Daily Republic: Sunday, November 21, 2021

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31st Annual Tournament of Champions

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Champions of

Members of the Fairfield High School Scarlet Brigade march down Dover Avenue while performing in the Tournament of Champions in Fairfield, Saturday.

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Jamie Butler plays the sousaphone while performing with the Fairfield High School Scarlet Brigade in the Tournament of Champions in Fairfield, Saturday.

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FAIRFIELD — Trumpets blared and the air buzzed with voices Saturday at the Fairfield High School campus – the first time in more than a year that students gathered there for a large-scale music event.

Carly Samera, 16, of the Rodriguez High School Entertainment Unit, started high school two years ago. She blinked and is now a junior and a section leader for the band.

“It has been really difficult distance learning these couple of years,” she said. “We are on the computers all the time.”

Samera couldn’t wait to get back to band and practice with her friends.

“I did practice at home here and there,” she said. “It was a way to calm down my anxiety.”

But it felt good to be back together for the 31st Annual Tournament of Champions. For many people, it was like a breath of fresh air.

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Solano seeks $1.27 million for Rio Vista flood protection, bypass habitat project Todd R. Hansen

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FAIRFIELD — Solano County has asked the state Department of Water Resources for $1.275 million to enhance flood protection for Rio Vista, as well as advance the Little Egbert project north of the city in the Yolo Bypass.

“This funding will help accelerate an important element of enhancing flood protection for the Rio Vista community, as identified in the 2020 Flood Control Feasibility Study,” Rio Vista Mayor Ron Kott said in a statement released by the Little Egbert Joint Powers Agency. “We appreciate the county’s action and our working partnership

with LEJPA to explore effective, cost-efficient and sustainable solutions to the flood system deficiencies identified near the Mellin Levee.”

Richard Harris, chairman of the Little Egbert agency board, added, “The county’s action will not only assist in initiating important flood system improvements for Rio Vista, but it will advance work on the Little Egbert Multi-Benefit Project.

Mellin Levee is a shared boundary between our agencies, so improving this levee and adjacent facilities is a shared priority to help enhance flood protection north of Rio Vista and reduce flood risk in the lower Yolo Bypass and Cache Slough complex.”

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Notorious B.I.G., crop circles, Bigfoot and more

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presence on the interveryone knows about urban legends. net will spawn interest There’s the one about in this area and create how cracking knuckles tourism. Kind of like causes arthritis. There’s those crop circles in the one about the Loch Suisun Valley back in Ness Monster. There’s 2003. Remember them? the one about Elvis More on them later . . .

Presley staging his I’ve previously death. There’s the one Brad Stanhope shared urban legends about the Raiders caring Like I was sayin’ about the possibility of about Oakland fans.

Kim Kardashian attendFor the most part, urban ing Vanden High School and legends are absurd. But there’s Jimmy Carter owning land near enough truth in good urban Bird’s Landing. I’ve shared legends to create interest, right? the urban legend of John F. History shows that repeating Kennedy water skiing in Suisun them makes people more likely City and the possibility that to believe them. the song “Hotel California” is Well . . . about a Vacaville motel. I’ve I’m a booster for Solano suggested Amelia Earhart’s County and a supporter of plane is hidden at Travis Air Solano County urban legends. I Force Base. occasionally write about Solano All may be true. Or may not urban legends, hoping that their be. Who knows?

But I recently heard from a guy who said his cousin knows a guy who said that . . .

The Notorious B.I.G. actually lives in Suisun City. I heard that he staged his death in 1997 because he knew he was the target of assassins.

Biggie subsequently rented a three-bedroom tract home in Suisun City and lives off money he invested in offshore accounts, receiving a check for $6,000 every month. Nearing 50, he’s lived in the neighborhood long enough that he’s known as “Mr. Wallace,” and most neighbors assume he receives some sort of government disability payment. The person who told me this said that B.I.G. stands for “By Island (Grizzly).” Makes sense.

Bigfoot was seen in the hills above Green Valley. While

Fairfield is a long way from the traditional areas that commemorate their connection to Bigfoot, there is a persistent rumor that Sasquatch has been seen many times by residents around Green Valley Country Club. Word is that the Solano County Sheriff Office has been urged to keep the reports quiet because it could drive down home values. Bigfoot allegedly has friends in City Hall.

Makes sense.

Suisun Valley circles were a test run for use in Afghanistan.

In 2003, a series of amazing crop circles appeared in Suisun Valley near Larry’s Produce.

Some teens initially said they did it, but investigators determined that it was too sophisticated for that. There was never an official explanation for the circles, although their appearance

created a cottage industry of T-shirt sales and visitors in tin-foil hats. I heard that the National Reconnaissance Office created the circles to see their impact, hoping similar versions in Afghanistan could lead to a quick conclusion to the then-burgeoning war. The crop circles were a local success, but the feds soon discovered that no one in Afghanistan had seen “Signs,” the Mel Gibson movie about crop circles that came out a year earlier. Instead of crop circles, the military stayed in Afghanistan for nearly 20 more years and the NRO instead worked to improve the ability to distribute American films in Kabul so the next plan would work.

Makes sense.

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International visitors flock to these five U.S. cities Tribune Content Agency More than 600 days after the Trump administration shut U.S. borders, a majority of international travelers are once again welcome. For those returning after a long hiatus, a few things may be different: the president, the hotel and restaurant landscapes, and the documentation required at the airport, which now includes proof of approved vaccination against Covid-19.

But where they’re going largely remains the same.

According to data from Travelport, a global technology company that powers travel bookings for hundreds of airlines and thousands of hotels worldwide, flight bookings to and within the U.S. have already reached 70% of their prepandemic levels. That’s a hopeful sign for the quick recov-

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Bicyclists and pedestrians cross the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City. ery of the U.S. travel economy, which, according to the U.S. Travel Association, represents $233 billion annually and suffered weekly losses of $1.5 billion in spending from Canadians, Europeans, and Britons alone during the border closure period.

The top-booked destinations, in order, per

Travelport’s data for November are New York, Miami, Orlando, Los Angeles and San Francisco, a list that will deliver few surprises. The city receiving the most diverse array of visitors, however, is Las Vegas, which appears in many permutations on the list of top 100 routes booked between foreign coun-

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tries and the U.S. (People are visiting Sin City from the U.K., Canada, Ireland, Germany and Mexico.)

More interesting, perhaps, is where they’re coming from. (By and large, Brits are most eager to get back to U.S. cities, but the answers to that question change depending on the destination.)

Here’s a short guide to who’s going where, and what they may need to know upon arrival.

New York City The city is expected to be the top winter holiday destination, according to surveys from a wide range of travel companies – thanks, in part, to the fact that the lights are (finally) back on Broadway. Expect a busy Christmas season.

Miami Some would say the Magic City looked a little too Miami Vice throughout the pandemic; the city was one of the most popular places for Americans to decamp from cold winters amid lockdowns, and it took on increased popularity for its relative normalcy, even when case counts were dire. Next month brings Art Basel and all its related social events –likely the perfect opportunity to pretend the pandemic never happened at all.

Orlando With Walt Disney World celebrating its 50th anniversary, the parks are in full swing. It has little-known luxury services

that bring out the real Disney magic.

Los Angeles A nearly $40 million L.A. Arts Recovery Fund led by the J. Paul Getty trust is working to get hard-hit institutions back on their feet, though it also helps that iconic venues like the Hollywood Bowl are once again running at 100% occupancy.

San Francisco Municipal programs called Slow Streets and Shared Spaces have helped create a relative abundance of car-free, outdoor public spaces throughout the city – beyond the typical outdoor dining setups – and tech execs that left during lockdowns.

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Prison inmate among 3 new Covid-related deaths in county Todd R. Hansen

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FAIRFIELD — Solano County health officials, for the second straight day, announced Friday three more Covidrelated deaths, taking the pandemic total to 321.

All three were men.

One was a state prisoner at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville. He was 72. The other two, one in his 40s and the other in his 50s, lived at home. None of the men were vaccinated.

The fatalities take the total number of deaths from the most recent surge to 64, 51 of whom were not vaccinated, the county reported. That means about 20.4% of those who have died in the latest surge were vaccinated, which follows the county trend of 21% to 22% since vaccinations started, Dr. Bela Matyas, the public health officer, said in a phone interview. said the Matyas good news is that case numbers are not spiking like they did at this time last year. Matyas credits the report to the high vaccination rate in the county.

“It’s encouraging that we have not seen any evidence of the next spike.

But absolutely, we are not out of the woods because next week we have Thanksgiving followed by all the other holidays,” Matyas said.

The Friday update showed 81% of residents 12 or older have

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SUISUN MARSH — Volunteer Kristi Satterlee is pretty sure a barn owl has it in for her.

“If I disturb him too much, he’ll fly out and [poop] on my car,” she said, and laughs.

Satterlee is one of many volunteers who donate their time to Rush Ranch on the Suisun Marsh. She opens the big barn door and points to the very top of the barn, in the rafters.

“Can you see them?” she asks.

Sure enough, there they are – two barn owls peering down with their signature concave, heart-shaped faces. Their features are actually designed to pick up sound waves to better catch prey – or set their sights on the pristine roof of a Honda.

Satterlee’s observations came Saturday during Get the Rush, a monthly open house at Rush Ranch with vendors, educators, animals and hikes.

Volunteer Sean Cassidy works with the horses. It’s easy to see they have an affection for him.

Dewey, a speckled yearling, repeatedly put his muzzle in Cassidy’s face and even tried to playfully chew on the ear of another volunteer, Cherise Fontanez.

Director of Access Adventures Mike Muir said Dewey is a wonderful horse that has become a great part of his program for people with disabilities.

“Horses are the bridge for our lost functions,” Muir said, adding

received at least one shot and 71% of that population has been fully vaccinated. There were 2,093 additional booster shots administered since Wednesday, taking that total to 48,932.

The updated number for children 5 to 11 years old who have received vaccination shots was not available. The Wednesday report put that number at 3,173.

The number of residents hospitalized with the disease climbed Friday from 24 to 26, but the number of patients in the intensive care units dropped from 11 to eight.

The 10-day daily case average Friday was 36.6, up from 35.2, but the seven-day positivity testing rate dropped from 5.2% to 4.8%, the county reported.

Vacaville had the most new cases, 33, to take its total to 12,274. Fairfield added 21 cases to take its count to 12,470.

With 19 new cases, Vallejo was at 13,587, the county reported.

Suisun City (3,288) added three cases, as did Benicia (1,570). Dixon (2,571) added two cases.

Rio Vista’s total was adjusted lower by one case to 626. There were no new cases reported for the unincorporated area of the county, holding at 143, the county update states.

Solano County does not report case updates on weekends. The next update is scheduled late Monday afternoon.

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Full I-80 overnight closure on track to start Dec. 4 Daily Republic Staff

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FAIRFIELD — Interstate 80 will be closed in both directions for about 10 hours starting at 11 p.m. Dec. 4, the state Department of Transportation announced.

Caltrans crews will be removing the Highway 12 to eastbound I-80 connector bridge.

Flaggers and message signs will alert motorists of the detours and potential delays, which are expected to be 30 to 45 minutes.

Motorists traveling west on I-80 will be directed onto the Interstate 680 connector ramp and travel south

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to connect to Interstate 780 (Curtola Parkway) then back onto I-80.

Motorists traveling east on I-80 will be directed to the Red Top Road exit, onto Lopes Road to follow the detour back onto the I-80 on-ramp.

The work is part of the

Interstate 80/Interstate 680/Highway 12 Interchange Project, and is subject to change due to weather or other factors, Caltrans said.

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Crisp blue skies greet guests for yoga, hike at Rush Ranch K aty St. Clair

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SUISUN MARSH — A crisp blue sky greeted people early Saturday for a free yoga session and a hike at Rush Ranch.

Yoga instructor Barbara Fredericks said she was pleased at the turnout for her easy-going exercise routine. Ten people showed up to stretch and then meander up over the hills and back.

“It’s more like a meditation stroll,” Fredericks said, describing the walk. “We don’t do anything too rigorous.”

Everyone gathered under the eucalyptus trees for standing-yoga, which began with closed eyes and mindful breath.

“With your eyes shut, become more aware of your other senses,” Fredericks told those gathered for the session.

Noses picked up hay and breeze scents off the marsh, ears caught various birds and the occasional car in the distance.

Teryl Feeney from Fairfield and her friend Kim Kane from Benicia have done this class before and

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Participants strike the warrior pose during Barbara Frederick’s Mindfulness Meditation Yoga and Hike at Rush Ranch in the Suisun Marsh, Saturday. came back again because they liked it so much. They joined the others in a slow stretch that gradually spread to different parts of the body.

“If your thighs begin to scream at you, just tell them to be be quiet,” Fredericks quipped as people’s muscles became more taxed.

From there the instructor led the group into a variation of the tree

Obituaries

Gregory Dale Goodrich May 25, 1956 — Nov. 16, 2021

Gregory ‘Greg’ Dale Goodrich passed on to heaven on Nov. 16, 2021, in Sacramento, California.

Greg was born on May 25, 1956, in San Pablo, California. He was the second born child to Arthur and Juanita Goodrich.

Greg was raised in Richmond and graduated from Harry Ellis High School.

He moved to Fairfield, California, shortly after marrying the love of his life, Doris Goodrich, in 1978. Greg and Doris would raise four boys together. Their family would grow to include 11 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Greg worked as a Heavy Duty Mechanic at Embassy Leasing Co., before moving on to an Automotive Technician at Woodard Chevrolet. He then went to work as a Transit Vehicle Mechanic at BART. He retired from BART as an instructor for new mechanics in December 2016.

He received numerous achievements, awards and acknowledgements in his work career, including reaching ASE Certified Master Technician.

Away from work, Greg was often found in the driveway fixing people’s cars, or at the homes of family and friends, putting his many skills to work helping others.

One of Greg’s greatest joys in life was spending time with his family.

Family was very important to him and an integral part of his daily life.

Greg was an avid sports fan and loved the outdoors. He enjoyed fishing, boating and camping with his kids and grandkids. He was a 49ers fan and enjoyed going to both San Francisco Giants and Oakland A’s baseball games with family.

Over the years he coached little league and was involved in Boy Scouts and Royal Ambassadors. He enjoyed bowling, singing and playing softball. He had a hearty sense of humor

and enjoyed joking with family and friends.

Greg was a devout Christian and dedicated his life to the work of God. He was ordained during his service at Grace Baptist Church in Suisun City. He served as a Deacon, teacher, mentor and interim Pastor. He also enjoyed singing in the church choir and sang in a traveling Christian barbershop quartet. Greg’s dedication to God could be seen in the way he lived his life and treated others.

He was a father figure, brother in Christ and great friend to so many people over the years. He will be missed by many whose lives he had a positive impact on.

He is survived by his wife of 43 years, Doris; siblings, Pam Maestas (Donald), Roger Goodrich, Monica Goodrich; children, Joseph Jimerson, Matthew Goodrich (Melissa) and Adam Goodrich (Kristina); grandchildren, Crystal (Israel), Zachary (Briana), Isaac, Kathryn, Samantha, Marie, Elijah, Alexis, Eddie, Jaxon and Olivia; and greatgrandchildren, Loralai, Leila, Arabella and Lucius.

His family will miss him more than words can express!

Greg was proceeded in death by his mother and father, Juanita and Arthur Goodrich; son, Jimmy Jimerson; and daughter-in-law, Shannon Jimerson.

A viewing will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Dec. 1, 2021, at Fairfield Funeral Home, 1750 Pennsylvania Ave., Fairfield. A limited seating funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Dec. 2, 2021, at the Rockville Stone Chapel, followed by a graveside burial at Rockville Cemetery, 4219 Suisun Valley Road, Fairfield. The burial will be followed by a reception and celebration of life at the Rockville Cemetery reception hall.

Arrangements entrusted to the care of Fairfield Funeral Home, 707-425-1041, www.fair fieldfuneral-home.com.

pose and the warrior stance.

“You’re a very focused group.

I love it,” Fredericks said, cheering them on.

Yoga ran roughly 30 minutes and then it was time to set off over the hills not so far away.

Go to solanolandtrust.org for more information about Mindfulness Meditation and Yoga Hikes.

Charles Robert Staib III Jan. 21, 1935 — Oct. 28, 2021

Charles Robert ‘Bob’ Staib III, resident of Vacaville, California, passed away peacefully at his home on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021. He touched many lives with his volunteer spirit and optimistic outlook on life.

Bob was born in Wilmington, Delaware, on Jan. 21, 1935, to Charles Robert Jr. and Louise Caroline Staib.

He graduated from P.S. DuPont High School in Wilmington in 1952 and received his Bachelor of Science degree in Agronomy from Washington State University in 1956 and a Master of Science Degree in Agronomy at the University of Idaho in Moscow in 1959.

Bob met the love of his life, Shirley Evelyn Ensor, on a double date while a student at Washington State. They were married on Nov. 10, 1956, nearly 65 years married at the time of his death.

Bob and Shirley had three children and lived in Riverside, Carmichael and Napa, California, as well as Urbandale, Iowa, and Wilmington, Delaware, during Bob’s career as an Agricultural Chemical Sales Representative.

In 1995, Bob and Shirley retired to Vacaville, California, to be near their daughter and son and grandchildren.

Bob served in the Naval Reserves from 1952-1961.

As a retiree he learned bagpipes at the age of 60 and joined the Shriner’s Pipes and Drums Band.

He played the bagpipe at numerous weddings, funerals and events.

He was a member of Masons, Shrine, Sons in Retirement (SIRs), Elks and was active in leadership roles until his health was a limitation. Bob loved golf all his life and enjoyed bowling and low stakes poker during his senior years.

He traveled with Shirley to interesting locations both near and far and looked forward to their weekly date night.

One of Bob’s most significant memories in the history of the world was

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when he was on the top deck of the Empire State Building in New York City on a day trip with the Wilmington, Delaware, YMCA the very moment when President Harry S. Truman announced the Japanese surrender and the end of World War II on Aug. 14, 1945.

Bob was a devoted Christian and advised those close to him to love God, your family and your friends. Pray for them daily and always ask for God’s blessing on every major endeavor you embark upon.

Bob is survived by his loving wife, Shirley Staib; daughter, Karen (Harrison) Roth; son, Curt Staib; son-in-law, Mike Sissel; brother, Carl (Zel) Staib; granddaughter, Allison (Jeff) Szasz; grandsons, Harrison Scott (Sybille) Roth and Nick Staib; great-grandsons, Logan Szasz and Alexander Szasz; and great-granddaughter, Cambria Szasz.

Bob was preceded in death by his parents, Charles Robert Staib Jr. and Louise Caroline Green Staib; daughter-inlaw, Cathy Vulpi Staib; and his daughter, Leann Staib Sissel.

A graveside service will be held at the country Pleasant View Cemetery near Mondovi, Washington, in 2022 with immediate family in attendance.

The family suggests memorial contributions be made to Shriner’s Hospital for Children – Northern California, 2425 Stockton Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95817-2215.

LAFCO meets to review Ranch Village C changes Daily Republic Staff

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FAIRFIELD — The Local Agency Formation Commission will consider detaching Ranch Village C and about 3 acres along Leisure Town Road from the Solano Irrigation District as part of the start of development on the project.

The LAFCO commissioners meet at 10 a.m. Monday in the

Rush From Page A3 that they take a light touch and respond to voice commands.

Muir was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at the age of 15 and heads the program that promotes inclusion and activity for people with physical or cognitive limitations. Working with horses is a perfect fit for him. After all, he has nature in his DNA: He’s naturalist John Muir’s grandson.

You can see the resemblance in his eyes and bone structure.

“Working with horses has had a profound impact on my life,” Muir said.

“Dewey is very special,” he continued about the horse, whose official name is Blackhawk.

“He’s unflappable but also strong and brave,” Muir said. “He’s very interested in people with disabilities and undaunted by blind people or the profoundly disabled; he will drop his face into their laps.”

The smell of charcoal burning began to fill the air, which usually conjures up thoughts of a barbecue. Not so at Rush Ranch: Coal burning here means it’s time for the blacksmith to show off.

Volunteer Joe Hoberg set up his shop Saturday by first getting the fire

Board of Supervisors chamber on the first floor of the government center, 675 Texas St., in Fairfield.

Village C sits on 23.35 acres and is part of the Roberts’ Ranch Specific Plan area, which was approved for annexation into Vacaville in 2017.

SID continues to provide service to the area until the project work starts. hot enough to melt steel.

“Before hardware stores we had general stores,” Hoberg said.

“If you had anything you needed made out of metal, you needed a blacksmith.”

C.J. and Colin Grech came with their cousin, Dylan Jones, and their grandpa, Michael. C.J. was first in line to create a mini “sword” out of a nail – with the help of Hoberg.

“Remember, it’s not a toy,” the volunteer pointed out.

But that didn’t mean making it was any less fun. The nail was heated to a neon peach and then lightly hammered

by C.J. until it began to look like something very different.

“It’s starting to look like a Sinbad sword,” Hoberg said.

While that was going on inside, tables were being set up outside full of antlers, items from the Miwok and Patwin peoples, and even a children’s crafts table. A woman with a stuffed hawk wore a T-shirt that said, “Find Tranquility at Rush Ranch.” Indeed.

Docent Jim Hanser was slated to lead the day’s hike, delighted to see more than 20 people had signed up.

“Nice turnout,” he said.

To learn more about Rush Ranch and the Solano Land Trust, go to solanolandtrust.org.

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Vaca school board votes to change salary schedules Susan Hiland

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VACAVILLE — The school board voted unanimously Thursday to update salary schedules for classified and substitute teachers in the Vacaville School District.

Director of Human Resources Manolo Garcia requested the approval of the revised 2021-22 Classified Employee Salary Schedules, which include the reclassification of the School Bus Driver Instructor job classification.

The school bus driver instructor classification was reclassified from Range 42 to Range 48 on the salary schedule in order to provide competitive compensation as well as internal equity between the school bus driver classification, according to a staff report.

This change is expected to result in the increased attraction of qualified candidates and retention of employees in this classification, according to the staff report.

The School Bus Driver Instructor classification will train new drivers as well as assist with driving routes as needed.

The expected results of these changes are that it should also result in the reduction or elimination for contracting transportation services,

which, according to the staff report, are far more costly to the district than using its own drivers.

This change will bring “significant savings” for the district, according to the staff report.

The new three-year reclassification plan changes the general fund for the 2021-22 year with a cost increase of $7,132; then 2022-23, the second fiscal year, will see a cost increase of $7,556; and the third year, 202324, will see be a cost increase of $7,901. The costs are included in the staff report.

The board also approved of the revised Classified Substitute Salary Schedule to comply with laws that require minimum wages paid by employers effective Jan. 1, 2022.

According to a stff report, the salary schedule is being revised to comply with California Labor Code Section 1182.12 and the corresponding General Minimum Wage Order, MW-2019, which requires employers with 26 or more employees to pay a minimum wage of at least $15 per hour, effective Jan. 1, 2022.

This will affect the hourly wage for substitute employees working Cafeteria Assisas tant I and Child Care Assistants, which will be increased from $14.79 per hour to $15 per hour.

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Kaiser Permanente nurses take part in a sympathy strike with Stationary Engineers Local 39 in Vacaville, Friday.

Nurses union joins Engineers Local 39 with sympathy strike at Kaiser Matt Miller

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VACAVILLE — Members of the California Nurses Association picketed Friday in sympathetic solidarity next to striking company engineers along Vaca Valley Parkway, just outside the Kaiser Permanente Vacaville Medical Center grounds.

The International Union of Operating Engineers Local 39 has been unable to finalize a contract with Kaiser Permanente for more than two months. The nurses association found the need to step in and lead some assistance to the cause.

“We know the importance of supporting our

fellow brothers and sisters, fighting for a safe workplace and a contract,” said Gina Macalino of Vacaville, a board of directors member with the California Nurses Association.

“Kaiser has been making over $13 billion in profits during the Covid-19 pandemic, instead of spending money to increase core staffing. They have even proposed floating engineers among different facilities.”

Kaiser Permanente said in a statement that it has been continuing to bargain “in good faith” with Local 39, the union that represents

about 600 operating engineers, for several months.

The union decided to call a strike and have kept employees out for more than two months.

Kaiser’s proposal to Local 39 is to keep engineers among the best compensated in their profession, at an average of more than $180,000 in total wages and benefits, the compamy said in a prepared statement. The health care company also said it is not proposing any takeaways and that proposals do not differentiate between current and future employees.

“Unfortunately, after

many hours bargaining on Tuesday and Wednesday, there is no movement in negotiations with Local 39,” Kaiser Permanente said its statement. “The union insists it receive much more – in some cases nearly two times more – than other union agreements covering Kaiser Permanente employees.”

Eddie Ramirez, the local representative for the Local 39 Engineers and six hospitals in the area, including Vacaville, said the strike is about simple economics.

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Fair board to readdress action to stop gun shows at fairgrounds Todd R. Hansen

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FAIRFIELD — The Solano County fair board on Dec. 1 will for a second time consider banning gun shows from the fairgrounds in Vallejo.

The board voted 4-1 Aug. 9 to stop allowing gun shows on the fairgrounds starting in 2022.

“There is an opportunity for us to do the right thing,” Director Manuel Angel said at the time, after he initially abstained but then changed his mind and joined the majority.

The lone dissenter was Lee Williams.

“Us banning the gun show here at the Solano County (fairgrounds) is not the answer. Education is the answer,” Williams said.

The directors agreed to the second meeting to “maximize public participation” after the board was accused of violating open meeting laws and failing to allow some – mostly opponents to the prohibition – from speaking on the matter.

“At our Aug. 9 meeting our board met and took action to no longer host gun shows at our fairgrounds,” Williams, now serving as president of the board, said in a statement announcing the Dec. 1 meeting.

“Since that meeting, our board has received a

fair amount of feedback from our community, as well as a concern about whether the SCFA was in full compliance with the Brown Act,” Williams said. “The board has therefore decided to conduct another meeting where the gun show question can be revisited. We believe this will further ensure that anyone who wishes to have their opinion considered before the board takes its final action may do so.”

The board will meet at 6 p.m. in McCormack Hall.

“To maximize public participation, our board has decided to host the Dec. 1 meeting in-person, here at the fairgrounds, in addition to offering a means to attend electronically,” Executive Director Mike Ioakimedes said in the statement.

“McCormack Hall is large enough to accommodate this meeting while still providing for ample social distancing.”

Masks will be required for anyone attending the meeting due to the city’s regulation, to slow the spread of the virus that causes Covid-19.

Access is also available by going to tinyurl. com/3snmew3k.

The Meeting ID is 899 1462 6790. The passcode is 639203. The public also can call in at 669-900-9128.

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Homeless outreach event set next week SUISUN CITY — Homeless Outreach Partnership Engagement will host an event from 8 a.m. to noon Wednesday at the Suisun Train Station parking lot, Main Street and Lotz Way. Free assistance with mental health screenings, Cal-Fresh, housing support, cash aid, Medi-Cal, ID assistance and substance abuse screening will be made available.

For more information, send an mail to housing@ solanocounty.com. This event is sponsored by the Suisun City Police Department, Solano County, Caminar for Mental Health, Community Action North Bay, Solano County Behavioral Health, Assurance Wireless, and Resource Connect Solano.

Poll: More US adults say they won’t have a child A growing share of U.S. adults who aren’t already parents say they probably won’t have children, citing reasons such as apathy, financial instability or the lack of a partner.

A new survey from the Pew Research Center found that 44% of non-parents ages 18 to 49 say it’s not too likely, or not at all likely, that they will have children someday, an increase of 7 percentage points from the 37% who said the same in 2018.

The survey of 3,866 U.S. adults ages 18 to 49 was conducted Oct. 18-24.

Gun discharge rattles Atlanta airport ATLANTA — Despite claims on social media, there was not an active shooter at Atlanta’s airport, said Hartsfield-Jackson officials in a statement posted to Twitter.

A gun was accidentally fired at the airport around 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the security screening area. And it sent social media into a frenzy as visitors posted videos to Twitter of chaos unraveling.

The airport has since resumed normal operations, officials said in another statement around 3:30 p.m.

Delta issued a travel waiver to assist customers who were impacted by the incident, the company announced in a statement.

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Nurses From Page A5 “Kaiser has been dragging its feet and waited to the last day of the contact to negotiate,” Ramirez said by telephone. “We are willing to negotiate all night if that’s what it takes. We’re only asking for what the market is.

There’s 2,500 engineers already making what we are asking for.”

Ramirez said the engineers union “greatly appreciates” the support

from the nurses union.

“We appreciate what everyone is doing for us,” he said.

Kaiser Permanente said that given the demands of Local 39, on top of what it describes as the already market-leading compensation and highest retirement benefit of any represented employee in the organization, the company believes that sympathy strikes are not appropriate in this case.

It asked staff to “choose to be there for our patients, and to come to work.”

“This will not bring us

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Solano county’s unemployment dipped to 6.1% in October, according to the state Economic Development Department.

Solano’s unemployment dips to 6.1% in October Todd R. Hansen

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FAIRFIELD — The number of Solano County residents working went up, and the number seeking unemployment benefits went down in October.

The Labor Market Division of the state Employment Development Department reported Friday that Solano’s jobless rate dipped from 6.4% in September to 6.1% in October.

The unemployment mark equaled the state’s figure – also down from 6.4% in September. The national rate in October was 4.3%, down from 4.6%, the EDD reported.

The state reported that 190,000 of Solano County’s 202,400-member civilian workforce were employed in October, with 137,700 of those jobs inside the county.

The workforce was up 100, the number of individuals employed up by 500 and local jobs grew

by 900, the state reported.

The job growth was in food service and drinking places, 400 jobs including 200 in restaurants; retail, 300 jobs; construction, 200 jobs; and 400 new government jobs, with 200 each in state and local education, the EDD reported.

Those seeking unemployment numbered at 12,400 in October, down from 12,900 in September, the EDD reported. unemployment The rate for October 2020 was

9% in Solano County, 9.3% statewide and 6.6% nationally.

Solano County ranked 40th out of the state’s 58 counties, with the lowest jobless rate reported in Marin County at 3.4% and the highest rate found in Imperial County at 17.7%.

Solano had the highest unemployment among the nine Bay Area counties, with Contra Costa the next highest at 5.3%, the EDD reported.

Vallejo PD joins White House Community Violence Intervention Collaborative Daily Republic Staff

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VALLEJO — Rep. Mike Thompson and Police Chief Shawny K. Williams announced that the Police Department has been added to the White House Domestic Policy Council’s Community Violence Intervention Collaborative.

Thompson, D-St. Helena, wrote to the White House in October asking that the department be added to help support local officials as they address gun violence and reduce crime.

“It’s critical that we

work together as local officials and community partners to reduce crime and help prevent gun violence in Vallejo,” Thompson said in a press release. “And it’s important that the Vallejo Police Department receives the thompson williams Federal assistance it Williams, in the press needs to build these partrelease, said the city nership that will keep of grateful for Thomppeople safer.” son’s support “and are The assistance will help the Vallejo depart- thrilled that the Vallejo ment work with the Police Department will community and learn be continuing our fight best practices nation- against violent crime wide to rebuild trust and using valuable resources reduce crime, according shared by the White to the press release.

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Council’s Community Violence Intervention Collaborative.”

“As we continue our efforts through Operation PEACE to eliminate gun violence and engage with our community, we remain hopeful that continued engagement with the collaborative, as well as our ongoing work with Congressman Thompson, will result in the development and deployment of innovative community violence intervention strategies to reduce and prevent violent crime in Vallejo,” Williams said in the press release.

Border Patrol reports unusually large groups of migrants from Brazil, Venezuela Tribune Content Agency SAN DIEGO — The San Diego area Border Patrol says it arrested two people during an operation targeting a human smuggling organization allegedly responsible for bringing large groups of mostly Venezuelan and Brazilian migrants to the Tijuana-San closer to an agreement and most importantly, it is unfair to our members and patients to disrupt their care when they most need our employees to be there for them,” Kaiser Permanente said in the statement.

Kaiser said it prepared thoroughly to care for patients during the strike and worked to reduce the impact.

The 24-hour sympathy strike by the nurses started at 7 a.m. Friday and was expected to end at 7 a.m. Saturday.

“Our brothers and sisters in Local 39 have

Diego border.

The operation began after Border Patrol agents began encountering “unusually sized” groups of migrants from Brazil, Venezuela and Portugal, the agency said.

Overall, the number of migrants taken into U.S. custody along the border with Mexico decreased for the third month in been without a contract for 62 days,” Macalino said Friday.

Kaiser Permanente did note that it is currently not in bargaining with the California Nurses Association, whose contract runs through August 2022.

Kaiser also noted it is “extremely grateful” for the frontline health care workers who have worked so hard during the Covid-19 pandemic. It said it has hired hundreds of nurses and other care team members in recent months. Kaiser said in the statement that support for teams that need respite

a row in October, after a sharp increase this summer, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data released Nov. 15. CBP reported more than 164,000 apprehensions along the entire U.S.-Mexico border in October, which is a 23% drop from July.

Large groups of people from Brazil and Vene-

zuela began arriving in Tijuana earlier this fall, according to José María García, the director of the Juventud 2000 shelter in the Zona Norte neighborhood of Tijuana.

García said on Nov. 11 a group of approximately 150 Brazilians and Venezuelans arrived

has been taken care of by bringing in experience temporary staff.

“In fact, in spite of the acute shortage of nurses in the state, Kaiser Permanente Northern California will have hired an estimated 1,800 experienced nurses by the end of the year, in addition to adding 300 new nurses who will graduate from Kaiser Permanente’s nurse residency program,” Kaiser Permanente said in its statement.

Kaiser has also said that it has provided nearly $600 million in employee assistance to ensure that frontline employees

have access to alternate housing, special child care grants and additional paid leave for Covid-19 illness and exposure.

“When it became clear at year-end that our workers’ performance bonuses could be reduced by the effects of the pandemic, we instead chose to guarantee all eligible union-represented employees at least a 100% payout of their performance bonus, amounting to thousands of dollars a person on average,” Kaiser Permanente said in its statement.

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Soon-to-be-released Cuomo impeachment report details misdeeds Also backs up harassment claims Tribune Content Agency ALBANY, N.Y. — A forthcoming 45-page detailing the report Assembly’s impeachment investigation into former Gov. Andrew Cuomo backs up sexual harassment and other misconduct claims leveled against the disgraced Democrat. who Lawmakers reviewed the report said Friday that the document clearly shows Cuomo’s behavior would have been grounds for impeachment had he not resigned in August.

The report, which will be made public in the coming days, corroborates sexual harassment claims made by staffers and state workers and shows Cuomo violated the state’s Public Officers’ Law by enlisted underlings to work on his pandemic memoir, lawmakers said.

Phil Assemblyman Steck, D-Colonie, said the report serves as “total confirmation” of the findings from independent investigators working under Attorney General Letitia James.

“I think the report confirms everything that the attorney general’s inves-

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Penn student dies after fall down trash chute

A Penn State freshman who was reported missing last week and found two days later at a recycling center, is confirmed to have died after falling down an apartment building’s trash chute.

Justine Gross, 19, died due to a late night fall inside the 11th-floor solid waste disposal chute to the ground floor, the State College Police Department said in a news release Friday.

The strange accident occurred at around 11:30 p.m. on Nov. 10, and video suggests that Gross was alone both in the hallway and trash room, according to the release.

Gross was reported missing shortly after 5 p.m. on Nov. 11 and State College Police Department found her body at 2:45 a.m. Nov. 12 at the Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority transfer station in College Township, read the release.

Police said that before Gross’ body was discovered, “the waste receptacle was emptied by a Borough of State College refuse truck.”

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Border From Page A6 at Juventud 2000, only asking for food before calling for taxis to leave the shelter located right next to the border. He said a language barrier prevented him from fully members interviewing of the group.

“These 150 arrived, and within hours, they were already gone, leaving in several taxis that they requested themselves to travel around the city. They said that they were going to stay in some hotels and apartments that they already had already set up,” he said.

Between Oct. 28 and Nov. 9, San Diego Border Patrol says it detained five groups of migrants, mostly from Brazil and Venezuela, that were respectively 43, 49, 73, 84 and 93 people in size.

tigators said in regards to the harassment,” Steck said. “There’s additional details, additional evidentiary support, but at the end of the day the case is only stronger.”

The report was compiled by Davis Polk, an outside law firm hired to oversee the Assembly Judiciary Committee’s impeachment inquiry.

The Assembly investigation began back in March and was abandoned after Cuomo announced his resignation in August following the release of a bombshell report from James’ office detailing harassment claims from 11 women.

The Assembly investigation dove into several other scandals that had engulfed the Cuomo administration including allegations that family and associates of the governor received preferential treatment for Covid-19 testing and that

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Lawmakers who reviewed an Assembly investigation report say that the document clearly shows the behavior of former New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo would have been grounds for impeachment had he not resigned in August. officials intentionally withheld data related to coronavirus deaths at nursing homes.

Cuomo has maintained his innocence and his legal team continues to cast the investigations into him as politically motivated, particularly noting James’ gubernatorial ambitions.

The 63-year-old is scheduled to appear in

court in early January to face misdemeanor groping charges filed after a former aide accused him of fondling her at the Executive Mansion late last year.

Steck said the report also shows that Cuomo staffers assisted in writing and promoting the 63-year-old’s Covidthemed leadership tome,

a violation of the state’s Public Officers’ Law. Earlier this week, the state’s ethics panel voted to rescind approval of the $5.1 million book deal after reaching the same conclusion.

Cuomo and his attorneys have argued that any work by aides was done on a voluntary basis and accused the Assembly of ignoring the fact that legislative staffers often do campaign work for lawmakers.

“If they want to set a new standard that is also their prerogative – but the current standard is that a state employee can volunteer in a personal or political effort as long as they take time off so that there is no cost to the state,” Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi said.

Lawmakers who reviewed the report also note that it shows the Cuomo administration intentionally withheld

data related to nursing home deaths during the pandemic. James’ office issued a separate report earlier this year accusing state officials of undercounting the death toll by as much as 50%, prompting the Health Department to adjust its counting.

“It’s very clear that he made material misrepresentations to the public and the Legislature in order to promote himself politically,” Steck said.

Azzopardi, meanwhile, lamented the fact that lawmakers declined a request from Cuomo’s attorney, Rita Glavin, to access the report before it’s made public.

“The Assembly Judiciary Committee has chosen not to review their findings with us which is their prerogative, but it may once again result in a one-sided report,” Cuomo spokesman Azzopardi said.

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Frequent lottery winners draw Pa. auditor general’s attention Tribune Content Agency PITTSBURGH — Pennsylvania Auditor General Tim DeFoor is calling for stronger processes to monitor frequent lottery winners, after an audit revealed that the Pennsylvania Lottery doesn’t analyze data surrounding winning patterns, though lottery officials called them “misguided assertions.”

The audit – which focused on findings from July 1, 2017, to Jan. 26, 2021 – found that even though the Pennsylvania Lottery collects information on players who file claims for more than $600 for tax purposes, it doesn’t analyze that data to monitor people who are frequently filing

winning claims.

With their current protocols, if a lottery retailer were to play the lottery and file 50 or more wins for themselves, it would “trigger a flag for the lottery to investigate” to rule out any fraud, according to April Hutchinson, the communications director for the auditor general.

For regular players, though, the same type of fraud monitoring is not done.

The audit found 17 nonretail players who filed 50 or more claims for wins over $600 from July 1, 2017, to March 2, 2020. These 17 players have filed over 1,300 claims totaling nearly $2.7 million,

according to the report.

“As far as the frequency of them winning, it’s something that caught our attention,” DeFoor said. “It kind of defies the odds and warrants (the state Department of Revenue) to investigate this further.”

Among the 17 players, one was the spouse of a retailer who had filed 88 winning claims. Winnings from retailers’ spouses are also not flagged for review.

“Those who conclude that the small subset of Lottery players who are perceived to win too frequently are somehow committing fraud often fail to consider essential factors, such as how frequently those players

play and the way in which they play certain games,” the Pennsylvania Lottery said in a letter sent to DeFoor’s office.

“Without considering these factors, it is impossible to conduct a fair and reasoned analysis.”

DeFoor is asking that the Pennsylvania Lottery begin investigations into these claims and for the state Legislature to pass legislation that would hold retailers to the same standard as Pennsylvania Lottery and Department of Revenue employees.

“This analysis would help determine if someone is claiming prizes for a prohibited player or engaged in illegal activity such as avoiding paying taxes or child support,” the audit said.

A formal statement from the Pennsylvania Lottery pushed back against the notion that foul play was involved in the winnings.

“We strongly disagree with the performance audit’s assertion that frequent wins by Lottery players are an indication of illegal activity on the part of the players,” the statement said.

“From our perspective, this unfounded assertion relies upon the same flawed methodology that others have relied on to erroneously raise questions about the perceived statistical improbability of certain Lottery players’ wins.”

The lottery said its research confirmed all

of the claims for the 17 players mentioned in the audit “can be reasonably explained.”

One example was of a player playing Pick 4.

They played the same numbers on 68 tickets on the same day. The player then spread the winning claims out over the next few months rather than cashing everything in at once, the lottery said.

The statement also noted that how a person plays the lottery has a “huge impact” on how the data appears.

The Pennsylvania Lottery also raised concern in its statement that the publication of the audit would negatively impact lottery sales and lottery-funded programs.

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German gardener uses old gumball machines to revitalize bee habitats The Washington Post BERLIN — It started with a joke.

In spring 2019, eco-gardener and entrepreneur Sebastian Everding marveled over how a German comedian, Oliver Tissot, repurposed an old gumball machine into an “automatic joke machine.”

Put in 20 cents, turn a dial and get a classic German joke. Everding thought it was “ingenious” and contacted Tissot.

He wanted in.

Everding, then 36, quickly retooled a former gumball machine into a joke dispenser and put it outside his home in Dortmund in the Ruhr River valley. He loved hearing the laughter, but wanted to do more. An avid gardener, he thought of his beloved bees – the pollenspreading environmental linchpins whose numbers are dwindling under pressure from climate change, pesticides and other threats.

Everding’s next reimagined gumball machine delivered a capsule of wildflower seeds, which passersby could use to create bee habitats in their neighborhoods. His experiment has now grown to more than 160 dispensers across Germany, Austria and Belgium in places such as libraries and train station kiosks, energy service centers and veterinarian offices.

“The vending machine alone cannot stop the problems with the wild bees,” Everding said. “But we hope the project changes awareness of the population.”

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ABOVE: The 130th bee vending machine, this one in

Dresden, Germany.

LEFT: Inventor and founder Sebastian Everding with

a bee vending machine in his garden outside his Dortmund house.

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The decline in bees and other pollinators – butterflies, beetles and more – is another sign of a planet under stress, including ecosystems lost

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or changed by a warming climate. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, at least 1 in 10 bee species in Europe – some exist-

ing nowhere else in the world – are threatened with extinction.

A researcher, posting on the U.S. Department of Agriculture site, described the populations of keystone pollinators, such as the western honey bee, as “at a critical crossroads” that could threaten more than 100 U.S.-grown crops that rely on bees and other natural pollen spreaders. Up to 70% of the main crops grown for human consumption depend on insect pollination, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

In Germany, Everding built partnerships with Bienenretter Manufaktur, which promotes sustainable beekeeping and other eco-friendly initiatives, and the FINE Frankfurt Institute of Sustainable Development, which created an educational component around the seed dispensers, dubbed “Bienenautomats.”

“Let’s make something really crazy to make the world a better place,” Everding told Tissot at the time.

In 2007, Everding started volunteering at an animal shelter while

on an information technology apprenticeship to learn to repair televisions, radios and other devices.

The shelter piqued his interest in sustainability and inspired his love for wildlife.

Then, in 2014, he bought a house near a forest in Dortmund. He planted wildflowers to try to attract bees that had fascinated him in wildlife documentaries.

Soon he saw some of the rarest bee species in Germany – including the European orchard bee – pollinating his flowers. In total, he planted 100 wildflower species. He never considered using pesticides.

“I see myself first and foremost as a lobbyist for wild bees,” said Everding, who later founded a sustainable property management company.

He was settling into life with his girlfriend when he read about Tissot’s project. After Everding put up the first Bienenautomat, regional papers wrote stories about the initiative. Soon, he received emails from strangers trying to order one.

“Everybody says it’s so easy to help,” said Tissot, 58. “For people my age, chewing gum machines are perfect to get us to take action because they remind us of our childhood,” as did the childhood connection to a famous German cartoon character, Maya the Bee. Everding declined the first orders. He never intended to create a nationwide project. Old

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any moderate House still publicly in favor of a coolDemocrats surely down period to see if inflation voted for the Build heats up before considering Back Better bill the bill’s passage, and many Friday with serious misHouse priorities, such as paid givings. They know in their family leave, are believed guts they are likely walking to be dead on arrival in the a political plank for their upper house. If Senate Demparty – and they’re right. ocrats can coalesce and back Forget polls that show Henry Olsen a bill – and that’s a big if – it many elements of the plan are will likely be significantly popular. Lots of discrete items poll different from the package cobbled well before campaigns against them together and thrust out the door start in earnest, as anyone who’s ever by the House. watched opposition to ballot initiaHouse Democrats may not like tives can attest. what comes back.

People often like ideas that give Democratic moderates are also them something they value, as this giving away their party’s 90-plusbill does – for example, enhanced year political ace in the hole: child tax credits and child care subtarnishing Republicans as the party sidies. But they change their mind of the rich. That moniker, which stuck when they consider costs or other during the Great Depression, when consequences. Campaigns matter, Republicans opposed relief measures and the campaign against BBB hasn’t for the unemployed or to rejuvenate even really begun. the economy, kept the GOP from That moment started Saturday, majority status for decades. the day after almost all House DemThe enhanced deduction for state ocrats have committed themselves and local taxes, known as the SALT to this legislation. That means they cap, pushed by some Democrats from will be vulnerable to attacks on every high-tax states, throws that out the part of it – not just the most popular window. Democrats alone will be items. Every time Democrats tout its responsible for giving these hundreds supposed benefits, Republicans will of billions of dollars to the nation’s tout the overall cost and special inter- rich and ultrarich. No member voting est breaks nestled away in the bill. for the bill today will be able to Members in swing seats can expect skirt responsibility for this needless to see a lot of GOP attack ads featursubsidy to the McMansion set. ing the billions of dollars in subsidies Democratic strategists say none for electric bicycles and “tree equity” of this will matter once people hear that BBB includes. about the measure’s details.

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hen-Gov. Jerry Brown and the Legislature overhauled California’s public school financing in 2013 with the stated goal of closing the “achievement gap” separating poor and English-learner students from more privileged children.

The Local Control Funding Formula gave local school officials much more leeway by eliminating most “categorical aids” that required funds to be spent for specific purposes. Somewhat contrarily, the Local Control Funding Formula also gave school districts specific grants to be spent on improving the education of children on the wrong side of the gap.

Since its passage, the state Dan Walters has also dramatically increased the amount of school spending.

The 2021-22 state budget pegs state and local school financing at $123.9 billion, nearly twice what it was in 2013, and per-pupil spending at $21,555, “the highest levels ever.” California schools also are receiving $13.6 billion from the federal government to cushion the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.

In the broadest sense, the Local Control Funding Formula embraced the conventional wisdom that altering the flow of money would profoundly affect educational outcomes.

However, from its inception, the Local Control Funding Formula has been awash in controversy – not over its concept, but rather its implementation.

Brown insisted that local school officials could be trusted to spend the money wisely for its intended purpose with very light – almost nonexistent – state oversight. Rather, local voters and parents would, it was assumed, monitor the Local Control Funding Formula through local implementation plans.

However, critics – civil rights and school reform groups – have complained that implementation plans are indecipherable and that school districts often divert money meant to improve outcomes of at-risk children into other purposes. One huge loophole has allowed Local Control Funding Formula money left unspent in one fiscal year to be carried into the next year and spent without strings.

The battles over how the money was being spent, or not being spent, have been fought district-by-district, sometimes in the courts. State Auditor Elaine Howle weighed in two years ago with a report that sharply criticized the lack of oversight.

“We are particularly concerned that the state does not explicitly require districts to spend their supplemental and concentration funds on the intended student groups or to track their spending of those funds,” Howle’s report declared.

The Legislature did close the ludicrous loophole on unspent funds this year, but after eight years, we should have some clue as to whether the Local Control Funding Formula, bolstered by billions of extra dollars, has provided meaningful help to children who need it most or has just been an exercise in creative bookkeeping.

The latest attempt to gauge its efficacy comes from Policy Analysis for California Education, a prestigious consortium of education scholars from five major universities.

“As researchers who have long studied the implementation of LCFF, we started with the view . . . that LCFF has advanced equity both in terms of funding progressivity . . . and improved outcomes for historically underserved student groups,” the Policy Analysis for California Education report says. “But despite this progress, California continues to lag behind the nation as a whole when it comes to educational outcomes, and many student groups – particularly Black and Latinx students, English learners, students from low-income families, and students with disabilities – continue to experience wide and troubling opportunity and achievement gaps.”

Among other problems, Policy Analysis for California Education laments that schools with the highest concentrations of at-risk children tend to also have the least-experienced and -capable teachers, although it doesn’t mention that union seniority rules are the prime cause of that dissonance.

The unfortunate bottom line is that we still don’t know whether the Local Control Funding Formula will succeed or join the long list of California’s high-concept notions, such as the woebegone bullet train,.

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the president could campaign in its favor. They won the battle for Barack Obama’s mind, but they decisively lost the political war as Republicans gained 63 House seats.

The 2010 Democratic wipeout virtually eliminated the party’s support in the rural, white South. That wipeout also set in motion the movement of white, non-college-educated Americans beyond the South, a party mainstay since 1932, into the GOP. The coming rout, partially fueled by BBB’s massive overreach, could push Hispanics and many moderate suburbanites on a similar path. Moderate Democrats either know or suspect this, yet they will still toe the line and sacrifice their futures on the altar of party orthodoxy.

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Their likely fate is reminiscent of the Democrats who walked the plank in 2009 to push the Democrats’ climate change bill, the WaxmanMarkey Act, into the Senate. Even though 44 Democrats opposed the bill, at least 22 members who voted for it went down in defeat. Many of those represented marginal or GOPleaning seats, but they couldn’t or wouldn’t say no to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco – even though the bill was never seriously considered by the Senate and was dead by the following year.

Someday, Democrats will question their sharp leftward shift in recent years, but today is not that day.

Instead, Democratic moderates will put on a good face for the cameras, back their party’s march into the minority and simply go down with the already-sinking ship.

Henry Olsen is a Washington Post columnist and a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.

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Employees of the municipality Limeshain, Germany, after the assembly of the 67th bee vending machine. The machines deliver a capsule of wildflower seeds.

Bees From Page A10 gumball machines online can cost up to 200 euros ($233) each. Everding had his own company to run and could repair the decades-old relics only in his spare time in his boiler room. Then, two orders came in from a school and church.

Sensing the sustainability benefits and interest from children, he couldn’t refuse.

More than 200 orders later – with 80 machines still on the waiting list – Everding’s Better World Machines has helped plant about 2.5 acres of wildflowers.

Everding calls it a first step in habitat restoration.

Each machine takes up to five hours of restoration and refitting. He begins by paying painters to sand and repaint the machines yellow. He then hammers out dents, makes repairs and puts on water-resistant bee stick-

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ers. For many of the older machines, which came into use before euro was in circulation in 2002, he also reconfigures the coin slot to fit euro coins.

“The great thing about it is really the variety of people and locations wanting to do their part in addressing climate change,” Everding said.

This year, a public library in Berlin put up the 100th Bienenautomat in Germany.

Tim Schumann, the head of that Berlin library, said families with young children often come to the building to get seeds – and learn about bees along the way. The project, he said, raised awareness about what locals can do to address climate change.

“Small seeds can be an act of empowerment,” Schumann said. “You can make your small neighborhood aware and part of restoration.”

Schumann, like many other of Everding’s customers, heard about the project through social media and was excited to join, fundraising 650 euros

($759) to buy a machine.

The librarian sees this as one step in a larger movement. He echoed Everding, who hopes the German government and the European Union will ban all pesticides and move away from “industrial agriculture to more ecological agriculture.”

“It’s clear that the climate crisis and the biodiversity crisis is here, and it’s clear we need to take action to address them in tandem,” said Laura Hildt, a policy officer for biodiversity and E.U. affairs at the European Environmental Bureau. “Ecosystem restoration is an easy way to do this.”

Next summer, Everding plans to visit each of the Bienenautomats to meet some of the people he has inspired to take action. He hopes his project to save wild bees is just the beginning.

“It’s a building block,” Everding said. “But when there’s a block and there’s a block, the whole can eventually change.”

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How do I live with a procrastinator, achieve peace of mind?

Dear Annie: My Nothing works. husband is a chronic To be fair, he has a procrastinator. He puts lot of good qualities. He off everything – from is kind and loving, and the small things, such he’s a great cook. I don’t as fixing a broken chair, expect perfection, but to the really important this problem affects not stuff, such as making a just me but whoever is will or getting a medical waiting for an answer test. It’s hard to schedAnnie Lane from him. That often ule anything because he involves friends and relDear Annie always waits until the atives, and it puts me in last minute to decide what he the middle. I realize that he may never change, but how do I live wants to do. with this and achieve peace of Sometimes, I just have to wait because he won’t be pushed mind? — Tired of Waiting Dear Tired of Waiting: to act or make a decision. Other People often procrastinate times, I just have to act on because they are afraid they my own. I’ve tried the gentle approach and the firm approach. won’t be able to complete the

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tasks at hand. Fear of failure promotes procrastination primarily when it reduces people’s sense of autonomy or when they feel incapable of dealing with a task that they’re afraid to fail at.

Don’t bail him out with friends and family who are waiting for an answer. Direct them to ask him again, and tell him and them that you are not his timekeeper. He will then have to deal with the ramifications of his procrastinations.

Dear Annie: I am an 18-yearold girl living very far from you, but I recently read one of your columns and thought you might be able to help me. I am doing really well in my academics and

was just accepted by one of the best engineering institutions in our country.

Everyone around me is proud and happy. But something inside is pinching me.

I broke up with my boyfriend last year, whom I loved with the core of my heart. He was my classmate. Eventually, he told me he loved me, too.

However, after four years of this shy love, we finally got into a relationship that created some of the happiest moments of my life. And his life, too.

But a year later, we found ourselves in a complicated situation and decided to separate.

Both of us are depressed, and

it’s been one year, and we are not able to move on. Neither of us wants to, yet I haven’t talked to him for a long time. — Ms. Unforgettable Dear Ms. Unforgettable: It sounds like neither of you can forget each other and both of you would be much happier together. At the very least, it sounds worth giving the relationship a second try. Pick up the phone and call him. Life is too short to worry about “what ifs.” See if you can get back together. Best of luck to you.

Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@ creators.com.

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by Holiday Mathis

Today’s birthday Eye on the prize, you’ll stick to your path no matter what comes. This commitment makes your life easier.

There’s no room for doubt or overthinking, so all falls into alignment. Your steps become obvious, powerful and methodical.

You’ll gain followers, supporters and a soundtrack that keeps everyone moving. Aquarius and Aries adore you.

Your lucky numbers are: 8, 11, 4, 44 and 28.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). In grade school, figuring out who likes you could involve a note with boxes to check. What unfolds today is not so different and will likely depend on intermediaries.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Will intentions ripen if you give them time?

No. In fact, everything gets more difficult and labored. So, do the confident thing. Act in the moment; do it while you’re thinking about it; handle it when it comes up.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). The leading role, by definition, cannot be had by everyone in the show. People who want to take a more important role in your life should earn it.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). There will be no shortcuts, as every path that seems quicker will actually be a long, expensive stressfest. Stick to the wellworn road and enjoy the ride.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). While you don’t need anything else to feel whole, you still get the gnawing feeling that this isn’t all there is for you. You may also feel like you’re in the wrong room. But at least you’re free to change your venue.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). There are easier things to interpret than the message a loved one sends now, like poems in a language you don’t speak or instructions coded by spies. Don’t act or react until you get clarity.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). In a revealing moment, the masks and disguises of everyday life fade from view.

Love calls the soul forward to shine through your eyes. This is how your loved ones see the real you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Nostalgia is a context that not all of your historical relationships are lucky enough to earn. Anyone who makes it into this sentimental realm gets to live in the glow of your goodwill today.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

There’s something about you that makes people want to impress you.

They’ll make promises they can’t entirely keep, but that’s OK. If they do even half of it, you’ll come out ahead.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

Saying no is easier when you think of what you are saying yes to. A no to dessert is a yes to your fitness plan, and a no to one expenditure is a yes to a bigger one in the future.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). A logical understanding of the situation will not be enough to move you to change. You have to feel it. Today, you will. You’ll know and accept the truth of the matter.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Not everything of value must be attained by sweat and struggle. Celebrate the easy things in your life – the things that require no effort at all or are so pleasurable you don’t feel their energy requirement.

CELEBRITY PROFILES: Goldie Hawn is a student of Eastern philosophy and has been an innovator in the field of education with her efforts to focus on methods of mindfulness. She even created a foundation to teach awareness and positive thinking to school children, improving student performance and morale. Mercury in worldly Sagittarius indicates openness to foreign cultures and methods.

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Screening key

About 1 in 10 Americans has Type 2 diabetes, according to the American Diabetes Association.

in reversing prediabetic condition

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ovember is Diabetes Awareness Month and, as someone living with diabetes, I think I have something important to lend to the topic.

Touro is home to many great graduate programs but one of its best areas of awareness, treatment and research is diabetes. Our awesome researchers will tell you, upon a diabetes diagnosis, that you’re not alone. In fact, the American Diabetes Association tells us that about 1 in 10 Americans has Type 2 diabetes.

I’m more interested, however, in a different number. The ADA also says that as many as 88 million Americans have prediabetes – a condition which, if ignored, can develop into Type 2 diabetes. Fully 85% of those 88 million have no idea they are prediabetic.

Why is this important? The aforementioned path to Type 2 diabetes and the health complications and risks it comes with is one concern, but a bigger reason it’s important is that prediabetic conditions can be reversed.

There are far too many miscon-

ceptions about how a person develops diabetes to list here, but many people often think it’s just a byproduct of poor lifestyle choices. Diet and exercise are important, but prior to my diagnosis, my diet wasn’t extravagant and my fitness level was, at the very least, above average, engaging in swimming, biking, hiking, kayaking and spending lots of time in the gym.

Family history had a big role for me.

Three of my four immediate family have Type 2 diabetes and more than a half dozen on my father’s side also have it.

My diagnosis came out of nowhere.

One day at work, I experienced an extreme level of thirst, an early symptom that I knew from decades earlier when my dad was diagnosed with diabetes. One blood test later and it was official – I was a diabetic.

Type 2 diabetes is highly manageable and my life is not too different overall from before. However, management of the condition dominates much of my thinking – when will I eat, what will I eat, when should I take my medication, how long can I exercise. I think about these things constantly.

The best next step to take to ensure you’re not living in a prediabetic state without knowing it is to seek screening.

Some simple bloodwork or even a blood sample with a glucometer is a great place to start.

Touro’s Mobile Diabetes Education Center, or MOBEC, offers many of these tests and other educational services.

This mobile trailer can be found at community events throughout the region. To find where MOBEC is coming next or to have MOBEC at your event, visit http:// tu.edu/mobec.

That website also has additional helpful information for others living with diabetes, such as links to management programs and healthy recipes.

The best way, however, is to simply see your primary care provider and ask for a test of your blood sugar level and your A1C, a measurement of your average blood glucose for the past three months. These two readings will tell you if you need to take additional steps to avoid developing diabetes.

Bill Hicks is a former journalist working as the publications and projects coordin r at Touro University California.

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Crime logs Fairfield Thursday, Nov. 18 5:57 a.m. — Fight with a weapon, 1700 block of SAN JOSE STREET 6:06 a.m. — Vandalism, 5100 block of FULTON DRIVE 6:43 a.m. — Residential burglary, 2200 block of SANTA ANA DRIVE 8:51 a.m. — Vehicle burglary, 4100 block of ROWLAND DRIVE 11:02 a.m. — Forgery, 2200 block of CUNNINGHAM DRIVE 11:08 a.m. — Vandalism, 700 block of BROADWAY STREET 12:58 p.m. — Forgery, 1000 block of WEBSTER STREET 1:07 p.m. — Vehicle theft, 700 block of LINK ROAD 2:43 p.m. — Vandalism, 2000 block of FAIRFIELD AVENUE 3:02 p.m. — Vehicle burglary, 1500 block of GATEWAY BOULEVARD 3:20 p.m. — Reckless driver, MEADOWLARK DRIVE 3:29 p.m. — Reckless driver, RED TOP ROAD 3:37 p.m. — Trespassing, 3300 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 3:37 p.m. — Reckless driver, CEMENT HILL ROAD 3:46 p.m. — Vehicle burglary, 300 block of PITTMAN ROAD 3:59 p.m. — Vandalism, 1900 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 5:02 p.m. — Vehicle burglary, 3300 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 5:12 p.m. — Vehicle burglary, 100 block of HAWTHORN DRIVE 5:46 p.m. — Trespassing, 1300 block of WEST TEXAS STREET 7:25 p.m. — Vehicle theft, 1400 block of HOLIDAY LANE 7:51 p.m. — Fight with a weapon, 2500 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 9:31 p.m. — Robbery, 700 block of TEXAS STREET 10:02 p.m. — Shots fired, 1200 block of QUAIL DRIVE

Friday, Nov. 19 12:37 a.m. — Drunken driver, EASTBOUND HIGHWAY 12 12:47 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 2000 block of FALCON DRIVE 12:58 a.m. — Shots fired, 9100 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 4:06 a.m. — Commercial burglary, 1300 block of WEST TEXAS STREET 5:44 a.m. — Trespassing, 2300 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 8:53 a.m. — Indecent exposure, 800 block of FIRST STREET 9:33 a.m. — Forgery, 1700 block of NEW JERSEY STREET 11:07 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 2700 block of WHITE ALDER COURT 11:35 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 1400 block of MEADOWLARK DRIVE 11:54 a.m. — Reckless driver, DOVER AVENUE 12:18 p.m. — Robbery, 1900 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 12:20 p.m. — Grand theft, 3200 block of PELHAM COURT 12:30 p.m. — Battery, 2000 block of SAN LUIS STREET 1:16 p.m. — Vehicle burglary, 2900 block of INDUSTRIAL COURT 1:44 p.m. — Forgery, 1300 block of TRAVIS BOULEVARD 2:06 p.m. — Vandalism, 1100 block of FIRST STREET 3:04 p.m. — Battery, 700 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 3:16 p.m. — Indecent exposure, 3100 block of TRAVIS BOULEVARD 3:43 p.m. — Drunk and disorderly, 5000 block of BUSINESS CENTER DRIVE 4:03 p.m. — Battery, 1100 block of UNION AVENUE 4:53 p.m. — Brandishing a weapon, 1500 block of TRAVIS BOULEVARD 5:28 p.m. — Battery, 2400 block of PEACH TREE DRIVE 6:55 p.m. — Vehicle burglary, 1600 block of GATEWAY BOULEVARD 7 p.m. — Vehicle theft, 400 block of WATT DRIVE 9:23 p.m. — Reckless driver, 1800 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 9:31 p.m. — Brandishing a weapon, 2300 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 10:49 p.m. — Reckless driver, SANTA ANA COURT

Suisun City Thursday, Nov. 18 9:13 a.m. — Vandalism, 500 block of EAST WIGEON WAY 12:38 p.m. — Indecent exposure, SUNSET AVENUE 8:12 p.m. — Fraud, 200 block of BRIDGEWATER CIRCLE

Champs From Page One “I even have a flute solo, and I’m not nervous because it is very liberating being in uniform with my teammates,” Samera said.

Scott Miller, the director of music for the Rodriguez Entertainment Unit, was pretty excited to be back on the field again with the students.

“It is an amazing feeling,” Miller said. “I am ecstatic we are all back together again.”

The year has been a challenge, especially since band was not happening for a good year and a half.

“We did some things outdoors but it was limiting with the masks,” Miller said.

They recently held a band camp again and it was then that many students realized how much they missed playing music together.

“We have lost a lot of students; they didn’t come back,” Miller said.

“But those that did are very dedicated.”

Miller said he was thankful for the assistance and dedication of the Rodriguez Booster Club for all the volunteers who came out to give their time and to help with expenses.

“We could not have done any of this without them,” he said.

The day was a long one for the participants.

Brian Swetland, band director for the Scarlet Brigade, came in at 4:30 a.m. to start getting ready for the day, which he knew would not end until 11 p.m.

The Scarlet Brigade at Fairfield High School

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Rodriguez Entertainment Unit’s Jenna Manuel, Ryan Boothe and Lavani Madadi practice the flute while waiting to perform in the Tournament of Champions at Fairfield High School, Saturday.

LEFT: Will C. Wood High School students perform in the Tournament of Champions, Saturday.

hosts the event each year. The only time the 31-year tradition has not happened was in 2018 because of nearby wildfires fires and then in 2020 because of the Covid pandemic.

The 30 schools were spread out all over the Fairfield campus practicing for the big parade at 10:20 a.m. They marched around the block this year, making a circular route.

“The kids were really showing us how much they needed this,” Swetland said. “It is amazing because the students are getting a chance to do something normal.”

Swetland also mentioned the band camp and that it was down by about half the normal number of students; many just didn’t come back.

Although he did learn something during the Covid mask mandate,

Swetland said the musical note B can not be played with a mask on. It is just too low to hear.

“The masks change the sound of all the music.

It is much lower in tones,” he said. “It alters the sound of the music.”

Swetland said he couldn’t have been more proud of those students who came out Saturday for the Scarlett Brigade’s duties of playing host.

“Those that have

returned to band are all dedicated and committed to being here,” he said.

“The student leadership is amazing,” Swetland said. “The unity of the students in working together and everything being done with such purpose.”

It is the end of the season and it’s time for the Winter Guard again, he said.

Swetland said he is watching the students become leaders through band and hopes they become the leaders that people want to follow.

Students from American High School, far left, and students from Concord High School prepare to perform in the Tournament of Champions in Fairfield, Saturday.

Flood From Page One pipelines and levee roadway maintenance. n $400,000 for Reclamation District 536 to conduct repairs and improvements along 4.4 miles of levee road.

The Little Egbert funding would be used to consider how to raise the Mellin Levee, and make improvements to nearby facilities.

The Little Egbert Multi-Benefit Project has four areas of focus.

According to the JPA website, those areas are: n Flood – The project would reduce regional flood risk with stage reductions between 0.5 and 1.5-feet for the approximately 25-year flood event in the lower Yolo Bypass and Cache Slough complex tributaries. The project would also reduce stage between 0.1 and 0.3-feet for the approximately 200-year flood event over this same area. The project is expected to include 5 to 6 miles of levee improvements. The levee improvements near the southern end of the project would help the city of Rio Vista achieve

the state’s small community standard of 100-year flood protection. n Agriculture – The agricultural economy in the Cache Slough complex is expected to benefit from the flood stage reductions that would be created by the project. Preliminary hydrologic and hydraulic modeling suggests that water stage reductions could extend upstream and provide some level of flood protection for approximately 40 miles of agricultural and rural levees in the Cache Slough complex and within the lower to mid-bypass. n Climate change – Sea level rise and climate change are expected to significantly decrease the viability of maintaining the Little Egbert Tract as a reclaimed landscape into the future.

The project provides an opportunity to actively manage the transition of the land in a manner that (1) maximizes flood protection benefits and flood system resilience, (2) maximizes the creation of quality habitat, and (3) minimizes impacts to overall water quality and water supply intakes in the vicinity. n Habitat – The project would perma-

nently inundate the Little Egbert Tract and Powell property in a manner that would re-establish a diverse open water, tidal marsh and riparian ecosystem complex to benefit threatened wildlife such as the Delta smelt, longfin smelt, green sturgeon, Chinook salmon and giant garter snake. The project would be expected to create more than 3,200 acres of new habitat supporting rearing and/or spawning areas for fish species through the creation of subtidal, tidal marsh and seasonal floodplain habitats.

The project concept was developed through a 2018 feasibility study commissioned by the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency on behalf of the Lower SacramentoDelta North Regional Flood Management Planning group.

“This early project concept was formulated to demonstrate the . . . potential to optimize flood risk reduction, habitat and agricultural economic benefits,” the agency noted in its materials.

Public review and comments of the project will be sought after the final studies are completed.

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A map of the proposed Little Egbert project.

The Little Egbert Joint Powers Agency was created in October 2020 between Reclamation Districts 2084 and 536 to implement the project goals.

The Little Egbert Multi-Benefit Project area includes the 3,150acre Little Egbert Tract and the 350-acre Powell property that lies adjacent to the southern edge of the Little Egbert tract, which is bordered

to the north and east by Cache Slough where it is “protected by restricted height levees intended to breach during flood events to facilitate the increased conveyance of flood flows through the Yolo Bypass.”

The properties are located within the Yolo Bypass immediately upstream of Rio Vista.

The Rio Vista airport is also west of the agency property.

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Unrest spreading in Europe as coronavirus lockdowns return Tribune Content Agency Several thousand protesters gathered in Vienna on Saturday after the Austrian government announced a vaccine mandate and a national lockdown to contain record coronavirus cases.

The demonstration came as unrest is on the rise in Europe, where governments are increasingly targeting the unvaccinated.

Protesters, mostly unmasked, shouted and sang, and waved flags and home-made signs. The far-right Freedom Party, which opposes vaccine directives, spearheaded the action to protest Austria’s moves.

The demonstration followed one in Rotterdam on Friday that turned violent, with several people injured and water cannons turned on protesters.

European governments are desperate to end the pandemic after more than 18 months. A fourth wave of infections has reached record levels in several countries, putting health systems under strain yet again and threatening the economic recovery.

In their bid to put Covid-19 behind them, governments, including those of Germany, the Czech Republic and Greece as well as Austria and the Netherlands, are increasingly focused on the unvaccinated. The effort has collided with a vocal minority who are opposed to health-care directives.

Austria’s fourth national lockdown of the pandemic starts on Monday. People will be able to leave home only for essential reasons, such as buying groceries and exercising.

Blocks from Saturday’s demonstration, and elsewhere across the city, other Viennese took

advantage of a mild, sunny day to visit cafes, boutiques and Christmas markets that will soon be forced to close as as long as three weeks.

In Rotterdam on Friday, protesters denounced a plan by the Netherlands government to exclude negative tests from the national health pass, which would cut the unvaccinated off from many activities. Police fired warning shots and broke up the crowd with a water cannon. At least seven injuries were reported.

The state of Saxony in eastern Germany, one of the nation’s worst hit by the current wave of infections, announced tighter curbs on public life late on Friday. Christmas markets were canceled and people who aren’t vaccinated face a curfew in hotspot areas. Bavaria has also set a mixture of lockdowns and curfews.

Austria’s daily Covid-19 cases have spiked this month, and deaths, while not rising as much, are the highest since last winter. Salzburg and Upper Austria currently have the highest sevenday Covid-19 incidence in Europe, according to the World Health Organization.

In Germany, Lothar Wieler, the head of the public health institute RKI, told the DPA newswire that contacts between citizens need to be rapidly reduced across the whole country to stem the surge of infections.

He also urged a massive ramp-up in vaccinations.

About 68% of Germans and 65% of Austrians have been fully inoculated against Covid-19, below levels thought to create “herd immunity” from the virus. They lag neighbors like France and Italy,

but vaccination levels in Eastern Europe are even far lower – from 59% in the Czech Republic to 24% in Bulgaria.

Hospitals and intensive care units in much of Europe are filling up, largely with the unvaccinated.

Almost nine out of every 10 patients in Greece’s ICUs are unvaccinated, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said

in a nationally televised address. It’s a pattern that’s been repeated in recent months, from Italy to the U.S. to Australia.

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Things to do I Fairfield 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday ‘Matilda’

Downtown Theatre, 1035 Texas St. www. downtowntheatre.com.

2 p.m. Sunday ‘The Servant of Two Masters’

Solano College Theatre, 4000 Suisun Valley Road. http://blogs.solano.edu/ theater/index.php/tickets.

performances

2 p.m. Sunday Charlie Wade Blues Band

resume across Solano

Pioneer Tap Room, 4491 Suisun Valley Road. www.pioneertaproom.com.

4 p.m. Sunday Blue Moon Gypsies

Three Restaurant, 721 Texas St. www.threefoodbeerwine. com/events.

4 p.m. Wednesday Chris, Rob & Friends

Pioneer Tap Room, 4491 Suisun Valley Road. www.pioneertaproom.com.

3 p.m. Saturday Ron Park

Pioneer Tap Room, 4491 Suisun Valley Road. www.pioneertaproom.com.

I Suisun City 7 p.m. Wednesday Wednesday Night Blues

Marina Lounge, The Lounge, 700 Main St., Suite 106.

419-5930.

7 p.m. Friday DJ Taz

Marina Lounge, The Lounge, 700 Main St., Suite 106.

419-5930.

I Vacaville 9 p.m. Thursday Top 40 DJ Night

Nebula on Main, 301 Main St. www.nebulaonmain.com.

9 p.m. Friday Latin Mix DJ

Nebula on Main, 301 Main St. www.nebulaonmain.com.

7 p.m. Saturday ‘Christmas in My Hometown’

Vacaville Performing Arts Theatre, 1010 Ulatis Drive. www.vpat.net.

9 p.m. Saturday Salsa DJ

Nebula on Main, 301 Main St. www.nebulaonmain.com.

I Benicia 2 p.m. Sunday Bray

The Rellik, 726 First St. www.therelliktavern.com.

2:30 p.m. Sunday Valerie Jay & The Americanos

Lucca Bar & Grill, 439 First St. www.luccabar.com.

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Dancers rehearse for Vacaville Ballet Theatre’s “Nightmare Before Nutcracker” at the Vacaville Performing Arts Theatre.

Amy Maginnis-Honey

Tribute, 8 p.m. Dec. 4. www. downtowntheatre.com.

Missouri Street Theatre Presents “The Sound of Music,” 8 p.m. Dec. 18, Jan. 7; 2 and 6:30 Dec. 19, Dec. 26 and Jan. 2; 7:30 p.m. Dec. 22-23, Dec. 30; 2 and 8 p.m. Jan. 8; 2 p.m. Jan. 9, Downtown Theatre, 1035 Texas St. www.downtowntheatre.com.

ive Christmas entertainment is back, after going on hiatus in 2020 due to Covid-19.

Holiday favorites, a live Nativity and Grand Victorian Home Tour are some of the offerings that kick off Saturday.

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Vallejo Choral Society Presents “An English Christmas,” 7 p.m.

Dec. 11, Community Congregational Church, 1305 W. Second St. www. vallejochoral.org.

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“No Room,” 7:30 p.m. Dec. 10-12; 3 p.m. Dec. 1-12, Harbor Arts Center, 720 Main St. www.suisun harbortheater.org.

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“A Visit to Bethlehem,” 6 to 8 p.m. Dec. 3-5, New Hope Christian Fellowship, 4910 Allison

Parkway. www.newhopevv. com/bethlehem.

Alive Music Orchestra, “AMO Swings Into Christmas,” 7 p.m.

Dec. 10, Valley Church, 5063 Maple Road. http://vacajazzsociety. org/events.

Buck Ford: Christmas Show & Release Party, 7 p.m. Dec. 10, Journey Downtown, 308 Main St. https://www.journeycoffeeco.com/ journey-downtown-events.

Chapkis Dance Holiday Showcase, 2 and 7 p.m. Dec. 18, Vacaville Performing Arts Theatre, 1010 Ulatis Drive. www.vpat.net.

Christmas From a Celtic Table, 2 p.m. Dec. 17, Vacaville Performing Arts Theatre, 1010 Ulatis Drive. www.vpat.net.

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9 p.m. Friday Goth Night

The Rellik, 726 First St. www.therelliktavern.com.

2:30 p.m. Saturday The Landbirds

Lucca Bar & Grill, 439 First St. www.luccabar.com.

5 p.m. Saturday Tune Riders

The Rellik, 726 First St. www.therelliktavern.com.

8:30 p.m. Saturday Uncle Buck

The Rellik, 726 First St. www.therelliktavern.com.

I Vallejo 11:30 a.m. Saturday Blues Brunch

Empress Theatre, 330 Virginia St. www. empresstheatre.org.

8:30 p.m. Friday DJ

Townhouse Cocktail Lounge, 410A Georgia St. 553-9109.

1 p.m. Friday Chris Cole Trio

Vino Godfather, 1005 Walnut Ave. www. vinogodfather.com.

1 p.m. Saturday Papa Joe & The New Deal Vino Godfather, 1005 Walnut Ave. www. vinogodfather.com.

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FAIRFIELD — Fairfield residents Ben and Nancy Aromin, the couple who produce the Disney-themed holiday displays on Calder Place, “Magical Holiday Moments,” will be featured Nov. 28 on the first episode of “The Great Christmas Light Fight.”

“What keeps Nancy and I running our light show every year is to bring the magic of Disneyland to Fairfield to those who are not fortunate enough to visit the Disney parks during the holidays,” Ben Aromin shared with the Daily Republic in 2019. “Nancy and I don’t have See Couple, Page B2

On the Fringe brings Broadway standards to youth fundraiser Amy Maginnis-Honey

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Fairfield residents Ben and Nancy Aromin took a different approach to their Christmas display by programming them to perform to music lasting close to 30 minutes. They are shown in December 2011.

VALLEJO — “Star Wars,”Disney and Broadway came together as On the Fringe Visual and Performing Arts hosted “All Together Now.” They were among the more than 2.500 theaters across the globe, in more than 40 counties, that presented the musical revue free-of-charge.

The event’s goal is designed as a fundraiser for local theaters.

A live auction garnered enough for On the Fringe to send some of its youth to the Junior Theatre Festival that brings together See Youth, Page B2

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‘The Wheel of Time’ goes on an epic quest to save the world Tribune Content Agency

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Actors rehearse a scene from “No Room” at the Harbor Theatre in Suisun City, Dec. 4, 2019.

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“Christmas in My Hometown,” 7 p.m.

Nov. 27, Vacaville Performing Arts Theatre, 1010 Ulatis Drive. www.vpat.net.

Gerry Ramos Music Studio 2021 Christmas Piano & Vocal Recital, 5 p.m. Dec. 17, Vacaville Performing Arts Theatre, 1010 Ulatis Drive. www.vpat.net.

Live Nativity, 6 and 7:30 p.m. Dec. 10-12, Trinity Baptist Church, 401 W. Monte Vista Ave. www.tbcvacaville.com.

“Messiah” Sing-along, 7 p.m. Dec. 5, St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 350 Stinson Ave. Solano Symphony Holiday Celebration,

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United States Air Force Band of the Golden West, 7 p.m.

Dec. 3 and 3 p.m. Dec. 4, Vacaville Performing Arts Theatre, 1010 Ulatis Drive. www.vpat.net.

Vacaville Ballet Presents “The Nutcracker,” 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Dec. 10-11 and 2 p.m. Dec. 12, Vacaville Performing Arts Theatre,

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Dec. 12, Vino Godfather, 1005 Walnut Ave., Mare Island. www.jazzforall occasions.com.

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Dec. 10, Empress Theatre, 330 Virginia St. www. empresstheatre.org.

“Christmas – It’s That Time Again!” 8 p.m.

Dec. 18, Empress Theatre, 330 Virginia St. www. empresstheatre.org.

Grand Victoria Home Tour: 3 p.m. Dec. 15,

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On the Fringe pulled off a threepeat in August, winning a Freddie G. Excellence in Acting award. The trophy was presented at the gala.

Held online this year, the youth were masked and filmed their entry on the upstairs stage at the Naval and Historical Museum in Vallejo.

The museum also hosted the gala. On the Fringe honored executive director Jim Kern, who is retiring in the new year.

“Mr. Jim is the stan-

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The TV show takes viewers to the most elaborate and awe-inspiring holiday displays as four

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Emmy Jessen, right, shares the stage with Ron George in “Christmas in My Hometown.”

dard in Vallejo,” said On the Fringe founder Maria Stats. “He knows everyone and everything.”

Stats credited Kern with helping build On the Fringe, offering them a home.

The group paid for their first show at the venue, in paint, Stats said.

She credited Kern with taking pride in his work.

“Be Our Guest” featuring Brighton Fuller and the On the Fringe singers kicked off the performances. That was followed

by Maggie, Molly and younger sister Charlotte “Coco” Stats performing “Matchmaker” from “Fiddler on the Roof.”

The two young women who played Lulu in the San Francisco production of “Waitresses” performed “Tomor-

row” from “Annie.” Coco Stats hails from Suisun City. Eva Carreon is from Brentwood.

Laura Carreon, Eva’s mother, sang “Gimme Gimme (That Thing Called Love)” from “Thoroughly Modern Mille.”

Maria Stats, who served as emcee and auctioneer, noted the performers were getting paid in recognition.

On the Fringe stalwart Xathanel Todd sang from “James and the Giant Peach.”

Tunes from “Newsies,” “Les Miserables” and “My Fair Lady” were also performed.

Stats noted that during the Covid-19 pandemic, On The Fringe Youth delivered meals to the homebound and donated $500 to a local classroom.

festive families, all from the same home state, face off in each one-hour episode and compete to win $50,000.

For more information on “Magical Holiday Moments,” visit http:// magicalholidaymoments. weebly.com and www. facebook.com/magical holidaymoments.

Oher stops on the show include “The Nightmare Before Christmas”

display in Mission Viejo; A family builds a whimsical Christmas meadow with more thn 8,000 handmade illuminated flowers radiating Zen and peace in Atwater; and a family who builds a light display with fencing completely encased in symmetrical diamond-shaped lights in Sacramento.

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The show can be viewed at www.facebook. com/onthefringevapa.

The cast of “The Wheel of Time” will sheepishly admit that they hadn’t read any of Robert Jordan’s bestselling fantasy novels.

Now, they’re in the thick of his world.

The Amazon series, which premiered Friday, has been in the works since the spring of 2017, a long-awaited adaptation of the 14-book series that has sold more than 90 million copies worldwide. The first season covers events from the first three volumes and a second season has already been ordered.

In an unnamed world, the Wheel of Time, forged by the Creator at the beginning of the universe and driven by the One Power, predetermines everything that happens. The only ones able to control the One Power are the Aes Sedai, a powerful group of women who live by a strict moral code to never misuse their power.

When “The Wheel of Time” starts, one of the Aes Sedai, Moiraine Damodred, is on a quest to find a young man who may be the reincarnation of the Dragon who will either destroy or save the world.

“Characters come into your life for a reason at certain points. The elemental force of this woman was very important to me, the way that we connect with The One power. You’re able to draw on the power of the universe,” Rosamund Pike, who plays Moiraine, told the Daily News.

“To play a character who keeps you guess-

ing, you never quite know where you stand with her. I think I am drawn to those characters, I will admit it.”

Despite the elaborate backstory and worldbuilding, the cast insists that newcomers can jump right into the series.

“Our characters are at the center of the world, but when we find (them), they’re just living life happily in the Two Rivers and are then thrust into this extreme adventure that none of them are prepared for,” said Madeleine Madden, who plays Egwene al’Vere, a prospective Aes Sedai. “For them, there wasn’t any preparation for the life they were about to lead.”

At the core of “The Wheel of Time” is destiny. Are Rand (Josha Stradowski), Perrin (Marcus Rutherford) or Mat (Barney Harris) fated to change the course of history? Are Nynaeve (Zoe Robins) and Egwene (Madeleine) foretold to yield the Wheel’s power?

Can Moiraine lead them to their fates?

“It’s a huge pressure.

It has such a big effect on their identity,” Stradowski told The News.

“They can never go back to the life that they had in the Two Rivers.

From that moment on, they take on this duty, this responsibility, to go on this mission that they never signed up for, but there’s no way out of it.”

Even those who think they are acting of their own free will likely are not, Pike said. In a world controlled by the fates, everything is scripted.

The five young ones had their lives turned upside down.

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Bishops approve Communion doc without singling out politicians

Healing the ‘broken’ church

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o begin with a lot, but the solution today, on behalf of is the same. God says myself and all the in his word, “Draw other faith-based near to me and you fellowships, I need to will find me drawing extend my sincerest near to you.” thanks for the n And repent! opportunity extended Luke 15:11-32. As to us to share our the prodigal son varied viewpoints and Patrick Serna applied these princibeliefs with the reader ples, his relationship Religious view and also with with his father was each other. fully restored.

Again, I extend my So what does this mean for sincerest thanks and gratme and my home assembly? itude to you all, especially In the same way that the Amy Maginnis. prodigal son was restored Revelation 7:9: “After this, to a right and holy relationI looked and there before me ship with his father, each of was a great multitude that us needs to pray and seek the no one could count, from lord to see where we stand. every nation, tribe, people Are we truly open and pursuand language, standing ant of multicultural (ethnic) before the throne and in front diversity in our assemblies? If of the Lamb.” not, why not . . . what is a reaWhat I have to share sonable response? this week is not something A brief story of three men. new. For those of you who Paul and Silas are thrown have been following my past in jail for preaching the columns, the title of this one gospel of Christ (Acts 16:16might be “The Beauty of 34). They were in chains and Brokenness.” beaten regularly by their It has been my privilege jailer. God moves, the jail to minister to a multinational is shaken. Paul’s chains fall congregation for more than off. The guard who had most 20 years here in Fairfield. My likely beaten both of them conviction has only grown asks, “What must I do to more clear that the fundabe saved?” And that day he mental church of Jesus Christ found salvation. is “broken.”

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I will be borrowing from First, acknowledge the “One Blood” authored by brokenness with regard Dr. John Perkins. to sin. Repent in whatThis is a great read for any ever the matter. Return to concerned with the healing God and you will find him of the “broken” church in returning to you.

America. Let me simply say I pray that God’s church there is beauty in brokenness on Earth will embrace its for, without it, repentance and brokenness in whatever godly sorrow may not occur. applies and repent. Return There are three steps. to God and you will find him n We must acknowledge returning to you. the brokenness in our relaThe Rev. Patrick Serna is tionship with God. There the lead pastor of Highway may be many causes, but the International Christian Felresult is the same. lowship/Christian and Misn Take ownership of the particular issue; admit it! You sionary Alliance in Fairfield. may have wandered a little or Contact him at 707-372-1281.

The Washington Post BALTIMORE — U.S. Catholic bishops Wednesday avoided an internal standoff, approving a statement about Communion that was launched as a way to call out President Joe Biden over his support of abortion rights but after an outcry became a general restating of the sacrament’s centrality.

By a vote of 222 in favor, eight opposed and three abstaining, hundreds of members of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) at their annual fall meeting passed their first statement on Communion in 15 years.

It comes as church leaders are trying to reignite Catholics’ interest in the rite that their faith says is a real connection with Jesus.

Bishops at the meeting announced plans for a massive national gathering in 2024 dedicated to the Eucharist, or Communion. But bishops are also polarized about politics, theology and their view of Pope Francis.

The text called the Eucharist the most profound way God accompanies Catholics and called people back to church, saying “we miss you and we love you.” It also emphasized the “special responsibility” of Catholic public figures to shape their own views based on “the Church’s faith and moral law.” It said bishops are responsible “to work to remedy situations that involve public actions at variance with the visible communion of the Church and the moral law.”

But that’s as close as the document got to Biden, who on Wednesday was in Detroit to promote electric vehicles and his infrastructure bill.

At a news conference after the meeting, Bishop Andrew Cozzens of St. Paul and Minneapolis was asked how months of apparent divergence ended with a fast, overwhelming vote. Bishops, he said, recognized there is a “great crisis” in people not embracing the Eucharist. “There is great

passion to do something. That spurred unity.”

The effort to craft the document started after Biden’s election, when the president of the USCCB launched a working group to deal with what he said was the “problem” of a churchgoing Catholic president who supports the current law on abortion access.

While some bishops had wanted the document to call out pro-choice Catholic politicians and abortion in particular, others said earlier this year that the sacrament was being politicized and damaged. The Vatican sent U.S. bishops a letter warning them that trying to pass a national policy about who receives Communion could easily become a source of discord and that abortion shouldn’t be elevated above all or simplified.

In the end, the document did not mention politicians who support abortion rights or single out abortion in particular.

“We saw initially a moment of different ideas of what the document should be about. Is it mostly about political responsibility? A Eucharistic revival? A teaching document? The document tried to nuance that,” said Bishop Daniel Flores, of Brownsville, Texas.

“It’s not a one-size-fits-all. It’s not adjudicated by popular opinion.

We have to be patient, and patient with one another. I think the bishops wanted to speak with patience with one another.”

Some bishops said the mood at the five-day meeting was changed by more prayer. The bishops usually end their meeting with prayer but instead began it that way. They also had 24-7 “Eucharistic adoration,” which is when the Communion wafer that Catholicism teaches is Jesus is displayed for prayer, and is attended to day and night..

Others submitted amendments, hoping for the text to more firmly emphasize the importance of obedience and of the scandal when public figures depart from

church teaching. Those were not adopted, nor were efforts to add focus on God’s “preferential love” for the poor, and on victims of human trafficking.

Bishops said they looked to move on. They applauded at length after it passed.

In the end, “I think the bishops pushing this document did not want to be seen as too political.

They wanted plausible deniability,” said David Gibson, director of Fordham University’s Center on Religion and Culture and an author on the Catholic Church.

“They made it so innocuous and generic that to vote against it was to vote against the Eucharist itself. If you want to use the Eucharist in a political way, you can continue to use it in a political way. If you see the Eucharist in a different way, in a more Pope Francis way, then that’s what you’ll do.” The bishops focused on Biden “took a profound mystery and turned it into a morality tale.”

While the Communion document was the most-watched effort of the meeting, the bishops discussed and voted on other issues, including passing the first guidelines in decades on socially responsible investing and voted to go ahead with the 2024 “congress,” which organizers hope will draw 100,000 people.

The bishops for years have been discussing how to revive and attract Catholics back to a deeper connection with the sacrament, but the effort took on a renewed sense of urgency when Biden was elected president.

The document is around 30 pages and is a broad teaching document mostly quoting canon law and papal teachings about Communion.

The final version beefed up how it characterizes the role of public figures. In the months before the meeting, the Committee on Doctrine, which wrote the document, sought feedback from bishops around the country and had been tinkering with the draft.

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Murray Bass Plan to live

Plenty to ponder on sleepless nights

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he affliction I have wakes me every 90 minutes or so.

Sometimes going back to sleep doesn’t happen.I wind up with a lot of “think time.”

Recently, I have spent much of the time wondering just who I am and how I got that way. Over time, I have changed. Not nearly as selfish as I once was.

Here is a brief summary of the things that brought those changes to reality. I’m not asking you to give me your opinion. Just telling you the way it is. It’s OK to tell me what you think. But that’s up to you.

Who am I? For some reason, I have become a person who has dedicated his life to making the world better for all people. I have asked myself, “How did I get this way and am I happy to be who I have become?”

The answer is: “Am I happy? In part, yes.”

I have been given by God something to live for., something that makes me feel good about myself. I have embraced Christ’s last command to his Apostles: ”Love one another as I have loved you.”

I have become a creature of love. It feels good.

Other Influences in my life? n Christ, his guidance.

Christian values. n The Declaration of Independence. Rights are given by God to each of us. Rights that cannot be taken or given away. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Plus the definition of our duty to defend those rights against the leadership of despots. To protect the rights of our fellow men. It could be me. n The Rotary FourWay Test of personal and business behavior. Is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will it build goodwill and better friendships? Will it be beneficial to all concerned? n The love of my family and friends. The unfailing support. And the great feeling of personal security that they have given and do give me.

All of these things taken together have convinced me that anything is possible, confirmed by my own experience.

I pursue the “impossible” optimistically because I know it is just a matter of discovering the right “how to make it happen.” I know I will not live long enough to see all my “impossible dreams” become reality.

With God’s help, I will have planted the seeds for completion. n Returning America to the original intent values of our Founders. n Bringing survival and faith information to the people in west Africa. n Fixing California’s terrible public education system.

You may not agree with any of it and that’s OK. They are my dreams, not yours.

Murray Bass of Fairfield can be reached at 707-720-5139 or mzb602@gmail.com.

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Katara “Water Droplet” Gore holds soap made at Gore’s home in Fairfield, Thursday, Nov. 11. Gore founded Me & Me Soap in 2018,

when Gore was 9 years old. Gore holds soap they made in connection with VnA’s Gingy House.

Preteen creative force behind

Me and Me Soap Amy Maginnis-Honey

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FAIRFIELD — They say necessity is the mother of invention. In the case of 12-year-old Katara Gore, a soap-making kit set also played a role.

The Grange sixth-grader launched Me and Me Soap three years ago to help them deal with eczema.

“It was painful,” they said of washing with most over-thecounter soaps.

This year, after leaving some of their homemade Pride Month soap at VnA’s Gingy House, “Water Droplet,” their preferred name, got an Instagram message about making some soap for the popular Gingy House on Shoveller Drive.

After a few prototypes, the proprietors of VnA’s Gingy House and Water Droplet came to an agreement on a rainbow house, gingerbread man and candy cane design, for sale this season.

“We love their idea of making custom soaps for everyone fun again,” said Aaron Sencil in a Facebook message. “Made by hand, made with love, thought and care.”

Sencil referred to Katara and Christin Gore as a “powerful

Katara “Water Droplet” Gore shows the label for their soap company, Me & Me Soap. combination of a mother’s love, dedication, and sharing a passion about their wonderful creations.

“They stopped by a couple of times to take pictures when our house lights were in rainbows during Pride Month, and we knew they had the same inclusive ideals (on) how everyone deserves to be happy,” Sencil wrote. “We worked together on coming up with a way to support their lovely business, and offer an exclusive Gingy House Collab soap set.”

A portion of the proceeds goes to VnA Creatives Inc., a

nonprofit organization still in the process of bringing creative art programs into schools and the community.

Katara is a genius, and came up with a scent that matched the feeling they feels when seeing the spirit of Gingy House, Aaron Sencil of VnA shared.

Soap ingredients include coconut oil, palm oil, safflower oil, vegan glycerin, honey, purified water, sodium hydroxide, sorbitol, vegan propylene glycol, sorbitan oleate, oat protein, mica and fragrance.

Me and Me Soap offers a variety of collections, includ-

ing cats, pop culture, dinosaurs and baby shower items, to name a few. Customizations are also available.

Katara, who is an anime fan, said they would love to add soap molds from the “Demon Slayer” series to the lineup.

“Sailor Moon” and “Naruto” are other favorites.

Katara began by selling their soaps to neighbors and friends.

The soap is sold at pop-ups at Solano Town Center and Fairfield’s Wilkinson Acres.

A recent $500 grant helped the pre-teen secure the necessary business licenses.

The soaps are made at home, usually on the weekends when the Gores can work together.

Their mother, Christin Gore, provided financial support to launch the business and is beginning to realize profits.

Me and Me Soap was sold in Vacaville at the recent Holly Days fair. The soaps will be for sale from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Nov. 27 at the Community Collective Marketplace at 225 Amador St. in Vallejo.

For more information, visit https://memesoap.com.

There are links on the website to social media sites for Me and Me Soap.

Bear had jug stuck on its head for days; one North Carolina community helped save it Tribune Content Agency A bear that wandered for days with a jug stuck on its head has been rescued and North Carolina wildlife officials are crediting the community for helping the creature be freed of its unfortunate situation.

Callers in the Asheville area began reporting the cub late Monday and said it had “a clear container stuck on her head,” according to a news release from the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission.

The bear was at risk of dehydration or starvation, with no easy way to eat or drink.

District biologist Justin McVey spent two days searching for it.

“Thanks to direct calls to our biologists and messages in response to our agency’s NextDoor post, Asheville residents led us directly to the cub,”

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A bear cub wandering for days with a large jug stuck on its head has been rescued by North Carolina wildlife officials. It was captured in the Asheville area.

McVey said in the news release.

“We were able to safely dart and anesthetize the bear, remove the jug from her head and perform a health check,” he said. “She was in great health, with no injuries or lacerations, and immediately relocated

to a remote area in western North Carolina.”

He described the cub as “feisty and ready to go” when it woke up.

“The outcome could have been much different if the people of Asheville hadn’t worked

directly with the wildlife commission to locate the bear,” the news release said.

The jug likely got stuck on the bear when it was rummaging for food in trash, officials said.

Fall is when bears are driven to eat “10 times the calories they normally consume,” so they can put on fat for the winter, according Bearwise.org.

Black bears can smell a morsel of food from more than a mile away, experts say.

While the state is lauding the community for helping to save the cub, it also warns the public should not try to help “an inured bear” or cubs that appear to be orphaned.

“Don’t approach the bear.

Instead leave it alone, note the location, and contact your local Wildlife Commission District Biologist or call the NC Wildlife Helpline at 866-318-2401,” the state says.

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Secretary of Defense can order mandatory Covid shots Jim Garamone DOD News

WASHINGTON — The Secretary of Defense has the authority needed to order all members of the military – including the National Guard – to receive vaccinations, Covid-19 Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby said during a news conference Nov. 15.

The mandate to get the vaccines is a readiness issue, Kirby said, and the secretary sees the vaccinations as the best way to protect service members from Covid-19.

The National Guard serves under three authorities: Title 10 (federal service), Title 32 (state status but the federal government pays) and state status. The secretary has the authority to order guardsmen to receive the shots “even if they are in Title 32 status,” Kirby said.

“The Secretary of Defense has the authority to require these vaccines for all members of the force, including the National Guard, as I said, even in a Title 32 status,” the press secretary said. “When (guardsmen are) called up for their monthly training, they’re still federally funded. So (the secretary) has those authorities. And he believes and this is a larger point that vaccinated forces are a more ready force.”

Kirby pointed to the myriad missions that guardsmen have performed over just the past year. The Guard has helped in everything from fighting wildfires in a number of states, to helping mitigate hurricane damage. Guardsmen also helped secure the U.S. Capitol following the insurrection on January 6, 2021.

Guardsmen are also instrumental in getting this life-saving vaccine into the arms of millions of Americans across the country. “(Guardsmen) do meet key national security needs, so it’s important for them to get these vaccines,” Kirby said.

It is a lawful order for National Guardsmen to receive the Covid-19 vaccine, and refusing to do that, absent an approved exemption, puts them in the same potential jeopardy as active duty members who refuse the vaccines, he said.

Finally, the Guard may be under the command of state governors, but it still has the word “national” in its name. National Guard Bureau Chief Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson addressed this when he spoke to reporters last week at the Defense Writers’ Group.

“In Louisiana this year, when Hurricane Ida hit the 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, the largest unit in Louisiana, was deployed overseas,” he told reporters. “Folks came from all other states to help out. And in fact, Louisiana at that same time had one of their helicopters in California fighting forest fires.”

There are 53,000 Guardsmen on duty today, with 20,000 forward deployed.

They have to be ready to fight from day one if needed. And the vaccine is a part of that readiness.

Chustine Minoda/U.S. Air Force file

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Thaddens Huffin, left, 9th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, searches for simulated improvised

explosive devices during training with Unix, 9th SFS military working dog, at Travis Air Force Base, Nov. 9.

60th SFS conducts K-9 unit training with local and federal law enforcement agencies Chustine Minoda

60th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE — The 60th Security Forces Squadron military working dog unit conducted K-9 explosive detection training with defenders from Beale Air Force Base, as well as local and federal law enforcement agencies Nov. 9, 2021, at Travis.

The training also included Travis’ explosive ordnance disposal technicians along with representatives from the Federal Bureau of Investigation; Transportation Security Administration; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; Federal Reserve; Homeland Security; LRE3 Consulting and the Sacramento County Sherriff’s Office.

Travis EOD technicians helped set up the scenarios and placed various improvised explosive devices at the training site.

“This training allows the K-9 teams to imprint on various types of explosives that they wouldn’t (normally) get the chance to utilize or find that our adversaries and terrorists use around the world somewhat on a regular basis,” said Lee Witkowski, FBI bomb technician team leader. “So this definitely gives them a leg up in detecting those types of explosives and thus mitigating those type of threats.”

Working with local law enforcement agencies allowed Travis defenders to learn more about other K-9 team units and

Chustine Minoda/U.S. Air Force file

Unix, 9th Security Forces Squadron military working dog, searches for simulated improvised explosive devices during training at Travis Air Force Base, Nov. 9. their proficiencies.

“I think it’s critical for everyone – military, law enforcement, whoever has a K-9 detection team – to train together because if we get some type of incident, let’s say on base or even off base, in which one of the units responds, they know what to expect,” Lee said. “They know what the other teams’ capabilities are, like how their dogs work. They can talk to each other and they can figure out their

protocols. It’s great for information sharing.”

One of the objectives of the training is to put the trainees through certain amounts of physical and mental stress.

“When (officers) respond to an actual bomb threat, it takes a toll on them,” said Staff Sgt. Daniel De Leon, 60th Security Forces Squadron kennel master.

“That’s why it’s essential that we put our handlers in these particular situations. The main goal of

this training is to have all teams exposed to these types of threats and be able to counter so when they encounter an IED, they know how to respond properly.

That way, the team themselves can come back alive and not be a casualty.”

According to De Leon, the best offense is a good defense, and the base’s defense is not solely Travis, but also the adjoining communities that share the region.

Travis aerial porter epitomizes excellence, earns A/TA award Lan K im

60th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, — When asked what drives her to excel in her Air Force profession, Senior Airman Aundrea Britt, simply believes in helping people.

As a 60th Aerial Port Squadron Air Transportation Operation Center information controller, Britt emphasized how much opportunity the Air Force has given her to pave her own pathway in life. She takes pride in being able to be a positive example for other airmen.

“To be able to be a road map and be guidance for someone else in any way, shape or form, I think, is what motivates me at the end of the day,” she said.

That drive to help others, among an extensive list of accomplishments, led to her

being the recipient of the Col. Gail Halvorsen Award, an Airlift/Tanker Association-sponsored award that recognizes an airman from the air transportation career field who has sustained an elevated level of excellence in aerial port operations.

The award was based on Britt’s actions in 2020 at her previous position as a passenger service agent, supporting operations at the passenger terminal here.

It was there where her love of helping people was constantly tested and nurtured.

In a year fraught with what seemed like a neverending news cycle of one dramatic event after the other, airmen at Travis played a pivotal role working to support the behind-the-scenes operations necessary to ensure rapid global mobility was

Lan Kim/U.S. Air Force file

Senior Airman Aundrea Britt, 60th Aerial Port Squadron Air Transportation Operation Center information controller, sits at her work station at Travis Air Force Base, Nov. 3. being executed regardless of the obstacles that these events might have imposed.

In the early months of 2020, when the outbreak

of Covid-19 was emerging out of Wuhan, China, the U.S. had to repatriate its citizens out of the country. Travis was one of the military instal-

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Britt and her team repatriated more than 900 U.S. citizens.

She was also selected to support a mission involving the logistical movement of the president of the United States. For her efforts, Britt was personally recognized by the Secret Service with a letter of achievement.

In addition, she has processed thousands of passengers, helped move thousands of tons of cargo, and supported hundreds of missions integral to the U.S. Air Force’s mobility mission.

“It genuinely brings me joy to just be something that I didn’t always have,” Britt said.

“I’m happiest when I’m helping people.”

“I always strive to be better than what (I was) yesterday,” she said. “If you can sleep peacefully after looking in the mirror and knowing that you’ve done a good job, cool.

Go to sleep.”

Britt formally received the Col. Gail Halvorsen award during the A/TA Symposium held at the Orlando World Center, Oct. 28-31.

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Airman 1st Class Thomas Roberts, right, 60th Medical Support Squadron biomedical equipment repair technician, shows U.S. Air Force Col. Ryan Garlow, left, 60th Air Mobility Wing vice commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Jess Reeson, 60th Operations Group interim senior enlisted leader, how to calibrate a ventilator machine during Leadership Rounds at David Grant USAF Medical Center on Travis Air Force Base, Oct. 29.

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Judge sentences 2nd DC Solar defendant to 3 years in billion-dollar Ponzi scheme

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BENICIA — A federal judge in Sacramento this week sentenced the second defendant in a billion-dollar Ponzi scheme involving a business based in Benicia to three years in prison.

Joseph W. Bayliss, 46, of Martinez, was sentenced Tuesday and ordered to pay $481.3 million in restitution for participating in a Ponzi scheme involving DC Solar, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced in a press release.

Court documents, according to the press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California, show that Bayliss was an electrician that DC Solar hired to pose as a licensed engineer who inspected newly constructed mobile solar generator units that were mounted on trailers and were promoted as able to provide emergency power to cellphone towers and lighting at sporting events.

The mobile solar generators were sold to investors who were given federal tax credits. But in fact, DC Solar had become a fraud scheme that took new investor money to pay older investors, the U.S. Attorney’s Office reports.

As DC Solar lost vast sums of money with this fraudulent business model, the owner of DC Solar, Jeff Carpoff of Martinez, and other conspirators stopped building the mobile solar generators altogether, selling thousands of the units that did not exist to investors.

Bayliss, according to court documents referenced in the press release, played a key role in the fraud scheme orchestrated by Carpoff and others.

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This photo posted on DC Solar’s Facebook page shows technicians conducting a safety check in Benicia, in 2016.

To cover up the fact that no new units were being built, Carpoff provided false reports that newly constructed units had been inspected and tested. In reality, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, at least half of the approximately 17,000 mobile solar generators claimed to have been manufactured by DC Solar did not exist.

From 2016 to 2018, Bayliss personally signed thousands of reports stating that new units had been inspected and tested. He knew the reports were false and he knew they would be used to induce millions upon millions of investor payments.

Carpoff in turn paid Bayliss approximately $1 million.

In addition to the reports, Bayliss helped to deceive investors by removing and replacing vehicle identi-

fication number stickers that were affixed to the units. Finally, after the 2018 search warrants executed at DC Solar, at Carpoff’s direction, Bayliss traveled to a DC Solar warehouse in Nevada and scraped off approximately 200 replacement VIN stickers and destroyed at least 1,000 VIN stickers stored in boxes in the warehouse.

Investors were sold on DC Solar as a tax shelter in that they could reap significant tax benefits through a section of the federal tax code designed to spur green energy. Those taken in include Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Corp., Progressive insurance and SherwinWilliams, among others.

Berkshire Hathaway lost $377 million when it had to pay additional taxes to make up for the tax breaks it had received for

the purchase of DC Solar equipment, according to public documents. Progressive lost $156 million; Sherwin-Williams lost $77 million.

Carpoff and his wife, Paulette Carpoff, used the money to buy millions of dollars in high-end real estate and other items to demonstrate to investors their purported wealth, including 149 cars that were seized by authorities.

Jeff Carpoff was sentenced Nov. 9 to 30 years in prison and ordered to pay $790.6 million in restitution for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering. His wife, Paulette Carpoff, 47, of Martinez, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States and money laundering, and is scheduled to be sentenced March 22.

Other defendants have pleaded guilty to crim-

inal offenses related to the fraud scheme and are scheduled for sentencing: Ronald J. Roach, 54, of Walnut Creek, is scheduled for sentencing Feb. 15. Robert A. Karmann, 54, of Clayton; Ryan Guidry, 44, of Pleasant Hill; and Alan Hansen, 50, of Vacaville, are scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 14.

This case is the product of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, IRS Criminal Investigation, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Office of Inspector General.

Paulette Carpoff, Hansen, Karmann and Guidry face a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison. Roach faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.

Tribune Content Agency contributed to this report.

In brief Benicia to host Wine Walk & Shop Vacaville launches event to boost downtown businesses virtual marketplace The city, in partnership with the Solano Small Business Development Center, has launched a new Shop Local Vacaville virtual marketplace.

This online marketplace will allow Vacaville small-business owners to sell goods, services and products on an online platform. It also provides residents and visitors the ability to find and shop with city’s local business owners.

The program is part of the city’s Economic Recovery Strategy and is focused on assisting the needs of small-business owners. Those small-business owners who have not yet signed up can enroll in this free program that does not require the business to have a website.

If interested, send an email to economicdevelopment@ cityofvacaville.com.

With the holiday season already here, many residents and visitors are looking to shop small and shop local. This is a new way businesses can increase their visibility and potential sales.

To check out the new site, go to www.shoplocalvacaville.com.

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BENICIA — Benicia Main Street’s Wine Walk & Shop Small is one way to kick off the holiday shopping season with friends and family after Thanksgiving on Small Business Saturday, from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday.

Downtown businesses will once again participate as a Neighborhood Champion of Small Businesses Saturday to offer free goodies (while supplies last at participating businesses of Wine Walk & Shop Small).

As a bonus for shopSmall ping during Business Saturday, shoppers can earn double tickets at businesses taking part of the Downtown Holiday Shopping Spree toward the drawing to win $500 in Downtown Dollars.

For more info on the Holiday Shopping Spree, go to: https:// beniciamainstreet.org/ downtown-holiday-shopping-spree-2021/.

Tickets are $30 in advance for a single ticket and $55 in advance for a pair of tickets. All tickets are $35 the day of the event. There’s no price

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Benicia’s welcome sign is seen March 28, 2020. break on buying a pair of tickets.

The ticket price includes up to 15 tastes.

Participants must be 21 or older.

Check-in starts at 12:30 p.m. at Benicia Main Street, 90 First St. Wine glass, a map of tasting locations and a

wristband will be provided per ticket holder at check-in.

Tickets are limited will be sold and can be purchased at the Benicia Main Street office or online at https:// beniciamainstreet. or g /w i ne -wa l k-shop small-2021/.

Small Business Saturday is a nationwide event, encouraging people to shop at small businesses on the Saturday after Thanksgiving.

For more information, contact Benicia Main Street at 707745-9791 or info@ beniciamainstreet.org.

Daily Republic Staff

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE — Military shoppers can start their shopping online with a buffet of savings Thanksgiving Day and then feast on Black Friday deals bright and early Nov. 26 with online bargains beginning at midnight and the Travis Exchange opening at 8 a.m.

“The savings, deals and giveaways will be rolling out starting online on Thanksgiving Day,” Travis Exchange General Manager Phonda Bishop said in a press release.

“We’re excited about bringing back the excitement to holiday shopping.”

Black Friday deals at Army & Air Force Exchange Service locations include up to $800 savings on select appliances; 20% off select furniture; 20% off fine jewelry and watches and up to $200 savings on select laptops and monitors.

Additionally, participating Exchange restaurants will offer 15% with a Military Star card.

Free brewed or drip coffee at Expresses and participating restaurants will help perk up shoppers as well.

The deals do not stop on Black Friday, however, as Saturday and Cyber Week offer a smorgasbord of savings.

Deals for Nov. 27 include 20% off select furniture, 50% off select headphones, the lowest prices of the season on jeans, 30% off select styles of select watches as well as select board games for as low as $10.

Cyber Week, Nov. 29 to Dec. 2, will offer military shoppers $900 off select 85-inch 4K televisions, $60 off select cookware sets, select handbags for 50% less than the manufacturer’s suggested retail price and 30% off select vacuums.

The Travis Exchange will distribute scratch-off cards to customers arriving each morning from Nov. 26-28. Shoppers can scratch the cards to reveal specials including $100, $50 and $25 gift cards, $10 off any purchase of $100 or more, $20 off any purchase of $200 or more, free food and more.

Winners may redeem their offers in store Nov. 29 through Dec. 12.

Shoppers can view the digital sales ads at ShopMyExchange.com by navigating to “Weekly Ad” under “Savings” at the bottom of the webpage.

The Exchange also offers contactless shopping options such as buy online pickup in store service and curbside pickup to make shopping easier for Airmen and others with in-store shopping privileges.

Honorably discharged veterans can shop online at ShopMyExchange.com.

Service-connected disabled veterans can shop in person. Veterans can visit ShopMyExchange.com/ vets to learn more.

Base shoppers can also walk away with a share of $500,000 in gift cards when visiting the Travis Exchange on Black Friday.

Authorized Travis shoppers can fill out an entry form at the Exchange on Nov. 26 to win a $1,000 Exchange gift card, courtesy of Subway. the world, Around 500 shoppers – at least one from each main store – will win.

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Thanks to Garoppolo, QB plan is working Tribune Content Agency Last

month, after an embarrassing loss to the Colts, 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan was asked if quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo would remain his starter.

“I would guess so,” Shanahan said.

On Nov. 7, after a humiliating loss to the Cardinals, Shanahan was asked if rookie quarterback Trey Lance would start the next game.

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“Probably not,” he said.

On Monday, after a stunningly dominant upset of the Rams, Shanahan wasn’t asked about Garoppolo’s job status.

And the head coach won’t field the question again this season if Garoppolo’s torrid three-

game stretch extends into January.

Garoppolo, less than a month removed from a howling chorus of calls for his benching, has been among the NFL’s best QBs since his worst moment of 2021, a two-interception stinker against Indianapolis that included a season-worst passer rating (60.9). Over the next three games, from Weeks 8-10, Garoppolo has led the NFL in passer rating (109.8) and yards

per attempt (9.5). He’s also fourth in passing yards (830) and fifth in completion percentage (69.0), among QBs with 50 pass attempts.

Garoppolo’s streak began two days after he turned 30 on Nov. 2. A day after his birthday, Garoppolo was jokingly told by an older reporter that 30 was a “fun age.”

Evidently so.

For his part, Shanahan now is taking questions about Garoppolo’s elite trait, his quick delivery,

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rather than his expiration date. Garoppolo had the second-highest passer rating (141.7) of his 56-start career against the Rams and had his second-fastest delivery: He threw his 19 passes an average of 2.3 seconds after the snap, according to Next Gen Stats.

“Jimmy’s best asset is just looking at how he throws,” Shanahan said.

“Not many people have the quick twitch and can decide to throw the ball, get it out of his hand physi-

cally as fast as him. I don’t know anyone who could do it faster.”

This, of course, was what the 49ers had in mind when they drafted Lance, uber-talented and ultra-inexperienced, with the No. 3 pick.

They hoped to follow the 2017 Chiefs’ model: That season, Kansas City’s starter, Alex Smith, led the NFL in passer rating and took Kansas City to the postseason See Garoppolo, Page B11

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Vanden’s Brayden Chavez, left, is tackled by Vista del Lago’s Hunter Williams during the Sac-Joaquin Section

Division IV semifinal playoff game at Vanden High’s George A. Gammon Field, Friday.

Vanden sails into SJS title game by blasting Vista del Lago, 67-27 Paul Farmer

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FAIRFIELD — After a 26-year absence, the Vanden High football team is back in a Sac-Joaquin Section championship game – on a record-setting roll.

The second-seeded Vikings scored touchdowns on four straight plays in amassing 43 points in the third quarter en route to a 67-27 win Friday night over No. 3 Vista del Lago of Folsom in the SJS Division IV semifinals at George A. Gammon Field.

Records aren’t available to check if the green and gold have had a bigger quarter, but the 67 points topped the 61 for most in a playoff game set in last week’s shutout of Dixon.

Vanden (10-2) advances to play No. 4 Merced, a

Vanden’s Robert Breed, left, is stopped by Vista del Lago’s Jackson Werpy during the playoff game at Vanden High School in Fairfield, Friday.

51-50 upset winner over top-seeded Kimball of Tracy, next Saturday at St. Mary’s High of Stockton at 1 p.m.

“Well, it’s been a long time so it feels really good, especially with all the adversity that our team has felt the last two

years,” said Vanden head coach Sean Murphy, a junior lineman on the Vikings’ last section title team in 1995. “We played the whole year for Daniel (Hughes), so it’s nice to get to section championship week and, hopefully, put up a blue (section champi-

onship) banner for him.”

Hughes, a standout multi-sport athlete, was shot to death during the spring and this fall would’ve been his senior season.

The Vikings led 24-14 at halftime before really going to work. Quarterback Tre Dimes, who completed 12-of-16 passes for 236 yards and four touchdowns, capped a five-play, 50-yard drive after the second-half kickoff with an 18-yard TD strike over the middle to Brayden Chavez. The third of Diego NunezSmith’s eight extra points on the night made it 31-14 just 83 seconds into the second half.

No one knew it, but the scoring avalanche was just beginning. Vista del Lago (8-4) put together a See Vanden, Page B10

Washington Spirit defeats Chicago Red Stars to win first NWSL title The Washington Post LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Washington Spirit had absorbed waves of adversity over three trying months to not only salvage its National Women’s Soccer League season but make an implausible run to the championship game.

And on Saturday, facing another tall task after falling behind just before halftime, the Spirit culminated an extraordinary display of courage and resilience to defeat the Chicago Red Stars, 2-1, in extra time for the first title in its eightyear existence.

Since the season began to crumble in August, marred by allegations against its outgoing coach,

ownership turmoil, a league investigation and two forfeits, Washington did not lose on the field (9-0-3).

Under the supervision of interim coach Kris Ward, the Spirit won its playoff opener against North Carolina in extra time and came from behind to upset OL Reign in last weekend’s semifinals.

The drive reached the pinnacle here before an announced 10,360 at Lynn Family Stadium. Washington took the lead on Kelley O’Hara’s header in the 97th minute before turning to game MVP Aubrey Bledsoe for a stunning save in the waning moments.

“People have no idea what we’ve all gone through, and the resiliency and perseverance of every

single player is pretty incredible,” O’Hara, a longtime U.S. national team defender, said after her first goal of the year. “It’s something I haven’t seen from an NWSL team I’ve been on. It’s the best feeling ever to be ending on a win and being champions.”

Inspired by rookie sensation Trinity Rodman, Washington had tied the game midway through the second half on captain Andi Sullivan’s penalty kick. In extra time, O’Hara received Rodman’s pinpoint cross and nodded it into the far corner from 6 yards.

“I was doing a lot of one [on] ones and sometimes it wasn’t working See NWSL, Page B16

ROCKVILLE — The mantra for the Solano Community College volleyball team heading into the playoffs might be, “If you don’t succeed, try – and try – again.

The Falcons are seeded 12th and open the CCCAA NorCal Regional playoffs at No. 5 American River of Sacramento, a team that has beaten them three times this season in a span of six days, all by 3-0 scores.

The match is on Tuesday at ARC at 7 p.m.

But the last meeting was on Sept. 15, more than two months ago, and Solano (21-11) has gone 17-2 since with a 14-match winning streak, dropping just five sets in that span, none in their last eight contests.

The Beavers went 23-6 overall, 14-2 while finishing second in the Big 8 Conference.

“It will be a tough match as we lost previously to them in non-conference play, but we are up to the challenge,” Falcons coach Darla Williams said. “We have a full squad, all

healthy and ready to go.”

Tuesday’s winner moves on to play the winner of the match between No. 13 Monterey Peninsula at No. 4 Sierra of Rocklin on Saturday.

There will likely be no spectators as ARC has not allowed fans to attend this season.

JC men’s basketball

Falcons rally late for win over Skyline ROCKVILLE — The Solano Community College men’s basketball team overcame a second-half 14-point deficit and held Skyline scoreless over the final 3:37 to pull out a 65-63 victory, Wednesday.

The Falcons (2-4) trailed 49-35 with 13:09 remaining before going on a 9-0 run to get back in the game.

They tied it at 63-63 with a pair of free throws by Jonathon Cobbs with 1:52 left and went ahead with a jumper

by Jacob Eberts with 25 seconds to go, Solano’s first lead – and only – See Local, Page B16

LeBron James says Lakers need to play with ‘urgency’ Tribune Content Agency It has become paramount that the Lakers change the course of their season.

Even with LeBron James in the lineup after missing the previous eight games with an abdominal strain, the Lakers were blown out 130-108 by the Boston Celtics on Friday night.

The Lakers were considered one of the favorites to win the NBA championship when Russell Westbrook joined forces with James and Anthony Davis, but they are instead moving in the wrong direction.

They are 8-9 on the season. They have 65 games left, but the time to figure things out is now.

“It’s never, ‘We got 65 games left.’ We damn sure need to play better, no matter who is in the lineup,” James said after the loss to Boston. “We have our system, and we need to obviously fasttrack it and get better with it so we can play, no matter who is out on the floor, we can play at a

high level.

“So, it’s never that we got 65 games and we’ll figure it out then. But there’s no level of panic.

But there should be some sense of urgency anytime we take the floor. And I feel like we had that at moments throughout this game and then at some points we didn’t. So, we got to figure out how we can keep that sense of urgency as close to 48 minutes as possible.”

The Lakers’ defense has been deplorable lately. After giving up 130 points to the Celtics, the Lakers’ defense dropped yet again, ranking next to last in the 30-team NBA, giving up 113.3 points per game.

“We can be an elite defensive team if we want to,” Davis said. “Just got to do a better job of bringing that energy and that effort and communication.”

The Lakers led the Boston 61-60 after the first half, but they fell apart in the third quarter – a troubling trend that resurfaced in recent home losses to Minnesota and Chicago.

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Ibaka put aside ego to hone game in G League Tribune Content Agency For an NBA champion who has earned nearly $130 million during his 13 seasons, the strategy was hardly by the book.

Except that it happened, largely, because of a book.

When Serge Ibaka returned to the Clippers’ lineup earlier this month for the first time since undergoing back surgery in June, the team didn’t roll out a red carpet into coach Tyronn Lue’s rotation. With Ivica Zubac established as the starting center and training camp invitee Isaiah Hartenstein an integral reserve, Ibaka played eight minutes on Nov. 7 and five more on Nov. 9.

Instead of sticking with a diet of meager minutes, Ibaka asked be sent to the franchise’s developmental league affiliate in Ontario, the Agua Caliente Clippers, where more opportunity awaited.

Ibaka’s request required him to set aside ego and pride to go backward in the NBA’s hierarchy in order to move forward with

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An injured Serge Ibaka of the Clippers looks around during a time out against the Thunder at the Staples Center, Nov. 1. his recovery.

“One of the bigger reasons I decided to go to play the G League was reading this book, it’s called ‘Ego Is the Enemy,’” Ibaka said. “I don’t know if you know that book. That really – that’s one of the biggest reasons why I decided myself to go out there to play some time.

“As a player I’ve been in the league for 13 years and I’ve never been in the G League before. I could just wait. I could just wait and play the five minutes I was getting and try to figure it out, but that book has really helped me to take that decision to go play in the G League, and it’ll be fine.”

Ibaka’s bet is that his four-game stay, in which he averaged

15.5 points on 43% shooting, 9.3 rebounds and, most important to regaining his conditioning, 27.3 minutes, will be just an early chapter in a season-long story of a personal rebound. He is expected to return to the Clippers lineup this weekend, when they host Dallas on Sunday in the first of a two-game series that presents a rematch of the seven-game series that opened last season’s playoffs, a series in which Ibaka was barely featured before undergoing surgery to “clean up my disk,” he said in September, a procedure he said he would have undergone sooner, in hindsight.

“A lot of things were happening last year, a lot of information,” Ibaka said

earlier this month. “It’s not necessary for me to say now. I don’t want to make some people look bad what happened last year, and now I’m good. Most important thing, I’m good and back, so I learned from that. I’m sure we all learned from that.”

Ibaka and the Clippers were steadfast that it was the center’s decision to play with the Agua Caliente Clippers. Lue said Ibaka has expressed that he “feels good, and that’s the most important thing.” Ibaka, who sat virtually the final three months of last season, acknowledged hearing “some comment making fun of me” for the unusual recovery route for a player of his standing, saying that such critics “don’t understand.”

“I think a lot of players can use this example in that situation if you sit out,” Ibaka said. “At least if you’re Kawhi [Leonard] or Kevin Durant or Stephen Curry, those kind of guys they can sit for three years and they’re going to come back, [teams are] going to give them minutes, they’re going to give them –

they’re going to try to get them their confidence.

“At least if you are one of those guys, you can stay, but if you’re not one of those guys, one of those names out there, sometimes you have to work for yourself to go get your confidence because nobody is going to give you that.”

How Lue doles out the minutes at backup center was a topic the coach didn’t want to broach Friday before a loss in New Orleans that dropped the Clippers to 9-7. But he has said in the past that he doesn’t want to play Hartenstein and Ibaka together. In Ibaka’s two games with the Clippers this season, Lue gave each backup minutes in the first half before going with the hotter hand after halftime.

Forward Nicolas Batum said that Ibaka will bring toughness, defense and shooting.

Removing Hartenstein from the rotation isn’t an idea the Clippers love. When he and reserve guards Luke Kennard and Terance Mann play together, the Clippers have outscored

opponents by 18.3 points per 100 possessions; the team average is plus4.7 points, according to Cleaning the Glass, the NBA statistics database.

“If Serge is playing great, then he’ll play a lot of minutes,” Lue said.

“That’s just how I coach.

So you know, I think like you said, going down to the G League, and trying to get himself right, get his timing right, that’s huge, especially for an NBA champion, for a guy who’s made plenty of money throughout his career.

“A 13-year vet to go down to the G League to prove that he wants to get back and be right when he comes back. That means a lot to our team and to our organization.”

Even if Ibaka’s role isn’t guaranteed, Paul George believes the addition of another healthy option to a team riddled by attrition would only help.

“It does a lot, we got a lot of guys playing a lot of minutes, and doing a lot consistently,” George said.

“It’s a relief, you know, it’ll relieve a lot of tension.

Physically, emotionally, mentally. Just have another body out there.”

Vanden: Will play for fourth SJS crown From Page B9

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady scrambles under pressure and completes a pass for a first down in the second quarter of a game against the Chicago Bears.

Tom Brady trying to avoid his first 3-game skid in nearly 2 decades Tribune Content Agency TAMPA, Fla. — A day after his team’s loss to Washington last weekend, Tom Brady spoke on his podcast of the soaring expectations that have accompanied his success, and how wins these days elicit more relief than joy.

Stands to reason, then, the seven-time world champ occasionally would like to remind humanity that he’s – well – human.

Or would he?

“I prefer to just win and erase that from peoples’ minds,” he said Saturday after practice.

Bottom line, the 44-year-old Bucs quarterback simply doesn’t wear mere mortality well, nor has he had to for a significant stretch in his career. Not since 2002 – Brady’s first full season as a starter – has he lost more than two games in a row. That year featured a four-game skid beginning with a Sept. 29 loss at San Diego and ending with a Nov. 3 triumph at Buffalo.

That’s 41 days between victories.

Saturday marked his 27th day since the Bucs’ last win, the 38-3 home romp of the Bears.

“It feels like most teams when you don’t win,” said Brady, who tries to avoid his first three-game skid in 19 years when the Bucs host the Giants on Monday night. “It’s just not nearly

‘It feels like most teams when you don’t win. It’s just not nearly as fun, putting all the work in, and us trying to really grind to get it right, and we’re not doing what it takes on the field in order to win.’

— Tom Brady

as fun, putting all the work in, and us trying to really grind to get it right, and we’re not doing what it takes on the field in order to win.”

Clearly, the mini-skid has been an ensemble effort, at times devoid of discipline (11 penalties in a 36-27 loss at New Orleans), passion (per Bruce Arians) and third-down defense (Washington was 11-of-19 on third down in its 29-19 win).

Count Brady as complicit. His four interceptions the last two games are one more than his total in the first seven contests. When he was See Brady, Page B11

10-play drive but turned it over on downs when Michael Belk caused an incompletion with a well-timed hit on a fourth-down pass.

On Vanden’s first play, Belk was on the receiving end of a 52-yard scoring strike from Dimes to up the lead to 38-14.

The Eagles briefly got into the flow of things when, on their next play, Vanden’s Jayden Robinson made a leaping tip of a Jakob Hollingshaus pass, only to have the deflection go directly to Adam Bridge, who raced 80-yards for a touchdown.

The Vikings’ Jamai East kept the score 38-20 by batting down a pass on the ensuing 2-point conversion attempt.

East then got into the scoring act by taking a short kickoff at the Vanden 30 and racing across the field and down the home sideline for a 70-yard touchdown. Belk then hit Chavez with a pass for the 2-point conversion that upped the lead to 46-20.

The Vikings weren’t done yet. After forcing a punt, which went just 7 yards, Sean Davis took a handoff 43 yards up the middle on the next play to make it 53-20.

Vista del Lago finally stopped Vanden with a fumble recovery after four plays, but even that good fortune turned into disaster. On the Eagles’ next play, a big hit caused a fumble that Amarion York scooped up in stride and raced 23 yards for a touchdown to boost the lead to 60-20.

Vista de Lago’s tough luck continued as the visitors lost a fumble on their next play. It was recovered by Vanden’s Abraham Sanders at the Eagles’ 25. With only their second true scoring drive of the 43-point second half, the Vikings used four plays with Jordan Jones going the final 2 with 4 seconds left in the third quarter, ensuring a running clock in the fourth.

The final TD of the game belonged to Vista del Lago, but not before the Eagles lost another fumble at the end of a 38-yard reception that was recovered by York.

After a Vanden punt, Vista del Lago went 32 yards in five plays with Tyler Goldsmith going the final yard on what proved to be the final play

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Vanden’s Jordan Jones, right, is tackled by Vista del Lago’s Wesley Bonar during the playoff football game at Vanden High School in Fairfield, Friday. of the game because of the running clock.

“Our guys went into the locker room (at halftime) and you could sense they were disappointed,” Murphy said. “I don’t think they played bad, but they hadn’t lived up to the expectations they had set for themselves.

There really wasn’t a ton of adjustments other than we just had to execute and play well and they came out fired up and played a helluva second half.”

Scoring 43 points on just 15 offensive plays certainly qualifies.

“We didn’t run too many plays, we just executed the plays that were in the game plan,” Dimes said. “Our receivers and our O line, they made my job easy and I just had to make the right read and I delivered the ball to them.”

Vanden got on the scoreboard first with a 21-yard Nunez-Smith field goal after a pedestrian – considering what would follow – 51-yard, 12-play drive on the Vikings’ first possession.

The Eagles set up Vanden’s first touchdown by turning it over on downs at their own 23.

The Vikings needed just two plays to score on an 11-yard sweep by Belk to make it 10-0 with 2:34 to go in the first quarter.

Vista del Lago chose to punt the next time it faced a fourth down, but the Vikings used their next possession to go 47 yards in four plays, Dimes hitting Belk in the right corner of the end zone to up the lead to 17-0 three plays into the second quarter.

Two possessions later, the Eagles got on the scoreboard with a 20-yard pass from Hollingshaus to Matt Long, needing just two plays to go 32 yards.

Vanden responded with an 11-play, 46-yard drive as Dimes hit Chavez behind the defense in the left corner of the end zone for a 10-yard touchdown on fourth down.

The Eagles cut their deficit to 24-14 at the half with a late 60-yard, sixplay march finished off with a 13-yard TD pass from Hollingshaus to Tyler Petersen.

A leaping interception

by York ended one final Vista del Lago threat before halftime, which turned out to be the calm before the storm.

“Like we talked about, we had to execute and we had a good week of practice,” Murphy said. “Our offensive and defensive coordinators, coach Blue (Joel Isaac) and coach (Larry) Hogue, did a good job, along with our other coaches. and our student-athletes executed the game plan.”

Chavez was Vanden’s leading receiver, catching 10 passes for 133 yards, while Belk had three receptions for 86.

The Vikings’ ground game was also a factor, piling up 205 yards on 38 carries, led by Davis with 66 yards on 7 carries, Cameron Fisherman (9-53) and Jones (7-48).

“We had injuries early on in the running back position,” Murphy said.

“Some guys had to play positions they normally didn’t play and so we were able to find some weapons and its really

paid off now that we’re getting healthy. Coach Blue has us hitting on all cylinders and when we’re executing our offense we’re hard to stop.”

“I think we had a great week of practice and we came out and executed the game plan,” Dimes said. “I think the O line played tremendous. I think they played great.”

So did the defense, recovering four fumbles and intercepting a pass. Hollingshaus surpassed his per game average of 223.2 with 238 yards, but completed just 36.1 percent of his passes (13-of-36).

The Eagles rushed for 150 yards, which was just over Petersen’s per game average (145.3) with the standout running back held to 58 yards on 12 carries.

But it was the turnovers that counted most.

“They got us the ball so we can do what the offense does,” Dimes said.

“We’re extremely proud of creating turnovers,” Murphy said. “We work on that. Every day at practice we have a turnover spoke. The last two weeks it’s come through.

We’ve created turnovers in multiple different ways and anytime you win the turnover battle you’ve got a pretty good chance of winning the game.”

The Vikings will look to continue that trend next week against Merced.

Vanden is 3-0 in its previous SacJoaquin Section title game appearances, winning championships in 1975 and 1984 to with the 1995 victory.

Sports

CALENDAR Sunday’s TV sports Baseball Puerto Rican League •Gigantes de Carolina at Cangrejeros de Santurce, FS2, 1 p.m.

Basketball College men •Charleston Classic, seventh-place game, ESPNU, 7:30 a.m.

•Norfolk at Xavier, FS1, 9 a.m.

•Myrtle Beach Invitational, seventh-place game, ESPNEWS, 9:30 a.m.

•Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off, championship, Chs. 7, 10, 10 a.m.

•Charleston Classic, fifth-place game, ESPN2, 10 a.m.

•Ball State vs. Massachusetts, CBSSN, 11:30 a.m.

•Myrtle Beach Invitational, championship, ESPN2, noon •Princeton at Oregon State, PAC12, noon •Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off, third-place game, ESPN2, 2 p.m.

•Jacksonville Classic, Florida State vs. LMU, CBSSN, 2:30 p.m.

•Myrtle Beach Invitational, third- or fifth-place game, ESPNU, 3 p.m.

•Charleston Classic, championship, ESPN, 4:30 p.m.

•Louisiana-Lafayette at Indiana, BIG TEN, 4:30 p.m.

•Florida A&M at Miami, ACC, 5 p.m.

•Myrtle Beach Invitational, third- or fifth-place game, ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.

•Roman Main Event, championship, ESPN, 6:30 p.m.

•Roman Main Event, third-place game, ESPN2, 9 a.m.

College women •Texas at Tennessee, ESPN, 10 a.m.

•Baylor at Maryland, BIG TEN, 10 a.m.

•Penn State at Clemson, ACC, 11 a.m.

•Auburn at Georgia Tech, ACC, 1 p.m.

•Virginia at UCLA, PAC12, 3 p.m.

•East Carolina at Wake Forest, ACC, 3 p.m.

NBA •Toronto at Golden State, NBCSBA, 5:30 p.m.

Curling •U.S. Olympic Trials, men’s and women’s finals, Game 3, if necessary, NBCSN, 3 p.m.

Figure skating •Internationaux de France, recap, Ch. 3, 1 p.m. (taped) Football NFL •San Francisco at Jacksonville, Chs. 2, 40 (KTXL), 10 a.m.

•Cincinnati at Vegas, Chs. 5, 13, 1 p.m.

•Dallas at Kansas City, Chs. 2, 40 (KTXL), 1:25 p.m.

•Pittsburgh at L.A. Chargers, Ch. 3, 5 p.m.

Golf •LPGA Tour, CME Group Tour Championship, final round, Ch. 3, 10 a.m.

•PGA Tour, The RSM Classic, final round, GOLF, 10 a.m.

Horse racing •America’s Day at the Races, FS2, 8:30 a.m.

•America’s Day at the Races, FS1, 1 p.m.

Motorsports •Formula 1, Qatar Grand Prix, ESPN2, 5:55 a.m.

•Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, Knoxville, Chs. 5, 13, noon, taped Soccer Ligue 1 •Stade Brestois vs. RC Lens, BEIN, 3:50 a.m.

•Troyes AC vs. AS Saint-Etienne, BEIN, 5:55 a.m.

•Olympique Lyonnais vs. Marseille, BEIN, 11:35 a.m.

•Clermont Foot vs. OGC Nice, BEIN, 2:30 p.m. (taped) Premier League •Manchester City vs. Everton, NBCSN, 4 a.m.

•Tottenham Hotspur vs. Leeds United, NBCSN, 8 a.m.

Super Lig •Galatasaray vs. Fenerbahce, BEIN, 7:55 a.m.

Serie A •Inter Milan at Napoli, CBSSN, 9 a.m.

MLS Playoffs •New York City FC vs. Atlanta, Chs. 7, 10, noon •Portland vs. Minnesota, ESPN, 2:30 p.m.

Tennis •ATP Finals, doubles final, TENNIS, 8:30 a.m.

•ATP Finals, singles final, TENNIS, 11 a.m.

Volleyball College women •St. John’s at Creighton, FS1, 11 a.m.

•South Carolina at Florida, SEC, 11 a.m.

•Penn State at Ohio State, BIG TEN, noon •Mississippi State at Arkansas, SEC, 1 p.m.

•Wisconsin at Minnesota, BIG TEN, 2 p.m.

•MEAC Championship, ESPNU, 5 p.m.

Scoreboard FOOTBALL NFL American Conference East W L T Pct. PF PA 6 3 0 .667 280 135 7 4 0 .636 300 177 3 7 0 .300 177 252 2 7 0 .222 161 296 North

W L T Pct. PF PA Baltimore 6 3 0 .667 231 217 Pittsburgh 5 3 1 .611 177 185 Cincinnati 5 4 0 .556 236 203 Cleveland 5 5 0 .500 231 241 South

W L T Pct. PF PA Tennessee 8 2 0 .800 278 232 Indianapolis 5 5 0 .500 268 230 Jacksonville 2 7 0 .222 149 232 Houston 1 8 0 .111 128 258 West

W L T Pct. PF PA Kansas City 6 4 0 .600 262 241 L.A. Chargers 5 4 0 .556 219 228 Las Vegas 5 4 0 .556 210 230 Denver 5 5 0 .500 200 183 National Conference East

W L T Pct. PF PA Dallas 7 2 0 .778 284 195 Philadelphia 4 6 0 .400 257 231 Washington 3 6 0 .333 185 246 N.Y. Giants 3 6 0 .333 179 216 North

W L T Pct. PF PA Green Bay 8 2 0 .800 216 180 Minnesota 4 5 0 .444 221 211 Chicago 3 6 0 .333 150 224 Detroit 0 8 1 .056 150 260 South

W L T Pct. PF PA Tampa Bay 6 3 0 .667 279 212 New Orleans 5 4 0 .556 222 178 Carolina 5 5 0 .500 205 193 Atlanta 4 6 0 .400 178 288 West

W L T Pct. PF PA Arizona 8 2 0 .800 287 189 L.A. Rams 7 3 0 .700 271 227 SAN FRAN 4 5 0 .444 216 212 Seattle 3 6 0 .333 181 186 Week 11 Thursday’s Game New England 25, Atlanta 0 Sunday’s Games SAN FRANCISCO at Jacksonville, 10 a.m.

Washington at Carolina, 10 a.m.

Green Bay at Minnesota, 10 a.m.

Detroit at Cleveland, 10 a.m.

Indianapolis at Buffalo, 10 a.m.

New Orleans at Philadelphia, 10 a.m.

Miami at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m.

Baltimore at Chicago, 10 a.m.

Buffalo New England Miami N.Y. Jets

leveled by Washington defensive tackle Jonathan Allen upon releasing a pass on the game’s third play, he spent nearly the rest of the day spurning downfield shots for checkdown throws.

His average yards gained per pass attempt (5.0) were his lowest of the season, according to Pro Football Reference.

“They did a good job,” said Brady, who can end this current slide against the same franchise that snapped his most glorious win streak (in

Super Bowl 43, when the Giants stunned the undefeated Patriots).

“There’s definitely some throws that I wish I could’ve held on to the ball longer to throw more intermediate passes, I would say. But I’ve got to do a good job of getting the ball to the guys who are open and just putting ourselves in a position to find the open guy and make a good throw. So I certainly can do a better job of that than I did last week.”

On Friday, Brady was given a veteran’s day off – his first of the

Prep Sac-Joaquin Section Division IV Playoffs Friday’s Game Semifinals Vanden 67, Vista Del Lago 27 Saturday, Nov. 27 Championship At St. Mary’s High, Stockton Vanden vs. Merced, 1 p.m.

HOCKEY NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Metropolitan Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Carolina 16 14 2 0 28 56 32 Washington 17 10 2 5 25 58 39 N.Y. Rangers 17 10 4 3 23 46 47 Philadelphia 16 8 5 3 19 43 33 New Jersey 16 8 5 3 19 48 49 Columbus 14 9 5 0 18 48 44 Pittsburgh 17 7 6 4 18 51 51 N.Y. Islanders 14 5 7 2 12 31 44 Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 18 13 2 3 29 71 47 Toronto 19 12 6 1 25 48 45 Tampa Bay 16 9 4 3 21 50 48 Detroit 20 8 9 3 19 54 67 Boston 14 9 5 0 18 46 39

Buffalo Montreal Ottawa

16 7 7 2 16 45 49 20 5 13 2 12 44 70 15 4 10 1 9 36 52 Western Conference Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Minnesota 17 11 6 0 22 60 54 Winnipeg 17 9 4 4 22 54 45 St. Louis 17 9 6 2 20 56 47 Nashville 17 9 7 1 19 47 48 Colorado 14 8 5 1 17 54 44 Dallas 16 7 7 2 16 43 51 Chicago 16 5 9 2 12 37 53 Arizona 18 3 13 2 8 32 68 Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Calgary 18 10 3 5 25 59 36 Edmonton 16 12 4 0 24 63 48 Anaheim 18 10 5 3 23 61 48 Vegas 17 10 7 0 20 54 52 Los Angeles 17 8 7 2 18 46 44 SAN JOSE 16 8 7 1 17 44 46 Vancouver 18 6 10 2 14 46 61 Seattle 17 4 12 1 9 47 66 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs.

Friday’s Games Vancouver 3, Winnipeg 2 Colorado 7, Seattle 3 Saturday’s Games Washington at SAN JOSE, (n) N.Y. Rangers at Ottawa, ppd.

Carolina 5, Los Angeles 4 New Jersey 5, Tampa Bay 3 Florida 5, Minnesota 4 Pittsburgh 2, Toronto 0 Montreal 6, Nashville 3 Calgary 5, N.Y. Islanders 2 Boston 5, Philadelphia 2 Arizona 2, Detroit 1, OT Dallas 4, St. Louis 1 Columbus at Vegas, (n) Chicago at Edmonton, (n) Sunday’s Games Minnesota at Tampa Bay, 2 p.m.

Buffalo at N.Y. Rangers, 3 p.m.

Calgary at Boston, 4 p.m.

Toronto at N.Y. Islanders, 4:30 p.m.

Chicago at Vancouver, 5 p.m.

Washington at Seattle, 6 p.m.

Arizona at Los Angeles, 7 p.m.

Monday’s Games Carolina at SAN JOSE, 7:30 p.m.

Columbus at Buffalo, 4 p.m.

Vegas at St. Louis, 5 p.m.

Anaheim at Nashville, 5 p.m.

Ottawa at Columbus, 5:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Winnipeg, 5:30 p.m.

BASKETBALL NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB 12 5 .706 — 9 7 .563 2½

Brooklyn Philadelphia

New York Boston Toronto

9 7 .563 2½ 9 8 .529 3 8 9 .471 4 Central Division

W L Pct GB Chicago 11 5 .688 — Cleveland 9 8 .529 2½ Milwaukee 9 8 .529 2½ Indiana 7 11 .389 5 Detroit 4 11 .267 6½ Southeast Division

W L Pct GB Washington 11 5 .688 — Miami 11 6 .647 ½ Charlotte 10 8 .556 2 Atlanta 8 9 .471 3½ Orlando 4 13 .235 7½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Northwest Division

W L Pct GB Utah 10 5 .667 — Denver 9 7 .563 1½ Portland 8 8 .500 2½ Minnesota 7 9 .438 3½ Oklahoma City 6 10 .375 4½ Pacific Division

W L Pct GB GOLDEN STATE 14 2 .875 — Phoenix 12 3 .800 1½ L.A. Clippers 9 7 .563 5 L.A. Lakers 8 9 .471 6½ SACRAMENTO 6 10 .375 8 Southwest Division

W L Pct GB Dallas 9 6 .600 — Memphis 8 8 .500 1½ San Antonio 4 11 .267 5 New Orleans 3 15 .167 7½ Houston 1 15 .063 8½ Friday’s Games GOLDEN STATE 105, Detroit 102 Toronto 108, SACRAMENTO 89 Charlotte 121, Indiana 118 Boston 130 L.A. Lakers 108 Brooklyn 115, Orlando 113 Milwaukee 96, Oklahoma City 89 New Orleans 94, L.A. Clippers 81 Chicago 114, Denver 108 Phoenix 112, Dallas 104 Saturday’s Games Utah at SACRAMENTO, (n) New York 106, Houston 99 Indiana 111, New Orleans 94 Washington 103, Miami 100 Atlanta 115, Charlotte 105 Boston 111, Oklahoma City 105 Milwaukee 117, Orlando 108 Minnesota 138, Memphis 95 Philadelphia at Portland, (n) Sunday’s Games Toronto at GOLDEN STATE, 5:30 p.m.

Dallas at L.A. Clippers, 12:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Detroit, 3 p.m.

New York at Chicago, 5 p.m.

Denver at Phoenix, 5 p.m.

Monday’s Games Philadelphia at SACRAMENTO, 7 p.m.

Brooklyn at Cleveland, 4 p.m.

Charlotte at Washington, 4 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m.

Houston at Boston, 4:30 p.m.

Indiana at Chicago, 5 p.m.

Orlando at Milwaukee, 5 p.m.

Minnesota at New Orleans, 5 p.m.

Phoenix at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m.

Memphis at Utah, 6 p.m.

Garoppolo: To throw more vs. Jaguars From Page B9 while future NFL MVP rookie Patrick Mahomes had a redshirt season.

The 49ers’ plan hasn’t unfolded smoothly during a 4-5 start that has included a few wobbly performances from Garoppolo and a calf injury that sidelined him for one start. But it’s back on track during his three-game run that has coincided with a schematic change. Garoppolo has been in a shotgun formation on 96% of his dropbacks (89 of 93) in his past three starts.

He was in shotgun on 66% of his dropbacks in his previous 39 games with the 49ers.

The change is particularly notable for those familiar with Shanahan’s offense, which uses plenty of play-action passes with the quarterback playing under center. On many of those throws, the QB turns his back to the defense, which can make defenders question whether the play is a run or pass. However, it’s also difficult for QBs to reset their eyes and deliver after turning their back to the secondary.

“You’re evolving to whatever your player skill sets are,” offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel said. “And as you spend more time with them and learn the ins and outs of how they play you recognize, ‘Well, Jimmy’s a lot more decisive in the ‘gun.

He likes to see it while

Brady: Trouble with Giants From Page B10

Houston at Tennessee, 10 a.m.

Cincinnati at Las Vegas, 1:05 p.m.

Dalllas at Kansas City, 1:25 p.m.

Arizona at Seattle, 1:25 p.m.

Pittsburgh at L.A. Chargers, 5:20 p.m.

Monday’s Game N.Y. Giants at Tampa Bay, 5:15 p.m.

Byes — Denver, L.A. Rams Week 12 Thursday, Nov. 25 Chicago at Detroit, 9:30 a.m.

Las Vegas at Dallas, 1:30 p.m.

Buffalo at New Orleans, 5:20 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 28 Minnesota at SAN FRANCISCO, 1:25 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 10 a.m.

Carolina at Miami, 10 a.m.

Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, 10 a.m.

Tennessee at New England, 10 a.m.

Atlanta at Jacksonville, 10 a.m.

Tampa Bay at Indianapolis, 10 a.m.

N.Y. Jets at Houston, 10 a.m.

L.A. Chargers at Denver, 1:05 p.m.

L.A. Chargers at Green Bay, 1:25 p.m.

Cleveland at Baltimore, 5:20 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 29 Seattle at Washington, 5:15 p.m.

Byes — Arizona, Kansas City

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season – by Arians. Yet he was out there, and as practice concluded, was seen presiding over a brief offensive walk-through.

Call it a snapshot of urgency, a guy taking every measure to fumigate the smog in his rarefied air.

“When you’re a good team there’s no big-time joy of winning,” Arians said. “You just (say), ‘OK, let’s get the next one.’

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he’s delivering tight-window throws.’”

Garoppolo likely will be asked to throw far more Sunday when the 49ers visit Jacksonville than he did against the Rams. His 19 attempts against Los Angeles were the fewest of any start he has made with the 49ers in which he didn’t exit early because of injury.

The 49ers went with a run-heavy game plan

because the Rams have two future Hall of Fame pass rushers – Aaron Donald and Von Miller – and All-Pro cornerback Jalen Ramsey.

Meanwhile, the Jaguars have allowed the NFL’s seventh-highest passer rating to QBs (101.8), but they rank fifth in yards allowed per rushing attempt (3.9).

In addition, the 49ers aren’t expected to have

running back Elijah Mitchell (finger), their leading rusher who is doubtful to play because of a broken finger.

Can Garoppolo keep it going?

It’s far different from the question that was being posed not long ago: How long can the 49ers keep going with Garoppolo?

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS DINOS MOBILE DETAILING

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS ICU BUTTERFLY HOUSE

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS R30

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME PETITION OF: DAVID JOSEPH SYZLER CASE NUMBER FCS057189

LOCATED AT 201 Wellfleet Dr, Vallejo CA 94592 Solano. Mailing Address 201 Wellfleet Dr, Vallejo CA 94591. ARE HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S) Bernardino Garcia Navarro 201 Wellfleet Dr, Vallejo 94591.

THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: an Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 08/17/2021 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Bernardino Garcia IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION Oct. 26, 2026 THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE).

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: Oct. 27, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021002152 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00050571 Published: Oct. 31, Nov, 7, 14, 21, 2021

LOCATED AT 325 Merganser Dr #81, Suisun City, CA 94585 Solano. Mailing Address 325 Merganser Dr #81, Suisun City, CA 94585. ARE HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S) Shari King 2436 Hanson Dr Fairfield, 94533. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: an Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Shari King IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION Nov. 7, 2026 THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE).

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: Nov. 8, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021002221 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00051028 Published: Nov. 21, 28, Dec. 5, 12, 2021

LOCATED AT 317 C Sandy Lane Suisun City, CA 94585. Mailing Address 317 C Sandy Lane Suisun City, CA 94585. ARE HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S) Conan Lee Inc CA Suisun City 94585. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: a Corporation The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Dr. Robert Parham, Manager IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION Oct. 21, 2026 THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE).

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: Oct. 22, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021002134 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00050573 Published: Oct. 31, Nov, 7, 14, 21, 2021

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: David Joseph Syzler filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: a. David Joseph Syzler Proposed Name: a. David Joseph Rozenkowski THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: DEC. 15, 2021; Time: 8:30 am Dept. 12 Rm.: II The address of the court is SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, 600 Union Ave. Fairfield, CA 94533 A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Daily Republic Please file proof of newspaper publication at least 5 business days before hearing (newspaper does not file w/ court) zoom ok. zoom invite will be emailed 1-2 days before hearing Date: Oct. 27, 2021 /s/ Wendy G. Getty Judge of the Superior Court FILED: Nov. 2, 2021 DR# 00050815 Published: Nov. 7, 14, 21, 28, 2021

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Summary of Ordinance No. 2021-22 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAIRFIELD AMENDING THE ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF FAIRFIELD TO DESIGNATE THE ZONING OF THE NORTH TEXAS STREET “TEARDROP PARCEL” AS REGIONAL COMMERCIAL (CR) CONSISTENT WITH THE FAIRFIELD GENERAL PLAN Ordinance No. 2021-22 would assign Regional Commercial (CR) zoning to a parcel created by the construction of the new Interstate 80/Manuel Campos Parkway/North Texas Street interchange in 2012, bringing the Zoning Map into conformance with the General Plan and permitting the development of the parcel.

Notice is hereby given that a copy of the above-numbered ordinance is available for inspection by all interested parties at the office of the City Clerk of Fairfield, 1000 Webster Street, 4th Floor, Fairfield, and that said ordinance was introduced on November 16, 2021.

Karen L. Rees, City Clerk Dated: November 17, 2021 DR#00051027 Published: Nov. 21, 2021

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CASE NUMBER (NUMERO DEL CASO) FCS056409 SUMMONS (CITATION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): PATTY CUNNINGHAM, an individual; and DOES 1 thought 20, inclusive, YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDADO EL DEMANDANTE) FIRST TECHNOLOGY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response.

You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association.

NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs of any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court's lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.

AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion.

Tiene 30 DIAS CALENDARIO despues de que la entreguen esta citaction y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su respuesta porescrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que yaha un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia.

Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente.

Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remision a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos extentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesion de arbirage en un caso de derecho civil.

Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y direccion de la corte es): Superior Court of California 580 Texas Street Fairfield, California 94533 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff's attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): THOMAS J. PRENOVOST, JR. 77813 Prenovost, Normandin, Dawe & Rocha 2122 N Broadway, Suite 200 Santa Ana, CA 92706 (714) 547-2444 Date (Fecha): APR 20 2021 /s/ Clerk, by B. VASQUEZ Deputy (Adjunto) DR#00050813 Published: Nov. 7, 14, 21, 28, 2021

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: LARCENER WILLIAMS Case Number: P051119 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: Larcener Williams A Petition for Probate has been filed by: Natalie Williams in the Superior Court of California, County of: Solano The Petition for Probate requests that: Natalie Williams be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petition requests the decedent's will and codicils, if any be admitted to probate.

The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: DATE: DEC. 16, 2021 TIME: 9:00 a.m. DEPT.: 22 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, County of Solano Old Solano Courthouse 580 Texas Street Fairfield CA 94533 If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1)four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for petitioner: Quinton J. Miller 9381 E. Stockton Blvd., Ste. 200 Elk Grove CA 95624 (916) 714-1717 DR# 00050950 Published: Nov. 17, 21, 24, 2021

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: Vicktor L. Kendl; Vicktor Kendl and Vicktor Louis Kendl A Petition for Probate has been filed by: Rosemary L.K. Watson in the Superior Court of California, County of: Solano The Petition for Probate requests that: Rosemary L.K. Watson be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: DATE: DEC. 20, 2021 TIME: 8:30 a.m.; DEPT.: 4 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SOLANO Hall of Justice 600 Union Avenue FAIRFIELD, CA 94533 If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statues and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: M. Kendall Hillman, State Bar #125135 Hillman, Lucas & Canning, P.C. 2420 Martin Road, Suite 300 Fairfield, CA 94534 (707) 427-7377 DR# 00050981 Published: Nov. 17, 21, 24 2021

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: GREGORY BACON Case Number: FPR051056 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: Gregory Bacon, Gregory W. Bacon and Gregory Wade Bacon A Petition for Probate has been filed by: Sandra Lewis-Bacon in the Superior Court of California, County of: Solano The Petition for Probate requests that: Sandra Lewis-Bacon be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: DATE: DEC. 3, 2021 TIME: 8:30 a.m.; DEPT.: 4 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SOLANO 600 Union Avenue Fairfield, CA 94533 If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statues and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: M. Kendall Hillman, Hillman, Lucas & Canning, P.C. 2420 Martin Road, Suite 300 Fairfield, CA 94534 (707) 427-7377 DR# 00051088 Published: Nov. 21, 24, 28, 2021

NOTICE IS GIVEN that the Solano County Board of Supervisors will hold a PUBLIC HEARING to consider Amendment No. 1 to Policy Plan Overlay No. PP-17-01 (Canon Partners, LLC) to modify the site development plan, expand the plan boundaries, and modify the list of land uses of an existing policy plan overlay district, located at 5204 North Gate Road, adjacent to the City of Fairfield; APNs 0166-040-060 and 0166-050100. An Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration were adopted November 13, 2018 for the project pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The proposal does not affect changes to environmental resources and no additional environmental review is required pursuant to CEQA. (Project Planner: Eric Wilberg)

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: VICKTOR L. KENDL Case Number: FPR051058

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING (Board of Supervisors)

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The hearing will be held in the Board of Supervisors' Chambers, County Administration Center, 1st Floor, 675 Texas Street, Fairfield on Tuesday, December 7, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard. Staff reports are available by 5:00 p.m. the Friday prior to the meeting at www.solanocounty.com under Quick Clicks, Board Meetings.

How can I participate in the Public Hearing?

You may submit public comments in person at the date and time listed. If you attend the Board of Supervisors meeting in person, you must abide by all State rules and public health guidelines regarding masking and social distancing in the Board of Supervisors Chambers. Written comments can be submitted to the Clerk of the Board at clerk@solanocounty.com or at 675 Texas Street, Suite 6500, Fairfield, CA 94533 by 5:00 p.m. the Monday prior to the meeting. You may submit comments verbally from your phone during the meeting by dialing 1-415-655-0001 and using Access Code 177 939 9414 on your phone. Once entered in the meeting, you will be able to hear the meeting and will be called upon to speak during the public speaking period.

The County of Solano does not discriminate against persons with disabilities and is an accessible facility. If you wish to attend this meeting and you will require assistance to participate, please call the Office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors at 707-7846100 at least 24 hours in advance of the event to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting.

If you challenge the proposed consideration in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Board of Supervisors at, or prior to, the public hearing.

BIRGITTA E. CORSELLO Clerk of the Board of Supervisors County of Solano, State of California DR#00051039 Published: Nov. 21, 2021

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Joseph M. Canning (State Bar No. 250900) HILLMAN, LUCAS & CANNING A Professional Corporation 2420 Martin Road, Suite 300 Fairfield, California 94534 (707) 427-7377 Fax (707) 427-7370 JCanning@hlcattorneys.com Attorneys for Plaintiffs, LIZBETH M. CENTENO, NIDIA E. CENTENO, YONY L. AGUILAR, MARIA A. MENDONZA SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SOLANO LIZBETH M. CENTENO, NIDIA E. CENTENO, YONY L. AGUILAR, MARIA A. MENDOZA Plaintiffs, vs.

MANUEL J. CAAMAL, CARLOS CAAMAL, and DOES 1 through 10, inclusive Defendants No. FCS051862 NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE (CCP §§873.640, 701.540) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, Stephen C. Spencer, the duly appointed referee in the above-entitled action, will sell the following described real property in the following manner, and on the following terms and conditions: The real property located in Solano County, California commonly known as, 94 Novato Drive, Vacaville, California, 95688, and more fully described as follows: LOT 67 AS SHOWN ON THE MAP ENTITLED: “FERRIS GARDENS”, FILED JUNE 3, 1965 IN BOOK 22 OF MAPS AT PAGE 34, SOLANO COUNTY RECORDS, SUBJECT TO THE COVENANTS, CONDITIONS, AND RESTRICTIONS RECORDED JUNE 30, 1965 IN BOOK 1345 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS, AT PAGE 348, SOLANO COUNTY RECORDS, RE-RECORDED OCTOBER 22, 1965, IN BOOK 1364 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS AT PAGE 588.

APN: 0129-131-130-01 1. The real property will be sold by private sale. Written bids and offers for such real property will be received by the undersigned referee at 750 Mason Street, Vacaville, California 95688, up to 5:00 p.m. on December 17, 2021. The real property will be sold on or after December 17, 2021.

2. The right is reserved to reject any and all bids.

3. For further information and bid forms, contact Joseph M. Canning, Hillman, Lucas & Canning, PC, attorney for Plaintiffs, at 2420 Martin Road, Suite 300, Fairfield, CA 94534.

Dated: November 17, 2021 HILLMAN, LUCAS & CANNING, a Professional Corporation Joseph M. Canning, Attorneys for Plaintiffs DR#00051032 Published: Nov. 19, 21, 26, 2021

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NWSL From Page B9 too well because they had cover behind,” Rodman, a 19-year-old forward who on Thursday was voted NWSL rookie of the year.

“Once I cut it inside, I knew I wouldn’t be able to dribble inside. I saw runners [at the] near post marked and I saw Kelley popping on the back. Her getting there was insane.”

On her 30th birthday, Bledsoe, the NWSL goalkeeper of the year, made a diving save on Makenzy Doniak’s bid in the 117th minute.

The Spirit became the first women’s pro soccer team from the nation’s capital to celebrate a championship since 2003, when Mia Hamm and Abby Wambach led the Freedom to the WUSA crown.

The Spirit joined the NHL’s Capitals (2018), MLB’s Nationals (2019) and WNBA’s Mystics (2019) in winning a league trophy for the District of Columbia in the past 3½ years.

This one was surely the most unlikely.

The match capped a tumultuous few months for the Spirit.

Richie Burke stepped down as head coach in early August for “health reasons” and remained with the organization.

But after The Washington Post detailed allegations of verbal and emotional

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abuse against him, Burke was suspended, then fired.

Additional allegations were levied against owner Steve Baldwin and an executive, Larry Best.

The league opened an investigation and banned the team from NWSL governance.

Violations of pandemic protocols resulted in the two forfeits in early September.

Amid it all, there was an ongoing struggle for control of the organization between the principal investors, Baldwin and Y. Michele Kang. Baldwin, who has controlling interest, said he would sell his stake but has resisted players’ demands to make a deal with Kang.

He has engaged in negotiations with billionaire Todd Boehly, a Bethesda, Md., native and part-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Lakers and Sparks.

Kang has the support of the fan base. Behind the south goal Saturday, several banners pressing Baldwin to sell his stake to Kang hung from railings in front of Washington’s supporters’ group, Spirit Squadron.

“Sell the Team Now, Steve, to Kang” “Steve, Sell the Team to Michele” One sign was courtesy of the locals: “We Support Spirit Fans. Sell the Team, Baldwin.”

Marla Messing, the NWSL’s interim CEO, said she hopes a sale will be completed by the end

Almanac

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of the year.

The Red Stars entered the match with a fivegame winning streak but without four highprofile injured players goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher, defenders Julie Ertz and Casey Krueger, and forward Kealia Watt. Then in the 13th minute, they lost captain Vanessa DiBernardo, the playmaker.

The first half proceeded uneventfully toward intermission when the Red Stars struck.

Because of a leg injury to Chicago star Mallory Pugh, three minutes of stoppage time turned into five.

From the left flank, Arin Wright, a Lexington, Ky., native and former Kentucky Wildcat, burned O’Hara and surged toward the end line. She swung in a cross that sailed over Bledsoe to the back post.

Left back Tegan McGrady was caught watching the ball, an instant of inattention that allowed Rachel Hill to nod in a header a step from the target.

Pugh, a former Spirit player and 2021 MVP finalist, did not return.

The Spirit ruled the second half.

Rodman took the initiative, and in the 61st minute, smashed a 25-yard bid high off the left post. At every opportunity, she tried using her creativity and speed to unbalance Chicago.

“When you think about

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Notes: Sullivan, attackers Ashley Sanchez and Ashley Hatch and defender Emily Sonnett will report to the U.S. national team this week for two friendlies in Australia.

Davidson also made the 23-player roster for matches in Sydney and Newcastle.

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how young she is and the ceiling she has, it’s actually incredible,” Red Stars Coach Rory Dames said.

“She is electric.”

The momentum had swung, and before long, the Spirit drew even.

Chicago’s Tierna Davidson tripped Tara McKeown as she collected the ball in the box. Captain Andi Sullivan’s penalty kick was not great, but goalkeeper Cassie Miller did not get down quick enough and the ball slid under her.

The Spirit kept coming.

“We finally got back to doing what we’re good at: moving them, breaking them down, finding the spaces, using our weapons and just playing,” O’Hara said. “We settled into the game in the second half and dominated.”

It took until extra time to go ahead, and in a late-season rush that Bledsoe has described as “destiny,” the Spirit completed its emotional mission.

“It was just that shared purpose of, ‘We want to go, we don’t care what’s being thrown in our way and we’re going to continue to fight to make it,’ “ Ward said. “They always had the quality. I am really just happy for them to have everything they worked for realized.”

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Ebert finished with a game-high 22 points and added three assists, three steals and three rebounds, while Cobbs had 12 points and Samuel Lenjik 10 points.

The Falcons return to action Tuesday when they host Sierra of Rocklin at 6 p.m.

Prep girls basketball

Wood tips off season with loss to Franklin ELK GROVE — The Will C. Wood High girls basketball team played Franklin of Elk Grove even for the first quarter but lost some steam toward the end of the second and never recovered in opening its season with a 51-38 loss, Friday.

The Wildcats trailed 27-19 at the half and 41-23 after three quarters before outscoring the other Wildcats 15-10 in the fourth.

“We talked to the girls about playing hard and leaving it all on the floor,” Wood coach Matthew Lowrey said.

“We started off strong until the final 3 minutes of the second quarter where we made mistakes and they capitalized off those mistakes, which gave them momentum moving forward.

From there it was playing catch up.”

Athena Brombacher led the Wildcats with nine points, six rebounds, three assists and five steals, followed

by Natalia Sanchez with seven points and 11 rebounds, and Christina Edwards with seven points, 12 rebounds, three assists and five steals.

“Overall, I’m proud that the girls didn’t give up,” Lowrey said. “Espe-

cially learning how to play in a new system.

I give a lot of credit to our defense. That’s what kept us in the game.

The energy these girls play with is exciting to coach. We’ll watch film and correct our mistakes before playing Vallejo Monday and Folsom on Tuesday.”

Bocce

Fairfield Bocce Federation WINTER LEAGUE STANDINGS

As of Nov. 18 Tuesday AM League

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W L Pts Roll’Em 8 4 130 Sons Of Italy 5 4 89 Oh Sugar 4 8 111 Bocce Bulldogs 4 5 86 Thursday AM League

W L Pts Red Devils 7 2 97 Mama’S & Papa’S 6 3 95 Bocce Cruisers 4 5 92 A Round Tuit 4 5 89 Real Mccoys 4 5 77 What If 2 7 50 Tuesday AM Weekly Results Bocce Friends 3,Capitani 0 No Mercy 2,Do It Again 1 Plan B Bye Tuesday PM Weekly Results Serranos 3,Slow Rollers 0 Untouchable 3,New Bees 0 Bells & Beaus Bye Wednesday AM Weekly Results Sons Of Italy 3,Oh Sugar 0 Roll’Em 2,Bocce Bulldogs 1 Thursday AM Weekly Results Red Devils 2,Bocce Cruisers 1 Mama’S & Papa’S 3, Real Mccoys 0 A Round Tuit 2,What If 1

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