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FAIRFIELD — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently completed the release of 2 million juvenile fall-run Chinook salmon from the Success on the Coleman National Fish Hatchery into the Sacramento River. The hatchery is located in Anderson. “Nobody here at . . . Coleman has ever transported that small of fry before despite staff having a lot of experience transporting fish,” Brett Galyean, hatchery manager and project leader with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, said in a statement. “When you do something new, you’re always just a little bit leery of the outcome, so we started off with really small loads and then as we gained confidence in our technique and watched what the fish were

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Newly released salmon fry in the Sacramento River. showing us during the transport, we upped that number throughout the day.” The project included 600,000 fish released Dec. 17. “I was really surprised at how well the fry swam immediately,” Galyean said in the

statement. “Most of the time when you put them in a Raceway, they go straight to the bottom and they try to ball up in safety. I watched the fry swim back in towards the boat ramp, some swim up the See Salmon, Page A8

Travis School Board members will hear a legally required update Tuesday on how the school district is managing several million dollars in pandemicrelated funding received from both the state and federal governments. The report to the trustees is officially called the Supplement to the Annual Update for the 2021-22 Local Control Accountability Plan. California 202122 budget, the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and other state and federal pandemic relief acts have provided schools and related entities – called local educational agencies – with what’s described in a staff report as a significant increase in funding to support students, teachers, staff and their communities

Tribune Content Agency Coronavirus cases have plummeted across the Bay Area since the peak of the omicron surge a month ago, and health officials increasingly are talking about the next phase of the 2-year-old pandemic: specifically, what living with endemic Covid might look like. But first it would help, these officials say, to define what endemic means. Or rather, what it doesn’t mean. “‘End’ is in the word ‘endemic,’ and people are so sick of all this that they’re interpreting endemic as the end. And it does not mean that,” said Dr. Scott Morrow, the San Mateo County health officer. Covid would instead join the ranks of dozens of other endemic diseases, including seasonal threats like the flu and illnesses of varying degrees of severity from the common cold to malaria. Endemic “just means Covid is here and we

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Jayden Perez, 6, receives a Covid-19 vaccination shot from Chi Pham during Touro University’s 100th Mobile Vaccination Program clinic, Jan. 26, 2022. have to figure out how to live with it,” Morrow said. “We need to manage it, probably forever.” Endemic might also mean the end of the pandemic – the era of chaotic peaks and valleys of infection and recurring concerns that hospitals will be overwhelmed – for places like the Bay Area, with its widespread vaccination and, presumably, plenty of access to testing and treatments.

It’s possible the Bay Area could settle into an endemic stage once the omicron surge is over. Though Covid would not go away, and might remain a highly visible part of daily lives, endemicity could be a viral chapter that involves less stress than any other time over the past two years. People might still choose to wear masks indoors or get tested before visiting the grandparents, but those

behaviors would be normalized, and come with a clearer understanding of when and why to use them. There are caveats, of course, particularly with regard to the potential for troublesome new variants, and the same experts who are hopeful that Covid will calm down soon also caution that much uncertainty remains – and admit that previous attempts to declare the pandemic over were premature. But parts of Europe that are emerging from omicron a few weeks ahead of the United States are already dropping restrictions and re-evaluating whether Covid remains an urgent, deadly threat or something to be lived with. And in the Bay Area, among the most restrictive places in the United States in terms of Covid control, health officials say that in the coming weeks and months they expect to relax, though

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As U.S. predicts Russia could seize Kyiv, Moscow calls assessment ‘scaremongering’ Rachel Pannett, K aren DeYoung, Dan Lamothe, Robyn Dixon, Amy B Wang THE WASHINGTON POST

As cases plummet, experts chart Bay Area life after Covid – and when it might arrive

in recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic. The money is targeted to address the impacts of distance learning on students, according to a staff report. Section 124(e) of Assembly Bill 130 requires local educational agencies to present an update on the Annual Update to the 2021-22 Local Control Accountability Plan and Budget Overview for parents on or before Feb. 28. That update must occur during a regularly scheduled meeting of the governing board or body of the educational agency. A staff report to the trustees outlines the steps taken by the district since last spring. The Travis School District surveyed elementary students (fifth and sixth grade), sec-

A senior Russian diplomat dismissed new U.S. military and intelligence assessments - which estimated Russia could seize Kyiv in days and leave up to 50,000 civilians killed or wounded – as alarmist and as unlikely as an attack by Washington on London. “Madness and scaremongering continues. . . . what if we would say that US could seize London in a week and cause 300K civilian deaths?” Russia’s deputy ambassador to the United Nations, Dmitry Polyanskiy, tweeted Sunday. And parliamentary deputy Artem Turov, a member of President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party, accused the United States of disseminating fake infor-

mation and of “doing everything possible to fan a new conflict.” However, national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Sunday defended the updated U.S. military and intelligence assessments briefed to lawmakers and European partners over the past several days, which were U.S. officials’ bleakest appraisal yet of the deteriorating security situation in Ukraine. “We’re in the window where something could happen. That is, a military escalation and invasion of Ukraine could happen at any time,” Sullivan said on NBC News’s “Meet the Press,” adding: “We believe that the Russians have put in place the capabilities to mount a significant military operation into Ukraine, and we have been working hard to See Ukraine, Page A8

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2 years of a whole-foods, plant-based life: Remarkable

his month marks the have in my life. And that second year that I is the thing. Sure, people have been a wholesee the weight loss, but foods, plant-based eater. what they can’t see are I’m not a vegetarian. I’m my energy levels, my not a vegan. I’m what boosted confidence and I said I am. just how clearI have shared headed I feel. numerous times in this It is even more column about my Tony Wade pronounced in my wife ongoing wonderful The last laugh Beth who became a journey in Bright Light whole-food, plant-based Eating that began in May 2019. eater about a year ago. She has After about a year I reached my lost 100 pounds as well, but even goal range and have maintained more impressive than that is the a 150-pound weight-loss for fact she has not had a single 20 months and counting now. depressive incident in more Bright Line eating started me than a year after struggling with on a path toward better health, clinical depression for decades. which was the opposite of where I definitely noticed the I had been heading nearly all of difference in her because she my adult life. At my nadir, I now laughs at my jokes instead weighed 464 pounds. When I of getting annoyed. I mean, I started BLE, I weighed 381. knew I was a funny guy, but she BLE is not a strictly wholecould be a very tough foods, plant-based program. crowd before. There are many people, like my You know what I think is youngest brother Scott, who hysterical? That lots of people continues to thrive as a meat think that eating the way I and eater. For me, though, after many others do is weird. reading several books and I eat an abundance (there are watching a few documentaries, about 300,000 edible plants on I made the switch and I absoEarth) of wholesome, nutritious lutely love it. and delicious (our taste buds I was hesitant to write this regenerate every two weeks) column because I don’t want to foods. I used to eat food-like be seen as the preachy, know-it- substances created by scientists all guy cause I ain’t. I am doing whose livelihoods depend on me and you can do you. I keep them making their highly my eyes on my own plate. I am processed, palatable and just sharing my own experience. nutritionally vacuous “foods” as The results of eating this way addictive as possible. are visible, but also measurable The latest trick the food by my doctor. I used to have industry is rolling out is actually high blood pressure, diabetes, an old one: They make a version joint pain, fatigue, neuropathy of their wares that resembles and other health issues. I do not whatever is the “in” thing right have them now. Let me say that now, which appears to be again: I do not have them now. plant-based options. I am not My blood work has my vital interested in eating an Impossinumbers all solidly in the ble Burger. I like knowing what normal range. is in the food I eat usually just I had the same skepticism/ by looking at it. Some of the cynicism about eating only impossible-to-pronounce plants and it turns out it was chemical ingredients on food based on incorrect information. labels sometimes bring to mind I truly feel the healthiest I ever Walter White/Heisenberg and

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Tony Wade has been a whole-foods, plant-based eater for two years now. Jesse Pinkman cookin’ up some blue meth. Two years ago I redefined what meals are and I am oh so glad I did. I no longer need my food to try to mimic things I don’t eat anymore. For me, trying to make my food resemble the crap I used to consume would be like being in a new relationship and asking that person to dress up like my ex who ruined my life and tried to kill me. You know, I am a lil’ ticked

off at how I was lied to my whole life. From before I knew any better, processed sugar, salt and fat was marketed to me relentlessly and I literally ate it up. But all that is over now. I have taken the red pill and have my eyes open to what the food industry has been doing unchecked for decades and not taken the blue pill to remain blissfully unaware. I have sailed my boat toward the horizon until it ran into the wall painted like the sky, then exited my own

version of “The Truman Show.” I have discovered that the great and powerful Wizard of Oz is just some dude behind a curtain. Like Pete Townsend said, I won’t get fooled again. Fairfield freelance humor columnist and accidental local historian Tony Wade writes two weekly columns: “The Last Laugh” on Mondays and ”Back in the Day” on Fridays. Wade is also the author of The History Press book “Growing Up In Fairfield, California.”

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Jack Wilson

July 23, 1934 — Jan. 22, 2022

He operated the Jack Wilson, 87, Vallejo Ford dealerthe only child of the ship for 45+ years, late Claude Wilson most of that time and Doris Ludwig with his brotherWilson, was born in-law and partner, in San Francisco Glenn Cornelius. on July 23, 1934. Together they purHe passed away at chased the local home in Fairfield, Toyota store in California, on Jan. 1979 from the retir22, 2022. ing dealer over Jack moved to lunch at The Cactus Vallejo at age six, restaurant. They when his father made the deal on opened Claude a paper napkin. He Wilson Ford was proud of the in 1940. His dad success the store engendered his achieved over the great love of the years and was able outdoors; happy to stay active in the childhood memobusiness through ries were created his final days. hunting, camping Jack adamantly and fishing with MARINE CORPS supported his comhim. Jack became RESERVE VETERAN munity. He was accomplished tournament skeet shooter at a active in many local civic young age, winning many and charitable organizaawards including a state tions. Notably, Jack was a member of the Chamber of championship. After graduating from Commerce, Past President Vallejo High School in 1952, of the Vallejo Lions Club he attended Stanford Uni- and Green Valley Country versity. He graduated in Club, as well as a member of 1956 with a degree in eco- the California Masons, and nomics, and a tight circle of a sponsor for youth sports friends from the Phi Kappa teams. Above all, he was most proud of his fundraisSigma Fraternity. Never one for formalities, ing work with Omega Boys he joined the Marine Corps and Girls Club in Vallejo. Jack’s favorite pastimes Reserve while at Stanford because they were the only included spending time at branch of the service that the White Mallard, barbedid not require their cadets cuing on the deck in Lake wear a uniform to class. Fol- Tahoe, and spoiling his wife lowing Officer Candidate any way he could. School in Quantico, he was He is survived by his an Infantry Unit Leader, sta- wife of 61 years, Shirley tioned primarily in Okinawa. Wilson; daughter, Jennifer He earned his expert (Toby Pontin) Wilson; son, medals with his service Jeff (Vickie) Wilson; and his rifle and pistol and won grandchildren, Jack Wilson, the title of Marine Corps Olivia Wilson, Fiona Pontin School Skeet Shooting and Garrett Pontin. Champion. He proudly disFuneral service will be played the winner’s silver private. A Celebration of Life ice bucket from the latter will be held later this year. in his home throughout In lieu of flowers, the his life. His service in the family requests that donaCorps remained one of his tions be sent to the Greater proudest accomplishments, Vallejo Recreation District and he lived their motto, at gvrd.org; Ducks Unlim‘Semper Fi’, throughout his ited-Vallejo Benicia Chapter, life, whether dealing with 543 Watson Court, Benicia, his family, his business, his CA 94510, or any other friends or his community. organization to benefit the Jack returned to Stan- community. ford and obtained his MBA Arrangements entrusted in 1960 following two years to the direction and care of active duty. He married of Twin Chapels MortuShirley Cornelius later ary, Vallejo, 707-552-6696, that year, and they shared www.TwinChapelsMor t 61 wonderful years together. uary.com.

Newsom wants more money for California's homeless. Will it get encampments off the streets? Tribune Content Agency Standing alongside a San Diego highway in front of orange trash bags and cleanup crews earlier this month, Gov. Gavin Newsom declared the homelessness crisis in California was "unacceptable" and said he's going to do something about it. "Not only are we meeting this moment by recognizing what everybody's recognizing, that it's out of control and unacceptable what's happening on the streets all across the state," he said. "But we are starting to deliver on what we've been promoting." After putting up $12 billion in funding for homelessness and affordable housing last year, Newsom is proposing the state spend another $2 billion this year to address immediate housing and behavioral health needs and clear encampments along California sidewalks, highways and vacant lots. The extra $2 billion is meant to build a bridge to permanent housing and ease the

pressure the state is facing from mayors in big cities, where sprawling encampments are nearly ubiquitous. But some housing advocates are skeptical that it will be enough. One estimate from an advocacy group, Housing California, says the state would need to invest nearly $18 billion every year for 10 years to end homelessness and create affordable homes. Newsom says the state, home to more than a quarter of the nation's unhoused residents, never had a comprehensive homelessness plan before he took office. He's been clear that he expects cities and counties to pull their weight when it comes to caring for homeless individuals. "I'm not the mayor of California," he said in San Diego. "I'm a former mayor, and I remember being mayor. I never looked to the state for help. I recognized my responsibility." Homelessness has long been a problem in California, but the increasing visibility in recent years is presSee Newsom, Page A7

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FAIRFIELD — The Solano Land Trust is offering three outdoor opportunities Saturday at two different sites. A birds of prey hike takes place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Lynch Canyon, 3100 Lynch Canyon Road. People on a 4- to 6-mile hike will get a chance to look at birds that are migrating and wintering in the area. Those who attend are asked to wear suitable walking shoes, and to bring water and food. Separate work by trail crew volunteers will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. A nature hike is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Patwino Worrtla Kodoi Dihi Open Space Park. Those who take part will have a chance to explore the hills between Suisun Valley and Green Valley and see sweeping views of Solano County and beyond while searching for wildflowers. The hike of 4 to 6 miles is deemed moderate to strenuous. People who sign up for the hike at the former Rockville Trails Preserve should meet at the red Ice House parking lot at the corner of Rockville and Suisun Valley roads. Registration is required for all three events. The cost for the hike at Lynch Canyon is $10 in addition $6 for parking. Trail crew volunteers do not pay the $10 fee. To register or for more information, send an email to solanolandtrust.org.

Group offers Stay at Home Tea Helping Children Around the World will host its 8th annual Stay at Home Tea at noon Saturday. “Please sit with a warm cup of tea and relax for a time,” the group said in a statement. Anyone who takes part should contact Artra Green, founder and chief executive officer of Helping Children Around The World at 707-399-9550 or info@ helpingchildrenworld. org to receive a gift. The event is usually hosted at Jelly Belly, but because of the pandemic the organization chose not to offer an in-person event. The nonprofit organization’s mission is to provide clean water, food and education through scholarships, tutoring programs and individual solar

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League starts ‘Great Decisions’ series The League of Women Voters of Solano County will renew its Great Decisions series starting Monday.

The nine-week program covers a host of topics that can be found in the group’s Great Decisions Briefing Book, made available through the Foreign Policy Association. “The Foreign Policy Association provides balanced, nonpartisan information and encourages awareness and informed thinking about global issues. Great Decisions topics in 2022 include worldwide demographic changes; outer space; climate change; the U.S./ Russia relationship; the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and its reaction to the military coup in Myanmar; the ‘Quad Alliance’ (among) Japan, Australia, India and the

U.S.; Latin American drug policy; industrial policy; and President Biden’s agenda,” the league said in a statement. The first virtual meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Prior to each meeting, participants read a chapter on the week’s topic in the Great Decisions Briefing Book, which is available at www.fpa. org for $35, from Kindle ($24.99) or from the league ($25, supply limited). Each meeting begins with a short documentary video on the week’s topic; an informal discussion follows. For further information, to request a See Week, Page A7

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Crossword

My boyfriend has no ambition, spends a lot of money on smoking his life, he says that it’s Dear Annie: I am too much to discuss at 29 years old, and the the moment. He always guy I’ve been seeing says, “Let’s talk about it is in his early 30s. The later” and then continissue that I’m having is ues to play video games that he has no ambition. or watch TV. I’m ready to move I am resenting him forward, but everything because he’s not the seems to be stagnant. Annie Lane person I thought he was. He complains about Dear Annie My desire for intimacy money, yet when I tell is zero. I’m in a place him about jobs with where I am getting my life higher pay and greater bentogether in all aspects. I’ve been efits, he’ll be on board in our conversation, but then he never through a lot, so I’m finding myself, but with me being on pursues any of the leads. this journey, I might lose the He also spends a lot of money on smoking. If he would relationship. My choices are limited if cut back on the herb, he could he doesn’t get it together. I’m put the money elsewhere. He tired of helping and getting my is quick to get angry if he feels hand slapped just to hear him that I am judging him, when in reality, I am trying to help him. complain where I’ve already given him options. I’m not He always has excuses. sure if I want this relationship For instance, when it comes to anymore. — Indecisive house hunting, he wants me to Dear Indecisive: While your do all the work so that all he has intentions are in the right place, to do is pack up and move into and you want to help your boythe new house. When I bring friend, it sounds like he doesn’t up discussions about credit or want to help himself. To paratackling important issues in

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). The opportunity is time-sensitive, so if you hesitate or question your instincts, you’ll miss it. Decide, act, and you can make adjustments along the way. As you move forward, the clouds will lift, and the sun will light your path. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). The better you know yourself, the more fun and relaxed you’ll be with others. You’ll reacquaint yourself with what makes you laugh, captures your interest and stirs your curiosity. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). There’s someone who you’d like to connect with but for whatever reason, you’ll have trouble hooking it up. Don’t let this discourage you forever. The timing just isn’t right yet. Try again in three days. CANCER (June 22-July 22). Influence by example is not only the best way but it may also be the only way now, as many will be stubborn to instruction and resistant to language. This is an opportunity to be the person you wish they were. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Data scientists believe human behavior is more than 90% predictable, with a large enough data sample to establish the patterns. You’ll be in that unpredictable 10% today as you follow poetic impulses to express your unique humanity. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). While you like to stay busy, there are parts of your work

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phrase an old expression, “Teach a man to fish and he can eat for a lifetime; give him a fish and he can eat for a day.” It sounds like he just wants you to give him a fish. It could be that he is depressed and unhappy and needs professional help. Regardless of what is going on with your boyfriend, the question is, do the pros outweigh the cons? Judging from the last paragraph of your letter, I’m not sure how “indecisive” you are. I think you have made up your mind and that you want out of this relationship, at least with the person who he is today. That is not to say that if you break up and he gets his life together, you can’t get back with him. But until then, it’s time for you to take care of you and continue getting your life in a good place. Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@ creators.com.

by Holiday Mathis

Today’s birthday If this year was a flower arrangement it would not be the classic style of tight, symmetrical groupings. No. You’re in for natural, wild beauty – asymmetry, shocks of color and events blossoming in unexpected proportions. The untamed hours send you into a vivid experience of life. Cancer and Capricorn adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 8, 2, 1, 18 and 30.

that will deliver no satisfaction. It’s a perspective and timing issue. So walk away. Things will be different when you come back to it tomorrow. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You’re drawn to do research. Perhaps this is a nice way to say you feel rather nosey on a certain subject. The world couldn’t spin without curiosity. You’ll channel it respectably. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). We’re only on the second month of the year and already it feels like a vacation is needed. Plan some version of a break. And don’t forget to plan for the vacation from the vacation because the recovery stretch will be essential. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21). Look at how often you’ve done just what the situation required. And when you didn’t, you learned from those

mistakes. So go forward with confidence; the evidence suggests you can trust yourself. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19). At the buffet of life, you appreciate all that catches your eye, but to consume it all would be to cause yourself pain. Today you’ll show restraint, gravitating to only the most delicious dish and enjoying it to its fullest. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18). You’ll cooperate with others to achieve a joint ambition. The work won’t seem difficult with everyone doing it together. Small groups are your forte now. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). The minute you define yourself, you will change into something other than that. Since capturing your essence is impossible, this is a good day to think about other things, like how you can best support your crew. CELEBRITY PROFILES: If even your flops are successes, you just might be an Aquarius like Ashton Kutcher, whose 2010 movie “Killers” recently made it to No. 8 on Netflix’s most popular movies list. Philanthropy is another way Kutcher is typical of his sign. Kutcher, whose natal sun, moon, Mercury and Venus are all in Aquarius, has built homes in Central America, started children’s foundations and raised big sums for charities. Write Holiday Mathis at HolidayMathis.com.

Bridge

by Phillip Alder

wrong hand or renege. You must keep your eyes open and mind awake. A few contracts you can make “in your sleep,” but most of the time a catnap will result in im-purr-fect play! North’s sequence showed exactly what he had: a good six-card club suit with about 10 high-card points. (If playing two-over-one, I think North should respond three clubs, sending the same message.) South’s three-no-trump rebid was iffy with no guaranteed spade stopper and a blocking singleton club ace. The bid would have been much better if holding two clubs and one fewer diamond. West led a spade. East won with his king and returned a spade to declarer’s queen. South unblocked the club ace, then played three rounds of hearts. East won the last of these with the 10, cashed the heart queen and exited with the diamond jack. However South wriggled, he couldn’t come to nine tricks. THE BIG SLEEP As often happens, declarer was dozing peacefully at trick one. Under WAS EXPENSIVE the spade king, he should have Professor Noam Chomsky wanted unblocked the queen. What can East to write a sentence that was grammati- return? If a suit other than spades, the cally correct but had no meaning. He spade ace still sits in the dummy as an produced: “Colourless green ideas sleep entry to the club winners. If East plays furiously.” back a spade, declarer wins in the At the bridge table, it doesn’t pay to dummy, cashes the second top spade sleep, whether furiously or calmly, and discards the club ace. unless you are the dummy and can trust partner not to lead from the COPYRIGHT: 2022, UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE

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Professor Noam Chomsky wanted to write a sentence that was grammatically correct but had no meaning. He produced: “Colourless green ideas sleep furiously.”

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Cities try to thwart push for affordable housing

hose of a certain age might remember Mad magazine, a comic book that lampooned almost everything for more than six decades. One of Mad’s more enduring and popular strips was “Spy vs. Spy,” created by Cuban expatriate artist Antonio Prohías. Wordlessly, two figures, one dressed in black and the other in white, would try constantly to outwit each other but neither could ever prevail. The political and legal war over housing, pitting the state of California against its 400 cities, is reminiscent of the perpetual duel between those two comic strip warriors. The state enacts laws and regulations aimed at compelling cities to accept more affordable housing construction, particularly to serve low- and moderate-income families, and Dan Walters cities counter with local laws and regulations to evade their housing quotas. Although the state might seem to have the upper hand as it seeks to close its yawning gap between supply and demand, one would have to say the cities have been remarkably successful in evading their civic and legal responsibilities because construction falls way short of the state’s goals. In theory, California should be building 185,000 units a year to keep up with current demand and chip away at the backlog, but it scarcely produces half of that number. City officials, responding to their constituents’ aversion to high-density housing, employ all sorts of tactics to discourage development, such as imposing specific requirements that make projects economically infeasible or zoning undesirable land for housing. As new anti-housing tactics are introduced, the state adjusts laws and regulations to thwart them, but the cities just find new ways to preserve the status quo. One of the state’s newest pro-housing approaches, embodied in legislation enacted last year and going into effect last month, allows up to four units of housing to be built on land zoned for single-family homes. City officials denounced Senate Bill 9 as it was winding through the Capitol, arguing it usurped their traditional land use authority and would change the character of their neighborhoods. However, now that SB 9 is law, cities are trying to figure out how to blunt, or even cancel, its impact in true Spy vs. Spy fashion. Just before the law took effect, for example, Pasadena enacted an “emergency ordinance” that imposes tight, and likely unworkable, rules on what can be built. They include an 800-square-foot limit on new units, a one-story height limitation, a requirement for one parking spot for each new unit, landscaping standards and a ban on short-term rentals. Collectively, they could make development authorized under SB 9 economically prohibitive. Woodside, a very wealthy enclave on the San Francisco Peninsula, takes the prize for the most creative way to thwart SB 9 – supporting a petition to have mountain lions declared a threatened species and declaring the entire town to be mountain lion habitat and therefore unsuitable for housing. “Given that Woodside – in its entirety – is habitat for a candidate species, no parcel within Woodside is currently eligible for an SB 9 project,” a city memo declares. The action has earned Woodside scorn from pro-housing advocates. “This is so absurd,” Laura Foote, executive director of YIMBY Action, a for-housing group, told the San Francisco Chronicle. “It is an example of the extreme absurd lengths cities will come up with to evade state law.” “You can build a McMansion and that somehow won’t hurt the mountain lion,” Foote said. “But if you build two units the lions will somehow fall over and die.” That’s well said about the obvious hypocrisy of Woodside’s move. CalMatters is a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s state Capitol works and why it matters. For more columns by Dan Walters, go to calmatters.org/commentary.

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traits gone nuts. he plot is thickening. This onslaught has The smoke is cleardestroyed a 170-year-old ing. If you pay attenpolitical party and just came tion to normal news it’s within a hair’s breadth of becoming clear that radicaloverwhelming the world’s ized Republicans engaged in a 240-year Gibraltar of democconspiracy to subvert democracy, no longer a “city on the racy, betray the Constitution hill” or “the last best hope and usher in Donald Trump as an unelected president. Jack Batson for mankind.” Now it’s just a run-of-the-mill, brawling, The whole Republican daily boxing match of a nation with an Party, astonishingly, has become astonished world watching. an authoritarian party similar to The present investigation by the Viktor Mihály Orbán’s in Hungary or Jan. 6 select committee will apparRecep Tayyip Erdogan’s in Turkey. ently reveal the conspiracy in a It refuses to accept democratic vicmonth or so and expose it to the light, tories. Not all Republicans, mind, but probably 40% of the people will but the sane elected Republicans are call it a conspiracy to overthrow real silent, allowing the jackals to lead. truth and the American Way. For Wasn’t it Prime Minister Edmund Burke who once said, “The only thing them, it will be an assault by communists or some other nonsense. necessary for the triumph of evil is Where’s proof of my theory that for good men to do nothing.”? the radicalization is caused by cable They say the “normal” Repubnews and its allies? I watched either licans know perfectly well the last Sean Hannity or Tucker Carlson for election was clean and the Big Lie about 10 minutes recently before I is exactly that, but they’re afraid to speak up because they fear their base. had to turn it off because of a sudden So there it is – the core of the problem upset stomach, so I’ve forgotten is that sane Republicans are afraid of when and who. I jotted down notes. their radicalized “base.” How does Here are some. that happen nationwide? “The economy is stagnant!” To me the only cause of nationReally? The unemployment rate, wide radicalization has to be radical 3.9%, is the lowest since 1969. Real cable news, Fox and its many jealous economic growth (GDP) for 2021 will imitators, howling 24 hours a day be around 5.9%, an absolutely astonover every media platform: TV, radio, ishing rate. Our normal “good” rate emails, blogs, tweets, MSMs, Faceis 2.5% or less. Next year’s forebook, you name it. A propaganda cast is 3.8%. machine of immense proportions You don’t hear this because the all making big, big bucks over the Democrats are miserable at comhuman weakness for conspiratomunicating. If this had happened rial explanations of events and good under Trump, you’d hear it four old fear. These are conservative times a day. Plus you’d hear about

the stock market: 2021’s eye-popping stock market rise of 27% remains unknown to most. “Biden hasn’t untied the country!” Did Trump? With the likes Hannity and Carlson around, who can? “Most people want a Republican Congress.” They didn’t in 2020, but that inconvenient election was a giant fraud, right? In some poll or other, voting rights “got only one vote.” Sure, allowing all citizens to vote isn’t important to Carlson and Hannity. Inflation “got seven votes!” The increase in real wages is outstripping inflation, worrisome as inflation is. In fact, there seems to be a trade-off: inflation for jobs. “Democrats have no plan to improve the economy!” Good grief! Putting money in people’s pockets so they’ll spend it is working. Infrastructure spending, despite no Republican support, is working. “Biden is a puppet!” Throw spaghetti against the wall and see what sticks. This is one childish charge that has apparently stuck. Biden is sometimes slow, but he’s no puppet. I turned the channel at this point. I keep asking myself, “How can a country be governed effectively with this kind of twaddle blaring 24 hours a day from every media source known to humankind? The answer is, “It can’t be.” Fox and friends are the ultimate problem. Jack Batson is a former member of the Fairfield City Council. Reach him by email at jsbatson@prodigy.net.

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Welfare payments without ongratulations, California citizens. Our state a work requirement, paying Legislature could not unemployment benefits to find enough supportincarcerated criminals, and ers on Jan. 31 for the sinmany more inefficient or inefgle-payer health care bill, fective welfare programs cost Assembly Bill 1400, to be pretaxpayers billions annually. sented for a vote. It is dead The core causes are again for the year but expect more human nature and elected socialist steps this year. officials who are assuring Earl Heal Gov. Earl Warren began self-re-election by legislatpromoting single-payer health care ing these programs without ensuring in 1942. The first bill was defeated in effectiveness. 1944. Single-payer bills were passed Vermont is the only state to by the Legislature both in 2006 and attempt the development of a single2008 but were vetoed by Gov. Arnold payer health care system. Act 128 on Schwarzenegger. We will undoubtMay 26, 2011, created “a public edly see it again as most politicians health benefit option administered by sadly do not learn from history. state government, which allows indiMost social programs sound viduals to choose between the public feasible and favorable prior to imple- option and private insurance covmentation but do not achieve the erage and allows for fair and robust anticipated success. Their primary competition among public and private failure is to not recognize human plans.” Three years later they had nature’s response to inducements been unable to develop a financial (government handouts). A recent plan to cover the operating cost. They example is the effect of unemploycalculated the annual cost would be ment benefits originated during the $2 billion even though private insurCovid-19 pandemic. As changing con- ance would be participating. The ditions permitted the resumption of state abandoned its plan for universal labor employment, some laborers health care in December 2014, citing preferred to live on the unemploythe taxes required of smaller busiment pay and stay on the couch. nesses within the state. Remember that unemployment A good secondary education data includes only laborers who are teaches that the Founders’ arguments seeking employment so the declinfor the sovereignty of states over a ing unemployment data is deceptive. centralized government include that Total employment exposes this states are ”laboratories of democproblem by identifying the declinracy.” America is the only nation to ing workforce. limit the superior government and A nation’s economy is dependelegate all other powers to sovereign dent on laborers’ production so the states. Compare what Vermont Dempeople who choose to accept living ocrats learned from their program failures and what our Democratic on the taxpayers’ dime are a national Party’s AB 1400 proposal has ignored. problem. Has America forgotten the California’s AB 1400 single-payer meaning of personal responsibility?

bill would have eliminated co-pay deductibles and private insurance participation. Co-pays are essential to minimize user abuse. Some legislators do not get it and never will. Elimination of private insurance, besides elimination of competitive pricing, also removes a labor benefit of companies accruing a tax benefit for insuring their employees. California proportionally has 50% more uninsured residents than Vermont had in 2011 and this increases insurance costs to California. California would provide benefits regardless of immigration status. California would pay dental, vision and long-term care, all excluded in Vermont’s plan. California would have a drug formulary, approved by unelected appointees, with authority to regulate access to treatments and control costs. Vermont estimated the annual health cost to taxpayers would be $2 billion. Multiply that 46 times for population size to become $92 billion plus major costs for California’s extensive health care coverage that increases operating expenses. The Urban Institute has estimated that long-term care alone would add $36 billion. As previously stated, many social programs are ineffective because of unanticipated human nature responses. In this case, evidence from Vermont is available. Any representative favoring this or any other single-payer health care plan is unfit t0 representant us. Earl Heal is a retired Air Force officer, former airline pilot and former member of the Solano County Republican Central Committee. Contact him at healearlniki@att.net.

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Newsom From Page A3 suring state leaders to take action. "People are not enamored of their sidewalk having encampments. They're not enamored of going to parking lots and seeing encampments. Moms don't want to tell their kids why their kids are living outside, how do you do that?" said Philip Mangano, president and CEO of the American Round Table to Abolish Homelessness and the former national homeless czar under the Bush and Obama administrations. California leaders know what needs to be done, and are now trying to scale-up solutions like Homekey that have worked on smaller

Week From Page A3 briefing book or for information about the Zoom link, send an email to lwv solano@gmail.com, attn: Niles Medders, or go to https://my.lwv.org/califor nia/solano-county/article/ great-decisions-2022.

Candidate will speak at Chamber meeting The Fairfield-Suisun Chamber of Commerce advocacy council will hold it next meeting by Zoom at 8 a.m. Tuesday. Suisun City Mayor Lori Wilson will be the guest speaker. Wilson, a Democrat, is a candidate for the state’s 11th Assembly District, a seat vacated by Jim Frazier in December. The 11th District expands through Fairfield,

homelessness and housing insecurity." "The Governor and state leaders must address the severity of the problem by taking bold action, and responding with long-term solutions at scale," Martin said in a statement. Last year's budget included $12 billion over two years to create Robinson Kuntz/Daily Republic file (2020) new units and treatA man sleeps on the sidewalk on West Texas Street, while holding ment beds through an umbrella, Nov. 17, 2020. local governments. The 2021 budget in housing with the serlevels, Mangano said. built on Project Roomkey "Where we've come vices they need." and Homekey, programs Christopher Martin, launched during the panin the last 20 years is we director for demic know what to do and we policy that provided know how to do it for Housing California, said shelter for 50,000 homehomeless individuals," he the one-time commit- less people and created said. "The issue in home- ments proposed in the new 6,000 new homes. lessness is scaling the budget "fall short of the Part of last year's response of what we know scale of funding needed to budget also included the to do . . . People need to be end the on-going cycle of creation of the Behav-

ioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program to construct, acquire and expand properties related to behavioral health. In 2021, the program awarded $221 million to local governments, and plans to award another $2 billion in 2022. Another state program, the Community Care Expansion Program, will provide $805 million in grants for adult and senior care facilities. Those grants are aimed at creating long-term solutions to help the state's 160,000 homeless residents, but Newsom this month said he wants to build a "bridge to permanent supportive housing," so he's proposed adding another $1.5 billion in state grants. That money will be used to purchase and install tiny homes and provide "time-limited

operational supports." In response to the pressure, Newsom this year also is proposing the state spend an additional $500 million to rehouse people living in encampments, like those often seen along freeway overpasses and in vacant lots. It's a ten-fold increase from the $50 million aimed at clearing encampments in last year's budget. "What we're offering this year is additional money to find a bridge to the permanent, supportive housing," he said. Local governments could pay for tiny homes, health care and shelter beds with the increase. The ideal solution is permanent housing with services, but that could take years to come to fruition. In the interim, "we've got to do more," the governor said.

Flotilla, will conduct a boating safety class Saturday at the Benicia Yacht Club. The course meets the state requirements for all boat operators 45 or younger to take a certified safe boating class and carry the California Boater Card to operate a motorboat. The class will run from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The cost is $40. A box lunch will be available to order. Seating is limited and advance registration is required by contacting Kit Galvin at 408-314-2407 or twohalibut@aol.com. The yacht club is located at 400 E. Second St. Masks are required to attend.

Council chamber, 1000 Webster St. Info: www.fairfield.ca.gov/gov/ city_council. n Solano Irrigation District, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Lake Berryessa Room, 810 Vaca Valley Parkway, Vacaville. Info: ca-sid. civicplus.com. n Vacaville City Council, 6 p.m. Tuesday, council chamber, 650 Merchant St. Info: ci.vacaville.ca.us. n Rio Vista Planning Commission, 6 p.m. Wednesday, City Hall council chamber, 1 Main St. Info: www. riovistacity.com/ planning-commission/. n Solano County Board of Education, 6 p.m. Wednesday, Solano County Office of Education, 5100 Business Center Drive, Fairfield. Info: www.solanocoe.net. n Solano Transportation Authority Board, 6 p.m. Wednesday, Suisun City Hall, 701 Civic

Center Blvd. Info: www. sta.ca.gov. n Solano County Civil Service Commission, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, CountyGovernmentCenter, 675 Texas St., Fairfield. Info: co.solano.ca.us. n Fairfield-Suisun School District, 6 p.m. Thursday, first-floor board room at Central Office, 2490 Hilborn Road, Fairfield. Info: www.fsusd.org. n Solano County Airport Land Use Commission, 7 p.m., Thursday, 675 Texas St., Fairfield. Info: solanocounty.com/depts/rm/ boardscommissions/ solano_county_airport_ land_use_commission/ agendas.asp. n Vacaville School District Board of Trustees, 6 p.m. Thursday, Boardroom at the Educational Services Center, 401 Nut Tree Road. Info: https://agendaonline.net/ public/vacaville.

Suisun City, Vacaville, Rio Vista, Antioch and Brentwood. A special election will take place April 5. The meeting is open to council members. The advocacy council tries to build business success and regional growth by promoting policy and funding decisions by local, state and federal officials. The public can access the meeting at https:// us02web.zoom.us/j/87943 942036?pwd=d1pITVNn cTFud0kzbEd3T0ZKdTV kUT09. The Meeting ID is 879 4394 2036. The passcode is 778824. Republican Ronald Plunkett has taken out in-lieu document for the office. Wilson has taken out in-lieu documents and her nomination petition.

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Government meetings on week’s calender Several government meetings will take place this week both in person

and online. The meetings are all open to the public. Check each agency’s website for attendance information. The meetings will include: n Suisun-Solano Water Authority Board Executive Committee, 9 a.m. Monday, Suisun City Hall, council chamber, 701 Civic Center Blvd., Suisun City. Info: http:// ca-sid.civicplus.com/ AgendaCenter. n Solano County Board of Supervisors, 9 a.m. Tuesday, County Government Center, 675 Texas St., Fairfield. Info: co.solano.ca.us. n Travis School District Governing Board, 5 p.m. Tuesday for closed session, 6 p.m. for open session, Travis Education Center, 2775 De Ronde Drive, Fairfield. Info: travisusd.org. n Fairfield City Council, special meeting, 6 p.m. Tuesday, City ASSISTED LIVING

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Salmon From Page One very shallow current in the river – so they were more active. I take that as a good thing – that they were already able to swim and navigate.” The project began after the Golden State Salmon Association and Nor-Cal Guides and Sportsmen’s Association proposed the idea to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA fisheries in the spring of 2021. The project began with a spawning phase, after which biologists removed the dead eggs from the live ones to prevent fungus from suffocating the good eggs. The hatchlings were nurtured at the hatchery then released into the upper river, where high waters made that task more difficult, but was helpful for the fish. “This project will allow us to study the potential

Board From Page One ondary students, teachers and staff about priorities in midApril 2021. They received 1,635 responses from families, 1,401 responses from students and 256 responses from staff. They also discussed planning with administrators and met April 30 with bargaining units representing teachers and those who are not teachers. The district surveyed educational partners in early September to get public input specific to the development of the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund plan for the use of pandemic funds. The survey included students; families, including families that speak languages other than English; school and district administrators, including Special Education administrators; and teachers, principals, school leaders, other educators and school staff to find out their priorities for actions and services and their ideas about what would most benefit students in the district. A total of 1,574 educational partners participated in that survey. The district reviewed the draft priority and budget elements of the plan Sept. 24 with the Superintendent’s Parent Advisory Group to get its feedback. The district consulted with the local bargaining units Oct. 5. The funding plan focuses on student and staff health and safety, instruction and mental health, according to the staff report. The district is providing schools with masks, cleaning supplies and other Covid-prevention needs as planned. High-efficiency filters have been installed to improve HVAC systems, and the filters are changed regularly. Children in the district’s elementary schools receive supplemental instruction during the school day, but the district is still working to hire some additional instructional assistants and services are often affected because of the need to use intervention specialists to teach in classrooms when no substitutes are

of generating additional adult returns to spawn naturally in the Sacramento River by releasing fry,” Paul Souza, regional director for the service’s California Great Basin Region, said in the statement. “We’re excited to provide these additional salmon to increase recreational opportunities for fishermen and women here in California.” A key question researchers hope to answer is how many of these small salmon survive to adulthood and where they will return as adults. If they do, it will benefit the species as well as the recreational anglers. “The fisherman out there were very interested in what we were doing, so it is a great opportunity to communicate with the public. Everyone was so accommodating of sharing the boat ramp with the hatchery vehicles and release pipes,” Gaylean said. available, according to a staff report. Preliminary assessment data indicate this additional instruction has been successful, according to the staff report. Teachers have begun to offer supplemental tutoring after school and the district continues to plan summer programs. Laptops and carts were purchased and distributed as planned, with some delays due to what’s described in the staff report as supply chain challenges. The district is providing mental health services at schools and has filled a social worker position that was open for a few months in the fall. Financial resources are being used in alignment with required plans and the Local Control Accountability Plan, according to the staff report. The district is using assessments to identify unfinished learning, and teachers are providing additional instruction to help students close gaps. The district has looked closely at the needs of English learners and is providing them with additional support, according to the staff report. Counselors have helped high school students develop credit recovery plans as needed. Schools have masks and Covid-prevention supplies and Covid case data show the district’s efforts in implementing California Department of Public Health guidance to minimize the impact of Covid on school operations have been successful., according to the staff report. The district’s social workers are providing socio-emotional support. Student support specialists and others provide check in/check out support for students who are struggling with motivation and work completion. The district has developed ethnic studies and Adulting 101 (financial literacy) courses to implement next year as planned. Funds for the accountability plan total $5.3 million for the Travis district, of which $2.6 million has been spent, according to the staff report. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. at the Travis Education Center 2775 De Ronde Drive in Fairfield. The full agenda and attendance protocols are available at www.travisusd.org.

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Ukraine From Page One prepare a response.” The office of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that a diplomatic solution was more likely than war. “An honest assessment of the situation suggests that the chance of finding a diplomatic solution for de-escalation is still substantially higher than the threat of further escalation,” Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said in a statement. The new U.S. intelligence assessments came as the Biden administration was also warning that Moscow was considering filming a fake attack against Russian territory or Russian-speaking people by Ukrainian forces as a pretext to invade its neighbor - a claim the Kremlin has strenuously denied. Seven people familiar with the assessments said Putin has 70 percent of the combat power he needs for an assault that – under the most extreme scenario – could quickly take out the capital, Kyiv, and remove Zelensky, Ukraine’s democratically elected president. Such an invasion, they said, could trigger a refugee crisis in Europe as up to 5 million people flee. As of Friday, 83 Russian battalion tactical groups, with about 750 troops each, were arrayed for a possible assault. That is up from 60 two weeks ago. The White House has said the United States does not have information that Putin has made a decision to invade. But

Covid From Page One not abandon completely, many of their protocols. “We’re beginning to see the end of governmental control of people’s lives. Those will probably over the next month or so begin to diminish,” Morrow said. That doesn’t mean people won’t be asked, or expected, to maintain some protections like wearing masks; it just may rarely be required. Part of that process has already begun locally: San Francisco revoked its indoor mask mandate for certain groups last Tuesday, and on Friday, Contra Costa County said it would no longer require proof of vaccination for places like restaurants and gyms. California’s indoor mask mandate could be retired as soon as Feb. 15, and several Bay Area counties have said they don’t intend to extend local requirements once the state order is lifted. Specific mandates aside, many health officers said they hope that as Covid becomes endemic, they can establish rules for living with it that are predictable and relatively easy to follow. “We’re in a better place to start thinking about what the new normal might be, without necessarily emergency measures,” said Dr. Nicholas Moss, the Alameda County health officer. He said he expects Covid protocols to continue to evolve in the coming months and even years, “but I hope it’s not in a way that has that whiplash effect. We get a lot of curveballs with Covid, but I’m hopeful we can design things now that are more consistent.” Indeed, perhaps the simplest definition of endemic is a steady state: a disease occurring in some predictable, stable pattern. But stability does not necessarily mean safety, and it does

satellite imagery and other intelligence indicate he has amassed more than 100,000 troops and equipment on the border with Ukraine - one Western security official put the number at 130,000 - potentially positioning for what could become the largest military land offensive in Europe since World War II. “Our worry would be that you don’t park battle groups ... on the border of another country twice and do nothing,” one European official said, referring to an earlier buildup last year. “I think that’s the real fear that I have. [Putin’s] now put them all out there. If he does nothing again ... what does that say to the wider international community about the might of Russia?” The European official and others familiar with the assessments spoke on the condition of anonymity is discussing intelligence matters. The Conflict Intelligence Team, a Russian analytical team that uses open-source data to track Russian military movements, reported Sunday that some Russian forces had moved from a base in Yelnya, in the Smolensk region of southern Russia, closer to the Ukrainian border. According to CIT, a “massive” Russian base at Yelnya was nearly empty, in what it described as a “dangerous” development. CIT said this suggested that “one scenario of a Russian attack is a deep thrust south towards Chernihiv and possibly Kyiv.” Chernihiv is a city in northern Ukraine close to the Belarusian border,

less than 90 miles north of Kyiv. The group said that transfers of Russian troops to the regions of Crimea, Rostov and Kursk in southern Russia were also worrying. As the United States moved to strengthen NATO defenses in Eastern Europe, the head of the Belarusian Security Council, Alexander Volfovich, said there would be “very large” military maneuvers with Russian forces in southern Belarus in coming days, in response to tensions between NATO and Russia over Ukraine. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has been playing a key role in Russia’s saber-rattling against Ukraine. U.S. officials are concerned that the massive Russia-Belarus military exercise, set to begin Thursday, could be used as part of a multipronged invasion of Ukraine. The exercise has seen Russian troops and equipment travel more than 6,000 miles to Belarus, and the deployment of advanced missile systems, fighter planes and bombers. U.S.-based company Maxar Technologies on Sunday published satellite images from Friday showing deployments of Russian forces in Belarus. Moscow has denied that it intends to invade Ukraine but has made clear it considers the presence of Western troops and weapons in the former Soviet sphere an unacceptable security threat. Putin has accused the United States and its European allies of ignoring his key demands to bar Ukraine from joining NATO, rule out putting offensive strike weapons

on Russia’s borders and roll back NATO’s weaponry and force posture to its 1997 boundaries. Russia also has attempted to paint Ukraine as the aggressor in the crisis, warning that a NATObacked Kyiv could try to take back Crimea, which was annexed by Moscow in 2014. Meanwhile, some Ukrainian officials, including Zelensky, have taken issue with Washington’s description of Russian deployments and the likelihood of an “imminent” attack, fearing it will cause panic and hurt Ukraine’s economy. Volfovich accused Ukraine of threatening Belarus in comments reported by the BelTA state news agency Sunday. “We did not consider the southern direction as a threat to the country’s security before, but today, based on the assessment of the military-political strategic situation, we are forced to consider the southern direction as well,” he said. Volfovich’s comments came after 2,000 U.S. troops arrived in Poland and Germany on Sunday to bolster European security. Lukashenko, Russia’s closest ally, echoed Russian claims throughout the crisis that the threat of war comes not from Russia but from Ukraine and NATO. Still, he boasted that Ukraine could not afford to risk a war with Russian and Belarusian forces because “such a war would last a maximum three or four days.” He added that NATO was also afraid of a military confrontation with Russia and Belarus.

not mean the disease won’t require significant, community-wide efforts to control. For instance, influenza is endemic, as are several coronaviruses that cause the common cold, and many other respiratory illnesses. Then again, so are malaria and tuberculosis in much of the world – and they kill hundreds of thousands of people every year. Some endemic diseases are allowed to spread unchecked because they don’t cause much harm. Others, like measles – which is no longer endemic in the United States – may require major interventions: surveillance and testing across continents, intensive case investigation, and mitigation efforts from vaccination to education. People know how to protect themselves from the flu and what to do if they’re infected, and for most, it’s not a burden on their lives. Health experts are hopeful that people can develop a similar rhythm with Covid. “Covid-19 is different from the flu, and we have to treat it differently from the flu. But the flu gives us a little bit of an outline,” said Dr. Stephen Parodi, an executive vice president with Kaiser Permanente. There’s a mighty range to what endemic Covid might look like, and it’s dependent on both viral and human behavior. Abandoning Covid controls too fast or too soon could allow the virus to circulate at much higher levels than most health experts would prefer and put new strains on the health care system. The next variant could yet again upend best laid plans if it further evades immunity, and especially if it causes more serious illness. “That’s the thing that keeps us up at night,” said Dr. Ori Tzvieli, acting health officer for Contra Costa County. If another troublesome variant arrives, he said, “even when we’re in an endemic state, we will need a

massive set of responses. It could involve closures or restrictions, it could involve mass vaccination campaign, it could involve a new kind of vaccine or booster. We have to be prepared for that.” Some key uncertainties about what endemic Covid will look like include whether it becomes seasonal, like the flu, and what kind of baseline level of disease might exist. When California reopened last June – after vaccines had become widely available and people were feeling confident that Covid could be well controlled – cases had dropped to fewer than 3 per 100,000 residents statewide. Most experts agreed that was a low enough level to live with over the long term. Then the delta variant struck, and it became clear that much higher levels of immunity would be needed to prevent further surges. Omicron drove that point home even further. Since August, California has only dipped below 10 cases per 100,000 for a few days at a time. Under the state’s previous color-coded tier system, even that amount of virus would have prompted widespread economic shutdowns. And at the peak of omicron, the state was reporting more than 300 cases a day per 100,000 residents. Even now, as the surge wanes, well over 100 cases a day per 100,000 residents are being reported. It’s not clear yet where the coronavirus might land in a steady state – if the Bay Area, or anywhere, can get to a baseline of 1 or 2 cases per 100,000 residents, as previously hoped. And it may be many months, or even longer, before any consistent baseline is reached. “There’s a desire for absolute clarity – when is Covid endemic? We need to understand there’s not an off-on switch,” said Dr. Grant Colfax, head of the San Francisco Department of Public Health.

“Omicron has shown us that we can’t prevent every case,” Colfax said, but it was also a valuable stress test about how the city can manage Covid even with a lot of virus in the community. “If you had told me last year that we would have a variant that had us hitting 250 cases per 100,000 – that’s incredible. This test was emblematic of how far we’ve come in two years. We need to recognize that and understand that this helps guide us to managing a more endemic state.” Tools that most people – at least in the Bay Area – have become comfortable using to protect themselves and others likely will remain in play for some time, maybe years. Mandates will be peeled away, and if they return they likely will be more targeted to certain spaces or populations. But people will be encouraged to do everything from getting boosters to putting their masks back on if – or when – cases surge again. Many experts note that once Covid is endemic, it will be as important as ever to protect the most vulnerable: whether they’re immunocompromised individuals, older nursing home residents, front-line workers without good access to health care or families in Black and brown communities that have been hardest hit throughout the pandemic. “If we do get to endemic, Covid will still be a potentially harmful disease, especially for our most socially and physically vulnerable groups,” said Martha Lincoln, a medical anthropologist at San Francisco State University. “We have to make choices that are responsible for ourselves and for others,” she said. “As much as some of us would like to perhaps exit that reality, and imagine a timeline where we don’t have to be thinking about Covid and about people who are more vulnerable than ourselves, those people are reality too.”

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Miami hires 49ers’ McDaniel to be next head coach Tribune Content Agency The Dolphins have hired San Francisco 49ers offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel as their next head coach, the team announced Sunday, bringing an end to the franchise’s month-long search for a new leader after the surprise firing of Brian Flores. McDaniel, 38, becomes the 11th head coach in Dolphins history and the fourth hired since Stephen

Ross became majority owner in 2009. McDaniel has 15 years of NFL experience, starting out as an intern for Mike Shanahan’s Denver Broncos in 2005. He had stints as an assistant with Washington, Cleveland and Atlanta before joining Kyle Shanahan’s staff in San Francisco as run game coordinator. McDaniel held that role from 2017 to 2020 before being promoted to offensive coordinator this past season.

ESPN’s report Saturday that San Francisco was hiring Anthony Lynn as assistant head coach to be a “key cog in the 49ers’ offense and run game” added speculation that McDaniel could be headed to Miami. A Yale graduate, McDaniel does not call the plays – Kyle Shanahan holds that role – but has been lauded by players and fellow coaches for his intelligence and creativity. “Mike, his mindset, the

way he creates things, his creativity, his outside-thebox thinking, his ability to communicate with people, he’s as good as they get,” said New York Jets coach Robert Saleh, who coached with McDaniel in San Francisco. “He’s been with Kyle for longer than any of us have. He’s been there since he and I were [quality control coaches] sitting across from each other with the Houston Texans back in [2006]. He’s brilliant.

He’s every bit as deserving to be a head coach. [I] would not like him to come to the division but if it happens, so be it.” With McDaniel, the Dolphins have continued the trend of hiring young assistants and firsttime head coaches to lead their teams. The team hasn’t hired a head coach with prior NFL experience since Dave Wannstedt in 2000. Amid Flores’ classaction lawsuit against

the NFL, Dolphins and two others teams alleging racial discrimination, McDaniel, who is biracial – his father is Black – becomes the first minority hired in this year’s coaching cycle. The five teams that made hires before the Dolphins – the Chicago Bears, Denver Broncos, New York Giants, Las Vegas Raiders and Jacksonville Jaguars – all hired white See Coach, Page B8

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San Francisco 49ers quarterbacks Steve Young (8) and Joe Montana (16) discuss strategy with head coach Bill

Walsh during a game against the Phoenix Cardinals in Tempe, Arizona, Nov. 6, 1988.

Decades after Montana, Young, 49ers’ QB standard still sky-high Tribune Content Agency Fewer than 48 hours after playing in his second NFC Championship Game in the last three seasons, Jimmy Garoppolo bid adieu to 49ers fans. “It’s been a hell of a ride, guys. Love you guys. So, see ya,” Garoppolo said in what amounted to a farewell press conference on Tuesday. It was Super Bowl title or bust for Garoppolo, who saw the writing on the wall bolded and underlined when the 49ers selected Trey Lance with the No. 3 overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. For some franchises, it would be difficult – perhaps impossible – to part with a quarterback who has led a team to a Super Bowl appearance and another conference title game in the span of three years. Not for the 49ers. The standard for San Francisco quarterback play was set by a pair of Hall of Fame passers who won multiple championships and MVP Awards, Joe Montana and Steve Young. Nearly 30 years after the team won its fifth Super Bowl title, that standard remains unchanged. “There are some cities where you get a team to a championship game and you’re a hero,” Young told KNBR this week. “It’s like, ‘Great, thanks, that was awesome, it was memorable.’ It’ll define your career in a positive way. And then there are some cities, like ours, where it’s not about that. It’s about Super Bowls.” Young isn’t wrong. Since the two-time MVP was last a full-time starter in 1998, the 49ers have spent a quarter-century chasing greatness at the most important position in sports. Steve Mariucci twice made the playoffs with Jeff Garcia, Jim Harbaugh and Alex Smith paired up for a NFC Championship Game run and the 49ers reached a Super Bowl and another NFC title game after Harbaugh replaced Smith with dual-threat quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Kyle Shanahan was on the brink of coaching the 49ers to their sixth Super Bowl victory when

Basketball College men •UNC Wilmington at Hofstra, CBSSN, 2 p.m. •Virginia at Duke, ESPN, 4 p.m. •Pittsburgh at Virginia Tech, ACC, 4 p.m. •Furman at East Tennessee State, ESPNU, 4 p.m. •Lafayette at Navy, CBSSN, 4 p.m. •Alabama A&M at Grambling, ESPNU, 6 p.m. •Kansas at Texas, ESPN, 6 p.m. •Arizona at Arizona State, FS1, 6 p.m. College women •Georgia Tech at North Carolina State, ESPN2, 3 p.m. •Rutgers at Ohio State, BIG TEN, 3 p.m. •LSU at Ole Miss, SEC, 4 p.m. NBA •Phoenix at Chicago, NBATV, 5 p.m. •Golden State at Oklahoma City, NBCSBA, 5 p.m. Gymnastics College women •Ohio State at Nebraska, BIG TEN, 5 p.m. Olympics •Speed skating, women’s 1500, USA, 12:30 a.m. •Curling, mixed doubles, round robin, United States vs. Great Britain, USA, 2 a.m. •Short track, men’s and women’s events, 1000 and 500, USA, 3:30 a.m. •Figure skating, team competition, pairs free skate; Alpine skiing, women’s giant slalom, first runs; freestyle skiing, women’s big air, qualifying; and more, Ch. 3, 4:05 a.m. (re-air) •Luge, women’s singles, first run, USA, 5:05 a.m. •Luge, women’s singles, second run, USA, 5:30 a.m. •Biathlon, women’s individual, 15km, USA, 6:40 a.m. •Ski jumping, mixed team, normal hill, USA, 8 a.m. •Curling, mixed doubles, semifinals, USA, 9:30 a.m. •Women’s biathlon, 15km individual; ski jumping, mixed normal hill, Ch. 3, 11 a.m. •Luge, women’s singles, first and second runs, USA, 11:30 a.m. •Speed skating, women’s 1500, USA, 12:45 p.m. (re-air) •Curling, mixed doubles, semifinals, CNBC, 2 p.m.

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John McVay, Sean McVay’s grandfather and the former San Francisco 49ers executive who built Super Bowl teams with Bill Walsh, poses with cutouts of former 49ers quarterbacks Joe Montana and Steve Young. Garoppolo’s offense stalled and San Francisco’s defense melted down against the Kansas City Chiefs in February 2020. Two years later, Garoppolo’s game-sealing interception against the Rams in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s matchup at SoFi Stadium leaves the 49ers exactly where they were when Young suffered a career-ending concussion in Week 3 of the 1999 season. It’s once again time for a transition at the quarterback position, and anything less than greatness won’t be tolerated. “This is a city that demands that and I love that about being a 49er, honestly,” Young said. “The pressure is the thing where you learn the most about yourself. For good or for bad, there are cities where you can get in the playoffs and they make a parade, but not this one, and I love it.” The standard is higher in San Francisco because legendary head coach Bill Walsh demanded as much. Back in the 1980s, Walsh pitted Montana and Young against one another. The result was a tenuous situation that clearly irritated Montana, who had already won two Super Bowl titles when Walsh announced an open competition for the starting job.

“Our strength is at quarterback, but our problem is that we have two,” Walsh said before the 1988 season. “There’s a quarterback controversy developing and we’re going to have to select between Steve Young and Joe Montana.” The experiment wasn’t an overnight success – the 49ers finished the regular season 9-7 – but Montana secured back-to-back blowout playoff victories before leading a game-winning Super Bowl drive in the fourth quarter against the Cincinnati Bengals. “Joe Montana is not human,” Bengals wide receiver Chris Collinsworth said postgame. “He’s not God, but he’s definitely not human.” The standard for 49ers quarterback play, it turns out, was still being set. The next year, Montana won the first of his back-to-back MVP Awards and the 49ers cruised to their fourth Super Bowl title. When a serious elbow injury to Montana forced Young into action as a full-time starter in 1991, expectations continued to escalate. His MVP season in 1992 helped convince the 49ers to trade Montana to Kansas City, and gave the fan base hope that the days after See QB, Page B8

49ers’ Hightower joins Bears after season of special-teams struggles Tribune Content Agency Richard Hightower still has a job. It’s just not with the 49ers. The franchise’s much-scrutinized special teams coordinator was hired Sunday for the same role with the Bears. Hightower’s exit came after the 49ers struggled on special teams throughout the 2021 regular season before having more breakdowns in the second half of a wild-card win at Dallas last month. Hightower, 41, a 16-year NFL coaching veteran, was hired by head coach Kyle Shanahan in 2017 for his first head coordinator role. Shanahan and Hightower were teammates at the University of Texas and they also worked together with the Texans

from 2006-2008. In 2021, the 49ers were one of three NFL teams to allow a least two touchdowns on special teams. They surrendered a 99-yard, kickoff-return score and 73-yard touchdown run on a fake punt, and they ranked in the bottom half of the league in many major categories. They were 28th in yards per kickoff return (18.9), 18th in yards per punt return (8.2), 23rd in yards allowed per kickoff return (23.1) and ninth in yards allowed per punt return (7.8). They also had a roughing-the-punter penalty on 4th-and-20 and allowed a successful fake-punt pass in a 23-17 wild-card win against the Cowboys. Said CBS sideline reporter Jay Feely after See Bears, Page B8

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A star chef’s best cold-weather cure-all is simple tomato soup Tribune Content Agency In the dark days of winter, the feel-better food you want to eat is a steaming bowl of soup. This is a food with a long history of comfort; no less an expert than Campbell Soup Co. traces its roots back to 20,000 B.C., the approximate date of a soup bowl found in China. (The pottery fragments had scorch marks on them, a sign that the soup had been hot.) More recently, the aura of nourishment and convenience that soup provides was spotlighted during the Covid-19 pandemic. In the fourth quarter of 2020, Campbell’s sales rose 52% compared to the previous year, though they have since retreated closer to pre-pandemic levels. Traditionally, chicken soup has been considered the de facto cure-all. But Alon Shaya believes that tomato soup, dotted with plump grains of rice, registers even higher on the comfort scale. The acclaimed New Orleansbased chef, whose most recent opening is Miss River in the Four Seasons, addressed the issue in his 2018 cookbook, “Shaya, An Odyssey of Food, My Journey Back to Israel: A Cookbook” (Knopf; $35). The book features a recipe for his tomato and rice soup. “People call chicken soup with rice ‘the Jewish grandmother’s prescription,’ a cure for whatever ails you,” he writes in the recipe’s headnote. “This vegetarian version may be even more so; it just makes you feel good.” Shaya’s tomato soup recipe comes courtesy of his grandmother, Matilda Gerassi. Growing up in the suburbs of Philadelphia, he would fake a high temperature so she would make it for him. “I would stick the thermometer in the radiator and then run down and show it to her. I’d say: ‘Look, I can’t go to school, can you make me that soup?’” She also made chicken soup, “but this was the one I craved.” The vegan soup employs the standard ingredients you would expect: onions, garlic, and tomatoes, which, at this time of the year should be good-quality canned ones. (If you happen to live in a zone with ripe, fresh ones, go for it.) Where his soup becomes a work of genius is the inclusion of caramelized tomato paste, which Shaya calls his secret weapon. Spoonfuls of the paste are stirred around with the sautéed onions and olive oil to caramelize and magnify the sweet tomato pop. He also throws a couple unconventional spices into the pot: Syrian Aleppo chile flakes, which have a sharp, bright heat, and star anise. The tastes bounce around in your

mouth. “I always want to keep the flavors rolling; a good way to do that is with spices,” says Shaya. “You might not know exactly what you’re tasting, you just know that it’s interesting.” As a final soothing touch, there’s the rice, suspended in the thick soup. Shaya has never served the hot soup at any of his restaurants; he prefers to make it for friends at home. He does offer a chilled version at Miss River, made with Creole tomatoes, tomato paste, and olive oil. This sounds lovely, but it’s not what you crave on a chill winter day. The following recipe is adapted from “Shaya, An Odyssey of Food, My Journey Back to Israel: A Cookbook,” by Alon Shaya. TOMATO SOUP WITH RICE Serves 6 to 8 Two 28-ounce cans whole tomatoes, or 4 pounds very ripe tomatoes, cored ½ cup extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for serving 1 large yellow onion, thinly sliced 1 clove garlic, thinly sliced 1 tablespoon Morton kosher salt 1 dried bay leaf 1 star anise pod 1 teaspoon Aleppo pepper 1 tablespoon sweet paprika ¼ cup tomato paste 2 cups water 1 ⁄3 cup jasmine rice, or other long grain rice Put the tomatoes in a blender or food processor and purée; work in batches, if necessary. (If using fresh tomatoes, cut out the cores and coarsely chop them first.) Put the olive oil in a large, heavy-bottomed pot over medium heat. Once it’s warm, add the onion, garlic, and salt. Stir occasionally so the onion slices sweat and soften, but don’t let them build any color. When the vegetables are translucent and soft, add the bay leaf, star anise, Aleppo, and sweet paprika. Give everything a good stir, and toast the spices for a minute or two until they’re super-fragrant. Add the tomato paste and stir to combine, letting it toast and build flavor for another couple of minutes. Add the puréed tomatoes and water, and turn the heat high. Bring everything up to a boil, skim off any foam (being careful not to strain out the spices), and decrease the heat to medium-low. Cook for 10 minutes until it’s just starting to thicken. Meanwhile, rinse the rice in a sieve until the water runs clear. (Be thorough here, or the starch can gum up the soup.) Once the soup has thickened a bit, add the rice to the pot and let it simmer away, stirring occasionally, until the rice is cooked – 20 to 30 minutes. Before you serve the soup, fish out the spices (or make it a game, and see who finds them in the bowls). Finish each bowl with a drizzle of olive oil.

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Many stovetop and oven recipes are prime candidates for pressure cooking in an Instant Pot.

How to convert your favorite recipes for the Instant Pot

Becky Krystal

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’ve had my Instant Pot for more than three years now. I wouldn’t say I started out as a skeptic of the appliance itself, but more of my ability to make its purchase worthwhile. Those doubts have long since passed. But even as an IP enthusiast, I still often ask myself how I can wring even more use out of the appliance. I know I’m not alone. Among the questions that pop up in my inbox or in The Post’s weekly live Food section Q&A (every Wednesday at noon Eastern time!), Instant Pot inquiries are common. A frequent topic: How can I make this recipe in my Instant Pot? The good news is that many stovetop and oven recipes are prime candidates for pressure cooking in an Instant Pot or other electric multicooker. Here’s what you should keep in mind about whether and how to convert them.

Decide whether the Instant Pot makes sense Let’s get one of the more obvious exceptions out of the way first. If the dish you’re considering is intended to be golden brown and crispy, Instant Pot cooking is not the way to go. Ask yourself, “Is this a recipe that needs pressure cooking?” says blogger Archana Mundhe, author of “The Essential Indian Instant Pot Cookbook.” Dishes needing dry heat, such as quick sautes or stir-fries, are best left to the stovetop. The Instant Pot is a sealed environment, meaning moist heat – either through direct contact with liquid or above it, as in steaming – is a given. But that still leaves large swaths of recipes in contention for Instant Pot cooking: Braises, soups, stews, curries, risotto and more. Dishes that transform dry or tough ingredients into tender, soft perfection are ideal for pressure cooking. Think beans, grains (steel-cut oats, rice, barley, etc.) and large, sinewy cuts of meat. Some foods cook so fast on the stovetop that the Instant Pot isn’t worth it, Mundhe says. She gives the example of upma, an Indian semolina dish that comes together in minutes. Similar would be something like couscous (which I recently realized doesn’t even need the cooktop if you just boil the water in your tea kettle). Sometimes the question is more of a personal preference, depending on what equipment you feel like dealing with or whether you care about a few minutes’ difference here or there. Do you have to make lentils in the Instant Pot? No. Can you? Absolutely. Particularly delicate foods aren’t always candidates for the Instant Pot, or at least not without adjustments (more on that below). Take care with delicate pieces of fish or quick-cooking vegetables. Dairy products can also curdle under pressure, says cookbook author Ivy Manning, who

has written several Instant Pot cookbooks, including “Instant Pot Miracle 6 Ingredients or Less.”

Adjust the timing One of the best things about the Instant Pot is the time it can shave off many recipes. Manning’s very vague rule of thumb is to start by reducing the cook time – the time under pressure vs. what it would be on the stove or in the oven – by about a third. The timing will vary depending on what you’re cooking, but it’s a good place to start. It’s better to underestimate the reduction than overestimate. If something is not done, you can always return the Instant Pot to pressure and cook for additional time. In that scenario, you may find it hard to put the lid back on. Manning says that’s because the silicone gasket expands under pressure to allow for a seal to form. You can remedy the situation by briefly running the lid under cool water and trying again.

Adjust the liquid Because it’s a sealed environment that doesn’t allow for evaporation, you may need to reduce the amount of liquid in a recipe. Still, “there’s no equation for this,” Manning says, though her general rule of thumb is to cut the liquid by half. For soups, Manning doesn’t reduce the liquid that much since they generally aren’t cooked down much, even on the stovetop. If you decide you want to concentrate the flavor more or achieve a slightly thicker consistency, you can always simmer the soup with the lid off after pressure cooking using the saute function. Keep in mind that 1⁄2 cup liquid is a pretty safe minimum amount to avoid burning. You may be able to get away with less, even a few tablespoons, if you anticipate that whatever you’re cooking will give off a fair share of liquid. Vegetables such as cauliflower and broccoli are especially prone to releasing water, Mundhe says.

Mind the browning Many recipes with meat require that you brown it before proceeding with pressure cooking. If you’re doing that in the Instant Pot, keep in mind that you typically have less surface area to work with than in a wide skillet on the stovetop. You may need to brown the meat in more batches, as overcrowding will cause it to steam more than sear, resulting in a “sweaty mess,” as Manning says. She offers a few pointers for this step. First, she recommends brushing the meat with the oil rather than adding the meat to oil in the pot. That’s because fat tends to pool at the edges of the Instant Pot insert due to its shape with a raised center. If you place meat in the center where there’s no fat, you may get sticking. She also says you shouldn’t feel obligated to brown every piece of meat on every side.

Often, she’ll sear just a portion of it, which is enough to get the benefit of the flavor without spending an inordinate amount of time on the process. It’s also easy to set the saute feature to high and then forget to adjust it. But as with a stovetop, you may need to play around with the heat level in an Instant Pot. Even more so than on a cooktop, I find that foods can go from fine to scorched in a matter of seconds. So do pay attention and use the lower saute levels as needed. To keep onions from burning, Mundhe likes to saute them with the glass lid from one of her skillets set over the Instant Pot. That allows them to soften faster with less risk of scorching, as the lid will trap a little bit of the moisture that tends to cook off rapidly in the appliance. And don’t be afraid of hitting the cancel button, either, if something is starting to get too dark or you need to step away. The top rim of the insert tends to stay cooler, so it’s safe to lift it out if you have to, especially while wearing oven mitts. Have your ingredients measured and nearby so you can work as quickly as possible. A little bit of your liquid poured into the insert followed by a scrape along the bottom with a spoon or spatula can save you in many instances when food is threatening to burn and trigger the automatic cutoff.

Adjust the order of ingredients Much burning can be avoided simply by adjusting the order in which ingredients are added to the Instant Pot. Mundhe notes that dry ground spices are prone to burning, so if you’re going to be cooking them under pressure, sprinkle them on top of the other ingredients. Or simply stir them in at the end of cooking, as with the chana masala, which also allows you to adjust the spice level for varying tastes before you add the entire amount called for in a recipe. Manning sometimes takes a similar approach to dishes with thicker tomato sauces susceptible to burning, choosing to place the tomatoes on top of the other ingredients before pressure cooking. Consider elevating more delicate proteins, either on top of the other ingredients or on a trivet, so they don’t overcook either. This works with chicken breasts and some cuts of fish. Many types of seafood, though, are best left to the end of cooking. Mundhe makes a salmon tikka masala in which the salmon is stirred in after the sauce has been pressure-cooked. The fish pieces cook in just 2 to 3 minutes on the high saute setting. Likewise, Manning adds the shrimp to her gumbo at the very end, when even just the residual heat can be enough to cook them. Stir in dairy (milk, cream, cheese, etc.) at the end of cooking, too. Flours or starches used for thickening are best added at the end as well, Mundhe says, because they can scorch on the bottom of the insert.

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efore his death in 1989 at the age of 58, choreographer and modern-dance giant Alvin Ailey accomplished many groundbreaking, boundary-busting things. He helped establish modern dance as a popular art form capable of packing theaters and riveting audiences. His troupe, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, was a global sensation. And in his signature dances – 1960’s “Revelations,” 1969’s “Masakela Language,” 1971’s “Cry” for the indelible Judith Jamison – he showcased Black history, Black experiences and Black bodies with passion, ferocity and a beauty that was blinding. It was art, and it was revolution. And as director Jamila Wignot reveals in her remarkable documentary “Ailey,” being the man who changed the dance world forever was a cosmic blessing and a heartbreaking curse. “Creation is a very lonely place. Lonely in the fact that nobody can help you,” dancer and choreographer George Faison says in the film. “He was possessed, and he had to serve that god.” Wignot’s documentary, which aired on PBS’ “American Masters” series last month and is now available on multiple streaming services, moves with the grace and muscular power of an Alvin Ailey dancer. It covers Ailey’s many artistic achievements while also digging into the mental and emotional challenges of being a Black creator in a world that worshipped him as an artist but wasn’t always sure what to do with him as a person. Through historical footage of Black life, archival interviews with Ailey and new interviews with such pivotal players as Jamison, choreographer Bill T. Jones and dancer Don Martin, “Ailey” follows its subject’s journey from his impoverished Texas childhood to being feted at the Kennedy Center Honors. We see the boy who watched his neighbors dance their troubles away in local juke joints find joy and liberation with modern-dance pioneer Lester Horton and his racially integrated dance company. That young dancer became a budding choreographer on and off Broadway, and in 1958, he founded the company that would make him a known name the world over. And thanks to the documentary’s treasure trove of rehearsal and performance footage, you don’t have to be a dance expert to see why Ailey and his company left leagues of stunned audiences in

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American dancer and choreographer Alvin Ailey, right, performs on stage with his company, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, at the Edinburgh Festival, Aug. 29, 1968. their wake. Whether it is Jamison pouring her soul, skin and spirit into “Cry,” or the beautiful bloodletting that is “Memoria” (which Ailey choreographed after the sudden death of his friend and colleague Joyce Trisler), Wignot’s film is alive with movement and inspiration. And speaking of spirit, Wignot interweaves Ailey’s life and dances with rehearsal footage from “Lazarus,” a searing 2018 piece that artist-in-residence Rennie Harris choreographed to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Ailey’s company. The choreography is vital and vibrant, the dancers are young and focused, and Ailey’s heart is right there. As she pays tribute to Ailey’s art, Wignot also takes a close, empathetic look at Ailey’s life, including the breakdown that sent him to a mental institution. What emerges is a rich, nuanced portrait of a man who was driven to create, even at the expense of his health and his personal life. A gay man who felt compelled to keep that part of himself under wraps. A man whose status as a standard-bearer for Black artists everywhere did not leave much room for being human. “Sometimes, your name becomes bigger than yourself,” says Carmen de Lavallade, who first danced with Ailey when they were both in Lester Horton’s troupe. “‘Alvin Ailey.’ Do you really know who that is or what it is? You see a name, but I don’t see a man.” In “Ailey,” you see the vul-

nerable boy, the prodigious creator, the driven pioneer and the conflicted man. You also see the history he made, the artists he inspired, and the light that will never go out. “Every time a dancer walks in,” Harris says, “there’s another piece of him being resurrected.” “Ailey” is available on pbs. org through Feb. 8. It is also streaming on Hulu, Amazon Prime and other platforms. More recommended Black History Month viewing • “Black Art: In the Absence of Light”: An illuminating 2021 documentary from Sam Pollard on the history of Black art in America and the electrifying new artists making waves now. • “If Beale Street Could Talk”: Director Barry Jenkins’ heart-stopping 2018 adaptation of James Baldwin’s novel on love and prejudice in 1970s Harlem. • “John Lewis: Big Trouble”: With voting rights under serious threat, Dawn Porter’s 2020 documentary on the late civil-rights leader feels more urgent than ever. • “Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown”: Alex Gibney’s 2014 documentary is two-plus hours of soul, sweat and mind-blowing social history. ˆ”Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am”: Timothy GreenfieldSanders’ 2019 documentary offers provocative discussions of life, literature and race featuring the award-winning author.

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Bridge

by Phillip Alder

deals. The second- or third-best play might be sufficient to bring home the contract. But sometimes the declarer really must use the best medicine. Against four spades, West leads the club king and follows with the club ace (showing his doubleton). How should declarer have handled the cards? When South jumped to four hearts, he realized he could be getting out of his depth. But he had such a promising hand that he hoped North would have a fit in at least one of the majors. Declarer ruffed the club ace at trick two, played a heart to dummy’s jack and took the spade finesse. However, West won with the king and switched to the diamond two. Realizing his partner hadn’t led his fourth-highest diamond, East worked out that the two was a suit-preference signal. He won with the diamond ace and led the club queen, promoting West’s spade 10 to the setting trick. Since West had advertised his club TRY TO doubleton, South should have recognized the possibility of a trump SCRAMBLE THEIR promotion. If he had, he would have COMMUNICATIONS realized that he needed to cut the In a Peanuts cartoon, Charlie Brown defenders’ communications. That could has been hit by a line drive. Schroeder have been done by discarding the diamond five at trick two. Then it runs to the pitcher’s mound with an would have been impossible for East to offer of first aid. Lucy suggests that gain the lead. South could have drawn second or third aid will be quite trumps in peace and made his contract. sufficient. The same idea applies to bridge

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Here’s how to work it:

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Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 grid contains the digits 1 through 9, with no repeats. That means that no number is repeated in any row, TRYcolumn TO or box. Solution, tips and computer program at SCRAMBLE THEIR www.sudoku.com

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Ransomware attack in Germany tied to Colonial Pipeline hackers

Bloomberg A Russia-linked cybercrime gang was allegedly responsible for ransomware attacks that took down a swath of Germany’s fuel-distribution system this week and hindered payments at some filling stations. Hackers using a strain of ransomware known as “Black Cat” infected computers at Mabanaft and Oiltanking Group, according to two people familiar with an investigation into the breaches. Ransomware is a type of malicious software that encrypts files on victims’ computers, rendering them inaccessible until a ransom is paid. It’s not known how much money the Black Cat gang has demanded from the firms. The hackers behind Black Cat appear to be related to the DarkSide ransomware gang, according to Brett Callow, a threat analyst at the cybersecurity firm Emsisoft. DarkSide was accused of the attack on Colonial Pipeline Co. last year, shutting down the largest gasoline pipeline in the U.S. for several days in May. Other energy-storage companies, including Evos Group, have also suffered IT problems in recent days, at facilities spanning Malta, Belgium and the Netherlands. The precise cause of the disruption at Evos is currently unclear. On Thursday, the firm said the source was still being investigated. The attacks come amid heightened tensions in the region as Russian troops are massed on the Ukrainian border, raising fears of an imminent ground attack. Such an attack could imperil Russian fuel supplies to Germany and other parts of Europe. Russian President Vladimir Putin has said repeatedly denied he plans to invade. Mabanaft, which distributes large amounts of fuel across Germany, said on Tuesday that its com-

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A back-lit computer keyboard. puter systems had been breached and its operations disrupted. Oiltanking Group, which operates terminals internationally, confirmed that its systems were also affected by the cyberattack. Both companies are owned by the Hamburg-based fuel group Marquard & Bahls. A spokesperson for the companies declined to comment on the ransomware. The companies discovered they had been “the victim of a cyber incident” on January 29 and were working with specialists to investigate, the spokesperson said. They were hoping to resume normal operations by early next week, according to the people. The prosecutor’s office in Hamburg said it had opened an investigation into the breach but hadn’t yet identified a suspect. “At the moment no information concerning the perpetrator behind the

attack can be provided,” said Liddy Oechtering, a spokeswoman for the prosecutor’s office. “So far the investigations are directed against unknown.” The German newspaper Handelsblatt previously reported that the hackers used the Black Cat ransomware, citing a report from Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security. The two people familiar with the investigation confirmed that account to Bloomberg News. Black Cat’s ransomware’s code is written in Russian and is known for its “sophistication and innovation,” according to a report published in January by researchers at Unit 42, a cybersecurity team at Palo Alto Networks The gang, which has been active since November 2021, has recruited “affiliates” on cybercrime forums who effectively rent out the

ransomware to hack companies and organizations, according to the report. Hackers using Black Cat’s ransomware, which is also known as ALPHV, have targeted companies and organizations in countries including the U.S., Germany, France, Spain, Philippines, and the Netherlands, the report found. “What’s unusual is that for a new group they are very skilled,” said Allan Liska, a senior threat analyst at the cybersecurity firm Recorded Future Inc. “The methodology is the same across all of these ransomware groups. But Black Cat moves around networks quickly. They get the data quickly, and they are not afraid to go after big targets.” Liska added that people involved in the gang appeared to be native Russian speakers, as indicated by their posts on Russian-language cybercrime forums.

Liska called the timing of the attacks suspicious but said it wasn’t yet clear whether there was any link to the tensions in Ukraine. Callow, from Emsisoft, said he believed Black Cat was likely the latest incarnation of the prolific ransomware groups BlackMatter and DarkSide. After the Colonial Pipeline attack drew widespead condemnation and pressure from law enforcement, DarkSide rebranded under a different name, BlackMatter, a common tactic by ransomware gangs when they come under intense scrutiny. But BlackMatter didn’t last long either, Callow said, in part because Emsisoft discovered a vulnerability in its ransomware that helped victims recover their files without paying any ransom.

The organizers of the group hired new developers and rebranded again, under the name Black Cat, Callow said. Callow said that the new Black Cat ransomware was more sophisticated and didn’t include the same errors in its code as ransomware strains deployed by previous incarnations of the gang. Authorities in Germany have described the hacks this week as serious, but played down the level of disruption to the country’s fuel supplies. A spokesman for the country’s Federal Office for Information Security said that 233 gasoline filling stations, largely in northern Germany, had been affected, only 1.7% of the country’s total. At some of those stations it wasn’t possible to pay by credit card, the spokesman said.

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INVITATION TO BID Notice is hereby given that the Board of Trustees of the Vacaville Unified School District (“District”) will receive sealed Bids for the proposals from qualified Bidder’s to establish an agreement for the provision and delivery of equipment for Bid Package 22-02: District Wide Front Row Equipment Procurement Project (“Project”). The Project consists of the procurement and delivery of Front Row Equipment to Vacaville Unified School District. PROCUREMENT SCHEDULE Notice of Intent to Award: February 22, 2022 Anticipated Board Approval: March 10, 2022 Anticipated Delivery By: May 27, 2022 Any questions concerning this Invitation To Bid should be directed to Doug McCalla – (530) 400-6005 or dougm@capitalpm.com. Each bid proposal shall conform to the requirements of the Contract Documents. The bid documents may be obtained at bidder’s expense from Signature Reprographics, (916) 454-0800 or electronically at https:/signaturerepro.com. Optional Pre-Bid Conference: Discuss Project and District requirements and the delivery expectations Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82902018364 Meeting ID: 829 0201 8364 Date/Time: February 8, 2022 at 2:00:00 PM Proposals are Due: Bid Information: Location: Vacaville Unified School District 401 Nut Tree Road, Vacaville, CA 95687 Date/Time: February 16, 2022 at 2:00:00 PM Untimely Bids will not be accepted or opened. It shall be the responsibility of each prospective Bidder, upon discovery of any ambiguity or discrepancy in the proposal form, specifications, or drawings, to bring such ambiguity or discrepancy to the attention of the District prior to the Bid date and time. Failure to raise any such ambiguity or discrepancy prior to the Bid deadline shall waive the Bidder’s right to object to the ambiguity or discrepancy after bidding. Bids shall be completed and submitted in a sealed envelope. On the face of the envelope, clearly write “Bid Proposal - Do Not Open” and indicate the Bidder’s Name and Address, and Bid Package # and Description. Failure to fully complete and submit all pages of the proposal form may result in the Bid being rejected as non-responsive. By submitting a Bid, the Bidder represents that it is aware of the site conditions for delivery. Failure to attend the pre-bid conference does not alleviate the Bidder of the responsibility for understanding and considering those conditions which a Bidder would have observed and considered during a pre-bid meeting, estimating properly the difficulty and cost of successfully performing the Work or proceeding to perform the Work without additional cost to the District. By submitting a bid, and in compliance with the Invitation to Bid, the Bidder agrees to furnish all material, equipment, transportation, tax (including sales) and services for the work described in the Bid Documents for the price specified. Bids will be opened publicly and read aloud at the time and date established above. Bids shall not expire for 90 days after the Bid due date. If awarded, the Contract will be awarded to the lowest responsive, responsible Bidder. The District reserves the right to waive any irregularity in any Bid, and reserves the right to reject all Bids. Any Bidder may file a protest against the award of the Contract to any other Bidder. The protest must be in writing, filed within five (5) calendar days after the opening of bids, and must set forth all grounds for the protest. Untimely protests and/or grounds not set forth in the protest will not be considered. Failure to comply with these protest requirements waives the right to challenge the bidding process or the award in any administrative or judicial tribunal and forever bars the Bidder from bringing such a challenge. The District will provide a written response to any timely bid protest. The Bidder is required to be an authorized Front Row distributor with the ability to deliver factory direct product. DR#00052592 Published: Jan. 31, Feb. 7, 2022

ANNOUNCEMENT OF PRE-QUALIFICATION PROCEDURES AND OPEN DATES FOR ANNUAL PRE-QUALIFICATION Notice is given that the Suisun Resource Conservation District (SRCD) has determined that all bidders on public works to be undertaken by SRCD must be pre-qualified prior to submitting bids. It is mandatory for all Licensed Contractors who intend to submit bids fully complete the pre-qualification questionnaire, provide all requested materials, and be approved by SRCD to be on the final Bidders list. No bid will be accepted from a Contractor that has failed to comply with these requirements. I. Pre-qualification Questionnaires can be obtained by contacting SRCD at 2544 Grizzly Island Rd., Suisun, CA 94585 or downloaded at http://www.suisunrcd.org/ II. Paper or digital filled questionnaires will be accepted until 5:00 PM Pacific Standard Time on Tuesday, 15 February 2022, at Suisun Resource Conservation District, 2544 Grizzly Island Rd., Suisun, CA 94585 III. SRCD reserves the right to waive minor irregularities and omissions in the information contained in the pre-qualification application submitted, to make all final determinations, and to determine at any time that the pre-qualification procedures will not be applied to a future public works project. For additional information or questions, please contact John Takekawa at jtakekawa@suisunrcd.org or 707-425-9302 x2. DR#00052431 Published: Jan. 26, 28, 30, 31, Feb. 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 2022 DOCUMENT 00 11 16 NOTICE TO BIDDERS / INVITATION TO BID 1. Notice is hereby given that the governing board (“Board”) of the FAIRFIELD-SUISUN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (“District”) will receive sealed bids for the following project: BID #22F-125 CLEO GORDON NEW CLASSROOM/LIBRARY BUILDING AND MAIN OFFICE REMODEL 2. To bid on this Project, the Bidder is required to have been prequalified by the District. In addition, if components of the Project will be performed by electrical, mechanical, or plumbing subcontractors performing under the following license classification(s), then each of those subcontractors that intend to bid as a first-tier subcontractor to a general contractor (prime contractor) are required to have been prequalified by the District: C-4, C-7, C-10, C-16, C-20, C-34, C-36, C-38, C-42, C-43, and/or C-46. All prequalification questionnaires will be received until 5:00pm, Tuesday, February 15, 2022, on the District Office website: https://www.fsusd.org/Page/16414 3. Sealed Bids will be received until 2:00 p.m., March 1, 2022 at the office of the Facilities & Construction Department, located at 2490 Hilborn Road, Fairfield, California, after which time the bids will be opened and publicly read aloud, in conference room #102 at 2490 Hilborn Road, Fairfield, CA 94533. Any claim by a bidder of error in its bid must be made in compliance with section 5100 et seq. of the Public Contract Code. Any bid that is submitted after this time shall be non-responsive and returned to the bidder. 4. The Project consists of: Increment 2 (under this submittal): New classroom / library building and associated site and facility improvements. Construction of a 16,500 sqft one story, wood framed classroom/library building (Unit E), interior remodel of previously occupied 1,500 sqft one story, wood framed library to a new main office (Unit B), and a 1,200 sqft metal pedestrian walkway. Full electrical, low voltage and fire alarm systems to be included as part of the construction. Completion of staff/visitor parking lot (18 stalls), student drop-off lane, and miscellaneous site improvements. Construction of canopy structure between Unit A and Unit E. Demolition of 6 classroom buildings. 5. All bids shall be on the form provided by the District. Each bid must conform and be responsive to all pertinent Contract Documents, including, but not limited to, the Instructions to Bidders. 6. To bid on this Project, the Bidder is required to possess one or more of the following State of California Contractor Licenses: A (General Engineering) or B (General Building) The Bidder's license(s) must be active and in good standing at the time of the bid opening and must remain so throughout the term of the Contract. 7. As security for its Bid, each bidder shall provide with its Bid form • a bid bond issued by an admitted surety insurer on the form provided by the District, • cash, or • a cashier's check or a certified check, drawn to the order of the FAIRFIELD-SUISUN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the total bid price. This bid security shall be a guarantee that the Bidder shall, within seven (7) calendar days after the date of the Notice of Award, enter into a contract with the District for the performance of the services as stipulated in the bid. 8. The successful Bidder shall be required to furnish a 100% Performance Bond and a 100% Payment Bond if it is awarded the contract for the Project. 9. The successful Bidder may substitute securities for any monies withheld by the District to ensure performance under the Contract, in accordance with the provisions of section 22300 of the Public Contract Code. 10. The successful Bidder and its subcontractors shall pay all workers on the Project not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages and the general prevailing rate for holiday and overtime work as determined by the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations, State of California, for the type of work performed and the locality in which the work is to be performed within the boundaries of the District, pursuant to sections 1770 et seq. of the California Labor Code. Prevailing wage rates are on file with the District and are available to any interested party on request or at www.dir.ca.gov/oprl/statistics_and_databases.html. Bidders and Bidders’ subcontractors shall comply with the registration and qualification requirements pursuant to sections 1725.5 and 1771.1 of the California Labor Code. 11. A non-mandatory pre-bid conference and site visit will be held on February 8, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. at Cleo Gordon, 1950 Dover Ave., Fairfield, California, for the purpose of acquainting bidders with the bid documents and the work site. Please meet in front of the school office. 12. Contract Documents can be downloaded from the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District Website at https://www.fsusd.org/Page/16402 13. The District is implementing a Project Labor Agreement on this Project 14. The District’s Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids and/or waive any irregularity in any bid received. If the District awards the Contract, the security of unsuccessful bidder(s) shall be returned within sixty (60) days from the time the aw ard is made. Unless otherwise required by law, no bidder may withdraw its bid for ninety (90) days after the date of the bid opening. 15. 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INOTICE TO BIDDERS Solano Transportation Authority (STA) will receive sealed construction bids for the Suisun City Train Depot Lighting and Bus Shelter Improvements Project by an electronic bidding process. Paper bids will not be accepted. Electronic bids shall be submitted through www.bidexpress.com until 2:00 PM on Tuesday February 22, 2022 after which time said bids will be opened and read electronically due to COVID-19 restrictions. A non-mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting for the project will be held on Friday, February 11, 2022 at 2:00pm via Zoom at the following link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82238874797?pwd=VTQ1eEtIdUlJcG9RSStqQWFCWXAydz09 (Meeting ID: 822 3887 4797 Passcode: 644443). General work description: Furnish and install two bus shelters with benches, relocate one destination sign, and install two street light poles at the Suisun Train Station pursuant to Caltrans 2018 Standard Specifications and Standard Plans. The Engineer's cost estimate is approximately $180,850.00 and the completion time is 160 working days with 10 working days allowed on the train station platform (150 working days to procure materials and no more than 10 consecutive working days to perform work). A Class B General Engineering Contractors license is required, and the successful bidder must pay prevailing wages. Contract Documents will be available from www.bidexpress.com. DR#00052595 Published: Jan. 31, Feb. 7, 14, 2022 NOTICE OF SEIZURE AND FORFEITURE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on December 16, 2021, the People of the State of California filed a Petition to preserve for subsequent levy or seizure the assets or property in the control of ERIC FAULKS to wit, A 2020 Hyundai Kona Ultimate vehicle license plate number 8PEK232 and a 2008 Lincoln SUV, California license plate number 7NUG401. If you have a legal interest in this property, you must, within thirty (30) days from the date of the first publication of this notice or within thirty (30) days of your receipt of this notice, file a verified claim stating the nature and extent of your interest with the Clerk of the Marin County Superior Court, Hall of Justice, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. An endorsed copy of the verified claim must be served upon the Marin County District Attorney, Hall of Justice, Room 145, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. Use case number SC218149A in any communication with the Court or the District Attorney. If you do file a verified claim, you may also request a hearing to determine whether any temporary restraining order issued with respect to the assets and property listed in this Notice should remain in effect; or whether any other order affecting the real property should be modified in the interest of justice. In order to exercise your right to such a hearing, you should file a Request for Hearing with the Marin County Superior Court and serve a copy of that Request on the Marin County District Attorney's Office. Such a hearing shall be held within ten (10) days of your service of such a Request. If you believe that a hearing is required in less than ten (10) days notice to the District Attorney, you should make an application to the Court for an earlier hearing, which the court, upon a showing of good cause, may shorten to two (2) days after service of your Request. If no verified claim is properly filed, the District Attorney will seek to have the Court issue an order that the property be levied upon to pay fines and restitution. DR#00051708 Published: Dec. 22, 24, 26, 27, 29, 31, 2021, Jan. 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14, 16, 17, 19, 21, 23, 24, 26, 28, 30, 31 Feb. 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 2022 CITY OF FAIRFIELD STATE OF CALIFORNIA NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS 1. NOTICE IS GIVEN that the City of Fairfield will receive bids for the furnishing of all labor, materials, transportation and services necessary for the construction and completion of: POLICE TRAINING FACILITY ROOF RESTORATION General Work Description: The Project work generally consists of, but not limited to, the following: construction of a high build, fully reinforced, polyurea restoration system over the properly prepared single ply roof system. Scope of work includes: 1. Coverage of all intakes with plastic in area of work prior to applying coating systems. 2. Sweeping, removing and disposing of all dirt and/or debris. 3. Pressure washing of the entire roof surface with commercial cleaning equipment. 4. Install new 60 Mil KEE base flashings up and over existing parapet wall. 5. Install New Kynar coated 24g steel coping cap around entire perimeter. 6. Remove all sections of patched and deteriorated single ply and tie into existing roof system like in kind. 7. Removal of all drain clamp rings. Three courses with polyether adhesive, reset ring and bolt tight. 8. Install polyester reinforced butyl tape at all single ply seams and laps 9. Application of 2-part low odor urethane topcoat over entire roof at 3.5g per sq Stripping, priming and three coursing of all sheet metal joints (ducting and curb cap) with urethane and 6” uni bond tape. 10. Replacement of all exposed wood blocking with new neoprene blocks. Specific details are provided in the specifications and on the plans. 2. Each bid must be in accordance with the provisions of the contract documents now on file with the City Engineer, City of Fairfield, Fairfield, California, which contract documents are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof. OBTAINING CONTRACT DOCUMENTS: Copies of the contract documents, specifications and drawings may be obtained by logging onto http://www.fairfieldplanroom.com or by calling BPX Printing at (707)745-3593. These items may obtain a set price of $30.00, plus shipping, and is non-refundable. All bidders are recommended to purchase a complete bid set from BPX Printing prior to bid opening in order to ensure receipt of addenda notifications. 3. Bid Guaranty and Bonding Requirements are as follows: (a) a bid guarantee in the amount of 10% of the bid price must be submitted with bid proposal, (b) the successful bidder shall furnish a payment bond and a performance bond in the amount of 100% of total bid price. 4. Proof of compliance with insurance requirements (including certificates of insurance and additional insured endorsements) shall be provided by the successful contractor. Coverage shall be for the following amounts: (a) Commercial General Liability $3,000,000 each occurrence, $6,000,000 each aggregate, (b) Automobile Liability $1,000,000 each occurrence, and (c) Worker’s Compensation/Employer’s Liability $1,000,000 each occurrence. 5. For information concerning the proposed work, contact: Caroline Vedder, P.E., Associate Civil Engineer City of Fairfield, Public Works Department 1000 Webster Street Fairfield, CA 94533 (707) 428-7484 6. The Contractor shall perform with his/her own organization, work of a value amounting to not less than fifty (50) percent of the remainder obtained by subtracting from the total original value the sum of any items that may be designated as “Specialty Items” in the Special Provisions. 7. Pursuant to the California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989, Assembly Bill, at least 50% of the waste generated from this construction project, as measured by weight, shall be recycled. Whomever is responsible for collecting and transporting waste stored and/or transported in containers, as defined in Chapter 9 of the Fairfield Municipal Code (section 9.030 “Defined Terms and Phrases”), shall become authorized to do so by entering into a Collection Agreement approved by the City of Fairfield. The collectors and/or haulers of all other waste generated by this project shall not require authorization, but the recycling requirements will still apply and will be monitored for compliance by the City. 8. A mandatory pre-bid meeting for prospective bidders of the project will be conducted by the OWNER at 2:00 on February 16, 2022. The meeting will be located at 1717 Rex Clift Lane, Fairfield, CA 94533. 9. Bids will be received until 2:00PM on Wednesday March 2, 2022 at the front counter of Public Works, 3rd floor City Hall, 1000 Webster Street, at which time bids will be opened. No phones are available at City offices for use by the bidders. City Hall is closed daily during the lunch hour from 12:00pm to 1:00PM. 10. If a bidder wishes to drop off their bid in person, they may do so between the hours of 8:00am – 12:00pm and 1:00pm – 5:30pm. Bidders are recommended to schedule an appointment to drop off bids. Please call (707) 428-7485 to schedule an appointment. Bidders may mail in their bids to the address below: City Engineer Public Works, 3rd Floor 1000 Webster Street Fairfield, CA 94533 If bidders have a tracking number to mail their bids, please send the tracking number to CIP@fairfield.ca.gov with subject line: Police Training Facility Roof Restoration.

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TSG No.: 1909748CAD TS No.: CA2100286974 APN: 0167-415-090 Property Address: 4128 SPANISH BAY DRIVE FAIRFIELD, CA 94533 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 07/15/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 02/14/2022 at 09:30 A.M., First American Title Insurance Company, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 07/26/2005, as Instrument No. 200500111646, in book , page , , of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of SOLANO County, State of California. Executed by: WILLIE J SMITH, AND NEDRA B SMITH, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER'S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (Payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States) At the Santa Clara Street entrance to the City Hall at 555 Santa Clara Street, Vallejo, CA 94590 All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED DEED OF TRUST APN# 0167-415-090 The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 4128 SPANISH BAY DRIVE, FAIRFIELD, CA 94533 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $ 831,270.88. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust has deposited all documents evidencing the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust and has declared all sums secured thereby immediately due and payable, and has caused a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be executed. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the County where the real property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (916)939-0772 or visit this internet website http://search.nationwideposting.com/propertySearchTerms.aspx, using the file number assigned to this case CA2100286974 Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Website. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. NOTICE TO TENANT: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction if conducted after January 1, 2021, pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call (916)939-0772, or visit this internet website http://search.nationwideposting.com/propertySearchTerms.aspx, using the file number assigned to this case CA2100286974 to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid, by remitting the funds and affidavit described in Section 2924m(c) of the Civil Code, so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. Date: First American Title Insurance Company 4795 Regent Blvd, Mail Code 1011-F Irving, TX 75063 First American Title Insurance Company MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE FOR TRUSTEES SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL (916)939-0772NPP0398389 To: DAILY REPUBLIC 01/24/2022, 01/31/2022, 02/07/2022 DR#00052385 Published: Jan. 24, 31, Feb. 7, 2022 FAIRFIELD-SUISUN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT NOTICE INVITING BIDS Bid No. 2135-22 CAFETERIA TABLES INSTALLATION PROJECT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the GOVERNING BOARD OF THE FAIRFIELDSUISUN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, OF THE COUNTY OF SOLANO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, will receive up to, but not later than, March 10, 2022 at 1:00 p.m., local time, and will then publicly open and read aloud at, Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District, Conference Room #102 at 2490 Hilborn Road, Fairfield, CA 94534, bids for the following Project: BID# 2135-22 Cafeteria Tables Installation Project Sealed Bids will be received before 1:00 p.m., March 10, 2022, at the office of the Purchasing Department, 3rd floor, 2490 Hilborn Road, Fairfield, California. After which time the bids will be opened and publicly read aloud, in conference room #102 at 2490 Hilborn Road, Fairfield, CA 94534. Any claim by a bidder of error in its bid must be made in compliance with section 5100 et seq. of the Public Contract Code. Any bid that is submitted after this time shall be non-responsive and returned to the bidder. The Project consists of: Removing existing tables and benches and installing replacement cafeteria tables, benches, and in wall storage pockets at various school sites. All bids shall be on the form provided by the District. Each bid must conform and be responsive to all pertinent Contract Documents, including, but not limited to, the Instructions to Bidders. To bid on this Project, the Bidder is required to possess one or more of the following State of California Contractor Licenses: A (General Engineering) and/or B (General Building) and/or C-61/D-34 (Prefabricated Equipment) The Bidder's license(s) must be active and in good standing at the time of the bid opening and must remain so throughout the term of the Contract. As security for its Bid, each bidder shall provide with its Bid form • a bid bond issued by an admitted surety insurer on the form provided by the District, • cash, or • a cashier's check or a certified check, drawn to the order of the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District, in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the total bid price. This bid security shall be a guarantee that the Bidder shall, within seven (7) calendar days after the date of the Notice of Award, enter into a contract with the District for the performance of the services as stipulated in the bid. The successful Bidder shall be required to furnish a 100 % Performance Bond and a 100% Payment Bond if it is awarded the contract for the Work. The successful Bidder may substitute securities for any monies withheld by the District to ensure performance under the Contract, in accordance with the provisions of section 22300 of the Public Contract Code. The successful Bidder and its subcontractors shall pay all workers on the Project not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages and the general prevailing rate for holiday and overtime work as determined by the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations, State of California, for the type of work performed and the locality in which the work is to be performed within the boundaries of the District, pursuant to sections 1770 et seq. of the California Labor Code. Prevailing wage rates are available from the District or on the Internet at: <http://www.dir.ca.gov>. Bidders and Bidders’ subcontractors shall comply with the registration and qualification requirements pursuant to sections 1725.5 and 1771.1 of the California Labor Code.

Public Works staff shall indicate on the sealed bid the time and date of bid receipt to validate the bid was appropriately received. Bids received after the time and date specified in the Notice to Contractors shall be rejected as invalid.

The District, the District’s designee and/or the California Department of Industrial Relations will be operating a labor compliance program on this Project pursuant to Labor Code section 1771, et seq.

It is solely the bidder’s responsibility to ensure that bids are received prior to the specified time.

A non-mandatory pre-bid conference and site visits will be held on February 15, 2022 @ 1:00 pm. at B Gale Wilson School, 3301 Cherry Hills Court, Fairfield, California, for the purpose of acquainting bidders with the bid documents and the work site.

Due to the current surge of COVID-19, the bid opening will not be held in-person. Bidders who wish to participate in a virtual bid opening, hosted via Zoom on Wednesday March 2, 2022 at 2:15 PM, can find the link to the Zoom conference on the City’s website listed below and located under the CURRENT CAPITAL PROJECTS drop-down list.

Requests for information must be submitted in writing to Melissa Iriarte at melissair@fsusd.org by 4:00 pm on February 18, 2022.

https://www.fairfield.ca.gov/cip As near as possible to the noticed time and date for the bid opening, the Zoom conference will begin, and the bid opening will proceed. At the conclusion of the bid opening, the apparent low bidder, the apparent low bidders listed sub-contractors and the anticipated City Council Award of Contract date will be announced. Within 24 hours, the results of the bid opening shall be posted to the City of Fairfield website. 11. All public works projects are subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the State of California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). No contractor or subcontractor may be listed on a bid proposal for a public works project unless registered with the DIR pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5 (with limited exceptions from this requirement for bid purposes only under Labor Code section 1771.1(a)). Furthermore, no contractor or subcontractor may be awarded a contract for public work on a public works project unless registered with the DIR pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5. 12. The tentative schedule for this Project is as follows: Date Event January 31, 2022 – March 1, 2022 Bid Acceptance Period February 16, 2022; 2:00 PM Mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting February 22, 2022; 4:00 PM Deadline for Bid Questions March 2, 2022; 2:00PM Deadline for Receiving Bids March 2, 2022; 2:15PM Virtual Bid Opening April 5, 2022 Anticipated Award of a Construction Contract CITY OF FAIRFIELD Ryan N. Panganiban City Engineer/Assistant Director of Public Works Date: January 31, 2022 DR#00052623 Published: Jan. 31, Feb. 7, 2022

Bid packets will be posted by 4:00 pm on February 2, 2022 on the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District Website at https://www.fsusd.org/Page/15594. The Governing Board has obtained from the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations the general prevailing rate of per diem wages in the locality in which the work is to be performed for each craft, classifications or type of worker needed to execute the Contract, including employer payments for health and welfare, pension, vacation, apprenticeship and similar purposes. Copies of the prevailing rates are on file at the District office and shall be made available to any interested party upon request. It shall be mandatory upon the Contractor to whom the Contract is awarded, and upon any Subcontractor under the Contractor, to pay not less than the specified rates to all workers employed by them in the execution of the Contract. It is the Contractor's responsibility to determine any rate change, which may have or will occur during the intervening period between each issuance of written rates by the Director of Industrial Relations. The substitution of appropriate securities in lieu of retention amounts from progress payments in accordance with Public Contract Code section 22300 is permitted. Performance and Payment bonds will be required of the successful bidder. No bid may be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) days after the date set for the opening for bids except as provided pursuant to Public Contract Code section 5100, et seq. The District reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any informalities or irregularities in the bidding. The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids and/or waive any irregularity in any bid received. If the District awards the Contract, the security of unsuccessful bidder(s) shall be returned within sixty (60) days from the time the award is made. Unless otherwise required by law, no bidder may withdraw its bid for ninety (90) days after the date of the bid opening. The District shall determine the low bid based upon the base bid plus alternate. The District reserves the right to award at its discretion the base bid, with or without any alternate, or to not award at all. DR#00052593 Published: Jan. 31, Feb. 7, 2022

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: OLIVIA JEAN BALDAIN Case Number: FPR051241 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: Olivia Jean Baldain A Petition for Probate has been filed by: Jeanine Bailey in the Superior Court of California, County of: Solano The Petition for Probate requests that: Jeanine Bailey be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: DATE: MARCH 2, 2022 TIME: 9:00 a.m. DEPT.: 22 Rm.: 3 (Old Courthouse) SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, County of Solano Old Solano Courthouse 580 Texas Street Fairfield CA 94533 If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1)four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: Jeff Klink jeff@klinklaw.com 3200 L Street Sacramento, CA 95816 (916) 455-5575 DR#00052673 Published: Feb. 4, 7, 11, 2022 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: GLORIA JEAN WEATHERS Case Number: P050981 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: Gloria Jean Weathers A Petition for Probate has been filed by: Fernando Weathers in the Superior Court of California, County of: Solano The Petition for Probate requests that: Fernando Weathers be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent's will and codicils, if any be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: DATE: MARCH 22, 2022 TIME: 9:00 a.m. DEPT.: 22 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, County of Solano Old Solano Courthouse 580 Texas Street, Fairfield, CA 94533 Hall of Justice If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1)four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: Fernando Weathers 37605 Barrinson St Palmdale CA 93550 (661) 350-5037 DR#00052589 Published: Feb. 4, 7, 11, 2022

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Scoreboard 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, Jan. 22 SAN FRANCISCO 13, Green Bay 10 Cincinnati 19, Tennessee 16 Sunday, Jan. 23 L.A. Rams 30, Tampa Bay 27

Kansas City 42, Buffalo 36, OT Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 30 L.A. Rams 20, SAN FRANCISCO 17 Cincinnati 27, Kansas City 24, OT Pro Bowl Sunday’s Game AFC 41, NFC 35 Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 13 Cincinnati vs. L.A. Rams, 3:30 p.m.

BASKETBALL NBA Sunday’s Games Philadelphia 119, Chicago 108

Minnesota 118, Detroit 105 Denver 124, Brooklyn 104 Cleveland 98, Indiana 85 Boston 116, Orlando 83 Dallas 103, Atlanta 94 New Orleans 120, Houston 107 Milwaukee 137, L.A. Clippers 113 Monday’s Games GOLDEN STATE at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. Toronto at Charlotte, 4 p.m. Miami at Washington, 4 p.m. Phoenix at Chicago, 5 p.m. New York at Utah, 6 p.m. Tuesday’s Games Minnesota at SACRAMENTO, 7 p.m. Phoenix at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Indiana at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m. Boston at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Memphis, 5 p.m. Houston at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Detroit at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. New York at Denver, 6 p.m. Milwaukee at L.A. Lakers, 7 p.m. Orlando at Portland, 7 p.m. Wednesday’s Games GOLDEN STATE at Utah, 7 p.m. Minnesota at SACRAMENTO, 7 p.m. San Antonio at Cleveland, 4 p.m. Chicago at Charlotte, 4:30 p.m. Toronto at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Portlande, 7 p.m.

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Sunday’s Games No games scheduled Monday’s Games Carolina at Toronto, 4 p.m. New Jersey at Ottawa, 4 p.m. Tuesday’s Games Carolina at Ottawa, 4 p.m. Pittsburgh at Boston, 4 p.m. New Jersey at Montreal, 4 p.m. Columbus at Washington, 4 p.m. Minnesota at Winnipeg, 5 p.m. Vegas at Edmonton, 6 p.m. Arizona at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Detroit at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Chicago at Edmonton, 5 p.m. Nashville at Dallas, 5 p.m. Vegas at Calgary, 6:30 p.m. Arizona at Seattle, 7 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Vancouver, 7:30 p.m.

Coach From Page B1 men. As part of the NFL’s update to the Rooney Rule, the 49ers will receive third-round picks in consecutive drafts for having a minority assistant hired as head coach. McDaniel faces a litany of things to address this offseason, beginning with his staff – there have been reports that Ross and general manager Chris Grier would like to keep most of the defensive staff in place. However, no issue is more chief than how McDaniel will work with quarterback Tua Tagovailoa. Tagovailoa, the No. 5 overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft, has had an uneven start to his career, marred by injuries and inconsistencies not only with his play but the talent around him. The Dolphins had arguably the worst offensive line in the NFL in 2021, a bottom-five running game and injuries to their top pass-catchers. In 13 games, Tagovailoa completed 67.8 percent of his passes – seventh in the NFL – for 2,653 yards, 16 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. The Dolphins offense, which ranked 22nd in scoring, was often criticized for lacking explosive plays. Tagovailoa averaged 2.52 seconds to throw and seven intended air yards per attempt; both ranked third-fewest among qualified passers, partly a byproduct of an offen-

Bears From Page B1 the roughing-the-punter flag in that game: “The special-teams unit is the weakness of the 49ers. Kyle Shanahan even told us: ‘We’re not trying to win the game on special teams, we’re trying not to lose the game.’”

QB From Page B1 Montana’s reign would be just as fruitful. As 49ers fans watched a Hall of Famer succeed a Hall of Famer, it’s easy to see why no quarterback in the last two-plus decades has been able to

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Offensive Coordinator Mike McDaniel of the San Francisco 49ers watches workouts during training camp at SAP Performance Facility in Santa Clara, July 28, 2021. sive line that ranked last in ESPN’s pass block win rate metric. San Francisco has relied heavily on a zone running scheme and creative play-calling that has masked the weaknesses of quarterback Jimmy Garropolo, who has made an appearance in two NFC Championship games and one Super Bowl as the 49ers’ starter. Wide receiver Deebo Samuel has also moonlighted as a running back, becoming one of the league’s most explosive players

under McDaniel, who is expected to be elements of that offense to Miami. “Mike’s awesome,” Garoppolo said in January. “I don’t want to say he’s the mastermind behind everything, but he’s kind of that guy in the background that doesn’t say a whole ton to a lot of people, but his mind is always moving. “The ideas he comes up with are so fresh and new. [He’s] a cool guy to have on the staff. He’s a lot smarter than most of us. He dumbs it down for

us and kind of gets us all on the same page and it’s just a good combination with him and all the rest of the coaches.” However, whatever system McDaniel brings with him, he will be tasked with leading the Dolphins to postseason success the franchise hasn’t experienced in two decades. Miami, which posted consecutive winning seasons under Flores for the first time since 2003, hasn’t won a playoff game since 2001, the second-longest drought in the NFL.

The 49ers’ special teams were instrumental in a 13-10 divisional-playoff win at Green Bay, which had its own beleaguered special-teams unit. The 49ers became the first team since Jan. 1, 1989, to block both a field goal and punt in a playoff game. Jordan Willis’ blocked punt was returned six yards for a game-tying touchdown in the fourth

quarter. The Packers fired special teams coordinator Maurice Drayton last week. The 49ers’ assistant special teams coach last season was Matthew Harper, 37, who had spent the previous eight seasons serving as an assistant in different roles with the Eagles. The 49ers also have an opening for a tight ends

coach after Jon Embree, who had filled that role since 2017, did not return. Embree, who was also the assistant head coach, was on a one-year contract in 2021 and declined to accept a steep pay cut to come back in 2022, a source said. The 49ers hired former Chargers head coach Anthony Lynn as their assistant head coach Friday.

live up to the lofty standard that doesn’t exist in many other locales. “Since I’ve gotten here,” Garoppolo said Tuesday. “It’s been about me wanting to leave the place better than when I got here.” There’s little doubt Garoppolo achieved that goal, but it’s not the one most 49ers fans

expect their quarterback to aspire to. This is a franchise where MVP-caliber play and Super Bowl titles are how a quarterback is judged, even it’s been almost 30 years since the last time the 49ers hoisted a Lombardi trophy. Think Lance, the 21-year-old who is suddenly the face of the franchise, feels pressure?

It’s not from being the No. 3 pick in the draft or from needing to earn the respect of veteran players inside the locker room. That pressure comes from being the starting quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, a title which still carries the sky-high expectations set before Lance was even born.

Weather

5-day forecast for Fairfield-Suisun City

Today

Thursday

Sunny

68 Tonight Mostly Clear

Tuesday Sunny

71|45 Wednesday

72|44

Friday

Mostly sunny

72|45 Sun and Moon

Sunrise............................7:057 a.m. Sunset...............................5:39 p.m. Moonrise........................10:40 a.m. Moonset............12:46 a.m. (Tues.) New First Qtr. Full Last Qtr.

Sunny

73|47

•Hockey, teams TBD, USA, 2 p.m. •Biathlon, women’s individual, 15km, USA, 4 p.m. (re-air) •Curling, mixed doubles, semifinals, CNBC, 5 p.m. •Short track, women’s 500, final; speed skating, women’s 1500; freestyle skiing, women’s big air, final; Alpine skiing, men’s super G; figure skating, men’s short program, Ch. 3, 5 p.m. •Figure skating, men’s short program, USA, 5:15 p.m. •Women’s hockey, prelims, United States vs. Canada, USA, 9:15 p.m. •Women’s hockey, prelims, United States vs. Canada, and more, Ch. 3, 9:30 p.m. •Luge, women’s first and second runs; short track, men’s 1000, final, Ch. 3, 10:05 p.m. •Snowboarding, men’s and women’s parallel giant slalom, finals, USA, 10:30 p.m. •Short track, women’s 500, final; speed skating, women’s 1500; freestyle skiing, women’s big air, final; Alpine skiing, men’s super G; figure skating, men’s short program, Ch. 3, 11:35 p.m. (re-air)

Mar. 2

Feb. 8

Source: U.S. Naval Observatory

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Regional forecast Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

San Jose 70|42

College men •North Carolina at Clemson, ACC, 3 p.m. •Marquette at UConn, FS1, 3:30 p.m. •Wisconsin at Michigan State, BIG TEN, 4 p.m. •LSU at Texas A&M, SEC, 4 p.m. •Auburn at Arkansas, ESPN2, 4 p.m. •Kentucky at South Carolina, ESPN, 4 p.m. •Oklahoma State at TCU, ESPNU, 4 p.m. •Rhode Island at VCU, CBSSN, 4 p.m. •Syracuse at Boston College, ACC, 5 p.m. •Villanova at St. John’s, FS1, 5:30 p.m. •Illinois at Purdue, ESPN, 6 p.m. •Michigan at Penn State, ESPN2, 6 p.m. •Indiana at Northwestern, BIG TEN, 6 p.m. •Missouri at Vanderbilt, SEC, 6 p.m. •Wichita State at Central Florida, ESPNU, 6 p.m. •Butler at Creighton, CBSSN, 6 p.m. •Pacific at USC, PAC12, 7 p.m. •Colorado State at Nevada, CBSSN, 8 p.m. •UCLA at Stanford, ESPN2, 8 p.m. •Saint Mary’s at Santa Clara, ESPNU, 8 p.m. NBA •Boston at Brooklyn, TNT, 4:30 p.m. •Milwaukee at L.A. Lakers, TNT, 7 p.m. •Minnesota at Sacramento, NBCSCA, 7 p.m. (Vacaville only)

Olympics •Cross country skiing, men’s and women’s individual sprint, USA, midnight •Biathlon, men’s individual 20km, USA, 1:35 a.m. •Cross country skiing, individual sprint, finals, USA, 2:30 a.m. •Short track, women’s 500, final; speed skating, women’s 1500; freestyle skiing, women’s big air, final; Alpine skiing, men’s super G; figure skating, men’s short program, Ch. 3, 4:05 a.m. (re-air) •Luge, women’s singles, third run, USA, 4:15 a.m. •Luge, women’s singles, final run, USA, 5:35 a.m. •Speed skating, men’s 1500, USA, 6:20 a.m. •Biathlon, men’s individual 20km, USA, 7:30 a.m. (re-air) •Snowboarding, men’s and women’s parallel giant slalom, finals, USA, 9 a.m. (re-air) •Curling, mixed doubles, bronze medal game, USA, 10 a.m. •Biathlon, men’s individual 20km, speed skating, men’s 1500; cross country skiing, men’s and women’s individual sprint finals, Ch. 3, 11 a.m. •Curling, mixed doubles, bronze medal game, CNBC, 2 p.m. •Women’s hockey, prelims, United States vs. Canada, USA, 2 p.m. •Speed skating, men’s 1500, USA, 4:30 p.m. •Curling, mixed doubles, gold medal game, CNBC, 5 p.m. •Snowboarding, women’s halfpipe; Alpine skiing, women’s slalom, first runs; luge, medal round; freestyle skiing, men’s big air, medal round, Ch. 3, 5 p.m. •Snowboarding, women’s halfpipe, qualifying, USA, 5:30 p.m. •Snowboarding, women’s snowboard cross, qualifying, USA, 7:10 p.m. •Snowboarding, women’s snowboard cross, qualifying, Ch. 3, 8 p.m. •Cross country skiing, men’s and women’s individual sprint, USA, 8:30 a.m. (re-air) •Snowboarding, men’s halfpipe and women’s snowboarding, qualifying, Alpine skiing, women’s slalom, Ch. 3, 8:35 p.m. •Snowboarding, women’s snowboard cross, finals, USA, 10:30 p.m. •Snowboarding, women’s halfpipe; Alpine skiing, women’s slalom, first runs; luge, medal round; freestyle skiing, men’s big air, medal round, Ch. 3, 11:35 p.m. (re-air) •Nordic combined, men’s individual, normal hill, USA, midnight (Wednesday) •Men’s hockey, prelims, China vs. Switzerland, USA, 12:50 a.m. (Wednesday) •Snowboarding, women’s halfpipe; Alpine skiing, women’s slalom, first runs; luge, medal round; freestyle skiing, men’s big air, medal round, Ch. 3, 2:35 a.m. (Wednesday, re-air) •Short track, women’s 1000, qualifying; men’s 1500, quarterfinals, semifinals and finals; women’s relay, semifinals, USA, 3 a.m. (Wednesday) •Men’s hockey, prelims, Czech Republic vs. Denmark, USA, 5:30 a.m. (Wednesday) •Nordic Combined, men’s individual, 10km, USA, 7:30 a.m. (Wednesday) •Luge, doubles, all runs, USA, 8:15 a.m. (Wednesday) Soccer FIFA Club World Cup •Semifinal, FS2, 8:20 a.m. •Fifth-place match, FS2, 5:20 a.m. (Wednesday) •Semifinal, FS2, 8:20 a.m. (Wednesday) French Cup •Quarterfinals, AS Monaco vs. Amiens SC, BEIN, 11:55 a.m. Copa Libertadores •First round, Torque vs. Barcelona, BEIN, 4:20 p.m. Tennis •ATP Dallas, ATP Rotterdam, ATP Buenos Aires, WTA St. Petersburg, early rounds, TENNIS, midnight and 3 a.m. •ATP Dallas, ATP Rotterdam, ATP Buenos Aires, WTA St. Petersburg, early rounds, TENNIS, 3 p.m. •ATP Dallas, ATP Rotterdam, ATP Buenos Aires, WTA St. Petersburg, early rounds, TENNIS, 2 and 3 a.m. (Wednesday)