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The Valero oil refinery operates in Benicia, Sept. 25, 2015.

Valero pollution report leads to calls for transparency Matt Miller

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BENICIA — Rep. Mike Thompson released a statement Friday calling for greater transparency and accountability on the release of toxic chemicals in Benicia.

The call comes on the heels of reports last month that Valero had been releasing chemicals into the air in Benicia for years. The report shows levels of pollution from the refinery produced emissions that were hundreds of times higher than allowed by the Bay Area Quality Management District, according to Thompson’s office.

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District reported on the “significant air quality violations of Valero” in a press release Jan. 28.

KQED released an article on the findings Thursday on its website.

“The public health of our communities must always be a top priority, and it is paramount that regulations established by agencies like the Bay Area Air Quality Management district be met,” Thompson, D-St. Helena, said in a release from his office. “This report is disturbing and shows a troubling lack of transparency and disclosure. This must be inves-

tigated to understand why this information is only just now being made public and to assess the full impact of the pollution on our communities and the threat it poses to the public health and safety of Benicia, Solano County and the entire Bay Area.”

Thompson represents Benicia and Vallejo in Solano County.

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District announced in a late January press release that it was requesting approval of an abatement order with the agency’s independent hearing board to end the THOMPSON “significant excess emissions violation” by Valero at it Benicia refinery.

Dr. Bela Matyas, Solano County’s public health officer, said Friday any risk above zero is significant. Matyas was made aware of the air district’s report shortly after it was released.

“What they have done is reenforce the community’s right to not trust it and create an essence of uncertainty,” Matyas said of Valero. “It undermines a community’s ability to have faith.

Prevailing winds usually take it

out to Grizzly Bay, but there would have been days that it would go over the city.”

Matyas said the release of hydrocarbons – no matter how large – can cause breathing issues, especially for those with underlying conditions like COPD or asthma. The release of toxic chemicals can also cause cancer, though Matyas said a report showed that in over 20 years the risk would be one case in a community the size of Benicia.

The abatement order stemmed from a 2019 inspection that found unreported emissions of harmful organic compounds in excess of regulations. The discovery triggered a comprehensive investigation of the facility to determine the full extent of release and resulted in a Notice of Violation for the unreported emissions.

“Valero’s disregard for air quality regulations and public safety in the surrounding community warrants decisive action and significant penalties to deter violations in the future,” said See Valero, Page A12

SUISUN CITY — The topics were wide and varied at the Future of the Black Community Forum on Saturday at the Suisun City Library.

Questions ranged from how desegregation contributed to the sense of village within the Black community, what can be done to engage people in the future, what is the role of families today and how does history affect Black people today – and more.

A panel of Black community activists and

leaders came together to talk about issues that face the future of Black lives.

The panel included Tamuri Richardson, president of Solano County Black Chamber of Commerce; Cheryl Johnson of National Council of Negro Women; Deborah Dickson, president of Black Women Organized for Political Action; Aubrey Matthew, LeeArcher Tuskegee Airmen historian; and A’Lena Session, a UC Davis student representing the youth of Solano County.

See Black, Page A12

Supervisors consider ‘fire tax’ ballot measure Todd R. Hansen

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FAIRFIELD — Solano County supervisors will make a final decision Tuesday about whether to place a one-eighth cent sales tax increase measure on the June 7 ballot to pay for wildfire safety needs.

The proposed language of the general use tax measure is: “To provide general county services, such as adding fire protection to reduce fire risk and prevent spread of wildfires from wildlands to neighborhoods, improving 911 response times, adding firebreaks/ reducing flammable vegetation in public open spaces, adding local firefighters/paramedics,

improving early wildfire detection, and for general government uses, shall Solano County’s ordinance enacting a (one-eighth cent) sales tax for 20 years be adopted, providing approximately $9 million annually, requiring independent oversight, audits, and all revenue controlled locally.”

The language does not include any specific language related to improving access to public parks and open spaces, which Supervisor Erin Hannigan said she wanted or she could not support the measure. She does not believe Vallejo would benefit from the tax increase without the park element.

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Ukrainian forces keep grip on Kyiv despite Russian onslaught Los Angeles Times KYIV, Ukraine — As night fell in Ukraine on Saturday, military forces and thousands of armed volunteers fought fiercely to maintain control of their capital against Russian troops after a day of sporadic explosions and gunfire that shook parts of the city, leaving a missile-hit high-rise tower partially destroyed, a citywide curfew in place and residents crowded into subway stations as they sought protection from further attacks.

Ukraine’s outgunned military desperately sought to fend off an advance by invading Russian forces on Kyiv’s northern outskirts. Skirmishes were reported in other parts of the beleaguered city. Shops were closed, nervous reservists clutched battered AK-47s in the streets and

makeshift checkpoints made of piled-up tires sprang up to slow anticipated Russian infiltration.

Huddled in bomb shelters, Kyiv residents stuffed old wine bottles with flammable liquid to prepare Molotov cocktails.

Some signs suggested Ukrainians were succeeding in fighting beyond the expectations of Russia, which U.S. officials said has sent in the majority of the 150,000 troops it had amassed near Ukraine’s borders.

Russians “have been frustrated by what they have seen is a very determined resistance,” a senior U.S. Defense Department official said on Saturday. The official added that, while Ukraine’s air- and missiledefense systems had been targeted, they remained viable, and that there was no indication Russia had taken control of any

Ukrainian cities in what is Europe’s biggest ground war since World War II. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who defiantly remained in Kyiv despite a reported American offer to be evacuated, called on Ukrainians within its borders and beyond to defend their nation against Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the invasion on the nation’s eastern border three days ago after months of building up troops on its edges while denying there were plans to attack.

“We aren’t going to lay down weapons. We will protect the country,” Zelensky said in one of several video appearances. “It’s our land, our country, our children. And we will defend all of that.”

In a tweet Saturday, the Ukrainian Embassy in the U.K. said Zelensky had refused a U.S. offer to

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be evacuated. “The fight is here; I need ammunition, not a ride,” read the post, quoting Zelenskyy.

The U.S., which has dispatched several thousand troops to neighboring Poland, a fellow NATO member state, and announced multiple sanctions against Russian and Putin personally, on Saturday said it would join with Canada and major European powers to cut off certain Russian banks from SWIFT, an internaSee Kyiv, Page A12

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t’s one of the oldest itive ranking of debates in the world: household furniture, What’s the best piece based on versatility, of household furniture? utility and how your Never heard anyone life would look if they argue over that? Well, disappeared. you don’t live in my 7. Desk. This became brain, because it’s increasingly imporbeen a topic of debate tant for many of us since Brad Stanhope March 2020. Having since I thought of it a Like I was sayin’ a dedicated place to few weeks ago.

Is it a bed? The place your computer kitchen table? The couch? A and other such items is valufavorite chair? able. Trust me. I’m sitting at my Put another way: If you could desk (a converted sewing table) only keep one piece of furniture, as I write this. However, it’s not what would you pick? irreplaceable. Just ask anyone The MVP – most valuable working at a kitchen table piece (of furniture) – seems (see below). obvious to me, but the rest of the 6. Living room chair. You rankings aren’t. could survive without a living room chair, but you wouldn’t Until now. Here, by (un) prosper. In virtually any house popular demand, is the defin-

An aside: When Mrs. Brad and I married, our first big argument was over where to put the chest of drawers. We kept arguing and neither of us could believe the other person was serious: Why would you put a chest of drawers there? Ultimately, we realized what Mrs. Brad called a chest of drawers is what the rest of the world calls a dresser – the longer, lower item with drawers and a mirror. It was the last major argument I won. On point for these rankings: What happens if your chest of drawers/dresser disappears? Do your clothes go in boxes? This is the ultimate storage solution – furniture as storage!

2. Bed. Back in the day, I could sleep anywhere. On a couch. In a chair. On the floor

in America, the most-used piece of furniture is the best living room chair, invariably placed in a direct line from the TV. It’s like Kevin Durant when he played for the Warriors.

Not necessary, but sure makes things better.

5. Kitchen table. Even if you don’t use it for meals, it provides a large, flat storage area for papers, mail and anything else.

It’s also valuable when needed: If you only use it a few times a year, those are important meals.

4. Coffee table. My friend Nick convinced me it belongs here because of versatility: You can put food on it, use it as an ottoman and even use it for storage. He’s right. The Swiss Army knife of furniture.

3. Chest of drawers/dresser.

in either a sleeping bag or with a blanket. In a car, if necessary. The older I get, the more important the bed becomes.

This provides a service no other piece of furniture provides: A place for blissful sleep. That’s invaluable.

1. Couch. The king of the castle, because it is a quadruple-threat. It can be a place for (multiple) people to sit. It can be a favorite chair. We can eat while sitting on a couch, making it a replacement for a kitchen chair and table. The final bonus is it serves as the backup to your bed. You can sleep on the couch.

If you only had one piece of furniture, this would be the pick.

It’s the Bo Jackson of furniture.

Reach Brad Stanhope at BradStanhope@outlook.com.

Bay Area castles for romance, mystery, adventure Tribune Content Agency SAN JOSE — If you can’t decide between getting your Old World castle fix in Scotland, France, Germany or Spain, why not try something much closer to home?

Yes, the Bay Area has castles, magnificent chateaus and other unique structures built to evoke the romance and mystery of a medieval royal abode.

And one was erected to serve the classic function of a castle, providing shelter and defense against enemy attack.

Here are three of the Bay Area’s most iconic castles to explore on the printed page or in real life.

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Napa Valley’s Castello di Amorosa winery offers tours of its building, modeled after a 13th century Tuscan castle. halls in 2013, when a theater company used it as a stand-in for Macbeth’s castle.

Built with 7-foot-thick brick walls to withstand a lengthy siege, the fourtier, brick-and-mortar fort fits the Old World definition of castle. The original design even called for a moat, and Fort Point replaced the Castillo de San Joaquin, an adobe gun battery built on the bluff by the Spanish in 1794.

Fort Point is one of many fortifications built around San Francisco Bay over two centuries to stop an attack – from the British, the Russians, the Japanese, the Soviets or fellow Americans. The invaders never came to Fort Point, though a Confederate ship was just a few days away from the Golden Gate in the summer of 1865, when its captain learned that the Confederacy had fallen.

How to get a closer look: Fort Point hours vary by season (and pandemic precautions), but the outdoor areas should be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday through May. Find the San Francisco fort

Fort Point, San Francisco On a foggy night, we thought we saw a ghost lurking among the cannon mounts on the roof of Fort Point.

While playing Union soldiers on a memorable fifth-grade overnight field trip, a classmate and I had pulled midnight to 2 a.m. guard duties at the fort, built in 1861 at the southern end of the Golden Gate to protect against Confederate invasion. A dark figure stood on the west bastion, looking out over the strait to the sounds of a fog horn, waves lapping against the rocks and the thunk-thunk of cars crossing the bridge above.

The figure turned out to be a parent chaperone, but our brief terror is a reminder of the lore and mysteries attached to this national historic site.

The fort is so atmospheric, Alfred Hitchcock used it for a scene in “Vertigo,” when his haunted heroine jumps into the bay to escape her demons. Banquo’s ghost roamed its

at the end of Marine Drive, beneath the Golden Gate Bridge; https://www. nps.gov/fopo/.

Castello di Amorosa, Calistoga This is the castle that wine built.

Make that wine and Dario Sattui.

The fourth-generation winemaker, who intended to construct an edifice that would honor his Italian ancestors and showcase his Castello di Amorosa wine label, discovered that his passion for medieval architecture knew few bounds.

Sattui had 8,000 tons of stones chiseled by hand and set individually. He imported lead glass from Italy and one million antique bricks from throughout Europe. He found artisans to handcarve the gargoyles. He added a drawbridge, a moat, five towers, an armory and a chapel. He filled below-ground chambers with wine barrels and artifacts.

After 14 years and many, many millions of dollars, this authentically styled 13th-century

Tuscan castle opened to visitors in 2007. Originally designed to cover 8,500 square feet, the awe-inspiring Castello measures 121,000 square feet, with 107 rooms on eight levels, four of them underground. The great hall is 72 feet long, with a 22-foot-high ceiling.

How to get a closer look: The castle is open daily for tasting and tours by reservation only.

4045 St. Helena Highway, Calistoga; https://castellodiamorosa.com

Albion Castle, San Francisco When a young Englishman named John Hamlin Burnell immigrated to San Francisco to build a brewery in 1870, he set the stage for one of the Bay

Area’s most unusual but hidden architectural treasures: Castle Albion in Hunters Point.

Burnell chose a site above a natural underground spring, dug caves and built two stone cisterns beneath the hill to capture the thousands of gallons of pure cold water that collects in aquamarine pools. For his home, he erected a small castle above the brewery, featuring a five-story stone tower that was no doubt inspired by castles back home.

In the 150 years since, the brewery became a casualty of Prohibition, and the castle has largely remained hidden behind high walls and a tangle of garden in a neighborhood that’s best known for shipyards and housing projects.

But Castle Albion was never a secret to current owner Bill Gilbert, a retired San Francisco police lieutenant-turnedreal estate developer. The history buff grew up in Hunters Point and was enchanted every time he passed the property while patrolling the neighborhood. He bought the castle in 2011, and he and his family lovingly restored its woodwork, stone carvings and medievalinspired interiors, largely created by a sculptor who once owned the property.

How to get a closer look: Castle Albion is not open for public tours, but it is available for overnight stays or private events, starting at $1,500, at 881 Innes Ave. in San Francisco. Peek inside at www.thealbioncastle.com.

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VALLEJO — Randy Koral helped youngsters pan for gold Saturday at the 56th Annual Vallejo Gem, Mineral and Jewelry Show.

What was glittering in the pan was real gold – and the children really got to keep it.

Koral has been panning for years with the East Bay Prospectors out of Concord.

“I got started because I was looking for something to do and keep me busy in my retirement,” he said.

Gold prospecting has brought him to areas all over California.

“I once sold a small vial of gold for $805 to a jewelry shop,” he said.

Panning for gold is just one of the things people can do at the gem show this weekend.

The Vallejo Gem and Mineral Society hosts the gem show. The two-day event draws a crowd of rock-lovers, many of whom leave with glittering treasures.

The group hosts field trips, hikes and loves sharing the knowledge of lapidary, which is a list of various things to do with rocks or minerals – like lost wax casting, wire wrapping, silver-

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The 56th Annual Vallejo Gem, Mineral and Jewelry Show offers visitors the chance to buy some minerals and stones at the Fairgrounds in Vallejo, Saturday. smithing, beading and other crafting skills – for its 250 members.

Richard Bryan, president of the Vallejo Gem and Mineral Society, could talk for days about rocks, gems, crystals and the like.

The group has about 50 volunteers returning this weekend to help out.

And there are 39 dealers present at the fairgrounds, he said. That represents about half of the dealers returning from previous years and some new vendors as well.

“We didn’t have it last year because of Covid,” Bryan said. “We couldn’t get enough volunteers to run it.”

While Bryan said he was disappointed, he understood people wanting to be safe.

Bryan said they had 1,200 people come out the previous year. It was the biggest turnout ever. He said he hopes to see those numbers again this year.

“People come from all over for our show,” he said.

The group has a few fun activities for children, like digging through sand for bright, shiny gems or even fossils.

“We have a donation of a Pleistocene-era fossil for a prize,” Bryan said.

The group also has a prize drawing and a

chance to crack open geodes with a hammer.

The show continues from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at the fairgrounds, 900 Fairgrounds Drive, Vallejo.

For more information, go to www.vjgems.com or call 644-9764.

FAIRFIELD — Two weeks after the matter was tabled, the proposed reconstruction of a firedestroyed duck club in the Suisun Marsh is back before the county Planning Commission.

The commission meets at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Board of Supervisors chamber on the first floor of the government building, 675 Texas St., in Fairfield.

The SF Gun Club has proposed to rebuild and operate a private duck club with reconstruction of a lodge for up to 12 members, covered parking, reconstruction of a dock and placement of storage units.

The club, previously operated by the West

Wind Duck Club but lost in a fire, will be located on 351 acres at 2886 Grizzly Island Road, about 5 miles south of Suisun City. It is bordered by Montezuma Slough to the east and north and the Frost Slough to the west, the staff report to the commission states.

“The project would replace and consolidate the two lodging structures lost to fire and would construct one new 3,855-squarefoot club dwelling/lodge with eight bedrooms and seven bathrooms and a 2,817-squarefoot deck. The new lodging structure would be 1,985 square feet less than the combined total of the original lodge structures,” the staff report states.

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FAIRFIELD — Soroptimist International of Central Solano County will once again give some women the Chance to Rise Award.

Applications are available for the award.

Chance to Rise is an awards program for women who have demonstrated they can overcome substantial life challenges, have developed a plan to forge a path for a successful future through further education and/ or vocational training, and for whom a financial award would help ensure likely success.

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They expressed interest in focusing the program’s efforts on women who have experienced social, financial, personal, medical or other difficulties in their lives, only to find their futures derailed or stuck as they strived to move forward.

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Dr. Albert M. Mitchell Jr. Sept. 20, 1954 — Feb. 10, 2022

Dr. Albert M. loyalty, love and Mitchell Jr. passed support for Al away on Feb. 10, during his illness.

2022, surrounded Also, to Dr. Saad by his family after Ismail and the a lengthy illness. nurses and staff of ‘Bud,’ as he was Two North at Northknown to his family Bay Medical Center and friends on the for their kindness, East Coast, was the compassion and third of four chilexpert care. dren born to Albert Al was a man Sr. and Grace of integrity, honesty AIR FORCE Mitchell in Boston, and a mentor to VETERAN Massachusetts. many and will be Al graduated from forever missed by all those Boston College High School who knew and loved him. in 1972, St. Anselm College, He is survived by his wife, Manchester, New Hamp- Yvonne, whom he met on shire, in 1976 and the Uni- a blind date in 1993. They versity of New England were married in 2004. In College of Osteopathic addition, he is survived by Medicine, Biddeford, Maine, his daughter, Maria Mitchin 1984. ell (Manny Frias); son, Brian He enlisted in the United Mitchell (Kelly); brother, Dr. States Air Force in 1985, Paul Mitchell, DDS (Marsubsequently receiving his garet); sisters, Ann Benetraining in Neurology at dict and Julie Mitchell; Wilford Hall Medical Center, father-in-law, Bruce Sooy; Lackland AFB, Texas. He brother-in-law, Mark Sooy was a staff neurologist at (Debbie); sister-in-law, Carol Travis AFB from 1988 to Passantino (Sal); and grand1991. children, Kellan, Kylie and After being honorably Kaden Mitchell; as well discharged in 1991 with the as numerous nieces and rank of Major, he established nephews. his practice in Fairfield, CalAl was preceded in ifornia, which he maintained death by his parents, Albert, until his passing.

Sr. and Grace Mitchell; Al and Yvonne loved to mother-in-law, Evelyn Sooy; travel. Their adventures took and brother-in-law, Charles them from the Baltic to the Benedict.

Mediterranean seas; from ‘And then I heard the Canada to Costa Rica and voice of the LORD saying, from the Hawaiian Islands to Cape Cod. Some of their Whom shall I send? And favorite trips were with their who will go for us? And I said, Here am I. Send me!’ – golfing friends.

Al also enjoyed golfing Isaiah 6:8 Visitation with Rosary ‘guy trips’ to Pebble Beach will be held from 5 to and Bandon Dunes with his best friend, Rashid Iqbal, 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 15, and golfing with his son, 2022, at Vaca Hills Chapel, 524 Elmira Road, VacavBrian.

Al and Yvonne have ille. A Mass of Chrisbeen members of the Green tian burial will be held at Valley Country Club since 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 2010 and Al served on the 16, 2022, at St. Mary’s CathBoard of Directors for two olic Church, 350 Stinson years prior to his passing. Ave.,Vacaville. A Celebration He was an avid golfer and of Life will follow the Mass reader as well as a gourmet at 1 p.m. at the Green Valley cook who loved to entertain Country Club, 35 Country and share his culinary skills. Club Drive, Fairfield. Private And he loved his wine, which burial to take place in April at the Sacramento Valley he also generously shared.

The family is forever National Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, please grateful to his golfing buddies, Doctors Rashid donate to your favorite Iqbal, William Fulton, charity in Al’s name.

Funeral arrangements Gautam Vadlamudi and to Dr. Terry Van Aken and by Vaca Hills Chapel Funeral Al’s office staff, Wendy Home 707-446-3233, www. and Maria Rangel, for their vacahillschapel.com.

Wayne Aweau

June 17, 1948 — Jan. 15, 2022

Wayne Dale Aweau, 73, of Fairfield, California, passed away suddenly of a heart attack on Jan. 15, 2022. He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Samuel and Shirley Aweau and was the oldest of five brothers and one sister. To his family, he was called Dale.

He attended Kamehameha Schools before moving to Fairfield, California, at a young age.

At the age of 19, he moved to San Francisco, California, and was a member of the National Guard, while working at Mare Island Naval Shipyard for a total of 25 years before retiring. He then started his own electrical contracting business, continuing to work until his death.

Known for his smile, easy going nature and zest for life, he warmed the hearts of all who met him. Wayne was knowledgeable and interested in many pursuits, including sports, cars, art

and culture.

An avid sports fan and athlete, he played football and baseball for Armijo High and later played low-A baseball, fast-pitch and slow pitch softball. He also coached youth baseball, high school softball for Armijo High School and many club fast-pitch teams. He would tell you that his favorite athletic activity was skiing though.

He also had an immense interest in classic cars, owning many over his years and also enjoyed fine art.

Wayne is survived by his daughter, Alana Aweau; stepdaughters, Erica Archuletta and Dawn Schuman; brothers, Wyman Aweau, Wesley Aweau, Wallace Aweau, Warren Aweau and Keith Aweau; sister, Pamela Sakuma; he is also survived by his loving partner, Deborah Kight.

A celebration of his life will be held at a later date.

solano Patricia P. Butler

Feb. 20, 1926 — Feb. 4, 2022

Patricia ‘Patty’ was born to Ethel George and Ernest C. Petersdorf on a snowy Saturday morning on Feb. 20, 1926, in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

She enrolled at Ohio State University, attended classes for three years and transferred to the University of Iowa to earn her Bachelor of Art’s degree in Art Education. She then attended West Virginia University for her master’s degree.

With her strong independent spirit AIR FORCE and her desire to serve her country, she VETERAN joined the USAF in 1957. She served 20 years, achieving the rank of Major. She had many varied assignments including Germany, Thailand and Travis AFB. She met Rudolf Schmidt while serving her country and in 1967 they were married. They enjoyed 10 blessed years together before his death in 1978.

Patty met Jerrold Butler at Grace Episcopal in Fairfield.

They fell in love and were married in 1980, enjoying 31 wonderful years together before his death in 2011.

Patty strove to serve the Lord and her community. She was very active in her church, Grace Episcopal, even serving as senior warden. She immersed herself in the community volunteering many hours to local charities.

Her passion was saving abandoned or unwanted cats, volunteering actively at the local SPCA – even serving as director of their board. Yearly she coordinated gifts for those who were all alone. She was also an accomplished artist, creating many paintings for family and friends.

Patricia is survived by her late husband’s (Jerrold Butler) children, Patrick Butler (Katrina), Theresa Clyburn (Jonathan), Michael Butler; and 11 grandchildren.

Funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, March 3, 2022, at Grace Episcopal Church, 1405 Kentucky St., Fairfield. A reception will follow immediately. Patty’s graveside service will follow at 12:30 p.m. at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery, 5810 Midway Road, Dixon.

Arrangements are under the direction of Fairfield Funeral Home, 707-425-1041.

Mary Langston On Saturday, Oct. 6, 1934, God decided to gift to Ellis Pearson and Mary Anderson a baby girl. That day, in Shelby, Mississippi, they chose to name her Mary. She was the 12 of 15 siblings.

She received her education in Desha County Training School in McGhee, Arkansas. She graduated at the top of her class and was honored as Valedictorian at her graduation ceremony. She later earned an AA degree in Early Childhood Education from Contra Costa Community College in Richmond, California.

She married the love of her life, Eric Joe Langston, on Nov. 30, 1953, in McGhee, Arkansas. They would later relocate to Richmond, California. To this union, God entrusted the care and nurture of six children, Bonnie Jean, Marianita, Zuretta Jenicer, Eric Joe Jr., Montoya and Mark.

She accepted Christ as her personal Savior at an early age and united with the True Vine Baptist Church of McGhee, Arkansas. After the family relocated to Fairfield, California, she united with Mount Calvary Baptist Church in 1979 under the pastorate of the late Rev. Claybon Lea. She was an active member of her local church as well as denominational activities, such as Ministers Wives, Sunday School, Girls in Action, Vacation Bible School and Women’s Missionary Union.

She enjoyed being with friends, sewing, reading and discussing the Bible.

She loved working with children. She worked as a preschool teacher at Kinder Care in Fairfield, California. She always sought to provide the children with her very best.

She leaves to cherish her memory, her husband, Rev. Eric Joe Langston of Fairfield, California; children, Bonnie Jean Blankenship of Woodland, California, Eric Joe (Carol) Langston Jr. of Fairfield, California, Montoya (Melissa) Langston and Mark (Susan) Langston of Vallejo, California; grandchildren, Jarrett, Marne, Damani, Cicely, Akina, Moniqueca, Montae, Jeremiah, Nathaniel, Michael and Brandon; seven great-grandchildren; and a host of other extended family and friends.

She was preceded in death by both parents; 14 siblings; and two daughters.

Her favorite scripture was ‘I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.’ – Philippians 4:13 Arrangements under the care of Bryan-Braker Funeral Home, 707-425-4697.

Deborah Kay Lewis

Oct. 26, 1961 — Dec. 21, 2021

Deborah Kay (Snyder) Lewis, age 60, of Santee, California, passed away and left this earth on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021.

Deborah was born Oct. 26, 1961.

Debbie was loved so much by her husband, John, and sons, Joshua and Bailey, as well as the countless number of people’s lives she touched.

Her beautiful smile, loving personality and care for others were just a few of the qualities Debbie had to offer.

After retiring from the government as a Navy Housing Inspector, Debbie decided to homeschool our boys. Her goal was not to just teach school, but to build a loving family, teach them the qualities of life, how to care for others and to make sure God is a part of their lives.

She is and will be deeply missed by her family and friends.

Survivors include her husband, John; sons, Joshua and Bailey; father, Ken Snyder; brother, Gary Snyder; nieces, Melissa and Kristi; aunt, Eunice Legerton; cousins, Mark and Paul from England; aunts, Terry Korom and Sherry Starnes of Ohio, Glenda Sue Gilbert and Betty Lou McCarthy of Florida; cousins, Kathy Lynch, Patty Hudson and Carol Wilson of California; brothers-in-law, Joe and Jerry Lewis; mother-in-law, Karen Lewis; aunt, Doris Burkett; cousins, Debbie Padua and David Touchton, all of San Diego.

A celebration of life will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 5, 2022, at Dignity Memorial Chapel, 684 South Mollison Ave., El Cajon, California.

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Peggy H. Lish

Dec. 1922 — Feb. 2022

We are saddened to announce the passing of our 99-year-old dear mother, grandmother, greatgrandmother, sister, aunt and friend, Peggy Lish.

Peggy was born in Oakland, California, to Netti Cecilia Corth and Harry Corth. Peggy grew up during the Depression and her life as a military wife reflected her frugal ways.

She shopped wisely, cooked the family meals and baked amazing cakes.

She and her husband Tom traveled to many locations due to his commitment first to the U.S. Navy and then U.S. Air Force. Mom talked about her impression of places where they were stationed like Mobile, Alabama, Hawaii and Okinawa. Travis Air Force Base was Dad’s final assignment before retiring and mom was happy to have her home in Fairfield.

She was a proud mother of four children and was an involved parent in scouts, swim team, band, bake sales and PTA. She was also active in her church, Trinity Lutheran, in Fairfield.

Every summer for many years she ran the church kitchen for the children and teachers in Vacation Bible School. She was known as ‘the cookie lady’ and the last day of VBS each summer mom would treat the adults to her homemade doughnuts. She was an active member of the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League and helped with their annual rummage sale.

Mom was approached by the principal of ‘old’ K.I. Jones Elementary, Mr. Haugen, to work as a noon duty supervisor, which she did for many years. Later, she was asked to work with a special education class, a new program at the time, as the instructional assistant, with Jim Evans as the teacher. They were a great team: if the students had a good week, behavior-wise, Mom would bake a cake for the small class to share. In all the years she worked in that program there was only

one week the students did not earn a cake; Mom was so proud of that.

After her retirement, she spent many years caring for her grandchildren. We all were lucky to have her in that role and she formed strong bonds that lasted though her life.

Once the kids were no longer kids, Mom spent most Tuesdays having lunch with her senior friends at the Fairfield Senior Center where, as hostess, she greeted members and guests. She stayed with the group until she was nearly 95.

She also loved going to Disneyland with her family; her birthday trip becoming an annual tradition. It’s easy to picture her royally waving to the parade performers, while she was bundled up in her purple Eeyore scarf.

Her final months were spent in the loving home of her youngest daughter and son-in-law with the invaluable help from grandson-inlaw, Travis.

Peggy is survived by her loving family son, Thomas Lish II; granddaughter, Davina Lish Battiste and spouse, Michael Battiste; daughter, Laurie Nipper; granddaughter, Dustin Russell; great-granddaughter, MaxLily Russell; daughter, Carole Lish Schneider and spouse, Michael Bailey; grandchildren, Timothy Lish Schneider and spouse, Travis Swink, Aeden Lish Schneider; sister, Jamesetta Berger; and numerous nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents, Peggy was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 70 years, Thomas C. Lish; brother, Roger Corth; sister, Kacey Bryant Cromwell; daughter, Martha Peggy Erck.

No public service will be held, as the family wishes to privately celebrate Peggy’s life.

Arrangements under the care of Bryan-Braker Funeral Home, 707-4254697, www.bryanbraker. com.

Corrine ‘Betty’ Parker Sept. 12, 1925 - Feb. 5, 2020

Corrine ‘Betty’ Parker was born Sept. 12, 1925 in Monterey, California. Entered to rest in Fairfield, California Feb. 5, 2022, at 96 years.

Betty moved to Los Gatos, California as a young girl, then to Vallejo, California as a high school student, where she met her future husband, Walter F. Parker Jr. They married in 1943. After Walt went on to serve in the South Pacific in the Navy, during WWII. Upon returning, they built a home on the family ranch in Fairfield. Completed in 1951, she resided in Fairfield the remainder of her life.

She was employed as a secretary for the Travis School District retiring in

1965. She and Walt went on to open the Parkway Lounge in 1971, operating it for several years.

She was a member of the Soroptimist Club, Wednesday Club and a classic Thunderbird club. And was seen in her black 56 T-Bird around town for many years.

An avid collector of antiques, of which she displayed many at her final home at Rockville.

She is survived by her son, Walter F. ‘Willie’ Parker and wife, Susan; three grandchildren, Walter F. IV, Jason and Deana Jackson; and five great-grandchildren.

Interment will be private at Rockville Cemetery.

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Slight tick up in case averages, but Brewpub back overall, Solano Covid trend still falling for use permit consideration in Elmira

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FAIRFIELD — There were no new Covidrelated deaths to report and the number of Solano County residents in the hospital and in intensive care units dropped slightly Friday from Wednesday.

However, the daily case average was up slightly to 77.5 since Wednesday’s update, the county reported.

The daily average from Feb. 18 through Wednesday – there was no county update Monday due to the holiday – was 62.4.

“It’s up a bit over what we reported on Wednesday,” Dr. Bela Matyas, the county public health officer, said in a phone interview Friday.

Still, the trend is pushing down toward rates prior to the latest surge, which was around 45 cases per day. The 10-day average Friday, based on active cases of 837, was 83.7, the county reported.

“So we are not quite at baseline,” Matyas said.

Overall, there were 233 new cases added to the total, of which 155 were from the prior two days. The total for the pandemic is 79,259, the county reported.

The number of residents hospitalized with the disease Friday was 42, down from 43 Wednes-

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Francis Rubio receives a Covid-19 vaccination shot during Touro University’s Mobile Vaccination Program clinic at Cooper Elementary School in Vallejo, Jan. 26. day, with 12 patients in ICUs. That is down from 14 Wednesday.

The rate for residents who have been fully vaccinated through Friday was reported at 72%, and 82% have received at least one shot. The number of booster shots administered was up to 145,822, which represents 48.7% of those who are age-eligible and have been fully vaccinated, the county reported.

The number of residents between 5 and 11 who have received a vaccine shot was 12,090, or 32.6% of that population.

The state on Monday is scheduled to review

Free webinar available on investing in ag Daily Republic Staff DRNEWS@DAILYREPUBLIC.NET

FAIRFIELD — The Northern California Network of the America’s Small Business Development Center is hosting a free webinar and panel discussion on “Perspectives on Investing in Agriculture Startups.”

The webinar will take place from 11 a.m. to noon Thursday. Learn how to position business to food and agriculture investors.

This event is presented by SBDC Tech at UC Davis Venture Catalyst.

There will be a special agriculture industry panel that will focus on what

investors want to see and how to become investment-ready in the ag and food systems industry.

Join the panel discussion to hear different perspectives across technology types and investments.

Panels for the webinar will include John Selep, board member and president of AgStart; Isabella Fantini, a food and ag specialist at REMUS Capital; Yanniv Dorone at Fall Line Capital; and Michael Pereira, the principal at Granum Services LLC. Register on the Facebook page of the Solano-Napa Small Business Development Center.

Suisun council to consider highdensity waterfront residential zone Daily Republic Staff

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SUISUN CITY — The City Council on Tuesday will discuss and give direction to staff on a proposed Waterfront District specific plan for highdensity residential and downtown commercial land-use zones.

The council is scheduled to meet at 6 p.m. after a closed session at 5:30 p.m. during which council members will continue their performance evaluation of City Manager Greg Folsom, will consider initiating litigation and will be updated on labor negotiations.

The meeting will be held at City Hall, 701 Civic Center Blvd., and will be available virtually at https://zoom.

us/join. The Meeting ID is 869 0147 8672. The public can also access the meeting by calling 707-438-1720.

Also on the agenda is consideration of an updated Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan. The plan was developed by the Solano County Office of Emergency Services and addresses a range of emergency situations that include fire and floods, and includes a section on climate change.

The council will consider opposing the ballot measure, Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act, which has a wide variety of provisions, which can be found at https://lao. ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/ Initiative/2021-042.

school masking mandates.

There have been no changes related to vaccine mandates in schools, which at the earliest could be implemented in July.

However, there has been legislation introduced that would eliminate the hurdles for the mandate to go into effect, including when vaccines for those 12 to 15 are commercially available, and eliminating waivers such as religious objections.

Fairfield added 69 new coronavirus cases to take its total to 21,170. Vallejo was up 85 cases for a count of 24,753. Vacaville is at 19,368 after 17 new cases,

the county reported.

Suisun City (5,569) added 17 new cases; Dixon (4,133) added seven; Benicia (3,008) added four; Rio Vista (1,067) added one; and there were no new cases for the unincorporated area of the county, holding at 191 cases, the county reported.

The seven-day positivity testing rate fell from 11% Wednesday to 9% Friday, the county reported.

Solano County does not post Covid updates on weekends. The next scheduled report will be late afternoon Monday.

FAIRFIELD — The county zoning administrator on Thursday will once again consider approval of a use permit for a proposed brewpub in Elmira.

The Diversity Beer Company has proposed to convert the existing on-site structures, including the single-family home, into the brewing facilities and offices at 6077 and 6081 California Pacific Road, just outside Vacaville.

It is the site of the former The Cabin saloon.

The Board of Supervisors approved

In brief Board schedules fair planning meeting

VALLEJO — The Solano Fair Association board will meet at 6 p.m.

Monday for a special planning session for the 2022 Solano County

the necessary zoning change of the 0.48 acres from Residential Traditional Community to Residential Traditional Community Mixed in October.

Allan Calder, the county planning manager, sits as the zoning administrator.

The 10 a.m. meeting will be in the offices of the Department of Resource Management, Suite 5500 on the fifth floor of the government building, 675 Texas St., in Fairfield.

Access to the meeting is also available by calling 1-323-457-3408.

The Conference ID is 293118721#.

Fair, which is scheduled June 16-19.

The meeting is virtual.

Information on login as well as the agenda and other materials are available at https://www. scfair.com/. Access is also available by calling 669-900-9128.

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District attorney, 3rd District supervisor elections shape up as county battlegrounds Robinson Kuntz/Daily Republic file (2017)

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I-80 to be closed in Vallejo for 4 nights starting Monday Daily Republic Staff

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VALLEJO — Caltrans will be closing westbound and eastbound Interstate 80, between Highway 37 and Interstate 780, on alternate nights starting Monday.

The closures are part of the ongoing I-80 Six Bridges Project, which is raising six overpasses to allow taller truck traffic through the area.

Three of the bridges have been completed.

This latest work is to raise the overcrossings at Georgia and Tennessee streets, the state Department of Transportation reported.

The work begins at 11:59 p.m. Monday on eastbound I-80, with the freeway reopening at 5 a.m. Tuesday, Caltrans reported.

Westbound I-80 will be closed from 11 p.m. Tuesday until 4 a.m. Wednesday.

Eastbound lanes will be closed again at 11:59 p.m. Thursday until 5 a.m. Friday, and the westbound lanes will be closed from

FAIRFIELD — Campaigns for the district attorney’s and the 3rd District Board of Supervisor’s chairs will likely attract the most attention in an otherwise contention-free primary election season – at least at the county level.

Krishna Abrams is seeking her third term as the county’s top law enforcement officer, challenged for that post by one of her top deputies, Sharon Henry, though as of Friday, Henry had not filed her nomination papers.

One issue that is emerging in the race is the Family Justice Center, which is undergoing a structural and administrative shake-up. The center has always been under the authority of the District Attorney’s Office.

Abrams, who has completed her election paperwork, has vehemently defended its operations but has accepted changes are in the works.

The district attorney on Friday said she stands by her position that the social workers, witness and victim advocates and other staff members worked extremely hard, and she believes the number of victims who were assisted reflects that, especially during the pandemic.

But a report to the Board of Supervisors, as well as a critical civil grand jury paper, said the center essentially failed at its mission and did not meet even state standards for what a justice center should be.

Abrams said she is ready to work with the county on whatever model is produced for the center moving forward, but added that resources will still be needed to meet those goals. The report to the board also noted those resources were lacking.

Henry chose not to answer a question about her perspective on the Family Justice Center’s operations and referred the matter to Abrams because the center is under her authority. However, the center did fall under Henry’s purview from September 2014 to September 2020, part of the District Attorney’s Office responsibilities split between the two chief deputies and assigned to her. The director of the center reported directly to Henry during those six years, Abrams noted.

The other county race that will garner attention is the 3rd District

11 p.m. Friday until 4 a.m. Saturday.

Motorists traveling east will access I-780 to Highway 29 to Highway 37 and back onto eastbound I-80. Motorists traveling west will take Highway 37 to Highway 29 to I-780 and back to westbound I-80. Detour signs will be posted, Caltrans reported.

A 24-hour shuttle service will be available for pedestrians and bicyclists who need to travel over I-80 at either Georgia or Tennessee streets. A shuttle stop will be located on each side of the bridges.

For information, call 415-263-4000.

Questions and concerns about the project can be directed to the project hotline, 510286-5620. The project website is at i80sixbridgesvallejo.com.

For 24/7 traffic updates, go to 511. org or https://twitter. com/511SFBay. For real-time information, visit Caltrans QuickMap, http://quickmap. dot.ca.gov.

Praise Covenant Church plans to give away free gas cards Daily Republic Staff

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FAIRFIELD — Congregants of Praise Covenant Church invite the community to come out from 1 to 2 p.m.

Sunday for a free gas card giveaway.

Praise Covenant will be giving away $10 and $20 gas cards at the 76 gas station at 1740 W. Texas St. This is their way of giving back to the community.

They understand the pandemic has caused a great deal of financial difficulty for many, and they are doing everything they can to assist.

The gifts cards will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Praise Covenant

Church is a multicultural church located at 1720 W. Texas St. The Rev. William L. Harris IV is the senior pastor.

The church’s focus is on inner healing, relationship building, leadership development and kingdom building, according to a press release from the church.

Praise Covenant is a dynamic and progressive ministry that ministers to the holistic needs of the total man. It is a wordcentered church that focuses on the family and the kingdom of God. This is done through a variety of local, national and international ministries.

For more information, visit www.PraiseCovenantChurch.com.

seat on the Board of 4th District superviSupervisors. sor John Vasquez has As of Friday, declared his intention to and with the nomiseek another four-year nation period closing term, but had not taken March 16 if incumbent out nomination papers Jim Spering stays the as of Friday. His deadcourse toward retireline is March 11. If he ment, the story is as does not run, that nommuch about who is not HENRY ABRAMS ination period extends running as about those to March 16. pleted their paperwork to who have committed.

All eight sitting SupeThe last candidate to appear on the June 7 ballot rior Court judges have announce, Suisun City if needed. The nomination filed their nomination Councilwoman Wanda period for those offices papers. Judge Daniel J. Williams, is the only ends March 11.

Glenn Zook, who is Healy, Department 2, and candidate to have comDonna L. Stashyn, Departpleted her paperwork looking to replace retir- ment 18, have completed Assessor-Recorder with the county Regis- ing Marc Tonnesen, also has their paperwork. trar of Voters.

Because there were no The first person to completed his paper- challengers, if the judges announce he would work. That nomination complete their paperperiod will extend to run, Fairfield CouncilMarch 16 because work by March 11, each man Chuck Timm, has the incumbent is not will automatically get a not taken out nominarunning for re-election. new six-year term. Their tion papers, nor has his Zook is the assistant names would not appear council colleague, Catheon the ballot. assessor-recorder. rine Moy, who said early on she was interested in running for the post, Are You Disabled & Can’t Work? but has been walking the fence ever since.

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Don’t let headlines drive investment decisions

Special To The Washington Post For months after Rick Lehrer sold his share of his insurance company to a business partner, he kept showing up at the office three, sometimes four, days a week wearing a designer suit, along with a great tie and a starched shirt.

A baby boomer who was accustomed to long hours at the office, Lehrer, now 76, didn’t – and still doesn’t – like the word retired. “I was in denial,” he said about his halfhearted attempt to retire in January 2019.

“I was officially retired but I really did not announce it in a way that I should have.”

Lehrer’s reluctance to leave made for some confusing office dynamics with his designated successor Art Grutt, who had come on board in 2006 with the understanding that he would take over 15 years later, when Lehrer turned 75.

“There was this uncertainty because Rick would still come into the office and be present but what his role was as founder and as figurehead without still being the owner?”

Grutt said.

Office staff would often go to Lehrer with questions when in fact it was Grutt who was in charge.

More than a year after his failed attempt, the pandemic brought Lehrer’s trips to the office to a halt. Like many businesses, Cambridge Life shifted to remote work and Lehrer had to accept his retirement.

“I don’t want to say

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Sarah Grossman, the principal of Baystate Business Brokers, poses for a portrait at her home in Needham, Mass., on Feb. 19. Grossman took ownership of the company from her father, Marc Gudema. he was hanging on, that sounds negative,” Grutt said. “But the pandemic forced him to transition.”

Baby boomers, a group now between the ages of 58 and 76, make up a large percentage of entrepreneurs. While there are no precise numbers, 30% of business owners are between the ages of 55 and 64 and another 20% are over 65, according to the Census Bureau’s Annual Business Survey – that’s more than 2 million businesses in total.

Like Lehrer, many of these entrepreneurs have chosen to make exits in the last year, their decision to do so perhaps accelerated by pandemic-related reasons: dissatisfaction with remote work, fears of contracting the coronavirus, and a greater appreciation for just how fragile and precious life is.

Overall, 50.3% of U.S. adults 55 and older said they were out of the labor force due to retirement in the third quarter of last

year, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of the most recent official labor force data. In the third quarter of 2019, before the onset of the pandemic, 48.1% of those adults were retired.

“For the first time in well over 25 years, we see a marked decline in labor force participation of older Americans and a marked rise in the share of them that are retired,” said Richard Fry, a labor economist with the Pew Research Center.

Lehrer was so tied to his job – one that over the years sometimes kept him away from family because of long hours – that he needed outside counsel to help him grapple with retirement. He reached out to the U.S. Small Business Administration-supported nonprofit SCORE for advice. Through SCORE, Lehrer was assigned to a mentor named Norman Sherman, himself a retired baby boomer

entrepreneur.

“He couldn’t pull the trigger,” Sherman said of Lehrer. It’s a struggle many of Sherman’s boomer mentees face.

“The concept of giving up their business and giving up their identity is a very difficult thing to do,” Sherman said.

Lehrer agreed. “I just was not prepared to cut it off,” he said. “It felt very uncomfortable.”

Sarah Grossman joined her father’s business, BayState Business Brokers, 13 years ago with the knowledge that one day he would retire and she would take over. Her only sibling, a brother, was not interested in the business.

Five years ago, she and her father, Marc Gudema, hired a family business consultant to help develop a succession plan. The consultant helped Gudema see how much value Grossman was adding and convinced Gudema that she should be made co-owner. Still, when it came to actually retiring, Gudema, 73, did not set a date. This caused some tension between father and daughter.

“We struggled for several years,” Grossman said. “I kind of knew the path I wanted but he was not sure when his exit was going to be.”

When the pandemic hit, Grossman said Gudema stopped coming to the office because his age put him at high risk for the virus. Months later, Gudema realized that he wanted to retire and spend more time traveling and visiting family.

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Invest From Page A7 inflation pressures stemming from high goods demand. While oil prices should stay high due to low supply levels in Europe and the heavy dependance on Russian oil in the European Union, high oil prices due to armed conflict are not something the Fed can control.

Frightening headlines may spur a demand for goods due to general fear and anxiety and may give the Fed reason the manage this rate hike cycle far more cautiously than currently planned. In that situation, absent a broad European conflict, it may well represent a boost for U.S. equities as part of the continued solid earnings growth.

Certainly, you should expect to see the return of a Cold War-era geopolitical

risk premium. Incursions in the Middle East and elsewhere since the fall of the Soviet Empire typically had only a short-term impact on global markets and were viewed as limited in geography and duration.

The current rhetoric out of Russia is forcing investors to re-think the probability of a larger conflict as well as the added tension on global trade in a new Cold War environment. The effects will be far reaching.

Expect extensive discussion about the adequacy of the military budget. Since the end of the Cold War, the U.S. military budget has been a smaller portion of the GDP. That amount may increase as we perceive threats from Russia and China. Obviously, increased spending will put more pressure on the entire federal budget process and likely increase the debt further.

The prelude to major geopolitical events tends to have substantial volatility.

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Markets do not like the unknown. As the situation evolves and Russia’s end game becomes more apparent, expect a decrease in volatility. A quick and complete Russian success, although likely at the onset, is not certain. Remember Ukraine is fighting for its homeland. Russia is not.

Already there are some large anti-war demonstrations in Russia. A long war without decisive results bodes ill for Russia. To a large degree the length of this war may determine the length of market disruptions.

In any event, expect to see turmoil and disruption from this war but also relief from the pending end of the pandemic. The economic situation may be rearranged, but world GDP will continue to grow despite higher energy costs. Note that such costs may spur the development of other sources of energy faster than expected.

From Page A7 months’ notice, Gudema announced in November that he would be retiring at the end of 2021.

Grossman, an heir-in-waiting for years, found herself abruptly at the helm of BayState.

“At first I was nervous. We had 6 weeks to figure this out,” Grossman said. “But he had set me up to be successful and we had been working together for a long time.”

Even now, father and daughter don’t see eye-to-eye on the reasons behind Gudema’s retirement.

“Was it covid? I don’t know, maybe,” Gudema said. “Certainly the timing looks coincidental.”

Gudema says that retirement was imminent, pandemic or not. He wanted to travel in his recreational vehicle with his wife and take long trips, and spend more time with his son and grandchildren in Florida. Regardless of where he is, he makes himself available to Grossman when she needs him.

“I know he’s always a phone call away,” Grossman said.

And Gudema still takes on clients now and then, and works as a part-time employee for his daughter.

Mark Sievers, president of Epsilon Financial Group, is a certified financial planner with a master’s in business administration from the University of California, Berkeley. Contact him by email at mark@ wealthmatters.com.

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Financial and investment changes should never be made due to shortterm headlines.

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In this photo from Oct. 2, 2019, a banner for a $15 dollar per hour minimum wage is displayed as airport employees

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California just reached a $15 an hour minimum wage. Are voters ready for $18?

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It’s on, say supporters of raising the minimum wage in California.

California’s minimum wage rose in January to $15 an hour for employers with 26 or more employees, and $14 an hour for employers with 25 or fewer. Under a ballot initiative currently being circulated for signatures, the minimum wage would continue increasing by a dollar each year until it hit $18 an hour.

Under the proposed initiative, the California governor would have the authority to suspend the annual increase up to two times, such as during periods of decreased economic activity or during a

general fund deficit.

On Feb. 8, California Secretary of State Shirley Weber cleared the way for supporters of the initiative to begin circulating petitions to get it on the November ballot. Proponents have until Aug. 8 to submit signatures from at least 623,212 registered voters in order to qualify the initiative.

“We will get on the November 2022 ballot,” said entrepreneur Joe Sanberg, who is the proponent of record for the initiative.

Ken Jacobs, chair of the UC Berkeley Labor Center, said that while $15 was a significant increase in the state’s minimum wage, it still falls below what a typical Californian needs to earn

in order to meet basic needs in the state. “$18 an hour would bring the minimum wage closer to a living wage,” Jacobs said.

He said that increasing the minimum wage would not just benefit millions of low-wage working Californians, it would have “pretty big downstream effects” for the state as well, including improved physical and mental health, decreased absenteeism at work and improved children’s outcomes.

Jacobs said the that the impact on businesses would be relatively small.

Sanberg said that he was committed to making sure the initiative ends up in front of voters this November.

“We’ll spend whatever is necessary to get this on the ballot and we’ll spend whatever is necessary to make sure it passes,” he said.

As for how he chose $18 an hour as the minimum wage he wants to see, Sanberg said that that was a compromise, that he felt the minimum wage ought to be much higher but that he had to confront the political reality of what voters would accept.

He said he’s not trying to be performative on social media, but to actually get something concrete that would affect millions of Californians.

“Our conclusion is that we will win $18,” Sanberg said. “That’s a big raise.”

FAIRFIELD — The Solano County Probation Department’s Juvenile Detention Facility in collaboration with the Solano County Office of Education will host a grand opening of the new construction trades classroom.

Probation Chief Chris Hansen and Superintendent of Schools Lisette Estrella-Henderson will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 11 a.m.

Wednesday at the Juvenile Detention Facility, 740 Beck Ave. The new classroom aims to reduce future recidivism through educational and vocational training opportunities that are applicable and marketable, according to a press release.

The Juvenile Detention Facility and Office of Education have made significant strides over the past several years to bring education and real-world training opportunities for youth who are in custody.

A press release from the Solano County Office of Education stated the construction trades classroom will “continue that trajectory and provide youth with necessary training to equip them with skills that will enhance their employability in the community upon their release.”

“This program places emphasis on hands-on learning, career path exploration, and job skill development for our young people,” EstrellaHenderson said in the press release. “It is part of a system of supports to help incarcerated youth successfully transition out of custody with both academic and life skills that will enable them to grow and thrive as they move forward in a positive direction.”

The new classroom features eight workstations to include occupational safety, HVAC, plumbing, electrical, masonry, concrete, drywall, roof framing and woodworking. Upon completion of each workstation, a student will receive credit toward high school graduation as well as an opportunity to receive the National Center for Construction Education & Research Safety Certification.

The course is taught by Career Technical Education teacher Terrell Parr and classroom specialist Sabrina True and will offer students hands-on training that includes guest speakers from various trades.

For more information, contact Kelley Birch, Solano County Office of Education’s director of College and Career Readiness, at kbirch@ solanocoe.net.

Migration to California has plummeted. The decline was especially extreme for one region Tribune Content Agency Every single state in the country sent fewer people to California in the first two years of the pandemic than the prior two years, even as many of those same states saw more Californians move in, according to a Chronicle analysis.

New England had the greatest decrease in California movers of any region, with Vermont, Connecticut and New Hampshire among the states that saw the biggest drops.

The findings come from consumer credit data collected by the California Policy Lab, a research group based out of the University of California.

The data, called the University of California Consumer Credit Panel, tracks movements of the approximately 90% of Californian adults with active credit information every quarter. It includes Californians (and ex-Californians) that have moved both within counties and to and from other states.

The data goes through the third quarter of 2021.

To analyze moves over comparable time periods, we looked at data from the first seven quarters of 2018-19 and compared them to the same period in 2020-21.

The Chronicle has previously used the data to show that “net domestic migration” to California – the number of people moving into the state minus the number leaving within the U.S. – went down during the pandemic. San Francisco also saw negative net domestic migration.

But while moves from

California to other states have increased, the data shows that most of the state’s net migration decrease came from fewer people entering the state, not more people leaving.

In fact, every state had more Californians enter it than residents of that state that left for California in the first seven quarters of 2020-2021.

“It’s more about [declining] Calentrances than [increased] Calexits,” Natalie Holmes, a research fellow at the California Policy Lab, previously told The Chronicle.

The New England region saw the biggest decrease in out-migration to California. Of that area, Vermont saw the biggest drop: While nearly 1,700 Vermonters moved to California in the first seven quarters of 2018-2019, just under 800 moved to the state over the same period in 20202021, a decline of 53%.

New Jersey, Connecticut and New Hampshire also saw moves into California decrease by over 50%.

Even New Jersey is turning its back on the Golden State. The often mocked state had 57% fewer residents move to California in 2020-2021, and 27% more Californians move in.

In San Francisco, this pattern mostly held.

Vermont, Connecticut and New Jersey were once again at the top of the list of states that had the biggest pandemic-era decrease in S.F. movers.

Moves from Vermont and Connecticut declined by 61% and 60% respectively.

But many other states across the U.S. also saw moves to San Francisco

decrease significantly, including Nebraska, Illinois and Kentucky.

New England had the greatest decrease in California movers of any region, with Vermont, Connecticut and New Hampshire among the states that saw the biggest drops.

The findings come from consumer credit data collected by the California Policy Lab, a research group based out of the University of California. The data, called the University of California Consumer Credit Panel, tracks movements of the approximately 90% of Californian adults with active credit information every quarter. It includes Californians (and ex-Californians) that have moved both within counties and to and from other states.

The data goes through the third quarter of 2021.

To analyze moves over comparable time periods, we looked at data from the first seven quarters of 2018-19 and compared them to the same period in 2020-21.

The Chronicle has previously used the data to show that “net domestic migration” to California – the number of people moving into the state minus the number leaving within the U.S. – went down during the pandemic. San Francisco also saw negative net domestic migration.

But while moves from California to other states have increased, the data shows that most of the state’s net migration decrease came from fewer people entering the state, not more people leaving.

In fact, every state had more Californians enter it than residents of that state that left for California in the first seven quarters of 2020-2021.

“It’s more about [declining] Calentrances than [increased] Calexits,” Natalie Holmes, a research fellow at the California Policy Lab, previously told The Chronicle.

The New England region saw the biggest decrease in outmigration to California.

Of that area, Vermont saw the biggest drop: While nearly 1,700 Vermonters moved to California in the first seven quarters of 2018-2019, just under 800 moved to the state over the same period in 2020-2021, a decline of 53%. New Jersey, Connecticut and New Hampshire also saw moves into California decrease by over 50%.

Even New Jersey is turning its back on the Golden State. The often mocked state had 57% fewer residents move to California in 2020-2021, and 27% more Californians move in.

In San Francisco, this pattern mostly held. Vermont, Connecticut and New Jersey were once again at the top of the list of states that had the biggest pandemic-era decrease in S.F. movers. Moves from Vermont and Connecticut declined by 61% and 60% respectively.

But many other states across the U.S. also saw moves to San Francisco decrease s i g n i f i c a n t l y , including Nebraska, Illinois and Kentucky.

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Solano superintendent Lisette Estrella-Henderson laughs while handing a pen to Bill Dodd, D-Napa after her oath of office ceremony at the Solano County Office of Education, in 2017.

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VACAVILLE — The Planning Commission will host a virtual special meeting at 6 p.m.

Monday that will feature a public hearing on the Oak Grove Apartments.

The proposed plan is to construct a new 60-unit apartment complex for affordable age-restricted senior housing on a 2.11-acre site at 475 W. Monte Vista Ave. The site plan includes two three-story buildings with elevators, a 3,800-square-foot community room, a community garden with walking paths and tables, and 66 on-site parking spaces. The floor plans include oneand two-bedroom units ranging in floor area from 600 square feet to

795 square feet.

Exterior materials consist of horizontal and vertical paneling and stucco siding, with tile and copper metal accents. All units would be available to seniors age 55 and older earning 50% or less of the area median income, with the exception of one manager unit.

By simple motion, the commission could recommend the City Council adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration and approve the Zoning Map Amendment, Density Bonus and Planned Development requests.

Planning Commission meetings can be seen live on the city’s website, www.cityofvacaville.com, on the city’s YouTube account or Cable Channel 26.

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‘Weapons to anyone’: Across Ukraine, militias form as Russian forces near The Washington Post K H A R K I V , Ukraine — In a downtown government office building, men and women in military fatigues carried rocket-propelled grenades through hallways lined with ornate white crown molding. Others had AK-47s with loaded clips slung over the shoulders.

Sandbags rested along windows - protection in case of potential blasts.

One of the city’s public buses pulled up to the building. There were hundreds of boxes of bullets inside.

This was the scene of the makeshift Ukrainian Territorial Defense headquarters in the eastern city of Kharkiv on Saturday morning – right around the time artillery strikes from the Russian military hit the area for a third straight day. Even as the smell of sulfur wafted through the streets, more than 100 people waited in line to join the civilian reserve force.

Ukraine’s Territorial Defense, which is believed to have more than 130,000 volunteers, has been conducting weekend training sessions for months in preparation to help defend its turf from Russia. Now that the attack has started, Ukrainians across the country are mobilizing and turning to the Territorial Defense to arm them and send them into the fight. Anyone between 18 and 60 can join.

“What’s there to be afraid of?” said 19-yearold Yevgeniy Belinkyi, who was waiting to enlist in Kharkiv. “When I’m

sitting around, I’m scared.

And here there’s nothing to fear. Here, I know what’s happening, and I hope my loved ones will be all right.”

“I will make sure they are all right,” he said.

It’s the sort of civilian insurgency that Ukraine is counting on to help fend off a Russian military that has significantly more manpower and firepower.

President Volodymyr Zelensky tweeted Thursday: “We will give weapons to anyone who wants to defend the country.

Be ready to support Ukraine in the squares of our cities.”

But arming civilians, many of whom have little training, risks exacerbating the violence in Ukraine’s cities and potentially giving the Russian military more pretext to fire indiscriminately.

In Kyiv, a line stretched down the block at a police station to receive weapons and bullets that officials handed out after brief background checks.

Interior Minister Denis Monastyrsky said in a video message that volunteers in Kyiv alone were given more than 25,000 automatic rifles, about 10 million bullets and rocket-propelled grenades and launchers.

Nearby, dozens of people huddled in a decades-old underground bunker to assemble molotov cocktails, or petrol bombs, carefully stuffing old wine and champagne bottles with packing material and flammable liquid before delivering them to groups of local defense forces nearby.

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Ukrainians are taken to the front line to fight after joining the Territorial Defense Forces in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday.

Across Kyiv, informal checkpoints and roadblocks have been installed. In some places, piles of tires or sandbags have been tossed in the roads to slow traffic. Messages on the Telegram app suggested citizens should remove road signs, so that Russian tanks might get lost.

Ukraine’s Territorial Defense, now a division of the country’s armed forces, has already been praised by Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov for helping hold off the Russian assault on Kyiv since Friday. In the northeastern city of Sumy, 90 miles north of Kharkiv, See Militias, Page A13

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Newly recruited Ukraine fighters gather outside a military compound in Lviv to prepare to defend their city in western Ukraine.

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CALMATTERS COMMENTARY

California facing ‘big short’ in vital commodities

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he Big Short was a 2015 film about how some financial whizzes, realizing the nation’s overheated housing market was on the verge of collapse, made billions of dollars by betting on failure.

California played no small role in the housing debacle during the first decade of the century. Housing construction had surpassed 200,000 units a year, more than the market could prudently absorb, and to fill them, mortgage lenders radically lowered their credit standards for would-be homebuyers.

When the unstable market collapsed, nearly 800,000 California families lost their homes and 10 of the 20 cities with the nation’s highest foreclosure rates were in California.

After the implosion, housing construction plummeted to Dan Walters as little as 10% of the pre-crisis boom and has never fully recovered, even though foreclosed houses eventually became rentals or were resold to new buyers.

Construction is now scarcely half of the 180,000 units a year state officials say is necessary, creating a severe hosing shortage, particularly for moderate- and low-income families, that fuels the nation’s highest poverty rate.

The “big short” in housing is not alone.

California, which has always seen itself as a land of abundance, faces critical shortages in other commodities vital to a healthy economy and society.

One is particularly obvious this year – water.

California once led the nation in developing large-scale water impoundment and conveyance projects as a hedge against its very seasonal and very unpredictable precipitation.

But very little has been built in the past halfcentury as the state’s population doubled and farmers shifted to more water-intensive crops such as grapes and almonds.

The politics of water became ossified – multiple interests fighting over shares of the current supply, which has become even less predictable due to climate change, and politicians going AWOL, seeing it as a no-win political quagmire.

Another big short is less stark than water, but still looms large – electrical energy.

California’s officialdom is bent on making the state carbon-free by converting power generation to wind and solar, by replacing gasoline- and diesel-powered vehicles with electric cars and trucks, and by phasing out natural gas in homes and businesses.

This massive conversion would impose huge new demands on an electrical grid that already comes up short on some hot summer days when air conditioning systems run at full tilt – days that climate change will make more frequent, by the way.

The state has already postponed the phaseout of some natural gas-fired electric plants because of shortages but that’s just a short-term fix. Will it also postpone the 2024 closure of the state’s only remaining nuclear plant, Diablo Canyon, which generates 8% of the state’s electrical power and 15% of its carbon-free juice?

Making the state carbon-free might be a worthy goal, but only if we have enough electrical power from other sources and at the moment, it’s uncertain it will be there when it’s needed.

A fourth major shortage facing California is in trained and/or trainable workers.

California employers are desperate to find enough workers as the state emerges from the Covid-19 recession. A shortage of construction workers is one reason we are falling behind in housing but the syndrome hits virtually every segment of the economy.

We have shortages of auto mechanics, truck drivers, nurses, teachers, farm workers and cops, to name just a few other affected fields, and they will worsen because California’s population has stopped growing and its potential workforce is declining as the baby boom generation ages out.

All of these shortages are also political issues and it’s high time our politicians pay attention to them.

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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Guest columnist refutes critical letter The Right Stuff Committee policy is to present facts and rarely includes opinion. With a Feb. 20 letter, the writer objects to the veracity of our Feb. 14 column. Let’s compare veracities. n The writer cites our objection to naming the Jan. 6 riot an insurrection. Her source is one senator’s opinion. We quoted in the column 200 years of application of the Insurrection Act and why the term is inappropriate. We note the rioters have only been charged with misdemeanors. n The writer claims our column said President Donald Trump requested 10,000 National Guard troops. Our column provided the date and testimony of when Trump “inquired” about the need of troops and was told no and no other response. The Capitol Police chief did place his forces on alert. n The writer claims “no record” of BLM or antifa involvement in the riot.

Does not a nationwide television displayed film of a self-identified antifa member wearing a MAGA cap and verbally admitting his intention of deception provide a record? n The writer claims the column denied Trump watched TV. Please find that. In a Jan. 31 column we did identify there were only 87 minutes from speech termination until tweet response to calm the rioting. We did not discuss how much of that was spent watching television. n The writer claims “Pelosi does not have authority to call out the National Guard.” Historically the House speaker is responsible for maintenance and security of the Capitol and has a designated committee for that purpose. Obviously that is authority. One partial truth for the writer: The D.C. mayor does share with the Speaker authority for activating the National Guard. The writer also claims numerous allegations about voter irregularities and fraud but there were no such comments in this column.

Separately I would ask the writer how overthrow of the government with one firearm was the objective when most of the people arrested testified their concern was voting irregularities and the vast majority of

the estimated 100,000 marchers were only listeners.

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What’s missing in Cordelia?

Fairfield plans a March 8 City Council Study Session to consider development alternatives for the Cordelia Junction area as part of the ongoing update of the city’s General Plan (www.fairfieldforward.com).

Unfortunately, the Existing Conditions and Alternatives Reports are missing something key – input from local residents as to important commercial and public services that are already inadequate and likely to get worse without increased attention under future development.

The recent U.S. Census indicates the Cordelia area serves a population of about 30,000, including residents within the city as well as in the neighboring Green Valley and Rockville areas to the north whose access is via Green Valley and Suisun Valley roads. Over the next 10 years, the population will likely grow to 35,000 with ongoing housing/ apartment construction in the area and planned development of Middle Green Valley. This population comprises a quarter of Fairfield’s total, yet key neighborhood retail/commercial and public services are lacking in the Cordelia area. Filling these gaps must be prioritized for remaining undeveloped or underutilized lands before decisions are made about additional housing, commercial or industrial development.

So what’s missing? Here is my humble take: A grocery store/local retail area at Suisun Valley Road and another south of Interstate 80; a fire station north of Interstate 80; a police station somewhere in the Cordelia area; and an elementary school and small public park somewhere south of Solano Community College to serve the high concentration of apartments and medium-density homes east of Green Valley Road.

Most important is the recognition that key neighborhood services are needed on both sides of Interstate 80 and Green Valley Road due to limited crossings and traffic congestion. This will make the area

safer, and more walkable/bikeable to reduce auto dependence and congestion.

So what do you think is missing in Cordelia? Show up March 8 to provide your input.

Joe Green-Heffern Fairfield

Candy Bomber met with the Civil Air Patrol I read with great enjoyment, the excellent article about Col. Gail Halvorsen’s life in the Sunday, Feb. 20 edition of the Daily Republic.

Colonel Halvorsen’s last visit to Travis Air Force Base was Jan. 31, 2020, at 9 a.m. for an hour and a half.

Halvorsen met with some of the senior members and cadets of the Travis Civil Air Patrol Squadron in the Travis Air Museum.

Halvorsen’s first set of wings as a pilot, were Civil Air Patrol wings.

He recounted that one day he was riding a tractor, plowing a field in Utah, watching a practice “dog fight” in the air above him. Right then and there, he decided he would rather be in an airplane looking down on a tractor, than in the tractor looking up at the airplanes.

The swiftest way to fly for a young man in those days was the fledgling Civil Air Patrol, organized in 1941, just six days before Pearl Harbor. He learned to fly and earned his wings.

Subsequently, he joined the Army Air Corps but couldn’t get a slot in pilot training. He was offered a slot in an RAF training in Miami, Oklahoma, and earned his RAF pilot wings. Later, he went to American Pilot Training and earned his third set of wings.

If you look closely at the picture of Halvorsen, you can see the Civil Air Patrol wings under the Air Force pilot wings.

The rest is the historical story of the “Candy Bomber,” aka “Uncle Wiggly Wings,” Col. Gail S. Halvorsen, is that of an American hero. He will be tremendously missed by all.

Perry W. Polk, lieutenant colonel, Civil Air Patrol squadron commander, Travis Composite Squadron 22 Civil Air Patrol Fairfield

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oday I confront a situation I believe they died of loneliabout a fellow member ness and neglect. This family of the clergy whose wife will be in my prayers. Keep is under a hospital’s the medical personnel that care and is being prevented aren’t allowed to speak up for from being at her bedside as fear of losing their jobs, also she has been placed on a venin your prayers.” tilator due to Covid-19.

It is my position the hosWhat I understand is he pital has no medical reason wants to be in the room with Morris to restrict this husband from her, to hold her hand, give her A. Curry Jr. holding his wife’s hand as assurance and pray with her long as universal precautions as she is been treated by this are being used. This restriction is a machine. The family has appealed practice that is independent of CDC, to them for access and the hospior state and county protocol. tal has rejected their appeal, which So I rise to a call to arms: is not based on current CDC, state or There is no reason for the hospicounty protocols. It appears it is just tal to take this position, especially in an arbitrary hospital policy. the case of this pastor and his wife A text from a staff member said, who has given to this community and I quote: “Unfortunately, because of my position at (the hospital), I can’t their lives for more than 30 years. comment, but this sickens me. I don’t Therefore, I am calling the Church believe 900,000 people died of Covid, of Jesus Christ to arms not only in

prayer but to action. This organization can’t arbitrarily and capriciously make a mandate that is not backed up by specific medical protocol. If the staff of this hospital can wear protective clothing to guard them against infection, so can family members who need critical contact with their family members, such as the case for this family.

I’m calling on pastors, civic and political leaders, and I challenge you now to speak up and require that this pastor and his family have personal contact with their loved one now and put an end to this unnecessary mandate.

For a context, visit this Facebook post: https://www. facebook.com/1283288340/ posts/10220300376361224/?d=n.

The Rev. Morris A. Curry Jr. is a resident of Vacaville.

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Kyiv From Page One tional network that allows global banks to complete transactions and will effectively isolate major parts of the Russian financial system.

Just days ago, President Joe Biden said targeting Russian participation in SWIFT was “always an option” but not yet on the table.

Also on Saturday, the U.S. authorized an additional $350 million in military assistance to Ukraine. Some of it is earmarked for anti-armor and other munitions and equipment.

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the extra aid was “a sign of our unwavering support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.”

The move coincided with those by other nations to isolate Russia politically and economically as well as arm Ukraine’s military. Japan and Australia are among those that have imposed sanctions. On Saturday, Germany – widely mocked for an earlier offer to donate 5,000 helmets to Ukraine defenses – said it would send 1,000 anti-tank weapons, 500 Stinger surface-to-air missiles and 10,000 tons of fuel.

In addition on Saturday, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania said they would close their airspace to Russian airliners. In a tweet, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said, “there is no place for planes of the aggressor state in democratic skies.”

But the threat of a Russian takeover of Ukraine remained as Putin, who has long sought to expand Russian territory and influence over former U.S.S.R. territories, has refused to relent.

Russia, which claimed to have paused operations Friday while awaiting possible negotiations with Ukraine, said Saturday it had resumed them. Fears have caused Ukrainians to flee, with 120,000 refugees making it to Poland in the last days, according to the United Nations.

“This may go up, it’s changing every minute,” said Shabia Mantoo, the spokeswoman of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. “It’s very fluid and changing by the hour.” The agency said up to 4 million people could flee Ukraine to neighboring nations.

In Kyiv, the capital of nearly 3 million people in the country of 44 million people that’s nearly the size of Texas, sirens continued to blare overnight as residents awaited another day of war.

Saturday began as a beautiful, sunny day, the sort that would normally bring out crowds in force to enjoy Kyiv’s many sights.

Gatherings in front of gas stations, pharmacies and supermarkets became more sparse as the day wore on, and nighttime brought a deeper-hued darkness. The occasional car still zoomed past traffic lights; but now those lights flashed only yellow, an acknowledgment by the Kyiv municipality that no one had time to wait on red.

Around 8 p.m. came what was now the expected siren call, its rise-and-fall an ominous change to a city which only a few days ago simmered with pedestrians and cars until the late hours.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko imposed a strict citywide curfew that would extend from 5 p.m. local time until 8 a.m. Monday morning.

Klitschko said he was taking the step to counter the efforts of Russian infiltrators suspected to be already in the city.

“We remind you that all civilians who will be on the street during the curfew will be considered as members of the enemy’s sabotage and reconnaissance groups,” the order stated.

Between Friday and Saturday, Ukrainian forces deliberately destroyed some of Kyiv’s many bridges as a defensive tactic aimed at slowing down the incoming forces. Those that remain standing are carefully guarded, like the Perchesky Bridge, where nervous but dourfaced soldiers popped trunks open and questioned motorists.

On Lobanovsky Avenue, the war’s impact was starkly evident where a shell had slammed into an apartment block about 8 a.m. Saturday, obliterating a chunk of the building between the 16th and 21st floors and wounding six people, a spokeswoman for the Ukrainian Rescuers agency said. Glass, hunks of cement and personal belongings from the destroyed units carpeted the boulevard below.

About 80 people were evacuated from the tower, which also houses a travel agency, a sushi restaurant and a gym. The exploded round turned a 16th-floor apartment into a smoke-filled maw of distressed masonry and rebar; on the 18th floor, a wall dangled and swung gently in the wind like a cement curtain.

It was the latest in the tally of civilian targets hit

by Russian forces, despite Moscow’s insistence that its troops have aimed their massive firepower only at military installations.

“I don’t sleep these days, so I was awake beside my wife – she’s nine months pregnant – and reading the news when I heard this huge bang and the building shook,” said Eugene Limar, a 31-yearold programmer who lived on the 22nd floor. He was rushing down the stairs with two suitcases in hand, barely pausing a moment to speak to a reporter.

“I just dumped everything in these bags and we’re leaving,” he said.

Moments after he spoke, a fusillade of shots rang out in the distance, causing passersby to scurry for cover. A black column of smoke rose a small distance away to the north.

Days into their largescale assault by air, land and sea, Russian forces were apparently trying to encircle Kyiv in a campaign to depose Zelensky’s democratically elected government and install a pliant regime.

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office, but yes, you can run for office.”

The idea of village and community was discussed.

Johnson spoke on how moving forward means families being together to help make that a village.

“We need to raise children to understand that

they need to act right and lead the way forward, because the next generation is coming on their backs,” Johnson said.

A lot of times families will fall apart when Big Mama dies, Dickson said.

“We don’t have to energize the next generation,” Session said.

“People can do that themselves.”

Matthew said family is important and everyone needs to be there for each other.

History is playing a big part in how the future of Black communities moves forward.

Session spoke on intersectionality, which is the interconnected nature of social categorizations such as race, class and gender as they apply to a given individual or group, regarded as creating overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage.

People historically

have been grouped and thought of in a certain way. Session said that is causing a lot of issues.

“We need people to realize that not all Black women are the same, that we are all individuals,” she said.

Session also spoke on desegregation and that just because laws were put in place, that did not mean the culture changed.

“We have to have equity to have equality,” she said. “They say we are treated the same but the laws don’t represent that.”

Dickson said desegregation removed the sense of village from people.

“We need to be more open about reaching back and pulling people up,” she said.

Johnson said at the core is the need for church and family.

“We need to get back to our roots,” she said.

initiated a construction project to reduce the excess emission, but the engineering fix did not solve the problem, according to the air district press release.

While the project significantly reduced emissions, according to the air district’s release, it did not eliminate them. Faced with a public hearing in front of the independent hearing board, Valero agreed to the air district’s demands to stop the remaining emissions.

The air district filed with the hearing board for an abatement order that will legally bind Valero to the terms of the agreement. The air district also required Valero to pay a monetary penalty commensurate with the seriousness of the violation. In addition to the abatement order, the air district said it was in discussions with the EPA to determine if federal laws

were violated.

A public hearing was held Thursday night. Valero will now go before the hearing board of the air district via Zoom at 9:30 a.m.

March 15. The public will be able to observe the hearing through the webcast at the link https://bayareametro. zoom.us/j/88980571855 (webinar ID: 889 8057 1855). The public may also participate remotely via photon 669-900-6833 or 408-638-0968. Interested members of the public will also be allowed an opportunity to testify in these matters.

“The city of Benicia takes the air quality and the health of our citizens very seriously. We are deeply troubled to learn of Valero’s 2019 actions that led to this order,” Benicia Mayor Steve Young said in January. in a city press release “(The Bay Area Air Quality

Management District’s) announcement makes clear that not adhering to air district regulations will not be tolerated.

We are most appreciative of the staff of (the air district) that performed the inspection and have worked these past years to fight for public safety and good air quality. I am hopeful that from this stipulated order, agreed to by both (the air district) and Valero, positive reforms and investments can be made to better secure our public health.”

The city press release in January also stated that Benicia continues to work on its own accord with air district to install a community air monitoring station on city-owned property.

Supervisor Erin Hannigan and Suisun City Mayor Lori Wilson represent Solano County on the air district’s board of directors.

$160,000 for a consultant’s time and to conduct an outreach campaign that would include “two informational mailings and provide electronic outreach to all registered voters in the county.”

The consultant, TBWBH Props and Measures, is already under contract to assist the county with the preparation of the ballot measure. That contract is for $75,000 and goes through June. The firm would receive an additional $75,000 under the new terms.

That brings the total cost to $235,000.

The board meets at 9 a.m. in the first-floor chamber of the government building, 675 Texas St., in Fairfield.

Also on the agenda is

consideration of a oneyear, $292,004 contract with Bill Emlen as the new county administrator, starting March 27.

The contract includes a prorated salary for the end of the current fiscal year. He is replacing Birgitta Corsello, whose contract expires at the end of April, but her last day has been reported to be March 26.

Additionally, the board will consider a noise ordinance addressing the hours of 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., and will consider approval of the MultiJurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan.

The supervisors will receive a presentation from Alliance for HOPE International on the county Family Justice Center, including con-

sideration of a proposed structure change and transition plan. The plan would include a concept for the management and administration of personnel, fiscal duties and day-to-day operations of certain budget matters.

It would include discussions with the affected labor unions.

In connection with that, the board will consider a $10,000 contract amendment with Alliance, for a total of $55,845; plus consideration of a $30,000 contract to provide strategic planning for the center.

Finally, the board’s Ad Hoc Equity subcommittee will provide an update on its work and seek further direction from the board.

7:05 a.m. — Vehicle burglary, 2800 block of MANKAS BOULEVARD 7:09 a.m. — Vandalism, 2400 block of LIGHTHOUSE COURT 7:21 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 700 block of TIMBERLINE PLACE 8:06 a.m. — Forgery, 700 block of CHICKASAW COURT 8:13 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 400 block of SAN MARCO STREET 9:41 a.m. — Forgery, 700 block of MARYLAND STREET 10:45 a.m. — Reckless driver, WESTBOUND AIR BASE PARKWAY 1:01 p.m. — Drunken driver, 2000 block of WALTERS ROAD 1:38 p.m. — Grand theft, 1900 block of WALTERS COURT 2:26 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 2900 block of MARKELEY LANE 2:50 p.m. — Vandalism, 400 block of COTTONWOOD DRIVE 3:23 p.m. — Trespassing, 1300 block of WEST TEXAS STREET 3:52 p.m. — Forgery, 2700 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 4:38 p.m. — Reckless driver, 2900 block of GULF DRIVE 4:52 p.m. — Trespassing, 1900 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 4:52 p.m. — Trespassing, 1900 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 6:42 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 1200 block

of TAFT STREET 7:47 p.m. — Battery, SAN ANGELO STREET 10:05 p.m. — Trespassing, 3300 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 10:44 p.m. — Residential burglary, 2100 block of LARCHMONT CIRCLE 10:47 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 800 block of FIRST STREET

From Page One “Figuring out how to move forward is an economic struggle but also a struggle with perceptions,” Richardson said. “We have a Black woman as vice president, and others in positions that they weren’t able to be in before, but this is 2022. These are things that should have already happened.”

Richardson talked about being asked to be on an all-white committee board but turned them down because she wondered why there was not more diversity on the board.

“It is about holding people accountable,” she said.

“We need to get more women into office,” Dickson said. “People think they can’t run for

Valero From Page One Jack Broadbent, chief executive for the air district, in the press release from January. “Valero did not report or control the emissions from this source as required by air district regulations, state and federal law, so we are requesting approval of an abatement order to provide transparency as we seek to hold Valero accountable for its actions. Violators are now on notice that ongoing air quality violations will be brought to light in a public forum in front of the air district’s hearing board or state court.”

The air district’s initial Notice of Violation required Valero to come into compliance with its regulations at its Benicia facility, and as expeditiously as possible.

The facility immediately

Ballot From Page One However, it is a general tax and can be used for whatever the board chooses. By going with the general tax, the county only needs a simple majority to pass the measure.

The staff report states, “this measure would generate funds which can be used on a variety of public services including, but not limited to increased resources for rural fire protection and prevention, and prevention of wildfire spread from rural areas to developed communities.”

The board also will consider approving

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A’Lena Session, a UC Davis student, represents the youth of Solano County at the Future of the Black C ommuni t y Forum a t the Suisun City Library, Saturday.

Crime logs Fairfield THURSDAY, FEB. 24 2:50 a.m. — Grand theft, JELLY BELLY LANE 7:26 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 1500 block of KANSAS STREET 9:56 a.m. — Reckless driver, CLAY BANK ROAD 10:22 a.m. — Forgery, 2000 block of DIAMOND WAY 10:49 a.m. — Battery, 2600 block of DERONDE DRIVE 11:33 a.m. — Reckless driver, CLAY BANK ROAD 12:27 p.m. — Trespassing, 4300 block of CENTRAL PLACE 12:42 p.m. — Residential burglary, 500 block of PACIFIC AVENUE 12:54 p.m. — Grand theft, 3900 block of BUSINESS CENTER DRIVE 1:55 p.m. — Forgery, 300 block of CHADBOURNE ROAD 2:08 p.m. — Vehicle theft, 2100 block of ALLSTON PLACE 2:45 p.m. — Trespassing, 1400 block of GATEWAY BOULEVARD 4:22 p.m. — Trespassing, 3300 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 5:09 p.m. — Grand theft, 2400

block of BEAUFORT DRIVE 5:33 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 1000 block of WOOD HOLLOW CIRCLE 6:01 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 1800 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 6:38 p.m. — Trespassing, 3300 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 6:56 p.m. — Embezzlement, 500 block of PARKER ROAD 7:30 p.m. — Drunken driver, 2500 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 7:43 p.m. — Reckless driver, PEABODY ROAD 7:54 p.m. — Forgery, 200 block of LAWRENCE COURT 8:31 p.m. — Vehicle theft, 2900 block of AUTO MALL PARKWAY 8:32 p.m. — Trespassing, 3300 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 10:16 p.m. — Vehicle theft, 1600 block of PARK LANE

FRIDAY, FEB. 25 12:50 a.m. — Fight with a weapon, 1100 block of SECOND STREET 4:59 a.m. — Trespassing, 1800 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 6:16 a.m. — Trespassing, 1800 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET

Suisun City THURSDAY, FEB. 24 7:26 a.m. — Reckless driver, HIGHWAY 12 / WALTERS ROAD 11:31 a.m. — Hit-and-run no injury, CORDELIA ROAD 12:14 p.m. — Fraud, 1500 block of BELLA VISTA DRIVE 4 p.m. — Fraud, 600 block of KLAMATH DRIVE 6:57 p.m. — Reckless driver, HIGHWAY 12 / SUNSET AVENUE 10:32 p.m. — Reckless driver, RAILROAD AVENUE / BIRCHWOOD COURT

FRIDAY, FEB. 25 11:03 a.m. — Fraud, 1300 block of WORLEY ROAD 5:23 p.m. — Grand theft, 1100 block of PHEASANT DRIVE

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Eastern European countries welcome initial refugees from Ukraine invasion Tribune Content Agency BERLIN — Some 115,000 people seeking refuge from Russia’s war on Ukraine have reached Poland, the government said on Saturday, as countries in eastern Europe prepared to welcome people fleeing Moscow’s attacks.

In Poland, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine entered the third day, many border guards volunteered to help Wojtek Radwanski/AFP/Getty Images/TNS colleagues process the people arriving by Helena from Lviv is seen at the Medyka pedestrian checking their pass- border crossing, in eastern Poland, Saturday, following ports, Poland’s deputy the Russian invasion of Ukraine. interior minister Pawel Szefernaker said ugees from its neighbour, and children, due to at a border crossing with many individuals, the lack of informain Dorohusk. companies and local gov- tion and traffic problems Large crowds on ernments also offering to at the Ukrainian-Polish the Ukrainian side of take people in. border, CD said. the border meant those One woman described The Polish railway fleeing were having to company PKP said Ukrai- lengthy queues. “My wait for longer, he said, is already nian citizens could travel daughter adding that some people free of charge on all trains standing at the border were were trying to enter except for the intercity for the second day the country illegally. premium connections, if without being able to Officials in Ukraine were struggling to process they show their passports. get through to Poland.”

In the Czech Republic, Another described the the refugees on their side the first train bringing ref- situation as a “humanitarof the border as Russia’s ugees reached Bohumin ian disaster.” attacks had impacted On the outward their IT systems, Szefer- railway station in the naker said in comments to east of the country, state journey from the Czech railway company Ceske Republic, the trains were broadcaster TVP. bringing relief supplies Poland can process up Drahy (CD) said.

The train had rela- and Red Cross staff. to 50,000 refugees from The Interior MinUkraine at the border tively few passengers every day, he said. The on board, with just istry in Prague also country is welcoming ref- over a dozen women said it had received

Militias From Page A10 a civilian defense force seized a Russian armored vehicle and interrogated the soldier in it, according to social media videos verified by The Washington Post.

At the Kharkiv headquarters, a man in camouflage and armed with an assault rifle, tried to organize the growing crowd of volunteers. He asked those with military service experience to get in line on the right and everyone else to line up on the left. He said he worked in an office until the start of the Russian invasion.

“I just want to offer free hands,” one woman told him. “I can mop the floors.”

He told her to line up on the left.

Men and women with military experience were ushered inside one group at a time. Many brought their own firearms with them.

People edged around each other in the hallway. Some carried water or cartons of food while others carted in boxes of ammunition.

One group of men filed into the bed of a construction truck. The line of those waiting to sign up outside started cheering and wished them luck.

“They’re off to the front,” said Boris Redin, a pro-democracy activist who uses a blue-and-yel-

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low tent on Kharkiv’s main square as his headquarters.

“Everything that Russia always threatened us with is now happening,” he said. “Now we’re simply forced to fight back and defend ourselves.

But we’ll do it with fun and pleasure.”

In the western city of Lviv - just 55 miles from

the border with Poland and considered one of the safest areas in the country because of its distance from Russia - Oleksii Palyhi, a lanky 22-year-old with a heart tattooed on his cheekbone, had never imagined himself having anything to do with the military. His experience with weapons was taking potshots at bottles with an

some 1,000 offers of free accommodation for refugees from Ukraine, in a show of solidarity. Many people feel reminded of the Warsaw Pact countries’ invasion of the then Czechoslovakia in August 1968.

Bulgaria likewise welcomed a group of Ukrainians of Bulgarian origin and Bulgarian citizens who were brought to the country by bus from Odessa, Bulgarian state radio reported.

Bulgaria has agreed to take in ethnic Bulgarians from Ukraine. The Bulgarian minority in Ukraine is estimated at 250,000 to 500,000 people, according to the Academy of Sciences in Sofia.

Meanwhile a singledigit number of people from Ukraine have reached Germany from Poland since Friday, a spokesperson for the Federal Police in Pirna said.

In the state of Brandenburg which surrounds Berlin, the initial reception centre in Eisenhüttenstadt took in six refugees by midday.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the premiers of the federal states had discussed the possible admission of refugees on Friday.

air rifle. After he dropped out of his university physics and astronomy course, a lung condition exempted him compulsory conscription.

“I was trying to avoid it,” he said. But now things are different.

“We need to defend our motherland,” he said.

Nearby, 70-year-old Orest Gaworsky, had gath-

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Germany makes historic shift on weapons policy to ship Ukraine arms BERLIN — Germany upended years of policy and agreed to supply Kyiv with weapons and consider ways to shut out Russia from the SWIFT financial messaging system, signaling the depth of outrage in Berlin at Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz, facing his first international crisis as Germany’s leader, signed off on providing Ukraine with 500 Stinger surface-to-air missiles and 1,000 anti-tank weapons from German stockpiles.

His decision sets aside traditional German restraint on arms exports to war zones, a policy rooted in the country’s legacy of World War II aggression.

“Russia’s invasion of Ukraine marks a turning point,” Scholz said in a statement announcing the decision. “It threatens our entire postwar order. In this situation, it is our duty to do our best to help Ukraine defend itself against Vladimir Putin’s invading army.”

Scholz’s move, coupled with an escalation of rhetoric against Putin,

came shortly after the government said it’s supplying 400 German-made rocket propelled grenades to Ukraine via the Netherlands, along with 14 armored personnel carriers, 10,000 tons of fuel via Poland and nine howitzers from the former East German army positioned in Estonia.

Amid intense transAtlantic diplomacy to marshal a united U.S.European response ahead of Russia’s invasion, Germany is shifting ground after facing derision for initially declining to send lethal military aid to Ukraine and offering 5,000 helmets instead.

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda, who held talks with Scholz in Berlin earlier Saturday, praised Germany’s new stance.

Scholz, a Social Democrat who took office in December, aligned with his Green coalition partners, who hold the foreign ministry in Berlin.

“After the shameless attack by Russia, Ukraine must be able to defend itself,” Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck said in a separate statement.

ered a group, writing down their names and phone numbers to submit.

He was happy with his new comrades.

“There are no losers here,” he said of the crowd. In 2015, he served as a civil volunteer in the eastern Ukrainian Donbas region, where the Ukrainian military has been engaged

in an eight-year conflict with Russian-backed separatists. Gaworsky’s vehicle was hit in an explosion there.

“I’m too old to run with a gun,” he said. “But I can sit and shoot.”

“We will shoot, we will make molotov cocktails, we will do everything,” he added. “We’ll fight them with pitchforks!”

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This week THINGS TO DO I Fairfield 4 p.m. Sunday Eddie Davis and Friends Three Restaurant, 721 Texas St. www. threefoodbeerwine.com.

5 p.m. Friday R&B act to be announced

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

I Suisun City 8 p.m. Saturday Femme Fatal: Ladies Take Over

Marina Lounge, 700 Main St. www.marinalounge suisun.com.

I Vacaville 8 p.m. Thursday Dueling Pianos

Makse, 555 Main St. dueling pianovacaville.com/events.

6 p.m. Friday School of Rock 2nd Anniversary Concert with Object Heavy, Class Cactus and Last Band Standing Journey Downtown, 308 Main St. www. journeycoffeeco.com.

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Alina Adams organizes “Bach in the Subway,” a global event where musicians perform Bach’s music in public places on the composer’s birthday.

Vacaville music teacher plans

7 p.m. Friday “Come Together: The Beatles Concert Experience”

‘Bach at Nut Tree’

Vacaville Performing Arts Theatre, 1010 Ulatis Drive. https://vpat.net.

9 p.m. Friday Dueling Pianos

Makse, 555 Main St. dueling pianovacaville.com/events.

2 and 7 p.m. Saturday Bliss Dance Company’s 18th Annual Showcase: “Balance” Vacaville Performing Arts Theatre, 1010 Ulatis Drive. https://vpat.net.

9 p.m. Saturday Dueling Pianos

Makse, 555 Main St. dueling pianovacaville.com/events.

I Benicia 2 p.m. Sunday Foxcatchers

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

6 p.m. Thursday Bray

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

4:30 p.m. Friday Glenn Snyder

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

8:30 p.m. Friday Crossman Connection The Rellik, 726 First St. www.therelliktavern.com.

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VACAVILLE — A Vacaville woman will continue her part in the global music celebration of “Bach in the Subways.”

Alina Adams, who teaches violin, piano and voice at her music studio, has since 2019 participated in the free public music experience that was started in New York City by cellist Dale Henderson in 2011.

Now it is experienced around the globe, including at The Nut Tree Plaza, near the Jelly Belly store and the closest thing to a Solano subway, the Nut Tree Train & Carousel Ride.

“My students perform with me as well,” said Adams, a professional violinist and owner of Alina’s Music Studio located at

706 W. Monte Vista Ave. The Ukrainian-born Adams played in symphonies and with a traveling group in her homeland.

Like the “Bach in the Subways” founder, Adams believes it is important to expose the public to the classical arts, and Johann Sebastian Bach is certainly among her favorite composers.

The event is traditionally held on Bach’s birthday, March 21, 1685, under the old-style dates, and listed as March 31 in the new-style dates. This year marks his 337th birthday.

He died July 28, 1750, at the age of 65.

Adams has scheduled the local event at 2:30 p.m. March 26.

Bach was born in Eisenach, Germany, working during the Baroque period (1600 to 1750) of western classical music,

Arts group seeks artists to launch Spring Forward Art & Demo Days Daily Republic Staff

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acrylic, oil, watercolor paintings, black and white and color photography, mixed media artwork, jewelry and items created with fused glass.

The public is invited to participate in several interactive art demonstrations for Demo Days. Each demonstration can be up to one-hour long and may occur one or both days of the event. Artists will charge a small fee for the interactive demonstrations to cover their costs.

Demo participants can either create art on canvas using small pebbles and

sticks, learn how to create digital art on their iPad using Procreator (Apple charges a fee to download Procreator), or create greeting cards.

Spring Forward Art & Demo Days take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

March 12-13 at the Village 360, 4949 Suisun Valley Road. Food will be available to order from the Landing Restaurant and wine will be available from BackRoads Vines Winery.

For more information or to register, visit www.fsvaa. art/fsvaa-art-festivals or call Dennis Ariza at 707-688-8889.

7:30 p.m. Saturday Art Rock with Zoltar and King Nexus

FAIRFIELD — The Fairfield-Suisun City Visual Arts Association is looking for artists to participate in the inaugural Spring Forward Art & Demo Days.

Artists will have the opportunity to display and sell their artwork. All booths will be located inside the conference rooms at the Village 360.

Artists will be permitted to share a booth due to limited space. There is a maximum of two artists per booth.

Artists will be displaying

8 p.m. Saturday Tommy Castro and The Painkillers

Dinklage earns your love in ‘Cyrano’

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

8:30 p.m. Saturday Strange Brew

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

I Vallejo 1 p.m. Saturday Hey Jude

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

composing more than 1,000 pieces including, famously, concertos, suites, recitatives, the opera-styled da capo arias and four-part choral music.

Perhaps his most famous compositions are the “Brandenburg Concertos,” a collection of six instrumental pieces, as well as “The Well-Tempered Clavier” keyboard works, and “Toccata and Fugue in D Minor,” a dark composition which is featured in Disney’s “Fantasia,” and in the 1962 film version of “The Phantom of the Opera.”

He also had famous pieces specifically for the cello, for the violin, for the flute, and of course, his choral masterpieces such as “B Minor Mass.”

The Nut Tree Plaza is located at 1661 E. Monte Vista Ave.

Bay Area Stage Theatre, 551 Broadway St., Studio H. www.bayareastage.org.

Empress Theatre, 330 Virginia St. https:// empresstheatre.org.

11:30 a.m. Sunday Sunday Brunch with Suspects of Soul Empress Theatre, 330 Virginia St. https:// empresstheatre.org.

5 p.m. Sunday BAS Junior Presents “Help Us, Mr. Holmes”

Bay Area Stage Theatre, 551 Broadway St., Studio H. www.bayareastage.org.

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ince “Cyrano de Bergerac” has always been about the superficial nature of appearances, there’s something fitting about the exterior renovations that have given rise to Joe Wright’s sweet, earnest and sometimes enchanting new “Cyrano.” For starters, the movie is a full-blown musical:

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Review ‘Cyrano’ Rated PG-13 124 minutes

HHH (OUT OF FOUR) Its roots lie not only in Edmond Rostand’s 1897 play of romantic misdirection but also in a stage show that was

written and directed by Erica Schmidt (who adapted the screenplay herself) and features songs and score by members of the National. And Peter Dinklage, who starred in that musical’s 2019 off-Broadway production, superbly reprises his role here, giving us a Cyrano who is widely mocked not for an oversized proboscis but See Cyrano, Page B3

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FAIRFIELD — The Fairfield-Suisun City Visual Arts Association invites the community to the 6th Annual FSVAA High School Student Art Show, which opens Wednesday.

The show features artwork from students at various high schools in Solano County.

Categories include Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Pastel/Drawing, Sculpture/Assemblage, Ceramic Vessel, Mixed Media/Collage, Color Photography, B&W Photography, Computer Art/Digital Art, Fiber Art/Textile, Printmaking, Jewelry, and Video/Other.

Awards will be given for first, second and third places as well as honorable mention at the jurors’ discretion. A separate award will be given for the President’s Award that will include a free one year membership in the Fairfield-Suisun City Visual Arts Association.

Gallery hours are Wednesday through Sunday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Wednesday through Sunday.

The show runs through March 26 at the Solano Town Center Gallery at 1350 Travis Blvd.

For more information, call Dennis Ariza, Solano Town Center Gallery director, at 707-688-8889.

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Benicia Library exhibits paintings of Moore BENICIA — The Benicia Public Library is displaying the paintings of Michael S. Moore through April 2.

An artist’s reception is scheduled from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday.

The display is located in the Marilyn Citron O’Rourke Art Gallery at the library, 150 E. L St. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday and noon to 6 p.m. Friday through Sunday.

The show was curated at Kathryn Weller Renfrow.

Call the library in advance at 707-746-4343 to confirm the reception remains on the calendar. For more information about Moore’s work, visit www. mikesmooreptgs.com.

Mayer shifts tour dates due to Covid Singer-songwriter John Mayer has contracted Covid-19 for a second time within two months, forcing him to reschedule four dates on his ongoing Sob Rock tour.

“Whelp. More members of the band tested positive for Covid today, and I was one of them,” the Grammy Award winner wrote Thursday on Instagram. “This means we have to reschedule the next four shows, which we’ve already rescheduled.”

The Sob Rock tour, which includes musician Alexander 23, had a stop scheduled for Friday in Pittsburgh, but that show has been rescheduled for May 5. Other affected performances have been rescheduled for May 7 in Belmont Park, New York, and May 9 and 10 in Boston.

The tour, initially meant to run through April, is expected to resume on March 11 in Las Vegas with “Same Drugs” and “Evergreen” singer Yebba as the opening act.

Mayer, 44, played two shows in New York City and one in Washington, D.C., earlier this week. On Monday, he adjusted his second New York show’s format after drummer Steve Ferrone and background vocalist Carlos Ricketts tested positive for the virus.

Mayer performed an acoustic set at Madison Square Garden and later said that the Roots drummer Questlove “stepped in on an hour’s notice to help end the show on such a powerful and definitive note.”

Drummer J.J. Johnson, formerly of the Tedeschi Trucks Band and who performs with Gary Clark Jr., helped out with the D.C. show on Wednesday.

Amanda Kloots tests positive for Covid “The Talk” co-host Amanda Kloots has tested positive for Covid.

Kloots, 39, will miss several episodes of the CBS daytime talk show while she quarantines.

“I am feeling completely normal now and feel very grateful for that,” she said Thursday in an Instagram post. “I am vaccinated and boosted which is very much putting me at ease.”

Kloots joined “The Talk” in January 2021. She sadly became one of the faces of pandemic suffering after her husband, Broadway star Nick Cordero, died from Covid in July 2020.

Cordero’s death convinced Kloots to get the vaccine, she said in February 2021 after receiving her first dose. She said Thursday that her current infection is the first time she’s tested positive in the entire pandemic.

Kloots said she tested negative prior to a recent trip to Mexico and then tested positive when she returned.

“This was (a) surprise this morning,” she wrote on Instagram. “I will hopefully be back to work soon.”

— Staff, wire reports

Cyrano From Page B1 rather for a diminutive physique. The insults flung his way may be different, but his sense of social rejection – and his fear that he isn’t fit to love – cuts just as deep.

Maybe it even cuts a little deeper. Nearly every screen actor who has taken on Cyrano de Bergerac – among them Jose Ferrer (an Oscar winner for his 1950 performance), Christopher Plummer, Gerard Depardieu, Kevin Kline and Steve Martin, if you count “Roxanne” (and why wouldn’t you?) – has donned a fake nose for the occasion, availing himself of prosthetic putty, special effects or some ingenious confection of both. Dinklage comes to the screen with no such enhancements and is all the more poignant for it: What we see onscreen is all him.

But it’s not just the lack of artificial adornment that makes his Cyrano feel like such an authentic, lived-in creation. It’s also the silver-tongued wit, the steel-trap mind, the sense that whatever this Cyrano may lack in physical stature he more than makes up for in intellectual acuity.

Put it another way: Whoever realized that Cyrano de Bergerac could be reconceived as a less frisky, more sober

Tyrion Lannister was clearly on to something.

“Cyrano,” sailing into theaters this week with a PG-13 rating, is decidedly not “Game of Thrones”; no White Walkers are in evidence (though Ben Mendelsohn’s scowling, heavily powdered Count de Guiche comes close), and apart from an early duel between Cyrano and a high-society sneerer (Joshua James), the bloodshed is kept to a tasteful minimum. But Cyrano has more in common with Tyrion than a few consonants and vowels. In both cases, the threat of pariahdom has forced a Dinklage character to become the smartest man in the room, deadly with a quip and deadlier still with a blade, as we see when Cyrano deftly fends off a nighttime ambush by one of his many powerful enemies.

In these moments, this “Cyrano” duly swashes and buckles, to diverting if somewhat perfunctory effect. It’s more enjoyable when it sings, spinning the busy, farcical romantic machinery of Rostand’s plot into an interconnected series of wistful pop arias. (The National’s Aaron and Bryce Dessner composed the music, while the band’s frontman, Matt Berninger, penned the lyrics with wife and frequent collaborator Carin Besser.) It makes sense that Roxanne, the muchcoveted object of Cyrano’s affections, is also the

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‘The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder’

back on Disney+ in 2022 with pop culture ‘references going fast and furious’ Tribune Content Agency CHICAGO — Don’t call “The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder” a reboot. According to South Side native and executive producer Ralph Farquhar it’s a revival. A revival that premiered on Disney+ on Wednesday.

“The Proud Family” animated series centers on Penny Proud, the eldest child of Oscar and Trudy Proud. Per Farquhar, the Proud series “is an irreverent look at Black family life through the eyes of a very current 14-year-old Black girl” – that life includes twin baby siblings BeBe and CeCe Proud; grandmother Suga Mama Proud, who is Oscar’s mother; uncle Bobby Proud; neighbors and friends. The show ran on the Disney Channel from 2001-2005, with “The Proud Family Movie” ending the series original run.

In “Louder and Prouder,” we pick up with the Proud family as puberty has settled among Penny and her friends – growth spurts and all.

Oscar is not coping with all the ramifications that growing up entails.

But Penny is doing her best with the help of her mother and grandmother, and pals Dijonay Jones, Zoey Howzer, LaCienega Boulevardez and Michael Collins. This season, Proud neighbors Maya and Francis “KG” Leibowitz-Jenkins add to the fun with their parents, Barry and Randall Leibowitz-Jenkins (voiced by Zachary Quinto and

Billy Porter, respectively).

“That was the big thing we wanted to focus on in this first season – the LGBTQ consciousness we’ve all achieved in the ensuing 20 years when we first premiered,” Farquhar said. “It was something quite frankly back then we weren’t encouraged to talk about.”

As a result, the Michael character got “a major overhaul and upgrade,” he said.

“We voiced it with an authentic voice, EJ Johnson. I know EJ from when he was a kid, so I knew he was this kid, and would bring him to life,” Farquhar said. “In character designs, you see how we brought that to life to acknowledge his existence and who he is in a matter of fact way and not like ‘this is a special episode about Mike being gay.’ Michael is Michael. I know EJ, it’s interesting to hear him talk about it. He’s said that he’s bringing a confidence to Michael that he lacked himself as a kid, and that he wished every kid would have, that’s what you’re getting with Michael.

He keeps it real, he’s self-assured.”

Fans of the show can expect to see Penny with a boyfriend named Kareem, played by Asante Blackk (“This Is Us”) and according to Farquhar, he plays the perfect boyfriend all the women want and embodies an impossible standard to live up to for the guys.

“We pride ourselves on having something for everyone,” Farqu-

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Haley Bennett, left, and Peter Dinklage in “Cyrano.” movie’s most adept singer: As played by a luminous Haley Bennett (who made her screen debut playing a pop star in 2007’s “Music and Lyrics”), she ascends an emotional tier whenever she croons a line as simple as “I’d give anything for someone to say/ That they can’t live without me and they’ll be there forever.”

Not just someone, of course. While Cyrano pines hopelessly for Roxanne, she locks eyes with Christian de Neuvillette (Kelvin Harrison Jr.), a handsome young soldier who more than satisfies her yearning for male beauty. But it will fall to the conflicted Cyrano to answer her deeper need for wit and poetry, ghostwriting Christian’s love letters with a florid eloquence that feels both selfless and self-indulgent. The men’s reluctant alliance reaches its usual climax beneath Roxanne’s balcony, where her voice and Cyrano’s – which she mistakes for

Christian’s – dovetail in a soaringly lovely duet. (It makes for much better woman-in-the-window cinema than Wright’s Netflix dud “The Woman in the Window.”) And before long, love leads to war, coming to a head in an elaborate battle sequence shot on the ashen slopes of Mount Etna, that very active Sicilian volcano. It’s a gratuitous flourish, perhaps, but also a suitably operatic one for this tale of grand passions explosively unleashed.

Wright has a penchant – sometimes a gift, sometimes a weakness – for such bold aesthetic flourishes.

“Pride & Prejudice,” his first and still finest movie, established a visual style of vibrant immediacy, with serpentine long takes and elaborate miseen-scene. His ornately stylized “Anna Karenina” threw formal caution (and realism) to the wind, not adapting so much as transfiguring Tolstoy’s

har said. “We have references going fast and furious from both ends. We have a Solange reference. The over 35 crowd is going to be like ‘what was that about?’ When Penny goes: ‘Who is Prince?’ That’s real too. So, it goes both ways. KG is voiced by A Boogie wit da Hoodie (artist Julius Dubose). I defy one parent who knows who the heck that is? I don’t know either, but I got a lot of young writers and artists and directors who do know.”

It’s taken over 15 years, but the Proud family is back and that’s due to Farquhar and co-executive producer Bruce Smith’s persistence with pitching the revival to executives in Hollywood.

“Bruce and I always thought, we should still be on the air,” Farquhar said. “It was a couple of things that made us persist. When we first did the show, social media wasn’t what it is today. I’ve done a lot of live action shows that are very popular hit shows but this one is where I get a lot of comments from people. To be quite honest, it was a lot adults, I’m talking about grown people with no kids, saying ‘I love that show.’

In the ensuing years, Bruce and I often talked about we expected some other show to be made to occupy the space the Proud family did and it didn’t happen. That told us there’s still room for the show, a need for the show . . . and no one’s providing that.

That’s why we kept coming back.”

classic with a sweeping display of Brechtian artifice. The experiments don’t always come off – “Atonement,” while dazzling, exuded more trickery than truth – but there’s something energizing about the director’s efforts to rattle the prestige-cinema foundations.

“Cyrano,” already drawn from Schmidt’s refurbished source material, seems less beholden to a rigid formal scheme than some of Wright’s earlier adaptations. For all the curtains-and-chandeliers sumptuousness of Sarah Greenwood’s production design and the unfussy elegance of Massimo Cantini Parrini and Jacqueline Durran’s Oscar-nominated costumes, the movie – shot

by Wright’s regular cinematographer, Seamus McGarvey – feels loose and light on its feet.

Part of that stems from its many outdoor setpieces (itself a result of a mid-pandemic shooting schedule), including a charming seaside dance sequence in which Christian’s fellow soldiers bear him gracefully aloft.

But it also has something to do with the indeterminate historical and geographical setting. While “Cyrano de Bergerac” is usually set in 17th century Paris, this one was mostly shot in the Sicilian town of Noto, whose limestone walls and Baroque architecture stand in for an unspecified European city of old.

That vagueness leaches some cultural specificity from Wright’s conception, though the idea seems to be to usher this “Cyrano” into a realm of universal, untethered feeling, where the common currency and language are, respectively, love and music.

(Here it may be worth noting that Dinklage and Schmidt are married, and Bennett and Wright are partners; along with Berninger and Besser, think of these as romantic behind-the-scenes footnotes to a movie that wears its romanticism unabashedly on its sleeve.)

“Cyrano” slips in and out of that realm fitfully; it’s not always the most graceful retelling of this oft-told tale, and its ardent defense of love for love’s sake can feel paper-thin one moment and swooningly sincere the next.

What gives the movie its sustaining pulse is Dinklage. Singing may not be this actor’s obvious forte (his ‘90s punk-band days aside), which might seem like a fatal setback for a character defined by his masterly self-expression.

But even when Dinklage’s vocals wobble, his soulful baritone and melancholy delivery carry the day.

His expressions alone bring out the deep, aching vulnerability in this Cyrano, whose anguished feelings for Roxanne register with almost palpable force. “‘Cause every time I see you,” he sings, “I am overcome” – and so, in these moments, are we.

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Lent a spring cleaning of spiritual household mix up the soil, feed it well and prepare it for new growth and new life. hese are the words The path to a “springused in many cleaned” house or a churches that “spring-cleaned” spirit celebrate Ash Wednesis different for everyone. day later this week. Ash Some people start Wednesday ushers in with one room and then the season of Lent. Lent, move on to the next. in Old English, means Some take apart the spring or springtime – whole house and begin the lengthening of days. it back together Karen Stetins putting Spring is a hopeful time, one corner at a time. In Religious view full of new flowers, Lent, some people of warmer weather, the faith start with one spot promise of growth. to clean – perhaps it is looking My question is often, “How at our diet and thinking maybe did we go from the hopefulness it would be good to form a new, of spring to the dour season of healthy eating habit for these Lent (the church’s version)?”

40 days. Perhaps we look at Well, I guess it is like this – our attitude toward others and when we get ready for spring, spend these 40 days expresswe get down and dirty in the ing extra kindness and love. For soil, removing all the debris, some, it may be a quiet inward the old, dead roots, etc. before planting new things. Like house look at our worldview, our life, cleaning, it sometimes has to get our relationships, etc.

That takes quiet introspecmuch messier before it appears tion and prayer. We take time to cleaner and more organized turn it around – whatever “it” is (at least that is how it works for for us. Whatever is not healthy, me). So maybe instead of dour, not helpful, not connecting us in gloomy feelings, we should be inspired to “clean up” our spiri- a loving way to God’s people – tual household. Get rid of all the we give it up, we attempt to turn dead roots, leaves and plants, it around – we attempt to “Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.”

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prepare ourselves for spring – longer days with more sunshine and more opportunities.

For some, it is important that we take time to remember who we are, where we have been and where we are going.

It may be helpful to look at all that God, in and through Jesus, has done for us – including willingly going to the cross for our sake. The opportunity to walk with Jesus during the end of his ministry on Earth presents just that experience. The scripture readings, images, songs and prayers during this time in many churches (including St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America)

help us remember just how blessed we are by a God who loves us so much that God, who created all things, became flesh and lived among us – and walk to Calvary for us.

The images are not easy to see. The scripture readings are not easy to hear. Yet, they help us remember we are loved more than any one of us could ever believe or imagine.

These images and words bring to mind a horrendous act of violence and an unimaginable act of love. Will seeing these images again help us feel more compassion for the victims of violence in our community and world? Will these images help us remember the person living

on the street corner near our home is a child of God loved beyond their or our greatest imagination? Will the ashes on our foreheads, the words of Jesus and images inspired by them move us to treat those we see as the “least of these” like a child of God worthy of dignity, respect and love?

I pray it will – for you and for me. I pray this Lenten season brings us all to a place of gratitude for all we are given and for all God has done, is doing and will do. I pray it will lead us to acts of love and kindness toward everyone. When that happens – we will know spring has sprung and God’s kingdom is at hand.

Everyone is invited to join the people of St. Mark’s this season of Lent in person at 9:30 a.m. Sunday mornings, livestreaming (link on our webpage, stmarksfairfield.org) and for devotions, the Way of the Cross and so much more.

May this Lent/spring bring new life to you and yours.

The Rev. Karen Stetins is senior pastor at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Fairfield. She can be reached at pastorkaren@ stmarksfairfield.org.

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photo. Always pack a microfiber cloth to clean your lenses.

s a travel journalist, I take hundreds of pictures per day. The most striking ones aren’t simply of beautiful people in beautiful places. They’re the ones that capture travelers reveling in their journeys, that reveal how a destination’s people live, and that convey the soul of a place. My goal is to document my fleeting experiences in a way that brings them to life for those who aren’t with me. And, yes, I admit it, I don’t mind getting a bunch of likes on Instagram, too.

Sometimes you’ll get lucky and take a great shot without much thought or preparation.

However, most five-star pics require a basic understanding of the fundamentals of photography and a little work. You don’t need to buy any fancy equipment; the camera on your phone will do the trick, though a DSLR or mirrorless camera will give you more flexibility and options. If you follow these tips, you’ll come home with pictures that will wow, whether you’re putting them up on the fridge or posting them online.

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Let your phone help you look like a pro Become familiar with your phone’s self-timer function, so you won’t need assistance to take a picture of yourself. A next-level option is the Apple Watch’s Camera Remote app, which pairs with your iPhone so you can see through your camera’s viewfinder on your watch’s screen and set a timer there.

Turn on your phone’s camera grid, which divides your screen into nine equal parts using two equally spaced vertical lines and two equally spaced horizontal lines. This serves as a visual reminder of the rule of thirds, where key compositional elements are placed along the lines or at their intersections to create visually pleasing photos.

Check your gear Before you head out, make sure your battery is fully charged. If you have a camera, bring an extra battery; if you’re using your phone, consider investing in a portable charger.

If your camera has an interchangeable lens, bring several lenses of varying focal lengths: macro, wide angle and tele-

Ideally, you want the sun at your back or just off to your side when you take a picture, so it illuminates your subject. Don’t shoot your subject in front of the sun or other bright light source; this will cause backlighting, which will create a dark mess of shadows.

The best light of the day is during its golden hours: roughly the hour following sunrise and the hour before sunset. This gentle, ample light will lend your pictures the richest, most vibrant colors. To harness its potential can mean getting up early or delaying your dinner plans, but your pictures will pop.

Although the middle of the day might seem like a great time to shoot because there’s so much light, that’s not necessarily true. The light is harsh, which isn’t always flattering to subjects, and it creates strong shadows. That doesn’t mean you can’t get wonderful photos at midday. “When the sun casts shadows, it creates beautiful patterns on things that can be very striking,” says professional travel photographer Lola Akinmade Akerstrom. “It can also create a natural spotlight. Wait for someone to walk into that light, then you take your shot.”

Remember the fundamentals

Google and Instagram before they go, so they can push themselves to get different images.

Make famous landmarks accessories “Some of the most compelling photos of landmarks are when they are in the background and you’re capturing how life moves around it,” Akerstrom says. For example, if you want a striking image of the Eiffel Tower, go to a cafe where you can see it in the background. Focus your photo on the action at the cafe, such as a server handing someone a cocktail or a diner sipping an espresso, while keeping the Eiffel Tower in the back as a supporting cast member in this miniature drama.

Don’t forget the people

The sun rises in Sooke, on British Columbia’s Vancouver Island, in August 2018. of a landmark, don’t put them in a straight line. Stagger them instead. Put a single subject to the left or right of your frame.”

Watch your background

A photograph has the potential for great color, light, composition and what photographers call a “decisive moment,” which takes the action from meh to meaningful. “You don’t have to have all four, but you must have at least two,” says Nevada Wier, a professional travel photographer. “So, if there’s a great sunset, there still has to be something else to make it unique. And if there’s something with great color, you still have to compose the image impeccably.”

Amateur photographers often fixate on the person they are shooting, while completely forgetting about what’s going on behind the subject. Unfortunately, a messy background makes for a messy photo. “Eliminate everything that doesn’t matter in the image, and pay attention to composing what does matter,” says Wier, emphasizing that this might mean moving your subject, moving yourself or moving something distracting that is within the frame of the shot.

Get out of the middle

Get different perspectives

“There is a near-universal tendency to center a subject in the middle of the frame,” says professional travel photographer and journalist Christopher Baker, who suggests thinking outside the middle of the box. “If you are going to photograph a group of people in front

Don’t shoot a person, place or object from a single angle; photograph them from a variety of perspectives. An easy way to capture an interesting array is to start with wide-angle establishing shots, then work closer and closer to your subject until you’re focusing on the finest

of details. Along the way, consider photographing from low and high vantage points, as well as getting both action shots and still lifes.

Think of a theme Sometimes you’ll come across a festival or market bursting with seemingly endless photo opportunities. It can be so overwhelming that you won’t know where to point your camera. “What’s fun is to start thinking about a theme for your photographs,” Wier says. “Look for the color pink or look for hats. If you give yourself a theme, you start noticing things.”

Get out of your comfort zone Maybe you love taking pictures of every meal you eat, or perhaps your focus is landscapes. However, when you travel, you need to document all the elements of your destination, “because it’s everything together that tells a story of a place,” says Akerstrom, who also suggests travelers look at pictures of their destination on

Pictures of people bring a place alive in photos. Be respectful by politely engaging with them and asking their permission to shoot. It can be intimidating to approach strangers, and it is sometimes difficult to navigate language barriers, but creating those relationships will pay off. Once you have the go-ahead, don’t stand back and lurk with a telephoto lens.

“Closer is better,” Baker says.

“Get up front and personal.

Engage. I’ll sometimes have my camera 18 inches from someone’s face.”

Slow down “Getting a great shot is about anticipating, observation and patience,” Akerstrom says. That means taking your time. Don’t think you can rush through your trip, snapping perfect pictures.

Consider your subject and the options to photograph it, then wait for the right moments to capture it.

Stop taking pictures!

Occasionally, put down your camera for a stretch. “It’s so often that I’ve been on assignment and so dedicated to get photos to please an editor that, at the end of the trip, I realize I didn’t have time to enjoy the people, the place or the experience, because I was always thinking about moving on to get the next shot,” Baker laments.

Don’t make this mistake.

Remember to savor your trips and live in the moment while you’re on them.

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SACRAMENTO — The Central Catholic High boys basketball team was bigger than advertised, or at least what the Vanden coaching staff saw of the Raiders on film.

That didn’t matter as the Vikings kept their heads in a physical game

and played suffocating defense when it mattered most to capture the ninth Sac-Joaquin Section title in school history with a 57-53 win at Golden 1 Center, Saturday afternoon.

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The Vanden girls basketball team and their coaches celebrate their Sac-Joaquin Division III championship won at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, Saturday.

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BAKERSFIELD — Led by fourth-place finisher Thomas Sandoval, the Vacaville High boys wrestling team finished 10th at the California Interscholastic Federation State ChampionshipsatMechanics Bank Arena, Saturday.

Sandoval went 5-2 in the 170-pound division and was one of five placers for the Bulldogs, who wound up with 113.5 points.

Also placing for Vacaville were Isaiah Medina at 106 (sixth, 4-3), Eric Almarinez at 138 (sixth, 4-3), Tyler Riley at 113 (eighth, 5-3) and Logan Valledor at 120 (eighth, 4-3).

Sandoval, Medina and Almarinez all reached the semifinals, but lost to drop into consolations.

Also wrestling for the Bulldogs in the three-day event were Casey Roberts at 126 (0-2); Ethan Birch at 145 (3-2); Jason Brauning at 152 (3-2); Arjun Nagra at 160 (3-2); Francisco Ochoa (2-2); Logan Kuehl at 195 (3-2); and Luke Levengood at 285 (2-2).

On the girls side, Armijo sent three wrestlers with Ashlee Gutierrez going 3-2 at 121, Grace Mercado going 1-2 at 189 and Karissa McDaniel going 0-2 at 101.

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Tyler Riley of Vacaville celebrates a win over Leo Macias of Kingsburg during the consolation rounds of the CIF high school wrestling championships, Saturday.

10 points and as many rebounds as the Solano Community College women’s basketball team clinched second place in the Bay Valley Conference with a 62-45 win over Yuba in the regular season finale, Friday.

The Falcons (18-10, 13-3) got off to a solid start with a 16-6 lead after the first quarter and upped the advantage to 32-13 at the half.

Woods added a gamehigh six assists, while Genesis Ernie-Hamilton had 13 points and eight rebounds, and Dominique Eaglin had seven points and seven rebounds.

Sienna Hundal led the 49ers (17-10, 12-4) with 15 points, while Raenette McCrae added 12.

The Falcons await the upcoming NorCal seeding meeting to find out their postseason fate.

scored in every inning but the ninth and was never threatened as the Solano Community College baseball team fell to 1-12 with a 13-3 loss at Billy and Louise Yarbrough Stadium, Saturday.

The Vikings tallied single runs in the first four innings before doubling their score with four in the fifth and adding two in the sixth, one in the seventh and two more in the eighth.

The Falcons got one run in the fifth and two in the sixth.

Victor Vega was 3-for-4 and Michael Vena went 2-for-2 to lead the Solano offense, with Vega, Jaxson Bates and Dillon Nosrati each driving in runs and Benny PilusoBurns ripping a double.

Solano hosts Los Medanos next Saturday.

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Tuesday AM League W L Pts Bocce Friends 22 14 369 Do It Again 21 18 398 No Mercy 20 19 360 Plan B 19 20 341 Capitani 14 25 295 Tuesday PM League W L Pts Serranos 30 15 468 Bells & Beaus 27 18 445 Untouchable 26 22 462 New Bee’s 11 34 342 Wednesday AM League W L Pts Sons Of Italy 30 18 509 Roll’Em 24 24 473 Bocce Bulldogs 22 26 418 Oh Sugar 20 28 423 Thursday AM League W L Pts Mama’s & Papa’s 33 12 493 Red Devils 31 14 451 What If 23 22 399 Bocce Cruisers 22 23 441 A Round Tuit 14 31 359 Real Mccoys 12 33 320 Tuesday AM Weekly Results Plan B 3, No Mercy 0 Capitani 1, Do It Again 2 Bocce Friends Bye Tuesday PM Weekly Results New Bee’s 2, Bells & Beaus 1 Untouchable 3, Serranos 0 Wednesday AM Weekly Results Bocce Bulldogs 2, Oh Sugar 1 Sons Of Italy 3, Roll’Em 0 Thursday AM Weekly Results Mama’s & Papa’s 2, Red Devils Bocce Cruisers 3, A Round Tuit What If 3, Real Mccoys 0

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Rio Vista Women’s Golf Club MUTT AND JEFF Flight 1 6 players 1, Jackie Evans, net 31 2 (tie), Marsha Berry, Pam Fashing and Denise Sargent-Natour, net 35 Flight 2 7 players 1, Eila Ballard, net 29 2, Jan Benner, net 31 3, Loretta Ortenblad, net 34

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SACRAMENTO — If you were looking for drama at the Golden 1 Center on Saturday afternoon, the Sac-Joaquin Section Division III girls basketball championship game wasn’t the place to be.

Vanden High scored the first 11 points – including two by Alyssa Jackson on a layup off the opening tip – and never led by fewer than nine the rest of the way in cruising to a 76-36 victory over the Fighting Zebras of Lincoln.

It’s the fourth SJS title for the top-seeded Vikings, all under the wife and husband coaching duo of Allison and Jake Johnson, and their first since winning three straight, the last in 2016-17.

“I thought we got off to a strong start and I thought we were able to capitalize on the big stage and our athleticism and some of our opponents haven’t seen that before,” Allison Johnson said. “So I thought our girls did a good job of executing that and exploiting that.”

Despite being outrebounded 44-34 — “We didn’t like the way we rebounded,” Jake Johnson said – the Vikings (25-3) controlled never every phase of the game, forcing 27 turnovers and coming up with 16 steals, including six

by Jackson and five by Kiari Roberts.

In fact, the secondseeded Zebras (27-3) had seven turnovers and three shots blocked before Katie Leeth scored Lincoln’s first points with 4:06 left in the first quarter.

Allison Johnson said solid defense is “what we stress each day,” adding that the team’s offense, especially 3-pointers gets a lot of attention, “but truly we control with the kind of defense we play.

I felt like that all we focus on is us and at the kind of defense we play regard-

less of the matchup.”

Vanden led by as many as 18 in the first quarter and was up 23-6 heading into the second.

Much of the offense revolved around drives to the basket, once their 3-pointers started falling it forced a change in the way the Zebras played defense.

“Watching them, I saw a lot of zone so we prepared for their zone,” Jake Johnson said, “and we thought, if we could knock down some perimeter shots and force them to play us man-to-man, we thought we’d be able to spread them out and take advantage of them, get us going down hill.

We have a lot of girls that can really drive it. So, once we saw the man-toman, the girls they kicked into overdrive. They were waiting on that.”

The second turned out to be Lincoln’s best quarter of the game as they were only outscored 15-10 to trail 38-16 at halftime.

The second half was more of the same as the Vikings outscored Lincoln, 17-9 and enjoyed a 23-11 edge in the fourth, with Allison Johnson calling a late timeout to be able to clear her bench and get reserves into the game.

“It means everything to us,” said Jackson, who led all scorers with 15 points.

“I feel like we we’ve worked hard all season, we’ve been grinding for it and yeah, I feel like we wanted it for each other.”

Roberts added 10 points for the Vikings while Jiana Creswell had nine, Gabby Wright eight and Calonni Holloway seven.

Leeth was the only Zebra in double figures with 13.

When asked about potential seedings for the upcoming NorCal Regionals, which start Tuesday, Allison Johnson said, “Just like officials in a game, I can’t See Girls, Page B7

CALENDAR Sunday’s TV sports Basketball College men •SMU at Houston, ESPN, 9:30 a.m.

•George Washington at George Mason, USA, 11:30 a.m.

•Wichita State at Memphis, ESPN, 11:30 a.m.

•Tulane at Temple, ESPNU, noon •Ohio State at Maryland, CBSSN, 1 p.m.

•East Tennessee St. at UNC-Greensboro, CBSSN, 1 p.m.

•Montana State at Montana, ESPNU, 2 p.m.

•St. John’s at DePaul, FS1, 2 p.m.

•Indiana at Minnesota, ESPN2, 3 p.m.

•Nebraska at Penn State, BIG TEN, 4 p.m.

College women •Louisville at Notre Dame, ESPN2, 9 a.m.

•Missouri at Florida, SEC, 9 a.m.

•Boston College at Syracuse, ACC, 9 a.m.

•DePaul at Creighton, FS1, 9 a.m.

•Oklahoma State at West Virginia, ESPNU, 10 a.m.

•Florida State at Pittsburgh, ACC, 11 a.m.

•LSU at Tennessee, ESPN2, 11 a.m.

•South Carolina at Ole Miss, SEC, 11 a.m.

•Providence at UConn, CBSSN, 11 a.m.

•Ohio State at Michigan State, BIG TEN, 11:30 a.m.

•Auburn at Kentucky, SEC, 1 p.m.

•Duke at North Carolina, ACC, 1 p.m.

•Michigan at Iowa, ESPN2, 1 p.m.

•Northwestern at Nebraska, BIG TEN, 1:30 p.m.

•Arkansas at Mississippi State, SEC, 3 p.m.

•North Carolina at Virginia Tech, ACC, 3 p.m.

NBA •Philadelphia at New York Chs, 7, 10, 10 a.m.

•Utah at Phoenix, Chs. 7, 10, 12:30 p.m.

•Dallas at Golden State, ESPN, 4:30 p.m.

•New Orleans at L.A. Lakers, ESPN, 7 p.m.

Bowling •PBA Tournament of Champions, Chs. 2, 40 (KTXL), 10 a.m.

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Friday’s Games Carolina 4, Columbus 0 St. Louis 5, Buffalo 3 Chicago 8, New Jersey 5 Colorado 6, Winnipeg 3 Arizona 3, Vegas 1 Los Angeles 4, Anaheim 1 Saturday’s Game Boston at SAN JOSE, (n) Edmonton 4, Florida 3

Boys From Page B6 second SJS crown in three years. “(The Raiders) were extremely physical.

They were actually bigger than we saw on film. The kids just fought through it. It was a good game on both sides.”

Vikings (1912), top seeds in the Division III bracket, led 17-15 after the first quarter and 31-28 at the half, only to be outscored 17-13 in the third quarter by the sixth-seeded Raiders (22-9), who took a 35-34 lead into the fourth.

Girls From Page B6 control them, I can’t control where we get put in the seedings. So I focus on my team: our health, our mental health, our

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Philadelphia 2, Washington 1 Pittsburgh 1, N.Y. Rangers 0 Montreal 2, Ottawa 1 Tampa Bay 3, Nashville 2 Toronto 10, Detroit 7 Colorado at Vegas, (n) Minnesota at Calgary, (n) N.Y. Islanders at Los Angeles, (n) Sunday’s Games Seattle at SAN JOSE, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Carolina, 10 a.m.

Buffalo at Dallas, 11 a.m.

St. Louis at Chicago, noon Winnipeg at Arizona, 4 p.m.

Pittsburgh Columbus, 3 p.m.

Vancouver at N.Y. Rangers, 4:30 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Anaheim, 5:30 p.m.

Monday’s Games Vancouver at New Jersey, 4:30 p.m.

Toronto at Washington, 4:30 p.m.

“It was even, both sides competed at a high level,” Holloway said. “I think their biggest lead was six, our biggest lead was six.

We went back and forth like that.”

In the decisive fourth quarter, Vanden limited Central Catholic to just eight points with Sterling McClanahan, who finished with 13 points, draining four straight free throws in one crucial play where it was ruled he was fouled intentionally and a technical foul was called on the Raiders coach for arguing the call.

“That was huge,” Holloway said. “Our kids composure and poise down the stretch physical health, getting everything done what we need to do and we get placed wherever we get placed. At the end of the day we still have to bounce the ball and get out there. . . . Whoever we play is in our way and we look at it as that.”

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way, whose team lost its first six games this season.

“The most satisfying thing is, starting out 0-6 and then winning a section title, going 19-6.”

Vanden finds out on Sunday it’s seeding in the upcoming NorCal playoffs, which start Tuesday, with Holloway looking for a good draw.

“We would hope,” the coach said. “Traditionally, if you win sections, you’re supposed to be a top-four or five seed. Hopefully, they keep us in this division so we can make a run. These kids extremest resilient, they just want to play.”

was huge, they didn’t panic, they just made enough plays.”

Vanden’s Takai Emerson-Hardy led all scorers with 19 points, with Tyler Thompson adding 12.

The Raiders wound up with four players in double figures: Malachi Miller, Tyler Wentworth and Julian Kuper each netted 12, while Wesley Payne had 11.

The Vikings weren’t able to defend their 2019-20 title as the SacJoaquin Section held no playoffs during the Coviddelayed spring season.

“It was difficult because we knew how talented that group was as seniors,” said Hollo-

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Six Chip-ins: Jill Smith, No. 3; Pat Kistler, Nos. 6 and 15; Connie Eremian, No. 6; Marian Bard, No. 9; and KarenAnn Evans, No. 18.

One birdie: Jackie Evans, No. 5.

Closest to the pin on No. 4: Marian Bard: 10-10.

Broke 100: Pam Fashing, 91; Jackie Evans, 91; Thea Rock, 99; Jan Benner, 99.

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Air Quality Index 41 Precipitation 0-50 51-100 101-150 151-200 201-300 Last 24 hours................................0″ Good Moderate Unhealthy Unhealthy Very sensitive unhealthy Month-to-date....................... 0.07″ Normal Feb. rainfall ............. 3.03″ Source: Bay Area Air Quality Management District Season-to-date.......................... NA Normal seasonal rainfall....24.81″ UV Index This date last year...................... NA 4 Source: NWS and NOAA <2 3-5 6-7 8-10 11+

Boston 113, Detroit 104 Atlanta 127, Toronto 100 Cleveland 92, Washington 86 Miami 133, San Antonio 129 Memphis 116, Chicago 100 Brooklyn 126, Milwaukee 123 Sunday’s Games Dallas at GOLDEN STATE, 4:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at New York, 10 a.m.

Utah at Phoenix, 12:30 p.m.

Boston at Indiana, 2 p.m.

Detroit at Charlotte, 4 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Houston, 4 p.m.

Denver at Portland, 6 p.m.

New Orleans at L.A. Lakers, 7 p.m.

Monday’s Games SACRAMENTO at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m.

Minnesota at Cleveland, 4 p.m.

Indiana at Orlando, 4 p.m.

Toronto at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m.

Chicago at Miami, 4:30 p.m.

San Antonio at Memphis, 5 p.m.

Charlotte at Milwaukee, 5 p.m.

Boston at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.

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Temperature High/Low.............................62°/29° Average high .......................... 63.5° Average low............................ 43.6° A year ago............................ NA/NA Barometric pressure............30.34 Humidity...................................47%

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Golf •PGA Tour, The Honda Classic, final round, GOLF, 10 a.m.

•PGA Tour Champions, Cologuard Classic, final round, GOLF, noon •PGA Tour, The Honda Classic, final round, Ch. 3, noon Gymnastics College women •California at Arizona State, PAC12, P12BA, 4 p.m.

Hockey NHL •Edmonton at Carolina, NHL, 10 a.m.

•N.Y. Islanders at Anaheim, NHL, 5:30 p.m.

•Seattle at San Jose, NBCSCA, 7 p.m.

Horse racing •America’s Day at the Races, FS2, noon Motorsports •IndyCar, Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Ch. 3, 9 a.m.

•NASCAR, Cup Series, Wise Power 400, Chs. 2, 40 (KTXL), 12:30 p.m.

•NHRA, Arizona Nationals, FS1, 4 p.m.

Pickleball •PPA Indoor National Championship, TENNIS, 7 a.m.

Rodeo •PBR, Bad Boy Mowdown, CBSSN, 5 p.m.

Rugby NRL preseason •Sharks vs. Bulldogs, FS2, midnight (Monday) Soccer Ligue 1 •AS Monaco vs. Stade de Reims, BEIN, 3:50 a.m.

•Stade Brestois vs. FC Lorient, BEIN, 5:55 a.m.

•Troyes AC vs. Marseille, BEIN, 7:55 a.m.

•Olympique Lyonnais vs. Lille, BEIN, 11:35 a.m.

•Clermont Foot vs. Bordeaux, BEIN, 5:30 p.m. (taped) Scottish Premiership •Hibernia vs. Celtic, CBSSN, 4 a.m.

Premier League •West Ham vs. Wolves, USA, 5 a.m.

MLS •Atlanta United FC vs. Sporting Kansas City, FS1, noon •L.A. Galaxy vs. New York City FC, ESPN, 1:30 p.m.

Super LIg •Galatasaray vs. Rizespor, BEIN, 2 p.m. (taped) •Kasımpasa Spor Kulübü vs. Fenerbahce, BEIN, 8:55 a.m.

(Monday) Tennis •Center Court, ATP Santiago, singles final, TENNIS, 1 p.m.

•Center Court, WTA Guadalajara singles final, TENNIS, 5 p.m.

•Center Court, WTA Lyon, WTA Monterrey, early rounds, TENNIS, 2:30 and 3:30 a.m. (Monday) Track and field •USATF Indoor Championships, Day 2, CNBC, 2 p.m.

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My almost-perfect husband loves me but shuns intimacy Dear Annie: My is the best papaw our husband and I have been grandson could have together for 10 years. ever asked for.

We found each other He is an amazing when we needed each person, and I know he other the most. I fell loves me with all his head over heels in love heart, but since I had with him and am still gotten pregnant with just as much in love with our child, he has not him a decade later.

Annie Lane been very affectionate Four months after toward me. In the past Dear Annie we met, he asked me six years, his health has to marry him, and two months declined, and we’ve both gained after that, we found out we were weight. I have talked to him pregnant. We both were in our about this. His answer is, “It’s late 30s. I had two children just the way I am.” He kisses me from a previous marriage living good morning and good night, at home with me. He stepped and he sends me text messages right into the daddy role and has throughout the day telling me done the absolute best job posthat he loves me. sible. My oldest has now made My husband is attentive and us grandparents. My husband caring when I’m sick or hurt.

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We hold hands; we chat and talk like always, but if I want anything more than that, I have to initiate it and face the possibility of rejection.

Being rejected by the love of my life just destroys me. We went from crazed-acting teenagers to not having relations for months on end. I know my body has changed, and so has his. I’ve begged him to see someone – maybe it’s something medical and can be treated – but he refuses. He says the fact that he is not interested in having sex with me hurts him just as much as it does me.

I have tried to be understanding and loving about this, but it’s getting harder. I’m also scared to death imagining that

I will never again feel the touch or passion of a man.

Leaving him would devastate my whole family and me. Not one single time have I ever considered cheating on him – until lately. I’m craving the attention and the intimacy. I know I could go elsewhere and get my physical needs met, but cheating is something I’ve always sworn I would never do. Lately, I’ve been thinking about it more and more. Thank you for listening to me, and I’d love some advice. — Missing My Husband Dear Missing My Husband: Cheating will only complicate things by bringing another person into your otherwise wonderful marriage. It’s time for the two of you to seek professional

marriage counseling. What comes through in your letter is the picture of a couple that is very much in love with each other and mutually respects each other but is just stuck in a rut. The best way to get out of a rut is to figure out why you are in this and, with the help of a professional, get out of the rut.

In addition, I would get both of you checked out by a doctor and make sure that there is nothing wrong physically with either of you.

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

FOR YOUR HEALTH

by Holiday Mathis

Today’s birthday You will live daringly. Even when afraid, you will find the strength to overcome it.

Powerful people admire your courage.

Decide where you want to be this time next year; a mentor will help you get there. Friendships and fun are the spring themes. Love is found on a getaway.

Summer will bring financial success.

Libra and Leo adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 10, 3, 33, 28 and 49.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). Cozy up to your inspiration. Listen intently to your whispering muses. They will like and trust you when you show your interest. The more you develop the bond, the more they favor you.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Two paths converge, resulting in a blockage.

Neither path is better than the other, but the issue must be solved or progress cannot be made. Herein lies your role as the great negotiator.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). While you are reluctant to air your grievances, the time is now. Those who need to hear them will receive them well and do their best to make corrections.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). As long as you don’t dwell on the negative aspects of your situation, identifying the ways in which you are not happy will help you find happiness. Choose one problem to focus on and work it until it’s fixed.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Promptness speaks volumes. However casual the appointment may be, you get there when you say you will and do what you planned to, which is the basic tenant of human interaction to uphold and expect of others.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You have true friends who do not give a hoot where you live, what you wear or what vehicle you drive. But not everyone is like that. Avoid relationships with those whose interest seems superficial.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The intensity is turned up and you’ll channel it positively and appropriately. When you apply yourself to a worthy activity, you excel – although you might be initially attracted to a superhuman knowit-all type.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). A group of like-minded people will fascinate you with their intense concentration of energy. This will be an influence tempered by your own research and knowledge, which is becoming extensive lately.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

Experience has taught you what you’re good at. You know your own tricks and what you could pull off if you practiced a little more. It will benefit you to put the time in. Practice makes perfect!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

Many stay in a situation they don’t like because, as bad as it is, the problems involved are already known. You’ve chosen to explore the unknown instead, which will be a supreme and wellearned benefit to you.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Specific thoughts and habits will help you achieve the level of success and fulfillment you so deserve. You already sense what they are, and reinforcement from a mentor or friend will seal the deal.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Over time, ignoring a part of you will eventually force you to notice it. For instance, pushing yourself too hard to work all the time may lead to a cold, so that you are forced to relax and take a personal day.

CELEBRITY PROFILES: Summer will bring the angelic tones of Josh Groban back to the world stage, though it’s not the only return in the works.

Groban will also come back to acting this year in the role of Billy Joel in “The Miranda Obsession,” a podcast series drama. Groban has natal sun and Mars in soulful Pisces, an indicator of high artistic standards, a soft, caring heart and strong intuition.

Write Holiday Mathis at HolidayMathis.com.

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Parents often feel at a loss when they find out their teens are struggling with an eating disorder.

Raising awareness about

TEEN EATING DISORDERS

Robynn Thomas

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KAISER PERMANENTE

s a child therapist, I recognize the damage an eating disorder can bring not only to an individual but to an entire family. It can be difficult to discuss and can lead to feelings of guilt, shame and blame.

Eating disorders thrive in secrecy and often worsen over time.

Eating disorders are characterized by preoccupations with food, body shape and size and are often associated with distressing emotions and thought patterns. Common types are anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, avoidant restrictive food intake disorder and binge eating disorder. Eating disorders affect people of all ages, ethnicities, genders and appear in up to 5% of the population, according to the American Psychiatric Association.

Research suggests the development of an eating disorder can be genetic.

However, teens often tell me the pressures they feel from family, friends and media compound their need to change their appearance. Their own mental health struggles also contribute to poor self-image.

For some teens, the Covid-19 pandemic exacerbated the problem by leaving them feeling isolated, anxious and depressed. Some say they have

too much time on their hands, leading them to seek ways to feel in control and to cope with strong emotions. Referrals for treatment in our local area have significantly increased since the Covid-19 pandemic began.

Common teen eating disorder behaviors include counting calories, exercising excessively, commenting on appearance, frequently checking weight, restricting or avoiding foods they previously ate, vomiting after meals or misuse of laxatives. Teens will often deny a problem or a change in their eating or exercise patterns and they may wear baggy clothing to conceal their changing bodies.

Eating disorders can result in many consequences. Physically, teens experience malnutrition and poor growth, stress on their hearts and digestive problems, significant changes in weight, and they develop more hair on their bodies. Females with eating disorders may experience a loss of menstruation or long-term fertility problems. Those who purge experience dental decay. I commonly hear complaints of feeling cold, fatigued, dizzy or lightheaded, which can make daily activities difficult. If not treated properly, eating disorders can result in death.

Many of the teens I work with say they continue eating disorder behaviors because it gives them a short-term sense of being in control. But ulti-

mately, they are left lacking control and acting in ways that can make them feel worse about themselves and are detrimental to their health.

Parents often feel at a loss when they find out their teens are struggling with an eating disorder, and while they can’t control their teen, they can help influence them in a positive way by taking charge in some key areas.

If possible, avoid talk about body weight and shape because weight doesn’t signify health. Avoid labeling food as “good” or “bad.” Nutritionists say the only “bad” food is food that is no longer safe to eat and needs to be thrown out. I encourage families to eat meals together and try to make mealtimes calm and peaceful. Encourage “eating by the clock” and set a routine for your child to eat at the same times each day. If problems escalate, seek out help even if your child is denying they need it. Many teens later express gratitude their parents noticed the problem.

Reach out to their pediatrician or to a therapist for professional guidance.

Beating an eating disorder is best approached as a team. The more knowledgeable and supportive people on the team are, the better the odds of winning.

Robynn Thomas is a licensed clinical social worker with Kaiser Permanente, a partner of Solano Public Health.

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Trip to Utah shows different pandemic response style

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y daughter briefly delayed as Pia competed flight attendants in her last repeatedly warned passengers not collegiate swimto let masks slip ming competition below the nose. I last week, in St. spied a passenger George, Utah. It with a nose-exposwas a bittersweet ing mask position, opportunity to see the concluding Scott Anderson heading down the central aisle past chapter of a Ask Dr. Scott my seat. Was he 17-year career that the culprit? Would an incibegan when she was a dent ensue? We took off 4-year-old. after a few tense moments Seeing my daughter during which the attenwin her 1650-yard heat dants conferred in and cheering on the Pephushed tones. perdine Waves as they Washington County, won the championship home of St. George, ranks was a personal thrill.

16th in death rates due The trip also allowed to the pandemic, among me to observe the completely different approach Utah’s 29 counties. The death rate in recent weeks to our waning pandemic, has been 14.2% lower in between California and the Interior West states of Washington County than in Utah overall. Although our great Union.

Washington County We flew from Sacsuffered 204 deaths attribramento International Airport to Las Vegas, con- uted to the virus, as of mid-February, new deaths tinuously masked all the recently approached zero. way. Flight attendants warned us we would be in Might we do better in California to emulate our violation of federal law if neighbors with fewer govnoses were not covered.

Upon arrival in Las Vegas, ernmental restrictions?

Getting back to Dixie the mask climate seemed State University, I learned to change. At a local the entire St. George mall, all the staff was region adopted an idenmasked, but most of the tity as a cotton-growing customers went without region in the 19th century. facial coverings.

We rented a car and we Even though cotton crops never materialized, the drove toward Utah. community saddled Crossing the Mohave itself with antebellum Desert of Nevada and imagery. Dixie College, Northwest Arizona for example, was home to revealed no people, so the Rebels until 2009. In masking was not an the wake of the George issue. Upon arrival in Floyd protests, the Utah Utah, however, we noted System of Higher Educaonly hotel staff appeared tion determined the school masked. Large famishould be renamed Utah lies congregated by the Tech University. This pool, at the breakfast change is supposed to take buffet and in the lobby, effect in July. faces exposed. Children The rebel mascot laughed, played and acted gave way to Brooks the happy. It was a trip into Bison, and the athletes the prepandemic past, or are known today as the close to that.

Trailblazers. St. George The swim meet itself is updating its image, if took place at Dixie State very slowly. I suggested to University, which is in the a student that a name like process of changing its Utah Technical University name to Utah Technical sounds good and might University. The opulent afford competitive benswim center was packed efits in applying for jobs with spectators and athor graduate school, comletes, generally mask-free. pared to Dixie State.

We sat in packed bleachWe climbed a local ers, shoulder to shoulder. mountain bearing the The poolside officials and painted name Dixie, a the food court servers major landmark. Does the wore masks, to be sure. cliff require labeling at A similar rule applied at all? If so, Utah Tech would restaurants we visited appear more inspiring. in St. George. Generally speaking, however, Scott T. Anderson, M.D. we could observe facial (standerson@ucdavis. expressions. Seeing faces edu), is a clinical prowhile conversing facilfessor at the Univeritates conversation and sity of California, Davis communication.

Medical School. This After driving back column is informational to Las Vegas, our flight and does not constitute to Sacramento seemed medical advice.

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University of Pennsylvania scientists John Seykora, left, Dana Graves and Kang Ko identified a type of

inflammation involved in atopic dermatitis, a common type of eczema.

In search of a fix for broken bones, these scientists stumbled onto

new clues to a vexing skin condition: eczema School of Medicine. Ko and Graves enlisted Seykora’s help, and the PHILADELPHIA — People dermatologist identified the lesions with diabetes, especially those with as the mouse version of atopic the type 1 form of the disease, are dermatitis. at increased risk of broken bones.

The team then brought in A key culprit seems to be a type the Oak Ridge scientists, who of inflammation in the stem cells used genetic sequencing equipthat are responsible for forming ment to identify which proteins new bone. So a pair of University were present in elevated levels of Pennsylvania scientists tried a in the mouse cells. The apparlogical experiment in lab ent culprits were a cytokine mice: blocking that inflamcalled CCL-11 and a protein At least 1 in 10 children develop atopic mation to see if the animals’ “transcription factor” bones would be less fragile. dermatitis, which is marked by itchiness and, in called CEBPB. It worked, but something The team showed that severe cases, an agonizing cycle of oozing, unexpected happened. The these agents led to the recruitmice also developed scaly blistering, and crusting skin. Some children ment of eosinophil cells, lesions on their skin. which in turn activated a type eventually grow out of it, but the condition It turned out that by of immune agent called a blocking one type of inflampersists for many into adulthood. And in some helper T-cell. mation, the researchers Now comes the chalpatients, it strikes for the first time in adulthood. at Penn’s School of Dental lenge of determining where Medicine had sent another to intervene in this complex into overdrive. The result was a tering, and crusting skin. Some cascade of events. Other scientists skin condition called atopic der- children eventually grow out of already have developed antibodmatitis – an often debilitating it, but the condition persists for ies that inhibit CCL-11. But it is type of eczema that affects mil- many into adulthood. And in some not clear if that cytokine would be lions of people. patients, it strikes for the first time the right target in treating atopic The finding could lead to in adulthood. dermatitis, said Seykora, the derbetter treatments for a condiSteroid creams and other matology professor. tion that many struggle to keep topical creams may provide temIn mice with the skin condition, in check, the authors reported porary relief for some, but others this cytokine is clearly setting off this month in Science Transla- must resort to periodic injecan unwelcome tide of out-of-contional Medicine, collaborating with tions of customized antibodies to trol inflammation – somewhat like researchers at Penn Medicine’s achieve relief. Such drugs cost the “storms” of other cytokines that dermatology department and Oak thousands and are not covered by were blamed for dangerous inflamRidge National Laboratory, among some insurers. They also can lead mation in severe cases of Covid. other institutions. to unpleasant side effects.

But any attempts to interfere In people with atopic dermatiThe condition affects people of with inflammation must be handled tis, the inflamed patches of skin are all skin colors, though physicians with care, as it plays a key role known to be a sign of an abnormal may sometimes underestimate immune response. But to their sur- its severity in Black patients and in activating the immune system against disease. In people whose prise, the authors of the new study others with darker skin, Ong said. found the initial trigger may come The Penn study began more fibroblasts behave this way, there is from skin cells that are not part of than five years ago, when Kang likely a genetic component, so the the immune system.

Ko, then a doctoral student in team is looking at other approaches “It’s the opposite of what you Graves’ lab at the dental school, to address the root cause of the would predict,” said Dana Graves, was working with the diabetic problem, Ko said.

“We’re exploring some of the a Penn Dental professor and one of mice. As dental researchers, they upstream events that could be were drawn to the topic in part the study’s senior authors. blocked efficiently,” he said.

The primary role of these cells, because diabetes can weaken What’s clear is that dermatolcalled fibroblasts, is secreting col- bones in the jaw.

When Ko deleted a gene to block ogists need to think more broadly lagen, which gives the skin its structure. Yet in the study, the sci- the inflammation that was thought about how atopic dermatitis gets entists found that these cells also to weaken the animals’ bones, the underway, Seykora said. Traditioncan secrete inflammatory signals skin lesions started to appear a few ally, it is thought to be triggered by dust mites or other antigens called cytokines – cousins of the weeks after they were born.

It had nothing to do with diabe- that penetrate the skin, promptproteins that the immune system produces in fighting infectious dis- tes, as lesions also occurred when ing an inflammatory response from he blocked the inflammation in immune system’s T-cells. eases such as Covid-19.

As a result, patients often are Both in the lab mice and in nondiabetic “control” animals.

“It was quite confusing,” said counseled to use moisturizing samples of human skin cells, the researchers found that with a bit Ko, who has since become an cream to keep the skin barrier of genetic wizardry, they could assistant professor at the dental intact. That’s still a good idea, prompt fibroblasts to become “dys- school. “By deleting one gene, Seykora said.

But now it seems the inflammaregulated” – secreting high levels we were getting two very differof a type of cytokine that would in ent responses based on what kind tion may be triggered well before turn recruit immune cells called of tissue we were dealing with, the involvement of any immune cells, instead getting its start with eosinophils. These are useful dis- bone and skin.” the fibroblasts.

He and Graves wondered if ease-fighting cells in the right “Basically people have been context – but in this case, an appar- the lesions were a sign of cancer. ent sign of an immune system out They spent months trying to looking at the outside-in pathway,” untangle how that might be occur- Seykora said. “What we have here of control.

Peck Ong, a pediatric aller- ring, looking for telltale signs in is more what we would call an gist-immunologist at Children’s the animals’ bone marrow and inside-out mechanism.”

Whatever the initial cause, the Hospital Los Angeles who was spleen. No luck.

“There were a lot of blind inflammation leads to dry, cracked not involved with the study, said skin, which in turn may allow further research in humans was roads,” Graves said.

Then Ko happened to attend a more dust mites to penetrate. The needed before these findings could yield new treatments. Yet the study talk by John Seykora, a professor end result, for far too many, is a suggests physicians may need to of dermatology at Penn’s Perelman cycle of misery.

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think about this skin condition in a completely new way, he said.

“This paper was very novel in terms of showing fibroblasts being a primary reason behind inflammation,” he said. “They showed that very convincingly.”

At least 1 in 10 children develop atopic dermatitis, which is marked by itchiness and, in severe cases, an agonizing cycle of oozing, blis-

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LOCATED AT 388 W Monte Vista Ave, Vacaville, California 95688 Solano. Mailing Address 388 W Monte Vista Ave Vacaville California 95688. ARE HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S) Leandro Colaciello 388 W Monte Vista Ave Vacaville, 95688. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: an Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 02/08/2022.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Leandro Colaciello.

IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION Feb. 8, 2027.

THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE).

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: Feb. 9, 2022 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2022000232 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR#00052872 Published: Feb.13, 20, 27, March 6, 2022

LOCATED AT 2725 Webb St, Vallejo CA 94591 Solano. Mailing Address 2725 Webb St, Vallejo CA 94591. ARE HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S) Romelio S. Cifuentes 2725 Webb St Vallejo, 94591.

THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: an Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Romelio S Cifunetes IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION Feb. 15, 2027.

THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE).

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: Feb. 16, 2022 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2022000266 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR#00053033 Published: Feb. 20, 27, March 6, 13, 2022

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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE PLANNING COMMISSION

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: KAREN LORRAYNE JUDKINS, aka KAREN L. JUDKINS, aka KAREN JUDKINS Case Number: P051158

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF FAIRFIELD will hold a public hearing on the following item: Dutch Bros – Development Review (DR2021-019), Use Permit (UP2021-016), and Environmental Review (ER2021-044). A public hearing on the request by Kayleigh Slover of Dutch Bros Coffee to develop a new 950 sq.-ft. Dutch Bros. Coffee with drive-through sales off Travis Boulevard (APN: 0015-228-014). A Use Permit has been requested to operate the drive-through restaurant. The project has been deemed Categorically Exempt under CEQA per Section 15332 In-Fill Development Projects. (Planner: David Christie, 714-315-4303, david.christie@mbakerintl.com) NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN THAT said public hearing will be held on March 9, 2022 beginning at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, 1000 Webster Street, or the public may join the meeting via Zoom at https://fairfieldca.zoom.us/j/97065607498?pwd=a1dnaVY2UzFINU4xaU5sS0FET09qZz0 9 or by phone at (669) 900-6833 Webinar ID: 878 4542 3536 Passcode: 66781819 at which time and place any and all persons interested in said matters may appear and be heard. If you challenge any of the above-cited items in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Community Development Department at, or prior to the public hearing. Any party aggrieved or affected by a decision or determination by the Planning Commission in the administration of the City’s Development Regulations may file an appeal within 14 business days of the decision or determination using the appeal form available from the Community Development Department. To file an appeal, complete the form and submit it with the appropriate fee to Community Development Department, 1000 Webster Street, 2nd Floor, Fairfield, CA 94533 no later than 14 business days from the date of this hearing. Postmarks will be accepted. For additional information, please contact the Community Development Department, City Hall, 2nd Floor or phone 707-428-7440.

The City of Fairfield does not discriminate against any individual with a disability. City publications will be made available upon request in the appropriate format to persons with a disability. If you need an accommodation to attend or participate in this meeting due to a disability, please contact Cindy Garcia, Office Specialist, 707-428-7452, cgarcia@fairfield.ca.gov, in advance of the meeting.

DR#00053177 Published: Feb. 27, 2022 PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE PLANNING COMMISSION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF FAIRFIELD will hold a public hearing on the following item: BRIGHTON PLACE – Zone Change (ZC2021-001); Tentative Subdivision Map (TS2021003); Minor Development (MD2021-009); Environmental Review (ER2021-030). A public hearing on the request by Louis Parsons/Discovery Builders Inc. to subdivide a vacant 0.68-acre parcel into six (6) parcels for the construction of six (6) residential dwelling units located at the northeast corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and Brighton Drive (APN: 0034-022-380). The project also involves a Zone Change that would rezone the parcel from an RLM:6 to a Low-Medium Density Residential (RLM) designation. The project has been deemed Categorically Exempt under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Section 15332 In-Fill Development. Additionally, pursuant to Senate Bill SB-10, the rezoning action of the project is not subject to review under CEQA (Jonnie Lan, Project Manager, 209-770-8183, jonnie.lan@mbakerintl.com) NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN THAT said public hearing will be held on MARCH, 9, 2022 beginning at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, 1000 Webster Street, or the public may join the meeting via Zoom at https://fairfieldca.zoom.us/j/97065607498?pwd=a1dnaVY2UzFINU4xaU5sS0FET09qZz0 9 or by phone at (669) 900-6833 Webinar ID: 878 4542 3536 Passcode: 66781819 at which time and place any and all persons interested in said matters may appear and be heard. If you challenge any of the above-cited items in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Community Development Department at, or prior to the public hearing. Any party aggrieved or affected by a decision or determination by the Planning Commission in the administration of the City’s Development Regulations may file an appeal within 14 business days of the decision or determination using the appeal form available from the Community Development Department. To file an appeal, complete the form and submit it with the appropriate fee to Community Development Department, 1000 Webster Street, 2nd Floor, Fairfield, CA 94533 no later than 14 business days from the date of this hearing. Postmarks will be accepted. For additional information, please contact the Community Development Department, City Hall, 2nd Floor or phone 707-428-7440.

The City of Fairfield does not discriminate against any individual with a disability. City publications will be made available upon request in the appropriate format to persons with a disability. If you need an accommodation to attend or participate in this meeting due to a disability, please contact Cindy Garcia, Office Specialist, 707-428-7452, cgarcia@fairfield.ca.gov, in advance of the meeting.

DR#00053176 Published: Feb. 27, 2022

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: Karen Lorrayne Judkins, aka Karen L. Judkins, aka Karen Judkins A Petition for Probate has been filed by: Jeffrey P. Judkins in the Superior Court of California, County of: Solano The Petition for Probate requests that: Jeffrey P. Judkins be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petition request 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 11, 2022 TIME: 8:30 a.m.; DEPT.: 4 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SOLANO 600 Union Avenue P.O. Caller 5000 Fairfield, CA 94533 Probate Division 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: Douglas C. Spletter (SBN: 196277) Reynolds Law LLP 1411 Oliver Road, Suite 300 Fairfield, CA 94534 (707) 425-1255 DR# 00053044 Published: Feb. 20, 23, 27, 2022

Classifieds: 707-427-6936

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR ON-CALL ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF RIO VISTA The City of Rio Vista (“City”) is requesting proposals from qualified consultants to perform a variety of “on-call” engineering services to help assist City of Rio Vista staff in engineering assignments and tasks that are needed for the City to perform at various times.

The proposal can be viewed on the City’s website at: https://www.riovistacity.com/wpcontent/uploads/file/RFPs/RFP%20Combined.pdf It can also be requested by emailing Beth Roberts at broberts@ci.rio-vista.ca.us, or phone: (707) 374-6451 ext. 1106.

Proposals must be received no later than 2:00 P.M. Pacific Standard Time (PST) on Thursday, March 17, 2022.

Questions about this RFP must be directed in writing, via e-mail to: Robin Borre, Director of Public Works, rborre@ci.rio-vista.ca.us by March 3, 2022 @ 8:00 am. All questions and answers will be compiled and posted on the City’s website by March 7, 2022.

DR#00053161 Published: Feb. 27, March 2, 11, 14, 2022 Notice of Self Storage Sale Please take notice Central Self Storage - East Travis 837 E Travis Blvd Fairfield CA 94533 intends to hold an auction of the goods stored in a self-service storage unit by the following persons. The sale will occur as an online auction via www.storagetreasures.com on 3/16/2022 at 12:00 PM. Unless stated otherwise the description of the contents are household goods and furnishings: Dominick Lopez Robert Daul Jasmine Washington Keith Lewis Gerardo Ochoa Ronald Yadao Pinkie Tipton Kendra Willis Albert Rumph (2 units) All property is being stored at the above self-storage facility. This sale may be withdrawn at any time without notice. Certain terms and conditions apply. See manager for details.

2/27, 3/6/22 CNS-3556839# THE DAILY REPUBLIC DR#00052966 Published: Feb. 27, March 6, 2022 PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE PLANNING COMMISSION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF FAIRFIELD will hold a public hearing on the following item: CarMax Phase II – Development Review (DR2021-18), and Environmental Review (ER2021-43). A public hearing on the request by Adam Merrill, on behalf of CarMax Auto Superstores California, LLC, to replace a demolished building with a new 42,322sq.-ft. service building at 2955 Auto Mall Parkway (APN: 0028-123-100). The project has been deemed Categorically Exempt under CEQA per Section 15332 In-Fill Development Projects. (Planner: David Christie, 714-315-4303, David.christie@mbakerintl.com) NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN THAT said public hearing will be held on March 9, 2022 beginning at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, 1000 Webster Street, or the public may join the meeting via Zoom at: https://fairfieldca.zoom.us/j/97065607498?pwd=a1dnaVY2UzFINU4xaU5sS0FET09qZz0 9 or by phone at (669) 900-6833 Webinar ID: 878 4542 3536 Passcode: 66781819 at which time and place any and all persons interested in said matters may appear and be heard. If you challenge any of the above-cited items in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Community Development Department at, or prior to the public hearing. Any party aggrieved or affected by a decision or determination by the Planning Commission in the administration of the City’s Development Regulations may file an appeal within 14 business days of the decision or determination using the appeal form available from the Community Development Department. To file an appeal, complete the form and submit it with the appropriate fee to Community Development Department, 1000 Webster Street, 2nd Floor, Fairfield, CA 94533 no later than 14 business days from the date of this hearing. Postmarks will be accepted. For additional information, please contact the Community Development Department, City Hall, 2nd Floor or phone 707-428-7440.

The City of Fairfield does not discriminate against any individual with a disability. City publications will be made available upon request in the appropriate format to persons with a disability. If you need an accommodation to attend or participate in this meeting due to a disability, please contact Cindy Garcia, Office Specialist, 707-428-7452, cgarcia@fairfield.ca.gov, in advance of the meeting.

DR#00053178 Published: Feb. 27, 2022

Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

JUICY TIDBITS

By Katrina Lee

ACROSS

Janric Classic Sudoku

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112 Like a romantic dinner, in Paris 113 Chef’s protection 114 Word with words or chance 115 Org. with many returns 117 Paris gal pal 118 Most sentimental 120 Total removals 125 Maiden name preceder 126 __-Ball 127 “The Crocodile” of early tennis 128 ID on many returns 129 Post 130 “Give me some gossip!” ... and a hint to this puzzle’s sets of circles, which affect four Across answers

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1 What Rickey Henderson often beat 2 Chinese for “black dragon” 3 NIAID director 4 Luzon, for one: Abbr.

5 JFK predecessor 6 See 91-Across 7 Thompson of Marvel movies 8 Beat it 9 Night before 10 ___ Technica: tech news website 11 Make drinkable, as seawater 12 70-Across

nephew 13 “Mr. __”: Rami Malek drama 14 ORD posting 15 Zoom annoyance 16 Amtrak speedster 17 Sultan’s group 18 Intimidate, with “down” 22 Identical 24 Foretell 28 Paris article 31 Trivia night settings 33 Flings 34 “That’s wrong __ many levels” 35 Like some remedies 37 Hammer parts 38 “Ghost Story” author Peter 43 Forbid 44 Flood shelter 45 23andMe discovery 46 “Thank the Lord!”

47 Got a move on 48 Instruction 49 “__ Holiday”: opening section of Copland’s “Rodeo” 50 First woman to be named Doctor of the Church, briefly 52 __ B’rith 54 Tory adversary 55 __ de’ Medici, first de facto Lord of Florence 58 Berry in a bowl 60 Garlic genus 62 Get plastered 65 Piedmont bubbly

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1 Often abbreviated reaction to information overload 12 Ukulele ridge 16 “Gotcha” sounds 19 Starter 20 Indian flatbread 21 Laser pointer chaser 22 Altruism 23 Most of the 2010s 25 Span of a scale with three sharps 26 That, in Madrid 27 Gucci of fashion 29 “Elements of Algebra” author 30 “Don’t back down, bro!”

32 Completely different situation 36 Certain carton components 39 Reunion attendees 40 Café freebie 41 “Don’t think so” 42 Nos. for alums 43 Comparative data diagram 48 “The Misery Index” network 51 Bulgarian’s neighbor 53 Type of diet that might replace potatoes with cauliflower 56 New Deal agcy.

57 “High Rollers” co-host __ Lee 59 Grams 61 Alert on the road 63 __ in Charlie 64 “Play it cool” 66 Prefix with treat or giving 67 Blow a fuse 69 Sellers of KAFFEREP cinnamon buns 70 Middle-earth ring bearer 74 Following 75 Tokyo airport 77 Apple runs on it 78 Raggedy 80 Hot state 81 How three nursery-rhyme merchants went to sea 84 Trailer follower 85 Laker legend, familiarly 86 Votes against 87 Soybeans served in the pod 89 Gawk at 91 With 6-Down, Rudolph’s guiding light 92 Dad’s referral?

95 Boarding precedes it: Abbr.

97 Penicillium, e.g.

99 Half a martial art 100 Kendrick with a Pulitzer 102 On the lam 106 Résumé alert about an unfinished goal

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66 Classic U.K. sports cars 68 Prepare, as beans 71 Fett in “The Mandalorian” 72 De __: again 73 Stain 76 Short on iron, maybe 79 Serf of Sparta 82 Ruckus 83 Cap with a pompon 84 Convened in 88 Idea that spreads in a culture 90 “First Lady of Song” 93 Entrance porch 94 Teen dystopian novel narrator 96 Hanukkah top 98 Duchamp, for one

100 101 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 116 119 121 122 123 124

CD precursors Lets out, say Channel changer Kind of pig that’s not a pig They can be tricky to run into Daybreaks Foil relatives Putting __ Designer Ashley Like some cornered kings “You know the __” 90-Down’s improv Just make, with “out” Good name, briefly “Star Wars” nickname German “Alas!” __ the line

Last Sunday’s Puzzle Solved

2/27/22

Fill in the blank cells using numbers 1 to 9. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and 3x3 block. Use logic and process of elimination to solve the puzzle. The difficulty level ranges from Bronze (easiest) to Silver to Gold (hardest).

Difficulty level: SILVER Solution to 2/27/22:

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