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Vallejo sees rash of homicides during 2020 City accounts for two-thirds of Solano County’s violent deaths Glen Faison

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FAIRFIELD — Authorities investigated 45 deaths – one characterized suspicious in nature, the rest the result of violence or driving incidents – during a year that saw Vallejo and the nearby unincorporated area experience 30 sushomicides. TOP STORIES pected The city itself had 29 reported homicides during the year, with YEAR IN REVIEW an additional homicide in rural Vallejo. The vast majority of the deaths were the result of shootings. Two were incidents of domestic violence in which the suspect also killed himself. The suicides are not included in the city’s total number of homicides for the year. Another suspected killer was shot and killed by police in another county as authorities tried to apprehend him. Three people were shot and killed in two incidents in February. One was a 38-year-old Vallejo man who was shot and killed shortly after 7 p.m. Feb. 6 at Highland Park at 101 Regents Park Drive. He was taken to a nearby hospital, where he died. The other shooting was a domestic violence incident late Feb. 12 and early Feb. 13 when police report that a man shot See Vallejo, Page A12

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Fairfield Police investigate the scene of a shooting at the intersection of East Tabor and Dover avenues in Fairfield, April 3, 2020. Deantwan Cartwright Myles, 21, was shot in the head and died in the hospital April 10.

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Workers lower an old streetcar onto the tracks at the Western Railway Museum, Thursday.

Historic streetcar arrives at Western Railway Museum

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RIO VISTA — The San Diego Diego Electric Railway PCC No. 502, a streetcar that’s been “desired” by Western Railway Museum volunteers for a few years, will not be referred to as “A Streetcar Named Desire.” A bevy of heavy equipment, and a handful of volunteers, pulled into the open gate that leads to the rear of the Highway 12 museum Thursday morning. On the top of one flatbed trailer was a crane. Aboard the other was the 1937 PCC No. 502. Also in the mix was a pickup truck with rigging equipment as the 34,000pound car would be lifted off the flatbed and onto the track. The history of the car is comparable to how the PCC No. 502 came to Rio Vista. A GoFundMe campaign raised $20,000 to purchase the car as well as transport it from Colfax to Roseville, then down Interstate 80 to Highway 12. It’s the first Presidents Conference Committee streetcar to arrive on the West Coast, said volunteers who helped bring the car to Rio Vista. PCCs were the last streetcars built in the United States prior to the light rail vehicles. The car has been stored outdoors for nearly half a century. The previous owner purchased it in 1998 with the

Workers prepare to lift a newly acquired streetcar onto the tracks at the Western Railway Museum, Thursday. goal of establishing a proposed streetcar line in the South Lake Tahoe area. That didn’t happen. The San Diego Electric Railway ordered 28 PCC cars in 1937 to replace aging equipment, modernize its system and bring back passengers who were moving to the automobile. The 502 was one of two cars painted red and blue for the American Red Cross’ blood donation campaign during World War II. National City Lines purchased the San Diego Electric Railway in 1948,

and by 1949 the streetcar lines were closed and replaced by buses. No. 502 and 16 of its sister PCC cars were sold in 1950 to El Paso City Lines for service on the international loop between El Paso, Texas, and the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, where it was numbered 1500. This line was closed in 1973, and El Paso City Lines shut down a year later. The city of El Paso opted to

It’s ‘World War III,’ says doctor beset by intensely sick Covid-19 patients

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WASHINGTON — Nearly a dozen Republican senators signaled Saturday that they will challenge the Electoral College results next week, a last measure of their full devotion to a defeated president that has frustrated Senate GOP leaders and exacerbated concerns about the health of American democracy. Eleven current and soon-to-be lawmakers – almost a quarter of the

LOS ANGELES — Many Californians spent New Year’s Eve in a safe place with immediate family. Dr. Nick Kwan, the assistant medical director of emergency services at Alhambra Hospital in Los Angeles County, spent it with a Covid-19 patient who went into code blue – cardiac or respiratory arrest – five separate times. Code blue requires the medical staff to summon a quick and intense response to resuscitate the patient. “It’s mentally, physically and emotionally draining,” said Kwan, who

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struggled to articulate the toll that a monthlong surge of Covid-19 patients is placing on his and other hospitals across Los Angeles County. “This is a full-on Category 10. . . . It’s literally World War III,” he said. “It’s not the volume of patients,” he said. “It’s the intensity and sickness of the patients. I’ve never thought some of these numbers are compatible with life, with patients coming in sicker than you can imagine.” Across L.A. County and much of Southern California, hospitals are struggling

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The definitive power rankings for office supplies

Today, to kick off a new n a couple of months, it will be a year since year and prepare for I last worked at my the eventual (perhaps) office. Since March 16, return to the office for 2020, my office has been those of us who work the same as my kitchen: in offices and cubiA laptop, two screens, a cles, I present the mouse and a definitive ranking of few notepads. office supplies: At some point, I’ll 10. Staples/Staplers. I Brad Stanhope return. I like working presume they’re expenLike I was sayin’ from home, but I’m consive, but who knows? For fident that Mrs. Brad will vote more than 30 years, I’ve relied for my return to the workplace. on my workplace to supply I don’t blame her. She’s worked them. Before that, I relied on from home for a while and likes schools. Do staples cost $1 for solitude. Being in the house a bunch or do they cost $100? with someone who chats people I don’t know. up a lot is not solitude. 9. Thumb tacks. Like staples, Frankly, I miss the office. they’re out of sight, out of mind. Especially the office supplies. When needed, it’s great to have We take them for granted a stash in a supply closet. because they’re always there. 8. Mouses (mice?) and

mouse pads. We take a computer mouse for granted until we need one. Then it’s desperate. Most offices have IT people to (reluctantly) help, but it’s convenient to have a graveyard of old mice that still work, like we do in the supply room at my office. 7. Printer paper. I don’t use a printer much, but when I do, it’s nice to not pay for the paper or the ink. But now that I think about it, maybe this choice should be “printer.” 6. Highlighters. Want to highlight a document? If you’re at home, you’ll spend 15 minutes looking for that one, only to find that it is dry. At an office, you can always find a good highlighter. 5. Paper clips. They don’t

seem important until you need one and you probably don’t have many sitting around. The variety of sizes for paper clips is an ongoing fascination for me. Jumbo-sized clips are fantastic. 4. Notebooks. Even though I do most of my work on a computer, I still write down ideas and keep track of processes. By the end of last May, I was looking around our house for partially used notebooks that I could use for work. If only we had a big supply closet! 3. Coffee. Nearly every office supplies coffee, therefore, it’s an office supply. Many of us took it for granted until we had to keep making our own coffee every day. Coffee isn’t cheap. 2. Post-it Notes. I love these and use them constantly. To

Artist lays still for 10 hours to help put 2020 in the past

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Tribune Content Agency DALLAS — Artist Erica Felicella spent one of the last days of 2020 lying on her back in a square pile of rocks. She was motionless for 10 hours, from 7:10 a.m. to sundown at 5:30 p.m. The artist commanded a lot in the Cedars neighborhood of Dallas for the performance, titled, “Resistance, Re-Live and Proceed.” The interactive event drew dozens of visitors over the course of an overcast but mild winter day. Gloves, masks and umbrellas were offered to guests as they arrived. “I wanted – in a year that nobody touched – to find a way for people to touch the art,” Felicella said. “I took a lot of precautions and there’s special safety protocols. But everybody got to touch the art. Everybody got to be part of the experience.” After arriving at a safety tent, patrons encountered two glass jars balanced on a wooden desk. One jar contained blank index cards. Attendees were to collectively liquidate their memories of the year by scribbling them on a card from the first jar and moving them to the second. From there sat a small mountain of rocks. “The stone outside of the square is power, is the transfer of power, the transfer of motion,” Felicella said of the pile. Rocks were placed on and around Felicella, always in contact with her body. Guests placed stones on the artist often before standing upright and snapping a photograph. “A rock is a very solid, powerful object,” Felicella said. “In this process, through the whole piece

write down ideas. To remind me who to contact for important information. To record predictions made by co-workers. My office is filled with Post-it Notes. At home? None. I miss them. 1. Pens. This is my office-supply weakness. Prepandemic, I traveled to about a half-dozen conferences per year and the main thing I brought back was a backpack filled with pens. I have a drawer-full at my office, but . . . they’re all at my office. I didn’t think the shutdown would last so long, so I didn’t grab any. I lament their absence. Pens in my desk are great. Pens in the supply closet are still good. I love pens.

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Erica Felicella lies on a bed of stones for her performance in the Cedars neighborhood of Dallas, Tuesday. you are transferring your emotions until you get to the other side. You are walking away, lighter.” Felicella’s wife, Cassie Felicella, said that curious passersby would ask questions: “Is this legal?” “Is that a real person?” She said a homeless man wandered over and asked only to participate in the rock-placing part of the performance. The piece culminated with a desk where a journal was left open for more anonymous memories and possible hopes for next year, before being discarded in a metal bin. Dallas resident Chelsea Rosson appreciated Felicella’s way of physically banishing the tougher moments of 2020. “It was definitely a really cool moment to say, ‘Hey, I’ve experienced that and it’s easy to dwell on it, but it’s time to let it go so I can move into action,’” Rosson said. Dallas artist Daniela Cruz didn’t name the specific things she wanted to leave behind from 2020 on her card, but she

summarized them. “Self-limiting beliefs, doubting everything, the systems that exist, the way we operate, the way we are,” Cruz said. “Active participants, but also bystanders in a lot of ways.” When the sun set over the Cedars, Felicella finally rose, helped by two men. She was led to a small closing ceremony conducted by community organizer Sarah Jane Semrad. Candles burned, chimes rang and a showering of flower petals covered a sore Felicella. The audience stood silent. It was said audience that struck Felicella the most throughout the day. “That surprised me, just the people,” Felicella said. “You give them the chance to unburden and they are still generous in spirit and kind in the soul. That is just really rewarding at the end of this year, just to know that even though we’ve all been through this together we are still going to stand by each other’s side.”

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FAIRFIELD — Mitch Mashburn has had 10 months to think about being the newest member of the Solano County Board of Supervisors. It was on March 3 that Mashburn won a close election over the Rev. David Isom to replace Skip Thomson as the 5th District representative. In reality, however, Mashburn had been thinking about the county step for much longer than that. He announced his candidacy July 11, 2019, at the Elmire firehouse. The former jail commander for the Solano County mashburn Sheriff’s Office served 10 years on the Vacaville City Council, leaving his current term for the county post. Mashburn could not be reached for comment. Mashburn will take the ceremonial oath of office Tuesday, having actually been scheduled to be sworn in Monday. The oath is to be hannigan administered by his wife, Tonya Mashburn. The Mashburns have three daughters. Supervisor Erin Hannigan will be starting her third term as the 1st District representative. Vernon Andrews, her newlywed husband (October), will administer the oath. Judge Stephen Gizzi is brown scheduled to administer the oath for Supervisor Monica Brown, who is starting her second term representing the 2nd District. The new board – Hannigan, Brown, Jim Spering (3rd District), John Vasquez (4th District) and Mashburn – is then scheduled to receive a presentation of the 2020 Annual Report, which highlights the accomplishments of the county during 2020. See Board, Page A6

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ABOVE: The first baby born in Solano County in 2021, Maave Seata Loi-On Va’i, is pictured here with mother, Levalsai Loi-On, and father, Andrew Va’i. RIGHT: Ma’ave Seata

Loi-On Va’i, born at 1:11 a.m. Friday, was the first baby born in Solano County this year.

VACAVILLE — Solano County’s first baby of 2021 made her debut 71 minutes into the new year at Kaiser Permanente Vacaville Medical Center. The parents of Ma’ave Seata Loi-On Va’i, Andrew Va’i and Levalasi Loi-On, talked on the phone Friday about their 2021 gift, a baby girl who weighed 6 pounds, 5 ounces and was 19 inches long. “We did have a perfect new year with a new blessing,” Va’i said. The family recently settled in Vacaville from San Francisco. Pregnancy and labor were not kind to Loi-On. She was diagnosed in her first trimester with Covid-19. She dealt with gestational diabetes in the second trimester. And, labor was induced Wednesday with worries of pre-eclampsia. Va’i felt his daughter had his nose. Loi-On said she had no preference as to the year of birth. In fact, she thought she was going to deliver Thursday. The family hopes to return home Saturday, where Ma’ave, a family name, will live with her mother, father and paternal grandparents. Family members will have to wait to get the pediatrician’s permission before making home visits. This is the couple’s first child. Both are educators. Loi-On is a student success coordinator in Asian American and Pacific Islander Student Services at her alma mater, San Francisco State University. She is also a lecturer at City College of San Francisco. Va’i works at Chabot College of San Francisco. “We are super blessed,” he said, “The community has been super excited for us.” Gifts have been dropped off at a fairly steady pace for the newborn. “We haven’t had to ask for anything,” Va’i said. The couple also praised the staff at Kaiser Permanente Vacaville Medical Center for their dedication. “Everyone has taken care of us,” Loi-On said.

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Obituaries

Charles Wilson

March 22, 1924 â€” Dec. 23, 2020

his practice, he Charles E. â€˜Chuckâ€™ Wilson was called up. He passed away received a deferquietly in his resment until he idence at The found a dentist to Village at Rancho run the practice until his return. Solano in Fairfield Chuck joined the on Dec. 23, 2020. Air Force and He was 96 years was stationed in old. Kimpo, Korea, as Chuck was a Captain with the born on March 22, 4th Fighter Wing. 1924, to Charles After one year, E. Wilson and veteran Chuck was sent Elizabeth Norfleet Lively Wilson in Louis- back to pack up his family ville, Kentucky. He had and move to Long Beach one sibling, the late Lively to finish his service. A year later he moved back to Miller Wilson. The brothers were Fairfield. Chuck loved his comvery close throughout their lives, and enjoyed munity. He served as being mischievous with President of the Fairfield each other. As children Chamber of Commerce, they developed their own President of the Green secret language and had Valley Country Club, was a clubhouse, an old aban- active in the Lionâ€™s Club, doned outhouse. They and was a great supporter called each other Beatus, of the Community United a name they used for each Methodist Church. He was other for the rest of their an inveterate golfer, and great friend of many. lives. Chuck loved dentistry. Chuck graduated from Bowling Green High He served as both PresiSchool the year before the dent and Speaker of the attack on Pearl Harbor. House of Delegates of the He started college at California Dental Associawhat is now Kentucky tion, Vice President of the Western University in American Dental AssociBowling Green. ation, the National Board He joined the Navy of Dental Examiners, and reserves as soon as he was instrumental in the was 18 in 1942. There were creation of the Califorso many people enter- nia Dental Service, which ing service after Pearl became Delta Dental. Harbor, the Navy had With his dedication and Chuck stay in school until service in the advancehe was needed. There was ment of dentistry, Chuck a program called B12 that was nominated to become the Navy set up to pay for a Fellow in the Internadental and medical edu- tional College of Dentistry. Chuck loved his family. cation and training, so that after the war there Trips to Muir Woods for would be enough dentists Sunday pancake breakand physicians to care for fast cooked on a Coleman the returning troops and stove, camping, fishing general population. Chuck and waterskiing at Mediwanted to be a physi- cine Lake, baseball games cian. The Navy felt other- to watch the Giants, vacawise and put him in dental tioning at the Running Y school at the University Resort, to name a few. of Missouri in Kansas City. He guided and supWhen the war ended, the ported his children as they B12 program was discon- grew up to become continued. Chuck stayed in fident members of the the Naval Reserves, com- community. missioned as an Ensign, And Chuck loved Eleauntil he graduated in 1947. nore. They traveled the During this time he met world together, played the love of his life Elea- together, socialized nore Kandra from Tule- together, and raised their lake, California. She was children together. Sadly, a student at Stevens Eleanore passed away on College in Columbia. They Feb. 9, 2019. Chuck is survived by married on Aug. 2, 1947, his children, John (NoĂŤl), and moved to Tulelake. There, after he passed Alyssa and Katie; Tom his state dental exams, (Melissa), Julie and Cindy; Chuck opened his first Rob (Vicky), Jenna Beth dental office in rooms and Trevor; and Denise above the Tulelake (Kelly), Holly and Tony; also great-grandchildren, Theater. In 1950, Chuck and Sofia, Mateo, Juniper, Will, Eleanore moved to Fair- Ryan, Ellie, Elias; and one field, California, where on the way. Interment will be they thrived and prospered and raised a family. private. The family requests When the Korean Conflict started, there was a that expressions of symDoctor Draft and Chuck pathy be made in his registered for the Draft. honor to the Community In the midst of build- United Methodist Church ing a new office for in Fairfield.

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Salvatore DiMarco

Dec. 2, 1935 â€” Dec. 10, 2020

A great man, USAF CMSgt Ret. Salvatore DiMarco II, 85, or â€˜Chiefâ€™ as most people knew him, was called home on Dec. 10, 2020. He passed away following a courageous battle with cancer, which ended in heart failure at NorthBay Medical Center after first being admitted to David Grant Medical Center (DGMC). He was born in Atlas, Pennsylvania, on Dec. 2, 1935, son of the late Salvaair force tore and Mary (Coladonato) DiMarco. veteran He is survived by his son, Salvatore DiMarco III and Sheila (wife); son, Edward DiMarco and Evelyn (wife); daughter, Maria Brana and Michael (husband); grandchildren, Theresa Dineen (Sean), Megan Nunes, Eddie DiMarco (Amelia Holt), Faith Woodard-Rincon; and great-grandchildren, Ace Nunes, Piper, Cora and Edith Dineen. He is preceded in death by his wife, Barbara DiMarco; parents; siblings, Josephine DeMarco Urbanski, Daniel DeMarco, Fred DeMarco, John DeMarco, Anna DeMarco Amorose, Gabriel DeMarco, James DeMarco and Theresa DeMarco McAndrew. He was a 30-year Air Force career man, retiring from Travis AFB in 1988, but that was not enough! He then spent an additional 32+ years as a volunteer at the Travis AFB DGMC in the dental clinic, pharmacy and optometry departments until the lockdown kept him from the hospital. He loved his military family as much as his own. He dedicated his life to his Catholic faith and was a Sir Knight/Brother with the Knight of Columbus since 1999. He is deeply loved and will be greatly missed. His love, his sense of humor, his smile and his â€˜Pisan!â€™ for anyone even close to being Italian will not be forgotten. The service is limited due to the pandemic. There will be drive-by â€˜viewingâ€™ from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, at Bryan-Braker Funeral Home, 1850 W. Texas St., Fairfield. Private interment for immediate family will follow at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery, Dixon, California. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to AdoptaPlatoon or Wounded Warrior Project. Arrangements under the care of Bryan-Braker Funeral Home, 707-425-4697.

Pauline Rosales

Dec. 26, 1955 â€” Dec. 26, 2020

Pauline â€˜Paulaâ€™ Rosales, 65, of Fairfield, California, passed away on Dec. 26, 2020. Paula was born in Renton, England, on Dec. 26, 1955. Paula grew up in England and worked in retail prior to emigrating to the United States in 1984. She continued her career in retail first as the manager of Designer Pets, a local pet store in Fairfield, and then she owned her own pet store with her loving husband, Joe Rosales. They ran that pet store for some years before closing it. She loved animals of all kinds and always had her faithful dogs and her cats by her side. Paula was happiest being at home taking care of her animals and gardening. She kept her husband busy making sure she had plenty of flower pots and special areas in the yard where she could garden. Paula participated in local organizations helping women recover from their issues regarding substance abuse and had many women that she helped over the years that had recovered. Her mother and brother came from England to visit and she enjoyed showing then her home here in Fairfield and places in California. She was loved by her family and will be deeply missed. She is survived by her husband, Joseph Rosales; two brothers and one sister, Andrew, Brian and Annette. Arrangements under the care of Fairfield Funeral Home, 707-425-1041.

Rocky Crites

July 11, 1944 â€” Dec. 3, 2020

Captain Rocky oak leaf clusWilliam Jefferters, the National son Crites (USAF Defense Service Retired) passed Medal, the Armed Forces Expediaway on Dec. 3, tionary Medal, the 2020, and the Vietnam Service world lost a loving husband, father, Medal with four g r a n d f a t h e r, bronze stars and brother, uncle and the Humanitarfriend. He was a ian Service Medal proud veteran and with an oak leaf American hero. cluster. Rocky was After retirair force born July 11, 1944, ing from the Air veteran in Abilene, Texas, Force, Rocky flew to Lt. Col. Frank Crites commercially with Pan (USAF Retired) and Lue Am World Airways, then Crites (Bowden). returned to flight instrucHe grew up in an Air tion, spending several Force family who lived years as a C-17 Aircrew around the world. Rocky Training Flight Simulator graduated Johnson High instructor at Travis AFB. School in Yokota, Japan, Rocky was an active then graduated from member of various orgaTexas Tech University. nizations including VFW, Following in his fatherâ€™s AMVETS, American Legion, footsteps, Rocky served Red River Valley Fighter in the U.S. Air Force as Pilots Association (the a pilot. In 1969, he was â€˜River Ratsâ€™), Quiet Birdmen among the first group and Military Order of the of pilots assigned to the Cootie. 4th Special Operations Rocky was beloved by Squadron flying the first his family and friends. He of the AC-47 â€˜Spookyâ€™ would go out of his way Gunships. The AC-47s to make people laugh and were part of a highly clas- gave people he loved nicksified operation. names. He would sing old After Vietnam, Rocky songs loudly, then detercontinued a success- mine that he was â€˜in fine ful career as an aircraft voice today.â€™ He was very commander and flight mechanically inclined, and instructor. He flew the he always stopped to C-141 â€˜Starlifterâ€™ out of help a stranger having car Travis AFB, then moved to trouble. He loved helping Webb AFB as an instructor and supporting others. in the international pilot The people who knew training program. He flew him say he made them the C-5A â€˜Galaxyâ€™ out of feel loved, feel welcome, Dover AFB and was a flight feel happy. And for that he instructor out of Altus AFB. would be most proud. Rocky is survived by his He retired as an Aircraft Commander for the C-5A loving wife, Cheryl Crites daughter, in Travis AFB after more (Neundorf); Wendy Crites Wacker; her than 20 years of service. He received several husband, Andrew Wacker; honors for his many and their children, twins, achievements in the Aaron and Alex Wacker; Air Force. Rocky was son, Troy Crites; his wife, awarded the Silver Star, Kristie Crites; and their our nationâ€™s third-highest children, Rebecca, Charles individual decoration for and Jacob Crites; sister, valor in combat, as well Clara Dudak and her as the Distinguished Flying family; brother, David Lee Cross, the Air Medal with Crites and his family; and nine oak leaf clusters, the his cousin, Bill Hanson. He is preceded in death Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf clus- by his parents. A memorial service ters, Distinguished Presidential Unit Citations, with military honors and the Air Force Outstand- a celebration of life will be ing Unit Award with two held in 2021.

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SUISUN CITY â€” The city has extended the application deadline to Tuesday for city committees and commissions. Suisun City is looking for interested residents to serve on the: n Planning Commission. Four four-year vacancies. n Recreation, Parks, Marina and Arts Commission. Three fouryear vacancies. n Housing Authority Tenant Commissioner. Two two-year terms. n Senior Coalition of Solano County. One two-year term. n Solano Transportation Authority Bicycle Advisory Committee. One three-year term. n Solano Transportation Authority Pedestrian Advisory Committee. One three-year term. n Solano Commission for Women and Girls. One three-year term.

The Planning Commission meets at 6 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesday of the month. It reviews and makes recommendations on the communityâ€™s General Plan, development applications and policy proposals on both current developments as well as long-range plans for future development. The Recreation, Parks, Marina and Arts Commission meets at 7 p.m. the first and third Wednesday of the month. It serves as an advisory commission to the City Council; Recreation, Parks and Marina Department; and Public Works Department on such issues as public parks, recreational facilities and programs, grants, applicable operational policies, unmet needs and the beautification of public rights of way within Suisun City. The Housing Author-

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rose to the rank of James TerColonel. Assignrance Swift of ments throughout Vacaville, Califorthe United States nia, passed away on Dec. 13, 2020, and the world included Flight after living a full Surgeon and life as a loving Chief of Medicine, husband and Clark AB Hospital, proud father, Air Republic of the Force Colonel and Philippines; Deras a dedicated physician. Born on matologist, Travis July 21, 1931, in Hospital, AFB Chicago, Illinois, California; Chief air force to James Joseph Medical Officer, veteran and Bernice Swift, USAF HospiTerry spent his childhood tal Lakenheath, England; in Greenfield, Iowa. Terry Dermatologist, and Travis graduated from Monte- AFB Hospital, California. bello Senior High School From 1980 until 2000, in 1949 before attending Terry served as a Dermathe University of Southern tologist and Chairman California, where he grad- of Tumor Board for eight uated in 1954. years at the Napa State In 1958, Terry com- Hospital in Napa, Calipleted his medical train- fornia, where his ongoing ing by earning his MD after and lifelong commitment graduating from the Uni- to patient care continued versity of Southern Cal- until his retirement. Terry was a voracious ifornia Medical School, enthusiastically Los Angeles, California. reader, cookbooks, Upon graduation from collected medical school, Terry enjoyed traveling, skiing, woodworking moved to Washington, cooking, D.C., where he entered and photography. Terry is survived by his active duty as an Air Force officer and was assigned beautiful wife of 25 years, to the Walter Reed Army Ruby Boyd; six children, Medical Center for five Michael, Debbi, Teresa, years where he under- Sandra, Adam and Renee; took his one-year rotating and 10 grandchildren. He is preceded in death internship. In 1959, Terry moved to by his brother, Gary; and Lakenheath, England, and parents, James Joseph served at the USAF Hos- and Bernice Swift. Burial with full Milipital Lakenheath, serving as a General Medical tary Honors will be held at Officer until 1962. During 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 5, this period, Terry attended 2021, at the Sacramento the Air Force’s primary Valley National Cemetery, course in Aerospace Med- 5810 Midway Road, Dixon, icine and graduated as California. a Flight Surgeon. Terry Due to coronavirus, then spent the next four Celebration of Life will be years at Mather Air Force delayed to a future time Base in Sacramento, Cal- and date. Arrangements ifornia, providing medical care to aircrews as a flight entrusted to the direction surgeon. In the fall of and care of Bryan–Braker 1966, Terry moved to Phil- Funeral Home, 707-425adelphia, Pennsylvania, to 4697, www.bryanbraker. complete a residency in com. In lieu of flowers, Dermatology at the Unimemorial contributions versity of Pennsylvania. Over his 24 years of may be made to the service in the Air Force, he Alzheimer’s Association.

James Theodore Roerkohl April 8, 1941 — Dec. 12, 2020

Go Cubs! James T. James will be Roerkohl, 79, dearly missed and passed away fondly remempeacefully of bered by his wife natural causes of 43 years, Lana; Dec. 12, 2020, at NorthBay Vacachildren, Jeanelle Rasmussen Valley Hospital. (Jason) of Bloomwas James ington, Minnesota, born April 8, 1941, Kim in Caledonia, MinCameronnesota, the son of Smith (Philip) of Howard Roerkohl Livermore, California, Angela and Catheair force Hill rine (McCau(Michael) veteran ley) Roerkohl, and of Huntington graduated from Loretto Beach, California, Devona High School, Class of Godinez (Alfredo) of Fairfield, California, and Mark 1959, in his hometown. Following graduation, Impola (Judy) of Whitney, he served with the U.S. Texas; his first wife, Air Force from 1959-1989, Georgia; and their chilincluding active duty in dren, Lisa Couillard of the Vietnam War. He Omaha, Nebraska, Cathretired as Chief Master erine Mallett (Gene) of Sergeant (CMSGT) after Flanders, New Jersey, 30 years of service. Karen Heinrichsohn of Upon retiring, James Redmond, Washington; worked in security for siblings, Jeanne Patnode Allied Barton and AT&T. (Andre deceased) of James was a resident of Cottage Grove, Minnesota, Fairfield for 46 years. He Catherine (Kay) Drexler found great joy in serving (Melvin deceased) of Cape people and bringing a Coral, Florida, Thomas smile to their day and is Roerkohl (Margie) of remembered by his gen- LaCrosse, Wisconsin, Theodore (Mary) of O’Fallon, tleness and kindness. James was a loyal Missouri; and his many and longtime parishio- beautiful grandchildren ner of Our Lady of Mount and great-grandchildren. Carmel Catholic Church. He was preceded in He was generous in his death by his parents, giving, supporting numer- Howard and Catherine ous Catholic charities, law (McCauley) Roerkohl; and enforcement officers and his sister, Virginia. Private service for his grandchildren’s extrafamily will be held on curricular activities. He was especially Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. “[I]t is in dying that we proud of his children and grandchildren. He blessed are born to eternal life.” them with his undi- St. Francis of Assisi James went home to vided attention (and the world’s best BBQ ribs!). be with the Lord. Arrangements under James was also a standout athlete in high school the care of Bryan-Braker and continued his love of Funeral Home, 707-425sports by never giving up 4697, www.bryanbraker. com. on his teams. Go Vikes!

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of Pittman and Cordelia roads, and the southeast corner of Allan Witt Park, off of Woolner Avenue. Bring your own shovels. Sandbagging locations are “self-serve.” Sandbags are also available to purchase at local hardware stores. The city offers these sandbag tips: n Fill them half full. n Smaller bags pack tighter and are easier to handle. n Overfilled bags are unstable when stacked and can leave gaps that allow water to flow through them. If water is pooling around a storm drain inlet and beginning to cause localized flooding, provided conditions are

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VALLEJO â€” A motorcyclist was killed on New Yearâ€™s Day in a crash in Vallejo after a police pursuit that started in American Canyon was suspended. The chase began at approximately 2:30 p.m. when American Canyon police tried to pull over a motorcycle driver who police report was driving recklessly near the city limits. The traffic stop was initiated near Fairgrounds and Corcoran drives. Police report that the driver of the off-road-style dirt bike sped away, which led to a police pursuit through Vallejo that saw the motorcyclist leaving the roadway and driving on sidewalks, bike paths and through park walking paths as the motorcyclist made his way through residential neighborhoods. The American Canyon officers ended the pursuit as it reached the area of Mini Drive and Tuolumne Street. A California Highway Patrol air unit kept track of the motorcyclist from above as he continued to drive in a manner police describe as reckless, toward the intersection of Fairgrounds and Sereno drives. The motorcyclist crossed over Interstate 80 and headed east on Redwood Street. He crashed near the sidewalk in the area of Hanns Park. The CHP air unit relayed the location of the crash to American Canyon and Vallejo police, who converged on the scene. Police report that the motorcyclist was

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FAIRFIELD â€” More than 20 people had died as of midday Saturday on California highways since a statewide enforcement effort began Thursday, the CHP reports. T he California Highway Patrol reports 23 crash fatalities since its New Yearâ€™s holiday maximum enforcement period started at 6 p.m. Thursday. A total of 442 arrests had been made of people suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. A total of 244 of those arrests happened between 6 p.m. and midnight on New Yearâ€™s Eve, with more than a dozen reported fatalities. All available CHP officers will remain out on the stateâ€™s roadways through the end of the holiday enforcement period at 11:59 p.m. Sunday. unresponsive. Attempts to revive the driver by both police and paramedics were not successful, police report. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Vallejo police are handling the crash investigation. Vallejo officers at no time were involved in the initial pursuit, American Canyon police report.

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local authorities. n If flooding is likely, and time permits, move valuable household possessions to the upper floors of your home or to safe ground. n If emergency conditions arise, tune to local radio or television stations for emergency information and instructions from local authorities. n If advised by local authorities to leave your home, move to a safe area

in case access is blocked by floodwaters. n Have emergency supplies on hand to last for at least three days. Food, bottled water, first aid supplies, medicines and a battery-operated radio should be ready to go and have extra batteries. n Keep sandbags, plastic sheeting and other emergency building materials on hand for waterproofing if you are in a flood-prone area. To report localized flooding, call the Public Works Operations Division from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday at 428-7407. The Operations Division closes every other Friday of the month and weekends. For all after-hours calls, call the Police Department at 4287300. Call 911 for emergencies only.

meeting, which is the first of the new year. The supervisors have not met since Dec. 15. Among the items that appear on the consent agenda are: n A resolution recognizing January as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month in Solano County. n Approval of an application for a $5.56 million grant for the No Place Like Home program, which would be used, in collaboration with EAH Housing, for the development of supportive

housing for people â€œwho are experiencing homelessness, chronic or at risk of chronic homelessness, or who are in need of mental health services.â€? The board has a closed

session scheduled after the public session, during which it will be updated on property negotiations for 1624 and 1634 Rockville Road, the former Falls School site.

From Page A5 able to get to each storm drain as quickly as desired during heavy rains. Here are some safety tips if rains persist, and if localized flooding affects residents and business owners: n Stay informed of weather conditions in your area. n Avoid unnecessary trips during stormy weather and advise others of your destination. n Avoid areas that are subject to sudden flooding. n Make sure to keep children and pets away from creeks, floodwaters and storm drains. n If on foot, do not attempt to walk through floodwaters or flowing streams. Instead, turn

Board From Page A3 The supervisors will select who will chair the board. Hannigan has been the chairwoman the past two years. Brown has been the vice chairwoman during that time. Mashburn will then be recognized for his 32 years of service with the Sheriffâ€™s Office. The board also will set committee, commission and other board appointments during the

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SUISUN CITY â€” The City Council kicks off 2021 with a closed session at 5:45 p.m. Tuesday. A conference with labor negotiators for the Suisun City Employees Association, Suisun City Management and Professional Employeesâ€™ Association and the Suisun City Police Officers Association is on the agenda. The regular meeting should begin at about 6:30 p.m. On the consent calendar is the adoption of two resolutions. One amends the cityâ€™s zoning map to establish a Cannabis Business Zone. The second one would approve a development agreement for Authentic 707 at 521 Railroad Ave., which will be home a dispensary and distribution center. The City Council held a public hearing Dec. 15 to discuss the two and voted unanimously to introduce and waive readings of the ordinances. â€œThese types of uses can generate significant general fund tax dollars for a local jurisdiction because of paying specific cannabis taxes,â€? the council agenda reads. The proposed use will pay the cityâ€™s cannabis tax, 7% of gross receipts and $2 per square foot per year for the dispensary and 5% of gross receipts and $5 per square foot per year for the distribution center. â€œSince this will be a new location, it is difficult

The proposed use will pay the cityâ€™s cannabis tax, 7% of gross receipts and $2 per square foot per year for the dispensary and 5% of gross receipts and $5 per square foot per year for the distribution center. to anticipate the amount the city will receive, but it should at least be several hundred thousand dollars per year,â€? the agenda states. Cannabis taxes will be paid to the city on a quarterly basis. The developer will use existing structures on the property, subject to any improvements deemed necessary for the operation of the retail and distribution businesses. The retail portion will operate as a storefront of 3,661 square feet facing Railroad Avenue. The distribution business shall operate out of the 5,000-square-foot structure in the back of the property. The public will not have access to the distribution center. The complete agenda can be found at www. suisun.com, which also includes the resolutions. City Hall is not open to the public. Meetings can be accessed via the Zoom teleconference platform or on the cityâ€™s website and Facebook page.

Vandals went on a spray-painting spree at the homes of Congressâ€™ top two leaders in separate graffiti blitzes that appeared to target Capitol Hillâ€™s failure to send out fatter stimulus checks. The Louisville, Kentucky, home of GOP Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and San Francisco residence of Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi were both splatted with angry messaging â€“ and at Pelosiâ€™s home, a severed pigâ€™s head, according to reports. On Saturday morning, a misspelled â€œwhereâ€™s my moneyâ€? and exple-

of the spree. But on Saturday, McConnell wouldnâ€™t allow a vote on the proposed hike in direct cash payments to American households that qualify, called the CASH Act. And timeâ€™s running out. The current session of Congress ends at noon Sunday. At that point, all pending bills will expire. Uncle Sam has already

tives were splashed across the front door and bricks of McConnellâ€™s residence, the CourierJournal reported. McConnell condemned the defacement as a â€œradical tantrum.â€? A day earlier, Pelosiâ€™s house was blitzed, a CBS affiliate reported. Around 2 a.m. Friday, vandals painted â€œCancel rentâ€? and â€œWe want everythingâ€? and then left a a severed pigâ€™s head in a pool of red paint in front of her garage, the news outlet reported. Pelosi, who helped spearhead passage of a bill to increase $600 stimulus checks to $2,000, was in Washington, D.C., at the time

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The hours and days after a storm or fire are crucial to your financial recovery Kevin Godfrey, the owner of Long Island Public Adjusters, has an emotionally strenuous job: After storms and floods, he shows up on homeowners’ doorsteps (or where the doorstep used to be), and tells them what their insurance covers. “It’s a lot of cursing, a lot of screaming, a lot of crying, a lot of threatening,” he says. “I’m often the one who has to tell them that they’re not getting a penny. A vast range of emotions comes up.” You don’t want to be that person. (The homeowner. Not Kevin.) Now that nearly every region is at risk of some hellish wildfire, storm, earthquake, flood or landslide, we spoke to insurance pros about the most common screw-ups that they see homeowners make, and how, after catastrophe strikes, you can avoid them. Before disaster strikes, make sure you’ve chosen your insurer wisely. Mistake No. 1: Violating policy conditions. Do not start cleaning up until after an appraiser arrives, in person, to see the damage. This can be a bit of a tightrope, because you’re also obligated to prevent more damage. “Policies also have damage mitigation clauses,” says Vincent Vettese, COO of Property Damage Appraisers, which

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ent’s roof, which then leaked, and the insurer wouldn’t cover faulty workmanship. “It might take longer, but a company that’s been in your area for 30 years might be a better way to go.” Mistake No. 4. Gabbing to the appraiser. Shhhhhh. “Don’t offer any more information than asked,” Zander says. “I’ve had many situations where people tell the adjuster too much, and it impacts their coverage. If they make a mistake in your favor, that’s their problem.” Mistake No. 5: Not knowing about independent appraisers and adjusters. It’s always your right to hire your own appraiser or adjuster. You can just call one. Insurers may be swimming in hundreds or thousands of damaged properties. You can wait for the insurance company’s appraiser to arrive, or you can just hire your own independent appraiser to examine and report the damage, start the process internally with the insurer, and advocate for that amount of coverage. Expect to spend $700. Public adjusters can handle the whole process from appraisal through rebuilding, typically for 6-15% of the settlement amount, often on larger projects. This is unnecessary if the insurer seems fair and your repairs are going smoothly, Zander says. “If the insurer is not honoring their commitment, and the agent puts her head in the sand, a public adjuster can get things paid for that you

would not typically be aware of.” Opt for a local adjuster, who will know nearby specialty contractors you’ve never heard of, and make sure the insurance company pays them. Call around and ask for references. Mistake No. 6: Failing to get a second opinion. “This is where people go wrong. They just accept what damages the appraiser has written, or what the insurer gives to them,” Vettese says. You want to advocate for the maximum your policy will cover, and can always call the insurance company’s appraiser back, or hire an independent one for a second opinion. This is commonly warranted when an insurer approves a small repair, such as a portion of a roof or a crack in a wall, and not the whole roof or structure behind the wall. Mistake No. 7: Rebuilding instead of buying a new house. “A very little-known feature in policies is that you’re allowed to buy replacement properties,” McDermott says. Buying a similarly sized and situated property can save years of rebuilding efforts. “A client of mine is currently doing just that. A fire in central Oregon completely decimated this couple’s house. Rebuilding will take two years, and replacing will take a matter of months.” Rate.com/research/news covers the worlds of personal finance and residential real estate.

The Trump administration imposed tariffs on additional products from the European Union as part of a long-running dispute over subsidies to aircraft makers Airbus SE and Boeing Co. In November, the EU instituted duties on some $4 billion in goods from the U.S. after gaining approval from the World Trade Organization. A year earlier, the U.S. sanctioned about $7.5 billion in imports from the EU including French wine and Scotch whisky. The U.S. Trade Representative’s office said that it was targeting more European products because the EU used a time period that affected “substantially more products than would have been covered” otherwise and “needs to take some measure to compensate for this unfairness.” The new goods affected include some aircraftmanufacturing parts, certain wines, and some cognac and other grape brandies from France and Germany. In a notice in the Federal Register, the USTR said the overall value of goods being hit remains $7.5 billion, after adjusting the time period in its sanctions to match the EU’s. Last week’s move marks yet another chapter in trans-Atlantic tit-for-tat tariffs that have already seen some $11.5 billion in trade targeted. It comes even as the two sides were discussing a negotiated solution to a dispute over subsidies for widebody commercial aircraft that began almost two decades ago. “In order to not escalate the situation, the United States is adjusting the product coverage by less than the full amount that would be justified utilizing the EU’s chosen time period,” the USTR said. The Brussels-based European Commission said it “regrets” the latest U.S. move and signaled prospects for a negotiated settlement now rest with the incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden.

Covid vaccine gives small businesses enough hope to go bankrupt Tribune Content Agency Going bankrupt is expensive – especially for small businesses. As the pandemic intensified, even companies with enough cash to try to reorganize in court lost faith that they’d be able to stay open after cutting their debts. On March 28, Carol and Henry Huffman of Pike Creek, Delaware, simply closed down their specialty catering shop, the Cheese Chalet, and walked away rather than seek court protection from creditors and chance a reopening. “Waiting was not an option,” Carol Huffman said in an interview. “They kept saying there might be another shutdown in the fall.” Hundreds of thousands of small business owners made the same decision in 2020, according to researchers. Collectively, they laid off millions of employees and walked away from small stores, restaurants and other enterprises in a wave of silent closures. Next year

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A store displays a sign before closing down permanently as more businesses feel the effects of stay-at-home orders amid the coronavirus pandemic, June 16, 2020, in Arlington, Virginia. may be different if the widespread rollout of a vaccine gives entrepreneurs hope that cutting debt under court oversight is once again worth it. “Bankruptcy requires people to be hopeful that there will be a better future on the other side,” said Jared Ellias, a bankruptcy professor at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. “I suspect you will see a serious bounce in

Q1 and Q2 especially. The driver isn’t going to be the pandemic. The driver is going to be the vaccine.” A spate of shutterings would typically cause bankruptcies to surge, according to a paper by academics at the University of Illinois, Brigham Young University and Harvard Business School. But in 2020 they declined as some business owners walked away while others received enough govern-

ment support to delay reorganizaitons. “We were all expecting an increase,” said Jialan Wang, an assistant professor of finance at the University of Illinois. “We have been surprised for this whole year.” Through November, 20% fewer business cases were filed compared to the same period last year, according to statistics from the American Bankruptcy Institute. Attorneys who work with small businesses have urged clients to wait to file if they can so they have a better shot at survival in the long-term, said John Mudd, a bankruptcy lawyer who works primarily with creditors in San Juan, Puerto Rico. “Going into bankruptcy can have costs which are severe,” he said. Court costs and an attorney’s initial retainer can run $10,000 or $15,000, he said. “A lot of business owners will say ‘That’s a lot of money.’” A new provision of the

bankruptcy code, known as Subchapter V, started this year and was designed to make the process cheaper and easier for companies with less than $7.5 million in debt. So far, about 1,300 such cases have been filed, said Ed Flynn, a consultant with ABI who studies bankruptcy statistics. He said next year, that number is likely to hit 3,000. Some small companies want to wait before filing for bankruptcy under Subchapter V rules because the process comes with tight deadlines for proposing a debt-cutting plan, said Matthew C. Zirzow, a bankruptcy lawyer in Las Vegas who led two companies through the process in Nevada and has many more clients waiting to file. “They don’t want to file Subchapter V too soon,” he said in an email. “It may have a great business when things bounce back that is well worth eventually reorganizing, but who is to say when that will happen?” The deadlines were

imposed to prevent small companies from ducking creditors for too long while in bankruptcy, since past debts don’t have to be paid while the case is ongoing. Banks and landlords have been far more willing to work with struggling firms during the pandemic, keeping some out of bankruptcy for longer, Ellias said. “The normal mechanisms of debt collection are not working because banks are holding off on collecting,” he said. That won’t last. At some point next year, creditors will begin to demand payment, landlords will end rent relief and federal support will dry up. Even with a vaccine on the way, Carol Huffman said she still believes closing down made more sense than seeking court protection and trying to limp along until things got better. Last month, Huffman returned for one day to her shuttered food shop. The landlord still hadn’t found a new tenant.

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California’s electric grid needs overhaul

nia’s aging model for delivering alifornia has a power problem that’s only power – but there are others. going to keep rearing its Solving them is a matter of head until we solve it. survival for California’s traOver the summer and fall, the ditional grid. state’s rolling blackouts have California energy rates clock persistently left residents in the in at a whopping 19.9 cents per dark during heat waves – in kilowatt-hour – far higher than August, the number reached as the national average of high as 300,000 homes Amit Narayan 13.19 cents. Combined with without power. unreliable supply, this high cost Some were quick to call clean energy of electricity is pushing many larger the problem – but California’s grid customers toward solar and energy operators, along with many third-party storage solutions, which allow them to experts, firmly clarified that they are use less grid power. having no issues integrating renewables. Unfortunately, this leaves the middle The true culprits are an antiquated class and other price-sensitive customgrid and archaic market constructs that ers to bear the bulk of infrastructure are holdovers from a less efficient era, costs. As electric rates spike, Califorwhen power moved in one direction: nians are also exploring options to from power plant to consumer. Today, reduce their reliance on the grid, fight we have far greater and far more rising electric bills and hedge against complex energy needs – yet we’re still emergency shutdowns. working with a set of tools and rules California’s potential for a middledeveloped generations ago. class exodus from the grid means the Like many other states moving remaining citizens have the choice to forward with energy transition stratepay for the increasing cost of electricity gies, California is beset by a decades-old or get off utility power. Those who can’t system for moving power that lacks afford to leave the grid will end up flexibility when it’s most needed, as footing the bill, putting both these during our recent heat waves that lasted residents and traditional utilities in through October. financial jeopardy. Skyrocketing demand during heat As Californians explore these new energy options, energy suppliers are waves is one challenge facing Califor-

answering the call with more flexible models. Consumers are joining community choice aggregators that give customer groups greater control over their energy mix, and solar and battery leases have become much more accessible through energy-as-a-service providers. With more flexible services and differentiated, less expensive offerings, these organizations are attracting Californians away from traditional utilities. In addition, a number of large-scale oil and gas companies have entered the clean energy market. Shell, Total and BP have all set carbon neutrality goals and are bringing their increased scale to clean power systems. Shell has also pledged to become the world’s largest power provider by 2030 and made a number of investments and acquisitions to get there. These companies are merely steps away from giving consumers access to flexible, reliable power. So what does this mean for California’s traditional grid? If utilities don’t get competitive, the often predicted “utility death spiral” will come hard and fast. The network of utilities and operators running California’s grid must rethink existing business models to create a more flexible, sustainable system for delivering power or they risk being eaten by faster, nimbler enterprises.

Traditional price caps and capital investment incentives will no longer work in this new business model. California has a wealth of solar, home batteries, electric vehicles and other grid-connected resources lying in wait to support a power system struggling with reliability. While decades-old traditional utility business models were not designed to bring these technologies into the fold, modern grid flexibility systems can provide the organization needed to increase consumer benefits to 80% to 90% and smooth out demand as the sun goes down. Utilities have an abundance of data at their disposal to maximize the value of generated power. By forecasting demand and available resources, utilities can better manage their grids, optimize their energy supply and available resources, and reduce waste to meet consumer demand. California is at a crossroads, though one path can be ruled out right away: further delaying the overhaul that will create a more reliable, flexible grid. Amit Narayan is the founder and CEO of AutoGrid Inc., a company that provides software for the energy industry, autogrid@antennagroup.com. From 2010 to 2012, he was the director of Smart Grid Research in Modeling and Simulation at Stanford University.

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Writer spews at all Republicans This is in response to Mr. Stephen Davis’ letter to the editor on Dec. 20. I would like to point out that President Donald Trump has won and Mr. Davis has lost. President Trump’s repeated mockery of political correctness has caused Mr. Davis to spew vitriol at anything Republican. I wish Mr. Davis and all Americans a quick recovery. Floyd Gripman Fairfield

Many do recover from Covid-19 I recently asked my doctor about how Covid-19 cases are being treated at his hospital. His answer was that they are learning how to treat Covid-19 with strategies they have never had to use before. He went on to tell me about a 77-year-old patient who was treated and quickly recovered and went home. It struck me that if it is true about one hospital, it is most likely true of others. This non-medical guy came up with the idea that hospitals should meet and share their successful treatment strategies. Benefit from the successful learning experiences of others. Couldn’t hurt and might save some lives. One last thing: When I asked my doctor that question, I had no idea of how Covid-19 patients are treated. I think it is something the public should know to breathe some hope into those with Covid-19 infections. Murray Bass Fairfield

Is it fake news or censorship? I don’t know which is worse,

fake news or withholding the news, aka censorship. How can there be right-wing news in contradiction with left-wing news? It was President Barack Obama that called for a news curator: The Ministry of Truth. Who’s truth? As Joe Biden spouted, “We believe in truth over fact.” The left media pushed the Russian hoax and people actually believed Trump was a Russian asset or agent. The Mueller investigation was based on a fake dossier. Robert Mueller never investigated that. When that failed, the Democrats voted unanimously to impeach the president over a phone call. They pushed a Ukraine bribe smear. The witnesses “believed” he “intended” to bribe Ukraine, but he didn’t. Then we find out 12 months after the impeachment hearings that the FBI had Hunter Biden’s laptop and that he was under investigation. The information on that laptop included damning information that Joe Biden knew all about the business transactions and verified by a business partner whistleblower. The left-wing media passed this off as Russian disinformation and people believed it. Then two major pharmaceutical companies waited for three days after the election to announce a vaccine for the novel coronavirus that causes Covid-19. Am I really expected to believe that the Democratic Party, Department of Justice and the media that resisted Trump 24/7, 365 days for four years wouldn’t stoop to voter fraud to unseat him? Did you know Democrat attorneys unconstitutionally changed election laws in battleground states prior to Election Day? Joe Biden received 15 million more votes than President Obama? Biden won a little over 500 counties while President Obama won almost 900 counties. Now the evidence, “ballots,” are being shredded

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A not-so peaceful transfer of power? The country is faced with transitioning from 2020 into 2021, during the midst of the worst pandemic and economic calamity of our time. Moreover, we’re confronted with a sheer reluctance in an effort to peacefully transfer power resulting from a certified, free and open election. Even though a considerable dichotomy occurred in the election

outcome, a winner was overwhelmingly declared. In order for a peaceful transfer of power to occur, it’s incumbent upon ordinary citizens to participate in several ways. First, they must impress upon all concerned the importance of exercising common sense with extreme caution while critically evaluating and analyzing the credibility of all discussions at hand. Second, citizens must insist that the elected officials honor their oath when sorting through substance that is flawed in credibility. Finally, all citizens must be willing to facilitate a peaceful transfer of power to the best of their ability without being provoked into violence. The stakes are high as certain elements are destined to do exactly that from the outset. Therefore, the propensity for bloodshed is possible, and must be avoided. The current administration is allegedly staffed with the best and brightest people leading the best country in the

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world. In light of that, it’s inconceivable as to how an election can be literally stolen. Given the national scrutiny, checks and balances, there ought to be compelling evidence presented beyond question by now. Otherwise, credibility is lacking. Further, credibility is lacking when you have a retired three-star general, Michael Flynn, recently pardoned by the president, after pleading guilty for telling two lies. He’s subsequently proposing to the media, and to the world, that our president deploy the military to “rerun” the 2020 election. Suggesting the institution of martial law to rerun our recent election is unsettling, and therefore a basis for a not-so peaceful transfer of power. The people won’t stand for a Hitler tactic employed to rerun the largest successful election held in the history of this country. Robert Windham Suisun City

Donald Trump was named “most admired” man of 2020 in a new Gallup poll and former first lady Michelle Obama won the title of most admired woman for the third year in a row, according to the annual poll released Tuesday. Here are some readers’ comments: n Trump wins with 18% only because Obama had to share the limelight with Biden and other newcomers like Fauci. n I guess we now know the Trumpists make up about 20% of Americans. n Some people must have voted two or three times for Trump. It’s not possible that there are that many broken souls that admire Trump.

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50 Murray Bass Plan to live

Terrace a fun place when not in quarantine

ave you ever sat down in front of your typewriter or computer not really knowing what you will write about? I just finished a long piece that fits that description. Ideas flowed, mostly things I have had on my mind for a long time and don’t know what to do with the ideas. The product was a piece that was about 60 words too long – longer than usually fits in a column. I don’t know if it is publishable but I am submitting it anyway. If it doesn’t “fly,” I’ll send it to friends who share some of my interests. Some little things remain and I’ll touch on them here. We were on lockdown for 10 days or so at Rockville Terrace because an employee turned up with the novel coronavirus. Everyone was tested and found negative. The quarantine was removed and we were free to mingle and move around. The place was full of joy. A number of folks remarked that coming off quarantine was like joining family again, and they were right. It was like coming home. It gave us a little different view of our relationships here. It was a good feeling. Then there was Christmas shopping for friends when I can’t get out and shop. My solution was twofold: wine and candy for maybe 20 people. Fortunately, John and Carla Nelson make wonderful wine under the Luv Shack label. Many of my friends are wine lovers, so it was a natural connection. So, welcome delicious wines at Christmastime. Candy? The friends have developed a fondness for See’s Lollypops. Their cinnamon pops have become a seasonal favorite, but I like their chocolate, coffee and vanilla pops, too. So another group of friends were going to be “popped.” Talking about pops, dear friend Gayle is sewing buttons back on my khakis that were popped off by my pot belly. Remembering that Christmas was more than a gift-giving holiday, See Bass, Page A11

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i l l i a m Pickard III, typed onto a piece of paper, looks very proper and comported. But young William was, instead, a teenage rebel who ran off with a carnival at age 14, and was later sent home by his aunt who could no longer indulge his mischief. It was in the Army, Pickard said, where he grew up. Pickard, 54, is the director of the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery and oversees the Benicia Arsenal Post Cemetery as well. “It’s a passion. It’s not just a job,” Pickard said in a recent phone interview. “I truly believe that is a mission befitting those who not only gave their lives, but those who were willing to.” That passion grew from working up the ladder in the Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration. The point of clarity when he decided to make it a full career came when he got into the Cemetery Director Intern Program. had already He worked at the Georgia National Cemetery in Canton, Georgia, and Camp Butler National Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois, the hometown of Abraham Lincoln. Then it was back to Florida and the South Florida National Cemetery in Lakeview before entering the intern program. After that, there were stops in Fort Jackson, South Car0lina, where he essentially became the director of the nearby Beaufort National Cem-

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William Pickard is the director of the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery. etery. The next stop was in Bakersfield. “Then I saw the opportunity at Sacramento (Valley National Cemetery),” Pickard said. He said what he enjoys about the job is the community involvement, though he does not think area veterans realize all that the cemetery offers them, without cost. He is eager to get back to his community outreach when the novel coronavirus pandemic eases. “Covid put the brakes on a lot of it, but once things cool down a bit, we will get back into the community to let people know what we have to offer,” Pickard said. “It is surprising how many veterans do not know there is a national cemetery here.”

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When he finished that work, he was offered a job to set up the carnival at its next stop in Rochester, New York. So he went to his parents and told them he was leaving. “I told my parents I was running off with the carnival . . . and my mom drove me to Rochester and they wished me luck,” Pickard said. His grandfather had been a seal trainer with a circus. “I vaguely remember the seals he had in the pool in his backyard,” said Pickard, and how his older sister wanted to go swimming with them.

His grandmother had been a trapeze artist, possibly kidnapped into the life, Pickard said of the sketchy family details. Pickard stayed with the carnival for about 18 months, traveling up and down the East Coast, before tiring of the life and asking his auntie in Florida if he could live with her. “I ended up moving back to New York,” he said. But before he was welcomed back into his parents’ home, he had to tell his father he would live by his rules. See Director, Page A11

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Jamie LaReau talks to her mother Marcella, 91, who suffers from dementia, through the front door window at Star Manor of Northville, Michigan,

Dec. 20, 2020, in Northville. The senior living facility allows for 15 minute visits. Mother and daughter used cellphones to talk to each other.

Visiting mom through glass supposed to be temporary Now it feels endless Jamie L. LaReau Detroit Free Press

t was a warm day this summer when Mom and I sat on the veranda of the nursing home for a rare in-person visit. We were both masked-up and a good six or more feet apart. The young aide was momentarily distracted by another resident there. That’s when Mom stood up, walked over and took my hand in hers. Dementia be damned, Covid-19 be damned. She was my mother and she was going to hold my hand, damnit. I held her hand back only for a second, then I said something like, “We’re not supposed to touch mom, remember the virus I told you about?” The aide sprang into action and gently guided Mom away. That was five or six months ago, yet I can still feel her soft, tissue paper-like 91-yearold skin against mine as if it were yesterday. That has been the only time we’ve touched in all these months. In the meantime, my birthday has passed, her birthday has passed, Mother’s Day and Thanksgiving both passed and now Christmas. And, we do not hug or hold hands. We are not even in the same room. It’s not normal, but these are not normal times. Still, she and I, and so many others in our situation, hold on to the hope for a hug one day soon as we listen to father time ticking in the background. Early in the pandemic, Star

Manor of Northville, Michigan, the nursing home Mom lives in, went on a self-imposed lockdown, well before the state mandated it, likely saving lives in the process. But on March 29, I asked the nurse for a favor: To visit my mom while she stood inside and I outside – a glass door between us – as we spoke over cellphones. The staff soon adopted that practice for all its residents by appointment only. My appointment was typically on a Sunday afternoon. It is a temporary adaptation to the visiting policy, but dementia blocks mom from fully understanding this odd arrangement. Every time I walk up to that glass door for a visit and Mom sees me, she pushes on the door to try to open it and invite me inside. I have to explain to her why it is locked and I can’t come in. She will understand, then forget a few minutes later. Week in and week out, at each visit, I am astutely aware of the harsh reality that her age and dementia present: We have a limited amount of time left to be together on this earth and I don’t want that brief touch this summer to be the last. Neither does she. “Hopefully, we can see each other in person soon Mom,” I told her on a recent visit. “Oh that would be a dream come true,” she said, blowing me a kiss. I don’t blame anyone that I can’t hug my mom or

bring her to my house for a home-cooked meal. Nope, not even the deadly culprit itself: Covid-19. For this is a disruptive and awful pandemic that has stolen so much from so many, far more than it has taken from me. I am happy to wear my face mask and socially distance. This is no hoax or a case of the flu blown out of proportion. Oh no, this virus is real and it can kill. So I am grateful that both Mom and I are alive and healthy, as are the other residents at Star Manor. That’s a feat in and of itself given that this pandemic has ravaged through more than a thousand nursing homes across the state, attacking and killing the vulnerable inside. Star Manor’s strict lockdown and protocols have remarkably protected the residents and staff from contracting even one case of Covid. The staff provides weekly updates to residents’ family. Medical staff tests residents and employees regularly. According to Michigan. gov, as of Monday, there were 20,636 cases of Covid-19 among long-term care facility residents. The data show that 4,650 of those residents have died from the disease; that’s about a third of the state’s total 12,089 coronavirusrelated deaths. There is some respite for the elderly with the newly issued Covid vaccines, one of which has an observed efficacy of 94%

in adults over age 65. The first to get vaccinated are the frontline hospital workers and medical professionals. But the state intends for staff and elderly residents of long-term care facilities to be next in line. It won’t get to me, however, until the summer or fall of next year. When Mom’s turn arrives, as her power of attorney, I will likely be asked to sign permission to give her the vaccine. I don’t take that lightly, I know there could be side effects. But I have always trusted science and so has Mom. I will discuss it with her on a day when she is alert to understand it and articulate her wishes. But I am confident she will want it if it offers even the slightest chance that she’d get to see me in person again. Until then, we talk about the holidays and how we are not able to be together, as I repress the fear this might be the last year of her life. On the Sunday before Christmas, I sat on that veranda again, for the 30th time since March 29. I had my cell phone in one hand, my other gloved-hand is in my pocket for warmth in the 40-degree temperature. Inside, Mom sat in a chair facing me. She looked lovely. Though her dementia has progressed in the last eight months, her creamy skin remains flawless and her flowing hair is the longest I have seen in it my life. But that’s what happens when the home’s hair stylist is AWOL

during the pandemic. Mom wore a snazzy, black silk blouse with a white and gold flower pattern, black slacks, clip-on gold-colored hoop earnings, a costume gold ring, a beaded necklace and her trademark red lipstick. She always took pride in her appearance. She was mentally alert that day too, thankfully. There are days when she has a dazed look and I know it’s going to be a rough visit fraught with confusion for her. She knows who I am, but she gets the facts about my life wrong on those days as dementia erases memories and muddies thoughts. They call dementia the long goodbye. It is cruel and it taunts. One moment Mom will articulate a brilliant thought in such a way that I startle, thinking: She’s back. That’s her! Moments later, she’s gone again as she struggles to find the word to express what she wants to say. She will give up in frustration saying, “My brain just isn’t working right anymore,” and then hang her head down in silence. Or she will say, “It must be hard for you to talk to me. I’m not making any sense, am I?” That’s the worst part, she knows she is losing her mind. So I lie and say she’s doing fine. On that Sunday visit, as we said our goodbyes, I reassured her that I would visit her on Christmas Day. Then, I promised her that we’d be together in person soon. I hope I didn’t lie.

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my friend Larry Welch bought religious Christmas cards from a Native American mission in South Dakota. I like that. Our own cardmaker, Joseph, is out of rehab, making cards again. All of my gifts were given in the spirit of Christ’s love. Back to talking about wine: Several months ago, four of us residents of Rockville Terrace formed a little wine group. We share a bottle of good wine and a lot of conversation, bonding our friendships. Not too much wine, though. If there was a problem, it has to be in the number of snacks we can put away while sipping. I need to say a word or two about Tanya, our recreation director. Somehow she finds ways to have fun activities even when folks are in quarantine. I call her my “if only” girl. She makes a big difference in living here. So does her assistant, Irene. Turns out that this is a pretty good place to be when there is no quarantine.

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I’m in the Army now Pickard enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1986 and went in in 1987. His grandfather had served in World War I and his father was a World War II veteran. His uncle served in Korea. All were Army. He said the first couple of days were pretty laid back, then the Army got into his face. “To say the least, it was a rude wake-up call,” Pickard said. He said it was the start of the Army breaking him down and rebuilding a soldier, and eventually a man with a clearer idea of responsibility and duty. “I ended up going to Desert Storm, and Central America and all of that,”

Pickard said of his travels. He left the Army in 1991. While in the desert, Pickard recalls, he landed thinking he was part of a logistics effort to set up a filtration system to provide water to the troops, and shower facilities at the camp. But there were pallets after pallets after pallets of large jugs of water, so instead, he was handed an M16 rifle and sent to Kuwait where he and his fellow soldiers went door-todoor to make sure the Iraqi Republican Guard had been cleared out. “It took me from being a boy and made me a man,” Pickard said. He also learned not to take life for granted. Pickard already had one son by the time he left the Army, and for a number of years, he moved from one job to another just to take care of his family. He delivered Budweiser for a while; he even sold perfume. He also played drums for several bands to supplement the income, but

more so for fun. Pickard and his second wife owned and operated a child care and early childhood development center for five years, which was followed by work with various cable companies. “But it really wasn’t fulfilling,” he said. He was installing a cable unit at a home Sept. 11, 2001, when his wife called him and he watched – along with the homeowner, a police officer – as United Airlines Flight 175 crash into the South Tower of the World Trade Center – the second of the two towers struck. Like most, the memory is indelible. “Then a friend of mine came to me and said, ‘You used to do cemetery work,’ ” he recalled, and the circle was completed. Pickard now lives with his third wife, Irene Pickard. He has a son and daughter with his first wife and two daughters with his second. Combined with his current wife’s children, there are seven.

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GOP From Page One incoming Senate GOP conference – plan to vote Wednesday against certifying the results from swing states that propelled President-elect Joe Biden to victory. In the weeks since his defeat, President Donald Trump has led a baseless campaign claiming he was the victim of fraud in those states and has successfully pressured congressional allies to challenge the results. The effort was joined Saturday by Sens. Ted. Cruz, R-Texas, and John Kennedy, R-La., days after Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., became the first in the chamber to say he would object to Biden’s 306-232 Electoral College tally. The faction also includes Sens. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, Mike Braun of Indiana, Steve Daines of Montana, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and James Lankford of Oklahoma, as well as Sen.-elects Bill Hagerty of Tennessee, Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming, Roger Marshall of Kansas and Tommy Tuberville of Alabama. Notably, the Republican senators from Georgia, David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, opted not to sign the letter on the eve of their runoff elections Tuesday that will determine which party controls the Senate. Trump, who traditionally has demanded demonstrations of loyalty in exchange for his political patronage, is scheduled Monday to rally support for them in Dalton, Georgia. Dozens of House Republicans are expected to lodge a similar protest, forcing hours of debate over election results that have been certified by state governments and survived repeated court challenges by Trump and his allies. Because Democrats control the House and a majority of GOP senators is expected to join Democratic counterparts in certifying Biden’s win, the challenge faces little chance of success. But it will coincide Wednesday with a planned gathering of Trump supporters in the nation’s capital that sets up another fraught national moment less than two weeks before Biden will be sworn in as the nation’s 46th president. Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, the lawmaker spearheading the challenge in the House, suggested in an interview Friday night that the courts’ sweeping rejection of pro-Trump election challenges has left supporters “no remedy . . . in effect, the ruling would be that you gotta go the streets and be as violent as antifa and BLM.” In a letter explaining their plan, the Republican senators – three are up for reelection next year, and Cruz and Hawley harbor presidential aspirations – refer to Congress’ formal role as “the lone constitutional power remaining to consider and force resolution of the multiple allegations of serious voter fraud.” Such allegations, born not of evidence but Trump’s deep denial, have dissolved upon

scrutiny, however, and multiple recounts, audits and investigations have failed to produce evidence of fraud that would have altered the results of any state’s election. Former Attorney General William Barr last month broke with Trump over the matter, telling reporters the Justice Department had uncovered no evidence of such fraud. More than 50 lawsuits filed by Trump’s campaign and allies have been jettisoned from court, with judges in some cases expressing incredulity at the evidence-free accusations. Nevertheless, the GOP senators are planning to stage a final battle, citing the dismissals and the Supreme Court’s refusal to hear Trump’s challenges as a reason they’re pushing to establish an “electoral commission” to conduct a 10-day audit. The inquiry, they said, would enable states to reconvene to “change their vote, if needed.” “These are matters worthy of the Congress, and entrusted to us to defend. We do not take this action lightly. We are acting not to thwart the democratic process, but rather to protect it,” they write. “And every one of us should act together to ensure that the election was lawfully conducted under the Constitution and to do everything we can to restore faith in our Democracy.” Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., rebuked his GOP colleagues in a sharplyworded statement. “A fundamental, defining feature of a democratic republic is the right of the people to elect their own leaders,” Toomey said. “The effort by Senators Hawley, Cruz, and others to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in swing states like Pennsylvania directly undermines this right.” “Allegations of fraud by a losing campaign cannot justify overturning an election,” the senator added, noting that his colleagues “fail to acknowledge that these allegations have been adjudicated in courtrooms across America and were found to be unsupported by evidence.” The lawmakers, who are mostly questioning the validity of electoral tallies in predominantly Black urban centers, also referred to the Compromise of 1877 as “precedent,” noting that Congress resolved that year’s disputed presidential election with a commission like the one they’re seeking. The letter did not mention that the 1876 election’s resolution hinged on the removal of federal troops from the South, effectively ending Reconstruction. It stripped away the newly acquired rights of Black people and ushering in the violent, segregationist Jim Crow era. A lthough almost certain to fail, the protest vote offers a political opportunity for those eager to carry the mantle of Trump-ism, but it’s a stickier matter for senators facing reelection in 2022. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had hoped to avoid a vote that could fracture his caucus.

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Vallejo From Page One and killed a 26-year-old Vallejo woman and their 4-year-old son before killing himself. A man was shot and killed shortly after midnight March 12 on the 100 block of El Monte Avenue. It was the city’s only homicide that month. Four people were shot and killed in April. n A gunshot victim died at a Vallejo hospital after a shooting that was reported at approximately 5 p.m. April 14 in the area of the 1800 block of Ohio Street. n Police suspect a 50-year-old man shot and killed his 53-yearold domestic partner and her 14-year-old daughter with a shotgun late April 20 inside a home on the 1800 block of Vervais Avenue. The woman’s 12-year-old daughter managed to flee from the home and get help at a neighbor’s home. Police report the man shot and killed himself. n Police suspect a 24-year-old man shot a 29-year-old Vallejo wom a n somet i me April 16 and dumped her that evening along the side of the freeway near Moraga. She was hospitalized in critical condition and later died from her injuries. The man was shot and killed by police later that night after a pursuit that began in Oakland and ended in Richmond. A Vallejo woman was shot and killed shortly after 5:10 p.m. May 22 in the parking lot of a business on the 1600 block of Fairgrounds Drive. A 16-year-old Vallejo boy was also shot and was hospitalized with what police described as critical injuries. It was the only reported homicide that month in the city. Five people were shot and killed in June in the city. One was the result of a police shooting that happened during protests against social injustice. n Detective Jarrett Tonn shot and killed Sean Monterrosa, 22, of San Francisco, after responding shortly after midnight June 2 to reports of thefts at the Walgreens on the 1000 block of Redwood Street. Police have said Tonn, who shot through the windshield of his unmarked police cruiser, thought Monterrosa had a gun and was going to shoot at officers at the scene. There was no gun, but Monterrosa did have what police described as a 15-inch hammer. n Two women, ages 37 and 63, died as a result of a shooting shortly before 9:50 p.m. June 9 during a toddler’s birthday party at a home on the 100 block of Cynthia Avenue near Amelia Street in north Vallejo. Three other people – a man, a woman and a 10-year-old child – were also shot but survived. Police report the five were shot when a group of people got out of a vehicle and began shooting at those at the party – men, women and young children. n A woman was found shot to death shortly after 3:15 p.m. June 16 in her home on the 700 block of Ohio Street. Her death was initially deemed suspicious. The Solano County Coroner’s Office ruled her death a homicide six days later. n Police were called shortly after 9:50 p.m. June 19 to investigate a report of a man who was shot and taken in a private vehicle to a local hospital. The man was treated there but died as a result of his injuries. He had been shot at least once during some type of confrontation in a residential area on the 1000 block of Gateway Drive. Three homicides were reported in July, two shootings and a stabbing. n A 21-year-old Vallejo man was shot and killed at

approximately 11:30 p.m. July 16 along Harbor Way near the city’s marina and Delores Huerta Park. Police said he was shot at least once and was pronounced dead at the scene. n Police suspect a 26 -year-old woman stabbed her 49-yearold mother to death and critically injured her 25-year-old brother during an altercation reported at approximately 7:55 a.m. July 19 at a home on the 100 block of Byron Street. Both women are from New Orleans and were visiting Vallejo. The man is a Vallejo resident. n A 20-year-old Vallejo man was shot at approximately 7:30 p.m. July 24 on the 1000 block of Gateway Drive. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Three people died as a result of two shootings that occurred in August. n A 22-year-old Vallejo man was shot and killed at approximately 3 p.m. Aug. 7 in the parking lot of a shopping center on the 3000 block of Sonoma Boulevard. Police report the man was shot at least once and was pronounced dead at the scene. n Police responded at approximately 7:30 p.m. Aug. 20 to a report of a shooting at Trinity and Louisiana streets where a man and a woman were found shot to death inside a vehicle. Police report a 1-year-old boy found inside the vehicle was also shot and was rushed to a local hospital. The victims were described as a 25-year-old man and a woman in her 20s, both residents of Vallejo. Police described the toddler’s injuries as serious. Three people were shot and killed in September. n Police heard gunshots at approximately 8:20 p.m. Sept. 2 on the 200 block of Maine Street. They found a man down and unresponsive on the sidewalk near Maine and Sacramento streets. He was pronounced dead at the scene. n Officers responded at approximately 12:10 a.m. Sept. 3 to multiple reports of gunfire in the area of Adele Drive and Vanessa Street. Police found multiple shell casings on the 100 block of Adele Drive, but no shooting victim. Police were soon called to Sutter Solano Medical Center, which reported a man had arrived there with at least one gunshot wound. Police report that the shooting victim, a 23-year-old Vallejo resident, died as a result of his injuries. n A 30-year-old Vallejo man was shot and killed at approximately 9:40 p.m. Sept. 13 at a gas station on the 2200 block of Sacramento Street and Vale Vista Avenue. Officers arrived to find the man inside the store. Police report the man had been shot at least one time and died at the scene. One person, a 28-yearold Vallejo man, was shot at approximately 3:50 a.m. Oct. 18 on the 1900 block of Ascot Parkway. Police report that he died at the scene. It was the only reported homicide that month. Five people were killed in the city in November. n A 24-year-old Vallejo man was shot shortly after 9 p.m. Nov. 2 on the 1800 block of Broadway Street. He was taken by a witness to a local hospital before police arrived at the shooting scene, and was soon transported to a local trauma center due to the severity of his injuries. Police reported six days later that the man had died. n A 24-year-old Vallejo transient died after she was found shot shortly before 9:40 a.m. Nov. 15 on Derr Street just south of Lemon Street. She was pronounced dead at the scene by first-responders. n A 21-year-old Richmond woman who was shot at approximately 5:35 p.m. Nov. 12 and was found on the 100 block of Cottonwood Drive died Nov. 13 as a result of her

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Police are shown at the scene of a deadly shooting on the 1200 block of Gray Hawk Lane in Suisun City, Nov. 6, 2020. injuries, police report. The initial shooting was reported in the area of Hogan Middle School on the 3600 block of Georgia Street. n A 22-year-old Oakland man was shot at approximately 1:15 a.m. Nov. 25 on the 100 block of Denton Court. He was taken about 20 minutes later by someone police described as “an associate” to a local hospital with at least one gunshot wound and in serious condition. Police report that he died approximately 12 hours later. n A 20-year-old Sacramento man was shot at approximately 9 p.m. Nov. 28 on the 100 block of Simonton Street. He was taken to a local hospital by people police describe as “associates.” Police report the man died at approximately 1:20 a.m. Nov. 29. The Solano County Sheriff’s Office handled the case of a woman who was found shot in the head June 20 in her home in unincorporated Vallejo and died as a result of her injuries. A 49-yearold man remains in the county jail in connection with the woman’s death and awaits further criminal proceedings.

Fairfield Authorities investigated eight homicides during the year, plus a deadly hit-and-run incident for which no suspect has been caught. The city’s first reported homicide happened midafternoon Feb. 23 on the 1400 block of North Texas Street when police report that a man hit his 2-year-old nephew with a car and fled from the scene. The man remains jailed and is awaiting court proceedings. A 29-year-old Fairfield man was hit by a car and died after an altercation that involved two other people shortly after 10 p.m. March 18 behind a set of businesses off Oak Street and Fillmore Street. The suspect in the case is out of jail on bail while awaiting further court proceedings. Deantwan Cartwright Myles, 21, was shot in the head during a doubleshooting at approximately 5:20 p.m. April 3 in the area of Dover and East Tabor avenues in Fairfield. Police report that he died April 10 at the hospital. Albert Hightower III, 25, of Fairfield, died after being shot just before 3 p.m. April 26 in the area of Martin Road and Montclair Way. Police report that multiple shots were fired during the incident. Witnesses reported multiple shooters were seen fleeing together in a gray four-door car. A 38-year-old Fairfield woman was shot at approximately 3 a.m. Aug. 14 during an altercation between people in separate vehicles at a stoplight. Cameron Simmons, 26, was shot and killed Aug. 14 as he drove east on Interstate 80 near Air Base Parkway. The California Highway Patrol is handling the investigation. Davey Matthews, 41, of Fairfield, was stabbed at approximately 5:30 a.m. Oct. 9 in the area of Boynton and Beck avenues. He was rushed to the hospital, under-

went surgery but died as a result of his injuries – but not before giving a deathbed identification of who he said stabbed him. That man remains in custody without bail and is awaiting additional proceedings in his case. Jose Cortes, 20, of Fairfield, was shot at approximately 11:20 p.m. Oct. 15 in a parking lot on the 1200 block of Horizon Drive. He was taken to NorthBay Medical Center, where police report he died as a result of his injuries. The shooting happened after a brief argument between the shooter, who police report was inside a vehicle, and a group of five people, including Cortes, who were standing in the parking lot. None of the others were injured. Namie Stewart, 81, of Fairfield, was run down shortly before 11 p.m. Oct. 22 on Cement Hill Road near Laurel Creek Park. The driver fled from the scene.

Vacaville Authorities in Vacaville investigated four reported homicides during 2020, the first three within the walls of a local prisons. Two inmates were killed in separate stabbings moments apart Jan. 29 at California State Prison-Solano. Authorities suspect two attacked Mizrain Nava Cano at approximately 3:20 p.m. on Facility D, a Level II general population yard. Authorities suspect two other inmates attacked inmate Jorge Cruz-Banuelos less than a minute later on the same yard. Cano suffered several stab wounds to his neck and back. He was pronounced dead by paramedics at 3:45 p.m. Cruz-Banuelos suffered numerous stab wounds to his neck, chest and back. He was pronounced dead at 3:42 p.m. An officer conducting an inmate count at approximately 4:30 p.m. April 30 at California Medical Facility Vacaville found Tuc X. Tran, 75, unresponsive in his cell with multiple injuries to his head and face. Authorities suspect his cellmate killed Tran. The burned body of Priscilla Castro, 32, of Vallejo, was found Sept. 2 near Lake Berryessa and identified Sept. 10. The Coroner’s Office ruled her death a homicide. Castro’s vehicle was found abandoned Aug. 18 in the city. Police report that Castro came to Vacaville on Aug. 16 for what they describe as a prearranged date with a Vacaville man, who remains in custody in connection with Castro’s death and is awaiting additional court proceedings.

Suisun City Police early this year were treating a drowning discovered March 15 in the Suisun harbor near the lighthouse as a suspicious death. The Solano County Coroner’s Office identified the victim as Terramen Ross, 33, of Bakersfield. Attempts this week to gather updated information on the status of the case were not successful. Two people were shot shortly after 9:20 p.m. Nov. 5 inside a home on the 1200 block of Gray Hawk Lane. One was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Museum From Page One store the streetcars at a closed airfield. The San Diego Electric Railway Association in 1984 purchased the 502 in hopes to restore it and use it on the new light rail line in San Diego. It was stored in the San Diego Trolley yard for some time, then ordered to move out. S omet i me a f ter moving out, the 502 was damaged in a fire that was deemed arson. The San Diego Electric Railway Association was unable to raise sufficient money for a full restoration. It was then sold to a private individual. Now, it’s owned by the Bay Area Electric

Patients From Page One with an influx of intensely sick Covid-19 patients and a lack of resources, including staff and vital infrastructure, such as oxygen piping. On Friday, the state summoned the U.S. Army Corps to help six hospitals dealing with severe challenges supplying oxygen to patients who needed it. Alhambra Hospital was not among those, but it nonetheless was stretched thin by Covid-19 and the emotional toll it placed on all involved. “I don’t think a lot of people outside are seeing what we are seeing,” Kwan said. “It’s hard until you are in there, until your family and loved ones are in there.” Since Thanksgiving, the 144-bed hospital that serves as a melting pot of the San Gabriel Valley, many of whose residents are first- and second-generation Latino and Asian

Railroad Association, a nonprofit, and the Western Railway Museum, which also has a similar restored version that is used. Some of the volunteers traveled earlier this week to Colfax to help dig the streetcar out of the dirt. That task took about eight hours. It was the first time volunteer Ryan Blake (who launched the online fundraiser) saw the car float about 10 feet in the air as it was lifted on to the crane. He would see the same sight a day later at the Western Railway Museum. Blake and fellow volunteer Alex Marcopulos spent the night in Roseville and followed the train to Rio Vista. “We had a deadline to get it off the property,” Blake said. There was some

glances, Marcopulos said. And, a few autos swerved. The only thing to fall off during transit was a small block of wood. Volunteer Joseph Cliscagne left his Antioch home about 6:45 a.m. Thursday to watch the event. It’s the first time in six years a new car has been unloaded at the museum, he said. “It’s not every day you get something this old,” he said. “The last one was from the 1980s.” “It’s the first of its kind west of the Mississippi,” Blake said. “The car has nine lives,” Marcopulos said. “It’s one of the most interesting stories that it is being moved in the middle of a global pandemic.” Cristian Caudra, also a volunteer, hopes to be among the crew that will

immigrants, has seen a steady wave of patients with difficulty breathing. Kwan said that besides Alhambra, he knows several other hospitals along the 210 Freeway corridor are full and straining under the burdens of the present surge. The waiting room at Alhambra Hospital is now a Covid-19 ward. Regular beds have been quickly converted to ICU beds. And ambulances wait outside with arriving patients because “physically we can’t accommodate the patient” at that time, Kwan said. “It’s across the board. The virus doesn’t care who you are. You can be sick, healthy, young, old.” Younger patients have died, and a patient in her 90s walked out of the hospital with an oxygen tank. “It’s so unpredictable with each case,” he added. “On the 29th and 30th of November, we started seeing the surge, and it’s been nonstop since then,” Kwan said. “It’s easy to say it is holiday gatherings – or maybe the colder

weather. . . . Christmas and New Year’s scares me, and I think the worst is yet to come.” A nurse sponsored by the state recently arrived to help combat the patient load, and it was a necessary boost to morale, Kwan said. Still, staff fear the deluge of December is a harbinger of a long, deadly winter. “For the next month, I don’t see the end. It will keep piling up, and we have got to be ready.” It was a similar picture in Santa Clara County, where hospitals remained stretched to the limit, with 50 to 60 patients stuck in emergency rooms each day waiting for a hospital bed. Often, the only way a patient can be moved into an ICU bed is because a Covid-19 patient has died, according to Dr. Marco Randazzo, an emergency room physician at O’Connor Hospital in San Jose and St. Louise Regional Hospital in Gilroy. “This has been the state of the pandemic for the last several weeks,

work on restoring the car. There are a few projects ahead of it. The volunteers need to raise money for its restoration as well as find an auto body mechanic willing to donate time to help with restoring it to its early glory.

There were times over the past two years when Blake thought the PCC No. 502 may not come to Rio Vista. He refused to give up. Now, he’ll be searching for the right parts. He said he may be able to find some

in El Paso or the Pennsylvania Trolley graveyard. Blake, like most of the shop volunteers, fell in love with trains as a child. He works in retail and shows up almost every Saturday at the museum to work. He would come Sundays, if his girlfriend would permit, he said. Blake estimated he donates about 25 hours a month at the museum. He’s also a member of the museum’s board of directors. After the car was placed on the tracks, the brakes needed some adjusting so it could be moved. The volunteers went to work, with an eye on the possibility of spending their New Year’s Eve day at the museum. For more information, visit www.wrm.org or www.facebook.com/ WesternRailwayMuseum.

and it is showing no signs of letting up,” said Dr. Ahmad Kamal, director of health preparedness for Santa Clara County. The daily coronavirus case rate there is more than 10 times as much as it was on Oct. 30. “What we are seeing now is not normal.” At Alhambra Hospital, the virus struck staff directly: One emergency room physician at the hospital died of Covid-19, and a nurse who contracted the virus was out for months, Kwan said. “Everyone is exhausted. Our CEO is exhausted. Our entire medical staff is exhausted,” Kwan said. Kwan and other staffers have had to become accustomed to being the last person a patient sees before dying, with families kept away from loved ones. “You cry with the patients’ family. It’s just sad,” he said. “I feel like this virus attacks all our humanity.” Behind the fatigue

and strain on resources is the sheer fact that Covid-19 patients stay longer in the hospital than the average patient and require more resources. There are ongoing concerns about whether there will be sufficient ventilators, and oxygen tanks have occasionally run low. But a major concern is simply space: “It doesn’t matter if it is Cedars, USC or Alhambra – the hospital is only so big.” Morgue space, he said, is also finite – and an ongoing worry. “When is the last time I thought we are going to run out of morgue space? I never thought this would be a concern of mine.” Many patients coming in for routine ailments – such as family members who brought their baby to the ER on New Year’s Eve – are treated in the parking lot, sometimes even in their vehicles. Kwan said he knows the toll that the pandemic is

taking: businesses closing, family and friends limiting social gatherings. He hasn’t seen his mom since February and his dad since March. His children waited until five days after Christmas to open gifts and celebrate with their father. “I would tell people out there that this is serious. Help us fight this war,” he said. “It’s a group effort – we cannot fix this by ourselves. It’s really on public awareness and a collective effort to conquer this.” Kamal, the physician in Santa Clara County, pleaded with the public to not give up with wearing masks, staying socially distant and canceling gatherings. There are indications in the Bay Area and elsewhere those measures have helped stem the spread. “We know,” he said, “that our decisions and our actions drive the curve of this pandemic.”

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Western Railway Museum volunteer Alex Marcopulos stands inside the museum’s newly acquired streetcar, Thursday. The car was damaged in a fire, but the museum plans to refurbish it to its original condition.

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t’s time for the annual gathering of our BuzzMeter experts, who will not only let you in on what’s getting early attention in the film awards races, but will also tout what they think deserves to be in the conversation. Even if you’re not an awards-season aficionado, maybe you just want some tips on quality viewing. In any case, the BuzzMeter aims to answer burning questions! In a cinematic year like no other, will closed theaters prove the great equalizer in awards season? Will independent and foreign films be seen just as much as major studio releases, leveling the playing field? Will the big ensemble movies’ contenders cancel each other out? Each of the seven veteran film journalists on our panel has ranked his or her picks in 10 Oscar categories; together, their votes make up our first-round BuzzMeter lists. You can vote on which of their picks you think are most likely to get nominations, or just pump up the ones you like best in our online polls for that week’s featured category. This week: Their long-range shout-outs for best picture. Our first survey of best picture contenders shows a distinct advantage for indies, with only a handful of studio offerings among the panel’s Top 15 or so. One of those is David Fincher’s “Mank,” which, with Chloé Zhao’s “Nomadland,” See Awards, Page B2

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Fiona Apple and Matt Chamberlain perform at “I Am The Highway: A Tribute to Chris Cornell” at the Forum in Inglewood, Jan. 16, 2019.

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he vital need for music has never been greater, at least in this century, than it was in 2020. Of course, music is essential at any time, whether as a a brief diversion or an immersive experience, a cause for boisterous celebration or quiet contemplation, a cry of despair or a lifeline of hope. During a global pandemic, the value of music grows exponentially. This holds especially true when that pandemic has shuttered concert venues of all sizes. Untold numbers of musicians have lost their jobs. So have concert promoters, stagehands, audio engineers, lighting operators, security guards, merchandise vendors, tour bus drivers, backstage caterers and the thousands of other professionals who make concerts and festivals possible – and who, in turn, rely on concerts and festivals for their livelihoods. As Covid-19 surged, ebbed, and surged again, I sometimes found myself enveloped in an unfamiliar silence. Rather than listen to See Albums, Page B2

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SAN FRANCISCO — From the pioneers of immersive digital art experiences and veterans of the Atelier des Lumières in Paris – where they created the world-renowned “Van Gogh, Starry Night” exhibition that has been seen by more than 2 million visitors worldwide – comes “Immersive Van Gogh,” an all-new, visually striking achievement that invites audiences to step inside postImpressionist artist Vincent van Gogh’s most incredible works of art. “Immersive Van Gogh,” produced by Lighthouse Immersive, will make its West Coast premiere March 18 at San Francisco’s SVN West, South Van Ness Avenue and Market Street. Utilizing the building’s architecture and more than 500,000 cubic-feet of projections, “Immersive Van Gogh” invites audiences to “step inside” the iconic works of Van Gogh, evoking his highly emotional and chaotic inner consciousness through art, light, music, movement and imagination. The exhibition will feature a curated selection of images from Van Gogh’s 2,000-plus lifetime catalog of masterpieces, including Mangeurs de pommes de terre (The Potato Eaters, 1885), Nuit

étoilée (Starry Night, 1889), Les Tournesols (Sunflowers, 1888) and La Chambre à coucher (The Bedroom, 1889). His paintings will be presented as how the artist first saw the scenes they are based upon: active life and moving landscapes turned into sharp yet sweeping brushstrokes. The walk-through experience has been designed with health and safety as a priority. Admissions will be limited and in line with the city and county of San Francisco’s capacity guidelines with touchless ticket-taking, temperature checks upon arrival, hand sanitizer stations, social distancing markers prominent throughout the venue and digitally projected social distancing circles on the gallery floors to ensure appropriate spacing. All guests must wear a face covering at all times during their visit to SVN West. “Immersive Van Gogh” was designed by creative director and Italian film producer Massimiliano Siccardi with original, mood-setting music by Italian multimedia composer Luca Longobardi, who provided a score that combines experimental electronic music with pure, ethereal and simple-seeming piano. Vittorio Guidotti is the art director. “We couldn’t think of a more perfect

location to bring ‘Immersive Van Gogh’ than San Francisco, one of the world’s leading destinations for art and culture,” said Lighthouse Immersive co-producer Corey Ross, in a press release. “Rich in musical history, SVN West was once home to Bill Graham’s legendary Fillmore West and the infamous psychedelic liquid light shows of the late-1960s that combined projections and music.” “Despite being unknown throughout his life, Van Gogh’s artwork has created a lasting impact through its emotional richness and simple beauty,” said Siccardi, “Immersive Van Gogh” designer, in a press release. “Immersive Van Gogh” has already been enjoyed by more than 180,000 guests since its debut in July in Toronto. The Toronto exhibit surpassed worldwide ticket sales for any of the ticketing platform’s live cultural events during July and August 2020, according to Ticketmaster. An exhibition is also scheduled to open in February at Lighthouse ArtSpace Chicago. For more information about “Immersive Van Gogh,” visit vangoghsf.com or call 844-307-4644. SVN West is operated by Non Plus Ultra, which reawakens timeless iconic venues for new generations.

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SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Opera continues full-length free opera streams this month. They are the three titles that were simulcast previously from the War Memorial Opera House to the stadium of the San Francisco Giants. Charles Gounod’s “Romeo and Juliet,” based on Shakespeare’s tragic love story, highlights the electrifying role debuts of Pene Pati and Nadine Sierra as the young lovers. It will stream Jan. 16-17. The 2019 presentation of Charles Gounod’s 1867 French opera “Romeo and Juliet” is a work first performed by the company during its inaugural season in 1923. The cast also includes Lucas Meachem as Mercutio, James Creswell as Friar Lawrence and Timothy Mix as Count Capulet. “Romeo and Juliet” is

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Pene Pati and Nadine Sierra are Romeo and Juliet in the San Francisco Opera performance of “Romeo and Juliet.” performed in French with English subtitles and has an approximate running time of 2 hours and 25 minutes. The following weekend, Jan. 23-24, the company will offer Camille Saint-Saëns’ most popular opera, “Samson and Delilah,” starring Clifton Forbis and Olga Borodina. Juha Uusitalo portrays the High Priest of Dagon, Eric

Jordan is Abimelech and Oren Gradus is an Old Hebrew. This 2007 presentation was the first free simulcast by the company to the home of the Giants, with approximately 15,000 people in attendance. “Samson and Delilah” is performed in French with English subtitles and has an approximate running time of 2 hours. Giuseppe Verdi’s “La Tra-

viata,” streaming Jan. 30-31, features Nicole Cabell portraying the courtesan opposite Stephen Costello as her love interest, Alfredo. The cast also includes Vladimir Stoyanova as Alfredo’s protective father, Giorgio Germont, Daniel Montenegro as Gastone, Dale Travis as Baron Douphol, Hadleigh Adams as Marquis d’Obigny, Andrew Craig Brown as Doctor Grenvil and Zanda Svede as Flora Bervoix. This cast is an alternate cast from the one that performed in the July 5, 2014, ballpark simulcast. “La Traviata” is performed in Italian with English subtitles and has an approximate running time of 2 hours and 5 minutes. Free streams are viewable on demand with registration at sfopera.com, beginning at 10 a.m. on the first streaming date through 11:59 p.m. the following day. For more information, visit sfopera.com.

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appears on the most lists. However, “Nomadland” dominates in the rankings from panelist to panelist. In second place is the Sundance hit “Minari,” which is a foreign-language film but an American production so does not qualify for the international feature Oscar. Interestingly, it apparently qualifies for the Golden Globe as a foreign language film but not for best picture, drama. In third place is Florian Zeller’s adaptation of his play, “The Father,” fueled by powerhouse performances from Oscar winners Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman. 1. “Nomadland” 2. “Minari” 3. “The Father” 4. (tie) “One Night in Miami” 4. (tie) “Soul” 6. “News of the World” 7. “Mank” 8. “The Trial of The Chicago 7” 9. “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” 10. “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” 11. “Da 5 Bloods” 12. “Martin Eden” 13. “The Assistant” 14. “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” 15. (tie) “The FortyYear-Old Version” 16. (tie) “First Cow” Seven women land in the panel’s Top 15, including Oscar-winning actress Regina King for her directorial debut, “One Night in Miami.” The field is led by Chloé Zhao, who became an indie darling for 2017’s “The Rider” and now is a strong Oscar contender for “Nomadland”; next year will see the release (pushed from this November by the pandemic) of her Marvel Cinematic Universe debut, “Eternals.” 1. Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland” 2. Lee Isaac Chung, “Minari” 3. David Fincher, “Mank” 4. Regina King, “One Night in Miami” 5. Paul Greengrass, “News of the World” 6. Spike Lee, “Da 5 Bloods” 7. Florian Zeller, “The Father” 8. Aaron Sorkin, “The Trial of the Chicago 7” 9. Eliza Hittman, “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” 10. Pietro Marcello, “Martin Eden” 11. Charlie Kaufman, “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” 12. George C. Wolfe, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” 13. Kelly Reichardt, “First Cow” 14. Darius Marder, “Sound of Metal” 15. (tie) Emerald Fennell, “Promising Young Woman” 15. (tie) Sofia Coppola, “On the Rocks” 15. (tie) Kitty Green, “The Assistant” 15. (tie) Lee Daniels, “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” 15. (tie) Kantemir Balagov, “Beanpole” Two Oscar winners lead the pack: Viola Davis and Frances McDormand. The highly regarded Carrie Coon makes the most of a long-deserved showcase role in a prominent feature. Other prominent names include the legendary Sophia Loren, and should Amy Adams land a nomination, it would be her seventh. 1. Frances McDormand, “Nomadland” 2. Viola Davis, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” 3. Carey Mulligan, “Promising Young Woman” 4. Vanessa Kirby, “Pieces of a Woman” 5. Carrie Coon, “The Nest” 6. Sidney Flanigan, “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” 7. Sophia Loren, “The Life Ahead”

music each day, as I normally would have, I thought of favorite songs and albums, then “played” them – so to speak – almost note for note in my head. That is precisely why, when I wrote in May about now fewer than 68 records that changed my life, I didn’t have to hear them again before writing about them. Other records, some of which I had not heard in years, also sprang back to life in an instant when I thought of them. I immediately recalled how they made me feel when I first heard them and how I felt during subsequent listens. Happily, at no point did I recall Brazilian crooner Morris Albert’s uber-treacly mid1970s hit, “Feelings,” at least not until writing this sentence. In many instances, I even recalled where I bought the records that I can cue up almost instantaneously in my memory. Of course, buying records in person largely harks back to a time when no week was complete without browsing at Off The Record in Hillcrest or Tower Records on Sports Arena Boulevard (or, way back in the day, at Arcade Records downtown), no visit to Los Angeles complete without stopping at Aaron’s and the Tower store on Sunset Boulevard, no visit to New York finished without visiting Other Music and the adjacent Tower outlet store. It was at that outlet store where, in a matter of minutes, I came across jazz piano favorite Kenny Barron’s long out-of-print 1975 concept album, “Lucifer,” along with a rare import album by Brazilian polymath Carlinhos Brown and the final Milli Vanilli album, “Rob & Fab” (on which Fab Morvan and the now deceased Rob Pilatus ill-advisedly did their own vocals). I bought “Lucifer” and the Brown album, and passed on “Rob and Fab.” What I would give now for the chance to browse again in Other Music, Off The Record or Aaron’s – all of which are now defunct – or Tower (which has recently ben resurrected as an online-only operation) or Virgin, or . . . Happily, San Diego still offers an array of record stores – including Folk Arts, M-Theory, Vinyl Junkies, Lou’s, Record City, Cow, Spin, Nickelodeon and more – that are now operating under social distancing guidelines. As Vinyl Junkies manager Heather Johnson told the Union-Tribune in August: “There is a definitely a heightened desire and demand for music. And we have kids buying turntables who are so young that their parents didn’t grow up with turntables and barely know what they are!” Alas, some brick and mortar record stores in other cities have gone out of business. They were battered into submission by a combination of the pandemic and the constant rise of streaming, a handy means of accessing music for those who don’t mind audio compression or the fact

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Steven Yeun, right, appears in “Minari” with Alan Kim. 8. Julia Garner, “The Assistant” 9. Kate Winslet, “Ammonite” 10. Nicole Beharie, “Miss Juneteenth” 11. Andra Day, “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” 12. Jessie Buckley, “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” 13. Elisabeth Moss, “Shirley” 14. Anya Taylor-Joy, “Emma” 15. Julianne Moore, “The Glorias” It’s a wide range of contenders, with previous winners and rising stars. Riz Ahmed, who has been doing good work for years and whose profile has been rising (he followed the awardwinning “The Night of” with big movies in the Bourne, Spider-verse and Star Wars franchises) is currently third in a very close race. It’s hard to believe Anthony Hopkins has only one Oscar win (quick, name it); he’s brilliant in “The Father.” But the one to beat may be the late Chadwick Boseman, whose leave-it-on-thefield performance makes him a top contender and puts him in line for the second-ever posthumous lead actor win. 1. Chadwick Boseman, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” 2. Anthony Hopkins, “The Father” 3. Riz Ahmed, “Sound of Metal” 4. Delroy Lindo, “Da 5 Bloods” 5. Gary Oldman, “Mank” 6. Tom Hanks, “News of the World” 7. (tie) Steven Yeun, “Minari” 7. (tie) Kingsley BenAdir, “One Night in Miami” 9. (tie) Luca Marinelli, “Martin Eden” 9. (tie) Jude Law, “The Nest” 11. Sacha Baron Cohen, “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” 12. Ben Affleck, “The Way Back” 13. Jesse Plemons, “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” 14. George Clooney, “Midnight Sky” 15. Trevante Rhodes, “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” Leading is recent Oscar winner Olivia Colman for “The Father.” In second is Youn YuhJung, who just won the Los Angeles Film Critics Assn. award for her indelible portrayal of the grandmother in “Minari.” Maria Bakalova probably deserves combat pay (perhaps this would be her medal?) for her performance as the main character’s daughter in “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.” 1. Olivia Colman, “The Father” 2. Youn YuhJung, “Minari” 3. Amanda Seyfried, “Mank” 4. Maria Bakalova, “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” 5. Ellen Burstyn, “Pieces of a Woman” 6. Helena Zengel, “News of the World” 7. Sonia Braga, Bacurau 8. Glenn Close, “Hillbilly Elegy” 9. Toni Collette, “I’m Thinking of

Ending Things” 10. Saoirse Ronan, “Ammonite” 11. Fiona Shaw, “Ammonite” 12. Charin Alvarez, “Saint Frances” 13. Nicole Kidman, “The Prom” 14. Talia Ryder, “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” 15. (tie) Mia Goth, “Emma” 15. (tie) Marisa Tomei, “The King of Staten Island” “Hamilton” star Leslie Odom Jr. is out in front for his portrayal of legendary crooner Sam Cooke in “One Night in Miami.” Chadwick Boseman scores highly on the supporting list for “Da 5 Bloods” while topping the lead list above. His “Rainey” costar and “Fear the Walking Dead” star Colman Domingo, has a lot of support as the steady band leader in August Wilson’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” Two ensemble films dominate: “Ma Rainey” (two on the supporting list) and “The Trial of the Chicago 7” (three). 1. Leslie Odom Jr. “One Night in Miami” 2. Chadwick Boseman, “Da 5 Bloods” 3. Colman Domingo, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” 4. Paul Raci, “Sound of Metal” 5. Sacha Baron Cohen, “The Trial of the Chicago 7” 6. Bill Murray, “On the Rocks” 7. Yahya AbdulMateen II, “The Trial of the Chicago 7” 8. David Strathairn, “Nomadland” 9. Frank Langella, “The Trial of the Chicago 7” 10. Glynn Turman, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” 11. Charles Dance, “Mank” 12. Bill Burr, “The King of Staten Island” 13. Daniel Kaluuya, “Judas and the Black Messiah” 14. Matthew Macfadyen, “The Assistant” 15. Brian Dennehy, “Driveways” The top four contenders in the initial poll are separated by two points. “Minari” cements its status as an 800-pound awards gorilla by finishing at or near the top for picture, director, supporting actress and original screenplay. Right behind it is “Mank,” which was written by director David Fincher’s father, Jack Fincher, in the 1990s, and Aaron Sorkin’s “The Trial of the Chicago 7.” 1. “Minari” 2. (tie) “Mank” 2. (tie) “The Trial of the Chicago 7” 4. “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” 5. “Soul” 6. “Da 5 Bloods” 7. “Sound of Metal” 8. “The Nest” 9. “Kajillionaire” 10. (tie) “Ammonite” 10. (tie) “Promising Young Woman” 12. “The Assistant” 13. “Saint Frances” 14. “Palm Springs” 15. “On the Rocks” There are three theater-based scripts in the Top 5, with Florian Zeller’s adaptation (with Christopher Hampton) of his play “The Father” leading the way. “Nomadland” adapts Jessica Bruder’s book that came from years of lived-in research; some of the

actual people Bruder met in her experiences appear in the film. The extremely technically specific “Greyhound” was written by Tom Hanks. 1. “The Father “ 2. “One Night in Miami” 3. “Nomadland” 4. “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” 5. “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” 6. “News of the World” 7. “First Cow” 8. “Martin Eden” 9. “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” 10. “Shirley” 11. “Emma” 12. “The Glorias” 13. “The Boys in the Band” 14. (tie) “Greyhound” 14. (tie) “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” The panel has Pixar’s jazzy, philosophical “Soul” tied for fourth in the running for best picture and fifth for screenplay; here it takes first place by a single point. Cartoon Saloon’s first three features each scored Oscar nominations; the studio’s “Wolfwalkers” looks a good bet to continue that streak. Only seven movies made this first list, leaving off such titles as big-budget sequels “The Croods: A New Age” and “Trolls World Tour,” the Netflix hit “The Willoughbys” and idiosyncratic smaller films such as “OnGaku: Our Sound.” Big Hollywood studios have won 14 straight. 1. “Soul” 2. “Wolfwalkers” 3. “Over the Moon” 4. “Onward” 5. “Earwig and the Witch” 6. “Ride Your Wave” 7. “Jiang Ziya: Legend of Deification” The journalism-vsthe-Romanian-healthcare-system documentary “Collective” is well on top. “Minari,” which has been all over the BuzzMeter, doesn’t qualify in the international feature Oscar category because it’s an American production (though it’s a Golden Globe contender for foreign-language film, but not for best picture, drama). But you know what does qualify? “The Father.” Not that “The Father”; this one is from Bulgaria, and Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman are not in it, unless their transformative powers have reached amazing new heights. 1. “Collective” (Alexander Nanau, Romania) 2. “Another Round” (Thomas Vinterberg, Denmark) 3. “Minari” (Lee Isaac Chung; U.S.— not eligible for the international-feature Oscar, but in the running for the Golden Globes and critics’ prizes) 4. “I’m No Longer Here” (Fernando Frias, Mexico) 5. “La Llorona” (Jayro Bustamante, Guatemala) 6. “Song Without a Name” (Melina León, Peru) 7. “My Little Sister” (Stéphanie Chuat, Véronique Reymond, Switzerland) 8. “Notturno” (Gianfranco Rosi, Italy) 9. “Apples” (Christos Nikou, Greece) 10. (tie) “Exile” (Visar Morina, Kosovo) 10. (tie) “The Father” (Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov, Bulgaria) 10. (tie) “Night of the Kings” (Philippe Lacôte, Ivory Coast)

that most subscription streaming services pay artists a fractional pittance for their work. But I digress. It remains to be seen if, in the future, we will be able to listen to any of our favorite music from 2020 without thinking of the pandemic or of the national reckoning on social and racial injustice that took place. Some songs – such as Mickey Guyton’s “Black Like Me,” H.E.R.’s “I Can’t Breathe” and Tyler Childers’ “Long Violent History” – provide indelible musical portraits of the past year that deserve to be appreciated for decades to come. Here are some of the pop, jazz and beyond albums that helped me through a year we’d all like to forget – albums which, I am confident, will sound as inviting and compelling in good times as they do in wrenchingly bad times.

Best pop albums of 2020 1. Fiona Apple, “Fetch The Bolt Cutters” (Epic) 2. Bob Dylan, “Rough and Rowdy Ways” (Columbia) 3. Phoebe Bridgers, “Punisher” (Dead Oceans) 4. Lido Pimienta, “Miss Colombia” (Anti) 5. Chris Stapleton, “Starting Over” (Mercury Nashville) 6. Jeff Parker & The New Breed, “Suite for Max Brown” (Nonesuch) 7. Moses Sumney, “Grae” (Jagjaguwar) 8. Taylor Swift, “Folklore” (Republic) 9. Natalia Lafourcade, “Un Canto por México, Vol. 1” (Sony Music Mexico) 10. Run The Jewels, “RTJ4” (BMG) Honorable mentions: Static Shapes, “Give Me the Bad News” (Bandcamp); Bonny Light Horseman, “Bonny Light Horseman” (37d03d); The Chicks, “Gaslighter” (Columbia); Waxahatchee, “Saint Cloud” (Merge); Childish Gambino, “3.15.20” (RCA)

Best jazz albums of 2020 1. Charles Lloyd, “8 Kindred Spirits, Live at the Lobero” (Blue Note) 2. Maria Schneider Orchestra, “Data Lords” (ArtistShare) 3. Keith Jarrett, “Budapest Concert” (ECM) 4. Liberty Ellman, “Last Desert” (Pi) 5. Ambrose Akinmusire, “On the Tender Spot of Every Calloused Moment” (Blue Note) 6. Sun Ra Arkestra, “Swirling” (Strut) 7. Rudresh Mahanthappa, “Hero Trio” (Whirlwind) 8. Dave Douglas, “Dizzy Atmosphere” (Greenleaf Music) 9. Charles McPherson, “Jazz Dance Suites” (Chazz Mack Music) 10. Steph Richards, “Supersense” (Northern Spy) Honorable mentions: Joel Ross, “Who Are You” (Blue Note); Redman Mehldau McBride Blade, “RoundAgain” (Nonesuch); Immanuel Wilkins, “Omega” (Blue Note); Peter Kronreif & Wayfarers, “Aeronautics” (Fresh Sound New Talent); Christian Sands, “Be Water” (Mack Avenue)

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Wall leads Harden-less Rockets to win over Kings Tribune Content Agency The Houston Rockets didn’t have James Harden in Saturday’s game against the Kings, but they still had John Wall. Wall was back in action less than 48 hours after making his return to the NBA, scoring 28 points to lead the Rockets to a 102-94 victory over the Kings at Toyota Center in Houston. Wall, who made his season debut Thursday after a two-year injury absence, added six

assists, four rebounds, three steals and two blocked shots. Christian Wood posted 20 points, 15 rebounds and four blocked shots for the Rockets (2-2). Eric Gordon scored 19. DeMarcus Cousins was held to two points on 1-of-6 shooting in his second game for Houston. De’Aaron Fox scored 23 points on 8-of-19 shooting for the Kings (3-3). He had four assists and three turnovers. Harrison Barnes had

19 points and seven offense stalled out at times r eb o u nd s . B udd y without the young playHield added 17 points, maker. The Kings shared making five 3-pointers. the ball beautifully while The Rockets were going 3-1 to start the missing former MVP season, but the ball moveJames Harden, who was ment wasn’t good Saturday ruled out shortly before with only 11 assists on tipoff with a sprained 35 made baskets. right ankle. The Kings The Kings and Rockets were missing rookie stand- traded leads throughout a out Tyrese Haliburton, high-scoring first half that who sustained a left wrist ended with the team’s tied bone bruise in Thursday’s at 64. Both teams shot over 122-119 loss to the Rockets. 50%. The Kings amassed a The impact of Hal- 24-18 rebounding advaniburton’s absence was tage and outscored the clear as Sacramento’s Rockets 32-22 on points

in the paint. Baskets by Gordon, Wall and P.J. Tucker helped the Rockets open up a sevenpoint lead in the third quarter. A late flourish by Fox allowed the Kings to cut the deficit to two, but the Rockets responded with a 9-0 run with Fox on the bench to start the fourth quarter. The Rockets went up by 11 on three free throws by Gordon after Bagley fouled him on a long 3-point attempt. They extended the lead to 13 on a basket by Wall and had little trouble

closing out the Kings.

Haliburton injury update Haliburton missed the game with a bone bruise in his left wrist after taking a hard fall on a dunk attempt against the Rockets on Thursday. Kings coach Luke Walton said Haliburton, the No. 12 pick in the 2020 NBA Draft, will also miss Monday’s game See Kings, Page B14

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Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields runs with the ball in the first half against Clemson during the College Football

Playoff semifinal game at the Allstate Sugar Bowl at Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Friday.

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Krenzel being OSU’s top rusher in the 2002 Fiesta Bowl. Me? I rank what Fields did against Clemson No. 1, which is 10 spots lower than where Swinney ranked the Buckeyes with his coach’s vote. How much that obvious slight motivated the Buckeyes will never fully be known, but combined with last year’s heart-wrenching 29-23 loss to Clemson in the Fiesta Bowl playoff semifinal, Ohio State had more than enough emotional ammunition to unleash on the Tigers. “Because of the way it all played out, because it was Clemson . . . that added a lot of flavor to it,” Ohio State coach Ryan

Ohio State’s 49-28 win avenged painful 2019 loss to Clemson THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

on’t look now, Dabo, but your No. 11 will still be playing on Jan. 11. Ohio State, famously snubbed in the poll rankings by Dabo Swinney, taught the Clemson coach a valuable lesson Friday night in the Sugar Bowl, a lesson as old as sports itself: don’t rub the other guy’s nose in it before the deed is done, or risk being forced to smell your own stink. And believe you me, the Buckeyes made sure the Tigers smelled it. From opening kick to final 0:00, Ohio State turned in one of the more memorable bowl perfor-

ANALYSIS mances in school history by clocking Clemson 49-28 in the Superdome. Payback is a bit . . . of a blowout in the bayou. On Jan. 11 in suburban Miami, the Buckeyes will play Alabama for No. 1, thanks in large part to the guy in the No. 1 jersey. Quarterback Justin Fields earned legend status not just by ending the Clemson curse, but doing so under circumstances that rank with the greatest quarterback stories in school history. Right there with Cardale Jones stepping into the gap in 2014 and Troy Smith sticking it to Michigan and Craig

Day said on a conference call as the whoops and hollers of his players echoed in the background. “In life you don’t typically get an opportunity to have a second chance, and you can’t miss the second time. I don’t know what we’re more excited about, the chance to play for a national championship or fact we avenged (last year’s) loss.” Think about that for a second. Ohio State has a chance to win its first national championship since 2014, and yet Day can’t decide what feels better – getting a shot at No. 1 Alabama or shutting up Clemson, which came See Avenged, Page B14

Kelly goes on defensive – again – after another big-game loss by Notre Dame Paul Sullivan

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istening to coach Brian Kelly after Notre Dame’s 31-14 loss to Alabama in the Rose Bowl on Friday reminded me of Frank Costanza, the perpetually aggrieved character on “Seinfeld.” Costanza, played by the late, great Jerry Stiller, invented the holiday “Festivus” as a time to air grievances over perceived slights. “I’ve got a lot of problems with you people,” Costanza shouted, “and now you’re gonna hear about it.” Throughout the last few weeks, from the lead-up to the ACC title game to Friday’s semifinal loss to Alabama, Kelly has had a lot of problems with a lot of people, including California government officials who wouldn’t allow players’ families into the scheduled

ANALYSIS semifinal Rose Bowl in Pasadena because of Covid-19 restrictions, College Football Playoff officials who wouldn’t move the game from its historic venue and media members who suggested the Fighting Irish could not compete against the stronger and faster Crimson Tide. Kelly’s threat to turn down a playoff invitation if families weren’t allowed into the stadium led to the late switch of the Rose Bowl to AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, where the only reminder of the traditional New Year’s game was a rose spray-painted at midfield. It might as well have been the Boll Weevil Bowl presented by Capital One, “The Grandweevil of Them All.” But at least the game was being

played and the families of Notre Dame’s players got an opportunity to watch Alabama run around, past and over Irish players in a rather convincing win. The Crimson Tide scored the first three times they touched the ball on drives of 79, 97 and 84 yards, averaging 14.4 yards per play, and tailback Najee Harris created an incredible moment that will be replayed forever, hurdling over Nick McCloud on a 53-yard run that set the tone for Bama’s “30 yards and a cloud of dust” attack. It was nothing for Notre Dame to be ashamed of. They lost to a top-ranked team that clearly was superior and covered the 19½ point spread, the biggest in the brief history of College Football Playoff games. Only die-hard Irish fans believed they had a See Defensive, Page B14

Mike McGlinchey’s problem this season wasn’t weight. It was worry. That’s the self-assessment of the 49ers’ mildly embattled right tackle, who spoke from the heart Thursday about self-defeating thoughts that have swum in his head this season. “It’s my biggest problem,” McGlinchey said, later adding: “The only person that hindered Mike McGlinchey this year was Mike McGlinchey.” In a 15-minute session with reporters that was notable for McGlinchey’s candor, the No. 9 pick in the 2018 draft said he’s felt the “weight of the world” on his shoulders during a season in which he’s been elite as a run blocker but had too many awful moments as a pass blocker. McGlinchey ranks second among NFL t ackles in run blocking but 93rd in pass protection, according to

Pro Football Focus. McGlinchey said he allowed his worst plays to impact him during games, and then let the resulting criticism hurt his mindset during the week. “No matter what happens, no matter the mistakes that I’ve made, and the plays that I’ve given up, I can’t ever let it again affect the next week,” McGlinchey said. “I can’t ever let it again affect the next game. I can’t ever let it again affect the next play. It’s something that I learned throughout this year. And I learned it the hard way, unfortunately.” McGlinchey, 25, is in his third NFL season. So why is he just learning this now? It’s not a surprise given the background of the leader and high achiever whose family nicknamed him “Midas” because “everything he did turned to gold,” his mom, Janet, once said. McGlinchey, the oldest of six siblings, was team See McGlinchey, Page B5

Tight ends Waller, Witten out for history in Raiders’ last game of season Tribune Content Agency

Famer, one coach Jon Gruden thought “never A pair of Raider would be broken.” legends caught tight end Waller needs seven Darren Waller by surprise catches to surpass last year coming out of Brown’s all-time Raiders’ halftime of the franchise’s mark of 104 receptions in final game in Oakland. a season, set in 1997. Tim Brown and A shot at history for Marcus Allen came up Raiders’ tight ends is to Waller while he was helping give meaning to riding the exercise bike to a game that otherwise loosen up for the second holds little considering half of a game against both teams have been the Jacksonville Jaguars. eliminated from playoff “They basically told contention – and it’s me to keep up the good not only Waller who is work,” Waller recounted. trying to make it. Brown’s reception “That meant a lot to me. mark might be one of I don’t know if they know how much that meant the more hallowed in to me right then. To Raiders’ lore, but posieven be mentioned with tion-mate Jason Witten is (Brown’s) name is pretty set to put his name in the NFL record book. crazy because I rememWitten will surpass noted ber watching him when I ironman Tony Gonzawas super young.” lez for the most games Waller’s name is conplayed by a tight end in joined with Brown’s league history on Sunday. this week going into Las The 38-year-old will Vegas’ season finale appear in his 271st game, at Denver, which kicks off dating back to his rookie at 1:25 p.m. Sunday and season in 2003 with airs on CBS. That’s the Dallas Cowboys. because the current “I think there’s a star is threatening to common ground with break a franchise record See Raiders, Page B5 belonging to the Hall of

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CALENDAR Sunday’s TV sports Note: Some events may be canceled or moved to different times and/or stations because of Covid-19 considerations

Basketball

NFL Week 17 playoff scenarios: Postseason picture unfinished Matt Bonesteel

College men

•Wisconsin at Penn State, BIG TEN, 9 a.m. •Lehigh at Lafayette, CBSSN, 1 p.m. •Saint Joseph’s at Rhode Island, NBCSN, 1:30 p.m. •Ohio State at Minnesota, BIG TEN, 2:30 p.m. •Wake Forest at Georgia Tech, ACC, 3 p.m. •Navy at Bucknell, CBSSN, 3 p.m. •Southern Illinois at Drake, ESPNU, 3 p.m. •Houston at SMU, ESPN2, 4 p.m. •Northwestern at Michigan, BIG TEN, 4:30 p.m. College women •Houston at Central Florida, ESPNU, 9 a.m. •Clemson at Miami, ACC, 9 a.m. •Duquesne at Dayton, CBSSN, 9 a.m. •Kentucky at Mississippi State, ESPN2, 10 a.m. •Texas A&M at Florida, SEC, 10 a.m. •George Washington at Fordham, CBSSN, 11 a.m. •California at Arizona, PAC12, P12BA, 11 a.m. •Boston College at North Carolina State, ACC, 11 a.m. •Florida at South Carolina, ESPNU, 11 a.m. •Iowa State at Texas, ESPN2, noon •Georgia at Auburn, SEC, noon •Georgia Tech at Notre Dame, ACC, 1 p.m. •UCLA at Oregon, PAC12, 1 p.m. •Missouri at Arkansas, SEC, 2 p.m. •Michigan at Northwestern, ESPN2, 2 p.m. •Stanford at Arizona State, PAC12, P12BA, 3 p.m. NBA •Boston at Detroit, NBATV, noon •Washington at Brooklyn, NBATV, 3 p.m. •Portland at Golden State, NBATV, 5:30 p.m. Football NFL

•Dallas at N.Y. Giants, Chs. 2, 40, 10 a.m. •Pittsburgh at Cleveland, Chs. 5, 13, 10 a.m. •Seattle at San Francisco, Chs. 2, 40 (KTXL), 1:25 p.m. •Arizona at L.A. Rams, Chs. 5, 13, 1:25 p.m. •Washington at Philadelphia, Ch. 3, 5;20 p.m. Cornhole •ACL, College Cornhole Championship, ESPN, 10 a.m. Skiing •FIS Alpine World Cup, men’s super G, Ch. 3, noon •FIS Alpine World Cup, women’s slalom, Ch. 3, 1:30 p.m. Soccer •Serie A, Inter Milan vs. Crotone, ESPN2, 3:25 a.m. •Premier League, Burnley vs. Fulham, NBCSN, 4 a.m. •Premier League, Newcastle vs. Leicester City, NBCSN, 6 a.m. •La Liga, Alaves vs. Atletico Madrid, BEIN, 7:05 a.m. •Premier League, Chelsea vs. Manchester City, NBCSN, 8:15 a.m. •La Liga, Real Sociedad vs. Osasuna, BEIN, 9:20 a.m. •La Liga, Huesca vs. Barcelona, BEIN, 11:50 a.m. •Super Lig, Kayserispor vs. Besiktas, BEIN, 3 p.m. (taped) •Super Lig, Kasimpasa Spor Kulubu vs. Fenerbahce, BEIN, 7:55 a.m. (Monday)

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NFL Week 17 is meaningless? Ha! Seven of the 14 playoff berths still have yet to be clinched, the first time half have been open in the season’s final week since 1994. The seven open spots also tie 1989 for the most in NFL history in Week 17, and the 11 teams still alive for the postseason is the most since 2008. Here’s how things are shaping up. x-clinched playoff berth; y-clinched division title; z-clinched conference top seed.

AFC 1. z-Kansas City Chiefs (14-1, AFC West champion) The Chiefs clinched the AFC’s top seed and the conference’s only first-round bye with a win over the Falcons on Sunday. 2. y-Buffalo Bills (12-3, AFC East champion) Key tiebreaker: head-to-head victory over the Steelers The Bills will clinch the No. 2 seed with a win over the Dolphins, or a Steelers loss, or a tie plus a Steelers tie. 3. y-Pittsburgh Steelers (12-3, AFC North champion) The Steelers will clinch the No. 2 seed with a win over the Browns plus a Bills tie, or a win/tie plus a Bills loss. 4. Tennessee Titans (10-5, AFC South leader) Key tiebreaker: better division record than Colts The Titans will clinch the AFC South title with a win over the Texans, or a Colts loss, or a tie plus a Colts tie. Tennessee will clinch a playoff berth most easily with a Dolphins loss or a Ravens loss. 5. Miami Dolphins (10-5) Key tiebreaker: better conference record than the Ravens and the Colts The Dolphins most easily will clinch a playoff berth with a win over the Bills, or with losses by either the

NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Philadelphia 5 1 .833 — Brooklyn 3 3 .500 2 Boston 3 3 .500 2 New York 3 3 .400 2 Toronto 1 4 .200 3½ Central Division W L Pct GB Indiana 4 2 .667 — Cleveland 4 2 .667 — Milwaukee 3 3 .500 1 Chicago 2 4 .333 2 Detroit 1 4 .200 2½ Southeast Division W L Pct GB Orlando 4 2 .667 — Atlanta 4 2 .667 — Miami 2 3 .400 1½ Charlotte 2 4 .33 2 Washington 1 5 .167 3 WESTERN CONFERENCE Northwest Division W L Pct GB Utah 3 2 .600 — Portland 3 2 .600 — Minnesota 2 3 .400 1 Oklahoma City 2 3 .400 1 Denver 1 4 .200 2 Pacific Division W L Pct GB Phoenix 5 1 .833 — L.A. Clippers 4 2 .667 1 L.A. Lakers 4 2 .667 1 SACRAMENTO 3 3 .500 2 GOLDEN STATE 2 3 .400 2½ Southwest Division W L Pct GB New Orleans 4 2 .667 — Houston 2 2 .500 1 San Antonio 2 3 .400 1½ Memphis 2 3 .400 1½ Dallas 2 3 .400 1½ Friday’s Games Portland 123, GOLDEN STATE 98 Memphis 108, Charlotte 93 Detroit 96, Boston 93 Dallas 93, Miami 83 Atlanta 114, Brooklyn 96 Milwaukee 126, Chicago 96 Washington 130, Minnesota 109 L.A. Lakers 109, San Antonio 103 Phoenix 106, Denver 103 Utah 106, L.A. Clippers 100 Saturday’s Games Houston 102, SACRAMENTO 94 New York 106, Indiana 102 Oklahoma City 108, Orlando 99 Philadelphia 127, Charlotte 122 Cleveland 96, Atlanta 91 New Orleans 120, Toronto 116 Sunday’s Games Portland at GOLDEN STATE, 5:30 p.m, Boston at Detroit, noon Washington at Brooklyn, 3 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Memphis, 3 p.m. Denver at Minnesota, 4 p.m. Utah at San Antonio, 4 p.m. Dallas at Chicago, 5 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Phoenix, 5 p.m. Monday’s Games SACRAMENTO at GOLDEN STATE, 7 p.m. Cleveland at Orlando, 4 p.m. Charlotte at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. New York at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m. Oklahoma City at Miami, 4:30 p.m. Boston vs. Toronto, 4:30 p.m. Dallas at Houston, 5 p.m. Detroit at Milwaukee, 5 p.m.

Indiana at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Tuesday’s Games Utah at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Memphis, 5 p.m. Minnesota at Denver, 6 p.m. San Antonio at L.A. Clippers, 7 p.m. Chicago at Portland, 7:30 p.m.

FOOTBALL NFL American Conference East W L T Pct. PF PA 12 3 0 .800 445 349 10 5 0 .667 378 282 6 9 0 .400 298 339 2 13 0 .133 229 429 North W L T Pct. PF PA xz-Pittsburgh 12 3 0 .800 394 288 Baltimore 10 5 0 .667 430 300 Cleveland 10 5 0 .667 384 397 Cincinnati 4 10 1 .300 308 386 South W L T Pct. PF PA Tennessee 10 5 0 .667 450 401 Indianapolis 10 5 0 .667 423 348 Houston 4 11 0 .267 346 423 Jacksonville 1 14 0 .067 292 464 West W L T Pct. PF PA xz-Kansas City 14 1 0 .933 452 324 Las Vegas 7 8 0 .467 402 447 L.A. Chargers 6 9 0 .400 346 405 Denver 5 10 0 .333 292 414 National Conference East W L T Pct. PF PA Washington 6 9 0 .400 315 315 Dallas 6 9 0 .400 376 450 N.Y. Giants 5 10 0 .333 257 338 Philadelphia 4 10 1 .300 320 398 North W L T Pct. PF PA xz-Green Bay 12 3 0 .800 474 353 Chicago 8 7 0 .533 356 335 Minnesota 6 9 0 .400 393 440 Detroit 5 10 0 .333 342 482 South W L T Pct. PF PA xz-New Orleans 11 4 0 .733 449 330 x-Tampa Bay 10 5 0 .667 448 328 Carolina 5 10 0 .333 343 369 Atlanta 4 11 0 .267 369 370 West W L T Pct. PF PA xz-Seattle 11 4 0 .733 433 348 L.A. Rams 9 6 0 .600 354 289 Arizona 8 7 0 .533 403 349 SAN FRAN 6 9 0 .400 353 364 x-clinched playoff berth z-clinched division title Sunday’s Games Seattle at SAN FRANCISCO, 1:25 p.m. Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 10 a.m. Dallas at N.Y. Giants, 10 a.m. N.Y. Jets at New England, 10 a.m. Minnesota at Detroit, 10 a.m. Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 10 a.m. Baltimore at Cincinnati, 10 a.m. Miami at Buffalo, 10 a.m. Arizona at L.A. Rams, 1:25 p.m. Jacksonville at Indianapolis, 1:25 p.m. Tennessee at Houston, 1:25 p.m. Las Vegas at Denver, 1:25 p.m. L.A. Chargers at Kansas City, 1:25 p.m. Green Bay at Chicago, 1:25 p.m. New Orleans at Carolina, 1:25 p.m. Washington at Philadelphia, 5:20 p.m. END REGULAR SEASON xz-Buffalo Miami New England N.Y. Jets

Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers throws the ball away as Bears outside linebacker Khalil Mack applies pressure in the fourth quarter, Nov. 29, 2020, in Green Bay. Ravens, Browns or Colts. 6. Baltimore Ravens (10-5) Key tiebreakers: head-tohead sweep of Browns, head-tohead victory over Colts The Ravens most easily will clinch a playoff berth with a win over the Bengals, or with losses by either the Browns or Colts. 7. Cleveland Browns (10-5) Key tiebreaker: head-to-head victory over the Colts The Browns most easily will clinch a playoff berth with a win over the Steelers, or a Colts loss, or a Titans loss plus a Dolphins win/tie plus a Ravens win/tie. STILL IN THE AFC HUNT 8. Indianapolis Colts (10-5) The Colts will clinch the AFC South Division title with a win over the Jaguars plus a Titans loss/tie, or a tie plus a Titans loss. Indianapolis most easily will clinch a playoff berth with a win plus losses or ties by either the Ravens, Browns or Dolphins. ELIMINATED 9. Las Vegas Raiders (7-8); 10. New England Patriots (6-9); 11. Los Angeles Chargers (6-9); 12. Denver Broncos (5-10); 13. Cincinnati Bengals (4-10-1); 14. Houston Texans (4-11); 15. New York Jets

(2-13); 16. Jacksonville Jaguars (1-14).

NFC 1. y-Green Bay Packers (12-3, NFC North champion) The Packers will clinch the NFC’s top seed and only first-round bye with a win or tie against the Bears, or a Seahawks loss/tie. 2. y-New Orleans Saints (11-4, NFC South champion) Key tiebreaker: better conference record than the Seahawks The Saints will clinch the NFC’s top seed and only first-round bye with a win over the Panthers, plus a Packers loss and a Seahawks win. 3. y-Seattle Seahawks (11-4, NFC West champion) The Seahawks will clinch the NFC’s top seed and only first-round bye with a win over the 49ers, plus a Packers loss and a Saints loss/ tie. 4. Washington Football Team (6-9, NFC East leader) Key tiebreaker: season sweep of the Cowboys Washington will clinch the NFC East title with a win over the Eagles, or a tie plus a Cowboys loss/tie. 5. x-Tampa Bay Buccaneers (10-5, NFC wild card) The Bucs have clinched a playoff

berth and will be either the No. 5 or No. 6 seed. 6. Los Angeles Rams (9-6) The Rams will clinch a playoff berth with a win or tie against the Cardinals, or a Bears loss/tie. 7. Chicago Bears (8-7) Key tiebreaker: better record vs. common opponents than Cardinals. The Bears will clinch a playoff berth with a win over the Packers, or a Cardinals loss, or a tie plus a Cardinals tie. STILL IN THE HUNT 8. Arizona Cardinals (8-7) The Cardinals will clinch a playoff berth with a win over the Rams, or a tie plus a Bears loss. 9. Dallas Cowboys (6-9) The Cowboys will clinch the NFC East title with a win over the Giants plus a WFT loss/tie, or a tie plus a WFT loss. 13. New York Giants (5-10) The Giants will clinch the NFC East title with a win over the Cowboys plus a WFT loss. ELIMINATED 10. Minnesota Vikings (6-9); 11. San Francisco 49ers (6-9); 12. Detroit Lions (5-10); 14. Carolina Panthers (5-10); 15. Philadelphia Eagles (4-101); 16. Atlanta Falcons (4-11).

Be patient, Giants fans – it’s all about Dodgers and Padres now Bruce Jenkins

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here’s so much we don’t know about the 2021 baseball season. When it starts, for one thing. There’s a sense that the pandemic’s escalation could push Opening Day into May, or beyond. The distribution of vaccines will be a sensitive and most likely controversial undertaking. As for the game itself, MLB has left everyone in the dark. One more non-DH season in the National League? Keep that 16-team playoff format? Radical restrictions on shifts? Going permanent with the three-batter minimum for relievers, seven-inning doubleheaders and placing a runner on second base to start an extra inning? The lack of clarity is inexcusable at this point in the calendar, but also typical of a sport built upon a foundation of haggling and distrust. Here’s one thing that seems likely, and it’s not great news for Giants fans: The Dodgers and Padres will be the two best teams in baseball. Stick the Giants in the NL Central, and they’d be on level terms with teams cutting back on payroll and expectations. As it stands in the West, they’re filming a lowbudget documentary while two major studios gear up for the Oscars. Maybe you’d take the Atlanta Braves as slightly superior to San Diego, but there’s a larger point. At a time when MLB lives in fear

ANALYSIS and the free-agent market crawls along at a snail’s pace, the Padres are acting like vintage New York Yankees – and they’re doing it in a market that, according to several assessments, is smaller than Sacramento. What a radical notion: Padres general manager A.J. Preller and team owner Peter Seidler actually have the fans in mind – pandemic and hard times be damned. They’re going all-out to win, landing two of the game’s best pitchers, Blake Snell and Yu Darvish, in recent trades that somehow preserved the club’s precious farm system. (Six of their top seven prospects, as rated by Baseball America, survived that spree.) Throw in Fernando Tatis Jr., Manny Machado, Eric Hosmer, Wil Myers, Trent Grisham, Tommy Pham, the young rotation mainstays and a clever international signing – Ha-Seong Kim, a power-hitting sensation from the Korea Baseball Organization who is likely to start at second base or the outfield – and they’re offering can’tmiss theater, a legitimate threat to the Dodgers’ superiority. There are other ways to succeed, as we learned over the past two years. The Tampa Bay Rays’ approach is all about finances. They made no effort to keep invaluable starter Charlie Morton off the free-agent market (he signed with

Atlanta), and they dealt Snell to San Diego for a group of prospects who may or may not succeed. (Dynamic right-handed pitcher Luis Patiño is most highly regarded.) When we last saw Snell, a lefty pitcher about as talented as they come, he was humbling the Dodgers in Game 6 of the World Series — only to be rudely, prematurely yanked out of the game because of what might happen. That’s the Tampa Bay way, and to his credit, Snell said he’ll always have the utmost respect for manager Kevin Cash. Now that he’s with the Padres, though, “It’s super exciting,” Snell told reporters this week. “They’re a team that plays with a lot of fun. They’re swaggy.” The Giants know all about swag – it’s the very essence of their history – but it’s very much on hold. Even if president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi grabs a surprise free agent in the coming weeks, the fundamental 2021 blueprint has been set: build around inexpensive acquisitions and hidden gems off other teams’ rosters. Once that $100-plus million comes off the books next winter, then the Giants make their move, with as much big-spending potential as any team in the game. More than anything this year, the Giants need the minor leagues – the real thing, vibrant and productive after a pandemic-obliterated 2020. There’s so much riding on the performances of Joey Bart, Heliot

Ramos, Hunter Bishop, Marco Luciano, Luis Matos, Seth Corry, Sean Hjelle and the rest of the team’s intriguing prospects, but their talent must be witnessed, against real competition. If there’s a plan in place to eventually catch up to the Dodgers and Padres, it begins in the wilderness. TOP ROOKIES ABOUND The Warriors know it’s a bit early to launch a Rookie of the Year campaign for James Wiseman, but some other NBA teams aren’t waiting around. The No. 1 overall pick, Anthony Edwards, is transforming Minnesota’s identity with his brazen, take-no-prisoners style. Even on bad shooting nights – and he’ll have several – he leaves a large impression. In Sacramento, guard Tyrese Haliburton ( Iowa State) has been shooting, passing and defending with a veteran’s panache, and coach Luke Walton hasn’t hesitated giving him big minutes. Charlotte’s LaMelo Ball is a truly mind-blowing passer, to the point where his erratic shooting is only a slight concern. And Celtics guard Payton Pritchard, his skills honed after four years at Oregon, has been a revelation. Composed, tenacious on defense, ready to run the offense, deadly shooter – he’s what the Warriors’ Nico Mannion aspires to be. . . . No one was the slightest bit surprised when San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich, ejected from Wednesday’s game against the Lakers, let assistant Becky Hammon become the first woman to take charge of an NBA game. She’s been drawing rave reviews for years. “You don’t think twice about it. She fits right in. It feels like one of us,” the Spurs’ DeMar DeRozan said. “Whenever she speaks, we listen. We’re all ears.” Teammate Dejounte Murray said “she is setting an example for every woman out there,” and Rudy Gay added, “I look forward to the day where none of this is news, just people accomplishing things . . . and everybody having a shot at the same thing.”

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One last task for Niekro’s catchers – saying goodbye Steve Hummer

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ATLANTA — If anyone should tell the story of Phil Niekro and the pitch that made him a Braves folk hero, it’s rightly those former teammates on the receiving end of his dancing knuckleball. Niekro’s catchers made up a fraternity charged with imposing order on a pitch that seemed to have a mind all its own, that skipped from mound to plate like a carefree schoolboy. They never lacked mettle. And they may all have deserved a medal. He went through plenty of them in 24 seasons, 1964-87, 21 of those with the Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves. Some are no longer with us, like the fellow who caught Niekro’s no-hitter in 1973 (Paul Casanova). Joe Torre’s still here, and he caught Niekro at the beginning. Bruce Benedict caught him at the end. They say no one corralled that free-spirited pitch better – or for more games, 148 – than “Eggs” Benedict. And no one had more fun with it than Bob Uecker. He (in 1967) and Bob Didier (1969) and the late Earl Williams (‘72) led the league in passed balls, a tribute to their working relationship with Niekro and his unpredictable pitch. All these years later, what else was there to do but laugh about it? It was Uecker who made catching Niekro an important part of his famed selfroast routine, coining the line that best way to catch his knuckleball was to wait until it stopped rolling and just pick it up. Among others. n Bob Uecker: “One day, he and his brother were pitching against each other in Atlanta and their folks were at the game sitting behind home plate. (Chasing pitches that got away) I saw their folks more during the game than they did the whole weekend.” These are their memories of their pitcher who died the day after Christmas at the age of 81. Some are funny. Some poignant. All of them fond. n Bruce Benedict: “I was talking to Dale (Murphy, the two-time MVP who broke in with the Braves as a catcher) a couple days ago. We both said almost at the same time it was really an honor to be a part of Niekro’s career that way. It was such a privilege.” In the beginning, Niekro broke in as a reliever in Milwaukee in 1965. n Joe Torre: “Talk about a nightmare, knowing he could pitch every game.” What made Niekro’s knuckler unique was that he threw it harder than most and still maintained the lack of spin that made it so capricious. Something a Milwaukee minor league catcher learned the hard way as both were coming up through the system. And it continued to perplex catchers as well as hitters from that point forward. n Bob Uecker: “In Triple-A, I’m warming him up in the bullpen. He used to throw it so hard, and he never knew where it was going to wind up and neither did you. He hit me in the bare hand and split my finger. That was my introduction to Phil’s knuckleball one particular day.” n Vic Correll (who caught 67 of Niekro’s games with the Braves between 1974-77): “Game in Houston I caught him, I remember the last pitch of the game, it was a knuck-

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Phil Niekro throws out the ceremonial first pitch prior to game five of the National League Division Series between the Atlanta Braves and the St. Louis Cardinals at SunTrust Park, Oct. 9, 2019, in Atlanta, Georgia. leball that did three different things. I happened to catch it, and Ernie Johnson asked me on the bus on the way back to the hotel, how the hell did you catch that? I don’t know, I told him, I guessed right. To me there was no secret. You either caught ‘em or you didn’t.” After the Braves moved from Milwaukee to Atlanta in 1966, Niekro was still working in relief. Didn’t make it as a starter until the following season. The world was always slow to come around to the son of an Ohio coal miner. Baseball people often didn’t know exactly what to make of his signature pitch, and what they were uncertain of, they mistrusted. But upon breaking through as a starter, Niekro wanted to practically build a home and plant a garden on the mound. He is fourth alltime in innings pitched, 5,404. He put up 245 complete games on the way to the 318 career wins that assured his entry to the Hall of Fame. How about this mindblowing three-season stretch, between 1977-79, at the end of which Niekro was 40 years old, when he averaged 335 innings pitched and totaled 65 complete games? Torre would see Niekro from two different perspectives, as his catcher and, from 198284, as his manager with the Braves. He underestimated Niekro’s resilience in the 1982 National League Championship Series, after his Game 1 start against St. Louis was rained out just short of an official game, Niekro shutting out the Cardinals to that point. And regrets it still. n Joe Torre: “Looking back I probably should have pitched him in the next game after we got rained out. I know he wanted to pitch, and I don’t remember exactly what happened. I’m sure I talked it over with (coaches) Bob Gibson and Rube Walker, and we decided to make sure when he makes his next start, he’ll have some kind of rest anyway. Knowing Knucksie he could have pitched every day and never b----- about it.” Pascual Perez was shelled in the Game 1 redux, while Niekro pitched strong in Game 2, leaving with the lead in a game the Braves would lose. When the Braves released him, at the age of 44, in 1983, it naturally created quite a stir. The man was practically an historic landmark. Niekro would pitch four more seasons with three different teams, going 16-8 with the Yankees in 1984 and making his fifth All-Star team. Getting cut from a team he had served for more than two decades did not sit well. n Joe Torre: “He was

upset with me, I know. I was in the middle of it. He was of a mind that I got rid of him because he could have been in line to manage the team. I remember that bothered me because if somebody wanted him to manage, it didn’t matter if he was in the dugout or across the country. “I was playing in an old-timers game when he was pitching in Cleveland. Going down to warm up, he walked by me and I stopped him. And I asked him if he actually said that or felt that way. He said, yes, he did. I did the best I could to say I was sorry about that, but it certainly had nothing to do with the fact that I didn’t stop his leaving. I certainly had a lot to do with that, but that wasn’t the reason. “Yet when I got voted in (Hall of Fame) in 2014 he was on the (expansion era) committee that voted me in. He was the first one to welcome me into the room.” Just because Niekro threw an exotic pitch didn’t mean that he was any less a proud athlete. He won four Gold Gloves for fielding his position. He hit seven career home runs, his last in 1982 during an October victory over San Diego in which he also threw a three-hit shutout. When he won his 300th game as a Yankee, the story goes that he didn’t throw his first knuckleball until the last hitter, striking out Jeff Burroughs on three of them. Just to prove that he could. n Bob Uecker: “He used to love to do that, not because guys were going to hit his knuckleball. Some games when he went out there, if he kept shaking you off and you didn’t put down something else other than a knuckleball, he’d throw whatever he wanted to throw anyway. . . . He liked to be a regular guy every once in a while.” But never forget it was the knuckleball that made him special and turned opposing hitters inside-out. n Vic Correll: “I went on to the Reds after I left the Braves (1978). I remember (Hall of Fame second baseman Joe) Morgan came to the park one day and saw (Niekro’s) name in the lineup, and he went in and told (manager) Sparky Anderson he didn’t want to hit off him cause it put him in a slump for two days. He gave Joe a day off.” n Bruce Benedict: “I remember opposing hitters coming up to me and saying you know what, we only face him three or four times a year, I’m not going to mess my swing up trying to hit this thing. I’m just going to swing as hard as I can. If I hit it, I hit it. If I don’t, I don’t.” Niekro’s playing journey ended when at 48, he was brought back

by the Braves, having been released by Cleveland, for a one-game encore Sept. 27, 1987. He went three innings, gave up five runs. n Bruce Benedict: “I remember for four or five games before that I dreaded it. I got the big glove out again and was full of angst, I can tell you that. You don’t want his last game to be missing half of his pitches. And I remember what a proud moment it was for everybody. For anybody to be a part of that was special.” Common to all those who caught Niekro and knew him best as a ballplayer was just what a fine teammate and decent fellow he was. n Dale Murphy (who was called up in 1976 as a catcher, and caught Niekro 23 times before his move to the outfield): “It was ‘76. I’m catching. This is my first call-up. He takes a no-hitter into the ninth. We got until one out in the ninth with a nohitter. And Cesar Geronimo got a hit. I was just a kid. I’m just trying to stop the knuckleball. I don’t even know what I am doing, and here I am going out into the ninth inning and Knucksie has got a no-hitter going. Over the years, Knucksie would say, ‘Hey, Murph, remember that day in Cincinnati?’ Invariably, he’d say, ‘I felt worse for you than I did losing the no-hitter because I thought it would have been so cool for you as rookie to catch my next no-hitter.’ “ n Vic Correll: “One of the nicest guys I ever met in the big leagues. He was right up there with guys like Ernie Banks.” n Bruce Benedict: “Even to the last speaking engagement we did together, Phil would stand up there, and given his generosity and the type of person he was, he would say, ‘I am not in the Hall of Fame without him,’ and point to me. What does that mean to your heart and your spirit as a friend and a teammate? It meant the world to me.” Three days before he died, in hospice care for the cancer that would take him, Niekro made one last call to his catcher. The one who always made the world laugh when talking about his adventures with the knuckleball. Now it was a serious as it could get for a friendship that stretched back more than 50 years. n Bob Uecker: “He told me that he was ready. I talked to him for about 15 minutes. He was strong enough that I understood everything that he was saying. He wanted to say goodbye to me. “He called me The Chaser and I called him The Thrower. That was our nickname for each other. He told me, ‘Chaser, I’m getting tired, and I think I’m going to go to sleep for a while.’ ”

McGlinchey From Page B3 captain and an All-American at Notre Dame. He became a top-10 pick after wowing the 49ers during the pre-draft process with beyond-hisyears maturity that led them to joke about the 22-year-old “CEO.” After two solid years, McGlinchey was voted a 49ers captain this season and spoke about reaching a Pro Bowl level. Instead, for the first time in his athletic career, a guy who always had it all together has felt the fallout from plays on which everything fell apart. “It’s going to happen – I don’t care how good you are,” head coach Kyle Shanahan said of criticism for pro athletes. “It’s how you react to that. That’s why I think it’s a good thing for Mike to go through that stuff because I think it can make him stronger. He’s made of the right stuff. He’s a good football player. He’s going to have a great career.” McGlinchey’s selfdefeating mind-set was inspired by him being beaten. So what’s the reason for regression as a pass protector? He has looked trimmer and general manager John Lynch recently said McGlinchey might have to bulk up in the offseason to provide more “anchor.” McGlinchey, nicknamed “The Big Slim” by cornerback Richard S h er m a n b efor e the season, has said he’s played around 295 to 300 pounds in 2020. That’s a bit light for an NFL offensive tackle, but Pro Bowl left tackle Joe Staley played at that weight in the late stage of his career. McGlinchey’s prepared to follow any of fs e a s on directives from Shanahan, Lynch or strength coach Dustin Perry. “I don’t think my size has anything to do with my inconsistency of play this year,” McGlinchey said. “Could I be a little bit bigger? Sure. But

‘The Big Slim’ is a nickname that Sherm gave me jokingly. I was maybe 5 pounds lighter than I was last year. Maybe I was put together a little bit better, I don’t know.” The biggest issues, McGlinchey said, were with technique, things like inconsistent hand placement and footwork. “I think there’s a lot of things I did really well all year – there’s things I did a lot better than last year,” McGlinchey said. “But I wasn’t consistent enough. The fact of the matter is there were some bad moments this year when I let my team down, when they needed me to be at my best. And I didn’t get it done. . . . “Yes, I need to improve. I absolutely need to improve. And nobody will be harder on me than me. It’s just a matter of consistency. Blocking out the noise. Blocking out the stupid stuff. All it does is bog you down and it makes you worse in the long run.” The 49ers intend to pick up the fifth-year option on McGlinchey’s contract in the offseason, which is a significant commitment. The fifthyear option salary this season for an offensive lineman drafted in the top 10 was $13.5 million. Shanahan said the 49ers haven’t officially discussed picking up the option, but through reporters he assured the player who’s spent too much time in his own head this season that it was no reason to fret. “We haven’t talked about it,” Shanahan said. “But don’t worry, Mike, you’ll be all right, man.” Briefly: Defensive tackle Javon Kinlaw (knee), cornerback K’Waun Williams, inside linebacker Dre Greenlaw (calf) and defensive tackle Kevin Givens (personal reasons) won’t play against the Seahawks on Sunday. Greenlaw was added to the injury report Friday after he felt calf tightness following Thursday’s practice and had an MRI. . . .

Raiders: Last game From Page B3 greatness, they all have a couple things in common,” Gruden said of Waller and Brown. “Usually, it’s not by accident. They’re your hardest workers, they take care of themselves off the field, they’re the real deal and they have so many intangibles.” “We’ve talked about it with Waller and Brown but (Witten’s) one of the great war daddies of all-time and he’s going to break Tony Gonzalez’s record on Sunday and it’s great to have been a small part of that.” The Raiders signed Witten to a 1-year deal in the offseason in part to mentor its young roster. By all accounts, his presence has served as a positive with coaches and teammates praising Witten’s leadership. And the influence has apparently gone both ways. Witten said his experience with the Raiders, and particularly Gruden, has further increased his interest in getting into coaching after he retires, though he’s not yet decided if Sunday will be his final game. One player Witten hasn’t needed to instruct too much is Waller, whom was even more of a finished product and consummate pro than the veteran realized upon arriving in Las Vegas. “It’s all the intangibles that stick out – how he prepared, what kind of teammate he is,” Witten said of Waller. “Coach

Gruden asks him to play a lot of different positions and there’s a lot of volume to this offense. He’s got a firm grasp on what we want out of this...I think he’s playing at an extremely high level and can do that for a number of years to come.” Witten has played about 38 percent of the Raiders’ offensive snaps this season, and with the Gruden putting an emphasis on the record, he’s a virtual lock to get on the field early in the game. Waller’s chances at Brown’s record are much less of a sure thing. The third-year Raider does have at least seven catches in three of his last four games but has done so on only three other occasions this season. The best fourgame stretch of Waller’s career has put him in position where he’s at least likely to break the 100-reception milestone. Dating back to Week 14 against the Jets, Waller has 34 catches for 537 yards and three TDs. “I’ve been targeted in these past four games more than the prior ones, but I don’t feel like anything changed from a preparation standpoint,” Waller said. “It’s just a matter of, sometimes you go out there and things don’t go as you plan. I honestly thought some games, ‘Oh, this could be a big game,’ and end up with 27 yards. But I feel like this year taught me that the numbers coming from a game doesn’t necessarily define my performance or how I’m playing.”

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Lt. Col. Adam Markel, left, an F-16 fighter pilot, and Capt. Richard Bergeron, an Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals instructor pilot, at Sheppard Air Force Base, Nov. 18, 2020.

Low, slow, steady wins the race After years of trying, officer selected to attend Undergraduate Pilot Training 2nd Lt. John Conger

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SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE, Texas — The sun rose over Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, and aircraft began departing for the Air force’s annual Green Flag exercises. After several early morning hours of preparing information for various operations, intelligence officer and then-lieutenant, Richard Bergeron, took in the scene from the ramp. Despite years of service and accomplishment, one very important goal eluded him: earning the coveted wings of an Air Force aviator. In 2008, less than 10 years prior to his commissioning, Bergeron enlisted in the Air Force as a cryptologic language analyst. During basic training, he was assigned to learn Korean and spent two years at the Defense Language Institute to develop proficiency. This was coupled with the completion of enlisted intelligence training at Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo, Texas. After training, he spent four years at Osan Air Base, South Korea, assigned to the 303rd Intelligence Squadron and two years with the 94th Intelligence Squadron out of Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. During his enlistment, Bergeron fulfilled the prerequisites to apply for officer training

school with the hope of pursuing his dream of flying for the Air Force. As a technical sergeant in 2015, he applied not only for OTS, but for the rated career field board with the intention of pursuing an aviation-related job. “I wanted the extra responsibility, the leadership role and I wanted to broaden my horizons,” Bergeron said. Because he was 29, Bergeron exceeded the age requirement to begin his career in a rated field. Despite this, he decided he still wanted to try to earn a commission and chose to build off of his enlisted experience and become an intelligence officer. Upon completion of OTS and the officer intelligence training course at Goodfellow Air Force Base, Bergeron was given a rare assignment for a new intelligence officer – working at Air Force’s Green Flag exercises at Nellis Air Force Base. Green Flag is a combat training exercise that joins the Air Force and allied airpowers along with Army combat units. Around six months into his duty rotation at Nellis Air Force Base, another opportunity came for him to become an applicant for a flying-related job in the Air Force. “I had told people of my want to become a pilot so it was known in the squadron,” Bergeron said. “I was sent an email that told me

to look into the undergraduate flying training board, which is a board that can select you for all of the available rated positions.” To be eligible for this board, he would need two waivers: one for his age and another for the outstanding service commitment he still owed as an intelligence officer. The first was approved, the second was not. Lt. Col. Adam Markel, an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter pilot, took command of the squadron that Bergeron was in at Nellis shortly after his arrival. Markel told Bergeron that he was not selected by the rated board due to the disapproved service commitment waiver. “I had my squadron fill out career goal sheets,” Markel said. “This was how I knew his goal was to become rated.” After becoming familiar with Bergeron’s career, Markel reached out to the rated boards explaining the extent of Bergeron’s background. He argued that Bergeron’s intelligence experience and ability to contribute would not be lost as a result of a career change to a non-intelligence-related job. “He (Markel) was proactive,” Bergeron said. “He knew my background and that I had done almost ten years in the intel field already, and was able to clarify and convince them that my intel training did go to use.”

A year later, Bergeron was again in pursuit of a pilot slot selection. This time, he was required to have a recommendation from a general officer, in addition to the service commitment waiver. The age waiver was no longer required because the Air Force increased the age limit. After obtaining a general officer’s recommendation and having no waiver holds, the third time was indeed the charm. He was selected to attend Undergraduate Pilot Training at Vance AFB in Enid, Oklahoma, which also happened to be where Markel completed his pilot training. “In terms of my ability to fly the airplane, I was on the exact same playing field as everyone else,” he said, “but it was my fourth total year in the Air Education and Training Command as a student so I had more of an understanding of how you are instructed as a student is a product of the school.” His training spanned about a year, and during his training he performed well enough to “track select” the T-38 Talon II, which would set him up for a fighter/ bomber-based aircraft assignment following UPT. In turn, this allowed him to be assigned to one of the most infamous attack aircraft in Air Force history, the A-10 Thunderbolt II. Shortly after receiving his

assignment, he graduated with his pilot training class 20-22 in September of this year and was moved to Sheppard Air Force Base to continue flying the T-38 to complete the Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals course. Upon graduation of IFF, which is projected for mid-December, a transition to the A-10 will follow. This is now where Capt. Bergeron is in his Air Force journey. It also happens to be where Lt. Col. Markel is stationed as an IFF Instructor Pilot. This opportunity allowed them to fly against one another on a training mission. “It’s still work and we’re professional,” Markel said. “But it’s very rewarding (to fly with Bergeron) and it’s three years in the making.” Markel exemplified that when you set specific goals and work with persistence, anything can be accomplished. Coming up on almost 13 years of service, Bergeron reflects on his time spent in the military. “I’m going to keep doing it until it’s not fun, and it hasn’t stopped being fun yet,” he said. If and when Bergeron returns to Nellis AFB as a part of an operational flying squadron, instead of looking up at the aircraft taking off into the sky and wondering if that could or would ever be him, he’ll be looking down with his dream fulfilled.

Tennessee football coach served in both world wars David Vergun Defense.gov

WASHINGTON -- By the time Robert Reese Neyland graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1916, he had made a name for himself in three sports. As a lineman for the football team, he helped the Black Knights win the Army-Navy games from 1914 to 1916. As a baseball pitcher for the Black Knights, he authored a 35-5 record. In 1914, he fired the first no-hitter in Army history when he blanked Colgate. In boxing, he was an undefeated, heavyweight boxing champion for his final three years at the academy. Neyland also found time for academics, graduating near the top of his class. Several professional baseball teams, including the New York

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Robert Reese Neyland, right, poses for a photo during his time as head football coach at the University of Tennessee, beginning in 1925. Giants, tried to lure Neyland to their teams with big-money offers, but he decided to stay in the Army where he was deployed to Texas as an Army Corps of Engineers officer and

helped erect levees along the Rio Grande River. Neyland then served as an engineer in France during World War I. In 1921, he returned to West

Point as an aide to Army Brig. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, then the academy’s superintendent. While there, he also assisted in coaching football, baseball and boxing. In 1925, Neyland became the head football coach at the University of Tennessee while continuing his military duties as an ROTC instructor. Neyland’s coaching career was disrupted twice – when he was recalled to active duty in 1934 and deployed to Panama and again in May 1941 just before the start of World War II. In 1942, Neyland was appointed head coach of the Eastern All-Army team that took on National Football League clubs to raise money for the Army Emergency Relief fund. The team played three games, defeating the New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers before losing to the defending NFL

champion Chicago Bears. Neyland then served in China, Burma and India, supervising the transport of Allied war supplies across the Himalayan Mountains. He left the Army as a brigadier general in 1946. In 1946, Neyland resumed coaching at UT, where he earned the nickname “the General.” In 1952, he quit his job as coach and became the UT athletic director for a decade. During that time, he helped to design UT’s stadium. During his legendary coaching career in Knoxville, Tennessee, he compiled an overall record of 173-31-12, winning four national championships and seven conference titles. Neyland died in 1962. Today, the University of Tennessee football stadium is named in his honor and there’s also a statue of him there.

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Space Force delays deal to â€˜further evaluateâ€™ contractor found to have acted fraudulently The Washington Post A contract to oversee up to $12 billion in Space Force technology funds is being held up while the nascent military service evaluates fraud findings from an obscure Texas business dispute, casting fresh scrutiny on an emerging industry of nonprofit companies that handle acquisitions on the governmentâ€™s behalf. In early December, the Space and Missile Systems Center, a Los Angeles-based unit of the Space Force, announced it had selected a nonprofit called NSTXL to oversee billions of dollars in contracts over a 10-year period. Its role managing

the consortium is similar to an outsourced procurement office, carrying out work that would otherwise be handled by seasoned bureaucrats while other companies receive the contracts themselves. Such consortium managers have largely escaped the public eye despite their increasing power in military procurement. But the fraud findings are likely to start a more serious conversation regarding their role, and the case has already complicated NSTXLâ€™s relationship with the military. The Space Force was not aware of the longrunning litigation that uncovered the fraud when it evaluated bids, said

Space and Missile Systems Center spokeswoman Capt. Caitlin Toner. The agency now plans to delay the contract award so it can â€œfurther evaluateâ€? the litigation, Toner said. The agency â€œwas not made aware of the [Harris County] litigation during our source selection evaluations which were completed prior to the court ruling; however, the SMC team is further assessing the matter,â€? Toner said in an email. NSTXL spokeswoman Shelley Tweedy said the organization plans to appeal. She said the ruling has no bearing on NSTXLâ€™s work with the government. â€œThis preliminary ruling and any judgment

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I just want health, happiness for daughter Dear Annie: I’ve you exercising, noticed in the past making healthy food several months that choices and being kind my 15-year-old to your body, then she daughter has been is more likely to make steadily gaining the same choices. weight. I have strugDear Annie: This is gled with my weight addressed to “Conmost of my adult life fused About and absolutely do not Annie Lane Cellphones.” A partial want my daughter to fix would be to take Dear Annie have the insecurities data off the phones. and low self-esteem that Our kids have cellphones that I have. text and call only. They have She is not active at all, and internet usage at home on remote learning isn’t helping other devices, and this the situation. I encourage her solution really helps! — A to make healthier choices but Different Way have to be very careful with Dear Different Way: That what I say, especially because sounds very clever. Thanks weight and self-image are for sharing. such a touchy subject with any Dear Annie: I met this guy girl or woman. Is this someon a dating app. He seems to thing my daughter will have be pretty nice, but he’s to figure out on her own? — moving too fast. We have only Hoping You Can Help been talking for three days, Dear Hoping: The answer and he has told me he loves to your question – if this is me several times. He seems to something she has to figure be genuine, but I have to out on her own – is yes and no. protect my heart in case he’s Take the focus off the not. I want to hang in there numbers on the scale and because I don’t want to miss move it onto feeling good in out on a good guy. But he your body. If you start to walk doesn’t want to take things and do a form of exercise that slow. I’m not sure what to do. makes your body feel good, Please help! — Totally then she will follow you. Confused Self-esteem is created from Dear Totally Confused: within; it’s not something we Part of a healthy relationship gain by looking a certain way. is respecting the other Find a sport or activity that person’s personal boundaries. she might enjoy. Fifteen-year- Saying, “I love you” after only olds have lots of energy, and three days of talking does she can channel some of that seem fast, but you are the only by being part of a sports team. one who knows in your heart It doesn’t matter if she is a if it feels genuine or if it could good athlete; what counts is be reciprocated with time. that she is having fun. I know These are questions for you to that many sports are on hold ask yourself. And while you’re for now because of lockdowns. discovering this, clearly By the spring, perhaps she communicate that you would can join a new team. In the like to slow down as you get to meanwhile, the two of you know each other more. If he could go for walks together, doesn’t respect that, then you try yoga classes online or find have to move on. The best guy time to dance to the latest is the one who respects TikTok craze. your boundaries. Continue to focus on your own health and happiness, Send your questions for remembering that more is Annie Lane to dearannie@ caught than taught. If she sees creators.com.

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ARIES (March 21April 19). Whatever you’re doing together, a good rule of thumb is to make it easy for the other person. That will, in turn, make it easier for you. For now, don’t worry about the score. Let your natural generosity prevail. TAURUS (April 20May 20). Though you’ve experienced a certain interpersonal interaction too many times to count, you’ve only just started to catch on to the deeper implications. You’ll recognize a dynamic for the first time. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Some consider forgiveness a divine act they aspire to do easily and generously. Others are glad to hold a grudge for as long as their hands can clasp it. Events will bring into focus your thoughts on the matter. CANCER (June 22July 22). Revel in the details but shun pettiness. Both deal in the granular, but the difference is easy to detect. Small matters that spark a sense of mastery, creativity and amazement are worthy of you. Small ugly things are not. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). When you take action, you do it with the intention of experiencing some of life’s best stuff, including, but not limited to, radiant connections, deep satisfaction or big adventure. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Strangers will get the extracharming version of you today. You don’t want to cheat more familiar people out of your special brand of attention; it’s just that it’s so easy to dazzle the ones who haven’t experienced you before. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The things you enjoy have an impulse, an electric buzz you can feel when you get close. When you interact with these things, the energy goes into you, fueling your next move. SCORPIO (Oct. 24Nov. 21). As the director of your life, you get to decide how many takes to do before you move on to the next scene. You also get to decide which takes go into the final cut you

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Today’s birthday You’ll define and redefine yourself. What you won’t do is let anyone else in on the process, as becoming fully self-realized is an inside job. You will allow others to advise, support and promote you though, and you’ll have excellent care in this regard. Summer endeavors ignite your sense of adventure and alter your lifestyle. Aries and Virgo adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 4, 30, 22, 16 and 18.

present to the world. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21). Your muse comes knocking, and you open the door. It’s a risk letting a muse inside. You get the inspiration, but you also have to entertain her with your creations, which require work – worthwhile work, by the way. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19). Knowing what a person wants gives you options. You can provide it if you have it, create or find it if you don’t, or you can opt to withhold the wanted thing to drive up its value. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18). Though a trip to the zoo can be a wondrous, enlightening experience, it comes with the bittersweet reminder that there are limits to freedom.. PISCES (Feb. 19March 20). Every conflict is different. Some should be avoided, some are obstacles in the way, and some are the way itself. Don’t automatically back off. Assess the situation and see if there’s anything in it for you. CELEBRITY PROFILES: J. R. R. Tolkien turned his firsthand knowledge of war’s evils into the epic mythological battles in “Lord of the Rings” and other works. Tolkien was born when the sun and Mercury were in ambitious Capricorn and the moon and Venus were in altruistic Aquarius.

Ask the Pediatrician

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Talk with your pediatrician about child care options during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Is day care a safe option during the pandemic? Dr. Datta Munshi,

American Academy of Pediatrics

Q: Is it safe to send my child to a child care center during Covid-19? A: It depends on where you live, the health of your child and other family members, and the steps your child care facility or provider takes to help prevent the spread of Covid-19. The American Academy of Pediatrics advises child care centers to work with local and state health departments to help keep children and staff as safe as possible. Talk with your pediatrician about child care options during the Covid-19 pandemic. This can help you decide what is best for your situation, based on your child’s medical history, immunizations, and by checking that growth and development are on track. In my practice, I like to talk to parents about infection rates and pandemic developments in our community. Your pediatrician also can keep you updated on local and state health department recommendations and offer guidance. You’ll want to be comfortable with how the care center plans to clean and disinfect, screen children and staff for symptoms, and handle illness. Research suggests that child care centers do not fuel the spread of Covid-19 in communities when they take proper safety steps. Ask about: n Cleaning and disinfecting

procedures. Is the center following CDC recommendations for keeping surfaces free of germs? This includes cleaning and removing disinfectant from toys before infants and toddlers play with them. n Daily health checks and screening. Before coming into the center each day, will children and staff have their temperature taken to make sure they do not have a fever (100.4 degrees Fahrenheit or higher) or other symptoms of illness? n Testing and isolation. If someone tests positive for Covid-19, how long will that person stay home? If a child starts to feel ill during the day, is an isolation room available with proper supervision until the child can go home? What is the policy for children and staff returning to the facility after they get better? n Visitors. Do consultants such as speech or physical therapists use virtual options whenever possible? If mothers are allowed in to breastfeed their babies, are there separate, well-ventilated spaces available where staff can bring the infant to the mother and then carry the infant back to the group? You’ll also want to make sure the center has a plan for daily routines. This includes: n Personal and group contact. Who will have contact with your child? Will there be a limited number of children in each group?

n Protective gear. Will staff be required to wear cloth face coverings and encourage children ages 2 and older to wear masks? Do staff have access to multiple smocks, gloves, and other protective gear? n Time outside. Do groups regularly spend time outdoors, when the weather is nice, to help reduce the spread of the virus? Does everyone wash their hands before and after outdoor play? n Meals, snacks, and naps. Will the center keep children physically distanced during meals, snacks, and naps? If children stay with the same small group all day, it may not be necessary to keep them 6 feet apart when eating. Infants should still be held when being fed and staff should always avoid bottle propping. When children nap, they can be placed head to foot, and they should not wear masks. n Drop-off and pickup. Are arrival times staggered to help avoid contact between groups? Are drop-offs and pickups done outside? When it comes to the best child care options during the pandemic, there is not one right answer for every family. Talk to your pediatrician and child care facility or provider about concerns you may have. Dr. Datta Munshi is a community pediatrician in Atlanta and a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

For your health

Answers to Covid-19 vaccine rollout Shai Davis

observed in clinical trials.

How do the vaccines work?

Special to the Daily Republic

ith the rollout and distribution of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines in the past few weeks, there finally is the beginning of the end in sight, signifying hope amid this difficult year. The development of these vaccines is a remarkable accomplishment as scientists and vaccine manufacturers worked around the clock to ensure they are safe and effective, thus paving the path to widespread immunizations.

How safe are these vaccines? The vaccines have undergone multiple clinical trials, and both Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines revealed to be about 94% to 95% effective. After poring over the results of the studies, a national group of vaccine experts recommended that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration grant Emergency Use Authorization to both the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines, deeming them safe and effective. The state of California also set up a separate Scientific Safety Review Work Group to review the studies and federal recommendations and to ensure that both vaccines meet safety requirements. Vaccine safety monitoring systems are also put in place to watch out for possible side effects that were not

Both the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines use messenger mRNA. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, mRNA vaccines are a new type of vaccines that give instructions to our cells to make a harmless piece of a protein that is found on the surface of the virus that causes Covid-19. Once the instructions (mRNA) are injected in the upper arm, the muscle cells translate them to make the protein piece in the body. When the cells display the protein piece on their surfaces, our immune system recognizes the protein and begins building an immune response in making antibodies, just like what happens when we have a natural infection of Covid-19. At the end of the process, our bodies have learned how to protect against future infection.

How are the vaccines administered? Two doses are administered three or four weeks after the first dose, with some benefits on the first shot and maximum benefits two weeks after the second shot. There may be some side effects, which are normal signs that the body is building protection against Covid-19. The side effects may feel like flu, but should go away in a few days. Common side effects include

pain and swelling on the arm, as well as fever, chills, tiredness and headache throughout the rest of the body. People with severe allergies to any other vaccine or injectable may receive the vaccine, but should speak with their health care provider first about weighing the risks of an allergic reaction with the benefits of receiving the vaccine.

Who is prioritized for the vaccines? Because the vaccines are currently in limited supply, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices have recommended that health care workers and long-term care facility staff and residents get the vaccine first. The committee recommended that people who are more than 75 years old and non-health care frontline essential workers be included in the next phase. It may take until late spring or summer for the vaccines to be rolled out to the general public. While we wait for our turn to get vaccinated, we need to continue to remain vigilant in curbing the spread of the novel coronavirus: Continue to wear a mask, keep physical distance, limit gatherings with other households as much as possible, stay home when sick and do all that we can to keep ourselves, our loved ones and our community safe from Covid-19. Shai Davis is a health educator at Solano Public Health.

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Feds side with Michigan religious schools in Covid-19 suit Tribune Content Agency DETROIT â€” The U.S. Department of Justice has sided with religious and private schools in Michigan that brought a lawsuit challenging the stateâ€™s latest restrictions halting in-person high school instruction due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Justice Department last week filed a statement of interest in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan in support of the plaintiff schoolsâ€™ motion to halt the shutdown of in-person instruction, arguing the move was unlawful and violated the studentsâ€™ constitutional right to free exercise of religion. The department in its filing challenged Michigan to justify why it cannot allow exemptions for in-person instruction at religious high schools when it provided carve-outs for trade and technical classes in high schools and colleges, for

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Gov. Gretchen Whitmerâ€™s office had defended the closure of high schools, saying the protocols are reasonable and backed by both science and the law. students in elementary and middle school, for special education and for college sports teams. â€œThe education of children is a matter of faith to many people, and the Free Exercise Clause of First Amendment to the United States Constitution protects religious education,â€? Eric Dreiband, assistant attorney general for the DOJâ€™s Civil Rights Division, said in a statement. â€œThe Free Exercise

Clause does not protect nonreligious activities such as trade and technical classes and college sports.â€? Gov. Gretchen Whitmerâ€™s office on Friday defended the closure of high schools, saying the protocols are reasonable and backed by both science and the law, applying to all high schools, which as a category have been a â€œdriver of spread.â€? â€œNot only has the Trump administration

made it clear that they wonâ€™t protect American families, front-line workers and small businesses from the spread of Covid-19, but theyâ€™re also fighting against leaders like those here in Michigan who are following the recommendations of health experts and working to eradicate Covid-19,â€? Whitmer spokeswoman Tiffany Brown said. â€œHere in Michigan, the Department of Health and Human Services put in place temporary protocols pausing in-person learning in high schools to limit indoor gatherings where the virus can spread easily from person to person. We are looking to reopen high schools as soon as we can do so safely.â€? The stateâ€™s response to the lawsuit this week urged the court to deny the relief sought by the plaintiff schools. It stressed that Michigan is â€œin the throesâ€? of a second wave of Covid-19, with deaths and hospital-

izations soaring and case counts regularly hitting daily records. The state surpassed 10,000 Covidlinked deaths this week. â€œUnder our system of ordered liberty, everyone must do their part for the benefit of all. High schools of all stripes are among those who have to shoulder certain burdens,â€? lawyers for the state argued in court papers. â€œThere is no constitutional impediment to regulating schools as schools, particularly in the context of this public health crisis.â€? A group of religious and private schools and parents filed suit Monday against the stateâ€™s top health official, Robert Gordon, arguing the Covid restrictions announced that day were unfair, violate constitutional rights and fail â€œto advance the common good.â€? The suit argues that aspects of a Catholic education must be carried out in person, such as

daily Mass and communal prayer throughout the school day. The plaintiffs include three Catholic high schools, parents of students at those schools and the Michigan Association of Non-Public Schools. The legal brief filed by Dreiband and his deputy says â€œdifferentialâ€? treatment of religious reasons for inâ€‘person learning and various secular reasons for in-person activities â€œmust be justified by a compelling government interest carried out through the least restrictive means.â€? They claim the state has failed to do so, saying officials are singling out particular religious conduct for adverse treatment. â€œThe state has made a value judgment that discounts these religious needs for in-person instruction, while privileging various other categories of instruction,â€? Dreiband wrote. â€œThis is neither neutral nor generally applicable.â€?

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EMS medics transport a potential Covid-19 patient to a hospital in Yonkers, New York, Dec. 15. As the coronavirus pandemic surges nationwide, hospitals have begun vaccinating healthcare workers with the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine. kidney failure, and lowerextremity amputations. Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States. Because Type 2 diabetes, the most common type, is closely linked to obesity, incidence has been soaring over the last decade. About 34 million American adults and children – just over one in 10 – have diabetes, and 88 million more adults – about one in three – have higher than normal blood sugar, called prediabetes. Barbara Simon, an endocrinologist at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, sees “multiple layers and multiple factors” related to the pandemic eroding the health and welfare of her diabetes patients. “From my experience, the No. 1 issue is economic stress,” she said. “Many are out of work and not able to afford their already

expensive medicines.” Even the price of insulin, a decadesold generic drug, has increased dramatically over the last decade. (For those with Medicare, some Part D plans will cap the monthly copay for insulin at $35 beginning in January.) “Studies have shown that prior to the Covid pandemic, up to 25% of insulin-dependent diabetics rationed supplies to save money,” area physician Jennifer N. Goldstein wrote in September in The Inquirer. “The dramatic rise in unemployment and the loss of employer-sponsored health insurance due to the Covid-19 pandemic is likely to bring this crisis to a breaking point. This is particularly true in Pennsylvania, where unemployment rates hover around 13%, and almost 700,000 residents are uninsured.”

As the U.S. Postal Service has struggled with pandemic-related turmoil – including historic volumes of mail and funding gaps – lost and late mail has been an issue for people ordering diabetes medication or blood sugar test strips. In June, when Cherry Hill resident Gerald Katz went to his local post office to ask what happened to his box of strips, he was told, “Well, we can’t find out.” At the same time, the civil unrest and vandalism that led some Philadelphia pharmacies to shut down for weeks in the spring left many patients struggling to get their medications, said Simon at Jefferson. People with diabetes are at elevated risk of severe Covid-19 if they get infected. But the isolation of staying home to avoid the virus also has dangers. “Patients who used to go to the gym can’t anymore,” Simon said.

“So they are more sedentary. Their eating habits have also changed. A lot of my patients report weight gains.” “Patients are also unsure about coming in for medical care, perhaps because of fear of traveling or overburdening the medical system,” Simon added. “We try to assure them that diabetes is one of the diseases we can address well with telemedicine.” Lisa Walke, chief of geriatrics at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine, said people with diabetes face a double whammy as the pandemic complicates their lives. “Stress causes your sugars to be less wellcontrolled and, obviously, this has been a stressful time,” Walke said. It is possible that some of the excess deaths of Alzheimer’s patients were actually due to undiagnosed Covid-19, experts said. Particularly in the early months, testing was not widespread in nursing homes, where many with advanced dementia live, and people without obvious symptoms may have been overlooked. Moreover, people with dementia were probably less likely than others to talk about feeling sick. Walke, at Penn, said Covid-19 cases among frail dementia patients who live in the community are probably still being underdiagnosed. These patients may find it difficult to access testing, or may not be strong enough to wait in line. Another possible factor behind the excess deaths: some Alzheimer’s patients

could not withstand the social isolation and changes in their routines that were meant to protect them from the virus. “Routine is an Alzheimer’s patient’s best friend,” said Carol Lippa, director of the Cognitive Disorders and Comprehensive Alzheimer’s Disease Center at Jefferson University Hospitals. “They do better when they know what to expect.” Patients in facilities were suddenly surrounded by staff wearing masks, gowns, and face shields. People with dementia “don’t have the capacity to understand that, and that’s just stressful,” Lippa said. At the same time, family members have been prohibited from visiting, cutting off the interactions that mean the most. That compounds the effects of isolation. “The quality of interactions is not as good,” Lippa said. “It’s not with the people who love them and are familiar with them.” Walke and Lippa said dementia patients in the community also have felt their worlds shrink and change in harmful ways. Maybe they couldn’t go to adult day care or church or take their daily walk. Visiting their doctors and getting home care has been more difficult. If dementia patients needed hospitalization for an illness other than Covid-19, many hospitals still don’t allow family visitors. Penn has changed that policy for dementia patients, Walke said, not only because they need loving contacts, but also because they need advocates who can communicate for them.

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Defensive: ND loses again on big stage From Page B3 realistic chance. But afterward, Costanza, er, Kelly, spent much of his postgame news conference airing his grievances about reportersâ€™ questions. â€œThe margin is not the issue, losing is losing,â€? he said, adding the Crimson Tide made â€œa few more plays on the perimeterâ€? than the Irish. â€œYou watched the game. I watched the game,â€? he said. Yes, and it wasnâ€™t much of a game to watch after Alabama scored on those first three possessions to take a 21-7 lead. â€œI guess everybody needs to continue to carry this narrative that Notre Dame is not good enough,â€? Kelly said. â€œLook at the scores of the games Alabama has played all year. I think we need to change the narrative a little bit. This team was out there competing and having a chance to win.â€? If Notre Dame was Vanderbilt, Kelly may have had a point. But Notre Dame is Notre Dame, and when the CFP committee was trying to decide whether to hand the No. 4 seed to the Irish or Texas A&M, the Irishâ€™s big-name brand surely factored in. Next year if theyâ€™re in the same predicament, perhaps the CFP committee will flash back to this

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game and give the other team the nod. But Kelly was just getting started. Asked what would be the next step in getting the Irish to be more competitive in big games, Kelly let out a heavy sigh. â€œI really donâ€™t want to continue to go down this path,â€? he said. â€œWeâ€™re going to keep getting here, OK? And weâ€™re going to keep banging at it. You guys watched the game, didnâ€™t you? â€œThey made plays on the perimeter. They made some dynamic plays. They have the (Associated Press) College Football Player of the Year (in wideout DeVonta Smith), who made some dynamic plays. We battled. We were right there. So weâ€™re going to keep getting back here. Iâ€™m sorry if you donâ€™t like it or if the national media doesnâ€™t like it.â€? Kelly rambled on before saying he didnâ€™t take it â€œpersonalâ€? but wondered why â€œthese questions keep coming up like we need to reinvent ourselves.â€? The next question began with an alleged reporter from an Alabama radio station saying: â€œCoach, congratulations on a successful season . . .â€? â€œHa,â€? Kelly interrupted. â€œWell, that would be nice if our local people felt that way. But they donâ€™t use any of those

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but soon it was back to Kelly playing defense against his least favorite â€œnarrativeâ€? â€“ not being able to beat the top programs. â€œYou guys are killing me,â€? he said, calling Alabama and Clemson â€œelite, talented teams.â€? â€œI donâ€™t have a unique problem at Notre Dame,â€? he said. â€œI think you need to look at the scores of everybody that played against Alabama and Clemson. Everybody has got the same issues. Weâ€™re going to keep recruiting. Weâ€™re going to keep getting back here. â€œEverybody can keep saying â€˜Notre Dame is not good enough.â€™ Well, you know what? Youâ€™re going to have a problem because weâ€™re going to keep winning games, weâ€™re going to keep getting back here and weâ€™re going to break through. â€œAnd then Iâ€™m going to be terrible to be at a press conference with. Terrible!â€? We probably donâ€™t have to worry about that next year. Until Notre Dame recruits some more players at the skill positions, competing for a national championship will be a Festivus miracle.

kinds of terms. This is always about where our program needs to go. But I really appreciate that. Thank you.â€? Apparently Kelly believes the role of the news media is to publish his rants when stamps his feet for a change of venue in a bowl game and tell him what a great job he did after his team gets trounced in the bowl game he helped get moved. Is it any wonder so many dislike Notre Dame? Kelly continued defending the performance, but to paraphrase broadcaster Lindsey Nelson from the old Sunday morning TV show narrating Notre Dame highlights, â€œWe now pick up the action later in the Zoom.â€? Kelly calmed down a bit and even provided a humorous moment when an oblivious questioner asked if Smith would be his Heisman Trophy pick. Kelly had just been asked who heâ€™d pick for the Heisman, and said quarterbacks Trevor Lawrence and Mac Jones, and Harris and Smith were all deserving. â€œWere you not paying attention to the last answer?â€? he said. â€œYeah, but (Smith is) so good, dynamic,â€? the questioner said. â€œOK, then Iâ€™ll give it to him,â€? Kelly said. Everyone chuckled,

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From Page B3 in 4-0 against the Buckeyes. Day insisted his feelings were nothing personal against Clemson â€“ Swinney likewise chalked up his ranking snub of the Buckeyes as acting on his conscience, not a personal insult â€“ but for the past 12 months the Ohio State coach never let his players forget what it felt like to lose to the Tigers after having led 16-0. Essentially, the message going into this week was donâ€™t let another game slip away. And the Buckeyes didnâ€™t. If this was not the same jaw-dropping 59-0 performance against Wisconsin in the 2014 Big Ten championship game, it was close, if for no reason other than Clemson supposedly was right there with Alabama at the top of college football. The Tigers may still be, but that only means the Buckeyes are right there with them. Donâ€™t be surprised if Ohio State gives â€˜Bama all it can handle. And donâ€™t be shocked if OSU actually pulls an upset against the Crimson Tide. That is getting ahead of things. Before looking forward, the past must be addressed, namely how the orange and purple demons that danced in the Arizona desert last year were exorcised one by one in a Sugar Bowl beat down that was eerie in its

equal-but-opposite effect on the game. Consider: last year Ohio State defensive back Shaun Wade was ejected after being penalized for targeting. This time it was Clemson linebacker James Skalski who was disqualified after leading with his helmet into Fieldsâ€™ ribs. Last year officials reversed a critical fumble call that took away an apparent Ohio State touchdown. This time replay upheld a fumble by Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence that sealed the Tigersâ€™ fate. Last year Chris Olave turned the wrong way on a pass route, resulting in Fields throwing a killer interception to thwart a potential game-winning drive. This time Olave ran perfect routes that resulted in two touchdowns, including a 56-yarder that was just your everyday 60-yardsin-the-air toss by Fields, who passed for 385 yards and six touchdowns. I donâ€™t subscribe to karma â€“ Iâ€™m more of the mind that good and bad breaks even out over the long haul â€“ but it was just a little spooky watching the Buckeyesâ€™ reversal of fortune play out within blocks of the voodoo parlors on Bourbon Street. Then again, what Fields and the rest of the Buckeyes did against Clemson resembled magic. Can it continue? Weâ€™re about to find out.

Kings: Fall again From Page B3 against theÂ Golden State Warriors. Walton said Haliburton will be reevaluated when the team returns toÂ Sacramento. â€œHe got tests done yesterday,â€? Walton said. â€œAll came back negative, but heâ€™s pretty sore and canâ€™t really move very well right now, so weâ€™re going to shelve him for the next two games and hopefully weâ€™ll get a much clearer understanding when we get back toÂ Sacramento.â€? Bone bruises can take weeks or months to heal. The injury occurred to the same wrist Haliburton broke last season atÂ Iowa State. Haliburton averaged 10.6 points, 4.4 assists, 2.0 rebounds and 1.0 steals over his first four games, garnering national attention as an early Rookie of the Year candidate.

Harden ruled out Harden injured his

right ankle late in Thursdayâ€™s game against the Kings, but his name did not appear on the teamâ€™s injury report. He tested the ankle in warmups before being ruled out about 30 minutes before the game. Harden led the NBA in scoring for the third year in a row in 2019-20, averaging 34.3 points per game. He is averaging 37.0 points, 11.0 assists and 5.3 assists this season. UP NEXT The Kings will conclude a threegame road trip when they visit theÂ Golden State WarriorsÂ on Monday. They will then return toÂ SacramentoÂ to start a seven-game homestand against theÂ Chicago BullsÂ on Wednesday at Golden 1 Center. The Warriors went 2-3 over their first five games. They posted wins over the Bulls andÂ Detroit PistonsÂ and suffered losses to theÂ Brooklyn Nets,Â Milwaukee BucksÂ andÂ Portland Trail Blazers. Two-time MVPÂ Stephen CurryÂ is averaging 26.4 points, 6.6 assists and 4.6 rebounds. RookieÂ James Wiseman, the No. 2 pick in the 2020 NBA Draft, is averaging 11.6 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.6 blocks.

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