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Suisun Valley opens up for Passport Sunday port Sunday event for Wooden Valley Winery’s newly refurbished SUISUN VALLEY — tasting room. Passport Sunday returned The participating to Suisun Valley after the locations were Back2020 event was canceled due Road Vines at Village to the Covid-19 pandemic. 360, Jelly Belly Candy But the pandemic still Company, Mangels held sway: This year’s Vineyards, Suisun event was rescheduled from Creek Winery, Suisun its usual time in April to Valley Filling Station, August and was scaled back Suisun Valley Wine with public health conCo-op, Tenbrink VineCliff Howard, right, and Lisa Howard, center, pour their cerns in mind. yards and Tolenas The event Sunday sold Tolenas Winery wine at the Passport Sunday event at Winery, and Wooden out at 600 tickets and Tenbrink Vineyards & Tolenas Winery, Sunday. Valley Winery. was intentionally pared Linda Tenbrink, down from previous years where tination from the SuisunValley. owner of Tenbrink Vineyards com website. 1,100 to 1,200 tickets would have & Winery, made note of the fact The idea was to have people been sold, said Alicia Nutile, who that this first pandemic-era Passwas working the tasting room at spread out over the eight locations port Sunday was smaller, and so it wouldn’t get too backed up at that the staff of the event wore Wooden Valley Winery. Participants signed up online one site, Nutile said. and got to pick their starting desSee Sunday, Page A7 This was the first Pass-

The Dixie Fire that has forced thousands from their homes in Northern California and destroyed a historic town grew into the secondlargest blaze in state history on Sunday, officials said, as the wildfire mushroomed to more than 463,000 acres. The fire razed most of Greenville late Wednesday and continues to threaten nearly 14,000 buildings, firefighters said, underscoring the danger of climate change-fueled disasters. Most of California’s biggest wildfires on record have erupted

in the past year, as dry conditions and high temperatures lead to destruction, mass evacuations and smoke disrupting life in the West. On Sunday, authorities said they were trying to keep Dixie’s flames from reaching homes in the tiny community of Crescent Mills, just a few miles south of Greenville. As evacuation orders expand, they have been warning of unusually fast-spreading flames and “historically” low moisture levels leaving land primed to burn. “We’re seeing fire See Dixie, Page A7

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masks in crowded places after the pandemic. That includes more than half of women, compared with 1 in 3 men. And nearly three-fourths of Americans say they expect to spend more time outdoors after the pandemic. Among adults of all ages, majorities expect to be outdoors more often – especially younger adults. Among those under 40, more than 8 in 10 say See Masks, Page A7

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Magic Men give it a try as Heart tribute band The Iron Maidens? How about turning that on its head?” Ron said. uitarist Cameron Cameron was Spreck and his best intrigued, but an obstafriend, bassist Ron cle astronomically bigger Hauser, sat in Cameron’s than being just another makeshift garage/ Heart tribute outfit would recording studio and be finding a male singer sifted through the ashes with the range, power and Tony Wade of yet another local band tone of Heart lead singer The last laugh that had imploded. The Ann Wilson. Heck, it was two had played in everyhard finding another female who thing from disco to new wave to was a lyric soprano with perfect country to rock/Top 40 bands pitch and who rocked. going back to the late 1970s. Cameron did some internet They had long ago given up searching and eventually found a any dreams of musical careers, but still enjoyed playing through- YouTube video of Danilo Castillo singing a note-perfect version out the Northern California area of Heart’s 1987 hit “Alone.” on the weekends. Their musical That’s when Cameron started to chops were second to none believe that perhaps this thing locally, but they decided that to could work. Finding Castillo stand out from the tons of bands was reminiscent of how Journey that played danceable covers of found Arnel Pineda, a Steve popular tunes, they would make Perry sound-alike on YouTube. the jump to being a full-fledged Well, except for they weren’t tribute band. actually Heart. The main problem was, who Like Pineda, Castillo was to emulate? They ticked through a Filipino national, but fortusome of their favorite bands nately lived in San Jose and not including Thin Lizzy; Chicago; the Philippines. He enthusiasEarth, Wind & Fire; Cream; the tically agreed to meet and jam. Eagles; the Commodores and Old friends/past bandmates of more. Overdone ones like The Cameron and Ron’s, drummer Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Jrue Houston and keyboardLed Zeppelin were scratched ist Ben Killingsworth, were on immediately. “How about Heart?” Ron said. board. At the first rehearsal, the magic happened. Ron’s tenor Cameron searched Google voice blended perfectly with for “Heart tribute bands” and Danilo’s, like Ann Wilson’s sister quickly found half a dozen Nancy’s did, and they knew it ranging from excellent to decent would work. to horrible. He didn’t see the One thing they struggled point in adding another. with was, should they change “Wait, here’s the angle: You know how there’s Blonde Jovi, the some lyrics to make them fit the all-female Bon Jovi tribute band? band being comprised of hetAnd that female Maiden tribute, erosexual guys? Ultimately they Note: This is a work of fiction.

decided that Heart fans just want to hear the songs the way that they go on the records. So if they played “All I Wanna Do is Make Love to You,” a rock ballad told from the viewpoint of a woman who seduces a hitchhiker to become pregnant because her lover is infertile, they would perform it as is. Just starting out, though, ballads weren’t going to be in the set anyway. They would rely on Heart’s biggest hits, most of them up-tempo rockers like “Crazy on You,” “Straight On,” “Magic Man,” “Kick It Out,” “Even It Up,” “Heartless” and more. For the band’s name, they settled on “Magic Men: A Tribute to Heart” after ex-naying the descriptor “An All-Male Tribute to Heart” as that sounded like they would be bumping, grinding, stripping and going Full Monty while they played Zeppelin’s “Rock and Roll” or something. Publicity pictures confused promoters and concertgoers at first. They would see the band and think, “Uh, yeah, I see three middle-aged white dudes, an African-American drummer and a Filipino singer, but where’s your Ann and Nancy?” At the first few gigs they did, there was nervous confusion on the faces of the audience when they were introduced. That lasted until Cameron cranked the chugging opening riff to “Barracuda” and Danilo left them all agape in wonder. The band’s reputation for putting on killer shows grew thanks to social media and especially a spot on “60 Minutes” by Anderson Cooper on the

growing popularity of tribute bands. Their brief appearance on the segment was solely due to the twist thought up by Ron and the fact that they were fantastic musicians. That “60 Minutes” story led them to being chosen for a main stage spot at Tributepalooza, a two-day outdoor festival near Sacramento that featured dozens of bands honoring everyone from James Brown to Cheap Trick to Prince. Cooper had also explored the legal gray area that tribute bands occupy. Obviously a Rolling Stones tribute act couldn’t legally use the famous Stones tongue logo in advertising or just call themselves The Rolling Stones. Cooper said that in rare cases, bands may take preliminary legal action when a tribute act either crosses a line or perhaps gets too big. Usually it is just a scare tactic that works. As Magic Men were backstage getting ready for their Tributepalooza appearance, Natasha, Ron’s wife and the band’s manager, walked in carrying a large rectangle gift-wrapped with a red bow. She was beaming. She handed it to Ron, who tore it open, and he smiled when he saw what it was. It was a 2-foot-by-3-foot blown up cease and desist letter from the lawyers for the actual band Heart. They had arrived. Reach Fairfield humor columnist, accidental local historian and author of the upcoming book “Growing Up In Fairfield, California” Tony Wade at toekneeweighed@gmail.com.

Alcoholic ice pops are trending for adults Tribune Content Agency Hard seltzer rocked the beverage market in 2019, causing an explosion of brands to flood store and bar shelves. Even beer makers like Bud Light, Coors and Corona got in on the action, releasing cans of the sparkling, alcoholic fruity drink. This summer, the hot new party store find is boozy ice pops: frozen wine, seltzers or cocktails in a plastic sleeve like the Fla-Vor-Ice from childhood, but this time with an AVB on the label. Many have been around for a season or two, but this summer we’re seeing stores flooded with a wide variety. Many are coming from the same brands that brought us hard seltzer. Some are claiming to be low calorie, which can be deceiving considering there are only a few ounces of actual drink in each pop, about 3.4 ounces. One pop is going to get you about as buzzed as a big gulp of chardonnay would, which may be what you’re looking for as low-alcohol beverages are

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Daily’s Poptails are frozen wine popsicles. definitely in vogue. Another thing to note is that these are usually sold unfrozen. So if you’re planning on getting some for a party, make sure there’s time for them to freeze first. Here’s how some of the most widely-available alcoholic ice pop brands measure up. Cutwater Cocktail Pops: Maker of awardwinning spirits, canned

cocktails, mixers and now cocktail pops, Cutwater’s flavors are bold. The San Diego-based company’s frozen pops have no artificial sweeteners and come in all-nature flavors like lime margarita, rum and cola, gin melon and vodka mule. You can really taste the ginger in the mule, and the gin melon has a natural watermelon flavor. These run about $22-$25 for a

12-pack. 7% ABV. 80 calories. Available at Kroger and other markets. Truly Lemonade Freeze Pops: These are, truly, great flavors for summer. A trusted name in hard seltzer, Truly’s new adult frozen treats come in original lemonade, mango lemonade and strawberry lemonade. The frozen seltzers are more sweet than tangy and are sold around $20 for a 12-pack. 5% ABV. 80 calories. Widely available. Slim Chillers Skinny Freezers: This company makes frozen pops with wine and spirits. I think their best product is the peach mango bellini wine cocktail and the orangeberry mimosa. You can taste the wine, and the experience is more like a real frozen drink than a popsicle. For being branded “skinny,” these and the vodka versions clock in a bit high at 100-114 calories. The Skinny Threezer pops are three layers of frozen drink, two with tangy fruit flavor and a third with a cream center, giving it more of a blender drink vibe. The three layers

seem to separate, though, and don’t always blend together. At 160 calories for three ounces, they aren’t really “skinny,” either. Sold in 8-packs for $18.99. All versions are 8% ABV and the cream in the Threezers are 11% ABV. Widely available. Daily’s Poptails: You may have seen this brand’s other frozen cocktail products in the past; they are not new to this game. Their wine-infused poptails come in strawberry, green apple and watermelon. At $14.99 for a 12 pack they are the most thrifty of the bunch and taste like wine coolers. 6.8% abv. 90 calories. Available at Target and other stores. Bud Light Seltzer Frozen Icicles: Just released last month, these pops come in cherry limeade, blue raspberry and summer ice. They’re branded Bud Light, but these are frozen seltzers, not beer. Reportedly available only for a limited time, they’ve been hard to spot in stores. Bud Light Seltzer Frozen Icicles are smaller than the others at just 2 ounces.

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SUISUN CITY — A free Drop-Off Day for garbage, green waste and other debris has been set Saturday for Suisun City residents. The event will occur from 8 a.m. to noon at Potrero Hills Landfill, 3675 Potrero Hills Lane. Proof of residency and an account in good standing with Republic Services are required. Participants are allowed to off-load one load – about 4 cubic yards of regular trash, green waste, mattresses, box springs, sofas, paper, cardboard, wood and tree branches. Separate the load by material type for ease of unloading. Bundle or place items in trash bags; loose items will not be accepted. Box-style vans longer than 12 feet and trailers in excess of 4 cubic yards will not be accepted. Residents are responsible for off-loading items. Tires, concrete, household hazardous waste and treated or pressure wood (i.e., fence or deck wood, etc.) will not be accepted. Suisun residents can drop off two appliances for free Friday and Saturday at the Republic Services facility. Electronic waste, with batteries removed, can be dropped off at the facility from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays. The facility is closed for lunch from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Hazardous waste can be disposed of at the Republic Services facility on the second and fourth Saturday of each month, from January to October, and on the first and third Saturday in November and December. Drop-off for these items is by appointment only. The Republic Services facility is located at 2901 Industrial Court in Fairfield. For more information, call 437-8900. To schedule an appointment, call 437-8971.

School resource fairs return to churches A pair of local churches will host school resource fairs Saturday. St. Mark’s Lutheran Church will host the Fairfield-Suisun School District’s Back to School Resource Fair from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church. The event is hosted by numerous sponsors, to include Community United Methodist Church, Travis Credit Union, the Solano County Office of Education, the city of Fairfield and the Fairfield Fire Department, the Fairfield Police Officers Association, Solano County and Solano County Child Support Services, Touro University California, Focus North America, and Collins Aerospace. Children and teens from pre-kindergarten to 12th grade are encouraged to attend. Free Covid-19 and Tdap (teninus, diptheria and pertussis, or whooping cough) vaccinations will be available. Current Covid-19 safety measures will be in place. St. Mark’s is located at 1600 Union Ave. Mount Calvary Baptist Church’s Backpack Pop Up School Supply Giveaway takes place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the church campus in Fairfield. More than 500 backpacks have been collected and will be given away while supplies last. Participants are asked to drive to the church at 1735 Enterprise Drive, Building 3, and pop the

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trunk to their vehicle. Volunteers will place the backpack and supplies in the trunk. Parents are asked to bring their child or children with them. One backpack will be provided for each child.

CHP Start Smart Class goes online The Solano division of the California Highway Patrol will host a free online Start Smart Class from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday. The program will be taught on Zoom, so call 428-2100 to register for the class and get the link to participate. Start Smart is aimed at helping newly licensed or soon-to-be licensed teenage drivers (15 to 19 years old) become more aware of the responsibilities that accompany the privilege of being a licensed California driver. The newly licensed teenage driver and their parents/guardians are invited to attend and participate. CHP officers will share candid conversations, discussing topics such as collision avoidance techniques along with collision causing elements such as excessive speed, DUI and distracted driving. Start Smart makes teens and parents aware of the responsibilities they face and teaches what precautions to take to stay safe, such as the importance of seat belts, passengers in the vehicle and what to do when involved in a collision.

After-school program registration continues Registration has opened for the Fairfield Parks and Recreation Department’s after-school programs for the new school year. Priority registration for returning students will run through Friday. Priority registration is for See Week, Page A8

PHILADELPHIA — In search of better treatments for type 2 diabetes and other consequences of obesity, Taku Kambayashi has long wondered if he could harness a bodily function that most people think about in a very different context: the immune system. There was evidence to suggest this approach might work, as certain types of immune cells were known to play a role in metabolism. But when he and University of Pennsylvania colleagues stimulated these cells in a series of experiments on obese mice, they got a surprise. Not only did the animals become healthier in terms of their bloodglucose levels and other metabolic “markers,” they also lost dramatic amounts of weight. Within four weeks of triggering the animals’ immune response, Kambayashi and graduate student Ruth Choa found the mice had lost 40% of their body weight, on average. All of it was in the form of fat. What’s more, careful measurements revealed that the animals’ weight loss was not the result of burning calories any faster or eating less food. They actually were eating even more than before. The real answer, the scientists reported Thursday in Science after many months of detective work, was that the mice were “sweating” out fatty molecules through their skin. “It’s wild,” said Kambayashi, an associate professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine. The zillion-dollar question is, of course, whether this phenomenon could be exploited in humans. For the moment, the answer is unclear, and all the usual caveats apply. Mice are not humans. All sorts of cures for cancer and other ills have seemed promising in lab animals, only to wash out when tried in people. Still, humans are known to secrete fatty molecules through the

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Penn scientists Ruth Choa, left, and Taku Kambayashi induced obese mice to lose 40% of their body weight by secreting fat through their skin. Choa holds a vial of shaved mouse hair. skin, just like the mice – though at low levels. The oily substance is called sebum, produced by the sebaceous glands and found on the skin and hair. (It’s separate from sweat; Kambayashi used that term in his paper just to get the idea across for a general audience.) A typical person secretes 130 calories worth of sebum per day – not enough to have an impact on body weight. But if that process could be accelerated, say, fourfold, Kambayashi thinks he would be onto something. “You’d lose a pound of fat per week,” he said. Some others in the field are taking a waitand-see stance, as obesity is a complex disorder. Among them is Richard Locksley, a professor at the University of Califor-

nia, San Francisco, who studies the same kinds of immune cells. “It’s early days, but it’s interesting and plausible,” he said. The Penn scientists stimulated the mouse immune cells by treating them with a type of cytokine – from the same family of proteins involved in a harmful inflammatory overreaction to Covid-19, called a “cytokine storm.” The scientists coaxed the animals to produce the cytokine by injecting them with a viral vector, loaded with genetic instructions to make the protein – much like the Covid-19 vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson. If the concept were to be explored in people, researchers likely would try to achieve the same goal – ramping up pro-

duction of this cytokine, called TSLP – by administering a drug instead of genetic instructions, he said. Researchers already are testing drugs that accomplish the opposite objective, interfering with TSLP, as a possible treatment for atopic dermatitis. Commonly called eczema, the skin condition is triggered by an overreaction by the immune system. Ramping up TSLP, on the other hand, would have to be done carefully, lest it result in an inappropriate immune response. Kambayashi already is laying the groundwork for follow-up studies in people. For the findings published Thursday, the bulk of the lab work was performed by Choa, who See Mice, Page A8

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Focus on happy interactions with your family; forgive yourself, daughters-in-law Dear Annie: My the family. I realized heart and prayers go out early on that I would to the “Grieving Grandnever be “the” grandmother but have tried to mother” who is tired fit in and basically take of the apathy shown by her daughters-in-law. what I can get. Those girls are incredMy greatest regret ibly rude and selfish is for my third son, who when they ignore her has not married. He at family gatherings, Annie Lane continues to do everything in his power to but I am impressed Dear Annie bring us all together. that Grandma gets My oldest grandson recently holiday and family birthday was married, and I feel the pain meals at all. that my daughter-in-law now My two daughters-in-law suffers as she adjusts to being a have each said that their own mother-in-law herself. I recogmothers are their best friends. They call their mothers several nize that she will not be “the” grandmother to her future times a day, and those other grandchildren either. Unfortugrandmothers get first dibs on nately, that old adage, “A son’s all holidays and first consideration for any celebration. The a son till he takes a wife,” is all situation is complicated by ani- too true for many of us. mosity that developed between I find myself looking back one of my sons and the other’s and wondering if my lot is wife early on, which is a justifipayback for failing to give my cation on the part of each not to own mother-in-law her proper spend time with each other and due. I don’t think I neglected the whole family. her, but I do recognize that I have been a widow for what I did for her was not over 20 years and have spent always what she really would many holidays alone while have preferred. She had raised my sons and their families a fine son who grew into a good celebrated with my daughtershusband and father through in-laws’ families. very difficult times. I wanted My sons have managed to give her some happiness time to vacation with their and tried so many things that I wives’ sides of the family thought would have given her but find it hard to schedule a pleasure, only to end up feeling single meal with my side of unappreciated for all the effort.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). You’ll pick up a new skill. There’s no luck involved here – only well-directed attention. Imitate the master. Follow directions, then practice until you own it. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You have choices to make and actions to take on your way to solving a problem. If you consult everyone along the way, it will get complicated. Better to ask for forgiveness than permission. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Unless you’re getting paid for your opinion, there’s no need to offer criticism. Don’t take offense where none was given. Follow these two rules and you’ll grow in power and influence. CANCER (June 22-July 22). People will express themselves in confusing ways. You’ll feel as though you’re watching an art film – creatively inspired as you try to piece together the meaning. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). To avoid being a target for the slings of other people’s jealousy and the arrows of their insecurity, don’t display your talents too broadly. Choose your audience carefully and show them just enough. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Even though all people are created equal, it would be perilous to ignore – and auspicious to respect – the status structures by which the tribe of human-

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I doubt that she or my daughters-in-law will ever realize just how much more I could’ve – and would’ve – done for them if they had only included me. — One Grieving Grandmother to Another Dear Grieving Grandmother: Your situation is not fair, yet it is all too common. You feel left out and unappreciated, and those feelings stir up anger, resentment and sadness. Like you signed your name, you are “grieving.” But you have it within you to stop mourning and focus on the positives. Your third son is eager to organize a family reunion, and you should offer to help him plan one. If another of your sons dislikes his sister-in-law, there is a chance he will bury the hatchet for the sake of his family. You should consider counseling to sort out what are real or imagined slights, whether done to you or in how you treated your own mother-inlaw. Forgive yourself and your daughters-in-law, and focus on whatever makes you feel good about your interactions with your family. You may be surprised that you attract more love and invitations. Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@ creators.com.

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Today’s birthday You’ll extend your love with gusto, creating a powerfully charged atmosphere in which all around you will thrive. You’ll realize your team is shy a few members. You’ll put an attractive energy into the world and quickly build something beautiful. Fall sees you effectively promoting and selling on a large scale. Taurus and Aquarius adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 26, 2, 36, 14 and 5.

ity operates. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Gather the pertinent information. There’s much going on inside the minds of others that won’t be verbalized, though with sensitivity, you can pick up on it and respond accordingly. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Mistakes were made. Enough time has passed for feelings to cool and settle. The world is full of second chances, which generally go to those with the guts to ask for them. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21). No one understands the issue as well as you do. Explain to people who have reason to care. Matching your message to the audience is an art. If you don’t get it right, keep trying. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-

Jan. 19). Relationships change form though the love itself is neither the same nor different. There’s a blossoming when the conditions invite openness and, under colder conditions, the relationship folds into itself and waits. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18). You organize like a pro, prioritize like a genius and quickly understand what it will take to get to the goal. These talents of yours are highly sought after – though most pleasingly applied to your own projects. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Don’t shrink from an intimidating challenge. Gather information instead. When you understand the nature of a thing, it will liberate you from your fear of it. You’ll feel empowered to interact and gain higher levels of experience. CELEBRITY PROFILES: The lion-sized voice of Whitney Houston was celebrated with well over 400 career awards including Grammys, Emmys and American Music Awards, as well as over 170 million records sold, making the bighearted Leo one of the world’s bestselling recording artists. A passionate moon and Jupiter in Aries boasted Houston’s warrior spirit. Venus in Leo lent abiding charisma and love of entertaining.

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OUT OF BOOK, OUT OF MIND Certain plays are deceptively difficult to find when they go against the normal grain. We are used to following the textbook. When something rarely highlighted in a book crops up, we all struggle to find the winning play. This is particularly true in today’s deal, which occurred at an Australian tournament.

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by Phillip Alder Against five diamonds doubled, West starts with the spade king: three, nine, five. What should he lead at trick two? South opened with a modern favorable-vulnerability pre-empt: a weak hand with 13 cards, some of which were in the suit bid! East did well to double five diamonds because five hearts would have been easily defeated. Normally, when declarer is threatening to ruff losers in the dummy, the defenders should shift to trumps. But that doesn’t work here. South draws trumps and runs the clubs, aided by the successful finesse. West tried to cash the spade queen, but South ruffed and led the diamond king. With the trumps 2-2 and the club finesse working, South had no trouble in collecting 11 tricks: five diamonds, five clubs and a late heart ruff on the board. Perhaps East didn’t do so well after all. With this defense, he should have sacrificed in five hearts despite East-West’s combined 27 high-card points. The winning defense is a heart switch, forcing South to ruff in the dummy! Declarer does best to lead a trump to a royal, but West completes his good work by ducking this, leaving the defense in control. If South plays another trump, the defenders cash a heart trick. Tough. COPYRIGHT: 2021, UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE

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Slow-rolling a single-payer health care promise

ov. Gavin Newsom late last month signed legislation to extend statepaid medical coverage to about a quarter-million Californians. He did it in a ceremonious event in Fresno, typifying his recent official acts as he fights off a recall campaign. “We’re investing California’s historic surplus to accomplish transformative changes we’ve long dreamed of – including this historic Medi-Cal expansion to ensure thousands of older undocumented Californians, many of whom have been serving on the front lines of the pandemic, can access critical health care services,” Newsom said. He added that it would “bring California closer to universal health care coverage and Dan Walters advance comprehensive initiatives to ensure California’s communities come back from the pandemic stronger and healthier than before.” The phrase “closer to universal health care coverage” is the most significant part of the announcement, because it evokes – and subtly changes – a promise that Newsom made as he was seeking the governorship three years ago. During his 2018 campaign, the state Senate passed legislation to create a “single-payer health care system” that would, in theory, incorporate and supersede all other public and private medical insurance systems and fold in millions of Californians who lacked any coverage. Newsom heartily endorsed the measure, saying there was “no reason to wait around.” “I’m tired of politicians saying they support single-payer but that it’s too soon, too expensive or someone else’s problem,” Newsom said, drawing praise from the California Nurses Association, the chief sponsor of the legislation. The measure, however, contained no financing mechanism and the speaker of the state Assembly, Anthony Rendon, put the bill on hold, saying it would be irresponsible to act without a way to pay for it. Once elected, Newsom continued to pay lip service to a single-payer system but never devoted any political capital to enacting it. Eventually, he stopped using the term and adopted, instead, the phrase “universal health care coverage,” which is not the same thing. As state finances have allowed, Newsom has incrementally added more Californians to the Medi-Cal program for health care for the poor, including blocs of undocumented immigrants who are ineligible for federally subsidized medical coverage either through Medi-Cal or the state’s version of “Obamacare,” dubbed Covered California. In theory, this incremental approach, if continued, could eventually extend coverage to every Californian, but it would be a heavy financial lift for a state budget that is heavily reliant on volatile revenues from personal income taxes on high-income taxpayers. When the 2017 single-payer bill was being considered, it was estimated that providing comprehensive medical coverage to 40 million Californians would cost $400 billion a year and simple inflation would probably raise that to $450 billion today. The biggest hurdle would be to persuade the federal government, which currently picks up about half of Californians’ health care costs through Medicare, Medi-Cal, the Affordable Care Act and coverage for federal and military members, to redirect that money to the state. Even were the feds to chip in, which is highly unlikely, the state would have to absorb local government health care spending and money now paid out by private employers, then levy enough new taxes to close the remaining gap. The gap was estimated at $100 billion in 2017; it’s surely larger now. The bottom line is that even in a state as blue as California and with an advocate in the governor’s office, single-payer health care is a virtually impossible goal – hence the shift in nomenclature to “universal health care coverage” and the shift in tactics from “no reason to wait around” to year-by-year incrementalism. CALmatters is a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s state Capitol works and why it matters. For more columns by Dan Walters, go to calmatters.org/commentary.

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Texas, oh Texas: What have you done

Southern whites hollered, exas! The throbbing heart of the Republi“Socialism!” recalling the can Party, is in the news manifesto that had just been today. Gov. Greg Abbott put out in Europe by that Karl says loudly, “The DemoMarx guy. “Brought to us by crats in our state legislature those uneducated freedmen, have to return from Washingwhite ‘scalawags’ and ‘carton and perform their conpetbaggers’ from the hated stitutional duty that they’re North.” And so began another shirking! Bad! Very bad!” Jack Batson tradition of conservatives – Bad? Good? How can refusfear of “socialism.” ing to join a legal, called Anyway, military Reconsession of the Texas legislature be struction ended in 1877 and within good? Here’s how. 25 years the South had returned to But you need to listen for four “home rule.” New laws called Jim minutes and not interrupt. Promise? Crow laws, enforced by lynching, preBecause you have to know history. vented Blacks from voting. Blacks After the Civil War, the defeated became second-class citizens. Southern states wouldn’t allow By 1965 the nation had finally “freedmen” – former slaves, now citrealized that preventing folks who izens – to vote. Voter suppression was were born and raised here (all citiillegal, but the Ku Klux Klan was zens) from voting isn’t very nice. We more effective than some stinkin’ law. passed the Voting Rights Act, aimed So the North passed the first Civil squarely at six Southern states. Rights Act and the Anti-Ku Klux The Constitution had given states Klan Act. U.S. Army occupation solthe right to set voting requirediers visited their local Klansmen ments. But Southern states had taken and mentioned how their good health advantage of that authority and had might be affected if they continued overruled the amended Constitution. terrorizing freedmen who voted or So the feds had to step in. The Voting who went to the new schools. And Rights Act of 1965 ended Jim Crow Blacks began to vote. laws and stated that if those six states Freedmen were assisted by North- wanted to change their voting laws, erners who wanted to help. So the they had to go to the Justice DepartSouth – always behind the curve – ment for “pre-clearance.” White began to catch up to the more modern Southerners again complained about the “socialist” federal government. North. For instance, the North had When the new conservative given women more rights and had Supreme Court gutted the law in begun universal elementary schools. 2013, the state of Texas – the beating So now the South did, too. The North heart of modern conservatism – had begun those new things called asylums to care for the mentally ill, so passed a new voting law the very next day that became the most restrictive the South did, too.

voting law in the nation. The court gutted the final bit of the Voting Rights Act in 2021 and again, Texas Republicans – still smarting from Donald Trump’s reelection loss – proposed another dose of restrictions aimed to have “disparate impact” on Blacks and Hispanics. What’s “disparate impact”? Good question. No one says Republicans are dumb. They’re quite smart. Their new laws don’t say, “Blacks can’t vote here.” They say something like, “Polls will open on Sunday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.,” knowing that Blacks often vote right after church. So fewer Blacks will vote. Republicans know that elections are won with just a small margin, like, say, 20,000 votes (Arizona, 2020), so if 100,000 Blacks don’t vote out of 3.5 million Blacks in Texas – voila! – Republicans win! Very clever. To prevent that, the Texas Democrats left Texas so the legislature wouldn’t have a quorum to pass the new, improved voter restrictions. Also very clever. Therefore, dear readers, I judge the “dereliction of duty” of the Democrats’ “hiding” in Washington, D.C. as “good trouble” – and equally clever politics as the clever Republican machinations. Sorry, Governor Abbott, you’re wrong. Jim Crow II is a national embarrassment. Those racist old days should be over. Let all legal citizens in Texas vote freely. Jack Batson is a former member of the Fairfield City Council. Reach him by email at jsbatson@prodigy.net.

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he Right Stuff, on the president’s assassination July 26, identified diploscuttled the Reconstruction macy successes to avoid Plan and encouraged the forwar. Justification to mation of the Ku Klux Klan. commence war is variable. The results were that Blacks n When attacked, the were disarmed in violation justification is logically of the Constitution and Jim self-defense, such as when Crow laws establishing segreseceding South Carolina fired gation and voter suppression on federal troops, when Japan were ushered in. Note the Earl Heal attacked Pearl Harbor, on 1864 Democrat Party politi9/11 and when attacked by cal platform had called for the religious fanatics. return of the successionist states into n When treaty and other obligathe Union with slavery. tions obligate the U.S. Now, World War I. History and common sense dictate Two European alliances existed, three rules of warfare that must the Triple Entente (France, Russia apply when war commences. and Great Britain and Ireland) n The only strategy is to totally and the Triple Alliance (Germany, destroy the enemy’s capability to Austria-Hungary and Italy) with wage war. questionable cohesion. The trigger n Implementation of the mission, that commenced the war was the including rules of engagement, should assassination of Austrian Archbe determined by professional duke Franz Ferdinand by a Serbian military officers. patriot. Over the course of the next n After cessation of combat, the 53 months, 16 million people were enemy is controlled until it has killed. Warfare Rule No. 1 was demonstrated acceptance of peace. achieved to surrender, but Rule No. A review of seven American wars 2 was disregarded. No occupying demonstrates the application of each force was established; instead, puniof three warfare rules is essential for tive diplomatic measures against success. Two early wars, the Civil Germany ensured their bitterWar and World War I, illustrate the ness while unmonitored military difficulties from not adhering comgrowth continued on expanding pletely to those rules. their national power. The result was First, the American Civil War. World War II. South Carolina attacked federal Since the end of World War II, troops at Fort Sumpter (1861) and which America decisively won left no option for President Abraham both the war and peace by folLincoln. Warfare Rule No. 1 was lowing the above three rules, we accomplished, and the secessionhave engaged in war five times. Of ist states surrendered. Lincoln knew those five, we have had one victory human nature. He envisioned a (Kuwait), quit Iraq with indecisive Reconstruction Plan (Union occuparesults, and unsuccessfully prosetion) to ensure the secessionist states cuted the mission three times (North accepted that slavery was finished Korea, North Vietnam and Afghan(Rule No. 2). Unfortunately, Demoistan). Why? cratic Party leadership 12 years after Korea: North Korea surpris-

ingly attacked South Korea with 70,000 troops, on June 25, 1950, after President Harry S. Truman’s secretary of state, Dean Acheson, announced no American interest in Korea. They captured approximately 90% of South Korea before General Douglas MacArthur could organize the United Nations forces provided from 21 nations and began the counter-offensive Sept. 15, 1095. At this time, Truman and MacArthur agreed this was no longer a defensive war but a war of liberation for all of Korea. UN troops recovered most of the South and crossed Oct. 3, 2950, into the North for its liberation by Rule No. 1 above. As China threatened intervention, Truman began to question liberation. Why didn’t UN forces bomb the Yalu River bridges and keep the Chinese army of 250,000 troops from entering Korea? The result was that the UN was driven back nearly to the original demarcation boundary, two years of diplomacy negotiations followed and an armistice was declared. North Korea remains communist and South Korea is democratic. Several million military and civilian people died, no peace treaty has been signed and hostilities occasionally resume. MacArthur tried to apply Warfare Rule No. 1 but UN policy allowed Communists to retain North Korea. Diplomacy limitations in the Vietnam War will follow next week. Earl Heal is a retired Air Force officer, Vacaville resident and a member of The Right Stuff Committee of the Solano County Republican Party. Reach him at healearlniki@att.net.

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Dixie From Page One activity that even veteran firefighters haven’t seen in their career,” Edwin Zuniga, a spokesman for Cal Fire, the state firefighting agency, told The Washington Post. “So we’re just in really uncharted territory.” Smoke has helped shade and moderate the flames but also stymied crews’ ability to work from the air, Zuniga said, leaving those on the ground to spray retardant on mountain ridges and around threatened communities. Clearing skies on the blaze’s northeast perimeter, meanwhile, have “led to more dynamic fire behavior,” Cal Fire said in a Sunday incident report. The agency said the blaze was 21% contained, with more than 5,000 people trying to keep it at bay and full containment not expected for weeks. It helped that the sun was often hidden Sunday, Cal Fire spokesman Mark Beverage said, limiting the opportunity for dry vegetation to heat up. But with warmer, drier weather expected in the coming days, he said, “We’re looking at another tough week.” In acreage burned, Dixie has shot up California’s all-time rankings in a matter of days. On Sunday it passed the massive 2018 Mendocino Complex Fire and now ranks behind only the August Complex Fire of 2020, which spread to more than 1 million acres. That blaze – the result of many smaller fires sparked by lightning – destroyed more than 900 structures and led to one death, according to Cal Fire. Dixie’s destruction is still dwarfed by past wildfires, including the 2018 Camp Fire that leveled the town of Paradise, catching residents off guard and becoming the deadliest blaze on record in the state. The Camp Fire killed at least 85 people and torched well over 18,000 structures. Authorities say the Dixie Fire has ruined several hundred buildings. No fatalities have been reported. In Greenville, a town of about 1,100 dating back to the Gold Rush era, the blaze left mostly rubble piles and charred building frames. The U.S. Forest Service said only about a quarter of the town’s structures survived. In surrounding Plumas County – where officials say nearly 40% of the population is under evacuation orders – the sheriff’s office said four people were unaccounted for as of Sunday morning. At a news conference the night before, officials said the displaced have “just spread out everywhere,” finding refuge in California towns such as Chico and Quincy, as well as out of state. Hanna Malak, a spokesman for the American Red Cross, said tens of thousands of people have been forced from their homes as the organization and its partners run 15 emergency shelters. “Everybody’s scattered and scared,” said Brian Maldonado, 47, who said he did maintenance work at the Dollar General store in Greenville and recently evacuated from Westwood about 25 miles to its north. He and his

In acreage burned, Dixie has shot up California’s all-time rankings in a matter of days. On Sunday it passed the massive 2018 Mendocino Complex Fire and now ranks behind only the August Complex Fire of 2020, which spread to more than 1 million acres. partner, Desiree Maurer, are staying at a motel in Redding for now, their Jack Russell terriers in tow. “Everything in our lives is upside down,” Maurer said as online maps showed the fire burning perilously close to their home after creeping around a lake. “And we have it good. There are people right now in their cars, and they don’t know where to go.” The couple has fled infernos before: In 2018, they barely escaped the encroaching Camp Fire in Paradise. Maurer and Maldonado remember an agonizing crawl through gridlock traffic as the town burned behind them and propane tanks popped like gunfire. Like dozens of others who fled the Camp Fire, Maurer and Maldonado had started to slowly rebuild their lives in small, rural communities around Lake Almanor. Now, Maurer said: “We’re losing more than our stuff. We’re losing our way of life. If we move, we have to find another community.” Despite the trauma of another evacuation, she wants to return to Westwood if she can. She also said she wants to see more investments in fire safety from Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), the utility company under renewed scrutiny after saying its equipment may have started the Dixie Fire. The company pleaded guilty last year to involuntary manslaughter in the Camp Fire and acknowledged that its electrical grid caused the blaze. “This shouldn’t happen over one company,” Maurer said. While the cause of the Dixie still under investigation, U.S. District Judge William Alsup on Friday ordered PG&E to provide information about a tree that fell on the utility company’s power line at the wildfire’s origin. “PG&E’s responses will not be deemed as an admission by PG&E that it caused any fire, but they will serve as a starting point for discussion,” wrote Alsup, of the Northern District of California. A PG&E spokesperson told The Post on Saturday that the utility was aware of the court’s orders and would respond by the judge’s deadline of Aug. 16. No civilian injuries have been reported in the Dixie Fire, but four firefighters were injured by a falling tree branch, officials said. Three have been released, while a fourth is in the hospital in stable condition, Zuniga said Sunday. As the fire advanced, another historic spot burned: a nearly centuryold scenic fire lookout in Lassen Volcanic National Park, park superintendent Jim Richardson said Saturday night. Many other sites with long histories remain at risk, he said.

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From Page One they intend to be outdoors more frequently. Taken together, the findings in the poll conducted by The Post and the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University suggest that some adjustments that many Americans have made in their daily lives during the pandemic’s 11⁄2 years – dressing casually while working from home, following public health advice and trying to avoid exposure to the virus – are likely to linger broadly after the virus recedes. In some instances, the behavior shifts that people anticipate defy the intense political polarization that has surrounded public health guidance about how best to stay safe from infection. More than half of adults who identify as Republicans say they plan to use masks when they are sick after the pandemic, despite disdain for mask-wearing by former president Donald Trump and steps by some GOP governors and state legislatures to ban mask mandates. The share of Democrats saying they expect to wear masks when they are sick in a post-pandemic world is higher – about 8 in 10. Other partisan differences are evident from the poll, particularly involving the extent to which people regard their lives as back to pre-pandemic normalcy. Almost half of Republicans – but just under 1 in 6 Democrats – describe their lives as having fully returned to the way they were. Work patterns differ as well. Slightly more than one-third of Democrats say they teleworked during the previous month because of the coronavirus, compared with 1 in 7 Republicans. More than half of Republicans say they have attended crowded indoor events and crowded outdoor events – significantly more than the share of Democrats who say they have done either. Some basic behaviors people expect to persist are nearly identical for Republicans and Democrats and for men and women. People hold in common plans to wear comfortable clothing more often and to spend more time outdoors. And regardless of political affiliation or gender, roughly 4 in 10 adults say they intend to have telemedicine appointments with doctors once the

Senate From Page One Democrats were ready to consider amendments to the legislation, which is a cornerstone of President Joe Biden’s agenda. “That will require the cooperation of our Republican colleagues,” he said. “In any case, we’ll keep proceeding until we get this bill done.” At least one GOP senator, Bill Hagerty of Tennessee, has refused to allow the unanimous agreement needed to speed past hours and hours of remaining

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From Page One face coverings. “People can’t see our smiles under our masks, but it still feels like a good party,” she said. “We’ve seen a steady flow (of people) this year.” Tenbrink said that the Suisun Valley Vintners and Growers Associa-

pandemic ends. In such ways, the coronavirus pandemic is bringing about “a cultural revolution,” said Robert J. Blendon, a professor of health policy and political analysis at Harvard University who specializes in public attitudes. “This is not unlike post-World War II,” Blendon said. “Thousands of people have died. You had to change your lifestyle, where you work, where your kids are.” The seriousness of a mass event influences the extent to which it prompts cultural change, he said. The 9/11 terrorist attacks happened on a single day, he pointed out, but it was grave enough that it “got people used to standing in line and being screened at airports.” The coronavirus pandemic, Blendon said, is both serious and longlasting, having been declared 17 months ago and, as the delta variant continues to spread, providing no sign of when it will end. So, after many professional workers have shed suits while working from home, even for Zoom meetings, and after many people abandoned large weddings that demand formal attire, it is not surprising, he said, that “we are going to see a more California lifestyle, less formal dress. People are going to avoid larger crowds for quite a while. . . . It just will look culturally very different.” Laura Spinney, author of a recent book on the 1918 flu pandemic and its aftereffects, said that after that crisis, people in many countries shed pandemic behaviors relatively quickly. But not everywhere. The century-ago pandemic, Spinney said, sparked the habit in Japan of wearing a mask to protect others when someone has a cold or other infectious illness. But in the United States and Western Europe, she said, “it did not last.” When the current pandemic ends, Spinney said, behavioral changes may end up enduring more among certain groups – older adults staying away from crowds because they have felt especially vulnerable to covid-19, or children continuing to put on masks because their early memories include wearing them on a playground. Cultural changes are more likely to endure if behaviors adopted in a pandemic “converge with a preexisting trend,” she said – such as teleworking and, in turn, making clothing choices suitable to working from home. While social changes

often are subtle, she said, a pandemic can hasten them “because it gets right down to our daily life.” According to the PostSchar School survey, men are more likely than women to regard their lives as back to normal – or mostly so. Almost three-fourths of men say they have fully or mostly returned to their pre-pandemic lives, compared with nearly 6 in 10 women. “I think I want to get back to normal, or whatever you want to call it, so I try to live that way,” said Claude Chartrand, 58, who lives in Park City, Utah. A mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service, Chartrand said he recently put a mask back on, but it was because of smoke drifting from West Coast wildfires, not to avoid exposure to the virus. Chartrand, a Libertarian, said he thinks about the ongoing pandemic. “How can you not?” he said. “It’s on TV. It’s all over.” He and his wife, an office manager for a nonprofit health clinic, were vaccinated in the spring, and their 23-year-old daughter just got vaccinated so she will be able to attend a family wedding that requires it. Chartrand said he always has been something of a homebody, and he kept his postal route through the pandemic, so his life did not feel like it was altered that much. But starting in late winter and early spring, he said, he noticed he was going to friends’ houses more often, going into restaurants, no longer wearing a mask. In the future, “I wouldn’t be gung-ho about it, wearing a mask just because I have a common cold,” he said. “In my mind-set, getting back to normal is not wearing a mask.”

In contrast, Laura Howard, 68, who lives in the Hudson Valley town of Milton, N.Y., is among the three-fourths of women who say their lives are not fully back to normal. A retired eighthgrade teacher, Howard had been substitute teaching until the coronavirus arrived but has not returned. The only time she has gone into New York City 80 miles to the south, an easy train ride away, was in October, when her sister died. She watched her daughter’s wedding on Zoom. Howard was always the kind of person who wiped down equipment at the gym, in case of germs. Even before the delta variant fueled the current surge, even when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said vaccinated people no longer needed to wear masks, indoors or out, Howard never stopped using a face covering “if I don’t know the people well enough to know they are really careful.” Howard, a registered Democrat, said she thinks people who value their own freedom more than protecting others have a kind of arrogance that is “one of the problems of the human species.” Her house is in the woods, and she spends a lot of time outdoors, reading, walking trails nearby, heading into town. When she goes to a restaurant, she sits outside. But she said, “I miss not having to think about being so careful all the time. That’s what I miss.” The Washington PostSchar School poll was conducted by telephone July 6-21 among a random national sample of 1,000 adults with 75% reached on cellphones and 25% on landlines with a margin of error of plus or minus four percentage points for the full sample.

debate. He is among a cluster of Republicans who oppose the bill because it will be followed by a Democratic effort to push through without Senate GOP backing a more expansive $3.5 trillion measure entailing the rest of Biden’s economic agenda. “I’m not inclined to expedite this process whatsoever,” Hagerty said on Saturday. On Sunday, he proposed bringing up a package of amendments for votes, but without a time agreement to bring the bill to a close quickly. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, the top Democrat negotiator on the bipar-

tisan package, objected, drawing a rebuke from Hagerty. “Democrats’ true intention is to rush this bill through so that they can hurry up and light the fuse on their $3.5 trillion spending spree, a socialist debt bomb, then leave town for vacation,” he said. The Senate did edge the infrastructure legislation past one of its final procedural hurdles on a 67-27 vote on Saturday, an indicator of the bill’s bipartisan support. But agreement on a last batch of amendments was elusive. Senators in both parties were still working to resolve a dispute over

two dueling amendments to modify a provision dealing with reporting requirements for cryptocurrency transactions and tax collection. The bipartisan group that drew up the legislation was counting on the extra tax revenue generated to help pay for some of the bill’s costs. Lack of agreement to move things ahead risks pushing final passage into early Tuesday. After that, Senate Democrats will begin a dayslong debate over the fiscal blueprint underpinning the $3.5 trillion economic plan before lawmakers leave for an August recess.

tion decided that this year they were going to lower ticket prices because of Covid-19. They did that by not including food in the ticket price, offering food that was instead sold separately. A Buckhorn Grill truck was parked at the Tenbrink location. Husband and wife team Lisa Howard and Cliff Howard were pouring their Tolenas Winery wines, side by

side with the wines from Tenbrink Winery. “It feels great to have all the people out smiling and enjoying themselves,” Cliff Howard said. Maria Quiantance of Vacaville said she was relieved that masks, at least for customers, weren’t mandated at the event. “It’s a great event,” she said. “There’s perfect weather you can’t beat.”

Although this year’s event was smaller than in years past, some people liked it that way. Wendy Ferrell of Suisun City was tasting wines at Wooden Valley Winery with Liz Andrews and Stacie Baumgartner, friends she has had since high school. Ferrell said it was “way better for us. It’s not so crowded.”

Once the pandemic ends, most Americans plan to spend more time outdoors, keep masks on when they're sick and wear more comfortable clothing Q: After the pandemic ends, do you plan to _____? Yes, plan to do

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27%

Wear masks when sick

67%

31%

Wear comfortable clothing more often

66%

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Socialize with family or friends virtually

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52%

Wear masks in crowded places

43%

54%

Have telehealth appointments with doctors

41%

57%

(Among women) Wear less makeup

17%

76%

Note: “No opinion” not shown. Source: July 6-21, 2021, Washington Post-Schar School of Policy and Government poll of 469-531 U.S. adults with a margin of sampling error of +/- 5.5 percentage points THE WASHINGTON POST

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These celebrities do not believe in bathing daily The Washington Post Celebrities, as disparities highlighted by the pandemic have made increasingly clear, operate in a reality that can seem mind-boggling to others. Consider, for instance, how many A-listers thought it reasonable to participate in Gal Gadot’s “Imagine” singalong in the early days of this global nightmare. But all the same, celebrities are people. They are “just like us.” They grab coffee in unflattering joggers, they walk their dogs under the same blazing sun. They eat, they exercise, they shower daily. Or do they? An increasing number of famous Americans have come out recently as nondaily washers, or at least as the parents of children who are not bathed regularly. The latest crusader is none other than Jake Gyllenhaal, the charmingly wacky actor who, in a Vanity Fair interview published Thursday, admitted to washing himself less often these days.

Mice From Page A3 earned her Ph.D. in 2020 and is now in the midst of finishing her M.D. at Perelman, Kambayashi said. “She did easily the work of three people in a year and a half,” he said. “She was on a mission.” Among the remaining questions is just how the cytokine results in excess secretion of sebum. The researchers found that TSLP causes certain kinds of immune T-cells to migrate to the sebaceous glands, which in turn

“More and more I find bathing to be less necessary, at times,” he said. “I do believe, because Elvis Costello is wonderful, that good manners and bad breath get you nowhere. So I do that. But I do also think that there’s a whole world of not bathing that is also really helpful for skin maintenance, and we naturally clean ourselves.” Elvis Costello, the patron saint of mouth hygiene, does not have another famous quote about taking a shower every day, unfortunately. But out of fairness to Gyllenhaal – who once described showering as “a spiritual practice,” also to Vanity Fair – some experts have deemed it OK to do so less frequently if you have skin on the drier side or aren’t participating in the sort of activities that make you sweaty or expose you to dirt. Most, as one dermatologist recently told The Washington Post, would encourage people to make sure they focus on the cleanliness of their somehow results in more secretions. No matter the outcome of these studies, Kambayashi said that in hindsight, it makes sense that obesity might be addressed via the immune system. As physicians have reminded us during the Covid-19 pandemic, obesity often is accompanied by a chronic level of immune-related inflammation. Excess adipose tissue acts as a type of “organ,” releasing hormones and other chemicals that place the body in a chronic state of low-level stress, placing the person at higher risk

“three P’s.” That’s pits, privates and piggies (or feet, as they are

nothing else ever,” and that he and Kunis bathe their children only if “you can see the dirt on ’em. . . . Otherwise, there’s no point.” Shepherd doubled down on the washas-needed approach when he and wife Kristen Bell swung by — Jake Gyllenhaal “The View” this week. Revisiting the conmore often called). versation with Kunis and It’s the method of Kutcher, Shepherd somechoice for Mila Kunis and what jokingly noted that husband Ashton Kutcher, he and Bell sometimes recently in the news forget to bathe their young for not going to space children for “five, six with billionaire Richard days” at a time. Branson – and in head“I mean, they don’t lines again for revealing smell,” he said, to which on fellow actor Dax Shep- Bell countered, “Well, herd’s podcast, “Armchair they do sometimes.” Expert,” that they do not “I’m a big fan of wash their full bodies with waiting for the stink,” soap every day. she continued. “Once you “I wash pits and t--- catch a whiff, that’s bioland holes and soles,” ogy’s way of letting you Kunis said after Shep- know you need to clean it herd explained that he had up. . . . So I don’t hate what been telling his co-host, they’re doing. I wait for Monica Padman, not to get the stink.” rid of natural oils on her Celebrities are waiting skin with daily soap usage. for the stink, HollyKutcher shared that he wood’s newest wellness washes “my armpits and trend. Imagine all the my crotch daily, and smelly people.

‘More and more I find bathing to be less necessary, at times.’

in the event of infection. Still, the weight loss in the mice was a surprise, to the point Kambayashi thought something must have gone wrong. “I thought they were sick, that they just weren’t eating,” he said. But in fact, they were eating more than mice in a control group, which had not been been treated with the cytokine. The key clue came with a curious phenomenon that Kambayashi and others had ignored in the past: Mice treated with TSLP were known to develop a shiny coat of fur. He and Choa noticed that the same was true

with these mice. So they shaved the animals’ fur, analyzed it, and discovered it was rich in calorie-dense, fatty molecules called wax esters. Would humans sign up for that kind of treatment, knowing it would increase the secretion of oily fats through the skin? Among possible drawbacks: Excess sebum is associated with the teenage scourge of acne. Still, with obesity among the leading health problems in the United States, millions remain eager to try new solutions. Kambayashi says he’s determined to give them the chance.

Week From Page A3 students who were enrolled in the 2019-20 school year. Each school site has assigned a specific registration date to avoid long wait times. Contact Lorraine Kennedy, recreation coordinator, at 428-7574 or lkennedy@fairfield. ca.gov to inquire about your school’s registration date, program schedule and fees, or for any other questions. Registration for new students beings Aug. 16. Registration for new and returning students must be done in person at the Fairfield Community Center, 1000 Kentucky St. Participating school sites include: n Anna Kyle Elementary, 1600 Kidder Ave. n Cordelia Hills Elementary, 4770 Canyon Hills Drive. n Cleo Gordon Elementary, 1950 Dover Ave. n David Weir K-8 Preparatory Academy, 1975 Pennsylvania Ave. n Fairview Elementary, 830 First St. n K.I. Jones Elementary, 2001 Winston Drive. n Laurel Creek Elementary, 2900 Gulf Drive. n Nelda Mundy Elementary, 570 Vintage Valley Drive. n Oakbrook Academy of the Arts, 700 Oakbrook Drive. n Rolling Hills Ele-

mentary, 2025 Fieldcrest Ave. n Sheldon Academy of Learning, 1901 Woolner Ave. n Suisun Valley K-8 School, 4985 Lambert Road. n Tolenas Academy of Music and Medi, 4500 Tolenas Road. n Grange Middle School, 1979 Blossom Ave.

Several government meetings on calendar Several government meetings, which are open to the public, are scheduled this week. Most are viewable via the internet. They include: n Travis School District Governing Board, 5 p.m. Tuesday closed session, 6 p.m. open session, Travis Education Center, 2775 De Ronde Drive, Fairfield. Info: travisusd.org. n Vacaville City Council, 6 p.m. Tuesday, council chamber, 650 Merchant St. Info: ci.vacaville.ca.us. n Rio Vista Planning Commission, 6 p.m. Wednesday, 1 Main St. Info: www.riovistacity. com/planningcommission. n Solano County Board of Education, 6 p.m. Wednesday, Solano County Office of Education, 5100 Business Center Drive, Fairfield. Info: www.solanocoe.net. n Fairfield-Suisun School District, 6 p.m. Thursday, first floor board room at the Central Office, 2490 Hilborn Road, Fairfield. Info: www.fsusd.org.

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om Flores might not be the first inductee in the Pro Football Hall of Game who rose from the outhouse to the penthouse, but he might be the last for whom that journey was literal. Tom Flores was not to the manor born. He grew up in the Central Valley, working the agricultural fields alongside his brother and his parents. Pick a tray of fruit, earn

three cents. A good day was 10 trays. That, apparently, is one way to develop the character that makes you a successful pro football quarterback, then a Super Bowl-winning head coach, all the while breaking down cultural and racial barriers and providing inspiration to others of your heritage. What’s more remarkable than Flores’ football accomplishments was

what he had to overcome to get there. As Flores is inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Sunday, surely he will cast his memory back to the fields. His father emigrated from Mexico at age 12. Tom’s mother, born in Fresno, was the daughter of Mexican immigrants. Their life was in the fields. “Grapes, cotton, anything that needs to be picked, we picked it,” Flores said in an interview

with the Sacramento Bee. The family would move up and down the state with the crops, but the Flores’ home was in Del Rey, a village near Sanger, which is near Fresno. Not much of a home. It was more like a hut, belonging to the man who owned the fields the Flores family picked. No electricity, no indoor plumbing. When Tom was about 5, after World War II began, the Flores family moved into a home left vacant by a Japanese

American family that was forced into an internment camp. Tom fell in love with football as a high school freshman, but work came first. After school, Tom and his brother Bob joined their parents in the fields for a few hours, then Tom dashed back to school for football practice. While he waited for his chance to be the Sanger Apaches’ starting quarterback as a senior, Flores made his rep as a hardtackling defender. It

turned out he could throw a football, too, and was a leader, elected studentbody president. Sanger High wasn’t exactly an Ivy League feeder school. Flores was a pretty good rural prep quarterback with a limited education, not your blue-chip prospect. So he went to Fresno City College, then College (now University) of the Pacific. Flores played well, but See Flores, Page B8

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TOKYO — A tropical storm swept into the city before dawn, gusts of wind bringing heavy clouds and drenching rain, as if the Tokyo Olympics didn’t have enough problems. The Covid-19 pandemic had forced a year’s postponement and, with much of Japan still in a state of emergency, cancellation remained possible to the last moment. Even as the massive sporting event lurched ahead, spectators were banned, leaving athletes to compete in

eerily quiet stadiums and arenas. “Some were already speaking of a ghost Games,” International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said. On Sunday, with inclement weather threatening to ruin the closing ceremony, the sky lifted and brightened by late afternoon. After 17 rocky days, these Summer Games had once again found a way to get by. As 100-meter champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs of Italy said: “Finally we’ve managed to do it, so that’s a positive way to look at it.” For their goodbye

show, local organizers transformed Olympic Stadium into one of Tokyo’s well-known city parks, covering the field with swaths of real grass and pathways. Kids skateboarded, people did yoga, bicycle riders whizzed past. If the scene attempted to evoke a sense of normalcy, it also reinforced the extraordinary and often contradictory nature of the Tokyo Games. A hint of sadness marked the last three weeks, with no crowds buzzing outside stadiums, no fans gathering in central plazas,

nothing to make it feel special. The Olympic cauldron, displayed on a popular esplanade, was surrounded by blue-shirted volunteers who – because of coronavirus restrictions on crowding – barked over loudspeakers, telling people not to stop, to keep walking. The competition sometimes felt just as sterile, like sports in a laboratory. Reverse somersaults, double layouts and 3-point shots were greeted with silence or, worse, the echoed clapping of a halfdozen teammates. See Olympics, Page B8

Ignited by Marte and Kaprielian, A’s sweep Rangers and inch up standings Tribune Content Agency OAKLAND — Starling Marte’s positive first impression in Oakland only got stronger with a four-hit performance in the Oakland A’s 6-3 win over the Texas Rangers on Sunday afternoon. The win sealed a series sweep of the sinking Rangers and put them just two games back of Houston with the Astros losing to the Minnesota Twins. Two overturned calls and some timely hits led to a three-run first inning for the A’s. With one out, Starling Marte laid down a perfectly placed bunt single. Marte was called out stealing second base, but the call was overturned, giving Marte his league-leading 29th stolen base (7th with the A’s) and putting him in position for Jed Lowrie’s RBI single. Lowrie scored on Sean Murphy’s RBI double, but Harrison was

called out at home trying to score from first. After review, Harrison was called safe to give the A’s a 3-1 lead. Starling Marte went 4-for-5 with four singles, including a single that helped load the bases in the fourth, an opportunity the A’s could only get one run on with a Lowrie walk. Harrison hit into a double play to end the inning. Marte’s fourth hit was an RBI single in the sixth inning that scored Mark Canha, who doubled off the wall in left-center. Seth Brown – back in Oakland as the corresponding roster move with Ramón Laureano serving his 80-game suspension – hit his 13th home run, a solo blast 448-feet into right field against the winds. James Kaprielian made his first start back from the injured list, a stint that forced him to skip one start. He was strong, tossing

FAIRFIELD — The Fairfield Expos showed they came to play by scoring two runs in the top of the first inning. Their opponents from Hawaii showed why they’d eventually win the American Legion Western Regionals championship by pushing across five runs in the bottom of the second en route to a 6-3 win at Laurel Creek Park, Saturday night, ending the season for the host Expos. “It was a terrific year for the young Expos,” team manager Brad Hanson said, “and even with the loss there were lots of smiles and hugs for all.” The Hawaiians went on to punch their ticket to this week’s American Legion World Series in Cary, North Carolina, with a 4-3 win over League City, Texas, in the regional title game, Sunday. It was Hawaii’s third one-run victory in the regional and the team went 5-0 with an overall margin of victory of just eight runs. Reilly Ramirez got the Expos, who finished the season 53-21 and were a respectable 2-2 in the

regional, started with a leadoff single and eventually scored on a single by Aidan Robles. DJ Scott, who had also singled, later scored on a play that started with a wild pitch. Expos starter Bryce Dichoso enjoyed a 1-2-3 bottom of the first inning, but things fell apart in the second. Three hits, two walks and two hit batters added up to a 5-2 lead the Hawaiians wouldn’t relinquish. Both teams scored in the fourth, Grant Kerr singling in Blake Bozzini for the Expos and Micah Zeller tripling in Tadahiro Sasaki for Hawaii. The Expos managed just a walk and a hit batter the rest of the way. Ramirez, Scott, Ramirez, Kerr, Bozzini and Drew Carrington each had hits for the Expos. Peyton Olds pitched two scoreless innings in relief, striking out two. “The Expos finished in the top 24 teams in the country,” Hanson said. “Not bad for an average of 16.2 years in a 19-year-old league,” adding that there’s short rest as “they will (soon) begin their offseason workouts preparing for the 2022 season.”

six innings with two earned runs allowed. The first run came in the first inning when Adolis Garcia and Nate Lowe hit back-to-back doubles. Kaprielian retired the next 11 batters he faced before walking Brock Holt with one out in the fifth inning. Isiah Kiner-Falefa tripled to start the sixth inning and scored on a sacrifice fly. Kaprielian was pulled after throwing 84 pitches with four strikeouts and two walks and just those three hits allowed. Andrew Chafin pitched his sixth straight scoreless appearance with the A’s in the seventh inning. Yusmeiro Petit gave up a home run to Kiner-Falefa in the eighth inning and walked Garcia before Jake Diekman took over to tackle lefthanded hitter Lowe, who struck him out after falling behind 3-0 to end the inning.

Giants capture another wild one to take series Tribune Content Agency The day after he padded the Giants’ lead with a home run in the 11th inning, Brandon Belt gave the Giants another heroic homer to help beat the Brewers, 5-4, in the finale of heart-racing series between two of the best teams in baseball. Belt tied the game with a pinch-hit, two-run home run to straight away center field in the seventh inning, and Tommy La Stella gave San Francisco the decisive lead with a pinch-hit single the next inning on the 11th pitch of

his at-bat. Both teams were playing on fumes Sunday after splitting two extra-inning contests in the first two games of the series. Of the seven games on the Giants’ road trip, four went to extra innings and only one was decided by more than three runs. “We had all those things in mind as we entered the last game of this season, and for that reason it was pretty gratifying to take two of three,” said manager Gabe See Giants, Page B8

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This pepperoni pull-apart bread is packed full of pizza’s best qualities Becky Krystal

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t four years into the gig, I can confidently say that one of the most exciting and terrifying things about being a parent is not knowing what the future holds for your child. At what point will the toddler who loves hugs, snuggles and noisy kisses on the cheek turn into a kid who’s too big for all that? When will Mom and Dad go from people who must know everything to ones who understand nothing? What will he be? What will he . . . eat? Take this Pepperoni PullApart Bread. It is essentially pizza in bread form. Presented with the prospect of trying my latest recipe test, his response was – let me get this right – “Blech.” Not atypical at this point, but somewhat surprising, given how much he loves pizza. And bread. Nonetheless, the rest of my family and colleagues have heaped praise on this crowdpleasing, eye-catching loaf that is the most enticing blend of cheesy, salty, spicy and fluffy. As long as the requests for more loaves keep coming, I’ll keep making it, at least once in a while. (I’m not going to pretend it’s anything other than an occasional treat, especially given the sodium level.) This family-friendly recipe (yes, I’m sticking with it despite my son’s review) comes from “Great British Baking Show” champion and prolific author Nadiya Hussain, herself a parent of three kids. Her Netflix series “Nadiya Bakes” was a balm to my soul in 2020, and as soon as I saw her make the pull-apart bread in the third episode, I knew I had to try it. Thankfully, it’s among the many recipes in her new book of the same name. Even if you’re a bread-baking beginner, you needn’t be intimidated. The dough, which can be kneaded in a stand mixer or by hand, comes together quickly and is easy to work with. Because Hussain developed the recipe with the self-raising flour commonly used in England, you’ll find baking powder included along with yeast. This makes the dough rise in a fast and reliable way. You can get a loaf on the table in less than 3 hours, perfect for an impromptu game night you don’t decide on until late afternoon. I found the baking powder lent the crumb a slightly cottony texture with more, smaller air pockets than bread leavened solely by yeast (turns out another key to the perfect texture was baking the loaf rather longer than the recipe specified). It reminded me, not in a bad way, of the Pizza Hut breadsticks I ate way too many of in college. The comparison was apt anyway, considering the pep-

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Pepperoni Pull-Apart Bread is a crowd-pleasing, eye-catching loaf that is an enticing blend of cheesy, salty, spicy and fluffy. peroni, cheese and basil tucked into the loaf. The pull-apart effect is achieved by rolling the dough into a large rectangle and then dividing it into eight portions that are folded in half around the filling and lined up side by side like an accordion in the pan. Feel free to use the recipe as a template to create your own ideal bread, swapping out the cheese and meat as you like. The sriracha lends plenty of heat, though you can try another milder tomato sauce if you or your family members are chile-averse. I could even see this working splendidly as a pull-apart garlic bread, if you slather the dough with an herbpacked compound butter. I’m already mulling over these variations and more for future loaves, and future occasions for making them. My mind flashes forward to the future, when I envision myself pulling a piping hot loaf out of the oven and setting it down in front of a bunch of ravenous teenagers over for movie night or a postsports practice snack. Will my son eat it then? Will a parent who offers homemade fare be greeted with high-fives or eyerolls? Who knows. The only sure thing is he’ll keep me guessing. Pepperoni Pull-Apart Bread Active time: 45 minutes | Total time: 2 hours 45 minutes 8 servings (makes one 8 1⁄2 by-4 1⁄2 -inch loaf) This enticing, pull-apart loaf from “Great British Bake Off” winner Nadiya Hussain is essentially pizza bread. With both baking powder and yeast in the mix, you get a lofty, tender dough that is relatively

quick to rise and manageable for even bread-baking novices. Feel free to customize this recipe with whatever cheese, meat or sauce you like or have on hand (as written with the sriracha, the bread skews spicy, so adjust accordingly to your tastes). You can even use it as a template for other pull-apart loaves, including garlic bread made with an herb-packed compound butter. Storage Notes: While the bread is best when freshly baked and warm from the oven, you can store leftovers in the fridge for up to 2 days and reheat individual portions in the microwave for 20 to 30 seconds. For the dough: 3 1⁄4 cups (400 grams) allpurpose flour, plus more for dusting 4 3⁄4 teaspoons baking powder 1 tablespoon dried oregano 1 tablespoon granulated sugar 1 1⁄2 teaspoons fine sea or table salt 1 package (2 1⁄4 teaspoons) instant yeast 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons (270 milliliters) warm water For assembly: 1 to 2 tablespoons olive oil, plus more for greasing the pan 1 ⁄4 cup (60 milliliters) sriracha (or other hot sauce or tomato sauce of your choice) 8 slices (6 to 8 ounces/170 to 226 grams) cheese, such as provolone or mozzarella 16 slices (about 3 ounces/ 85 grams) pepperoni, such as Boar’s Head Sandwich Style 8 basil leaves In a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the flour, baking powder, oregano, sugar, salt and yeast, making sure to keep the salt and yeast on separate sides until you begin. Whisk or stir together until thoroughly

combined. Make a well in the center, add the water, and using a flexible spatula, wooden spoon or even the dough hook of a stand mixer, stir the dough by hand until it starts to come together. Now, either flour a work surface and knead the dough by hand, or attach the dough hook and knead in the stand mixer. If you are doing it by hand, it should take 10 to 12 minutes of continual kneading. If you are doing it with the stand mixer, 6 minutes on medium speed should do the trick. What you are looking for is a stretchy dough that is smooth, shiny and still just a little bit tacky. Cover the bowl with a clean dish towel, plate or greased plastic wrap, and let the dough rise in a warm spot until doubled in size, 35 to 45 minutes. Generously grease the inside of an 8 1⁄2 -by-4 1⁄2 -inch (900 grams) loaf pan with olive oil. As soon as the dough has risen, gently deflate it and tip it out onto a flour-dusted work surface. Pat or roll it out to a rectangle that is 10 by 14 inches (25 by 35 centimeters). The dough can be sticky, so don’t be shy about dusting your hands, rolling pin and counter with flour. Brush the top with the sriracha, and distribute the 8 pieces of cheese evenly over the dough. Place 2 slices of pepperoni on each slice of cheese and then top with a basil leaf. Using a sharp knife or bench scraper, cut the rectangle into 8 equal squares. Take each square and fold it in half like a book. Stack them side by side in the pan with the filling a bit exposed at the top. If your pieces are not of completely equal thickness, place the thinner pieces at the two ends of the pan and save the thicker ones for the middle. This will keep the dough from rising and baking over

the edge. Then let rise, covered with a bowl large enough to fit over the pan, a large reusable zip-top bag or greased plastic wrap, for about 15 minutes, or until the dough is puffy and just a little higher than the edge of the pan. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 400 degrees with a rack in the middle position. Once the dough has risen, uncover the pan and place on a rimmed baking sheet to catch any sauce or cheese that may bubble over. Bake for about 25 minutes, or until the top is pale golden brown. Brush the top of the loaf all over with some of the oil. At this point, the bread will not be cooked through. Cover loosely with aluminum foil to prevent the top from burning and bake for an additional 20 to 25 minutes, or until a tester inserted in the center of the loaf comes out mostly clean with no raw dough (you may get melted cheese, depending on where the tester lands). Brush the top of the loaf with another light coating of olive oil, then let cool in the pan for 20 minutes before pulling apart and tearing and sharing, removing the loaf from the pan first, if desired. Nutrition (per serving, based on 8) | Calories: 340; Total Fat: g; Saturated Fat: 12 g; Cholesterol: 20 mg; Sodium: 1160 mg; Carbohydrates: 43 g; Dietary Fiber: 2 g; Sugar: 3 g; Protein: 13 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. Adapted from “Nadiya Bakes,” by Nadiya Hussain (Clarkson Potter, 2021).

Becky Krystal is a food reporter and staff writer for Voraciously.

Two easy tricks to making the best potato salad of your life K ate Krader Bloomberg

here’s always room for one more milk in the dairy-free case. The newest is potato milk, produced by Veg of Lund a scientific research company in Sweden. Among its many attributes, potato milk doesn’t contain soy, gluten or added sugar, but does boast strong eco-cred: it uses 56 times less water than almond milk, and takes half the land to grow than required for oats. This week it became available in the U.K. in three flavors: Original, Unsweetened and Barista. It hasn’t yet made its way to the U.S. but Shenarri Freeman is ready for it. “Of course, I’ll try it at least once,” she says. “If I like it, I’ll serve it.” Freeman is something of a potato expert. At Cadence, her postage-sized restaurant in Manhattan’s East Village, a vegan potato salad is a star of the menu. The most sur-

prising thing of all to this omnivore writer: It’s the best I’ve ever tasted. Cadence’s entire menu is vegan, which is no small feat considering that it’s also Southern, a cuisine not known for going light on meat and dairy products. It’s part of the plantbased empire established by Ravi DeRossi, a co-founder of the seminal bar Death & Co. The wine list at the restaurant also focuses exclusively on Black-owned wineries, with labels from South Africa, France and the U.S. Freeman says the potato salad has become even more of a hit now that hot weather is here. It’s based on her mother’s recipe. “She made it ever since I can remember. But of course, it wasn’t vegan.” In fact, Freeman’s mom Vernice made what can only be considered a fully loaded potato salad, embellished with deviled eggs. The chef

adapted it when she became vegan a few years ago. What makes Freeman’s salad so good are the texture and flavor of the potatoes that hold the dish together. She has a singular way of boiling them, adding a tablespoon of oil to the cooking water, which makes the potato bites taste richer. She also doesn’t cook the bigger potatoes whole; she prefers to cut them first, so they hold their shape. Her best trick is to chill the potatoes before tossing them with a dead-simple mix of mustardy vegan mayo, studded with pickles and crunchy red onion and celery. After being cooled down, the potatoes become creamy, yet firm, and are able to stand up better to the brightly flavored, pungent dressing. “Chilling helps the texture and set and evaporates some of the moisture,” says Freeman. “If you add dressing before they’re cool, they can get too

soft. Then you’re stuck with mashed potato salad. I don’t know who wants that.” The following recipe is adapted from Shenarri Freeman of Cadence restaurant in Manhattan. Vegan Potato Salad Serves 6-8 Tester’s note: Small red potatoes are widely available, but you can also use new potatoes available fresh at farmers markets. The key is that they be small; if necessary, cut them into big, bite-sized pieces before cooking. 24 oz. small red potatoes, cut into 1-inch pieces, if large 1 tbsp. vegetable oil 2 medium celery ribs, diced 1 ⁄2 small red onion, diced 1 ⁄4 cup diced dill pickles 3 dill sprigs, chopped, plus more dill for garnish 2 ⁄3 cup vegan mayo, preferably soy free 2 tbsp. Dijon mustard 2 tbsp. lemon juice Salt Paprika

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The potato salad is ready to serve and eat. Chopped chives, for garnish In a medium pot, cover the potatoes with water and add the oil. Bring to a boil, then lower the heat to medium and simmer until the potatoes are tender, about 15 minutes. Drain and let cool, then refrigerate until cold and firm. In a big bowl, combine the celery, red onion, pickles, fresh dill, mayo, mustard, and lemon juice. Season with salt. Add the potatoes and stir gently to coat. Check for seasoning; garnish with the paprika and chives and a little more dill; and serve.

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Get ready to pay more for tomatoes

Greg Pruett, the chief executive of Ingomar Packing Company, stands in a fallow field.

as California growers reel from extreme weather

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omato sauce is feeling the squeeze and ketchup can’t catch up. California grows more than 90% of Americans’ canned tomatoes and a third of the world’s. Ongoing drought in the state has hurt the planting and harvesting of many summer crops, but water-hungry “processing tomatoes” are caught up in a particularly treacherous swirl (a “tormado”?) of problems that experts say will spur prices to surge far more than they already have. The drought threatens to imperil some of Americans’ favorite ingredients – pizza sauce, marinara, tomato paste, stewed tomatoes and ketchup all hang in the balance. And this comes not long after a bizarre, and completely unrelated, shortage of pizza sauce and individual ketchup packets during the height of the fooddelivery-crazed pandemic. This also comes on top of already steep increases in the price of fruits and vegetables, which have been rising since the coronavirus pandemic was declared last year. For tomatoes, higher prices could start taking hold soon if not already, said Wells Fargo’s chief agricultural economist Michael Swanson. “If you’re a producer or a canner and see these problems coming, why would you not raise prices now in anticipation?” he said, adding that consumers don’t see the price tag for a lot of the processed tomatoes consumed away from home. “It’s embedded in the menu board – but it is one more reason prices at Chipotle and Pizza Hut will go up.” In a normal year, Aaron Barcellos, a farmer in Firebaugh, Calif., grows 2,200 acres of processing tomatoes. This year he’s decided to drop to 900 acres on his farm, which is on the border of Merced and Fresno counties. He’s left the remaining acres unplanted, choosing to focus all of his precious water on almonds, pistachios and olives grown on trellises – crops that command higher prices and represent already-significant sunken costs. “We get eight inches of rain in a normal year. Last year we got 4 1⁄2 inches,” he said. “We got zero percent of our water allocation, which forced us to buy a lot of expensive water, and it doesn’t make sense to put it on tomatoes.” He said many growers have made the decision to use their limited water on permanent crops – trees and things like grape vines – choosing to forgo planting annuals like tomatoes,

A worker harvests tomatoes in San Joaquin Valley. onions and garlic, or even letting crops already planted wither in the desert-like conditions. This year’s shortage of processing tomatoes has been a long time in the making. Farmers already had been planting fewer tomatoes. From 2015 to 2019, fewer countries were importing American tomatoes, partly because the dollar was strong, which made U.S. canned tomato products more expensive. This created an oversupply of California tomatoes, said Rob Neenan, chief executive of the California League of Food Producers. Processors cut back their orders and farmers grew fewer acres. At the same time, partly because of a trade war, a global shortage of steel sheets used to make cans for food production caused can prices to soar. Major processing plants in Williams, Lemoore and Stockton closed, citing higher production expenses, leaving fewer places for growers to sell. Inventory at the beginning of 2020 was low and supplies had tightened up worldwide. And then the pandemic hit. Cue the tomato hoarding. Frank Muller, a multigenerational tomato grower and president of M Three Ranches in Woodland, euphemistically describes the market last year as “disrupted.” Early in the pandemic, gallon cans of tomatoes sat unwanted on restaurant distributor shelves, hurting those who sold to the restaurant industry and other food-service sectors – this included caterers, event arenas and corporate cafeterias, all shuttered in the spring of 2020. Meanwhile, retail sales at grocery stores – from 5-ounce cans of paste to 28-ounce cans of

diced – went nuts. “If you were just selling to food service, they didn’t want all those tomatoes last year when restaurants closed. But if you were in retail, you were in hog heaven,” he said, going on to describe the huge uptick in pandemic pizza delivery, which used up all those gallon cans, followed by a ketchup shortage when curbside pickups and food delivery services grabbed all those little packets. On top of the chaos of the supply problem, there’s still the threat of the coronavirus: Thousands of farmworkers throughout California have gotten sick on the job. Outbreaks still occur, despite robust vaccination pushes. Muller said there were very few infections among his farmworkers – his tomatoes are mechanically picked. Now he’s also worried about worker shortages. “We made it through last year, but here we are, and the workforce is still not returning because of enhanced unemployment benefits, and that has affected seasonal processing plants,” Muller said. All these problems are leading to fewer tomatoes. Processors reined in their estimate of how many tons of tomatoes they would contract for this year, dropping it by more than a million tons, and now even that looks overly hopeful. Muller said this is the first year processors didn’t get all the tomato tonnage they wanted from farmers. “This year will be some of lowest inventory levels that we’ve ever seen,” he said. Prices were already on the rise. In April, processing tomatoes worldwide were 7% more expensive than during three

previous seasons, according to the World Processing Tomato Council. And before this summer’s heat wave struck, the California Tomato Growers Association had negotiated a price on behalf of farmers with the tomato processors that is 5.6% higher than last growing season, because, as Muller says, farmers’ expenses are rising: “Supplies, fuel, drip tape, anything with steel, you name it, it’s going up.” “Tomato processors have very expensive facilities that can only do one thing. If they don’t want to be out of business, they will have to bid up tomatoes rather than leave facilities idle,” said Swanson, the agricultural economist. Those price increases are expected to be passed along to the big companies that contract with processors, agricultural experts say. Companies that have deep ties to tomatoes have yet to signal price increases. Kraft Heinz declined to comment about pricing for this story, as did Campbell Soup, which is a grower as well as a processor and uses about 2 billion pounds of tomatoes annually for its iconic soup, V8 beverages and Prego and Pace sauces. James Sherwood of the Morning Star Company, one of the largest tomato processors, said it’s hard to predict how high prices could go. He said higher prices are not just due to the drought but also increasing costs for fertilizer, labor and natural gas. And next year looks even grimmer. “We have lower inventories right now and a water crisis,” Sherwood said, “and for next year, there are farmers making decisions about crops based on

their allocation of water. The reservoirs are tremendously, historically low right now and that’s concerning.” But a lot of these business decisions were made before the recent blistering, record heat wave. Fresno County, the top producer of tomatoes, saw a long stretch of triple-digit temperatures. Yolo, Kings, Merced and San Joaquin are the next largest in terms of tomato production, and all five are in the “exceptional drought” category, the highest level on the U.S. drought map. Severe drought conditions have enveloped nearly all of California’s landmass, with the state’s rain and snowfall well below average and its network of reservoirs holding much less water than usual. Muller said in a typical year he has allocated three or four feet of water for every acre of farmland that needs irrigation. This year he got a smidgen of one foot, just 3.6 inches of water per acre. Much less rain than usual, as well as much less irrigation water than usual, means growers must turn to groundwater, which is more expensive, to save their crops. “In Yolo County, we have relatively stable groundwater and replenishment of the aquifer. It’s like having money in the bank, so we’re pumping water out of the ground like a withdrawal,” he said. “We’re just keeping our fingers crossed that the water table will maintain itself. That’s caused a whole new level of concern.” Greg Pruett, chief executive of Ingomar Packing Company in Los Banos, a partnership of four growers, says the situation is going to be significantly worse next year, because while there were reasonable reservoir levels going into this growing season, that will be entirely depleted by growers turning to groundwater. On July 23, California’s State Water Resources Control Board released an order that would cut farmers off from turning to rivers and streams in the Sacramento and San Joaquin river watersheds, removing yet another source of water in an extreme drought year. “Growers will have the worst water situation ever by the end of this growing season,” Pruett said. “The cost increases this year – in water, cans, all the other ingredients, labor, transportation – all those things add up to major cost inflation. And that pales in comparison to what’s going to happen next year.” Bottom line, he says: If the drought continues and the water table dips significantly, many growers may not plant tomatoes next year.

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The Suicide Squad is back with some original members that survived the first film and lots of newcomers.

‘The Suicide Squad’ a superhero splatterfest Adam Graham

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ttention 14-year-old boys: “The Suicide Squad” is the greatest movie you’ve ever seen. For the rest of us, this profane, ludicrous, juvenile, ultraviolent, bullheaded, excessive, yet sometimes beautiful and oddly touching splatterfest is either the end of superhero movies as we know them or a new beginning. Either way, it’s probably the only movie you’ll see where a half-human, half-shark rips a man clean in half, in a stupendous slow-mo shot set against the backdrop of a massive rainstorm. “The Suicide Squad” is audacious, you have to at least give it that. The writer-director here is James Gunn, who has a lot to get off his chest, and he doesn’t hold back. Gunn got his start working for the low-budget horror house Troma, of “Toxic Avenger” fame, and after making his directorial feature debut with 2006’s B-movie homage “Slither,” he wrote and directed the two “Guardians of the Galaxy” films for Marvel. He was removed from the third “Guardians” film when Disney bowed to pressure from right wingers over tasteless tweets he wrote a decade ago, and DC swooped in and gave him the reins for this sort of sequel, sort of do over on 2016’s artistically disastrous but financially lucrative comic book adaptation “Suicide Squad.” Gunn comes in locked and loaded, and he pushes the envelope with everything he couldn’t do in Disney’s Marvel universe. That’s why a character’s face is completely blown off in the first few minutes of the film, and he has bodies being decapitated, dismembered, exploded, crushed, and disposed of in any number of ways throughout the film. This is hard-R territory, with a sky-high F-word tally and fullfrontal male nudity to boot. It’s like Gunn is trying to see what he can get away with and never finds his ceiling. (After the smoke died down, Marvel did reconsider and will bring Gunn back for “Guardians 3,” so it’s a good thing he got everything out of his system here.)

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But beyond all the blood and guts and the glut of genitalia jokes, most of which land with a thud, Gunn does create several standalone moments of wonderment, well beyond what one would expect from the brute force DC Universe. It shows his value beyond his ability to shock, and a balance of his impulses would have brought more harmony to this often chaotic vision. Viola Davis’ Amanda Waller is one of the holdovers from the 2016 film, and she calls on a new group of Suicide Squadders – convicted supervillains enlisted to do black ops work for the U.S. government in exchange for time off their sentences – to take down a secret lab in Corto Maltese. Among the new recruits: Bloodsport (Idris Elba), a trained assassin who manifests weapons from his high-tech supersuit; Peacemaker (John Cena), a hardcore killer who doesn’t care who he has to murder in order to achieve his ideal of peace; Nanaue (voice of Sylvester Stallone), a humanshark hybrid who’s just looking for a friend (and some food); Polka-Dot Man (David Dastmalchian), who is infected with a rare disease that allows him to throw deadly polkadots at people (and who has some serious mommy issues to work through); and Ratcatcher 2 (Daniela Melchior), who possesses the ability to control the minds of rats. They’re joined by Rick Flag (Joel Kinnaman), whose job it is to wrangle the group, and Margot Robbie, making her third turn as Harley Quinn, after “Suicide Squad” and last year’s “Birds of Prey.” This group goes through the usual bonding struggles while mowing down everyone in their

path, even allies. Their end goal is to infiltrate the lab where the Thinker (Peter Capaldi) has been conducting secret experiments on humans, a plan called Project Starfish. Elba’s Bloodsport is essentially the leader but his character is rather flat; Cena, in his best screen performance to date, brings a unhinged psychopathy to his role and lets viewers see the layers of villainy underneath his rigid veneer. Robbie’s Harley Quinn, the only positive in the original “Suicide Squad,” is missing the manic spark that once made her such a fun, unpredictable character; three times is enough for her to play Harley, and the wear is showing. Meanwhile, as Polka-Dot Man, Dastmalchian is seriously unsettling, bringing serial killer vibes to his broken superhero. Melchior’s Ratcatcher is the quiet soul of the group while Nanaue, who speaks in monosyllabic grunts, may be the most relatably human member of the group; a sequence where he makes friends with an aquarium full of fish is the film’s most tranquil, transcendent moment. (Of course the fish end up being flesh eating monsters, but that’s “The Suicide Squad” for you.) More than anything this is Gunn’s show, and he treats it like the culmination of his career to date, mixing Troma influences, the gross-out sci-fi mechanics of “Slither,” the cracked superhero ideas of 2010’s “Super” and the group dynamics (and FM radiofriendly tunes) of “Guardians of the Galaxy.” Some of it works, a lot of it doesn’t, but “The Suicide Squad” finds its way during its boffo climax when it shifts gears completely and becomes a monster movie. (Remember that Starfish that was mentioned earlier? Godzilla and King Kong have nothing on him.) That it even attempts to make that transition shows the anything-goes nature of Gunn’s filmmaking; that it does so successfully and ends the movie on a high note is a feather in his cap. Those 14-year-olds could do a lot worse.

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by Phillip Alder

him implicitly. In today’s deal, South’s three diamonds was an ambitious game-try, but he looked destined to make his game with only a combined 17 high-card points. Defending were two top Canadian internationals, Fred Gitelman and George Mittelman. Gitelman (East) overtook the club-queen lead with his king to switch to the diamond four. Mittelman took declarer’s king with his ace and returned the diamond six. After winning with his queen, South ruffed a club in the dummy and played a heart to the queen. Mittelman smoothly dropped the jack, a no-cost play. Taking this card at face value, declarer ruffed a club in the dummy and called for the diamond jack. He planned to continue with a fourth diamond, ruffed and overruffed. BELIEVE THE BIDDING Another club ruff would have been MORE THAN THE CARD followed by the fifth diamond, on which South would have discarded his When you go into an authorized car spade queen. dealership, you see a wall covered in However, West ruffed the diamond certificates claiming that the salesperjack and cashed the spade ace for down sons are doing a great job. Those pieces one. of paper are only for show. When I The declarer was the victim of complained about a dealership to that excellent defense, but he misplayed. If company’s head office, I never even East were 3-3 in the red suits, either received a reply. the spades were 8-1 or the clubs 5-3, In bridge, sometimes an opponent’s both virtually impossible given the card suggests a particular holding. auction. However, especially when playing COPYRIGHT: 2021, UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE against an expert, don’t trust her or

Sudoku

by Wayne Gould

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. That means that no number is repeated in any row, BELIEVE THE BIDDING MORE THAN CARD tips column or THE box. Solution, When youcomputer go into an authorized car at and program dealership, you see a wall covered in www.sudoku.com certificates claiming that the salespersons are doing a great job. Those pieces of paper are only for show. When I complained about a dealership to that company’s head office, I never even received a reply. In bridge, sometimes an opponent’s

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FAIRFIELD — Get ready for some “Respect.” Jennifer Hudson stars as the Queen of Soul in the movie, “Respect,” arriving in theaters this week. The biopic, rated PG-13, follows the rise of Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom. Movie fans can check out a few new releases Tuesday and Wednesday. “Rising Wolf” is a thriller about a young woman who wakes trapped, kidnapped in an elevator of a super highrise building at the mercy of her tormentors. It’s not rated. “The Kissing Booth 3” is a Netflix comedy about a young woman, ready to enter college, who faces the choice of moving across the country with her boyfriend or going to college with her best friend. Molly Ringwald is featured. It’s not rated. “Homeroom” is a documentary about Oakland High’s Class of 2020 as they confront an unprecedented year. It’s not rated. “The Stairs,” with Kathleen Quinlan and John Schneider, centers on a group of hikers hunted by a sinister presence in the woods. Twenty years after the mysterious disappearance of an 11-year-old boy and his grandfather, a group of friends find themselves along the same trail, unaware of a long-forgotten evil lurking just beyond the tree line. It’s not rated. “Charming the Hearts of Men” is a romantic drama set during the early 1960s where a sophisticated woman returns to her Southern hometown and discovers her options are limited yet discrimination is plentiful. With the help of a congressional ally, she inspires historic legislation. Kelsey Grammar is featured. It’s not rated. “Coda” is the story of a 17-year-old sole hearing member of a deaf family. Her life revolves around acting as an interpreter for her parents and working on

the family’s struggling fishing boat every day before school with her father and older brother. When she joins her high school’s choir club, she discovers a gift for singing. Marilee Matlin stars. It’s rated PG-13. “Don’t Breathe 2” is the story of the blind man who has been hiding out for years in an isolated cabin and raised a young girl orphaned from a house fire. Their quiet existence is shattered when a group of kidnappers show up and take the girl. It’s rated R. “Ema” is the story of a tempestuous choreographer whose life is upended. She sets out on an odyssey of personal liberation. It’s not rated. “Free Guy” centers on a bank teller stuck in his routine who then discovers he’s a background character in the openworld action-adventure video game Free City. He is the only one capable of saving his world. It’s rated PG-13. “Naked Singularity” tells the story of a promising young New York City public defender whose idealism is beginning to crack. He is pulled into a dangerous high-stakes drug heist by an unpredictable former client in an effort to beat the broken system at its own game. It’s rated R. “Not Going Quietly” is a documentary that centers on a progressive politician and a new father, Ady Barkan, whose life is upended when he is diagnosed with ALS. He and other activists ignite “Be A Hero.” It’s not rated. “Raging Fire” is about a respected hardline cop with a long history of success on dangerous cases. His past unexpectedly comes back to haunt him when a sting operation is attacked by a mysterious group of criminals led by his former protégé. It’s not rated. “Sparkling: The Story of Champagne” explores the theory that the English actually invented champagne decades before the French monk Dom Perignon. It’s not rated.

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Online: dailyrepublic.com/classifieds ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME PETITION OF: CHRISTIANA VALENTINE CASE NUMBER FCS056625 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

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

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS NEW SPA LOCATED AT: 315 Maine Street, Vallejo, CA 94590 Mailing Address: 315 Maine Street, Vallejo, CA 94590 (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Allan P. Nuttall 204 E 2nd Avenue, Unit 514 San Mateo 94401 THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: an Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Allan P. Nuttall 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 August 4, 2026. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: AUG 05, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021001655 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00048675 Published: August 9, 16, 23, 30, 2021

DEPARTMENT OF RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Planning Services Division NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Planning Commission ________________________________________________________ NOTICE IS GIVEN that the Solano County Planning Commission will hold a PUBLIC HEARING to consider Application SP-20-01 which proposes amendments to the Middle Green Valley Specific Plan. The Commission will consider the certified EIR for the Middle Green Valley Specific Plan project and an Addendum to the certified EIR and will receive public comments on the item. After the conclusion of the public hearing, the Planning Commission will make recommendations and forward its recommendation and the proposed amendments to the Specific Plan to the Board of Supervisors for consideration. The Specific Plan area is located in the west-central portion of unincorporated Solano County, approximately one mile north of the Interstate 80/Interstate 680 interchange, north of the Fairfield city limits along Green Valley Road, and at the east edge of the western hills. The proposed amendment, the Specific Plan, the certified EIR, and the Addendum are a v a i l a b l e o n t h e C o u n t y ’ s w e b s i t e a t : https://www.solanocounty.com/depts/rm/planning/middle_green_valley_specific_plan.asp . The staff report will be available on or about August 12, 2021. The hearing will be held on August 19, 2021, at 7:00 p.m. in the Board of Supervisors Chambers, County Administration Center, 1st Floor, 675 Texas Street, Fairfield, California. Due to COVID-19 and to protect members of the public and County staff, members of the public are encouraged to participate in the meeting telephonically. If you attend the Planning Commission meeting in person, State rules regarding masking and social distancing will be followed, and non-vaccinated individuals will be expected to wear a mask in the Board of Supervisors Chambers. This precaution is being taken pursuant to the authority conferred by Governor Newsom’s Executive Order N-29-20. All or some of the commissioners may attend the meeting telephonically and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were present. The County of Solano does not discriminate against persons with disabilities. If you wish to participate in this meeting and you will require assistance in order to do so, please call 707-784-6765 at least 24 hours in advance of the event to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. PUBLIC COMMENTS: To submit public comments, please see the options below. Email/Mail: If you wish to address this item by written comment, please submit comments in writing to Resource Management by U.S. Mail or by email. Written comments must be received no later than 8:00 a.m. on the day of the meeting. The mailing address is Resource Management, Planning Commission, 675 Texas Street, Suite 5500, Fairfield, CA 94533. The email address for the clerk is: Planning@SolanoCounty.com. Copies of comments received will be provided to the Commissioners and will become a part of the official record but will not be read aloud at the meeting. Phone: To submit comments verbally from your phone, you may do so by dialing: 1-415655-0001 and using Access Code 177 604 5864 on your phone. No attendee ID number is required. Once entered in the meeting, you will be able to hear the meeting and will be called upon to speak during the public speaking period. If you challenge the proposed consideration in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Board of Supervisors at, or prior to, the public hearing. DR# 00048667 Published: August 9, 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS BEST AMERICAN TIRE & AUTO CENTER LOCATED AT: 2230 North Texas St Fairfield CA 94533 Solano Mailing Address: (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Sohail Ashraf 4831 Winamac Dr Sacramento CA 95835 THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: an Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 07/11/2011. 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/ Sohail Ashraf 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 28, 2026. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: JUL 29, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021001614 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00048655 Published: August 9, 16, 23, 30, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS DIVINE ENERGY BEADS LOCATED AT: 5254 Carlson Lane, Fairfield CA 94533 Solano Mailing Address: 5254 Calrson Lane, Fairfield CA 94533 (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Maurice Williams 5254 Carlson Lane Fairfield, 94533 2) Cheron Durley-Williams 5254 Calson Lane Fairfield, 94533 THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: Copartners The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 01/02/2021. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Maurice Williams 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 August 3, 2026. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: AUG 04, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021001641 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00048659 Published: August 9, 16, 23, 30, 2021

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS CARDENA'S AUTO SALES LOCATED AT: 5123 Ellsworth Rd Suite B, Vacaville CA 95688 Solano Mailing Address: 237 Cambridge Dr, Vacaville CA 95687 (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Laura P Bernal CA Vacaville, 95687 THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: an Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 07/30/2021. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Laura P. Bernal 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 August 2, 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: AUG 03, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021001634 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00048658 Published: August 9, 16, 23, 30, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS OBSESSION BY BRITTANEY LOCATED AT: 2201 Sonoma Blvd, Vallejo, CA 94590 Solano Mailing Address: 3900 Business Center Dr Apt 2308, Fairfield CA 94534 (ARE) HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S): 1) Brittaney Leidig-Jefferson 3900 Business Center Apt 2308, Fairfield CA 94534, 94534 THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: an Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 08/01/2021. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Brittaney Leidig-Jefferson 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 August 2, 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: AUG 03, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021001637 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00048661 Published: August 9, 16, 23, 30, 2021

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B8 Monday, August 9, 2021 — DAILY REPUBLIC

Scoreboard BASEBALL Washington Miami

American League East Division W L 68 44 65 49 61 50 60 50 38 72 Central Division Chicago White Sox 66 46 Cleveland 54 55 Detroit 54 60 Kansas City 48 62 Minnesota 48 64 West Division Houston 66 46 OAKLAND 64 48 Seattle 59 54 L.A. Angels 56 56 Texas 39 73 Tampa Bay Boston N.Y. Yankees Toronto Baltimore

Pct GB .607 — .570 4 .550 6½ .545 7 .345 29 .589 — .495 10½ .474 13 .436 17 .429 18 .589 — .571 2 .522 7½ .500 10 .348 27

National League Philadelphia Atlanta N.Y. Mets

East Division W L 59 53 57 55 56 55

Pct GB .527 — .509 2 .505 2½

50 62 .446 9 47 65 .420 12 Central Division Milwaukee 66 46 .589 — Cincinnati 61 51 .545 5 St. Louis 55 56 .495 10½ Chicago Cubs 52 61 .460 14½ Pittsburgh 41 71 .366 25 West Division SAN FRANCISCO 71 41 .634 — L.A. Dodgers 67 45 .598 4 San Diego 64 49 .566 7½ Colorado 51 61 .455 20 Arizona 35 78 .310 36½ Sunday’s Games SAN FRANCISCO 5, Milwaukee 4 OAKLAND 6, Texas 3 Tampa Bay 9, Baltimore 6 Philadelphia 3, N.Y. Mets 0 Seattle 2, N.Y. Yankees 0 Toronto 9, Boston 8 Cleveland 7, Detroit 5 Cincinnati 3, Pittsburgh 2 Atlanta 5, Washington 4 Minnesota 7, Houston 5 Kansas City 6, St. Louis 5 Colorado 13, Miami 8 L.A. Dodgers 8, L.A. Angels 2 San Diego 2, Arizona 0 Chicago White Sox 9, Chicago Cubs 3 Monday’s Games Cincinnati at Cleveland, 3:10 p.m. Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, 5:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Minnesota, 5:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Kansas City, 5:10 p.m. Miami at San Diego, 7:10 p.m. Tuesday’s Games OAKLAND at Cleveland, 4:10 p.m. Arizona at SAN FRANCISCO, 6:45 p.m.

L.A. Angels vs Toronto, first game, 3:07 p.m. Toronto at L.A. Angels, second game, 7:07 p.m. Detroit at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m. St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m. Washington at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m. Tampa Bay at Boston, 4:10 p.m. Cincinnati at Atlanta, 4:20 p.m. Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, 5:05 p.m. Colorado at Houston, 5:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Minnesota, 5:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Kansas City, 5:10 p.m. Texas at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. Miami at San Diego, 7:10 p.m.

Nevada eliminated Game 13 — Hawaii 6, Fairfield Expos 3, Fairfield Expos eliminated Sunday’s Games Game 14 — Hawaii 4, Texas 3, Hawaii advances to American Legion World Series

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NFL preseason Thursday’s Game Pittsburgh 16, Dallas 3 Thursday, Aug. 12 Washington at New England, 4:30 p.m. Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 4:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 13 Tennessee at Atlanta, 4 p.m. Buffalo at Detroit, 4 p.m. Dallas at Phoenix, 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 14 Kansas City at SAN FRANCISCO, 5:30 p.m. Miami at Chicago, 10 a.m. Denver at Minnesota, 10 a.m. New Orleans at Baltimore, 4 p.m. Cleveland at Jacksonville, 4 p.m. Cincinnati at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m. N.Y. Jets at N.Y. Giants, 4:30 p.m. Houston at Green Bay, 5 p.m. Seattle at Las Vegas, 6 p.m. L.A. Chargers at L.A. Rams, 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 15 Carolina at Indianapolis, 10 a.m.

Western Regional At Laurel Creek Park Wednesday’s Games Game 1 — Hawaii 3, Utah 1 Game 2 — New Mexico 6, Arizona 1 Game 3 — California 10, Texas 4 Game 4 — Nevada 11, Fairfield Expos 0, 5 innings Thursday’s Games Game 5 — Texas 6, Utah 3, Utah eliminated Game 6 — Fairfield Expos 6, Arizona 3, Arizona eliminted Game 7 — Hawaii 5, California 4 Game 8 — Nevada 5, New Mexico 0 Friday’s Games Game 9 — Fairfield Expos 4, California 2, California eliminated Game 10 — Texas 5, New Mexico 4, New Mexico eliminated Game 11 — Hawaii 2, Nevada 1 Saturday’s Games Game 12 — Texas 6, Nevada 3, 8 innings,

the Hall of Fame? Still a zillion miles away. As a college senior, Flores injured a shoulder, which hampered his passing for a few years. He was cut after a tryout with the Canadian Football League’s Calgary Stampeders in 1958, played that season for the semipro Bakersfield Spoilers of the Pacific Coast Professional Football League, then flunked tryouts with Washington’s NFL club in ’59 and ’60. Sooner or later, a man has to face reality. Flores called it a career and

went back to school, working toward a master’s degree. He was almost there in 1960 when he got a phone call from a team he’d never heard of in a new league – the Oakland Raiders of the American Football League. “New league, and they asked if I’d like to give it a try,” Flores said. “I told them I hadn’t thrown in a while because of my shoulder.” So at age 23, Flores revived a dead career, and a dead arm, and became the first Latino pro football quarterback. It was a breakthrough achieved with little or no

The pioneering impact of that achievement didn’t hit home with Flores until years later. He told ESPN’s Paul Gutierrez that a stranger approached him one day, a Latino man, and thanked him for what he had done. The man told Flores that his father had cried when the Raiders beat the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl XV. “I didn’t even know him,” Flores said. “It was about that Hispanic heritage that we shared. That’s when it really set in, when I saw how proud people were. There were a lot of things I did that were influential, looking back.”

fanfare. Back then, the media and the sports establishment didn’t make a big deal of such things, preferring to pretend that racial barriers and discrimination didn’t exist. Latino folks, though, took notice, just as they did in 1978 when Al Davis promoted Flores to head coach, replacing the retired John Madden. Mexican-born Tom Fears already had broken that cultural barrier as head coach of the NFL’s Saints in 1967, but in Flores’ second season, he became the first Latino coach to win a Super Bowl.

Olympics: More than just competition From Page B1 “I’m not going to lie,” said Lilly King, a U.S. swimmer who won silver and bronze. “It’s a little strange.” Making all of this work required masks, daily saliva tests and, in some instances, quarantines. Winners had to pick up their own medal to put around their neck. Yet athletes continually expressed both gratitude for the chance to compete and a willingness to adapt. “I never surrender to the circum-

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stances,” Russian fencer Larisa Korobeynikova said. “I always believed that the Olympics would take place and that is what exactly happened and [it was] fantastic.” For the Americans, swimmer Caeleb Dressel excelled, as did gymnast Suni Lee and the men’s and women’s basketball teams. “This one feels good because we went through a lot,” NBA star Kevin Durant said. “Covid, the kind of bubble we were in, no fans, no one expecting us to lose.”

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Statistics for Travis Air Force Base for yesterday through 5 p.m. Temperature High/Low.............................89°/58° Average high .......................... 89.3° Average low............................ 57.4° A year ago............................ NA/NA Barometric pressure............29.78 Humidity...................................38%

Air Quality Index 61 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 9 Source: NWS and NOAA <2 3-5 6-7 8-10 11+ Good Moderate

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Even Simone Biles, who missed most of the gymnastics competition with a case of the “twisties,” succeeded in raising awareness about mental health. And Tokyo provided one of the greatest races in track history when Norway’s Karsten Warholm dueled American Rai Benjamin in the 400-meter hurdles. Benjamin broke the world record but Warholm ran even faster, shattering the event’s 46-second barrier. “The last 20 meters, I couldn’t even feel my

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legs,” Warholm said. “I just ran for my life.” Sunday night, the stadium where they raced sparkled with fireworks and lighting that turned the field into a checkerboard of red, blue and yellow. A musical theater troupe dressed in formal kimono and hakama sang, followed by a brass band playing a ska version of “Sukiyaki.” Unlike the willy-nilly rush at the 1964 Tokyo Games, athletes entered calmly and somewhat distanced, at least until they clumped together on the lawn.

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San Mateo 75|56 Palo Alto 80|58

Baseball Little League World Series •Southeast Regional, semifinal No. 1, ESPN2, 4 p.m. •Southwest Regional, semifinal No. 1, ESPN2, 6 p.m. MLB •Chicago White Sox at Minnesota, ESPN, 5 p.m. Basketball NBA Summer League •New Orleans vs. Chicago, ESPN2, noon •Dallas vs. Philadelphia, NBATV, 1 p.m. •Brooklyn vs. Memphis, ESPN2, 2 p.m. •Charlotte vs. Sacramento, NBATV, 3 p.m. •San Antonio vs. Minnesota, ESPNU, 4 p.m. •Orlando vs. Golden State, NBATV, 5 p.m. •L.A. Clippers vs. Milwaukee, ESPNU, 6 p.m. •Phoenix vs. Utah, NBATV, 7 p.m. Tennis •ATP/WTA Canada, early rounds, TENNIS, 8 a.m.

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Flores: Trailblazer from start in NFL From Page B1

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Baseball Little League World Series •Southeast Regional, semifinal No. 2, ESPN, 2 p.m. •Southwest Regional, semifinal No. 2, ESPN, 4 p.m. MLB •Oakland at Cleveland, NBCSCA, 4 p.m. •Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs OR N.Y. Yankees at Kansas City, MLB, 5 p.m. •Arizona at San Francisco, NBCSBA, 6:30 p.m. Basketball NBA Summer League •Atlanta vs. Indiana, NBATV, 3 p.m. •Boston vs. Denver, ESPNU, 4 p.m. •Chicago at San Antonio, NBATV, 5 p.m. •Detroit vs. Houston, ESPN, 6 p.m. •Sacramento vs. Washington, NBATV, 7 p.m. •L.A. Clippers vs. Portland, ESPNU, 8 p.m. Soccer Copa Sudamericana •Quarterfinals, first leg, CA Rosario Central vs. Bragantino, BEIN, 3:05 p.m. Copa Libertadores •Quarterfinals, first leg, Sao Paulo vs. Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, BEIN, 5:20 p.m. League Cup •Quarterfinals, Sporting Kansas City vs. Club León, ESPN2, 5 p.m. •Quarterfinals, Seattle Sounders vs. Tigres UANL, ESPN2, 7 p.m. Surfing •World Surf League, Championship Tour, Corona Open Mexico, Day 1, FS2, 5:30 a.m. •World Surf League, Championship Tour, Corona Open Mexico, Day 2, FS2, 5:30 a.m. (Wednesday) Tennis •ATP/WTA Canada, early rounds, TENNIS, 8 a.m. •ATP/WTA Canada, early rounds, TENNIS, 8 a.m. (Wednesday)

Giants: Get win From Page B1 Kapler, who described the three-game set in Milwaukee as one of the Giants’ toughest all season. “Especially in this last game, we were a bit on fumes.” Over their final four games of the road trip, Giants relievers threw more innings (21 2/3) than their starting pitchers (19 1/3). They were forced to add a reliever in place of a position player – John Brebbia for Thairo Estrada, optioned to Triple – for the second straight day after using eight relievers in an 11-inning win the night before.

The Giants needed a quality start from Johnny Cueto and got 5 1/3 innings while holding Milwaukee to three runs. Called up Saturday as a bullpen reinforcement, Zack Littell gave the Giants two innings of scoreless relief and earned the save. Littell wanted to “go out there and give those guys a day off,” he said. “They busted their ass the past five, six days with all those extra-inning games. . . . Really the best way to describe it is gutsy. It’s been two weeks now of just non-stop grinding games out.”

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Tides

National forecast

High

(feet) Low

(feet)

1:04 a.m. 2:56 p.m. 1:46 a.m. 3:27 p.m.

6.37 5.08 6.23 5.24

-0.52 2.39 -0.42 2.15

7:54 a.m. 7:47 p.m. 8:28 a.m. 8:32 p.m.

Suisun High Today 2:26 a.m. 4:36 p.m. Tuesday 3:12 a.m. 4:58 p.m.

(feet) Low

5.35 4.18 5.31 4.30

(feet)

10:13 a.m. -0.18 10:02 p.m. 1.81 10:37 a.m. -0.07 10:47 p.m. 1.61

Forecast for Monday, Aug. 9, 2021

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