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Graduate I’saac Montgomery shows supporters his new diploma during the Vanden High School graduation ceremony, Saturday.

Vanden Class of 2021 together for last time on campus Congrats!

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Vacaville High seniors turn page on new life chapter Susan Hiland

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VACAVILLE — The day could not have been better Saturday for a graduation ceremony.

Vacaville High School seniors said farewell to high school and welcomed in a new chapter of their lives, with a soft breeze and warm sunlight. It was a fitting beginning after such a long year.

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Aiden Hawk along with his friend, Dakota Marin, are looking forward to attending Solano Community College this fall.

“My best memories of high school are with my friends at lunch, sitting in the car and just talking,” Hawk said.

He plans to major in business and transfer to a four-year school after See Vacaville, Page A12

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Kaylie Crone and Christiana Cruz are shown at the 126th Vacaville High School graduation ceremony at Tom Zunino Stadium in Vacaville, Saturday.

• Graduates of 2021 – and 2020 – bid farewell, extend gratitude to TEC. Page A3 • Outgoing TEC principal calls pandemic grads special. Page 3 • Bright future lies ahead, Will C. Wood speakers tell fellow graduates. Page A6

FAIRFIELD — Jasmine Soria reflected briefly Saturday – as she put the finishing touches on her graduation attire – on her four years at Vanden High School.

“I’m glad I made it to the end,” she said prior to the 2021 ceremony.

She was surrounded by her mom, dad, grandmother and stepmother.

Janelle and Daniel Wagenaar were among the first 25 or 30 waiting for the gates to open to the stadium.

They had two graduates to celebrate, daughter Isabella Feckner and his brother, Ryan Green.

“It’s been a trying time, See Vanden, Page A12

• Rio Vista seniors celebrate end of high school years with graduation. Page A6 • Buckingham honors graduates, notes their ‘zest for life.’ Page A7

G-7 strikes historic deal to deter tax dodging by multinational firms Tribune Content Agency

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said a final accord on which companies could see their profits taxed outside their home countries would include the likes of Amazon and Facebook.

The Group of Seven rich nations secured a landmark deal that could help countries collect more taxes from big companies and enable governments to impose levies on U.S. tech giants

such as Amazon Inc. and Facebook Inc. The agreement by the G-7 finance ministers in London satisfies a U.S. demand for a minimum corporate tax rate of “at least 15%” on foreign earnings and paves the way for levies on

multinationals in countries where they make money, instead of just where they are headquartered.

The deal is aimed at modernizing the century-old international tax code and cools transatlantic tensions that threatened to spill into

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A ‘slow burn’ secret sauce for Netflix crime series Aspiring screenwriter Brad Stanhope walks into Netflix headquarters in Hollywood in 2015. After being screened by a secretary, he sits at a large table in a conference room, across from two executives from the Netflix Original Series team.

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rad: Thanks for taking the time to listen to my idea. I think this could be a big hit.

Executive 1: Tell us your idea.

Brad: It’s a series. An eight-part series. Set in a rural town. Maybe West Virginia or Louisiana or Ohio. Oh, maybe Poland.

Executive 1: Poland?

Brad: Yeah. Rural Poland.

Or Belgium. Somewhere like that, in case you need a foreign series. It’s exotic. Wait. Is Poland exotic?

Executive 1: Executive 2: I guess so. It’s in Europe.

Right. Go on.

Brad: At the end of Brad: So here’s the the first episode, there’s plot: A law enforcement officer returns to his a murder. We don’t know how, but it echoes hometown after being whatever hapaway for years.

Executive 1: I pened years ago. like it. Go on.

Executive 2: A slow Brad Stanhope burn.

Brad: The cop has a That’s what we Like I was sayin’ dark secret. We hint at it call that: A slow burn! in the first episode. Something Brad: Yes! Meanwhile, we he’s running from, but it has to reveal that the cop is recoverdo with his hometown. ing from a tragic end to a Executive 2: Dark secret. relationship. We don’t know Got it. This is what happened, but he sits magic! Keep going! alone and drinks a lot in a Brad: We gradually realize run-down house. Or his car. that the town has a dark secret, This crime, though, brings too. Maybe the same as the flashbacks to when he was cop’s secret, maybe not. People younger. He was somehow don’t talk about it, but it’s there. involved in whatever happened Executive 1: Can we get the first time. some more coffee in here.

Executive 1: I love it!

Keep going, Stan.

Brad: He still has a good Brad: It’s Brad. Stanhope is friend in town after all these my last name. years. Maybe it’s another cop,

maybe just an old friend who is still in town. As the series unfolds, viewers think that the friend committed the crime.

There’s something weird about their friendship.

Executive 1: Slow burn! SLOW BURN! Brad: We gradually realize the mysterious old crime cursed the town for decades. No one has forgotten it. Also, no one has moved away, other than the main character.

And he returned.

Executive 2: This is fantastic.

Brad: At the end, we learn what we suspected all along: the crimes are connected. And the killer was introduced as a minor character in the first episode but ignored by viewers.

By the fifth episode, viewers think that character is a good guy. Only as the final episode starts do they realize who did it.

And this is the second time he’s done it. The crimes are connected. When the main character – the cop – has to arrest the person, it breaks his heart. It causes him to drink in his run-down house. Or car.

Definitely he’s drinking.

Executive 1: Brilliant! In fact, this should be the plot of every series crime series we broadcast! Even from Poland!

Brad: And season 2 is even better. One of the characters from the first season is being stalked by someone. It has flashbacks to 25 years ago, too.

It slowly unfolds.

Executive 2: A slow burn! I love it!

Stanhope walks out of the meeting, having set the tone for all Netflix crime series for the next decade.

Reach Brad Stanhope at bradstanhope@outlook.com.

Virginia couple building Wright brothers’ plane replica pasture near their Dayton, Ohio, home until 1905, when they flew the world’s first “practical” aircraft, Crouch said. The plane could take off, maneuver and fly until the fuel ran out, he said.

The U.S. Army contracted with the Wrights to build one “heavierthan-air flying machine” for $25,000 that could carry a passenger, fly at least 40 mph and travel 125 miles, according to a copy of the original contract provided by Young.

The U.S. Army wanted it for surveillance rather than aerial dogfights.

The Europeans would

Tribune Content Agency NORFOLK, Va. — The Wright brothers soared over Outer Banks dunes for about a minute in 1903 and, within five years, built the world’s first military airplane that could travel 125 miles.

The 1908 aircraft would be the first in America to carry a passenger and could cruise 40 mph, about as fast as a good racehorse.

The Wrights’ success began a frenzy of flying experiments in Europe and America, quickly improving the “heavierthan-air flying machine.”

“The ad v a nc e ment between 1903 and 1914 when the war began is enormous,” said Tom Crouch, retired senior curator of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum and author of three books about the Wrights.

The First Flight Foundation is funding a reproduction of the 1908 aircraft, to be built by vintage airplane builders Rick and Sue Young of Chester. The couple has constructed several Wright models over 40 years, Rick Young said in an email.

Their work has helped them uncover some of the brothers’ methods, he said.

“While we know much about what the Wrights accomplished, how they accomplished it remains largely unknown,” Young said.

The replica will be donated to the North Carolina Museum of History after it is completed next year, he said.

After their historic flights on Dec. 17, 1903, the Wrights kept improving their aircraft in a

“While we know much about what the Wrights accomplished, how they accomplished it remains largely unknown,” — Rick Young

build those later.

The pilot and passenger would need to sit upright.

Until then, the Wrights had flown by lying prone on the aircraft, believing it was better for aerodynamics. As it turned out, sitting upright did not bother flight.

The Wrights returned to the Outer Banks in May 1908 to test the remodeled 1905 machine.

They made 22 flights over eight days. Then, Orville flew with their mechanic, Charles Furnas, seated next to him on May 14, 1908. Furnas was the first powered-airplane passenger in America.

The Wrights also sold

a plane to French investors. Wilbur Wright flew in Europe to demonstrate the latest model for the first time publicly.

The flights were a great success before thousands of spectators, including royalty, Crouch said.

Later in 1908, Orville was flying a plane with a passenger at then-Army base Fort Myer in Virginia when a propeller snapped and it crashed.

Army Lt. Thomas Selfridge died, becoming the first powered-flight fatality. The Army realized it was a part failure, not a design flaw, and purchased a Wright plane anyway, Crouch said.

Later, Wilbur Wright taught three Army officers to fly, making them the first American military pilots in history and among the first in the world, Crouch said.

As war approached, European countries invested heavily in powered flight and were far ahead of the Americans by 1914, he said. When the United States entered war, American pilots flew mostly European aircraft.

The new 1908 replica is being donated in honor of the late Willard “Will” Gathings Plentl, Jr., a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel, the first director of North Carolina Aviation and former president of the First Flight Foundation.

The 1908 model will join the museum’s reproductions of the Wrights’ 1903 airplane and the 1902 and 1911 gliders, the release said. The Youngs also built the 1911 glider displayed in the museum lobby.

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Graduates of 2021 – and 2020 –

bid farewell, extend gratitude to TEC Todd R. Hansen

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FAIRFIELD — One speaker evoked the memory of her friend Daniel Hughes.

Another called on her classmates and generation to speak out for the Palestinian children of Gaza, who she said are far less worried about high school graduation as they are about surviving the bombs and bullets of the ever-tumultuous HamasIsrael conflict.

“I pray for Palestinians, and I pray for Gaza and that place,” said Maiya Beltran, a 2020 graduate of the Travis Education Center, who said her generation has a responsibility to speak out for those who have no voice of their own.

Her comments came Friday at the Travis Education Center commencement ceremony for the Class of 2020 and the Class of 2021 on the Vanden High football field where Hughes was a standout player for the Vikings.

Nearly 150 family members and friends attended the event, chairs grouped in four, the groups separated by 6 feet, and lined up in rows from one 10-yard line to the other.

Masks were required to be worn, further evidence that the Covid-19 pandemic is not yet over.

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Graduate Bella Rath waves to supporters at the Travis Alternative Education graduation ceremony at Vanden High School’s football field, Friday.

There were 57 members of the Class of 2021 listed in the ceremony program, and 47 in the Class of 2020, about a dozen of whom participated a year after they received their diplomas in the mail.

B elt ra n’s sister, 2021 graduate Elisha Beltran, asked for her classmates and other graduates to continue Hughes’ legacy, a friend she said was always smiling, was unapologetic about being himself and treated others with kindness.

The Vanden High junior was shot April 4 and died April 20.

“My mother has always

said life is too short not to be happy,” said Elisha Beltran, urging those in attendance to carry on Hughes’ legacy and to “make the world a better place.”

A third graduate, Asianne McClinton, of the Class of 2021, delivered a nervous, emotional speech about how the school – and particularly the teachers – gave her a new focus on life.

“They really taught me how to love education; they really taught me how to love school,” McClinton said.

“They helped me become the best version of myself I could be,” she said.

Doug Ivie, a math teacher at the alternative education center, talked about all the challenges the students in the two graduation classes faced because of the Covid-19 pandemic, but told them their success will “make you a stronger and more resilient person.”

He then recited the words of Mark Twain: “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.”

“It is time to show why you are here,” Ivie said.

Outgoing TEC principal calls pandemic grads special Todd R. Hansen

She will assume her new duties as the district’s director of Student SerFAIR F IELD — vices after the current Allyson Rude-Azevedo school year ends. emceed her eighth Travis Janella Preston, a Center counselor at TEC, will be Educat ion commencement cer- the new principal. emony Friday – her Rude-Azevedo said it first since 2019. is difficult to point to any That is why single graduation graduates from moment that is the Class of more special than 2020 were invited others, though to participate she quickly noted along with the one particuClass of 2021. larly important “For kids who event when she struggle in school, and her husband graduation is very adopted Travis important,” Rude- rude-azevedo Education Center Azevedo said in student Alec an interview prior to the Azevedo in 2017. start of the ceremony on “So, of course, that is the Vanden High football the highlight of my life,” field. “So this is a real Rude-Azevedo said. “We big deal for the kids and just had this connection. their families.”

It was a God thing.”

Nearly 150 family But she also called members and friends the 2020 and 2021 gradattended the event. There uates special. were 57 members of the “I think because it’s Class of 2021 listed in the during . . . a pandemic, ceremony program, and I’m inclined to give these 47 in the Class of 2020, kids even more credit about a dozen of whom for being overachievparticipated a year after ers,” Rude-Azevedo said, they received their diplo- with a shout out to the mas in the mail. faculty and staff.

Rude-Azevedo has “TEC is a school that worked 21 years in the is all about relationships district and has been and building relationprincipal of the Travis ships through a computer Education Center and screen is very diffiAlternative Education program for nine years.

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Obituaries Clifford ‘Dick’ St. Sauver Dec. 15, 1938 — May 23, 2021

Arkansas, Monica Clifford ‘Dick’ L. Rothenbaum R. St. Sauver, 82, and her husband, husband of Floy Edward of SacraA. St. Sauver of air force mento, California Suisun City, Calveteran and Brent A. St. ifornia, passed away Sunday, May 23, 2021, Sauver and his wife Krisin his home. Born Dec. 15, tina of Centerton, Arkan1938, in St. Paul, Minne- sas; 13 grandchildren; sota, he was the son of the 13 great-grandchildren; late Clifford A. St. Sauver and two great-grandchildren on the way; two and Mary A. Kurkowski.

Dick St. Sauver served sisters, Rose Farrell and in the U.S. Air Force for Mary Ann Howemann, of 21 years, earned his Bach- St. Paul, Minnesota. elor’s degree in Education, In addition to his Business and History, then parents, he was preceded worked in Contract Nego- in death by his sisters, tiating for the Department Dorothy Orgis and Gerof Defense for 22 years. trude Comstock.

Dick and Floy celeA service of remembrated 52 years of mar- brance will be held at riage last December.

1 p.m. Thursday, June 17, Dick was active in the 2021, at McCune Garden community as well as the Chapel, 212 Main St., lives of his children and Vacaville, California. Interment will be private for grandchildren.

Surviving in addition to family. Those who wish his wife are his children, to remember Dick in a Clifford ‘Rick’ R. St. Sauver special way may make Jr. and his wife Sandy of gifts in his memory to Dobbins, California, and the Fisher House or Ronald J. St. Sauver and the Ronald McDonald his wife, Terry of Decatur, Charities.

David J. Marianno Sr. April 2, 1934 — June 1, 2021

David J. Marianno Sr., 87, passed away on June 1, 2021, at his home in Suisun City, California.

Dave was born April 2, 1934, in San Francisco to his parents, Frank and Catherine Marianno, along with his twin brother, Frank Jr. He grew up on the family ranch in Green Valley and attended Falls Elementary School before graduating from Armijo High School in 1952.

Throughout his youth, Dave worked picking and sorting fruit in the local valleys and helping his father around the ranch.

A stand-out athlete, he loved playing football and baseball at Armijo and was a proud member of the 1951 SCAL champion Armijo High football team.

He considered Coach Ed Hopkins a second father.

After high school, Dave secured employment as a heavy duty diesel mechanic at Sheldon Oil Company in Suisun where he worked for 21 years.

Later, he took a job as a mechanic for Solano County and retired from there after 24 years.

With a gift for all things mechanical, Dave could fix just about anything. He also ranched sheep and cattle for his entire adult life, a hobby he picked up from his father.

Dave was very active in the community. While raising his kids in Fairfield, he volunteered as president of the Fairfield American Little League and as an Armijo ‘Super Band’ Booster. He also served as president of the Armijo Alumni Association for a time. As a fierce advocate of public education, Dave was especially honored to serve three terms as a governing board member of the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District from 1977-1989.

As a proud California native, Dave loved Solano County, especially its rural areas. He joined The Citizens Committee to Protect Travis AFB and the Solano Land Trust with the intent of protecting the base and rural agricultural land from urban encroachment. He was a charter member of Chief Solano Council 3585 of the Knights of Columbus, a member of

the Holy Spirit Catholic Parish, and a member of Native Sons of the Golden West, Solano Parlor #39. One of Dave’s proudest moments was being selected as grand marshal of the Fairfield 4th of July parade in 2010.

In retirement he volunteered as a docent at the Solano History Exploration Center in Suisun. At the time of his death, he was serving as a commissioner on the Montezuma Hills Rural Fire Department Board.

Dave was deeply devoted to his family and proud of his children, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. He would do anything for them. He enjoyed annual vacations with the family to Lake Tahoe. As a loyal fan of the San Francisco Giants, San Francisco 49ers, Golden State Warriors, and any team that his children or grandchildren played for, he loved watching sports.

Long after his family was grown, he still regularly attended local sporting events, and maintained his love of the Fairfield Expos baseball organization.

In retirement, he enjoyed playing golf with the local Sons in Retirement (SIRS) organization, his Friday coffee klatches with friends at Peet’s and working around his ranch.

Dave is survived by his wife, Kathleen; son, David Marianno Jr. (Crystal); stepson, William Kittel; stepdaughter, Maureen Hinnenburg (Daryl); brother, Frank Marianno Jr. (Doris); 10 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Vivian Estelle Marianno, mother of his three children; two daughters, Diane Marianno Imhoff and Karen Marianno Gracyk; and his brother, Michael Marianno.

A Catholic funeral Mass will be at 10:30 a.m.

June 9, 2021, at Holy Spirit Catholic Church, 1070 N. Texas St., Fairfield. Burial will be private.

In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to your favorite charity.

Arrangements are under the direction of Bryan-Braker Funeral Home, 707-425-4697.

Bill McGregor

Sept. 25, 1934 — May 6, 2021

settled in ClarksWilliam Roy ‘Bill’ McGregor burg where Bill died of cancer on took a job as a Wednesday, May plant foreman for 12, 2021, at age Delta Sugar.

76. Born April 13, After his 1945, in Santa divorce, Bill later Paula, California, married Jill Geisto Harold and sert-Menezes in Ella McGregor, 1988. They lived citrus and cattle in Fairfield, Calranchers. ifornia, where Bill starred in he took up real track, football and estate sales, truck FFA for the Fill- army veteran driving and buildmore High School Class ing houses with Habitat of 1963. At Cal Poly San for Humanity.

Luis Obispo he joined the In 2001, Bill and Jill Army ROTC unit, studied traveled to Beijing, China, Ag Business, married to adopt a baby girl. In fellow student Linda 2008, he lost Jill to panKeener, and upon gradu- creatic cancer and moved ation took a commission with his daughter, Eileen, as a 2nd Lieutenant in the to Leona Valley, CaliforU.S. Army, deploying to nia. Bill spent the next Vietnam in 1969 where he 10 years raising Eileen, trained South Vietnamese coaching youth sports, Army soldiers in infantry driving kids to all sorts of tactics. activities, and becoming In his absence, the an integral part of their McGregor family sold the community.

Fillmore ranch and moved Bill became the neighto Alder, Montana. Bill borhood handyman, drove returned from Vietnam trucks for several comin 1970 to join his family panies, and did bulldozer on the California Creek work to help neighbors.

Ranch and find a passion He was always generous raising cattle. with his time, expertise, The family grew to stories and equipment. three boys, and after the Bill McGregor will be retirement of his father remembered for his big and sale of the ranch, Bill smile and ‘firm’ handand Linda bought a gas shake, and his generosstation in Twin Bridges, ity and kindness to his where he also joined the neighbors and friends. Bill volunteer fire depart- was proud of his kids and ment and Rotary Interna- loved his friends.

He is survived by tional. Bill was never one to turn down a burger at his sons, Rob (Michelle) Golden, Colorado, the Blue Anchor Cafe, or in a 20-minute conversa- Iain (Farrah) in Cascade, and Liam tion with a friend during a Montana, busy schedule. He deliv- (Jaime) in Clarksburg, Calered bulk fuel all over the ifornia; daughter, Eileen, Ruby Valley and expanded of Berkeley, California; the business to include six grandchildren; brother, tires and oil.

Robert of Salinas, CaliforBy 1984, the McGregor nia; sister, Jean of Incline herd moved back to Cal- Village, Nevada; and his ifornia for better eco- seven nephews and one nomic opportunity, and niece.

and Kelly (Don) Joseph B. Gardner; grandStevens, 86, children, Eric, passed away Daniel, peacefully at Amber, home on May 6, Newel, Dawn and 2021. Joe was Sage; and brothborn in Lincoln, ers, Dan and Gary Arkansas, to the Renfro. late Clarence and He was preElla Stevens. ceded in death The family by his wife of later settled in 53 years, Hilma; California, where, and sisters, at the age of 19, Juanita Burkett air force Joe enlisted in the and Norma veteran United States Air Vineyard.

Force. He served proudly Joe wanted it menfor 20 years, obtaining tioned that his Travis the rank of SMSgt. before AFB bowling leagues, retiring in 1974.

Anheuser-Busch bowling Following his mili- tournament trips, and tary career, Joe settled monthly luncheons with with his family in Solano fellow retirees brought County. He was among him much joy and lasting To those the first employees hired memories. at the Fairfield Anheuser- involved with these activBusch plant when it ities and his wonderopened in 1976; after a ful neighbors, he wanted second 20-year career, he to send his thanks and a retired from there in 1996. fond farewell.

Joe was a kind, quiet, There will be a gravepatriotic man, content side service with full milwith the simple pleasures itary honors at 3 p.m. of life. He was an avid Thursday, June 10, 2021, baseball fan and enjoyed at the Sacramento Valley bowling, crossword National Cemetery, puzzles, playing cards, 5810 Midway Road, Dixon, RV travel with family, and California. spending time with Goldie Arrangements are Hart, his loving companion under the care of Bryanof the past nine years.

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Morland ‘Mac’ McManigal Aug. 16, 1930 — May 22, 2021

Morland Gene ‘Mac’ McManigal passed away peacefully in Green Valley on May 22, 2021.

Born in Pilger, Nebraska, in 1930, he graduated from Wayne State College with a degree in Physical Education. Proud of his midwestern roots, Mac established a scholarship in his name at his alma mater to support promising students from his small hometown.

Although he traveled the world, first as a corporal in the Army and then as a representative of the insurance industry, Green Valley was his favorite place to be since moving there in 1958.

Mac was an avid sportsman, first as a player then as a devoted fan. In his prime, he played football, baseball, basketball . . . and a mean game of ping pong! After retirement, he liked to spend his time reading four daily newspapers and legal thrillers while watching whatever sporting event was on television that day. Medical procedures and family vacations were planned around his favorite teams’ schedules – especially his beloved Golden State Warriors.

Combining his love of sports and politics, one of his proudest accomplishments was arranging for Fairfield girls’ softball teams to represent the USA in a series of cultural/athletic exchanges with teams from Taiwan.

From the first trip in 1976 to the end of his life, anytime Mac wore a jacket, you could count on seeing a pin with flags from the two countries on his lapel.

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Throughout his life, he maintained his sense of humor (and penchant for bad jokes), along with an exceptionally positive attitude. Not surprisingly, he embraced this credo throughout his life: ‘Anything I can do to make this world better I want to do.’

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Solano numbers hold at comfortable orange levels Todd R. Hansen

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FAIRFIELD — It may be a day or two early to see any Memorial Day spike in the coronavirus reports, but with just 22 new cases reported Friday, Solano County is back below the orange tier threshold.

The 22 new cases follows two days of case reports over 30, but Thursday’s jump of 39 included 22 from a Vacaville prison outbreak, Dr. Bela Matyas, the county public health officer, said in an interview.

He said he would not expect to see any increases related to the long Memorial Day weekend until this weekend.

The Friday report, which includes Fairfield adding nine cases and Benicia reaching 1,000 for the pandemic, takes the total to 33,451, the county reported.

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A pedestrian wearing a face mask walks along the Benicia Waterfront, Thursday.

There was one new Covid-related death reported, taking the count to 244. The new report was from January. The woman was over 75 and lived in a memory care facility, Matyas said.

Hospitalizations dropped from 19 Thursday to 15 Friday, and active cases fell from 218 to 193, the county reported.

The seven-day positivity testing rate continues to be reported at above 10%, with Friday’s report at 10.6%.

Fairfield’s case additions put the city’s total at 9,096. Vallejo added six cases to take its count to 9,890. Vacaville is at 8,806 after four new cases.

Benicia, after sitting at 999 for several days, added one more case to break the

1,000-case barrier. Suisun City (2,286) and Dixon (1,921) each added one case to their totals as well.

There were no new cases reported for Rio Vista (389) or the unincorporated area of the county (103), the county reported.

County health officials do not post updates on weekends. The next update is expected late Monday afternoon.

FAIRFIELD — Dr. Bela Matyas, the Solano County health officer, will update the Board of Supervisors this week on the status of the Covid-19 pandemic and response.

The board continues to meet virtually Tuesday despite the county’s recent move to the less-restrictive orange tier. matyas The supervisors will consider extending the moratorium on short-term vacation rentals during a 2 p.m. session.

The supervisors begin the meeting at 9 a.m. A closed session follows the morning session, during which the board will be updated on labor negoti-

ations and one matter of anticipated litigation.

To learn how to access the meeting, go to www. solanocounty.com, click on the Board of Supervisors link under the Departments heading, then click on the Board Meetings & Agendas tab on the left side of the page. direcAccess tions can be found on the agenda.

The board also is scheduled to conduct a public hearing on the new user fee schedule, and receive an update on the status of active county code compliance cases on file with the Department of Resource Management.

The Covid-19, user fees and code enforcement items are part of the morning session.

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FAIRFIELD — The Travis School District governing board will hear public comment Tuesday on the proposed 2021-22 fiscal year budget, and will consider approving the certificated salary schedule including a 183-day work calendar.

A staff report on the budget proposal shows more than $68.332 million in general fund revenue and nearly $69.021 in spending. The approximate $1.38 million in red ink is driven by $1.55 million in deficit spending in the district’s unrestricted funds, partially offset by a surplus of $171,000 in the district’s restricted funds.

The vast majority of the district’s spending of unrestricted funds – 81% – is in salary and benefits costs to employees, according to a staff report.

Trustees also will conduct a public hearing related to the adoption of the district’s school facility needs analysis, which sets fee rates on new residential construction within the district.

The board is scheduled to meet at 6 p.m. after a closed session at 5 p.m., during which the trustees will be updated on a matter of anticipated litigation and hear from labor negotiators.

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The board also will consider one-year contract extensions for Superintendent Pam Conklin through June 30, 2024; for Assistant Superintendent Sue Brothers through June 30, 2023; for Assistant Superintendent Vincent Ruiz through June 30, 2023; and for Chief Business Officer Gabriel Moulaison through June 30, 2023.

Aspects of the Local Control Accountability Plan also are on the agenda.

The agenda is available at www.travisusd.org.

Select the Board tab near the top of the page and select Agendas and Minutes.

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Congrats!

Bright future lies ahead, CLASS OF

Will C. Wood speakers tell fellow graduates

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VACAVILLE — Enjoy the day and look to the future was the message from three student speakers at the Will C. Wood graduation Friday.

Senior class president Kyle Hurlbut noted the past four years have been filled with classmates, teammates and more importantly, friends.

“I am confident we are ready for what the future holds,” he told the crowd at Wildcats Stadium.

He encouraged his fellow graduates to look at the person next to them and offer congratulations.

“High school is not the end,” he said. “There’s so much more life ahead of us.”

Valedictorian Makayla Fawson briefly reminisced on her freshmen year at

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Graduates take the field at the Will C. Wood graduation ceremony, Friday.

Will C. Wood, noting that the stadium was being built that year.

“Hard work is good; it will lead to success,” Fawson told her fellow graduates, their fami-

lies and friends.

“Earning a diploma is not easy,” she said.

“Even with a worldwide pandemic.”

She encouraged those attending to “stop and

be grateful.”

Fawson told her fellow Class of 2021 graduates to prepare for the joy ahead.

Senior speaker LilyAnn Cooper spoke of social distance learning.

Rio Vista seniors celebrate end of high school years with graduation Susan Hiland

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RIO VISTA — Parents and family members came out Friday to celebrate their seniors as they head off into the world with the 2021 Rio Vista graduation ceremony.

It was an abbreviated affair with several changes, including fewer tickets for guests. But the biggest change was having the students in the bleachers and the parents on the field.

The breeze was cool

and the sun warm as about 100 graduates bid a fond farewell to high school.

Yalicza Fernandez was nervous while waiting in the gym for the ceremony to begin.

“I hope I don’t trip or something,” she said.

That, of course, did not happen.

Fernandez plans to attend Sacramento State next year.

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“I would have to say the hardest thing (during the pandemic) was being behind that screen,” she said. “It changed a lot of us.”

Cooper said brighter days are ahead with some challenges, too.

“Have faith,” she said.

The warm wind carried away several balloons. Graduates also fought to keep their caps on their heads.

“Congratulations to all the families,” said one Vacaville police officer while walking through the throng of guests. “I enjoy seeing you all here.”

“This is a special day for us,” Principal Adam Rich said. “It’s a day like no other. We’ve come through the crisis together and are stronger and

more resilient.”

He also thanked the staff for being there to “help weather the storm.”

Rich said the Class of 2021 had 99 reasons to give up, but persevered.

“We are proud of you, Class of 2021,” he said.

The upbeat note was reinforced with the Will C. Wood Sylvan Singers’ rendition of Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’,” which has become a commencement staple.

Riley Miller sang “A Million Dreams.”

“You’re the next American Idol,” a man in the crowd shouted.

A line formed as guests waited for the gates to open.

At one point, it stretched all the way down Marshall Road to Peabody Road.

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Seniors

CLASS OF

From Page A6 Her friend Marisol Segoviano plans to attend the University of California, Merced, this fall.

“Going to school during Covid has been a challenge with distractions,” she said. “But more time online made it easier to do the work.”

Segoviano said she will always remember how her teachers and the staff were so helpful during her high school years.

Lilianne Griffin, the Associated Student Body resident, also said it was a challenging last year.

“Our senior year just went by too fast. I procrastinated on writing this speech because high school was over fast,” she said.

Even though their senior year was different in many ways, they still tried to keep some traditions going, like Senior Sunrise.

“It felt good to be back at school when they did the hybrid school,” Griffin said. “This has to be one of the most unique times in history and special. We survived the pandemic.”

Fisher Lyons gave the co-salutatorian speech.

“We faced an event never seen before with Covid,” he said. “But we chose to rise above it and persevere.”

Lyons said he thought the experience of surviving and functioning during a pandemic will set the seniors up for adult life.

“Covid has forever changed our lives,” he said.

His co-salutatorian David Forbes considered the future in his speech.

He was not too sure of where his road would lead, but hoped it would be a combination of determination, trustworthiness and genius.

Valedictorian Jaqueline LealCarrillo spoke on the losses and disappointments that some of them faced over the past year.

“Events over the year from the pandemic, race issues, the election, all reflected who we are as a society,” she said. “We hear about people struggling and by not helping, we are part of the problem.”

She concluded: “Every one of you has the power to invoke change and grow,” she said. “The combined sacrifices of the Class of 2021 will be legendary.”

The evening wrapped up with students receiving scholarships and coveted diplomas.

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Graduates rise to turn their tassels during the Buckingham Collegiate Charter Academy graduation ceremony, Friday.

Buckingham honors graduates, notes their

‘zest for life’

Matt Miller

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VACAVILLE — It was the 26th senior class but the first under the rebranded name, Buckingham Collegiate Charter Academy, honored Thursday under sunny morning skies at Tom Zunino Stadium.

The charter school also dedicated a new campus this year, now located at 100 McClellan St. Many of the 97 graduates faced hybrid learning like many others in the Vacaville School District, but these Knights were able to enjoy the new grounds in the early spring.

“They were very limited in their extracurricular activities, but we were so glad to be able to have a graduation

ceremony and to open our new campus,” new Principal Samantha Working said of the job for the past three months.

“We had hybrid learning but most came back by March.”

Commencements were festive with large family and friend contingents in the grandstands. The graduates on the field were dressed in their burgundy robes with many seniors decorated with honor cords and others adding personal touches to their attire.

Buckingham’s Combined Choirs under the leadership of teacher Kristen Goree performed, including an appropriate selection from the musical “Wicked” with the song “For Good,” that includes the lyric, “Because I knew you, I have been changed for good.”

Ali Eeds was the Buckingham principal for three years before becoming the new director of secondary education. Eeds delivered the commencement address. She had a special relationship with the Class of 2021 and fondly remembers them for their “zest for life.”

“You mastered going to school a new way,” Eeds said to the students. “And then you picked yourself up and were able to enjoy your new campus.

You didn’t disappoint with your bright, shiny faces, laughter and unique love of life.”

One student who couldn’t be there was Eric Kepford, who died early in the year. Kepford was remembered fondly by all and had the new Eric Kepford Career Technical Education

award named in his honor. He was the first recipient.

“Our last year of high school didn’t turn out the way it was supposed to,” class speaker Francesca Cubol said. “Our first week was interrupted by a fire and we lost one of our own. We faced things that were tough and we learned not to take things for granted.

We will now walk through new doors of the future, and the doors of our choosing.”

Special senior awards went to Alexandria Deards with the Judith Cook Community Service Award, Feynman Barney with the Academic Achievement Award, Sarah Mayne with the Personal Achievement Award and Cubol with the Elise P. Buckingham Award.

Opinion A8 Sunday, June 6, 2021 — DAILY REPUBLIC

calmatters commentary

Can California shut down failed projects?

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Government offie human beings hate to cials are generally less admit failure. willing to admit failure, Even though perhaps because, unlike our brains may know business executives, when some endeavor they have no personal has failed, our emofinancial stakes in outtions and our egos may comes. Their guiding, drive us to continue albeit informal, rule is trying to make it work.

Dan Walters that launching new proIndeed, the syndrome grams enhances one’s has developed its own linguisstanding while shutting down tic phrases, such as “throwing those that fail just angers their good money after bad,” or “sunk stakeholders. costs,” or “cutting our losses.”

California’s recent history Private businesses are is replete with examples of usually – but not always – programs and projects that willing to shut down or sell off deserved merciful deaths ventures that don’t pan out. but have continued to soak Ford Motor Co. famously jettiup billions of dollars in soned the Edsel, a car named taxpayer money. after the beloved son of founder The woebegone bullet train Henry Ford, when the car failed project is the most spectacular. to attract enough buyers. But Voters were promised a statethe Boeing Co. stuck with an wide network of high-speed elongated version of its 737 jettrains when they passed a liner even after two crashed $9.95 billion bond issue in 2008. killed 346 people, and is still Thirteen years later, we have trying to make it acceptable. only a few concrete structures

in the Fresno area – no track, no trains and no certain date when even a relatively short segment will be operative despite the many billions of dollars spent, or wasted, so far.

It would take a book – a thick book – to fully describe all of the state government’s highly touted, very expensive digital information projects that have failed to deliver the promised benefits. While it lacks the scale of the bullet train and the failed information technology projects, Calbright may fall into the same category.

It’s former Gov. Jerry Brown’s pet project – an online community college that would offer high-quality, low-cost instruction to help working Californians upgrade their job skills.

Tens of millions of dollars have been sunk into Calbright over the past few years but it’s actually provided instruction only to a few dozen students –

at an enormous per-student cost, of course.

Last month, State Auditor Elaine Howle cataloged Calbright’s failures, declaring that “A primary reason . . . is that its former executive team failed to develop and execute effective strategies for launching the college.”

If Calbright doesn’t shape up by next year, Howle told the Legislature, it should be axed.

Five days before Howle issued her report, the state Assembly voted unanimously for legislation that “makes the California Online Community College Act inoperative at the end of the 2022-23 academic year.”

To be fair, the legislation, Assembly Bill 1432, does not merely reflect an unwillingness to continue a project that has fallen short of its lofty goals.

The bill is sponsored by the union that represents faculty at the state’s 115 local community colleges and it opposed Cal-

bright from the onset, fearing that it would undermine the existing system.

However, Calbright’s obvious shortcomings made it vulnerable to a political death sentence.

The fight over its fate now shifts to the state Senate, or perhaps will be decided when legislative leaders and Gov. Gavin Newsom negotiate a final 2021-22 budget deal behind closed doors this month.

If Calbright is jettisoned, perhaps it would mark a new willingness to stop throwing good money after bad.

Now, how about that bullet train to nowhere?

To prevent mass shootings, you only need to control one of the three. Removing the people prevents the shooter from shooting anyone. Removing either the shooter or the gun(s) prevents anyone getting from being shot.

Removing the people being shot is not likely to happen. It is also difficult to identify and remove prospective shooters.

However, removing the gun(s) absolutely prevents anyone from getting shot.

Banning guns is not a solution because it prohibits safe gun owners from having a gun, requires overcoming the First Amendment and requires removing the hold gun manufacturers and the NRA have over members of Congress.

An available alternative poses little challenge since a system is already in place that can be easily copied.

This can be done by establishing a federal program for each gun to be registered to its owner, licensing the owner to each gun only after demonstration of their ability to properly and safely operate it, and proof of insurance to compensate anyone killed or injured by

the gun owner or anyone they allow to use it.

A similar program is active in every state in the U.S. and can be replicated in parallel with their auto registration program, which requires licensing of each vehicle owned, proof of ability to use it safely and having insurance in case of an accident.

If not now, when?

innocent. The district does not like its motives and/or actions to be questioned or challenged, and it does not like to be held accountable. Therefore, it finds a way to remove any resistance.

Censuring Trustee Ana Petero is the latest affirmation of this.

Searching for and using weak technicalities as a way to silence anyone is pathetic.

Discussing issues, asking questions, looking for solutions, while also holding those in power accountable, is what our children need and what they deserve.

If the school board continues to abide by Robert’s Rules of Order, then it needs to agree to have open meetings in which board members and the superintendent, as well as the public, are in attendance to openly discuss/debate issues before these items are brought before board to formally approve/ disapprove them.

Transparency should solve this problem and put the welfare of our children where it should be – first, not behind misguided loyalty.

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letters to the editor

State wastes billions on backs of ratepayer Millions of ratepayer dollars wasted on oil-fired power plants only to have the state order them shut down. Billions of ratepayer dollars wasted on building nuclear power plants in California only to have the state ordered them shut down. Millions of ratepayer dollars spent on gas-fired power plants only to have the state order them shut down to save the atmosphere from carbon dioxide.

Coupled with PG&E’s administrative incompetence, it’s no wonder our rates are so high.

Tony Naramore Fairfield

The Solano County Board of Supervisors listened to our county’s employees Sept. 20, 2020, as they described how Solano County’s hiring and promotions system was bogged down by institutional racism.

After much discussion, the board, on a 5-0 vote, created a Subcommittee on Diversity and Equity. The board, on a 3-2 vote, approved funding of $150,000 to support the work of the subcommittee.

The members of the Subcommittee on Diversity and Equity, including subcommittee chairwoman Erin Hannigan and board chairman John Vasquez, have most likely met a few times since last year. I imagine the subcommittee has hired an equity consultant, as planned, to assist with the process of focusing on internal human resources operations and delivering equitable services to the county’s residents.

As a constituent, I am pleased to see that when an important issue like institutional racism in the county’s hiring practices must be addressed, the board is capable of coming together as a team.

The Board of Supervisors now has another opportunity, via Assembly Bill 1185, to create a Citizens’ Oversight Board for the Sheriff’s Office.

Civilian oversight benefits the public and benefits police and sheriff’s departments, by: n Improving community relations through more open communication between the Sheriff’s Office and the public.

n Reassuring the community that misconduct is investigated, and that appropriate discipline and training will occur. n Increasing the public’s understanding of law enforcement policies and procedures. n mproving those policies and procedures. n Assessing liability management, thereby reducing the likelihood and cost of litigation.

I hope Supervisor Monica Brown will once again raise the motion to agendize the proposal of discussing a Civilian Oversight Board. I hope one of the two members of the Diversity and Equity Subcommittee will be a good team member and second Brown’s motion.

Jean Walker Benicia

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Shooting in Vallejo leaves 3 hurt, leads to call for multipleagency strategy

Solano hazmat team in midst of drone training

program, or Operation PEACE, and because of automatic license plate VALLEJO — A 16-year- reader technology, but old girl was among three a multijurisdictional individuals who were shot response is needed.

Thursday night in Vallejo.

“The epidemic of gun A 27-year-old woman violence is a public health and an 18-year-old man crisis that demands collabalso were found with oration on a national, state gunshot wounds when and local level,” police officers Williams said in arrived around the statement.

10:10 p.m. on the The shootings 1000 block of Thursday night Caldwell Avenue, is just the most the Police Departrecent in a spate ment reported of shootings in the in a statement city that have left released Friday. several people and Vallejo police williams one person dead.

Chief Shawny WilA man was shot liams put out a call for early Monday but was more jurisdictional coopexpected to survive. eration in dealing with The shooting was gun violence. reported shortly before “This devastating mul5:20 a.m.

Memorial tivictim shooting is yet another example of why Day on the 500 block of we must have a unified Lincoln Road East.

Police have reported and multidisciplinary approach to eradicating that officers who arrived gun violence in the city there found a man who had of Vallejo. Victims and been shot at least once. His their families are suf- name, age and city of resfering trauma on a daily idence were not released.

The man was taken to basis and we cannot a local hospital for treatallow lawless individuals to continue harming ment, police reported. our community,” Williams His injuries were not life-threatening, accordsaid in the statement.

The female victims ing to police.

A 30-year-old San Franwere transported to a cisco man was shot and local hospital for treatment of life-threatening killed shortly before 9 p.m. injuries and were listed May 20 on the 1600 block at noon Friday in criti- of Fairgrounds Drive. cal condition. The male A 27-year-old Suisun victim sustained injuries City man was also shot that were not life-threaten- but survived.

A shooting was reported ing and was listed in stable condition, the police stated. shortly before 9:45 p.m.

The three victims, all May 21 in the area of residents of Vallejo, were Sage Street and Griffin sitting in a vehicle when Drive. Medic Ambulance “a suspect vehicle drove Service reported that four by and fired multiple shots ambulances were called into the victims’ vehicle,” to the scene.

Police did not release the police statement said.

There was no informa- further details at the time.

Anyone with information released with regard tion about the shootings to the shooter.

Williams said in the Thursday is asked to call statement that the depart- Detective Josh Caitham ment has made “significant at 648-4343 or Detective strides” due to its Pre- Craig Long at 648-4514. dictive Enforcement and Glen Faison contribCommunity Engagement uted to this report.

FAIRFIELD — The response to any potential hazardous material situation in Solano County will soon get new eyes in the sky from local agencies, thanks to members who are currently being trained to become certified drone pilots.

The Solano County InterAgency Hazardous Material Team has 18 members currently being readied at a six-day Remote Pilot Drone Academy. They represent the Fairfield, Vacaville, Vallejo and Benicia fire departments, Fairfield police and Solano County sheriff’s deputies.

Members of the group has been having classroom time at the county building in Fairfield and taking flying exercises at both Solano College and in Benicia.

“Basically, it’s been a full 101 training from preflight all the way to advanced flight,” said Josh LaRoe, C-Shift Public Information Officer for the Vacaville Fire Department. “This instruction is so

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Report: 20 killed in clashes with junta soldiers About 20 civilians have been killed in clashes with soldiers from Myanmar’s military junta in the southern Ayeyarwady river delta region on Saturday, according to the Delta News Agency.

The clashes began early Saturday after junta forces arrested a local community leader and beat him in front of villagers, a local woman told dpa. Villagers then turned on the soldiers, using hunting and farming equipment to attack them, she added. At least 150 fully armed soldiers then began firing at the local villagers in response.

The military staged a coup in early February, deposing the civilian government under Aung San Suu Kyi and placing her under house arrest.

Since then, the regime has been brutally cracking down on dissent. Despite this, however, protests continue in Myanmar on a daily basis.

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STA From Page A5 Maritime to purchase an all-electric powered Hyundai Kona; $50,000 for SolTrans’ Curtola Park and Ride Inductive Bus Charger Project; $17,511 for Six Flags Discovery Kingdom’s employee parking

TEC From Page A3 cult,” she said.

“If the kids stopped working, we pursued them relentlessly with a lot of love and a lot of grace,” Rude-Azevedo said. “It’s a do-whateverit-takes mentality.”

Rude-Azevedo was the

lot electric vehicle chargers; $50,000 for Solano County’s Mobi Electric Vehicle Charger Project; and $25,000 for Vallejo’s Fleming Hill Fleet electric vehicle charger project.

The virtual meeting is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. after a closed session at 5:30 p.m. during which the board will conduct a performance evaluation on Executive recipient of the inaugural Distinguished Student Award created in her honor by the faculty, which gathered around her on stage when the “off the script” moment occurred.

Words like zest, social intelligence, optimism, curiosity, self-control and gratitude were attached to the meaning of the award, and will be the benchmark for the actual students

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Vacaville Fire Engineer Jose Bolanos, left, and Vacaville Fire Capt. Drew Kostal get trained in drone flying. good that every instruction builds on another and you feel comfortable at the next level.”

The training will close over the weekend and into Monday, preparing pilots for FAA certification.

Each member will set up their own time to take the final certification exam to earn a drone flying license.

Complimented with the drone and other equipment, the Solano County hazmat team will soon have greater capabilities during emergency response.

Drones will become useful in those emergencies, LaRoe said, sizing up what the situation may entail and preparing members on the ground for what equipment they may need and how they can move forward.

“This will allow us to get eyes on a situation and do reconnaissance,” LaRoe said. “As an example, we can see what is going on with a railcar to see what we are dealing with before sending people down.”

LaRoe said all the members have volunteered for the training and have quickly made progress.

“We’ve learned a lot of information in a short amount of time,” LaRoe said. “We went from not knowing anything about a drone, all the way to flying emergency maneuvers.

2021-22 budget goes before Solano water agency directors this week Daily Republic Staff

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VACAVILLE — A presentation from the executive committee and consideration of the 2021-22 Solano County Water Agency fiscal plan will be taken up by the directors when they meet Thursday.

A number of recommendations will be considered as part of that decision, including a State Water Project Tax Rate of 2 cents per $100 of assessed valuation, and a 3% cost of living adjustment for agency employees that would be effective July 11 – at a cost of approximately $76,000 for the agency’s 19 cur rent full-time employees.

The proposed budget for the fiscal year that starts July 1 shows a bit more than $7 million in red ink overall, while

projections for the operational budget show that portion of the agency to be in the black by more than $490,000. Details of the spending plan are contained in a staff report.

The agency expects to end the current fiscal year June 30 with a fund balance of nearly $52.822 million after spending $85,652 more than it took in for the year.

The agency’s spending during the current fiscal year included $850,000 in costs related to the LNU Lightning Complex Fire and $2.7 million for the purchase of Sackett Ranch adjacent to Putah Creek.

Agency staff in the budget plan show anticipated revenue of $39.016 million and expenses of nearly $46.037 million. The ledger tips to the black when looking at operational costs: The budget

plan shows operating income of $38.350 million and operational expenses of $37.859 million.

The Solano County Water Agency board is set to meet virtually at 6:30 p.m.

Access to the meeting is available at https:// us02web.zoom.us/j/83166 083435?pwd=R2NIeE1K UVc0dFp2enZQTmlDN0pUUT09. The Meeting Id is 831 6608 3435.

The passcode is 672719.

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

A closed session follows the public session during which the directors will be updated on negotiations involving the acquisition of two separate properties.

The Solano County Water Agency was formed in 1951 by an act of the state Legislature and represents all the local agencies involved in water

and flood management.

The Board of Directors is composed of the five members of the Solano County Board of Supervisors, the seven mayors of the cities in Solano County, and a director from each of the three agricultural districts that provide retail agricultural water supply: Solano Irrigation District, Maine Prairie Water District and Reclamation District No. 2068.

The agency provides untreated water to cities and agricultural districts in Solano County from the federal Solano Project and the North Bay Aqueduct of the Water Project.

The agency also performs flood management as well as habitat conservation activities.

An agenda for the meeting is available at https://www.scwa2.com/ governance/board-meetings-agendas-minutes/.

Police: Sugar worker, 86, kills boss for firing him Tribune Content Agency BELLE GL A DE, Fla. — An 86-year-old sugar mill worker wanted one more year on the job, but when his boss denied him, the employee shot him to death, police say.

Felix Cabrera had worked for the Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative for 31 years when he learned he would be fired, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said Saturday in a statement.

Standing near the entrance to the mill at Director Daryl Halls.

The meeting can be accessed by going to https://us02web.zoom. us/j/81585428711?pwd= N HpJOUlSUFdmS1F B OVBGamd1YUgrUT09, or by calling 1-408-6380968. The Webinar ID is 815 8542 8711.

An agenda for the meeting is available at https://sta.ca.gov/ meetings-agendas/. who receive the award in the future.

“This job has changed me; these kids have changed me. I’ve learned that relationships are the most important thing,” Rude-Azevedo said about her nine years as Travis Education Center principal. “These kids will forget what we taught them, but they will remember how we treated them.”

1500 George Wedgworth Way, Cabrera’s boss told him Friday morning before 11 a.m. to clock out and not return to work.

When Cabrera asked his 67-year-old boss if he could work one more year “for financial reasons,” police said, the manager replied, “No.” That’s when Cabrera pulled a handgun out of his pocket and shot his boss several times, killing him, deputies said.

Deputies say they arrived at the mill at

10:54 a.m., within minutes of the shooting, where they found the manager dead, then quickly located and arrested Cabrera without struggle.

Police charged Cabrera with first-degree murder, saying the shooting appeared to be planned.

Deputies booked the Belle Glade resident Friday evening into the Palm Beach County Jail in suburban West Palm Beach.

The sheriff’s office has not released the name of the victim, a Martin

County man, because his family invoked Marsy’s Law, passed by voters in 2018, which allows police to withhold victims’ identities at their families’ requests.

The co-op said Friday in a statement it was “horrified and deeply saddened by the senseless violence.”

“The victim was part of the Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative family, and we are praying for the victim’s loved ones, as well as all our team members and growers,” the co-op said.

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‘Captain Cam’

Murray Bass Plan to live

It’s good to be home again

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his column is about “coming home.”

I have been away from home for almost three weeks. Home for me is the Rockville Terrace Senior Living Facility in Fairfield.

It’s good to be back.

I have talked and written a lot about my new computer and the Dragon dictation system.

It worked just fine when I was at the Veterans Administration’s Western Blind Rehabilitation Center in Menlo Park.

When I got home, nothing worked. A problem I can’t personally fix, but one that is fixable.

In the meantime, I will type my columns just as I have done for 30-plus years. Starting with some comments about the great work by Tanya and Irene keeping the residents here entertained and involved.

I have been especially impressed with the way they have scheduled musical groups to play for us. They schedule different musical groups each week.

I was really impressed by a couple who call themselves The Mischiefs, an acoustic couple with two guitars – one regular and one bass. I really liked them. They play a great selection of sing-a-long melodies.

At least, that is true in my case. I’m recommending them to party-givers of almost any size or to club events.

If you are interested in checking them out, go to YouTube and search for music mischief. Or contact them at Grampa Les@Comcast.net or by telephone at 631-4569.

Music is not all Tanya and Irene do. They put on a tasting of wines from foreign countries.

Very nice. Just in time for my arrival home from Menlo Park.

Coming home has meant a lot of things. The Tax Watchers meeting, folks whose purpose is to hold taxes down and limit the size of government.

Meeting with the Deplorables, a group of veterans who want America to remain the country we have known and love. We are all older veterans.

Both groups are active in our communities. Folks who believe as I believe.

People I enjoy being with.

I can’t really describe it well because so much of it See Bass, Page A11

Benicia man advocates for outdoor access for disabled, Berryessa fisheries Todd R. Hansen thansen@dailyrepublic.net

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ameron Smith has ta ken a c o u n tless number fa m i ly of members, friends and others fishing over the years – a passion that earned him the moniker “Captain Cam.” At one point in his life, in fact, Smith had purchased a boat and invested $150,000 into turning it into a commercial fishing vessel and charter business.

That is when the state suddenly closed down the salmon fishery for the first time, and Smith’s fuse was lit even hotter as a salmon fishery advocate.

While his efforts are focused on both inland and offshore interests, no where is his voice louder than when he is pushing for improving the kokanee and King salmon populations at Lake Berryessa.

“I started fishing with my parents and grandparents when I was 6 months old at Lake Berryessa,” said Smith, who turns 65 in October. He was born in Vallejo and now lives in Benicia.

He and his wife, Michelle, have two children, two grandchildren “and one on the way.” The name on his wife’s boat is “Captain Mom.” “I’m a very avid conservationist . . . and (have been) an advocate for salmon inland and offshore for a good 30 years,” he said. “I also advocate for immobilized hunters, which is another serious problem because they (federal and state agen-

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Cameron Smith, known as Captain Cam, of Benicia supports the Lake Berryessa salmon fisheries. Smith learned to fish on Lake Berryessa. cies) have never provided us the access they were supposed to.”

Smith has been part of that group of disabled hunters ever since 1995 when a horse kicked him and shattered his leg, an injury he was first told would result in an amputation.

But a young surgeon from the University of California, Davis thought he could save the leg.

“Five years and 12 surgeries later, he did . . . but I pretty much have a gimp leg,” Smith said.

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Add a back injury to the mix, and he struggles to stand for much more than a few minutes at any time. But he still fishes and still looks for hunting opportunities whenever and wherever they present themselves.

The leg injury eventually forced him to retire from his work as an

independent Mack Tool distributor, a business his parents helped keep going while he was hospitalized.

Smith’s relationship with tools, and tinkering with cars, came as naturally as his connection to a rod and reel.

“I was always wrenching on my own cars and everyone else’s, too,” said

Smith, who added he was working on cars when he was 10 years old.

At the age of 13, he became the first person to pass 100% a mechanic’s test for Union Oil, which told him he had a job waiting for him when he got out of high school.

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See a doctor if you have chronic heartburn

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ost people have experienced heartburn at some point in their life. It’s that familiar burning or painful sensation in the chest when your meal was too big or too spicy.

Although heartburn can be annoying and occasionally painful enough to make it hard to sleep or do other activities, it is usually not a cause for concern.

However, if heartburn is frequent or interferes with your daily routine, it may be a symptom of a more serious condition that requires medical care.

Heartburn that occurs more than twice a week is considered gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD. Left untreated, it can eventually lead to more serious health problems, including a disorder called Barrett’s esophagus.

Barrett’s esophagus is a condition in which the flat pink lining of the esophagus (the swallowing tube that connects the mouth to the stomach) becomes damaged by acid, which causes the lining to thicken and become red.

Barrett’s esophagus is associated with an increased risk of developing esophageal cancer.

Most people with GERD will never develop Barrett’s and most people with Barrett’s do not develop cancer. But the majority of people who have esophageal cancer (adenocarcinoma) will have had Barrett’s previously that could have been identified, diagnosed and potentially treated.

Although the risk of developing esophageal cancer is small, it’s important to have regular checkups with careful imaging and if indicated, extensive biopsies of the esophagus to check for precancerous cells (dysplasia).

There are a number of factors that increase the risk of developing Barrett’s esophagus.

Bass From Page A10 is just feelings.

I am an old man whose life is built around friends. In addition to those friends in the groups I have mentioned, there are my day-to-day contacts I count on.

Here at the Terrace there is Gayle, my breakfast and lunch partner, and dear Wakefield Sharp, who for some reason is my biggest fan.

And I love him for his willingness to do what is right. I admire him.

Then, there are the two wonderful people who begin each day for me with loving telephone calls.

Gina Pastrick is an inspiration in work

Benicia From Page A10 Arizona Automotive Institute and graduated at the top of his class in 1975.

“But I couldn’t stand the desert, and came back to where there were some trees and water,” Smith said.

He went to work for a Buick dealership in Walnut Creek, but a divorce shifted his path and he hired on as a production manager of a global entertainment company – at the

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Enough to wreck their rest: $10,322 for a sleep study

interpreted the results.

Humana’s negotiated rate for the total was $5,419.

Mendoza owed the bulk of that: $5,157, including $262 in coinsurance and $4,895 to satisfy his deductible. Humana paid $262.

Service provider: University of Miami Health System’s sleep medicine facility at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami.

What gives: Sleep studies are somewhat controversial and have been flagged in the past as being overused. Not everyone who snores needs this evaluation. But with Mendoza’s pauses in breathing and hypertension, he likely did.

According to Dr. Vikas Saini, president of the Lown Institute, a think tank that analyzes lowvalue health care, sleep studies fall into a gray zone.

“They are incredibly useful and necessary in certain clinical circumstances,” he said. “But it’s known to be one that can be overused.”

But how much should it cost to be monitored at home or in a hospital sleep lab? That’s the question.

The Office of Inspector General at the federal Department of Health and Human Services has identified billing problems for the type of sleep study Mendoza had that led to Medicare overpayments.

The University of Miami Health System’s total charge was high by nearly every measure, but so was the allowed amount that Humana agreed to pay the health system for the study. And because Mendoza’s skimpy health plan has a deductible of $5,000, he’s on the hook for paying almost all of that hefty bill.

Mendoza’s Humana plan agreed to pay the hospital $5,419 for the sleep study he had. That’s nearly six times what Medicare would pay for the same service nationally – $920 – according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Private insurers typically pay higher rates than Medicare for care, but that multiple is “much higher than what other insurers would pay,” said Jordan Weintraub, vice president of claims at WellRithms, a company that analyzes medical bills for self-funded companies and other clients.

Consider the total facility charge of $9,853. The average charge in the United States for a sleep study of the same type is just over half that amount at $5,384, according to Fair Health, a national independent nonprofit that

tracks insurance charges.

Charges in the Miami area are on the high end of the national range. The average billed charges for similar hospital sleep studies in Miami range from $2,646 to $19,334, Weintraub said. So Mendoza’s bill is not as high as the highest in the area, and is just under the average in Miami.

More telling than what other Miami hospitals are charging for sleep studies is what the University of Miami Health System reports it actually costs the hospital to do the procedure.

And that figure was just $1,154 on average in 2019, according to WellRithms’ analysis of publicly available cost report data filed with CMS. That year, the hospital’s average charge for the type of sleep study Mendoza had was $7,886, according to WellRithms.

Mendoza doesn’t pay premiums for his health plan, but his “free” coverage has a cost. The $5,000 deductible and high coinsurance leaves him woefully exposed financially if he needs medical care, as the family discovered.

Obstructive sleep apnea is often undiagnosed, sleep medicine experts agree, and sleep studies can result in a diagnosis that leads to necessary treatment to help prevent serious problems like heart attacks and diabetes.

After strong growth by independent and hospital-affiliated lab-based sleep centers over several years, there’s been a shift toward home-based sleep tests recently, said Charlie Whelan, vice president of consulting for health care at Frost & Sullivan, a research and consulting firm.

Resolution: When the bill arrived, Nancy Mendoza thought it must be a mistake. José’s home sleep test hadn’t cost them a penny, and no one had mentioned their financial responsibility for the overnight test in the lab.

She called the billing office and asked for an itemized bill. There were no complications, no anesthesia, not even a doctor present. Why was it so expensive? But what they received wasn’t any more enlightening than the summary bill.

She got a clear impression that if they didn’t pay they’d be sent to collections. To avoid ruining their credit, they agreed to a two-year payment plan and got their first installment bill, for $214.87, in

April. Nancy thinks the overall charge is too high: “It’s not fair [for] people who are in the low end of the middle class.”

Lisa Worley, associate vice president for media relations at the University of Miami Health System, said in a statement that Mendoza “does not qualify for financial assistance because he has health insurance.”

But the health system’s posted financial assistance policy clearly states that financial assistance is available to “underinsured individuals with a balance remaining after third party liability of $1,000 or more, whose family income for the preceding 12 months is equal to or less than 300%” of the federal poverty guidelines.

Under a less detailed version of the hospital policy included in one of their bills, the Mendozas meet the income threshold for “assistance provided on a sliding scale.”

In her statement, Worley referred to Mendoza’s sleep test as an “elective service.” The health system website says it “provides financial assistance for emergency and other medically necessary (non-elective) care.”

Mendoza’s sleep study was medically necessary.

The emergency department staff evaluated him and determined he needed a new CPAP to deal with serious medical problems caused by his obstructive sleep apnea. His pulmonologist concurred, as did his insurer, which preauthorized the sleep study.

In a statement, Humana wrote: “With sleep studies, there can be a wide range of costs, depending on the complexity of the case and the setting.”

The takeaway: The Mendozas followed the rules: They used an innetwork provider and got prior authorization from their insurance company for the test.

Unfortunately, they are caught between two financial traps of the U.S. health care system: high-deductible health plans and sky-high billing.

With a high-deductible plan, it’s crucial to try to learn what you’ll owe before receiving nonemergency medical care. Ask for an estimate in writing; if you can’t get one, try to shop for a different provider who will.

Be aware that insurance plans that have zero or low premium costs may not be your best option for coverage.

Once you are stuck with a high bill that hits a high deductible, remember you can still negotiate with the hospital. Find out what a more reasonable charge would be and ask for your bill to be adjusted. Also inquire about payment assistance from the hospital – most hospitals must offer this option by law (though they often do not make it easy to apply for it).

If a doctor suggests a sleep study, ask if you can do one at home, and whether it’s really needed.

And remember: Not every snore is sleep apnea.

populations have not rebounded over the past 15 years, and he has a one-word answer to explain that: water.

“Water, water, water.

We need to stop providing so much water to Southern California,” he said.

Smith said he is concerned with the proposed tunnel project, which he said he firmly believes will kill off what remains of the state’s natural fisheries.

Better fishery management with what is available also tops Smith’s hit list, especially at Lake Berryessa and particularly

the kokanee and King salmon populations.

There are plenty of government entities he points fingers at for that, but the state Department of Fish and Wildlife is a favorite target when it comes to Lake Berryessa, which he argues deserves double the number salmon planted each year.

But he is also concerned with the waning interest in fishing and hunting in the younger generation.

Part of it, he said, is the lack of access and age-specific programs, but having enough fish is critical. He

said if young anglers don’t catch fish, no matter how big they are, then they are going to lose interest.

If they lose interest, Smith wonders who will fight for the fisheries in the future.

“More than anything, I like to teach kids how to fish and hunt,” Smith said.

“I want to see hunting and fishing continue, but unfortunately, the kids are not getting into that.”

One more problem, he said, are video games and other computer interests.

“Kids are staying inside,” Smith said.

Michelle Andrews Kaiser Health News

Nazia Hasan Fit after 50 They include: • Age: Barrett’s esophagus is most commonly diagnosed in middle-aged and older adults.

• Gender: Men are more commonly diagnosed than women.

• Ethnicity: Barrett’s esophagus is most common among Caucasian populations.

• Weight: Barrett’s esophagus is especially associated with the central type of obesity in which fat accumulates predominantly in the abdomen.

• Lifestyle: Smokers are more commonly diagnosed with Barrett’s esophagus than nonsmokers.

While aging is a risk factor, there are things people of any age can do to avoid problems from reflux disease.

Diet and lifestyle changes can help you avoid pain and discomfort. Avoiding acidic foods like tomatobased foods, grapefruit, chocolate, alcohol and carbonated drinks, for example. Try eating smaller portions and not eating right before bedtime. Simple steps like these are often enough to stop reflux in its tracks.

There are medications that can be effective – both prescription and over-the-counter.

But if you suffer from regular heartburn, don’t just take antacids. Talk to your doctor about your symptoms.

For those who suffer reflux symptoms for years, seeing a doctor to make sure it’s not causing changes to the lining of your esophagus is another important step toward wellness.

Nazia Hasan, M.D., is an interventional gastroenterologist with NorthBay Healthcare. ethics and protector of friends. Daughter of The Cookie Lady, my daughter Cathy, whose love is second to nothing else in importance to me. I can’t say enough. She is an inspiration in friendship.

Before I end this piece, there is someone I must mention. A most trusted friend who is always there when I need him, and he knows more about Solano County and its people than anyone: Larry Welch. I don’t know what I would do without him as my friend.

Now you have some idea of just how lucky one old man can be. I can hardly believe it myself.

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

recommendation of an old girlfriend who was part of the troupe.

“So I moved down to L.A. and went to work for the production company for 11 years,” he said.

Eventually, though, the Bay Area called him back and he started his own distributorship with Mack Tools.

It was not long after that he also went to the Maritime Academy and took a captain’s course, which prepared him to take the Coast Guard course for a captain’s license. He needed that in order to

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osé Mendoza’s snoring was bad – but the silence when he stopped breathing was even worse for his wife, Nancy. The sudden quiet would wake her and she waited anxiously for him to take another breath. If too many seconds ticked by, she pushed him hard so that he moved and started breathing again. This happened several times a week.

Diagnosed with severe sleep apnea 15 years ago, Mendoza was prescribed a continuous positive airway pressure, or CPAP, device to help him breathe easier.

But the machine was noisy and uncomfortable. After a month, he stopped using it.

Late in 2019, Mendoza, 61, went to an emergency department near the family’s Miami home with an excruciating headache. He thought it was related to his high blood pressure, a condition sometimes linked to obstructive sleep apnea.

But after a battery of tests, clinicians concluded his obstructive sleep apnea itself was likely causing his headache and cardiac problems. He needed a new CPAP machine, they said.

But first, he had an at-home sleep test. Mendoza’s pulmonologist said it was not detailed enough and ordered a visit to an overnight sleep lab to get extensive data.

Mendoza arrived at the sleep center about 8 p.m. one night in early February and was shown into a spacious room with a sofa, a TV and a bed. After he got into his pajamas, a technician attached electrodes to his head and chest to track his brain, heart, lung and muscle activity while he slept. The technician fitted him with a CPAP with two small cannulas for his nose. Despite the unfamiliar setting and awkward Mendoza equipment, slept that night.

After the study, Mendoza started using the same, more comfortable CPAP model he’d used during the study.

“Now I’m not snoring.

I feel more energetic.

I’m not as tired as I was before,” he said.

The new CPAP was helping both Mendozas get a better night’s sleep – until the bill came.

The patient: José Mendoza, 61, has a Humana HMO plan through the construction company where he works as a truck driver.

It has a $5,000 deductible and an out-of-pocket maximum of $6,500 for covered care by in-network providers. Once his deductible is satisfied, he owes 50% in coinsurance for other billed charges.

Medical service: An overnight sleep study at a hospital sleep center to determine the type of mask and the proper levels of airflow and oxygen needed in Mendoza’s CPAP to treat his severe obstructive sleep apnea.

Total bill: $10,322, including a $9,853 outpatient charge for the sleep study and a $469 charge for the sleep specialist who operate a charter business.

But when the salmon fishery was all but shut down in 2005, and with a corresponding surge in gas prices, even his fishing operation for halibut and other species did not generate enough revenue to pay for operations, let alone the debt he had amassed getting his boat ready.

“And that is when I began my advocacy for sustainability,” said Smith, who never got his captain’s license, and never started the charter business he very much desired.

Smith said the fishery

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When they got the bill, Nancy Mendoza thought it must be a mistake. Even with insurance, José owes nearly six times what Medicare would pay for an overnight test in a sleep lab.

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Crime logs Fairfield THURSDAY, June 3 1:40 a.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 1500 block of GATEWAY BOULEVARD 3:04 a.m. — Shots fired, EAST TABOR AVENUE 6:37 a.m. — Fight with a weapon, 1400 block of HAWAII STREET 7:38 a.m. — Commercial burglary, 100 block of COMMERCE COURT 7:40 a.m. — Vandalism, 100 block of COMMERCE COURT 8:36 a.m. — Forgery, 5200 block of ETRUSCAN DRIVE 9:59 a.m. — Vehicle burglary, 4300 block of CENTRAL PLACE 10:04 a.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 1000 block of TAFT STREET 10:47 a.m. — Robbery, 1500 block of HOLIDAY LANE 11:03 a.m. — Trespassing, 1800 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 11:42 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 800 block of TEXAS STREET 12:14 p.m. — Vehicle theft, 100 block of TABOR AVENUE 12:52 p.m. — Forgery, 1200 block of HARTFORD CIRCLE 1:44 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 3000 block of TRAVIS BOULEVARD 1:49 p.m. — Reckless driver, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE 1:57 p.m. — Reckless driver, KENTUCKY STREET 2:20 p.m. — Trespassing, 2700 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 3:01 p.m. — Drunken driver, 1900 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 3:19 p.m. — Trespassing, 600 block of PACIFIC AVENUE 4:05 p.m. — Forgery, 1400 block of WOOLNER AVENUE 5:05 p.m. — Indecent exposure, 1800 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 5:38 p.m. — Reckless driver, RANCHO SOLANO PARKWAY 5:54 p.m. — Reckless driver, 2900 block of CORDELIA ROAD 6:10 p.m. — Grand theft, 4900 block of VANDEN ROAD 6:24 p.m. — Reckless driver, MANUEL CAMPOS PARKWAY 6:45 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 1300 block of TRAVIS BOULEVARD 7:32 p.m. — Robbery, 1800 block of OLDENBURG DRIVE 7:41 p.m. — Vandalism, 1400 block of WOOLNER AVENUE 7:52 p.m. — Shots fired, BURBANK DRIVE 8:29 p.m. — Trespassing, 1800 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 9:31 p.m. — Drunk and disorderly, 1900 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 11 p.m. — Battery, 1400 block of UNION AVENUE

Friday, June 4 6:27 a.m. — Vehicle theft, TABOR AVENUE 6:34 a.m. — Vehicle burglary, VILLA COURT 7:56 a.m. — Vehicle burglary, 100 block of VILLA CIRCLE

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8:47 a.m. — Reckless driver, OAK STREET 9:10 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 400 block of GREGORY STREET 9:52 a.m. — Vehicle burglary, 1900 block of GRANDE CIRCLE 11:04 a.m. — Trespassing, 1900 block of WEST TEXAS STREET 11:16 a.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 2700 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 11:58 a.m. — Battery, 1700 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET Noon — Reckless driver, 2900 block of MARKELEY LANE 12:10 p.m. — Vehicle burglary, 1500 block of TRAVIS BOULEVARD 2:10 p.m. — Brandishing a weapon, EAST TABOR AVENUE 2:12 p.m. — Reckless driver, EAST TABOR AVENUE 2:37 p.m. — Vehicle burglary, 1900 block of GRANDE CIRCLE 3:01 p.m. — Forgery, 1600 block of JAMES STREET 3:02 p.m. — Reckless driver, 3200 block of HARTFORD AVENUE 3:37 p.m. — Vehicle burglary, 1900 block of GRANDE CIRCLE 5:42 p.m. — Reckless driver, EAST TABOR AVENUE 6:13 p.m. — Battery, 1900 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 6:49 p.m. — Trespassing, 1400 block of HOLIDAY LANE 7:21 p.m. — Vandalism, 1000 block of JOHNSON STREET 9:34 p.m. — Shots fired, 200 block of SUNFLOWER COURT 9:35 p.m. — Shots fired, ARLINGTON CIRCLE

Suisun City THURSDAY, June 3 7:06 a.m. — Vandalism, 200 block of SUNSET AVENUE 9:23 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 1400 block of PROSPECT WAY 10:54 a.m. — Reckless driver, WHIPPORWILL WAY 2:46 p.m. — Reckless driver, HIGHWAY 12 / WALTERS ROAD

Friday, June 4 8:10 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 1400 block of PELICAN WAY 1:50 p.m. — Hit-and-run no injury, BLOSSOM AVENUE / KINGS WAY 2:59 p.m. — Reckless driver, CACKLING DRIVE / PINTAIL DRIVE 7:36 p.m. — Reckless driver, WESTWIND WAY / EMPEROR DRIVE 7:59 p.m. — Shots fired, PINTAIL DRIVE / WHITNEY WAY 8:50 p.m. — Reckless driver, EMPEROR DRIVE / LONGSPUR DRIVE

From Page One with distance learning,” Janelle Wagenaar said.

Her daughter was dealing with some nostalgia knowing it would be the last time she would see some of her fellow graduates, she said.

Daniel Wagenaar is a 2002 Vanden High graduate.

The family has an older son who graduated from Vanden a few years ago. Now, there’s a 10-year-old the Wagenaars hope will carry on the family tradition.

“When I started here, the principal had just been hired as a science teacher,” Daniel Wagenaar said.

There were plans for a Saturday night dinner.

A bevy of family birthdays are on the June calendar, with Feckner celebrating hers over the Memorial Day weekend.

Janelle Wagenaar is marking her birthday this weekend.

Daniel Wagenaar found some bright spots in distance learning, including that it gave him a chance to see and chat with instructors.

Of the 28 graduating classes she has been part

WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice will no longer use subpoenas to secretly access reporters’ records when investigating leaks, it said Saturday, following through on a recent pledge from President Joe Biden.

Biden on May 21 said it was “simply wrong” to obtain the telephone and email records of journalists, and that he wouldn’t let it happen. The president commented after reports that the department had

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“Don’t be afraid of the obstacles that come your way,” she said. “Find your purpose and pursue it while staying true to yourself.”

Valedictorian Hannah Bolivar introduced the crowd to Amazon Prime’s show “Invincible.”

“Why are we trying to leave a permanent mark on a world that is not permanent itself?” she asked rhetorically.

Bolivar went on to tell her fellow graduates to go out and grab their piece of the world.

Valedictorian Anek Sahota began his message with a shout-out to his mother.

community college.

Marin said she looks forward to two years at community college, where she will be focusing on firefighter-related classes.

“I want to become a firefighter or EMT,” she said. “I want to do something active and give something invaluable to the community by helping people out.”

Her senior year was memorable. She thought it could have been better, but she still had fun during the pandemic.

This year marked the 126th commencement at Vacaville High School. The football stadium was filled on each side – although it was fewer people than in past years. The 412 graduating students were the focus of attention, all in black with tassels, banners and cash leis waiting for the big moment when they received the final piece of paper from their high school days – a diploma.

Janet Yellen, among the finance chiefs who hailed the announcement as an unprecedented step, said a final accord on which companies could see their profits taxed outside their home countries would include the likes of Amazon and Facebook. ”What you’re seeing is a revival of multilateralism, a willingness of leading nations in the G-7 and G-20, to cooperate to address the most critical challenges facing the global economies,” Yellen said after the meeting.

Focus will now shift to a July meeting of the Group of 20 finance ministers in Italy and long-running talks between about 140 countries at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

The G-7 pact marks a step to rewrite a global system that critics said allowed big companies to save billions of dollars in tax bills by shifting jurisdictions. It’s also help address complaints that major digital companies can make money in multiple countries and pay taxes only at home.

In response to the announcement, some of the world’s biggest tech companies focused on how the deal could help

“You are somewhere out there,” he said.

As he wrapped up, Sahota recalled the time he told his parents he wanted to be a Transformer.

“They told me, ‘Anek, grow up. You graduate next week.’ ” Sara Wolf, one of three salutatorians, said graduation was the result of hard work, but also a community of support, especially during the past year.

“It’s exciting to head into the next chapter of life,” she said.

More than 30 members of Vanden High School’s Class of 2021 finished their senior year early, Shields said.

Principal Adam Wight said graduates had been gathering since the early 1900s with an almost unchanged ceremony.

“Since 1895, never have we had such an extraordinary class like this one,” he said. “It was not what they expected but I marvel at what they have accomplished. We have never before seen or dealt with so many unknowns.”

“We were in a constant state of wondering and hoping that we would have any kind of senior experiences this year,” said Colten Clarke, who gave

the class history. “After everything we have been through from Covid to the fires and evacuation, we have learned not to take little things for granted.”

The Class of 2021 had 10 valedictorians: Samantha Brown, Jessie Garcia, Lauren Getty, Adilene Koehler, Cyra Medina, Emma Mitchell, Tamara Pina, Sophia Tolley, Ethan Wang and Jorja Webb.

Brown said she was grateful to have a formal graduation celebration. She noted that looking back, no one would have thought their

senior year would have been like it was.

“We worked to overcome adversity this year,” Brown said. “In the future, I hope that you all will be kind to yourselves and believe in yourselves.”

Others remarked on the new chapter of their lives, once they are just beginning.

Garcia spoke about having a sense of freedom and being able to write your own future.

Getty echoed the thoughts of many others, noting that this year was anything but normal.

“I don’t know of anyone that has escaped unscathed,” she said. “But it was nice having my dad working from home and I know our dogs probably benefitted the most from this year.”

Others noted accomplishments, frustrations with the school system and difficulty saying goodbye.

“We have an uncomfortable mix of unknowns about our future and hope for the future, too,” Webb said. “There is a sense of pride at all that we have accomplished.”

clear up the rules on where to pay taxes.

“Today’s agreement is a significant first step toward certainty for businesses and strengthening public confidence in the global tax system,” Facebook’s Global Affairs Vice President Nick Clegg said on Twitter.

An Amazon spokesperson said the OECD-led process “will help bring stability to the international tax system” and described Saturday’s deal as a “welcome step forward in the effort to achieve this goal.”

Under the Trump administration, the U.S. had also refused to allow foreign governments to tax American digital companies, a key European demand.

The transatlantic division spiraled into a battle of unilateral measures and threats of trade sanctions, which although suspended, are still in place.

According to the communique after the London meeting, countries where big firms operate would get the right to tax “at least 20%” of profits exceeding a 10% margin. That would apply to “the largest and most profitable multinational enterprises,” potentially enabling the G-7 to square the circle so that digital is included without being targeted.

Asked whether that means companies like Facebook and Amazon

would be included, Yellen said they would qualify “by almost any definition,” and “most of those firms are likely to be included in this new scheme.”

The ministers of the U.K. and France both said they were now assured that tech giants would be in the cross-hairs of new rules, even as the final quantitative criteria are still to be determined.

“We’ve been fighting for four years in all European and international forums, here at the G-7 and the G-20 for a fair taxation of digital giants and for a minimum corporate tax,” France’s Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said.

The antipathy in recent years was greatest between Paris and Washington. France was the first country to bypass the slow-going OECD process on how to tax profits, opting for a controversial levy exclusively on the digital revenues of large firms.

The G-7 said that countries would “provide for appropriate coordination” to remove such digital services taxes. Resolving the exact sequencing of that could prove tricky, with countries unwilling to give up revenues before they have certainty over what they will gain from new global rules.

Italian Finance Minister Daniele Franco said he’ll aim to broaden the discussion when

G-20 finance ministers meet in July in Venice.

Once the proposal is agreed, Italy will no longer need its digital tax, he said.

Highlighting other remaining divisions, the finance minister of Ireland, whose country has attracted some of the world’s big businesses with low taxes, said any deal on a minimum rate must meet the needs of “small and large countries, developed and developing.”

Pushing in the other direction, Le Maire said the 15% is a starting point and France would fight for a higher rate in the coming weeks.

The administration of U.S., President Joe Biden still needs approval from Congress and will hope the deal hands it leverage for its massive infrastructure program.

It is seeking support from lawmakers to raise the domestic corporate tax rate to 21%. An international deal for 15% could help him because it offers multinationals options.

The OECD has said a final global deal may not come until October, with delivery requiring nations to pass the plan through national legislatures.

“There is important work left to do,” said OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann.

“But this decision adds important momentum to the coming discussions.”

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obtained the records of journalists from various news organizations during the Trump administration.

“Consistent with the President’s direction” the DOJ “will not seek compulsory legal process in leak investigations to obtain source information from members of the news media doing their jobs,” department spokesman Anthony Coley said in a statement on Saturday reported by the Associated Press. He termed it a change to “longstanding practice.”

of at Vanden, Principal Kristin Shields said the Class of 2021 was the one she felt most connected with. There were losses, such as social interaction and senior activities.

There were many gains, such as developing a strong sense of community, she said.

“You have had experiences unlike any class before you,” Shields said.

Senior class president Jacqueline Ramirez said in her greeting that she wishes we could slow time. She quoted Martin Luther King’s Jr., saying, “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”

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A member of the Vanden High School Class of 2021 shows off her diploma during a graduation ceremony, Saturday.

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Ethan Wang, one of 10 valedictorians with the Class of 2021 at Vacaville High School, addresses his classmates during the school’s 126th commencement at Tom Zunino Stadium in Vacaville, Saturday.

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Fatburger and Buffalo’s Express opens in Suisun SUISUN CITY — Fatburger and Buffalo’s Express has opened a new location in town that represents the chain’s first foray into Solano County.

The restaurant is located at 1961 Walters Road. The hours of operation are 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Monday through Sunday.

Fatburger opened in Los Angeles more than 70 years ago and has been a staple in the community ever since.

The brand is known for its cooked-to-order burgers, according to a press announcement about the opening in Suisun City. Buffalo’s Express is a fast-casual chain known for its chicken wings and proprietary wing sauces.

More information is available at https://locations. fatburger.com/united-states/ca/ suisun-city/1961-walters-rd.

Class on home kitchen business begins Tuesday FAIRFIELD — Find out about Solano County’s MEHKO program and what is required by the county to operate a home kitchen and sell food that’s made at home.

MEHKO stands for Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operation. Solano County is one of only two counties in California that has approved MEHKO programs and are supporting the home kitchen operation with standards, regulations and oversight.

The virtual MEHKO 101 class is free for Zoom participants at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. Log into Zoom at norcalsbdc.zoom.us. It is being provided by the Solano Small Business Development Center.

Participants will find out how to start a Home Kitchen and learn about SERVSAFE certifications and more.

Join restaurant adviser Amy LeBlanc to learn about the program and how they can help support participants in the application process and the starting and running of a MEHKO business.

California moving toward workplaces without masks Tribune Content Agency California took a major step this week to define what Covid-19 workplace safety rules will look like as the pandemic continues to fade.

A state safety board on Thursday recommended relaxing workplace safety rules for people vaccinated against Covid-19 – meaning that, on June 15, employees will probably be able to take off their masks in a room if everyone there is vaccinated.

Here are the details:

What would change?

The rules proposed by the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, or Cal/ OSHA, would allow workers in a room to take off their masks if every person there does not have Covid-19 symptoms and is fully vaccinated, meaning they’re at least two weeks removed from their last dose.

Masks would still be required if anyone in the room is not fully vaccinated.

Workplaces would need to have workers’ vaccine records on file to comply with Cal/ OSHA regulations.

But workers in retail stores and restaurants, as well as others who interact with members of the public, will still need to mask up. Workers in some other settings, such as hospitals, will not be affected by the rule change.

The proposal also calls for ending the requirement that workers be physically distant from other people starting July 31. Until then, employees in indoor settings or outdoor events of 10,000 or more people will need to continue phys-

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Bill Mitchell, right, takes a selfie with friends Ron and Malta Tasoff while visiting The Getty Center on the first day it reopened in over a year in Los Angeles, May 25. ical-distancing practices or be offered respirators – like N-95 masks – that filter out fine particles in the air.

What are the details?

State officials issued the following guidance following Thursday’s vote: Masks: As mentioned earlier, fully vaccinated and symptom-free workers do not need to wear face coverings in a room unless someone there is either symptomatic or not inoculated. Additionally, both fully vaccinated and unvaccinated workers without symptoms do not need to don masks outdoors except when staffing “outdoor mega events” – those where more than 10,000 attendees are present, such as at an events or theme parks. All workers, regardless of their inoculation status, will still need to wear

face coverings indoors.

Distancing: Under the revised standards, employers can scrap physical distancing requirements and partitions/ barriers for employees working indoors and at outdoor mega events if they provide respirators, such as N-95s, to unvaccinated employees for voluntary use. After July 31, physical distancing and barriers will no longer be required, unless there’s an outbreak, but employers will have to provide all unvaccinated employees with N-95s for voluntary use.

Exclusion: Workers who are fully vaccinated and symptom-free no longer need to be excluded from the workplace after coming into contact with some with Covid-19.

Protections: Special prevention measures no longer apply to employer-provided

housing and transportation if all occupants or riders are fully vaccinated. Employers will also still need to keep a written Covid-19 prevention program, though with some changes: Employers must review California Department of Public Health guidance related to indoor ventilation, filtration and air quality.

Training must now also include information on how Covid-19 vaccines are effective at preventing transmission, illness and death.

What happens next?

The proposed new standards are still subject to review by the state Office of Administrative Law. Should that office sign off, the rules are expected to go into effect by June 15 – the same day California is set to fully reopen its economy.

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Benicia Art Walk returns Continues monthly through October Daily Republic Staff

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BENICIA — The 10th season of Benicia Art Walk kicks off Saturday and continues the second Saturdays of July, September and October.

Hours are 1 to 5 p.m.

The Benicia Art Walk is sponsored by the city of Benicia through Visit Benicia, the city’s tourism program.

“We’re excited to celebrate the anniversary season of Benicia Art Walk,” said Teri Davena, city of Benicia economic development specialist, in a press release. “After an abbreviated season due to the pandemic last year, we look forward to a full season of Benicia Art Walk this year. The eight galleries on First Street welcome visitors in celebration of a decade of great art and fun activities at the galleries in downtown Benicia.”

The Galleries of First Street, a loose organization of galleries, is hosting a Benicia Art Passport competition during Art Walk. Stop by any of the eight galleries, pick up an Art Passport, then get it stamped at each gallery for a chance to win the prize of $200 to be spent at any of the participating galleries.

Benicia Art Walk is always free and so is the parking.

Look for the blue banners hanging in front of each gallery or pick up the 2021 Benicia Art Walk brochure and map.

The participating galleries are: n The Little Art Shop, 129 First St. in the Tannery, features the creative works of more than 30 local artists.

They are also hosting Mary Danko Williams, a fused-glass artist. n Once Upon a Canvas, 129 First St. in the Tannery. Artist Tina Hariu will conduct a portrait demonstration at 2 p.m. or stop by any time to view several paintings by the students of Charles White and watch teachers conducting classes. n Benicia Plein Air Gallery at 307 First St. Artist Iris Sabre’s exhibition “New Beginnings” will be on display. n Gallery 621 at 309 First St. n HQ Gallery, 333 First St., Suite D. Gallery artists are in the process of creating a collaboration painting to be given as a prize on the Art Walk on the second Saturday in July. The painting, a 24-inch-by-30-inch acrylic on canvas, is being created by artists Samantha McNally, Susan Street, Pat Calabro, Bruce Pope, Craig Moline, Annette Batchelor, Barb Duvall, Michal Lehmen and Ok Kyong Hanrahan. Stop by to see the work in progress and fill out a free entry for the drawing July 10. n Happy Life Pottery, 632 First St. New work is on display showcasing a variety of mediums. In addition to the ceramic art of owners David and Amy Stellato, they have the mixed-media work of Bay Area artist Travis White.

They are also introducing a series of photographic works by local artist Nicholas Gallardo in which Benicia as a whole is presented through many tiny “moments” that fit together. They are collaborating with Arts Benicia in presenting the contemporary pastel and acrylic work of artist Ellen Gust. n Arata Art Gallery, 637 First St. The gallery will premiere a new collection by owner Geraldine Arata at

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SUISUN VALLEY — The FairfieldSuisun City Visual Arts Association invites the public to the 23rd Annual Art on the Vine from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

This year’s event is a fundraiser for the Rodriguez High School Art Program and features more than 35 artists, four bands and a food truck.

The Fairfield-Suisun City Visual Arts Association hosts the Art on the Vine event every year to give local artists an opportunity to show their new artwork to the public.

There will be a variety of types of art created by local and award-winning artists to see and for purchase.

Some of the artists will include Ken Chew, acrylic and oil painting; Janet Barnes, acrylic painting; Pat Calabro, digital art; JT Whittaker, photography; Margo Scarpulla, ceramics; Jim Poff, color pencil and watercolor; Laura Klein, acrylic painting, fiber and mixed media; and Barbara Smithson, watercolor.

Other who will take part include Mary Pilcher, acrylic painting and leather; La Honda, art recycled material; Ebba Navas, oil painting; Kathy Canfield Shepard, quilling; Dennis Ariza, landscape and wildlife photography; Mei-Ling Albert, acrylic painting and mixed media; Jane Loveall, mosaic; and Doug Cooper, woodcarving.

Still other participants include Mary Gail Taylor, pottery; Bahiya Spaulding, watercolor; Maribel Passion, acrylic painting; Mike Miller, acrylic painting; Vicki Dennis, oil painting; Carolyn Mulliner, ceramics and jewelry; Lynn

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Yuppie Liberation Front will perform at 10 a.m. Saturday and Sunday during the Art of the Vine event at BackRoad Vines Winery in Suisun Valley.

Larsen, acrylic; Christine Alessio, steam punk; Barb Duvall, digital art and acrylic; and Clara Podger, acrylic.

Others scheduled to take part include Jean Purnell, oil painting; Donna Harris, acrylic, Mikol Keith, acrylic; Connie Millholland, watercolor and acrylic; Michiko Haugen, watercolor and fabric; Annette Batchelo, oil painting; Ok Hanraha, photography; Tommie Fergusson-Howard, acrylic and mixed media; Genia Greene, mixed media; Rachael Van Sloten, pottery; and Julia Ecker, pottery.

You can preview some of the artwork in a special display from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Wednesday through Friday at the Solano Town Center Gallery, located in the Solano Town Center, 1350 Travis Blvd.

Music will kick off at 10 a.m. Saturday with Yuppie Liberation Front. The School of Rock House Band will perform through the afternoon until 5 p.m.

Yuppie Liberation Front will perform again at 10 a.m. Sunday, followed by Solid Gold, who will perform until 5 p.m.

Wine tasting, including Suisun Valley labels, will be available. Bocce can be played while listening to the music and enjoying a meal by Mauricio’s Brunch-in-a-Box. The event is at BackRoad Vines Winery, 2221 Julian Lane.

Covid-19 protocols will be in place.

Admission and parking are free.

For more information, call Dennis Ariza at 688-8889.

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Arata Art Gallery owner Geraldine Arata will premiere a new collection at an Artists’ Reception during Art Walk.

Writer Catriona McPherson will read from her work and discuss writing during the pandemic on June 16.

WINTERS — Internationally known mystery writer Catriona McPherson will read from her work and discuss her writing life in a talk titled “But you always work at home!

Writing 2020.”

The free Zoom presentation, sponsored by Winters Friends of the Library, starts at 7 p.m. June 16.

Writing is a solitary pursuit, but writers depend on contact with others for research, for informal critiques and formal editing, for support and solidarity, and to make sure they don’t go batty staring at the blank page.

Professional writers are called on to speak and read their work to live audiences; they teach and lead workshops and make appearances to promote their books.

So how has the pandemic affected the life of an author?

McPherson, a best-selling author and winner of multiple awards, was

born in Scotland and lived there until immigrating to California in 2010.

She writes historical detective stories set in the old country in the 1930s featuring lady sleuth Dandy Gilver. She also writes contemporary psychological thrillers: “A Gingerbread House” is the latest of these.

After eight years in the new country, McPherson kicked off the comic “Last Ditch Motel” series, which takes a wry but affectionate look at California life.

She is a member of Mystery Writers of America, the Crime Writers’ Association, the Society of Authors and a proud lifetime member and former national president of Sisters in Crime.

Learn more at www.catriona mcpherson.com.

This Zoom talk is the last of the spring series “WFoL Wednesdays,” which features virtual programs with a local focus. Look for more information and a link to join the program at wfol.org.

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Uptown to reopen with ‘Big Bad Voodoo Daddy’ NAPA — Uptown Theatre members can purchase tickets for upcoming shows beginning at noon Wednesday.

The first show is “Big Bad Voodoo Daddy,” scheduled Aug. 20. “Big Bad Voodoo Daddy” was the first show when the Uptown Theatre opened May 14, 2010.

More shows will be announced Tuesday.

The Uptown Box Office will remain closed for at least the month of June. Ticketmaster.com is the only ticket outlet for the time being.

The Uptown Theatre staff will be fully vaccinated before returning to work.

All concert attendees must be vaccinated or show a negative Covid-19 test within 48 hours of the show. No refunds will be offered for those who do not comply.

This is subject to change based on the latest information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and local health authorities.

For more information, visit uptowntheatrenapa.com.

MTG to screen ‘Paris is Burning’ in Vallejo VALLEJO — The Mira Theatre Guild celebrates Gay Pride on June 26.

The new board’s impetus for inclusiveness led its vice president, Meja Pannell-Tyehimba, to form the Chocolate Rainbow Theatre Company, whose mission is to tell authentic stories from the LGBTQIA community.

The Mira Theatre Guild will screen the 1990 documentary “Paris is Burning.”

The evening will include performances by WomanopolySF, featuring Sgt. DieWies and her company of burlesque performers. There will also be an audience participation Vogue extravaganza.

The doors open at 6:30 p.m. with screening to begin at 7 p.m. The venue is the Bay Terrace Theatre, 51 Daniels Ave. For ticket reservations, call 552-0400.

Sabre is featured artist at Benicia Plein Air BENICIA — Iris Sabre is the featured artist this month at the Benicia Plein Air Gallery, 307 First St. Gallery hours are noon to 6 p.m. Friday through Sunday.

Sabre’s work is rooted in a belief in the restorative powers of nature – the ability of nature to provide sanctuary and solace in troubled times.

Born and raised in San Francisco, she received her bachelor’s degree in painting at San Francisco State University, as well as two teaching credentials: multiple subject and fine arts.

Sabre is a member of the California Art Club.

Her work is also shown at the San Francisco Women Artists Gallery in San Francisco and at the Marin Society of Artists Gallery in San Rafael.

You can see her work at https://irissabre.com.

‘Just a Puerto Rican kid from Brooklyn’ Jimmy Smits receives star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Tribune Content Agency Jimmy Smits has finally made his mark in Hollywood – on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

On Wednesday, the Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning actor was recognized with the 2,696th star on the iconic Los Angeles landmark at 6100 Hollywood Blvd., near Gower Street.

With a career spanning 30 years and including a wide range of roles in highly acclaimed television shows, the veteran Latino thespian took part in the virtual ceremony, where revered television director Paris Barclay and “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda sang his praises.

“What a blessed man I am. I’m just a Puerto Rican kid from Brooklyn, who was determined to follow his dream and chase passion,” Smits, 65, said as he fought back tears during his acceptance speech. “Today is honestly beyond anything

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Jimmy Smits with his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. that I could’ve envisioned.”

After making his television debut in a 1983 episode of the ABC soap opera “Ryan’s Hope,” Smits made his prime-time debut in the pilot of “Miami Vice,” portraying the partner of Detective Sonny Crockett (Don Johnson) who was killed by a car bomb in the episode’s first five minutes.

He gained notoriety for his role in the popular 1980s TV ratings juggernaut “L.A. Law,” for which he won the Primetime

Emmy Award for outstanding supporting actor in a drama series.

As one of the prominent leading actors of Hispanic descent on television, the Thomas Jefferson High School alum and Cornell University grad went onto win praise for his roles in acclaimed dramas “NYPD Blue,” “The West Wing” and “Sons of Anarchy.”

He also appeared in “Dexter,” “24: Legacy” and “How to Get Away with Murder.”

“My goal as an actor has been to interpret and to bring into life fully rounded characters with thought provoking stories, hopefully, that reflect the American experience,” said Smits. “So does it matter that I’m Hispanic, Latino, Latinx? You bet it does,” he said.

“My heritage informs all my characters, no matter who they are. And believe me, I’m very proud to be someone who continues in the tradition of actors like Jose Ferrer, Anthony Quinn, Rita Moreno, Raul Julia. I think that what’s driven me from the beginning of my professional career through these days is an ongoing visualization and realization of a dream,” Smits added.

Smits also appeared in several big screen films, including “My Family/ Mi Familia,” Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones” and “Old Gringo” with Gregory Peck, whose star is near Smits’ at Hollywood and Gower in Hollywood.

Tickets for ‘Hamilton’ in Walk Sacramento on sale Monday From Page B1

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FA I R F I EL D — Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Monday for the Broadway On Tour presentation of “Hamilton,” opening Sept. 15 in Sacramento.

The show runs through Oct. 10.

Performances are at the SAFE Credit Union Performing Arts Center, 1301 L St. There is a maximum

purchase limit of eight tickets per household /ac c ou nt for the engagement.

“It’s tempting to get tickets any way you can,” said producer Jeffrey Speller in a press release.

“There are many sites and people who are selling overpriced, and in some cases, fraudulent tickets.”

Speller said for the best seats, the best prices and to eliminate the risk of counterfeit

tickets, all purchases for the Sacramento engagement should be made Broadwaythrough Sacramento.com.

“Hamilton” features a score that blends hiphop, jazz, R&B and Broadway. The story centers on American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton.

To purchase tickets for the engagement, call 916-557-1999 or visit BroadwaySacramento. com.

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VACAVILLE — The Covid-19 pandemic may have drastically cut back the season and delayed its start until late April, but one thing remained the same in Monticello Empire League wrestling for the 2020-21 school year: Vacaville High steamrolling to the championship.

The Bulldogs won the MEL title for the 44th time in the league’s 45-year history by winning 12 of the 13 individual championships at Will C. Wood

High on May 29.

Winning for Vacaville were Kainoa Medina, 115 pounds, by pin; Tyler Riley, 122 pounds, by pin; Logan Valledor, 128 pounds, by forfeit; Isreal Alvarez, 134 pounds, by 9-5 decision; Qasai Marini, 140 pounds, by pin; Eric Almarinez, 147 pounds, by pin; Ethan Birch, 154 pounds, by pin; Jason Brauning, 160 pounds, by pin; Nathan Wold, 170 pounds, by injury default; Francisco Ochoa, 182 pounds, by pin; Logan Kuehl, 197 pounds, by

pin; Mills Sweany, 222 pounds, in overtime; and Jai Guerra, heavyweight, by decision.

Elijah Sanderford was second at 108 pounds.

The other championship was won by pin at 108 pounds by Wood’s Autumn Garrett, who became the first female wrestler to win an MEL championship and was voted the meet’s Outstanding Lightweight Wrestler by the league’s coaches.

Kuehl was chosen as the Outstanding Heavyweight Wrestler.

Also placing for Wood were Ismael Villoria, third, 140; Andrew Nielsen, third, 154; Ty

Parado, second, 162; Dominic Barnett, second, 172; Steven Lukens, second, 184; Jakob Smithson, second, 197; Conor Lenke, second, 222; and Charles Horton, second, heavyweight.

Placing for Rodriguez were Hero Runas, second, 115; Taylon Bertrand, third, 122; Isrheal Rivera, third, 134; Xavier Chacon, second, 140; Elijah Rayrao, second, 147; Bryeton-Dylan Ledesma, third, 162; and Devan Lakhan, third, heavyweight.

Armijo’s placers included Alonzo Price, second, 122; Dominic Haber, second, 134;

Dominic Perez, fourth, 140; Gilberto Rodriguez, second, 154; Rhys Morris, third, 172; Aiden Roberts, fourth, 222; and Oeiskie Louis-Cleveland, fourth, heavyweight.

For Fairfield, Jimmy Green was third at 222.

In the team competition, Wood was second, Rodriguez third, Armijo fourth and Fairfield fifth.

The tournament was the conclusion of a shortened, delayed and eagerly-awaited season for the MEL wresters.

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Essential Quality, with Luis Saez up, left, wins the 153rd running of the Belmont Stakes as Hot Rod Charlie, with

Flavien Prat up, finishes second at Belmont Park, Saturday, in Elmont, N.Y.

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in a good spot where they would come back. [Saez] did a fantastic job putting him in position turning for home, and he really showed his stamina late.”

It was also Saez’s first Triple Crown victory.

“It was so special,” Saez said. “I’m so proud to be here and come out with a victory. The [2019 Kentucky] Derby was a little tough, but you know, stuff happens, so I’m OK.” Saez was aboard Maximum Security when he finished first but was disqualified for interference in that Derby.

O’Neill was obviously pleased with Hot Rod Charlie’s performance.

“I thought he was going to come back, honest,” O’Neill said. “And in my mind, he did come back.

Essential Quality beats Hot Rod Charlie to win Belmont Stakes ELMONT, N.Y. — In the summer of last year at Keeneland, Brad Cox had just seen Essential Quality complete a strong workout when the trainer made a proclamation. “That’s my Belmont Stakes horse,” Cox said.

And he was right.

You can forget the fact that Cox has made that statement about other horses and that Essential Quality was his first Belmont starter. The way the 3-year-old colt looked Saturday, there was no doubt he was a Belmont Stakes horse.

He ran patiently midpack through the opening half of the 1 1/2-mile race under a strong hold from jockey Luis Saez. Enter-

ing the far turn he started picking off horses, and at the top of the stretch he had drawn even with leader Hot Rod Charlie.

Hot Rod Charlie, based at Santa Anita and trained

by Doug O’Neill, ran a winning race. He just didn’t win, instead finishing second by 1 1/4 lengths in the final leg of the Triple Crown.

Essential Quality paid $4.60, $3.00 and $2.60.

Rombauer, trained by Michael McCarthy, was third, followed by Known Agenda, Bourbonic, Rock Your World, Overtook and France Go De Ina. “I thought the [fast pace] benefitted our horse,” Cox said. “Hot Rod Charlie ran a tremendous race, and I thought, with the hot pace, we were

He gave everything he had today. There was definitely a part of me where I was saying they are going to be bobbing heads and we are going to get the bob. Essential Quality had more today. Thank [goodness] they don’t run mile-and-ahalf races every day.”

Flavien Prat was the winning rider on Rombauer in the Preakness but elected to go back to Hot Rod Charlie, whom he rode in the Derby. He too was happy with the colt’s effort.

“We had a good race,” Prat said. “He was traveling well on the lead, and he was really game [Saturday]. . . . I’m really proud of my horse.”

Essential Quality’s path See Belmont, Page B5

‘Feels like coming home’: NASCAR returns to Sonoma Raceway Phil Barber

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SONOMA — For the first time in two years, NASCAR is coming to Sonoma Raceway. Which means that for the first time in two years, Captain Ron’s Bar was serving up cold drinks Thursday, in the grassy, wind-scoured lot known as 50 Acres Campground, just across the road from the track.

Chris Paulsen had not yet donned his pirate outfit, an elaborate costume that features a wooden leg. (Not a replica peg leg, mind you, but a real one; Paulsen lost his left leg when a Navy fighter jet ran over his foot on an aircraft carrier three decades ago.) But the sleek bar was assembled, the skeletons propped up, the Jolly Roger flag flying upside down to signify affiliation with a NASCAR fan group that calls itself the Infield Speedway Crazies.

“I only see these guys once a year,” Paulsen said, gesturing at his fellow campers. “So to have to go two

On TV “Toyota/Save Mart 350” 1 p.m. Sunday FS1 – Channel 408 (Comcast)

years without seeing them, it’s really, really, really missed. Not having it last year, it really was tough on us.”

NASCAR’s absence from Sonoma County was hard on a lot of people.

Diehard stock car fans had their hopes dashed in 2020 and their emotions toyed with in the early months of 2021. Local hotels and restaurants went without an event that typically brings tens of millions of dollars into the county. And it has been close to two years since the raceway hosted a major spectator race.

The drought will end this weekend, though, culminating with Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350. It is expected to draw somewhere around 15,500 people, the biggest Bay Area sports crowd since before

the coronavirus pandemic struck in March 2020.

“It was just this pent-up demand and enthusiasm,” said Jill Gregory, who is overseeing her first race since becoming Sonoma Raceway executive vice president and general manager in February. “They haven’t had NASCAR here in 714 days, for those of you counting. NASCAR fans are very passionate. They miss the drivers, they miss the excitement, the sounds.”

It was a pretty quiet start here, though. The line of RVs streaming into the campground seemed pretty normal. But with ancillary events starting late this year, the hubbub was minimal Thursday.

In a typical year, the haulers pulling the NASCAR vehicles would have assembled for a parade in Sacramento on Thursday morning, convoyed to the Carneros wetlands and pulled into Sonoma Raceway around 2 p.m. that day.

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SAN FRANCISCO — Kevin Gausman made one significant mistake Saturday, leaving a 96-mph fastball over the middle of the plate in the second inning that Patrick Wisdom took over the center-field wall.

Otherwise, Gausman was about as brilliant as he’s been all year, striking out 10 and allowing just two walks over seven innings to lead the error-prone Giants to a 4-3 win over the Cubs at Oracle Park.

Alex Dickerson hit a solo home in the third inning and Chadwick Tromp and LaMonte Wade Jr. both had RBI singles in the fourth as the Giants won for the seventh time in eight games.

San Francisco will look to sweep its four-game series with the Cubs on Sunday afternoon.

After Wisdom’s homer gave the Cubs a 2-0 lead, Gausman retired 16 of the

next 17 batters as he’s now lasted at least six innings in 11 of his 12 starts this year. Jake McGee pitched a perfect eighth and Tyler Rogers, after some hairy moments in the ninth, earned his eighth save.

Rogers induced four straight ground balls in the ninth, but only was able to record one out.

With the Giants up 4-2, Mauricio Dubón had some shaky moments in the infield and in a scary moment, Evan Longoria collided with Brandon Crawford as both moved to field a grounder from Anthony Rizzo. A Cubs’ run scored on the play, as Longoria remained on the infield dirt for a few moments before he left the game.

With two runners on, Rogers struck out Willson Contreras and got Jason Heyward to ground out to Dubón to end the game. The Giants made three errors in the game, with two being charged in the ninth.

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Justin Turner of the Los Angeles Dodgers is tagged out in the 10th inning by Willson Contreras of the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field, May 5, in Chicago, Illinois.

MLB’s extra-inning rule is a hit with some, a whiff with others Jorge Castillo

LOS ANGELES TIMES

LOS ANGELES — May 1 was the 101st anniversary of a remarkable if obscure baseball game rediscovered every year.

On that date in 1920, Leon Cadore, a righthander for the Brooklyn Robins, and Joe Oeschger of the Boston Braves tossed 26-inning complete games opposite each other. Cadore is estimated to have thrown 338 pitches. Oeschger tossed 316. The game ended in a 1-1 tie because of darkness after 3 hours and 50 minutes.

The Dodgers – the Robins’ descendants – were in Milwaukee for the anniversary this year.

Cadore’s name accordingly resurfaced during the television broadcast while the Dodgers and

Brewers played a game that would’ve been unrecognizable to him.

The Brewers beat the Dodgers that day, 6-5, in 11 innings at American Family Field. Starter Dustin May blew out his elbow in the second inning and the Dodgers used 10 pitchers. The Brewers countered with six. The Dodgers, left without a bench, used Clayton Kershaw as a pinch-hitter with the bases loaded in the 10th inning for the second time in a week.

The game still lasted 4:48.

It probably would’ve gone longer if a runner wasn’t placed at second base to start each extra inning. It’s a rule Major League Baseball – an institution slow to enforce change in recent decades – initially impleSee Rule, Page B4

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Scoreboard BASEBALL Miami

Sunday’s TV sports Baseball College •Squeeze Play, ESPN2, 9 a.m.

•Teams TBA, ESPNU, 9 a.m.

•Teams TBA, SEC, 9 a.m.

•Teams TBA, SEC, noon •Squeeze Play, ESPNU, noon •Teams TBA, ESPNU, 1 p.m.

•Teams TBA, SEC, 3 p.m.

•Teams TBA, ESPNU, 4 p.m.

•Teams TBA, ESPNU, 7 p.m.

MLB •L.A. Dodgers at Atlanta, MLB, 10 a.m.

•Oakland at Seattle, NBCSCA, 1 p.m.

•Chicago Cubs at San Francisco, NBCSBA, 1 p.m.

•Boston at N.Y. Yankees, ESPN, 4 p.m.

Basketball NBA Playoffs •Atlanta at Philadelphia, Game 1, Chs. 7, 10, 10 a.m.

•Dallas at L.A. Clippers, Game 7, Chs. 7, 10, 12:30 p.m.

Golf •European Tour, Porsche European Open, second round, GOLF, 3 a.m.

•PGA Tour, The Memorial, final round, GOLF, 9 a.m.

•PGA Tour, The Memorial, final round, Chs. 5, 13, 11:30 a.m.

•PGA Tour Champions, Principal Charity Classic, final round, GOLF, 11:30 a.m.

•USGA, U.S. Women’s Open, final round, Ch. 3, noon Gymnastics •U.S. Championships, men’s events, Ch. 3, 11 a.m.

Hockey NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs •Winnipeg at Montreal, Game 3, NBCSN, 3 p.m.

•Colorado at Vegas, Game 4, NBCSN, 5:30 p.m.

Horse racing •America’s Day at the Races, FS2, 9:30 a.m.

Lacrosse •PLL, Waterdogs vs. Cannons, NBCSN, 10 a.m.

Motorsports •Formula 1, Azerbaijan Grand Prix, ESPN, 4:55 a.m.

•NASCAR, Cup Series, Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway, FS1, 1 p.m.

Rodeo •WCRA Rode Corpus Christi, Chs. 5, 13, 10 a.m.

Rugby •MLR, New England Free Jacks vs. Old Glory, FS2, 3 p.m Soccer •UEFA Under-21 Championship, final, ESPN2, 11:50 a.m.

Softball Women’s College World Series •Game 11, ESPN, 10 a.m.

•Game 12, ESPN, 12:30 p.m.

•Game 13, ESPN2, 4 p.m., if necessary •Game 14, ESPN2, 6:30 p.m., if necessary Tennis •French Open, Round of 16, TENNIS, 2 and 3 a.m.

•French Open, Round of 16, Ch. 3, 9 a.m.

•French Open, Round of 16, TENNIS, 2 and 3 a.m.

(Monday) Track and Field •American Track League, ESPN2, 2 p.m.

American League East Division W L 37 23 35 23 30 26 31 28 20 38 Central Division Chicago White Sox 35 23 Cleveland 31 25 Kansas City 29 27 Detroit 24 34 Minnesota 23 35 West Division OAKLAND 35 25 Houston 32 26 Seattle 29 30 L.A. Angels 26 31 Texas 23 37

Tampa Bay Boston Toronto N.Y. Yankees Baltimore

Pct GB .617 — .603 1 .536 5 .525 5½ .345 16 .603 — .554 3 .518 5 .411 11 .397 12 .583 — .552 2 .492 5½ .456 7½ .383 12

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N.Y. Mets Atlanta Philadelphia Washington

East Division W L 27 23 27 29 27 30 24 31

Pct GB .540 — .482 3 .474 3½ .436 5½

The trucks would have lined up like sentinels across from the garage area, and the garage itself would have begun to buzz with activity.

Thursday afternoon, the only people in the garage were Bridget Burgess, a 19-yearold driver in the ARCA Menards West Series (sort of the NASCAR minor leagues), and her father/ crew chief, Adam. They were tinkering with her No. 88 car.

Burgess and her rivals were scheduled to run the ARCA race Saturday, after which a sanitation crew was set to sweep through and disinfect the garage, making it safe for the NASCAR teams.

Those crews wouldn’t arrive until late Saturday afternoon.

The sport’s celebrities, drivers like Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano and Kevin Harvick, will drop in Sunday morning, trade paint on the twisting road course and get out before the sun goes down.

The racing should look much the same in 2021, but many details of the race experience will be altered. All tickets are strictly digital; fans will have to display them on their phones for entry.

Transactions within the facility, from barbecue to licensed apparel, will be card-only. Fans can bring

food and beverages, as always, but must pack it into a transparent bag.

And the roar of the crowd will be less uproarious.

Stuck in the orange tier for weeks now, Sonoma County is limiting outdoor events to 33% of capacity.

For Sonoma Raceway, that translates to no more than 15,667 people. The facility had trouble even reaching that figure, due to 6-foot social-distancing requirements. To get there, it has added a small section of seating at the first turn, never before used for a NASCAR race.

Leery of showing bald patches of empty seats to a national TV audience, organizers are selling cardboard cutouts, with proceeds donated to Speedway Children’s Charities.

Gregory and her staff couldn’t assign seats to actual people until they had devised the configuration. The delay necessitated a lot of lategame communication between the ticket-sales team and customers.

Asked when Sonoma Raceway finalized seat assignments, Gregory looked at her watch.

“What time is it now?” she replied.

This weekend’s race will be the last one on the NASCAR schedule to require Covid-19 safety restrictions, Gregory said.

The Toyota/Save

phia wins 4-1 Atlanta 103, New York 89, Atlanta wins 4-1 Utah 126, Memphis 110, Utah wins 4-1 Dallas 105, L.A. Clippers 100, Dallas leads 3-2 Thursday, June 3 Denver 126, Portland 115, Denver wins 4-2 Phoenix 113, L.A. Lakers 100, Phoenix wins 4-2 Friday’s Games L.A. Clippers104, Dallas 97, series tied 3-3 Second Round Saturday’s Game Brooklyn 115, Milwaukee 107, Brooklyn leads 1-0 Sunday’s Games Atlanta at Philadelphia, 10 a.m.

Dallas at L.A. Clippers, 12:30 p.m.

Monday’s Games Milwaukee at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m.

Denver at Phoenix, 7 p.m.

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NHL Playoffs

NBA Playoffs First Round Saturday, May 29 Milwaukee 120, Miami 103, Minnesota wins 4-0 Tuesday, June 1 Brooklyn 123, Boston 109, Brooklyn wins 4-1 Wednesday, June 2 Philadelphia 129, Washington 112, Philadel-

HOCKEY Second Round Friday’s Games Montreal 1, Winnipeg 0, Montreal leads 2-0 Vegas 3, Colorado 2, Colorado leads 2-1 Saturday’s Games Tampa Bay 6, Carolina 4, Tampa Bay leads 3-1 N.Y. Islanders 4, Boston 1, series tied 2-2 Sunday’s Games Winnipeg at Montreal, 3 p.m.

Colorado at Vegas, 5:30 p.m.

Monday’s Games N.Y. Islanders at Boston, 3:30 p.m.

Winnipeg at Montreal, 5 p.m.

Rule: Cut length of extra-inning games From Page B3 mented in 2020 to expedite results during the pandemic-shortened 60-game regular season after trials in the minors. It was kept for the 2021 regular season – not the postseason – after widespread approval outweighed initial aversion. The rationale: The league wants to avoid marathon games for both baseball and entertainment purposes.

On the baseball front, shorter games help reduce injuries when pitchers are throwing harder than ever while limiting the need for teams to hastily overhaul bullpens for fresh arms.

As for entertainment, MLB has been spurred by the reality that most fans aren’t sticking around to watch regular-season games go 15 innings at the pace games are played today.

“The current regular-season extra-innings rule has been enormously popular with our fans and with our Clubs, and has significantly reduced the length of extra-inning games,” Morgan Sword, MLB’s executive vice president of baseball operations, said in a statement.

The rule isn’t a permanent solution – at least not yet. The league and players’ union are expected to discuss permanently adopting it when the current collec-

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24 33 .421 6½

Central Division Chicago Cubs 32 26 .552 — Milwaukee 32 26 .552 — St. Louis 31 28 .525 1½ Cincinnati 27 29 .482 4 Pittsburgh 23 34 .404 8½ West Division SAN FRANCISCO 37 21 .638 — San Diego 36 23 .610 1½ L.A. Dodgers 34 24 .586 3 Colorado 23 36 .390 14½ Arizona 20 40 .333 18 Friday’s Games OAKLAND 9, Colorado 5 SAN FRANCISCO 8, Chicago Cubs 5 Baltimore 3, Cleveland 1 Washington 2, Philadelphia 1 Pittsburgh 9, Miami 2 Boston 5, N.Y. Yankees 2 Houston 13, Toronto 1 L.A. Dodgers 9, Atlanta 5 Texas 5, Tampa Bay 4 Kansas City 14, Minnesota 5 Chicago White Sox 9, Detroit 8 Milwaukee 5, Arizona 1 Cincinnati 6, St. Louis 4 L.A. Angels 3, Seattle 2 San Diego 2, N.Y. Mets 0 Saturday’s Games SAN FRANCISCO 4, Chicago Cubs 3 OAKLAND 6, Colorado 3 Detroit 4, Chicago White Sox 3 Cincinnati 5, St. Louis 2 Toronto 6, Houston 2 Cleveland 10, Baltimore 4 Tampa Bay 3, Texas 0 Philadelphia 5, Washington 2 Pittsburgh 8, Miami 7 Minnesota 5, Kansas City 4

Milwaukee 7, Arizona 5 Atlanta 6, L.A. Dodgers 4 Boston 7, N.Y. Yankees 3 Seattle at L.A. Angels, (n) N.Y. Mets at San Diego, (n) Sunday’s Games OAKLAND at Colorado, 12:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at SAN FRANCISCO, 1:05 p.m.

Cleveland at Baltimore, 10:05 a.m.

Washington at Philadelphia, 10:05 a.m.

Miami vs. Pittsburgh, 10:05 a.m.

Houston vs. Toronto, 10:07 a.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Atlanta, 10:20 p.m.

Minnesota at Kansas City, 11:10 a.m.

Detroit at Chicago White Sox, 11:10 a.m.

Arizona at Milwaukee, 11:10 a.m.

Cincinnati at St. Louis, 11:15 a.m.

Tampa Bay at Texas, 11:35 a.m.

Seattle at L.A. Angels, 1:07 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at San Diego, 1:10 p.m.

Boston at N.Y. Yankees, 4:08 p.m.

Monday’s Games Miami at Boston, 2:10 p.m.

Kansas City at L.A. Angels, 6:38 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at San Diego, 7:10 p.m.

Mart 350 generally falls on Father’s Day. Moving up the event two weeks on the calendar might have cost the raceway big money. Father’s Day will come after June 15, the boldfaced, circled-in-red date on which the state of California plans to drop most social-distancing requirements.

Asked whether she feels a twinge of frustration at the timing, Gregory said, “No question. We have all looked at the calendar.”

At some point, raceway staff had to decide whether to hold back and wait to see if Sonoma County could advance to the yellow tier, or to plow forward with logistics. “Once we kind of put the stake in the ground and knew it would stay how it is today, we accepted that,” Gregory said.

There are some restrictions in 50 Acres Campground, too. There’s no “horseshoe camping” allowed; RVs in the same cluster are supposed to face the same direction, rather than forming central common spaces.

Fans are asked to stay within their pods, and to mask up when walking between campsites.

Thursday, enforcement of those rules was pretty much nonexistent.

None of the campers seemed a bit worried. In fact, most were thrilled to be back at an activity that has become a rite of summer.

tive bargaining agreement expires Dec. 1.

The league considered several ideas before choosing “the minor league rule,” including ending games in a push to make the next day’s game worth two wins, having a statistic serve as the tiebreaker after the ninth inning (most hits or fewest strikeouts are examples), taking one fielder off the field each inning, a home run derby, and sudden death to end the game after an extra half inning.

In the sudden-death scenario, a situation would be created in which the team on offense has a roughly 50% chance of scoring (a runner at first with nobody out or runners at first and second with one out are possible examples). If the team on offense scores, it wins. If not, the team on defense wins.

The league also contemplated enforcing the answer adopted by sports

leagues around the world: the tie. Though an odd concept – even sacrilegious to some – for Major League Baseball, Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball league and Korea’s KBO League, the highest level of baseball in those countries, have ties after 12 innings.

Miami Marlins third base coach Trey Hillman spent five seasons as a manager in Japan and two in Korea. Hillman said he’s against the countries’ iteration because ties aren’t included in the standings. Theoretically, Hillman said, a team can win the first game, tie for the rest of the season and finish in first place with a 1.000 winning percentage.

He said MLB would have to adopt a points system to give wins more value.

“I remember just like it was yesterday, the feeling that I had being confused when our Japanese players were congratulating each other at the end

of the 12th inning and we tied and I asked my pitching coach,” Hillman said.

“I said, ‘What are they doing?’ He said, ‘A tie’s better than a loss.’ “ Players, executives and scouts offered opinions on the tie split along three groups: indifferent, pro, and against.

“Just tradition,” one executive said. “That’s pretty much the only argument against it.”

“I actually like the runner on second,” one scout said. “I would vote for that over ties. I think the runner on second adds some excitement. Much more exciting than just starting an inning clean.”

“I’ve always said ties should be a thing,” Toronto Blue Jays and former Dodgers pitcher Ross Stripling said in a text.

“Maybe play a normal 10th inning and then it’s a tie. There are 162 games.

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Local: Armijo’s McGee Coach of the Year Belmont: Stakes From Page B3 to consist of league duals or duals by neighboring counties in the same tier,” Wood coach Jeremy Barnett said. “The MEL coaches attempted to keep some consistency and wanted to have a MEL tournament where all the league teams could come together and compete as they always do.

“This process required a proposal to be sent to Solano County Public Health for approval. In an effort for approval it was the first time a wrestling tournament in the area was asked to happen without any fans or parents at the tournament location. Much to the happiness of all those that were involved the MEL tournament was approved by public health to happen on May 29.”

Prep boys soccer

Four standouts share top MEL honors FAIRFIELD — Ties are common in soccer and it was that way in All-Monticello Empire League boys voting done last week.

Christopher Khoury and Mason Jacobo of champion Vacaville were chosen as MEL offensive and defensive players of the year, respectively, but share the honors. Will C. Wood’s Kobe Rolling joins Khoury as co-Offensive Player of the Year, while Rodriguez’s Juan De Hero is co-Defensive Player of the Year with Jacobo.

Vacaville’s Tony Bussard was named Coach of the Year.

All four players of the year also made the All-MEL first team.

Joining Khoury and Jacobo from Vacaville

are Irving Gonzalez and Nathan Beltran, Eziekiel McK inney and Uriel Higareda.

Wood’s other first teams include Max Mendoza and Gabe Sanchez.

Also making the team from Rodriguez was Leonardo Ateaga and Matteo Arias.

Others named to the first team were Armijo’s Andy Rodriguez, Fairfield’s David Duran and Vanden’s Giancarlo Novelli.

Honorable mention by school: Armijo: Cesar Molina, Chris Hernandez-Gomez and Emiliano Hurtado.

Fa ir field: Humberto Cisneros.

Rodriguez: Jesus Chowell-Franco and Cameron Belandres.

Vacaville: Andrew Hagerman.

Vanden: Cooper Mathis.

Wood: Darion Minouei, Max Galliano and Carson Sacca.

jo’s Ximena Rodriguez, Lilliana Fenn and Lesley Mendoza; Rodriguez’s Ysabella Beladres and Katie Garrigan; Vanden’s Catelyn Rech; and Fairfield’s Aileen Solorio.

Honorable mention by school: Armijo: Aracely Olmos.

Fairfield: Arianna Nunez.

Rodriguez: Sophia A mmons, Elizabeth Anderson and Mandy Folkin.

Vacaville: Sydney Boele, Makayla Oliver, C a s s id y Howel l, Gracie Holbein and Natalia Rodriguez.

Vanden: Kylie Eisan, Delaney Ramsell and Kaleia Grinton.

Wood: Rebecca Smith, Grace Vojkufka and Jessica Biasotti.

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ACE OF THE MONTH AND LOW PUTTS Ace of the month: Suzi Masterson net 73 Flight 1 1, Lynn Traver, 31 putts.

2, Doris Sundly, 34 putts.

3, Diane Scholz, 35 putts.

4 (tie), Marsha Berry and Pam Fashing, 36 putts.

Flight 2 1, Lois Dutcher, 32 putts.

2, Suzi Masterson, 35 putts.

3, Donna Nunes, 36 putts.

4 (tied), Jan Benner, Loretta Ortenblad and Joan Rexford, 37 putts.

Flight 3 1 (tie), Kathy Moore and Alma Renko, 35 putts.

3 (tie), Lynn Grace and Jill Smith, 37 putts.

Flight 4 1, Linda VanNieuwburg, 34 putts.

2 (tie), Pat Kistler and JoAnne Smith, 36 putts.

4 (tie), Darl McCarthy and Linda Rowe, 37 putts.

Chip ins: Linda VanNieuwburg, No. 4; Cindy Brown, No. 11; and Jill Smith, No. 16.

Broke 100: Sandy Smith, 97;

Gerber, Rolling MEL players of the year VACAVILLE — Ava Gerber of champion Vacaville High and Kylie Rolling, the league’s leading scorer from Will C. Wood, were named the defensive and offensive players of the year, respectively, in All-Monticello Empire League girls soccer voting conducted last week.

A rmijo’s Regina McGee was named Coach of the Year.

Also on the first team from Vacaville are Lauren Gammon, Bailey Erbland and Kamryn Bubak, while others from Wood include Kaeley Cariglio, Jennifer Perez and Taylor Ford.

The other members of the first team are Armi-

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to this win started last September at Churchill Downs and then at Keeneland. He won his first two races and then took the biggest race for 2-year-olds, the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. That win in November earned him the Eclipse Award for best 2-year-old colt.

He then took a couple of months off before winning the Southwest at Oaklawn Park and the Blue Grass at Keeneland.

He went into the Kentucky Derby as the favorite, but right out of the gate he collided with Rock Your World and it appeared to doom his chances to win the race.

He did make up a lot of ground and finished fourth, behind Hot Rod Charlie. It was his first, and still only, loss.

This might turn out to be Cox’s second Triple Crown victory, but for now, it’s just his first. He trained Mandaloun, who finished second in the Kentucky Derby behind Medina Spirit. The Bob Baffert-trained Medina Spirit tested positive for a legal medication, just one that’s not legal on race day. Both samples came back positive for betamethasone, an antiinflammatory. Baffert says the horse was being treated with an ointment for a rash and that’s how it got in his system.

The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission is expected to disqualify Medina Spirit, which will be followed by a hearing and eventually litigation.

Only one other time

SWEEPS Flight 1 10-13 handicaps 1, Judy Royle, 25.

2, Gloria Ostrum, 29.

3, Genny Lopez, 30.

4, Judi Moses, 34.

Flight 2 14-16 handicaps 1, Kitty Lockwood, 29.

2, Barbara James, 32.

3, Sue Watkins, 33*.

4, Kim Weaver, 33*.

Flight 3 17-19 handicaps 1, Jean Horan, 30.

2, Diana Choate, 31.

3, Nancy Schlesinger, 33.

Flight 4 20-21 handicaps 1, Marilyn Weaver, 24.

2, Marge Tye, 26.

3, Terri Denton, 32*.

Flight 5 22-25 handicaps 1, Rosie McCown, 27.

2, Shirley Morris, 28.

3, Shirley Helmich, 30.

4, Cathy Treece, 33. *Ties broke with handicap holes Birdies: Genny Lopez, No. 4; Marilee Schauff, No. 4.

Chip-ins: Marilee Schauff, No. 4; Rosemarie Chonzena, No. 2.

Paradise Valley Women’s Golf Club ACE AND PUTTER OF THE MONTH Ace of the Month: Darlene Goodman, net 66.

Putters of the Month: Beryl Bridges and Nanci Stevenson, 32 putts.

Flight 1 1, Darlene Goodman, 66.

2, Regina Cortez, 72.

3, Maria Quaintance, 76.

4, Des Javier, 76.

Flight 2 1, Vicky Flandi, 76.

2, Rita May, 77.

3, LeeAnn Fortney, 77.

4, Sandy Kreger, 80.

Flight 3 1, Lisa Finnegan, 70.

2, Beryl Bridges, 71.

3, Becky Carroll, 73.

4, Henri Newland, 73.

Closest to pin No. 8: Darlene Goodman 11-5.

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was a Kentucky Derby winner disqualified for medication, and that was in 1968 when Dancer’s Image was taken down and Forward Pass made the winner. It took four years to settle the case.

And if horse racing has not had enough controversy this year, Essential Quality is owned by Godolphin, which is controlled by Dubai’s ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. He is under scrutiny for alleged human right violations, including the disappearance of his daughter. A complaint was filed to try to keep Essential Quality out of the Kentucky Derby. It failed.

One of his daughters said she is being held against her will in Dubai, and another daughter hasn’t been seen since 2000 after being taken while in England. Shiek Mohammed said his second daughter has been found. Last year, a judge in England ruled Sheikh Mohammed was behind both abductions.

But the controversies that seem to follow horse racing seemed to take a back seat on this hot day on Long Island with 11,238 fans in attendance.

For about 2 1/2 minutes, all that seemed to matter was the race and a great stretch dual by two talented colts.

And they might both come back to New York and go against each other at Saratoga in the Travers.

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Commissary helps mark fathers, Army’s birthday and Flag Day Air Force News Service FORT LEE, Va. — Throughout the month of June, the commissary will run a number of sales promotions to help customers save more as they observe the Army’s 246th birthday, Flag Day and Father’s Day. “As we celebrate these special days, the commissary is also delivering even greater savings to our service men and women and their families,” said Marine Sgt. Maj. Michael R. Saucedo, the Defense Commissary Agency’s senior enlisted adviser to the DeCA director. “We also remind our customers to visit their commissary website.”

On the DeCA website, Commissaries.com, customers will find the Rewards and Savings section to access and download the latest sales flyer at https://www.commissaries. com/rewards-and-savings/ savings-center/featured-itemssales-flyer. The sales flyer is loaded with deals. Special highlights on healthy living, nutritious foods, recipes and other commissary services are included.

Here are a few sales specials to consider for commissary June savings: n Father’s Day Deli/Bakery Sales Event. Celebrate dad with an in-store decorated, singlelayer Father’s Day cake on sale at your local commissary deli/ bakery department June 17-20.

Check store for availability. n 4-Day Deal. From June 24 to 27, promotions are available for several commissary store brands: Freedom’s Choice three-bag microwave popcorn varieties, five for $5, June 17-20, Freedom’s Choice Purified Water, two for $3, and Freedom’s Choice Spring Water, two for $4. n Sub-primal Meat Sale.

Sub-primal meats are sold at-cost and can be processed and cut upon request. Customers must buy the entire sub-primal to receive the at-cost price. Consult your commissary meat department. n Meat Power Boxes. Just in time for Father’s Day, customers can get all their meats for roasting, braising, stewing and grilling at participating stateside commissaries. Check with your meat department for availability. n Congratulations Graduates. Let your commissary’s deli/bakery department help you plan the menu for your gathering to celebrate your graduate. From sandwich trays to sides and appetizers, your commissary can make it easy and fun. Also, June 18 is Sushi Day. Try adding a beautiful sushi tray from your commissary. Check store availability.

“I cannot stress enough how much you save – about 25% annually – by using your commissary benefit,” Saucedo said.

“For our patrons who have not shopped their commissary, we welcome you to come experience a great shopping atmosphere and take advantage of savings that you’ve earned.”

Airman 1st Class Matthew Porter/U.S. Air Force file photos

Tech. Sgt. Lance Oakes, fire team lead assigned to the 621st Contingency Response Squadron, activates a semi-autonomous quadrupedal

unmanned ground vehicle during Exercise Mobility Guardian at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Michigan, May 22.

Devil Raiders accelerate change for future fight at

Mobility Guardian 21 Air Force News Service ALPENA COMBAT READINESS TRAINING CENTER, Mich. — Devil Raiders tested their Air Base Opening and Agile Combat Employment capabilities May 15-27, alongside other combat and mobility air forces as well as joint and total force partners throughout Air Mobility Command’s biennial Mobility Guardian exercise.

During Mobility Guardian 2021, participants focused on all-domain operations in contested, degraded, and operationally-limited environments against a simulated high-end adversary. The scenario drove a response to adversary aggressions threatening the security and sovereignty of the exercise area of responsibility.

Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing played an integral role in securing the simulated environment at Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport, which is one of three locations contingency response forces operated from during MG21.

The airmen established a contingency response element comprised of airmen in different specialties including aerial porters, loadmasters, airfield management, vehicle mechanics, aerospace ground equipment technicians, security forces liaisons, an independent

ing or downloading litters, we can also set up tents and operate heavy machinery not exclusive to our career field.”

The contingency response element tents and equipment were supported by new specialized lightweight fabric solar panels. The standard power grid can be augmented by placing the solar panels on top of tents or on standalone structures within a secured location.

“Even on cloudy days these panels generate two to three kilowatts, enough to run a genAir Transportation technicians assigned to the 437 Maintenance erator on a battery for most of Squadron load MRZR Tactical Warfighters onto a C-17 Globemaster the night,” said Staff Sgt. Johnaduring Exercise Mobility Guardian, May 25, 2021. than Cullar, 621st Contingency duty medical technician and solutions to problems before Response Support Squadron aerospace ground equipment various others. leadership knows they exist.”

A contingency response One of the new ways Devil supervisor. “This is a practical, element is responsible for Raiders were able to support eco-friendly and easily transreceiving, managing and the contingency response ported way to power our grid and generating U.S. forces in a con- element at Oscoda was save on fuel costs.” tingency environment. through the uploading and Devil Raiders not only prorole here at downloading of KC-135 Strato- vided support at Oscoda, “Our MG21 in regard to the con- tankers, KC-10 Extenders and contingency response squadtingency response element at KC-46A Pegasus. rons were also present at Volk “Contingency response Field Air National Guard Base, Oscoda is to serve as the central means for mobility airmen revolves around our ability as Wisconsin, and the Alpena to receive the resources and airmen with cross-functional Combat Readiness Training advocacy required to carry out training to provide multi- Center, Michigan. their mission,” said Capt. Sean ple levels of support and fill “A contingency response Bryant, 821st Contingency in where necessary to accom- team, which we’ve established Response Squadron base oper- plish the mission,” said Staff here at Volk, allows mobilating support integrator and a Sgt. Tyler Greene, 821st Con- ity airmen to dig in and secure commander. “My role specifi- tingency Response Squadron strategic ground and air space cally is to integrate the mission air transportation specialist. at forward positions from the generation squadron with con- “While we’re air transportation tingency response and to provide specialists, when not uploadSee Mobility, Page B7

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ABOVE: Senior Airman Zachery Kuhn, left, 860th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron

C-17 Globemaster III crew chief, briefs Airmen from the 60th Medical Group on capabilities of the C-17 at Travis Air Force Base, May 26.

Right: U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Amber Banks, 60th Inpatient Squadron registered nurse, speaks with airmen from the 860th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron about capabilities of the C-5M Super Galaxy at Travis, May 26.

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE — The 60th Maintenance Group hosted a tour of the base’s different airframes for the Travis AFB Covid-19 Response Team to showcase how their efforts and hard work contribute the mission May 26-27, here.

“A lot of the time, our Airmen that work here don’t get a chance to walk around on our aircraft,” said Robert LaPlante, 60th Maintenance Group facilities program manager. “This was something that we, at MXG, wanted to do for them to show gratitude for the mission they support.”

The two-day tour was for airmen working on the Covid-19 Response Team, which provides support in the tents and other Covid-19 facilities at David Grant USAF Medical Center.

“I’ve only been in the Air Force for a year, but some of the airmen on the Covid-19 Response Team have been in longer, and this was the first chance we’ve been able to see these aircraft up-close and personal,” said 1st Lt. Amber Banks, 60th Inpatient Squadron registered nurse. “It was really educational for my team and me – we enjoyed it.”

The small groups toured a C-5M Super Galaxy, a C-17 Globemaster III and a KC-10 Extender.

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Airmen assigned to the 821st Contingency Response Squadron assist with the upload of medical supplies for air transportation during Exercise Mobility Guardian 2021 at Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport in Oscoda, Michigan, May 22. Mobility Guardian is a training exercise to prepare airmen to face realworld security challenges and sustain strategic deterrence anywhere and at any time.

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contingency response element,” said Tech. Sgt. Brian Commodore, 621st Contingency Response Squadron contingency response team chief. “These are enlisted-led, smaller scale groups of cross-functional airmen, our purpose here is to facilitate the transportation of goods and assets for the U.S. and our allies.”

The ability to communicate and navigate the simulated battlespace of MG21 was made possible by tactical data link technology.

“The cornerstone of this exercise is simulating our ability to secure strategic dominance over near-to-peer adversaries,” Commodore said. “The tactical data link system allows us to coordinate with allies and among ourselves with a secure means of communication.”

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A key factor in the success of Agile Combat Employment is the contingency response’s ability to rapidly upload and download cargo, such as munitions and support equipment, needed to facilitate quick turns of fighter forces.

Devil Raiders formed a contingency location team at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, the primary operating location for the exercise. The contingency location team provided airfield security for the Agile Combat Employment training event, enabling a group of A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft to conduct an integrated combat turn to rearm and refuel quickly before returning to the skies.

“Turning aircraft quickly gives us a competitive edge on our nearpeer adversaries,” said Tech. Sgt. Lance Oakes, 621st Contingency Response Squadron fire team lead.

“With a contingency location team, it’s much easier to establish an integrated combat turn and secure it, because we can quickly pull those with proper cross-functional training from our own ranks.”

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Make the best choices; your character is on the line

German cardinal offers to resign, citing ‘catastrophe’ of sexual abuse

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You can no more blame your Only 15% is visible; that’s character on your circumstances reputation. The rest, our than you can blame the mirror character, is below the for your looks. surface, hidden.

Developing your character is Character is what we think always your choice. Every time but never share. It’s what we you make a character-based do when no one’s watching. decision, you take another step It’s how we react to everyday forward in your spiritual growth. aggravations.

Take a moment and jot down Steve Haynes It’s how we handle Pastor’s perspective the times when you have faced failure – and success. The thing temptation and adversity. Next to that has made us what we are each, note your choice: escape, excuses, is our choices. capitulation, avoidance, perseverAt the end of a successful career, ance or victory.

Joshua challenges the people of Israel: What problem areas do you see? How “Choose for yourselves this day whom will you learn to do better? you will serve . . . But as for me and my If many of the things you list are due household, we will serve the Lord.” to circumstances beyond your control, The choice is yours. then choose to take greater control French writer Francois de la Rocheof your life. foucauld asserted, “Almost all our faults The choices you make should be are more pardonable than the methods your choices, not what someone else, we think up to hide them.” the media, the world, your friends Ever notice that people with the or acquaintances or any other thing weakest character tend to place the chooses for you. blame on their circumstances? They This is your character on the line, so talk a lot about poor upbringing, finanyou make the best choices for you. cial difficulties, the unkindness of others or other circumstances that have made The Rev. Steve Haynes is the pastor of them victims.

Community Christian Church in FairYour circumstances may be beyond field. He can be reached at community your control, but your character is not. christianchurchjohn15@gmail.com.

ROME — Germany’s most prominent Catholic leader, an adviser to Pope Francis, has offered his resignation to the pontiff in a lengthy letter, citing his personal role in the “catastrophe” of sexual abuse.

“I feel that through remaining silent, neglecting to act and over-focusing on the reputation of the Church I have made myself personally guilty and responsible,” Cardinal Reinhard Marx wrote to the pope in a letter published Friday.

Marx’s offer was unusually public and self-reflective, given the opaque manner in which Catholic prelates usually step down.

The Vatican has not said whether the pope will accept Marx’s resignation as archbishop of Munich and Freising. He has been asked by the pope to stay on the job until a decision has been made, Marx said in a separate statement.

Still, the offer by itself represents the most significant fallout to date from investigations of abuse within in the German Catholic Church.

Germany’s understanding of the scale of the problem grew in 2018, with a report, commissioned by the national bishops’ conference, documenting more than 3,600 cases of abuse by 1,600 members of the clergy over seven decades.

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Marx did not detail any specific mishandling of cases in his letter to the pope. But in April he declined a federal award of merit, according to the Catholic News Agency, after abuse survivors criticized him for not investigating alleged cases when he was bishop of Trier from 2001 until 2007. The survivors also said Marx had failed to publish a 2010 report on sexual violence in the archdiocese of Munich.

Marx wrote to the pope that the reputation of bishops in Germany seemed to be at a “low point.” He said the church was in crisis and at a seeming “dead end.”

Marx said it had become increasingly clear to him that there must be personal consequences for “systemic” failure.

“It is also not right to simply link these problems largely on past times and former Church officials,” Marx, 67, wrote.

Marx is among the cardinals on Francis’s Council of Cardinals, known as the C9 advisory council, and he was given a prominent speaking role at a Vatican summit in 2019 aiming to address abuse and coverup within the church. He has a reputation as a progressive leader, and several years ago he helped launch a discussion – still ongoing – among German Catholic leaders to reassess church teachings on sexuality, the role of women and clerical celibacy.

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Fence, tolerance our solution to neighbor’s barking dogs bia is not for you.

Dear Annie: I believe That being said, we your answer to “Canine Cacophony” provided did put up a privacy some practical advice fence and let our neighabout how to deal with bors know how much noisy dogs next door. CC we’d miss our backyard had problems enjoying chats (there’s always his/her outdoor space the front yard!). Our because of the noise. dog would definitely be I’d like to provide Annie Lane in on the barking if he another perspective. We could see his neighbors, Dear Annie have one quiet dog. Our and the fence provides next-door neighbor has three a measure of peace for all of noisy pooches who seem to be us. — Lucky in the Suburbs outside a lot. My neighbors are Dear Lucky in the Suburbs: the kindest people, and they Good fences make for good have been there for us in times neighbors. It sounds like you of emergency and in every solved the problem. Your neighborly way imaginable. positivity and perspective We count ourselves fortunate regarding your neighbors are to have these neighbors – dogs what makes for a happier life. barking and all. Every relaIf we focus on the cup half full, we tend to get more joy and tionship has its pluses and happiness in our lives. Acknowlminuses, and I always say if you don’t want to hear crying edging your gratitude for your babies or barking dogs, suburwonderful neighbors while

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setting the boundaries that make sense for your family sounds like the perfect solution.

Seeing the good in our literal neighbor or our metaphorical neighbor leads us to live a more peaceful life.

Dear Annie: It’s been interesting and uplifting to read the stories of people persisting in the pursuit of their dreams, proving that you’re never too old.

These made me think of a story that may not be all that well-known.

Character actor Burt Mustin did not begin his professional acting career until after he had retired at the age of 67. He made over 150 appearances on TV and in movies in his career, working almost until his death at the age of 92. — Retired Postal worker Dear Retired Postal Worker:

Thank you for sharing the story about the character actor.

Dear Annie: I am a 50-yearold man, and about three years ago, my wife divorced me after 16 years of marriage. I’ve never laid a finger on her, and I’ve never cheated on her. The reason for the separation was that I was hardly ever home because I was always doing side jobs along with a full-time job.

After the divorce, we were separated for about a year-anda-half, and then we got back together. My wife is 60 years old – 10 years older than me.

She is beautiful and smart, but my issue is that when we got the divorce, after about a year, I was over her. It took a lot of grieving on my part, and now, I just can’t find the love that I had for her before the divorce.

It is affecting the will to initiate sex with her, or even to be

intimate. I’m not sure what I’m supposed to do. I just want that love back that I had for her once before. — Trying to Love Again Dear Trying to Love Again: Ask yourself if you are really trying to love again or if you are living with resentment toward your wife for leaving you in the first place. I don’t think your age difference is very important. What is important is how you treat each other. Pulling away from intimacy of all sorts with your wife is not the recipe for a successful marriage.

With the help of a good therapist, explore if you can forgive her for the past and if you want to make the marriage work.

It takes two.

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for your health

by Holiday Mathis

Today’s birthday Though the need for some degree of control over one’s environment is a high priority in humans, you’ll loosen your grip on the reins of life in order to perform tricks of flexibility and take financial and social risks. You’ll be gloriously supported and achieve aims that would not have been possible from a constricted hold. Sagittarius and Libra adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 9, 40, 2, 22 and 17.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). The act of wishing puts distance between you and an experience. What can you do to bring the experience closer to where you are? What can you do to have the experience (or a version of it) now?

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Talk to successful peers about your goals and challenges. Let them provide you with insights. It is in casual but purposeful conversation that you’ll get some of your best tactics.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You may catch yourself fumbling through a speechless moment or failing to listen and respond as smoothly as you’d like. These instances only teach you to be more powerfully present in the future.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Emotions blend like colors, some indefinable, though no one will ask you to describe them anyway. For this reason, it’s even more important to check in with yourself about your feelings. Demonstrate a you-toyou friendship.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You read people’s moods and expressions and catch the vibes that people don’t even know they’re putting out there. This sensitivity will steer you toward helping others in a way most people wouldn’t think to.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You could effectively get your life in order from the inside out, but it’s easier to work from the outside in. As you clean and clear parts of your environment, your head becomes lighter, your spirit brighter.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You don’t like to let weather deter you from your plans, and that’s why you move forward come rain or shine. The same is true for emotional weather. You’ll do what you set out to do regardless of mood.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). A relationship gives your heart strong wings and emboldens you to soar with the eagles. This bird’s-eye view makes problems seem small. And the people, cars, buildings and cities... all miniaturized by high-flying love.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). True to form, you’re adventure-bound. This starts off well, partly because you are not worried about how it will end. You move forward with plenty of curiosity and very little expectation.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

Moments of feeling stuck are actually a gift – a signal to stop and get a sense of your environment. Where’s the wiggle room here? What can you move, or, more likely, let go of?

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). The answer is hidden in plain sight. Only those who know what it is and how to use it will be able to. This week’s lessons are molding you into such a person.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). What seems like a good idea at first may not play well into the endgame. Think through your entire strategy before you make a move.

It won’t go as you imagine, but there are many advantages to having a plan.

CELEBRITY PROFILES: Like her character, Lily Tucker-Pritchett, on the television series “Modern Family,” witty Gemini Aubrey Anderson-Emmons makes people laugh by giving voice to honesty and reason. Venus and Saturn in Leo signal a love of entertainment in many forms, which, for this Gemini, includes ballroom dancing and posting pics of home life and her dog for her legions of Instagram followers.

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t is important to get comprehensive dilated eye exams routinely because some ocular conditions are asymptomatic, meaning you may not experience any symptoms or feel a change in eyesight.

A 2016 Canadian study found that more than half of those who received a routine eye exam and experience no change in vision had a change in ocular status or care management plan1. Do not wait until you feel a change in eyesight to get checked out; you may have an undiagnosed health condition or need an update on your prescription glasses.

When it comes to vision health, getting treatment sooner, rather than later, can make a significant difference in preserving eyesight.

Speaking to your doctor about maintaining vision health is especially important as you age, or if you are overweight or obese, if eye diseases run in your family or if you have other health conditions like diabetes or hypertension, which can increase your risk for eye conditions2. Your doctor may be able to help you take steps to

lower your risk.

You can make lifestyle changes to improve your overall health, including your vision. Eating fresh produce that are rich in the antioxidants, such as lutein, zeaxanthin, vitamins C, E, A, essential fatty acids and zinc, can fortify your cells and tissues and slow the progression of eye diseases3.

Healthy produce includes eggs, kale, bell peppers, broccoli, carrots and walnuts, among others.

Eating a balanced diet can also help reduce the risk for diabetes and hypertension and other conditions.

We all know that smoking is bad for your overall health, but did you know that smoking can cause cataracts and macular degeneration, directly affecting your vision4? Symptoms of macular degeneration can include blurred vision, seeing wavy lines that are supposed to be straight and requiring more light to read than usual. Smoking can lead to the loss of eyesight in the long run.

If you would like to learn more about quitting, you can visit smokefree.gov for more resources.

As a result of the pandemic, many have experienced an increased use of screens to complete remote work and/

or school. Be kind to your eyes and try taking breaks away from screens.

Remember the 20-20-20 rule as you work on your laptop, watch a movie or scroll on social media sites; every 20 minutes, give your eyes a break by looking at another object that is 20 feet away for about 20 seconds. Constant eye strain can be unpleasant as it may manifest in blurry vision, dry or water eyes, shoulder and neck pain.

Protect your eyes by wearing sunglasses outside to block harmful UVA and UVB sunrays, even when it is cloudy outside. These harmful rays can penetrate the clouds and cause damage. Going without the use of sunglasses can expose you to a higher risk of cataracts, photokeratitis and retinal damage5.

As we head into warmer weather and more outdoor activities, remember to take a few steps to ensure long-term vision health so that you can enjoy watching sunsets, creating memories and seeing your loved ones as we overcome the pandemic.

Blanca Gutierrez is a program manager at the Community Clinic Consortium, which is a member of the Solano Coalition for Better Health.

1. www.aoa.org/news/clinical-eye-care/health-and-wellness/no-symptoms-no-need-for-regular-eye-exam-think-again?sso=y 2. www.nei.nih.gov/learn-about-eye-health/healthy-vision/keep-your-eyes-healthy 3. www.health.ny.gov/publications/0911 4. www.cdc.gov/tobacco/campaign/tips/diseases/vision-loss-blindness.html 5. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1568237/pdf/envhper00416-0170.pdf

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LOCATED AT: 942 Hoover Street, Fairfield CA 94533 Solano Mailing Address: 942 Hoover Street, Fairfield, CA 94533 (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Norcal Decon LLC CA THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: a Limited Liability Company The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business n a m e o r n a m es l i s t e d a b o v e o n 04/30/2021.

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Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: MAY 26, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021001157 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00047146 Published: May 30, June 6, 13, 20, 2021

LOCATED AT: 197 Granada Drive Fairfield, CA 94533 Mailing Address: 197 Granada Drive Fairfield, CA 94533 (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Marilyn T Kilian 197 Granada Drive Fairfield 94533 THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: an Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business n a m e o r n a m e s l is t e d a b o v e o n 04/01/2021.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Marilyn Therese Kilian IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION May 11, 2026.

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

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: MAY 12, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021001042 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00046813 Published: May 16, 23, 30, June 6, 2021

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given pursuant to Government Code Section 7910 that the documentation used in determining the City of Fairfieldʼs appropriations limit under Article XIIIB of the California Constitution for fiscal year 2021-22 is available for public inspection during normal business hours in the Finance Department located at 1000 Webster Street, Fairfield, CA 94533. In addition, the public hearing will also include the City of Fairfield budget for fiscal year 2021-22 and 2022-23, the City of Fairfield Housing Authority budget 2021-22 and 2022-23, and the City of Fairfield Capital Improvement Program for fiscal years 2021-22 through 2025-26. The public hearing will occur at the following date, time and place: Date: June 15, 2021 Time: 6:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the matter can be heard Place: City Council Chamber 1000 Webster Street Fairfield, California 94533 All interested persons are invited to the public hearing and express opinions on the matters outlined above. If you challenge any action taken by the City Council regarding such matters, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing or in written correspondence, delivered to the Office of the City Clerk at 1000 Webster Street, Fairfield, California prior to the public hearing.

Dated: May 24, 2021 By: Karen L. Rees, City Clerk DR# 00047043 Published: May 30, June 6, 2021

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED SERVICE CHANGES TO SOLANOEXPRESS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that On June 9, 2020 at 6:00 p.m., the Solano Transportation Authority (STA) Board will conduct a virtual public hearing via Zoom (log in information will be provided on the agenda cover to be posted on STAʼs website one week prior to the meeting) to consider proposed service adjustments to SolanoExpress.

The proposed changes are available for public review on SolanoExpressʼ website at www.solanoexpress.com Interested parties may provide input on the proposed changes by submitting written comments and/or speaking at the public hearing. Submit comments by mail to Solano Transportation Authority, One Harbor Center, Suite 130, Suisun City, CA 94585, by fax to (707) 424-6074, by email to bthomson@sta.ca.gov, in person or by phone to STA Transit Mobility Coordinator Brandon Thomson at (707) 399-3234. Written comments must be received no later than the close of the public hearing.

Dated: May 24, 2021 //s// Johanna Masiclat, Clerk of the Board Solano Transportation Authority DR# 00047176 Published: June 6, 2021 PROPERTY NOTICE OF SEIZURE AND NOTICE OF INTENDED FORFEITURE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that property was seized, pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 11470, in the following cases, and the District Attorney of Solano County has initiated proceedings to forfeit this property, pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 11488.4. The case number and property description for each case is set forth below.

If you wish to contest the forfeiture of this property, you have until thirty (30) days from the date of the last publication of this Notice to file a claim opposing forfeiture with the Court, unless you have received actual notice. You may obtain a “Claim Opposing Forfeiture” form (MC-200) from the Office of the Clerk, Civil Division. The claim must state the nature and extent of any interest you hold in the property, must be verified, and must be filed with the Clerk of the Superior Court, Civil Division, 580 Texas Street, Fairfield, CA 94533. You must serve a court-endorsed copy of your claim on the District Attorney of Solano County, 675 Texas Street, Suite 4500, Fairfield, within thirty (30) days of the filing of your claim. If no claim is properly filed and/or served on the District Attorney within the time permitted by law, the property will be ordered forfeited to the State, to be disposed of according to law, without further notice or hearing.

If your claim is properly filed and served, the District Attorney will decide whether to file a Petition for Forfeiture with the Superior Court to contest said claim. In the case where a Petition is filed and a contested hearing is held, you will have the following rights which include but are not limited to: you have the right to use the subpoena powers of the court and order witnesses to attend, you have a right to testify on your own behalf, submit evidence showing the legitimacy of the seized assets, and a right to cross examine the petitionerʼs witnesses. This is a civil action, you have the additional right to represent yourself or hire your own attorney, and there is no right to appointed counsel in this case.

AF20-3938. On September 6, 2020, Officers of the Fairfield Police Department seized $1,391.88 U.S. Currency at 2395 N. Texas Street, Fairfield, CA in connection with controlled substance violation(s) of HSC §§ 11378 and/or 11360. The seized property has an estimated or appraised value of $1,391.88.

AF20-3940. On September 14, 2020, Officers of the Fairfield Police Department seized $8,770.00 U.S. Currency at the intersection of Transportation Court and N. Texas Street, Fairfield, CA in connection with controlled substance violation(s) of HSC § 11360. The seized property has an estimated or appraised value of $8,770.00.

AF20-3941. On September 15, 2020, Officers of the Fairfield Police Department seized $6,803.00 U.S. Currency and $2,000.00 U.S. Currency at 1595 Holiday Lane and 1473 Holiday Lane Rm 125 (respectively), Fairfield, CA in connection with controlled substance violation(s) of HSC § 11378. The seized property has an estimated or appraised value of $8,803.00.

AF20-3943. On September 22, 2020, Officers of the Fairfield Police Department seized $590.00 U.S. Currency at 3331 N. Texas Street, Fairfield, CA in connection with controlled substance violation(s) of HSC §§ 11378, 11351, 11379, and/or 11359. The seized property has an estimated or appraised value of $590.00.

AF20-3944. On September 25, 2020, Officers of the Vacaville Police Department seized $10,712.00 U.S. Currency at the intersection of Orange Drive and Lawrence Drive, Vacaville, CA in connection with controlled substance violation(s) of HSC §§ 11359 and/or 11360. The seized property has an estimated or appraised value of $10,712.00.

AF20-3945. On September 27, 2020, Officers of the Fairfield Police Department seized $166,816.00 U.S. Currency, $3,080.00 U.S. Currency, and $118.00 U.S. Currency at 418 San Marco Street, Fairfield, CA in connection with controlled substance violation(s) of HSC §§ 11351 and/or 11378. The seized property has an estimated or appraised value of $170,014.00.

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0900 PUBLIC NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS LANA & IVY LOCATED AT: 5163 Chabot Ct., Fairfield, CA 94534 Mailing Address:5163 Chabot Ct., Fairfield, CA 94534 (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S):Lauren Smith 5163 Chabot Ct., Fairfield, CA 94534 THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: an Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/Lauren Smith IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION May 31, 2026.

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

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: June 1 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021001197 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00047285 Published: June 6, 13, 20, 27, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS VALLEJO AUTO GLASS LOCATED AT: 1830 Springs Rd. Ste. A Vallejo, CA 94591 Solano Mailing Address: 1830 Springs Rd. Ste. A Vallejo, CA 94591 (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Justin Gikonyo 9906 Burline St. Sacramento 95827 THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: an Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Justin Gikonyo IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION May 23, 2026.

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

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: MAY 24, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021001133 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00047134 Published: May 30, June 6, 13, 20, 2021 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: PATRICIA A. WILLARD Case Number: P050827 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: Patricia A. Willard; Patricia Ann Willard and Patricia Willard A Petition for Probate has been filed by: Kimberly Gardner in the Superior Court of California, County of: Solano The Petition for Probate requests that: Kimberly Gardner be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: DATE: JUL. 12, 2021 TIME: 8:30 a.m.; DEPT.: 4 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SOLANO Hall of Justice 600 Union Avenue FAIRFIELD, CA 94533 If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statues and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: M. Kendall Hillman (SBN: 125135) Hillman, Lucas & Canning, P.C. 2420 Martin Road, Suite 300 Fairfield, CA 94534 (707) 427-7377 DR# 00047170 Published: May 30, June 2, 6, 2021

Daily Republic - Sunday, June 6, 2021 0900 PUBLIC NOTICES Notice of Self Storage Sale Please take notice Central Self Storage East Travis 837 E Travis Blvd Fairfield CA 94533 intends to hold an auction of the goods stored in a self-service storage unit by the following persons. The sale will occur as an online auction via www.storagetreasures.com on 6/16/2021 at 12:00 PM. Unless stated otherwise the description of the contents are household goods and furnishings: William Pearson Toya Center Jared Ayala Martese Anderson All property is being stored at the above self-storage facility. This sale may be withdrawn at any time without notice. Certain terms and conditions apply. See manager for details.

5/30, 6/6/21 CNS-3473115# THE DAILY REPUBLIC DR# 00046874 Published: May 30, June 6, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS KAKEPOPILICIOUS LOCATED AT: 3188 Puffin Cir, Fairfield CA 94533 Solano Mailing Address: 32 Corvina Way, American Canyon CA 94503 (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Dalton Reddic 3188 Puffin Cir Fairfield, 94533 2) Kindal Reddic 3188 Puffin Cir Fairfield, 94533 THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: a General Partnership The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 03/06/2020.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Dalton Reddic IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION May 12, 2026.

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

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: MAY 13, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021001051 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00046938 Published: May 23, 30, June 6, 13, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS PACIFIC NOTARIZATION LOCATED AT: 490 Chadbourne Rd Suite A136, Fairfield CA 94533 Solano Mailing Address: (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED

BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Meagan Payne 551 Pacific St Fairfield, 94533 THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: an Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 0 5 / 0 1 / 20 2 1 .

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Meagan Payne IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION May 11, 2026.

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

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: MAY 12, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021001043 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00046939 Published: May 23, 30, June 6, 13, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS JOURNEY GREEN LOCATED AT: 606 Meadows Court, Fairfield CA 94534 Solano Mailing Address: 606 Meadows Court, Fairfield CA 94534 (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Brandi L Bell 606 Meadows Court, Fairfield 94534 2) Marquita Jordan 606 Meadows Court, Fairfield 94534 THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: a General Partnership The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 05/11/2021.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Brandi Bell IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION May 25, 2026.

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

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: MAY 26, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021001155 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00047142 Published: May 30, June 6, 13, 20, 2021

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0900 PUBLIC NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS SUPER SOLAR WASH LOCATED AT: 2693 Marigold Dr, Fairfield CA 94533 Solano Mailing Address: 2693 Marigold Dr, Fairfield CA 94533 (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Zuriel Martinez Mejia 2693 Marigold Dr, Fairfield 94533 THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: an Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Zuriel Martinez Mejia IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION May 26, 2026.

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

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: MAY 27, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021001167 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00047171 Published: May 30, June 6, 13, 20, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS SB SERVICES LOCATED AT: 300 Railroad Ave Suisun City CA 94585 Solano Mailing Address: PO Box 2037 Suisun City CA 94585 Solano (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Sofia Birelas 7943 N Locke Road Vacaville 94588 THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: an Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Sofia Birelas IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION May 10, 2026.

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

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: MAY 11, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021001029 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00046828 Published: May 16, 23, 30, June 6, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS NOVA AT GREEN VALLEY LOCATED AT:4501 Business Center Drive,, Fairfield, CA 94534 Solano Mailing Address:410100 Trinity Parkway, 5th Floor, Stockton, CA, 95219, San Joaquin County (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED

BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S):Green Valley Apartments, LLC, 10100 Parkway, 5th Floor, Stockton, CA, 95219, THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: a Limited Liability Company The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 12/14/2017 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/Steven L. Cohen, Executive Vice President IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION June 1, 2026.

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

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: June 2, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021001201 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00047283 Published: June 6, 13, 20, 27, 2021

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0900 PUBLIC NOTICES Notice of a Planning Commission Public Hearing NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Planning Commission of Suisun City will be considering a variance request (VR21-001) for the property located at 322 Merganser Drive (APN 0173-010-210) at their special meeting of Tuesday June 15, 2021, at 6:30pm. The proposed variance is a request to reduce the required parking for senior housing. The proposed project is exempt from CEQA under State CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3). This exemption applies to activities covered by the “general rule that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA. The meeting will take place at the Suisun City Council Chambers, 701 Civic Center Boulevard, Suisun City, CA 94585. All interested parties are invited to attend.

The complete draft variance request submitted by the applicant is on file and may be reviewed at the Suisun City Development Services Department at 701 Civic Center Boulevard between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays and between 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. on Tuesdays, City Hall is closed on Fridays.

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Please contact John Kearns, Senior Planner, at (707) 421-7335 or at jkearns@suisun.com with any questions or concerns regarding the application prior to 5 p.m. June 15.

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 which you or someone else raised at the public hearing, which are described in this notice, or which were included in written correspondence delivered to the Suisun City Development Services Department, 701 Civic Center Boulevard, Suisun City, California, 94585, at, or prior to, the public hearing.

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1 Thompson of “Westworld” 6 30 minutes at Lambeau Field 10 Tabloid twosome 14 Dire March time 18 Trade shows 19 Hanoi’s home 20 Miffed 21 That is, in Latin 22 Explanatory words on a map of dictators’ homes?

25 Type of wheel or chart 26 Diplomat’s asset 27 Square root of nueve 28 Handshake alternatives 29 Way to heat up your sushi?

30 Business address abbr.

31 Notable stretches 32 MLB VIPs 33 Sled-pulling pooch 34 Strikingly strange 36 Geometry product 37 Read carefully, with “over” 38 Verb attachment 39 Shipping delivery headache?

42 Corp. money execs 43 Medieval musician 46 Grafton’s “__ for Noose” 47 Plum kin 49 Memo start 50 House attachment 52 One may be a lot 54 Garden center brand 56 Author LeShan 57 “Whadya know!”

58 Pub orders 59 In a heated way 61 Disney princess of the kingdom of Enchancia 63 Media barrage for Garcia’s band?

66 Guy found in kids’ books 67 Set-up punch 69 Heavy hammer 70 Stir up 72 “Aladdin” monkey 73 Do what he says 74 Goals 75 Cheryl of “Charlie’s Angels” 76 Pizza chain, familiarly 77 Fords’ White House successors 79 Ref. work that added “livestream” in 2021 80 Pre-Easter purchase 82 In order 84 Northeastern fishing fleet?

88 Alp ending 89 Man caves, e.g.

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90 End of an ultimatum 91 Support groups 94 Storm refuges 96 O’Rourke of Texas 97 Barbecue rod 98 “Not interested” 100 They make an effort 101 Glee club voice 102 She followed Guthrie at Woodstock 103 Kunis of “Black Swan” 104 Noble gas that sounds like a French forest 105 Valuable painting hanging in the potting shed?

108 Harry and Jack who co-founded Columbia Pictures 109 Poet Khayyám 110 Ballet attire 111 “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” character 112 Span. miss 113 Sounds of scorn 114 Part of a plan 115 Anticipate

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1 Uses WhatsApp or Viber 2 Split result 3 Musk’s Starship developer 4 Organize by size, say 5 Show curiosity 6 Panama’s place?

7 Firepit contents

8 Fairway considerations 9 It’s hot for a while 10 “Insecure” actress 11 Company whose signature product resulted from a plan to sell more chewing gum 12 Bow-toting god 13 Came together 14 Kid’s comeback 15 Why the housing development was postponed?

16 Anka hit with a Spanish title 17 Big steps 21 Start of Caesar’s boast 23 “__ speaking ...”

24 Narrowly beat 29 Golden State NBAer 31 GPS calculations 32 C-ration successors 33 Go bad, as milk 35 Pre-Richie TV role for Ron 36 Opposite of fer 37 “An Essay on Man” poet Alexander 40 Biblical words before and after “for” 41 Anklebones 42 Terra __ 43 Fictional 16-yearold von Trapp girl 44 Cancels 45 Post-rush hour elation?

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48 Constant news channel feature 51 Film review site 52 Potter son named for Dumbledore 53 Texting vehicle 55 Guy in an exclusive network 57 Collegiate focus 58 Actor Driver 59 Big name in polos 60 Brooklyn “y’all” 62 “Could happen” 64 Off the mark 65 It has its tricks 68 Reindeer rack 71 Glorify 74 Wall St. figures 75 It may be buried 76 Homely fruit?

78 Long stretches 79 About

81 Gold-covered 82 Low-calorie mints 83 By mistake 85 Looks unstable 86 English John 87 Secures, as a carton 89 Mends a sock 92 Real baffler 93 Italian sub layer 95 “Run” singer Lewis 96 Stark 97 Cook in a wok, say 99 Goes after 101 Pitchers’ assets 102 Ring event 103 Kitty comment 105 Picked up 106 Cleveland __, OH 107 Reagan Airport, on luggage tags

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Kawhi Leonard’s virtuoso game Rule: Change must be just the start for Clippers From Page B4

Dylan Hernandez LOS ANGELES TIMES

H

e did what LeBron James couldn’t, which is why the Clippers are alive and the Lakers aren’t.

Twenty-three months after he agreed to move to the less-glamorous and frequently ridiculed franchise in Los Angeles, Kawhi Leonard became a bona fide Hollywood leading man.

Ignore for a moment that his masterpiece was staged in Dallas.

Finally, he performed like the player the Clippers admired from a distance. At last, he dominated like the player from whom they restructured their entire team.

And if the Clippers are to take down the Dallas Mavericks at Staples Center on Sunday in Game 7 of their firstround series, Leonard will almost certainly have to reprise his scintillating 45-point solo act from a 104-97 victory in Game 6.

Leonard on Friday night was Joaquin Phoenix in “Joker.” He was Itzhak Perlman at the Disney Concert Hall.

He was Richard Pryor on the Sunset Strip.

The stage was his, and his only, as he dominated Mavericks guard Luka Doncic on both ends of the court.

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ANALYSIS “Great players perform in big moments and he was huge, man,” Clippers coach Tyronn Lue said. “That just shows you who Kawhi Leonard is.”

Leonard matched his career playoff high in scoring, established two seasons earlier in Game 1 of a second-round series against the Philadelphia 76ers. His Toronto Raptors went on to win their first championship that season.

When the Clippers were down by seven points with less than six minutes remaining in the third quarter, Leonard went on a one-man 11-0 run.

He sank a mid-range jumper. He drained a 3-pointer. He was fouled attempting another 3 and converted each of his free throws. He made another 3 in transition.

He scored the Clippers’ final 15 points of the quarter.

Leonard finished off the Mavericks by scoring 12 more points in the fourth quarter on 5-of-5 shooting.

And that was only half of the story.

He was also the Clippers’ primary defender on Doncic.

Leonard wanted the assignment,

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but has the right to void it and become a free agent.

Even if Leonard returns, his partnership with George could dissolve if the Clippers are prematurely bounced from the postseason again. Failure in two consecutive seasons will have to make the team’s brain trust at least reconsider the wisdom of a nucleus consisting of two similar players.

Trading George will become a possibility.

This was the backdrop of a performance for the ages, Leonard at 29 doing things James just couldn’t at 36.

James dominated the third quarter in Game 4 of the Lakers’ series against the Phoenix Suns.

Leonard had a quarter like that, then another, and another. He scored 13 points in the second quarter, 17 in the third and 12 in the fourth.

Just for his team to avoid an embarrassing first-round elimination, he will have to deliver a few more quarters like that on Sunday.

And if he is to lead the Clippers to places they’ve never reached before, he will have to produce several more after that.

But it’s in him.

He showed that two years ago. He showed that again on Friday.

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Almanac

Statistics for Travis Air Force Base for yesterday through 5 p.m.

Temperature High/Low.............................90°/54° Average high .......................... 82.5° Average low............................ 54.4° A year ago...........................76°/55° Barometric pressure............29.77 Humidity...................................25%

Air Quality Index 35 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 June rainfall ............. 0.18″ Source: Bay Area Air Quality Management District Season-to-date...................... 7.74″ Normal seasonal rainfall....24.81″ UV Index This date last year........................0″ 10 Source: NWS and NOAA <2 3-5 6-7 8-10 11+ Good Moderate

according to Lue. Doncic finished with 29 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds, but the line was deceptive.

Remove the seven points he scored in the final 52 seconds with the outcome of the game already decided and Doncic made only eight of 20 shots for 22 points. He didn’t hit a 3-pointer until there were fewer than five minutes left.

“All I could do is try to stay in front of him as much as possible, contest his shots and just try not put him on the [freethrow] line,” Leonard said.

Up to this point, the series was defined by Doncic, who averaged 35 points in the previous five games. As he was starting to be talked about in historic terms, Leonard put him back in his place.

“I mean, he destroyed us,” Doncic said.

The 22-year-old Slovenian couldn’t help but crack a smile.

Leonard delivered when the stakes were at their highest. More than a season was in jeopardy.

With a loss, the Clippers’ ambitious project centered around Leonard and Paul George could have come to an end.

Leonard has one more year remaining on his contract after this season,

it’d really affect standings that much.”

In late April, the Pioneer League went another route, announcing it would settle ties this year not with extra innings, but with a home run derby. Each team designates a hitter to see five pitches. The game’s winner is determined by who hits more home runs.

The teams pick another hitter to see five pitches if the round ends in a draw.

In its announcement, the league explained the reason for the change is “to avoid excessive strain on our pitching staffs.”

The home r un derby isn’t unprecedented. The Futures Collegiate Baseball League, an eight-team New England summer league, introduced a variation of the home run derby to break ties in 2016. In the FCBL, up to three batters on each team are given three minutes and two timeouts to hit as many home runs as possible. Any member of the team, player or coach, can throw the pitches.

The difference is that the Pioneer League is the first professional league and the first league with a direct relationship with MLB to venture into this

territory. The league’s eight teams began their 92-game seasons May 22.

Through Wednesday, one game had been decided by the home run derby.

“I’m not a fan of it,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “I get the fan interest to finish a game with a derby. It is what it is if that’s the rule. But I kind of like baseball determining the outcome of a game.”

D odger s t h i rd baseman Justin Turner tweeted his approval of the Pioneer League’s decision within hours of the announcement. It wasn’t the first time he lobbied to use a home run derby as a tiebreaker. Last April, during the league’s shutdown, Turner pushed for MLB to implement the home run derby after the 10th inning as the league contemplated ways to curtail the toll on players in anticipation of a truncated schedule.

MLB instead chose to start extra innings with a runner on second base. The change was initially met with resistance, as with most changes in baseball, but it grew on people within the sport, leading to its adoption in 2021. So far, the format hasn’t helped the Dodgers.

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Suisun High (feet) Low Today 12:34 a.m. 5.37 8:01 a.m.

1:25 p.m. 3.73 7:07 p.m.

Monday 1:01 a.m. 5.49 8:48 a.m.

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Birdies: Darlene Goodman, No. 4; Jody Knight No. 9; LeeAnn Fortney, No. 14; Henri Newland, No. 14.

Chip- ins: Henri Newland, No. 14; Nanci Stevenson, No. 6.

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W L Pts New-Bee’s 12 6 185 Casino Royal 12 6 185 Untouchaballs 11 7 186

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W L Pts Bocce Crusers 13 5 184 Red Devils 11 7 186 Mama’s & Papa’s 8 10 156 Real McCoy’s 4 14 114 Tuesday AM Weekly Results Bocce Friends 3, No Mercy 0 Do It Again 3, Capitani 0 Tuesday PM Weekly Results Plan B 3, Slow Rollers 0 Casino Royal 2, Untouchaballs Bells and Beaus 2, New-Bee’s

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