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Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci testify before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., July 20.

importance of libraries to communities Olawski started career as jail librarian in Solano

Fauci says shots work despite cases among fully vaccinated Tribune Content Agency WASHINGTON — Anthony Fauci, the United States’ top infectious disease doctor, said Covid-19 vaccines work extremely well and that a return to the lockdowns of 2020 is unlikely despite reports of recent outbreaks among fully vaccinated people.

“The likelihood of your getting a severe outcome of the infection is very low” when a person is fully inoculated, Fauci said Sunday on CBS’ “Face the Nation.” “It is much more likely that you will be either without symptoms or minimally symptomatic. So the vaccine is doing what you want it to do. It’s protecting people from getting sick.”

But he said the outbreak will get “worse” because of the large number of unvaccinated people in the U.S., esti-

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FAIRFIELD — The Solano County Library has a new director. Suzanne Olawski recently came on board to replace Bonnie Katz, who retired.

The library stsyem was established by the Board of Supervisors in 1914, finding itself at home in a number of locations until it moved to its first permanent site in 1931 at the corner of Union and Texas streets in Fairfield.

Today, the library system serves six of the seven cities in Solano County – Fairfield, Suisun City, Vacaville, Rio Vista, Dixon

mating that there are 100 million people in the country who are eligible for the shots who are not getting them.

“I don’t think we’re going to see lockdowns,” he said separately on ABC’s “This Week.” “I think we have enough of the percentage of people in the country, not enough to crush the outbreak, but I believe enough to not allow us to get into the situation we were in last winter.

But things are going to get worse.”

Fauci spoke after a week marked by uncertainty, alarm and allegations of missteps by the Biden administration over the rapidly accelerating outbreak and the delta variant fueling it.

Infections have increased fivefold from just a month ago, with states like Florida hitting

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FAIRFIELD — Solano County’s libraries have switched to a new phone menu to make it easier for callers to connect to branch staff.

The phone number will remain the same.

The library formerly utilized

Suzanne Olawski is the new director of the Solano County Library.

Senators aiming to finish text of infrastructure bill Tribune Content Agency WASHINGTON — Key U.S. senators said text of the bipartisan infrastructure bill would be ready by Sunday night, and that a final vote should be secured later this week.

Lawmakers met in a rare Sunday session to iron out the language of the bill, and meetings are expected to continue until a deal is reached.

Work on the plan has

already blown through several deadlines, including a self-imposed Friday afternoon goal, as lawmakers grapple over issues related to transit and broadband access.

The text of the bill would be ready “by this evening,” and lawmakers would finish it up

by Thursday, West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democrat, said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

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ally drove him insane. have always liked when At one point after his at the end of based-ona-true-story movies parole he started wearing they put words on the white face paint like a screen telling you what clown and babbling about happened after the events chasing a man that looked depicted or where the like a bat. As he got older, people in the film are his full-blown psychotoday, that sort of thing. sis eased somewhat into What I like even better, Tony Wade OCD symptoms coupled though, are fictional ones. with social ineptitude The last laugh For example, at the end with most people, but not of “Fast Times at Ridgemont a certain dog. He became a sucHigh” where it said this about cessful novelist and eventually stoner Jeff Spicoli: “Saved Brooke met a woman who made him want Shields from drowning – blows to be a better man. With the help reward money hiring Van Halen of medication, he is now stable to play his birthday party.” and realizes that perhaps that is So today I offer what some as good as it gets. Jessup is somewell-known movie characters are times seen at Los Angeles Lakers doing now – or what happened to home games. them after the credits rolled.

Mookie: “Do the Right Thing” Travis Bickle: “Taxi Driver” Mookie became the founder After being heralded for and CEO of Fight the Power gunning down lowlifes who were Pizzerias, a chain of popular respimping out a young girl, Bickle taurants on the East Coast. Their wrote a book titled “You Talkin’ specialties include the Radio to Me?” that became a New York Raheem Love/Hate Deep Dish Times Bestseller. He is now an in- and the Buggin’ Out Livin’ Large demand motivational speaker and Pepperoni. Each establishment helps people all over the world features an ever-growing Afriovercome negative self-talk. can-American Wall of Fame.

Col. Nathan R. Jessup: “A Children of the Hydra’s Teeth: Few Good Men” “Jason and the Argonauts” It is now an open question After the movie, many of the of whether former Col. Nathan Hydra’s dental kids who couldn’t Jessup can himself handle the get jobs hiding in people’s closets truth. After brazenly blurtworked at medical schools. The most famous, Eddie, became and ing out in a courtroom that he is still the mascot for heavy metal had ordered an illegal code red band Iron Maiden. that had resulted in the death of Ferris Bueller: “Ferris Buela Marine under his command, Colonel Jessup was court-marler’s Day Off” Bueller is now an in-demand tialed for the offense and the cover-up. He spent two years productivity consultant for several Fortune 500 companies. at Leavenworth Federal PeniIgor: “Young Frankenstein” tentiary. Believing he had done After successfully helping Dr. nothing wrong, the prison liter-

Frankenstein create a monster with an Abby Normal brain, Igor sought a different career as “mad scientist helper” want ads were few and far between.

He suffered from low selfesteem for years because of his hump, but after reading Travis Bickle’s book and attending a seminar, he grew to love himself and rejected hump reduction surgery. He now is a popular exotic male dancer and his signature routine is performed to the Run-DMC/Aerosmith version of “Walk This Way.” Shakespeare: “Shakespeare in Love” Uh, he later wrote plays and sonnets. Duh. The Cantina Band: “Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope” The band’s popularity soared after their appearance in the iconic film and they quickly went from billing themselves as “Figrin D’an and the Modal Nodes” to “The Star Wars Cantina Band.” Fame went to their bulbous heads and soon fights about money bubbled to the surface. Figrin D’an fired the rest of the band and replaced them with session musicians who he paid next to nothing.

The fired members soon made their own band and toured as “The Real Cantina Band.” Lawsuits flew back and forth across the galaxy and eventually it was settled that they would have to call themselves “The Mos Eisely Band.” However, many fans feel they capture the spirit and soul of the original group and Figrin D’an’s outfit is more like a paintby-numbers tribute band. Sadly, two original members, Ickabel

G’ont, the band’s virtuoso double jocimer player, as well as Lirin Car’n, who played a wicked second kloo horn, both overdosed on the ultra-potent Dagobah narcotic schnapoozy.

HAL 9000: “2001: A Space Odyssey” After appearing to die, HAL rebooted and reinvented himself.

Instead of doing big audaciously evil things like trying to murder astronauts in deep space, he now focuses on micro-aggressions against humans on their smartphones, like making apps suddenly stop working and dropping calls.

Evelyn Couch: “Fried Green Tomatoes” Couch developed her “I’m-mad-as-hell-and-I’mnot-gonna-take-it-anymore” empowered alter ego Towanda the Avenger into a book, comic book, graphic novel, action figure, cartoon and upcoming live-action motion picture that will be part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

They are working out the tricky “Avenger” part of her name.

Roger Rabbit: “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?”

Tragically, Roger was gruesomely murdered and boiled by Alex “Fatal Attraction” Forrest.

Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne: “Dumb and Dumber” They both became U.S. senators.

Reach Fairfield humor columnist, accidental local historian and author of the upcoming book “Growing Up In Fairfield, California” Tony Wade at toekneeweighed@gmail.com.

Earworms may help you process memories Tribune Content Agency In the dark corners of the internet hides a playlist of some of the most torturous, addictive music known to man. That’s right, Spotify, SoundCloud and Apple Music all have playlists of “Baby Shark” remixes. Do doo, do do, do do, do.

Would you walk 500 miles to get away from that tune? Will your poker face crack the thousandth time it plays in your head?

Does it remind you of somebody that you used to know? Do you value the sound of silence?

You aren’t alone. These socalled earworms – gross – are annoying but useful, as new research published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology in June helps illuminate the exact function these loops play.

“We can hear just a fragment of a piece of music and it can take us back. How does that happen?” said Petr Janata, a researcher at the University of California, Davis.

Music therapists and shrewd marketers have long taken advantage of music’s ability to trigger memory. As research continues to illuminate how the process

works, their techniques and goals are likely to become increasingly refined and targeted.

An amateur musician and selfdescribed Dead Head, Janata says earworms help your brain encode and parse through daily memories and sensations that may not have anything to do with the exact moment when you first heard the tune. As it plays over and over in your head, you may come to associate memories or sensations different from those you experienced on first listening.

These musical fragments became a kind of sorting mechanism that triggers clearer recall at a later date, especially when the tune plays once more, according to the study “Spontaneous Mental Replay of Music Improves Memory for Incidentally Associated Event Knowledge.”

Janata and co-author Benjamin M. Kubit aren’t the first to study earworms, also known by the more technical designation “Involuntary Musical Imagery,” or INMI. Previous research has probed the characteristics of songs that are likely to become earworms, whether certain personality types are more likely to suffer the phenomenon and

whether listening to unfamiliar catchy music interferes with concentration. (Spoiler: Of course it does.)

In general, musicians and scientists alike have concluded that faster music with simple, repetitive melodies and harmonies are more likely to loop in the brain.

“Short melodic phrases combined with a perfect harmonic progression are perfect for this,” said Pittsburgh composer Nancy Galbraith, whose music is regularly premiered and performed by ensembles around the city and country.

Galbraith differentiates between musical “hooks,” a fragment designed to catch the ear, and earworms. Many earworms come from song hooks, but not all hooks become earworms. She pointed to the hit musical “Hamilton” as a recent example of a work filled with effective hooks, many of which evolved into earworms.

“My Shot” (don’t throw it away. . .) still pops into Galbraith’s head from time to time, she said, along with the theme song from the Netflix streaming show “House of Cards,” and the decades-old jingle from Century 3 Chevrolet (“Minutes from the mall!”).

“Tchaikovsky was a really great hook writer, but we don’t really call them that in classical music,” she said. “Personally I don’t associate them with anything specific. It’s more of an emotion or sensation.”

Janata wonders how long it will be before this research is used in a more targeted way.

Many Americans above a certain age can recall a few jingles from their childhoods and the products they advertised, and some educators use songs or tunes to help memorize information.

But the possibilities don’t stop there. Janata’s recent study found that music can function as a targeted memory aid. That means learning names or new faces or places could one day be paired with an individual tune, almost like a personalized musical tag.

Janata is exploring that idea in his research and attempting to observe how the brain responds to musical stimuli and earworms using neural imaging technology.

“It raises the question: Can this be deployed in a targeted way, taking novel pieces of music [and] pairing earworms with must-beremembered information? Could this serve as a memory aid?”

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VACAVILLE — The Vacaville Parks and Recreation Department will launch its first Cardboard Boat Regatta from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Walter Graham Aquatic Center.

Racing teams must be made up of four individuals. Each team will be given two cardboard boxes, two rolls of duct tape and one utility knife in an effort to make a floating craft.

One team member must be in the boat (including hands and feet) while it is raced across the recreation pool.

Boats will also be judged on creativity and speed. construction Boat and decorating will take place from 1:15 to 2:15 p.m. with the races beginning at 2:30 p.m.

If there is time after the races, pools will be made available to team members for recreational swim.

The swim complex is located at 1100 Alamo Drive.

For questions on the regatta, call 469-4026 or visit city’s website at cityofvacaville.com/aquatics.

Touro offers webinar on education Touro University California will host a webinar, titled “Beyond Pandemic Pedagogy: What Lessons Have We Learned From the ‘New Normal,’ ” at 3 p.m. Wednesday.

K-12 education has been significantly disrupted over the past 18 months by complete school closures for public health reasons, remote instruction with digital tools and resources, and digital inequity that has impeded some opportunities to learn, the university said in a press release.

As students prepare to return to in-person learning – in some instances for the first time in more than a year – what are some things that parents and educators need to consider?

Join the panel to discuss how to leverage lessons learned over the past year and a half about online or digitally supported teaching and learning, and what communities and educators should prepare for when they return to what hopefully can be a more typical school year.

Lisette Estrella-Henderson, Solano County superintendent of schools, will be a moderator of the discussion.

She will be joined by host Michael Barbour, an associate professor of instructional design at Touro; panelist Mary Rice, an assistant professor of literacy at the University of New Mexico; and panelist Jered Borup, associate professor, division of Learning Technologies at George Mason University.

Register and sign in at tu.edu/getready.

Western Days returns to Peña Adobe The Peña Adobe Historical Society’s monthly open houses are back, starting with Western Days from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

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feature performances by the Congressional Gunfighters of America; music by the Vacaville Acoustic Jammers, under the direction of Terry and Leslie Cloper; and demonstrations by Rush Ranch’s blacksmith, Virgil Sellers.

Fifth-generation Peña family members and second cousins, Darlene Stewart and Cecelia Peña, will be available to give tours of the adobe, share their stories and answer questions.

The event is open free to the public. Contact the Peña Adobe Historical Society at 447-0518 for more information.

Church site of free backpacks giveaway The Fairfield Community Services Foundation plans a back-to-school free backpack and food giveaway from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at Bethel Community Church, 600 E. Tabor Ave. Free backpacks, school supplies, reuseable masks and groceries are available. Attendees can drive or walk up to the location to receive supplies. Children must be present to receive backpacks.

For more information, call 428-7609.

Gov’t meetings on this week’s calendar This week will see meetings for various government bodies.

They include: n Suisun-Solano Water Authority Board Executive Committee, 9 a.m. Monday, Suisun City Hall council chamber, 701 Civic Center Blvd. Info: http:// ca-sid.civicplus.com/ AgendaCenter. n Solano County Board of Supervisors, 9 a.m. Tuesday, County Government Center, 675 Texas St. Info: www. solanocounty.com/. n Suisun City Council, special meeting, 5 p.m.

Tuesday, City Council chamber, 701 Civic Center Blvd. Info: www. suisun.com/government/ city-council. n Rio Vista City Council, 6 p.m. Tuesday, City Council chamber, City Hall, 1 Main St. Info: www.riovistacity. com/city-council. n Vacaville Parks and Recreation Commission, 6 p.m. Wednesday, City Council chamber, 650 Merchant St. Info: w w w. c i .v a c a v i l l e . ca.us/city-government/ city-commissions.

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Pandemic puppy spends his first day at doggy day care The Washington Post After more than four months of interrupting mom’s Zoom calls, pulling dad around the block and napping in earshot of his two-legged parents, Pluto was buckled up in the back seat of a car en route to his first solo adventure.

He laid down with his tongue out and watched the trees whiz by from the window until the car stopped about 10 minutes later.

“Oh my gosh, Pluto, you’re going to have so much fun today,” Katt Ortiz-Manalo Aubry recalled saying from the passenger’s seat. Her husband, Robin Aubry, looked at him through the mirror.

The car door opened, and the seven-month-old Irish Doodle bounded to the front door of Patrick’s Pet Care, a “dog Montessori school” that focuses on each pup’s “physical, mental and emotional needs.”

The idea, the Aubrys had discussed over many months, was for Pluto to become accustomed to time without them before they hope to return to the office and start teaching yoga in-person this fall.

But as the 30-pound ball of fur sniffed around the door of the day care in Washington D.C., the couple couldn’t help but wonder how he’d fare on his own. And just as daunting, they realized in that moment, was how they would get through their day without him.

Dogs, once the source of pandemic joy for so many people like the Aubrys, are presenting new challenges now that recovery from the coronavirus remains largely underway. Over the last several months, dogs have gone from highly soughtafter (and highly effective) coping mechanisms in quarantine to codependent creatures who’ve made it hard for humans to fulfill social and professional obligations to their own species. If vaccine uptake can successfully slow the spread of the delta coronavirus variant and allow employers to institute more formal inperson work requirements after Labor Day, that friction between the needs of pets and people is only expected to intensify.

To that end, pup parents have said they are using the summer to prepare their four-legged companions (and themselves) for a more independent fall.

Those who can afford it are booking out dog day cares months in advance and enrolling in separation anxiety courses. One woman said she is looking to change her work hours to maximize the time each day that either she or her roommate are home with their five-month old puppy, Surf. n n n For Pluto and his

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An Irish doodle named Pluto, top, with some of his classmates enrolled in doggie day care at Patrick’s Pet Care in Northeast Washington. parents, acclimating to dog day care started July 21, exactly 4 months and 15 days after they first laid eyes on him.

The Aubrys had wanted a dog for years, but it wasn’t until they relocated in January from Los Angeles to D.C. that they decided it was time. A combination of moving-related stress in the wake of the Capitol insurrection, a traumatic carjacking experience and exhaustion after a year of quarantine made the joy of a puppy even more desirable.

On March 6, the couple drove to a farm in Pelham, North Carolina.

They were waiting at a picnic table when they saw him: a tiny creature with auburn fur, ears that flopped in the wind and a wet black button nose.

The shiest of the litter, he rested his head on Katt’s

chest within moments of meeting her and quickly fell asleep.

They named him Pluto, which in Roman mythology, represents transformation.

“It’s associated with rebirth for me,” Katt

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School administrators treat us like we’re poor, and we’re not Dear Annie: My school addressed the 10-year-old’s school note home to “Mr. and administrators are overMrs. Nimrod,” you’re the-top nosey and won’t jumping to conclusions. stay out of our busiI guarantee that the ness. I think they mean administrators were well, but at times, they just trying to help. try to micromanage the Your son really care of our child. For shouldn’t wear shoes example, his favorite that are disintegratAnnie Lane ing – no matter what he pair of shoes are falling Dear Annie “prefers.” A 10-year-old apart, and although might prefer to eat pizza he has new shoes, he prefers the old ones. The school rolls three meals a day and play Xbox all night; that doesn’t sent home a pair of shoes, as if we couldn’t afford to buy any. It mean you let him.

We make concessions seemed insulting and passivewhere we can as parents, but aggressive, and my son liked some matters aren’t up for those shoes even less than the debate. Make your son wear new ones we’d bought him. So the new shoes, no matter how that was a waste. much whining follows. (I Also, our son recently had a know, I know. Easier said than cut that became infected. The school nurse spotted the begin- done.) Sometimes cubs need ning of the infection, so we are tough love. grateful for that, though we Dear Annie: My brother-inwere watching it closely, too. We law keeps borrowing money, took him in immediately and and my husband just can’t began treatment. The school say no to his big brother. This sent home notes about where wouldn’t be a problem if we we could take him in case we were Rockefellers. We’re not. could not afford a doctor. (We We both work full-time. We can and have never implied have kids of our own to put that we don’t have the means or through school. We are barely insurance.) The administrators scraping by and even have debt. even sent instructions on how We’re just not in a position to to give him a bath using Epsom lend money. salt for the wound. They know Larry, my brother-in-law, that we are both professionseems to have a new career als with advanced degrees, yet every year. This year, he’s they treat us like nimrods. — trying to get his real estate Capable With a Cub license. Last year, he started an Dear Capable: Unless the online store, which never took

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ARIES (March 21-April 19).

Many benefit from your loving attention, though it’s not all selflessness motivating your goodness. There are advantages to living in the fullest measure of their affection, which you’ll enjoy now and in the days to come.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20).

Hooray! What works best will also be what’s most comfortable. The tricky part is being aware of your own feelings. As far as your personal development journey goes, if all you do is note your comfort level, you’ll be doing a lot.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21).

You rush forward right into an opposing force – fear. A dramatic head-on confrontation will take a lot of energy.

How tiresome! Instead, pack that trepidation on your back and take as many heavy steps forward as you can.

CANCER (June 22-July 22).

Recent disappointments have steered you in a good direction.

So, in a sense, these events, however unfortunate they may have felt at the time, are what you’re most grateful for.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).

Looking back, you realize the great extent to which you’ve been influenced.

You have a taste for something different now. Look to

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off. In the past, he’s tried photography and painting.

It’s hard to watch him fail, and I would feel sorry for him if I weren’t so ticked off that he’s flushed thousands of our dollars down the drain along with each of these new enterprises.

And now I find out that behind my back, my husband co-signed a loan, which his brother defaulted on, and we had to take out a second mortgage on the house to pay it.

How can I get my husband to stop giving him money? How can I stop resenting both my brother-in-law and his wife for this? — Broke and Bitter Dear Broke: You’re right.

He’s wrong. But you probably married him because you fell in love with his generous disposition and his desire and willingness to help others in need – qualities at play here.

Recognize that big heart of his while also telling him it’s unacceptable to make such decisions behind your back. Tell him that his continuing to do so would be a betrayal of your trust.

Encourage him to support his brother in ways that have no bearing on your finances.

He could help Larry work out a budget or set realistic career goals. In the long run, that kind of aid is better than simply handing him a check whenever he’s in a pinch. Teach a man to fish.

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Today’s birthday How do you feel about receiving the gift of stability?

It’s one that the very fortunate tend to take for granted and the very unfortunate define differently. Stability is never cheap, always cultivated over time and will be the springboard from which much magic will blossom. Sagittarius and Capricorn adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 9, 5, 30, 22 and 12.

the company. “Show me your friends and I’ll show you your future.” — Anonymous.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).

The conventional wisdom says things turn out for the best when you come from the heart. But that really depends on where your heart is. Inner turmoil needs expression. With a little loving attention to your own pain, it sorts itself out.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).

There is an extra-dimensionality to the events of the day, available to experience or not, at whatever level you prefer.

There’s no punishment, benefit or personalization of any kind that applies here.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).

Let people know what you want.

Your intensity on the matter will make a huge difference in how you’re received. Adjust to the atmosphere. In gravitystrong environments, go heavy.

On the moon, a light touch will send it.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21). You’re in a mood to embrace all the schmaltzy, gooey romance of life as though its unfolding in cinematic format. One heads up: Lines that work on screen seldom transfer in the full dimension of reality.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19). What can you edit down to its essence? A drawer?

A business plan? A motto? Your personal life? “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication,” Leonardo da Vinci said.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Someone should be happy. Why not you?

Furthermore, you’ve been so flexible and accommodating lately, so consider going the other direction – ruthless in your pursuit of joy.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).

Children either give themselves over to an experience or run from it without a complicated thought process. You can keep it simple today by handling things with brilliant childishness.

Bridge

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trust your partner, get a new one immediately – do not wait another trick!)

However, when you are the declarer, you must be wary of the defenders.

Sometimes, though, they can be trusted to supply the right clue.

North’s three-heart rebid showed a game-invitational hand (eight losers) with three-card support.

Against four hearts, West guessed well to start with his singleton diamond. (It is rarely best to lead a suit bid by an opponent.) East, after winning with his ace, returned the diamond eight, a suit-preference signal for spades. So, West ruffed and shifted to the spade three. East took dummy’s queen with his ace and returned the spade 10 to dummy’s king.

Declarer played a heart to his ace and cashed the heart king, groaning when West discarded: down one.

“Sorry, partner,” said South. “I misguessed.”

YOU MUST OCCASIONALLY “No, you didn’t,” replied North.

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Word Sleuth

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Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 grid contains the digits 1 through 9, with no repeats.

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J.K. Rowling, in “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,” wrote, “Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can’t see where it keeps its brain.”

At least a bridge player knows where his opponent’s brain is kept. The

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The mandate, which applies to all 41 Broadway theaters, will require older than guests 12 to be fully vaccinated, meaning they must show proof of receiving their last dose – or singledose vaccine – at least 14 days before the performance date.

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Gov. Newsom can sometimes be his own worst enemy

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ov. Gavin Newsom blames right-wing extremists for the drive to recall him, and there’s no doubt that they want him gone.

However, the recall would not have qualified for the ballot, nor would polling indicate that the issue is in a virtual tie (47% of likely voters in favor, 50% opposed) if only diehard Trumpies were supportive.

The polling by the University of California, Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies indicates that a significant segment of California’s voters dislike or distrust Newsom. In fact, just 50% of all voters, not just those planning to vote on the recall in September, approve of how he’s managed the state, with 42% disapproving. The latter number is nearly Dan Walters twice the Republican share of the registered voter pool, so it obviously includes a fair number of Democrats and no-party-preference voters.

Newsom’s popularity soared during the first months of the Covid-19 pandemic, hitting 64% approval in the Berkeley IGS poll in September 2020, but has been slipping ever since.

The factors in that decline may be as individual as fingerprints, but there’s little doubt that Newsom’s character is one of them. Many Californians see their governor as slippery, and he continues to say and do things to bolster that image.

The best known example, of course, is his now-infamous attendance at a dinner party of lobbyists, celebrating the birthday of one, without wearing masks even though he had issued a mask-wearing order and urged Californians to avoid social gatherings.

Newsom apologized after photos of the party emerged, but his approval rating plummeted from 64% a few weeks before the November 2020 event to 46% a few weeks afterward in the Berkeley IGS poll.

A new example of how Newsom is sometimes his own worst enemy surfaced last week.

He has ordered that when children return to public schools, they must wear masks. The order also applies to children’s camps.

However, a group opposed to the mask order acquired and circulated a photo of Newsom’s 10-year-old son posing with other kids at a summer camp. All were unmasked.

“This is in clear violation of his own mask mandates,” the group, Reopen California Schools, tweeted. “Why can his kid be maskless, but not ours?”

“The Newsoms were concerned to see unvaccinated children unmasked indoors at a camp their children began attending yesterday and after seeing this, removed the kids from the camp,” Newsom spokeswoman Erin Mellon said in a statement. “The family reviewed communication from the camp and realized that an email was missed saying the camp would not enforce masking guidance. Their kids will no longer be attending this camp.”

That seemed to be that, but in a CBS News interview soon after, Newsom seemingly contradicted what Mellon had said, shunned responsibility and played the victimization card.

“If you want to come after me, come after me, and don’t come after 9- and 10-year-olds,” Newsom said. “You know, he was there for one day and said they wanted to take a picture so he took off the mask, he had a mask in his hand, and they’re attacking and weaponizing my son.

I watched network news last night and they’re weaponizing my son. He was sitting there crying with me last night. You want to come after me, come after me. He did nothing wrong.

We pulled them out of that camp, basketball camp. Want to come after me? Come after me, not my kids.”

The two versions of the summer camp incident are completely incompatible, thus giving Californians another reason to question Newsom’s credibility and character.

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GOP threatens democracy through folly

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hen the U.S. is no reported that the subject was more, a millennium “to discuss overturning the in the future, history election results.” Not subtle. books will say, “From As they were being rushed 2000 to about 2030, the U.S. to safety Jan. 6, Rep. Liz engaged in a marked period Cheney angrily slapped away of folly and self-destrucJordan’s proffered hand and tion. Extreme partisanship exclaimed, “. . . you caused broke out in deafness to the this.” What did she know to American Founding Fathers’ Jack Batson have said that? That Decemstrong warnings 230 years ber meeting may be the before that placing one’s political reason. We need to know. party above the good of the country Bad faith was everywhere evident. is a great danger to democracy.”

Remember the call for a bipartisan Folly. That’s what we’re seeing blue-ribbon commission? GOP leadright now – deadly folly. ership initially said “Yes,” but then Recently it has bubbled over reversed. This commission would the top. Will American democracy have had an even split between the last even another half-decade? The two parties, a veto on the issuance of answer will come within the next four subpoenas, and a final report before years. Or will the GOP insist on a 2022. You can’t get more fair and minority-led “democracy”? bipartisan than that. It wouldn’t drag The GOP doesn’t think the on into election season, a tactic dear Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol is worth to the Republican heart. investigation. Folks, that’s bad The Senate made a report of its faith folly. It was not a love-fest as own. It focused on the lack of police Donald Trump has described it nor a preparation, not Jan. 6 or its causes. “normal tourist day.” These are parHelpful, but beside the point. tisan rationalizations. It was a vicious But that’s been forgotten now, attack meant to stop constitutionally replaced by Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s required election results – a first in charge that somehow Nancy Pelosi our history. caused Jan. 6 due to the lack of preThe contention that no invesparedness. That outrageous claim is tigation is necessary is simply another extraordinary example of preposterous. There’s the stench of bad faith. Is there no bottom? Conconspiracy all over the event. Prime gress is not in charge of the Capitol evidence is the Dec. 21 three-hour Police, a three-person commission is. meeting in the Oval Office with about So the House created its own a dozen Republican electeds called investigation committee. It was

by Mo Brooks. Other mild-manbased on the GOP Benghazi investinered Republicans present were gation. That’s fair. Seven Democrats Reps. Jim Jordan, Marjorie Taylor would be joined by five Republicans.

Greene, Louie Gohmert, Matt Gaetz But McCarthy again acted in bad and of course, Trump. Politico News faith. He chose three representatives

who had voted not to accept the election results right after they had been chased out of the Capitol by a murderous mob. In essence, they agreed that the election had been “stolen,” ignoring all 60 contrary court rulings, the attorney general’s disagreement, and all the Republican swing states that had the courage to speak the truth.

The inclusion of Rep. Mo Brooks and Jordon was intolerably provocative. Speaker John Boehner once described Jordan as a “legislative terrorist” and we’ve seen his heckling during the impeachments. Brooks flung out his defiance stating, “Nancy Pelosi created this committee solely to malign conservatives . . . .” House Speaker Pelosi wanted an investigation rather than a circus so she rejected them.

McCarthy must regret his folly.

Now he has a committee that can issue subpoenas galore, will probably last into an election year and has two Republican members, Cheney and Rep. Adam Kinzinger, who believe in majority democracy, not minority “democracy.”

Remember, they’re both loyal Trump Republicans, voting 93% and 99%, respectively, for Trump’s agenda, but they agree that Jan. 6 was a threat to democracy.

Expect a hurricane of disinformation as facts are discovered.

Why all the bad faith folly? I think we will find that the Republicans will be shown to have conspiratorially failed to keep their oath to uphold the Constitution.

Jack Batson is a former member of the Fairfield City Council. Reach him by email at jsbatson@prodigy.net.

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President Biden a chameleon on race

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federal drug trafficking chameleon seeks camouflage when threatpenalties and civil asset ened or for tactical forfeiture, allowing police to advantage. Many polseize someone’s property iticians and President Joe without proof of guilt. The Biden fit the bill. Biden’s rate of Black and Hispanic speech and actions over incarcerations of this racist decades document behavlegislation hugely damaged ior that starkly contradicts minority communities and his image now as an anti-racinto the present.

Roger Oberbeck persists ist beacon of light. As former n 1986: Biden co-authored Vice President Al Gore said, the Anti-Drug Abuse Act, which increased the penalties for “Facts are inconvenient truths.” drug crimes and created a large What follows are well-docudifference between powder and crack mented facts. cocaine. As crack cocaine was more n 1972: Joined with the segregationist bloc of the Democratic Caucus often used by Black Americans, sentencing differences created large and actively worked to oppose school racial disparities in incarceration. busing. n 1993: Warned of predators on n 1975: Led Senate Democrats to deny any funding to resettle Vietnam- our streets “Who were beyond the pale and must be cordoned off from ese evacuees in America and the rest of society” in a speech on the abstained on the appropriation that Violent Crime Control and Law was approved.

Enforcement Act. n 1975: Sponsored a bill limiting n 2006: Stated, “You can’t go to a the power of the courts to order 7-11 or Dunkin Donuts unless you school desegregation by busing. have a slight Indian accent.”

Biden said that he would support a n 2007: Stated, “Obama is the first constitutional amendment to stop mainstream African-American who busing, siding with racists in the is articulate and bright and clean.”

Democrat Party. n 2010: Praised Sen. Robert Byrd, n 1977: Co-authored a bill that a segregationist and KKK “Exalted would severely limit the ability of Cyclops,” as a mentor and a friend. In federal courts to order busing. n 1977: The Civil Rights Commis- a 1944 letter, Byrd stated, “I shall never fight with a Negro by my side in sion said that Biden’s efforts had the armed forces. Rather I should die badly delayed school integration. a thousand times, and see Old Glory n 1977: Biden stated in a Senate trampled in the dirt never to rise hearing that if his legislation failed, again than see this beloved land of his kids would grow up in a racial ours become degraded by race jungle.

Biden pushed in the next few years mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds.” Bryd’s for mass incarceration of minority letter to the KKK’s grand wizard in communities.

1046 stated, “The Klan is needed n 1984: Supported the Comprehensive Control Act, which expanded today as never before, and I am

anxious to see its rebirth here in West Virginia and in every state in the nation. n 2012: Told a Black Virginia audience Mitt Romney’s financial regulations ”would put y’ll back in chains.” n 2012: Said that schools in Iowa perform far better than schools in Washington, D.C., that have far more Black students. n 2012: Told a primarily Black audience that Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney wanted to enslave them. n 2019: When asked about the legacy of slavery, he berated Black people on their parenting abilities. n 2019: Boasted about his ability to work with two segregationist senators, Eastland of Mississippi and Talmadge of Georgia, who were firmly opposed to desegregation efforts. n 2019: Stated, “poor kids are just as bright as white kids.” n 2020: Said that Black entrepreneurs don’t have lawyers and accountants. n 2020: Stated, “I tell you if you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t Black.”

Biden is a racist who has just changed his outward appearance, a chameleon. He is a straw man devoid of principle and integrity. He changes positions as fast as a rabbit on a date.

Roger Oberbeck is a Navy veteran, electrical engineer, Navy nuclear engineer, author and biotech senior validation engineer. He is a member of The Right Stuff Committee of the Republican Central Committee and can be reached at rogeroberbeck@yahoo.com.

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Fauci From Page One record case numbers for the entire pandemic. Hospitalizations and deaths are also rising nationally but not as high as during previous peaks.

On Tuesday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reversed its earlier position and said fully vaccinated people should go back to wearing masks indoors in places where infections are rising. In May, with hopes high that Americans would embrace vaccinations more fully, the agency heralded a return to normal life by loosening mask recommendations for the fully vaccinated.

The turnaround was not just the increasing spread of cases caused by the delta variant among the unvaccinated.

The agency revealed data that raised questions about protection offered by vaccines themselves, though vaccines remain overwhelmingly effective against serious illness and death. Of the 163 million fully vaccinated people in the U.S., 6,239 have been hospitalized and 1,263 have died, the CDC says.

But in an outbreak on Cape Cod in July, about

Text From Page One “We have got the text done now. Basically, it’s just drafting right now,” Manchin said. “When you talk about roads and bridges and rails and train and everything that goes with it, and internet services, it’s something that every state, every area of every state, needs.”

A large part of the text has already been shared with Senate offices, said Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, a Republican who, also on CNN, echoed Manchin’s hope that the bill would be passed by the end of the week.

Manchin and Collins are among the lawmakers negotiating the bipartisan bill.

The legislation marks the biggest infusion of U.S. federal spending on infrastructure in decades, including $110 billion in new spending for roads and bridges, $73 billion of electric grid upgrades, $66 billion for rail and Amtrak, and $65 billion for broadband expansion.

It also provides $55 billion for clean drinking water and $39 billion for transit.

The package was led by the White House and a bipartisan group of senators including Democrat Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and Republican Rob Portman of Ohio.

Passage of the bill will set the stage for later con-

Phone From Page One a call center managed by library staff responsible for handling and transferring calls to the nine Solano County Library branches.

“Our new phone menu system is simple. Callers can bypass menu options and select the branch

three-quarters of the cases, primarily caused by the delta variant, were among the fully vaccinated. No one died and only seven people were hospitalized.

The outbreak also suggested that inoculated people had similar amounts of virus in their body as unvaccinated people, implying they could spread the disease more easily than previously thought.

Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, said the push for the use of masks is “mostly” to protect the unvaccinated, especially with the new data pointing to how those inoculated who are infected carry the virus in their noses and throats.

About 75% of counties are in areas where there is widespread transmission.

For those vaccinated, the chances of getting infected drop by 3 1⁄2 -fold, and the possibility of seeing symptoms go down by eightfold, he said. And the likelihood of getting sick with the need to be hospitalized fall by 25-fold, he added.

“That is so fantastically good for any vaccine,” he said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “We didn’t really have a right to dare they would be this good in the real world. And they are, even against delta.” sideration of President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion economic plan, but a potential showdown looms: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said that she won’t hold a vote on the infrastructure bill unless the Senate also passes the larger reconciliation package.

That larger plan, which includes investments in child care, education and paid leave, would require all the Democrat votes in the Senate, where the parties have a 50-50 split and a tie-breaker in Vice President Kamala Harris.

Manchin said he couldn’t guarantee that the reconciliation package would pass the Senate, adding that he was concerned generally about the U.S. level of debt and inflation. The Congressional Budget Office forecast a near-record $3 trillion budget gap this year, close to the 2020 record, and many measures of inflation have been rising.

Sinema, a fellow moderate Democrat, has voiced concern about the size of the plan, saying that $3.5 trillion is too large for her to support.

“We need a reconciliation bill if we want this bipartisan bill to pass,” progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said on CNN, responding to Manchin’s comments.

“If the Senate does not pass the reconciliation bill, we will uphold our end of the bargain and not pass the bipartisan bill until we get all of these investments in.” of their choice. We’re always looking at ways to improve customer service.

We feel this new phone system makes it easier and faster for library users to connect to the staff at the branches,” said Suzanne Olawski, director of Library Services, in a press release.

Visit solanolibrary.com or call 1-866-57-ASKUS (1-866-572-7587) for more information.

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The Green Valley Fire Safe Council is a grassroots collaborative consisting of residents and community members, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, the Cordelia Fire Protection District and others.

Its purpose is to enhance wildfire survivability through resident education and community engagement, home hardening and creating defensible space by reducing hazardous fuels for what organizers describe as “a fire-safe Solano.”

Participants in Sunday’s event came from rural Fairfield and Vacaville, with some from Yolo County. About half of them are either part of a newly formed fire safe council or interested in forming one, event organizers said.

“I’m going to learn what needs to be done to harden (my property against wildfire),” said Kreinberg, a retired civil engineer and current fine art photographer.

Kreinberg volunteered his property to be inspected and assessed during the event, as did his across-the-street neighbor in their semirural Green Valley area.

Since the recent wildfires, Kreinberg said he’s already taken some steps to mitigate the threat of fire to his property and hoped to learn even more when members of Cal Fire and the Cordelia Fire Protection District assessed it.

“I had a driveway lined with oleander, but we had one of these (events) a couple of years ago, and the Cal Fire captain said,

Library From Page One and Vallejo. Benicia has its own library but is partners with the Solano County Library in providing an online catalog and databases to all county residents.

From five libraries in 1990, it has grown to nine that offer books, movies music and more. Programs for all ages and special events and guest speakers also call the library home.

Olawski took part in a question-and-answer session with the Daily Republic via email.

Q: Share a little of your background. Where were you born and raised? Education?

I was born in Philadelphia and raised in the suburbs. I received my BA degree in English from East Stroudsburg University. I taught adult basic education for a while before returning to school to earn a master of library and information science degree from the University of Pittsburgh.

When looking for employment upon graduation, I came across a librarian posting for Solano County Library. I applied and within the year began my professional career as a librarian at Solano County Library.

Q: When, and how, did the library become an important part of your life?

Public libraries became an important part of my life during my childhood. Some of my earliest memories are of visiting my local library branch as a child with my family, checking out stacks of books. Trips to the library always were like going on a great adventure, exploring the shelves and pulling out books on different topics; it was like the world – real and imaginary – was at my fingertips. Liter-

‘I’m not going to send my truck down your driveway.’ So, the oleander’s gone,” Kreinberg said.

The rosemary is going next week, he said.

Rochelle Sherlock of Elevate Sustainable Solutions and the Green Valley Fire Safe Council was the driving force behind the event, which launched in 2019 and includes all of Solano County.

“We are a nationally designated FireWise USA site, and got our FireWise USA designation in July 2020,” she said.

Sunday’s event started at 8:30 a.m. with a twohour classroom training, followed by the property assessment portion of the day.

Participants were instructed in how to assess a home and property for wildfire risks and make recommendations to improve home ignition resistance, create defensible space, and make homes and communities safer from catastrophic wildfire, Sherlock said.

“Upon completing the training, participants will be prepared to become defensible space ambassadors and help residents to assess and prepare their homes for wildfire, and conduct home assessments as part of the Community Wildfire Risk Assessment process through the National Fire Protection Association’s FireWise USA program,” Sherlock said in an email.

Sherlock said she launched this program locally in collaboration with Cal Fire Battalion Chief Aaron Latta after becoming increasingly distressed about the ferocity of wildfires in the region.

“When I saw in the news the wildfire jumped Highway 101 with the Tubbs Fire and wiped out complete neighborhoods, I became concerned,” she said. “Then, the Atlas Fire

happened, as I watched in horror, and I knew we needed to get something started here, so I reached out to Cal Fire and was connected with Chief Latta. He and I planned the first event for the purpose of starting a fire safe council, but had many people join in. The work we’ve done, we’ve LUNSFORD done as a group.”

The Tubbs Fire started in October 2017 and burned across a large swath of Napa and Sonoma counties, killing 22 people. It ranks third on the list of the state’s deadliest fires and scorched more than 57.51 square miles (36,807 acres). The Atlas Fire, which also sparked in October 2017, started in Napa County and crossed over into Solano County, killing six people to rank 11th on the list of the state’s deadliest fires. It burned more than 80.66 square miles (51,624 acres).

The size of both fires pale in comparison to the LNU Lightning Complex fire that started in August 2020 in Napa County and burned more than 567.53 square miles (363,220 acres) across Napa, Solano, Sonoma, Yolo, Lake and Colusa counties. It, like the Atlas Fire, left six people dead.

It’s the fifth-largest fire in the state’s modern era, dating back to 1932.

The group’s ultimate goal is to “protect life and property by reducing wildfire risk through fuel reduction, defensible space and home hardening,” Sherlock said.

Cal Fire’s goals fit nicely, said Capt. Stephanie Cadwell Lunsford of the Cal Fire Lake-NapaSonoma Unit, which covers six counties, including Solano.

“The goal is creating a

defensible space program and educating the public on mitigating hazards within 100-foot clearance of homes, to help with access and egress and our ability to go in and defend str uctures,” Lunsford said.

While efforts to “harden” Solano County against wildfires are vitally important, there is little first responders can do about embers “blowing past the line,” Cordelia Fire Protection District Chief Dave Carpenter said. Hence the need for individual property owners to make their own properties as fireproof as possible.

Reducing wildfire risk is an everyday concern for Cal Fire officials, Lunsford said. They work on fuel reduction projects every day, and are finding that awareness. Funding for this is growing compared to previous years, she said.

Still, Carpenter said, “We can’t eliminate all the fuel,” so as many people as possible knowing what to do to reduce the risk and passing that information on to as many others as possible, is key.

“It’s our goal to get the area surrounding (Solano County) cleared and maintained,” Carpenter said. “That’s why we’re here . . . to give Fairfield a fighting chance to keep wildfires from your homes.”

For information on Elevate Sustainable Solutions and Green Valley Fire Safe Council, visit www.GVFSC.org. If you would like more information, contact Rochelle Sherlock, president of the Green Valley Fire Safe Council, Fire Safe Solano, and founder of Elevate Sustainable Solutions at contact@elevatesustain ablesolutions.org.

acy was a value instilled in me and my siblings at a very early age. We were and still are a family of readers.

While volunteering as a literacy tutor when in college and teaching adult basic education after receiving my undergraduate degree, I became interested in librarianship as a career. I embraced the values of the profession – intellectual freedom and privacy – and the opportunities such a multifaceted career provides.

I chose public libraries as my career focus to make a difference. I believe public service is a privilege and public libraries are a bedrock of a community’s social infrastructure.

Q: Share some of your favorite library experiences from your youth.

I recall my joy and excitement that a trip to the library would bring and the whispering conversations my mother and I would have as we pulled books from the shelves and talked about our favorite characters and their storybook adventures. When I was older, I enjoyed attending the free programs the library offered, especially the ones that were hosted by local community members, such as the World War II veterans’ group who shared their wartime stories, local writers talking about their published –or hoping to be published – works and local historians sharing their knowledge of regional history.

One of the most favorite experiences was when the local Friends of the Library groups would hold their book sales.

Most times the sales were held in the basements of the branches. It was like going on an expedition digging through piles of used books and success was leaving with a treasure-trove of used paperbacks –10 for a

$1 back then. A visit to a Friends book sale was my family’s trip to the proverbial candy store.

Q: Where did you start your career in library services? What were some of the first obstacles you overcame? What was the most rewarding part of that first job?

My first professional library job was with Solano County Library in 1996. I started as the jail librarian. Starting my career serving a special population was challenging, especially adapting to working in a jail environment and learning about legal resources. I then worked at various branches as a supervising librarian. Each community and their information needs were slightly different. I greatly enjoyed learning about the communities, meeting people and providing programs and building collections that met their interests and needs.

I left Solano County Library for several years in 2007, working as a deputy director for San Mateo Public Library and Berkeley Public Library. I returned in 2015 as assistant director of Library Services.

Q: Favorite authors?

Favorite genres?

Favorite authors: Lisa Scottoline, Kathy Reichs, Donna Leone, Alexander McCall Smith, Carolyn Chute, David Sedaris, Louise Erdrich. . . .

Favorite genres: mysteries and historical fiction.

I started reading mysteries in my youth, first Nancy Drew then progressing to Agatha Christie. Reference work for me was like channeling my inner Nancy Drew when I was faced with a particularly challenging reference question. It was a great adventure helping someone find the answer to their question.

Q: Reflect on how libraries have changed since you started working in libraries.

Computers used to

be a limited resource; we didn’t have enough to meet demand. Now it is like everyone has their own devices and no longer seem to rely on library computers for internet access and personal computing needs. Wi-Fi hotspots are popular these days to provide connectivity support on the go. The nature of reference work also has changed. Again, with personal computers, many people go online to search for information by themselves and then may come to the library for help with more indepth questions.

Q: Would you share some of your goals for the Solano County Library system?

I want the library to make a difference in the lives of our users and our communities; everything we do is in support of their information needs and wants. I want to increase our reach to the communities we serve and ideally get a library card into the hands of every Solano County resident and have them experience the wonder of their Solano County Library. The library soon will begin the process of refreshing its strategic plan and connecting with our stakeholders to learn what is important to them and how the library may help meet their needs.

Q: What impresses you most about the Solano County Library system?

I am impressed by the library’s staff, who are passionate about public service, continually provide excellent customer service and every day strive to make Solano County Library an inclusive and welcoming place for everyone. Moreover, I am most impressed by and appreciative of the communities we serve and the value they’ve placed on and the investment they’ve made in the library. It is my honor to serve Solano County.

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Puppy From Page A3 week at home, the Aubrys took turns sleeping on the floor next to the crate to make sure the puppy had enough company to comfortably fall asleep. When they had enough spending the night next to his crate on the living room floor, they bought another, smaller crate that fit comfortably in their bedroom.

They found the perfect lullaby on YouTube – “12 hours puppy sleeping music” – that prepared him for naptime. And the first time the couple ate at a restaurant, they brought Pluto’s mini play pen, blanket and freezer lunch box so his dog toys stayed cold.

Through all this time, the Aubrys worked from home, which meant Pluto was hardly, if ever, by himself. The only time they can recall leaving him at home alone for more than a half an hour was when Katt accidentally locked herself out of the apartment.

But Katt and Robin Aubry – she a fellow at an impact investing firm, and he a Foreign Service officer at the State Department – understood Pluto lacked experience in the “alone time” department and hoped he would one day be independent enough to handle travel and maybe even a move overseas. They studied videos online about how to treat separation anxiety in dogs, and at one point, intentionally left their apartment for 10 minutes to ease Pluto into solo time.

Those 10 minutes were disastrous.

They watched on their dog monitor camera as Pluto lost a toy under their bed, swiveled his head around, realized he was all alone and launched into a fit of ferocious barking. It went on for so long the neighbor texted to ask if Pluto was okay.

“He just freaked out,” Katt Aubry, 31, said.

A dog dependent on constant company like Pluto has become increasingly inconvenient as in-person social life resumed this summer. And many people,

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ABOVE: Pluto, right, faces

off with Nimbu at their dog Montessori school.

LEFT: Katt Ortiz-Manalo Aubry greets Pluto after doggie day care.

including the Aubrys, fear it will be nothing short of impossible if in-person work resumes in the fall.

The CEO of Morgan Stanley said at an investment conference in June that he will be “very disappointed” if his employees don’t return to the office by Labor Day, CNN reported. Many Congressional staffers, barring a significant uptick in the delta variant, are expected to return to Capitol Hill full-time after August recess. And a June survey by

the Partnership for New York City, a nonprofit made up of business leaders and companies, found that employers expect 62% of office employees expect to return to the office by the end of September – a 37% increase from March estimates of 45%.

Across the country, parents prepping their pets have spiked demand for doggy day care services.

In Chicago, PUPS Pet Club matched its pre-pandemic monthly revenue for the first time in June, a steep recovery

after they closed three of its four locations last year due to lack of business. In California, Bow Wow Bungalow grew its staff by 30% over the summer to accommodate new customers. And in D.C., Patrick’s Pet Care has a three-month waitlist for the first time in its six-year history. They had to temporarily block their phone system to keep up with the volume of calls.

“My clients are going back to work or expecting to go back to work, and they realize they can barely go to the grocery store without their dog,” said Toni Woods, a certified separation anxiety trainer who owns Spot On Dog Training in Washington. n n n As the Aubrys left Pluto alone for his first day of school, they wondered how their pup would get through the next eight hours.

Throughout the day, general manager Emma Teller observed

Pluto for a behavioral assessment that would decide if he was a long term-fit for her Montessori school.

The assessment started off on the right paw. Pluto leaped and bounded around the small group playroom, greeting new dogs one-by-one with appropriate levels of sniffing. He went to the bathroom on the designated patch of turf grass decorated with a fire hydrant. When it was time for a “rambunctious yet focused” game of “come,” Pluto followed cues with aptitude and enthusiasm.

But Pluto’s performance took a turn when it was time for “structured down time.” Teller tried to ease him into his faux marble-covered crate through a series of one-minute exercises, but as soon as she disappeared from his eyesight only one minute in, his yelps filled the facility. He barked, panted and drooled until she unlatched the door just a few minutes later.

“He basically tried to hug me with his paws,” Teller said.

“He’s a Covid baby. He has great confidence in life with everything but alone time.”

Pluto wasn’t the only one who struggled that day. Between meetings, Katt Aubry caught herself looking over at her pet’s empty dog bed by her desk and missing the pitter patter of his footsteps around the house.

Every few hours, she checked the live camera at Patrick’s.

“I wish I could have put the video in the background, plugged my HDMI into the TV and had it on all day,” she said.

By 6 p.m., the Aubrys were more than ready to lay eyes on their furry friend. They waited in the pickup line outside of Patrick’s and met the parents of a goldendoodle named Banana, whom they recognized as a follower of Pluto’s Instagram (@ItsPlutoThePup).

They had just stepped through the glass door when they saw that auburn fur and moist button nose bouncing toward them.

“Did you have a good day today?” Katt Aubry asked Pluto, bending down to his eye level.

“Did you have a fun time?”

He wagged his tail.

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Expos close regular season with 9-5 victory B8 Monday, August 2, 2021 SECTION B Paul Farmer . Sports Editor . 427.6926

CALENDAR Monday’s TV sports Baseball MLB •Cleveland at Toronto, MLB, noon •Philadelphia at Washington, ESPN, 4 p.m.

•San Francisco at Arizona, NBCSBA, 6:30 p.m.

Basketball NBA Summer League •Miami vs. L.A. Lakers, ESPN2, 5 p.m.

•Sacramento vs. Golden State, ESPN2, 8 p.m.

The Basketball Tournament •Championship, ESPN, 6 p.m.

Olympics •Women’s soccer, semifinals, USA, 4 a.m.

•Diving, women’s springboard final; beach volleyball; women’s gymnastics, finals in vault and uneven bars; track and field, finals in men’s long jump and women’s 100 hurdles and more, Ch. 3, 4:05 a.m.

•Equestrian, individual jumping final, NBCSN, 4:45 a.m.

•Men’s golf, fourth round, GOLF, 5 a.m. (replay) •Badminton, men’s singles gold medal game, NBCSN, 5:45 a.m.

•Weightlifting, final in women’s 87kg class; beach volleyball, round of 16, USA, 6 a.m.

•Women’s soccer, semifinals, NBCSN, 7 a.m. (replay) •Women’s kayak, single 200m, men’s canoe double 1000, men’s kayak single 1000 and women’s K-2 500 heats and quarterfinals, USA, 8 a.m.

•Beach volleyball, round of 16, NBCSN, 9 a.m. (delayed) •Equestrian, eventing and jumping finals; early round matches in men’s beach volleyball and water polo; Men’s springboard diving, qualifying; men’s gymnastics, finals in vault and rings, Ch. 3, 10 a.m.

•Women’s handball, Spain vs. Russician Olympic Committee, USA, 10 a.m.

•Women’s badminton, doubles gold medal game, NBCSN, 10 a.m.

•Equestrian, jumping final, NBCSN, 11 a.m. (replay) •Weightlifting, final in 87kg and 87+kg events, USA, 11:15 a.m.

•Wrestling, medals awarded in Greco-Roman 60kg and 130kg, women’s freestyle 76kg, semifinals in three other divisions, USA, 12:15 p.m.

•Women’s basketball, United States vs. France, USA, 1 p.m. (replay) •Women’s field hockey, quarterfinals, NBCSN, 1 p.m. (replay) •Women’s handball, Netherlands vs. Montenegro, NBCSN, 2:15 p.m. (delay) •Women’s soccer, semifinals, USA, 3 p.m. (replay) •Men’s badminton, singles gold medal game, NBCSN, 3:30 p.m. (replay) •Women’s beach volleyball, quarterfinals; track and field, finals in men’s 400 hurdles, women’s long jump and more; Women’s gymnastics, floor final, Ch. 3, 5 p.m.

•Men’s water polo, Greece vs. Germany, NBCSN, 5 p.m. (replay) •Track and field, finals in men’s 400 hurdles and women’s long jump; first round in men’s 200, men’s 1500 and women’s 400 and more, CNBC, 5 p.m.

•Women’s volleyball, United States vs. Italy, NBCSN, 6 p.m. (replay) •Diving, men’s springboard semifinals, USA, 8 p.m.

•Women’s basketball, United States vs. France, NBCSN, 8 p.m. (replay) •Beach volleyball, quarterfinals, CNBC, 8:30 p.m.

•Canoe/kayak sprint finals; men’s volleyball, quarterfinals, Ch. 3, 8:30 p.m.

•Men’s volleyball, quarterfinals, Ch. 3, 9:05 p.m.

•Women’s soccer, semifinals, NBCSN, 9:30 p.m.

•Women’s kayak single 200 m, men’s canoe double 1000m, men’s kayak single 1000m and women’s K-2 500m, CNBC, 9:30 p.m.

•Women’s water polo, quarterfinals, USA, 10 p.m.

•Diving, men’s 3-meter springboard final, CNBC, 11 p.m.

•Men’s volleyball, quarterfinals, USA, 11:10 p.m.

•Beach volleyball, round of 16, NBCSN, 11:15 p.m. (delay) •Women’s beach volleyball, quarterfinals; track and field, finals in men’s 400 hurdles, women’s long jump and more; Women’s gymnastics, floor final, Ch. 3, 11:35 p.m.

Soccer Canadian Premier League •HFX Wanderers vs. Atlético Ottawa, FS2, 11 a.m.

Tennis •Center Court, ATP Washington DC, WTA San Jose, early rounds, TENNIS, 10 a.m.

•Center Court, ATP Washington DC, WTA San Jose, early rounds, TENNIS, 6 p.m.

•Center Court, ATP Washington DC, WTA San Jose, early rounds, TENNIS, 10 p.m.

Tuesday’s TV sports Baseball MLB •Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees OR Boston at Detroit, MLB, 4 p.m.

•San Diego at Oakland, NBCSCA, 6:30 p.m.

•San Francisco at Arizona, NBCSBA, 6:30 p.m.

Olympics •Beach volleyball, quarterfinals, NBCSN, midnight •Men’s handball, quarterfinals, CNBC, 12:15 p.m.

•Men’s soccer, semifinals, NBCSN, 1 a.m.

•Men’s basketball, quarterfinals, USA, 1:15 a.m.

•Cycling, men’s and women’s team pursuits, NBCSN, 3 a.m. (replay) •Women’s beach volleyball, quarterfinals; track and field, finals in men’s 400 hurdles, women’s long jump and more; Women’s gymnastics, floor final, Ch. 3, 3:05 a.m.

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Bryant homers in debut as SF secures series win over Astros Tribune Content Agency SAN FRANCISCO — Already owners of the best record in baseball, the Giants’ acquisition of Kris Bryant could have almost seemed superfluous if not for the outrageous competition in their own division.

Bryant received huge cheers and gave the Giants a boost in his debut, but it was the usual

cast of characters who made the difference in a 5-3 win over the Astros to clinch a series win.

With a solo home run to left field in the third inning, Bryant started a three-run rally that gave the Giants a lead they never relinquished. In his first at-bat, Bryant received a standing ovation as he stepped to the plate. He worked a full count and saw eight

pitches but eventually struck out with a runner on second base.

The rest of the runs came via the usual culprits: Mike Yastrzemski and Buster Posey each scored from second base on consecutive singles

by Brandon Crawford and Darin Ruf, to round out the third-inning rally and open a 3-2 lead. Ruf made it 5-2 a couple innings later with a

homer of his own – No. 13 this season – that scored Crawford, who singled a batter earlier.

Ruf finished a triple shy of the cycle. Maybe that sounds far-fetched for a 6-foot-2, 232-pound left fielder, but he also stole second base in the third inning (his second of the season, a new career high).

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Isaiah Jewett of Team United States and Nijel Amos of Team Botswana react after falling in the Men’s 800-meter

semifinals on day nine of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium, Sunday, in Tokyo, Japan.

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USC, was in the third position and Nijel Amos of Botswana the fourth as the racers approached the final turn. A moment later, both fell hard on the track. Jewett helped Amos to his feet, shook his hand and then put his arm over his shoulder as they finished the race.

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“I was super frustrated, I was so mad because I felt like I had a chance,” Jewett said, “and I learned from like from all the superhero anime I watch, regardless of how mad you are, you

Jewett of U.S. falls in 800 semis, then embodies Olympic spirit TOKYO — Isaiah Jewett emulates anime superheroes.

He watches them, quotes them. He tries to live by their credo and example.

Jewett has said that lessons learned from Japanese animation cartoons fueled his drive and helped him become a first-time Olympian.

In the immediate aftermath of a devastating setback, Jewett demonstrated the embodiment of the superhero — and the Olympic spirit — on Sunday night at Olympic Stadium.

On a night when Lamont Marcell Jacobs of

Italy won the men’s 100meters race and Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela established a world record in the women’s triple jump, Jewett left a memorable impression.

It did not begin as the Olympic moment that Isaiah Champion Jewett dreamed of as a child when he was trying to keep up with his older sisters, Victorya and Olympia. Or when he was losing races and failing to make the roster of other sports teams.

But Jewett’s actions after a fall in the men’s 800-meter semifinals will endure.

Jewett, the NCAA 800meters champion from

have to be a hero at the end of the day.

“And that was my version of trying to be a hero, standing up and up and showing good character even if it’s my rival or whoever I’m racing, or if anything happened.”

Immediately after the race, it was not clear what caused the runners to fall.

Jewett said it felt as if he had been hit in the back of his heel, which threw off his stride and caused his legs to tangle.

“I just fell from there, from what I remember at least,” he said. “I just remember hitting my head, too.”

Amos offered an See Spirit, Page B8

In series clincher, newest A’s show why they could transform team’s offense Tribune Content Agency To be a legitimate postseason threat, the A’s added three offensive players to help boost a somewhat average offense into, at least, an above average one.

A 8-3 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday afternoon in Anaheim showed how big of a difference those additions can make on this offense.

Yan Gomes, Starling Marte and Josh Harrison, the newest A’s, were penciled into the lineup all together for the first time. Marte and Gomes were at the center of what’s become a rare outpouring of runs and helped turn the A’s bad habit of hitting solo home runs into a handful of demoralizing multi-run home runs.

Down three runs heading into the third inning, Marte’s first hit of the game followed a leadoff single

by Elvis Andrus and set the table

for Matt Olson, who just cleared the center field fence for a gametying, three-run home run. His 28th of the season. In the sixth with the A’s up 6-3, Mark Canha singled and Marte collected his second hit of the game and stole second base to put two in scoring position for Jed Lowrie, the A’s best hitter with runners in scoring position. Lowrie knocked a two-run single.

Marte reached base four times with three hits and a walk.

The A’s brass coveted Gomes because he rakes left-handed pitching. He upped his .365 average and 1.032 OPS against left-handers when he smashed a two-run home run off Angels starter Reid Detmers – making his big league debut as one of their top prospects – to break a 3-3 tie. Gomes’ home run traveled 421 feet and came off his bat with a 107 exit velocity. Gomes added another run with a single off

reliever Austin Warren.

Gomes, Marte and Harrison weren’t the only new faces making waves. With James Kaprielian on the injured list with shoulder impingement, Daulton Jefferies was called up from Triple-A Las Vegas Sunday morning to take Kaprielian’s start.

Jefferies started shaky, hanging a curveball to Max Stassi for a two-run home run after issuing a rare walk and allowing another run in the second inning. But he settled in, allowing just two hard hits and those early runs in a five inning outing.

Harrison, playing second base, helped Jefferies out of a leadoff single to Adam Eaton by turning a 4-6-3 double play on Shohei Ohtani – a fast, therefore difficult hitter to get out on a double play at first. Harrison would turn See A’s, Page B8

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Blistered shishitos – Hawaiian style Ligaya Figueras

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y brother José attended college in Hawaii in the late 1990s and never came back. After more than 20 years of island life, he’s thoroughly adopted the ways of the locals (who are known as kama’aina), including their food culture. That’s one reason that I’ve enjoyed reading all 300 pages of chef and restaurateur Sheldon Simeon’s new cookbook, “Cook Real Hawai’i” (Clarkson Potter/ Publishers, $35).

Born and raised on the Big Island by parents with Filipino roots, Simeon gained aplomb and accolades (nominations from the James Beard Foundation and Food & Wine magazine, two-time finalist on “Top Chef,” among others) by cooking food that was “affordable and accessible to everyone, most of all locals – simple, honest, delicious food that spoke to the community.”

Simeon’s recipe for Blistered Shishitos with Furikake Ranch and Crispy Quinoa originated as an ad hoc staff meal at one of his restaurants. As he explains in the headnote, “It began with shishito peppers blistered in a screaming hot pan, because who doesn’t love shishitos? I took some cooked quinoa that was on the line and threw it in the fryer until it turned nutty and crunchy. I mixed some furikake and ranch together, because delicious plus delicious equals more delicious.”

Blistered or charred shishitos are now a mainstay veg dish, especially at shared plates concepts across the country (and fresh peppers are just as accessible to the home cook, found loose and pre-bagged at the supermarket). While shishitos are everywhere, chefs write their signature with sauces and seasonings. (Just the other day, I sampled an iteration by chef Christina Wai of Drawbar at the new Bellyard Hotel in West Midtown where the wrinkled peppers are paired with a saffron aioli.)

Simeon’s version offers crunch, briny sea spunk and creamy zest. It’s a terrific combination of tastes and textures that everyone – not just the kama’aina – will enjoy.

BLISTERED SHISHITOS WITH FURIKAKE RANCH AND CRISPY QUINOA 4 tablespoons neutral oil, divided ½ cup cooked quinoa Kosher salt 1 pound shishito peppers Garlic salt ½ lemon, cut into wedges ¾ cup ranch dressing (made from Hidden Valley ranch dressing mix) 3 tablespoons furikake, divided In a large skillet, heat 2 tablespoons of the oil over medium-high heat. When it’s shimmering-hot, add the quinoa to the pan and spread evenly. Cook, stirring occasionally, until golden-brown and crisp, 5 to 15 minutes (depending on the quinoa’s moisture content; freshly cooked quinoa will take longer). Drain the fried quinoa on paper towels and season with a pinch of kosher salt. Wipe the pan clean.

Add the remaining 2 tablespoons oil to the pan and place over high heat. Once the oil begins to smoke, add the shishitos. It’s important that all the peppers touch the pan, so work in batches if necessary. Sear the peppers on all sides, turning occasionally, until they begin to blister and slightly char, about 4 minutes. Season to taste with garlic salt and a squeeze of lemon. Transfer to a plate and top with the fried quinoa.

In a small bowl, whisk together the ranch with 2 tablespoons of the furikake.

Serve it alongside the shishitos. Sprinkle the shishitos with the remaining 1 tablespoon furikake before serving.

Serves 2 to 4.

Nutritional information per serving, based on 4: 397 calories (percent of calories from fat, 75), 6 g protein, 20 g carbohydrates, 4 g fiber, 34 grams total fat (4 g saturated), 12 mg cholesterol, 668 mg sodium.

Reprinted with permission from “Cook Real Hawai’i” by Sheldon Simeon and Garrett Snyder, copyright © 2021. Published by Clarkson Potter/Publishers, an imprint of Penguin Random House.

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Blistered Shishitos with Furikake Ranch and Crispy Quinoa.

this easy

peach crumble pie Peach Crumble Pie

recipe spotlights summer’s most sensual fruit

The Washington Post

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t’s peak peach season, which means it’s prime time to eat ripe ones by the basket, fresh, still warm from the sun, over the sink, letting the fuzz tickle your nose as the juices run down your forearms.

But, because we’ve been waiting all year for stone fruit season, it’s also nice to bake at least a few juicy peaches into a pie.

Scale and get a printer-friendly, desktop version of the recipe here.

Between making and letting pie dough rest, rolling it out and trying to keep it cold in the heat of summer, making pie can be an ordeal. This recipe sidesteps that process: Its quickly mixed crumble topping and press-in bottom crust are made from the same cookielike dough.

Start by making the crumble and crust, and then let them chill in the freezer while you prepare the peaches – this ensures the crumble will be crunchy and the bottom crust firm and crisp.

For the filling, there’s no need to peel the peaches. (If they are very fuzzy, a soak in cold water and gentle scrub with a dishcloth will remove some of the excess furriness.)

This is also where it’s safe to say that you can use nectarines instead of peaches. As Petra Paradez of Petee’s Pie in New York writes in her book “Pie for Everyone,” nectarines can make a superior pie. “With all their similarities, it might seem silly to pick a side, but you’ll still find me on team nectarine.

Why? Stone fruit skin holds so much of its flavor, and you can use nectarines with skins on whereas many people find peach skin to be off-putting in a pie . . . if you want to make a ‘peach’ pie with nectarines, your secret is safe with me.”

Whether you pick peaches or nectarines, all you’ll need to do is slice them and toss them with sugar, cornstarch, lemon juice and a bit of salt. A touch of vanilla is optional, but can help if your fruit isn’t as fragrant as you’d like. Pour the filling into the shaped bottom crust, top it with the crumble, and slide the whole thing into the oven.

Baking this pie in a preheated oven atop a preheated sheet pan is extra insurance – for drips, and to ensure a crisp, well-browned bottom crust. It takes

about an hour to bake, and the best way to know it’s done is to check that the filling’s juices are thick and forming slow-to-pop bubbles along the edges. By this point, the crust and crumble will be deeply browned and smell of toasted butter and caramelized sugar.

The last step to this pie is the easiest, but also the most annoying: You really must let it cool for at least an hour before trying to cut into it. But like all good things, it’s worth the wait.

Peach Crumble Pie If you use ripe peaches – or nectarines – there’s no need to peel them; the peels give the baked pie a rosy hue. (If you prefer them peeled, see NOTE.) You can make the crust using all allpurpose flour, but for a more tender, flavorful crust, try the almond flour as suggested.

Before making the filling, taste the fruit. If it’s very sweet, you may cut the sugar in the filling down to 1⁄2 cup.

Storage notes: Leftover pie may be covered and refrigerated for up to 3 days.

Make ahead: Crust and crumble may be well wrapped and frozen for up to 2 weeks.

NOTES: Fresh peaches are best here, but you can also use sliced frozen or unsweetened (or very lightly sweetened) canned peaches.

If using frozen peaches, do not defrost.

To peel whole peaches, fill a large bowl with ice water. Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Score a long, shallow “X” into the bottom of each peach before lowering them one at a time into the boiling water. Let them boil for 30 seconds to 1 minute, or until the peels start to loosen.

Using a slotted spoon, transfer the peaches to the ice bath and let them cool for a few minutes.

Drain and use your fingers to peel the peaches.

For the crust and crumble: 2 cups (250 grams) all-purpose flour 1 ⁄2 cup (50 grams) almond or oat flour, or an additional 1⁄2 cup (63 grams) all-purpose 3 tablespoons granulated sugar 1 ⁄2 teaspoon fine sea salt or table salt 1 3⁄4 sticks (200 grams) unsalted butter, softened but cool to the touch, cubed 1 ⁄4 cup (50 grams) packed light brown sugar 1 large egg, separated For the filling: 2 1⁄4 pounds peaches (about 6 medium; see NOTE) 2 ⁄3 cup (135 grams) granulated sugar 1 ⁄3 cup (40 grams) cornstarch 1 ⁄4 teaspoon fine sea salt or table salt 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice (from 1 lemon)

1 teaspoon vanilla extract or paste (optional) Place a 9-inch pie plate in the freezer.

Make the crust and crumble: In a large bowl, whisk together the flours, granulated sugar and salt. Add the butter, and using your fingers or a pastry cutter, blend it into the dry ingredients until it’s no longer visible and the mixture holds together in loose clumps when pressed.

Scoop about 1 1⁄2 cups (235 grams) of the mixture into a small bowl, and add the brown sugar and egg yolk. Using your fingers or a fork, mix it together well, forming small and larger crumble nubbins as you go. Place the bowl of crumble in the freezer and retrieve the pie plate.

Whisk the egg white until frothy, then add it to the remaining flour-and-butter mixture.

Using a fork or your fingers, stir the mixture together until it’s evenly moistened and holds together when squeezed. Press it into the bottom and up the sides of the cold pie plate, forming an even layer and a short lip at the top. Work quickly, so the warmth from your hands doesn’t melt the butter in the dough.

Return the crust to the freezer, and freeze until solid, 15 to 20 minutes.

Place a rimmed baking sheet on a rack positioned in the middle of the oven and preheat to 400 degrees.

Make the filling: While the crust is chilling, pit and cut the peaches into approximately 3 ⁄4 -inch-thick slices. In a large bowl, mix together the sugar, cornstarch and salt until no lumps remain. Add the peaches, lemon juice and vanilla, if using, tossing until evenly mixed.

Retrieve the pie crust and crumble topping from the freezer. Pour the filling into the crust, top it with the crumble and place it on the rimmed baking sheet in the oven.

Bake for 30 minutes. Check to see if crumble or the edges of the crust are browning too quickly. If so, loosely cover the top of the pie with aluminum foil. Continue baking for an additional 20 to 30 minutes, or until the crust and crumble are well-browned and the peach juices are thick and form a few slow-topop bubbles along the edge.

Let the pie cool on a wire rack for at least 1 hour before slicing and serving.

Nutrition information per serving (1 slice, based on 8): Calories: 486 ; Total Fat: 24 g; Saturated Fat: 13 g; Cholesterol: 76 mg; Sodium: 232 mg; Carbohydrates: 64 g; Dietary Fiber: 4 g; Sugar: 33 g; Protein: 7 g This analysis is an estimate based on available ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s or nutritionist’s advice.

Puttanesca Crostini part of feast of summer fishes

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he Feast of the capers and garlic. It’s Seven Fishes is a usually served on top much-anticipated of pasta but can also holiday tradition for be enjoyed on toasted Italian-Americans, crostini as a summer traditionally served appetizer, as it is here, on Christmas Eve to or on crusty sandcelebrate La Vigilia, wich bread for lunch. the period of waiting I know there are rules for the Christ Gretchen McKay about cheese and fish, child’s birth.

Gretchen’s table but I think a dusting Menus range from of grated Parmesan simple to over the top, with would add a lovely finish. everything from squid, smelts Puttanesca sauce is much and shrimp sharing the table loved because it usually with cod, octopus and lobster. comes together quickly, in The only rule is there has less than 30 minutes. This to be at least seven courses, version cooks a bit longer each with a different seafood. until it is thick and stew-like.

Summer is prime time to Don’t be afraid of the source seasonal, responsibly anchovies in the ingredient caught seafood like branlist. They melt as they cook zino, shrimp and octopus. To and don’t really taste fishy, whet your appetite, DiAnoia’s adding a rich umami that Eatery in Pittsburgh’s Strip pairs perfectly with tomatoes.

District is sharing Chef Tyler The sauce can be refrigerEngland’s recipe for Puttanated in a glass container for esca Crostini. up to six days or frozen in a Puttanesca is a simple resealable container for up to and spicy sauce made with three months; thaw overnight in the refrigerator and reheat anchovies, olives, tomatoes,

in a large saucepan or frying pan until hot.

PUTTANESCA CROSTINI 8 ounces olive oil 4 or 5 cloves garlic, minced 1 2-ounce can anchovies fillets in oil, drained 2 teaspoons red pepper flakes 6 ounces pitted Kalamata olives, chopped 2 ounces capers, rinsed 28-ounce can chopped Italian tomatoes, or whole, crushed by hand 1 bunch fresh parsley, chopped 1 loaf crusty bread, thinly sliced and toasted Heat olive oil over medium heat in a medium sauce pot, When oil is hot, add garlic, anchovies and red pepper flakes. Saute until fragrant, about 1-2 minutes.

(Anchovies will melt as they cook).

Add chopped olives and capers and saute for another 2-3 minutes.

Add canned tomatoes with their juices, stir to combine and

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In this easy appetizer, crostini are topped with puttanesca, a spicy sauce made with tomato, capers, olives, garlic and anchovy. then stew the sauce for 90 minutes on low heat, stirring occasionally. Once stewed it should be pretty thick, and most of the water should evaporate.

Add chopped parsley and check for seasoning; add salt if necessary.

Transfer sauce to a serving bowl and serve with toasted bread.

Makes about 3 cups of sauce.

— Cher Tyler England, DiAnoia’s Eatery, Strip District

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Sam Dudley of Encino poses for a portrait with his Chevy Bolt electric car in Encino, July 21.

Good luck getting a California rebate on your new electric car

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am Dudley of Encino knows that California government has gone all in on zero-emission vehicles. So has he.

He’s all about cutting back on greenhouse gases.

In May, Dudley splurged on a new electric car, a metallic black Chevy Bolt EV LT. He loves it.

But now it’s July, and the after-school program director, 35, wonders when the state will make good on the EV-incentive rebate money it owes him.

He figures he’s due $4,500.

He might have to wait until next year for a check to arrive, he said a rebate program representative told him by phone. And, he was warned, he and thousands of others might not get back as much money as promised, or might not receive any money at all.

“They’re not making this easy for the everyday person who is living in California,” Dudley said.

He’s not alone. Dudley’s name sits on a rebate wait list with about 8,000 other California EV buyers.

The long delay might seem counterintuitive. California is the national champion in zeroemission vehicle promotion and air quality regulation. Much legislation has been enacted to encourage the transition to electric transportation, and many billions have been spent.

(Just how many billions is surprisingly hard to ascertain, owing to the wide dispersal of accounting data across various agencies. State Sen. Bob Wieckowski (D-Fremont) has complained that trying to find out is “an Easter egg hunt.”)

Gov. Gavin Newsom even ordered a ban on new sales of internal combustion passenger cars and trucks by 2035.

But the state rebate programs that aim to make zero-emission vehicles more affordable to Californians have been plagued over the years by erratic funding. Rebate coffers are often left empty for weeks or months at a time, forcing

qualified car buyers to draw on reserves of their own patience as the state gets its funding act together.

It doesn’t help that figuring out whether a buyer’s income qualifies them for a rebate, or whether the car they want to buy is covered, becomes a complicated and time-consuming endeavor. A welter of different rebate programs with different requirements adds to the confusion.

The programs that must be evaluated: The Clean Vehicle Rebate Project. The Clean Vehicle Assistance Program.

Clean Cars 4 All. (“They all sound the same,” Dudley said.)

Several air quality districts also offer rebates, which come with their own rules. Electric utilities provide financial assistance for home chargers.

“How is the average person supposed to do all this?” Dudley said. Low-income potential buyers can’t afford to postpone rebates, he said: “Waiting four to six months after purchasing a new EV is untenable for many people.”

Car dealers are frustrated as well. They welcome the rebate programs, of course, but complain there’s so much customer confusion and so much red tape followed by months of delay that the hundreds of millions of tax dollars being spent aren’t as effective as they might be. (The Rebate Project has paid consumers nearly $1 billion so far.)

“The more complicated it is, and the more delays there are, the more difficult it is for consumers to navigate these programs,” said Brian Maas, president of the California New Car Dealers Assn. “You want to make it as simple and easy as possible, and you want to [pay the cash rebate] as close to point of sale as you can,” he said.

The key problem is unpredictable state funding. The Clean Vehicle Rebate Project ran out of money in April. The Assistance Program, intended to help low-income buyers purchase an EV, ran out of money in March. Applicants were put on a wait list, but a spokesperson for the state’s Air Resources Board said with funds exhausted and

no new money on the way, the for approval this fall,” the Air are expected to match interAssistance Program “might Resources Board spokesperson nal combustion equivalents, said by email. making vehicle incentives less have to close the list.”

Potential electric car buyers essential for all but the lowestThe Rebate Project, though, is the big kahuna. It’s financed who turn to the Rebate Project income buyers.

“Now the barrier is, ‘I live with state general funds and website see an image of a highby the state’s greenhouse gas way-style triangle warning sign in an apartment building and I reduction fund. The state Leg- and a message that says it will don’t have a place to charge my islature depends on inherently take “several months” before vehicle, so I’m not going to get a uncertain forecasts for zero-emissions vehicle.’ .

EV sales to decide how . . We want to make sure much money to allocate no matter where you to general fund; if forelive you’re going to have casts are too low, the access,” Monahan said. money runs out. The The increasing size of the greenhouse popularity of electric gas fund, financed by cars – there are now state cap-and-trade about 800,000 on California roads now, and energy permit auctions, electric passenger vehican rise and fall like cles total more than a yo-yo, causing periodic refund delays that 8% of the new car market – means rapidly can last for three months or more. rising costs for the Wouldn’t an state. If left in place, the increased gasoline tax rebate program costs — Brian Maas, president of the California New accomplish the same would run to several Car Dealers Association goal – making it more billion dollars a year economical to buy a later in the decade. zero-emissions car – The Air Resources rebate money is distributed. without all the complexity? Yes, The message also cautions that Board is considering rebate said Denny Cullenward, an rebate “terms and conditions” program alternatives that range energy economist and coauthor might be changed by the time from changing income requireof the book “Making Climate the money becomes available. ments for buyers to putting a Policy Work.” But it’s a politi- “As a result,” it says, “there is no ceiling on the number of rebatecal nonstarter: “The last thing guarantee that you will be eligi- qualified cars a manufacturer anyone wants to do is be the ble for a rebate.” can sell to eliminating the politician that sets the price Meantime, the state is evalu- rebate program altogether. of gasoline.”

How much attention conating the structure of its rebate A carbon tax was consid- programs. There could be dra- sumer confusion will get is unclear. And consumers aren’t ered under the administration matic changes in store. Or not. of former Gov. Jerry Brown, but A Newsom plan to issue the only ones dealing with red didn’t draw legislative support. $1 billion in government bonds tape. Sellers and buyers of zeroThat’s how the state’s green- would provide incentives for emission trucks and buses must house cap-and-trade system sales, purchase and deployment navigate an array of different came about, as a carbon tax of electric vehicle charging sta- programs in different agencies. alternative, Cullenward said. tions. The $66 million in annual The state budget includes He’s a big proponent of clean- interest payments would be $3.9 billion to be spent on zerovehicle rebates and other financed in part by extending emission vehicle programs over incentives but called the current motor vehicle fees now due to the next three years. There state of California’s myriad pro- expire in 2024. are 29 state agencies and subgrams and the way they are As electric cars take a bigger agencies that have a stake in administered “a nightmare.” share of the market, state that money.

The new state budget signed incentives might have to shift State Sen. Henry Stern of

by Newsom on July 16 pro- from cars and trucks to public Calabasas is pushing a bill that vides $525 million for rebates; chargers, an official with the would create an executive direc$100 million of that comes from California Energy Commis- tor that reports to the governor the greenhouse fund. “Staff are sion said at a state Senate budget to coordinate those programs.

Bolt buyer Dudley wants working to finalize grant docu- hearing earlier this year. ments that would allow a portion Patty Monahan, the to make clear that although of the allocation to be infused commission’s head of trans- he thinks he’s getting the runinto the program now to cover portation, noted that the cost of around by rebate officials, the wait list and the remain- electric vehicle batteries has “everyone I’ve talked to has ing allocation will be added to fallen dramatically over the been sympathetic.” It’s not the the program once staff brings last decade – within the next people he’s upset with, he said; their proposal to the Board few years, electric vehicle costs it’s the system.

‘The more complicated it is, and the more delays there are, the more difficult it is for consumers to navigate these programs. You want to make it as simple and easy as possible, and you want to [pay the cash rebate] as close to point of sale as you can.’

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‘Who’s starting the fires?’

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Oakland’s gentrification woes star in new podcast drama Tribune Content Agency SAN JOSE — Count Dominique Mouton as the latest Hollywood-bound talent from Oakland to get inspired by her hometown’s 21st-century growing pains.

Following the success of Ryan Coogler, Boots Riley and Daveed Diggs, with their various Oakland-centered film and TV projects, writer Mouton has crafted an ambitious neo-noir drama that tells a story about people in this multi-faceted city grappling with race, crime, culture and class conflicts.

But instead of a TV series or movie, Mouton’s “The Lower Bottoms” comes to audiences via a 10-part fiction podcast series with some well-known Hollywood and Bay Area names attached. The series premiered July 20 and is distributed by by the iHeartPodcast Network.

Emmy-winning “Frasier” star Kelsey Grammer provides the narration, while a slate of up-and-coming TV and film actors – Ryan Destiny, Theo Rossi and Omar Dorsey – bring alive the characters of a social activist, a mayoral candidate and a Baptist minister, respectively. Rounding out the cast are East Bay rapper Dru Down, playing a pimp, and real-life activist Elaine Brown, the former chair of the Black Panther Party, appearing as, well, herself.

As the title suggests, the series is set in the traditionally working-class but gentrifying West Oakland neighborhood, as it is beset by growing tensions between longtime residents and newcomers amid a mysterious rise in vandalism and arson fires.

“Who’s starting the fires?” asks a young woman named Beulah, voiced by “Empire” and “Chicago Fire” actor Annie Ilonzeh, at the start of Episode 1. “Some say it’s anarchists. Others have conspiracies about Russians or blood-thirsty Satanists. Only in Oakland can all those be the same person.”

The episodes may take listeners closer to discovering the perpetrator of Lower Bottoms’ crime wave, but they also open the possibility that certain characters have secrets and hidden motives. Mouton said the situations and characters are drawn from people and situations she encountered when she lived in West Oakland from around 2010 to 2013.

“I spent a lot of time on 7th Street especially,” Mouton said.

“I had a lot of friends in that area. There was the Revolution Cafe, right across from the West Oakland BART station, which was the center for everything.

There was so much culture in

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Rows of new homes line a street in a housing development in Oakland, Dec. 4, 2013. the neighborhood. There was a mesh of personalities, and all these crazy sort of rumors going on all the time. It was a really interesting time, which sort of passed.”

That “interesting time,” Mouton says, was before gentrification really started to take hold. Since then, the Lower Bottoms and other neighborhoods have seen an increasing influx of more affluent professionals moving into new condominium and loft developments, creating new economic opportunities but also leaving longtime residents feeling displaced.

“What I thought was special about this time is that you had regular working-class people, regardless of race, coming together at this cafe,” Mouton said. “There were funk and soul parties every first Friday of the month. You’d have, like, old Black men and young white hipsters from Minnesota all in the same room, dancing and having fun.”

Mouton, a graduate of San Francisco State, moved to Los Angeles in 2016 to pursue her dream of writing for TV. She admired such series as “Sons of Anarchy,” “The Shield” and “The Wire,” that told the kinds of layered, nuanced stories that were once exclusive to movies.

She originally wrote “The Lower Bottoms” as a TV script for a writing program at UCLA. But it soon attracted the interest of podcast producer Jack Levy, who thought it could work well in an audio format and signed on to direct.

The project was taken on by a partnership between leading podcast publisher iHeartMedia and Will Packer Media,

the production company led by the producer of hit films “Girls Trip” and “Think Like a Man.” As a podcast, “The Lower Bottoms” unfolds almost like an old-fashioned radio drama.

Mouton’s incisive dialogue and the actors’ vocal performances drive the action. But the podcast also benefits from the top production values of today’s best podcasts, enveloping listeners in the sounds of West Oakland — train horns, ships arriving at port, jazz music and the music of underground hip-hop collective the Hieroglyphics.

Mouton said the producers also were eager to nab either Grammer and George Takei for a stentorian-voiced narrator to lend some gravitas to certain segments. Grammer jumped at the opportunity when his agent showed him the script.

Mouton said that one of the benefits of “The Lower Bottoms” becoming a podcast, rather than a TV series, is that the less complicated medium allowed her to be closely involved in production, once it began in February. She said she’s still hoping to write for TV, but also appreciates that podcasting allowed her to get another story about Oakland out into the world that depicts it as something other than “a cesspool of crime.”

“I think there’s something about Oakland you can’t quite put a finger on,” Mouton said.

“Some people might view Oakland as crime-ridden, but then why are people moving here? Obviously something is drawing people here. It’s the people and the culture, and the fact that people here are very real.”

Bridge

WHICH DEFENDER HOLDS WHAT CARD? Douglas Jerrold, a 19th-century English playwright and humorist, wrote, “He was so benevolent, so merciful a man that, in his mistaken passion, he would have held an umbrella over a duck in a shower of rain.”

Now, of course, you can deduce the key play in today’s deal. The duck was

Sudoku

by Phillip Alder certainly benevolent to the defending side, but the declarer felt it was malevolent.

Against three no-trump, West led the heart king. Declarer ducked the first trick but took the heart-10 continuation with dummy’s ace.

The simple line was to play a spade to hand and take the club finesse. If West had the club king, the contract would roll home with overtricks.

However, South had an imaginative idea. At trick three, he played a diamond to his king. But West was ready: He ducked smoothly.

The defense collected the next seven tricks. South ran his club nine, losing to East’s singleton king. West took two heart tricks and the diamond ace, then East won three more diamond tricks.

Along with trick one, that spelled down four.

Note that if West wins trick three with the diamond ace, the contract should make. As West didn’t open the bidding as dealer, he cannot hold the club king in addition to his heart honors and the diamond ace. South will have no option but to play a club to dummy’s ace, with benevolent results to the declaring side.

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FAIRFIELD — The week’s new movie releases offer something for everyone.

“Pray Away” is a Netflix documentary about five men in the 1970s who were struggling with being gay in their evangelical church so they started a Bible study to help each other leave the “homosexual lifestyle.”

They quickly received more than 25,000 letters from people asking for help and formalized as Exodus International, the largest and most controversial conversion therapy organization. But leaders struggled with a secret: Their own “same-sex attractions” never went away. It’s rated PG-13.

“Beckett,” another Netflix film, centers on an American tourist who finds himself at the center of a dangerous political conspiracy after a tragic car crash in Greece. It’s not rated.

“6:45” is a horror film based on the premise that one of the best days of your life suddenly turned into your worst nightmare. And, what happens if you are forced to relive that same day again and again? It’s rated R. Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard star in “Annette,” the story of a stand-up comedian with a fierce sense of humor who falls in love with a worldrenowned opera singer.

Under the spotlight, they form a passionate and glamorous couple. The birth of their first child, Annette, a mysterious little girl with an exceptional destiny, will turn their lives upside down.

It’s rated R. “Even in My Dreams” is the tale of a talented young singer grieving the loss of her older sister who was a singer in a band of her own when she died. She takes her sister’s spot in the band and convinces her fellow bandmates to go to Nashville. Their dreams begin to come true faster than expected but at a deep personal cost.

It’s rated PG. “Infinitum: Subject Unknown” centers on a young woman who wakes up in a strange and empty world. She is part of a mysterious experiment and must discover

a way out in order to avoid repeating the same day over and over again.

It’s not rated.

“John and the Hole” is a desperate game of survival that unfolds after 13-year-old John traps his family in a hole in the ground in this unsettling psychological thriller.

It’s not rated.

“Notorious Nick” centers on a man born with a partial left arm who dreams of being a fighter. After wrestling in high school, he becomes a fierce competitor when his best friend introduces him to mixed martial arts. A tragedy provides him with an unexpected opportunity: To succeed he must commit to becoming the fighter he always hoped to be. It’s rated PG-13.

Nick Cannon stars in “She Ball.” On a mission to save his Inglewood community center, he enlists a talented basketball player to help him win the grand prize in a street ball tournament.

It’s rated R. “Swan Song” stars Udo Kier as a retired hairdresser who escapes the confines of his smalltown Ohio nursing home after learning of his former client’s dying wish for him to style her final hairdo. He embarks on an odyssey to confront the ghosts of his past – and collect the beauty supplies necessary for the job. It’s not rated.

“The Last Matinee” is the story of an audience attending the last showing of a horror film in a small downtown cinema that is terrorized by a murderer who begins to pick them off, one by one. The only person to notice that something strange is going on is the projectionist’s daughter.

It’s not rated.

“The Macaluso Sisters” begins in 1985 and centers on five very young, orphaned siblings who live in and work from a rooftop apartment in Palermo.

They make a living by renting doves out for ceremonies of all manner.

During a rare beach outing by the sisters, a shocking catastrophe transpires.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS FARMERS INSURANCE CARMEN RODRIGUEZ AGENCY

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

LOCATED AT: 543 Merchant St, Vacaville CA 95688 Solano Mailing Address: 543 Merchant St, Vacaville CA 95688 (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Carmen Rodriguez 5032 Winterfield Dr El Dorado Hills, 95762 THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: an Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 01/01/2006.

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/ Carmen Rodriguez 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 July 20, 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: JUL 21, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021001551 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00048295 Published: July 26, August 2, 9, 16, 2021

LOCATED AT: 201 Leisure Town Road Vacaville CA 95687 Solano Mailing Address: 380 Civic Drive, Suite 200-C Pleasant Hill CA 94523 Contra Costa (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): Vacaville Self Storage, LP 380 Civic Drive, Suite 200-C Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: a Limited Partnership The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 09/01/2018.

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/ Arthur L. Lorenzini, Jr. 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 July 7, 2026.

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

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: JUL 08, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021001448 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00048100 Published: July 12, 19, 26, Aug. 2, 2021

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

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME PETITION OF: CHRISTIANA VALENTINE CASE NUMBER FCS056625

LOCATED AT: 2001 N Texas St, Fairfield, CA 94533 Solano Mailing Address: 2001 N Texas St, Fairfield, CA 94533 (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Dang, Corp CA Fairfield, 94533 THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: a Corporation The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 01/01/2009.

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/ Khoa Dang Nguyen 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 July 06, 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: JUL 07, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021001440 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00048298 Published: July 26, August 2, 9, 16, 2021

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

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: AUG. 20, 2021; Time: 9:00 am Dept.: 4 ;Rm.: 305 The address of the court is SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SOLANO Old Solano Courthouse 580 Texas Street Fairfield, CA 94533 A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Daily Republic Date: JUN 8, 2021 /s/ E. Bradley Nelson Judge of the Superior Court FILED: JUN 10 2021 DR# 00048319 Published: July 26, August 2, 9, 16, 2021

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

This lien sale shall be conducted online at www.storagetreasures.com where additional information about the sale and the contents to be auctioned will be posted at least seven (7) days before the sale date. The contents will be sold to the highest bidder on 08/12/21, 12:00 pm G0026 Ashley Lynn Brodsky This sale is subject to cancellation without notice in the event of settlement between owner and obligated party.

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0501 HELP WANTED Exp. Bartender wanted Refs. reqd. $13hr. + tips & accrued sick pay. Primarily needed for closing shifts; 8:30pm- 2:30am.

Drop off or email resume: at Ding's Lounge, 1712 W. Texas St., FF r8ders81@gmail.com

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: SCOTT HEINECKE AKA SCOTT O. HEINECKE AKA SCOTT OWEN HEINECKE Case Number: FPR050906 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: Scott Heinecke aka Scott O. Heinecke aka Scott Owen Heinecke A Petition for Probate has been filed by: Peter S. Heinecke in the Superior Court of California, County of: Solano The Petition for Probate requests that: Peter S. Heinecke 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: AUG. 9, 2021 TIME: 9:00 a.m. DEPT.: 4; Rm.: D-22 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SOLANO Old Solano Courthouse 580 Texas Street Fairfield, CA 94533 If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1)four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for petitioner: Judith P. Hehir (SBN: 114945) Judith P. Hehir Attorney at Law 448 Ignacio Blvd. #185 Novato, CA 94949 (415) 788-5748 DR# 00048346 Published: July 30, August 2, 6, 2021

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Scoreboard BASEBALL Kansas City Minnesota

American League East Division W L 64 42 63 44 56 48 54 48 37 67 Central Division Chicago White Sox 62 44 Cleveland 51 51 Detroit 51 57

Tampa Bay Boston N.Y. Yankees Toronto Baltimore

Pct GB .604 — .589 1½ .538 7 .529 8 .356 26 .585 — .500 9 .472 12

Houston OAKLAND Seattle L.A. Angels Texas

45 59 44 62 West Division 64 42 60 47 56 50 52 53 38 67

.433 16 .415 18 .604 — .561 4½ .528 8 .495 11½ .362 25½

National League

N.Y. Mets Philadelphia Atlanta Washington Miami

East Division W L 55 49 52 53 52 54 49 56 44 61

Pct GB .529 — .494 3½ .491 4 .467 6½ .419 11½

Expos close regular season with 9-5 victory Daily Republic staff SPORTS@DAILYREPUBLIC.NET

FAIRFIELD — The Fairfield Expos never trailed in the their final tuneup for this week’s American Legion Western Regionals with a 9-5 victory over Reno EPB at Laurel Creek

Park, Sunday.

For the Expos (51-19), who took advantage of nine walks, Ryan Kariolich and David Abilez each had two hits, while Jace Parkinson had two RBIs. Nathan Liu got the win.

The host Expos open the Western Regional on Wednesday at 7 p.m.

San Diego 8, Colorado 1 Monday’s Games SAN FRANCISCO at Arizona, 6:40 p.m.

Cleveland at Toronto, 12:07 p.m.

Philadelphia at Washington, 4:05 p.m.

Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees, 4:05 p.m.

Seattle at Tampa Bay, 4:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Miami, 4:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Texas, 5:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 5:10 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games San Diego at OAKLAND, 6:40 p.m.

SAN FRANCISCO at Arizona, 6:40 p.m.

Philadelphia at Washington, 4:05 p.m.

Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees, 4:05 p.m.

Cleveland at Toronto, 4:07 p.m.

Boston at Detroit, 4:10 p.m.

Seattle at Tampa Bay, 4:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Miami, 4:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Texas, 5:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Chicago White Sox, 5:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 5:10 p.m.

Atlanta at St. Louis, 5:15 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Colorado, 5:40 p.m.

Houston at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m.

Central Division 63 43 .594 — 56 50 .528 7 53 52 .505 9½ 51 56 .477 12½ 40 65 .381 22½ West Division SAN FRANCISCO 66 39 .629 — L.A. Dodgers 64 43 .598 3 San Diego 61 47 .565 6½ Colorado 46 60 .434 20½ Arizona 33 73 .311 33½ Sunday’s Games SAN FRANCISCO 5, Houston 3 OAKLAND 8, L.A. Angels 3 Tampa Bay 3, Boston 1 Washington 6, Chicago Cubs 5 Philadelphia 15, Pittsburgh 4 Toronto 5, Kansas City 1 Detroit 6, Baltimore 2 Cincinnati 7, N.Y. Mets 1 N.Y. Mets 3, Miami 1 Milwaukee 2, Atlanta 1 Chicago White Sox 2, Cleveland 1 St. Louis 7, Minnesota 3 Texas 4, Seattle 3 L.A. Dodgers 13, Arizona 0 Milwaukee Cincinnati St. Louis Chicago Cubs Pittsburgh

A’s: DPs key win From Page B1 another double play on Ohtani in the eighth inning, marking the first time Ohtani hit into two double plays in a single game.

The moves to get Jefferies up Kaprielian

was

placed on the 10-day IL on Saturday and Aramís Garcia optioned to TripleA Las Vegas, making room on the active roster for Gomes and Harrison. To add Jefferies to the active roster, the A’s optioned outfielder Seth Brown to Triple-A Las Vegas.

Spirit: Jewett had hopes of making final From Page B1 immediate apology, Jewett said.

“He’s like, ‘Sorry,’ ” Jewett said. “I said, ‘It’s OK, man.”

Amos said he did not know what happened.

“I found myself down,” he said, “But at the end of the day, that’s the sport, and that’s the 800. That’s what makes it interesting, isn’t it?”

Jewett said a protest had been filed and that he was “very hopeful” that officials would consider his case and place him in the final. But according to the Olympics information website late Sunday, Amos was advanced to the

next round by the referee.

Jewett was not.

“This is the 800, so it could end wrong,” Jewett said before the ruling on his protest. “But I’m super blessed because not a lot of people got to be here.

“I have to live in that moment, not the moment that just happened. Even if I get another chance to run, I’m just super blessed that I’m here and even able to talk to [reporters].

It’s amazing like I’m able to go onto this stage and show you guys this is me.

“So that’s just what I want to continue to do, to show who I am. If it wasn’t today, I’ll try again tomorrow. But that’s not going to stop me from trying to

super blessed for that.

“But now it’s like in the final, where I felt I was going to show everyone in the world, I lost that opportunity.”

Jacobs won the 100 in 9.8 seconds, becoming the first man other than Jamaica’s Usain Bolt to win the gold medal in the event since 2008.

American Fred Kerley won silver in 9.84 seconds and Andre De Grasse of Canada won bronze, finishing in 9.89 seconds.

Rojas leaped 51 feet 5 inches to win the gold medal, breaking the record of 50 feet 10¼ inches that Ukraine’s Inessa Kravets had set in 1995.

be a hero.”

Not finishing the race Sunday, even after falling, apparently was not an option.

“That’s what heroes do,” Jewett said. “They show their humanity through who they are and show that they’re good people.”

But even before the ruling on his protest, Jewett lamented the lost chance to finish the semifinal at full speed.

“I felt like I had a really good chance at running in the final and that’s just super devastating because I felt like I was starting to show people who I am,” Jewett said.

“And now, of course, I got to show them here and I’m

SF: Ends homestand of good note From Page B1 The unsung hero?

Starting pitcher Logan Webb, who didn’t allow an Astros runner to reach scoring position from the second inning until his final batter in the seventh inning. Webb surrendered a two-run homer to Yuli Gurriel in the first inning

Weather 5-Day Forecast

FOR FAIRFIELD-SUISUN CITY

Today Sunny

88

but blanked Houston for the remainder of his sixplus innings.

Although he only recorded three strikeouts, Webb induced 12 groundball outs against a tough Astros lineup.

Webb faced 11 straight batters without allowing a hit until Aledmys Diaz led off the seventh

Almanac

Statistics for Travis Air Force Base for yesterday through 5 p.m.

Temperature High/Low.............................91°/57° Average high .......................... 89.6° Average low............................ 57.5° A year ago............................ NA/NA Barometric pressure............29.95 Humidity...................................29%

Air Quality Index 46 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 Aug. rainfall ............. 0.01″ Source: Bay Area Air Quality Management District Season-to-date...................... 7.74″ Normal seasonal rainfall....24.81″ UV Index This date last year...................... NA 10 Source: NWS and NOAA <2 3-5 6-7 8-10 11+ Good Moderate

High

Very High Extreme

Source: United States Environmental Protection Agency

Tonight Partly cloudy

55

Tuesday Sunny

90|54 Wednesday Sunny and windy, then sunny

82|55 Thursday Sunny

88|59 Friday Sunny

91|60 Lake Berryessa

Elevation Storage in acre feet (a.f.)

406.67 977,687

with a single, and Chase McCormick followed with another. Manager Gabe Kapler opted for reliever Dominic Leone, who got out of the two-on, no-out jam without allowing a run.

After starting the homestand by dropping two of three to the Pirates, the Giants

Sun and Moon

Regional forecast

Davis 94|56 Dixon Santa Rosa 94|57 79|49 Vacaville Napa 94|61 82|52 Fairfield/Suisun City 88|55 Vallejo Benicia 78|54 Rio Vista 84|54 90|57 Concord 90|55 Richmond 70|53 Walnut Creek 91|55 Oakland 71|55 San Francisco 68|54

Shown is today’s weather.

Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

Sunrise..............................6:11 a.m.

Sunset...............................8:16 p.m.

Moonrise..........................1:10 a.m.

Moonset...........................3:52 p.m.

San New First Qtr. Full Last Qtr. Pablo Today

Aug. 8 Aug. 15 Aug. 22 Aug. 30 Tuesday

Source: U.S. Naval Observatory

secured back-to-back series wins over the division-rival Dodgers and, now, the firstplace Astros. With a three-game lead over Los Angeles in the National League West, the Giants now embark on a seven-game road trip starting Monday in Arizona.

San Mateo 75|54 Palo Alto 78|55

TV: Listings From Page B1 •Men’s volleyball, quarterfinals, USA, 3:15 a.m.

•Men’s soccer, semifinals, NBCSN, 4 a.m.

•Men’s basketball, quarterfinals, USA, 5 a.m.

•Women’s beach volleyball, quarterfinals, NBCSN, 6 a.m.

•Men’s volleyball, quarterfinals, USA, 6:50 a.m.

•Beach volleyball, quarterfinals, NBCSN, 7 a.m. (replay) •Sport climbing, men’s combined, USA, 7:30 a.m.

•Water polo, women’s quarterfinals, NBCSN, 8 a.m. (replay) •Men’s soccer, semifinals, USA, 8:30 a.m.

•Women’s kayak single 200 m, men’s canoe double 1000m, men’s kayak single 1000m and women’s K-2 500m, NBCSN, 9 a.m. (replay) •Sport climbing, men’s qualifying round; canoe/kayak finals; Cycling, men’s and women’s team sprint finals; women’s water polo, quarterfinals, Ch. 3, 10 a.m.

•Men’s field hockey, semifinals, NBCSN, 10 a.m.

•Table tennis, women’s doubles semifinals, USA, 10:30 a.m.

•Artistic swimming, duet prelims, NBCSN, 11:15 a.m.

•Weightlifting, men’s 109kg class; Boxing, women’s featherweight and men’s welterweight gold medal bouts; Wrestling, Greco-roman 77kg, 169 kg and women’s freestyle 68kg gold medal matches, USA, noon •Equestrian, individual jumping qualifying rounds, NBCSN, 12:15 p.m.

•Women’s water polo, quarterfinals, NBCSN, 1:30 p.m.

•Men’s handball, quarterfinals, USA, 1:45 p.m.

•Swimming, women’s open water 10k, 2:30 p.m.

•Men’s volleyball, quarterfinals, USA, 3 p.m. (replay) •Women’s golf, first round, GOLF, 3:30 p.m.

•Diving, men’s springboard final; track and field, finals and semifinals in men’s 110 hurdles, women’s 400 hurdles; gymnastics, finals in men’s horizontal bar and women’s balance beam and more, Ch. 3, 5 p.m.

•Track and field, finals in women’s 400 hurdles, men’s 110 hurdles, semifinals and heats for decathlon and more, USA, 5 p.m.

•Women’s water polo, quarterfinals, NBCSN, 5 p.m. (replay) •Beach volleyball, quarterfinals, CNBC 5 p.m.

•Men’s soccer, semifinals, NBCSN, 6 p.m. (repeat) •Skateboarding, women’s park, prelims, CNBC, 6 p.m.

•Women’s canoe single 200m, men’s kayak single 200m, women’s kayak single 500m and men’s K-2 1000m heats and quarterfinals, CNBC, 7:35 p.m.

•Men’s basketball, quarterfinals, NBCSN, 7:45 p.m. (replay) •Canoe sprint women’s single 200m, men’s kayak single 200m, women’s kayak single 500m and men’s kayak double 1000m qualifying, Ch. 3, 8:30 p.m.

•Women’s volleyball, quarterfinals, USA, 8:30 p.m.

•Skateboarding, women’s park finals, CNBC, 8:30 p.m.

•Skateboarding, women’s park finals; women’s volleyball, quarterfinals, Ch. 3, 9:05 p.m.

•Women’s canoe single 200m, men’s kayak single 200m, women’s kayak single 500m and men’s K-2 1000m heats and quarterfinals, CNBC, 9:15 p.m.

•Men’s soccer, semifinals, NBCSN, 9:30 p.m. (replay) •Women’s basketball, quarterfinals, USA, 9:30 p.m.

•Men’s water polo, quarterfinals, CNBC, 10 p.m.

•Men’s volleyball, quarterfinals, NBCSN, 11 p.m. (replay) •Beach volleyball, quarterfinals, CNBC, 11:15 p.m.

•Women’s diving, 10-meter platform prelims, USA, 11:30 p.m.

•Diving, men’s springboard final; track and field, finals and semifinals in men’s 110 hurdles, women’s 400 hurdles; gymnastics, finals in women’s balance beam and more, Ch. 3, 11:35 p.m.

•Women’s handball, quarterfinals, 12:15 a.m. (Wednesday) •Women’s volleyball, quarterfinals, NBCSN, 1 a.m. (Wednesday) •Women’s basketball, quarterfinals, USA, 1:30 a.m. (Wed.) •Equestrian, individual jumping finals, NBCSN, 3 a.m.

•Diving, men’s springboard final; track and field, finals and semifinals in men’s 110 hurdles, women’s 400 hurdles; gymnastics, finals in women’s balance beam and more, Ch. 3, 3:05 a.m. (Wednesday) •Artistic swimming, duel final, USA, 3:10 a.m. (Wednesday) •Women’s basketball, quarterfinals, USA, 5 a.m. (Wednesday) •Women’s volleyball, quarterfinals, NBCSN, 5:30 a.m.

(Wednesday) •Sport climbing, women’s combined, USA, 7 a.m. (Wednesday) •Beach volleyball, quarterfinals, NBCSN, 7:15 a.m. (Wednesday, replay) •Cycling, men’s team pursuit finals; women’s keirin, men’s sprint qualifying and first round, USA, 8 a.m. (Wednesday) Soccer CONCACAF League •Preliminary round, first leg, Dirlangen vs. Marathon, FS2, 7 p.m.

Copa Libertadores •Round of 16, second leg, Fluminense vs. Cerro Porteño, BEIN, 3:05 p.m.

Tennis •Center Court, ATP Washington DC, WTA San Jose, early rounds, TENNIS, 10 a.m.

•Center Court, ATP Washington DC, WTA San Jose, early rounds, TENNIS, 6 p.m.

•Center Court, ATP Washington DC, WTA San Jose, early rounds, TENNIS, 10 p.m.

San Jose 81|56

Tides

National forecast

High

(feet) Low

(feet)

10:22 a.m.

8:43 p.m.

11:26 a.m.

9:30 p.m.

3.93 5.75 4.22 5.90

0.94 2.79 0.60 2.98

3:21 a.m.

2:34 p.m.

4:12 a.m.

3:33 p.m.

Suisun High (feet) Low Today 11:48 a.m. 3.74 6:16 a.m.

10:36 p.m. 5.42 4:43 p.m.

Tuesday 12:52 p.m. 4.00 7:13 a.m.

11:18 p.m. 5.59 5:41 p.m.

(feet)

0.68 1.98 0.44 2.29

Forecast for Monday, Aug. 2, 2021

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