Daily Republic: Sunday, January 17, 2021

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A golden eagle soars through a newly constructed enclosure at the Suisun Wildlife Center in Suisun City, Friday. The Solano County Parks and Recreation

Commission has $10,000 in federal grant funds to give away, and more than $12,000 in requests. The Suisun Wildlife Center applied for a grant.

Focused maintenance plan part of Solano

Park & Rec workplan Todd R. Hansen

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FAIRFIELD — An ad hoc committee will be formed to help with the development of a new and more focused maintenance management plan for Solano County parks.

The action was taken as part of the approval Thursday of the 202021, 2021-22 Parks and Recreation Commission Workplan. Commissioners Terry Riddle and Steve Hermsmeyer were absent.

The maintenance management plan would be more detailed about the tasks that are needed to be completed, and when, and more readily available to staff without having to meet as a group.

More importantly, it would set a standard

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Matthew Cuizon, 14, of Fairfield flies his kite overlooking Lynch Canyon in Vallejo, April 11, 2015. of expectations, said Chris Drake, the Parks Service manager.

“By creating a set of standards . . . and the parks are kept at a certain standard . . . it can be adapted to seasonal work,” Drake said.

He said the concept

comes out of training sessions he has attended and is fashioned loosely on the Disneyland model.

The idea is if an employee sees trash on the ground, then no matter what that employee’s job is, pick up the trash. If the task is something the

employee cannot handle, but needs to be dealt with, then find someone who can do the work.

Less pressing issues will be logged in and added to work schedules.

The workplan also includes commissioner assignments as well as a review of ongoing projects, such as native planting and restoration work at Lake Solano Park, and fishery research and improvements in Putah Creek.

Other items include the Sandy Beach Park project to remove Arundo, and planting and creek mitigation projects at Lynch Canyon.

At first, Commission Chairman Michael Alvarez thought the plan See Park, Page A9

Fire-damaged Suisun Wildlife Center among 6 to seek P&R funds Todd R. Hansen

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FAIRFIELD — The Solano County Parks and Recreation Commission has $10,000 in federal grant money to give away and more than $12,000 in requests.

An ad hoc committee of the commission will review the six applications, totaling about $12,847, and bring back a recommendation. The full commission will then make a recommendation to the Board of Supervisors.

Mike Alvarez, chairman of the commission,

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A new enclosure for squirrels is under construction next to the damaged enclosure for squirrels at the Suisun Wildlife Center in Suisun City, Friday. said the investment has a “big return.”

“It’s a good feeling that many of you have

the passion given here,” Alvarez said. “The work you do is appreciated.”

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Monique Liguori, executive director of the Suisun Wildlife Rescue Center, told the commission the grant the center has requested would go toward continuing efforts to rebuild after the June arson fire. The organization has requested $2,500.

Liguori specifically noted the funds would go toward the songbird aviary and the squirrel enclosure.

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FAIRFIELD — Police have discovered human remains and clothing in a field near Cement Hill and Peabody roads and are working with the coroner’s office to determine the person’s identity.

Fair field police announced the discovery Saturday morning and reported that no other information would be released about what it described as an ongoing investigation.

The time and date when the remains were found were not released.

No indication was given about whether the remains are those of a child or an adult, the person’s likely gender or how long the remains may have been where they were found.

Police report that the remains were found in a field not far from where a Hercules man was last seen nearly three years ago, when Zachery Rose stepped outside of his friend’s home and disappeared. Police initially listed Rose’s age as 27 and later as 28.

That is the baseline story police have been working from since Rose’s disappearance at about 10 p.m. Feb. 3 from the home he was visiting on the 2400 block of Shorey Way. Rose stepped outside the home to smoke and was not seen again, police report. His wallet, car keys and cellphone were left behind. The friend Rose was visiting has cooperated with police since Rose’s disappearance.

The initial police search, then the expanded effort by search-andrescue teams from the Solano County Office of Emergency Services five days later, proved futile.

That search included the nearby Cement Hill area.

Shorey Way is located just off Peabody Road, not far from Cement Hill Road.

Police spokesman Lt. Jausiah Jacobsen, in a press release Saturday, asked anyone with potential information about the person’s identity to call the Police Department’s Investigations Bureau at 428-7600.

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Limited supply of vaccine likely to slow rocky rollout for state’s seniors Tribune Content Agency LOS ANGELES — As California launches massive Covid-19 vaccination sites to speed up inoculations, concern is growing among public health officials that the supply of doses could soon dry up.

State and local officials Friday complained that the scramble touched off by the federal government’s recommendation to add people 65 and older to vaccine eligibility lists has not been accompanied by an increase in shipments.

That could add to an already confusing and

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California has administered nearly 1.2 million vaccines, or about 40% of the 3 million doses received, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday. That’s a significant increase since Monday, when the state had administered about 783,000 doses, less than one-third of the 2.5 million doses on hand.

But Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said

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Days are definitely getting longer (than 70 million years ago)

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hat would you do from the late Cretawith an extra ceous at the end of the week every year?

Mesozoic Era. What if to get that (Admission: I copied extra week, you lost a and pasted that inforhalf-hour every day? mation, to be sure I If you want to make spelled the words corthat trade, just travel rectly. Including back in time. Seventy the word “the.”) million years back, Brad Stanhope Anyway, scientists before we had StarLike I was sayin’ were able to use the fact bucks or McDonald’s. A that the mollusks have long time ago. daily growth rings (Really. Isn’t A study in the American that amazing?). Scientists used Geophysical Union journal lasers to create slices and then Paleoceanography and Paleocount the growth rings. Long climatology (for which I don’t story short, that method reveals payleo for a subscription, get the number of days in a year it?) reports that Earth spun and the length of a day. faster at the end of the time of There was a bunch of other the dinosaurs than it does now. stuff in the report, includIt rotated seven more times ing words like “photosynthetic every year, giving the ancient symbionts,” “bivalves” and years 372 days, but shortening “animal,” which led me to think the days to 23½ hours.

The information comes from about the drummer on the a study of fossil mollusk shells Sesame Street band, Dr. Teeth

and The Electric Mayhem, which has nothing to do with this column.

But the basics are important: A long time ago, the days were shorter and years had an extra week. Kind of the opposite of the old saying about raising young kids: The days are long, the years are short.

Also there was this: The study showed that the ocean was much, much, much warmer 70 million years ago. The ocean would exceed 100 degrees in the summer and was often 85 degrees in the winter. In other words, there was little need for a hot tub in the old (shorter) days.

So travel back 70 million years and here are the problems you’d have to solve: You’d have to figure out how to navigate a day that’s 30 minutes shorter. Would you

ask to work less? Sleep less?

Skip a shower? This wouldn’t be a one-day thing, it would be an everyday thing. Seven days a week. Three-hundred-seventytwo days a year.

That’s another problem.

You’d have to change some sayings. Instead of 24-7-365, you’d have to tell someone that you’re committed to something 23½-7-372. That might take some getting used to.

On the other hand, the year would be a week longer. Do you think employers would add a week of vacation? Me neither. Just more workdays, I guess. (A conclusion partly based on watching “The Flintstones,” which was set sometime near the era covered.

Fred and Barney had to work a lot of days.)

For me, the shocking part of the article came near the end:

“The length of a year has been constant over Earth’s history, because Earth’s orbit around the Sun does not change. But the number of days within a year has been shortening over time because days have been growing longer.

The length of a day has been growing steadily longer as friction from ocean tides, caused by the Moon’s gravity, slows Earth’s rotation.”

There you have it. If you thought days were longer the past year, you were right.

Every year, days get longer.

Over 70 million years, we’ve added a half-hour a day. It may be microscopic, but days are longer now than they were when we were young.

That’s something you can count on, 23½-7-372.

Reach Brad Stanhope at bradstanhope@outlook.com.

Team Lioness shakes up ranks of Kenya’s formerly all-male wildlife rangers The Washington Post Six days a week, the members of Team Lioness rise at 5 a.m. and head off to work near Amboseli National Park in Kenya. In the dry and dusty savannah, the women are rarer than the elephants, zebra, giraffes and lions that roam the land.

Team Lioness, which will celebrate its second year of service in February, is an all-female group of rangers who help protect the animals that often wander out of the park and into the surrounding community.

The eight women, who are 19 to 30 years old, belong to the Maasai tribe. Many girls from this ethnic group leave school as early as age 10, and those who continue their education have few job opportunities after graduation, especially in fields such as wildlife security and conservation. Before Team Lioness, only men worked as rangers in the Olgulului community.

“I am always proud of seeing myself walking with men in the bush and proud to be the very first female ranger from my community,” said Purity Lakara, who financially supports her six sisters, three brothers and 2-yearold daughter. The job “is important in terms of women empowerment and gender equality.”

The idea for Team Lioness came from a local leader and women’s rights advocate named Kirayian Katamboi, who is fondly known as Mama Esther. (“Mama” is used as a term of respect for older women.) She approached

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Team Lioness ranger Ruth Sikeita observes zebra while on patrol in the Olgulului Ololarashi Group Ranch. the International Fund for Animal Welfare about creating a corps of female rangers.

Mama Esther and the organization chose a female representative from each of the eight clans in the Olgulului community and enrolled the recruits in an intense three-week course. During the training, they learned how to track poachers, people who kill or take wild animals illegally.

The skill came in handy last July. While out on patrol, the rangers found suspicious footprints in the dirt. They followed them to a piece of meat drying in a tree and waited for the poacher to return to his prize. They nabbed the man, who had illegally killed a giraffe calf, and turned him over to law enforcement.

“My proudest moment was the day we caught a bush meat poacher while patrolling in the community lands,” said Loise Soila Komianto, a former nursery schoolteacher whose hobbies include herding livestock.

A lot of Team Lioness’s work involves spotting potential threats to the wildlife before it’s too late.

During their five-hour shifts, they look for signs of illegal hunting, such as snares and traps, and gather “intelligence” information from community members. They also count animals – from a safe distance. (The park is home to at least 50 mammal species, including more than 2,000 elephants.)

The women live at base camps, miles from family and friends, but they can visit loved ones during their days off, which are seven per month. The coronavirus pandemic has added new challenges to their tough profession.

Tourists on safari helped keep poachers away, but the drop in the number of international visitors has forced the rangers to step up their guard duties. In addition, the women were not allowed to return home for about four months, to avoid catching or transmitting the novel coronavirus.

But even through the hard times, their commitment to – and pride in – Team Lioness has remained strong.

“The opportunity to work as a member of Team Lioness has brought about respect for women in the community,” said Komi-

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anto, “as it has shown we can now do what was once thought of as a man’s job.”

She, like many of her two-legged “lionesses,” hopes to a pursue a career in wildlife conservation.

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Solano judge sentences sexual predator to 300-plus years August 2018. The glary conviction that played into abuse began in the sentencing.

1990 and contin“Over the ued to just prior to course of three his arrest, the Disdecades, the trict Attorney’s d e f e n d a n t Office reports. repeatedly sexAll t h ree ually assaulted victims, now ages members of his mccormick 36, 11 and 10, tesown family, betraying tified to “the horrific the trust and love of two abuse� at trial in October, generations of the most the District Attorney’s vulnerable victims,� Office reports. A jury conthe District Attorney’s victed McCormick after a Office statement said. two-week trial.

The victims “continued The District Attorney’s to live in fear for years� Office statement further until they came forward said that McCormick in July 2018. portrayed himself as McCormick was arrested and jailed in lateSee Judge, Page A5

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A shopper wears a face mask while walking along Pennsylvania Avenue in Fairfield, Friday.

Solano starts another extended weekend watch Todd R. Hansen

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FAIRFIELD — Long weekends have not treated Solano County especially well when it comes to Covid-19.

Dr. Bela Matyas, the county public health officer, has said while he expects the numbers from New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day activities to fade through the coming week, he is not confident that area residents have any appetite for dialing back weekend activities. rising case The numbers are frustrating to public health officials who are under pressure to open businesses, but with private gatherings still fueling Covid-19 surges and straining health care operations, there is little chance the state is going to lift its orders.

So the county will have

to wait and see if there will be another bump in Covid-19 case numbers – albeit likely to be smaller than the holiday surges if it happens.

The county reported Friday that there were 363 new cases, bringing the total to 24,654. The increase is down from the Wednesday to Thursday jump of 402 cases.

The intensive care unit capacity was at 23%, the same as Thursday, while the number of residents hospitalized due to the disease is up five to 165, the county reported.

The seven-day positivity testing rate was reported Friday to be 23.4%, down from 25.3% the day earlier.

The number of deaths attributed at least in part to Covid-19 held at 105, the county reported.

Fairfield is a bit closer to 7,000 cases with

115 newly confirmed cases Friday, taking the city’s total to 6,913. Vallejo added 123 cases. Its count sits at 7,172, the county reported.

Vacaville added 68 cases to raise its tally to 6,363.

Suisun City (1,698) added 14 cases; Dixon (1,489) added 26 cases; Benicia (681) added 10 cases; and there were four new cases apiece in Rio Vista (232) and in the unincorporated area of the county, the total for which is 80, the county reported.

The number of residents tested grew by 1,425 Friday to 184,175.

The overall number of tests completed is now at 236,822, the county reported. That is an increase of 1,884 tests.

County health officials do not post updated case numbers on weekends or holidays. The next update is scheduled Tuesday afternoon.

School board tables talks on returning to in-person learning Susan Hiland shiland@dailyrepublic.net

FAIRFIELD — A longawaited decision by the Fairfield-Suisun School District governing board to either return to in-person learning or to continue distance learning is going to have to wait due recent changes from the state.

Schools are currently prohibited across the Bay Area from going to in-person learning due to the

Board Presgovernor’s stayat-home order. ident Jonathan The staff recRichardson read ommended that the a prepared stategoverning board ment that restated table considerthat the board ation of reopening is committed to plans Thursday returning students night until the Gov. to in-person learnGavin Newsom’s richardson ing according to “Safe Schools for All� plan the protocols, recommenis approved by the Legisla- dations and directions ture. This would allow the from the Centers for school board to consider Disease Control and the state plan as an option for reopening.

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FAIRFIELD — A Fairfield man convicted of 10 counts of sexual assault on children over the course of decades will likely spend the rest of his life in prison after a judge imposed a sentence Friday of more than 300 years.

Solano County Superior Court Judge William J. Pendergast III sentenced Richard McCormick, 62, to life in state prison, the Solano County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement.

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Obituaries Jovita C. Escobedo

Jan. 12, 1940 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Dec. 31, 2020

Jovita C. Escobedo, age 79, passed away peacefully on Dec. 31, 2020.

She was born Jan. 12, 1940, in Villa Jimenez, Michoacan, Mexico, to Jose and Paula Carranza.

She married Rogelio Escobedo on May 9, 1964, in Michoacan, Mexico.

She was a devoted housewife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

She enjoyed gardening and cooking and loved spending time with her family and friends.

She is survived by her husband, Rogelio; sons, Miguel (Tisha) Escobedo, Felix (Lucy) Escobedo; grandchildren, Angelo (Lupita) Escobedo, Corina Jamie Escobedo and Nicholas Escobedo; great-grandchildren, Ariceli and Ronnie Jamie, Lorenzo and Isaiah Escobedo; one sister; five brothers; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her son, Ricardo Escobedo; and two sisters, Ofelia Carranza and Abigail Orozco.

Funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, at Holy Spirit Church, 1070 N. Texas St., Fairfield. Burial will follow at St. Alphonsus Cemetery, 1801 Union Ave., Fairfield, California.

Arrangements under the care of Bryan-Braker Funeral Home, 707-425-4697, www.bryanbraker.com.

Ernest Edward Sousa Jan. 1, 1922 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jan. 3, 2021

Ernest Edward Sousa, age 99 years and two days, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021, surrounded by love and in the comfort of his family. Ernie, also known as â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Rockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; by his friends, was born Jan. 1, 1922.

He was Vallejo, Californiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s baby and the eighth child born to Joseph and Mary Sousa, who immigrated to the United States from the Azores in 1903 and 1911, respectively Ernie was a self-made man and had an entrepreneurial spirit from an incredibly early age. He started a paper route at the age of 10 and within weeks had others working for him. He worked as a Machinist on Mare Island before enlisting in the Army, in which he served for three years.

After returning home, he owned a variety of businesses including a diaper delivery service before building Napa Bowl in 1949.

Ernie built Fairfield Bowl in 1958 when North Texas Street was on the outskirts of town. His tireless work ethic grew the business into the premier nightclub and entertainment center of its time. He took pride in the fact that he never had a key to the business because in the

44 years it was open, the doors were never locked.

He subsequently opened multiple restaurants, bars and Vaca Bowl. In 1998, he opened Stars Recreation Center with his son, where he continued to stay actively involved until his passing.

Ernie was a pillar in the community, employing thousands of residents during his time in business.

He loved to travel and organize trips with family and friends, including countless cruises and trips to Reno.

He was loved by many and will be missed by all.

He is survived by his daughters, Barbara Reed, Sandra (Ed) Brunet, Diann Craven; son, Ken (Kim) Sousa; grandchildren, Andrew (Melanie) Brunet, Alicia (Jesse) Nelson, Ashley (Kevin) Chester, Aimee (Joseph) Christensen, Jacob Snow; eight great-grandchildren; and countless nieces and nephews.

Ernie is preceded in death by his parents; 11 siblings; and many dear friends.

The service is being postponed until a later date, to be determined.

He loved a big party.

In lieu of flowers, please raise a glass to Rock and wish him a peaceful journey.

Vivian Clair Campbell April 27, 1936 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Dec. 23, 2020

Vivian Clair Campbell passed away on Dec. 23, 2020. Vivian was born in Turlock, California, on April 27, 1936.

She moved to Fairfield, California, in 1943 and graduated from Armijo High School in 1954.

Vivian was a resident of Dixon, California, for 55 years and lived at the Campbell Ranch.

She was a waitress for 30+ years at the Brigadoon, Vaca Joeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and Dawsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.

She enjoyed traveling and spending time with her family and friends.

She will be greatly missed by her family and friends.

Vivian is survived by her daughters, April May and Lorrie Fanning of Dixon, Diane Spaletta of Petaluma; stepdaughter, Cris Campbell of Dixon; daughter-in-law, Sandy Weiss of Idaho; eight grandchildren; nine greatgrandchildren; nieces, nephews; and ex-husband, Buel Campbell.

She is preceded in death by her father, Joe Louis; mother, Evelyn Halsne; sister, Joyce Scaggs; and her son, Bobby May. Arrangements under the care of Bryan-Braker Funeral Home, 707-425-4697.

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Marion Oakley

March 24, 1934 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jan. 6, 2021

Marion Frances Elliott Oakley, 86, passed from this life into life Eternal from Covid-19 on Jan. 6, 2021. Marion was a Fairfield, California, resident for 50 years before relocating in 2018 to Chico to be near her children.

Marion was born March 24, 1934, in San Francisco, California, the only child of Edgar John Paul Elliott and Elizabeth Agnes Maloney Elliott. She had two halfsiblings, Elizabeth â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Betteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Ann Hickey Wharton and John â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Jackâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; William Hickey, who, along with her mother and father, preceded her in death.

Marion graduated high school from Immaculate Conception Academy in San Francisco, California, in 1952, attended IBM school, and worked as a key punch operator for Schilling spice where she met her husband.

She and Lloyd George Oakley married on June 12, 1954. Together they raised four children, Sharon Lee Mayne, Sue Ann (Steven) Womack, Teresa Lynn (Peter) Loh and George Grammer (Maureen) Oakley.

After her husband, George, died in 1988, Marion began working at La Mariposa Nursing and Rehab in Fairfield, California, in Central Supply and as an Assistant Activities Director, from which she

retired in 1999.

In addition to her children, Marion is survived by six grandchildren, Richard (Carisa) Holden III, James (Ellie) Holden, Ashley Loh (Jason) Johnson, David (Holly) Loh, Heather Oakley (Tom) Pedrozo and Theresa Oakley, 10 great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews; and her dear sister-in-law, Margaret Oakley Boen.

Marion will be remembered as a Girl Scout leader, a school volunteer, a voting precinct Inspector, an Adoration volunteer at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church, and a dear friend to many.

She loved her family, roses, Big Band music, dancing and talking on the phone (which gave her the family nickname of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Ma Bellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;).

Graveside service will be held at 10 a.m. Jan. 21, 2021, at St. Alphonsus Cemetery, 1801 Union Ave., Fairfield, California.

Flowers are welcome as are contributions to Marionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s alma mater, ICA Cristo Rey Academy, attn: Mission Advancement, 3625 24th St., San Francisco, CA 94110. are Arrangements under the direction of Bryan-Braker Funeral Home, 707-425-4697. You may sign the guestbook at www.bryanbraker.com.

Thelma M. Flint Thelma M. Flint passed away peacefully at home with her family members by her side on Jan. 1, 2021.

She was 82 years old and a resident of Fairfield for 47 years.

She is survived by her husband of 65 years, Clyde Flint; daughters, Colette (Flint) Green and Cheryl (Flint) Jones; and son, Tony Flint; sons-inlaw, Marcus Green and Samuel Jones; grandchildren, Toriana Flint, Matthew Green, Leilani Flint, Jamiri Flint and Jada Flint; aunt, Annie Dove; siblings, Eugenia Washington, Denise Reed, David Thacker, Darlene Smart, Mark Thacker and Donna Thacker; also, a host of dear relatives and friends.

Thelma was preceded in death by her parents, William Odell Thacker and Thelma Marguerite (Gomes) Thacker; her brothers, William Odell (Bingy) Thacker Jr., Thomas Thacker and Barry Thacker; two aunts, Clarissa (Gomes) Elliott and Eugenia Gomes.

Thelma was an outstanding wife. She lived with her husband and family at Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts; Dover AFB, Delaware; RAF Alconbury, England; and Travis AFB, California. The family moved to Fairfield, California, in 1974, where she resided until her passing.

Thelma loved the Lord, her family and her friends.

She touched the lives of so many people and will be deeply missed.

The service is limited due to the pandemic. There will be a drive-thru â&#x20AC;&#x153;viewingâ&#x20AC;? from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, at Bryan-Braker Funeral Home, 1850 W. Texas St., Fairfield, California. The interment is private.

In lieu of flowers, those who wish to express sympathy can consider making a donation in honor of Thelma M. Flint to the Susan G. Komen Foundation or Calvary Chapel Solano in Fairfield.

Thank you family and friends for your love, prayers and support.

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Bonnie Sue Langdon, 80, died peacefully at home in her sleep, going to her heavenly home Dec. 2, 2020, at home in Fairfield, California.

Bonnie Sue Langdon was born May 31, 1940, to the late Lewis Ambrose Naegele and Eldra Loa Naegele in Lincoln County, Kansas.

She was raised in a Christian home and enjoyed a musical childhood. She was blessed with perfect pitch, and grew up playing the piano and marimba.

She attended county school, then Lucas High School, graduating in 1957. She married her high school sweetheart, Larry L. Langdon, on Aug. 23, 1959.

Born to this union was Tammy Jill (Wood), Todd Lewis and Timothy Brooks.

Bonnie and family lived in Russell, Kansas; Washington, D.C.; Arlington, Virginia; Falls Church, Virginia; and finally moving to Fairfield, California.

Bonnie loved her family, and was drawn to watching her children and grandchildrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s activities, whether it be sports, school assemblies or church events. She also enjoyed almost all sporting events, musicals and concerts. Because of her faith in God, she loved playing music for the church services and directing choirs. Her love of music and church called her to service to God, and it gave her peace, while working a full-time job.

She was a member of Community United Methodist Church of Fairfield, California, for 46 years.

Thirty-two of those years were as organist and then as director and organist, working with five choirs, three vocal choirs and two bell choirs.

Bonnie applied for an organist job in Arlington, Virginia, at Arlington Forrest Methodist Church.

Scott Stancil Scott Blane Kalani Stancil, 63, passed away peacefully on Dec. 23, 2020, in Fairfield, California.

He was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, and relocated to Fairfield, California, at the age of 12.

Scott worked for the Solano County Irrigation District for a period of time while he lived in Vacaville, California.

He is survived by his mother, Luana Costa; son, Kolby; granddaughter, Sky; daughter, Stephanie; grandson, Wesson; daughter, Alyssa; sisters, Charmaine Lime, Danielle Flavin, Tammy Stancil, Luana Estocado, Leititia Meheula; brothers, Guy, Mark, Michael Dane, Michael Sean; and numerous nephews and nieces.

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Loren Weldon Lipps died Sept. 29, 2020, in San Diego County after lengthy illnesses. He was 78.

Mr. Lipps relocated to San Diego County after marrying his high school sweetheart, Rena DeVaul. He worked for 26 years at Fairfield Tire Company as a front end alignment technician. He loved 1950s to 1980s music and collecting movie DVDs. Mr. Lipps is survived by his wife, Rena; a daughter, Michelle Vogt and her spouse, Jody, and granddaughter Emma of Royce City, Texas; and stepdaughter Lisa Rae Morales and stepgrandson Marcus DeHoyos, and stepdaughter Michelle Belanger and spouse David, all of Campo in San Diego County.

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Upon arriving for the interview, when they found out she didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a degree in Music, they were going to end the interview. She said â&#x20AC;&#x153;that she might as well play for them while they waited for the next person.â&#x20AC;? She got the job as organist. She held the job as the organist until moving to Fairfield, California, in July 1972.

Bonnieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life beside love of music, church and family was spent as secretaries to a County Clerk, a Probate Judge, Attorneys and a United States House of Representative member, Bob Dole, and five District Superintendents of schools for Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District.

Bonnie is survived by her husband, Larry; Tammy Wood, her husband, John Wood; Julie and Scott Stewart, all of Vacaville, California; Todd Langdon, his fiancĂŠ, Sarah Fly and their daughter, Harper Langdon; Toddâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s children, Nicklas, Nathaniel, Natalie and Naomi Langdon; Sarahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s children, Christian, McKenzie and Caleb Fly, all of Vacaville, California; Tim Langdon of Fairfield, California, son, Dylan and wife, Damishi Langdon; great-grandchildren, Emerie, Desmond and Isaac Langdon, all of Vacaville, California; brother, John Naegele and wife Jean Ann Naegele of Lucas, Kansas; nephews, John Naegele Jr. and Michael Naegele of Kansas City, Kansas, Kirk Naegele of Las Vegas, Nevada, Kari Naegele of Lucas, Kansas; nieces, Sondra Cardwell of Fairfield, California, and Sherrian Sexton of Hays, Kansas; and several great-nieces and great-nephews.

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Fairfield councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first meeting in new year a virtual one Todd R. Hansen thansen@dailyrepublic.net

FAIRFIELD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The City Council on Tuesday will consider annexing 2.1 acres on Sunset Avenue, 1.23 acres of which is the site of a proposed 10,342-square-foot church and other improvements.

The meeting is the first in 2021 and will be held virtually, starting at 6 p.m.

The public session follows a 5 p.m. closed session during which the council will be updated on property negotiations related

School From Page A3 Prevention as well as state and local health officials.

The limitations on schools returning to inperson learning come from Gov. Newsomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s guidelines.

Nancy Dunn, president of the Fairfield-Suisun Unified Teachers Association, read the results of a survey done last month from more corey than 800 teachers and staff on whether they felt returning to in-person learning was safe.

The results showed that 83% of those surveyed donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel safe returning to in-person learning while in the purple tier with current safety measures.

Some 86% surveyed felt it was important to be vaccinated before returning to in-school learning and 93% felt that they should not return to in-person learning while in the purple tier and without vaccinations.

The purple tier includes the most-restrictive requirements in the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s color-coded Covid-19 monitoring system to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. The current stay-at-home order across the Bay Area, Central

Judge From Page A3 â&#x20AC;&#x153;the real victim.â&#x20AC;? after Pendergast, hearing impact statements in court from family members, imposed the maximum sentence allowed under California law: 302 years, according to a spokeswoman for the District Attorneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office.

The District Attorneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office statement said that Pendergast â&#x20AC;&#x153;noted McCormickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;complete lack of

Members of the public may join the meeting via the Zoom teleconference platform. Mandatory registration can be completed in advance for this meeting. to land at 640 Broadway St., and potential litigation by an employee, Corina Rangel, council agendas state.

Members of the public may join the meeting via the Zoom teleconference platform. Mandatory registration can be completed in advance for this meeting at https://fairfieldca.zoom.us/webinar/ California and Southern California is more restrictive still.

Solano County will likely be placed under the restrictions of the purple tier when the stay-at-home order is lifted across the greater Bay Area region.

Schools across the state shut down in March 2020 as a result of the burgeoning pandemic.

Schools finished the 2019-20 academic year through instruction that was delivered online to children of all ages.

Modifications to the various distancelearning strategies continued with the start of the current school year and remain in place. The school board last October decided to keep campuses shuttered through the end of the calendar year and to revisit plans for school reopenings Thursday.

Superintendent Kris Corey said that the staff had spent months preparing for the Thursday evening meeting and were ready to talk about the future of the school year, but changes came from the governorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office at 1 p.m., swiftly rendering all plans moot. â&#x20AC;&#x153;While we are in the purple tier we can not open the schools,â&#x20AC;? she said. remorseâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;the extraordinary damage he inflicted upon the victims.â&#x20AC;?

McCormick testified that any touching was either a misunderstanding, initiated by one of the child victims or a false allegation, the District Attorneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office reports.

He further testified that he was the only victim in the courtroom.

Deputy District Attorney Elaine Kuo prosecuted the case. Fairfield police Detective Steven Carnahan, who has retired, was the primary investigator.

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The agencies also will consider an amendment to a disposition and development agreement with Sutton Place Development Corp. for property at 1600 Woolner Ave. as it relates to the mitigation of underground concrete storage tanks. The property is targeted for a mixed-income housing project of 162-plus units.

Sitting as the City Council, a public hearing

will be conducted on the annexation of property at Huntington Drive and Air Base Parkway into the Community Facilities District No. 2012-2.

On the councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s consent calendar is consideration of approving $213,246, salary and benefits, for the new Parks and Recreation superintendentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s position.

The general fund cost of the position will be offset by two vacant department manager positions that will not be filled, a report to the council states.

The council also will consider, as a consent item, authorizing the city manager to extend the penalty period for businesses to pay their annual Business License Tax to the end of February due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Three consent items also would authorize the city to suspend competitive bidding for the separate purchases of a replacement chipper truck, a 10-wheel dump truck and a rear-load garbage truck.

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Schools, banks, more observe MLK Day FAIRFIELD — Government offices, schools, libraries and banks will close Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. There will be no regular mail delivery from the United States Postal Service.

Local bus routes will observe a Saturday schedule.

Trash collection will continue on its regular schedule. Delivery of the day’s edition of the Daily Republic will occur, and the DR’s office will observe current Covid-19 hours of operation.

Travis trustees schedule virtual workshop FAIRFIELD — Travis School District trustees will begin a Governing Leadership/Good Beginnings Workshop on Tuesday and continue it Wednesday.

Both meetings start at 4 p.m. and are viewable through the Zoom teleconference platform.

The public can access the meeting at https://zoom. us/j/98483696423?pwd=RkdiNWhQYmJqVVFRenZl c2JtQ2ZQUT09. The passcode is 173267.

Access is also available by calling 1-669-900-9128.

The Webinar ID is 984 8369 6423. The passcode is 173267.

Supervisors do not meet Tuesday FAIRFIELD — The Solano County Board of Supervisors does not meet Tuesday.

The next Board of Supervisors meeting is scheduled Jan. 26.

Among the potential items is a proposal by Supervisor Jim Spering requesting the board take a position not to support or help enforce state health orders as they relate to the closures of small businesses.

Spering said in a recent interview that he hoped to have the item heard at the Jan. 26 meeting.

Vacaville hires public relations manager VACAVILLE — A 20-year veteran of the communications field has been hired as the public relations manager for the city.

City Manager Aaron Busch this week announced the hiring of Maurice Chaney. He starts Feb. 1.

Chaney holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of California, Davis.

He is the president of the California Association of Public Information Officials. He comes to Vacaville from Roseville.

“I am honored to join such an amazing, forwardthinking organization,” Chaney said in a statement released by the city. “Vacaville is known by many as a great place to live and do business. And, it is my hope that I can help share the city’s point of view and provide opportunities to inform, educate and engage with our customers, the community and beyond.”

The manager classification replaces the public information officer position.

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As many as 285 quakes could be felt in Solano over past year Todd R. Hansen

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FAIRFIELD — The magnitude 3.6 earthquake the hit the North Bay area Thursday near Concord was just the latest of a series of quakes that could be felt in Fairfield and other Solano locations.

The county Office of Emergency Services said there were no reports of damage in the area.

Small temblors are nothing new for the area, and many go unfelt.

According to the United States Geological Survey, Fairfield has had two quakes in about a threeday period, five in the past eight days, 33 over the past 31 days and in the past year, the area has been rattled by 285 quakes.

The largest of any of the earthquakes felt in Fairfield registered magnitude 6.1 on the Richter scale, and was centered in Tonopah, Nevada, the U.S. Geological Survey reports.

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Part of the exterior of the Mare Island Museum suffered damage during the magnitude 6.0 South Napa Earthquake in August 2014.

That is actually larger than the magnitude 6.0 South Napa Earthquake that hit the area Aug. 24, 2014. However, that earthquake caused between $362 million to $1 billion in damage, most of which in Solano County

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FAIRFIELD — Solano Irrigation District directors are set Tuesday to consider the 2021-25 Financial Plan, Water Rate and Capital Replacement Charges Study.

The board also will consider authorizing General Manager Carey Keaton to mail out Proposition 2018 notices to district voters about the rate increase, and then set a public hearing

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was in Vallejo. One person died; 200 were injured.

The earthquake Thursday occurred along the

Concord-Green Valley Fault at a depth of nearly 9.45 miles and was centered 14.5 miles from Vallejo, the U.S. Geological Survey reports.

The Green Valley Fault in Solano County is a direct continuation of the Concord Fault north of the Carquinez Strait.

Officials estimate that the last major surfacerupturing earthquake along the Concord-Green Valley Fault occurred between 200 and 500 years ago, the U.S. Geological Survey reports.

There’s an estimated 4% chance that a magnitude 6.7 or larger earthquake will occur along the Concord-Green Valley Fault by 2033, according to the 2003 Working Group for California Earthquake Probability.

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Also on the agenda, among other items, are the 2021 Rehabilitation and Betterment Plan, and the Bond Project Work Plan.

The board is meeting at 6 p.m. via the Zoom teleconference platform. The public can log on at https://us02web. zoom.us/j/86311931198.

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Solano braces for high wind, potential damage Glen Faison gfaison@dailyrepublic.net

FAIRFIELD — Much of the greater Sacramento region is under a high wind watch that’s in effect from 10 p.m. Sunday through 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Fairfield and Suisun City are just two of the cities across the region likely to be affected by the expected high winds.

The Carquinez Strait and the Delta area are also included in the high wind watch area.

The National Weather Service reports wind gusts Monday in Fairfield could reach 40 mph with sustained winds during the day between 21 and 25 mph. Winds Monday

night are projected between 16 and 22 mph with gusts up to 34 mph.

The forecast calls for similar winds in Vacaville with sustained winds of 23 to 25 mph during the day with gusts up to 41 mph; and winds of 21 to 24 mph Monday night with gusts up to 39 mph.

The winds are expected to be strong enough to damage trees and cause power outages, the National Weather Service reports. The strongest winds are still expected Monday night and Tuesday over most of the area.

Expected high winds are the result of the difference in pressure between a strong system of low pres-

sure moving Monday over much of interior Northern California and strong high pressure building in behind it Monday night and Tuesday, the weather service reports.

Strong north winds are expected to develop Sunday night on the west side of the Sacramento Valley and then become more widespread Monday.

The strongest winds are expected Tuesday, the weather service reports.

Those winds have the potential to blow down trees and power lines and cause power outages.

Travel could also be difficult, especially for high-profile vehicles, the weather service reports.

CHP seeks driver SID after man struck, killed by vehicle

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Todd R. Hansen

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VACAVILLE — A 32-year-man, who had pulled over on Hartley Road in the north Vacaville area due to mechanical issues, was struck and killed Friday by a vehicle that then fled the scene, the California Highway Patrol reports.

The Solano County Sheriff-Coroner’s Officer identified the man as Joseph Bertinoia. His city of residence was not yet known.

The incident occurred about 6:55 a.m. near the intersection of Robinson Road.

“Evidence at the scene indicates that the driver pulled over to the side of the road to resolve mechanical issues with his vehicle,” the CHP states in its initial report.

“After exiting his vehicle, an unknown vehicle traveling northbound on Hartley Road, collided with the victim, causing fatal injuries.”

The CHP is not sure in which direction the hitand-run driver fled.

Anyone who has information about the incident or the identification of the hit-and-run driver is asked to call Officer Patrick Ensley at 428-2100.

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Democrats overreach on recall, miss valid point

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ast week, the California lected about two-thirds of the Democratic Party attempted 1.5 million signatures needed to to link the Republicanqualify the recall. backed drive to recall Gov. However, had they done their Gavin Newsom to the riotous homework and not overreached, invasion of the U.S. Capitol buildHicks, et al, could have made the ing by supporters of soon-to-be very valid point that while ex-President Donald Trump. right-wing extremists are not “This recall effort, which leading the recall drive, they are really ought to be called ‘the Dan Walters certainly trying to make it California coup,’ is being led by happen with outright lies. right-wing conspiracy theorists, white Rightist propaganda outlets are nationalists, anti-vaxxers and groups flooding YouTube with videos that who encourage violence on our demoprofess to be giving viewers factual cratic institutions,” state Democratic information about Newsom and the state Party chairman Rusty Hicks said. he governs, but are plainly attempting to It was an overreach, as media stir up support for the recall with accounts quickly pointed out, to compare misinformation. the clearly illegal and violent incident at For instance, a youngish man who the Capitol to the constitutionally calls himself “John Williams” and protected recall process, and Hicks describes himself as a financial adviser, grudgingly conceded the recall’s has posted numerous videos excoriating legality.

Newsom and backing the recall.

If anything, the effort signaled “Newsom wants essentially to destroy Democratic Party worries that the California and turn it into a communist campaign to collect enough signatures to state where he is the ruler, the dictator place Newsom’s fate before voters may and god over 40 million people,” Williams declares in one. succeed. Organizers say they’ve col-

In another, posted Dec. 30, he tells viewers that Newsom has signed five new laws that would take effect Jan. 1.

“Freedom, liberty and justice died – all thanks to these new laws,” the video claims. “California as we once knew it is gone forever and it’s all thanks to these new laws signed into effect by Gavin Newsom and they become official next week. This is absolutely insane!!”

And what are these horrendous new laws? In fact, Newsom signed only one of the five cited, Assembly Bill 3121, which creates a commission to study reparations for California’s role in the enslavement of Black people.

The other four cited are not new laws, but merely recently introduced bills that would declare racism to be a health crisis, extend a moratorium on renter evictions, push social media platforms to police their content, and make voting-bymail permanent.

All four can be legitimately criticized, but they haven’t even had legislative hearings, much less been passed by the Legislature and signed by Newsom – and saying otherwise is a bald-faced lie.

Another YouTube misinformation site is called “California Insider,” a subsidiary of Epoch Times, a right-wing propaganda outlet founded by members of the Falun Gong religious movement and one of Trump’s most ardent cheerleaders.

California Insider generates a steady stream of seemingly straightforward interviews focused on California’s shortcomings due to poor governance by Democratic Party officeholders. It often features well-known Republican political figures.

Whether Newsom deserves to be recalled is debatable. But he certainly doesn’t deserve to be slandered by misinformation, lies and guilt-by-association. Hicks could have made that legitimate point instead of engaging in overheated character assassination himself.

about, especially how they want to be known in the annals of history.

What we saw happen in the halls of Congress on Jan. 6 is a result of how Trump capitalized on the hatred that has been smoldering for the past 40 years. For the past four years, the people in power stood by and coddled President Trump, believing his lies.

They should be indicted for aiding and abetting Trump’s criminal actions.

is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith.”

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather, “Which wolf wins?”

The old Cherokee man simply replied, “The one you feed.”

This Native American legend was told during a Christmas season homily and quoted in the parish bulletin at Holy Family Catholic Church in Orangevale in December 2008.

Reflecting on this memorable Christmas lesson, especially after the divisive 2020 elections and insurrection in Washington, D.C., it seems just as relevant to political parties and society at large, as to each of us. Which wolf have we, individually and collectively, been feeding here in the U.S.? Our future depends on which we choose going forward.

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America, beware thugs After the recent display of rioting at our Capitol on Jan. 6, we must be aware that more traitorous acts by these thugs will occur in the very near future. We must protect our union and we must repel their worthless efforts. A new era is upon us as we defend our democracy.

These thugs must be turned back. They do not represent the silent majority of Americans.

We must thoroughly investigate these people and the law enforcement around the attack. And we must be ready to defend our institutions in the very near future (i.e., Jan. 17 and Jan. 20). Stop these thugs now! America beware!

James Pointer Vacaville

New city looms on state’s political horizon If the giddiness concerning sunny Cal’s proposed political redistricting throes hasn’t peaked, it will soon. In addition, at least one new city will be gracing our pristine shores. Rumor has it that Death Row is filling for cityhood.

Citing numerous plusses such as a growing population with a virtually zero mortality rate, it has become a “destination” in travel terms.

Gated communities always sway politicians and, as a result, I suspect both the president-elect and our governor are inclined to favor the cause by ensuring the status quo. Not to mention, with all the recent unemployment checks flowing into their coffers, it will be the third most affluent enclave in the state. Add their lifelong aversion to gaseous emissions and you have a green city to be lauded.

To top it all off, Death Row has jumped on the bandwagon for another humanitarian crusade. If their “citiness “is OK’d, they will proudly declare their environs a “sanctuary city.”

Bill Ferguson Vacaville

GOP shows power of addiction, addiction to power Long before Donald Trump took office, I’ve been reading articles about the right-wing Republican hate groups.

They seem to exaggerate the message about voter fraud, election corruption, Democrats as socialists who want to

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These lies and rhetoric are examples of their power addiction, which started with the Reagan administration blaming Democrats for failed Republican business policies, all the while funneling money to the top tier of society, feeding their addiction to power.

It is the Republican Party’s attempt to hold onto their power with any means possible without regard to truth or facts, much the same way a heroin addict will do whatever it takes to feed their addiction. The Republicans will do what it takes to strengthen their power and to secure wealth. We have seen a tremendous, unscrupulous example of the addiction to power in the Trump administration, including sedition of Republican right-wing hate groups taking illegal action against our Congress.

The Republican Party needs to fall back, rethink its mission statement, and define what the Republican Party is all

Ric Wright Suisun City

A tale of 2 wolves One evening an old Cherokee man told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people.

He said, “My son, the battle is between two wolves inside us all. One is evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority and ego. The other is good. It

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The DR asked its readers if they thought there was a double standard in the police response to the mob that stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6. Here are some comments: n Is this a difficult question? We’re not talking about BLM protests or the riots of last summer.

We’re talking about the events of Jan. 6. We have only to look at the police and military response when the mostly black protesters even got near the Capitol. n Yes, there definitely was. Where hundreds of looters and rioters pretty much got off scot-free after damaging businesses and buildings, the announcement that the FBI is looking for people to arrest certainly sets that double standard. n Not in any stretch are the BLM protesters to be put in the same thoughts or opinions about this situation. We can clearly see the situations were reacted to quite differently by the law enforcement agencies involved. n I find it interesting that there were well over a hundred people arrested but the media is laser-focused on three people who are confirmed Trump supporters.

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wednesday, Jan. 13 7:27 a.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, NOTTINGHAM DRIVE 8:31 a.m. — Vehicle burglary, 1300 block of WEST TEXAS STREET 10:02 a.m. — Battery, 5100 block of FERMI DRIVE 10:02 a.m. — Vehicle burglary, 4800 block of BUSINESS CENTER DRIVE 10:12 a.m. — Forgery, VILLA COURT 10:21 a.m. — Trespassing, 2200 block of GATEWAY COURT 10:27 a.m. — Forgery, 3300 block of PEBBLE BEACH COURT 10:33 a.m. — Battery, LINEAR PARK PATHWAY 10:47 a.m. — Trespassing, 1300 block of TRAVIS BOULEVARD 1:11 p.m. — Reckless driver, AIR BASE PARKWAY 2:12 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 2700 block of WOODMONT DRIVE 3:35 p.m. — Reckless driver, MANUEL CAMPOS PARKWAY 4:10 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, VAN BUREN STREET 4:33 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE 5:33 p.m. — Reckless driver, FIFTH STREET 7:11 p.m. — Vehicle theft, 3500 block of NELSON ROAD 7:12 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, NORTH TEXAS STREET 7:38 p.m. — Trespassing, 1700 block of WEST TEXAS STREET 8:15 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 4300 block of CENTRAL PLACE 8:28 p.m. — Shots fired, 2900 block of GAMMON COURT 8:55 p.m. — Battery, 2800 block of DOVER AVENUE 10:06 p.m. — Battery, 4400 block of CENTRAL PLACE 10:40 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, EAST PACIFIC AVENUE 11:56 p.m. — Reckless driver, 1700 block of ENTERPRISE DRIVE Thursday, Jan. 14 1:57 a.m. — Drunken driver, EAST TABOR AVENUE 2:18 a.m. — Reckless driver, 1900 block of MANOR PLACE 2:31 a.m. — Drunken driver, 2600 block of VALLEY OAK WAY 3:56 a.m. — Residential burglary, 900 block of UNION AVENUE 6:42 a.m. — Vehicle burglary, 1400 block of HOLIDAY LANE 7:12 a.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 2300 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 7:17 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 2800 block of DOVER AVENUE 8:31 a.m. — Commercial burglary, 1800 block of WALTERS COURT 8:43 a.m. — Commercial burglary, 900 block of TRAVIS BOULEVARD 9:01 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 1800 block of INDIANA STREET 11:17 a.m. — Trespassing, 4300 block of CENTRAL PLACE

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and our large prey bird aviary,” said Liguori, adding that the prey bird aviary is home to a golden eagle.

Doug Darling, representing the Friends of Lake Chabot and the Greater Vallejo Recreation District, said the $2,496.50 grant requested would fund 10 additional in-classroom trout egg hatching systems.

He said he has eight systems currently, seven of which are in classrooms. He wants to add the systems to schools in Rio Vista and Dixon, and upon the urging of Alvarez, will expand that list to Benicia as well.

“I should have a school

Vaccine From Page One Friday that some pharmacies that would have received more vaccine shipments this week have to wait a week, “because the national supply simply isn’t coming.” Jeff Gorell, a deputy mayor, said Thursday that the city would receive 46,000 doses for their vaccination sites over the next few days, but that city officials “don’t know what the world looks like after Wednesday.”

“It’s not a problem with the state, it’s not a problem here locally,” Garcetti said. “We simply don’t have the supply coming in.”

U.S. governors said they had been expecting a sharp uptick in vaccine shipments, based on assurances from Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Operation Warp Speed, the Trump administration initiative to marshal vaccines en masse.

Instead, Newsom said Friday, officials “have “reneged on that, or for whatever reason are unable to deliver.”

Trump administration officials had assured U.S. governors that they would soon release doses from a stockpile of vaccines as a way to help states ramp up their vaccination efforts. The Washington Post reported Friday that the stockpile is already depleted, and that states will not receive additional shipments, slowing vaccination programs across the country.

A spokesperson for HHS did not return a request for comment.

President-elect Joe Biden echoed those concerns, criticizing the U.S. vaccine rollout Friday as “a dismal failure thus far.”

A lack of clear information from the White House means state and local officials have been unable to make proper plans because they don’t know how many doses they can expect or when they can expect them, Biden said. He said there were “tens of millions of doses” sitting unused in freezers.

Biden said his goal is for the U.S. to administer 100 million vaccines during his first 100 days in office, including at federally supported community vaccination centers and

in every city in Solano County,” Darling said.

The trout would be released in Lake Chabot, located in Alameda County.

This is a national program. California has more schools involved than any other state, with 400 classrooms in the Bay Area.

Darling said not only are the students’ minds opened to what they learn, but often their eyes and mouths in surprise and excitement.

Teachers attend a onetime workshop to learn about the program, and Darling said most of the teachers want to keep the systems for the years that follow. He said some of the teachers have taken the systems to their homes during the Covid-19 pandemic, which has kept most schools closed.

“It’s good to see the kids get involved and get something out of it,” Commissioner Michael Whited said.

The third presentation was made by John Takekawa, the operations manager of the Suisun Resource Conservation District.

The district would use the grant money to purchase a drone to survey areas and determine maintenance needs in terms of evasive vegetation and levee infrastructure. The application is for $2,500.

He said since much of the area is in private ownership, the drones are less intrusive and studies show they do not appear to bother birds.

The district already uses a drone to accurately target and spray invasive plants, Takekawa said.

“If there is a heavy rain at the same time as a high tide, we get damage,” said Takekawa, noting the drone can provide visual evidence of that precise damage.

Additionally, Takekawa said, “We propose to use the drone to examine the habitat conditions.”

The other applications are for: n International Bird Rescue: Resolving negative human-wildlife impacts, $2,500. n Napa - S ol a no Audubon Society: Determining success or failure of four colonies of the threatened tricolored blackbird in Solano County, $2.500. n Campfire Golden Network: Vallejo Outreach – Public areas cleanup program, $350.

mobile clinics.

That type of effort will require a massive and reliable flow of doses, and clear communication with local officials who are trying to determine how many appointments to schedule.

Los Angeles County officials estimate that by next week, they will be able to administer more than 40,000 doses per day at vaccination sites that include Dodger Stadium, five mega-sites run by the county – including Six Flags Magic Mountain and the Pomona Fairplex – and a handful of smaller city clinics.

Newsom’s handling of the rollout has drawn criticism too, including his announcement that people 65 or older would be prioritized for vaccinations – creating mass confusion in counties where officials were not ready to administer the shots.

Officials have been inundated with calls from residents 65 and older who want the vaccine, Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger said.

But the county will not begin the next round of shots until healthcare workers are vaccinated.

The county is not hoarding doses, Barger said, but needs a promise from the state and federal governments that enough doses will arrive to keep vaccination sites running smoothly.

“People are scared,” Barger said. “That’s really the takeaway I’m getting from people who are calling. People are frightened.”

Last week, Newsom sent a letter with governors of seven other states – including New York, Illinois and Michigan – to Azar and the head of Operation Warp Speed demanding that the federal government release doses from a federal stockpile so states could accelerate their vaccinations.

This week during a phone call with Azar and Vice President Mike Pence, governors were told that those doses would soon arrive, Newsom said. Health officials began planning for a surge in supply – which now does not appear to be coming, he said.

The Biden administration has promised to provide more transparency on when doses will arrive, Newsom said, which “helps us with

our planning purpose. It allows quicker and more efficient throughput, more capacity.”

Public officials across the U.S. have grown increasingly vocal in their criticisms of the Trump administration, saying the recommendation to vaccinate the elderly would lead to shortages unless more doses are released.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a Friday radio interview that the city had vaccinated 125,000 people in four days, but has been receiving a “very paltry” shipment of 100,000 doses per week from the federal government. The city will run out of vaccine next week unless the shipments increase, he said.

One of New York’s largest hospitals, the Mt. Sinai Health System, canceled vaccination appointments this week because they did not have enough doses.

“There is not enough supply of vaccine to keep up with the first appointments, let alone the second appointments,” de Blasio said.

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said on Twitter that states will not be receiving increased shipments from the national stockpile next week, as previously promised, “because there is no federal reserve of doses.”

Vaccine manufacturers, meanwhile, say production is keeping up. Pfizer stated Friday that they are prepared to release millions of doses each day.

“Pfizer is confident in our ability to deliver 200 million doses of our vaccine to the U.S. government by July 31st,” Pfizer spokeswoman Jerica Pitts said via email.

In Santa Clara County, officials have struggled to determine what the vaccine providers in their own county are doing, or how much they have on hand, county counsel James Williams said.

Some vaccine providers, like CVS, are getting their vaccine shipments directly from the federal government, Williams said. The state distributes some doses to entities operating in multiple counties, including Kaiser hospitals and the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, a major medical group in the Bay Area.

Those entities are responsible for vaccinating the majority of Santa Clara County, but

the county doesn’t know exactly what they’re doing, Williams said.

“We have less information than you do,” said Dr. Howard Mandel, president of the L.A. City Health Commission, which acts as an advisory board to the City Council and mayor. A lack of communication coming down from the county is making it difficult for the commission to do its job, and repeated requests for updates and information often go unanswered, he said.

The vaccination pipeline starts at the national level, where federal officials apportion doses for each state, said Dr. Mark Ghaly, California’s Health and Human Services secretary. Then states allocate doses to counties, local health authorities and other entities like hospitals and prison systems– and then doses are allocated to providers like pharmacies and clinics.

Garcetti and three dozen other big-city mayors are pushing for less red tape and more local control. In a letter this week, the mayors urged Biden to release doses directly to cities, saying: “There is a need to be nimble and fill gaps that are unique to each local area.”

Vaccine distributors said they’re ready to deliver more doses, but that they are beholden to government rules for allocation.

Kaiser Permanente of Southern California has been “preparing for the expansion of eligibility” to include people 65 and older, but making that happen “depends on getting access to adequate supplies of vaccine, which we understand is coming,” said Dr. Nancy Gin, regional director of quality and clinical analysis.

The Albertsons supermarket chain, which will be administering vaccines at its retail pharmacies, said it is training more than 500 pharmacy technicians to assist with inoculations, and that vaccines are “moving out the door” as soon as they come in.

“The regulating factor really is the number of vaccines being allocated to us,” Albertsons pharmacy manager Willem Henning said. “If we received more vaccines, we could probably do several hundred more each week.”

the plan are targeted for when those items should be initiated, not completed, adding that several are ongoing efforts that will cross over from year to year.

A program to inventory all the park trees was discussed so staff would know if a tree needed to be removed or pruned for safety needs.

Because of potential costs, it was suggested that Master Gardeners or University of California, Davis students in related fields could be tapped for some of the work.

Drake said he started the work back in 2010 when he was a ranger in the county, but the effort was abandoned in subsequent years.

The commission directed that the workplan be added to each meeting agenda to make sure the commissioners are kept updated as needed, and in case there is a need to make an adjustment.

The commission also requested language to be added that the ad hoc committee working on a regional park system will continue that work

in preparation for when that issue again becomes a priority after the novel coronavirus pandemic has passed and fire recovery is completed.

Commissioner Robin Leong was selected to be the new chairman, starting with the March 11 meeting, while Commissioner Michael Whited will serve as vice chairman.

Leong announced this would likely be his last year on the commission.

He said he has plans to move to Hawaii.

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was too ambitious.

“I think there’s too much on this to accomplish this year,” Alvarez said.

“You don’t want 20 items and do only three.”

Drake explained the plan is actually smaller than the last one, which was for 2014-16, noting some items had been consolidated, while others were dropped. Drake said the dates listed in

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Sacramento-area rallies call for sports to resume The Sacramento Bee EL DORADO HILLS — Student-athletes in school colors arrived at more than 130 sites across California on Friday, their emotions and signage in tow. The signs read, “Sports are essential” and “Let them play!” They met at parks, in church parking lots, on sidewalks, all at 4 p.m. in an effort to be seen and heard in large numbers.

The teenagers were backed by parents, coaches and business owners

throughout the Sacramento region to advocate the importance of high school sports, or any campus involvement. In El Dorado Hills, there were some high spirits before anyone got to the microphone to talk data and hope, per the norm when young people gather. But mostly, there were a lot of glum expressions.

That has been a signature theme this lost academic year of no sports, no cheer, no dance, no marching band and

no fun, all the fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic that shuttered schools and sports in March with an uncertain immediate future of when things can get back to anything close to normal. As the sun set Friday on the Highway 50 corridor, the backdrop sound of a water fountain didn’t drown out the pleas of kids and adults urging for at least an opportunity to resume high school sports competition, and their message came across loud and clear through

masks. The academic year is half over, which hasn’t been the only thing lost.

“It’s not just games we’re missing,” Oak Ridge junior football player Luke Armstrong said. “It’s the bond, the brotherhood, memories. We can’t wait to play on Friday nights again.”

The rallies came while the pandemic is still roaring in California.

The state reported almost 40,000 new cases Friday and nearly 700 deaths.

Also this week, it was

announced Bella Vista High School cross country coach Tom Laythe died from Covid-19.

At the El Dorado Hills rally, Armstrong received rousing applause. He and other members of the Oak Ridge football program led a chant later of, “Let us play! Let us play!”

Oak Ridge football coach Eric Cavaliere said these events are not specific to football.

“Kids everywhere are hurting,” he said. “Sports are such a big part of their

lives. For a lot of kids across the state, sports helps keep kids focused, engaged, and they make it a habit, and that’s hard now.”

ROOTS OF THE RALLIES None of these rallies were on campus or coach-driven events, nor were any affiliated with any schools.

This was all parent-driven, stemming from the Facebook page “Let Them Play” that has gained more than 30,000 followers in a matter of days.

The statewide Golden State HS Football Coaches Community added fuel to the drive with results of a study

See Rallies, Page A12

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come here, play against the top seed, feel good for most of the game, feel like you’ve got a chance to win, and obviously you come up short,” quarterback Jared Goff said. “It is tough and disappointing.”

Nobody looked more upset than All-Pro defensive tackle Aaron Donald, who was being comforted on the sideline at the end of a game in which he was clearly limited by the rib injury he suffered in the Rams’ Wildcard Round win over the Seattle Seahawks.

“Just hard for him, for a guy like that, to work as hard as he does,” defensive end Michael Brockers said.

“I promise you, he’ll be

Rams have no defense for Packers in season-ending loss The vivid last image of Rams football in the 2020 season will be somebody finally out-smarting and out-muscling their league-leading defense.

It was summed up in the moment Green Bay Packers quart e r b a c k A a r o n Rodgers pump-faked linebacker Leonard Floyd into the air, ran around him and out-sprinted safety John Johnson to the right end-zone pylon for a crucial touchdown.

It showed up in the stats that showed the Packers’ top-scoring offense becoming the first team to pile up 400 yards,

and very nearly 500 yards, against the Rams’ leagueleading defense.

It added up, over four quarters at frigid Lambeau Field on Saturday afternoon, to a 32-18 Packers victory in an NFC Divisional playoff game that ended the Rams’ year.

In part because of Rodgers’ basketball move, it’s now basketball and hockey season in L.A. While the topseeded Packers move on to host New Orleans or Tampa Bay in the NFC championship game next weekend, the Rams will be licking physical and emotional wounds.

“You’ve come so far, you

doing something (working out) next week.

“I’ve just got to talk to him and let him know, ‘That’s not on you. You gave it everything you had. You’re the reason we’re here.’ “ While the defense was hampered by Donald’s injury, the offense was hurt by the absence of teamleading receiver Cooper Kupp and left guard David Edwards, and Goff was making his first start since surgery to repair his fractured and dislocated throwing thumb.

Goff had a day to be proud of, completing 21 of 27 passes for 174 yards, See Packers, Page A11

What are 49ers getting in likely DC Ryans? How will the defense look?

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The 49ers likely won’t look too far for Robert Saleh’s replacement at defensive coordinator.

Linebackers coach DeMeco Ryans is expected to get the promotion after Saleh accepted the job to become the head coach for the New York Jets on Thursday.

Said head coach Kyle Shanahan after the season: “ It’s only as a matter of time before DeMeco is a coordinator in this league. It’s a matter of time before DeMeco will be a head coach.”

So what are the 49ers getting in their new defensive coordinator?

Ryans, a linebacker at Alabama, was the first pick of the second round in the 2006 NFL draft by the Houston Texans. He won defensive rookie of the year and was named to two Pro Bowls. He played for 10 seasons, ending his career in 2015. He ended his playing career at age 31 after making 970 tackles, 13.5 sacks, seven interceptions, seven forced fumbles and 72 tackles for loss.

ANALYSIS Ryans as a player was regarded as an extension of the coaching staff, which is also a trait of Ryans’ star pupil, Fred Warner, who was named a first-team All-Pro and Pro Bowler for the first time in 2020.

Ryans has also been pivotal in the quick development of Dre Greenlaw, who made a sizable impact on San Francisco’s defense as a rookie in 2019 after he was selected in the fifth round.

“He knows (the defense) like the back of his hand,” Greenlaw said last month. “(Ryans) and Saleh are definitely the leaders of the defense, just by helping and having played in that defense before, (Ryans) knows what to expect. He’s one of those guys that can break it down to where you understand it and he does a good job of just explaining exactly what he wants out of you.

And he’s a players’ coach too.

“Everybody loves DeMeco just because you know he’s going to coach you hard and sometimes you ain’t going to like it, but at the same

time he’s going to motivate you and tell you good job whenever you do something good. To have a coach that can give you the good and the bad, and just have your back through whatever, that makes him a perfect D-coordinator. “

Ryans moving up quickly Ryans is also a fast riser. He joined the 49ers staff as a quality control assistant in 2017. He was promoted to inside linebackers coach in 2018 during Warner’s rookie season after the team tried to hire Ken Norton Jr. to coach the position. Norton was with San Francisco for a week before taking the defensive coordinator job with the Seattle Seahawks.

The unexpected loss of Norton likely sped up Ryans’ ascension up the coaching ranks.

“DeMeco is well-spoken, has got a lot of respect from his players, he’s incredibly intelligent. He is a sponge for knowledge,” Saleh said last month. “Even though he’s See 49ers, Page A12

The San Jose Sharks couldn’t keep up with Phil Kessel and the Arizona Coyotes on Saturday afternoon at Gila River Arena.

The Sharks allowed two goals by Kessel, including one at the 5:13 mark of the second period, in a 5-3 road loss to the Coyotes as the two teams split their seasonopening, two-game series.

Timo Meier had a goal and two assists and Ryan Donato scored his first goal in a San Jose uniform, but goalie Martin Jones, who shined in the Sharks’ shootout win Thursday, allowed five goals on the Coyotes’ first 22 shots.

Meier tied the game 2-2 at the 15:27 mark of the first period, as his pass attempt to Kevin Labanc in the slot went off Jakob Chychrun’s skate and floated past Antti Raanta. But the Coyotes scored the next three goals, with Kessel’s goal giving his team a 3-2 lead.

Tomas Hertl scored for the Sharks with 51 seconds left in the third period for his third goal of the season. He scored twice in the Sharks’ 4-3 victory over the Coyotes (1-0-1) on Thursday.

“I thought we played better structure and

better as a team today than we did in the first game,” Sharks coach Bob Boughner said. “We were looking for that timely goal. I think it took a little wind (out of) the sails, their third goal. But structurally and detail-wise, I thought we were better.

We spent a lot more time in their end in the (offensive) zone.”

The Sharks (1-1-0) will stay in the Phoenix area overnight and practice Sunday morning before they leave for St. Louis, where they’ll play the Blues on Monday and Wednesday night.

Barrett Hayton, Jakob Chychrun and Clayton Keller also scored for Arizona. Both Chychrun and Keller’s goals came right after Coyotes faceoff wins, as the Sharks were dismantled in the faceoff circle, winning just nine of 32 draws after 40 minutes. Arizona won 28 of 47 draws for the game.

“That’s something we’ve got to get way better at,” Boughner said.

Keller’s goal came at the 2:39 mark of the third period and gave Arizona a 5-2 lead. Jones was replaced by Devan Dubnyk with 13:22 left in regulation time, as the See Sharks, Page A11

Warriors’ Steve Kerr hopes two-way player rules will soon change Tribune Content Agency As the NBA discusses allowing teams to add a roster spot amid the coronavirus surge, Warriors head coach Steve Kerr hopes the league will also consider altering the rules regarding current two-way players.

As it stands, a team may have two two-way players who shuttle between a franchise’s G League and NBA squads, but they may not play more than 50 of the big club’s 72 games.

“I know what I would love to see is: our two-way players not being limited to 50 games. I could have used Nico (Mannion) and Juan (Toscano-Anderson) several times this year, but I had to make them inactive to build the number of inactive games they both need,” Kerr said after Saturday’s practice.

“I’ve been trying to knock a lot of those games out early to save them for a rainy day, when we have injuries. But, if the league allowed us to expand that number, we’d be able to

use them more.

“We’ll see what the league decides. I know they have everybody’s best interest at heart, and they’ll come up with the best solution.”

Through Friday, the NBA had postponed 13 games because of coronavirus testing and contact tracing since opening the season Dec. 22, and in other instances, teams have played extremely shorthanded.

Since the league isn’t interested in pausing the season, reports about the chance of adding an 18th player to rosters surfaced this week. The NBA and National Basketball Players Association would still have to agree on the final details regarding the additional roster spot, which is expected to be a third two-way player, according to ESPN. The Warriors’ game scheduled for Friday at Phoenix was postponed, because the Suns didn’t have the league-mandated eight players available.

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DAILY REPUBLIC â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Sunday, January 17, 2021â&#x20AC;&#x192; A11

Packers: Rushed for nearly 200 yards From Page A10 one touchdown and no turnovers, while being sacked four times.

Cam Akers rushed for 90 yards and a touchdown on 18 carries.

But with Donald on the sideline too often, the defense couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop the leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highest-scoring offense, led by the Packersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; backs, who rushed for nearly 200 yards, and Rodgers, who passed for nearly 300 and two touchdowns.

The Rams came out of halftime trailing by nine and knowing their strong second-half defense this season gave them a chance.

They knew that all the way up to the first play after the break, when Packers running back Aaron Jones broke away for a 60-yard run to the Ramsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 15. Five plays later, Jones broke a

tackle by Troy Reeder and tumbled into the end zone from one yard out for a 25-10 lead.

The Rams werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t done yet.

Goff, whose season could have been over when he broke his thumb in Week 16 and John Wolford played well in his place, led a 79-yard drive for a Cam Akers touchdown and two-point conversion that made it 25-18.

The 7-yard TD came on the third direct snap of the day to Akers, and the two-pointer came on a clever play that saw Goff complete a pass to Van Jefferson, who lateraled to Akers on the left edge.

But the Packers all but put the game away when Rodgers hit Allen Lazard for a 58-yard scoring catch-and-run with 6:44 to play.

Who got the first advantage figured to be important

because both offenses, built by best friends and old colleagues Sean McVay and Matt LaFleur, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to have to pass and break out of their runpass balance.

The Packers got it.

The teams exchanged field goals â&#x20AC;&#x201C; good pass defense by Rams linebacker Troy Reeder forcing the Packers to kick one from 24 yards and a fourth-down false start by Rams guard Austin Corbett making McVay settle for a 37-yarder by Matt Gay. As light snow fell on a 35-degree day, Green Bay marched methodically for 84 yards and went ahead 10-3 on a oneyard pass from Rodgers to Davante Adams early in the second quarter.

The Packersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; biggest gain on the drive came from another Rams penalty, a 15-yard unnecessary roughness flag

against Donald after a shoving match with left guard Elgton Jenkins.

Donald was playing with protection for his injured ribs.

The third key Rams penalty of the first half, on their punt following a Goff sack, gave the Packers the ball at the L.A. 47 and led to the play of the day.

Rodgers passed the Packers into the Ramsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; red zone. On third down at the Ramsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 1, the 37-yearold quarterback used his feet. Rolling right as he looked for a receiver, he faked Floyd into the air and ran to the right pylon.

Green Bay messed up the snap on the extra point but led 16-3.

The Rams responded, keeping the ball on the ground. Akers gained 45 yards on five carries and a reception on a 75-yard drive. Goff capped it with a well-placed, four-yard TD pass to Van Jefferson.

Sharks: Dubnyk made San Jose debut From Page A10 former Minnesota Wild goalie made his Sharks debut and could play again Monday against the Blues. Jones, who had 34 saves Thursday, had 19 saves Saturday before he was pulled.

Donato, Dubnykâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teammate with the Wild for close to two seasons,

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scored his first goal of the season at the 3:34 mark of the first period, tipping a Meier wrist shot from inside the blue line past Raanta. It was Donatoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first power play goal in 96 games, with his last one coming against the Carolina Hurricanes on Dec. 23, 2018 when he was with the Boston Bruins. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just did what I was

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Boughner said he was simply looking to get Dubnyk some work. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As soon as (Jones) came off, I said (to him) this is strictly to give (Dubnyk) some ice time,â&#x20AC;?

Boughner said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to need both goalies on the road here, I just wanted him to see some real action.â&#x20AC;?

supposed to do, stand in front of the net and create some traffic, and Timo put a great shot,â&#x20AC;? Donato. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Maybe just one that he whiffed on the first one, but after that he got one right to the net. Put it in the wheelhouse for me to tip, and I was lucky to get a piece of it.â&#x20AC;?

With no preseason games to help get ready,

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Scoreboard Rallies: Prep football played in 35 states last fall FOOTBALL NFL Playoffs Wild card 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.

Sunday, Jan. 10 Baltimore 20, Tennessee 13 New Orleans 21, Chicago 9 Cleveland 48, Pittsburgh 37 Divisional Round Saturday’s Games Green Bay 32, L.A. Rams 18 Buffalo 17, Baltimore 3 Sunday’s Games Cleveland at Kansas City, 12:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay at New Orleans, 3:40 p.m.

BASKETBALL NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB Boston 8 3 .727 — Philadelphia 9 5 .643 ½ Brooklyn 8 6 .571 1½ New York 5 8 .385 4 Toronto 4 8 .333 4½ Central Division

W L Pct GB Milwaukee 9 4 .692 — Indiana 8 4 .667 ½ Cleveland 6 7 .462 3 Chicago 4 8 .333 4½ Detroit 3 9 .250 5½ Southeast Division

W L Pct GB Orlando 6 7 .462 — Atlanta 5 6 .455 — Charlotte 6 8 .429 ½ Miami 4 7 .364 1 Washington 3 8 .273 2 WESTERN CONFERENCE Northwest Division

W L Pct GB Utah 8 4 .667 — Portland 7 5 .583 1 Denver 6 6 .500 2 Oklahoma City 6 6 .500 2 Minnesota 3 8 .273 4½ Pacific Division

W L Pct GB L.A. Lakers 11 3 .786 — L.A. Clippers 9 4 .692 1½ Phoenix 7 4 .636 2½ GOLDEN STATE 6 6 .500 4 SACRAMENTO 5 8 .385 5½ Southwest Division

W L Pct GB Dallas 6 5 .545 — San Antonio 7 6 .538 — Memphis 6 6 .500 ½ New Orleans 4 7 .364 2 Houston 4 7 .364 2 Friday’s Games GOLDEN STATE at Phoenix, ppd.

L.A. Clippers 138, SACRAMENTO 100 Washington at Detroit, ppd.

Boston 124, Orlando 97 Cleveland 106, New York 103 Milwaukee 112, Dallas 109 Memphis at Minnesota, ppd.

Oklahoma City 127, Chicago 125 Utah 116, Atlanta 92 L.A. Lakers 112, New Orleans 95 Saturday’s Games San Antonio 103, Houston 91 Brooklyn 122, Orlando 115 Toronto 116, Charlotte 113 Detroit 120, Miami 100 Memphis 106, Philadelphia 104 Indiana at Phoenix, ppd.

Atlanta at Portland, (n) Sunday’s Games New Orleans at SACRAMENTO, 6 p.m.

New York at Boston, 10 a.m.

Cleveland at Washington, ppd.

Chicago at Dallas, noon Philadelphia at Oklahoma City, 4 p.m.

Utah at Denver, 5 p.m.

Indiana at L.A. Clippers, 7 p.m.

Monday’s Games GOLDEN STATE at L.A. Lakers, 7 p.m., Orlando at New York, 9 a.m.

Cleveland at Washington, ppd.

Minnesota at Atlanta, 11:30 p.m.

Detroit at Miami, noon San Antonio at Portland, noon Phoenix at Memphis, 2 p.m.

Milwaukee at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m.

Dallas at Toronto, 4:30 p.m.

Houston at Chicago, 5 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Oklahoma City at Denver, 6 p.m.

New Orleans at Utah, 6 p.m.

HOCKEY NHL West Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Arizona 2 1 1 1 3 8 7 Vegas 1 1 0 0 2 5 2 Minnesota 1 1 0 0 2 4 3 Colorado 2 1 1 0 2 9 4 St. Louis 2 1 1 0 2 4 9 SAN JOSE 2 1 1 0 2 7 8 Los Angeles 1 0 0 1 1 3 4 Anaheim 1 0 1 0 0 2 5 East Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Philadelphia 2 2 0 0 4 11 5 Washington 2 2 0 0 4 8 5 New Jersey 2 1 0 1 3 4 4 Boston 2 1 0 1 3 4 4 N.Y. Rangers 2 1 1 0 2 5 4 N.Y. Islanders 2 1 1 0 2 4 5 Buffalo 2 0 2 0 0 5 8 Pittsburgh 2 0 2 0 0 5 11 North Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Toronto 3 2 1 0 4 11 11 Montreal 2 1 0 1 3 9 6 Winnipeg 1 1 0 0 2 4 3 Ottawa 2 1 1 0 2 7 6 Vancouver 2 1 1 0 2 7 8 Edmonton 3 1 21 0 2 9 12 Calgary 1 0 0 1 1 3 4 Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 2 2 0 0 4 10 3 Nashville 2 2 0 0 4 8 3 Carolina 2 1 1 0 2 5 4 Detroit 2 1 1 0 2 4 5 Dallas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Florida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Columbus 2 0 2 0 0 3 8 Chicago 2 0 2 0 0 3 10 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs.

Friday’s Games Washington 2, Buffalo 1 Philadelphia 5, Pittsburgh 2 Tampa Bay 5, Chicago 2 Ottawa 5, Toronto 3 Colorado 8, St. Louis 0 Dallas at Florida, ppd.

Saturday’s Games Arizona 5, SAN JOSE 3 New Jersey 2, Boston 1, OT Montreal 5, Edmonton 1 N.Y. Rangers 5, N.Y. Islanders 0 Detroit 4, Carolina 2 Toronto 3, Ottawa 2 Nashville 5, Columbus 2 Minnesota at Los Angeles, (n) Anaheim at Vegas, (n) Vancouver at Calgary, (n) Sunday’s Games Washington at Pittsburgh, 9 a.m.

Chicago at Florida, 4 p.m.

Dallas at Tampa Bay, ppd.

Monday’s Games SAN JOSE at St. Louis, 5 p.m.

Columbus at Detroit, 9 a.m.

Boston at N.Y. Islanders, 2 p.m.

Winnipeg at Toronto, 4 p.m.

Buffalo at Philadelphia, 4:30 p.m.

Carolina at Nashville, 5 p.m.

Minnesota at Anaheim, 6 p.m.

Vancouver at Calgary, 6 p.m.

Montreal at Edmonton, 6 p.m.

Arizona at Vegas, 7 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games New Jersey at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m.

Buffalo at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.

Dallas at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m.

Chicago at Florida, 4 p.m.

Washington at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m.

Winnipeg at Ottawa, 4 p.m.

Columbus at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.

Carolina at Nashville, 5 p.m.

Colorado at Los Angeles, 7 p.m.

From Page A10 conducted among coaches across the state and spearheaded by De La Salle’s Justin Alumbaugh and Serra of San Mateo’s Patrick Walsh.

In working with more than 230 football coaches, the study showed that 700,000 total works by nearly 16,000 athletes since June conditioning produced five positive cases of Covid-19 that could be tracked to the workouts. The conclusion from the coaching study was that workouts and practices are not superspreader events.

While no education-based sports seasons have played in California since March, 35 states had football seasons, some with reduced schedules and others with stop-andstarts. Football-mad Texas is finishing up its playoff season. West Coast states have not played any prep sports since March – California, Oregon, Washington and Nevada.

California prep teams hope to play a reduced schedule this spring, if counties get out of the most restrictive purple tier. The California Department of Public Health on its latest guidelines for youth sports show that no prep seasons can start before Jan. 25, which would include sports like cross country running.

The prep sports governing body California Interscholastic

Federation has officials in contact with the health departments to work within a scope of guidelines.

‘IT’S SO PAINFUL’ The mental toll of no sports concern adults and kids, who say they’re worried about depression, weight gain or loss, and suicides.

“Kids are essential, and they need to be active, because this is hurting so many people,” said Kristen Roeder, a mother of two Oak Ridge students and who organized the El Dorado Hills event. “We’re adults.

We can resume games safely. We can do this. It’s been done across the country. It’s horrible what these kids, all over, have missed out on.”

The sport of cheer has also been on hold with a lot of programs not cleared to practice routines or stunts.

“It’s painful for so many kids,” said Kat Martin, the cheer coach at Oak Ridge, winners of a national championship just over a year ago.

She is the mother of two Oak Ridge graduates and a current Oak Ridge senior, Briggs.

“This is supposed to be the best year of their lives,” Martin said. “It’s been so hard for so many kids.”

‘IRREPLACEABLE MOMENTS’ THEME IN PLACER COUNTY A rally at Destiny Community

Center in Rocklin included players and parents Placer County schools.

Athletes from various sports wore jerseys and held signs of “Mental Health Matters” and “It’s More Than A Game.”

Members of the Rocklin dance team performed and sang the school fight song. After Rich Watts, parent of Rocklin quarterback Richie Watts and one of the organizers of the event spoke, he handed the microphone to California legislator Kevin Kiley, a Granite Bay High alum, who faults Gov. Gavin Newsom for prep sports not playing.

Kiley is not a fan of the governor, recently writing the book, “Recall Newsom: The Case Against America’s Most Corrupt Governor.” At this rally, Kiley told the crowd, “Your coach has the right to bench you.

The governor doesn’t have the right to bench every single student-athlete in the state of California. These are irreplaceable memories that you are being robbed of.”

He continued, “We know how important and how formative the experience of high school sports is – you learn teamwork, camaraderie, the rules of fair play, and you build friendships that stay with you for a lifetime. You’re being robbed of that.”

Athletes also spoke, including Del Oro softball and basketball player Jenna Birch. She recalled

growing up the daughter of a football coach and years of Friday night memories. Not having any campus events has stung, she said.

“With the pandemic, our mental health is suffering, and we are losing a little bit of our identity, every day,” Birch said. “It’s so hard to stay motivated when there is no hope. Sports are such a huge part of our lives.

Most of us feel lost without them.

We can only take so much.

She added, “There is still time to give us back a little of what we have lost. Please listen to what we are saying. Our future is in your hands.”

Whitney linebacker Austin Hauptman said, “I know everyone in our league has been dreaming about their senior year since they were little kids. For some people, sports are all people have and is the ticket to the next level. Some people lean on it through depression.”

Whitney parent Brad Dore spoke on behalf of his student kids Kyle and Allison, “Some might say, ‘it’s just sports.’ I believe high school athletics are a fundamental component of our educational system.

“Today as a father, I’m asking our state representatives and the California Public Department of Health to expedite our return to play.

Let our kids learn the lessons outside of the classroom that they

desperately need, help them capitalize on these precious years, and gain the life experiences that will carry with them through the end of their days. Give them the chance to make an informed decision, under smart protocols and get back in the game.”

CITRUS HEIGHTS RALLY Parents and students from the San Juan Unified School District attended a rally in the parking lot and sidewalk Citrus Town Center in Citrus Heights with signs reading “Let Them Play!”

Courtney Rankin was there, the mother of a recent Casa Roble graduate and of a Casa Roble sophomore, who plays three sports. Rankin said too many students are feeling the lull of distance learning and no chance to compete in sports with friends.

“It’s heartbreaking what’s happening to kids everywhere,” Rankin said. “We’re walking a fine line with our youth. There has to be some guidelines if we get sports going, I understand that. Less people in the stands, move indoor sports outside.

Some kids don’t have the parental support, and coaches play a large part there, another major factor why sports are so important. And for some, with no sports, why stay in school?”

49ers: Likely to run same scheme as under Saleh From Page A10 played in this league, he’s been a Pro Bowler, defensive rookie of the year, he’s still learns. I seem him taking notes every day.

“Coach (Shanahan) is talking, he’s taking notes.

I’m talking, he’s taking notes. DB coach is talking, he’s taking notes.

So he is an absolute

sponge in that regard, which tells you that he’s not just going to take a system and go, he’s going to evolve. And so because of that, I just think he’s got a really good chance to continue to evolve and be a head coach one day.”

The expectation is the 49ers would continue to run the same scheme that was constructed by Saleh around the Pete

Carroll’s Cover-3 heavy scheme. That was Shanahan’s preference when he hired Saleh because it’s simplistic enough to allow defenders to play fast.

The system often calls for one safety to play high and another to play in the box. But the scheme evolved during Saleh’s four seasons. It started with five players

along the line of scrimmage in base downs, including one linebacker on the strong side. The team moved away from that during the 2019 offseason after hiring new defensive line coach Kris Kocurek, who implemented the “Wide9” technique for defensive ends.

That new alignment called for edge players to

line up well outside the offensive tackles, pushing the extra linebacker back to the second level of the defense in a more traditional 4-3 look.

Ryans’ group adapted to the new arrangement just fine as the defense ranked second in the NFL overall and was the best unit against the pass, statistically, over the previous decade.

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FAIRFIELD — When Dennis Ariza visited Bodie Historic State Park for the first time about a decade ago, what he saw was surreal.

“It’s an amazing place,” he said. “The first time I went through, I thought the people had been abducted by aliens.”

There were plates of unfinished food, a general store with items in stock, even unfinished homework – and no human inhabitants.

Ariza, president of the FairfieldSuisun Visual Arts Association, is the featured artist at the Solano Town Center Gallery. The topic: “The Abandoned Gold Rush Town that is Frozen in Time.”

The town’s history dates to 1859 when William S. Bodey discovered gold near what is now called Bodie Bluff.

A mill was established in 1861 and the town began to grow. It started with about 20 miners and grew to an estimated 10,000 people by 1880.

There were reported to be 65 saloons in town at one time. Among the saloons were numerous brothels and so-called “houses of ill repute,” gambling halls and opium dens.

The California State Historic Park is in a state of “arrested decay.” The buildings are maintained but not restored.

Rather, they are preserved to their aged and weathered 1880s appearance.

At some point, the spelling of the name was changed and it stuck.

Ariza’s first trek to Bodie was with his friend Steve Ray, who is also featured in the book Ariza has put together about Bodie. He’s also assembled a 2021 calendar of Bodie.

The book and calendar are for sale

YOUNTVILLE — The 4th Annual Yountville International Short Film Festival will occur virtually from Feb. 11-15, offering 16 dedicated screening blocks, special musical guests and filmmaker Q&A sessions.

It marks the first time in its history that the Yountville International Short Film Festival will be a completely virtual affair with the ability to pair the best in short films along with Napa Valley wines, watch live introductions (shot on location in Yountville) and more.

Films range from animation and suspense to fantasy and science fiction, to drama and foreign film selections.

“We are excited to present the best in short-form filmmaking. Whether you are a fan of foreign films, science fiction or you are just looking for the best film to pair with your Napa Valley Cabernet, we have a tremendous lineup for 2021,” Festival Director Bill Hargreaves said in a press release.

“While we will be unable to be together in person this year, we are excited with the opportunity to increase our ability to deliver world-class short films directly to our patrons’ homes, via phone, tablet or computer. This includes streaming our films via Apple TV or Chromecast devices,” Hargreaves said in the press release.

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Some of Dennis Ariza’s photographs of the ghost town Bodie are on display at the Solano Town Center gallery. at the gallery.

Getting to Bodie can be a challenge. It sits at 8,379 feet in the Basin Range of the Eastern Sierra Nevada, about 13 miles east of Highway 395 in Central California.

The final 3 miles of the trek is on an unpaved dirt road.

Ariza also takes advantage of Bodie Days, which offers the chance to meet people who lived in the town, see characters in costume and hear stories.

Buildings are open, as well as the saloon, complete with the piano player, bartender and saloon girls.

One of Ariza’s thousands of Bodie photos shows the town marshal walking a man in black and white stripes down the main street.

“I only stoled a mule,” the man said.

Ariza spent many hours going through photos from his trips to Bodie.

Some have been displayed previously.

This is the biggest collection of his Bodie photos Ariza has shown at one time.

Ariza said he’s never had a paranormal encounter at Bodie. He’s aware of stories about “the curse of Bodie,” where visitors have taken souvenirs only to mail them back after unexplained things have happened.

During one visit, Ariza saw a man looking at a blower sitting in an empty field at Bodie and a conversation began.

It ended with the man sharing he had installed some on the roof of the former onion plant in Vacaville. Ariza’s father worked there and the two men knew each other.

“There’s a lot of history (in Bodie),” Ariza said. “Everyone should go once.”

Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Thursday through Saturday. It’s located on the top level of Solano Town Center.

For more information, visit www. fvaa-arts.org.

PETALUMA — Cinnabar Theater will host the Bay Area premiere of playwright James Lecesne’s critically one-man play, “The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey.”

It will star actor Michael Pavone in his Cinnabar Theater debut. Nathan Cummings will direct.

The performance will be virtually broadcast beginning at 7 p.m. Friday and continuing with on-demand streaming through Jan. 31.

When openly gay, fun-loving 14-yearold Pelkey goes missing from a small New Jersey shore town, the secrets of the townspeople are brought to light and everyone is forced to examine the effect of one boy’s life on a fractured community.

It’s adapted from Lecesne’s novel by the same name. “ ‘The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey’ embraces the spirit and power of a single performer on stage telling an extremely heartfelt, captivating, funny and dramatic story of how we all are better off when we connect with each other and celebrate our differences,”Cummings said in a press release. “This play reminds us that we still have a long way to go when it See Play, Page B2

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hese words come from 1965 and from Malcolm X, two days before his political assassination. They appear on screen at the end of director Regina King’s “One Night in Miami”: “It is a time for martyrs now, and if I am to be one, it will be for the cause of brotherhood. That’s the only thing that can save this country.”

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last week remind us, means different things to different segments of our citizenry.

One of the great satisfactions of King’s film, a fine and

fluid adaptation of Kemp Powers’s 2013 play, is its specific place in recent history and the way that place, that moment, speaks in fierce, eloquent opposition to recent tragic events.

Powers focuses on a stimulating imagined clash of four Black titans: Malcolm X, Cassius Clay, singer/songwriter Sam Cooke and NFL star about to go Hollywood Jim Brown. That particular million dollar ideological quartet really did gather for a See Night, Page B2

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Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir, at left) takes a picture of his friends Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge), Cassius Clay (Eli Goree) and Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr.) in “One Night in Miami.”

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Lee’s children make history with Golden Globe ambassador posts Tribune Content Agency They got game, all right: Filmmaker Spike Lee’s daughter, Satchel, and son, Jackson, will serve as this year’s Golden Globe Ambassadors in a pair of historic firsts for the embattled Hollywood Foreign Press Assn.

Lee’s children with producer Tonya Lewis Lee are the first two siblings of color to be appointed ambassadors, the HFPA said Tuesday. Additionally, Jackson Lee is the first Black male ambassador.

On Instagram, “Da 5 Bloods” director shared the announcement with the caption “Tonya Deserves All Da Credit.”

The ambassador distinction, though a dubious one in some Hollywood circles, most visibly involves the children of stars directing other stars on- and offstage at the annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony. Behind the scenes, the Lees will assist with other duties during the February show and “work to raise awareness around a philanthropic cause of their choosing,” the HFPA said.

Satchel Lee selected Callen-Lorde Community Health Center, which provides healthcare and related services targeted to New York’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities.

Jackson chose the mentoring network Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.

Both organizations will receive a grant from the HFPA for $25,000, totaling $50,000 donated on the Lees’ behalf.

“We’re proud to welcome Satchel and Jackson Lee to an incredible roster of previous Golden Globe Ambassadors,” said Ali Sar, president of the HFPA.

Night From Page B1 time on the night of Feb. 25, 1964, in Miami, following Clay’s triumphant World Heavyweight Championship.

From that informal motel-room summit, Powers wrote a fictionalized 85-minute one-act play, tightly confined and widely produced over the last decade. Powers, who co-wrote and co-directed Pixar’s “Soul,” adapted “One Night in Miami” the way so many playwrights do not: with an eye toward intelligent opening-up, without sacrificing the dialogue, the debates and some excellent actors’ prime opportunities.

Most of the movie still unfolds within that motel room. But Powers and King open up with Clay getting KO’d in a 1963 fight, followed by separate examples of what these four men are up against in their various lives and livelihoods.

The sharpest and truest-seeming of these introductions finds Brown, played with exquisitely effective minimalist strokes by

Virtual From Page B1 The film fest’s opening night kicks off with a showcase performance

by Keaton Simons, a singer/songwriter/film c omp o s er/pr o duc er/ multi-instrumentalist.

He has released numerous albums, EPs and singles and is best known for his hundreds of film and television placements, including his song “When I Go” from the hit TV

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From left, Jackson Lee, Tonya Lewis Lee, Spike Lee and Satchel Lee attend the 76th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Jan. 6, 2019.

“Akin to their esteemed filmmaker father known for his uncompromising and provocative storytelling, Satchel and Jackson have already begun to blaze their own paths in the arts. We are honored to see how they’ll use this platform to elevate the important issues of LGBTQIA+ health and youth mentorship.”

The organization in 2017 changed the nomenclature from Miss or Mr. Golden Globe to the more inclusive “Golden Globe Ambassador” to highlight the role’s philanthropy.

Recent previous ambassadors include the children of Pierce Brosnan, Idris Elba, Dwayne Johnson and Jamie Foxx.

The HFPA, which hosts the awards ceremony that kicks off the Hollywood award season on television, could use the good press.

It came under fire last year when a Norwegian reporter accused the association of behaving like “a

club or cartel” in an antitrust lawsuit. (The suit was dismissed in November.)

The group, made up of entertainment journalists from 55 countries, traditionally selects the child or children of a respected individual in the entertainment industry for the ambassador post. Lee, who has been nominated for three Golden Globe Awards but has never won, has directed the influential films “Do the Right Thing,” “Malcolm X,” “He Got Game” and 2018’s “BlacKKKlansman.” He won an Academy Award for “BlacKKKlansman’s” adapted screenplay.

“We’re proud to carry our father’s legacy of storytelling to bring attention to communities close to our hearts,” said Satchel Lee, who was the creative director of DRØME, a queer and intersectional arts and culture magazine, in a statement. “This year has illuminated just how disproportionately Black

and brown people and the LGBTQ+ communities are affected by preexisting conditions, so it’s an honor for me to be able to shine a spotlight on the heroic doctors and nurses at Callen-Lorde who work tirelessly to care for some of the most vulnerable people in New York City.”

Jackson Lee said, “Having my dad as a mentor inspired me to choose Big Brothers Big Sisters, a charity built upon the foundation that forming positive, intergenerational relationships can have a profound impact on young lives. As a visionary creative, my dad taught Satchel and me the importance of entertainment as a cultural catalyst of change.”

The 78th Golden Globes will take place Feb. 28 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel and air live on NBC at 8 p.m. Eastern.

They’ll again be hosted by comedy duo Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.

Aldis Hodge, visiting a white family friend (cameo by Beau Bridges) on Georgia’s St. Simons Island. It’s just a minute or two of niceties and praise followed by a quick, brutal reminder of the caste system firmly in place. But it’s handled so off-handedly and truthfully, you know right off you’re in sure hands with this project.

The key square-offs among many in Powers’s play involve Malcolm’s eager recruitment of Clay to the Nation of Islam, although there’s a secret behind that, just as everyone has something heavy weighing on their minds.

Malcolm (Kingsley Ben-Adir, tightly coiled yet effortless) and Cooke (”Hamilton”’s Leslie Odom Jr. , a vocal and dramatic ace) lock horns on issues ranging from Black Power and the necessity of militancy versus the value of crossover artists eyeing the white mainstream.

“It’s not gonna always be the pop charts over here, black music charts over there,” Cooke says. “One day it’s gonna be one chart. One music, for all people.”

Meantime, Brown and

Clay – “gladiators,” as Brown says, bitterly, battling on their respective battlefields – find themselves at two different crossroads. Brown has just completed his first movie, a western (unnamed, but it’s “Rio Conchos”), and eyes a career change. Clay is played by Eli Goree, a ringer vocally for the man who would become Muhammad Ali. He may be on top of his world at 22, but as Clay learns Malcolm’s plans … well, that’s one of the late-stage reveals in “One Night in Miami.”

Some of the writing remains explanatory first and dramatic second. But King, making her feature directorial debut, makes so many right decisions.

The stakes are important, but the film is carried by a stream of small, acutely observed moments, and the way these actors move, converse, relate and enliven Powers’s best dialogue. It’s a case of getting the best of both worlds: a strong, mellow film of urgent, historically prescient ideas expanded from a juicy theatrical premise.

Visually it’s all of a piece, with the browns and avocado greens of the

motel room interior creating a kind of womb for some difficult confrontations. King’s camera favors the slow lateral glide, which quietly energizes the conversation. Terence Blanchard’s score goes for solo jazz piano lines, nimble and expressive. This isn’t a full-orchestra kind of affair; it’s a jazz quartet of a play, and a movie, though there are other performers on the sidelines of the action, notably Lance Reddick as the steely, watchful bodyguard, Brother Kareem.

Powers has said that with “One Night in Miami” he wanted to write a play about “the Black Avengers,” four men championing and exemplifying different realms of Black struggle and achievement, while rallying for a common cause. That’s director King’s movie, too. I don’t know how long she rehearsed with her actors before shooting, but the results are seasoned and absorbing, and it’s as if they had all done the stage version together for years. And that’s high praise.

show “Suits.”

Simons has played with artists that range from Snoop Dogg to Chris Cornell to his current gig as lead guitarist for country music artist Brett Young.

Along with writing/ production partner Noah Needleman and filmmaker Dennis Dugan, Simons recently completed both the soundtrack and score for the motion picture “Love, Weddings & Other Disasters,” starring Diane Keaton and Jeremy Irons.

Passes are now on sale.

All-access pass holders will also enjoy a bonus

day of screening with ondemand access to all film blocks Feb. 15.

Patrons can opt for the exclusive VIP Cinema Experience package that pairs film selections with wines selected and delivered to each VIP home.

“While we wish we could host everyone in Yountville this year, the Yountville business community is very happy to continue to support the annual YISFF,” Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Whitney Diver McEvoy said in the press release.

“This unique and enjoyable festival has the potential to reach even more film enthusiasts by going virtual in 2021, while we look forward to seeing you here again to experience all that Yountville is known for – compelling art, culinary excellence, world-renowned wine, all presented in an intimate and friendly setting,” McEvoy said in the press release.

For more information or to secure passes to the 4th Annual Yountville International Short Film Festival, visit YISFF.com.

VACAVILLE — “The Joy Luck Club” author Amy Tan’s upcoming visit to the Vacaville Performing Arts Theatre has been rescheduled again.

S ola no C ou nt y Library determined the March 21 event should be postponed due to the uncertain nature of whether social gatherings will be permitted or advisable.

The author event has been rescheduled for 2 p.m. March 20, 2022.

Existing ticketholders will have an opportunity in early 2022 to

exchange their tickets for the new date.

“The government has called on the public to stop gathering to help prevent the spread of Covid-19, and so it wouldn’t be responsible for us to go ahead with the event at this time. We apologize for any inconveniences this may cause and encourage the community to join us next year,” said Bonnie Katz, director of Library Services, in a press release.

For the latest updates on services, visit solanolibrary.com or follow the library at @solanolibrary on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

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DAVIS — The Mondavi Center has announced a new round of HomeStage online events beginning Jan. 25 and running through June 6.

The current HomeStage lineup includes: n Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Septet with Wynton Marsalis, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 25. n Virtual Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 10. n Heartbeat Opera, “Breathing F ree,” 7:30 p.m. Feb. 20. n Ellen Forney: “Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, & Me,” 4 p.m. March 1. n Jeremy Rourke: “The Exploded View From My Time Machine,”

Play From Page B1 comes to acceptance but more importantly, it celebrates a character, like Leonard, whose absolute brightness brings us closer together and reminds us you can never be too much yourself.”

Lecesne’s play was first produced off-Broadway in 2015 at New York’s Westside Theater and starred the playwright.

Pavone has written, produced, directed and acted in numerous television series and feature

7:30 p.m. March 13. n Ballet Folklorico de Mexico de Amalia Hernandez, 7:30 p.m. March 19. n Alexander String Quartet: 2 p.m. April 25, May 16 and June 6.

“HomeStage events allow us to keep connecting artists and audiences while our theaters are dark,” said Executive Director Don Roth, in a press release. “We are fully committed to returning to a season of live events in 2021–22, typical in its excellence and variety, and presented in a manner that keeps the health and safety of audience and artists at top of mind.”

For more information, visit mondaviarts.org. films. He also gained acclaim as a feature film screenwriter, producer and director.

His latest film, which he also wrote, produced and directed, is titled, “The Reunion,” and starred Amy Smart, John Cena and Ethan Embry.

As an actor, Pavone was a semi-regular on “Any Day Now,” starring Annie Potts and Lorraine Toussaint for the Lifetime Network, and “Saving Grace,” starring Holly Hunter on TNT. To order tickets to view the play, visit www. cinnabartheater.org or call 763-8920.

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The tax season shocker for many jobless people will be that their tax refund could be far smaller than expected.

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ose a job in 2020? Get ready, unemployment benefits. you could be hit with a tax Residents in six states – bill in 2021.

Alabama, California, Montana, Millions of people lost jobs and New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia – will not pay income claimed unemployment compentaxes on jobless benefits even sation across the country last though those states have a state year as restaurants, retailers, income tax. States that don’t theaters and other businesses have an income tax, such as faced massive cut backs hit during the coronavirusSusan Tompor Florida, aren’t taxing jobless benefits at the state level. induced recession.

Business tips And jobless benefits proved to be fairly generous, as the CARES Act Where’s your 1099-G? offered an extra $600 a week in unemWhen it comes to doing your income ployment benefits beginning in April taxes, the first step involves keeping an through July. As a result, some people nationwide may have received $1,000 or eye out for Form 1099-G, Certain Government Payments, to show how so a week in jobless benefits for four much unemployment compensation was months. paid to you in 2020.

And yes, that $600 a week plus Taxpayers can receive a 1099-G regular state unemployment benefits will be considered taxable income when faster if they request an electronic version. The 1099-G form would be you file your 2020 federal income available to view online or download tax return. by mid-January.

“Unemployment benefits currently Once you have the Form 1099-G, you are fully included in taxable income,” need to see Box 1. You’re going to need said Mark Luscombe, principal analyst to claim payments of $10 or more in for Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting.

But unlike wages, he said, unemploy- unemployment compensation, including Railroad Retirement Board payments ment benefits are not subject to payroll for unemployment. taxes, such as Social Security and “That is taxable and it goes on Medicare taxes.

Schedule 1 of Form 1040, Line 7,” Luscombe said.

Jobless claims hit historic Schedule 1 lists additional income and Line 7 is clearly marked “unemploylevels during the pandemic ment compensation.”

More than one in five workers

nationwide were out of work and seeking jobless benefits in the summer. Roughly 33.1 million workers were either on unemployment benefits, had been approved and were waiting for benefits, or had applied and were waiting to get approved, as of June 30, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.

The tax season shocker for many jobless people will be that their tax refund could be far smaller than expected or they might even owe taxes.

“Taxpayers may not be aware that unemployment is taxed,” said Lisa Greene-Lewis, a certified public accountant and tax expert for TurboTax. How it all plays out will vary. It’s possible, for example, that some families who have been hard hit financially will be eligible on their 2020 income tax return for income based tax benefits that they couldn’t qualify for in 2019.

Greene-Lewis noted that generous tax benefits, such as the Child and Dependent Care Credit, might be available after incomes have fallen and offset some of the potential tax hit regarding jobless benefits.

Those who worked part of the year might be eligible for other tax benefits, too.

“If someone was unemployed but also earned income as an employee or self-employed,” Greene-Lewis said, “they may now be eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit worth up to $6,660 for a family with three kids when they may have not been eligible before.”

Unlike during the recession a decade ago, taxpayers aren’t getting a federal income tax break on their jobless benefits. Years ago, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 offered a bit of a tax break to jobless people for unemployment compensation paid in 2009 only. On 2009 federal returns, taxpayers were able to exclude up to $2,400 of unemployment compensation from federal taxable income.

Now, you’re not as fortunate on the federal 1040.

While jobless benefits are taxable at the federal level, tax polices vary when it comes to state income taxes.

Luscombe noted that it’s important to remember that many states also tax

ichael J. Levy was appointed the new role of general counsel for Travis Credit Union.

Levy has been a practicing attorney for nearly 30 years, amassing a portfolio of litigation experience in a variety of disciplines, both in the public and private sector, and in some of the most complex legal fields including administrative, business, environmental and constitutional law.

His appointment as general counsel of Travis Credit Union took effect late in 2020.

Levy is the principal legal officer, working closely with the executive leadership team and providing leadership in all matters with legal implications, including supervision of all litigation, guidance on regulatory compliance and bringing a legal perspective to Travis Credit Union’s strategic vision.

Levy’s experience includes virtually all aspects of government law, including regulatory oversight, compliance and 15 years as deputy or general counsel for four state agencies, most recently at the California Department of Insurance.

He is an active volunteer in the legal and local community, having

served two terms as a Supreme Court appointee on the State Bar Trustees Nominating Committee, chairman of the Amicus Committee of the California Access to Justice Commission, president of the Sacramento County Bar Association, appellate mediator for the 3rd District Court of Appeal, multiple commissions for the city of Davis, and volunteer for his daughters’ schools, among many other roles.

Levy earned a master of laws degree (cum laude) in natural resources and environmental law from Northwestern School of Law, Lewis & Clark College (1998), a juris doctorate from the University of San Diego (1991), and a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Davis (1988).

Meritage, NorthBay expand services Current Meritage Medical Network clients will gain access to an expanded list of North-

Bay Healthcare specialists, and Medicare Advantage clients assigned to NorthBay primary care physicians will have access to more Meritage physicians with a new agreement between the two health organizations.

“We are very excited to have Meritage working with us to improve access to health care in our region, to give our community another choice, to be able to provide even more individuals compassionate care, advanced medicine, close to home,” NorthBay Healthcare President and Chief Executive Officer B. Konard Jones said in a statement released by Meritage.

NorthBay Healthcare operates two acute-care hospitals and an array of advanced medical services, including NorthBay Cancer Center, NorthBay Center for Orthopedics, NorthBay Heart and Vascular Center, a Center for Neuroscience and an accredited Level II trauma center.

Meritage is a network of more than 700 physicians delivering care for HMO and Medicare patients in the North Bay area including Solano, Napa, Sonoma and Marin counties.

For more information, contact Marcy Norenius at 415-686-3008 or go to www.meritagemed.com.

Did you pay any taxes already?

For some people, the good news is that they might have already withheld some taxes out of their unemployment benefits in 2020. If so, the pain might be far less when you file your income taxes this year.

It’s important that you look at Box 4 on the Form 1099-G. Here is where you’d find federal income taxes that you had withheld out of those jobless benefits.

Some people, though, could be caught by another trap for failing to pay Uncle Sam enough money upfront during 2020.

Luscombe said it is possible that some people who received jobless benefits but did not withhold taxes could be hit with an “estimated tax penalty” on top of the regular income tax that they’re going to owe.

Some may have paid taxes in quarterly installments, which have due dates for the estimated tax payments on April 15, June 15, Sept. 15 and Jan.15 of the following year (or the following business day if the due date falls on a weekend or holiday).

Some who received jobless benefits last year and didn’t pay some taxes already may want to make an estimated payment, if necessary, by Jan. 15 this year. That’s true especially if they’re concerned that they’d owe more than $1,000 in federal income taxes on their 2020 return and could be hit by a penalty, Luscombe said.

Withholding is voluntary. Federal law allows those receiving jobless benefits to choose to have a flat 10% withheld from their benefits to cover part or all of their tax liability. No other percentage or amount is allowed to be withheld to cover federal income taxes on jobless benefits.

To do that, you need to fill out a W-4V form.

Upset that you owe too much in taxes?

And you’re still out of work in 2021? You still can opt to have taxes withheld out of upcoming unemployment compensation.

Susan Tompor is the personal finance columnist for the Detroit Free Press.

She can be reached at stompor@ freepress.com.

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Reader asks others More virus-zapping robots are coming, and they’ll stick around to look beyond themselves in 2021 The Washington Post

Dear Annie: I through every day. recently had to go to a Look beyond your big-box store to world. What are others purchase something going through? that I couldn’t get There is a second online. The checkout part of gratitude, lines on the grocery which is to show side of the store were gratitude to others. six people deep, but if For 2021, thank you looked beyond, to Annie Lane others. Get away from the other side of the social media, and Dear Annie store, there were no make this the year you lines. I’ve been trying to teach send that handwritten note or family and friends this phone call to thank someone, lesson – to look beyond even if it is for something that themselves – for some time. person helped you with years Every Christmas, I get ago. Don’t include statements invited to a gathering so I about you. Make it only about won’t have to be alone. While the other person’s act of I try to converse with guests, kindness. If needed, rewrite it since I don’t have kids or so that only a positive grandkids to talk about, I statement is left. wind up alone at the party Look beyond the closest anyway. No one wants to talk checkout line. Look beyond about books or world events. yourself. Others will Counselors tell me to appreciate it. volunteer or get involved in Finally, Annie, I want to groups. When I moved back to thank you for including the the town I grew up in and words “I am sorry for what tried to get involved, I was you are going through” in a lot told, “You’re not from here; of your responses. Being able that’s not how we do things.” to express that is a genuine After 25 years, I am still not trait few possess. — Wishing welcome. Their social groups for True Friends were formed long ago, and Dear Wishing for True new members are not Friends: You make a good welcome. They can’t see point about “looking beyond,” beyond. but please, don’t be so hard on Everyone has been writing yourself or others. Seeing gratitude journals all year – counselors helps enormously. things they are thankful for, Try not to take it all so such as children, grandchilseriously. Make a special dren, work and health. It’s effort to reach out and offer hard to listen to what they are friendship to new people. You thankful for, as I have health might find, similar to your issues, which makes it hard observation at the big-box for me to get out, and I am store, a faster lane to health alone most of the time. They and happiness. are so focused on things they are going through or thankful Send your questions for Annie for that they don’t see beyond. Lane to dearannie@ They don’t see what others go creators.com

Horoscopes ARIES (March 21April 19). As you swing toward bliss, you’re well aware of the nature of pendulums. Don’t worry, there’s no fire in heaven’s opposite, only stagnation, which you’ve already proven you can handle.

TAURUS (April 20May 20). Of all the assets you could leverage, the ones most worth dealing in are the assets that others lack. Note what’s being exchanged, and pay even more attention to what’s missing that you could readily offer.

GEMINI (May 21June 21). You didn’t set out to imbue a detail with significance, but it’s happened. The meaningless symbol is now meaningful, despite all intentions, and should be treated as such to avoid communicating the wrong message.

CANCER (June 22July 22). The venture itself matters far less than the way it feels to be in an environment and engage with the group. The thrills and connections that come with an activity are what will keep you coming back for more.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).

The formerly agreed-upon deal has fallen prey to what project managers call “scope creep.” Adjustments made now will avoid resentments formed later.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).

You enjoy embellishments as much as the next person, but the truth really matters to you today. You prefer to tell it, seek it and accept it. As a result, you’ll get about as much truth as you want.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).

The game changes. What used to be a key element will take a supporting role, and then gradually fade back until it’s a relic. Someday, it will become cool again. But for now, forge ahead.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24Nov. 21). You can contain your feelings however you choose to, but it will be a lot easier to do it after you’ve already gotten to know their shape, size and intensity. This is best done by feeling them.

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by Holiday Mathis

Today’s birthday Happiness isn’t found so much as created. This will be a year of making things.

Some of those “things” are relationships. You used to think bonds grew naturally, but now you’ll take a more active role, seeing relationships as opportunities for delight, fun, mystery, drama and meaningful belonging. Virgo and Libra adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 1, 30, 36, 16 and 25.

Dec. 21). Should you hop on the bus or stay on the curb? If you hop on the bus, then you’ll learn new tools, get frustrated, feel out of place and, ultimately, go places.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19). The focus is on compensation, remuneration, justice, payback or possibly revenge. In the case of that last one, a stylish and in-yourface version of success will be most effective.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18). While you can definitely appreciate subtle, poetic value, there’s something to be said for a good, old-fashioned, easily measured indicator that you’re getting more of what you want. Today’s numbers will please you.

PISCES (Feb. 19March 20). Your senses take in much more than your mind will let into your consciousness, and appropriately so.

The overwhelmed are not effective. Ask your mind to let in more, and you’ll eliminate a blind spot.

CELEBRITY PROFILES: Attorney, author and former first lady Michelle Obama is a Capricorn who well understands the sacrifices one must make to achieve a dream.

Capricorns are famously ambitious, hardworking and in tune to matters of power and position. An intuitive Pisces moon and Venus in Pisces also indicate that Obama has a strong spiritual connection with her loved ones and a highly developed sixth sense.

Businesses across a broad range of industries continue to turn up the dial on high-tech surface disinfection, and LG Electronics is among the latest tech companies to bank on the deep-cleaning boom extending beyond the pandemic.

The South Korean technology giant’s American arm is introducing an autonomous UV-C light robot designed to kill viruses on heavily touched surfaces, joining a long list of companies to deploy such gadgets amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis.

LG’s CLOi robot looks like a plug-in space heater on wheels and is set to be introduced Monday at CES, which is among the world’s biggest tech conferences and will be hosted online this year.

The device will ship to LG’s business customers in April – almost a year after several start-ups and organizations began hyping their automated germ-blasting machines in the face of a deadly respiratory LG courtesy photo virus. LG says it is right on time as industries remain crippled The LG CHOi is an autonomous by the outbreak and Americans robot that can clean hotels, face months of vaccine dis- schools and retail stores. tribution ahead.

“I don’t think that the concern and sports arenas, and more over items like this is going to go are on the way. away anytime soon,” said Mike Sales of cleaning robots Kosla, the vice president for are projected to swell from hospitality at LG’s business divi- $341 million in 2019 to more than sion in the United States. “This $2.3 billion by 2025, according to product is going to have a strong, a market advisory firm Mordor strong life ahead of it.”

Intelligence. Most of the growth While the novel coronavirus comes in health-care settings, the is primarily spread through the report said, but buyers include air, UV-C robots disinfect rooms schools and industrial facilities. and equipment with ultraviBefore the pandemic, demand olet light. CLOi will be LG’s for UV light robots outside hosfirst robot to be rolled out in the pitals did not exist, according to United States, and it would not companies in the field. Analysts have existed, LG says, had the and tech firms say the robots pandemic not presented a new are here to stay and will conbusiness opportunity. tinue to crop up in new places Hospitals have relied on as prices fall.

“I do believe there has likely mechanical UV light cleaners for years. But since March, a been a slight paradigm shift in growing number of malls, air- how people think about hygiene, ports and hotels have spurred as well as how corporations and demand for a new wave of governments approach sanuser-friendly, anti-contamina- itation-related issues,” said tion robots that could safely zap Tim Mulrooney, a commercial high-traffic areas with or without services equities analyst for people in the room. Compa- William Blair.

The investment bank said in a nies grew desperate to attract foot traffic with elaborate dis- research note that it expects the commercial cleaning market to plays of cleaning.

A New Mexico school district settle at a higher level after the is already using a UV robot by pandemic because of increased Xenex as a safety measure. MIT attention to hygiene and because began work on its UV-C robot of businesses signing long-term for schools and grocery stores commercial cleaning contracts.

Hills Engineering, which in April. Other such robots have been spotted at airports developed a robotic arm system

that sprays disinfectant and emits UV light, also will show at CES. On Jan. 21, Canada’s Prescientx will release its talking UV-C robots, dubbed “Charlotte” and “Violette,” that were created to kill germs in large public spaces.

“We started developing a UV robot in 2016, but there was no demand. It was ahead of its time,” said Barry Hunt, the chief executive of Prescientx. “Now there are all kinds of companies, probably 100 companies, around the world that are all jumping into that market because of covid.”

LG’s upcoming device has a built-in motion sensor that shuts it off when people are around, and it is meant for restaurants, corporate offices and retail stores. It can navigate around tables, chairs and other furniture by itself, generally disinfecting a room’s touchable surfaces in up to 30 minutes.

The company developed the project in eight months, building on various other overseas robotics projects. When it does launch, it’ll face a wave of competition.

LG says it will be more affordable than comparable products on the market, which can cost as much as $100,000 per unit.

The virus that causes the illness covid-19 is primarily spread through respiratory droplets in the air, not through surfaces, according to the World Health Organization.

The gadgets may make people feel safer and could be an added layer of protection in an era when cleanliness is top of mind.

A sustained market for cleaning robots hinges on the pandemic having a lasting impact on the American psyche, analysts say.

Part of what is expected to keep these boxy, light-emitting cleaners around is the notion that people will not be as quick to forget the pandemic compared with other outbreaks such as SARS and Ebola. Health experts say outbreaks of infectious diseases are becoming more common, so a fleet of robotic germ fighters will be around when the next one hits.

“If anything, this should be something that allows us to be better prepared,” said John Rhee, the general manager of UBTech Robotics, a firm offering a range of humanoid “anti-epidemic” gadgets. “One of the things that companies can do is develop products and become a part of a government’s core strategy on what to bring out of the warehouse when the next one occurs.”

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Tips help reduce risk factors of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Susan Whalen

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udden Infant Death Syndrome typically occurs in children under the age of 1 and it is the sudden, unexpected and unexplained death of a child. SIDS is determined as the cause of the death of an infant when everything else is ruled out.

While the cause of the syndrome has not been determined, many risk factors are known.

For example, drinking or smoking during pregnancy and after birth, premature birth or low-weight birth, mothers younger than 20, and sharing a bed with parents or caregivers all increase the risk associated with SIDS. There are typically between three and seven sleep-related infant deaths each year in Solano County.

There are many measures that can be taken to decrease the risk of SIDS. Research has shown that babies should be placed on their back to sleep at nighttime and for naps and be given plenty of supervised “tummy time” while awake. Parents or caregivers are encouraged to sleep in the same room as their baby, but not the same bed, as sharing a bed can increase the risk of suffocation.

The safest place for a baby is in a separate sleep area, such as a safety-approved crib, bassinet or portable play area near where adults sleep. The baby’s

Grief resources • Compassionate Friends: Support group for individuals who are grieving the death of a child of any age. Solano County Chapter Meeting, second Thursday of each month. https://www. compassionatefriends.org.

• Support After Neonatal Death: SAND is a support group that offers support and education to parents experiencing grief over the loss of a pregnancy or infant.

646-5433.

• First Candle: https:// firstcandle.org/bereavementsupport/.

bed should have a firm mattress covered by a fitted sheet and should not have blankets, toys, soft objects or loose bedding near the sleeping area. Instead of a blanket, the baby can be dressed in a one-piece sleeper.

Breastfeeding the infant, putting them to sleep with a pacifier and making sure that the baby does not overheat during sleep are good ways to help infants sleep safely.

Studies have shown that another effective preventive measure is making sure that the infants receive the necessary vaccines, which lowers the risk of SIDS by 50%.

During the novel coronavirus pandemic, many parents have been isolating with their children and have fallen behind

on vaccines and well-child visits. Parents should make every effort to ensure their children are up to date on all vaccines and can call their child’s doctor if they are unsure if they are due for shots.

Families in Solano County who don’t have health insurance for their children or who don’t have a doctor can call Help Me Grow Solano, a free information service line that helps link parents of children from birth to 5 years old with resources and services. The tollfree number is 844-501-KIDS (5437).

While the thought of SIDS can be scary, the best thing to do is to talk to your health care provider and stay informed. The emergence of organizations and campaigns such as “Back to Sleep” have decreased the number of SIDS cases by raising awareness and informing the public about new research in safe sleep. It is important to take advantage of these opportunities and also share the information that you learn with others.

For families that have experienced an infant loss, there are local support groups such as the Solano Chapter of Compassionate Friends and Support After Neonatal Death.

Online support groups such as First Candle are also available.

Susan Whalen is a health educator from Solano Public Health.

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A Christian response to Capitol attack Supreme Court debates

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will never forget watching debunked, multiple times. the twin towers go up in There can be no reconciliasmoke on 9/11 with my tion without repentance, and young son and my father. there can be no repentance I will likewise never without honest truth-telling. forget being at my desk and Nor should Christians trying to teach high school stop loving these radicalists math students while or exclude them for the learning about the deadly toxicity of their political assault on Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s The New Testamentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Henry Sun views.

Capitol on Jan. 6. call to â&#x20AC;&#x153;love your enemies Religious View I am still outraged, and pray for those who saddened, frustrated, angry, persecute youâ&#x20AC;? is not waived depressed and a million other raw simply because these people have emotions at this attack on done something that is inexcusable democracy itself. and indefensible.

As a Presbyterian church pastor, The only biblical litmus test for I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the luxury of time to inclusion in the church is found in process these emotions. Instead, I Romans 10. The church is still have the obligation to consider how called to feed them, clothe them Christians should respond to that and love them.

But it is a false equivalence to brazen act of violence by those who assume that loving these radicalists have bought into President Donald and including them in the churchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Trumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ceaseless string of lies fellowship means we have to about Novemberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s election.

How should a Christian respond support them or their political views in any way, shape or form. to this tragedy?

Loving these enemies of the state Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easiest to start with what a does not require us to vote for them, Christian should not do. Christians support their businesses, advocate should not deflect, deny or falsely for them when they lose their jobs attribute the behavior of these or excuse them from the full radicalized Trump supporters to consequences of their acts. anyone but themselves.

As it happens, the prophets of Early claims that left-wing antifa the Hebrew Bible have quite a lot to anarchists were â&#x20AC;&#x153;disguisedâ&#x20AC;? as say about that.

Trump supporters have all been

In Jeremiah 29, the lord finally sends the Hebrew people into exile in Babylon for a rhetorical 70 years for their idolatry, oppression and lack of social justice. Nonetheless, the lord also proclaims that â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.â&#x20AC;? (Jeremiah 31:3 [NRSV]).

Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s faithful love for the chosen people did not absolve them from the consequences of their treachery; Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s punishing the chosen people does not sever Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s faithful love for the chosen people.

That must be the model for a faithful Christian response to these radicalists. We must not stop loving them, but we should not excuse or ignore their treason.

We must feed them, clothe them, house them and even reconcile with them if they genuinely repent. But we have no obligation to shield them from the consequences of their treasonous behavior or in any way enable its continuation.

So help us God. Henry Sun is the temporary pastor of Heritage Presbyterian Church in Benicia. He may be reached at pastorhenry.hpc@gmail.com.

religious speech case, with approving nod to Taylor Swift The Washington Post WASHINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Chike Uzuegbunam lost the legal battle to evangelize his dedication to Jesus at the public college he attended, but he won the war: Georgia officials not only revoked the restrictive speech regulations at his school, but at all others in the state system.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday struggled with the question of whether that should be enough, or if Uzuegbunam was also entitled to pursue what Justice Elena Kagan called the â&#x20AC;&#x153;psychic satisfactionâ&#x20AC;? of a court decision in his favor and the nominal award of $1.

Kagan invoked â&#x20AC;&#x153;the most famous nominal damages case I know of in recent timâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; superstar Taylor Swiftâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s successful lawsuit against a radio

host who she said groped her, and for which Swift sought a pittance. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nobody thinks that being sexual assaulted is really only worth a dollar.

Nobody thinks that. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worth a lot more than that,â&#x20AC;? Kagan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all she wanted. She wanted to prove a point.â&#x20AC;?

The songwriterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s example resonated with other justices. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Justice Kaganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s question suggested that really what Taylor Swift wanted was, you know, vindication of the moral right, the legal right, that sexual assault is reprehensible and wrong,â&#x20AC;? said Justice Amy Coney Barrett.

Kristen Waggoner, a lawyer for the conservative Alliance Defending Freedom, said that was what her client Uzuegbunam was seeking as well, when he sued Georgia Gwinnett College in 2016.

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Spotlight on Travis Tech. Sgt. Thomas Lynch 60th Operations Support Squadron Home state: North Carolina.

Duty title: Air traffic control tower senior watch supervisor.

Time at Travis: Two years.

Family: Girlfriend, Debbie.

Goals: Becoming a better leader, furthering my education and earning master sergeant.

Hobbies: Fitness, personal computer gaming, sports.

Greatest achievement: Earning the Air Force Commendation Medal for aiding in soothing an operational gap at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, during the coronavirus pandemic.

In brief Air Force delays promotion boards BUCKLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — The Calendar Year 2021 Air Force Reserve Major Line and Nonline Promotion Board has been rescheduled for March 29, pushing it back two months from its original date of Jan. 29.

This change is due to new Department of Defense and Department of the Air Force requirements, and the time needed to implement them.

As a result of the changes to major promotion boards, the captain continuation boards have also been postponed and will be held immediately following the major promotion boards.

B-21 begins beddown in South Dakota RAPID CITY, S.D. — The assistant secretary of the Air Force for Installations, Environment, and Energy, John W. Henderson, provided keynote remarks, Jan. 11, at a virtual B-21 Industry Day. The virtual event, hosted by the Rapid City Military Advisory Coalition, was held to increase industry awareness about potential construction opportunities that will support the beddown of the newest Air Force stealth bomber.

In his opening comments, Henderson emphasized the importance of industry partnership, “We can’t do this without you. We can only be successful when we proactively work as a team with our industry and community partners to ensure a common understanding of our plan, our timeline, potential environmental impacts, and the assistance that we’ll need from the private sector once the Record of Decision is signed by the secretary of the Air Force.”

The Air Force Civil Engineering Center and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers explained the types, quantities and scale of projects anticipated, including a low-observable restoration facility, a wash rack and general maintenance hangar, and a mission operations planning facility.

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Capt. Dana Hunter Jr., 60th Medical Group physician assistant, reviews a chart at Adventist Health Lodi

Memorial Hospital in Lodi, Jan. 6. Hunter serves at Travis Air Force Base’s David Grant USAF Medical Center.

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Travis helps hospitals during pandemic Army News Service LODI — While essential workers shoulder the brunt of the public health crisis as Covid-19 continues to spread in California, the U.S. Department of Defense is providing support to hospitals as service members answer the call to support their local communities’ needs.

Adventist Health Lodi Memorial and Dameron are two hospitals that have received relief from these Department of Defense service members. Having the Department of Defense provide medical per-

sonnel which includes doctors, nurses, and respiratory therapists, helps relieve pressure on the hospital’s staff as they care for Covid-19 patients.

“This gives a morale boost for all our associates that work for us,” said Brooke McCollough, Adventist Health Lodi Memorial Hospital and Dameron Hospital chief operations officer. “It gives them that encouragement that they are not fighting this battle alone, that they have somebody alongside them who are also fighting this battle with them.”

One of those service

members who volunteered and wanted to give back to California communities is Capt. Dana Hunter Jr., a physician assistant assigned to the 60th Medical Group at Travis Air Force Base.

“It feels good to make such a big impact on a town in their time of need and let them know that they’re not alone,” Hunter said. “Everyone has been welcoming since the day we arrived. All the employees have been helpful and very nice.”

Hunter and his fellow service members are tasked to support the hospital in Lodi.

“My favorite part of working here is being able to interact with the patients,” Hunter said.

“Seeing them, talking to them, and helping care for them hands-on versus seeing it on the news. I’m able to be here in person and make a difference.”

Hunter said his military experience has prepared him to work effectively under stressful and critical situations.

“We need to be able to adapt to any situation that may present itself,” Hunter said. “We need to remain vigilant, and be able to be flexible and versatile at the same time.”

Task force to aid Gold Star folks Department of Defense News WA S H I N G T O N , D.C. — Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller virtually sat down with Gold Star families recently to discuss how the Defense Department can better support them.

Miller signed a memo in December 2020 designed to implement programs recognizing the sacrifices of these families and preserve the legacies of those killed.

“I was tremendously honored and humbled to sit with and listen to our Gold Star family members,” Miller said

in a written statement.

“They’ve taken personal tragedies and turned them into powerful stories of hope and healing for others.”

Miller established the DOD Casualty Assistance Task Force to address concerns of Gold Star families and suggestions from them. Miller and his team coordinated with the office of the undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness on the task force.

“Taking care of our Gold Star families is one of my top priorities; and I am focused on outcomes and actions to ensure that we are doing our utmost to support them,” the

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Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller speaks with Gold Star families during a virtual meeting at the Pentagon. acting secretary said.

Miller praised efforts within the Department of Defense to assist Gold Star families.

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from diverse backgrounds and situations and include individuals who had a child or spouse killed in action, killed in training or by suicide.

WASHINGTON — The Secretary of the Air Force, on behalf of the Office of Secretary of Defense, selected Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama, as the preferred location for the U.S. Space Command Headquarters.

The Department of the Air Force conducted both virtual and on-site visits to assess which of six candidate locations would be best suited to host the U.S. Space Command headquarters based on factors related to mission, infrastructure capacity, community support and costs to the Department of Defense.

Huntsville compared favorably across more of these factors than any other community, providing a large, qualified workforce, quality schools, superior infrastructure capacity, and low initial and recurring costs. Additionally, Redstone Arsenal offered a facility to support the headquarters, at no cost, while the permanent facility is being constructed.

Albuquerque, New Mex ico; B el lev ue, Nebraska; Cape Canaveral, Florida; Colorado Springs, Colorado; and San Antonio, Texas, will remain reasonable alternative locations for the U.S. Space Command headquarters.

The preferred and reasonable alternative locations were chosen from among 24 states that were evaluated as potential locations for hosting the headquarters.

The Department of the Air Force anticipates making a final decision for the location of U.S. Space Command headquarters in spring 2023, pending the results from the required environmental impact analysis.

Colorado Springs, Colorado, remains the provisional headquarters until the permanent location is ready to support the mission.

The United States Space Force was founded as the sixth branch of the armed forces Dec. 20, 2019, when President Donald Trump signed the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act.

Australia native becomes flight paramedic Army News Service CAMP B ON DST E E L , Kosovo — The sound of UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter rotors thrummed overhead as strong winds rocked the aircraft.

On the ground, Sgt. Abraham Boxx, a critical care flight paramedic with the 1st Battalion, 168th General Support Aviation Battalion, Washington Army National Guard, prepared Soldiers for personnel evacuation during dynamic hoist training, Jan. 2, at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo.

Over the noise, Boxx remained calm and gave clear instructions to the simulated evacuees.

Moments later, the crew chief started an electric winch on the aircraft, lifting the soldiers into the air.

Boxx is deployed with Regional Command-East, Kosovo Force 28, in support of Operation Joint Guardian. Kosovo Force is a NATO-led, multinational organization tasked with maintaining peace and stability in Kosovo.

Boxx said treating patients in the air is the pinnacle achievement of his emergency medical

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Sgt. Abraham Boxx, a critical care flight paramedic with the 1st Battalion, 168th General Support Aviation Battalion, Washington Army National Guard, communicates with the crew chief of a UH-60 Black Hawk during dynamic hoist training at Camp Bondsteel Kosovo, Jan. 6. services career.

But the road leading him to a career in the skies began long before he joined the National Guard. When Boxx was a child growing up in Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia, his family suffered a medical emergency. The medical personnel who responded made a lasting impression on him.

“I remember seeing their professionalism, the calmness they brought and their demeanor,” Boxx said. “That’s what I wanted to do. I wanted to pay it forward.”

Jesse Boxx, his father, served with the 213th Assault Support Helicopter Company, U.S. Army, during the Vietnam War. After his father’s service in Vietnam, Boxx’s mother was offered a job in

Australia. Seeing an opportunity for adventure, his family moved to New South Wales in 1977, where Abraham Boxx was born.

Boxx grew up hearing his father’s stories, and later carried on his legacy of service when he joined the Australian army in 2007. During his 14 years in emergency medical services, Boxx has accomplished much, but his focus has remained the same. Whether driving an ambulance or performing critical care tasks during a medical evacuation, he’s dedicated to helping those in need.

“Whenever you see the military anywhere, a lot of people focus on the negativity or fighting,” Boxx said. “For me it was always about helping people and having a skill and a trade that went beyond firing a weapon system.”

Boxx’s time in the Australian army sent him on several deployments as a combat medic, to Malaysia, Singapore and Pakistan. But he said one mission to the Solomon Islands attached to an infantry unit was an eye-opener.

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ical care flight paramedic. He also continued to work as a civilian paramedic for Life Flight Network. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sgt. Boxx is perhaps the most qualified medic Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever seen,â&#x20AC;? said Sgt. 1st Class Jonathan Wentlandt, acting first sergeant of the 1-168th General Support Aviation Battalion. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an awesome role model to other medics. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got a great demeanor. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great teacher.â&#x20AC;?

The unitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mission during Kosovo Force 28 is to provide interfacility transport of wounded or ill soldiers serving under NATO. Since less than three percent of their unit has deployed, said Wentlandt, Boxxâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vast military and civilian emergency medical services experience has proven valuable during their time in Kosovo. While very few incidents occur that warrant emergency flight evacuations, Boxx is grateful for the opportunity to lend a helping hand when needed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The relief on peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s faces when we land when they know higher level care has gotten there or somebody is there to help them gets me every time,â&#x20AC;? Boxx said.

a war criminal in the area and gained support from the local population by offering to assist a clinic.

His team got to work. The infantry soldiers rebuilt the facilityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s roof and installed a water tank to help the village gain access to clean water. Meanwhile, Boxx ran the clinic with help from combat first aid soldiers and a local nurse, treating wounds ranging from gunshots to severe burns. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was an amazing opportunity for not only myself, but for some of the enlisted combat first aiders to really utilize their medical skills,â&#x20AC;? Boxx said.

After serving his time in the Australian army and building up experience in ambulatory medical services, Boxx moved to the U.S. in 2016 and got certified as a flight paramedic. Just a year later, Boxx donned a different uniform and joined the U.S. Army National Guard. He moved to Washington, where he joined the 1-168th General Support Aviation Battalion as a crit-

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Romantic Montreal

Prayers for my dear friend

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just hope and pray that the new heart she receives will be as big and loving as the one she is giving up.

My dear friend Gwen Hawkins and husband Fred moved away from the violence of Richmond to be my next-door neighbors in Suisun City. Gwen helped me when my dear wife Zella was losing her battle with Alzheimer’s.

At the end, Gwen was spending more time at my house than at home with her family.

Now dear Gwen will be undergoing a heart transplant. It’s hard to imagine. After waiting several years, her name has finally gotten to the head of the list. A new heart is in sight.

I love her dearly.

She is a person worth knowing. The cost of the operation is covered by insurance. But, the hospital is requiring her to take an apartment close to the hospital so that she will be able to go there for observation every day for two months.

The apartment will cost about $5,000, which she doesn’t have. I am helping her with what I can, but it is a long way from being enough. She has an account at Wells Fargo. Whether you wish to help her financially or not, give her a call and let her know your prayers are with her. She is a woman worth knowing.

Her number is 510776-9417 (she said she would welcome the calls).

I was surprised to get an email titled “Zella.”

It was from old financial planning client Linda McElroy.

The email wasn’t a surprise (we have stayed in touch) but the topic was.

Linda attached a photo of

a memorable excursion

Murray Bass

George Medovoy

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Plan to live a lovely young girl whose name is “’Zella.” Up until I received the email, I had never known anyone other than my dear wife with the name Zella. It seems that a branch of Linda’s family in Arkansas has several Zellas.

Linda and I have something else in common: loving daughters. Linda’s daughter Stephanie persuaded Linda to move from Fairfield to Colorado to be close to her and to be “safe.”

My daughter Cathy persuaded me to move into Rockville Terrace, an assisted living facility, to be “safe.” Linda and I had a long personal exchange. It was wonderful to be brought up to date. Linda, like me, is a survivor. She just underwent a successful second hip replacement. It was great to have such a personal exchange with one of my favorite friends.

It has been good to have some relief from the distractions of what has appeared to me to be a takeover of our government. But that’s another topic for another day. In the meantime, it is a joy to have Linda in my life. As it is with Gwen, as well.

About Gwen: Please open your heart to her.

As I said earlier, I pray that her new heart will be as big and caring and loving as the one she is giving up.

Murray Bass of Fairfield can be reached at 720-5139 or mzb602@gmail.com.

Surf’s up for SoCal senior women’s Boogie Board club Tribune Content Agency SAN DIEGO — In the early 1970s, the Boogie Board was born. So was Charlotte Gumbrell’s love for riding the waves on the popular foam body boards.

Fifty years later, Gumbrell is still at it, as the oldest member of the Newcomers Club of San Dieguito’s Boogie Board club.

Gumbrell, 95, is among a group of about two dozen women who meet up to three times a week for

board surfing sessions at North County beaches.

Most of the women who regularly gather at Fletcher Cove in Solana Beach and Moonlight Beach in Encinitas are in their 70s and 80s, though there are a handful of women in their late 40s and 50s, as well as a couple of husbands and the occasional grandchild.

Gumbrell said Boogie Boarding is a great sport to grow old with.

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1/17/21

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Fill in the blank cells using numbers 1 to 9. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and 3x3 block. Use logic and process of elimination to solve the puzzle. The difficulty level ranges from Bronze (easiest) to Silver to Gold (hardest).

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remember it like yesterday, that warm summer day when my wife and I were walking hand in hand on leafy St.Mathieu Street.

These days, as we’ve stopped traveling due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, all that’s left, I’m afraid, is to look back nostalgically on memorable excursions like our visit to Montreal and dream about once again being able to explore the world.

Looming high above us during our walk was Montreal’s very namesake, Mount Royal, the beloved wooded mountain and today a popular park named by the French explorer Jacques Cartier, whose ship arrived here in 1535 on behalf of the king of France.

As my wife and I continued on our way, I looked up and saw an old woman watching us from the balcony of her apartment.

Suddenly and without warning, she tossed us a rose – an act that I knew could only happen in a city with such a contagious joie de vivre.

On that memorable

George Medovoy/Courtesy photo

Place Jacques-Cartier in Montreal. visit, we had mapped out a plan to find the “essence” of Montreal: good walks and good food, and we also made sure to include Old Montreal, the cradle of the city by the port whose narrow streets and historic buildings date from the 17th century.

Old Montreal, like many big cities with a rich past, also showed signs of gentrification: art galleries, boat rides on the St. Lawrence River, stylish boutique hotels under mansard roofs, and gaily colored horsedrawn carriages clopping

their way along cobblestone streets. And on rue Sainte-Helene, the city had even installed 22 gas lamps to link up with the past.

One of our memorable stops was the Marche Bonsecours, which has attracted visitors since 1847 when it was the city’s popular marketplace. Now it displayed a new incarnation as a showcase for Quebec designers and artisans – a place where we saw distinctive handwoven rugs, watched glass blowing and bought a See Montreal, Page B11

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A colorful horse-drawn carriage on the streets of Montreal.

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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SUISUN CITY APPROVING A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR SGI SUISUN LLC DBA AUTHENTIC 707 AT 521 RAILROAD AVENUE

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SUISUN CITY, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 2.16.070 OF THE SUISUN CITY CODE TO UPDATE RECREATION, PARKS, MARINA, & ARTS COMMISSION START TIME OF THE MONTHLY COMMISSION MEETINGS

The Suisun City Council adopted Ordinance 780, an ordinance approving a development agreement for the property located at 521 Railroad Avenue (APN 0037-080-060) regarding cannabis business activities. The development agreement specifies certain obligations of the applicant including payment of fees and taxes. The development agreement is to be reviewed annually.

Notice is hereby given that copies of the above-numbered ordinance are available for public review by all interested parties at the office of the City Clerk of Suisun City, 701 Civic Center Blvd., Suisun City, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday - Thursday; and that said Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting on December 15, 2020 and passed and adopted at a regular meeting on January 5, 2021 by the following roll call vote: Councilmembers: Day / Hernandez / Hudson / Williams / Mayor Wilson Ayes: Noes: Councilmembers: None Absent: Councilmembers: None

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SUISUN CITY, CALIFORNIA AMENDING THE SUISUN CITY ZONING MAP TO ESTABLISH A CANNABIS BUSINESS ZONE FOR ASSESSOR’S PARCEL NUMBER: 0037-080-060

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The Suisun City Council adopted Ordinance 779, an ordinance amending the Suisun City Zoning Map to include 521 Railroad Avenue (APN 0037-080-060) as a Cannabis Business Zone (CBZ) or overlay zone. The CBZ designation allows for multiple cannabis-related activities to take on this property. In this case, a retail dispensary and cannabis distribution activities are permitted on the property.

Notice is hereby given that copies of the above-numbered ordinance are available for public review by all interested parties at the office of the City Clerk of Suisun City, 701 Civic Center Blvd., Suisun City, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday - Thursday; and that said Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting on December 15, 2020 and passed and adopted at a regular meeting on January 5, 2021 by the following roll call vote: Councilmembers: Day / Hernandez / Hudson / Williams / Mayor Wilson Ayes: Noes: Councilmembers: None Absent: Councilmembers: None Donna Pock, Deputy City Clerk Dated: January 13, 2021 DR# 00044324 Published: January 17, 2021

AMENDED NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF TOM REDELL KING CASE NO. P05031 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: TOM REDELL KING A Petition for Probate has been filed by LEONARD A. KING in the Superior Court of California, County of SOLANO. The Petition for Probate requests that LEONARD A. KING 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 on 1/29/2021 at 8:30 A.M. in Dept. 4 Room N/A located at 600 UNION AVENUE, FAIRFIELD, CA 94533.

If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor.

You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

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

Attorney for Petitioner: PATRICIA A. SIMMONS, POST OFFICE BOX 231981, LAS VEGAS, NV 89105, Telephone: 707-4228800 1/8, 1/10, 1/17/21 CNS-3430017# THE DAILY REPUBLIC DR# 00044136 Published: January 8, 10, 17, 2021

The Suisun City Council adopted Ordinance 777, an ordinance amending Chapter 2.16 of the Suisun City Code to update Recreation, Parks, Marina, & Arts Commission (RPMA) start time of the monthly Commission meetings from 7:00 pm and to 6:00 pm.

Notice is hereby given that copies of the above-numbered ordinance are available for public review by all interested parties at the office of the City Clerk of Suisun City, 701 Civic Center Blvd., Suisun City, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday - Thursday; and that said Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting on December 15, 2020 and passed and adopted at a regular meeting on January 5, 2021 by the following roll call vote: Councilmembers: Day / Hernandez / Hudson / Mayor Wilson Ayes: Noes: Councilmembers: Williams Absent: Councilmembers: None Donna Pock, Deputy City Clerk Dated: January 13, 2021 DR# 000443 Published: January 17, 2021 CITY OF SUISUN CITY Full text of Ordinance No 778 Adopted by the Suisun City Council on January 5, 2021 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SUISUN CITY REPEALING AND REPLACING SECTION 3.40.050 (ESTABLISHMENT OF BENEFIT ASSESSMENT) OF CHAPTER 3.40 (MAIN STREET-WATERFRONT BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT) OF TITLE 3 (REVENUE AND FINANCE) OF THE SUISUN CITY CODE WHEREAS, the California Streets and Highways Code Section 36500 et seq. authorizes cities to establish parking and business improvement areas for the purpose of promoting economic revitalization and physical maintenance of business districts in order to create jobs, attract new business and prevent erosion of the business district; and WHEREAS, the Main Street-Waterfront Business Improvement District, commonly known as the Suisun City Historic Waterfront Business Improvement District, was formed at the request of the Main Street-Waterfront Business Improvement District Formation Committee (“the Committee”) by City Council adoption of Ordinance No. 667 on April 18, 2003; and WHEREAS, at the request of the Committee, Ordinance No. 667 established an annual special assessment on all businesses within the Main Street-Waterfront Business Improvement District, commonly known as the Suisun City Historic Waterfront Business Improvement District, (the “District”), which assessment must be renewed annually by the City Council; and WHEREAS, the Main Street-Waterfront Business Improvement District Board of Directors (the “Board”) requested that the Suisun City Council renew the special assessment on all businesses within the District with amendments; and

AMENDED NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF LATASHA M. FREEMAN-WILSON CASE NO. P050532 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: LATASHA M. FREEMANWILSON A Petition for Probate has been filed by DOUGLAS M. WILSON in the Superior Court of California, County of SOLANO. The Petition for Probate requests that DOUGLAS M. WILSON 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 on 1/28/2021 at 9:00 A.M. in Dept. 22 Room N/A located at OLD SOLANO COURTHOUSE, 580 TEXAS STREET, 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: PATRICIA A. SIMMONS, ESQ., POST OFFICE BOX 231981, LAS VEGAS, NV 89105, Telephone: 707-422-8800 1/8, 1/10, 1/17/21 CNS-3430019# THE DAILY REPUBLIC DR# 00044135 Published: January 8, 10, 17, 2021

WHEREAS, the Suisun City Council did renew the special assessment on all businesses within the District with amendments after City Council conducted a noticed public hearing pursuant to the Parking and Business Improvement District Area Law of 1989, Part 6 (commencing with Section 36500) of Division 18 of the California Streets and Highways Code.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SUISUN CITY, CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. RECITALS. The recitals set forth herein are all true and correct.

SECTION 2. SECTION 3.40.050, “Establishment of benefit assessment” is hereby repealed and replaced as follows: All businesses, trades, and professions located within the district boundaries shown on Exhibit “A” shall, commencing on January 1, 2021, pay an annual benefit assessment to the district in the following amounts: DISTRICT ASSESSMENT FORMULA Proposed 2021 Benefit Fee Formula Matrix: Type of Business Retailers and Restaurants Service and Professional Businesses * Personal Services (such as hair dressers, barbers, massage therapists, manicurists/pedicurists, etc.) * Commercial Cannabis Businesses

Assessment Amount $200 $100

$25

$1,000

Lodging

$10 per room

Financial Institutions

$500

* Commencing February 5, 2021 Business Type Definitions: Retail and Restaurant: Businesses that buy and resell goods, examples are clothing stores, shoe stores, office supplies as well as businesses that sell prepared foods and drinks.

Service Businesses: Businesses that sell services. Examples are beauty and barber shops, repair shops, most automotive-oriented businesses, entertainment businesses such as theaters, etc.

Professional Businesses: Includes architects, engineers, attorneys, dentists, doctors, accountants, optometrists, realtors, insurance offices, mortgage brokers and most other businesses that require advanced and/or specialized licenses and/or advanced academic degrees.

Personal Services: Individuals/Businesses that have their own business license and rent “stalls” or space within a building to provide personal services, such as hair dressers, barbers, massage therapists, and manicurists/pedicurists.

Lodging: Includes renting rooms by the day or week to community visitors.

Financial Institutions: Includes banking and savings and loan institutions as well as credit unions, etc.

Commercial Cannabis Business: Includes any retail or non-retail commercial operation that is licensed under the city’s commercial cannabis ordinance.

SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after its passage.

SECTION 4. CERTIFICATION. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance, and shall cause the same to be posted and codified in the manner required by law.

Notice is hereby given that copies of the above-numbered ordinance are available for public review by all interested parties at the office of the City Clerk of Suisun City, 701 Civic Center Blvd., Suisun City, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday; and that said Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting on December 15, 2020 and passed and adopted at a regular meeting on January 5, 2021 by the following roll call vote: Ayes: Councilmembers: Hernandez /Hudson / / Williams / Mayor Wilson Noes: Councilmembers: Day Absent: Councilmembers: None /s/ Donna Pock, Deputy City Clerk Dated: January 13, 2021 DR# 00044329 Published: January 17, 2021

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Montreal From Page B8 doll for our granddaughter that moved its head to the melody of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.”

By noon, we were getting hungry, so we decided to visit Place Jacques-Cartier, a broad square with restaurants and the imposing Montreal City Hall built at the end of the 19th century.

On the way, we were pleasantly distracted by International Flora Montreal at Parc des Ecluses.

Montrealers, it seems, are passionate about gardening, perhaps as a welcome relief from all the winter’s snow.

And talking about the outdoors, it’s also nice to visit Mount Royal Park, whose modern design was crafted in 1876 by Frederick Law Olmsted, who planned Central Park in New York City, by the way.

I think the highlight of Mount Royal Park is Beaver Lake at its top, where one finds boating in the warm months and ice skating in winter.

But I digress . . . we were about to have lunch in Old Montreal. And what a lovely lunch it was, at an outdoor café whose courtyard was filled with live jazz and spreading hibiscus plants.

Something else really neat about Montreal: its farmers markets. These offer fresh produce from April to October. One of the most popular of these markets is Atwater Market, where

an art deco depression-era tower hovered above indoor stalls of produce, cheese, meats and wines. Outside, vendors were selling beds of flowers ready for planting.

The market’s neighbor, the Lachine Canal, is an 8.7-mile pathway, near which we joined cyclists and families with small children and relaxed at a bakery with café au lait in big bowls paired with warm croissants.

Besides the croissants, by the way, there were also scrumptious cakes of every description: raspberry-blueberry, raspberry-lemon, almond and red fruit, blueberry-yogurt tart and raspberry-lemon mille-feuille.

A final note: Our visit to Montreal wasn’t complete without the nearby St. Lawrence River islands, where Montreal, in a kind of coming of age, hosted the World’s Fair in 1967.

I remember attending the fair, and I think the most stunning pavilion there was the multiple-level housing complex called Habitat 67, which was designed

by Israeli-Canadian architect Moshe Safdie as his master’s thesis at McGill University. The magnificent complex – which is still standing – was looking as daring as when I first saw it during the World’s Fair.

Montreal back then was the place to be, and it has remained so across the years.

George Medovoy is a freelance journalist.

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Members of the San Dieguito Newcomers Boogie-Boarding Group, left to right, Ginny Van Meter, Loraine Vaught, Pam

Shetler and Kim Lubesnick meet several times a week for board surfing lessons at North County beaches.

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cover of Parade magazine, accompanying a story about healthy aging.

Solana Beach resident Patti Fitchen, who turns 78 next month, said Boogie Boarding is a great way to stay in shape.

‘It’s terrific for your thighs. You have to walk out against the surf in deep water and that’s no easy task,” said Fitchen, who is a past president of the Newcomers Club.

“It’s exhilarating melding your body with the movement of the waves. That joy is priceless.”

Member Pam Shetler of Carlsbad joined the group when it started about six years ago. She had bodysurfed in her younger years and relished coming back to the sport in a more social way that has introduced her to many new likeminded friends.

“I never go out on my own. I find safety and company in the others.

That’s what makes it fun,” Shetler said.

Among the other club members who joined Shetler at Fletcher Cove on Monday were Kim Lubesn-

From Page B8 “I always feel better with my brain when I go Boogie Boarding. I’m sure it helps,” said Gumbrell, a Del Mar resident. “Every year I say this is going to be my last year out there, but then I just keep going. If I can get out there, I’m always so happy I did.”

At noon Monday, about 20 members of the group arrived for a spirited session of rides on 6- to 8-foot waves at Fletcher Cove. For safety’s sake, they surfed together in a socially distanced pod within about 200 feet of the shoreline and directly in front of the lifeguard tower. Whenever a member would catch a wave, the others whooped with joy. And as they rode into shore flat on their bellies, there was always at least one member standing nearby to help get them up on their feet.

“We call it turtling,” said Ginny Van Meter of Solana Beach. “That’s the hardest

part of it all. Your knees aren’t as good as they used to be, so standing back up takes a lot of work.”

Solana Beach resident Fran Dyer coordinates the outings for the Boogie Board group, which formed about six year ago. It’s one of more than 30 social groups organized under the umbrella of the 350member Newcomers Club of San Dieguito. Because of the pandemic, most of these groups have not been able to meet for the past 10 months, but the Boogie Boarders have been able to carry on because they’re outdoors.

Member Christa Stahl, 85, of Solana Beach, said she spoke with her doctor about the danger of Covid-19 while out Boogie Boarding and he gave her the all-clear, saying as long as they stayed 6 feet apart they should be safe.

The women’s group has become a bit of a media sensation in recent years. In 2016, they put out a photo calendar called the Boogie Babes. And in April 2018, a photo of four members at the beach with their Boogie Boards was featured on the

ick, Nancy Schweizer, Judy Brent, Carol German, Jackie Zucker, Louise Godici, Colleen Powell, Nazlin Kassamali, Sharon Marr and Loraine Vaught.

Although it was sunny and the temperature was in the mid-60s, the water temperature on Monday was about 58 degrees, so all of the club members wore wetsuits. And some stayed in the water only about 30 minutes to avoid getting too chilled.

Many of the older members like Gumbrell tend to stay home in the coldest winter months and return when the water warms in the spring and summer.

German, a Del Mar resident who has been a Newcomers Club member for nearly 15 years, said she most enjoys the camaraderie she’s found among her fellow Boogie Boarders. She said these women are serious about staying in shape in their older age, but not as serious about their surfing form.

“We have so much fun out there,” German said.

“If somebody catches a wave, everybody laughs and celebrates.”

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