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e s o R y t t Be Puppy with special name to start training to be a guide dog Susan Hiland

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VACAVILLE — World meet BettyRose, a puppy with a very special name who has just started training to become a Guide Dog for the Blind. The Lab/golden retriever cross was named in honor of the beloved actress Betty White. “BettyRose’s name is a tribute to Betty

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White, and the iconic character that Betty played on ‘Golden Girls,’ Rose Nylund,” said her new trainer Nora Salet. The idea to honor White’s legacy by naming a Guide Dogs for the Build puppy came to be when Betty died in December at 99 years old.

She was a dear friend, dedicated supporter and ambassador for Guide Dogs for the Blind for more than 30 years. Salet is part of the Puppy Raisers Club See Puppy, Page A12

BettyRose is named for Betty White, a longtime supporter of Guide Dogs for the Blind.

First human trafficking shelter in Solano County set to open Todd R. Hansen

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A homeless encampment sits along Beck Avenue in Fairfield, Friday.

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Council to set goals, priorities for homeless initiatives

FAIRFIELD — A Solano County woman in her early 20s made her way to the Solano Trauma Rescue Center. As she received counseling support, her story as a human trafficking victim came out.

But like so many victims, this woman did not want to go to law enforcement. Not only is she terrified of reprisals, but her mother also has expressed her fear for her own health. “When we think of sexual assault being the most under-reported

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In fiery speech, Biden calls out Putin: ‘This man cannot remain in power’ Tribune Content Agency

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FAIRFIELD — The City Council on Tuesday will receive an overview of the city’s homeless initiatives and is scheduled to discuss its goals and priorities moving forward. The special meeting is set for 5 p.m. in the council chamber at City Hall, 1000 Webster St. Part of that effort is to consider reconfiguration of the Community Action Partnership of Solano Joint Powers Authority board to require two elected council members from each member city and two county supervisors to sit See Council, Page A12

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law enforcement conducts a sting operation or other investigation. The group, along with its partners, will soon offer a four-bed shelter for human trafficking victims in Vacaville. It will be the first service of its kind in

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crime, human trafficking is even worse,” Kari Cordero, executive director of the Napa Solano SANE-SART, said in a phone interview. But Cordero said the group does work closely with law enforcement when it comes to their own investigations, and when

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President Joe Biden delivers a speech at the Royal Castle in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday.

LVIV, Ukraine — With the war in Ukraine at a critical juncture, President Joe Biden on Saturday used the capital of a country once dominated by the Soviet Union to demand an end to Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s vast power and to exhort U.S. allies to stand up to Russia’s brutal invasion of its neighbor. “The test of this moment is a test of all time,” Biden said in what was designed as a rousing speech for unity uttered at a Polish castle destroyed by Nazis in World War II – and later rebuilt. “For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in

power,” Biden said of Putin – a dramatic final flourish to what the White House called a major

speech and what appeared to be a call to unseat the man he has branded a See Biden, Page A12

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A story of cancer, morbidity, mortality and me

he words “morbidReminded myself that I ity” and “mortality” trust God for everything. are way too similar. Told Mrs. Brad: “Well, I That fact made my have cancer.” recent cancer experiIt was scary. It was ence worse than one of those moments it had to be. you hope to never Yeah, cancer. encounter. It was one of This story starts in those moments that Brad Stanhope many, many people early February, when I Like I was sayin’ got a dreaded message encounter. It’s still from my health care unexpected. provider: “Here is the result of So, after talking with and your biopsy: Pigmented basal hugging Mrs. Brad and again cell carcinoma nodular typereminding myself that I trust extending to both peripheral God for everything, I did what and deep tissue edges.” we all do: I looked up the I knew a few of the words. prognosis on Google. I knew Including carcinoma. “carcinoma,” but didn’t know It’s cancer. the other words. Oh no. The first websites were Really, oh no. generally positive: It’s the most Not what I expected, nor common form of cancer. what my doctor expected. It’s treatable. Cancer. And I found out as I was Then I saw one that said “the getting ready to go to bed. morbidity may be considerable” and had to sit down. I sat down for a second.

Considerable morbidity? I found another site that said, “the morbidity is nearly 100%.” Again: I had just seen a cancer diagnosis. Now I see that morbidity is nearly 100%. My head was spinning. I had to sit down. I reminded myself again that I trusted God for everything, even if this turns out bad. NEARLY 100% MORBIDITY! Then I looked up “morbidity.” It means, “the condition of suffering from a disease.” What? So having cancer means there’s a considerable chance at having a disease? It means there’s nearly 100% chance of suffering from a disease?” HOW IS IT NOT 100%???? IF YOU HAVE CANCER, YOU HAVE A DISEASE! AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHY DOES

MORBIDITY SOUND SO MUCH LIKE MORTALITY? I didn’t sleep well that night. (Although this is one exception to the advice to not Google your symptoms. The common fear is that you have cancer, so if you already know it’s cancer, it can be reassuring. Like hearing that it’s common and treatable – although “morbidity” may confuse you.) The following days were scary and sobering, particularly until I could talk with a doctor. I told my family and some friends. I scheduled a procedure to cut out the cancerous section of skin. I kept reminding myself it’s about morbidity, not mortality (although as a Type 1 diabetic, I now have co-morbidities. Not great, but it could be worse: I could be a Raiders fan.). To bury the lead, as we say in journalism, I had minor outpa-

tient surgery (Mrs. Brad and I disagree whether having a quarter-sized chunk of skin taken out of my torso counts as surgery, but I insist on casually referring to it as “my cancer surgery”) and waited for the results. They came back a week later: The lab says it’s all gone. I just have to return for checkups to catch any recurrence early. So it’s really a happy ending. But here’s what I learned: n I can trust God with everything, even if it’s bad news. n It’s uncomfortable to have skin removed from your body. n People are sympathetic when they hear you have cancer, even if it’s “minor” and even if you joke about it. n Morbidity and mortality are very different things. No. 1 is the most important, but No. 4 is pretty significant. Reach Brad Stanhope at bradstanhope@outlook.com.

Dedicated dogs: 6 canines honored for bravery, distinguished service was tied to Smoky’s collar. When she emerged from the pipe after a few minutes, soldiers used the string to pull vital communications wires along the same path - a job that would have taken the men three days, with enemy bombers flying overhead. Smoky also visited hospitals to cheer wounded soldiers. Animal Planet called her the first known therapy dog. “She was a big morale booster,” William Wynne told a local newspaper. So how did Smoky get into that foxhole in New Guinea? Some think she ran away from her previous companions. But once she met Wynne, her wandering days were over. She lived and traveled with him until her death in 1957. She formed such a bond with his family that they have had a half-dozen Yorkies since, including Sadie, Anna’s pet. Sadie has some big pawprints to fill.

The Washington Post Anna Wynne got an unusual gift for her 14th birthday this month. But it wasn’t for her. Anna traveled from Ohio to Washington, D.C., with her dad to accept a medal for her grandfather’s dog Smoky. During World War II, Smoky and Corporal William Wynne of the United States Army Air Forces became backpack buddies in the Southwest Pacific. Smoky went on 12 combat missions, survived air raids and typhoons and is credited with possibly saving the lives of many people. Not bad for a fourpound Yorkshire terrier found alone in a jungle foxhole in 1944. “There was something special about that dog,” said James Wynne, Anna’s father. “She was less than a foot tall, but she was really strong at heart,” said Anna. Her grandfather died last year, so Anna and her dad accepted Smoky’s Distinguished Service Medal from the group Animals in War & Peace. Two other dogs got similar medals at the Capitol Hill ceremony, and three dogs received the group’s Medal for Bravery. They join the eight animals honored in 2019 at the first such event in the United States. Britain has honored animals for exceptional bravery and service since 1943. Smoky’s combat exploits included crawling through a 70-foot-long pipe barely bigger than she was. The pipe ran under an important military airstrip in the Philippines. A long string

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Distinguished service Hurricane: When an intruder jumped over the White House fence in October 2014, with President Barack Obama and his family inside, this Secret Service canine jumped into action. “He took the individual clean off his feet,” said the dog’s handler, Marshall Mirarchi. Hurricane, a Belgian Malinois (pronounced MAL-in-wah), “was cut up pretty good from the fight” but “did what he was supposed to do.” He and Mirarchi are now retired from the Secret Service.

Feco: Part of the United States Coast Guard’s explosive detection unit in Northern California, Feco (FEE-coe) was honored for his morethan-1,335 searches of vehicles, ferries, ships, people and buildings. “He’s not only my partner, he’s become my best friend,” said Petty Officer 1st Class Cory Sumner. Feco, a Hungarian Vizsla (VEEZ-luh), has been to three Super Bowls, two World Series and many other big events. It will be hard to top that when he retires in July.

Bravery Nemo: About 4,000 dogs served with United States troops during the Vietnam War. None was braver than Nemo, a German shepherd shot in the nose and eye on a night patrol in 1966. Nemo’s handler, a 22-year-old airman getting his first taste of combat, also was badly wounded. When help arrived, the men found Nemo stretched across the airman’s chest, protecting him, as the dog had been trained. Nemo lost his right eye but lived six more years at an Air Force base in Texas. Cairo: “No Ordinary Dog” is the title of the book retired Navy SEAL Will Chesney wrote about Cairo, his Belgian Malinois partner. They took part in the May 2011 raid in Pakistan in which terrorist leader Osama bin Laden was killed. Cairo, who had been badly injured in an earlier mission, came out of this one safely, and Time magazine named him its Animal of the Year.

Chesney adopted Cairo after their Navy service. The dog died the next year at age 12. Ziggy: Deployed five times to four countries with the United States Marine Corps, this German shepherd amassed quite a record before retiring. He went on 56 nighttime helicopter raids and helped discover 43 weapons stockpiles, a dozen bombmaking facilities and more than 5,000 pounds of homemade explosives. But in putting his life on the line several times, Ziggy’s most awesome statistic might be this: Not one Marine ever died on his watch.

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Feco and his handler, Petty Officer 1st Class Cory Sumner, at Coast Guard training in San Francisco. Feco trained to detect explosives and he has taken part in more than 1,300 searches.

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Mike Goble, center, receives a check from Vacaville’s American Legion Post 165 members, from left, chaplain

Dan Seibert, Cmdr. Michael Terhorst, Vice Cmdr. Leonard Miller and Adjutant Jeff Jewell, Friday.

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VACAVILLE — Mike Goble never imagined putting up a couple of flags on a hill in memory and honor of two friends who died in Vietnam would ever become what it has turned out to be. “It’s become a kind of landmark, way bigger than what I ever thought it would be,” Goble said about the flags that fly on what is now known as Memorial Hill. “And it is one of the best views in Solano County,” he said. The Vacaville veterans, and American Legion Post 165, presented Goble with a $380 check Friday to cover the cost of a “round of flags” that now fly on the hill. “I have had previous encounters with members of that post, and I was called by one of the members and he asked me how much for the flags,” Goble said. There are the original two U.S. flags, and the cor-

MORE INFORMATION Anyone who would like to add a flag, or who is interested in donating to the cause, can contact Mike Goble on his Facebook page.

responding service flags for Marine Cpl. Richard Strahl, who died in a mortar attack in 1967, and Army Capt. John Curran, who was killed in 1971. Goble, who served in the Marine Corps, went to high school with Strahl and Curran in Glendale, Arizona. There is also an American flag for CHP Officer Kirk “Hollywood” Griess, who was killed while on duty in August 2018 and served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining the California Highway Patrol. “I had met him earlier (that) year and found out he was a Marine,” said Goble, who also had played Little League baseball with Brett Machado, who married Griess’ daughter, Kadi. She is a

Fairfield police officer. Goble later took Griess’ parents up the hill, folded and presented to them the original flags placed there in honor of their son. There also are a Purple Heart flag, a POW/MIA flag, service flags for the military branches and a series of fallen officer and fallen firefighter banners on the hill, along with two dedicated benches and some plaques. “It just keeps getting bigger,” said Goble, who is happy to add another in honor of others who died in service of their country in the military, or had served their communities in the police or fire departments. “So I tell people to give me a call and I will (put up) a flag for them, too,” Goble said. The connections do not necessarily have to be local. For example, he honored the memory of Natalie Corona, who was a Davis police officer from Arbuckle, who was

Fairfield man enters plea in firearms, drug case Matt Miller

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FAIRFIELD — A 36-year-old Fairfield man on probation with an outstanding warrant was found in possession of methamphetamine, weapons and ammunition after a traffic stop by police early Wednesday, authorities report. An officer conducted a search shortly after midnight and found William Josiah Scivner in possession of suspected methamphetamine, the Police Department reports. A probation

search was conducted at his known address by officers with the assistance of a police K-9. Police report a stolen 9mm Smith & Wesson handgun and a P80-style handgun with 9mm ammunition was found during the search. Scrivner was transported to Solano County jail and held on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance for sale, possession of a firearm by a felon, prohibited own-

killed on duty in January 2019 while responding to a traffic accident. Goble said he and a couple of members of the Vacaville veterans went up to Memorial Hill and changed out some flags as well. Of course, the flags honoring his friends touch him the most, the first going up just before Memorial Day in 2017, but the feeling of adding another flag does not change for Goble. “I’m glad to do it,” he said.

DIXON — Samantha Massaro is a painter and creator of home goods who began thinking about selling her handmade home decor items just before Covid lockdown. “That threw us for a loop,” she said. But she and her husband, John Massaro, are happy to finally be able to share their home goods items this weekend at the Solano County Home & Garden Show at her booth named Massaro’s Market. The booth is set up like a little boutique store, complete with a countertop and shelving. “Everything was canceled so we didn’t get to go out and do the shows like we planned,” she said Saturday. Instead, she stayed home with her children and reconsidered busi-

ness plans for the coming years, doing what she could for online sales. “Everyone is just excited to be out at an event because things are opening again,” John Massaro said. Sharamae and Matt Davis came with the family to enjoy the nice weather. “This is our first home and garden show,” she said. “We are just looking around and getting some ideas.” The home and garden show has been going strong since 2015. It is a great opportunity for attendees to talk with experts on home improvement projects or adding solar to their home. Shawna Arzadon is the new promoter and organizer for the annual show. She worked with Nicole and John Arabia, who put the show on See Garden, Page A4

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Samantha Massaro and her husband, John Massaro, set up their little shop, Massaro’s Market, at the Solano Home & Garden Show at the Dixon Fairgrounds, Saturday.

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Obituaries

Damian R. Cabral

Oct. 27, 1964 — March 1, 2022

Damian Richard Cabral went to be with the Lord on March 1, 2022, at the age of 57, after a courageous 2.5-year battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born Oct. 27, 1964. He was the gatekeeper for a local Duck Club and Waterfowl Reserve for over 35 years and the Marine Vessel Captain and Instructor of the Solano County Sheriff’s Department Dive Team. As a scuba diving instructor for Sportscove in Vacaville, he taught many the love of scuba. He traveled all over the world enjoying numerous diving adventures with his wife and friends. Earlier in his life, he owned and operated R & R Glass in the Bay Area. He was gifted in carpentry and construction, Damian had a great talent for repairing and creating things. He built the home in which he lived. He was also a talented musician, playing guitar and piano, and writing music. An outgoing and affectionate man, he loved all people, making friends with everyone he met. Most of all he loved the Lord. He was a loving and giving husband, father, grandfather, son, brother and friend. Damian is survived by his wife, Linda Cabral; sons, Anthony, Joseph and George Cabral; daughter, Jennifer Scott; stepchildren, Jennifer and Jerrod MacFall; mother, Patricia Stoller; stepfather, Jerry Stoller; sister, Sherry Luiz; brother-in-law, Tony Luiz; grandchildren, Gavin, Keilyn and Madison Scott, Audriana Cabral, Jasper MacFall, Benjamin and Evan Torres and Ryder Nichols; as well as many aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his father, Richard Cabral; maternal grandparents, Georgina and Tony Moniz; and paternal grandparents, Joseph and Mary Cabral. A Celebration of Life service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 2, 2022, at the Teal Club lawn, 2925 Chadbourne Road, Suisun. Dress code is casual.

Francisco Rodriguez Padilla

SOLANO Thornton Cain

Nov. 20, 1928 — March 9, 2022

time with his many Mr. Thornton grandchildren and Cain, 93, passed great-grandchilaway the morning dren. of March 9, 2022, Thornton was a with his wife of kind and gener64 years and their ous soul who was six children by known for his big his side. Thornton beautiful smile was born to Tom and warm heart. and Lillie Cain on He made friends Nov. 20, 1928, in wherever he went Madison, Georgia. and will be greatly Thornton met missed by everyone and married his lifeAIR FORCE who knew him. long love, Maria VETERAN He is survived Elvira, in the small town of Lages, Terceira by his wife, Maria Elvira; Azores, where he was sta- and their six children, Maria tioned while serving in the L Eddings (Reggie), Maria Teresa Cain (Tony), Maria U.S. Air Force. Thornton came to Fair- Malinda Cain, John (Imelda), field in 1967 where he Tony (Claudia), Christoretired in 1971 from the Air pher Thornton (Maria), his Force at Travis AFB after three children from a preserving 22 years and com- vious union, Thornton Cain pleting a yearlong tour in (Gloria), Rosemary Jones and Willie Cain; he is also Vietnam. He continued to serve as survived by his numera civilian in the Civil Service ous grandchildren and at Travis AFB until his retire- great-grandchildren. He is preceded in death ment at the age of 86. He loved the military and often by his parents and several took his children and later siblings which include grandchildren to see the brothers, Tom and Clinton; and sister, Jesse. huge airplanes on the base. Visitation will be held Thornton enjoyed fishing and his favorite fishing from 9 to 11 a.m., with spots were found on Grizzly funeral service at 11 a.m. Island and Bodega Bay. He Tuesday, April 19, 2022, could often be found in his at Bryan-Braker Funeral spare time in his backyard Home, 1850 W. Texas St., tending to his many fruit Fairfield, California. Interment will be private, trees and grapevines. He also loved spending April 26, 2022.

June 4, 1926 — Feb. 23, 2022

It is with great sorrow to announce the passing of Francisco Rodriguez Padilla at 95 years old on Feb. 23, 2022, at his residence in Fairfield, California, surrounded by his family. Francisco was born June 4, 1926, in Villa Obregon (Cañadas Obregon), Jalisco, Mexico. The son of Eleno J. Padilla and Simona R. Padilla. He was a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. He attended a private school in Mexico where he completed his high school. Francisco worked for the railroad as a machine operator in the United States for 20 years. He enjoyed the outdoors, taking walks in the park with his dogs and spending time with his family. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather. Francisco is survived by his children, Roberto D. Padilla, Raquel Padilla-Fuentes, Joe F. Padilla, Marta Farr, James Padilla, Karen Padilla; grandchildren, Shannon Guinn, Israel Fuentes-Padilla, Daniel Fuentes-Padilla, Karl Farr, Sonia E. Padilla, William Padilla and Ana Padilla; great-grandchildren, Jose Santiago Retiz, Elleana Padilla, Abraham PadillaJohnson, Gabriel Padilla-Johnson and Doston Farr. Francisco is preceded in death by his wife, Ignacia N. Padilla; and children, Sonia H. Padilla, Susan N. PadillaGuinn and Ignacio E. Padilla. A visitation will be held from noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 29, 2022, at Bryan-Braker Funeral Home, 1850 W. Texas St., Fairfield. Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 30, 2022, also at Bryan-Braker Funeral Home. Interment will be at Fairmont Memorial Park. Arrangements under the care of Bryan-Braker Funeral Home, 707-425-4697.

Mark Lawrence Shrode May 10, 1952 — March 1, 2022

composed numerMark Shrode ous music pieces, was born in East several of which Los Angeles as were performed by the second son of the Air Force Band Richard Shrode of the Golden West. and Margaret Joy He brought joy to Granger Shrode. many listeners, Growing up in both as a performer Manhattan Beach, and as a composer. he was part of a Mark had a deep talented group of appreciation and young musicians at knowledge of West Mira Costa High Coast Jazz and jazz School. His talent VETERAN musicians. Besides as an alto saxophone player was recog- his music, he loved peace nized and nurtured early and quiet, 19th century on. He studied with music French music and French studio legends Phil Sobel poetry, being out in nature and Bill Green, and, through for long walks, long-disa National Foundation of the tance running, and traveling Art’s grant, with jazz legend with his wife. He was a gentle soul Phil Woods. His freelance career included performing who did not adapt well to along Tony Bennett, Natalie our fast-paced, complex Cole, Nancy Wilson and society. At heart he was a humanitarian, supporting Larry Elgart, among others. In 1978, he joined the numerous local and national Forces Command Army charities, struggling to do Band in Atlanta, Georgia, his best to make the world followed by three years with a little better. ‘The world is the U.S. Army Europe Band too big for me,’ he observed in Heidelberg, Germany. shortly before his death. He is survived by his wife Ever curious to learn, he set out to study German of 38 years, Sabine; brothunder the tutelage of a ers, Kerry Shrode (Susan), young student, Sabine. The Dave Brlej (Debbie), Mark two married in 1984 and Brlej (Kitty); aunt, uncles, nephews, and returned to the U.S. at Fort nieces, friends. Monroe, Virginia. Mark was preceded In 1988, Mark switched services and joined the Air in death by his parents, Force Band of the Golden Richard and Margaret Joy; West at Travis AFB. Besides and stepmother Dolores. The funeral will take playing clarinet and saxophone, he was the Drum place with full military Major of the Ceremonial/ honors at 9 a.m. May 10, Marching Band, the Acting 2022, at the Sacramento First Sergeant, and Chief of Valley National Cemetery, Supply. Mark served a total 5810 Midway Road, Dixon. Arrangements under the of 28 years, retiring as a care of Bryan-Braker Funeral Senior Master Sergeant. Over the years, Mark also Home, 707-425-4697.

Natalie Helen Williams Jan. 26, 1943 — Jan. 30, 2022

On Jan. 30, my dear sister and our dear ‘auntie’ passed away after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born and raised in Great Falls, Montana, and graduated from Great Fall High in 1961. After graduating, she married and had her son, Kevin. Two years later, they moved to Westminster, California, where she was employed by JC Penney, in the accounting department. Her family loved going to the desert, and enjoyed many fun camping trips with friends and her parents. Great memories were made on their trip to the Baja. In 1979, she moved to Fairfield to be closer to her family. After various jobs, she was hired by the Travis Unified School District as a purchasing assistant. She was employed there for 20 years until her retirement in 2003. In search of more activities, she moved to a retirement community called Trilogy, in Rio Vista. Although the commute was challenging, the rewards were great, as she made new friends and began traveling with the Trilogy travel group. She managed to sign up for every one offered! Cruises included Hawaii, Alaska and Mexico. Along with cruises, she also enjoyed the bus trips to so many great places, her favorite was a trip to seven of the National Parks. Every summer her favorite place to visit was still Montana. She loved visiting her cousin and family, who

lived on beautiful Flathead Lake. As her health presented more challenges, she decided to move to Paradise Valley Estates in 2016. She loved living at PVE, with all it had to offer and made some great friends, including Lynn and John McCurry. We are very grateful for all they did to help her out during her final battle with cancer. We would also like to thank Dr. Long, her longtime oncologist for all the compassionate care he gave her. Natalie loved being outdoors and walked every day around PVE for as long as she could. She loved gardening, animals and watching all the birds, which visited her birdbath and feeders. She had a good heart and spent a lot of time picking out just the right gift for special people in her life. She is survived by her sister, Robin Carpino (Clyde); nephews, Cody Carpino (Meredith), Todd Carpino (Sarah), Colby Schrader; niece, Kelly Kreutzen (Josh); and several great-nieces and great-nephews. She is preceded in death by her son, Kevin Prindel; brother, William Jon Schrader; and her parents, Nathan and Gladys Schrader. Interment will be private at the Vacaville-Elmira Cemetery. Arrangements are under the care of McCune Garden Chapel. In memory of Natalie, donations can be made to the American Cancer Society.

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FAIRFIELD — The Fairfield-School District will receive more than $1.3 million in funding from the “A-G” Completion Improvement Grant program, according to a staff report. The total includes about $12,500 which was recently added. Trustees on Thursday reviewed and approved the plan for the “A-G” grant program but not without COREY comments from board member Ana Petero. “My concern is for the funding. I think the funding can go to other places that are better for spending the money,” she said. “We PETERO really need to consider where we spend money.” She particularly did not like the grant money going to an information night for parents. S u p e r i n t e n - TILLEY dent Kris Corey clarified that specific staff recommendation. “The information night is only used for one day,” she said. “I am in favor of this motion,” Trustee Helen Tilley said. “How else are we going to let our students who have fallen behind, suffered and need credit recovery get additional instruction? It is there for them with this grant. I want kids to make graduation requirements.” The money derives from Assembly Bill 130, which became law in July. One portion of the bill contains the “A-G” grant program, which is designed to help increase the number of high school students, particularly those students of families that meet income or categorical eligibility requirements for free or reduced-priced meals under the National School Lunch Program, English learners and foster youth to graduate from high school with “A-G” eligibility. When the plan was presented March 10 during the governing board meeting, staff reported the grant allocation as nearly $1.348 million. Since that

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SUISUN CITY — The City Council will take part in a public hearing Tuesday as part of its regular meeting and decide whether to award a permit to Element 7 Suisun City LLC, a retail cannabis dispensary. The project will include a retail showroom at 300 Railroad Ave. Construction of the tenant improvements on

the project is currently estimated to begin in mid-2022 with completion and a grand opening by the end of the year. “Suisun City is the optimal location for a cannabis retail business,” Element 7 founder and CEO Robert DiVito wrote in his application to council, also signed by cofounders Karan Grewal and Andre Chilton. “With dedicated off-street parking for 18-plus vehicles, a secured lobby area

for patient and customer check-in, and a new building purpose-built for our needs, we believe the site will maximize taxes, jobs and compliant economic development.” According to its website, e7ca.com, Element 7 currently has operations in Rio Dell, Marina, Port Hueneme and a new one in Firebaugh. It also shows the company is involved See Hearing, Page A6

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Vacaville council gives OK on 10 new zero-emission buses will also be significantly less. It would just delay the timeline if we waited VACAVILLE — The any longer.” city is ready to go green Councilman Nolan with its bus line as the Sullivan was in favor City Council this week of the move. approved the purchase “I’m very impressed of 10 fixed-line zero- with the work that has emission vehicles been accomto serve the City plished and am Coach Public excited to see the Transit Program. fruits of our labor,” The council Sullivan said. “I’m authorized Public excited to see Works to execute what these new a purchase agreebuses will look like ment of nearly on the streets of $10.858 million Vacaville.” with New Flyer of ROBERTS The buses could America for the be available by buses. An applisummer or fall cation process of 2023. Electriwas also approved cal infrastructure with the Federal also will need Transit Administo be upgraded tration to allocate to support $7.296 million the new fleet. in transit funds The Innovato cover the SULLIVAN tive Clean Transit FTA portion of regulation was the funding. adopted by the CalThere is also a second ifornia Air Resources funding source from the Board became effective Transportation Develop- in October 2019. The regment Act for nearly ulation requires all public $3.562 million, allowing transit agencies to tranthe project to have no sition their bus fleets impact on the Vacav- to zero-emission techille general fund. Public nologies and to be at Works will also try to 100% by 2029. procure a $1.2 million Vacaville currently Hybrid and Zero Emis- owns and maintains a sion Vehicle Incentive total of 18 fixed-route New program from the state Flyer of America buses to try and take the costs that run on compressed down even further. natural gas. That would “I thank staff for be reduced to the 10 zeropushing this forward,” emission buses. Vice Mayor Jason Roberts City Coach already said. “With gas prices, the developed and implecity can be assured that mented the City Coach ridership would increase Direct program with with transit. Eighty microbuses. But there percent of our residents is still a need to deploy are commuters and have larger fixed-route buses, doubled their costs to get the city reports. to work. Maintenance City staff in June

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Tri-City NAACP offers scholarships FAIRFIELD — Applications are being accepted for Tri-City NAACP scholarships. “The scholarship application requires a completed application, a current official transcript, two letters of recommendation and a 500-word essay. Applicants must have a 2.5 grade-point average and plan to attend a community college, university or vocational/technical school,” the organization said in a statement. High school graduates are eligible. The application period is April 14 to May 14. Additional information about receiving a scholarship application can be obtained by sending an email to education@tri-citynaacp.org.

Grant From Page A4 to validate a “D” grade in any of their “A-G” coursework. Provide summer school “A-G” coursework opportunities for students that did not have access during their school day schedule. n $125,000 to offer a Solano Community College elective course through dual enrollment. n $25,000 to provide AP and IB exam fee assistance for foster, low-income and English learner students. n $48,000 to provide

tutoring programs. n $4,000 to provide information nights for students and families. n $8,000 to provide extra-hourly pay for counselors to review transcripts. At the end of that time, all the funding of $1.36 million will have been used for the grant. Staff originally presented the “A-G” plan as information at the Dec. 16 school board meeting. Staff presented an updated “A-G” plan as information at the March 10 board meeting after gathering input from various department chairs.

invited New Flyer representatives to provide a presentation of their electric bus product line. The 35-foot low-floor battery-electric XE35 bus was presented and subsequently reviewed in-depth. The XE35 offers many advantages over the buses, including a simpler, less complex and easier-to-maintain propulsion system, according to city staff reports. The New Flyer XE electric bus achieved the highest passenger per mile fuel economy of any zeroemission bus based on fuel economy test protocol, the city reports.

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FAIRFIELD — The Kindness Campaign Video Contest is back after a twoyear hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The District Attorney’s Office calls on all Solano County students in seventh through 12th grades to participate in a countywide video contest that “underscores the impact of positive behavior,” according to a statement released Thursday. Students are invited to submit a video between 30 seconds and 2 minutes in length that “expresses what the power of kindness can accomplish in their school community,” the District Attorney’s Office statement said. It asks the question, “How can the power of kindness be used in our schools, homes, and communities to make a positive difference?” Contest rules and submission information can be found at www. solanocounty.com/ depts/da/kindness_ campaign.asp. The deadline is April 20.

Board to discuss county fair planning VALLEJO — The Solano County Fair Association board will discuss planning for the summertime county fair when it meets virtually at 6 p.m. Monday. The fair is scheduled June 16-19. Meeting log-in information, including Meeting ID and Password, is available at www.scfair.com. The board also has a closed session planned during which it will be updated on property negotiations involving the fairgrounds at 900 Fairgrounds Drive in Vallejo.

Hearing From Page A5 in large expansions in several cities throughout the state, including locations in Northern California. Element 7 says in its business model it puts equity of the business directly into the hands of the community and constituents. It also states it brings the discipline and structure of a national

State makes history with first openly transgender judge appointed to bench Tribune Content Agency LOS ANGELES — One of California’s eight newest judges is the first openly transgender person to be appointed to the bench in the Golden State, officials said. Andi Mudryk, 58, will serve as a judge in Sacramento County Superior Court, filling the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Benjamin Davidian, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office said Friday in

announcing a batch of judicial appointments and nominations. “I’m humbled, honored and I’m thrilled,” Mudryk told the Los Angeles Times on MUDRYK Friday. “I’m grateful to Gov. Newsom for creating a vision of California for all.” Mudryk has lived in Sacramento since 2009 and said she feels proud to serve the community.

She pledged to use her experiences to ensure that everyone who appears before her is welcome in the court system. Mudryk said her experiences as a transgender woman, a person with a significant disability, the parent of an adult Black man, and the descendant of Jewish Holocaust survivors spurred a legal career

spent advocating for the civil rights of all people. Born with osteogenesis imperfecta, which is commonly known as brittle bone disease, she said she has experienced more than 100 fractures in her life. Mudryk said she is proud to be transgender, having transitioned in the last four years, and has been accepted and promoted as part of Newsom’s administration. She spent the first

half of her legal career in private practice, including nearly 11 years with Disability Rights California, where she served as managing attorney, director of litigation and deputy director. She also served as director of litigation and policy advocacy at Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County from 2017 to 2018 and executive director at Disability Rights Advocates in 2017, See Judge, Page A9

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FAIRFIELD — The Fairfield Housing Authority is updating its waiting list to ensure applicants on the list are still interested in being there. The Housing Authority currently has four active waiting lists: The Housing Choice Voucher waiting list, the Project-Based

waiting list for Sunset Creek, the Project-Based waiting list for Laurel Gardens, and the Tenant Based-Rental Assistance waiting list. Applicants may be on one or more of the waiting lists. Applicants will have an opportunity to update their information on any active application list on which their name is cur-

rently listed. The Housing Authority will send out letters to all active applicants to allow them an opportunity to update their information. Letters will be mailed Thursday to the applicant’s address on file. Update forms will be due to the Fairfield Housing Authority at 823-B Jefferson St., Fair-

Housing Element Collaborative to host informational workshops FAIRFIELD — The Solano County Housing Element Collaborative and Solano County are inviting residents to participate in an informational workshop Wednesday. It will be an opportunity for residents to discuss the findings of the joint Housing Needs Assessment of the Regional Housing Element. After two community meetings in January, the collaborative conducted an analysis of demographics, economics and housing trends. The col-

laborative is made up of representatives from Benicia, Dixon, Fairfield, Rio Vista, Suisun City, Vacaville and Vallejo. Wednesday’s workshops come in two sessions, 11:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. The intent is to provide a summary of the analysis and the discussions will be guided by resident input. Residents can learn more about this portion of the Housing Element, provide feedback on specific needs and share insights on how housing can be improved on a local and regional level. The meeting will be

retail operations group while ensuring the enterprise remains local. Suisun City has already been open to cannabis operations. Stiiizy, located at 521 Railroad Ave., was the city’s first cannabis club, and the first in the Suisun City, Fairfield and Vacaville area. It opened in summer 2021. In other possible action, the council will decide whether to adopt a resolution accepting the community-based transportation plan serving findings, choose a micro-

transit option and notify Rio Vista and the Solano Transportation Authority if the city decides to partner on the project. The meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m., after a 5:30 closed session, in the council chamber, 701 Civic Center Blvd. The council is meeting in person again. Masks are required. The meeting can also be accessed through Zoom. Login instructions are available on the agenda, which can be found at suisun.com.

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War in Ukraine may not be such a shock to US markets

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Solano unemployment drops in February; 2,000 more local jobs

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FAIRFIELD — There were 2,000 more local jobs in February than in January, helping to push the Solano County unemployment rate down to 5.3%. The January rate was 6%, the Labor Market Division of the state Employment Development Department reported Friday.

The number of local jobs climbed from 134,200 to 136,200, energized in part by 500 new construction jobs, 500 additional jobs in health services, 200 more retail jobs and a pick up of 100 jobs in the farming sector, the EDD reported. The state unemployment rate in February was reported at 4.8%, down from 5.5%,

and the national rate was at 4.1%, down from 4.4%, the EDD reported. The Solano County jobless rate in February 2021 was 9.1%. The civilian labor force in February was at 202,200, the same as in January, with 191,500 employed and 10,700 seeking unemployment benefits. That compares to 188,100 employed and

12,100 seeking benefits in January, the EDD reported. Solano ranked 29th among the state’s 58 counties. San Mateo had the lowest unemployment rate at 2.7%. Colusa had the highest rate at 14.5%. Solano had the highest rate among the nine Bay Area counties. The next closest was Contra Costa County at 3.9%, the EDD reported.

Will these Queen Mary relics find new homes or get sold for scrap? Los Angeles Times Aaron McDowell, a security guard in Stockton who considers himself an amateur historian recently put his skills to work by helping to restore a Vietnam-war era mine sweeper, the Lucid. His next project may be a bit more hands-on and challenging. McDowell has lodged a bid to take possession of a lifeboat from the aging Queen Mary in Long Beach so he can restore the six-ton craft in his landlocked Central Valley backyard. “The Queen Mary is not just a part of Long Beach or British history,” he said. “She’s a beacon to the whole world as a cultural artifact.” McDowell is among eight bidders who have offered to take one or more of the 20 lifeboats that the city of Long Beach has removed from the 86-year-old ocean liner-turned tourist attraction and floating

hotel. The bidders are not required put up any money, but they have to prove to the city that they have the finances and ability to take possession and restore the lifeboats. A structural study determined that the lifeboats were putting too much strain on the frame of the ship, prompting the city to seek bidders willing to save the lifeboats from ending up in landfills or scrap yards. But the lifeboats may not get a second life, according to a group of historians and preservationists who worry that the city has imposed too many conditions and too short a bidding period to save all the lifeboats. They fear most of the boats will be junked or sold for scrap metal. “This is history that is going to be destroyed or end up in a land fill,” said Michael Rohrer, corporate secretary for QMI Restore the Queen, a nonprofit that is dedicated to raising money to restore

the ship. “It’s sad.” A spokesperson for the city of Long Beach said the city will be flexible, within reason, on how much time bidders will be given to take possession of the boats. The lifeboat debate is the latest chapter in the ship’s 55-year history in Long Beach, where the 1,019-foot-long ship has been docked, drawing 1.6 million visitors a year before it closed in 2020 due to the pandemic. But the ship has also been the subject of numerous disputes among city officials and preservationists over how to repair and restore it, how much to spend and who should oversee the work. Long Beach – which has owned the Queen Mary since it sailed into the dock in 1967 – took control of the ship in June after the company that previously held the lease to operate it, Eagle Hospitality Trust, filed for bankruptcy protection in January and

agreed to surrender its lease agreement. Over the last five decades, a number of concessionaires have operated and maintained the ship as a floating hotel and tourist attraction, with mixed results. A 2017 study recommending that as much as $289 million worth of renovations and upgrades were needed to keep parts of the ship from flooding. Since taking over the ship, the city has allocated $5.5 million to make the repairs needed to reopen the ship to the public. To complete the ship’s repairs, a study found that the 22 lifeboats hanging from davits on the deck were putting too much strain on the ship’s frame and needed to be removed. The city plans to keep only two of the original lifeboats on the ship, with the rest being offered in a bidding process to See Relics, Page A8

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Relics From Page A7 preservationists, historians and museums to be restored and preserved. The bidders must show they have the financial means to transport the boats from the ship site, restore them and sign a waiver, releasing the city of liability for the leadbased paint on the boats. One of the lifeboats is 30 feet long; the rest are 36 feet long and weigh about 12,000 pounds. Most of the lifeboats were not originally on the Queen Mary when it sailed its maiden voyage in 1936 but were salvaged over the years from the Mauretania and Queen Elizabeth, according to historians. Long Beach i opened the bidding process Feb. 17 and is giving

potential bidders until March 25 to submit offers. If not enough bids are filed to take all of the lifeboats by March 25, city spokesman Johnny Vallejo said “we will further evaluate next steps.” “We are hopeful to find great homes for these historical lifeboats,” he added. Rohrer and the QMI group say the city should have set aside more time – perhaps as much as six months – to find preservationists around the world interested in the lifeboats. “The timeline is so short, there is not a legitimate amount of time for them,” Rohrer said. “They are setting it up for failure.” One of the bidders, a real estate developer in Nova Scotia, Canada, had considered taking one of the lifeboats and installing it outside of a new housing development in

the province on a street named after ship builder Samuel Cunard, whose company Cunard Lines built the Queen Mary. In an interview, a spokesperson for the developer said the company has decided against pursuing the bid because the cost of transporting the boat to Canada was too expensive. Thomas Thacker, the owner of Long Beach Maintenance & Repair who describes himself as a history buff, submitted a bid for one boat, saying in an interview that he plans to restore it and keep it on display at his auto repair shop. Thacker said he has the tools to do the work but still needs a crane to lift the boat onto a flatbed truck. He said he hopes all of the boats find a permanent home. “I would like to see them all restored to their original condition,” he said. “I would not like to

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Big population drops in LA, SF transforming urban California Tribune Content Agency Los Angeles and San Francisco saw sizable declines in population during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic, new census data show, underscoring how California’s housing crisis and other demographic forces are reshaping two of its largest cities. In terms of total numbers, Los Angeles County lost about 160,000 residents – more than any other county in the nation, the data show. But L.A. County has about 10 million people, so the per capita loss was slightly more than 1% compared with 6.7% in San Francisco and 6.9% in New York. “We are in this new demographic era for California of very slow or maybe even negative growth,” said Hans Johnson, a demographer with the Public Policy Institute of California. “And it does have implications for everything in our state – from how we live our lives to which schools are getting closed down to how much capacity we might need for transportation networks, and eventually to housing.” The data, published this week by the U.S. Census Bureau, show California as a whole saw a net loss of nearly 262,000 residents between July 1, 2020, and July 1, 2021, with the lion’s share of the losses coming from Los Angeles County: 159,621 people. The second-largest countywide loss in the nation was New York, which declined by about 111,000 residents. The findings paint a picture of a state in

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People enjoy the sunny afternoon on New Year’s Eve in a Los Angeles park with a view of the downtown skyline, Dec. 31, 2021. flux, with factors such as soaring home prices, dwindling birth rates and more work-from-home options contributing to a population on the move. “This loss that both California is experiencing and Los Angeles County is experiencing are kind of the perfect storm from a demographic perspective, and all the components that lead to population change are all trending in a downward direction for both the state and Los Angeles,” Johnson said. Nearly all of the state’s population loss was driven by domestic migration, data show, meaning most people who are leaving are choosing to go – often seeking more affordable housing and job opportunities, or moving with family. Jena Lords said she and her husband discussed leaving Bakersfield for several years because they were unhappy with the direction the state was going. They decamped to

Idaho last year. “The top reason was 2nd Amendment rights,” said Lords, 39. “There’s also the high cost of living, tax fees, regulations.” Lords and her husband both had stints in the firearms industry, she said. To them, it felt as though “the governor didn’t want us to be able to defend ourselves.” The pandemic provided a rare opportunity for the pair to move – Lords had been working remotely as a department coordinator at Cal State Bakersfield and her husband quit his job in November 2020. Last spring, she accepted a position as an administrative assistant at Idaho State University. She and her husband lived in their recreational vehicle for 10 months before closing escrow on a $140,000 home sitting on half an acre of land in Pocatello, about an hour south of Idaho Falls, two months ago.

“The hardest thing was leaving our friends and family – and the beach, of course,” Lords said. “It’s amazing, the difference in culture. It’s a real smalltown feel.” California overall lost about 367,000 people like the Lords to domestic migration – a number higher than the net loss, which includes gains from births and other sources. Los Angeles lost about 180,000 to domestic migration The census numbers underscore population losses the state has faced in recent years. The state lost a seat in Congress for the first time in history due to sluggish population growth. The Bay Area, where skyrocketing housing costs have long been a major problem, was hit particularly hard. San Francisco lost about 54,000 residents and Santa Clara County – home

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Tribune Content Agency ORLANDO, Fla. — Kennedy Space Center will be juggling rockets and spacecraft in the next month that will herald a couple of new eras in space travel. Both of KSC’s launch pads will be in action, one to send up two SpaceX Crew Dragon capsules while the other is performing a dress rehearsal for the Artemis I moon launch planned for later this year. Days could shift, but at this point, NASA plans to simulate a countdown including the fueling and de-fueling of the Space Launch System rocket topped with the Orion capsule at Launch Pad 39-B from April 1-3. Also targeting no earlier than April 3 is the launch of Axiom Space’s AX-1 flight, the first all-

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At Kennedy Space Center, Fla., NASA’s moon rocket for the Artemis 1 mission rolls to the launch pad, March 17. civilian crew to fly on a mission to the International Space Station. Four “space participants,” including three that paid $55 million each for the opportunity along with a former astronaut now employed by Axiom Space, will

be hitching a ride on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endeavour set to lift off on a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Pad 39-A. While Soyuz flights through the Russian space agency have brought civilians to the space station starting

with Dennis Tito in 2001, this mission marks the first time they’ll come from a U.S.-based launch, and also the first time they have not been accompanied by a professional astronaut or cosmonaut. The crew includes paying customers Larry Connor, Mark Pathy and Eytan Stibbe along with commander Michael López-Alegría, a veteran of three space shuttle flights and a 215-day stint on the space station. They plan to spend 10 days on board the ISS performing a bevy of scientific experiments and enjoying the view before returning home for a splashdown off the Florida coast. That will make room for the next NASA crew rotation, also launching See Space, Page A13

Garcetti optimistic port labor talks will be resolved Tribune Content Agency Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said he expects labor talks to be resolved without significant disruption to the biggest U.S. ports – and an already stressed supply chain – as West Coast dockworkers’ contracts expire this summer. The negotiations could start as early as next month between International Longshore and Warehouse Union, representing about 15,000 West Coast dockworkers, and the Pacific Maritime Association, made up of roughly 70 companies at 29 ports in the region.

The stakes are high, as the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are just starting to clear historic backlogs created by pandemic-induced supply chain disruptions. The current labor contract expires July 1. “We’ve gone through enough shocks to the system,” the mayor said in an interview Friday at City Hall. “We have enough work to do and we have enough capital this time that we should be able to resolve these issues.” Garcetti said he’s optimistic the two sides will be able to see eye-to-eye, especially considering the

amount of cash ocean carriers have to work with this time around, and what he called the labor union’s “reasonable ask” on wages, pensions and health care. “These companies have never made more money,” said Garcetti, sitting next to a display of a model cargo ship from France’s CMA CGM SA, one of the world’s biggest container lines. Freight carriers, which posted record profits last year, unloaded more than 40% of containerized goods coming into the U.S. at the San Pedro Bay ports. “There are reasonable things that the unions are

asking for,” he added. “If they can see that common ground and do it sooner than later – let’s make sure this isn’t one of those ones that skids over July 1.” Garcetti said he has offered to help with shuttle diplomacy and said he has a good track record of bringing people together in labor disputes across Los Angeles. The White House has also brought in Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh from the start, he said. “We’ve been seeding the ground” ahead of the talks, Garcetti said.

to Silicon Valley – 45,000 people. But more affordable parts of Southern California, such as Riverside and San Bernardino counties, saw growth during this period, including people coming from other areas. Riverside saw the thirdhighest population gain in the nation with about 36,000 new residents, following only Maricopa County, Ariz., and Collin County, Texas, according to the data. California was also among the minority to see a “natural increase” in the population, or more births than deaths during that one-year period, the data show. More than 73% of U.S. counties experienced natural decrease in 2021. Yet natural increase is also slowing both nationally and within California. The state reported 91,996 more births than deaths from July 2020 to 2021, according to the census data, but that number was about 262,000 in 2015. And while the state saw a net gain in international migration – about 14,300 people moved to California from abroad – the number is also significantly lower than what it was in recent years. About ten years ago, Los Angeles County received close to 50,000 people through international immigration. This year, the county reported only about 4,000. “All those factors are operating together now in ways that we’ve never seen before,” said Johnson, the demographer. “We’ve had periods with large domestic outmigration, but not at the same time that we saw this big decline in foreign immigration and a slowdown in natural increase.

So when you add all those things together, that adds up to population losses both for the state and for Los Angeles that are very, very unusual demographically.” Although the Covid-19 pandemic probably played a role in less immigration, the number of international migrants has been steadily declining for several years, said Paul Ong, director of the Center for Neighborhood Knowledge at UCLA. “It’s a combination of those things, but certainly it was happening before the pandemic,” Ong said. “In some ways, it’s part of what we see historically in terms of immigrants – that they do settle and cluster in a few areas and cities, but over time they move away. And when they move away, they sponsor new relatives coming in further away from the original core.” A shrinking population can have a negative effect on the local economy and can mean fewer skilled workers, Ong said. For some, the decision to leave California grew out of mounting frustration and a desire for change. “I started seeing the homeless population increasing and nothing being done about it,” said former Southern California resident Alfredo Malatesta, who immigrated to L.A. from Peru as a child. “It was starting to remind me of where I left many years before.” He and his wife, Erin, moved from Santa Clarita to Tennessee in 2017, and have taken a shine to rural life outside Nashville. “You feel like everyone is out to screw you in a way in a city like Los Angeles. And for the amount I pay to live here, the taxes, the infrastructure falling apart . . . everything is just like constantly like you’re getting screwed,” Malatesta, 43, said.

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Hidden tax breaks escape scrutiny in California

he budget that Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed in January totals $286.5 billion – big money by anyone’s measure – and likely to grow because state revenues continue to surpass expectations. However, as large as the budget may be, it still understates the full extent of state spending because it excludes an under-the-table way of spending money called “tax expenditures.” Sometimes dubbed “loopholes,” dozens of exemptions, exclusions or credits from taxation for specific activities by individuals or corporations amount to about $75 billion a year in foregone revenue. The larger and more obvious Dan Walters ones include the deductibility of mortgage interest on state income taxes and the exclusion of drugs and food from sales taxes. However, many are virtually unknown to the general public but greatly benefit narrow interests. One example: Consumers must pay sales taxes on over-the-counter computer software programs, such as the popular Quicken program for personal financial management, but custom software purchased by corporate clients is tax-exempt. Another: Film producers can receive hefty state tax credits for making their movies or television shows in California, rather than in other states or nations. Each year, the state Department of Finance quietly publishes a list of the tax expenditures and their projected costs, but despite their multi-billion-dollar impacts, the list is not formally included in the budget’s expenditures. Occasionally, tax expenditures become a political issue, particularly for those on the political left, who complain that they benefit corporations and wealthy individuals and indirectly deprive the needy of support by limiting revenue. Two years ago, the California Budget & Policy Center, a left-leaning organization that pushes for more support for the poor, published a paper decrying $63 billion in personal and corporate income tax expenditures. “This is revenue that otherwise could go to Californians who need additional support to be able to live and work in the state while strengthening the state’s economy,” the report declared. Last year, Assemblyman Bill Quirk, a Hayward Democrat, introduced legislation that would have asked the University of California to conduct a detailed study of tax expenditures to evaluate their justification. The bill passed the Assembly but died in the Senate without a vote. One of the most questionable tax expenditures is the aforementioned ability of film production companies to obtain hefty tax credits. Supported by the film industry and its unions to counter production subsides offered in other states and nations, it reflects the industry’s close ties with the Capitol’s dominant Democrats. Newsom’s new budget sweetens the film credit even more by allowing recipients a longer carryforward period, and the industry appears to be mounting a drive to go even further. It commissioned a study by the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp. that extols the benefits of the current subsidy and suggests that it be made even more lucrative. Newsom issued a Twitter item promoting the study, which declares that every taxpayer dollar spent on the film subsidy increases “total economic activity” in California by $24.40, labor income by $8.60, state economic output by $16.14 and state and local tax revenue by $1.07. The rosy numbers are aimed at critics, such as the Legislature’s budget analyst, who has questioned the program’s justification. It singles out one major naysayer by name, the University of Southern California’s Michael Thom, who contends that tax credits don’t deliver the net benefits backers claim. Unlike most direct budget spending, tax expenditures remain in place year after year with little or no scrutiny. At the very least, they should appear in the budget and go through the same annual processes as other claims on the state treasury.

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Biden partly to blame for high gas prices Kelvin Wade asks the question, “Are gas prices Joe Biden’s fault?” (see DR column March 16, 2022). Yes, in a partially preventable way. Biden’s policies have both an immediate and a long-term adverse effect. Consider the unabated, until emergency now, massive import from Vladimir Putin’s oil. A little sense of a possible future crisis could have been and was predicted by some. The world’s preoccupation with the controversial “climate warming” has been quickly and largely overshadowed by the now current and predictable saber-rattling of despots like Xi Jinping and Putin. And now the mass killing and destruction allowed by the sleepy West is shameful! I am sure Putin delights with our limitation of fracking for oil. And the latent, longer-term decision to kill the Keystone pipeline is despicable, as is the allowance of Putin’s pipeline. If these politics continue, millions of people may die before any real compromise of “wild nature” from drilling in some now restricted areas. OPEC and our giant oil companies are not blameless, either. If we were confident that our leaders were acting with sensibility and integrity, then the price of gasoline would likely pale as an issue; especially if it meant better support for our neighbors in trouble, like Ukraine. Syllogistic or cause-and-effect reasoning by Mr. Wade is appropriate but do not let it hide the deeper issues of truth. Bill Coburn Fairfield

Woman seeks justice for slain husband I write in reference to the article Feb. 20 in the Vacaville Reporter

titled “Community input sought for Police Department study,” a survey by the Fairfield Police Department. The Fairfield Police Department s stated mission reads: “With reverence for human life and the highest degree of ethical and professional conduct, the Fairfield Police Department will, while working in partnership and as guided by the constitution, safeguard the lives and property of the people we serve, enforce the law and reduce harm to make our community safe for all.” The article also gave the website for those wanting to take the survey. In checking the website, it appears to be for Fairfield residents only. The survey actually started Feb. 1 but was not publicized until Feb. 20 in the Vacaville Reporter and the survey does not mention murder or cold cases. I find it ironic that this article came out Feb. 20 – 20 years to the date since my husband, Ralph C. Moore, came home in Fairfield to a burglary in progress and was brutally beaten and left for dead. He died of his injuries on Feb. 28, 2002, at U.C. Davis Medical Center in Sacramento. His case remains unsolved. We’ve had nine detectives work the case during the 20 years. I call the current detective occasionally, asking if there is any progress being made on the case. He always tells me how busy and overwhelmed they are and says he will call me back, but does not. The Fairfield Police Department has received very good leads in the last few years in Ralph’s case, but nothing is being done. I’m very disappointed in the Fairfield Police Department and I feel that I have been put off all these years when it comes to my husband’s murder case. I also felt that I could do the survey and input information that could help the Fairfield Police Department, however, their survey does not mention murder, cold cases or allow space for comment. I am so disappointed and discouraged. My husband did not deserve what happened to him but he does deserve justice.

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Blue Ridge Oaks action does not equate to Green Valley project Supervisor Jim Spering recently wrote to accuse former council member and DR columnist Jack Batson of “getting it wrong” and being a hypocrite because he opposed using city water for a project outside Fairfield city limits. He referred back to an action on the 2002 Fairfield City Council consent calendar about the city’s action to approve water to Blue Ridge Oaks. I can just imagine Jim pouring through 20 years of council agendas to find this “smoking gun”! Well, since I, too, served on the Fairfield City Council at the time, I refreshed my memory by reading the actual documents. Surprise! Jim has mischaracterized the action. The two cases are as different as can be. In the 2002 case, the city agreed to serve water outside the city limits because there was a legitimate health and safety issue with the water serving a group of about 20 existing houses. What is being proposed in Green Valley is 400 new houses. Supporting new development in Green Valley has nothing to do with solving a health and safety issue for current residents. Marilyn Farley, former Fairfield City Council member (2001-2007) Fairfield

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Ralph’s case is now at the Solano County District Attorney’s Office because they have a cold case unit and the Fairfield Police Department does not. Hopefully, someone will come forward with information that will help solve Ralph’s case. There is a $60,000 reward.

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Nora Salet, left, puppy raiser and leader of Guide Dogs for the Blind’s Fairfield Puppy Raisers Club, and Christine Benninger, president and CEO of Guide Dogs for the Blind.

Crime logs Fairfield

THURSDAY, MARCH 24 8:34 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 2100 block of CADENASSO DRIVE 1:49 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 2500 block of LONGVIEW DRIVE 11:59 a.m. — Grand theft, 1300 block of WOOLNER AVENUE 2:13 p.m. — Grand theft, 1700 block of TRAVIS BOULEVARD 3:30 p.m. — Vehicle theft, 1000 block of WEBSTER STREET 6:01 p.m. — Grand theft, 200 block of RED TOP ROAD 6:33 p.m. — Trespassing, 3000 block of TRAVIS BOULEVARD 7:11 p.m. — Shooting into a dwelling, 200 block of EAST KENTUCKY STREET 9:35 p.m. — Forgery, 1900 block of GRANDE CIRCLE

FRIDAY, MARCH 25 7:36 a.m. — Grand theft, 1400 block of OLIVER ROAD 7:56 a.m. — Reckless driver, MANUEL CAMPOS PARKWAY 7:56 a.m. — Drunk and disorderly, 3700 block of LYON ROAD 9:03 a.m. — Vandalism, 2400 block of CORDELIA ROAD 9:49 a.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, BECK AVENUE 10:26 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 2100 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 12:24 p.m. — Forgery, 1500 block of GATEWAY BOULEVARD 12:29 p.m. — Forgery, 2300 block of QUAIL COURT 12:33 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 600 block of BECK AVENUE 1:28 p.m. — Robbery, 1500

Council From Page One on the panel. The board currently consists of appointed members from the county and the cities. Dixon is the only city that is not part of CAP Solano. The restructuring concept came out of a March 3 Homeless Summit attended by elected officials from the county and cities with the goal of creating a regional homelessness solution by having decision-makers directly involved. The summit was an extension of the ongoing 2X2 Homeless Subcommittee that involves Fairfield, Suisun City, Vacaville, Vallejo and Benicia. Two council members from each city have been meeting, away from the public, to discuss mutual concerns and possible solutions. Supervisor Mitch Mashburn also has participated more recently, but the county is not a formal part

block of TRAVIS BOULEVARD 1:55 p.m. — Forgery, 300 block of GREGORY STREET 2:06 p.m. — Vehicle theft, 2400 block of HUNTINGTON DRIVE 2:14 p.m. — Forgery, 3300 block of CHERRY HILLS COURT 3:08 p.m. — Reckless driver, 4700 block of GOLD HILL ROAD 3:45 p.m. — Drunken driving, 1900 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 3:59 p.m. — Vandalism, SUNSET AVENUE 5:07 p.m. — Vehicle burglary, 100 block of ROSEBURG WAY 5:25 p.m. — Vehicle theft, 900 block of PIERCE STREET 5:55 p.m. — Forgery, 1400 block of CLEMENTINE LANE 10:05 p.m. — Vehicle theft, 2400 block of TOP GALLANT COURT 11:49 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, CIRCLE DRIVE

Suisun City THURSDAY, MARCH 24 8:35 a.m. — Hit-and-run no injury, POTRERO CIRCLE / LAWLER RANCH PARKWAY 4:47 p.m. — Fraud, 800 block of BERING WAY 9:21 p.m. — Reckless driver, PETERSEN ROAD

FRIDAY, MARCH 25 7:32 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 500 block of LABRADOR WAY 8:35 a.m. — Hit-and-run with injury, POTRERO CIRCLE/ LAWLER RANCH PARKWAY 4:47 p.m. — Fraud, BERING WAY 9:21 p.m. — Reckless driver, PETERSEN ROAD

of the group. A council staff report lists several possible outcomes of having elected officials directly involved in CAP Solano: improved jurisdictional collaboration; coordination of funding, resources and project delivery; improved system delivery response; and increased regional, state and federal funding access. The summit group expressed a general belief that if the county and cities spoke with a single voice, it could improve its chances of getting state and federal funding for homeless issues. The summit, organized by Mashburn and Supervisor Jim Spering, also focused on the need for adding appropriate housing. The council meeting also is accessible through Zoom at https://fairfieldca. zoom.us/j/89601370849 ?pwd=RWM2dk1zVUN LNUF2K2MzMnNtNjV 1QT09 or by calling 669900-6833. The Webinar ID is 896 0137 0849. The passcode is 7074287400.

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located here in Solano County. The club comprises members from every community in the county with volunteers who take care of the basic training for the potential guide dogs. “I started doing this in the fall of 2002,” Salet said. “It began as a 4-H group training with the kids.” This all started for Salet when the 4-H group went on a tour of the Guide Dogs for the Build facility in San Rafael. “My daughter really wanted to be a part of it,” Salet said. BettyRose is only 9 weeks old and already has started her training. She will spend roughly the next year being cared for and nurtured by Salet and her family in Vacaville. “It is really very basic training, like learning her name, how to walk on a leash, potty training and

Biden From Page One killer and a war criminal. The White House later clarified that Biden was not urging regime change, which would have been a major shift in U.S. policy. “The president’s point was that Putin cannot be allowed to exercise power over his neighbors or the region,” a spokesman told reporters traveling with the president and speaking on condition of anonymity in keeping with White House protocol. “He was not discussing Putin’s power in Russia, or regime change.” Still, the comments reverberated in Poland, Ukraine, Russia and beyond. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said it was not up to Biden to choose who leads Russia. “The president of Russia is elected by Russians,” he said, according to Reuters. Biden, in his speech, also reached out to the Russian people, saying the United States and the West do not have grievances with them but with their leaders. And he called for worldwide unity, something the administration has not been able to galvanize, with numerous countries sitting on the sidelines of the conflict. “All of us must do the hard work of democracy each and every day,” Biden said, “in Europe and in my country as well.” He opened his remarks by invoking the late Pope John Paul II, a Pole, whose “Be not afraid” speech in Warsaw

Shelter From Page One Solano County, and gives the groups the ability to “rescue victims” and immediately take them out of their current environments. “We hope to have everything in place by April 15 so we can start putting people in beds,” Cordero said. The program is funded with a threeyear, $666,000 state Office of Emergency Services grant that will be shared among the agencies involved. Napa Solano SANESART, a nonprofit that provides immediate care to victims of sexual assault in Solano, Napa, Marin and three other counties to a lesser extent, will take the lead and provide administrative support. It started in 1988.

socializing,” she said. Potty training is very specific for guide dogs because they must learn to hold it until they are allowed to release. “The guide dog needs to be able to hold it longer,” she said. After the 15 to 17 months of basic puppy training, BettyRose will be turned over to the Guide Dogs for the Blind training program for specific training to assist blind and visually impaired individuals. BettyRose’s dad is also a guide dog, but he is used for breeding today. This litter of puppies will all have names that start with a B. And BettyRose’s name will not be changed unless she doesn’t pass the program. “This is her name for good,” Salet said. Some of the training has taken longer than usual because of the pandemic, meaning the dogs are staying up to two years in the trainer’s homes, rather than the facility in San Rafael. “We couldn’t take

them to stores because people would want to pet them and what if they had Covid?” Salet said. The Puppy Raisers Club has a 60% success rate of doggie graduates from the program and that is about average. This is the 18th puppy that Salet has raised. “I cry everything time we have to give the dog to Guide Dogs for the Blind, but I know it is for a good cause and sooner or later we get another puppy,” she said. One of the great benefits of doing this kind of raising is that the new owners of the guide dogs sometimes become lifelong friends and like an extended family. The family will share photos and videos of the dog’s new life. “We still get together with one of our puppy’s owners for lunch and we get to see the dog,” Salet said. “So that is pretty fun.” Sometimes the dogs do not pass the training program to become guide dog, but never fear.

They are always taken care of because they can be trained to be service animals for people with disabilities. If the dogs can’t be trained for service, they will be offered to the original dog trainer, who gets a chance to take those dogs back with them. “My brother got one of the dogs, and other members of my family have others,” Salet said. Salet really loves being able to open her home for doggie training and the club is welcoming members. Guide Dogs for the Blind is celebrating its 80th year in 2022. The organization is 100% funded by donations and has provided more than 16,000 guide dogs to visually impaired or blind individuals. The organization pays for all the dogs’ veterinary costs, for the lifetime of the animals. To apply for a dog or to become a volunteer go to https://www.guidedogs. com or for more information call 800-295-4050.

in 1979 inspired Poland to eventually break away from Communist rule. Throughout his visit to Europe, Biden has emphasized the “sacred obligation” the U.S. and its NATO allies have to protect Poland and other member states if Russia spreads its attacks into the eastern flanks of NATO territory. He told Polish President Andrzej Duda in a meeting that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization will defend “every inch” of its territory “for your freedom and ours.” As Biden visited Warsaw, a fresh volley of explosions was heard on the outskirts of Lviv, in western Ukraine and just miles from the border with Poland. Black smoke billowed on the horizon. Ukrainian authorities said a Russian missile attack hit a fuel storage facility. Though the third attack in the vicinity of once-quiet Lviv, it was the first one close to the city’s population. Russia on Friday announced that the “first phase” of its military assault had ended successfully, saying its forces would now concentrate on its main goal: consolidating control of occupied parts of eastern Ukraine. This might represent a scaling down of operations in the face of a failure to advance on key cities – or it may be another feint by Putin to confuse his adversaries. Saturday’s Lviv attacks seemed to suggest the latter. Biden, asked what he thought of Putin’s shift in strategy, said he was not sure there had been any shift. Initially, several U.S. officials embraced the analysis that Putin was scaling back because it

fits with their narrative that Ukraine is prevailing in the conflict, even as Washington and European capitals are willing to send supplies and weapons to Ukraine but not troops or fighter jets. While in Warsaw, Biden also got a firsthand glimpse of the war’s toll on Poland. Meeting with Ukrainian refugees near the train station in Warsaw, he said he admired their spirit and resilience and branded Putin a “butcher.” Millions of Ukrainians have fled across Europe or been displaced inside their country since Putin launched the invasion Feb. 24. Earlier, Biden joined U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III at a session in a Warsaw hotel with top Ukrainian officials –Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine’s foreign minister, and Oleksii Reznikov, the country’s defense minister. Poland, a NATO ally of the United States, shares a lengthy border with Ukraine and has been both the major destination of Ukrainian refugees and an essential corridor for aid – including military assistance – headed into Ukraine. There is deep anxiety in Poland, seat of the Warsaw Pact during Soviet domination of Eastern Europe, that the war could spread into its territory. But Washington, wary of a wider war with Russia, has not embraced Polish suggestions that an international peacekeeping force be deployed to Ukraine. And the Biden administration has also rejected outright a Polish proposal that Polish

MiG-29 fighters be transferred to Ukraine via a U.S. airbase in Germany. Poland has also urged that Washington expedite procedures to accept refugees from Ukraine with families in the United States. The Biden administration now says it will open doors to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees. Biden and Duda and their delegations met for several hours, discussing the war and the refugee crisis, which has seen some 3.7 million Ukrainians flee the country, an exodus that continues daily and is considered the largest refugee influx in Europe since World War II. The trip to the Polish capital came a day after Biden visited U.S. forces in the eastern Polish city of Rzeszow, some 45 miles west of the Ukrainian border. Washington has bolstered its forces in Eastern Europe in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In his comments to troops, Biden talked of a global struggle between democracies and autocratic forces. “You’re in the midst of a fight between democracies and oligarchs,” the president told members of the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division. “Is democracy going to prevail and the values we share, or are autocracies going to prevail?” During a later briefing on the refugee response, Biden said, “the single most important thing that we can do from the outset” to force Putin to stop the war “is keep the democracies united in our opposition.”

The Abundant Place, a Vacaville-based organization that specializes in providing sober living, is expanding the kind of services it offers to provide the bed spaces. The list of partners also includes the Solano Anti-Trafficking Coalition and the Solano Advocates for Victims of Violence. The Solano Anti-Trafficking Coalition is led by the Nature of Sound Inc., a nonprofit that consists of survivors, advocates, local agencies, youth and nonprofits that “provide creative community solutions to address the epidemic of human trafficking in the Solano community.” It was founded in 2020. The Solano Advocates for Victims of Violence provides peer counseling, advocacy and emergency phone support through its crisis line and other avenues that include safety and support services and housing assistance, using

a “trauma-informed, victim-centered approach.” In addition to the shelter service, the grant also will pay for services that include immediate care and extends to counseling, sobriety, legal, housing, job training and other services. Cordero said the high majority of clients are from Solano County, about 80% of the 200 to 250 individuals who receive forensic examinations as part of the investigations – that is, when the victims want law enforcement involved. She said 90% of the clients are female, 10% are male, most of whom are children and, primarily, their attackers are also male. Cordero said human trafficking is a problem that is getting worse, and very much exists in Solano County. Many of the victims are young women transitioning out of foster care,

or those who have childhood trauma who were placed in foster care. Transgender and the LGBTQ communities are also higher risk populations, Cordero said. “We know it’s a problem; it’s just having the resources to help when someone who wants to come out of that environment,” Cordero said. This program is a start, and the coalition is working on strategies to continue the funding beyond the three years. “We do not want to start this service and not see it through,” Cordero said. Anyone who wishes to make a donation to this program, or to any of the individual agencies involved, can start by calling Napa Solano SANE-SART at 707-666-2021. The Solano Advocates for Victims of Violence crisis line is 707-820-7288.

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Space From Page A10 from 39-A in the newly dubbed Crew Dragon Freedom, named in deference to the Freedom 7 spacecraft flown by the first American in space, Alan Shepard. “The name celebrates a fundamental human right, and the industry and innovation that emanate from the unencumbered human spirit,” said Crew-4 commander Kjell Lindgren in a post on Twitter. “Through the Commercial Crew Program, NASA and SpaceX have restored a national capability and we honor the ingenuity and hard work of those involved. Alan Shepard flew on Freedom 7 at the dawn of human spaceflight. We are honored to bring Freedom to a new generation.” Lindgren, fellow NASA astronauts Robert Hines and Jessica Watkins and European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti of Italy are slated to launch no earlier than April 19 for Crew-4′s six-month long stay at the ISS as part of Expedition 67. Their arrival will coincide with the return of Crew-3 on the Crew Dragon Endurance in which NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Thomas Marshburn and Kayla Barron along with ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer of Germany will complete the mission that took off from KSC last November. The exact day for splashdown has yet to be announced. Before either SpaceX liftoff, though, NASA looks to get its launch pad activities out of the way for Artemis I, as managers said they would

not tackle the filling and draining of the core stage with 730,000 gallons of super-cooled liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen on the same day as a planned launch. “We’ll stand down from activities during the launch window,” said Mike Bolger, NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems program manager based at KSC. “We really don’t have any significant impact. You know the pads are about a mile apart, and so really the only time that we have any kind of hazard from one pad to the other is actually during the launch window.” The 5.75 millionpound, 322-foot-tall combination of the Space Launch System, Orion capsule and mobile launcher arrived to 39-B on March 18 after an 11-hour trip from the Vehicle Assembly Building. Teams have since connected ground support equipment elements such as electrical, fuel environmental control system ducts and cryogenic propellant lines, powering up all elements of the vehicle for the first time on Monday. If all goes well, the Artemis I rocket will go through the tests and not roll back to the VAB for another eight or nine days, so it should be on the pad at the same time as the AX-1 launch, but back to the VAB before Crew-4. It won’t return to the launch pad until mission managers go through the test results, but the next possible windows for the Artemis I launch are from May 7-21, June 6-16 and June 29-July 12. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said that even if all goes well, June was the more likely target.

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Saudi-led coalition strikes Yemen after Aramco depot attack Tribune Content Agency A Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen launched airstrikes against sites in the southern Arabian country in response to multiple attacks Friday, including one that caused a fire at an Aramco fuel depot in Jeddah. Coalition forces targeted sites early Saturday including Ras Eissa port and electricity and fuel installations in Yemen’s Hodiedah province, as well as military sites in the capital, Sanaa, according to Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV. The coalition said it targeted drones that were being prepared at the ports of Hodiedah and Saleef, according to staterun news agency Saudi Press Agency. It also targeted four boats being readied for assault at Saleef, thwarting “an imminent attack on oil tankers,” SPA said.

Zayed, in Morocco. Other bombings that targeted Saudi Arabia last weekend and the UAE in January and February indicate an escalation in regional violence at a time when energy prices are surging and regional alliances are being tested following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The U.S.’s Gulf allies have so far resisted calls to pump more oil and haven’t supported Western sanctions against Russia, in part due to a reluctance to see a new Iran nuclear deal reached. Jeddah is not in Saudi Arabia’s main oil-producing region, although Aramco has suffered attacks at the heart of its energy industry previously. Strikes in September 2019 briefly knocked out about half of Saudi oil production when missiles hit processing units at the Abqaiq and Khurais facilities in the country’s east.

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Yemeni Huthi rebels assess the damage following overnight air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition, targeting the Huthi rebel-held capital Sanaa, Saturday. Three Houthi experts in booby-trapping and launching boats were killed, SPA said. The operation is ongoing and the coalition is giving the Houthis a deadline of three hours to remove all weapons from the ports of Hodiedah and Saleef, and Sanaa airport. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who’s scheduled to meet regional

leaders this weekend, condemned attacks by the Iran-backed Houthi. Washington has been criticized by the Saudis and the United Arab Emirates for responding too slowly to Houthi aggression and pursuing nuclear negotiations with Iran. Blinken is scheduled to meet the UAE’s de facto ruler, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin

China: No trace of explosives found in crash samples Tribune Content Agency China said it hasn’t found any evidence of explosive materials in the wreckage of a China Eastern Airlines flight that crashed with 132 people on board. “Lab tests taken of 66 samples, 41 of which have been completed, showed no major common inorganic explosive or common organic explosive substances have been found,” fire official Zheng Xi said at a briefing in the southern city of Wuzhou on Saturday. Zhu Tao, an official with

the Civil Aviation Administration of China, added that investigators found a transmitter installed close to a missing black box that records flight data, but haven’t retrieved the device itself. A black box that captures voices in the cockpit was found earlier. Some 24,000 pieces of wreckage have been retrieved, officials said, and remains of 120 people have been identified. The search is focused on an area with a radius of about 330 yards from the main crash site, though part of a wingtip was found 7.5 miles away.

from its cruise altitude of 29,000 feet, leveled off once and then appeared to fall straight down. Chinese state media have said the crash left a crater 66 feet deep. Boeing Co. on Saturday extended its condolences to the victims of the crash and said it will continue to support its airline customers during this time. “In addition a Boeing technical team is supporting the NTSB and the Civil Aviation Administration of China who will lead the investigation,” according to a spokesperson.

The CAAC held another briefing Saturday night in Wuzhou to declare that all 132 passengers and crew were dead. China Eastern expressed its condolences in a tweet. Rescue officials at the first press conference described a difficult search of the crash site, and showed pictures of investigators slogging through mud. The China Eastern Airlines 737-800 NG went down in the southern region of Guangxi on March 21 while flying from Kunming to Guangzhou, China’s fifth largest city. The plane plummeted

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THINGS TO DO I Fairfield 2 and 6 p.m. Sunday “Nunsense: A Musical” Presented by Missouri Street Theatre Downtown Theatre, 1035 Texas St. www. downtowntheatre.com.

4 p.m. Sunday Eddie Davis and Friends Three Restaurant, 721 Texas St. www. threefoodbeerwine.com.

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Jasnoor Kang, 3, grinds acorns during Kids Day at Pena Adobe Park in Vacaville, Nov. 2, 2019.

VACAVILLE — Peña Adobe Park will once again welcome children of all ages for the annual Kids Day outing from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 2. Visitors are invited to see the historic Peña Adobe, one of the oldest structures in Solano County, which dates to 1842. Peña Adobe was once the home of the Juan Felipe Peña family, who with the

Vacas settled in Vacaville more than 175 years ago. Visitors will have a chance to meet Cecelia Peña and Darlene Stewart, fifth-generation Peña descendants and their cousins, sixth-generation descendant Veronica Peña and seventh-generation descendant Regina Rivera. Guests are also invited to visit the Mowers-Goheen Museum and see local artifacts that include Peña family children’s toys and a

woolly mammoth bone. The day will include activities such as grinding corn on authentic mortar and pestles. The Native American park docents Armando Perez and James Tunstall will speak with park visitors about the Native Americans who lived here before the Peñas and Vacas arrived in Lagoon Valley. Animals from See Kids, Page B3

8 p.m. Friday; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday “Nunsense: A Musical” Presented by Missouri Street Theatre Downtown Theatre, 1035 Texas St. www. downtowntheatre.com.

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