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FAIRFIELD — A new study from Construction Coverage that looks at the most transient American cities found that 15.4% of Fairfield residents – 17,764 people – moved in a one-year span. Some stayed within the county and some within the state. Others joined the exodus from the Golden State as 135,600 more people left California than moved here in 2020. There are a variety of reasons people leave California, including surging home prices, to be near family and more recently, the Covid-19 pandemic. Among them is longtime Suisun City and Fairfield resident Jean Taylor Hamilton, who has called Fairfield and Suisun City home since July 1958. She entered the Job Corps after high school. She returned and spent a few years in Vallejo with her late husband, Joe Hamilton, who taught many years at Solano Community College. Hamilton’s mother died when Hamilton was 24. Her husband died 22 years later and she was left with a 10-year-old son to raise alone.

WASHINGTON — The dramatic shift in tone from Senate Republicans between two impeachment trials of former President Donald Trump, just a year apart, reveals a party that has grown weary of defending its leader but TRUMP lacks the fortitude to sever ties, with GOP lawmakers openly grappling this weekend with the difficult question of

how to move forward after such a divisive trial. In the wake of Trump’s acquittal Saturday, Republicans are divided on the power Trump will – and should – command in the Republican Party, including in the 2024 presidential election. Seven Republicans voted for conviction, a number so large that the vote will go down as the most bipartisan See Future, Page A7

By the numbers • 135,600 more people left California than moved here in 2020. • 15.4% of Fairfield residents – 17,764 people – moved in a one-year span. • 12.9% of Vallejo residents – 15,566 people – moved in a one-year span. Source: Construction Coverage

Hamilton and her three grandchildren, whom she took in in 2010, lived for almost eight years in a Habitat for Humanity home they helped to build. Hamilton a few years ago took in her daughter, who became disabled. The daughter is also the mother of the grandchildren. Two key factors influenced Hamilton’s decision to move last month to Hawkins, Texas. The 71-year-old needed to be close to family so she could eventually pass the baton to another family member. “I won’t be leaving the burden of her continued See Change, Page A7

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A new study suggests a potential relationship between greater prevalence of marijuana dispensaries and fewer recorded opioid fatalities.

UC-Davis study: Pot could curb opioid death toll Tribune Content Agency SACRAMENTO — Counties with greater numbers of cannabis dispensaries saw fewer opioid-related deaths, according to a study recently published by the University of California, Davis. Study co-author Greta

Hsu, a UC Davis professor of management, was careful to point out that correlation was not causality, and that further study of the subject is needed. “We’re trying to get as precise as we can, but with this kind of data See Study, Page A7

Supermarket workers feel unrecognized over virus Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — A year ago this month, during the early days of the pandemic, Susan Hernandez, a cashier at Food 4 Less in North Hollywood, found herself in a sea of panic-buying shoppers. The coronavirus hadn’t claimed any lives yet in Southern California, but the scenes in stores gave a certain dawnof-the-apocalypse movie, everyone-out-for-themselves vibe. “People were fighting over water,” Hernandez recalled. “Our managers had to break up fights.” Eventually, a sense of relative calm descended as the direst projections didn’t seem to come to pass. Then came the fall

surge, when Los Angeles County became the latest American epicenter of the pandemic. Working in a supermarket once again became a crucible of stress, but not because of panicked shoppers. Now, it was the sheer amount of infection everywhere. “Is today the day I ... get the virus?” Hernandez, 50, would often ask herself. In November, Hernandez tested positive for the virus. She infected her husband and two children. Had her father, who was battling cancer, not been out of town, he might have gotten ill too, she said. Few essential workers have been hit harder by the Covid-19 pandemic than grocery

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store workers. These stores never closed, serving as a lifeline to communities even as much of the economy was on lockdown. The fall and winter surge was devastating, with thousands of workers in Southern California getting the coronavirus. Cases are now dropping, but many workers remain anxious and alone. Essential workers are still struggling to get the Covid-19 vaccine, which is in short supply. Officials have prioritized medical workers and those 65 and older, who have the highest risk of death. That leaves those working at supermarkets still unsure when they will get inoculated. See Workers, Page A7

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Food 4 Less workers protest outside the store in Long Beach, Feb. 3. The group had condemned the parent company’s actions to close two locations because of the city’s emergency ordinance to temporarily pay workers an extra $4 per hour in “hazard” wages.

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1 year as a whole-food, plantbased eater – and I feel fine F it culmieb. 17 will mark my one-year annivernated in sary being a me reading whole-food, the incredplant-based eater. ibly long By the numbers: titled “The As many longtime China Study: readers know, I started Revised and a new lifestyle on Expanded May 17, 2019, called Tony Wade Edition: The Bright Line Eating. Most ComThe last laugh I did so because I had prehensive to do something. Study of Nutrition Ever I was not then at my Conducted and the Starhighest weight, which was tling Implications for 464 pounds in about 2005, Diet, Weight Loss, and but I still commanded Long-Term Health,” by T. more than my fair share Colin Campbell. of gravity at 381 pounds. Its effect on me was I was absolutely sure that similar to when I read the a heart attack or stroke BLE book. In both cases, I was just around the was so sure of its efficacy corner for me. that I didn’t wait until the The book “Bright Line beginning of the month Eating: The Science of to start, but launched my Living Happy, Thin and new lifestyle Feb. 17. Free” by Susan Peirce Redefining a meal: Thompson, Ph.D., is not For most of my life meat just another diet book and was Gladys Knight and has revolutionized my life. vegetables were the less In May 2020 I switched popular Pips. Not so to the maintenance plan anymore. I had to redeat 234 pounds and now fine what a meal is. For have been maintaining a me now it is about the range of 10 or so pounds various components of for months. I weighed my meal and I truly enjoy 215 pounds Friday – a my food. Taste buds die 166-pound weight loss. off and are regenerated Beyond doing the every two weeks and my Ant-Man thing and taste for things I never shrinking from a 4XL thought I would eat and shirt and 56 waist pants love has changed. to a medium shirt and Before Covid-19, 36 waist pants, I have I went to Fairfield’s freedom from the food Farmers Market and chatter that took up space had fun choosing vegein my brain for years. tables that not only had I I truly came for the never eaten, I often didn’t vanity and have stayed know what they were. All for the sanity. my experiments were Why I switched: Now, not successful. I mean, Bright Line Eating is not yes, I love daikon, but I just for people who are thought I would never get whole-food, plant-based. the taste of bitter melon For the first nine months out of my mouth. of my journey, I was a What’s in a name: I meat-eater. BLE is very am not a vegan or a vegadaptable and can actuetarian. I don’t like the ally even be adjusted for connotations that come people doing other prowith those designations. grams like Paleo and People would assume I Atkins or whatever. wore Birkenstocks and As I said in a previous tie-dyed shirts and liscolumn, BLE works for tened to Crosby Stills & Norwegian vegans, BulNash or something, which garian vegetarians and is ridiculous because Baltimore omnivores. Birkenstocks don’t even I started watching a come in size 14. number of documentaI chose this for me ries on the whole-food, because I saw that it plant-based lifestyle and would aid in my quest

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Tony Wade before starting with the Bright Line Eating program, left, and after in May 2020. for good health. I am not a Crusader – not a 1970s jazz-fusion group, 1984 heavy metal album by Saxon or 2021 buddinsky dude tryin’ to tell you how to run your life. I keep my eyes on my own plate. I am not starving: In maintenance, it is a dance where you add food step by step, see how your body responds – whether you gain weight or have hunger – and it is highly individualized. Some people may have one “add” as we call it. I have 14 adds and eat a lot of food. For dinner, often I have 14 ounces of vegetables (usually 6 ounces of salad and 8 ounces of corn), 8 ounces of rice or some other grain, 6 ounces of protein – I like many different kinds of beans, but there are numerous options, 2 fats like 2 ounces of olives and a half-ounce of nuts, and 6 ounces of fruit. It usually takes me at least half an hour to eat all that. Fictional food: People who are whole-food, plant-based are viewed as somehow weaker than meat-eaters and that is just goofy. Protein and many other nutrients

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are abundant in plants. As a matter of fact, we are who you should call if Killer Tomatoes or Audrey II from “Little Shop of Horrors” get out of control. Just give me a knife and a fork and a napkin and watch me go to work. Which brings me to my confession: There are some meats that I wished I had tried before switching. They are fictional. From “Star Wars”: Bantha, Taun Taun and Ewok. From “Star Trek”: Tribbles. And uh, no, Soylent Green didn’t make the list. Reach Fairfield writer Tony Wade at toeknee weighed@gmail.com.

Student surprised by GoFundMe support, raising $4,700 to graduate Tribune Content Agency Michigan State University international student Kaishi Chhabra was shocked to find out her roommate set up a GoFundMe account to help her avoid deportation “If she is unable to finance this semester, she will be disenrolled and forced to leave the United States immediately,” stated Chhabra’s roommate, Emily Bevard. Chhabra came to MSU from a third-world country to study journalism. Her father became unable to support her tuition fees due to a financial crisis back home. She declined to say where she is from because it would pose a threat on her family. “Because of Covid, my dad was unable to pay for my tuition fees this semester. I’m set to graduate in the summer, this is my last semester and we were not ready to give up,” Chhabra said. “I was not initially aware that my roommate had created a GoFundMe for me.” Bevard created the GoFundMe account and sent Chhabra the link after sharing it on Facebook Wednesday night. “It was a last ditch effort that I kind of put together,” Bevard said. “I was kind of just hoping that people would see it and do things, but I don’t think either of us really thought that it would do much.”

Chhabra and Bevard both currently work for the student newspaper at Michigan State, The State News. Their coworkers from the newspaper shared the post and it reach a larger audience. “Then it kind of got to the alumni,” Bevard said. “A lot of people were sharing it from there, and it kicked off a lot and it was way more helpful than I even thought it could have been.” Kaishi said she was not taking out a loan or receiving funding from anywhere, but on Friday, everything took a turn. Many private donors from MSU’s College of Communication Arts and Sciences and the financial aid department began offering Chhabra larger endowed scholarships and grants, allowing her to lower the GoFundMe goal from $20,000 to $4,000, she said. Chhabra surpassed her GoFundMe goal, raising a sum of $4,700. “I didn’t expect that to happen. What really helped was that a lot of people were endorsing me and supporting journalism students.... and a lot of people started like donating in huge amounts,” Chhabra said. “I’m not the only international student who’s feeling this way or going through these problems. I just had an amazing roommate who was willing to help me out.”

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Woman who lived through Spanish Flu receives vaccine, warns of difficult times to come Tribune Content Agency FREMONT — Ursula Haeussler still remembers the frenzy of that day more than a century ago. She had just sat down for breakfast at the kitchen table as the maid began the morning chores at their home on a small farm in a rural, idyllic German town. Suddenly, just as the maid began fixing her apron, she collapsed onto the floor. Haeussler’s uncle and father immediately sprung into action, attempting to revive the unconscious woman before carrying her onto a cart and taking her to the nearest doctor. The young girl’s mind whirled with confusion, wondering what had just happened. Only days later did Haeussler – then just a toddler – learn that the maid had died from the Spanish Flu. Weeks later, the same disease claimed the lives of Haeussler’s uncle and godparents. “That is all I personally know,” she said of the 1918 outbreak, noting she was too young to remember anything else. “But I know it was miserable. Back then there were no vaccines; no one could help it, they just died.” Today, at 105 years old, she sees the parallels of the Spanish Flu that changed her life and infected one-third of the world’s population and the coronavirus pandemic that has already killed more than 2 million worldwide. But this time, there’s a difference. In a small room at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Fremont, Haeussler received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine.

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Ursula Haeussler, 105, who lived through the Spanish Flu pandemic, poses for a portrait, Jan. 27, in Fremont. She was 4 years old when the Spanish flu hit and remembers several family members who died. For the first time in a long time, she felt relief. “We had no way to fight the pandemic back then,” she said of the Spanish Flu. “They had no vaccine and all the medical advancements we’ve made. We can be so thankful now. I am certainly thankful for the people who gave us the vaccine and risk their own life to do so.” Then, the most severe pandemic in recent history, the Spanish Flu was estimated to have infected about 500 million people after the first outbreaks in 1918 and 1919, and the number of deaths from that particular strain of the influenza virus tallied at least 50 million worldwide, including about 675,000 in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In Germany, about 287,000 people are estimated to have died

from the Spanish Flu from 1918 to 1920. coronavirus, The meanwhile, has infected more than 25 million in the U.S., a number that is climbing daily with the number of deaths exceeding 440,000, according to latest health figures. From her home in Fremont, Haeussler recalled that the first pandemic of her life was just the start of a tumultuous 25 years to come. And in many ways, she said, these days are just as turbulent and similar to the one’s she grew up in – a pandemic, protests, economic anxiety and family strife over politics. She saw it all – the Roaring Twenties in Weimar-era Berlin, the collapse of the world economy, hyperinflation, the rise of the Nazi Party in the ’30s in Dresden and the loss of everything her

family had worked for at the end of World War II. “It was a constant uproar,” Haeussler said of her time in Berlin in the late 1920s. “We lived on a big street that connected Potsdam to Berlin. There were always people coming by. Brownshirts marching down the street, singing their songs. Then came the communists and the anarchists. I was at the time 15 years old, so I didn’t probably understand what I was seeing.” In a warning of the potential far reaching implications of the coronavirus pandemic, the New York Federal Reserve in 2020 published a paper linking the 1918 flu pandemic to the rise of the Nazi Party in Germany and right-wing movements across the world. It was partly the constant protesting and civil unrest born out of that

right-wing fervor that made Haeussler and her family move to Dresden in 1930, at the start of the Nazis’ rise to power. The social strife that came after the Spanish Flu – and the economic anxieties caused by the Versailles Treaty that ended World War 1 and forced Germany to pay reparations for the war – frustrated everyone at the time, she said. Though her father did not support the Nazis, there was still a lot of social pressure to follow Adolf Hitler and his movement. “For instance, my brother – who is six years younger than I – he liked the Nazis because they did all kinds of things for young people,” she said. “Young people liked Hitler. They all went to the bonfires in the evening. They all sang nationalistic songs. We were sad for them not only because we lost them to him but because we knew he needed them for cannon fodder.” Vestiges of the kind of fanaticism that Haeussler witnessed in the 20s and 30s have resurfaced over the past four years in America during former President Donald Trump’s administration, she said. For Haeussler, the storming of the United States Capitol on Jan. 6 was like the Reichstag fire in February 1933 – the Nazi-organized burning of Germany’s legislative building that successfully lifted the Nazis to power. Despite the similarities between her time and ours, Haeussler said the world has learned to better deal with See Woman, Page A8

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tate officials are fond of giving their high-concept – and expensive – new programs snappy, one-word acronyms derived from much-longer and often awkward official titles. Thus, for example, the Financial Information System for California is shortened to become FI$Cal. Unfortunately, officials are often more adept at dreaming up names for new programs than at making them function – and FI$Cal has become a poster child for expensive dysfunction. What looked good on paper – consolidating all of the state’s financial data – just hasn’t worked out in practice so far. It’s been underway for many years, with completion deadlines constantly missed, drawing sharp criticism from watchdogs such as state Auditor Elaine Howle. Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing another big program that looks good on paper – reworking Medi-Cal, the massive health care program Dan Walters for low-income Californians that costs about $125 billion a year and serves more than a third of the state’s 40 million residents. Its official name is California Advancing and Innovating MediCal and its acronym is CalAIM. It’s another attempt at consolidation aimed (get it?) at better and less expensive care for “high-risk, high-need” enrollees who are small in number but consume a major chunk of Medi-Cal’s resources. The costliest 1% of Med-Cal’s enrollees account for about 20% of its spending and the neediest 20% consume about 70% of its budget. Who are they? “Past research indicates that the highestcost enrollees typically are being treated for multiple chronic conditions (such as diabetes or heart failure) and often have mental health or substance use disorders,” the Legislature’s budget adviser, Gabe Petek, says in one analysis of CalAIM. “Costs for this population often are driven by frequent hospitalizations and high prescription drug costs. In some cases, social factors like homelessness play a role in the high utilization of these enrollees.” “Today, some Medi-Cal enrollees may need to access six or more separate delivery systems, including managed care, fee-for-service, mental health, substance use disorder, dental, developmental, and/or In-Home Supportive Services,” Newsom’s recently unveiled 2021-22 budget declares. “Fragmentation of service delivery increases the need for care coordination, increases complexity, and results in greater health inequities.” CalAIM would expand “managed care,” in which contractors are paid flat fees to provide medical care to about 80% of current enrollees, to a wider array of services, including housing assistance, for the neediest cohort. In theory, it “will have significant impacts on individuals’ health and quality of life and through iterative system transformation, (it) will ultimately reduce health care costs over time,” as the budget puts it. As stated earlier, combining separate service delivery systems into a one-stop shop does sound good on paper. But as also noted earlier, California has had many programs that sounded good on paper only to fail to deliver the promised benefits. In fact, we’re experiencing one of them right now. For months, state, county and private health care groups worked on an elaborate plan to roll out vaccinations for Covid-19 on a strict priority basis. Newsom repeatedly promised that when vaccines became available, the priority list, starting with front-line health care workers dealing with Covid-19 patients, would rule. However, when vaccine became available, the plan almost immediately exploded and ever since vaccine distribution and utilization has been a scramble with ever-changing, confusing rules. We should be, therefore, skeptical of CalAIM’s lofty promises of getting more bang for the buck. Legislative Analyst Petek is wisely urging the Legislature to proceed cautiously and with an abundance of oversight. We really don’t need another programmatic meltdown. CALmatters is a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s state Capitol works and why it matters. For more columns by Dan Walters, go to calmatters.org/commentary.

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Trump impeachment puts Senate GOP on trial

he wheels of history ernment is the problem” and are turning and we the attack on the New Deal have a grandstand resumed. The Jan. 6 attack seat. Your children on the Capitol became or grandchildren will read its ultimate anti-governabout our present time. ment expression. Let’s put today in a hisToday the wheels are toric perspective. turning again. Joe Biden is The Republican Party bringing back an activist govbegan in 1856 as a reform Jack Batson ernment to fight a murderous party against a languid and pandemic, to engage the larger divided Democratic Party. Abe world again, to rein in big business, to Lincoln had a vision of an activtax the rich, and to raise wages. ist government that had begun with Like a pendulum, our political Alexander Hamilton. He ended choices swing back and forth between slavery but also built a transcontiLeft and Right. But this time the nental railroad, a national banking wreckage of the losing party seems system, a system of agriculture and complete and maybe terminal. mechanical colleges and a program Terminal? Donald Trump never for homesteading. Government could reached 50% approval during his assist in the building of a nation. term, a dubious record. He lost the But by the 1880s the Republicans House, then the Senate and the preshad shed their embrace of activist idency. By all measures, he’s a government for loyalty to Big Busiloser. You would think that the GOP ness, an affection that lasts to this would want to shuck him aside and day. The Democrats were adrift. move on, but no. The abuses that followed that doThe Republican “base” has nothing “Gilded Age” period became become so radicalized by the rightso pronounced that a Republican, wing media ecosystem that it Teddy Roosevelt, actually began a clings to its charismatic loser, and revolt called the Progressive Era, and its elected representatives must the Democrats began to edge toward follow. Led by its new face, Marjorie today’s progressive party. Taylor Greene, the populist radicals But the Republicans gained power want Trump back. again in the 1920s and continued the The old, anti-New Deal Republilow-taxes, no regulation program that cans, led by Mitch McConnell and Liz ultimately caused the Great DepresCheney, clearly disgusted by Trump, sion. An active government was born face a historic choice: capitulate again under Franklin D. Roosevelt. to radicalism and certain political The Republican Party was crushed death, or kick out the radicals and for a generation, but it never abanlet them form a new Trump fascist doned its dream of destroying the party, giving the GOP a chance to New Deal that taxed the rich and rebuild as a conservative party. We raised wages. are watching a GOP civil war; the The state grew until Ronald GOP Senate was on trial last week Reagan told us in 1980 that “govalong with Trump.

I was glued to the TV coverage and to me the House presentation was riveting and totally convincing – Donald Trump tried to stay in office by calling his base to the Capitol on a designated day and time, knowing how violent it would be. He incited to rebellion. He planned it. The House prosecution in the impeachment trial ended as I write this. The trial has since begun and ended with Trump once again acquitted of committing high crimes and misdemeanors. Republicans argued that the requirements for incitation to rebellion have not been met, comparing the impeachment to a regular courtroom trial. But this wasn’t a courtroom trial. It was a political trial ordained by the Constitution. The Senate has “sole power” to present what evidence it wishes and vote as it wishes. They have declared that the former president’s cry to “fight” is common speech for politicians. This is a false equivalency. If Maxine Waters insists on fighting, she is talking as one House of Representatives member among 435 to a local constituency on one occasion. She never called for a date and place. That’s not equivalent to a president saying it perhaps 50 times and assigning a date and objective to an audience of millions. We have now seen how many of the 50 Republican senators voted on the evidence and how many cowered to their master. Jack Batson is a former member of the Fairfield City Council. Reach him by email at jsbatson@ prodigy.net.

THE RIGHT STUFF

Cost high to re-enter Paris climate change agreement

he Right Stuff column of the current climate cycle? Dec. 28 presented arguKnowing the Senate would ments for and against not approve the Paris Treaty, the United Nations then-President Barack Obama Climate Change agenda develissued an executive order oped in 2005 in Paris. Our committing America to the Jan. 4 column provided the agreement – $5 billion history of climate change, American taxpayer dollars identifying hot and cold cycles contributed to subsidize Third for the past 4,000 years. World countries’ climate Earl Heal Some climatologists believe change programs. By 2019, the world is now 170 years into a 188 countries pledged to the agreewarm cycle to peak about 2175 and ment, but compliance was voluntary enter the next cold cycle in 2500. and negligible while atmospheric The United Nations-sponsored CO2 increased significantly. MeanKyoto protocol was the first governwhile, America reduced emissions mental response to alleged dangerous 12% while President Donald Trump global climate change. The treaty, canceled the agreement. adopted in 1997, called for reducing History suggests this heat cycle the emission of greenhouse gases that will continue another 380 years. allegedly contribute to global I endorse actions to conserve fossil warming. Signatories of 41 countries fuels because there is a time when plus the European Union committed supply will be exhausted. When wood to reaching 5.2% below 1990 levels supplies became inadequate, coal was during the period 2008-2012. No found to be a better substitute. When compliance occurred so, in 2012, the automobiles and airplanes developed treaty was extended to 2020. a need for mobility, fossil fuels The Paris agreement replaced the provided the answer. This ingenious Kyoto Treaty in 2015 and likewise is thinking was done without governbased on the theory that Earth’s ment “help.” Man will undoubtedly rising atmospheric carbon dioxide is devise alternate fuels for fossil contributing to climate change. products when necessary. However, archeological history Fossil fuels should be conserved demonstrates relatively constant because alternative fuels for transCO2 levels of 200 to 300 parts per portation vehicles are not yet known, million for the past 4,000 years. but transportation vehicles only emit Earth’s CO2 first passed 300 ppm 22% of America’s carbon emissions. about 2010, about 65 years after Construction and temperature control commencement of the current heat within buildings currently produces cycle, and reached 400 ppm in 2015. 43% of America’s transmissions. Why has there been no correlation Nuclear, geothermal and hydroelectric could easily provide all of CO2 levels in the total history of non-transportation requirements. It is alternating heat and cold cycles? Is past time we overcome a fear of the there a CO2 chemical threshold, unknown about nuclear power. never previously reached, affecting

France for years obtained 60% of its electrical needs by nuclear power without incident. Three nuclear power incidents can educate us. Chernobyl in Ukraine was the world’s worst nuclear failure and its failure can be attributed to design error, human incompetence and Soviet politics. Radiation was spread across Eastern Europe. Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania was the most serious U.S. nuclear incident. No human injuries but the publicity contributed to much public anxiety about nuclear power. The Fukushima, Japan nuclear power disaster resulted not from nuclear or human malfunction. All systems responded safely to earthquake signals. Unrelated to the nuclear operation was that a resulting tsunami swamped the facility and shut down the cooling water pumps for the reactors. Radioactive material was then poured into the Pacific Ocean. Lesson learned. Do not build where a tsunami can reach. America is now re-entering the Paris agreement. What will this cost? The immediate costs are 20,000 skilled workers became immediately unemployed and New Mexico lost 60% of the state’s annual revenue income from canceled federal oil leases. Unknown costs will be subsidies to Third World countries and major damage to America’s economy as the fossil industry collapses. Earl Heal is a retired Air Force officer, Vacaville resident and a member of The Right Stuff Committee of the Solano County Republican Party. Reach him at healearlniki@att.net.

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Family shuts woman out of lives because she is a lesbian Dear Annie: My unfriending them? I sister and I don’t speak don’t want to seem anymore after a falling petty, but my mother out with our nowand sister schemed to deceased mother. It was hurt me as badly as a bad falling out, as she they could, all because talked my mother into l’m a lesbian and they making her the sole heir don’t approve. — Disapproving Family in of her estate because I am a lesbian. Annie Lane Texas Dear Disapproving We recently had to Dear Annie Family: In a perfect speak because of our world, our parents and siblings father’s declining health. My would support us unconditionniece, her daughter, is getting ally and never judge us. In your married, and I suspect I will case, their disapproval sounds not be invited, as I was not extreme. I’m really sorry that invited to her high school or they shut you out of their lives. college graduation. We once It must be very painful. While were very close, but now she doesn’t want to appear a traitor we can’t control others’ actions toward us, we can control to her mother, I guess. how we respond. They did both friend me on If you want to unfriend them Facebook, where they are on Facebook, that sounds like a discussing wedding plans and fine idea. In fact, social media invitations. I have said nothing never really makes people feel except, “Congratulations!” My falling out with my sister better about themselves, so why not just deactivate your is bad enough, but my mother account altogether? and sister hurt me deeply by You might want to seek the keeping me away from my two nieces, especially after I helped help of a professional therapist to process this rejection. Work raise them. I have not said on forgiving your mother and anything in years about it and don’t care to. It’s done and over sister for yourself, not for them. After all, forgiveness is a gift with. I think I need to walk away. you give to yourself. Is this childish of me? Can I As for your nieces, let them give myself permission to save know how much you love them my self-respect and dignity by and that you wish them well.

Horoscopes

ARIES (March 21-April 19). Take whatever effort you planned to put in and times it by 10. That’s about what you deliver on the regular, because when it comes to the things you care about, going overboard seems like the most natural thing to do in the world. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). At the lower levels, there are penalties for going against the rules. It’s confusing to you, though, because it does seem that at the higher levels, the rules change entirely, if there are any at all. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). What to do with one another is not a logistical problem but a relational one. However, the right timing and atmosphere will be conducive to an easy feeling and good communication, both of which will contribute greatly to success. CANCER (June 22-July 22). Commitments aren’t made out of laziness, but bad habits are. Pleasure and inaction are easily repeated until the pattern becomes a rut. You’ll decide to repeat the more difficult thing, and it’s a commitment that will stick. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). The amount of time and energy that go into asserting your control over an uncertain area of life is silly. There’s no guarantee that if you succeed, you’ll be secure. You can add hours to

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Best of luck to you. Dear Annie: What is your take on the church getting involved with politics? The pastor of the church I attended posts on social media and preaches his political views from the pulpit. I don’t share these views, so I have chosen to leave the church. Thus, I’ve lost my church family. Most of the attendees are of the same political beliefs and go along with the pastor. The situation was just too uncomfortable. Some of the attendees have unfriended those who aren’t in agreement. I’m beyond disappointed. — Keep Politics out of Church Dear Keep Politics out of Church: Overt political campaigning should be kept out of church. Any person who unfriends those who are not in agreement is not acting very kind, loving or tolerant -- all qualities that I hope your church preaches. Part of what makes for an interesting world is that we can have different beliefs and still respect one another. My guess is that you are not alone in being annoyed about this issue. Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@ creators.com.

by Holiday Mathis

Today’s birthday You’ll do astounding amounts of good because you stop chasing good’s enemy: “perfect.” This single change will be responsible for increasing your income by thousands and doubling up on your productivity levels, too. A simple mutual goal begins an exciting relationship journey. Virgo and Aries adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 12, 5, 18, 33 and 9.

your life by simply accepting the uncertainty. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). The problem can be solved quite simply, by cutting out that which is unnecessary. The simplicity and lightness of working without all the bells and whistles is not only effective; it’s so pleasurable it may become the new standard. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The pursuit of knowledge is beneficial in that you’ll learn a ton of information, but it can also be an avoidance tactic because it’s less scary to read than it is to actually get in there and experience the thing. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You’re focused on seeing a transaction start well and end well. This means prep work,

showing up early, staying late, a wrap-up, and a reflection to understand what worked and what didn’t and plan the next approach. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21). You do the correct thing, do the fun thing, add the extra charm, put your spin on it . . . because you never do know when you’re doing something that the other person will remember far into the future. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19). Talk to friends about what you’re afraid of. When you share your fear with someone who gets it, you go a long way toward relieving the sort of pressure that tends to blow fears out of proportion. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18). You take responsibility for what happens to you, not because it’s all directly in your control – much of it isn’t – but because it helps you to see where your points of leverage and control are so you can seize them when you can. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Your mind will churn out rationalizations to keep you impeccable, but you recognize that it’s a trick. No one is impeccable, and it’s human nature to avoid the vulnerability that comes from being wrong.

Bridge

TRY TO MAKE PARTNER’S LIFE EASY If you and your partner wish to do better, discuss defense. Almost every card played by each of you should send some information to partner. First, there are the opening leads, where in an unbid suit you should follow the BoSToN rule -- Bottom of Something and Top of Nothing. This

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by Phillip Alder means that if you lead a low card from length, you guarantee at least one honor in that suit. If you don’t have an honor, you lead an unnecessarily high card. Note that these leads also apply after trick one, whenever you open a suit that neither side has yet led. In today’s deal, look at only the West hand. South opens one no-trump, and North raises to three no-trump. What should West lead? Length rules in no-trump, but West does not have an honor in his suit. So he leads the heart nine, top of nothing. This lead tells East that South has the heart king and heart queen. So, after winning with his ace, East should shift to the spade queen, netting the first five tricks for the defense. Yes, if South is clever, he will play a heart royal at trick one, trying to look like someone who started with the doubleton king-queen. Almost certainly, that would persuade East to return the heart jack, which would be the winning defense if West had the diamond ace, not the spade ace. Here, though, declarer would run for home. Note finally that if West leads his fourth-highest heart, the six, East should win with the ace and return the jack, playing partner to hold something like K-9-8-6-5. Then the defenders take the first five tricks in hearts. COPYRIGHT: 2021, UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE

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Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 grid contains the digits 1 through 9, with no repeats. That means that no number is repeated in any row, column or box. Solution, tips TRYand TO computer MAKE program at PARTNER’S LIFE EASY www.sudoku.com If you and your partner wish to do better, discuss defense. Almost every card played by each of you should send some information to partner. First, there are the opening leads,

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you don’t see causality,” she said. The study is the first of its kind to look at medical and recreational cannabis dispensary operations compared to opioid-related deaths, all at the county level. It suggests a potential relationship between greater prevalence of dispensaries and fewer recorded opioid fatalities. “Given the alarming rise in the U.S.’s fentanylbased market and in deaths involving fentanyl and its analogs in recent years, the question of how legal cannabis availability relates to opioid-related deaths can be regarded as a particularly pressing one,” researchers said in a statement released by UC Davis. California residents

voted in 2016 to legalize cannabis for recreational consumption, following in the footsteps of states like Colorado, Washington and Alaska. The study accounted for 812 counties across the country that allow recreational or medical marijuana dispensaries. “According to this estimate, an increase from one to two storefront dispensaries in a county is associated with an estimated 17% reduction in all opioid related mortality rates,” an excerpt from the study reads. Hsu said that she wanted to look at the county level, rather than the statewide level, because cannabis availability is not uniform even in states where it is legal for consumption. With state and federal cannabis data at the

county level in sparse supply, Hsu and study coauthor Balazs Kovacs of Yale University used an unorthodox, if comprehensive, source for their data. “We grabbed data from Weedmaps.com, which I guess you could refer to as the Yelp of cannabis,” Hsu said. Weedmaps is an Irvinebased prolific website where people can locate cannabis dispensaries in their area. Hsu said that both cannabis and opioids such as fentanyl are “potential pain management kinds of drugs,” and the availability of the former could have an impact on people’s choice to seek out the latter. Hsu and Kovacs have been studying Weedmaps data since 2014, she said. Originally, they were looking at how the cannabis industry was evolving.

“We were really interested in this as a new industry that’s in the gray so it’s kind of interesting how that affects how the industry grows,” Hsu said. But as their research progressed, they saw a public health question that they might be able to answer, she said. Hsu said that more research is needed on the subject; their study didn’t look at individual users and the decisions they made, which would provide more specific information on whether allowing more cannabis dispensaries would be an effective tactic for curbing opioid abuse. “This is not causal. So we don’t want to say for sure that having cannabis dispensaries is good,” Hsu said. “We’re seeing some initial evidence for it.”

Change: Concerns From Page One care to her youngest children, one of whom needs supervised care, or to her brother and his young family,” Hamilton wrote in an email to the Daily Republic. Another concern: Would the three grandchildren she cared for be able to keep their houses in Fairfield? Hamilton didn’t think the finances would be there for the grandchildren to do so. She decided her granddaughter in Texas could handle the task of taking care of her mother and younger siblings. Hamilton was also growing tired of the homeless population that hung out in the area, and the loud traffic. She wrote that she also felt the state was taking the wrong turn politically. There were concerns about what her grandchildren’s life would be like in a state with sanctuary cities, gangs, and so forth. “I’m not sure how different Texas will be in years to come, but hopefully I’ll still have time to instill more wisdom, common sense and love into their lives that they’ll be secure enough to act wisely in their financial lives, their career lives, and their relationships to grow even further as responsible, caring adults,” Hamilton wrote.

Hamilton and her grandchildren attended two local churches where the grandchildren did volunteer work for both. They were part of the Matt Garcia Foundation cleanup group. And, they helped build four houses, including their own, in Fairfield, helped revamp a veteran’s home and volunteered at Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore. As she adjusts to life in a new state, and a smaller town, Hamilton said there are many things she misses in Fairfield, from knowing where the streets and stores are and the best routes to the stores. Friends, her son, daughter-in-law and their sons, who live in Vacaville, are greatly missed. The study reveals in a one-year span, a total of 4,689,828 California residents moved, representing 12% of the California population. The Construction Coverage survey revealed that nationwide, almost 14% of the population had pulled up stakes in the past year. The survey found that 12.9% of Vallejo residents – 15,566 people – moved in a one-year span. For more information, a detailed methodology and complete results, visit https://constructioncoverage.com/research/ most-transient-us-cities.

Workers: Fighting From Page One Adding to the stress is the growing political battle over granting grocery workers “hero pay,” a move that prompted one chain to close two stores in response to a local law. Union officials said 21 workers at the Food 4 Less in North Hollywood have tested positive for the coronavirus since the pandemic started. They said 90% of those cases occurred between November and December. Those statistics and the emergence of more contagious coronavirus variants underscore the extraordinary risks grocery workers face as they eagerly await vaccinations, which are being administered this month. United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Local 770, which represents

more than 20,000 grocery workers in Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, said 5,500 union and nonunion workers at several grocery stores have been infected with the virus since the start of the pandemic. At least 428 workers were infected in November. According to the union, 773 of its 2,673 Food 4 Less union workers have tested positive for the coronavirus. Cities across the state have acknowledged the growing risks these workers face by considering or passing hazard pay ordinances – dubbed “hero pay” – that require large grocery stores to pay their workers an extra $4 or $5 an hour for 120 days. Grocery store owners, however, have resisted such ordinances by threatening to raise prices, cut pay and even close stores.

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Future: Acquittal tests GOP’s positions From Page One presidential guilty tally in American history; even so, the GOP votes represented just 14% of the Senate conference. “Time is going to take care of that some way or another,” Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa), who voted not guilty and is the longest serving Republican in the Senate, said shortly after the verdict. “But remember, in order to be a leader you got to have followers. So we’re gonna find out, whoever leads.” When Trump faced his first impeachment trial in 2020, Senate Republicans rushed to defend him, deriding the House effort as a politically motivated witch hunt. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) pledged to work with Trump’s legal team to avoid conviction and referred to himself as “not an impartial juror.” Ayearlater,thereception from Senate Republicans was far different. As he stood trial for inciting the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol that left five dead, the only one calling it a witch hunt was Trump himself. Republicans refused to defend Trump’s actions on the merits, instead relying on a legal argument that the Constitution didn’t allow for conviction of a former president. From the start of Trump’s second trial, McConnell signaled he was open to conviction. And even though he ultimately voted not guilty, he scorched Trump on the Senate floor after the vote, leaving no doubt about how the most senior Senate Republican felt about the former president. “There is no question that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of that day,” he said.

Trump was no longer president, lacked a social media megaphone (he was permanently suspended from Twitter two days after the insurrection) and there is no immediately looming election. Republicans also viewed his actions as more grievous against the republic and against themselves. “Before someone assumes the office of the presidency, they are required to swear to faithfully execute the office of the president and to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States,” said Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, one of the seven Republicans who voted for conviction. Trump, she said, “failed to uphold that oath.” Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, who also voted for conviction, suggested Trump had used sheer menace to try to bend others to his will, including the members of Congress who had gathered Jan. 6 to formally certify P resident Biden’s election win. C a s s id y also pushed back against — Sen. Mitch McConnell the notion of the former president’s suggested that their view of the ex-president as a grip on the GOP, assertdestructive force would ing that Trump’s “force wanes” within the party. eventually prevail. “I think there are far “The Republican Party more people who agree is more than just one that we have got to move person,” he said Sunday on on from Donald Trump,” ABC’s “This Week.” The vote will serve Maryland’s Republican Gov. Larry Hogan said as a dividing line among on CNN’s “State of the Senate Republicans that Union,” adding that had he will become particularly been a senator, he would important if Trump tries have voted to convict. to resurrect his political During the first career in the 2024 election. impeachment trial, the While Trump’s stand2020 election was a ing is mixed within the mere 10 months away of Senate Repubranks and Republicans viewed licans, he has many the outcome as a likely pivotal factor in the race. more allies in the House, At that time, Trump still though 10 joined Demhad a Twitter account ocrats in impeaching that he used to excori- him last month. ate fellow Republicans The overwhelming who crossed him. majority of the chamber’s But during the sequel, Republicans have stood

His sentiment was widely held among Senate Republicans, some publicly and some only privately. Even Trump’s strongest defender in the Senate, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), declined to defend the former president’s conduct ahead of and on Jan. 6. “His behavior after the election was over the top,” Graham said Sunday, although he quickly pivoted to ridiculing the House impeachment managers. “The trial record was a complete joke, hearsay upon hearsay,” the senator told “Fox News Sunday.” Conviction – and a ban on running again, a possibility if the Senate had voted for conviction – stood as the most concrete way to push Trump out of the party for good, an idea that the majority of Republicans did not embrace. Still, some national Republican figures who have previously clashed with Trump

“There is no question that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of that day.”

by the former president, and attacked Democrats for engaging in what they described as a political vendetta. “Remember what the Democrats were trying to do,” Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), a staunch Trump ally, said on Fox’s “Sunday Morning Futures.” “They were trying to cancel the guy that 74 million Americans voted for because they didn’t want him to be on the ballot, have a chance to be on the ballot in 2024.” Hou s e M i n or ity Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield), who exchanged harsh words with Trump on Jan. 6 and criticized him in the days following the riot, has decided to keep Trump as an ally. Three weeks after the insurrection, McCarthy made a pilgrimage to Trump’s home in Florida and crafted an agreement with the former president to help House Republicans in the 2022 midterm elections. While disappointed by the final vote tally, Democrats saw positive elements in the impeachment trial, saying they believed it might help Republicans move on from Trump. House managers who prosecuted Trump portrayed the Senate trial as a devastating revelation of the ex-president’s character – one they hope will eventually chip away at his standing in the party. Delegate Stacey Plaskett of the U.S. Virgin Islands said the prosecutors’ vivid compilation of events surrounding the Capitol riot allowed Americans to see “truly who Donald Trump was.” Appearing on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, Plaskett portrayed Republican votes to acquit as an act of moral cowardice. “They just decided that they wanted to give him a walk,” she said of the 43 senators who rejected the article of impeachment. “And they found a technicality that they created to do so.”

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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.

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

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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Cars remain covered as rain puts a stop to the running of the 63rd Daytona 500 at Daytona International

Speedway, Sunday. The race resumed Sunday evening after a five-hour rain delay.

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Rain, wreck make for bumpy Daytona Tribune Content Agency First there was the Big Wreck, then came the Big Rain, twin calamities that visited Sunday’s Daytona 500, turning NASCAR’s premier race into a used car lot. Just 15 laps – 37 miles – into “The Great American Race,” the rain began to fall on a field already under caution for a wreck that had caught up 16 cars, nearly a third of the 40-car field. The race was still under a weather delay late Sunday night. The weather curse continues. Last year’s race was so rain-sodden that it required a Monday finish, whereupon Denny Hamlin won his second straight 500 (and third overall) to greatly

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Fans wait out a Daytona 500 rain delay inside the grandstands at Daytona International Speedway, Sunday. reduced fanfare. On that Monday, Ryan Newman was bumped from the lead and sent horrifically airborne in a fiery last-lap crash. Returning to the scene this year, Newman got his wreck out of the way

early and was thankfully spared the trip to the hospital. On Turn 3 of Lap 15, Aric Almirola, running near the front, was sent sideways. That meant big trouble for a tightly packed field. The unluckiest of the

spinning cars plowed into the muddy Daytona infield. It all happened just in front of Dawsonville’s Chase Elliott, but the defending Cup champion dove low on the track and was able to avoid entanglement. In all, 16 other cars – which notably included those rides belonging to Kurt Busch, Jamie McMurray, Martin Truex Jr. and Newman – were not so fortunate. Newman was listed as one of six drivers out of the field, with the others waiting to test their damaged cars. When the race was halted, Kevin Harvick, 2007 Daytona 500 winner and 2014 Cup champion, held the lead. Elliott was fifth.

Michigan rallies past Wisconsin Tribune Content Agency Not even a long layoff could slow Michigan’s roll. Coming off a two-week shutdown and playing its first game in 23 days, the No. 3 Wolverines were welcomed back at a tough venue against an opponent with payback on its mind. None of that mattered as Michigan picked up where it left off and rallied from a 14-point first-half deficit to take down No. 21 Wisconsin, 67-59, in Sunday’s top-25 Valentine’s Day matchup at the Kohl Center. Senior forward Isaiah

Livers finished with 20 points and sophomore wing Franz Wagner scored 14 for Michigan (14-1, 9-1 Big Ten), which closed the game on a 23-8 run over the final 11 minutes. Freshman center Hunter Dickinson added 11 points and 15 rebounds and came away with a pair of critical offensive rebounds in the closing minutes. After a tough first half that culminated in a 12-point deficit, Michigan showed signs of life out of the break with a

13-3 spurt to make it a one-possession game. Wagner keyed the run with a pair of 3-pointers and a runner to pull the Wolverines within 45-42 at the 14:12 mark. But a couple of rough possessions — a forced layup attempt by grad transfer guard Mike Smith and 3-point attempt by Wagner — cooled Michigan’s momentum as Wisconsin answered with back-to -back baskets to regain a sevenpoint advantage. The Wolverines kept chipping and clawing

away, stringing together stops and free throws during a 10-2 spurt that Dickinson capped at the line for a 54-53 lead with 5:04 remaining. That set the stage for a frantic back-and-forth finish where Michigan made all the plays it needed. After Wisconsin countered to go back up by three, Michigan answered with a jumper from senior guard Eli Brooks and a 3-pointer from Livers off an offensive rebound from Dickinson to regain a 59-57 edge at the 2:48 mark.

SYDNEY — Title holder Novak Djokovic showed little sign of injury as he advanced into the Australian Open quarterfinals with his 300th win at the majors while last year’s finalist Dominic Thiem crashed out. World No. 1 Djokovic stopped Canadian 14th seed Milos Raonic 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 in the early minutes of Monday to remain on course for a ninth title at Melbourne Park. Djokovic struggled with an abdominal injury in his five-set win over Taylor Fritz and did not train Saturday. “Any other tournament than a Grand Slam I would retire or withdraw,” he said after Sunday’s game. “I didn’t know until I finished my warm-up three hours before whether I would play or not ... When I warmed up it was fine. During the match it was on and off, not ideal but I cannot complain, I won the match against a great player.” Third seed and US

Open holder Thiem was meanwhile ousted by Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov, 6-4, 6-4, 6-0. On the women’s side Naomi Osaka saved two match points to defeat Garbine Muguruza and Serena Williams also needed three sets to defeat Arnya Sabalenka to reach the last eight in Melbourne a 13th time. Djokovic had said Friday he wasn’t sure whether he could continue but took to the court with a tape on the side of his upper body. He clinched the first set in a tiebreak where he raced off to 3-0 and never looked back. Bigserving Raonic had his right ankle taped early in the second set and got the first break of the match in the fifth game with a forehand winner en route to squaring the sets. But Djokovic raced through the third and got the deciding break for 5-4 in the fourth when Raonic netted a backhand. Djokovic served out the match in the next game when Raonic hit a return wide. See Australia, Page B7

NFL preps to tackle its 2021 season Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — The NFL just completed the most improbable of seasons, with several games moved amid the coronavirus but none canceled. There’s little time for celebration, however, as the league has to keep its eyes downfield with the year-round schedule rolling along. A look at the issues to come:

Vaccines This is a big one. When will the NFL return to some semblance of normalcy, with relaxed protocols and stadiums filled with fans? NFL

Commissioner Roger Goodell has made it clear that the league isn’t going to “jump the line” and advocate for player vaccinations before others in their distribution category get them. “It’s too early to say whether vaccines will be part of the solution,” Goodell said. “We expect that they will. We hope that much of our society will be vaccinated by the summer because it’s in the best interest of our country and the health of our people. So, we’ll adapt and if our protocols have to adapt again we will.” Unclear too is when fans can return to stadiums in large numbers. A total of 1.2 million spectaSee NFL, Page B7

Globetrotters faced racial tension, brought thrills Tribune Content Agency ATLANTA — The Harlem Globetrotters was a bit of an overstatement in its earliest days. The team didn’t cover the world. Its Black players traveled to tiny, predominantly white towns in Iowa, the Dakotas and elsewhere in the Midwest. And the Globetrotters, now based in Peachtree Corners, Gerogia, weren’t from Harlem. But issues of race were often tangled up in its more than 90-year basketball history, for good and ill. Before countless half-court shots, basketballs spinning on fingers, shenanigans involving buckets of confetti, referees enduring gags that involved their pants being yanked down, even

before Black players danced on court with white women when such things would have been considered risky in the outside world, the Globetrotters were focused on great basketball. Twice in the late 1940s they beat the best team in what was then an all-white NBA, with two future Hall of Famers opposing them. “The fact that the Trotters could beat them in regular basketball showed the quality of basketball that Black players were playing, or capable of playing, had they been given more opportunities,” said Ron Thomas, who authored the book “They Cleared the Lane: The NBA’s Black Pioneers” and is director of Morehouse College’s journal-

ism and sports program. In 1950, the NBA let in its first Black players, including Globetrotter Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton, who became the first to sign an NBA contract. The Globetrotters launched in the 1920s, an all-Black team from Chicago, started by Tommy Brookins, a Black basketball player and jazz singer, according to Ben Green, who wrote the book “Spinning the Globe: The Rise, Fall and Return to Greatness of the Harlem Globetrotters.” Abe Saperstein, a white booking agent, soon took over the business. The Globetrotters rumbled into 150 Midwest towns a year to take on the best local teams they could find. See Globetrotters, Page B7

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Harlem Globetrotter legend Fred “Curly” Neal visits the SiriusXM Studio in New York, Feb. 13, 2012.

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Sweet potatoes? Sweet! 5 recipes you will love

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here is no mistaking a sweet potato. You can’t eat one and wonder whether it is, perhaps, a zucchini. No one has ever sampled one and confused it with a turnip. It is impossible to take one for broccoli, or even a regular potato. Sweet potato is a sweet potato is a sweet potato. Its uniqueness is both its curse and its charm. Nothing else is quite like it, but that also means its utility is limited. It is not something you would ever want to use as a substitute for another ingredient. It is, as they say, what it is. One thing it isn’t, incidentally, is a yam. Though both are root vegetables, they are unrelated (for that matter, sweet potatoes are only distantly related to our common potatoes). They don’t even look alike – yams resemble horseradish roots, and can grow to be more than 50 pounds – and yams are much less sweet, drier and starchier. True yams are almost never sold in America, though you can sometimes find them in international markets. In general, if it is labeled either a yam or a sweet potato, it’s a sweet potato. And that is fortunate, because I just cooked five dishes featuring sweet potatoes, and they were all delicious, down to the last orange crumb. I started with chili, which is a good place to start in all circumstances. A friend had recommended a vegan sweet potato chili recipe that he likes, and he recommended it so strenuously that I decided to give it a try. I don’t always see eye-to-eye with this friend, though we have been close for nearly 50 years. But I’ll give him this: He knows his vegan sweet potato chili. Sweet and hot flavors always go well together, as long as they are not too sweet and not too hot. In this chili they are a perfect blend, with the mild natural sweetness of the sweet potato bringing out the best in the mild heat of the chili powder, and vice versa. It makes a richly flavored, robust meal, heavy with black beans, tomatoes, diced onion and red bell pepper providing a foundation of flavor for the star attraction, the sweet potatoes. Don’t tell anyone, but I added a bit of hot sauce to my bowl. Sweet potato fries, of course, are always popular. I thought about simply dropping them into hot oil and frying them, but then I came across a recipe for oven-baked fries – though “oven-baked fries” is an oxymoron. I’m not actually sure if baking fries in an oven is any better for you than frying them in oil. The recipe I used requires two tablespoons of oil for two large sweet potatoes, and I am not convinced that fries that are fried would soak up more than that amount. Still, the reason to make oven-baked sweet-potato fries is compelling: They are excellent. Baking them in an oven allows the fries’ exterior to become crispy, or at least moderately crispy, while the interior is soft and creamy. They are just what fries should be, only sweeter than ordinary fries. Perhaps it is counterintuitive, but these sort-of-sweet fries are even better when served not with ketchup but with honey. Add a little cinnamon for an extra treat. The next dish I made is similar in some ways to the oven-baked fries. Parmesan Baked Sweet Potatoes are cooked the same way – tossed with a little bit of oil and then baked – so they have the same crisp and creamy textures. But the similarity ends there. The fries are spiced with garlic powder, paprika, salt and black pepper; these intense flavors contrast nicely with the smooth, sweet taste of the sweet potatoes. But the Parmesan Baked Sweet Potatoes offer

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Parmesan baked sweet potatoes are tossed with a little bit of oil and then baked. They are finished under the broiler to melt the cheese.

Roasted sweet potato with hot honey brown butter, left, and sweet potato fries. a little more than the Parmesan cheese melted on top under the broiler at the end of cooking. The cheese here serves only as an accent. It is an exclamation point at the end of a sweet sweet-potato sentence. Next up was the bakedpotato version of a sweet potato. The sweet potato here is baked whole until it is completely tender. So far, there is nothing extraordinary about it. The extraordinary part comes from the sauce that is drizzled over the top. The sauce begins with melted butter that has been browned, so it tastes a little nuttier. That is combined with a bit of honey and a dash of vinegar, for a subdued sweet-and-sour effect, and some crushed red pepper to bring on just enough heat. If you like the sauce on sweet potatoes you can try adding it to anything from winter squash to oatmeal to ice cream. Last came dessert. Sweet potatoes are one of the very few vegetables that can legitimately be used in dessert. I made a sweet potato pie. Of course I did. What else would a pie-lover make? The ingredients may sound familiar: cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and cloves. It’s what goes into any pumpkin pie worth its salt (salt is also an ingredient). But what makes this sweet potato pie better than ordinary pumpkin pies are the other ingredients. Along with the heavy cream and eggs, this pie also benefits from brown sugar and bourbon. These additions bring a rich and round depth to the pie. It is a flavor-forward dessert, where the ingredients all act in harmony to bring color and emphasis to the sweet potato at the heart of it all. SWEET POTATO PIE Yield: 8 servings 1 pie crust

1 ½ pounds sweet potatoes 1 cup heavy cream ½ cup brown sugar ½ cup good maple syrup ½ cup granulated sugar 5 tablespoons salted butter, melted 3 eggs beaten ¼ cup bourbon ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon ¾ teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg 1 ⁄8 teaspoon ground cloves 1 ⁄8 teaspoon ground black pepper ½ teaspoon ground ginger Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place pie crust in a 9-inch pan and poke holes all over with a fork. Line with aluminum foil or parchment paper, weight down with pie weights or dried beans and bake until edges just begin to turn golden brown, about 15 to 18 minutes. Remove weights and lining, and cool thoroughly to room temperature. Raise oven temperature to 425 degrees. Place sweet potatoes on a baking sheet, pierce all over with a fork and roast for 1 hour. Remove them from the oven, peel and place in a large mixing bowl. Mash with a potato masher. Lower oven temperature to 325 degrees. Add the cream, brown sugar, maple syrup, granulated sugar, melted butter, eggs, bourbon, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, cloves, pepper and ginger to the mashed sweet potatoes and stir well to combine. Pour into the prebaked pie shell (you may have some filling left over). Bake 50 minutes. Serve warm or cold. Per serving: 484 calories; 22 g fat; 11 g saturated fat; 106 mg cholesterol; 6 g protein; 67 g carbohydrate; 42 g sugar; 4 g fiber; 476 mg sodium; 84 mg calcium Adapted from “My Beverly Hills Kitchen” by Alex Hitz ROASTED SWEET POTATOES WITH HOT HONEY BROWNED BUTTER Yield: 4 servings 4 small to medium sweet potatoes, scrubbed 6 tablespoons (¾ stick) butter 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes

2 tablespoons honey 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar or apple cider vinegar Salt and pepper Flaky sea salt Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Poke each sweet potato all over with a fork and place directly on the oven rack. Roast until they are impossibly tender, with bits of sweet potato sugar caramelizing in the spot they’ve been poked, 60 to 80 minutes. Meanwhile, melt the butter in a small pot over medium heat, swirling the pan until the butter starts to and brown, about bubble 5 minutes. Add the honey, vinegar and red pepper flakes, and season with salt and pepper. Remove from the heat and set aside (this sauce can be made up to 5 days in advance and kept refrigerated; rewarm in a small pot before using). Once the sweet potatoes are out of the oven, slit them down the middle. Warm up the browned butter mixture and pour over the sweet potatoes (alternatively, scoop the flesh out of the skins and transfer it to a bowl or serving dish, then drizzle with the browned butter sauce). Sprinkle with flaky sea salt. Per serving: 300 calories; 17 g fat; 11 g saturated fat; 46 mg cholesterol; 2 g protein; 36 g carbohydrate; 14 g sugar; 4 g fiber; 861 mg sodium; 47 mg calcium Recipe from “Dining In” by Alison Roman OVEN-BAKED SWEET POTATO FRIES Yield: 6 servings 2 pounds sweet potatoes, peeled 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1 teaspoon paprika 1 teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon black pepper Line 2 rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper and place in oven. Preheat oven (with baking sheets in them) to 400 degrees. Cut the sweet potatoes into sticks ¼- to ½-inch wide and 3 inches long, and toss them with the oil. Mix the garlic powder, paprika, salt and pepper in a small bowl, and toss them with the sweet potatoes. Remove the hot baking sheets from the oven, scatter them with the fries in a single layer and return the baking sheets to the oven. Bake until brown and crisp on the bottom, about 12 to 15 minutes, then flip and cook until the other side is crisp, about 10 minutes. Serve hot. Per serving: 130 calories; 4 g fat; 1 g saturated fat; no cholesterol; 2 g protein; 23 g carbohydrate; 5 g sugar; 4 g fiber; 353 mg sodium; 36 mg calcium Adapted from a recipe by Mark Bittman in the New York Times PARMESAN SWEET POTATOES Yield: 4 to 6 servings

3 sweet potatoes 2 tablespoons olive oil ½ teaspoon salt Pepper 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese, finely grated Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Peel sweet potatoes and cut into 1 ½-inch chunks. In a large bowl, toss sweet potatoes with oil, salt and a generous amount of pepper. Spread in a single layer on a baking sheet. Bake 15 minutes, flip sweet potatoes and cook until brown and tender, 10 minutes. Sprinkle with Parmesan. Cook under broiler until the cheese has melted, 1 to 2 minutes. Per serving (based on 4): 156 calories; 7 g fat; 11 g saturated fat; 2 mg cholesterol; 2 g protein; 20 g carbohydrate; 4 g sugar; 3 g fiber; 387 mg sodium; 63 mg calcium Adapted from a recipe by Kelli Foster in thekitchn.com VEGAN SWEET POTATO CHILI Yield: 8 to 10 servings 2 or 3 sweet potatoes, about 1 ½ to 2 pounds 2 (15-ounce) cans black beans, undrained ½ teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon smoked paprika 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1 large white onion, diced 1 red bell pepper, diced 3 or 4 garlic cloves, minced 1 to 2 tablespoons mild pickled jalapenos, optional 1 tablespoon chili powder ¾ teaspoon ground cumin ½ teaspoon oregano 2 (14-ounce) cans fireroasted tomatoes 1 ½ cups water 1 tablespoon cornmeal 1 teaspoon molasses or other sweetener 1 teaspoon unsweetened cocoa Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cube sweet potatoes and place in a large bowl. Add 1 tablespoon of the juice from the beans, salt and paprika, and toss to coat. Scatter in single layer on a baking sheet. Roast for 20 minutes and set aside to cool. Add oil to a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add onion and red bell pepper, and sauté until softened, about 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in garlic, jalapeño if using, chili powder, cumin and oregano. Cook 3 minutes, stirring often. Add tomatoes, water, cornmeal, sweetener and cocoa. Bring to a simmer and cook 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Drain and rinse black beans; add to chili. Add roasted sweet potatoes and taste for seasoning; add salt as needed. Per serving (based on 8): 282 calories; 2 g fat; 2 g saturated fat; no cholesterol; 10 g protein; 55 g carbohydrate; 12 g sugar; 15 g fiber; 12 mg sodium; 120 mg calcium Adapted from a recipe by Chuck Underwood in Brandnewvegan.com

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FAIRFIELD — Dan Stevens, who starred as Matthew Crawley in “Downton Abbey,” brings more drama to the screen in “Blithe Spirit.” He plays a best-selling crime novelist dealing with writer’s block, whose quest for inspiration leads him to invite an eccentric mystic, played by Judi Dench, to perform a séance in his home. She inadvertently summons the spirit of his first wife. He finds himself stuck between two wives and their efforts to outdo one another. It’s rated PG-13. The thriller “Body Brokers” centers on junkies living on the streets of rural Ohio. A seemingly chance encounter with the enigmatic man brings them to Los Angeles for treatment. One finds sobriety with the help of the treatment center therapist. He also learns that rehab is not about helping people – it’s merely a cover scheme for a multibillion-dollar fraud operation. It’s rated R. Disney+ will debut “Flora and Ulysses,” about a 10-year-old girl who rescues a squirrel with unique superhero powers. It’s not rated. Netflix’s “I Care A Lot” stars Rosamund Pike as a successful legal guardian with a knack for exploiting the law to her financial benefit. After discovering her new client, played by Dianne Wiest, harbors dangerous secrets, the guardian and her partner discover

they have unknowingly triggered a battle with a ruthless adversary. It’s rated R. “Nomadland,” with Frances McDormand, is the story of a woman who, after a job loss, packs her van and sets off on the road exploring a life outside of conventional society as a modern-day nomad. The film features real nomads. It’s rated R. “Silk Road” is the story of a young man who creates the internet’s first unregulated marketplace: Silk Road. When it becomes a multimilliondollar pipeline for illicit drugs, he finds himself at odds with a disreputable and dangerously unpredictable DEA agent, who will use any means necessary to take him down. It’s rated R. “Test Pattern” is described as part psychological horror and part realist drama. It follows an interracial couple whose relationship is put to the test after a Black woman is sexually assaulted and her white boyfriend drives her from hospital to hospital in search of a rape kit. It’s not rated. “Days of the Bagnold Summer” is based on the novel of the same name. It’s a coming-of-age story about single motherhood and Metallica. It’s not rated. Check with various streaming services to which new movies they offer.

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The joy, genius of Chick Corea The Grammy-winning jazz pianist died Tuesday at 79 David Von Drehle The Washington Post

he impeachment trial has been a painful trip to a low, ugly corner of the American psyche. Republicans over the past few generations have spoken a great deal about fealty to the original intent of the nation’s Framers: They were a pretty contentious lot, as any “Hamilton” fan could tell you. But one would search the Federalist Papers in vain for any words in favor of a president whipping up a mob to storm Congress. Donald Trump took an oath its words written right into the Constitution - to preserve, protect and defend a system of government that serves all the people in our quest for a more perfect union. He failed to uphold that oath. The burden of proof has been met. But even in such a week, especially in such a week, there must be space to celebrate joy and genius. Armando Anthony Corea, the piano virtuoso and composer known as “Chick,”reached the end of his brilliant life on Feb. 9, having made an enormous contribution to the world’s music and winning 23 Grammys along the way. You might say, what’s music at a time like this? But humans have been singing at least as long as we’ve been arguing; in fact, music is a way of healing that which politics inflames. Born in 1941, the son of a Boston trumpet player, Chick Corea had a gentle personality yoked to a meteoric talent

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that simply announced itself without swagger or gimmick. Within a few months of moving to New York after high school, the teenager was sitting in with the likes of Stan Getz and Herbie Mann. He absorbed all the right influences, from Mozart to Monk, with particular regard for the hard-bop guru, pianist Horace Silver. Corea arrived just as jazz hit an identity crisis. It was no longer popular dance music; that niche was now filled by rock-and-roll. The improvisational and increasingly intellectual nature of jazz fit poorly into the three-minute singles straitjacket of AM radio. In the late 1960s, the search for a future that was more than a museum of the past coalesced around the tortured, strangely charismatic, trumpet player Miles Davis, who sought a “fusion” between the languages of jazz and the electronics of rock. Davis attracted superior talent across the board, but his pianists were essential to his project - first Herbie Hancock and then Corea. By feeding a Fender Rhodes electric keyboard through a ring modulator created by the inventor Robert Moog, Corea found the sounds that would become familiar throughout the jazz-rock revolution launched in 1970 by the release of Davis’s influential album, “Bitches Brew.” Corea left Davis shortly thereafter to form his own bands and combos; later, he made half of some of the great duets of his generation. To my ear, he wanted to

infuse some sweetness into Davis’s astringent brew. By 1974, even as he continued to pursue electronic frontiers with his Return to Forever band, Corea was weaving a lush acoustic piano back into an interpretation of “Someday My Prince Will Come.” As a composer, Corea was tuneful and propulsively rhythmic - it’s almost impossible not to sway and bounce while listening to “La Fiesta,” for example. His “Spain” is as pure an example of the 1970s jazz revival as you might find. (Hancock’s “Chameleon” is right there with it.) Of all Corea’s duets - with singer Bobby McFerrin, vibist Gary Burton and more - my favorite was the tour he performed with Hancock to close out the seminal ‘70s. The two pioneers of electronic jazz keyboards appeared at matching Steinway concert grands. Together, they played one another’s compositions, listened to one another take solos, and reached back to George Gershwin for a rollicking rendition of “Liza.” Whatever crisis jazz had passed through, it was over. Its essence is and always will be the mutual joy of shared improvisation, of humans pouring themselves into a moment and connecting over a good tune or interesting motif, of taking creativity for a spin together. Making music, Corea once said, “stimulates what’s natural in all of us. . . . All you need to do is be a living human being, and open to the play of imagination.”

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LOCATED AT: 995 Oliver Road Suite 9 Fairfield CA 94534 Solano Mailing Address: 3750 Priority Way S Dr Indianapolis, IN 46240 Marion (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Defenders, LLC IN THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: a Limited Liability Company The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Defenders, LLC James Bake - President 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 19, 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: JAN 20, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021000136 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00044814 Published: Feb. 8, 15, 22, Mar. 1, 2021

LOCATED AT: 1134 Sanderling Drive, Fairfield, California, 94533 Solano Mailing Address: 1134 Sanderling Drive, Fairfield, California, 94533 (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Terry Renee McClure 1134 Sanderling Drive Fairfield, 94533 THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: an Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 08/03/2020. 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/ Marquia E. Jones 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 18, 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: JAN 19, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021000123 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00044642 Published: February 1, 8, 15, 22, 2021

LOCATED AT: 525 Merchant Street, Vacaville, CA 95688 Solano Mailing Address: 660 Cordelia Circle, Vacaville, CA 95687 (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Real Estate Celebrations, Inc CA THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: a Corporation The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 06/01/1994. 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/ Linda Lossmann, President 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 26, 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: JAN 27, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021000192 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00044639 Published: February 1, 8, 15, 22, 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS MORRISON LANE MICROFARMS, MORRISON LANE MICROGREENS LOCATED AT: 2417 Morrison Lane, Fairfield, CA 94534 Solano Mailing Address: 2417 Morrison Lane, Fairfield, CA 94534 (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Lisa A Pearson 2417 Morrison Lane 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 N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Lisa A Pearson 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 10, 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: JAN 11, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021000053 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00044813 Published: Feb. 8, 15, 22, Mar. 1, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS PRONTO INSURANCE AGENCY LOCATED AT: 180 Serrano Drive, Suite C Fairfield, CA 94533 Mailing Address: 1403 N Tustin Ave. Ste. 280 Santa Ana, CA 92705 (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Pronto California Agency LLC CA THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: a Limited Liability Company The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 01/22/2020. 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/ Michael Weinstein 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 19, 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: JAN 20, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021000130 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00044638 Published: February 1, 8, 15, 22, 2021

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: DENNIS SLIBEN Case Number: P050607 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: Dennis Sliben A Petition for Probate has been filed by: Sean Sliben in the Superior Court of California, County of: SOLANO The Petition for Probate requests that: Sean Sliben be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: DATE: MAR. 15, 2021 TIME: 9:00 a.m.; DEPT.: 22 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SOLANO Old Solano Courthouse 580 Texas Street PO Caller 5000 FAIRFIELD, CA 94533 Probate If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: David W. Knight, ESQ. (SBN 195105) Law Offices of David W. Knight 2300 Boynton Avenue, Suite 104 Fairfield, CA 94533 707-422-5411 DR# 00044849 Published: February 12, 15, 19, 2021

NOTICE OF AMENDED PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: LOLA D. PARKER Case Number: P050587 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: Lola D. Parker; Lola Dean Parker; Lola Parker A Petition for Probate has been filed by: Lolita Parker Dillard (aka Lolita Parker) in the Superior Court of California, County of: Solano The Petition for Probate requests that: Lolita Parker Dillard (aka Lolita Parker) 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. 8, 2021 TIME: 8:30 a.m.; DEPT.: 4; RM.: 305 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 statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: Yvonne F. Thrasher, Esq. (SBN: 256336) Law Office of Yvonne F. Thrasher 78 Cernon St., Suite A Vacaville, CA 95688-2808 (707) 447-1200 DR# 000444743 Published: February 12, 15, 19, 2021

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING SOLANO LOCAL AGENCY FORMATION COMMISSION Notice is hereby given that the Solano Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) will hold a public hearing at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, March 8, 2021, or as soon thereafter as possible, in the Board of Supervisors Chambers, County Administration Building, 675 Texas Street, Fairfield, CA, to consider the following item: LAFCO Project No. 2021-01 Levee and Reclamation Districts Sphere of Influence Update The Commission will consider approving coterminous spheres for the following Districts: Collinsville Levee District, Reclamation Districts; 501, 536, 1607, 1667, 2093, 2098, 2104, 2112, 2127, 2129,2130, 2134, 2135, 2138, 2139, 2141, and 2142. CEQA Exempt: California Code of Regulations Section 15320. All interested parties will have an opportunity to speak to the Commission at the hearing and submit written testimony before the hearing. Persons with disabilities may contact LAFCO staff at 707-439-3898 before the hearing to arrange for necessary accommodation so they may fully participate in the proceeding. Copies of the agenda and staff report will be available five days before the hearing date on the LAFCO website at www.solanolafco.com or the LAFCO office by appointment. Contact Information: Rich Seithel, Executive Officer Solano LAFCO (707)439-3897 rseithel@solanolafco.com 675 Texas St. Ste. 6700, Fairfield CA 94533 DR# 00044746 Published: February 15, 2021 APN: 0034-150-130 T.S. No.:2019-1898 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 9/25/2017. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Will sell at a public auction sale to the highest bidder, payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States, by cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trustor: THE VINES AT TABOR, LP, A CALIFORNIA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP Duly Appointed Trustee: S.B.S. TRUST DEED NETWORK, A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION Recorded 10/19/2017 as Instrument No. 201700090120 in book XX, page XX of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Solano County, California, Date of Sale:3/8/2021 at 10:30 AM Place of Sale: AT THE SANTA CLARA STREET ENTRANCE TO THE CITY HALL AT 555 SANTA CLARA STREET, VALLEJO, CALIFORNIA Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $1,376,520.57 Property being sold "as is - Where is" Street Address or other common designation of real property: 200 EAST TABOR AVENUE FAIRFIELD, CA 94533 A.P.N.: 0034-150-130 EXHIBIT "A" LEGAL DESCRIPTION Parcel One: Portion of Lot 18, as shown on the Map of LockePaddon Colony, No. 5, filed on December 6, 1911 in Book 4 of Maps, Page 17, described as follows: Beginning at the Southwest corner of Lot 28, as the same is shown on the Map of Locke Paddon Colony, No. 5 herein above referred to; Thence from said point of beginning South 89° 27' East along the South line of said Lot 18, a distance of 95 feet; Thence leaving the South line of said Lot 18, North 00° 52' West a distance of 268.20 feet to the Northwest line of said Lot 18, being on the Southeast line of the Sacramento Northern Railroad Right of Way; Thence South 60° 26' West along the line of the Railroad right of way 105.44 feet to the Northwest corner of Lot 18, as herein before referred to; Thence South 0° 12' East along the West line of said Lot 18 a distance of 215.23 feet to the point of beginning. Parcel Two: An easement for ingress and egress, as reserved in the Deed from Hermosa Homes, Inc., to Walter C. Klien, et ux., dated June 15, 1959, recorded June 18, 1959 in Book 980 of Official Records, Page 91, Instrument No, 12600, over the following described Parcel of land: A portion of Lot 18, as the same is shown on that certain Map entitled "Locke Paddon Colony, No. 5", which Map was filed for record December 6, 1911 in the Office of the County Recorder of Solano County, California, in Book 4 of Maps, Page 17, described as follows: Beginning at a point in the South line of Lot 18, as herein above referred to, which point as South 89° 27' East 95 feet from the Southwest corner of said Lot thence North 00° 52' West to a point in line which is parallel with and distant 1 foot Southeasterly at right angles from Northwesterly line of said Lot 18, Thence North 60° 236' East along said parallel line to a point in a line which is parallel with and distant 12.5 feet Easterly at right angles from the course first herein above mentioned as having a bearing of North 0° 52' East to said South line of Lot 18 Thence North 89° 27 West along said South line 12.5 feet to the point of beginning. THE BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT, IN ITS DISCRETION, TO EXERCISE ITS RIGHTS AND REMEDIES IN ANY MANNER PERMITTED UNDER THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE, OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECTION, AS TO ALL OR SOME OF THE PERSONAL PROPERTY, FIXTURES AND OTHER GENERAL TANGIBLES AND INTANGIBLES MORE PARTICULARY DESCRIBED IN THE DEED OF TRUST, GUARANTEES, UCC'S, SECURITY AGREEMENTS. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call FOR SALES INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL (855) 986-9342 or visit this Internet Web site www.superiordefault.com, using the file number assigned to this case 20191898. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Date: 01/28/2021 S.B.S. TRUST DEED NETWORK, A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION. 31194 La Baya Drive, Suite 106, Westlake Village, California, 91362 (818)991-4600. By: Colleen Irby, Trustee Sale Officer. WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. (2/15/2021, 2/22/2021, 3/1/2021 TS# 2019-1898 SDI-20252) DR# 00044744 Published: February 15, 22, March 1, 2021

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

Basketball College men •Virginia at Florida State, ESPN, 4 p.m. •Washington at Washington State, PAC12, 5 p.m. •Texas Tech at TCU, ESPN, 6 p.m. •Texas Southern at Jackson State, ESPNU, 6 p.m. College women •Stanford at Oregon, ESPN2, 4 p.m. •Kentucky at Florida, SEC, 4 p.m. •Seton Hall at DePaul, FS1, 4 p.m. NBA •Houston at Washington, NBATV, 4 p.m. •Cleveland at Golden State, NBCSBA, 7 p.m. •Miami at L.A. Clippers, NBATV, 7 p.m. •Brooklyn at Sacramento, NBCSCA, 7 p.m. (Vacaville only) NBA G League •G League Ignite vs. Iowa Wolves, ESPNU, noon Gymnastics College women •Nebraska at Michigan, BIG TEN, noon

Soccer •Super Lig, Genclerbirligi Spor Kulubu vs. Besiktas, BEIN, 7:55 a.m. •Premier League, West Ham vs. Sheffield United, NBCSN, 9:30 a.m. •La Liga, Cadiz vs. Athletic Bilbao, BEIN, 11:50 a.m. •Premier League, Chelsea vs. Newcastle, NBCSN, 11:55 a.m. Tennis •Australian Open, round of 16, ESPN2, midnight •Australian Open, round of 16, ESPN2, 10 a.m. •Australian Open, quarterfinals, TENNIS, 4 p.m. •Australian Open, quarterfinals, ESPN2, 6 p.m. •Phillip Island Trophy, early rounds, TENNIS, 6 p.m.

Tuesday’s TV sports Basketball College men •Providence at Connecticut, FS1, 3:30 p.m. •Missouri at Georgia, SEC, 3:30 p.m. •Michigan State at Purdue, ESPN, 4 p.m. •Florida at Arkansas, ESPN2, 4 p.m. •Temple at Tulsa, ESPNU, 4 p.m. •Dayton at Rhode Island, CBSSN, 4 p.m. •Nebraska at Maryland, BIG TEN, 4 p.m. •Xavier at St. John’s, FS1, 5:30 p.m. •South Carolina at Tennessee, SEC, 5:30 p.m. •Texas at Oklahoma, ESPN, 6 p.m. •Mississippi State at Auburn, ESPNU, 6 p.m. •La Salle at Saint Louis, CBSSN, 6 p.m. •Northwestern at Illinois, BIG TEN, 6 p.m. College women •Michigan State at Michigan, BIG TEN, 1:30 p.m. •Tennessee at Mississippi State, ESPNU, 2 p.m. •Miami at Georgia Tech, ACC, 4 p.m. NBA •New Orleans at Memphis, TNT, 4:30 p.m. •Brooklyn at Phoenix, TNT, 7 p.m. NBA G League •Canton Charge vs. Austin Spurs, ESPNU, noon Hockey NHL •Washington at Pittsburgh, NBCSN, 4 p.m. •Colorado at Vegas, NHL, 7 p.m. Soccer •UEFA Champions League, round of 16, Barcelona vs. Paris Saint-Germain, CBSSN, 11:40 a.m. Softball •Southern Mississippi vs. Florida State, ACC, 1 p.m. Tennis •Australian Open, quarterfinals, ESPN2, midnight •Australian Open, quarterfinals, ESPN2, 11 a.m. •Australian Open, quarterfinals, TENNIS, 4 p.m. •Australian Open, quarterfinals, ESPN2, 6 p.m. •Phillip Island Trophy, quarterfinals, TENNIS, 6 p.m. •Australian Open, quarterfinals, ESPN2, 12:30 a.m. (Wednesday) Volleyball College women •LMU at BYU, BYUTV, 6 p.m.

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Salary cap Get ready for some serious belt-tightening. With all the revenue losses associated with the pandemic, the salary cap is going to take a significant dip when the new contract year begins March 17. According to various projections the cap is expected to drop from the current $198 million per team

The NFL has been in negotiations for months with top executives from its network partners – Fox, CBS, NBC and ESPN – on long-term contract extensions that are expected to demolish the previous records for rights fees. ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” agreement expires after this season; other run through 2022.

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Serbia’s Novak Djokovic celebrates his match point against Canada’s Milos Raonic during their men’s singles match on day seven of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday. mean, sometimes I would like to be, but there are really, really bad days,” the Austrian said. Dimitrov now faces Russian Aslan Karatsev whose fairytale in his first

career grand slam continued with a five-set win over 20th-seeded Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, 3-6, 1-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-4. Osaka meanwhile saved two match points to

defeat fellow former world number one Muguruza 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 at an empty Rod Laver Arena. Osaka faces unseeded Su-Wei Hsieh, who defeated 19th seed Marketa Vondrousova 6-4, 6-2 at the next door Margaret Court Arena. Williams defeated seventh seed Sabalenka 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 to continue her chase for a record-equalling 24th grand slam win. Williams said her early career clashes with former number one Lindsay Davenport had prepared her for anything hard-hitting Sabalenka threw at her. Williams now meets second seed Simona Halep who rallied to win a duel of grand slam champions 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 over Poland’s Iga Swiatek.

Globetrotters: Home to top-tier talent From Page B1 “A lot of times it was the first interaction that a lot of white people ever had with Black athletes and maybe with African Americans in general,” Green said. The team dominated white opponents. So the Globetrotters added gags and ball-handling tricks in the middle of games. The shift gave players a breather and limited the margins of their victories, increasing the odds that they might be booked for return visits. Even early on, the clowning sparked controversy. The owner of the New York Rens, another powerhouse Black team, accused the Globetrotters of being Uncle Toms who were performing minstrel shows full of demeaning racial stereotypes, Green said. Nonetheless, the Globetrotters became the stronger and better known team. In a 1953 column, an Atlanta Constitution sports editor described the Globetrotters as “the most watched athletic team in the world.” Saperstein tried to keep the near-monopoly he had on the nation’s best Black players and initially fought NBA plans to integrate, Green said. Later,

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“There was no preparation for this match, I used every single hour I had to recover and try to put myself in a position where I have a possibility to compete,” Djokovic said. “I am kind of taking each day at a time.” He next plays Alexander Zverev of Germany, a 6-4, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 winner against Serbian Dusan Lajovic. Zverev failed to serve out the second set at 6-5 but regrouped in the tiebreak and was in command in the third set. Thiem meanwhile ran out of steam against Dimitrov, admitting to physical problems following his fiveset win over Nick Kyrgios in the previous round. “I’m not a machine. I

future Hall of Famers Reece “Goose” Tatum and Marques Haynes complained Saperstein underpaid them. Still, the Globetrotters managed to land talented athletes, including future NBA star Wilt Chamberlain. Players such as Meadowlark Lemon and Curly Neal gained worldwide fame. Later, the team was regularly featured on ABC’s popular Wide World of Sports and Saturday morning cartoons. It also toured overseas. For much of the team’s history, though, players were confronted with the same racism as other Black people. Mannie Jackson, who played for the Globetrotters in the early 1960s, recalled them being blocked from Southern hotels and restaurants. Often, they played in segregated arenas. “Black, young men would go around the world to represent a country that didn’t care about them except as entertainment,” said Jackson. Nonetheless, he added, the Globetrotters “have been one of the greatest ambassadors of the possibilities of this country.” Jackson later become a Honeywell executive and, in 1993, bought and rebuilt

the Globetrotters as it teetered on financial collapse. The team is owned now by Gwinnett County-based Herschend Enterprises, which operates properties such as Dollywood, Callaway Gardens and Stone Mountain Park, with its giant carving of Confederate figures. Before being sidelined by the pandemic, the Globetrotters played about 450 games annually, relying

on 30 players spread over multiple teams. The team, which included some players of different races, said it was drawing more than 2 million fans a year. Globetrotters coach “Sweet Lou” Dunbar recalled growing up in segregated Louisiana and watching the team. “You have to give homage to those guys for all the sacrifices they went through,” he said.

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The 2020 combine was the last “normal” event before the pandemic, with thousands of prospects, coaches and evaluators, and media members converging on Indianapolis for the annual testing of NFL hopefuls. The league announced

to $180.5 million, which is better than the floor ($175 million) but is still a gut punch. Nearly half the league would currently be over that projected cap. That means far fewer big deals and teams parting ways with some of their pricier talent.

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last month that this year’s combine has been canceled, and that any workouts will take place on individual pro days on college campuses. The NFL is encouraging testing consistency to make evaluations more standardized, and that all clubs have access to video from the workouts.

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tors attended games during the 2020 season, with only some teams allowing fans to watch live in sociallydistanced arrangements. According to the league, there were no instances of those situations leading to outbreaks. “We’re proud of that,” Goodell said, “and we’re going to build on that.” Plenty of questions remain. Will players still be tested for the coronavirus on a daily basis? Will everyone still be outfitted with devices to collect proximity data? Will coaches still be fined or otherwise punished for improper use of face coverings? “I don’t know when normal is going to occur

again, and I don’t know if normal ever will again,” Goodell said. “I don’t know if anybody here can do that. I know this – we have learned to operate in a very difficult environment, we have found solutions, and will do it again. And that’s hard, that’s what we believe is a lesson for us here is the relationships. I think one of the most impressive things to me and meaningful.”

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Hockey NHL •St. Louis at Arizona, NHL, 1 p.m. •N.Y Islanders at Buffalo, NBCSN, 4 p.m. •Anaheim at San Jose, NBCSCA, 7:30 p.m.

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