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Council signs off on 2022-23 priorities, goals, objectives Todd R. Hansen

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FAIRFIELD — Homelessness, quality of life, downtown development, housing, organizational excellence and community engagement are the top priorities for the city heading into the 2022-23 fiscal year. The goals and priorities were set out during a strategic goal-setting workshop held in March and approved Tuesday night by the City Council. There was no discussion by the council, nor public comment. The priorities, each with a listed primary goal as well as objectives, are: Homelessness: Reduce homelessness and the impacts of homelessness. n Objective 1 – Strengthen regional capacity. n Objective 2 – Enhance services and local partnerships. n Objective 3 – Improve public policy and community engagement. Quality of Life: Elevate Fairfield as the place to live, work, and play. n Objective 1 – Crime reduction. n Objective 2 – Infrastructure and beautification. n Objective 3 – Programs, services and events. n Objective 4 – Economic development. Downtown Development: Create an economically vibrant and safe downtown with equal access to all. n Objective 1 – Increase residential housing.

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Erick Silva, second from left, carries the Flame of Hope during the Torch Relay for Special Olympics at the government center in Fairfield, Tuesday. Silva, an 18-time

Special Olympics Summer Games athlete, carried the torch at the end of a leg that spanned the Main Gate of Travis Air Force Base to the government center.

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From left, Rusty Bowers, Arizona House speaker; Brad Raffensperger, Georgia secretary of state; and Gabriel Sterling, Georgia secretary of state chief operating officer, are sworn in prior to testifying during the fourth hearing on the Jan. 6 investigation in the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, D.C., Tuesday.

Local ‘heroes’ rebuffed Trump, then faced threats Tribune Content Agency WASHINGTON — Republican state legislators and elected officials detailed Tuesday the intense pressure they faced from President Donald Trump and his lawyers to subvert the will of voters and submit to Congress false slates of electors backing him. Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and Georgia Secretary of State Chief Operating Officer Gabriel Sterling, all Republicans, testified at the fourth hearing of the House select committee investigating Jan. 6, 2021, about numerous lengthy phone calls and in-person meetings from Trump and those in his inner circle pushing them to act to keep him in office despite being repeatedly informed the effort was illegal or unconstitutional. “Pressuring public servants into betraying their oath was a fundamental part of the See Heroes, Page A8

A team of Solano County probation and Suisun City police carry the Flame of Hope during the Torch Relay for Special Olympics at the government center in Fairfield, Tuesday.

FAIRFIELD — Erick Silva, an 18-time Special Olympics Summer Games athlete, carried the Flame of Hope during one of the early legs of the Torch Run on Tuesday. Silva, 28, who is not competing in the games this year, ran as part of the Fairfield police team, which picked up the torch at the Main Gate of Travis Air Force Base and brought it to the fountain at the Solano County Government Center on Texas Street in downtown Fairfield. It was then handed off to a team of county Probation and Suisun City police participants. Tuesday’s relay was the second day, in Solano County, of the 25th anniversary of the Law Enforcement Torch Run in Northern

Man fatally shot by sheriff’s deputy has manslaughter history in county state prison. The District Attorney’s Office, after a request FAIRFIELD — The Tuesday from the Daily man shot and killed Republic, provided Sunday by a Solano County information confirming sheriff’s deputy Thompson’s idenhas a violent crimtity and connection inal history. to the prior case. Jason T. Thompson’s Thompson, 29, defense attorney pleaded no contest during criminal in March 2016 to a proceedings in the manslaughter case described the count for the shooting as a “heat April 2014 fatal THOMPSON of passion crime,” shooting of Gustavo and said ThompP. Banda, 27, son acted in self defense. outside a Travion Court The judge overseeing the apartment, near Union case described the shootAvenue and Travis ing as the result of a turf Boulevard. war by rival drug dealers. Banda, a father of two, According to the Diswas shot in the back of the trict Attorney’s Office, head. A 15-year-old boy in a statement released was also shot but survived. Monday, Thompson was Thompson was sen- carrying a saw blade, tenced to 11 years in ignored law enforcement

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orders to put the blade down and continued to approach the sheriff’s deputy when he was shot. Thompson died of his wounds at a nearby hospital, the District Attorney’s Office statement said. The Vallejo Police Department had received reports at about 5:24 p.m. Sunday of a carjacking

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on Curtola Parkway, and at 6:53 p.m. requested assistance from the Sheriff’s Office. The Solano County Major Crimes Task Force, following the Countywide Officer Involved Fatal Incident Protocol, is conducting the officer-involved shooting investigation.

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Students can push Take time to daydream this summer teachers’ buttons

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very teacher We laughed so knows that hard we cried as children can Dooley snorted act like mischieand stomped around the classvous jesters or room like a guy diabolical prankwith fire ants in sters, plus they are his shorts. The lightning quick at entire class now sensing the things that get under a Stephen Davis possessed Doolteacher’s skin. Oh, Eye on education ey’s “button.” Then there was and they love to the case of high school “push buttons.” A chalprincipal Mr. Kinney who lenge for teachers is how owned a spiffy 1967 MGB to keep a stiff upper lip convertible sports car that when 35 children tumble out of their desks laughing he’d had since college. Kinney absolutely adored hysterically at your that little car. No speck of expense. I’ve seen some dust went unwiped and pretty peculiar things no smudge unpolished. during my public school The boys varsity footcareer, but none more amusing than these stories ball team knew this and was just itching to push of Mr. Dooley and Kinney’s MGB “button.” Mr. Kinney. They struck on homecomAmong his students, ing morning when Kinney Dooley was known as was in a meeting with “Mister Rigid.” Although his vice principals. The he had a heart of gold, teen “geniuses” carefully he carried himself like picked the car up from its a drill instructor. There spot in the faculty parking was absolutely no fooling around in Dooley’s history lot and gingerly carried it classes. You couldn’t blow across the lot toward the main entrance. There they your nose during one of his lessons without receiv- tipped it on its side, lifted it up the steps, squeezed ing a laser-like glare it through the extra-wide that could melt asphalt. entrance doorway and But for his students, the flipped it right-side-up. real “issue” with Dooley They rolled it down the was that he looked like a hallway to a spot right in cross between Alfred E. Newman and Jim Carrey. front of Kinney’s office. They then He had oversized jug went to class. ears, a cowlick and bug Kinney’s secretary saw eyes. Dooley knew this it first. She knew everyand didn’t respond favorone was aware how much ably to any insinuations Kinney loved that car, about his looks. but she also appreciated Tommy McGinn a world-class prank when was one of Dooley’s she saw one. So, she didn’t students and a serial immediately inform him. “button pusher.” Rather, she retrieved the Anyone who knew school newspaper’s phoboth Tommy and Dooley tographer, who waited could foresee an apocpatiently in a shadowy alyptic event brewing doorway nearby for the between the two. It came passing bell. to pass in late October, Mr. Kinney’s reacright after the unit on tion was much like Mr. drawing cartoons in Dooley’s, but perhaps a Tommy’s intro to art bit more animated. His class. One morning before spontaneous impresclass, Tommy sneaked sion of Freddy Krueger into Dooley’s classroom covered the front page and drew a magnificently of the next edition of the detailed 3-foot diameschool’s paper. That photo ter caricature of Dooley’s of Kinney and his MGB, face on the chalkboard surrounded by a gyratbehind Dooley’s desk ing throng of students (it was not flattering). howling with laughter, Tommy then covered it still hangs in the journalwith a roll-down map of ism classroom. ancient Egypt. The best pranks The bell rang and stumake everyone laugh, dents took their seats. even the victim. FortuDooley took attennately, both Mr. Dooley dance and turned to the and Mr. Kinney came chalkboard where he to appreciate the humor proceeded to roll up the of their predicaments . map. Predictably, the . . that is, after resetting roof blew off the room their “buttons.” when the students saw the cartoon, followed by a Stephen Davis is a career look of horror on Dooley’s educator who writes a column that publishes face. Fellow teacher Lou every other Wednesday in Delorio and I walked in the Daily Republic. Reach to Dooley’s classroom at that very moment and wit- him by email at stephen davis71@gmail.com. nessed the whole affair.

Editor’s note: Sharon Randall is taking the week off. This column first published in 2015.

hood were spent doing . . . mostly nothing. We lived miles from town surrounded by cow pastures and apple drove past a orchards, with school on my a railroad track way back from Sharon Randall 50 yards from the post office. our back door. The parking lot I remember sitting for sat empty, the place hours in an apple tree, looked abandoned, like a daydreaming, watchdry well waiting for rain. Summer vacation. The ing clouds, tossing apples down to the cows and listhought made me smile. tening for the rumble of a As I waited at a red light, train. When I heard it in something zipped by my the distance and felt the window: A boy, 10 or 12, sailed along the sidewalk tree start to tremble, I’d scramble down and hold on a skateboard – kick, my breath, waiting. glide, kick, glide – with The cows never knew his eyes, mind and fingers what to make of it. They’d locked on a cellphone, texting. When he stopped just stand there looking at the curb just inches shy puzzled. Cows like to do that. If they could scratch of traffic, I whispered, their heads, they would. “Thank you!” As the engine roared He glanced up to see by, I’d jump up and down, the light had changed, scattering the cows and then skated across the waving my arms at the intersection texting engineer. He in turn, all the way. I watched bless his good, kind heart, until he was out of sight. would blow the train When the car behind me whistle, just for me. honked, I moved on. Talk about fun. Clouds Driving home, I kept and cows and trees and thinking about that boy. trains and apples and Things have changed kindness and, best of all, since I was his age. Yes, I do mean in more time to daydream. What ways than just the discov- more could a child – or anyone – want from ery of fire. Summers in my child- summer vacation?

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My children grew up on the coast of California’s Monterey Peninsula surrounded by beaches and parks and urban forests, just a few blocks from the Little League ballfield. “Go play,” I would say, and they would. I made sure they (and I) had time to daydream. What else is childhood (and motherhood) for? That’s what I want for my grandchildren, and for yours: A daydreaming kind of summer. The skateboarder on his cellphone made me wonder: What will his summer be like? Will he take time to daydream? I surely hope so. We are all, I believe, contemplative creatures by nature, thoughtful and imaginative and curious. We long to examine our lives, to understand how we feel, to imagine possibilities and make great decisions for our futures. Cows aren’t the only ones who find it hard to understand what’s going on. To do that, we need time to do “nothing;” to connect with ourselves and each other with our eyes and words and touch and hearts and souls. My grandparents often sat on their porch

on summer evenings saying little, enjoying the quiet, waving at passing cars. I loved sitting there with them. My husband and I have a similar ritual, sitting on the patio, listening to birdsong and marveling at the sunset. Machines and gadgets are grand inventions. Who would want to give them up? But somehow we need to learn to control how we use them, rather than allowing them to control us and our children and our lives. It sounds simple, but it’s strangely hard to do. We need to summon the courage to shut them off once in a while – our cellphones, TVs, computers and other diversions – and allow ourselves the joy of being fully human, fully aware of life in ourselves and in others and in the world all around us. Sometimes we need to do nothing. Especially in summer. Here’s wishing you and yours a summer to daydream. Sharon Randall is the author of “The World and Then Some.” She can be reached at P.O. Box 922, Carmel Valley, CA 93924 or www.sharon randall.com.

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Fairfield council approves nearly $3.5M toward homeless needs Todd R. Hansen

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Solano Covid cycle as expected:

Holiday gatherings push numbers up, but outcomes less severe Todd R. Hansen

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FAIRFIELD — The coronavirus case rate after the Memorial Day weekend continues to drop in Solano County, but the Public Health Division fully expects to see the trend rise again with the Fourth of July activities. However, while the number of cases has climbed with holiday gatherings, the severity of the outcomes remains lower than past surges, Dr. Bela Matyas said in a phone interview Monday. There were 791 new cases reported Monday, but only 642 are from the period dating back to the previous update Thursday. The pandemic total is 95,756, the county reported. The 10-day daily average was 168.5, down from Thursday’s report of 206.9. “The pattern has not

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changed from what we have been talking about the past couple of weeks. There was a bump after Memorial Day, but that has come down. But we have July 4th coming up,” Matyas said. There were no new deaths to add to the 427 in Solano County. The number of residents in the hospitals

with a positive coronavirus test was 32 with three patients in the intensive care units with Covid19. Both those numbers are up from Thursday’s update of 31 hospitalizations and one in the ICU, the county said. Vallejo had nearly 100 more new cases than the next closest jurisdiction. The 292 cases took

the city’s pandemic total to 28,989, the county reported. Fairfield added 173 cases for a new count of 25,677, and Vacaville is at 24,302 after 195 new cases. Suisun City (6,744) added 45 new cases; Dixon (4,716) added 26; Benicia (3,780) added 47; Rio Vista (1,341) added 11; and there were two new cases in the unincorporated area of Solano to take the total to 207, the county reported. The vaccination rates were essentially the same with 74.5% of residents 5 or older having been fully vaccinated and 83.3% having received at least one shot, the county reported. There was no increase reported for new booster shots. That number is 171,598, the county reported. There have been 13,015 vaccine shots administered to children 5 to 11.

Children 6 months and older eligible for Covid vaccination Todd R. Hansen

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FAIRFIELD — Solano County residents 6 months or older are now eligible to receive Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine shots, the Public Health Division announced Monday. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is approved for children 6 months through 4 years old. The Moderna vaccine is approved for children 6 months through 5 years old. “Getting the Covid-19 vaccine along with the recommended childhood immunizations will protect children from severe illness and disease,” Dr. Bela Matyas said in the announcement. “We encourage parents and caregivers to contact their child’s health care provider and schedule their well-child visit to keep them safe and healthy, as well as prepare for the new school year.” The county decision follows state and national guidance. Matyas, in an interview Monday, said he is interested to learn if parents will be even more reluctant to have their toddlers vaccinated than even their children who are 5 to 11 years old. The data show 35.1% of children 5 to 11 have

received the shots in Solano County. That number goes up to 62.1% for children 12 to 15 and up to 70.6% for those 16 and 17, Matyas reported. MATYAS The county also announced the “Bee-wise. Immunize!” campaign that has been launched to “encourages families to get up-to-date on routine visits and vaccinations with their child’s primary care provider or commu-

nity clinic.” The county indicated wellchild visits and immunizations dropped off during the Covid-19 pandemic. The campaign is a joint effort involving the county, First 5 Solano, Partnership HealthPlan California, Childstart and Solano County school districts, the statement said. For help finding a primary care provider,

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FAIRFIELD — The City Council on Tuesday addressed several matters related to homelessness, as well as committing a $1 million development loan agreement for an affordable housing project on East Tabor Avenue. Among the actions taken, the council approved $1 million toward the Shelter Solano Inc. kitchen project at 310 Beck Ave., as well as committing $300,000 to secure 10 emergency beds at the shelter “to provide a place for homeless persons to take shelter who might otherwise spend the night on the streets, sidewalks or parks of the city,” the staff report to the council states. The emergency beds provision, up from seven beds, equates to about $82 per day per bed

for 12 months. The funds come from the 2021-22 Homeless Services Division Project Construction Fund. Council members Chuck Timm and Catherine Moy voted for the $300,000, but each expressed concerns and wanted to see more information about actual costs and services. The hope is, however, that the city will move away from a “rack fee” model to a more regional navigation approach with the city getting priority use for the shelter in Fairfield that is not based on a bed count. The kitchen funds come from the Interg o v e r n m e n t a l Services Fund. The loan agreement, from the Housing Trust Fund, is with 212 E Tabor Fairfield EAH LLC for 66 affordable units plus one manager’s unit at 212 E. Tabor Ave., the See Needs, Page A4

Fairfield council extends interim city manager pact through 2022 the public session to discuss the matter. In other action, FAIRFIELD — The the council: City Council on Tuesday n Declared Juneapproved a six-month teenth as National e x t e n s i o n Independence of David GasDay. City Poet saway’s contract Laureate Bonnie as interim DiMichele city manager. read a poem. The action n Declared fo llows the June as LGBTQ recommendaPride Month. tion of Mayor n Adopted a Harry Price resolution setting and Vice Mayor GASSAWAY Nov. 8 for the Rick Vaccaro. municipal election and Gassaway was approved requesting appointed to the post the county Registrar of Jan. 18 after the depar- Voters Office to conduct ture of Stefan Chatwin. the election on behalf Gassaway’s con- of the city. tract was set to expire n Approved Mayor June 30. The extension Harry Price’s appointbegins July 1 and goes ments of Councilwomen through Dec. 31. The Catherine Moy and Pam terms of the extension Bertani to the Legislawere not announced. tive Review Committee; The council met in closed session prior to See Pact, Page A4

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Obituaries

Douglas Dean Simon Sr. July 15, 1940 — June 11, 2022

‘This was the end of our friend, the best, the wisest and most upright man of any that I have ever known’ — Socrates Douglas Dean Simon Sr. passed away peacefully at his home in Fairfield, California, on June 11, 2022, from cancer. Doug was born on July 15, 1940, to Ernest Adelbert Simon and Mary Katherine Simon in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He was the third of five children. The Simon family moved to California and eventually settled in Oakland, California, in 1945 where he lived an adventurous childhood. Doug was an amazing brother to his siblings who adored him. He had a kind heart and would do anything for anyone. His twin sisters were his devoted protectors who always kept watch on their little brother. Doug met and married his first wife, Barbara Terry (Swords), in Oakland in 1965 where they started a family. He was a devoted family man to his two greatest joys, his namesake, Douglas Dean Simon Jr., and his daughter, Elisabeth Simon, the apple of his eye. He loved swimming, coaching his sons’ Little League baseball team, trips to the Santa Cruz beach boardwalk, and just watching TV with his kids. He was a huge Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn fan, and an old-school country music lover. He was a loving grandfather who did a spot-on Donald Duck impression. Another joy that Doug

had was horseshoes. He was excellent at it and won numerous trophies and tournaments. His nickname was ‘No Toes Doug’, since he had lost all but one toe on his right foot from diabetes. He was a ‘dumpster diver’ extraordinaire who acquired many treasures while on his quest for aluminum cans. He was a decadeslong member of the Loyal Order of the Moose Lodge #861. Doug had a lifelong career in candymaking. A master confectioner, he retired after decades of working for Jelly Belly. Jelly Belly was where he met Louise, his wife of 32 years. He was a proud AA member who stayed sober for 44 years. ‘One day at a time’, and ‘Be cool’, as he always said. He is survived by wife, Louse A. Simon; son, Douglas Dean Simon Jr.; daughter, Elisabeth Simon; twin sisters, Joanne Reynolds and family, Jeanne Jonas and family; sister, Judith’s family; brother, Charles and family; stepchildren, James Brown, Billy Brown and Tanya Brown; grandchildren, Bianca, Breanna, Brayson and Annika; twin great-grandsons, Jason and Michael, and greatgranddaughters, Annabella, Charlie and Lana. He is preceded in death by parents; sister, Judith Garner; and grandson, Jerel. No service will be held. He will be laid to rest at Evergreen Cemetery in Oakland, California.

Martha (Oehrle) White Oct. 8, 1949 — April 24, 2022

Martha Oehrle White, 72, was born Oct. 8, 1949, in Louisville, Kentucky. After residing in Solano County for nearly 50 years, she passed away April 24, 2022, in Vallejo, California. Martha grew up in Louisville, Kentucky, and graduated from Westport High School in 1967. She always valued education, earning her Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology and Spanish and a Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology. Martha served as the President of the Fairfield Parent Preschool while her children were young, and then worked as the Co-Director of Christian Education at Community Presbyterian Church in Vacaville. After earning her Teaching Credential, she was hired by the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District, where she was a teacher, first at Falls Elementary School and spent the rest of her career at Oakbrook Elementary School. In her retirement, Martha became a Master Gardener, volunteering countless hours to the Solano County community as she shared her passion for gardening. She also loved quilting and reading, and spending time with her grandkids. Martha was preceded in death by father, John Oehrle; mother, Eleanor Oehrle; sister, Joyce Shawler; stepbrother, Jerry Hughes, and stepsister, Linda Hughes. She is survived by son, Chris; daughter, Karen (Justin) Corpron; bonus daughter, Sharyl (Peyton) Dixon, and grandchildren, Jake, Nick and Audrey. Memorial donations may be sent to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. A Celebration of Life will be held 1 p.m. Saturday, June 25, 2022, at Davis Community Church, 412 C St., Davis, California.

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FAIRFIELD — The Solano County Child Care Planning Council is seeking new members who are interested in helping in the local child care community. The council’s mission is “to provide leadership and advocacy for the development of high quality, accessible and affordable child care programs for every child and family in Solano County,” the county Office of Education said in a statement. “The Solano County Child Care Planning Council supports the overall coordination of child care services in Solano County. Its most important goal is collaborating with community partners to develop plans that will support child care providers based on the needs of the families they serve. The council is made of up

of a diverse group of members representing public agencies, community representatives, child care providers and consumers accessing child care services in Solano County,” according to the statement. The council also assesses the county’s child care needs every five years and creates a comprehensive plan designed to identify public and private resources to address those needs. To view and complete a council membership application, to view the general membership meeting schedule or to submit a public comment, go to www.solanocoe.net/childcarelpc. For more information about the Solano County Child Care Planning Council, contact Bronwyn Kennedy at 707339-4452 or bkennedy @solano.net.

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Vegetation fire in Fairfield A firefighter mops up a field following a two-alarm vegetation fire on Horizon Driver near Clay Bank Road, Tuesday.

Fairfield council OKs $2.7M in SB 1 road projects for 2022-23 fiscal year Todd R. Hansen

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FAIRFIELD — The city plans to spend $2.69 million in Senate Bill 1 transportation funds on four projects. The City Council on Tuesday approved the project list for the 2022-23 fiscal year. Ten streets – Air Base Parkway from Peabody Road east to the city limits; Parker Road from Air Base Parkway to the end; Fulton Drive from Lopes Road to Watt Drive; Fermi Drive from Watt Drive to Lopes Road; Watt Drive from Fulton Drive to Redtop Road; Eastman Court from Watt Drive to the end; Edison Court from Fulton Dive to the end; Pascal Court from Fermi Drive to the end; Watt Court from Watt Drive to the end; and Travis Boulevard from Eisenhower Street to Sunset Avenue – are included in one of the projects. The project was actually part of the last maintenance list, but “due to supply chain delays increasing long

lead times for specific project equipment and materials, projects such as the 2021 Pavement Maintenance Project and North Texas Water Main Replacement and Overlay Project . . . are being re­ listed to capture the remaining project expenditures after July 1.” Additional roadway segments included on the fiscal year 2022-­23 project list “are significant arterials and collectors, carry high traffic levels, and/or are connections to major industrial or commercial centers,” according to a city staff report. The Cadenasso Drive Reconstruction project proposes fully reconstructing Cadenasso Drive and mill and overlying a segment of Auto Mall Parkway due to the heavy bus loading going in and out of the Fairfield Transportation Center, the staff report states. East Tabor Avenue and Sunset Avenue will also be resurfaced as part of the Grange Middle School Safe Routes to School Project. In other action,

the council: n Accepted as complete the Gateway Boulevard Median Island Modification Project. The project cost was $186,196. The budget was $205,564. The bid was $186,876, plus a 10% contingency. n Accepted as complete the the Heart of Fairfield ­ CDBG Downtown Sidewalk Gap Closure Project. The project cost was $160,216. The budget was $168,479. The bid was $153,162, plus a 15% contingency. n Accepted as complete the Laurel Creek Community Park Ball Field Lighting Improvements Project. The project cost was $353,130. The budget was $429,110. The bid was $357,592, plus a 20% contingency. n Accepted as complete the improvements for the enclave at Red Top Unit 2 Subdivision. The developer paid for the project as required. n Approved a $74,000 amendment to the services contract with Presidio Networked Solutions Group LLC for a

Cyber Security Program Assessment. The funding comes from the Computer Services Fund. n Approved $71,751 for the purchase of 10 unmanned aerial vehicles and associated equipment from ProForce Law Enforcement Equipment. The Police Department drones come with infrared and thermal camera capabilities. The funding comes from the general fund. n Authorized the levy of special taxes within Community Facilities District No. 1 for fiscal year 2022­ -23. The assessment is $80 per single-family home. The $306,110 in revenue will cover anticipated costs of $291,945 during the 2022-23 fiscal year. n Gave preliminary approval to the fiscal year 2022­ -23 engineer’s report declaring the intention to levy and collect assessments for the Smith Ranch Assessment District. The assessment is proposed to stay at $325. A public hearing was scheduled July 19.

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FAIRFIELD — A man was killed Monday afternoon when he drove his car into oncoming traffic on Vanden Road and hit an oncoming truck pulling a load of vehicles. The crash happened just before 4 p.m. A preliminary investigation indicates the driver was headed south on Vanden Road when he

Pact From Page A3 Councilman Scott Tonnesen and Vaccaro to the Honors Committee; and Councilwoman Doriss Panduro and Tonnesen as the 2022 League of California Cities voting

Needs From Page A3 staff report states. Additionally, the city is committing fee credits up to $1 million, fee deferrals up to $1.5 million, 20 Project­Based vouchers and $636,083 in Community Development Block Grant funds. In other action, the council: n Approved $530,000 to cover Pallet Shelter costs

crossed into the opposing lane and collided with the truck as it was headed north, Lt. Jausiah Jacobsen said Monday night via text message in response to questions from the Daily Republic. The other driver was not injured and remained at the scene. Jacobsen said the man who died had not yet been identified. Police shut down Vanden Road between Fairfield and Vacav-

ille during the Monday afternoon commute to investigate a deadly crash. Vanden Road was closed in both directions between Cannon Road and the traffic circle at the convergence of Vanden Road, Leisure Town Road and Foxboro Parkway in Vacaville, Fairfield police reported shortly before 5:15 p.m. The road reopened shortly after 8:45 p.m.

delegate and alternate, respectively. n Appointed Dawn La Bar and Sullina Sanchez as the primary and alternate representatives, respectively, to the Community Action Partnership of Solano, Joint Powers Authority (CAP Solano). n Approved an amendment to the

1965 agreement with Suisun City, and the Fairfield-Suisun Sewer District, related to collection system rehabilitation and replacement funding. The change provides the city $1.83 million for maintenance of 261 miles of sewer lines, 4,572 manholes and 22,876 lower lateral connections.

and authorized the city manager to execute construction agreements with architects, modular bathroom builders, pallet shelters providers and general contractors to complete construction for the Mission Samoa Pallet Shelter Project. The funding is $175,000 from the Homeless Services Project Construction Fund and $355,000 from ESG Non­City Grant Funds. The funds support the construction of 12 pallet shelters serving up to 18 individuals at 1200 Western St.

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New model plane collection helping to revive aviation museum’s plans Todd R. Hansen

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Perfectly detailed World War II airplane models by Jim Lund have been given to the Travis Air Force Base Aviation

Museum. Pictured here is a Messerschmitt BF-109 model. Lund donated 671 models.

Collection of detailed WWII airplane models coming to Travis museum Todd R. Hansen

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FAIRFIELD — Travis Air Force Base on Monday received 671 new planes. Well, not new – and they have nothing to do with the mission of the 60th Air Mobility Wing. In fact, they are perfectly detailed, 1:72 models of World War II planes, of all national origins, including a oneof-a-kind Italian CANT Z.501 Gabbiano flying boat that does not exist anywhere else, except perhaps in photographs. The only planes missing are the naval aircraft. Those 800 models went to Moffett Federal Airfield near Mountain View. Another collection of 600 World War I aircraft went to the Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos. And the 1,200-piece civilian aircraft collection is at the San Francisco International Airport. All are the work of Jim Lund, a legion in the modelers world and author of a series of books on modeling and history, who spent

Jim Lund, left, shown here with museum curator Kevin Sullivan, donated 671 World War II model aircraft to the Travis Air Force Base Aviation Museum. a lifetime researching and building the planes. “I started doing it when I was 5 years old,” Lund said in a phone interview from his San Jose home of more than 60 years. However, in another week is moving to Santa Rosa to be closer to family. Lund, 89, said while other American boys typically stopped making models as they grew older, he had connected with some people in England where they con-

tinue the hobby into their adult years. He corresponded by mail with a number of modelers, but most notably Gordon Stevens, who tutored Lund and emphasized the importance of accuracy and detail, and guided him through the nuts and bolts of the craft. “So I was taught how to do this stuff by an expert,” Lund said. But the lessons came slowly, through letters

sent back and forth from England, taking weeks to arrive at each location. Modeling grew into an obsession for Lund, who turned to the craft fulltime when he retired from AT&T at the age of 49. It was then his wife, Parisborn Christiane Lund, started living her own dream to be a nurse. He even traveled the world to learn more about the planes he was building, and of course, the history about which he wrote. A stroke four years ago forced him to stop, but even “when Joe DiMaggio couldn’t hit the ball anymore, he had to retire,” Lund said. The Martinez-born and Bay Area-raised DiMaggio was his favorite player growing up in Oakland. “I miss everything,” Lund said about not being able to build the models anymore. “But I’ve lived my life. I’ve had a terrific life. I’ve traveled the world, and I did everything I wanted to do.” See Models, Page A6

FAIRFIELD — The U.S. Air Force requires each of its bases to have a heritage center. For Travis Air Force Base, that is the 20,000-square-foot Aviation Museum, located at the former commissary site. Unfortunately, the museum is not directly accessible to the public, and that misfortune has been heightened with the addition of a new collection of 671 highly detailed World War II model aircraft that arrived Monday. The models are the work of legionary modeler and author, Jim Lund. They are perfectly detailed, 1:72 models of World War II planes, of all national origins,

including a one-of-a-kind Italian CANT Z.501 Gabbiano flying boat that does not exist anywhere else, except perhaps in photographs. Additionally, there are models of aircraft specific to the current Travis mission. The rare Italian craft is Lund’s favorite among the thousands of models he has crafted. The only World War II planes missing are the naval aircraft. Those 800 models went to Moffett Federal Airfield near Mountain View. Another collection of 600 World War I aircraft went to the Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos. And the 1,200-piece civilian aircraft collection is at the San Francisco International Airport. For Bob Whitehouse, See Museum, Page A6

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Texas top cop calls police response to Uvalde school shooting an ‘abject failure’

secondary schools in New Jersey. Tuesday’s ruling highlights the court’s profound shift on religion. The conservative justices cast aside the principle of church-state separation and argued it grew from an anti-Catholic bias in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. “It was an open secret that ‘sectarian’ was code for ‘Catholic,’” Roberts wrote in 2020, describing the common state laws that prohibit sending tax money to schools affiliated with a church. These restrictions were “born of bigotry” and “arose at a time of pervasive hostility to the Catholic Church and to Catholics in general,” he said in Espinoza vs. Montana. Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil M. Gorsuch have said they would go further and uphold laws or policies that favor religion. “The modern view which presumes that states must remain . . . virtually silent on matters of religion is fundamentally incorrect,” Thomas wrote in an earlier school case. “Properly understood, the Establishment Clause does not prohibit states from favoring religion.” The court’s opinion on Tuesday says nothing about charter schools, but some legal experts on the right predict they may face a challenge if school

officials refuse to consider funding religious options. “The court said again no state may set up a program of private school choice and exclude funding for faith-based schools,” said Nicole Garnett, a Notre Dame law professor. But it is not clear that charter schools will be deemed a program of private school choice, she said, and “it’s probably a long way down the road” before the Supreme Court considers the question. Recently, lower courts have split on whether charter schools are public or private. Last week, the 4th Circuit Court by a 10-6 vote ruled that a charter school in North Carolina must comply with the Constitution because it receives public funds. At issue was a dispute over whether girls could be required to wear dresses. The school maintained it was private and shielded from anti-discrimination laws, but the appeals court disagreed, pointing to the fact that 95% of its funding comes from the government. Reacting to the ruling, advocates for school choice and religious liberty praised the decision. “If the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that parents want and deserve See Schools, Page A9

so military groups – especially organizations of retired military – can use the facility, too. “Nobody who is nonmilitary can get on the base, so it limits the kind of programs we can do,” Whitehouse said. And that limits the ability of the foundation to raise money for the museum. There are several options that are being considered, the most prominent being a 5-acre site between the Main Gate and the gate to David Grant Medical Center near the Travis Elementary School campus. “The Air Force has given us tentative

(approval) for the 5 acres,” Whitehouse said. Now it must go through the chain of command. A 79-acre area that was once used for housing on the northwest area of the base has also been considered since the area also has been discussed for incorporation with the Fairfield train station development plans, and the museum seems like a natural fit. More than a decade ago, there was a push to create a Jimmy Doolittle Museum, to be located between Travis and the Nut Tree Airport. “And a lot of money was raised,” Whitehouse

said. “But when it got time to give the money to Travis, the air force base backed away and wanted to do a lease deal and build our own building.” That killed the project at that time. Now there is new life in getting a museum project back on track, and the Lund collection, Whitehouse hopes, will help push it along. There is no timeline for when the collection will be displayed, but it is not likely to be ready until the late fall or early winter because the base has to wait for the October budget process to be completed, Whitehouse said.

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Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw listens to a question from a reporter during a press conference outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, May 27. 70 minutes while the 18-year-old shooter remained barricaded in a classroom with children, many of whom were injured. A detailed timeline showed the rapid arrival of police on the scene, including that many officers arrived armed with semi-automatic rifles and that some came equipped with bullet-

proof shields. Transcripts showed Arredondo continued to request more armed officers and mischaracterized the kind of weapons at hand as he held officers back. And while officers were in the school, the shooter continued to fire rounds inside the classroom at least three times. “One hour, 14 minutes and 8 seconds. You know,

it’s not just a lifetime. It’s many lifetimes. It’s just we can’t have that,” McCraw said. McCraw said the doors to the pair of classrooms where the students and teachers were killed were unlocked but never checked by police as Arredondo continued to frantically search for a skeleton key to a door

that could have been opened at any time, had anyone tried it. “The fact that the facts and mistakes were made,” McCraw said. “It should have never happened that way. . . . It set our profession back a decade is what it did.” Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick convened the Senate Special Committee to Protect All Texans in response to Gov. Greg Abbott’s call for the Legislature to investigate the shooting. Tuesday’s meeting was the first day of a two-day hearing, and its chair, Sen. Robert Nichols, said testimony could extend to midnight. The hearing opened with McCraw, who continued to answer questions from lawmakers as of 11:15 a.m. Nichols said Tuesday’s hearings would cover three subject areas: police training, school safety and social media. “We do know this through compelling evidence that the law enforcement response to the attack at Robb Elementary was an abject failure and antithetical to everything we’ve learned over the last two decades,” McCraw said.

Supreme Court rules for parents seeking state aid for religious schools Tribune Content Agency WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended its support for religious schools, ruling that parents who send their children to these institutions have a right to tuition aid if the state provides it to similar private schools. The 6-3 decision in the Carson vs. Makin case from Maine could open the door to including religious schools among the charter schools that are privately run but publicly financed. Previously the high court had said that giving public funds to church schools violated the First Amendment’s ban on an “establishment of religion.” But over the last five years, the court’s conservative majority has flipped the equation and ruled it is unconstitutional discrimination to deny public funds to church schools simply because they are religious. Maine has an unusual subsidy program because many of its small towns do not have a public high school. In such cases, students may enroll in a private school and the state pays their tuition. Since 1980, however, the state has not extended these subsidies to students in church schools, apparently concerned it would be unconstitu-

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The U.S. Supreme Court building as seen on July 11, 2021. tional to do so. The court majority said Tuesday that was a mistake. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said that discrimination based on religion “was odious to our Constitution and could not stand.” “The state pays tuition for certain students at private schools – so long as the schools are not religious. That is discrimination against religion,” he said, and thereby violates the First Amendment’s protection for the “free exercise of religion.” In dissent, the three liberal justices accused the majority of knocking down the barriers against government support for religion. “This court continues to dismantle the wall of separation between church and state that the framers fought to build,”

said Justice Sonia Sotomayor. “This court should not have started down this path five years ago. . . . Today, the court leads us to a place where separation of church and state becomes a constitutional violation,” she said, closing her dissent “with growing concern for where this court will lead us next.” In response, Roberts rejected the idea that the court’s opinion means Maine “must” fund religious education. “Maine chose to allow some parents to direct state tuition payments to private schools; that decision was not ‘forced upon’ it,” he said. Among the six conservative justices in the majority, all of them attended Catholic schools except for Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., who went to public elementary and

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Travis Air Force Base Aviation Museum curator Kevin Sullivan holds a detailed model of a C-17 while standing in front of a C-124 at Travis Air Force Base. The museum on Monday received 671 models of World War II places, from all nations of origins, from legendary modeler Jim Lund.

a retired Air Force colonel and the president of the Travis Air Force Base Aviation Museum Foundation, the new collection accentuates the need to develop a museum to which the public has direct access without interfering with base security. “We are in the process of trying to enlarge (the museum) and move it out to the edge of the base,” Whitehouse said. In the best of worlds, some kind of convention element could be included

From Page A5 In addition to the World War II planes, Bob Whitehouse, the president of the Travis Air Force Base Aviation Museum Foundation, and Kevin Sullivan, the curator of the museum, picked up models of aircraft that are specific to the current Travis mission. Each plane is individually packaged into a styrofoam mold that protect the valuable details, then fitted into a hard plastic carrying case – a system developed by the SFO museum folks when they were bringing that collection to their airport. They were placed onto pallets then loaded into an Air Force truck for the return trip to Travis. “I never really realized how much detail there is until you have to pack them,” Lund’s daughter, Nanette Roselli, said. “The detail is crazy.” That includes the decals, tiny straps, antennae, brass fittings and even specially developed paint to match the color of the aircraft. The coloring was no easy task as Lund was originally working off black-andwhite photographs he took with a 35mm camera, then had to research books and other source material for the actual colors. “You have critics, and those critics are the people who think they know everything,” Lund said. But many were personally familiar with the craft, so their criticism were not always wrong. “They would say, ‘No, I was there, and they were never that color,’ “ Lund said. Lund also served in the military. He was drafted into what was the Special Category Army Personnel with Air Force. He served two years during the Korean War, and landed at Travis Air Force Base on his flight home. The models are 1 inch for every 6 feet of the life-sized craft, an important ratio because it allows for the necessary detail, right down to 1 inch figurines. Lund explains the modeling in his book, “The World of 72.” Of the thousands of models Lund has crafted, the CANT is his favorite, mostly because of the story behind the plane and the rarity. Lund and his late wife had two children. Their son, Bruce, was lost to ALS 10 years ago. Lund has two granddaughters and two great-grandchildren. But when he looks back on his life, it is not the modeling he remembers most fondly. It was the world travels with his beloved Christiane. “I had a wife who was fearless; she didn’t worry about anything,” Lund said.

Tribune Content Agency AUSTIN, Texas — Calling the police response to the Uvalde school shooting an “abject failure,” Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw gave a detailed report to the Texas Senate Tuesday, corroborating reports indicating that numerous police were inside the school within minutes of the first 911 calls. Law enforcement authorities had enough officers on the scene of the massacre to have stopped the gunman three minutes after he entered the building, McCraw testified about the attack that left 19 children and two teachers dead. McCraw’s testimony added withering evidence to the failed response of local police to the shooting that police experts and lawmakers have characterized as antithetical to how police should respond to an active shooter situation. Attention continued to be focused on Uvalde Independent School District Chief Pete Arredondo, who kept police at bay for more than

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CALMATTERS COMMENTARY

Legislature ventures into entertainment trade snakepit

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he story of Assembly Bill 983 and Assembly Bill 437 begins with two indisputable facts: n The business side of the Southern California entertainment industry is a snakepit of uber-complex financial deals, contracts and very creative accounting that hides behind a façade of glitz and artistic pretensions. n Although the industry is only a tiny slice of California’s $3.5 trillion economy, its glamorous image garners fawning attention from the state’s politicians. Those two facts mean that governors and legislators are prone to doing the bidding of industry figures with a special subsidy for film production from California taxpayers, Dan Walters just one of many examples. Occasionally, the industry’s internal disputes – mostly those over how to divvy up the revenue from movie tickets, recording sales and other products – make their way to the Capitol for resolution. One of the longer-running conflicts is over a California law, Labor Code Section 2855, that prohibits personal service contracts from running more than seven years. In theory, it encourages music and film executives to invest in the development of new talent by guaranteeing they will see returns on their investments for at least seven years while prohibiting longterm contracts that would hold actors, singers and other artists in bondage. Over the years, there have been several attempts to modify the seven-year period by those who would benefit financially, sometimes to make the contract period longer, sometimes to weaken it, but none has succeeded. However, the current session of the Legislature is seeing a new effort to alter the law, using the time-dishonored practice of “gut and amend.” It’s a way to introduce new legislation outside of the usual committee hearings and floor votes. A bill that has already passed one house is stripped of its contents (gutted) and the new bill is inserted as an amendment, thus leapfrogging over the regular processes. In February, Assemblyman Ash Kalra, a San Jose Democrat, introduced Assembly Bill 2926, which in essence would give musicians and actors a way to escape from their sevenyear contracts and/or work for others while under contract. The legislation was backed by entertainment industry unions and some well-established entertainers and mirrored similar legislation that had failed in the past. The bill faced tough opposition from recording and movie industry executives, who said it would destroy a system that has been mutually beneficial, and stalled out. Kalra then split it into two gut-and-amend bills, one for the movie industry (AB 437) and one for the recording industry (AB 983), both now awaiting action in the Senate’s labor committee. AB 983 is particularly interesting because if enacted it would apparently help Irving Azoff, arguably the recording industry’s most prominent figure, launch a new record label, Giant Music. According to entertainment industry media outlets, it would make it easier for Giant Music to recruit top-drawer musicians now under contract to other recording companies. Ironically, when a similar bill was proposed 35 years ago, Azoff, then head of the MCA entertainment colossus, strenuously opposed it, saying it would ruin the industry. There are no good guys or bad guys here. The Legislature is being asked to insert itself into a conflict between competing elements of the entertainment industry by tilting the legal playing field. Lawyers who specialize in navigating through the snakepit could maximize their billable hours, but there’s nothing in either bill to benefit the larger public. The Legislature should stop wasting its time on this issue and give more attention to issues that really matter, such as our looming shortages of water, housing and electrical energy. 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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here she was again, six months after exiting the German chancellery. Relaxed but pensive after long walks on blustering Baltic shores listening to Macbeth on audiobook, Angela Merkel had so much on her mind, so much she wanted to explain for posterity. But she didn’t come to offer apologies or mea culpas. Reflecting on decades of interactions with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Merkel said she’d always known that commerce Andreas Kluth and dialogue alone wouldn’t turn him into a good neighbor. But what was Germany supposed to do: Ignore the largest country on its continent? She grasped early on, she recalled, that Putin “hated” democracy and wanted to “destroy” the European Union, which he viewed as a gateway drug to NATO membership for former Soviet Republics like Ukraine, which he considers part of Russia’s – and therefore, his own – sphere of influence. Merkel conceded that the NATO compromise of 2008 was far from ideal. She had blocked the alliance from starting the long process of making Ukraine and Georgia members, convinced that such a step would have provoked exactly the type of war that Putin is waging now. Besides, she recalled, Ukraine was not yet the country of heroes it has become, but a corrupt place run by oligarchs that many NATO allies wouldn’t have been ready to defend. The compromise, as she helped hash it out, was to declare that Ukraine and Georgia could join NATO someday, just not now. That left Ukraine disappointed, and Putin livid nonetheless. Merkel denied that her response was too soft when Putin annexed Crimea in 2014. After all, Russia was kicked out of the Group of Eight, making it the G7 again. And she helped keep the EU united in first passing, and then renewing, sanctions against Russia. It would have been worse, she said, if some countries had forged ahead with tougher measures, but ended up splitting Europe and the West, which is what Putin wanted and still wants. And Germany’s army? The country began cutting its defense spending before her time, but much of the demilitarization that its allies have long criticized happened on her watch. And yet, she countered, her party was the only one that wrote the NATO goal of spending 2% of gross domestic product on defense into its platform. Besides, she did increase military spending in recent years. More wasn’t possible with her coalition partners and the public mood at the time. Again and again, Merkel returned to the Minsk agreements of 2014 and 2015. Those were the talks in which she and the president of France, hosted by the leader of Belarus, moderated between Putin and Ukraine’s leader at the time. The result wasn’t pretty. Ukraine had to make big concessions over its eastern parts, the

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a news conference after a video conference with German state premiers about the current coronavirus situation at the Chancellery in Berlin, Dec. 2, 2021. so-called Donbas, in return for a ceasefire that would never really be observed. And yet, Merkel insisted, these Minsk agreements bought Ukraine valuable time – time it was able to use to prepare for the real Russian onslaught this year. Her heart always beat for Ukraine, she said, but she had a duty to work with the reality on the ground. And Minsk restored calm, at least briefly. Thoughtful and articulate as she was on this theater stage, she made me think of Neville Chamberlain, and more so the longer she spoke. He was the British prime minister who in 1938 met with Adolf Hitler in Munich, to secure what he hoped would be “peace in our time.” At that time, the Nazi leader had already remilitarized the Rhineland and annexed Austria, and was preparing to swallow Czechoslovakia, claiming that its ethnic Sudeten Germans were threatened by “annihilation.” The echoes should have been audible already in Minsk, after Putin had assaulted Georgia, Crimea and Donbas. Merkel, like Chamberlain, may therefore go down in history as the embodiment of the democratic world’s “appeasement” of a tyrant who – with hindsight – could never have been appeased. Intelligent and sophisticated politicians both, Merkel and Chamberlain will be remembered as going wobbly when they should have drawn a line, as being weak when they should have been strong. In history lessons, Merkel in Minsk will be paired with Chamberlain in Munich. And yet this verdict of hindsight needs an asterisk. What appears obvious today was far from clear at the time. Hitler might, conceiv-

ably, have stopped in Czechoslovakia, without going on to Poland, and then the rest of Europe and Auschwitz. Putin, plausibly, could have sought to rebuild Russia’s reputation and economy rather than turning his country into an international pariah. He might have died or been ousted. Even Merkel couldn’t have foreseen how isolated, physically and mentally, he would become. Diplomacy isn’t wrong just because it sometimes fails, Merkel reflected on stage. Overall, she said, she has no regrets, because she couldn’t have tried harder to prevent the tragedy that is now unfolding. One year ago, I profiled the thenoutgoing chancellor of 16 years, calling her legacy “post-heroic.” That adjective looks even more apt today. And yet, at the time the balance of her achievements was positive. She had been a leader of small steps, but above all a reassuring chancellor who, through successive crises, held together Germany, Europe and sometimes the West. Her meekness and accommodation toward Russia – and China – were no more than footnotes in a multiple-chapter tome on leadership. Putin inverted that narrative, and thus Merkel’s legacy. The footnotes are now the title. Whatever her reasons at the time, Merkel, like Chamberlain, now stands for appeasement. Her most unforgivable failure was that – if she already understood the threat from Putin as she claims – she did not explain the danger to Germans and Europeans. By not communicating, she left the continent unprepared. Andreas Kluth is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering European politics.

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Crime logs Fairfield SUNDAY, JUNE 19 12:22 a.m. — Brandishing a weapon, 1100 block of WILLOW LANE 4:13 a.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 200 block of SANTA CRUZ DRIVE 8:50 a.m. — Vehicle theft, ANZA COURT 10:26 a.m. — Trespassing, 900 block of OHIO STREET 10:31 a.m. — Vehicle theft, 1300 block of WEST TEXAS STREET 10:58 a.m. — Vandalism, 400 block of APPLE TREE LANE 11:50 a.m. — Trespassing, 2100 block of MADRONE DRIVE 1:50 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 1200 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 2:17 p.m. — Drunk and disorderly, 1000 block of OLIVER ROAD 2:19 p.m. — Grand theft, 2000 block of WOOLNER AVENUE 2:34 p.m. — Fight with a weapon, 2100 block of MADRONE DRIVE 4:06 p.m. — Reckless driver, 300 block of TRAVIS BOULEVARD 6:07 p.m. — Hit-and-run property damage, 1300 block of TRAVIS BOULEVARD 8:59 p.m. — Battery, 3000 block of NORTH TEXAS STREET 9:38 p.m. — Drunk and disorderly, 1300 block of CROWLEY LANE 10:34 p.m. — Vandalism, 900 block of BUCHANAN STREET

MONDAY, JUNE 20 2:12 a.m. — Prowler, 1100 block of COOLIDGE STREET

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Average gasoline prices are hovering around $5 a gallon. Biden and a top economic aide downplayed concerns often cited in opposing a gas tax holiday – that it would curb revenues needed to maintain roadways, or that savings wouldn’t be passed on to consumers. Biden said last year’s infrastructure law can fill the gap on funding, while adviser Heather Boushey said state-level pauses signal that consumers do benefit. Biden will speak about “gas prices and Putin’s Price Hike” at 2 p.m. Washington time on Wednesday, per his daily schedule. The plans were reported earlier by Punchbowl News. n Objective 2 – Develop strong and effective systems and processes. n Objective 3 – Enhance the customer experience. n Objective 4 – Ensure fiscal sustainability. Community Engagement: Increase Diversity of Opportunity to Engage Fairfield Community. n Objective 1 – Improve transparency and information sharing. n Objective 2 – Provide opportunities for community dialogue. A full list of specific strategies the city is taking, or plans to take, to meet the objectives can be found in the agenda packet, starting with Page 668. The link is file:///Users/staff/Downloads/Agenda_2022_6_ 21_Meeting(230).pdf.

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untested theories about the power legislatures have to override voters. State Republican leaders, Trump campaign lawyers and even the Republican National Committee were asked to persuade people to sign certificates to legitimize the false electors backing the president. “We were useful idiots, or rubes,” Robert Sinners, a former Trump aide, said of pushing the phony elector scheme in Georgia. He told Jan. 6 investigators he’s now “angry” he was misled. “No one really cared if people were potentially putting themselves in jeopardy,” Sinners said. The committee also played a clip of a deposition from RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel, who indicated that Trump himself called her and connected her to Eastman “to talk about the importance of the RNC helping the campaign gather these contingent electors.” “The campaign took the lead and we just were helping them in that role,” she said. Ultimately, Republicans in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin sent alternative slates to Congress. The committee also showed a text message from an aide for Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson to an aide for Vice President Mike Pence asking whether he could physically hand a copy of the fake electors certificates from Michigan and Wisconsin to the vice president about 20 minutes before he presided over the electoral vote count on Jan. 6, 2021. Johnson’s spokeswoman tweeted during the hearing that the senator wasn’t involved in the creation of the certificates and didn’t know they were going to be brought to his office. Bowers said that when he learned that a false slate of electors from Arizona had sent fake ballots to Washington, D.C., he thought of the book, “The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight” by Jimmy Breslin. “This is a tragic parody,” he said. Raffensperger was on the receiving end of Trump’s Jan. 2 request to help overturn President Biden’s win, in which Trump told him to “find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have because we won the

state.” Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said that White House chief of staff Mark Meadows texted or called Raffensperger’s office 18 times to set up that call with Trump. “So what are we going to do here? I only need 11,000 votes. Fellas I need 11,000 votes. Give me a break,” Trump said in a clip from his lengthy call with Raffensperger, which was played at the hearing. “We didn’t have any votes to find,” Raffensperger told the committee. “The numbers are the numbers and numbers don’t lie.” Schiff noted that Georgia’s election had been certified, meaning it was too late to change the results, and that Trump had been told repeatedly by his top Justice Department officials that the claims he was making about fraud during that call were false. Raffensberger stressed that multiple investigations and recounts had already been completed and no fraud was found. Sterling made headlines on Dec. 1, 2020, when he pleaded in a news conference for Trump and his allies to stop spreading lies about the election results. “Stop inspiring people to commit potential acts of violence,” Sterling said in the news conference. “Someone’s going to get hurt. Someone’s going to get shot. Someone’s going to get killed.” He said he lost his temper in the news conference after learning an employee was being threatened online with pictures of a noose. The Justice Department is also examining the fake electors scheme, as are prosecutors in Georgia. The House select committee highlighted Meadows’ “intimate role” in the pressure campaign. Meadows handed over a trove of emails and text messages to the committee before abruptly refusing to further comply with their subpoenas. The House voted to hold him in contempt of Congress, but the Justice Department has declined to prosecute him. The committee hearing began with footage of a Michigan state senator saying he received 4,000 text messages in just a few minutes after Trump published his cellphone number on Facebook. Pennsylvania House

Speaker Bryan Cutler, who received daily phone calls from Giuliani and Trump attorney Jenna Ellis in the last week of November 2020, recalled protests at his home led by Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon. The committee also showed footage of armed protests outside state capitol buildings, which Schiff called “a dangerous precursor to the violence we saw on Jan. 6.” Bowers told the committee he got 20,000 emails and tens of thousands of voicemails and texts pushing him to overturn the results and noted he still has groups protesting outside his home on Saturdays, calling him a pedophile, pervert and corrupt politician. Raffensperger said that though he and his wife had their private information published on the internet, and that people broke into his daughter-in-law’s home, he couldn’t back down in the face of the threats. “I knew that we had followed the law and followed the Constitution,” Raffensperger said. “I think sometimes moments require you to stand up and just take the shots when you’re doing your job, and that’s all we did.” The second part of the hearing focused on the vitriol directed toward Moss, the former Georgia election worker, and her mother, Ruby Freeman. They were attacked by name by Trump and Giuliani, who falsely claimed that video had captured the women using a USB thumb drive to change votes. “What was your mom actually handing you in that video?” Schiff asked. “A ginger mint,” Moss replied. The Georgia secretary of state’s office conducted an investigation and found no wrongdoing on her part. Moss said she wanted to work in elections to help people vote, and loved being able to assist voters in accessing a right her ancestors didn’t have. Moss said Freeman was instructed by the FBI to leave her home for her own safety for at least two months. Moss also said that people attempted to conduct a citizens arrest at her grandmother’s home. “I felt horrible, I felt like it was all my fault,” said Moss, who noted that she and her mother no longer use their names in public and said she rarely leaves the house. “Like, if I wouldn’t have decided to be an elections worker, I could have been anything else. But that’s what I decided to do, and now people are lying and spreading rumors and lies and attacking my mom.” Schiff said in response: “If the most powerful person in the world can bring the full weight of the presidency down on an ordinary citizen who was merely doing her job with a lie as big and heavy as a mountain, who among us is safe? None of us is.”

fornia Medical Facility team, which in turn passed it on to the California State Prison-Solano runners, who took it out to Travis Air Force Base to end the first day of the Solano relay. The start of the second day involved Travis personnel taking the torch on a tour through the base, before handing it off to Silva and the Fairfield police team. Probation and Suisun police carried the Flame of Hope to the boat docks at the Suisun harbor where it was picked up by the Solano County Sheriff’s Marine Patrol for a 15-plus nautical mile cruise to the Mare Island Ferry station. That

is where the Vallejo police team, and possibly members of the Cal Maritime police, carried it over to the Benicia state park. The Benicia police team finished the Solano County portion of the Northern California run, and will hand it off to Contra Costa County on Wednesday. The ground miles covered in Solano County was about 35. The Law Enforcement Torch Run has its beginnings in Wichita, Kansas, in 1981. The International Association of Chiefs of Police endorsed the Torch Run in 1983. The event came to North-

ern California in 1997. This year’s run started June 13 with more than 100,000 law enforcement personnel expected to participate. “The Torch Run is the chance for law enforcement to showcase their dedication and commitment to Special Olympics and the athletes they serve,” according to online information on the event. The Summer Games begin with the Parade of Athletes at the opening ceremony, which includes the Wall of Honor created by the law enforcement agencies. The athletes compete in bocce, swimming, tennis and track and field.

From Page One playbook,” committee Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said. “A handful of election officials in several key states stood between Donald Trump and the upending of American democracy.” The elected officials detailed in their testimony the retaliation they faced for not complying, as did Wandrea ArShaye “Shaye” Moss, a former Georgia election worker who gave a wrenching account of racist death threats she and her mother faced after being accused by Trump of processing fraudulent ballots. “It’s turned my life upside down,” Moss told the committee. “I don’t want anyone knowing my name.” Bowers testified about the calls he received from Trump and conservative California lawyer John Eastman, and about a meeting with Trump attorney Rudolph W. Giuliani in which the former New York City mayor asked him to overturn the state election results after Joe Biden won and instead submit a slate of electors for Trump. The legislator said Giuliani pointed out in multiple phone calls that they were both Republicans and said that Bowers had legal authority in Arizona to remove Biden electors and replace them. Giuliani asked Bowers for a committee hearing to do that, and Bowers said he didn’t have such authority. Giuliani never provided proof supporting his allegations of fraud in the state’s elections, which included claims that hundreds of thousands of immigrants in the country illegally had voted in the election, Bowers said. “We got lots of theories, we just don’t have the evidence,” Bowers said Giuliani told him. When Giuliani continued to press him, Bowers told the president’s attorney that he was “asking me to do something that is counter to my oath when I swore it to the Constitution to uphold it, and I also swore to the Constitution and the laws of the state of Arizona.” “I will not break my oath,” Bowers said, adding that “it is a tenet of my faith that the Constitution is divinely inspired.” Bowers said he was called the morning of Jan. 6 by Arizona Republican Rep. Andy Biggs, who asked him to support decertification of the state’s electors. “I said that I would not,” Bowers said. The committee showed a video detailing how Trump’s plan depended on legislatures in multiple states adopting alternate electors. The then-president leaned heavily on state and local officials to take action while his team of lawyers, including Eastman and Giuliani, relied on

Torch From Page One California. The run raises money and supports the Special Olympics. The 2022 Summer Games are set for June 24-26 in Santa Clara. There are nine Solano County athletes who will participate this year: two in track and field, and seven who compete on bocce teams. The Dixon police started the event in Solano County, followed by the Solano County Sheriff’s Office. The Vacaville police team took over and handed the torch to the Cali-

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Former Fulton County, Georgia, election worker Ruby Freeman, left, talks to her daughter Wandrea ArShaye “Shaye” Moss, former Georgia election worker, after Moss testified before U.S. House Select Committee at its fourth hearing on its Jan. 6 investigation on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Tuesday.

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Kremlin says death penalty possible for US fighters said held by pro-Russia separatists Tribune Content Agency DNIPRO, Ukraine — Fears mounted Tuesday over the fate of two Americans reportedly taken captive while fighting for Ukraine, as Russia declared that international protections for prisoners of war did not apply to foreign “mercenaries” and that capital punishment could not be ruled out if they were put on trial in separatist territory. Those comments out of Moscow came as U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland visited Ukraine to meet with the country’s top prosecutor and offer U.S. assistance in investigating and prosecuting alleged war crimes committed by Russian troops during the nearly 4-month-old war. The trip came against a backdrop of intense fighting for a pair of strategically important cities in eastern Ukraine, a

Schools From Page A6 better school choices for their kids. Religious families, and even families that aren’t religious but see the value in faithbased schools, should not be cut out from programs that help parents make the best educational choice for their kids,” said Ashley McGuire, senior fellow with the Catholic Association. The Coalition for Jewish Values was one of several Jewish groups applauding the outcome.

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Soldiers survey damage and salvage items after a projectile and subsequent fire destroyed a warehouse building the previous evening in Druzhkivka, Ukraine, Tuesday. bloody war of attrition in which Russian forces are trying to wear down outgunned Ukrainian troops with unrelenting artillery barrages. Western countries including the United States are sending Ukraine more heavy weaponry to try to counter Moscow’s military superiority in the battle for the country’s industrial heartland, but Ukraine has “The Maine law was obviously prejudicial against religiously motivated parents, forcing them to choose between shouldering secular education costs entirely on their own or denying their children the opportunity to attend a religious school,” Rabbi Yaakov Menken said. Advocates of churchstate separation called the ruling a major setback. “This ruling deals another major blow to religious freedom. It entirely ignores the Establishment Clause and further erodes the wall between separation of church

repeatedly appealed for additional armaments. In his latest overnight address to compatriots, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy denounced Russia’s “brutal offensive” in the region, known as the Donbas. He acknowledged difficult fighting as Moscow presses its advance on the twin cities of Severodonetsk and Lysychansk, which and state,” said Jesse O’Connell, a vice president of the Center for American Progress. “The two schools at issue in this case have admissions and hiring policies that allow them to openly discriminate against the LGBTQ community or religious minorities,” he said. “The government should not be required to use public funds to support religious education, especially for schools that discriminate in their hiring or admissions.” The Supreme Court ruling will have no immediate impact in California,

are separated by a river. Ukrainian defenders of Severodonetsk are concentrated in a besieged industrial complex, where civilians are sheltering as well under sustained Russian shellfire. In the environs of both cities, there were signs that the Ukrainian defenses were crumbling. A Ukrainian commander, who asked his name not be used so he could speak freely, described a Russian advance in the frontline village of Toshkivka, saying his battalion was forced to withdraw after losing too many fighters. “There aren’t enough forces or weapons,” he said. “For every shot of ours, the Russians respond with 20.” Later, the head of the district military administration, Roman Vlasenko, told Ukrainian television that the village was “controlled entirely by the Russians.”

The two Americans – Alexander Drueke, 39, and Andy Tai Ngoc Huynh, 27 – went missing this month while fighting near Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, 25 miles from the Russian border. Both are military veterans from Alabama. Russia’s state-controlled RT network last week showed interviews with the pair at what it said was a detention center in the self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic, or DPR, a separatist statelet recognized only by Russia. Russia has a moratorium on the death penalty, but the DPR does not. The U.S. State Department says it still cannot confirm that two and possibly three U.S. citizens have been captured, as their families assert,

Moscow’s threat against captives purportedly held by pro-Russian separatists was delivered by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov in a call with reporters Tuesday. He said foreign fighters who have taken up arms for Ukraine are mercenaries, not prisoners of war, and thus are not entitled to protections under the Geneva Convention, which forbid prosecution of captured fighters for lawful participation in combat. Two captured Britons and a Moroccan were sentenced to death earlier this month in what British authorities described as a show trial held in Russian-controlled separatist territory. The episode prompted speculation the captives would be used to try to extract concessions such as a prisoner swap.

where – with some exceptions – private schools do not receive public funds. California does provide public funds to charter schools, which are privately operated but are considered public schools under state policy. “I think this would have to go another step or two, in terms of constitutional doctrine, to have any kind of direct effect on California, any significant direct effect,” said Gary Orfield, a UCLA education professor. “I think what Californians need to worry about is this trajectory rather than the immediate impact.”

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Kremlin From Page A9 nor the whereabouts of the men. A senior State Department official, briefing reporters in Washington on the condition of anonymity, said Moscow had responded to official U.S. and British queries by saying it was not a Russian matter, because any such captives would have been in the hands of separatists. U.S. officials said Tuesday the government has “vigorously” protested the Kremlin’s assertion that foreigners captured fighting in Ukraine, including Americans, would not be covered by the Geneva conventions. State Department spokesman Ned Price said

U.S. diplomats have made repeated inquiries to the Russian government, as well as to the International Committee of the Red Cross, Ukrainian officials and others, to get information on the missing men. From the Russian government, Price said, “We have not received any formal or official response.” U.S. officials said the Russian evasiveness is typical of how Moscow responds to all cases of captured, arrested or otherwise detained American citizens, including that of U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner. A planned telephone call from Griner to her wife in the United States failed to take place despite numerous attempts. The couple blamed the U.S. Embassy. The White House said Tuesday the call would be rescheduled.

Russian authorities have set up numerous obstacles for U.S. consular officers to meet with Griner, much as they have done for other detainees, the anonymous senior State Department official said. Arrested at the Moscow airport in February on drug charges, Griner has regular phone contact with her Russian lawyers, the official said, but U.S. consular personnel have not seen her since May 19. Garland’s unannounced trip to Ukraine to meet with the country’s prosecutor general, Iryna Venediktova, came as Ukrainian authorities are attempting to deal with more than 15,000 war crimes complaints. Other countries, including France and Britain, have also stepped in to offer technical, forensic and legal assistance to

Ukraine in investigating and prosecuting alleged atrocities. After his visit, Garland vowed that “there is no place to hide” from accountability for war crimes. Moscow says evidence of grisly crimes against civilians in previously occupied areas of Ukraine, including a string of towns and suburbs outside the capital Kyiv, is fabricated. Reverberations from Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, meanwhile, continued to be felt worldwide, including looming food shortages caused by Ukraine’s inability to ship grain from Black Sea ports blockaded by Russia, and a fuel crunch in Europe triggered by Moscow’s reduction of natural gas supplies. The Kremlin blames both crises on the West.

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DeSclafani’s return overshadowed by SF Giants’ crazy win in Atlanta Tribune Content Agency ATLANTA – The Giants were excited to have Anthony DeSclafani back on the mound Tuesday for the first time since the third week of April. By the end of their back-and-forth 12-10 win over the Braves, though, they had a new injury to worry about – and that excitement had to be somewhat subdued. The win evened this fourgame series and could be critical in the wild-card race, but DeSclafani’s return to the rotation was hardly what the Giants were hoping for: He reached his pitch limit by the end of the third inning after allowing six hits, a walk and two home runs – a three-run jack by Matt Olson and a two-run shot from Marcell Ozuna – that accounted for all five of his

earned runs. The bright spots included a seven-pitch first inning and a strikeout of Ronald Acuña Jr. in his final frame, one of three punchouts. DeSclafani’s velocity also ticked up from his first three starts when he was battling inflammation in his right ankle, which ultimately caused him to miss the past two months. But more concerning than DeSclafani’s stumble in his first start since April 21 was the loss of shortstop Brandon Crawford, who has never missed more than 24 games in a season. He left the game after colliding at home plate with catcher Travis d’Arnaud while scoring on a sacrifice fly from Luis González – initially ruled out but overturned upon replay review – however, his initial diagnosis was a left knee contusion, appearing to

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avert the worse-case scenario. Acuña would show why he is one of the most feared hitters in the game in the fourth, with a no-doubt home run off Zack Littell that gave Atlanta a 7-6 lead – one of five times the lead changed hands. If opposites attract, these past two games can start writing their vows. After staff aces Logan Webb and Max Fried went toe-to-toe in Monday night’s 2-1 loss, neither starter Tuesday night lasted past the fourth inning. The Giants went 4-for-7 with runners in scoring position, after coming up with only one hit in eight tries the previous night. Catcher Austin Wynns homered, drove in a team-high four runs and came a triple away from the cycle,

In 17 College World Series appearances before this one, Stanford had not gone 2-and-out. This season, though, the Cardinal will leave Omaha, Neb., without a win. Auburn eliminated Stanford with a 6-2 decision Monday afternoon. Two days earlier, Stanford got waxed 17-2 by Arkansas. The Cardinal (47-18) had not lost consecutive games since getting swept in a three-game series at Arizona, March 19-21. “It hurts here at the end,” Stanford head coach David Esquer said in a postgame Zoom news conference. “I think you see your team hurting when the game’s over because the season’s over and they don’t get another chance to play with each other. “And that kind of makes you proud that you had that type of locker room and you had that type of camaraderie.” Stanford, the No. 2 national seed, won the Pac-12 regular-season and tournament titles,

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How the SF Giants are trying to fix Joey Bart’s strikeout problem Tribune Content Agency ATLANTA — This would have been a trip home for Joey Bart. Growing up some 40 miles northeast of Truist Park, Bart developed into a top high school prospect, then at the downtown campus of Georgia Tech earned the pedigree that convinced the Giants to make him their highest draft pick since Will Clark. Those inside the organization still view Bart as their catcher of the future. But there is a reason why he’s not with the team on this trip. His failures at the plate were simply piling up. Forty-five percent of his plate appearances were ending in strikeouts, the highest rate in the majors at the time of his demotion. It wasn’t a sustainable situation for a team with playoff aspirations, nor for a young player who was being asked to make adjustments on the fly while also managing a major-league pitching staff. “When you’re in the battle every single night, it’s hard to make those adjustments because you have to go perform,” said hitting coach Justin Viele, who spent the week before the Giants hit the road and Bart reported to Triple-A Sacramento implementing a development plan to get the once-promising backstop back on track. “But we got Joey in a pretty good space where he didn’t have to go perform each night. He could actually work

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San Francisco Giants’ Joey Bart (21) bats against the Colorado Rockies in the second inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Monday. on some things that we wanted to work on.” Bart took four days to clear his head, then spent three days working with Viele. Clark, who hangs around the team as a special assistant, also hoped to have a conversation with Bart, something manager Gabe Kapler encouraged. In Viele’s estimation, mental and mechanical hurdles take equal blame for Bart’s strikeouts. The time off, the club hopes, will help him overcome the mental barriers, and there’s belief some mechanical tweaks can have downstream effects, too. Viele saw flaws in Bart’s setup in the box, leading to an inefficient swing path. His stance was too wide, too upright. He was rocking back as he loaded up, resulting in his hands lifting up and his knees driving his swing, rather than his hips. As a catcher, Bart is

accustomed to squatting. Viele suggested he try something similar in the batter’s box. “We want him to feel like he was bowing his knees out, like going down for a squat,” Viele said. “Getting some stability in his setup from there just creates the balance of the backside, where the knee stays over the foot. . . . We wanted to kill as much of the backshift as we can. . . . Main thing, it was his setup, getting a little bit stronger in his base and shedding some of the wasted movement.” Many of these tweaks, Viele said, the coaching staff spotted during Bart’s stint with the club in 2020, when Buster Posey opted out of the pandemic-shortened season. Bart struck out at a 37% rate then and walked even less frequently than he was this year. But they felt it was important to give a young player the runway to do what was comfortable.

Part of that manifested in the toe-tap that Bart added, then removed, then added, then removed. “There were some things that we saw even in 2020 where we were like, ‘yeah, we should probably make some adjustments here,’” Viele said. “But you want to give him a little bit of a runway to feel confident and comfortable with what he works on and what he wants to do. … When you have such a clear long view, like we do, for a player, we want him to create a routine, do the right drills, train the right way because we want him to do that for the next five, 10, 15 years, whatever. We want him to build that foundation.” Bart was doing himself no favors, falling into twostrike counts in 75 of his 108 trips to the plate. In those at-bats, he recorded just four hits, an average of .060. Those struggles, Viele believes, can compound on each other. “I guarantee if he was squaring early count pitches up more often instead of fouling them back, the mechanics would probably clean up,” Viele said. “I think guys get frustrated. Like, if you miss a pitch 0-0 and you’re 0-1, you’re kind of like, ‘OK, why’d I miss that?’ So then maybe you try to do more the next time and you swing and miss again or you foul it off, like, ‘do I have it in me to catch a ball a little bit more out in front? Like, why am I not squaring these up?’ And then that starts to spiral in your head.”

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of the most dominant in recent memory. He won four majors in eight starts at one point, and has 11 other top-10 major finishes in his career. But he has been slowed by hip, knee and wrist injuries over the past few years, and he’s finished no better than 55th at the three majors played this season, with a missed cut at the Masters. Now ranked 19th in the world – making him LIV’s highest-ranked golfer behind No. 16 Dustin Johnson – Koepka has not played in a non-major tournament since late March. He will join his brother Chase on the new circuit.

Four-time major champion Brooks Koepka will leave the PGA Tour to join the breakaway LIV Golf Invitational Series and will play in its next tournament later this month in Oregon, multiple outlets reported Tuesday. He represents one of the biggest names to leave the PGA Tour for the Saudi-backed circuit, lured away by guaranteed riches and a lighter schedule. Koepka, 32, was the world’s No. 1 golfer in terms of the Official World Golf Ranking as recently as 2019, and his stretch between 2017 and 2019 was one

Further bolstering LIV’s ranks is the 20th-ranked world’s player, Abraham Ancer of Mexico. Greg Norman, LIV Golf’s CEO and commissioner, hailed the 31-year-old Ancer on Tuesday as “a consistent contender, which continues to elevate our competition.” More departures are expected this week, but, two-time major winner Collin Morikawa – one of the PGA Tour’s top young stars – on Tuesday said rumors that he would leave for LIV were “wrong” and that he was “here to stay” on the PGA Tour.

Before last week’s U.S. Open, Koepka called talk of the LIV series a distraction and castigated reporters for continuing to ask about the subject. “I’m here at the U.S. Open,” Koepka told reporters when asked about the new league. “I’m ready to play the U.S. Open, and I think it kind of sucks, too, you are all throwing this black cloud over the U.S. Open. It’s one of my favorite events. I don’t know why you guys keep doing that. The more legs you give [LIV Golf], the more you keep talking about it.” “I’m trying to focus See PGA, Page B10

A’s next fire sale should include owner John Fisher Tribune Content Agency It’s reassuring to know fans of the Oakland Athletics, who are showing up to games in laughably low numbers this season, aren’t the only ones disenchanted with the team’s ownership. The New York Post reported this week owners of rival teams in Major League Baseball aren’t happy the A’s are back to collecting revenue-sharing checks after having another fire sale in the offseason where the team got rid of notable players to cut costs. “The idea of revenue sharing is not to make money, it’s to field a competitive team,” an owner told the Post outside of league meetings in New York. “That money is supposed to go toward player salaries. (The A’s) took the money and put it in their pocket.” The A’s were reawarded revenue sharing over the offseason when the players association and Major League Baseball agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement. The team made some $34 million in revenue sharing back in 2016 before it was gradually phased out by 2020, spreading money from the high-revenue teams to the low. The new revenue-sharing plan is contingent on the A’s finalizing a longawaited new stadium. The team is expected to get $9 million in revenue sharing this year and $20 million in 2023. Their $35 million payroll is the lowest in the majors, ahead of only the Orioles, way down from the $86 million they spent on players in 2016 at the height of the old revenue sharing model. Nothing A’s owner John Fisher is doing these days seems to be working for anyone. Except, well, John Fisher. And that’s been the team’s biggest problem – even more so than the club’s neverending bid for a ballpark. As difficult as it is to build anything in the Bay Area, the 49ers, Giants and Warriors have all constructed modern venues there in the last quarter century. Even the Raiders have gotten a new stadium, albeit in Las Vegas that relied heavily on taxes

from hotels. Raiders owner Mark Davis is far from one of the richest owners in the NFL, but he was able to get a stadium deal done. Fisher, who is reportedly worth $2.2 billion, is the only major sports owner in the area who hasn’t been able to build. Indeed, the A’s have a Fisher problem and would be better off putting someone else in charge of building a new stadium if the last 17 years of his time owning the team is any indication. Fisher’s been trying to get a new stadium since buying the team for $180 million in 2005, and there are still nights where there are more seagulls flying around the downtrodden RingCentral Coliseum than fans in the seats. The A’s are averaging 8,562 fans per game, nearly 2,500 fewer than the Miami Marlins, who are attract the second-fewest fans at 11,127 a night. To the anonymous owner’s point, Fisher ordered his overachieving front office to deal away star first baseman Matt Olson and third baseman Matt Chapman, as well as starting pitchers Sean Manaea and Chris Bassitt. Those moves go against the point of revenue sharing altogether. Other owners should be upset the money they share with the A’s isn’t doing anything to help the on-field product. The A’s haven’t given a star player a contract since Eric Chavez signed a six-year, $66 million deal in 2004. Yet, thanks to star executive Billy Beane and GM Robert Forst, the A’s have made the playoffs 11 times since 2000. The A’s entered Tuesday at 23-45, owners of the worst record in Major League Baseball. They’re embarrassing at home with a 7-23 record but are a more-respectable 15-20 on the road. They made the playoffs in 2020, beat the Chicago White Sox in a threegame Wild Card series and lost to the Houston Astros in the Divisional Series in four games. That was with Chapman, Olson and 2019 MVP candidate and East Bay native Marcus Semien playing shortstop.

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I don’t want to break up our family, but is my marriage worth saving? Dear Annie: My hours, and it impacts me husband and I got into a more than I should let it. pretty bad argument Now I’m lost about earlier this year, and in what to do next. I don’t a drunken state, he told want to stay in a loveless me to “f--- off.” I was marriage, but I don’t sober and shocked. want my kids to go In our nearly two through the pain of a decades of marriage, broken family. Every we’d never had a history Annie Lane time we talk about “us,” of being disrespectful to it is instigated by me, as Dear Annie each other, and it was I don’t know if he’s obvious he had some pent-up going to take any action. I’m anger he needed to let out. worried about the cost of Since that night, we’ve had a divorce and starting over, and I couple of other major blowups, have a lot of shame in not being including one on our wedding able to make this anniversary. We haven’t had marriage work. sex in five months. Recently, I’ve realized my About a month ago, he told husband has not given me the me he didn’t love me anymore emotional support I’ve needed and didn’t want to work on our over time and puts pressure on marriage. I was devastated, himself to compete with me in even though I, too, have thought my successful career rather about divorce for a than support me. Conversely, few years now. he’s told me he wants a passionate physical relationship, and I My husband struggles with haven’t been able to give that to depression and has an him. I can’t be passionate about unhealthy relationship with someone who can’t even give alcohol, and his constant me his undivided attention pessimism is like a rain cloud when I am trying to discuss my over me and our two pre-teen day. I have explained this to boys. Even when we are out him, but I haven’t seen anyhaving fun as a family, it feels like he’ll always find something thing change. I don’t know if there is nominal to brood over for

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). Like a video game player creating an avatar, you don’t have to play forever with the first character you came up with. You’re free to start over whenever you want. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). If you rise high enough above the situation, you’ll notice that even the most permanentseeming losses and gains are relatively insignificant. Every change is temporary. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Social scientists note the human tendency to attribute special qualities to attractive people whether or not they actual possess said qualities. There’s too much on the line today to risk being bamboozled by a pretty face. CANCER (June 22-July 22). The Taoist philosopher Lao Tzu suggested, “If you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken all of yourself.” You’re certainly on the path as you develop a greater awareness of what’s happening below the surface of you. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). A project without structure and standards can’t meet its own purpose. You’ll give a vague idea of some parameters to try. They won’t all stick, but you have to start somewhere. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Don’t worry too much about normality. When you back up for the wider view, there’s a

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something to save, but it’s clear he’s not putting in effort either way. How do I move forward? — Broken and Confused Dear Broken and Confused: I am sorry that you are having such a tough time. With the help of a professional therapist, you and your husband might have more clarity on what your next step should be. As for feeling broken, that is completely understandable. Separation or divorce is a trauma and can take lots of therapy and the support of friends and family to help. You might feel broken right now, but once you get some clarity on your confusion on how to move forward, with or without your marriage in place, you will begin to feel whole again and the pieces will fall into place. His “unhealthy relationship with alcohol” is no doubt a major source of your problems, and you might receive support as well as suggestions at Al-Anon meetings. Please, check them out. Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@ creators.com.

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Today’s birthday You’ll mix your education with someone else’s resources for results that pay you for years to come. A winning combination of passion and practicality makes your project a smash hit, and you’ll have the publicity to prove it. People will travel to celebrate your love life. Gemini and Pisces adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 5, 13, 3, 28 and 11.

much broader range of “normal” than you would have thought. Step back again, and there is no “normal” at all. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You feel personally invested in someone else’s battle. Perhaps there’s an echo of this conflict in your own life. You would welcome the service of justice in the matter. What would that look like? SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Maybe kindness alone can’t evaporate the evil in the world, but it may stop some of it from developing. What if compassion is prevention? It’s certainly worth a try. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21). There is much to be done and you’ll processing life quickly. You’ll work and play with people who have different

rhythms. You don’t have to match speeds to complement one another’s styles. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19). Effective communication starts with setting up an environment people feel safe inside. Bonus if they also feel relaxed, comfortable and friendly. Inviting spaces do much of the work for you. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18). The experience at your fingertips is available to you and you alone. Others may have similar offerings, but none are entirely the same. Furthermore, no one else can do what you can do with this opportunity. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Sometimes it seems more fun to explore the world with someone by your side. Today it feels like you might accomplish more on a solo journey toward what most interests you. CELEBRITY PROFILES: Moonchild Meryl Streep recently played the president of the United States in the satire “Don’t Look Up.” The Academy Award collector was born when the sun, Venus and Uranus were all in Cancer, the sign of patriotism and America. Cancer is also the sign of mothers. Streep’s natal chart suggests her favorite role is likely the role of mother to four children. Write Holiday Mathis at HolidayMathis.com.

Bridge

by Phillip Alder

South’s opening bid showing 20, 21 or a so-so 22 points. West led the spade queen, and South won immediately with the king. Realizing he needed to generate some club tricks, declarer led the club five to dummy’s 10. East grabbed the trick with the queen and flipped his second spade onto the table. However, declarer won with the ace and played his remaining club to dummy’s jack and East’s ace. Back came a heart. Declarer won in hand, played a diamond to dummy’s queen and cashed the club king. When both opponents followed, South claimed 10 tricks. East was in too much of a hurry to return his second spade. He should have realized that that suit could wait. It was more important to try to annul that club suit. If East had just played his club nine at trick two, the contract would have died. Declarer would have returned to hand and played his second club, TRY TO TEMPER presumably finessing dummy’s jack. But now East would win with the THINE IMPATIENCE queen, killing the club suit. Declarer There are times when, as a defender, wouldn’t have the two dummy entries you should strain to get the lead as he needed, one to drive out the club ace quickly as possible. Perhaps you have and the second to cash the established the setting tricks to cash, or you want winners. to return partner’s lead so that he can The hold-up play is a common defeat the contract. However, there are declarer-play tool, but it is valuable for other deals on which you shouldn’t be the defenders too. in such a hurry to win a trick. The bidding was straightforward, COPYRIGHT: 2022, UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE

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don’t know.” “Work has always been steady for me, and I’ve been so lucky,” Bullock explained. “I realized it possibly was becoming my crutch.” “The Lost City,” which has surpassed $100 million at the domestic box office, centers on Bullock as a grieving romance writer who finds herself kidnapped by a mad billionaire, only to end up on the run with her ditzy but sweet cover model (Channing Tatum). Bullock first revealed her plans to take it easy in March, while promoting the film. “I take my job very seriously when I’m at work. And it’s . . . 24/7. And I just want to be 24/7 with my babies and my family,” she said.

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Tribune Content Agency Here we are, six months into the year and the front-runners in the limited series categories remain the same shows we watched and loved from 2021 – HBO’s sharp satire of entitlement, “The White Lotus” (which premiered nearly a year ago) and two series from October, Netflix’s intimate drama “Maid” and Hulu’s heroic “Dopesick.” You’ve already heard “Dopesick” star Michael Keaton deliver a couple of moving speeches while accepting awards for his poignant work in the series. He’ll likely give another one at the Emmys as well. All this is rather surprising, given the number of splashy limited series that networks and streamers dumped on audiences before the May 31 Emmys eligibility deadline. These shows boasted such A-list stars as Viola Davis, Gillian Anderson (“The First Lady”), Andrew Garfield (“Under the Banner of Heaven”) and Julia Roberts and Sean Penn (“Gaslit”). HBO gave us a terrific truecrime series starring Colin Firth (“The Staircase”). There were in-depth examinations of the rise and fall of Theranos (“The Dropout”) and WeWork (“WeCrashed”) and ... and ... and ... you get the picture. Maybe the reason the early favorites remain the favorites is that voters couldn’t possibly have the time, energy or (let’s be honest) the inclination to delve into all these titles that arrived around the same time. That and those initial favorites, particularly “Maid” and “The White Lotus,” remain the best limited series of this Emmy year. These shows – and their casts – figure prominently in my predictions here. One note: The number of acting nominations in the lead and supporting categories is determined by submission totals, which weren’t available at the time of writing. So I’m going by last year’s numbers.

Limited series n “Dopesick” n “Maid” n “Under the Banner of Heaven” n “The White Lotus” n “The Staircase” Possible surprise: “The Dropout” Possible snub: “The Staircase” Our annual plea to the Television Academy to expand the number of nominees in this category has yet to prod change. So although the comedy and drama series categories have an (over?) abundance of eight shows nominated, we’re still limited (sorry) here to five measly nominees in a category that produces much of the year’s most discussed programming.

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Jolene Purdy, left, and Murray Bartlett in the HBO limited series “The White Lotus.” With just five slots and the three early standouts seemingly secure, that doesn’t leave much room for the latecomers. “The Staircase” didn’t arrive with the hype of many of its competitors, but its sophisticated approach to its true-crime genre hooked viewers, aided by an ensemble of first-rate stars (Firth, Toni Collette and Michael Stuhlbarg). I think it’ll slip in ahead of “The Dropout” . . . though “Under the Banner of Heaven” could also be the snub. I don’t know. Both series merit nominations. Have I mentioned that we need to enlarge this category?

Lead actress, limited series/TV movie n Jessica Chastain, “Scenes From a Marriage” n Claire Foy, “A Very British Scandal” n Julia Garner, “Inventing Anna” n Margaret Qualley, “Maid” n Amanda Seyfried, “The Dropout” Possible surprise: Viola Davis, “The First Lady” Possible snub: Chastain I’m reluctant to toss around the phrases Emmy-bait or Oscar-bait when it comes to movies and TV series competing for awards. But if any project comes close to that designation, it’s Showtime’s “The First Lady,” a disappointing, conventional look at the three legendary FLOTUSes – Eleanor Roosevelt, Betty Ford and Michelle Obama. The best performance in the series – certainly the most performance in the series – belongs to Michelle Pfeiffer’s insightful turn as a lonely Betty Ford, but voters may gravitate toward Viola Davis or Gillian Anderson’s mannered Roosevelt . . . or show a measure of restraint and ignore the series altogether. If there’s an inclination to reward an A-list star turn, Julia Roberts’ flashy and altogether excellent performance in “Gaslit” should scratch that itch.

Lead actor, limited series/TV movie n Paul Bettany, “A Very British Scandal” n Colin Firth, “The Staircase” n Andrew Garfield, “Under the Banner of Heaven” n Samuel L. Jackson, “The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey” n Michael Keaton, “Dopesick” Possible surprise: Ben Foster, “The Survivor” Possible snub: Jackson There are a number of different routes voters can take in this category, which, like its actress counterpart, is crowded with contenders. Sebastian Stan was more convincing as nutty rock god Tommy Lee in “Pam & Tommy” than the show was in its attempt to give Pamela Anderson an authentic voice. (We’ll have to wait for the Netflix documentary for that.) Jared Leto channeled the charismatic narcissism of WeWork founder Adam Neumann in “WeCrashed.” The always superb Ben Foster gave a powerful performance as an Auschwitz prisoner forced to box fellow inmates to the death in “The Survivor.” All are worthy; there are just not enough spots.

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Lien Sale Auction Advertisement Notice is hereby given that Pursuant to the California Self-Service Storage Facility Act, (B&P Code 21700 et. seq.), the undersigned will sell at public auction; personal property including but not limited to furniture, clothing, tools, and/or other misc. items Auction to be held at 11:00AM On July 6, 2022 at www.selfstorageauction.com. The property is stored at: StoragePRO of Vacaville 5006 Walnut Road Vacaville, CA 95687 NAME OF TENANT Larry Scott Stephen Gilmore Jacquelyn Canavesio Michelle Austin Robin Smith Shamela Hall Kayla Williams Martin Schaefer DR#00055848 Published: June 22, 29, 2022 PUBLIC NOTICE ADOPTED ORDINANCE SUMMARY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Rio Vista adopted Ordinance 005-2022 at its Regular Meeting on June 7, 2022, by a majority roll call vote. In summary, the adopted Ordinance is as follows: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RIO VISTA APPROVING A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF RIO VISTA AND OASIS ESTATES LLC This ordinance goes into effect 12:01 a.m. on the 31st day after its passage. AYES: Council Members Stanish, Williams, and Mayor Kott NOES: Vice Mayor Dolk ABSTAIN: None ABSENT: Council Member Okamura

Submitted for publication by: Pam Caronongan, CMC, Interim City Clerk June 14, 2022 DR#00055858 Published: June 22, 2022 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CITY OF RIO VISTA PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Rio Vista will hold a public hearing to consider the introduction Ordinance No. 007-2022, declaring a water shortage emergency and amending Chapter 17.68 of the Rio Vista Municipal Code related to water conservation and landscaping a regular meeting on Tuesday, July 5, 2022, at 6:00 p.m., in-person at the City Hall Council Chambers, 1 Main Street, Rio Vista, California, and via teleconference. PROJECT TITLE: WATER SHORTAGE EMERGENCY ORDINANCE LEAD AGENCY NAME AND ADDRESS: CITY OF RIO VISTA 1 MAIN STREET RIO VISTA, CA 94571 CONTACT PERSON AND PHONE NUMBER: Rob Hickey, City Manager (707) 3746451 Ext. 1101 PROJECT LOCATION: CITY-WIDE

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: FE SORIAO BRANTLEY CASE NO. P051487 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of FE SORIAO BRANTLEY. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by JOHN EDWARD BRANTLEY in the Superior Court of California, County of Solano. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that JOHN EDWARD BRANTLEY be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 07/15/22 at 8:30AM in Dept. 4 located at 600 Union Avenue, Mailing Address: PO Caller 5000, Fairfield, CA 94533 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner GENENE N. DUNN - SBN 300855, HUNSBERGER DUNN LLP 14751 PLAZA DR., STE. G TUSTIN CA 92780 BSC 221829 6/20, 6/22, 6/27/22 CNS-3596697# THE DAILY REPUBLIC DR#00055866 Published: June 20, 22, 27, 2022

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: AMELIA C. DUSICH Case Number: P051493 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: Amelia C. Dusich A Petition for Probate has been filed by: Daryl J. Dusich in the Superior Court of California, County of: Solano The Petition for Probate requests that: Daryl J. Dusich be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent's will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: DATE: JULY 19, 2022 TIME: 9:00 a.m.; DEPT.: 22 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SOLANO Old Solano Courthouse 580 Texas Street Fairfield, CA 94533

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW: This ordinance is exempt pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) guidelines per Section 15307, Actions by Regulatory Agencies for Protection of Natural Resources. NOTE TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES: This meeting will be held in hybrid format pursuant to Government Code section 54953(e) to protect attendee health and safety whereby attendees may join in-person or via teleconference. All requisite opportunities for and protections to public access and public comment shall be provided, as required by the Brown Act, Government Code section 54950 et seq. Public access is available either in-person at the City Hall Council Chambers, 1 Main Street, Rio Vista, California, or via livestream through a link and instructions included in the City Council agenda at: https://www.riovistacity.com/citycouncil/page/meeting-agenda-attachments-minutes-video. The City Council will accept oral and written comments. Oral comments may be given during the meeting either in-person or by following the teleconference public comment instructions on the City Council agenda at: https://www.riovistacity.com/citycouncil/page/meeting-agenda-attachments-minutesvideo. Written comments may be submitted via email to ccpubliccomments@ci.rio-vista.ca.us. Please provide the agenda item number in the subject line of your email or letter. Written comments received prior to 5:00 pm on the Monday before the Council meeting will be distributed to the City Council and posted on the City's website. If you need assistance or do not have access to a computer, please contact Pam Caronongan at 707-374-6567. If you wish to legally challenge any action taken by the City on the above matter, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raise in writing for the Public Hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City prior to or emailed as described in the above note. FURTHER INFORMATION on this item may be obtained by contacting Rob Hickey, City Manager at (707) 374-6451 Ext. 1101 Fax: (707) 374-6763. DR#00055898 Published: June 22, 2022

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If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1)four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: Barbara Sonin (SBN: 303698) 21 Court Street Woodland, CA 95695 (530) 662-2226 DR#00055888 Published: June 19, 22, 26, 2022

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LOCATED AT 1162 Benicia Rd, Vallejo CA 94591 Solano. Mailing Address 1162 Benicia Rd, Vallejo CA 94591. ARE HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S) Saul Espinoza Sandoval. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: an Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Saul Espinoza Sandoval IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION June 16, 2027. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: June 17, 2022 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2022001057 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR#00055913 Published: June 22, 29, July 6, 13, 2022

LOCATED AT 218 Dobbins Street Vacaville. Mailing Address 5607 Via Avion Granite Bay, CA 95746. ARE HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S) Pawsh Place Veterinary Corporation, APC 5607 Via Avion Granite Bay, CA 95746. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: a Corporation The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Bhanu PS Chaudhri, President IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION June 1, 2027. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: June 2, 2022 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2022000955 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR#00055755 Published: June 15, 22, 29, July 6, 2022

LOCATED AT 548 Main Street, Vacaville CA 95688 Solano. Mailing Address 548 Main Street, Vacaville CA 95688. ARE HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S) Mark McGuire 548 Main Street Vacaville, 95688. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: an Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business n a m e o r n a m e s l i st e d a b o v e o n 05/01/2022. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Mark McGuire IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION May 31, 2027. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: June 1, 2022 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2022000942 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR#00055593 Published: June 8, 15, 22, 29, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS D & K HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS MH CONSULTING SERVICES

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS FACS, INC. LOCATED AT 861 Kells Circle, Vacaville, CA, 95688 Solano. Mailing Address P.O. Box 2544, VacavilleCA, 95696. ARE HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S) Fiduciary and Community Service Office, Inc. CA. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: a Corporation The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 10/27/2021. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Liliana Beingolea IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION June 9, 2027. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: June 10, 2022 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2022001014 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR#00055795 Published: June 15, 22, 29, July 6, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS SELF-CARE HEALING 4 U, SPIRITUAL & MENTAL HEALING, SMH LOCATED AT 597 Stewart Way, Rio Vista CA 94571 Solano. Mailing Address 2730 West Tregallas Road #2951, Antioch CA 94531. ARE HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S) Malorie Branch 597 Stewart Way Rio Vista, 94571. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: an Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 04/29/2022. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Malorie Branch IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION May 31, 2027. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: June 1, 2022 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2022000948 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR#00055627 Published: June 8, 15, 22, 29, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS DELHI BAZAR LOCATED AT 1324 West Texas St, Fairfield CA 94533 Solano. Mailing Address 2772 Toland Dr, Fairfield,CA 94533. ARE HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S) Delhi Bazar Fairfield LLC CA. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: a Limited Liability Company The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/(Sanjay Kumar Thakur) Managing Member IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION June 20, 2027. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: June 21, 2022 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2022001067 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR#00055910 Published: June 22, 29, July 6, 13, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS AMENTI BODY LUXE LOCATED AT 5282 Larson Lane, Fairfield CA 94533 Solano. Mailing Address 5282 Larson Lane, Fairfield CA 94533. ARE HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S) #1 Cheron Durley-Williams 5282 Larson Lane Fairfield, 94533 #2 Charlene Wayne-Durley 5282 Larson Lane Fairfield, 94533. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: Copartners The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Cheron Durley-Williams IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION June 1, 2027. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: June 2, 2022 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2022000957 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR#00055631 Published: June 8, 15, 22, 29, 2022

PUBLIC NOTICE ADOPTED ORDINANCE SUMMARY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Rio Vista adopted Ordinance 006-2022 at its Regular Meeting on June 7, 2022, by a majority roll call vote. In summary, the adopted Ordinance is as follows: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RIO VISTA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE RIO VISTA MUNICIPAL CODE BY REPEALING AND REPLACING CHAPTER 13.08, ARTICLE 2. TO ADOPT AN INDUSTRIAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAM This ordinance goes into effect 12:01 a.m. on the 31st day after its passage. AYES: Council Members Stanish, Williams, Vice Mayor Dolk and Mayor Kott NOES: None ABSTAIN: None ABSENT: Council Member Okamura

Submitted for publication by: Pam Caronongan, CMC, Interim City Clerk June 14, 2022 DR#00055857 Published: June 22, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS M&M STYLISTIC LOCATED AT 1652 West Texas Suite 205, Fairfield CA 94533 Solano. Mailing Address 33 Valencia Dr, Fairfield CA 94533. ARE HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S) Mercedes Maiden 33 Valencia Dr. Fairfield, 94533. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: an Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 06/09/2022. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Mercedes Kaye Maiden IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION June 8, 2027. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: June 9, 2022 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2022001004 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR#00055759 Published: June 15, 22, 29, July 6 , 2022 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: ESTATE OF IRENE L. AQUINO CORRECTED Case Number: P051471 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: Estate of Irene L. Aquino A Petition for Probate has been filed by: Richen C. Aquino in the Superior Court of California, County of: Solano The Petition for Probate requests that: Richen C. Aquino be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent's will and codicils, if any be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: DATE: JULY 8, 2022 TIME: 8:30 a.m. DEPT.:4 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, County of Solano 600 Union Avenue, Third Floor Fairfield, CA 94533 Probate If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1)four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: Rita A. Holder, Esq. 3100 Oak Road Ste.100 Walnut Creek, CA 94597 925-482-8910 DR#00055750 Published: June 15, 19, 22, 2022

LOCATED AT 7602 Locke Rd, Vacaville CA 95688 Solano. Mailing Address 7602 Locke Rd, vacaville CA 95688.. ARE HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S) David White 7602 Locke Rd Vacaville, 95688. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: an Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ David White IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION June 7, 2027. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: June 8, 2022 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2022001001 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR#00055773 Published: June 15, 22, 29, July 6 , 2022 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: HAZEL Y. MCCAUGHNA Case Number: P051489 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: Hazel Yvonne McCaughna A Petition for Probate has been filed by: Jacqueline Birks in the Superior Court of California, County of: Solano The Petition for Probate requests that: Ivette M. Santaella be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: DATE: JULY 13, 2022 TIME: 9:00 a.m. DEPT.: 22 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, County of Solano Old Solano Courthouse 580 Texas Street Fairfield, CA 94533 If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1)four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: Ivette M. Santaella Santaella Legal Group, APC 111 Deerwood Road Suite 200 San Ramon, CA 94583 925-831-4840 DR#00055810 Published: June 15, 19, 22, 2022

LOCATED AT 5054 Oakbrook Circle, Fairfield, CA 94534 Solano. Mailing Address 5054 Oakbrook Circle, Fairfield, CA 94534. ARE HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S) Michelle Hightower 5054 Oakbrook Circle Fairfield, 94534. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: an Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 05/17/2022. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Michelle D. Hightower IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION May 16, 2027. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: May 17, 2022 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2022000865 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR#00055608 Published: June 8, 15, 22, 29, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON (PERSONS) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS GS PANDHER CORPORATION DBA MAJOR MARKET LOCATED AT 1901 Grande Circle, Fairfield, CA, 94533 Solano. Mailing Address 1901 Grande Circle, Fairfield, CA 94533. ARE HEREBY REGISTERED BY THE FOLLOWING OWNER(S) GS Pandher Corporation CA. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: a Corporation The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 01/01/2022. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Rajkamal Pandher Chief Financial Officer IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920 A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION June 7, 2027. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE). Filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Solano County, State of California on: June 8, 2022 New ASSIGNED FILE NO. 2022000996 CHARLES LOMELI, Solano County Clerk DR#00055778 Published: June 15, 22, 29, July 6, 2022

SPORTS

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The Warriors are favorites to repeat as champions; these teams are their biggest threats

B9 ‘The potential is off the charts;’ Mike Brown officially introduced as Kings head coach

Dieter Kurtenbach

From the moment the Sacramento Kings fired Rick Adelman after the 2006 NBA season, coaching turnover has been the norm. Eleven different head coaches have walked through the doors in Sacramento since the team’s last playoff appearance. On Tuesday afternoon at Golden 1 Center, the Kings formally introduced their next coach in Mike Brown. The Kings hope Brown will break the spell of bad coaching hires and help return the team to the playoffs. Brown, 52, was hired in May but wasn’t introduced until nearly a month and a half later. The reason is Brown was finishing his role as Steve Kerr’s lead assistant on a Golden State Warriors team that beat the Boston Celtics in six games to win the NBA Finals. Prior to Brown spending six seasons in Golden State, he had stops as a head coach with the Cleveland Cavaliers and Los Angeles Lakers. In eight seasons as a head coach, Brown compiled a 347-216 (.616) record with six playoff appearances. “The potential is off the charts,” Brown said, explaining why he left the Warriors for this job. “It gets me excited thinking about it. Trying to maintain my composure and excitement while going through what we went through and experienced the last couple of months was tough for me. Being around 30 years, you can feel like you can find a great balance to do different

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The celebration is winding down. The parade is over. And one thing has been made abundantly clear since the Warriors won their fourth title since 2015: Success doesn’t leave much time for contemplation. Welcome to the 2022 NBA offseason, ladies and gentlemen. The Warriors are the oddsmakers’ favorites to repeat as champions, but, like with this season, there will be nearly a dozen teams that can make the argument that they’ll be in the mix to win the title next season. I don’t know if they all have a claim, but I do see three squads in the Western Conference (let the East take care of itself) that the Warriors should keep close an eye on this offseason, because they represent the strongest threats to the crown:

Memphis Grizzlies One could make the argument that the Grizzlies – not the Mavericks or Eastern Conference champion Celtics – provided the Warriors their biggest scare this postseason. There is certainly an alternate universe where Ja Morant never injures his knee and Memphis upsets the Dubs in the second round in May. But Morant did injure his knee, and the Warriors beat the Grizzlies in six games because of it. What stood out in that second-round series was how valuable Gary Payton II was, or, I suppose, would have been. Payton was injured in the early moments of Game 2 by a

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Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry (30) pumps his fist after scoring a basket against the Memphis Grizzlies at Chase Center in San Francisco, May 13. cheap-shot flagrant foul from Dillon Brooks that broke the Warrior’s elbow. I know it feels like a decade ago, but remember: without Payton, the Warriors had no one who could stay in front of Morant on the perimeter, and that provided Memphis with the upper hand in the series until Morant’s injury. Memphis is young, Morant’s injury appears to be minor in the grand scheme, and with a couple of simple moves, the Grizzlies could be under the NBA’s salary cap by enough to add a clear No. 2 to the mix. After the Warriors won the title, a number of them spent some time chirping at the Grizzlies in press conferences and on Twitter. There’s some energy for a real rivalry here both on and off the court. Memphis is going to come strong again next season. If the Warriors want to position themselves to beat them again, they need to bring back Payton, at whatever the cost.

Dallas Mavericks The Warriors were able to beat the Mavericks in five games because Dallas was a one-trick pony.

Their plays include Give The Ball to Luka and Get Out of Luka’s way. There’s not much else in there. Against the vast majority of NBA teams, Luka Doncic is singlehandedly enough to win games. But the Warriors – who harkened back to their battles with James Harden in the Western Conference Finals – are not the “vast majority.” The Mavericks know that there’s a big gap between them and the champions and they’ve already started working on cutting that down by trading for center Christian Wood, who will provide some sorelyneeded rim protection and has a chance to be a nice roll-man with Doncic. Dallas’ issue is that they need a better No. 2 scorer. Steph had Klay Thompson and, at one point, Kevin Durant. Jalen Brunson is a nice backup point guard, but he’s nowhere near that caliber of player. But Brunson is due a new contract this offseason. If the Mavericks lock him in long-term, they will also lock in roughly their current status as championship contenders in theory only. Dallas does have some payroll flexi-

bility and can play around with sign-and-trade possibilities because they can easily fit under the luxury tax line. If Dallas makes a big, bold move (or two), they could be right back in the Western Conference Finals again in 2023 with an even better chance of winning. This is the team to keep an eye on this offseason.

Los Angeles Clippers There are only a few teams that can boast, as the Clippers can, that they can stand pat and be true title contenders, if not the favorites. Yes, the Clippers were a play-in team this past season – not even making it to the real playoff tournament – but they have one of the most valuable players in basketball returning next year, giving them the best 1-2 punch in the league at the most important position in the game. Wings win titles. Just ask the Warriors, who saw Andrew Wiggins have an out-of-body experience in the postseason to be, inarguably, the team’s second most important player. Wiggins did his best Kawhi Leonard impression over the last two months. The Clippers get the real Leonard back next season. When you pair him with Paul George, a great coach in Ty Lue, a deep roster and a deep-pocketed owner, you have a fascinating combination that might not thrive in the regular season but could be – if healthy – a wickedly tough out when the games really matter.

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things at different times. The players here, I’m excited about.” Brown added, “The fans, I’m excited about interacting with them. They’re extremely passionate and knowledgeable and I look forward to be around them. I’m excited about the arena. This is a world-class arena. . . . I’m excited about this team. One of the main reasons I was brought here was to bring some of the leadership in a lot of different areas. I have been with a lot of different teams in my 30 years. I have experienced what I believe is something that can get organizations over the top. Not just in one year, but year in and year out. And that’s having a winning culture. My job is to lead in that area.” While Brown was busy helping the Warriors win an NBA championship, he was working double-duty establishing relationships with his new team. Brown said after the Warriors beat the Dallas Mavericks in the Western Conference finals, he jumped on a plane on his day off to fly to San Diego to watch De’Aaron Fox workout. The two went to lunch afterward. Once Brown got to the airport to head back to San Francisco, he jumped on a Zoom call with Richaun Holmes and his agent. “I’ve been heavily involved,” Brown said. “I talked to every single player on multiple occasions. Some of them I talked to in person and some I talked to over Zoom. Same with the staff that is still around, talked to them on the phone multiple times.”

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Giants From Page B1 while Joc Pederson delivered a late-inning home run that should have given the home fans flashbacks to lead the 12-run outburst. DeSclafani was forced out by performance but also a pitch count coming off a long absence. His five runs allowed were the most by a Giants starter since Alex Cobb on May 23, and he was only the fourth Giants starter all season to allow multiple home runs in a game. The 10 runs scored by Atlanta were the most allowed by the Giants

Stanford From Page B1 put together a 17-game winning streak from May 3 to June 3 and won five elimination games in the regional and super regional at Sunken Diamond. That earned the Cardinal a trip to Omaha for the second straight season. “To be part of a team like this and the team last year as well, it’s something I’m going to tell my kids about and it’s something that we’re all going to be able to share for the rest of our lives,” said lefty Drew Dowd, who started Monday and pitched four-plus scoreless innings. “And I’m going to be friends with

since the Mets mounted 12 on May 24. Since then, the Giants had posted the second-lowest ERA in the majors (2.82), entering Tuesday. Atlanta (3.00) was not far behind, but the Giants’ 10 runs were their most since a 15-6 win at Miami on June 3. The Giants’ six runs off 23-year-old Spencer Strider were the most the mustachioed rookie has allowed since arriving in the big leagues. He took a 2.45 ERA into this start, but it rose by nearly a full point, to 3.40 when he left the game with two outs in the fourth. One thing remained the same: the two teams, both jockeying for wild card position, didn’t give an inch. They combined

for 22 runs – second only to that 13-12 win over the Mets back in May – but the biggest lead by either club came after the Giants’ four-run second inning that opened the scoring. Wynns’ three-run home run – the Giants’ first blast with men on base since June 7 – gave them a 4-0 lead in the second, and it took another RBI double from the backup catcher to tie the game at 5 in the fourth. Wynns’ four RBIs matched a career high, and he came a triple shy of the cycle. He added a single in the sixth, then scored on a two-RBI double from Mike Yastrzemski that gave the Giants an 8-7 lead. When Thairo Estrada botched what

would have been an inning-ending force out – dropping a soft toss from third baseman Evan Longoria – in the seventh, Pederson’s home run proved crucial. The error allowed Acuña to score and pull Atlanta within 9-8, after Pederson’s solo homer to center in the top half of the inning. Matt Olson’s two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth would have been enough for the Braves’ second straight walk-off against closer Camilo Doval, if not for the Giants’ three-run rally in the top half of the inning, capped by Wilmer Flores’ two-run single, which ended the inning only after he was thrown out trying for second.

these guys until the day I die.” Fellow lefty Quinn Mathews replaced Dowd with two on and no outs in the top of the fifth and Stanford up 2-0. “Going to Quinn, I think I speak for the whole team, there’s no one else we’d rather have on the mound,” Esquer said. Mathews had been a key to the Cardinal’s surge since early May. That’s when he became a full-time reliever after splitting time as a starter and reliever. He came into Monday with a 9-1 record, 2.62 ERA and nine saves. He escaped the fifth inning unscathed, but the Tigers (43-21) responded in the sixth. With one out, Mathews walked home a run. The lefty struck out Brooks Carlson for

the second out, but Cole Foster then cleared the bases with a double to the wall in left-center. Just like that, Auburn led 4-2 and was ahead to stay. Down 6-2, the Cardinal loaded the bases with two outs in the seventh. Auburn then brought in closer Blake Burkhalter. He struck out Brett Barrera swinging at a 3-2 cutter. Burkhalter entered Monday with 66 strikeouts and seven walks in 44 innings this season. Burkhalter got the final seven outs – five by strikeout – to earn his 16th save. Stanford struck out 16 times. The only man in its lineup to not register at least one K was No.9 hitter Adam Crampton, who went 3-for-3 with an RBI double.

Auburn, the No. 14 national seed, will play another elimination game Tuesday against Arkansas, which lost 13-5 to Mississippi on Monday. A junior shortstop from Oakland Tech, Crampton reflected on the fact that the Cardinal didn’t look anything like a CWS team after getting swept in that March series in Tucson. “We started Pac-12 1-5 and turned it all the way around and came here. I don’t think anybody thought we were capable of doing that. . . . “We should be proud of this accomplishment and we made it back-to-back years” to Omaha. “And so I’m happy and proud of everybody else. And I think we’re leaving in good hands. I think we’ll be back here.”

Scoreboard BASEBALL Monday’s Games Atlanta 2, SAN FRANCISCO 1 N.Y. Mets 6, Miami 0 Pittsburgh 12, Chicago Cubs 1 Boston 5, Detroit 2 N.Y. Yankees 4, Tampa Bay 2 Chicago WhiteSox 8, Toronto 7 Milwaukee 2, St. Louis 0 Kansas City 6, L.A. Angels 2 San Diego 4, Arizona 1 Tuesday’s Games SAN FRANCISCO 12, Atlanta 10 Seattle at OAKLAND, 6:40 p.m. (n) L.A. Dodgers 8, Cincinnati 2

Miami 9, Colorado 8 Pittsburgh 7, Chicago Cubs 1 Washington 3, Baltimore 0 Boston 5, Detroit 4 Tampa Bay 5 , N.Y. Yankees 4 Cleveland 6, Minnesota 5 Texas 7, Philadelphia 0 Toronto at Chicago White Sox (n) St. Louis 6, Milwaukee 2 Houston 8, N.Y. Mets 2 Kansas City at L.A. Angels (n) Arizona at San Diego (n) Wednesday’s Games SAN FRANCISCO at Atlanta, 4:20 p.m. Seattle at OAKLAND, 6:40 p.m. Toronto at Chicago White Sox, 11:10 a.m. N.Y. Mets at Houston, 11:10 a.m. Philadelphia at Texas, 1:05 p.m. Arizona at San Diego, 1:10 p.m.

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on the U.S. Open, man,” Koepka continued. “I legitimately don’t get it. I’m tired of the conversations. I’m tired of all this stuff. Like I said, y’all are throwing a black cloud on the U.S. Open. I think that sucks. I actually do feel bad for the [USGA] for once because it’s a s---ty situation. We’re here to play, and

CALENDAR Wednesday’s TV Sports Baseball MLB • San Francisco at Atlanta, NBCSBA, 4 p.m. • Seattle at Oakland, NBCSCA, 6:30 p.m. NCAA • CWS, Teams TBA, ESPN, 11 a.m. • CWS, Teams TBA, ESPN, 4 p.m. Basketball WNBA • New York vs. Connecticut, ESPN2, 4 p.m. Hockey NHL Stanley Cup Finals • Colorado vs. Tampa Bay, 7, 10, 5 p.m.

Tuesday’s TV Sports Baseball MLB • San Francisco at Atlanta, NBCSBA, 9 a.m. • Seattle at Oakland, NBCSCA, 12:30 p.m. NCAA • CWS, Teams TBA, ESPN, 11 a.m. • CWS, Teams TBA, ESPN, 4 p.m. Basketball • NBA Draft, ESPN, 4:30 p.m. • NBA Draft, ESPN, 5 p.m. • NBA Draft, 7, 10, 5 p.m. Golf • DP World Golf, BMW International Open, GOLF, 3:30 a.m. • LPGA, KMPG Championship, Round 1, GOLF, 8 a.m. • PGA, Travelers Championship, GOLF, Noon.

NHL Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals Wednesday, June 15 Colorado 4, Tampa Bay 3, OT Saturday, June 18 Colorado 7, Tampa Bay 0 Monday, June 20 Tampa Bay 6, Colorado 2, Colo. leads 2-1 Wednesday, June 22 Colorado at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m. Friday, June 24 Tampa Bay at Colorado, 5 p.m. Sunday, June 26 Colorado at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m.

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