Daily Republic: Monday, September 13, 2021

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Supes to consider mandated masks, vaccines for county workers Todd R. Hansen

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FAIRFIELD — Solano County supervisors on Tuesday will consider requiring all county employees to be vaccinated and wear face coverings as a precaution against Covid-19.

Supervisor Erin Hannigan brought the issue to the board with support from Supervisor Monica Brown. The mandate would be for indoors.

The item is the last matter on the agenda for the meeting scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. in the board chamber located on the first floor of the government center, 675 Texas St., in Fairfield.

It follows an update on the

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Fairfield-Suisun district reports cases, launches online dashboard

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Betty Lawler Ashley revisits her old home, the historic Lawler House in Suisun City, Aug. 12, 2012. For the

first time since the house was moved to Main Street, the Lawler family returned to visit.

Public can sound off on use of

pandemic funds DURING TOWN HALL IN SUISUN CITY Amy Maginnis-Honey

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FAIRFIELD — The 2021-2022 academic year has only just begun but already the Fairfield-Suisun School District has dozens of reported Covid-19 cases.

Nancy Dunn, president of the Fairfield-Suisun Unified Teachers Association, reported Thursday that 50 students and staff had called into the district’s schools reporting positive test results for Covid-19.

Dunn made her report Thursday night during the school board meeting.

She said the numbers reflected 16 in-person instructional days with an average of a little more than three notices per day. Those numbers had increased by Saturday to 52 students and 11 staff members.

Those numbers are updated on the district’s new Covid-19 dashboard, which was created to See District, Page A7

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The Suisun City Council is debating how to spend ARPA money and a new marquee for the Harbor Theatre is on the wish list.

SUISUN CITY — A marquee for the Harbor Theatre, purchasing its next-door neighbor, The Lawler House, and rehabbing it, and microloans for small businesses were a few ideas that came up as the City Council last week discussed its share of pandemic-fueled American Rescue Plan Act dollars.

The proposed list was made by city department heads to reflect their needs, Mayor Lori Wilson said.

“I’m looking for you to provide guidance,” she told council members before the discussions began Tuesday.

Wilson also reminded council See Funds, Page A7

Recall election nears, but California’s widening, ugly political divide here to stay Tribune Content Agency

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Republican gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder at a news conference in front of the Los Angeles Hall of Justice, Sept. 2.

As the California recall winds down to its final hours, a central question has emerged that will probably dog gubernatorial hopefuls and voters into the upcoming 2022 election.

How much more of this can we take?

Though the current ref-

erendum on Gov. Gavin Newsom will wrap up on Tuesday – with recent polls strongly suggesting that he will prevail – the regular election is only a year off. Like wildfires, campaigning is no longer confined to a season.

Election efforts will probably keep rolling forward, making the recall one more

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If Newsom loses on Tuesday, that upset could reshuffle the Democratic deck. If he retains office, the same slate of candidates

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“They might let everybody have a Christmas holiday, and then [we’re] back at it,” warned Edward Ring, See Recall, Page A7

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Hoping for more early ’80s Raider magic

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With the kickoff of the pretty much mothballed my column “The NFL season, it’s time to Lighter Side of the split off into our respecBlack Hole” when the tive tribes. If you’re not a Raiders moved to Sin City.

Raiders fan, first, I accept I used the column for your apology. Second, I 14 seasons as a ruse to actually ain’t even mad attend free Silver and atcha if you want to rep Black games in Oakland. your team. I’m just happy But when the Autumn Tony Wade that it’s football season Wind comes a-callin’ I The lighter side of again. I won’t even trip sometimes have if I see 49ers fans, Bucs the black hole to revive it. fans, Chiefs fans and I am so tired of hearing fans more sportin’ their gear around from the 31 other inferior teams town. Now, if I were to see an blah blah blah about how the actual Chargers fan, however, Raiders betrayed the Raider I would quickly snap a picture Nation by moving again. It is because they are about as rare a freakin’ business, not a cult. as a hobbit riding a glow-in-theThose fans’ blatherings are espe- dark unicorn. cially annoying when so many The Raiders are trying an other NFL teams have been able interesting strategy this season. to pack up and move to greener In their three preseason games, financial pastures only because they really didn’t play any of their Al Davis prevailed in court when starters. So fans were treated the league tried to stop him to the spectacle of guys trying from relocating the Raiders to out for the team who have now Smogville in 1982. been cut and are back to being The thing is, nobody really butchers and bakers and stout cares where a team plays! I boilermakers. That’s why it was mean, truthfully, the Raiders hysterical when 49ers fans were don’t even play in Las Vegas; the pounding their chests when their stadium is in Paradise. A ton of first-stringers beat the Raiders other teams play in other cities, no-stringers a couple of weeks too, including the Inglewood ago. They couldn’t see it on FaceChargers, the Inglewood Rams, book, but my prolonged eye roll the Arlington Cowboys, the New coupled with a lion-like yawn was Jersey Jets, the New Jersey so epic I had to trademark it.

Giants, the Maryland Football Anyway, only time will tell if Team, the Miami Gardens Dolthe Raiders’ strategy will be sucphins, the Orchard Park Bills and cessful. I mean, obviously, the the Santa Clara 49ers. major concern was not getting Can y’all just hush up about anyone hurt. But it’s kinda like that nonsense now? a theater company having their

understudies perform in all the previews and then the stars only taking the stage on opening night.

Allow me to digress for a paragraph: You know what has bugged me for years? The lazy language some sportscasters and sportswriters use that seemingly puts the blame on a player’s injuries on the player. They say, “he pulled his hamstring” or “he broke his fibula.” Uh, no, he didn’t. Those hulking elite athletes on the other team did. The worst is this criticism of injuryprone players: “He just can’t stay healthy.” It makes it sound like the guy is chain-smoking Marlboro reds while getting a Wendy’s Frosty by IV drip or something.

I have again posted my annual Facebook Football Smack Rules of Engagement. Basically, they are my self-imposed guidelines and they include that I only post on my Facebook timeline and don’t tag people when smackin’.

I don’t use profanity or childish bathroom humor, much less anything misogynistic, homophobic or stupid. I don’t mind if fans of other teams post clever, original, witty, biting smack about the Raiders (on their own timelines), but I usually just get recycled weakness from them unlike my own stuff, some of which is in the Smack Hall of Fame.

I have a good feeling about this Raiders season. I mean, I know that hope springs eternal for every team in the NFL, (well, except for the Lions), but there are some signs in the air that

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Tony Wade at a Raiders-Niners game a number of years ago at Candlestick Park. His three 49er friends tried to convert him with wine and cheese (Martinelli’s Sparking Cider and pasteurized processed cheese food).

It didn’t take.

I am pickin’ up on. You know what artists have put out new albums in 2021, all of which are very good? Iron Maiden, Prince, and Kool and the Gang. They all had great success in the early ’80s and you know who else did?

The Raiders.

I mean, if Prince can release a fantastic album five years after his death, surely the 2021 Las Vegas Raiders (with a roster of players that are, you know, alive) can win the Super Bowl, right?

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

Aguiar-Curry energy bill heads to Newsom Daily Republic Staff

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WINTERS — Community Choice energy such as providers MCE will be eligible for state green energy funding if Gov. Gavin Newsom signs into law legislation authored by Assemblywoman Cecilia Aguiar-Curry.

Assembly Bill 843, which cleared the final Assembly hurdle on a 71-0 vote this week, goes to the Governor’s Office for consideration. It had previously passed in the Senate and returned

to the Assembly for confirmation.

Solano County and several Solano cities are part of Marin Clean Energy’s joint powers authority, which allows residents to choose to get their energy from MCE, a Community Choice Aggregator.

Community Choice Aggregators position themselves as providers of green energy at a higher percentage than Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and other utilities.

“CCA customers are paying for these proj-

ects already through their electric bills. Their energy providers should be given the opportunity to buy their own green energy in the same way as electric corporations like PG&E can,” AguiarCurry, D-Winters, said in a statement released Friday by her office.

“CCAs are closer to their communities and are best equipped to make decisions on greening the energy grid. While the investor-owned utilities have left these green energy funds unused, our CCAs have aggressively

pursued such opportunities. Access to these funds will make California greener.” repAguiar-Curry resents the 4th state Assembly District, which includes a small portion of Solano County to include Dixon, the rural areas to the east, north and west of Vacaville and the area north and west of Fairfield; Winters and the majority of neighboring Yolo County; all of Napa and Lake counties; about half of Colusa County; and a portion on Sonoma County.

Touro set to launch ‘Zoom Into Wellness’ series Daily Republic Staff

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MARE ISLAND — Touro University California will host its “Zoom Into Wellness” webinar series beginning Monday.

The sessions will all run from 5 to 6 p.m. on specified days throughout the fall and winter.

The opening session, Monday, will feature the “Hip-Hop Dance Doc,” Dr. Tyree Winters, a pediatric specialist, who will speak about National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month.

Additional scheduled sessions will include: n “Health Literacy:

What Is It and What Do We Need to Know?”

Oct. 18, with speaker Theresa Garnero, a registered nurse. n “National Family Health History Day: Steps To Take Action To Prevent Or Manage Diabetes.” Nov. 8. n “Unity in Diver-

sity – Approaching the Holidays and Diabetes Through Different Cultural Lenses.” Dec. 13, with pharmacist Dr. Rolly Kali-Rai, Touro University’s director of inclusion.

For links and free registration, visit http:// tu.edu/mobec/zoominto wellness.html

Zoning admin to consider pumpkin patch permit Daily Republic Staff

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FAIRFIELD — The Solano County zoning administrator will consider issuing a use permit Thursday to Cool Patch Pumpkins for a temporary seasonal sales lot and amusement facility located at 6150 Dixon Avenue West.

The virtual meeting is set for 10 a.m. The public can participate by calling 1-323-457-3408 and using 607433841# as the Conference ID number.

Consideration for a permit for signage at a 76 gas station, carried over from the last meeting, also will be taken up.

The planning staff recommends both permits be approved.

Planning Manager Allan Calder sits as the zoning administrator.

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Solano agency preps for annual District maintains California Coastal Cleanup focus on new Fairfield-Suisun

teacher training Susan Hiland

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FAIRFIELD — The Fairfield-Suisun School District not only maintained its focus on training new teachers during the 2020-2021 pandemic school year but continues to do so as the new school year progresses.

Melissa Farrar, director of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment, presented trustees on Thursday with the annual report on the district’s professional development activities.

The report was a reflection of the goals to support teachers for the 2020-2021 school year, she said. Many things changed because of the pandemic but the focus remained on assisting new teachers in professional development.

“We ended up needing to do a lot more in supporting teachers in virtual learning,” she said. “The focus shifted how we teach virtually and how we do teachers’ development in a virtual setting.”

A team Farrar described as “seasoned teachers” developed a Google series to provide teachers with classroom development training and give them ways to teach in a virtual classroom.

The series included 443 different sessions of professional development over the course of the 2021-2021 school year.

“Even though we were virtual, it was quality and extensive,” Farrar said.

There are around 240 new teachers this school year who will be

in either the induction program or a pre-induction program, she said. induction The program has nine consulting teachers working exclusively with teachers who hold preliminary credentials.

This program is supporting 146 new teachers, Farrar said. The preinduction program has two pre-induction support teachers and is working exclusively with teachers who hold Short-Term Staff Permit, Provisional Intern Permit and Intern credentials. This program includes 92 new teachers.

Various developmental goals for the year include plans to continue new teacher professional development, site-based professional development and to continue special education professional development.

The top goal is to help new teachers complete their credential testing requirements, Farrar said.

The district remains able to pair veteran teachers with new teachers in a virtual setting.

The district also paired non-induction and preinduction teachers together for learning and support.

“This gave a lot of natural opportunities for them to learn and grow from each other,” Farrar said.

Teachers are also receiving a lot of support because some last year didn’t start in a classroom, but were teaching virtually.

“This is the first time for some teachers in the in-person classroom,” Farrar said.

Fairfield forms nonprofit housing corporation Todd R. Hansen thansen@dailyrepublic.net

FAIRFIELD — The City Council, sitting as the Housing A u t h o r i t y Commission, approved the formation of a nonprofit, public benefit housing corporation Tuesday and set a 2021-22 budget timm of $50,000.

On a 6-0 vote, with Councilwoman Catherine Moy absent, the commission adopted a resolution authorizing the city manager, in his

capacity as the authority’s executive director, to execute the formation papers for the Fairfield Housing and Community Development Corporation.

“The purpose of the corporation would be to, one, assist the (authority) in the development, rehabi l it at ion, acquisition, ownership, financing, operations and management of decent, safe and sanitary housing for lowincome households,” La See Housing, Page A8

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FAIRFIELD — Solano County residents can join thousands of volunteers around the statefor the 37th annual California Coastal Cleanup Day. The event is scheduled from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday.

There are a number of sites targeted for cleanup, including in all seven of its cities as well as Solano County parks and at Lake Berryessa, most requiring volunteers to register in advance.

Sites and contact information for site coordinators are available at cleanupsolano.org.

The Resource Conservation District coordinates the event.

Still time to join Vaca Creek Cleanup Day The city’s Creek Cleanup Day is scheduled from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday.

The meeting locations are at the downtown Vacaville cleanup site, Andrews Park, 614 E. Monte Vista Ave.; and the Davis Street Bike Trail, 855 Davis St. Advance registration for this event is required at cityofvacaville. com/creekcleanup. The advance registration is necessary to allocate the appropriate resources to each of the sites.

To record data during the cleanup, participants are encouraged to use the CleanSwell app. The data collected is used by the Ocean Conservancy and the California Coastal Commission to educate and motivate change.

Participants are encouraged to bring water, wear gloves and not wear open toe shoes. Also, bring reusable collection items like buckets to reduce the amount of trash generated during the collection.

In light of the Covid-19 pandemic, the city is also encouraging individuals and groups to do cleanups in their own areas. Those participants are also encouraged to register and state the area that they worked, and use the CleanSwell app to collect data.

The app is available for download at https:// oceanconservancy.org/ trash-free-seas/interna tional-coastal-cleanup/ cleanswell/.

LunaFest goes virtual this weekend Soroptimist International of of Central Solano County is again hosting a virtual Lunafest, offering viewers the chance to watch in the comfort of their own

SLT offers chances to explore outdoors homes during the second fall of the pandemic.

All proceeds benefit women and girls.

A viewing will commence at 9 a.m. Saturday.

Those purchasing tickets have 24 hours to finish watching the five films, once they begin watching.

This marks the 20th anniversary of Lunafest and the eighth for Soroptimist International of Central Solano County.

The films include: n “Knocking Down the Fences,” a film by Meg Shutzer, which tells the story of AJ Andrews, the first woman to win a Rawlings Gold Glove Award as she struggles to make it as one of the best professional softball players in the world. n “Overexposed: Filming an Arctic Odyssey,” from Holly Morris, a behind-thescenes look of the Women’s Euro-Arabain North Pole Expedition. n “Betye Saar: Taking Care of Business,” by Christine Turner. It’s the story of the legendary artist who is now in her 90s.

Films feature strong women, powerful images and impactful language.

Stories reflect the diverse perspectives of the filmmakers and their subjects.

The films may contain content that is not suitable for children or teens.

For more information, visit https://sicentral

Solano Land Trust offers area residents two chances this week to get back to nature.

The offerings are: n A mindfulness meditation and yoga hike 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday at Rush Ranch.

Participants will take part in a socially distanced, 30-minute mindful meditation with Barbara Fredericks, followed by a yoga hike. Participants will be required to bring their own folding chair and will be led through seated meditation surrounded by fresh air and the beautiful bird songs of Rush Ranch. Location on site to be determined.

Send an email to volunteer@solanolandtrust.org if you have questions. n A marsh walk from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Saturday during the recurring Get the Rush activity at Rush Ranch. Participants are encouraged to practice social distancing guidelines during the visit.

Rush Ranch is located at 3521 Grizzly Island Road, in the Suisun Marsh region, about 2 miles outside of Suisun City.

To register for the events, visit solanoland trust.org and select the Activity Calendar link on the upper page navigation bar. Once on the activities page, scroll down until you find the event you are looking for.

Click on the link found on the event’s name, then select the registration link. For more information, call 420-1041.

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FAIRFIELD — Solano County Library welcomes back the public throughout September with what it bills as “homecoming” events to celebrate Library Card Sign Up Month.

Community members are invited to visit their local branch and see all that the library has to offer from a vast selection of materials to programs for all ages.

Library users can check out much more than books: Library cardholders gain access to an array of digital resources for all ages, including ebooks, audiobooks, databases, live virtual homework help and more.

September’s Home-

Celebration coming includes cultural, entertainment and community experiences across the county: n 11 a.m. to noon Saturday: Glass Cactus from Vacaville’s School of Rock, Town Square Library, 1 Town Square Place, Vacaville. n Through Sept. 30: Children up to 6 years of age who are getting their first library card will receive a free “Got My First Library Card” canvas tote bag, while

supplies last.

Hours at the Dixon Library, Fairfield Cordelia Library, Rio Vista Library, Suisun City Library and Vacaville Town Square Library are now from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Monday and Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Tuesday and Thursday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Hours at the Fairfield Civic Center Library, Vacaville Cultural Center Library and John F. Kennedy Library in Vallejo are now from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.

For more information about library resources and programs, visit solanolibrary.com or call 1-866-572-7587.

The Solano County Small Business Development Center is hosting its 2021 Capital Summit from 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday at Travis Credit Union, located at 1 Travis Way. A panel of representatives from area banks, credit unions and small-business lenders will explain the lending process and share the products and services they offer to local business owners and entrepreneurs.

It’s an opportunity to learn first-hand from the lenders themselves what type of information they need from borrowers in order to fund loans. There will be opportunities to ask questions and meet with some of the lenders one on one.

Resources are available to help those interested in launching their business.

It’s also an opportunity to meet up with the right funding source to grow that business.

Register at the Solano SBDC website, solanosbdc.org.

Tickets available for charity event The Soroptimist International of Vacaville Twilight Club will host its annual Boots and Bling charity event from 5 to 10 p.m. Saturday at the Ulatis Creek Ranch.

Participants will enjoy live music with Whiskey and Honey, food and will have a chance to bid on prizes.

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Here’s some good advice for financial help for elderly care Dear Readers: Being have case workers and a good neighbor can social workers who can be more complicated work with the neighbor than it sounds, at least on available services. when it comes to finding Service availability financial help for the varies by state, municipality and region, so it elderly who are seeking is impossible to make home care. That’s what a general statement experts in the field have discovered: Annie Lane about what is available, but they can certainly Dear Annie: As Dear Annie start the process to a longtime registered nurse and expert in obtain services. The 90-yearhome health care services, old’s primary care provider will I am writing in response also be familiar with the organization that is the best to call, to the neighbor who was so and it may take the primary kindly assisting her 90-yearcare provider to make a referold neighbor.

I want to provide some alter- ral to start services. — Liz natives for her to seek out. A Madigan, RN hospitalization for a social issue Dear Annie: I love your like this is not likely, and Medi- column, but the information care home health care requires you provided in “How Can I that there is a skilled need Help My Neighbor?” is incorrect and misleading. I am a for nursing or rehabilitation licensed clinical social worker therapy. From my reading of in California with 20 years this case, the 90-year-old is not of experience working for a likely skilled. skilled home care department In addition, even if she did of a hospital. meet the skilled requirement, Medicare does not cover there is a national shortage of home health aides due to Covid- 28 hours per week of in-home 19, so there is little likelihood of care. It only pays for skilled her being able to get 24 hours of care, i.e., nurses, therapists (physical, occupational, care per week. speech), and home health aide Two things that the kind neighbor may try instead would and social workers. These are be to call the local Area Agency visits of 30-60 minutes for typically up to a few weeks. People on Aging and the 90-yearwho need “custodial care” old’s primary care provider. must typically hire private help There is a provider through unless they have long-term care AAA in every state, and they

Horoscopes ARIES (March 21-April 19).

Among the most magical things you can give another person is your sight. You may see a rarely noticed talent, a secret pain or undiscovered potential. You don’t have to speak of it; just seeing is a gift that can be felt.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20).

You think you know the boundaries of you, who you are and what you would and wouldn’t do . . . but those borders are as changeable as lines on a postwar map. Keep an open mind because your shape is changing.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21).

Stress levels get uncomfortable. It’s an opportunity to look at your general management of these things. Everyone needs an arsenal of coping mechanisms for modern life. What are your top five?

CANCER (June 22-July 22).

You’re learning someone.

Context will play a huge role.

You can tell more about a person through overhearing five minutes of their conversation with an intimate friend than you can from spending five hours together in public.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).

No matter how much you like someone, if they act selfishly and take advantage of your kindness, their presence in your

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insurance, are very low-income (on Medicaid), or eligible for veterans’ services. Custodial care, also known as “shift care,” can help with bathing, dressing, meals and light housekeeping.

Medicare covers up to 100 days at a skilled nursing facility in rare situations and only after a “qualifying stay” at a hospital. The more likely range of time is 20 days. Many people living full time at a nursing home have exhausted their financial resources, and then Medicaid can become a reimbursement source.

My patients are often shocked to hear that Medicare doesn’t pay for home health services. It’s a shame people aren’t better informed because then they are ill-prepared. The Medicare verbiage is bureaucratic and confusing.

The caring neighbors could contact Adult Protective Services and report self-neglect.

APS could evaluate the eligibility for low-income or private hire services, or placement at a nursing home. They could call the distant family neighbors and explain the details.

This is a tough situation and very prevalent.

Thanks for your fine work. — Mary McClain, LCSW Dear Liz and Mary: Thank you for your very informative letters.

Bridge

by Holiday Mathis

Today’s birthday Put your hands on your hips and let that hero cape flap in the wind. There’s a situation to save, and you’re just the one to save it. Take a chance in October. A pay-off will allow you to expand in one area and wrap-up an endeavor that has already served you well. Music, children and celebration bring you into 2022. Gemini and Aquarius adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 10, 4, 44, 48 and 17.

life will diminish, instead of contribute, to your good energy.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).

You’ll soon be around your favorite type of people: The sort who take charge of their own happiness. They know what they want, take pleasure in their pursuits and make fun wherever they are.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).

Like a rock star, boxer or firewood chopper, you’ll channel your anger into something that brings people together. The way you turn bad feelings into entertainment and warmth is downright magical.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).

It won’t take much to tip the ordinary into the realm of extraordinary, though it will be hard to pinpoint exactly what it is that tips it. It could be as subtle as lighting, fickle as mood or soft as a smile.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21). Sometimes it’s hard for you to say no to people, but you’ll have a much easier time of it as a new purpose takes hold of your scene. Knowing what you’re saying yes to makes all the difference.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19). The best part of your routines get even better as you leap up in skill, connect with others and find comfort in the realm. Hard to believe this wasn’t even a part of your life not so long ago.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18). There are many ways to ask for what you want. You like the mystery of hints and implications. Those on your wavelength will pick up on your cues. The others need more direct communication.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).

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West’s two-club rebid was New Minor Forcing, announcing at least game-invitational values. East’s double was for penalty, but West’s pass was highly debatable. Note that four spades would have been an easy make.

The dummy was a considerable shock to South, but he kept his eye on the target. At trick two, he played a trump to the jack. East took the trick and returned a spade. After ruffing, declarer made the key play -- he led a club. He knew trumps were 4-1, so touching that suit was out of the question.

East won with his 10 and exited with a trump to dummy’s nine. Now came the diamond 10, which held, and another diamond, East putting in the queen. South won and led a third diamond. East tried another trump, but declarer won on the board, ruffed a spade with his last trump and cashed diamond jack for plus 470 and a LEAVE THE ENDPLAY the cold top.

UNTIL THE END Hard question: How could George Bernard Shaw claimed that East-West have defeated the contract? if all economists were laid end to end, This shows how tough bridge can be they would not reach a conclusion. at times. West must lead a low club and A bridge declarer hopes to reach the the defenders play four rounds of the right conclusion, winning the number suit, with East discarding either both of of tricks needed to make his contract. his spades or two low diamonds! The In today’s deal, how should South play curious may work it out. in two hearts doubled after the first COPYRIGHT: 2021, UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE trick goes spade queen, four, king, ace?

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

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George Bernard Shaw claimed that if all economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion.

A bridge declarer hopes to reach the right conclusion, winning the number of tricks needed to make his contract.

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In an interview with BBC Breakfast, Collins, 70, admitted that he can no longer play the drums.

“I’d love to but you know, I mean, I can barely hold a stick with this hand,” the “In the Air Tonight” singer said.

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Not being able to play the drums has taken a mental toll on Collins.

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He added that he doesn’t know if he will perform again once the band’s tour concludes.

“We’re all men of our age, and I think to some extent, I think it probably is putting it to bed,” Collins said. “I think yeah, I think just generally for me, I don’t know if I want to go out on the road anymore.”

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Hey, local Republicans, what gives?

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know a good number of Republicans in Fairfield. They’re fine, normal folks. But, honestly, how do you Republicans stomach the radicalization of your party?

In a way, this piece is also a challenge to you [few] who continue the old saw that “there’s not a peck of difference between the two parties.”

Excuse me, but let’s look at the two “radical” wings of both.

Congressional Democrats have exactly four radicals.

The two Muslims criticize us over our inaction with regard to Palestinians. They simply want us to honor what we’re always proclaiming: “God gave the natural rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness to everyone, and governments can’t take them away!” Except, Jack Batson of course, Israel, backed by its old supporter, the U.S. Not so radical.

Dreaded AOC’s principal drum is to do something big about carbon emissions and climate change. After one hurricane that hit Louisiana then paid a visit to the New York area, after endless yearly fires, I hope you put her into perspective. Not so radical.

The Democratic Party is old-fashioned. It’s just trying to solve the nation’s problems.

The Republican Party has become a party that no longer believes in democratic elections or the Constitution. It’s prepared to use violence and/or to excuse violence to prevent fair elections. Republicans now claim, “Those arrested for Jan. 6 are political prisoners!”

Excuse me? “The real culprit of Jan. 6 is Nancy Pelosi!” The one they wanted to hang? This is all mega-radical.

Solano Republicans, aren’t you at least a bit uncomfortable about all this? Wouldn’t you want to do something to save your party? How about just re-registering as an Independent or Decline to State? Something?

I did way back in 2003 and the illegal invasion of Iraq. I’d voted Republican faithfully for 40 years, although getting increasingly uncomfortable with the western “cowboy” presidents.

But to claim the right of preemption against Iraq, a flyspeck of a country, was too much for me. I got out.

It’s only gotten worse – much, much worse.

The heart of your party is Texas. And look what trash has emerged from there recently.

Parents want to have their unvaccinated children wear masks in school, but the governor won’t allow it. This pandemic won’t end until some high percentage of people get vaccinated, but he won’t require it. This, while large numbers of Southerners die of the disease because they’re unvaccinated! It’s surreal. It takes the breath away.

Texas has now allowed any person there to tote a pistol around without any safety training or gun registration. The person shopping for broccoli next to you may be armed and feeling mighty strong and overconfident. Let’s see where this goes when someone bumps his cart or lingers too long in front of the turnips he wants to inspect.

Rugged individualism: 100. Public safety: 0 And voter suppression. Now proudly sporting the strictest voter suppression laws in the country, the emerging majority will have to forgo their rightful place for just a few decades more. Jim Crow returns.

Surely you’ve read about the Texan crusade against Roe v. Wade, a rule that most Texans want. It’s been gutted there by a clearly unconstitutional law that allows any vigilante in the world to sue anyone who “aids or abets” an abortion after six weeks for a bounty of $10,000.

That civil litigant doesn’t have to be harmed, he just has to be offended.

Your Supreme Court refused to stop it.

And it’s not just Texas.

House Minority Speaker Kevin McCarthy thinks the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection has no power to bring subpoenas. Egad, subpoenas are legal and routine.

But this subpoena asks for phone records of him, Trump, and other suspects surrounding Jan. 6. Any company that complies with this [legal] subpoena, he thundered, “a Republican majority won’t forget.” Let’s not varnish this; that threat is thuggish.

Or is he afraid of something?

Republicans, your party has gone rogue.

Even “law and order” is out the window.

Really, are you comfortable with this?

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

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ep. John Lewis from or preferences you might Georgia stood in have, these moments in time front of an impresare a vital part of what our sive group of young democracy stands for. These leaders Oct. 3, 2016, at the moments in time are the only White House and implored opportunities we have to them to continue his genermake absolutely certain that ation’s legacy of activism by our impact can be felt with reminding them of the sacrithe same strength as that fices that won the right to vote. exerted by those who crossed K. Patrice Lewis in his speech advised the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Williams the young leaders to “get Selma, Alabama, on Bloody in trouble, what I call good Sunday in 1965. trouble, necessary trouble,” and it is It is imperative to the future of our believed to be the first time the civil communities that we take full advanrights icon ever uttered the phrase tage of these moments. “good trouble,” an expression that The gubernatorial recall election would become his calling card over will run exactly like any statewide the remaining years of his life. election does. All Californians eligiBut perhaps the most powerful ble to vote will have the opportunity portion of Lewis’ address came just to make their voice heard. In accormoments before he instructed the dance with California Senate Bill 29, young students on the appropriate passed during last year’s pandemic, way to influence change in their lives. every Californian registered to vote “I say to each and every one of was mailed a “vote-by-mail” ballot you, in the best way that I can,” Lewis for the recall election that will ask said. “I gave a little blood on the two questions: bridge in Selma, Alabama. But some n Do you want to recall the people gave their lives. The vote is governor? And if “yes” . . . precious. It is the most powerful nonn Who do you want to replace him? violent tool we have in a democratic If a simple majority of citizens vote society, and we must use it. And so, “yes” to recall the governor, the govyou must go out all across America ernor will be removed from office and and tell young people, and people not the person with the most votes will so young: Vote. The vote is powerful.” replace him. If a simple majority of California will hold a gubernatocitizens vote “no,” then the governor rial recall election Tuesday for the will not be removed from office, and first time in almost 20 years. he will continue serving his term.

These are the exact moments in Once you have completed your time that Lewis was referring to ballot in accordance with the above when he spoke about citizen democinstructions, you can return your racy several years ago. Regardless of vote-by-mail ballot (with pre-paid where you stand politically, and irrepostage) to a secure, tamper-proof spective of any political affiliations drop box. You can also return your

ballot directly to your individual polling location or to the county elections office.

Every single vote-by-mail ballot will be counted as long as the ballots are postmarked on or before Election Day, Tuesday, and received by the county elections office no later than seven days after Election Day, Sept. 21.

If you are not certain if your vote-by-mail ballot will arrive in time if mailed, bring it in-person to any polling place, drop box, dropoff location or the county Elections Office anytime between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. Tuesday.

Every valid vote-by-mail ballot will be counted in this recall election (as they are for every election in California), regardless of the predicated outcome or the closeness of the race.

Your vote will count, and your vote is important as it may very well decide how and when the issues affecting housing, education, immigration, crime, employment and health care in our state are resolved.

You can help paint a brighter future for our communities. You can be an active and effective citizen in the establishment of our democratic government. Every election has consequences. You have the power Tuesday to decide on the quality of life you want for yourself and for future generations.

Make your voice heard. The path to cross the bridge is clear. We just need to follow in the footsteps of the greats who came before us.

K. Patrice Williams, J.D., founder, www.EmpowerSolano.com powered

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any principles are nomically for eight years. Joe required of leaders Biden continued his historic and all must be failed foreign policy decisions learned by acaand has now in Afghanistan demics or experience or made the worst of all. both; none are inherited.

Readers may differ about Positions of responsibility the politics of the above presin business and government idents, but the difference in are often occupied by indidecision-making between the viduals of limited leadership two groups is telling.

Earl Heal ability who survive with little Now, let’s consider loyalty damage by listening to suband truthfulness. ordinates and superiors. It behooves Loyalty works two ways. Any business owners and voters to be leader has a right to expect subordiattentive to the leadership qualinates to support the mission. It also ties of applicants and candidates. requires the subordinate to explain to Businesses often utilize profesthe leader when he thinks the leader sional assistance in filling leadership is wrong or he believes there is a positions whereas voters listen to better way. Mutual respect is crucial, campaigns speeches and political ads regardless of the final decision. The and, while wondering about the truth, subordinate’s choice is to loyally toe are on their own. the line or resign.

Consider these presidential leadTrump was a strong “make it ership qualities: Decision-making, happen” leader who failed the mutual loyalty and truthfulness. respect requirement by publicly critDecision-making of group one. icizing subordinates. Biden rejected John F. Kennedy successfully navhis military chiefs’ and intelligence igated the Cuban Missile Crisis. advice on the Afghanistan departure Ronald Reagan orchestrated the dissequence and never consulted with solution of the Soviet Union. George his NATO counterparts in advance H.W. Bush skillfully built a team of (inexcusable and they have made the world leaders for the Kuwait Crisis. lie known). I do not believe our milGeorge W. Bush inspired Ameriitary chiefs approved his sequence ca’s response to 9/11. Donald Trump and they should resign. Protocol rallied the nation’s economy to never- rigidly prevents them from expressseen heights. ing public disagreement, so resigning Each president made decisive is their only honorable alternative. and prompt decisions after gathBiden is blaming Trump’s Taliban ering facts. agreement for requiring Biden to Group two. Lyndon B. Johnson move as he did. Total fiction. Former fought two wars – Vietnam and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo poverty; he lost both. The poverty and three witnesses have testirate is unchanged and the cost-tofied that Trump personally made date is $23 trillion. Jimmy Carter’s an issue of protecting Americans policies brought economic disasand our Afghan supporters and told ter. Barack Obama was indecisive Taliban leaders during negotiations by nature; the nation foundered ecothat they would be decimated if they

harmed any supporters; they believed him and waited until Biden was in office. Despite America’s promise to supporting Afghans, America has abandoned hundreds of American citizens and tens of thousands of Afghans to a terrorist regime that is hunting them down.

The news media routinely refers to the Afghan Army as “collapsing” without considering the president’s failed leadership. Would American revolutionaries have crossed the Delaware River if Gen. George Washington had quit? The Afghan army fought well while losing 66,000 casualties, but why fight when necessary air support and logistics are removed? Would you fight? Afghanistan’s collapse and the Taliban takeover belong solely to Biden.

A few questions for liberals. n Why did the Taliban progress only begin after Biden replaced Trump? n The global war on terror will continue. How many nations will support America’s policies in the future? How many civilians will risk providing language interpreting and other intelligence critical to combat? n As a personal note, my deceased nephew, a platoon leader, arranged to have a school program established for the Afghan girls in his district before he was killed. What happens to those aspiring Afghan girls as they come under Sharia law? Are you sorry for your vote?

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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Supes From Page One Covid-19 situation in the county.

The board is scheduled to be updated on the state’s redistricting efforts, also an issue Hannigan raised due to concerns that local state districts could be divided, and will consider issuing $37.5 million in certificates of participation to help fund the expansive Energy Conservation and Generation Project.

The county would use the William J. Carroll Government Center in Vacaville as collateral for the certificates.

A closed session follows the public meeting during which the supervisors will be updated on two property negotiation matters – 460 Union Ave. in Fairfield and the county fairgrounds at 900-1000 Fairgrounds Drive in Vallejo – and two

District From Page One keep track of reported cases of the disease.

The dashboard went live Sept. 3, according to Jaden Baird, executive director of Administrative Services and Community Engagement.

It is easily available for anyone to view on the district’s website.

The dashboard is updated as soon as the information is added to the system. The district has two staff members working on the updates, including one for students and one for staff.

A disclaimer on the dashboard reads: “The statistics displayed on this dashboard for students are, for the majority, self- BAIRD reported cases. We are relying on our parent community to notify us as to whether or not a student is positive for Covid. There have been a few cases in which a student has come COREY to school symptomatic and were tested immediately and found to be positive. Even in these few circumstances, due to staff and students following our protocols, no transmission at school occurred. Once a parent notifies us of a positive case, contact tracing begins and all close contacts are notified.”

Dunn said it is a difficult time for teachers and students who want to feel safe while attending school. She said the dashboard is a positive because it makes the information readily available to parents, staff and to the community.

“These numbers are in spite of masks indoors and vaccinations,” she said.

Dunn also reported that not a lot of reports of mask violations have been made but those that were reported were swiftly dealt with.

“Because of the quick action of staff, I believe it has kept the numbers from being higher,” she said.

Dunn said staff are concerned about the expiration Sept. 30 of the Covid Leave Act. Employees currently are

existing legal actions.

The first of those is a federal civil rights lawsuit brought by Chief Deputy District Attorney Sharon Henry against the county; the other is a suit District Attorney Krishna Abrams brought against the county for what she claims was a violation of the state’s open meeting law.

Abrams contends the Board of Supervisors should have more specifically noticed its action to shift budget oversight of the Family Justice Center from her office to the County Administrator’s Office, and when it did not, the action violated the Ralph M. Brown Act. Henry claims race and age discrimination when she said the District Attorney’s Office retaliated against her for asking to work remotely during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Henry, who is Black, contends that she had duties and responsibilities stripped from her.

Abrams is on record denying the allegations.

eligible for 10 days of Covid leave with pay.

Many staff members don’t have personal leave because they haven’t been in the district long enough to have paid leave, Dunn said. She said some teachers are already stretched to make it to the end of the month. She said if this is not renegotiated, it could mean a lot of financial hardship for teachers who contract the disease.

“So far student cases have all been reported from parents and none of those cases was from exposure within the school,” Superintendent Kris Corey said. “It is parents calling in saying the child is positive. We don’t ask for a note from the doctor for the students but take them at their word.”

Corey spoke Thursday about contact tracing, which is required for anyone who reports being positive for Covid-19.

She said it is “a monstrosity.”

It takes many hours to determine close contacts and who needs to be notified, and who has been vaccinated or not, she said.

“It takes a lot of time to do the contract tracing,” Corey said. “It is different for teachers than students.”

It’s different for employees because they need a doctor’s note. The district then goes through a different process with them.

Students or staff who are vaccinated or who want to remain on modified quarantine and continue to come to work or school need to be tested for Covid-19 during that time period, she said.

“It takes a lot of time during the day to test students, so we are working (on) refining process and working on testing outside of the school day,” Corey said. “They will need to come at those times to be tested.”

Corey asked for volunteers to assist with the testing. They will be compensated for their time, she said.

To volunteer, call the school district at 399-5000. The district’s Covid-19 dashboard is available at https://www. fsusd.org/domain/5080.

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Recall From Page One co-founder of the conservative nonprofit California Policy Center.

Whether Newsom keeps his office or not, voters will be asked in June to choose their top two picks for governor in the primary, along with wading through a full slate of state and local offices and ballot measures that will probably include proposals on crucial issues such as criminal justice and water use.

Candidates wishing to collect signatures rather than pay a fee to be included on the next gubernatorial ballot can start gathering that support this December, and petitions collecting signatures on propositions will soon appear outside grocery stores and coffee shops.

How much interest voters will muster to stay engaged remains to be seen, but the top contenders in Tuesday’s gubernatorial recall showed few signs of fatigue going into their final weekend.

Dressed in a dark suit and maroon tie, Elder joined in a solemn ritual Saturday morning on a tree-lined street outside firefighter Scott Townley’s Fullerton home: Reading aloud the names of the nearly 3,000 people who perished 20 years ago Saturday in the Sept. 11 attacks.

By lunch, the tie was gone, his sleeves were rolled up and he was eating inside a booth at the Texas Pit Bar-B-Que in Lake Forest, where he dined with formerly homeless veterans.

In Sacramento, Newsom began the day by laying a wreath in remembrance of 9/11 at the Wall of Heroes at the National Guard headquarters, which honors California National Guard soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan over the past two decades.

Then he headed to Oakland, where about 100 union members from the Service Employees International Union, representing long-term health care workers, were fired up in favor of keeping a governor who has long been an ally. He didn’t hesitate with his message that Elder is “consistently to the right of Donald Trump.”

For Newsom, he can only hope Elder chooses to campaign again.

“The people running to succeed Gov. Newsom are ridiculous,” former Gov. Jerry Brown said during a Friday night television appearance. “The recall, I think, paradoxically is going to strengthen Gov. Newsom and what he is trying to do.”

Jack Pitney, a professor of American politics at Claremont McKenna College, said a recall

Funds From Page One members it was their opportunity to add something to the list. A consensus was not needed to add an item to the list, she said.

Wilson and Councilwoman Wanda Williams sat on an ad hoc committee to peruse the first list.

“We really need all these things,” Williams said. “But we are wise enough to know we can’t do it wholeheartedly.”

Suisun City will receive its allocation of a bit more than $7.09 million through the California Department of Finance. The first allocation of nearly $3.55 million was received in July.

The money cannot be used as: n Deposits to reserves

victory over Elder would be “almost a perfect result for Newsom in 2022.”

Pitney said the emergence of the far-right Elder, a standard-bearer for former President Donald Trump who often makes bombastic statements, reminds him of a quote by 19th-century German Prime Minister Otto von Bismarck: “There is a providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.”

“That special providence is now protecting Gavin Newsom, too,” Pitney said.

How much divine protection Newsom garners ultimately comes down to how many votes he gets, said Dan Schnur, who teaches political communications at the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Southern California. A big win might make him bulletproof to criticism, but “if he gets [through] the recall narrowly, then he still sustains some political damage.

He’s not dead, he’s wounded,” he said.

Mike Madrid, a Republican political consultant and co-founder of the Lincoln Project, which tried to rouse Republican opposition to Trump, said he believed the recall “may have been much ado about nothing” when it comes to parsing the power and fate of Golden State conservatives.

He doubts Elder or another candidate will pull off an upset, much less a future win. Madrid pointed out that Democrats in California have long outnumbered Republicans – who make up only 24% of registered voters – and Republicans have routinely lost statewide elections with margins that match that divide, showing that few voters cross party lines.

While unseating Newsom would be cataclysmic, the results of the second question on who voters would choose as a replacement may be more relevant to understanding the future of the Republican Party in the state, Schnur said.

A single-digit showing for a more moderate candidate such as Kevin Faulconer would signal a pullback from Trumpism.

By contrast, the predicted dominance of Elder would indicate California conservatives remain firmly in Trump’s gravitational pull, edging the party to an extreme that is riddled with conspiracy and mistrust of government. Recently, Trump said that the recall election was probably “rigged,” continuing to spread false allegations of widespread voter fraud.

Madrid said that a Newsom win would reinforce the diminishing relevance of Republicans in the state as that far-right flank becomes the party’s core, and could spark more

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Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris at a rally against the coming California gubernatorial recall election at the IBEW-NECA Joint Apprenticeship Training Center in San Leandro, Sept. 8. recall attempts.

“As the Republican base shrinks, it is becoming more monolithic and extreme and excitable,” Madrid said. “It is choosing to regress and isolate in this bubble. When it starts to do that, it is going to become easier to qualify recalls but harder to get them to pass.”

That condensed anger was on full display last week at a rally at the state Capitol against vaccination mandates, though no such proposal was being considered by the Legislature.

More than 1,000 people gathered to protest, including a contingent of Alameda County firefighters, and a smattering of nurses and medical professionals who cheered while a speaker erroneously said that vaccinated people who contract breakthrough infections are five to six times more likely to die from Covid-19 than the unvaccinated.

One vendor was selling T-shirts with the image of state Sen. Richard Pan, a Sacramento Democrat and proponent of vaccination mandates, his face stamped with “Liar” in blood red ink.

“I really believe that the silent majority is huge and I think that the polls are incorrect because a lot of people are waiting to the last minute because a lot of people want to vote in person,” said Linda Rich, a recall volunteer at the event who is convinced Newsom will lose Tuesday because of independent and crossover voters. “My No. 1 question to Democrats is why do you like Gavin Newsom?”

Rich said when she asks that question, she doesn’t often get a clear answer. But when she does, “99.9% of the time it is Covid-related.”

That, Madrid said, might be the biggest takeaway of the recall: Voters don’t want their politicians to back down, especially when it comes to ending the pandemic.

“You are seeing that with Biden too now,” Madrid said. “Enough of the belligerence, enough of the immaturity . . . that might be one of the lessons to take from this, is not be be cowed by a vocal minority.”

Experts and voters on both sides of the political spectrum also say that the recall should be a wake-up for all elected leaders that Californians want less finger pointing and more of the unglamorous work of governance. A general indifference to Newsom’s fate among voters over the summer underscored that fact, bringing an uncertainty to the recall for weeks until fear that a far-right Republican might take charge became its own motivator.

Still, one of the few areas where Republicans and Democrats can find any agreement is that they are tired of the identity politics that both sides used to frame the recall race, and share a frustrating feeling that real issues are being ignored.

“There is genuine sense in California that a lot of things can be governed more responsibly,” Ring said. “I don’t think it’s partisan and I don’t think it’s restricted to any particular type of voter. I don’t think you can stereotype the voters who are feeling alienated and frustrated by the policies coming out of Sacramento.”

Schnur said he doubts that long-used and successful strategies are likely to fade anytime soon, especially in another race between Newsom and Elder, but he is optimistic that voters may get a longer break than Ring predicts.

“Even if a defeated candidate were to announce for next year on Wednesday morning, the campaign is not going to attract a great deal of public or media attention,” he said. “As a voter, you have more things on your plate to pay attention to this fall.”

or rainy-day funds. n Deposits to pension funds for unfunded liabilities (current service costs may be eligible). n Debt service payments. n Offsets to tax cuts WILSON caused by a change WILLIAMS in local law.

The city has substan- Covid-19 public health tial discretion to use the emergency by providing money in ways that best premium pay to eligisuit the needs of the com- ble workers. n For the provision of munity, as long as the use government services to fits into one of the folthe extent of the reduction lowing four statutory in revenue (revenue loss) categories: n To respond to the due to the Covid-19 public public health emer- health emergency relagency or its negative tive to revenues collected economic impacts in the most recent full including assistance to fiscal year prior to households, small busi- the pandemic. n To make necessary nesses and nonprofits, or aid to affected industries investments in water, such as tourism, travel sewer or broadband infrastructure. and hospitality.

The funding request n To respond to workers performing per category in the list is: n Responding to essential work during the

Covid-19: $793,500. n Responding to negative economic impacts: Nearly $8.09 million. n Revenue loss: $4.47 million. n Investments in infrastructure: Nearly $2.24 million.

The total request is about 15.6 million, Wilson said.

“It’s a bit more than we have,” she said.

The proposal goes before the Recreation, Parks, Marina and Arts Commission on Wednesday and the Public Safety and Emergency Management Citizen Advisory Committee on Thursday.

A town hall discussion is planned Sept. 29 with the proposal coming back to the council for approval Oct. 19.

The list of funding requests can be found on the Sept. 7 City Council agenda.

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Obituary

Emma Lucille Woolley Goss June 24, 1927 — Sept. 2, 2021

Emma Lucille Woolley Goss was born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, on June 24, 1927, to LeRoie Woolley Sr. and Emma Leone Dunne Woolley. Lucille was one of five children born into this happy, hardworking family, and was always proud of all that her parents and siblings accomplished.

Lucille was a strong girl and full of confidence. She played multiple instruments, including the trumpet, drums and piano, and at an early age was drum major for her marching band. She was even in the Rose Parade during her high school years. Throughout her life, she loved music, and always encouraged her children to develop and share their musical talents.

She always said that her father was loved by all and a friend to everyone, and that was Lucille.

On March 21, 1947, she married the man of her dreams, James Arthur Goss, who she met on a blind date in Utah. They were married for time and all eternity in the Salt Lake City LDS temple and they had six children: three boys and three girls.

There was no one that she did not like, or was not praying for, especially family. They were her crown jewels and there was nothing she liked better than to spend time with her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren.

Her work experience was vast. As a youth she worked as a Rosie the Riveter in her uncle’s machine shop. As a new bride she worked at a preschool at UCLA. In Manhattan, Kansas, where her husband, Jim, taught at Kansas State University, she started her own Nursery School, which she taught for approximately 30 years in her home. Lucille also taught Sunday School to children (ages 2-5) for over 30 years. For many years, she sold Avon (on the side) because she liked the products, and loved associating with the people. Around 1977, she worked as a volunteer

Week From Page A3 The evening is a fundraiser to help support programs that encourage women and girls in the community to achieve economic and social empowerment.

Ulatis Creek Ranch is located at 3375 Mix Canyon Road in rural Vacaville.

For more information, visit www. sivacavilletwilight.org.

Slew of gov’t meetings dot week’s calendar Numerous ernment meetings scheduled to occur week. They include: n Vacaville Council, 5:30

govare this City p.m.

Housing From Page A3 Tanna Jones, the director of Housing Services, said.

He said the corporation will have a five-member board that also will work to eliminate discrimination that prevents access to housing, promote social welfare for lower-income residents and work as the owner, management or as a partnership of housing.

The board will be comprised of three direc-

and then as the activity director at a Care Home in Manhattan, Kansas.

When they moved to Scott City, Kansas, in 1979, she worked as a Speech Therapist for the local schools and as an assistant to the City Librarian. She was also actively involved in the schools, the community, and their activities, including serving as a judge for the high school debate and forensics competitions.

In 1983, they moved to Lamar, Colorado, for a short period (about two months) and then they decided to move on to Fairfield, California, to be close to family again. They lived in Fairfield for about eight years before she lost her sweetheart to cancer in May of 1991. During that time, Lucille had been working as a caregiver for the elderly. She cared for several Alzhiemer’s patients in her home and also worked in her son’s Care Homes.

Working as a noon duty supervisor at Laurel Creek Elementary School, helping with the grandchildren, and her ever faithful church work kept her life busy and happy through her remaining 30 years.

She also loved sports, Louis L’Amour western books and her western movies.

Lucille is survived by her six children, Larry (Joan), Ray (Shirley), Linda (Barry Adams), Gerry (Cristina), Liana (Peter Chapman, deceased) and Lori (Ray Landin); and to date, 48 grandchildren; 62 great-grandchildren; and eight great-great grandchildren.

She will truly be missed, but we rejoice in the knowledge that she is united with her husband, parents, siblings and so many friends who have gone before.

We love you Mom! A Celebration of Life will be held at 11 a.m.

Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2700 Camrose Ave., Fairfield, California.

The wearing of masks is recommended.

Feel free to wear bright colors if you desire. Lucille loved bright colors.

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FAIRFIELD — Councilman Scott Tonnesen thinks it should take three members, not two, to have an item placed on a meeting agenda – a concept Councilwoman Pam Bertani could not disagree with more.

The council, using support of two members under its current rules, will place the matter on a future agenda for discus-

In brief Committee to review infrastructure, 2022 funding legislation

FAIRFIELD — The Solano County Legislative Committee will receive federal and state legislative updates, including federal infrastructure and 2022 appropriations, when it meets at 2 p.m. Monday.

The meeting is virtual.

For directions on how to gain access, go to https:// tinyurl.com/rwvscueh.

The committee also will be updated on Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians v. the United States Department of the Interior, and consider recommendations to the Board of Supervisors on pending legislation.

Supervisors, mayors consider final housing needs numbers FAIRFIELD — The Solano County Board of Supervisors and the mayors of the cities – sitting as the City-County Coordinating Council – on Thursday will consider approving the Regional Housing Needs Assessment targets.

The assessment sets the methodology and the allocation of housing needs in the cities and the county area based on all levels of income needs.

The virtual meeting is set to begin at 6:30 p.m.

The public can access the proceedings by going to https:// t i ny u rl.com /3tc 62 y3x for the Zoom connection using Meeting ID

Monday, council chamber, 650 Merchant St. Info: ci.vacaville.ca.us. n Suisun-Solano Water Authority, 6 p.m. Monday, 701 Civic Center Blvd., Suisun City. Info: http:// ca-sid.civicplus.com. n Solano County Board of Supervisors, 9 a.m. Tuesday, County Government Center, 675 Texas St., Fairfield.

Info: co.solano.ca.us. n Suisun City Council, 5:30 p.m.

Tuesday, City Council chamber, 701 Civic Center Blvd.

Info: www.suisun.com/ government/city-council. 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 Solano Transportation Authority Governing Board, 6 p.m. Wednesday, Suisun City Hall, 701 Civic Center Blvd.

Info: www.sta.ca.gov. n Suisun City Parks and Recreation Commission, 6 p.m. Wednesday, 701 Civic Center Blvd.

Info: www.suisun. com/parks-recreationcommission/. n Solano County Planning Commission, 7 p.m.

Thursday, County Government Center, 675 Texas St. Fairfield. Info: solanocount y.com/depts/ rm/boardscommissions/ solano_county_planning_ commission/agendas.asp.

All of the meetings are open to the public. Check with each agency for in-person attendance protocols and for available virtual options.

tors from city staff, a county representative and a community representative. Each would serve a six-year term.

“Once this corporation is formed, the council will have no oversight,” Councilman Chuck Timm noted, raising his concerns about the governance of the corporation.

He said he supported the program, calling it “pretty good,” but made it clear he wanted the city to have near-authoritative influence over the board.

That will start with

a liaison system with regular reports back to the c0uncil.

However, Timm said if the council does not like the direction the board is taking the corporation, then the council can direct the city manager to replace board members appointed by his office.

“So everyone knows there is council’s eyes on (the corporation),” Timm said.

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Tonnesen argued Tuesday that the twomember rule was in place when the council had five members.

“We are a body of seven now, so I’d like to entertain having three of tonnesen us . . . to place something bertani for at least addressing on the agenda,” Tonnesen said, raising the idea as the issue.

“Anything that part of council comments.

He said upping the would be an impediment number would indi- to more open discussion I cate greater support generally don’t think is a

good idea,” Bertani said.

“In other words, why make it harder to agendize something? . . . What is the upside of making it more difficult to agendize an item?”

Councilman Chuck Timm supported Tonnesen’s request so the matter could be properly and legally addressed under the open meeting laws. He did not indicate his support or opposition to the idea.

KinderReady, the Extended Year with 2020/21 Teacher Program, the Elementary Learning Loss Program, the K-8 Enrichment Program, the Supplemental Title I Program, the Ninth through 12th Grade Credit Recovery Program, the Secondary Summer Bridge Program, the Secondary Enrichment Program and the Extended School Year Program.

Students were able to engage in various activities over the course of the summer programs to help them prepare for the current school year as well as accelerate learning in math and English-language arts.

They were also able to take courses McCabe described as “enriching and fun.”

revision. The commission may take action on this item.

Join the meeting on Zoom by using the meeting ID number 82189135835 and the passcode 535965.

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Summer programs assist thousands in Fairfield-Suisun FAIRFIELD — Trustees with the Fairfield-Suisun School received an District update Thursday night on this summer’s pandemic programs that sought to help children and teens catch up on their coursework and prepare for the current school year.

Sheila McCabe, assistant superintendent of Services, Educational presented to the board with information on the various offerings, which include nine summer school programs that served more than 3,500 children and teens from pre-kindergarten through post-12th grade.

“Team members came together to create a model program that we will build on for years to come,” McCabe said.

The programs include

Vaca Library Commission set to review budget revision VACAVILLE — The Vacaville Library Commission will meet virtually at 6:30 p.m. Monday.

On the agenda are: n Reports from the supervising librarian at each of the city’s two libraries. n A 2021-2022 budget

Disney throws theaters lifeline with rest of 2021 film slate Walt Disney Co. gave theater owners some much-needed good news: The rest of its 2021 film releases will get exclusive runs in cinemas before becoming available for home viewing.

One of the biggest will be “Eternals,” a new Marvel superhero movie from Oscar-winning director Chloe Zhao that’s scheduled for release on Nov. 5. It’s one of six films planned for the balance of the year, Disney said Friday.

The studio scored a hit last weekend with another new Marvel feature, “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” and that was a factor in its decision to give the rest of its 2021 movies exclusive theatrical runs.

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Medvedev wins U.S. Open, ends Djokovic’s GS bid Tribune Content Agency NEW YORK — Novak Djokovic’s attempt to win a calendar Grand Slam was stopped Sunday by Daniil Medvedev, a lanky, 25-year-old Russian who showed no fear in dominating the 20-time Grand Slam singles champion in a shockingly short U.S. Open final.

Medvedev became a first-time Grand Slam event champion with a 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 sweep of Djokovic, who was bidding

to become the first man to win all four Slam singles titles in the same year since Rod Laver did so in 1969. Medvedev, ranked No. 2 in the world to Djokovic’s No. 1, also denied Djokovic the championship Djokovic needed to break his tie with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal for the most Slam singles titles won by a male tennis player.

Djokovic is known as the fittest player on the men’s tour, so even when he went down two sets

to none he could not be counted out. In fact, he had lost the first set of each of his previous four matches here.

But Medvedev wasn’t about to allow a repeat of the pattern of his previous appearance in the final here, in 2019. On that occasion, he won the first two sets against Nadal but eventually lost. Medvedev was a semifinalist here a year ago, losing to Dominic Thiem.

Medvedev and Djokovic embraced at the

net, and Medvedev waved to the crowd, enjoying his moment of triumph.

With Nadal, Federer and Thiem absent this year because of injuries, room was created for a breakthrough by one of the younger players whose Slam tournament hopes have been stymied by those three players and by Djokovic. Medvedev met the challenge in splendid fashion, losing only one set in the seven matches he played at the Billie Jean King National

Tennis Center. Djokovic had lost six sets before Sunday’s final and had played a five-set semifinal against Alexander Zverev on Friday, perhaps depleting his energy for the final. Medvedev was the fresher, more efficient and more mobile player, without doubt.

Djokovic got off to a shaky start in the first set and committed the first of his three double faults.

Medvedev gained the advantage when Djokovic hit a forehand wide and

earned the break on another errant forehand

by Djokovic.

Medvedev held serve the next game and had two break points in the third game, aided by another double fault by Djokovic.

The crowd began to stir, perhaps wondering what was wrong with Djokovic.

He soon responded: At 15-40, Djokovic came up with a backhand winner, and at 30-40 he won the point on an overhead. He See Open, Page B8

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San Francisco 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw returns an interception for a touchdown against the Detroit Lions,

Sunday, at Ford Field. The 49ers had a 38-10 lead late in the third quarter and had to hold on for the win.

49ers withstand Lions’ late rally, capture opener on strength of powerful offense Tribune Content Agency DETROIT — Injuries are part of the NFL, of course, and perhaps no team is more familiar with attrition than the 49ers.

Still, the group that led the NFL in injured-reserve transactions in 2020 began the 2021 season unable to effectively deal with the emotional hurt after what happened midway through the fourth quarter Sunday. Cornerback Jason Verrett, 30, a resilient, highly respected leader who has endured a laundry list of severe leg injuries, left the game with what the

49ers fear is a torn ACL. After their No. 1 cornerback went to the sideline, a large group of concerned players talked with him. Then Verrett, disconsolate, put a towel over his head on the bench before putting his hands over the shoulders of two trainers as he limped to the locker room, trying to shed his tears by placing his left hand over his face.

The Rodriguez High graduate’s injury isn’t the only reason the 49ers narrowly avoided an epic fourth-quarter collapse in their season-opening 41-33 win over the Lions at Ford Field in a game they led

by 24 points at the twominute warning. After it was over, however, it was clear that the injury was felt teamwide because it happened to Verrett. He had recaptured his Pro Bowl form last year after tearing his ACL in 2016, tearing his Achilles in 2018 and contemplating retirement while missing 58 of 64 games during a four-season stretch.

Wide receiver Deebo Samuel’s voice cracked as he talked about Verrett.

Head coach Kyle Shanahan twice termed his injury “crushing.”

“J.V.’s been a leader on this team,” tight end George Kittle said.

“His story of just playing

at a high level, getting hurt. Playing at high level, getting hurt.

It’s awful. It definitely knocks the wind out of your sails.”

The 49ers almost certainly won’t have Verrett for the rest of the season.

But they didn’t begin their season with an unfathomable upset loss after the Lions fell just short.

Detroit, which trailed 38-10 late in the third quarter, scored 16 points on two late fourth-quarter drives that lasted less than five minutes, a flurry that included a recovered onsides kick.

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CHICAGO — After winning the first five games of their road trip, the Giants showed up for Sunday’s series finale against the Cubs and practically looked like a different team.

Their offense missed out on several early scoring opportunities, their budding ace gave up five runs and their outfield defense was sloppy and unsettling.

Great teams still find ways to win games they should probably lose and the 2021 Giants are a great team. With an outstanding offensive effort from infielder Wilmer Flores and a solid showing from the team’s bullpen, the Giants beat the Cubs 6-5 to complete a perfect 6-0 road trip and extend their longest win streak of the season to seven games.

The Cubs had the tying run at third base with two outs in the ninth inning, but Giants closer Jake McGee was

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STOCKTON — For the second straight day the Solano Community College volleyball team went 0-2 in the Delta Classic at San Joaquin Delta College, Saturday, but gained valuable experience against some of the top teams in Northern California.

The Falcons (6-6) opened Saturday’s play with a 25-19, 25-23, 25-19 loss to American River, ranked sixth in Northern California, before falling to No. 5 Delta, 25-22, 25-18, 25-20.

“We lost matches this weekend, but we gained important elements as a team that can’t be taught unless you push yourself outside your comfort zone and play tougher opponents,” Solano coach Darla

Williams said. “We improved on our back court defense, working together on the block, team aggressiveness and communication.”

Against ARC, Sammy Brown led with 10 digs and seven kills, serving 10-for-10 with an ace; Jeryn Baldonado led with 12 assists while serving 10-for-10 with two aces; Dani Rydjord chipped in six kills; Chris Rigney Cruz added five kills on no errors; Kailyn Kaiser added eight digs; and Mylei Moli led the team with two blocks and added four kills.

“The first two sets we played very well,” Williams said. “I was so proud to see the improvements in just one day.”

In battling Delta, Rydjord had a solid match with 10 kills; Brown added nine kills, 10 digs, serving 10-for-10 once again; Chris

Ridney Cruz was a huge asset at the net with four blocks, with the team racking up two solo blocks and 11 assist blocks; Kaiser led the defense with 12 digs; Crystal Carroll led the team with two aces, serving 11-for-12, and added six digs; Anaya Rodriguez added six kills, 12 assists and six digs; and Baldonado led with 13 assists and added three digs.

“We have two more weeks of preseason,” Williams said. “By then we will be battle tested for the Bay Valley Conference.”

The Falcons host their Solano Classic No. 2 on Wednesday with matches against American River at 4 p.m. and Santa Rosa at 6 p.m.

There is no charge at the door, though those attending must wear a mask.

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able to retire Chicago slugger Ian Happ to cap off the win.

By improving to 93-50, the Giants inched closer to snapping their four-year playoff drought as their magic number to clinch a postseason berth dropped to one following the Reds’ 2-0 loss to the Cardinals.

The Giants’ primary focus for the remainder of the regular season is to hold off the Dodgers and win the National League West, but the club can pop champagne bottles as soon as Monday if it beats the Padres at Oracle Park.

Flores was the offensive catalyst Sunday for a Giants team that has now scored at least six runs in all seven wins during their streak as the infielder returned from a 10-day stint on the injured list to go 3-for-4 with a home run and a walk.

The Giants could have left Flores in San

OAKLAND — Both American League wild card spots are up for the taking. The Oakland A’s dropped a prime opportunity to gain some steam.

With a 4-3 loss to the Texas Rangers on Sunday afternoon, the A’s dropped a series that, on paper, posed as a chance to beat up on a team long eliminated from postseason contention. Instead, Oakland remains on the outside looking into the wild card picture.

“It doesn’t matter who you’re playing at this point. You have to win series,” manager Bob Melvin said. “We’re going to have to run off some, either, series in a row or games in a row.

There’s still time left to get on a little bit of a run.

It felt like we were, but

yesterday was a speed bump for us. We’re going to have to go into Kansas City and look to play a little better baseball than we played in the last couple innings and today.”

Momentum looked to have started with a three-game win streak that extended into Game 1 of this series.

But as has been the case all year, the A’s took another big step back. After the game, the A’s sat tied with the Seattle Mariners three games back of the Boston Red Sox and Toronto Blue Jays for a wild card spot. The New York Yankees sit between them, a halfgame back of a spot.

With the Blue Jays the only team involved riding momentum, the race is begging for another hot team to get involved.

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Meet this This small-batch recipe for pizza salad It’s a family friendly plate of tomatoes, mozzarella and marinated beans

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f you’re a fan of the convenience and versatility of canned beans but you’ve thought they could use a flavor boost, I’ve got two words for you: Marinate them.

Beans can soak up the flavors in a simple combination of vinegar, olive oil, garlic, basil and red-pepper flakes - and they can do it even more quickly with the application of a little heat. The following use of this idea comes from Jenny Rosenstrach’s new book, “The Weekday Vegetarians” (Clarkson Potter, 2021), which is Joe Yonan full of her ideas for eating Weeknight vege- meatless five days a week tarian and then being free for carnivorous splurges on two. Rosenstrach calls for marinating the beans in the refrigerator for as little as 15 minutes and as long as five days. She doesn’t call for warming, but I knew - and verified in testing - that it jump-starts the whole affair so effectively it’s worth incorporating into the method.

Marinated beans have all sorts of uses, from simple side dish to grain-bowl topping, but Rosenstrach tosses them into what she calls “pizza salad.” The brilliant thing about it is that the beans’ marinade becomes the salad dressing; unlike with meat marinades, there’s no need to worry about any food-safety issues in the reusing.

By the way, you can interpret the “pizza salad” name any way you like here. Rosenstrach calls it that because it reminds her of her family’s tradition of topping tomato pizza with salad. And this would work beautifully for that - or on the side. I like the name because with tomatoes, mozzarella and Parmesan, you’ve got many of the elements of a simple pizza, except the crust. Add some croutons, if you like, and you’d get even closer.

Pizza Salad With Marinated White Beans Active time: 15 mins | Total time: 45 mins (or up to overnight for marinating beans) 6 servings This recipe proves that even canned beans can take on a ton of flavor from a marinade, which does double duty as the dressing. To make it vegan, substitute baked tofu for the mozzarella and leave out the Parmesan, or choose a vegan version such as the Violife brand.

Make Ahead: The beans can be refrigerated for up to 5 days before assembling the salad.

For the marinated beans: 1 ⁄3 cup extra-virgin olive oil 1 ⁄4 cup red wine vinegar 1 garlic clove, halved Fine sea salt Freshly ground black pepper 8 fresh basil leaves, chopped, or 1 rosemary sprig, left whole Pinch crushed red pepper flakes 3 cups cooked white beans, such as cranberry, cannellini, or great northern, or two (15-ounce) cans, rinsed and drained For the salad: 5 ounces lettuce, such as bibb, little gem or baby greens of your choice (about 8 cups) 1 pint quartered or sliced tomatoes, preferably grape or ripe heirlooms 1 large shallot (3 ounces), thinly sliced 6 ounces bocconcini (small mozzarella balls) or 1⁄2 -inch cubes fresh mozzarella 1 ⁄2 cup (2 ounces) shaved Parmesan cheese 8 large fresh basil leaves, chopped Make the marinated beans: In a small skillet over medium heat, whisk together the olive oil, vinegar, garlic, salt, black pepper, basil and red pepper flakes. Toss in the beans, bring the mixture to a simmer, then remove from the heat, transfer to a bowl, and let come to room temperature, about 30 minutes. (If desired, cover and refrigerate overnight or up to 5 days.)

Make the salad: In a large shallow bowl, toss together the lettuce, tomatoes, shallot, mozzarella, Parmesan and basil. Toss in the beans with their marinade and serve.

Nutrition, per serving (a generous 1 3/4 cups) | Calories: 357; Total Fat: 21 g; Saturated Fat: 7 g; Cholesterol: 23 mg; Sodium: 226 mg; Carbohydrates: 28 g; Dietary Fiber: 7 g; Sugar: 3 g; Protein: 18 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 “The Weekday Vegetarians” by Jenny Rosenstrach (Clarkson Potter, 2021).

Joe Yonan is the Food and Dining editor of The Washington Post.

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Pizza Salad with Marinated White Beans.

blueberry jam has a surprising secret ingredient

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ookbook author Camilla Wynne calls her blueberry jam Bleu Matin (or Blue Morning). “Blue” refers to the macerated and slow cooked blueberries, and “morning” to the fact that coffee beans are steeped into those berries while they bubble away.

The coffee brings out the tart, fruity notes of the blueberries and tempers the sweetness of the jam. In her book “Jam Bake,” Wynne focuses on small-batch preserving and skips the water-bath canning approach (in which your filled jams are immersed in boiling water) for a riff on the old-fashioned open-kettle method, which relies on the heat of the jam itself to secure an airtight seal on your jars.

Wynne preheats her jars in the oven to sterilize them and ensure enough heat for proper sealing. (There is no need to sterilize the jar lids with this method because the jars are turned upside down during the canning process.)

Whether this approach is as safe as the water-bath method endorsed by the USDA remains a concern for many.

This jam can be finished in a water bath, if you prefer.

This is a small-batch jam recipe. If you decide to make a larger batch, you will need a large pot and, likely, longer cooking time for the berries.

Equipment: You’ll need a 6-quart or larger heavy pot, such as an enamelcoated cast iron Dutch oven (not aluminum), a candy thermometer, as well as canning jars, lids and rings (we used eight 4-ounce jars). Also helpful: a canning funnel.

Storage: Without any processing, the jam can be refrigerated for up to 10 days or frozen for up to 3 months. Or it can be processed into the oven-sterilized jars or in a water-bath canner for 10 minutes, after which it should be shelf-stable for up to 18 months.

Make ahead: The blueberries can be macerated for up to 1 week before making the jam.

Blueberry Jam 32 servings; makes eight 4-ounce jars Active time: 1 hour 15 mins, plus 24 hours’ resting time 3 1⁄3 pounds (1500 grams/ 5 to 6 pints) washed and stemmed blueberries 3 1⁄2 cups (700 grams) granulated sugar 5 tablespoons fresh lemon juice (from about 2 large lemons) 1 1⁄2 tablespoons whole coffee beans Prepare the berries: In a large bowl, combine the blueberries, sugar and lemon juice and let macerate until berries start to release a bit of juice, at least 15 minutes at room temperature, or cover and refrigerate for up to 1 week.

Place 3 soup spoons or small plates in the freezer. You will use these to test your jam’s consistency.

Sterilize the jars: Position a rack in the lower third of the oven, place an oven thermometer in the oven to make sure it is the correct temperature, and preheat to 250 degrees. Wash the jars and lids with soap and water. Place the jars upside down on a large, rimmed baking sheet and transfer the sheet to the oven for at least 20 minutes before you need them. (The jars can remain in the oven until the jam is

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Blueberry jam. ready.)

Make the jam: Put the coffee beans in a large tea ball or tie them up in a piece of cheesecloth. Transfer the macerated mixture to a heavy-bottomed 6-quart pot or preserving pan set over medium-high heat.

Add the coffee beans and cook, stirring often, until the blueberries begin to give up some juice and the sugar starts to dissolve, about 10 minutes.

Ladle out about a third of the mixture into a blender and puree. Use caution: The berries will be hot. Return the puree to the pot, increase the heat to high, if needed, and bring to a hard, vigorous boil, stirring frequently to prevent scorching. The mixture may start to sputter, so be careful to avoid getting burned.

The jam must reach at least 194 degrees to be safely preserved, but it will likely be much hotter and remain above that temperature throughout the process. (If it falls below that temperature, stop and reheat it over low heat, and have a candy thermometer handy to recheck the temperature.)

As your jam gets closer to being ready, 25 to 30 minutes, the bubbles will shift from frothy and disorderly to blinking, bulging spheres, and the surface will start to look glossy. A spatula pulled through it should be met with resistance.

To test if the jam is ready, drizzle a scant teaspoon of the mixture onto a frozen spoon or plate. Wait a few seconds, then touch the jam with your finger. It should firm up as the jam cools. If it meets your standards of jam-like consistency, it’s done. If it’s runnier or looser than you’d like, cook it a few more minutes and test it again.

When the desired consistency is reached, remove the jam from the heat and discard the coffee beans.

Working quickly, remove the baking sheet with the jars from the oven and place them on a heatproof surface. Using an oven mitt or tea towel, hold the jar steady. Using a ladle and canning funnel, if you have one,

transfer the jam to jars, leaving a 1⁄4 -inch headspace at the rim -- this is the space between the jam and the lid of the jar. (You can use a ruler or the measuring notches on the end of an air bubble remover to check this if you like.). If the jars are underfilled they may not seal and may have an increased risk of contamination. Repeat with the remaining jars and jam.

Dampen a paper towel or clean tea towel and wipe the outer jar edges and threads of the jar, if necessary. Place the flat lids, gasket side down, on top. Add the outer ring and tighten until you feel resistance, then turn about a quarter turn more. Invert the jars for 2 minutes. Flip the jars right side up and let the jam sit, undisturbed, for 24 hours.

Keep the jars on the baking sheet throughout the process for easy cleanup, and so the filled jars can be moved more easily without disturbing them as they rest for 24 hours.

To check to see that the jars have sealed properly, when cooled, remove the ring on each jar and lift it by the flat lid. If the lid releases, the seal is unsuccessful. Jars that do not seal can be refrigerated for up to 10 days or the jam can be frozen for up to 3 months.

Label and date each jar, and store in a dark, cool and dry space, such as a cupboard, pantry or cellar, for up to 1 year.

The jar lids should be washed and dried, but do not have to go in the oven.

Adapted from “Jam Bake: Inspired Recipes for Creating and Baking with Preserves” by Camilla Wynne (Appetite by Random House, 2021).

Nutrition per serving (2 tablespoons) | Calories: 113; Total Fat: 0 g; Saturated Fat: 0 g; Cholesterol: 0 mg; Sodium: 1 mg; Carbohydrates: 29 g; Dietary Fiber: 1 g; Sugar: 27 g; Protein: 0 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.

Watermelon and cucumber salad is refreshing

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his salad is a quadruplethreat of refreshment, with each of its four main elements offering a unique layer of quenching flavor.

At its base are two cooling food A-listers: chunks of juicy watermelon and crunchy cucumber. They are brought together a lime Ellie Krieger in and olive Nourish oil dressing that’s spiked with another refreshing ingredient: freshly grated ginger.

Ginger’s enlivening zing counterbalances the watermelon’s sweetness and bridges it to the more savory cucumber, while torn mint leaves, tossed in at the end, add a fourth layer of cool freshness.

It’s a salad that pairs especially well with a grilled protein slathered in barbecue sauce, because its flavors echo the sauce’s fruity-savory elements while offering a welcome, contrasting cool.

That, along with its bright festive look, make it on-point for that upcoming holiday cookout.

Watermelon and Cucumber Salad With Ginger, Lime and Mint.

Watermelon and Cucumber Salad With Ginger, Lime and Mint 15 minutes 4 servings This salad is a quadruple-threat of refreshment with each of its four main elements - watermelon, cucumber, ginger and mint - offering a burst of lively, quenching flavor. It pairs especially well with a grilled protein slathered in barbecue sauce, because its flavors echo the sauce’s sweet-fruitysavory elements while offering a welcomed, contrasting cool.

1 1⁄4 pounds diced

watermelon (about 4 cups) 1 medium English cucumber, trimmed, quartered lengthwise and cut into 1⁄2 -inch thick pieces (about 3 cups) 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice 1 tablespoon extravirgin olive oil 2 teaspoons finely grated fresh ginger 1 ⁄4 teaspoon fine sea salt or table salt 1 ⁄4 cup fresh mint leaves, torn

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In a large bowl, toss the watermelon and cucumber until combined.

In a small bowl, whisk together the lime juice, olive oil, ginger and salt until combined.

Drizzle the dressing over the watermelon and cucumber and gently toss to coat, then add the mint. Gently toss to combine and serve.

Nutrition per serving (1 3/4 cups), based on 4 | Calories: 87; Total Fat: 4 g; Saturated Fat: 1g; Cholesterol: 0 mg; Sodium: 151 mg; Carbohydrates: 14 g; Dietary Fiber: 1 g; Sugar: 10 g; Protein: 1 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.

From cookbook author and registered nutritionist Ellie Krieger.

Krieger is a registered dietitian, nutritionist and author who hosts public television’s “Ellie’s Real Good Food.”

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Although implementation of a 2017 law seeking to spur over-the-counter sales of hearing aids has been delayed, consumers still have a growing choice of products they can buy

directly from major retailers and leading brands. Walgreens sells Lexie hearing aids in their stores in Arizona, Colorado, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.

Apple, Bose, others pump up the volume on

hearing aid options, filling void left by FDA

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purred by decades of complaints about the high cost of hearing aids, Congress passed a law in 2017 to allow over-the-counter sales, with hopes it would boost competition and lower prices.

Four years later, federal regulators have yet to issue rules to implement the law. But changes in the industry are offering consumers relief.

In August 2017, President Donald Trump signed the legislation that called for the Food and Drug Administration to issue regulations by 2020 for hearing aids that could be sold in stores without a prescription or a visit to an audiologist or other hearing specialist. That hasn’t happened yet, and President Joe Biden last month ordered the FDA to produce those rules for over-the-counter (OTC) purchases by midNovember. That means it will likely take at least until next summer for consumers to feel the direct effects of the law.

Despite the delay, consumers’ options have expanded with more hearing devices entering the market, alternative ways to get them and lower prices, particularly for the largest segment of the population with impaired hearing – those with mild to moderate hearing loss, for whom the law was intended.

Leading consumer brands Apple and Bose are offering products and several smaller companies sell aids directly to consumers, providing hearing tests and customer service online from audiologists and other hearing specialists. Even major retailers offer hearing aids directly to consumers and provide audiology services online: Walgreens stores in five Southern and Western states sell what the chain calls “FDA-registered” Lexie hearing aids for $799 a pair – far less than half the price of typical devices.

Nationally, personal sound amplification products, or PSAPs, that are

smaller and customizable are now available in stores and online. These devices, which look like hearing aids and sell for a fraction of the price, amplify sounds, but some do not address other components of hearing loss, such as distortion.

“There are many more options than there were in 2017 when Trump signed the Hearing Aid Act into law,” said Nancy Williams, president of Auditory Insight, a hearing industry consulting firm in New Haven, Connecticut. “In a sense, you can say the OTC revolution is happening without the FDA, but the difficulty is it is happening more slowly than if the FDA issued its rules on time.”

The price for a pair of standard hearing aids typically ranges from $2,000 to $8,000, depending on the technology.

That price includes the professional fitting fees and follow-up visits.

The hearing aid industry has remained largely insulated from price competition because of consolidation among manufacturers, widespread state licensing laws that mandate sales through audiologists or other hearing professionals, and the acquisition of hearing professionals’ practices by device makers.

The federal law creates a category of hearing aids that would legally bypass state dispensing laws and enable consumers to buy aids in stores without consulting a hearing aid professional. Users would be expected to program the devices through a smartphone, and companies could offer service via phone or internet.

With an increasing number of hearing aids and PSAPs being sold directly to consumers, advocates are eager for the FDA rules to come out, because they worry about the confusion caused by the array of choices – with none having the FDA’s full seal of approval.

“The FDA delaying regulations has done more harm than good, because the direct-to-consumer market is filling the void and people are doing what

they want, and we don’t know the quality of these devices,” said Barbara Kelley, executive director of the Hearing Loss Association of America, a consumer advocacy group.

The law, sponsored by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), gave the FDA until August 2020 to issue regulations. Last year, after missing that deadline, FDA officials said the Covid-19 pandemic had delayed the rule-making process.

Many in the hearing aid industry are concerned about the unchecked competition likely to come with allowing consumers to buy aids on their own without an evaluation by a hearing specialist.

Brandon Sawalich, CEO of Starkey, the largest U.S.-based hearing aid company, said consumers need expert assistance to test their hearing, buy an appropriate aid, properly fit it and fine-tune its settings.

“It’s not just picking up something off the shelf at your local drugstore or ordering something online and putting it in your ear and your life is going to be reconnected and you are going to hear perfectly again,” he said on a recent podcast. “It doesn’t work that way, and it’s not that easy.”

However, by avoiding professional help, more Americans likely can get hearing assistance. “The OTC and direct-to-consumer options open up avenues for those who have no other path to get hearing aids,” said Hope Lanter, a Charlotte, North

Carolina, audiologist with Hear.com, a Netherlandsbased online hearing aid retailer.

She expects that after the FDA issues its rules many hearing aid manufacturers will develop lower-cost, over-the-counter devices that can be obtained without an audiologist’s evaluation.

She said consumers with modest hearing loss may start out with those types of aids, but later, if their hearing worsens, shift to more expensive devices that require assistance from hearing aid professionals.

“In my view, there is enough pie for everyone,” Lanter said, noting that millions of people with hearing loss are not getting any help today.

More than 37 million American adults have trouble hearing, including nearly half of people over age 60. Only 1 in 4 adults who could benefit from a hearing aid have ever used one, federal health officials estimate.

Unlike most consumer electronics, hearing aids have remained expensive for decades, generating consumer complaints.

The price is concerning because Medicare and many insurers don’t cover hearing aids, though most private Medicare Advantage plans do. Only about half of state Medicaid programs cover the devices, but benefits in those states vary widely, according to data from KFF. Industry experts predict new over-thecounter hearing aids will be priced at less than

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$1,000 a pair – about 25% lower than low-cost retailer Costco sells its Kirkland aids, dispensed through a hearing aid professional.

Without federal rules in place, manufacturers have largely waited to develop devices for the OTC market.

Bose chose a different path. This spring it began selling its hearing aids, which can be purchased online without a doctor visit, hearing test or prescription. Bose gained FDA clearance in 2018 after providing data showing the effectiveness of its self-fitting aids was comparable to that of similar devices fitted by a hearing professional.

The Bose aids sell for $849 a pair.

Meanwhile, Apple last year integrated hearing assistance into its popular Air Pods Pro earbuds, which can be customized using settings on an iPhone. Apple is not marketing the free benefit as a hearing aid but instead as similar to a PSAP that amplifies sound to help hearing.

Several companies such as Eargo, Lively and Lexie allow consumers to buy aids online and get help from specialists to set them up remotely.

As long as companies have generous return policies that enable people to try a couple of aids to

see which works best, the proliferation of online options selling high-quality aids is good news for consumers, said Williams, the Connecticut hearing consultant.

Lanter said the stigma around hearing aids will be reduced as people obtain them more easily.

She predicted consumers will someday buy hearing aids much as they can buy inexpensive reading eyeglasses at the drugstore today with the option to get a prescription for higherquality glasses or ones with a more precise fit.

Michelle Arnold, an audiologist and assistant professor at the University of South Florida, said there is no evidence consumers will be harmed buying a hearing aid without seeing an audiologist, and the benefits of getting some improvement in their hearing outweigh any risks. “Will people get the maximum benefit?

Maybe not, but it’s better than nothing,” she said.

KHN (Kaiser Health News) is a national newsroom that produces indepth journalism about health issues. Together with Policy Analysis and Polling, KHN is one of the three major operating programs at KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation). KFF is an endowed nonprofit organization providing information on health issues to the nation.

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‘Sopranos’ prequel reimagines characters, offers new ones

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Tribune Content Agency As the creator of HBO’s seminal Mafia series “The Sopranos,” David Chase is keenly aware that heavy lies the head that wears the crown. It was mob kingpin Tony Soprano himself who told his consigliere Silvio, “All due respect, you got no f–ing idea what it’s like to be number one.”

Revisiting the series many consider the greatest of all time wasn’t a decision Chase made lightly. He actually resisted it entirely, until conceiving of a feature film prequel – “The Many Saints of Newark,” scheduled to hit theaters and HBO Max on Oct. 1.

“A lot of well-meaning people said to me, ‘Aren’t you afraid you’re going to s– all over the show, this great thing you created?’ “ Chase, 75, says recently over Zoom from his office in Santa Monica, California. “Of course, I said, ‘I hope not.’ But you feel like punching them in the face. What are you saying that to me for?”

Arriving nearly 14 years after “The Sopranos” finale’s smash-cut to black, the film – directed by series veteran Alan Taylor – is set in the late 1960s, as Newark, New Jersey, is roiled by racial violence and rival gangs go to war for dominance.

Against that turbulent backdrop a young Tony gets an early education in a life in crime as he follows in the footsteps of his mentor, Dickie Moltisanti, a soldier in the DiMeo crime family.

“When I first started ‘The Sopranos,’ what I really wanted to do was to make a really good gangster movie,” Chase says.

“And that’s what we wanted to do with this more than anything else.”

The Los Angeles Times spoke with Chase and his producing partner, Nicole Lambert, about how the film’s ensemble reimagined familiar characters beloved by die-hard fans and ones that are new to the “Sopranos” universe.

Here are some of them:

Dickie Moltisanti

Played by Alessandro Nivola “We could have gone a million ways for a prequel,” says Chase. “But as [co-writer] Lawrence Konner and I were sitting down, thinking, ‘What should we do?’ Dickie Moltisanti came up.”

A Mafia soldier and the father of Michael Imperioli’s pivotal series regular Christopher Moltisanti, Dickie was always a somewhat mysterious figure in “Sopranos” lore.

On the show, Tony spoke of him being a mentor, a friend and “a legend.” But details of his life were scant, and fans have long debated whether the story Tony told Christopher of how he died in the 1970s – gunned down outside his home by a police

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New faces for familiar characters in “The Sopranos” prequel “The Many Saints of Newark,” from left, Billy Magnussen as Paulie Walnuts, Jon Bernthal as Johnny Soprano, Corey Stoll as Junior Soprano (in back), John Magaro as Silvio Dante, Ray Liotta as “Hollywood Dick” Moltisanti and Alessandro Nivola as Dickie Moltisanti. detective – was true.

In centering the prequel on the story of Dickie (the name Moltisanti translates as “many saints”), Chase and Konner saw the opportunity to fill in those blanks and create a portrait of the man who set Tony on his path to becoming a crime boss.

“We knew that we wanted a really tough, dangerous, credible wiseguy – another Tony if you will,” says Chase. “I wrote the episode where Tony tells Christopher [how Dickie died].

It was just interesting to me to expand on that. In a way, the purpose of writing [the prequel] was to find out what happened.”

Nivola had been on Chase’s radar since he’d seen the actor in the films “American Hustle” and “A Most Violent Year.”

“He’s Italian, number one,” Chase says. “That really counts.

It shouldn’t – they’re actors – but East Coast Italians have certain details about the way they talk, the way they think, and if that’s missing it’s not as entertaining for me. I thought he was great.”

Tony Soprano

Played by Michael Gandolfini Born in 1999, the year “The Sopranos” began its run, Michael Gandolfini was not necessarily the obvious choice to step into the iconic character played by his father, who died of a heart attack in 2013 at age 51.

For starters, he had little acting experience besides a bit part as a busboy in “Ocean’s 8” and a recurring role on HBO’s “The Deuce.” And he had never actually watched “The Sopranos.”

“We went through dozens, probably hundreds, of actors that we read for Tony,” says Lambert. “There were some that were good but there just wasn’t that spark, like, ‘Oh, yeah, that’s the guy.’ “ After auditioning twice for the role, Gandolfini emerged as not just a good choice but the only choice. Beyond his physical resemblance to his father, Chase was struck by how the younger Gandolfini, who threw himself into an in-depth study of “The Sopranos,” captured the charming side of the

future mob boss.

“He had that sweetness and earnestness,” Chase says. “I believe that’s probably why the show was successful. Had Tony just been a terrible, lunatic scumbag killer, I don’t think it would have worked.”

Harold McBrayer

Played by Leslie Odom Jr. Thorny issues of race had been threaded throughout “The Sopranos,” and in setting the prequel against the backdrop of the Newark race riots of 1967 Chase sought to draw upon his memories of that tumultuous period. In Harold, who starts out as an associate of Dickie Moltisanti but eventually becomes a rival, Chase and Konner created a character who could embody the era’s social turmoil and struggle for racial equality.

It took a while, though, to land on Odom, who broke out on Broadway in “Hamilton” and earned a supporting actor Oscar nomination for last year’s “One Night in Miami…”

“Harold was the hardest role to cast,” says Lambert. “I think we read pretty much everyone who could have been eligible for the role. David had something very specific in his head for that kind of character, a particular energy and a swagger, and Leslie had that. ”

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Livia Soprano

Played by Vera Farmiga Indelibly played in the original series by the late Nancy Marchand – and based on Chase’s mother – the Sopranos matriarch was a malignant narcissist of monstrous proportions. Delving into an earlier period in the “Sopranos” timeline, Chase relished the idea of exploring the character more fully.

“Who was this girl Johnny Soprano married?” Chase says.

“Why did he want to marry her if she was so nuts and she was not a raving beauty? What’s going on there? We wanted to delve into that. Finding the original Livia was very difficult.”

AGAIN BIDDING WITH FEW POINTS In yesterday’s deal, North gave a delayed heart raise with 4=3=3=3 distribution and the trump queen-jack only. It worked out surprisingly well when partner played skillfully to make two hearts doubled.

North was in the same seat in this deal. After East opened one diamond, South made a two-heart weak jump

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Maybe, though, with 23 high-card points opposite a partner who had opened the bidding, he might have insisted on a slam, perhaps by continuing with four no-trump (if partner would have read it as Blackwood), or even by bidding a straightforward six no-trump. Note that there were 12 easy tricks in no-trump: four spades, one heart, two diamonds and five clubs.

West led the club ace against four hearts doubled. Then, by checking the high-card points, he was tempted to shift to his low heart, but just in case the heart queen and jack were reversed, he switched to a low spade! East won with his king and returned the heart queen.

South won and led his diamond, but West rose with his ace and cashed the heart king. This limited declarer to two ruffs on the board and resulted in down three, minus 800. How did that score for North-South in a 16-table duplicate?

It was 80%! Ten pairs bid and made six spades (three with an overtrick), and one got to six no-trump.

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FAIRFIELD — Fairfield High School graduate Joe Carnahan directs “Copshop,” which opens Friday.

Screaming through the Nevada desert, a con artist hatches a desperate plan to hide out from lethal hitman played

by Gerard Butler. He sucker-punches a rookie officer to get himself arrested and locked up in a small-town police station. But jail can’t protect him for long.

The film is rated R. “23 Walks” centers on two older strangers bruised by their individual circumstances. They meet while walking their dogs in a park, and over the course of 23 walks together, romance begins to blossom.

They have not been completely honest with one another and their future together may be threatened by the secrets they have withheld. The film is not rated.

“Blue Bayou” centers on an American family fighting for their future.

A Korean adoptee raised in a small town in the Louisiana bayou is married to the love of his life and is step-dad to a daughter.

Struggling to make a better life for his family, he must confront the ghosts of his past when he discovers that he could be deported from the only country he has ever called home. The film is rated R. “Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster” is a documentary that sheds light on William Henry Pratt, known by his stage name, Boris Karloff, as Hollywood’s master of menace. The film examines his 60-year career in the entertainment industry, as well as his continuing influence as a horror icon. It’s not rated.

“Collection” is set in the world of highstakes debt collection.

A grieving father grapples with his choices in the unforgiving, manipulative world of collectors and mobs when his new girlfriend turns out to be his firm’s next mark. The film is not rated.

“Cry Macho” stars Clint Eastwood in the story of a one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder who takes

a job from an ex-boss to bring the man’s young son home from Mexico.

Forced to take the backroads on their way to Texas, the unlikely pair faces an unexpectedly challenging journey. The film is rated PG-13.

“I Love Us” is the story of a man born into a crime syndicate. When he falls in love with a single mother, the existence he’s never questioned collides with his hope to become a loving husband and father. The film is not rated.

“Killian & the Comeback Kids” is the story of a young mixed-race musician forced to return to his rural hometown after an expensive college degree.

A chance encounter with a childhood acquaintance gives the summer a new direction.

Together they build a rag-tag band of other struggling locals for one shot to play a music festival coming to their once-prosperous steel town. The film is not rated.

“Lady of the Manor” is a comedy about a stoner-slacker who is hired to portray a Southern belle who died in 1875, in a tour at Wadsworth Manor. She figures she can fake it until the ghost of the belle appears. The film is rated R. Night in “Last Rozzie” centers on a New York lawyer returning to his hometown to reunite with his dying friend and estranged son.

The journey forces him to confront a childhood trauma the two men have been hiding for years.

It’s not rated.

“Little Girl” is a documentary about a 7-year-old French youth who identified as a female. The film explores the emotional challenges, everyday feats and small moments in her life. The film is not rated.

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Saving the life of an Atlantic City ‘diving horse’ changed her own life forever Tribune Content Agency PHILADELPHIA — Cynthia Branigan was a Beatles-crazy girl from Lawrenceville, N.J., when she watched a horse dive 40 feet into a pool on the ocean end of Atlantic City’s Steel Pier.

It was the first and only time she witnessed the famous spectacle, but its impact would endure.

“Without warning, he kicked off from the platform and soared through the humid night air with precision and dignity,” Branigan writes in a memoir, “The Last Diving Horse in America,” which will be published this month by Pantheon.

“The dive took but a few seconds . . . the searing image of the horse’s body, pointing like a perfect arrow at his target below, seemed to run in slow motion.”

The renowned boardwalk attraction that so impressed the 11-year-old Branigan in August of 1964 shut down for good in 1978 as tastes changed, animal rights activists complained, and Atlantic City embraced gambling casinos as its Next Big Thing.

Two years later, on behalf of The Fund for Animals, Branigan bid $2,600 for the retired diving horse named Gamal at a Burlington County auction.

It was the start of a relationship that would enrich both of their lives and set the course for her successes as a writer and animal welfare advocate.

Branigan grew up in suburban comfort – her mother was a Clothier, as in the venerable Philadelphia department store – but had long felt like an outsider.

She was well acquainted with cats but knew next to nothing about horses.

Nevertheless, she was eager to learn.

“Partly by choice, I was always on the outside [with people]. But that wasn’t true with animals. They drew me in,” Branigan, 68, said during an interview at the Bucks County home she shares with her husband, chemical engineer Charles Rissel, and their sleek

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Cynthia Branigan is the author of a new memoir, “The Last Diving Horse in America.” She saw the famous Atlantic City Boardwalk attraction as a child in 1964 and rescued Gamal, a retired star of the show, in 1980. assortment of greyhounds. Branigan rescued her first racing dog, named King, in 1987; her nonprofit, Make Peace with Animals (mpwa.org), has since found homes for 5,500 greyhounds.

The author of the wellreceived “Adopting the Racing Greyhound” and “The Reign of the Greyhound,” Branigan began working on the manuscript that became “The Last Diving Horse in America” a decade ago. “I had been profoundly affected by Gamal, but you have to be of a certain age to look back and reflect,” she said. “From time to time I would mention to other people what I’d done, and I’d see their eyes get wide. It occurred to me that maybe I haven’t lived the way everybody lives.”

Indeed: A self-described ‘preppie hippie’ (“I had hair down to my waist but I didn’t want to wallow in the mud at Woodstock”), Branigan attended Franconia College, the experimental liberal arts school in New Hampshire that thrived in the Sixties but abruptly closed in 1978. She was freelancing occasional stories to local newspapers when she struck up a conversation with the writer and animal rights advocate Cleveland Amory after a Philadelphia lecture he gave in 1974.

“I didn’t know who I wanted

to be or what I wanted to do,” she said. “I didn’t aspire to much.”

Branigan became a volunteer at the Fund and three years later, the first-ever paid staff member of the organization, which rescued animals large and small across the country.

Amory, who died in 1998, was widely known as a TV Guide columnist but also was a major force in the postwar American animal welfare movement; a sanctuary he helped establish in Texas bears his name and continues to provide a home to hundreds of exotic and ordinary creatures.

During her 14 years with the Fund, Branigan helped set up adoption centers nationwide for 10,000 burros the organization rescued in the West.

She befriended other horses, a burro called Sparkplug, and ‘Hot Britches,’ a llama. But even her relationship with King, the greyhound who inspired her continuing efforts to rescue retired racers, could not eclipse what transpired between Branigan and the former diving horse she came to call her teacher and best friend.

Branigan researched his lineage and concluded that he was “a quarter horse mix, a popular blend for diving horses [because] it produced sturdy, compact” working animals well

suited for the rigors of their unusual job. She includes in the book some history not only of the Steel Pier diving steeds, but other large animal acts that involved aquatics, such as the “plunging horses” featured at New York’s enormous Hippodrome Theater in 1905.

Sketches of some of the best known figures in the diving horse scene, such as ‘Doc’ and Lorena Carver, also enliven her narrative.

But the heart of the story is the author, and Gamal, both of whom were 26 when they met in 1980.

Branigan is matter of fact when she writes about her grief after the death of her beloved grandfather, the emotional distance of her parents, and feeling adrift when they abruptly decided to send her to boarding school. As a child, she confided had in her cat, Cosmo; as a young adult, she discovered in Gamal a new, even more patient listener – and a willingness to listen in return.

“At first, Gamal was very guarded,” she said. “He was a tough guy, maybe a little like a carnival worker.

“He did test me. He ignored me, he wouldn’t come to me, he tried to run me down . . . but he was buddied up with me, and what happened was beyond anything either of us could have imagined. I hadn’t been around an animal his size before, and soon I had this big animal leaning on me literally and figuratively.”

Branigan was not an experienced rider, so their relationship “was not astride, but side by side,” the author writes. Gamal boarded in different locations over the nine years she took care of him – she didn’t own a barn, let alone a farm. But there was plenty of grooming and carrot-feeding time even as The Fund for Animals job often took her on the road.

“He knew, no matter where he was, that I was his person,” she said.

When Gamal’s manner

of breathing shifted in her company in what seemed to her a calm and intentional manner, she would breathe with him, and likens it to a shared meditation.

“Sometimes I experienced sheer bliss that I could feel this close to anyone,” Branigan writes. “I would tap into a consciousness that transcended the concerns of everyday life and revealed the unity and perfection of things just as they are.”

The author is well aware that even some horse lovers might find her descriptions of communing with Gamal to be anthropomorphic – an effort to ascribe human characteristics to a beloved animal.

“I don’t think people who would say that are listening enough to animals,” she said.

“Just because animals don’t speak our language doesn’t mean they don’t have a language of their own. They do, as evidenced by their behaviors.”

Gamal’s jaw was badly broken when he was kicked during horseplay with a fellow member of a small herd on a Clinton, N.J., farm where he was boarding in August 1989. He died shortly thereafter.

“Sometimes I drive down the road nearby, open the window, and say his name,” Branigan said, her voice breaking.

“I should have brought some tissues to this interview!”

Branigan had hoped to avoid writing about Gamal’s death in the book.

“I didn’t think I could survive writing about it,” she said. “The wisdom of my editor, Victoria Wilson, is what convinced me. She said, ‘you really have to write about it.’ When I said ‘I can’t,’ she said ‘yes you can.’”

The book “was very important to me, because Gamal was an exceptional horse,” said Branigan. “I couldn’t live with [the fact] that when he died that was the end of him forever.

“How he changed me, how I changed him – when I died, that would be it [for him]. So the book was my way of ensuring him some sort of immortality.”

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DR#00049391 Published: Sept. 13, 20, 2021 T.S. No. 096149-CA APN: 0168-435-120 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 11/7/2017. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER On 9/22/2021 at 9:30 AM, CLEAR RECON CORP, as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 11/17/2017 as Instrument No. 201700099595 of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Solano County, State of CALIFORNIA executed by: DONALD J.A. MACPHERSON, AN UNMARRIED MAN WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK DRAWN ON A STATE OR NATIONAL BANK, A CHECK DRAWN

BY A STATE OR FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, OR A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, OR SAVINGS BANK SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5102 OF THE FINANCIAL CODE AND AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE; OUTSIDE OF SANTA CLARA STREET ENTRANCE TO THE CITY HALL 555 SANTA CLARA STREET, VALLEJO, CA 94590 all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: MORE ACCURATELY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 2671 BURRELL DRIVE, FAIRFIELD, CA 94533 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein.

Said sale will be held, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, condition, or encumbrances, including fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to pay the remaining principal sums of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $45,595.79 If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned or its predecessor caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (844) 477-7869 or visit this Internet Web site WWW.STOXPOSTING.COM, using the file number assigned to this case 096149-CA. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. NOTICE TO TENANT: Effective January 1, 2021, you may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase.

First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call (855) 313-3319, or visit this internet website www.clearreconcorp.com, using the file number assigned to this case 096149-CA to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase. FOR SALES INFORMATION: (844) 477-7869 CLEAR RECON CORP 4375 Jutland Drive San Diego, California 92117 DR# 00048945 Published: August 30, September 6, 13, 2021

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Interested Bidders are referred to the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District Purchasing Department website, https://www.fsusd.org/Page/15594, for all communication, instructions, and forms. All questions regarding this RFQ/P are due on or before 4:00 pm on September 22, 2021 and must be submitted in email to: Melissa Mata at melissamat@fsusd.org – using the subject line of “RFQ/P #2122-22 Questions”. It is the responsibility of the Bidder to check the website for addenda and/or updates.

Proposals are due at the Purchasing Office for time and date stamping on or before 2:00 pm PST on October 12, 2021. One original and one electronic version (usb drive) response must be submitted in a sealed, clearly marked envelope. All proposals must be received and time and date stamped in the Purchasing office by the above due date and time. Proposals received after the due date and time will be returned unopened to the Bidder. No exceptions. Faxed or emailed proposals will not be accepted.

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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE CITY OF FAIRFIELD PLANNING COMMISSION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF FAIRFIELD will hold a public hearing on the following item: LOGISTICENTER AT FAIRFIELD – Tentative Parcel Map (TP2021-001); Development Review (DR2021-002); Environmental Review (ER2021-005). Public hearing on request

by George Condon/Dermody Properties to create five legal parcels to facilitate the development of an industrial campus consisting of five shell buildings, ranging in size from 83,268 sq. ft. to 260,088 sq. ft. (totaling to 717,504 sq. ft.), and associated site improvements on a vacant 59.7-acre site at the northeast corner of Beck Avenue and Cordelia Road (APNs: 032-190-120; -240; -200; -320; -330). A Mitigated Negative Declaration has been prepared to comply with the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act. (Planner: Meily M. Sheehan, 707-428-7474, msheehan@fairfield.ca.gov) NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN THAT said public hearing will be held on Wednesday, October 13, 2021, beginning at 6:00 p.m. in the City of Fairfield Council Chambers, 1000 Webster Street, at which time and place any and all persons interested in said matters may appear and be heard. If you challenge any of the above-cited items 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 Community Development Department at, or prior to the public hearing. Any party aggrieved or affected by a decision or determination by the Planning Commission in the administration of the City’s Development Regulations may file an appeal within 14 business days of the decision or determination using the appeal form available from the Community Development Department. To file an appeal, complete the form and submit it with the appropriate fee to: Community Development Department, 1000 Webster Street, 2nd Floor, Fairfield, CA 94533 no later than 14 business days from the date of this hearing. Postmarks will be accepted. For additional information, please contact the Community Development Department, City Hall, 2nd Floor or phone 707-428-7461.

The City of Fairfield does not discriminate against any individual with a disability. City publications will be made available upon request in the appropriate format to persons with a disability. If you need an accommodation to attend or participate in this meeting due to a disability, please contact Lucia Morales, Administrative Assistant, 707-4287466, lmorales@fairfield.ca.gov, in advance of the meeting.

DR#00049452 Published: Sept. 13, 2021 NOTICE OF INTENT TO ADOPT A MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION City of Fairfield Community Development Department 1000 Webster Street, Second Floor, Fairfield, California 94533 Given pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Sections 21091 and 21092 of the Public Resources Code and Section 15072 of the CEQA Guidelines.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a draft Mitigated Negative Declaration has been prepared and is available for public review and comments regarding the following project:

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Each proposed parcel contains parking, landscaping, stormwater quality treatment areas, and associated infrastructure improvements. Conditioned reciprocal cross access and parking easements will allow the project to operate as a cohesive industrial park. The project is to be constructed in the two phases. Phase I entails the building and site improvements for Buildings 1 and 2. Phase II will complete the project with the construction of the remaining site infrastructure and Buildings 3, 4, and 5. The five buildings will be used for limited industrial uses, including warehouse and office, consistent with the IL (Limited Industrial) zoning district that is applicable to the project location. Specific tenant users are unknown at this time.

REVIEW PERIOD: September 13, 2021 – October 13, 2021 CONTACT PERSON: Meily M. Sheehan, Senior Planner 707-428-7474, msheehan@fairfield.ca.gov Copies of all relevant documents are available at the City of Fairfield Community Development Department at the above address.

Comments to the Mitigated Negative Declaration must be received by the Community Development Department in writing no later than 5:30 p.m. on October 13, 2021. The comments should focus on the sufficiency of the environmental documentation in its discussion of the possible impacts of the project.

The project site 0 is 1 is not listed on any list of hazardous waste sites prepared pursuant to Government Code Section 65962.5. Any information contained in a Hazardous Waste Substances Statement is attached to this Notice. Further information may be obtained from the Community Development Department during regular business hours, Monday through Friday (closed first and third Fridays), 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon and 1:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at 707-428-7461.

DR#00049434 Published: Sept. 15, 2021

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B8 Monday, September 13, 2021 — DAILY REPUBLIC

Scoreboard BASEBALL American League East Division W L 89 54 80 63 81 64 79 63 46 97 Central Division Chicago White Sox 82 61 Cleveland 69 72 Detroit 68 76 Kansas City 65 78 Minnesota 63 80 West Division Houston 83 59 OAKLAND 77 66 Seattle 77 66 L.A. Angels 70 73 Texas 53 89 Wild Card Toronto 80 63 Boston 81 64 — N.Y. Yankees 79 63 OAKLAND 77 66 Seattle 77 66

Tampa Bay Toronto Boston N.Y. Yankees Baltimore

Pct GB .622 — .559 9 .559 9 .556 9½ .322 43 .573 — .489 12 .472 14½ .455 17 .441 19 .585 — .538 6½ .538 6½ .490 13½ .373 30 .559 — .559 — .556 ½ .538 3 .538 3

National League East Division W L 76 66 72 71 71 72 60 83 59 84 Central Division Milwaukee 89 55 Cincinnati 75 69 St. Louis 73 69 Chicago Cubs 65 79 Pittsburgh 52 91 West Division SAN FRANCISCO 93 50 L.A. Dodgers 91 53 San Diego 74 68 Colorado 66 78 Arizona 47 96

Atlanta Philadelphia N.Y. Mets Miami Washington

Pct GB .535 — .503 4½ .497 5½ .420 16½ .413 17½ .618 — .521 14 .514 15 .451 24 .364 36½ .650 — .632 2½ .521 18½ .458 27½ .329 46

49ers From Page B1 suddenly clinging to a 41-33 lead, Samuel lost a fumble at the end of what appeared to be a game-sealing first-down reception and the Lions recovered at their 30-yard line with 52 seconds left. The Lions marched 46 yards in 35 seconds – making overtime a distinct reality – but Jared Goff’s throw on 4th-and-9 from the 49ers’ 24-yard line fell incomplete.

The most relieved member of the 49ers? It might have been Samuel, who watched part of Detroit’s final drive out-

Open From Page B1 then served two aces to hold serve and cut Medvedev’s lead to 2-1.

The six games after that went according to

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Wild Card L.A. Dodgers 91 53 .632 +16 Cincinnati 75 69 .521 — — San Diego 74 68 .521 — St. Louis 73 69 .514 1 Philadelphia 72 71 .503 2½ N.Y. Mets 71 72 .497 3½ Sunday’s Games SAN FRANCISCO 6, Chicago Cubs 5 Texas 4, OAKLAND 3 Detroit 8, Tampa Bay 7, 11 innings Washington 6, Pittsburgh 2 Toronto 22, Baltimore 7 Colorado 5, Philadelphia 4 Milwaukee 11, Cleveland 1 Atlanta 5, Miami 3 Houston 3, L.A. Angels 1 Kansas City 5, Minnesota 3 Chicago White Sox 2, Boston 1 St. Louis 2, Cincinnati 0 L.A. Dodgers 8, San Diego 0 Seattle 5, Arizona 4 N.Y. Yankees at N.Y. Mets, (n) Monday’s Games San Diego at SAN FRANCISCO, 6:45 p.m.

Minnesota at N.Y. Yankees, 11:05 a.m.

Miami at Washington, 4:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Toronto, 4:07 p.m.

St. Louis at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m.

Houston at Texas, 5:05 p.m.

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

Boston at Seattle, 7:10 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games OAKLAND at Kansas City, 5:10 p.m.

San Diego at SAN FRANCISCO, 6:45 p.m.

Cleveland at Minnesota, first game, 12:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Minnesota, second game, 4:40 p.m.

Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 3;35 p.m.

Milwaukee at Detroit, 3:40 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m.

Miami at Washington, 4:05 p.m.

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

Tampa Bay at Toronto, 4:07 p.m.

St. Louis at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m.

Colorado at Atlanta, 4:20 p.m.

Houston at Texas, 5:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Chicago White Sox, 5:10 p.m.

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

Boston at Seattle, 7:10 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games OAKLAND at Kansas City, 5:10 p.m.

San Diego at SAN FRANCISCO, 6:45 p.m.

Miami at Washington, 10:05 a.m.

Milwaukee at Detroit, 10:10 a.m.

Tampa Bay at Toronto, 12:07 p.m.

Boston at Seattle, 1:10 p.m.

Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 3:35 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m.

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

Colorado at Atlanta, 4:20 p.m.

stretched on the sideline.

“I was just out there hoping and praying the defense would hold on,” Samuel said, “because I knew I just made a big mistake.”

The 49ers opened the game with a turnover on their first offensive snap. But after quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo lost a fumble on a botched center exchange, the 49ers, eight-point road favorites, spent much of the afternoon eviscerating the Lions, who allowed the second-most points in NFL history last year.

Garoppolo, whose starting job has been the source of endless offseason discussion, ensured he’ll keep the No. 1 spot for another week. And serve and were quick, with few long rallies.

That put Medvedev in position to serve for the set at 5-4, and he finished it with a flourish – his eighth ace.

Djokovic had three break points in the second game of the second set,

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95|56 Wednesday Sunny

83|54 Thursday Sunny

77|54 Friday Sunny

77|56 Lake Berryessa

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NFL American Conference East W L T Pct. PF 1 0 0 1.000 17 0 1 0 .000 16 0 1 0 .000 16 0 1 0 .000 14 North

W L T Pct. PF Cincinnati 1 0 0 1.000 27 Pittsburgh 1 0 0 .000 23 Baltimore 0 0 0 .000 0 Cleveland 0 1 0 .000 29 South

W L T Pct. PF Houston 1 0 0 1.000 37 Indianapolis 0 1 0 .000 16 Jacksonville 0 1 0 .000 21 Tennessee 0 1 0 .000 13 West

W L T Pct. PF Denver 1 0 0 1.000 27 Kansas City 1 0 0 1.000 33 L.A. Chargers 1 0 0 1.000 20 Las Vegas 0 0 0 .000 0 National Conference East

W L T Pct. PF Philadelphia 1 0 0 1.000 32 N.Y. Giants 0 1 0 .000 13 Washington 0 1 0 .000 16 Dallas 0 1 0 .000 29 North

W L T Pct. PF Chicago 0 1 0 .000 14 Detroit 0 1 0 .000 33 Green Bay 0 1 0 .000 3 Minnesota 0 1 0 .000 24 South

W L T Pct. PF Carolina 1 0 0 1.000 19 New Orleans 1 0 0 1.000 38 Tampa Bay 1 0 0 1.000 31 Atlanta 0 1 0 .000 6 West

W L T Pct. PF Arizona 1 0 0 1.000 38 L.A. Rams 1 0 0 1.000 34 SAN FRAN 1 0 0 1.000 41 Seattle 1 0 0 1.000 28

Miami Buffalo New England N.Y. Jets

PA 16 23 17 19 PA 24 16 0 33 PA 21 28 37 38 PA 13 29 16 0 PA 6 27 20 31 PA 34 41 38 27 PA 14 3 29 32 PA 13 14 33 16

Baseball MLB •Minnesota at N.Y. Yankees, MLB, 11 a.m.

•Tampa Bay at Toronto, 4 p.m.

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

rusher ( Elijah Mitchell) and 100-yard receiver (Samuel) for the first time since Oct. 7, 2012.

“We were rolling as an offense for a minute there,” Garoppolo said.

“We got into a pretty good groove. Kyle was calling the plays, he was on fire and we were rolling pretty good. We’ve just got to find a way to finish a little better.”

The 49ers will now have to finish the season without Verrett, whose tearful limp to the locker room Sunday was a reason his teammates limped to the finish.

“He’s worked so hard to come out and prove himself,” Samuel said. “. . .

You could tell it took a toll on the team.” player to support. The fans here have consistently backed the underdog, but they also wanted to witness history, which meant backing Djokovic. The witness-tohistory sentiment seemed to prevail as the match progressed.

Davis 96|61 Dixon Santa Rosa 96|60 84|55 Vacaville Napa 98|66 83|55 Fairfield/Suisun City 95|60 Vallejo Benicia 83|56 Rio Vista 89|58 95|60 Concord 91|58 Richmond 71|56 Walnut Creek 92|58 Oakland 74|58 San Francisco 71|56

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

Sunrise..............................6:48 a.m.

Sunset...............................7:18 p.m.

Moonrise..........................2:25 p.m.

Moonset........................ 11:53 p.m.

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W L T PF PA W L T PF PA Vanden 4 0 0 170 59 0 0 0 0 0 Rodriguez 3 0 0 88 16 0 0 0 0 0 Wood 3 1 0 108 83 0 0 0 0 0 Vacaville 2 2 0 84 52 0 0 0 0 0 Armijo 1 3 0 50 152 0 0 0 0 0 Fairfield 0 2 0 13 80 0 0 0 0 0 Sierra Delta League Overall League

W L T PF PA W L T PF PA Vaca Chr. 4 0 0 93 6 0 0 0 0 0 Linden 2 2 0 99 113 0 0 0 0 0 Rio Vista 2 2 0 108 60 0 0 0 0 0 Esparto 1 1 0 70 49 0 0 0 0 0 G. Sierra 0 1 0 22 34 0 0 0 0 0 San Juan 0 2 0 0 89 0 0 0 0 0 Highlands 0 3 0 26 162 0 0 0 0 0 Friday’s Games Woodland 73, Armijo 26 Center 56, Fairfield 6 Rodriguez 28, Napa 3 Vanden 34, Foothill 20 Granite Bay 14, Vacaville 9 Wood 46, Chavez 6 Winters 48, Rio Vista 26 Vacaville Christian 7, Gustine 0 Esparto 42, Maxwell 18 Linden 28, Galt 7 Cordova 57, Highlands 0 Mesa Verde 56, San Juan 0 Bye — Golden Sierra Friday, Sept. 17 West Park at Rodriguez, 7:15 p.m.

Tracy at Vacaville, 7:15 p.m. (homecoming) Alhambra at Fairfield, 7:30 p.m.

Esparto at Rio Vista, 7 p.m. (homecoming) Linden at Golden Sierra, 7 p.m.

Highlands at San Juan, 7 p.m.

Byes — Armijo, Vaca Christian, Vanden, Wood

but Medvedev’s serve helped him escape. He fired two aces and held serve, potentially a key moment. Medvedev had a break point in the third game, but Djokovic held to go up 2-1.

The crowd initially seemed torn about which

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he won’t be unseated by rookie Trey Lance until at least 2022 if can keep respiring Sunday’s performance: Garoppolo shrugged off his turnover by connecting on his first eight passes, part of a performance in which he completed 17 of 25 passes for 314 yards with a touchdown and posted a 124.2 passer rating.

Garoppolo oversaw an offense that had 442 yards, averaged 8 yards per play and scored four touchdowns and field goal in the six drives after his fumble.

The 49ers were averaging a first-down every play (10.3 yards) after taking a 38-10 lead midway through the third quarter.

The 49ers had a 300yard passer, 100-yard

Almanac

Sun and Moon

Week 1 Thursday’s Game Tampa Bay 31, Dallas 29 Sunday’s Games SAN FRANCISCO 41, Detroit 33 Houston 37, Jacksonville 21 L.A. Chargers 20, Washington 16 Seattle 28, Indianapolis 16 Carolina 19, N.Y. Jets 14 Cincinnati 27, Minnesota 24, OT Pittsburgh 23, Buffalo 16 Philadelphia 32, Atlanta 6 Arizona 38, Tennessee 13 Kansas City 33, Cleveland 29 New Orleans 38, Green Bay 3 Denver 27, N.Y. Giants 13 Miami 17, New England 16 L.A. Rams 34, Chicago 14 Monday’s Game Baltimore at Las Vegas, 5:15 p.m.

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

Temperature High/Low...........................101°/58° Average high .......................... 87.3° Average low............................ 56.1° A year ago............................ NA/NA Barometric pressure............29.86 Humidity...................................21%

Air Quality Index 51 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....................... 0.45″ Normal Sept. rainfall ............ 0.21″ Source: Bay Area Air Quality Management District Season-to-date...................... 8.19″ Normal seasonal rainfall....24.81″ UV Index This date last year...................... NA 7 Source: NWS and NOAA <2 3-5 6-7 8-10 11+ Source: United States Environmental Protection Agency

Cleveland at Minnesota, 4:40 p.m.

Houston at Texas, 5:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Chicago White Sox, 5:10 p.m.

Arizona at L.a. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m.

San Mateo 77|56 Palo Alto 78|57

Basketball WNBA •Dallas at Las Vegas, NBATV, noon Football NFL •Baltimore at Las Vegas, ESPN, ESPN2 (Peyton and Eli Manning), 5:15 p.m.

Soccer Premier League •Everton vs. Burnley, NBCSN, 11 a.m.

Ligue 2 •LeHavre vs. Toulouse, BEIN, 8 p.m. (taped) Softball Athletes Unlimited •Team Ocasio vs. Team Jaquish, FS2, 4 p.m.

•Team McCleney vs. Team Osterman, CBSSN, 7 p.m.

Tennis •WTA Luxembourg, WTA Portorez, early rounds, 6 a.m.

•WTA Luxembourg, WTA Portorez, early rounds, 4 a.m.

Tuesday’s TV sports Baseball MLB •Cleveland at Minnesota, first game, MLB, noon •Cleveland at Minnesota, second game, FS1, 4:30 p.m.

•Oakland at Kansas City, NBCSCA, 5 p.m.

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

Soccer •FIFA Futsal World Cup, Argentina vs. United States, FS1, 10 a.m.

•Copa do Brazil, quarterfinals, second leg, Santos vs.

Athletico, FS2, 5:30 p.m.

•Leagues Cup, semifinals, Seattle Sounders vs. Santos Laguna, ESPN2, 7 p.m.

Volleyball College women •Nebraska at Stanford, PAC12, P12BA, 5 p.m.

Tennis •WTA Luxembourg, WTA Portorez, early rounds, 5 and 6 a.m.

•WTA Luxembourg, WTA Portorez, early rounds, 4 a.m.

•WTA Luxembourg, WTA Portorez, early rounds, 5 and 6 a.m. (Wednesday)

Giants: Get sweep From Page B1 Francisco for an additional day and activated him at the beginning of their seven-game homestand, but the club chose to have the infielder fly to Chicago on Saturday so he could be in the lineup against Cubs lefty Justin Steele.

Flores made the most of his day at Wrigley Field as the right-handed hitter drove in the Giants’ first run of the game with a RBI single in the second inning before providing starter Logan Webb with valuable insurance runs with his two-run home run in the fifth.

Flores was also at the plate in the seventh inning when the Giants added to their lead against Cubs reliever Codi Heuer, but he did not receive credit for a RBI after Kris Bryant raced from third base to the plate following a wild pitch in a 3-2 count that

helped Flores reach base for the fourth time.

Webb didn’t pitch poorly, but the five earned runs he allowed over six-plus innings were the most the righthander has allowed in a start since May 5 when he surrendered six runs to the Rockies at Coors Field.

Webb’s final line would have looked even better if not for a few outfield miscues involving center fielder Austin Slater.

After Webb retired the first nine batters he faced Sunday, Rafael Ortega hit a flyball to center field that Slater lost in the sun a day in the exact same fashion that Mike Yastrzemski failed to catch a ball in Saturday’s game.

The miscue allowed Ortega to reach third base with a triple which allowed him to score with ease on Frank Schwindel’s RBI groundout.

San Jose 84|58

Tides

National forecast

High

(feet) Low

(feet)

7:15 a.m.

6:08 p.m.

8:50 a.m.

7:16 p.m.

4.32 6.13 4.43 6.08

0.28 2.77 0.16 3.04

12:07 a.m.

11:43 a.m.

1:23 a.m.

1:09 p.m.

Suisun High (feet) Low Today 9:07 a.m. 3.99 3:20 a.m.

7:43 p.m. 5.66 2:12 p.m.

Tuesday 10:27 a.m. 4.06 4:40 a.m.

8:53 p.m. 5.53 3:24 p.m.

(feet)

0.56 1.79 0.45 2.08

Forecast for Monday, Sept. 13, 2021

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