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Mashburn newest member Todd R. Hansen

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FAIRFIELD — Supervisor Erin Hannigan, having taken her oath to start a third four-year term, was all but giddy about stepping away as the board chairwoman.

“Oh, trust me, this is a happy day,” Hannigan said as Supervisor John Vasquez was selected unanimously as the new chairman for 2021.

This is the sixth time Vasquez has served as chairman. He also held the post in 2006, 2009, 2010, 2017 and 2018.

Hannigan had served in the post for the past two years. Supervisor Monica Brown will remain the vice chairwoman. Supervisor Jim Spering will be the pro tem.

Mitch Mashburn became the new 5th District representative as he took his oath administered by his wife, Tonya Mashburn. Their three daughters, Olivia, McK-

enzie and Brooklyn, stood next to their mom during the ceremony.

Mashburn also was recognized for his 32 years with the Sheriff’s Office, retiring as a custody lieutenant.

Hannigan’s oath was administered by her husband of about three months, Vernon Andrews.

She represents the 1st District. Her daughter, Hannah, also attended the ceremony.

Judge Stephen Gizzi administered the oath to Brown, who started her second term representing the 2nd District. Her son, Seth, and daughter, Alicia, attended the event.

Each supervisor swore that they would defend the constitutions of the United States and California, while a group, mostly watching the meeting from the anteroom of the board chamber, regularly accuse all the supervisors of violating that very oath.

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A Solano County Sheriff’s Department deputy and security officer prevent people not wearing masks from

Solano reports 2 more deaths in latest update

Spering calls on county to defy state health order Todd R. Hansen

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New District 5 supervisor Mitch Mashburn takes the oath of office during the Solano Board of Supervisors meeting, Tuesday.

Georgia US Senate races too close to call Tribune Content Agency ATLANTA — Control of the U.S. Senate hung in the balance Tuesday as Georgians rushed to the polls to decide a pair of runoffs that will shape President-elect Joe Biden’s legislative agenda. The contests were too early to call Tuesday evening as campaigns braced for an extended vote count.

The stakes were monumental as Republican U.S. Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler squared off against Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, cliffhangers that attracted record-setting spending, legions of volunteers and unprecedented political attention.

The races ended the way they started, with a concerted appeal to each party’s most loyal

supporters. On Monday, Biden visited Atlanta to promise Democratic victories would restore “hope and decency and honor” to Washington, while President Donald Trump called on supporters at an evening rally in Dalton to “swamp” the polls.

Up for grabs is control of the Senate, where Republicans have a 50-48 edge. Democrats would need to sweep both the elections to gain control of the chamber, with Kamala Harris possessing the tie-breaking vote once she becomes vice president.

At Monday night’s rally, Trump called the runoff election “a biggie.”

Voters on Tuesday – both Republicans and Democrats – offered similar sentiments.

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FAIRFIELD — Supervisor Jim Spering said Gov. Gavin Newsom has “attacked small businesses” with Covid-19 protocols and called on the county to take a position “not to support” and “not to enforce” business-related health orders.

The stay-at-home order currently in effect in Solano County closes some businesses and limits customer capacity spering of others – although many businesses have defied those mandates.

Dr. Bela Matyas, the county public health officer, has reported repeatedly that businesses are not the source of transmission of the disease. The problem has been with private gatherings of friends and family.

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FAIRFIELD — Solano County – after four days of averaging 435.5 cases – experienced a drop in new cases Tuesday.

However, the Public Health Division also reported two more deaths related to Covid-19, bringing the total to 102.

Both individuals who died were in their 80s. The man was a hospice patient who died in a long-term care facility. The woman died at home, Dr. Bela Matyas, the county public health officer, reported Tuesday.

The intensive care unit capacity increased to 20% and the seven-day positivity testing rate, which was 30.9% Monday, dropped to 26.46% Tuesday, the county reported.

Hospitalizations dropped from 164 to 160.

The county added 270 cases to bring the total to 21,223.

Matyas said he hopes the drop in case increases is not just a “one-day blip,” but said

he expects the county to be seeing higher numbers over the next couple of weeks as New Year’s testing is added.

The county tested 2,129 more individuals to bring that total to 173,353, while overall testing is at 225,052, an increase of 2,252.

“What that indicates is almost everyone tested was new,” Matyas said.

And that is what he would expect with the Christmas surge accounting for nearly all new cases.

Vacaville represented 117 of those cases to take its count to 5,479. Fairfield neared 6,000 cases with 63 new cases taking its total to 5,966. Vallejo added 53 cases and now sits at 6,145.

Suisun City (1,473) added 12 cases; Dixon (1,325) added 14 cases; Benicia (574) added nine cases; and there were two new cases in the unincorporated area of the county, taking that total to 67.

There were no new cases reported in Rio Vista, which stands at 194.

Active cases are at 2,605.

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A month after officials estimated $400 million in unemployment benefits were paid on fraudulent claims in the names of California prison inmates, a report to the agency has warned California benefits appear to have been paid to thousands of others behind bars in other states.

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LOS ANGELES — In the latest revelation of potential criminal fraud involving California jobless benefits, an analysis has found that more than $42 million in claims went to out-of-state prison and jail inmates, giving more clarity to what officials now estimate could be $4 billion in scammed coronavirus relief funds.

A large number of Florida inmates, including a man sentenced to 20 years for seconddegree murder, are among the thousands of out-of-state prisoners who

have allegedly received California pandemic unemployment benefits, according to a December analysis commissioned by the state Employment Development Department and reviewed by the Los Angeles Times.

The analysis compared data on incarcerated individuals nationwide against nearly 10 million people on the state pandemic unemployment rolls, and found that the EDD approved more than 6,000 claims, totaling more than $42 million, involving individuals who

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Unexpected gifts that can make you smile through tears

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nexpected gifts are I began to cry. It held a always a nice statue of a woman seated surprise. But on a stool. Her long hair sometimes, they’re was pinned up on her also what we need. head with tendrils falling On New Year’s Eve, on her neck. In her arms my daughter and her and in her lap, she held 9-year-old, Henry, a child, a boy about brought us dinner: her 2-years-old. His head was fabulous enchiladas Sharon Randall tucked beneath her chin. and Henry’s famous His arms and legs were avocado dip, with homemade wrapped around her. flan for dessert.

I studied it closely, turning Two days later, my daughit over in my hands, smiling ter-in-law brought Randy, 10, through my tears. It looked like Wiley, 7, and Eleanor, 5, over me, or rather, like how I looked for a “driveway visit.” They long ago, holding my first child all wore masks like a band of when I was that young and thin. really cute bandits.

Then I read the note that was And then today, a package enclosed: “Dear Nana, I hope arrived. I recognized the return this reminds you of how you address right away. My oldest once held my daddy. And then, and his wife and their Jonah, how you held me and, soon who is almost 2, had already enough, my little sister. But also spoiled my husband and me how you will ALWAYS hold all with Christmas gifts. We didn’t of our hearts (my Mama’s too!) expect anything more.

We love you ALL! Jonah xx.”

When I opened the package, The “Love you ALL” is a

thing I’ve taught my grandchildren. When I ask, “How much do I love you?” they’ll lift their arms and shout, “All!” Because “all” is as much as anyone can love.

Jonah learned to say it (with a British accent like his mom’s) when he was barely a year old.

I’m hoping he’ll help me teach it to his baby sister when she makes her debut this spring.

Some of us grow up with great expectations of extraordinary achievements in our lives.

Me? I just wanted to be a mother. Actually, I wanted to be a grandmother, but I figured being a mother came first.

My mother quit school to marry at the age of 15, then worked hard most of her life as a waitress and a millhand. My grandmothers raised large families, but never worked outside their homes. They took care of me when I needed them, which was most of the time.

My dad’s mother taught me to love nature and how to read and write before I started school. My mother’s mother taught me how to tell a good story and make everybody’s business my own.

Those two women could not have been more loving or more different. I’m blessed, or cursed, with both of their natures.

At times, it’s a bit confusing.

I’m never sure which woman is whispering in my memory.

Sometimes it seems they’re both shouting to be heard. But their guidance helped me raise my three children, and it is helping me now to be a “Nana.”

I know so many young women, like my daughter and daughters-in-law, who work so hard to do their best for their little ones.

A great many older women raise grandchildren full time, or serve as backups to help

overworked parents care for their little ones. Not just to feed and clothe them, but to comfort and teach them, to keep them safe and give them hope that the world is a magical place where their dreams can all come true.

Those are gifts we can give our children and grandchildren and other young lives that we are blessed to hold in our arms and our hearts and our prayers.

We give them ourselves and they, in turn, give us purpose and joy and a whole lot of hugs.

And sometimes they surprise us with unexpected gifts that make us smile through tears.

How much do we love them?

All. Sharon Randall is the author of “The World and Then Some.”

She can be reached at P.O. Box 922, Carmel Valley, CA 93924 or at www.sharonrandall.com.

Master gardener to discuss pressure canning on Zoom Daily Republic Staff drnews@dailyrepublic.net

FAIRFIELD — The next Ask a Master Gardener / Master Food Preserver presentation will take place Friday.

Amalia Rehman will discuss pressure canning.

“This is perhaps the most significant food preservation technique for preserving a broad range of food that will provide not only a variety of food but also provide significant food security,” Rehman said

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The presentation and question-and-and-answer session will take place from noon to 1 p.m. on the Zoom teleconference platform can be accessed at https://ucanr.zoom. us/j/96342501788.

A different presentation is offered the second Friday of each month.

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Pilot bus service from Vallejo to SF Ferry Terminal free peak commute hours.

The trips will operate on weekdays from the Vallejo Transit Center, serving El Cerrito del Norte BART and then on to San Francisco Ferry Terminal, on the Embarcadero before returning to Vallejo,” according to a statement released by SolTrans The service, which started in December, has

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VALLEJO — Solano County Transit reminds commuters that it now has a pilot bus that goes to the San Francisco Ferry Terminal – and it will be free through Feb. 1.

“The new pilot bus departures connect Vallejo to San Francisco during

a 6:15 a.m. departure from Vallejo to San Francisco.

The arrival time is shortly after 7 a.m. An afternoon round trip departs Vallejo at 4:15 p.m. and leaves the San Francisco Ferry Terminal at 5:45 p.m.

All other Route 82 trips will feature the posted fare: Adult $10, Youth $8 and Reduced $5.

Blood drive set to honor King Army Kroc Center.

The drive is sponsored

by Solano Volunteers and the Tri-City NAACP. The Kroc Center is located at 586 E. Wigeon Way. To sign up, visit redcrossblood.org and type in

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SUISUN CITY — A blood drive to honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is set for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Thursday at The Salvation

the sponsor code CNVL or the ZIP code 94585.

To save time, fill out the Rapid Pass. For more information, go to red crossblood.org/rapidpass.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is Jan. 18.

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Vacaville cop who punched K-9 partner still working Todd R. Hansen

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VACAV ILLE — The police officer who was videotaped repeatedly punching his K-9 partner in the head during a training session remains on duty.

He has been separated from the dog.

There have been calls for the officer to be fired, and some animal organizations have condemned the officer’s actions.

“As a veterinarian and dog lover, I was deeply disturbed by the video.

Police Capt. (Matt) Lydon has defended the officer’s behavior, saying that he was ‘correcting the dog’ for not wanting to give up a toy. The abuse of power and authority in this case is heartbreaking,” Linda Sanders, a veterinarian and biology instructor at Diablo Community College, wrote in an email to the Daily Republic.

“After a lifetime of working with dogs professionally and training dogs for service work, agility and canine scent work, I can assure you that you will not find any dog trainer anywhere who will condone the ‘training technique’ shown in this video,” Sanders states in the email.

She noted the San Francisco SPCA“s condemnation of the officer’s actions as well.

“At a time when police departments (includ-

ing Vacaville’s) have faced many accusations of use of excessive force by their officers against members of the public, I do not think that the police department should continue to protect the officer with anonymity in this clear case of animal abuse,” Sanders stated in the email. “I certainly do not want this person in any position of public authority – if he behaves like this once when he thinks no one is watching, he will surely do it again with another defenseless victim. There is a well-recognized relationship between animal abuse and violence toward humans.”

City Manager Aaron Busch, through a city spokesman, cited concerns for the safety of the officer and advice from City Attorney Melinda Stewart as the reasons why the officer’s name was not being released to the public.

“We have received hundreds if not thousands of emails and other communications . . . about this incident,” city spokesman Kris Concepcion said in a phone interview. “And, obviously, we are continuing to evaluate that,” added Concepcion, who is the city’s fire chief and serves as the public information officer.

The incident occurred Dec. 28 during a See K-9, Page A4

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Veterans, current servicemembers and families browse the Mare Island Naval Cemetery on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 2020.

Cost-benefit analysis on Mare Island cemetery gets green light Todd R. Hansen

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VALLEJO — The U.S. Senate has waved the green flag for the Department of Veterans Affairs to conduct a cost-benefit analysis on taking over the historic Mare Island Naval Cemetery.

The action was triggered with the veto override of the National Defense Authorization Act. Provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2021, which were authored

by Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Rep. Mike Thompson, authorize Veterans Affairs

to begin the study.

The department has six months to complete the analysis.

“I would like to again thank Rep. Mike Thompson and Sen. Dianne Feinstein for all their legislation since 2018, as well as the Vallejo City Council, the Solano (County) Board of Supervisors, state Sen. Bill Dodd and Assemblyman Tim Grayson, for fighting for the nearly 1,000 veterans and their family members buried at (Mare Island Naval Cemetery) so that they are properly honored in a national shrine just like

all our veterans buried in U.S.-owned cemeteries in America and around the world,” wrote Nestor Aliga, a retired Army colonel who has been heading the effort to have the VA take ownership of the cemetery.

Aliga’s email also thanked other supporters for the effort, including retired U.S. Navy Capt.

Ralph Parrot, who helped start the effort, and Thomas Bandzul.

The language of the law does commit Vallejo “to provide in-kind nonmonetary contributions for the improvement and maintenance of Mare Island

Naval Cemetery, including labor and equipment, to the extent practicable, to the Department of Veterans Affairs, following any transfer of the cemetery to the department.”

The cemetery, the final resting place for three Medal of Honor recipients and some historical figures, was rededicated on Veterans Day after it had been restored as part of an Innovative Readiness Training Project by the 108th Engineering Company, Construction, of the U.S. Army Reserves.

The work began Sept. 7, See Green, Page A4

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Obituary

Mary Wilson

April 21, 1941 — Dec. 19, 2020

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The late Robbin Thorp was a distinguished emeritus professor of entomology. The Bohart Museum of

Entomology is sponsoring a contest in his memory to find the first bumblebee of the year in Solano and Yolo counties.Â

See a bee, snap a photo for Bohart Museum contest K athy K eatley Garvey

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FAIRFIELD — Be on the lookout for the first bumblebee of the year in Solano and Yolo counties.

The Bohart Museum of Entomology is sponsoring the inaugural Robbin Thorp Memorial First-Bumble-Bee-of-theYear Contest.

Thorp, 85, who died June 7, 2019, was a global authority on bumblebees and distinguished emeritus professor of entomology at the Univerity of California, Davis, and always looked forward to seeing the first bumblebee of the year.

He launched an impromptu contest several years ago with a small group of bumblebee enthusiasts/photographers from Solano and Yolo counties. the Bohart Now Museum, where Thorp spent much of his time identifying bees and helping others, is sponsoring the contest.

Participants are to capture an image of a bumblebee in the wild in either Solano or Yolo counties and email the image to bmuseum@ucdavis.edu

with the details of time, date and place.

The image must be recognizable as a bumblebee.

The winner receives bragging rights and a gift from the Bohart Museum, said Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart and UC Davis professor of entomology.

Plans call for a Bohart coffee mug with a bumblebee image.

The first bumblebee to emerge in this area is the black-tailed bumblebee, Bombus melanopygus.

Native to western North America and found from California to British Columbia and as far east as Idaho, it forages on manzanitas, wild lilacs, wild buckwheats, lupines, penstemons, clovers and sages, among others.

Thorp, a 30-year member of the UC Davis entomology faculty, from 1964-1994, co-authored two books, “Bumble Bees of North America: An Identification Guide�

(Princeton University, 2014) and “California Bees and Blooms: A Guide for Gardeners and Naturalists� (Heyday, 2014).

He achieved emeritus status in 1994 but continued to engage in research,

teaching and public service until a few weeks before his death.

Thorp co-taught The Bee Course from 2002 to 2019, a nine-day workshop affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History and held annually at the Southwestern Research Station in Portal, Arizona.

Kimsey, who first met Thorp when she was a graduate student at UC Davis, said that although he wasn’t her major professor, her project was on bees and he was incredibly helpful and supportive, she said. “His enthusiasm about pollinators and bees in particular actually grew after he retired, and he continued helping students and researchers and was the backbone of so much research,� Kimsey said. “His support and kindness was matched by his undemanding assistance and expertise. What a terrible loss to his family and to the research and conservation communities.�

An authority on the imperiled Franklin’s bumblebee, Bombus franklini, Thorp began monitoring the bumblebee popula-

tion in 1998 in its narrow distribution range of Southern Oregon and Northern California.

He had not seen it since 2006 and was instrumental in placing Franklin’s bumblebee on the Red List of Threatened Species of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

Long active in the North America IUCN Bumblebee Specialist Group, Thorp served as its regional co-chairman, beginning in 2011.

A documentary crew from CNN, headed by John Sutter, followed Thorp in August 2016 to a meadow where he last saw Franklin’s bumblebee.

Sutter wrote about Thorp, then 82, in a piece he titled “The Old Man and the Bee,� a spinoff of Ernest Hemingway’s “The Old Man and the Sea.�

Thorp was named a fellow of the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco in 1986; recipient of the Edward A. Dickson Emeriti Professorship of UC Davis in 2010; and recipient of the UC Davis Distinguished Emeritus Award in 2015.

Police issue warning pellet gun incidents Todd R. Hansen

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FAIRFIELD — The Police Department took the unusual step Monday of warning residents about a local man twice arrested in connection with six incidents in which car windows had been shot out with a pellet gun.

The police said in a statement that area residents were attacked with pepper spray in two incidents.

Gregory Charles King, 34, has been arrested twice and bailed out of jail twice.

He has not been found guilty of any allegations. “The Fairfield Police Department is notifying

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Once the cost analysis is complete, the VA and Vallejo can begin negotiations on the transfer.

The Benicia Arsenal Post Cemetery, on Sept. 11, was transferred from the U.S. Army to Veterans Affairs and is now under the care of the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery in Dixon.

the public of this for two reasons.

First, King could be a continued risk and threat to the community if he continues the same alleged behavior,� the police said in the statement. KING “Please be aware of your surroundings and report any suspicious behavior to the Fairfield Police Department; or the correct authority if in another jurisdiction.�

The police also noted that there may be other incidents about which they are not aware and they are telling residents to report them.

If making a new report, call 428-7300 and press 8. Call 428-7600 if a report has been made, but a detective has yet to make contact.

A number of incidents have occurred during

November and December in Fairfield and neighboring locations, the police said. “The bulk of the incidents in Fairfield occurred in and around the Woodcreek neighborhood west of Interstate 80. These incidents shocked many as some believed it was an actual firearm being shot at them. While it wasn’t an actual firearm, a pellet gun can still inflict serious injury or death,� the police statement said.

training session. The dog had been given a toy after successfully completing the session, but when the officer tried to get the toy back, the city reported the dog lunged at the handler. The officer then straddled the dog, which was on its back, then repeatedly punched the dog. A neighbor of the facility videotaped the incident after hearing the dog’s cries. “The officer is still working, and working his regular shift, but has been separated from the dog,� Concepcion said.

The officer’s duties do include interaction with the public, but Concepcion said the city is convinced he poses no threat to the public. “If we had a concern about the officer’s temper, that decision

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Concepcion said.

The officer, Concepcion said, has never had a complaint filed against him by the public or from within the department, and is known among his fellow officers for what Concepcion called his “calm demeanor.�

The city has brought in what it describes as an “independent third party with expertise in police canine training to review the incident,� the city reported, and will “take appropriate action� once that review is complete.

The expert also will review the city’s policies and procedures within its canine program. “I for one hope that this officer will be removed from his position so that he will not have any further opportunities to inflict such violence on any more victims (animal or human) under the auspices of the Vacaville Police Department,� Sanders stated in the email.

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Surviving to cherish fond memories are her sons, Stanley Wilson (Yvette) and Duran Wilson (Ellen), Elk Grove, California; three grandsons, Gregory Ashe Wilson (Drew), Sterling Heights, Michigan, Andre Wilson, Elk Grove, California, and Christopher Wilson (Patty) Elk Grove, California; sister, Annie Hall, Las Vegas, Nevada; brothers, Sylvester Smith Greenville, South Carolina, David Smith (Dorothy), Piedmont, South Carolina, George Smith (JoAnne), Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Richard Smith, Greenville, South Carolina, James Smith (Earlene), Columbia, South Carolina; along with a host of other relatives and dear friends.

She is proceeded in death by her husband, Weir W. Wilson; father, Willie Lee Smith; mother, Geneva Kerns Smith; and brother, William Robert Smith.

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Mary Frances Wilson was born April 21, 1941, to the late Willie Lee Smith and Geneva Kerns Smith, in Greenville, South Carolina.

Mary entered into rest on Dec. 19, 2020, at the age of 79.

She graduated from Sterling High School.

Shortly after she met the love of her life, Weir W. Wilson, whom she married in April 1963.

They were blessed with two sons, Stanley and Duran. Weir was in the Air Force, which allowed them to live in several states, with extended stays in Turkey and Japan.

Mary was an avid believer in education, undertaking various studies over the course of 20-plus years. She completed two degrees while maintaining a fulltime job, raising two sons and supporting a military husband.

She held various job titles before returning to Civil Service. While employed at Travis Air Force Base, she was promoted to supervisor of the Accounting Department. She would eventually retire as a Military Pay Technician of the 60th Comptroller Squadron on Jan. 5, 2012, after 37 years of Civil Service Duty.

Mary was an avid sports enthusiast and enjoyed gardening, bowling and softball as some of her favorite pastimes.

Mary never took her blessings from the Lord for granted. She regularly sang his praises at Mount Calvary Church in Suisun City, California, Prince of

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FAIRFIELD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Mitch Mashburn said the Delta and other water issues were too important to the county and the region to let a newcomer be Solano Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s primary voice.

The newly seated supervisor said Tuesday he would rather wade into the waters as the alternate voice rather than jump in head first, asking that John Vasquez take the lead on the Delta Protection Commission. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think given the amount of importance and given the amount of (topic) history . . . I would like to ask John Vasquez to take the lead,â&#x20AC;? Mashburn said.

Vasquez accepted.

Prior to Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meeting, Mashburn said

he would accept the role if it was required that the 5th District representative must sit on the commission.

The 5th District has more of the Delta within its boundaries than any other district, and Rio Vista in particular, can be greatly affected by policy decisions as they relate to the Delta. Skip Thomson, who Mashburn replaced, has been the point man for years on those issues.

County Counsel Bernadette Curry, after the meeting, confirmed the commission requires only that a Solano County supervisor have a seat on the commission, and noted that Vasquezâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 4th District includes an area of the Delta. Vasquez also has been involved in water issues as well.

The commission assign-

Solano to apply for grant to help Fairfield affordable housing project Todd R. Hansen

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FAIRFIELD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Solano County supervisors authorized submission of a grant application Tuesday for $5.6 million from the No Place Like Home program.

This is the third round of funding and is in collaboration with EAH Housing and Fairfield for the development of a 67-unit affordable housing project, including 20 units of permanent supportive housing.

The location of the project would be 212 E. Tabor Ave. in Fairfield â&#x20AC;&#x153;The No Place Like Home program dedicates up to $2 billion in bond proceeds to invest in the development of permanent supportive housing for people in need of mental health services and who are either experiencing homelessness, are chronically homeless, or at risk of chronic homelessness,â&#x20AC;? the staff report to the board states.

The bonds are repaid by funding from the Mental Health Services Act. Solano County is competing against other medium-sized counties.

The Fairfield Housing Authority has provided 20 project-based Section 8 vouchers for the specialized units so they will be affordable to all clients referred by a county or contracted Mental Health Plan provider.

The project is expected to begin construction in

February 2022 and be completed in 16 to 18 months, the staff report states.

The board action was taken as part of the consent agenda without comment.

In other action, the board: n Recognized Janette Cayanan-Fong, with the A s s e s s o r - R e c o r d e r â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office, as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Employee of the Monthâ&#x20AC;? for January. n Reappointed Paula Bauer to the Solano County Planning Commission, representing the 2nd District, for a term ending Jan. 31, 2025. n Recognized January as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month in Solano County. n Approved a $271,181 contract with Innovative Health Solutions to provide medically tailored meals for older adults through Sept. 31. n Approved a third contract amendment for $190,069 with Regents of the University of California on behalf of the University of California, Davis Center for Reducing Health Disparities. The unspent funding brings the fiscal year 2020-21 total to $1.15 million. It does not change the total contract amount of $6 million to improve access and utilization of mental health services for underserved marginalized communities.

The end date of the contract is now June 16. Also, approved an appropriations transfer for $380,138.

ment was just part of the annual distribution of commission, council and other board duties assigned to the supervisors for the new year.

Supervisor Jim Spering, already a powerful voice on the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, will now be the primary representative on the Association of Bay Area Governments, a seat to which Supervisor Erin Hannigan had been appointed.

Supervisor Monica Brown, the alternate representative to ABAG, said she was too busy with other responsibilities to take on the role as the primary representative.

The assignments followed in a meeting in which a presentation of the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual report also was made to laud

the accomplishments in a year riddled with significant challenges: the Covid-19 pandemic and the worst fire in county history as the biggest of those.

County Administrator Birgitta Corsello said it would be years before the county fully recovers from the fire.

Hannigan and Corsello noted those difficulties during the presentation.

They were joined by the other supervisors in acknowledging the work of the county employees in adapting to working remotely and other challenges of adding extra pandemic and fire duties to their regular jobs.

The Public Health Division, Office of Emergency Services and the Probation Department were specifically noted for their

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FAIRFIELD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A Fairfield man has been held over for trial for a second time, facing charges that include attempted firstdegree murder.

Matthew Scott Jones, 43, also faces charges of creating an explosion with intent to murder, arson of an inhabited structure, three counts of use of an explosive device to destroy property, and possession of a destructive device in a public place.

Solano County Superior Court Judge Carlos Gutierrez found the evidence sufficient enough Monday for Jones to be held for trial.

Jones has not been convicted of any crime.

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Fairfield police officers also responded about 30 minutes later to a report of a vehicle fire, the investigation into which determined that

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Jones is scheduled to be arraigned at 8:30 a.m.

Jan. 19 in Department 9 of the Superior Court.

The case is being prosecuted by Deputy District Attorneys Mary Nguyen and Michelle Fraser.

Jones also was ordered to stand trial on the same charges in 2018. Jones pleaded not guilty to the allegations. The trial was set to begin Nov. 21. That matter was suspended to determine his mental capacity to stand trial.

The criminal proceedings were reinstated in December 2018.

The matter continued to be pushed back due to Jonesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; mental state.

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another â&#x20AC;&#x153;homemade explosive device had been thrown through the window of a parked vehicle,â&#x20AC;? the District Attorneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office statement said.

A third explosion took place at 1 a.m.April 28, 2017, in front of the Police Department. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That same morning, at approximately 10 a.m., officers of the Fairfield Police Depar tment located a fourth homemade explosive device at the Nexeo Chemical Plant. The Fairfield Police Department, with the assistance of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, were able to determine that Matthew Scott Jones was responsible for all

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Hannigan said that when the year started there was a great deal of optimism, and while that changed with the pandemic and the effects on schools, government agencies, businesses and the public, the county addressed issues related to seniors, food distribution and other fundamental services.

Corsello said while some of those challenges have gone away, many carry forward into the new year, not the least of which is the fire recovery. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But we are in a good position . . . to give you a good year in 2021,â&#x20AC;?

Corsello said.

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T hat i n c lu d e d 3,600 applications per week for various health and social services from March through September, Corsello said.

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Columns&Games A6 Wednesday, January 6, 2021 — DAILY REPUBLIC

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Man feels he is being taken advantage of by his fiancee Dear Annie: My used and taken advanfiancee and I have been tage of. We bought a car together for six years, together last summer, and she put it solely in and I am having a hard her name. Every time I time understanding ask if we can get my where I fit in her life. name on the title, she She claims to love me, says, “Sure, you pay for but lately, her actions it.” I think we should go just don’t say that. She puts everyone ahead of Annie Lane halves like we did paying for the car. — me. Last Christmas, we Dear Annie Scared and Confused went to her mom’s on Dear Scared and Confused: the other side of the country Actions speak louder than and her mom told her she had words, and it sounds like she is to introduce me as her friend.

She still has contact with her being selfish and entitled. But it is up to you to stick up for ex-husband, who, after we got together, asked her to send him yourself and say that you are not going to give half the money inappropriate pictures of herself. She contacts him when if she doesn’t put the car in she gets drunk, about every six your name. As far as how much money was spent on her months. Then she lies about it, daughter versus your son, try even when I catch her not to count pennies. It’s about talking to him. the celebration of the baby and Her daughter who is 30 just the love that is present, not the had her fourth child, and my amount of money spent on fiancee devotes time and the celebration. money to her. Her daughter I suggest you both go to makes more money than both counseling before you tie the of us. We spent over $250 on a knot. Best of luck to you. baby shower for her daughter Dear Annie: The informaand only about $50 on my son tion you gave regarding the and his wife when they were National Domestic Abuse expecting their first child.

Hotline is wonderful. In I just feel like I am being

Horoscopes

ARIES (March 21-April 19).

You’ve seen yourself in a certain role, tried it on, played around, and now things are getting real. The role is no longer something you put on when you’re feeling it; it’s now part of who you are.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20).

You now suspect that you sacrificed your time and passion for prizes that aren’t coming.

Still, you gained something in working up the fervor that will never leave you. Pack up and apply your energy elsewhere.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21).

Anyone can have intentions, and lots of people do. But it’s action that matters and even more than that, repetitive action. Keep at it regardless if it is currently working. These slight shifts for the better are starting to add up.

CANCER (June 22-July 22).

Unlike a cellphone, you cannot plug into the wall and get charged up. However, the time you spend in, near or drinking water will be rejuvenating on many levels.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).

Financial jackpots often solve problems only to create more expensive ones. The real lottery win is always internal.

It’s the sweepstakes of the soul that pay out continuously and keep adding more joy.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).

People who follow recipes well like to say that anyone can follow a recipe, but that’s not really true. Some are better

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addition, I’d like to encourage Trapped, or any other woman (or man or child!), to reach out to their primary care provider.

We are usually aware of our local women’s shelters and can move women and children immediately – often from our office and out a back door if needed – to a safe place.

Trapped can make an appointment with her provider for an annual checkup. If he insists on going into the exam room, after the nurse does blood pressure, etc., she can ask to use the bathroom and slip a prewritten note to the nurse or leave the note in the bathroom. That should prompt the provider to make her husband leave the exam room. Unfortunately, I’ve had to do this too often in my practice. — Nurse Practitioner Who’s Been There Dear Nurse Practitioner: Thank you for your letter.

Reaching out to your primary care provider is a wonderful suggestion for those suffering domestic abuse.

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

by Holiday Mathis

Today’s birthday You’ll ace the test, comply with instructions and move on to the next level. It’s impressive but not nearly as soulsatisfying as when you, time and again this year, contribute the inventiveness that only you can give. You’ll double down on your vision, approaching work and love with unparalleled creativity. Gemini and Virgo adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 7, 10, 3, 33 and 42.

at duplicating and others are almost pathologically inclined to stray. Deliciousness can come from either approach.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).

Your path differs from your friend’s path, but the way you walk it is so similar. You participate in the same kinds of practices, rituals and manners of delivery. You can help one another through supportive sharing.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).

It’s an unsettling sensation you get from searching for something you’re not even sure exists. If you were a blind follower, you wouldn’t have to feel it. You’re not, so you’ll bear discomfort in the name of discovery.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21). Usually, you like to take a stance, though what’s the rush? Right now, it’s a good

time to hedge your bets. Relatedly, make your words sweet and tender just in case you have to eat them later.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19). Go with your altruistic leanings. You’re filled with purpose and will soon be surrounded by grateful people.

The more you help people, the more you want to.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18). You meet the challenge, and then the next one and the next. This is how you become mighty. When the stakes are high and the time is limited, you’ll do your best work.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).

Planning, prevention and proactive moves will serve you well. This time next month you’ll be thanking yourself.

This time next year, you’ll call the person reading this right now an “absolute genius”!

CELEBRITY PROFILES: Rowan Atkinson’s iconic characters, such as Mr. Bean and Johnny English, are beloved worldwide. Atkinson was born when the sun and Mercury were in Capricorn, the sign of ambition, social standing and business savvy. Natal Jupiter and Uranus in Cancer speak to a nurturing instinct, which Atkinson has put to work recently by taking care of his small daughter Isla, affectionately nicknamed “Baby Bean.”

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Bridge

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deductions. Defenders should bear that in mind.

Today’s deal is instructive only in a duplicate setting, where overtricks can be so valuable. How should South plan the play in three no-trump after West leads the club nine?

South does not like to open one no-trump with two unstopped suits, but he has no choice. If he opens one diamond, and partner responds one of a major, he has no rebid. When you have a balanced hand with the right count, just open one no-trump and get on with it!

South starts with eight top tricks: three diamonds and five clubs. A ninth trick is readily available from spades, so he takes the first trick in hand and plays a spade to the 10, queen and two.

What next?

Should South cross to hand with another club and play a second spade, assuming West has the ace? That is not without risk if East is good enough to THE DISCARD THAT have played low smoothly with ace-jack-fifth or -sixth of spades.

SPILT THE BEANS At the table, though, when declarer Daniel Kahneman, who won the did play a club to hand at trick three, 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in East discarded a spade! That spilled the Economic Sciences (shared with Vernon beans. He wouldn’t throw a potential winner. So, South played a second L. Smith), said, “I have always emphasized the willingness to discard.” spade and ended with an overtrick.

Plus 430 was worth 70.0%, but plus Bridge defenders use discards to 400 would have been only 36.7%. send information to partner. But the COPYRIGHT: 2021, UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE declarer is also watching and drawing

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

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Daniel Kahneman, who won the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (shared with Vernon L. Smith), said, “I have always emphasized the willingness to discard.”

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She was 75.

The Oklahoma State Sugar Art Show, which Vincent co-founded, said she died of an undisclosed illness. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Being a very private person when it came to all things not cake, she did not want to put her illness out there to the public. Unfortunately her fight has come to an end but she will no longer have any pain,â&#x20AC;? the nonprofit organization said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She will be sorely missed by all who she has touched through the Sugar Arts as will as per-

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Discrimination against churches didn’t have a prayer at Supreme Court

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ovid-19 made 2020 an incredibly hard year for Americans. Governors and mayors made it worse by shrinking religious freedom.

It didn’t have to be this way. Most Americans have shown that they’re willing to take sensible precautions. But some of those in leadership positions have overreacted, to put it mildly. As Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito observed in November, “the pandemic has resulted in previously unimaginable restrictions on individual liberty. We have never before seen restrictions as severe, extensive and prolonged as in 2020.”

When America first began grappling with rising cases of Covid-19, governors and mayors sought to stop the spread by limiting in-person gatherings, encouraging safety protocols instituting contact tracing. But Emilie Kao and many localities also trampled on religious freedom by treating religious gatherings more harshly than secular counterparts. Malls, liquor stores and abortion clinics were labeled as essential, while religious services in similar-sized spaces that could follow similar social distancing protocols were not.

Casinos could open at 50% capacity in Nevada, meaning that thousands of people could be together to gamble, while only 50 people were allowed in churches like Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley. Los Angeles ordered Grace Community Church, led by the Rev. John MacArthur, to pay $1,000 per day in fines or risk jail time. In Louisville, Kentucky, the mayor even threatened to ban drive-in Easter services.

During the summer, while mass protests over controversial police deaths filled the streets without repercussions, worship services at the beach were scrutinized.

Then, on the eve of Thanksgiving, the Supreme Court stepped in to address the mess. Faced with restrictions that permitted only 10 or 25 people into cathedrals and synagogues that once filled thousands, the Archdiocese of Brooklyn and Agudath Israel sued New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, ultimately ending up at the Supreme Court.

The result was a resounding win for fairness and Americans’ first freedom. Noting a health official who testified that a large store in Brooklyn could “literally have hundreds of people shopping there on any given day,” the court ruled that New York’s restrictions could not be viewed as “neutral because they single out houses of worship for especially harsh treatment.” The court also observed that “The loss of First Amendment freedoms, for even minimal periods of time, unquestionably constitutes irreparable injury.”

The Supreme Court’s decision has been heeded by lower courts that have begun to restore freedom around the country. The government’s strong interest in public health isn’t compromised by treating religious gatherings in a fair and constitutional manner.

As Dr. Kevin Pham writes, authorities bear the burden of showing their work by providing scientific evidence that religious gatherings are more likely to be sources of outbreak than secular gatherings. But they haven’t done this. Instead of facts, there has been conjecture and rhetoric.

Agudath Israel pointed to comments by Cuomo that specifically targeted the Orthodox Jewish community and gerrymandered the boundaries of red and orange zones to ensure that heavily Orthodox areas were included. Both the Diocese and Agudath Israel reported (without contradiction from authorities) that they complied with all public health guidance, implemented additional precautionary measures and operated at 25% or 33% capacity for months without a single outbreak. Why then would the government treat them worse than secular establishments?

Treating two equivalent situations differently because of their nature is obviously unfair. Fortunately, the court has now made clear that it is also unconstitutional.

These unfair restrictions also take a toll on public health. The pandemic has placed massive stress on our minds and emotions as well as our bodies. Many Americans rely on their faith and faith communities for strength to face each day. As death and economic hardship have increased, the spiritual strength offered by religious communities has become even more essential to the well-being of our nation. As the Supreme Court recognized, taking communion and worshipping in community cannot be replaced by a Zoom service.

As David Litts of the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention says, “Where there’s faith, there’s hope, and where there’s hope, there’s life.”

As America enters 2021, state and local officials should recognize the health needs of their citizens in the most comprehensive sense. They should respect the Constitution by treating religion as essential and by not engaging in religious discrimination. Our lives depend on it.

Emilie Kao is director of the DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society at The Heritage Foundation. heritage.org.

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New strain of coronavirus alarming – but children should stay in school

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he emergence of a is dangerous only when it new variant of the latches on to a part of a cell novel coronavirus known as an ACE2 recephas the world’s attentor. That’s the lock-and-key tion – and rightly so. The mechanism for how this new variant seems signifvirus gets into our cells. icantly more transmissiBut new research pubble than earlier strains of lished as a preprint found viruses, leading some scienthat the cells in an immatists – including those who ture lung have fewer of Joseph G. Allen these ACE2 receptors than discovered that the new strain spreads faster – to those in adults do (the make a bold but shortsighted recformal way of saying this is that ommendation: Close the schools. the cells express less of the gene That’s the wrong answer. The that produces the ACE2 receptor). right answer is enhanced conThe same is true in cells lining trols in schools. the inside of the nose. The virus is Calls for school closures do not left holding a key to a door that is factor in the alarming risks for bolted shut and has no keyhole. kids: reports of hundreds of thouEven if kids do get infected, sands of kids missing from the they have a second line of defense U.S. school system; drops in literthat might begin to explain why acy gains; billions of missed meals, they have such a low risk of death: kids failing. These impacts are Infected lung cells in kids selfcompounding over time, and we’re destruct faster than adult cells. on the verge of some kids being out This process – known as apoptoof school for a year or more. sis, or programmed cell death – is While the extent to which this a normal part of how the body new variant is more transmissidefends itself. A cell that dies ble in kids is still unknown, even rapidly after being infected doesn’t if it ends up being more transproduce as much virus that can missible in school-age children, infect additional cells. the evidence so far is that it won’t So, we know the kids will be be deadlier for them. And there’s all right, but two issues remain: research suggesting a biological how to keep adults safe in schools reason that this is so. and how to limit transmission in Before we get into that, let’s the community. acknowledge that kids can get A set of controls must be used Covid-19 and that kids can die from to limit how much within-school Covid-19. But it’s extremely rare. transmission is happening. By now, How rare? Literally one in a this is well understood: masks, million for kids 14 and younger, hand-washing and enhanced venaccording a new JAMA study. tilation and filtration. This is what For those ages 15 to 24, the risk hospitals do, too. (It’s interesting of dying from Covid-19 is 1 in that the prime minister has already 100,000. To put this in context, the called for schools to be closed in study reported that school-age kids the United Kingdom, where the are 10 times more likely to die by variant was first detected and suicide than Covid-19. where controls in schools have The biology of kids explains been largely lax. Only recently why this is so – and why this new did the country start requiring variant likely won’t change the risk masks in schools, and, inexplicaof dying. The novel coronavirus bly, it limited mask-wearing to only

secondary schools and only in corridors, not classrooms.)

As for limiting how much spread happens in the community, one of the best things we can do is get kids in school, where controls can be implemented and enforced. If schools were drivers of spread, we’d have seen this in the data already from Europe and the United States. In fact, it looks as though school transmission mirrors community transmission.

A faulty assumption in the current approach to schools has been that hybrid models – which mix online and in-person teaching – reduce risk, but this might actually lead to kids having wider social networks with fewer controls.

The rise of the new variant is concerning, but we have learned enough from the early days of the pandemic that the answer is not widespread lockdowns of key aspects of our society. Will hospitals close? Pharmacies? Grocery stores? Of course not. These are essential. So are schools.

This does not mean letting the virus run rampant. The goal remains to keep community transmission low. At the same time, we should not ignore data showing that risk to kids is very low. The likelihood of kids getting Covid-19 depends not only on personal behavior – mask-wearing, avoiding high-risk activities – but also biology. And here, kids have defenses that adults don’t. Decisions on reopening activities, including schools and youth activities, must take this into account.

Joseph G. Allen is an assistant professor of exposure and assessment science, director of the healthy buildings program at Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health and co-author of “Healthy Buildings.”

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political saga that state’s prosecutors, parbegan more than ticularly – pointed out the four decades ago anomaly, and complained came full circle that if passed, it could last week when the state shorten the terms of some Supreme Court, including vicious predators. four Jerry Brown appoinBrown responded by tees, indirectly upbraided promising that by regulathe former governor. tion, state prison officials Unanimously, the court Dan Walters would prohibit sex crimdeclared that Proposiinals from being paroled tion 57, a major criminal justice under Proposition 57 and voters overhaul sponsored by Brown apparently believed him. and overwhelmingly passed As promised, regulations proby voters in 2016, did what its mulgated by the Department of critics said it would do, not what Corrections and Rehabilitation Brown told voters. excluded many sex offenders from Brown portrayed the measure, Proposition 57’s softer parole prowhich lightened sentences for some visions. But attorneys for those felons, as a common-sense reform offenders quickly disputed the to give nonviolent felons a better rules’ legality and they scored vicchance at rehabilitation by allowtories in trial and appellate courts. ing them to earn earlier releases The lawsuits contended that on parole. He wanted to undo, he the agency could not, by regusaid, a torrent of lock-‘em-up senlation, modify the wording of a tencing laws that began during his voter-approved ballot measure and first governorship four decades eventually the issue wound up in earlier, when crime rates were the state Supreme Court, which set peaking and voters were demandaside the regulations. ing harsher punishment.

“The initiative’s language proHowever, Proposition 57 did vides no indication that the voters not specify which felonies would intended to allow the (Corrections) be deemed nonviolent, but indidepartment to create a wholesale rectly relied on a Penal Code list of exclusion from parole consider23 violent crimes. The list excluded ation based on an inmate’s sex quite a few felonies, such as sex offense convictions when the crimes, that most of us would deem inmate was convicted of a nonvito be violent – and, in fact, are olent felony,” wrote Chief Justice counted as violent offenses by the Tani Cantil-Sakauye in the unanistate Department of Justice. mous decision.

Critics of Brown’s measure – the Cantil-Sakauye subtly but

unmistakably criticized Brown for sloppy drafting of the ballot measure.

“Had the drafters of Proposition 57, and by extension the voters, intended to exclude inmates from nonviolent offender parole consideration based on prior or current sex offense convictions, it would have been a simple matter to say so explicitly,” she said.

The state’s lawyers attempted to defend the disputed rules by citing Brown’s sponsorship, but that also drew the court’s scorn. “Our analysis of the voters’ intent does not change merely because the proponents of the initiative here included the governor,” CantilSakauye wrote.

The ruling upholds the critics of Proposition 57, who warned in 2016 that it was hastily and sloppily drafted and could allow sex predators to win paroles and once again prowl for victims.

Ironically and perhaps tragically, it was issued just weeks after voters rejected a measure, Proposition 20, that would have corrected the gaps in Proposition 57.

Thus, there is an indelible stain on what Brown had said was one of his proudest achievements.

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Georgia From Page One make change is to get out and vote,” said Samara Robertson of Acworth.

“As a Black woman, I felt like I needed to vote,” Robertson said at the North Cobb Senior Center, where she cast her ballot for Ossoff and Warnock.

Patricia Margerson of Kennesaw, who voted for Loeffler and Perdue at the Ben Robertson Community Center, saw long-term consequences in the election’s outcome.

“The wrong vote could change our country and our way of life,” she said.

Margerson also said, “It looks like a close election and they need all our votes.”

None of the four candidates in Tuesday’s election received the necessary majority of the vote in November. That triggered the runoff, an all-out political contest between dueling Republicans and Democrats who have effectively run as joint tickets over the past nine weeks.

The race was rocked over the weekend by

Board From Page One The meeting was delayed for nearly 20 minutes as one man, who identified himself only as Steven, refused to wear a face covering as required by the county.

“This is not a matter of discussion,” Hannigan said as she remained the chairwoman to begin the meeting. “It’s wearing a mask or you are out of here.”

The chamber was cleared, upon the advice of County Counsel Bernadette Curry, as sheriff’s deputies talked to the man, who remained seated, until finally leaving the room without incident.

But that is not the last the board would hear on the subject from residents who believe being forced to wear face coverings is a violation of their civil liberties, and that the mandate does not follow the science of how to best approach dealing with the novel coronavirus.

Andraya Coulter said that while initially the response to Covid-19 was an attempt to slow the spread of the disease, she said it has evolved into totalitarianism and likened it to Stockholm Syndrome.

The syndrome is a psychological response by which hostages or longterm victims of abuse begin to bond and identify with their captors or abusers – suggesting those

Spering From Page One “It is absolutely beyond my comprehension what we are doing to small businesses,” Spering said.

“We are wiping out the middle class.”

Spering, in the past, has aired his frustrations, but has been cautious about going to the point of open defiance because it could cost the county millions in relief funding. That threat

Trump’s extraordinary demand to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find” enough votes to reverse his November election defeat in Georgia.

Democrats framed the recording as a brazen attempt to undermine democracy, while the GOP campaigns sought to minimize it.

Though the recording was an unexpected bombshell, Trump’s influence has shaped the race from the outset. The two Republicans have aggressively appealed to the president’s die-hard devotees, backing his push for $2,000 stimulus checks and echoing his debunked claims of widespread voting fraud.

And on the eve of the election, both Republicans announced they supported the doomed effort by some Senate Republicans to challenge the Electoral College results in Congress on Wednesday. Loeffler was greeted with cheers – and chants of “fight for Trump” – when she announced the decision at the Dalton rally with the president.

Ossoff and Warnock have framed their campaign around an image who just fall in line with the state’s Covid protocols are suffering from that effect.

She later likened the response to “involuntary servitude” and said that is not only a violation of 13th Amendment rights, but is a “precursor to slavery.”

Paul Hale said the mere continuation of the public health emergency is a fraud.

“This is no longer an emergency,” he said.

Hale said he believes the county and the state are violating the very law which they cite in declaring the emergency.

George Guynn Jr. later asserted that the reporting on Covid-19 is manufactured.

“The number of people getting Covid is not nearly as many as the media portray,” said Guynn, one of a number of people who speak to the board who blame the media for promulgating the government line.

“I’m not buying what you are selling up here at the podium,” Hannigan said.

She sa id t he Covid-19 protocols, including face coverings, social distancing, hand-washing and other steps, are about protecting the health care system.

The more resources that must be used to deal with Covid-related hospitalizations, she said, leaves fewer resources to deal with other medical issues, including emergencies.

“It is about our health care system,” Hannigan said.

no longer exists as the CARES Act spout was shut off to local government at the end of 2020.

Newly seated Supervisor Mitch Mashburn joined Spering in the stance.

“I agree with Supervisor Spering that we have to find ways to support those businesses and we may have to find alternative options,” Mashburn said.

Supervisor Monica Brown, on the other hand, urged county residents to follow the health orders, but also to “support local businesses.”

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Voters stand in line before the doors open at Cobb County Community Center in Atlanta, Ga., Tuesday. of a post-Trump America where Democrats can push measures promising to boost funding to fight the pandemic, expand health care access and adopt a sweeping voting rights measure.

They were bombarded by attacks from the two Republican incumbents and their allies, who aimed their appeals at the party’s most conservative factions by describing the Democrats as “radical liberals” and warning that only GOP control of the Senate could “save America” from socialism.

The Republicans have also had to face down tough attacks, including numerous ads accusing

Benefits From Page One were probably incarcerated elsewhere when they were paid by California.

Altogether, the analysis found there were more 20,000 claims deemed at high or moderate risk of having been paid to an incarcerated person, either in California or another state. If all those claims were fraudulent, the $42 million estimate of payments to inmates would jump to $96 million.

The disclosures come as state authorities are learning that potentially fraudulent claims of California aid could total about $4 billion – double previous estimates.

Bank of America officials have briefed state officials about the increased figure recently, according to sources familiar with the conversations and other government officials.

They spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to discuss the ongoing investigation.

More than 2,000 of the high-risk claims identified in the EDD analysis are inmates of the Florida Department of Corrections or county jails in that state, according to a summary analysis of the data dated Dec. 18.

Along with the convicted murderer – identified in the report as Nakeva Thornton, 43, who allegedly received $10,800 in payments and was sentenced in 2012 – the report highlights another Florida prison inmate serving time for burglary and failure to comply with sex offender rules who allegedly received $9,000 and is scheduled for release in 2024.

The analysis identified inmates receiving California benefits in other states, including Nevada, Illinois and South Carolina.

Prison officials in Nevada and Illinois did not immediately comment on the allegations, but South Carolina Department of Corrections spokeswoman Chrysti Shain said her department had “not been notified by California authorities or anyone that any of our inmates are involved in this.”

Officials with the district attorney’s offices in Clark County and Washoe County in Nevada said that any allegations of inmate fraud allegations would be handled by Nevada’s attorney general’s office.

The report caused another wave of outrage in the California Legislature and among county district attorneys, who will be tasked with inves-

the incumbents of profiting from the coronavirus pandemic through stock transactions made on their behalf. Both say that federal investigators have reviewed their stock deals and cleared them of any wrongdoing.

Different dynamics shaped each of the Senate races.

Loeffler, a former financial executive, was picked

by Gov. Brian Kemp to fill the seat U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson exited last year for health reasons, and she survived a tough challenge from Republican U.S. Rep. Doug Collins in November’s special election of 21 candidates to gain a spot in the runoff. tigating and prosecuting many of the cases.

“Absurd fraud policies have made California’s EDD a target for prisoners nationwide. What a shameful waste of taxpayer dollars,” said Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris, a Laguna Beach Democrat and chairwoman of the Assembly Committee on Accountability and Administrative Review.

She said fixing the agency needs to be the top priority for newly appointed EDD Director Rita Saenz.

Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert, who with other county DAs in November sounded the alarm on inmate fraud, said Tuesday that she remains concerned both about in-state inmate fraud and claims from outside the state but has seen progress from the state employment agency in recent weeks. She added she is “working aggressively and collaboratively” with the state and law enforcement to combat such crime and help EDD “prevent it on the front end.”

This week, Schubert’s office filed an 18-count indictment against a probationer arrested with nine EDD debit cards issued in different names, along with a Glock-style pistol with no serial number, $58,000 in cash and nearly four pounds of marijuana. A subsequent probe with EDD found investigators about $219,000 allegedly had been fraudulently acquired by the man, Walter Lee Dawson.

“We need our state leaders to level with California taxpayers about how a fraud and theft of this magnitude could have happened,” said Riverside District Attorney Mike Hestrin, when presented with the contents of the EDD report.

Fresno County District Attorney Lisa Smittcamp added it was “irresponsible” that the state agency did not have an “audit mechanism in place prior to making payments.”

The analysis also identified more than 1,660 California inmates as being at a high risk of having received benefits while incarcerated, including more than 700 people booked in Orange County’s jail. In one California claim, an inmate at Shasta County jail, charged with murder and incarcerated since 2014, received $167 weekly for 16 weeks beginning in March, according to the report.

The analysis was conducted by Sacramento-based Pondera Solutions, a subsidiary of business information pro-

Her opponent is Warnock, the pastor of Atlanta’s iconic Ebenezer Baptist Church and a first-time candidate who was recruited by Democratic leaders in Atlanta and Washington to run in the race. He’s cast himself as a moral voice, saying the Senate is in dire need of a pastor.

The other contest features Perdue, a former Fortune 500 chief executive who emerged from a crowded field in 2014 to win his first term. Ossoff, a former congressional aide, runs an investigative journalism firm and garnered national attention in 2017 during his unsuccessful bid for a suburban U.S. House seat.

Georgia Democrats haven’t won a statewide office since 2006, and Republicans have captured every statewide runoff in Georgia history. But Democrats are emboldened by Biden’s narrow win in November – he captured the state by about 12,000 votes – and the ongoing GOP infighting.

The president has engaged in open warfare with state GOP leaders who defied his calls to over-

turn the state’s election. At Monday’s rally, he promised to return next year to wage campaigns against both Kemp and Raffensperger, two of his favorite punching bags in Georgia.

Democrats have their own challenges. The biggest is whether they can draw back to the polls the coalition of African American voters and Atlanta suburbanites who helped fuel Biden’s slim victory in Georgia, this time without a presidential contest on the ballot.

And all four candidates had to overcome exhaustion from voters bombarded by an onslaught of ads, teams of canvassers, text messages, digital messaging and other breathless appeals to vote.

Celebrities cajoled them to vote, and big-name politicos have fanned out across the state to hold rallies.

More than $830 million has been spent on the races, an astonishing total that will only rise as the final spending comes into clearer view. And more than 3 million Georgians cast their ballots early, with Democrats holding an early advantage.

vider Thomson Reuters that specializes in government and health care fraud, waste and abuse.

Thomson Reuters purchased the California company earlier this year.

The analysis used a database of jail and prison inmate rolls for more than 2,000 facilities across the country. However, the database does not include all states, according to the report, lacking data from places including Pennsylvania, Montana and North Dakota among others. The report also lists potentially fraudulent claims in only 33 of California’s 58 county jails.

It is unclear if county jail data from all counties was included.

The incarceration data was then cross-matched against claims information. The high-risk matches included those where the incarceration could reliably be confirmed, closely matched the name and exactly matched the personal data of the unemployment claimant.

The Pondera analysis was reviewed by the Times more than a month after EDD officials said they had identified $400 million paid on some 21,000 unemployment benefit claims improperly filed in the names of California prison inmates.

Gov. Gavin Newsom said at the time he was “deeply alarmed” about reports of benefits paid to people behind bars.

Benefits paid in California include claims filed in the names of death row inmates.

EDD officials did not immediately respond to questions about the Pondera report, but they have been scrambling to stem the tide of fraud since Bank of America, which issues EDD debit cards containing benefits, said last month it had found evidence of $2 billion in fraud, during an initial review.

There was no immediate response to a request for a comment from Saenz, whom Newsom appointed Dec. 30 to take over as EDD director after Sharon Hilliard announced her retirement.

In appointing Saenz, the governor said he is confident she will help the department pay claims in a timely way “while simultaneously stopping fraud in our systems and holding people who have committed fraud accountable.”

EDD officials said it has been challenging separating legitimate claims from bogus ones.

“The pervasiveness of scammers utilizing extensive, stolen personal identifying information can lead to difficulties in sorting through legitimate claimants from those who

may have utilized some of their information for a fraudulent claim which is why we are taking further action to verify these claims in question,” the agency wrote in a statement.

The EDD took the unusual step of announcing Sunday that it was halting payments on many already approved claims – those considered “high risk” – until they could be verified as legitimate.

EDD spokesman Aubrey Henry declined to say how many high-risk claims have been suspended, and said notices will go out soon on how claimants can unfreeze their claims. The agency decided to act now to avoid paying a newly approved $300 federal Pandemic Additional Compensation on fraudulent claims.

The announcement of suspended claims drew more than 700 mostly angry responses on the EDD’s Facebook page, many from people who say they have been stymied in attempts to get benefits that they say are rightfully theirs.

“So good honest people that are out of work are now being penalized for a system error?” one Los Angeles man wrote. “Our tax money is going to waste with these clowns!”

Those notified that their claims were suspended include Irene Flores of Los Angeles, who said in an interview that she was a Lyft driver before the pandemic.

Flores said she first applied for unemployment in March and has twice had to file documents to verify her identity, once during a process that delayed her payments by five months. Then on New Year’s Eve, she received a notice from EDD that her claim was again being suspended until her identity could be verified.

“It’s upsetting because there is no need for my account to be on pending for the third time when I sent in all of the documents they have asked for and they verified it,” Flores said.

The halt in unemployment benefits has meant she has been unable to pay her January rent and has hurt her ability to buy groceries for her and her children.

“It’s a very big hardship,” Flores said.

Assemblyman David Chiu, a San Francisco Democrat, said the word of benefits to outof-state prisoners is especially hard to take while thousands of jobless Californians are still without financial help.

“All the while, they are sending money to out-ofstate prisons,” Chiu said.

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Some pandemic protections could become permanent Stateline.org Consumer complaints to federal and state agencies exploded this year, fueled by a global crisis that financially stressed millions of Americans and disrupted thousands of businesses’ normal operations.

Now state legislators and consumer advocates across the country are pushing for permanent protections to address the gaps in consumer law exposed by the pandemic.

The Covid-19 crisis has put Americans at greater risk of defaulting on loans or falling behind on rent. State consumer protection offices and attorneys general have faced a deluge of reports about price-gouging, fake Covid-19 cures and online payment scams.

The Federal Trade Commission has logged nearly 275,000 complaints from consumers, many of them seeking millions of dollars in refunds for canceled trips and services.

Officials in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., have taken emergency action to protect consumers during the pandemic.

For example, 24 states and the District of Columbia enacted temporary measures to curtail aggressive debt collection, and at least 40 states and D.C. limited evictions of nonpaying tenants.

As those temporary protections expire, consumer advocates in many states want to enshrine them in law. There’s certainly precedent for such a shift: Some of America’s most significant consumer protections were enacted after the Great Depression and the Great Recession.

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A Check Into Cash location in Indianapolis. Officials in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., have taken emergency action to protect consumers during the pandemic, including enacting temporary measures to curtail aggressive debt collection. Some want to make the protections permanent.

“I hate that we can only get better consumer protections after there’s been some kind of a crisis, like almost destroying the economy, or a pandemic, for example,” said Ed Mierzwinski, a senior director at the national advocacy group U.S. PIRG. At least 23 states and D.C. have enacted or are considering new consumer protection laws because of the pandemic, according to a database maintained by the National Conference of State Legislatures.

“We’re having conversations, in Maryland and in other places, about the fact we can’t go back to ‘normal,’ ” said Marceline White, the executive director of the Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition. “‘Normal’ clearly wasn’t working for many, many Maryland consumers and their families . . . so we need to do something different.”

‘Not easy bills to pass’ Maryland is one of several states considering changes to its eviction,

foreclosure and debt-collection systems. White serves on a state recovery task force that is likely to push for new protections against eviction, including an extended timeline for the process, and a legal right-to-counsel for tenants.

The panel also is considering new regulations to limit wage garnishment and a requirement that creditors pursue an income-based repayment plan before a bill goes to collections.

Similar debt-collection changes are under discussion in Massachusetts and Texas. With the backing of more than 40 civic and community groups, Massachusetts has proposed a Debt Collection Fairness Act that would limit wage garnishment for debtors and reduce the possible window for collecting on a debt. While the bill’s sponsor, state Sen. James Eldridge, a Democrat, has introduced the legislation twice before, it gained new political urgency in the pandemic, he said.

In Texas, advocates are also seeking to limit debt collectors’ ability to seize funds from debtors’ bank accounts – a long-standing issue that became more visible when indebted Texans scrambled to protect their federal stimulus payments, said Ann Baddour, the director of the Fair Financial Services Project of Texas Appleseed, a nonprofit public interest group.

But such a measure would face stiff opposition from creditors and business interests in the state, which already protects paychecks, homes and a wide variety of personal assets from debt collectors, said Craig Noack, a longtime creditors’ rights attorney and the president of the Texas Creditors Bar Association.

While creditor and debt collection groups agree that stimulus checks should be protected from garnishment, Noack said, long-term limitations on bank account garnishment would “slam the door on the only remedy truly available in Texas to recover on a valid judgment.”

“These are not easy bills to pass,” said Michael Best, a staff attorney at the National Consumer Law Center, a nonprofit organization in Boston.

Scams and cancellations Improvements to other areas of consumer law also have been explored, though advocates say they’ve seen far fewer state-level bills on issues such as scams or airline ticket cancellations.

One notable exception is New York’s recent membership-cancellation bill,

which makes it easier for consumers to zero out ongoing or automatically renewing contracts, such as subscription services, equipment rentals and gym memberships.

In many cases, there is no legislation because existing laws already govern these issues, said Spencer Weber Waller, the director of the Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies at Loyola University Chicago School of Law. Most states already ban price-gouging, for instance. In other cases, such as online payment scams or airline refunds, states have been limited by concerns about jurisdiction.

Under current law, conflicts between customers and airlines – a major flashpoint both before and during the pandemic – fall under the purview of the federal Department of Transportation. In October, 38 state attorneys general urged Congress to expand those enforcement powers and double down on existing refund laws.

Advocates also have called on the federal government to cancel student loan debt, increase funding for utility assistance programs and enact a permanent, national interest-rate cap for consumer loans.

“A lot of this has been driven, frankly, by consumer complaints – about abusive debt collection, about landlords who have not really abided by eviction moratoriums, about refunds for travel and vacations,” said John Breyault, vice president of public policy at the National Consumers League, a consumer advocacy group

based in Washington, D.C. “The question now is: Are we going to see a dramatically different consumer protection landscape coming out of Covid than we did going into it?”

The answer to that question, Breyault said, will depend in large part on state and national politics – and the shape of the recovery to come.

More than 160,000 businesses have permanently closed since the start of the pandemic, according to a September report by Yelp, the online reviews service. That may make it politically difficult to push for more regulations on businesses.

But America has a long history of strengthening its consumer protections after disasters and emergencies, said Weber Waller, the Loyola professor. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation – the federal agency that guarantees bank deposits – was created in response to the Great Depression.

Nearly 80 years later, Congress established the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, charged with regulating mortgages, credit cards and student loans, as part of a package of reforms aimed to address the roots of the 2008 financial crisis.

According to CFPB data, consumer complaints to the agency reached record highs this fall, with monthly complaints up more than 80% in November 2020 versus November 2019. In the past six months alone, more than 200,000 consumers have reported problems with a credit bureau, debt collector or credit card company.

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’Bama’s Smith 1st WR to win Heisman Trophy in 29 years The Washington Post Wide receivers, those detached football players who start plays a good shout from the ball and then exert like mad to touch it now and then, finally got themselves another Heisman Trophy on Tuesday night after a 29-year wait. Notably, they got it decisively.

Alabama’s DeVonta Smith,

who began 2020 deliberating about whether to return for a senior season, began 2021 with a large ornament to justify his decision. The 6-foot-1, 175pound marvel of precision and acrobatics from Louisiana’s Tangipahoa Parish won the 86th Heisman in a virtual ceremony televised on ESPN, and he set down a Heisman landmark in the process as the first wide

receiver to catch the revered award since Desmond Howard of Michigan in 1991.

“To all the young kids out there, not the biggest, not the strongest, keep pushing, ‘cause I’m not the biggest,” Smith said on ESPN. In 20 of the 28 years between Howard and Smith, the Heisman had gotten snapped to See Smith, Page B10

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Alabama wide receiver DeVonta Smith breaks away for his first touchdown of the day against Ole Miss at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Sept. 28, 2019. Smith was announced as the runaway winner of the Heisman Trophy, Tuesday.

49ERS’ FINAL STATS

Saleh’s depleted D remained among top 10, as promised Tribune Content Agency

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Cincinnati Reds catcher Curt Casali and teammates during the national anthem prior to action against the

Detroit Tigers at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, July 25, 2020.

From Mike Yastrzemski to Trevor Bauer

New Giants catcher Curt Casali is willing recruiter Tribune Content Agency When Giants outfielder Mike Yastrzemski was determining where he would play college baseball, the Massachusetts native made an official visit to Vanderbilt University in Nashville.

It doesn’t take much to convince a teenager to play at one of the most prestigious programs in the country, but Commodores standout Curt Casali ditched his catcher’s mask for his sales cap

and went to work anyway.

“We did all the things on an official visit I can’t say on camera,” Casali joked.

Shortly thereafter, the duo became teammates under head coach Tim Corbin. And 10 years after Casali last suited up at Vanderbilt, he’s reuniting with Yastrzemski after signing a one-year, $1.5 million deal to join the San Francisco Ginats.

“I could sit here for an hour and talk for an hour about all of the

reasons I wanted to be a Giant,” Casali told reporters on a videoconference on Tuesday.

With an opportunity to open the 2021 season as the primary backup to Buster Posey, Casali jumped at the chance to sign with the Giants. The move to San Francisco will reunite him with old teammates such as Evan Longoria (Rays) and Kevin Gausman (Reds), give him a chance to continue catching recent free agent signee Anthony

DeSclafani and reunite with a hitting coach in Donnie Ecker who Casali worked with in Cincinnati and made a “huge” impact in his desire to join the Giants.

The eight-year major league veteran said he first met manager Gabe Kapler in the Rays organization, regularly plays Call of Duty with outfielder Steven Duggar and has connected with fellow catcher Buster Posey, but See Casali, Page B2

Gregory helped shape NASCAR’s future; she’s set to do same for Sonoma Raceway Tribune Content Agency CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR executive Jill Gregory will be leaving her role as the sport’s chief marketing officer in February to join Sonoma Raceway as the track’s next general manager. Gregory is replacing Steve Page, who retired at the end of the year after nearly 30 years overseeing the raceway.

Speedway Motorsports president Marcus Smith made the announcement Tuesday. Smith and Gregory worked closely together during Gregory’s time at NASCAR, where she leads the sport’s marketing, media and communications functions from Charlotte. Gregory also manages NASCAR’s digital platforms, including NASCAR.com, the NASCAR Mobile app and fantasy games, and she oversees NASCAR’s Diversity and Inclusion initiatives. “(Gregory) brings a background

of not only professional accomplishment and familiarity with our company, but as a native of northern California, she also brings a passion for the region that makes her an exceptional successor to follow Steve Page’s distinguished career,” Smith said in a release.

Gregory joined NASCAR’s marketing team in 2007. Nine years later, she became the first female CMO in the sport’s history. Prior to NASCAR, Gregory served in various leadership roles in motorsports marketing, including working on campaigns with Bank of America and Sprint Nextel. In 2011, she was selected for the first class of “Game Changers: Women in Sports Business” by Sports Business Journal.

With the new position, Gregory will return to her West Coast roots and the track where she attended See Gregory, Page B10

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EVP and Chief Marketing Officer for NASCAR Jill Gregory participates in a panel discussion during the 2019 Adweek Women Trailblazers at Ogilvy New York, July 16, 2019, in New York City.

Of all the facts and figures this past 49ers season, most alarming is how high they ranked defensively, even after losing defensive linemen Nick Bosa, Dee Ford and Solomon Thomas less five quarters into the season.

Defensive coordinator Robert Saleh’s unit ranked fifth in overall yards allowed (314.4 per game). That included being fourth against the pass (207.9 yards) and seventh against the run (106.4) while not allowing a 100-yard rusher in any game.

“Every once in a while, even the greatest ones get punched in the mouth,” Saleh said in a mid-October rallying cry. “I still believe this is a top-10 defensive unit. Top-five if we’re on our stuff.”

A year ago, the 49ers rode their defense (and rushing attack) to the Super Bowl, including the top-ranked pass defense (169.2 yards per game) and secondbest in overall yards

(281.8 per game).

A year later, Saleh is interviewing for head-coach openings with the Atlanta Fa lc ons, D et r oit Lions and Jacksonville Jaguars. He interviewed remotely Monday with the Falcons, they announced.

The most important defensive statistic is points allowed, however, and the 49ers ranked 16th (24.4 points per game). Ah, but that included four touchdown returns from 49ers turnovers – on two interceptions and two lost fumbles – plus a kickoff return for a touchdown.

Here are other stat lines:

Leading rusher: Jeff Wilson Jr., 600 yards (126 carries, 7 touchdowns) Leading receiver: Brandon Aiyuk, 748 yards (60 catches, 5 touchdowns) Leading passer: Nick Mullens, 2,437 yards (211 of 326, 12 touchdowns, 12 interceptions, 19 sacks, 4 lost fumbles) Leading tackler: Fred Warner, 125 (10th in NFL in tackles, plus 2 interceptions, 2 fumble recoveries, 1 forced fumble, 1 sack, 7 quarterback hits).

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Yes, Trent Williams would prefer to stay with 49ers, but not at a discount Tribune Content Agency Trent Williams, one of the NFL’s best blindside protectors, is also a decent businessman.

On Monday, the first day it became more appropriate to discuss his next contract in more detail, the underpaid eight-time Pro Bowl left tackle and pending free agent reiterated his preference to remain with the 49ers.

However, this time his praise for the team’s culture and coaching staff came with a caveat that he didn’t offer last month, when it might have been an in-season distraction.

Williams, 32, indicated he might not be eager to sign a contract extension with the 49ers because that would prevent him from seeing what his value

will be on the free-agent market in March.

“It won’t be because I’m trying to go somewhere else, it may be simply because I want to see my value,” Williams said. “It’s been 11 years in this league and I have yet to see a franchise left tackle go to the open market.

“I think it would be interesting to kind of see what that value holds.

But, regardless, like I said, and I’ve always maintained the same thing: I think San Francisco is my number-one destination, and we’ll see how things work out.”

That sound you hear? That’s the franchise’s bean counters banging their heads.

Williams, of course, would generate massive interest and money See Williams, Page B2

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FINAL NFL POWER RANKINGS

No. 2 Bills league’s hottest team entering postseason Brad Biggs

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he regular season is complete, and so are Brad Biggs’ NFL power rankings for the 2020 season. The defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs remain No. 1, while the No. 2 Buffalo Bills enter the playoffs on a six-game winning streak.

Last week’s ranking in parentheses.

1. CHIEFS 14-2 (1) With the No. 1 seed locked up, Andy Reid rested some key starters in a season-ending loss to the Chargers. Now the Chiefs begins their Super Bowl defense.

2. BILLS 13-3 (2) The Bills have won six consecutive games – all by at least 10 points – and there isn’t a hotter team entering the playoffs.

3. PACKERS 13-3 (3) Aaron Rodgers finished the season with 48 touchdown passes, and the Packers punted 46 times.

4. SAINTS 12-4 (4) Wide receiver Michael Thomas is likely to return from injured reserve, which would give the offense a boost entering the playoffs.

5. SEAHAWKS 12-4 (5) The Seahawks have won six of their last seven and throttled the Rams, their opponent in the wild-card round, just two weeks ago.

ANALYSIS 2008, and running back Derrick Henry closed the season with his third 200-yard game to become only the eighth member of the 2,000-yard club.

8. BUCCANEERS 11-5 (7) The first season of the Tom Brady era went pretty well as he threw for 4,633 yards and 40 touchdowns.

9. COLTS 11-5 (10) Philip Rivers did the job he was signed to do, helping deliver the Colts back to the postseason.

But what do they do moving forward?

10. BROWNS 11-5 (12) An 18-year playoff drought is over, and the Browns are back in the postseason at the end of a remarkable debut season for coach Kevin Stefanski.

11. STEELERS 12-4 (9) It feels like the Steelers are skidding into the playoffs and a rematch in the wild-card round of their Week 17 loss to the Browns won’t go well.

12. RAMS 10-6 (13) First-year defensive coordinator Brandon Staley is a rising star. The former Bears outside linebackers coach is getting attention as a head coaching candidate.

13. DOLPHINS 10-6 (11) The Dolphins need to take a very close look at Tua Tagovailoa and then dial in on the quarterbacks in the draft as they own the No. 3 pick via the Texans from the Laremy Tunsil trade.

this season, including a battle with cancer, and now he leads his team into the playoffs as the NFC East champion.

in the NFL is making decisions that are unpopular.” The key for him is sorting out his quarterback situation.

16. CARDINALS 8-8 (15) Pressure will be on Kliff Kingsbury in Arizona after the Cardinals lost five of their final seven games to miss the playoffs.

25. BRONCOS 5-11 (25) Big changes in Denver with John Elway being elevated into a president role and the Broncos now in search of a GM to work with coach Vic Fangio.

17. CHARGERS 7-9 (16) The Chargers closed the season with four straight wins and then fired coach Anthony Lynn, two years removed from a 12-4 season. This looks like a good opening with a decent roster and QB Justin Herbert.

18. COWBOYS 6-10 (17) Mike McCarthy is staying put, and the Cowboys have to figure out a way to retain Dak Prescott and keep some type of salary-cap flexibility.

19. VIKINGS 7-9 (20) With Gary Kubiak reportedly planning to retire, Mike Zimmer will be in search of yet another offensive coordinator.

20. RAIDERS 8-8 (21) The Raiders need to find a defensive coordinator and then make some shrewd additions on that side of the ball – at all three levels.

21. 49ERS 6-10 (18) Thirty-two days after heading to Arizona to play their home games there because of Covid-19 restrictions, the 49ers have returned home. It was a most bizarre season for them.

22. PATRIOTS 7-9 (22) Year 1 of the post- Tom Brady era didn’t go so well.

6. RAVENS 11-5 (6) The Ravens are surging into the playoffs with five straight wins, but consider the last three came against the Bengals, Giants and Jaguars. We’ll see how dangerous the Ravens are.

14. BEARS 8-8 (14) Finishing .500 seems about right for this team when considering the offense was inconsistent nearly all season and the defense faded in the second half. They’re lucky to be in the playoffs.

23. GIANTS 6-10 (24) The Giants are furious over the way the Eagles handled their Week 17 game against Washington, pulling Jalen Hurts late to insert Nate Sudfeld at quarterback. Be angry with a 6-10 record too.

7. TITANS 11-5 (8) The Titans won the AFC South for the first time since

15. WASHINGTON 7-9 (19) Ron Rivera has been through more than any coach in the league

24. PANTHERS 5-11 (23) The day after his first season ended, Matt Rhule said, “The key

26. EAGLES 4-11-1 (27) All focus turns to QB Carson Wentz and his future in Philadelphia as the Eagles, saddled with an older roster, are in steady decline.

27. TEXANS 4-12 (28) Questions about the power structure in place, no draft capital and tight cap space are real issues with the openings in Houston. The upside? A franchise quarterback is in place.

28. BENGALS 4-11-1 (26) Coach Zac Taylor got a vote of confidence from owner Mike Brown, but the Bengals will have to improve with Joe Burrow returning from injury next season.

29. FALCONS 4-12 (29) With the fourth pick, the Falcons could find the successor to Matt Ryan, who was the No. 3 pick in 2008.

30. LIONS 5-11 (30) The Lions just wrapped up the worst defensive season in franchise history. The future of Matthew Stafford is up in the air. This is a long-term rebuilding project.

31. JETS 2-14 (31) The Jets will hire a coach and then must decide if they will trade Sam Darnold, deeming him damaged goods, or flip the No. 2 pick for a bounty of picks in return.

32. JAGUARS 1-15 (32) The Jaguars have the No. 1 pick, extra draft capital and a boatload of salary-cap space. This is the most intriguing opening for a GM and a coach.

Casali: Helped recruit Yastrzemski From Page B1 when making a decision on his future, Casali said he didn’t need to consult many members of the organization.

More than a decade after pitching Yastrzemski on Vanderbilt, the outfielder helped convince him San Francisco was an ideal destination.

“I talked to Yaz quite a bit,” Casali said. “I wasn’t trying to get too many people involved just in case it didn’t work out.

Mike was hugely important in basically laying the land out for what I’d be walking into, who I’d be around and it’s nice to have a person to act as a liaison coming into a new organization.”

A friendship that started in Nashville has continued through the years as the new Giants teammates were groomsmen in each other’s weddings and roommates in Scottsdale last spring.

“I had a 45-minute

commute to Goodyear (with the Reds) and he had, like, a three-minute scooter ride to Old Town,” Casali said.

After MLB paused operations during the coronavirus pandemic, Yastrzemski and Casali retreated back to Nashville where they played pickup games on a local high school field with fellow big leaguers and former Commodores such as Tony Kemp and Sony Gray.

“He was taking Sonny Gray deep routinely,” Casali said of Yastrzemski.

That probably doesn’t surprise many Giants fans.

The expectations for Yastrzemski, the 2020 Willie Mac Award winner and eighth-place finisher in National League MVP voting, will be quite different than those for Casali, who will enter spring training as the front-runner to play behind Posey.

The power-hitting outfielder will be counted on to lead a Giants lineup that became a surprising force last season while Casali has incentives in his contract that reward him simply for hanging onto a roster spot for more than 30 days.

With the expectation that top catching prospect Joey Bart will likely start the year in the minors but finish it in the majors, it’s far too soon to know how much the Giants will rely on Casali. The team’s newest addition believes Posey –who is another year removed from a 2018 hip surgery similar to two operations Casali has had during his career – will benefit from having a full offseason to prepare for the rigors of the major league schedule, so playing time could be difficult to come by.

It’s also possible Casali could have a significant impact on the Giants’ future before he ever dons a uniform. With former

Reds teammate Trevor Bauer a sought after commodity in free agency, the veteran catcher said, “If I’m ever instructed to woo him, I will.”

“He’s always ahead of the curve,” Casali said of Bauer. “He’s the most analytical pitcher I’ve ever caught. He understands exactly how his body works. He’s extremely smart. Extremely wellprepared when he gets on the mound. He’s the one leading the pregame meetings every time.”

The Giants have been linked to Bauer throughout the offseason, but it’s unlike president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi to extend massive contract offers to free agent pitchers like the type Bauer is reportedly seeking. If the Giants do elect to make a push for Bauer, they have a willing recruiter.

As Ya s t r z e m ski knows, Casali can excel at that job.

Williams: 18th-highest paid OT in ’20 From Page B1 in free agency.

That’s a reason he and his agent, Vincent Taylor, worked out a revised contract in June that included a provision that lessened the 49ers’ leverage: The team agreed to not place the one-year franchise tag on Williams, which would keep him off the market and extend the deadline to reach a long-term extension.

Williams was looking ahead to free agency when the 49ers acquired him in a trade in April.

Williams, who didn’t play in the NFL in 2019, didn’t want to sign an extension with the 49ers immediately. He wanted to play

in 2020, prove that he remained a dominant player and sign a deal when his value was higher.

That’s why he played out the final season of the five-year, $66 million extension he signed with Washington in 2015. That deal made Williams the NFL’s 18thhighest paid offensive tackle in 2020.

“Trent has been out of football for a year and a half, and Trent made it clear to everyone he wants to come back and didn’t want to do a deal right away,” head coach Kyle Shanahan said in April.

“He wanted to play and try to get back into it and see where he was at with

the rest of the league and pick up where he left off.”

The good news for the 49ers: Williams was outstanding this season.

The bad news: His price might be astronomical as a result.

As Williams noted, it’s rare for elite left tackles to reach free agency because like franchise quarterbacks, the valuable investments they protect, they play a premium position and are in short supply.

Consider that only one of the NFL’s top 10 highest-paid left tackles, on an average annual salary basis, have ever signed a free-agent deal. The exception, the Giants’ Nate Solder, signed a four-

year, $62 million contract in 2018 despite never earning Pro Bowl honors in his first seven seasons with the Patriots.

Williams’ value is probably on par with Green Bay’s David Bakhtiari, the league’s highest-paid left tackle who signed a four-year, $92 million extension in November.

It’s not known what the 49ers have budgeted for Williams, but it’s clear their offseason budget will be tight. They have modest cap space, 34 unrestricted or restricted free agents and another expense that could rival that of retaining Williams: signing Pro Bowl linebacker Fred Warner to an extension.

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

Basketball College men •Pittsburgh at Syracuse, ACC; 1:30 p.m.

•Rhode Island at Richmond, CBSSN, 3 p.m.

•Virginia Tech at Louisville, ACC, 3:30 p.m.

•Penn State at Ohio State, BIG TEN, 3:30 p.m.

•Georgia at LSU, SEC, 4 p.m.

•Arkansas at Tennessee, ESPN2, 4 p.m.

•Georgetown at Butler, FS1, 4 p.m.

•St. John’s at Xavier, CBSSN, 5 p.m.

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

•Boston College at Duke, ACC, 5:30 p.m.

•Seton Hall at Creighton, FS1, 6 p.m.

•Texas A&M at South Carolina, ESPNU, 6 p.m.

•Auburn at Ole Miss, SEC, 6 p.m.

•Utah State at New Mexico, CBSSN, 6 p.m.

•Oregon State at Utah, ESPNU, 8 p.m.

•Air Force at Boise State, FS1, 8 p.m.

College women •Northwestern at Wisconsin, BIG TEN, 1 p.m.

NBA •Boston at Miami, ESPN, 4:30 p.m.

•L.A. Clippers at Golden State, NBCSBA, ESPN, 7 p.m.

•Chicago at Sacramento, NBCSCA, 7 p.m. (Vacaville only) Soccer •Super Lig, Besiktas vs. Rizespor, BEIN, 7:55 a.m.

•Serie A, AC Milan vs. Juventus, ESPN2, 11:30 a.m.

•La Liga, Athletic Bilbao vs. Barcelona, BEIN, 11:50 a.m.

•Copa Libertadores, Boca vs. Santos FC, BEIN, 2:05 p.m.

•Copa Sudamericana, Velez vs. CA Lanus, BEIN, 4:20 p.m.

•Ligue 1, Saint-Etienne vs. Paris Saint-Germain, BEIN, 6:30 p.m. (taped)

Thursday’s sports Basketball College men •Iowa at Maryland, ESPN2, 4 p.m.

•Cincinnati at SMU, ESPNU, 4 p.m.

•Indiana at Wisconsin, FS1, 4 p.m.

•UNLV at Colorado State, CBSSN, 5 p.m.

•BYU at Gonzaga, ESPN, 5:30 p.m.

•USC at Arizona, ESPN2, 6 p.m.

•Illinois at Northwestern, BIG TEN, 6 p.m.

•Portland at San Francisco, ESPNU, 6 p.m.

•Washington State at California, PAC12, P12BA, 7 p.m.

•Nevada at San Diego State, CBSSN, 7 p.m.

•UCLA at ASU, ESPN, 7:30 p.m.

•Oregon at Colorado, FS1, 8 p.m.

College women •Miami at Wake Forest, ACC, 3 p.m.

•Arkansas at Tennessee, SEC, 3:30 p.m.

•Notre Dame at Boston College, ACC, 5 p.m.

•Kentucky at Texas A&M, SEC, 5:30 p.m.

NBA •Philadelphia at Brooklyn, TNT, 4:30 p.m.

•Dallas at Denver, TNT, 7 p.m.

Golf •PGA Tour, Sentry Tournament of Champions, first round, GOLF, 3 p.m.

Soccer •Super Lig, Fenerbahce vs. Alanyaspor, BEIN, 7:55 a.m.

•Copa Sudamericana, Coquimbo Unido vs. Defensa y Justicia, BEIN, 4:20 p.m.

Scoreboard BASKETBALL

Cleveland at Memphis, 5 p.m.

Dallas at Denver, 7 p.m.

San Antonio at L.A. Lakers, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Portland, 7 p.m.

NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB Philadelphia 6 1 .857 — Boston 5 3 .625 1½ New York 4 3 .571 2 Brooklyn 4 4 .500 2½ Toronto 1 5 .167 4½ Central Division

W L Pct GB Indiana 5 2 .714 — Cleveland 4 3 .571 1 Milwaukee 4 3 .571 1 Chicago 3 4 .429 2 Detroit 1 6 .143 4 Southeast Division

W L Pct GB Orlando 5 2 .714 — Atlanta 4 3 .571 1 Miami 3 3 .500 1½ Washington 2 5 .286 3 Charlotte 2 5 .286 3 WESTERN CONFERENCE Northwest Division

W L Pct GB Utah 4 3 .571 — Portland 3 3 .500 ½ Denver 3 4 .429 1 Oklahoma City 2 4 .333 1½ Minnesota 2 5 .286 2 Pacific Division

W L Pct GB L.A. Lakers 6 2 .750 — Phoenix 5 2 .714 ½ L.A. Clippers 5 3 .625 1 GOLDEN STATE 4 3 .571 1½ SACRAMENTO 3 4 .429 2½ Southwest Division

W L Pct GB New Orleans 4 3 .571 ­— Dallas 3 4 .429 1 San Antonio 3 4 .429 1 Houston 2 3 .400 1 Memphis 2 5 .286 2 Monday’s Games GOLDEN STATE 137, SACRAMENTO 106 Orlando 103, Cleveland 83 Philadelphia 118, Charlotte 101 New York 113, Atlanta 108 Miami 118, Oklahoma City 90 Boston 126, Toronto 114 Dallas 113, Houston 100 Milwaukee 125, Detroit 115 Indiana 118, New Orleans 116 Tuesday’s Games Brooklyn 130, Utah 96 L.A. Lakers 94, Memphis 92 Denver 123, Minnesota 116 San Antonio 116, L.A. Clippers 113 Chicago at Portland, (n) Wednesday’s Games L.A. Clippers at GOLDEN STATE, 7 p.m.

Chicago at SACRAMENTO, 7 p.m.

Houston at Indiana, 4 p.m.

Cleveland at Orlando, 4 p.m.

Washington at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.

Charlotte at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m.

Boston at Miami, 4;30 p.m.

Utah at New York, 4:30 p.m.

Detroit at Milwaukee, 5 p.m.

Oklahoma City at New Orleans, 5 p.m.

Toronto at Phoenix, 6 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Philadelphia at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m.

FOOTBALL NFL American Conference East W L T Pct. PF PA 13 3 0 .813 501 375 10 6 0 .625 404 338 7 9 0 .438 326 353 2 14 0 .125 243 457 North

W L T Pct. PF PA xz-Pittsburgh 12 4 0 .750 416 312 xy-Baltimore 11 5 0 .688 468 303 xy-Cleveland 11 5 0 .688 408 419 Cincinnati 4 11 1 .281 311 424 South

W L T Pct. PF PA xz-Tennessee 11 5 0 .688 491 439 xy-Indianapolis 11 5 0 .688 451 362 Houston 4 12 0 .250 384 464 Jacksonville 1 15 0 .063 306 492 West

W L T Pct. PF PA xz-Kansas City 14 2 0 .875 473 362 Las Vegas 8 8 0 .500 434 478 L.A. Chargers 7 9 0 .438 384 426 Denver 5 11 0 .313 323 446 National Conference East

W L T Pct. PF PA xz-Washington 7 9 0 .438 335 329 N.Y. Giants 6 10 0 .375 280 357 Dallas 6 10 0 .375 395 473 Philadelphia 4 11 1 .281 334 418 North

W L T Pct. PF PA xz-Green Bay 13 3 0 .813 509 369 xy-Chicago 8 8 0 .500 372 370 Minnesota 7 9 0 .438 430 475 Detroit 5 11 0 .313 377 519 South

W L T Pct. PF PA xz-New Orleans 12 4 0 .750 482 337 xy-Tampa Bay 11 5 0 .688 492 355 Carolina 5 11 0 .313 350 402 Atlanta 4 12 0 .250 396 414 West

W L T Pct. PF PA xz-Seattle 12 4 0 .750 459 371 xy-L.A. Rams 10 6 0 .625 372 296 Arizona 8 8 0 .500 410 367 SAN FRAN 6 10 0 .375 376 390 x-clinched playoff berth y-clinched wild card z-clinched division title

xz-Buffalo Miami New England N.Y. Jets

NFL Playoffs Wildcard Round Saturday, Jan. 9 Indianapolis at Buffalo, 10:05 a.m.

L.A. Rams at Seattle, 1:40 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Washington, 5:15 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 9 Baltimore at Tennessee, 10:05 a.m.

Chicago at New Orleans, 1:40 p.m.

Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 5:15 p.m.

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CDC records highest-ever drug deaths in 12-month period Tribune Content Agency Between May 2019 a nd M ay 2 0 2 0, 81,230 Americans died of drug overdoses – the highest number of drug deaths ever recorded in a 12-month span, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.

After a drop in 2018, overdoses began increasing again in 2019, before the Covid-19 pandemic, the CDC said in an advisory published last month. But early data shows that spike has accelerated during the pandemic, with the largest overdose increases taking place between March and May – when the first lockdowns began.

The jump in overdoses is largely driven by synthetic opioids like fentanyl, which is significantly more powerful than heroin, the CDC said. The agency urged local and state health departments to expand the use of naloxone, the overdose-reversing drug; make treatment more readily available; and track overdose outbreaks more effectively.

Advocates have raised concerns this year about

the need to keep people in addiction safe from both the coronavirus – to which people with opioid addiction are particularly vulnerable – and overdoses.

In a Philadelphia Inquirer article last year about the rising overdose toll around the country, Northeastern University professor Leo Beletsky said lockdown measures must be designed with people who use drugs in mind, making sure they can access overdosereversal drugs, treatment and economic and social support so they can safely stay home. He added that many response measures are “lacking” in that respect.

CDC Director Robert Redfield told MedPage Today in a statement that the “disruption to daily life” during the pandemic has “hit those with substance use disorder hard.” ”As we continue the fight to end this pandemic, it’s important to not lose sight of different groups being affected in other ways. We need to take care of people suffering from unintended consequences,” he said.

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Clockwise, from left, Catalyst Twomey, Jamaal Henderson, Noble Henderson and Billy Boyer lay down roses, which represent people in Philadelphia who died of drug overdose in 2018, outside the Federal Courthouse in Center City, Philadelphia, Sept. 5, 2019.

Customs agents seize mystery meat at Newark airport Tribune Content Agency They weren’t sure if there were any bats, but U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents at Newark Liberty Airport weren’t taking any chances – seizing a cache of mystery meat from a passenger entering the country from Africa, authorities said Tuesday.

Nine pounds of “bushmeat” was seized from a passenger traveling from Ghana Sunday as he went through customs at the airport, according to an agency spokesman.

The passenger, who’s a U.S. citizen, declared the meat to a Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialist.

But staff from the Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention realized the parts, which were brown in color, were from wild animals and ordered it destroyed, officials said.

“The Center for Disease Control identified the meat as bushmeat and advised CBP to seize and dispose of the meat in accordance with CDC guidelines,” Troy Miller, director of field operations at the bureau’s New York field office, said in a statement.

According to the CDC, bushmeat is derived from non-human primates, bats, civets, or African rodents, which are potential vectors of human diseases.

Medical experts have said the global coronavirus pandemic may have origins in bats sold in openair markets in China.

In brief

Florida zoo euthanizes giraffe with broken foot FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A giraffe was euthanized Monday after his broken foot did not heal successfully and only got worse, Zoo Miami said.

Pongo, an 11-year-old male, had received laser therapy and custom shoes after suffering the fracture last year.

These treatments seemed at first to ease his pain and he began walking normally again, but a few weeks later his shoes fell off and he reinjured his foot, the zoo said.

As a last resort, the animal was immobilized again on Monday, a risky procedure, so that veterinarians could get detailed new X-rays.

But the new films revealed Pongo’s fracture had worsened, to the point that it could not be treated.

He was euthanized Monday morning while still under anesthesia.

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Bracing for unrest, 500 Wisconsin National Guard members were deployed, Monday, at the Kenosha

Dinosaur Discovery Museum near the Kenosha County Courthouse to help Kenosha officials.

Kenosha prosecutor: Officer won’t face charges in Jacob Blake police shooting Tribune Content Agency CHICAGO — The officer who shot Jacob Blake won’t face criminal charges for firing several bullets into his back, Kenosha County, Wisconsin, prosecutors announced Tuesday.

“No Kenosha law enforcement officer in this this case will be charged with any criminal offense,” said District Attorney Michael Graveley, who noted that a separate federal civil rights investigation into the shooting is ongoing.

The crux of Graveley’s argument was that his prosecutors would not be able to disprove a claim of self-defense from Officer Rusten Sheskey. As in other states, Wisconsin law holds that a person can shoot if he or she reasonably believes firing is necessary to avoid being killed or badly hurt.

Blake’s attorney, Benjamin Crump, released a statement blasting Graveley’s decision, saying it further erodes trust in the legal system and tells law enforcement officials that they can continue to shoot Black men with impunity.

“This sends the wrong message to police officers throughout the country.

It says it is OK for police to abuse their power and recklessly shoot their weapon, destroying the life of someone who was trying to protect his children,” Crump said.

Crump, a well-known civil rights attorney, also represents the families of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, both of whom were killed by white

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Newly installed black metal fencing surrounds the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Tuesday. The fencing was installed in anticipation of potential unrest as they prepare for prosecutors to announce whether Officer Rusten Sheskey will face charges in the shooting of Jacob Blake in August. police officers. He said Blake will “push forward” with a civil rights lawsuit against the Kenosha Police Department.

The prosecutor’s decision comes nearly five months after video of the shooting sparked peaceful protests and violent that demonstrations ended with two people dead, Antioch teenager Kyle Rittenhouse facing a murder charge, and parts of the southeastern Wisconsin town in ruins.

The recording, viewed around the world as the U.S. was still reeling from the Minneapolis police killing of Floyd, shows Sheskey, who is white, shooting Blake, who is Black, in front of his children. Blake, then 29, was paralyzed from the waist down from his injuries.

During a lengthy news conference Tuesday, Grav-

eley described the start of the Aug. 23 confrontation as a “domestic abuse scenario.” He played a recording of Blake’s girlfriend calling police to complain that he had the keys to a rental car and was worried he’d take it and crash it.

Sheskey arrived to see Blake putting a child in the vehicle. Sheskey told investigators that Blake said, “I’m taking the kid and I’m taking the car,” Graveley said.

The cops tried to take Blake to the ground and Sheskey and Blake wrestled, Graveley said. The officers tried to shock him with Tasers three times but it had no effect, the prosecutor said.

Questions have surrounded whether Blake had a knife, but Graveley said it was clear. Blake acknowledged to investi-

gators that had a “razor blade-type knife” in his hand before he was shot, the prosecutor said.

“It is absolutely incontrovertible that Jacob Blake was armed with a knife during this encounter,” said Graveley, speaking at a banquet hall attached to Brat Stop, a Kenosha restaurant off Interstate 94 known for its bratwurst, cheese and local beer. “All the discussion that he was unarmed contradicts what (Blake) has said.”

The video shows Blake pulling away from Sheskey as the officer holds onto his shirt. Sheskey and Officer Vincent Arenas told investigators that Blake twisted his body toward Sheskey with the knife in his hand, Graveley said.

Much of the outrage See Officer, Page B4

Carter not planning to attend inauguration Tribune Content Agency For the first time since 1977, Jimmy Carter will not attend a presidential inauguration.

A spokeswoman for the former president and Georgia native said Tuesday that neither Carter, 96, nor his 93-yearold wife, Rosalynn Carter, would be attending the Jan. 20 ceremony for President-elect Joe Biden.

The Carters “have sent their best wishes to President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris and look forward to a successful administration,” said Deanna Congileo, a spokeswoman at the Carter Center.

Carter, who has stayed close to Plains since a series of falls in 2019, last traveled to Washington for an official event in 2018 for the funeral of former President George H.W. Bush.

Since his presidency, Carter has attended every inauguration through

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Former president Jimmy Carter prior to the game between the Atlanta Falcons and the Cincinnati Bengals at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Sept. 30, 2018.

Donald Trump’s in 2017.

According to the Associated Press, Carter was the first former president to confirm his plans to attend Trump’s inauguration in 2017. The Carters were seated on the aisle, next to former President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, and former President George W. Bush and Laura Bush. George H.W. Bush did not attend.

Because of the coronavirus, Biden’s inau-

guration will be scaled down and lack some of the grand pomp and circumstance that previous ones have had. It is unclear if Trump, who continues to insist that there was widespread voter fraud and that he won the election, will attend.

Carter, a Democrat, has said that, during his presidency, “Joe Biden was my first and most effective supporter in the Senate.”

“For decades, he’s been

my loyal and dedicated friend,” Carter said.

In Jonathan Alter’s new Carter biography, “His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life,” he wrote that Biden was the first senator to endorse Carter in his bid for the presidency.

“Biden would appear in dozens of states for Carter in 1976,” Alter wrote. “He joked that. at age 33, he was still two years shy of the constitutional age requirement to be president. So, since he couldn’t yet run himself, he was backing Jimmy.”

This fall, he and Rosalynn Carter delivered a recorded speech on the second night of the Democratic National Convention in support of Biden and Harris.

“Joe has the experience, character and decency to bring us together and restore America’s greatness,” Carter said at the time.

“Joe Biden must be our next president.”

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Trump reportedly won’t be allowed to visit Scotland golf Tribune Content Agency President Donald Trump will not be allowed to golf at his course in Scotland when President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated on Jan. 20.

Responding to Sunday Post claim that Prestwick Airport was expecting the Jan. 19 arrival of a U.S. military Boeing 757 that has previously transported the U.S. president, Scottish officials said Trump is not welcomed to start his life as an ex-president at his Turnberry resort. The reason is due to Covid-19 restrictions rather than politics, according to The Independent.

“We are not allowing people to come in to Scotland without an essential purpose right now and that would apply to him, just as it applies to anybody else,” foreign minister Nicola Sturgeon reportedly said.

It’s unclear where Trump, who insists he won the Nov. 3 election despite facts that state otherwise, will be during Biden’s inauguration. Sturgeon says she has no insight into

Officer From Page B3 has focused on Blake being shot in the back. Graveley noted that an expert found that four of the shots went into Blake’s back and three went into his side.

Sheskey told investigators he fired until Blake dropped the knife, the prosecutor said. Sheskey tried to give Blake medical aid, Graveley said.

Blake’s uncle, who had predicted Sheskey would not be charged, expressed his anger with prosecutors shortly before the announcement.

“Nobody at no time should be able to shoot an unarmed man seven times in the back,” Blake’s uncle, Justin Blake, told the Chicago Tribune.

“There is no story that can protect you from ruthless violence and terrorism and modern-day lynching of a 29-year-old black man.”

Authorities in Kenosha are bracing for potential unrest. Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers on Monday mobilized 500 National Guard members to help Kenosha officials. Workers installed temporary fencing around government buildings downtown in the city just over the Wisconsin border, according to local news outlets.

And the Kenosha City Council approved a resolution that will give the mayor emergency powers following the announcement, which prosecutors told city officials would come in the next two weeks.

Officials were preparing for further developments in the wake of late August protests. Numerous vigilantes armed with rifles inserted themselves into the scene, including Kyle Rittenhouse of Antioch, Illinois, who shot three people, two of them fatally.

Kenosha County prosecutors have charged Rittenhouse, who turned 18 on Sunday, with murder and a host of other counts, though his lawyers argue he fired in self-defense.

The R ittenhouse shootings have stirred strong public disagreement between those who condemn Rittenhouse and his supporters on the political right.

Rittenhouse pleaded not guilty at an online arraignment hearing Tuesday afternoon. The teen, wearing a light blue dress shirt and dark tie and face mask, said little as he sat beside his attorney, Mark Richards. His next hearing is scheduled

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Trump’s travel plans, but is optimistic he will abide to the rules of democracy and leave the office he lost in an election his own security officials have characterized as free and fair.

“I hope and expect that – as everybody expects (but) not everybody necessarily will hope – that the travel plan immediately, that he has, is to exit the White House,” Sturgeon said.

Trump loyalists are gathered in Washington, D.C., this week to protest Wednesday’s certification of Biden’s electoral win.

for March 10.

Before Rittenhouse opened fire, nationwide attention focused on Blake’s shooting and the demonstrations that came at the end of a summer of protests around the country kicked off by Floyd’s death under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer.

Blake’s shooting prompted the Milwaukee Bucks to sit out a playoff game, giving way to the NBA canceling games for the day.

On Monday night, Blake’s father led a march around Kenosha and voiced concern that prosecutors would not charge Sheskey, as family members have called on them to do, the Associated Press reported.

“What is the National Guard for?” Jacob Blake Sr. said. “They going to deliver mail? Deliver ice cream? What do you think they’re here for?”

Blake’s shooting happened about 5 p.m. Aug. 23 after police received a call from a woman who reported that her boyfriend was present when he was not supposed to be, according to the Wisconsin Department of Justice. At the scene, Officers Sheskey and Vincent Arenas both unsuccessfully used Tasers, state authorities have said.

In footage shared online, Blake walks from the sidewalk around the front of an SUV to the driver-side door as officers follow him with their guns pointed. As Blake opens the door and leans into the SUV, Sheskey grabs his shirt from behind and opens fire while Blake has his back turned. Three of Blake’s children were in the vehicle.

The state Justice Department wrote that a knife was found on the driver-side floorboard of the vehicle. The department wrote in a statement that, “Mr. Blake admitted that he had a knife in his possession.” It was not clear from the statement whether state authorities believed the knife posed any threat to officers or anyone else.

An attorney for Sheskey and the Kenosha police union said the officer believed Blake was trying to abduct one of the kids and he fired because Blake started turning toward him with the knife.

Shortly after the shooting, Blake’s family said he was paralyzed from the waist down. As of early October, he’d been discharged from a Wisconsin hospital and was being treated at an Illinois rehabilitation clinic.

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Republicans to challenge Biden’s win Wednesday: What to expect Tribune Content Agency WASHINGTON — At the urging of President Donald Trump, Republican lawmakers on Wednesday plan to challenge Congress’ formal announcement of the 2020 presidential election results by pushing colleagues to exclude the results of several swing states, alleging without evidence that fraud should invalidate President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.

Federal courts around the nation have concluded there is no evidence of large-scale fraud, and the lawmakers’ challenges are certain to fail.

But the unprecedented effort – seen as a lastditch push by Trump to avoid becoming a oneterm president – promises to turn what is usually a quick, constitutionally mandated formality into an all-night joint session of Congress that will give Trump’s supporters and his foes a final chance to square off over his presidency and the election.

Here’s a look at what to expect:

Wait, another challenge? I thought this was settled.

Yes, the election happened in November, when Biden won the popular vote and the majority of electoral votes in states.

When members of the Electoral College met Dec. 14 to cast their votes, they confirmed that Biden won 306 electoral votes to Trump’s 232.

But the founders added one final step for picking the president in the 12th Amendment: Congress counts and announces the results.

Jan. 6 is the day those electoral votes will be counted at a joint meeting of the Senate and the House of Representatives.

So what will this look like?

Representatives and senators are set to meet in the House chamber at 1 p.m. Eastern time.

The 12th Amendment orders the president of the Senate – currently Vice President Mike Pence – to present the certified results of the electors’ votes, which have been sent by each state and the District of Columbia. Two representatives and two senators, called tellers, then read the results aloud. No one else is allowed to speak.

In 1887, the Constitution was amended to allow lawmakers to raise objections during this process.

So after the electoral votes of each state are read, in alphabetical order, Pence will ask if there are any objections. An objection must be submitted in writing and signed by both a representative and a senator to be considered. Lawmakers do not need to be from the

state they are objecting to, and every challenge must be supported by at least one member from both chambers.

If an objection meets the required criteria, the House and Senate then meet separately for up to two hours of debate over whether to include that state’s results. Both proceedings will be televised. A majority of both chambers is needed for the objection to succeed.

Otherwise the objection fails and that state’s votes are counted.

If the Senate upholds an objection and the House does not, or vice versa, the objection does not succeed and the votes are counted.

Democrats control the House and will have the ability to reject all challenges, likely with the support of some House Republicans. At least 20 Republicans in the closely divided Senate have indicated they will reject any challenges, dooming objections there as well.

So why are Republicans doing this?

Mostly because Trump has asked them to as part of his effort to falsely portray the 2020 election results as invalid. Most of the Republicans objecting are loyal Trump supporters who are eager to please the president and his base.

Some will argue that electors’ votes shouldn’t be counted because in some states election officials or judges mandated changes in the election rules to make voting easier or safer during the pandemic. They will argue that only state legislatures have the power to change election rules, not courts or bureaucrats.

Some in the GOP have joined Democrats in opposing the effort, saying it will undermine faith in the electoral process by making false claims about fraud and manipulation, and stressing that voters, not Congress, should determine the election result.

How long will the process take?

It depends on how many states are challenged and whether members use up the full time allowed to debate.

Members who have said they will object results have not said exactly what states they will target, but at least some of the six swing states that decided the election– Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Nevada– are the most likely candidates.

Traditionally, each representative and senator is allowed to speak for only five minutes, and the full two hours does not have to be used. But throw in Covid-19 restrictions on how many members can

be present, disinfection of the chambers, and how long it takes to get senators to amble across the Capitol, and each objection could take three or four hours to debate.

We do know that Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, plans to join an objection to the Arizona results and will use his time to argue for the creation of a commission to review election results.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has tapped Reps.

Adam Schiff, D-Calif.; Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif.; Jamie Raskin, D-Md.; and Joe Neguse, D-Colo., to lead the House Democratic response to the objections.

Democrats from states facing objections have also been told to prepare to defend their state’s electors during any debate, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., told reporters this week.

It could be a late night, or it could be Thursday before all the votes are counted and Pence announces Biden and Harris as president and vice president.

What has this process looked like in the past?

It’s usually staid, boring and over fairly quickly. In 2017, it took 35 minutes.

Why were lawmakers given the power to object?

It was an attempt to smooth the process and allow disputes to be resolved publicly.

The first time the count of electoral votes in Congress was interrupted was after the 1876 presidential election, and the hubbub it caused led to the current process.

Democrat Samuel Tilden had emerged from the close election in the lead against Republican Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio. Tilden was just one vote shy of the 185 electoral votes needed at the time to win. However, 20 electors from Florida, Louisiana, Oregon and South Carolina were in dispute. When Congress met in early 1877 to count the Electoral College votes, electors for both Tilden and Hayes claimed victory and submitted votes.

The Democraticcontrolled House and Republican-controlled Senate created a commission to resolve the election. Following a lengthy process, a controversial deal was struck: Democrats agreed to award all 20 disputed electoral votes to Hayes, handing him the presidency, and Republicans agreed to withdraw federal troops from the South that had been enforcing civil and political rights of Black people, leading to the end of the Reconstruction period after the Civil War.

Unease about the Hayes compromise and a separate 1857 dispute over some weather-delayed Electoral College votes from Wisconsin led Congress to pass the Electoral Count Act of 1887. That act set the procedures for formally objecting to a state’s electoral votes, and largely gave states the responsibility to resolve presidential election contests and challenges before they got to Congress.

Has this ever happened before?

Only twice since 1887 has Congress form a l ly c on sider ed objections. Both times the objections involved a single state. Each failed, and the process was concluded in a few hours.

The first, in 1969, occurred when two Democrats objected to the vote of a North Carolina elector who was supposed to vote for Richard Nixon and instead voted for George Wallace. Congress determined state law allowed the elector to change his vote.

The second, in 2005, occurred when Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, D-Ohio, and Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., objected to Ohio electoral votes over reported voter irregularities.

In several other instances, including in 2017, lawmakers from either the Senate or House have raised objections over a state’s results, but they were not joined by a member from the opposite chamber, so the objections were never considered.

The magnitude of the current effort, involving several states, is unprecedented, with dozens of House Republicans and at least a quarter of Republican senators saying they will either oppose the results or vote to uphold the objections.

Could Pence, as president of the Senate, simply announce Trump as the winner?

No. The Electoral Count Act of 1887 specifically bars the vice president from arbitrarily deciding to reject a state’s votes.

Votes can only be rejected if a majority of the House and Senate agree.

A federal appeals court recently threw out a lawsuit from Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, seeking to allow Pence to decide unilaterally.

Could Inauguration Day be delayed?

No. The date of the inauguration is set by the 20th Amendment to the Constitution, which moved Inauguration Day from March to January. Donald Trump is no longer president at 11:59 a.m. Jan. 20. If Congress has not counted the electors by that moment, the speaker of the House becomes acting president until they do.

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he visually poetic, observational nonfiction film “Sing Me a Song” follows a young Bhutanese monk named Peyangki as he personally experiences digital disruption.

Constructed more like a coming-of-age drama than a documentary, it spins a fascinating tale of romantic melancholy played out against the peaceful, meditative backdrop of the Himalayas.

A follow-up to director Thomas Balmès’ 2014 film “Happiness” (available free online from PBS), which chronicled the boy’s initiation into a monastery and his family’s pursuit of its first television set after the arrival of electricity in the remote village of Laya, the highest settlement in Bhutan, “Sing Me a Song” continues the saga with more focused narrative drive than its predecessor.

We first meet Peyangki as the joyful, free-spirited 8-year-old we saw at the end of “Happiness,” running, skipping and singing quietly as he makes a crown of flowers. He confides to the camera that he hopes to become a lama and shares his excitement about one day seeing airplanes and tall buildings. He recounts the apocryphal story of how his father died of a heart attack upon encountering a bear on the day Peyangki was born.

Fast forward 10 years and Peyangki is living in a nearby monastery, awakened each morning by the alarm on his now omnipresent mobile phone, electricity having brought the internet to Laya. Even during their morning prayers, the young monks are as inseparable from their devices as any teens – texting, gaming and watching videos – but Peyangki is particularly besotted.

Peyangki struggles with his studies and worries that he is not intelligent enough to learn, oblivious to practical concerns and the absence of a true spiritual calling. His one

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HHH (out of four) solace? Listening to love songs on the WeChat app on his phone. Online, he meets a bar singer named Ugyen who lives in the capital city of Thimphu (a veritable metropolis of more than 100,000 people), and the two embark on a tentative relationship – though neither is entirely forthcoming with the other.

Balmès artfully moves between the two young people, withholding commentary and judgment, as they navigate the onset of adulthood, the limits of their environments and the vastness of the world that rests in the palm of their hands. Even with the low-key nature of the subjects, it is a genuinely riveting story as we wait to see what happens when these worlds collide.

The film works equally well on an ethnographic level. In continuing with Peyangki’s reluctant existence as a monk, Balmès bears intimate witness to someone teetering on the edge of monastic life. It’s a challenging path, but the film also presents a more whimsical side, including an apparent shout-out to Bhutanese filmmaker Khyentse Norbu’s charming 1999 film “The Cup.” Balmès’ juxtaposition of hardscrabble rural existence and urban life where anything can be commodified – even dreams – presents a captivating portal into a less familiar culture.

Ultimately about things greater than the impact of technology, “Sing Me a Song” inevitably leads us back to an assessment of the earlier film’s title: What is “Happiness”? With 2020 in our collective rear-view mirror and the tentative promise of 2021 upon us, you could do worse than kicking off the new year with this brief meditation.

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Watch “Mr. Mayor,” Jan. 7, 8 p.m., NBC Coming off the wild success of “The Good Place,” Ted Danson will top the NBC sitcom as Neil Bremer, the newly elected mayor of Los Angeles who ran for “all the wrong reasons.” Originally supposed to be a “30 Rock” spinoff about Jack Donaghy’s political ambitions, “Mr. Mayor” will likely hinge on the chemistry of the cast, including Holly Hunter, Bobby Moynihan, Vella Lovell and Kyla Kennedy.

“The Chase,” Jan. 7, 9 p.m., ABC This sales pitch is easier than a $200 square: “Jeopardy!” GOATs James Holzhauer, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter are giving answers instead of questions this time in an American export of a British trivia show. Nothing will ever replace “Jeopardy!” – or iconic host Alex Trebek – but a timed quiz against three of the best and the brightest is a game worth chasing.

“WandaVision,” Jan. 15, Disney+ “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” March 19, Disney+ “Loki,” May, Disney+ “What If . . .?” summer, Disney+ Marvel, as it is wont to do, is keeping most of its new reveals close to the vest, but the offerings really do appear to offer something for everyone, or at least every fan. “WandaVision,” starring Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany, seems perfectly weird. “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” and “Loki” are your by-the-book Marvel product. No one really seems to know what “What If . . . ?” is. The Hulk himself couldn’t stop Marvel from pumping out as many shows and movies as possible.

“Bridge and Tunnel,” Jan. 24, 9 p.m., EPIX Remember hope? Ed Helms is banking on it with his new show, “Bridge and Tunnel,” which he stars in, directs and produces, about a group of recent college grads who set out from Long Island to 1980 Manhattan. It promises bell-bottoms and sepia-toned fights between couples and the dreams for something more, better, bigger.

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Paul Bettany is Vision and Elizabeth Olsen is Wanda Maximoff in Marvel Studios’ “WandaVision,” exclusively on Disney+. won’t be relegated to just Thanksgiving and Christmas anymore. For the 70th anniversary of the iconic comic strip, Apple TV+ is launching “The Snoopy Show” with Woodstock, Snoopy, Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Franklin, Schroeder and Peppermint Patty. The episodes, each made up of three seven-minute cartoons, are intended for kids 4-11, but no one will tell if you want to embrace your childhood.

“The Equalizer,” Feb. 7, post-Super Bowl, CBS CBS has already put most of its winter trust in “The Equalizer,” giving it the honored post-Super Bowl time slot that practically guarantees a good audience. More importantly, though, there’s something just so delightfully exciting about Queen Latifah as a vigilante, even if it’s just a genderswapped version of a project viewers have seen three times already.

“Clarice,” Feb. 11, 10 p.m., CBS Set a year after “Silence of the Lambs,” “Clarice” will pick up with the infamous FBI agent (Rebecca Breeds) back in the field hunting serial killers.

Bryan Fuller’s haunting, short-lived “Hannibal” became one of quarantine’s most popular shows when it landed on Netflix this summer, and CBS may benefit from that.

Try “Call Me Kat,” debuted Jan. 3; next episode 9 p.m.

Jan. 7 “Call Me Kat” comes complete with the cliché “39-year-old woman can’t please her mother,” but this time with a rebellious streak that sees her blow through her wedding fund to open a cat cafe. The remake of a British TV show promises a frequent direct-to-camera commentary, a trick that worked much better in “Fleabag” than in “House of Cards,” but Mayim Bialik may be the only actress who could pull this all off.

“Call Your Mother,” Jan. 13, 9:30 p.m., ABC Like so many shows in this category, this sitcom about an empty-nested woman who shoves her way back into her

adult kids’ lives will depend on its star, in this case Kyra Sedgwick. Helicopter moms can be fun to watch, but there’s a line.

“Resident Alien,” Jan. 27, 10 p.m., SYFY Alan Tudyk is extremely good at playing weird characters, so an alien posing as a small town doctor while on a mission to destroy the human race seems right up his alley. If weird successfully converts into funny, SYFY could have found a hit.

“Firefly Lane,” Feb. 3, Netflix “Firefly Lane” features an inciting incident (a “tragedy,” per Netflix) and a premise (two childhood best friends, played

by Katherine Heigl and Sarah Chalke, one who goes on to wealth and fame, the other to marriage and motherhood), but there’s no hint of a plot. Shows about nothing can be great, of course, and “Firefly Lane” may be just that: the story of two women tasked with the simple struggle of existing. It could also get boring quickly.

Bridge

Avoid “Name That Tune,” Jan. 6, 9 p.m., Fox The Covid-19 shutdown, which has made TV production either wildly expensive or virtually impossible, is likely to spur an influx of both animated and game shows. Everyone is adapting to the new reality, but Jane Krakowski yelling at you to guess a song based on one note after an entire year of your brain melting into mush on the couch you lived on just feels more depressing than anything.

“Superman & Lois,” Feb. 23, 9 p.m., The CW This isn’t necessarily the fault of The CW, but it’s hard to get excited about any non-Marvel superhero show this year.

The latest version of DC Comics’ most famous entity joins the sprawling Arrowverse, which already includes “Arrow,” “Black Lightning,” “The Flash” and “Supergirl,” and finds its muscled man and favorite journalist relegated to mom and dad. “Sky High” and “The Incredibles” already perfected that plot twist.

AVOIDING TEMPTATION FROM A TEXTBOOK Mark Twain said, “There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice.”

Bridge, though, is not a game for cowards. In today’s deal, there is a tempting play that declarer must bravely avoid. What is it?

Sudoku

by Phillip Alder After a straightforward transfer auction, South is in two spades. West leads the heart ace, cashes the heart king and shifts to a trump. After drawing trumps in two rounds, how should South continue?

Transfers into the majors are such a good idea. In particular, they allow responder to show a game-going two-suiter below three no-trump. The only drawback is that they give the opponents more options. In this deal, if East had good hearts, he could double two hearts. (Transfers into the minors occur much less often because you need at least a six-card suit. Also, the follow-ups are more complicated. Only use them if you play with a regular partner whose memory is nearly as good as yours!)

There is a temptation to take the diamond finesse, hoping to get eight tricks via five spades and three diamonds. But that puts the contract in jeopardy. If the finesse loses, a diamond back will force you to win a club trick, which is unlikely. (The best approach is to lead the jack from the board, hoping that East does not cover when he has one honor.)

Much better is to ruff the heart jack on the board, then to play three rounds of diamonds. Whichever defender has the diamond queen will be endplayed.

He will have either to lead a club or to concede a ruff-and-sluff.

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Mark Twain said, “There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice.”

Bridge, though, is not a game for

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS REGALADO LOCATED AT: 736 Meadowhawk Dr., Vacaville CA 95687 Solano Mailing Address: PO Box 1326, Forestville, CA, 95436 Solano (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Amor Deleon 736 Meadowhawk Dr.,Vacaville 95687 THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: an Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 12/09/2020.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Amor Deleon IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION December 10, 2025.

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

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: DEC 11, 2020 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2020002209 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00043785 Published: Dec. 16, 23, 30, 2020, Jan. 6, 2021 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: MARVIN BOYD Case Number: P050546 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: Marvin Boyd A Petition for Probate has been filed by: Gregory Elton Boyd in the Superior Court of California, County of: Solano The Petition for Probate requests that: Gregory Elton Boyd be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petition requests the decedent's will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

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

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: DATE: FEB. 5, 2021 TIME: 8:30 a.m.; DEPT.: 4 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SOLANO Hall of Justice 600 Union Ave. Fairfield, CA 94533 If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

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

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

Attorney for petitioner: Yvonne F. Thrasher (SBN: 256336) Law Office of Yvonne F. Thrasher 78 Cernon St., Suite A Vacaville, CA 95688-2808 (707) 447-1200 DR# 00044033 Published: January 6, 10, 13, 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS QUICK TAGS AND REGISTRATION SERVICES LOCATED AT: 3270 Sonoma Blvd Ste B, Vallejo CA 94590 Solano Mailing Address: 3270 Sonoma Blvd Ste B, Vallejo CA 94590 (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Pineapple Express LLC CA THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: a Limited Liability Company The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Ashleyrene Kainoa IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION November 29, 2025.

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

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: NOV 30, 2020 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2020002125 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00043634 Published: December 23, 30, 2020, January 6, 13, 2021 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JEFFREY SLOAN Case Number: P050547 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: Jeffrey Sloan, Jeffrey Jay Sloan, Jeffrey J. Sloan A Petition for Probate has been filed by: Cindy Sloan Butts in the Superior Court of California, County of: Solano The Petition for Probate requests that: Cindy Sloan Butts be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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

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

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

Attorney for petitioner: Cynthia C. Sayegh (SBN: 297062) Law Office of Cynthia C. Sayegh 1855 SAn Miguel Dr, Suite 17 Walnut Creek, CA 94596 (925) 945-8831 DR# 00044129 Published: January 6, 10, 13, 2021

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS JUNK REMOVAL IN SOLANO COUNTY LOCATED AT: 2076 San Angelo St., Fairfield, CA 94533 Solano Mailing Address: 2076 San Angelo St., Fairfield, CA 94533 (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Bull Bright LLC, CA THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: a Limited Liability Company The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Andre Paquette Jr. Owner IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION December 22, 2025.

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

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: DEC 23, 2020 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2020002253 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00043971 Published: Dec. 30, 2020, Jan. 6, 13 20, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS PEACE OF MIND AUTO PARTS & SERVICES LOCATED AT: 601 Lexington Dr., Vallejo, CA, 94591 Solano Mailing Address: 601 Lexington Dr., Vallejo, CA, 94591 Solano (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Garry Peace Sr. 601 Lexington Dr., Vallejo, CA, 94591 THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: an Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Garry Peace Sr. IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION December 10, 2025.

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

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: DEC 11, 2020 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2020002213 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00043786 Published: Dec. 16, 23, 30, 2020, Jan. 6, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS DAMN FIRE PIT, PRINCESS-MAYA MAGIC HAIR PRODUCTS, KINGS & QUEENS ROYAL ENTERPRISE LOCATED AT: 661 Gree Tree Circle, Fairfield CA 94534 Solano Mailing Address: 661 Gree Tree Circle, Fairfield CA 94534 (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) PrincessMaya Fields 661 Green Tree Circle Fairfield, 94534 2) King-Nas-Zayah La'Blue 661 Green Tree Circle Fairfield, 94534 THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: a General Partership The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Princess-Maya Fields IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION November 17, 2025.

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

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: NOV 18, 2020 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2020002074 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00043779 Published: Dec. 16, 23, 30, 2020, Jan. 6, 2021

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AMENDED ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME PETITION OF: MANUEL BARAJAZ LOPEZ CASE NUMBER FCS055357

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS RT'S MOBILE FLEET & FORK LIFT SERVICES

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: Manuel Barajaz Lopez filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: a. Manuel Barajaz Lopez Proposed Name: a. Manuel Anthony Lopez THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Daily Republic Date: DEC 10, 2020 /s/ Bradley Nelson Judge of the Superior Court FILED: DEC 16 2020 DR# 00043992 Published: Dec. 30, 2020, Jan. 6, 13, 20, 2021

LOCATED AT: 1441 Granada St, Vallejo CA 94591 Solano Mailing Address: 1441 Granada St, Vallejo CA 94591 (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Randy Tsutsui 1441 Granada St Vallejo, 94591 THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: an Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Randy Tsutsui IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION December 2, 2025.

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

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: DEC 03, 2020 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2020002157 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00043776 Published: Dec. 16, 23, 30, 2020, Jan. 6, 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS MIMOSCREATIONS

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS DAN THE HANDYMAN

LOCATED AT: 484 Lupine Circle Vacaville CA 95687 Solano Mailing Address: 484 Lupine Circle Vacaville CA 95687 Solano (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Michelle Molina 484 Lupine Circle Vacaville 95687 THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: an Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Michelle Molina IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION December 9, 2025.

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

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: DEC 10, 2020 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2020002199 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00043778 Published: Dec. 16, 23, 30, 2020, Jan. 6, 2021

LOCATED AT: 907 Ohio St #B, Vallejo CA 94590 Solano Mailing Address: 907 Ohio St #B, Vallejo CA 94590 (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Dannie Cotton 907 Ohio St #B Vallejo, 94590 THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: an Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 09/25/2020.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Dannie Cotton IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION December 14, 2025.

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

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: DEC 15, 2020 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2020002223 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00043882 Published: Dec. 23, 30, 2020, Jan. 6, 13, 2021

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: FEB. 5, 2021; Time: 9:00 am Dept.: 4 ;Rm.: 305 The address of the court is SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SOLANO Hall of Justice 600 Union Ave. Fairfield, CA 94533

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS NAPA VALLEY FLOWER CO. LOCATED AT: 3850 Clay Bank Rd, Fairfield CA 94533 Solano Mailing Address: 3850 Clay Bank Rd, Fairfield CA 94533 (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Imandeep Sahota 3850 Clay Bank Rd Fairfield, 94533 THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: an Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business n am e o r n a m e s l i s t e d a b o v e o n 12/07/2020.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Imandeep Sahota IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION December 9, 2025.

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

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: DEC 10, 2020 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2020002196 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00043792 Published: Dec. 16, 23, 30, 2020, Jan. 6, 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS CHOKOLAT DANISH LOCATED AT: 4050 Shaker Run Circle, Fairfield CA 94533 Solano Mailing Address: 700 Bogue Rd Apt 104, Yuba City CA 95991 (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Danisha Matthews 700 Bogue Road Yuba, 95991 THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: an Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Danisha Matthews IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION November 29, 2025.

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

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: NOV 30, 2020 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2020002129 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00043777 Published: Dec. 16, 23, 30, 2020, Jan. 6, 2021

Classifieds: 427-6936

Online: dailyrepublic.com/classifieds FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS AJ'S AUTO LOCATED AT: 451 Ryder Street Unit K, Vallejo 94590 Solano Mailing Address: (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Allen J. Lee 100 Yorkshire Court Apt D Vallejo, 94591 THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: an Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Allen Lee IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION December 09, 2025.

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

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: DEC 10, 2020 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2020002195 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00043774 Published: Dec. 16, 23, 30, 2020, Jan. 6, 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS TURNED TREASURES LOCATED AT: 90 Calle Jalisco, Vacaville, CA. 95687 Solano Mailing Address: 90 Calle Jalisco, Vacaville, CA. 95687 (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Vann Dyke 90 Callie Jalisco Vacavillle, 95687 THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: an Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Vann R. Dyke IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION December 16, 2025.

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

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: DEC 17, 2020 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2020002238 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00043892 Published: Dec. 23, 30, 2020, Jan. 6, 13, 2021

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JANUARY 25, 2021 AUCTION @ 10:00 AM STORAGEMART 2277 WALTERS RD. FAIRFIELD, CA 94533 PHONE:707-429-4177 OPTION 2 GENERAL MANAGER: MADIE ACCORDING TO THE LEASE BY AND BETWEEN THE FOLLOWING: NAME UNIT CONTENTS ADRIANNE FELIUAI 118 KNEE WALKER, LUGGAGE, TOYS… AMANDA HALL 205 DOG CRATE, DOLLY, MICROWAVE… ROBERT DARNELL 461 PROPANE TANKS, AIR COMPRESSOR, TOOLS… KENETRA CHAPPELLE 637 ELECTRIC SKILLET, TV, HUMIDIFIER… MARLENE MENDEZ 649 FLOOR DOLLY, CLOTHING, POSTERS… MELINDA LOGWOOD 721 STEREO, RIMS, CHAIRS… REMADA VAN BUREN 742 DRESSER, CLOTHING, SHOES… GAIL BARKSDALE 759 REFRIGERATOR, LEAF BLOWER, SOFA… KIM MCMANNAMY 767 EARBUDS, CAMPING BACKPACK, SHELVING… THOMAS GERHART 805 RACE CAR SLOT, WASHER/DRYER, BIKE… AND TKG-StorageMart and its related parties, assigns and affiliates IN ORDER TO PERFECT THE LIEN ON THE GOODS CONTAINED IN THEIR STORAGE UNITS. THE MANAGER HAS CUT THE LOCK ON THEIR UNITS. Items will be sold or otherwise disposed of JANUARY 25TH, 2021 @ 10:00 am at storagetreasures.com , to satisfy owner's lien in accordance with state statutes, all bids are for the entire contents of the storage unit, cash only. StorageMart #2452, 2277 Walters Rd., Fairfield CA. 94533. (707) 429-4177, Opt #2 DR# 00044105 Published: January 6, 13, 2021 DEPARTMENT OF RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Planning Services Division NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ________________________________________________________ NOTICE IS GIVEN that the Planning Commission will hold a PUBLIC HEARING to consider Minor Use permit application MU-20-11 (Rothstein) for a Vacation Rental - Unhosted located at 4376 Edinburg Court, 1.8 miles northwest of the City of Fairfield in the Rural Residential (RR-2.5) zoning district, APN 0147-182-120.

The hearing will be held on January 21, 2021, at 7:00 p.m. in the Board of Supervisors’ Chambers, County Administration Center, 1st Floor, 675 Texas Street, Fairfield, California. Interested persons may call the number below and be heard.

Due to COVID-19 and to protect County staff and members of the public, access to the Board Chambers will not be allowed. This precaution is being taken pursuant to the authority conferred by Governor Newsom’s Executive Order N-29-20. All or some of the commissioners may attend the meeting telephonically and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were present.

The County of Solano does not discriminate against persons with disabilities. If you wish to participate in this meeting and you will require assistance in order to do so, please call Jamielynne Harrison at 707-784-6765 at least 24 hours in advance of the event to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting.

PUBLIC COMMENTS: To submit public comments, please see the options below.

Email/Mail: If you wish to address this item by written comment, please submit comments in writing to the Resource Management by U.S. Mail or by email. Written comments must be received no later than 8:00 a.m. on the day of the meeting. The email address for the clerk is: jbharrison@solanocounty.com. The mailing address is Resource Management, Planning Commission, 675 Texas Street, Suite 5500, Fairfield, CA 94533. Copies of comments received will be provided to the Commissioners and will become a part of the official record but will not be read aloud at the meeting.

Phone: To submit comments verbally from your phone, you may do so by dialing: 1-415-6550001 and using Access Code 177 253 0171 on your phone. No attendee ID number is required. Once entered in the meeting, you will be able to hear the meeting and will be called upon to speak during the public speaking period.

If you challenge the proposed consideration in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Board of Supervisors at, or prior to, the public hearing.

DR# 00044104 Published: January 6, 2021 SUMMONS (CITATION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER (NUMERO DEL CASO) FCS053385 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): Blacks Edition LLC, Paulina S. Ung; Ernestina Flores; Ernestina Lozoya; Artemio C. Nuestro; and all persons unknown, claiming any legal or equitable right, title, estate, lien or interest in the property described in the complaint adverse to plaintiff's title, or any cloud upon plaintiff's title thereto; And Does 1-20 YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDADO EL DEMANDANTE) Alejandra Garcia NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs of any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court's lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.

AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion.

Tiene 30 DIAS CALENDARIO despues de que la entreguen esta citaction y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su respuesta porescrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que yaha un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia.

Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente.

Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remision a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos extentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesion de arbirage en un caso de derecho civil.

Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y direccion de la corte es): Superior Court of Solano County 580 Texas Street Fairfield, CA 94533 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff's attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): James J. Falcone. (SBN 131235) Law Office of James J. Falcone 300 Capitol Mall, Suite 1800 Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 442-4204 Date (Fecha): JUL 22 2019 /s/ Clerk, by J. Sapp-Chun, Deputy (Adjunto) DR# 00043796 Published: Dec. 23, 30, 2020, Jan. 6, 13, 2021

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Smith: Had 98 catches, 1,511 yards From Page B1 quarterbacks, including the previous four years and nine of the past 10. Then voters in 2020 noticed Smithâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 98 catches for 1,511 yards before the College Football Playoff began; his 41 catches for 753 yards and nine touchdowns in Alabamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s four biggest games; his â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heisman momentâ&#x20AC;? with an implausible end zone catch at LSU; his alltime lead in receiving yards and touchdowns at receiver haven Alabama; and, heck, maybe even the punt return touchdown he tossed onto the pile of plays. They decided the time had come even as it came only thrice previously for receivers: Howard, Tim Brown of Notre Dame in 1987, and Johnny Rodgers of Nebraska in 1972.

Smithâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s margin of victory, 669 points over runner-up Trevor Lawrence, the dynastic Clemson quarterback, suggested less suspense in the ballots than seemed present in the run-up for an award that went in 2019 to LSU quarterback Joe Burrow in the biggest landslide yet. Smith got 447 first-place votes and 1,856 points; with Lawrence next with 222 and 1,187; then Alabama quarterback Mac Jones with 138 and 1,130; then Florida quarterback Kyle Trask rounding out the finalists with 61 and 737. Smithâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

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winning margin was the second largest for a receiver, behind only Howardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1,574-point win over Florida State quarterback Casey Weldon in 1991.

As another emblem of Alabama dominance, fifth place went to Crimson Tide running back Najee Harris, who picked up 16 first-place votes and 216 points.

Thus did Alabama, mysteriously devoid of a Heisman winner through all its heydays from the awardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s origin in 1935 to 2008, pick up its third in the past 12 presentations, and its first for a non-running back. Its other two happened in squeakers: Mark Ingram Jr. by 28 points over Stanford running back Toby Gerhart in 2009, and Derrick Henry by 293 points over Stanford running back Christian McCaffrey in 2015. This one went to a player who then hugged his teammate, Jones, on site with Smith in Tuscaloosa, and then hugged his coach, Nick Saban, from whom all Crimson Tide blessings flow.

From his hometown in Amite City, along Interstate 55 not far from the Mississippi border, a community-center gathering of masked townspeople and family members felt the joy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Continue being humble, let God guide him, and we are here to support him every step of the way,â&#x20AC;? his mother, Christina Smith-Sylve,

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Director Greg Byrne for their roles in sustaining a season that might have gone blank during a pandemic. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just unbelievable, just coming from a small place like that,â&#x20AC;? he said of his hometown on ESPN. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just really have to work day in and day out.â&#x20AC;? He looked at video of the community center and said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some of those people have seen me since I was a little kid, playing youth football and youth basketball.â&#x20AC;?

He had accessed a pinnacle for arguably the best position group in the sport: Alabama wide receivers. Smith credited the influence of the sparkling Tuscaloosa receivers room, which in recent years has seen Julio Jones and Amari Cooper, followed

by Smithâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s former teammates Jerry Jeudy, Calvin Ridley and Henry Ruggs III and, among others, Jaylen Waddle, whose midseason injury threw more defensive attention on Smith, who handled it with aplomb. Of those, Cooper, of the Dallas Cowboys these days, had the best Heisman finish before Tuesday: third place in 2014 behind Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota and Wisconsin running back Melvin Gordon III. Now, those positions bowed to a guy dynamic enough to win it from the end.

told ESPN after the presentation.

She concluded by saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Roll Tide,â&#x20AC;? as most Louisianans surely forgave the sacrilege after a native of the talent-rich state claimed the trophy for just the second time â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and the first since Texas A&Mâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s John David Crow in 1957.

Even without his 2020 season, Smith already had an all-time college football highlight when, as a freshman, he raced by a Georgia defender to haul in Tua Tagovailoaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 41-yard touchdown pass to win the College Football Playoff title, 26-23, in overtime in Atlanta. His Heisman Trophy came 365 days after Jan. 6, 2020, when he wrote on Twitter: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot I have left to accomplish as a player and as a student, and I feel that my time is not up at Alabama. I have unfinished business to take care of and the only way to do that is to stay one more year. After praying and talking with my family and Coach Saban, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve decided that I will return for my senior season.â&#x20AC;?

A year later almost on the dot, Smith took a lectern in the relative virtual silence of a room in Alabama, rather than in the usual New York, and thanked many people from his childhood to his college years. He thanked Alabama school president Stuart Bell and Athletic

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Gregory: Sonoma From Page B1 her first NASCAR road course race as a teenager.

NASCAR is scheduled to race at Sonoma in June this year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Starting with the vision of Speedway Motorsports founder Bruton Smith, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always admired the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s efforts to grow the sport of NASCAR and embrace

innovative, new opportunities,â&#x20AC;? Gregory said in a release. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I look forward to taking that same aggressive approach to further establish Sonoma Raceway as not only a premier destination for NASCAR and NHRA events, but also elevating the historic road course as a year-round tourism and driving-experience attraction.â&#x20AC;?

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Tides

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Sack leader: Kerry Hyder Jr, 8 1/2 (20th in NFL in sacks, plus 18 quarterback hits, 1 fumble recovery) Touchdown leader: Wilson, 10 (7 rushing, 3 receiving); tied for 20th in NFL Yards-per-carry leader: Raheem Mostert, 5.0 (tie9th in NFL); Wilson 4.8 (tie-15th) Offensive yards: Total yards, 15th (370.1 per game); rushing yards, 15th (118.1 per game; NFL average was 118.9 per game); passing yards, 12th (252.1 per game) Offensive scoring: 12th (23.5 points per game) Third-down offense: 24th (39.1-percent conversion rate) Third-down defense: 4th (35.5-percent conversion rate) Red-zone offense: 8th (67.3-perecent were touchdowns) Red-zone defense: 9th (57.8percent were touchdowns) Pass completions: 371 (second-most in 49ers history; 432 in 1995) First downs by pass: 217 (third-most in 49ers history; 231 in â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;95, 223 in â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;98) Turnover ratio: minus-11, tie with Raiders for second-worst behind Broncos (minus-16) Points allowed off turnovers: 124 (of 390) Points scored off turnovers: 30 (of 376) Interceptions thrown: 17, third most Fumbles lost: 14, second most Takeaways: 12 interceptions (Fred Warner, Jason Verrett,

Jamar Taylor each with two), 8 fumble recoveries Punts: Mitch Wishnowsky 66 punts (ranked 7th), 41.6-yard net average (ranked 11th); downed 25 of 56 inside the 20 (ranked 9th).

Kicks: Robbie Gould 93 points (ranked 24th), 82.6 fieldgoal percentage (ranked 25th; 19-of-23).

Punt return: 15th (9.0 yards per return; none for touchdowns for the 10th straight year) Kick return: 29th (19.3 yards per return; Penalties: 103 for 731yards (opponents: 79 for 709 yards) Most penalized: 1. Trent Williams (drew 9 calls, six for holding (one declined), three false starts); 2. Ross Dwelley (4 holding, 3 false start), 3. Mike McGlinchey (5 holding, 1 unnecessary roughness), 4. Emmanuel Moseley (4 pass interference, 2 holding), 5. Javon Kinlaw (3 offside, 2 neutral zone).

Players appearing in at least one game: 84, matching the 2019Â Miami Dolphinsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Â NFLÂ record for a non-strike season.

Injured Reserve moves: 30, with 17 still on IR at seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s end; not including four practice-squad moves.

Covid-19 reserve moves: 24, with four still inactivated at seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s end.

16-game starters: LB Fred Warner, DT Arik Armstead, LG Laken Tomlinson, C/G Daniel Brunskill, RT Mike McGlinchey Snap-count king: Laken Tomlinson 1,094 of 1,096 (missed two because of an untied shoe)

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