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Solano seeing red, again, with a tint of orange Todd R. Hansen

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Kaiser Permanente nurse Aliyya Behles administers the Covid-19 vaccine during a large vaccination clinic at

Mount Calvary Baptist Church in Fairfield, Tuesday. At least 56,500 individuals have been vaccinated by the county.

Solano inoculates 1,500 more at church clinic

Todd R. Hansen

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FAIRFIELD — Anabelle Sustal knew her mother needed a Covid-19 vaccine shot, especially after she had suffered a stroke in October.

That is also when Sustal went to work as an in-home care provider.

“I work for IHSS (In-Home Support Services); I work for my mom,” the 46-year-old Fairfield resident said. “And because my mom got one, I needed to get one, too.”

Sustal received her vaccination as part of a Public Health clinic Tuesday at Mount Calvary Baptist Church in Fairfield. Jose Caballero, a senior health education specialist for the county, said 1,500 residents would get their shots.

That brought the total number of individuals who have been vaccinated by the county and its

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partners to at least 56,500 based on Monday’s total.

Others have received vaccinations through their affiliations with hospitals, state contracts with CVS and Walgreens pharmacies, at Travis Air Force Base and at the prisons in Vacaville. Those numbers are not reported to the county.

The focus of this particular clinic was to get more people from that specific area who may not otherwise be able to get to the other clinics, such as those that have been held at the fairgrounds in Vallejo.

“This is a community of need,” Dr. Bela Matyas, the county public health officer, said. “And we pushed hard for equity on this one. That is why we are setting up these pop-up

(clinics) in communities of need.”

Still, the first priorities were the same: those individuals who fell into the eligible categories, and particularly those residents who are 65 or older and have health concerns.

In-home care providers actually fell into a higher priority tier than the current stage, but Sustal did not learn until very recently she qualified. She figured she was too young.

“I didn’t even know I was an essential worker,” she said.

“It was easy. I just signed up online,” she said. “A lot of (the clinics) had been booked, but they saved a spot for me (here).”

Sharon Smith, of American Canyon, has been a member of Mount Calvary Baptist Church since 1980 and has been involved in the homeless ministry.

That is where she learned

FAIRFIELD — Covid-19 data shows Solano County has reached the reporting levels to put it back into the red tier if it can maintain those levels this week and next.

The Public Health Division reported 23 new cases Tuesday, which is well below the sub-31 daily case average needed to shift from the purple to the less restrictive red tier.

The daily average for the past four days is 29, the county reported. That is when the twoweek clock started.

“Another 10 days and we qualify,” said Dr. Bela Matyas, the county public health officer.

The 23 cases is closer to the orange tier threshold of under 18 new cases per day, than it is to the 31 average that would keep the county in purple.

“And they will let us skip (a tier) if our numbers warrant it,” Matyas said.

The seven-day positivity testing rate, which was adjusted down to 6.5% late Monday, was See Solano, Page A8

Health officials say county not lagging behind in vaccinations Todd R. Hansen

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FAIRFIELD — Solano’s top health official said those concerned, or complaining, that the county is trailing others in the Bay Area with vaccinations simply do not understand the realities of the situation.

Dr. Bela Matyas said vaccinations are not something that can be easily compared county to county.

The county as of Monday had vaccinated about 55,000 people, although the state also has matyas private contracts with the hospitals, pharmacies, Travis Air Force Base and the Vacaville prisons, and the county does not receive reports on the number of people vaccinated through those contracts.

Matyas noted that counties are provided See Health, Page A8

See Clinic, Page A8

Faulty intel blamed for disastrous response to Capitol riots Tribune Content Agency WASHINGTON — Former security officials told Congress on Tuesday that faulty intelligence was to blame for failing to properly prepare for last month’s bloody insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, testifying in dramatic detail about their shock at confronting a violent

insurrection and not the manageable protest they had been expecting.

“The events I witnessed on Jan. 6 was the worst attack on law enforcement and our democracy that I’ve seen in my entire career,” former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund, who resigned in the days after the attack, testified before a joint hearing of the

Senate Homeland Security and Rules committees.

“None of the intelligence we received predicted what actually occurred,” he said. “We properly planned for mass demonstrations, with possible violence. What we got was a military-style coordinated assault on my officers and a violent takeover of the Capitol.”

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State agency puts income tax refund seizure program on hold Daily Republic Staff

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FAIRFIELD — The Franchise Tax Board has suspended its income tax refund offset program until July 31.

“The ongoing public health emergency continues to have a severe economic impact on many Californians. We hope this suspension will offer additional relief for taxpayers,” State Controller and Franchise Tax Board Chairwoman Betty T. Yee said in a press release.

The Franchise Tax Board has temporarily suspended the collection activities of the Interagency Intercept Collection Program to provide relief to California taxpayers in keeping with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s March 12 executive order, the tax agency reports in the press release.

This means state tax refunds will not be reduced to offset taxpayer debts for parking citations, tolls and various fines. Debts for child support are the exception and will continue to be collected.

Resources are available for taxpayers who are experiencing financial hardship. Taxpayers can apply for a payment installment plan if they cannot pay their state taxes in full; this includes court-ordered debts. Taxpayers can apply for a payment plan online, by phone or by mail.

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bank levy or tax lien, the Franchise Tax Board will work with the taxpayer to assist them, according to the press release. In addition to payment plans, this assistance may include modifying or releasing a garnishment or levy, placing a hold on the collection account or accepting an offer in compromise.

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State’s coronavirus strain looks increasingly dangerous:

‘The devil is already here’ Tribune Content Agency LOS ANGELES — A coronavirus variant that emerged in mid-2020 and surged to become the dominant strain in California not only spreads more readily than its predecessors, it also evades antibodies generated

by Covid-19 vaccines or prior infection and it’s associated with severe illness and death, researchers said.

In a study that helps explain the state’s dramatic surge in Covid-19 cases and deaths – and portends further trouble ahead – scientists at UC San Francisco said that the cluster of mutations that characterizes the homegrown strain should mark it as a “variant of concern” on par with those from the United Kingdom, South Africa and Brazil.

“The devil is already here,” said Dr. Charles Chiu, who led the UCSF team of geneticists, epidemiologists, statisticians and other scientists in a wide-ranging analysis of the new variant, which they call B.1.427/B.1.429.

“I wish it were different. But the science is the science.”

Californians, along with the rest of the country, have been bracing for the rise of a more transmissible coronavirus variant from the U.K. known as B.1.1.7. But they should know that a rival strain

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Farmworkers arrive at the Central Neighborhood Health Foundation to receive a coronavirus vaccine in Coachella, Feb. 10. that is probably just as worrisome has already settled in, and will probably account for 90% of the state’s infections by the end of next month, said Chiu, an infectious diseases researcher and physician.

The U.K. and California variants are each armed with enhanced capabilities, and the likelihood that they could circulate in the same population raises the specter of a return to spiking infections and deaths, Chiu said. It also opens the door to a “nightmare scenario”: That the two viruses will meet in a single person, swap their mutations, and create an even more

dangerous strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

The new evidence that the California variant could make people sicker, and vaccines less effective, should spur more intensive efforts to drive down infections, Chiu said.

Those should include both public health measures, such as masking and limits on public activities, and a campaign of rapid vaccinations, he added.

The new analysis is currently under review by the public health departments of San Francisco County and the state, which collaborated in the new research. It is expected to post late this week to MedRxiv, a website that

allows new research to be shared before its formal publication.

Over five months starting on Sept. 1, the California strain, which is sometimes referred to as 20C/L452R, rose from complete obscurity to account for more than 50% of all coronavirus samples that were subjected to genetic analysis in the state.

Compared with strains that were most prominent here in early fall, the new strain seems to have an enhanced ability to spread, Chiu said.

Exactly how much more transmissible See Strain, Page A10

Central Valley Project announces reduced allocations for contractors Todd R. Hansen

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FAIRFIELD — The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation on Tuesday made public its Central Valley Project water allocations.

The report notes that, as of Monday, the statewide snow water content in the Sierra Nevada was 54% of the April 1 average.

Northern Sierra precipitation is 52% of the seasonal average to date.

“Although we had a couple of precipitationpacked storms in January and early February, we are still well below normal for precipitation and snowfall this year,” Regional Director Ernest Conant said in a statement. “We will monitor the hydrology as the water year progresses and continue to look for opportunities for operational flexibility.”

For now, however, water contractors are getting as little as 5% of their full allocations.

Water storage as Shasta Reservoir is below the historic average for

this time of year, the bureau reported.

Shasta is the primary source for Central Valley Project water, which is allocated to agriculture, urban, industrial and environmental uses above, in and below the Delta.

“Water from Shasta Reservoir is used for many purposes, including contractor supply for north and south of the SacramentoSan Joaquin River Delta, as well as maintaining temperatures downstream of the dam throughout the summer and fall for threatened and endangered fish species to the extent practicable,” the bureau said in the statement.

The bureau has designated the water year as a “critical year” as it applies to water contracts.

Those hardest hit are the agricultural water service contractors north and south of the Delta, all of which are scheduled to receive 5% of their allocations.

Local cities and farms get water from the Bureau

of Reclamation’s Lake Berryessa reservoir, which exists almost solely to serve Solano County.

Many local cities, such as Fairfield and Vacaville, also get water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta through the state’s NorthBay Aqueduct.

Lake Berryessa fills with rain runoff in local hills. It sits unconnected to state and federal water projects that depend on snowfall in the Sierra Nevada.

The lake held a bit more than 1.157 million acrefeet of water as of Tuesday with the water level measured at 417.85 feet, the Solano County Water Agency reports. The lake spills over its glory hole at 440 feet.

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Museum Guild schedules dinner for 8, tea for 12 fundraiser Daily Republic Staff

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VACAVILLE — The Vacaville Museum Guild Dinner for 8 or Tea for 12 fundraiser is back, and this time with a Nut Tree twist to celebrate the Museum’s Nut Tree Centennial Exhibit in 2021.

Both events will be prepared and served by guild members.

Dinner for 8 will be held at the former home of Vacaville treasure Don Birrell (1922-2006), who was the director of the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento from 19511953, and the design director of the Nut Tree from 1953 until his retirement in 1990.

He also designed the Vacaville city logo, among other iconic images in Solano County. His home is filled with examples of his design work for the Nut Tree.

The evening will start with cocktails, followed

by a tour of the home and the meal.

Tea for 12 will take place on a spring afternoon in the Cherry family garden on historic Buck Avenue, followed by a tour of the Nut Tree Centennial Exhibit at the Museum.

Tickets must be purchased by March 18.

The two winners will be drawn March 19 and notified by phone.

The first winner drawn will select the event of their choice and the second winner drawn will receive the remaining event.

Tickets may be purchased from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tuesday through Friday at the Vacaville Museum, 213 Buck Ave. Ring the doorbell to be let in, and wear a mask. Tickets can also be purchased at vacavillemuseum.org or vacavillemuseum.org/events.

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Police make arrest in hit-and-run that left Fairfield woman dead Glen Faison

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FAIRFIELD — Police announced the arrest Tuesday of the man they suspect is responsible for the death of an 81-year-old woman during a hit-andrun incident last fall.

The man’s arrest ends a four-month investigation that took investigators to Texas.

Namie Stewart of Fairfield was run down shortly before 11 p.m. Oct. 22 on Cement Hill Road near

Laurel Creek Park. The driver fled from the scene.

Police investigators developed leads after turning to the community for help five days after Stewart’s death. Police report in a press release that the call for community support prompted a witness to come forward, “reinvigorating the case.”

They followed those leads to a suspect and a vehicle in El Paso, Texas, with damage consistent with the hit-and-run, police report. The

vehicle was seized as evidence and processed for further clues.

Fairfield investigators conducted search warrants, gaining more evidence found in the suspect’s home and electronic devices, further witness statements and digital evidence retracing the steps of where the vehicle traveled prior to and after the collision, police report.

Araceli Marin, 26, of Fairfield, was arrested Tuesday and booked into the county jail on an

arrest warrant obtained from and authorized by a Solano County Superior Court judge.

The warrant covered charges to include a felony allegation of hit-and-run resulting in death and misdemeanor allegations of vehicular manslaughter without gross negligence, destroying or concealing evidence and driving on a suspended license.

Bail was set at a combined $50,000.

Marin is scheduled to appear in court Thursday.

Speaker to teach how to use FOIA laws as a genealogist Daily Republic Staff

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FAIRFIELD — Brooke Schreier Ganz, the first genealogist to successfully sue a government archive to return records to public access, will present “Reclaim the Records: How Genealogists Can Use Freedom of Information Laws” at the next meeting of the Solano County Genealogical Society.

The virtual presentation begins at 11 a.m. March 6.

Ganz’s nonprofit organization, Reclaim the Records, seeks to obtain copies of previously inac-

cessible records, which it then digitizes and puts online for free. Her presentation will explain how this is done and how ordinary citizens can use the FOI laws to obtain records that help document their family history.

Guests are welcome to attend this free event. If interested, send an email to the society at scgs@ scgsca.org no later than 4 p.m. March 5 and request an invitation.

More information on the event can be found on the society’s webpage at www.scgaca.org.

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Interviews to highlight Women’s History Month FAIRFIELD — Solano County Superior Court Judge Terrye Davis and county Supervisor Erin Hannigan are among the four panelists in the first in a series of virtual Women’s History Month discussions starting March 4.

Local businesswoman Renee Brown and Ana Dineen, a school nurse who started the Family Resource Center in the Fairfield-Suisun School District, also will participate.

Youth interviewer Emily Torres, assisted by K. Patrice Williams, will lead the discussion as part of the Solano Commission for Women and Girls series, which will run each Thursday.

The webinar is scheduled from 4 to 5:30 p.m.

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Biden to visit storm-ravaged Texas on Friday President Joe Biden will travel to Houston on Friday to see firsthand the devastation wreaked by the winter storm and arctic cold wave.

Biden and first lady Jill Biden will fly to the battered city as millions struggle to return to normal life after the storm knocked out water and power across Texas.

The first family will meet with local leaders to discuss the ongoing recovery and will visit a Covid-19 health center where vaccines are being distributed.

Biden last week vowed to visit Texas, but wanted to wait until his trip wouldn’t be a disruption.

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Power board members resign after being criticized for living out of state Tribune Content Agency AUSTIN, Texas — Five board members of the state’s power grid operator, including chairwoman Sally Talberg, announced their resignation Tuesday, a week after power outages left millions across Texas shivering in their homes during severe winter storms and state officials criticized some board members for not living in the state.

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT, which manages the flow of electricity to more than 26 million Texas customers, has taken the brunt of the criticism from state officials.

Gov. Greg Abbott last week supported calls for resignations by the council’s leadership, calling the power outages a “total failure by ERCOT.” On Tuesday, Abbott said ERCOT’s lack of preparedness and transparency is unacceptable welcomed the and resignations.

“When Texans were in desperate need of electricity, ERCOT failed to do its job and Texans were left shivering in their homes without power. ERCOT leadership made assurances that Texas’ power infrastructure was prepared for the winter storm, but those assurances proved to be devastatingly false,” he said in a state-

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Abbott, who has also been heavily criticized for last week’s power outages, plans to deliver a televised statewide address on Wednesday at 6 p.m.

All five board who resigned are believed to live out of state.

Along with Talberg, the four other current board members who resigned are: Peter Cramton, an unaffiliated director; Terry Bulger, an unaffiliated director; Raymond Hepper, an unaffiliated director; and Vanessa Anesetti-Parra, who represents independent retail electric providers.

Talberg’s bio on the ERCOT website said she lives in Michigan. Bulger, who was paid $65,250 a year according to ERCOT’s 2018 tax filings, lives in a suburb of Chicago.

Talberg and Cramton were elected board chair and vice chair respectively during a meeting on Feb. 9, just days before the winter storm that brought about their resignation. Cramton, who joined the board in 2015, was paid $87,000 in 2018.

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All five are approved by the three-member, Abbott-appointed Public Commission, Utility which so far has escaped major criticism.

The four unaffiliated directors resigned together in a joint letter addressed to other ERCOT members and the Public Utility Commission, which oversees ERCOT. The letter was posted on the Public Utility Commission’s website.

The board members said they acknowledged the pain and suffering of Texans last week.

“We have noted recent concerns about out-ofstate board leadership at ERCOT,” they wrote. “To allow state leaders a free hand with future direction and to eliminate distractions, we are resigning from the board effective after our urgent board teleconference meeting adjourns on Wednesday.”

Before stepping aside, they wrote, they were beginning to review last week’s power crisis.

Separately, Anesetti-Parra sent her

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Also on Tuesday, an out-of-state candidate for a vacant position on the ERCOT board withdrew his application, saying he wanted to “avoid becoming a distraction” as state officials try to respond to last week’s outages.

The resignations are the first by officials that oversaw last week’s events.

State Rep. Jeff Leach, R-Plano, who plans to file legislation requiring board members to live in Texas said the resignations are “a good and necessary step.”

“There is strong, bipartisan consensus that the ERCOT Board – which is responsible for making such crucial decisions for over 28 million Texans – should be filled by capable and qualified citizens who reside here, who know our state and who we can trust to make wise decisions on our behalf,” he said in a statement.

ERCOT officials are expected to testify in front of lawmakers on Thursday during hearings about last week’s power failures.

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Bill requiring ID for absentee voting passes Georgia Senate Tribune Content Agency ATLANTA — The Georgia Senate approved a bill Tuesday to require more identification for absentee voting, the first elections bill to pass either legislative chamber as lawmakers consider new voting rules after last year’s heated presidential race.

Voters would have to provide a driver’s license number, state ID number or a copy of photo ID when requesting absentee ballots, according to Senate Bill 67. Currently, absentee ballots are verified based on voters’ signatures and registration information rather than an ID. The Senate approved the bill mostly along party lines, 35-18. It will next be considered by the state House of Representatives.

The effort to require ID for absentee voting appears to have support among the General Assembly’s Republican majority in both legislative chambers.

Democrats oppose the legislation, saying it would create a burden for Georgia voters who lack a driver’s license or access to a copy machine needed to submit a photo ID. The bill’s sponsor, state Sen. Larry Walker, said all but 3% of Georgia voters already have a driver’s license number or state ID number on file, meaning they wouldn’t have to provide a copy of photo ID to vote absentee. Photo ID is already required of in-

person voters.

“It’s not about disenfranchising voters. It’s not about overburdening the electorate. It’s about efficiency and security,” said Walker, a Republican from Perry.

Democratic state Sen. David Lucas, a Democrat from Macon, said the ID requirements would make it harder for people to vote absentee, especially those who would have to make a copy of photo ID to request an absentee ballot.

“Let’s make no mistake about what this bill is about: The election did not turn out the way you wanted it to,” Lucas said, addressing Republican senators in a tearful speech. “We’re perpetuating this big lie of fraud.”

Over 1.3 million of Georgia’s 5 million voters cast absentee ballots in the November presidential election, which Democrat Joe Biden won by less than 12,000 votes against Republican Donald Trump.

The absentee ID bill is part of a Senate package of bills supported by Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan seeking absentee ID, requiring scanning of absentee ballots to begin eight days before election day, and mandating election data reporting.

Nearly three-quarters of Georgia voters said they support proposals requiring photo ID or other documentation to cast an absentee ballot, according to a poll conducted in January for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

DAILY REPUBLIC — Wednesday, February 24, 2021 A5

Republicans question Becerra’s experience to run HHS agency Tribune Content Agency WASHINGTON — California Attorney General Xavier Becerra emerged relatively unscathed Tuesday from the first of two hearings this week on his nomination to be health and human services secretary, as Democrats brushed aside Republican assertions that his experience is insufficient for the post.

Conservative groups see Becerra as one of President Joe Biden’s most vulnerable nominees, and have joined many Senate Republicans in opposition, criticizing his support for abortion rights and “Medicare for All.” But the emphasis Tuesday in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee focused on whether Biden should have picked a doctor to lead the agency while the country grapples with the Covid-19 pandemic.

“I’m a physician. What would you, as the attorney, think if I – the physician – were nominated to be the United States attorney general as opposed to Merrick Garland? You would say, ‘Ah, that guy’s not qualified,’” Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., said. “So you can imagine the kind of concerns I have regarding your nomination.”

Democrats dismissed such complaints, stressing that only three of the 12 previous secretaries of the department had medical degrees. Recent secretaries include one doctor who served for a few months, but also a pharmaceutical executive, a White House budget director and three Republican governors.

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Xavier Becerra, nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), testifies at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee in Washington, D.C., Tuesday. lawyers who have been strong HHS secretaries for both parties,” Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., said, adding that he liked Becerra’s mix of legislative and state government experience.

The greater test for Becerra could come when he appears before the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday, which includes two of the 11 Republican senators who have demanded Biden withdraw Becerra’s nomination, saying in a letter that his lack of health care experience coupled with policy positions make him “unfit for any position of public trust, and especially for HHS secretary.”

Only the finance committee will vote on the nomination before sending it to the full Senate.

Becerra would be the first Latino secretary of health and human services, and he pledged Tuesday that the thousands of doctors and health experts at the agency will continue to play a major role in decision making at the agency if he is confirmed. Becerra frequently sought to soothe Republicans by assuring senators he would work with them on their issues, including

rural pharmacies and the cost of insulin.

Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., introduced Becerra to the committee as the right choice for the moment because he understands communities that have been left out of health care access in the past, including during the Covid-19 pandemic.

“The devastation has disproportionately impacted working-class communities and communities of color, very similar to the very neighborhoods that Attorney General Becerra and I grew up in,” Padilla said. “These communities are hurting and dying at alarming rates, and they desperately need someone who knows these communities to their core.”

Becerra represented Los Angeles for 24 years in the House and was a senior member of the committee that sets health care policy. He was among the small group of lawmakers who helped write the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.

Fixing disparate access to health care was a signature issue during his two dozen years in the House. Abortion rights and child advocacy groups

have lined up in support of Becerra, as has the American Medical Association.

When he became California attorney general in 2017, Becerra led the state’s efforts to block Republicans from repealing the Affordable Care Act and fought with a nonprofit led by Catholic nuns who sought an exemption from a provision in the law requiring employer-sponsored health plans to cover the cost of contraceptives.

Democrats don’t expect Republicans’ attempts to block Becerra to be successful. In a Senate divided 50-50, Democrats could confirm Becerra if the caucus sticks together and Vice President Kamala Harris breaks the tie.

But the National Review reported Monday that moderate Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia is undecided on whether to support Becerra, potentially putting his nomination in question.

Several moderate Republicans said Tuesday said they have not made up their minds either, with Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Mitt Romney of Utah both saying they don’t think the position has to be filled by a doctor.

Of greater concern for Romney was Becerra’s previous opposition to a so-called partial-birth abortion ban.

Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind., also raised concerns about Becerra’s support for abortion access, and asked Becerra to commit to not use taxpayer money to fund abortions and abortion providers.

“We will follow the law when it comes to the use of federal resources. There I can make that commitment that we will follow the law,” Becerra said.

Columns&Games A6 Wednesday, February 24, 2021 — DAILY REPUBLIC

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When sharing reconnects people Dear Annie: My can’t find me. If you see husband has been me, will you let me insulin dependent for know, please, before I 56 years and must avoid am gone forever. “ COVID-19, so I have My friend’s response: stayed at home during “Oh, I found you, the past 10 months, Glynda. You were in my away from people as heart the whole time!” well. One morning, I My son’s response: “I wrote how I felt and Annie Lane see you every day. Even then decided to post it when I’m not looking. I Dear Annie on Facebook. I was see your humor in my right -- many people were kids when they make each feeling the same way. The other laugh. I am reminded responses I received were so how lucky I am when I watch heartwarming. The ones from Katie mother them because I my son, who is 40, and from a know I was shown the same friend for 50 years were my love as a child. I know the value favorites. Here’s my post: of good cooking because you “Where did I go? I was here are an amazing cook. I have a minute ago. I seem to have solid values and integrity lost myself. After 70 years of because you showed me that it hard work I found myself and is important. I see me and see now, poof, I’m gone. Figures, you, even when I’m not looking it’s like everything else -- I get and that makes me smile.” the house clean, I get all the What more can I ask for?! — Feeling Grateful laundry done, and a couple of Dear Feeling Grateful: days later I have to do it all Thank you for sharing your again. But I really wasn’t reflection during this very prepared to lose myself. difficult time. Your feelings of “Where’s the laughter? isolation are shared by millions Where’s the fun? Where’s the around the world. But as you helper, the creative one?

Where’s the thinker? The funny point out, though we might be physically alone right now or girl? The leader, the organizer? distanced from our loved ones, Gone, like that. we are never truly alone.

“After almost a year of People are always connected isolation, I realize that I am through love and communicadefined by my family and by tion with others. Remember, my friends. Without them, I

Horoscopes

ARIES (March 21-April 19).

Someone is expecting you to pull a rabbit out of your hat, and can you blame them?

You’ve done this trick before to astonishing effect. Now for the key question: What’s in it for you?

TAURUS (April 20-May 20).

You’ll get props. These are probably deserved, but you won’t feel that way. Even if you think you haven’t earned this respect and admiration, don’t deflect it. A simple thank you is all that’s needed.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21).

Go with the momentum. Resist the urge to make a thing perfect or start over the “right” way. . . this is just fear talking.

Keep going; you’ll be able to build on what you have. Work what’s working.

CANCER (June 22-July 22).

There’s the reason why you like each other, and then there’s the real reason why you like each other, and they are seldom the same reason. The relationship will thrive in awareness and service of the real reason.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). The title of a poem by Paige Lewis reads, “In the Hands of Borrowers, Objects Are Twice as Likely to Break.” The notion holds true today, so be neither a borrower nor a lender.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).

You are needed for your talents.

In some ways, you are indispensable. And while it feels

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this isolation will not last. It is only temporary, and we are on the road to recovery.

Dear Annie: Your recent letter about charities sending thank-you notes along with a solicitation for more money prompted me to write. Not only am I frustrated with that, but also I am frustrated with the almost weekly mail I get asking for donations. I am tempted to stop sending any money if they are only going to use my donation to send out more solicitations. I prefer to make one suitable donation a year.

Yesterday, I received three letters from the same charity. I am tired of filling the trash with their letters. — Tired of Solicitations Dear Tired of Solicitations: Many of you wrote in with similar complainants. No one likes to be bombarded with solicitations after you have recently given. I’m printing your letter so that charities take note of their contributors’ frustrations. It has to be said that most of these charities are doing wonderful work. Try and keep the end goal in mind: to help those in need.

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Today’s birthday You didn’t think it was a burden at the time, and yet a responsibility will come to its natural ending place, and suddenly, you’re free to enter an era of discovery and exploration. It’s as though the color dial has been turned up in your worldview and life comes at you with overdue vividness.

Cancer and Capricorn adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 6, 18, 44, 38 and 9.

good to do something that another cannot, it’s also a lot of responsibility that could get burdensome if held for too long.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).

It’s absolutely brilliant to have something, and it’s absolutely brilliant to not have it. Each is its own kind of brilliance. Not worrying about a loss or gain... that’s liberation.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).

Now, more so than last week, you get attached to the thing you do routinely. Use this to your advantage by adding that one thing you want to be a part of your daily life.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21). Someone you admire is having a regular roller coaster of a time lately. Following someone so unpredictable is an adventure that, in a weird

way, makes you feel grounded by comparison.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19). What clear and poignant observations have you — and now for someone to tell them to... it’s true they would be wasted on someone close to you. For now, preserve and save them just for you.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18). Animals don’t have leisure time, because they have no delineation between what they have to do and get to do.

It’s all just what they’re doing.

You’ll benefit from an animalistic approach, reducing mental noise caused by definitions.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).

There are aspects of you, caused by your sensitivity, that you sometimes want to change.

There’s nothing wrong with these parts of you, but they make certain situations more difficult. Instead of changing, create workarounds.

CELEBRITY PROFILES: Charismatic pioneer of the personal computer era Steve Jobs was a founding father of Apple Inc. who helped shape the devices in our pockets. This complicated innovator and unconventional genius was born when the sun and moon were in intuitive Pisces, and with Mercury in Aquarius, the sign of tomorrow and technology.

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diagram. What would you lead against three no-trump?

After South opened one no-trump, and West overcalled two hearts, North responded three diamonds. Should this be treated as forcing, game-invitational or to play (a signoff)? That is a very good question! You and your partner should come to an agreement. Unless you use the Lebensohl convention (which employs an artificial two-notrump response to increase the possibilities), you cannot do more than select one interpretation. If forced to choose, I would opt for invitational.

With a game-force, you just have to jump to three no-trump, or cue-bid and hope it all works out well. With a weak hand and a long suit, pass or overbid!

On lead against three no-trump, it is normal to start with the fourthhighest from your longest and strongest. At the table, that is exactly what West did. However, declarer called for dummy’s heart jack and, when it the trick, played on clubs. The LEAD DECLARER INTO held defense was dead.

THE VALLEY OF DEATH Holding three aces, West should lead the heart ace. If the dummy has, Thomas Gray, an 18th-century English poet, wrote, “The paths of glory say, three hearts, West continues with a lead but to the grave.” Rather depress- low heart, playing for declarer to hold king-doubleton. Here, though, West ing, but in bridge, when you are on opening lead, you are hoping that that leads the queen at trick two, pinning dummy’s jack and hoping declarer grave will be dug for the contract. To doesn’t have the 10. As you can see, that end, sometimes you need an this attack kills the contract. unusually shaped shovel.

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Saturday, Feb. 20 6:14 a.m. — Grand theft, 2400 block of SOUTH WATNEY WAY 7:48 a.m. — Battery, 1200 block of B. GALE WILSON BOULEVARD 8:44 a.m. — Commercial burglary, 600 block of WEBSTER STREET 11:27 a.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, EAST TABOR AVENUE 1:20 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, EASTBOUND INTERSTATE 80 2 p.m. — Vehicle theft, 900 block of UNION AVENUE 3:13 p.m. — Brandishing a weapon, TRAVIS BOULEVARD 4:19 p.m. — Reckless driver, 2900 block of CORDELIA ROAD 5:33 p.m. — Reckless driver, 4900 block of SILVER CREEK ROAD 5:46 p.m. — Drunk and disorderly, 1200 block of HORIZON DRIVE 7:07 p.m. — Vandalism, VILLA COURT 7:34 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, TRAVIS BOULEVARD 7:39 p.m. — Reckless driver, 2000 block of CADENASSO DRIVE 7:49 p.m. — Vehicle theft, 1700 block of DANIEL COURT 9:21 p.m. — Drunken driver, EASTBOUND INTERSTATE 80 9:56 p.m. — Prowler, 1700 block of ENTERPRISE DRIVE 11:39 p.m. — Trespassing, 600 block of PARKER ROAD

Sunday, Feb. 21 11:30 a.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 200 block of TRAVIS BOULEVARD 11:38 a.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 400 block of TABOR AVENUE 11:57 a.m. — Vehicle burglary, 1400 block of PHOENIX DRIVE 12:30 p.m. — Fight with a weapon, 2900 block of PEABODY ROAD 1:25 p.m. — Robbery, 1800 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 1:40 p.m. — Trespassing, 4700 block of BUSINESS CENTER DRIVE 2:16 p.m. — Trespassing, 200 block of DAFFODIL DRIVE 3:05 p.m. — Reckless driver, 5000 block of MICHAELANGELO COURT 3:12 p.m. — Battery, 1300 block of WEST TEXAS STREET

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Monday, Feb. 22 5:26 a.m. — Prowler, 2100 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 6:53 a.m. — Grand theft, 2400 block of SOUTH WATNEY WAY 7:13 a.m. — Forgery, 2300 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 10:08 a.m. — Grand theft, 1800 block of INDIANA STREET 10:56 a.m. — Forgery, 1600 block of GATEWAY BOULEVARD 11:20 a.m. — Vandalism, 2000 block of CLAY BANK ROAD 11:22 a.m. — Forgery, 2200 block of SANTA ROSA STREET 12:19 p.m. — Reckless driver, FIFTH STREET 12:21 p.m. — Vehicle burglary, 200 block of PACIFIC AVENUE 1:58 p.m. — Trespassing, 4400 block of CENTRAL PLACE 2:08 p.m. — Vehicle theft, 1000 block of WARREN STREET 3:21 p.m. — Indecent exposure, HILBORN ROAD 3:28 p.m. — Indecent exposure, 1900 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 5:04 p.m. — Indecent exposure, 900 block of NIGHTINGALE DRIVE 5:39 p.m. — Forgery, 4100 block of CEDAR VALE COURT 6:18 p.m. — Trespassing, 1100 block of WESTERN STREET 6:23 p.m. — Fight with a weapon, 800 block of BRANSFORD COURT 6:33 p.m. — Forgery, 2100 block of NOTTINGHAM DRIVE 7:05 p.m. — Vehicle burglary, 2200 block of GATEWAY COURT 8:06 p.m. — Fight with a weapon, 1400 block of UNION AVENUE 8:26 p.m. — Fight with a weapon, 2900 block of TETON LANE 9:01 p.m. — Drunken driving, PEABODY ROAD 10:43 p.m. — Drunken driving, BALBOA COURT 10:00 p.m. — Robbery, 1600 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 10:40 p.m. — Trespassing, 1000 block of OLIVER ROAD 11:50 p.m. — Battery, 5000 block of BUSINESS CENTER DRIVE

Suisun City Friday, Feb. 19 10:43 a.m. — Reckless driver, HIGHWAY 12 11:23 a.m. — Hit-and-run no injury, CANVASBACK DRIVE 8:32 p.m. — Vehicle theft, 500 block of HONKER LANE 9:15 p.m. — Reckless driver, HIGHWAY 12

Saturday, Feb. 20 1:03 p.m. — Reckless driver, PELICAN WAY / LASSEN AVENUE 1:23 p.m. — Reckless driver, WHIPPORWILL WAY 8:34 p.m. — Prowler, KEYES COURT

Sunday, Feb. 21 9:50 a.m. — Vehicle theft, CORAL LANE 7:36 p.m. — Vehicle theft, 1100 block of WEST STREET 8:15 p.m. — Assault with a deadly weapon, 300 block of RUDDY LANE 9:23 p.m. — Robbery, 200 block of FAIRBROOK COURT

MONday, Feb. 22 6:10 a.m. — Shots fired, 1300 block of PELICAN WAY 8:58 a.m. — Vandalism, 100 block of SUNSET AVENUE 12:53 p.m. — Vandalism, 700 block of MAIN STREET 3:01 p.m. — Assault with a deadly weapon, 400 block of MELLOWOOD COURT

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From Page One vaccinations according to population, and then those doses are divided according to needs.

Solano County, he said, has more “silos” than most, so the rate of how the general population is vaccinated is going to appear slower.

“When it comes to vaccinations, it’s really hard to compare counties,” Matyas said.

Matyas notes that the doses Solano County gets go to Public Health, but the county also provides doses to hospitals that cross county lines and to Walgreens and CVS with a priority to inoculate residents in care facilities.

The doses Public Health has left for the general population – as defined by the state’s priority tier system – can be far less than a county that has fewer care facilities and fewer hospitals.

Solano’s population also has more older resi-

dents than in many of the other counties, and therefore those counties can work their way down the tiers faster.

“That is a population (elderly) that has caused us to move more slowly than the others,” Matyas said, noting specifically the number of older veterans who live in Solano County.

That is why teachers, for example, may be receiving vaccinations sooner in some counties than they are in Solano.

However, Matyas said, the county does have a Friday clinic planned in cooperation with the Solano County Office of Education to begin vaccinating educators at schools that are already open.

He also noted that people confuse the issue of disease rate with vaccination rates.

He said Solano is a divided county, with the north end more akin to the valley counties and the south end more like the bay counties.

“We have had a higher disease rate than most of the Bay Area counties for

most of the pandemic, but lower than the Central Valley,” Matyas said.

However, hospitalization rates and intensive care capacity have largely been better than most counties, again, in part, because the county has more hospitals.

“And the county has been testing at higher rates than most counties,” Matyas said.

He re-emphasized that the issue of disease rate, however, is separate from how vaccinations are distributed among counties.

Another issue that has slowed the vaccination rate, not only in Solano County but across the country, is the harsh winter conditions that have prevented getting the doses shipped.

“We are about a week behind in getting doses,” Matyas said.

Solano County Health and Social Services Public Health Division, in collaboration with Mount Calvary Baptist Church, Kaiser Permanente, Medic Ambulance and the Fairfield Fire and Police departments

Solano

Covid patients.

Monday’s percentage was one out of every five patients, or 20%. Tuesday’s number was the same, Matyas said.

No jurisdiction in the county had double-digit case increases, with the eight reported in Vacaville being the highest.

That took the city’s total to 7,874.

Fairfield (8,127) added five cases; Vallejo (8,866) added four; and there were two new cases each in Suisun City (2,015), Dixon (1,749) and Benicia (845).

There were no new cases reported for Rio Vista (319) or added to the 87 cases in the unincorporated area of the county.

The active cases in Solano County

dropped 59 to 323.

The county reported the number of individuals who have been tested at 179,343, an increase of 266. The total number of tests administered climbed 306 to 268,672.

California’s colorbased monitoring system designates the purple tier for counties where transmission of the novel coronavirus is considered to be widespread. Shutdown orders for counties in the purple tier are the most severe. The red tier is for counties with a substantial spread of the virus. The orange tier designates moderate virus transmission, while the yellow tier is reserved for counties where the spread of the virus is deemed to be minimal.

Restrictions to slow the spread of the virus are eased as counties move from purple to red, red to orange and orange to yellow.

from Woolner Avenue into the church parking lot.

Smith, 75, had already received her vaccination.

Larry Jones, 65, of Fairfield, admits he was getting a little uneasy waiting for his vaccination. He had signed up in January.

The retired police officer from New Orleans and Oakland said he had heard a lot of stories about people who were much younger than he was getting their shots first.

“But I just waited my turn,” said Jones, calling the experience “easy peasy.”

“It was not as bad as I thought. I’m not a needle person,” Jones said. “But I can let people know there was no fuss, no muss.”

Caballero said that most people getting their first shots really have no problems, although everyone was required to sit for 15 minutes after receiving the vaccination as a precaution.

Side effects from the second dose have been pronounced. Caballero said he felt a bit ill and achy after getting his, but it was not that bad.

The clinic was sponsored by Kaiser Permanente, Medic Ambulance and the Fairfield Fire and Police departments.

“This really wouldn’t be possible without (their) support,” Caballero said.

ened the lives of those there, including lawmakers, staffers, the public, reporters and police.

The Justice Department has said that more than 130 law enforcement officers were injured in the insurrection.

While Sund and Contee have spoken publicly about the attack, Tuesday was the first time the public has heard from two key Capitol security officials: former Senate Sergeant at Arms Michael Stenger and former House Sergeant at Arms Paul Irving, who served as Sund’s bosses and resigned in the wake of the attack. They testified they had no indication there would be an insurrection.

“The intelligence was not that there would be a coordinated assault on the Capitol, nor was that contemplated in any of the interagency discussions that I attended in the days before the attack,” Irving testified.

Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, quizzed Sund about intelligence reports generated by the FBI and his own department that indicated potential danger. Sund testified that his agency

on Jan. 5 received a report from the FBI’s Norfolk, Virginia, office warning that Trump supporters were calling for violence.

But the Capitol Police officer who received the warning didn’t share it with him or commanders.

Sund said he saw it for the first time on Monday.

Even if they had read it before Jan. 6, Sund said, it’s unclear whether the warning would have changed his agency’s security posture. “It would have been helpful to have been aware of,” he said, though “it is strictly raw data, it’s raw intelligence.”

Contee testified that the FBI report came in a run-of-the-mill email and was not flagged as a highpriority alert.

“I would think that something of that nature would rise to the level of more than just an email,” he said.

Lawmakers spent considerable time questioning the security officials about delays in getting help from the National Guard.

Contee testified that he was on a phone call with Army leaders during the insurrection and was frustrated that they didn’t sense the urgency.

He listened as Sund

pleaded with the Army brass to send troops and concluded military officials seemed to be going through a “check the boxes” exercise while expressing concerns it might look bad to have troops on the Capitol grounds.

“I was just stunned because I have officers out there fighting for their lives,” Contee said.

Three hours after the Capitol police chief pleaded with the Army brass to send the National Guard, the first batch of such soldiers mustered on the Capitol grounds, Sund testified.

The hearing started off dramatically when Capitol Police Capt. Carneysha C. Mendoza testified about engaging in four hours of hand-to-hand fighting with rioters in the Capitol.

Insurrectionists nearly broke her arm, and she also suffered chemical burns to her face from tear gas deployed by the insurrectionists. Those burns have not fully healed, she testified.

Mendoza said she spent the day after the attack at a hospital, comforting the family of Officer Brian Sicknick as he died from injuries sustained in the assault.

From Page One reported at 5.9%, which is comfortably below the 8% level needed to go red.

The orange tier standard is below 5%, which is where the state has Solano. The health equity metric is set at 5.2%.

Solano County also made an adjustment to the number of Covidrelated deaths, dropping it from 161 to 160.

Matyas said it was a report that had already been included in the total in the past.

The number of individuals hospitalized continued its decline, falling from 52 Monday to 42 Tuesday, while the intensive care unit capacity slipped slightly from 32% to 31%, but again, the majority of those in the hospitals’ ICUs are not

Clinic From Page One that volunteers were needed to help the clinic run smoothly.

They helped register people, and guided them from station to station, and answered any questions they might have.

The work actually started outside as other volunteers steered the line of traffic

Riots From Page One expressed dismay that Capitol Police and federal agencies were caught so off guard, especially because media reports had indicated Trump supporters might try to prevent Congress from counting the electoral votes. Senators said they would continue holding such hearings, including one next week featuring testimony from federal law enforcement and military officials.

“We are here today to better understand what was known in advance, what steps were taken to secure the Capitol and what occurred that day, because we want to ensure nothing like this happens again,” said Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., chairwoman of the Rules Committee.

In addition to several congressional inquiries, the Justice Department has launched a wide-ranging investigation into the assault and has charged more than 250 people on allegations they stormed the building, destroyed property and threat-

will host a Covid-19 vaccination site from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Tuesday at Mount Calvary Baptist Church, 17 3 5 E n t e r pr i s e Drive, Building 3.

The clinic is for preregistered individuals in eligible tiers who live and/or work in Solano County – regardless of where they receive their care. This currently includes health care workers, first responders and older adults living in Solano County, including residents 75 years or older and those 65 to 74 years old with underlying health conditions.

Hospitalizations and deaths attributed thus far to Covid-19 have been concentrated among older residents, with 43% of the hospitalizations and 78% of the county’s 161 recorded Covid-related deaths as of Monday coming among people who are 65 or older. People in that age group represent 17% of the county’s population and account for 12% of all confirmed cases as of Monday.

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GOP senators propose $10 minimum wage Tribune Content Agency Republican Sens. Mitt Romney and Tom Cotton are proposing legislation that would gradually raise the federal minimum wage to $10 per hour and require all employers to use E-Verify, an electronic system to check employees’ work authorization.

The bill would increase the hourly minimum wage from the current $7.25 to $10 by 2025, after which it would adjust with inflation every two years.

The increases would not take effect until after the Covid-19 emergency, and small businesses could have a longer phase-in period, according to a fact sheet released by the senators on Tuesday.

The boosted labor protections – which fall short of Democrats’ proposed minimum wage increase – would be paired with mandatory E-Verify in an effort to crack down on businesses that hire unauthorized immigrants and to protect low-wage American workers.

It would also raise penalties on employers who hire unauthorized immigrants.

“American workers today compete against millions of illegal immigrants for too few jobs with wages that are too low–that’s unfair,” Cotton, R-Ark., said in a statement Tuesday. “Ending the black market for illegal labor will open up jobs for Americans.

Raising the minimum wage will allow Americans filling those jobs to better support their families. Our bill does both.”

Romney, R-Utah, added that the bill “would raise the floor for workers without costing jobs.”

Text of the bill was not available Tuesday. A spokesperson for Cotton said the legislation is slated to be formally introduced Thursday.

The Republican-led effort comes as congressional Democrats push to double the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025 in a $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill.

The House Budget Committee advanced the bill on Monday. It faces tougher odds in the Senate, where Democrats are hoping to muscle the package through the reconciliation process, which allows bills to pass with a simple majority.

To do this, assuming all Republicans vote against the measure, Democrats would need the support of every senator in their party. However, two more moderate members – Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V. – have opposed raising the minimum wage to $15 through reconciliation.

Spokespeople for Sinema and Manchin didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment Tuesday on whether the senators would support Romney and Cotton’s minimum wage proposal.

A spokesperson for Senate Budget Chairman Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who introduced the Democrats’ minimum wage hike, also didn’t respond to a comment request.

Romney told reporters on Tuesday that if the Democrats’ desired $15 minimum wage hike doesn’t pass, lawmakers will “need to sit down and work on a bipartisan proposal.”

“We’re open to considering other people’s points of view. But I think the recognition that we need to raise the minimum wage and tie it to an inflator makes sense,” he said.

“I think linking that with a system that enforces our immigration laws and prevents people from coming here illegally, and taking away jobs from people at the entry level of our economy, it makes a lot of sense.”

David Bier, an immigration policy analyst at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank, told CQ Roll Call that Romney and Cotton’s bill would be “dead on arrival as is” in the Democrat-controlled chamber. He also called the bill a “bad economic proposal” that would increase costs on employers and on the government.

However, the bill c ou ld for e sh adow future legislation that exchanges immigration policy changes for labor protections for U.S. workers, he said.

In the White Housebacked comprehensive immigration bill put forth last week, Democrats proposed creating a path to citizenship for undocumented farmworkers, while also setting labor protections that would require agricultural employers to pay farmworkers time-and-a-half for overtime work.

“Any time you have Republicans proposing something that’s moving in the direction of a Democratic priority, you always have to assume that that’s going to give it a higher chance than something that’s just a purely Republican-only idea,” Bier said.

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Strain From Page A3 the California strain is remains an open question, he added. But the evidence that it’s more contagious comes from several sources.

Samples collected from a range of counties, and using a variety of collection methods, suggest the variant is 19% to 24% more transmissible. But in some circumstances, its advantage was much greater: In one nursing home outbreak, B.1.427/B.1.429 spread at a ratethatwassixtimeshigher than its predecessors.

Researchers also discerned uniform patterns of the variant’s expansion in counties across the state. When infection rates rose, they typically did so in tandem with growing evidence of the California strain’s presence.

The variant’s enhanced propensity for spread was also evident in laboratory results. An analysis of viral samples from around the state showed that compared with people infected with other strains of SARS-CoV-2, those who were infected with the California strain had viral loads in the nasopharynx that were twice as high.

That, in turn, made it highly likely that each person infected with the new strain would go on to infect more people.

B . 1 . 4 2 7/ B . 1 . 4 2 9 ’ s genome includes three mutations that affect the crucial spike protein, which the virus uses to sneak into human cells and convert them into factories for its own production. One of those three mutations, dubbed L452R, affects to so-called receptor binding domain, helping the virus attach more firmly to target cells.

That adaptation has not been seen in coronavirus variants that have caused worry elsewhere.

In a UCSF lab, scientists found that the L452R mutation alone made the California strain more damaging as well. A coronavirus engineered to have only that mutation was able to infect human lung tissue at least 40% more readily than were circulating variants that lacked the mutation. Compared with those so-called wild-type strains, the engineered virus was more than three times more infectious.

In the lab, the California strain also revealed itself to be more resistant to neutralizing antibodies generated in response to Covid-19 vaccines as well as by a previous coronavirus infection.

Compared with existing variants, the reduction in protection was “moderate ... but significant,” the researchers said.

The coronavirus strain that’s now dominant in South Africa – and that has raised concerns about evading the immune system’s defenses – has been shown to reduce the effect of neutralizing antibodies by a factor of 6.2. With the California strain, the effect

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SNAI director Edmundo Moncayo said in a press conference on Tuesday afternoon that some members of staff were injured in the disorders but none was among the dead.

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of these antibodies was reduced by a factor of two.

“I do anticipate over time it is going to have an effect on vaccination,” Chiu said. Though the magnitude of the effect varied from sample to sample and was less pronounced than with the South Africa strain, “it still is concerning,” he said.

Ominously, the new study also suggested the California variant could have greater virulence.

That observation is based on the medical charts of 324 patients hospitalized at UCSF, a relatively small sample.

Still, the researchers found that the 21% of these patients who were infected with B.1.427/B.1.429 were more likely than their counterparts to have been admitted to the ICU, and they were 11 times more likely to die. That finding held up even after researchers adjusted for differences in the patients’ age, gender and ethnicity.

However, Chiu cautioned that this increased risk of death may not be a sign that the variant is inherently more lethal.

Rather, it may simply be a reflection that its greater transmissibility caused hospitals to become so overwhelmed and healthcare resources to be stretched so thin that more deaths were the result – especially in Southern California.

Dr. Marc Suchard, an expert on infectious disease tracking at UCLA, said that some of the team’s findings will probably be refined as more virus samples are genetically sequenced and more data come to light.

“It remains critically important that we actively sequence the virus as cases are diagnosed in our state,” said Suchard, who was not involved in the UCSF work. “I am glad to see such a collaboration between academics and public health departments in California to identify the emergence of a previously unidentified lineage.”

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Navy divers assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2 prepare to enter the water during ice dive

training at Camp Ripley in Little Falls, Minn., Feb. 18.

The temperature was 9 below zero before dawn.

Navy divers training under 3 feet of ice in Minnesota Tribune Content Agency NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — It dipped to 9 below zero before dawn Friday at Camp Ripley, Minnesota – the same as at Barrow, Alaska, the northernmost point in the United States – which is why Chief Warrant Officer 2 Joshua Slack has no doubts that his divers are getting the right training for the Navy’s stepped up interest in Arctic operations.

The sailors from Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek’s Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2 are spending February in the middle of Minnesota, diving at least twice daily in water just 4 degrees above its freezing point, and under ice that can be 3 feet thick.

As far as Slack and MDSU-2 are concerned, that’s pretty Arctic.

The Navy’s latest strategic planning and NATO’s new, Norfolk-based Joint Force Command have heightened their focus on

the Arctic over the past several months.

That focus comes in response to increased Russian naval activity, especially important because of signs of growing Chinese interest in the region, and because Arctic waters offer Russian submarines a path to the North Atlantic sea routes and telec om mu n ic at ions lines that link the United States and Europe.

So Slack’s divers, who normally train in the warmer waters of Virginia Beach and downright balmy Key West, Florida, need to know how to operate in those frigid, dangerous conditions.

If air supplies run short or equipment fails, divers in the Arctic – and the 36 degree water of Lake Ferrell – can’t simply swim up to the surface.

There’s ice in the way.

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The MDSU-2 divers’ training in Minnesota includes work with a hand-held navigation device and the underwater sonar the team uses when divers search for hazards, mines or items that need to be recovered.

Since the divers are part of the Navy’s expeditionary command, they’re expected to be ready to go anywhere and set up everything they need to do their jobs.

When they head to Lake Rapoon, 30 miles from Lake Ferrell, as they do most days in this training, they drill on setting up shelters to stay warm while they suit up for diving and when they emerge from their mission.

They practice settling up their “wagon wheel” – the 25- and 50-foot diameter circles, centered on the hole through which divers enter the water, that they

clear with snowblowers. It’s called a wagon wheel because the sailors also clear lines leading from the central hole to the circles – the spokes.

They also cut escape holes on the circles, and clear enough snow to make arrows pointing the way to safety.

That lets enough light through that target-like wagon wheel to guide a diver in trouble.

MDSU-2 divers have ice screws, so they can grab onto ice to make it easier for a fellow sailor to find them if they get into trouble.

They practice jumping in quickly for the urgent, but careful 360-degree sweeps that a rescuer must perform if a diver runs into difficulties under the ice.

It’s all part of being a Navy diver, Slack said.

And the training means that if MDSU-2 sailors need to go to the Arctic, they’re ready to carry out their mission, he said.

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Fans return to MSG but Knicks fall to W’s, 114-106 Tribune Content Agency NEW YORK — The fans returned to see something more familiar: a Knicks loss.

Steph Curry dropped 37 points in front of the sparse Madison Square Garden crowd, while RJ Barrett continued his funk as the Knicks fell to the Warriors on Tuesday, 114106. The Knicks (15-17), who snapped a two-game winning streak, kept it close throughout and tied the score with about four

minutes remaining.

But the Knicks’ offense went into the freezer, and Curry’s and-1 runner gave Golden State a fivepoint edge with 1:22 left, proving to be the game’s most pivotal basket.

Curry hit half of his 14 3-point attempts and shot 12 for 12 from the foul line. Barrett, on the other hand, managed just four points with three turnovers while missing eight of his nine shots. He also bricked a free throw that would’ve cut New York’s

deficit to 1 with 1:26 left.

Barrett’s minutes have been reduced lately, and he only played five in the fourth quarter Tuesday. “ W h at e v er the team needs I’m good,” Barrett repeated his canned answer.

The fans were back at limited capacity, with some seated as close as about 10 feet from the court. The virus certainly isn’t dead but New York has now allowed for such indoor gatherings and MSG took full advantage.

The roughly 2,000 fans cheered at volumes greater than their numbers in the beginning, as if trying to make up for the lost time. It had been nearly a year since fans were allowed at MSG, with NYC suffering almost 30,000 documented Covid-19-related deaths since March.

“It means a lot,” Julius Randle said. “It’s been a rough year since the last time we had fans. It’s been tough on the city. We know how important the fans are to the city of New York. We

understand what we mean to the city. For them to be a part of what we’re doing and what we’re experiencing as a team, and what we’re building would be amazing. So getting them back here I’m sure they appreciate it, we appreciate it too.”

Randle, fresh off being named to the All-Star Game, was greeted with “MVP” chants. He finished with 25 points, 10 boards and seven assists but was ejected at the end following two technical fouls.

Tom Thibodeau called the fans’ presence “the first step back to normalcy.” But then the Knicks reverted to their less desirable normal.

“To have your family come but also more important, it’s our fans. We’re excited about that and it will grow,” the coach said.

“Our league and organization have put all the safety protocols in place.

Safety has to come first but we’re excited about having the opportunity to have our fans here.

Kings suffer 8th loss in a row as fans cheer Nets’ 7th straight win Tribune Content Agency

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The vehicle driven by Tiger Woods is towed away on Hawthorne Boulevard after he ran off the road just after

7 a.m. and sustained injuries, Tuesday. Woods suffered serious injuries to his legs.

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Harbor-UCLA Medical Center by ambulance, where he was in serious condition and being treated for his injuries, the Fire Department said.

His injuries included a shattered ankle and two leg fractures, one of which was compound, according to a source familiar with his treatment.

At a news briefing Tuesday afternoon, Fire Department spokesman Daryl Osby said that Woods was conscious and stable at the scene of the crash, but that the rollover meant it was considered a trauma-level injury so he was taken to the nearest

Tiger Woods ‘lucky to be alive’ after serious rollover crash LOS ANGELES — Golf star Tiger Woods was “lucky to be alive” Tuesday after being seriously injured in a rollover crash near Rancho Palos Verdes, the Los Angeles County sheriff said.

Woods was the sole occupant of a 2021 Genesis GV80 SUV that was traveling north on Hawthorne Boulevard at Blackhorse Road when he crashed just after 7 a.m. local time, authorities said.

The vehicle sustained major damage, and Woods had to be extricated from the wreckage by person-

nel from the Los Angeles County Fire Department, sheriff’s officials said.

Sheriff Alex Villanueva said Woods was traveling at a “relatively greater speed than normal” descending down a hill, noting that the area “has a high frequency of accidents.” The sheriff said that there were no skid marks and no signs of braking and that the golfer’s vehicle hit the center divider, a curb and a tree in the rollover crash.

Villanueva sa id Tuesday there was no evidence Woods was impaired at the scene.

Woods was taken to

trauma center.

Woods’ manager, Mark Steinberg, said the golfer “suffered multiple leg injuries. He is currently in surgery and we thank you for your privacy and support.”

L.A. County sheriff’s Deputy Carlos Gonzalez arrived at the scene first, he said.

“Mr. Woods was not able to stand under his own power,” Gonzalez said, noting that Woods was put on a backboard.

“I spoke to him. I asked him what his name was.

He told me his name was See Woods, Page B2

Pitchers, managers approve as MLB is deadening baseballs to liven up game Tribune Content Agency Joe Maddon loves a good hitand-run play, a timely stolen base, a well-executed sacrifice bunt, a choke-up-on-the-bat, two-strike bloop hit to shallow right field.

The Angels manager may have gained notoriety for his new-age motivational techniques and early embrace of analytics, but when it comes to baseball’s on-field product, he is old school to the core.

That’s why Maddon, 67, welcomed recent news reports that Major League Baseball had slightly deadened the ball this season amid a six-year surge of home runs.

The changes are so subtle that they may result in fly balls traveling only one to two feet shorter when hit more than 375 feet, but if that pushes baseball one small step toward its more traditional roots, it would be one giant leap for the

game, in Maddon’s eyes.

“I’m hoping it impacts the game a lot,” Maddon said. “We’ll see how it works out this year, but if, in fact, the ball doesn’t travel as far, it will change the analytics of the game, and a lot of things will change off that.

“Strategically speaking, it will put more emphasis on speed, on hitting the ball the other way, especially with two strikes, on contact.

Strikeouts will be more disdained, like they were in the past. Pitchers might challenge hitters more because they want the ball in play, and they won’t walk as many guys.”

A (fastball-down-the) pipe dream? Perhaps, but Maddon, who has spent more than four decades in a sport that has fallen behind the NFL in popularity and television ratings and suffers from a lack of action, thinks it’s worth pursuing.

“You never know until you actu-

ally try something,” he said. “I think part of the disinterest in the game today is that it’s been reduced to small patterns of striking people out, accepting walks and trying to hit home runs. When you change the ball, we can go back in time to where we had a better brand of baseball.”

Many think the preponderance of baseball’s three true outcomes – the home run, the walk and the strikeout – is harming the sport.

A major league record 6,776 homers were hit during the 2019 regular season, and the rate of homers fell only slightly in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, from 1.39 per team a game in 2019 to 1.28 per team a game last season.

The current home run surge began in 2015, when homers jumped to 4,909 from the 4,186 hit the preSee MLB, Page B10

The streak has extended to seven.

A nother has stretched to eight.

In their first game of the season with fans at Barclays Center, and on the same day James Harden was announced an All-Star reserve, the Nets did not disappoint.

Instead, they electrified, scoring 42 points in the first quarter on their way to a 127-118 win over the slumping Sacramento Kings on Tuesday night. It was their second victory over the Kings, who have dropped eight straight, during the winning streak.

With fans in the arena, players moved the ball, made shots, smiled and giggled through a first quarter in which the Nets virtually could not miss. But it did not come without drama.

K ings for wa rd Marvin Bagley III tries to block shot by Kyrie Irving, whose Nets win their seventh straight

game as smattering of fans watch inside Barclays Center.

The Nets led by as many as 14 but the defense faltered, allowing the Kings to score 38 in the second quarter and 30 in the third. Sacramento took its first lead of the game with 14 minutes to go in the third period.

But the Kings had no answer for the Nets in the fourth quarter. Harden recorded his sixth tripledouble as a Net, finishing with 29 points, 14 assists and 11 rebounds.

Bruce Brown scored a career-high 29 points on 11-of-13 shooting, proving you don’t need to shoot threes to be effective in this league (even though he hit two-ofthree on the night). Joe Harris hit five threes, and DeAndre Jordan recorded five blocks.

The Kings, like most teams, didn’t have the firepower to keep up with the Nets, nor the See Kings, Page B10

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Vikings sail to 7-2 girls tennis win over Royals Daily Republic staff SPORTS@DAILYREPUBLIC.NET

FAIRFIELD — The Vanden High girls tennis dropped the top two singles battles but won the other five matches that were contested in a 7-2 Monticello Empire League victory over Armijo, Monday.

Sisters Faustina and Flora Wan won identical 6-0, 6-2 victories at first and second singles.

The Vikings (3-0) got singles wins from Delaney Ramsey at No. 3 (6-0, 6-2), Jasmine Yabut at No. 4 (6-0, 6-2) and Paige Van Pelt at No. 5 (6-0, 6-0), with Camille Arca prevailing by forfeit.

In doubles, Vanden got victories from Maritza Garcia and Jeanelle DelaCruz at No. 1 (6-1, 6-0) and Danali

Hardwick and Maia Larsen at No. 2 (6-0, 6-1) with Kaylani Payne and Katie Lofthus earning a forfeit win.

“Today the depth of our team was on display with strong play from the bottom of our lineup,” Vikings coach Stan Lewis said.

Rodriguez 6, Fairfield 0: At Fairfield, the Mustangs (1-1) didn’t drop a game in rolling past the Falcons, Tuesday.

Winning for Rodriguez, all in singles, were Trina Lim at No. 1, Nicole DeVries at No. 2, Riley Mark at No. 3, Bella Connerly at No. 4, Emily Hefner at No. 5, and Hannah Pierleoni at No. 6.

Vacaville 5, Fairfield 0: At Fairfield, the Falcons opened their season with a loss to the Bulldogs, Monday. Only the top five singles matches were contested.

“Ava Warren, a freshman, played solid singles (in falling 6-2, 6-1) at (No.) 3 and was our bright spot this afternoon,” Falcons coach Greg Davis said.

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Scoreboard HOCKEY

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Vegas St. Louis Colorado Los Angeles Arizona Minnesota SAN JOSE Anaheim

Toronto Edmonton Winnipeg Montreal Calgary Vancouver Ottawa

Boston Washington Pittsburgh N.Y. Islanders Philadelphia N.Y. Rangers New Jersey Buffalo

Florida Carolina

West Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA 16 11 4 1 23 48 34 19 10 7 2 22 59 59 15 9 5 1 19 44 32 17 8 6 3 19 54 48 18 8 7 3 19 48 52 15 9 6 0 18 44 38 17 7 8 2 16 47 64 19 6 10 3 15 37 54 North Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA 20 14 4 2 30 72 54 20 12 8 0 24 72 62 18 11 6 1 23 61 49 18 9 5 4 22 61 52 19 9 9 1 19 50 54 22 8 12 2 18 65 78 21 6 14 1 13 52 84 East Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA 16 11 3 2 24 51 36 18 9 5 4 22 60 63 16 10 6 1 21 54 55 18 9 6 3 21 44 43 15 8 4 3 19 51 51 16 6 7 3 15 40 42 14 6 6 2 14 37 41 16 6 8 2 14 41 47 Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA 17 12 3 2 26 59 48 17 12 4 1 25 64 47

Chicago 20 10 6 4 24 61 61 Tampa Bay 16 11 4 1 23 58 38 Columbus 20 8 7 5 21 60 70 Nashville 18 8 10 0 16 42 57 Dallas 13 5 4 4 14 41 37 Detroit 21 5 13 3 13 39 66 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs.

Monday’s Games Minnesota 6, SAN JOSE 2 Florida 3, Dallas 1 Tampa Bay 4, Carolina 2 N.Y. Islanders 3, Buffalo 2 Calgary 3, Toronto 0 Los Angeles 3, St. Louis 0 Vegas 3, Colorado 0 Arizona 4, Anaheim 3 Tuesday’s Games Buffalo 4, New Jersey 1 Pittsburgh 3, Washington 2, OT Chicago 6, Columbus 5, SO Ottawa 5, Montreal 4, SO Nashville 2, Detroit 0 Edmonton at Vancouver, (n) Wednesday’s Games Carolina at Tampa Bay, 2 p.m.

Dallas at Florida, 2 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.

Calgary at Toronto, 4 p.m.

Minnesota at Colorado, 6 p.m.

Anaheim at Arizona, 6 p.m.

Los Angeles at St. Louis, 6:30 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Vegas at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.

Boston at N.Y. Islanders, 4 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Washington, 4 p.m.

Carolina at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m.

Dallas at Florida, 4 p.m.

Chicago at Columbus, 4 p.m.

Calgary at Ottawa, 4 p.m.

New Jersey at Buffalo, 4 p.m.

Nashville at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.

Montreal at Winnipeg, 5 p.m.

Edmonton at Vancouver, 7 p.m.

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB Philadelphia 21 11 .656 — Brooklyn 21 12 .636 ½ Toronto 16 16 .500 5 Boston 15 16 .484 5½ New York 15 17 .469 6 Central Division

W L Pct GB Milwaukee 19 13 .594 — Indiana 15 14 .517 2½ Chicago 14 16 .467 4 Cleveland 11 21 .344 8 Detroit 9 22 .290 9½ Southeast Division

W L Pct GB Charlotte 14 16 .467 — Miami 14 17 .452 ½ Atlanta 13 18 .433 1½ Orlando 13 19 .406 2 Washington 11 18 .379 2½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Northwest Division

W L Pct GB Utah 25 6 .806 — Portland 18 12 .600 6½ Denver 16 14 .533 8½ Oklahoma City 12 19 .387 13 Minnesota 7 25 .219 18½ Pacific Division

W L Pct GB L.A. Clippers 23 10 .697 —

L.A. Lakers 22 10 .688 ½ Phoenix 20 10 .655 1½ GOLDEN STATE 17 15 .531 5½ SACRAMENTO 12 19 .387 10 Southwest Division

W L Pct GB San Antonio 16 11 .593 — Dallas 15 15 .500 2½ Memphis 13 14 .481 3 New Orleans 13 17 .433 4½ Houston 11 18 .379 6 Monday’s Games Chicago 120, Houston 100 Dallas 102, Memphis 92 Miami 108, Oklahoma City 94 Phoenix 132, Portland 100 Utah 132, Charlotte 110 Washington 127, L.A. Lakers 124 San Antonio at Indiana, ppd.

Tuesday’s Games Brooklyn 127, SACRAMENTO 118 GOLDEN STATE 114, New York 106 Cleveland 112, Atlanta 111 Detroit 105, Orlando 93 Philadelphia 109, Toronto 102 Dallas 110, Boston 107 Milwaukee 139, Minnesota 112 Portland at Denver, (n) L.A. Clippers 135, Washington 116 Wednesday’s Games GOLDEN STATE at Indiana, 4:30 p.m.

Boston at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m.

Houston at Cleveland, 4:30 p.m.

Toronto at Miami, 5 p.m.

Minnesota at Chicago, 5 p.m.

Detroit at New Orleans, 5 p.m.

San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m.

Charlotte at Phoenix, 6 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Utah, 7 p.m.

Thursday’s Games SACRAMENTO at New York, 4:30 p.m.

Dallas at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.

Orlando at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Memphis, 5 p.m.

Washington at Denver, 6 p.m.

New Orleans at Milwaukee, 6:30 p.m.

A’s: Why Rosenthal took type of deal Semien turned down Tribune Content Agency Days before pitchers and catchers were due to report to Mesa, the Oakland A’s roster was anemic.

Not decimated – the talent and core from past contending seasons remained. But the A’s didn’t have a counter punch as other teams purged its overflowing bin of free agents.

They seemed resigned to start retreating out of contention.

But through a flurry of moves in the final hours, the A’s sent a bat signal that they weren’t sitting on their hinders. They could make a better team, despite the extreme budgetary confines.

That’s what sealed the deal for Trevor Rosenthal, who ultimately sign a oneyear, $11 million deal (with deferrals) to be the A’s closer for the 2021 season.

“The fact they wanted to do something on top of that showed me the

commitment they had to winning this year and putting out the best possible product they could,” Rosenthal said on a call with reporters Tuesday.

“I saw it was a good opportunity to have success with so many options in the back end.”

The merits of a oneyear deal for a 30-year-old reliever four years removed from Tommy John surgery who has bounced between four teams since his recovery: It provides him the opportunity to bet on himself and chance to reset his market for the next round of free agency.

Rosenthal throws 100plus mph and gave up a grand total of five runs over 23.2 innings with the Kansas City Royals and San Diego Padres in 2020.

Rosenthal looked at the talented, potentially powerful A’s lineup, the American League West title, the budding starting rotation and saw opportunities to rack up some

saves closing games as a bullpen centerpiece for a contending team.

It’s a logical oneyear pit stop. And, somewhat surprisingly, the A’s offered the money Rosenthal sought.

Also surprising is that Rosenthal was willing to opt into deferring $8 million of that money to 2022 ($3 million) and 2023 ($5 million).

Rosenthal took the type of contract Marcus Semien turned down.

Remember, the A’s floated Semien the concept of a $12.5 million deal with $10 million deferred in 10, one-year installments of $1 million each.

In other words, Semien would get $2.5 million in 2021. But Toronto offered $18 million, all in one year, and the A’s didn’t have that kind of money to offer all in one place.

The A’s still didn’t have all $11 million to give Rosenthal up front, but in this uncertain climate and free agency

period winding down, it was more than enough to secure his services.

“I think, on the contract side, they really gave us what we were asking for,” Rosenthal said.

“When you go through the business negotiations and you have an idea of what the options are, and someone comes to you and is willing to make that happen – In these times when we haven’t had fans and the revenues have been down, it showed me that they really wanted to make this happen and that helps make that decision for me, no doubt.”

Rosenthal is more than worth the pursuit. Though he struggled in 2019, he looked very much the AllStar closer he came to be in St. Louis during his 2020 campaign with the Royals and Padres. He compiled a 1.90 ERA with 11 saves in 23.2 innings and didn’t give up a single run in his time with the Padres – a solid bounce back after not recording a save in 2019.

Woods: Hosted Genesis Invitational From Page B1 Tiger, and at that moment, I immediately recognized him,” Gonzalez said.

Aerial images of the scene showed Woods’ vehicle lying about 30 yards off the road on its side.

There did not appear to be skid marks on the northbound side of Hawthorne Boulevard, but the wooden “Welcome to Rolling Hills Estates” sign that had been in the median strip was obliterated. There was a license plate and fluid on the southbound side of the road, and Woods’ SUV narrowly missed a telephone pole as it careened up the hillside.

The PGA star was in Los Angeles as the host of the Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club, a golf tournament that concluded Sunday. He did not play in the event, as he was recovering from his fifth back surgery, but told CBS announcer Jim Nantz in an interview during the final round that he hoped to play in the Masters in April.

“God, I hope so. I’ve got to get there first,” Woods said in the interview. “A lot of it is based on my surgeons and doctors and therapist and making sure I do it correctly. This is the only back I’ve got; I don’t have much more wiggle room left.”

Woods stayed in Los Angeles County after the Genesis Invitational to participate in a two-day content shoot with Golf Digest/GolfTV. Although he did not hit balls or play any holes Monday, a smiling Woods was

with retired NBA star Dwyane Wade and comedian David Spade – both of whom documented it on social media – at Rolling Hills Country Club. Part of the shoot involved Woods giving lessons on the course to celebrities.

A source familiar with the investigation said Woods was staying at the Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes and had left there early Tuesday to head to the Rolling Hills Country Club, about 20 minutes away, for filming. Golf Digest confirmed that Woods was on his way back to the country club for an additional photo and video shoot when the crash occurred.

The crash occurred on a curvy, steep stretch of Hawthorne Boulevard, a major road that cuts through the Palos Verdes Peninsula where signs warn trucks to use lower gears when traveling downhill. The road was closed Tuesday morning as deputies investigated.

Sheriff’s deputies photographed the scene and took measurements before the wreckage was removed. The front end of the SUV was heavily damaged and the windscreen frame had been removed where Woods was extracted from the vehicle.

Investigators were trying to determine whether any other vehicles were on the road at the time and might have played a role in the crash. Data can also be extracted from the vehicle’s computer system, officials said.

Asked about the

numerous deputies on scene examining the wreckage and documenting the crash site, Villaneuva said, “Any time there are injuries, an extensive investigation is required.” The sheriff said it could take “days to several weeks” to complete the investigation.

Bob Fong, 67, who lives on Blackhorse Road, just north of the crash site, noticed the numerous police cars at Hawthorne Boulevard on Tuesday morning and thought, “It must have been some big celebrity that crashed.”

Fong knows how tricky the curves on the steep Hawthorne Boulevard can be — so much so that near the crash site there is a runoff lane for use in emergencies.

Laureen Swing, a 15-year resident of Rancho Palos Verdes, was walking her dog a block from the intersection of the crash site Tuesday afternoon. She said it’s a heavily trafficked area.

“There’s accidents all the time. . . . I think it’s almost a dangerous stretch of road, and I always stay on the right side because I’m just afraid of people wanting to go fast,” Swing said. “They don’t use turn signals sometimes when they switch lanes. I’ve almost found myself getting into an accident, trying to avoid another car cutting me off on that road. It’s pretty dangerous.”

She didn’t see Woods’ crash, but she said a van crossed the median on the same road a few years ago and nearly hit her.

One 54-year resident

of Rancho Palos Verdes who requested anonymity and claimed to live across the street from Hawthorne and Blackhorse, called the intersection a “speed trap.”

“You don’t know how fast you can descend,” the resident said. “I’ve been ticketed not even accelerating, just using the momentum of the hill, and I was speeding.

If you’re not familiar with this area, it’s just really easy to go fast. I usually (avoid the intersection) because people will run the light, and I could get nailed making my left turn up here.”

Donnie Nelson, a resident of Rolling Hills, said that stretch of Hawthorne is the site of dangerous accidents usually once or twice a year.

“Most of the time, trucks come down the hill and lose their brakes,” he said.

He’s known at least one person who was seriously injured by a trash truck on the hill. The speed limit is 45 mph, but he said “cars fly by you here.”

This is not the first car crash Woods has been involved in. In 2009, as he backed out of his driveway in a gated community near Orlando, Florida, his Cadillac SUV struck a fire hydrant and hit a neighbor’s tree.

In 2017, Woods was arrested in Jupiter, Florida, after police officers found him asleep at the wheel of his car.

Woods later said the incident was caused by an “unexpected reaction to prescribed medications.”

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

Baseball College •Mercer at at Georgia Tech, ACC, 10 a.m.

Basketball College men •Clemson at Wake Forest, ACC, 1:30 p.m.

•NC AT&T at NC Central, ESPNU, 2 p.m.

•North Carolina State at Virginia, ACC, 3:30 p.m.

•South Carolina at Mississippi State, SEC, 4 p.m.

•Marquette at North Carolina, ESPN2, 4 p.m.

•Temple at South Florida, ESPNU, 4 p.m.

•Seton Hall at Butler, CBSSN, 4 p.m.

•Indiana at Rutgers, BIG TEN, 5 p.m.

•Florida State at Miami, ACC, 5:30 p.m.

•DePaul at Creighton, CBSSN, 6 p.m.

•Xavier at Providence, FS1, 6 p.m.

•Cincinnati at Tulsa, ESPNU, 6 p.m.

•Alabama at Arkansas, ESPN2, 6 p.m.

•Tennessee at Vanderbilt, SEC, 6 p.m.

•Fresno State at UNLV, FS1, 8 p.m.

College women •Rutgers at Michigan State, BIG TEN, noon •Ohio State at Penn State, BIG TEN, 2 p.m.

NBA •Golden State at Indiana, ESPN, NBCSBA, 4:30 p.m.

•L.A. Lakers at Utah, ESPN, 7 p.m.

NBA G League •G League Ignite vs. Memphis Hustle, ESPN2, noon Hockey NHL •N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, NBCSN, 4 p.m.

•Los Angeles at St. Louis, NBCSN, 6:30 p.m.

Soccer •La Liga, Barcelona vs. Elche, BEIN, 9:50 a.m.

•Copa Libertadores, first round, first leg, Cesar Vallejo vs.

Caracas, BEIN, 2:05 p.m.

•Shebelieves Cup, Canada vs. Brazil, FS1, 4 p.m.

•Copa Libertadores, first round, first leg, Royal Pari vs.

Guarani, BEIN, 4:20 p.m.

•Shebelieves Cup, United States vs. Argentina, FS1, 7 p.m.

Tennis •Center Court, WTA Adelaide, ATP Montpellier, ATP Singapore, early rounds, TENNIS, 3 a.m.

•Center Court, ATP Montpellier, early rounds, 10 a.m.

•Center Court, WTA Adelaide, ATP Montpellier, ATP Singapore, early rounds, TENNIS, 4:30 p.m.

Thursday’s TV sports Basketball College men •West Virginia at Baylor, ESPN2, 2 p.m.

•Santa Clara at Gonzaga, CBSSN, 4 p.m.

•Western Kentucky at Houston, ESPN2, 4 p.m.

•Nebraska at Illinois, BIG TEN, 4 p.m.

•Washington at Arizona State, FS1, 4 p.m.

•Iowa at Michigan, ESPN, 4 p.m.

•UCLA at Utah, PAC12, 5 p.m.

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

•San Francisco at BYU, CBSSN, 6 p.m.

•Boise State at San Diego State, FS1, 6 p.m.

•Ohio State at Michigan State, ESPN, 6 p.m.

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

•Washington State at Arizona, FS1, 8 p.m.

College women •Michigan at Iowa, BIG TEN, 1:30 p.m.

•Virginia Tech at Clemson, ACC, 3 p.m.

•Kentucky at Georgia, SEC, 4 p.m.

•Boston College at Syracuse, ACC, 5 p.m.

•Arkansas at Auburn, SEC, 6 p.m.

NBA •Dallas at Philadelphia, TNT, 4 p.m.

•Sacramento at New York, NBCSCA, 4:30 p.m.

•New Orleans at Milwaukee, TNT, 6:30 p.m.

NBA G League •Memphis at Santa Cruz, ESPN2, noon Golf •PGA Tour, Puerto Rico Open, first round, GOLF, 7 a.m.

•WGC Workday Championship at the Concession, GOLF, 10 a.m.

•LPGA Tour, Cambridge LPGA, first round, GOLF, 11:30 a.m.

•PGA Tour, Puerto Rico Open, second round, GOLF, 7 a.m.

(Friday) •PGA Tour Champions, Cologuard Classic, first round, GOLF, 7 a.m. (Friday) Hockey NHL •Nashville at Detroit, NHL, 4:30 p.m.

•Vegas at San Jose, NBCSCA, 7:30 p.m.

Soccer •UEFA Europa League, The Golazo Show, round of 32, CBSSN, 9:54 a.m.

Tennis •Center Court, WTA Adelaide, quarterfinals; ATP Montpellier, ATP Singapore, early rounds, TENNIS, 3 a.m.

•Center Court, ATP Montpellier, early rounds, TENNIS, 10 a.m.

•Center Court, WTA Adelaide, semifinals; ATP Singapore, quarterfinals, TENNIS, 8:30 p.m.

•Center Court, ATP Montpellier, ATP Singapore, quarterfinals, 3 a.m. (Friday)

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alifornia is a signatory of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. It is an agreement among 15 states and Washington, D.C. to award all their electoral votes to whichever presidential candidate wins the overall vote. If the compact is agreed to by a number of states representing 270 electoral votes, you can kiss your vote goodbye. Or will the Supreme Court, among many others, object?

The Constitution, Article 2, Section 1 states: “Each State shall appoint, in such manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors, equal to the whole number of senators and representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress . . .”.

Adoption of the electoral plan came late in the Constitutional Convention, which had twice defeated proposals for Roger Oberbeck direct election of the president by the people.

There have been many resolutions to amend the U.S. Constitution to provide for the popular election of the president and the vice president. None have been passed by Congress and sent to the states for ratification as a constitutional amendment.

Amending the Constitution has a very high bar requiring two-thirds of both houses of Congress and three-fourths of all state legislatures to be in agreement.

Instead of amending the Constitution, the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is a pact between a group of states that seeks to violate the Constitution by awarding the state electors to the winner of the national popular vote if the compact reaches the necessary 270 electoral votes. The agreement currently has the approval of 15 states and D.C. (now assigned 196 electoral votes). This compact seeks to assign all electoral votes of complying states to the winner of the national popular vote regardless of the state’s vote count.

This concept seems to ignore the fact that this country is comprised of a group of 50 separate states, each having their own sovereign voting laws, as the Constitution intended. it also disavows the Founders’ belief of how an electoral college ensures that the most populated states should not control the outcome. It is hard to understand that these states are willing to give up their voters’ rights in order to conform to a national popular vote result.

This National Popular Vote Interstate Compact appears to be unconstitutional, (Article 1, Section 10 of the U.S. Constitution says, “No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, . . . enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State . . .”), and appears to be a scheme for voter fraud by changing the state voters’ outcome.

California has already agreed to this compact. How did California politicians slip this give-away past the California voters? I don’t recall voting on a ballot initiative to approve this compact. This should be put on the California ballot as an initiative so that California voters have a choice on whether or not to give away their votes to a national popular vote.

The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, like the current electoral system of “winner-take-all,” only differs in that it is applied to the national total instead of each state – a major defeat of the Founders’ principles supporting the sovereignty of the states. Maine and Nebraska actively address this “one person, one vote” issue by proportioning their electoral vote according to the popular vote. This is a simple and obvious way to do it without the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact of questionable legality or difficulties of amending the Constitution.

The 2020 presidential election results, if a proportional electoral system was used, would be the following: Biden 50.6%, Trump 49.4%, which is much closer to the popular vote (Biden 52.3%, Trump 47.7%) and the present “winner-take-all” electoral vote system which had Biden at 56.9% and Trump at 43.1%.

This would stop the controversy about the winner of the popular vote losing the election.

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National Register of ommuter-types, like myself, travel through Historic Places. history every day.

This column has taken It is written on readers down that road before, signs everywhere. but for a quick tour, there are We all know that Vacaville 31 designated places in the was named after a pioneering county, 11 of which family, Vallejo after a Mexican are in Benicia. general and Benicia after his I think my favorite locale, wife, and when Thomas at least based on the name Todd R. Hansen Dickson donated 10 acres to alone, is the Bird and Dinkelthe railroad, the history of Dixon was spiel Store in Birds Landing. It was slapped on the behind. built in 1875 and is located at Fairfield, of course, is named after 2145 Collinsville Road. a sports packaging company in Des End of detour.

Moines, Iowa.

Thurber was a rancher on whose Google is so awesome. land much of Pleasants Valley Road But those are the easy history was built. But there is another name lessons, as are the signposts on major associated with the bridge that is a thoroughfares, such as Travis key figure in the construction of that Boulevard and Manuel Campos bridge, as well as many other bridges Parkway, named for a notable and buildings in the county.

Fairfield councilman and mayor.

F.A. Steiger was the county His father, Juan Agustín Ezequiel engineer, and if the public building Campos Martínez; emigrated to the was erected in the early years of the U.S. from El Pilar, Lubrín, Almería, 20th century, he likely had the signpost for which you will find in a hand in it. southern Spain. It may have taken two Notably, he helped design and signposts to fit the name. construct the old courthouse, the jail One bridge I have crossed a great and several other bridges besides the deal in recent months is the Pleasants one that was renamed after Thurber Valley Road Bridge, also known as the in 2007 – on the 100th anniversary Edward R. Thurber Bridge. of the bridge.

The 40-foot concrete bridge, which But many names – OK, most – crosses Miller Canyon Creek, was remain a mystery to me and, I dare built in 1907 and is eligible for the say, the vast majority of motorists who

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closures during the pandemic alifornia’s management of the Covid-19 panshould consider the associademic has been, to say tion between educational the least, erratic with disruption and decreased ever-changing state decrees expected lifespan and give on business openings and closgreater weight to the potential ings and personal conduct outcomes of school closure on and, most recently, a chaotic children’s health.” rollout of vaccinations.

All of the adults involved in There has been, however, Dan Walters educational policy – Newsom, one constant. legislators, local officials, The state’s public schools quickly teachers, school unions and school shut down when Gov. Gavin Newsom trustees and administrators – agree declared an emergency and assumed that the schools must reopen. one-man command of the crisis and However, they’ve wrangled inceswith few exceptions have remained santly over when and how. shuttered ever since.

Newsom for months shied away The shutdown, coupled with other from directly confronting the school restrictions, effectively quarantined reopening issue, saying he wanted 6 million schoolchildren in their schools to reopen, but didn’t want to homes while school authorities intrude on local authority. However, it attempted, with uneven success at was evident that he really didn’t want best, to continue classes via to confront school unions, particularly the internet. the powerful California Teachers Everyone agrees that the situation Association, which were setting has stunted educational achievement virtually impossible conditions with potentially immense adverse for reopening. consequences for both the students – The political dynamics of the particularly poor and English-learner impasse changed late last year when a students already at risk of failure – nascent drive to recall Newsom and the larger society. suddenly shifted into high gear.

It could even be worse. A study Sensational revelations that the published in the Journal of the governor had attended a lobbyist’s American Medical Association last birthday party at an expensive Napa fall projects that heavy loss of restaurant, violating in spirit his classroom instruction could slice “stay-at-home-and-wear-your-mask” years off the lives of students. admonitions, seemed to spark the “In this decision analytical model shift. However, as signature-gatherof years of life potentially lost under ing on recall petitions has surged, differing conditions of school closure, another factor has been parental the analysis favored schools remainanger over inaction on ing open,” the study concluded. reopening schools.

Suddenly, or so it seemed, Newsom “Future decisions regarding school

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zoom past them on their life’s travels.

That’s old-school zoom, by the way.

No virtual travels here.

For example, as motorists head east out of Suisun City toward Rio Vista, they navigate a very short bridge that crosses a dry creekbed – at least most of the time it is dry – as they approach the Western Railway Museum.

I certainly would not expect a name to be attached to such a nondescript structure, but a name is attached to this bridge: Bairds Bridge.

For those who enjoy jaunting through history, on wheels or in books, Highway 12 is loaded with lots of places to visit.

I’m not sure Bairds Bridge is one of those must-see places, but there is some kind of story there, and someone knows that story.

If anyone can help fill the gaps on the who, what and when of Bairds Bridge, maybe then I can get some sleep, other than when behind the wheel.

For the record, Caltrans lists 213 local agency bridges in Solano County – including Bike Path and two unnamed wetland bridges – but no Bairds Bridge.

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morphed from reluctant bystander to ardent school reopening advocate, declaring that schoolhouse doors could swing open safely without the stringent conditions laid down by the CTA and other unions and backed by union-friendly Democratic legislators.

The wrangling may be headed for a climax of some kind, either a standoff or a negotiated agreement.

Legislative leaders have unveiled a reopening plan that mirrors the financial aspects of Newsom’s proposal – billions of extra dollars to compensate for the void in classroom time – but essentially gives the unions a veto over when and how classroom instruction would resume.

Newsom immediately rejected it, saying, “I made it crystal clear. I can’t support something that’s going to delay the safe reopening of schools for our kids. . . . We would be, if we adopted that proposal, an extreme outlier.” He did, however, offer an olive branch by setting aside 10% of the state’s vaccination supplies to inoculate teachers.

With his new assertiveness after many months of passivity, Newsom is signaling to parents – potential recall election voters – that he’s on their side. But every day schools remain closed, the toll on students increases, the anger of stressed-out parents grows and the issue looms ever-larger as a factor in the recall movement.

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DGA report: More women, TV directors of color working Tribune Content Agency Last year’s TV season saw a rise in the number of women and people of color directing television shows, according to a new report by the Directors Guild of America.

The percentage of the more than 4,300 episodes of television made by directors of color in the 2019-2020 season rose to 32% from 27% the year prior, up from 18% five seasons ago, the union said Tuesday.

Episodes directed by women grew to 34%, up from 31% from the prior season, according to the study.

The numbers suggest an improving picture in one corner of the industry, reflecting various by studios efforts and filmmakers to improve representation behind the camera.

Despite new highs in the shares of episodes directed by women and Black creators, Latino filmmakers and women of color remained severely underrepresented, the union said.

“It is vitally important that no group should be disadvantaged when it comes to developing a career,” DGA President Thomas Schlamme said in a statement. “While we see encouraging growth in some areas, we will not be satisfied until we see fairness for all.”

Showtime’s coming of age drama “The Chi” had a high percentage of female directors, with about 70% of the episodes directed by women of color, including Jet Wilkinson.

H BO’s comedy “Insecure” and fantasy drama “Lovecraft Country” were also examples of series where at least half the episodes were directed by women, according to the DGA. Ava DuVernay’s drama “Queen Sugar” continued to fuel a pipeline of female directors of color with its most

recent seasons. DuVernay last week launched Array Crew, a database of below-the-line talent in a bid to facilitate increased hiring of diverse crew.

White men continued to dominate the profession, accounting for 43% of episodes directed, down from 50% the season prior.

The vast majority of female directors are white, accounting for 23% of the total number of episodes, up from 22% in 2018-2019. There were more white female directors overall than male directors of color directing TV episodes in the last season, which accounted for 22%, up from 19% in the prior season.

Female directors of color accounted for 10% of the episodes, up from 8% last year.

African American women directed 5.2% of the episodes, Latino females 2.4% and Asian American females 2.1%.

The union doesn’t have a comparison for the prior season broken down by ethnicity.

Some studios have in the last year made additional investments in diversity initiatives, with producers like CBS Studios teaming up with the NAACP to create more representative TV shows. s t ud io s M ajor accounted for nearly three-quarters of the episodes in the study. While Sony ranked highest among studios for the percentage of directors of color on episodes it produced (tied with WarnerMedia), it ranked penultimate in terms of percentage of women directors with 32%.

Paramount ranked highest for its hiring percentage of women directors, with 47%. CBS ranked lowest with 30% of women directors on episodes of TV it produced.

HBO ranked lowest in terms of directors of color it hired, at 18%.

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he French duo of Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, known worldwide as Daft Punk, was already beloved before they took the stage at Coachella in 2006. It had three acclaimed studio albums, a decade of semiregular touring and the esteem of dance music and pop sophisticates alike.

Starting in the ‘90s, Bangalter and de Homem-Christo hid their faces under gold and silver robot masks, rarely breaking character, but became recognizable pop stars in their own right.

But when the lights went on over their gigantic pyramid in Indio and a tent full of neophyte young ravers felt the disco thrash of “Robot Rock,” a whole EDM industry was shot into the stratosphere, remaking festival culture in the U.S. for a generation.

“No one had seen anything like that,” dance music historian Michaelangelo Matos said in the 2015 documentary “Daft Punk Unchained.” “No one had seen that level of production.

Everybody who was in the tent was texting everybody else: ‘You are missing this! This is the greatest thing I’ve ever seen! You’re missing the greatest performance of all time.’”

With the release of a video exploding their robot bodies forever, the French duo announced on Monday that they would retire, 28 years after forming and seven years after their smash “Get Lucky” propelled an album of the year win at the Grammys for “Random Access Memories”.

With a catalog packed with club bangers, film scores, Kanye West and the Weeknd collaborations and dance chart No. 1s, Daft Punk enjoyed what was arguably the most influential and accomplished career in modern electronic music.

Here are 10 essential moments from its career.

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tone for manager Pedro Winter’s Ed Banger Records that would bring French club music into a new and genuinely thrilling era. The “Human After All” album came out to mixed reviews, but the lead singles have stood up as catalog staples for its live sets, which is where the band took its concept to entirely new heights.

7. ‘Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger’ (2007)

2. ‘Around the World’ (1997) One of the most stylish, endlessly loopable cuts from the “Homework” album that showed a softer, sophisticated approach to contemporary house, with a colorful yet droll dance video. (Daft Punk had great ones from this era with Jonze, Michel Gondry, Roman Coppola and Seb Janiak.)

3. ‘One More Time’ (2001) The most reliable, handsup exultant track in its catalog; it’s never a bad time in a DJ set to cue up this ultra-compressed triumph and watch the room burst open.

4. ‘Face to Face’ (2004) A team-up with U.S. producer Todd Edwards, the fifth single from “Discovery” topped U.S. dance charts in 2004 (succeeded by Britney Spears’ “Toxic” . . . what a month!).

5. ‘Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem’ (2003) Not a song but the band’s feature-length anime film/ companion to its “Discovery” album, under the tutelage of legendary animation studio Toei and director Kazuhisa Takenouchi.

6. ‘Robot Rock’ (2005) The tougher edges, rock attitude and crushing dynamics of “Robot Rock” set the

This live version off of its beloved, towering post-Coachella tour album “Alive” was released as a single and makes a strong case as its definitive take. Kanye West later used the song as the centerpiece sample of his own smash, “Stronger.”

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8. ‘Tron: Legacy’ (2010) The two dozen cuts the band produced from the rebooted sci-fi milestone might not get much club play today, but it shows the level of rigor and musicianship the band was capable of away from dancefloors.

9. ‘Get Lucky’ (2013) For most of the non-dancemusic world, this track will be their calling card forevermore.

Just pure, perfect throwback disco, witty and rousing and generation-spanning. Nile Rodgers on inimitable guitar, Pharrell on the just-reaching-enough vocals – it’s the gold-standard single on their Grammy-dominating “Random Access Memories.”

10. The Weeknd, ‘Starboy’ / ‘I Feel It Coming’ (2016) The group finally got its Billboard No. 1 as producers and guests on the Weeknd’s single “Starboy.” The pair of tracks won’t top any Daft Punk superfan’s list, but it proved they could step into the background of a pop star’s vision as well as dominate festival fields.

A LOT OF THINKING WILL FEEL GOOD J. Churton Collins, who was an English literary critic, wrote, “Half our mistakes in life arise from feeling where we ought to think, and thinking where we ought to feel.”

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Playing in three no-trump, South faced a low-diamond lead to East’s ace and a diamond return through his kingjack. How should he have continued?

When South finessed the diamond jack, West won with the queen and returned the suit. Declarer ran dummy’s club suit, discarding a heart from hand. West, under pressure but not revealing it, discarded one spade and two hearts. Now South had to guess how to continue. Eventually he played a spade to his queen, but West won with the king and cashed two diamond tricks to defeat the contract.

After looking at West’s hand, South said, “Both finesses wrong. How unlucky. And how was I to know he had blanked the heart king?”

As usual, dummy was unsympathetic. “Assuming West has led from his long suit, why finesse the diamond jack at trick two? Go up with the king, cash two or three club tricks and exit with a diamond. West takes his winners in the suit, but what does he do then?”

“Oh, yes, of course,” answered South. “He must lead into one of my ace-queen tenaces. How unthinking of me.”

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Food app drivers take more deliveries, but they aren’t seeing higher pay Tribune Content Agency Drivers for thirdparty delivery apps such as Uber Eats, DoorDash and GrubHub experienced a flood of orders at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, as restaurants closed for inperson dining and patrons largely decided to enjoy their meals at home.

Carryout and delivery orders have surged, but the spike in demand for their services hasn’t resulted in a windfall, drivers said.

More orders initially meant higher pay for many, but as more drivers joined the apps, competition increased and customers seemed less willing to sign for a tip, drivers said.

Services pay commission based on the cost of an order, but drivers said that many orders aren’t worth taking without a gratuity.

DoorDash added 1.9 million new drivers between mid-March and September of last year, a spokesperson said.

“I feel that there was quite an upswing in people signing up for these services,” said Nate Vanderhoof, a 42-year-old Uber Eats driver from Columbus, Ohio. “It’s fairly easy to make money. You go out and drive when you want, stop when you want.

There’s no set schedule.”

Drivers said they are making just as much money as they did before the pandemic, despite a surge in business.

“It’s been better and worse,” said Alyssa Jones, 26, of Ashville, Ohio.

Drivers get “more offers, but no one wants to tip.”

Tips are crucial Food delivery drivers for third-party delivery apps are independent contractors who get paid per delivery, making their salaries dependent on the volume of deliveries – and tips – rather than hours worked.

“I’m on a couple of the Uber Facebook pages, and that’s one of the complaints, that there’s a lot of rideshare drivers,” Vanderhoof said. “They talk about the good old days when there weren’t as many drivers, they were a lot busier and they would make more money.”

The apps said the total tips drivers received increased in 2020, according to their statistics.

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Cassandra Flore prepares to pick up a delivery for DoorDash in Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 18.

GrubHub-owned Seamless, customers tipped an average of 15% more, company spokesman Grant Klinzman said.

“So if a diner was tipping 20% before, they tipped more than 22% during the pandemic,” he said in an email.

Order sizes, which also typically mean higher tips, also have increased following the coronavirus outbreak, he said.

Klinzman said the company doesn’t release information on its pay rates, but stressed that GrubHub helps drivers calculate their pay rate through its website.

Column: If you want to help local restaurants, don’t use delivery services like Grubhub or Uber Eats

Paying the bills Most of the drivers contacted for this story said they work part-time, supplementing income from other jobs. A minority said they depend on thirdparty delivery services to pay their bills. Those are the drivers who said they struggle the most.

Jones said she started delivering for GrubHub, UberEats and DoorDash after her daughter was diagnosed with autism.

Frequent and irregularly scheduled doctor’s appointments made a fulltime job with traditional hours impossible.

“I couldn’t work a full-time job with her appointments, and she needed extra help at

home,” she said.

Third-party delivery services afforded her the chance to work on her own schedule, but when asked whether she makes enough to pay her bills, Jones said, “It depends on the tips, but mostly no.”

Jones said she often is stuck working long hours now that customers are less generous, and she finds herself holding out for larger deliveries and bigger tips to make ends meet.

Vanderhoof drives for Uber and Uber Eats to supplement income from his primary job. But when he was unemployed for several months at the height of the pandemic, the apps were his only income.

“In an eight-hour shift, my goal would be to make a minimum of $100,” he said. But to achieve that, “I would usually go past” eight hours of work time.

Vanderhoof earned enough to pay his bills, but it was tight.

“I learned how to budget pretty good,” he said. “If I had big bills coming, I knew that I had to drive more, stay out longer, and drive during the most opportune times.”

Even so, Vanderhoof said he likes the work and feels the money he makes more than offsets the cost of gas and car maintenance. Services pay a commission for each delivery, but drivers are responsible for gas, car repair and maintenance, and insurance.

Tracking expenses Sarah Dygert, 36, of Columbus, said she was able to make ends meet driving for DoorDash full-time by working out an intricate system. She tracks the location and hours she worked and the orders she received to identify the best times and places to work.

“If you’re willing to put in the work and keep driving and keep accepting orders, then it’s all based around when you want to work,” she said.

Dygert worked as a bartender and server for the District Pourhouse in the Gateway District near Ohio State University’s campus.

But the bar and restaurant closed when Gov. Mike DeWine shuttered most nonessential businesses in mid-March, and Dygert found herself unemployed.

She said the money she made delivering meals completely replaced her salary and tips from the District Pourhouse, helping her pay her bills and save a small amount of money once her obligations were met.

Richard Figley, 68, of Clintonville, Ohio, delivered for food apps before the pandemic as a supplement to his Social Security checks. He is one of the few drivers who said he subtracted the cost of gas and car repair from his overall income, and he was unimpressed with the results.

Figley is an Air Force veteran who works as a marketing consultant.

“If you take into account wear and tear on your car and everything else that goes into it, you come out making about $10 an hour,” he said. “It looks good because you have a lot of cash, but if you put it into an Excel spreadsheet (comparing expenses with revenue), you quickly find out that you’re not making any money.”

Volume vs. quality T he commission attached to a delivery depends on the size of the order, and drivers said they see more orders for inexpensive fast food meals now that Ohioans are mostly staying home.

Drivers have different philosophies on small orders. Some take as many deliveries as they can, others hold out for the most expensive meals.

“Any opportunity is a good opportunity for me,” Vanderhoof said. “Sometimes it’s a super short ride where I’m only pulling in $3 for a couple miles. To me, that means it was quick, and I can move on to the next ride.”

Cassandra Flore, 36, of Gahanna, Ohio, takes a different approach, one she gradually honed in her nearly three years driving for DoorDash and UberEats.

“I’m a single mom, and I needed a second job that let me work when it was convenient,” she said.

The search for a side gig led her to Uber, a rideshare service that pays

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“I hated it at first, but then I really got into it,” she said.

“I’ve been doing it for so long, I learned tricks of the trade,” she said.

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The services incentivize drivers to take every order, offering perks to those who don’t refuse deliveries. But drivers overwhelmingly said those perks aren’t worth it.

DoorDash, for example, bestows “Top Dasher” status on those who accept the most orders. The service won’t let drivers take deliveries in certain neighborhoods with too many active drivers. But a “Top Dasher” can take deliveries anywhere.

Columbus, however, is so busy, neighborhoods are rarely off-limits for long, Flore said.

“The benefit is not good enough,” she said.

Customer complaints seem to have surged along with food orders, drivers said. While drivers aren’t financially liable if a customer says their food was cold or didn’t arrive on time and asks for their money back, too many complaints can get a driver kicked off the platform.

To ensure prompt deliveries, driver Jennifer Nelson, who delivers for UberEats and DoorDash, said the apps give drivers a strict schedule.

“When you’re given an order, you are given a time that you need to pick up by and then a time that you need a drop off by,” she said. “So both Uber and DoorDash pretty much control the timing of everything.”

Despite the expansion in the ranks of third-party delivery drivers, the apps aren’t an option for everyone.

Figley, for example, decided the odds of contracting coronavirus are too great a risk and stopped driving near the beginning of the pandemic.

“I’ve got some health issues, and if I got Covid, that would be really problematic,” he said.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS FULL OF IT LOGISTICS

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME PETITION OF: MICHAEL JOHN PETERS, JR. CASE NUMBER FCS055993

LOCATED AT: 2701 Midtown Lane, Fairfield CA 94533 Solano Mailing Address: (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Gregory McDonald 2701 Midtown Lane 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 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/ Gregory McDonald 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 February 7, 2026 THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE).

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: FEB 08, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021000319 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00045078 Published: Feb. 24, Mar. 3, 10, 17, 2021

LOCATED AT: 804 Texas Street, Fairfield CA 94533 Solano Mailing Address: (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Moore Than Faces 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 06/12/2019.

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/ La Shay Moore 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 February 3, 2026.

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

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: FEB 04, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021000288 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00044818 Published: Feb. 10, 17, 24, Mar. 3, 2021

LOCATED AT: 521A E. Tabor Ave, Fairfield CA 94533 Solano Mailing Address: P.O. Box 3403, Fairfield CA 94533 (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Clishe Lavallier 521A E Tabor Ave. 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 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/ Clishe Lavallier 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 February 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: FEB 11, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021000349 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00044940 Published: Feb. 17, 24, Mar. 3, 10, 2021

LOCATED AT: 4756 Suisun Valley Road, Fairfield CA 94534 Mailing Address: 4756 Suisun Valley Road, Fairfield CA 94534 (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Lanza Vineyards Inc CA, Fairfield 94534 THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: a Corporation 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/ Ronald Lanza, 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 February 4, 2026.

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

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: FEB 05, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021000296 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00044821 Published: Feb. 10, 17, 24, Mar. 3, 2021

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: Michael John Peters, Jr. filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: a. Michael John Peters, Jr. Proposed Name: a. Michael J Tamplen THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: APR. 21, 2021; Time: 8:30 am Dept.: 12 ;Rm.: II The address of the court is SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SOLANO Old Solano Courthouse 580 Texas Street Fairfield, CA 94533 A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Daily Republic - Fairfield Date: JAN 21, 2021 /s/ Christine A. Carringer Judge of the Superior Court FILED: FEB 9 2021 DR# 00044959 Published: Feb. 17, 24, Mar. 3, 10, 2021

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

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LOCATED AT: 130 Allison Court Suite H1 Vacaville, CA, 95688 Solano Mailing Address: 130 Allison Court Suite H-1 Vacaville, CA, 95688 Solano (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Melanie Henrich 824 Topaz Circle Vacaville 95687 THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: an Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Melanie M. Henrich 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 February 1, 2026 THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE).

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: FEB 02, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021000249 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00045080 Published: Feb. 24, Mar. 3, 10, 17, 2021

LOCATED AT: 2206 Union Ave, Fairfield, CA 94533 Solano Mailing Address: P.O. Box #800, Fairfield, CA 94533 (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Antonio Lee 2206 Union Ave. Fairfield, 94533-2040 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/ Antonio Lee IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION February 7, 2026.

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

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: FEB 08, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021000313 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00044938 Published: Feb. 17, 24, Mar. 3, 10, 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS CHERRY DOWNTOWN MOTORS

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

LOCATED AT: 1520 N Teas St, Fairfield CA 94533 Solano Mailing Address: 1520 N Teas St, Fairfield CA 94533 (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Cherry Investment Group 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 01/04/2021.

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/ Ahmad Farid Ali - Secretary 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 February 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: FEB 11, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021000351 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00044942 Published: Feb. 17, 24, Mar. 3, 10, 2021

LOCATED AT: 2818 Regatta Circle Fairfield CA 94533 Solano Mailing Address: 2818 Regatta Circle Fairfield CA 94533 (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) DeMario McGregor 2818 Regatta Circle Fairfield 94533 THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: an Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business n am e o r n a m e s l i s t e d a b o v e o n 01/09/2021.

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/DeMario McGregor IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION January 31, 2026 THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE).

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: FEB 1, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021000241 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00045055 Published: Feb. 24, Mar. 3, 10, 17, 2021

LOCATED AT: 1200 Chula Vista Way Suisun, CA 94585 Solano Mailing Address:1200 Chula Vista Way Suisun, CA 94585 (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Brow Goddess LLC, CA, Suisun, 94585 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 02/04/2021.

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/ Veronica Cruz CEO 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 February 4, 2026.

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

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: FEB 05, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021000297 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00044822 Published: Feb. 10, 17, 24, Mar. 3, 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS CODE THREE FIRE & SAFETY

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

LOCATED AT: 605 Railroad Avenue Suite D Suisun City, 94585 Mailing Address: 605 Railroad Avenue Suite D Suisun D Suisun City, CA 94585 (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Joyce L. Oren 3116 Muse Way Fairfield 94533 2) Arnetta M. Berry 3116 Muse Way Fairfield 94533 THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: a General Partnership The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 07/11/1992.

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/ Joyce L Oren 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 27, 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 28, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021000216 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00044833 Published: Feb. 10, 17, 24, Mar. 3, 2021

LOCATED AT: 2294 Morrison Lane, Fairfield CA 94534 Solano Mailing Address: 2294 Morrison Lane, Fairfield (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Gary Mangels 2294 Morrison Lane Fairfield, 94534 2) Mary Kathryn Mangels 2294 Morrison Lane Fairfield, 94534 THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: a Married Couple The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 07/14/1992.

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/ Gary Mangels 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 February 15, 2026 THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE).

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: FEB 16, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021000363 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00045073 Published: Feb. 24, Mar. 3, 10, 17, 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS FUTURE CDJR OF FAIRFIELD, FUTURE CHRYSLER OF FAIRFIELD, FUTURE DODGE OF FAIRFIELD, FUTURE JEEP OF FAIRFIELD, FUTURE RAM OF FAIRFIELD LOCATED AT: 2595 Auto Mall Parkway Fairfield, CA 94533 Mailing Address: 2285 Diamond Blvd Concord (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Future Automotive Fairfield, Inc CA Concord 94520 THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: a Corporation 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/ Richard Boyd Jr Secretary / Treasurer 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 28, 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 29, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021000225 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00045047 Published: Feb. 24, Mar. 3, 10, 17, 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS NEXT LEVEL OPPORTUNITIES ENTERPRISE LOCATED AT: 2021 Tolenas Ave., Fairfield CA 94533 Solano Mailing Address: 2021 Tolenas Ave., Fairfield CA 94533 (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Michael Ambeau 2021 Tolenas Ave., 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 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/ Michael Ambeau 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 1/21/2026 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 22, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021000170 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00044949 Published: Feb. 17, 24, Mar. 3, 10, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS BROW GODDESS LLC

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS GREAT OCEAN SOFTWARE

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

LOCATED AT: 8570 Star Thistle Ln Winters, CA 95694 Mailing Address: 8570 Star Thistle Ln Winters, CA 95694 (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Randall Keith Anderson 8570 Star Thistle Ln Winters 95694 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/ Randall Keith Anderson 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 February 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: FEB 19, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021000393 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00045071 Published: Feb. 24, Mar. 3, 10, 17, 2021

LOCATED AT: 3224 Bear Creek Dr., Fairfield CA 94534 Solano Mailing Address: 2401 Waterman Blvd. A4-159, Fairfield, CA, 94534 (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Jody Johnston, 3224 Bear Creek Dr., 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/ Jody Johnston 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 February 17, 2026 THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE).

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: FEB 18, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021000389 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00045054 Published: Feb. 24, Mar. 3, 10, 17, 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS SUPERTEAM DREAM, BAD BOWLING

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS TACOS ESTILO MEXICO

LOCATED AT: 405 Maloney Ct., Suisun City, CA 94585 Solano Mailing Address: 405 Maloney Ct., Suisun City, CA 94585 (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Nicholas Carrow 405 Maloney Ct., Suisun City, 94585 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/ Nicholas Carrow 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 February 4, 2026.

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

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: FEB 05, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021000298 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00044823 Published: Feb. 10, 17, 24, Mar. 3, 2021

LOCATED AT: 1990 N. Texas St., Fairfield Mailing Address: 1512 Clay St., Fairfield, CA, 94533 (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Norma Godoy Mendoza 1512 Clay St., Fairfield, 94533 2) Ramon Alvarez 1512 Clay St., Fairfield, 94533 THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: a Married Couple The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 01/05/2021.

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/ Norma Godoy Mendoza 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 7, 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 08, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021000041 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00044684 Published: February 3, 10, 17, 24, 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS FUTURE CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM OF FAIRFIELD

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS LUXURIOUS NATURAL CREATIONS BY SHARON

LOCATED AT: 2594 Auto Mall Parkway Fairfield CA 94533 Solano Mailing Address: 2285 Diamond Blvd Concord CA 94520 (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Future Automotive Fairfield, Inc CA Concord 94520 THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: a Corporation 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/ Richard Boyd Jr Secretary / Treasurer 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 February 7, 2026 THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE).

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: FEB 08, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021000305 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00045048 Published: Feb. 24, Mar. 3, 10, 17, 2021

LOCATED AT: 2999 North Texas St., Apt. 91, Fairfield, CA 94533 Solano Mailing Address: (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED

BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Marquita Leticia-Sharon Hayes 2999 North Texas St., Apt. 91, 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 01/01/2021.

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/ Marquita Hayes 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 28, 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 29, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021000220 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00044953 Published: Feb. 17, 24, Mar. 3, 10, 2021

Classifieds: 427-6936 NOTICE OF INTENDED PURCHASE (Govt. Code sections 6063 & 25350) Please take notice that on March 2, 2021 at 9:00 a.m., or as soon as possible thereafter, at 675 Texas Street, Fairfield, California, or if held virtually, https://www.solanocounty.com/depts/bos/ meetings/videos.asp), the Solano County Board of Supervisors will meet to consider the adoption of a resolution authorizing the purchase of real property and improvements, situated on 1634 & 1624 Rockville Road in the County’s unincorporated area near Fairfield, California (APN# 0148-070-060), pursuant to California Government Code Section 25350.

January 27, 2020 Dale Eyeler Solano County Real Estate Agent (707)784-7906 DR# 00044742 Published: Feb. 10, 17, 24, 2021 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: VALRIE KAYLANI GONZALEZ Case Number: P050608 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: Valrie Kaylani Gonzalez A Petition for Probate has been filed by: Alicia A. Murrell and Loraine N. Meek in the Superior Court of California, County of: Solano The Petition for Probate requests that: Alicia A. Murrell and Loraine N. Meek 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. 18, 2021 TIME: 9:00 a.m.; DEPT.: 22 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.

Petitioner: Alicia A. Murrell & Loraine N. Meek 1966 Downing Court Fairfield, CA 94533 (707) 816-6620 DR# 00045042 Published: February 21, 24, 28, 2021

Online: dailyrepublic.com/classifieds FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS ALCHEMY FIVE

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

LOCATED AT: 2048 Oriole Way, Fairfield CA 94533 Solano Mailing Address: (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Samantha Foster 2048 Oriole Way Fairfield CA 94533 2) Nicole Lopez 51 Rodondo Ave Suisun CA 94580 THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: a General Partnership 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/ Samantha Foster 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 February 1, 2026.

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

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: FEB 02, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021000271 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00045079 Published: Feb. 24, Mar. 3, 10, 17, 2021

LOCATED AT: 2021 Tolenas Ave., Fairfield CA 94533 Solano Mailing Address: 2021 Tolenas Ave., Fairfield CA 94533 (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Angela Prasad 2021 Tolenas Ave., 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 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/ Angela Pracad 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 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 28, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021000211 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00044948 Published: Feb. 17, 24, Mar. 3, 10, 2021

NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 21700-21716 OF THE BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE, SECTION 2328 OF THE COMMERCIAL CODE, SECTION 535 OF THE PENAL CODE, SELF-STORAGE UNLIMITED, 5055 PEABODY ROAD, FAIRFIELD, CA 94533, COUNTY OF SOLANO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA WILL SELL BY COMPETITIVE BIDDING ON, MARCH 10, 2021 AT 12:30 P.M. AUCTION TO BE HELD AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS. THE HOUSEHOLD GOODS, PERSONAL ITEMS, FURNITURE, CLOTHING, AUTOMOBILES AND PERSONAL OR BUSINESS ITEMS BELONGING TO THE FOLLOWING: Unit No. 275 785 311 535

Last Name Zabat Jackson Porter Entzel

PURCHASES MUST BE PAID AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE IN CASH ONLY. ALL PURCHASED ITEMS SOLD AS IS WHERE IS AND MUST BE REMOVED BY 9 P.M. THE DAY OF SALE. ALL SALES ARE SUBJECT TO CANCELLATION IN THE EVENT OF SETTLEMENT BETWEEN OWNER AND OBLIGATED PARTY. DATED: FEBRUARY 24, 2021 AND MARCH 3, 2021 AUCTIONEER FORREST O’BRIEN CA BOND #00106386718 (925) 392-8508 DR# 00045044 Published: February 24, March 3, 2021

PUBLIC NOTICE ADOPTED ORDINANCE SUMMARY

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RIO VISTA APPROVING THE RESTATED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF RIO VISTA AND CALVISTA, LLC This ordinance goes into effect 12:01 a.m. on the 31st day after its passage.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: DATE: MAR. 26, 2021 TIME: 8:30 a.m.; DEPT.: 4 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SOLANO Hall of Justice 600 Union Avenue Fairfield, CA 94533 If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California 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: Deborah K. Patterson (SBN# 117625) 2767 Garrett Place Woodland, CA 95776 (916) 508-1132 DR# 00045074 Published: Feb. 24, 28, Mar. 3, 2021

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that pursuant to Section 21700 of the Business and Professions Code, State of California, the undersigned will sell at public sale by competitive bidding.

This lien sale shall be conducted online at www.storagetreasures.com where additional information about the sale and the contents to be auctioned will be posted at least seven (7) days before the sale date. The contents will be sold to the highest bidder on 03/11/21, 12:00 pm A0127 O' Connell, Jeffrey J. C0015 Blanchard, Tracy Dwayne II F0001 ROAN, BRITTANY LATRICE G0022 Reinhardt, Kemer This sale is subject to cancellation without notice in the event of settlement between owner and obligated party.

SECURITY PUBLIC STORAGE 606 Parker Rd., Fairfield, CA 94533 DR# 00045068 Published: February 24, March 3, 2021

PUBLIC NOTICE ADOPTED ORDINANCE SUMMARY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Rio Vista adopted Ordinance 002-2021 at its Regular Meeting on February 16, 2021, by a majority roll call vote. In summary, the adopted Ordinance is as follows: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RIO VISTA APPROVING A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF RIO VISTA AND SNOWTILL, INC. This ordinance goes into effect 12:01 a.m. on the 31st day after its passage.

AYES: Council Members Dolk, King, Stanish, Vice Mayor Hampton and Mayor Kott NOES: None ABSTAIN: None ABSENT: None Submitted for publication by: Jose Jasso, MMC, City Clerk February 17, 2021

DR# 00045033 Published: February 24, 2021 SECTION 00100

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Rio Vista adopted Ordinance 001-2021 at its Regular Meeting on February 16, 2021, by a majority roll call vote. In summary, the adopted Ordinance is as follows:

NOTICE TO BIDDERS SUISUN-SOLANO WATER AUTHORITY 810 Vaca Valley Parkway, Suite 201 Vacaville, CA 95688

ABSTAIN: None

The Suisun-Solano Water Authority ("SSWA") is soliciting bids for the following project: Cement Hill Water Treatment Plant Chemical System Rehabilitation Project. Sealed bids will be received at the office of Solano Irrigation District, 810 Vaca Valley Parkway, Suite 201, Vacaville, California 95688 by the following date and time specified below.

The pre bid job showing will be mandatory and at the time, date, and location specified below.

ABSENT: None

BID OPENING TIME: 10:00 A.M

AYES: Council Members Dolk, King, Stanish, Vice Mayor Hampton and Mayor Kott NOES: None

BID OPENING DATE: Friday March 25, 2021 Submitted for publication by: Jose Jasso, MMC, City Clerk February 17, 2021

DR# 00045032 Published: February 24, 2021

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: GARY DON GOLDEN, AKA GARY D. GOLDEN Case Number: P050616 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: Gary Don Golden, aka Gary D. Golden A Petition for Probate has been filed by: Katherine L. Ballerini in the Superior Court of California, County of: Solano The Petition for Probate requests that: Katherine L. Ballerini 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.

First Name Michelle Tyrome Jerome Kelsey

Daily Republic - Wednesday, February 24, 2021

PRE BID JOB SHOWING TIME: 10:00 A.M PRE BID JOB SHOWING DATE: Wednesday March 3, 2021 PRE BID JOB SHOWING LOCATION: Cement Hill Water Treatment Plant, Manuel Campos Parkway Entrance PROJECT: CEMENT HILL WATER TREATMENT PLANT CHEMICAL SYSTEM REHABILITATION PROJECT

PUBLIC NOTICE ADOPTED ORDINANCE SUMMARY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Rio Vista adopted Ordinance 003-2021 at its Regular Meeting on February 16, 2021, by a majority roll call vote. In summary, the adopted Ordinance is as follows:

DESCRIPTION: The Suisun-Solano Water Authority (SSWA) supplies potable water to the City of Suisun City, which is located in Solano County, approximately 45 miles west of Sacramento and approximately 26 services in the Suisun Valley which is located to the northwest of Suisun City in the unincorporated section of Solano County. The SSWA water distribution system is supplied by the Solano Project through the Cement Hill Water Treatment Plant and the system is operated and maintained by the Solano Irrigation District (SID).

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RIO VISTA AMENDING CHAPTER 17.02, DEFINITIONS, CHAPTER 17.28, I-P-I INDUSTRIAL PARK AND/OR INDUSTRIAL; CHAPTER 17.29 B-P BUSINESS PARK; AND, CHAPTER 17.30 M-G GENERAL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY DISTRICT, RELATING TO BUILDING DEVELOPMENT AREA

ENGINEERS ESTIMATE: The Engineers Estimate for this project is $3,472,400

This ordinance goes into effect 12:01 a.m. on the 31st day after its passage.

AYES: Council Members Dolk, King, Stanish, Vice Mayor Hampton and Mayor Kott NOES: None ABSTAIN: None ABSENT: None Submitted for publication by: Jose Jasso, MMC, City Clerk February 17, 2021

DR# 00045034 Published: February 24, 2021 PR-2019-01009 CITATION BY PUBLICATION Juli Luke Denton County Clerk 1450 E McKinney, Suite 2412

Applicant’s Attorney Julian R. Kehler 1760 S. Stemmons Freeway Suite 250 Denton TX 76205 214-780-9696

Denton, TX 76209 THE STATE OF TEXAS OF DENTON COUNTY

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To any Sheriff or any Constable within the State of Texas: You are hereby commanded to cause to be published; Four Times (4), in a newspaper printed in Solano County, California, the following citation.

To Debra Borem Rhyne and all Unknown Heirs, And/Or Persons Interested In the Estate of Martin Bankston Adams, Deceased Cause No. PR-2019-01009 Probate Court of Denton County 1450 E. McKinney, Suite 2412 Denton, TX 76209 Rebecca Brink, Applicant, in the above numbered and styled estate filed a Fifth Amended Application for Letters of Dependent Administration and for Determination of Heirship on the 30th day of November, 2020.

Said Application will be subject to be heard and acted on by said Court at any call of the docket on or after the first Monday after the expiration of ten days of the date of this publication of this notice. Accordingly, any objections, intervention, or response must be filed with the clerk of the above Court in writing at or before the above referenced time and date.

All persons interested in said estate are hereby cited to appear before said Honorable Court at or before said above mentioned date and place by filing a written answer contesting such application should they desire to do so. Said written contest or answer should be filed in the County Clerk’s Office, Probate Court, in the city of Denton, County of Denton, Texas.

The officer executing this citation shall promptly serve the same according to requirements of law, and the mandates hereof, and make due return as the law directs.

ISSUED UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF SAID COURT at office in Denton, Texas, on this the 22nd day of January, 2021.

JULI LUKE County Clerk, Denton County, Texas BY: _________________________________ Vianka Romero Corral, Deputy Clerk DR# 00044838 Published: February 10, 17, 24, March 3, 2021

CONTRACT DOCUMENTS: Attention is directed to the Contract Documents for complete details and bid requirements. Copies of the Contract Documents may be obtained by logging on www.blueprintexpress.com/ solanoirrigation or by calling BPXpress Reprographics at (707) 745-3593.

These may be obtained at a set price of $250.00 (for 11 x 17 drawings, full size drawings cost extra), plus shipping and handling, and is non-refundable. All bidders must purchase a complete bid set prior to bid opening from BPXpress Reprographics in order to be considered responsive and to receive addenda notifications.

QUESTIONS: Project-specific questions must be made in writing and sent to SSWA'S Engineer, Uriel Romero at uromero@sidwater.org. If appropriate, SSWA will post responses to bidder questions received at the following address: www.blueprintexpress.com/solanoirrigtion.

The cutoff date for submittal of questions is March 10, 2021 by 5:00 P.M. local time.

BID SECURITY; PERFORMANCE AND PAYMENT BONDS: Bids must be accompanied by a certified check or bidder’s bond for ten percent (10%) of the amount of the bid. Refer to Section 10 of the Instructions to Bidders for further instructions. The successful bidder will be required to furnish a performance bond in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price, and a labor and materials bond in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price.

Refer to Section 5 of the General Conditions for further instructions.

The Contractor may substitute securities for any moneys withheld to insure performance under the Contract in strict accordance with Section 22300 and 10263 of the Public Contract Code of the State of California.

CONTRACTOR LICENSING: The Contractor shall possess a Classification A – General Contractor License, in addition to any other specialty licenses as required under the laws of the State of California at the time the contract is awarded.

PREVAILING WAGES: The work contemplated requires the payment of prevailing wages. Bidders are hereby notified that the California Department of Industrial Relations has determined the general prevailing rate of wages for each craft, classification, or type of worker needed to execute the work. Copies of the current schedules for prevailing wages are on file in office, and the contents of those schedules are included herein as if set forth in full. Copies of the prevailing wage scale for this work are also available on the internet at http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR/PWD. All contractors and subcontractors listed on the bid proposal for this public project must be registered with the California State Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5 (with limited exceptions from this requirement for bid purposes only under Labor Code section 1771.1 (a)). No contractor or subcontractor may be awarded a contract for public work on a public works project unless registered with the California Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5.

This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the California Department of Industrial Relations.

MISCELLANEOUS: Per Section 6101 of the Public Contract Code, no person shall be eligible to bid for or receive the contract for this project who has, in the preceding five years, been convicted of violating a state or federal law respecting the employment of undocumented aliens.

Per Section 6109 of the Public Contract Code, a person who is ineligible to bid or work on, or be awarded a public works project pursuant to Sections 1777.1 or 1777.7 of the Labor Code, shall not be eligible to bid on, be awarded or perform work on this project.

Each Proposal submitted in response to this Notice shall include the cost of all work, labor and materials to complete the project.

The bids will be opened in public at the above-mentioned prescribed time and date.

Award will be made to the lowest responsible bidder, however, Suisun-Solano Water Authority reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive informalities in the bid, and to postpone the date of the bid opening.

DR# 00044922 Published: February 17, 24, March 3, 2021

B10 Wednesday, February 24, 2021 — DAILY REPUBLIC

MLB: HRs, strikeouts, walks surged in ’19 Kings: Lose again From Page B1 vious season. There were 5,610 homers hit in 2016, 6,105 homers hit in 2017, and 5,585 homers hit in 2018.

Batters also set strikeout records in the past three full seasons, with 40,104 whiffs in 2017, 41,207 whiffs in 2018 and 42,823 whiffs in 2019.

Through 1997, baseball had never seen more than 30,000 strikeouts in a season. Walks jumped from 15,088 in 2016 to an average of 15,803 from 2017 to 2019.

“The overall feeling I’ve gotten from friends and family and fans that I’ve talked to is that, yeah, seeing home runs is almost like watching the NBA and guys throwing up three-pointers all the time,” said Rich Hill, a 40-year-old pitcher who recently signed with the Tampa Bay Rays.

“It understandably has a point to it, but strategically, if we want to continue to grow the health of the game, we might want to rethink where we are right now. And I don’t think I’m the only one who feels that way.”

Hitters are bigger and stronger and have a more discerning batting eye, and the dramatic increase in defensive shifts in the last six years pushed many to alter the launch angles of their swings to generate more loft. Their logic is sound: A home run beats the shift every time.

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With balls jumping off bats and so many hitterfriendly parks throughout the league, home runs were bound to increase.

Slight variations in the ball also affected slugging.

Many pitchers complained in 2019 that flatter seams forced them to change grips and reduced the drag on the ball in flight.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts recalled the frustration his pitchers would have when they’d execute a two-strike down-andaway fastball, only to have the hitter flick his bat at the ball and hit an opposite-field homer.

“I haven’t dug too much into it, but there have been many pitchers in our camp who have expressed their feelings as far as last year’s baseball being a lot harder and the strings wound a lot tighter than they potentially will be this year,” Roberts said.

“So it’s a welcome thing for pitchers.”

Baseball’s attempts to bring uniformity to the construction of official Rawlings baseballs, which are hand-sewn in a factory in Costa Rica, could reduce the year-toyear swings in home run rates and level the playing field between pitchers and hitters.

A Feb. 5 memo sent from MLB to general managers, assistant GMs and equipment managers outlined the changes that could reduce slugging slightly in 2021. The

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that the balls got tighter.

I don’t know if ‘juiced’ is the word . . . but it was just weird that everybody denied the ball was juiced, and now they’re like, ‘Well, they’re dead again.’ Well, what happened before?

“It’s just a weird scenario, but personally, it’s great. I’d love to not have more home runs hit off me. So be it. I don’t care.

Make them dead.”

Veteran right-hander Yu Darvish, traded from the Chicago Cubs to the San Diego Padres this winter, noticed in his first bullpen workout of spring training that the baseball felt “a little bigger. I don’t know how much less it’s going to fly, but as a pitcher, you don’t want the ball to fly that much.”

Hitters will likely wait to see how the new ball carries before altering their approach. It will take weeks, probably months, to determine whether a slightly deader baseball will have an appreciable effect on how the game is played.

“Until we spend some time with the baseball and really get to know it, we’re not going to be able to answer that question,” Milwaukee Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. “I think it’s interesting that, to me, the fact we’ve made a change means that something was different. It’s almost an acknowledgement that there was something different.”

memo’s contents were first reported by the Athletic and confirmed to The Times by a person familiar with the matter.

Rawlings has loosened the tension of the first of three wool windings around the center of the ball, which reduced the weight of the ball, by less than onetenth of an ounce – or 2.8 grams – as well as the bounciness of the ball.

“MLB has engaged a committee of scientific experts over the last couple of years to study the baseball,” a league official said, “and one of the recommendations of the committee was to narrow the manufacturing specifications of the ball in order to improve the consistency of performance.”

Five teams also plan to add humidors this season, bringing to 10 the number of stadiums that will store baseballs in humiditycontrolled cabinets. The Colorado Rockies, Arizona Diamondbacks, Seattle Mariners, New York Mets and Boston Red Sox already have humidors.

The memo did not identify the five teams adding humidors, but officials with the Angels and Dodgers both confirmed they were not adding them.

“I’m pretty stoked for it – I think it’s awesome news,” Rays ace Tyler Glasnow said of the changes to the ball. “It’s funny. Every pitcher knew

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The brightest spot for the Kings was rookie Tyrese Haliburton, now a darling of the 2020 NBA Draft class.

Roberson also played minutes against the Kings. Shumpert only played six minutes, while Roberson played 17. The Nets have to make a roster decision on one of their players soon, and it is believed one of Roberson, Shumpert or forward Noah Vonleh will be waived in the coming days.

For now, the Nets enjoy a seventh straight win and a day off before trying to extend the streak against the Magic on Thursday.

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defensive fortitude to slow down a team with so many weapons. The scariest part: Brooklyn’s best weapon watched from the sidelines, with Kevin Durant out recovering from a hamstring strain.

The brightest spot for the Kings was rookie Tyrese Haliburton, now a darling of the 2020 NBA Draft class. Haliburton scored 23 off the bench and has been the Kings’ best decision since drafting De’Aaron Fox in 2017.

Nets second round pick Nic Claxton made his NBA debut against the Kings, checking in during the first quarter.

Claxton played meaningful minutes and finished with five points and a block in 14 minutes, but is still considered a developmental player, still needs to fill out his frame and work on his three-point shot.

Nets wings Iman Shumpert and Andre

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