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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

Courtesy of Guide Dogs for the Blind

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

See Shelter, Page A12

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

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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

The other winners:

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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.

Vaca veterans contribute to Memorial Hill flag fund Todd R. Hansen

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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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But in order to receive the money, the district must have a plan developed, one approved by the governing board, by April.

All money must be fully expended by the close of the 2026 fiscal year.

District staff facilitated a number of meetings to seek input and develop recommendations for the “A-G” Completion Improvement Plan, according to a staff report.

A committee of secondary administrators met several days last year to review the requirements of the “A-G” plan, the intent of the supplemental funding and a summary of allowable uses.

The committee drafted a plan of proposed spending that was shared with stakeholders for input and recommendations between November and January.

All the stakeholders were provided an overview of the requirements of the “A-G” Completion Improvement Plan, the intent of the supplemental funding, a summary of allowable uses and the draft expenditure plan.

Stakeholders were provided an opportunity to generate recommendations and input on the draft plan.

A budget breakdown of how the money will be spent from 2022-2026 includes: n $50,467.60 to provide before- and after-school coursework retakes for students to validate a “D” grade in any of their “A-G” coursework.

Provide before- and afterschool “A-G” coursework opportunities for students who did not have access during their school day schedule. n $36,568 to provide summer school coursework retakes for students

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Element 7 cannabis dispensary subject of Suisun public hearing Matt Miller MMILLER@DAILYREPUBLIC.NET

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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A Vacaville City Coach bus leaves the Vacaville Transportation Center, Jan. 10, 2014.

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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The long-term effects Historically, geopolitical are likely to be even more events are short-lived. interesting. The flow of Going back to World War goods and material out of II, the median market Ukraine and Russia will sell-off has been 5.7% halt and could exacerbate after a geopolitical shock. the supply chain issues.

As of today, the number Note that Ukraine is a for the U.S. market is major producer of food minus 6.5%. and Russia is the source of On average, markets many important minerals reach a bottom in three for other manufactured weeks and another three products. Clearly, disrupweeks to recover those tions could lead to higher losses. However, capital prices and more shortages markets are not driven by that stifle and slow an geopolitical events, but by already sluggish flow of the economic landscape. goods to the entire world.

Considering the robust Then there is the likely global economic backRussian default on its drop, the consequences government bonds. The from the current situation sanctions have reduced should be relatively Russia’s usual financial short-lived with the tools, but the bondholders markets keying on Fed are unlikely to be sympapolicy and interest rates. I thetic. Russia could would add this may seem default as an act of optimistic, and it does defiance, not to mention assume Russia will not not having the money. The take any more extreme result would be a flight to and stupid actions. quality (U.S. bonds) even The U.S. economy though Russia’s total debt remains robust and is is not that large. The idea accelerating. By almost that a sovereign governany measure, the economy ment defaults never and the markets look bolsters confidence. promising. The major A rush to U.S. bonds immediate concern is would increase the prices inflation. Now that the Fed of the bonds and therefore has met its unemployment decrease the interest rate. target of less than 4%, the All at a time when the Fed focus has shifted to is increasing rates to inflation. The Fed will control inflation. Just be likely maintain its plans glad you do not have Fed for increasing interest Chairman Jerome rates. The market has Powell’s job. already priced in those The past two years expected increases. Only have demonstrated the a Fed policy change would vulnerability and fragility surprise the markets. of supply chains. Many Note the Fed emphacompanies are reconsidsizes core inflation rather ering their entire process than headline items. for channeling materials Higher materials costs and supplies into the will be lesser concerns production of their compared to food and products. The conclusion gasoline. The Ukraine war may simply be that the certainly will not moderrisk of losing control, ate inflation in the U.S., influence and any hope of but it is not likely timely transportation may to stoke it. lead to a shift in sources.

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Lucinda Chan gives a Covid vaccine during Touro University’s Vaccination Program clinic at Cooper Elementary School in Vallejo, Jan. 26. Solano County added 500 jobs in the health services sector in February.

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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FAIRFIELD — Solano County Superintendent of Schools Lisette EstrellaHenderson is one of the speakers at the “Educating Tomorrow’s Workforce” forum scheduled Friday.

Also scheduled to speak are John Garcia III, a senior adviser at the U.S. Department of Education; Cami Anderson, chief executive officer of Third Way Solutions; and Kelley Birch, director of Career and College Readiness at the Solano County Office of Education.

The Solano Economic Development Corp. is hosting the virtual event from noon to 1:30 p.m. as part of its ongoing speaker series.

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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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“A seasoned civil rights advocate, Mudryk brings almost 20 years of experience in disability From Page A6 rights and rehabilitation to the court,” said a stateNewsom’s office said.

In 2018, Mudryk ment by Tony Hoang, joined the California executive director of Department of Rehabili- Equality California. “As tation, becoming its chief governors and state legiscounsel until 2020, when latures across the country she was promoted to attack the trans community, we applaud Gov. be the departNewsom’s ment’s chief continued deputy direcMudryk will commitment tor, her most to increasing become the recent post, repaccording second openly trans r e s e n t a t ion to the govertransgender across appointnor’s office. ments and on She also served judge in the bench.” as director of California, Victoria litigation and Kolakowski according to advocacy at the became the Arizona Center Equality state’s first for Disabilopenly transCalifornia. ity Law from gender judge 2002 to 2006. when she was Mudryk elected to the Alameda earned her law degree from George Wash- County Superior Court in ington University Law November 2010, according to Equality California.

School in 1989.

Kolakowski congratHer appointment drew praise from the ulated Mudryk in a legal and LGBTQ tweet Friday.

“Andi Mudryk is a communities.

“The values of diver- great appointment and sity, equity and inclusion will be a wonderful Kolakowski are fundamental to the judge,” wrote.

“I’m glad to finally State Bar’s mission, and I thank our Commission on have a trans colleague on Judicial Nominees Eval- the bench in California.”

The California Judges uation for their important work, and I applaud Gov. Association also praised Newsom on his com- the appointment.

“The historic selecmitment to a diverse tion of the first openly judiciary,” Leah Wilson, executive director of the transgender person to the State Bar of California, bench represents a signifsaid in a statement. “Supe- icant milestone reached rior Court Judge Andi in ensuring our judiciary Mudryk’s appointment is reflects the diverse coma touchstone moment in munities it serves,” said California history that Rupert Byrdsong, a Los will lead to more oppor- Angeles County Supetunities for transgender rior Court judge who also people throughout the serves as the association’s president. legal profession.”

“As CJA embraces Mudryk will become the second openly its commitment toward transgender judge in diversity and inclusion, we California, according to applaud Gov. Newsom’s Equality California, the wisdom in selecting Ms. country’s largest state- Mudryk – an exemplary wide LGBTQ civil rights and well-qualified candidate,” Byrdsong said. organization.

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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.

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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

T

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.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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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Editor’s note: A notice about the survey also published in the Daily Republic.

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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Puppy From Page One

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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.

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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.

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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.

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s everyone caught up on this year’s Oscars movies? If not, you have a few more hours to get up to speed.

The 94th Academy Awards are set to air live Sunday at 5 p.m. on ABC. Actors Regina Hall, Wanda Sykes and Amy Schumer will serve as hosts for the annual evening where Hollywood gathers together and celebrates some of the previous year’s most notable achievements in cinema.

Here is who will most likely win – and who should be taking home each honor – at the 2022 Oscars.

Fairfield-Suisun Visual Arts Association announces fundraiser Daily Republic Staff DRNEWS@DAILYREPUBLIC.NET

FAIRFIELD — The Fairfield-Suisun City Visual Arts Association invites the public to an art sale in May to raise money for the organization.

The families of the late Jay and Gloria McManigal and Doris Proctor have donated more than 150 pieces of fine art from their parents’ private collection to the association.

The art sale will raise money for the association’s annual High School Student Art Show and for Assist-a-Grad scholarships.

Artwork in the sale will include oil, acrylic and watercolor paintings, sculptures,

ceramics, photography (color and black and white), mixed media, drawings, prints and lithographs. Several historic photographs of Europe, Egypt and Japan that date back to 1912 are in the collection.

Illustrations by James R. Shaver from the early 1900s are also included. His work has been featured in such publications as The New York Times, Century, American Red Cross and Life.

Most of the artwork is in excellent condition but there about five pieces with minor damage like nicks and chipped frames, and broken glass. Most can be repaired or replaced.

Additional artwork by former members of the association

and abandoned artwork will be included in the sale. All artwork will be priced to sell.

The Art Sale will take place from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. May 27 and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. May 28 at the new Village 360 facility, 4949 Suisun Valley Road in Suisun Valley. Village 360 is the home of BackRoads Vines, The Point Bar and The Landing Restaurant. There will be live music from 6 to 9 p.m. May 27.

The collection may be viewed online at www.fvaaarts.org/artsale.

For more information, contact the association at fsvaa-arts@gmail.com or call Dennis Ariza 707-688-8889.

Who will win: “The Power of the Dog” Who should win: “The Power of the Dog,” “CODA,” “Belfast” or “West Side Story” There are very few wrong answers for best picture this year, and chances are still good the Academy will go with the consensus that’s slowly been forming around Netflix’s “The Power of the Dog.” Jane Campion’s deconstruction of how many perceive the American West would be a worthy best picture See Oscars, Page B3

‘Blues, Brews & BBQ Cook-Off’ coming to downtown Fairfield Daily Republic Staff DRNEWS@DAILYREPUBLIC.NET

FAIRFIELD — The Parks and Recreation Department will host its first “Blues, Brews & BBQ Cook-Off” event April 23 on the County Annex Lawn.

Attendees can enjoy free live blues music performed by Big Blu Soul Revue, purchase barbecue from food trucks, and adults 21 and older can purchase unlimited beer sampling in the beer alley for $45.

Participants may enter the barbecue cookoff contest and compete for cash and trophy

prizes. The deadline for contest entries is April 9.

The event is being held in partnership with Community Action North Bay, or CAN-B, a local organization that focuses on the needs of those with extremely low incomes, including seniors, veterans and the disabled, in order that they may live healthy and productive lives. Net proceeds from beer sampling ticket sales will benefit CAN-B. To purchase beer-sampling tickets or find out more information about entering the cookoff, visit www.fairfield. ca.gov/events.

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Oscars From Page B1 winner. Equally deserving, however, would be Kenneth Branagh’s emotion-heavy “Belfast,” Sian Heder’s sweet crowdpleaser “CODA” or Steven Spielberg’s epically staged “West Side Story” remake.

Actress in a leading role Who will win: Jessica Chastain, “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” Who should win: Olivia Colman, “The Lost Daughter” This is probably the most wide open of all the acting categories. All signs seem to be pointing toward Chastain winning for transforming so completely into famed televangelist Tammy Faye Messner. She certainly put in the work to earn her first Oscar, but so did Olivia Colman for her raw performance as a tortured mother in “The Lost Daughter.” The Academy might not want to reward her again so soon after her first win in 2019, but it really should consider doing just that.

Actor in a leading role Who will win: Will Smith, “King Richard” Who should win: Will Smith, “King Richard” Cinephiles may take to the streets if Smith isn’t properly rewarded for his efforts to so fully embody all sides of Richard Williams. Whether it was actually Smith’s best performance ever or not, he has certainly risen above the pack and will probably continue his awards-season streak come Sunday.

Actor in a supporting role Who will win: Troy Kotsur, “CODA” Who should win: Troy Kotsur, “CODA” It seemed for a while like supporting actor was Kodi SmitMcPhee’s Oscar to lose for his layered work in “The Power of the Dog.” Recently, though, there’s been a surge of support for “CODA” and specifically Kotsur’s work as a Deaf fisherman and father who just wants to do right by his family. At this point, no one should be surprised (or upset) if Kotsur rides that momentum all the way to the Oscars stage.

Actress in a supporting role Who will win: Ariana DeBose, “West Side Story” Who should win: Ariana DeBose, “West Side Story” Something monumental would have to occur in the weeks leading up to the Oscars for DeBose to not win this one. She dazzled audiences in Spielberg’s take on “West Side Story” and has been racking up prize after prize as awards season presses on. A DeBose victory here is as close to a sure thing as it gets this year.

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young children will be too sick of hearing “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” to vote for “Encanto” here, but it would be a nice surprise.

Directing Who will win: Jane Campion, “The Power of the Dog” Who should win: Steven Spielberg, “West Side Story” Campion’s beautifully composed vistas and character-focused directorial flourishes are the odds-on favorite to earn her a best director trophy. While there would be nothing wrong with the category playing out like that, Spielberg’s ability to capture the intricate choreography of “West Side Story” while keeping the spotlight on the story’s central romance is some of his most impressive work in a long career full of iconic direction.

Writing (original screenplay) Who will win: “Licorice Pizza” Who should win: “Belfast” If the Academy wants to express its admiration for Paul Thomas Anderson and his nostalgia-laced coming-of-age dramedy, this would be the category in which it would be most likely to do so. Ideally, though, that same logic would be applied to Branagh, who also wrote the heck out of this tale about experiencing early childhood during a period of intense conflict in Northern Ireland.

Writing (adapted screenplay) Who will win: “The Power of the Dog” Who should win: “The Lost Daughter” A win in this category for “The Power of the Dog” would be a fairly reliable indicator that the film may be in for a big night. Not that it would be a travesty if it prevailed here, but Maggie Gyllenhaal took “The Lost Daughter” and ran with it to tremendously powerful effect. It would be great to see her earn an Oscar for making a story so difficult and nonlinear such a joy to take in.

Animated feature film Who will win: “Encanto” Who should win: “Encanto” . . . but also everything else Last year was an incredible time to be a fan of animated movies and produced an unsurprisingly stacked field of Oscar contenders.

“Encanto” will probably prevail after emerging as a cultural juggernaut, but this is one of those categories where any winner should be celebrated for what it was able to accomplish. I have a well-documented soft spot for “The Mitchells vs the Machines,” and it somehow pulling off an upset would be the highlight of my Oscars night.

International film Who will win: “Drive My Car” Who should win: “Drive My Car” One can safely assume that the only international film up for best picture is probably going to take this category without Base is a family man, and a child at heart, who finds joy in the small and simple things in life like playing his harmonica. Magarrell’s book, “Mr. Cat and the Mat,” is first in a series of Mr. Cat stories. The focus of his story centers on teaching a valuable life lesson to children with rhyme and humor. It’s a fun book for children to read with wonderful illustrations by Easter Joyce Diaz.

Magarrell will conduct readings and sign copies of his book during Kids Day. Bring a picnic lunch to enjoy under towering oak trees and listen to the music of the Vacav-

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Ariana DeBose, left, as Anita and David Alvarez as Bernardo in the film “West Side Story.” much drama. There’s a lot of love for “The Worst Person in the World” as well, but it would be a genuine surprise if it managed to upstage “Drive My Car.”

Documentary feature film Who will win: “Summer of Soul (. . .

Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)” Who should win: “Summer of Soul (. . .

Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)” While “Flee” has a solid case for itself, there’s very little that can compete with the wealth of never-beforeseen footage from the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival that “Summer of Soul” made available to mass audiences. Academy voters will probably be overwhelmed by the sheer amount of jaw-dropping content contained in that particular documentary.

Short film (live action), Short film (animated) and Documentary (shot subject) Credit to all the filmmakers who dedicated so much time and energy into these projects. Speculating on who will win these categories is usually a fool’s errand, but for what it’s worth, the awards predictions site GoldDerby currently lists the odds-on favorite for short film (live action) as “The Long Goodbye,” short film (animated) as “Robin Robin” and documentary (short subject) as “The Queen of Basketball.”

Cinematography Who will win: “Dune” Who should win: “The Power of the Dog” Thus begins a run of categories in which Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” will be favored to take home Oscars gold. While Greig Fraser’s sweeping sci-fi landscapes were a sight to behold in “Dune,” there’s also a strong argument here for the craft Ari Wegner displayed in making New Zealand look and feel like 1920s Montana in “The Power of the Dog.”

Visual effects Who will win: “Dune” Who should win: “Dune” For the sake of transparency, I’ll admit here that I didn’t love “Dune.”

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and how only the power of modern CGI could bring Arrakis alive in such a stunning manner. The level of detail that went into those sand worms is enough on its own to earn “Dune” a visual effects Oscar.

Sound Who will win: “West Side Story” Who should win: “West Side Story” Let’s go out on a limb here and say that “West Side Story” will pull an upset over “Dune” here.

It’s not that “Dune” isn’t a marvel of sound design, but “West Side Story” is literally “West Side Story.” Let’s not overthink this one.

Production design Who will win: “Dune” Who should win: “The Tragedy of Macbeth” Again, there’s a reason that “Dune” is the heavy frontrunner in categories that would honor the technical achievement of making that world feel so lived in and visceral. But for my money, the production design work in Joel Coen’s “The Tragedy of Macbeth” was just jawdropping. The way its sets

allowed for such eye-popping moments of lighting brilliance deserves to be rewarded.

Makeup and hairstyling Who will win: “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” Who should win: “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” Say what you will about the film itself, but it clearly took a lot of work from the makeup and hairstyling departments on “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” to make Chastain’s exterior such a close facsimile of the real Tammy Faye Messner’s distinct appearance. There are some wonky nominees in this category, but “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” should take this one home without too much trouble.

Music (original score) Who will win: “Dune” Who should win: “Encanto” Hans Zimmer is an entertainment industry legend and as usual imbued “Dune” with a score that captured and matched the film’s epic scale. Personally, I think it would be more fun to honor Germaine Franco’s “Encanto” score. Maybe Academy members with

Who will win: “No Time to Die” Who should win: “Dos Oruguitas” There would be nothing wrong with Billie Eilish’s soulful Bond anthem getting recognized. But the sequence in “Encanto” that was set to “Dos Oruguitas” reduced me to tears, and the song itself is an emotionally packed ode to the commingling of love and despair. Lin-Manuel Miranda really outdid himself with that one.

Costume design Who will win: “Cruella” Who should win: “West Side Story” It seems like the Academy has been quite taken by “Cruella” and its portrayal of high fashion in 1970s London. “West Side Story” arguably featured a bit more craft and pop in its depiction of both high- and lowclass 1950s wardrobes, but a “Cruella” win here wouldn’t be a travesty by any means.

Film editing Who will win: “Dune” Who should win: “Tick, Tick . . . Boom!”

Look, if the Academy isn’t going to honor Andrew Garfield for giving 2021’s most vanity-free performance in “Tick, Tick . . . Boom!,” then the least it can do is give the film an editing award for how it seamlessly stitched together its many musical numbers.

“Dune” is probably going to win multiple awards on Sunday. Throw “Tick, Tick . . . Boom!” a bone in this category.

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disaster; I, the Lord, do preached last week out of Luke 13:1-9 and all these things” (NIV). paired it with Genesis Given this ideo38:1-7, which I told my logical background, congregation might be it is no surprise that one of my least favorite when some Galilechapters in the ans tell Jesus about the Hebrew Bible. unfortunate demise of Why? Because in some of their countrytwo separate places it Henry Sun men, Jesus asks, “Do tells us that God killed you think that because Religious view a human being. One he these Galileans sufkilled because he was evil in fered in this way they were the eyes of the Lord (Er; see worse sinners than all other Gen, 38:7) and the other he Galileans?” (Luke 13:2). He killed because he did somewill repeat this question in refthing evil in the eyes of the erence to some Jerusalemites Lord (Onan; see Gen. 38:10). who lost their lives when the These verses are troubling tower of Siloam fell on them: because they are the clearest “Or those 18 who were killed expression of the Old Testawhen the tower of Siloam fell ment’s idea that God does kill on them – do you think that human beings who are evil or they were worse offenders than do what is evil in the eyes of all the others living in Jerusathe Lord. And so Job’s friend lem?” (Luke 13:4).

Eliphaz asks him, “what innoIn each case, Jesus starts by cent person perishes? Where taking issue with this ancient are the upright destroyed?” ideology which says that dying (New American Bible, revised of unnatural causes is a sign edition). Amos will ask, “Does of God’s displeasure, which is, disaster befall a city, unless in turn, a sign of the evilness the Lord has done it?” (Amos (like Er) or the evil doings (like 3:6 [NRSV]). And Isaiah Onan) of the one who died. As 45:7 will proclaim that “I form I. Howard Marshall puts it, “In the light and create darkness, general the Pharisees believed I bring prosperity and create that calamity was a punish-

ment for sin . . . . It could, therefore, be argued that these men were greater sinners than the other Galileans” (Marshall, The Gospel of Luke [Eerdmans, 1978], 553).

But not in Jesus’ eyes. Jesus is emphatic in his response: “No, I tell you.” That’s a short, terse response to his own rhetorical question which really says, “No I tell you, the ones who died are not worse sinners than all the others.” And were Jesus alive today, he might have put it this way: “No I tell you; the Ukrainians being murdered by the Russians aren’t worse sinners than everyone else, those who died from Covid aren’t worse sinners than everyone else, those who died from HIV aren’t worse sinners than everyone else.”

May we Christians always side with Jesus when Scripture does not speak with one voice on this or any other topic.

The Rev. Henry Sun is pastor at Heritage Presbyterian Church in Benicia. Learn more about the church at www. hpcbenicia.org.

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Suicide threats serious, don’t dismiss as plea for attention thing to help this person Dear Annie: My and to listen to her, but it daughter goes to college is to my kid’s detriment. full time and works full My daughter needs time, so she is very busy. to work on her school or When she was in high get more sleep or eat a school, she knew at least full dinner. I want my four people who comdaughter to be sweet, of mitted suicide. She, of course, and loving, but course, doesn’t want it to happen again. She Annie Lane she needs to take care of herself, too. has a current friend who Dear Annie Do you have any threatens it now often, ideas for how to get out of a maybe even nightly. The friend cycle of a friend saying she is was recently committed to a going to commit suicide? What facility to help her, and she was resources are out there for the released after treatment, but kids who want to help the kids from my point of view, the hoswho get attention by saying pital stay did not work. they want to kill themselves or I can tell my daughter day who really do want to kill themin and day out that her friend will keep threatening to commit selves? Thanks. — Mom of a Great Kid suicide because she likes Dear Mom of a Great Kid: the attention.

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mom of a great kid – you should be genuinely proud of that fact – but don’t forget there is another mom nearby whose daughter is really hurting. Your daughter should encourage her friend to seek professional help again, and you should never, ever take her friend’s threats as a call for attention.

Your daughter should speak with a professional immediately to seek advice for her friend.

She could also call the girl’s parents and let them know what is going on. I cannot emphasize enough that threatening suicide is extremely serious and should never be taken lightly. You can also direct her to this website and phone number: https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ help-someone-else.

Dear Annie: This is in

response to “Feeling Powerless.” Coping with life involves taking care of ourselves physically, mentally and spiritually. I try to remember all three by 1: Getting outside as much as possible for fresh air, sunshine and gentle exercise like walking or biking; 2: Limiting my exposure to news outlets by accessing them only once or twice each day; 3: Prayer. Nonreligious friends practice meditation.

Whatever you find helps reduce stress is perfect for you. — Keeping It Real but Calm in New Orleans Dear Keeping It Real: Thank you for this great advice.

Dear Annie: “Feeling Powerless” is grappling with discouraging world events, same as perhaps 75% of the U.S. population.

My husband passed away three months before the start of Covid-19. With all that has happened, I have depended on my faith to get me through. I have also taken the opportunity to nourish friendships and to exercise regularly. Exercise does a lot to help me stay positive and focused.

Finally, I limit the amount of news reports and focus on reading and listening to things that have a positive focus. – Looking Up Dear Looking Up: I’m so sorry for your loss. Friendship, exercise and faith are all healthy and effective ways to cope.

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Today’s birthday You will be gifted with strong feelings to guide you through interesting paths. At times, you will wish you didn’t feel things so vividly, and at other times, you will realize that these energies are the gift of life itself. Accept emotions without judgment, taking in the information they provide and using it to your highest advantage. Sagittarius and Gemini adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 7, 30, 22, 14 and 19.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). What makes you want to hug someone, and what makes you want to yell? You’ll become more conscious of your triggers and start to develop plans to avoid unwanted states.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). This is a backward day. What was right is now wrong; the correct way no longer works; the locks have been changed, so new keys must be cut. Embrace change, keep an open mind and enjoy being mystified.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Things are getting too crowded in your personal environment. For each thing you buy, toss out two things. You need space to thrive. Your creativity kicks in just as soon as the clutter gets kicked out.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). A missing price tag doesn’t make it free.

Similarly, just because the emotional cost of an interaction is unknown doesn’t make it nonexistent. By the end of this week, you’ll have a sense of it.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Love is not a fortress. Love’s very nature is permeable. Still, building a fortress around your heart can have benefits.

When you are within your own strong boundaries, you may feel safe to give everything you have.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). The world is not divided into two teams. Thinking in terms of winners/losers, right/wrong, my way/your way is too reductive to solve today’s problem or seize the current opportunities.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). In life, challenge is given. In a sense, you’re in a privileged position today because you have the luxury of choosing the sort of challenges that are aimed at getting you to a much-desired place.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Material goods, education and relationships are elusive forms of security. A stronger sense of security comes from knowing, understanding and accepting yourself.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

Fear is like a wild horse. If you’re going to ride it, you must first become its master. Today you’ll get in touch with your inner rodeo star and you’ll find a way to communicate with the wildness inside you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

You are determined to solve a problem and you’ll do it quickly, provided it is yours to solve. If things are not working out easily, walk away for a while. Give the problem’s “real owner” a chance to step up.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Events unfold similarly to the rhythms of yesterday, but you’ll ride them differently because you know them better. You’re getting into the deeper levels of things.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). One person’s waste of time is another person’s passion. No need to judge the matter; it’s a personal choice. As long as you follow what interests and engages you, your time is well-spent.

CELEBRITY PROFILES: The idea for “Kill Bill Vol. 3” has been in the works since 2015, when Quentin Tarantino stated an intention to wait for the actors to age naturally into the story and characters he had in mind. That time is nigh as the sequel has been announced.

The iconic Aries filmmaker was born when both the sun and communication planet were in the fiery, headstrong warrior station. Mars was in Leo, the sign of entertainment, and Neptune, the planet of dreams, was in intense Scorpio.

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arch has been recognized as National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month since 1999.

An estimated 149,500 people in the United States were diagnosed with colorectal cancer and more than 52,980 people died, according to federal estimates in 2021. Though highly preventable, it is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States, only behind lung cancer.

Colorectal cancer starts in the colon or rectum, usually as a growth on the inner lining of the colon or rectum.

These growths are referred to as polyps. There are different types of polyps and depending on the type of polyp, it may turn into cancer.

The different types of polyps include adenomatous polyps (adenomas), hyperplastic polyps and inflammatory polyps, and sessile serrated polyps (SSP) and traditional serrated adenomas (TSA). Adenomas are called a precancerous condition because they can sometimes change into cancer. The three types of adenomas are tubular, villous and tubulovillous. Hyperplastic

polyps are more common but generally not precancerous. SSP and TSA polyps have a higher risk of developing into colorectal cancer and are thus treated like adenomas.

If cancer forms in a polyp in a wall of the colon or rectum, it can grow into blood vessels or lymph vessels where it can then travel to nearby lymph nodes or to distant parts of the body.

The risk of developing colorectal cancer increases as you age. Other risk factors can also include inflammatory bowel disease, a personal or family history of colorectal cancer, lack of regular physical activity and being overweight or obese. There is no sure way to prevent colorectal cancer, but there are several steps that can be taken to decrease the risk of developing it. One way to decrease the risk of developing colorectal cancer is through healthier eating habits. Limit the amount of processed and red meat while increasing the intake of more fruits, vegetables and whole grains.

Increasing the amount and intensity of physical activity is another way to reduce the risk.

Overall, the most effective way to reduce the risk of developing colorectal cancer is to get screened routinely.

Routine screening for colorectal

cancer is recommended at the start of age 45. Through screening, precancerous polyps can be identified and removed before they turn cancerous, as well as detect colorectal cancer early, thus increasing the likelihood of successful treatment. Several screening tests are available in order to detect polyps or colorectal cancer. Such tests include a stool test, a flexible sigmoidoscopy, a colonoscopy and a computed tomography colonography, also called a virtual colonoscopy. Each test has advantages and disadvantages, so talk to your primary care provider about which test might be the best fit.

The type of test can depend on personal preference, medical conditions, personal or family history of colorectal cancer, and the likelihood that you will get the test.

If you think you are at an increased risk for colorectal cancer, check in with your primary care provider about when to get screened, what type of screening is best and how often to get tested.

Early detection is key for prevention of colorectal cancer. Minimize the risk by getting screened regularly.

Ashley Cumpas is a senior health education specialist with Solano Public Health.

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Duke wins to take Krzyzewski to 13th Final Four The Washington Post SAN FRANCISCO — So an encyclopedic career that began by the banks of the Hudson on a quiet night after Thanksgiving 1975 will end near the Mississippi in a loud dome clear into April 2022. Mike Krzyzewski will depart the vivid sport he mastered at a Final Four just as John Wooden did in that same 1975, 242 days before Krzyzewski got started that November night at Army. Good grief,

he might even get to play North Carolina again.

Krzyzewski already had seven East Region titles, two South, one Southeast, one Midwest and one “Atlanta,” so he stopped off Saturday night by the San Francisco Bay to grab one West before retiring. His 42nd Duke team had too much stardom for a gutty Arkansas in a not-scary win that ended 78-69, pushing Krzyzewski into a record 13th and final Final Four, this one in New Orleans.

In seeking a sixth national title, he will hope to emulate how Wooden got his 10th: in closing.

The one-season retirement tour of Duke’s 75-year-old coach, which took on potholes in thumping losses to North Carolina at home in a bummer of a Krzyzewski farewell on March 5 and to Virginia Tech at the ACC Tournament on March 12, will conclude by “crossing the bridge,” as Krzyzewski calls it, to the “Mecca,” as Krzyzewski

called it Friday here.

“I know what’s on the other side of the bridge,” he said before saying of his very young players, “They don’t. They can only look at it. So it makes me want it more for them.”

They’ll cross the bridge together, with 7-foot-1 Mark Williams towering after his 12 points and 12 rebounds against Arkansas, and they’ll cross 47 years after Army went 3-22 and hired a new coach (and would go 11-14), and 42 years

after Duke saw a coach leave for South Carolina and hired that same new coach, who would spell his name for reporters at the intro (and would go 17-13).

They’ll cross for the first time in seven years for Duke and Krzyzewski, after narrow Elite Eight losses to Kansas in 2018 and Michigan State in 2019. From 4,000seat Gillis Fieldhouse, where Army beat Lehigh, 56-29, on Nov. 28, 1975, all the way to another giant football stadium,

when multitudes know how to spell “Krzyzewski” without looking. Krzyzewski will coach a game that might just tear the state of North Carolina off its moorings and leave it floating in the Atlantic. Duke (32-6) will play either North Carolina or Saint Peter’s in a national semifinal next Saturday in the Louisiana Superdome.

It will do so because Krzyzewski’s final group of prized recruits took See Duke, Page B7

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Joc Pederson’s brother, Champ, wears a jersey made for him by the San Francisco Giants during a Cactus League game

at Goodyear Ballpark in Goodyear, Arizona, Wednesday.

Joc Pederson signed with the Giants as a free agent.

Pederson joining Giants means homecoming for brother Champ, too

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Champ Pederson was working his job at a grocery store here when he got a text from his brother, Joc, then another.

There was a photo and a video. When he opened them, Champ was just as gobsmacked as Joc was when he walked into the home clubhouse at Scottsdale Stadium for the first time that morning.

Next to Joc’s new locker, boxes of sunflower seeds were piled high in the adjacent stall, almost reaching the nameplate attached to the wood paneling above: Champ, Joc’s

INSIDE Two teams, one market but disparity between Giants, A’s has never been so lopsided. Page B8.

oldest brother born with Down syndrome, had a spot reserved just for him.

“Phenomenal,” Champ said, from the family’s seats behind home plate a few days later for Joc’s debut in a Giants uniform, in attendance as they have for his first games at each of his previous three major league stops.

The difference this time: Champ, Joc and their two other siblings grew up in Palo Alto, attending

Giants games.

An open invitation to his brothers’ clubhouses is nothing new for Champ – he’s given enough pregame speeches to write a book, literally, including one especially memorable one before the 2015 Division Series – but after Joc’s tenures in Los Angeles, Chicago and Atlanta, the family no longer has to obscure their true allegiances.

“The Dodgers, they completely embraced Champ. It was a really unbelievable experience, how they included him. It was great,” said Shelly Pederson, the boys’ mother. “The Cubs and the Braves were, you

know, inclusive and welcoming, as well. But then for Joc to go to his locker and have a name plate for him and a jersey the first day, it was pretty amazing.”

While Joc played his first game in the same colors he wore at Candlestick as a kid, Champ watched from a few rows behind the Giants’ on-deck circle, wearing a matching jersey provided by the team. Only, rather than “Pederson” on the back, block letters displayed “Champ” above the No. 23.

When Joc learned Champ had immediately See Champ, Page B7

Villanova triumphs over Houston, 50-44, to reach the Final Four The Philadelphia Inquirer SAN ANTONIO — They may be limping into New Orleans, but the Villanova Wildcats will show up at the Superdome next weekend after one of the most satisfying March runs in school history, even if this game was finished in slow motion.

In its 50-44 victory over Houston, an anti-classic for the ages, Villanova used every possible second of the shot clock, knowing there was no chance to beat Houston just by firing at will from the 3-point line.

From that same line at the other end, Houston found the rim closed for business.

Only two Villanova players, Jermaine Samuels (16 points) and Caleb Daniels (12 points) scored in double digits. But that was enough since only one Houston player pulled off the same feat, and the Cougars made just 1 of 20 3-pointers.

Nothing was easy about it. As that Final Four hung in the balance, a Villanova lead just into double digits, that trip to New Orleans so close Wildcats fans could taste the

beignets, Villanova went over six minutes with only one field goal.

How it was accomplished adds to a dynasty. The last time any school made the NCAA men’s basketball Final Four three times in six tournaments was over a decade back: Michigan State in 2005, ‘09 and ‘10.

The last time a school made it three times in such a span and won at least one of them? North Carolina won it twice, in 2005 and ‘09, and also made it in ‘08.

This is still in play for Villanova: The last time a school won it all three times in six tournaments?

You’re going back to John Wooden’s UCLA dynasty, which won seven in a row from 1967-73.

This group is the fourth of the Jay Wright era to make the Final Four, and is still undefeated this March.

Nothing easy. You saw it at the end, how Collin Gillespie decided a 42-40 lead was no time to play off his back leg, whatever its condition. His pull-back jumper over a 6-foot-7 Cougars forward hit the net. When Justin Moore hit two free throws for a 46-40 lead, ‘Nova,

the top free-throw shooting team in the nation, had made all 12 of its free throws.

OVER? NOT OVER? A Jamal Shead runner with 1:24 left drew Houston within 46-42, Houston tried to run two defenders at Gillespie in the backcourt but that maybe worked in Villanova’s favor, with Samuels getting a lane for one of his now-patented drives.

Justin Moore got to a loose ball with 35.4 seconds left, tying it up, and tried to get up, but couldn’t. Teammates helped him rise to the foot that wasn’t injured, but he needed help off the court. He stayed there as a last-minute Houston shot missed off the rim, then Eric Dixon secured the rebound. Gillespie made two free throws. When it was over, teammates moved to Moore at the end of the bench, since he couldn’t move to them.

Little plays became big. After a Samuels shot inside was blocked into the backboard for goaltending, Villanova had a 40-29 lead with just under 11 minutes left. Daniels forced a steal on Houston’s next possession, but Villanova guards missed three straight shots at the front rim while Houston scored on three straight possessions. A Daniels drive drew it out. A runner by Houston guard Jamal Shead after a Cougars weakside rebound drew it out. Two free throws, it was 42-38.

Villanova got three shots on its next possession, three different players, none falling. Houston went down and scored inside, 42-40.

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VACAVILLE — As if a four-run first inning wasn’t enough, the Vanden High softball team pushed across 11 in the second and three more in the third en route to an 18-1 Monticello Empire League victory over Will C. Wood, Friday.

The hitting stars for the Vikings (5-0, 4-0) were many as Mia Zabat went 3-for-5 with an RBI; Sonya Rodgers was 2-for-2 with an RBI; Keira Cahalan drove in three runs; Shawnese Hogue-Lacy was 2-for-3 with a home run and an RBI; Ayana Frank went 2-for-4 with three RBIs; Hazyl Gray with 2-for-3 with a triple and two RBIs; and Mia Santos went 3-for-4 with a double.

Gray went one inning to get the victory, striking out two and walking one, while Samanie Simmons went four innings, allowing five hits and one run with three strikeouts and four walks.

Rodriguez 11, Armijo 2: At Armijo on Friday, Brooklyn Denina scattered eight hits while throwing a complete game with seven strikeouts and helped her cause by going 3-for-4 with a triple and three RBIs in powering the Mustangs (4-5, 4-0) to victory.

Also for Rodriguez, Hailey Permenter homered and drove in three runs; Jay Terrones went 3-for-3; Juliana Roxas went 3-for-5 with two doubles; Desirae Bally went 2-for-3 with three RBIs; Eliza Goodwin doubled; and Kate Tobola doubled, tripled and drove in a run.

Vacaville 12, Fairfield 3: At Vacaville, Makayla Freshour crushed two home runs while going 3-for-3 with four RBIs to propel the Bulldogs (4-6, 2-2) to the win.

Audrey Castillo, Jenna Potter and Hayden Kyne each had three hits with Castillo and Potter driving in two runs, as did Aubrie Gibson. Potter, Kyne and Jasmine Vasquez each ripped doubles.

Xochitl Atyade went the distance to get the win, allowing three hits and three unearned runs with six strikeouts and three walks.

For Fairfield, Hallee Winschel went 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs. Vacaville Christian 8, Esparto 4: At Vacaville on Thursday, the Falcons (4-3, 3-3 SDL) fell behind 4-2 after the Spartans’ four-run rally in the top of the third, but took the lead back with three in the bottom of the third and added three more in the fifth.

Emerson Meggers swung the big bat for VCS, going 2-for-3 with a double, a triple and two RBIs, while Lexi Martinez drove in three runs without benefit of a hit.

Laura Everett and Talya Stonebraker both went 2-for-3 with the former plating one run, the latter two to go with three stolen bases.

Meggers picked up the victory in relief, striking out seven and walking one while allowing one hit over 4 1/3 scoreless innings.

Prep boys golf

Heather, Blair help Mustangs top Wildcats FAIRFIELD — Easton Heather fired a 33 and Will Blair a 40 to lead the Rodriguez High boys golf team to a 241-321 victory over Will C. Wood at Rancho Solano, Thursday, in the Monticello Empire League opener for the Mustangs.

Kieran Skaalen was next with a 53, followed

by Heath Moritz at 54 and Kyle Vidal at 61.

For the Wildcats (1-1), Dustin Austin and Nick Talavera led with 61s, followed by Solomon Alexander at 63, Ryan Sison at 67 and Colby Ford at 69.

Prep swimming

Rodriguez boys, girls sweep Wood FAIRFIELD — Led by double winners Trinity Rivera, Ava Samantha Bautista and Emma Trotter, the Rodriguez High girls prevailed without losing an event in a 140-23 home victory over Will C. Wood, Wednesday.

The Mustangs boys made it a sweep with a 107-46 triumph.

Rivera won the 50-yard freestyle (26.51 seconds) and 100 free (59.45), Bautista the 200 individual medley (2:23.95) and 500 free (5:48.90), and Trotter the 100 butterfly (1:01.84) and 100 backstroke (1:05.65).

Other winners for the Mustangs were Kate Frenkel in the 200 free (2:12.48), Alyssa Agustin in the 100 breast (1:18.31) and the 200 medley, 200 free and 400 free relay teams.

On the boys side, Kai Peacock won twice for the Mustangs, taking the 50 free (25.95) and 100 back (1:10.61).

Rodriguez’s other winners were Remy LeNoir in the 200 IM (2:24.81), Ethan Finlay in the 100 free (57.89), Jake Diaz in the 100 breast (1:11.70) and the 200 medley and 400 free relay teams.

Rodriguez won the JV girls meet, 133-10.

Prep baseball

Vikings rally to down Panthers, 7-6 FAIRFIELD — Trailing 6-2, the Vanden High See Local, Page B8

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Champ

Champ. “He’s such a sweet guy. Loves being around the field and the guys. It’ll be fun once we get him in here.”

Champ hasn’t had a chance to pay a visit to the Giants’ clubhouse at Scottsdale Stadium yet – he recently moved into the family’s winter home on the other side of the valley and is kept busy with work – but when he does, there is a spot waiting for him.

The brains behind the idea was Giants equipment manager Brad Grems, also responsible for welcoming Kris Bryant and his family to their San Francisco hotel room last summer with bundles of team gear awaiting them.

“A couple of our guys were talking and we knew how prominent Champ was in the clubhouses and we wanted him to feel included,” Grems said. “We had the room and wanted to do it make sure Joc felt at home. . . . That’s kind of what we take a lot of pride in. It’s very important to me that when we get a new player in, I want them to feel like they’re a Giant.”

It didn’t go unnoticed

by Pederson, who upon his arrival said the club lived up its reputation as a “first-class organization.”

As Joc’s father Stu, a one-time Dodgers farmhand, remarked beneath the Arizona sun as he watched one son in a Giants jersey and sat next to another, “Coming home to his hometown team, can’t beat it.”

From Page B6 adorned the jersey he received earlier that day, he couldn’t help but smile.

“I know it was hard for him to transition to a Dodgers fan, but he did it anyway,” Joc said. “He’s supported me all the time.

To be able to come home to his favorite team he grew up watching. . . . He’s super excited.”

That’s the universal reaction for anybody when they’re asked about Champ, who started giving pregame pep talks for Joc’s other brother, Tyger, and his baseball teams at University of the Pacific. Those speeches eventually turned into a family heirloom – The Book of Champ – and Champ moved on to a bigger stage.

The national audience was first introduced to Champ at the 2015 Home Run Derby, which he watched from the field at Great American Ballpark as Joc slugged his way to the final round with 39 total blasts. Champ threw out the first pitch at Dodger Stadium in 2017 and, as an employee of the Warriors’ front office the past four years, got to introduce their starting lineups in 2018.

As Joc’s star grew, so did the Dodgers’ success.

He’s made playoff appearances in all seven of his MLB seasons, starting in 2015.

When Champ was in

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The Atlanta Braves’ Joc Pederson looks at his bat during a second-inning plate appearance against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 3 of the National League Championship Series at Dodger Stadium, Oct. 19, 2021, in Los Angeles. attendance, he tended to gravitate to the coaching staff, Joc said, who then in a short matter of time would have their own inside jokes poking fun at Joc, 29, forever the baby brother to Champ, the eldest of the Pederson clan at 34 years old.

At the end of every winning handshake line, there was Champ, with a celebratory beer in his hand.

“Just fitting in with the guys,” Joc said. “He never takes anything too seriously. . . . A lot of us make things more confusing, more clutter upstairs.

The freedom of not caring what people think of you.

The freedom of not, just being able to be yourself

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all the time. That’s what he does on an everyday basis. It’s fun to watch.

It’s pure joy.”

Perhaps Champ’s most memorable major league moment came before Joc’s very first playoff game. He stood up and addressed the Dodgers clubhouse before they were set to open the 2015 NL Division Series against the Mets.

“His energy is infectious. He’s just one of those types of people. No matter what he says, you really feel the energy behind what he’s saying and the commitment,” said left-hander Alex Wood, who was there in 2015 and excited to team up again with Joc – and

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From Page B6 the geezer on a four-win recovery tour through Greenville, S.C., and San Francisco by digging out their moxie to go along with their glittering talent. They faced two March Madness crises – a five-point deficit to Michigan State with five minutes to play in the second round, and a furious tussle with Texas Tech in the Sweet 16 – and looked like they gained some oomph from those.

By the time of their regional final with the Razorbacks (28-9), who had removed No. 1 Gonzaga on Thursday, the Blue Devils looked like such a polished Duke team that Krzyzewski didn’t even have to give all that much instruction to the refs.

Duke went ahead 22-14 and then Arkansas, a batch of fighters if not necessarily shot makers, scratched back to within 37-33 two minutes before halftime. That’s when the talent resumed its glittering.

Paolo Banchero, the 6-foot-10 mountain of grace who went to Duke all the way from Seattle, opted for a threepoint shot from the top, then rained it in. An Arkansas shot rattled out. Krzyzewski called timeout 56 seconds before halftime, perhaps sensing opportunity, and soon Wendell Moore Jr. missed from the baseline but Williams plucked

a great rebound from the aftermath, then followed. It was 42-33, and it was teetering.

Then Arkansas missed another shot – it would go 13-for-32 to Duke’s 17-for-31 in the first half – and here flew Duke, up the court and over to Trevor Keels, who let fly from the left of the top as the last seconds drained.

That thing dunked in, and Duke led 45-33, and Arkansas seemed to lack the mustard to overhaul that.

The Hogs, who finished fourth in the Southeastern Conference but tied for fifth in the country at the end, did show their strong stomachs. They used their energy to crowd within 53-48 and force Krzyzewski to call a timeout with 13:13 left on the way to that 13th bridge.

Out of that timeout, Duke conducted the kind of play that doubled as a perfect demonstration of its superiority. Banchero took the ball on the right and took his statuesque body to the paint on the right, and there wasn’t anything anyone could do about it. He made a layup, and soon AJ Griffin made another, and soon the mighty Williams helped himself to another of his three blocks.

Soon the score went to 63-48, and Duke looked like Duke again, streaming toward New Orleans for its coach’s last exit.

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Two teams, one market but disparity between Giants, A’s has never been so lopsided John Shea

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Back in the ugly days of the 1994-95 players’ strike, we often heard about the “haves” and “have nots,” filthy rich teams that had outsized revenue streams and not-so-filthy-rich teams that did not.

During the recent owners’ lockout, we heard a different description of team classification – “big market” and “small market.” Somehow the Giants were grouped with the former while the A’s were grouped with the latter.

Even though they’re in the same market.

The A’s are a big-market team, of course. They play in Oakland, which is in the Bay Area, which is No. 6 on the Nielsen designated market area rankings, which is enormous.

A better characterization would be “high revenue” and “relatively low revenue,” which better explains the disparity but doesn’t tick off A’s fans who know full well their team plays in a market bigger than any other except New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia and DallasFort Worth.

What sets the A’s apart is their inability to keep up with the Joneses. In this case, the Giants. The A’s are the only secondary team in a two-team market that has failed to keep up. They’re by far the unhealthiest No. 2 team in any twoteam market.

The Yankees, Cubs Dodgers domiand nate their turf on most every front, over the Mets, White Sox and Angels, respectively,

Local From Page B6 baseball team pushed across five runs in the bottom of the fifth and held on for a 7-6 victory over former Solano County Athletic Conference rival Benicia, Friday.

Jack Brooks and Tyler James each drove in two for the Vikings (11-0), with the former smacking a double, while Jake Tranchina, the lone Vanden batter with two hits, had a triple and an RBI. Tranchina, Deven Paras and Aidan Robles also plated runs.

Brayden Bruno, the second of three pitchers, got the win, allowing three runs (two earned) and five hits over two innings, with Calvin Malech, who threw two scoreless innings with one strikeout, getting the save. Starter DJ Andersen yielded three runs (two earned) and six hits with three strikeouts and one walk over the first three innings.

Vacaville 6, Heritage 3: At Brentwood, the Bulldogs (7-5) took control of the game with a five-run fifth.

Cameron Malone belted a home run and drove in two runs while going 2-for-2 with two stolen bases, JJ Menesini went 3-for-3 with two runs and four stolen bases, and Andrew Lammon went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI. Tyler DeStefano started and picked up the victory, yielding five hits and three runs (one earned) with two walks over the first 4 2/3 innings, with Drew Carrington giving up one walk with one strikeout over the final 2 1/3 scoreless innings to get the save.

Vacaville Christian 6, Esparto 0: At Vacaville on Thursday, Teagan Gonzales threw a complete game, three-hit shutout, striking out six and walking one, helping his cause by going 2-for-3 at the plate with an RBI. Also for the Falcons (4-6, 3-3 SDL), Steve Dingman also went 2-for-3 with

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The sun sets behind the stands at Oracle Park during the third inning in Game 5 of the National League Division

Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants, Oct. 14, 2021, in San Francisco.

but the have/have-not/ high-revenue/relativelylow-revenue inequality isn’t nearly as drastic as what we see in the Bay Area.

According to the latest team valuations produced

by Forbes, the Bronxbased Yankees are No. 1, of course, worth a ridiculous $6 billion, while the Queens-based Mets are sixth ($2.65 billion).

Both Los Angeles-Anaheim teams are in the top 10, the Dodgers No. 2 ($4.07 billion) and Angels No. 9 ($2.2 billion).

Chicago’s split? The North Side’s Cubs are No. 4 ($3.8 billion) and the South Side White Sox are No. 15 ($1.76 billion).

Then we have the Bay Area. The Giants are the fifth most valuable franchise ($3.5 billion), and way down toward the bottom of the list, above only two Florida teams

(Marlins, Rays) and the Royals, are the A’s.

No. 27, at $1.1 billion.

And there’s no end of reasons why. It’s because of the stadium. The TV and radio packages. The ticket sales. The sponsorships. The payroll.

Pretty much at every level, the A’s are inferior to the Giants, and that’s also the case on the field, where the Giants won three World Series championships in the 2000s – though the A’s have built 11 playoff teams in the century to the Giants’ eight.

The pandemic, which locked out fans in 2020 and limited them in 2021, hurt both Bay Area teams in attendance and revenue. The Giants averaged 20,734 fans per game in 2021, ranking 12th in the majors, about half of what they averaged in the years they sold

out every night.

The A’s averaged just 8,767, worse than every team but the Marlins, and a significant reduction from their totals in 2018 and 2019 when they drew in the neighborhood of 20,000 per game.

“Well, it was a different environment,” A’s team president Dave Kaval told The Chronicle. “You could sell tickets. We had a million and a half people at the Coliseum.

So that was a much different environment than the last two years with the pandemic. You had the year where you had no fans, and then we had a year that was affected – you had pod seating, you had restrictions on people coming to games.

“So it was obviously a challenge, but one that we successfully navigated through and still put out games and had a season,

both years. And actually were quite competitive, as you know.”

Forbes estimated the A’s had $9 million in operating losses last year (before taxes, interest, depreciation and amortization), one of seven teams the magazine showed in the red. The Giants made $32 million in operating income.

“I think you have to look at it almost from an industry perspective,” Kaval said. “The industry had a substantial amount of losses because we did not have ticket revenue in a normal sense. That included the A’s, but it included pretty much all the teams.

“And then we had obviously the offseason work stoppage and the questions about this upcoming season. So we haven’t had a normal season in almost three years.

an RBI, ripping a double, while James Frische legged out a triple and plated a run. John Elliott also had an RBI, getting it with a sacrifice fly.

Wood 9, Fairfield 4: At Fairfield on Thursday, Jarren Ford drove in three runs, while Xavier Melgoza doubled and tripled to lead the Wildcats past the Falcons.

Bryce Mendez-Dichoso also had two hits, one of them a double, and scored twice, as did Melgoza and Mason Sayre. Mendez-Dichoso also started on the mound and got the victory, allowing three unearned runs, a hit and a walk with five strikeouts over the first five innings.

Amari Bryant and Anthony Baldwin drove in runs for Fairfield.

Marin 16, Solano 15: At Rockville on Thursday, the Falcons pushed across four runs in the bottom of the ninth and had Dillon Nosrati on third with the potential tying run but couldn’t get him home in falling to the Mariners.

Solano trailed 7-2 before taking its first lead at 11-7 with nine runs in the fifth. Marin countered with nine runs spread over the next three innings – four in the sixth, three in the seventh and two in the eighth – before the Falcons rallied but fell short in the ninth.

Solano’s nine-run fifth featured a grand slam by Jaxson Bates with the other runs coming in on a single, two walks and a hit batter with the bases loaded, and a balk.

In the ninth, Shane Martin singled in Bates, Austin Menesini scored when Victor Vega reached on an error, Nosrati singled in Martin and Eli De Guzman singled in Vega.

Martin wound up 3-for-5 and Vega 3-for-6, while Jason Pridy, Menesini and De Guzman each finished with two hits and Zion Judkins had two RBIs. The lone hit for Bates was his grand slam, though he drew three of the seven walks the Falcons received.

Menesini scored three runs, with Pridy, Bates, Martin and Vega each coming around twice.

sixth frames.

Martinez, Harper and Avarie Mendez had the only hits for the Falcons, who saw their four-game winning streak snapped.

Martinez went the distance in the circle, allowing five runs on seven hits with nine strikeouts and three walks.

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Solano tops Marin for 4-1 BVC victory KENTFIELD — Two days after scoring 15 runs in a loss, the Solano Community College baseball team gave starter Ryan Radkey and reliever Josh Petrill enough support for a 4-1 Bay Valley Conference victory, Saturday.

Austin Menesini singled in Jaxson Bates in the third inning, Shane Martin singled in Zion Judkins in the fourth, Eli De Guzman singled in Bates in the seventh and Jimmy Larson scored on a wild pitch in the eighth to account for the Falcons’ scoring.

Bates, Menesini, De Guzman and Judkins each had two hits, both of Menesini’s going for doubles as did one for Judkins, with Larson blasting a triple.

On the mound for Solano (6-16, 2-4 BVC), Radkey allowed one run and one hit with six strikeouts and four walks over the first 6 1/3 innings to get the win, improving to 2-0. Petrill then yielded two hits and two walks with five strikeouts over the final 2 2/3 scoreless innings to get the save.

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Falcons fall to stateranked San Mateo SAN MATEO — The Solano Community softball team scored first, but it was all San Mateo after that in a 5-1 win over the Falcons, Saturday.

Solano (8-15) got its run in the top of the first when Maleah Martinez reached on an error to lead off the game, took second on a Chasidy Ramirez ground out and scored on a Daniella Harper single.

The 25-2 Bulldogs, ranked third in the state, second in Northern California in the most recent CCCFCA polls, took the lead for good with two runs in the bottom of the first, adding single runs in the third, fourth and

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Rio Vista Women’s Golf Club TWO PERSON BEST BALL Flight 1 1 (tie), Thea Rock, Nancee (Bird) Mercier; Pam Fashing, KarenAnn Evans 3 (tie), Sandi Smith, Suzi Masterson; Denise Sargent-Natour, Loretta Ortenblad Flight 2 1,Catherine Warr, Lynn Grace 2, Eila Ballard, Sharon David 3, Diane Schollz, Joanne Smith Chip-ins: Debi Petteruti, No. 1; Lynn Grace, No. 3; Thea Rock, No. 5; Eila Ballard, No. 9; Cathy Warr, No. 9 Birdie: Barb Bellamy, No. 5 Closest to the pin on No. 4: Lynn Grace, 11-9

Paradise Valley Women’s Golf Club TEAM PLAY 1, Loretta Ortenblad, Karen Ann Evans, Christine Williamson, Kris Golomb, net 116 2, Vicky Flandi, Joan Dominguez, LeeAnne Fortney, Rita May, net 118 3, Claudia Archer, Lisa Finnegan, Kim Greer, Cindy Kleine, net 119 4, Myrna DeMartino, Kimmie McCann, Chris Moore, Kathy Tomko, net 122 Closest to the pin No. 1: Christine Williamson, 2-3; Claudia Archer, 3-6 Closest to the pin No. 12: Rita May, 8-6; Chris Moore, 13-0 Birdies: Kathryn Houk, No. 9; Darlene Goodman, No. 17; Joan Dominguez, No. 2; Claudia Archer, No. 3; Cindy Kleine, No. 3; Myrna DeMartino, No. 8 Chip-Ins: Kathryn Houk, No. 16; LeeAnne Fortney, No. 16; Kathy Tomko, No. 18

Niners SHAMBLE Flight 1 8-13 handicaps 1, Rene Romiski, 27 2, Mona Begell, 29 Flight 2 14-15 handicaps 1, Kay Bone, 29* 2, Chris Robertson, 29* 3, Nancy Schlesinger, 31

At a time it would probably make sense to lure fans to the Coliseum with some fan-friendly ticket-pricing, the A’s significantly spiked ticket prices for 2022, turning off fans instead of trying to win them back. It’s an awful strategy, especially when John Fisher and Co. are being phased back into revenue sharing and tearing down the roster.

That is, unless the strategy is to convince MLB that baseball can no longer work in the East Bay and that the A’s must relocate to Las Vegas.

Then it’s brilliant.

We still don’t believe the Vegas spiel for three key reasons, realizing a relocation must be approved by 75% of the teams. n Owners shouldn’t want to hand over all of Northern California to the Giants when three teams share Southern California. n Owners probably aren’t keen about moving a team from the sixth biggest media market to the 40th. n Owners would prefer to benefit from a $2.2 billion expansion fee, which is what Commissioner Rob Manfred said it would cost for a new ownership to buy into the game, instead of a much smaller relocation fee.

It’s why any MLB team in Vegas figures to be an expansion team, not one that relocates.

Manfred said repeatedly that expanding to 32 teams won’t happen until the A’s and Rays resolve their stadium issues, but it remains anyone’s guess if the A’s will get their proposed playland at Howard Terminal.

Oakland’s payroll See Teams, Page B9

Flight 3 16-18 handicaps 1, Rosemarie Chonzena, 30* 2, Barb Ray, 30* 3, Kim Weaver, 31* 4, Liz Dykstra, 31* Flight 4 19-21 handicaps 1, Ann Rollin, 25 2, Kay Williams, 27 Flight 5 22-25 handicaps 1, Phyllis McFadden, 25 2, Pat Alvestad, 28 *ties broken with handicap holes

SIRS Branch 106 Flight 1 net scores 1, Randy Hood, 69 2, Gene Noble, 69 3, Steve Donnell, 72 4, Rich Forgie, 73 5, Chuck Ristan, 76 Flight 2 1, Steve Handel, 64 2, Steve Gwiazdowski, 70 3, Ed Landis, 72 4, Jim Delker, 74 5, Leo Camarena, 74 Flight 3 1, Tom DeMartino, 70 2, Dennis La Brie, 70 3, Gary Selby (99), 73 4, Dennis Dix, 74 5, Bob Denike, 75 Flight 4 1, Jack Daly, 71 2, Jud Moore, 72 3, Ed Houk, 73 4, Dirk Minnema, 74 5, Bob Stone, 76 Flight 5 1, Bob Beksel, 69 2, Ed Vacin, 73 3, Vic Tomasyan, 74 4, Randy Murphy, 76 5, James Patterson, 78 Closest to the Hole No. 5: Ristan, 1-4 No. 8: Noble, 5-5 No. 12: Jim Evans, 4-10 No. 15: Mike Larrick, 4-1

Correction In a story on high school boys golf that appeared in Friday’s Daily Republic, the name of Vanden’s Jerah Venkaiya was misspelled and the opponent for Vacaville was incorrect. The Bulldogs played Fairfield.

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•Georgia at Kentucky, SEC, 9 a.m.

•Virginia Tech at Notre Dame, ESPNEWS, 9 a.m.

•Army at Navy, CBSSN, 11 a.m.

•Alabama at Mississippi State, SEC, noon Spring training •St. Louis vs. N.Y. Mets, MLB, 10 a.m.

•Chicago White Sox vs. L.A. Dodgers, MLB, 1 p.m.

•Seattle vs. Oakland, NBCSCA, 1 p.m.

•Pittsburgh vs. N.Y. Yankees, MLB, 5 p.m. (taped) •Atlanta vs. Tampa Bay, MLB, 7 p.m. (taped)

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figures to be tiny without Matt Olson, Matt Chapman, Chris Bassitt and perhaps others getting dealt.

New Giants outfielder Joc Pederson took a shot at teams with low-end payrolls on Twitter,

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Hockey NCAA Tournament Regional Finals •Teams TBA, ESPN2, 1 p.m.

•Teams TBA, ESPN2, 3:30 p.m.

NHL •Tampa Bay at N.Y. Islanders, TNT, 11 a.m.

From Page B6 WAS IT PRETTY?

None of it, as expected.

Houston made none of the eight first-half 3s the Cougars tried, which made Villanova’s 3-of-12 shooting from beyond the arc pretty good. Between the two

Horse racing •America’s Day at the Races, FS1, noon Lacrosse College men •Ohio State at Rutgers, ESPNU, 9 a.m.

•Duke at Syracuse, ESPNU, 1 p.m.

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

EASTERN CONFERENCE Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Carolina 65 43 15 7 93 216 156 Pittsburgh 66 39 17 10 88 214 177 N.Y. Rangers 65 41 19 5 87 198 168 Washington 67 37 20 10 84 224 191 Columbus 66 32 29 5 69 216 246 N.Y. Islanders 63 28 26 9 65 173 174 Philadelphia 65 21 33 11 53 167 228 New Jersey 65 23 37 5 51 200 237 Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 64 44 14 6 94 262 186 Boston 65 41 19 5 87 200 174 Tampa Bay 64 40 18 6 86 211 181 Toronto 64 40 19 5 85 234 195 Detroit 65 26 31 8 60 187 242 Buffalo 65 23 33 9 55 174 227 Ottawa 65 23 36 6 52 170 213 Montreal 65 18 37 10 46 167 244 Western Conference Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Colorado 65 46 14 5 97 251 181 Minnesota 63 39 20 4 82 234 200 St. Louis 64 35 20 9 79 226 187 Nashville 65 37 24 4 78 212 190 Dallas 64 36 25 3 75 189 192 Winnipeg 66 31 25 10 72 207 206 Chicago 66 24 32 10 58 179 229 Arizona 64 20 40 4 44 166 232

Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Calgary 64 39 17 8 86 222 155 Los Angeles 66 35 22 9 79 191 186 Edmonton 65 36 24 5 77 222 206 Vegas 68 36 28 4 76 216 206 Vancouver 67 32 26 9 73 192 191 66 27 28 11 65 188 214 Anaheim SAN JOSE 64 28 28 8 64 169 203 Seattle 64 20 38 6 46 168 228 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs.

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

Buffalo at N.Y. Rangers, 2 p.m.

Detroit at Pittsburgh, 2 p.m.

Philadelphia at Nashville, 3 p.m.

Colorado at Minnesota, 3 p.m.

Arizona at Winnipeg, 4 p.m.

Florida at Toronto, 4 p.m.

Montreal at New Jersey, 4 p.m.

Monday’s Games Carolina at Washington, 4 p.m.

Vancouver at St. Louis, 4:30 p.m.

Buffalo at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.

Arizona at Edmonton, 6:30 p.m.

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

listing those ranked 28th, 29th and 30th (Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Baltimore): “Embarrassed for your fan base . . . be better. If you can’t, sell ur team to somebody that wants to show the fan base and baseball they’re at least trying to compete. Sorry unacceptable” The A’s escaped Pederson’s wrath because they’re a notch above

at 27th. All these teams would have been forced to spend more had the players’ union agreed during labor negotiations to a $100 million payroll floor. But owners in return wanted a much lower competitive balance tax, which they use as a de facto salary cap.

This is a story that never ends, isn’t it?

The A’s were denied

San Jose and refuse to rebuild at the Coliseum.

Perhaps both ideas will be revisited if Howard Terminal doesn’t pan out.

With Bud Selig gone, MLB certainly can change its mind on territorial rights.

The A’s belong in the Bay Area, and it’s on them to figure it out. Or as one Bay Area outfielder/ tweeter might say, sell to someone who can.

teams, there were only six assists on the combined 15 baskets.

Gillespie was officially fine for this after he bent his left leg late in Thursday’s Sweet 16 win over Michigan? But with Gillespie, that essentially means he has four limbs, all attached. Gillespie was out there for 16 minutes in the first half, moving the ball from station to station, but took one shot in the half.

the offensive boards, Justin Moore had a big block inside of a Houston big man. Moore’s contested threepointer from the wing pushed a narrowing lead back to 38-29. Earlier, a drive by Jermaine Samuels turned into a three-point play. Villanova wasn’t depending on threes.

throws, keeping Houston to two buckets off the offensive glass, and commit ting just three turnovers.

KEY PLAYS?

Villanova was up 27-20 at halftime after making all 10 of its free

As the Cougars began swarming

THE FIRST-HALF DIFFERENCE?

FIRST FIVE MINUTES OF SECOND HALF

Houston got to the offensive boards, and began converting from it, finally getting a 3-pointer from one of the board tap-outs, drawing within 32-25, just over 16 minutes left.

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Motorsports •Formula 1, Saudi Arabia Grand Prix, ESPN, 9:55 a.m.

•NASCAR, Cup Series, EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix, Chs. 2, 40 (KTXL), 12:30 p.m.

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Rodeo •PBR, Ty Murray Invitational, CBSSN, 5 p.m.

Soccer MLS •Portland Timbers vs. Orlando City, ESPN, 1 p.m.

World Cup Qualifier •Panama vs. United States, FS1, 4 p.m.

Softball •Duke at Notre Dame, ACC, 9 a.m.

•LSU at Arkansas, ESPN2, 10 a.m.

•Syracuse at Georgia Tech, ACC, 11 a.m.

•Tennessee at Florida, ESPNU, 11 a.m.

•Stanford at Ohio State, PAC12, P12BA, noon •Nebraska at Michigan, BIG TEN, noon •North Carolina State at North Carolina, ACC, 1 p.m.

•Arizona State at Arizona, PAC12, 2 p.m.

•UCLA at Washington, ESPNU, 4 p.m.

Tennis •ATP/WTA Miami Open, third round, TENNIS, 8 a.m.

•ATP/WTA Miami Open, ATP third round, WTA round of 16, TENNIS, 8 a.m. (Monday)

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Golf •PGA Tour, WG Dell Technologies Match Play, semifinals, GOLF, 7 a.m.

•PGA Tour, Corales Puntacana Championship, final round, GOLF, 11 a.m.

•PGA Tour, WG Dell Technologies Match Play, finals, Ch. 3, noon •LPGA Tour, JTBC Classic, final round, GOLF, 2 p.m.

Difficulty level: GOLD Solution to 3/27/22:

HOCKEY

Boston at Toronto, 4:30 p.m.

San Antonio at Houston, 5 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Portland, 7 p.m.

GOLDEN STATE 48 26 .649 12 36 39 .480 24½ L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers 31 42 .425 28½ SACRAMENTO 27 48 .360 33½ Southwest Division W L Pct GB Memphis 52 23 .693 — Dallas 45 29 .608 6½ New Orleans 31 43 .419 20½ San Antonio 30 44 .405 21½ Houston 19 55 .257 32½ Friday’s Games Atlanta 121, GOLDEN STATE 110 Charlotte 107, Utah 101 Washington 100, Detroit 97 New York 111, Miami 103 Minnesota 116, Dallas 95 Houston 125, Portland 106 Philadelphia 122, L.A. Clippers 97 Saturday’s Games SACRAMENTO 114, Orlando 110, OT San Antonio 107, New Orleans 103 Toronto 131, Indiana 91 Chicago 98 Cleveland 94 Brooklyn 110, Miami 95 Memphis 127, Milwaukee 102 Denver 113, Oklahoma City 107 Houston at Portland, (n) Sunday’s Games GOLDEN STATE at Washington, 3 p.m.

New York at Detroit, 12:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Boston, 3 p.m.

Philadelphia at Phoenix, 3 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at New Orleans, 4 p.m.

Charlotte at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m.

Utah at Dallas, 4:30 p.m.

Monday’s Games SACRAMENTO at Miami, 4:30 p.m.

GOLDEN STATE at Memphis, 5 p.m.

Denver at Charlotte, 4 p.m.

Orlando at Cleveland, 4 p.m.

Atlanta at Indiana, 4 p.m.

Chicago at New York, 4:30 p.m.

Teams

Beach volleyball Pac-12 South Tournament •Washington vs. California, PAC12, 8 a.m.

•Stanford vs. Utah, PAC12, 9 a.m.

•California vs. Oregon, PAC12, 10 a.m.

•Washington vs. USC, PAC12, 11:15 a.m.

3/27/22

Scoreboard BASKETBALL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Philadelphia 46 27 .630 — Boston 46 28 .616 ½ Toronto 42 32 .568 4½ Brooklyn 39 35 .527 7½ New York 32 42 .432 14½ Central Division W L Pct GB Milwaukee 46 28 .622 — Chicago 43 31 .581 3 Cleveland 41 33 .554 5 25 50 .333 21½ Indiana Detroit 20 54 .270 26 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 47 28 .627 — 38 36 .514 8½ Charlotte Atlanta 37 37 .500 9½ 31 42 .425 15 Washington Orlando 20 55 .267 27 WESTERN CONFERENCE Northwest Division W L Pct GB Utah 45 29 .608 — Denver 44 31 .587 1½ Minnesota 43 32 .573 2½ Portland 27 46 .370 17½ Oklahoma City 21 53 .284 24 Pacific Division W L Pct GB Phoenix 60 14 .811 —

Basketball NCAA Men’s Tournament Regional Finals •Miami vs. Kansas, Chs. 5, 13, 11 a.m.

•Saint Peter’s vs. North Carolina, Chs. 5, 13, 2 p.m.

NCAA Women’s Tournament Regional Finals •Creighton vs. South Carolina, ESPN, 4 p.m.

•Texas vs. Stanford, ESPN, 6 p.m.

NBA •Golden State at Washington, NBCSBA, 3 p.m.

•Utah at Dallas, NBATV, 4:30 p.m.

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1 Country that’s about 24 times longer than its average width 6 Vendor’s wagon 14 Online access cos.

18 Nixon’s older daughter 19 It established Congress 20 PDQ, in the ER 21 Satisfied with one’s work in the transporter room?

23 Miles’ “Sideways” love interest 24 NFL official 25 Conger catchers 26 Daring deed 28 Informer 29 Setting for searches 31 Black 34 Big mess 36 Title book in a classic computer game 37 Brezhnev of the USSR 40 One who gets in 42 Detain Dr. McCoy? 47 Sends, in a way 48 Cover letters?

51 One may be painted 52 Fancy topping 54 Mangy mutt 55 Apple product 56 Opening tempo of Dvorák’s “New World Symphony” 58 __ gratia artis: MGM motto 61 End of a warning 63 Weave 66 “Be silent,” in music 68 Arch type 69 Phaser, slangily?

73 Tiny 74 Katniss’ ally in “The Hunger Games” 76 Surpasses 77 Forward pass 79 No. with two dashes 80 Ski weekend destination 82 Pluck 84 Flamenco shout 85 Heineken brand named for a Mexican city 87 Recurring 90 Actor Beatty 91 Warm sign-off 93 DNA sample from Kirk’s chief engineering officer?

97 Beverly Cleary title dog 99 Defrauded, say, with “on” 100 18-wheeler 104 Frontier home 105 Either Zimbalist 107 Creme-filled Drake’s cake 111 Bobby of the Bruins 112 Contents of

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some banks Gloomy Wedding promise Newton, e.g.

Masseuse trained in massage techniques from Spock’s home planet?

Fabled loch Observing lions in the wild, maybe Sign up De Matteo of “The Sopranos” Uncalled-for Candy mogul H.B. __

DOWN Makes with skill Gender-specific pronoun Less cordial Flax fabric High nester “Easy to Be Hard” musical Song and dance Unnamed degree Cocktail party staple “Bad Moon Rising” band, briefly Adjust in a garage Flight by night Connections School of thought Allure of boldly going where no man has gone

16 17 18 21 22 27 30 31 32 33 35 38 39 41 43 44 45 46 48 49 50

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before?

Pony up the service charge, say Museum pieces Wee Cup part Bayou, perhaps Poet who used the name Old Possum Abbr. often after a comma Carbon compound Storage spot Horatian work Sports org. name since 1910 Historic time It’s a wrap Big name in jeans Elevator name Runs easily Grazing area Barely enough News exclusives Clears of data, as a PC Happy Meal toy replica of Captain Kirk’s ship?

“A Death in the Family” author James Wonderstruck “Buenos __” Flea market deal Did salon work Allow Latin “behold” Bygone depilatory brand First word in all but one

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“Seinfeld” episode title Cause of inflation Everglades deposit Wheel connectors Play delayers Gave in (to) Start of a classic accusation Fabled racer Flapjack cooker Dorm overseers, for short Wilcox daughter in “Howards End” Tabloid couple Sign-off letters before L Nice season Blow away “Ambition should be made of __

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stuff”: “Julius Caesar” EMT skill It’s found in banks Immigrant’s subj.

Tighten the strings of, maybe Safe to have Example Composer Stravinsky Bogus Church official Nemo’s creator Habituate Makeup line Galahad et al.

Action movie weapons Screening org.

Heel CIO partner Dundee denial NYY rival

Last Sunday’s Puzzle Solved

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PROPERTY NOTICE OF SEIZURE AND NOTICE OF INTENDED FORFEITURE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that property was seized, pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 11470, in the following cases, and the District Attorney of Solano County has initiated proceedings to forfeit this property, pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 11488.4. The case number and property description for each case is set forth below.

$650. mo. + $300. dep. Shared utils. Male prefd. N/S. Near mall.

707-514-8150.

If you wish to contest the forfeiture of this property, you have until thirty (30) days from the date of the last publication of this Notice to file a claim opposing forfeiture with the Court, unless you have received actual notice. You may obtain a “Claim Opposing Forfeiture” form (MC-200) from the Office of the Clerk, Civil Division. The claim must state the nature and extent of any interest you hold in the property, must be verified, and must be filed with the Clerk of the Superior Court, Civil Division, 580 Texas Street, Fairfield, CA 94533. You must serve a court-endorsed copy of your claim on the District Attorney of Solano County, 675 Texas Street, Suite 4500, Fairfield, within thirty (30) days of the filing of your claim. If no claim is properly filed and/or served on the District Attorney within the time permitted by law, the property will be ordered forfeited to the State, to be disposed of according to law, without further notice or hearing.

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If your claim is properly filed and served, the District Attorney will decide whether to file a Petition for Forfeiture with the Superior Court to contest said claim. In the case where a Petition is filed and a contested hearing is held, you will have the following rights which include but are not limited to: you have the right to use the subpoena powers of the court and order witnesses to attend, you have a right to testify on your own behalf, submit evidence showing the legitimacy of the seized assets, and a right to cross examine the petitioner’s witnesses. This is a civil action, you have the additional right to represent yourself or hire your own attorney, and there is no right to appointed counsel in this case.

AF20-3960. On November 19, 2020, at or near the intersection of Sikes Road and Delhi Road, Dixon, CA, Deputies of the Solano County Sheriff’s Office seized $9,500.00 in United States Currency; $841.00 in United States Currency; $470.00 in United States Currency; $408.00 in United States Currency; $2,607.00 in United States Currency; $2,000.00 in United States Currency; $26,380.00 in United States Currency; $3,010.00 in United States Currency; $2,020.00 in United States Currency; $880.00 in United States Currency; $10,000.00 in United States Currency; $2,000.00 in United States Currency; $576.00 in United States Currency; $16,445.00 in United States Currency; $1,782.00 in United States Currency; $3,602.00 in United States Currency; $1,200.00 in United States Currency; $480.00 in United States Currency; and $83,740.00 in United States Currency.

Each of the aforementioned seizures occurred in connection with controlled substance violation(s) of HSC §§ 11358 and/or 11359. The seized property has a total estimated or appraised value of $167,941.00.

Date: March 4, 2022 \s\ __ Matthew K. Olsen Dep. District Attorney DR#00053501 Published: March 13, 20, 27, 2022

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LOCATED AT 2463 Trevino Way, Fairfield, California Solano. Mailing Address 2463 Trevino Way, Fairfield, California.

ARE HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S) Meteka Binion 2463 Trevino Way Fairfield, 94534. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: an Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Meteka Binion IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION March 14, 2027.

THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE).

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: March 15, 2022 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2022000465 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR#00053707 Published: March 20, 27, April 3, 10, 2022

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS EMOSPHERE, PURPLE LENZ PHOTOGRAPHY

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS LE SPARKLY CHATEAU LOCATED AT 638 1st Street, Benicia CA 94510 Solano. Mailing Address 638 1st Street, Benicia CA 94510. ARE HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S) Sparkly Ragz Inc CA. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: a Corporation The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Salina Conse CEO IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION March 03, 2027.

THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE).

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: March 04, 2022 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2022000386 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR#00053713 Published: March 20, 27, April 3, 10, 2022

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS JRP CONSTRUCTION

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS STORAGE STAR RIO VISTA

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS JOY OF EATING

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS NON BEAUTY & SPA

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS TOP COAT NAIL SALON & SPA

LOCATED AT 2243 Sandpiper Dr, Fairfield, CA, 94533 Solano. Mailing Address 2243 Sandpiper Dr, Fairfield, CA, 94533.

ARE HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S) #1 Rogelio Ponce 2243 Sandpiper Dr Fairfield, 94533 #2 Jose Rene Ponce 2243 Sandpiper Ddr Fairfield, 94533. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: a General Partnership The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Rogelio Ponce IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION March 15, 2027.

THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE).

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: March 16, 2022 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2022000474 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR#00053704 Published: March 20, 27, April 3, 10, 2022

LOCATED AT 900 St. Francis Way Rio Vista, CA 94571. Mailing Address 3600 American River Drive Ste 215 Sacramento, CA 95684. ARE HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S) Rio Vista Storage, LLC CA Sacramento 95684. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: a Limited Liability Company The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Brandon Lewis, Chief Financial Officer IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION Feb. 16, 2027.

THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE).

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: February 17, 2022 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2022000287 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR#00053424 Published: March 6, 13, 20, 27, 2022

LOCATED AT 1828 Springs Road, Vallejo CA 94591 Solano. Mailing Address 1828 Springs Road, Vallejo CA 94591. ARE HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S) #1 Yoon Ja Choi 6365 Benecia Ave Newark, 94560 #2 Edward Kang 453 W San Carlos Street San Jose, 95110. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: a General Partnership The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 02/15/2022.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Yoon Ja Choi IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION March 15, 2027.

THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE).

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: March 16, 2022 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2022000477 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR#00053715 Published: March 20, 27, April 3, 10, 2022

LOCATED AT 3768 Sonoma Blvd Vallejo CA 94589 Solano. Mailing Address 1666 San Diego St Fairfield CA 94533. ARE HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S) #1 Thu Thi Nguyen 3768 Sonoma Blvd Vallejo 94589 #2 Tuyet Thi Ho 3768 Sonoma Blvd Vallejo 94589. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: a General Partnership The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 03/01/2022.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Tuyet Ho, Thu Nguyen IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION March 1, 2027.

THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE).

Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: March 02, 2022 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2022000350 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR#00053430 Published: March 6, 13, 20, 27, 2022

LOCATED AT 1631 E. Monte Vista Ave. Vacaville - CA - 95688 Solano. Mailing Address 1737 Southwood Dr, Vacaville CA 95687 Solano. ARE HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S) #1 Trang - Tran 1737 Southwood Dr, Vacaville - CA - 95687 #2 Duyen Tran 1737 Southwood Dr, Vacaville - CA 95687.THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: A Married Couple The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on.

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Learn about eye shingles Tribune Content Agency Shingles is caused by the varicella-zoster virus – the same virus that causes chickenpox.

If you’ve had chickenpox, the virus can lie dormant in your body’s nerve tissue for years when suddenly it’s triggered by stress or a weakened immune system, and manifests as shingles. A shingles vaccine called Shingrix is recommended for anyone over 50. It helps prevent the disease and reduces the severity of symptoms.

Ophthalmic shingles is one particular version of the disease that can have some serious side effects that ultimately can cause permanent damage to your vision.

You’re probably familiar with shingles, a viral infection that causes a painful rash – usually on

the body’s torso. But did you know that shingles also can affect the eye?

“Shingles around the eye typically involves the skin of the forehead and the skin of the upper lid.

It can also involve the side of the nose or the tip of the nose,” says Dr. Keith Baratz, a Mayo Clinic ophthalmologist.

The virus lies dormant for years, but, when triggered by stress or a weakened immune system, it travels along nerve pathways to the skin and usually affects only one side of the face.

In addition to the telltale rash or blisters, patients often will have pink eye, swelling or even blurry vision.

The key to overcoming eye shingles is quick diagnosis and aggressive treatment with antiviral medication.

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A team of mechanical engineers from Johns Hopkins University are developing a SMART robot (Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot) that can perform soft tissue surgeries such as intestinal reconnections. The robot is fully autonomous and can perform delicate suturing of small

vessels and nerves. From left, looking at the robot: Jin Kang, professor of electrical and computer engineering; Justin Opfermann, PhD student, Axel Krieger, assistant professor of mechanical engineering; Michael Kam, PhD student, March 17.

Engineers build robot to perform surgery without a doctor Tribune Content Agency BALTIMORE — In a high-tech lab on Johns Hopkins University’s Homewood campus in Baltimore, engineers have been building a robot that may be able to stitch back together the broken vessels in your belly and at some point maybe your brain, no doctor needed.

The robot has a high-tech camera on one arm and a high-tech sewing machine on a second arm.

It’s already reattached halves of a pig’s intestines.

“It’s like park-assist in a car,” said Axel Krieger, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering in Hopkins’ Whiting School of Engineering. “Performs the procedure autonomously.”

This kind of suturing is performed more than a million times a year in surgeries around the country, said Krieger, part of a team developing the robot and senior author on a recent paper describing the technology in Science Robotics.

The goal is to develop in the next several years a robot that makes the intricate and delicate work of suturing more consistent. Missing a stitch or doing one awkwardly could cause a catastrophic complication for a patient. The robotic procedure is also less invasive as it’s performed laparoscopically, through small holes in the skin rather than a large opening.

The Hopkins engineers expect the robot to be cheaper than existing robotic technology and more portable. They want to develop a mobile version that eventually could be used on an ambulance or in the field for emergencies, such as stitching up a major artery to stop bleeding.

The robot would advance technology currently in wide use in operating rooms. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration calls them robotically assisted surgical devices.

The best known is the da Vinci robot federally approved for general laparoscopic surgical use in 2000. The device has a console where a surgeon can see a 3D image and move several arms with surgical instruments, essentially becoming an extension of the doctor.

“The device is not actually a robot because it cannot perform surgery without direct human control,” the FDA says.

The da Vinci robot is now commonly used in gallbladder removal, hysterectomies and prostate removals because it works best on “complex tasks in confined areas,” according to the FDA. Other robotic machines assisted in surgery before da Vinci was developed but required far larger incisions.

The new robot being developed by Hopkins engineers along with collaborators at the Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C., known as Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot, or STAR, is different. It does have computer monitors that offer a 3D view, but it doesn’t have a joystick or other controls.

The STAR is run by a highly advanced, and adaptable-on-the-fly computer program. The algorithm “sees” and “feels” through cameras that create 3D images with lasers and sensors that detect pressure from breathing, bleeding and soft tissue.

The robot completes about a stitch a minute, a conservative pace slightly slower than a human surgeon. The tests so far have shown more consistency than the humans.

That’s been an issue with robotic technology now in the operating rooms. The current robotic-assisted technology is better at some surgical tasks than others. And outcomes aren’t always an improvement even if things appear to go smoothly.

Such machines also add significantly to the expense of surgery because the cost of the equipment reaches into the millions, though some of that can be made up through shorter hospital stays and fewer complications. But many smaller hospitals and those in less affluent regions or other countries can’t afford upfront expenditure.

Jin Kang, another STAR developer and a professor in the Hopkins department of electrical and computer engineering, said the STAR requires less machinery and would be cheaper, though the ultimate cost is not determined.

It was designed with input from surgeons, who often choose to use technology because it can help them withstand the rigors of their job. Long hours of traditional surgery can cause human hands to twitch and fatigue.

He said surgeons and other surgical staff still would perform procedures, such as removing diseased tissue, before handing off to STAR, and would stay in the room in case of an emergency as the robot reconnected intestines or other vessels.

“Doctors are not being replaced,” Kang said.

Dr. Michael Awad, the director of the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Comprehensive Robotics Program in St. Louis, was not involved in STAR’s development but has been following the work at Hopkins. He did his surgical residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital and trained on the first generation of da Vinci robot there.

Awad said it’s still early in the process, but he believes autono-

mous robots are inevitable in the operating room and the Hopkins researchers work could be a big step forward.

How long it take the public – and surgeons – to accept such technology remains to be seen, he said.

He views it like those autonomous cars. People are ready to adopt the park-assist technology Krieger referenced and other technology to keep people from drifting into other lanes. The fully self-driving cars will prove trustworthy eventually, as well.

“While driving is high stakes and can result in injury or death, I think people are even more sheepish when it comes to surgery on the human body,” he said. “There are a lot more variables that make the task more challenging in itself.

There is a higher bar to leap.”

Awad, who is also director at the Washington University Institute for Surgical Education, said there is a lot of training that goes into using existing robotic equipment. Doctors have to learn to use other senses such as their eyes on computer screens, rather than the touch of human tissue, when they use technology.

He said the machines are especially helpful in getting to tight and sensitive spots in the body such as the esophagus, behind the rib cage and near the heart. An autonomous robot could advance what doctors are able to do for patients.

There also may be less training needed for autonomous robots in the operating room. But that doesn’t mean surgeons won’t have to know how to perform the same procedures, Awad said.

“If a human needs to intervene, they need to know how to,” he said. “But anything that can lessen the learning curve would be welcomed.”

A position paper from the American College of Surgeons says surgeons need to be “appropriately educated and their skills assessed” prior to using any new technology. The group also calls for evaluation to establish the value and safety of the technology before wide adoption.

The Hopkins team plans to continue perfecting the robot and assessing what it could do beyond connecting two ends of a blood vessel, an intestine or other channels, called anastomosis.

Work on the robot has been supported by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering. A next step is seeking a commercial partner to bring the technology through the development process and approvals from federal regulators to begin testing the robot on humans.

“We really want to push the boundaries,” Krieger said.

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