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‘Lethal’ US military aid arriving in Ukraine Tribune Content Agency U.S. military aid to help Ukraine defend against a possible invasion by Russia began arriving on Friday night, according to the American Embassy in Kyiv. The embassy, in a Twitter post, said the material “includes close to 200,000 pounds of lethal aid, including ammunition for the front line defenders of Ukraine.” “The shipment – and $2.7 billion USD since 2014 – demonstrates U.S. commitment to helping Ukraine bolster its defenses in the face of growing Russian aggression,” the embassy said in another tweet. Photos with the tweets showed large green containers being unloaded at an airport. The embassy did not elaborate, or indicate what else was included, but said it was a first shipment of “assistance recently directed by” President Joe Biden. The announcement was made at the end of an anxious week in which an assault on Ukraine by Russia seemed more likely. A meeting in Geneva led by Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov didn’t yield an agreement, though both sides agreed to continue talks. “If Russia wants to begin to convince the world that it has no aggressive intent toward Ukraine, a very good place to start would be deescalating,” Blinken said Friday at the end of a three-day European trip. Russia has assembled a large armed force on its border with Ukraine and sent troops and armor to Belarus, to Ukraine’s north, for joint military drills scheduled to begin Feb. 10. Putin has demanded security guarantees that would prevent Ukraine from ever joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and require the alliance to roll back its forces to positions they held in 1997, before Central and Eastern European nations joined NATO. The U.S. and its NATO allies have rejected those demands.

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Behnaaz Ferozepurwalla administers a Covid-19 nasal swab test to daughter Jasmine Ferozepurwalla, 5, at the

Vacaville School District’s free Covid testing center in Vacaville, Saturday.

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VACAVILLE — The Covid-19 test strips were about the size of a small hand. On one end was the cotton swab that was inserted into the nasal cavity. The entire thing looks something like a large pregnancy test. Mena Bubakar, Covid test collector for BayPLS, a mobile testing company for the Bay Area, places a solution over the end of the cotton swab to create a reaction to test for Covid. One line means negative and two lines means positive. The test strips are marked by time and placed on a table. She inputs them after more than a few minutes of waiting. A lot of the tests Saturday have two lines, meaning people who came into the Vacaville School District Covid testing center have Covid-19. “The test are showing more positives this month than in September,” Bubakar said. “On an average day we would have like 10 positives. This surge is a lot more.” A text message with the results

will go out in 15 minutes to those who were just in for the test. For those who were positive, it’s a quarantine period of five to 10 days. Behnaaz Ferozepurwalla, aka Mrs. Fero, is a teacher at Vacaville High School. She is not sick nor is her daughter, Jasmine, 5, or her husband Ashkan, but because of the surge, the family has decided to be proactive and test themselves on a regular basis. “None of us has gotten sick,” she said. “But I am really excited that my place of work is offering these free tests because it is hard to find tests right now.” With the surge from the omicron variant, more people want to be tested and it is causing a shortage of tests nationwide. “This is precautionary,” the Vacaville High teacher said. “A lot of teachers at our daughter’s kids center are out with this,” her husband Ashkan said. “It’s like we go to pick her up and every day is a new teacher.” He travels a lot for his work and because of that decided they all

should test regularly. Thankfully, not one of them has gotten ill. “We got our shots, we got the boosters,” he said. “It’s better to be safe than sorry.” The testing Saturday is part of an ongoing opportunity provided by the school district for staff and teachers. About 288 people signed up to get the Covid test Saturday. Ed Santopadre has been associate superintendent of Educational Services for the past five years. he said these past three school years were nothing like he expected. “This has caused a lot of adjustments in how we do things,” he said of the pandemic. The surge of cases since Christmas break has caused the school to offer more testing. “We felt the need to do more testing,” Santopadre said. “After we did some popup testing for staff and got a really good turnout, we thought we could do more.” So they provided first the school staff and students with

Supervisors to consider actions to stem sea rise Testing, case adjustment leaves Todd R. Hansen

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FAIRFIELD — A recent Caltrans report warns that nearly all of Highway 37 could be underwater by 2040 due in large part to rising sea levels. Solano County supervisors will hear a presentation Tuesday on the subject and consider a resolution in support of the Bay Conservation and Development Commission’s “Bay Adapt: Regional Strategy for a Rising Bay.” The board meets at 9 a.m. in the first-floor chamber of the government center, 675 Texas St. in Fairfield. A closed session follows the public meeting. Labor negotiations and fairgrounds property negotiations are listed as closed session items. An update on election planning is also scheduled. “The Bay Area is one of the most culturally and geographically diverse places in the country. The risks of sea level rise, and resources necessary to address them, are unequal across the Bay Area. This is why all nine actions in the Joint Platform emphasize achieving equitable outcomes for the region. We also know our region’s wetlands are essential to our well-being – and also first at risk,” the executive summary of Bay Adapt states. “We cannot solve these challenges alone. Bay Adapt has been working with See Supes, Page A10

Solano with ‘funky’ Friday totals Todd R. Hansen

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FAIRFIELD — Requirements for some individuals to show multiple negative tests before returning to work or school likely created more than 1,000 positive cases that were duplicated. The best explanation, Dr. Bela Matyas said, is that the individuals likely went to one location for one test, and then a different location for the second, and in doing so, were counted as two cases rather than as one case with multiple tests for the same initial positive result. “So we have some funky numbers . . . today,” Matyas, the county public health officer, said Friday in a phone interview.

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When the duplications were removed, it meant only 42 new cases to be added to the case total, now 64,237. A third pediatric death was reported: a child between 5 and 11 who had become ill in December, developed multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) and died earlier this month. Matyas said the child may not have been eli-

gible to be vaccinated before being infected with the coronavirus. It is the second child, the other a teenager, who died of MIC-C after having Covid19. The first pediatric case was an infant not yet 1 year old. It takes the total number of Covid-related deaths in the county to 370. The number of Solano County residents hospitalized with Covid-19 was

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Rylaz? Montelukast? Blame FDA rule for weird drug names

Actually, that’s not urns out that drugmakers aren’t the full story, because idiots with a fetish we often get confused by for weird names. They the weird names (do you may be ruthless monremember the names of sters who charge your prescripexorbitant amounts for tions? I don’t). life-saving drugs that But the unusual cost a small fraction of names – for instance, that amount to create, Brad Stanhope among the 25 most but they’re not crazy Like I was sayin’ popular drugs are the when it comes to hard-to-remember and drug names. hard-to-pronounce LevothyroxThere’s a reason that the ine, Montelukast, Furosemide drug your doctor prescribed for and Trazodone – come from an your cholesterol or high blood effort to prevent mix-ups among pressure has a bizarre name: drugs with similar names. It’s due to a rule of the Food and Anyone who has brought home Drug Administration. Pepsi instead of Pepsid or pesto Yeah, the FDA is to blame for instead of pasta can understand crazy names. Or maybe the this: What if you ask for someFDA should receive credit for thing and the pharmacist the crazy names because it’s for accidentally gives you a drug a good reason. It all comes from with a name that sounds the same? the desire to save confusion at It could be like when Mr. the pharmacy.

Gower in “It’s a Wonderful Life” nearly gave deadly drugs to someone during George Bailey’s vision of an alternate future (the focus of another column). But enough about that. The FDA’s standard is that a drug name must be 70% dissimilar from all other names in its database. That database has 36,000 drug names, so it’s a challenge, one that is met when drug companies produce such products as Amlodipine and Meloxicam. Or consider the official names of drugs you’ve probably taken in the past year: Comirnaty and Spikevax. Those are the official names of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for Covid-19. (If I was Moderna, I would have leaned into the official name. Spikevax is an elite vaccine name!) Anyway, drug names must

be unique. According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, there are companies that earn big paydays from drug companies to compare proposed new drug names with existing ones and either attest that they’re significantly different or (presumably) present an alternative. Here’s the looming problem. Will we get to a point where there are so many drugs that drug companies will run out of names? Is it possible that sometime in the future, drug names will become like passwords? If they keep coming up with these new drug names (Voxzogo, Tivdak and Rylaz were all approved by the FDA in 2021), there’s a limit, right? How far away are we from a world where our drug name must have one capital letter, one lower-case letter, one letter and

one symbol? Are we headed to a future where we call or stop in our local pharmacy and tell them we need a refill of F8jkLd$5!t? I guess that will work, unless they have it close to their supply of F8jkLd$6!t, which could cause a mixup (although I guess F8jkLd$6!t isn’t 70% different). Just the idea makes me anxious, and when that happens I turn to ancient wisdom from Readers Digest: Laughter is the best medicine. But according to my unofficial internet research, that isn’t necessarily 70% different from nitrous oxide (laughing gas), so I hope it’s OK. Reach Brad Stanhope at bradstanhope@outlook.com.

State to give $10k to low-income students for community work Los Angeles Times

tiple jobs to support themselves or family. Selected students will be expected to perform a total of 450 community service hours throughout the academic year, focusing on issues that include education disparities in K-12 schools, climate change and Covid-19 recovery. Services may include tutoring and mentoring, conservation efforts and meal delivery. Hughes’ time in schools has given her hands-on experiences toward her career goals. “If you are willing to serve your community and give back in a meaningful way, we are going to help you pay for college,” said California Chief Service Officer Josh Fryday, comparing the initiative to the GI Bill. The program is part of a $146-million investment in future leaders under Gov. Gavin Newsom’s California Comeback Plan. “If this thing works, we can go back to the Legislature and take it to a whole other level – hell, we can take it to the rest of the country because nobody else is doing this,” Newsom said. Funds will go to 16 California State University campuses, including Cal State Los Angeles, Cal State Long Beach, Cal Poly Pomona and San Jose State, seven University of California campuses, including UCLA and UC San Diego, and 18 community colleges, including East Los Angeles College and Glendale Community College, in addition to a handful of private universities. “The state’s historic investment in this program will help thousands of students pay for college and reduce their

LOS ANGELES — Kaelyn Hughes, 21, has wanted to teach since she was in third grade. For her, school has always been a place of solace – and she wants to share what education has meant to her with other children. “I would like to show to other Black girls that you can do this – you can go to college. I came from a lowincome area, and I didn’t think I would go to college. I didn’t think I would go far,” she said. “But you use education to help you get somewhere better.” The UC Merced senior spends time in elementary school classrooms working with students struggling with math or English as a volunteer – service that would otherwise be a luxury she could not afford. But through her participation in the state’s pilot Civic Action Fellowship program, she has been paid a stipend for tuition and basic needs, such as rent, allowing her to pursue service instead of another job to make ends meet. The Civic Action pilot is a model for an initiative at 45 state community colleges and universities, including Merced, that will award $10,000 grants to up to 6,500 communityservice-driven students through the new Californians for All College Corps fellowship. The more than $60million program aims to support Dreamers and students from low-income backgrounds, including Pell Grant recipients like Hughes, who want to do meaningful volunteer work but face obstacles because they often must hold mul-

debt,” said UC Chancellor Michael V. Drake. “More importantly, this partnership reflects our shared commitment to making college affordable for all, including the 35% of UC undergraduates who rely on Pell grants to help pay for their education.” Campuses are expected to have application materials available by March. Cal State Chancellor Joseph I. Castro said that up to 1,300 Cal State students will benefit from the funds; California Community Colleges Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley said it will extend to “hundreds, if not thousands” of students. Ian Chavez, a junior majoring in computer science at San Jose State and a fellow in the Civic Action program, said the funding has allowed him to continue volunteering his time to teach public school children how to code in the heart of Silicon Valley, where a computer science education isn’t a guarantee. Chavez, 20, has used his stipend to help pay for tuition and materials, including a webcam he uses for virtual presentations. “If I didn’t have these funds, I’d have to pick up an additional job,” Chavez said. The program allows him to spend his time outside of school doing work related to his major, rather than taking a job in an unrelated field. Chavez, who lives in Gilroy with his parents to save money, said he used to work at an outlet mall before he started college. He dipped into those earnings during his first year at school and said that without the volunteer work, he’d probably take on a similar job.

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FAIRFIELD — Solano County had an unemployment rate of 5.2% in December, slightly lower than the 5.4% in November and marking the sixth straight month the jobless rate has fallen. Still, the 5.2% is higher than the pre-pandemic rate of December 2019 when it was 3.9%. The dip represents a modest increase of 300 more county residents going to work, with those 300 showing up in the local non-farming job count of 137,600, up from November’s report of 137,300 local jobs, the

EDD reported. However, with a loss of 300 seasonal farm sector jobs, the total change in the number of local jobs was a net zero, holding at 138,700, the EDD reported. The civilian workforce in Solano County was reported at 203,100, down 200 individuals from November. The number of residents with jobs climbed to 192,600, while the number of people seeking unemployment benefits dropped from 11,000 to 10,500, the EDD reported. The state jobless rate for December was reported at 5%, down from 5.4% in November, while the national unemployment rate was at 3.7%, down

from 3.9%, the EDD reported. Solano County ranked 33rd in the state, and had the second-highest unemployment rate among the nine Bay Area counties. Santa Clara was at 5.4%. Marin County had the lowest rate in the state at 2.7%. Imperial County had the highest rate at 14.7%. The local trade, transportation and utility sector added 400 jobs, with 100 each in the wholesale and retail trade markets. The retail sector represented 18,000 jobs in the county. Private education and health services jumped by 500 jobs, all in health care and social assistance, the EDD

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A construction worker operates heavy machinery at a site along Lawler Center Drive in Suisun City, Friday. reported. Manufacturers added 200 jobs as well. Sectors that saw their job numbers decline were largely in areas expected to see a winter fall-off such as construction,

which was down 300 jobs. The government sector held steady at 22,900 jobs, with no losses or gains at the federal, state or local levels, the EDD reported.

Rotary Club helps Wildlife Center with new aviaries K aty St. Clair KATY@DAILYREPUBLIC.COM

SUISUN CITY — The songbirds that were tweeting on the branches of a large tree Saturday at the Suisun City Wildlife Center seemed blissfully unaware that their hangout was now on its side – ripped from the roots during the evening’s heavy gales. It was one of two trees that toppled, causing wildlife center residents such as the coyote and the fox to huddle in their houses, apparently still stung by what must have been a scary night. It wasn’t the first time the center had been hit with the worst that nature has to offer, not by a long shot. An arson fire that

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Steven Hoover, left, and Gerry Raycraft debate the best place to screw in the door handle on their new aviary, which is just days away from completion, at the Suisun Wildlife Center in Suisun City, Saturday. began in an illegal burn out in the Suisun Marsh in the summer of 2021 ripped

through the nonprofit’s site, destroying structures and taking the lives of two

Vacaville merchants turn up romance for the Love Stroll Susan Hiland

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VACAVILLE — The fourth annual Love Stroll will return this year to downtown Vacaville. The Downtown Vacaville Business Improvement District will host the event from 4 to 7 p.m. Feb. 5. Participating businesses will open their doors for a romantic evening that features bubbly beverages, sweet treats and exclusive deals. New this year will be a “Pop the Champagne” VIP reception from 2:30 to

4 p.m. at Mäksē Restaurant-Creekside Patio. The package will include a Love Stroll ticket, commemorative glass and two tickets for prizes. VIP guests will experience a French wine sipping opportunity. VIP tickets are $100 per person. Tickets are limited. General stroll admission is $20 per person in advance and $25 the day of the event. Ticket price includes a stroll map, commemorative glass, champagne tastings and a chance to win the Ultimate Down-

town Date Night package that features more than $500 in prizes and a Downtown Gift Card. Participants must be 21 or older. Tickets – along with a complete list of participating merchants – are available online at DowntownVacaville.com; in person rom 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday at 313 Parker St.,; by phone at 707-451-2100; and will be available for purchase the night of the event while supplies last. Masks will be required for the indoor portions of the event.

great horned owls and some grey squirrels. Now the wildlife center is squarely on the rebound, and with a little help from the FairfieldSuisun Rotary Club it will also have some new aviaries to replace those lost in the fire. “Losing a structure is devastating,” Rotary Club President Cathy Ritch said. She, along with Vice President Gerry Raycraft and members Ed Lydon and Steven Hoover, have been working on a large aviary to house injured migratory songbirds, which tend to start arriving at the center around this time of year. Though the four had planned to put the finishing touches on the first

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large birdhouse, they had to call off the work Saturday – not because of the wind, though that was part of it, but because the animals on the property were still anxious from the evening’s windstorm. The work on the first 8-foot by 16-foot structure began in October. It consists of two bird areas, with an adjoining space between them, jokingly referred to as the “safe room” by the Rotary Club members. All that’s left is putting up mesh screening. The enclosures have gravel floors that cover a chicken-wire fortification, to keep out unwanted critters. The aviary is painted a proud, Iowa barn red, though there’s no secret meaning to that color. It’s just what the center had.

The wildlife center is used to stretching its resources as best it can, and the Rotary Club said it was happy to fill in the rest. The cost for the rebuilds adds up to about $13,500, Lydon said. All of the materials were provided by the center, but the Rotary Club volunteered time, labor and a district grant to cover the rest. For Lydon and the rest, helping out this way is a good chance to give back to the community. “This has been nice,” the Suisun City resident said. “It’s kind of in my backyard too, so to speak.” Up next will be another large aviary built on the site of the one that burned down, now just an outline on the ground.

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Carmela Cradduck

Sept. 7, 1924 — Dec. 23, 2021

Carmela Cradduck, affectionately known to many as Nonnie, was born in Naples, Italy, on Sept. 7, 1924. She lived a long and dedicated life; a life committed to her strong moral compass, her intense love of family, her husband, three children, seven grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren, and certainly, a lifelong devotion to (La Madonna del Carmine), Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Lina’s 97 years were full of learning, growth and discovery. She grew up in the city of Naples, surrounded by a close, loving family, endured WWII as a teen and attended the University of Naples, graduating with a diploma in Teaching and English. In 1946, she worked as a translator for U.S. forces in Naples, where she met Jack, a handsome young serviceman whom she married. She left her family to come the the United States, where she became a citizen. Three children were born in Florida, and from there, the military life took the family to several other states, England and fortuitously, back to Naples, Italy. They spent four wonderful years enjoying time with her parents, siblings and extended family. In 1966, they were transferred to Fairfield, California, where later, Jack retired from Travis AFB. Since then, the town has been Lina’s home, for 55 years. Throughout the years, Lina embraced, and immersed herself in the diverse culture of each town and city in which they lived. People she met became lifelong friends; friendships she maintained from afar over decades.Teaching preschool in Texas and in California, she touched many lives with her warmth and wisdom. Lina loved her garden of herbs and flowers, cooking and baking, keeping her Italian heritage and traditions at the forefront of her life, to the delight of those who sampled her pastiera and Bolognese sauce. Honoring Jack’s Arkansas roots, she also mastered southern cooking. Her pecan pie and biscuits and gravy were the best! She was a true Renaissance woman. Teaching herself to sew, she became an excellent seamstress; making clothes, curtains and bedspreads. She learned to knit in

England, making vests, sweaters and more. In Italy, she took up crocheting and made custom dresses and suits for the girls. She left a legacy of beautiful, crocheted Christmas stockings, making one for each of her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. When she began teaching, she taught herself guitar to accompany students’ singing, There was always a piano in the house and she loved to sit and play. Lina penned her life story after she retired. She joined gyms to swim and exercise, finding kick-boxing a favorite, until at 80, her doctor suggested she stop – so she went on to tai chi, which she continued until two years ago. Lina stayed closely connected to her Italian family, and had many joyous reunions during her frequent trips back to Naples. She enjoyed traveling and repeated trips to Mexico and Alaska. One of her greatest joys was camping by the ocean with Jack, at any opportunity. As a member of many organizations, such as Catholic Ladies Sodality, Sons of Italy, and Retired Military Wives, she enjoyed the social aspect of church and community. She volunteered her time to help others, teaching Sunday School and was a regular at St. Vincent de Paul well into her 90s. Being a proud American, she felt compelled to exercise her civic responsibility by voting, and working at the local polling site during elections. Her family here, though heartbroken, know that her intense love and faith will linger and transgress the physical boundaries of this earth, to ever touch the lives of those she loved. She lives on in many hearts. A Mass for Carmela Cradduck will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 31, 2022, at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 2700 Dover Ave., Fairfield, California. Celebration of Life will follow. For details, please contact Don Cradduck at don_soia@comcast.net. In lieu of flowers, a donation in her memory may be made to: St. Vincent de Paul Society c/o Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Fairfield, CA. Arrangements under the care of BryanBraker Funeral Home, 707-425-4697.

William F. McDaniels Aug. 3, 1934 — Jan. 7, 2022

for fixing cars with Our beloved his son. father William FranWilliam F. cisco McDaniels McDaniels will passed away Friday be missed in our morning, Jan. 7, hearts forever. 2022, from a recent William leaves illness. William was behind three chilborn Aug. 3, 1934, dren, Mary, Melinda in Baclaran, Philipand David McDanpines, to his parents, iels; five grandchilHenry and Maria dren, Christopher, McDaniels. Michael, David Jr. William married (Homes), Devin, the love of his life, MERCHANT Alex; seven greatLourdes Obordo, on MARINE grandchildren, Nov. 24, 1960. She VETERAN Asanti, Davion, departed from this Danae, Ziare, Diamond, earth on May 3, 2015. William F. McDaniels Nova, Levi; brother, Charles served his country as a McDaniels; sister, Mercy Private 2nd Class during Arredaza; more of his grandthe Korean War and later as children included, Anthony, a Merchant Marine and will Jaliza, Quincy and the ‘little be laid to rest alongside his girl’, Denise. He was preceded in fellow brothers in arms. William had a love of death by his sister, Julia sports, which included his Libao. A service will be held at a SF 49ers, Giants, and his horses. He shared a passion later date.

Arthur Bess Jr.

Oct. 8, 1933 — Dec. 20, 2021

(Janet) Bess, Donnie Arthur Bess Bess, Ronnie Jr. passed away Bess, Brenda M. peacefully in the Clancy, Sandra Lord on Dec. 20, L. Bess, Bobby 2021, at his home. Bess, Catherine J. Arthur Bess was (Andrew) Kalama88 years old when ras and Yvonne E. he passed. Bess-Jones; sibOriginally from lings, Virgil Bess West Virginia, (Columbus, Ohio), Arthur Bess Jr. Yvonne Gaither retired from the Air (Flint, Michigan) Force in 1973 and and Dr. Reginald settled with his AIR FORCE Bess (Columbia, family in Fairfield, VETERAN South Carolina); California. After retiring from the grandchildren; great-grandAir Force, he worked as children; great-great-granda warehouse manager at children; and several nieces Yardbirds Home Improve- and nephews. Visitation will be held ment store in Vallejo, California, and later as a security from 2 to 4 p.m. Monday, guard for Pinkerton Secu- Jan. 24, 2022, at Bryanrity in Contra Costa County. Braker Funeral Home, He fully retired in the 1990s. 1850 W. Texas St., Fairfield, Arthur Bess Jr. was also California. Funeral service actively involved in the Tri- will be held at 11 a.m. City Elks Lodge #1662 of the Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, at Improved Benevolent Pro- True Love Baptist Church, tected Order Elks of the 1956 Pennsylvania Ave., World (IBPOE of W), a fra- Fairfield, California. In lieu of flowers, please ternal organization in 1978, concluding officially in make a donation to the Prostate Cancer Foundation. 2006. Arrangements under Arthur Bess Jr. is surcare of Bryanvived by his children, Arthur the Bess III, Larry G. Bess, Braker Funeral Home, Linda D. Gaines, Kenneth W. 707-425-4697.

Darrel Brateng

July 26, 1935 — Jan. 4, 2022

construction and Darrel Brateng then in 196 was born July 26, 5 he went to work 1935, in Forest as a forklift and River, North Dakota. truck driver for He passed away Diamond National Jan. 4, 2022, at Lumber. He retired Napa Post-Acute, in 1990 from the where he resided Teamsters Local for the past 150. 21 months. Darrel Darrel enjoyed was the eighth child spending time in of nine. the outdoors. He He grew up loved to hunt, fish, on a farm and as ARMY camping, throwing a young man he VETERAN pool parties, BBQs worked on the farm at the Grafton State School and gardening. He loved to dance and was the life of in North Dakota. On Nov. 27, 1955, he the party. Darrel is survived by his married Ruth Naomi wife, Ruth; son, Michael; Skoglund. In 1957, while home daughter, Deanne; five from boot camp their son, grandchildren; and nine Michael was born. 1957 to great-grandchildren. His celebration of life will 1959 found him in Germany as an Army mechanic. be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, In 1960, their daughter, Jan. 25, 2022, at Shepard Deanne, was born, and in of the Hill Lutheran Church, 1961 the family relocated to 580 Trinity Drive, Vacaville, California. A small reception Fairfield, California. Darrel worked in will follow.

Dodd introduces bill to raise eligible age for junior hunting licenses Daily Republic Staff

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FAIRFIELD — Sen. Bill Dodd announced new legislation Friday to increase the eligibility age for a junior hunting license in California, opening up the opportunity to participate in outdoor sports to a greater number of young people. “The higher price for an adult hunting license has proven to be a barrier to many teenagers,” Dodd, D-Napa, said in a press release. “That’s a shame because they miss out on junior hunting activities that foster lifelong participation in outdoor sports. My bill will give them more time in the field so they can learn about all California has to offer.” Currently, anyone 16 or older must pay the higher price for an adult hunting license and

Bureau of Reclamation offers water-efficiency grants in state Daily Republic Staff DRNEWS@DAILYREPUBLIC.NET

FAIRFIELD — Federally funded grants totaling $2 million are being offered to improve agricultural water use efficiency throughout California.

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, in conjunction with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, is heading the program to “help communities build drought resiliency through modernizing water infrastructure and maximizing

water use.” The funding will be awarded through grants or cooperative agreements to water or power delivery authority entities, including water and irrigation districts. See Grants, Page A5

related hunting stamps, according to the release. Junior licenses, which cost less, were temporarily available to hunters up to 17, but that provision expired in 2020. Dodd’s bill, Senate Bill 865, would permanently increase the maximum age of eligibility for a junior hunting license from 15 to 17 years old. Sponsors of the bill said the shift would allow teens to participate in certified junior hunting activities sponsored by the Department of Fish and Wildlife and nonprofit wildlife conservation groups. Dodd currently represents the 3rd Senate District, which includes all or portions of Solano, Napa, Yolo, Sonoma, Contra Costa and Sacramento counties.

Farm Bureau concerned by proposed ag zone changes Todd R. Hansen

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FAIRFIELD — The Planning Commission this week became the fourth Solano County advisory panel to approve language changes in the zoning ordinance – amendments that Planning Manager Allan Calder said simply bring the county in line with the state codes. The changes will now go to the Board of Supervisors for final approval, with a one-meeting stop to let members of the agriculture community get more comfortable with the amendments that affect land uses in agricultural zones. Except for the Agriculture Advisory Committee, the Solano County Farm Bureau does not think the ag community has been provided an adequate opportunity to address those changes. “It is our understanding that you have been working hard on this for months now and where we don’t want to take away from your work, we feel it crucial to have adequate time and feedback from the agricultural community,” a letter signed by Farm Bureau President Sean Favero states. Favero said in a phone interview the changes may be exactly as the county staff contends, but the bureau wants to have a clear understanding. “The members are concerned that language can be interpreted in different ways; we just don’t know,” Favero said. The meeting with county staff has been set for Thursday. The Farm Bureau requested the Planning Commission vote be postponed until after that meeting. “It is important to have this time and feedback for several reasons. One is that it creates transparency. Another is it gives time for buy-in. Perhaps most important of the many reasons

out there, is it gives an opportunity for ownership. Something like the formation of a committee to work on this with staff allows people who will be affected by it in the community to have skin in the game,” the bureau letter states. “This is what generally has happened in the past. It helps all those affected feel better knowing it has been hashed out to the max even if everyone isn’t on board with all the language or changes presented.” Commissioner Kelly Rhoads-Poston, who represents the 3rd District, asked whether the commission vote should be delayed until after the meeting, but planning staff indicated there was some urgency and the matter still has to go to the supervisors so there will be additional opportunities to speak out. “We understand the concerns of the farming community . . . But at the end of the day, it’s state law,” Terry Schmidtbauer, the director of the Department of Resource Management, told the commission. “I just don’t see it changing the outcome.” The vote was 5-0 on Thursday night. Members of the Board of Supervisors are expected to consider the changes sometime in February. Some of the changes are about the changing trends of farming practices, and allowing those uses – such as greenhouse production – in traditional agricultural zones. One change also redefines special event centers in ag zones as noncommercial only. Restaurants, cafes, bakeries and retail stores are proposed uses for the agritourism areas of the county. Labor housing also would be allowed. Other county panels to review the language are the Land and Transportation Committee and the Airport Land Use Commission.

Solano Collaborative seeks public input on Housing Element Daily Republic Staff

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Abrams to seek another term as district attorney Daily Republic Staff

looks forward to serving the community for a third term as Solano FAIRFIELD — Solano County district County District Attorattorney and conney Krishna Abrams tinuing to provide announced Friday victims of crime she will seek rethe support election to a third and voice four-year term. they deserve.” “I am humbled “She plans to and honored to expand restorreceive such an ative justice outpouring of programs like support from our Neighborhood law enforcement ABRAMS Court, hold more partners, victims, community forums on community leaders, the changes and impacts elected officials, and the of new laws, and increase people we serve throughout Solano County,” community engagement Abrams said in a cam- through programs such as ‘Prosecutor for the paign statement. The announcement Day,’ (during which) members included an endorse- community are invited to get a ment from Sheriff Tom first-hand look at the Ferrara, who has also announced his intentions diverse work done at the Solano County District to run for re-election. Abrams high- Attorney’s Office,” the lighted her work in statement said. No other candidate “prioritizing public has made a formal safety, victims’ rights, announcement about the offender accountability, and the fair administra- county post, and the candidate filing log at the tion of justice.” “During her tenure Elections Office does as district attorney . . not indicate anyone has . Abrams has been an taken out papers to innovative and transfor- collect signatures in-lieu mative leader bringing of paying for filing fees. For more infornew programs and policies that better serve mation, the Abrams can be our community,” the campaign statement said. “Abrams reached at 707-438-5033. DRNEWS@DAILYREPUBLIC.NET

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Winds off the Pacific coast contributed to the growth of the Colorado fire in the Big Sur area of California Friday

night into Saturday morning. A coastal bluff north of San Simeon along California Highway 1 is shown here.

Wildfire at Big Sur forces some evacuations, closes Highway 1 Tribune Content Agency BIG SUR — A wildfire that started near the coast in Big Sur jumped to 1,500 acres by Saturday morning, largely due to gusty winds that blew the flames in unpredictable directions and prompted a large number of evacuations, Cal Fire officials said. The Colorado fire was reported at about 7:15 p.m. in the Palo Colorado Canyon and Rocky Creek Road area in Monterey County, according to Cal Fire. Responders had reached 5% containment and were in an active firefight on Saturday morning, with residents told to avoid Big Sur and Carmel and Highway 1 closed in both directions. But conditions to battle

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The Natural Resources Conservation Service will then announce a separate program to provide funding to farms within those districts for water conservation practices to complement projects selected via Reclamation’s Notice of Funding Opportunity, the bureau said in a statement. Past eligible projects have included such things as canal lining

the fire improved Saturday morning as the winds died down and the humidity went up, according to the National Weather Service. In the Bay Area, the same winds that spread the Colorado Fire toppled trees in the Oakland Hills. The highway closure spanned from near the Andrew Molera State Park entrance area in Big Sur to Rio Road in Carmel, according to Caltrans District 5. Although it started near the coast, the fire became aligned with fast-moving winds blowing in both directions and “made a run through the canyons,” Cal Fire Assistant Chief George Nunez said in an interview. “It moved surprisingly fast for a fire around this time of year,” said Nunez, brite link to receive further information about how to join. • Wednesday: www. eventbrite.com/e/ solano-county-collaborative-regional-housingelement-meeting-tickets-243064732157. • Thursday: www. eventbrite.com/e/ solano-county-collaborative-regional-housingelement-meeting-tickets-243069697007. For more information, contact Robert Guerrero at the Solano Transportation Authority at 707-399-3211 or by email at rguerrero@ sta.ca.gov.

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who works in Cal Fire’s San Benito-Monterey unit. “We had a little bit of moisture and it was cold last night, but because of the winds, it burned along the slope, catch another wind and then blew in another direction.” More than 120 firefighters were on scene Friday night, but the canyons were so steep and dark that responding crews were not able to begin

actively containing the flames until the morning hours, Nunez said. The cause of the fire was also still under investigation. Drew Peterson, a National Weather Service meteorologist, said the winds near the Colorado Fire are predicted to be “pretty light” today, but he said firefighters will have to look out for subtle wind shifts.

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Omicron nears US break even In Biden’s start, Democrats see as some still face struggles Obama pattern

Tribune Content Agency The omicron variant is starting to loosen its grip on the U.S. Northeast, but experts warn that it will take more time for the latest wave of Covid-19 to recede nationwide. The strain’s fast surge and swift descent in one of the most populous parts of the U.S. echoes its trajectory in areas of Europe and South Africa, where infections skyrocketed only to come back down nearly as quickly. That’s raised hopes that while omicron has at times seemed like a replay of the worst days of the early pandemic, it will soon ebb. However, the shape of the omicron wave may look different in various parts of the U.S., depending on vaccination rates and hospital capacity in those areas. While omicron has been milder than other variants, it has strained health care providers across the country, and infections in children have been higher this time around. Nationally, the omicron wave could peak as early as this week, according to projections from the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington. Still, states where omicron’s spread came later will see a delayed peak, forecasters say. “Omicron is coming down as fast as it went up,” said Ali Mokdad, a professor at IHME and chief strategy officer for population health at the University of Washington. “We are going to go through a couple more weeks that are very difficult on our hospitals, but come mid-February, March, we should be in a very good position.” But low U.S. vaccination rates in certain regions have made some experts worry that the country might not bounce back quite so quickly from omicron. About 80% of Americans age 5 and older have had at least one dose of the vaccine, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But some states – including Idaho, Wyoming and Louisiana – are struggling to get above 60%. “Data from other countries are really a canary in the coal mine

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Francis Delpech gets tested in Los Angeles, Jan. 5. Nationally, the omicron wave could peak as early as the coming week, some projections show. for us, but really our data are very unique to the states,” said University of Alabama epidemiologist Bertha Hidalgo. “We are guided more by what we see within the U.S. than what we see outside.” In Alabama, just 60% of the state’s eligible population has had at least one dose of the vaccine, and the state hasn’t reinstated COVID mitigation measures in the wake of omicron. Over the past two weeks, the state has continued to see an increase in cases, leading Hidalgo to worry that Alabama may not see the same rapid downturn. The coming weeks will determine whether or not the state’s viral curve follows the same path as Northeastern states like New York, which identified its first case 14 days before Alabama did. New York, which has already seen a drop in cases and hospitalizations, has one of the highest vaccination rates of U.S. states. In New York City, public officials have also been stringent about promoting mask-wearing, while enforcing vaccine mandates for indoor restaurants and entertainment venues.

Even as infections recede, the effects of omicron will continue to be felt as some of the sickest patients succumb to the disease. The CDC’s most recent forecast from Jan. 17, which takes into account the IHME model and many others, still predicts that COVID-19 deaths will continue to rise over the next four weeks. Hesitancy toward premature optimism is valid: This month, the U.S. reached 850,000 Covid-related deaths, more than any other nation. And experts have wrongly predicted the beginning of the end of the pandemic before. Omicron was discovered only two months ago, making it impossible to precisely pinpoint the trajectory of the virus over the coming weeks and months. “Covid-19 as a pandemic, in the institute’s opinion, is over,” said Mokdad of the IHME. “But Covid-19 as a virus will be around for a long time.” He said that antiviral pills from Merck & Co. and Pfizer, Inc., along with vaccines and booster shots, will be essential tools in helping prevent future surges.

Surge of lobbying on K Street at end of 2021 Tribune Content Agency WASHINGTON — Intense lobbying battles over a bipartisan infrastructure measure and President Joe Biden’s stalled spending and tax package propelled a surge among most of K Street’s biggest spenders and record revenue from top firms last year, new disclosures show. Lobbyists say they expect a slower pace of legislative activity later this year, as the midterm elections cast a shadow over Capitol Hill. But many predict an uptick in regulatory and executive branch matters in the second year of the Biden administration. The 10 biggest players in federal lobbying — from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, to the American Chemistry Council — disclosed shelling out $278.2 million in 2021 as they navigated Democrats’ proposed corporate tax increases to help pay for a major social spending package. Lobbying disclosure reports covering the fourth quarter of last year were due to the House and Senate this week. The chamber still ranked No. 1, but its $64.8 million total last year — a time its leadership was changing and it had taken heat for its support of some Democratic candidates in 2020 — was down from $76.1 million that year and $93.9 million in 2019. Business interests also helped prod along a bipartisan infrastructure law to House passage in November, after it was ensnared in the fight over Biden’s

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In this photo from Sept. 21, 2021, demonstrators from the People’s Action protest pharmaceutical companies’ lobbying against allowing Medicare to negotiate lower prescription drug prices, during a rally outside Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) headquarters in Washington, DC. spending and tax package. Many of Washington’s biggest lobbying practices said they had posted revenue totals that exceeded previous years with a particular surge coming at the end of last year when Democrats were trying to smooth over intraparty disagreement over the social spending and tax measure. “It increased the amount of tension in Washington to an almost historic intensity,” said Marc Lampkin, managing partner of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck’s Washington office. His firm reported collecting just under $16 million in lobbying fees in last year’s fourth quarter alone. The firm hauled in $56.3 million in federal lobbying revenue for the full year, an increase of about 14 percent from the prior year and the most of any other K Street firm. COVID-19 relief matters also helped drive the business, Lampkin said. But nothing was quite as big a priority for companies as the pro-

posed tax increases to fund Democrats’ social policy agenda. “We had lots of clients and industry cohorts who wanted to articulate the implications for what was being considered for their particular company or sector,” Lampkin said. He anticipates this year will see more executive branch regulatory work, including the implementation of the infrastructure law, along with congressional oversight activity. He expects legislative productivity on the Hill will taper off, however, as lawmakers become increasingly focused on the midterm campaigns. Big spending Tech companies Meta, the new name for Facebook, and Amazon increased their spending over last year to post never-before totals in 2021. Topics that Meta’s lobbyists focused on included the annual defense authorization bill, technology privacy matters and the nowbeleaguered social spending and tax measure dubbed Build Back Better.

WASHINGTON — One was a new Democratic president who inherited an intractable crisis while pushing a stalled legislative agenda marked by contentious debate. The other was Joe Biden. As the current president begins his second year in office, some Democrats fear Biden is stuck in a painful cycle similar to one that beset former President Barack Obama, who in 2010 suffered electoral backlash when the country rebounded more slowly than expected from the Great Recession. Rather than a financial crisis, Biden has been hounded by a pandemic that has persisted after the advent of a vaccine and disrupted the economy in unanticipated ways. But he, like Obama before him, has struggled to fulfill his promise to move the country past a generational crisis, sapping his popularity and raising the prospect that – like his Democratic predecessor – he might be on track for a first midterm electoral wipeout that could cost his party control of Congress. “Both presidents inherited deep crises, though different in nature,” said Robert Gibbs, who served as Obama’s first press secretary in the White House. “But I also think what unites them as

well is they weren’t simple crises with simple solutions that wrapped up quickly. “In Obama’s case, the economic recovery took years,” he continued. “I think the added crises of the virus, as well as the economy, has presented longer-term challenges for President Biden as well.” Democrats lost 63 House seats and control of the legislative body in Obama’s first midterm, a result the former president would call a “shellacking.” Democrats this year still have nearly 10 months to mount a defense of their slim House majority to avoid those kinds of losses, although Biden’s approval rating is lower than Obama’s at this point in their respective presidencies. Adding to the Democrats’ unease — and the sense that Biden’s presidency is running in parallel to Obama’s through their first year — are chaotic efforts to pass the president’s agenda through Congress amid the ongoing pandemic. For Obama, that was his health care plan, widely known as Obamacare, which Democrats negotiated for far longer than expected before it became law in March of his second year. Biden, meanwhile, is still trying to pass a massive social spending and climate change bill, known as Build Back Better, after negotiations within his own party stalled late last year.

DAILY REPUBLIC — Sunday, January 23, 2022 A7

Say goodbye to clean energy’s era of constantly falling prices

Time to focus on inflation, debt

ecent reports was low in some from the U.S. periods, and 23 of government the past 30 years chart the rise of saw positive inflation which is returns even not pleasant for after adjusting any of us as we for the impact of try to maintain inflation. That our was the case in Mark Sievers the first six monthly budget. Wealth matters months The concern over inflation of 2021, too. extends beyond the Over the 30-year budget to concerns about period, the S&P the investments in IRAs 500 posted an average and 401(k) plans. annualized return of Investors may wonder 8.5% after adjusting for whether stock returns inflation. Going all the will suffer if inflation way back to 1926, the keeps rising. Here are annualized inflationsome thoughts adjusted return on stocks for context. was 7.3%. History shows Rising government that stocks tend to debt levels may also lead outpace inflation over the some investors to worry long term – a valuable about an adverse impact reminder for investors on stock returns. concerned that today’s The U.S. debt held by rising prices will make it the public topped harder to reach long$22 trillion, up more than term financial goals. $5 trillion from the end of Like in equities, there 2019 and 123% of GDP. is no reason to assume In a more extreme inflation will bring dire example, China’s overall effects for fixed debt was 263% of its GDP income assets. late in 2021, driven by From 1927 through massive government2020, median inflation sponsored infrastructure was 2.68%, and in the and property investment, 47 years when inflation as evidenced by China’s exceeded that rate, it beleaguered Evergrande averaged 5.49%. Many Group, which defaulted types of bonds beat on its debt in December. inflation over those However, the relation 47 years, which included between country debt double-digit inflation in and stock markets is the 1940s and 1970s. complex, in part because For investors particusovereign solvency is larly sensitive to the dependent upon many potential for rising factors besides just debt prices, inflation-hedging levels. In addition, debt assets such as Treasury is generally a slow-movInflation Protected ing variable about which Securities (TIPS) can the expected value help protect investors, as should be incorporated can strategies that focus in market prices. on real (inflationConsistent with this adjusted) returns. belief, the evidence Investors should always suggests there has not match bond investments been a strong relation with their goals. Bonds between country debt are not one-size-fits-all. and equity But inflation concerns market returns. need not scare one away Here is some good from fixed income. news: Inflation is not The lesson here is that necessarily bad news inflation is a concern but for stocks. not necessarily a debiliFor investors worried tating threat. The ebb about the impact of and flow of interest rates, inflation on their portfoinflation and markets are lios, it is important to always with us. Most remember that U.S. important is for you to stocks since 1991 have have a plan and stick to generally provided it. Do not allow shortreturns that outterm events to persuade paced inflation. you to abandon a A look at equity careful plan. performance in the past three decades does not Mark Sievers, presishow any reliable dent of Epsilon Financonnection between cial Group, is a certified periods of high (or low) financial planner with inflation and U.S. stock a master’s in business returns. Since 1991, administration from the one-year returns on U.S. University of California, stocks have fluctuated Berkeley. Contact him by widely. Yet weak returns email at mark@ occurred when inflation wealthmatters.com.

Tribune Content Agency The era of ever-cheaper clean power is over, giving a fresh jolt of uncertainty to global energy markets battered by one supply crisis after another. Relentless price declines over the past decade made renewables the cheapest sources of electricity in much of the world. In the past year, though, prices for solar panels have surged more than 50%. Wind turbines are up 13%, and battery prices are rising for the first time ever. As pandemic-induced supply delays ensnare everything from cars to salads, green energy’s price hikes may not come as a surprise. But shipping backlogs and commodities shortages are coming at a particularly vulnerable moment for wind and solar. After years of rapid-fire advances in technology and manufacturing, there are fewer opportunities left to cut costs without sacrificing profits. Instead of perpetually falling, prices will now ebb and flow based on the cost of raw materials and other market forces. For energy markets grappling with blackouts and extreme price volatility in the green transition, clean-power inflation is another wild card. Policy makers, accused of adding wind and solar so rapidly that electric grids have become unstable, are under pressure to ensure the entire system is more reliable – by pairing solar with batteries, for example, or keeping aging nuclear plants running for longer. “From now on, what’s going to make the difference around the expansion

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SBDC to host series on cottage food business FAIRFIELD — The Solano-Napa Small Business Development Center is hosting a two-part online series on “Starting a Cottage Food Business.” The first session is from 2 to 4 p.m. Monday; the second session will occur Jan. 31. The course covers a number of topics to successfully initiate a home-based business. Cottage foods are a subset of artisan foods, mostly local and regional by nature. Register at solanonapasbdc.org.

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The 550-megawatt Desert Sunlight solar farm in Riverside County. of solar and wind is not going to be costs – how low can you go? – but value,” said Edurne Zoco, executive director of clean technology and renewables at research firm IHS Markit Ltd. Higher interest rates are also threatening to increase costs for wind and solar projects as central banks weigh tighter monetary policy to curb inflation, said Julien Dumoulin-Smith, an analyst with Bank of America Corp.“One of

the single most important inputs that go into these highly levered projects are rates,” he said. “Interest rates have only gone down for a straight decade.” Climate hawks need not fear renewable-energy inflation, however. Even with the recent rise in costs, wind and solar have evolved from expensive, niche sources of electricity to become competitive with fossil fuels. Renewables remain cheaper on a relative basis than fossil fuels in much of the world,

and prices for oil and natural gas have surged over the past year. Over the long term, prices for wind and solar will continue to decline, albeit at a slower pace. That means clean-energy installations are expected to keep growing rapidly in the coming years. Still, the industry is wrestling with the immediate effects of supply-chain snarls. Burlington, Vermont-based See Energy, Page A8

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Energy From Page A7 solar developer Encore Renewable Energy LLC is paying about 35 cents a watt for panels, up from 30 cents in mid-2020, according to Chief Executive Officer Chad Farrell. Raw materials now account for 70% of the cost of finished modules, leaving suppliers with almost no room to trim expenses, said David Dixon, a senior analyst with research firm Rystad Energy. A shortage of polysilicon, one of the key materials for the photovoltaic cells that make up solar panels, increased expenses last year, and shipping costs also rose. Invenergy, a U.S. developer of wind and solar projects, has been forced to delay some projects

because it can’t get panels, said Art Fletcher, the company’s executive vice president of construction. Though shipping expenses are beginning to decline after jumping last year, the renewables industry as a whole is undergoing a transformation, he said. “I don’t believe we’re ever going back to where we were two years ago,” Fletcher said. The Solar Energy Industries Association and Wood Mackenzie Ltd. forecast last month that U.S. installations will drop 15% in 2022, about 25% below the trade group’s September forecast. Supply-chain kinks may ease this year as China spends billions on new factories to produce polysilicon. That may cut prices in the short term, but it’s less likely to lead to sustained reductions. “We’re getting to

the tail end of price declines,” said Dixon. “Commodity prices will be the sole determinant of module prices.” The wind industry is going through a similar transition. Prices plunged 48% in the decade through 2020, but are now leveling off and are expected to slide 14% through 2030, according to BloombergNEF. “That’s a sign of the industry maturing,” said BNEF wind analyst Oliver Metcalfe. Manufacturers will continue to reduce permegawatt costs with larger installations. However, these massive turbines – almost as tall as the Eiffel Tower – require more materials, especially steel, which surged in 2021 and will likely remain costly for the next several years. Supply-chain issues boosted

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“We have to put up a warning flag here,” said Morten Dyrholm, senior vice president at Vestas. “We need to focus on profitability across the sector.” Battery Costs Batteries have also been hit by inflation. BNEF said late last year that it expected prices for battery packs to climb this year for the first time in data going back to 2010. The 2.3% increase can be blamed on soaring prices for the metals batteries contain, booming demand worldwide and strained supply chains. But compared with wind and solar, batteries are a much newer part of the clean-energy landscape. Suppliers are still experimenting with new chemistries and ramping up production capacity, which means there’s still room for more significant price cuts.

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Fluence Energy Inc., a grid-scale storage developer, has seen delays and increased costs to ship batteries from its contract manufacturing facility in Vietnam, but the company doesn’t expect that to last. “This backlog that has been created is really being worked through,” said Chief Financial Officer Dennis Fehr. While some of the supply-chain issues bedeviling renewables developers are easing, George Bilicic, head of global power, energy and infrastructure for Lazard Ltd., said the industry is undergoing permanent changes. Without any new technological breakthroughs or major consolidation, prices are stabilizing.“The story about big cost declines is that large cost declines won’t be the story anymore,” Bilicic said.

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CALMATTERS COMMENTARY

Will state’s new school data system really work?

ov. Gavin Newsom habitually oversells the policies and programs he advocates, claiming they are groundbreaking and will have transformative and positive impacts on Californians’ lives. It is, therefore, with a healthy dash of salt that one considers his announcement in December that California’s “Cradle-to-Career Data System” (C2C) is being formally launched. The system, some months in the making, will – at least theoretically – provide Californians with comprehensive data on how well their massive public education system, all the way from pre-kindergarten to college, is preparing students for productive careers. Newsom said, “California is now poised to launch a transformative system that will enable Dan Walters us to both learn more about how – and do more – to serve students and families in an equitable way.” California is one of only eight states that lack such a system, which researchers and education reformers say is needed to gauge the efficacy of the state’s many educational programs, particularly the Local Control Funding Formula that’s supposed to close a yawning academic achievement gap in elementary and high schools. While Newsom’s predecessor, Jerry Brown, persuaded the Legislature to adopt the Local Control Funding Formula nearly a decade ago, increasing state aid to schools with large numbers of poor and English learner students at risk of failure, he was reluctant to have the state oversee how the extra money was being spent. Monitoring the Local Control Funding Formula and other targeted programs would require the comprehensive collection of data and Brown would not embrace such a system. However, Newsom supported legislation to create not only a data collection system but extending it into tools to help educators, students and parents navigate the education maze. It won’t happen immediately. The C2C project has been lodged in the state’s Governmental Operations Agency and Mary Ann Bates, a data maven who most recently worked for the White House Office of Management and Budget, is its first director. Under the current timeline, it will take four years to build the complete system, although the early stages will involve merging current data from various sources and releasing initial findings on educational and career achievement. The proactive tools, such things as electronic transcripts to aid college enrollment, would come later. As much as such a system is needed, some healthy skepticism is warranted. The state’s track record on implementing digital technology is, putting it charitably, poor. As the state’s auditor has frequently reported, efforts to digitize governmental operations have often either failed or faced years of expensive delays. They are launched with promises of more transparency and efficiency – just as C2C is being touted now – but rarely deliver such benefits. The second caveat is about how the data would be utilized once it is available – if it is. California’s education establishment is not fond of oversight. Its attitude is that taxpayers should provide the money and trust educators to spend it wisely. Brown’s hands-off posture on the Local Control Funding Formula is a case in point, as is the obfuscating “dashboard” published by the state Department of Education, supposedly telling the public how its schools are doing but merely adding to the confusion. It’s one thing to collect data, but using it productively is another. In theory, the new system will identify what’s working and what’s not as millions of children cycle through schools and colleges, and persuade those in charge to change what needs to be changed. Newsom should get credit for trying to create more transparency and accountability in education, but whether it pans out will not be known, most likely, until he’s joined the ranks of ex-governors. CalMattersis a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s state Capitol works and why it matters. For more columns by Dan Walters, go to calmatters.org/commentary.

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Allowing Covid-positive students at schools adds risk to everyone My eldest daughter attends Dixon High School, which like many other schools in the county, currently has an absurd number of positive Covid cases in both students and staff. Well over a third of the staff tested positive on a recent week and 128 students, over 10%. Despite this increase, Solano County Public Health is advising that asymptomatic vaccinated students and unvaccinated students who test positive can still attend school with masks as required, which they claim aligns with the state public health guidelines. However, the state guidelines also say that other considerations like community transmission levels and the effectiveness of PPE and distancing should be evaluated at a local level when advising the public. The facts that cloth masks have been proven to be insufficient PPE, that asymptomatic transmission is occurring everywhere, and the medical and scientific consensus is that the past two variants spread primarily through aerosol transmission are not being considered or discussed. So based on this direction, my child is expected to go to school and rely on ineffective PPE with Covidpositive students. My family is fully vaccinated. However, my youngest is too young to receive the vaccination yet and I have cardiomyopathy which keeps me at a higher risk despite being vaccinated. Even if people are not as likely to develop severe symptoms, it is happening and people are still dying. We have already lost three family

members to Covid. I’m not Ok with the risk we are being forced to take, and the lack of clarity or transparency from public health is arguably negligent. This cannot go on.

Thanks to school district for high-quality breakfast to ECHS students

no-cost breakfast provided in the school cafeteria every morning from 7:15 to 8 a.m. at Solano Community College. As a senior at Early College High School and a student in the FairfieldSuisun School District since August 2009, I would like to thank the district for providing Early College High School students with breakfast. Breakfast is shown to be a decisive factor in ensuring student achievement and growth. Multiple studies have shown strong correlations between students having breakfast and increased concentration in class, better test scores, and students having more energy during the school day. Personally, I have experienced that when I have breakfast before the start of the school day, I feel I am ready to learn and pay attention in class. Furthermore, by providing breakfast to Early College High School students, the district is making the most efficient use of its already existing Food Service department. This ensures that taxpayer dollars are used most efficiently and treated with respect. I want to thank Superintendent Kris Corey, Early College High School Principal John Pizzo and all of the other stakeholders who collaborated together effectively to ensure that Early College High School students have a high-quality, meaningful breakfast before they take on the school day. While to some this move may seem like a simple policy change, it has truly made a real and impactful difference in the personal and academic lives of Early College High School students.

Early College High School students recently began receiving

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Kelly Pidgeon James Dixon

Newsom should lead by example I was watching an ABC Channel 7 News report Jan. 17 of over $10 million worth of protective hospital equipment in the form of masks, hospital gloves, gowns, respirators and other “virus” protect gear had been left outside of a warehouse deliberately since September in San Mateo County. As the news crew were filming the pallets full of boxes with mold, sagging openings of gear, a security guard threatened them to leave, then a woman drove up and also threatened the crew and told the reporter it was “none of his business” what was being done with the protective gear. The ABC 7 reporter then told her, “It is his business because his and our tax dollars paid for it.” She then sped away. So I would ask Gov. Gavin Newsom, how serious is this mask edict? He was asked – while dining with a group of maskless friends. Rob Thomas Suisun City

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he Fairfield-Suisun is reserve funding for building School District govmaintenance included. erning board’s enthuThe school board in Sepsiasm to propose a tember identified 18 projects new facilities bond for the to prioritize for future facilNovember 2022 ballot begs ity funding – The Wish List. a candid summary review of This list incited the board to the current Measure J bond conduct a district citizens’ impact on taxpayers, along survey, at a cost of $12,000, with the approved, expenBarbara Pisching to determine if the taxpaysive Fairfield High School ers would be supportive of yet Performing Arts building project. another expensive school bond. Voters in 2016 passed a The proposed bond would tax $249 million Measure J school conproperty at $59 per $100,000 assessed struction bond for the district. valuation. For example, on a The taxation to district property $500,000 assessed property at $59 per owners to fund the bond was $60 per $100,000, the tax is $295. Property $100,000 assessed property valuaowners within the school district tion. The Measure J ballot language will be taxed such an amount for depicts renovation, repair and 30 years, in addition to the Measure upgrade projects to high schools to be J bond tax which is for 30 years, and funded with proceeds of the Measure with all the other school bonds on the J bond, which includes “provide property tax bill dating from 2002. education space for music and the The proposed bond amount is not arts.”A performing arts building was yet disclosed. not described. The new Performing Arts Center The sold bonds paid for prito be on the Fairfield High School ority level one projects at named campus is presently out for bid. The schools. Fairfield High School had a theater to be built is a four-story, generalized project list; that is, mod22,000-square-foot, 500-seat performernization of existing classrooms, ing arts building, with an automated existing building systems and toilets, rising orchestra pit and an elevator safety and security. New arts classto the lighting catwalk. Construction rooms or theater is not on the list, nor will start this summer.

The current performing arts curriculum at the high school consists of six base courses: band, choir, music production, musical theater, technical theater design and stagecraft. How many students enrolled in each course? In what building are these classes currently being held? Is such a big, expensive arts building needed? The cost of this new theater, to be expended from Measure J funds, is $37 million. In perspective, the construction cost of the Oakbrook Academy’s new Performing Arts Center, a 7,245-square-foot building with 402-seat capacity, was $7.4 million. Why does this specific Measure J bond expense matter? The cost of the new Performing Arts Center will deplete the remaining bond funds. If the arts building is not constructed, then some necessary projects on the Wish List could be completed without a new bond measure and new taxation. The property taxpayers within the district will decide their tax tolerance for yet another 30-year school bond by having the final say at the ballot box. Barbara Pisching is a member of the Central Solano Citizens/Taxpayer Group.

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THURSDAY, JAN. 20 12:38 a.m. — Prowler, 2000 block of NOTTINGHAM DRIVE 1:25 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 300 block of EAST TABOR AVENUE 9:22 a.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, EASTBOUND HIGHWAY 12 9:23 a.m. — Trespassing, 1900 block of WEST TEXAS STREET 10:13 a.m. — Drunk and disorderly, OLIVER ROAD 11:19 a.m. — Forgery, 3200 block of TORREY PINES DRIVE 12:31 p.m. — Battery, 1000 block of WEBSTER STREET 1:36 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, WALTERS ROAD 1:45 p.m. — Trespassing, 2100 block of WYLIE PLACE 1:51 p.m. — Brandishing a weapon, UNION AVENUE 2:35 p.m. — Reckless driver, 1900 block of CLYDE JEAN PLACE 3:28 p.m. — Forgery, 1000 block of WEBSTER STREET 3:29 p.m. — Battery, 1100 block of ALASKA AVENUE 3:49 p.m. — Hit-and-run with injury, 200 block of EAST TABOR AVENUE 4:12 p.m. — Vehicle burglary, 4400 block of CENTRAL WAY 4:33 p.m. — Forgery, 800 block of EAST TRAVIS BOULEVARD 5:06 p.m. — Indecent exposure, 2400 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 10:07 p.m. — Drunken driver, VANDEN ROAD

FRIDAY, JAN. 21 1:30 a.m. — Brandishing a weapon, AIR BASE PARKWAY 3:12 a.m. — Brandishing a weapon, 1000 block of WEBSTER STREET 5:46 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 2400 block of BEAUFORT DRIVE 6:03 a.m. — Vehicle burglary, 2500 block of HILBORN ROAD 7:26 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 2000 block of PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE 7:34 a.m. — Vehicle burglary, 2900 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 7:42 a.m. — Vehicle burglary, 2300 block of PEACH TREE DRIVE 8:03 a.m. — Trespassing, 1700 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 8:15 a.m. — Brandishing a weapon, KENTUCKY STREET 8:37 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 2200 block of GREENFIELD DRIVE 8:45 a.m. — Trespassing, 300 block of CHADBOURNE ROAD 8:48 a.m. — Grand theft, 4700 block of BUSINESS CENTER DRIVE 8:48 a.m. — Reckless driver, SANDPIPER DRIVE 8:53 a.m. — Grand theft, 1700 block of IDAHO STREET 9:36 a.m. — Vandalism, 2500 block of HILBORN ROAD 9:42 a.m. — Vandalism, 400

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block of SAN MARCO STREET 9:49 a.m. — Vehicle burglary, 2900 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 10:30 a.m. — Grand theft, 700 block of ISABELLA WAY 10:41 a.m. — Vehicle burglary, 300 block of PITTMAN ROAD 11:06 a.m. — Forgery, 1400 block of OLIVER ROAD 11:15 a.m. — Vandalism, 1700 block of WEST TEXAS STREET 1:15 p.m. — Robbery, 2300 block of FAIRFIELD AVENUE 1:15 p.m. — Vehicle theft, 1800 block of SAN PEDRO COURT 1:44 p.m. — Reckless driver, 2900 block of CORDELIA ROAD 3:10 p.m. — Indecent exposure, 1800 block of WEST TEXAS STREET 3:16 p.m. — Grand theft, 1300 block of TRAVIS BOULEVARD 4:02 p.m. — Trespassing, 200 block of ATLANTIC AVENUE 4:39 p.m. — Battery, 4900 block of VANDEN ROAD 5:13 p.m. — Drunken driver, 1000 block of OLIVER ROAD 6:17 p.m. — Rape, VILLA COURT 7:09 p.m. — Reckless driver, 2700 block of MARIGOLD DRIVE 7:22 p.m. — Trespassing, 1500 block of TRAVIS BOULEVARD 7:39 p.m. — Prowler, 800 block of FIFTH STREET 7:58 p.m. — Reckless driver, 800 block of CHADBOURNE ROAD 8:13 p.m. — Vehicle burglary, 2500 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 8:14 p.m. — Vehicle burglary, 2500 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 8:39 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 5100 block of BUSINESS CENTER DRIVE 8:43 p.m. — Vehicle burglary, 4400 block of CENTRAL PLACE 11:50 p.m. — Shots fired, 1100 block of TANGLEWOOD DRIVE

Suisun City THURSDAY, JAN. 20 7:13 a.m. — Fraud, 900 block of EMPEROR DRIVE 7:17 a.m. — Vehicle burglary, 100 block of SUNSET AVENUE 11:20 a.m. — Fraud, 800 block of SUNSET AVENUE 11:15 p.m. — Vehicle Theft, 900 block of FRANCISCO DRIVE Friday, Jan. 21 12:35 p.m. — Fraud, 1400 block of HUMBOLT DRIVE

UK says Russia plotting to put leader in Kyiv Tribune Content Agency LONDON — The U.K. says it has information that Moscow is plotting to install a proRussian leader in Kyiv, as fears of an invasion of Ukraine persist. The assertions, offered without a timeline on the intelligence, were contained in U.K. Foreign Office statement on Saturday as tensions over Russian activity around Ukraine continue to build. Yevhen Murayev, a former Ukrainian member

of parliament, is a potential candidate, according to the statement. In Washington, a National Security Council spokeswoman called the alleged plotting “deeply concerning.” The U.K. also said it had information that the Russian intelligence services maintain links with “numerous” former Ukrainian politicians. It mentioned four by name who are already subject to Western sanctions. The men, who left Ukraine in 2014, are believed to reside in Russia.

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FAIRFIELD — More than 100 residents in Fairfield have suffered a Covid-related death, while there have been 100 each in Vacaville and Vallejo, the Solano County Public Health Division reported. The 105 deaths in

Fairfield may be the most for any jurisdiction in the county, but Suisun City has the highest rate based on population. Vacaville also has a higher rate than Fairfield, the county reported. Suisun City has had 34 reported Covidrelated deaths.

Vallejo’s rate was lower than Fairfield’s, as were the rates in Dixon, Benicia, Rio Vista and in the unincorporated area of the county. Dixon has had 13 Covid-related deaths, followed by 12 in Benicia and 10 each in Rio Vista and in the unincorporated area of the county.

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Testing From Page One area is not possible. However, the totals are accurate, Matyas said. Vallejo has 20,310 cases; Fairfield has 16,828; Vacaville has 15,686; and Suisun City has 4,421. Dixon’s total is 3,443; Benicia has 2,508; Rio Vista has 869; and there have been 172 cases in the unincorporated area of the county. Vaccination rates stayed the same, with 80% of residents 5 or older having received at least one shot and 70% of that population being fully vaccinated. There have been 123,932 booster shots administered, representing 43%

of the population, the county reported. The number of children 5 to 11 years old who have received a vaccine shot rose to 10,629 – 28.6% or children between those ages countywide. ••• Most people who have Covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, experience only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. Some people, especially older adults and those with underlying health problems, experience more severe illness such as pneumonia. The delta variant of the virus is highly transmissible with indications that asymptomatic individuals can spread the virus to others. The Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention has reported that unvaccinated people who contract the delta variant of the virus are much more likely to require hospitalization and to die from the disease as those who are vaccinated. Health officials worldwide are focused on the omicron variant. Health officials confirmed Dec. 1 the first U.S. case of a person infected with the omicron variant was discovered in San Francisco in an airline passenger returning to the U.S. from South Africa. The variant has since spread across the country and represents the dominant strain both in California and the U.S. The vast majority of people who contract Covid-19 recover from their illness.

Center From Page One free tests, then moved on to offering testing for first responders and when they saw how interested people were, they opened testing to the community. “It’s just tough to get Covid tests right now,” Santopadre said. Santopadre said he is appreciative of all the work staff members have put in to help with the Covid testing along with everything else that has come with this pandemic. “They worked all week and still have volunteered to come out today,” he said of school district staff. The Vacaville School District has created a dashboard to keep the community informed of the number of cases in each of the schools. There are currently 519 students who have tested positive

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Covid-19 tests are shown as they process during the Vacaville School District’s free testing day in Vacaville, Saturday. for Covid along with Crisis Manager Abigail 53 staff members. Hilliard is charged with Year to date, the keeping the district’s district have com- Health and Safety OSHA pleted 18,060 tests with Covid-19 Prevention and 1,231 positive test results. Preparedness Program “We have streamlined updated, along with the the process,” Santopa- Elementary and Seconddre said, “by having all ary School Emergency the testing done in one Relief III plans. “She set all this place, getting the results in 15 minutes so you can system up. She has been just go home and we send amazing,” Santopadre said. “It is a way to help you a text message.” Communications and keep people safe.”

partners across the region to integrate and embed Joint Platform actions into existing regional plans and practices.” The issue is part of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s Bay Area 2050. The nine action points are: n Task 1: Collaborate on a “One Bay” vision to adapt to rising sea levels. Task 1.1: Create a longterm regional vision rooted in communities. Task 1.2: Lay the foundation for a proactive regional legislative agenda. n Task 2: Elevate communities to lead. Task 2.1: Improve how communities and public agencies learn from each other and work together. Task 2.2: Fund the participation and leadership of community-based organizations and frontline communities in adaptation planning. n Task 3.:Broaden public understanding of climate change science and impacts. Task 3.1: Tell local and regional stories about people and places adapting to climate change. Task 3.2: Weave climate literacy into school programs. n Task 4: Base plans and projects on the best science, data and knowledge. Task 4.1: Align research and monitoring with information gaps. Task 4.2: Make scientific data, information and guidance easier to use. Task 4.3: Increase access to technical consultants for local adaptation partners. n Task 5: Align local and regional plans into a unified adaptation approach. Task 5.1: Provide incentives for robust, coordinated adaptation plans. Task 5.2: Align state-mandated planning processes around adaptation. n Task 6: Figure out how to fund adaptation. Task 6.1: Expand understanding of the financial costs and revenues associated with regional adaptation. Task 6.2: Establish a framework for funding plans and projects. Task 6.3: Help cities and counties expand ways to fund adaptation planning and projects. n Task 7: Refine and accelerate regulatory approvals processes. Task 7.1: Accelerate permitting for equitable, multiplebenefit projects. Task 7.2: Assess environmental regulations and policies that slow down progress on projects. n Task 8: Fund and facilitate faster adaptation projects. Task 8.1: Incentivize projects that meet regional guidelines. Task 8.2: Encourage collaboration among people doing projects in the same places. Task 8.3: Facilitate faster construction of nature-based projects. n Task 9: Track and report progress to guide future actions. Task 9.1: Measure regional progress using metrics and share results. Task 9.2: Monitor and learn from pilot projects.

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LOS ANGELES — Students in Los Angeles Unified School District will now be prohibited from wearing cloth masks, according to an announcement distributed Saturday by the district. Starting Monday, students must wear “well-fitted, non-cloth masks with a nose wire” at all times, including outdoors. District officials said surgical masks or higher-grade masks were accept-

able, and that such masks would be available to students upon request. “Our in-school (coronavirus infection) rates have dropped but we are continuing to be diligent and agile in creating the safest learning environment,” said Shannon Haber, a spokesperson for LAUSD. The shift away from cloth masks was prompted by guidance from L.A. County health authorities, Haber said. LAUSD does allow exemptions to mask rules for some students

who have a disability, medical or mental health condition that makes them unable to comply. “If students have mask exemptions, this does not apply to them. Otherwise, it applies to all students,” said Dr. Smita Malhotra, LAUSD’s medical director, regarding the prohibition on cloth masks. Health officials in L.A. and across the state have increasingly urged the public to upgrade masks to surgical-grade or greater, such as N95 and KN95 masks.

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Gunman’s argument with mom led to call Tribune Content Agency NEW YORK — A fatal Harlem shooting that killed one officer and left another fighting for his life began as a spat over diets between a mother and the son who later opened fire on officers responding to the mom’s call for help, police sources said. Suspected gunman Lashawn McNeil came to Harlem to take care of his mother after she underwent heart surgery to have a stent put in. The two had been living together at the W. 135th St. apartment and frequently fought. The disputes included arguments over food options at the home; McNeil is a vegan but his mother isn’t, police sources said. McNeil also raged on social media, posting anti-government and anti-police rants on his Facebook page, police sources said. One post included a link to a video of the rap song “Hands Up” by Uncle Murda and Maino. The video – considered a tribute

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The side of a police patrol car in New York City. to Eric Garner, who died at the hands of the NYPD in 2014, and other victims of police violence – shows the two rappers pointing guns at a cop’s head. Officers Jason Rivera, 22, Wilbert Mora, ,27, and a third officer were dispatched to the apartment to quell a loud argument between McNeil and his mother about 6:30 p.m. Friday

when they found the woman alone. McNeil had retreated to a back bedroom. “We’ve been having problems,” the mother confessed to police. As the officers interviewed the mother, she called out to McNeil to come back into the living room, but he didn’t. When the officers went to the

back bedroom to talk to him, he emerged gripping a Glock 45 handgun with a high-capacity magazine that holds up to 40 rounds and opened fire. Rivera, the first officer in the hallway, was hit first and fell onto his back. His body worn camera shows McNeil stepping over him as he continued to fire at Mora, who may have fired at least one shot at the gunman before being wounded, police sources said. “Why’d you do that?” the mother screamed at McNeill as a gunfight erupted. The third officer, another probationary officer, shot and critically wounded McNeill, officers said. Both Rivera and Mora were rushed to Harlem Hospital, where Rivera died of his injuries. Mora remained in extremely critical condition Saturday, a high ranking NYPD source said. McNeil was also in critical condition at Harlem

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Sinema censured by Arizona Democrats Tribune Content Agency Arizona Democrats censured U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema for declining to back measures that could have boosted the chances of passing a voting-rights bill backed by President Joe Biden. Biden’s bid to push the legislation through the evenly divided Senate collapsed this week after Sinema and fellow Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia sided with Senate Republicans in not allowing a simple majority to pass the bill. “While we take no pleasure in this announcement, the ADP Executive Board has decided to for-

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U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Arizona) and U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) catch an an elevator to go to the Senate Chamber in the U.S. Capitol in 2021. mally censure Senator Sinema as a result of her failure to do whatever it takes to ensure the health of our democracy,” state Democratic Party chair Raquel Teran said in a statement Saturday after

an executive board vote. The legislation entailed two Democrat-drafted voting rights measures that were combined into a single bill passed by the House – an approach that allowed Senate Majority

Leader Chuck Schumer to bring it up without the threat of an initial GOP filibuster. Sinema said in a statement after the rule vote Wednesday that while she voted to support the bill expanding ballot access, “I also maintained my longstanding opposition to separate actions that would deepen our divisions and risk repeated radical reversals in federal policy, cementing uncertainty and further eroding confidence in our government.” Democrats said the voting rights legislation may GOP legislation.

Hospital Saturday. NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig said McNeil had a criminal history that included a gun charge in North Carolina, an assault on a police officer in Pennsylvania and a felony narcotics charge in New York City. Essig said he was on probation. The deadly clash marked the third police shooting in just one week, following the Thursday morning wounding of a detective during a Staten Island drug raid and a police officer grazed Tuesday while scuffling with a teen gunman in the Bronx. “I am struggling to find the words to express the tragedy we’re enduring,” NYPD Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell said as she announced Rivera’s death Friday night. “The pain their families are feeling is not something anyone can put into words. They were listening to a mother who called needing help for her son. Our department is hurting. Our city is hurting. It is beyond comprehension.”

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Campaign on-going to officially Newsom has big ditch the name Squaw Valley plans to get rid of homeless camps

Tribune Content Agency LOS ANGELES — As white settlers made their way west, so did the word “squaw.” Eventually, it took root in nearly 100 California place names, possibly more – Squaw Creek, Squaw Peak, Squaw Hollow, Squaw Flat. For a historic ski resort that hosted the 1960 Winter Olympics and was once known as Squaw Valley, the reckoning came last year. Visitors are now greeted by signs welcoming them to Palisades Tahoe. In another Squaw Valley – a landscape of rolling hills about halfway between Fresno and Kings Canyon National Park – the debate over whether to adopt a new name has Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times/TNS pitted Native American activists Roman C. Rain Tree, 40, of Fresno, founder of Rename S-Valley Coalition, against a white county supervisor. an indigenous group, is a member of the Dunlap Band of Mono Indians and At the heart of the battle is what Choi Numni people. “squaw” means and who decides whether it’s offensive. on the East Coast and originally term “squaw” to be derogatory Roman Rain Tree, a member of meant “woman.” and established a task force to find the Dunlap Band of Mono Indians, But in European languages, replacement names for places on is leading a campaign to change the the word morphed into something federal land. name of the land where his ances- darker. It eventually spread to There are more than 650 places tors lived for generations from western areas where Indigenous on federal land that contain the Squaw Valley to Nuum Valley. tribes spoke languages unrelated term, according to a database Nuum means “the people” in the to Algonquin. maintained by the Board on GeoWestern Mono language. Suzan Shown Harjo, president graphic Names. Fresno County Supervisor of the Morning Star Institute and “The term has historically been Nathan Magsig, who moved to a leading Native American rights used as an offensive ethnic, racial the area from Orange County as a advocate, said “squaw” was pop- and sexist slur, particularly for teenager, accuses Rain Tree and ularized by French and British Indigenous women,” the departsome of his supporters of being trappers, who conscripted Indig- ment said in a news release. “outsiders.” enous women as slave laborers as The earliest documented To Rain Tree, 30, who lives early as the 1600s. appearance of “squaw” in Fresno about half an hour away in Fresno, “They were calling them County dates to Aug. 8, 1871, when “squaw” is an ugly profanity ‘vaginas,’ and they were calling the Squaw Valley School District for vagina. them worse,” said Harjo, who was created, according to a report “When people say, ‘Well, you has been involved with the compiled by Fresno library staff. don’t live here’ and get offended, fight to change offensive names The report cites an account I say, ‘But you’re living on stolen since the 1960s. that the name was inspired by an Montana, Oregon, Maine and imprint shaped like a woman’s land,’” he said. Magsig argues that there Minnesota are among the states moccasin in a granite rock pointing shouldn’t be a blanket prohibition that have outlawed “squaw” in toward the valley. place names. Another story claims that two on the word. Six proposals to replace “squaw” hunters bestowed the name in “What makes something hateful is the context and how the person’s are listed by the California Advi- 1851 after finding only women and heart is, who’s making those state- sory Committee on Geographic children in the valley, with the men ments,” Magsig said, adding that Names, including Damalusung having gone off to war. For the ski resort formerly it was important to understand the Lake for Squaw Lake and Paac Kü̱vü̱hü̱’k for Squaw Tank. known as Squaw Valley, one origin historical origin of the name. In November, U.S. Secretary story recorded in a newspaper Some scholars believe “squaw” came from the Algonquin language, of the Interior Deb Haaland, who article cites the murder of an Indigwhich was spoken by many tribes is Native American, declared the enous woman.

Tribune Content Agency After pouring an unprecedented $12 billion into homeless housing and services last year, Gov. Gavin Newsom now is turning to the massive tent camps, shanty-towns and make-shift RV parks that have taken over California’s streets, parks and open spaces during the Covid-19 pandemic. In a never-before-seen effort, the governor is doling out $50 million this winter to help cities and counties clear out camps and house people living outside. San Jose, Richmond and Santa Cruz are among those that might benefit. Newsom hopes to increase that investment 10-fold in the coming year’s budget and add $1.5 billion to house people with behavioral health conditions. In charge of it all will be Newsom’s new state homelessness council, cochaired by none other than the face of California’s Covid response — Dr. Mark Ghaly. “This is probably one-of-a-kind, once-in-a-lifetime type funding that we’re seeing from the state,” said Michelle Milam, crime prevention manager for the Richmond Police Department and a member of the city’s homelessness task force. “We’ve never seen this kind of investment from the state for encampments.” She and other local officials and nonprofit leaders, who have been battling a growing homelessness crisis for years

with little help from the state, are grateful and hopeful. But, they say, the money won’t be nearly enough. The funds Newsom has set aside for encampments are onetime grants, not the kind of ongoing investment cities need to make a lasting dent in finding permanent homes for unhoused Californians, experts say. They acknowledge that focusing on encampments is a smart political move by the governor, but getting people out of camps and into temporary shelters isn’t a solution if there is no affordable housing. “I think we would want to look at it a little bit more holistically,” said Christopher Martin, policy director for the advocacy organization Housing California. “We need to address all facets of homelessness, not just encampments.” Richmond is one of more than three dozen cities and counties that have applied for one of Newsom’s new encampment resolution grants, which will be awarded by March 1. Although there is about $50 million available, the state has received requests for $120 million. Newsom has proposed allocating another $500 million in this year’s budget. If selected, Richmond would use the money to clear a camp of more than 100 people living off Castro Street in cars, RVs and trailers. Echoing the experience of many cities, such camps exploded in Richmond during the pandemic.

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The “Pastoral” concert opens with Caroline Shaw’s “Entr’acte.” Guests will listen spellbound as Shaw, the youngest composer to win the Pulitzer Prize in music, compresses time and stretches it out again – taking the audience, in her words, “behind the looking glass.” From its dramatic opening statement to the fiery thrills of its close, Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 1, delivers a virtuoso punch tempered by lush lyricism. Jeffrey LaDeur will perform this concerto with all the power and nuance it deserves. LaDeur is known for his “delicate keyboard touch and rich expressivity” (San Francisco Chronicle) and playing described as “deeply moving, probing, felt

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Jeffrey LaDeur, left, and David Fung. entirely in the moment.” Much sought after for his rare blend of insight, spontaneity and approachable, communicative stage presence, LaDeur has captured the hearts and minds of audiences from the Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall to the Shanghai Conservatory and the Orlando Festival in the Netherlands. He records for the Music and Arts label. Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68, the only one of his symphonies to depict a story, takes the listener for a Sunday walk in the countryside, with bucolic melodies and bird calls that set a pastoral scene, a country dance led by an out-of-time brass band, an unexpected thunderstorm and a hymn of thanksgiving. Performances are scheduled at 8 p.m. April 23 and 3 p.m. April 24.

Concert III: ‘The Dance’ The performance opens with two pieces from Ruth Crawford Seeger, ultramodernist composer and matriarch of the folk-revival Seeger family, who composed in radically different styles. “Music for Small Orchestra” came from her early, avant-garde period, while “Ris-

solty Rossolty,” a crazy-quilt polyphony of three folk tunes, was composed as a whimsical tribute to the never-ending energy of folk music. Pianist David Fung, who performed with Vallejo Symphony Orchestra in 2018 to great acclaim, returns to play Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s tempestuous Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23. The melody from this concerto’s iconic opening became a huge hit when transformed into the love song “Tonight We Love,” but the rest of this early work is even more compelling, as it alternates between dreamy passion and quick passages of dazzling difficulty. Fung, praised for his “ravishing and simply gorgeous” performances in The Washington Post, is widely recognized for interpretations that are elegant and refined, yet intensely poetic and uncommonly expressive. Declared a Rising Star in BBC Music Magazine, Fung regularly appears with the world’s premier ensembles, as well as the major orchestras in his native country of Australia. He can be heard on more than a dozen releases by Pentatone, Orchid, Genuin, Yarlung, and Naxos labels. See Vallejo, Page B3

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fter more than three decades, Jim Henson’s “Fraggle Rock” received a full-series revival Friday on Apple TV+, fashioned as a 13-part serial, with episodic elements, that plays adroitly to the original’s themes of interdependence and selfacceptance. Apple had earlier streamed “Fraggle Rock: Rock On!,” a modestly produced series of shorts from Year One of the pandemic, modeled on Zoom calls and remote musical collaborations and clearly meant to impart to younger viewers a sense that even if things were no longer normal, they could still be good. As with all things Fraggle, some of it may have rubbed off on their

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1983 to 1987; the 21st century high-resolution widescreen television allows for bigger sets, bigger crowds, bigger production numbers – a water ballet, a “Soul Train” dance See Fraggle, Page B3

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Boy George also shared a tribute to the late singer on Friday. “R.I.P Meatloaf. Love and prayers to all his family and close friends. He once turned me upside down in a Chinese Restaurant in St Johns Wood,” he said. Comedian Stephen Fry wrote: “I hope paradise is as you remember it from the dashboard light, Meat Loaf.” Meat Loaf, whose given name was Marvin Lee Aday, boasted a successful career spanning more than six decades. He became a household name in 1977 with his breakout hit “Bat Out of Hell,” which remains one of the bestselling albums of all time. Since then, he has sold more than 100 million records. The singer also won a Grammy in 1993 for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance for the song “I’d Do Anything for Love” in addition to appearing in television shows and films, including “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” “Fight Club” and “Wayne’s World.” His family announced his death on his Facebook page early Friday morning. “We know how much he meant to so many of you and we truly appreciate all of the love and support as we move through this time of grief in losing such an inspiring artist and beautiful man,” the post reads. “We thank you for your understanding of our need for privacy at this time. From his heart to your souls…don’t ever stop rocking!”

line – and more details in the characters and clothing. The Grand Hall of the Fraggles is really grand (with a waterfall, and a Doozer monorail running through it). The photography and lighting are first-rate. It is all quite beautiful. Most importantly, “Back to the Rock,” developed by Alex Cuthbertson and Matt Fusfeld (whose credits include “New Girl” and “Community” but nothing with puppets or for children), has been made with a believer’s fealty to the original, in terms of character, humor – it’s very funny – and its main message: We are all connected and must learn to listen. That we humans – Silly Creatures, as the show rightly dubs us – seem ever farther from this ideal might lead one to wonder whether messaging in children’s programming can change the world, but it can certainly improve the world of the viewer during the space of watching it, and both then and now, it’s the sort of show whose positive attitudes, subtle jokes and sophisticated language help build strong, flexible adult minds. (Sentences like “Clutter is the manifestation of freedom” and “You can’t get bogged down in semantics” are not the stuff of every children’s show.) And, unlike whatever comes branded as Muppet, owned now by Disney, the Fraggles still belong to the Hensons. “Fraggle Rock” performers Karen Prell and Dave Goelz are back for “Back to the Rock”; other puppeteers – notably including John Tarta-

Vallejo From Page B1 Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92, shows the master at the height of his powers – transporting the audience from a pastoral beginning through wry humor, high tragedy and triumph. Performances are scheduled at 8 p.m. May 7 and 3 p.m. May 8.

Concert I: ‘Fate’ The performance features “Pixie” by Trey Makler; Alexander Scriabin’s Piano Concerto in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 20, with soloist Jared Redmond; and Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67. The concert opens with “Pixie,” a spritely, MAKLER delicious treat by Makler, Vallejo Symphony Orchestra’s composer in residence. This is the premiere of this new work. Makler’s background as both composer and educator with some of the world’s leading classical music institutions makes him uniquely qualified for the role of composer in residence with the Vallejo Symphony. His music ranges from solo to chamber, orchestral to opera. He is pursuing a PhD in theory and composition at the University of California, Davis and holds degrees from The Juilliard School and the University of Missouri. During his tenure as a teaching artist with the New York Philharmonic’s Very Young Composers program and The Juilliard School’s Music Advancement program,

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Jared Redmond. he witnessed firsthand the ability of music to transform the lives of young people. Makler will compose a major orchestral work for performance during the Vallejo Symphony’s 2022-23 season. Next, pianist Jared Redmond plays the final of three piano concertos scheduled for this year: the Piano Concerto in F-Sharp Minor by Scriabin, a contemporary and classmate of Rachmaninoff. Scriabin’s concerto combines the passionate technique of Rachmaninoff with the grandeur and finesse of Chopin in a rapturous tour-de-force that will sweep audience members off their feet. Redmond is a pianistcomposer based in Seoul. With a repertoire stretching from music of the 16th through 21st centuries, he has appeared as a piano soloist throughout North America, Europe and East Asia. A specialist in avant-garde music, he is especially devoted to the works of his favorite composer, Russian mystic Scriabin, whose music he has studied and performed extensively

glia, who went to work on “Sesame Street” at 16, was nominated for a Tony for “Avenue Q” and has writing credits here – have experience on Henson shows, or have already performed these characters live. (Special guest voice artists include Cynthia Erivo, Kenan Thompson, Daveed Diggs and Ed Helms.) For those not in the know, Fraggles, classic Henson creatures with pingpong ball eyes, moppy hair, floppy arms and puff-ball-tipped tails – perfectly formed to express exhilaration – are a race of cavern-dwelling creatures who live to dance, play, sing and explore; they love games and holidays (the new series packs them in) and get by on a 30-minute workweek. The Doozers are, by contrast, a race of tiny compulsive builders who grind radishes (the Fraggles’ favorite food) into crystalline Doozer sticks, from which they make elaborate constructions the Fraggles like to eat, thereby creating more space for the Doozers to build. The radishes are appropriated from the garden of the Gorgs, trollish creatures that recall Maurice Sendak illustrations and live above the Fraggles in (something like) the open air. They are represented entirely by Ma and Pa, who affect royal airs, and their son, Junior, whom they torment. (Ma and Pa are minor presences in the new series, with little of the affection they sometimes displayed for their son in the earlier show; Junior’s primary emotional relationship in “Back to the Rock” is with a plant, and it is rather moving.) A well in their garden leads to the Fraggles’ Great Hall; also on their property is an all-seeing trash around the world. He records for the Bandcamp and Austrian Gramophone labels. Beethoven’s innovative Symphony No. 5 anchors the program. Its magisterial four-note theme has been described as “the sound of Fate knocking on the door.” The winds of revolutionary fervor blow through this early 19th-century work, in which Beethoven broke new ground that would transform the world of music forever. Performances are scheduled at 8 p.m. June 18 and 3 p.m. June 19.

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heap named Marjory (Aymee Garcia), with the voice of a Jewish mother, from whom the Fraggles receive mystical advice. The series centers on five young friends, who are as you may remember them. It’s important that within the bounds of their Fragglehood, they represent distinct individuals because accepting difference, in oneself and others, is a recurring theme of the series. They are Gobo (Tartaglia), an adventurer with a Canadian accent, accentuating his niceness; Red (Prell), excitable and physical; Mokey (Donna Kimball), a little older, spiritual; Wembley (Jordan Lockhart), a little younger, indecisive, with a tendency to hyperventilate; and Boober (Goelz, puppeted by Frank Meschkuleit), depressive, introverted, devoted to laundry. Puppets don’t age, unless you rebuild them to. The unavoidable change here, 35 years on, is the show’s resident human, who lives in a back house where a hole in the wall leads to the Fraggle universe; the Fraggles, for their part, regard the human side as “Outer Space,” reported on in filmed pieces by Gobo’s explorer uncle Traveling Matt (Goelz, puppeted by Kevin Clash), who gets everything about it wrong. (His name is a pun on “traveling matte,” a special effects process; Gobo is the name for a screen that hides a camera lens from light.) The tenant is no longer an elderly inventor but a young woman (Lilli Cooper) working toward a doctorate in marine biology; like her predecessor, she is called Doc and has a dog named Sprocket (Tartaglia). Her career goal is perhaps a nod to the original Doc’s

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passing mention, in the final “Fraggle Rock” episode, of a failed plan to start a “marine biology business”; similarly, new Doc’s unseen landlady is a Mrs. Shimmelfinney, referencing old Doc’s unseen friend and neighbor, Ned Shimmelfinney. There are some discontinuities between the original and new series. While Uncle Traveling Matt is going “back” to Outer Space, in the opening episode of “Back to the Rock” he shows Gobo the portal as if for the first time – though the character spent the first series sneaking through it to grab his uncle’s postcards out of the trash. (In the new show, he will receive packages containing misidentified human “artifacts” – bubble wrap is interpreted as “a squishy crystal cloak.”) Similarly, the Fraggle Five have no previous knowledge of Marjory, though they met her often through “Fraggle Rock.” These are small things, I suppose, which are soon overtaken by more pressing Fraggle matters, but even as an adult, they bother me a little. (Sequel? Reboot?) For a kid who might have watched the original, whose 96 episodes are also streaming on Apple TV+, it might occasion some cognitive dissonance; certainly, as a child, I would have spent far too much time trying to puzzle it out. Water as a limited, corruptible resource drives the plot. (It’s also an issue for Doc, as a marine biologist, and while she doesn’t interact with the Fraggles, her portion of each episode reflects the themes of the puppet story.) The main storyline throws a wrench into the ecological balance between the Fraggles, Doozers and Gorgs – and

getting back from the breakdown is the season’s work. On the way, the Fraggles naturally find time to dance, sing, party and play games, which they regard almost as a panacea; at the same time, facts keep getting in the way. Themes include sustainability, advertising, industrial pollution and letting nature do what nature does. The show is not particularly subtle with its messages, especially when making them the subject of a song – it is not “Fraggle Rock” without songs – though some metaphors will make more sense to older viewers, as when Mokey finds herself trapped in an echo chamber, where talking rocks parrot her own views back to her. “A great pause now will make a greater, more sustainable change for tomorrow,” says Cotterpin Doozer (Kimball), something of a free thinker among her neverpausing kind and a major player in “Back to the Rock” – something for adult Silly Creatures to consider as we continue to drive full speed into the teeth of the climate crisis. Everything works. But what makes the series so exciting is that, digital compositing and cleanup aside, we are seeing, nearly all the time, real figures on real sets, whether controlled by humans standing beneath them or by radio control or inside suits or some combination thereof, and there is a kind of magic in knowing this. The textures are palpable. The Fraggles and Fraggle Rock are evidently handmade and at the same time actual and alive – something you could become part of, could make yourself, potentially. It prickles the mind.

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Viral ‘Critical Race Theory’ painting creates overnight fame for artist Tribune Content Agency DETROIT — Fame came abruptly for Detroit painter Jonathan Harris, whose viral “Critical Race Theory” painting went around the world in a matter of days in late 2021. Social justice Facebook page The Other 98% shared the painting with its 6.5 million followers on Nov. 21 and, almost instantly, it was popping up on various social media platforms. The original Other 98% post racked up about 24,000 reactions, 2,000 comments and 11,000 shares. The self-taught artist had only been painting for about a year. In December, the Free Press told Harris’ story, and his phone hasn’t stopped ringing since. “It’s been insane . . . but in a good way,” he said by phone last week. “People have been emailing me from all over the world, so many emails, every day - and messages on social media, too. I try to respond to each one individually, but it’s becoming so hard to do that, I just know I’m not going to be able to get to everyone.” Galleries, museums, movie stars and politicians have contacted Harris, some with interest in his work, some simply to say that the “Critical Race Theory” piece resonated with them. Emails have come from people on multiple continents, in assorted non-English languages he’s had to translate before he could read them. The original piece was purchased by a private owner from the Irwin House Gallery in Detroit’s LaSalle Gardens neighborhood, where it was on display as part of an exhibition by artist-in-residence Harris. A limited number of prints were made available during the holidays and quickly sold out. A second round of prints were

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Jonathan Harris stands next to his painting titled “Critical Race Theory” at Irwin House Gallery in Detroit, Dec. 2, 2021. then made available, and sold out again. Harris and the story of the painting have been covered by TV news, talk shows and Black Enterprise magazine. Irwin House gallery director Misha McGlown described it as “overwhelming – and I’m not complaining!” “And unexpected, of course. Both Jonathan and I are fielding tons of inquiries and requests, and also just supportive messages as well. It’s been a 24/7 rollercoaster adventure. And then the whole task of trying to get the prints and get them mailed and delivered safely. We’re trying to build a team of people to help on all fronts administratively.” McGlown said she and Harris started their work relationship

more than a year ago, and he’s been instrumental in building the gallery brand. “I’m so happy we’ve been able to get his career off the ground in such a big way . . . I’m equally happy to have him on my team,” she said. On Martin Luther King Day, Harris was scheduled to engage in a public discussion of critical race theory with Cornelius Godfrey, supervisor of educational equity, inclusion and community relationships for the Troy School District. Godfrey is also co-founder of Affirm Celebrate Advocate, a community organization focused on meeting the needs of students and families of color. “You have these viral videos from school board meetings where parents are making claims that are uninformed or simply not even true about (critical race theory),” said Godfrey. “I have an obligation as a district representative,” he said, “to address the needs of our students who are experiencing or being impacted by inequity. And I think one of the greatest means is communication and having an open dialogue.” Political interference, however, has created difficulties when it comes to open discussions about critical race theory, he said. He said the attention-getting school board episodes are tied to political agendas. “Great art is a window into who we were, are and can be,” said Rochelle Riley, director of the City of Detroit’s Office of Arts, Culture and Entrepreneurship, or ACE. “With a single painting, Jonathan Harris explained exactly what the fake debate over critical race theory is doing. Some people are using it to erase Black history. His picture really is worth a thousand words.”

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Last Sunday’s Puzzle Solved

B6 Sunday, January 23, 2022 — DAILY REPUBLIC

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49ers stun Packers on Gould’s last-second field goal Tribune Content Agency GREEN BAY, Wis. — On and on this dramatic 49ers’ season goes, from one elimination game to the next, with a spot now reserved for them in the NFC Championship Game. They advanced Saturday night with a comefourth-quarter back against the top-seeded Green Bay Packers, emerging with a 13-10 triumph in an epic, divisional playoff

game further decorated by a dusting of snow at Lambeau Field. After dramatically keeping their season alive with road wins over the Los Angeles Rams and Dallas Cowboys, the 49ers (12-7) improved to 4-0 in postseason action against Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Next up will be the winner of Sunday’s game (noon PT) between the defending champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the visit-

ing Los Angeles Rams. How did the 49ers escape this time? Officially, they won it on Robbie Gould’s 45-yard field goal, a drive keyed by Jimmy Garoppolo’s over-the-middle completions to George Kittle (12 yards) and Deebo Samuel (14 yards). On third-and-7 from the Packers’ 38-yard line, after a 49ers’ timeout, Garoppolo took a shotgun snap with 1:03 left and handed the ball off to Samuel on a draw. Samuel

churned to the 29-yard line, then hopped off the field, unable to put weight on his right foot. The clock ticked under 30 seconds. Garoppolo got under center. Then Elijah Mitchell ran up the middle – a painful reminder of his failed fourth-and-1 run on the 49ers’ preceding drive from the Packers’ 19. So, with 0:13 on the clock, Garoppolo handed off again, and it was Kyle Juszczyk’s turn up the middle to the right hash-

mark, all in an effort to set up Gould’s winner. What really saved the 49ers’ season, however, was the most unlikely of game-tying touchdowns. It was scored on special teams by rookie Talanoa Hufanga with 4:41 remaining. Hufanga scooped the football off the snow-covered grass, once Jordan Willis heroically blocked Corey Bojorquez’s punt. Willis, despite a high ankle sprain last game, plowed through the Packers’ long snapper and

extended his left hand up to block the punt. That left Aaron Rodgers plenty of time for late-game magic, against a team he needed only 37 seconds to spare for a game-winning drive in the 49ers’ home opener in Week 3. Instead, that Packers drive was harmless, expiring once Rogers’ 45-yard heave toward Davante Adams fell incomplete with 3:33 remaining. See 49ers, Page B12

LOCAL REPORT

Vanden’s Null on Maxpreps All-State third team defense Daily Republic staff

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Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green, left, attempts to block Indiana Pacers guard Malcolm Brogdon

as he passes the ball during the first half of a game, Dec. 3, 2021, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

Warriors miss Draymond Green’s personality as much as his passing and defense

Ron Kroichick

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Draymond Green can defend all five positions and pass like a point guard. But his team’s struggles the past twoplus weeks, as he nurses calf and lower-back injuries, highlight another reason he’s so valuable to the Warriors – his forceful personality. Green will miss at least the next four games and probably more. This is a challenging stretch of the schedule, too, as the Warriors complete their long homestand against Utah (30-16), Dallas (26-20), Minnesota (22-23) and Brooklyn (29-16).

Green will miss at least the next four games and probably more. This is a challenging stretch of the schedule, too, as the Warriors complete their long homestand against Utah (30-16), Dallas (26-20), Minnesota (22-23) and Brooklyn (29-16). Momentarily set aside the exhilaration of Stephen Curry’s gamewinning shot at the buzzer Friday night to beat Houston. Curry’s late theatrics masked a team wandering in the darkness recently – sloppy and stagnant on offense, unfo-

cused and uncommonly meek on defense. Make no mistake: Green wouldn’t stand for that. Just check out some snapshots Friday night, as the Warriors wobbled along before their late comeback. Head

coach Steve Kerr animatedly greeted players on their way to the bench for timeouts. Assistant coach Mike Brown vigorously clapped and exhorted the players as they broke the huddle, as did guard Klay Thompson (who didn’t play). They made a commendable effort to replace Green’s intensity, but that’s a tough void to fill. Later, in his postgame news conference, Kerr acknowledged the Warriors “haven’t brought the requisite energy and force it takes to win when you’re under siege.” Asked whether Green’s See Draymond, Page B7

Supervisors to honor Vanden state champion football team Todd Hansen

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FAIRFIELD — The celebration of Vanden High’s 2021 Division 3-AA state football championship will continue Tuesday when the Solano County Board of Supervisors recognize the Vikings’ achievement. The board resolution, which will be presented by Supervisor Mitch Mashburn, notes the school-tying win total of 13 and record point per game average of 44.3. “The Vikings won the SacJoaquin Section Division 4 Championship for the fourth time in school history, the California Interscholastic Federation Division 3-AA Northern Regional Championship for the first time, and became California Interscholastic Federation Division 3-AA State Champions for only the second time in school history,” the resolution states. The come-from-behind 14-13 win

over Aquinas of San Bernardino is actually the first official California Interscholastic Federation state football championship for the school. The team finished 13-2 overall, and 4-1 in the Monticello Empire League. The only MEL loss, 35-17 on Oct. 15, came at the hands of Vacaville High. The Vikings rolled off seven straight victories after that, including all five in the playoffs, by an average score of 52-16. Along the way, the Vikings won the fourth Sac-Joaquin Section championship in school history (1975, 1984, 1995), defeating Merced 49-21 at St. Mary’s High of Stockton on Nov. 27. They then mauled Windsor, 56-28, in the CIF Northern California Division 3-AA title game on Dec. 3. The Vikings featured the highestscoring offense in school and city history, setting city records for total points (664) and points per game

(44.3), marks that had previously been held by the 1995 squad. Vanden was also a threat to score in other ways, adding four touchdowns on interception returns and three on fumble returns as well as five on special teams. Junior quarterback Tre Dimes set city records for passing yards with 3,262 and passing touchdowns with 46, throwing 14 each to Michael Belk and Jamai East. East led the team in scoring, adding two touchdowns on interception returns and two on kickoff returns. Junior linebacker/defensive end Orion Null was a force on defense, leading the team with 116 total and 64 solo tackles, 29 tackles for loss and 16 sacks. The Board of Supervisors meets at 9 a.m. in the first-floor chamber of the government center, 675 Texas St. in Fairfield. The item is the fourth on the agenda.

FAIRFIELD — Listed at an even 6 feet, 205 pounds, Orion Null of the Vanden High football team wasn’t the most imposing player on the field last fall. Then he made another sack or a tackle for loss to add to his already impressive stats for the season. The junior defensive lineman/linebacker was named to the Maxpreps All-State third team defense after helping the Vikings win their fourth Sac-Joaquin Section and first CIF Northern California and state championships. For the season, Null amassed 116 total tackles, 64 of them solo, with 29 tackles for loss and 16 sacks, tying for eighth in the state in the latter. He also forced four fumbles, recovering one. Null came up huge in Vanden’s 56-28 NorCal title win over Windsor, making 16 tackles, 14 of them solo, with five sacks. He also had a sack in the 14-13 state title win over Aquinas of San Bernardino.

JC women’s basketball

Another Brown double-double lifts SCC to win NAPA — Zaire Brown delivered her third straight double-double and seventh of the season and the Solano Community College women’s basketball team used a 26-9 edge in the second quarter to defeat Napa Valley 72-61 in Bay Valley Conference play, Friday. Brown led the Falcons (9-7. 4-0 BVC) with 21 points and 16 rebounds, while Cherika Rafan had 16 points, four rebounds, four steals and four assists, Melody Rafan had 11 points, Jaslyn Woods had six points, nine rebounds and eight assists, Janae Jackson had four points, 14 rebounds and three blocks and Dominique Eaglin had five points and nine rebounds. Solano led 17-12 after the first quarter before exploding in the second lead 43-21 at intermission. Napa Valley outscored the Falcons 40-29 in the second half but it wasn’t enough to catch the visitors. The Falcons host Laney of Oakland on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.

Prep boys basketball

Vanden outlasts Rodriguez, 70-68 FAIRFIELD — After opening Monticello Empire League play with a pair of one-point victories, the Rodriguez High boys basketball team fell victim to a Takai Emerson-Hardy double-double as Vanden escaped with a 70-68 victory at Jim Boyd Gym, Friday. Emerson-Hardy finished with 21 points and 17 rebounds to lead the Vikings (9-11 3-0 MEL), while Sterling McClanahan had 15 points, Tyler Thompson 11 points and Ahsan Huff 10 points and 21 rebounds Leroy Bryant, who nailed a 3-pointer from near mid-court as the final horn sounded to make the final margin two points, led the Mustangs (13-2, 2-1) with 26 points, followed by Jerel Victor with 13 and Oliver Williams and Joe Gould with 10 each. “It was back and forth,” Vanden coach Micheal Holloway said. “Like I told the guys going in, ‘Their (Rodriguez’s) record is what it is for a reason.’” Vanden’s JV team (13-4, 4-0) rolled to a 76-57 victory behind 23 points from Jayden Robinson, 18 from Jonah Forrest and 12 from Tru Kendrick. Campolindo 71, Vanden 56: At San Pablo’s Contra Costa College in the Crush in the Valley Tournament, the Vikings had a quick turnaround to play one of the top teams in the state, falling to the Cougars (15-1), who are ranked eighth in California by Maxpreps.com. The Vikings last led at 18-17 after an Ahsan Huff basket in the second quarter, but Campolindo went on a 7-0 run to take the lead for good and extended its advantage in the second half after leading 35-24 at the break. Takai EmersonHardy led Vanden with 24 points, followed by Tyler Thompson with 11. The Vikings host Armijo in a makeup game on Sunday at 3 p.m. A rule change by the CIF has allowed games to played on Sunday this season only to alleviate the scheduling crunch caused by Covid-related postponements. Fairfield 78, Armijo 56: At Fairfield’s Ronald D. Thompson Gymnasium, Jeremiah Cardwell See Local, Page B12

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Sunday’s TV sports Note: Some events may be canceled or moved to different times and/or stations because of Covid-19 considerations

Basketball College men •Butler at Providence, FS1, 9 a.m. •Northwestern at Purdue, BIG TEN, 10 a.m. •Xavier at Marquette, FS1, 11 a.m. •Memphis at Tulsa, ESPN, noon •Arizona at California, PAC12, P12BA, noon •Michigan at Indiana, Chs. 5, 13, 12:30 p.m. •LSU at Tennessee, ESPNU, 3 p.m. •North Carolina at Wake Forest, ACC, 5 p.m. •Oklahoma State at Texas, ESPNU, 5 p.m. •Washington State at Oregon, FS1, 7 p.m. College women •Ole Miss at Kentucky, SEC, 9 a.m. •North Carolina at Georgia Tech, ACC, 9 a.m. •Fordham at Dayton, ESPNU, 9 a.m. •St. Bonaventure at George Mason, CBSSN, 9 a.m. •Ohio State at Rutgers, ESPN2, 10 a.m. •DePaul at Xavier, CBSSN, 11 a.m. •Wake Forest at Louisville, ACC, 11 a.m. •Oklahoma at Kansas State, ESPNU, 11 a.m. •Tennessee at Georgia, SEC, 11 a.m. •Iowa State at Baylor, ESPN2, noon •Virginia Tech at North Carolina State, ACC, 1 p.m. •Alabama at Auburn, ESPNU, 1 p.m. •Mississippi State at Arkansas, SEC, 1 p.m. •Texas A&M at Missouri, SEC, 3 p.m. •Virginia at Duke, ACC, 3 p.m. •Indiana at Iowa, BIG TEN, 3 p.m. •UCLA at USC, PAC12, 6 p.m. NBA •L.A. Lakers at Miami, NBATV, 3 p.m. •Utah at Golden State, NBATV, NBCSBA, 5:30 p.m. Bowling •PBA Players Championship, Midwest Finals, FS1, 1 p.m. •PBA Players Championship, Southwest Finals, FS1, 3 p.m. Extreme sports •X Games Aspen 2022, Chs. 7, 10, 10 a.m. •X Games Aspen 2022, ESPN, 4 p.m. Figure skating •Four Continents, Ch. 3, 10 a.m. Football NFL Playoffs •Division round, L.A. Rams at Tampa Bay, Ch. 3, noon •Division round, Buffalo at Kansas City, Chs. 5, 13, 3:30 p.m. Golf •Latin America Amateur, final round, ESPN2, 8 a.m. •LPGA Tour, The Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions, final round, GOLF, 9 a.m. •PGA Tour, The American Express, final round, GOLF, noon •PGA Tour Champions, Mitsubishi Electric Championship, final round, GOLF, 4 p.m. Gymnastics College women •UCLA at Oregon State, PAC12, 2 p.m, Hockey NHL •Winnipeg at Pittsburgh, NHL, 10 a.m. Horse racing •America’s Day at the Races, FS2, 11:30 a.m. Rodeo •PBR, Gwinnett Invitational, CBSSN, 5 p.m. Soccer Ligue 1 •FC Metz vs. OGC Nice, BEIN, 3:50 a.m. •Clermont Foot vs. Rennes, BEIN, 5:55 a.m. •Montpellier HSC vs. AS Monaco, BEIN, 7:55 a.m. •Paris Saint-Germain vs. Stade de Reims, BEIN, 11:35 a.m. Premier League •Arsenal vs. Burnley, USA, 6 a.m. Super Lig •Galatasaray vs. Trabzonspor, BEIN, 2:30 p.m. (taped) Africa Cup of Nations •Winner Group D vs. 3rd group B/E/F, BEIN, 5:30 p.m. (taped) •Group A runner-up vs. Group C runner-up, BEIN, 8:30 p.m. (taped) Tennis •Australian Open, ESPN2, 6 a.m. •Australian Open, Chs. 7, 10, 1 p.m. •Australian Open, ESPN2, 6 p.m. Wrestling College •Wisconsin at Purdue, BIG TEN, 1 p.m.

NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB 29 16 .644 — 26 19 .578 3 22 21 .512 6 23 24 .489 7 22 24 .478 7½ Central Division W L Pct GB 28 16 .636 — Chicago Milwaukee 30 19 .612 ½ Cleveland 28 19 .596 1½ Indiana 17 30 .362 12½ Detroit 11 34 .244 17½ Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 29 17 .630 — 26 20 .565 3 Charlotte Washington 23 23 .500 6 20 25 .444 8½ Atlanta 8 39 .170 21½ Orlando WESTERN CONFERENCE Northwest Division W L Pct GB Utah 30 16 .652 — Denver 23 21 .523 6 Minnesota 22 23 .489 7½ Portland 19 26 .422 10½ Oklahoma City 14 32 .304 16 Pacific Division W L Pct GB Phoenix 36 9 .800 — 33 13 .717 3½ GOLDEN STATE L.A. Lakers 23 23 .500 13½ L.A. Clippers 23 24 .489 14 18 30 .375 19½ SACRAMENTO Southwest Division W L Pct GB Memphis 32 16 .667 — 26 20 .565 5 Dallas 17 28 .378 13½ New Orleans San Antonio 17 29 .370 14

Brooklyn Philadelphia Toronto Boston New York

14 33 .298 17½ Friday’s Games GOLDEN STATE 105, Houston 103 Charlotte 121, Oklahoma City 98 L.A. Lakers 116, Orlando 105 L.A. Clippers 102, Philadelphia 101 Atlanta 110, Miami 108 Portland 109, Boston 105 Toronto 109, Washington 105 Milwaukee 94, Chicago 90 Brooklyn 117, San Antonio 102 Memphis 122, Denver 118 Utah 111, Detroit 101 Saturday’s Games Milwaukee 133, SACRAMENTO 127 Cleveland 94, Oklahoma City 87 Phoenix 113, Indiana 103 Sunday’s Games Utah at GOLDEN STATE, 5:30 p.m. L.A. Clippers at New York, 10 a.m. Boston at Washington, 12:30 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Miami, 3 p.m. Chicago at Orlando, 3 p.m. Portland at Toronto, 3 p.m. Atlanta at Charlotte, 4 p.m. Philadelphia at San Antonio, 4 p.m. Memphis at Dallas, 4:30 p.m. Brooklyn at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Detroit at Denver, 5 p.m. Monday’s Games New York at Cleveland, 4 p.m. Indiana at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Chicago at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. Utah at Phoenix, 6 p.m.

HOCKEY NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA 42 27 11 4 58 129 108 38 27 9 2 56 136 91 40 25 10 5 55 136 106

N.Y. Rangers Carolina Pittsburgh

42 23 10 9 55 139 117 38 18 19 1 37 120 137 39 15 19 5 35 115 137 34 14 14 6 34 80 91 41 13 20 8 34 102 141 Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 41 28 8 5 61 167 117 Tampa Bay 42 27 10 5 59 142 122 Toronto 38 25 10 3 53 129 100 Boston 38 24 12 2 50 119 102 Detroit 42 18 18 6 42 113 139 Buffalo 41 13 21 7 33 111 142 Ottawa 34 11 20 3 25 96 124 Montreal 40 8 25 7 23 88 146 Western Conference Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA 39 28 8 3 59 165 118 Colorado Nashville 43 26 14 3 55 134 118 St. Louis 40 24 11 5 53 143 108 Minnesota 37 24 10 3 51 141 113 Dallas 38 20 16 2 42 112 119 Winnipeg 37 17 14 6 40 109 111 Chicago 41 15 19 7 37 99 135 Arizona 40 10 26 4 24 89 152 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vegas 41 24 15 2 50 145 125 Anaheim 43 20 16 7 47 125 123 Los Angeles 41 20 16 5 45 116 113 SAN JOSE 41 21 18 2 44 114 124 Calgary 35 18 11 6 42 110 88 Vancouver 40 18 18 4 40 102 113 Edmonton 36 18 16 2 38 117 123 Seattle 40 12 24 4 28 105 145 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 Carolina 6, N.Y. Rangers 3 Penguins 5, Columbus 2 Dallas 5, Detroit 4, OT N.Y. Islanders 4, Arizona 4 Minnesota 5, Chicago 1 Florida 2, Vancouver 1, SO Anaheim 5, Tampa Bay 1 St. Louis 5, Seattle 0 Saturday’s Games Tampa Bay at SAN JOSE, (n) Buffalo 6, Philadelphia 3 Boston 3, Winnipeg 2 Colorado 3, Montreal 2,OT New Jersey 7, Carolina 4 N.Y. Rangers 7, Arizona 3 Washington 3, Ottawa 2, OT Toronto 3, N.Y. Islanders 1 Nashville 4, Detroit 1

Minnesota 4, Chicago 3, OT Calgary at Edmonton, (n) Sunday’s Games Winnipeg at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m. Ottawa at Columbus, 3 p.m. Los Angeles at New Jersey, 4 p.m. Florida at Seattle, 6 p.m. St. Louis at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Monday’s Games Anaheim at Boston, 4 p.m. Los Angeles at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. Dallas at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Vegas at Washington, 4 p.m. Montreal at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Chicago at Colorado, 6 p.m. St. Louis at Calgary, 6 p.m.

FOOTBALL NFL Playoffs Wild Card Round Saturday, Jan. 15 Cincinnati 26, Las Vegas 19 Buffalo 47, New England 17 Sunday, Jan. 16 SAN FRANCISCO 23, Dallas 17 Tampa Bay 31, Philadelphia 15 Kansas City 42, Pittsburgh 15 Monday, Jan. 17 L.A. Rams 34, Arizona 11 Divisional Round Saturday’s Games SAN FRANCISCO 13, Green Bay 10 Cincinnati 19, Tennessee 16 Sunday’s Games L.A. Rams at Tampa Bay, noon Buffalo at Kansas City, 3:30 p.m. Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 30 NFC, SAN FRANCISCO at L.A. Rams or Tampa Bay, 3:30 p.m. AFC, Cincinnati at Buffalo or Kansas City, noon Pro Bowl Sunday, Feb. 6 AFC vs. NFC, noon Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 13 Teams TBD, 3:30 p.m.

Draymond: W’s 5-7 when not starting From Page B6 personality – overflowing with energy and force – becomes even more important when the team is struggling, Kerr emphatically agreed. “One hundred percent,” he said. “Without Draymond we lose a huge part of who we are – identity-wise, force-wise, competitivewise. So we have to find it elsewhere.” The Warriors are 28-6 this season when Green starts and 5-7 when he does not. He didn’t join his teammates on the bench Friday night, but center Kevon Looney said Green was in the locker room and spoke to the team before the game. Still, that’s not the same as offering guidance and direction in the heat of battle. Green, seldom shy to voice his opinion during a game, almost counts as a coach on the court. “We definitely miss his leadership,” Looney said. “He’s an elite player and one of the best leaders in the league. Not having him out there, sometimes you get lost without him. We have to find our roles and keep pushing.” Green’s absence comes at a telling time in the Warriors’ season. They’re slogging through the final weeks before the AllStar break ( Feb. 17-23), just like every other NBA team, after playing games for three consecutive months without extended rest. They’re also trying to integrate Thompson into the rotation, after he spent 2 1/2 years recovering from major knee and Achilles injuries. Curry, carrying a big burden, isn’t shooting with his customary efficiency. Jordan Poole is struggling to move back into a bench role after thriving as a starter for the season’s first two months.

These issues showed in back-to-back games against lowly opponents, the Pacers and Rockets. The Warriors made just 9 of 42 3-point shots and committed 21 turnovers against Indiana. They made 10 of 30 beyond the arc and committed 19 more turnovers against Houston. That helps explain the jubilant celebration when Curry’s dramatic, stepback jumper saved them from a second consecutive embarrassing loss. “It’s been a real struggle the last couple of weeks, and it’s been no

fun,” Kerr said. “We’ve had some adversity and we haven’t handled it very well.” Kerr found encouragement in Poole’s play Friday night. He was largely invisible in Golden State’s previous two games – 3-for-13 from the field, including 0-for-7 from long distance – but he bouncedbacktoscore20pointsagainst Houston, on 7-for-15 shooting. Poole started with Thompson resting. Another number worth noting: The Warriors outscored the Rockets by 18 points during the

31-plus minutes Poole was on the court. Even so, Kerr’s response to a postgame question about Poole was unusually curt. Poole’s sluggishness coincides with him falling out of the starting lineup, but Kerr didn’t seem sympathetic. “It doesn’t matter what your role is, you play your ass off every night,” he said. “Yes, it’s hard to change your role during the middle of the season, but who cares? That’s your job. I thought Jordan responded well tonight after some recent struggles.”

McPherson kicks Bengals past Titans in NFL playoffs Tribune Content Agency The Tennessee Titans had Derrick Henry back in the lineup and sacked Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow nine times on Saturday. But the Bengals still beat the Titans 19-16 to advance to the AFC Championship Game. quarTennessee terback Ryan Tannehill threw an interception on his first and last passes of the game (with another interception in between), and when linebacker Logan

Wilson picked off Tannehill with 20 seconds to play, Cincinnati had a chance to knock off the AFC postseason’s No. 1 seed. As he did during the regular season, rookie kicker Evan McPherson cashed in the opportunity by nailing a 52-yard field goal on the final snap of the game. The former Fort Payne High School standout had kicked a game-deciding field goal on the final play three times during the regular season. “He’s got ice in his veins,” Cincinnati

coach Zac Taylor said. “There’s not much to be said. He’s as cool as it gets. You’ve got confidence that he’s going to nail it every single time that he steps up there. . . . “He just steps up. The moment’s never too big for him. We’re happy to have him.” On Saturday, McPherson also made field goals of 38, 45 and 54 yards, in addition to an extra point. McPherson became the first player in NFL history to make at least four field goals in more than one game in a single postseason.

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Readers respond to letter about mother’s abuse of daughter Dear Annie: I just finis not alone and many ished reading the letter others have flown out from “Caged Bird,” and of the cage of control, my heart broke for her. abuse and manipulation. The reason is because I Now that you have lived that same life, and flown out of your mothher letter could have er’s abuse, it is time been my own. to grieve the relationWhat was done to ship that you never had her by her mother and Annie Lane with her. Every child to me by my mother wants their mother to Dear Annie were not the products of love and support them. “motherly love” or “misguided When there is abuse involved, motherly concern.” These were the child will constantly try to the actions of a controlling, please the mom or think that manipulative, abusive woman. they are somehow to blame – Period. I escaped from her that they did something wrong control. — Lived It to have a mother who acted that Dear Lived It: I’m so glad way. As an adult, you can see that you escaped from your that it was not you at all and mother’s abuse. Please make that, sadly, your mother was sure that you are in therapy not a well person. Give yourself and allowing yourself to escape time to grieve that relationship from the pain that she imposed that never existed. on you. I hope your letter lets Grief is part of the human “Caged Bird” know that she experience, and sharing our vul-

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nerability helps us create truly close bonds with others. Dear Annie: I want to point out one possible cause for why “Caged Bird’s” mother could be acting so controlling with her daughter, who missed out on life growing up: Her mother did not act out of love but jealousy. Her mother played favorites with her sons. Her mother was probably jealous that her daughter would grow up and become better than her. How sad, but now is the time for her to soar and leave her toxic upbringing behind. — One More Possible Reason Dear Reason: Your letter brings up a very good point. The fact that she treated her daughter so much differently than her son could absolutely be a sign of jealousy. Thank you for your insight. Dear Annie: I just read

your article about the husband having a relationship with someone in the office. The wife asked why women try to break up marriages like that. I’d like to offer some insight, as I’ve had experiences on both sides of the issue. First, in dating a married man, I lost sight of the morals my parents had instilled in me. I was young and naive, and I believed what the man was saying to me about him wanting to leave his supposed loveless marriage. It took me years to figure out I set myself up for failure in coupling with someone who was already coupled. It was a way for me to be safe from true commitment, although I didn’t realize I was doing that psychologically. Years later, when I was married, my husband cheated on me with a bevy of women,

some of them knowing he was married. When I heard all those women on the voicemail, my now ex-husband tried to say they were not calls for him. He was a cheater, period. I knew from my own experience that I had to be the No. 1 priority because I deserved it. And that’s what relationships should be. I’m remarried and happy now. My heart goes out to the wife, hoping she can stay strong and make decisions that prioritize her mental health and personal happiness. — Finally Happy the Second Time Around Dear Finally Happy: Thank you for sharing your experiences, and congratulations on finding a partner who brings you peace and happiness. Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@ creators.com.

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by Holiday Mathis

Today’s birthday You’ll have a benefactor. Enjoy your good fortune, knowing that in time you’ll provide as much benefit to this person as you receive. Friends lavish you in love and opportunities, including the chance to participate and contribute in realms you wouldn’t have known about. Your financial instincts are strong. Sagittarius and Scorpio adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 9, 2, 14, 5 and 11.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). You’re getting to the deeper levels of a task. Repetition will only make you sharper. Even if you take the exact path you took yesterday, you’ll still learn something new. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). As you help someone out of a sticky situation, glue gets on you. The trick is to stay in motion. Keep moving through it before it dries on you and you get stuck, too. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Memories rewrite themselves each time you visit them, which changes your experience of the past but doesn’t change the actual past. Someone else sees it differently. They may be as correct as you. CANCER (June 22-July 22). You belong in creative dialogue with people you admire and respect. You’ll be influenced by people who capture your imagination and lead your thoughts to expansive, colorful new places. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You feel ready to live bigger but oddly enough, it’s best accomplished by simplifying and focusing on fewer things. Progress is a function of concentrating your efforts. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). A little cleaning, clearing a bit of clutter, adding a personal touch to your environment – these are the things that make you feel more centered and settled against the backdrop of an unpredictable world. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). With a different approach, things can and will change. With the same approach, you will get the same outcome. Knowing what to try next is the tricky part. Get advice from the experienced. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Smart people with the wrong strategy are worse off than monkeys with the right game plan. Read through all the instructions before you execute the task. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Interesting developments are happening in your realm of finance. For instance, what was once valuable to you for purely sentimental reasons may now have a monetary value, too. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Remember when you weren’t very well-known and you struggled for recognition? Now, others struggle to get your attention. You are challenged to spend it wisely. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Crimes go unpunished by the usual standards yet, in a weird way, justice will be served. The same goes for rewards. They come indirectly but abundantly. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You think about what’s around the bend and how you want to show up for it. You are prepared to contribute and will have a clear advantage over those who have not thought ahead, which will be most people. CELEBRITY PROFILES: On this day in 1910, one of the world’s greatest and most influential guitarists was born. Django Reinhardt was one of the first European jazz musicians to make a major contribution with jazz guitar. At a time when guitar solos were mainly chorded, Reinhardt introduced complex melodic improvisations using his two working left-hand fingers. Ruled by rebellious Uranus, Aquarius is the sign of innovation and famously pushes art forms into the future. Write Holiday Mathis at HolidayMathis.com.

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Cervical cancer is largely preventable because it is so slow growing.

with routine screenings, vaccinations

Dr. Sharlene Sanidad

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ervical cancer was once the leading cause of death for women with cancer in the United States. But because of preventive screenings and the HPV vaccine that is no longer the case. Unfortunately, because of the Covid-19 pandemic there has been a decline in cervical cancer screening rates. With January being Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, it’s a good time to remind women about the importance of getting their routine screenings. Cervical cancer occurs when abnormal cells on the cervix, in the lower part of the uterus, grow out of control. It’s caused by a virus called human papillomavirus, or HPV. You can get HPV by having sexual contact with someone who is infected with the virus. HIV patients, those who are immunocompromised, and those who smoke may be at a higher risk for cervical cancer, as well as those who have multiple intimate partners because of more

potential exposure. We don’t diagnose much cervical cancer. I have only seen about 10 cases in my career as an OB/GYN, which I attribute to preventive screenings and the HPV vaccine. Cervical cancer is largely preventable because it is so slow growing. The current recommendation is to get screened for HPV every three years. Even with screenings done every three years, we are still able to catch abnormal cell growth early. And even if your screening shows you have abnormal cells, it doesn’t mean you have cervical cancer. It likely means you may have something that is pre-cancerous and can be treated. The other way to help prevent cervical cancer is by getting vaccinated. A vaccine to prevent cervical cancer did not exist 20 years ago. But in 2006, the HPV vaccine was approved. The vaccine is recommended for everyone ages 9 to 45, including men and boys. Previously, it was given to those under the age of 26. But then the recommendations were expanded, because research has shown the

vaccine has benefits for older adults. Plus, even if you had a pre-cancerous cell previously, the vaccine prevents progression of the disease. If you have abnormal bleeding or pelvic pain, these can be symptoms you need to have checked out. Cervical cancer is largely asymptomatic, which is why screenings are so important. If you think you may be overdue for your cervical cancer screening, contact your doctor. You can also discuss HPV vaccination if you are eligible. I am not only an obstetrician and gynecologist, but a health education leader, which is why I am passionate about educating people about their health. I believe in empowering women to make the right decision for themselves to improve health care outcomes. A lot of women don’t know what is happening with their body and I want them to have all the information, so they can make informed decisions. Sharlene Sanidad, M.D., is an obstetrician and gynecologist with Kaiser Permanente in Vallejo. Kaiser Permanente Napa Solano is a partner of Solano Public Health.

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Child Start Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for Change Process Consultation Child Start has released a RFQ for a Change Process Consultant to help the agency with becoming a trauma- and resilience-informed organization. Consultation services can be offered in-person and/or remotely. Statements of Qualifications are due in-person or by email by February 15, 2022. For more information, please view the RFQ located on the a g e n c y w e b s i t e : https://www.childstartinc.org/wpcontent/uploads/2022/01/child-start-rfqfor-change-process-consultation-1.pdf DR#00052270 Published: Jan. 19, 21, 23, 24, 26, 28, 30, 31, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS CALIFORNIA IMAGING LLC

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LOCATED AT 2788 Shearwater Way, Fairfield CA 94533 Solano. Mailing Address 2788 Shearwater Way, Fairfield CA 94533. ARE HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S) California Imaging LLC CA. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: a Limited Liability Company The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 12/21/2021. 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/ Kurt Bourez 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 Dec. 27, 2026. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: Dec. 28, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2021002473 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR#00052372 Published: Jan. 23, 30, Feb. 6, 13, 2022

LOCATED AT 626 Kinglet St, Suisun City Solano. Mailing Address 626 Kinglet St, Suisun City. ARE HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S) Nick Lais 626 Kinglet St Suisun City, 94585. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: an Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 12/10/2021. 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/ Nick Lais 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 DEC. 12, 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: Dec. 13, 2021 New ASSIGNED FILE NO.2021002394 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR#00052067 Published: Jan. 9, 16, 23, 30, 2022

NOTICE OF AUCTION SALE in accordance with the provisions of California Self Storage Facilities Act sections 21700-21715, there being due and unpaid rent, storage fees and costs. Notice is hereby given that the goods which are stored at Willie’s Truck Parts will be sold at a public auction at 3002 Rockville Road, Fairfield, CA 94534. Cash only. Sale date: 02/08/2022 at 09:00 AM. Furniture, tools, household goods, fishing gear, dirt bike, boat. #36 Jillian Rhodes, #72 Wayne Mills, #107 Stevey Raiff, #148 Christopher Poujade. Storage Auction Experts, Bond #5860870, (209) 667-5797 DR#00052396 Jan. 23, 30, 2022 April 5, 2022 Assembly District 11 Special Vacancy Primary Notice of Election Notice is hereby given to all qualified persons that a Special Vacancy Primary Election to fill the remainder of the term for Assembly District 11, boundaries as they were prior to 2022 redistricting, will be held in the County of Solano, State of California, on April 5, 2022 for the following office: Voter Nominated Offices: State Assembly District - 11 The impacted areas of former Assembly District 11 include all of Fairfield, Rio Vista, Suisun City, and Vacaville, plus unincorporated areas of Solano County as shown on the Registar of Voters Website :http://www.solanocounty.com/civica/filebank/blobdload.asp?BlobID=36153 All qualified persons who wish to become a candidate may file nomination papers with the Registrar of Voters Office located at 675 Texas Street, Suite 2600, in Fairfield, CA. The date you may file nomination papers begins January 25, 2022 and ends February 10, 2022 at 5:00 P.M. Notice is further given that an appointment for an office will be made in the event no candidate has filed or insufficient candidates have filed and a petition for an election is not filed within the time prescribed by law. Further information about filing is available on the Registrar of Voters website at www.solanocounty.com/elections or contact the Election Department (707) 784-6675 or e-mail us at elections@solanocounty.com. The Primary for the new Assembly District 11 will take place on June 7, 2022 for the full four-year term. On April 5, 2022, the polls will be open between 7:00 A.M. and 8:00 P.M. Persons interested in volunteering at polling places should contact our office. Dated: January 18, 2022 John H. Gardner, Assistant Registrar of Voters DR#00052390 Published: Jan. 23, 2022 SUMMARY OF ADOPTED ORDINANCE AMENDING SOLANO COUNTY CODE CHAPTER 28 (ZONING REGULATIONS) AMENDING THE POLICY PLAN OVERLAY DISTRICT (pp-17-01) LOCATED EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH GATE ROAD AND CANON ROAD At its regular meeting on January 11, 2022, held after a published notice and public hearing, the Solano County Board of Supervisors adopted an ordinance to amend Chapter 28 of the Solano County Code amending the Policy Plan Overlay District (PP-17-01) to 83± acres, identified as Assessor’s Parcel Numbers 0166-040-060 and 0166-050-100, located at 5204 North Gate Road. Supervisors Brown, Hannigan, Spering, Mashburn and Chair Vasquez voted yes. The purpose of the ordinance is to amend the existing Policy Plan Overlay (PPO) site development plan and the list of allowable land uses. Specifically, the boundary lines within the PPO are amended to allow for flexibility during the use permit process for siting particular uses and expansion of a potential leach field. Revisions to the list of land uses include eliminating uses which are deemed not compatible with the Transitional - Industrial nature of the overlay district such as Animal Facilities and Operations, Dwellings, and Public Assembly uses. Any new proposed land uses will require issuances of a minor use permit and no use shall exceed 100’ in height. The ordinance will remain in effect until December 31, 2028, or repealed or extended by a subsequent ordinance, whichever occurs first. The permitted, transitional commercial and industrial uses will operate for the fixed term, commencing on the effective date of the ordinance. Additional permitting would be necessary if the land uses continue beyond December 31, 2028. The ordinance takes effect on February 11, 2022.

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/s/ Amy A. Self, as Conservator of the Person and Estate of Rita Elizabeth Saviotti, also known as Rita Ann Saviotti, Rita Joe Saviotti, and Joe Rita Saviotti DR#00052394 Published: Jan. 23, 26, 30, 2022

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20 points and the Vanden High girls basketball team never trailed in sailing to a 73-30 victory in a battle of Monticello Empire League unbeatens, Thursday. Kiki Roberts added 14 points, Jaylen Khehnel 11 and Diana Creswell and Calonni Holloway seven each for the Vikings (13-3, 4-0 MEL), who led 25-10 after the first quarter and never looked back. The Mustangs (10-5, 2-1) host Wood in a key makeup game on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. Wood 72, Vacaville 52: At Wood’s Frank Molina Gymnasium, Kailei Gomez and Natalie Sanchez drained backto-back 3-pointers to give the Wildcats (10-4, 3-0) the lead for good after the Bulldogs (6-9, 1-3) had battled back from a 35-25 halftime deficit to tie the score at 43. Sanchez paced Wood with 24 points and seven rebounds, while Athena Brombacher added 11 points and 6 rebounds, and Bella Merritt 10 points. Vacaville’s Brynlie Headrick led all scorers with 29 points with Callie Headrick next with nine points

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Vacaville 2, Vanden 1: At Vanden’s George A. Gammon Field, Alicia Rawdon scored a goal in each half with Sydney Boele assisting on each to lift the Bulldogs (11-6, 4-1) past the Vikings (4-4-2, 2-2-2). Isabella Serrano scored a second-half goal for Vanden with Jordyn Peter assisting. Kaylei Capossela recorded five saves for the Bulldogs, while Tylin Norman had seven and Giselle Torres three for the Vikings.

Statistics for Travis Air Force Base for yesterday through 5 p.m. Temperature High/Low.............................70°/53° Average high .......................... 55.4° Average low............................ 39.4° A year ago............................ NA/NA Barometric pressure............30.10 Humidity...................................62%

Air Quality Index 61 Precipitation 0-50 51-100 101-150 151-200 201-300 Last 24 hours................................0″ Good Moderate Unhealthy Unhealthy Very sensitive unhealthy Month-to-date....................... 0.05″ Normal Jan. rainfall .............. 4.77″ Source: Bay Area Air Quality Management District Season-to-date.......................... NA Normal seasonal rainfall....24.81″ UV Index This date last year...................... NA 2 Source: NWS and NOAA <2 3-5 6-7 8-10 11+ Good Moderate

help propel Rodriguez High to a 9-0 Monticello Empire League victory over Armijo at Coach Ed Hopkins Memorial Stadium, Thursday. Also scoring for the Mustangs (5-3-1, 5-0-1) were Jasmine Ahmady, Phoebe Arbarbaraghi, Giselle Rodriguez, Lilly Garcia, Anika Koop and Adison Judd, while Ahmady, Saniyah Espadron and Amanda Fokin had assists.

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Once Gould’s field goal cleared through the uprights, it gave him a perfect 20-for-20 record on postseason field-goal attempts. It was the most clutch moment of his lengthy career and a game-winning kick that rivaled Adam Vinatieri’s for the 2001 New England Patriots. The 49ers players and coaches celebrated by racing all over the Packers’ legendary field. Pandemonium. Before Garoppolo walked off into the locker room, he turned to acknowledge the 49ers’ fans who made the trek – the same fans who surely cursed Garoppolo’s presence after he had a pass intercepted at the Packers’ 4-yard line just before halftime. But a storybook finish made that a footnote, just as it did the four third-down sacks he endured, just as it did a failed fourth-and-1 run by Mitchell earlier in the fourth quarter. The 49ers defense, which allowed an opening touchdown drive, proved resilient the game’s remainder, especially so in the final quarter. Arik Armstead’s third-down sack of Rodgers forced the Packers to settle for a 33-yard field goal and a 10-3 lead with 11:27 to go. It was Samuel who sparked the 49ers’ second-half comeback bid. As snow flurries arrived, Samuel returned the second half’s kickoff 49 yards to midfield. He followed with four more touches (39 yards worth) to set up Gould’s 29-yard field goal and a 7-3 deficit. Stalling out

that drive were two penalties in the red zone, Mitchell getting called for grabbing a facemask and then Trent Williams lining up in an illegal formation. The 49ers trailed 7-0 at halftime, and it could have been much worse had their defense not rallied after the opening touchdown drive. More help came from Jimmie Ward blocking a field goal attempt as the first half expired. That blocked kick couldn’t take the sting out of what happened earlier, specifically Garoppolo’s pass that got intercepted at the Packers’ 4-yard line by safety Adrian Amos with 56 seconds until halftime. It’s at this point in the program where Garoppolo detractors will point out the 49ers entered 7-0 in games he doesn’t throw an interception. The 49ers had reached the 9-yard line after a Garoppolo completion to Kittle, but then came a holding penalty on Williams, who earlier in the drive went in motion as a fullback and punishingly led the way for a Mitchell third-down conversion. The 49ers had gone three-and-out on their earlier four possessions, which was a stark contrast to how the Packers opened by marching 69 yards (10 plays) en route to an A.J. Dillon touchdown run and 7-0 lead.

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