Daily Republic: Friday, September 17, 2021

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Covid cases jump in Solano; hospitalizations stable A3

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SCC board adds mask mandate, vaccine-testing requirement for returning faculty and students, which Vice President Sarah ROCKVILLE — Chapman assured The Solano Community everyone was being forCollege governing board mulated and would be has unanimously passed announced soon. a masking, vacA statecination, and/or ment from regular testing James Lawn, a mandate for all human anatomy of its students, and physiology faculty and staff. instructor, also The vote concurred with was passed at the mandate. Wednesday eve“A high vacning’s meeting. cination rate Esposito-Noy gives us our board The best chance of received several returning to letters in support normal,” his of the manstatement read. dates, which Board Preswere read aloud ident Denis at the meeting. Honeychurch Biology instrucassured people Michelle tor that he had given Smith comthe mandate a lot mended the body honeychurch of thought. for its consider“I don’t take it lightly, ation of the measures. “The Centers for mandating a vaccination Disease Control and Pre- for students and staff and vention recommends the the whole group that we use of multiple strategies serve, and ourselves,” he of protection, includ- said. “But as a member ing vaccination and face of the ACLU and fighter masks,” her statement for constitutional rights read. “The Covid-19 vac- for decades, I think this is important enough for cinations are safe and us to pass to maintain the effective even against safety of the college.” emerging variants. VacIn addition to the cinations with face masks Covid-19 protocols, the remain the only way to board approved the return to campus safely.” final adoption of the Smith also urged 2021-22 district budgets. the board to create a comprehensive plan See SCC, Page A5

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A cadre of airmen from the First Sergeant Council at Travis Air Force Base participate in a 24-hour

remembrance run in honor of prisoners of war and service members missing in action, Thursday.

Remembrance Run kicks off to honor nation’s POWs, MIA K aty St. Clair

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TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE — The 2021 POW/MIA Remembrance Run at Travis Air Force Base kicked off at 11 a.m. Thursday, and the beginning pack of first sergeants rounded the track proudly waving the Stars and Stripes as well as the black National League of Families POW/MIA flag. Chief Master Sgt. Eric Fiero was present to see them off, remarking that he felt “a little somber” about the event. “But I’ll tell you something,” he said, “seeing the folks here honoring these individuals, it makes me a little emotional.”

The event takes place over 24 hours, with different groups of volunteer servicemen and women trading off relay-style, always making sure that the flags remain flying, much like the Olympics’ “eternal flame.” “Our goal is to keep the flags running constantly,” said Master Sgt. Jacqueline Marie Salmon. The same event was taking place on bases across the country, where service members wanted to honor Americans who were prisoners of war or never returned from duty. A recording plays constantly, reciting the names of each American POW or MIA soldier. “Earl Roger Biggs,” the voice intoned. “Frederick A. Billingham, Jr. George Allison Berg. Terry Lee

Blackburn, Jr. . . .” Jeffrey Jewell is a veteran who showed up to pay his respects by circling the track a few times. He said he always encourages veterans to participate. “I’m here because we support this,” he said, adding that he had been to a few of the weeklong events such as a breakfast and a movie night. In addition to moral support Thursday, Jewell said he has worked professionally for veterans organizations for many years. The remembrance event will come to a close late Friday morning, at which time the base will host a closing ceremony and event.

US holds thousands of Haitian migrants in South Texas after mass border crossing Arelis Hernández, Nick Miroff The Washington Post

DEL RIO, Texas — Thousands of Haitian migrants who have crossed the Rio Grande since Tuesday are sleeping outdoors under a border bridge in South Texas, creating a humanitarian emergency and a logistical challenge U.S. agents describe as unprecedented. Authorities in Del Rio say more than 8,000 migrants have

arrived at the impromptu camp, and they are expecting more in the coming days. The sudden influx has presented the Biden administration with a new border emergency at a time when illegal crossings have reached a 20-year high and Department of Homeland Security officials are straining to accommodate and resettle more than 60,000 Afghan evacuees. The migrants arriving to Del Rio appear to be part of a larger

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Vallejo police work to solve 2 deadly shootings in 2 days Glen Faison

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VALLEJO — Police are investigating a deadly shooting that happened Thursday afternoon, the second killing in the city in as many days. Each left a man dead. The shooting was reported shortly before 1:20 p.m. on the 900 block of Admiral Callaghan Lane. Officers found a 38-year-old Richmond man down in the parking lot of a business. Police report he had been shot at least once and was pronounced dead at the scene. The man’s identity was withheld pending family notification by the Solano County Coroner’s Office, police report. It’s the city’s 12th reported homicide of 2021. Authorities, as they were investigating the deadly shooting Thursday, kept a near information blackout in place about a fatal shooting that happened a day earlier. A man was found shot to death early Wednesday

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in the city’s 11th reported homicide of the year. responded Police shortly after 7:10 a.m. to reports of a man down on the ground on the 100 block of Hillborn Street. Police and firefighters who arrived at the scene found the man with at least one gunshot wound, police report. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The man’s name was withheld pending family notification. His city of residence was also not released. Police report that the man was in his 20s, but no specific age was released. Vallejo police did not provide a case update Thursday. An official with the Solano County Coroner’s Office reported late Thursday afternoon that no information about the man who was shot Wednesday would be released. Police reported Wednesday that investigators are working to establish the circumstances that led to the shooting as they searched for the man’s killer. They See Police, Page A5


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