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Fairfield-Suisun board hears report on high cost to reduce class sizes Susan Hiland

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FAIRFIELD — Trustees in the Fairfield-Suisun School District last week were walked through the costs of reducing class sizes across all grade levels and were hit with a harsh reality. The district has about $50 million a year that's not already committed to staff costs, according to district staff. The cost to cut class sizes comes with a cost of more than $52 million just in staff costs and another $331 million to $445 million in one-time costs for new facilities. And those are just baseline costs that do not include such costs as utilities and maintenance. California Education Code Sections 41376 and 41378 in 1964 prescribe the maximum class sizes and penalties for districts with any classes that exceed the limits. The penalty for exceeding the limit is a loss in all baseline funding

for each student over the limit. The district meets these requirements each year with the current district class size average of 21 to 1 in transitional kindergarten through COREY third grade; 26 to 1 in grades fourth through eighth grades (includes both elementary and secondary); and 24 to 1 in ninth through 12th grades. "At this time we are at the level we need to be to meet these requirements," Superintendent Kris Corey said Thursday. The state created a Class Size Reduction plan that was implemented from 1996-97 through 2012-13. This provided additional funding, a hard cap of 20.4 for a single class of students in kindergarten through third grade and a financial penalty for exceeding this

hard cap for that class. "At the time some thought it would be better to have more students in the class and take the financial hit," Corey said. School district staff members used a formula to assemble a budget with teacher-to-student ratios of 15 to 1. The formula is broken down by grade levels. The district ratio for kindergarten through third grade is 24 to 1. For fourth through eighth grades, it is 32 to 1 (this includes staffing for K-8 schools). For secondary grades, sixth through 12th, the limit is 170 contacts per day, divided by five periods, to give an average of 34 to 1 if a full 170 contacts. The penalty for not meeting this average cost for implementation in the 2021-22 school year is $6.5 million. The district has received $5.1 million in the current school year from the state. The See Class, Page A7

Tips on how to conserve water during state’s persistent drought Tribune Content Agency According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, drought can put the economy, environment and people’s health and safety at risk. People can start implementing water conservation methods into their daily lives by following these tips from water and drought experts:

Check your current water usage The California Department of Water Resources recommends that residents calculate how much water they are using at home using the U.S. Geological Survey calculator. They said this serves as a starting point to indicate where you can save water. Ryan Bailey, water use efficiency branch manager at the DWR, said

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A pair of ducks make their way toward the water on the dried up lake bed at Lagoon Valley Park in Vacaville in 2016. you can check with your local suppliers to see if they offer landscape water use assessments. “Residents should check their water bill to identify their water supplier or reach out to the local municipal government for an official list of water suppliers in their area,” the DWR said.

Be mindful of water usage at home According to the USGS, each person uses, on average, about 80 to 100 gallons of water per day in their homes. This includes water usage from flushing toilets and taking showers and baths.

To reduce the use of water at home, Lund, with UC Davis, said it would be helpful to take shorter showers. You should also turn off faucets when you’re not using them and only run dishwashers when they are full, said Doug Parker, director of the California Institute for Water Resources at the University of California. Previous methods that Sacramento County Water Agency customers implemented that helped reduce water usage by up to 34% in 2013 to 2016 include having a watering schedule, installing drought-tolerant landscaping and fixing leaking faucets. If you have decorative water features outside your home, the DWR advises that you reduce or eliminate their use to prevent water loss from

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LVIV, Ukraine — Denouncing Russia’s “diabolic invasion” of its smaller neighbor, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, both officials said Sunday, as fierce new fighting flared in the country’s east. In a 10th week of warfare, Russia said Sunday it struck 800 targets overnight and early Sunday with missile and artillery fire, marking an intensified battle tempo along a crescent-shaped front line stretching 300 miles from southeast to northeast. Moscow, which has signaled wider ambitions to seize the entirety of Ukraine’s southern Black Sea coast and render the country landlocked, confirmed it had

taken aim a day earlier at the airport outside the major port city of Odesa. Ukrainian officials said earlier those strikes on Saturday left the airport inoperable. Russia’s defense ministry routinely describes its targets as military ones, but at least two Ukrainian regional governors depicted the brunt of the latest carnage as falling on civilians. Oleh Sinegubov, the governor of Kharkiv, where the country’s second-largest city is, on Sunday took to the Telegram messaging app to urge civilians to stay in shelters because shelling was so intense. Serhiy Haidai – head of the regional military administration in Luhansk, one of the two provinces making up the See Pelosi, Page A7

US homeland chief warns of migration strain Tribune Content Agency WASHINGTON — The U.S. immigration system would come under intense pressure if the end of a fast-track deportation policy triggers a surge of as many as 18,000 migrants at the southern border, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Sunday. “There is no question that if in fact we reach that number, that is going to be an extraordinary strain on our system,” Mayorkas said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “But we are preparing for it.” His comments come as the administration prepares to end on May 23 a public health policy known as Title 42 that has allowed the speedy expulsion of asylum-seekers and other migrants since March 2020 over coronavirus concerns. Some Democrats in the Senate and House, including those in close reelection races this fall,

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have joined with Republicans to call for the policy to be extended and for a detailed plan for how the Department of Homeland Security would deal with an anticipated influx of newcomers. The department’s contingency plans contemplate a spike in arrivals, potentially as many as 18,000 per day – a surge Mayorkas said would tax the agency despite efforts to be “ready for anything.” “We’ve been planning since September of 2021 for the eventual end of Title 42,” Mayorkas said on “Fox News Sunday.” One of the pillars of that plan “is to work with our partners to the south and really ensure that they manage their respective borders, because the challenge of migration is not exclusive to the United States,” he said. Mayorkas on April 26 released a sixpart program for dealing with the expected See Strain, Page A7

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I have now gained courage to do many things L ast week I witnessed My repertoire thus far an incredible act of includes “The Greatest bravery and courage American Hero,” inside my own house. It “SWAT,” “The Courthad a profound effect on ship of Eddie’s Father,” me and has triggered a “Welcome Back Kotter,” life reframe. “Good Times” Here’s what hapand “Maude.” pened: I was putting my I now have the laundry baskets away Tony Wade courage to wear a after hanging up my The last laugh vintage 1970s baby blue clothes and saw a single tuxedo to my Armijo black sock that had fallen Class of 1982 4oth class in-between the washing reunion in August. machine and the dryer. I was I now have the courage to sure it was one of those famous admit I have created a monster. strays that happen from time to I started doing Bright Line time when doing the laundry Eating (BLE) almost three that gnomes or gremlins then years ago and, as of today, I spirit away and you never have been maintaining a find its match. 150-pound weight loss for two Then I saw it. years. Now, once I read the book Inside the washing machine, by Dr. Susan Peirce Thompson, stuck against the side after the I knew it would work for me, but spin cycle was its match! Like a also knew my wife Beth needed noble soldier on a battlefield, it it. But needing something and absolutely refused to leave a wanting it are completely brother in arms alone. It was as different things and so I never if that moisture-wicking men’s once pushed it on her. After black ankle sock with a gray seeing my success for more heel and toe said loudly and than a year, Beth began her with feeling, “Not journey and has lost 110 pounds on my watch!” and maintained it since I was deeply moved and immensely inspired. Witnessing last October. She also followed me down the bravery of that sock gave me the whole foods plant-based courage to do many things I did route and the thing is, she is not do before. Here are even more gung-ho about our just a few: new lifestyle than I am. I mean, I now have the courage to just pull the stainless steel salad she has now planted an organic garden and previously the only tongs out of the utensil drawer thing we ever have grown are and use them without having to weeds. So yeah, I have created a clickety-clack them a couple of BLE monster. times beforehand to make sure I now have the courage to use they will work. other bowls for my breakfast. I now have the courage to admit, right here right now, that For years I have been using a toddler bowl for sundry breakfrom time to time on a hot day I still enjoy talking into a table fan fast items. My daughter Kaci, who is now closing in on 25, to make a robot voice. used to use it. There were I now have the courage to actually two – one was Tigger finally take my Old School TV and one was Buzz Lightyear. I GargleSong™ Tour out on the have lost the latter somehow. road. This is where I gargle the While it may sound silly, I really theme songs of old TV shows.

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An image of Tony Wade demonstrating his new-found courage. got used to using that bowl. I searched to no avail and losing it was almost like when Tom Hanks lost Wilson in “Cast Away.” As witnessed by the previous sentence, I also now have the courage to be hyperbolic. I now have the courage to admit that this big ol’ 5-foot-16 aging metalhead and Raiders fan likes the soft rock band Air Supply. I have liked them ever since I heard their hit “Lost in Love” on the radio in 1980. A few years back, I did a phone interview with member Graham Russel and before we got down to brass tacks, I related a personal story. I told

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him as a senior in high school I had a crush on a girl and I bought their album “The One That You Love,” from Musicland in the mall, wrapped it up and left it, anonymously, on her doorstep. I felt kinda silly relaying the story, but he said it was sweet. I now have the courage to embrace my inner Scrooge McDuck. I have long been a fan of the wealthy anthropomorphized American Pekin duck and not because of his money, but his fashion sense. I want to emulate it to a tee. I’m talking black top hat, overcoat, cane, spats with no shoes and glasses that sit on the edge of your beak,

or nose as the case may be. Of course, for my homage to be completely authentic, I would need to ex-nay wearing pants. Perhaps I’d better stick to the blue tux. Fairfield freelance humor columnist and accidental local historian Tony Wade writes two weekly columns: “The Last Laugh” on Mondays and “Back in the Day” on Fridays. Wade is also the author of The History Press book “Growing Up In Fairfield, California,” published in 2021 and the upcoming History Press book “Lost Restaurants of Fairfield, California,” which will publish July 4, 2022.

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LAGOON VALLEY — The Peña Adobe Historical Society will celebrate Western Day at the Adobe from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Peña Adobe Park. The open house event will feature performances by the Congressional Gunfighters of America, a professional acting stunt troupe. The reenactment group is dedicated to preserving old western history, specializing in live entertainment. They use period costuming and weaponry. Prior to the pandemic, they performed at historical “old town” events, train robberies, rodeos, state fairs and specialty events. Some club members have appeared in films and TV shows. In addition to the gunfighters, music will be provided by the Vacaville Acoustic Jammers, directed by Terry and Leslie Cloper. The Jammers sing and play a variety of instruments, including guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle and harmonica. Peña Adobe is the oldest fully restored structure in Solano County. The adobe was built in 1842 by Juan Felipe Peña after he and Juan Manuel Vaca arrived from the New Mexico region. Tours of the adobe conducted by fifth-generation Peña family descendants Cecelia Peña and Darlene Stewart will be available throughout the day. Native American Park Docents Armando Perez and James Tunstall will speak with park visitors of the Native Americans who lived here before the Peñas and Vacas arrived in Lagoon Valley. The park is also home to the Mowers-Goheen Museum, with its artifacts from the area’s settlement, as well as the Willis Linn Jepson Memorial Garden and the Indian Council Ground. Activities for children will include an old-fashioned potato sack race and learning to rope cattle. The Peña Adobe Regional Park is located in Lagoon Valley off of Interstate 80, left of the Lagoon Valley Park entrance. This event is free. For questions, call 707447-0518. If you have a passion for local history and are interested in tours, volunteering or more information, send an email to penaadobe@ gmail.com.

Bird Rescue readies to honor volunteers FAIRFIELD — International Bird Rescue volunteers will be honored Tuesday for their work to protect wildlife. Honorees will be recognized during a Bird Conservation Awards Ceremony and Benefit, an evening designed to celebrate the mission of this 51-year-old organization. The organization will honor all those who have helped make its mission possible. The featured speaker will be wildlife artist Jane Kim. She is known for cre-

Solano Commission for Women and Girls will present its second annual Birth Justice Solano 2022: Education, Awareness and Solutions Toward Better Birth Outcomes report. The free Zoom event is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Davon Crawford, a birth and postpartum doula, will be part of the event, which among other things will focus on the fact Black and brown Aaron Rosenblatt/Daily Republic File (2017) women are three to four Angelina Parra, 6, learns to lasso with Jessica Burgess, times more likely to die right, during Western Days at Pena Adobe Park in Vacaville, from pregnancy or childin July of 2017. birth in the United States. tion on the Fairfield A doula is a woman, farmers market, contact typically without formal Economic Develop- obstetric training, who ment Manager Dwayne provides guidance and Dalman at ddalman@fair- support to a pregnant field.ca.gov. woman during labor. Women will recite their own birthing experiences as part of the event as well. There will be prize drawings and door prizes VACAVILLE — Econ- throughout the event. ating the “Wall of Birds” omist Register at tinyurl.com/ Robert Eyler, at the Cornell Lab of Orni- president of Economic BirthJusticeSolano2022. thology. Kim will create Forensics & Analytics For more information an original work of art live out of Petaluma, will about the commission, on stage during the event, be one of five speakers go to the group's Facewhich is dubbed “Taking at the Visit Vacaville’s book page or to www. Flight.” The original piece Tourism Breakfast sched- solanocommissionwomenshe creates will be avail- uled Wednesday at Makse girls.com. able at auction. Restaurant. The in-person event The other speakers are will begin at 6:30 p.m. Melyssa Reeves, presiat the Freight & Salvage dent and chief executive music venue in the Berke- officer of Visit Vacaville; ley Downtown Arts area. Dave McCallum, chairGuests will enjoy “flights” man of Visit Vacaville's RIO VISTA — A of wine and beer tast- board of directors; Vice ings, and an Art in Flight Mayor Jason Roberts; City boating safety course is silent auction featuring Manager Aaron Busch; being offered Saturday avian artwork and photog- and Sonya Bradley, the at the U.S. Coast Guard raphy. An online auction chief of Diversity, Equity Station in Rio Vista. The U.S. Coast Guard is live now. & Inclusion for Visit Auxiliary, North Solano Finally, they will cele- Sacramento. Flotilla 53, is putting on brate the inaugural Bird The event begins at Conservation Award 8 a.m. Maske is located at the class, which satisfies part of the state requirerecipients, honoring the 555 Main St. ment for all boaters Volunteer of the Year, To reserve a seat, younger than 45 to attend Wildlife Partner of the visit www.eventbrite. Year and the Civic Partner com/e/visit-vacavilles- a certified course. The course covers an introof the Year. annual-tourism-breakto boating, More info on the honor- fast-tickets-262244960737. duction ees is available at https:// The cost is $50 per boating law, safety equipsafe boating, www.birdrescue.org/cel- person and $500 per spon- ment, navigation, boating probebrating-wildlife-heroes- sored table. lems, trailering, storing announcing-bird-conserand protecting your boat, vation-award-winners/. hunting and fishing, and Tickets are available water skiing and river online at https://birdboating. A closed-book test rescue.ticketspice.com/ will follow. taking-flight. Advance regisis required. VALLEJO — The tration California Hispanic Contact Kit Galvin, Flocommander, at and Solano-Napa Small tilla Business Development 408-314-2407 or twohaliFAIRFIELD — The Centers invite area entre- but@aol.com. The class is farmers market returns preneurs to participate in scheduled from 8:30 a.m. from 3 to 7 p.m. Thurs- the National Small Busi- to 5 p.m. The cost is $55. Lunch will be served. day in downtown ness Week Access to the The station is located at Fairfield, at Webster and Capital Summit. The summit will be 900 Beach Drive. Texas streets. California requires all Shoppers can look held in person from boat operators 45 or forward to hot and ready 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at younger to take a certimeals, and a variety of the Solano Community fied safe boating class and College Vallejo Campus local California produce. carry the California Groceries, gifts and dining Lecture Hall, 545 ColumBoater Card to operate a bus Parkway. options are all available. motorboat. It's an opportunity to May’s entertainment roster is already full. create a strategy to get Folklórico Juvenil Danz- funding needed to start, antes Unidos de Vacaville grow or pivot a busiand the Yuppie Liberation ness, learn best practices Front (Latin Moods and from lending experts, Grooves with Alex Agius) form relationships with will perform opening day financial institutions, and VACAVILLE — as part of the Cinco de meet and network with Candice Buchanan will lenders and financial busi- present “Local History Mayo celebration. The farmers market ness advisers. & Genealogy Research For more informa- at the Library of Conaccepts WIC-FMNP (Woman, Infants, and tion, call 916-573-4808. gress ”at 11 a.m. Saturday Children Farmers Market Sign up to participate at during the next meeting of Nutrition Program) the Solano-Napa SBDC the Solano County Geneawww.solanon- logical Society. coupons and CalFresh website, EBT. Families can apasbdc.org. 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Vallejo Juneteenth organizers extend deadline to turn in needed applications Daily Republic Staff DRNEWS@DAILYREPUBLIC.NET

VALLEJO — Organizers of Vallejo’s 32nd Annual Juneteenth Celebration have extended the deadline for vendors and exhibitors to submit their application and fees to May 15. Juneteenth will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 18 at Martin Luther King Jr. Park downtown at Mare Island Way and Capitol Street, behind the John F.

Kennedy Library. The application is available online at vallejojuneteenth.com. Food vendors must also secure a permit from the Solano County Department of Resource Management before May 15. All participants must provide proof of liability insurance. Eligible exhibitors may apply to purchase a one-day policy on the Juneteenth website. The festival is the largest free celebration open to the public in Solano County commemorating

Juneteenth, a historical recognition of freedom from slavery in the United States when slaves in Galveston, Texas, received word of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1865. Events are held across the nation and in other countries, typically on the third Saturday in June. The African American Family Reunion Committee presents the Juneteenth festival as a means to raise community awareness See Vallejo, Page A8

today’s library is also now the largest library in the world, and its collections are wide-ranging and fascinating. This presentation will highlight the collections, services and resources at the Library of Congress that may assist genealogical research. The speaker will give an overview of the collections; discuss basic genealogical research methods; and describe how to search the library’s online catalog and access digital collections. Buchanan is a reference librarian with the Library of Congress who specializes in local history and genealogy. Guests are welcome to attend this free event. If interested, send an email to the society at scgs@ scgsca.org no later than 4 p.m. Friday and request an invitation. More information on society activities can be found on the society’s webpage at scgsca.org and on the group’s Facebook page.

The tour will be with Capt. Ronn Patterson, marine biologist and owner of Dolphin Charters, and Myrna Hayes, president of the Mare Island Heritage Trust and regional river guide for a 2.5-hour trip on the Napa River highlighting the rather recent phenomenon of osprey nesting on San Francisco Bay. Passengers will have the opportunity to travel along the Mare Island shore to observe osprey incubating eggs and guarding nests and soaring in the sky above Dolphin Charters' River Dolphin. The outing requires advanced registration. The next opportunity to view nesting and fledgling osprey up close from the river vantage point will be during the 10th Annual San Francisco Bay Osprey Days scheduled June 24-26 throughout Mare Island in Vallejo. For reservations, call 510-527-9622 or 800-472-9942 or visit dolphincharters.com for the trip Saturday.

Group schedules Historical Homes tour Several Solano governments post VACAVILLE — The Vacaville Museum Guild meeting times is continuing its Historical Homes Walking Tours the first and third Saturdays of each month and will continue as long as there is a desire to take these informative walks. The walk is at 10 a.m. Saturday. The two-hour walk will start and end in the museum courtyard, 213 Buck Ave., where visitors will meet to learn some local history and then start a leisurely walk to enjoy the sights and tales of the area. Cost is $15 per person; children are free. Wear comfortable shoes. Masks are optional. Light refreshments will be served at the end of the tour. The museum is offering membership if visitors would like to join in support of the Vacaville Museum. Bring a friend and enjoy the day. Each walk will be limited to 15 participants. To purchase tickets online, visit the website at vacavillemuseum.org and click on News or Events. Online/credit card tickets will be $17. Tickets purchased with cash or check will be $15 and may be purchased from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday at the museum; or call 707447-4513duringofficehours, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday.

Mare Island site of bird watching boat tour MARE ISLAND — The Mare Island Heritage Trust will host a cruise with an opportunity to view osprey and other birds. The cruise will take place from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday with the boat leaving from the Vallejo Marina.

FAIRFIELD — Several government meetings will be held this week. Some are online or in-person. Check each agency's website for details. The meetings include: n Suisun-Solano Water Authority Board Executive Committee, 9 a.m. Monday, Suisun City Hall council chamber, 701 Civic Center Blvd. Virtual only. Info: http://ca-sid. civicplus.com/AgendaCenter. n Solano County Board of Supervisors, 9 a.m. Tuesday, County Government Center, 675 Texas St. Info: co.solano.ca.us. n Suisun City Council, 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, City Council chamber, 701 Civic Center Blvd. Info: www.suisun.com/government/city-council. n Fairfield City Council, special meeting, 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, City Council chamber, 1000 Webster St. Info: www. fairfield.ca.gov/gov/city_ council/. n Fairfield City Council, 6 p.m. Tuesday, City Council chamber, 1000 Webster St. Info: www.fairfield.ca.gov/gov/ city_council/. n Rio Vista City Council, 6 p.m. Tuesday, City Council chamber, City Hall, One Main St. Info: www.riovistacity. com/city-council/. n Vacaville Parks and Recreation Commission, 6 p.m. Wednesday, City Council chamber, 650 Merchant St. Info: www. ci.vacaville.ca.us/city-government/city-commissions. n Fairfield-Suisun School District/Suisun City Council, joint meeting, 11 a.m. Thursday, first-floor board room, Central Office, 2490 Hilborn Road, Fairfield. Info: www.fsusd.org.

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those who want you to do their dirty work. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Don’t overthink the day. What occurs naturally will be the harmonious and best. To overprepare, strategize or obsess will put weird vibes into your project. You’ll get successful outcomes from a chill attitude. SCORPIO (Oct. 24Nov. 21). The smart plans don’t always come from your conscious mind. You’ve been making simple, intuitive decisions based on what your heart and body need, and as you continue in kind, you’ll grow in strength and joy. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). It’s not such a bad mistake to accidentally repeat the same thing to the

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Peace treaty ends long war over medical malpractice

uring the early months of Jerry Brown’s first governorship, it became trendy for those pushing political causes to stage “sleep-ins” in the foyer of Brown’s Capitol office to draw media attention. One of the oddest involved spouses of doctors who were seeking relief from soaring medical malpractice lawsuit awards that were driving up their liability insurance premiums. Their sleep-in, complete with down sleeping bags and food deliveries from Sacramento’s toniest restaurants, did, indeed, attract media attention. In fact, one doctor’s wife became so energized by her foray into politics that she divorced her husband and went to work for a legislator. Behind the 1975 media Dan Walters sideshow, a high-powered political battle was underway, pitting physicians, hospitals and other medical care providers, with support from malpractice insurers, against attorneys who specialized in personal injury cases on a contingency fee basis. It culminated in legislative passage, with Brown’s support, of the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act, forever known by its acronym, MICRA. It limited damages for non-economic injuries, dubbed “pain and suffering,” to $250,000, a huge win for the medical faction and an equally huge setback for the lawyers. MICRA’s enactment touched off a nearly half-century-long political war as attorneys and consumer advocates repeatedly sought repeal or modification of its $250,000 cap, arguing that it unfairly denied adequate compensation to patients and their families. It also generated efforts in other states to enact similar limits on malpractice lawsuit damages. There was a slight modification of MICRA in 1987 as part of the infamous “napkin deal” worked out by lobbyists and legislators at Frank Fat’s restaurant. Otherwise, arguing that the cap was needed to protect providers from voracious lawyers, the medical/insurance coalition fended off every attack in the Legislature or at the ballot box, most recently in a 2014 ballot measure that voters rejected by a 2-to-1 margin. The two sides were gearing up for another clash this year over another ballot measure that would severely modify the cap, tantamount to virtual repeal, but last week, a truce was declared. The contending forces reached a compromise that will retain MICRA, but gradually raise the $250,000 cap. It was quickly inserted into a pending bill and if it is ratified by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, which seems certain, the ballot measure will be dropped. So why, after so many years of political warfare, is there a peace treaty? The simple answer is fatigue. It was becoming increasingly difficult for the battling coalitions to continue asking their members to cough up tens of millions of dollars for the ballot battles and it was likely that whatever happened on the latest initiative would be set in stone forever. So it was prudent for both to negotiate something that they could tolerate going forward rather than chance the outcome of another election. The negotiated deal is also another example of how a change in California election law a few years ago changed the dynamics of using the initiative process. Previously, once a measure was qualified for the ballot, it would be presented to voters even if its sponsors had a change of heart. Now, qualified measures can be removed from the ballot up to a certain date. Thus, a pending measure becomes leverage for sponsors to seek legislative compromises on their cause. That’s either good government – resolving knotty issues via negotiation rather than confrontation – or extortion, depending on one’s point of view. It’s been used a couple of times in the past but the MICRA deal is the splashiest example yet. CalMatters is a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s state Capitol works and why it matters. For more columns by Dan Walters, go to calmatters.org/commentary.

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Our June elections offer some choices The June 7 county eleca “growth-guy,” a bad fit for tion is coming and the roadside a county decision-maker. signs are up. Let’s discuss. Growth should go to cities and As all gentle readers know, I the county should remain agriworry about agricultural prescultural. This is county policy ervation. I marvel at a simple and he will probably work question: “Why can’t Fairagainst it as did his predecesfield keep its mitts off Suisun sor, Jim Spering. Valley?” Assaults keep coming I think Chuck may have like bad dreams. What’s so been the source of Fairfield’s Jack Batson difficult about staying with aborted attempt last fall to the Orderly Growth idea that cross Interstate 80 and annex urban things like housing subdivilower Suisun Valley. When the council sions, office buildings and industrial backed away from that alternative, uses should stay in cities where all of them expressed astonishment they belong? that they had been presented with that For the Board of Supervisors, I goal at all. Except Chuck, who, in my easily choose Jennifer Barton. She’s view, dodged. a familiar face; I’ve known her for In the Farm Bureau’s forum decades. Everybody knows her. Why recently at the Chamber of Commerce, my support? She’s foursquare for agri- while Jennifer and others endorsed cultural preservation. She supports farmers, Chuck endorsed “landownthe Orderly Growth idea that agriculers.” Get the implication? Landowners ture stays agricultural. She supports who might like to develop. He menthe county Suisun Valley Specific Plan. tioned city boundaries of Rockville She also has enormous experience Road or maybe the Suisun Parkway, that would be fabulous for the board, both on the far side of I-80. having worked for three members of The second reason Chuck is a poor the Assembly in Sacramento. In that fit is that he will undoubtedly have role she knows how things get done a former cop’s fraternal feeling for there and how they interface with the sheriff, the second person on the local counties. Check out her endorse- board to probably lean that way with ments from the state that include the former deputy Mitch Mashburn from well-respected Lois Wolk. With her Vacaville. It only takes one more easy and pleasing personality, she gets vote to adopt a sheriff-friendly policy people to work together. such as high pay and benefits. Two She also might be able to soften the votes for one county department on boy-girl divide on the board. a board of five is too much influence. Her major competitor is probably It’s dangerous. Chuck Timm from the Fairfield City Wanda Williams, endorsed by the Council. Chuck is a talented politician Orderly Growth Committee and the and strong voice but he’s a terrible local Democratic committees, is also “fit” on the board for two reasons. a good choice for ag preservation. First, as he’ll honestly admit, he’s She presently sits on the Suisun City

Council and works at the Solano Land Trust. I just don’t think she has the experience that Jennifer has built up over the years. The other two candidates aren’t running serious campaigns, in my estimation. The other important office up for grabs is county sheriff. Sheriff Thomas Ferrara isn’t getting my vote. I’ll go for the 23-year deputy, Daryl Snedeker. The big problem here is that the sheriff is elected by the voters, an odd inheritance from some long-distant past that permits essentially nonexistent oversight. Law-enforcement enthusiasts claim, as did the two former cops at the Farm Bureau forum, that oversight occurs every four years. Nonsense. The sheriff as well as the elected county assessor-recorder and auditor-controller have no effective oversight. I believe that every office needs oversight. City police chiefs have city manager oversight. The military has oversight. Heck, the president has oversight. But since the electorate doesn’t know day-to-day what happens at these three positions, there’s no real oversight. And the sheriff is most critical. Ferrara has adamantly refused to consider a citizens’ oversight committee. Snedeker supports one. I am personally bothered by the flood of concealed-carry permits that Ferrara has allowed. A deputy’s very bad incident last year in Dixon was whitewashed. We can do better. Jack Batson is a former member of the Fairfield City Council. Reach him by email at jsbatson@prodigy.net.

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eterrence is defined as Union and the United States measures taken by a was far more costly in equipnation to prevent hostile ment and lives than the cost action by another nation. of having a deterrent force The definition seems comtimely in place. Roosevelt kept plete but lacks a definition diplomacy out of the way until of measures. History proGermany and Japan accepted vides ample examples of inadunconditional and total defeat. equate measures meaning I never heard Roosevelt utter nothing to the aggressor. For a word about diplomacy. He Earl Heal effectiveness, measures must only used the words, “Unconmaintain military capabilditional surrender.” ity sufficient to willingly and unquesPost World War II, significant tionably overcome the nation that efforts by the United States, the Orgais considering hostile action. nization of American States and the Diplomacy is the first line of proUnited Nations encouraged the develtection but diplomacy without military opment of democratic states. The capability renders the diplomat totally number of democratic nations in ineffective in negotiation. When Syria 1941 was 11. As of 2016, 97 nations threatened chemical warfare, Presiof 167 total nations were demodent Barack Obama stated that is a red cratic, 21 were autocratic and 49 were line to not cross. Syria tested. Obama between. The number of democratic failed. Russia took over. Syria won. states has now deteriorated to 81 and While diplomat Neville Chamberthe number of autocratic nations has lain negotiated with Germany for increased significantly. Why? “peace in our time,” Germany preSince 1947, when the Iron Curtain pared military capability that almost was drawn, America has been captured all of Europe. The allies engaged in five wars (Korea, Vietnam, had no deterrent force to prevent Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan) and Germany’s assault until saved by the Cold War. The Cold War with the American action. Soviet Union was a costly stalemate While diplomats talked in 1940for 35 years with the most stupid dip1941, Japan prepared for war. Dec. 7, lomatic concept imaginable, called 1941, ignited American willingness MAD (mutually assured destructo engage, but we had little military tion). Alleged to be a deterrent, it capability and paid a large price in did prevent active warfare by opposlives and resources while developing ing nations diplomatically agreeing the force to overcome tyranny. Both to maintain equal offensive forces so President Abraham Lincoln in the neither dared to initiate war. But the Civil War and President Franklin D. absence of war is not peace. MAD Roosevelt were brought unexpectantly could only continue until one side into war without the development of decided it could conquer the other. a strong military force. The delay in The Soviets continually violated building military force by both the limiting agreements, but the West bal-

anced those actions. President Ronald Reagan properly labeled MAD as a suicide pact and implemented a new concept: We Win, You Lose. When he established a military deterrent that the Soviets could not afford to match, the Soviet Union collapsed and the Cold War ended. I have identified in previous columns three rules of engaging war. The third rule is, “After cessation of combat, the enemy is controlled until it has demonstrated acceptance of peace.” Though Reagan’s deterrence forced the Soviets into national collapse, Rule 3 was not practical since we never occupied the loser’s territory. The result is that tyranny continues on a different scale because adequate deterrence has not been provided. Vladimir Putin was president of Russia from 2000-2008 and 2012 to the present and prime minister from 2008-2012. He ordered the Russian Army invasion of Georgia in 2008 and Crimea (the eastern part of Ukraine) in 2014. European states and the U.S. participated in arranging a cease-fire but Russia saw no future deterrent. They received no significant penalties for their aggression or the death of thousands of people and have continued to occupy the areas invaded. Is it a surprise that Putin is continuing his aggression? To be continued. Earl Heal is a retired Air Force officer, Vacaville resident and member of The Right Stuff committee formerly of the Solano County Republican Central Committee. Reach him at healearlniki@att.net.

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1 dead, 5 injured after shooting at Mississippi Festival Tribune Content Agency A mass shooting at the Mudbug Festival in Jackson, Mississippi, Saturday left at least one person dead and five others injured, according to officials. Two or three people began shooting around 10 p.m., Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones said late Saturday. It’s unclear what started the gunfire but two juveniles have been detained for questioning. Law enforcement officers from different

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Reduce watering your lawn Lund said the single biggest action to take when conserving water is to reduce lawn irrigation. When you do need to water your lawn or outdoor plants, he advised that you do so in the evening. This way, more of that water being used on the lawn or yard goes into the soil and will be less likely to evaporate from the surface. Bailey, with DWR, also recommended that people keep outdoor temperatures in mind. If it’s raining or hot outside, then turn off your irrigation, he said.

Install water efficient appliances Parker, with the institute for water resources, recommends using waterefficient appliances, such as low flow toilets, shower heads and dishwashers. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, appliances that have a “WaterSense” label are “20 percent more water efficient than average products in that category.”

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border surge that includes 600 added U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel, work to mitigate crowding at Border Patrol stations and plans to utilize new migration agreements with Costa Rica and Panama. Mayorkas ruled out providing more comprehensive details on the effort, saying on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that risks aiding migrantsmuggling cartels. “We have an adversary. We have the cartels that are exploiting vulnerable immigrants for profit,” Mayorkas said. “And I’m not going to provide them a blueprint of what we are doing.” Many progressive lawmakers and Democratic leaders have praised the decision by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to wind down the policy, saying the

agencies responded and at least one also fired, possibly killing one of the shooters, Jones said. Two rifles, one pistol and a “large magnitude of different-caliber shell casings” were found at the scene that investigators believe are related to the shooting. None of the victims have yet been publicly identified. The five survivors were in stable condition as of early Sunday morning “and don’t appear to be directly involved in the shooting.”

You can find WaterSense products, such as toilets, irrigation controllers and sinks, and their price points here. Energy Star certified products also meet EPA standards and can help you save water and energy.

Recycle your water There are a few ways you can recycle water at home. For example, Bailey said if water from your shower takes a while to heat up, you can use a bucket to catch the cold water and then use it to irrigate your lawn. Lund said you can also capture the water you use in your shower and use it for lawns, too. You can recycle rain water to clean your porch or deck, to garden or to fill up water features in your yard, such as ponds and fountains. Save Our Water, which is a water conservation program created by the DWR and the Association of California Water Agencies, has a few tips on how to effectively harvest rain water. Parker added that conserving potable water, which is water that’s been treated for consumption, also means saving energy. “To me it’s prudent to try to reduce even your urban water use right now because there’s a good chance that next year’s going to be dry as well,” Lund said.

Trump administration used it not to address the Covid-19 crisis but to keep migrants out. The Title 42 policy has allowed immigration officials to expel more than 1.7 million migrants from the U.S., according to the American Immigration Council. Nevertheless, a federal judge’s ruling last week has left the administration’s decision to end it on May 23 in doubt. A judge in Louisiana issued a restraining order that temporarily keeps the Biden administration from winding it down. Mayorkas has stressed that the end of Title 42 would not leave DHS powerless to remove migrants. He says they would be subject to standard procedures that can allow individuals to be placed in removal proceedings. He also says the administration is boosting its ability to process new arrivals and evaluate asylum requests.

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Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, right, is escorted by Ukrainian President Volodymyr

Pelosi From Page One Donbas, the industrial heartland Russia covets – begged people to flee while they still could. The United Nations, meanwhile, was attempting to broker a temporary cease-fire in the besieged port city of Mariupol, after a trickle of evacuees managed to emerge from a giant steel plant where hundreds of civilians are hunkered down amid some 2,000 Ukrainian fighters. In Kyiv, Pelosi’s visit on Saturday evening marked the highest-level U.S. visit to the embattled country’s capital since the war began. Zelenskyy placed his hand on his heart as he greeted the speaker, who was accompanied by a congressional delegation. In a video released by the Ukrainian president Sunday, Pelosi, clad in a bright blue pantsuit, could be seen walking outdoors among a phalanx of Ukrainian officials and armed guards. Zelenskyy in recent weeks has received a parade of Western officials, including Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III a week ago. Pelosi is the next in line of succession to the presidency after Vice President Kamala Harris, making her the most senior U.S. official yet

Class From Page One district currently contributes $1.4 million from its general fund to cover the difference. The Fairfield Suisun Unified Teachers Association and school district have agreed to class size maximums for each grade. The two would need to negotiate to change these agreedupon classroom sizes. The projected budget for 2022-23, based on the district's second interim report, shows 81% of the general fund budget, or $214 million, is spent on salaries and benefits, and within the normal average of a California school district budget. This leaves 19% of the remaining budget, or $50 million, for materials and supplies, utility costs and other non-personnel items. The Business Department calculated the cost of each full-time teacher at $90,000 (salary and benefits before negotiated agreements.) The increased cost of a teacher multiplied by the number of teachers to reduce class sizes to a 15 to 1 ratio is $49.1 million. The district would need to increase the substitute teaching budget to match the rise in the number of teachers. For a staffing ratio of 15 to 1 for teachers, the district would need to add 546.4 teachers. That would be a 40% increase in teaching staff. Increasing the substitute teacher budget by 40% would take it from the current budget of $3.7 million to $5.2 million, an increase of $1.5 million. These totals don't include additional

Zelenskyy, as she arrives with a congressional delegation at the Mariyinsky palace, Sunday, in Kyiv, Ukraine.

to make a wartime visit to Kyiv. The Ukrainian capital was menaced in the war’s first weeks by heavy bombardment and an enormous column of Russian armored vehicles, but Moscow broke off the attack early last month and turned its attention to Ukraine’s south and east. Russia on Sunday again struck a string of eastern Ukrainian cities and towns with shelling, and is massing troops and armor in preparation for what has been billed as a major offensive to seize the Donbas. Zelenskyy, in his overnight address, accused the Kremlin of cynically preparing conscript soldiers as cannon fodder for the next phase of fighting in the east. Inside the dramatic U.S.-Russia prisoner swap: An Oval Office visit, a Moscow trip “The Russian command is well aware that thousands more Russian soldiers will be killed and thousands more will be wounded in the coming weeks,” he said. Summing up Ukraine’s resistance to the Russian invasion in numerical terms, Zelenskyy said that since Feb. 24, Ukrainian forces have destroyed an estimated 1,000 Russian tanks, 2,500 armored vehicles and nearly 200 aircraft. Some 2,300 Russian troops have been killed, he said. None of those figures could be independently confirmed.

release time specialists, special education teachers, consulting teachers, counselors, classified and management staff, etc., the district reports. Some challenges include difficulties hiring new teachers because of the national teacher shortage and what is being called "The Great Resignation," in which people are just not returning to teaching, the staff reports. Central office staff would need to process and manage the increased number of employees. The estimated increase in cost for the additional employees is around $1.6 million. Based on the current enrollment, the district would need an additional 506 classrooms, which means more space equivalent to 17 elementary schools. The estimated cost for a stick-built classroom is $864,000 for 506 classrooms, which comes out to $437 million. To do classrooms as modular buildings, the cost is estimated at $638,400 with the total for 506 classrooms at $323 million. The new classrooms would also need furniture/technology that the district estimates would be $8.1 million. Plus things like utilities, and custodial employees would cost another $334 million. This does not include escalation costs, maintenance costs or additional Facilities Department staff to manage the projects. From design to construction completion, it would take on average three years to build an elementary school. This does not come cheaply with an average school costing $40 million not including the land. New elementary schools also require a minimum

Even after Russia broke off its effort to seize Kyiv, the capital has come under sporadic bombardment, including Russian strikes staged last week while United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was in the city to meet with Zelenskyy. That attack drew widespread international condemnation, and the Ukrainian president described it as intended to humiliate the world body. For security reasons, Pelosi’s three-hour visit was not announced in advance. A week ago, Zelenskyy caught U.S. officials by surprise when he spoke publicly about the planned Blinken-Austin visit hours before it had taken place. This time, Zelenskyy’s office posted the video of Pelosi’s visit online after she and the delegation had departed the country. Pelosi tweeted afterward that the lawmakers were “honored” to have met Zelenskyy, who has won wide acclaim for his wartime leadership. Zelenskyy thanked Pelosi and the American people for supporting Ukraine, and she told him in turn that Ukraine’s battle was being waged on behalf of democracies everywhere. “We are visiting you to say ‘thank you’ for your fight for freedom, that we’re on a frontier for freedom, and that your fight is a fight for everyone,” Pelosi, D-Calif., said.

of 10 acres. Middle schools come with a price tag in the millions and take four years on average to build and need 20 acres. New high schools need 50 acres. Currently, within the district, there are limited 10-plus acre parcels available for purchase or trade. Some proposed options to make this work include closing some schools including the Adult School, Mary Bird and other State Preschool Programs, and H. Glenn Richardson. Closing the schools would add additional classrooms. This would require some students to be taught in a non-public school at a cost of $2.8 million annually. In addition, the school could eliminate all special program classrooms (PE, music, art, learning center) at all of the elementary schools, which would add 16 classrooms. Those classes would be taught in various other classrooms in the school. The presentation also included a variety of plans for ways to make this work. The district could revert to AM/PM kindergarten throughout the district. This plan would free up 114 classrooms, but the district would still need 392 additional classrooms. The district could also go to multiple-track yearround education. In this plan, teachers would rotate to different classrooms. Students would be in session through various schedules. This would create breaks for students at different times throughout the year. The district must meet requirements from the state that include current legislation that requires the district to expand the transitional kindergarten offerings, which

will require additional classrooms. The current legislation requires the district to offer at least 30 days of intersession to kindergartners through sixth-graders and the state requires schools to offer a nine-hour school day to students in those grades beginning in 2023-24. "Take a look at the budget with $50 million left after everything that this just isn't doable at this time," Corey said. Staff also looked at reducing class sizes to just the third graders. There are currently 66 teachers at the thirdgrade level budgeted for 2022-23. To reduce class size to a 15 to 1 ratio, the district would need 100 teachers. The total cost for reducing class size to 15:1 at just the third-grade level is estimated at $4.94 million. "A smaller class size comes at a cost," Corey said. "Staff will work to implement a plan if the board wants to pursue it." Trustee Ana Petero said she felt the presentation was superfluous and diverted staff time. Not all of her fellow trustees felt the same way. "I am grateful for the information because we know now that we have only $5o million in our discretionary funds to work with," Trustee Helen Tilley said. Trustee Craig Wilson said he appreciated the presentation because it gives the board a glimpse of what they can do in the future with what they have to work within the budget. "Many of these things will have to be done in the future in a smaller measure," Wilson said. Corey noted that reducing class sizes would not be financially feasible at this time.

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Forgotten toxic dump worries LA neighbors Tribune Content Agency LOS ANGELES — In the summer of 1984, investigators peered into a cave dug beneath the Lincoln Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles and found dozens of rusted 55-gallon barrels filled with toxic chemicals. Some of the barrels lay nearly empty after their contents had leaked through corroded metal and escaped into the soil. “I saw the hole and I said, ‘I can’t believe it – who would do something like this?’,’' recalled Barry Groveman, the head of the now-defunct Los Angeles Hazardous Waste Task Force. At the time, he described the dump as “a violent crime against the community.” Groveman and his investigators went on to uncover

and as the company’s executives and several employees served six months in jail and paid thousands of dollars in fines, investigators moved on to other cases. The court records were eventually destroyed – common for old Dania Maxwell/Los Angeles Times/TNS municipal documents – and the Patricia Camacho and Michael case largely faded from memory. Now, nearly 40 years later, Henry Hayden stand in front of an area where they have voiced environmental concerns at the concerns about toxic risks in Los Avenue 34 site have once again shaken the neighborhood as Angeles’ Lincoln Heights. real estate developers want to 252 barrels buried in similar demolish the industrial warecaverns surrounding a manu- house and, in its place, build a facturing warehouse at 141 West five-story apartment complex, Avenue 34, where the American retail space and an underground Caster Corp. operated. Some of parking garage. the chemicals were also dumped Until recently, community into sewer lines. Before the dis- activists had opposed the covery, the dumping practice project because they said it had carried on for four years. would gentrify their predomAfter a hasty cleanup, inantly working-class, Latino

and Asian neighborhood. They also worried that contamination from a neighboring dry cleaner could be disturbed during construction and leave them vulnerable to exposure. While regulators deemed the former dry cleaner site to be unfit for residential development, due to lingering chemicals beneath the surface, the state allowed developers to build housing on the neighboring Avenue 34 site. But when a community member recently came across archived Los Angeles Times articles highlighting the 1984 case, the revelation shocked residents. They are now accusing California regulators of failing to properly test the decades-old dumpsite and surrounding properties, and are calling for a new cleanup plan.

‘Roller coaster’ weather forecast on tap for region Tribune Content Agency

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Visitors at the Vallejo Juneteenth celebration browse merchandise for sale in 2018. The event returns to Vallejo, Saturday, June 18, 2022.

Vallejo From Page One and promote unity by improving quality of life for residents, bringing together a variety of public, private and nonprofit resources and providers in the areas of health and wellness, social programs, financial stability, homeownership,

education, job training and certification opportunities. The celebration will also include presentations by the winners of the “Juneteenth: What Does Freedom Mean to Me” art contest sponsored by the Solano County Library, plus speakers, live entertainment, merchandise, food vendors and consumer information. For more information, visit www. vallejojuneteenth.com.

The National Weather Service is predicting a bit of a “roller coaster” for the first week of May in Northern California. Forecast highs will dip to the mid-70s on Monday, with gusty winds, before creeping back up and hitting an expected high of around 90 degrees on Wednesday. That’s well above the normal high temperature of around 77 degrees for this time of year. That pesky wind that hit the region on Sunday is expected to stick around for a few days, the National Weather Service said. “Periods of breezy winds are expected

throughout the week,” the service wrote in another Sunday morning tweet. “Make sure loose outdoor items and temporary structures are secure, use caution driving in and around high profile vehicles, and avoid outdoor burning!” There’s a chance of isolated rain showers in far Northern California on Monday, then again later in the week, the NWS said. If the heat ends up being too much for you this week, Palisades Tahoe announced recently it will extend its ski season through the rest of the month. The forecast for Fairfield is mostly sunny through the week.

Neighborhood activists Patricia Camacho and Michael Hayden, who both live across the street from the proposed housing development, worry that illegally dumped chemicals may have migrated to other areas. “Toxins don’t stop at property lines,” Camacho said. “It’s just so disappointing that the cleanup plan didn’t include testing outside of the property. Those of us who live 30 feet from where this is happening, we feel like we aren’t being protected.” When project developer R Cap Avenue 34, LLC sought approval from the city and state to build in 2020, the group insisted the Avenue 34 site had little to no contamination and chemicals were confined to the dry cleaning site.

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49ers’ draft notable for what wasn’t done Tribune Content Agency SANTA CLARA — The 49ers made nine picks in this week’s NFL draft, matching their most in four years, but the threeday event was perhaps most notable for what they didn’t do. For starters, they didn’t grant wide receiver Deebo Samuel’s trade request. And they also didn’t draft a center or safety, which appeared to be two positions of need. Fittingly, after they

finished with their “Mr. Irrelevant” selection, making Iowa State quarterback Brock Purdy the draft’s 262nd and final pick, general manager John Lynch noted something else that wasn’t done: They didn’t make a draft-pick trade for the first time since he and head coach Kyle Shanahan arrived in 2017. “It was different because we’re used to moving around some,” Lynch said. “But it just played out that way

that nothing ever came to fruition.” Lynch and Shanahan would push back against the idea their draft was defined by inaction. They began Friday by selecting a potentially disruptive pass rusher from a loaded class, USC’s Drake Jackson, and then added third-round picks, bruising LSU running back Tyrion Davis-Price and speedy SMU wide receiver Danny Gray, to bolster quarterback Trey Lance’s supporting cast.

They finished their six-pick Saturday by addressing their depth at cornerback and guard, selecting two players at each position. “We like our roster,” Lynch said. “We really do. We think it’s well-constructed.” Perhaps. But it’s not without a few potentially ugly blemishes. The 49ers figured to select a center, even if seven-time Pro Bowl selection Alex Mack returns in 2022. Mack

will turn 37 in November and has yet to make a final decision on whether he will retire, while the 49ers don’t have an heir apparent on the roster. At strong safety, their top candidates, Talanoa Hufanga, George Odum and Tarvarius Moore, are all unproven as starting options. Lynch and Shanahan indicated those spots weren’t addressed partly because of how the draft played out. A possible example: One of the draft’s top

centers, Nebraska’s Cam Jurgens, was selected by the Eagles in the second round, 10 spots before the 49ers made their first pick at No. 61. In addition, Penn State’s Jaquan Brisker, a safety the 49ers hosted for a pre-draft visit, was selected by the Bears at No. 48. Shanahan mentioned Friday night that the 49ers investigated trading at least one of their thirdround picks to move up See 49ers, Page B8

Cobb’s return to Giants’ rotation goes off the rails Tribune Content Agency

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Stephen Curry (30) of the Warriors dribbles against the Grizzlies’ De’Anthony Melton (0) in the second quarter of

Game 1 of the team’s NBA basketball second-round playoff series at the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tenn., Sunday.

Warriors’ Game 1 win showed their evolution, Grizzlies’ threat Dieter Kurtenbach BAY AREA NEWS GROUP

MEMPHIS — It’s been said in boxing that styles make fights. I think the same can be said in basketball. And this WarriorsGrizzlies series is going to be an incredible bout. The first contest confirmed it. The Warriors won 117-116 in Memphis Sunday afternoon, but don’t take the Dubs’ early lead for granted: this series has the makings of

ANALYSIS a seven-game classic. Because rarely do two teams match up in the way the Warriors and Grizzlies do. And even rarer is a series starting as intense as Sunday’s Game 1. Both teams want to push the pace. Neither team has an issue with physicality. And both squads are keen to let you and their opponent just how good they are.

Game 1 was elite sports entertainment – playoff basketball in its best form. The final 10-plus minutes of the game were played with the kind of focus and intensity typically reserved for the final seconds of contests. It was so agonizing to watch unfold, so stressful, that this series should be the first to come with a warning label on the screen. If this series goes six or seven games, it will surely create collective cardiac arrhythmia

in the Bay. Which way will the series go? It’s more than fair to lean towards the Warriors way after Sunday. After all, the Warriors won despite losing Draymond Green in the second quarter to a questionable ejection. They won despite Steph Curry and Klay Thompson battling foul trouble all game long. They came back from a 13-point first-half See Warriors, Page B8

Change is imminent for Sharks after season of disappointment Tribune Content Agency SAN JOSE — The Sharks have gone through enough exit interviews after missing the playoffs in recent years to know that changes will be in order this offseason. How deep those changes will be, especially with a new general manager on the way, remains the bigger question. “With a new GM, nobody’s job is safe, right?” Sharks goalie James Reimer said Saturday. “Even if you had a great year and things are looking good, the new GM might come in and just want to go in a different direction.” The Sharks (32-37-13) finished the season in sixth place in the Pacific Division, the same position they had in the temporary West Division last season after a pandemic-shortened 56-game

seman Brent Burns said. “Obviously, there’s a lot of changes that are going to happen here, and when you’re looking for a new general manager, there’s a lot of things on the table.” Besides the inevitable roster changes, with an eye toward addressing the scoring woes, the Sharks and their new general Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group File manager also have to deterBrent Burns (88) of the Sharks heads mine what to do with the team’s off the ice after the Penguins score coaching staff. an overtime goal for a January win. Boughner said Friday morning he has not been given any indischedule. This marks the first time cation by interim GM Joe Will in franchise history that the team as to whether he’ll be back next will have missed the playoffs in season. Boughner is 67-85-23 as three consecutive years. the Sharks coach, and he and Will “I’ve been in the league long are scheduled to speak with the enough to know that when you’re media on Monday. doing these meetings at this time, Erik Karlsson was asked what there’s a lot of changes that happen and need to happen,” Sharks defenSee Sharks, Page B8

SAN FRANCISCO — About halfway into a top of the first inning that lasted nearly half an hour, Alex Cobb turned away from the rubber, took a couple strides toward second base and smacked his glove in frustration. He was reacting to balking in another run – the fourth of five the Nationals would score in the first – but it was a culmination of tough luck and hard contact that ultimately spoiled his return to the rotation before he could record three outs in an eventual 11-5 loss that resulted in San Francisco dropping only its second series of the season. By the time manager Gabe Kapler came to get him, after 10 batters and 40 pitches, with the bases loaded and two outs in the first inning, Cobb stared at his manager striding toward the mound and stoically handed him the ball without saying a word.

This was not how the 34-year-old righthander envisioned his return to the rotation after missing almost two weeks with a mild groin strain, as evidenced by his body language and his pitching line: 2/3 innings, four hits, five runs, three walks – and the balk. The five-run hole was too much for the Giants’ patchwork lineup to overcome against Nationals starter Josiah Gray, who held San Francisco hitless for 4 2/3 innings and blanked them for all six of his frames. The Giants’ first hit of the day was 11 years and 4,012 minor league at-bats in the making. Jason Krizan, the 32-year-old who made his MLB debut Friday, ripped a single to right field with two outs in the fifth to break up the no-hitter and record his first major league hit (his minor league total: 1,104). The two-out knock See Giants, Page B8

A’s take a walk on the wild side in defeat Tribune Content Agency OAKLAND — It’s been a season of firsts for a virtually new Athletics team, and Sunday offered up two more. The A’s let it get away early in a 7-3 loss to the Cleveland Guardians at the Coliseum, their first three-game losing streak of the season as well as the first time getting swept in a series. It was the first series sweep by Cleveland in Oakland since 2000, with the A’s and Guardians both having records of 10-12. It came before a Little League Day-infused crowd of 14,945 – the A’s biggest draw since opening night. Making his first start of the season after rehabbing an inflamed AC joint in his right shoulder, James Kaprielian (0-1) lost sight of the strike zone in the

third inning and Cleveland capitalized on the wild spell in a four-run inning. Right-hander Tristan McKenzie (1-2) threw 6 1/3 innings for the Guardians, giving up three singles with no walks and seven strikeouts. He got relief help from Bryan Shaw, Eli Morgan, Anthony Gose and Trevor Stephan. Kaprielian gave up a run in the second on an RBI double by Luke Maile but came undone in the third when he couldn’t throw a strike. The A’s averted a shutout when Gose walked the first two hitters in the bottom of the ninth, with both Sean Murphy and Stephen Piscotty scoring on a pinch double by Christian Bethancourt and a sacrifice fly by Chad Pinder. Kevin Smith doubled in a third run against Gose.

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This silky dark chocolate syrup an all-purpose dessert star Becky Krystal

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’m a recipe writer but also a realist. Does everything need to be made from scratch at home? Of course not. As Our Queen Ina (Garten) is famous for saying, “store-bought is fine.” I’d go a step further and say that often it’s just as good as homemade or even better, depending on the food in question. So when I offer a recipe, I want it to be worth your time, money and energy. Sure, for almost anything, it would be easier to grab something off the shelf at the supermarket. That just means the payoff has to be there to ensure your effort is worth it. This Dark Chocolate Syrup is definitely worth it. Even better, the investment is minimal. Six ingredients, 20 minutes of work and – this is the hardest part – a two-hour chill is all you need for a chocolate syrup that blows anything store-bought out of the water. The syrup, which could arguably be called a sauce, is glossy, silky and packed with a double dose of chocolate. It’s more bittersweet than sweet and is equally at home in drinks (chocolate milk, egg creams), on top of ice cream and on the side with a bowl of ruby-red strawberries. I’m sure you’re familiar with the ubiquitous brown squeeze bottles of chocolate syrup. Generally, they’re quite sweet, thin and lacking in robust chocolate flavor. I challenged myself to address all those things that bugged me, as well as create something that would work for people with different dietary needs, namely vegan and gluten-free. Many chocolate syrup recipes rely solely on cocoa powder – pure cocoa solids, which gets you the most concentrated chocolate flavor. Since it is so prominent, be sure you get a good cocoa powder that you like. I call for Dutch-process here, and my favorites skew dark and rich (black cocoa would look especially dramatic). My top picks are King Arthur Baking’s Double Dark Cocoa Blend, out of stock at the moment, and Droste. Even with a great cocoa powder, it generally won’t give you the same luscious texture as sauces made with bar chocolate, because it has less fat. To compensate, some recipes call for adding butter, heavy cream or some other source of fat. But that proved problematic given my interest in a dairy-free recipe and a minimal ingredient list. I decided to roll with adding some unsweetened chocolate to the mix. Gram for gram, unsweetened chocolate has as much as three times the fat as

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Dark Chocolate Syrup is glossy, silky and packed with a double dose of chocolate. cocoa powder. Moreover, this baking staple meant I could still have total control over the sweetness of the finished syrup, which wouldn’t be as easy with, say, a bittersweet or semisweet bar chocolate, especially given variations among brands. I incorporated the unsweetened chocolate into the syrup much as you would make a ganache, by letting it stand in hot liquid and then whisking. About that sweetness: I started thinking of how I could wring the most out of, hopefully, a single ingredient. It’s not uncommon to see recipes or products that employ two types of sweetener. In store-bought versions, at least one is often corn syrup – sometimes regular, sometimes high-fructose corn syrup, sometimes both. I’m a big fan of less-processed regular corn syrup, which is less sweet than sugar. It’s a crucial ingredient in a variety of recipes, including pecan pie, marshmallows and even ice cream, where it staves off iciness and keeps things delightfully smooth and scoopable. The source of corn syrup’s superpower: It’s an invert sugar. Without getting too in the weeds, the smaller molecules of invert sugar lend it the characteristic texture of a thick liquid that imparts glossy sheen and smoothness. In a chocolate syrup, those were both things I wanted, and a liquid sweet-

ener would also keep it pourable straight from the fridge. As much as I appreciate corn syrup, I thought it was perhaps a little one-note for my purposes. So I turned to Lyle’s Golden Syrup, which is 50% invert sugar, according to Dan Souza at Cook’s Illustrated. Golden syrup is one of my favorite pantry ingredients thanks to its subtle toffee flavor. It’s very common in recipes from the United Kingdom, though you can find it at many American supermarkets these days, too (I bought a convenient squeeze bottle at my local Giant). Don’t have any? No problem. We tested the recipe with agave syrup and honey, both of which worked well with slight variations in flavor and texture. If you use honey, keep in mind the syrup will no longer be vegan. The golden syrup and unsweetened chocolate went a long way toward adding body and creamy texture to my syrup. Still, one thing was niggling me, which no other recipe seemed to mention: Even if you whisk in the cocoa powder well, it’s very easy to end up with some grittiness. My mind jumped back to a dark chocolate sauce I made several years ago with ice cream maven Jeni Britton, of Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams. That recipe from her second book is a bit different from what I was going for, but I immediately knew I

2-ingredient chocolate shell an easy way to upgrade your ice cream The Washington Post This two-ingredient chocolate shell is a dupe for the popular commercially made Magic Shell, but with a richer, more luxurious flavor and texture. It comes together in minutes and will instantly upgrade any ice cream. Using more coconut oil will give you a thinner shell consistency. Give it a few seconds to harden, and it will reward you with a satisfying crunchy shell reminiscent of ice cream bars. CHOCOLATE SHELL FOR ICE CREAM 8 ounces (227 grams) semisweet, bittersweet, or dark chocolate chips (or chopped) 2 to 3 tablespoons coconut oil Pinch fine salt (optional) In a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water, melt the chocolate and coconut oil. Stir in the salt, if using, until dissolved. Remove from the heat and keep

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Chocolate Shell for Ice Cream. warm until ready to drizzle or pour over ice cream. Once spooned, wait a few seconds for the chocolate to harden to a smooth shell; its appearance will change from shiny to matte. Nutrition information per serving (2 tablespoons, using 2 tablespoons coconut oil and semisweet chocolate) | Calories: 166; Total Fat: 12 g; Saturated Fat:

8 g; Cholesterol: 0 mg; Sodium: 3 mg; Carbohydrates: 18 g; Dietary Fiber: 2 g; Sugar: 16 g; Protein: 1 g This analysis is an estimate based on available ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s or nutritionist’s advice. Adapted from Thomas Keller and Melissa Clark.

wanted to adapt its method of running the sauce through the food processor. That wasn’t going to work for my relatively small amount of syrup, so I turned to my handy immersion blender. A minute or two with this tool, often referred to as a stick blender, worked wonders, turning the syrup universally smooth and shiny. (A mini food processor would also work well. So would a larger food processor, if you scale up the recipe.) At first blush, the syrup seemed on the thin side. The answer wasn’t tweaking ingredient amounts, though. Instead, all that was required was patience. About two hours in the fridge thickened the syrup to just the right consistency. It remained fluid and pourable, easily incorporated into beverages or cascaded over ice cream. It’s also thick enough as a dip for fruit or, um, a spoon. You can guess how I know that. DARK CHOCOLATE SYRUP 20 minutes, plus 2 hours’ chilling time 8 servings (makes about 1 cup) This deep, dark and silky chocolate syrup is miles above anything you’ll buy in a squeeze bottle at the grocery store. Dutch-process cocoa powder and unsweetened chocolate team up for a rich flavor that’s more bittersweet than sweet. Here, we use Lyle’s Golden Syrup instead of sugar, for both its toffee-esque sweetness and ability to keep the syrup fluid and smooth. The syrup is great for a wide variety of people because it’s gluten-free and vegan (though not the latter if you swap in honey for the Lyle’s Golden Syrup). We highly recommend using the immersion blender or mini food processor after cooking the syrup to ensure the smoothest possible texture. Be sure to let the syrup chill so it thickens to proper consistency. We designed the recipe so that it would not be as runny as storebought versions, but you can thin with additional water after chilling, as needed. Then use it in almost any way you want, including on ice cream, in chocolate milk or egg creams, or as a dip for fruit. Make Ahead: The sauce needs to be refrigerated for at least 2 hours before serving. Storage Notes: The sauce can be refrigerated in a lidded container for up to 2 weeks. It will thicken when chilled and may thicken more as time goes on, so thin with water, as needed. Where to Buy: Lyle’s Golden Syrup is available at well-stocked supermarkets and shops that sell British goods, as well as online. Here are a few guidelines on how to make the most of the syrup: Egg cream. Some say you can only make an egg cream, the iconic New York beverage of milk, chocolate syrup and seltzer, with Fox’s U-bet syrup, but some people need to relax. The instructions are pretty universal, in that you pour chocolate syrup into a tall glass, followed

by milk and then seltzer, giving it a quick stir. Check out Katz’s Egg Cream for more specifics, though know that you make it by eyeballing the proportions in the glass and not necessarily with exact amounts. Chocolate milk. Stir your desired amount of syrup into a glass of cold milk, 1 or more tablespoons of syrup per cup of milk. Or shake the syrup and milk together in a lidded jar. This will be less sweet than the chocolate milk your kids may be used to, so keep that in mind. Ice cream. The thickness of the syrup may vary depending on the brand of cocoa you use or how hot it gets during cooking. If you find you need it thinner for drizzling over ice cream, you can gently warm it in the microwave for a few seconds or thin with a small amount of water. 1 ⁄2 cup plus 2 tablespoons (150 milliliters) water, plus more as needed 4 tablespoons (80 grams) Lyle’s Golden Syrup (may substitute honey or agave nectar) 1 ⁄4 cup (25 grams) Dutchprocess cocoa powder 1 ounce (28 grams) unsweetened chocolate, finely chopped 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla extract Pinch fine salt In a small saucepan over medium-high heat, combine the water and golden syrup and stir until the syrup is dissolved. When the mixture comes to a boil, add the cocoa powder and whisk to combine. Reduce the heat to medium-low, stirring constantly until the powder has mostly dissolved and turned aromatic, about 1 minute. Remove from the heat, add the unsweetened chocolate and let sit undisturbed until softened, 3 to 5 minutes. Whisk the softened chocolate into the syrup, followed by the vanilla extract and a pinch of salt. Scrape the syrup into the cup of your immersion blender (or a tall jar or container large enough to use the blender with) or the bowl of a mini food processor. Blend or process until completely smooth, 1 to 2 minutes, scraping down the sides of the cup or bowl as needed. It may not seem necessary, but this step gets rid of cocoa clumps that can come across as gritty in the finished syrup. Transfer the syrup to a container, cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving. It will thicken as it chills but will remain pourable. Give the syrup a quick stir with a spoon before serving, thinning with more water, 1 teaspoon at a time, as desired. Nutrition information per serving (2 tablespoons) | Calories: 59; Total Fat: 2 g; Saturated Fat: 1 g; Cholesterol: mg; Sodium: 71 mg; Carbohydrates: 11 g; Dietary Fiber: 2 g; Sugar: 8 g; Protein: 1 g This analysis is an estimate based on available ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s or nutritionist’s advice. From The Washington Post’s Becky Krystal.

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Titus Welliver as Harry Bosch and Madison Lintz as his daughter, Madeline, in the final season of Bosch.

‘Bosch: Legacy’ and ‘The Lincoln Lawyer’ new shows soon to arrive Tribune Content Agency “It’s going to be a big month for the universe of my shows,” Michael Connelly says. The internationally bestselling author saw his series of novels about Los Angeles Detective Harry Bosch become a seven-season hit series on Amazon that ended last year. This month, two more streaming series based on his characters will debut: "Bosch: Legacy," a spinoff from "Bosch," on Amazon Freevee and "The Lincoln Lawyer" on Netflix. “I’m really proud of both of them,” he says. The first four episodes of "Bosch: Legacy" drop May 6, with two more released each Friday through May 27. The entire 10-episode season of "The Lincoln Lawyer," based on Connelly’s books about defense lawyer Mickey Haller, drops May 13. “It’s a weird coincidence,” Connelly, a part-time Tampa resident, says in a Zoom interview. “Or is it not?” He knew both drop dates in advance but couldn’t tell anyone at the other platform. “So I know it’s coincidence, not some kind of grand plan.” "Bosch: Legacy" brings back Titus Welliver as the driven Harry Bosch. The biggest difference in the spinoff is that Bosch is no longer on the police force. “He’s a private investigator now,” Connelly says. “It follows the track of the books, but it also reflects what’s going on in society. The last few years have led to a more jaundiced view of police departments. So I think it’s a good time for Harry to be out on his own, to be an outsider. I think the show speaks to our times pretty well.” "Bosch: Legacy" also features Madison Lintz as Harry’s daughter, Maddie Bosch, and Mimi Rogers as Harry’s sometime nemesis, defense lawyer Honey ”Money” Chandler. Connelly says those two

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characters are “equal partners” in the new series. “Bosch was an ensemble, but it definitely followed the lead of Harry Bosch.” Maddie is now a rookie police officer, he says. “Everything that’s happened in the last two years has ratcheted up how difficult that job is to do right.” Chandler is still recovering from being shot during the last season of Bosch. Connelly says, “In Season 7, we killed Money Chandler.” He says that about twothirds of the way through production of that season, they got word from Amazon Freevee that it wanted to make the spinoff. He and co-executive produce Eric Overmeyer were in a Zoom meeting with Freevee executives who said they wanted to elevate the characters of Maddie and Honey. “I looked over at Eric at that point. We knew she was dead. But she was suddenly resurrected. We said, no problem.” They got busy rewriting scripts, and Chandler survived. In "Bosch: Legacy," Connelly says, she’s dealing with that trauma and a desire for revenge. Like both Bosch series, "The Lincoln Lawyer" is set in Los Angeles. “It’s a great slice of L.A.,” Connelly says, “a little bit more blue sky than what you see with Harry. Mickey is a surfer, and his client is this big tech guy. “There’s what they call Silicon Beach on the west side of L.A. The tech guy’s company is there, with a basketball court on the roof. It’s another accurate slice of L.A., different from what you see with Harry Bosch.” In making the series with producer David E. Kelley, Connelly says, they were “dealing with an iconic movie with Matthew McConaughey,” released in 2011. “How do you make it your own?” Connelly says. “They

went back to the books. In the books, Mickey Haller is Mexican American. His mother is from Mexico.” With series star Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, he says, “We got a great Mickey. He’s got this charm that really comes off the screen.” That charm, and the ability to use it in the courtroom and elsewhere, is a significant trait of the character. Connelly says that when the movie came out, McConaughey said of Haller that he could “dance between the raindrops and not get wet. That’s a pretty good description. And Manuel has that.” The series also stars Neve Campbell and Becki Newton as Haller’s ex-wives. Even though in Connelly’s books Bosch and Haller are half brothers and have occasionally worked together, there won’t be any crossovers between the series because they’re made by two different companies, Connelly says. His work with Kelley on "The Lincoln Lawyer" led to yet another project. “He likes adapting books,” Connelly says. “He said, ‘This 'Lincoln Lawyer' thing looks pretty good. What else you got?’” All of his books have been sold for the screen, Connelly says, but he’d written a short story about the only detective on the police force on Catalina Island, off Los Angeles. “They wanted a female lead for a detective show with a beachy type element,” he says. “I had a male lead, but it’s only a short story, so I didn’t mind changing it.” The result, a series for ABC titled "Avalon," will start filming in June. “I turned 65 in the past year, so I’m looking toward slowing down in Hollywood and just writing books,” Connelly says. ”But every time I try to get out, they pull me back in. “After 30 years in Hollywood, I’m an overnight success.”

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well. The theme can also apply at the bridge table. South is in four hearts. After West leads the spade king, what should declarer do? North’s three-heart response was a limit raise, showing about 11 support points and four or more trumps. When declarer has a superfluity of trumps and no need for immediate ruffs, it is usually right to draw trumps as quickly as possible. He doesn’t want to risk an opponent’s ruffing one of his side-suit winners with a low trump. But if he leads a trump immediately on this deal, he will lose four tricks: two spades, one heart and one club. South must do something to eliminate one of those losers. He could lead a club at trick two, establishing a club winner for a spade loser, but that play is too slow. The defenders still get four tricks. There is only one chance of success. IF YOU START WELL, At trick two, declarer should play a YOU WILL END WELL diamond to dummy’s ace and finesse his diamond jack. When the finesse If you have ever run a marathon wins, he discards one of dummy’s spade -- or a slightly shorter distance -- you losers on the diamond king. Only then will know that it pays to go steadily at is it right to lead a trump. the beginning. If you start at a fast Always count your losers. Often this pace, you will regret it later, finishing in will point you toward the right line of a slower time. The story of the hare and play. the tortoise features the same idea. COPYRIGHT: 2022, UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE “More haste, less speed” sums it up

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FAIRFIELD — "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" comes to local theaters this week. Dr. Stephen Strange casts a forbidden spell that opens a portal to the multiverse. A threat emerges that may be too big for his team to handle. O p e n i n g nationwide are: "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness," in which Doctor Strange's (Benedict Cumberbatch) spell backfires and opens the way for a new and very dangerous foe with the help of mystical allies both old and new, traverses the mind-bending and dangerous alternate realities of the Multiverse to confront this new enemy. The film is rated PG-13. Opening in limited release are: "All My Puny Sorrows," in which two sisters – one a concert pianist, the other a children’s author raised by the Mennonites – must come to terms with the suicide of their father. The film is based on the international best-selling novel by Miriam Toews and is rated R. "Happening," set in France, 1963, when abortion was illegal. It's the story is about Anne (Anamaria Vartolomei) who is a bright young student with a promising future ahead of her. She becomes pregnant and sees the hope for her life disappearing as she confronts the choices she must make for herself. With her final exams fast approaching and

her belly growing, Anne resolves to act. It might mean prison for her and public shaming but she is committed to fighting for her future. The film is rated R. "Remembering Heaven," inspired by Sarah Hinze, who shares her own life experiences. Hinze is a best-selling and award-winning author, researcher and now filmmaker. After three decades of exhaustive investigation, including hundreds of interviews and meticulous research into the origins of the human soul, she hopes to finally understand what happened to her. The film is not rated. "Cinderella and the Little Sorcerer," an animated film in which Prince Alex is trapped in the body of a mouse. Ella and her friends set off on a journey to find the magic potion ingredients that can change him back. On a quest that tests fate itself, they discover friendship is the most potent cure of all. The film is not rated. For information on Edwards Cinemas in Fairfield, visit www.regmovies.com/theatres/ regal-edwards-fairfield-imax. For Vacaville showtimes, visit www. brendentheatres.com. For Vallejo showtimes, check www.cinemark. com/theatres/ca-vallejo. More information about upcoming films is available at www.movieinsider.com.

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Mai Nguyen and Brian Chang of Arlington, Va., pause for a moment in between poses during a photo shoot in their wedding attire at the Tidal Basin in Washington, March 21.

Weddings are booming again AND THE INDUSTRY IS STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP

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yler Laferriere and Travis Holloway’s wedding in March at a California resort featured sweeping views of the Santa Rosa Mountains, spicy margaritas and a menu of steak, bass and halibut. It was also way over-budget. The couple began planning the festivities and locking in some prices a year ago, but prices started ticking up – along with shortages and delays – as they neared their wedding date in early March. By the time their ceremony and reception were done, they had blown past their $35,000 target by nearly $15,000. “We just kept noticing that our costs kept going past any sort of budget,” said Laferriere, 29, who works for a wealth management firm in Los Angeles. “Food, rooms, travel – everything got much higher, and we had next to zero negotiating power.” After two years of a pandemic-imposed drought, the wedding industry is booming again. But that sudden burst of celebratory demand is colliding with supply chain backlogs, labor shortages and inflation, resulting in higher prices for brides and grooms across the country. Consumers are ready to spend big again, even if the rest of the economy hasn’t caught up. Wedding vendors are reporting a flood of new inquiries for spring and summer weddings, as couples – some of whom have been unexpectedly engaged for three years – rush to make their way down the aisle before another wave of coronavirus infections thwarts their plans. In all, Americans are expected to host 2.5 million weddings this year, up about 30% from last year and the most in nearly four decades, according to the Wedding Report, a national trade group. “People want a big, poofy wedding again, but the marketplace just isn’t ready for it,” said Cele Otnes, professor emerita of marketing at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an expert in lavish weddings. “Consumer culture isn’t known for its patience. People had to give up key rituals during Covid, and now that pent-up desire is back and possibly going haywire.” Every week, dozens of would-be brides and grooms are begging to book wedding planner Susan Cordogan. But while the wedding business is

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Maria Luz, 57, the owner of Anytime Alteration shop, stands for a portrait in Kensington, Md., April 8. frenetically busy, her confetti vendor is out of business. Go-to wedding halls are shuttered. And paper, ink, flowers and Napa Valley wine are becoming difficult to find. “It’s all harder to get, sold out, back-ordered and more expensive,” said Cordogan, who owns Big City Bride in Chicago. “For two years, our hands were tied. Now it’s the great wedding boom, but our industry is still catching its breath.” To keep up, wedding singers are booking three ceremonies a day. Venues are scheduling receptions every day of the week, including Mondays. And attorneys are working overtime to hammer out prenuptial agreements. “I’m getting calls saying, ‘I’m getting married in 2 weeks, how soon can we get this done?’ ” said Carolyn Goodman, a lawyer in Washington, who is seeing brisk demand for pre- and postnuptial agreements. “After two years of uncertainty, people want to have some control over their lives.” That pent-up demand, combined with too little supply, is also leading to higher price tags. Average spending on weddings rose 25% last year, to more than $27,000, according to the Wedding Report. Many weddings planners say they expect that cost to tick up even higher this year as companies raise prices and tack on fuel surcharges. Corgodan, the wedding planner in Chicago, says she’s advising couples to budget up to 30% more than they normally would. She’s also encouraging them to pick more affordable local options when

they can: wildflowers from Indiana instead of orchids from Ecuador, wines from Michigan instead of California, and locally grown beef instead of imported seafood. “Behind the scenes, most people in our industry lost their jobs and just are not fully back yet,” she said. “There are so many moving parts.” Demand for her wedding planning services is up 45% from a year ago, although the most coveted sites are already full for the next two years. Some couples are so eager to lock in available dates, she said, that they’re booking venues before they’ve even proposed. But even once the location is secure, many wild cards remain. Caterers report trouble finding saffron, vanilla extract and, at times, beef and chicken. Innkeepers say they’re short on towels and bed linens. And wedding planners say it’s becoming increasingly difficult to track down party favors and flip-flops for the dance floor. “We used to be able to move at the speed of light, but everything takes longer now,” she said, adding that she recently sent a staffer on a two-hour drive to find paper for invitations. “The kinds of things we’d normally have at our fingertips, that we could get within a day or a week, are taking months. They’re truly on the slow boat and just not available.” An estimated 80% of wedding dresses, for example, come from China, where new coronavirus outbreaks have shut down entire cities. Given the delays and looming uncertainty, more brides are opting to wear family

hand-me-downs, said Maria Luz, who owns Anytime Alterations in Kensington, Md. She has doubled her staff to four workers, in the last month and is working overtime to accommodate last-minute brides. “Dress deliveries aren’t coming in on time, so people are using mom and grandma’s dresses,” she said. “We’re restoring gowns and resizing and restyling them for today’s tastes.” Small businesses like Luz’s make up the vast majority of the wedding industry and were also among those hit hardest by the pandemic. An estimated 800,000 small businesses closed permanently in the first year of the pandemic, about 30% more than is typical, according to a study by the Federal Reserve. “Wedding vendors tend to be the smaller mom-and-pops that didn’t make it through Covid,” said John Salazar, an associate professor of hospitality at the University of Georgia. “Whether they’re flower shops or limo companies, calligraphers or wedding planners – they’re just not there anymore to provide the services people are looking for.” In Winthrop, Maine, venue owner Gene Carbona says the industry is so short-staffed that local nurses and retail workers have begun moonlighting as wedding DJs and photographers. Meanwhile, he and his wife have begun catering rehearsal dinners and Sunday brunches themselves because vendors are so scarce. “There’s been an explosion of events at the same time there’s a massive shortage of workers,” said Carbona, who bought the

Barn at Silver Oaks Estate eight years ago. “Many caterers have had to double or triple their weekends. They don’t have the infrastructure to do it, but they’re doing it anyway out of desperation.” Carbona says he’s also considering raising prices to keep up with inflation. Ice and liquor cost 50% more than they used to, he said, while 12-packs of Coca-Cola have more than doubled, from $2.99 to $6.99. Garnishes such as freezedried limes, which used to cost $2,000 per 100 pounds, now cost four times that. For many vendors, the flurry of activity follows two years of near-zero business, when gigs were constantly being rescheduled or canceled. So while working back-to-back weekends has been overwhelming, many say they’re reluctant to turn down much-needed bookings. Charisa Rouse, a violinist and jazz vocalist in Newark, is frequently triple-booked these days, squeezing in brunch, afternoon and evening wedding performances. Business has been so brisk that she recently hired two assistants to help with bookings. “Almost every weekend in 2022 is full,” she said. “But everything was down for two years during the pandemic, so I will never complain about too much work.” For couples, particularly those who have had to repeatedly reschedule, the recent frenzy is adding even more complications to years of anticipation and planning. Eric Malcolm and Hillary Steiger got engaged in early 2019, thinking they would get married the following year. But the pandemic upended their plans. They’ve had to reschedule their lakeside wedding near Cleveland multiple times. Most of the wedding will remain as they had planned, with 100 guests, rib-eye steaks and an open bar. But Steiger’s dress has undergone multiple alterations, and the couple has had to get creative to deal with inflation: When their wedding photographer raised prices by $1,000, Malcolm enlisted an exgirlfriend to take photos instead. Now they’re set to get married on June 4 – just weeks after Steiger gives birth to their first child. “The baby is going to beat us,” said Malcolm, 39, who works in tech support. “We’ve been engaged three years, but life hasn’t stopped. It’s time to get married.”

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Notice is hereby given that the governing board (“Board”) of the FAIRFIELD-SUISUN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (“District”) will receive sealed bids for the following project: BID #22F-149 Flooring Installation at Various Sites 2. Sealed Bids will be received until 2:00 p.m., May 17, 2022 at the office of the Facilities & Construction Department, located at 2490 Hilborn Road, Fairfield, California, after which time the bids will be opened and publicly read aloud, in conference room #102 at 2490 Hilborn Road, Fairfield, CA 94533. Any claim by a bidder of error in its bid must be made in compliance with section 5100 et seq. of the Public Contract Code. Any bid that is submitted after this time shall be non-responsive and returned to the bidder. 3. The Project consists of: Removal and installation of carpet flooring at various sites 4. All bids shall be on the form provided by the District. 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A non-mandatory pre-bid conference and site visit will be held on May 4, 2022 at 9:00a.m. at Fairfield-Suisun Unified District Office, conference room 301, 2490 Hilborn Road, Fairfield, CA 94534 for the purpose of acquainting bidders with the bid documents and the work site. 11. Contract Documents can be downloaded from the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District Website at https://www.fsusd.org/Page/16402 12. The District’s Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids and/or waive any irregularity in any bid received. If the District awards the Contract, the security of unsuccessful bidder(s) shall be returned within sixty (60) days from the time the award is made. Unless otherwise required by law, no bidder may withdraw its bid for ninety (90) days after the date of the bid opening. 13. The District shall award the Contract, if it awards it at all, to the lowest responsive responsible bidder based on: The base bid amount only. DR#00054564 Published: April 25, May 2, 2022 APN: 0162-022-110 TS No.: 21-00868CA TSG Order No.: 210843144-CA-VOI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE SALE UNDER DEED OF TRUST YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED NOVEMBER 23, 2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Affinia Default Services, LLC, as the duly appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust Recorded December 13, 2005 as 200500191841 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Solano County, California, executed by: JEFF D. PROTTEAU, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY, as Trustor, will be sold AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER for cash (payable in full at time of sale by cash, a cashier's check drawn by a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state). All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said deed of trust in the property situated in said county and state, and as more fully described in the above referenced deed of trust. Sale Date: June 2, 2022 Sale Time: 9:30 AM Sale Location: At the Santa Clara Street entrance to the City Hall, 555 Santa Clara Street, Vallejo, CA 94590 The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 2989 ORCHID STREET, FAIRFIELD, CA 94533. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made in an “AS IS” condition, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to-wit: $45,143.18 (Estimated). Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call, (916) 939-0772 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this internet website, www.nationwideposting.com, for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, T.S.# 21-00868CA. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the internet website. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. NOTICE TO TENANT: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call (916) 939-0772, or visit this internet website www.nationwideposting.com, using the file number assigned to this case 21-00868CA to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. For Trustee Sale Information Log On To: www.nationwideposting.com or Call: (916) 9390772. Dated: April 20, 2022 By: Samantha Snyder Foreclosure Associate Affinia Default Services, LLC 301 E. Ocean Blvd., Suite 1720 Long Beach, CA 90802 (833) 290-7452 NPP0401283 To: DAILY REPUBLIC 05/02/2022, 05/09/2022, 05/16/2022 DR#00054692 Published: May 2, 9, 16, 2022

Daily Republic - Monday, May 2, 2022

PUBLIC NOTICES SUMMARY OF ADOPTED ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 12.2 OF THE SOLANO COUNTY CODE RELATING TO FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION. An ordinance to amend Solano County Code Chapter 12.2, clarifying that new manufactured homes and equipment (e.g., HVAC, water heaters, electrical panels, etc.) installed in a Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) must be at least one foot above the base flood elevation as established on FEMA’s flood zone map for the County, was adopted at the Solano County Board of Supervisors’ regular meeting on April 26, 2022. Supervisors Brown, Hannigan, Mashburn, Spering and Chair Vasquez voted yes. The ordinance will take effect on May 27, 2022. April 27, 2022

Bernadette S. Curry Solano County Counsel DR#00054767 Published May 2, 2022 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that pursuant to Section 21700 of the Business and Professions Code, State of California, the undersigned will sell at public sale by competitive bidding. This lien sale shall be conducted online at www.storagetreasures.com where additional information about the sale and the contents to be auctioned will be posted at least seven (7) days before the sale date. The contents will be sold to the highest bidder on 05/11/2022 at 12:00PM. D0010 Janee Benton I0005 Mary Leach A0184 Rosalina Silva A0055 Lisa Welling This sale is subject to cancellation without notice in the event of settlement between owner and obligated party. SECURITY PUBLIC STORAGE 606 Parker Rd, Fairfield, CA 94553 DR#00054496 Published: April 25, May 2, 2022 NOTICE OF PUBLIC LIEN SALE Notice is hereby given pursuant to Sections 21700 through 21716 of the California Business and Professions Code, Section 2328 of the UCC, Section 535 of the Penal Code, the undersigned will sell at public sale by competitive bidding on Tuesday, May 10th,2022 commencing 9:30AM @ALMOND TREE STORAGE, 725 RAILROAD AVE, SUISUN CITY, CA 94585 the following delinquent tenant’s items described as; miscellaneous furniture, tools, household items, appliances, electronic equipment, toys, clothing, luggage, boxes & bags- contents unknown: • SPACE • B022 • B123 • D046 • D027 • C075

NAME Danyette Stevens Danyette Stevens Danyette Stevens Lakisha Lee Josh Vinson

Purchases must be paid for at the time of sale in cash only. All purchased goods are sold “as is, where is” and must be removed at the time of the sale. Sale is subject to cancellation in the event of settlement between owner and tenant. Almond Tree Storage reserves the right to dismiss any unit from the auction. Auctioneer: Storage Auction Experts, Bond #5860870 Site Manager: Lara Smith, Phone (707) 425-4520 DR#00054527 Published: April 25, May 2, 2022 NOTICE TO BIDDERS / INVITATION TO BID 1. Notice is hereby given that the governing board (“Board”) of the FAIRFIELD-SUISUN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (“District”) will receive sealed bids for the following project: BID #22F-109 Intrusion Systems Upgrades at Various Sites 2. Sealed Bids will be received until 1:00 p.m., May 17, 2022 at the office of the Facilities & Construction Department, located at 2490 Hilborn Road, Fairfield, California, after which time the bids will be opened and publicly read aloud, in conference room #102 at 2490 Hilborn Road, Fairfield, CA 94533. Any claim by a bidder of error in its bid must be made in compliance with section 5100 et seq. of the Public Contract Code. Any bid that is submitted after this time shall be non-responsive and returned to the bidder. 3. The Project consists of: Replacement of the existing intrusion systems at various sites. Supply and install wired and wireless keypads, control panels, sensors, and programming as required for complete functioning system per the construction documents. 4. All bids shall be on the form provided by the District. Each bid must conform and be responsive to all pertinent Contract Documents, including, but not limited to, the Instructions to Bidders. 5. To bid on this Project, the Bidder is required to possess one or more of the following State of California Contractor Licenses: A (General Engineering), B (General Building) and/or C7 (Low Voltage Systems Contractor) The Bidder's license(s) must be active and in good standing at the time of the bid opening and must remain so throughout the term of the Contract. 6. As security for its Bid, each bidder shall provide with its Bid form • a bid bond issued by an admitted surety insurer on the form provided by the District, • cash, or • a cashier's check or a certified check, drawn to the order of the FAIRFIELD-SUISUN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the total bid price. This bid security shall be a guarantee that the Bidder shall, within seven (7) calendar days after the date of the Notice of Award, enter into a contract with the District for the performance of the services as stipulated in the bid. 7. The successful Bidder shall be required to furnish a 100% Performance Bond and a 100% Payment Bond if it is awarded the contract for the Project. 8. The successful Bidder may substitute securities for any monies withheld by the District to ensure performance under the Contract, in accordance with the provisions of section 22300 of the Public Contract Code. 9. The successful Bidder and its subcontractors shall pay all workers on the Project not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages and the general prevailing rate for holiday and overtime work as determined by the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations, State of California, for the type of work performed and the locality in which the work is to be performed within the boundaries of the District, pursuant to sections 1770 et seq. of the California Labor Code. Prevailing wage rates are on file with the District and are available to any interested party on request or at www.dir.ca.gov/oprl/statistics_and_databases.html. Bidders and Bidders’ subcontractors shall comply with the registration and qualification requirements pursuant to sections 1725.5 and 1771.1 of the California Labor Code. 10. A non-mandatory pre-bid conference and site visit will be held on May 5, 2022 at 8:30a.m. at Fairfield-Suisun Unified District Office, conference room 324, 2490 Hilborn Road, Fairfield, CA 94534 for the purpose of acquainting bidders with the bid documents and the work site. 11. Contract Documents can be downloaded from the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District Website at https://www.fsusd.org/Page/16402 12. The District’s Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids and/or waive any irregularity in any bid received. If the District awards the Contract, the security of unsuccessful bidder(s) shall be returned within sixty (60) days from the time the award is made. Unless otherwise required by law, no bidder may withdraw its bid for ninety (90) days after the date of the bid opening. 13. The District shall award the Contract, if it awards it at all, to the lowest responsive responsible bidder based on: The base bid amount only. DR#00054563 Published: April 25, May 2, 2022

B8 Sunday, May 2, 2022 — DAILY REPUBLIC

Scoreboard BASKETBALL x-Pittsburgh x-Washington N.Y. Islanders Columbus New Jersey Philadelphia

NBA Playoffs Conference semifinals Sunday’s Games GOLDEN STATE 117, Memphis 116 Milwaukee 101, Boston 89 Monday’s Games Philadelphia at Miami, 4:30 p.m. Dallas at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Tuesday’s Games GOLDEN STATE at Memphis, 6:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Boston, 4 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Philadelphia at Miami, 4:30 p.m. Dallas at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Thursday’s Games No games scheduled Friday’s Games Miami at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Phoenix at Dallas, 6:30 p.m. Saturday’s Games Memphis at GOLDEN STATE, 5:30 p.m. Boston at Milwaukee, 12:30 p.m. Sunday, May 8 Phoenix at Dallas, 12:30 p.m. Miami at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. Monday, May 9 Memphis at GOLDEN STATE, 7 p.m. Boston at Milwaukee, 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 10 Philadelphia at Miami, TBD, if necessary Dallas at Phoenix, if necessary Wednesday, May 11 GOLDEN STATE at Memphis, TBD, if necessary Milwaukee at Boston, TBD, if necessary Thursday, May 12 Miami at Philadelphia, TBD, if necessary Phoenix at Dallas, TBD, if necessary Friday, May 13 Memphis at GOLDEN STATE, TBD, if necessary Boston at Milwaukee, TBD, if necessary Sunday, May 15 Philadelphia at Miami, TBD, if necessary Milwaukee at Boston, TBD, if necessary Dallas at Phoenix, TBD, if necessary Monday, May 16 GOLDEN STATE at Memphis, TBD, if necessary

HOCKEY NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA y-Carolina 82 54 20 8 116 278 202 x-N.Y. Rangers 82 52 24 6 110 254 207

82 46 25 11 103 272 229 82 44 26 12 100 275 245 82 37 35 10 84 231 237 82 37 38 7 81 262 300 82 27 46 9 63 248 307 82 25 46 11 61 211 298 Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA p-Florida 82 58 18 6 122 340 246 x-Toronto 82 54 21 7 115 315 253 x-Tampa Bay 82 51 23 8 110 287 233 x-Boston 82 51 26 5 107 255 220 Buffalo 82 32 39 11 75 232 290 Detroit 82 32 40 10 74 230 312 Ottawa 82 33 42 7 73 227 266 Montreal 82 22 49 11 55 221 319 Western Conference Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA z-Colorado 82 56 19 7 119 312 234 x-Minnesota 82 53 22 7 113 310 253 x-St. Louis 82 49 22 11 109 311 242 x-Dallas 82 46 30 6 98 238 246 x-Nashville 82 45 30 7 97 266 252 Winnipeg 82 39 32 11 89 252 257 Chicago 82 28 42 12 68 219 291 Arizona 82 25 50 7 57 207 313 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA y-Calgary 82 50 21 11 111 293 208 x-Edmonton 82 49 27 6 104 290 252 x-Los Angeles 82 44 27 11 99 239 236 Vegas 82 43 31 8 94 266 248 Vancouver 82 40 30 12 92 249 236 SAN JOSE 82 32 37 13 77 214 264 Anaheim 82 31 37 14 76 232 271 Seattle 82 27 49 6 60 216 285 x-clinched playoff berth z-clinched conference p-President’s Trophy NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Sunday’s Game Winnipeg 4, Seattle 3 END REGULAR SEASON

NHL Playoffs First round

Saturday’s Games Florida at Washington, 10 a.m. Colorado at Nashville, 1:30 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m. Calgary at Dallas, 6:30 p.m. Sunday, May 8 Carolina at Boston, 12:30 a.m. Minnesota at St. Louis, 1:30 p.m. Toronto at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m. Edmonton at Los Angeles, 7 p.m. Monday, May 9 Florida at Washington, 4 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m. Colorado at Nashville, 6:30 p.m. Calgary at Dallas, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 10 Los Angeles at Edmonton, TBD, if necessary St. Louis at Minnesota, TBD, if necessary Tampa Bay at Toronto, TBD, if necessary Boston at Carolina, TBD, if necessary Wednesday, May 11 Nashville at Colorado, TBD, if necessary Dallas at Calgary, TBD, if necessary Washington at Florida, TBD, if necessary Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, TBD, if necessary Thursday, May 12 Edmonton at Los Angeles, TBD, if necessary Minnesota at St. Louis, TBD, if necessary Toronto at Tampa Bay, TBD, if necessary Carolina at Boston, TBD, if necessary Friday, May 13 Colorado at Nashville, TBD, if necessary Calgary at Dallas, TBD, if necessary Florida at Washington, TBD, if necessary N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, TBD, if necessary Saturday, May 14 Los Angeles at Edmonton, TBD, if necessary St. Louis at Minnesota, TBD, if necessary Tampa Bay at Toronto, TBD, if necessary Boston at Carolina, TBD, if necessary Sunday, May 15 Nashville at Colorado, TBD, if necessary Dallas at Calgary, TBD, if necessary Washington at Florida, TBD, if necessary Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, TBD, if necessary

BASEBALL American League

Monday’s Games Boston at Carolina, 4 p.m. Tampa Bay at Toronto, 4:30 p.m. St. Louis at Minnesota, 6:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Tuesday’s Games Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. Washington at Florida, 4:30 p.m. Nashville at Colorado, 6:30 p.m. Dallas at Calgary, 7 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Boston at Carolina, 4 p.m. Tampa Bay at Toronto, 4:30 p.m. St. Louis at Minnesota, 6:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Thursday’s Games Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. Washington at Florida, 4:30 p.m. Nashville at Colorado, 6:30 p.m. Dallas at Calgary, 7 p.m. Friday’s Games Carolina at Boston, 4 p.m. Toronto at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m. Minnesota at St. Louis, 6:30 p.m. Edmonton at Los Angeles, 7 p.m.

East Division W L N.Y. Yankees 16 6 Toronto 15 8 Tampa Bay 12 10 Boston 9 14 Baltimore 8 14 Central Division W L Minnesota 13 9 Cleveland 10 12 Chicago White Sox 8 13 Kansas City 7 13 Detroit 7 14 West Division W L L.A. Angels 15 8 Seattle 12 10 Houston 11 11 OAKLAND 10 12 Texas 8 14

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National League East Division W L Pct GB 16 7 .696 — 12 9 .571 2½ 11 12 .478 5 10 13 .435 5½ 8 16 .333 8 Central Division W L Pct GB Milwaukee 15 8 .652 — St. Louis 12 9 571 2 Chicago Cubs 9 13 .409 5½ Pittsburgh 9 13 .409 5½ Cincinnati 3 19 .136 11½ West Division W L Pct GB L.A. Dodgers 14 7 .667 — San Diego 15 8 .652 — SAN FRANCISCO 14 8 .636 ½ Colorado 13 9 .591 1½ Arizona 10 13 .435 5 Sunday’s Games Washington 11, SAN FRANCISCO, 5 Cleveland 7, OAKLAND 3 Baltimore 9, Boston 5 Minnesota 9, Tampa Bay 3 San Diego 5, Pittsburgh 2 Toronto 3, Houston 2 Seattle 7, Miami 3 L.A. Angels 6, Chicago White Sox 5 N.Y. Yankees 6, Kansas City 4 Chicago Cubs 2, Milwaukee 0 St. Louis 7, Arizona 5 Texas 7, Atlanta 3 Colorado 10, Cincinnati 1 L.A. Dodgers 6, Detroit 3 N.Y. Mets 10, Philadelphia 6 Monday’s Games Tampa Bay at OAKLAND, 6:40 p.m. L.A. Angels at Chicago White Sox, 11:10 a.m. Kansas City at St. Louis, 1:15 p.m. Arizona at Miami, 3:40 p.m. Minnesota at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Toronto, 4:07 p.m. Atlanta at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m. Seattle at Houston, 5:10 p.m. Tuesday’s Games Tampa Bay at OAKLAND, 6:40 p.m. SAN FRANCISCO at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m. Atlanta at N.Y. Mets, first game, 12:10 p.m. Atlanta at N.Y. Mets, second game San Diego at Cleveland, 3:10 p.m. Arizona at Miami, 3:40 p.m. Texas at Philadelphia, 3:45 p.m. Minnesota at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Toronto, 4:07 p.m. L.A. Angels at Boston, 4:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at Detroit, 4:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs, 4:40 p.m. Cincinnati at Milwaukee, 4:40 p.m. Seattle at Houston, 5:10 p.m. St. Louis at Kansas City, 5:10 p.m. Washington at Colorado, 5:40 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Tampa Bay at OAKLAND, 12:37 p.m. SAN FRANCISCO at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m. Arizona at Miami, 9:40 a.m. Pittsburgh at Detroit, 10:10 a.m. San Diego at Cleveland, 10:10 a.m. Atlanta at N.Y. Mets,10:10 a.m. Seattle at Houston, 11:10 a.m. Texas at Philadelphia, 3:45 p.m. Minnesota at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Toronto, 4:07 p.m. L.A. Angels at Boston, 4:10 p.m. St. Louis at Kansas City, 4:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs, 4:40 p.m. Cincinnati at Milwaukee, 4:40 p.m. Washington at Colorado, 5:40 p.m. N.Y. Mets Miami Philadelphia Atlanta Washington

Giants From Page One

helped the Giants load the bases in the fifth, but it wasn’t until Gray left the game and they loaded them again in the seventh that they were able to turn a rally into runs. The big hits in a five-run seventh inning came from two newcomers – center fielder Luis Gonzalez and first baseman Mike Ford – to a lineup that was missing three of its members from opening day and three other starters who haven’t played a game this season. The loudest cheers prior to the Giants’ fiverun rally came when the Warriors’ final score from Game 1 in Memphis came across the jumbotron. Fans started heading for the exits in the top of the eighth, after the Nationals responded with three more runs to make it 11-5. No opponent had recorded at least 28 runs and 45 or more hits during a three-game series against the Giants since the Padres scored 37 runs on 45 hits during a threegame sweep in 2004. Five of the Giants’ six matchups with the Nationals this season were decided by at least six runs, with losses of 11-5 and 14-4 and wins of 7-1, 12-3 and 9-3. Sunday marked the first time in 10 games this season the Giants have lost when scoring at least five runs — all but guaranteed after the five runs Washington scored before the Giants came to the plate. Cobb was the victim of some tough luck.

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Jordan Poole (3) of the Warriors takes a shot against the Grizzlies’ Ja Morant (12) in the second quarter of Game One of the second-round playoff series at the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tennessee, Sunday.

Warriors From Page One

deficit, 12 ties, and nine lead changes, including Memphis countering the Warriors with three go-ahead buckets in the final 2:19 of the contest. These Warriors won even though Thompson, one of the greatest shooters of all time, missed both of his two free throws with 6.7 seconds renaming and the Warriors up by only one point. Grizzlies fans will call Golden State’s Game 1 win “luck.” The Warriors prefer to call it “championship DNA.” Whatever it was, it came through, as did plenty of Dubs players who were not along for the ride during the Dubs’ dynastic run. The Warriors received the kind of All-Star performance they needed from the ascendant Jordan Poole. After backto-back substandard games and a tough start, Poole came through in a big way with 31 points. He could be the x-factor in this series. He was a huge reason why the Dubs won Sunday. Gary Payton II was incredible in

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his first playoff start Sunday. The 6-foot-3 spitfire guard did a great job guarding Memphis superstar point guard Ja Morant, though it was Curry, of all people, who blocked Morant’s shot with 19.8 seconds remaining and Thompson who checked him when he missed his game-winning shot as the buzzer expired. Andrew Wiggins had a huge game. The box score numbers were nice – 17 points, eight rebounds – but it was the things that can’t be quantified that made his performance a winning one Sunday. Wiggins, oftentimes a drifter on the court, apparently had Green’s heart transplanted into him at halftime. The Warriors were being destroyed on the glass early in the contest, with Memphis grabbing offensive rebound after offensive rebound. Free possessions in a game that went down to the final one. Wiggins had two huge offensive rebounds in the final minute, all part of the Warriors somehow finishing even with Memphis in that category at the end of the game. The Warriors see their younger selves in the Grizzlies.

5-day forecast for Fairfield-Suisun City

Mostly sunny

Tuesday

Hockey NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs first round •Boston at Carolina, Game 1, ESPN, 4 p.m. •Tampa Bay at Toronto, Game 1, ESPN2, 4:30 p.m. •St. Louis at Minnesota, Game 1, ESPN, 6:30 p.m. •Los Angeles at Edmonton, Game 1, ESPN2, 7 p.m. Soccer Super Lig •Kayserispor vs. Besiktas, BEIN, 8 a.m. Premier League •Manchester United vs. Brentford, USA, 11 a.m. Copa Libertadores •Caracas vs. Libertad, BEIN, 2:05 p.m. •Independiente Petrolero vs. Palmeiras, BEIN, 4:20 p.m. •Deportivo Tachira vs. C.S. Emelec, BEIN, 6:30 p.m. (taped) •Estudiantes vs. Nacional, BEIN, 8:30 p.m. (taped) Softball •Tennessee at Ole Miss, SEC, 4 p.m. Tennis •ATP/WTA Madrid, early rounds, TENNIS, 2 and 3 a.m.

Tuesday’s TV sports Baseball College •Charlotte at North Carolina, ACC, 4 p.m. •Louisville at Vanderbilt, ACC, 4 p.m. •Grand Canyon at Arizona, PAC12, 6 p.m. MLB •Atlanta at N.Y. Mets, FS1, noon •N.Y. Yankees at Toronto OR L.A. Angels at Boston, MLB, 4 p.m. •Tampa Bay at Oakland, NBCSCA, 6:30 p.m. •San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, NBCSBA, TBS, 7 p.m.

Horse racing •America’s Day at the Races, FS2, 9:30 a.m.

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Basketball NBA Playoffs conference semifinals •Philadelphia at Miami, Game 1, TNT, 4:30 p.m. •Dallas at Phoenix, Game 1, TNT, 7 p.m.

Hockey NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs first round •Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, Game 1, ESPN, 4 p.m. •Washington at Florida, Game 1, ESPN2, 4:30 p.m. •Nashville at Colorado, Game 1, ESPN, 6:30 p.m. •Dallas at Calgary, Game 1, ESPN2, 7 p.m.

Thursday

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Baseball MLB •Atlanta at N.Y. Mets, MLB, 4 p.m. OR Seattle at Houston, MLB, 5 p.m. •Tampa Bay at Oakland, NBCSCA, 6:30 p.m.

Golf •Asian Tour, The 41st GS Caltex Maekyung Open, first round, GOLF, 9 p.m.

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Basketball NBA Playoffs conference semifinals •Milwaukee at Boston, Game 1, TNT, 4 p.m. •Golden State at Memphis, TNT, 6:30 p.m.

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Softball •Liberty at Virginia Tech, ACC, 2 p.m. Tennis •ATP/WTA Madrid, early rounds, TENNIS, 2 and 3 a.m. •ATP/WTA Madrid, ATP early rounds, WTA quarterfinals, TENNIS, 3 a.m. (Wednesday)

49ers

From Page One

from No. 61, saying he was ultimately pleased “that we got three guys today instead of one.” “We’d love to add a center,” Shanahan said Saturday. “We’d love to add a safety. But you do the best with your picks. And I love the guys that we did add.” Lynch sounded more optimistic about Mack’s return during the draft than Monday when he seemed to suggest the 13-year veteran’s retirement was imminent. If Mack isn’t back, the 49ers could also eye a veteran center. On that front, it’s notable that center JC Tretter, 31, remains on the freeagent market after he was released by the Browns in a cost-cutting move in mid-March. After the draft, the 49ers reportedly signed two undrafted guard/ centers, Arizona State’s Dohnovan West and Mercer’s Jason Poe. “We’re still keeping our fingers crossed on Mack,” Shanahan said.

Sharks

From Page One

he would say if the new GM asked him whether Boughner and his staff should be back. “I think that I’ve

“...You do the best with your picks. And I love the guys that we did add.” — Kyle Shanahan

“But we’ve got a plan knowing that we can’t count on it.” Meanwhile, the 49ers also signed two undrafted safeties, Texas A&M’s Leon O’Neal and San Diego State’s Tayler Hawkins, on Saturday. Lynch indicated the 49ers were unlikely to re-sign Jaquiski Tartt, their starting strong safety since 2015 who remains a free agent. Asked about the candidates to assume Tartt’s spot — Hufanga, Odum and Moore — Shanahan included free safety Jimmie Ward in his overall assessment of the position. “We’ve got four NFL players there,” Shanahan said. “You always want to upgrade and take the best. But we do have four NFL players there..”

had a good relationship with the whole coaching staff all year,” Karlsson said. “What’s been said between us is going to stay between us and again, I’m not going to tell anyone anything different than I haven’t told them.”