Daily Republic: Friday, September 24, 2021

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Newsom signs $15 billion climate package Tribune Content Agency Standing before of a foil-wrapped, fireproofed monument in Sequoia National Park amid a haze of wildfire smoke, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed a $15 billion climate package for California, the largest such investment in state history. As ash from the nearby KNP Complex fire rained from an opaque sky, Newsom outlined the details of the package, which included investments in drought response, forest management and climate risk mitigation. California in recent months has been hit with record-breaking heat,

devastating drought and a wildfire season that has seen more than 2.35 million acres burned across the state – a disastrous convergence of events that has been fueled by the burning of fossil fuels and threatens to become endemic to the region. “We feel a deep sense of responsibility here in the state of California because of the smashmouth realities of climate change,” Newsom said. “Not just the issues of the acuity and frequency and duration of these wildfires, but also what’s happening with this mega-drought over the enter West Coast of the United States.” See Climate, Page A11

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Runner David Green stopped in Fairfield on his way across the country, Thursday.

‘Time to get outside’ Florida man running across America makes pit stop in Fairfield

David Green’s journey through America will cover Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/TNS

Sierra Cobras fire crew member Gustavo Cisneros keeps an eye on a hillside as flames roil through the Sequoia National Forest on the Windy Fire near the Tule River Reservation in Sequoia National Forest, Thursday.

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FAIRFIELD — David Green got so tired of being cooped up by the Covid-19 pandemic that he decided to take a little run. After 115 days, he’s about to complete his run from Jacksonville Beach, Florida, all the way to Muir Beach, California. Thanks to the hospitality of the city of Fairfield communications director Bill Way, Green, his small entourage and 30-foot RV pulled into Fairfield late Thursday afternoon. Green took a rest in the city parking lot near Webster and Kentucky streets before continuing a journey early Friday morning that will end this weekend. “The why is because I wanted to get out after Covid and inspire people to go out and do something unique and fun,” said the 57-year-old ultramarathon runner, sporting a red beard, beige straw hat, sunglasses, running shorts

and sneakers. “I’ve done it to reconnect with America. We’ve been stuck inside for a year and a half and have become too polarized. It was time to get outside and talk to strangers.” What started in June has taken him on a journey through America that will cover 116 days and 3,500 miles. He has crossed the Appalachian Trail, the Trail of Tears, Route 66, the Santa Fe Trail, the Mormon Trail, the California Trail and the Pony Express Trail. Green said he dealt with extreme heat along the way and endured 30-degree temperatures on top of mountain ranges with 30 mph winds. Thirteen days in he had to stop after suffering a Grade 3 stress fracture in his right shin. That healed up after a couple of months and he was back on his adventure. The end of the trip has helped him reconnect with family. He has a 104-year-old grandmother in

CDC panel recommends Pfizer boosters for millions

Town Hall addresses climate change

The Washington Post

Matt Miller

WASHINGTON — ­ Millions of Americans vaccinated against the coronavirus appear poised to have the green light to get a booster dose – a shot aimed at fortifying their defenses against a highly transmissible variant that ignited a fourth deadly wave of illness. The actions this week of two of the nation’s major health agencies were set to open the newest chapter in the 18-month campaign to stop the coronavirus but not without tensions. A recommendation Thursday from a panel of advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention largely mirrored an authorization issued a day earlier

The CDC panel parted with the FDA on a pivotal issue: It declined to recommend a booster for people at risk of illness because of their job. by the Food and Drug Administration, with a call for a third shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for people 65 and older, nursing home residents and people 50 to 64 with underlying medical conditions six months after completing their second shot. The panel also said younger people, 18 to 49 years old with underlying medical conditions, may assess their own See Booster, Page A11

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FAIRFIELD — Sen. Bill Dodd hosted a virtual Town Hall session Tuesday to address climate change, environmental stewardship and the drought, featuring a panel of state experts. Dodd, D-Napa, was joined by Wade Crowfoot, secretary of the California National Resources Daily Republic file (2015) Agency, Joaquin Geese navigate the dried up lake bed of the reservoir at Esquivel, chairman of Lagoon Valley Park in Vacaville, Aug. 30, 2015. the California Department of Water Resources, bold action is needed to Gavin Newsom signed and Jay Ziegler, policy reverse climate change a $15 billion climate and external affairs and we can’t afford to protection package director of The Nature sit idly by.” that includes Dodd’s Conservancy. On Thursday, Gov. own Senate Bill 109, See Town, Page A11 “Climate change is here and has revealed 3VJHS .PYS 2UV^Z a series of existential challenges that 9LHS ,Z[H[L are sadly becoming Dr. David P. Simon, well known to all,” MD, FACS. Eye Physician & Dodd said. “We know A7=: *=;16-;; Surgeon, Col. (Ret.), USAF

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