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FAIRFIELD — A new federal Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission has been formed. The departments of Interior, Agriculture and the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Friday issued a joint announcement about the commission, which was a component of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. “Climate change and increasing development in the wildland urban interface are rapidly changing the complexity and response challenges for the fire service. It is time for us all to recognize that wildland fire is not just a forest or rural problem any longer. Urban and suburban fire departments that had no part in wildland firefighting 30 years ago are now heavily engaged in wildland fire prevention, mitigation and response. The wildland urban interface is now the frontier for wildland fire,” U.S. Fire Administrator Lori Moore Merrell said in a statement. “This commission will pull together our partners and stakeholders to focus on community risk reduction, enhanced prevention efforts, and overall response and mitigation capacity that matches the wildfire risks within the nation’s wildland urban interface,” Merrell added. The goal of the commission is to define and recommend “federal policies and strategies to more effectively prevent, mitigate, suppress and See Wildfires, Page A12

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The annual Wreaths Across America event at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery in Dixon saw

hundreds of graves receive wreaths to honor the veterans at Christmastime, Saturday.

People gather, lay wreaths at national cemetery in last of two-part event in advance of holiday

Boughs placed earlier at majority of gravesites at Dixon site Susan Hiland

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Flames from the Caldor Fire rise as the San Marcos Fire Department maintains a burn along Hazel Valley Road near Pollock Pines, Aug. 20.

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MARE ISLAND — It was a bracingly cold Saturday morning at the Mare Island Naval Cemetery, but Wreaths Across America master of ceremonies and Vallejo Navy League President Steve Nash reminded everyone it still wasn’t as cold as Arlington National Cemetery. Wreaths Across America is a national day to honor veterans and those who “made the ultimate sacrifice” for our country by laying wreaths upon their graves. By the end of the event, every single tombstone in the cemetery had a festoon of fir beneath the soldier’s or sailor’s names. Money for the wreaths was donated by several private citizens as well as Phillips 66, Valero, Winans

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Coronavirus testing was a breeze when J.D. Schroeder traveled to Abu Dhabi and Mexico this fall. Not so much at home in Pennsylvania when he felt sick Wednesday and found out he had been exposed. The mechanical engineer started looking for an over-the-counter rapid test because the earliest antigen test appointment he could find in his Pittsburgh-area community was almost a week away. Rite Aid would only let him order online. The closest CVS pharmacies were all out of stock. He nabbed the last box at a Walgreen’s, which came back positive. When he traveled to the United Arab Emirates for work last month, he paid roughly $13 for lab tests and got results within two hours. A hotel in Mexico where he vacationed over Thanksgiving had ample rapid testing kits for guests. “I’m 31 and I’m pretty tech savvy. I can’t imagine someone who doesn’t have access to a computer or isn’t comfortable searching different places to figure this stuff out because it can be confusing,” said Schroeder, who is now quarantining at home. Easy access to coronavirus tests – both rapid at-home kits and PCR tests analyzed in labs – is uneven across the United States as the nation faces the prospect of explosive outbreaks linked

DIXON — Hundreds of people came out during the early morning hours Saturday to lay wreaths on the graves at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery. The fog was thick but the green wreaths with red bows were a bright spot against the white tombstones. Covid has changed almost everything. That includes the wreath-laying this year. The cemetery did not do the usual formal service for the Wreaths Across America project but instead, Frank Romo, president of Sacramento Valley National Cemetery, spoke in a short presentation. A display of honorary wreaths for each branch of service were placed on the stage.

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Investments, Touro University California and the Vallejo Police Officers Association. The ceremony began with the presentation of the colors from the Naval Sea Cadets, followed by the national anthem sung by Tom Bartee, senior district director for state Sen. Bill Dodd. Love Life Church’s pastor, James Pace, gave an invocation. Nash said a few words about the cemetery, which See Vallejo, Page A12

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Solano County (bonus t’s a tradition as entrenched as Black point for listing them Friday, burning the in order of population, Christmas yule, singing smallest to largest)? Christmas carols and What five counties watching “It’s a Wonborder Solano County? derful Life.” Within 1,000, how My annual Solano many inmates are there County quiz, which is in Brad Stanhope at the two state prisons its 78th year. Like I was sayin’ in Vacaville, combined? The quiz is also a traWithin eight spots, dition as beloved as waiting in where does Solano County rank line at a store, having your packamong California’s 58 counties ages delivered late and being in terms of population? forced to wear an ugly ChristAfter whom is Solano mas sweater that you were County named? unaware was considered “ugly.” Which is closer to Fairfield: Following are 20 questions Oakland or Sacramento? on Solano County, things that What was Solano County’s should (could? might?) be known leading agricultural crop (in by a resident of one of Caliterms of dollars) in 2020? fornia’s 27 original counties. Tony and Kelvin Wade: Get some paper, a No. 2 pencil, Who is whom? record your answers and don’t Within five years, in what look at the correct versions, year did Travis Air Force Base which are at the end. How well officially take on that name? do you know your county? Within five years, in what year was Fairfield incorpoQuestions rated as a city? What are the seven cities in Name the three largest

general high schools in the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District. In which two Solano County cities are their public airports? What is the official name of the large mall in Fairfield? What was the name of the minor league baseball team that played in Vacaville in 2000-2002? What was the last name of the person after whom Dixon is named? What was the last year in which the majority of Solano County’s voters voted for a Republican presidential candidate in the general election? What two members of Congress represent Solano County? What month on average receives the most rainfall in Suisun City? Which city has a larger population: Fairfield, California, or Fairfield, Connecticut? According to CoreLogic, was the median price of a home sold in Fairfield in October more or

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Answers Rio Vista, Dixon, Benicia, Suisun City, Vacaville, Fairfield, Vallejo. Contra Costa, Sonoma, Napa, Yolo, Sacramento. As of Dec. 8, reported total was 5,290 (1,980 at CMF, 3,310 at California State Prison Solano). 19th, between Tulare and Santa Barbara. Sem-Yeto, who was renamed Francisco Solano (later Chief Solano) at the San Francisco Mission. Oakland is 41 miles, Sacramento is 47 miles. Almonds, at just over $50 million. I don’t know. It’s possible they are one person, posing as brothers. 1951. 1903. Armijo, Fairfield and Rodriguez high schools. Vacaville (Nut Tree Airport)

and Rio Vista (Rio Vista Municipal Airport). Solano Town Center. Solano Steelheads. Thomas Dickson. The town’s name was changed in 1872 when the first rail shipment of merchandise for the town was sent to “Dixon” and it was easier to make the switch, presumably. 1984 (Ronald Reagan received 54.5% of the vote). Democrats John Garamendi and Mike Thompson. February (3.8 inches on average). Fairfield, California. It has nearly twice the population. More: $590,500.

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Visiting Disneyland over holidays? Try the new Genie app Tribune Content Agency Every holiday season since Disneyland opened in 1955, the park is adorned with hundreds of twinkly lights, ornaments and wreaths, a glittering display that brings heavy crowds over the month of December. Those crowds, as much a holiday tradition at Disneyland and neighboring California Adventure park as the seasonal decorations, are likely to be smaller this year because of new rules requiring guests to make reservations before walking up to the gate. In the past, visitors could drop by without pre-booking, forcing park operators to close the gates when capacity was reached. Planning some holiday cheer at the parks? If you already have a reservation or are planning to book one, here are 10 tips on how to make the most of your visit this festive season.

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Sleeping Beauty’s Castle at Disneyland takes on its winter decor and lights for the holiday season. Disneyland fans say new openings seem to be added nightly after midnight. (We haven’t been able to confirm such speculation.)

Celebrate the holidays a bit later Holiday decorations will stay up, and seasonal performances will continue, until Jan. 9. The Disneyland reservation website shows plenty of openings for the nine days after New Year’s Eve. If you book a reservation for Jan. 2 through Jan. 9, you can avoid the crowds and still see all the holiday lights, ornaments, shows and parades.

How to reserve To get into the parks, you need to buy a ticket and book a reservation for the day you plan to visit. The Disneyland reservation website shows that both Disneyland and California Adventure Park are nearly booked solid through Jan. 2. But don’t panic yet. The reservation system is fluid and Disney operators can add new openings at any time. Refresh your web browser often to find reservation openings. Some

Use Genie or Genie+ Starting Dec. 8, park visitors can use a new feature on the Disneyland App called Genie, which uses algorithms and wait-time data to create an itinerary that can help you squeeze in your top choices for rides, attractions and restaurants during your visit. If you

pay an extra $20 a day, you can upgrade to Genie+, which also lets you use the new expedited “Lighting Lanes” installed at 19 of the most popular rides in Disneyland and California Adventure. Lightning Lanes are estimated to cut your wait times by up to 90% compared with the traditional stand-by queues. The Genie+, however, won’t get you access to the Lightning Lanes for the three most popular rides: Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance at Disneyland, as well as Radiator Springs Racers and Webslingers: A Spider-man Adventure at California Adventure Park. To get into those expedited lanes you’ll need to fork over an additional $7 to $20 per ride, depending on the ride and demand on that day.

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Nov. 12 at Disneyland draws huge crowds along the parade route, so finding a good viewing spot can be tough. Longtime Disneyland fans recommend camping out in front of the It’s a Small World ride, near where the parade originates. The parade launches twice a day and the start times vary between weekends and weekdays. Check the schedule here for details.

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neyland is Rise of the Resistance at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. The park has paused the use of the virtual queueing system adopted when the attraction first opened. If you are not going to pay for the Lightning Lanes, you’ll need to stand in a traditional line that could keep you waiting for up to three hours. A long queue is unavoidable, but Disneyland enthusiasts say you can cut your wait time by showing up in the late morning but before 1 p.m. That is when guests who bought park hopper tickets

are allowed to switch from California Adventure Park to Disneyland. Another opportune time to visit Rise of the Resistance is around 7:30 p.m., just before the ride closes at 8 p.m.

Let it snow Several attractions at Disneyland don’t require you to stand in line. For example, just hang out anywhere on Main Street USA with a clear view of Sleeping Beauty’s Castle in the early evening to see Wintertime Enchantment.

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1,500 more Solano residents went to work in November Todd R. Hansen

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Maria Bayardo hands over sacks of carrots during a Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano and The Salvation Army

food distribution event at the Kroc Center in Suisun City, Friday.

Covid numbers climb even with state case correction

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FAIRFIELD — Solano County added one additional death to its Covid total and upped its coronavirus case numbers by 152, with 102 of those testing positive over the past two days. Despite the state correction of 50 cases, the numbers show an increase in the Solano County matyas case rate. Still, Dr. Bela Matyas, the county public health officer, is hesitant to classify the increases as a winter surge. Even if it is, he said, it is far more mild than the one experienced last year. The new cases take the county total to 47,764.

The Covid-related death total is up to 341 with the death of a man over 65 who lived in a long-term care facility and was unvaccinated, the county reported. The number of residents hospitalized with the disease was 22 Friday, up from 18 Wednesday, with five patients in intensive care units, up from three, the county reported. The 10-day daily case average also climbed, up from 29 to 36.9, while the sevenday positivity testing rate was at 5%, up from 4% Wednesday. Vacaville had the most new cases with 39, taking its total to 12,613. Vallejo added 34 cases for a count of 13,917. Fairfield is at

12,767 cases after 31 new cases, the county reported. Suisun City (3,386) with 22 new cases, and Benicia (2,634) with 16 cases also had doubledigit increases. Dixon (2,634) added six new cases; Rio Vista (643) added three; and one new report to the total in the unincorporated area takes its count to 151, the county reported. Vaccination rates held at 67% for residents 5 or older who are fully vaccinated, and 77% for that population who have received at least one shot. There have been 81,294 booster shots administered. The county reported 6,678 children between 5 and 11 have received at least one shot, representing 18% of that population. Solano County also

announced the first flu cases to be reported from hospitals or long-term care facilities – each with fewer than five. County public health officials do not post case updates on weekends. The next update is scheduled late Monday afternoon.

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FAIRFIELD — More than 109 million people are expected to travel between Dec. 23 and Jan. 2. After a traditionally low 81.7 million travelers in 2020, the holiday travel forecast brings that number back to 92% of the 2019 level of 119.3 million travelers, AAA reported. “With vaccines widely available, conditions are much different and many people feel a greater level of comfort traveling, but travelers will still be mindful of the pandemic and the new omicron variant,” Sergio Avila, spokesman for AAA Northern California, said in a statement. The vast majority of travelers – 101.1 million – will be driving to their destinations, with another 6.4 million flying and 2.9 million going by bus, rail or taking an ocean cruise, AAA reported. More than 14 million Californians are among those who plan to spend the holidays away from home, 88.75% of those traveling on the roads. AAA noted that there are still travel restrictions people need to be aware of and prepare for depending on their destinations. To avoid unnecessary stress and challenges, AAA suggests: n Be proactive. Book

flights, car rentals, accommodations and other activities as early as possible. n Be patient. The roads and airports will be busy so plan ahead. For domestic air travel, AAA suggests arriving at the airport two hours ahead of departure time and three hours for international flights. n Be prepared. The more than 100 million

Americans planning to drive over the holidays need to be prepared for slowdowns and breakdowns. AAA expects to respond to as many as 1.3 million calls for help. n Be protected. Use AAA’s Covid-19 restriction map, https://tinyurl. com/yytnrjey, and TripTik.AAA.com for more information about traveling within the United States.

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FAIRFIELD — Solano County residents are going back to work – though most are finding jobs elsewhere. The state EmployDevelopment ment Department reported Friday that 1,500 more county residents were working in November than in October, but the vast majority of those jobs were outside Solano. Local non-farming jobs grew by 300 November, from in 136,200 to 136,500. Farming positions dropped by 200 as would be expected in the winter months. Overall, there were 191,700 residents who

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Sheila McCabe, president of the Fairfield Community Foundation, sorts through coats at the Fairfield Community

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FAIRFIELD — The cars wrapped around the block and the line of excited children and parents was almost as long Saturday in front of Bethel Community Church – all waiting for a chance to get some early Christmas cheer. The Fairfield Community Services Foundation’s Holiday Toy, Coat and Food Giveaway played Santa once again to the community. The event was a drive-thru and walk-up in the church parking lot. Members of the Fairfield Community Services Foundation are volunteers who support projects and services in the city. “People are so generous for this toy drive,” Fairfield Community Services Foundation president Sheila McCabe said. “The Fairfield Fire Department has been collecting the toys throughout the year.” Volunteers provided local residents in need an opportunity to receive free toys, coats and bags full of food. “These bags are so heavy this year,”

Mayor Harry Price gives away stuffed toys for the Fairfield Community Services Foundation’s Holiday Toy, Coat and Food Giveaway at the Bethel Community Church in Fairfield, Saturday. McCabe said. The foundation gathered financial donations and used the money to purchase food at Raley’s. “Raley’s gave us a big discount on the food,” McCabe said. The foundation partnered with the city, the city’s Quality of Life Task Force and Bethel Community Church along with many other organizations to make it all happen. “This is our 27th year doing this and we do it every year with all volun-

teer help,” McCabe said. For this holiday giveaway event, families received free essential items that included more than 500 bags of food, more than 1,000 new coats and 2,000 toys. Event organizers estimated they would be helping more than 1,000 families this Christmas season. “This makes me really happy,” said Sandra River of Fairfield, who brought her son out for the morning event. “I hope that this year

will be a better Christmas,” she said. “Last year was tough with Covid because we couldn’t see family. But this year we are all vaccinated and are getting together.” Muffy Jordan is 90 years old and volunteered to help with the drive-thru because she loves helping the community. She has been a part of the Fairfield Community Services Foundation for more than 20 years and took over doing activities for her husband after he died in the 90s. “It is so rewarding working with the youth,” she said. “At my age, it’s important to get up and get moving.” City representatives said the effort is about serving those in need. “It is community partners coming together at times like these, that truly make a difference in improving the quality of life for its residents,” said Dawn La Bar, Special Projects manager at the City Managers Office in Fairfield. “The look on these kids’ faces when they get a present just makes me tear up.”

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FAIRFIELD — Napa County Superior Court Judge Scott R.L. Young, for the second time this week, has sent a sexual predator of children to prison for hundreds of years. Lucio Villegas, 49, was sentenced Friday to 202 years in state prison after being convicted by a jury in September on nine counts of sexual assault of children and one count of dissuading a witness, the Napa County District Attorney’s Office reported. “The convictions were

the result of sexual contact (Villegas) had with one family member and two close family friends between 2010 and 2019 in Napa County. The survivors were between 7 and 14 years old at the time of the molestations,” the statement said. The District Attorney’s Office reports that one of the victims in the case told Villegas in court, “In the end, the truth came out and though my family and I have been hurt by you physically and emotionally, we are free. You do not control us anymore, and we finally cherish the

women we are and know we deserve to live without fear, and that is what we are heading towards. . . .” Young, on Wednesday, sentenced Samuel Cereda, 39, to 690 years in prison after Cereda was found guilty on 50 counts of sexual assault of children. Napa police opened the investigation into the Villegas case after receiving, through the schools, a report about possible abuse of a student. “While the (District Attorney’s Office) acknowledges that this is a severe sentence, it is absolutely appropriate,”

Deputy District Attorney Agnes Dziadur said in the statement. “(Villegas) deserved no leniency. He deserved to be punished in a way that was commensurate with his horrific actions. I hope that with this sentence, the survivors can begin their healing process.” Napa police Detectives Jason Barrera and Dustin Dodd led the investigation. Napa County District Attorney Investigator Sharon Fong assisted in the prosecution. Sexual Assault Victim Services provided advocacy for the survivors.

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Police arrest Suisun man, 21, in connection with suspected homicide Daily Republic Staff

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SUISUN CITY — A Suisun City man was arrested Friday afternoon on suspicion of murder and agravated mayhem. Fernando Jose Figueroa-Miranda, 21, was held without bail in the Solano County jail. The case got its start the previous night. Suisun City police responded shortly after 8:35 p.m. Thursday to the Almond Acres RV Park at 4535 Olive Ave. to investigate a report of a person down on the ground in the parking lot. Officers who arriver there found a male who had what police describe as significant lacerations to his head. The male was pronounced dead shortly after the arrival of medical personnel. The name of the victim was withheld pending notification of his family. His age and city of residence were also

not released. Detectives from the Suisun City Police Department began an investigation and identified Figueroa-Miranda as the suspect, police report. He was arrested at 12:25 p.m. Friday at the RV park, according to jail records. Figueroa-Miranda is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday, according to jail records. The Fairfield Police Department and deputies from the Solano County Sheriff’s Office aided in the arrest. Anyone with information about the case is asked to call the Suisun City Police Department’s Investigations Division at 707-421-7373. This is Suisun City’s second reported homicide of the year. A person was found shot to death shortly after 5:40 a.m. June 13 on the 1400 block of Hammond Lane.

Judge resets hearing for 2 charged in connection with rural Dixon killing Daily Republic Staff

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FAIRFIELD — Two people arrested in connection with the death in August of an Oakland man in rural Dixon had their preliminary hearings pushed back into January after making appearances Thursday in Solano County Superior Court. Mynard Alfranko Simpson, 34, and Nicole Noel Samosa, 38, are scheduled to return to Department 15, Room 207, of the Fairfield Justice Center, at 10 a.m. Jan. 7 before Judge Robert Bowers. A third person originally arrested, Amani Dawnvaloy Jones, 22, is listed as having his case dismissed Aug. 13, according to court records. Simpson was arrested on suspicion of murder and is the only one of the three to remain in jail. His bail is set at $750,000. The victim was identified as Danny Trask, 19, of

Oakland. His body was found in the agricultural ditch at the side of West Dixon Avenue, 1,000 feet from Interstate 80. A sheriff’s deputy was flagged down at 11:15 a.m. Aug. 10 by a passer-by who reported possibly seeing a man in a ditch. The deputy went to the area and found Trask’s body. Simpson was arrested at 3 a.m. Aug. 11 in north Sacramento after a search warrant went out on his vehicle and residency. He was booked into Solano County jail. Samosa and Jones were booked into jail in concurrence with Simpson on suspicion of being accessories to a crime. Placer County sheriff’s deputies and California Highway Patrol officers from Auburn assisted in the arrests. Each person suspected in the incident was interviewed and search warrants were obtained, the Sheriff’s Office stated at the time.

Solano County sheriff seeks leads in 20-year-old case Daily Republic Staff

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FAIRFIELD — The Solano County Sheriff’s Office has taken to social media for leads in a 20-year-old cold case. There is a $50,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest and conviction in the death of Heather Lee Ann Hibbs, 21. Her body was found Feb. 10, 2002, in an irrigation canal near the intersection of Brown and Salem roads, east of Vacaville, the sheriff’s media post said. The Solano County Sheriff-Coroner’s Office determined the cause of death to be blunt force trauma, the Sheriff’s

Office reported. Hibbs was reported missing Jan. 29, 2002, by the Vacaville Police Department, when her mother discovered she had walked away from St. Anthony’s Farm, which includes a drug and alcohol recovery program, outside Petaluma on Jan. 4. She was seen in San Francisco around Jan. 11 and not long after that was seen leaving with an unknown person in a blue truck from the Solano Town Center in Fairfield, the Sheriff’s Office reported. Anyone with information is asked to call the Solano County Sheriff’s Office Tip Line at 707-784-1963.

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Gianna Moody, 11, receives a hug from Principal Amye Scott during a toy giveaway organized by the California

Medical Facility-Solano Employee Activity Committee at Markham Elementary School in Vacaville, Friday.

CMF staffers bring gifts of joy to children at Markham Elementary Matt Miller

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VACAVILLE — They didn’t arrive by sleigh but by buses – though Santa Claus was among them – as members of the California Medical Facility, Vacaville, Employee Activity Committee came bearing gifts Friday morning for all 935 students at Edwin Markham Elementary. Children at the school were asked in November to come up with wish lists of what they might want. Thanks to a bevy of committee shoppers, led by Jennifer Smith, a health program specialist in the Mental Health Program at CMF, the children received beds, bikes, scooters, skateboards, bean bag chairs and more. It’s been 13 years since the CMF committee members provided such a program. Smith just happened to be cleaning out her office this year and discovered an envelope of thank you notes from the She 2008 giveaway. decided to approach the committee about rekindling the project. “Especially during Covid,” Smith said. “The staff at work all wanted to make it happen. It’s helped heal us, too. Covid has been hard for all of us.” Smith was curious what those thankful chil-

Fifth-grader Xavier Chavez, 10, opens his Christmas presents during a toy giveaway organized by the California Medical Facility-Solano Employee Activity Committee at Markham Elementary School in Vacaville, Friday. dren were up to today. She started investigating and, amazingly, found one who is now a teacher at Markham. She approached Zyanya Bocanegra, a fifth-grade teacher, about making the dreams of this year’s students come true. “Honestly, this brings tears to my eyes,” Bocanegra said. “To see my students feel the joy and happiness that I felt 13 years ago, it’s just priceless. I know they are just my students, but I feel like they are my own kids.” Smith and Principal Amye Scott shared Bocanegra’s original card with her students, which had a picture of her on it and a handwritten thank you. Bocanegra still fondly remembers the Build-A-Bear she received.

“Thank you all so much for a little idea that just went boom,” Scott told the CMF staffers as they assembled before making their toy deliveries. “We can’t wait to get this party started.” CMF teacher Cheryl Vito, who once worked at nearby Browns Valley Elementary, got to deliver toys to one of the classrooms. “This is amazing,” Vito said. “It’s nice to be able to give back to the kids that really need it. Some of them have asked for pillows and art supplies, things that some of us normally take for granted.” Markham is a Title 1 school and 71% of the students come from lowincome families. Some come from foster homes and some from homelessness.

“This took an incredible amount of work,” Scott said. “We have preschool to sixth-graders and every student is getting a gift.” Charles Russell, an 11-year-old sixth-grader, was stunned to find a new BMX bicycle black waiting for him. Carla Gomez, 11, a sixthgrader, walked in and said, “That’s mine? I didn’t think it was that big?” It was a skateboard. Tynia Austin, 11, a sixth-grader, received a scooter. Itzel Garcia, 12, a sixth-grader, also got a Students skateboard. throughout the school, dressed in pajamas on the final day before the holiday break, squealed with delight upon receiving their gifts. “We wanted them all to feel the way Miss Bocanegra did 13 years ago,” Smith said. “She still remembers how she felt and how exciting it was.” recognized Smith Patricia Moreira, the cochairwoman of the Employee Activity Committee, for making the surprises happen. And all the other staffers and community members who participated in the event. “In six days we were able to distribute lists to people and they took them to the classrooms,” Smith said.

Groups select Kairos Middle School as 2022 California School to Watch Todd R. Hansen

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VACAVILLE — Kairos Middle Schools learned Friday that it has been selected as a 2022 California School to Watch. “We are honored and very excited to have our middle school program recognized for its exemplary program,” Executive Director Jared Austin, a co-founder of the school, said in a statement. “Our staff, scholars and families work incredibly hard together as they empower the next generation of learning and this recogni-

tion is a testimony of their excellence.” The middle school is part of the Kairos Public Schools public charter in Vacaville. The middle school was specifically recognized for its “programs that include community service and mentorship, equipping scholars with 21st century skills and character development to be successful in the real world,” the statement said. A site team and Kairos Public Schools leaders will attend the California Schools to Watch Conference in March. It is hosted

by the nonprofit California League of Schools. The school joins 137 California Schools to Watch and 15 other newly named schools for 2022. A Kairos Public Schools team will also attend the Schools to Watch National Conference in June in Washington, D.C. “There they will celebrate their recognition as a National School to Watch, joining more than 600 middle-grades schools nationwide to share the honor,” the statement said. The California Schools

to Watch program is sponsored by the California Department of Education, California League of Schools and the California Middle Grades Alliance. To earn the designation, schools must complete what’s described in the statement as an extensive application and host a site visit by middlegrades experts, the school reported. To retain the designation, each school is re-evaluated every three years. For more information, www.leagueof visit schools.org.

Vallejo appoints Davis to assistant city manager Daily Republic Staff

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VALLEJO — Public Works Director Terrance Davis has been appointed to interim assistant city manager. “Terrance brings a wealth of knowledge and perspective to the position, having operated in multiple levels of city government, including his service

as the assistant city manager for the city of Compton,” Mike Malone, interim city manager, said in Friday’s announcement. “After evaluating the current workload, it seemed logical to bring Terrance in to help improve our efficiency and provide additional oversight.” Davis will oversee the city clerk, finance, police and

water departments, and will have roles with the other departments. Assistant Public Works Director and City Engineer Melissa Tigbao will serve as acting Public Works director. The Vallejo native has been with the city for three years. Davis came to the city in 2017.

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Christmas toy drive, car show bring out holiday revelers Susan Hiland

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VACAVILLE — The Tradicionals Car Club’s Holiday Car Show and Toy Drive packed Andrews Park on Saturday with children and parents for a Christmas celebration that was one-of-a-kind and brought out the holiday joy for everyone. Esmeralda LopezRoark, one of the organizers for the event, said she was surprised by the day’s turnout. “Last year was our first year, and we did it down at the warehouse on Depot Street,” she said, “but we had over 400 people last year and that was too big for the space.” One of the reasons they wanted to do a toy drive for the children is because she saw a lot of low-income children not having a Christmas in that neighborhood. “With that turnout, it was obvious that there was a need,” she said. Chris Roark – Lopez-Roark’s husband, event organizer and Tradicionals Car Club member – along with David Durff, aka Wordsmith, founder of Neighborhood HOPE Dealer, were friends and began working on the idea of a car show/toy drive as part of the HOPE programs. The acronym HOPE stands for “Helping Others Prosper Eternally.” The idea behind the Christian ministry, according to its website, is not to wait for people to go to church, but to bring the church to them, from neighborhood to

Barn-styled event center approved for Morrison Lane Todd R. Hansen

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ABOVE: The Tradicionals Car

Club’s Holiday Car Show and Toy Drive helps raise the spirits of children who might not have received gifts this Christmas. The larger bikes were part of a prize drawing but the children were able to choose a smaller toy for themselves at Andrew Park in Vacaville, Saturday.

LEFT: Each person who

brought a car to the Tradicionals Car Club’s Holiday Car Show and Toy Drive was asked to donate a toy for the toy drive or donate money.

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FAIRFIELD — Another event center is going up in Suisun Valley – and specifically on Morrison Lane. The Solano County Planning Commission on Thursday night approved a use permit application for the Turpin Project, a 4,738-square-foot barnstyled structure to host no more than 12 special events each year at 2208 Morrison Lane. The decision was made about nine hours after Allan Calder, the county planning manager sitting as the zoning administrator, approved an unrelated use permit for a smaller event center to be constructed as part of a winery and tasting room project just down the road. The Turpin Project will sit on 25.02 acres about 2.5 miles from Fairfield in the Suisun Valley agricultural area. “It is anticipated that the event barn will host weddings, community

events and private gatherings. The event barn includes a main event hall space, commercial kitchen, dressing rooms, restrooms, storage and covered porch seating areas. The site would accommodate up to 150 (people) per event,” the staff report states. The project did have some detractors who do not think it meets the intention of the Suisun Valley agritourism goals of enhancing and promoting agriculture. However, a condition attached to the project requires that within five years the property must have some agricultural use. The report indicated the intention is to plant a wine vineyard and orchard. The commission postponed to Jan. 20 its consideration of proposed changes to the county zoning regulations that would “update definitions and regulations for certain agricultural and highway commercial uses.”

Vacaville school board approves health and safety plans Susan Hiland shiland@dailyrepublic.net

VACAVILLE — The Vacaville Unified school board approved an updated Health and Safety OSHA Covid-19 Prevention and Preparedness

Program, as well as the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief III Plan at Thursday night’s meeting. This plan will be amended as public health conditions, orders or guidance change, according to

a staff report to the board. The plan includes for training and instructions of staff, and an employee and student health screening process. The district also has a plan for communicating to staff and parents on issues

related to Covid. Health and safety updates are regularly shared with students, staff and community members via the district website, weekly superintendent letters and blackboard communications, the

state reported. In addition, the school has planned for testing Covid, students for informing the parents and keeping the facilities clean. There is a plan for vaccinations to be free and available for stu-

dents and staff. The district solicited input on the plan throughout the 2020-21 school year via parent and staff surveys, and from public comments at governing board meetings.

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Jansen is new president of Vaca school board Susan Hiland

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Santa collected data on which child wants which gifts on the Santa Train at the Western Railway Museum, Saturday.

Museum rolls through holiday season with its Santa Train K aty St. Clair

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SUISUN CITY — It isn’t actually the Polar Express, but the Santa Train in rural Suisun City was jam-packed with families Saturday, each hoping to meet the jolly old soul who delivers gifts on Christmas. The Western Railway Museum hosted the event as part of its many special-event fundraisers throughout the year. It’s safe to say it has been a rolling success, with both Saturday and Sunday’s trains sold out on this, the final weekend. The museum decorated a former San Diego commuter train, which

just so happens to be painted fire-engine red, matching the spirit of the season. Christmas lights are attached along with boughs of tinsel. Before the ride, children could color a note to Santa and tell him whether they were naughty or nice, then drop their letter into a mailbox with parcels bound for the North Pole. Families boarded Saturday and settled in for a short jaunt through farmland, with friendly conductors explaining some of the area and museum’s history. General Manager Erica Hunt said getting the Santa Train going has

been a bit of a rocky road, with Covid-19 and a governing board that wasn’t sure if it could happen. “They said it wasn’t possible,” Hunt said and smiled, confident in the knowledge that not only did it happen, it’s been a fun holiday destination that sadly has to turn away people due to selling out. The train makes its way through the lush greenery of the Suisun open space, passing charmingly rusted old combines, majestic wind turbines and ducks taking advantage of new “lakes” that have formed as a result of last week’s rain. “If you have any ques-

tions, let me know,” said the conductor over the loudspeaker. “If I don’t know, I’ll make something up.” Getting to ride on a train isn’t something many children in Solano County can easily experience, so for many it was a treat. “Did you have fun?” asked the conductor, to a rousing “Yeah!” from the cars. When the train returned, everyone offboarded and entered a large hangar that houses antique trains. Hot cocoa, candy canes and cookies were handed out and Santa himself greeted See Santa, Page A8

VACAVILLE — John Jansen on Thursday was unanimously voted to the position of board president for the Vacaville Unified School District. Elected as vice president was Michael Kitzes, who completed his term as president at the same meeting. The new clerk for the upcoming year is Daniel Santellan. Superintendent Jane Shamieh will be the board secretary. Shelly Dally Jansen said the job of school board member is bigger than she had expected. “This is a bigger job than any of us knew when we were elected,” she said. Dally said she felt that electing Santellan to the clerk position was the first step to becoming qualified to be school board president. “This gives board members time to learn about the board,” she said. Shamieh gave a small presentation, with a video, in honor of Kitzes’ final meeting as president. “He has been on the

Vacaville Library has new board president Daily Republic Staff VACAVILLE — The Vacaville Library Board held elections Thursday night, e l e c t i n g John Jansen as president. Also elected was secDaniel retary Santellan. Under business issues, the board established the coming year’s meeting dates, which will be March 24, June 30, Sept. 22 and Dec. 15. board for 18 years. He has been president four times and this last time he was sworn in on Zoom,” she said. A couple of his qualities that she admires was his ability to argue with her, and he still can come back and focus on the students and being able to balance work, school board responsibilities and being a father.

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Police schedule DUI checkpoint Police seek carjacking suspect in area of Waterman, Capitola Daily Republic Staff

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FAIRFIELD — The Fairfield Police Department Traffic Unit will operate a DUI and driver’s license checkpoint Sunday in the area of Waterman Boulevard and Capitola Way. Officers will be looking for signs of alcohol and/or drug impairment, with officers checking drivers for proper licensing, delaying motorists only momentarily, according to a press release. “In recent years, California has seen a disturbing increase in drug-impaired driving

crashes,” the Fairfield police said in the press release. Officers will also be screening for prescription or over-the-counter drugs that can impair driving, as well as marijuana, according to the press relesae. DUI checkpoints are placed in locations based on collision statistics and frequency of DUI arrests, affording the greatest opportunity for achieving drunk and drugged driving deterrence, polie report. Locations are chosen with safety considerations in mind for both the officers and the public. Fairfield police officers investigated 52 DUI colli-

sionsin 2020 that claimed two lives and resulted in 69 injured people. the Police Department reports. When possible, specially trained officers will be available to evaluate those suspected of drugimpaired driving, which now accounts for a growing number of impaired driving crashes, police report. Police report that people caught driving while impaired can expect a DUI arrest to include jail time, fines, fees, DUI classes, license suspensions and other expenses that can exceed $10,000.

Funding for preschool program gets OK’d Susan Hiland

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VACAVILLE — School district trustees approved Thursday a plan to help secure funding for the local preschool program. Assistant Superintendent Sasha Begell asked the school board to appoint preschool Principal Lauren Hylton to serve as the applicant on behalf of the district for submission of a continued funding

application for the CaliforState Preschool nia Program. Each year the district is required to apply to receive funding for the CSPP. This funding operates three classrooms, one at Markham Elementary and two at Fairmont Elementary. This continued funding application is required by the state to serve as See Funding, Page A9

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Drive From Page A6 neighborhood and block to block, and help build unity in the community. “I started doing a toy drive years ago with one truck and one idea to bring hope to as many cities as possible,” Durff said. “Since I am from Vacaville it was a dream to be on the Creekwalk with this toy drive.” Durff wanted to make sure every child got a Christmas, and working with the car club seemed a natural way to make it happen. The event couldn’t have come together without a lot of cooperation from the Downtown Vacaville Business Improvement District, Neighborhood HOPE Dealer and local barbecue masters 2 Chubbz-N-ARub all working together to make the afternoon event special for families. Mike Silva introduced the idea of bringing the car club downtown for a toy drive and things fell into place from there.

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“It was a way to give back to the community and help those in need,” Silva said. “It also was something that could bring more diversity with Latino food, music and even dancing.” The event included tables of unwrapped donated toys along with bikes, electric cars, four food booths and bounce houses. Everyone who brought a car for the show was asked to donate a toy or money. They were not charged an entry fee for the car show. The bigger items like bikes and electric cars were part of a prize drawing, but each child was able to pick one of the smaller toys for themselves. “This space is a nice ambiance,” Silva said of the park area. It was good they had a larger space because the event has grown in the past two years with several hundred people attending the event Saturday. “This is far bigger than expected,” Silva said.

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VALLEJO — Vallejo police have issued an advisory about a suspect at-large and are also looking for the public’s assistance in locating him. Branden Bruce is wanted on suspicion of armed robbery, carjacking and kidnapping at gunpoint, police report. The incident happened Thursday near Admiral Callaghan Lane and Plaza Drive.

Police suspect Bruce brandished a firearm and kidnapped a person, forcing them to drive their own vehicle to another location within the city. Police suspect Bruce then robbed the victim and fled. A warrant has been issued for Bruce’s arrest. Police report Bruce frequents Vallejo, Oakland and Berkeley. He has two vehicles he drives, a silver 2021 Nissan Maxima (Nevada plate 330P16)

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State population continues decline Driven by lower immigration, fewer births, Covid deaths Tribune Content Agency LOS ANGELES — California’s population has continued to decline after falling for the first time on record, new demographic data show – underscoring shifting immigration patterns, declining birthrates and the large number of deaths at the hands of the pandemic. The state’s population declined by 173,000 between July 1, 2020, and July 1, 2021, bringing the estimated total population to 39.37 million, according to estimates released by the state Department of Finance on Friday. The .44% decline is slightly less than the population loss reported for the January 2021 calendar year, demographers said. Three main factors contributed to California’s net population loss, demographers found: a continued decline in birth rates; fewer foreign immigrants, which officials attributed to federal policy in recent years; and more than 55,000 pandemicrelated deaths. Officials also attributed the decrease to the loss of 53,000 international students because of pandemic restrictions, as well as declines in domestic in-migration. “The first two factors – which mirror nationwide trends – have contributed to the state’s population growth slowing and plateauing,” the state Department of Finance said. “Though a new federal administration took office in January, immigration policies were not altered until late February, and lags in implementing these changes remain. The additional Covid-19-related deaths on top of these existing trends further compounded the annual loss.” Net international migration to California declined significantly to 27,000 people in fiscal year 2020 to 2021, researchers said, reflecting the suspension of visa processing in March 2020 through December 2020, which was extended to certain

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UCLA Chancellor Gene Block welcomes students to the campus on the first day of classes in Los Angeles at UCLA, Sept. 23. types of foreign worker visas through June 2021. Demographers noted the first population decline ever recorded in the state earlier this year, highlighting larger trends that recently led to the loss of a Congressional seat. But there is no evidence of a “CalExodus,” said Walter Schwarm, chief demographer with the state Department of Finance. “Until immigration is a consistent force again, California may bounce around zero for a while, with slight positives and negatives,” Schwarm said. “It really is immigration that in the last 10, 15 years has provided the majority of growth in California. That immigration flow is an important part of our diversity and force for the economy as well. We are attracting a well-educated, ready-to-work, dynamic immigrant population that really helps the state considerably.” Twenty counties, largely in the Central Valley, the Sacramento Valley, and the Inland Empire saw population gain, estimates show. And most inland counties had positive population growth rates, continuing a trend that started in 2016. All nine counties in the Bay Area had a drop in population for the first maximum reimbursement amount based on earning full contract is $426,807. Applications are required for the Shelley Dally Early Learning Village, Markham Preschool and Fairmont Preschool Program.

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time, demographers said. The decline could be explained in part by the pandemic-driven trend of remote work, in addition to the other main factors halting growth, Schwarm said. “If we are hiring in the Bay Area and other places, they’re currently not in office. So none of the individuals hired in the last year and a half have had to move to California,” Schwarm said. “They could be working for any number of California firms, still residing in states they were in previously. As long as a number of employers maintain this telework policy, I don’t think we will see as many people moving to California.”

The lower number of people moving to the state is compounded by rising housing prices, he said. “Housing prices are not cheaper now. They are more expensive,” he said. “That makes getting people to move to California difficult – especially when they don’t have to right now.” Still, Schwarm expects California’s outlook to improve. Without pandemic-related deaths, he said, the state would have seen much less population loss. “If we are talking a year from now, we could be back to zero or positive growth,” he said. “Let’s hope Omicron doesn’t turn out to be as deadly as other variants.”

Faced with rising overdoses driven by the opioid epidemic, San Francisco Mayor London Breed declared a state of emergency in the city’s Tenderloin neighborhood Friday. The declaration is part of the mayor’s Tenderloin Emergency Intervention Plan and will allow the city to waive certain laws and remove bureaucratic barriers in order to increase the resources available to quickly address the crisis, her office said. “The overdose problem has worsened, particularly over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic, but the recent rapidly deteriorating conditions in the Tenderloin caused by the opioid crisis put the lives of San Franciscans in serious risk,” the announcement said. If approved in the next seven days by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, the state of emergency will allow the city to speed up implementation of emergency programs such as waiving contract procurement rules and zoning and planning codes in order to quickly open a site where people with substance abuse issues can get treatment and get off the street, the mayor’s office said. “We’re really happy to

finally see the mayor address what has been escalating in the neighborhood for months,” said Elise Gorberg, a spokesperson for the nonprofit Tenderloin Community Benefit District. “Politics aside, Tenderloin residents have been living in unacceptable conditions for far too long – these are business owners, immigrants, families with children – and the city owes it to these people to take action.” Gorberg said the neighborhood needs more than “one-off” responses to incidents and that a coordinated, comprehensive approach is necessary to address the violence and drug abuse. “Residents deserve a neighborhood where they feel safe walking to work or to schools and playgrounds, without the threat of gun violence or the need to step into the street to avoid drug activity,” she said. The mayor’s announcement is a step in the right direction, Gorberg said. In addition to the Tenderloin, the declaration area also includes a portion of the city’s SoMa neighborhood, according to the announcement. If ratified, it will be in place for no more than 90 days. More than two people per day are dying of drug overdoses, said Supervisor Matt Haney.

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England has hundreds of thousands of new omicron cases each day Tribune Content Agency LONDON — England is “almost certain” to be suffering hundreds of thousands of omicron variant cases a day, the U.K.’s top scientific advisers said as they urged the government to act within days to prevent hospitals being overrun. “The earlier interventions happen, the greater the effect they will have,” the scientists said. Levels of infection from the new strain are at their highest in London, the government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies, or SAGE, said in the minutes of its Dec. 16 meeting, released on Saturday. Mayor Sadiq Khan earlier declared a “major incident” due to omicron’s rapid spread across the capital, home to about 9 million people. The move allows the city to coordinate emergency services and access government support. Without further restrictions from the government, new hospitalizations could reach a peak of at least 3,000 a day, SAGE said. To avoid that pressure, “more stringent measures would need to be implemented very soon,” the panel said. Because of the typical lag between infection and the development of more serious symptoms, there are likely to be between 1,000 and 2,000 admissions per day in England by the end of the year. Still, it’s not yet clear how severe, or mild, the variant is. South Africa, which first identified it, delivered some positive news on its own outbreak on Friday, reporting a much lower rate of hospital admissions and signs the wave of infection may

be peaking. The U.K. scientists said bringing back some of the restrictions used earlier in the year – including limits on household mixing and the closing of hospitality venues – could “substantially reduce” the peak in cases. The advice creates a dilemma for Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who said he wanted the country’s emergence from its previous lockdown – carried out in four steps starting March 8 – to be irreversible. He’s relied so far on lighter measures, and has leaned heavily on the U.K.’s vaccination booster program to limit the current wave. After suffering the biggest Tory rebellion of his term earlier this week over new Covid-19 rules, Johnson will struggle to get stricter measures past his mutinous members of Parliament. The recommendation from government advisers and the latest case numbers may add to the pressure. Saturday saw 90,418 new cases in the U.K., down slightly from Friday’s record but up 44% in the past week. Another 125 Covid deaths were reported, although fatalities have been mostly stable for months and are lower now than a month ago. Accelerating the booster campaign will not affect transmission or the severity of cases in time to prevent added hospitalizations, SAGE said. Another paper released by SAGE on Saturday and dated Dec. 15 suggests that if current restrictions, known as Plan B, are in place for several weeks and not enhanced by additional measures, infections could peak as high as

2 million a day some time between late December and January. Hospitalizations may be as high as 10,000 a day in January or February, and deaths as high as 6,000 a day between mid-January and mid-March, the SAGE paper estimated. The modeling comes with heavy caveats because of uncertainties around the severity of the omicron variant and the effectiveness of vaccines. “These are NOT government policy options or proposals,” the document says. “These are not forecasts or predictions.” The panel recommended testing both before and after large events, including at workplaces and schools. It also said that a return to some of the social distancing measures from earlier in the year, “if enacted early enough, could substantially reduce the potential peak in hospital admissions and infections compared with” current rules. In terms of how long restrictions would need to be in place, the advisers examined three scenarios. In the first, the virus doesn’t spread as quickly or as severely as feared, and measures could be removed after about 10 days. In the second, and most likely scenario, measures should be kept in place long enough to allow everyone to get a booster, which would take until mid-January or later. Close to 40% have had a booster so far. In the third, the restrictions would have to stay in place until an adjusted vaccine has been developed to tackle the newest variant – something that could take some months.

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t’s long been said that California is where people can see the United States’ future. In reality, the Golden State seems to be in slow, steady decline. A new study from the University of California at Berkeley shows that the number of people moving to the state has dropped precipitously since the pandemic began, with the largest decline in the tech-heavy San Francisco Bay area. That should come as no surprise: Employees at companies such as Facebook have largely worked remotely since the beginning of the pandemic, meaning there were fewer reasons for new employees to move to the California offices. That also produced greater than normal departures from the Bay Area. But this pattern is an accelHenry Olsen eration of long-term trends. More people have been leaving California than arriving for many years. California’s Legislative Analyst’s Office found that the state had lost a net 1 million people to other states between 2007 and 2016. Its population had increased only because of births and international migration. The latter category is key for the state’s growth. In 2017, 28 percent of California’s population was foreign-born, nearly double the percentage that had been born in other states. The pandemic throws stark relief on these trends. If remote work is the wave of the future – and Facebook’s recent announcement that it will allow all employees to apply for permanent remote work suggests it is - then why move to California and groan under its absurdly high cost of living? The median price of a home in the state is expected to exceed $800,000 in 2022, and the median price in Santa Clara County (also known as Silicon Valley) is $1.3 million. Median-priced houses in nicer areas with high-quality schools such as Cupertino or Palo Alto run between $2 million and $3.2 million, all for old homes with roughly 2,000 square feet of living space. There are many other reasons to avoid the Golden State. Homelessness is often exaggerated, but there’s no denying it’s a real problem in many areas of the state. The average gallon of gas costs $4.67, nearly a $1 more than neighboring states and pricier than even in Hawaii. Crime is up, and regular news reports of smashand-grab burglaries in San Francisco help fuel the sense that the state is out of control. Add in the nation’s eighth-highest state and local tax burden, and it’s no wonder more residents are saying “no thanks” to California. History shows it’s hard to get out of a downward spiral once it starts. New York was once the nation’s cultural and economic hub, but it started a slow decline in the 1950s. Its large size masked the trend for a while, but New York slowly lost population compared with other states as people and companies voted with their feet. The Empire State had 45 representatives in the U.S. House in 1940, but they lost two members in each of the following three decades. The bottom fell out in the 1970s, with rampant crime and New York City’s bankruptcy combined with the deindustrialization of much of Upstate New York producing an exodus. The state’s population dropped by nearly 700,000 people, costing it five congressional seats after the 1980 Census. That’s already starting to happen to California. It lost population for the first time in 2020, dropping by nearly 200,000 people. Most observers want to believe that won’t happen again, but the thing about tipping points is that they are difficult to see in advance. Even if the drop does reverse, there’s no reason to think the state will resume its rapid, 20th-century growth. The best-case scenario for California seems to be that it will be like mid-20th-century New York – slowly sinking from its own excess and neglect while still giving off a veneer of splendor. If California is the new New York, Texas might be the new California. It has exploded over the past 50 years, gaining 15 congressional seats since 1970 and moving from the sixth-largest state in 1960 to the second-largest one today. It attracts people from other states, gaining nearly a net 2 million people between 2000 and 2019. Much of that growth comes from California, which isn’t surprising given that the median price for a home in the Lone Star State is still less than $300,000 despite large increases since the pandemic began. Henry Olsen is a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.

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Gas weapon in a Russia-Ukraine conflict

the trunk while standing ccording to Vladion a branch only happens mir Putin, “true sovin cartoons.” ereignty of Ukraine is possible only in partnerIn voicing support for ship with Russia.” Besides Ukraine this weekend, Gerthe delicious contradiction many’s new chancellor, Olaf there, it shows how far the Scholz, was careful to not Russian president’s designs put Nord Stream 2 directly on Ukraine stretch beyond the on the block. His ambiguity gas pipelines that fueled preechoes the joint declaraLiam Denning vious crises. (You can read tion his predecessor made the whole, rather turgid essay here.) with the U.S. in July. That committed Yet if Russia does invade Ukraine Germany to: (again), the effect on energy markets . . . take action at the national this winter is something Western level and press for effective meacountries will need to contend with. sures at the European level, including The most obvious point of impact, sanctions, to limit Russian export one that obsesses Washington, is the capabilities to Europe in the energy roughly 40% of Europe’s gas imports sector, including gas, and/or in other that come from Russia. In the past, economically relevant sectors. spats between Moscow and Kyiv This is the diplomatic equivalent would occasionally result in cutoffs of “we’ll see how it goes, shall we?” because the pipelines run through It’s worth noting that although the Ukraine. But now the Nord Stream U.S. might publicly press Germany 2 project linking Russia directly with to take a stand if Russia attacks, the Germany has been built to avoid that. defense budget bill passed in the The U.S. regards this as part of the House earlier this month contains Kremlin’s multidecade project to no language targeting Nord Stream use gas as a weapon to divide Euro2 with sanctions. pean allies. For Germany, it’s a way If anything, it is in Scholz’s interest to diversify supply routes to alleviate to see the pipeline approved sooner the risks that come with buying a lot rather than later. The longer it takes, of gas from Russia. the greater the risk that approval will Putin is happy to exploit this be overtaken by some new Russian tension between Washington and aggression in Ukraine. That would Berlin. There is little prospect of highlight Germany’s weakness and Nord Stream 2 being blocked, as probably stoke divisions within both much as the U.S. would like to see the coalition government and the that happen. The thing is all but built European Union. And getting Nord and awaits regulatory approval. Stream 2 off the table now might Europe’s gas market is already sideline an issue that has tended to jittery, with storage tanks only 62% dominate and divide trans-Atlantic full - lower than the 80% average energy discussions. level for this time of year. When the Rather than the Germans cutting Germans delayed their approval of off a gas pipeline that hasn’t even Nord Stream 2 in November, already started up, might Russia stop the eye-watering European gas prices gas supply if faced with other counshot higher. Any threat by Germany termeasures? That’s possible given to cut off extra gas supply to itself Ukraine’s apparent existential imporin this situation would be hollow. As tance to Putin. But condemning Kevin Book of ClearView Energy Europe to a mixture of hypothermia Partners puts it: “Sawing towards and recession this winter would unite

his opponents, undoing the divisions he has managed to exploit thus far. The symbiosis at the heart of the Russian-European gas relationship – the former needing money and expertise and the latter, heat and power - has kept it going for more than half a century, including during the Cold War. But Putin is now aggressively testing the bond. Even if the latest Ukraine tensions pass without incident, this year’s curiously timed depletion of Gazprom PJSC’s European storage tanks and Putin’s own bitter rhetoric against European energy-market liberalization have probably done lasting damage. In the short term, the energy weapon can be effective in forcing one’s wishes on importing nations because consumption is relatively inelastic. But the history of some of Putin’s OPEC+ buddies and his own earlier faceoffs with Ukraine show that the long-term blowback - customers diversifying their energy supply, for example - can inflict lasting damage. This is especially relevant when Europe is pushing an ambitious green agenda backed by effective carbon tariffs, which pose a particular risk to Russia’s emissionsintensive exports. Still, we’re talking about Putin and Ukraine. Far from giving him pause, the notion that his biggest energy customer is intent on going green might spur him to go for broke. If European dependence on Russian gas is destined to diminish, then waiting only weakens Putin’s leverage. Whatever else the energy transition means, it won’t end energy geopolitics. Liam Denning is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering energy, mining and commodities. He previously was editor of the Wall Street Journal’s Heard on the Street column and wrote for the Financial Times’ Lex column. He was also an investment banker.

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Why is Congress allowed to trade stocks?

n the world many of us gress are often privy to would like to see, we’d information the general admire public servants of public doesn’t have, and all kinds for their dedicawhen they trade on that tion to the country. Yet we’d information, it creates also acknowledge that having serious conflicts of interest. a government that operates Only occasionally is a smoothly and free of corrupmember of Congress found tion requires those public guilty of that kind of secuservants to accept some conPaul Waldman rities fraud; former Rep. ditions on their employChris Collins, R-N.Y., was in ment they might not tolerate if 2019 (but he was pardoned by thenthey were in the private sector. President Donald Trump). But even Most of the time, that’s how things if they aren’t found guilty of breaking do work. Members of Congress, for the law, at a minimum it can create instance, have to file financial disthe appearance of corruption. closures that are made public, which And so, when a U.S. senator frantiyou don’t have to do if you work at a cally dumps $1.6 million in stocks just hardware store. before the market tanks because of Which is why it was so striking the pandemic (and calls his brotherwhen House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in-law, who immediately dumps his D-Calif., defended the right of those own stocks), people might conclude members and their staffers to trade that their elected representatives individual stocks. must be corrupt. Pelosi was asked WednesFortunately, there’s a simple soluday about a report in Insider that tion to this problem: Ban members of showed 49 members of Congress Congress and staffers from trading and 182 staffers in violation of the individual stocks. For the time they Stock Act - which requires them to serve in Congress, they can put their report any stock trades they make in holdings into mutual funds. a timely fashion – since 2020. She said It isn’t like that’s some kind of that if people aren’t reporting as the hardship. Over time, the stock market law requires, then they should. Which tends to rise! They’ll make money. is unobjectionable. A better way to look at this issue It was her response to a broader might be to ask why it’s important for question - whether they should be members of Congress to be allowed to able to trade individual stocks at trade individual stocks. Is this some all – that was more troubling. Here’s kind of foundational freedom that no what she said: American should be denied even for a This is a free market, and people – temporary period? Did generations of we’re a free market economy, and brave American service members lay they should be able to particidown their lives so your congressman pate in that. could take a chance on Tesla shares The truth is that no one should going up next year? trade individual stocks, unless you Being a lawmaker is a privilege want to lose your money. Just put and a public trust. And it comes with what you can in an index fund, and some sacrifices. This doesn’t seem you’ll be fine. like a particularly onerous one, and But unlike you, members of Conit would be easier to enforce than

the STOCK Act - which doesn’t seem to get much enforcement at all. No complex reporting requirements, no deadlines, and no questions about whether a trade really was based on non-public information. Just a simple rule that says that as long as you’re in Congress you can’t buy or sell individual stocks. Which brings us to another set of public servants who are chafing at the requirements of their jobs: members of the military who don’t want to be vaccinated against covid-19. The services have begun discharging members who refuse to comply with the secretary of defense’s order that all service members must be vaccinated. After all, we’re in the middle of a pandemic that has killed 800,000 Americans, and most people in the military work in close quarters with others and can’t do their jobs remotely. It’s particularly ludicrous for anyone in the military to claim that they should enjoy the special privilege to infect people with a potentially deadly disease. Not only do you have to get a series of vaccinations against diseases like tetanus and measles to join up in the first place, there’s almost nothing more characteristic of life in the military than the fact that you are required to follow orders. If you can’t bring yourself to do so, you’ll have to find another line of work. And in what seems like a generous concession, military refusers will receive honorable discharges if their records are otherwise free of problems. The good news is that the overwhelming majority of service members are complying; only a tiny portion are likely to be discharged. Paul Waldman is an opinion writer for the Plum Line blog.

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Wildfires From Page One manage wildland fires, including the rehabilitation of land affected from wildland fires.” The commission will include federal, state, tribal, county and municipal governments, as well as nongovernmental representatives from private industry, the announcement said. It is tasked to produce a report for Congress, and to “outline a strategy to cost-effectively meet aerial firefighting equip-

Vallejo From Page One he was instrumental in getting restored to its former glory after the site became overgrown and disheveled. “We were well aware of how sadly the cemetery had been ignored,” he said, expressing thanks to the politicians and others who made it a priority to fix it up. Supervisor Monica

holiday party. A college student who tried to find a kit at three pharmacies before giving up could end up infecting a grandmother with a weak immune system at Christmas. “Testing shouldn’t be just the gold ring at the end of an obstacle course,” said Adriane Casalotti, chief of public and government affairs at the National Association of County and City Health Officials. “It should be easily accessible, it should be something that doesn’t burden or take too much out of your day because that’s the only way it becomes routine.” Casalotti said testing capacity is under major strain as exposures to positive cases grow, schools, workplaces and travel destinations require proof of negative test results and government agencies recommend testing before holiday gatherings. Local public health officials often have to decide whether to use their limited staff and resources on shoring up vaccine sites or testing sites, she said. The Biden administration has taken steps to increase the availability of rapid testing, including streamlining the review process to authorize kits, and ensuring supply of about 200 million for December. But critics say the U.S. has still failed to make tests as readily accessible as they are in other countries such as the United Kingdom and Singapore. President Joe Biden also moved to require insurers reimburse rapid test kit purchases, which typically run about $25 for two tests. But it will not take effect until after the holidays and places the burden on the consumer. White House press secretary Jen Psaki dismissed a question about sending free testing kits to households as costly earlier this month, although several states are already doing so. Colorado has distributed nearly 1.3 million free rapid tests to about 180,000 residents this year, making them widely available in late September. Residents can place an order online for up to four tests, twice a week. Justin McCammon, a 36-year-old software engineer in the Boulder, Colo., area, already made rapid tests a staple of pandemic life since he and his wife started buying them at Walmart in August and using them weekly after sending their toddler to day care. When Colorado started

free shipments, he would request them weekly online to save money. McCammon and his wife used rapid tests after attending concerts in October. His wife used one after returning from a trip to San Francisco over Thanksgiving. When he started feeling cold-like symptoms this week, he quickly got negative test results using the rapid kits. They have even more on hand for when his relatives start flying in for Christmas over the weekend. “It’s just part of our routine, and it’s just what we do and it gives us a little bit of peace of mind,” McCammon said in a phone interview while in his car undergoing a PCR test to confirm the results. “Especially after a year plus of having so much anxiety around everything covid related, and the ebbs and flows and the waves and any little sniffle you get making you wonder, ‘Oh my God, is this it?’ “ Free test giveaways have not been a panacea for testing problems. New Hampshire Republican Gov. Chris Sununu touted his administration’s efforts to make rapid tests available for online order in late November as his state battles one of the nation’s worst coronavirus surges. But the supply ran out within 24 hours. State health officials did not immediately return requests for comment on whether they would offer more. Customers are instead turning to retail stores where kits sell out quickly after arriving and access is spotty. After unsuccessfully trying three pharmacies in West Lebanon, N.H., Kathy Brice found a Flowflex Antigen Home Test on display near the pharmacy section of a CVS about a 10-minute drive north in Hanover. Brice, 72, wanted the negative test result before visiting her 4-year-old granddaughter, who is too young to be vaccinated. “I’ve taken all the boosters, all the shots, but I traveled to the Virgin Islands for the birth of my granddaughter and then Naples [Fla.] to see friends,” said Brice, who lives just over the border in Vermont. One of the CVS stores where Brice struck out in the morning received a new shipment later in the day. They were kept out of view by the cash register and limited to one per customer. Rachael Ringenberg of Bridgewa-

ter, Vt., left with a box in hand after asking the cashier if they had any in stock. She described rapid tests as the ticket to a semi-normal life in Vermont, which has been reeling from a recent surge despite being the most vaccinated and boosted state in the United States. “I have four kids and it’s starting to feel like if you have the test, then you can do stuff,” said Ringenberg, 37. “People are asking to do it before they meet up. I’m going to go to a play tonight and they want to see the negative tests before that for the kids because they’re not vaccinated yet.” Her children all tested negative in time to marvel at the fake snow and beautiful costumes in an evening performance of “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.” Rapid tests are not always accepted as a proof of a negative test result for travel, school or events, leaving some people jostling to find PCR appointments. Chris Patterson called a local pharmacy in his Hudson River valley community and was quoted $150 each for a PCR test after his two daughters developed cold symptoms and couldn’t go to school as cases surged in New York. The closest site that accepted insurance was 25 miles away at an old drive-through bank in a strip mall. He waited more than an hour and said staff told him they were surprised by how many people showed up. They tested negative and were able to return to school the next day. But Patterson was surprised at the obstacles along the way and is on guard for insurance denying his claims. “We are trying to do everything right by getting tested to know we are not spreading the virus and so we can have a normal holiday,” said Patterson, 39. “We were hoping to have a little more sense of normalcy this year, but it just seems fleeting with the uptick in cases and it’s a financial burden to get tested, so you feel like you are penalized for doing the right thing.” Patterson noted he was fortunate to be in a position to step aside from his finance job for several hours on short notice. Experts said many people will not go out of their ways to get tested, especially if they lack flexibility with their jobs or have child-care obligations.

ment needs through 2030.” “We have a historic opportunity to take action on forest restoration, hazardous fuels management and post-wildfire restoration activities, and better address the needs of federal wildland firefighters,” Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said in the statement. “The commission . . . will provide valuable insight into ways we can better prepare communities and ecosystems against the threat of wildland fire across our nation’s public and tribal lands.” The 30-member commission will be chaired by

representatives of the departments of the Interior, Agriculture and Homeland Security secretaries. Appointees will include nine representatives from land management agencies with wildland fire programs: Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Fish & Wildlife and Forestry Services, FEMA leadership groups (Mitigation Framework and Recovery Support Function), and wildland fire operations management at the National Interagency Coordination Center. A representative from

another to-be-determined federal agency also will be seated. The law specifies that 18 non-federal representatives with wildland fire management knowledge and interest will be appointed from tribes, states, counties, local government, utilities and the firefighting community. The exact composition of the remaining appointees will be determined in the coming weeks. How much funding has been set aside for the commission was not provided after an email requesting additional information was submitted by the Daily Republic.

Brown was up next and told the assembled this year’s Wreaths Across America theme was “Live Up To Their Legacy” and to “remember, honor, teach.” The keynote was delivered by Cmdr. Bryan Dearolf, who told the story of Navy SEAL and Medal of Honor recipient Michael Monsoor, who threw himself on a grenade in order to save his comrades during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Dearolf also quoted Presi-

dent Ronald Reagan who famously said, “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.” From there, representatives from all branches of the military, the police union, and POW/MIAs placed small flags in a series of wreaths on pedestals. Taps was played and Pace ended with another prayer. Then the cemetery gate was opened and everyone fanned out across the expanse, each

person placing wreaths on each grave. Vallejo police Sgt. and union director Sanjay Ramrakah gently laid wreaths across a row of graves. Before laying down the fir, the name on the headstone was respectfully said aloud. Honoring each grave there was no mean feat, with more than 900 souls buried. But Dearolf reminded everyone of why they were there: To make a united front of gratitude.

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’m proud to be an American. That’s what this is about. At my age, it’s a decision that is long overdue. No longer. I am a patriotic American and will tell the world about it. America was created out of an atmosphere of faith. Nature and nature’s God. Our creator endowed us with certain unalienable rights. Among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Inalienable means “can’t be changed or taken away.” I don’t know about you, but I take the freedoms and opportunities for granted. It has become a way of life. I realize from time to time that the freedoms and opportunities we enjoy are only possible here in America to you and me as Americans. We take being an American for granted because it is the American way of life. Most of the time I charge ahead (not so much anymore) without a thought about the fact that America is the only country in the world where folks are free to independently succeed or fail. On Veterans Day and the Fourth of July, I wake up to the beauty of being an American. How can I make myself remember? I am going to have Jimmy Nakamura make me a placard I can see the first thing in the morning every day. It will say, “Be an American and be proud of it.” We need to stand proud and take to the defense of our nation and its

Murray Bass Plan to live founding values. I am proposing we adopt as our American patriot hymn, “In the beauty of the lily Christ was born across the sea. With a glory in his bosom that transfigured you and me. As he died to make men holy, let us fight to make men free. As he goes marching on.” Fight now while we can. Live as an American and be proud of it. It’s more than OK to be a patriot. I have made up my mind to become and to speak out as a patriot every chance I get. I will measure new laws and rules as to how American they are. How about you? Are you taking the magic of our nation for granted? I invite all of you to join me in loving and living as an American. I’ll get one of my placards for you if you want to join me. Maybe some of you may feel I am going off the deep end. If you had lived my life, you wouldn’t feel that way. Look at your own life and maybe you will feel as I do. Thanks for being so patient with this old man’s love of country. Believe me, it feels good. Murray Bass of Fairfield can be reached at 707-720-5139 or mzb602@gmail.com.

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Have a bad cold? You are not alone Here’s why we could be seeing a worse cold season this year

Tribune Content Agency DALLAS — Craig Hoffman’s two-year-old son, Roky, came down with a cold a week before Thanksgiving after coming back from school. As a family, the Hoffman’s have been pretty careful, yet Roky’s cold quickly spread to the whole family. “One kid’s got a cough, next kid’s got a cough, and then mom and dad got a cough,” Hoffman said. The Hoffmans’ experience is one of many this cold season. Dr. David Winter with Baylor Scott and White in Dallas said that he’s seen an increase in cases of the common cold this year. “We were expecting to have a terrible cold season because last year was minimal,” Winter said. “Because last year everybody was masking and distancing and staying home. So we built up little natural immunity.” Winter said that natural immunity occurs when you are exposed to a virus, as opposed to immunity which occurs through vaccinations. He said that he’s seen an increase in the common cold at his clinic. “We’re seeing several a day,” Winter said. “We’ve seen an increase in the last couple of weeks.” In Hoffman’s experience, he and his family had a cough, runny nose, sore throat and itchy eyes.

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With family gatherings coming up, many doctors recommend taking precautions to not get sick. He said that although his family didn’t get sick very often, this cold did feel a little different. “It wasn’t any worse than other colds. It didn’t knock me down,” Hoffman said. “But, I mean, it definitely was kind of grueling. It’s like ‘OK, I should be better by now.’” Winter said that people who exhibit cold symptoms may have something other than the cold virus. He said that people

with just a cold are more likely to have sneezing and congestion. However, people with the flu are more likely to have fever, muscle aches, body aches, chills and sweats. Mild cases of Covid-19 could also present as cold symptoms. “If you’ve been vaccinated for Covid and you get Covid, it’s a mild illness for the most part, and it resembles the cold,” Winter said. “I’ve seen several people that

I thought probably had a cold virus, but we tested and they’ve got Covid-19. So if you have symptoms, I would suggest you stay home.” According to a release from Parkland Health and Hospital System, it takes longer for Covid-19 symptoms to present than symptoms from the flu or the common cold. Also, those with Covid-19, will be contagious for longer while the flu and the common cold recovery period is usually between seven to ten days. “Contracting both flu and Covid-19 at the same time is very possible – and that’s something no one would want to experience,” said Dr. Manisha Raja with Community Medicine at Parkland in the release. “Fortunately, flu and Covid-19 vaccinations are easily available, safe and effective. The CDC also says it’s safe to get both shots at the same time.” With family gatherings coming up, many doctors recommend taking precautions to not get sick. “In addition to getting flu and Covid vaccinations, we can reduce the risk of getting sick this winter by washing our hands often, avoiding close contact with sick people, and not touching our face with unwashed hands,” Raja said. “Most importantly, if you’re sick, stay home.”

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

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4 p.m. Wednesday Rob Lopez & Jeff Curtis Pioneer Tap Room, 4491 Suisun Valley Road. pioneertaproom.com.

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Nut Tree Plaza, 1661 E. Monte Vista Ave. www.facebook. com/NutTreeVacaville.

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hat has 137,000 lights, a Star Wars beam and a 40-foot Christmas tree? The Light Show at Northgate, a non-denominational church located in Benicia. This is the second year for the display, which senior pastor Larry Davis describes as “like an old drive-in (theater) and Disneyland.” Covid-19 restrictions called for a creative way to bring people out to celebrate the season in a safe way. “At this time last year, we were totally shut in,” Davis said. “We were trying to figure out a safe fun way to connect with people and give them some joy.” People are living with a hope deficit, he said. The show is designed to offer hope,

The 2020 version was a hit and resulted in caring for the community at large, one of the church’s missions. Prior to last year, the church offered family-oriented Christmas services, inside. There was also community outreach. Last year, the church helped some community members pay off medical debts. This year is focused on giving Christmas to the women and children living in battered women’s shelters, Davis said. “It’s a good way to participate in more than the light show,” Davis said. The light show lasts about 20 minutes. A 60-second spot follows thanks to those who came and share information about the church. “There are no expectations,” Davis said. Tickets are required to help control traffic. Those with tickets are asked to arrive about 20 minutes prior to the ticketed time and queue up with others waiting their turn.

‘Spider-Man’ stars Holland, Zendaya know exactly what they’re doing Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — Tom Holland and Zendaya, just take our money. You’ve already stolen our hearts. As if fans needed any more incentive to see Hollywood’s hottest onand off-screen couple together in “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” Zendaya’s latest Instagram post about Holland has sent millions of followers into a frenzy – just in time for the movie’s opening weekend. Coincidence? Definitely not. Holland and Zendaya play high school sweethearts Peter Parker and MJ Watson, respectively, in the most recent trilogy of “Spider-Man” movies. “My Spider-Man, I’m so proud of you,” the Emmy winner captioned adorable behind-thescenes and childhood photos of Holland in costume as Spider-Man. “Some things never change and good thing.” (The duo’s “SpiderMan” costar Marisa Tomei commented with lots of heart emojis. Same, Aunt May.) Devoted Tomdaya

“Otherwise we would not have enough spots,” Davis said. Participants turn on the car radio and experience the light show. The lights are in sync with the music. It takes about a month to set up. The light show opened on Dec. 1 and ends Tuesday. Shows are from 6 to 9 p.m. with the last car leaving about 9:30. Davis said he hears many adjectives from those who watched the show. “There’s a lot of excitement,” he said. “And thanks for giving a bit of hope and joy in the season.” All ages can enjoy the show, Davis said. “Families often take a night and drive around to see the Christmas lights. We can be one of those places,” he said. Davis said the church plans on continuing the light show in the future. Secure free tickets, and more information,

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MJ (Zendaya) and Spider-Man (Tom Holland) jump off a bridge in “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” fans probably recognized that caption as a sweet response to Holland’s heartfelt birthday message for Zendaya, which nearly broke the internet in September. “My MJ, have the happiest of birthdays,” Holland wrote on Instagram at the time. “Gimme a call when your up.” The “Euphoria” star’s Instagram tribute to the “Cherry” actor is just the latest Tomdaya content to go viral in the weeks leading up to the release of “No Way Home” – the grand finale of their Spidey saga. The power couple’s

palpable chemistry has been on full display throughout the “No Way Home” press tour – their first significant promotional work for a “Spider-Man” film since they were photographed k-i-s-s-i-n-g in Los Angeles. Naturally, the internet – which had already long manifested a reallife romance between the 25-year-old A-listers – has eaten it up. While surfing the web this month, you’ve likely come across at least one of these widely circulated clips (if not all four): Holland and Zendaya

giggling up a storm while critiquing each other’s cooking habits; Holland and Zendaya demonstrating how their height difference complicated stunts; certified short king Holland calling the obsession with said height difference “ridiculous”; and Holland losing his mind over Zendaya’s arrival at the “No Way Home” premiere in L.A. Between this and the similarly buzzy “Dune” press tour, one thing is absolutely certain: Zendaya knows how to promote the heck out of a movie. Sony: Give your stars a raise.

SAN FRANCISCO— The San Francisco Symphony announces the public release of “Deck the Hall at the Drive-In,” available for free on-demand viewing via the SFSymphony+ streaming service starting Monday. The symphony perDavies forms at Symphony Hall. “Deck the Hall at the Drive-In “ premiered on Dec. 5 on the big screen at Fort Mason Flix, kicking off the SF Symphony’s holiday season. The digital family-friendly holiday is hosted program by the SF Symphony’s Resident Conductor of Engagement and Education Daniel Barand tholomew-Poyser features performances by the Caribbean

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Spotify unveils sprawling podcast hub in downtown LA Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — When executive Courtney Holt joined Spotify four years ago, the music streaming giant had already outgrown its Sunset Boulevard office and teams were scattered around Los Angeles County. The employee sprawl continued as the Swedish company expanded into the podcasting business, acquiring L.A.-based production companies the Ringer and Parcast. The need to establish a central space where everyone could collaborate became even more paramount. Enter Pod City, the centerpiece of Spotify’s sprawling new campus in the Arts District in downtown Los Angeles. The campus – which can accommodate as many as 600 employees – encompasses 18 podcast studios, a theater, an indoor stage and places for musicians to tinker with vintage instruments, including a piano once used by singer-songwriter Norah Jones. “You think about where the streaming industry is – it really is centered here,” Holt, Spotify’s global head of podcasts and new initiatives, said in an interview. “We want to be able to have the right home for our teams and for the creator community ... that’s why we’re investing in L.A. It’s an important city for Spotify.” The new facility is emblematic of Spotify’s rapid transition. Founded in Sweden in 2006, the company began as a music streaming service but three years ago began an ambitious foray into podcasts, rebranding itself as an audio company. It acquired several podcast businesses such as Gimlet Media, the New York-based producer, and Megaphone, a Reston, Va., business that provides ad-linking tools for audio programs. Beyond centralizing its podcasting business in one place, the new Los Angeles operation allows Spotify to reduce the costs of paying outside vendors, attract and nurture new talent, and produce more original shows that it can own and distribute. “Spotify built itself as

a company that creates a solution for people to stream music from the start, and they’re beholden to doing deals with all the major labels and paying out streaming royalties, but the issue for them has always been they never owned any of it,” said Travis Dunlap, a digital media agent with WME. “They saw a massive opportunity with podcasting and that they can start funding this content and be engaged with the partner on it and having an ownership stake in the actual content itself.” Spotify – which released 108 new, original and exclusive podcasts in the third quarter – has a wide range of audio programs on its platform spanning various categories, including true crime, news and pop culture. Among the most popular programs are “The Joe Rogan Experience” and New York magazine’s investigative podcast series “Cover Story.” Shows recorded in Pod City include “The Bridge: 50 Years of Hip Hop”; “Higher Learning With Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay,” where the hosts discuss Black culture, politics and sports; and “Nosy Neighbors,” hosted by comedians Candice Thompson and Chinedu Unaka. Today, Spotify has an estimated 28.2 million monthly U.S. podcast listeners and is estimated to surpass Apple Podcasts by year’s end, according to research firm eMarketer. In addition to podcasts and music, Spotify has increased its video efforts, releasing footage of its hosts recording their podcasts last summer. “This was a really great attempt to try and create the most forwardthinking and future-proof strategy around how we can do production that’s going to be dynamic and nimble to meet the needs of the platform and consumers,” Holt said. Spotify continues to make acquisitions to expand its reach into audio content. Facing competition from Clubhouse, which hosts live audio chatrooms, Spotify launched its version called Greenroom from its acquisition of Betty

Labs in March. With Amazon’s audio books giant Audible increasing its scripted podcasts in areas such as comedy, Spotify said it would buy audiobooks business Findaway in November. Holt says he views Spotify as content agnostic – giving creators the tools to put out content through different forms on the streaming service, whether that’s an audiobook, podcast or music. “The company broadly continues to believe in and invest in the broader audio industry,” Holt said. The new facilities can be appealing to talent, especially those new to podcasting who may not have production facilities in which to record audio and video, Dunlap said. “It’s enticing to partner up with someone like Spotify because it’s kind of a one-stop shop for all their needs,” Dunlap said. Spotify executives declined to say how much they invested in the L.A. campus, but the company disclosed last year that it planned to spend nearly $100 million on building out its offices in L.A., Mumbai, Miami and other cities. Spotify faces fierce competition from such rivals as SirusXM and iHeartMedia that have also invested heavily in podcasts. Spotify’s rivals have also scaled up their own acquisitions, as SiriusXM purchased podcast company Stitcher and Amazon Music acquired West Hollywoodbased Wondery. “They were fast out the gate in terms of doing some bigger deals,” Dunlap said, “but now the rest of the industry has caught up, so there’s more competition for them in general.” The campus is part of the At Mateo complex on Mateo Street, near the trendy Girl & the Goat restaurant and a space occupied by USC Roski School of Art and Design. Spotify occupies more than 150,000 square feet, which is considered among the largest leases signed in the Arts District. “Our At Mateo space truly is the house that audio built,” Dawn Ostroff, Spotify’s chief content and advertising

business officer, said in a statement. “It embodies where we’re headed as a company, our commitment to audio and our vision to create an immersive community for creators.” Visitors to Spotify’s main L.A. building enter a security entrance surrounded by black fencing similar to that used atmusic concert entrances, with background lights that change colors and music streaming from Spotify. There are colorful listening rooms, including one where Spotify’s music team can meet with artists to discuss their latest songs while lounging on velvet couches set against round windows. “We thought an awful lot about creation and creativity, how people interact with places and what makes you feel inspired,” said Chris D’Angelo, head of Spotify’s production and studio facilities. Next door is “Pod City,” which holds the largest number of podcast studios of all of Spotify’s U.S. offices. A third building is focused around live events and music. It opens to an indoor stage, with space for an audience of up to 600 people on the lower floor and a VIP space on an upper floor. There are music recording studios, an echo chamber and a trove of vintage musical instruments including a 1935 Rickenbacker guitar for artists to tinker with. Spotify’s L.A. office complements other entertainment and tech companies in the Arts District, including Warner Music Group that opened its West Coast headquarters on Santa Fe Avenue in 2019 inside a former Ford assembly plant, where about 650 people work. In 2020, Honey by PayPal, which creates price comparison online tools, moved into a 130,000 squarefoot space. “With its new campus downtown, Spotify will tap into our city’s energy and creativity and create new opportunities for Angelenos to shine,” Mayor Eric Garcetti said in a statement.

SAN JOSE — Enjoy the wonder of Christmas on Dec. 30 as MagicSpace Entertainment brings “A Magical Cirque Christmas,” a comedic, musical and time-travel journey of the holidays. The performance is at 7:30 p.m. at the San Jose’s Center for the Performing Arts, 255 S. Almaden Blvd. The Christmas tale begins as the Guardian of Time, who manages the changing of the seasons with his giant magical clock, struggles to face the countdown to the 2021 holidays as the world’s burden makes him feel down. In other words, he’s not feeling it. An optimistic, magical Christmas fairy appears to help, but despite her best intentions, causes time to go haywire when she breaks the clock. The story jumps along the time spectrum with visits to the rollicking 1920s a la The Great Gatsby style, the rockabilly 1950s, the boogie-oogie 1970s, and a classic Victorian 1890s London reminiscent of Charles Dickens. It’s accompanied by holiday music from each period. Audiences of all ages will see circus acts from around the world that have entertained TV audiences on “America’s Got Talent” and “The Late Show.” “We take the audience on this adventure through the decades and back to now where we can enjoy the beauty and festivity of the holiday season together,” co-director Louanne Madorma said in press materials. For a complete tour schedule and ticket information, visit MagicalCirqueChristmas.com. Masks are required for all ticket holders regardless of vaccination status. Masks must be worn at all times, except when actively eating or drinking in designated areas.

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The musical selections include popular holiday tunes, “Up on the Housetop,” “Frosty the Snowman,” “Sleigh Ride,” “’ Twas the Night Before Christmas,” “Deck the Hall,” and “Kolomeyke,” Russian Dance from The Nutcracker. It’s available at 10 a.m. via sfsymphonyplus.org. SF Symphony+

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The second Advent: Longing for full justice, righteousness, peace

after his death and any people at this time of resurrection. year have The Second that heartwarmAdvent is Jesus ing Christmas Christ returnspirit, which is ing upon the full wonderful, and in redemption of all the tradition of the of creation. We church, including often call this state the Episcopal Karen Freeman the “Kingdom of Church, we God,” which we Religious view continue pray for in the observing Advent. Lord’s Prayer, Advent, which means “Thy Kingdom come, Thy coming or arrival, is a will be done, on earth as it season of preparation with is in heaven.” two focal points: One is I believe that most on longing for a savior, people long for justice, which culminates in what righteousness and we call the First Advent; peace on Earth. Somethe other is on longing for thing radical will need to full justice, righteousness happen in order for that to and peace on Earth – the be accomplished. Second Advent. That “something” The First Advent, the began with the Incararrival of Jesus Christ in nation and will end with the Incarnation, is what the return of Christ. Christians celebrate at But we’re not meant to Christmas – God coming just sit back and wait for into the world as a human that to happen. person, to experience and Jesus gave his followconnect to our humaners plenty to do: to love ity, to demonstrate God’s God and to love our neighsacrificial love and to lift bor as ourself (Mark humanity up with him 12:30-31); to love one when Jesus ascended back another as much as Jesus to the heavenly realms loves us (John 13:34);

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The First Advent, the arrival of Jesus Christ in the Incarnation, is what Christians celebrate at Christmas. to seek God’s Kingdom (Matthew 6:33); and to lead others to Christ (Matthew 28:19-20), so that they, too, might follow him. We all long for light, for truth, for peace, for hope

and for love. This season seems to connect all people to these common desires for humanity. It’s within all of us – the spirit of compassion and generosity – sometimes buried

deep, requiring a lot of effort to overcome the cynicism and chaos of our time. But what a joy it is when we recognize it in ourselves and in others! In my view, that is the Spirit

of Christmas and the Spirit of God. The Rev. Karen Freeman is a priest at Grace Episcopal Church. You can reach her at gracechurchfairfield @gmail.com.

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DAILY REPUBLIC — Sunday, December 19, 2021 B5

My boyfriend’s past has me questioning his feelings Dear Annie: After thought I was. paying my dues with bad There was a pretty relationships, includsizable window of opporing a toxic marriage that tunity before we lost took me way too long touch, when we were to leave, I have finally spending enough time found real love with a together for something man whom I’ve known to happen, but to me, he since we were teenagers. didn’t seem to have the Annie Lane same feelings. However, After my divorce, we Dear Annie got back in touch and now that I know just how started dating. I had many other girls there always had a crush on him, and were that he chose over me at he tells me that he felt the same that time, I’m starting to quesway when we were younger, but tion if he actually did have the feelings for me he claims he did. nothing ever happened. We’re He tells me it was because not naive and know we each have our own histories with pre- he was too intimidated, but he vious relationships; however, clearly didn’t have any problem having just recently found with those other girls, so why out just how much history he was it just me? I know the past is has has triggered some insethe past, and I’m grateful that, curities that maybe I’m not after all this time, he finally quite as special as I previously chose me, but I just can’t help

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but feel that I’m just the next girl on the list. How do I move on and get past this? — Insecure Dear Insecure: Sounds like you’re not sure if you are living in a fairy tale and he is the prince who chose you over all the other fair maidens. You also have a choice of whether you want to choose him. Trust your instincts. Are any of his current actions making you feel like you are just the next girl on his list? And you have to ask yourself if you really want to be with a guy who has lists of girls. It might be more insecure to stay with a guy like that. On the other hand, he could have glorified you as “wife material,” and that is why he waited while sowing his oats, so to speak. If that is his thinking, then he is pretty sexist and I’m

not sure you want to be with a guy like that either. If you found out about his other women from him – by his being open and honest with you – then he might be OK. But if you heard about it through the grapevine, be careful. Dear Annie: I was in a relationship where I lived with this man for six years. We have lived apart for two years now, and I’m not in love with him anymore. I do love him, but not romantically. He is a narcissist, and I don’t know how to approach him in letting him know that I no longer want to be with him. There is nobody else in my life right now, so that is not why I want out. The problem is that he has to move out of his cousin’s house,

and he wants to move back in with me. I don’t want to live with him and go through hell again, which is what happened when we lived together. Please help. — Need to Break It Off Dear Break It Off: The word NO is sometimes the kindest word you can tell someone. The next time you speak with him, tell him it’s over – and don’t back down – no matter what he says. Set him free so you can set yourself free. Don’t focus on being afraid to break up with him. Focus on the fact that you will be giving yourself, and your ex, the opportunity to find a more healthy and loving relationship. Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@ creators.com.

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Today’s birthday You’ll pause, assess your relationships and determine where you most would like to make a difference. You’ll uplift or even save someone. Bolstered by a giving high, you’ll start projects, make deals and advance your own interests. Upgrades in transportation and seeing more of the world will be a theme. Taurus and Cancer adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 3, 11, 4, 44 and 29.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). What once made you happy no longer does, yet the memories have you holding on. There’s no reason to rush it. Give yourself permission to follow new joys and all will evolve naturally. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’ve a lucky knack for making intelligent, intuitive guesses. There are things you couldn’t possibly know about that you nonetheless get right on the first try. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Go soft on yourself and others. In later days, you will all benefit from tapping into deeper wells of inner strength but for now, it’s unnecessary. CANCER (June 22-July 22). You might spend a good portion of your day doing someone a favor. It’s not wasted time. You’ll enjoy figuring things out and you’ll build up goodwill you can cash in later. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). It’s disempowering to start too many projects at once because you never get to feel like you’re winning at any of them. Narrow your task list so you can see and celebrate its completion. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You make it your personal responsibility to uplift everyone you meet. It’s as though you’re dusted with good cheer and a little of it rubs off on each person you touch. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You can stay on track unenthusiastically, but it’s so much easier to perform when the energy is high and emotive. A cheering section will bring out the best in you. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You will correctly assess what you can do. This sounds like it should be a given but it doesn’t happen as much as people think. Correct assessment will be a key component of your success. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Though it’s not your intent, you’ll influence those around you because your style shines through all you do. By just doing what comes naturally to you, you’ll shape the way they think and behave. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). While for many people it would be enough to meet expectations, you aren’t completely happy until you’ve exceeded them. Picking the right person to work with is half the battle. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). If you’re an imposter, then you’re onto something. Acting “as if” will be crucial to your success. Keep pretending until it feels real. Next thing you know, it will actually be real. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You are complex and multifaceted but you won’t show that to just anyone. You wish to make a certain kind of impression, so you’ll simplify things. Organize your mind around a single motto. CELEBRITY PROFILES: The child of a director and a screenwriter, Jake Gyllenhaal turned his talents toward the big screen from an early age. Four luminaries in the highenergy sign of Sagittarius indicate confidence, charisma and an adventurous spirit. A witty Gemini moon says Gyllenhaal is the life of the dinner party or, in the case of his upcoming thriller, the life of the “Ambulance.” Write Holiday Mathis at HolidayMathis.com.

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he holidays are typically a happy time of year. However, over the past two years, many have faced difficulties coping with the Covid-19 pandemic, which may lead to mixed emotions about the holiday season. For some, the holidays may actually trigger feelings of sadness, anxiety, loneliness or loss. It may be difficult to explain why you are feeling down during this time of year, but the “holiday blues” are real. These feelings can have a direct impact on not only your mood but your body. You may have headaches, muscle tension, chest pain, stomach issues, insomnia, eating too much or too little, and angry outbursts. Some people turn to drugs, tobacco or alcohol to cope. Here are some of the reasons why you may be feeling a little more blue this time of year, and what you can do to bring more joy back into the holidays: n The holidays can be hard when you’re grieving the loss of a loved one. The pandemic may have made this harder. Don’t bear these feelings alone. You may be physically distanced but

don’t be emotionally distanced. It’s OK to ask for help and let others be there with you through this difficult time. n Worries about money can be a significant cause of stress or depression. You may feel like it’s important to spend more and buy extravagant gifts this year. But setting a budget can help. Avoid social media and shopping sites as this may increase your temptation to spend more. Be realistic about what you can spend, and don’t spend more than you’ve planned. You don’t want to be paying for those gifts in the new year. n You don’t have to spend money to show your loved ones how much you care about them. Any gift that is meaningful and personal can be just as impressive. A gift of time or an experience can create lasting memories. A photo album or scrapbook of those shared experiences can be particularly meaningful. You might want to express your appreciation with a handwritten letter to let people know how important they are to you. n Resist the pressure to create the perfect holiday. Focus on what makes holidays special for you and your family. There may be rituals or activities that you really don’t enjoy, but feel like you have to do, such as sending out holiday

cards, decorating or preparing a large meal. It’s okay to disengage and only focus on the events and activities that do bring you joy. Giving yourself the option to say no, can be a gift in itself. n Take care of your physical and emotional health. Try to maintain a regular sleep schedule with at least eight hours of sleep a night to make sure you are well-rested. That alone can help improve your mood. Maintain your exercise routine. Aim for at least 30 minutes of exercise a day. Even brisk 10-minute walks throughout the day can help. Enjoy treats in moderation while maintaining healthy eating habits. Avoid excessive alcohol when coping with stressful situations. Heavy drinking can impact your mood and actually enhance negative feelings. n Seek out volunteer opportunities or ways help improve the lives of others. Volunteering or helping a neighbor can create positive feelings and offset any negativity or sadness you may be feeling. Psychiatrist Lisa Kuhlman, M.D., is assistant physician in chief for mental health at Kaiser Permanente in the Napa Solano area, which is a partner of Solano Public Health.

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DAILY REPUBLIC — Sunday, December 19, 2021 B7

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Clash of the ‘slashes’: 49ers’ Samuel, Falcons’ Patterson Tribune Content Agency This week, 49ers offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel recalled how much he once enjoyed doing pre-draft homework on a certain physical SEC wide receiver who weighed over 200 pounds, was stunningly elusive after the catch, became a top-40 draft pick and is now a do-it-all-threat in the NFL. “He was one of my favorite guys with the ball in his hands

ever,” McDaniel said. “The way that he moved and (could) cut at his weight.” McDaniel wasn’t talking about versatile 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel, who ranks second among players at his position in rushing yards (240) in 2021. Rather, he was discussing Falcons wide receiver Cordarelle Patterson, who is the player ahead of Samuel with 547 rushing yards. Yes, a story line Sunday when the 49ers host the

Falcons at Levi’s Stadium will be the showdown between the “slashes” – the wide receiver/ running backs who are in a category of their own in 2021. Consider: No other wideout has more than 111 rushing yards this season and no others have made a habit of regularly taking their handoffs while lined up in the backfield. Asked earlier this season if he’s faced an opponent See Slashes, Page B14

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San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel, right, breaks free past Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker Myles Jack en route to a touchdown during the second quarter at TIAA Bank Field, Nov. 21, in Jacksonville.

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Vanden’s Abraham Sanders, left, Jamai East, top, and Cameron Fisherman smother a River City ball carrier

during the Vikings’ 49-0 win over the Raiders at George A. Gammon Field, Aug. 27.

Vanden’s 2021 football campaign one for the ages Paul Farmer

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FAIRFIELD — The Vanden High football team’s 2021 season was bookended by two improbable comeback victories, the opener on the road against a rugged Yuba City squad, the finale a state championship game at George A. Gammon Field. In between were battles against mostly solid teams – 12 of the Vikings’ 15 foes in 2021 made the postseason – with the green and gold meeting the challenge in their 13 victories, coming up short but learning valuable lessons in their two defeats. While pleased with his team’s victories, a common theme in coach Sean Murphy’s comments throughout the season was the need for improvement – to “play for all four quarters” – and the elimination of “silly” mistakes and penalties. All season long the Vikings would be playing for teammate Daniel Hughes and coaches Dan Gardner and Michael Belk Sr., who had died over the previous year. That inspiration helped carry them all the way to a state championship. Here’s a look back at a season the Vanden players, coaches and fans won’t soon forget.

Nonleague games AUG. 21: VANDEN 37, YUBA CITY 33 On a Saturday night in Yuba City, the Vikings got their season off to a slow start, falling behind 20-0 after the first quarter and trailing 20-6 at the half. They tied it up at 20-20 by the end of the third quarter and outscored the host Honkers 17-13 in the fourth to pull out the victory. It would be just one of four games in which the Vikings didn’t score first, the others being against Rancho Cotate,

When it comes to Tiger Woods, longtime caddie Jim “Bones” Mackay has seen it all – and often with the best view in the house. Mackay, like everyone else in golf, wondered if he’d ever get a chance to watch Woods out on the course again after a horrific single-car accident shattered his lower right leg a little less than 10 months ago. Mackay was reminded during Saturday’s PNC Championship not to put anything beyond Woods’ will and ability. Playing with his 12-year-old son Charlie, Woods held his own much of the day and even stole the show a time or two playing alongside world No. 6 Justin Thomas and his father, Mike. After a bogey-free 10-under-par 62, Team Woods sits 3 shots behind leaders Stewart Cink and son Reagan. Team Thomas and John Daly and son John Jr. are 12-under 60 in the 20-team event pairing professional golfers with a child or parent. “You become so con-

ditioned to seeing him do superhuman things,” Mackay said of Woods. “Nothing he does is ever going to surprise me.” Mackay caddied for Phil Mickelson for 25 years, much of those when Woods was perhaps the most dominant player the game has seen – winner of a record-tying 82 PGA Tour events, including 15 majors. Woods showed the occasional glimpse of those halcyon days Saturday at The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club Orlando, Grande Lakes. Woods singled out three shots as a few reminders of his singular talent: A 4-iron approach from 220 yards into the wind and a 5-wood from 240-50 to reach the greens of two par-5s, along with a striped 7-iron on a 216-yard par-3. “They came off exactly how I wanted to,” he said. Mackay called the 4-iron, on the 3rd hole, ”a shot a guy playing his best golf on the PGA Tour would hit.” Those moments inevitably led to speculation See Tiger, Page B8

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Vanden High players, coaches and fans celebrate the team’s 14-13 victory over Aquinas to win the CIF Division 3-AA State Championship at George A. Gammon Field, Dec. 11. Vacaville and Aquinas. Quarterback Tre Dimes had what would be one of his worst games of the season, completing just 11-of-29 passes for 133 yards, but threw TD passes to Michael Belk and Konar McLeod. Elijah Fisherman rushed for 121 yards and one touchdown on 26 carries with Dimes and Cameron Fisherman each adding TD runs. Quote from Murphy: “They never gave up hope that we were going to fight our way back into the game. Once we were able to execute, we were able to do some things. I was pleased with the way the young guys were able to get back up. The young guys were really nervous. Once they were punched in the face, they stepped up in roles they weren’t expected to. I think we showed a lot of grit.” AUG. 27: VANDEN 49, RIVER CITY 0 In a game that was on shaky ground on multiple fronts – Franklin of Elk Grove, the originally scheduled opponent, bowed out because of Covid-19 issues and poor air quality caused by smoke from Northern California fires threatened cancellation – the Vikings dominated from start to finish. Dimes threw for four touchdowns, the first of seven times during the season he’d have four or more TD passes. Brayden Chavez caught five passes for 114 yards, the first of his four 100-yard receiving games, and one touchdown, while TD catches were also made by Amarion York, Belk and Robert Breed.

Elijah Fisherman ran for 155 yards, the season high for a Vikings rusher, while older brother Cameron Fisherman rambled for 100 yards, his season best, with the siblings accounting for half of Vanden’s four 100-yard efforts on the season in one game. Out of Vanden’s five nonleague opponents, River City was the only one not to make the playoffs. Quote from Murphy: ”The fellas played hard. It was a long day not knowing if we were going to go or not. They showed a lot of grit. But we had a slow start for the second week in a row. We have a lot of work to do.” SEPT. 3: VANDEN 50, BURBANK 6 Demonstrating the explosiveness they’d display in the postseason, the Vikings scored on their first play from scrimmage – a swing pass from Dimes that Breed turned into a 72-yard touchdown – and the last time they touched the ball – an 82-yard kickoff return by Chavez. Dimes rushed for two touchdowns and also threw a TD pass to Belk, but the defense also got into the act. Erick A. Diez returned an interception 30 yards for a touchdown, Jamai East ran back a fumble 43 yards and a punt blocked by Abraham Sanders resulted in a safety. Quote from Murphy: ”We started off well in the first quarter. We started off slow the last two games. It’s something we focused on all this week; we changed the tempo of our practice. I think the guys responded, so that was positive.”

SEPT. 10: VANDEN 34, FOOTHILL 20 Hitting the road to play an East Bay power, the Vikings jumped to a 27-6 lead at the half before holding on for the victory. Chavez ran back a kickoff for a touchdown for the second straight week, this one going for 79 yards, also caught four passes for 91 yards and a TD. Dimes completed 14-of-20 passes for 257 yards and two touchdowns, the other one going to Belk, who caught five passes for 101 yards. Cameron Fisherman rushed for two touchdowns. Quote from Murphy: “We had to struggle through a little bit and that’s good for our team to have to struggle through the second half and face adversity. We’re happy with the win and I think we started (strong) early, which was one of our focuses, and now we’ve got to learn how to play four quarters.” SEPT. 25: R. COTATE 38, VANDEN 31, OT Against another NCS power on the road, the Vikings suffered their first loss of the season in a game in which they’d jumped to an early 21-7 lead. A 90-yard kickoff return for a touchdown by East put Vanden up 28-21 at the half, but they’d need a late 36-yard field goal by Diego NunezSmith to send it into overtime. Dimes completed 12-of-22 passes for 144 yards and two touchdowns with two interceptions, but also

See Vanden, Page B8

Armijo’s Gutierrez wins wrestling tourney crown Daily Republic staff

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CASTRO VALLEY — Ashlee Gutierrez of the Armijo High girls wrestling team pinned all three of her opponents to win the 126-pound title at the Castro Valley Girls Championships, Saturday. Karissa McDaniel went 2-1 with two pins to finish second at 101 pounds. The two have reached the finals of all three tournaments in which they’ve competed this season. At Will C. Wood’s Brett Fafard Memorial Wildcat Invitational, Ricardo Hernandez and Jorge Nuñez finished first, Ava Verador, Maquency Davis and Chris Franco took second and Shane Lindaur and Carisma Carrion placed third for the Royals. In a tournament at Cordova of Rancho Cordova last weekend, the Armijo girls team finished third despite sending just four competitors. Gutierrez took first, while McDaniel and

Grace Mercado of PSA took second. On the boys side, Oeiskie Louis-Cleveland took first, Kendrick Salcido placed third and Leonardo Gonzalez and Gberto Rodriguez finished fifth.

Prep boys basketball

Late basket lifts Wildcats into Curry title game DAVIS — Krishna Clay put back a teammate’s missed shot with a second left to lift the Will C. Wood High boys basketball team to a 48-47 win over Del Oro of Loomis to advance to the championship game of the Les Curry Invitational, Friday. Clay finished with 12 points, as did Remy Hardin, who also had a dozen rebounds. The Wildcats (8-1) were scheduled to play Monticello Empire League rival Rodriguez See Local, Page B14

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CALENDAR Basketball College men •Texas vs. Stanford, Chs. 7, 10, noon •Dartmouth at California, PAC12, P12BA, 1 p.m. •Kansas State at Nebraska, BIG TEN, 3 p.m. •San Francisco at Arizona State, PAC12, 3 p.m. College women •Marquette at Seton Hall, FS1, 9 a.m. •North Carolina at Boston College, ACC, 9 a.m. •Baylor vs. Michigan, ESPN, 10 a.m. •Drake at Nebraska, BIG TEN, 10 a.m. •Virginia Tech at Florida State, ACC, 11 a.m. •Louisville at UConn, ESPN, 12:30 p.m. •Virginia at North Carolina State, ACC, 1 p.m. •Jackson State at Mississippi State, SEC, 2 p.m. •Texas vs. Arizona, ESPN, 2:30 p.m. •Wake Forest at Georgia Tech, ACC, 3 p.m. •Ohio State at UCLA, PAC12, 5 p.m. NBA •San Antonio at Sacramento, NBCSCA, 3 p.m. •Denver at Brooklyn, NBATV, 4:30 p.m. NBA G League •Winter Showcase, ESPN2, noon •Winter Showcase, ESPN2, 3 p.m. •Winter Showcase, ESPN2, 6 p.m. Prep •The Battle: St. Raymond’s vs. Stepinac, NBCSN, 10:30 a.m. WNBA •2022 Draft Lottery, ESPN, noon Football NFL •Dallas at N.Y. Giants, Chs. 2, 40 (KTXL), 10 a.m. •Atlanta at San Francisco, Chs. 5, 13, 1 p.m. •Green Bay at Baltimore, Chs. 2, 40 (KTXL), 1:25 p.m. •New Orleans at Tampa Bay, Ch. 3, 5:20 p.m. Golf •PGA Tour, PNC Championship, Final Day, GOLF, 9 a.m. •PGA Tour, PNC Championship, Final Day, Ch. 3, 10 a.m. Horse racing •America’s Day at the Races, FS2, 11:30 a.m. Olympics •U.S. Short Track Trials, Day 3, Ch. 3, 1:30 p.m. Soccer Premier League •Newcastle vs. Manchester City, NBCSN, 4 a.m. •Wolves vs. Chelsea, USA, 6 a.m. French Cup •Olympique de Marseille vs. ES Cannet Rocheville, BEIN, 4:40 a.m. •Red Star FC vs. AS Monaco, BEIN, 10 a.m. •SC Feignies vs. Paris Saint-Germain, BEIN, 12:05 p.m. Super Lig •Fenerbahce vs. Besiktas, BEIN, 7:55 a.m. Serie A •Sampdoria vs. Venezia, CBSSN, 9 a.m. •AC Milan vs. Napoli, CBSSN, 11:45 a.m. Tennis •ATP Maia 2 Challenger, singles final, TENNIs, 6 a.m. •ATP Rio de Janeiro Challenger, singles final, TENNIS, 2 p.m.

Tiger: Returns From Page B7 about Woods’ future from everyone other than himself. “I don’t have it,” he told reporters. “You know that. I don’t have the game or the speed or any of that. I’m just starting to get back into it.” Thomas, a 14-time winner who has become close with Woods, a fellow Jupiter resident, said his friend still has all the shots. Harnessing them during the course of four days in tournament conditions might be a tall order. “He’s not that far away,” Thomas said. “But in terms of being able to compete and walk 72 holes multiple weeks in a row, yeah, that’s a different story – and he’s the only one that can answer that.” With his 46th birthday on Dec. 30 and a long road to recovery still ahead, Woods is just happy to be walking with a slight limp and swinging a golf club with some decent speed. On the 11th hole, Woods caught a drive that went more than 300 yards. More often, he was catching a ride in his golf cart with caddie Joe LaCava in the passenger’s seat. Whenever possible, the Woods pairing played Charlie’s drive, aided by the fact he could play up a tee box. “I didn’t have to hit as many [drives],” Woods said. “Save me for the short shots and I can still hit short irons and I can

still putt. That has not left me. The speed and some of the shots, the longer stuff has.” But the PNC Championship was more about family and fun than the start of a comeback. The ages range from 12-year-old Charlie, a junior golfer shooting tournament scores in the mid-70s to mid80s, to 86-year-old Hall of Famer Gary Player, a nine-time major champion. “It was just a blast,” Woods said. The trash talk was flowing between Team Woods and Team Thomas. “We’re extremely close, so it was a bunch of fun there, was a lot of needling going on the entire day,” Woods said. “We’re pulling pranks on each other and giving each other some under-thebreath remarks that I’m glad they didn’t capture.” Perhaps the day’s most memorable moment came off camera. Waiting for the 13th tee box to clear, the two teams had a putting contest on the 12th green, lining up from 60 feet. Woods left the first putt short, but Charlie then stepped up and holed it. While a couple hundred fans cheered and his father grinned, Charlie rubbed the thumb to his fingers on his right hand – signaling for Thomas to pay up. Thomas instead answered by sinking his own putt to further ignite the crowd.

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB 21 9 .700 — 15 15 .500 6 15 15 .500 6 14 15 .464 6½ 13 17 .433 8 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 17 10 .630 — Cleveland 19 12 .613 — Milwaukee 19 13 .594 ½ Indiana 13 18 .419 6 Detroit 4 24 .143 13½ Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 18 12 .600 — Charlotte 16 15 .516 2½ Washington 16 15 .516 2½ Atlanta 14 15 .483 3½ Orlando 6 25 .194 12½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Northwest Division W L Pct GB Utah 20 9 .690 — Denver 15 14 .517 5 Minnesota 14 15 .483 6 Portland 12 18 .400 8½ Oklahoma City 9 19 .321 10½ Pacific Division W L Pct GB Phoenix 23 5 .821 — GOLDEN STATE 24 6 .800 — L.A. Clippers 16 14 .533 8 L.A. Lakers 16 14 .533 8 SACRAMENTO 12 18 .400 12 Southwest Division W L Pct GB Memphis 19 11 .633 — Dallas 14 14 .500 4 San Antonio 11 17 .393 7 Houston 10 20 .333 9 New Orleans 10 21 .323 9½ Friday’s Games GOLDEN STATE 111, Boston 107 Memphis 124, SACRAMENTO 105 Miami 115, Orlando 105 Denver 133, Atlanta 115 New Orleans 116, Milwaukee 112, OT San Antonio 128, Utah 126 Minnesota 110, L.A. Lakers 92 Portland 125, Charlotte 116 Saturday’s Games Toronto 119, GOLDEN STATE 100 Houston 116, Detroit 107 Boston 114, New York 107 Orlando 100, Brooklyn 93 Oklahoma City 104, L.A. Clippers 103 Cleveland 119, Milwaukee 90 Washington 109, Utah 103 Sunday’s Games San Antonio at SACRAMENTO, 3 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Chicago, 12:30 p.m. Miami at Detroit, 3 p.m. Brooklyn Boston Philadelphia Toronto New York

Portland at Memphis, 3 p.m. Cleveland at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m. Denver at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m. New Orleans at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. Dallas at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Charlotte at Phoenix, 5 p.m. Monday’s Games SACRAMENTO at GOLDEN STATE, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Boston, 4:30 p.m. Orlando at Toronto, 4:30 p.m. Houston at Chicago, 5 p.m. Oklahoma City at Memphis, 5 p.m. Charlotte at Utah, 6 p.m. San Antonio at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m.

HOCKEY NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Carolina 29 21 7 1 43 95 62 Washington 30 18 5 7 43 106 78 N.Y. Rangers 30 19 7 4 42 86 77 Pittsburgh 29 16 8 5 37 88 74 Columbus 28 14 13 1 29 91 95 Philadelphia 29 12 12 5 29 77 95 New Jersey 29 10 14 5 25 80 102 N.Y. Islanders 25 8 12 5 21 54 73 Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 29 19 6 4 42 94 77 Toronto 30 20 8 2 42 98 76 Florida 29 18 7 4 40 104 87 Detroit 31 15 13 3 33 88 104 Boston 26 14 10 2 30 71 69 Buffalo 30 10 15 5 25 82 104 Ottawa 28 9 17 2 20 79 101 Montreal 31 7 21 3 17 67 109 Western Conference Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Minnesota 29 19 8 2 40 108 85 Nashville 30 19 10 1 39 89 79 St. Louis 30 17 8 5 39 104 81 Colorado 27 17 8 2 36 115 91 Winnipeg 29 13 11 5 31 86 85 Dallas 28 14 12 2 30 75 81 Chicago 30 11 15 4 26 72 97 Arizona 29 6 21 2 14 56 109 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 32 17 9 6 40 103 89 Vegas 30 19 11 0 38 107 91 Calgary 28 15 7 6 36 87 62 Edmonton 28 17 11 0 34 96 87 Los Angeles 29 13 11 5 31 77 77 SAN JOSE 30 15 14 1 31 78 85 Vancouver 31 14 15 2 29 81 90 Seattle 29 10 16 3 23 81 103 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs. Friday’s Games Vegas 3, N.Y. Rangers 2, SO Pittsburgh 3, Buffalo 2, OT

St. Louis 4, Dallas 1 Washington 5, Winnipeg 2 Nashville 3, Chicago 2, OT Arizona 6, Anaheim 5, OT Saturday’s Games Philadelphia 4, Ottawa 3, OT Carolina 5, Los Angeles 1 Dallas 4, Chicago 3, OT Detroit 5, New Jersey 2 Edmonton at Seattle, (n) Florida at Minnesota, ppd. Toronto at Vancouver, ppd. Boston at Montreal, ppd. Tampa Bay at Colorado, ppd. Columbus at Calgary, ppd. Sunday’s Games Vegas at N.Y. Islanders, 11 a.m. St. Louis at Winnipeg, noon Boston at Ottawa, 2 p.m. Nashville at Carolina, 2 p.m. Pittsburgh at New Jersey, 4 p.m. Los Angeles at Washington, 4 p.m. Toronto at Seattle, 6 p.m. Arizona at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Monday’s Games Columbus at Buffalo, 4 p.m. Montreal at N.Y. Islanders, 4 p.m. Colorado at Detroit, ppd. Minnesota at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Anaheim at Edmonton, 6:30 p.m.

FOOTBALL NFL American Conference East W L T Pct. PF PA New England 9 5 0 .643 367 227 Buffalo 7 6 0 .538 363 229 Miami 6 7 0 .462 254 288 N.Y. Jets 3 10 0 .231 226 397 North W L T Pct. PF PA Baltimore 8 5 0 .615 304 284 Cleveland 7 6 0 .538 278 289 Cincinnati 7 6 0 .538 354 293 Pittsburgh 6 6 1 .500 272 322 South W L T Pct. PF PA Tennessee 9 4 0 .692 324 290 Indianapolis 8 6 0 .571 398 300 Houston 2 11 0 .154 177 356 Jacksonville 2 11 0 .154 180 340 West W L T Pct. PF PA Kansas City 10 4 0 .714 384 296 L.A. Chargers 8 6 0 .571 379 370 Denver 7 6 0 .538 275 228 Las Vegas 6 7 0 .462 283 360 National Conference East W L T Pct. PF PA Dallas 9 4 0 .692 380 287 Washington 6 7 0 .462 266 324 Philadelphia 6 7 0 .462 337 291 N.Y. Giants 4 9 0 .308 232 310 North W L T Pct. PF PA Green Bay 10 3 0 .769 328 272 Minnesota 6 7 0 .462 344 331 Chicago 4 9 0 .308 231 332

Detroit

1 11 1 .115 213 354 South W L T Pct. PF PA Tampa Bay 10 3 0 .769 410 297 Atlanta 6 7 0 .462 245 353 New Orleans 6 7 0 .462 304 285 Carolina 5 8 0 .385 257 282 West W L T Pct. PF PA Arizona 10 3 0 .769 366 254 L.A. Rams 9 4 0 .692 366 293 SAN FRAN 7 6 0 .538 329 301 Seattle 5 8 0 .385 272 262 Week 14 Thursday, Dec. 9 Minnesota 36, Pittsburgh 28 Sunday, Dec. 12 SAN FRANCISCO 26, Cincinnati 23 Dallas 27, Washington 20 Tennessee 20, Jacksonville 0 Seattle 33, Houston 13 Kansas City 48, Las Vegas 9 New Orleans 30, N.Y. Jets 9 Atlanta 29, Carolina 21 Cleveland 24, Baltimore 22 L.A. Chargers 37, N.Y. Giants 21 Denver 38, Detroit 10 Tampa Bay 33, Buffalo 27 Green Bay 45, Chicago 30 Monday, Dec. 13 L.A. Rams 30, Arizona 23 Byes — Indianapolis, Miami, New England, Philadelphia Week 15 Thursday’s Game Kansas City 34, L.A. Chargers 28, OT Saturday’s Game Indianapolis 27, New England 17 Sunday’s Games Atlanta at SAN FRANCISCO, 1:05 p.m. Tennessee at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m. Carolina at Buffalo, 10 a.m. Houston at Jacksonville, 10 a.m. Dallas at N.Y. Giants, 10 a.m. Arizona at Detroit, 10 a.m. N.Y. Jets at Miami, 10 a.m. Cincinnati at Denver, 1:05 p.m. Green Bay at Baltimore, 1:25 p.m. New Orleans at Tampa Bay, 5:20 p.m. Monday’s Games Las Vegas at Cleveland, 2 p.m. Minnesota at Chicago, 5:15 p.m. Tuesday’s Games Washington at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Seattle at L.A. Rams, 4 p.m. Week 16 Thursday, Dec. 23 SAN FRANCISCO at Tennessee, 5:20 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 25 Cleveland at Green Bay, 1:30 p.m. Indianapolis at Arizona, 5:15 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 26 N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia, 10 a.m. L.A. Rams at Minnesota, 10 a.m. Buffalo at New England, 10 a.m. Tampa Bay at Carolina, 10 a.m. Jacksonville at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m.’ Detroit at Atlanta, 10 a.m. L.A. Chargers at Houston, 10 a.m. Baltimore at Cincinnati, 10 a.m. Chicago at Seattle, 1:05 p.m. Pittsburgh at Kansas City, 1:25 p.m. Denver at Las Vegas, 1:25 p.m. Washington at Dallas, 5:20 p.m. Monday, Dec. 27 Miami at New Orleans, 5:15 p.m.

Vanden: SJS, NorCal, state champions From Page B7 rushed for 116 yards and one TD. Supplementing the offense was an interception return for a touchdown by Devin Martin, but once in overtime, the Vikings couldn’t match a TD scored by the Cougars. Quote by Murphy: “It’ll build character for us. It’s a great high school football game. Our guys showed a lot of effort. We have to work on eliminating some of our penalties, some of the silly things that we did. A game like this comes down to us coaches fixing the little things we had made mistakes on.”

Monticello Empire League games OCT. 1: VANDEN 35, WOOD 14 The Vikings bounced back from their first loss of the season by opening Monticello Empire League play with a win over an improved Wood team. The score was tied 14-14 after three quarters before the Vikings put up 21 points in the fourth. Their cause was helped by an ankle injury to Wood quarterback Baxter Ken Tilford, who was hurt in the process of scoring the game-tying touchdown on a 40-yard run with 1:31 to go in the third quarter. Again showing their big-play capability, the Vikings iced the win with Dimes throwing touchdown passes of 43 and 78 yards to Chavez and Belk, respectively, and Cameron Fisherman scoring on a 37-yard run. Dimes wound up 13-of-26 for 253 yards and three TDs with Belk catching four passes for 117 yards and Chavez grabbing five for 103. Quote from Murphy: ”People started to execute. We did all right but we have some things to clean up. I think we’re getting better each week, but we have some things to work on.” OCT. 8: VANDEN 48, FAIRFIELD 0 As often happens in recent contests with Fairfield, the Vikings put the game away early – they led 31-0 after the first quarter, 41-10 at the half – and had one of their worst total offense outings of the season, a pedestrian 216 yards. With Dimes completing 5-of-9 passes for 128 yard and three TDs, adding one on the ground, as did Cameron Fisherman. East had a big game, catching two touchdown passes and blocking a punt that was recovered in the end zone by Devin Martin for a touchdown. On defense, the Vikings allowed no completions on three attempts and no rushing yards. Quote from Murphy: “I thought our team had a good effort tonight. We still have some things we need to fix. We didn’t execute for four quarters. That was really kind of our goal this week, so we as coaches, we’ll go back to the drawing board and figure out how to get four quarters out of our guys.” OCT. 15: VACAVILLE 35, VANDEN 17 Since joining the Monticello Empire League in 2018, the Vikings have known they’d have to beat Vacaville to win the MEL title. They’re still waiting to do it after the Bulldogs

handed them their second, biggest and final loss of the season. The Vikings were their own worst enemies, being penalized 13 times for 104 yards and missing several opportunities to score. They also couldn’t contain Vacaville quarterback Ryan Vaughan, who accounted for 323 total yards – 207 passing 116 rushing – compared to 302 for Vanden and four touchdowns, while Dimes struggled, completing 10-of-22 passes for 201 yards and one TD with one interception while being sacked six times. Quote from Murphy: “It’s the same problems we’ve been trying to fix. We as coaches didn’t do our job and those mistakes get magnified in big games. We just have to do better and get better for next week.” OCT. 22: VANDEN 67, ARMIJO 6 Somebody had to follow Vacaville on Vanden’s schedule and that unfortunate team was Armijo. With Dimes throwing for 349 yards and five touchdowns, both career highs, and Breed returning a short punt 24 yards for a TD, the Vikings piled up 45 points in the first half en route to one of their biggest victories ever. Belk caught six passes for 122 yards and East two passes for 139 yards with both having two TD receptions and Cameron Fisherman one. Fisherman also ran for a touchdown, as did Dimes and Jordan Jones as Vanden amassed 598 total yards. Quote from Murphy: “I think for the first time this year we played, not perfect for four quarters, but we put four quarters together. We were playing with effort in the whole four quarters, so that’s a positive, especially as we hopefully move into the playoffs.” OCT. 29: VANDEN 49, RODRIGUEZ 20 The Vikings used a goal-line stand in the first quarter and a 28-point second quarter to defeat the Mustangs for the seventh straight time and close the regular season with a victory. Dimes rushed for two touchdowns and threw for 243 yards and four TDs – two to East and one each to Belk and York. Jones also rushed for a score as the Vikings limited the playoffbound Mustangs to 230 total yards. Quote from Murphy: “A firstround bye would be good for us to get our bodies back together. We have some guys that are hurting and it would be good to rest up. “ NOV. 5: FIRST-ROUND BYE The Vikings wound up getting the No. 2 seed in the Sac-Joaquin Section’s Division III playoffs, which meant a bye in the first round and home games in the quarterfinals and semifinals.

SJS Division IV quarterfinals NOV. 12: VANDEN 61, DIXON 0 Even foggy conditions that made it difficult to see the other side of George A. Gammon Field couldn’t keep the Vikings from putting together their most dominant playoff victory ever. Any suspense was erased early as the Vikings put up 28 points in the first quarter and 26 in the second as they scored on each of their first eight possessions.

Dimes threw for 215 yards and four touchdowns – one each to Belk, East, King Williams and Davis. Cameron Fisherman ran for two TDs, Belk and Jones one each, with Tyler Mendoza returning a fumble caused by East 25 yards for another score. Quote by Murphy: “It was the first time really all year that we put together four quarters of football, I’m really proud of our guys. The effort was there. They just played a great game.”

SJS Division IV semifinals NOV. 19: VANDEN 67, VISTA DEL LAGO 27 Never has a 24-14 halftime lead been a greater calm before the storm. Using Dimes touchdown passes of 18 and 52 yards to Chavez and Belk, respectively, a 70-yard East kickoff return, a 43-yard run by Davis, a 23-yard fumble return by York and a 2-yard run by Jones, the Vikings crafted a 43-point third quarter en route to demolishing the Eagles. Dimes had arguably his most efficient game of the season, going 12-of-16 for 236 yards and four touchdowns, while the defense forced five turnovers and recorded six sacks. It marked the first time Vanden had advanced beyond the SJS semifinals since 1995. Quote from Murphy: “Our guys went into the locker room (at halftime) and you could sense they were disappointed. I don’t think they played bad, but they hadn’t lived up to the expectations they had set for themselves. There really wasn’t a ton of adjustments other than we just had to execute and play well and they came out fired up and played a helluva second half.”

SJS Division IV title game NOV. 27: VANDEN 49, MERCED 21 Breed’s 35-yard interception return for a touchdown on the first play of the game set the tone for Vanden winning its first SJS championship since the 13-0 team of 1995. The Vikings and Bears would play to a 21-21 tie in the first half, but the green and gold took over the game with a devastating 21-point fourth quarter. East scored two of the touchdowns in a 7-second span – on a 13-yard pass from Dimes and on a 24-yard interception return on the next play. Davis added a 51-yard TD reception from from Dimes to round out the scoring less than three minutes later. Dimes wound up 15-of-23 for 323 yards and four touchdowns, while Davis rushed 11 times for 95 yards and a TD, Chavez caught five passes for 70 yards and East had four receptions for 85 yards and three scores as well as two interceptions. It was the fourth SJS title game win in as many appearances by the Vikings, their first in 26 years. Quote from Murphy: “They were making great plays in the first half and we told our guys to just keep pressuring them, keep playing hard. We didn’t make a ton of adjustments, we made a couple little, tiny adjustments, but we felt like if we kept playing, it would go our way defensively. And it did.”

CIF Division 3-AA NorCal title game DEC. 3: VANDEN 56, WINDSOR 28 Any doubt that the Vikings had come to play were wiped out on the second play of the game, a 64-yard strike from Dimes to East behind the defense for a touchdown. They made it 14-0 on a 16-yard touchdown pass from Dimes to York 4 1/2 minutes into the second quarter. Windsor responded with its first touchdown drive – needing three plays to score from the 1 – before the Vikings took control. In less than 2 minutes, a wideopen Belk caught a 67-yard TD pass, East ran back an interception 45 yards for a touchdown, and a pick by Kyren Jackson-Davis set up a 22-yard scoring pass to York to make it 35-7 at the half. The Jaguars twice got within 14 points in the second half, but touchdown runs of 32 and 17 yards by Davis and a 20-yard TD pass to Belk from Dimes, his fifth of the game, iced the victory and sent the Vikings to their first state title game. Quote from Murphy: “Our student-athletes worked so hard since the spring and they played for Daniel and for coach Gardner and coach Belk and they just overcome adversity. We’ve still got work to do, still have some mistakes we need to fix for next week, but they played really hard and they worked really hard all week.”

CIF Division 3-AA state title game DEC. 11: VANDEN 14, AQUINAS 13 Playing in their 15th game of the season against a solid team from Southern California, it helped the Vikings to be playing the state title game against Aquinas of San Bernardino at their own George A. Gammon Field. They needed every break they could get as they fell behind 7-0 at the half after Dimes pass was intercepted and returned for a touchdown, and 13-0 after the Falcons scored on their first drive of the third quarter. But the conversion attempt was blocked, a play that would loom large later. A blocked punt led to Vanden’s first touchdown, scored with a leaping catch by East. The game-winning TD came with roughly 70 seconds left on a fourthand-2 from the Aquinas 3 with Dimes finding East open in the end zone and Diego Nuñez-Smith adding his second conversion of the game to make it 14-13. Two plays alter, East made his second interception of the game to seal the victory that capped arguably the greatest season in Vanden history. Quote from Murphy: “Our guys played their hearts out. I’m so proud of them and happy for them, the journey they went on and all the adversity they (faced). They showed a lot of resilience.” Another quote from Murphy: “I don’t think it’s really soaked in yet, but it really does feel great. Aquinas is a great team. They played great. They played hard. I’m sore as hell right now. I’m going to be sore tomorrow because we don’t got no recovery tomorrow, but it was a great game.”

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Joint Base MDL KC-46 Pegasus takes first local flight Senior Airman Ariel Owings

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Spotlight on Travis Senior Airman Adalie Greig 60 CONS, PKB – Medical Acquisition Flight Hometown: Castle Rock, Washington Duty title: 6CO51 – contract specialist Time at Travis: Two years Family: Ronnie Greig, husband Goals: She aspires to purchase her first multiple family home, start a business centered on reptiles, finish her BA degree, learn how to fly a plane and receive a motorcycle endorsement. Greatest achievement: SrA Greig’s humble and ambitious nature would lead her to tell you that her greatest achievement is the next one but most recently she did an incredible job as the contracting ambassador for the 2021 Airlift/Tanker Association Symposium. Additionally, she was notified that after her first round of testing for E-5 she was selected for the rank of staff sergeant.

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. — The first two KC-46 Pegasus’ recently assigned to Joint Base McGuire-DixLakehurst conducted a local air-refueling flight for the first time Dec. 2 while over the northern Atlantic Ocean. Less than a month after being assigned to the 305th and 514th Air Mobility Wings, the first two KC-46 aircraft were tasked with their first mission to test the operation and maintenance processes put in place prior to the arrival of the aircraft. “The mission went better than I ever expected,” said Senior Airman Jon Vermont, 2nd Air Refueling Squadron boom operator instructor. “I thought there would be a couple more hiccups with the maintenance piece, this being their first time working with the jet. Everybody was doing exactly what was expected and it was great.” The KC-46 maintains air refueling edge through the use of both the refueling boom and drogue systems, allowing for simultaneous air refueling of multiple aircraft with wing pods. It is designed to refuel allied and coalition aircraft and provide multifunctional

support, like passenger and cargo transport along with medical and humanitarian relief. Master Sgt. Jason Craig, 78th Air Refueling Squadron boom operator evaluator, exclaimed how exciting and educating it will be to work with the different mission sets and capabilities of the KC-46. He explained how the new jet offers the opportunity to work with additional mission partners such as the 514th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron where they previously had no interaction within KC-10 Extender operations. “Switching from the KC-135 Stratotanker [and KC-10] to the KC-46 has been a complete gamechanger,” said Vermont. “The KC-46 is a totally different beast. The KC-135 was a work-horse, that jet would go and go and go but its mission capabilities were limited. “With the KC-46 we can get closer to the fight, we can carry cargo, we can carry all the fighters’ equipment as we go places; it’s amazing what we can do with this jet.” While this first flight focused on air-refueling, the 305th and 514th Air Mobility Wings have already begun ground training for Aeromedical Evacuation and hope to begin testing in-air Aeromedical Evacuation and cargo missions in the following year. “I’m excited to see how Joint Base

Application period opens for Fisher House scholarships Defense Commissary Agency TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE — Applications are now open for the Scholarships for Military Children Program for 2022-23 academic year. The program, now entering its 22nd year, recognizes the contributions of military families to the readiness of the fighting force and celebrates the commissary’s role in enhancing military quality of life. It’s administered by Fisher House Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping service members, veterans and their families. Thus far, the program has awarded more than $21 million to 12,312 students, selected from a pool of nearly

109,000 applicants. for the Funding program comes from commissary business partners and other contributions to Fisher House Foundation designated specifically for the scholarship programs. Selection qualifications are straightforward. Requirements include completing the application; submission of the student’s official transcript indicating a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above on a 4.0 scale for high school applicants, or college transcript indicating a cumulative minimum GPA of 2.5 or above on a 4.0 scale for students already enrolled in college; and a 500-word essay. The subject of the essay is listed at the militaryscholar.org website under “Scholarships for Military Children.”

Eligibility for the program is determined using the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System database. Applicants who are awarded a full scholarship to attend a college or university or receive an appointment to one of the service academies or affiliated preparatory schools are not eligible to receive funds from this program. A full scholarship is usually defined as one that provides for payment of tuition, books, lab fees and other expenses. For scholarship year 2022-23, Fisher House Foundation will award 500 scholarship grants of $2,000 each. The selection process will begin immediately after the application deadline of 11:59 p.m. Pacific time on Feb. 17.

Air Force: 6 Travis senior master sergeants earn promotions Staff Sgt. K iana Pearson Air Force Personnel Center Public Affairs

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas (AFNS) — Air Force officials have selected 505 senior master sergeants – including six from Travis Air Force Base – for promotion to chief master sergeant. There were 775 eligible candidates, for a selection rate of 18.19% in the 21E9 promotion cycle. The average overall score for those selected was 400.48. Selectees’ average time in grade was 3.08 years and time in service was 20.82 years.

In addition, the Space Force also selected 10 senior master sergeants and 29 master sergeants for promotion in the 21S9 and 22S8 promotion cycles, respectively. The statistics for each cycle are as follows: n 21S9: 45 Eligible, 22.22% selected. The average overall score for those selected was 395.50. Selectees’ average time in grade was 3.76 years and time in service was 21.50 years. n 22S8: 259 Eligible, 11.20% selected. The average overall score for those selected was 395.55. Selectees’ average time in grade was 3.34 years

and time in service was 16.83 years. The promotion lists are available on the Enlisted Promotions page of the Air Force’s Personnel Center website, the Air Force Portal and myPers. Airmen can access their score notices on the virtual Military Personnel Flight via the Air Force Personnel Center secure applications page. Guardians will receive their score notices via email. For more information about Air Force personnel programs, visit the Air Force Personnel Center public website at https:// www.afpc.af.mil.

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A KC-46 Pegasus prepares to receive fuel from another KC-46, both assigned to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey during their first mission over the North Atlantic Ocean, Dec. 2. Less than a month after being in the 305th and 514th Air Mobility Wings’ control, the two aircrafts were tasked with their first mission to test the operation and maintenance processes put in place prior to the aircrafts arrival. McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst will contribute to the KC-46 enterprise,” said Maj. Kristi Miner, 305th Operations Group chief pilot. “Over the next year, we will start flying operational missions and see the number of qualified pilots and boom operators increase dramatically. It will be awesome to see the progress.” Travis Air Force Base is scheduled to receive the Pegasus in August 2023. It’s the first new aircraft at the base since August 2006. The base’s full anticipated complement of KC-46s is expected by the first quarter of 2025.

An aircrew boards a KC-46 Pegasus aircraft for its first mission on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey Dec. 2.

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Local chambers honor ‘Spirit Commissary salutes defense of Solano’ award winners agencies Daily Republic Staff

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FAIRFIELD — Westamerica Bank and the Solano Economic Development Corp. recently announced the 2021 Spirit of Solano award winners. Participating chambers of commerce recognized winners in each of their communities. Traditionally, there is an annual reception, awards but one did not happen this year because of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Vacaville Chamber of Commerce honored Bob Tooke and the Merchant and Main Bar and Grill. Merchant and Main was recognized for its help of LNU Lightning Complex Fire victims in recent years and for supporting its fellow businesses in the community during

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Merchant and Main Grill and Bar in Vacaville. the pandemic. Dixon’s Chamber of Commerce awarded the Dixon Wellness Collective and its leader Haley Andrew. The Dixon Wellness Collective has been heavily involved in local events, such as the Dixon Tree Light, and has aided community needs and those of local children. The Benicia Chamber

of Commerce honored Bill Cawley III and Benicia Plumbing. The company has been a community partner for more than 45 years and currently has 160 employees. Vallejo’s Chamber of Commerce recognized Capital City Pharmacy and owner Arthur Metu. Metu was recognized for his service to the down-

town community. Capital City Pharmacy, on Georgia Street, has had to work extra hard during the pandemic and has been able to administer more than 4,000 vaccine shots. ARS Realty and Hermie Sunga of Vallejo were honored by the FilipinoAmerican Chamber of Commerce. ARS is a minority-owned real estate company that has been helping first-time homebuyers for more than 30 years. Sunga was also a recipient of the award in 2007. The Rio Vista Lions Club and Jay Forbes were honored by the Rio Vista Chamber of Commerce for longtime service and fundraising to the community. Fairfield-Suisun, and the Black and Hispanic chambers, were unable to participate this year.

TCU’s top executive announces retirement Daily Republic Staff

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VACAVILLE — Barry Nelson, chief executive officer and president of Travis Credit Union, has announced his retirement. “We wish Barry a joyful, healthy, and wellearned retirement. Barry has been an outstanding leader with a strong commitment to our organization’s vision and goals,” Deborah Aspling, chairwoman of the Travis Credit Union board of directors, said in a press release. The retirement is effec-

tive April 15. “Barry has played an important role in Travis Credit 70-plus Union’s years of quality services, products, and free financial education aimed at enriching the lives nelson of members and the community. Throughout his career, Barry has served our members and community through Covid-19, an upgrade of our core systems, created a foundation to promote financial wellness, and kept

the credit union fiscally strong, garnering countless recognitions along the way. The board has a plan and will continue to focus on serving the membership with the same passion and commitment to our mission that has been demonstrated over the past 70 years,” Aspling said in the press release. Nelson began his career at the credit union in January 2000 as assistant vice president of

finance. He was promoted to senior vice president and chief financial officer in 2001, senior vice president and chief operating officer in 2006, and became executive vice president in June 2013. He was promoted to president and CEO in August 2014. At that time, the credit union had $2.3 billion in total assets and 163,000 members. Travis Credit Union is now the 12th largest credit union in California with See Nelson, Page B11

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TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE — The commissary on base is celebrating the anniversaries of the Space Force and the National Guard. Congress established the U.S. Space Force within the Department of the Air Force on Dec. 20, 2019. “At (Defense Commissary Agency), we are proud to celebrate Space Force’s second anniversary and pledge our commitment to delivering an efficient commissary benefit to our patrons in this command,” Marine Sgt. Maj. Michael R. Saucedo, senior enlisted advisor to the DeCA director, said in a press release. “Over the last 60-plus years American ingenuity and ambition has sent us to the moon, landed a rover on Mars and sent satellites into the far reaches of space,” he added. “Space Force was established to continue that legacy with a mission to protect U.S. and allied interests in space, and to provide space capabilities to the joint force.” fiscal The 2020 National Defense Authorization Act officially designated Air Force Space Force as the Command U.S. Space Force.

The Space Force is a separate and distinct branch of the armed services that’s organized under the Air Force similar to how the Marine is aligned Corps under the Department of the Navy. The smallest of the services, Space Force has 4,840 personnel with 77 spacecraft. “We exist to provide the benefit to all eligible beneficiaries, and Space Force is a valued member of our patron base,” Saucedo said in the press release. “We wish them all the best on their second birthday, and I want their service members and their families to know their commissary saves them thousands of dollars annually when compared with civilian supermarkets.” The Commissary also recognized the anniversary of the National Guard. The Massachusetts Colony created an organized militia on Dec. 13, 1636, that would eventually become today’s National Guard. The Army Guard and Air Guard are multifaceted forces that serve during natural and manmade disasters, while also being capable of fighting alongside active duty and reserve forces.

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Nelson From Page B10 24 branches, $4.7 billion in assets and more than 217,000 members, the press release states. Nelson supported the creation of the Travis Credit Union Foundation in 2018 with the vision of creating more opportunities for free financial programs for the residents of Travis Credit Union’s core counties, providing financial education, financial advocacy and financial literacy. Travis Credit Union under Nelson’s leadership has been recognized at the state and national level for continuously delivering more than expected by seeking new ways to help the members and community. Awards include: n San Francisco Business Times’ Top 100 Bay

Area Corporate Philanthropists List. n Forbes Top Ten Credit Unions in California. n Air Force Distinguished Credit Union of the Year. n Military Saves National Campaign Designation of Savings Excellence. n DepositAccounts Top 200 Healthiest Credit Union. “As I close my chapter with TCU, I am proud that we are a healthy, high-performing credit union,” Nelson said in the release. “In my role as a leader, I am fortunate to have worked with so many talented employees and volunteers who helped create a forwardthinking organization focused on changing lives and lifting communities through financial wellness. I am confident that Travis Credit Union’s Board of Directors and

executive team have a solid strategic plan and vision that will guide us through the next 70 years.” The board has a succession plan to address the retirement. It includes the formation of a Search Committee, which ensures organizational sustainability by providing a proactive, orderly process for executive leadership transition, according to the press release. The committee will establish a plan and time frame for executing the recruitment and selection process. Travis Credit Union, with headquarters in Vacaville, is a not-for-profit cooperative financial institution serving those who live or work in Solano, Yolo, Sacramento, Placer, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Napa, Contra Costa, Alameda, Sonoma, Colusa and Merced counties.

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LOCATED AT 1565 FairOaks Ct, Fairfield CA 94534 Solano. Mailing Address 1565 FairOaks Ct, Fairfield CA 94534. ARE HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S) Eladio Miranda 1566 FairOaks Ct 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 11/18/2021 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/ Eladio Miranda 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. 2021002280 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR#00051436 Published: Dec. 5, 12, 19, 26, 2021

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Local From Page B7 in Saturday’s onship game.

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Vacaville Christian 52, Berean Christian 43: At Vacaville in the semifinals of the Vacaville Christian Tournament, Garrett Kuch poured in 21 points, hitting 8-of-10 shots, including 5-of-6 from 3-point range, as the Falcons (5-1) bounced back from a 21-19 halftime deficit by outscoring the visiting Eagles 33-22 in the second half. Steve Dingman was next with 10 points and added four rebounds and two blocks, while Mehki Davison had 11 rebounds and seven assists, and John Elliot had nine rebounds and Thomas Lane had six assists and four rebounds. Castro Valley 70, Fairfield 67: At Dublin in Friday’s consolation semifinals of the Don Nelson Classic, the Falcons led 22-15 after the first quarter but were outscored 35-25 over the next two. Fairfield’s Jeremiah Cardwell led all scorers with 25 points, while Ray Holt Jr. added 13 and D’Angelo Chatman 11. Vanden JVs 64, Cosumnes Oaks 48: Tru Kendrick led the Vikings (5-3) with 19 points, followed by Logan Bailey with nine.

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Fairfield flies past Capital Christian, 5-0 FAIRFIELD — Edward Grajeda assisted

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on the Fairfield High boys soccer team’s first goal and scored the second as the Falcons soared to a 2-0 lead at halftime en route to a 5-0 shutout of Capital Christian of Sacramento at Schaefer Stadium, Thursday. Cruz Robledo got the first goal in the 15th minute off a Grajeda pass with the latter scoring off a Gilberto Najera pass 10 minutes later. In the second half, Grajeda had a hand in goals scored by Angel Lopez in the 51st minute and by Augustine Santos seven minutes later. The final goal came in the 71st minute on a shot by Diego Ramirez after a pass by Jairo Lopez to make it 5-0.

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Solano stumbles late in losing to Folsom Lake FOLSOM — The Solano Community College women’s basketball team held a 45-40 lead after three quarters but was outscored 21-14 in the fourth in falling 61-59 to Folsom Lake, Thursday. Dominique Eaglin came off the bench to lead

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Statistics for Travis Air Force Base for yesterday through 5 p.m. Temperature High/Low.............................48°/37° Average high .......................... 54.4° Average low............................ 38.5° A year ago............................ NA/NA Barometric pressure............30.19 Humidity...................................88%

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the Falcons (5-7) with 19 points and 10 rebounds before fouling out. Genesis Ernie-Hamilton was next with 12 points, adding three steals, while Jaslyn Woods had nine points, five rebounds and three assists. Cherika Rafan led with seven assists, adding seven points, seven rebounds and three steals. Solano hurt its cause with 29 turnovers to just 19 for the FLC.

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Slashes From Page B7 with a player like Samuel, 49ers inside linebacker Fred Warner said his teammate was unique. This week, however, fullback Kyle Juszczyk offered that Patterson resides in the same neighborhood. “If you’re going compare Deebo to anybody,” Juszczyk said, “there’s your guy.” S a m u e l ranks seventh in the NFL in yards from scrimmage with 1,268yards(1,028receiving, 240 rushing). Patterson ranks 15th with 1,066 (519 receiving, 547 rushing). Samuel is tied for sixth in touchdowns with 11 (five receiving, six rushing). Patterson is tied for eighth with 10 (five receiving, five rushing). Samuel, 6-foot and 215 pounds, has become the third player in NFL history with at least 1,000 receiving yards, five receiving touchdowns and five rushing scores in a season. Patterson (6-2, 220) has become the first player in franchise history with at least five receiving and rushing touchdowns. Samuel, the No. 36 pick in 2019, played in the SEC at South Carolina. Patterson, the No. 29 pick in 2013, played in the same conference at Tennessee. Still, they aren’t quite mirror images. “He and Deebo are very similar, but I think (the Falcons) use (Patterson) more as their true running back,” Warner said. “That’s where their offense is going to run through,

No. 84. He runs the ball super hard. . . . We’ve got to make sure we bring it.” Samuel only began periodically lining up in the backfield in the past four games in which he’s played and has averaged 6.8 carries in those starts. Meanwhile, Patterson leads the Falcons in rushing attempts (122) and has averaged 15 carries in their past three games. Samuel is the more explosive player. He’s averaging 18.0 yards a catch and 7.3 yards per carry. Patterson is averaging 11.3 yards per reception and 4.5 yards per attempt. This week, Patterson told reporters he “used to be a receiver,” which allowed him to call some players at the position “divas” who are eager to run out of bounds and are allergic to blocking. His noted punishment can’t be avoided at his new primary spot. “At running back,” he said, “you’re taking on the hit or getting hit on every play.” Samuel, 25, and Patterson, 30, also have far different career trajectories. Patterson has spent his most of welltraveled, nine-year career known mostly for his elite specialteams ability. He is tied for first in NFL history with eight career kickoff-return touchdowns and is third all-time in average yards per kickoff return (29.4). His just-OK production as a wideout – he never had more than 453 receiving yards in his first eight seasons – helps explain why he’s on his fifth NFL team. Samuel, whose 34 career games are 105 fewer than Patterson’s total, is likely in the infancy of a career that’s unlikely to include so many different stops.

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5:56 a.m. 6:51 a.m. 6:34 a.m. 7:25 p.m.

National forecast

Suisun High Today 3:33 a.m. 1:24 p.m. Monday 4:18 a.m. 1:59 p.m.

(feet) Low

4.32 5.79 4.37 5.80

(feet)

8:27 a.m. 2.41 10:14 p.m. -0.14 9:10 a.m. 2.46 10:46 p.m. -0.12

Forecast for Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021

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Tuesday

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80% chance of showers

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Thursday

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Showers likely, mostly cloudy

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