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Senate acquits Trump on 57-43 vote 7 Republicans vote to convict for incitement of insurrection Tribune Content Agency WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Saturday to acquit former President Donald Trump for inciting the insurrection at the Capitol last month, marking the end of his second impeachment trial. Seven Republican sena-

tors broke ranks to support conviction. The 57-43 vote fell far short of the 67 votes needed for conviction, but it was the most bipartisan guilty vote in a presidential impeachment trial and exposed the fractures in a Republican party divided over its future. The Republicans

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who voted for conviction were Sens. Richard Burr of North Carolina, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Mitt Romney of Utah, Ben Sasse of Nebraska and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania. Trump is the first president to be impeached twice

and his trial was the first in American history of a former president. The House impeached him last month on a charge of inciting the insurrection Jan. 6, when a violent mob of his supporters ransacked the Capitol. The riot left five people dead, including a police officer.

“The president of the United States summoned this mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack,” Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., the leader impeachment manager, argued in his closing arguments, imploring the Senate to vote for conviction. “This trial, in

the final analysis, is not about Donald Trump. The country and the world know who Donald Trump is. This trial is about who we are.” In their closing arguments as they did during the five-day trial, House See Trump, Page A8

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Board votes to resume in-person learning once Solano goes ‘red’ Susan Hiland

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FAIRFIELD — The Fairfield-Suisun School District governing board voted Thursday to return to in-person learning once Solano County returns to the state’s red tier level. Schools must have an approved Covid-19 reopening plan to do so. Dr. Bela Matyas, the county’s public health officer, said this week that several smaller schools had already submitted their reopening plans for review. Matyas also said the

INSIDE • Solano continues mass Covid-19 vaccinations as NorthBay enters Week 2 of similar campaign. Page A6. • Nut Tree, Rio Vista airports eligible for CARES Act Covid-19 grants. Page A6.

county is on the cusp of re-entering the red tier of the color-coded Covid-19 monitoring system. Doing so would allow school districts to open up classrooms for transitional kindergarten See Board, Page A8

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FAIRFIELD — Travis School District trustees will be updated on distance learning, current health conditions and the district’s progress to reopen classrooms when they meet Tuesday. The virtual meeting is set to begin at 6 p.m. after a closed session during which the board will be updated on an employee discipline matter and labor negotiations. The closed session is set for 5 p.m. Sue Brothers, assis-

tant superintendent for Educational Services, will give the learning and school reopening update, which follows a Scandia Elementary presentation about “student and family engagement using virtual and remote activities to promote connection while highlighting and celebrating students’ strengths and interests.” Schools shut down in-person classroom instruction in March to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus that causes Covid-19. A See Travis, Page A8

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Lake Solano sustains $1.5M in damage It could have been worse Pleasants Valley Road, south of Highway 128, would not be spared.

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PLEASANTS VALLEY — At 7:30 p.m. Aug. 18, Solano County park ranger Jamie Fussell thought Lake Solano was going to be spared from the latest wildfire burning in the area. Her boss, Parks and Recreation Manager Chris Drake, said at that point he was far more concerned with the fire burning near Monticello Dam than the fire that had ignited a day earlier near Lake Hennessey in Napa County. The unpredictable rage of what would become the worst fire in Solano County history would change everything – and for the sixth time in recent years, Lake Solano was evacuated. But this time, the county park and camping venue located on

LNU Lightning Complex Fire leaves scars The double-wide trailer that served as the home for the resident ranger is gone. So is the maintenance facility and virtually all the equipment. “We came out of it with a small tool box and I think a shovel,” said Drake, who was hired by the county in 2007 and became the department manager in 2015. Add the park’s fire suppression unit, water lines, some electrical lines and a scattering of other assets, and the estimated cost is $1.5 million. Fortunately, Drake said, insurance will cover those losses.

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However, there is some evaluation of other pieces, which are ongoing, so the final cost could be more. Also gone is the estimated $150,000 in revenue the park likely could have generated since having to be closed down – a figure reached by comparing 2019 numbers. The Covid-19 pandemic has taken a bite out of the revenue budget as well. But perhaps more disheartening to the park service employees are the losses to the forest and other habitat on the 178 acres – including 200-year-old oak trees, and to restoration projects that were just showing progress. “We won’t see them (the oak trees) come back in our lifetime,” Drake said. See Damage, Page A13

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(By the way, this ults don’t necessarily involve people is like columns I embracing an wrote several years unusual lifestyle or ago about overrated believing something people: Anyone who disthat most of us find agrees with me proves incomprehensible. my point, because if Cults are defined as they disagree it proves “a system of veneration they are brainwashed. and devotion directed Brad Stanhope Your denial about a toward a particular Like I was sayin’ cult proves that it is a figure or object.” They cult. Get it?) are also “a misplaced or excesThe most obvious sive admiration for a particular American cults: person or thing.” Apple. A new iPhone comes Like those who worship at out and people line up around the shrine of Apple. Or Oprah. the block. A new MacBook Today we’re talking about comes out and people insist we American cults – in this case, should all get one. An updated organizations that receive iPad or Apple Watch? People unexplainable love from admir- go crazy about it. Ask an Apple ers. A decade ago, such a list disciple about the company’s would have included Oprah products and you experiand Starbucks, but cults don’t ence what it’s like to ask a cult last forever. member what they believe.

Apple’s history as a technology company is impressive. Apple’s history as a cult is even more amazing. Las Vegas Raiders. What do you call an organization that treats its followers shamefully and followers double their devotion every time? A cult. The Raiders leaving Oakland twice has just increased how much their fans love them. If the Raiders banned fans from seeing games and tried to lose every game (which might be a description of the 2020 season), fans might become even more passionate. In this cult, Al Davis is the messiah figure – a jumpsuit-wearing, Brooklynaccented messiah. Chick-fil-A and In-N-Out. Chick-fil-A has outstanding chicken sandwiches (and I have a good friend who

works for them!). In-N-Out Burger has tasty, fresh ingredients. I’ll concede as much. But both are fast-food restaurants. Fast food restaurants! How is it that a chicken restaurant inspires people to camp out for days before it opens? How is it that a hamburger restaurant creates followers who will argue on social media about how great the product is? I don’t know. But that’s the thing about cults: They inspire surprising devotion. Disney. Mickey Mouse. Beauty and the Beast. Elsa. Bambi. They all work for a multibillion-dollar global conglomerate that has convinced millions of Americans to empty their wallets a few times a year to overpay for dolls and experiences. Disneyland is great and so is Disney World. The

Cowboy bars, hotels – blood drives have changed Tribune Content Agency ST. LOUIS — A mechanical bull, whiskey signs and . . . blood bags? The scene at the PBR St. Louis in Ballpark Village last week is not normal for either a bar or a Red Cross blood drive, but the coronavirus pandemic has forced the group to get creative. “Giving blood next to a mechanical bull was kind of an odd scenario,” said longtime donor Diana VanDuyne, 60, who added that she was surprised but not bothered by the location. Joe Zydlo, a Red Cross spokesman, said 18% to 20% of blood drives nationwide are at schools, which were either closed entirely or closed to visitors starting last March. Corporate blood drives were canceled because workers were at home. The largest blood drive in the country is one held yearly at Mizzou in October, routinely collecting 900 to 1,000 units per day for four days, Zydlo said. The Red Cross was forced to make up for the loss of roughly 4,000 units when that was canceled. “We were able to overcome that . . . because of other businesses stepping up,” Zydlo said, with so-called “alternate venue drives.” Zydlo said that the Red Cross has long partnered with Drury Inn. But the company hosted new drives at hotels across the state, along with other hotel companies. Carrie Sheridan, vice president of sales and marketing for Drury, said the company has hosted over 81 blood drives in 10 cities in four states since their first hotel blood

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Blood donor Emily Henman, far right, watches as Red Cross nurse Rickeya Alton prepares to start her blood donation during a Red Cross Blood Drive at the Embassy Suites in St. Charles, Missouri, on Feb. 8. drive in April. “Hotels struggled. We had a lot of empty inventory,” she said. “They struggled . . . so it meant for a nice partnership through this time.” Turner Hall at St. Louis University was used when the school was closed. Business at Dalton’s Flowers, in the Kansas City suburb of Overland Park, was devastated by the pandemic. The owners told the Red Cross they could use the space, and the group did for three or four days a week. “For a couple of months, it gave us a donor center,” Zydlo said, in an area where there wasn’t one. Zydlo said there have been drives in the areas normally used for tours at the Anheuser-Busch brewery in St. Louis. Churches, which normally host a one-day drive, have expanded to multiple days to allow more people to donate. “It’s been nothing short of amazing that we’ve been able to hit our goal,” Zydlo said. Juliet Debo was looking for a place to donate when she spotted the drive at

the Embassy Suites in St. Charles. It was closer to her St. Charles home, and she said less busy than normal donation sites. “It just makes it easier to get in, do your donation and be on your way,” said Debo, 60. She also donated at a church fellowship hall earlier in the pandemic. It was her first time donating in a hotel, but far from her first time at a drive. She’s donated a total of 204 units, or 25 gallons, according to her Red Cross app. Zydlo said the group is also seeing more first-time donors, perhaps because the group tests the blood for Covid-19 antibodies, so it’s a free way of finding out if you’ve ever been infected. Zydlo said the group would not normally hold a blood drive at a bar, but PBR St. Louis has been closed due to the pandemic. And before you ask, there was no alcohol at the PBR drive. The Red Cross also recommends that you abstain for 24 hours after a donation to give your body time to recover.

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Disney movie company is good. But Disney isn’t in business to improve your life. It’s in business to make money – nearly $70 billion annually. Cult members act as if that’s not true. They act as if Disney is a nonprofit that exists to provide perfect entertainment. It’s an effective cult. There are more: Michael Jordan has a cult-like following, as does the Dave Matthews Band. So do Tesla and ESPN. There are undoubtedly more. The point? Go ahead and like your Apple, Disney, Chick-filA, In-N-Out and Raiders. Just realize you’re part of a cult. Reach Android-using, 49ersloving Brad Stanhope at brad stanhope@outlook.com (a Microsoft email address).

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Travis Air Force Base personnel transfer into US Space Force Amy Maginnis-Honey

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TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE — Ten members, including one women, of the U.S. Air Force became guardians in the country’s newest military branch, the U.S. Space Force, during a transfer ceremony Friday at the base. They will join the 2,400 service members already in the U.S. Space Force. That number will grow to 3,600 in the next few months. The personnel will remain at Travis until they are given new orders. “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step,” said Col. Gregg Johnson, commander of the 60th Operations Group. Johnson told the group their work would be read about in future history books. “It’s an incredible opportunity to make an imprint on a new organization,” Johnson said. He encouraged them to “go forth and boldly lead.” “I know you are up to the challenge,” said Col. Charles Galbreath, U.S. Air Force deputy chief of technology and innovation. He administered the oath to the guardians. After taking an oath, one by one each new Space Force member was called on stage to take off the Air Force uniform jacket and put on the Space Force jacket. There are a few differences in the uniforms, such as the branch of service and full-color flag patch worn on the left sleeve. The Air Force uniform features a spice brown flag. Master Sgt. Jeffrey Heath was the first to step on stage. He was followed by, in order, Master Sgt. Maurice Carbajal, Sgt. Eric Ramirez and Sgt. Christian Asturias, all represented the 60th communications squadron. Spc. Skylar Campbell is the new guardian from the 60th Operations Support Squadron. Representing the 821st Contingency Response Squadron were Tech. Sgts. John Herron, Trevor Black, Devin Fields, Ronald Ferguson and Spc. Wyatt Ryan.

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“You are taking an important step,” said Space Force Gen. John W. Raymond, the chief of space operations and commander of the U.S. Space Command. “Be bold,” he said. “Be innovative. Inspire and lead.” Ferguson has been in the Air Force for 13 years and grew up a military brat. The Space Force offers him new challenges. “The Air Force kept pushing me into uncomfortable positions,” he said. He has served at Travis for four years. “I am excited to be an influence at a young age,” he said of being one of the first Space Force guardians. Ferguson looks forward to the future when he can say, “I helped with that.” “I can cry a little,” he said. Nichole Reynolds is a 22-year veteran of the Air Force. She took the oath a few months ago and served as master of ceremonies Friday. “I’m always looking for new adventures and challenges,” she said. Reynolds said she wasn’t ready to retire and the Space Force offered her the opportunity to continue. If she’s presented with the opportunity for space travel, Reynolds said she would choose the moon. “I love the adrenaline,” she said. “I am super excited and ready to get into a Space Force job.” Lt. Col. Martin Poon, who is awaiting Senate confirmation to transfer to Space Force, said the concept of such a military branch surfaced in the Rumsfield Report in 2011. After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the idea took a back seat and surfaced again in 2008. The proposed name was Space Corps. Then-President Donald Trump brought the issue to the public in 2018, Poon said. The new branch of

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Tech. Sgt. Devin Fields’ new uniform includes a U.S. Space Force patch during a U.S. Space Force Transfer Ceremony at Travis Air Force Base, Friday.

Newly transferred guardians line up in front of the U.S. flag during a U.S. Space Force Transfer Ceremony at Travis Air Force Base, Friday.

the military was established in December 2019 as Space Force. “There are dedicated specialists within the Air Force to do space right now,” Poon said. Poon, the commander of the 60th Communications Squadron, said there are still threats to America in space, especially with satellites from other countries.

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Obituaries

Lloyd Andrews Grotheer Jr.

subscriber and He was born donor to the San in Oakland, CaliFrancisco Symfornia, on Nov. 19, 1927, to Lloyd and phony and Opera. Dorothy (CampHe belonged to bell) Grotheer. The the San FranGrotheer family cisco Speech Arts Association and resided in Suisun Valley, California. the Downtown Lloyd was the Garden club. fourth Grotheer Lloyd lived a generation to have great life filled lived in Suisun with music, Valley. friends, bridge, air force He attended gardening, travel veteran Suisun Valley Eleand family. He loved his home and mentary School. He graduated from Armijo High garden with spectacular School in 1945 as class views of San Francisco. He valedictorian. He attended enjoyed entertaining in his U.C. Berkeley, graduat- home and he lived life to ing in 1949 with a the fullest. He will be greatly Bachelor’s degree in Political Science. He was a missed. We are all fortumember of Sigma Phi nate to have had him in Epsilon Fraternity. our lives. Our memories of He worked at American Lloyd will last forever. Trust Bank prior to enlistLloyd is survived by his ing in the U.S. Air Force in sister, Susan Lippstreu (Ed 1951. He went to Officer deceased); nephew, Bruce Candidate School at Lack- Lippstreu; nieces, Lynn land Air Force Base in San Lippstreu, Carol LippAntonio, Texas and was streu, Jill Green (Brian); commissioned a 2nd Lt. He and great-nephews, Ryan was stationed at Sampson and Logan Wagner and Air Force Base in Upstate Parker Green. New York and later served Burial at Rockville in the Korean War. Cemetery will be private. His post-war career At Lloyd’s request, was in retailing in San please consider donaFrancisco at the Empo- tions to the San Francisco rium, The White House Symphony, 201 Van Ness and 23 years at Macy’s Avenue, San Francisco, California where he CA 94102 or The Ameriserved as the Employee can Heart Fund, P.O. Box Benefits Manager until his 742030, Los Angeles, CA retirement in 1988. 90074 or a charity of your He traveled exten- choice. Arrangements under sively in Europe as well as Mexico and Canada. He the care of Bryan-Braker enjoyed cruising to Alaska Funeral Home, 707-4254697, www.bryanbraker. and the Caribbean. He was a longtime com.

Betty Louise Almstrom Betty Louise Johnson Almstrom of Fairfield passed away Jan. 21, 2021, at age 93. Betty was loving wife, caring mother and grandmother and an extremely gifted artist and crafter. She married Bob Almstrom, a widower and father of two in 1959 after meeting him through a mutual friend. They were happily married for 50+ years before Bob’s death in 2011. Bob and Betty shared a love of competition, activity and their kids. They enjoyed bowling and golfing together and were the most competitive team you probably ever encountered! Betty loved handmade things and filled her life and home with many treasures including thousands of cherished Barbies. She earned many awards for her china painting, reproduction dolls and needlework entered at the Dixon May Fairs and the Fairfield Juried Art Shows. She also crocheted, cross stitched, embroidered, sewed, oil painted and ceramics. Her large family originally came from Texas where her father had been a Texas Ranger and a widower. He married Betty’s mother when she was eighteen. They moved to her grandfather’s property in San Jose. Betty, or Tiny Baby as she was called, remembers working hard at picking fruit and vegetables and canning. Her best memories were times with her closest sister, Alma; climbing trees, sewing and chasing after the ice truck. She completed high school and went to work at Hale’s department store as the Revlon counter girl. She moved to Napa on her own as a young woman. She worked, joined a bowling league to meet people, and fished daily in the Napa River to feed herself. She traveled often to Hayward to help care for her nieces and nephew, Carol, Peter and Sharon. She had a full and fun life as Betty Johnson. In later years, Betty also took up golf to be with Bob. She played for many years at Green Tree in the Twice Arounders and was 88 years old before she gave it up! She moved to Cornerstone Assisted Living in October of 2020. The family would like to thank all the caring people at Cornerstone and the Yolo Hospice. She is survived by her children, Jill Smith, Jay Almstrom and his wife; granddaughter, Sara Steinkellner and husband, Nick and Cody Almstrom; great-grandchildren, Ashley Steinkellner and Damian Almstrom; she would also want us to remember her nieces and nephew and their families. She is preceded in death by Bob; and all her siblings. There will be a drive-thru memorial from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, at Bryan-Braker Funeral Home, 1850 W. Texas St., Fairfield. In lieu of flowers, please send contributions to any veteran’s organization or Yolo Hospice. Arrangements under the care of Bryan-Braker Funeral Home, 707-425-4697.

Julie Rico

Dec. 8, 1918 — Jan. 20, 2021

Julia ‘Julie’ Rico was called home to be with her Lord and Savior on Jan. 20, 2021, at the age of 102. She was born in San Francisco, California, on Dec. 8, 1918, to her parents, Alejandro and Maria Ramon. She was one of 14 siblings, 12 girls and two boys. Julia attended school in Winters, California. She married John Rico in 1939 and lived in Mountain View, California, before moving to Vacaville, California, in 1960. Julia worked as a beautician for 63 years, 39 of those years in Vacaville. Julia was preceded in death by her husband, John Rico; son, John James Rico; daughter, Arleen Schadle; and granddaughter, Julie Schadle. She is survived by her son, Joe (wife Cindy) of Fairfield, California; sister, Jean Vaughan of Winters, California; sister, Helen Corlett of Redding, California; six grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, and a large extended family. Julia, aka Grams, was a country girl at heart. She loved her 10-acre property in Vacaville and lived there until she was 95 years old. She lived a full and blessed life coupled with occasional heartache. But through it all, she kept her positive attitude, which was infectious and inspiring. If someone asked her how she was doing, she would reply, ‘100 percent!’ Faith and family meant everything to her. She loved the Lord and going to church. She was friends with everyone she met. She also loved traveling, painting, music and dancing and especially enjoyed attending her son Joe’s Solano Winds concerts. Donations can be made in Julia’s name to Solano Winds Concert Band at https://solanowinds.org/give.

Terry W. Flanigan Jr. He attended Terry W. FlaniCalvary Baptist gan Jr., 83, passed Church in Fairfield away on Sunday, for many years. Oct. 18, 2020. He is survived Terry was born by his wife, Linda in Tushka, OklaFlanigan; son, homa, to Terry W. Lance K. Flanigan Flanigan Sr. and and his wife, Lea; Bonnie Hershell daughter, Leslie (Waggoner). Johnson and her He served in husband, Steve; the Air Force for four grandsons, four years, worked Philip, Nathan, in civil service air force Sammy and for 22 years and veteran Manny of Tucson, United Airlines for Arizona; sister, Loueen over 10 years. He enjoyed taking care Turner and her husband of his cars and traveling. who live in Arkansas; two He traveled to Korea, Aus- aunts, Wanda Calvert and tralia, Spain, Costa Rica, Willeen Evans and their husbands whom live in France and Italy. Terry especially Oklahoma. Terry was preceded in liked the classic cars 1957 Thunderbirds were death by his father, Terry his favorite. He liked W. Flanigan Sr. in 1952; horses when he was a mother, Bonnie Flaniboy and always loved the gan (White) in 1997; sister, American flag and wanted Jaretha Ellison in 2006; to have it flying. and his sisters-in-law, He enjoyed having big Sue Smith (2016) and Mary birthday celebrations with King (2017). cake and homemade ice Services for Terry were cream. The more people held at Calvary Baptist he could invite the better. Church in Fairfield on Oct. He especially liked to 28, 2020. He is interred at invite his friend, Mayor Fairmont Memorial Park in Harry T. Price. Fairfield, California.

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Patrick James Bird

March 24, 1951 — Jan. 22, 2021

he was an avid Patrick James fisherman. He Bird, 69, passed spent a lot of time away Friday, on his boat in the Jan. 22, 2021, water, enjoying his at David Grant retirement years. Medical Center on He enjoyed fishing Travis Air Force with his brother, Base in Fairfield, son and grandCalifornia. Patrick was children, those born on March were always high24, 1951, to Arthur lights of Patrick’s Bird and Margaret life. Marquardt in the Patrick is surarmy veteran vived by his wife, state of Hawaii. Patrick was raised in Anabella Bird; sister and Fairfield, California, and brother-in-law, Jackie and graduated from Armijo John Mikolajcik; brother High School and went on and sister-in-law, Arthur to join the Army. Jay and Janice Bird; He served time in the sisters, Barbara Gail Nero Vietnam War and became and Debbria Chisholm; a Veteran. daughter, Danette LizarHe then came home raga; son, Patrick Justin and started his career Bird; stepdaughters, Sarah at Mare Island in Vallejo and Katie Schulz; grandas a Rigger for over children, Kaisle Hill, Dan20 years, he then retired iella Lizarraga, Patrick and decided to go back Jarrett Bird, Amaya to school and received a Schulz, Sierra and James Bachelor’s Degree. With Leyba and Benjamin and that he started his journey Charlotte Neal. as a Surgical Tech working He is preceded in at John Muir Hospital in death by his sisters, Vicki Walnut Creek. Scrivner and Michelle His family will always Berlinguet. remember him as a kind, The day that Patrick sweet soul. An amazing passed a rainbow lit up person, husband, father the sky, that was his smile and papa. letting us know he was at Patrick’s smile lit up a peace, he will be forever room, it was infectious. His loved and missed. He sweet nature was known was/is deeply loved by all by anyone that had the family and friends. privilege of meeting him. He will be laid to rest He loved spending at the Sacramento Valley time with his grandkids National Cemetery in and was always eager and Dixon, California. willing to help in any way Arrangements under possible, a one-of-a-kind the care of Bryanpapa. Braker Funeral Home, He also enjoyed fishing, 707-425-4697.

Lloyd ‘Gunny’ Dashner Dec. 28, 1942 — Dec. 22, 2020

it year after year GySgt Ret. and every year he USMC, Lloyd added new names Franklin Dashner, to his Santa lists. a resident of Some people told Suisun City for him that they 37 years, unexhad their names pectedly passed added as children away on Dec 22, and then came 2020. back with their Lloyd was children to see the born in Fort Sam display. Houston, Texas, Santa, Mrs. on Dec 28, 1942, Santa, elves and to Lloyd Everett corps elves holding lists Dashner and marine veteran of names, solKathryn Lucy Passineau Dashner while diers, horses, a dog, and his father was stationed toys along with lots of there in the Army. beautiful lights were part While Lloyd was of the display. He won a toddler, the family awards for this display returned to Wisconsin and also for other displays Rapids, Wisconsin, their at other homes years hometown, where Lloyd before. His display was grew up. As a child, Lloyd featured several times made money by collecting in the Daily Republic and newspapers, picking crops, on ‘California Christmas selling greeting cards and Lights’ for many years. working on a farm. Lloyd was a member After Lloyd turned of the VFW and the 17 on Dec 28, 1959, he SCRCC. He loved talking joined the U.S. Marine to and recruiting people Corps and left Wisconsin at events held by both in January 1960. organizations. He drove Lloyd served 21 years in his big, blue Dodge Ram the Marine Corps, mainly truck, pulling a patristationed in desert areas otic, decorated trailer of California and one holding VFW members tour in Yuma, Arizona. many times in July 4th He served two tours in and Veterans Day parades Vietnam and another tour in downtown Fairfield. in Okinawa and the Phil- As a retired Gunnery ippines. He was a Marine Sgt., he affectionately Corps recruiter out of the became known mainly Vallejo, California, office, as Gunny by friends and also working out of Fair- acquaintances. He is survived by his field and Napa offices, for wife of 57 years, Sharon four years. After Lloyd retired Dashner; sons, Lloyd from the Marine Corps, he Dashner Jr. and Kenneth obtained a job at Kelsey- Dashner; daughter, Holly Hayes ET Mags for a short Conse and son-in-law, time and then he was Rene Conse; granddaughhired by Tosco/Tesoro ter, Salina Conse and Refinery where he worked grandson-in-law, Curt as an operator and a Thompson; and his grandgauger for 24 years before son, Rowan Dashner. retiring. Along with his father Lloyd was talented and mother, Lloyd is prein art and woodwork- ceded in death by his ing. For 35 years, including only sibling, his younger December 2020, he put brother, Thomas Dashner, up a beautiful Christmas and his wife Jane. Burial with military display, ‘Santa’s Village,’ which included handmade honors will be held at wooden figures, all drawn, the Sacramento Valley painted and cut out by National Cemetery at a him. People came to see later date.

Jerry D. Sivertsen

March 22, 1936 — Feb. 10, 2021

After a very long journey, Jerry has gone home to our Lord. Born March 22, 1936, in Wahpeton, North Dakota. Jerry grew up and attended air force schools in Casper, Wyoming, joined veteran the USAF in 1954, where he flew missions as a flight engineer to Korea and Vietnam earning the Distinguished Flying Cross in 1969. Retiring from the 84th ATS at Travis AFB in 1974. Jerry began employment at the Benicia Exxon Refinery, retiring after 20 years. Jerry enjoyed motorcycling, the 49ers, walking, hiking, tennis, golf, snow and water skiing, traveling and reading. He is survived by his loving wife, Cindy; children, Mark, Kim (Jose), and Matt (Victoria); grandchildren, Tosh, Anthony, Olivia, Madison and Riley. He is preceded in death by his parents, Clarence and Myrtle Sivertsen; brother, Clayton; and sister, Marilyn. Due to Covid, burial will be private at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery in Dixon, with Full Military Honors. A celebration of Jerry’s life will be held at a later date. May you rest in peace my kind and gentle husband. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations be made to the Alzheimer’s Association. Arrangements under the care of Fairfield Funeral Home, 707-425-1041.

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Council to consider sharing sales tax with planned BMW dealership City budget update, downtown promotions plan also on agenda Todd R. Hansen

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Police secure the scene after a man was shot on Grande Circle in Fairfield, Friday. Police report that the man died.

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FAIRFIELD — A 22-year-old man died Friday after being shot during what police describe as “an altercation” that ended with gunfire. Police dispatchers began receiving phone calls at approximately 1:30 p.m. of a possible shooting on the 1900 block of Grande Circle. Responding personnel found a man with gunshot wounds and immediately rendered aid, police report in a press release. Officers initiated CPR until fire and medical personnel arrived on the scene and took over. The man was transported to an area hospital but died as a result of his injuries, police report. His name and city of residence were not released. “At this time it appears the male victim contacted a group, and an altercation occurred resulting in a shooting,” Lt. Jausiah Jacobsen, the Police spokesDepartment man, said in the press

release. “We are investigating whether this is gang-related, but have no information to indicate either way at this time.” Police asked the public to avoid the area until the crime scene was cleared. If confirmed as a homicide, the shooting would be Fairfield’s first of 2021 and the sixth countywide. Two of the five previous homicides are fatal police shootings, one Jan. 26 in Vacaville and one Jan. 30 along Interstate 80 between Vacaville and Dixon. A man was arrested in connection with the deaths of a 15-year-old girl and a 26-year-old woman late Jan. 29 or early Jan. 30 in Vacaville. A man stands accused in connection with the death in mid-January of his 2-month-old son in Rio Vista. Anyone with information about the shooting Friday is asked to call the Fairfield Police Department’s Investigations Bureau at 428-7600. Amy Maginnis-Honey and Glen Faison contributed to this report.

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FAIRFIELD — City, county, state and federal offices will be closed Monday in observance of Presidents Day. Emergency police and fire services will continue. The U.S. Postal Service will not deliver mail Monday and instruction at local schools will not take place for the day. Operations in the Fairfield-Suisun School District were also shut down Friday. Banks will also be closed. Local retail stores will remain open. Garbage will be collected on its usual collection day. Fairfield and Suisun Transit will operate its local routes on the blue line only on a Saturday schedule. Library branches will be closed. All Solano County offices were also closed Friday. Delivery of the Daily Republic will occur Monday on its regular

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FAIRFIELD — The City Council will consider a sales tax sharing incentive agreement Tuesday for a new BMW dealership as well as a 2020-21 budget update. of BMW North America has obtained the right to purchase a 4.8-acre vacant parcel in the Fairfield Auto Mall, 2390 Auto Mall Parkway, between Hopkins Acura and Caliber Collision. The dealer proposes to construct a 4 8 , 2 5 5 - s qu a r e -fo o t building that includes a new car sales showroom, sales offices, operations offices, parts sales and storage and a service shop. “As a new ground-up development, the dealership faces economic challenges in obtaining necessary financing and establishing an operating customer base over the first few years. In order for the dealership to close a financial gap that makes the development otherwise infeasible, staff recommends offering an economic development incentive in the form of sales tax sharing,” a staff report to the council states. The incentive would be a sales tax rebate for the first five years

of operations, with the city getting the first $100,000 each year, and the dealership being rebated 85% of the additional sales tax after that.

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FAIRFIELD — A small army of people in the health care and public safety fields continued with Day 2 of a two-day mass Covid-19 vaccination clinic Saturday that by its end will have given some 4,000 people the first of two required doses of the vaccine. It’s the second consecutive weekend for the large-scale vaccination campaign at the Solano County Fairgrounds in Vallejo and comes as NorthBay Healthcare prepares to enter its second week of a similar though smaller vaccina-

tion program in Fairfield. All of the available slots for the fairgrounds vaccinations were quickly filled. NorthBay began vaccinating county residents Wednesday who are 75 and older. The effort continued Thursday and Friday and resumes this week on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. People must register in advance online to receive the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine through NorthBay Healthcare. Those who seek the vaccine must provide photo identification and proof of residence in Solano County. People who register do

not need to be a NorthBay patient to receive a vaccination. More slots are being added as the vaccine becomes available, NorthBay representative Diane Barney reports. To register to receive the vaccination through Nor th Bay Hea lthcare, visit www. northbay.org/services/ center-for-primary-care/ vaccine-signups.cfm. Those who do so will be asked to register at the same time for the second required dose 21 days later. Vaccinations will be given at NorthBay Healthcare’s Green Valley administration center on Business Center Drive.

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Covid-19 has been particularly harmful to older people. People who are 65 and older represent 12% of all reported cases countywide but account for 43% of all hospitalizations and 77% of all deaths attributed at least in part to the disease as of Thursday. Solano County does not update Covid-19 data on holidays and weekends. County offices were closed Friday in observance of Abraham Lincoln’s birthday and will remain closed Monday in observance of George Washington’s birthday – both in recognition of Presidents Day. The next update is scheduled Tuesday afternoon.

VACAVILLE — The Nut Tree Airport and the Rio Vista Municipal Airport are eligible for a piece of nearly $2 billion in federal grant funding that’s available to help airports whose operations are affected by the novel coronavirus pandemic. Grants are through the U.S. Department of Transportation under the Federal Aviation Administration’s Airport Coronavirus Response Grant Program. Funding availability was announced Friday in a press release from the FFA. “President Biden has made it a priority to deliver immediate relief to our transportation sectors and their workers, ensuring they can continue to provide essential services through this pandemic and beyond,” U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg said in the press release. “Today’s announcement is one of many steps we are taking to protect the health of America’s travelers and

workers, while keeping our nation’s airport operations and related small businesses up and running.” The program is funded under the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2020, the FFA reports. It is available to more than 3,000 commercial service, reliever and publically owned generalaviation airports in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Both the Nut Tree Airport in Vacaville and the Rio Vista Municipal Airport are among the nearly 200 eligible airports in California. There are 880 airports across the state, with 189 designated in the current National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems, the FFA reports. The Nut Tree Airport is home base to more than 90 aircraft and is in line for an estimated $2.4 million in federal airport improvement grants under the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems See Airport, Page A7

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Solano assessor: Gaps remain in voter-approved Proposition 19 rental income, too – would still benefit from the “good deal” part. FAIRFIELD — Clay “There are people in Parks rents out three this community . . . who homes he inherited would like to transfer from his parents. property to their children The former Vallejo upon their (deaths) and and Vacaville resident, not be able to do that,” who calls the East Bay Tonnesen said. home now, pays propWell, they can transerty tax based fer the property, on the assessed but it would be value at the time reassessed at his parents gifted current value those houses, plus rather than keep the allowed Propthe assessed value osition 13 annual the parents had. adjustments that “What Prop. have accumulated. 19 does is it caps That changes (the transferrable Tuesday – at least tonnesen assessed value) at for new transactions $1 million and requires moving forward. The new law states that one of the children to the lower, or carried over reside at the residence,” assessment, will only apply Tonnesen said. If they don’t want to to the primary residence of live there, they would still a parent or grandparent, and the child or grand- have the benefit of selling child getting that home the home at what is likely a higher market value. must live there. Moreover, the new law Parks, who has never lived in any of the homes states that if it is a grandhis parents bequeathed to parent trying to give a him, said had he inher- home to a grandchild, then ited the property under the parents of the grandthe new law, it would def- child must be out of the picture, Tonnesen said. initely change things. There are other linger“I would have to charge my tenants a lot more for ing questions. What happens if the rent if I didn’t get the property tax break,” Parks said, person who inherits the “and two of my tenants home is in the military and probably couldn’t afford gets deployed, or has a job that requires them to relothat (kind of rent).” Moreover, his chil- cate for an extended period dren will not get the of time? Can they rent out same benefit he did if that home for the time they he passes those proper- are gone, and because they ties on to them. are not living there, do Solano County Asses- they lose the tax break? sor-Recorder Marc Tonnesen said that is Tonnesen said the new how he reads the language law is still a good deal for in the new law. What he the vast majority of people doesn’t know is whether involved in such transac- they get the reduced tions, but not all. assessment back if and Parks’ situation would when they return to live fall under “but not all,” in that house. though his sister, who Tonnesen said assesinherited and lives in what sors around the state are was the family home – and shares in some of the See Gap, Page A12

Bill would require California olive oil to come from California olives Todd R. Hansen

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Airport From Page A6 current five-year plan from 2021 through 2025, the FFA reports. The Rio Vista Municipal Airport is home base to nearly two dozen aircraft and is in line for an estimated $2.66 million in airport improvements under the same five-year plan. Several other airports across the greater Bay Area and Sacramento regions are also eligible for grants. They include the airport at the University of California, Davis and the Yolo County Airport near Winters and Davis; the Napa County Airport south of Napa; the Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa and Healdsburg Municipal Airport in neighboring

DAILY REPUBLIC — Sunday, February 14, 2021  A7

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E.J. Agcaoili dumps olives brought in by customers for Community Milling Day at Il Fiorello Olive Oil Company in Suisun Valley, Nov. 24, 2019.

WINTERS — Legislation was introduced this week that would require the olive oil industry to use California olives if it puts “California” on its labeling. Assembly Bill 535, a reintroduction bill of last year’s AB 2074, was authored by Assemblywoman Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, D-Winters. “This bill will ensure that consumers know exactly what they are buying, and it will help to support our local farmers who are producing world-class oils from olives grown here in our state,” AguiarCurry said in a statement released by her office. “If we’re going to demand the best, we owe it to California farmers to at least support truth in the marketplace. It’s time we stop people from profiting off our name, by giving the impression

consumers are getting something they’re not.” Mark Sievers, who owns and operates Il Fiorello Olive Oil Company in Suisun Valley with his wife Ann, said he supports the bill if only because consumers deserve to be able to look at a label that is truthful. But it also will benefit producers who have worked hard to raise the standards and reputation of California olive oil products. “What the (Olive Oil Commission of California) has been trying to do is have truth in advertising,” Sievers said. “The underlying issue is there has been a lot of fraud in the olive oil industry,” he said, and that extends beyond labeling, such as the requirements of being able to claim a product as extra virgin

Sonoma County; Bucannan Field in Concord in adjacent Contra Costa County; McClellan Airfield, Mather Airport and the Sacramento Executive and Sacramento International airports in and near the state capital; and the Oakland, San Francisco and San Jose international airports. Most of the funds will go toward helping keep people safe and in jobs by reimbursing operational expenses, debt service payments and costs related to combating the spread of pathogens at the airport, according to the FFA press release. The program also includes money for rent relief to airport concessions and to support FAA contract towers for items such as cleaning and sanitizing facilities affected by Covid-19 cases. Airports must apply for the grants by June 30.

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Trump From Page One Democrats played a collection of videos that showed the graphic violence stemming from the rioters Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, including heretofore confidential security footage that revealed how close the rioters came to lawmakers and staff. The videos – some filmed just steps from where the trial took place – provided an emotional punch to their case. Trump’s attorneys countered that the former president had done nothing wrong, and that his speech was protected by the First Amendment and that Trump’s often pugilistic rhetoric was not meant to be taken literally. “There was no evidence Mr. Trump intended his words to incite violence,” Michael van der Veen told senators in his closing argument. “The violence was preplanned and premeditated by a group of independent actors . . . His words weren’t what set this into motion.” Most Republicans agreed, arguing that the Constitution didn’t even allow the Senate to hear the trial because Trump is now a private citizen, a sentiment that many legal experts disputed. Even with Trump’s final fate widely known, the final day of arguments was a roller coaster of political drama. Demo-

crats built an unexpected surge of momentum after winning a vote allowing them to depose a Republican congresswoman who threatened damning test i mony a ga i nst Trump – only to quickly slam on the breaks. Facing the potential for a drawn out fight over what other witnesses could testify, Democrats balked. They instead brokered a deal to place into the record a statement from Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler of Washington. It said that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield) had told lawmakers he called Trump during the insurrection pleading for the former president to tell the rioters to stand down, and the president did not act, suggesting to McCarthy that the mob was more loyal to him. Actual testimony from Beutler had the potential to be much more damaging for Trump and his supporters, and Democratic party activists expressed exasperation that the impeachment managers stood down. But they were weighing the damage that would be inflicted on Republicans with the political toll their own party’s agenda would endure in Congress through a prolonged trial. President Biden is eager to move past the impeachment so Congress can focus on confirming his nominees and passing a large Covid-19 relief package. A prolonged trial would have stymied that agenda.

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3:03 a.m. — Assault with a deadly weapon, 1200 block of B. GALE WILSON BOULEVARD 6:41 a.m. — Trespassing, 2300 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 8:58 a.m. — Grand theft, 600 block of PARKER ROAD 9:05 a.m. — Reckless driver, CHADBOURNE ROAD 10:26 a.m. — Forgery, 2600 block of BOSTON COURT 12:14 p.m. — Fight with a weapon, 200 block of ALASKA AVENUE 12:46 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, WALTERS ROAD 2:20 p.m. — Vandalism, 700 block of ANTIQUITY DRIVE 3:38 p.m. — Vehicle theft, 300 block of TULIP STREET 4:32 p.m. — Vehicle theft, 1700 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 5:20 p.m. — Fight with a weapon, 1200 block of TABOR AVENUE

Travis From Page One number of private schools and charter schools have reopened to either fulltime in-class instruction or a hybrid model that includes some in-person instruction and some virtual instruction. Solano County’s public schools remain in remote instruction mode. Most people who have Covid-19 experience only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. Some people, especially older adults and those with underlying

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5:30 p.m. — Trespassing, 300 block of HONEYSUCKLE DRIVE 6:13 p.m. — Grand theft, 5100 block of FERMI DRIVE 7:40 p.m. — Forgery, 700 block of OAKBROOK DRIVE 8:39 p.m. — Grand theft, 1300 block of NORTHWOOD DRIVE 9:02 p.m. — Vehicle theft, 1600 block of VICKSBURG DRIVE

Suisun City Thursday, Feb. 11 7:19 p.m. — Reckless driver, MADONNA DRIVE 8:28 p.m. — Vehicle theft, 600 block of VILLAGE DRIVE

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From Page One through sixth grade. The threshold the county needs to leave what’s now the mostrestrictive purple tier and enter the less-restrictive red tier is a daily new-case average of 110 cases over five days, and the county, based on the timeframe reviewed, was below 105, Matyas said midweek. If the current trend continues, Matyas projected the county will reach the red tier standards by the end of the month. Those standards also include an average of fewer than 31 cases per day and a seven-day positivity testing rating that’s below 8%. The county must remain in the red tier for five days for schools to reopen to younger children and preteens. School district staff estimate schools could reopen as early as March 16. California’s colorbased monitoring system designates the purple tier for counties where transmission of the novel coronavirus is considered to be widespread. Shutdown orders for counties in the purple tier are the most severe. The red tier is for counties with a substantial spread of the virus. The orange tier designates moderate virus transmission, while the yellow tier is reserved for counties where the spread of the virus is deemed to be minimal. Restrictions to slow the spread of the virus are eased as counties move from purple to red, red to orange and orange to yellow. There’s an extensive list of health and safety measures that must be in place for schools to reopen, even for children in younger grades. The Fairfield-Suisun School District has already posted and submitted its school reopening safety plan to the appropriate authorities for review. The plan adopted by the school board Thursday is for children to return slowly to school over the course of about four weeks. Children who receive special education services and preschoolers

Trump is guilty of inciting an insurrection against a co-equal branch of government, and that the charge rises to the level of high crimes and misdemeanors. Therefore, I have voted to convict.”

Bill Cassidy of Louisiana Cassidy, who just won reelection and won’t face voters again until 2026, had been agonizing over his decision all week, and was troubled by the inability of Trump’s lawyers to explain the former president’s inaction during the first hours of the riot as police were under attack, people were dying and lawmakers – including Vice President Mike Pence – were under threat. “Our Constitution and our country is more important than any one person. I voted to convict President Trump because he is guilty,” he said in a statement.

Susan Collins of Maine Collins, who voted to acquit Trump at his first impeachment trial, had said she hoped the former president learned a lesson after that proceeding. This time, she voted to convict. Collins ripped Trump in a lengthy floor speech for inciting the insurrection and said he “bears significant responsibility for the invasion.” She said the trial for her was about his failure to follow his oath of office and respect the

was successful, it became clear the managers didn’t have a comprehensive plan on next steps, according to the Democrat. The trial may be over, but the fallout will be endured, and created a profound reckoning for the GOP. Lawmakers who voted to acquit did so in the face of considerable would return the first week, followed by children in kindergarten through third grade. Children in sixth through eighth grades at the district’s K-8 schools would be next. Middle schoolers would maintain what the district describes as “synchronous distance learning” in the morning Monday through Friday, with groups of students receiving in-person instruction later in the day. A plan by Gov. Gavin Newsom to support schools as they reopen has not yet cleared the state Legislature. The plan offers an additional $450 per student to school districts that return to inperson learning. Officials estimate that translates at somewhere between $8.5 million and $13.2 million in additional state funding for Fairfield-Suisun the School District. “We have to be open to the fluidity of this situation. Things can change that are out of our control,” Superintendent Kris Corey said. “The vote we make tonight might be taken away by the state legislation depending on our situation.” Anticipation for the Covid-19 vaccine is currently high; the staff estimated that around March the vaccine would be available for the general public, subject to availability. The vaccine is not a mandate for students to attend school or enroll in school. Neither is it mandated for teachers or staff who work on campus. The district would also not require people to reveal whether they have received the vaccine. Solano County Office of Education and Solano Public Health will set up three school site locations in the county to vaccinate all staff who work in K-12 education, the school district reports. Plans are in place for possible exposure to the virus should a student or teacher become ill. Employees would be notified as quickly as possible along with parents and students. It is possible that classrooms would be locked for cleaning. Positive cases, both among students and

peaceful transition of power.

Lisa Murkowski of Alaska Murkowski has previously expressed a hope that her party could move on from Trump, and is arguably the most independent Republican senator. She plans to run for re-election next year and is sure to face a Trump-aligned primary challenger. However, in 2010, she won as a write-in candidate after losing a party primary.

Mitt Romney of Utah The 2012 GOP presidential nominee was the only Republican to vote to toss Trump from office a year ago, and his vote was not a surprise. Romney accused Trump of trying to “corrupt the election” by pressuring Georgia’s secretary of state to falsify results, and of inciting the insurrection. “Trump also violated his oath of office by failing to protect the Capitol, the Vice President and others in the Capitol,” Romney said.

Ben Sasse of Nebraska Sasse has emerged as one of the few young Republicans willing to buck Trump, harshly slamming his efforts to overturn the election results. Conveniently for him, he also just won reelection and won’t face voters for six years. In a statement explaining his

evidence that the former president not just instigated the insurrection, but continued to stoke it even as lawmakers and his vice president were trying to escape. While they may argue their votes were a matter of procedural objections, the acquittal votes could prove complicated baggage. The

vote, he condemned Trump for falsely claiming he won the 2020 election by a landslide and for spreading conspiracy theories about voter fraud. “The president repeated these lies when summoning his crowd – parts of which were widely known to be violent – to Capitol Hill to intimidate Vice President Pence and Congress into not fulfilling our constitutional duties,” he said. “Those lies had consequences, endangering the life of the vice president and bringing us dangerously close to a bloody constitutional crisis. Each of these actions are violations of a president’s oath of office.”

Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania Toomey has long chafed at Trump, particularly on their divergent economic philosophies. He came out quickly against Trump’s efforts to overturn the results in his state. He’s retiring and doesn’t need to worry about a primary. “As a result of President Trump’s actions, for the first time in American history, the transfer of presidential power was not peaceful,” Toomey said. “A lawless attempt to retain power by a president was one of the founders’ greatest fears motivating the inclusion of the impeachment authorities in the U.S. Constitution.

acquittal further complicates the party’s bid to carve out a clear and unifying message. The Trump faction has again proven itself durable, but it also emerges from this episode damaged. It’s hold on the GOP is diminished, and lawmakers looking to bring the party in a new direction have grown bolder.

Bethany Lutheran School and Notre Dame School in Vacaville and at Adventist Christian School in rural Vacaville; at Neighborhood Christian School in Dixon; and at St. Vincent Ferrer School, St. Basil School, North Hills Christian School and St. Catherine of Siena School in Vallejo. Hybrid models, where children split time between in— Superintendent Kris Corey class instruction and online learning, are in place at The reported, it is possible that the school will be closed. Academy of 21st Century An outbreak as Learning in Vacaville and defined by the Califor- Sierra School of Solano nia Department of Public County in rural Elmira; Health would be three or and at the Spectrum more confirmed proba- Center Schools and Proble cases of students or grams and at P3 Academy staff occurring within a in Fairfield. Middle school stu14-day period. High school marching dents have returned band teachers have been to classrooms at Fairoffered the opportunity field Christian School to work with students – and at Neighborhood no wind instruments – in Christian School. Hybrid models are in accordance with California Department of Public place for middle-schoolHealth guidelines. Two ers at the Spectrum teachers were working Center Schools and Prowith marching band stu- grams, The Academy of dents as of Feb. 5, the 21st Century Learning and at Sierra School of district reports. Outdoor singing and Solano County. High school students band practice are permitted as long as precautions at Fairfield Christian such as physical distanc- School have returned to ing and mask-wearing the classroom. Hybrid are implemented to the high school programs are maximum extent possible. operating at the Spectrum Sports are still limited Center Schools and Proto cross country, golf, grams, at Sierra School of swimming, diving, tennis, Solano County and at St. and track and field. Base- Patrick-St. Vincent High ball and softball would be School in Vallejo. Information about the allowed again – with precautions – once Solano status of instruction at the County enters the red tier. various schools is derived Schools shut down from a state website that in-person classroom launched this week. Solano County’s public instruction in March to slow the spread of the novel schools remain in remote coronavirus that causes instruction mode. Most people who have Covid-19. A number of private schools and charter Covid-19 experience only schools have reopened to mild or moderate sympeither full-time in-class toms, such as fever and instruction or a hybrid cough. Some people, espemodel that includes some cially older adults and in-person instruction and those with underlying health problems, experisome virtual instruction. Public schools across ence more severe illness Solano County are such as pneumonia and at working toward the times, death. The vast majority resumption of in-person instruction that has of people recover. The already occurred in some World Health Organizafashion at a number of tion reports people with mild illness recover in private schools. Classes have resumed about two weeks, while on campus for children in those with more severe elementary school at Holy illness may take three to Spirit School, Fairfield six weeks to recover. Christian School and at Glen Faison and Todd Tater Tots Christian Kin- R. Hansen contributed dergarten in Fairfield; at to this report. employees, must be reported to Solano Public Health immediately upon learning of the confirmed positive case. If multiple cases of an outbreak are

‘We have to be open to the fluidity of this situation. Things can change that are out of our control.’

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CALMATTERS COMMENTARY

Newsom polishes image as recall drive escalates

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At a similar event in San or months, Gov. Gavin Newsom communicated Diego, newly elected Mayor Todd about the Covid-19 panGloria chimed in, “Gavin demic via frequent webNewsom has always done the casts in which he cited the latest right thing to protect public statistics and beseeched Calihealth, even when it’s hard.” fornians to wear masks, wash What began as a symbolic their hands and avoid crowds. gesture of protest about NewIn the past couple of weeks, som’s management of the Dan Walters pandemic has morphed into a however, Newsom has shifted venues to orchestrated outdoor serious challenge. Recall events at sports arenas and other mass backers – Republicans, mostly – are vaccination sites. closing in on the 1.5 million signatures Newsom’s change of background of registered voters they need to place a scenery attracts more attention from recall on the ballot. television news crews than his staid Newsom feigns a lack of concern webcasts, which is probably its true about facing a recall election later this purpose. It coincides with an escalating year, brushing off reporters’ questions. recall campaign aimed at short-circuit“I’m not focusing on that at all,” he said ing Newsom’s political career and polls Tuesday while opening a vaccination showing that his approval rates have site at the 49ers football stadium taken a beating. in Santa Clara. Tellingly, the events feature testimoThe string of outdoor events, nials from local officials as to Newsom’s however, implies that Newsom and his governing prowess. advisors believe he needs to polish up At one event in Oakland, the city’s his image as an effective and caring mayor, Libby Schaaf, gushed – extempo- political figure, given the negative tone raneously, of course – “I can’t tell you of the recent polls. how lucky we are in California to have That concern has even spread to the Gavin Newsom as our governor.” White House. On Tuesday, President Joe

Biden’s press secretary, Jen Psaki, tweeted, “In addition to sharing a commitment to a range of issues with @ GavinNewsom from addressing the climate crisis to getting the pandemic under control, @POTUS clearly opposes any effort to recall @GavinNewsom.” There are other signs that the recall campaign potentially poses a real threat to Newsom. The signature-gathering campaign has been attracting some serious financial support and the two Republicans who aspire to succeed Newsom are beginning to joust publicly. On Monday, John Cox, the Republican businessman whom Newsom defeated to win the governorship in 2018, launched a statewide ad campaign aimed at both Newsom and Republican rival Kevin Faulconer, the former mayor of San Diego. The 30-second ad, titled “Gavin Faulconer,” depicts both Newsom and Faulconer as corrupt politicians, citing Newsom’s infamous attendance at a maskless birthday dinner in Napa and San Diego’s purchase of an asbestos-ridden building during Faulconer’s mayoralty.

“It’s time for a fresh start,” the ad says. “John Cox needs a fresh start after burning piles of cash and repeatedly losing in landslide elections,” Faulconer campaign manager Stephen Puetz fired back. Both Cox and Faulconer will run as replacements should Newsom be recalled or run against him in 2022 if the recall fails. However, their rivalry could be an impediment to Republican chances. Were the recall to make the ballot, voters would make two decisions – whether to oust Newsom and, if so, to choose a successor. With low Republican voter registration, the GOP’s most viable strategy would be to have just one candidate and hope for a proliferation of non-Republicans on the ballot, thereby lowering the number of votes needed for a winning plurality.

themselves and what they plan to do. Jeanette Wylie spent decades teaching students in Vacaville. She also is a leader in her church, and a leader in her teacher’s union. She will be an asset on the City Council. Her priorities are to operate government in a transparent manner, neighborhood parks, affordable housing, transportation routes to accommodate our growth and great schools. Mike Silva has also spent his career helping others. He is a professor of biotechnology, served two years on the Vacaville School Board and was the president of the Solano County School Boards Association. He will lead efforts to create opportunities for good careers by supporting local businesses and economic development efforts, as well as support affordable housing and better schools, reinvest in youth and senior programs, and support public safety. Jason Roberts is a 13-year Army veteran, with two deployments to Afghanistan. He is an officer in the National Guard, and he currently helps prepare and respond to disasters with

Team Rubicon and the California Office of Emergency Services. He has two bachelor’s degrees. He plans to help locally owned businesses deal with the consequences of the current unprecedented economic struggles, and re-establish livelihoods and family incomes. He wants to support schools, and build Vacaville’s amenities to attract visitors to our parks and shopping, as well as improve safety. Roy Stockton has 15 years of law enforcement experience and is currently a sergeant with the Solano County Sheriff’s Office. He has worked with the homeless, environmental crimes, schools, and as a gang investigator. He also has a small business and has coached youth sports. He wants to maintain public safety and promote a strong economy. These new council members are stepping up to serve the Vacaville community and deserve our thanks and our support.

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Super-sized Super Bowl party I always loved, during pre-pandemic times, hosting a good party of my own and was always supportive of my neighbors’ parties. I expected that some would gather with a few friends last Sunday to watch the Super Bowl despite pleas by health officials not to. However, I was shocked by the enormous party that was held at a residence in my neighborhood. There must have been 40-plus cars, which could easily represent 60 to 80 people or more. It was held in the backyard with a sound system and disc jockey. There was a lot of yelling and cheering, of course, and I’m sure a lot of good food and beverages. I doubt that very many who chose to accept an invitation to this party also chose to wear a mask and social distance. We are trying to get our Covid-19 infection numbers down in Solano County so that businesses can stay open, so that people can get their jobs back, so that schools can open, so that people don’t get sick and, in some cases, die. The thought of all of those attendees thinking it was fine to put their Covid fatigue above their community’s welfare frustrates me and makes me very sad. We all have Covid fatigue, but so many have sacrificed so much in this battle. Can’t we continue to follow safety protocols and put others first for a while longer as we wait for the vaccination rate to rise to a level of herd immunity? That will be something to celebrate! Loree Mar Fairfield

Show support for Vacaville council members A recent letter to the editor called for the recall of five members of the Vacaville City Council, including four who have been in office less than two months. Apparently, this is the result of those members meeting with a group of community activists. We expect our elected officials to meet with constituents, listen to their concerns and seek constructive solutions, even with those having different viewpoints. This is the mark of engaged civic leadership. Agreeing to visit only with those whose opinions we share is not the mark of a leader; it is rather a failure of leadership.

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Spieth in position to chase win at Pebble Beach Tribune Content Agency PEBBLE BEACH — Jordan Spieth, after more than three years in hibernation, once again counts as golf’s greatest thrill ride – a captivating show reminiscent of Arnold Palmer in the 1960s or Phil Mickelson in the early 2000s. Spieth squirms and sighs after wayward shots, his mood perpetually evident in his facial expression and body language. Then he animatedly exults

when crafting a theatrical, did-that-just-happen moment to right the ship. “Jordan is great for our tour, because he’s fun to watch,” tour pro Maverick McNealy said. “He has this uncanny knack to do stuff that’s really cool on the course.” Saturday’s third round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am offered a vivid illustration of Spieth at his entertaining best. He shot 1-underpar 71 amid swirling winds along the Monterey

Peninsula coastline to reach 13-under for the tournament. That gave Spieth a two-stroke lead entering Sunday’s final round. Daniel Berger and Patrick C a nt lay headl ined the group at 11-under, with Jason Day, Paul Casey and McNealy among those another shot back at 10-under. But cold, plain numbers barely begin to convey Spieth’s latest adventure on the links. He sputtered from the start, visibly

uncomfortable. Then he steadied himself a bit before staggering to three bogeys early in the back nine, including one tee shot that bounced into a volunteer’s plastic bag. Spieth seemed in danger of skidding out of sight, two strokes behind Berger as he stood in the fairway on No. 16. That’s when Spieth, in the grand tradition of Palmer and Mickelson, suddenly and theatrically flipped the script. He plopped his 8-iron shot from 158 yards right

of the hole, watched the ball spin sideways, catch the slope . . . and disappear for eagle. It was Spieth’s second hole-out from the fairway this week; he dunked a similar shot Thursday on No. 10 at Pebble Beach. This time, Spieth broke into a wide smile, raised his arms in triumph and high-fived caddie Michael Greller. Berger said, “Good shot,” prompting Spieth to reply to his friend and competitor, “You don’t really mean it, but thanks.”

The sight was all the more stunning given how poorly Spieth had played on the back nine to that point (3-over for six holes). And it was all the more striking because there were no spectators to respond with booming applause, as they typically would in nonpandemic times. “It’s weird because it’s so different from when there’s crowds,” Spieth said. “It’s obviously cool, but it’s just so See Spieth, Page A11

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he 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season starts with Sunday’s Daytona 500 in front of a limited crowd at Daytona International Speedway. Here are five things to watch in the 62nd running of NASCAR’s biggest race:

Will Denny Hamlin repeat (again)? The Tampa, Fla.-born Hamlin is already one of only three drivers to win back-to-back 500s. A third in a row would be unprecedented. Beyond that, a fourth career victory in NASCAR’s biggest race would move him into a tie with Cale Yarborough for the second-most ever, behind only Richard Petty. It could also jumpstart his push for one of the only accomplishments

his resume is missing: a series title.

How will Ryan Newman fare after last year’s horrific crash? Newman was leading on the final lap when a bump from Ryan Blaney nudged him into the wall and sent his car tumbling. When Corey Lajoie slammed into the driver’s side of Newman’s car, the impact could have been catastrophic. Fortunately, Newman recovered and walked out of the hospital two days later. This won’t be Newman’s first trip back to the superspeedway since the crash; he finished 36th at the Coke Zero Sugar 400 over the summer. But it will be his first 500 since the incident, giving him a shot at a remarkable comeback victory.

The Tampa Hillsborough High alumnus grew up following the Bucs and Lightning, which both won championships in the past year. “Now it’s my turn,” Almirola wrote on Twitter. Almirola has made the playoffs each of his three seasons with Stewart-Haas Racing and has raced well on superspeedways. His only two Cup victories were at Daytona in July 2014 and at Talladega in 2018. Although he hasn’t won the 500, he finished fourth in 2017 and was leading on the final lap in 2018 and won the first duel Thursday night. Don’t be surprised if his No. 10 Ford is in contention late, again, Sunday. See NASCAR, Page A14

Penalties prove costly as Sharks lose to Golden Knights in home opener Tribune Content Agency SAN JOSE — The San Jose Sharks were playing hockey inside SAP Center for the first time in 11 months on Saturday afternoon. Some of the troubles they had when they were on the road for the first 12 games of the season followed them back home. The Sharks, playing their first home game since March 8, 2020, allowed three power-play goals and couldn’t muster much of a response in a 3-1 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights. Tomas Hertl scored his sixth goal of the season and goalie Martin Jones made 23 saves, but Jonathan Marchessault, Mark Stone and Chandler Stephenson all scored with the man advantage as the Golden Knights won the first game of the season between the two intense rivals. The Sharks went 0 for

3 on the power play as they were held to two goals or fewer for the sixth time in 13 games this season. They are now 2 for 34 with the man advantage in their last 10 games. The Sharks entered Saturday ranked 13th in the NHL on the penalty kill at 80.8%. More troubling for the Sharks was seeinng defenseman Radim Simek leave the game early with an injury in the second period and not return. As the puck was behind the Sharks’ net, Simek was drilled by Marchessault against the boards. Shortly after with the puck in the corner to the left of Sharks goalie Martin Jones, Simek, still smarting from the first hit, was cross-checked in the ribs. Before that sequence, Simek had upended Golden Knights forward Reilly Smith with a check in the Sharks’ corner as the two were racing to

retrieve the puck. Simek left the ice under his own power but had to go to the Sharks’ dressing room about two minutes into the second period. The Sharks were down 1-0 at the time Simek was hurt, and trailed 2-0 when Stone scored a power play goal at the 9:56 mark of the second period. Simek was playing in his 11th straight game after he missed the Sharks’ first two games this season with knee issues. His ice time had steadily increased in that time, as he played a seasonhigh 19:39 in Thursday’s 6-2 Sharks loss to the Los Angeles Kings. The Sharks got one of those goals back with 1:21 left in the second period, as Hertl onetimed a pass from Rudolfs Balcers past Vegas goalie Marc-Andre Fleury for his sixth goal of the season. The individual rivalry

between Evander Kane and Ryan Reaves picked up where it left off last season. Even though Saturday’s meeting between the Sharks and Golden Knights was their first since Dec. 22, 2019, Kane and Reaves have kept up a regular banter on their Twitter accounts. In the first period, Kane sidestepped a Reaves check in the corner to the left of the Sharks net. As two skated up the ice, Kane checked Reaves in the neutral, and Reaves responded with a slash to the back of his adversary’s legs. The two were given coincidental minors at the 14:00 mark. Just 47 seconds earlier, the Golden Knights’ opened the scoring with a power-play goal. With Kane in the box for holding Max Pacioretty, Marchessault scored from in close for a 1-0 Vegas lead.

Good luck stopping this team. So much of the focus on the Nets has been on their poor defense, and for good reason. Defense wins championships and separates the pretenders from the contenders. But when the Nets are locked in on the defensive end, you get a result like Saturday night’s prime time 134-117 victory over the Golden State Warriors: a decisive performance that allows the offense to shine. And shine the Nets’ offense did. Every player who checked in scored, and every starter scored in double figures. The Nets shot better than 50% from the field, 40% from 3 and 90% from the foul line as a team, mirroring the efficiency that followed their head coach throughout his career. In Kevin Durant’s return to Golden State – albeit in a new arena in San Francisco instead of Oakland – it was James Harden who stole the show with his passing. If the Sam Darnold experiment doesn’t work out, Harden could sign a contract as starting quar-

terback for the New York Jets. The Beard finished with 16 assists, including no-look, between-thelegs, full-court and drive-and-kick dimes to a variety of his teammates. He has recorded doubledigit assists in all but two games since his trade to the Nets, and 16 assists set a new personal high for Harden with the Nets. The Nets outscored the Warriors by 28 in the minutes Harden played. Durant (20 points, six assists) and Kyrie Irving (23 points, four assists) combined for 43 points and 10 assists of their own. Irving dazzled, one physics-defying finish at the rim after another. Durant attempted to shoot over everyone. He only shot 1 of 6 from 3-point range but did most of his damage from the midrange and at the basket. Bruce Brown, who had 18 points in 21 minutes, helped set the tone defensively, guarding Stephen Cur r y, Dray mond Green, and seemingly every Warriors player in between. Curry finished with 27 points on 10-of-17 shooting, but no other Warrior recorded more than 20.

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Medvedev, Rublev help make some history for Russia Tribune Content Agency SYDNEY — Russia has three men in a Grand Slam fourth round for the first time after Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev won in contrasting styles on Saturday at the Australian Open Fourth-seeded Medvedev extended his winning streak to 17 matches with a hard-earned 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 3-6, 6-0 victory over Serbian Filip Krajinovic during which his coach stormed out of the arena. Rublev had far less trouble in a 7-5, 6-2, 6-3 win over Spanish veteran Feliciano Lopez. Reigning ATP Finals champion Medvedev and Rublev won the ATP Cup last weekend at Melbourne Park and now join compatriot Azlan Karazev in the final 16 after the qualifier upset eighth-seed Diego Schwartzman on Friday. It could have even been four Russians in the fourth round but Karen Khachanov lost 7-6 (7-1), 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-5) against ninth-seeded Italian Matteo Berrettini.

Berrettini was bothered by what appeared to be an abdominal injury late in the third set but managed to close out the match after trailing 5-3 in the third tie-break. Second seed Rafael Nadal wrapped up the day with a 7-5, 6-2, 7-5 victory over Briton Cameron Norrie in 2 hours, 33 minutes and now runs into Italian Fabio Fognini. “I have good feelings but I can improve. The second week is important,” Nadal said. On the women’s side, world No. 1 Ash Barty fought from 2-0 down in the first set and a 4-2 deficit in the second to oust Russian 29th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova, 6-2, 6-4. Fifth seed Elina Svitolina won the last nine games of her match to beat Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva 6-4, 6-0, while former No. 1 Karolina Pliskova was eliminated by fellow Czech Karolina Muchova, 7-5, 7-5. “We used to play when we were kids so I’ve See Australian, Page A14

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

Basketball College men •Michigan at Wisconsin, Chs. 5, 13, 9 a.m. •Tulane at South Florida, ESPNU, 11 a.m. •Loyola-Chicago at Drake, ESPN2, noon •Marquette at Seton Hall, FS1, noon •Nebraska at Penn State, BIG TEN noon •Pittsburgh at Georgia Tech, ACC, 1 p.m. •Wichita State at SMU, ESPNU, 1 p.m. •Miami at Notre Dame, ACC, 3 p.m. •Colgate at Army, CBSSN, 3 p.m. •Oregon State at Arizona State, ESPN2, 4 p.m. •Minnesota at Maryland, FS1, 4 p.m. •Tennessee at LSU, SEC, 5 p.m. College women •Wake Forest at Clemson, ACC, 9 a.m. •VCU at Dayton, ESPNU, 9 a.m. •LSU at South Carolina, SEC, 9 a.m. •Northwestern at Ohio State, BIG TEN, 9:30 a.m. •Miami at Florida State, ACC, 11 a.m. •Washington at Arizona, PAC12, 11 a.m. •Georgia at Missouri, SEC, 11 a.m. •Tennessee at Texas A&M, ESPN, noon •Mississippi State at Ole Miss, SEC, 1 p.m. •Texas at Baylor, ESPN2, 2 p.m. •Alabama at Auburn, SEC, 3 p.m. •Maryland at Nebraska, FS1, 2 p.m. NBA •Boston at Washington, NBATV, 10 a.m. •Portland at Dallas, ESPN, 4:30 p.m. •L.A. Lakers at Denver, ESPN, 7 p.m. •Memphis at Sacramento, NBCSCA, 7 p.m. (Vacaville only) •Cleveland at L.A. Clippers, NBATV, 7 p.m. Figure skating •U.S. Championships, gala, Ch. 3, 10 a.m. Fishing •Bassmaster Elite Series, No. 1, St. Johns River, FS1, 5 a.m. Golf •PGA Tour, Pebble Beach Pro-Am, final round, GOLF, 10 a.m. •PGA Tour, Pebble Beach Pro-Am, final round, Chs. 5, 13, noon Gymnastics College women •UCLA at Washington, PAC12, 1 p.m. Hockey NHL •Washington at Pittsburgh, Ch. 3, noon •Colorado at Vegas, NBCSN, 4 p.m. Lacrosse College men •Denver at North Carolina, ESPNU, 7 a.m. Motorsports •NASCAR, Daytona 500, race, Chs. 2, 40 (KTXL), 11:30 a.m. Rodeo •PBR, Build Ford Tough 15/15 Bucking Battle, Chs. 5, 13, 9 a.m. •PBR, Del Rio Invitational, CBSSN, 2 p.m. •PBR, Del Rio Invitational, CBSSN, 5 p.m. Skiing •World Championships, men’s downhill, Ch. 3, 9 a.m. Soccer •Serie A, teams TBA, ESPN2, 5:55 a.m. •Premier League, West Brom vs. Manchester United, NBCSN, 6 a.m. •La Liga, Real Madrid vs. Valencia, BEIN, 7:05 a.m. •Premier League, Arsenal vs. Leeds United, NBCSN, 8 a.m. •La Liga, Levante vs. Osasuna, BEIN, 9:20 a.m. •La Liga, Villarreal vs. Real Betis, BEIN, 11:50 a.m. •Super Lig, Galatasaray vs. Kasimpasa Spor Kulubu, BEIN, 3 p.m. (taped) •Liga MX, Santos Laguna vs. Rayados de Monterrey, FS2, 5 p.m. •Ligue 1, Lille vs. Brestois, BEIN, 8 p.m. (taped) •Super Lig, Genclerbirligi Spor Kulubu vs. Besiktas, BEIN, 7:55 a.m. (Monday) Tennis •Australian Open, round of 16, ESPN2, midnight •Australian Open, round of 16, ESPN2, 8 a.m. •Australian Open, round of 16, ESPNEWS, noon •Australian Open, round of 16, TENNIS, 4 p.m. •Australian Open, round of 16, ESPN2, 6 p.m. •Phillip Island Trophy, early rounds, TENNIS, 6 p.m. •Australian Open, round of 16, ESPN2, midnight (Monday) Volleyball College women •Purdue at Michigan, BIG TEN, 2:30 p.m. •Washington at UCLA, PAC12, 3 p.m. •Penn State at Minnesota, BIG TEN, 4:30 p.m. •Stanford at California, PAC12, P12BA, 5 p.m.

Local report Golf

Rio Vista Womens’s 18-Holers Low Putts Ace of the Month: Sharon David, Net 74 Flight 1 1st: N. Weaver, 31. 2nd (tie): P. Fashing and T. Rock, 33. 4th: M. Berry, 35. Flight 2 1st: B. Bellamy, 32. 2nd: A. Bogucki, 33.

3rd (tie): D. Scholz and D. Petteruti, 35. Flight 3 1st: S. David/32. 2nd: B. Dunn, 35. 3rd (tie): H. Swarbrick and R. Teixeira, 36. Flight 4 1st: P.Kistler, 32. 2nd: P. Davis, 33. 3rd: M.Rogers, 34. 4th: D. McCarthy, 36. Note: If you are interested in joining our fun group that meets on Thursday mornings, please contact; Sharon David at 925-518-8511 or Sharondavid1122@yahoo.com.

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Arians: Super Bowl victory marks fulfillment of lifetime of coaching Tribune Content Agency TAMPA, Fla. — There had been so many magical moments replaying in his mind since the Bucs won Super Bowl 55. The Gatorade bath, the soggy family embrace, the confetti and his first words to quarterback Tom Brady about a promise fulfilled. Bruce Arians still wanted to drink it all in, like the cold Bud Light in his right hand, the Lombardi Trophy in his left, as the boat parade drifted down the Hillsborough River on a sun-splashed Wednesday afternoon. That’s when all the moments became so momentous that they started to leak from the corners of his eyes. “It still didn’t hit me until we were about halfway down the river and I’m holding the trophy over my head and I said, ‘Holy (crap), this is real!’ ” Arians said. “I didn’t cry, but I had a few tears fall and welled up. I said, ‘Oh, man!’ ” For the 68-year-old Arians, winning the Super Bowl as a head coach is validation of a remarkable career that began as a grad assistant at Virginia Tech more than 4½ decades ago. It’s not like he woke up the morning after the Bucs’ 31-9 win over the Kansas City Chiefs as a smarter coach. “Heck no,” Arians said. “But it changes life. It really does.” To understand what Arians and the Bucs accomplished this season, you should begin with the ending. n n n Shortly after the clock hit 0:00 and the cannons began exploding in the north end zone at Raymond James Stadium, Arians went looking for quarterback Tom Brady. When he found him, he threw his arms around the quarterback’s neck and shouted in his ear above the noise, reminding Brady of their first conversation back in March. “I said, ‘Remember the first talk we ever had? I said we were going to do this,’” Arians said. “He said, ‘Hell, yeah!’ ” The premonition was based on Arians’ belief that the Bucs were a quarterback away from being a Super Bowl contender when the 2019 season ended at 7-9. A year earlier, Arians was lured out of retirement from coaching by general manager Jason Licht, who needed someone to see if they could salvage Winston, the turnover-prone Heisman Trophy winner

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians holds the Lombardi Trophy as the team celebrates their 31-9 win in Super Bowl LV, Feb. 7, in Tampa. who was entering his fifth season with the Bucs. “We went on that really good stretch with Jameis and I thought we had it corrected, and then those last couple of ballgames, it popped its head back up,” Arians said of Winston, who threw 30 interceptions, including pick-sixes that cost the Bucs the final two games against Houston and Atlanta. “And it wasn’t that we were done with him, it was ‘OK, what’s behind Door No. 2? Let’s research it.’ When Tom’s interest was as high as it was, it was ‘Oof, let’s move on it.’ ” By the time Arians was able to talk to Brady in March, his sales pitch was brief and to the point. “I said, ‘We have one missing piece, and it’s you and what you bring, more as a leader than a player,’ ” Arians said. “Because this was a talented, talented football team a year ago, and we couldn’t get out of our way because of the penalties and the turnovers and beating ourselves.” The Glazer family, which owns the Bucs, wasn’t ready to give up on Winston just yet, even if his contract was up. “Then it became, ‘Well, what if it’s Tom Brady?’ ” said Arians’ son, Jake, a former NFL kicker and contributor to The Draft Network. “They said, ‘If that’s the case, we’re on board.’ Tom is brilliant. He knows the game. This is the best roster he’s ever played with. He said, ‘I’m in on all that.’ ” n n n The Covid-19 pandemic, which began to shake the world in March, called into question whether someone as old as Arians, who had battled cancer several times, should risk his health by coaching in the NFL. “People were like, ‘You need to opt out. You’re 68 years old. You’ve had cancer twice,’ ” Jake Arians said. “He called me. We talk about everything. I was like, ‘You know what? I think you’re healthier being at the complex and being

tested every day, having those protocols than you are playing golf. Then you’re going to be pissed off that you’re at the golf course instead of coaching the team.” His dad also was fortunate that, a year earlier, he was able to fill his staff with former coaches and players who he trusted and could delegate some authority to. “He goes after you,” Jake Arians said. “There are no pulled punches off the field. To be able to go after someone so hard, yet they know he genuinely cares about you.” That brutal honesty came into play in 2020 and may have helped define the season. Running back Leonard Fournette, who signed as a free agent after being unceremoniously released by Jacksonville, was sulking on the bench behind starter Ronald Jones. Fournette was made inactive for the Bucs’ 26-14 win over Minnesota in Week 14. The next day, he met with Arians. “I said, ‘This is your situation. It can change at the drop of a hat,’ ” Arians said. “But this is your situation. Either embrace it, or you say, ‘Cut me.’ I said, ‘What do you want? Because this is a very special team that you’re part of. I think you’ve got a feeling of that. Just see if you can hang in there to see what happens.’ And he did, and I’m really proud of him.” Fournette got a chance to start two of the final three regular-season games when Jones went on the reserve/Covid-19 list. Then Jones pulled a quad muscle prior to the Redskins game and “Playoff Lenny,” as Fournette became known, was born. He combined for 448 total yards and four touchdowns in the postseason. The Bucs’ run through the playoffs caught many by surprise. After beating Washington, they dispatched Drew Brees and the Saints, then upset league MVP Aaron Rodgers and the Packers. Arians brought the

team up for the last time the afternoon before the Super Bowl. As the coaches began to funnel out of the locker room, he overheard Brady’s players-only speech that still sends chills. “I thought Tom’s pregame speech was perfect,” Arians said. “It was about honor. ‘You win this game, and people honor you. You’ll be honored for the rest of your life.’ He was speaking from experience for those guys who hadn’t won it.” The Bucs were as well prepared for the Super Bowl as any game they had played. “We know what they’re going to do. We have all the answers to the test,” Brady told his teammates. Of course, he was right. The Bucs built a 21-6 halftime lead, and the defense pressured Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes relentlessly. n n n As the final seconds melted off the clock, Arians was drenched with blue Gatorade. “It was everything you could ever dream about,” he said. “Even the Gatorade bath, because that’s a big part of it and it’s the first one I ever had. They tried it at Temple, and I was faster then and I got away. I also had a brand new suit on and I said, ‘Oh, you’re not going to ruin this suit.’” After his embrace with Brady, Arians, his wife Christine, Jake and daughter Kristi Anne had a big family hug. “I wish you weren’t so soggy,” Christine said. “It easily was the best embrace of my life,” Jake said. “My sister and my mom and dad hugging on the field with confetti coming down. I had pictured it, I had daydreamed about it, but actually doing it? He’s soaking wet with Gatorade. Unreal.” There are bound to be many more opportunities for Arians and his family to bask in the memories of the time the Bucs won Super Bowl 55. When they do, the tears and beers will overflow. “What it means to him, I think, is the icing on the cake to an unbelievable career,” Jake said. “It’s funny, I don’t think he’s a better coach now because he won it, but the view of him has changed. The way the world sees him, you’re now a Super Bowl champion as a head coach. . . . I think that was kind of like to prove to himself that he could, the fulfillment of a lifetime of doing this.”

Speith: Looking to return to winning From Page A10 quiet. . . . Instead of you and your caddie and the crowd, it’s just you and your caddie and your playing partners.” Berger saw his twostroke lead vanish in an instant. Soon thereafter, he hit his tee shot out of bounds on No. 18, made double bogey and found himself trailing Spieth by two shots heading to Sunday. “That’s what makes him special right there,” Berger said of Spieth’s hole-out. “He’s a great player and I think there are many more wins in his career going forward.” Spieth once cranked

out wins with goldenboy frequency, as Berger knows all too well. They’re both 27 and occasionally crossed paths in national junior tournaments as teenagers. They also memorably crossed paths as pros in June 2017, in a playoff at the PGA Tour event outside Hartford, Conn. Spieth dramatically holed a bunker shot to win, prompting Berger to say afterward, “It’s just Jordan doing Jordan things.” Spieth won the British Open four weeks later, for the third major championship of his career (four days before turning 24). He lorded over the

golf world, threatening to dominate with Tigerlike regularity. Then Spieth, previously the planet’s best putter, lost his touch on the greens. His ball-striking became shaky, his confidence fell and he suddenly stopped winning. Now, after a tie for fourth last week at the Phoenix Open, he finds himself again in position to chase his first victory since the British in July 2017. Spieth has made 77 consecutive PGA Tour starts without a victory. And, no, he doesn’t especially enjoy his penchant for thrill rides. That’s why he told Greller,

“It’s never fricking easy,” after Saturday’s holeout at No. 16. He figures it won’t become any easier Sunday, amid the customary final-round tension as Spieth seeks his 12th tour victory and second at Pebble Beach (he won the AT&T in 2017). “I look to make it as boring as possible,” he said. “When you’re coming out of a slump, and you’re trying to get things going and trust things under pressure that you haven’t felt in a while, it’s very unlikely to be boring. “So I don’t expect it to be a whole lot different tomorrow.”

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Vacation rental request returns to Solano Planning Commission Todd R. Hansen

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FAIRFIELD — The Solano County Planning Commission will take a second attempt Thursday at deciding whether to approve a use permit application for a shortterm vacation rental on Edinburg Court in rural Green Valley. The same item was before the commission at its last meeting, but technical issues with the call-in system left the panel without a quorum. Tou r i st home s have been a controversial issue in Solano County, and this application by Lee Heyman and Amanda Rothstein has again drawn a line between opponents and proponents.

The planning staff recommends approval of the use permit. The meeting should be the first for new 1st District Commissioner Loretta Gaddies, whose appointment was approved Tuesday by the Board of Supervisors. This still leaves one vacancy on the commission. Gil Hollingsworth’s term as the 5th District representative ended with the last meeting. The commission meets at 7 p.m. in the Board of Supervisors chamber on the first floor of the government center, 675 Texas St., in Fairfield. In addition to the public hearing on the vacation rental, the panel is set to name its new chairman and vice chairman.

In brief

Flags to fly at half-staff on Parkland anniversary FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has ordered a moment of silence at 3 p.m. Sunday and state flags to be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset in memory of the 17 people who were killed in the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School three years ago. On Feb. 14, 2018, a gunman shot and killed 17 students and staff at the high school in Parkland, and 17 others were injured in one of the worst school shootings in the United States.

NY investigates loans made to Trump properties New York prosecutors are investigating financial dealings around some of Donald Trump’s Manhattan properties, Dow Jones reported, citing people familiar with the situation. All of the loans in question were made by subsidiaries of Ladder Capital Corp., a real-estate investment trust based in New York. According to property records, Ladder Capital has lent Donald Trump more than $280 million for four Manhattan buildings since 2012. — Tribune Content Agency

Olives From Page A7 olive oil. “The truth is, there are people who do not want to comply.” “Sunlight is the best disinfectant,” Sievers said, quoting former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louise Brandeis. The state produces about 4% of the world’s olive oil from more than 75 varieties of olives, according to information provided by Aguilar-Curry’s office. The assemblywoman said California has established a reputation for quality, and because of that reputation, demand for California products is rising. That, in turn, has created another market in which the California brand is being used, but the products are often

Gap From Page A7 looking to the Legislature to provide some clarifying or cleanup legislation to deal with “the gaps.” The parent-to-child or grandparent-to-grandchild aspect is only one of the changes created by the voter-approved proposition. The rules governing residents 55 or older who move from one home to another, and still keep the tax base from the first house, also change April 1. For one thing, there are no longer county borders. The move can be anywhere in the state and the new county will have to charge the property tax on the new home based on the transferred assessment. This part is also mostly

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Police: 4 stabbed, 2 fatally, on separate trains across NYC by possible spree killer Tribune Content Agency NEW YORK — A knife-wielding subway stabber killed two people and wounded two more in a bloody 14-hour subterranean spree, attacking his victims along the A train line in Manhattan and Queens, police said Saturday. N YPD detectives believe the four violent attacks were all linked as the hunt for the fugitive attacker continued, according to sources. The first and last incidents both occurred at the 181st Street station in Washington Heights. The two fatal attacks in between took place in Far Rockaway, Queens and Inwood, Manhattan. Neither of the murder victims was identified Saturday as police tracked down family members for notification. Cops said the assailant was possibly a homeless person preying on homeless victims. The first fatality, a 40-year-old man, was found dead inside a blood-spattered A train idling at the Mott Ave. station in Far Rockaway at 11:19 p.m. Friday. He had been stabbed numerous times in the neck and chest, and police arrived after a witness reported the grisly killing to the booth clerk, cops said. The second fatality, a 44-year-old woman, was found about two hours later beneath the seats of another A train at the W. 207th Street station in Inwood. She was also stabbed several times across her body, and died about an hour later Saturday at NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital, cops said. The rampage started around 11:30 a.m. Friday, with the crazed killer striking a 67-year-old man sitting on his walker on the subway platform at the

blends of olive oils from Aguiar-Curry said in the other places, including statement. “And, people Spain, North Africa, Chile worldwide recognize ‘Caliand Argentina. fornia’ products come with “Some of these prod- that quality, based on those ucts, per those standards. Our companies, have state’s name should included as little not be used as a as 14% Califorcynical marketnia olive oil in ing ploy to give the such blends,” the impression you’re statement said. buying someThis bi l l thing you’re not.” would require Aguiar-Curry 100% Californiarepresents the 4th aguiar-curry produced oils. Assembly District, Aguiar-Curry also which includes all of Yolo noted there are environmental and labor County with the exception standards, as well as other of West Sacramento and issues that require pro- parts of Colusa County tection. She said other and all of Lake County; producers may not have extends into eastern to meet those levels Solano County; wraps required by the Califor- around the eastern, northnia Department of Food ern and western edges of Vacaville to include northand Agriculture. “We demand the ern Solano County; and highest environmental, extends west and north labor and consumer pro- of Fairfield to encompass tection standards in the all of Napa County and a world of our farmers,” portion of Sonoma County. a benefit to California residents, but it could mean lost revenue to counties around the state, including Solano. The first point that must be understood is this is all about assessed value and not market value. For example, Tonnessen said, a couple looking to downsize can sell their home at market value, let’s say $500,000, which is likely far more than the assessed value, which might be $250,000. With that extra cash, that couple could buy a $500,000 home in Solano County, but would only be required to pay property tax based on the $250,000 assessed value of their old home. A good deal for the couple, but Solano County would lose the property tax revenue. “I try to stay away

from the revenue side,” Tonnesen said, “but I understand the ramifications.” Of course, a county would gain revenue on the reassessed value of the older home that was sold. Under Proposition 19, individuals 55 or older can move up to three times and the original base assessed value, plus any annual Proposition 13 adjustments, would continue to follow them. Farm homes and property are an entirely different matter. Tonnesen said he knows that a family farm, in this instance, does not include just the family residence. But there are other issues to be resolved. “And we are working with the (California Farm Bureau Federation) on this,” Tonnesen said.

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People wait for a Metropolitan Transportation Authority subway to arrive in New York City. 181st Street station. “I’m going to kill you,” announced the suspect before stabbing the man with a knife in the right knee and buttocks, sources said. The final attack came when the suspect stabbed a homeless man sleeping on the stairs at the same station around 1:30 a.m. Cops said the victim was stabbed four times in the back, just below his neck, but was expected to survive. “The recent horrifying attacks in the subway system are outrageous and unacceptable,” said a joint Saturday statement from NYC Transit Interim President Sarah Feinberg and TWU Local 100 President Tony Utano. “Every customer, and each of our brave, heroic transit workers, deserve a safe and secure transit system.” The pair called for an immediate increase of police to the sprawling mass transit system after

the deadly attacks, the latest in a rush of violent incidents plaguing city subways in recent weeks. On Thursday night, construction worker Gino Delacruz-Rodriguez was stabbed in the stomach during an unprovoked attack as he and his girlfriend waited for a train at the Christopher Street station in the West Village. Delacruz-Rodriguez was escorting his girlfriend, Julia Calel, home. “It just happened out of nowhere,” Calel told The Daily News on Friday. “The guy did nothing, said nothing,” before he stabbed the victim, she said. Hours earlier, a 72-yearold man waiting for a No. 7 train at the Fifth Avenue/ Bryant Park station was pushed to the ground by a stranger around 9:30 a.m., cops said. On Tuesday, an unidentified woman shoved Rosa Elizabeth Galeas-Forencio onto the tracks at the E. 174th Street station in

the Bronx. A fellow rider on the platform helped the 54-year-old housekeeper to safety as a train was nearing the station. On Feb. 2, Rafael Wilson was thrown onto the tracks by a mentally ill man inside the Fulton Street station in downtown Manhattan. And on Jan. 16, Malik Jackson, who was homeless, shoved a 43-year-old stranger onto Harlem tracks. When a good Samaritan jumped down to help, Jackson fought him and wound up fatally electrocuted by the third rail. NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea addressed the frightening violence in a NY1 interview Wednesday, vowing to “do everything in our power to make sure it remains an extremely safe transit system.” “We’ll make sure we have the proper balance of officers deployed appropriately ... to the right spots to keep New Yorkers safe,” he said.

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Damage

‘We’ve seen deer come back into the area, and the waterfowl have been great.’

From Page One More than 400 trees had to be removed. The good news is the Nature Center survived. The fire killed a large sentry-like pine tree out front, but circled around the building. Restroom facilities, the shower room, a water tank, picnic tables, a propane gas tank and other items also were spared. Ironically, the building the Vacaville Fire Protection District uses to house a couple of vehicles – not far from the double-wide trailer – also escaped damage.

— Chris Drake, Solano Parks and Recreation Manager

Late-night evacuation different from the rest Fussell came on duty in the late afternoon of Aug. 18 and was briefed on the fires in the area. At 5:30 p.m., she had talked to a fire chief who told her that they would know a lot more in a couple of hours, so when the clock struck 7:30 p.m., she was feeling a bit more at ease. “So I thought we were going to be OK,” Fussell said. Still, she monitored the radio. The five groups of campers, perhaps as many as 15 people, had already been told about the danger, and had taken heed. They were ready to go if it was necessary. But they were asleep when it became necessary in just a matter of hours. And while Fussell had been part of five previous evacuations of the park, this one had a different feel to it. “The (evacuations) I had done before were during the day, actually, but this is the first I did at night,” Fussell said. “I wouldn’t say it put a scary factor on to it, but in the dark you

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ABOVE: Damage done to Lake Solano County Park last

year by the LNU Lightning Complex Fire remains visible, Thursday.

LEFT: The first phase of the emergency-required

hazardous material and debris cleanup at Lake Solano County Park has been completed, and the second phase is nearly done.

could have done to be prepared for this,” he said.

Comeback story continues could see the flames not just some smoke.” When the word came to get the people out, she alerted the wife of the resident ranger, who was out of town, and then headed to the campgrounds. “You don’t want to cause a panic,” Fussell said. “But you want to be firm and direct.” She also made sure everyone knew which direction to use as the escape route. The last thing they wanted was for campers to head down

Pleasants Valley Road and into the path of a fire that would destroy 309 homes and claim the lives of two Vacaville hills residents. Drake credited Fussell for getting the people out quickly and safely, but he expected the worst for the park. “Based on the picture Jamie sent me that night when the campground had been cleared and she was leaving, I didn’t expect to see anything left,” Drake said. “There was nothing we

Fussell, when she returned to the park, said she was amazed to see how the fire had “skipped, hopped and jumped” around the campground. This was burned. That was not. The first phase of the emergency-required hazardous material and debris cleanup has been completed, and the second phase is nearly done. When it is, the county will bring in contractors to begin the rebuilding and rewiring and other tasks. A new double-wide trailer

will be brought in, and Fussell will move in as the new resident ranger. “I love it out here. There is still the looming sense of danger because of the fires, but this is my home,” said Fussell, who has been with the county for six years, five as an assistant ranger and the last as a ranger. During a recent tour of the area – with rain-heavy clouds threatening above, and hillsides greened by recent showers – there is a sense of renewal. Peacock squawks blast through the park, songbird melodies and the honking geese and crows cackling also bring a certain normalcy. “We’ve seen deer come back into the area, and

the waterfowl have been great,” Drake said. One of the first chores was to secure the hillsides from erosion. So rice straw has been strewn everywhere, and as felled trees were carved away, the wood chips were used for the task, too. Drake said the Putah Creek Council and the Solano Resource Conservation District have been working on some restoration projects at Lake Solano, and have actually been back to the park since the fire to continue those efforts. Drake said one of the considerations during the cleanup is a balance of not removing too much, as even burned habitat has its own value. He said, for one thing, squirrels and woodpeckers have stored food in the trees. The silver lining is that the fire has cleared out areas that will allow the park service to more easily – and without as much cost – continue its efforts to restore areas with native plants, trees and grasses. It also will allow crews to re-evaluate the necessary defensible spaces without losing the natural feel that campers and dayusers want when they come to Lake Solano. But when those visitors will be allowed back in is a question Drake cannot yet answer. “I wanted to have a good answer for that,” he said, “but I don’t.”

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Scoreboard HOCKEY NHL West Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA 15 9 4 2 20 52 48 12 9 2 1 19 40 28 11 7 3 1 15 38 24 15 6 6 3 15 30 39 14 6 6 2 14 39 42 11 6 5 0 12 30 30 13 4 6 3 11 40 44 13 5 7 1 11 35 49 North Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Toronto 15 11 3 1 23 53 38 Montreal 15 9 4 2 20 52 39 Edmonton 16 9 7 0 18 55 52 Winnipeg 14 8 5 1 17 47 38 Calgary 13 7 5 1 15 39 34 Vancouver 17 6 11 0 12 51 66 Ottawa 16 3 12 1 7 34 64 East Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 14 10 2 2 22 42 30 Philadelphia 13 8 3 2 18 46 41 Washington 12 6 3 3 15 44 45 N.Y. Islanders 13 6 4 3 15 32 33 Pittsburgh 12 6 5 1 13 37 44 N.Y. Rangers 13 4 6 3 11 31 34 New Jersey 9 4 3 2 10 23 26 Buffalo 10 4 4 2 10 30 32 Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 13 10 2 1 21 50 26 Florida 12 8 2 2 18 38 36 Carolina 12 9 3 0 18 43 33 Columbus 16 7 5 4 18 47 53 Chicago 16 7 5 4 18 47 49 St. Louis Vegas Colorado Anaheim Arizona Minnesota Los Angeles SAN JOSE

Dallas 12 5 3 4 14 40 34 Nashville 15 6 9 0 12 36 52 Detroit 16 4 10 2 10 33 51 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 Boston 1, N.Y. Rangers 0 St. Louis 4, Arizona 1 Saturday’s Games Vegas 3, SAN JOSE 1 Ottawa 2, Winnipeg 1 St. Louis 5, Arizona 4, OT N.Y. Islanders 4, Boston 2 Tampa Bay 6, Florida 1 Montreal 2, Toronto 1 Chicago 3, Columbus 2, OT Detroit 4, Nashville 2 Carolina 4, Dallas 3, SO Calgary at Vancouver, (n) Washington at Buffalo, ppd. New Jersey at Philadelphia, ppd. Minnesota at Los Angeles, ppd. Sunday’s Games Washington at Pittsburgh, noon Colorado at Vegas, 4 p.m. Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers, ppd. Monday’s Games Anaheim at SAN JOSE, 7:30 p.m. St. Louis at Arizona, 1 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Buffalo, 4 p.m. Ottawa at Toronto, 4 p.m. Columbus at Carolina, 4 p.m. Florida at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m. Chicago at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Nashville at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Winnipeg at Edmonton, 6 p.m. Calgary at Vancouver, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Boston, ppd. Tuesday’s Games N.Y. Islanders at Buffalo, 4 p.m. Washington at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m. New Jersey at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. Nashville at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Colorado at Vegas, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Los Angeles, 7 p.m.

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NASCAR: No Daytona 500 win for Busch From Page A10

Will Kyle Busch put 2020 behind him? Few big-name drivers could use a victory more than Busch. The 35-yearold is one of the most accomplished racers in U.S. history but has still never won the Daytona 500. A victory Sunday would change that and give him a boost after an uncharacteristically rough 2020 season. The two-time series champion

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didn’t win a pole for the first time since 2007. He only won once and wasn’t in championship contention on the final weekend for the first time since 2014. Perhaps his victory in Tuesday’s Busch Clash exhibition was a sign of good things to come.

What does NASCAR look like without Jimmie Johnson? The seven-time Cup champion became the

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big step last year by winning his first Cup title. Alex Bowman, 27, won the pole in the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet that Johnson used to drive. This race and the entire season will also be big for Bubba Wallace, who became a national figure with his support of the Black Lives Matter movement. The fact that his No. 23 Toyota is co-owned by basketball legend Michael Jordan certainly won’t hurt his popularity.

latest big-name driver to leave the series when he exited after last season, following the departures of stars like Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart and Dale Earnhardt Jr. since 2015. Johnson will spend part of this season in the IndyCar Series, including the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg in April. Those losses are providing opportunities for the next generation to become stars on and off the track. Chase Elliott took a

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Australian: Open From Page A10 known her from a young age and always expect a big battle and she’s a fighter,” Svitolina said. Muchova had mixed feelings beating her “good friend” Pliskova but also said that “I’m definitely happy that I made it through in two sets.” Pliskova was docked a point after destroying a second racket during her defeat, and Medvedev was also hot-tempered in his roller-coaster match against Krajinovic. He gave his box stunning verbal sprays in Russian, French and English during the fourth set, and coach Gilles Cervara eventually picked up his bag and left before Medvedev regained his composure and won a fivesetter for the first time. Medvedev, a former US Open finalist, later played down the incident, saying: “He said just before leaving that he was sure that I was going to win the match but that he’s going to leave me alone to be more calm. “So I won’t tell more because that was a good thing to do and luckily I won.” Medvedev next faces American Mackenzie McDonald, who matched his Grand Slam best, beating Lloyd Harris 7-6 (9-7), 6-1, 6-4. Rublev’s opponent in the last 16 is Norway’s Casper Ruud who defeated Radu Albot of Moldova, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4. Greek fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas also moved on with a 6-4, 6-1, 6-1 thrashing of Sweden’s Mikael Ymer. On the women’s side, Barty’s next opponent will be American

‘The feeling is completely different (without fans) but you have to forget about the situation.’ — Rafael Nadal

Shelby Rogers, who beat Estonian Anett Kontaveit, 6-4, 6-3. Svitolina faces Jessica Pegula next after the unseeded American crushed France’s Kristina Mladenovic 6-2, 6-1. And Muchova will face off against Belgium’s Elise Mertens, who continued her winning start to 2021 with a 6-2, 6-1 victory over 11thseeded Belinda Bencic. American Jennifer Brady, meanwhile, ended the run of Slovenian qualifier Kaja Juvan 6-1, 6-3. Croatian Donna Vekic ran a dramatic comeback to beat Kaia Kanepi 5-7, 7-6 (7-2), 6-4 in a marathon match stretching two hours and 36 minutes. Vekic trailed Kanepi – the second-round victor against defending champion Sofia Kenin – a set and 3-0 before mounting her fightback. The day’s matches were played without spectators, as will be the case for all games over the next four days, following a hard lockdown that kicked in at midnight in the state of Victoria to stem an outbreak of a highly contagious strain of the novel coronavirus. “The feeling is completely different but you have to forget about the situation (on court),” Nadal said.

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Drummer Tony Garcia dies after Covid-19 illness Amy Maginnis-Honey

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FAIRFIELD — Local musicians are mourning the death of popular drummer Tony Garcia. Garcia, 60, died Monday, surrounded by his wife, son and daughter, after becoming ill with Covid-19. “We would like to say thank you to everyone for all your continued love, support and prayers,” the family said in a social media post. Tim Osterhout met Garcia about five years ago doing a weekly Tuesday night music show at what was then Mankas Corner. When asked what Osterhout admired most about Garcia, his reply was a question in turn. “This is a big question. The only true answer is, what didn’t I admire about Tony,” he wrote. “Tony had this effect on people that when he was around you would gravitate toward him. And his smile, no matter where he was or what was happening, his smile would always make you feel better.” Osterhout was new to the music scene when he met Garcia, who he said welcomed him with open arms and also had uplifting words of encouragement. “The respect I hold in my heart for Tony, I will carry with me for my lifetime,” he wrote. Garcia’s son AJ also played in 5 O’clock Somewhere for a brief time. Osterhout said father and son were incredibly talented musicians. “I would have to say that my fondest memories of them both were outside of our band journey together. My fondest memories were when we would attend each other’s shows,” he wrote. “The love they had for the music scene was See Garcia, Page B3

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From left, Darrell Echols Sr., Tony Garcia and bass player Nick Eble.

Mira Theatre Guild elects new officers Daily Republic Staff

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VALLEJO — The Mira Theatre Guild has elected new leadership. The results bring three new industry professionals to the board of directors. President Kat Cook, a member of Vallejo’s Commission on Culture and Arts, has more than 30 years in the music industry and event management working in Carnegie Hall and The Apollo, to name a few. She is the founder of Wild Grass Arts & Entertainment. Her emphasis is on developing a cohesive plan for the theater building’s rehabilitation and renewal. Vice President Meja Pannell-Tyehimba is a writer, producer, director, theater artist, administrator, filmmaker and educator with more than 40 years of experience. Treasurer Richard Spann remains in his post. His focus has been on securing the Mira as a historical landmark. He holds a master’s degree in e-business. Secretary Paula McConnell holds a degree in dramatic arts from U.C. Berkeley. She is a longtime member of the Mira Theatre Guild Board of Directors. See Mira, Page B2

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Benicia resident Glenn Lowe has been creating new music while running an internet radio station.

Benicia musician pays tribute to a friend, late niece

the past, and now it’s starting to get out there by word of mouth and general exposure. Also, if you’re an interested he Daily Republic recently artist, you can visit HighwayOneCafe. caught up with Benicia resident com to be considered. and Bay Area singer/songQ: How are listeners writer Glenn Lowe. finding the station? Lowe, aSolano County music Well, anyone who uses the Zeno staple, has released three albums Radio app can find us, and we a nd and launched an internet radio announce special shows through station last May. various social media channels. He lists his influences as Leo Q: Can you share one or Kottke, Motown music, 1970s two highlights since you rock, 1980s pop, Train, The Walllaunched the station? flowers, David Gray, Damien Ross, I think the most fun has been Leon Bridges, Pharrell Williams working with the musicians in-studio. and John Mayer. It gives us a chance to find out more Here’s what he shared in an email. about the songs that are written, fun Q: You launched the station in May. stories, and little tidbits that you don’t How is it going? have time to talk about while playing Well, we’ve been enjoying the live. We’ve gotten to know fellow process. As you know the station musicians better, and we’ve created plays 24/7, but people really enjoy the a tighter bond with fans as well, and monthly Artist’s Spotlight the best, have made new ones along the way. where we have a featured artist visit Online radio is great because you and play original songs in-studio, and don’t have to worry about geography, we ask them questions about their and people who you know who can’t current project, and share stories. see you in person because of distance Q: How are you finding the artists can tune in and enjoy. who you feature? Special shout out to our one CanaWe started out by inviting musidian fan who tunes in, and one in cians we met from hosting the open Ireland. I wonder who they are? mic at the Rellik Tavern in Benicia. Q: Tell me about your new recordAlso, we invited musicians that we ing, “Fantastic Journey.” Well, “Fantastic Journey” is an either already knew or worked with in

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album in honor of my friend Danny Brown, who passed away at 38. He was the coolest guy ever, and he once wrote a song called “Fantastic Journey.” The album is in honor of him. Q: What inspired the title and tunes? I guess I explained the title, and over time I’ve written many songs, but since all these songs fall in the alternative to classic rock genre, I combined them into a 10-song journey. Q: Do you have a favorite song on it? If so, why? Sometimes as a musician, a song becomes a favorite because of what happened during the process. For example, you had the most fun recording it, or the most fun writing it. It’s not always the fan favorite. I think my favorite song is “Heaven on Earth” because so many musicians contributed to the song. It’s the only song where I’m not singing lead, instead Hillary Lee of Cut Loose sang the lead vocal, and many more contributed. Q: What song seems to be the audience favorite? Why? Every album normally has one song that easily is voted the favorite song, but this album has me stumped so far. Everyone has a different favorite song, See Tribute, Page B2

A moving story of grief, Wright’s directing debut doesn’t fully ‘Land’ Justin Chang

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he Times is committed to reviewing new theatrical film releases during the Covid-19 pandemic. Because moviegoing carries inherent risks during this time, we remind readers to follow health and safety guidelines as outlined by the CDC and local health officials. We will continue to note the various ways readers can see each new film, including theaters and VOD/streaming options when available. The seasons pass swiftly in Robin Wright’s “Land,” a visually pristine, emotionally obvious drama in which time flies and heals some but not all wounds. A story

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Robin Wright stars as Edee in her feature directorial debut “Land.” of implacable grief giving way to tentative hope, the movie follows a desperately sad-eyed woman named Edee (Wright) deep into

the mountains of Wyoming, where she begins a life of solitude for reasons that are at once intensely private and not especially hard to figure

out. As the years fall away, marked by cycles of autumn leaves, winter icicles and other natural wonderments, Edee’s emotional shell begins to fall away too, and on a similarly predictable schedule. We first meet Edee as she’s making her way up the mountain, stopping briefly in town to gather supplies, load up a U-Haul and toss See Wright, Page B3

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Louis Pearl has traveled the world for almost three decades sharing art, magic, science and the fun of bubbles.

Common Grounds to host Children’s Art Show Daily Republic Staff

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FAIRFIELD — The Fairfield-Suisun City Visual Arts Association Children’s Art Show runs through Monday at Common Grounds Coffee Bar in the Solano Town Center, 1350 Travis Blvd. The visual arts association hopes to bring back a bit of normalcy to local children by organizing and co-sponsoring the event. Teachers were notified of the event and parents were asked to deliver the artwork to Common Grounds Café on Jan. 29 and 30. The single entry was submitted by Teralyn Gervacio, a fifth-grader from Cordelia Hills Elementary School. Teralyn submitted “Sunny Garden,” a drawing created with markers of flowers in a window.

FAIRFIELD — Rhythmix Cultural Works will present “The Amazing Bubble Show Online” at 1:30 p.m. Feb. 21 on the Zoom teleconference platform. The Amazing Bubble Man explores the dynamics of bubbles. Louis Pearl has traveled the world for almost three decades sharing art, magic, science and the fun of bubbles. Pearl will showcase the secrets of square bubbles, bubbles inside bubbles, fog-filled bubbles, giant bubbles, bubble volcanoes and more. The show is appropriate for all ages. Accordion extraordinaire Jet Black Pearl will join the performance. For more information, visit www.rhythmix.org.

Tayor Swift announces rerecorded ‘Fearless’ album, ‘Love Story’ single Tribune Content Agency Taylor Swift’s love story is control of her own music. The Grammy-winning songstress, who has been in a public battle with former manager Scooter Braun over her masters, announced Thursday that she has completely rerecorded 2008 album “Fearless,” complete with six neverbefore-heard songs. “‘Fearless’ was an album full of magic and curiosity, the bliss and devastation of youth,” Swift said in a statement. “It was the diary of the adventures and explorations of a teenage girl who was learning tiny lessons with every new crack in the facade of the fairytale ending she’d been shown in movies.”

Swift didn’t explicitly announce a release date, but sporadic capitalization in her length statement spells out “April ninth.” The first single, “Love Story (Taylor’s Version),” was to be released at midnight, she said. But the rerelease isn’t just a benevolent gift swift from the 31-year-old singer; Swift promised in November to remake her albums after Braun sold her master recordings to a private equity firm, Shamrock Holdings. Under the agreement, Braun will still be able to profit from her album sales, music videos and artwork. “I was hopeful and open to the possibility of a partnership with

Shamrock, but Scooter’s participation is a nonstarter for me,” Swift said at the time. Swift plans to re-record her first six albums, regaining control of the songs crafted as a teenager and into her early 20s. “Artists should own their own work for so many reasons, but the most screamingly obvious one is that the artist is the only one who really knows that body of work,” she said Thursday. “This process has been more fulfilling and emotional than I could’ve imagined and has made me even more determined to rerecord all of my music.”

Library schedules virtual interview with author Edwin Hill Daily Republic Staff

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FAIRFIELD — Edwin Hill, author of the critically acclaimed Hester myster y T hu r sby series, will speak about his novels and career during a Zoom teleconference event hosted by Solano County Library at 5 p.m. March 19. Hill’s debut novel, the psychological thriller “Little Comfort,” introduced us to Hester Thursby, a Harvard librarian who uses her research skills to find missing persons. The “Missing Ones” and “Watch Her” are subsequent titles in the series. Hill teaches courses on writing literature and publishing at Emerson College. He served as the vice president and editorial director for Bedford/ St. Martin’s, a division of Macmillan Learning. Hill has written for such publications as LA Review of Books and Publisher’s Weekly. “Little

Tribute From Page B1 which is kind of unusual, to be honest. I’ll take it as a good omen. Songs from “Fantastic Journey” are going to be featured in a documentary called “Box of Rain,” currently in production. It’s a documentary about being a Deadhead, and the friends you meet following the Grateful Dead. More information about the documentary can be seen at https:// boxofrainfilm.com. n n n On a more somber

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Edwin Hill is the author of the critically acclaimed Hester Thursby mystery series. Comfort” was an Agatha Award finalist. His mystery series are readily available in eBook and eAudiobook format through the library’s digital service hoopladigital.com. Print copies are also available through the library’s catalog. To sign up for the free virtual author program, visit solano library.com/events. note, Lowe recently lost his niece, Allision Lowe, 33, who was one of the Highway One Cafe musicians. She also was a cellist and played with the Marin Symphony Youth Orchestra. There will be a special “Artist’s Profile” about Allison Lowe in March on the radio show. The Allison Lowe Scholarship Fund has been established through the Marin Symphony. A donation can be made at www.forevermissed. com/allison-lowe. For more information on Glenn Lowe, visit https://glennlowe. com. There is also a link on the website to the radio station.

Mira From Page B1 Membership chairwoman Tina Arriola retains her position. She was one of the founding members of the San Francisco “Golden Gate Opera” and has been a member of the Mira board for several years. Arriola the producer and director of Mira’s “Black Box” Theatre. She was also recently elected to Vallejo’s City Council. Social Chairman Hugo Vides has worked in the hotel and hospitality industry for years for the Hyatt hotels chain, the Tuscan Inn and the Argonaut Hotel, to name a few. He is also an animal advocate. Exiting board members are Paul Whitney and Annette Cardin. Interested in becoming a member or volunteering? Call 552-0400 or send an email to meja@mira theatreguild.org. more inforFor mation about the organization, visit www. miratheatreguild.org.

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Wright From Page B1 her cellphone, mid-ring, into the trash. She’s done with other people, as becomes clear when she arrives at a remote cabin in the woods, an edge-of-the-world perch that suggests her seeming indifference to whether she lives or dies. But while Edee can cut herself off from any contact with the outside world, she can’t short-circuit her painful memories – namely, the apparitions of her husband and young son, their happy smiles frozen in ignorance of whatever mysterious tragedy awaits them. Other things Edee can’t do, apparently: hunt, chop firewood or keep a hungry bear from devouring her rations. Ursine visitors aside, “Land” is decidedly not “The Revenant,” as wilderness survival stories go, and I mean that largely as a compliment. Wright and her cinematographer, Bobby Bukowski, aren’t interested in rubbing the viewer’s nose in mud and viscera, and while Jesse Chatham’s screenplay makes similarly strategic use of tragedy as a narrative device, Edee is not motivated by a desire for revenge. Initially, the movie pushes more in the direction of “Wild,” another portrait of an emotionally bereft woman seeking refuge in extreme isolation, but Chatham’s more linear story has little of that movie’s bristling, timehopping energy. Wright, making her feature filmmaking debut (after years of directing episodes of “House of Cards”), seems keen to pare away essentials and steep us, for a while, in the tough rituals of everyday survival. The physical details are properly transporting, from the gloomy outhouse that greets Edee upon arrival to the cacophonous animal sounds that fill the air on her first night. (The movie was mostly shot, under suitably difficult conditions, on Moose Mountain near Banff National Park, in Canada’s Alberta province.) As lashing rain gives way to falling snow, the scenery gets prettier and incrementally more lethal. The near-death experiences that befall Edee in quick succession – that brush with the bear, the growing likelihood of death from exposure or starvation – grow naturally out of her harsh environs, even as they suggest an almost metaphysical intensification of her grief. For all Wright’s skill

Garcia From Page B1 incredible and was apparent through their actions.” drummer Fellow Darrell Lee Echols Sr. met Garcia several years ago. “He used to be a regional traveling ‘club drummer/road warrior’ and I admired that because that was something I wanted to do but never did,” Echols wrote. The pair connected when Garcia played on Echols’ drum kit at one of Dean Jackson’s musical variety shows in the early 1990s. Echols recalled Garcia was playing in a rocking country band at the time. “We became fast friends from then on,” Echols wrote. Ga r ci a’s drumming style was straight 4/4 time, Echols said. That’s what got people on the dance floor. “He was always enter-

at marshaling resources across this physically demanding production, it’s her unsurprisingly precise, delicate work in front of the camera that gives this story its initial pull. Edee may no longer want (or know how) to live, but her survival instincts inevitably kick in, sometimes against her own will. Instincts alone aren’t enough, of course, and “Land” would likely be even shorter than its fleet 89-minute running time were it not for the arrival of Miguel (Demián Bichir) and Alawa (Sarah Dawn Pledge), passing Good Samaritans who nurse Edee back to health. Miguel sticks around for a while and comes back every so often, briefly raising the specter of romance. But his growing bond with Edee remains both platonic and practical-minded, as he replenishes her dwindling supplies and teaches her the basics of wilderness survival. The specifics of the situation are only faintly sketched in; there are passing references to a nearby Indigenous reservation where Alawa lives and works as a nurse and to which Miguel delivers clean water. But while Bichir’s low-wattage charm makes Miguel a calming presence – he and Wright have a touching, bittersweet rapport – there’s never any real doubt or mystery about the narrative function he serves here. He’s there to coax Edee away from the edge of the cliff and hold up a mirror to her own tragedy, to provide a sympathetic shoulder even if she isn’t quite ready to cry on it yet. He’s also there to sing along to Tears for Fears and his other ‘80s pop favorites, an amusingly awkward detail that would be more endearing if it didn’t feel so calculated to endear. And it’s that calculation that finally makes “Land” play more like a tidy, tactful study of physical endurance and emotional recovery than a fully sustained immersion in Edee’s experience. The film’s beauty is undeniable, but it remains a pictorial, surface-level kind of beauty, one that glosses over the muck and sweat of its protagonist’s various second-act breakthroughs, whether she’s planting a garden or gutting her first carcass. Here and elsewhere, the therapeutic power of nature is treated as a given, rather than a genuinely life-altering discovery. “Land” is a movie of hard truths that go down a little too easily, a story as terse but never as elemental as its title. taining and engaging . . . he would stand up while he played at certain times, drew people in from the crowd by engaging with them by handing (out) hand percussion instruments and all the while smiling that Tony smile and handing out drumsticks to children and encouraging them to join in during his performances,” Echols wrote. Barbara McFadden met the Garcias years ago when McFadden and Garcia’s then-girlfriend, Kelly McBride, did a show at Solano Community College. ‘“I was so happy for them when they got married. We all ended up at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church eventually and it was through the parish that I became good friends with Tony and Kelly and Kelly’s parents Don and Kathy McBride,” McFadden wrote. AJ Garcia was the drummer and guitarist for her church choir. She also said Garcia

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McDormand perfect as a house-less woman making her way through life in ‘Nomadland’ Moira Macdonald The Seattle Times

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atching Frances McDormand in a movie is like watching someone you know, an old friend, maybe someone who knew you when you were a kid, someone with whom you can feel completely at ease. She’s the kind of actor who seems to bring home with her, and therefore she’s perfect as Fern in Chloé Zhao’s wondrous “Nomadland”: This is a character for whom home isn’t a place, but something you carry. Like Zhao’s previous film “The Rider,” “Nomadland” has a haunting, dreamlike quality; also like “The Rider,” its drama takes place in the face and voice of its main character, who’s figuring out a new kind of life. Fern, a recent widow, leaves her longtime home in rural Nevada, in a former company town that’s now an empty shell after the plant that employed Fern and her husband closed years ago. She becomes a nomad, living in her van and finding seasonal work when and where she can, discovering the American West along the way. She’s not homeless, Fern corrects an acquain-

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HHHH (out of four) tance – she’s house-less. And she’s not particularly unhappy; drifting, like in the lake where we see her briefly floating blissfully, seems to suit her. “Nomadland,” based on a nonfiction book by journalist Jessica Bruder, is primarily about Fern’s journey, but we also meet a host of other people in similar straits, many of

whom are played by nonactors who are themselves nomads. (Watch, though, for the great David Strathairn as a gentle loner who’s drawn to Fern.) It’s a movie about people who are often invisible; older people, without much money, who’ve chosen – or had chosen for them, when the social safety net fails – an alternative way of life. We watch Fern in her various jobs, in Amazon warehouses and tired restaurant kitchens and rest-stop bathrooms; she’s focused, hardworking, content. (“I like work,” she matter-of-factly tells a caseworker.) This is a

woman of remarkable strength, making a new plan on the fly after her old life floated away. Zhao shows us the difficulty of this life – the endless laundromats, the cramped bed in the van, the cold, the possessions left behind – but also its beauty and freedom. I wished I could have seen “Nomadland” on a theater screen, to see the horizons and pale-peach sunrises stretching endlessly in Joshua James Richards’ beautiful cinematography. And I wished I could have seen McDormand’s face as big as a house, looking wonderingly outward, finding possibility.

Wallen apologizes for using N-word Tribune Content Agency Morgan Wallen issued a five-minute mea culpa Wednesday after video emerged of him using the N-word, blaming the entire thing on a drunken “bender.” The 27-year-old country singer said he wanted to “collect my thoughts, seek some real guidance and come to you with a complete thought” before making a public apology. “The video you saw was me on hour 72 of a 72-hour bender, and that’s not something I’m proud of,” he said. “I let so many people down . . . I let my parents down and they’re the furthest thing from the person in that video. I let my son down, and I’m not OK with that.” The “Whiskey Glasses” singer confirmed that he has been meeting with Black leaders “to engage in some very real and honest conversations,” after the NAACP publicly offered to meet with him last week. “I’ll admit to you I was pretty nervous to accept those invitations,” he said. “They had every right to step on my neck while I was down, to not show me was one of those positive people who always had a smile on his face, was so kind, loving, upbeat and fun to be around. “He had a way of making everyone around him feel better. The world needs more like him,” McFadden wrote. The family is deciding on plans for a service, hoping to wait until everyone can gather safely when Covid-19 is no longer a threat. Most people who have Covid-19 experience only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. Some people, especially older adults and those with underlying health problems, experience more severe illness such as pneumonia and at times, death. The vast majority of people recover. The World Health Organization reports people with mild illness recover in about two weeks, while those with more severe illness may take three to six weeks to recover.

any grace. But they did the exact opposite. They offered me grace and they also paired that with an offer to learn and to grow. “That kindness really inspired me to dig deeper on how to do some-

thing about this.” Wallen said that he has now learned that “words matter.” Wallen ended the video by announcing that he’s been sober for nine days and plans to take some

time “off the grid.” Since the video emerged, Wallen has been “indefinitely” suspended from his label, and his songs were pulled from iHeartMedia, Cumulus Media, SiriusXM, Pandora and CMT.

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Readers share what they love the most about their Valentines Dear Readers: In developed HIV-associcelebration of Valenated dementia, which tine’s Day, I asked you became very severe, to share what you love very fast. By all rights, most about your Chris should have left. partners. And, boy, did My health devastated you deliver! My inbox his life and destroyed was overflowing with us financially. But he touching tributes. It’s stood by me, fought to been such a pleasure Annie Lane get me the necessary sifting through the medical care and Dear Annie sweetness, and I’m helped me through the thankful to each and every worst time of my life. And to one of you who wrote. Below this day, he has never once is just a small sampling of complained. It brings me to some wonderful letters that I tears just writing this. I am so received on this topic. eternally grateful for that Dear Annie. The easiest man, and it is a huge juxtapoquestion for me to answer is sition to my previous what I love about my husband, relationship experiences, Tom. They say the devil is in which were pretty awful. I the details, but I say true love would give that man anything is in the details. Many years if I could, but being disabled, ago, my husband bought me all I can give him is my love the DVD boxed set of the and care. Fortunately, he original “Planet of the Apes” thinks that’s the greatest gift movies. Missing was he could have. — Chase A. “Beneath the Planet of the Dear Annie: I knew I loved Apes.” An oversight? No. I had my husband the moment I met mentioned once that is the one him when I was 19. His blue I don’t like, so he took it out. eyes melted my heart. I told He buys me apples, but only him I was going to marry him Gala and Fuji, because that’s then. We’ll have been married what I like. He hollers, “Don’t 20 years this year. He works look at the TV!” if there’s a so hard for us, even though he spider or something creepy. I has painful physical ailments could go on and on. It’s the that would send most people details, the little things. He’s to the emergency room. He’s given me fancy gifts over the my soulmate. — Anita C. years, but what I cherish most Dear Annie: My husband is that he listens and he and I met in college, almost remembers. — Erma S. 50 years ago. He played on the Dear Annie: I have been golf team. Twenty years ago, with my partner, Joann, for at the age of 49, he was 41 years. Although we broke diagnosed with Parkinson’s. It up twice earlier on in our was a stunning blow. My relationship, we have been wonder boy continues to play living together for the past golf four or five times a week, 24 years and are very happy, though it is a struggle meneven as she’s battled cancer tally and physically. The sense these last three years. What I of humor that drew me to him love most about her is that she is still there, and I’m conhelps me be the best version stantly reminded why I of myself. — Bob K. married this sweet man, as I Dear Annie: My partner is witness the grace, courage my hero! There are so many and positivity that he works so things that I could tell you I hard on. — Phyllis K. love about him, but his generous spirit is definitely Send your questions for key. We met later in life, and Annie Lane to dearannie@ only one year after we met, I creators.com.

Horoscopes ARIES (March 21April 19). Being close always has its unique challenges, though lately more so. While you don’t need any extra incentive to figure out how to be close, it adds sweetness to your journey. TAURUS (April 20May 20). Books tell one version of romance and witnessing real relationships tells another. But firsthand experience is the only way to really learn love, as the heart can’t be fed on secondhand knowledge. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You become aware of the stories you tell yourself about love, how you’ve known it, what you expect from it, what it should look like, how it should move through your life, and more. Keep or change these according to your goals. CANCER (June 22July 22). You have a big variety pack of love to share, a custom version for those close to you and even those in outer circles will receive something a little unique in every interaction with you. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). What’s important is that you move relationships forward without hesitation, overthinking beforehand or ruminating afterward. Love warriors like you lunge forward in courage and faith. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). The romantic traditions are so old, no one remembers or knows exactly how they came to be or what purpose they originally served, but none of that matter now, only that they are upheld. They are the glue of the group or relationship. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Feeling safe and entirely wanted allows you to bring your whole self to love. And when this is the case in a relationship of any kind, it ignites a magic spark that makes the relationship burn brighter than the sum of its parts. SCORPIO (Oct. 24Nov. 21). Interacting in group settings give you perspective

by Holiday Mathis

Today’s birthday You’re so attractive as you buzz with creative energy. You’ll get the resources you need to fully express a vision. The best part of this is slipping into a position to hire and help people. Your professional efforts will earn handsomely, and your amateur efforts will net a wealth of knowledge, adventure and friendship. Scorpio and Aries adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 1, 44, 36, 28 and 11.

on love and relationships, even if this comes in the form of a group video or text. You’re at your most playful and attractive when performing for an audience. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21). Love comes alive in your world as you flex your mental and emotional muscles while fully inhabiting the moment. From a place of calm observation, you’ll find and seize opportunities for connection. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19). Use the element of surprise as you express what’s in your heart. This makes it fun for you, too. You’re at your exciting best when you’re kicking things up a notch. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18). Oh, the joy of reciprocal love! You’ll get the evidence that someone loves you back. Even better will be the feeling of delivering your own evidence of love and creating just the effect you were going for. PISCES (Feb. 19March 20). There’s much you want to do today and you can’t do it all, which is good news. You can pick just the things that make your heart beat faster and set yourself up for love’s thrill. Write Holiday Mathis at HolidayMathis.com.

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How to accept missing out Barton Goldsmith Tribune News Service

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OMO is no-mo. There’s no longer the fear of missing out – because there’s nothing to miss out on. For the near future at least, gatherings of almost any kind have been put on hold, or people are doing them small or not at all. Meetings are available on Zoom, and that’s great, but it just isn’t the same as meeting up in person. We have been living a different life, where we never really get together. The good news is that we are actively living – even though it sometimes may not feel like it. And the vaccine is here, folks, so just hang on a little while longer. Millions of people have made major adjustments in their lives, from what they do for a living to how they spend their spare time to how they maintain relationships. Yes, Covid-19 has caused us to lose out on many of the things we love, but by taking the hit now, we are preventing it from going on forever. Of course, that fact doesn’t really take away the pain of not going out, mingling with friends, or jamming with your band. Many people are upset about not being able to go to work the way we used to (even though other people love working from home). If you used to spend more time with your coworkers than your family, and going to

On relationships the office was something you did every day, then working from home may be hard. That aspect of life may never go entirely back to normal, and many people may continue to work remotely because of the financial benefits for some companies. Whatever changes we end up living with for the rest of our lives, the good news is that we will be alive to enjoy those years. But to get there, we need to continue to be careful during this pandemic. If you stay in for just a little while longer, you will hopefully avoid any illness and be ready for summer or that day when life can really begin again. Remember that now is the most dangerous time to be out and about, so get creative and know that you have something to look forward to soon enough. Even after the vaccine, I’m not so sure that large crowds in closed spaces like music venues will be advisable. I plan on doing outdoor concerts in the future – and am looking forward to that! We’ll see how it goes. After eating homecooked meals for this long, I’m less excited about dining out than I used to be. I want to support our local restaurants, and we get takeout pretty often these days. But I’ve also begun to appreciate the benefits of making our

own dinners. I think we have gotten used to a healthier diet, and our bodies are rejecting foods that are too rich or are harder to digest. In some ways this time has made many of us stronger both as couples and as families. I have seen some relationships and businesses flourish and seen others struggle through this turbulent time. It seems like people are learning how to better support one another emotionally, because of all the chaos we have gone through together. And together we support each other and that makes learning how to accept missing out much easier. The really good news, once again, is that the end is in sight. Yes, I will take the vaccine, as will my family. But I have spoken to a number of people who won’t, aren’t sure, or still think the virus is a hoax, so it’s up to us to set our own boundaries and be responsible for our own well-being. For a little while, our collective psychology will continue to be a bit confused, but I do believe that in time the vast majority of us will be on the same page. And that, my friends, is something to look forward to and celebrate. Dr. Barton Goldsmith, a psychotherapist in Westlake Village, is the author of “The Happy Couple: How to Make Happiness a Habit One Little Loving Thing at a Time.”

Millions of people have made major adjustments in their lives, from what they do for a living to how they spend their spare time to how they maintain relationships. For your health

Take steps to keep heart healthy Dr. Colleen Townsend Special to the Daily Republic

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ebruary is Heart Health Month – a time to focus on keeping our hearts strong and healthy. Heart disease takes many forms and refers to conditions that lower the efficiency of the heart and blood circulation (vascular) system. Even in the setting of a pandemic, heart disease remains the number one cause of death in the United States and nearly 50% of adults have heart or vascular disease. Heart disease can shorten a lifetime and can cause disability. Heart disease is common, preventable and treatable. To understand the risk factors related to heart disease allows one to take important and impactful steps in preventing the complications related to heart disease. Heart disease commonly stems from health conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes, abnormal heart rhythm and high cholesterol. Lifestyle factors and unhealthy habits like limited activity, a diet high in fat and salt and smoking or vaping increases the risk to developing heart disease. There are also genetic factors and conditions that are present

at birth that may increase one’s risk to develop heart disease. High blood pressure forces the heart to work extra hard to pump blood and this takes a toll on efficiency. High blood sugar and cholesterol can clog arteries and decrease blood flow in the heart. Plaques that clog the arteries can loosen and cause blockage of the blood flow. When blood flow in the heart is blocked, the heart muscle does not have enough oxygen to function and may die. This is what happens in a heart attack and leads to a weakened heart muscle. When there is a blockage in the circulation in the brain, brain cells lose function or die. This is a brain attack or a stroke. Obesity, low levels of activity and limited exercise also lower the effectiveness of the heart muscle and the circulation system. To decrease the risk of heart disease, it is important to manage chronic conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure. Exercise and healthy eating are first steps toward controlling these conditions and have the added bonus of improving heart health. Nicotine found in smoking and vaping products plays a significant role in causing heart and circulation problems. In the

U.S., one in six men and one in seven women smoke. Quitting smoking and vaping decreases the risks of heart disease by up to 50%. Quitting tobacco products is the number one action to take to limit your risk of heart disease. Studies also show adding in moderate exercise can improve heart health. No need to join a gym; walking 30 minutes a day can improve your heart health. There are many ways to keep your heart healthy and happy. Consider a step toward a healthier heart with better blood pressure and blood sugar control. Monitor these conditions at home and talk with your medical provider about changes to decrease your blood pressure and blood sugar. Look at food and snack choices and limit servings of high fat and high salt foods. Start a plan to quit nicotine vaping or tobacco use. Finally, put on a mask, find a friend a walk for 30 minutes a few times per week. Talk with your medical provider about other ways and other local resources to keep your heart pumping strong. Dr. Colleen Townsend is with Partnership HealthPlan of California, a partner with the Solano Coalition for Better Health.

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True love for God Almighty

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ove is a great gift melodious music and granted to human singing, delicious food, beings by God fantastic fragrance, colorful Almighty. It is a garments, attractive divine attribute and it paintings or handsome men is easy for humans to and beautiful women. But say to someone, “I all these items are materilove you” but very alistic. They all are hard for the temporary, not everlasting. heart to mean it. One day the angel Faridbeg Mirza Love is the matter Gabriel came to Prophet Religious view of heart, not mind. Muhammad and said, “O The word doesn’t mean anyMuhammad! Live as long as you thing. It is just lip service. True wish, but one day you have to love doesn’t need to be spoken, it die. Love anyone as much you needs to be proven. It needs to like, but one day you will be be felt. True love, the spiritual separated from your beloved” aspect, is not a carnal (death will separate you). So the desire and lust. love for anyone in this world Love for the sake of God doesn’t remain forever, that’s never dies or diminishes. why a wise person is he who Lust is about satisfaction but loves his/her creator, God true love is about sacrifice, Almighty, who is our creator, serving, surrendering, sharing, sustainer, protector and prosupporting and even suffering vider. Our lord deserves our for the beloved one. Nothing can ultimate true love. be achieved or accomplished In the Holy Quran, it has without making sacrifices. True been mentioned, “Those who love is a strong and lasting believe in God, they love him affection. It is an expression and the most deeply and sincerely.” experience that can be felt. God Almighty is showering Love has many different his favors and bounties upon us layers. One can love the nice all the time 24/7. Without the sunrise, beautiful flowers, mercy of God, we can’t even

take one breath. Our lord loves us whether we worship him or not, remember him or not, show our gratitude to him or not. His love to us is unconditional because we are his creation. And every creator loves his creation by nature. No one can count the bounties of almighty. It is possible to count the raindrops, the pebbles of the desert, the leaves of the tree, the stars of the sky and hairs on the body, lord expects appreciation and realization from us. If we show a little bit of gratitude to him, he bestows his favors and mercy upon us even more. Prophet Muhammad has said, “God Almighty doesn’t look at your body or face; he looks at your heart and actions.” We can love all the relatives, friends and anything in this world, but that love will end very soon. Our hearts should be filled with the true love of our lord.

Santa Clara County will continue to prohibit indoor religious services

Imam Faridbeg Mirza is the fulltime religious director of Masjid Al Noor Islamic Center of Fairfield. He can be reached at Faridbeg@yahoo.com.

Tribune Content Agency SAN JOSE — Following a new court order Wednesday night, Santa Clara County’s ban on indoor religious services has been reinstated. Over the course of the past six days, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Feb. 5 that Gov. Gavin Newsom’s strict order barring indoor religious services appeared to violate the Constitution’s protection of the free exercise of religion. Churches and religious institutions across the state were immediately permitted to reopen for indoor services up to 25% of the building capacity. Singing and chanting could still be prohibited. Santa Clara County, however, was the only county in the state arguing that the high court’s ruling did not apply to it. Unlike the state, Santa Clara County prohibited all indoor gatherings – regardless of whether they’re related to religion – rather than instituting a specific ban on indoor

religious services. And that’s the distinction the county made to justify its stance up until Monday evening. On Monday, five Santa Clara County churches filed a motion in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to attempt to block the county’s ban, arguing that the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling must apply to the county, and a U.S. District Court judge granted an injunction to temporarily block the county’s ban on indoor worship services. Then Wednesday night, in an about-face, the U.S. District Court temporarily suspended its Monday order, concluding that the county’s prohibition on all indoor gatherings – including indoor religious services – could remain in place for the time being. The court decision stems from an ongoing lawsuit brought against Newsom, Santa Clara County and County Health Officer Sara Cody by a group of five county churches in late November.

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Spotlight on Travis Airman 1st Class Angel Castillo 22nd Airlift Squadron Hometown: New Castle, Delaware. Duty title: C-5M loadmaster student. Time at Travis: One year. Goals: To complete in-house training and become a fully qualified C-5M loadmaster. Hobbies: Driving, hiking, travel, hanging out with friends, anything being outdoors, flying, listening to music, running, going to the gym and volunteering. Greatest achievement: Being awarded the Career Enlisted Aviator wings.

In brief Air Force increases overseas tour lengths Effective March 1, airmen and guardians overseas tour lengths are now 36 months for firstterm unaccompanied permanent assignments at certain overseas locations. Unaccompanied airmen and guardians, both enlisted and officers, who are on their first permanent duty assignment will serve 36 months at the following Pacific Air Forces and United States Air Forces in Europe locations: Royal Air Force Mildenhall, United Kingdom; Royal Air Force Lakenheath, U.K.; Royal Air Force Alconbury, U.K.; Royal Air Force Croughton, U.K.; London, Menwith Hill, U.K.; Fairford, U.K.; Welford, U.K.; Molesworth, U.K.; Aviano Air Base, Italy; Stavenger Air Base, Norway; Ramstein Air Base, Germany; Kaiserslautern, Germany; Germany; Sembach, Vogelweh, Germany; Landstuhl, Germany; Kapaun, Germany; Einsiedlerhof, Germany; Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany; Kadena Air Base, Japan; Misawa Air Base, Japan; and Yokota Air Base, Japan.

F-15EX completes first flight KINGSLEY FIELD, Ore. — The first F-15EX completed its initial flight in St. Louis Feb. 2. The fighter jet took off and landed from St. Louis Lambert International Airport, Missouri. It was announced in August 2020 that the 173rd Fighter Wing with the Oregon Air National Guard will transition to an F-15EX formal training unit in 2024. “Being selected as the F-15EX formal training unit is an outstanding mission for the 173rd Fighter Wing,” said Col. Jeff Edwards, 173rd FW commander. “Kingsley (Field Air National Guard Base) is simply an outstanding place to train pilots. The community support is just incredible, and we have some of the best training airspace anywhere. We have a culture of fighter training–we have been in the training business for over three decades, in the F-4 (Phantom), F-16 (Fighting Falcon), F-15C (Eagle), and now soon to be F-15EX.” — Daily Republic wire services

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Staff Sgt. Cade Yandell stands in front of a KC-10 Extender at Travis Air Force Base, Feb. 2.

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Sergeant adds to family’s flying lore Nick DeCicco DAILY REPUBLIC

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE — Aviation history runs in the blood of Staff Sgt. Cade Yandell. The sergeant at Travis Air Force Base is the descendent of several generations of flyers – his father, who received his pilot’s license at 15, an uncle who flew commercially and a grandfather who taught a generation of flyers, including Amelia Earhart. Now Yandell, a KC-10 Extender boom operator with the 9th Air Refueling Squadron, is working on carving out his own space in that lineage. He recently attended the 509th Weapons Squadron’s 15-week Advanced Instructor Course at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, a course that focuses on the KC-135 Stratotanker. Yandell attended the course as an auditor, along with boom operators who fly the KC-46A Pegasus, bringing members of Air Mobility Command’s tanker community together for a rare opportunity. The program gave attendees exposure to the same lessons and training opportunities as their KC-135 counterparts while such a course does not exist for the KC-10 or KC-46. Yandell explained the aim of the course is to both teach attendees how to integrate the practical applications of the job as well as see how it fits into a wider view of

any particular mission in terms of operational planning and execution; the goal is to make wellrounded airmen. “The course is designed to produce tacticians,” he said. “We focus on cargo air refueling as operators, but it’s designed to make you more than just an operator.” Yandell said the course teaches the sorts of lessons he soaked up as a child immersed in a family devoted to flying, the kind of lessons and information his grandfather learned through experience in an era when pilots didn’t have classes or manuals. “(It’s there to) impart knowledge that wasn’t written in books,” he said. “To do the kind of learning that’s ‘Hey, sometimes stuff isn’t written in the books,’ but we are here to learn that practical knowledge.” One of the lessons Yandell brought back to his squadron echoes Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown’s statement that the American military must “accelerate change or lose” in modern military campaigns. “We need to develop and grow new techniques and procedures,” Yandell said. “We’re constantly changing and adapting to what our near-peer adversaries are throwing up against us.” Also bringing back those sort of lessons to his squadron is Staff Sgt. DeVaughn Granger, KC-46 boom opera-

tor with the 344th Air Refueling Squadron at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. Granger appreciated the opportunity to get boom operators for the KC-10, KC-46 and KC-135 all in one place. “It’s very rare that you can put all three current tanker aircraft in the same room and talk about employing them, right? And have the perspective from each and every tanker,” he said. He also was glad he got to work with Yandell. “He’s . . . an extremely hard worker and attacks problems just straightforward,” he said. “If you give him a problem, it’s going to get solved. So all around, it was an amazing experience. I’m glad I got to meet him.” Chief Master Sgt. Justin Brundage said Yandell is a “go-to NCO” in the 9th Air Refueling Squadron. “We have utilized his innovative spirit with Phoenix Spark projects,” Brundage said. “He will soon be transitioning over to wing tactics with his newfound and refined skills from this course.” Yandell’s experience adds to a family history steeped in flying. His grandfather, John Yandell, was an Air Force colonel who started as an instructor with the Navy’s U.S. Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor program, more commonly known as Topgun. He later owned 15 P-38 Lighting aircraft, selling 13 of them to the

Brazilian air force and teaching Brazilians to fly. Among the many pilots John Yandell taught in and out of the service was Earhart, who attempted to become the first woman pilot to circumnavigate the globe in 1937. She disappeared during the pursuit and was later declared dead in 1939. Cade Yandell’s father, Lance Yandell, qualified to fly at the age of 15 in a P-38. Lance Yandell served in the dental corps, but flew privately. His uncle, Johnny Yandell, worked for the now-defunct Eastern Airlines, which ceased operations in 1991. Johnny Yandell was a pilot aboard the first commercially hijacked airplane, which was forced to land in thenhostile Cuban territory, Cade Yandell said. Cade Yandell said growing up in such a family made flying seem natural to him. He reminisced about being a child, looking up to the sky and watching planes as they soared overhead. “I would look up and stop what I (was) doing,” he said. “It’s funny because, today, I’m still that kid. If I see a C-17 on approach, I watch them put their gear down. I love everything about airplanes. “Aviation has been fascinating to me, humans doing the impossible, making it real. It’s in my blood and always will be.”

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III signed a memo Feb. 4 that, effective immediately, directs all individuals on military installations and all individuals performing official duties on behalf of the Department from any location other than the individual’s home, including outdoor shared spaces, to wear masks. The guidance is in accordance with the most current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines. Individuals must wear masks continuously while on military installations except: n When an individual is alone in an office with floor-to-ceiling walls with a closed door. n For brief periods of time when eating and drinking while maintaining distancing in accordance with CDC guidelines and instructions from commanders and supervisors. n When the mask is required to be lowered briefly for identification or security purposes. n When necessary to reasonably accommodate an individual with a disability. Individuals must consistently wear a mask that covers the nose and mouth and that comports with all current guidance from the CDC and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Categorical or case-bycase exceptions to these requirements for service members and their families in environments other than office spaces that are necessary for military readiness, that are related to living on a military installation or that are related to mask wearing by children may be granted in writing by Department of Defense component heads and should include appropriate alternative safeguards whenever feasible, such as additional physical distancing measures or additional testing consistent with Defense department testing protocols. The full memo can be viewed at https:// bit.ly/3aMR63m.

Travis C-17 helps in Guatemala, Germany Nicholas Pilch

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TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE — The airmen of the 60th Air Mobility Wing at Travis Air Force Base recently delivered Covid-19 personal protective equipment and humanitarian aid. The Port Dawgs of the 60th Aerial Port Squadron and the Beeliners of the 21st Airlift Squadron stepped in to tackle two separate missions, helping deliver supplies to two different combatant commands using one C-17 Globemaster III. The 60th Aerial Port Squadron received and packaged the cargo Jan. 29 as it was headed for both the Army’s Defense Logistics Agency at Ramstein, Air Base, Germany and San Lucas Sacatepequez, Guatemala. The entire movement was a coordinated effort across multiple agencies to include the Defense Logistics Agency, the Department of Defense’s Denton Program at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, and the State Department. More than 20 pallets were packed, loaded and sent off

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Airman 1st Class Ryan Richardson, 60th Aerial Port Squadron air transportation journeyman, secures a pallet of N-95 masks in place inside a C-17 Globemaster III at Travis Air Force Base, Jan. 27. to provide Covid-19 support to the 86th Medical Group at Ramstein at the request of the Air Force Medical Readiness Agency, according to the Defense Logistics Agency. Essential firefighting protective equipment comprised the additional shipment and was allocated for the Asociación

Nacional de Bomberos Municipales Departamentales in San Lucas Sacatepequez, Guatemala. The Covid-19 equipment was part of a larger Defense Logistics Agency request in Germany. “(Defense Logistics Agency) requested the shipment for U.S. service members throughout Germany after host nation regu-

lations called for more advanced masks,” said Senior Airman Thomas Karol, 86th Airlift Wing public affairs specialist. The Covid-19 relief pallets, which shipped out of Travis in partnership with Joint Base Charleston C-17s, consisted of 25,000 boxes in total, packed with a total of 1 million N-95 masks, according to the Defense Logistics Agency. “The cargo entered the Defense Transportation System on Jan. 28 with first arrival to Ramstein on Jan. 30, the second mission arrived on Feb. 2, with the bulk of the load,” said John “Buck” Buchanan, 60th Aerial Port Squadron civilian operations officer. “When you take a couple steps back, from cradle-to-grave movement, that happened in less than six days.” During this pandemic, Travis has supported Covid-19 relief across the globe, completing more than 750 sorties carrying 3 million pounds of cargo. Most notably, Travis airlifted more than 1,000 respirators and See C-17, Page B7

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C-17: Firefighting gear from San Rafael donated to Guatemala From Page B6 500,000 test kits worldwide. But this mission was a twoparter. Part one was Ramstein Covid-19 relief, but because there was extra space on the C-17, these airmen added the humanitarian aid supplies. Of the entire shipment, two pallets were firefighting personal protective equipment and firefighting tools going to benefit 165 firefighters at the Asociación Nacional de Bomberos Municipales Departamentales in San Lucas Sacatepequez, Guatemala. The equipment is on its way to providing more safety and resources for fire departments in that area. Many nongovernment organizations coordinated to donate and deliver supplies to those in need. The donating agency applies to the Joint Base Charleston Denton Program office, then after the shipment is approved, supplies are received at the closest Air

Mobility Command location. For this shipment of firefighting aid, Travis was the supporting unit, with the 60th Aerial Port Squadron tapped to receive the equipment. The “Port Dawgs” packed all of the equipment onto pallets and loaded the pallets into a C-17 in only 17 hours. The 21st Airlift Squadron then flew the supplies to Joint Base Charleston, where they were connected to the last leg of their journey to Guatemala. Ken Hundemer, Denton Program operations director, explained that the Denton Program channels civilian-donated goods to partnering countries and also uses the mission to train aircrew. On this mission, the flight was bound for Germany, so they loaded the firefighting personal protective equipment to get it that much closer to Guatemala. This shipment of supplies was donated by Firefighters Without Borders California, a nongov-

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Charging medical expenses to a credit card is a path to bankruptcy. Instead, negotiate the price and pay installments.

Why you shouldn’t put medical debt on credit cards

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e all want to pay our bills and, faced with an unexpected medical expense – $8,000, say, for tests to determine whether one has a life-threatening condition – many households turn to the only source of cash they have: a credit card, likely charging 16% interest. Once you swipe, you’ve made two big mistakes. One, you paid full price when very likely you could have negotiated the medical expense down by as much as half, given a difficult financial situation. And two, you’ve agreed to pay a high interest rate to a lender disinclined to cut you any slack. Here’s how that plays out: n Medical debt remains the primary reason households file for bankruptcy, a recent analysis of household bankruptcies found, despite more people having health insurance than a decade ago. n Between 2013 and 2016, medical expenses played a role in two-thirds of bankruptcies, researchers found. n One in three households with credit card debt said the cause was medical bills, a 2019 study found. So, put aside your urge to quickly settle up with the hospital or clinic, and put away your credit cards. Negotiate. If you can’t pay the entire bill, being able to offer up a lump sum of cash in return for a reduction in the amount due may appeal to your medical provider more than turning over your bill to a medical debt collector. Remember, the health care industry is accustomed to negotiating – they do it with insurers all the time – and to accepting a steep discount from the list price. Be polite but aggressive in your offer; it will potentially rescue your personal finances. Ask for an installment plan. Even a reduced bill can still be way too big to cover with one payment. Ask if you can repay the bill with monthly payments over a year (or more). This is increasingly common. Getting regular payments from you – an ongoing patient of the health care institution – is probably more attractive

than selling your debt to a loan collector at a steep discount. Nonprofit patient debt advocates can help, too. If you’re among the fortunate many with health insurance – no matter how chintzy – and in good health currently, practice two kinds of prevention: Take advantage of preventive care. Chances are your insurance includes a list of health screenings, tests and vaccines that you can get without owing a penny. Yet the vast majority of insured Americans don’t take full advantage of preventive care. To the extent you can avoid illness (ex: a flu shot) or catch an issue sooner than later (blood pressure and cholesterol screening and various cancer screenings are often standard), that not only improves your quality of life, but may require less treatment than if you waited to seek care. Build an out-of-pocket (OOP) savings fund. A stress-reducing goal would be to know you have enough cash parked in a bank savings account or money market fund that will cover at least one year’s maximum out-of-pocket cost. (Keep in mind that if you get a serious diagnosis in the fall of any year, you likely may hit your OOP max in that calendar year, and then a few months later, in the next calendar year, hit the max OOP all over again.) Saving up $6,000 or $8,000 or more might take time. Understood. That in itself should be motivation to start saving ASAP. But keep in mind that whatever cash you have on hand is going to be a big help if you end up needing extensive care. Keep reading. While millions more Americans have basic health care insurance since the Affordable Care Act was passed, the cost to actually seek care covered by insurance is an increasingly large financial burden. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation’s annual survey of employer-provided health insurance, the average deductible for single coverage has increased 111% since 2010, and the employee share of the monthly premium has increased about 40%. That’s a

whole lot more than the 20% rise in inflation over that stretch. In 2010 the typical premium and deductible costs exceeded 10% of median income in just 10 states. In 2019, the Commonwealth Fund report says premiums and deductibles ate up more than 10% of median income in 37 states. An analysis by the Urban Institute found that in 2018 the average maximum out-of-pocket expense for an individual was $4,416. For workers with family coverage, the average OOP maximum was $8,375. To be clear, the OOP maximum is in addition to premiums paid. And OOP limits only apply to in-network care. So, given many households don’t have even $1,000 set aside to cover unplanned expenses, getting sick or injured is often a financial gut punch. If you’ve exhausted your negotiating leverage and borrowing efforts with the hospital or clinic, and must borrow elsewhere to pay a medical bill, and if you have a solid credit score and are facing ongoing care needs, consider applying for a new credit card that charges no interest for an introductory period. Those offers aren’t as easy to get today, but with a strong credit score and steady income, you may be able to get a card that doesn’t charge interest on new purchases for 15 to 18 months. That at least gives you a chunk of time to get it paid without mounting interest charges. (Search online for “zero rate introductory period credit card.”) Another option is to check out a personal loan. Banks, credit unions and online-fintech lending companies have been pushing personal loans the past few years. These unsecured loans can be a decent option. You may be able to lock in a three- to five-year payback period, with a fixed interest rate. If you have a solid credit score of at least 720 to 750 you might be able to qualify for a personal loan with a fixed rate of 10% or so. That’s a lot better than 16% or more on a credit card. Rate.com/research/news covers the worlds of personal finance and residential real estate.

Airline workforce shrank notably amid pandemic Tribune Content Agency Nearly a year into the pandemic, the number of people employed by U.S. airlines has rebounded slightly but remains significantly lower than pre-Covid-19 days, according to the latest federal data. Even after receiving federal aid contingent on limiting layoffs, airlines had about 60,000 fewer people working for them at the end of the year than they had in the spring. About 695,000 people worked for U.S. airlines as of December 2020, and that’s up from about 678,000 in November, according to the U.S.

Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Last March, 755,000 were employed by the nation’s airlines. Federal stimulus funding for airlines prohibited layoffs through September. In October, staffing dropped. Atlanta-based Delta had already cut its workforce from more than 90,000 employees to about 75,000 through early retirements and buyouts by July. The number of Delta employees actually working and getting paid is even lower. That’s mainly because roughly 10,000 employees are still on voluntary unpaid leave. Delta’s paid work-

force dropped to as low as 51,000 in May, after more than 40,000 employees agreed to take unpaid leave. By December, Delta’s paid headcount had rebounded to 62,786 employees, according to the federal data. Delta’s headcount in 2020 reached its lowest point in a decade, dating back to before it absorbed the employees of merger partner Northwest Airlines to create a workforce of more than 80,000 employees by 2010. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continues to recommend that people not travel, since traveling increases the chance of getting and

spreading Covid-19. Delta had been on a growth path in recent years, until the coronavirus pandemic brought that to an abrupt halt. Delta CEO Ed Bastian has emphasized that the company has been able to avoid involuntary furloughs. Major carriers United and American have warned that thousands of employees could be furloughed after the second round of federal aid barring such cuts expires at the end of March. Bastian said in an interview on CNN on Tuesday morning, “We are not in danger of any furloughs at Delta.”

As some families eagerly await covid-19 vaccinations so they can get their Mickey-loving kids back to the Magic Kingdom, the most passionate Disney fans are looking forward to something else entirely: a trip to Japan. Tokyo Disney Resort will emerge from the pandemic bigger and better than before. And it’s already a nostalgia feast – the idyllic Disney of childhood as preserved in one’s mind, where the castle is still blue, soap is magically dispensed in the shape of Mickey Mouse, and families efficiently board versions of Space Mountain and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad that somehow always look as good as new. Only-in-Japan rides and unique experiences, such as a Big Band revue with Mickey Mouse playing the drums live, amp up the charm beyond anything seen stateside. Whimsical snacks – including mochi shaped as Toy Story’s Little Green Men aliens, soft-boiled eggs with Mickey-shaped yolks, and a rotating variety of popcorn flavors that include garlic shrimp, curry, and honey-soy – can’t be found anywhere else. And on souvenir stands, kawaii culture makes for Disney keepsakes unlike any others. That’s why 3 million visitors to the parks each year (in normal times) come from overseas – 10% of its total attendance. In 2019, Tokyo Disney Resort reported record-setting visits while its sibling parks in the U.S. and Hong Kong saw 3% declines in attendance. “It truly does feel like the ultimate pilgrimage,” says Geoffrey Koester, a higher education administrator, content creator and lifelong Disney fan. That’s partially because the two theme parks, Disneyland and DisneySea, four hotels, and shopping district located at Tokyo Disney Resort are wholly owned by the deep-pocketed Oriental Land Co.; in addition to licensing and royalty fees, it contracts Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI) to bring its nextlevel visions to life. Unlike Walt Disney Co., OLC’s business entities almost completely revolve around the theme park resort, resulting in wellfunded experiences, along with forward-thinking expansions that celebrate nostalgic Disney icons rather than flashy commercial acquisitions. (That comes with a flip side; a less-diversified balance sheet means the company lost its only real source of income during its fourmonth closure in 2020.) Cutting-edge technology combined with a reverence for classic Disney stories, rather than its more recently acquired “Star Wars” and Marvel franchises, is the fairy dust to Tokyo Disney’s appeal. A 75 billion yen ($720 million) “Beauty and the Beast” expansion completed in 2020, for instance, gives guests a ride through Beast’s castle from aboard an enchanted teacup; a further 250 billion yen ($2.4 billion) will soon bring “Peter Pan” and “Tangled” attractions to DisneySea in a more significant way than at parks in the U.S. There’s a caveat, though: While it’s all familiar intellectual property, the storytelling is primarily in Japanese, be it on rides, shows, or parades.

“I often find myself wishing I could erase all of my memories and experience our Disney parks again for the first time,” says Alexa Starkey, dental hygienist and self-proclaimed Disney adult. “Tokyo Disney Resort represents a way to get that first-time Disney feeling again.” Tokyo DisneySea tends to astonish Americans most. Taking inspiration from the seven seas, its “ports” meld shockingly realistic scenery wherein a Venetian gondola drifts past a fiery volcano, or an elevated train bypasses t u r n - of-t he - c ent u r y Manhattan as it curls toward a steam-powered ocean liner. “So many of the attractions at Tokyo are not found at any other park, and even those that share a name with another park aren’t nearly the same experience,” says Koester. The Jules Verneinspired Journey to the Center of the Earth, for instance, puts passengers face-to-face with a ghastly, oversized lava monster before bursting through a volcano; the Japanese take on Tower of Terror drops its original “Twilight Zone” theme for a fresh storyline about the disappearance of a wealthy hotelier. On the entertainment side, the nighttime Electrical Parade Dreamlights puts a modern spin on the illuminated Main Street Electrical Parade floats of yesteryear, while stage shows include the Mardi Gras dance revue, Let’s Party Gras. The parks are also a proving ground for technology. Pooh’s Hunny Hunt – in which a sweet but slightly psychedelic story unfolds from a seemingly self-driving vehicle – pioneered “trackless” rides nearly two decades before one arrived at Walt Disney World. Now Disney’s U.S. parks are using this system for many of their freshest attractions, such as the Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance ride that opened in 2019 at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Daniel Jue, WDI portfolio creative executive for Tokyo Disney Resort, has a further theory regarding the parks’ devout fandom: its Japanese guests. Here, they don matching outfits and character headbands, mimic parade choreography, and simply let loose in a way that doesn’t happen elsewhere in Japan’s day-to-day society. It’s participation as attraction. “My hypothesis is that there is a kind of a human, essential need that Tokyo Disney Resort fulfills for our Japanese guests,” he says. Cultural beliefs such as omotenashi – the Japanese philosophy of intuitive hospitality – only further Disney’s own core values of service with a smile. Such little things as the fact that bags left in one’s room can be seamlessly transferred to another hotel are commonplace Japanese amenities that would come across (at best) as unconventional consumer demands at American theme parks. “There’s this level of standard that has to be met, no matter what, and in Western culture, we’re a little loosey-goosey on it,” says Chris Nilghe, founder of TDRExplorer, which offers English-language information and guides. Tokyo Disney Resorts closed for months at the start of the pandemic, then reopened on a limited basis in July.

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Murray Bass Plan to live

Ask for help; folks happy to do it

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his column is about benefiting from the experience of others. Originally, I had thought to use my fall at the mall as the prime example of people seeing it or hearing about it and saying, “Boy was that dumb. I’m never going to do something really dumb like that.” Then I realized that civilized society is based on the concept of benefiting from the experiences of others. How is that, you ask? We each begin life as a blank check. No experience but what we get in our mother’s womb at first, then from our parents, then the baby sitter. We grow using the experiences of others as our guides, like how to cook, how to work or how to do anything. We grow based on the teachings of others or our observation of them. We take most things for granted as a regular part of our lives. We assume that people have been trained and know what they are doing. This is not always true, but if we have no reason to challenge, we accept. Secret miracle medications and partisan politics are where we are most likely to get into trouble. It is with the small things where we should be aware and ready to ask “how” or offer the same. I have had folks tell me how great a neighbor’s garden looks while their own suffers along. My comment is, “Just ask how they did it.” Most folks are happy to share. It works both ways – you volunteer to share your success with them. I have found it necessary to just ask. Technology has rapidly bypassed me. The truth is I really don’t need the fancy, fancy stuff. Just give me the basics. But the creators of technology have advanced from basic to too hard for me to understand. I am perfectly happy with the old stuff. Leave it alone. But they won’t. That’s where asking has helped me. My daughter Cathy and friend Gina try to stay somewhere on the cutting edge of technology. When I asked them how they do it, the answer was The Geek Squad. For not much money they take over your device and fix it, or restore capabilities that have disappeared. Just what this old blind guy needs to stay in business. There are hundreds of simple problems that can be solved just by asking. For example, most of the staff here at Rockville Terrace are good at managing the iPhone. After I mess it up, they fix it in half a minute. I have to say that many folks don’t want to be a bother to anyone so they suffer with what they have. What they don’t understand is that people enjoy helping each other. It helps build a bond, a link between two people. It works both ways. We live in a society where helping others and being helped is standard practice. I can speak with experience on the topic of help. I don’t have to ask anymore. Friends are there; they volunteer. They know what I need. They are there for me. Murray Bass of Fairfield can be reached at 720-5139 or mzb602@gmail.com.

Penn student invents wearable light for nurses Tribune Content Agency PHILADELPHIA — In America, the college dorm room has a special place in business lore. Facebook, Google, Reddit, Dell, and Snapchat were all invented by students in cramped quarters, their big dreams sharing precious space with bags of Doritos and overflowing laundry baskets. Anthony Scarpone-Lambert, a 21-year-old University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing senior living in the campus’s Lauder College House, hopes to follow iconic tradition and become a dormitory-launched capitalist. He and his cofounder have created what Jeffrey Babin, associate director of Penn Engineering Entrepreneurship, lauded as a “simple but elegant” solution to the problem of hospital personnel disturbing patients during nighttime interactions: a nurse’s wearable night-light. Scarpone-Lambert’s company is called Lumify Care. While Penn scholar-entrepreneurs have hatched some notable ventures within the last decade alone (Warby Parker eyeglasses, Harry’s shaving and grooming products, Harper Wilde bras), “it’s pretty rare that a nursing student is doing what Anthony is doing,” said Marion Leary, director of innovation at Penn Nursing. “He’s been out front of where we are in nursing education right now. “And he will be as successful as he wants to be.” Scarpone-Lambert, who’s from a working-class family in Chalfont, is also rare among the 2,457 undergraduates who entered Penn in 2017: He’s one of just 300 who were the first in their families to attend college in the group, and was among five of those so-called first-generation students featured in Inquirer stories in 2017 and 2018. “It wasn’t easy at first, being first-generation at Penn,” said Scarpone-Lambert, who’s also executive vice president of the senior class of 2021. “Everyone at school seemed so successful, like they all had it together. And I had impostor syndrome, like I didn’t belong. “But incredible Penn people supported me, and I made it my personal mission to prove that no matter if I am a first-gen student, I can overcome challenges and reach goals for myself.” Currently, the goal is to start selling the $20 uNight Light, billed as “the first-ever wearable LED light designed for nurses, by nurses,” next month. As part of his academic schedule, Scarpone-Lambert has to

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Anthony Scarpone-Lambert, 21, a University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing student, co-invented a wearable light he’s wearing that nurses can use to better care for patients at night. participate in clinical work. In the emergency department of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, he’s seen the crush of patients during the pandemic, and he knows firsthand how nurses do their jobs under great stress. That wisdom is augmented by Scarpone-Lambert’s cofounder, Jennifferre Mancillas, 36, a registered nurse at Valley Children’s Hospital in Madera, Calif. The two met at a collaborative entrepreneurial conference and competition cosponsored by Johnson & Johnson in central New Jersey in 2019. Together, they researched the difficulty of patients getting enough sleep in hospitals when nurses are turning on lights, especially at night, to administer care. After interviewing 250 nurses, Scarpone-Lambert and Mancillas discovered that 87% struggled to see while providing patient care at night. “When nurses can’t see, we put our patient and ourselves at risk,” Mancillas said. “This leads us to turn on intrusive overhead room lights that disrupt our patients.” The Lumify pair’s data found that during a single night shift, nurses may turn on their patient’s room light an average of nine times, leading to disrupted sleep and potentially worsened health outcomes. Scarpone-Lambert and

Mancillas came up with the 2-by1-inch LED light that they believe is a game changer. “Nurses are wonderful innovators,” often unappreciated, said Bobbi Martin, president and CEO of the Global Nurse Foundation, a nonprofit in Florida’s Tampa Bay area that supports nurses in places like Uganda. She met Scarpone-Lambert at the Johnson & Johnson event. “Nurses will do 25 work-arounds in a shift,” finding innovative ways to care for patients. Scarpone-Lambert is taking that outside-the-box thinking to a new level, Martin said. “He just doesn’t quit, and never stops at ‘no,’ ” she said. “He gets people excited.” Martin added that ScarponeLambert has a well-developed social conscience and will donate lights to health-care facilities in Uganda, where the electricity is unreliable. “This light will impact how I will practice nursing,” she said. Aside from its practical uses, the light is a symbol of sorts to nurses, said Rebecca Love, president of the Society of Nurse Scientists, Innovators, Entrepreneurs, and Leaders (SONSIEL), a Boston nonprofit working to elevate nurses into the forefront of health-care innovation. “In hospitals, nurses are meant to sit at the bedside and are not acknowledged for the

expertise they have with improving patient lives,” Love said. “We are disempowered as a profession. But stories like Anthony’s focus on entrepreneurship, and creating something that makes a difference. “It has everything to do with his drive, character, and passion. And Anthony operates at a different speed, thinking six steps ahead. He is one of the individuals with the potential to be a moonshot in the nursing profession, and I don’t say that lightly.” What also helps ScarponeLambert, his admirers say, is his background in big-time theater. As a child, he was in two Broadway plays: The Miracle Worker and Mary Poppins. “That helps him tell the story of his business,” said Penn Nursing’s Leary. “He’s just so comfortable pitching ideas, more than a lot of nursing students are.” As he looks toward graduation in May, Scarpone-Lambert credits his first-generation student status as a help in getting through the grind of creating a start-up, not to mention the heavy load of Penn studies. “Being first-generation provides you with a kind of grittiness,” he said. “It’s knowing how to work hard, and it’ll help be a better entrepreneur. “First-gen students are very resourceful.”

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Risk factors for ebruary is American Heart Month. atrial fibrillation Feb. 5, National include advanced Wear Red Day, was an age, prior atheroscleopportunity to show rotic coronary disease, awareness of women’s hypertension, smoking, heart health. I learned diabetes and the occurthis as I was getting rence of this condition in dressed, and quickly a close relative. found a red shirt. Men, those with sleep Scott Anderson Heart disease apnea, and imbibers Ask Dr. Scott remains the No. 1 killer of alcohol are also are of women in the United States. at higher risk. Valentine’s Day recalls heartThe Framingham Health shaped boxes of chocolates and Study, a longitudinal New is a good time to consider atrial England project, indicates that fibrillation. This condition is a nearly one-third of those develyear-round phenomenon. oping atrial fibrillation did so The New England Journal after age 55, as I interpret the of Medicine recently published Vanderbilt article. a review of atrial fibrillation Why is it important to diagby Gregory F. Michaud and nose and treat this commonly William G. Stevenson, Vanderencountered condition? bilt University cardiologists. Atrial fibrillation, accordOften referred to as afib, this ing to Michaud and Stevenson, condition is “the most common increases the risk of death by sustained arrhythmia encouna factor of 2.4-fold among men tered in adults.” and 3.5-fold among women. It tends to be characterized Once diagnosed, atrial by a rapid firing of heart cells in fibrillation may be treated by the atria, which feed blood to the different modalities, including larger ventricles of the heart. medications or even judiciously The result is a chaotic pattern of administered cardioversion atrial activity that is reflected on shocks (with mild sedation typian electrocardiogram. cally being employed). Medical students soon Left untreated, afib may recognize the “irregularly become a chronic process. The irregular” heart sounds of atrial reason may relate to fibrosis fibrillation. and changes in the conduction

system of the heart. We worry about this because the loss of the “atrial kick” can diminish the heart’s capacity to pump blood to the rest of the body. More critically, an irregularly beating pair of atria represent a location where blood clots can form within the heart. These clots, if mobilized, can even go to the brain and cause a stroke. Drawing again from the New England Journal article, more than two-thirds of those with atrial fibrillation manifest a paroxysmal pattern, with abrupt events amenable to treatment. Up to 10% per year, however, may progress to chronic atrial fibrillation. Among those with persistent atrial fibrillation, up to 20% of cases may be refractory to routine treatments. In those cases, we typically consider blood-thinning medications designed to diminish the risk of stroke. The cornerstone of treatment also includes addressing modifiable risk factors, such as hypertension or diabetes. Medications may be employed to control heart rate and suppress irregular beats. Cardiologists also may “ablate” tissue causing the arrhythmia, employing catheters that deliver radiofre-

quency or cryotherapy impulses. First responders with atrial fibrillation may face difficulty returning to work. I am always reluctant to send a person on blood-thinning medication back into the fray if the work description involves a high risk of traumatic injury. A blow to the head or a long-bone fracture could be catastrophic in a police officer or firefighter whose blood is medically altered to delay clotting. Medical retirement might be indicated. Shakespeare wrote, “Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.” If love is cerebral, as Shakespeare suggests, why does it make our hearts palpitate? I wish I could ask the Bard, the go-to authority for love-related questions across the centuries. May your Valentine’s Day be serenely healthy. Scott Anderson, M.D, Ph.D. (standerson@ucdavis.edu), is a clinical professor at the University of California, Davis, Medical School. This column is informational and does not constitute medical advice.

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NEIGHBORHOOD 8 OF TSSP PLANNING AREA 4 – Tentative Subdivision Map (TS2020-001) and Development Review (DR2020-005). Public hearing on request by Steve Riter/McKinley Partners to subdivide and develop a ±9.2-acre portion of a ±21.74acre parcel, at the northwest corner of One Lake Drive and Vanden Road (Portion of APN: 0166-420-370), into 56 detached single-family lots and associate infrastructure within Planning Area 4 of the Train Station Specific Plan (TSSP). The project also includes related amendments to the Master Planned Unit Development Permit (MPUD) for Planning Area 4 of the TSSP. An Environmental Impact Report (EIR) was previously adopted for the project to comply with the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act. (Planner: Meily Sheehan, 707-428-7474, msheehan@fairfield.ca.gov)

2021 TELECOMMUNICATIONS ORDINANCE - Ordinance Amendment (OA2020014). Public hearing on request by the City of Fairfield for Ordinance Amendments (OA2020-014) Fairfield amending Chapter 25, Article I, Section 25.38 of the Fairfield City Code (also known as the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Fairfield) Repealing Section 25.32.3, “Antennas and Communications Facilities”, and Creating Section 25.33, “Wireless Telecommunications Facilities” to Clarify Definitions, Application Procedures, and Standards for Telecommunications Facilities in the City of Fairfield all to bring the Fairfield Municipal Code into Conformance with Current Federal Regulations (Planner Brian K. Miller, 707-428-7446, bkmiller@fairfield.ca.gov)

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NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN THAT said public hearing will be held on WEDNESDAY, February 24, 2021 beginning at 6:00 p.m. via teleconference/videoconference, at which time and place any and all persons interested in said matters may appear and be heard. Pursuant to the Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20 regarding public meetings during the COVID-19 emergency, the Planning Commission will not be offering an in-person meeting location for the public to attend, and the meeting will be held by teleconference/videoconference only. Members of the public who wish to observe the meeting may watch live on Comcast Cable Channel 26, ATT U-Verse 99 or on the web at www.youtube.com/user/FFCATV/live, or may watch and participate by computer or phone by joining the Zoom meeting. Additional details and Zoom access information will be provided in the agenda for the February 10, 2021 meeting and on the City’s website at: www.fairfield.ca.gov.

Members of the public may participate in the public hearing in the following ways: 1. Before the meeting: Email comments to planning@fairfield.ca.gov no later than 4:00 p.m. on the date of the meeting, and they will be forwarded to the Planning Commission and included in the public record. Please be sure to include your name and the agenda item you are addressing. 2. During the meeting: When joining via Zoom, you may use the “Raise Hand” feature if using a computer, or dial *9 if using a phone, to let it be known you would like to speak. Staff will call on you for public comment at the appropriate time For additional information, please contact the Community Development Department, City Hall, 2nd Floor or by phone at 707-428-7461. A copy of the staff reports and resolutions for this item will be available on the City’s website at least 72 hours prior to the meeting.

Members of the public may participate in the public hearing in the following ways: 1. Before the meeting: Email comments to planning@fairfield.ca.gov no later than 4:00 p.m. on the date of the meeting, and they will be forwarded to the Planning Commission and included in the public record. Please be sure to include your name and the agenda item you are addressing. 2. During the meeting: When joining via Zoom, you may use the “Raise Hand” feature if using a computer, or dial *9 if using a phone, to let it be known you would like to speak. Staff will call on you for public comment at the appropriate time. For additional information, please contact the Community Development Department, City Hall, 2nd Floor or by phone at 707-428-7461. A copy of the staff reports and resolutions for this item will be available on the City’s website at least 72 hours prior to the meeting.

The City of Fairfield does not discriminate against any individual with a disability. City publications will be made available upon request in the appropriate format to persons with a disability. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable modification or accommodation to attend or participate in this meeting, please contact Lucia Morales, Administrative Assistant, at 707-428-7446 or lmorales@fairfield.ca.gov by 4:00 P.M. on the day of the meeting for assistance.

The City of Fairfield does not discriminate against any individual with a disability. City publications will be made available upon request in the appropriate format to persons with a disability. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable modification or accommodation to attend or participate in this meeting, please contact Lucia Morales, Administrative Assistant, at 707-428-7446 or lmorales@fairfield.ca.gov by 4:00 P.M. on the day of the meeting for assistance.

If you challenge the above-cited item in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Community Development Department, at, or prior to, the public hearing. Any party aggrieved by a decision of the Planning Commission may file an appeal within 14 business days of the decision using the appeal form available from the Community Development Department. To file an appeal, complete the form and submit it with the appropriate fee to: Community Development Department, 1000 Webster Street, 2nd Floor, Fairfield, CA 94533 no later than 14 business days from the date of this hearing. Postmarks will be accepted. DR# 00044925 Published: February 14, 2021

If you challenge the above-cited item in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Community Development Department, at, or prior to, the public hearing. Any party aggrieved by a decision of the Planning Commission may file an appeal within 14 business days of the decision using the appeal form available from the Community Development Department. To file an appeal, complete the form and submit it with the appropriate fee to: Community Development Department, 1000 Webster Street, 2nd Floor, Fairfield, CA 94533 no later than 14 business days from the date of this hearing. Postmarks will be accepted. DR# 00044926 Published: February 14, 2021

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME PETITION OF: ESPERANZA RUBY SOLIS ARROLIGA CASE NUMBER FCS055904 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: Esperanza Ruby Solis Arroliga filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: a. Esperanza Ruby Solis Arroliga Proposed Name: a. Ruby Giselle Solis THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: MAR. 12, 2021; Time: 9:00 am Dept.: 4 ;Rm.: 305 The address of the court is SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SOLANO Hall of Justice 600 Union Avenue Fairfield, CA 94533 A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Daily Republic Date: JAN 21, 2021 /s/ E. Bradley Nelson Judge of the Superior Court FILED: JAN 26 2021 DR# 00044916 Published: Feb. 14, 121, 28, Mar. 7, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS INTENSE TRAINING 101 LOCATED AT: 2555 Ramsay Way, Fairfield CA 94534 Solano Mailing Address: 2555 Ramsay Way, Fairfield CA 94534 (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Joseph Patton 2555 Ramsay Way Fairfield, 94534 THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: an Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 02/15/2020. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Joseph Patton IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION January 31, 2026. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: FEB 01, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021000235 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00044798 Published: February 7, 14, 21, 28, 2021 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: MARY BINGHAM Case Number: P050585 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: Mary Bingham; Mary L. Bingham and Mary Louros Bingham A Petition for Probate has been filed by: Linda M. Byrd in the Superior Court of California, County of: Solano The Petition for Probate requests that: Linda M. Byrd be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent's will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: DATE: MAR. 12, 2021 TIME: 8:30 a.m.; DEPT.: 4 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SOLANO Hall of Justice 600 Union Avenue FAIRFIELD, CA 94533 If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statues 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: M. Kendall Hillman (SBN: 125135) Hillman, Lucas & Canning, P.C. 2420 Martin Road, Suite 300 Fairfield, CA 94534 (707) 427-7377 DR# 00044923 Published: Feb. 14, 17, 21, 2021

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This scientist is teaching the power to heal – through knitting Tribune Content Agency PHILADELPHIA — Ellen Rubin is a scientist. For years, she worked as an immunologist on impressive healthrelated projects – like analyzing adverse drugs reactions and conducting research on pulmonary inflammation, to name a couple – for major pharmaceutical firms. But life, like scientific research, holds much that can’t be predicted. For Rubin, that included a problem pregnancy that put her on bedrest, the grave illness of a beloved friend, the collapse of her marriage and the devastating divorce that followed. Early in those trials, Rubin taught herself to knit. It became her constant through all of the challenges, all of the heartbreak. She also taught others to knit and, like a scientist observing cause and effect, saw how it helped them, too. And in time, a plan took form. “Every fiber of my being was saying, ‘This is what I was put on this earth to do.’ I was put here to work with people and promote the therapeutic benefits of knitting,” Rubin said. “It’s not about what you make. It’s how it makes people feel.” Those beliefs led Rubin, 52, to open her shop, Luv2Knit & More, in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, in April 2017 and, in recent months, to launch her nonprofit Therapeutic Crafters on Call, which will grow a cadre of knitters and crocheters who teach others to knit and reap its benefits. Rubin saw some of those benefits years back, when she volunteered to teach knitting to children at an enrichment program at her oldest child’s elementary school. She sa id t he change in the children was noticeable. “It was in [the children’s] demeanor, the light that was in their eyes, their parents saying, ‘Thank you so much for doing this,’” Rubin said. Before Rubin opened her own shop, she taught knitting at yarn and sewing stores in the area. When Luv2Knit opened, she of course sold knitting and crocheting supplies, including locally produced yarns and socially responsible products from abroad. But she also used the shop as a base to

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Ellen Rubin is photographed at the Luv2Knit &More in Jenkintown, Pa., Feb. 4. Rubin, a former immunologist, has opened a knitting shop in Jenkintown and started a nonprofit to bring what she believes is the therapeutic benefit of knitting to all sorts of people. teach knitting and to teach how to teach it. Before the pandemic set in, Rubin held outreach knitting classes and programs in the area for foster children, kids with emotional problems, maternity patients, stressed healthcare workers, and many others. On Thursday nights at the shop, she held free crafts programs. Since Covid-19, the latter programs are held every other Thursday via Zoom. And instead of offsite group classes, Rubin offers one-on-one or twoon-one lessons at her Old York Road shop. Meanwhile, Rubin – ever the scientist – collects articles and studies about the benefits of knitting and crafting to relieve stress and tension, compassion fatigue among nurses, and more. The folks who have felt their lives improved by Rubin’s tutelage say the changes have been nothing short of amazing. Semaj Alexander, 19, turned to Rubin to learn knitting and crocheting to make caps for his fledging clothing line, Tristen Larue. It wasn’t long before the young Philadelphian realized that doing the handiwork seemed to alleviate the anxiety and inner turmoil he suffers due to post-traumatic stress disorder. “I have a lot of dead friends; the first time I witnessed a murder I was like 12,” said Alexander, adding, “I got a call the other day that my uncle had passed.” Something about the movement of his hands

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relaxes him and dissipates the anger that can well up inside him. Sometimes, he said, he knits while on his job as a home health aide. “Whenever I get my anxiety,” he said, “it helps me to calm down.” Karen Lecks, 62, a retired nurse practitioner, and her daughter Isabel Cohen, 23, have both taken knitting lessons from Rubin. Lecks said her daughter, who has autism and intellectual disabilities, was seeing a therapist for help with anxiety. The therapist told her about Rubin. The results have been remarkable. Not only has

knitting eased her daughter’s anxiety, it seems to have lessened her need for some of the behaviors associated with autism. “Isabel rocks; it’s selfsoothing. When she’s knitting, it’s less. Less perseveration, less kicking. The knitting has helped her tremendously in terms of all those behaviors,” the Wyncote mother said. Another thing, Lecks said, is that “Isabel has very poor fine motor skills, believe it or not.” It’s difficult for her to tie her shoes, yet she knit a sweater and hat for a baby cousin. “For her confidence, it’s been great.”

Cohen said she would recommend knitting to anyone. “It makes me calm and collected,” she said. “If I’m anxious about anything, I can just sit down and try to focus.” Several volunteers have been crucial to Rubin’s therapeutic knitting mission. One of them is Yolanda Pressley, 47, of Philadelphia, a loyal helper for two years and a convert to the power of knitting. Pressley helps Rubin manage the store, planning events and communicating with their social knitting network. Pressley said she’s seen people use knitting to help them manage all sorts of problems, including overcoming addiction. “Knitting puts you in a trance to where you’re not really aware of what’s going on around you,” Pressley said. “You’re more focused on what you’re doing at the time. It kind of makes you focus inward, and it gets your mind off other situations.” Pressley said she uses knitting as a pain-management tool for her own ailments, including fibromyalgia. An advocate for victims of domestic violence, Pressley said she’s involved in an effort to open a shelter for women and children. “When we get an actual physical location, I want my women to have knitting as a way of coping with

some of the mental health issues they will be suffering from,” she said. Rubin is quick to point out that she is far from the first person of science to notice the benefits of knitting and crocheting. Aside the four-inch-thick binder of articles and studies she keeps at the shop, she points out that a number of notable figures have been sold on the value of handiwork. Albert Einstein, for one, reportedly found that knitting calmed his mind and cleared his thinking. George Washington Carver, who was born into slavery but rose to be a renowned botanist, was not only proficient in knitting and crocheting, but embroidery and weaving as well. And, of course, one of the people who has most keenly felt the benefits of knitting is the person driven to bring it others – Rubin herself. “It’s given me skills I never thought I would have,” she said. “It’s definitely given me more peace. It’s definitely given me more love.” The Thursday night group alone has become its own community, said Rubin, and knitting has given her a purpose in life. “I want to make the world a better place,” she said. “I truly believe if more people knitted and crocheted, the world would be a better place.”

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