 30 tents each and portable hygiene facilities. By fall, wind storms had damaged some tents and, with cold weather approaching, there was an urgent need to upgrade accommodations, according to Denis Theriault, communications coordinator for the Joint Office of Homeless Services, a county-city organization that provided funding for the camps. The Joint Office said that the company's ability to move rapidly at the scale required got them the job. At the Old Town camp this week, the sloped white roofs and upper walls of the rectangular shelters now poke up from behind a chain link fence – fringed by barbwire. There, resident Brown has been able to remain sober after years of a heroin addiction that contributed to her homelessness. At the camp, she staffs a store that distributes donated items and helps with other tasks that need to be done. She is grateful for the heated shelter that helps her sleep more easily while others still face the chill nights without heat. She hopes to move into an apartment in the new year, opening up space for someone now on the streets. "These homes here – hopefully they will help people for years to come," Brown said.
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A smaller bowl this year, but
the same punch Carrie Allan
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t’s mid-December, and usually by this time of year, I would have made at least five batches of celebratory punch for the holidays. I would have made at least one for Thanksgiving, probably one or two for various office parties, still more for get-togethers with friends. The kitchen would warm with the scent of pears and lemons roasting with spices. My car would smell vaguely of layered citrus fruits from small mishaps of transport as I move batches around the area: to friends’ houses, to the office cafeteria, to family celebrations, to the ramshackle farmhouse out in the country, where a retired friend’s role as caretaker includes the privilege of hosting small gatherings of miscreants to tell lies around the fire. Instead, my car is the vehicular equivalent of couch-locked, and smells like nothing much at all. I know because sometimes I go sit in it and engage in intense fantasies of going somewhere other than the grocery store. This year I’ve wrestled with what’s OK to grieve. It’s the proportionality of the thing, I think, mixed with the shame factory that is social media, where people remain all too eager to tell others they are fools and villains for behaviors ranging from actual crimes to a preference for a certain root vegetable. The loss of my annual season of punch-sharing is meaningless, less than trivial, in the context of a pandemic in which we’ve lost more than 1.5 million people, meaningless next to the suffering caused by vast unemployment and financial hardship that have accompanied that pandemic. But in a different context: The punch is not the point. We have a limited time on this earth, a limited time for joy and celebration; we waste too much of that time; we lose those we love regularly and cruelly even when a plague is not in our midst. That so many of us have striven to protect each other by giving up nearly a year of togetherness is right and good, but it should be recognized as a sacrifice. The punch is never truly the point; it’s just a gift I love to give people as we celebrate together. This year, giving means giving that up. But I’m still thinking about past punches. Like the lights and the cookies and the songs of the season, holiday punch is an accessory for those moments of happiness and conviviality when you look around the room at the faces of those you’ve chosen to share your time with
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From left, Pomegranate Fizz, Stocking Clementine and A Pear-tridge in a Chai Tea. and think, I’m so damn lucky. These touchpoints of the senses, I find, give my brain something to hook to now when I’m trying to remember that feeling and have faith it’ll come and settle among us again. Obviously I’m willing to give up these celebrations for the greater good, but I’ve still found myself wanting to indulge in punch-making, almost as a gesture of hope. A bowl properly proportioned for one can’t replicate the joy of making, say, a full Chatham Artillery Punch, where part of the pleasure is watching guests’ eyes grow large with alarm as you prepare the drink before their eyes, pouring six whole bottles of alcohol into your punchbowl. But on the plus side, it is also less likely to provoke your neighbors’ calls to the authorities later, when said guests wander pantsless into your garden and howl at the moon. And since you’re already home, you won’t need to sort out a New Year’s Uber. What’s more, you can still make an event of it, even perhaps over Zoom (if you’re not, at this point, ready to burn Zoom to the ground), by not skimping on the aspects of punch that make it feel more festive. This New Year’s, I’ll be celebrating small but toasting to the big day that I hope is in our future: When I can go to one of my beloved bars, find it thriving, take a sip of a drink, then nudge the friend next to me to say “This is delicious – try it!” and casually, carelessly hand over my glass. Get small. One of my favorite things about making a fancy party punch is garnishing the
bowl, scattering the surface with citrus wheels and spices and herbs so that it’s a visual treat as well. You can do the same even if you’re the only one drinking, but you may need to downscale the size of the garnishes, as a lemon wheel or two will cover the whole surface of the drink. Such spices as allspice berries, star anise, juniper and peppercorn will still work fine, as will small sprigs of herbs, but you may want to think about berries, pomegranate seeds, grapes and smaller citrus fruits (key limes, clementines, kumquats) for miniature wheels. Make nice with ice. Remember bars? Weren’t they great? You knew you were at one that really cared about details when you got a drink containing one of those hand-chiseled, perfectly sized for the glass, crystal-clear ice cubes. The ice for these is typically made in a sizable machine called a Clinebeall, but there are clearice molds that’ll work in home freezers. Check out TrueCube, Glacio, Ticent or Rabbit brands (and make sure you’re getting the right dimension and variety; some larger molds just produce bigger cloudy ice). Brainstorm your bowl. A holiday when you’re missing time with friends and family is a good moment to break out a bowl that has some meaning to you. If you don’t have one, look for one that’s pretty, will complement the color of your punch, and won’t tip or spill easily. Flat soup bowls aren’t a great choice here. Keep in mind the ease of drinking: You may be able to lift and sip from a bowl with taller edges, or you may prefer to use a straw.
Pomegranate Fizz 1 to 2 servings This bright and festive punch-format cocktail is sized for one or two people, depending on how thirsty they are. You can make this cocktail nonalcoholic by omitting the gin and dry curaçao, increasing the pomegranate juice to 6 ounces, adding an ounce of simple syrup, and replacing the dry sparkling wine with soda or tonic water. Since most bitters are alcoholic, if you want to avoid even those few drops of booze but desire an orangey note, strip a large swath of orange peel and express the oils over the punch and drop it into the bowl, as well. Ice (preferably 1 to 2 large cubes) 4 ounces pomegranate juice 3 ⁄4 ounce fresh lemon juice 2 ounces gin 1 ounce dry curaçao 3 dashes orange bitters 2 ounces chilled sparkling brut-style white wine Lemon/kumquat wheels, pomegranate seeds, rosemary sprig and/ or grating of nutmeg, for garnish (optional) Place the ice cubes in a serving bowl and set aside. In a mixing glass, combine the pomegranate and lemon juices, gin, curaçao and bitters, and stir to combine. Pour the mixture over the ice in the bowl, then top with the chilled sparkling wine. Arrange your garnishes on the surface of the drink, if using, and serve. Nutrition (based on 2 servings): Calories: 153; Total Fat: 0 g; Saturated Fat: 0 g; Cholesterol: 0 mg; Sodium: 1 mg; Total Carbohydrates: 13 g; Dietary Fiber: 0 g; Sugar: 11 g; Protein: 0 g. From Spirits columnist M. Carrie Allan. Stocking Clementine 1 to 2 servings Citrus fruits are often given out as
holiday treats. Here, they’re boosted with mezcal and elderflower for a bright and earthy brew. Where to Buy: Fresh tangerine juice can be found at Whole Foods and well-stocked supermarkets. Ice (preferably 1 to 2 large cubes) 4 ounces fresh tangerine or clementine juice 2 ounces mezcal 3 ⁄4 ounce St-Germain liqueur 3 dashes Peychaud’s bitters 2 to 3 ounces chilled club soda, to taste Wheels of clementines or tangerines studded with cloves, star anise pod, allspice berries and/or sage leaves, for garnish (optional) Place the ice cubes in your serving bowl and set aside. In a mixing glass, combine the juice, mezcal and bitters, and stir to combine. Pour the mixture over the ice in the bowl, then top with club soda to taste. Arrange your garnishes on the surface of the drink, if using, and serve. Nutrition (based on 2 servings): Calories: 127; Total Fat: 0 g; Saturated Fat: 0 g; Cholesterol: 0 mg; Sodium: 8 mg; Total Carbohydrates: 11 g; Dietary Fiber: 0 g; Sugar: 10 g; Protein: 1 g. From Spirits columnist M. Carrie Allan. A Pear-tridge in a Chai Tea 1 to 2 servings The rich spices in chai (yes, we know the “tea” in the name is redundant but leaving it out would lose the terrible pun) go beautifully with pears. We used Mathilde Poire for the liqueur, but you can substitute a ginger liqueur, if you like. Ice (preferably 1 to 2 large cubes) 2 ounces vodka (or pearflavored vodka) 1 1⁄2 ounces chilled chai 1 ⁄2 ounce fresh lemon juice 2 ounces pear nectar 1 ounce pear liqueur, such as Mathilde Poire 2 dashes Angostura bitters 2 ounces chilled ginger ale Wheels of lemon or pear, rosemary sprig, and/or sprinkle of grated nutmeg and/or ground cinnamon, for garnish (optional) Place the ice cubes in your serving bowl and set aside. In a mixing glass, combine the vodka, chai, lemon, pear nectar, liqueur and bitters, and stir to mix together. Pour the mixture over the ice in the bowl, then top with the chilled ginger ale. Arrange your garnishes on the surface of the drink, if using, and serve. Nutritional (based on 2 servings): Calories: 138; Total Fat: 0 g; Saturated Fat: 0 g; Cholesterol: 0 mg; Sodium: 4 mg; Total Carbohydrates: 11 g; Dietary Fiber: 0 g; Sugar: 5 g; Protein: 0 g. From Spirits columnist M. Carrie Allan.
Carrie Allan is a writer and editor who lives in Hyattsville, Md.
André 3000 shines a light on food insecurity with pie A aron Hutcherson The Washington Post
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oes the world need another apple pie recipe? Probably not. But when it comes from André 3000, half of perhaps the best rap duo of all time, Outkast, the world takes notice. The Atlanta rapper, whose real name is André Lauren Benjamin, shared his family recipe on Instagram this week, in an effort to raise money and awareness for the local Meals on Wheels chapter. “The holidays are different this year because we can’t hang with our friends & families like we would normally. But for many of our elders, they may be lonely or food insecure now and much of the year,” he wrote. According to its website, Meals on Wheels Atlanta served 519,000 meals in 2019, providing not only
nutrition and sustenance but also human interaction and companionship. Pre-pandemic, the organization made deliveries three to four times a week; now that is down to once a week for safety reasons. While the food part of the group’s mission has continued to be fulfilled, the human part has suffered. “The seniors rely on those volunteers for companionship and a point of human contact for the day,” says Hillary Baker, the chapter’s chief marketing officer. “Many of them haven’t talked to anybody else [in person] in months.” With increased food insecurity across the country, demand for the organization’s services has only grown. According to Baker, the organization expects to have served more than 600,000 meals by the end
of 2020, and more than 300 seniors are on the waitlist due to a lack of funding and operational capacity. The nonprofit organization plans to break ground on a new commercial kitchen in February to triple capacity, and hopes that with André 3000 encouraging people to support Meals on Wheels via his “quick lil’ apple pie” recipe, the financial burden will lessen, too. The recipe itself calls for nothing more than canned biscuit dough, applesauce, butter and optional salt. Admittedly, I had some difficulty assembling the hand pies as written. Simply folding flattened biscuit dough over a spoonful of applesauce didn’t quite work for me. Instead, I cradled it in my hand and then pinched the edges with my fingertips to keep the applesauce from oozing
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A closeup of Aaron Hutcherson’s attempt at André 3000’s “quick lil’ apple pie” recipe. out of the pastry as I tried to trap it inside its doughy cocoon. Then I crimped the edges with a fork for presentation before baking until golden. The result was exactly what one would expect based on the ingredients: nothing remarkable. But as he raps in the Outkast song “Gasoline Dreams,” “Don’t everybody like the
taste of apple pie?” On the basis of apples baked with dough, this recipe delivers. However, I’d recommend a dash of cinnamon mixed into the filling along with some extra sugar (particularly if you use no-sugar-added applesauce) for more of that apple pie flavor we all know and love. Perhaps a sprinkle of granulated
sugar on the pies before baking or a dusting of confectioners’ after to account for the outsize ratio of biscuit to apple filling would bring the dish more solidly into dessert territory. And leave out the salt; it’s savory enough as is. Making this recipe didn’t produce spectacular results, but I don’t think that was the point. Raising awareness about Meals on Wheels and lonely and food insecure seniors is, because “the whole world loves it when you’re in the news.” But if you do make it and want to see which member of Outkast is a better cook, then check out another recipe that’s part of the initiative: Big Boi’s video for banana pudding. Aaron Hutcherson is a writer and recipe developer for Voraciously at The Washington Post.
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L.A. Clippers 2 1 .667 — SACRAMENTO 2 1 .667 — L.A. Lakers 2 1 .667 — GOLDEN STATE 1 2 .333 1 Southwest Division W L Pct GB New Orleans 2 1 .667 — San Antonio 2 1 .667 — Dallas 1 2 .333 1 Houston 0 1 .000 1 Memphis 0 2 .000 1½ Saturday’s Games SACRAMENTO 106, Phoenix 103 Atlanta 122, Memphis 112 Oklahoma City 109, Charlotte 107 Cleveland 128, Detroit 119, 2OT Orlando 130, Washington 120 Philadelphia 109, New York 89 Indiana 125, Chicago 106 San Antonio 119, Toronto 114 Minnesota 116, Utah 111 Portland 128, Houston 126, OT Sunday’s Games GOLDEN STATE 129, Chicago 128 Phoenix 116, SACRAMENTO 100 Dallas 124, L.A. Clippers 73 Charlotte 106, Brooklyn 104 Orlando 120, Washington 113 New Orleans 98, San Antonio 95 Cleveland 118, Philadelphia 94 New York 130, Milwaukee 110 Indiana 108, Boston 107 L.A. Lakers 127, Minnesota 91 Monday’s Games Detroit at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m. Memphis at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m. Utah at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. Houston at Denver, 6 p.m. Portland at L.A. Lakers, 7 p.m, Tuesday’s Games GOLDEN STATE at Detroit, 4 p.m. Denver at SACRAMENTO, 7 p.m. New York at Cleveland, 4 p.m. Boston at Indiana, 4 p.m. Toronto at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Chicago at Washington, 4 p.m. Milwaukee at Miami, 4:30 p.m. Orlando at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. New Orleans at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Minnesota at L.A. Clippers, 7 p.m.
Green Bay at Chicago, 10 a.m. New Orleans at Carolina, 10 a.m. Miami at Buffalo, 10 a.m. Arizona at L.A. Rams, 1:25 p.m. Las Vegas at Denver, 1:25 p.m. Washington at Philadelphia, 5:20 p.m. END REGULAR SEASON
BASKETBALL NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Philadelphia 2 1 .667 — Brooklyn 2 1 .667 — New York 1 2 .333 1 Boston 1 2 .333 1 Toronto 0 2 .000 1½ Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 3 0 1.000 — Indiana 3 0 1.000 — Milwaukee 1 2 .333 2 Detroit 0 2 .000 2½ Chicago 0 3 .000 3 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Orlando 3 0 1.000 — Atlanta 2 0 1.000 ½ Miami 1 1 .500 1½ Charlotte 1 2 .333 2 Washington 0 3 .000 3 WESTERN CONFERENCE Northwest Division W L Pct GB Minnesota 2 1 .667 — Oklahoma City 1 0 1.000 — Utah 1 1 .500 ½ Portland 1 1 .500 ½ Denver 0 2 .000 1½ Pacific Division W L Pct GB Phoenix 2 1 .667 —
W’s: Made 18-of-47 3-point attempts From Page B1 In the second quarter, they posted their best scoring quarter of the season with 36 points. Andrew Wiggins, in particular, found his rhythm, scoring 10 points in the second quarter and finishing with 19 points on 6-of-15 shooting, nine rebounds and four assists. As a team, the Warriors made 18-of-47 (38.3%) 3-pointers and forced 24 turnovers that led to 18 points. However, after taking a four-point lead into halftime, the Warriors gave up the lead when
they were out-scored 41-33 in the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, Bulls center Wendell Carter Jr.’s floater opened up a nine-point lead with the 3:58 left in the game. With 22 points, Carter Jr. joined forward Lauri Markkanen (23 points) and guards Zach LaVine (33 points) and Coby White (20 points) as Bulls players with more than 20 points. When he re-entered the game in the fourth, Curry attempted to lift the Warriors to a muchneeded win. He made a pair of 3-pointers, dazzled with his dribble and drove to get to the free-throw
finished with 12 points on 4-of-7 shooting (4-of-5 from 3-point range). As the buzzer sounded, Lee’s teammates rushed the court and hugged the 28-year-old guard who has grown to represent the young, new-look supporting cast that surrounds Curry. Had Golden State lost, frustrations may have boiled over. Instead, the win called for a celebration as the Warriors aim to return to the playoffs this season. The Warriors will wrap up their four-game trip Tuesday in Detroit.
line as the Warriors outscored the Bulls 11-5 in the final 2:01. With 16.9 seconds remaining, center Kevon Looney’s tip-in tied the game at 126, but LaVine’s mid-range jumper put the Bulls ahead with 5 seconds to go, setting up a chance for Curry to win the game. Head coach Steve Kerr drew up a play for Curry, but the Bulls keyed in and didn’t allow him to receive the inbound. Instead, Lee inbounded to Looney, darted over to take the handoff and drained a straight-away 3-pointer to earn the Warriors a much-needed win. Lee
Clippers: Made just 5 of first 22 shots From Page B1 George finished with 15 points in 24 minutes, with four assists and two rebounds. He scored the game’s first basket, freezing his defender in front of the Clippers’ bench before rising for a 19-foot jumper. But it would be the Clippers’ only lead and it lasted all of 17 seconds. On the Clippers’ fourth possession, George threw a pass that was intercepted and turned into a jumper
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by Josh Richardson. Three possessions later, George’s second turnover became a layup by Doncic. George, who had averaged 28 points over his first two games, shouldered the scoring load for much of the first quarter as the Clippers made only five of their first 22 shots. In Leonard’s place the Clippers started Luke Kennard, who scored seven points with two rebounds in 29 minutes. The Clippers host Min-
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Statistics for Travis Air Force Base for yesterday through 5 p.m. Temperature High/Low.............................61°/39° Average high .......................... 53.4° Average low............................ 38.2° A year ago............................ NA/NA Barometric pressure............29.81 Humidity...................................62%
Air Quality Index 59 Precipitation 0-50 51-100 101-150 151-200 201-300 Last 24 hours................................0″ Good Moderate Unhealthy Unhealthy Very sensitive unhealthy Month-to-date....................... 1.96″ Normal Dec. rainfall ............. 4.30″ Source: Bay Area Air Quality Management District Season-to-date...................... 3.67″ Normal seasonal rainfall....24.81″ UV Index This date last year...................... NA 2 Source: NWS and NOAA <2 3-5 6-7 8-10 11+ Good Moderate
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nesota on Tuesday and Portland the following day before leaving for a brief road trip at Utah on Friday and Phoenix on Sunday. Leonard’s availability for the upcoming slate remains unclear. Clippers coach Ty Lue didn’t provide a potential timetable for Leonard’s return when asked before tipoff Sunday. “Hopefully he’s fine, I’m not sure yet,” Lue said. Two hours before tipoff Sunday, Leonard watched
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Monday’s TV sports Note: Some events may be canceled or moved to different times and/or stations because of Covid-19 considerations
Basketball College men •Illinois State at Loyola of Chicago, CBSSN, 4 p.m. •Michigan State at Minnesota, BIG TEN, 5 p.m. •Colorado at Arizona, PAC12, 6:30 p.m. College women •San Francisco at BYU, BYUTV, 1 p.m. •Morgan State at Syracuse, ACC, 4 p.m. •Samford at Vanderbilt, SEC, 5 p.m. NBA •Memphis at Brooklyn, NBATV, 4:30 p.m. •Portland at L.A. Lakers, NBATV, 7 p.m. Football NFL •Buffalo at New England, ESPN, 5:15 p.m. Soccer •Super Lig, Besiktas vs. Sivasspor, BEIN, 7:55 a.m. •Premier League, Chelsea vs. Aston Villa, NBCSN, 9 a.m.
Tuesday’s TV sports Basketball College men •Miami at Virginia Tech, ACC, 3 p.m. •South Florida at Memphis, ESPN2, 4 p.m. •Texas A&M at LSU, SEC, 4 p.m. •Wofford at Mercer, ESPNU, 4 p.m. •Pittsburgh at Duke, ACC, 5 p.m. •Houston at Tulsa, ESPN2, 6 p.m. •Ole Miss at Alabama, SEC, 6 p.m. NBA •Golden State at Detroit, NBATV, 4 p.m. •Milwaukee at Miami, TNT, 4:30 p.m. •New Orleans at Phoenix, TNT, 7 p.m. •Denver at Sacramento, NBCSCA, 7 p.m. (Vacaville only) Football College •Cheez-It Bowl, Oklahoma State vs. Miami, ESPN, 2:30 p.m. •Valero Alamo Bowl, Texas vs. Colorado, ESPN, 6 p.m. Soccer •La Liga, Sevilla vs. Villarreal, BEIN, 7:50 a.m. •Premier League, Brighton vs. Arsenal, NBCSN, 10 a.m. •La Liga, Barcelona vs. Eibar, BEIN, 10:05 a.m. •Premier League, Manchester United vs. Wolves, NBCSN, noon •La Liga, Cadiz vs. Real Valladolid, BEIN, 12:20 p.m. •La Liga, Levante vs. Real Betis, BEIN, 2:30 p.m. •La Liga, Granada vs. Valencia, BEIN, 7:50 a.m. (Wednesday)
Gould: Kicker From Page B1 lose a lot of those guys, it’s tough. Guys come in, they step up, they give all they can. But the inspiration of guys who’ve done it before and who are at the top of their game . . . “Kittle we knew just
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getting him a part of us and dressing him out today would be able to help a ton. But just what he was able to do even statistically in the pass game and always in the run game. I can’t say enough about George.”
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teammates warm up from the baseline inside Staples Center, a ball under one arm, but did not take part himself before leaving the court. He returned to the bench in a warmup track suit. During one timeout during the first half, Leonard stood in front of teammates, appearing to address them. Nothing he could say, however, could change the numbers on the box score.
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2.78 -0.41 2.89 -0.60
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Suisun High (feet) Low Today 2:09 a.m. 4.14 7:05 a.m. 12:20 p.m. 5.78 9:04 p.m. Tuesday 2:58 a.m. 4.28 7:50 a.m. 12:53 p.m. 5.93 9:40 p.m.
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