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Reheela Salma Dean, right, founded Helping Others Before Ourselves. At left is her husband, Hasim Dean.

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FAIRFIELD — The word hobo has a few different meanings. Most notably, it refers to an unemployed person who wonders and may hop in open railroad boxcars for a free ride. It became an acronym about eight months ago for Helping Others Before Ourselves, a program out the Islamic Center of Fairfield. Raheela Dean brought the program to life after working with the area’s homeless, starting with the former Mission Solano. She took a little break as she

and her husband operated the Hot Spot Cafe and Deli on Chadbourne Road. They sold it just before the novel coronavirus outbreak. “I knew there was so much more for me (to do),” she said. And, she saw a great need, especially with MIRZA Covid-19. People lost jobs, cars and housing, she said. “It was a domino effect,” Dean said. She connected with Free Food Solano and launched a weekly food giveaway at the Islamic Center. They also share boxes with City

Church, Liberty Church and Mission Somoa. What started with roughly 60 boxes weekly has now more than doubled to 120. The food is given to anyone who shows up. “No questions asked,” said Imam Faridbeg Mirza. Dean has also helped to distribute food in Alameda and Santa Clara counties. More the 900,000 pounds of food has been given away in Solano County and the surrounding area since she launched HOBO Exchange. See Hobo, Page A7

World demands Gaza cease-fire as Netanyahu vows to press on Tribune Content Agency

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President Joe Biden said Saturday that he has “grave concern” about ongoing violence across Israel.

Members of the United Nations Security Council, including the U.S. and China, called on Israel and Hamas to immediately halt more than a week of deadly fighting. That may not be enough, though, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signaled on Sunday that the fighting will continue as Israel continues to pummel

the Gaza Strip in response to rocket fire from Hamas and other militant groups. The violence has raised the political heat on President Joe Biden, with calls from within his Democratic Party to condemn Israel running up against longstanding U.S. support. Biden also risks blowback at home if he shows any daylight between him and

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FA I R F I E L D — Members of the Fairfield-Suisun School Board got off to an energetic start Thursday with a proposal from Trustee Craig Wilson to follow strict rules of order for the session. Before the approval of the agenda was considered, he proposed to the board a motion to remove all opportunity for board members to ask questions or make commits except to speak in favor or against the motion. It carried on a 6-0 vote with Trustee Ana Petero dissenting. Wilson said he was unhappy with the past few meetings because of what he perceived as intentional disruptions or at least grandstanding, which he defined as gratuitously speak-

ing to the public but not to the board. “The meetings are to formally approve or disapprove agenda items, which is the primary reason we meet,” he said. He noted that Robert’s Rules of Order do not allow for debating an issue, except for debating motions. Robert’s Rules of Order is a political book written by Henry Martyn Robert. It is the most widely used manual of parliamentary procedure in the United States. It governs the meetings of a diverse range of organizations – including church groups, county commissions, homeowners associations, nonprofit associations, professional societies, school boards and trade unions. The previous meetings, Wilson said, were See School, Page A7

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Draft budget plan suggests using Measure S funds for police, fire Amy Maginnis-Honey

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SUISUN CITY — Residents are invited to sound off on the city’s proposed budget at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Joseph A. Nelson Community Center, 611 Village Drive. The workshop format will allow more flexibility for back-and-forth discussions with council members WILSON and the Measure S committee, according to a press release. Budget topics to be discussed include the general fund, Measure S, Transportation Development Act funding and American Rescue Plan Act funding. The council will discuss the proposed budget later

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in the meeting. “Please come out and share your views on our upcoming budget for the next fiscal year and provide early input on how we spend our ARPA funds. It is important that your elected officials hear your thoughts on how our limited resources should be spent,” Mayor Lori Wilson said in a press release. The fiscal year 2021-22 annual budget will be presented at the June 22 budget hearing. “Suisun City has a significant challenge generating sufficient revenues to maintain city operations in the general fund,” reads a staff report. “General fund See Budget, Page A7

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Time for the 2021 Fairfield Fist Bump Awards

not defined by her diagt’s time for the 2021 Fairfield Fist nosis. She was about Bump Awards, truly being present in affectionately known as her own life and those of “The Bumpies.” They her family and friends. are a tip of the hat or, She kept a vlog of her more accurately, a gentle battle and her oft-used but deliberate meeting sign-off reflected her of the knuckles that positivity: “Don’t forget celebrate certain Tony Wade . . . you have a lot to be segments of the grateful for.” The last laugh Solano County seat. The League of VacI have been presenting these cinated Fairfield Superheroes: annually since their debut in The news from the Centers 2013. Well, except for 2018 and for Disease Control and Pre2020, which, for reasons beyond vention that fully vaccinated my control that I won’t go adults can safely resume indoor into, they were not presented and outdoor activities without (uh, I forgot). masks or distancing, in gatherMargarita López: With ings large or small, was cause great sadness I present this for serious celebration. Bumpie posthumously to MarIt almost made me want to garita, who died last week. She grab the nearest person and was such a vivacious person replicate the iconic Life magand absolutely beautiful. Marazine “V-J in Times Square” garita was one of those people celebratory kiss photo of a whose beauty was not only sailor planting one on a commeasured by the outward favor- plete stranger in 1945. That able amalgam of her parents’ would have been my neighbor genes, but was also coupled Vern, though, and he probably with a radiant inner beauty would not have appreciated it. that bubbled out from her This Bumpie goes to the infectious spirit. Fairfield residents who, like I met Margarita 10 years the true life-saving superheago when we were co-chairs roes they are, did their duty of a local community event. to squash the evil super-vilIt was just the beginning of lain that has been hell-bent on several with which we were world domination for more than involved. Margarita was a a year. Faster than a speedStage IV breast cancer survivor ing DART bus, more powerful since 2012. It actually was her than a Fairfield fire truck, able second battle with the dreaded to leap over the Waving Chief disease after first being diagSolano Statue in a single bound nosed in 2008. I was astounded . . . Look! Up in the sky! It’s one by how many events I would of those pesky seagulls from the attend and she was always Civic Center lake! It’s an annoythere, usually dancing and suring drone! No, it’s a vaccinated rounded by friends. Fairfield superhero! Thank you! Margarita was an American Jeff Bristow and Staci Arriaga: Speaking of superheCancer Society Hero of Hope roes, local power couple Jeff and made several appearances Bristow and Staci Arriaga deffor them and other organizainitely qualify as such in the tions and spread inspiration world of local and regional and love. She generously gave theater. Jeff is a stage manager of her time and did interviews extraordinaire and Staci is a for newspapers, magazines celebrated choreographer. Their and television. combined creative force has But Margarita López was

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From left, Jeff Bristow and Staci Arriaga; Margarita López; and U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Jesse Branch (ret.). created so much good in this community and in others. Jeff and Staci recently celebrated their five-year anniversary and their wedding cake from 2016 reflected their respective favorite superheroes, Green Lantern and Wonder Woman. I am so grateful they chose to use their superpowers for good. U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Jesse Branch (ret.): The Daily Republic only allows me so many words so I will apologize in advance for not being able to encapsulate the entire breadth of service that Jesse Branch has offered to his country and this community. There is just too much to list. Branch was born and raised in Columbia, South Carolina, the son of a sharecropper. He attended segregated schools until his graduation from high school in 1951, whereupon he joined the U.S. Marine Corps. He served in Korea and Vietnam and in 1977 was one of the first African-Americans to be promoted to the Marine Corps’ highest enlisted rank: battalion sergeant major at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Arizona. Branch retired in 1981 after 30 years of service and had

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been awarded 14 medals, including a Purple Heart and the Silver Star. His service in the military ended, but his service to others in his community took off and continues to this day. Branch arrived in Fairfield in 1987 and was Solano Community College’s community services officer for 24 years. For his devotion to the students and sports programs, he was inducted into the Solano College Hall of Fame in 1998, awarded an honorary Solano College associate of arts degree in 2011 and was named Solano Athletic Boosters president emeritus. Branch has been recognized for his service in numerous ways, including, but not limited to, being named the recipient of the 2002 California Parks and Recreation Society Community Champion Award, the 2002 Community Service Foundation Citizen of the Year Award and being named the 2018 Veteran of the Year by California Assemblyman Jim Frazier. Branch currently is executive director of deacon of ministry at Bethel Community Church of Fairfield on East

Tabor Avenue. All of us in Fairfield salute your life of service, Sgt. Maj. Branch, and this Bumpie is for you. Jenn Victoria: There are numerous places to buy stuff on Facebook so it’s nice to have a place where you know the asking price and the one you negotiate will always end up being $0. Fairfielder Jenn Victoria created the private group Somethin’ 4 Nothin’ in 2012 that now has more than 6,000 members. Somethin’ 4 Nothin’ is a closed Facebook group, which means that potential members must first be approved. Key to the success of Somethin’ 4 Nothin’ is the concept, mentioned in the group’s rules, of keeping the cycle of giving going. Members must first post an item to give before claiming one posted by someone else or making an ISO (In Search Of) post. In addition to creating a freebie hub, Jenn also created a community within a community. Anonymous Fairfield dogooders: There are many Fairfielders among us who pick up trash, who pay for the person in the Starbucks line behind them, who return lost wallets, who hold the door for others, who give their money and/ or time to charitable causes, who smile and greet complete strangers and in numerous other ways are forces for the collective good. Does Fairfield have challenges, issues and problems? Absolutely. Are there many negative aspects to the city? Of course. But we also have numerous people here who are beacons of positivity. You know who you are. This Bumpie is for you. Reach Fairfield writer and accidental local historian Tony Wade at toeknee weighed@gmail.com.

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PLEASANTS VALLEY — The Pleasants Valley Agriculture Association has launched the PVAA Community Fire Safety Council, tying in with the start of the 2021 fire season. The farmers and rural area landowners in Vacaville were hit hard in August when the LNU Lightning Complex Fire burned some 547 square miles (350,000 acres), destroying nearly 1,500 structures and killing six people. A handful of those most affected were farmers – some losing everything. The organization plans a community fire preparedness kickoff meeting at 2 p.m. Sunday

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at the Moose Lodge, 6585 Gibson Canyon Road. The speakers for the afternoon will be Aaron Latta of Cal Fire; Chief Tim Walton, Vacaville Fire Protection District; Jim Currie, Solano County deputy sheriff; Don Ryan, Solano County Office Ser vice Emergency manager; and Chris Rose, executive director of the Solano Resource Conservation District. They represent key See Week, Page A8

At the Library

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FAIRFIELD — Families are invited to join Solano County Library for a Zoom session with marine biologist Paul Clerkin. People might recognize him from the Discovery Channel’s “Shark Week!” Clerkin travels around the world in pursuit of rare deep-sea sharks. He has discovered more than a dozen new species of sharks and has gotten in

the water to tag some of the rarest sharks on the planet, including the ultrarare megamouth shark. The event will occur via Zoom at 4 p.m. Friday. Young shark enthusiasts won’t want to miss this unique opportunity, library officials said in announcing the session. Register for this program on the library’s events page at https:// solanolibrary.com/ or call 1-866-572-7587.

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Zoe Martin-Doike near her home in South Philadelphia, May 6. A professional violist and violinist, she is pursuing

a degree in accounting while on furlough from her fulltime Metropolitan Opera Orchestra job.

Violinist hits the right notes as a tax preparer Tribune Content Agency PHILADELPHIA — The violinist/violist Zoë Martin-Doike was not yet 30 when she landed a full-time job with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in 2018. Back then, “you got an orchestra job and you’d made it. You didn’t have to hustle any more,” she said. “The pandemic has taught us we still have to hustle.” Like everyone else, classical musicians around the world have been challenged by Covid-19’s devastating disruptions. But Martin-Doike, 31, is likely among only a few violists/violinists whose latest side hustle is to pursue an undergraduate degree in accounting. And probably not many, if any, of her peers also have become a certified tax preparer – and have helped other taxpayers file their IRS returns. The same sort of determina-

tion, discipline, and focus that have enabled Martin-Doike to succeed in music also have helped her frame her unusual pandemic pivot as an investment in the future. She said a deeper understanding of accounting and taxation will help sustain her artistic life and financial independence, as well as provide the skills to assist other musicians and artists with their often-complex tax issues. “I am still planning to go fullsteam with my music career,” said Martin-Doike, who grew up in Honolulu and lives in Philadelphia. “But during the pandemic it became clear I need to build multiple income streams. I was looking for a way to branch out and take advantage of my love of personal finance.” The Met furloughed its musicians last April; Martin-Doike’s final performance with the esteemed orchestra was a March 10, 2020, pro-

duction of “The Flying Dutchman.” As shutdowns and quarantines circumscribed daily life, it seemed like “the perfect time to dive in and go all in for another degree,” she said. So Martin-Doike enrolled last July in a bachelor of science in business administration-accounting program offered by Western Governors University, a private, nonprofit online institution based in Salt Lake City. Martin-Doike is already about two-thirds of the way toward completing her degree. She had earlier completed her undergraduate studies at the Curtis Institute of Music and earned a master’s degree from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. “Some students move through more quickly than others, and Zoë really put in the work, talking to See Notes, Page A8

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My husband and I barely talk since we found out I have a brain tumor scared and does not Dear Annie: I met my know how to handle his husband in junior high feelings. Sometimes, and chased him for when people don’t know many of our teen years how to handle negative and even into early emotions, they choose to adulthood. One day, out push others away. If he of the blue, he sent me a acts like he doesn’t care message. I replied, and about you or tries to put we talked every day – and night – for months. Annie Lane space between you two, he mistakenly thinks At that time, I was living Dear Annie that then he won’t feel as in Cincinnati, and he bad if he loses you. He is was in our hometown of Toledo. repressing his feelings by going A mutual friend had passed on the offensive and away, so we decided to go to the pushing you away. funeral together. I drove from Seek the help of a profesCincinnati to Toledo and picked him up. We ended up spending sional therapist, or perhaps a the weekend together. I went group at the hospital, who could back home on Monday and help you both deal with this very ended up moving back to Toledo difficult time in your life. on Tuesday. Everything was While your husband gets perfect. He had asked me to himself together (with a trained marry him, and we got married. professional), continue to lean on He is the most loving, caring other friends and family who and hardworking man I know. will support you. Wishing you a Nothing could go wrong, very speedy recovery. so I thought. Dear Annie: On occasion, I But then, in September, I was see letters from readers who are diagnosed with a brain tumor. at a loss because family or Since then, I feel so alone, and it friends have shut them out is as if he isn’t here anymore. We of their lives. barely cuddle or talk anymore. This has happened to both It makes me ask if he even loves my wife and myself. My wife me anymore. Is he seeing was cut off by two of her nieces, someone else? Or is he scared? simply because she voted for the He normally never acts like this, “wrong” person in the so I am confused and hurt — 2016 presidential election. Confused Cancer Patient A friend of mine, who I rode Totally in Love motorcycles with, also shut me Dear Confused: I’m sorry to out of his life when he found out hear about your health issues, that during this last election, I and that you’re experiencing voted for the “other guy.” feeling alone right now. Yes, We have both moved on since your husband is probably very this rejection from family

Horoscopes

ARIES (March 21-April 19). Try not to get too caught up in how important a job is. Commit to the work, whatever it may be, as though the harmony of the universe depends on it. It just might. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). The right mindset helps you cruise unimpeded by the worries or doubts of underconfidence and overthinking. It takes time and experimentation, but it’s well worth it to learn how to conjure that mindset on command. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Lately, your feelings are often suspended as you wait to see what goes well and what blows up spectacularly. Every outcome is a sign that you’re doing what you’re supposed to be doing at this stage: testing it all out. CANCER (June 22-July 22). As you find yourself actually enjoying the same process that others meet with dread, you prove a point about the power of interpretation. Cultivate this and you have the world in the palm of your hand. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). There is no reasoning with what was born outside of reason’s realm. Much falls into the category, including every animal and infant, and every

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members and my former friend. For me, it was a matter of forgiving my former friend and also forgiving myself. In doing so, I was able to accept the decision that my friend had made regarding severing our friendship. And by forgiving myself, I also realized that I was not to blame. When I voted in the last election, I did not cast my vote to make my former friend angry with me; I voted for the presidential candidate that I thought was the best person for the job. I still feel that way. Finally, when I chose to forgive my former motorcycle riding partner and myself, three things happened. First, I was able to move forward with my life. I continue to ride my motorcycle and have enjoyed doing so ever since. Secondly, I identified an individual who was unable to accept me for the individual who I am. I realize that it is important to be accepted for the person that I am. And, finally, I find that I have developed a greater appreciation for the friends and family who are currently in my life. I no longer take their friendship, or the closeness of family, for granted. — Another Point of View Dear Another Point of View: Forgiving others and yourself are two very powerful actions. Congratulations on your ability to do that. Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@ creators.com.

Bridge

by Holiday Mathis

Today’s birthday Wisdom’s heartbeat commands the rhythm of your solar year. There is magic in the pauses. Your restraint will have you moving strategically and with purpose, your goals ever in mind. You’ll alternate between going out on a limb and returning to the roots. Libra and Scorpio adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 30, 50, 2, 21 and 17.

fear or impulse that comes from the animal and infantile parts of the brain. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). While the newbies may be wise to aim for incremental, reachable goals, the pros, who long ago separated their self-worth from the task at hand, will set the bar impossibly high and expect to fail gloriously and often. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The untapped resources around you are so plentiful there’s no time to tap them all. Where to start? You can afford to be a little selfish about it right now. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You keep finding new ways to be useful. You’ll figure out how you

can create convenience, relieve pain and solve the problem. Your efforts are only successful when they give you ease, too. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21). Though the only way to really know if something will work for you is to try it, there are many things that are not worth the risk. Today, your educated guess will steer you very accurately. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19). You don’t need all good examples around you as the inspiration for living right. In fact, it is the bad examples that can be the most motivating of all. You’ll be shown an array of models. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18). Should you dive in or dip a toe in? Much depends on the number of people in the pool. Your strategy will be determined by what others are doing and how many are doing it. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Whether you sit in the sun or the shade is a personal choice, though it’s dictated by things beyond your control. Metaphorically, your skin is sensitive and protection is required to avoid getting burned.

by Phillip Alder

critical play that isn’t well-known below the expert ranks. Look at the North and East hands. Against three no-trump, West leads a fourth-highest diamond four. After declarer calls for dummy’s six, what should East do? Whatever East plays, South wins with his jack, crosses to the dummy in spades and takes the losing club finesse. What should West do next? You can see that if West cashes the diamond ace, declarer’s king drops, and West can cash three more diamond tricks to defeat the contract. But what if South started with K-J-5 or K-J-3 of diamonds, and East has the heart ace? Then cashing the diamond ace would be fatal to the defense. Instead, West would have to shift to the heart nine, putting East on lead for a diamond return through declarer. How does West know which defense to adopt? The answer is that if third hand does not have a card higher than the eight, he should not automatically play THIS THIRD HAND third hand high; instead, he should give So, with two cards, he plays the PLAY REALLY COUNTS count. higher, but with three, as here, he Aristotle Onassis said, “After a drops the lowest. At trick one, East certain point, money is meaningless. It must play the diamond three. If East has a singleton diamond, the ceases to be the goal. The game is what contract is probably laydown, so West counts.” In the game of bridge, the count can should assume his partner has a tripleton and cash the diamond ace be worth money. Last week, we looked at third-hand when in with the club king. COPYRIGHT: 2021, UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE strategy. To start this week, here is a

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as your jaw dropped to your belt over the news? Yes, the party of Abraham Lincoln is fully supporting a Big Lie, just like in Germany in the 1930s. The reason is the same, too: to elect a person who couldn’t be elected otherwise. The GOP has no platform anymore. It just parrots whatever their Supreme Leader says, like, “I won by a lot,” which is lie number 30,001 supported by not a shred of evidence. The GOP has become a cult that is mesmerized by an incompetent but charismatic fraud. After 240 years, this is new. But a plan behind the madness is beginning to come clear. For years I’ve listened to Jack Batson Sean Hannity accuse the Democrats of lusting for power. “They want you to wear facemasks to get used to government power,” he’s recently claimed. But it’s the GOP that’s really organizing to seize power. It’s the GOP that cries, “Election integrity, election integrity!” But it’s the GOP that is abandoning election integrity. In the upcoming congressional elections, Republican swing states will certify only Republican wins. That’s what you’re seeing with all the voter restrictions and other laws that are being put in place now. Those laws legalize corrupt practices. A baffled Democrat might ask, “What problems in the 2020 election are these restrictions trying to repair?” Wrong question. Forbidding giving water to people standing in election lines in Georgia was not a problem last year, to cite an outrageous example. The real problem was, too many Democrats voted. The real problem was, the wrong person won. Or look at the vote recount now going on in Arizona. The Republican state Senate commissioned a Trump-loyal group, Cyber Ninjas, to “audit” the election results in Maricopa County. Undoubtedly, they will find reasons to disqualify enough of Biden’s 10,000-vote margin to reverse the state’s Biden win. It’s not legal, but so what? It’s a rehearsal for 2024. Again, the problem is that too many Democrats voted and the wrong guy won. The legislatures in many Republican states are passing laws that will allow them to override nonpartisan election workers, just like the Arizona secretary of state has been pushed aside in what she calls the “fraudit.” You might have seen that the Republican convention in Utah recently almost voted to censure the state’s former favorite son, Mitt Romney. The legislator who offered the motion stated that Mitt “caused harm to our party, our country and ultimately the U.S. Constitution.” Where is George Orwell? The real reason is that Mitt refused to bow to the lie. He voted to certify Democratic votes. You’ve certainly watched the political assassination of Liz Cheney. Again, we can’t have a party leader deviate from the party line, can we? Like in the old USSR, she’s been purged. When a presidential certification vote comes up to Congress again in 2024, Republicans had better vote against any Democratic state win that the Republican Party can discredit. Republican members of Congress, you’re on notice – don’t be “Liz Cheneyed.” What you’re witnessing is a warm-up and testing of a future power grab, unlike anything in our past. The GOP wants to rule no matter what. And if Democrats take to the streets chanting “Stop the Steal,” why, there’s always those armed militias that might assist Republicans. We saw them Jan. 6 in their practice scrimmage. This can all be stopped if House Resolution 1 (now Senate 1), the For the People Act, would be passed. But listen to Sen. Mitch McConnell: It’s “a partisan takeover,” he whined, that will “give Democrats unprecedented control over 50 states’ elective laws.” No, it would actually end all this deadly tomfoolery and voter suppression. The Democrats will stand for democracy in 2022 and 2024. The Republicans will stand for autocracy. How do you stand, Fairfield Republicans? OK with raw, unvarnished corruption? You don’t have to become a Democrat and “turn the U.S. into Venezuela.” You can become an independent. Save your party by sending it the most powerful message you can. Our nation’s future teeters in the balance. Jack Batson is a former member of the Fairfield City Council. Reach him by email at jsbatson@prodigy.net.

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125,000 American Indians to a designated Indian Territory, now Oklahoma. Soldiers forced the Indians to walk the 600-mile distance, now called hat is the history of the Trail of Tears. Food was racism in America? not provided and thousands Slavery meets the died. This was racism. definition of racism. The Stephen DouglasThe first example recorded is Abraham Lincoln debates Earl Heal Aug. 9, 1526, when a Spanish defined Lincoln’s intent to ship delivered 600 colonists terminate slavery and earned his and a small number of enslaved election as the first Republican Africans in Georgia. One hundred president in 1860. South Carolina years later expansion of slavery seceded from the Union on commenced in Virginia and adjaDec. 20 and was followed by six more cent colonies, primarily supportstates by Feb. 2 to form the Confeding tobacco and cotton production. erate States of America. On April 14, Native Americans were seldom 1861, after three days of Confederate subjugated as slaves but eventually bombardment, federal forces at Fort were subject to racism. They and Sumter surrendered, marking the colonists at Jamestown and Plymbeginning of the Civil War. The last outh experienced periods of respect Confederate units surrendered on and trading to periods of conflict. June 3, 1865, ending slavery President George Washington promoted the concept of assimilation but not racism. Military deaths exceeded with some success. Five southeastern 700,000 Americans while 3.9 million tribes, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Semislaves were freed. The Union Army nole, Creek and Cherokee, embraced enlisted 200,000 African Americans Christianity, English speech and and the Navy enlisted 20,000; land ownership. Sadly, distrust and 40,000 died in service. conflict predominated in In the 1864 presidential camthe longer term. Eli Whitney’s invention in 1794 of paign, the Democratic Party platform called for readmitting the the cotton gin to remove seeds from seceded states and authorizing the cotton plant decreased processslavery. President Lincoln planned a ing costs and greatly increased the reconstruction plan to ensure Black world marketability of cotton from the southern states. The result was a freedom. The Republican Party successfully passed three constitumajor increase in the use of slave tional amendments (the 13th labor in the 1800s. Amendment abolished slavery, the Growth of the Caucasian popula14th Amendment granted citizenship tion increased their appetite to and the 15th Amendment legalized occupy Indian territory and states legislated law to justify the theft. The Black voting). This did not eliminate racism. Supreme Court ruled that states Many Jim Crow laws were legislated could not assert control over the Indigenous tribes. President Andrew by former Confederate Democratic states and the Ku Klux Klan prosJackson, a Democrat, responded, pered at being their enforcers. The “John Marshall has made his number of Blacks elected to Condecision; now let him enforce it.” gress from 1869-1875 was 25; from Ignoring the court, Jackson activated a plan to relocate 1877-1897, 16; and from 1899-1973, Systemic racism: Prejudice or discrimination based on race and affecting the entire society.

zero. Non-Confederate states first elected a Black congressman in 1929 and 28 more in the next 30 years. Progress accelerated and the current Congress has 59 Black members. Obviously, the Voting Rights Act of 1964 contributed to the expansion of Black congressional membership. President Lyndon B. Johnson promoted it but again it only received congressional approval because of strong Republican support. American presidents have selected and the U.S. Senate has confirmed Black jurists to the U.S. Supreme Court twice (Thurgood Marshall-Johnson, and Clarence Thomas-President George H.W. Bush). Americans have elected Black citizens to the presidency (Barack Obama) and vice presidency (Kamala Harris). Presidents have selected and the Senate has confirmed Black citizens twice as secretary of state (Colin L. Powell and Condoleezza Rice-both President George W. Bush), secretary of defense (Lloyd Austin-President Joe Biden), and twice as attorney general (Loretta Lynch-Obama, and Eric Holder-Obama). The Progressives’ label of America as systemically racist? Ludicrous. It is obvious that racism was a substantial part of our history, but that history also identifies continual opposition to it. A small percentage of all races are racists but declaring it systemic is wrong and destructive. How can young people mentally grow and succeed if they are indoctrinated that all whites are oppressors and all Blacks are victims? Earl Heal is a retired Air Force officer, Vacaville resident and a member of The Right Stuff Committee of the Solano County Republican Party. Reach him at healearlniki@att.net.

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New attorney general misses mark in quest to reduce serious crime

say about the fact that “the he headline in the Daily Republic per capita offending rate for said, “New state AG Blacks is six times higher calls out Abrams.” than that of whites.” Perhaps The state attorney general Bonta would like to know that is Rob Bonta and the Solano a very high percentage of County district attorney is urban Black residents want at Krishna Abrams. least the same police presAbrams’ “crime” was her ence or even more in their failure to investigate the role Bud Stevenson neighborhoods. I bet the of Vallejo police in the percentage of Black Amerishooting death in June 2020 of Sean cans who want to “defund the police” Monterrosa. She “abdicated her is negligible. responsibility,” according to Bonta, But you can relax if you’re by not investigating whether crimiworried about crime in your communal charges are warranted against nity because Bonta is going to the Vallejo police officer who shot establish a Racial Justice Bureau “to and killed Monterrosa. help combat hate crimes in the So, according to Bonta, the most state.” No less an authority on race threatening factor for the safety of relations than the Rev. Jesse Jackson Californians is crimes commitonce said that if he’s walking down ted by police. the street at night in an unfamiliar Is murder something that the new city and he sees two figures attorney general should be approaching, he’s relieved when he concerned with? sees that they’re white. Here are some numbers from, I can’t wait to see what Bonta’s albeit from Wikipedia: “According to Racial Justice Bureau will do to the FBI, African-Americans make high-crime areas accounted for 55.9% of all homicide less threatening. offenders in 2019.” That’s more than California State University, San four times their percentage in the Bernadino has the Center for the population. I can almost guarantee Study of Hate and Extremism, which you that Bonta will have nothing to found that anti-Asian hate crimes in

major cities are already – through April – greater than through all of 2019. Bonta said, “We are in the middle of a racial justice reckoning . . . (it) is very important that we all see the longtime, very detrimental and debilitating effects of racism in all its forms, in all the places it exists.” Once again, the new attorney general failed to mention – deliberately, I’m sure – Black-on-Black and Black-on-white crime. What I don’t know is whether Bonta was appointed to his job by Gov. Gavin Newsom or chosen by the Democrats who control everything that goes on in Sacramento. It appears that Bonta is parroting the dogma of believers in Critical Race Theory, which holds that virtually all crime is the product of white oppression. That’s what they’re teaching our children in school, of course, and now it appears to have infected Sacramento. Bonta will be the role model for the politically correct crowd that has already taken over our public schools. Bud Stevenson, a retired stockbroker, lives in Fairfield. Reach him at Bsteven254@aol.com.

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Baltimore officers Gaza fatally shoot man after he threatened woman with a knife

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Tribune Content Agency BALTIMORE — Baltimore police say officers fatally shot a man who was holding up a woman at knifepoint in a Broadway East home Sunday morning. At a news conference, Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said police shot and killed an unidentified man after he was seen holding a woman at knifepoint inside a home in the 1800 block of E. Lafayette Avenue Sunday morning. Harrison said officers tried to de-escalate the situation by requesting the man put down the knife and release the woman before they ultimately shot and killed the man to save the woman. The commissioner said the woman was unharmed in the attack. At a news conference Sunday afternoon, Mayor Brandon Scott commended the officers’ efforts, saying they did what they could to save the woman’s life.

“They did exactly what we want them to do: to try and preserve life at all costs,” Scott said. Police had not identified the suspect as of Sunday afternoon. Harrison said at the news conference the department plans to release footage of the responding officers’ body-worn cameras to the public. It’s the second person shot by police in the neighborhood in the past four days. A man, who the department said struck an officer with his vehicle, was shot by police on the 2200 block of E. Biddle Street on Thursday. Both the suspect and the officer survived their injuries, police said. Police statistics show that domestic violence has risen year-over-year as people were forced to work and spend more time at home during the coronavirus pandemic.

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A Suisun City firefighter battles a blaze that destroyed a house on Maple Street, June 3, 2020. The fire scorched at least 300 acres and burned down or damaged numerous homes.

Budget From Page One expenditures will exceed general fund revenues in the next fiscal year, as they did in the current fiscal year. The budget will be balanced based on Measure S and new cannabis revenues, new development and one-time money from the American Rescue Plan Act.” The draft budget does not include additional funding for roads or dredging projects. It estimates a bit more than $18.923 million in total revenues and nearly $18.774 million in total expenditures. Measure S is estimated to have $3.5 million in revenue and expenditures. It will transfer nearly $2.885 million to the general fund, 64% going to the Police Department and 19% to the Fire Department. The council has approved two cannabis dispensaries to be open within the city limits. The proposed budget includes $927,400 in cannabis tax revenue. The city is also expecting to open a second hotel. The city’s transit occupancy tax revenue is estimated to increase by $337,633. Property taxes are projected to stay flat except the secured property tax, which is expected to decrease by 1.5%. The city is estimated

to receive approximately $5.5 million from the American Rescue Plan Act and will have to commit those funds by December 2024. Staff has identified some projects and operating budget items that may qualify under the American Rescue Plan Act funding options. The city is also looking to take control of its Transportation Development Act funding. The city currently partners with the city of Fairfield to provide transit services through Fairfield and Suisun Transit and passes on most of its share of Transportation Development Act money for FAST operations. The Transportation Development Act is a law that provides funding to be allocated to transitand non-transit-related purposes that comply with regional transportation plans. Staffing changes may include restoring, with possible American Rescue Plan Act funding options, the development services director, two police officer positions and an administrative assistant position. The complete draft plan can be found under the City Council agenda link at www.suisun.com. There is limited seating at the meeting. Reservations are needed to attend in person. More details can be found on the agenda. It will also be available on the Zoom platform and the city’s website and Facebook page.

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This combination of pictures created Saturday shows the Jala Tower (highest building) housing international media outlets in Gaza city controlled by the Palestinian Hamas movement, being hit by an Israeli air strike and collapsing Saturday. Israeli air strikes pounded the Gaza Strip, killing 10 members of an extended family and demolishing a key media building, while Palestinian militants launched rockets in return amid violence in the West Bank. Israel’s air force targeted the 13-floor Jala Tower housing Qatar-based Al-Jazeera television and the Associated Press news agency. has met behind closed doors twice since the conflict erupted but failed to issue a joint statement due to U.S. opposition. “We call on the U.S. to support the Security Council in easing the situation,” Wang said. “It is important that Israel exercise restraint,” he said, calling on Palestinians to de-escalate as well. U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said it’s time to “end the cycle of violence” but singled out Hamas and other Palestinian groups in Gaza, calling on them to immediately “halt rocket attacks and other provocations.” She urged “all parties to protect medical and other humanitarian facilities, as well as journalists and media organizations.” What started off this month as hostilities between Israeli security forces and Palestinians in contested East Jerusalem has quickly escalated to an almost full-blown war between Israel and the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, dragging the U.S. back into the center of efforts to broker a cease-fire. Gaza militants have fired about 3,100 rockets at Israel since the start of hostilities. The Israeli army has struck some 1,500 targets in the blockaded enclave, going after Hamas’s missile production and launching sites as well as the underground tunnel network for its

fighters, Netanyahu said. Hamas last week signaled it was ready to end this round of fighting. Analysts say the militant group wants to consolidate political gains it’s made over the Palestinian Authority, with whom Hamas has a rivalry over the leadership of the national movement. By standing up to Israel with incessant rocket barrages against a much stronger enemy, the rulers of Gaza have scored points with the Palestinian public as defenders of their sacred city, said Ghassan Khatib, a former Palestinian cabinet minister who teaches political science at Birzeit University near Ramallah. “Their image was lifted dramatically,” Khatib said. Israel drew outrage for targeting non-combatants after it leveled a high-rise building in Gaza on Saturday that housed news outlets such as the Associated Press and Al Jazeera. Netanyahu said Israel warned occupants to evacuate the building, which he said had been used by Hamas’s military wing, before striking it. The death toll continued to climb on Sunday. More than 190 Palestinians in Gaza, including dozens of women and children, have been killed, and more than 1,000 have been injured. Ten people have died and close to 300 have been hurt in Israel.

distracted from items being discussed and even bullied by issues that didn’t relate ISOM PETERO TILLEY WILSON to the business at following a more strict being considered. hand, or were, at the “I ta ke prep adherence to Robert’s least, repetitive. Wilson proposed a seriously before meet- Rules of Order than shown in previous meetings. strict adherence to Rob- ings,” Tilley said. Trustees, in other busiShe said she was ert’s Rules of Order. He said that might bring the hopeful that as the board ness, approved revised job meetings to a more timely matures, trustees can descriptions for custodians and paraeducators. conclusion as well as keep share their questions before meetings. She They also approved allowthings focused on the also said she did not want ing instructors to teach motion before the board. to experience an inter- with variable term “In our handbook rogation of the staff, or waivers, which provide we are to ask questions, disagreements or accusa- applicants with addiand collect information tions concerning what is tional time to complete before business meet- going on in the district. requirements for the creings,” Wilson said. “Our job is to receive dential that authorizes Petero then asked, if information and discuss them to teach. trustees are not supposed the motion,” Tilley said. The California Comto “bombard” staff with Trustee David Isom mission on Teacher questions or ask ques- noted that based on Rob- Credentialing has protions during meetings, ert’s Rules of Order, one vided teachers the option how are they supposed to can speak for or against of stepping down to a varidiscuss matters that are an item with only limited able term waiver if they before the board? held both a provisional time for discussion. Trustee Helen Tilly “The time to gather internship permit) and a said she wanted the board information comes before short-term staff permit to discuss actions on the the meetings,” he said. in the past two school floor and exchange ideas After some discussion, years. This is to allow the while those items are the board voted to try applicants time to meet

program requirements. The extension was provided due to Covid-19 and related closures of exam sites. Trustees also approved a resolution condemning hate. The Local Control and Accountability Plan addresses the emotional well-being of students and staff, as also focuses on providing welcoming school environments, according to the agenda proposal presented to the board. Staff brought forward Resolution No. 49-2021: Condemning Hate in Our Communities in light of an increase in hate crimes over the past two years, according to a staff report. The governing board and school district staff do not tolerate or condone any negative, derogatory language or actions that target a person for their immigration status, ethnicity, race, religion, sexual orientation, ability, gender and gender identity, socioeconomic status or ideological beliefs, according to this resolution.

cease-fire and understands that it made a mistake in starting this fight with us.” Biden’s support for Israel has attracted rare criticism from his own party, with some Democrats arguing the administration needs to push harder to stop the violence. On Friday, a dozen Jewish Democrats wrote to Biden demanding that the U.S. address Israel’s “deepening occupation” in Jerusalem. Democrats have been increasingly divided on Israel as some on the party’s left flank tie what they see as unjust Israeli policies toward the Palestinians to calls for racial justice at home. “If the Biden admin can’t stand up to an ally, who can it stand up to?,” tweeted Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York. Also speaking on CBS, Rep. Adam Schiff of California said he defends Israel’s right to defend itself but that shouldn’t be “interpreted as support for Israeli settlement policy for the eviction of Palestinians from their homes.” At the rare Sunday meeting of the U.N. Security Council, held virtually, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi also took a jab at the U.S., saying that it should join the rest of the Security Council in supporting an effort to bring calm. The Council

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Netanyahu from Republicans, who are already pinning the Gaza unrest on Biden. “We’ll do whatever it takes to restore order and quiet and the security of our people and deterrence,” Netanyahu told CBS News’ “Face the Nation” in a Sunday interview. “We’re trying to degrade Hamas’s terrorist abilities and to degrade their will to do this again. So it’ll take some time. I hope it won’t take long, but it’s not immediate.” The U.N. effort to push for a cease-fire comes as the U.S. works with Egypt and Qatar to broker an end to the latest bout of violence. Biden has ramped up efforts to calm the spiraling violence between Israel and Palestinian militants, including urging the protection of civilians in calls Saturday with Netanyahu and with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas. But he’s also reaffirmed Israel’s right to defend itself, giving Netanyahu room to maneuver for now. Similar sentiment came on Saturday from U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in a call with his Israeli counterpart. The question is for how long. Hebrew and Arab media outlets have reported that Israel has rejected Egyptian attempts to broker a cease-fire for now. Prior to the fighting that started last week, Israel and Hamas fought three brutal, inconclusive wars. This round is also likely to end without a clear victor, but Israel is trying to damage Hamas as much as possible before it agrees to end the fighting, diplomats and experts say. Hamas, for its part, wants to show it can wreak damage while reclaiming the mantle of the Palestinian movement best able to stand up to Israel. “There is full support behind the government even though we are all paying a price,” said former Israeli ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon. “Israel will keeping hitting Hamas hard until it begs for a

From Page One “There is a big need in this area,” Mizra said. Coming up with the name drew Dean back to the meanings of the word hobo, which because an acronym for the nonprofit she hopes to launch. Its logo includes a train. Dean wants to open

a soup kitchen, clothes closet and financial education classes, to name a few. The hub will be the Islamic Center, said Hasim Dean. The details are being worked out. One of the main tenants of Islam is to help others, Mizra said. “It is a religion of peace,” he said. Raheela Dean is a convert from Christianity. She was known prior as Rebecca Purcell.

She made a pilgrimage to Mecca in 2018. She was one of about 3 million to do so. “It was amazing to be with so many different communities of different cultures at one time,” she said. “You cannot deny the presence of God. It’s very peaceful.” Raheela Dean also works with victims of human trafficking in Solano County and works with the Berke-

ley Food and Housing Project, whose six-county service area includes Solano County. Hasim Dean will do the business side of the nonprofit. The couple said they want the HOBO Exchange to be a family legacy, with more generations coming on board. “We can’t forget the forgotten. We need to meet the need where it’s at,” Raheela Dean said.

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Bloomberg Wynn Resorts and Las Vegas Sands Corp., two Nevada casino operators, will tell vaccinated guests they can stop wearing masks, following new guidance from state and federal regulators. Wynn plans to begin delivering that message to customers Friday evening, trusting guests to take the appropriate precautions based on their personal vaccination status, according to a statement. Sands said that while it won’t ask vaccinated patrons to wear masks, it is still requiring staff to do so for now. MGM Resorts International, the largest casino operator on the Las Vegas Strip, is expected

Notes From Page A3 the instructor, working through pages and pages of material,” said Curtis Beverley, her program mentor at WGU. “Zoë has been extremely diligent. She’s a hard worker.” “Part of the reason I’m doing accounting is to be able to do tax preparation,” said MartinDoike, who acknowledged that prior to enrolling at WGU “I didn’t prepare even my own” tax returns. “I need the business degree in order to, down the line, obtain CPA certification,” she added. Through the university, Martin-Doike also found an ideal internship opportunity: helping clients of the Campaign for Working Families with their tax returns. The Philadelphiabased nonprofit aims to provide low- and moderate-income individuals and families the tools they need to build financial security. “Working Families offered free tax-preparation training and a [path] to get tax-preparation certification,” Martin-Doike

to update its policy shortly. The companies are among the first to amend their masking and social-distancing policies following the revised guidance Thursday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The agency said vaccinated persons could stop wearing masks both indoors and out in almost all circumstances. Late Thursday, Nevada updated its health directives, saying fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks indoors. It also said companies aren’t prohibited from asking patrons about their vaccination status. Earlier in the week, the Nevada Gaming Control Board

began granting casinos the option to lift social-distancing requirements as well. Wynn, MGM and Caesars Entertainment Inc. said they would remove capacity limits at their casinos. Caesars rose as much as 4.9% to $98.98 in New York, while Wynn gained as much as 3.2%. The others also advanced. Wynn, with a staff vaccination rate of 91% in Las Vegas, said it was removing plexiglass dividers from all table games and slot machines. MGM said it was still maintaining an 80% capacity limit and 3-foot social-distancing requirement off the casino floor, including at restaurants and pools.

said. “There was training in November and December – I learned how to use professional tax preparation software – and then, starting in January, they throw you into the deep end. “I was working in a small office in Center City and it was wonderful,” she said. “The big issue for many [clients] was unemployment. They didn’t have withholding taxes taken on their benefits and they ended up owing a lot to the IRS.” Jonathan Barnes, director of volunteer engagement at the Campaign for Working Families, said Martin-Doike “stepped up in a way that really helped support the team at our Center City tax site. She did intake and tax prep and moved into a quality reviewer role; every tax return requires two sets of eyes.” Barnes also said MartinDoike “was among the brave folks willing to [work at] our tax preparation sites” despite the pandemic restrictions and precautions – and during one of the most complicated and fastchanging tax seasons in memory. “I was doing the taxes for people with five or six jobs, and people from all walks of life,” Martin-Doike said. “You get a kind of intimate

picture of someone’s life when you do their taxes. There is so much trust involved in that, and to me, it felt like a huge honor.” Martin-Doike also put some of her newfound knowledge to work during the process of looking for, and buying, the home in Philadelphia that will become her primary residence. “I have much more of a handle on financial analysis because of studying for the degree,” she said. “It has really helped.” Meanwhile, the Met’s plans to resume live performances in the fall are in doubt due to a complicated labor dispute involving multiple unions, including the one that represents musicians, Martin-Doike among them. She did perform before limited, live audiences twice last year, and on YouTube as a member of a houseboundin-quarantine string quartet that included her boyfriend, the violinist and Curtis faculty member Joel Link. So the prospect of playing in the viola section of Opera Philadelphia’s special live performance of Tosca last week at the Mann was thrilling – as well as a reminder of how profoundly the pandemic has changed everything.

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agencies in dealing with and preparing communities to withstand fires. Their topics will include establishing local fire safety councils and answering questions from those in attendance. Rochelle Sherlock will also be speaking. She is the president of the Green Valley Fire Safety Council. She will share how Green Valley created its own fire safety council with the participation of Green Valley residents. Face coverings will be required, and social distancing will be strongly encouraged. For more information, call Loveall at 888-5013.

Democratic club hosts cooking fundraiser The Northern Solano Democratic Club will host a virtual fundraiser “Cooking with Alice.” Alice Fried, native of New Orleans, invites participants to cook along with her on the Zoom platform while she makes her family bread pudding recipe. Join Alice and special guest Rep. John Garamendi, D-Walnut Grove, remotely from Washington, D.C., at 5 p.m. Saturday. Admission to the Alice’s Kitchen Zoom event is $25. Sign up at https://secure. actblue.com/donate/nsdc-cooking-5.21 or send an email to pres.nsdc@gmail.com.

VA plans Covid-19 vaccine Governments post week’s clinic in Fairfield scheduled for meetings

A Johnson & Johnson oneshot Covid-19 vaccination clinic for military veterans, their spouses, surviving spouses and caregivers is planned Saturday at the Solano County Events Center. The clinic, sponsored by VA Northern California, will run from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Conference Room A. Walkins are welcome. The center is located at 601 Texas St. in Fairfield, next to the government center. To make an appointment, call 1-800-382-8387 and select Option 8. Most people who have Covid19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, experience only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. Some people, especially older adults and those with underlying health problems, experience more severe illness such as pneumonia and at times, death. The vast majority of people recover. The World Health Organization reports people with mild illness recover in about two weeks, while those with more severe illness may take three to six

A number of government meetings will take place this week. They include: n Suisun City Council, special meeting, 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, City Council chamber, 701 Civic Center Blvd. Info: www.suisun.com/government/ city-council. n Fairfield City Council, 6 p.m. Tuesday, City Council chamber, 1000 Webster St. Info: www.fairfield.ca.gov/gov/ city_council/. n Solano Irrigation District, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Lake Berryessa Room, 810 Vaca Valley Parkway, Vacaville. Info: ca-sid.civicplus.com. n Vacaville Planning Commission, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Vacaville City Hall council chamber, 650 Merchant St. Info: www.ci.vacaville.ca.us. n Rio Vista City Council, special meeting, 5:30 p.m. Thursday, City Council chamber, City Hall, 1 Main St. Info: www.riovista city.com/city council. Check with each agency for required Covid-19 safety protocols and whether people may attend in person or if the meeting will take place virtually.

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Curry scores 46 points as W’s clinch eighth spot Tribune Content Agency Over the previous five weeks, as they played their best basketball of the season to cement a spot in the play-in tournament, the Warriors thought they had fixed their fourth-quarter issues. But there they were midway through the fourth quarter Sunday afternoon at Chase Center, having let a 17-point lead give way to a two-point deficit in their most important matchup of the season. With major playoff implications at stake, guard Stephen Curry saw his cue, hitting highlight-wor-

thy shots when it mattered most to power Golden State to a 113-101 win over the Grizzlies. His 30-footer with 3:17 left put the Warriors up six points. Less than two minutes later, after draining a 3-pointer to push Golden State’s lead to nine, Curry laced the ball between his legs, stepped back and nailed a 30-footer over De’Anthony Melton’s outstretched arm. As his teammates ran toward him to celebrate, Curry grabbed his jersey, unleashed a primal yell, and pounded his chest with his fist. He finished with 46 points on a career-high 36 attempts as

the Warriors clinched the eighth spot in the Western Conference, which will give them two chances to win one game in the play-in tournament and advance to the playoffs. “He’s like the Picasso of our time,” forward Juan ToscanoAnderson said. “He’s just doing his thing. . . . You can’t have a knock on him. He’s the best doing it right now. It’s fun to be a part of that.” Golden State had to wait to learn that it’ll play the Lakers on Wednesday. The Lakers and Blazer entered Sunday with identical records, and by fin-

ishing in the seventh spot in the standings the Lakers will host the Warriors. But in the immediate aftermath of Golden State’s season-best sixth straight win Sunday, it wasn’t thinking about its next opponent. This one was worth savoring. After digging an early nine-point hole, the Warriors built a 17-point cushion at the end of the third quarter, only to need late heroics from Curry to escape with a convincing victory. On an afternoon in which he edged Wizards guard Bradley Beal for his second scoring title, Curry heard a familiar chant as

‘Saturday Night Live’ parodies Michael Jordan’s competitiveness From ‘Last Dance’ quarters game with bodyguard Tribune Content Agency Remember the scene in ESPN’s “The Last Dance” when Chicago Bulls superstar Michael Jordan lost a game tossing quarters against a wall to bodyguard John Michael Wozniak, who celebrated with a Jordan-esque shrug? “Saturday Night Live” and guest host Keegan Michael-Key certainly did. Roughly a year removed from the final episode of ESPN’s 10-part ode to MJ and the 1990s Bulls – and an earlier “SNL” digital parody of it – the NBC late-night mainstay returned to the well. With Michael-Key as Jordan and a sensational turn by Heidi Gardner as Wozniak, “SNL” lampooned the Hall of Famer’s cutthroat competitive nature, love of gambling and penchant for feeding off perceived affront the ESPN’s docuseries showcased. “Even though it was 10 hours long, there was so much left on the cutting room floor,” “Last Dance” director Jason Hehir (Mikey Day) explains, setting up the supposedly extended scene, which begins with Michael-Key’s Jordan losing a $5 bet on the quarters game and quickly devolves into a total debasement of Gardner’s Wozniak. “The thing about Michael is he didn’t just want to beat you,” teammate Dennis Rodman (Chris Redd) says, echoing a well-tread “Last Dance” theme. “He wanted to dominate you.” By the time it’s over, the bodyguard has lost more than money, all while good-naturedly trying to playing along. The Phoenix Suns’ Charles

Mauricio Dubón of the Giants is a kid at heart. Plays a kid’s game. Showcases a kid’s exuberance. Watches kids’ movies. This 26-year-old kid can be unnerving to watch because he’ll take chances other players won’t, and sometimes they’re costly mistakes. And sometimes they’re not. In Sunday’s 4-1 win in Pittsburgh, Dubón took a big chance that others wouldn’t, and it handsomely paid off for the Giants, who split a four-game series that could have been a sweep with some better relief pitching. Buster Posey had three hits, Mike Yastrzemski hit an insurance homer in the ninth and three relievers pitched shutout ball following Alex Wood’s six innings. But all the postgame buzz was about Dubón’s decision-making and execution in a first-and-third situation in the fifth inning. “I do that in Honduras when I play rec ball, coming down and trying to mess with people,” Dubón said of his play, which needed to be

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

Baseball College •Rutgers at Penn State, BIG TEN, 11 a.m. MLB •San Francisco at Cincinnati, NBCSBA, 3:30 p.m. •N.Y. Mets at Atlanta, ESPN, 4 p.m. •Arizona at L.A. Dodgers OR Colorado at San Diego, MLB, 7 p.m. Football The Spring League •Generals vs. Sea Lions, FS1, 4 p.m. •Jousters vs. Blues, FS1, 7 p.m. Hockey NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs •Boston at Washington, NBCSN, 4:30 p.m. •Nashville at Carolina, CNBC, 5 p.m. •St. Louis at Colorado, NBCSN, 7 p.m. Soccer •NCAA Women’s Championship, ESPN2, 2:30 p.m. •NCAA Men’s Championship, ESPN2, 5 p.m. Surfing •World Surf League, Championship Tour, Rottnest Search, Day 3, FS2, 4:30 p.m. Tennis •ATP Geneva, ATP Lyon, WTA Belgrade, WTA Parma, early rounds, TENNIS, 2 and 3 a.m.

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Michael Jordan savors a cigar after the team’s 87-86 victory over the Utah Jazz in Game 6 of the NBA Finals, June 14, 1998. Jordan finished with 45 points to lead the Bulls to their sixth championship in eight years. Barkley (Kenan Thompson) joins in the game, and Bulls coach Phil Jackson (Alex Moffat) recalls Jordan’s determination to win, detached from the cold-blooded way it plays out in the scene. Says Michael-Key’s Jordan: “He won. I was happy for him. But then he did that little shrug, and I took that personally.” Last May, “SNL” took its first swing at “The Last Dance” with

a faux promo that included interview clips with Bulls fan and North Korea dictator Kim Jong Un (Bowen Yang). The sketch didn’t air but was made available online. Jordan himself hosted “SNL” in 1991, joining the Super Fans, playing a fictional player who first integrated the Harlem Globetrotters and boosting his self-esteem with Al Franken’s Stuart Smalley.

Giants beat Pirates in finale, 3 hits for Posey, 2 defensive gems for Dubón Tribune Content Agency

he stepped to the foul line with 27.3 seconds left: “M-V-P!” In the regular-season finale, with an easier path to the playoffs hanging in the balance, Curry had made one thing certain: He deserves serious consideration for the league’s top individual honor, even if many believe Denver’s Nikola Jokic secured it weeks ago. With the Warriors nursing a six-point lead at halftime Sunday, Curry had just 13 points on 6-for-15 shooting (1-for-6 from 3-point range). In the third

‘I’m glad he got him. I’ll say that. It was definitely a risky play by (Dubón) to make that fake and try to get him at third instead of taking the sure out. It worked out in our favor, thank goodness. Anytime it works out, it’s all love.’ — Alex Wood

seen several times from different angles to fully appreciate it. Bryan Reynolds took off from first base on an apparent steal attempt, and Dubón – flashing a Brandon Crawford model glove – took Posey’s one-hop throw to second and started running Reynolds back to first. Reynolds dared him to throw the ball his way, knowing Adam Frazier could have

Baseball College •Akron at Pittsburgh, ACC, noon •UNC-Wilmington at North Carolina, ACC, 3 p.m. •Kansas at Missouri, SEC, 4 p.m. MLB •San Francisco at Cincinnati, NBCSBA, 3:30 p.m. •N.Y. Yankees at Texas, ESPN, 5 p.m. •Houston at Oakland, NBCSCA, 6:30 p.m. Basketball NBA Playoffs •Charlotte at Indiana, TNT, 3:30 p.m. •Washington at Boston, TNT, 6 p.m. Hockey NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs •N.Y. Islanders at Pittsburgh, NBCSN, 4:30 p.m. •Tampa Bay at Florida, CNBC, 5 p.m. •Minnesota at Vegas, NBCSN, 7 p.m. Soccer •Copa Libertadores, Sociedade Esportiva Palmeriras vs. Defensa y Justicia, BEIN, 3:05 p.m. •Copa Libertadores, Fluminense vs. Junior, BEIN, 5:20 p.m. Surfing •World Surf League, Championship Tour, Rottnest Search, Day 4, FS2, 4:30 p.m.

taken off from third. Midway between the bases, instead of getting the easy out at first, Dubón put on a show to catch Frazier leaning. Dubón faked a throw to first, did a near 360 (turning around to his left, briefly taking his eyes off his eventual target) and made a quick throw to third baseman Evan Longoria, who slapped the tag on Frazier. “I’m glad he got him. I’ll say that,” Wood said. “It was definitely a risky play by Dubi to make that fake and try to get him at third instead of taking the sure out. It worked out in our favor, thank goodness. Anytime it works out, it’s all love.” Afterward, Dubón was asked why he uses a glove with the fourtime Gold Glove shortstop’s name inscribed on it. “Have you guys seen the movie ‘Like Mike’?” Enough said. He was referencing the film about the kid who finds some old Michael Jordan sneakers and discovers superpowers and plays like Mike. Mauricio simply wants to play

A’s rally to claim series against Twins

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Tennis •ATP Geneva, ATP Lyon, WTA Belgrade, WTA Parma, early rounds, TENNIS, 2 and 3 a.m. •ATP Geneva, ATP Lyon, WTA Belgrade, early rounds; WTA Parma, quarterfinals, TENNIS, 2 and 3 a.m. (Wednesday)

Tribune Content Agency The Oakland A’s turned a series of unlucky, confusing umpiring calls into a comeback victory in the series finale at Minnesota on Sunday. The A’s 7-6 win over the Minnesota Twins handed them the series win and improved their record

to 25-17. With that, the A’s hold onto first place by a half game with the Houston Astros, hot on their tail, coming to Oakland next. “If you want to look at one game and say, ‘What are the Oakland A’s made of?’ This is the game,” A’s starter Chris

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efore the pandemic, you could wander into Du-par’s, on the corner of Fairfax and Third in Los Angeles, ask for a seat in a slick, red, tufted vinyl booth, and be sipping a mug of hot coffee in less than a minute. You could order a stack of the diner’s famous pancakes, fat as throw pillows, a small bowl of melted butter on the side. You could feast on dense slabs of French toast, soft tuna sandwiches, ice-cold chocolate malts, wedges of cherry pie, “big, Frisbee-shaped omelets gilded with American cheese, soft rolls as large as spaniel ears . . . Swedish meatballs on Wednesdays and roast turkey with dressing,” as Jonathan Gold wrote in the Los Angeles Times in 1994. You could, if you were in the mood, order a patty melt. Du-par’s probably didn’t invent the patty melt, but it claims to serve the original recipe. On the menu, it’s listed as “Tiny’s Classic Patty Melt: The Original Since 1932.” A beef patty, smothered in car-

amelized onions and melted Swiss, peeks out from between two slices of rye, griddled until crisp on both sides. I used to live a block from Du-par’s – which reopened with limited indoor and outdoor seating last summer – and when I was having a bad day, I ordered the patty melt with french fries. On good days, I got it with coleslaw and extra pickles. I still love that play among the rich, buttery sandwich, soft tang of the slaw and sour punch of the pickles. An Arnold Palmer on the side, a slice of pie for dessert, extra coffee if I had time to linger. Diners! In honor of diners, how about we make patty melts tonight? This recipe is a bit of a cheat, because it sidesteps the traditional “patty” for meaty, crispy mushrooms. You can use any mushrooms you like, but it’s wild mushroom season in most of the United States now, so if you see maitakes, king or black trumpets, hedgehogs or porcinis at the market, use those! Whatever ones you pick, the mushrooms will get a boost of flavor from Worcestershire sauce. Caramelized onions go in, too, of course, as

does a pretty generous amount of cheese. Pile everything between two slices of bread and fry the sandwiches in a smidge of butter until they’re golden on both sides. Slice – on the diagonal! – and serve with . . . potato chips? A short milkshake? A quickly tossed slaw or herby salad? In my humble opinion, you should never skip the pickles. As with all sandwiches, you can change up just about any element in this mushroom melt. Swiss is traditional, but use whatever melty cheese you happen to have kicking around in the fridge. I think the caramelized onions are essential, but consider instead caramelized garlic or fennel. I only ever make patty melts on rye bread, but Texas toast, multigrain, gluten-free or plain old white pullman can work, too. If you don’t cook mushrooms too often, know that they will steam first, releasing excess moisture, before they caramelize alongside the onions. Onions have some natural sugar that will help them caramelize; if you skip the onions for any reason, consider adding a pinch of sugar to the mushrooms toward the end of cooking them,

to ensure extra-crisp edges. Mushroom Patty Melts 30 minutes 4 servings The patty melt is a diner classic, but it doesn’t have to be so meaty. This version puts deeply caramelized mushrooms and onions front and center. (You can add a beef patty, too, if you want.) A splash of Worcestershire sauce adds acidity and rounds out the flavors. Use your favorite cheese and bread, but don’t skimp on the butter, which ensures the best flavor and a crispy exterior. 6 tablespoons (3 ounces) unsalted butter, divided 2 tablespoons olive oil 10 ounces mushrooms, such as cremini mushrooms or baby bella, sliced 1 large yellow onion, halved and thinly sliced 1 ⁄4 teaspoon kosher salt 4 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce 8 slices rye bread or another bread of choice 8 slices Swiss cheese or Gruyère cheese, or more as desired Pickles, for serving (optional) In a large (ideally 12-inch wide cast iron) skillet over high heat, melt 2 tablespoons of the butter. Add the olive oil, mushrooms, onion and

salt. Fry, stirring frequently, until the onions and mushrooms caramelize and crisp, 10 to 15 minutes, adjusting the heat as necessary if they start to burn. Remove from the heat and stir in the Worcestershire. Assemble the sandwiches: Lay 4 slices of bread onto a flat surface. Place at least 1 slice of cheese on each slice of bread. Top with a quarter of the onion-and-mushroom mixture, followed by at least 1 slice of cheese and the remaining slice of bread. Wipe the skillet out and place over medium heat. Melt the remaining 4 tablespoons of butter, and fry the sandwiches, in batches if necessary, until the cheese has melted evenly and both sides are crisp, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Slice in half and serve hot, with pickles on the side, if desired. Nutrition | Calories: 622; Total Fat: 41 g; Saturated Fat: 22 g; Cholesterol: 97 mg; Sodium: 660 mg; Carbohydrates: 41 g; Dietary Fiber: 5 g; Sugars: 7 g; Protein: 23 g. Recipe from staff writer G. Daniela Galarza.

Daniela Galarza is a staff writer for the Food section at The Washington Post who also writes “Eat Voraciously,” a newsletter offering easy dinner recipes, cooking tips and inspiration.

Salad with green goddess dressing is heavenly

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Green goddess has gone in and out of style over the years, but this fresh, herbal version with creamy avocado, lemon, rice vinegar, and three different soft and leafy herbs is a keeper.

using ‘Little Gem’ romaine on’t you just feel like a good salad when the lettuce, but my grocery weather gets nice? store was out. So I substiWhen leaves start to appear tuted a mix of torn romaine and butter lettuce. For on trees and our lawns herbs, think dill, tarrasuddenly look verdant, our gon and chives along with dinner plates call out for a parsley, cilantro and mint. little green, too. For some extra crunch, This salad is a great place to start. It doesn’t Gretchen McKay throw on a few searequire lots of ingrediGretchen’s table soned croutons. This dressing also can ents, but it’s full of flavor. be served as a dip for raw veggies, The dressing is a vegan version of as a base for coleslaw or as a jazzy green goddess, named for its color. sauce for potato or pasta salad. Chef Philip Roemer of San Francisco’s Palace Hotel is said to have LITTLE GEM SALAD WITH created this classic mayo-based GREEN GODDESS DRESSING dressing in the 1920s to honor Serves 6 actor George Arliss, who starred For dressing: in William Archer’s play “The ½ cup packed fresh cilantro Green Goddess.” leaves and stems Like so many dishes, green 1 ⁄3 cup packed fresh mint leaves goddess has gone in and out of ½ cup packed fresh parsley leaves style over the years, but this ¼ cup water fresh, herbal version with creamy 2 large garlic cloves avocado, lemon, rice vinegar and 1 teaspoon kosher salt three different soft and leafy herbs 1 ripe avocado, halved is a keeper. This salad is especially 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice apropos for Earth Day, when eating 3 tablespoons unseasoned more plant-based dishes is encourrice vinegar aged. But it’s great any day! ½ cup extra-virgin olive oil The original recipe calls for ¼ cup safflower or vegetable oil

For salad: 8 cups romaine or butter lettuce, torn, or mix of both 2 ripe avocados, sliced 5 radishes, sliced 1 spring onion, sliced Additional fresh herbs, for garnish Seasoned croutons, for garnish Make dressing: Add herbs, water, garlic and salt to a blender and blend until ingredients are pureed. Next, add avocado, lemon juice and vinegar and blitz again. With the blender running, slowly pour in oils. Season with salt and pepper. (Dressing can be made 1 day ahead, and refrigerated. It will keep for up to a week.) Make salad: Rinse lettuce in cold water. Shake off excess and let dry cut side down on kitchen towels or paper towels. Wrap them up in the same towel, putting the two halves together, and chill in fridge until you are ready to serve, or up to 1 day. Arrange lettuce on a platter and drizzle with dressing. Garnish with avocado, radishes, spring onions, fresh herbs and any flowering herbs from the garden. Add a handful of croutons for extra crunch, if desired. Adapted from “Lush Life: Food & Drinks from the Garden” by Valerie Rice (Prospect Park Books, $35)

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Apple AirTags are here

Apple’s AirTag can be personalized with an emoji or even your name, if it’s short.

Were they worth the wait? Jim Rossman

The Dallas Morning News

ast week, Apple finally released AirTags, which are small devices to help you find things, much like the Tile Bluetooth locator I have on my keychain. I say Apple “finally” released AirTags because they’ve been rumored for years. Heck, the box for the keychain fob Apple sells to hold the AirTag has a 2019 copyright date on it. But the company never jumps into an established market unless it thinks its offering will blow away the competition. There were plenty of MP3 players on the market before Apple released the iPod. So does the AirTag blow away the Tile locators? Yes and no.

Mentos? The AirTag ($29 or a four-pack for $99) is small, round and white plastic on one side – it looks like a Mentos candy but slightly larger. The back side is metal, and you can open it with a counterclockwise turn to expose the replaceable battery. Apple says the CR2032 battery will last about a year. You can check the battery level in the Find My app on your iOS device. Speaking of iOS devices, you have to have either an iPhone or iPad running iOS 14.5 to set up and use the AirTags. Android users are out of luck. You interact with the AirTag through Apple’s Find My app, which is where you also go if you track the location of a device like an iPhone or iPad or Mac. When you load iOS 14.5, the Find My app gets a new tab for finding items that have an AirTag attached.

Setup Setting up the AirTag could not be much easier. Take it out of the box and remove the plastic covering, which has a small tab that activates the battery when you pull it out. Then place the AirTag next to your iPhone or iPad, and a small dialog box will rise up from the bottom of the screen. Press the Connect button in the dialog box. The next screen asks you to name the AirTag. I am putting mine on my keychain, so I chose Keys from the list. The next screen is where you link the AirTag to your AppleID and put in your mobile number. That’s all there is to it. The AirTag will now show up in the Find My app of any iPad or iPhone you are logged into. But while you can log into iCloud. com in a browser on any computer and

tech review use Find My iPhone to see your devices on a map, you can’t see or find AirTags through a computer. The AirTags are waterproof, so they can survive a dunk. There’s a speaker enclosed in each AirTag, but there are no holes for the sound to get out, so water can’t get in.

Finding nearby AirTags’ job is to just sit there and wait for you to lose whatever it is you are tracking. If I lose my keys at home, which happens more than I’d care to admit, I can call up Find My on my iPhone and see the keys’ last-known location on a map. If the keys are close by and you just need help finding them, you can choose to have the AirTag make a sound so you can quickly locate them. If you have an iPhone 11 or 12 model (with an Ultra Wide Band chip), you can also invoke a precision locator. It will show you with an arrow which direction to walk and tell you how many feet you are from the AirTag. My iPhone XS Max is too old to have a UWB chip, so I don’t get the cool locator arrow, but I think finding the AirTag by having it play a sound is just as good. Both of the finding methods are restricted to Bluetooth range, which can be up to 50 feet, but inside my house, it was more like 30 feet through walls. I left the AirTag at one end of my L-shaped house and walked to the other end and asked the AirTag to play the sound – it was too far away. Apple’s app asked me to “walk around” until the AirTag was in range, which is not an unreasonable request, and the AirTag started sounding when I took a few steps toward the middle of the house. When I did the same test with my Tile Pro, it was successful from the farthest reaches of the house.

Lost mode What happens if you really do lose your keys? What if you’re at the mall and you leave your keys at the checkout counter when you’re buying a big pretzel? That’s where a feature called Lost Mode comes into play. You can push a button in the Find My app and put the AirTag into Lost mode, which tells Apple to start looking for it. Every iPhone user who has activated Find My iPhone can now help you find your lost AirTag. If I’m walking down the street and my iPhone comes close enough to a lost AirTag to register the connection

(within 50 feet or so), then my iPhone will send the location to Apple’s Find My server. The user who has lost an item will get an alert on his phone listing the address where the AirTag was spotted. There are hundreds of millions of iPhones and iPads in use, and all of them can help you find your lost AirTag. This communication all happens behind the scenes without the device’s owner ever realizing it. Tile has had this feature, and it works if another Tile user comes into close contact with a lost Tile, but there are many more iPhone users than Tile users. I’m willing to bet that if you lost an AirTag at the mall, it would be found in minutes. But you would only be notified of the street address and not a specific location inside the mall. It would be up to you to retrace your steps until you get close enough to use the Find My app.

Find a lost AirTag? So what happens if you find an item with an AirTag attached? You can use your iPhone or even Android phone to pull up the owner’s information. Inside the Find My app is a button called Identify Lost Item. If you put the AirTag close to your phone, you’ll see the email address and phone number associated with the AirTag so you can notify the owner. If your Android phone has an NFC chip, holding the AirTag next to the phone will bring up a web page with the owner’s information. This is kind of like bringing a lost pet to the vet to scan for a chip. I’m not sure how many people will know how to look up this information if they find an AirTag, but I’m sure word will get out.

Fobs and such Out of the box, AirTags don’t have any way to attach to your devices. My Tile Pro has a hole, so I just attached it to my keyring. To put your AirTag on your keys or anything else – a backpack, luggage, a bike or a computer bag, for example – you are forced to buy a fob. I purchased one AirTag and Apple’s leather fob with a key ring. The AirTag costs $29, and the fob cost $35. I gritted my teeth when I pressed the Buy Now button last week, but I did so knowing that I’d be putting the fob on my keys and I wanted it to look nice. Would it have killed Apple to add a hole? I get that the design might no longer be a perfect circle, but I think it was a bad decision. Whenever Apple decides not to include a feature (like a hole), that

forces the user to look for another solution. Apple calls it a “third-party opportunity.” I bought my fob on launch day through the Apple store app and didn’t look for other fobs, but I’ve since found fobs for less than $15. Also, if you have way too much money, you can buy an AirTag with an Hermès luggage tag for $449. I’m sure there will be hundreds of cheap AirTag accessories in a month or two.

Stalking safety Apple takes user safety seriously, so it included some features to keep people from using AirTags to spy on others. It would be pretty easy to drop an AirTag in someone’s purse or backpack or even attach one to a vehicle. For $29 and with a yearlong battery life, it would be a cheap and easy way to stalk someone. Apple has included a feature that will alert an iPhone user if it appears they are being followed by an AirTag not associated with their Apple ID. Android phone users are not so lucky. Apple has no way to warn them of an AirTag that’s in close proximity to them.

Conclusions I had high hopes for the AirTag, but aside from a larger network of iPhones for finding lost AirTags, I can’t see much that would make me want to give up my Tile Pro. My Tile can even help find my iPhone if I misplace it in the house. If I double press the button on the Tile, my phone starts to ring. AirTags don’t have that feature. The precision finding is made possible by the UWB chip in new iPhones. I suspect this is why Apple delayed releasing the AirTag until now. I hope this first AirTag model is not the last, and that Apple tweaks the design or even adds new AirTags. I’d like to see a slim one that can slip in a wallet. I seem to use my Tile once every few months to locate my keys or phone. I’ll keep both on my key ring for now and see which performs better the next time I lose my keys. Pros: Small, good battery life, precision finding, a huge network of iPhones to help find lost AirTags, waterproof. Cons: Bluetooth range for nearby finding could be better and a fob is required to attach it to anything. Bottom line: There are some good features, but I don’t think AirTag is better than my Tile Pro. Jim Rossman writes for The Dallas Morning News. He may be reached at jrossman@dallasnews.com.

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From left, David Pittu, Ewan McGregor, Krysta Rodriguez and Rebecca Dayan star in “Halston.”

‘Halston’ paints a fashionable portrait of a tortured genius Tribune Content Agency A meteoric rise in the fashion industry made American-born designer Halston a household name by the 1970s, as he revolutionized women’s fashion from the head down. But his fall from grace, part pride, part bad business decisions, was even swifter. By the mid-’80s, he had nothing. In “Halston,” the Netflix series that premiered Friday, Ewan McGregor stars as the famed designer who hailed from a middle-class Indiana family but became a staple at wild nights inside Studio 54 in New York City with other famous figures. “These people lived large and they lived larger-than-life lives,” director and executive producer Daniel Minahan told the Daily News of Halston and his entourage, which included Liza Minnelli, Andy Warhol and muse-turned-jewelry designer Elsa Peretti. “To tell the story, we had to express the incredible genius of this character so when we take it away, you really feel it.” Halston is not always likable, and is prone to fits of rage and cruelty propelled by drugs and failure, particularly as he sees his world beginning to crumble. He shuns his friends when they get too famous for him, or when they ask for too much. He lashes out at those trying to help. He rejects the idea that anyone can do what he can do. But at the same time, you understand his anger and frustration. You’re watching a man lose everything. “It’s the story of an artist who creates himself whole cloth and then has that taken away from him,” Minahan said. “It’s about the human spirit and the soul of an artist.”

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By the end of the five-episode limited series, Halston’s soul is shattered by the ups and downs of capitalism. But the journey to his AIDS-related death in 1997, at just 50 years old, is one of opulence and decadence. “They were soulmates, really,” Krysta Rodriguez, who plays Minnelli, told The News. “They stuck with each other through thick and thin.” Unlike Peretti, Halston couldn’t take credit for Minnelli’s fame. Instead, the two soared together. But “Halston” focuses too on the quieter moments of their friendship, the dinners at home and the stern, but well-meaning lectures in the back of limos. His and Peretti’s relationship was more volatile. “It’s a love affair without the physicality. It’s a friendship. It’s a mentorship,” Rebecca Dayan, who plays the model and Tiffany’s designer who died earlier this year, told The News. “He was probably one of the great loves of her life in the way that he understood her (like) very few men (did) and gave her that push to be creative, to be who she wanted to be.” Their collaborations were legendary but so, too, were their fights, including an infamous one during which she threw a fur coat into the fire at his townhouse. “Eventually, because of all the things that happened, they grew to the point where it was too much having both of them in one space,” Dayan told The News. “They had to take their separate routes.” And then there’s David Mahoney, the CEO of Norton Simon, Inc., who lost Halston’s company in a poorly planned business move. Mahoney, who funded the designer as he rose,

could easily be blamed for his collapse as well. “It was in talking to (Minahan) and then eventually (executive producer Ryan Murphy) that I realized that Mahoney wasn’t just the bad guy in the story,” Bill Pullman, who plays the stoic businessman, told The News. “He really had a great sense of wanting to steward someone who had the creativity that Halston had so he could do what he did best. That was his job, to let the people that he’s engaged do the best job they can.” Mahoney, for a minute, stood atop the mountain with Halston as the pair expanded the fashion empire to JCPenney, making Halston designs accessible to everyone. But it was Mahoney, too, at the helm when Norton Simon was taken over by Esmark in 1983. A year later, Halston was tossed out, paid for the next five years not to work. “It was a Hail Mary pass,” Pullman said of the sale. “They were sinking and he wanted to do something bold.” So inexorably tied were Halston the man and Halston the brand that the downfall of the latter took down the former as well. The designer fell apart as his empire fell apart and, internally, as his body began to fall apart, ravaged by AIDS. Two years after he was diagnosed, he died. But for several decades, in the spotlight of New York, Halston burned brighter than almost anyone. “We explore those moments of the difference between genius and mania and what you sacrifice for your art. Is it still art if no one can see it?” Rodriguez said. “They were people who were broken and had to use their artistry to survive.”

Bridge

by Phillip Alder

then select a strategy. In this deceptively difficult deal, South is in three no-trump. After West leads the heart queen, how should declarer proceed? That North hand is close between a game-invitation and a game-force. His chosen three-diamond rebid was invitational. In the old days, it was game-forcing; but with a powerful one-suiter, either make a strong jump shift on the first round or go via fourth suit forcing on round two, depending on your partnership agreement. South has seven top tricks: one spade, two hearts, two diamonds and two clubs. The instinctive reaction is to duck a diamond, keeping communication with the dummy, but that is wrong. The other two tricks might come from either minor suit. And although a 3-2 diamond break is much more likely than a 3-3 club split, declarer can try both chances. He starts with dummy’s two top diamonds. If the DECLARER PLAYS absentees divide 3-2, he concedes a diamond trick and, using the spade ace TWICE AS OFTEN as the dummy entry to the diamond The declarer plays two cards to each winners, ends with an overtrick. But trick, so he has twice the chance to when the diamonds split 4-1, South shifts to clubs, getting home since they make a mistake. Let’s look at some of are 3-3. This line wins if either the things he should keep in mind. diamonds are 3-2 or clubs are 3-3. Declarer’s two most common trick-one errors are playing too quickly These combine to produce a 79.2% and proceeding without forming a plan. chance of success. He should count his winners and losers, COPYRIGHT: 2021, UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE

Sudoku

by Wayne Gould

Word Sleuth

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The declarer plays two cards to each trick, so he has twice the chance to make a mistake. Let’s look at some of the things he should keep in mind. Declarer’s two most common

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Tribune Content Agency MIAMI — It started with VHS tapes. And now it’s taken over the world. Twenty years since its founding, Zumba has helped millions dance their way into fitter, happier lives, says co-founder and CEO Alberto Perlman. Officially launched in Aventura by Colombian dancer Alberto “Beto” Perez, Zumba reached $20 million in video sales via TV infomercials by 2003. By 2012, the New York Times reported Zumba was valued at $500 million. It now has 250 employees at its Hallandale Beach headquarters. “The stories you hear are amazing – it’s not what you hear in a normal fitness class,” Perlman said. “It’s people who have survived an illness, or stories of people who moved to a new city and didn’t know anyone and Zumba created a community for them, or someone who was able to leave an abusive relationship.” Today, Zumba, the business, works via licensing its material to instructors who pay a monthly fee to teach classes. Perlman says the company’s biggest growth market is in Asia, which he attributed to the region’s rising middle class. Zumba’s Japanese Instagram page has nearly 15,000 followers. “It’s nonstop in those markets – I don’t think you’ll find a gym there that doesn’t have Zumba,” Perlman said. The Miami Herald spoke with Perlman to learn about the evolution of the dance-fitness craze 20 years later, how it survived the pandemic, and what the next 20 years might look like. His remarks have been edited for clarity and brevity. Q. How has Zumba changed over the past two decades? A. The original Zumba class

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First Lady Michelle Obama, right, dances in a Zumba class along with children and actor Mario Lopez during a visit to the Gwen Cherry Park NFL/YET Center in Miami, Florida, Feb. 24, 2014. hasn’t changed that much, but what changes is the the type of music we use. When we came on the scene, reggaeton did not exist, and as soon as we started hearing these sounds coming out of Puerto Rico, we said, ‘These are perfect for Zumba.’ We were the first ones to bring reggaeton into the mainstream. As music evolves, Zumba evolves – you’re dancing to popular music, and that always keeps you coming back. Q. How does Zumba compete with new exercise trends on the scene? A. Most fitness programs usually live in the space of, ‘We’re better from a calorie-burn perspective, or from a fitness perspective.’ But if you only live in that physical space, someone is going to come along and will build a better mousetrap. Think about the Thighmaster in the ‘90s, or 8 Minute Abs – someone is going to come up with seven-minute abs. Zumba is similar to yoga in that there is emotion – in yoga you think of zen or flow state. In Zumba we call it F.E.J.: freeing electrifying joy. You get lost

in the music, you’re having so much fun that all other thoughts are gone, you’re just there, present in the moment. And the other piece is the community. In yoga it’s similar as well – there’s a pilgrimage to India, or some sort of yoga shrine. In Zumba, there’s a convention every year, and it’s a magical place. Physical plus emotional plus community is why Zumba is a forever brand. Q. What is the significance of Miami to the Zumba story? A. It’s where we live. It could have only been born here because of the cultural aspect of Miami, the openness to Latin music, Latin influence – Miami is capital of Latin America. Beto’s dream growing up in Cali was to go to Miami. Zumba started when my cousins, my mom, everyone I knew was taking Beto’s class here in Aventura – it wasn’t even called Zumba then, he called it “rhumba-cise.” At that moment something sparked the idea: What if we take this to the world, put it on a VHS tape – this was 2001 – and teach Zumba at home via

VHS. What we realized is that the community and class was the true Zumba experience, so we started training instructors, who would come from all over the country and go to Miami and train in Zumba. But Miami is still the root and culture of Zumba. Zumba is Miami. Q. How did the Covid-19 pandemic affect Zumba? A. We had some pretty dark moments at the beginning. In February 2020, since we have an operation in China, we started getting some real reports of things happening, and instructors calling in and saying this is serious. So we started preparing for it by saying, ‘If you want to become an instructor, you can train online,’ and we created a livestream version of our course. Then in March, when lockdowns started, we told instructors that we were going to create something so you can teach from home to people at home. And we challenged our technology team – we have over 50 developers – we said in 60 days we need a solution for instructors to teach digitally, take payments digitally, and manage students, and they did it in 60 days. It was incredible and amazing to see our instructors and the community migrate to online. You can see what people were saying about the classes – it was a very powerful moment to emerge as a virtual brand. But now we’re trying to get them back into classes, so after the virtual moment, we started seeing outdoor classes. So we had instructors teaching in parking lots and parks – and they still are. Now we’re finally going back into the exercise rooms, and seeing the classes come back is an emotional thing. To be physically back in the Zumba class, sometimes you see everyone crying to be

back – it’s very powerful. Q. What will the next 20 years of Zumba look like? A. We’re constantly enhancing our technologies to make our instructors more successful. We believe people don’t need another screen in their life. We want them to get together in person, and we don’t want humanity to lose that. Mental health has also come up as a big topic in how Zumba helps – we want to create more moments to help people through any mental health issues. We’ve also created a new brand, STRONG Nation. It’s a high-intensity training program – but we created a program where the music is scored to the workout. So we create these routines, then create music that completely matches the routines. We want to have an epic feeling, really feeling like a bad-ass. So you’re going to see more STRONG Nation in the years to come. We also created the Zumba music lab. It’s a production house where we create our own music. We’re working with some the best writers and producers in the world, and now record labels are coming and saying they want to launch our songs. Q. What is the best way to convince someone to try Zumba? A. Go with them. Say, ‘I’ll do it with you. I’ll go to the gym with you and if you don’t laugh the whole time and never do it again’ – you know, it’s hard not to smile when you’re in a Zumba class. And a good instructor will notice people who are shy – they might be going there and not be sure what they’re getting into. And the instructor will make them feel warm and special. And when that happens, that’s when they get hooked and their life starts to change.

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RESOLUTION NO. 2021-XX EXTRACT A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SUISUN CITY, APPROVING THE ANNUAL ENGINEERʼS REPORT, CONFIRMING THE ASSESSMENTS AND ORDERING THE LEVY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021-22 FOR THE SUISUN CITY MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS

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Any interested person may file a written protest with the City Clerk prior to the conclusion of the Public Hearing, or, having previously filed a protest, may file a written withdrawal of that protest. A written protest shall state all grounds of objection and a protest by a property owner shall contain a description sufficient to identify the property owned by such property owner. At the Public Hearing, all interested persons shall be afforded the opportunity to hear and be heard.

Bernadette S. Curry Solano County Counsel DR# 00046839 Published: May 17, 2021

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CITY OF SUISUN CITY, CALIFORNIA, ADDING CHAPTER 12.03 OF THE SUISUN CITY MUNICIPAL CODE ESTABLISHING A 5-YEAR STREET CUT MORATORIUM IN THE CITY OF SUISUN CITY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the City Council of the City of Suisun City will consider an ordinance adding Chapter 12.03 of the Suisun City Municipal Code establishing a 5-year street cut moratorium in the City of Suisun City. The City of Suisun City owns and maintains a roadway network of approximately 76 miles. Given that a paved street is a unique public resource held in trust for the benefit of the public, the City desires to maintain the ride-ability and appearance of new street surfaces, prolong pavement integrity, and minimize pavement degradation. One way to achieve this goal is to enact a 5year street cut moratorium which will minimize roadway excavations, and encourage contractors and utility companies and franchisees to effectively plan and review potential conflicts with new streets as well as with recently reconstructed or resurfaced streets. The City will endeavor to coordinate its Capital Improvement Programs with utility companies and franchisees with facilities in, on, under or above the public right-of-way. Under the street cut moratorium guidelines, utility companies and franchises, will be required to plan well enough in advance to determine alternate methods of making necessary repairs to avoid excavating in newly resurfaced streets. No excavation will be allowed in streets under a moratorium. However, this prohibition will not apply in the event of a new development or an emergency that endangers life or property, in which event the permittee shall notify the City and apply for an encroachment permit for “emergency work.” Moreover, the City may grant a waiver under the following circumstances: a) Interruption of essential utility service, b) Work that is mandated by city, state, or federal law, c) Service for buildings where no other reasonable means of providing service exists, and d) Situations in which no alternative course of action exists, as determined by the Engineer in writing setting forth the facts giving rise to the conclusion that no alternative exists. The City Council will consider adoption of proposed ordinance at a public hearing, which will take place during a regular meeting of the Suisun City Council at 6:30 p.m., on Tuesday, June 1, 2021, at the Suisun City Council Chambers, 701 Civic Center Boulevard, Suisun City, California. All interested persons are invited to attend said public hearing and comment upon any proposed action, express opinions or submit evidence for or against the matter as outlined above. Pursuant to California Government Code Section 65009, if you challenge any of the above actions in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or included in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk, 701 Civic Center Blvd., Suisun City, California, 94585, prior to, the public hearing.

If you have any questions or comments regarding this matter or wish to review the proposed ordinance, please contact the Deputy City Clerk at (707) 421-7300 between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday, City Hall is closed on Fridays.

Anita Skinner, City Clerk DR# 00046826 Published: May 17, 2021

DATED: May 13, 2021 DR# 00046847 Published: May 17, 2021

Donna Pock Deputy City Clerk

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME PETITION OF: AVINASH SONDHI AND MUSKAN SONDHI CASE NUMBER: FCS056155 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: Avinash Sondhi and Muskan Sondhi filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: a. Avinash Sondhi b. Muskan Sondhi c. Sushant Sondhi d. Kritika Sondhi Proposed Name: a. Avnash Sondhi b. Muskan A Sondi c. Sushant S Sondhi d. Krittika Sondhi 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: JUN. 18, 2021; Time: 9:00 am Dept.: 8 ; Rm.: I 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: Fairfield Daily Republic Please file proof of publication at least 4 business days before hearing; ok to appear via zoom; zoom invite will be sent to email on file - you can use local form 9008. Date: 4/21/2021 /s/ Wendy G. Getty Judge of the Superior Court FILED: APR 27, 2021 Also can appear in person DR# 00046529 Published: May 3, 10, 17, 24, 2021

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W’s: Green came close to triple-double From Page B1 quarter, he scored 17 of Golden State’s 31 points to help put it up 86-69, only to outdo himself in the game’s defining moments as Memphis’ best defensive option on him – forward Dillon Brooks – watched from the bench after fouling out with 6:12 left.

“I felt like the second and third quarters, I got a lot of good looks,” Curry said. “Obviously, in the fourth quarter, it was go time. At that point, you don’t think about it. You just let it fly.” Even though Curry deserves much of the credit for the Warriors locking up that crucial No. 8 spot, he still needed some

help. Forward Andrew Wiggins scored 21 points on 9-for-16 shooting to go with 10 rebounds, forward Draymond Green had a near-tripledouble (14 points, nine rebounds, nine assists) and guard Jordan Poole chipped in 15 points off the bench. Head coach Steve Kerr, intent on sticking with the

lineups that keyed the Warriors’ recent 13-5 stretch, only played eight players. Curry logged 40 minutes, which showed that Kerr is willing to lean on his best player when the situation necessitates it. “He’s gone above and beyond this season,” Kerr said. “He’s never been better.”

A’s: Felt frustration over umpiring calls From Page B1 Bassitt said. Bassitt has a knack for lending color commentary to the games he starts, but he bit his tongue when asked his thoughts on some controversial umpiring and replay reviews that clouded the game early for the A’s. “I’m usually a man of a lot of words. Right now, I don’t know what the hell to say without angering people. I have no idea how we won,” Bassitt said. “Any baseball fan, anyone watching a game that actually has an opinion, knows how bad the first couple innings were. I’ll leave it at that.” Frustrations with the umpiring started to bubble in the second inning, when Matt Chapman went for second base on his RBI single and was called out. Replay didn’t show shortstop Andrelton Simmons lay down a clear-cut tag on Chapman, but the call was upheld – eliminating an opportunity to add on. Bassitt had to endure

the replay sting in the next half inning. Miguel Sanó appeared to be hit on the hand with a pitch, but Bassitt argued the ball hit the base of Sanó’s bat, as the ball traveled fair and well down the first base line for what could have been a turned double play for the A’s. Having used their challenge earlier, the A’s couldn’t ask for a review. Minnesota outfielder Max Kepler made it pay with a go-ahead, threerun home run on a mistake pitch over the plate. The A’s are 1-of-8 on challenges this year. Frustrations boiled over in the third inning when, with the bases loaded, Ramón Laureano made a tough catch in center off Kepler’s drive and nailed Jorge Polanco at home. The Twins challenged the call, and the call was reversed when replay showed catcher Sean Murphy didn’t get the tag on Polanco in time. Laureano had suited up for his next at-bat and hovered in the on-deck

circle during the replay review. He shouted at umpires from the dugout steps when the crew in New York reversed the call, determining Murphy’s tag was late and the Twins extended their lead to 4-1.

hit day and gave the A’s a 6-4 lead. Andrus and the A’s offense’s resiliency rubbed off on Bassitt, who was flustered by the questionable calls. Bassitt settled in and finished his fiveinning outing allowing those four runs only with six hits, four strikeouts and two walks. The counter punch: After not allowing a home run in any of his 17 appearances this season, Jake Diekman gave up the go-ahead home run to Sanó in Saturday’s loss and allowed the game-tying, two-run home run to Andrelton Simmons in the eighth inning on Sunday. It was a sign of some fatigue for a core of bullpen arms that have been used in a majority of games – Diekman, Yusmeiro Petit and Lou Trivino are among appearance leaders in MLB. Sergio Romo and Burch Smith pitched scoreless innings before the late-inning dramatics. Trivino recorded his seventh save. A’s come out on top: Bad luck turned to a bit of good luck in the ninth inning when Laureano singled with one out and Josh Donaldson’s error turned Matt Olson’s checkswing bouncer into a scoring opportunity. Chapman struck out swinging, but Laureano scored the go-ahead run when the pitch ricocheted to the backstop. “Talk about resilience,” Melvin said. “That’s a hard-fought win after last night’s game. People keep asking me about ‘How do you respond from something like yesterday?’ These guys keep doing it. A lot of heart on this team.”

The comeback: Chad Pinder kicked off the fifth inning with a double and Murphy singled to score him. Elvis Andrus – who entered the game 8-for-23 over his last seven games after a cold start – poked a single the other way and Canha singled to load the bases and force Twins starter Kenta Maeda out of the game with the score 4-3. Seth Brown hit a ground ball down the third base line and Andrus flexed his base running IQ, forcing catcher Ben Rortvedt into interference during the run down. Andrus embellished the contact with a little flop, but the ruling tied the game. Not the first smart base running for Andrus, who provoked and scored on a balk against the Boston Red Sox. “He’s very clever, he stole two runs on this trip,” manager Bob Melvin said. “He plays with so much energy and positivity that rubs off. When you’re going through a frustrating game, to have a guy that’s constantly positive and talking in the dugout is really settling for the rest of the guys.” Chapman’s sac fly scored the goahead run and an infield hit in the seventh inning completed his three-

Giants: Finally held onto late lead From Page B1 like Brandon. “If I overthrow it or the guy gets safe, I get my head chopped off,” Dubón said. “But it ended up working. I take pride in my instincts.” An impressed Posey said, “It’s not a play you see every day. I thought Dubi did a great job, No. 1, catching the ball – I didn’t make a great throw – and, No. 2, controlling the runner back to first and making

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a really strong throw to third. That’s a hard one.” It wasn’t Dubón’s only defensive highlight of the game. Not even of the inning. After Frazier opened with a single, Kevin Newman hit a foul popup that right fielder Yastrzemski and first baseman Darin Ruf tried to chase down, but it was Dubón who went in a full sprint to make the catch, leaping into the protective netting separating the

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Statistics for Travis Air Force Base for yesterday through 5 p.m. Temperature High/Low.............................72°/51° Average high .......................... 78.1° Average low............................ 51.8° A year ago............................ NA/NA Barometric pressure............29.85 Humidity...................................46%

Air Quality Index 42 Precipitation 0-50 51-100 101-150 151-200 201-300 Last 24 hours................................0″ Good Moderate Unhealthy Unhealthy Very sensitive unhealthy Month-to-date.............................0″ Normal May rainfall ............. 0.55″ Source: Bay Area Air Quality Management District Season-to-date...................... 7.74″ Normal seasonal rainfall....24.81″ UV Index This date last year...................... NA 9 Source: NWS and NOAA <2 3-5 6-7 8-10 11+ Good Moderate

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three days, the Giants held a late-game lead, and for the first time in that stretch, the bullpen didn’t let it get away. After the Giants watched the Pirates celebrate consecutive walk-off victories, Caleb B a r a g a r, M a t t Wisler and Tyler Rogers did what San Francisco relievers couldn’t do Friday and Saturday and threw scoreless ball.

field from the stands. Which was more impressive to Dubón? “I think the foul territory one,” said Dubón, whose infield defense has immensely improved this year, including in games when he fills in for Crawford at short. “That was a little tough, knowing where the wall was and having three guys coming for the ball. That was a lot harder than the firstand-third one.” For the third time in

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x-Nashville Dallas Chicago Detroit Columbus

American League East Division W L 25 17 22 17 22 18 23 19 17 23 Central Division Chicago White Sox 24 15 Cleveland 21 17 Kansas City 18 22 Detroit 14 26 Minnesota 13 25 West Division OAKLAND 25 17 Houston 24 17 Seattle 21 20 L.A. Angels 17 22 Texas 18 24 Boston Toronto N.Y. Yankees Tampa Bay Baltimore

Pct GB .595 — .564 1½ .550 2 .548 2 .425 7 .615 — .553 2½ .450 6½ .350 10½ .342 10½ .595 — .585 ½ .512 3½ .436 6½ .429 7

National League N.Y. Mets Philadelphia Atlanta Miami Washington

East Division W L 18 16 21 20 19 21 18 22 16 20

Pct GB .529 — .512 ½ .475 2 .450 3 .444 3

Central Division 23 18 .561 — 21 20 .512 2 19 19 .500 2½ 19 20 .487 3 17 23 .425 5½ West Division SAN FRANCISCO 24 16 .600 — San Diego 24 17 .585 ½ L.A. Dodgers 22 18 .550 2 Arizona 18 23 .439 6½ Colorado 15 26 .366 9½ Sunday’s Games SAN FRANCISCO 4, Pittsburgh 1 OAKLAND 7, Minnesota 6 Baltimore 10, N.Y. Yankees 6 Toronto 10, Philadelphia 8 L.A. Angels 6, Boston 5 Chicago Cubs 5, Detroit 1 Tampa Bay 7, N.Y. Mets 1 Houston 6, Texas 2 Chicago White Sox 4, Kansas City 3 Milwaukee 10, Atlanta 9 Cincinnati 7, Colorado 6 Washington 3, Arizona 0 Seattle 3, Cleveland 2 Miami 3, L.A. Dodgers 2 San Diego 5, St. Louis 3 Monday’s Games SAN FRANCISCO at Cincinnati, 3:40 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Atlanta, 4:10 p.m. Washington at Chicago Cubs, 4:40 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Minnesota, 4:40 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Texas, 5:05 p.m. Cleveland at L.A. Angels, 6:38 p.m. Arizona at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m. Colorado at San Diego, 7:10 p.m. Detroit at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. Tuesday’s Games SAN FRANCISCO at Cincinnati, 3:40 p.m. Houston at Oakland, 6:40 p.m. Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m. Miami at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Atlanta, 4:10 p.m. Boston vs. Toronto, 4:37 p.m. Washington at Chicago Cubs, 4:40 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Minnesota, 4:40 p.m. Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 4:45 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Texas, 5:05 p.m. Milwaukee at Kansas City, 5:10 p.m. Cleveland at L.A. Angels, 6:38 p.m. Arizona at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m. Colorado at San Diego, 7:10 p.m. Detroit at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. St. Louis Milwaukee Cincinnati Chicago Cubs Pittsburgh

HOCKEY NHL West Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA 56 39 13 4 82 197 133 56 40 14 2 82 191 124 56 35 16 5 75 181 160 56 27 20 9 63 169 170 56 24 26 6 54 153 176 56 21 28 7 49 143 170 56 21 28 7 49 151 199 56 17 30 9 43 126 179 North Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA d-Toronto 56 35 14 7 77 187 148 x-Edmonton 56 35 19 2 72 183 154 x-Winnipeg 56 30 23 3 61 170 154 x-Montreal 56 24 21 11 59 159 168 Calgary 53 24 26 3 51 142 150 Ottawa 56 23 28 5 51 157 190 Vancouver 53 22 28 3 47 140 174 Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA d-Carolina 56 36 12 8 80 179 136 x-Florida 56 37 14 5 79 189 153 x-Tampa Bay 56 36 17 3 75 181 147 p-Colorado x-Vegas x-Minnesota x-St. Louis Arizona Los Angeles SAN JOSE Anaheim

BASKETBALL NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB d-Philadelphia 49 23 .681 — x-Brooklyn 48 24 .667 1 d-Milwaukee 46 26 .639 3 x-New York 41 31 .569 8 x-Atlanta 41 31 .569 8 x-Miami 40 32 .556 9 ------pi-Boston 36 36 .500 13 pi-Washington 34 38 .472 15 pi-Indiana 34 38 .472 15 pi-Charlotte 33 39 .458 16 ------Chicago 31 41 .431 18 Toronto 27 45 .375 22 Cleveland 22 50 .306 27 Orlando 21 51 .292 28 Detroit 20 52 .278 29 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB d-Utah 52 20 .722 — d-Phoenix 51 21 .708 1 x-Denver 47 25 .653 5 x-L.A. Clippers 47 25 .653 5 d-Dallas 42 30 .583 10 x-Portland 42 30 .583 10 -----pi-L.A. Lakers 42 30 .583 10 pi-GOLDEN STATE 39 33 .542 13 pi-Memphis 38 34 .528 14 pi-San Antonio 33 39 .458 19 -----New Orleans 31 41 .431 21 SACRAMENTO 31 41 .431 21 Minnesota 23 49 .319 29 Oklahoma City 22 50 .306 30 Houston 17 55 .236 35 Teams ranked 7-10 will participate in a play-in tournament at the end of the regular season x-clinched playoff berth d-clinched division title pi-clinched play-in berth Sunday’s Games GOLDEN STATE 113, Memphis 101 Utah 121, SACRAMENTO 99 New York 96, Boston 92 Indiana 125, Toronto 113 Washington 115, Charlotte 110 Phoenix 123, San Antonio 121 Atlanta 124, Houston 95 Brooklyn 123, Cleveland 109 Philadelphia 128, Orlando 117 Miami 120, Detroit 107 Chicago 118, Milwaukee 112 Minnesota 136, Dallas 121 L.A. Lakers 110, New Orleans 98 Oklahoma City 117,L.A. Clippers 112 Portland 132, Denver 99 Monday’s Games No games scheduled Playoffs Play-in Round Tuesday’s Games Charlotte at Indiana, 3:30 p.m. Washington at Boston, 6 p.m. Wednesday’s Games GOLDEN STATE at L.A .Lakers, 7 p.m. San Anthonio at Memphis, 4:30 p.m. Thursday’s Games Matchups TBA

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High

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3:54 a.m. 7:07 p.m. 4:49 a.m. 7:58 p.m.

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