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Woman at center of $16M in suspected fraud schemes remains in custody Daily Republic Staff
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FAIRFIELD — A woman suspected of trying to obtain $16 million in fraudulent loans, obtaining a fraudulent six-figures lease for a luxury car and causing a family to lose their home in an alleged mortgage fraud scheme remains in custody after a brief court appearance this week. The woman at the heart of the multimillion-dollar series of suspected illegal financial activity was previously convicted of fraud related to Hurricane Katrina relief, and is suspected of fraud in connection with Covid-19 relief, authorities report. Sharon N. Dailey, 51, faces eight felony counts of identity theft, four felony counts of making a false financial statement to obtain a loan, two felony counts of mortgage consultant fraud, and one count each of grand theft, mortgage fraud and passing a false check in the amount of $500,000 – all felonies. Dailey also faces an enhancement allegation of committing a pattern of related felony conduct. Bail is a combined $250,000. The charges stem from six different fraud schemes, according to a press release from the District Attorney’s Office. Criminal charges were filed Sept. 9 and led to a warrant for Dailey’s arrest. Dailey was arrested Nov. 4 by Suisun City Police in the area of Pintail Drive and Spoonbill Lane in Suisun City. She was arraigned Nov. 5 and has pleaded not See Fraud, Page A6
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Season of giving Time remains to donate to Thanksgiving, Christmas veterans dinners Registration opens for Solano Turkey Trot races Daily Republic Staff
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Pfizer moves to allow cheap versions of Covid pill Tribune Content Agency Pfizer Inc. reached a licensing agreement that will allow generic-drug manufacturers to produce inexpensive versions of its Covid-19 pill for 95 low- and middle-income countries, following a similar move by Merck & Co. In a statement on Tuesday, Pfizer said it has signed an agreement with the United Nationsbacked Medicines Patent Pool to license the experimental pill, once it is authorized by regulators, to generic companies that can supply it to countries that account for roughly 53% of the world population. The shares fell 1% in pre-market U.S. trading. Pfizer won’t receive royalties from sales in low-income countries, and won’t get royalties from sales to middle-income countries covered by the pact as long as Covid-19 is classified as a public-health emergency, according to the statement. The widely awaited deal could help bolster access to a potent new virus-fighting tool. Unlike the exotic mRNA technology in Pfizer’s Covid-19 shot, the chemical techniques used to manufacture pills are mature and long-established, and numerous generic companies can cheaply produce them. Pfizer has been under considerable pressure to license the technology See Pfizer, Page A6
ROCKVILLE — Anyone who wishes to participate in the annual Solano Turkey Trot races on Thanksgiving Day can sign up now. The event raises money to support the Solano Hearts United partner organizations that serve high-risk children, families and seniors. “We believe in a collective impact model with the goal of raising public awareness and education by holding fundraising and community events such as the Solano Turkey Trot,” the website statement said. “This annual event began on Thanksgiving Day See Races, Page A6
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VACAVILLE — The annual free holiday dinners by the Vacaville Veterans will, for the second straight year, be limited to home deliveries. “Because of continuing Covid concerns, this year’s dinners will again be different . . . No meals will be served at the Veterans Memorial Building again this year. Instead, all meals will be delivered and we will have to limit the number of people who volunteer,” the organization’s website states. The group began contacting regular volunteers around Oct. 15, but are still looking for volunteers for the later shifts for the Thanksgiving dinner, and are still accepting food and cash donations. The veterans expect to serve 800 meals or more. “Each year the community helps us out be donating turkeys, hams, desserts, rolls
and cash to supplement what the veterans provide for dinners,” the web message states. Donations can be dropped off between noon and 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday at the veterans building, 549 Merchant St. Thanksgiving Day meals will be delivered between 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. “The Vacaville Veterans are always grateful for the support received from their neighbors and enjoy being able to continue giving to the community,” the website message states. “We look forward to this program each year. Once again American Legion Post 165 will take the lead as the sponsoring organization for the dinners.” Anyone requesting a meal, who wants to volunteer or to make a donation for the Thanksgiving or Christmas dinners can go to www.vacavets. See Giving, Page A6
Rare Sierra Nevada red foxes survive massive Dixie Fire that burned habitat Tribune Content Agency There might be something to the adage “clever as a fox.” When the monstrous Dixie Fire scorched a northeastern California expanse that the elusive Sierra Nevada red fox calls home, wildlife officials were worried. The diminutive foxes, which dwell in the highelevation reaches of the Sierra Nevada and southern Cascade mountains in California and Oregon, are one of the rarest mammals on the continent. Their population size is unknown but is potentially only in the dozens, with an estimated 18 to 39 spread across the Sonora Pass, northern Yosemite and Mono Creek areas.
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California Department of Fish and Wildlife experts think that fewer than 15 of the alpine creatures live in and around Lassen Volcanic National Park and Lassen National Forest, where massive swaths of land were devoured by the nearly 1-million-acre Dixie Fire. In 1980, the animals were designated a See Foxes, Page A6
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