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Storm drops 4 inches of rain on Fairfield, Napa areas Flood watch continues across tri-city area Daily Republic Staff

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FAIRFIELD — Residents across Solano County experienced a full day of near-constant rainfall Sunday as a series of storms continued to work their way through Northern California and the greater Bay Area and flooded several local roadways. Fairfield saw some 4.16 inches of rainfall recorded at Travis Air Force Base since the start of the storms and through 5 p.m. Sunday, according to the National Weather Service. Rainfall totals in Vacaville for the same span of time show several data gaps where the weather service does not record any rainfall totals even as it noted anywhere from moderate to heavy rainfall at the Nut Tree Airport. Napa area residents saw 3.95 inches of rainfall through 5 p.m. Sunday, the weather

service reports. Heavy rains caused localized flooding Sunday in Fairfield. Air Base Parkway was closed between Dover Avenue and Health Drive; the 3000 block of Holiday Lane was shut down; and police warned drivers to avoid the Travis Boulevard off-ramp from westbound Interstate 80. The same was true in Vacaville, where several roadways were closed at various times Sunday due to flooding. The closures included Peabody Road between Southwood and Beelard; East Woodglen Lane at the roundabout at Duxburry Lane and Eastwood Drive; roads in the Brown Street, Bennett Hill Drive, Rocky Hill Road, Woodcrest Drive and Markham Avenue areas; North Village Drive at Crescent Parkway; and Tulare Drive at Breelard and Brookdale drives. Several rural roadSee Storm, Page A7

DEA, Fairfield PD take back unwanted meds K aty St. Clair

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FAIRFIELD — The Fairfield Police Department teamed up Saturday with the Drug Enforcement Agency to gather unused prescription and over-the-counter medication for National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. Vehicle after vehicle drove up to 1000 Webster St. to drop off medications, which were then placed in boxes to be incinerated. The drive-thru was staffed by one DEA agent, city code enforcement officers, police officers and crime prevention specialists.

The goal of take-back events is to not only keep things like opioids and benzodiazepines out of the wrong hands, but to protect the environment, said Police Support Manager Jeremy Profitt. When medications are flushed down toilets or drains, they can taint water supplies, which can affect both people and animals, he said. The police also discourage simply throwing away unused medications, as those can end up being found and abused. “It’s also just a good way to engage with the community,” he said of the take-back See Meds, Page A7

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A skeleton of a dog is part of Michelle Cruz Slape’s front porch display in Fairfield, Thursday.

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Open caskets, skeletons in costumes, Crowsfield Hollow offer fun fare, scares Amy Maginnis-Honey

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FAIRFIELD — It’s the time of the year when the tern skeleton crew takes on a new meaning. A few tunes a week, Michelle Cruz Slape changes the clothing and scene in her front yard and patio on Singletree Way in Fairfield. She started in 2020 with two skeletons. “I don’t typically decorate for Halloween but decided to start last year as something to do,” she shared in a Facebook message. “Then I started growing the number of them and now I’m up to

five and a skeleton dog,” she wrote. “The neighbors and my friends on social media get a kick out of them so it motivates me to keep going with them. It’s a little bit of fun during these odd times.” One scene featured all five skeletons in the front yard as the Not so New Kids on the Block, holding signs that read, “Please Don’t Go Guiir Rllll. Another showed the family of bones at a “playground,” complete with a wooden swing and slide. There was a John Cena vs. The Rock WrestleMania match earlier in the month, complete with a wrestling belt.

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VACAVILLE — Trustees of the Vacaville School District have approved a contract to assist a student who is hard of hearing – even though the necessary personnel are not yet available. The contract with Interpreting and Consulting Services Inc. is not to exceed $203,000 for the 2021-22 school year. The contract, which was approved Thursday, will provide American Sign Language interpretation for a student in the school district who is hard of hearing. But this doesn’t come without some compli-

cations, according to Assistant Superintendent Sasha Begell, because at this time the company does not have the two certified interpreters to be in the classrooms for the school day. Children with delayed skills or other disabilities are able to be eligible for special services that provide individualized education programs in public schools, free of charge to families, due to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Parents can work with educators to develop a plan called the IndiEducation vidualized Program to help children succeed in school. This student does not

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Some unwritten rules, finally written down Have you ever heard the not grow up with computers phrase “there’s an unwritten except for those that would fill a rule?” Well, I for one think that it room, then you should always feel is high time someone wrote at awe at the fact that videoconferencing applications like Zoom least some of those rules down. were science fiction for most The following 20 come from my of your life. own experience and from others. n If you are visiting someone’s You’re welcome. house and go to the bathroom and n If you are auditioning for a Tony Wade discover that their toilet paper part in a musical, the absolute The last laugh roll is on wrong (under), always worst song you can choose to sing correct it (to over). They will is “I’m Picking Out a Thermos thank you in due time. for You” from the movie “The Jerk.” n It is OK for old school people like Well, unless you are trying out for a part myself who likes the new albums by The in “The Jerk: The Musical.” n Throwing a pie in someone’s face is Doobie Brothers and The Spinners to also like the Lil Nas X record. But no one always funny and everyone should have the experience. Of being the thrower, not needs to see you dancing to it. Or actually to any album or song. necessarily the recipient. n It is my duty to try to find life n Never get involved in a land war in lessons where I can, like how I can see a Asia and never go against a Sicilian clear definition of irony in the fact that when death is on the line. when watching the most elite, well-conn If someone lets you cut in front of ditioned athletes in the world engage in them in traffic, always give them that odd little wave that we only do in the car sporting events, the advertisers are that somehow has come to mean, “Thank mainly hawking junk fast food and beer. n If you’re happy and you know it, you.” If you neglect to do so, you may elicit another . . . uh . . . less friendly hand that should be enough. There is no need to clap your hands or stomp your feet or gesture from the generous other driver. shout hurray or hallelujah. n No matter how much they doll up n Make sure your phone is muted if Carrie Underwood, that “Sunday Night you are going to pretend to be using it to Football” theme song – a parody of Joan avoid having to talk with someone, Jett’s “I Hate Myself for Loving You” because when it rings, you will look all – sucks. n Even though it breaks fashion rules, kinds of foolish. n Never give up on dreams. Dream if you lose a boatload of weight and can big and audacious, but also small and a finally button your button-up shirts all the way to top and can tuck your T-shirts little silly. I lamented in a column last inside your trousers and not look like you year the fact that back in the day, if you spotted a blooper on a TV show and were are trying to sneak Danny DeVito into the first to send a letter to the National the movies, go on witchya bad self. Enquirer, you’d win $50 and receive a n If your sports team loses and T-shirt that said, “I’m a National someone is trying to aim some smack at Enquirer TV Blooper Spotter.” I always you, deflect it by the tried and true wanted one but wasn’t fast enough on the method of reminding them of how many draw. Well, at one of my book signings, a championships your team has won. reader gifted me with one. My life is Obviously this only works if your team now complete. has more than theirs so L.A. Chargers n When women think that we guys fans, whose trophy case consists of dust are being quiet because we are mulling bunnies, crushed dreams, despair and over the state of our relationship or upset oxygen, can just move on the next rule. n If I realize I left my asthma inhaler about something, often we are thinking about absolutely nothing. We have the at home, I will immediately start to feel as if I can only breathe like Darth Vader, awesome ability to just put up an analog screen saver. but if I bring it, I am fine and quickly n While you may be able to convince forget about it. many people that Captain James T. Kirk n If you are of a certain age that did

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Munchkin Masquerade returns to Jelly Belly Daily Republic Staff

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FAIRFIELD — The Jelly Belly Munchkin Masquerade offers children and parents an opportunity to dress up and enjoy a parade of children in costumes. Family friendly events will commence with Mr. Jelly Belly and Kelly the Clown, and the first 300 children will receive a treat-filled goodie bag. The event will occur from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at 1 Jelly Belly Lane, Fairfield. Admission is free. For more information, visit JellyBelly.com or call 800-953-5592.

Drive-thru trick-ortreats set in Suisun The city is again hosting a drive-thru trickor-treat option for children from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday. There will be no Halloween costume parade because of Covid-19 precautions. Several city departments have joined forces for the event where candy will be distributed. Children are encouraged to wear a costume and visit four locations, in any order: n Heritage Park, 611 Village Drive. n City Hall, 701 Civic Center Blvd. n Fire Station, 622 Pintail Drive. n Burdick Center, 1101 Charleston Drive.

Orchard Church offers Halloween fun Orchard Church will host a family fun day this Halloween. Bring the children for a bounce house, enjoy live music and snack on candy popcorn and hot cocoa. The event will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sunday at 301 N. Orchard Ave. Admission is free. For more information, call 707-448-5848 or visit ItsAllAboutFamilies.org.

NightMare Island brings scares NightMare Island is here this year with a new venue but the same fun time. The youth-friendly,

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Makenna Phifer makes her way through the Munchkin Masquerade at Jelly Belly in Fairfield, Oct. 26, 2019. none-too-scary haunted house will take place from 5 to 6 p.m. There will be no scary actors, animatronics or roaming actors. But after 6 p.m., it’s a grownup party with scares suited for adults. This event runs Friday through Sunday. The new location is at the corner of Ninth Street and Nimitz Avenue on Mare Island. Park at 117 Nimitz Ave. Self-parking is included with all tickets. Parking is three blocks from the haunt entrance and will be on a first-come, firstserved basis. There will be signage and parking attendants as you approach the venue to direct you to the parking area. The area is patrolled by security, but do not leave valuables visible in your vehicle. The Vallejo City Council has enacted a mask mandate while indoors or in enclosed public spaces, so attendees must wear a mask to enter and while in the building. Organizers suggest that guests can incorporate their face covering into their costume. Tickets remain at 2018 prices. The Halloween Night Market will be open every night with crafters and sellers of the curious and odd. The Paranormal Investigation Tour meets at 7:30 p.m., which is available for an additional $5 fee. Tickets can be purchased onsite. There are a limited number available each night, and tickets are sold on a first-come, firstserved basis. There will be food

trucks for those who get hungry. Other activities suitable for all ages include: n 5:30 p.m. Sunday: Halloween Costume Parade for the Littles. n 6:30 p.m. Sunday: “Mysteries of the Natural World: Owls – at Nightmare Island” with Native Bird Connections. Wear costumes and plan for some family fun. NightMare Island will be collecting new and gently used Halloween costumes, children’s coats, adult coats, sleeping bags and tents, all to be distributed through Vallejo Together. Visitors may bring nonperishable food/pantry supplies to be distributed through Food is Free Solano. Tickets are available at www.nightmareislandvallejo.com. For more information, send an email to nightmareislandvallejo@gmail.com or call 241-4285.

Kroctoberfest offers drive-thru fun

bag of candy. Driver are asked to enter from Pintail Drive and exit through East Wigeon Way. The center is located at 586 E. Wigeon Way. For more information, call 439-7880.

Halloween karaoke, dance comes to Harbor Theater The Harbor Arts Center at Suisun Harbor Theater will host a Halloween Karaoke and Dance Party from 9 a.m. to midnight Saturday. The party is open to those 21 and older. A costume contest and photo booth are part of the fun. There will be free treats and coffee. Additional food and alcoholic drinks will be available for purchase. are Tickets $15 per person and can be purchased at www.suisunharbortheater.org. The venue is located at

Public workshops on ways the state can support “in-basin locally led” groundwater trading programs will be held next week. Part of the discussion by the California Water Commission will be on the Water Resilience Portfolio Action 3.6, which can be located at https://tinyurl. com/yt77a9cz. To register for the Thursday workshop, which is scheduled for 2:30 to 5 p.m., go to https:// tinyurl.com/y2kthz8w; and to register for the Friday workshop, scheduled for 9:30 a.m. to noon, go to https://tinyurl. com/e2k7dhc. The workshop agenda is available at https:// tinyurl.com/3jvk6rsb; the workbook is at https:// tinyurl.com/79ff7vnk. For more information, call 916873-5774 or send an email to cwc@cwc.ca.gov.

Bob Green performs at Moose Lodge Entertainer Bob Green will celebrate Canyon Country on Saturday at the Vacaville Moose Lodge, 6585 Gibson Canyon Road.

The performance is a benefit for the Moose Heart Child City and School for children and teens in need and Moosehaven, for senior citizens. The reception begins at 6:15 p.m. The show begins at 7 p.m. Green will play tunes from many country artists such as Garth Brooks, Merle Haggard and others. Tickets can be purchased by calling Dottie Foltz at 447-1833.

Area governments post week’s meeting schedules The various government meetings will occur this week are open to the public. The meetings include: n Fairfield Suisun Sewer District Executive Committee, 6 p.m. Monday, 1010 Chadbourne Road, executive conference room, Fairfield. Info: fssd.com. n Rio Vista Parks and Recreation Commission, 6 p.m. Monday, City Council chamber, City Hall, One Main St. Info: riovistacity.com/ recreation-commission. n Solano County Board of Supervisors, 9 a.m. Tuesday, County Government Center, 675 Texas St., Fairfield. Info: co.solano.ca.us. n Vacaville City Council, 6 p.m. Tuesday, council chamber, 650 Merchant St. Info: ci.vacaville.ca.us. n Fairfield-Suisun School District, 6 p.m. Thursday, first-floor board room at Central Office, 2490 Hilborn Road, Fairfield. Info: www.fsusd.org.

The Salvation Army Kroc Center will host its annual Kroctoberfest from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday. The free event is a drive-thru experience. The Kroc Center will have music playing, the parking lot and cars decorated, games, a clown, entertainment, candy and more. Guests are encouraged to dress in costumes. Children will be able to play games from the car and pose for pictures. Upon exiting, each participant will receive a

Snap a Halloween selfie Daily Republic Staff

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VACAVILLE — Stop by the Vacaville Public Library-Town Square, if you dare, and capture some Halloween season memories with a selfie in front of a “spook-tacular” backdrop. The “fang-tastic” backdrop will be available through Saturday, during library operating hours. The library is located at 1 Town Square Place, in “boo-tiful” downtown Vacaville. For more information, call 1-866-57-ASKUS or visit www.solanolibrary.com.

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Delilah Wilson demonstrates the Halloween “Selfie-Station” at the Vacaville Town Square Library, Friday, Oct. 1.

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Your self-worth is not determined by your husband’s desire for you Dear Annie: I’ve tonic marriage. I’ve been married for nearly spent years in counsel30 years. After our first ing trying to hold onto year of marriage, my a sense of self-worth in the face of his decadeshusband lost interest in long rejection. sex with me and refused He tells me he loves to discuss his reasons. me often, is a great stepWe were in our late 30s father and grandfather, at the time. This situashares many of tion has continued for Annie Lane and my interests. Should I our entire marriage Dear Annie except for brief periods finally just give up and of interest, which quickly discall that “enough”? Should I appear, leaving me more lonely just be grateful for a long-term and depressed. relationship when so many The pattern of our marwomen my age are widowed riage quickly became one of or divorced? me trying to guess what would I’ve forgiven the neglect make my husband desire me over and over, yet the loneliand turning myself inside out to ness comes back as years pass in this state. Saying all this out become whatever that was, but loud makes me seem pathetic, none of that has sparked any but I’m open to hearing your interest, and he has steadfastly thoughts. — Neglected Spouse responded to my pleas, questions, requests to attend couples Dear Neglected: Nothing counseling and so forth with that you said in your letter complete silence. is pathetic. Please don’t be Over the years, I have lost so hard on yourself. Changing your physical appearance weight, changed my hairstyle, will not change your husband’s worn more and less makeup, desire to have sex with you. You changed the way I dress when can’t control his actions, but he comments how attractive some woman’s outfit is, you can control yours. The fact become more sexually asserthat you wrote this letter shows tive and consistently shown that you are ready for a change. him how attractive I find him. I Don’t allow his sexual desire know he finds women attractive for you to determine your sense because he admitted after we’d of self-worth. You are so much been together 20 years that he more than that. I’m not sure used pornography often to find that staying with him, which sexual release. seems to be making you more I’m not perfect. I’m sure sad and lonely, is any better some fault must lie with me, than being on your own and but I’m now feeling sad and finding someone who desires resentful for the years of plaand deserves you.

Horoscopes

ARIES (March 21-April 19). Prehistoric humans relied on their ears to make their way through the wild without being eaten. Listening well remains among the top survival skills; it will be your strength today. You’ll clue in to what others miss. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Stay open to the possibilities. It is all too easy to resist the ideas that don’t fit with your notion of how the world is or should be. But one such idea will be your success key. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Hours of practice have helped you refine your talent. Now you expect the same work ethic of others. You’ll get what you’re looking for, so hold out until then. CANCER (June 22-July 22). Your novel and interesting activities will attract questions, all of which you’ll handle in one way or another. So, have no fear of this outside interest; it will ultimately further your cause. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). It’s time to update your information systems, including the ones that help you run your life efficiently, and of course, the one in your head running the show. Seek only solutions that are cheap, simple and immediate.

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It’s time to have a conversation with your husband about going to couples counseling together. You can’t keep going on like this, nor should you have to. Dear Annie: I’m tired. I have been in a six-year relationship with talks of marriage but no engagement yet. He was married before, while I have never been married. My boyfriend is 47, and I’m 41. I have given him six years of my life. He knows by now if he wants to spend the rest of his life with me. We don’t sleep in the same bed because he snores and I’m a light sleeper. He likes to drink beer daily, while I’m a social drinker. We have lots of fun together, but I feel like I deserve an engagement ring and marriage. I love him, and he loves me, but I’m discouraged. — Stuck in a Rut Dear Stuck: When a car is stuck in the mud, drivers are told to move it gently forward and back, rocking the vehicle until momentum frees it. You’ll be stuck in your rut forever if you don’t start rocking a little. Set aside time to have a quiet moment with your boyfriend and tell him how important it is to you to get married. If it is something that he doesn’t want to do, then you might be better off finding someone else. Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@ creators.com.

Bridge

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Today’s birthday Inspiration flows strong. You got a year older and your mind got five years younger because of all you learned, the mental exercise you put yourself through and curiosity, which is a fountain of youth. A purchase will last you the next decade, and a special relationship will build into the far-flung future. Libra and Cancer adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 10, 4, 28, 36 and 17.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’ll be appreciated for your image instead of your essence. To be fair, you’ve put a great deal of yourself into your packaging, which is very attractive. Golden are the ones who take the time to learn what’s inside. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Confidence will not coincide with competence. Those who know a little will feel they know everything, and those who know more will feel small next to the mountain of knowledge there is to gain on even the most granular subject. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).

A challenging situation will inspire you to play the “What if?” game – a thought exercise that will lead you to your next move. Instead of asking, “What if I fail?” ask, “What if I succeed?” SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21). People trust you. They’ll bring rough ideas and ask you to shape them. It’s a responsibility you don’t take lightly, even though it’s also a whole lot of fun! CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-J an. 19). There’s an art to setting a price. The expert bargainers start with a number that’s too high, fully expecting to dance their way down to a mutually agreeable arrangement. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18). You’re cooking up the sort of ideas that lead to the sweet life. Give into them! To do great things, you need great passion. It’s not the only ingredient, but good luck getting this cake to bake without it. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). The power of a legend cannot be felt by the characters within them. Also, people can only be as famous as the people around them think they are. The nature of celebrity will be a theme today.

by Phillip Alder

comfortably. But when the bridge begins and your contract puts your back against the proverbial wall, hunt exhaustively for any chance to win the required number of tricks. Today’s deal is taken from a tournament in the south of France. After the most common bidding sequence, South was in three notrump. (North was right not to look for the 11-trick game in clubs.) West led off with his top hearts, declarer holding up his ace until the third round, and East following throughout. South, thinking bridge was an easy game, cashed his club ace, then led the club jack, preparing to overtake with dummy’s queen. However, he was stopped in his tracks when West discarded a spade. How should declarer have continued? His nine easy tricks had shrunk dramatically, but he did have one chance, albeit faint, of making his contract. He had to find East with the spade ace, the spade king and either TRY FOR ANY 4=3=2=4 or 5=3=1=4 distribution. South won trick five with his club jack, CHANCE, HOWEVER cashed the diamond ace and diamond UNLIKELY king, then led a spade to dummy’s jack. It was declarer’s lucky day. East won Dr. Thomas Fuller, an English physician and preacher, wrote, “Beware that trick but was unable to stop South of telling an improbable truth.” I hope from getting into the dummy to cash the remainder of the club suit. East had that doesn’t apply to this column! no red-suit card left in his hand to get When you have your back against the wall, move the table and chair into to his partner’s heart winners. COPYRIGHT: 2021, UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE the room so that you may sit more

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California sees wave of political corruption

hen FBI agents swooped down on the state Capitol three-plus decades ago to cap an undercover sting delving into pay-to-play corruption, Assemblyman John Vasconcellos was incensed about the invasion of “my house.” Vasconcellos, who died in 2014, wasn’t a target of the investigation, nor should he have been. But his “my house” reaction to the “Shrimpgate” investigation revealed a common mindset of veteran politicians. After years in office, they tend to view their positions as personal possessions, rather than as temporary opportunities to serve their constituents. That possessive attitude Dan Walters sometimes manifests itself in corruption. Legislators and other politicians make decisions with immense financial consequences and some rationalize that they are entitled to shares of the bounty. Campaign contributions are a semi-legal way for those who benefit from political decisions to express their gratitude, but they can backfire legally if there is some overt quid pro quo. During the Shrimpgate investigation, Capitol politicians were ensnared for demanding both campaign money and personal payoffs from undercover FBI agents seeking legislation to benefit a fictitious shrimp processing company. So-called “behested” payments are another. Interest groups curry favor by making “contributions” to politicians’ favorite charities that sometimes employ the politicians’ relatives, as CalMatters writer Laurel Rosenhall has detailed. There are limits on direct campaign contributions, but none on behested payments. Belatedly, the Fair Political Practices Commission is promulgating new disclosure rules. The federal indictment of Los Angeles City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas alleges another wrinkle in the corruption game. RidleyThomas, who has jumped from office to office for the past three decades, is accused of helping a University of Southern California administrator obtain hefty county contracts in return for getting his son, Sebastian, a no-cost graduate degree and a full-time faculty position. The elder Ridley-Thomas was a county supervisor when the alleged transaction took place. His son is a former state legislator who resigned in the midst of a sexual harassment investigation. California has seen something of a corruption surge in recent years. One former Los Angeles City Council member is already serving a federal prison term for corruption and another is awaiting trial. Indictments of officials and political players in the small communities on the periphery of Los Angeles are so common that they scarcely raise an eyebrow. Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon calls his Los Angeles County district a “corrridor of corruption.” The Shrimpgate scandal fueled a successful drive to place term limits on state legislators, in theory discouraging perpetual political careers that breed arrogance and corruption. However, there have been several corruption cases since, including a state senator convicted of involvement in an international gunrunning scheme. That legislator, Leland Yee, represented San Francisco, which is experiencing another corruption scandal. Mohammed Nuru, the city’s former public works director, is, as the San Francisco Chronicle summarizes, “at the center of a widespread federal corruption case that has linked city officials, contractors, nonprofit groups and others in a web of alleged bribery and fraud. The former public works director was arrested in January 2020 for allegedly attempting to bribe an airport commissioner. His case is still pending in federal court.” It’s not uncommon for members of the public to declare that all politicians are crooks. They aren’t. Most are sincere and honest, whether or not one agrees with their actons. However, there is corruption and it flourishes most often when there is no meaningful political competition, when politicians believe that they own their positions and are entitled to pieces of the action, and when the watchdogs are not watching closely enough. CalMatters is a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s state Capitol works and why it matters. For more columns by Dan Walters, go to calmatters.org/commentary.

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nce upon a time – for flat land, with access to plenty a brief period – the of water and with easy access Fairfield City Council to Interstate 80. Developbelieved in smart ers have drooled for decades. growth, growth that protected Now they have an aggressive Travis Air Force Base and our pro-growth council that has nearby agricultural valleys. apparently given city planners Good projects were approved, instructions: “Begin annexbut no favors were done. ing part of Suisun Valley up to Once upon a time, the FairJack Batson Rockville Road.” field City Council protected They allowed the voterSuisun Valley by placing proapproved urban limit line to tections in its General Plan, and expire – despite public protest – so by asking its citizens to approve an they could do this. urban limit line. The council thought Fairfield was born under a star, the valleys afforded urban people the star of residential housing a brief respite from city asphalt growth. For decades we were famous when its citizens ventured there in for planting houses. For developers, search of fresh fruit, vegetables and the greatest profit came from annexlocal wines. ing agricultural land. Land in the Once upon a time, the City Council city was expensive, but farmland was partnered with Solano Irrigation Dis- cheap. Developers who turned it into trict to create agro-tourism in the curb and gutter made fortunes. valley to support growers. It was and So we annexed Cordelia, far away is successful. from the city. Cordelia had no ameniAnd for 45 years Solano County ties. No grocery store, coffee shop, or helped. Their general plans supported dry cleaners, but so what? Developers agriculture in the valley. Everyone made a fortune. It would take years agreed – keep Fairfield away from for amenities to come. our prime agricultural valleys. We leapfrogged out to Peabody Now we have a City Council that Road. Cheap land, but no amenities wants to betray all that. there, either. No matter. Someone Every city in California is made a bundle. required to have a General Plan that But by common consent, we maps future growth for 20 years. always avoided prime ag land. Now Fairfield’s last General Plan was city growth is aimed at Suisun Valley, completed 19 years ago. So it’s time to the jewel in the crown. begin to plan out to 2040. Housing growth, growth, growth – This is the excuse now being used ingrained in Fairfield except for the to betray smart growth and begin brief period mentioned above. We had sprawling again – this time by invada 17-year mayor whose motto was, ing Suisun Valley. “Fairfield must grow or die!” I always Suisun Valley is a treasure chest wondered, “How does a city die?” of potential profits for developers. It’s The mayor moved to the school

board. There, he proposed a high school smack dab in the middle of the valley. How would the district pay for sewer, water and electricity going out there? Simple, build houses along the line to share the costs. I wondered, “Will this ever stop?” It did . . . until now. I attended the General Plan Citizens’ Advisory Committee meeting last Thursday. You remember, the committee that was to meet behind closed doors until the Orderly Growth Committee complained. At the meeting we were reminded that the committee just comments on the three alternatives that the staff has developed for growth; it doesn’t write anything. The comments will result in a preferred alternative to be presented Nov. 2 to the City Council for final input before finalization a month or so later. “Presented?” “Rammed through” would be my description. The agricultural community hasn’t heard about this. Neither has Solano County. Have you? Residential growth to Rockville Road is small, but the nibble, nibble, nibble has begun. It will eventually consume the valley. A city policy to make a few selected insiders a great deal of money by cracking open Suisun Valley is an ugly thing to watch. It betrays all that has been done by the city and county for 45 years. But who cares about betrayal when there’s big money to be made? Jack Batson is a former member of the Fairfield City Council. Reach him by email at jsbatson@prodigy.net.

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Respect/disrespect for rule of law: Part 1

istory reveals that sonal responsibility. Because America’s Founder European intellectuals at that Fathers developed printime were experimenting ciples of governance with socialist concepts, both applying a deep understandcolonies started with the idea ing of human nature – a first. that people would share work With intense study and knowlto develop the colony. After edge of 2,000 years of governthe first year of both colonies mental history and, some of with major deaths from sickus believe, divine guidance, ness and starvation, a new Earl Heal they established a republic, rule was established – “no not a democracy, in which the govwork, no eat.” Personal responsibility ernment was to be the servant of was learned and continued in practice the people instead of the reverse. for 300 years. Key concepts are: The Constitution remains valid n Sovereignty of the states. Seven- because the Founders built it on teen powers essential to a central gov- unchanging human nature characernment were granted to the federal teristics. President Abraham Lincoln government with all other powers echoed that: “You cannot strengthen assigned to the states and the people. the weak by weakening the strong. Every state is guaranteed a republiYou cannot further the brothercan form of government and protechood of man by encouraging class tion from invasion. Until 2021? hatred. You cannot help the poor by n The enumerated powers and the destroying the rich. You cannot build 10th Amendment listed those responsibilities requiring federal govern- character and courage by taking mental control to include the away a person’s initiative and indemonetary system, weights and mea- pendence. You cannot help people sures, postal system, maintain a mili- permanently by doing for them tary force, etc. All other powers were what they could and should do for limited to states and the people themselves.” A 1937 Supreme Court ruling because the states and local govern(Helvering v. Davis) found an ment were closer and more responunlisted enumerated power, general sive to the citizens. n Checks and balances. The three welfare, that opened doors for federal functions of government – legislation, welfare and direct federal governexecutive and judicial – were orga- ing of citizens, powers originally nized as equal and separate functions empowered only for states and local to ensure adherence to the Constitu- government. Two-thirds of present tion. An early test arose when a federal budgets are now for activSupreme Court ruling (Marbury v. ities formally restricted to states. Madison) in 1802 established the Members of Congress until 1937 only controlled enumerated powers. Now power of judicial review. n Personal responsibility. The first politicians have learned that genertwo colonies, Jamestown and Plym- ous distribution of Treasury funds to outh, learned the importance of per- voters facilitates re-election.

Statesmen are representatives who act for the betterment of the state; politicians act for what will assure their re-election. Examples follow: n The War on Poverty to date has cost more than $26 trillion. The 1965 poverty rate was 11% and has remained within +/- 2% since. Despite its well-proven total failure, the program still receives undiminished funding from Congress. Should your representative budget according to success or failure? n Aid to Child/Dependent Families originated with Social Security and was enhanced in 1965. Political disagreements limited its early effects. Sadly, an unintended consequence was to encourage fathers to depart the family, which weakened family relationships and increased the illegitimate birth rate among target families from 25% in 1965 to 75% by 1985. n Project Head Start originated in 1965 for low-income families as an eight-week summer preschool but expanded to full-time school. Congress first requested a success/failure report in 2012. That report echoed all other evaluations – a small social advantage upon entering elementary school that disappeared after the third grade. Did Congress react to the failure? No, budgeting since 2011 has exceeded $10 billion annually. This is a taxpayer-paid babysitting service without a long-term benefit. More examples of contempt for the Founders’ principles and rule of law will follow next week. Earl Heal is a retired Air Force officer, former airline pilot and member of the Solano County Republican Central Committee. Contact him at healearlniki@att.net.

DAILY REPUBLIC — Monday, October 25, 2021 A7

Board backs plan Fright to allow Dally to take part in state preschool program From Page One

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VACAVILLE — School district trustees have given the go-ahead to set the stage to take part in the state’s program to support preschools. Assistant Superintendent Sasha Begell sought board approval Thursday for the appointment of Shelley Dally Early Learning Village Preschool Principal Lauren Hylton to act on behalf of the district to serve as the applicant for submission of a Community Care Licensing Application for the California State Preschool Program. This licensing application is required by the state as part of the grant award for preschool programs. Application

submissions are required for the Shelley Dally Early Learning Village and the expansion of the Fairmont Preschool Program. The purpose of the licensing is to improve opportunities for children in low- and moderateincome families to enter kindergarten ready to succeed in school, according to a staff report. The California Department of Education awarded a California State Preschool Program grant March 12, 2018, to the Vacaville School District. The grant is to be used to support partday preschool services at the Shelley Dally Early Learning Village and Fairmont Preschool for age-eligible 3- and 4-yearold children.

In brief Vaca school board approves playground lease School board members have approved the proposed commercial lease with Shelley Dally Early Learning Village and Pleasant Valley School. A commercial lease with Pleasant Valley School at the Shelley Dally Early Learning Village site was approved

Meds From Page One event, as yet another car pulled up and those inside handed over a grocery bag jam-packed with prescription bottles. Anyone who delivered unwanted medications could do so anonymously, with no questions asked. “It’ll be a consistent flow for four hours,” Profitt said. And he was right. A new delivery came in nearly every minute. A

Thursday for the coming school year. The agreement is a no-cost land lease for 880 square feet of play area space to be used by the Pleasant Valley School. Pleasant Valley School is adjacent to the Shelley Dally Early Learning Village and is a play area that students have been using. The lease will run until June 30, 2022, after which it may be renewed on a yearly basis.

previous take-back event that the department held in the spring brought in a “huge” amount of unwanted medications, Profitt said. Once an incineration box was full, department staff taped it shut and loaded it on a van headed for the DEA facility in Sacramento. A total of 570 pounds of medications was collected Saturday in Fairfield. Similar take-back events occurred Saturday at both the Rio Vista Police Department and the Dixon Police Department.

and a casket for Jason, from the “Friday the 13th” franchise. The fictional Michael Myers from the films is known to frequent the haunt operated by Josh Kucala. People begin to ask him in August about his plans for the Halloween display. He obliges by putting out a few pieces to tease those who drive by. Why does he do it? Kucala was born 43 years ago on a Friday the 13th in October. Halloween has always been his Christmas, he said. Travis Remick’s Halloween display on Honker Drive in Suisun City is based on something he started doing about eight or nine years ago with a trunk-a-treat at Cordelia Hills Elementary School. “It’s developed into a backstory – so I like to take scenes from my story and bring the audience in for some spooky fun,” he shared in a Facebook message. The name of the haunt

Tribune Content Agency The rainstorm pelting Sacramento and Northern California will help remedy the state’s woeful water situation. But it won’t be nearly enough to end the epic California drought. “Even with 5 inches of rain in Sacramento, our deficits are immense,” said Jeffrey Mount, a geologist and water expert at the Public Policy Institute of California. “We’re basically missing two years of ‘precip’ in this basin. “It’s not a drought buster.” The main problem is that the drought, coupled with climate change, has dried out the soils of Northern California — meaning that much of the rain and snow will simply disappear into the ground. “The soil moisture throughout Northern California has been depleted the last couple of years,” said Jay Lund, co-director of the Center for Watershed Sciences at UC Davis. “You need to soak

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A 64-year-old man was arrested Saturday after he drove his Jeep Wrangler into a crowd of people protesting vaccine mandates in Palmdale, injuring one woman, Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials said. “A witness stated a man disagreed with the protest, entered his vehicle and intentionally drove toward the protesters,” Deputy Trina Schrader said in a statement Sunday. “The suspect then drove away westbound and out of view.” William Aslaksen was arrested about 90 minutes

after the incident, which occurred about 3:25 p.m. at the intersection of 10th Street West and Rancho Vista Boulevard, officials said. He was booked into the sheriff’s Palmdale station on suspicion of felony assault and was being held there Sunday in lieu of $50,000 bail, inmate records show. He is scheduled to appear Tuesday in Antelope Valley Municipal Court in Lancaster. The injured woman, who is in her 40s, was taken to a hospital because of injuries that were not life-threatening, Schrader said. Her name was not released.

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Skeletons are dressed up on Michelle Cruz Slape’s front porch in Fairfield, Thursday. Cruz Slape dresses the skeletons daily in different costumes. is Crowsfield Hollow, a name derived from a fictional farm with some strange happenings. The haunt here takes the scene of the barn of Crowsfield Hollow, where you must walk through the rotten pumpkin patch (the driveway) with signs

to warn the trick-ortreaters to get to the barn (garage). “The barn, however, is not vacant. Lighting effects, lightning, music ambiance and hazy fog immerse your senses for a fun stop .. . . We hope!” he wrote.

VnA’s Gingy House is also cooking something up along the lines of Disney’s Haunted Mansion. The A, Aaron Sencil, has teamed up this year with a pal to create a page chock full of Halloween events at www.facebook. com/solanoweentrail.

‘Not a drought buster.’ Rainstorm will help but not end region’s water woes

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ways were also flooded, according to the Solano County Office of Emergency Services. An emergency sandbag station – open to all Solano County residents – was opened Sunday at the Solano County Road Maintenance Yard located at 3255 N. Texas St. in Fairfield after several rural fire districts ran out of both sand and sandbags, Solano OES reports. The forecast from the National Weather Service called for up to an additional 1 to 2 inches of rainfall possible Sunday night in the greater Fairfield-Suisun CityVacaville area, with less than 0.1 inch of new rainfall possible Monday. Higher rainfall totals are projected in areas that may see localized thunderstorms – which according to the weather service are possible after 11 a.m. Monday in and around Vacaville, and after noon in and around Fairfield. A flood watch remains in effect until 5 p.m. Monday in the area burned by the LNU Lightning Complex fire in August 2020,

the soil first.” That issue became obvious last spring. A second straight dry winter left the state in bad but not terrible shape, with the Sierra Nevada snowpack at about 40% below average. Then most of that snowpack vanished, with some evaporating and much of it seeping into the dry soil instead of flowing into the reservoirs. Roughly 800,000 acre-feet of water – nearly enough to fill Folsom Lake, one of the state’s most important reservoirs – was gone. In a matter of weeks, the drought had become disastrous. But if the current storm won’t fix everything, it will set the stage for later storms, which will generate the runoff California desperately needs. “Early season storms like this are great,” Mount said. “They wet the soils. They fill up the sponge.” That said, the rain was coming down so hard Sunday that it would likely generate at least

some runoff in the near term – sparking fears of flash floods in areas stripped bare of vegetation by the Caldor, Dixie and other wildfires, but also bringing some of the state’s reservoirs partially back to life. Based on the projected flows on the American River, as much as 80,000 acre-feet could pour into Folsom Lake in the coming days, Mount said. An acre-foot is 326,000 gallons. “We will see Folsom rise,” he said. Folsom is just 22% full, less than half what it should be for this time of year. And already the wet weather is creating some immediate relief in other parts of the state. The State Water Resources Control Board on Thursday temporarily lifted the emergency curtailment orders that had prevented North Coast cities and farms from taking water out of the Russian River watershed – one of the hardest-hit areas of the state. The order is scheduled to go back into effect Nov. 1.

Lund said the decision in Sonoma County and points along the North Coast reflects the relatively small size of the Russian watershed, which can respond fairly quickly to a burst of rain. It also makes sense because, at a time when many Californians have yet to embrace Gov. Gavin Newsom’s call for a 15% reduction in water consumption, “it’s important to maintain credibility,” Mount said. In August, water usage fell only 5%, the state said. At the same time, Newsom made clear the drought isn’t going away soon. Last week he signed an executive order extending the drought emergency to the entire state, including areas such as Southern California that had been in relatively good shape. The order also lets the state water board ban “wasteful water practices, including the use of potable water for washing sidewalks and driveways,” Newsom’s office said.

primarily in rural Vacaville. The Solano County Office of Emergency Services warned of possible debris flows in the area of the fire. The approach of the storms prompted officials in Fairfield on Friday to announce the closure of Rockville Park from sunset Saturday until sunrise Tuesday to allow staff to assess and address potential tree and rockfall hazards on or near the trail system. The storms were watched as they approached the West Coast from the Pacific Ocean. They arrived late Saturday evening with light scattered showers in Northern California and morphed into an increasingly heavy downpour overnight. By Sunday morning, the torrential rainfall had shut down at least one critical highway as mud, rocks and unshackled debris flushed down denuded hillsides. Flash flood and excessive rain warnings blared across road signs and phone screens, with some officials declaring that for those in the Dixie Fire burn area who had not yet evacuated, it could be too late. By 7:30 a.m. Sunday, multiple debris flows

had shut down Highway 70 between Jarbo Gap and Greenville, a historic mountainside community in Plumas County that had already lost so much to the Dixie Fire. A photo circulating on social media showed a dramatic slide near the community of Tobin, where a huge pile of rock, trees and debris collapsed and inundated both lanes of the highway. State transportation and California Highway Patrol officers rushed all morning to multiple collisions and reports of fallen trees and overturned vehicles. Numerous roadways were flooded, they noted, including portions of Highway 99. South of the Dixie Fire burn area, along where the Caldor Fire scorched the Highway 50 corridor, officials remained on high alert for life-threatening flash floods and debris flows. Heavier precipitation started moving in around midmorning Sunday and was expected to continue its march south Residents in the San Francisco Bay Area also reported flooding and gusty winds as the storm made its way down the state. First responders in the counties of Sacramento and Fresno prepared shelters amid

evacuation warnings. All told, the National Weather Service issued a flash flood watch for the burn scars of 13 fires that had been scorched since 2018, to include the LNU burn scar in Solano County. Although this latest dump of rain is not enough to end California’s drought, the precipitation has been at least a welcome relief to those fighting another extreme fire season: The Dixie Fire, which has burned almost 1,562.5 square miles (1 million acres), is now 97% contained, and Jeff Knudson, the incident commander for the Caldor Fire, announced Sunday that his team is handing command back to local fire officials. The Caldor Fire, now 100% contained, had threatened the Lake Tahoe basin and El Dorado National Forest for more than two months. Firefighters carved a total of more than 400 miles of containment line across the landscape, and authorities said repair operations will continue for quite some time. The Los Angeles Times and Tribune Content Agency contributed to this report.

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Best apples for making apple pie The Washington Post You can use any apple to make an apple pie. Full stop. However, some are better than others when it comes to flavor and texture. And instead of choosing just one type of apple, a combination of at least two or three is a smart way to get more complex flavors and textures into your pie. There are thousands of varieties of apples across the globe – so which are best when it comes time to slice or dice them into a pie filling? For starters, you don’t want an apple that’s soft or mealy, because it might break down too much and turn into something resembling the texture of baby food. (For example: McIntosh apples are great for eating out of hand, but they don’t hold up well when it comes to baking.) And then there are others that are either lacking in the flavor department completely or simply one-dimensional. (Red Delicious, we’re looking at you.) Thankfully, there are plenty of other options. Below are 10 we recommend you seek out the next time you’re ready to bake an apple pie. Braeburn. This apple is a descendant of Granny Smith, but slightly sweeter. Some say it tastes almost like a pear when cooked. Cortland. Some might shun Cortlands for baking because they can get a little soft compared to others, but in pies, they hold their shape decently and can be a great textural addition when used with firmer apples. Crispin (Mutsu). Introduced in 1949, Crispins are a cross between Golden Delicious and Indo cultivars. They have a nice tartness that works well to balance the sweetness of desserts. Golden Delicious. If you had to pick just one apple, this is the variety many would recommend. My colleague Becky Krystal likes it for its accessibility and reliability, and J. Kenji López-Alt found it had the best flavor when used as the sole cultivar in an extensive apple pie test for Serious Eats. Granny Smith. Firm and very tart, this variety is the go-to for many when it comes to pie because it keeps its shape extremely well. But it isn’t exactly known for its flavor, so Granny Smiths are best used in conjunction with sweeter and/or more flavorful apples. Honeycrisp. These apples can be a little pricey at times because they’re more difficult to grow and have a lower yield, but as Krystal said, “The flavor can be hard to beat.” Jonagold or Jonathan. Crunchy and sweettart, Jonagolds are a cross between Jonathan and Golden Delicious apples. They’re one of pastry chef Paola Velez’s favorite apples to use in pie along with Granny Smith and Honeycrisp. Northern Spy. Not always the easiest to find, but when you do, these beauties will have you wanting to grab a bushel or two. My colleague Daniela Galarza says this is one of her favorites. Pink Lady. This super crisp apple certainly is sturdy enough to hold its shape when baked. It’s a nice mix of sweet and tart and boasts a vibrant pink skin (hence the name). Winesap. This heirloom cultivar is said to have been around for centuries. “Winesap apples are highly aromatic with a balanced sweet-tart taste and get their name due to their distinctive spicy wine-like flavor,” per the store Specialty Produce in San Diego.

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Granny Smith, top left and bottom; Pink Lady, both top left; Golden Delicious, top left and center left; Braeburn, center right; and Honeycrisp, top right and bottom right.

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Homemade pumpkin spice is just the thing to make your baked goods shine.

A homemade pumpkin spice

recipe to remind us what the season should really taste like Becky Krystal

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efore there was pumpkin spice latte – and pumpkin spice Oreos and cereal and deodorant and pumpkin spice everything else – there was pumpkin spice. Or pumpkin pie spice, depending on who is talking about it and marketing it. Either way, this aromatic blend has been maligned and mangled until it’s often no longer recognizable or even good. At this point, even the supermarket shelf jar of pumpkin pie spice seems like a purer distillation of the concept, so far from its origins as we now are. Those origins? As my colleague Maura Judkis pointed out a few years ago, there’s a compelling case to be made that “The call is coming from inside the house!” That would be a 1936 recipe for Pumpkin Spice Cake, which we updated for modern tastes and techniques. The original and updated recipes have in common that they don’t call for a premade mix. Instead, you combine individual spices out of the pantry. With a pumpkin (pie) spice blend from the store, the work is done for you. My advice: Take it a step above by making your own blend to have on hand. By doing so, you gain the convenience of a premade blend but one that’s fresher and more vibrant than what’s at the store, with plenty of room for personalization. Plus, you can make as much or as little as you want, likely with spices you already have, without buying yet another jar. While some formulations call for a variety of spices in equal amounts, I prefer a more nuanced approach that uses cinnamon as the backbone with ginger playing a strong supporting role. Based in part on recipes in

The Post’s archives and from Cook’s Country, I include smaller amounts of nutmeg and cloves relative to the cinnamon and ginger (a 4:2:1 ratio), because I find they can easily overwhelm the other flavors, especially in store-bought blends. I played around with alternatives that are a little mellower, at least in my opinion. Instead of nutmeg, try mace, which is actually a case around the nutmeg seed that tends to run a bit sweeter and softer. I really struggle with the intense sharpness of cloves (I’ve been traumatized by too much bad potpourri), so I found allspice a very good substitute. Which you choose is up to you. Consider including one additional spice on top of the basic four ingredients. My go-to is cardamom. In a batch of muffins in which I tested the blend, it brought a subtle, piney sweetness to the party. My other twist is granulated orange peel. I was inspired by another old Post story, this one from 1969, which said “pumpkin pie spice is a mingling of cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, ginger, and, often, orange rind.” This was news to me! I loved the idea, but knowing that orange zest would render the idea of a shelf-stable blend moot, I turned to granulated dried orange peel (not pieces or strips). McCormick is one grocery store brand that sells it, and it’s also available through such purveyors as Penzeys and Kalustyan’s. The citrus flavor adds an appreciated brightness and floral delicacy to the mix. Want to try both? Just make the full recipe below, divide it in half, and use half the amount of cardamom for one mini-batch and half the orange peel for the other. You should feel just as empowered, though, to change any of the ratios or ingredients to suit your taste and pantry supplies. That’s the beauty of a

homemade blend. In addition to using this mix in recipes that call for pumpkin spice, you can use it in any recipe that employs similar warming spices. Just add up the volume of all the spices called for in the recipe and use that amount of the pumpkin spice instead. Pumpkin Spice Mix Total time: 10 minutes Servings: 12 Homemade pumpkin spice (or pumpkin pie spice) is just the thing to make your baked goods shine. We’ve started with a fairly traditional cinnamon-led base that allows for you to choose between nutmeg or mace (a milder, sweeter spice made from the webbing around nutmeg) and allspice or cloves, depending on your taste. Then for an optional twist, you can add either ground cardamom or dried orange peel. Feel free to adjust the entire formula to suit your needs. In addition to using this in recipes that call for pumpkin pie spice, you can use it in any recipe that calls for a blend of similar warming spices. Just add up the volume of all the spices called for in the recipe and use that amount of the pumpkin spice instead. Storage Notes: The spice blend can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature, preferably in a dark pantry, for up to 6 months. 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon 1 tablespoon ground ginger 1 1⁄2 teaspoons freshly grated/ ground nutmeg or mace 1 1⁄2 teaspoons ground allspice or ground cloves 1 teaspoon ground cardamom or 1 teaspoon granulated dried orange peel (optional; see headnote) Combine the cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg or mace, allspice or cloves and, if using, cardamom or orange peel in a small bowl. Stir until thoroughly incorporated and transfer to a jar or other airtight container.

Here’s how Milk Bar makes addictive Ted Lasso biscuits Bloomberg By all accounts, the Emmy award-winning British soccer show has been an overwhelming hit. (Apple Inc. doesn’t share information about its shows; the company did say that the Season 2 premiere brought in more accounts on opening weekend than any previous launch. The show “increased its viewership by 6x over Season One,” according to the Observer.) In September, Apple released an official Ted Lasso biscuit recipe. Comprising just four ingredients-flour, butter,

confectioner’s sugar, saltthe cookies hit the buttery notes but didn’t provide the compulsive adulation as seen on TV; many tasters pronounced it oldfashioned, like the show. One of the country’s best bakers saw the opportunity to make a more compelling version of the viral sweet. Christina Tosi, founder of Milk Bar, a bakery embodying the same unabashed positive energy as the show, is a Ted Lasso fan. “When Season 1 came out, it made positivity cool again,” says Tosi. “And the stickiest part of it was the power [of the biscuits] in a tiny little

pink box. It’s a show with the secret undertone of the power of baked goods.” Tosi says she paid particular attention whenever the biscuits appeared on screen, studying them like a crime scene pathologist. “I would rewind, check what kind of pan, does he have a stand mixer, how is he cutting them,” she says. To celebrate the season finale earlier this month, Tosi introduced the Ted Lasso x Milk Bar biscuit, for free. For those who missed out on the limited offerings, the way to sample the dead-simple biscuit is to make it yourself. Tosi’s

version does inspire the kind of stop-everythingelse fixation portrayed on the show; they’re superior to the official version. That’s because Tosi adds egg yolks and a few spoonfuls of brown sugar to the equation, giving her rectangular cookie a terrific, caramelized wave of flavor, along with an addictive chew that enhances the melt-inyour-mouth tenderness. The following recipe is from Christina Tosi, founder of Milk Bar. Ted Lasso x Milk Bar Biscuits Makes 12 Lasso-size slices

2 sticks (1⁄2 lb) unsalted butter, softened 1 3⁄4 cup confectioner’s sugar 3 tbsp light brown sugar 3 large egg yolks 1 3⁄4 cup all-purpose flour 1 ⁄2 tsp. kosher salt Heat the oven to 315 degrees and prepare an 8-inch square baking dish with cooking spray. In a medium bowl, mix the butter and sugars vigorously until smooth. Stir in the egg yolks. Add the flour and salt, mix just until the dough comes together. (“The less you mix the dough, the more positive vibes your biscuits will have,” according to Tosi.) Using damp hands, press the

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The pink box is optional, but very effective for Ted Lasso messaging purposes. dough in an even layer in the pan and bake for 40 to 45 minutes until a thin, golden brown layer forms on top. Let cool completely before cutting into two even columns and then six even rows. Arrange in pink boxes, if you have them.

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Some scammers are turning to Facebook to collect money for phony causes, according to consumer watchdogs.

Fake Facebook fundraiser shocks family with cancer diagnosis

friends and family when ust imagine you spot something odd. scrolling Facebook one day and making Amy Nofziger, AARP the shocking director of fraud victim discovery that your support, said those who have been hacked like brother has cancer. He this need to contact the never mentioned a thing social media company to you. But now he’s where an account is posting requests for donations to cover his Susan Tompor being misrepresented or hacked and contact medical costs? the local police department to And this is how you find out? make a report. The sister picked up the “Nothing gets the attenphone and called her brother. tion of some of these social Unfortunately, others just media companies like a police donated on the spot, no quesreport,” she said. tions asked. By filing a police report, she The thing is, the Troy, Michsaid, the victim also has proof igan, man isn’t battling cancer. in hand to say that a fraud was But a scammer who set up the reported just in case someone phony fundraiser had already accuses the victim of starting accumulated $1,785 out of a $4,500 goal by the time the man the fake fundraiser. Nofziger said she hears of discovered the terrible fraud, Facebook scams every single according to a report with the day. Con artists pretend to post Troy Police Department. great deals on social media for car seats or vacations. Or How Facebook friends were shoes, they might claim to have access tricked into giving money to $30,000 in federal grant money. All to collect your ID The man who reported information and cash. the incident at the station told “Anyone can really create police Sept. 26 that he later who they want to be and do learned that someone had really what they want to do,” gained access to his Facebook account, changed the password, Nofziger said. It’s best to directly go to and set up an online fundraisthe person who appears to be ing campaign so the crooks needing money, perhaps to could get money. Sgt. Jason Clark, a spokesperson for the Troy Police Department, said Facebook unfortunately does not offer customer service via phone or provide anyone the opportunity to speak with someone. “It is very difficult for a victim to recover a hacked account,” he said. cover medical bills, and express “We have reviewed past your concern. Ask what you can reports where victims make do to help that person. a hacked account claim If they say they don’t with Facebook and the page know what you’re talking is deleted within 30 days,” about, Nofziger said, you Clark said. can inform your friend or The consumer then must family member that there’s a create a completely new Facescammer out there. book account. Consumers are advised to review their security Some signs of charity scams user names and passwords on Nofziger said people need to all social media, and check their be reminded to do what they’re privacy setting. And, yes, alert

rounds in western New York Facebook did not respond to comfortable doing. questions from the Detroit Free where the so-called grandIf they’re asked to give Press about the situation in gift cards or send money via child claimed they had been in a Troy or its policies. Bitcoin, for example, such serious car accident. Facebook lists a form online payment forms can be signs of The grandchild, based on the on “How to report a personal a scam. Never give a stranger scam, always needs money now fundraiser fraud on Faceyour bank account number and to post bond. book” and it offers a way routing number. As part of the scam, the online to “Report a suspicious Don’t let anyone rush potential victim will even end fundraiser.” you into contributing money up talking to phony attorney Facebook also warns conbecause that’s another who will direct the grandparsign of a scam. ent to go to their local “Don’t assume that a bank and withdraw a large request on social media is sum of money, maybe as legitimate, or that hypermuch as $15,000 in cash, links are accurate just to put the cash in an envebecause a friend posted lope, and then to wait it,” according to an alert for a courier to arrive at by the Federal Trade their house. — Alex Hamerstone, director of advisory Commission. In some cases, the FBI solutions for Cleveland-based TrustedSec GoFundMe, for notes, ride share drivers example, says it has a might unknowingly play a contact button for the funrole in the scam by picking sumers about a form of donation draiser organizer and a “Report scams where the con artists up the envelope. Fundraiser” button. impersonate “famous reliMany people could be facing “If you have any questions gious figures, or by accounts high medical bills during the about the fundraiser, you can pretending to be representapandemic, as well. easily reach the organizer and tives from various charities or Early in the pandemic, ask them directly,” accordorphanages.” many scammers would play ing to Ese Esan, a GoFundMe up Covid-19 concerns, said spokesperson. Alex Hamerstone, director of A scam that goes “In addition, clicking the advisory solutions for Clevejust a bit too far ‘Report Fundraiser’ will result land-based TrustedSec. in one of our specialists invesWe’ve all heard of romance Scammers, he said, will even tigating the fundraiser,” she scams, lottery scams and inher- rip off a name or story from said. “We take these reports itance scams where crooks play the headlines to create a fake very seriously, and we will with your emotions to make you account to steal donations from take immediate action if anythink you’ve found the love of a legitimate fundraising effort. thing is wrong.” your life or hit the jackpot. One of the problems, he said, Overall, Esan said, the But impersonating your is that Facebook accounts are platform is backed by a brother Joe to get dough? And fairly easily created with simply GoFundMe guarantee, making you fear that he’s in a a phone number and an email. which means funds are battle for his life? This, friends, “Facebook does not do anyguaranteed to go to the hits a new low even among thing to check that the phone right place or the conslimy scammers. number is associated with that sumer will get a refund. It seems like a new twist of name,” Hamerstone said. Since 2010, the sorts of the “Grandma Scam” In general, he said, it’s best GoFundMe platform has where someone calls your house to try to verify the fundraising been used to raise more pretending to be your grandaccount, perhaps by calling a than $15 billion from child – or niece or nephew – and friend or family member before 200 million donations then tells an upsetting story making a contribution. across the world. about being in the hospital Many of us, of course, are But scammers are pretty or in jail. all too eager to help, especially slick. Back in 2017, a scheme Scammers mine social media when it comes to a beloved or even buy information from defrauded thousands of people family member or friend. data thieves to craft rich, believ- Yet, making an extra call can out of $400,000 with a feelgood story that went viral about able stories. The con artists save you a great deal of heartoften know the name of your rel- ache and money. a homeless veteran and a ficative or friend to make the scam tionalized GoFundMe page more convincing. Susan Tompor is the percalled “Paying it Forward.” In Make no mistake, the grand- sonal finance columnist for December 2018, GoFundMe parent scam is ongoing. Earlier the Detroit Free Press. She announced it would refund the can be reached at stompor@ money to those who made dona- this year, the FBI reported that the scam was making the tions. Legal action was taken. freepress.com.

It’s best to directly go to the person who appears to be needing money, perhaps to cover medical bills, and express your concern. Ask what you can do to help that person.

‘Facebook does not do anything to check that the phone number is associated with that name.’

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Fox News Media is investing more than $10 million in a new digital service called Fox Weather that is launching Monday.

Fox News ready to jump into the weather business Tribune Content Agency Whenever consumers are asked to name their primary reason for tuning into a TV newscast, the No. 1 answer is always the weather. Cable news channels of every political stripe see their ratings rise when a weather event occurs, and climate change is increasing their severity and frequency. It's why Fox News Media is investing more than $10 million in a new digital service called Fox Weather that will be available as a free, live, 24-hour ad-supported streaming video channel available as a mobile app and on internet-connected TVs through services such as Tubi. It will also be seen on over-the-air TV stations reaching 26 million homes. The service launching Monday will test the elasticity of the Fox News brand name. While the flagship news network at Rupert Murdoch's Fox Corp. is the most-watched channel on cable TV, its conservative commentary has become more polarizing in recent years. Fox News has come under fire recently over how its opinion hosts have stoked public skepticism of the COVID-19 vaccines, at times with misinformation. Fox News commentators have also been largely dismissive of climate change. Last year, prime-time host Tucker Carlson described climate change as "systemic racism in the sky," and he raised doubts about its impact on the wildfires that swept the West Coast. The attitude spilled into the news coverage last month, when one of Fox News' anchors, Bill Hemmer, put quotes around the term climate change during coverage of extreme weather that caused flooding in New York City.

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The political stance raises the question of whether viewers who eschew the channel for the right-leaning political bent of its most-watched hosts will trust a weather service with the Fox name. The company will face wellestablished competitors such as the Weather Channel, the leading national TV source of weather information for 40 years. AccuWeather, which has supplied forecasts to consumers, media outlets and corporations since 1962 and has ramped up its own cable channel, recently launched a video streaming service called AccuWeather Now. Colorado-based WeatherNation also supplies forecasts to TV stations and cable systems throughout the U.S. Shari Berg, a 25-year veteran of Fox News who is overseeing the new venture, said the Fox Weather service will deliver accurate information to users and treat climate change as a reality. "Climate change is part of the way we all live now," Berg said in a recent interview at Fox News headquarters in Manhattan. "We won't be debating it. We're going to cover it with science and facts and data. I have zero oversight for Fox News prime time and they have zero oversight over Fox Weather." Amy Freeze, a veteran meteorologist who joined Fox Weather from the Walt Disney Co.'s WABC-TV in New York, fried an egg on a sidewalk in Newark in 2011 when the area had its hottest day on record. She also covered the two biggest blizzards in New York City history. Explaining the science behind such extreme weather events has become part of the job. "It's something we should

be talking about, whether it's getting warmer colder, wetter, drier," said Freeze. "All of those things encompass what we're doing every day." Berg said she has already assigned a meteorologist to cover the 2021 U.N. Climate Change Conference in Glasgow this month. "We will have a team who will listen and learn and report," she said. Bill Hague, executive vice president of the research firm Magid, said Fox Weather will have no choice but to play it straight if it wants to be a viable competitor, even in an age where advocacy and opinion have seeped into TV news. "With the weather, you've got to be right," Hague said. "It's an area where consumers don't mess around." Fox News Media Chief Executive Suzanne Scott pushed the idea of a weather service as part of the company's effort to expand its brand name and tap revenue streams beyond cable television. While the Fox News Channel continues to generate robust profits, the pay-TV universe that provides the bulk of its revenue is on a slow but steady decline. The company has put its name on a streaming service, Fox Nation, which offers lifestyle and entertainment programming that appeals to its news audience, and according to analyst estimates now has more than 1 million paid subscribers. Fox News also launched a book publishing imprint in November that has turned out two bestsellers, including anchor Shannon Bream's "The Women of the Bible Speak," which has sold more than 500,000 copies. For Fox Weather, the company hired a staff of 100 people, 40 of whom are accredited meteorologists. throughout the country.

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FAIRFIELD — Anime fans, rejoice. “My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission” arrives in theaters Friday. U.A. High School students Izuku Midoriya, Shoto Todoroki and Katsuki Bakugo face the greatest crisis in My Hero Academia history, with only two hours to save the world. The film is rated PG-13. Trace Adkins, Amy Smart, Peter Facinelli and Anne Heche are featured in “13 Minutes,” the story of four families in a Heartland town who are tested when a massive storm hits, giving them just 13 minutes to get to shelter before the largest tornado on record ravages the town, leaving them searching for their loved ones and fighting for their lives. The film is rated PG-13. “A Mouthful of Air” is a warm, kind, loving story from a bestselling children’s author to her husband and child. Her books deal with unlocking childhood fears. She has yet to unlock the dark secret that has haunted her own life. But when her second child is born, events occur that bring that secret to the fore, and with it, a crushing, powerful battle to survive. Amanda Seyfried and Finn Wittrock star. The film is rated R. “Antlers” is a horror film with Keri Russell as a small-town teacher, and her brother, the local sheriff, who become entwined with a young student harboring a dangerous secret. The film is rated R. “Army of Thieves” is a prequel to Zack Snyder’s “Army of the Dead.” The plot centers on a small-town bank teller recruited into a crew of Interpol’s most wanted criminals in order to heist a sequence of legendary, impossible-to-crack safes across Europe. The film is rated R. “Attica” is a documentary about one of the largest U.S. prison riots that erupted in the fall of 1971, as tensions between inmates and guards at the Attica Correctional Facility are at an all-time high. It’s not rated.

“Broken Darkness” is set eight years after the world ends and humanity has sought refuge underground. One man, with nothing left to lose, finds there is more to himself when he and a young girl are left alone to survive and find their way home after their team is killed off by mysterious creatures. It’s not not rated. “Cicada” follows a young bisexual man as he comes out to the world and develops an intense relationship with a man struggling with deep wounds of his own. It’s not rated. “Heart of Champions” is the story of a college rowing team that wins a national championship and descends into turmoil and constant infighting between team leaders. A tough Army veteran arrives at the start of the new season to transform the status quo and unlock their potential. The film is rated PG-13. “Joy Ride” features veteran comics, and frenemies, Dana Gould and Bobcat Goldthwait who, having learned very little from their near-fatal car crash, get back on the road and journey throughout the American South. It’s not rated. “Keyboard Fantasies” is a documentary about Beverly GlennCopeland, a Black transgender septuagenarian (and musical genius) who finally finds his place in the world. When he receives an unexpected email in 2016 from a record collector in Japan enquiring about copies of his 1986 self-release, “Keyboard Fantasies,” everything changes. It’s not rated. “Last Night in Soho” is a psychological thriller about a young girl, passionate about fashion design, who is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters her idol, a dazzling wannabe singer. But 1960s London is not what it appears, and time seems to fall apart with shady consequences. Diana Rigg and Terence Stamp are featured. The film is rated R.

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Curry leads W’s to best start since 73-win season Tribune Content Agency SACRAMENTO — Stephen Curry turned in his third straight double-double, as the Warriors stayed unbeaten with a 119-107 win over the Sacramento Kings. Almost like it’s 2015-16 again. Only 21 more to go. At 3-0, the Warriors are off to their best start since their record-setting 73-win campaign of six seasons ago, which they began by reeling off 24 in a row before their first loss. And it’s been fueled by a vintage Curry, who turned in his third doubledouble effort in as many games

with 27 points and 10 assists, along with seven rebounds, to help Golden State pull away late at the Golden1 Center. Three games into the season, Curry is only one away from tying his personal best for consecutive double-doubles. He also became the first Warrior and 69th player in NBA history with 5,000 career assists on a first-half dish to Damion Lee. Third-year guard Jordan Poole provided a scoring spark behind Curry, with 22 points, followed by Andrew Wiggins’ 17 points (including a clutch, contested shot to maintain the Warriors fourth-quarter lead)

and Draymond Green with 14 (plus seven assists and five boards). Harrison Barnes’ breakaway dunk toward the end of the third quarter ignited the home crowd and could have been the dagger in the Dubs. But Curry answered immediately with a step-back 3-pointer that tied the game. He tried it again, and missed, but Otto Porter Jr. was there to clean it up for 2 points and the lead, which the Warriors never fully relinquished. Without Curry on the floor, the Warriors fell in another firsthalf hole. When he sat down for his usual second-quarter rest,

the Kings turned a tie game into a deficit as large as eight points for Golden State. Almost an entire quarter lapsed between Warriors leads. But Golden State regained control to pull even before halftime. The Warriors forced more turnovers (20-8), didn’t often send Sacramento to the foul line (13 attempts) and turned in their third straight game of at least 50 rebounds (53, matching Sacramento). Yet, the game was still undecided until the closing minutes of the fourth quarter. The Kings were almost unstoppable from the field

ANALYSIS

Grueling season, injuries left Dodgers too beat to reach World Series Bill Plaschke

LOS ANGELES TIMES

.A. Beat. The chants can stop now, their words transposed, their challenge answered, their silence deafening. L.A. Beat. In a year that seemed so invincible, the unthinkable has happened. The Dodgers are done early. The Dodgers are out abruptly. The Dodgers’ journey toward a second consecutive World Series championship is prematurely, exasperatingly, go-ahead-and-screamnow finished. After winning a franchise-tying record 106 games in the regular season, after capturing a thrilling wild-card playoff game against the St. Louis Cardinals, after surviving a monumental series against the ancient rival San Francisco Giants, the Dodgers finally met a mountain too high on a rowdy Saturday night in the South. It ended with a lunging stop, a whipping throw, a stretching catch. It ended with one last Dodgers shot caught, one last Dodgers runner stalled, one last Dodgers hope expired. It ended. The scrappy Atlanta Braves stepped on an exhausted Dodgers pitcher, shut down a depleted Dodgers offense, and breathlessly battled to a 4-2 win to clinch a four-games-to-two victory in the National League Championship Series at Truist Park. The final play was a scorching AJ Pollock grounder that was niftily picked by spidery shortstop Dansby Swanson and perfectly thrown to first baseman Freddie Freeman, who threw his hands into the air as seemingly all of Georgia roared and danced around him. Pollock wandered through bouncing Braves back to the Dodgers dugout, where his teammates lingered at the bat rack awkwardly and blankly staring at someone else’s party. The Braves will now advance to their first World Series in 22 years – while seeking their first title in 26 years – in a duel with the Houston Astros.

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Atlanta Braves celebrate a series-clinching 4-2 win in Game 6 of the NLCS at Truist Park, Saturday, in Atlanta.

The Dodgers, meanwhile, will go home having failed to win consecutive championships for the first time in franchise history and still having yet to win a full-season World Series championship since 1988. “I think for my message to our guys . . . it was a tremendous season, it was a heck of a year,” said Manager Dave Roberts. “Going through a lot of different things that we went through that no one talked about, no one needed to talk about, and didn’t let it affect our performance, and that’s something I was proud of.” And yet . . . “It’s still not lost on any of us that we didn’t accomplish our goal,” said Roberts. The last lap was appropriately staggering for a Dodgers team that was already stumbling toward the finish line. Their scheduled Saturday starting pitcher, Max Scherzer, wouldn’t pitch because he said his arm was tired, so Walker Buehler was forced into action on three days’ rest for only the second time in his career. Not surprisingly, he was battered for four runs in four innings, a three-run homer by unstoppable Eddie Rosario giving the Braves an eventually insurmountable 4-1 lead in the fourth inning. Their Dodgers lineup was also missing injured

history and short of expectations. Injuries happened. Bad decisions happened. Trevor Bauer happened. They started the year with three Cy Young Award winners on their staff. Then Bauer was placed on administrative leave amid sexual assault allegations, Clayton Kershaw was injured, and David Price lost his best stuff. They started the year with two regular season MVP position players and one World Series MVP in the lineup. Then Betts injured his hip, Corey Seager broke his hand, and Cody Bellinger basically stank. They also started the year missing two players whose absence would later haunt them. The front office let clutch heroes Kiké Hernández and Joc Pederson both walk through free agency, and never really replaced them. It was perhaps no coincidence that, earlier in October, on a night when the Dodgers were shut out by the San Francisco Giants in the NL Division Series, Hernández’s bat was winning a playoff series for the Boston Red Sox and Pederson’s bat was winning a playoff game for the Braves. The pearl-wearing Pederson will play on. The Dodgers will not. “Everywhere we go it’s, ‘Beat L.A., Beat

cornerstones Max Muncy and Justin Turner, and it showed when they managed just five hits against five Braves pitchers and blew a dramatic opportunity to steal another victory from defeat. In the seventh inning, trailing 4-1, the first three Dodgers reached base and a run scored on Pollock’s double, putting runners on second and third and none out. In came reliever Tyler Matzek to face Albert Pujols, Steven Souza Jr. and Mookie Betts. Strikeout, strikeout, strikeout. Matzek danced off the mound, the Dodgers wandered aimlessly into the dugout, the crowd began partying, and the Dodger blue magic that had carried them so far, for so long, finally disappeared. “I’m not one to make excuses for anything, truly I don’t, but we should have won the series,” said Buehler. “That’s our belief. But we have some really big guys in our lineup and really big guys in our rotation that can’t play or are hurt. That’s a real thing.” Thus ended a season that started with astronomical hopes, so high that this columnist proclaimed the Dodgers would finish as the best team in baseball history. While they won that amazing number of games, they finished six wins short of

L.A.,’ ” said Betts. “Everybody’s after you . . . it’s hard to be on top . . . everybody wants to be on top and it’s a battle to keep everybody away.” Despite their relatively shallow roster, the Dodgers still battled through their mistakes and misfortune in the regular season to keep the heat on the surprising Giants, and after they acquired Washington Nationals stars Scherzer and Trea Turner at the late-summer trading deadline, it appeared they were ready to win a ninth consecutive NL West championship. But in the season’s last month, the Giants seemingly never lost, and the Dodgers could never quite catch them. The Dodgers wound up losing the division by one game on the final day of the season, forcing them into a single-elimination wild-card game against the Cardinals. They won that game on Chris Taylor’s dramatic walk-off home run, then continued the drama in the first postseason series against the rival Giants in their 131 years of competition. The Dodgers won that National League Division Series in a winner-takeall fifth game that ended deliciously with Cody Bellinger’s ninth-inning single in San Francisco’s Oracle Park, but it turns out, the emotion consumed them and the See Dodgers, Page B8

for three quarters. They connected on 34 of their first 64 shot attempts (53.1%), which would’ve been the highest success rate of any Warriors opponent this season, but were limited to 8 of 22 (36.4%) in the final period. Without Andre Iguodala (sore left knee), Golden State turned to Gary Payton II first off the bench. Payton II was nearly a victim of roster cuts at the end of preseason but made an immediate impact when he entered, forcing a steal and finishing a thunderous dunk on a breakaway lob from Curry. See W’s, Page B8

Penalties, ineptitude lead to 49ers loss Tribune Content Agency SANTA CLARA — The rain kept falling Sunday night, symbolically escorting the 49ers to a fourth straight loss that has their season in an embarrassing freefall. The 49ers emerged from their bye week to lose 30-18 to the Indianapolis Colts amid a torrent of rain, wind, defensive penalties and offensive implosions. It was the most inclement weather the 49ers have endured since Levi’s Stadium opened in 2014, and, with their stands half-full of poncho-wearing fans, boos loudly cascaded from the crowd during second-half sorrows. Appalling play by their defensive backs mostly was reflected in pass-interference penalties, but, for good measure, Colts quarterback Carson Wentz finished them off with a 28-yard touchdown pass over Dre Kirkpatrick with 2:49 remaining. Jimmy Garoppolo and the mistake-prone 49ers (2-4) simply could not keep pace with the Colts (3-4). Garoppolo’s return to the lineup came without rookie understudy Trey Lance (sprained knee) lurking over his shoulder, and even though a Garoppolo touchdown pass launched a fourthquarter comeback, it ended shortly thereafter with two interceptions. Here are the top takeaways from this game: FOURTH-QUARTER FAILURES Garoppolo initially channeled his fourth-quarter production from the 49ers’ last prime-time game, when he engineered a last-minute touchdown drive in an eventual defeat to the Green Bay Packers in the Sept. 19 home opener. This time, Garoppolo delivered a touchdown, then followed with two interceptions. He was 16-of-27 for 181 yards. He opened the fourth quarter with three big-strike completions: 29 yards to Deebo Samuel, 27 yards to Charlie Woerner and a 14-yard scoring strike to Samuel. An ensuing 2-point conversion pass was batted down, so the 49ers still trailed, 20-18 with 13:07 left. The next time the 49ers got the ball back, a Garoppolo pass gave it back, as it bounced off Samuel’s hands (as happened repeatedly this night) for an interception. With 1:53, Garoppolo was left standing alone on the midfield logo as he watched a 30-yard pass wobble off his hands and over Jauan Jennings toward four Colts defenders, with Khari Willis making an interception. MORE P.I. PENALTIES No defense in the NFL has drawn more pass-interference penalties than the 49ers. Sunday’s cost them the game.

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Scoreboard FOOTBALL NFL American Conference East W L T Pct. PF PA 4 2 0 .667 203 98 3 4 0 .429 179 140 1 5 0 .167 80 175 1 6 0 .143 127 207 North W L T Pct. PF PA Cincinnati 5 2 0 .714 189 128 Baltimore 5 2 0 .714 187 164 Cleveland 4 3 0 .571 173 165 Pittsburgh 3 3 0 .500 117 132 South W L T Pct. PF PA Tennessee 5 2 0 .714 193 164 Indianapolis 3 4 0 .429 169 149 Jacksonville 1 5 0 .167 116 172 Houston 1 6 0 .143 97 203 West W L T Pct. PF PA Las Vegas 5 2 0 .714 180 166 L.A. Chargers 4 2 0 .667 148 150 Kansas City 3 4 0 .429 188 203 Denver 3 4 0 .429 140 127 National Conference East W L T Pct. PF PA Dallas 5 1 0 .833 205 146 Washington 2 5 0 .286 146 210 Philadelphia 2 5 0 .286 159 185 N.Y. Giants 2 5 0 .286 139 180 North W L T Pct. PF PA Green Bay 6 1 0 .857 168 146 Minnesota 3 3 0 .500 147 137 Chicago 3 4 0 .429 101 162 Detroit 0 7 0 .000 128 200 South W L T Pct. PF PA Tampa Bay 6 1 0 .857 233 147 New Orleans 3 2 0 .600 127 91 Atlanta 3 3 0 .500 135 176 Carolina 3 4 0 .429 146 146 West W L T Pct. PF PA Arizona 7 0 0 1.000 225 114 L.A. Rams 6 1 0 .857 207 146 Seattle 2 4 0 .333 140 149 SAN FRAN 2 4 0 .333 135 149 Week 7 Thursday’s Game Cleveland 17, Denver 14 Sunday’s Games Indianapolis 30, SAN FRANCISCO 18 N.Y. Giants 25, Carolina 3 New England 54, N.Y. Jets 13 Tennessee 27, Kansas City 3 Green Bay 24, Washington 10 Atlanta 30, Miami 28 Cincinnati 41, Baltimore 17 L.A. Rams 28, Detroit 17 Las Vegas 33, Philadelphia 22 Arizona 31, Houston 5 Tampa Bay 38, Chicago 3 Monday’s Game New Orleans at Seattle, 5:15 p.m. Byes — Buffalo, Dallas, Jacksonville, L.A. Chargers, Minnesota, Pittsburgh Week 8 Thursday, Oct. 28 Green Bay at Arizona, 5:20 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 31 SAN FRANCISCO at Chicago, 10 a.m. Cincinnati at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m. Tennessee at Indianapolis, 10 a.m. Buffalo New England N.Y. Jets Miami

Dodgers From Page B1 stress overwhelmed them. The Dodgers beat the Giants, but, truth be told, the Giants series eventually beat them. By the time they arrived in Atlanta for the start of the National League NL Championship Series against the Braves, the Dodgers were exhausted, and it showed. Even though the Dodgers won 18 more games than the Braves during the regular season, they weren’t sharp enough to

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L.A. Rams at Houston, 10 a.m. Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 10 a.m. Philadelphia at Detroit, 10 a.m. Carolina at Atlanta, 10 a.m. Miami at Buffalo, 10 a.m. New England at L.A. Chargers, 1:05 p.m. Jacksonville at Seattle, 1:05 p.m. Washington at Denver, 1:25 p.m. Tampa Bay at New Orleans, 1:25 p.m. Dallas at Minnesota, 5:20 p.m. Monday, Nov. 1 N.Y. Giants at Kansas City, 5:15 p.m. Byes — Baltimore, Las Vegas

Prep Monticello Empire League Overall League W L T PF PA W L T PF PA Vacaville 7 2 0 322 84 4 0 0 169 23 Vanden 7 2 0 368 152 3 1 0 167 55 Wood 7 2 0 294 178 3 1 0 144 74 Rodriguez 7 2 0 259 140 2 2 0 103 95 Armijo 1 8 0 114 348 0 4 0 40 171 Fairfield 0 8 0 13 350 0 4 0 0 205 Sierra Delta League Overall League W L T PF PA W L T PF PA Linden 5 4 0 238 295 2 0 0 74 44 Vaca Chr. 7 1 0 211 79 3 1 0 116 73 Esparto 4 3 0 259 141 3 2 0 189 85 G. Sierra 1 1 0 52 60 1 0 0 30 26 Highlands 1 6 0 78 297 1 3 0 52 135 Rio Vista 2 4 0 144 112 0 2 0 36 52 San Juan 0 5 0 12 218 0 2 0 6 88 Friday’s Games Vanden 67, Armijo 6 Wood 70, Fairfield 0 Vacaville 42, Rodriguez 6 Vacaville Christian 22, Esparto 14 San Juan forfeited to Golden Sierra Highlands forfeited to Rio Vista Linden 34, Amador 14 Friday, Oct. 29 Fairfield at Armijo, 7:30 p.m. Rodriguez at Vanden, 7:30 p.m. Vacaville at Wood, 7:30 p.m. Golden Sierra at Esparto, 7 p.m. East Nicholas at Linden, 7 p.m. Rio Vista at San Juan, 7 p.m. Vacaville Christian TBA Bye — Highlands END REGULAR SEASON

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capitalize on their seeming superiority. In the first game, they lost in the bottom of the ninth after Taylor committed a baserunning blunder. In the second game, they blew a lead and lost in the bottom of the ninth again after Manager Dave Roberts wrongly allowed starter Julio Urías to pitch in a high-pressure relief situation for the first time this season. “I think we’re tired and ready to get home,” said Taylor after the Game 2 loss. When the series returned to Los Angeles, the Dodgers won two out of three games including stealing a stirring

Friday, Oct. 15 Houston 5, Boston 4 Saturday, Oct. 16 Boston 9, Houston 5 Atlanta 3, L.A. Dodgers 2 Sunday, Oct. 17 Atlanta 5, L.A. Dodgers 4 Monday, Oct. 18 Boston 12, Houston 3 Tuesday, Oct. 19 L.A. Dodgers 6, Atlanta 5 Houston 9, Boston 2 Wednesday, Oct. 20 Houston 9, Boston 1 Atlanta 9, L.A. Dodgers 2 Thursday, Oct 21 L.A. Dodgers 11, Atlanta 2 Friday, Oct. 22 Houston 5, Boston 0, Houston wins 4-2 Saturday’s Game Atlanta 4, L.A. Dodgers 2, Atlanta wins 4-2

World Series Tuesday’s Game Atlanta at Houston, 5:09 p.m. Wednesday’s Game Atlanta at Houston, 5:09 p.m.

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starter,” he said. “Obviously going into this series ... we were kind of behind the eight ball at the start.” In the end, baseball’s defending World Series champions had a successful year in the standings but an abbreviated appearance in the postseason, and thus by their high standards this season must be considered a failure. Nobody will actually chant this, but the truth will remain through a long cold winter. L.A. Beat.

comeback win in Game 3 on Bellinger’s threerun, eighth-inning home run and Betts’ ensuing RBI double. They then used three home runs from Taylor to win Game 5 and send it back to Atlanta. But In the end, it was all too much, leaving fans to ponder a future Dodgers team that could lose several players to free agency, including Kershaw, Scherzer, Seager, Taylor and Kenley Jansen. But it was all too much, as evidenced by Mookie Betts’ quotes before Game 5. “Well, we got a couple injuries, I mean, I think that’s the main thing is having, being down a

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Monday’s TV sports Basketball NBA •Washington at Brooklyn, NBATV, 4:30 p.m. •Portland at L.A. Clippers, NBATV, 7:30 p.m. Football NFL •New Orleans at Seattle, ESPN, 5:15 p.m. •Monday Night Football with Peyton and Eli, ESPN2, 5:15 p.m. Golf •NCAA, East Lake Cup, first round, GOLF, noon Soccer Super Lig •Besiktas vs. Galatasaray, BEIN, 9:55 a.m. Ligue 1 •OGC Nice vs. Olympique Lyonnais, BEIN, noon Tennis •Center Court, ATP Vienna, ATP St. Petersburg, WTA Courmayeur WTA, Cluj-Napoca, early rounds, TENNIS, 5 and 6 a.m.

Tuesday’s TV sports Baseball MLB Playoffs •World Series, Game 1, Atlanta at Houston, Chs. 2, 40 (KTXL), 5 p.m. Basketball NBA •Philadelphia at New York, TNT, 4:30 p.m. •Golden State at Oklahoma City, NBCSBA, 5 p.m. •Denver at Utah, TNT, 7 p.m. Golf •NCAA, East Lake Cup, second round, GOLF, noon •Ladies European Tour, Omega Dubai Moonlight Classic, first round, GOLF, 7 a.m. (Wednesday) Hockey NHL •Vegas at Colorado, ESPN, 5 p.m. •San Jose at Nashville, HULU, 5:30 p.m. Soccer College men •Michigan at Ohio State, BIG TEN, 3 p.m. •Maryland at Penn State, BIG TEN, 5 p.m. Women’s International Friendly •United States vs. Korea, FS1, 5 p.m. Canadian Premier League •Valour FC vs. HFX Wanderers, FS2, 5:30 p.m. •Pacific FC vs. FC Edmonton, FS2, 7:30 p.m. MLS •Los Angeles FC vs. Seattle, ESPN, 7:30 p.m. Tennis •Center Court, ATP Vienna, ATP St. Petersburg, WTA Courmayeur WTA, Cluj-Napoca, early rounds, TENNIS, 5 and 6 a.m. •Center Court, ATP Vienna, ATP St. Petersburg, WTA Courmayeur WTA, Cluj-Napoca, early rounds, TENNIS, 5 and 6 a.m. (Wednesday)

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