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From left to right, Rabbi Chaim Zaklos, Joseph Levi and Fairfield Mayor Harry Price dance together after

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VACAVILLE — The Vacaville Veterans Memorial Building will open starting Monday to receive food and cash donations for the upcoming Christmas dinner. Lynn Jewell, who helps organized the dinner event, said for the first time the group will stop taking orders for meals Dec. 23, largely due to the logistics required for the deliveryonly event. More than 800 holiday meals are expected

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FAIRFIELD — Hanukkah was born out of the Jewish people’s right to exist – a fight the Jews have had to wage many times over the centuries. Rabbi Chaim Zaklos, from Chabad of Solano County, on Tuesday told stories of his own family’s struggles to maintain their religion and culture, and of course, their very existence in the face of Nazi Germany. One story told of how his great-grandparents had to go into hiding from the reach of their homeland’s government to practice Judaism, which included the celebration of Hanukkah – and now to enjoy the divergence of celebrating the inaugural Fairfield-sponsored Hanukkah. “Seeing so many Jews

to be delivered across Solano County. The Christmas event partners with the toy drive organized by the Vacaville police and fire departments, so donations of new, unwrapped toys to those organizations can also be made. The hours to leave food donations are noon to 6 p.m. weekdays through Dec. 24, and noon to 3 p.m. Saturdays. The hall is located at 549 Merchant St. Donations of turkeys or hams are especially See Dinner, Page A9

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Volunteers serve food at the Christmas Eve community meal at the Veterans Memorial Hall in Vacaville, Dec. 24, 2019.

and non-Jews alike is beautiful,” Zaklos said of the gathering on The Green in downtown Fairfield. It was the third night of the eight-day holiday that ends Sunday. “This is so American.” “This is totally an auspicious occasion,” Mayor Harry Price said. “Fairfield is one of the most diverse cities in the Robinson Kuntz/Daily Republic United States and that A Fairfield Fire engine is parked at the menorah lighting includes religion.” Price assisted Zaklos Hanukkah event in downtown Fairfield, Tuesday. and Joseph Levi in god, ruler of the uni- cleansing of the Second lighting the menorah, verse, who performed Temple, as part of the all standing atop the wondrous deeds for our Maccabees Rebelcity’s hook-and-ladder ancestors in those ancient lion in 164 BC. fire truck, which also days at this season,” folCouncilwoman Cathprovided light over the lowed by, “Praised are erine Moy had reached presentation area. you, our god, ruler of the out to the Jewish comAs one candle is lit universe, who has given munity with the hopes of each night of Hanukkah, us life and sustained us holding the event. right to left, blessings and enabled us to reach Suisun City also is are offered. Three are this season,” Zaklos sang holding its first city-sponrecited the first night, out in Hebrew. sored Hanukkah event and the second and third The holiday is cele- at 5 p.m. Thursday at each night that follows. brated for the retaking City Hall, 701 Civic “Praised are you, our of Jerusalem, and the Center Blvd.

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SUISUN CITY — The City Council opted in a 5-0 vote Tuesday on the steps of City Hall to recognize the second Monday of each October as Indigenous People’s Day. One public commenter prior to the vote said he thought it would be better to honor the Native Americans who called the land home, by honoring the land by keeping it clean. He noted the same waterways are now covered in trash and

human waste. The commenter said we need to learn from the past to protect the future. City resident George Guynn Jr. said holidays are a good thing but the city might want to keep a limit on how many they have. Mayor Lori Wilson noted it would not be an additional paid holiday for city staff. The City Council also recognized City Manager Greg Folsom for his achievements as the city’s top administrator. He started April 2, 2019. Folsom is also part of the Choctaw nation.

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syndrome, kills more than one-third of those who get it. That worst-case scenario would be an unfathomable disaster, said Dr. Bruce Walker, an immunologist and founding director of the Ragon Institute in Cambridge, Mass. At the other end of a wide spectrum of possibilities, humanity could catch a break. Omicron could turn out to be a benign variant that

spreads as fast as delta, is easily tamed by vaccine, and barely sickens its victims while leaving them with some immunity and little risk of developing “long Covid.” In that case, “nature may have created a natural vaccine,” Walker said. But it will take weeks and months – and the work of a legion of scientists across the globe – to begin to know whether the omicron variant will

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It’s World AIDS Day, the disease remains a challenge

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the power of multiple ealth Focus with Dr. Scott,” our scientific and public local public health resources. access television show, The goal is to reduce recently interviewed HIV infections by 75% Robertson Kwasi by the year 2025, and by Somuah, senior health 90% by the year 2030. education specialist with This would result in the Solano County 250,000 HIV cases Department of Health Scott Anderson being averted. The plan and Social Services would be implemented Ask Dr. Scott Communicable in 57 geographic Disease Program. focus areas. World AIDS Day (Dec. 1) In the year 2019, as the prompting our discussion. HIV/ Covid-19 pandemic loomed, AIDS remains a challenge, even EHE activities included as the Covid-19 pandemic 469 events, including congresfocuses media attention. sional briefings, conferences, Somuah updated us on in-person meetings, webinars acquired immunodeficiency and site visits. Events included syndrome events, here and state and local government abroad. The information in this meetings on 19 occasions with column also derives from my 60 stakeholder meetings with own knowledge and review of HIV-related organizations and scientific and public health data. community organizations. The federal government in Specific accomplishments 2019 unveiled a plan called cited by EHE leaders include “Ending the HIV Epidemic in $6 million in funding from the the U.S.,” also known as EHE. Minority HIV/AIDS fund to Spearheaded by the Departimprove HIV diagnosis, ment of Health and Human treatment, prevention and Services, EHE seeks to leverage response among vulnerable

populations. A specific program called “Ready, Set, PrEP” emphasized the use of pre-exposure prophylaxis to prevent infections. The EHE initiative has elaborated a four-part strategy of Diagnose, Treat, Prevent and Respond. It is noteworthy that a big part of battling HIV is to provide treatment to those with infection, both for their own well-being and to prevent spread of the disease. Eighty percent of HIV infections are transmitted by around 40% of people with the infection who are unaware of their HIV-positive status. One obstacle to diagnosis and treatment of HIV is the stigma associated with the diagnosis, which can lead people to delay seeking appropriate medical assessment. Taking a specific anti-retroviral agent to prevent acquisition of HIV may be quite effective in some populations, but such an approach does not protect an individual from other sexually transmitted diseases,

such as syphilis and gonorrhea. For that reason, PrEP must be considered within the context of broader risk management strategies. More than 700,000 Americans have died due to AIDS since 1981. Covid-19, by contrast, has caused 770,000 national deaths. Covid-19 may be listed as a cause of death in individuals whose demise is not unexpected, as in hospice settings. Human Immunodeficiency Virus by contrast, renders individuals vulnerable to lethal infections or malignancies in the first place. Over a million Americans live with HIV, often benefiting from modern pharmacological therapies. The rate of HIV diagnosis in the United States, previously declining, remains stalled at about 38,000 new cases annually. Research on the HIV epidemic coincided with more sophisticated treatments emerging for other diseases. For example, we also treat

hepatitis C by suppressing the viral load with pharmaceutical intervention, in a manner reminiscent of HIV treatment. The concept of Diagnose, Treat, Prevent and Respond, elaborated as part of the “ending HIV Epidemic in the U.S.,” makes sense. Somuah and his colleagues are fighting a battle against HIV/AIDS by educating the public, and thereby empowering all of us to stay healthy. Education is the answer to health challenges. World AIDS Day reminds us of socio-economic and behavioral challenges to fighting this disease. For example, as we discussed on the show, poverty, drug use and homelessness contribute to HIV risk. Scott T. Anderson, MD (standerson@ucdavis.edu) is a clinical professor at the UC Davis Medical School. This column is informational, and does not constitute, medical advice.

My brother’s driving passion for speed, and Fords never drive a car. But I didn’t tell him that. Joe was born blind. He couldn’t see his own face in a magnifying mirror. But he could dream like Sharon Randall nobody’s business. y brother had I had dreams of a driving my own, things I hoped passion for cars. So for, knowing I might never to speak. Fords in particu- see them come true. What lar. He was especially were the odds I’d get to go fond of speed. to college? Or earn my It was enough to make living as a writer? Or visit my mother fear that he strange, foreign lands like was crazy. But she feared California of All Places? that about all of us, I would bet more especially about herself. money on my blind When Joe was just a brother’s chances of little boy, he would often getting to drive at say to me, “Sister, when I the Indy 500. get old enough to get my I didn’t want to be the license and drive my own one to dim Joe’s dreams. car, I will fly so fast the Life would do that for him, angels will run and hide soon enough. Until then, their wings.” didn’t he deserve a few Then he’d grin real big, happy anticipations? picturing in his mind Joe had trouble not just exactly how fine with his eyes, but with his it would be. legs. He was born premaI could have told him it ture, suffered from would never happen. No cerebral palsy and didn’t matter how old he got, he walk at all until he was 5. That’s when he got his would never get a license,

Editor’s note: Sharon Randall is taking this week off to recover from Thanksgiving. This column, a reader favorite, was first published in 1993.

first “car,” a red Radio Flyer tricycle that he called his ’49 Ford. He couldn’t pedal it, so he would push it, one hand on the seat, the other on the handlebars, driving daylight to dark, all around the yard and often into ditches, anywhere his dreams and determination might lead. Come bad weather, if our mother threw a fit big enough to make him stay inside, Joe would drive his other “Ford,” a green, overstuffed armchair. It had a few miles on it, he said, but it ran fine if you knew how to drive it which, of course, he did. Growing up is a tug of war between disappointment and surprise, a reconciliation of dreams and reality. By the time Joe was 12, I think he knew he would never get a license. As with other hard facts of life, he seemed to accept it without question or bitterness, as if it were nothing more than a card drawn at random from a deck.

One hot summer day when he was 16, Joe went tapping out the driveway with his cane, tap, tap, and tapped into my stepfather’s ’49 Ford. He ran his hand along the hood, felt the heat of the metal, opened the door and climbed behind the wheel. He looked good. Rummaging under the seat, he discovered a six-pack of Budweiser. That beer was so hot, he would say later, it scalded the roof of his mouth. Even so, he drained all six cans. Then he felt along the

steering column, found the keys in the ignition, shouted, “Hooweeee!” and fired it up. To my grave, I’ll regret that I wasn’t there to see it. By then, I was out of college, off in California of All Places, earning my living as a writer. I have heard various versions of this story, depending on the teller. They all boil down to this: The Ford’s engine roared. My mother fainted. My stepfather nearly broke his neck running out the door. And my brother, after a moment of purest

bliss, threw up on the dashboard. And the front seat. And the back. Fortunately, for all concerned, the Ford was up on blocks. It never moved an inch. But to this day, Joe still swears that when he found those keys and fired that old engine up, he heard the angels up in Heaven running to hide their wings. Sharon Randall is the author of “The World and Then Some.” She can be reached at P.O. Box 922, Carmel Valley, CA 93924, or at

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FAIRFIELD — Solano County health officials hope the vaccination rates held up against Thanksgiving gatherings, saying this week’s Covid numbers will tell the tale. Higher case rates could mean the county is in for another winter surge. Either way, Dr. Bela Matyas said because of the vaccination rates in the county – 65% of residents 5 or older being fully vaccinated, 75% having received at least one shot and 57,790 boosters administered – he does not expect to see the same level of disease as in 2020.

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A pedestrian walks along North Texas Street in Fairfield while wearing a face mask, Monday. “I suspect it will be substantially lower . . . less intense,” Matyas said. More than

4,500 residents between 5 and 11 years old – 12.1% of that population – have received a vaccination

shot, the county reported. “I would be surprised if we don’t see an increase in cases related to Thanksgiving,” Matyas said. The numbers should show up, if they do, later in the week. Solano County reported 179 new coronavirus cases since its last report Nov. 24 – the day before Thanksgiving. It took the pandemic total to 46,879. Matyas said 146 of those are actually from the five-day reporting period, a daily average of 29.2. The 10-day daily case rate Monday was 30.4 compared to 33.9 Wednesday. The seven-day positivity testing rate was at 6.5%, up from 4.3%.

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FAIRFIELD — Nearly a third of Solano County residents – 31.1 % – are receiving some level of public assistance, more than the number who did when the Covid-19 pandemic started. The number also reflects an increase in the public assistance rolls from 12 months ago. The 31.1% figure is from October and compares to 25.2% just prior to the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in February 2020, and to 28.1% in October 2020, according to a significant issues report released Monday by the county administration. “The primary reason is an increase in Medi-Cal recipients. Medi-Cal is the largest public assistance program. Since the onset of Covid, it has increased from 102,332 recipients to 125,321,” the report states.

Gerald Huber, the director of the county Department of Health and Social Services, said he thinks the numbers reflect a safer-thansorry mentality in making sure Americans are protected Huber with health coverage during the pandemic. “People (are) not taking advantage of benefits as much as we wanted to make sure people had coverage,” Huber said. He said the current federal emergency is set to run out in January, but he fully expects with the uncertainty of the latest coronavirus variant, omicron, that the declaration will be extended another 90 days. Individuals may qualify for more than one benefit, but as an example,

the CalFresh enrollment went from 38,146 recipients to 45,436 since the start of the pandemic. There were 42,142 beneficiaries in October 2020. CalFresh provides resources for income-eligible residents to get healthy and nutritious food. It is known at the federal level as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. In contrast, CalWorks program recipients went from 8,370 in February 2020 to 6,965 in October. The number for October 2020 was 7,835 recipients. “This may be an early indication that, despite a 7.3% California unemployment rate, a growing portion of individuals have left the labor force, remain underemployed, and/ or are working in low-wage positions,” the report states, citing state See Assistance, Page A10

“All of these (numbers) would suggest that things are stable,” Matyas said. There were two additional Covid-related deaths reported, though just one showed up on the county’s online dashboard. There was a woman who was older than 65 years old and vaccinated, and a man between 50 and 65 who was not vaccinated. Both lived at home. That brings the total number of Covidrelated deaths to 327, with 70 since the most recent surge. Of those, 55 were unvaccinated, the county reported. The number of individuals hospitalized with the disease Monday was 18,

down from 24 Wednesday, while the number of patients in the intensive care units was up from six to eight, the county reported. Fairfield added 58 new cases since Wednesday, taking its total to 12,551. Vallejo was at 13,687 after 58 new cases. Vacaville added 43 cases for a pandemic count of 12,367, the county reported. Suisun City (3,318) and Benicia (1,593) each added 12 cases; Dixon (2,585) added five; and Rio Vista (633) added three. There were new cases in the unincorporated area of the county with a total of 145 cases, the county reported.

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FAIRFIELD — Elf Stacy Rose, the owner of Legendary Letters, is again giving away a free letter from Santa Claus to the first 100 children who

VACAVILLE — The 2021 Vacaville Festival of Trees has entered its final days of celebrating the holidays while raising much-needed funds for the Opportunity House homeless shelter. Nearly three dozen, fully decorated Christmas trees are on display at businesses and offices around Vacaville. They are available for purchase through an online auction that closes just before midnight Friday. The trees will be delivered Saturday and Sunday. To view pictures of the trees and bid on them, visit www.VacavilleFoT.org. The website also contains a map of tree locations. Or visit the trees during the Downtown Vacaville Business Improvement District’s Winter WonderWalk from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday.

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Tree No. 125, titled “Winter’s Midnight Fantasy,” full-size, flocked tree that was decorated and donated by Jon & Ed with The Jon Edwards Salon & Spa. Participants can sip on wine or hot chocolate while strolling through downtown locales where the trees are being hosted. The rain-or-shine event also includes musical performances in Town Square and a chance for youngsters to visit Santa. WonderWalk tickets are $20 per person, for those 21 and older, and include a souvenir wine glass and tasting. The cost is

$10 for those younger than 21 or designated drivers and include a souvenir hot chocolate mug and a visit with Santa. Tickets can be purchased online at DowntownVacaville.com, in person from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday at the Downtown Vacaville office, 313 Parker St., by phone at 707-451-2100 and at Town Square the night of the event, while supplies last. For more information, send an email to info@DowntownVacaville.com. While the Festival of Trees auction winds down Friday, the chance to support the shelter continues through Dec. 31 thanks to the Festival of Treats and Holiday Bake Shoppe operated by Opportunity House’s Cookies for a Cause. Festival of Treats offers readyto-eat favorites from the Festival of See Festival, Page A10

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Obituaries Patricia Ann Blakesmith June 4, 1940 - Nov. 23, 2021

with her group of friends. She also loved going out to lunch. She is survived by her Ohio family and her crafting friends. She was preceded in death by her husband of 47 years, Donald L. Blakesmith; parents, Ernest and Elizabeth Noel; and brother, Don Noel. Special thanks to Brian and Cathie Miner and Jerry and Donna Zaier and childhood friend Sally Bray. There will be no calling hours. She will be interned at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery with her husband, Don, at a later date.

In loving memory, Patricia A. Blakesmith of Fairfield passed awaypeacefully on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021 at The Village of Rancho Solano Memory Care. Born in Albany, California June 4, 1940, she was a life long resident of the Bay Area. She graduated from El Cerrito High School and studied at San Francisco State. A 60 year resident of Fairfield, she was a retired teacher of the FairfieldSuisun school district for 35 years. She enjoyed her retirement, traveling with her husband Don to Ohio to visit family. She loved the crafting of cards, doing stamping and needlework

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Billye Sue Lamb, was born Jan. 17, 1938, to Tom and Beulah Robertson. She went home to be with the Lord on Oct. 28, 2021. She was 83. She accompanied her military husband around the globe, finally making a home in Fairfield, California, in 1972. Soon after she joined Mount Calvary Baptist Church where she attended faithfully, she mentored and encouraged her family to live by their professed faith in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. She worked with the elderly as a health care professional and spent

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FAIRFIELD — Rep. John Garamendi hosted a district workday Monday in Solano County and met met with first responders, health care providers and local business leaders to discuss the work he’s doing in Congress. Garamendi, D-Walnut Grove, first met with a group of Solano County police and fire chiefs to discuss their use of funding for first responders that was included in the federal American Rescue Plan Act. They also discussed the additional support for first responders that is included in the Build Back Better Act that has passed in the House of Representatives and is awaiting action in the Senate. Garamendi joined John Vasquez, chairman of the Solano County Board of Supervisors, and Ruth Forney, chairwoman of the Board of Governor’s of Solano County Family Health Services, for a tour of a Solano County Family Health Services facility. During the tour they discussed the $32 million

‘It is a pleasure to host a productive district workday in Solano County.’ — Rep. John Garamendi

in funding for centers in the 3rd Congressional District as part of the American Rescue Plan Act, as well as the $10 billion that’s included in the Build Back Better Act to help health centers update their facilities and improve their quality of care. Garamendi also met with representatives of two Solano County businesses – Jelly Belly Candy Company and Made and Modern – to discuss their contributions to the local economy and the efforts in Congress to address supply chain issues and support local businesses and consumers. “It was a pleasure to host a productive district workday in Solano County,” Garamendi said in a prepared statement.

FAIRFIELD — PG&E has installed 138 new high-definition cameras in high-risk fire areas this year, 46 of which are part of an artificial intelligence testing program. That brings the total number of fire cameras installed over the past three years to 487 – six of which are on ridgetops in Solano County: four along Twin Sisters, one in Suisun Valley and one at Peña Adobe. Five of the local cameras were installed in 2021, but none is part of the artificial intelligence pilot program, PG&E spokeswoman Deanna Contreras said Monday during a phone interview. The utility installed the cameras in partnership with ALERTWildfire, a consortium comprised of the University of California, San Diego, the University of Nevada, Reno and the University of Oregon, with Alchera’s software. The cameras provide 360degree views with pan, tilt and zoom capabilities. Images from the cameras are available at www.alertwildfire.org. “Even with the two significant rainstorms in October and November, we are still in a historic drought and California, along with other western states, continues to experience an increase in wildfire risk and a longer wildfire

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PG&E has installed 138 new highdefinition cameras in high-risk fire areas this year, 46 of which are part of an artificial intelligence testing program. season. We are using every new tool and technology at our disposal to improve situational awareness and intelligence to help mitigate and prevent wildfires, including this new AI capability,” Sumeet Singh, the utility company’s chief risk officer, said in a statement. “Every bit of data and intelligence that comes to us could potentially save a life.” The pilot program has already paid dividends, the utility reported. The Howell Mountain 1 camera, located in Placer County and equipped with Alchera’s AI software, spotted smoke Aug. 4 prior to the actual fire dispatch and several minutes sooner than the manual movement of the camera.

“That smoke ended up becoming the River Fire. This is one example of many noted during both pilots confirming the value of early fire detection technology,” the utility statement said. The key to the AI test programs is for Pacific Gas & Electric Company to determine a way to get the data to the right people quickly and effectively. “The software analyzes the video feed and if it thinks it sees smoke, we receive an alert via email and text, telling us it just detected smoke. Our analysts then pinpoint where the smoke is coming from and determine if it’s a car fire, Dumpster fire, or even a vegetation fire. Based on the location, we can assess for threat to the public or PG&E facilities,” Eric Sutphin, a supervisor at the Wildfire Safety Operations Center, said in the statement. He is in charge of the camera installations. “The AI filters out a significant number of false positives, for example, ruling out dust, fog or haze,” Sutphin said. “We know the cameras are doing well at spotting wisps of smoke from long distances. We plan to assess our initial implementation, continue to gather the data, and develop a plan for using this leading-edge technology on a more expanded basis.”

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WINTERS — Putah Creek Council’s Board of Directors has hired Phil Stevens as the organization’s new executive director, starting this month. “Phil has a strong skillset of previous experiences that includes management as executive director of a similar organization, fundraising, restoration and strategic planning,” said Brian Bellamy, chair-

man of the board, in a press release. “He brings a lot of enthusiasm to this position, and we’re excited about the future of Putah Creek Council as we grow with Phil as the critical part Stevens of our team.” Stevens has been a passionate conservation professional for more than two decades, according to the release. His earlier work with The Nature Conservancy included leadership

positions responsible for securing donor funding as well as program development. Later he led the Urban Creeks Council, a Bay-area nonprofit dedicated to protecting and restoring urban streams. As executive director for that organization, with a comparable mission to Putah Creek Council, he dealt with many See Stevens, Page A10

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TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE — The grassy expanse beside the Travis Air Force Base Airman and Family Readiness Center was aglow Monday night as the base’s menorah lighting ceremony kicked off the Hanukkah season for Jews and gentiles alike. Col. Corey Simmons, commander of the 60th Air Mobility Wing, provided the opening remarks, giving thanks for the ability to be together again for such a special occasion after Covid-19 grounded most events the previous year. Rabbi Chaim Zaklos

from Chabad of Solano County then took the microphone and reminded everyone for the reason for the season: the Maccabean revolt of the 2nd Century. Hanukkah comes from the Hebrew for “to dedicate,” and the religious holiday is a time to remember the retaking of Jerusalem by the Jews and the miracle of one “cruse” of oil lasting for eight days. “The Maccabees refused to surrender and blazed a trail for the survival of the Jewish people,” Zaklos said. The rabbi compared the ancient people to those in uniform who risk their

lives daily for the American spirit of equality and freedom of religion. He drew a parallel between the country’s Founders who fled from religious oppression and the history of the Jewish people. “Hanukkah is an opportunity to thank God for the freedom that we have in this blessed country,” he said. Both Simmons and Chief Master Sgt. Keith Scott turned on lights on the large electric menorah, which will greet everyone who enters the base. Veteran Prosper Bousley of Vacaville told the assembled that he had come a number of times to

this event over the years and was happy to be a part of it again. He lit candles on a second menorah, which the rabbi joked was “decades” old and had to be dusted off. From there it was “Mazel tov!” followed by the singing of songs such as “Chanukkah Oh Chanukkah” and “Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel.” It wouldn’t be Hanukkah without food, and everyone dug into dreidel cookies, potato latkes, knishes, chocolate coins or “gelt,” and Oodles candy, which comes in dreidelshaped packets and resembles Nerds – only kosher. They also didn’t forget the tchotchkes, such

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Emma Tauzer, 5, donned her menorah tiara to join in the Hanukkah celebration at Travis Air Force Base, Monday. as menorah tiaras or pin-on emojis. “Bring the light back to your community,

back to your street,” Zaklos said. “Become a living menorah, lamplighter, Maccabee.”

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FAIRFIELD — Nearly 90% of the animals that came into the Solano County Animal Shelter in 2020-21 left the facility alive. The shelter reported it had a record 88% live release rate, the 11th straight year the rate has increased, according to a report recently presented to the city managers of the seven Solano cities and released by the county administration. The fiscal year runs from July 1 through June 30. Most of the cities are being charged 7.18% more for 2021-22. Benicia and Vallejo each increased 21.8%, the report states. Travis Air Force Base’s cost was 7.18% higher and the county’s share increased 4.75%. That meant Fairfield’s cost for animal shelter services went from $856,631 to $918,166, with a projected increase in the number of animals coming in to be 30.74% higher, the report states. Overall, revenue shares went from $2.71 million in 2020-21 to $2.99 million in 2021-22, the report states. Animal intake was down for the second straight year, as the shelter took in 20% fewer cats – calling its Community Cat Program a success by finding options for the animals prior to taking them into the shelter. Renee Gutierrez, who has worked at the shelter for 17 years and has been the manager for just over two years, said sick and injured cats in need of immediate care were admitted, as were kittens that would not otherwise be able to care for themselves. However, the Board

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Renee Gutierrez, manager of the Solano County Animal Shelter, pets Poppy at the Solano County Animal Shelter in Fairfield, Monday. of Supervisors recently received a request for funds for community trapand-release programs that capture feral cats, have them spayed or neutered, then release them. They said the feral population has exploded, and particularly since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. They also noted that the Animal Shelter is not taking in cats, a statement Gutierrez described as inaccurate. An equal part of that decrease in the number of animals coming into the shelter was because of the rehoming program, which provides individuals with information on how, on their own, to find new homes for pets for which they are no longer able to provide care, Gutierrez said. The shelter took in 5,050 animals in 202021, 16.55% less than in 2019-20, which was down 22.5% from the prior year, the report states. Five years ago (2016-17), the shelter had taken in 8,324 animals. The shelter, however, also handled 22,188 calls for service, the report states. Gutierrez called this past fiscal year the toughest in her time at the shelter.

“Covid definitely presented us with numerous challenges, not only trying to keep our staff healthy so they could take care of the animals, but also community members . . . and volunteers,” she said. In addition to Covid19, the shelter also dealt with animal rescues caused by the LNU Lightning Complex Fire – housing more than 400 small and large animals during the event. “The LNU Lightning Complex Fire . . . forced mandatory evacuations and the animal shelter was opened in the middle of the night to assist the community with their animals. The shelter remained open around the clock for the first few days and then switched to 12-hour shifts to help with temporary housing for any animals in need,” the report states. “A large animal evacuation site was opened at the Solano County Fairgrounds and a temporary site was opened at the Dixon fairgrounds. Over 400 animals were assisted,” the report states. The live release rate stands out among a number of accomplishments spelled out in the report.

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can help. — Selective Hearing Dear Selective: ADD can certainly be a cause of a person not being able to focus on what the other is saying. Thank you for sharing your experience. Dear Annie: The letter from “Ready to Die” has me in tears. As a mom of a bipolar child, I just want to give him/her a hug, some soup and a good lawyer. Is there a way we readers can help them? — Want to Help Dear Want to Help: Your letter alone will do something to help all of those who are suffering know that they are not alone. Continue helping your son or daughter, and maybe start a group for moms of children with bipolar disorder and reach out to others suffering in similar situations. Dear Readers: As the holidays are here and approaching, let’s all be kinder to each other and take better care of one another. With the pandemic, it has been a very difficult almost two years for lots of people. Smile more; be more generous with your love and forgiveness. Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@ creators.com.

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Today’s birthday What you do you will do with style. Instead of requiring more money, time and effort, you’ll use less. The specific decisions that are so you are bolder than they are expensive. You have a full heart, and love in many forms flows through 2022. It will be impossible to be too generous in this regard as giving amplifies your resources. Cancer and Gemini adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 8, 2, 22, 19 and 40.

important to process the facts with an open mind because the lesson is in an integration of gut and intellect. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Obtain what’s necessary to move forward. This is probably a skill or tool. Success depends on a belief. Try this one on for size: It was always meant to be yours; you just have to claim it. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). The Chinese proverb says, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” But it’s not until step 233 that you begin to feel like you’re really going somewhere. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21). All of the things that money can’t buy – love, respect, profound glamour, real connection – require complex kinds of work. To imagine, plot

and execute your plans will feel like play. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19). Two objects cannot occupy the same space at the same time, but oh, how the objects will keep trying! The spirit of competition and the inevitability of collision keeps it interesting in a highly charged atmosphere. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18). There’s a certain part of your life that’s not a pretty picture. Consider that it may not be the picture’s fault. Maybe it’s the frame. Framing it differently will change your view entirely. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Get clear about what you want. Ranking your options in order of desirability, from your toptier arrangement to your bottom-line necessities, will bring good fortune. CELEBRITY PROFILES: Actress and neo-soul singer Janelle Monae recently wrapped up production on the upcoming “Knives Out 2.” The multihyphenated Sagittarius aims her art toward clear-cut goals such as bridging the gaps between various communities, eliminating the divides between different races, political stances and sexual orientations. Sagittarian artists are worldly, sophisticated cultural explorers who often meld their findings into a new statement.

Bridge

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170 pages, the author covers the basics thoroughly. There are also numerous quizzes. This deal from the book would defeat many players at the table. Look at the North and West hands. South is in four hearts. West starts with his two top diamonds. South ruffs the second, draws East’s three trumps, ending on the board, and runs the club queen: two, seven, king. How should West defend? Aves uses Standard in the bidding – no preemptive three-heart raise with this North hand (not that that would necessarily be so clever with all of those losers, and being vulnerable to boot). Assuming declarer just took a club finesse, the defenders are collecting no heart tricks and one in each minor. So, they need two spade winners. It would be a natural reaction for West to shift to the spade jack, but if South assumes this is from the jack-10, it lets the contract make. YOU CAN COUNT ON Declarer is known to have five hearts, one diamond and apparently COUNTING TO HELP three clubs (given East’s count signal in As we start the last month of the the suit). That means he has four year, let’s look at some bridge books spades. There is no hurry to broach that that were published in 2021. suit. West should return a club, which What is the quickest way to improve also works if South is 3=5=1=4. Here, your bridge? Count everything on each declarer cannot avoid losing two spade deal. Yes, easier said than done, but a tricks, West splitting his honors when good place to learn the tricks of the South plays toward the dummy. trade is “Counting at Bridge” by Dianne Aves (Master Point Press). In COPYRIGHT: 2021, UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE

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Saturday, Nov. 27 4:45 a.m. — Shots fired, 4300 block of THE MASTERS DRIVE 9:33 a.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, MANKAS BOULEVARD 1:14 p.m. — Robbery, 4400 block of MEADOW VALLEY CIRCLE 2:05 p.m. — Vehicle burglary, 100 block of RED TOP ROAD 2:21 p.m. — Forgery, 1300 block of TRAVIS BOULEVARD 2:28 p.m. — Battery, MONTEREY DRIVE 3 p.m. — Reckless driver, NORTH TEXAS STREET 4:15 p.m. — Reckless driver, PEABODY ROAD 5:08 p.m. — Battery, 1600 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 7:57 p.m. — Trespassing, 2700 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 8:03 p.m. — Brandishing a weapon, 1300 block of SANDERLING DRIVE 9:14 p.m. — Drunken driver, EASTBOUND AIR BASE PARKWAY 9:17 p.m. — Vehicle theft, 5000 block of BUSINESS CENTER DRIVE 9:41 p.m. — Forgery, 700 block of FIFTH STREET 10:20 p.m. — Vehicle burglary, 3300 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 11:41 p.m. — Shots fired, PARK LANE

Sunday, Nov. 28 1:21 a.m. — Assault with a deadly weapon, 1200 block of B. GALE WILSON BOULEVARD 2:07 a.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 500 block of PARKER ROAD 6:20 a.m. — Brandishing a weapon, ORCHID STREET 7:09 a.m. — Trepassing, 3000 block of TRAVIS BOULEVARD 7:38 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 3900 block of BUSINESS CENTER DRIVE 9:08 a.m. — Vehicle burglary, 1600 block of MATTHEW DRIVE 9:12 a.m. — Drunken driver, 1900 block of GRANDE CIRCLE 9:24 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 200 block of DEL LUZ COURT 10:53 a.m. — Vehicle burglary, 600 block of TRAVERTINE COURT 11:28 a.m. — Indecent exposure, WESTBOUND HIGHWAY 12 1:31 p.m. — Forgery, 1300 block of TRAVIS BOULEVARD 1:50 p.m. — Vehicle burglary, 3300 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 1:57 p.m. — Vehicle burglary, 1500 block of GATEWAY BOULEVARD 2:02 p.m. — Vehicle burglary, 1600 block of GATEWAY BOULEVARD 2:41 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, WALTERS ROAD 3:31 p.m. — Drunken driver, CIRCLE DRIVE 3:45 p.m. — Trepassing, 1600 block of TRAVION COURT 4:06 p.m. — Drunken driver, WESTBOUND AIR BASE PARKWAY 4:11 p.m. — Trespassing, 5000 block of BUSINESS CENTER DRIVE 4:29 p.m. — Battery, 1400 block of HOLIDAY LANE 6:12 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 2700 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 7:41 p.m. — Brandishing a weapon, 1300 block of CROWLEY LANE 10:08 p.m. — Vandalism, JEFFERSON STREET 11:45 p.m. — Drunken driver, 1800 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET

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block of WEST TEXAS STREET 8:16 a.m. — Brandishing a weapon, 1500 block of ADAMS STREET 8:22 a.m. — Reckless driver, 1300 block of GOLD HILL ROAD 8:26 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 1900 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 8:34 a.m. — Trespassing, 2000 block of CADENASSO DRIVE 8:48 a.m. — Battery, 1500 block of MICHIGAN STREET 9:23 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 3000 block of AUTO MALL COURT 9:56 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 5100 block of FERMI DRIVE 10:02 a.m. — Vandalism, 2000 block of CLAY BANK ROAD 11:18 a.m. — Brandishing a weapon, AIR BASE PARKWAY 12:08 p.m. — Forgery, 4600 block of CENTRAL WAY 12:26 p.m. — Battery, 2500 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 12:35 p.m. — Trespassing, 1900 block of WEST TEXAS STREET 1:16 p.m. — Vehicle theft, 1000 block of WEBSTER STREET 1:16 p.m. — Grand theft, 1300 block of GATEWAY BOULEVARD 2:41 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 1800 block of DOVER AVENUE 2:48 p.m. — Indecent exposure, 1500 block of TRAVIS BOULEVARD 3:28 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, OLIVER ROAD 3:31 p.m. — Vandalism, EL TORO COURT 3:47 p.m. — Trespassing, 1600 block of MATTHEW DRIVE 4 p.m. — Grand theft, 200 block of RED TOP ROAD 4:32 p.m. — Reckless driver, EASTBOUND INTERSTATE 80 5:06 p.m. — Battery, 3800 block of STAFFORD SPRINGS WAY 5:24 p.m. — Vehicle theft, 1700 block of BARTON DRIVE 6:55 p.m. — Trespassing, 5100 block of BUSINESS CENTER DRIVE 6:55 p.m. — Battery, 1200 block of B. GALE WILSON BOULEVARD 8:21 p.m. — Reckless driver, 5100 block of BUSINESS CENTER DRIVE 8:21 p.m. — Reckless driver, MANGELS BOULEVARD 8:25 p.m. — Trespassing, 2300 block of HANSON DRIVE 9:01 p.m. — Battery, 800 block of EAST TRAVIS BOULEVARD 9:06 p.m. — Trespassing, 3300 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET

Suisun City Saturday, Nov. 27 1:48 a.m. — Reckless driver, SUNSET AVENUE 7:50 a.m. — Assault with a deadly weapon, 700 block of SUNSET AVENUE 12:33 p.m. — Reckless driver, TUCSON CIRCLE / CHARLESTON STREET

sunday, Nov. 28 1:24 a.m. — Assault with a deadly weapon, 600 block of MAIN STREET 1:32 p.m. — Grand theft, 1400 block of HUMPHREY DRIVE 3:01 p.m. — Hit-and-run no injury, LEMONWOOD WAY 6:55 p.m. — Vandalism, 500 block of EAST WIGEON WAY

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10:55 a.m. — Vehicle burglary, 1200 block of KELLOGG STREET 9:15 p.m. — Reckless driver, CHARLESTON STREET / HICKAM CIRCLE 9:16 p.m. — Reckless driver, HUMPHREY DRIVE / MARCIA LANE 9:17 p.m. — Reckless driver, PETERSON ROAD 11:35 p.m. — Hit-and-run no injury, CAMELLIA LANE

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Omicron From Page One pieces of evidence begin to congeal, all we have are anecdotes, said infectious-disease specialist Dr. Joshua Schiffer of the Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center in Seattle, “and the anecdotes are not helpful.” The impact of the omicron variant “really needs to be assessed in a systematic way, looking at very large numbers of people,” Schiffer said. “This is going to take a bit of time to parse.” Once again, the coming months will provide the public a lesson in both the science of uncertainty and the uncertainty of science. Like a jigsaw puzzle, the complete picture of omicron’s impact will emerge only in pieces. Almost two years into a pandemic, scientists need to take the measure of the SARS-CoV-2 virus yet again. This time, they have a variant changed by an unprecedented number of mutations with worrisome histories. And they are assessing its strengths and weaknesses in a diverse population of potential hosts that ranges uninfected-andfrom entirely-susceptible to vaccinated-and-boosted. “There are so many moving parts,” said Dr. Jonathan Li, a Harvard infectious-disease specialist who directs the virology laboratory at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. It’s possible that omicron’s detection just happened to coincide with an isolated outbreak or superspreader event that prompted South African scientists to step up their collection of viral coronavirus specimens. If omicron fails to gain more footholds as it lands in a wider range of places, its apparent role in driving South Africa’s latest outbreak may prove to have been a case of misattribution, Schiffer said. Now that the omicron variant has been detected in several countries, its powers of transmission will be tested. If it’s found to be gaining ground, the

next challenge will be for scientists to determine whether its increased spread is a function of some innate biological advantage that helps it spread from person to person and whether it’s specially equipped to evade the defenses of people who gained immunity from a vaccine or past infection. A cursory check of omicron’s constellation of mutations raises deep concerns on both fronts. “This variant seems to have some of the greatest hits when it comes to mutations,” Li said. A good many of them are heavily concentrated along a string of genetic code that governs the shape and behavior of the spike protein, which the virus uses to latch onto human cells. Two mutations are at a site the virus uses to pry its way into those cells and hijack them for its own replication. And several more have been seen in other variants that are capable of evading antibodies made by the immune system in response to vaccines and previous infections. That’s just the beginning. “It’s not only the sheer number of mutations” that’s concerning, Li said. It’s how broadly across the virus’ genome they are scattered, and the range of functions they have the potential to change: “It just has a lot of mutations, all over the place.” If omicron does establish itself outside southern Africa, scientists will need to gauge the relative contributions of the variant’s increased transmissibility and its ability to overpower a prepared immune system. Those findings will help guide the next steps, including a potential renewal of public health measures and the reformulation of mRNA vaccines and boosters specifically tailored to thwart the new variant. Vaccine makers Pfizer and Moderna have said they could ready such vaccines in just a few months’ time. With lab studies to guide their hunches, scientists should find the task of separating increased transmissibility from so-

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James Milliard receives his vaccination at the Covid-19 vaccination clinic inside the Baptist Health Medical Center in Prattville, Ala., April 6. called immune escape simple enough. If new infections linked to omicron occur primarily in unvaccinated people, heightened transmissibility would seem to be at work. If new infections are just as likely to occur in people who’ve been vaccinated as in those who haven’t, scientists might conclude the variant has found its way around antibodies meant to block it. But that seemingly straightforward analysis will be complicated by several factors. The Covid-19 vaccines available across the world have ranged widely in their ability to block reinfection. The waning of vaccine-induced immunity has thrown another wild card into the mix. If a vaccinated person has a breakthrough case involving omicron, it won’t necessarily be clear whether the variant busted through the vaccine’s defenses or those defenses had already fallen on their own. If it turns out that omicron isn’t readily stopped by vaccines, the world would find itself back at square one, said Dr. Charles Chiu, an infectious disease specialist at UC San Francisco. But it may take more than that for the variant to wreak havoc, he added. The Beta variant first seen in South Africa and the Gamma variant in Brazil both demonstrated the ability to evade vaccine defenses, Chiu said. But when they competed head-to-head against the highly transmissible delta variant in the United States

and elsewhere, they didn’t gain much traction, Chiu said. The lesson: Even if omicron is adept at overcoming vaccines, its impact will be blunted if it can’t unseat delta. The final test of omicron’s powers to worsen the pandemic will be to understand whether it can make people sicker and cause more deaths than the variants that have come before. If it is both more transmissible and more virulent, the result would be disastrous, Walker said. “That is the question that’s most important to answer,” he said. But scientists will have to be patient. It typically takes at least a couple of weeks of illness for an infected person to become sick enough to be placed under intensive care or to die, Walker said. And scientists will have to meld clinical data with genetic sequencing to know whether omicron’s mutations are responsible. Tulio de Oliveira, the South African geneticist who led the team that identified the omicron variant, said scientists across Africa will be working feverishly to collect that data over the next several weeks. He said he suspects that greater powers of both transmission and of immune escape have pushed omicron into the global spotlight. But he’s reluctant to make predictions about the variant’s ability to sicken. “The next weeks are so crucial,” he said.

Dinner: Event now accepting donations From Page One appreciated by Dec. 19 so volunteers have time to prepare and cook them. The meals also traditionally include dressing, potatoes and gravy, green beans, rolls, and pie or cake for dessert. Cash donations offer the greatest flexibility to purchase what is needed, event organizers said. Cash donations will be accepted at the hall. Checks should be made payable to American Legion Post 165. They can be mailed to P.O. Box 3043, Vacaville, CA 95696. Donations can also be made via PayPal

at www.vacavets.org. Meals will be delivered between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Christmas Day. Anyone requesting a meal, who wants to volunteer or who wants to make a donation can go to www.vacavets.org or call the Veterans Hall at 707-447-6354. The Vacaville Veterans, headed by American Legion Rago-Christopher Post 165, has been providing holiday meals to veterans and other area residents for more than 30 years. For more details, go to www.vacavets.org/ free-holiday-dinners/.

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Volunteers get food ready to distribute to those in need, at the Vacaville Veteran’s Memorial Building, Dec. 24, 2020.

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In brief Pet birds die in morning garage fire

FAIRFIELD — The residents of a Burbank Drive home that caught fire Monday morning – including a small child – were able to get out without injury, but a number of pet birds died, the Fairfield Fire Department reported. The fire was contained to the garage, with some smoke damage to the residence, the Fire Department reported. The cause of the blaze was under investigation. The fire started after 11 a.m. When firefighters arrived, light smoke could be seen coming from

Stevens the garage. The estimated damage is $50,000, the Fire Department reported. Details about the number and species of the birds was not immediately available.

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UC Coooperative holding event FAIRFIELD — Online “Gifts from the Kitchen” events will be hosted Friday and Saturday by the University California Cooperative Extension Master Food specialists from Solano and Yolo counties. Registration is required. The fee is $15. Among the demonstra-

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Fairfield firefighters respond to the scene of a garage fire at a home along Burbank Drive near Gillespie Drive in Fairfield, Monday. The residents escaped without injury but a number of pet birds died. tions are easy hostess gift basket examples, marinated mushrooms, and cocktails and mocktails using preserved foods. Ideas for entertaining unexpected guests using

fall favorites such as pears, apples, cranberries and other options are also part of the events. Register for the event Friday at https://surveys. ucanr.edu/survey.

Letters: Personalized from Santa Claus From Page A4 between the two, and both are fun places to visit. This is the 25th Christmas that Rose has been helping Santa write letters to good boys and girls, and the eighth time she has done the 100-letter giveaway. The free letters will not be personalized as the other greetings available in her shop, but they will still be printed on colorful holiday stationery and stamped

with a faux North Pole postmark. If parents prefer a completely personalized letter, scroll, certificate or telegram, they are available for order through Friday at LegendaryLetters.com. Children may mail a letter to Santa Claus up until Dec. 15 in the special mailboxes at 707 Kentucky St., Fairfield, or 340 Shoveller Drive, Suisun City. Afterward, all letters collected will go to the Macy’s Believe program, which donates

$1 to the Make a Wish Foundation for every letter. If you would like to help, Rose is always in need of 8.5 x 11 holiday stationery. If you have an extra sheet or two of paper left after sending out your annual Christmas letters, she would be grateful if you dropped them off at Legendary Letters any time. Holiday letterhead donations can also be left after hours in the big red mailbox outside.

Festival: Trees for auction in Vacaville From Page A4 Trees’ traditional bake sale, which remains on hiatus because of the pandemic. Jumbo Rice Crispy Treats, Whoopie Pies and a variety of fresh-baked cookies can be packaged suitable for gift-giving. Or purchase buckets of frozen cookie

dough balls through the Holiday Bake Shoppe, to bake at home. Holiday flavors include Oatmeal White Chocolate Cranberry, Peanut Blossom and Peppermint Twist. Or start a family tradition with the Shoppe’s complete Holiday Sugar Cookie Baking Kit. Cookie and treat orders can be placed online via the VacavilleFoT.

org website, where complete information about Festival of Trees is also available. This is the 31st year the Festival of Trees has raised funds for Opportunity House, whose mission is to break the cycle of homelessness for women, men, families and transitional age youth in Solano County.

similar tasks of project development, managing restoration activities, coordination with other agencies, community outreach and fundraising. Stevens’ conservation work continued as associate director for Marine Applied Research and Exploration followed by forming and becoming principal of the firm Overstory Land Stewardship, which focuses on ecologically sensitive land management. Stevens has followed

the work of Putah Creek Council for some time. “Putah Creek Council has a remarkable record of achievement over the years. I feel tremendously honored to have a chance to contribute to the organization’s continuing success,” he said in the press release. Putah Creek Council’s mission is to support regional ecosystems through advocacy, education and community-based stewardship. To learn more, visit w w w.put a hcr e ekcouncil.org.

Assistance From Page A3 Employment Development Department numbers and a CalMatters article. Huber admits the workforce situation is odd with so many people willing to quit their jobs or not return to work. He said the health industry is most especially feeling the pinch. “It is the strangest workforce market I have seen,” Huber said.

That could be because there are Covid benefits available, and counties have been prohibited, during the pandemic, to reassess eligibility for the various benefits, including such factors as income and residency. “Normally, about 4% of the active cases are discontinued each month because their circumstances have changed, or they do not provide required documentation,” the report states.

Shelter From Page A6 ous or for other behavior issues, the report states. “We are only euthanizing to end irremediably suffering and/ or for aggression reasons that pose a risk to the public,” the report states. The shelter also operates a food pantry and worked with Meals on Wheels Solano County

to help deliver the pet food as needed. “We understand financial hardship and want to continue helping. Program is funded strictly from donated food and grants,” the report states. Read for yourself To review the report, go to www.solanocounty.com/civicax/ f ileba n k / blobdload. aspx?BlobID=35903.

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hat a strange look for baseball. Owners are on the verge of locking out the players yet doling out contracts of $325 million ( Corey Seager), $175 million ( Marcus Semien) and $130 million ( Max Scherzer). Economic issues? What economic issues? Both sides are preparing for the sport’s first work stoppage since the 1994-95 strike by signing

ANALYSIS as many huge contracts as possible before the industry potentially shuts down and a transaction freeze is implemented, which virtually would unplug the hot stove. No one knows what the new guidelines for free agency and player compensation will be in the next labor agreement, so players have been lining up for big money, and owners have been more than willing to write

the checks. It’s not exactly exuding a perception that the game is suffering, but both sides are digging in nonetheless and making a lockout inevitable. Here’s what baseball fans needs to know about what’s coming with the labor strife: WHEN WOULD A LOCKOUT BEGIN? At some point after 8:59 p.m. PT Wednesday, which is when the current collective bargaining agreement, ratified in 2016, expires. Until the owners formally

announce a lockout, however, the hot stove could keep burning a little while longer while operating under the old agreement. WHAT ARE THE ISSUES? For the players, plenty. They lost ground in previous labor negotiations and are fighting for a system that would provide better compensation before free agency, prevent teams from tanking – a common practice to save money and receive higher draft picks – and set a higher luxury tax threshold, which many owners consider a hard cap that they won’t exceed. Players don’t appreciate how owners have learned to use the

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CBA to their advantage with roster manipulation, keeping top prospects in the minors longer than necessary to delay their arbitration and free-agency eligibility and leaning on younger, cheaper, untested players over mid-level veterans.. Players also don’t appreciate how average salaries along with their share of league revenues have dipped. While big-name players continue to receive gigantic contracts, the union is fighting on behalf of players in the middle tier and/or with little service time who get paid pennies on the dollar. Owners basically are cool with the status quo, which greatly benefits them, but have proposed

things such as a $100 million payroll floor for teams (tied to also getting a salary cap), arbitration eligibility based on a player’s wins above replacement and freeagency determined by age (29 1/2 years) instead of service time. Also, a 14-team playoff field. Other issues involve pace of play (including a pitch clock) and a universal designated hitter. WHO’S NEGOTIATING? The two most recognizable leaders are Rob Manfred on the owners’ side and Tony Clark on the players’ side. The commissioner and the executive director of the

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Atlanta Falcons linebacker Mykal Walker, a Vacaville High graduate, attempts to block a pass thrown by Jacksonville

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Football League title, though the league’s automatic playoff bid went to Dayton, which handed the Toreros their only PFL defeat. Against the Hatters, Amir Wallace (Fairfield resident, De La Salle) had two tackles, one for loss; Muhindo Kapapa (Armijo) had a sack for a 10-yard loss and a quarterback hurry; and Zamir Wallace (Fairfield resident, De La Salle) also saw action. Kapapa earned All-PFL second team honors, making 42 tackles, 22 of them solo with a team-high 13 quarterback hurries and finishing second in sacks (6.5) and tackles

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Given his first chance to start this season, Mykal Walker, a backup inside linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons, made the most of the opportunity. With starter Deion Jones sidelined because of a nagging shoulder injury, Walker, a Vacaville High graduate and former Fresno State standout, got the start on Sunday and made a career-high 12 tackles, six of them solo, adding a quarterback hit and a pass deflection in the Falcons’ 21-14 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars. Walker, who had six

starts in his rookie season in 2020, tied his career high with 72 snaps, which was 99 percent of the plays for the Falcons defense, adding five on special teams. His previous high for tackles was eight, six solo, in a 30-26 loss to the Chicago Bears last season, and he had 11 tackles, three of them solo heading into the game with the Jaguars. The week before, Walker had two assisted tackles in a 25-0 loss to the New England Patriots.

College football San Diego (7-4, 7-1) stomped Stetson 41-16 to claim a tie for the Pioneer

for loss (9.5). He also broke up three passes, blocked a kick and recovered a fumble. Amir Wallace earned All-PFL honorable mention, recording 39 tackles, 27 of them solo, with 3.5 tackles for loss, three quarterback hurries, one interception and finishing second with 10 pass breakups. Zamir Wallace finished with six tackles, five solo, one tackle for loss, three pass breakups, one forced fumble and tied for the team lead with two interceptions. Merchant Marine (9-1) closed out its season with See Alumni, Page B2

Michigan moves into top 4 of College Football Playoff rankings Tribune Content Agency Fresh off its monumental win over Ohio State, Michigan landed at the No. 2 spot in the penultimate edition of the College Football Playoff rankings Tuesday night. It’s the highest ranking for the Wolverines (11-1), who reached No. 3 in 2016, and comes on the heels of their 42-27 win over the Buckeyes. Michigan can secure its first outright Big Ten title since 2003 by defeating No. 13 Iowa in the Big Ten Championship Game Saturday. A win over the Hawkeyes should be enough to help the Wolverines earn their first semifinal spot. Georgia (12-0) took the top spot for the fifth straight week after blanking Georgia Tech, 45-0. The Bulldogs appear to be a

lock for one of the four semifinals spots even though they still face Alabama in the SEC Championship Game Saturday. Alabama (11-1) remained at No. 3 after needing a fourth-quarter rally and four overtimes to get past Auburn. The Crimson Tide would need a win over Georgia to avoid falling out of the top four. Cincinnati (12-0) also stayed unchanged at No. 4. The Bearcats, who hope to become the first Group of Five team to qualify for the semifinals, face No. 21 Houston in the American Athletic Conference Championship. Oklahoma State (11-1) moved up to No. 5 with its 37-33 win over Oklahoma. The Cowboys are searching for their first Big 12 title since 2011 when they take

on No. 9 Baylor (10-2) in the Big 12 Championship. Notre Dame (11-1) remained at No. 6 after wrapping up its regular season with a 45-14 win over Stanford. The Fighting Irish remain in the playoff mix but would need wins by Georgia and Baylor to make it happen. Playoff chairman Gary Barta said the departure of Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly didn’t impact this week’s rankings but could in the future. “Once the championship games wrap up, our protocol does include the ability for the committee to consider a player or coach not being available,” Barta told ESPN’s Rece Davis. See Rankings, Page B9

CLOVIS — Kainoa Medina won the championship at 113 pounds and the Vacaville High boys wrestling team had nine others place in the top six at the prestigious Clovis West Shootout, Saturday. Placing third for the Bulldogs, who are ranked eighth in the state, were Logan Valledor at 120, Eric Almarinez at 145, Tomas Sandoval at 170 and Francisco Ochoa at 180; taking fourth were Casey Roberts at 138 and Jai Guerra at 220; finishing fifth were Carson Howell at 152 and Arjun Nagra at 170; and winding up sixth was Jason Brauning at 160. “The Shootout is one of the hardest early tournaments in the State and included Clovis High, Buchanan High School, Gilroy, and Clovis North – all top ranked teams in California,” Vacaville coach Clint

Birch said in an email. The Bulldogs host their annual eight-team Larry Nelson Classic at Harold Youngblood Gymnasium on Friday and Saturday.

Prep girls wrestling

Goodwin places for Mustangs in Folsom tourney FOLSOM — Eliza Goodwin placed sixth at 137 pounds to lead the efforts of the Rodriguez High girls wrestling team at a tournament at Folsom High, Saturday. “In the 137(-pound) weight class the top 4 girls are ranked in the state going into this year and 2 are ranked in the country for the top 20, so this was a tough weight class,” Mustangs coach Cheyenne Amaro said in an email. Also competing for Rodriguez were Ibtasam Saleh, Annilyn MartiSee Local, Page B10

Timo Meier, Noah Gregor shine as Sharks stay unbeaten on road trip Tribune Content Agency Coach Bob Boughner feels the challenges the Sharks have faced through the first quarter of the season have been as significant as anyone’s in the NHL. The Sharks experienced a Covid-19 outbreak in late October and early November – taking seven players out of the lineup – and right now, they’re already on their third five-game road trip of the season. So far, they’ve handled it all about as well as could be expected. Noah Gregor had a goal and an assist and James Reimer made 31 saves as the Sharks used a strong second period to beat the New Jersey Devils, 5-2, on Tuesday for their fourth win in their last five games. In the second period,

Alexander Barabanov had assists on goals by Jake Middleton and Erik Karlsson, and Timo Meier scored his 10th and 11th goals of the season as the Sharks improved to 2-0-0 on their five-game road trip that is scheduled to continue Thursday at UBS Arena against the New York Islanders. The Sharks have now won seven of 12 games away from SAP Center. “I think we’ve found ways different ways to win,” Boughner said Tuesday morning. “Sometimes when we’re not at our best, we’re finding ways to get points, whether that’s goaltending or special teams or someone stepping up, I think that’s a little bit of a different mindset than we had last year. “I think we’ve handled adversity well. See Sharks, Page B9

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CALENDAR Wednesday’s TV sports Basketball College men •Central Michigan at Xavier, FS1, 3:30 p.m. •Wagner at Seton Hall, FS2, 4 p.m. •Virginia Tech at Maryland, ESPN2, 4:15 p.m. •Nebraska at North Carolina State, ESPNU, 4:15 p.m. •Memphis at Georgia, SEC, 4:15 p.m. •Washington State at Arizona State, PAC12, 4:30 p.m. •Texas Tech at Providence, FS1, 5:30 p.m. •BYU at Utah Valley, BYUTV, 6 p.m. •Michigan at North Carolina, ESPN, 6:15 p.m. •Miami at Penn State, ESPNU, 6:15 p.m. •Colorado at UCLA, PAC12, 6:30 p.m. •Utah at USC, PAC12, 8:30 p.m. College women •Rutgers at Pittsburgh, ACC, 3 p.m. •Georgia Tech at Purdue, BIG TEN, 4 p.m. •Ohio State at Syracuse, ACC, 5 p.m. •North Carolina at Minnesota, BIG TEN, 6 p.m. NBA •Philadelphia at Boston, NBATV, 4:30 p.m. •Sacramento at L.A. Clippers, NBATV, NBCSCA (Vacaville only), 7:30 p.m. Chess •World Chess Championship, NBCSN, 7:30 p.m. (taped) Golf •Asia Tour, Laguna Phuket Championship, first round, GOLF, 10 p.m. Hockey NHL •Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers, NHL, 4 p.m. •Pittsburgh at Edmonton, TNT, 7 p.m. Soccer FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021 •Egypt vs. Lebanon, FS2, 4:50 a.m. •Morocco vs. Palestine, FS2, 7:50 a.m. •Saudi Arabia vs. Jordan, FS2, 10:50 a.m. Ligue 1 •Angers vs. AS Monaco, BEIN, 9:50 a.m. •Paris Saint-Germain vs. OGC Nice, BEIN, 11:55 a.m. •Rennes vs. Lille, BEIN, 2 p.m. (taped) •Olympique Lyonnais vs. Stade de Reims, BEIN, 4 p.m. (taped) •Clermont Foot vs. RC Lens, BEIN, 8 p.m. (taped) Premier League •Everton vs. Liverpool, NBCSN, 11:30 a.m. Tennis •The Davis Cup, CBSSN, 7 a.m. •ATP Sao Paolo Challenger, early rounds, TENNIS, 8 a.m. •ATP Sao Paolo Challenger, early rounds, TENNIS, 2:30 p.m.

Thursday’s TV sports Basketball College men •Washington at Arizona, PAC12, 5:30 p.m. •Valparaiso at Drake, ESPNU, 6 p.m. •Saint Mary’s at Utah State, CBSSN, 6 p.m. •Oregon State at California, PAC12, P12BA, 7:30 p.m. College women •Penn State at Boston College, ACC, 3 p.m. •Notre Dame at Michigan State, BIG TEN, 3 p.m. •North Carolina State at Indiana, ESPN2, 4 p.m. •Michigan at Louisville, ESPN, 4 p.m. •Northwestern at Clemson, ACC, 5 p.m. •Miami at Maryland, BIG TEN, 5 p.m. •Iowa at Duke, ESPN, 6 p.m. •Iowa State at LSU, ESPN2, 6 p.m. High school boys •IMG Academy vs. Sunrise Christian, ESPNU, 2 p.m. •Oak Hill Academy vs. Montverde, ESPNU, 4:30 p.m. NBA •Chicago at New York, NBATV, 4:30 p.m. •San Antonio at Portland, NBATV, 7 p.m. Football NFL •Dallas at Miami, Chs. 2, 40 (KTXL), NFL, Amazon, 5:20 p.m. Golf •DP World Tour, SA Open Championship, first round, GOLF, 2 a.m. •PGA Tour, Hero World Challenge, first round, GOLF, 10:30 a.m. •Asian Tour, Laguna Phuket Championship, second round, GOLF, 10 p.m. •DP World Tour, SA Open Championship, second round, GOLF, 2 a.m. (Friday) Hockey NHL •San Jose at N.Y. Islanders, NBCSCA, 4:30 p.m. Horse racing •America’s Day at the Races, FS2, 9 a.m. Motorsports •Formula 1, Saudi Arabia, Practice 1, ESPNU, 5:25 a.m. (Friday) •Formula 1, Saudi Arabia, Practice 2, ESPN2, 8:55 a.m. (Friday) Soccer FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021 •Iran vs. Bahrain, FS1, 1:50 a.m. (Friday) •Qatar vs. Oman, FS2, 4:50 a.m. (Friday) •United Arab Emirates vs. Mauritania, FS2, 7:50 a.m. (Friday) CONCACAF League •Semifinals, leg 2, Forge FC vs. Motagua, FS2, 3 p.m. •Semifinals, leg 2, CD Guastatoya vs. Comunicaciones FC, FS2, 5 p.m. Tennis •The Davis Cup, CBSSN, 7 a.m. •ATP Sao Paolo Challenger, early rounds, doubles quarterfinals, TENNIS, 8 a.m. •ATP, Sao Paolo Challenger, early rounds, TENNIS, 2:30 p.m. •The Davis Cup, CBSSN, 7 a,m. (Friday)

Scoreboard FOOTBALL NFL American Conference East W L T Pct. PF PA 8 4 0 .667 336 190 7 4 0 .636 326 182 5 7 0 .417 234 279 3 8 0 .273 199 334 North W L T Pct. PF PA Baltimore 8 3 0 .727 263 240 Cincinnati 7 4 0 .636 309 226 Pittsburgh 5 5 1 .500 224 267 Cleveland 6 6 0 .500 254 267 South W L T Pct. PF PA Tennessee 8 4 0 .667 304 290 Indianapolis 6 6 0 .500 340 283 Houston 2 9 0 .182 164 292 Jacksonville 2 9 0 .182 173 283 West W L T Pct. PF PA Kansas City 7 4 0 .636 281 250 L.A. Chargers 6 5 0 .545 273 293 Las Vegas 6 5 0 .545 259 295 Denver 6 5 0 .545 228 196 National Conference East W L T Pct. PF PA Dallas 7 4 0 .636 326 250 Washington 5 6 0 .455 229 282 Philadelphia 5 7 0 .417 304 273 N.Y. Giants 4 7 0 .364 202 253 North W L T Pct. PF PA Green Bay 9 3 0 .750 283 242 Minnesota 5 6 0 .455 281 276 Chicago 4 7 0 .364 179 254 Detroit 0 10 1 .045 174 289 South W L T Pct. PF PA Tampa Bay 8 3 0 .727 347 253 Atlanta 5 6 0 .455 199 302 New Orleans 5 6 0 .455 257 249 Carolina 5 7 0 .417 236 253 West W L T Pct. PF PA Arizona 9 2 0 .818 310 202 L.A. Rams 7 4 0 .636 299 263 SAN FRAN 6 5 0 .545 280 248 Seattle 3 8 0 .273 209 226 Week 12 Thursday, Nov. 25 Chicago 16, Detroit 14 Las Vegas 36, Dallas 33, OT Buffalo 31, New Orleans 6 Sunday’s Games SAN FRANCISCO 34, Minnesota 26 Cincinnati 41, Pittsburgh 10 Miami 33, Carolina 10 N.Y. Giants 13, Philadelphia 7 New England 36, Tennessee 13 Atlanta 21, Jacksonville 14 New England Buffalo Miami N.Y. Jets

Alumni From Page B1 a 63-35 win over Western New England in the New England Bowl, setting program records for wins in a season and points in a game. Jackson Troutt (Rodriguez) saw action for the Mariners and got into eight games overall, making one interception and one tackle. Weber State (6-5, 5-3 Big Sky) wrapped up its season by blasting Northern Colorado, 48-17. Jemaurri Bailey (Vanden) played in seven games for the Wildcats, recording three tackles. Arizona (1-11, 1-8) ended its 2021 campaign with a 38-15 loss to rival Arizona State. Tayvian Cunningham (Wood) played in 10 games for the Wildcats, catching 18 passes for 299 yards and two touchdowns, rushing three times for 38 yards and averaging 21.27 yards on 15 kickoff returns. Nevada split its final two games of the regular season, falling 41-39 to Air Force in three overtimes before crushing Colorado State, 52-10. In the former, Carson Strong (Wood) completed 26-of-43 passes for 340 yards and four touchdowns with one interception, while Brandon Talton (Vacaville) kicked a 24-yard field goal and four extra points. Against CSU, Strong was an efficient 17-of-22 for 288 yards and four TDs, with Talton delivering a 30-yard field goal and seven extra points, missing on a 53-yard field goal attempt. Tarleton State (6-5, 2-3 WAC) finished its season with a 24-3 win over Central Arkansas. Daniel Wright Jr. (Vacaville) got into four games for the Texans, rushing 54 times for 349 yards, both third on the team, for two touchdowns and a team-best 87.3 yards per game.

Volleyball Holy Names (9-19, 6-14 PacWest) wrapped up its season on a good note, topping Academy of Art, 3-2, and Fresno Pacific, 3-0. Over the two matches, Sierra Allen (Vacaville) had 13 kills, two assists, one ace, three block assists and 11 digs; Camille Rivers (Vacaville) had two kills, 48 assists, four aces and 22 digs; and Cassidy Simon (Vacaville) had seven assists and 37 digs.

Tampa Bay 38, Indianapolis 31 N.Y. Jets 21, Houston 14 Denver 28, L.A. Chargers 13 Green Bay 36, L.A. Rams 28 Cleveland at Baltimore, 5:20 p.m. Monday’s Game Washington 17, Seattle 15 Byes — Arizona, Kansas City Week 13 Thursday’s Game Dallas at New Orleans, 5:20 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 5 SAN FRANCISCO at Seattle, 1:25 p.m. Indianapolis at Houston, 10 a.m. Minnesota at Detroit, 10 a.m. N.Y. Giants at Miami, 10 a.m. Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 10 a.m. Philadelphia at N.Y Jets, 10 a.m. Arizona at Chicago, 10 a.m. L.A. Chargers at Cincinnati, 10 a.m. Washington at Las Vegas, 1:05 p.m. Jacksonville at L.A. Rams, 1:25 p.m. Baltimore at Pittsburgh, 1:25 p.m. Denver at Kansas City, 5:20 p.m. Monday, Dec. 6 New England at Buffalo, 5:15 p.m. Byes — Carolina, Cleveland, Green Bay, Tennessee

HOCKEY NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 23 14 4 5 33 82 57 Carolina 21 15 5 1 31 67 47 N.Y. Rangers 20 13 4 3 29 60 54 Pittsburgh 22 10 7 5 25 63 61 Columbus 20 12 8 0 24 67 65 New Jersey 20 9 7 4 22 59 63 Philadelphia 20 8 8 4 20 49 61 N.Y. Islanders 17 5 10 2 12 32 52 Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 22 15 4 3 33 82 60 Toronto 23 16 6 1 33 69 49 Tampa Bay 21 12 5 4 28 67 60 Detroit 23 11 9 3 25 63 72 Boston 19 11 8 0 22 57 53 Buffalo 22 8 11 3 19 64 77 Montreal 24 6 16 2 14 55 86 Ottawa 19 4 14 1 9 46 73 Western Conference Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Minnesota 22 15 6 1 31 83 66 St. Louis 22 12 7 3 27 75 62 Nashville 22 12 9 1 25 64 63 Dallas 20 11 7 2 22 57 56 Winnipeg 22 10 8 4 24 60 61 Colorado 18 11 6 1 23 73 56 Chicago 21 7 12 2 16 45 67

On the season, Allen played in 26 matches with 24 starts, amassing 154 kills, 80 digs, 26 block assists, 14 assists and eight aces; Rivers got into 25 matches with 19 starts, tying for the team high with 452 assists and rolling up 205 digs, 25 kills and 13 aces; and Simon saw action in 26 matches with 21 starts, delivering a team-high 382 digs along with 69 assists and 18 aces. Fresno Pacific, coached by former Solano Community College standout Shasta Millhollin, swept Dominican before being swept by Holy Names to finish the season 8-22, 5-15 in the PacWest. Isabella Bandy (Vacaville) played in 14 matches with six starts for the Sunbirds, recording 22 kills, 19 assists, 14 block assists and nine digs. UC Riverside (6-24, 2-18 Big West) wound up its season on a sevenmatch losing streak. Emily Casner (Vanden) played in 15 matches with one start for the Highlanders, contributing 22 kills, 16 digs, one solo block and seven block assists. Montana State (15-14) went 1-1 in the Big Sky tournament, edging Northern Arizona before losing to Weber State, both by 3-2 scores. Libby Christensen (Vacaville) played in 18 matches for the Bobcats, rolling up 200 digs, 43 assists and two aces. Sacramento State (16-12) dropped its only match in the Big Sky tournament, falling 3-2 to Portland State with Michelle Taynton (Vacaville) getting two digs and one assist. Taynton played in all 28 matches, delivering 179 digs, 18 aces, 41 assists, two kills and one block assist. Sonoma State (13-13) was likewise one-anddone in the CCAA tournament, being swept by Cal State Los Angeles with Angel Gamboa (Wood) getting two digs for the Seawolves. For the year, Gamboa played in 21 matches with 27 aces, 111 digs, one kill and seven assists. San Diego State (8-22, 5-13 MWC) finished its season with a sweep of Nevada and being swept by San Jose State with Andrea Walker (Vanden) getting nine kills, nine block assists, four digs and one assist for the Aztecs. Walker got into 18 matches, all of them starts, and amassed 96 kills, 16 digs, six assists, six solo blocks and

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23 5 16 2 12 42 82 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Calgary 22 13 4 5 31 72 43 Edmonton 20 15 5 0 30 77 59 SAN JOSE 22 12 9 1 25 60 60 Anaheim 22 11 8 3 25 70 61 Vegas 21 12 9 0 24 66 64 Los Angeles 20 9 8 3 21 53 54 Seattle 22 8 13 1 17 65 77 Vancouver 23 7 14 2 16 53 74 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. Monday’s Games Seattle 7, Buffalo 4 Arizona 1, Winnipeg 0 Vancouver 2, Montreal 1 Calgary 2, Penguins 1, SO Tuesday’s Games SAN JOSE 5, New Jersey 2 Detroit 2, Boston 1 Florida 5, Washington 4 N.Y. Islanders at Philadelphia, ppd. St. Louis 4, Tampa Bay 3, SO Nashville 6, Columbus 0 Minnesota 5, Arizona 2 Dallas 4, Carolina 1 Anaheim at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. Colorado at Toronto, 4:30 p.m. Vancouver at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m. Seattle at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Vegas at Anaheim, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Thursday’s Games SAN JOSE at N.Y. Islanders, 4:30 p.m. Colorado at Montreal, 4 p.m. St. Louis at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m. Buffalo at Florida, 4 p.m. Chicago at Washington, 4 p.m. Ottawa at Carolina, 4 p.m. Boston at Nashville, 5 p.m. New Jersey at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Columbus at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Calgary at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. Friday’s Games SAN JOSE at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. New Jersey at Winnipeg, 6 p.m. Vegas at Arizona, 6:30 p.m. Calgary at Anaheim, 7 p.m. Edmonton at Seattle, 7 p.m.

BASKETBALL NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB 15 6 .714 — 11 10 .524 4 11 10 .524 4 11 10 .524 4 9 13 .409 6½ Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 14 8 .636 — Brooklyn New York Philadelphia Boston Toronto

tied for the team high with 53 block assists.

Men’s basketball Jordan Adams (Vacaville, Solano) poured in a game-high 26 points, nearly half coming on six 3-pointers, and added three rebounds to help William Jessup (9-1, 1-1 GSAC) outlast Life Pacific, 98-95, in two overtimes. The Warriors went 4-1 in their other games over the last two weeks with Adams getting a combined five points, nine rebounds, three steals, one assist and one blocked shot. Cal Maritime (2-5) lost twice to William Jessup and once to Eastern Oregon with Braxton Adderly (Rodriguez) rolling up 23 points, nine rebounds, six assists and two steals. Teiano Hardee (Vanden) hit 3-of-4 3-point shots and scored 11 points with five rebounds to help Sacramento State (3-3) edge Cal Poly, 58-57. The Hornets dropped two of their other three games with the former Viking providing 11 points, eight rebounds and three steals. UC Santa Barbara (3-1) won two of three with Jay Nagle (Wood) delivering two points, four rebounds and five assists. Phoenix Shackelford (Vanden) followed up being named CCAA Player of the Week for Nov. 8-14 by averaging 16.7 points, 3.3 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 2.0 steals as Cal Poly Pomona went 2-1. His top game came in an 83-62 loss to Cal State San Bernardino in which he scored 25 points and added four rebounds, four assists and two steals. Zack Perlstein (Vacaville) scored 10 points for Cal State East Bay in a 98-89 overtime loss to Alaska-Fairbanks and a 69-62 loss to Cal State Dominguez Hills in the Pioneers’ CCAA opener. Over the last two week, CSEB went 2-3 with Perlstein rolling up 29 points, 17 rebounds, 13 assists, four steals and two blocked shots. Stanislaus State (2-3, 0-1) won twice before dropping its CCAA opener to Chico State, 72-44, with Jeremiah Jones (Vacaville resident, Salesian) contributing one rebound and one assist. Rochester (4-3, 2-2 WHAC) went 1-2 with James Ballard Jr. (Vanden) contributing eight points, eight rebounds, and two assists for the Warriors. Fort Lewis (4-2) went

Milwaukee 13 8 .600 ½ Cleveland 11 10 .524 2½ Indiana 9 14 .391 5½ Detroit 4 17 .190 9½ Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 13 8 .619 — Washington 13 8 .619 — Charlotte 13 10 .565 1 Atlanta 11 10 .524 2 Orlando 4 18 .182 9½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Northwest Division W L Pct GB Utah 14 7 .667 — Minnesota 11 10 .524 3 Denver 10 10 .500 3½ Portland 11 11 .500 3½ Oklahoma City 6 14 .300 7½ Pacific Division W L Pct GB Phoenix 18 3 .857 — GOLDEN STATE 18 3 .857 — L.A. Clippers 11 10 .524 7 L.A. Lakers 12 11 .522 7 SACRAMENTO 8 14 .364 10½ Southwest Division W L Pct GB Dallas 10 9 .526 — Memphis 11 10 .524 — San Antonio 6 13 .316 4 New Orleans 6 17 .261 6 Houston 4 16 .200 7½ Monday’s Games Philadelphia 101, Orlando 96 Denver 120, Miami 111 Chicago 133, Charlotte 119 Houston 102, Oklahoma City 89 Minnesota 100, Indiana 98 Cleveland 114, Dallas 96 San Antonio 116, Washington 96 Utah 129, Portland 107 New Orleans 123, L.A. Clippers 104 Tuesday’s Games Phoenix 104, GOLDEN STATE 96 L.A. Lakers 117, SACRAMENTO 92 Brooklyn 112, New York 110 Memphis 98, Toronto 91 Portland 110, Detroit 92 Wednesday’s Games SACRAMENTO at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m. Atlanta at Indiana, 4 p.m. Denver at Orlando, 4 p.m. Minnesota at Washington, 4 p.m. Philadelphia at Boston, 4:30 p.m. Cleveland at Miami, 4:30 p.m. Charlotte at Milwaukee, 5 p.m. Dallas at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Houston at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. Thursday’s Games Chicago at New York, 4:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Toronto, 4:30 p.m. Oklahoma City at Memphis, 5 p.m. Detroit at Phoenix, 6 p.m. San Antonio at Portland, 7 p.m. Friday’s Games Phoenix at GOLDEN STATE, 7 p.m. Miami at Indiana, 4 p.m. Cleveland at Washington, 4 p.m. Philadelphia at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m. Minnesota at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m. Orlando at Houston, 5 p.m. New Orleans at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Boston at Utah, 6 p.m. L.A. Clippers at L.A. Lakers, 7 p.m.

3-1 with Dunnell Stafford (Solano) providing 20 points, 17 rebounds, 10 assists, seven steals and one blocked shot. Michael Wudel (Wood) drained a 3-pointer and pulled down two rebounds for Lewis and Clark (3-2) in the Pioneers’ 101-57 win over Northwest Indian College.

Women’s basketball Myli Martinez (Vanden) scored in double figures three times as Chico State (3-3, 0-1 CCAA) lost three of four. The former Viking averaged 12.0 points per game and added a combined six rebounds, 11 assists and six steals. Taimane Lesa-Hardee (Salesian, Fairfield resident) had 14 points, six rebounds, three assists and two steals as San Francisco State dropped a 67-64 decision to Fresno Pacific. Two victories followed in which she had a combined 17 points, nine rebounds, seven steals and three assists. Jada Scott (Solano) had 10 points, five rebounds, two assists, two steals and one block in helping College of Saint Mary (8-2, 2-2 GPAC) get past Hastings, 75-72. In two other games, both losses, Scott had 13 points, two rebounds, two assists and two steals. Stanislaus State (5-1, 1-0 CCAA) swept its four games over the last two weeks with Joia Armstrong (Vanden) piling up 16 points, 12 rebounds, two assists, two steals and one block, while Ashmeen Sran (Solano) had four points, three rebounds, three assists, two steals and one blocked shot. Mississippi Valley State (0-5) dropped all four of its games over the last two weeks as Sacramento State transfer Malia Gibson (Rodriguez) had four points, six rebounds and one assist for the Devilettes. Houston (3-4) went 2-3 with Julia BlackshellFair (Vanden) getting eight points, 14 rebounds, five assists and five steals for the Cougars. Central Methodist (8-0) rolled to six victories to stay unbeaten with Vanessa Hughes (Solano) contributing seven points, two rebounds, one steal and one assist for the Eagles. Midway (5-4, 2-0 RSC), coached by former Vacaville and Vacaville Christian coach Chris Minner went 2-3.

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Calmatters commentary

Drought has big impacts on California agriculture

s California experiences a second year of drought, with no end in sight, the effects on California’s largest-in-the-nation agricultural industry are profound and perhaps permanent. State and federal water agencies have cut deliveries to some farmers to zero while others, thanks to water rights dating back more than a century, still have access to water. Farmers are reacting to shortages in three, often intertwined ways – suspending cultivation of some fields or ripping up orchards for lack of water, drilling new wells to tap into diminishing aquifers, and buying water from those Dan Walters who have it. All three have major economic impacts. They are driving some farmers, particularly small family operations, out of business altogether, accelerating the shift to large-scale agribusiness corporations with the financial resources to cope, changing the kinds of crops that can be profitably grown, and supercharging the semi-secretive market for buying and selling water. By happenstance, all of these trends are occurring just as the state begins to implement a 2014 law aimed at limiting the amount of water that farmers can pump from underground aquifers. The state Department of Water Resources announced a couple of weeks ago that it had rejected as inadequate the underground water management plans of four San Joaquin Valley agencies, including the huge Westlands Water District, indicating that the state will be aggressive in enforcing the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act. “We’re not going to accept a plan to do a plan,” Paul Gosselin, deputy director for the California Department of Water Resources, Sustainable Groundwater Management Office, told the Sacramento Bee. “We’re looking for very concrete, measurable changes to address these deficiencies.” If anything, however, farmers are drilling more wells to cope with the current drought, the Bee also reported. “I could work seven days a week if I wanted to,” Fresno County well driller Wesley Harmon told the Bee. “In my area, everybody’s pumping. You can’t blame the farmers. They’re trying to make a living, they’re trying to grow food for everybody.” The drought is obviously one motive for drilling hundreds of new wells that must go ever-deeper as the water tables drop from overpumping, sometimes leading to the collapse of land above. But another is that farmers know a crackdown is coming and are doing what they can before it arrives. The Public Policy Institute of California has estimated that full implementation of the groundwater sustainability act could force 750,000 acres of California farmland out of production, or “fallowed.” The increased activity in California’s water markets, meanwhile, is beginning to draw attention. It’s sometimes more profitable for farmers to sell water than use it to grow crops, with prices surging to more than $1,000 an acre-foot (about 326,000 gallons). Environmentalists have complained that when Sacramento Valley rice growers received a major allotment of water from the federal government earlier this year, much of it was sold to water interests to the south while rice acreage continued to decline. Recently, GV Wire, a San Joaquin Valley news site, published a lengthy article from an affiliate, SJV Water, about multimillion-dollar water sales by major agribusiness operations that left small farmers in Kings County in the lurch and forced them, if they can, to drill wells. There even have been hints that farmers have sold their water allotments for high prices and then sustained their own crops by drilling more wells that exacerbate groundwater overdrafting. These are serious issues that will become even more intense if drought continues but unfortunately are receiving scant attention from federal and state officials. CalMatters is a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s state Capitol works and why it matters. For more columns by Dan Walters, go to calmatters.org/commentary.

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Why I oppose the LA County vaccine mandate for the sheriff’s department

efore I explain why I told us they intend to leave the am refusing to enforce department. a vaccine mandate for I assume that my refusal the Los Angeles County to enforce the mandate and Sheriff’s Department, let me start firing people is the only make my position on corothing keeping many more navirus vaccines clear. from leaving. But deputies I believe that vaccines tell me that they would rather approved by the Food and quit or retire than be publicly Drug Administration are Alex Villanueva shamed by a liberal Board safe and effective. My wife of Supervisors, along with and I are both fully vaccinated. In its media cheerleaders, telling them private and in public, I have urged what to put in their bodies. I expect a Los Angeles County deputies and slow-motion exodus from the force in civilian staff to get vaccinated. The the coming weeks and months. minor risk of side effects from the Imagine how demoralizing the vaccines are dwarfed by the threat board’s actions have been for the from Covid-19. sheriff’s department. Last year, But the Los Angeles County Board amid the woke “defund the police” of Supervisors’ imposed vaccine craze, the board irresponsibly mandate for the members of my cut $145 million from our budget. department as a condition of employComing as it did in the middle of the ment was dangerously misguided. pandemic, the move sent a message About 52% of the department’s that the board had no appreciation personnel are fully vaccinated, and for the sworn personnel who risked about 2% are partially vaccinated. We their lives by continuing to serve, prowant those rates to go much higher, viding first aid and other help to the but we also have to deal with reality: homeless, at a time when no vaccines Six weeks after the rule took effect on were available. Oct. 1, more than 3,000 sworn depuOur department’s performance ties and about 1,000 additional staff during the pandemic deserves the members are subject to termination board’s thanks, not its contempt. We because of the vaccine mandate. were among the first jail systems in That is a prescription for a publicthe nation to release low-level offendsafety disaster. ers as the virus spread, as well as The threat of being fired did not give masks to all inmates. When force unvaccinated members of Covid raged in immigrant detenthe department to get their shots, tion centers, we put a moratorium on as the Board of Supervisors clearly transfers to U.S. Immigration and assumed it would. Instead, we’ve seen Customs Enforcement, a moratorium a spike in early retirements: 102 more now permanent. deputies filed for retirement between We were also the first agency October 2020 and October 2021 than in the nation to take the one-shot in the previous year, and much of that Johnson & Johnson vaccine into the homes of the ill, elderly, disabled and increase has come since the board homebound, and we persuaded Gov. announced its intentions in August. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, to grant Another 238 sworn personnel have

emergency clearance for the county’s EMTs to administer vaccines. Instead of unilaterally imposing a vaccine mandate on the department, the Board of Supervisors could have tried to work with us. My preference would have been to continue with the protocols that have been proved effective, with weekly coronavirus testing for those who are not vaccinated. But I would have been happy to work with the board to see if we could devise a strategy to get more deputies and staff vaccinated. One aspect of progressive “wokeness” is the urge to have government dictate every aspect of people’s personal lives. That’s what is going on here. Members of the Board of Supervisors sit safely on Zoom while handing down vaccination edicts not only to the sheriff’s department but also to everyone in firefighting, health care, retail shops, agriculture, transportation and beyond – in short, to the people who, despite the danger, have shown up for work in person and kept society running throughout the pandemic. My objection to the vaccine mandate for my department is not ideological; it’s practical. I need deputies on the streets. Sitting at home on Zoom like our critics is not an option. My unvaccinated deputies and I might not agree about the vaccines, but I have no other option than to stand by them and protest this move to fire today the heroes who risked their lives yesterday. The next time a pandemic hits, and no vaccine is available, I know they would stand with me, working to keep the public safe. Alex Villanueva is the sheriff of Los Angeles County.

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‘Enjoyers of calms of seas, storms of seas’

ometimes. No, really. bad, coming, going, advenI am sure I had sometures to be had. thing important or clever It prompted me to take a to write, but fiction is road trip, chasing familiar harder than fact unless littervistas and unfamiliar roads ing on social media, where made, it seems, for steelextremists have blazed framed logging trucks only. their own trails by burning AAA is not going to save me down truths. here, because I did not know And so many have become Todd R. Hansen where here was. intoxicated by the smell of As I have noted in past burning facts. columns, I don’t mind getting lost, Rest easy loyalists, this column as long as I know basically where I is not about the politics of extremam. Back in my college days, what ism that has empowered racism, started out as two couples heading to revisionist history, forget history, Los Angeles and turned into a crowd, counter culture and, to my view, ended with two couples in San Diego. treason. But that is not fact. That is Missing a turnoff in L.A. is easy opinion, for now. enough; missing it on purpose can No, this column is about escaping be glorious. the crazies. It is, however, disturbing when It is about revisiting Walt Whitman thinking I am traveling north, and his “Song of the Open Road.” only to come across a highway Afoot and light-hearted I take to sign that informs me I am going the open road, south. But even that is not the worst Healthy, free, the world before me, thing, I suppose. The long brown path before me Where I ended up on this particuleading wherever I choose. lar day was along the Navarro River, And so it starts. Then I get lost. having traversed the Yorkville Highlands – what I later learned is known, I get lost in Whitman’s word pictures and acceptance of oneself: good, among the Anderson Valley folk, as

“Les Petits Tetons.” I don’t speak Mendocino, but just the phrasing is pleasant enough. The Tetons of which I am more familiar are the jagged ridges of Wyoming, the southerly brother of Yellowstone and the picturesque backdrop to Jackson Hole. Perhaps the Mendo range is not as spectacular as the Teton Range, but it has something that Wyoming does not have, and that is the redwood forests. The flashing of sunlight between these giants makes driving a unique experience, but so does stopping along the roadway – unique, that is. They can be hundreds of years old and hundreds of feet tall. Titans. Now, truth be told, Whitman’s masterpiece is about far more than a weekend road trip, and the social media crazies, if they dare to think in shaded hues, might even respond to the battle cries set forth in the metered verse. Allon! Whitman commands. And so I went, and I got lost, delicious burdens and all. Todd R. Hansen is a reporter and editor with the Daily Republic. Reach him at thansen@dailyrepublic.net.

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Members of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra perform onstage during an exclusive performance at The iHeartRadio Theater in New York at iHeartRadio Theater in New York City, Nov. 17, 2014.

Trans-Siberian Orchestra is ready to rock this Christmas season Tribune Content Agency The Trans-Siberian Orchestra took its annual holiday show online last year, hosting a livestream event for fans while most in-person concerts were still on hold due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Although the virtual version proved quite popular, Al Pitrelli and Jeff Plate are thrilled to be back out on the road with the band in 2021 and celebrating the Christmas season once more in front of live audiences. And they most definitely sound willing to comply with – perhaps even exceed – any new safety precautions that might be in place at the various venues visited on this tour. “I think I could speak for Jeff on this one saying we’ll show up in hazmat suits and play, dude,” says Pitrelli, the musical director and guitarist for Trans-Siberian Orchestra. “We’re just like caged animals chomping at the bit. To not do what we’ve doing for 20 something years, to have that taken away from us last year … once you have it back in your hands, you love it, cherish it, protect it that much more. “So I just want to put a guitar around my shoulders and stand out in stage center and say, ‘Let’s go.’” The two musicians – who joined this Christmas progrock juggernaut in time for its first tour in 1999 – are speaking during a media teleconference in support of the band’s winter tour, which is now underway. The tour celebrates the 25th anniversary of the band’s 1996 debut album – the multimillion-selling “Christmas Eve and Other Stories.” The rock opera features many of TSO’s most beloved numbers, including “Ornament,” “Promises to Keep,” “This Christmas Day,” “O’ Come All Ye Faithful,” “Good King Joy,” “Old City Bar” and, most famously, the hit “Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24.” The heartwarming piece, from the

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visionary mind of late TSO founder/composer/lyricist Paul O’Neill, explores such issues as kindness and generosity as it tells the story of an angel who visits Earth on Christmas Eve. Twenty-five years after it’s release, “Christmas Eve and Other Stories” remains TSO’s signature work as well as its bestselling album. “I’ve said along, I think this story is really the star of the show,” Plate says. “This is what kept bringing people back every year . . . when people connected with the story and realized it’s about them. It’s about everybody. This is just how people, just word of mouth, kept coming back. These audiences kept building every year.” Pitrelli agrees with his bandmate, saying that “Christmas Eve and Other Stories” was “what kind of put us on the map and made Trans-Siberian Orchestra a household name.” Yet, he adds that it has been very intriguing to come back and explore the work again all these years later. “Playing songs like ‘Ornament’ and ‘This Christmas Day’ and ‘Old City Bar,’ they meant something different to me in my 30s,” he says. “My three older children were babies back then.” He remembers being onstage one night a few years back, right after the group reintroduced the “Christmas Eve and Other Stories” material to its set list, and being struck by the power of the song “Ornament.” “I got really, really emotional because my boys have grown up, and a couple of them are in the Armed Forces. One’s in the Navy, and one’s a sniper in the Special Forces,” Pitrelli says. “I remember the character was pleading to the heavens of the safe return of his daughter who had run away on Christmas Eve. I caught myself just wondering, ‘Is my boy okay? Where is he today? I just want to put my arms around him.’ “As I get a little bit older these songs become a little

more important to me, and I relate very deeply to the story. Then what I noticed was everybody in the audience was relating, too, because . . . everybody misses somebody.” Passion for the TSO music, however, has never been something that Pitrelli has lacked. He says that “it takes no thought whatsoever” for him to keep the fire burning year after year onstage. “When you love something, you love it. That’s it,” he says. “It’s like asking me if I ever get tired of kissing my children. It’s part of us. Jeff and I have been there from the jump. We watched this thing open its eyes from the very first time some time mid-’95 and have watched it grown up like I’ve watched my children grow up to exceed all my expectations. “When you love something this much you never have to rekindle or do anything.” And that’s one of the reasons why Pitrelli plans to stay in TSO as long as possible. “Jeff and I, we’ve been doing the same thing since we were both puppies,” he says. “You put a pair of drumsticks in his hands or a guitar around my neck, we’re like kids all over again. I’ll never get tired of this. People say, ‘When are you going to retire?’ I’m like, ‘When I’m dead. Why would I ever not do what I do?’” “I just love it so much,” he adds. “The fact that so many families in America have embraced us as part of their holiday tradition. I’ll never get tired of looking down at the smiles.” Plate is very aware of the special place that TSO holds in fans’ hearts – especially during the holiday season. “This is a very unique project we’re a part of. I can state for myself personally, every night I’m on stage I treat it like it could be my last, so I just go up there and do everything that I can. We’re going to make this thing work as long as we can.”

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NOT 52 CARDS BUT 52 CROSSWORDS Ten years after the original, Jeff Chen has produced “Bridge Crossword 2” (Master Point Press). There are 52 crosswords (of course!), all with bridge themes and grouped by complexity. They vary from Easy (think Monday New York Times level) to Medium to Hard. These are fun to do, Chen being a class compiler. But bridge only appears

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by Phillip Alder in the clues and lights (answers). When I edited “Bridge Magazine” in England, I asked Araucaria (who was a creative cryptic crossword compiler) for some that generated bridge problems. As there are a limited number of words that begin or end in “x,” he only produced a few. One generated today’s deal. How should South play in three no-trump after West leads his fourth-highest spade? In Araucaria’s crosswords, the defenders’ hands only came with the solution. Note that he took all of the 10s (Ts) for North-South to reduce the number of x’s. South has eight top tricks: one spade, four hearts and three clubs. If the club jack is at most doubleton, or the suit is splitting 3-3, there won’t be a problem. But what if an opponent has jack-fourth? Then declarer can drive out the diamond ace, but that won’t work well if the opponents can take one diamond and four spades. To do that, though, the spades must be 5-2, not 4-3. Will West have all three spade honors? No, because he would have led the king. So East presumptively has honor-doubleton. South must win the first trick with dummy’s ace. Then he tests clubs before turning to diamonds. Here, he loses only two spades, one diamond and one club. COPYRIGHT: 2021, UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE

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Adam McKay explains how his new LA Lakers project led to a split with Will Ferrell Los Angeles Times When director Adam McKay and his former creative partner Will Ferrell broke up their production company in 2019, their longtime friendship ended too – because McKay erred on the side of “making the right casting choice over a lifelong friendship.” The comedic minds behind “Anchorman,” “Talladega Nights” and “Step Brothers” ultimately drifted apart professionally and personally over McKay’s decision not to cast Ferrell as former Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss for an upcoming HBO limited series. McKay, whose star-studded, Netflix-produced disaster movie “Don’t Look Up” will be released for awards contention around Christmas, spoke of the bitter breakup after nearly three decades of friendship for the first time in a new Vanity Fair profile. The professional satirist met “The Shrink Next Door” star in 1995, when the “Saturday Night Live” icon joined the NBC sketch comedy show where McKay was head writer. In 2006, they formed Gary Sanchez Productions (which brought audiences “Anchorman 2,” “Get Hard,” “Tammy” and several other comedies), followed the next year by the web start-up Funny or Die. “The whole time we were doing Gary Sanchez,” McKay told Vanity Fair, “I was saying, ‘I don’t care what happens so long as this company doesn’t f– with our friendship.’” But it did. As McKay’s body of work moved away from the duo’s signature slapstick fare with films including “The Big Short” and “Vice,” the Oscar-winning screenwriter’s collaborations with Ferrell dwindled. The director also parted ways with their shared manager, Jimmy Miller, whom he felt impeded his career. McKay quit Funny or Die in 2018 over a Shell Oil deal the website made. He then discussed breaking up Gary Sanchez Productions – often at Ferrell’s behest. But McKay hesitated to do so out of

fear of hurting his partner’s feelings. The professional split “ended not well,” McKay said, despite their joint statement saying they would “always work together creatively and always be friends.” Then came the basketball-size hit. After Gary Sanchez dissolved, McKay’s adaptation of the Lakers book “Showtime” moved to his HyperObject Industries banner. Additionally, Lakers superfan Ferrell wanted to play Buss, who owned the team in the 1980s, but the comedy star wasn’t McKay’s first choice for the part. “The truth is, the way the show was always going to be done, it’s hyperrealistic,” McKay said. “And Ferrell just doesn’t look like Jerry Buss, and he’s not that vibe of a Jerry Buss. And there were some people involved who were like, ‘We love Ferrell, he’s a genius, but we can’t see him doing it.’ It was a bit of a hard discussion.” Although he didn’t want to slight Ferrell, he went on to cast his friend John C. Reilly without telling Ferrell – a move that reportedly infuriated the “SNL” veteran. (Ferrell declined to comment for Vanity Fair’s story. His representatives did not immediately respond Tuesday to the Los Angeles Times’ request for comment.) “I should have called him and I didn’t,” McKay said. “And Reilly did, of course, because Reilly, he’s a stand-up guy.” McKay told the magazine that he hasn’t spoken with Ferrell since the phone call when they decided to split. He’s written emails to Ferrell in an attempt to make amends, but he hasn’t heard back. “In my head, I was like, ‘We’ll let all this blow over. Six months to a year, we’ll sit down, we’ll laugh about it and go, It’s all business junk, who gives a s–? We worked together for 25 years. Are we really going to let this go away?’” Apparently, Ferrell didn’t see it that way, taking it as “a way deeper hurt” than McKay had ever imagined – even though slights had gone both ways in the relationship.

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NOTICE IS GIVEN that the Solano County Zoning Administrator will hold a PUBLIC HEARING to consider Use Permit application no. U-20-05 to establish a Large Poultry Ranch for breeding and sales of laying hens including construction of 9 new buildings, located at 8444 Bulkley Road, 4.5 miles east of the City of Dixon in the Exclusive Agriculture (A-40) zoning district, APN 0111-070-070. The project has been determined not to have a significant effect on the environment and is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act. (Project Planner: Travis Kroger) The hearing will be held on Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. in the Department of Resource Management Conference Room, 5th Floor, County Administration Center, 675 Texas Street, Fairfield, California. Due to COVID-19 and to protect members of the public and County staff, members of the public are encouraged to participate in the meeting telephonically. If you attend the Zoning Administrator meeting in person, you must abide by all State rules and public health guidelines regarding masking and social distancing in the County Administration Center. 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 707-784-6765 at least 24 hours in advance of the event to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. PUBLIC COMMENTS: In-Person: You may attend the public hearing at the time and location listed above and provide comments during the public speaking period. Phone: You may provide comments verbally from your phone by dialing 1-323-457-3408 and entering Conference ID number 293118721#. 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. Email/Mail: Written comments can be emailed to Planning@SolanoCounty.com or mailed to Resource Management, Zoning Administrator, 675 Texas Street, Suite 5500, Fairfield, CA 94533 and must be received by 8:00 a.m. the day of the meeting. Copies of written comments received will be provided to the Zoning Administrator and will become a part of the official record but will not be read aloud at the meeting. Staff reports and associated materials will be available to the public approximately one week prior to the meeting at www.solanocounty.com under Departments; Resource Management; Boards, Commissions & Special Districts; Solano County Zoning Administrator. 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 Zoning Administrator at, or prior to, the public hearing. DR#00051326 Published: Dec. 1, 2021

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS (1) MORENA MORTGAGE (2) BURRIS REALTY LOCATED AT 1410 Potrero St, Suisun City CA 94585 Solano. MAILING ADDRESS 1410 Potrero St, Suisun City CA 94585. ARE HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S) Carla Burris 1410 Potrero St Suisun City, 94585. 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/ Carla Burris 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. 23, 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. 24, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021002296 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR#00051284 Published: Dec. 1, 8, 15, 22, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS FIREBIRD INSURANCE SOLUTIONS, FIREBIRD INSURANCE LOCATED AT 1000 Texas Street Suite F, Fairfield CA 94533 Solano. Mailing Address P.O. Box 2, Fairfield CA 94533. ARE HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S) Firebird Insurance Solutions LLC CA. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: a Limited Liability Company The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 06/14/2017 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/ Taj Kumar 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. 16, 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. 17, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021002276 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00051053 Published: Nov. 24, Dec. 1, 8, 15, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS SOLANO PERFORMANCE CENTER LOCATED AT 538 Parker Rd, Fairfield CA 94533 Solano. MAILING ADDRESS 538 Parker Rd, Fairfield CA 94533. ARE HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S) Inferno CA. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: a Corporation The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 11/23/2021 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/ Javon Nembhard 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. 23, 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. 24, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021002299 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR#00051292 Published: Dec. 1, 8, 15, 22, 2021

Online: dailyrepublic.com/classifieds Lien Sale Auction Advertisement Notice is hereby given that Pursuant to the California Self-Service Storage Facility Act, (B&P Code 21700 et. seq.), the undersigned will sell at public auction; personal property including but not limited to furniture, clothing, tools, and/or other misc. items Auction to be held at 11am On December 16, 2021 at www.selfstorageauction.com. The property is stored at: StoragePro of Vacaville, 5006 Walnut Road Vacaville, CA 95687. NAME OF TENANT Patricia McCleese Mekyla Cordell Chelsea Franklin Taneil Cockburn Mike Moncion Monica Louis Jerome Hagar Jasmine Grisby Monique Delizonna Shay Sebesta DR#00051317 Published: Dec. 1, 8, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS SOULIDIFIED2 LOCATED AT 603 Main Street, Suisun City 94585 Solano. Mailing Address P.O. Box 6692, Vallejo 94591. ARE HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S) #1 Denise Kimble 2462 Whispering Oaks Dr Fairfield, 94534 #2 Crystal Jones 195 Carnival Ct Vallejo, 94589. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: a General Partnership 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/ Denise Kimble 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. 2, 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. 03, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021002196 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00050820 Published: Nov. 10, 17, 24, Dec. 1, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS UNIQUE INNOVATION HOME IMPROVEMENTS LOCATED AT 790 Normandy Court, Fairfield CA 94533 Solano. Mailing Address 790 Normandy Court, Fairfield CA 94533. ARE HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S) Carlos Martinez 790 Normandy Court 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/ Carlos Martinez 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. 16, 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. 17, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO.2021002273 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR#00051054 Published: Nov. 24, Dec. 1, 8, 15, 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS PROLIFIC BARBER STUDIO LOCATED AT 3338 N Texas St., Fairfield CA 94533 Solano. ARE HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S) Steven Alvarenga 2213 Dover Ave 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/ Steven Alvarenga 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. 9, 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. 10, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021002242 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR#00051118 Published: Nov. 24, Dec. 1, 8, 15, 2021

Lien Sale Auction Advertisement Notice is hereby given that Pursuant to the California Self-Service Storage Facility Act, (B&P Code 21700 et. seq.), the undersigned will sell at public auction; personal property including but not limited to furniture, clothing, tools, and/or other misc. items Auction to be held at 11am On December 1 5 t h , 2 0 2 1 a t www.selfstorageauction.com. The property is stored at: Solano Storage Center, 350Travis Blvd, Fairfield, CA 94533. NAME OF TENANT Ashley Rashawn Holleydansby Erica Berardi Johnny Dutton Eva Brown Joseph Rapolla Danielle Watkins Janay Maldonado DR#00051321 Published: Dec. 1, 8, 2021 AMENDED ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME PETITION OF: JOHN WILLIAM BONER CASE NUMBER FCS057165 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: John William Boner filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: a. John William Boner Proposed Name: a. John William Bonner 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: Jan. 07, 2022; Time: 9:00 am Dept. 4 Rm.: 305 The address of the court is SOLANO SUPERIOR COURT 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: Nov. 9, 2021 /s/ Bradley Nelson Judge of the Superior Court FILED: Nov. 17, 2021 DR#00051049 Published: Nov. 24, Dec. 1, 8, 15, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS FIT ROAD LOCATED AT 5109 Twin Lakes Court, Fairfield CA 94534 Solano. MAILING ADDRESS 5109 Twin Lakes Court, Fairfield CA 94534. ARE HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S) Ron Kleiner 5109 Twin Lakes Court Fairfield 94534. 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/ Ron Kleiner 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. 18, 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. 19, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021002283 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR#00051119 Published: Nov. 24, Dec. 1, 8, 15, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS IAMLOGISTICS444 LOCATED AT 1404 Pintail Dr, Suisun City, CA 94585 Solano. Mailing Address 1404 Pintail Dr, Suisun City, CA 94585. ARE HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S) #1 Tanisha Robinson 1404 Pintail Dr Suisun City, 94585 #2 Hassan Muhammad 1404 Pintail Dr Suisun City, 94585 #3 Ekesha Lee 171 Sunshine Suisun City, 94585. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: Joint Venture 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/ Tanisha Robinson 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. 09, 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. 10, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021002241 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR#00050951 Published: Nov. 17, 24, Dec. 01, 08, 2021

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS LA HOME REBATE LOCATED AT 5305 Gather Way, Fairfield, CA 94534 Solano. Mailing Address 5305 Gather Way, Fairfield, CA 94534. ARE HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S) Punjani Investment Group, Inc. 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/ Sameer Punjani 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. 4, 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. 05, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021002212 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00050841 Published: Nov. 10, 17, 24, Dec. 1, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS (1) MGOFF IMAGERY (2) MGOFF PHOTOGRAPHY (3) MATT GOFF PHOTOGRAPHY LOCATED AT 77 Beverly Drive, Vallejo CA 94591 Solano. MAILING ADDRESS matt.goff@mac.com. ARE HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S) Mgoff Imagery LLC CA. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: a Limited Liability Company 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/ Matthew Goff 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. 27, 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. 28, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021002161 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR#00051149 Published: Nov. 24, Dec. 1, 8, 15, 2021 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME PETITION OF: STEVEN HUOR KIM NGOV CASE NUMBER FCS057194 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: Steven Huor Kim Ngov filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: a. Steven Huor Kim Ngov Proposed Name: a. Skyler Orion Kihm 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. 10, 2021; Time: 9:30 am Dept. 22 Rm.: III The address of the court is SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SOLANO Old Solano Courthouse 580 Texas St. 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# 00050822 Published: Nov.10, 17, 24, Dec. 01, 2021

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS WARNER CODE LOCATED AT 209 Providence Place, Vacaville CA 95687 Solano. Mailing Address 209 Providence Place, Vacaville CA 95687. ARE HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S) Claire Warner 209 Providence Place Vacaville, 95687. 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/ Claire Warner 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. 25, 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. 26, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021002145 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00050972 Published: Nov. 17, 24, Dec. 01, 08, 2021 AMENDED ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME PETITION OF: QIN CHEN, YING ZHANG CASE NUMBER FCS057399 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: Qin Chen, Ying Zhang filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: a. Elon Travis Zhang Proposed Name: a. Clement Travis Zhang 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: Feb. 04, 2022; Time: 9:30 am Dept. 22 Rm.: III The address of the court is SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SOLANO 580 Texas Street 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: Nov. 17, 2021 /s/ A. Jones Judge of the Superior Court FILED: Nov. 23, 2021 DR#00051307 Published: Dec. 1, 8, 15, 22, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS 360JEEZY LOCATED AT 500 Elmira Rd, Suite C, Vacaville California 95687 Solano. Mailing Address 500 Elmira Rd, Suite C, Vacaville California 95687. ARE HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S) #1 Jarrod Stovall 312 Essex Pl Vacaville, 95687 #2 Kevin Stovall Sr 213 Pimpernel Ct Vacaville, 95687. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: a General Partnership 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/ Kevin Stovall Sr 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. 27, 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. 28, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021002164 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00050948 Published: Nov. 17, 24, Dec. 01, 08, 2021

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS DISC CENTERS OF AMERICA VACAVILLE CHIROPRACTIC LIFE CENTER OF VACAVILLE LOCATED AT 3000 Alamo Drive, Ste 200, Vacaville CA 95687 Solano. Mailing Address 3000 Alamo Drive, Ste 200, Vacaville. ARE HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S) #1 Carmine N Viscusi Jr. 2210 Vista Luna Fairfield 94534 #2 Christina Viscusi 2210 Vista Luna Fairfield, 94534. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: a Married Couple 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/ Carmine N. Viscusi Jr 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. 17, 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. 18, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021002281 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR#00051107 Published: Nov. 24, Dec. 1, 8, 15, 2021 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME PETITION OF: MARY ESPINOSA CASE NUMBER: FCS057213 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: Mary Espinosa filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: a. Mary Espinosa Proposed Name: a. Dorothy Ann Espinosa 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. 8, 2021; Time: 8:30 am Dept.: 12; Rm.: II The address of the court is SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SOLANO Old Solano Courthouse 580 Texas Street 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: Fairfield Daily Republic Please file proof of publication at least 4 business days before hearing; ok to appear via zoom; zoom invite will be sent to email on file - you can use local form 9008. Date: 10/27/2021 /s/ Christine A. Carringer Judge of the Superior Court FILED: Nov. 02, 2021 Also can appear in person DR# 00050860 Published: Nov. 10, 17, 24, Dec. 01, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS ANGIE'S STAYS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CAL-WEST REALTY AND LOANS LALIT ANAND REAL ESTATE LOCATED AT 1224 Rebecca Dr Suisun City CA 94585 Solano. Mailing Address 1224 Rebecca Dr Suisun City CA 94585. ARE HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S) #1 Angie's Stays Property Management #2 Cal-West Realty and Loans #3 Lalit Anand Real Estate, 1224 Rebecca Dr Suisun City. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: a Corporation The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 01/01/2019 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/ Lalit Anand 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. 17, 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. 18, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021002277 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR# 00051051 Published: Nov. 24, Dec. 1, 8, 15, 2021

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NOTICE FOR VIRTUAL PUBLIC MEETING CONSULTATION FOR DBE PROGRAM OPPORTUNITIES AT NUT TREE AIRPORT (VCB) Solano County has established a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program for the Nut Tree Airport (VCB) in accordance with regulations of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), 49 CFR Part 26. The Nut Tree Airport (VCB) anticipates it will receive Federal financial assistance from the Department of Transportation, and as a condition of receiving this assistance, the Nut Tree Airport (VCB) has signed an assurance that it will comply with 49 CFR Part 26. As per section Part 26.45, in establishing the upcoming DBE goals for Federal Fiscal Years (FFY) 2022/2023/2024, a public/consultation meeting will be held on December 16, 2021 at 1:00 PM through a virtual meeting online through a link posted on the Nut Tree Airport Website, www.flynuttree.com, for the purpose of discussing potential opportunities for DBE participation in upcoming projects, gain input, and to answer questions. All interested parties are invited to attend which may include (but not limited to) minority, womenʼs and general contractor groups, community organizations, and other officials or organizations who may have interest or information pertinent to the implementation of the Ownerʼs DBE Program. The meeting is not mandatory for DBE participation on projects at the Nut Tree Airport (VCB). You can also join the meeting Audio Only: tel:+18722401286, meeting ID 324128961# Questions regarding the meeting or requests for call line shall be directed to: Solano County Government Center General Services Director, DBELO Megan Greve 675 Texas Street, Suite 2500 Fairfield, CA 94533 707/ 784-7900 MMGreve@SolanoCounty.com DR#00051138 Published: Nov. 24, 28, Dec. 1, 5, 8, 12, 15, 2021 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Zoning Administrator NOTICE IS GIVEN that the Solano County Zoning Administrator will hold a PUBLIC HEARING to consider Minor Use Permit application no. MU-21-09 to establish a small winery/tasting room and a medium-sized non-marketing Special Events Facility located at 2212 Morrison Lane, Fairfield in an "A-20" Exclusive Agricultural Zoning District. The project qualifies for a Categorical Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15303, Conversion of Small Structures for one use to another where only small minor modifications are required. (Project Planner: Kathy Pease, Contract Planner) The hearing will be held on Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. in the Department of Resource Management Conference Room, 5th Floor, County Administration Center, 675 Texas Street, Fairfield, California. Due to COVID-19 and to protect members of the public and County staff, members of the public are encouraged to participate in the meeting telephonically. If you attend the Zoning Administrator meeting in person, you must abide by all State rules and public health guidelines regarding masking and social distancing in the County Administration Center. 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 707-784-6765 at least 24 hours in advance of the event to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. PUBLIC COMMENTS: In-Person: You may attend the public hearing at the time and location listed above and provide comments during the public speaking period. Phone: You may provide comments verbally from your phone by dialing 1-323-457-3408 and entering Conference ID number 293118721#. 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. Email/Mail: Written comments can be emailed to Planning@SolanoCounty.com or mailed to Resource Management, Zoning Administrator, 675 Texas Street, Suite 5500, Fairfield, CA 94533 and must be received by 8:00 a.m. the day of the meeting. Copies of written comments received will be provided to the Zoning Administrator and will become a part of the official record but will not be read aloud at the meeting. Staff reports and associated materials will be available to the public approximately one week prior to the meeting at www.solanocounty.com under Departments; Resource Management; Boards, Commissions & Special Districts; Solano County Zoning Administrator. 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 Zoning Administrator at, or prior to, the public hearing. DR#00051323 Published: Dec. 1, 2021 Public Hearing Notice Sixth Cycle Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) Final Allocation Executive Board Hearing Public Notice is hereby given that the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) will conduct a public hearing on the date identified below on the proposed final allocation plan as part of ABAG’s efforts relating to the Sixth Cycle RHNA process and preparing a Final RHNA Plan as required by the State for local jurisdictions to update their General Plan Housing Elements. The proposed final allocation plan was distributed to local jurisdictions and posted to the ABAG website on November 22, 2021 (posted to the RHNA webpage here: https://abag.ca.gov/our-work/housing/rhna-regional-housingneeds-allocation ). This public hearing is being held pursuant to Government Code Section 65584.05(g) and will occur prior to action by the ABAG Executive Board to adopt the Final RHNA Plan for the Sixth Cycle. The public hearing will occur on: ABAG Executive Board (Remotely) Thursday, December 16, 2021, 5:00 pm Zoom Link: TBD Bay Area Metro Center Board Room, 1st Floor 375 Beale Street, San Francisco, CA 94105 In light of Governor Newsom’s State of Emergency declaration regarding the COVID-19 outbreak and in accordance with AB 361, which allows public agencies to continue to use teleconferencing and the Guidance for Gatherings issued by the California Department of Public Health, the meeting will be conducted via webcast, teleconference, and Zoom for all participants. Detailed instructions on participating via Zoom are available at: https://abag.ca.gov/meetings-events/meetings/how-provide-publiccomment-board-meeting-zoom%C2%A0. The meeting accessibility instructions also will be posted to: https://abag.ca.gov/meetings no less than 72 hours prior to the hearing. Additional information relevant to this public hearing may be found at: https://abag.ca.gov/our-work/housing/rhna-regional-housing-needs-allocation. Ifyou have any questions or would like to submit public comment, please contact RHNA@bayareametro.gov Do you need an interpreter or any other assistance to participate? Please call 415778-6757. We require at least three working days’ notice to accommodate assistance requests. For TDD or hearing impaired, call 711, California Relay Service, or 1-800-7352929 (TTY), 1-800-735-2922 (voice) and ask to be relayed to 415-778-6700. 您需要口譯員或任何其他幫助才能參加嗎？請致電415-778-6757 我們要求至少提前三個工作日通知，以便滿足您的請求。對於TDD或聽障人士，請致電711，加州中繼服務，或1-800-735-2929(TTY) 1-800-735-2922(語音)，並要求轉接到415-778-6700 ¿Necesita un intérprete o cualquier otra ayuda para participar? Llame al 415-7786757. Requerimos un aviso de al menos tres días hábiles para atender las solicitudes de asistencia. Para personas con discapacidad auditiva o TDD, llame al 711, California Relay Service, o al 1-800-735-2929 (TTY) o al 1-800-735-2922 (voz) y pida que lo comuniquen al 415-778-6700. DR#00051212 - Published: Dec. 1, 2021

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS ANNUAL RENEWAL OF QUALIFIED CONTRACTORSʼ LIST BY SOLANO COUNTY UNDER THE CALIFORNA UNIFORM PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION COST ACCOUNTING ACT NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT SOLANO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, is inviting all interested licensed contractors to submit their company for inclusion on the Countyʼs Informal Bidding Contractorsʼ List for calendar year 2022. 1. On October 8, 2013, the Solano County Board of Supervisors adopted a Resolution establishing the California Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act (CUPCCAA) and Informal Bidding Procedures as administered under the State Controllerʼs Office. The Informal Bidding Procedures allow the County to create a list of qualified bidders by January 1st of each year for public construction projects. Contractors wishing to be added to, dropped from, and/or update information to the Countyʼs current qualified biddersʼ list need to submit a request. Current information will otherwise be carried forward on the list for 2022. 2. Per California Public Contract Code section 22032, any public construction project that is estimated to be $200,000 or less (effective as of January 1, 2019), is subject to the Informal Bidding Procedures set forth by the State of California Uniform Construction Cost Accounting Commission. All trade categories are subject to Informal Bidding Procedures. 3. Contractors that have registered on the Informal Biddersʼ List will be notified about the Countyʼs public construction projects valued at less than $200,000. Project notification will include a general project description, location of where to obtain more detailed information, and the time and place of bid submission at least fourteen (14) calendar days in advance of the submission deadline and bid opening. 4. Contractors that are interested in being on Solano Countyʼs Informal Biddersʼ List are required to have a current license, to be listed with the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) in accordance with Senate Bill 854, and subject to verification through the Contractors State Licensing Board and DIR. 5. To register, delete, or update information for the Informal Biddersʼ List, complete the form, “Request to Be Included in Solano Countyʼs Biddersʼ List for Notification of Informal Bids” at: http://www.solanocounty.com/depts/genserv/cpm/notices.asp. When completing the form, provide correct addresses, e-mail addresses, and/or fax numbers, and specify the type of contractorʼs license. Businesses that do not have accurate contact information or fail to specify the type of work they are licensed to perform, may not be notified when a project is let to informal bidding. 6. All inquiries regarding this Notice shall be directed to Solano County Department of General Services, Capital Projects Management, 675 Texas Street, Suite 2500, Fairfield, CA, 94533. For further information email CPM@solanocounty.com, or phone (707) 7847908. 7. References: -Solano County Board of Supervisors Adoption on October 8, 2013 of Resolution No. 2013-180 and Ordinance No. 2013-1741: http://www.solanocounty.com/depts/bos/meetings/videos.asp -Solano Countyʼs current qualified contractorsʼ bidderʼs list, “Current Bidderʼs List for 2020 CUPCCAA Notice”: http://www.solanocounty.com/depts/genserv/cpm/notices.asp -California Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Commission and Cost Accounting Policies & Procedures Manual (January 2021 Edition): https://www.sco.ca.gov/Files-ARD-Local/cuccac_manual_2021_edition.pdf -Bid Limit Increase: h t t p s : / / w w w . s c o . c a . g o v / F i l e s - A R D Local/New_Informal_Bid_Limit_Increase_Pursuant_to_PCC22032.pdf -Contractor Registration with DIR: https://www.dir.ca.gov/Public-Works/Contractor-Registration.html DR#00051115 Published: Nov. 24, Dec. 1, 2021

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Zoning Administrator NOTICE IS GIVEN that the Solano County Zoning Administrator will hold a PUBLIC HEARING to consider Use Permit revision application no. U-18-01-MR1 of EQ Industrial Services Inc. to establish and operate a refuse disposal transfer facility on an 8-acre portion of property located at 8028 Schroeder Road, 1/2 mile west of the City of Dixon, within the Exclusive Agriculture "A-40" Zoning District; APN 0113-010-180. The Zoning Administrator considers this project eligible for a Class I Categorical Exemption pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines Section 15301, Existing Facilities. (Project Planner: Eric Wilberg) The hearing will be held on Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. in the Department of Resource Management Conference Room, 5th Floor, County Administration Center, 675 Texas Street, Fairfield, California. Due to COVID-19 and to protect members of the public and County staff, members of the public are encouraged to participate in the meeting telephonically. If you attend the Zoning Administrator meeting in person, you must abide by all State rules and public health guidelines regarding masking and social distancing in the County Administration Center. 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 707-784-6765 at least 24 hours in advance of the event to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. PUBLIC COMMENTS: In-Person: You may attend the public hearing at the time and location listed above and provide comments during the public speaking period. Phone: You may provide comments verbally from your phone by dialing 1-323-457-3408 and entering Conference ID number 293118721#. 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. Email/Mail: Written comments can be emailed to Planning@SolanoCounty.com or mailed to Resource Management, Zoning Administrator, 675 Texas Street, Suite 5500, Fairfield, CA 94533 and must be received by 8:00 a.m. the day of the meeting. Copies of written comments received will be provided to the Zoning Administrator and will become a part of the official record but will not be read aloud at the meeting. Staff reports and associated materials will be available to the public approximately one week prior to the meeting at www.solanocounty.com under Departments; Resource Management; Boards, Commissions & Special Districts; Solano County Zoning Administrator. 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 Zoning Administrator at, or prior to, the public hearing. DR#00051325 Published: Dec. 1, 2021 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Planning Commission NOTICE IS GIVEN that the Solano County Planning Commission will hold a PUBLIC HEARING to consider Use Permit application no. U-20-04 for Susan Turpin for the construction of a 4,738 square foot barn styled structure to serve as a medium-sized Special Event Facility (less than 12 events per year) and associated guest studio and secondary dwelling as a vacation rental home and related uses located at 2208 Morrison Lane. The property is designated "A-SV-20" Agriculture-Suisun Valley Zoning District. The Planning Commission will consider adoption of the Mitigated Negative Declaration. APN: 0153-140-240. (Project Planner: Kathy Pease, Contract Planner) The hearing will be held on Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. in the Board of Supervisors Chambers, County Administration Center, 1st Floor, 675 Texas Street, Fairfield, California. Due to COVID-19 and to protect members of the public and County staff, members of the public are encouraged to participate in the meeting telephonically. If you attend the Planning Commission 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. 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 707-784-6765 at least 24 hours in advance of the event to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. PUBLIC COMMENTS: In-Person: You may attend the public hearing at the time and location listed above and provide comments during the public speaking period. Phone: You may provide comments verbally from your phone by dialing 1-415-655-0001 and entering Access Code 2467 197 1378. 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. Email/Mail: Written comments can be emailed to Planning@SolanoCounty.com or mailed to Planning Commission, 675 Texas Street, Suite 5500, Fairfield, CA 94533 and must be received by 8:00 a.m. the day of the meeting. Copies of written comments received will be provided to the Planning Commission and will become a part of the official record but will not be read aloud at the meeting. 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DR#00051322 Published: Dec. 1, 2021 ORDINANCE NO. 21-15 AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL FINANCE AUTHORITY LEVYING SPECIAL TAXES WITHIN CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL FINANCE AUTHORITY COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 2021-16 (CITY OF FAIRFIELD – MONTE VERDE) WHEREAS, on September 17, 2021, this Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the California Municipal Finance Authority (the “Authority”), adopted Resolution No. 21-241 (the “Resolution of Intention”) related to the formation of California Municipal Finance Authority Community Facilities District No. 2021-16 (City of Fairfield – Monte Verde) (the “CFD”), pursuant to the Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982, as amended, sections 53311, et. seq., of the California Government Code (the “Act”), to finance the acquisition and construction of certain facilities; WHEREAS, notice was published as required by the Act relative to the intention of this Board to form the CFD, to provide for certain facilities and to incur bonded indebtedness for the CFD in an amount not to exceed $11,500,000; WHEREAS, this Board has held noticed public hearings as required by the Act relative to (i) the determination to proceed with the formation of the CFD and the rate and method of apportionment of the special tax to be levied within the CFD to finance a portion of the costs of the facilities and (ii) the issuance of not to exceed $11,500,000 of bonded indebtedness for the CFD; WHEREAS, at said hearing all persons desiring to be heard on all matters pertaining to the formation of the CFD and the levy of said special taxes were heard, substantial evidence was presented and considered by this Board and a full and fair hearing was held; WHEREAS, subsequent to the hearing, this Board adopted Resolution No. 21-312 (the “Resolution of Formation”) forming the CFD, Resolution No. 21-313 (the “Resolution of Necessity”) determining necessity to incur bonded indebtedness for the CFD, and Resolution No. 21-314, calling an election for the CFD, which resolutions defined the public facilities to be financed by the CFD (the “Facilities”), established the CFD, authorized the levy of a special tax within the CFD, determined the necessity to incur bonded indebtedness in the CFD and called an election within the CFD on the propositions of incurring indebtedness, levying a special tax, and establishing an appropriations limit within the CFD; and WHEREAS, on October 29, 2021, a special election was held within the CFD at which the eligible landowner-electors approved such propositions by the two-thirds vote required by the Act. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF THE CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL FINANCE AUTHORITY, as follows: Section 1. By the passage of this Ordinance this Board hereby authorizes and levies special taxes within the CFD pursuant to the Act, in accordance with the rate and method of apportionment of the Special Tax (the “Rate and Method”) set forth as an exhibit to the Resolution of Formation, which Resolution of Formation is by this reference incorporated herein. The special taxes are hereby authorized to be levied commencing in fiscal year 2021-22 and in each fiscal year thereafter until payment in full of any bonds issued by the Authority for the CFD (the “Bonds”) or such longer period provided in the Rate and Method, as contemplated by the Resolution of Formation and the Resolution of Necessity, and all costs of administering the CFD. Section 2. The Executive Director of the Authority is hereby authorized and directed each fiscal year to determine or cause to be determined the specific special tax rate and amount to be levied for the next ensuing fiscal year for each parcel of real property within the CFD, in the manner and as provided in the Resolution of Formation. Section 3. Except as provided in the Rate and Method, properties or entities of the State, federal or local governments shall be exempt from any levy of the special taxes unless specifically provided otherwise in the Rate and Method. In no event shall the special taxes be levied on any parcel within the CFD in excess of the maximum tax specified in the Resolution of Formation. Section 4. All of the collections of the special tax shall be used as provided for in the Act and in the Resolution of Formation including, but not limited to, the payment of principal and interest on the Bonds, the replenishment of the reserve fund for the Bonds, the payment of the costs of the Facilities, as applicable according to the Rate and Method, the payment of the costs of the Authority in administering the CFD, and the costs of collecting and administering the special tax. Section 5. The special taxes shall be collected in the same manner as ordinary ad valorem taxes are collected and shall have the same lien priority, and be subject to the same penalties and the same procedure and sale in cases of delinquency as provided for ad valorem taxes; provided, however, that this Board may provide for other appropriate methods of collection by resolutions of this Board. In addition, the provisions of Section 53356.1 of the Act shall apply to delinquent special tax payments. The Executive Director of the Authority is hereby authorized and directed to provide all necessary information to the auditor/tax collector of the County of Solano in order to effect proper billing and collection of the special tax, so that the special tax shall be included on the secured property tax roll of the County of Solano for each fiscal year, as needed, until the Bonds are paid in full or such longer period of time provided in the Rate and Method. Section 6. If for any reason any portion of this Ordinance is found to be invalid, or if the special tax is found inapplicable to any particular parcel within the CFD, by a court of competent jurisdiction, the balance of this Ordinance and the application of the special tax to the remaining parcels within the CFD shall not be affected. Section 7. The President shall sign this Ordinance and the Secretary shall cause the same to be published within 15 days after its passage at least once in a newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in the Authority. Section 8. This Ordinance shall take effect 30 days from the date of final passage. INTRODUCED by the California Municipal Finance Authority on October 29, 2021. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the California Municipal Finance Authority this 19th day of November, 2021 by the following vote: AYES: Watanabe, Connors, De Foor (Alt.), Alexander (Alt.), McCarthy NOES: None ABSTAIN: None ABSENT: Moreno, Adams 12/1/21 CNS-3533303# THE DAILY REPUBLIC DR#00051259 Published: Dec. 1, 2021

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Rankings: Ohio State falls to seventh From Page B1 Ohio State (10-2), Ole Miss (10-2), Baylor (10-2) and Oregon (10-2) round out the top 10. The Ducks take on No. 17 Utah in the Pac-12 Championship Friday. These are the fifth of six weekly rankings released by the 13-member selection committee, with the final standings revealed on Sunday, Dec. 5. Those rankings will determine the four semifinalists and the teams participating in the New Year’s Six bowl games.

The two semifinals, which rotate annually, will occur in Dallas at the Cotton Bowl and Miami at the Orange Bowl on Friday, Dec. 31. The Peach (Dec. 30), Fiesta (Jan. 1), Rose (Jan. 1) and Sugar (Jan. 1) bowls host the rest of the New Year’s Six games. If Cincinnati doesn’t qualify for the semifinals, the Bearcats will earn an automatic spot in one of the New Year’s Six Access bowl games as the top-ranked conference champion from the

Group of Five. The College Football Playoff National Championship Game will occur at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Monday, Jan. 10. Gary Barta, Mitch Barnhart, Paola Boivin, Tom Burman, Charlie Cobb, Boo Corrigan, Rick George, Will Shields, Gene Taylor, Joe Taylor, John Urschel, Rod West and Tyrone Willingham comprise the selection committee.

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3. Alabama (11-1) 4. Cincinnati (12-0) 5. Oklahoma State (11-1) 6. Notre Dame (11-1) 7. Ohio State (10-2) 8. Ole Miss (10-2) 9. Baylor (10-2) 10. Oregon (10-2) 11. Michigan State (10-2) 12. BYU (10-2) 13. Iowa (10-2) 14. Oklahoma (10-2) 15. Pittsburgh (10-2) 16. Wake Forest (10-2) 17. Utah (9-3) 18. NC State (9-3) 19. San Diego State (11-1) 20. Clemson (9-3) 21. Houston (11-1) 22. Arkansas (8-4) 23. Kentucky (9-3) 24. Louisiana (11-1) 25. Texas A&M (8-4)

PLAYOFF RANKINGS 1. Georgia (12-0) 2. Michigan (11-1)

players’ association. Actually, Manfred’s top negotiator is Dan Halem, and Clark’s is Bruce Meyer, hired in 2018. Those are bigger behind-the-scenes movers and shakers than Manfred, a lawyer who had been lead negotiator under former Commissioner Bud Selig, and Clark, a former player.

Sharks: Thursday’s game in doubt From Page B1 There are things that happen during the season, the Covid, we’ve had heavy travel. I think our first quarter of the season could be as tough as anybody’s in this league.” Gregor opened the scoring at the 4:26 mark of the first period. Nick Bonino won a draw in the Devils’ zone back to Marc-Edouard Vlasic, who slid the puck over along the blue line to defense partner Radim Simek more toward the middle of the ice. Simek’s

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shot was stopped by New Jersey goalie Mackenzie Blackwood, but Gregor went to the net, got the loose puck, and chipped it past for his first goal of the season. Gregor started the game on a line with Bonino and Jonah Gadjovich, as his goal was the fourth from a player on one of the Sharks’ bottom two lines in the last five games. In the second period, after Middleton’s goal at the 4:14 mark, the Sharks scored twice in 41 seconds to take control.

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Meier took a nice pass from Logan Couture from behind the net and beat Blackwood with a wrist shot at the 10:49 mark. On the next shift, Barabanov used some patience in the Devils before he found Karlsson with a seam pass through the slot. Karlsson then beat Blackwood for his fourth of the season at the 11:30 mark. New Jersey got goals from Tomas Tatar and Jesper Bratt in the third period to cut the Sharks’ lead to 4-2. But Meier scored an empty-net goal

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with 3:01 left in regulation time to seal the victory. The Sharks opened the road trip with a 2-0 win over the Chicago Blackhawks. Reimer made 29 saves for his first shutout of the season and is now 4-3-0 on the road this year. After Thursday’s game, which may need to be rescheduled because of the Islanders’ own Covid-19 issues, the Sharks play the New York Rangers on Friday and the Columbus Blue Jackets on Sunday.

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WHAT’S THE LATEST? The owners and players, who have swapped proposals deemed empty by the other side, got together the past couple of days in Texas in a last-ditch effort to inch closer to a deal. Dozens of players showed up to support the union. So far, no dice. How does this affect the Giants and A’s? The Giants, coming off a division title and 107 wins, want to solidify their rotation and find a right-handed power bat, but in a lockout, no major-league players can be signed or traded. So no more acquisitions until a new CBA is hashed out. On the flip side, the A’s are in rebuilding mode and open to trading core players to replenish the farm system. A lockout would make it impossible to move those players. The A’s also need a manager but have said the position doesn’t need to be filled until February.

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HOW LONG WOULD A LOCKOUT LAST? Likely months rather than days or weeks. After all, this is the offseason. There’s plenty of time to come to an agreement before spring training and certainly Opening Day, and perhaps that’s a reason serious negotiations might not get underway until January or February. Or even March. Why would they? The 1994-95 strike didn’t end until the eve of the ‘95 season. Teams used replacement players who crossed the imaginary picket lines throughout spring training, only to budge just as the season was about to start. Regular players returned, and another training camp, lasting just three weeks, followed. That season, teams played 144 games, 18 fewer than normal.

Neither side wants anything short of a 162-game schedule, but the previous work stoppage taught us talks could continue until the last minute of the 11th hour. Meantime, both sides have accused the other of stalling.

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Local: Late goal by Perez not enough for Royals boys soccer From Page B1 nez, Aaliyah Villarreal and Kelly Sardeng.

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Royals split first two matches of season FAIRFIELD — The Armijo High girls soccer team opened its season by splitting its first two matches, rolling past Bethel of Vallejo, 6-1, Monday, before falling 9-1 to Pioneer of Woodland, Tuesday, both at Brownlee Field. “The (Pioneer) score didn’t reflect the positive play and learning moments that were received,” Royals coach Regina MdGee said in

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an email. “We are super excited to play against high caliber teams, and we have the players who understand that becoming better comes with playing more together. They are hungry for games.” The Royals got three goals in each half in their victory over the Jaguars. Joselyn GodinezChavez started the scoring with a goal in the eighth minute off a

pass from Lesly Mendoza, with Mendoza scoring in the 12th minute off a pass from Mia Ponce and Ponce scoring in the 30th minute off a pass from Leslie Silva. Goalkeeper Lilliana Fenn scored twice in the second half, in the 64th and 82nd minutes, with Silva assisting on the former and adding a goal of her own in the 75th minute. Armijo is at Dixon on Thursday.

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Royals fall 2-1 to Panthers BENICIA — Armijo High fell behind 2-0 at halftime and

couldn’t quite make up the deficit in losing a 2-1 decision to Benicia, Tuesday night. Abraham Perez put the Royals on the scoreboard with a goal in the final two minutes. “We may have lost but the boys took a lot away from this game and we have some key things to work on at practice to prep for our next game against Pioneer on their home turf Thursday night,” Armijo coach Megan Flores said in an email. “The potential is there, the boys just need to want it bad enough and reach for it to get it.” The JV match wound up in a 1-1 draw, getting a goal from Edwing Saucedo Pacheco.

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Wildcats top Patriots in foundation game WOODLAND — Kaliei Gomez netted 13 points with Natalia Sanchez and Jazmine Langi each adding eight and Christina Edwards seven to lead the Wood High girls basketball team to a 49-36 foundation game victory over Pioneer, Monday night. “(The) girls started with great energy from the gym and continued from there,” Wildcats coach Matthew Lowry said. “I felt we got sloppy on the offensive end. Kaliei shooting really provided a huge boost for

us along with our defensive pressure for the first few minutes. Overall, I believe we have more work to be done.”

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Vanden downs De La Salle, 54-32 CONCORD — Jonah Forrest scored 17 points and Tru Kendrick added nine to lead the Vanden High boys junior varsity basketball team to a 54-32 triumph over De La Salle, Saturday. The Vikings (2-0) next play against Christian Brothers on Thursday in the Jesuit Tournament at 6:30 p.m.

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